MEDIA ADVISORY OF PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

WHAT: Pinning Ceremony for graduating nurses

WHO: 24 graduates of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing

WHEN: Friday, May 9, 6:30 p.m. to approximately 8:00 p.m.

WHERE: Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, UA Campus

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Nurses graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing will receive their nursing pins in a moving candlelight ceremony on the evening before commencement. At least half of this year's class has already accepted employment at hospitals in Northwest Arkansas.

Following welcoming remarks, three nursing students, Paula Edwards, Brandi Lane, and Jennifer Wilhite, will address the graduating nurses. The program will culminate in the pinning of the new nurses, and several students will be pinned by family members who are also nurses. This year's class includes three male nurses.

Reporters interested in interviewing graduating nurses are welcome to attend rehearsal for the ceremony on Friday, May 9, at 12:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall.

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Nan Smith-Blair, associate professor, Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, College of Education and Health Professions, 479-575-5877 ~ nsblair@uark.edu

Barbara Jaquish, communications director, Education and Health Professions, 479-575-3138 ~ jaquish@uark.edu