Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technology

Graduation Luncheon

Please join the Biomedical Sciences and Technology faculty and staff in celebration of your hard work and dedication

Date:ÌýApril 18, 2025
Time: 11:30 am
Location: NB 108
Contact:Ìýruth.yancey@ahu.edu

Department of Health Humanities and Social Sciences

HHSS Graduation Lunch

Please join the HHSS faculty and staff in celebration of your hard work and dedication

Date:ÌýApril 18, 2025
Time: 11:30 am
Location:ÌýAgave Azul
Contact:Ìýruth.yancey@ahu.edu

Department of Imaging Sciences

Please join the Imaging faculty and staff in celebration of your hard work and dedication.

A.S. Sonography

Date:ÌýWednesday, April 2, 2025
Time:Ìý12:10 pm
Location:ÌýCC 214
Contact:Ìýjennie.carrafa@ahu.edu

B.S. Nuclear Medicine Graduation Brunch

Date:ÌýTuesday, March 25, 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location:ÌýAHU Campus Center, Room CC314
Contact:Ìýdeborah.mills@ahu.edu

A.S. Radiography Graduation Luncheon

Date:ÌýMonday, March 24, 2025
Time:Ìý11:30 to 1:30 pm
Location: GB 116 B (Orlando), Denver Location TBD
Contact:Ìýjena.heflin@ahu.edu

Department of Nursing

Pinning Ceremony

Symbolism of the BSN Nursing Pin

The Pinning Ceremony could be called the "Entrance into Practice Ceremony". It is a symbolic ritual that represents a rite of passage into a profession committed to caring above and beyond limits set by other disciplines. The nursing pin represents nursing excellence and service to others. The pin identifies the source of the nurse’s education, it also indicates to the patient, and others, that the nurse has successfully completed a particular nursing program.

Spring 2025 Ceremony

Date:ÌýFriday, April 18, 2025
Time:Ìý2 pm
Location:ÌýWholeLife Church, 2800 N. Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32804
Contact:Ìýshirley.flores@ahu.edu

Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner White Coat Ceremony

This prestigious ceremony marks the beginning of a lifelong professional journey and serves as a daily reminder of the commitment nurse practitioners make to deliver patient-centered, compassionate care.

Date:ÌýThursday, April 10, 2025
Time:Ìý4 pm
Location:ÌýAHU Nursing Building, Room NB103
Contact:Ìýberyl.battle@ahu.edu

Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Program - Graduation Brunch

Date:ÌýFriday, April 11, 2025
Time: 10 am
Location:ÌýHarry P. Leu Gardens, 1920 North Forest Avenue Orlando, FL 32803
Contact:Ìýbelinda.hernadez@ahu.edu

Department of Occupational Therapy

Pinning Ceremony

The Occupational Therapy Pinning Ceremony is a healthcare tradition that signifies a student’s transition from classroom-based didactic learning to the clinic.

The Pin reflects the honor of becoming an Occupational Therapist/Occupational Therapy Assistant. It is important to remember that OT/OTAs make a difference every day in someone’s life-no matter how big or small.

OTA Pinning Ceremony

Date:ÌýSeptember 8, 2025
Time: 6 pm
Location:
Contact:Ìývicki.case@ahu.edu

MOT Pinning Ceremony

Date:ÌýJuly 31, 2025
Time:Ìý1 pm
Location:
Contact:Ìýkim.dudzinski@ahu.edu

Department of Physician Assistant Studies

White Coat Ceremony

The Physician Assistant White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage ceremony for Physician Assistant students receiving either their short or long white coats. Students entering their clinical year receive their short white coats, and students completing their degrees receive their long white coats.Ìý

Date:ÌýAugust 7, 2025
Time: 5 pm
Location:Ìý
Contact: kambria.hull@ahu.edu

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Hooding Ceremony

Date:ÌýMonday, April 21, 2025
Time:Ìý8:30 am
Location: Graduate Building GB 114
Contact:Ìýsherry.markey@ahu.edu

Department of Spiritual Care

MS Spiritual Care Dinner

Dinner for the graduates of the MSSC program.

Date:ÌýApril 21, 2025
Time:ÌýTBD
Location:ÌýCocina 214, 151 E Welbourne Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789
Contact:Ìýruth.yancey@ahu.edu