Click on the link "Nursing Pin Information" towards the bottom of this page for pricing information.
 

Deadline to order pin:

October 1, 2005 for Fall Convocation

March 19, 2006 for Spring Convocation
 

Deadline for ordering caps and gowns through the bookstore:

October 21, 2005 for Fall

March 21, 2006 for Spring

History/Background on nursing pin:

First used in 1892, gold in the shape of a gold nugget embossed with a large lone star hanging from a bar below the pin. A few years later, the current design with the lone star on top of the gold nugget was adapted when the Galveston school of nursing became a part of the University of Texas System. Nursing programs around the world have their own distinct pin. In the past years, nursing programs also had distinct caps. Today, the nursing pin represents the alma mater for their school of nursing.

Pinners: (4th level students only)

Choose a RN to pin you. This may be a co-worker, relative, or friend that is a RN. The pinner can be a faculty member. If you would like a faculty member to be your pinner, you are to ask the faculty if they are planning to attend the convocation ceremony and if they are willing to pin you. Also, you are responsible for notifying the faculty member prior to the ceremony.

If you do not know a RN, Dr. Klotz, Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, will confer the pin. It would be best if you give your pinner your pin prior to the ceremony. If Dr. Klotz pins you, you will bring the pin with you onto the stage.

Hooding Ceremony:

Master's students will receive their hood as part of the convocation ceremony. Caps, gowns, and hoods need to be ordered through UT Bookstore. Deadlines are:

October 21, 2005 for Fall

March 11, 2006 for Spring