Ceremonies Filled with Lessons and Encouragement
May 18th, 2009, 3:27 pm
Georgetown has more than 2,000 brand new alumni — including the first from the Doha, Qatar campus — after the university’s 210th commencement exercises.
Each of the university’s nine schools, plus the McDonough School of Business’ MBA program, held individual ceremonies to honor their graduates. The Washington campuses celebrated commencement weekend May 16-17, while the School of Foreign Service-Qatar held its inaugural graduation on May 9. Read Full Story.
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New Grads Fulfill Dreams of Becoming M.D.s
May 18th, 2009, 2:42 pm
The dreary weather didn’t keep the crowd from standing outside Constitution Hall prior to the 157th commencement ceremony of the School of Medicine.
Graduates stood near their classmates, family members and friends to talk, laugh, take photos and enjoy the last few moments of being medical students.
“For once, I’m actually speechless,” said Dan Alyesh, who graduated on Sunday. “We finally made it.”
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Dedicated to Serve: Medical Students in the Armed Forces Honored at Military Commencement Ceremony
May 16th, 2009, 2:54 pmOn May 15, 18 students from three branches of the Armed Forces were honored in a special ceremony dedicated to them, their friends and their loved ones.
Each year, the Armed Forces Commissioning Ceremony is held to recognize individuals who are part of the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP). This program offers medical students in the Armed Forces the opportunity to study at the Georgetown School of Medicine and allows them to graduate free of debt. Currently, the average medical student graduates with $150,000 in debt.
“I have the great honor to join with senior leadership of military medicine and the HPSP students to honor their commitment to our country,” said Stephen Ray Mitchell, dean of medical education. “It is a privilege to watch these remarkable men and women grow as doctors and embark on a rewarding career.”
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New Beginnings: Commencement 2009
May 12th, 2009, 9:39 amWhen you enter the lobby of Georgetown University Medical Center’s (GUMC) Medical-Dental building, the first thing you see is a portrait of Dr. Donald Knowlan. The painting was commissioned on the occasion of Knowlan’s so-called retirement — he is an emeritus professor of medicine but remains irrepressibly active on the medical campus, teaching classes and holding court in his favorite chair just outside Dean for Medical Education Stephen Ray Mitchell’s office. Knowlan balked at being featured at first, but allowed the painting to proceed under the condition that it be an action picture, rather than a more traditional, formal portrait with the subject posed in full academic regalia. “There has to be a patient and students, and it has to be at the bedside,” Knowlan requested.
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