Nurse students graduate with a pinning ceremony.

The ceremony is notable. At the Rasmussen College Mankato campus in Minnesota, around 35 students were retrieving their pins during the pinning ceremony.

Each graduate selects a specific receiver to hand off their pins.

Penny Pearson, 50, was among those who graduated. Penny’s son, Dustin, is a sergeant in the American Army.

He wouldn’t be able to attend the celebration because he had spent the previous year abroad in Kuwait, right?

Watch as Penny receives her pin. She begins weeping as the audience cheers her on!

Thank you to the school for making this a wonderful occasion!

The video below is quite touching. Watch it below.