The numbers are in on the Health Sciences 2020 Graduation Celebration: 650 students earned their degrees during our first virtual graduation event. That total includes 323 recipients of undergraduate degrees, 280 recipients of master’s degrees, including 68 physician assistant studies graduates; 42 doctor of physical therapy graduates, four doctor of occupational therapy graduates, and our first graduate of the PhD in Translational Health Sciences Program. A special thanks to the graduation planning committee: Nick Atlas, Teri Capshaw, Patrick Corr, Karen Foote, Amy King, and Monica Oliver. Foote is with IMPACT and the other team members are with HS Administration. Special thanks to the entire IMPACT team, Biomedical Communications, and Anne Banner and Stephen Olowoye of SMHS Communications for assisting with graduation. Celebration videos are available for viewing on the Graduation Website.
Departmental celebrations included:
The Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (BLS) hosted a live online graduation celebration and awards ceremony. Thanks to Nurcan Basar and Emma Levine of BLS and Karen Foote and Laurie Lyons of IMPACT for their work on the event.
CRL created video messages to graduates and shared a roll call recognizing student accomplishments. Thanks to Kelly Carr, Patrick Corr, Leslie Davidson, Karen Foote, and Ernestine Yarborough for planning the celebration. Carr, Davidson, and Yarborough are with CRL while Corr is with HS Administration and Foote is with IMPACT.
HHFR celebrated its DPT and OTD graduations with both live award celebrations and recorded recognitions. Thank you to Ellen Costello, Linda Cotton, Alison Petrie, Mike Steele, Erin Wentzell, and Marsha White for their work. All team members are with HHFR except for Cotton who is with IMPACT.
The Department of Physician Assistant Studies (PAS) celebrated its graduates with a live white coat celebration, a recorded donning of the white coats event, and student profiles. Thank you to Leocadia Conlon, Marie Gardner, Allison Hardy, Rakia Johnson, Haldon Lindstrom, Katie Sanchez, Howard Straker, and Karen Wright, all of PAS, for their efforts.
