GALVESTON, Texas - The opening ceremony welcoming incoming students to the School of Nursing will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 25, in Levin Hall.
Pamela G. Watson, dean of the nursing school, will welcome students and deliver a "state-of-the-school" address. E. "Tina" Cuellar, interim associate dean, will talk about the professionalism charter and academic integrity.
Patricia Richard, associate dean for undergraduate programs and education technology, will speak about nursing history at UTMB and Susan Grinslade, baccalaureate program director, will lead the presentation of the Nightingale lamps.
Forty-eight students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program will receive lamps. Thirty-eight in the accelerated Bacc2 program, who started class in January, also will receive lamps. The lamp symbolizes the care and devotion of the nursing profession as exemplified by Florence Nightingale.
Charlotte Wisnewski, president of Sigma Theta Tau International, will lead the students in the International Pledge for Nurses.
The incoming class also includes 65 students enrolled in the Master of Science in Nursing program and 40 students in the RN-BSN program.