Nursing Congratulates Spring 2011 Graduates

Congratulations to all of our Spring 2011 University of South Florida College of Nursing graduates! This semester we had 150 students graduate from the College of Nursing including 2 Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP), 61 Master’s of Science (MS) and 87 Bachelor (BS).

Congratulations to our Spring 2011 DNP graduates for their outstanding achievements and excellent evidenced-based practice projects!

Tina Malone
Evaluation of PQRI Guidelines for Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Family Practice Clinic

Bonnie Boyette-Peterson
Accuracy of Presumptive Chlamydia Diagnosis Compared with Culture Results in a Public Health Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic Run by Registered Nurse (RN) Clinicians

Congratulations to all of our Spring 2011 MS graduates, especially the 6 amazing students who have achieved an extremely impressive 4.0 GPA!

Marie Diana Able
Nursing Education Concentration

Jolanta Lidia Baginski
Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration

Lauren Nicole Dalboi
Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration

Lisa Marie Fleury
Clinical Nurse Leader Concentration

Devra Kiewit
Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration

Nicole Anne Levitt
Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration

Congratulations to all of our Spring 2011 BS graduates! An unbelievable 38% of these students received University honors: 16 Cum Laude, 14 Magna Cum Laude and 3 Summa Cum Laude!

Summa Cum Laude
Samantha Garber
Samet Maxudov
Sarah Elizabeth Pheiffer

Magna Cum Laude
Kristina Lynn Bahn
Sarah Bernstein
Sarah Bishop
Michael Byers
Addie Cant
Robert Gerald Collins
Alisa Green
Denise Vera Hain
Melody Konrad
Debbie Lovas
Heather Marie Pandorf
Lindsey Rainwater
Samanta Roopnarain
Amanda Walczak

Cum Laude
Jasmine Alnaggar
Krista DeSantis
Christina Atilanie Edoizin
Nicole Grim
Mona Hasan
Brenda Hermanson
Chandrika Patel
LuAnn Peters
Joshua Philip Johnston
Elisea Jose
Annette Nicole Novelli
Wilfredo J. Perez
Dunnice Sambon
Rachel Shreeve
Alexia Schuller-Peterson
Stephanie Womack

Congratulations to the outstanding Spring 2011 BS graduates chosen by the faculty to receive special recognition for their many magnificent accomplishments as excellent nursing students!

Service Award
Sarah Bishop

Clinical Excellence Award
Kristina Bahn
Sarah Elizabeth Pheiffer

Spirit of Nursing Award
Mona Hasan

Academic Excellence Award
Samet Maxudov
Sarah Elizabeth Pheiffer

Congratulations also to the Spring 2011 recipient of the USF Nursing Alumni Nightingale Award, presented on behalf of the USF Nursing Alumni and Friends Society Board. The recipient of this award is chosen by their graduating class as the one student from their class who best represents the values of the College and the nursing profession.

USF Nursing Alumni Nightingale Award
Jean Tirado

If you weren’t able to attend the Spring 2011 Nursing Pinning Ceremony, you can watch the entire ceremony recorded online through USF Health Live on the USF Health Facebook page! Photos from the Pinning Ceremony will be available online through the USF Nursing Alumni and Friends Society website. For information about upcoming Nursing Pinning Ceremonies visit and “Like” the University of South Florida College of Nursing on Facebook!

You can also watch the recorded playback of the USF Commencement Ceremonies online with USF Netcast Streaming Video.News and photos from USF Commencement are available on the USF News Channel.

Thank you to all of the exceptional faculty, staff, students, alumni, family and friends who attended USF Commencement Ceremonies and our baccalaureate Nursing Pinning Ceremony featuring the Alumni Path of Light.

For information about upcoming Nursing Pinning Ceremonies visit and “Like” the University of South Florida College of Nursing on Facebook!