March 2, 2026<\/p>\n
When nursing student Carolyn Moglia walks across the Commencement<\/a> stage this May, she won\u2019t just be earning a diploma, she\u2019ll be making history. As a member of the first graduating cohort of St. John\u2019s University\u2019s new Bachelor of Science in Nursing<\/a> program, Carolyn represents the heart, grit, and promise of a program built from the ground up.<\/p>\n Her journey reflects what it means to find your calling, supported by a community that believes in you. \u201cIn the beginning, I wasn\u2019t sure whether I was certain about becoming a nurse or where I was heading in life,\u201d she said. \u201cThe more time I spent with my peers and our amazing faculty, the more I realized the path ahead of me.\u201d<\/p>\n St. John\u2019s nursing program launched in 2022, in response to the growing global need for health-care professionals. \u201cAs a new program, we have always been included in decisions about our education, and our faculty value our opinions,\u201d Carolyn explained. \u201cEveryone is willing to help and support one another through hard times. I know that my peers and faculty will always have my back, no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n When Carolyn and her classmates first entered the nursing program, they did so without a physical home of their own. During their first two years, the cohort bounced between spaces on campus as their current home, the St. Vincent Health Sciences Center<\/a>, took shape.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen St. Vincent\u2019s opened, it felt like we finally had a home,\u201d she explained. \u201cNow, all our faculty are in the same place, so we know where to find our people. It has state-of-the-art equipment and beautiful new classrooms and labs for us to learn and thrive in.\u201d<\/p>\n Carolyn lost her father during her sophomore year, an experience that changed her life. \u201cI honestly didn\u2019t know if I could power through the end of that semester, let alone the two years I had left in the program,\u201d she recalled. \u201cMy friends and faculty were so full of love and support. Several of my professors even came to his wake to support me. To this day, some of them still pull me aside and check on me if they notice I\u2019m down or having a rough day.\u201d<\/p>\n Through that loss, Carolyn found a more profound sense of purpose\u2014one rooted in resilience and remembrance. \u201cMy dad always wanted me to be a nurse, and I keep going to make him proud, but also because of the amazing support system I have behind me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Since then, she has thrived. She is currently working as a Nursing Assistant at Cohen Children\u2019s Medical Center<\/a>\u00a0in New Hyde Park, NY, where she was recently honored with a DAISY Award<\/a>\u2014a nursing industry award that celebrates, recognizes, and thanks nurses for the care and kindness they provide.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was an amazing honor for me. It showed that I have made an impact on someone\u2019s life, and that makes me want to continue my journey to become a nurse,\u201d she said. \u201cHopefully, one day I will be a pediatric intensive care unit nurse, just like the nurses who nominated me for this award.\u201d<\/p>\n That sense of purpose now carries her forward as graduation draws near. With real-world experience under her belt and a growing confidence in her skills, Carolyn is ready to take the next step\u2014eager to turn everything she\u2019s learned in the classroom into action in the real world.<\/p>\n \u201cThey always say that until you\u2019ve worked a real 12-hour shift as a nurse, you can\u2019t really know what it\u2019s like,\u201d she admits, \u201cbut I\u2019m excited to take everything I\u2019ve learned over the past four years and put it into practice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 2, 2026 When nursing student Carolyn Moglia walks across the Commencement stage this May, she won\u2019t just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-149735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}