Graduation
January 2009 Graduating Class: Gerlande Barreau, Jean Chrisnel Bernard, Marie Martha Désir, Shirley Dieuveille, Jenny Docteur, Fenise Etienne, Dalie Guerrier, Evens Joicin, Mirlaine Larochelle, Mirvline Ogenus, Emerson Pierre, Yanique Salomon, Juna Thelemaque
On January 10, 2009 the first class of 13 students graduated from the FSIL School of Nursing. They are the first in Haiti to graduate with a BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing). As far as we know, the three young men who graduated are the only male nurses in Haiti.
The festivities were planned in large part by these thirteen exceptional young men and women and their FSIL classmates. The Baccalaureate or Blessing Service took place on Friday, January 9, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Port-au-Prince. Both this service and the graduation the following day at Holy Trinity were presided over by the Rev. Jean Zaché Duracin, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.
After the graduation attendees traveled to the FSIL campus for a reception. The following pictures paint a vivid picture of the beauty and significance of these events.
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- January 2009 Graduating Class
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- Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Port-au-Prince
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- Graduation Ceremony
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- Ruth Barnard, attending from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Hilda Alcindor, and Donna Martsolf attending from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Marlene Cesar of H.A.N.A. (Haitian American Nurses Association) attending from Miami, and JoAnn Saunders from International Health Ministries of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Louisville, KY
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- Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Port-au-Prince
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- Maria Zack, President of the Medical Benevolence Foundation, attending from San Diego, CA, with Earlene and Jimmy Hite of Greenville, NC
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- Students exiting the ceremonies
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- Dr. Jim Kitchen of Denver, CO, involved in FSIL since the planning stages through the Medical Benevolence Foundation, and Pix Mahler, Haiti Partnership Facilitator with the Presbyterian Church (USA)
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- Graduates receiving awards
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- Dr. Maria Zack receiving a commendation for the Medical Benevolence Foundation from Dean Alcindor
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- On the platform: Dr. Maria Zack, Dr. Pierre Alcindor (faculty), Monique Germain (board & faculty), Margie Van Meter, Rosemarie Rowney, Donna Martsolf and Ruth Barnard (HNF board), Dr. Guy Theodore (speaker & surgeon), and Bishop Duracin.
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- Students planned the reception held at FSIL after the graduation
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- Students and guests filled the courtyard at FSIL
