DONALDSON – Ancilla College Nursing Department held its 10th Professional Pinning Ceremony on Sunday, May 31 in the Catherine Kasper Life Center Chapel. Tiffany Addington (Walkerton), Melissa Barenie (Rochester), Shelly Day (Knox), and Angela Leary (Plymouth) were the four new nurses pinned during the ceremony.
Berniece Umbaugh, RN, a resident of Catherine Kasper Life Center and Registered Nurse for 70 years served as the honored guest speaker.
Umbaugh grew up on a farm beside Ancilla College and went to elementary and middle school in Donaldson. In 1945, she graduated from Augustana Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago. Following a year of work at Augustana Hospital and a position as student nurse at Hanover College, Umbaugh returned to Plymouth with her husband where she started her career at Parkview Hospital (now St. Joseph Regional Medical Center-Plymouth) and served faithfully for over 30 years.
Nursing Division Chair, Ann Fitzgerald, stated the importance of the pinning ceremony, and gave her enthusiastic regards. “The Ancilla College Nursing Pin is unique to this nursing program and is worn with pride by each nurse graduating. It represents the hard work, dedication, professionalism, and ministry of each nurse who identifies with Ancilla College and the nursing profession. Many nurses proudly wear their nursing pins each day on the job as they minister to the patients in their care. There is no other nursing pin like it and no other way to earn one than to graduate from Ancilla College Nursing. Each graduate is proud to wear this pin of distinction and we are proud of each new member of the nursing profession. Job well done! Congratulations!!”
Photo: Front row: Melissa Barenie, Angela Leary, Shelly Day, Tiffany Addington (Graduates) Back Row: Berniece Umbaugh (guest speaker), Beth Bailey, Pat Bawcum, Nadine Nufer, Gwen West (Nursing Instructors), Ann Fitzgerald (Director of Nursing)
