Kiva Auditorium
March 13, 2025
Students must arrive no later than 4:00 PM
Ceremony starts promptly at 5:00 PM
Tickets are NOT required for this event.
Students are required to wear their nursing scrubs during the ceremony. The dress code will be strictly enforced, and no exceptions will be made. Partner school students, please wear your school-specific colors.
Your scrub jackets will be waiting for you at the venue.
4:00 PM Check-In
Students will pick up their index card with their name and phonetic spelling listed on it. Verify the information before taking the card. Keep the card! You will hand your card to the Associate Dean to announce your name as you cross the stage.
Next, pick up your scrub jacket from the UNM faculty in the designated area.
4:30 PM Review
A faculty member will go over the processional and instructions for the ceremony.
4:45 PM Line Up
There is no particular order for you to line up in. You may sit next to whomever you’d like. Neatly drape your (UNBUTTONED) jacket across your left arm (UNM logo facing up) before processing into the auditorium.
5:00 PM Nursing Pledge Ceremony
Crossing the Stage
Marshals and staff will assist and direct. Crossing the stage will be from right to left. At the appropriate time, the first row will stand, and individually, each student will walk toward the stage and up the stairs. Please follow the Marshals' directions.
Coating
Drape your unbuttoned (UNM logo facing up) scrub jacket over your left arm with your name card in the right hand. At the podium, give the Associate Dean your name card. After they announce your name, proceed toward the center of the stage, hand the BSN Program Director your coat, and turn toward the audience. They will assist you with putting the coat on. A photo will be taken. Walk toward the Dean – shake hands – the photographer will take a photo during the handshake and then exit the stage. A marshal will direct you to your seat. After returning to your seat, PLEASE BE SEATED.
Pledge
After the last student has crossed the stage and is at their seat, the Associate Dean will approach the podium. They will then lead you all in reciting the Nursing Pledge, which you will find on the last page of your program.
Group Photo
Please remain in your seats after the ceremony. There will be a group photo taken.
401 2nd Street NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Please remember allow plenty of time prior to your event as traffic is known to be considerably busier than normal at times of Kiva Auditorium events in Albuquerque.
Kiva Auditorium is located at 401 2nd Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87102. If you are driving in to see the show, make sure to give yourself at least 30 minutes to find parking and make it to your seat.
The Civic Center is connected to 1,500 convenient parking spaces.
Primary parking is available at the Convention Center garage (Martin Luther King Blvd & Broadway), with overflow parking available at the Civic Plaza garage (Marquette & 3rd St.). Event parking in these garages is $6.00 – $10.00 per vehicle, without in/out privileges.
Additionally, there are numerous other public parking garages and parking lots available throughout downtown close to the Center. Parking fees vary. Please refer to the posted parking fees at each garage or lot.
Office of Advancement
College of Nursing
Building 214
Suite 3101
1 University of New Mexico