on graduation day

Celebrating the classes of December '22 and May '23

No look back at 2023-2023 would be complete without celebrating the year's most memorable days: our fall and spring Recognition Ceremonies.

Twenty-one women and men from our Second Degree Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) track and RN-to-BSN program graduated from IU School of Nursing Bloomington (IUSON BL) on December 17, 2022, in a recognition ceremony hosted in the Health Sciences Building. The new graduates selected Dr. Abby Berg to deliver the graduation address and classmates Derek Garza and Jackie DuMont to act as class spokespersons.

As additional honors, Derek was singled out by IU President Pamela Whitten at the all-campus Winter Commencement ceremony for graduating from our school with highest distinction, an honor he shared with classmate Taylor Clemens. Derek was also the winner of the Elizabeth Grossman award, which recognizes a student who achieves the highest grade point average in nursing courses across all nine IU campuses.

On May 6, we returned to Presidents Hall to celebrate the 82 new nurses graduating from our traditional BSN and RN-to-BSN programs. These students chose Dr. Amy Hagedorn Wonder to deliver the graduation address and Student Nurses’ Association Co-President Morgan Hardy to serve as class spokesperson, with Morgan’s remarks citing poet Maya Angelou being especially memorable.

Of note, graduating senior Haley Huff was the May 2023 recipient of the Elizabeth Grossman Award. It is a rare honor to have the same campus win both the fall and spring Grossman Awards, and we are so proud of both Derek and Haley.

Congratulations to all our outstanding new graduates!

Words alone cannot adequately capture the many memories from our December and May ceremonies. Join us as we share the year's most memorable day in pictures.