STUDENT NEWS
Graduation 2015 Family, friends, faculty, preceptors, and staff watched proudly as members of the School of Pharmacy Class of 2015 walked across the stage to receive their Doctor of Pharmacy hoods at the School’s annual convocation ceremony on May 15 at the Hilton Baltimore. David Roffman, PharmD, BCPS, AQ/Cardiology, a professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science (PPS), was chosen by the Class of 2015 as the keynote speaker for convocation. The School’s morning ceremony was followed by a campuswide graduation ceremony at the Royal Farms Arena, where Kermit Crawford, RPh, retired president of pharmacy, health, and wellness at Walgreens, received an honorary Doctor of Science degree, for which he was nominated by the School of Pharmacy. Fourteen students from the School’s two PhD programs in the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR) and the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PSC) received their hoods during an afternoon ceremony on May 14.b
From left, Jenna Rocchio, Temilolu Ogunbodede, Erin Pace, Tae Oh, Yolanda Ntock, Matthew Noll, Zakria Nur, and Sargam Mahat.
Samuel Huber and Ellen Huang snap a selfie as they line up for the procession into the School’s morning convocation.
David Roffman shares insights with the graduation class during his keynote address.
Aaron Smith, a PSC graduate, with his mentor Angela Wilks, PhD, a professor in PSC. 24
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Michelle Campbell, a PHSR graduate, with her mentor, Francoise Pradel, PhD, a professor in PHSR.
Dean Natalie D. Eddington, PhD ’89, BSP, FAAPS, FCP, and Kermit Crawford gather in University Square Park for the academic procession down Baltimore Street to the afternoon ceremony.
Brandon Keith receives his hood from Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD ’83, BCPS, CDE, FAPhA, professor in PPS, and Andrew Coop, PhD, professor in PSC.