The Connell School of Nursing is pleased to announce the 2017 commencement award recipients. Members of the graduating class were honored at the annual commencement activities in recognition of their achievements. The undergraduate awards were presented at the Convocation Ceremony on the afternoon of Sunday, May 21 and the graduate awards were presented at the Graduate Nurses Association Gala later that evening.
Following tradition, the William F. Connell Award was the only award to be presented to a graduating student at the Connell School Diploma Ceremony on Monday, May 22. Established in memory of William F. Connell, the award is given to a graduating student, as determined by the Connell School faculty, who best demonstrates the attributes of leadership, loyalty, service, achievement, humility and good will. Boston College Trustee Associate Margot Connell presented the 2017 award to Kathryn Mei-Ling Free.
Undergraduate Commencement Award Recipients
Boston College Trustee Associate Margot Connell presenting the William F. Connell Award with Dean Susan Gennaro
Rev. Edward H. Finnegan, S.J., Nominee
Brittney Vanderlyn Bentivegna
Baccalaureate Degree Recipient at University Commencement
Emma Ellen Adcock
William F. Connell Award Undergraduate Nominee
Kathryn Mei-Ling Free
Alumni Award
Haley Elizabeth Tietje
Marie S. Andrews Clinical Performance Award
Emily Mae Bernard
Cathy Jean Malek Award
Christina Paige Dunn
Jean O'Neil presenting the Jean A. O'Neil Achievement Award to Jaclyn Rose DiMartino at Convocation
Rev. Edward J. Gorman, S.J., Leadership Award
Sarah Jeanne-Louise Woods
Jean A. O’Neil Achievement Award
Jaclyn Rose DiMartino
Susan E. Donelan Award
Hana Chung
Maureen Eldredge Award Bronwen
Julia Stec
Graduate Commencement Award Recipients
Master’s Degree Recipient at University Commencement
Rachel Nicole Lehouillier
Doctoral Degree Recipient at University Commencement
Denise Testa, Ph.D., CRNA
William F. Connell Award Master's Nominee
Amy Sheafee Li
Colleen Snydeman and Mary Laurette Hughes at Commencement
William F. Connell Award Doctoral Nominee
Colleen K. Snydeman, Ph.D., RN, NE-BC
Patricia Ibert Scholars Award
Maureen Emily Regan
Dorothy A. Jones Award
Lorena Loci
Ann W. Burgess Award
Martha Wilson Healey, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC
Doctoral Dissertation Award
Martha Wilson Healey, Ph.D., RN, FNP-BC
Magaw-Hodgins Nurse Anesthesia Award
Douglas Grunseich
Recognition for Clinical Excellence in Specialty Concentration
Graduates of the master's program at Commencement
Maureen Emily Regan
Family Nurse Practitioner
Julia Rogers Wolfe
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Amy Sheafee Li
Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
Nicole A. Collins
Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Rose Mary Smith
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Naira Qazi
Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA)