TRINITAS SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNOUNCES 35 GRADUATES
Thirty-five new nurses have joined the ranks of the profession following their completion of studies at the Trinitas School of Nursing. Convocation exercises were held recently at the Union County College campus in Cranford.

Trinitas School of Nursing conducts a Cooperative Nursing Program with Union County College and confers a Diploma in Nursing from Trinitas and an Associate Degree from the College.

Initially offering nursing studies as the Elizabeth General Medical Center School of Nursing, Trinitas School of Nursing has been in continuous operation since 1891.

The School takes pride in one of the highest pass rates experienced among its students who take The National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX) for registered nurse licensure. Since 1990, 97 percent of the school's graduates have passed the NCLEX exam on first writing.

Among the men and women who received school pins, diplomas, and degrees were Berkley Heights, NJ resident Elizabeth T Way; Brooklyn, New York residents Terry Annanday Hunte, Leolyn P. Palmer-Wallerson, and Winnie Simon; Califon, NJ resident Vern Johnson; Elizabeth residents Eric B. Cruz, Sonia Figueiredo, Ana Paula Grillo-Dias; Hackettstown, NJ resident Caroline Okemwa; Hillside residents Aida Guadalupe Brito and Portia A. Mason; Irvington, NJ resident Marie Brown; Iselin, NJ resident Devin Sherinique Basabe; Jersey City, NJ residents Illya de Vera, Praxides Mbakaya and Estella W. Wachira; Kearny, NJ resident Melida Alexandra Pelaez; Kendall Park, NJ resident Angela Atlena Moss; Linden, NJ resident David Eric Gulowsen; Newark, NJ residents Kenya Terecia Cannonier and Ana Karina Jamed; Rahway, NJ resident Kimberly A. Danatzko; Roselle, NJ residents Datra Suzette Harley, Raquel Pierre-Louis and Alexandra Salvant; Springfield, NJ resident Wilfredo P. Castillo; Staten Island, NY residents Kim Marie Clarke and Tiffany Dawn LeBeau, and Union, NJ residents Keren Longville, Mathew T. Maruthanal, Rosette Quiwa, Luz Salunga and Tse K. Wong; West Orange, NJ resident Remonne Joseph and Woodhaven, NY resident Bibi S. Henderson.

Wilfredo P. Castillo, Kimberly A. Danatzko, Tiffany Dawn LeBeau, Rosette Quiwa and Estella W. Wachira all graduated with nursing honors.

Other award recipients included: Aida Guadalupe Brito and Tiffany LeBeau, the Lily Bierstein Memorial Award; Wilfredo Castillo, Second Scholarship and Nursing Service Awards; Kimberly A. Danatzko, The Give Back Award; Sonia Figueiredo, the June Palmieri Crincoli Memorial Award; David Gulowsen, Alumni Association Award; Datra Harley, the Curtis Crumbley Memorial Award; Vernon Johnson, Auxiliary Award; Rosette Quiwa, First Scholarship, General Proficiency and Nursing Service Awards; Winnie Simon, Gerontological Nursing Award, and Estella Wachira, the Naeisha Massenburg Memorial Award.

For more information about the program of study at Trinitas School of Nursing, call 908-659-5200 or visit our Center Of Excellence page at http://www.trinitashospital.org/school_of_nursing.htm.

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Posted: March 8, 2006

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