The University of Pittsburgh at Titusville celebrated 14 students who graduated with their Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) degree during a combined pinning ceremony and commencement held May 2 in Henne Auditorium at the Broadhurst Science Center.

Family, friends, faculty and community members gathered to honor the graduates as they received their nursing pins and were formally recognized for completing the rigorous program that prepares them to enter the profession as licensed registered nurses.

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