Nursing Pinning Ceremony
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 5 pm
Location: Cultural Arts Theater
Students who have graduated in December 2024 and May 2025 received their Nursing Graduate Pin. The pinning ceremony is a unique and special ceremony for the nursing community. The pinning ceremony isn’t just a nursing tradition, it is a symbol of the nursing students’ hard work and dedication towards their coursework and clinicals.
Nursing Pinning Ceremony Planning Committee
Rich Ahrens
Sara Annunziato
Rose Frowd
Jeannine Kennedy
Martha Krawczyk
Karen Schaffer
2025 Ceremony Program
Interim Program Director, Nursing & Healthcare Science
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Interim Dean, School of Nursing, Health & Wellness
Interim Program Director, Nursing & Healthcare Science
Interim Program Director, Nursing & Healthcare Science
Nursing Pledge
In the full knowledge of the obligations I am undertaking,
I promise to dedicate myself
to the welfare of those committed to my care.
I will teach wellness, promote the well-being
of individuals and groups in society
and respect diversity in human responses.
I will maintain at all times the dignity of the patients in my care, holding in confidence all personal information entrusted to me.
I will support and work collaboratively
with members of the health team
and endeavor to keep my professional
knowledge and skills at the highest level. I am dedicating
myself as a care-giver, counselor, teacher and healer.
I promise to be accountable for my actions and to
practice my profession with pride.

December 2024 Nursing Graduates
Hannah Alayan
Brian Andrews
Rhishma Ashton
Laila Basher
Rosalia Beltran
Elisheva Boles
Maria Brenes
Brian Burke
Jacqueline Burke
Beatrice Cam
Emily Campbell
Phil Candelario
Marie Cedan-Merina
Candice Dye
Raquel Henriquez ElShafie
Sydney Famby
Effa Fauziyah
Luciana Fernandes
Beatrice Flohr
Anna Fominykh
Theresa Frazer
Sara Friedman
Brianna Gabriel
Samantha Garatti
Gabriella Garcia-Leiva
Chanell Gibson
Jennifer Guerra
Jessica Hall
Danielle Hetherly
Kimberly Higgins
Shauna Jackson
Chana Jacob
Dhania Jean Baptiste
Chazalina Kehoe
Nabila Khan
Harris Kim
Chana Kolt
Shahinda Latimer
Tammy Lenahan
Liza Mammato
Tiffany Marrero
Faith Martin
Yurika Matsuyama
Janice Milton-Allen
Natalia Miranda
Sendy Morette
Rosa Nam
Erin Naughton
Kendra Noble
Laura Noone
Ocepha Sophonie Norde
Mesdelle Pierre
Erica Polanco
Nagely Quito
Kaydee Ramos
Georgia Ramsay
Wendy Raymond
Aoife Rice
Judith Rodriguez
Michael Russo
Connie Santiago
Kelly Scaminaci
Shanae Scott
Shanika Simpson
Kristna Stevens
Maribel Traverso
Sean Paul Valderrama
Ymanuel Paul Valderrama
Ashley Valencia
Raquel Vasquez
Samantha Wallace
Devinne Walsh-Hayes
Denise Williams
Sharon Wizel
Theodora Yeboah
Deasia Young
* Nursing Honor Society – OADN Inductees
May 2025 Nursing Graduates
Nazgul Abylkasymova
Astrid Alvarez
Maria Aono
Johana Aquino
Brooke Atzl
Kimberly Behr
Kelvin Bennett
Amber Biggs
Nisi Breuer
Kyla Brown
Rhoda Marie Cabrera
Hope Carroll
James Cherian
Taylor Clare
Nicholes Coronado
Toni Lyn Cruz
Jhynn Dupiche
Nickeisha East
Maya Estrella-Garcia
Karline Faustin
Tzivia Fischer
Sharmida Florestal Simeon
Alana Fontanez
Carlethia Gilbert
Brian Glantz
Dgenane Glemaud
Miriam Goldring
Jenny Gomez
Tanya Gomez
Alexandra Gonzalez
Amanda Grasso
Jaqueline Gutierrez
Kelsey Harten
Ashley Holt
Nicole Hozias
Ifeoma Ijeoma Ejidike
Nicol Isky
Jessica Iwuchukwu
Kimberly Johnson
Jordan Katz
Hye Kim
Kortney Laming
Jessica Langkafel
Yelisa Lemus
Symone Lewis
Jacqueline Lomicky
Ava Loughlin
Candice Melvin-Onisile
Rosemarie Morelli
Johanna Narvaez
Caldonia Noland
Jose Andrei Pajota
Lauren Price
Malka Reiss
Francesca Riolo
Dana Rosenberg
Talia Rubin
Chana Sahler
Destiny Simeon
Guadalupe Solano
Jillian Solorzano
Listra Tash
Lourdes Tatis Ogando
Sheedy Thomas-Giordano
Rosa Uetani
Yotelina Valcin
Mark Paul Valderrama
Chaya Wagschal
Rachel Wantroba
Jahneca Williams
* Nursing Honor Society – OADN Inductees
RCC's Nursing Program
The Nursing Program at Rockland Community College aims to meet the needs of the community for individuals who are both informed citizens and registered professional nurses. The Nursing Program provides access into practice as a registered professional nurse and is the basis for higher education and lifelong learning.
The Program has been ranked by NursingProcess.org as #2 “Best Nursing Schools in New York Offering ADN Programs.” In addition, RCC Nursing has been ranked #6 by RegisteredNursing.org as “2020 Best RN programs in New York State.”
The Nursing Program Faculty & Instructors
Sara Annunziato, Interim Dean, School of Nursing, Health & Wellness
Rich Ahrens, Interim Program Director
Full-time Faculty
Gaelle Duvivier
Rose Frowd
Jeannine Kennedy
Martha Krawczyk
Cynthia Lasman
Nancy Chiocchi McMorrow
Jennifer Monte de Oca
Dina Mounitz
Angela Northrup
Lisa Schachter
Karen Schaffer
Kathlen Shankar
Nursing Skills/Simulation Lab Instructors
Bindu Abraham
Marie Dubuisson
Staci Feldberg
Kathleen Hannigan
Sharon Latteri
Pamela Lobasso
Hebsee Maruthelil
Carol Massaro
Pamela Michaelson
Jennifer Miller
Joanne Oventhal
Aline Wolff
Adjunct Faculty
Jennifer Abilar
Moise Belizaire
Rosita Benjamin
Mary Beyer
Naim Bideiwy
Deborah Borsellino
Jacqueline Brigandi
Monique Corbett
Michele Corda
Patricia Coyne
Margaret Cullen
Aguida Dasilva
Liliana Delgado
Michele Eiswerth
Rina Elias
Malaika Feeley
Serena Fisher
Rachel George
Laly Giju
Christina Haggarty
Kimberly Jankowski
Sweety John
Evelyne Joseph
Marisa Jusino
Annette King
Denise Leveque
Valsamma Mathew
Jane McGrath
Dionne McHayle
Heather McManus
Maria Nee
Therese Platel
Akhila Reny
Andreen Robinson
Donna Robinson Boothe
Patricia Schneider
Shari Silverstein
Kerry Sokolohorsky
Ivy Sosoban
Jennifer Staco
Wendy St. Felix
Patricia Sullivan
Jennifer Vasconez
Alexandra Volcy