Graduation & Pinning Ceremonies

Graduation & Pinning Ceremony Information

Pinning ceremonies will begin at 6:00pm, preceding the Graduation Ceremony at 7:00pm.

**Note: The ceremony times are subject to change. Please contact the front office to confirm the time and date of your ceremony, using the contact information below.

Exit Interview

You are nearing the end of your program, and it is now time to talk about your graduation and the process for finishing out your program with OIAH. Before you receive your diploma or transcripts, you will need to complete your exit interview. You must call and schedule an appointment with Career Services to complete your exit interview. When you complete your exit interview, you will be given a packet containing the original copy of your diploma, and official transcripts.

View the career services and placement webpage, for more information on finding a job after school and services offered to help you do this.

Pinning Ceremony

1. The pinning ceremony will be held before the graduation ceremony at 6:00pm. Please note that this time is subject to change. To be sure of the time of your pinning ceremony, please contact the front office using the information provided on the left hand side of this page.
2. Students may wear all white scrubs for the pinning ceremony or business formal clothing. If you plan to stay for the graduation ceremony afterwards, you will be given a cap and gown to put over your outfit, so plan to dress accordingly.

Cap and Gown Information

Caps and gowns are required for the graduation ceremony. The price is included in your program package as a student. To ensure a proper fit, please fill out the following form, and turn it in to the office administration staff on campus by the class end date of your final quarter.

Florence Nightingale Pledge

This poem will be recited with your other classmates during the pinning ceremony. It will be available in the pinning ceremony programs to view as well.

“I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. And will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession, and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and all family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling. With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.”