Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony

Commencement

Congratulations to the Class of Spring 2024! 

On Friday, May 10th, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. (CST), the School of Nursing will host a ceremony at the Bass Concert Hall in honor of the graduating Class of 2024. The School of Nursing community is excited to honor your achievements and celebrate this moment with your friends and family.

Convocation Details

Parking & Drop-off

Parking
Complimentary parking will be offered in all university parking garages and on most surface lots. The closest parking garage is the San Jacinto Garage located at 2400 San Jacinto Blvd. Accessible parking is available in all UT Austin garages for those displaying a valid state-issued ADA placard or license plate.

For a comprehensive overview of road closures, drop-off locations and traffic flow around Bass Concert Hall, please refer to the Parking and Transportation Services page.

Drop-Off & Rideshare
The pick-up and drop-off point for guests and rideshare services to Bass Concert Hall is on DeLoss Dodds Way in front of the venue.

Parents and guests may enter Bass Concert Hall through the main entrance on 23rd Street (facing Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium). 

Security and Attendee Protocol

Visit the University Commencement: Security Information page to learn about the security and attendee protocol.

Letter from the Dean

Dean Eun-Ok Im

Congratulations to all our University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing students who are graduating today. Also, congratulations to the parents, partners, family, and friends who have supported and nurtured the graduates, enabling and facilitating their success. This commencement honors all that you have accomplished throughout the program and celebrates your continuous passion and commitment for nursing and your future leadership and contributions to nursing.

Our School of Nursing includes an excellent and strong community of outstanding students, committed and dedicated faculty and staff, and highly supportive alumni and friends. Our community is committed to addressing significant local, national, and global health care challenges through education, research, and service. With this extraordinary community, you have worked hard, successfully completed the program, and have been raised as promising future nursing leaders. With all your commitment and dedication to nursing, and with all the knowledge and skills that you have obtained through the program, you will make the world healthier and better.

As a part of this extraordinary University of Texas community, you have learned to lead and make promising changes in Texas and beyond with necessary competencies, compassion, and integrity. We are very proud of having raised our future nurse leaders in Texas and beyond.

Today, we are sending you out to the world so that you can make positive changes in Texas and beyond. I am highly excited about all the promising changes that you will bring to the nursing profession, and I am also deeply impressed with all the intellectual commitment and life experience that you will bring to the delivery of health care. This outstanding community of yours will always be here to support and celebrate your future journey and accomplishments.

Congratulations again.

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN 
Dean
Professor and Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing

Participating Faculty and Speakers:

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Welcome and Introduction of Guests

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN 
Dean 
Professor and Laura Lee Blanton Chair in Nursing 

Keynote Speaker

Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, FAAN
Visiting Professor

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Faculty Marshal

Janice F. Hernandez DNP, RN, FNP-C
Clinical Assistant Professor

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Graduate Student Speaker

Jennifer Joyner
Graduating DNP Student

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Graduate Student Speaker

Crystal Guy 
Graduating AEMSN Student 

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Undergraduate Student Speaker

Helen Kalleb
Graduating BSN Student

Assisted by:

Alexandra García

Alexandra García, PhD, RN, FAAN
Assistant Dean for the Graduate Programs
Professor

Gayle Timmerman, PhD, RN, CNS, FNAP, FAAN
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor

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Laura Murphy, PhD, MSN, RNC-OB
Clinical Assistant Professor
Graduate Advisor

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Tracy Demchuk, MA, EdD
Senior Director for Graduate Program Advising & Admissions 

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Teresa Bailey, DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, CNE
Clinical Assistant Professor

Ana Todd, PhD, RN 
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Clinical Assistant Professor 

Vinh T. Nguyễn, PhD, MEd
Associate Dean for Student Services

Leigh A. Goldstein, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, CNE
Director of Learning Enhancement and Academic Progress (LEAP) Center
Clinical Associate Professor

Larissa Brungot, DNP, RN, CNE
Clinical Assistant Professor

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Michelle Barajas, BSHDFS
Director, Undergraduate Admissions & Advising

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Sara Kothia
Student Banner Carrier