School of Nursing celebrates commencement at Northrop on Dec. 15
November 28, 2023
The Fall 2023 Commencement Ceremony will be held on Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. at Northrop. Caroline Njau, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of Patient Care Services at Children's Minnesota, will deliver the commencement address.
Donald Waldo, BS, will speak on behalf of Master of Nursing students, and Jennifer Reece, BA, will speak on behalf of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing graduates.
Students in the School of Nursing’s Master of Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice and PhD programs and the Center for Spirituality and Healing Master of Arts in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate programs will be graduating.
The ceremony will be livestreamed at a link that will be available on the commencement page.
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