Sara van der Giessen to receive pin at Dordt College nurses pinning ceremony May 8

2014 May 6

The nursing department at Dordt College will hold its spring pinning ceremony Thursday, May 8, when 17 bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) students will be awarded a unique Dordt nursing pin. Sara van der Giessen of Lake Forest Park, Washington, will receive this special pin at the ceremony.

The keynote address will be given by Jennifer Weg, chief nursing officer at Sanford Health in Worthington, Minnesota. Weg has an M.S.N. in nursing administration from South Dakota State University. She previously taught the Community and Public Health Nursing course at Dordt College for two years.

All the students participating in the pinning ceremony will also be graduating from Dordt College on Friday, May 9. The nursing students have previously earned their associate of science in nursing degrees through a consortium agreement with St Luke’s College in Sioux City, Iowa. Dordt’s unique nursing program is designed so that students become registered nurses typically in their third year. These graduates completed a fourth year at Dordt to earn their BSN. Nursing is consistently one of the five largest majors at Dordt College. To learn more, visit www.dordt.edu/academics/programs/nursing.

Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. Dordt is home to approximately 1,400 students. To learn more about Dordt College, visit www.dordt.edu.