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.Ìý
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 ConnellÌýpresented the 2017 award to Kathryn Mei-Ling Free.
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Undergraduate Commencement Award Recipients
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                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 AwardÌý
 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
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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-³Ô¹ÏÍø
Patricia Ibert Scholars Award
Maureen Emily Regan
Dorothy A. Jones Award
Lorena Loci
Ann W. Burgess Award
Martha Wilson Healey, Ph.D., RN, FNP-³Ô¹ÏÍø
Doctoral Dissertation Award
Martha Wilson Healey, Ph.D., RN, FNP-³Ô¹ÏÍø
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 LiÌý
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)
 
             
        
        
    
