Nurse Pinning Ceremony

Rockland Community College Continues 50th Anniversary Celebrations
With Traditional Nurse Pinning Ceremony

Suffern, NY - The pinning ceremony for SUNY Rockland Community College nursing graduates will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 6 - 9 p.m. in the Cultural Arts Theater, followed by a reception in the Atrium.

Graduating students of the RCC Nursing Program proclaim the Nightingale Pledge and receive their school pin at this traditional ceremony witnessed by family and friends.

Community agencies will present special awards to students who demonstrated excellence in a specific area.

Forty-two graduates of the May 2009 Nursing Program took the NCLEX licensing exam and all 42 passed. These graduates are now Registered Nurses (RNs). This 100% pass rate is extraordinary. The overall pass rate for the last quarter is 98%, significantly higher than the New York State average.

In 1963, RCC graduated a total of 115 students, including the first 24 from the College’s Nursing program. In total, more than 3,000 students have graduated from the Nursing program.

For more information, contact Dorothea Lever, Professor and Chair of the Nursing Department, at (845) 574-4222, (845) 574-4223 or dlever@sunyrockland.edu 

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Rockland Community College, a unit of the State University of New York, is located 25 miles northwest of NYC. The majority of its students transfer to four-year colleges, and many find immediate employment upon earning their associate's degree or certificate. The College also offers others, from preschoolers to senior citizens, the opportunity to simply learn something new. Quality education...at a price you can afford.