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The GW School of Nursing
2025 COMMENCEMENT CELEBRATIONS
Friday, May 16 – Sunday, May 18
The GW School of Nursing proudly honored the Fall 2024 graduates, and Spring 2025 and Summer 2025 graduating students. GW Nursing holds a school-specific ceremony and celebratory events during Commencement Week to honor graduating students.
GW Commencement on the National Mall was held on Sunday, May 19.
Commencement Week Events
Sigma Theta Tau International's Sigma Phi Epsilon Induction
Friday, May 16, 2025
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET
Jack Morton Auditorium
Guest Limit: 2
School of Nursing Graduation Celebration
Friday, May 16, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Lisner Auditorium
Guest Limit: 6
School of Nursing Graduation Reception
Friday, May 16, 2025
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
University Student Center
Guest Limit: 2
GW University Commencement
Sunday, May 18, 2025
10:30 a.m. ET
The National Mall
Guest Limit: 6
Watch Online
STREAM THE SCHOOL OF NURSING'S GRADUATION CELEBRATION
View the live-streamed celebration! Family and friends can relive the GW Nursing Graduation Celebration online via our YouTube channel (closed captions available). The ceremony began at 1 p.m. Eastern Time on May 16.
School of Nursing
Celebration Program
Download the 2025 School of Nursing Celebration program to view digitally.
Keynote Speaker
Rear Admiral Robert J. Hawkins
Senior Healthcare Executive, United States Navy
Chief, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps Director, J3 J5J&J7, Defense Health Agency
- Biography
Rear Admiral Hawkins, a distinguished leader in military nursing and public health, brings a wealth of experience and insight to this momentous occasion.
Rear Admiral Hawkins, a native of Liverpool, New York, has dedicated over four decades to service in the United States Navy. Beginning his career as a nuclear-trained submariner, he later transitioned into nursing, earning a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Medical University of South Carolina before being commissioned as an Ensign in 1993. His academic accomplishments include multiple advanced degrees in business, nursing, defense studies, and public health from prestigious institutions such as Georgetown University, Rush University, and the Navy War College.
Hawkins has served in critical operational roles, including wartime deployments as a nurse anesthetist aboard multiple naval vessels. His leadership extends across numerous high-profile positions, including Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, Commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, and Director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program at the Uniformed Services University. His extensive service record is decorated with numerous military honors, including the Legion of Merit and Defense Meritorious Service Medal.
Undergraduate
Student Speaker
Veronica Ellaine Glimada
B.S.N. Candidate
Graduate
Student Speaker
Bruno Rustico
D.N.P. Candidate
GW ALMA MATER
Hail Alma Mater
To thy spirit guiding,
Knowledge thy closest friend
In its strength abiding,
Pledge we fidelity
Ne'er its place resigning,
Hail thee George Washington!
Congratulations and Raise High!
