Summer Class of 2025, we are excited to share the details of your upcoming Nursing Pinning Ceremony. Family and friends, nursing faculty and staff, clinical partners and university members will be joining together to honor you on this special day. We look forward to celebrating your transition into professional practice.
The Nursing Pinning Ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, July 28, 2025, at 1:00 PM. Registration for this event is Now Open. Kindly note that the name you provide during registration will be used for the announcement as you are called on stage.
Summer 2025 Nursing Pinning Ceremony Student Registration
Summer 2025 NWCNHS Faculty Registration Link
The ceremony is a proud nursing tradition dated as far back as the time of the Crusades and continued in modern times through the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale. Designed to honor your accomplishment in completing the Baccalaureate Nursing Program, our pin is a treasured symbol of the education, dedication, and successes of nursing graduates - a pin often worn by our graduates throughout their nursing careers. With only a lamp to light her way during the Crimean War, Ms. Florence Nightingale spent endless hours tending to the wounded soldiers. As a tribute to Florence Nightingale's dedication to nursing, the lighting of the lamp will be a tradition of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences Pinning Ceremony.
Important Dates | |
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Date TBA | Student Rehearsal Florida International University, Modesto Maidique Campus Rehearsal Begins TBA Ticket Distribution takes place immediately following the conclusion of the rehearsal. |
Saturday, August 2, 2025 | Nursing Pinning Ceremony Schedule |
Student Arrival: Student Check-In will open at 9:00 am.
Student Dress Code for Ceremony
The dress code for the ceremony is business casual attire with the NWCNHS lab coat over. Dress shoes are required - no sneakers or sandals, and please be mindful of high-platform shoes.
Please be advised that students who wish to participate in the Nursing Pinning Ceremony mustwear a white FIU lab coat with the patch on the left arm. No exceptions.
Sigma Theta Tau: During the program, the members of the Honor Society will be asked to stand for recognition. Members, please wear your purple and white cords for the ceremony.
Guest Parking: We encourage students to carpool with their guests to avoid paying for parking. Please refer to the map below for parking locations.
A link with detailed parking information will be provided soon.
Order your Nursing Pin!
Click here College Graduation Products by Herff Jones, then click on the icon "Order Nursing Pins"
The nursing pin website is now live and ready to begin ordering at https://herff.ly/fiu by clicking on the "Order Nursing Pins" icon. The deadline time to order your nursing pin is 11:59 pm on your respective deadline date.
- Summer 2025 Deadline
May 10, 2025 at 11:59 pm
Award Voting is Now Open
View award nomination criteria
Summer 2025 Nightingale Excellence Award
Nominee must be a graduating senior who exemplifies nursing academic and clinical excellence, advocacy, leadership and potential for healthcare innovation nationally.
Summer 2025 Outstanding Nursing Graduate
The Nominee is a graduating senior who will be most likely to make a national and international impact in healthcare.
Summer 2025 Dean’s Legacy Award
Nominations will open for two weeks and will close on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.
Strollers: We highly encourage that strollers be left in vehicles. However, a designated area for stroller parking will be provided immediately outside the auditorium. Please do not leave any valuables in the strollers, as FIU NWCNHS will not be held responsible for any lost items.
Special Accommodations: We encourage guests who need special accommodations, such as wheelchairs, walkers, or who are injured, to arrive by 5:00 pm so that we may assist with seating arrangements. Please see the seating ushers at the entrance of SASC for assistance. Special accommodation seating is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis.Should you need an ADA accommodation to participate in a university event, program, or activity or need to request materials in an accessible format, please contact FIU’s Office of Civil Rights Compliance and Accessibility (CRCA) at 305-348-2785 or accommodations@fiu.edu. All requests for ADA accommodation or accessible materials for this event must be submitted to CRCA at least seven (7) business days prior to the event or at the earliest possible opportunity.
Guest Tickets: Each registered student will receive 5 tickets. Tickets will be distributed at the Rehearsal on July 28, 2025, at 1 pm. On event day, a “Will Call” table will be set aside for individuals who were not able to pick up their tickets. Please make sure each of your guests has a ticket. Please note that newborns and infants will not require a ticket to attend. However, all other guests must have a ticket to enter the theater.
To ensure the college meets Fire Marshall regulations, no one will be admitted to the SASC Theater without a guest ticket.
Ballroom Seating: The Theater doors will open at 10:00 am. Guests are encouraged to arrive with their whole party as seating will be provided on a first-come-first-served basis. The "holding" of seats is not permitted. Each row must be filled entirely, and no empty seats will be allowed. Members of your party who arrive separately will be seated separately.
Start of Ceremony: The Nursing Pinning Ceremony will start promptly at 11:00 am with Processional. Guests that arrive at that time, or just before 11:00 am, will be asked to step aside to allow the processional to begin without interruption. Upon the conclusion of the Processional, guests will be able to check in and be seated in the Theater.
Congratulations on your accomplishment!