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Celebrating among family and friends, the Class of 2022 looks to the future

On Friday, May 6, more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Public Health and the School of Social Work, representing more than 25 degree programs, received their bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 56th College of Public Health graduation ceremony. For the first time since 2019, students celebrated in the Liacouras Center among families, friends and guests. The ceremony followed the university commencement ceremony the previous day, which officially conferred degrees on the nearly 10,000 students in Temple’s Class of 2022. ...

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Jasmine Dantzler, health professions and physical therapy student, to deliver graduation student address

“Everything has been preparing me for this moment,” says Jasmine Dantzler in the months before graduation, where she’s preparing to deliver the student address. Next week, she’ll graduate with her bachelor of science and complete her first year of the accelerated doctor of physical therapy program, taking the next step in a journey that began long before her time at Temple. As a high school athlete, she traveled the East Coast running track meets in one of the sport’s most competitive conferences, competing alongside future olympic medalists. But rather than conti...

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Judith Faulkner, Founder and CEO of Epic, to receive honorary degree at 2022 graduation

In recognition of her inspirational career and steadfast efforts to improve the health and well-being of individuals and populations across the globe, Judith Faulkner, founder and chief executive officer of Epic, will be presented with a university honorary degree at the College of Public Health’s graduation ceremony at the Liacouras Center on May 6. She will also give the keynote address. Jasmine Dantzler, who is graduating with a bachelor of science in health professions and will continue working toward earning her doctor of physical therapy at the College of Public Health,...

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At graduation, students reminded of lessons learned during life in pandemic

After more than a year of remote and hybrid learning, and with students wearing masks and seated six feet apart, the College of Public Health was finally able to recognize graduating students at an in-person, physically distanced graduation ceremony on May 6 at Geasey Outdoor Field Complex on Temple’s Main Campus. More than 700 students in the College of Public Health and School of Social Work Class of 2021 were recognized; students who were unable to attend, or felt uncomfortable doing so, were able to submit photographs in order to be recognized in a slideshow of all the...

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Rachel Levine, US assistant secretary for health, to deliver keynote at 2021 graduation ceremony

Dr. Rachel Levine, assistant secretary for health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will deliver the keynote address at the College of Public Health and School of Social Work graduation ceremony on May 6. In March, Dr. Levine was appointed to serve in the Biden Administration as assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services, making history as the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate. Prior to this appointment, she served as Secretary of Health and Physician General for the Commonwealth of Pen...

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Class of 2020 honored at online celebration

In a virtual celebration of its Class of 2020, with students distanced to limit the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the College of Public Health honored 790 undergraduate and 386 graduate students for their accomplishments in receiving new degrees. "Instead of gathering in the Liacouras Center surrounded by about 7,000 people, we're scattered around the country and the world watching this together," said Dean Laura A. Siminoff in her opening remarks. In the online video event, Siminoff and other speakers congratulated graduates and stressed the dramatically heightened value o...

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At graduation, a unifying message for 1,189 new graduates

On Friday, May 10, eight hundred undergraduate and 389 graduate students in the College of Public Health and the School of Social Work, representing more than 40 degree programs, received their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees at the 53rd College of Public Health Graduation Ceremony in the Liacouras Center. The ceremony followed the university commencement ceremony the previous day, which recognized Temple’s largest graduating class in history. In her opening remarks, College of Public Health Dean Laura A. Siminoff reminded the graduates that, no matter their...

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Five questions with 2019 Graduation Speaker and Montgomery County Commissioner Valerie Arkoosh

On Friday, May 10, Montgomery County Commissioner Valerie Arkoosh will deliver the keynote speech at the College of Public Health graduation ceremony. First appointed to fill a vacancy on the Commission in January 2015, Arkoosh won election to a full four-year term in November 2015 and served as Commission Vice Chair until her election as Chair in 2016. Since then, she has managed human services, the county court and criminal justice system, voter services, roads and other infrastructure in Montgomery County, the third most populous county in Pennsylvania. Arkoosh is a graduate...

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