TRADITIONS
WVSOM celebrates 36th commencement ceremony Underneath a large white tent on a green field in Lewisburg rows of medical students sat donned in their suede green and black gowns with their gold tassels dangling from their caps. Each medical student in the Class of 2013 eagerly awaited the moment they would walk across the stage and receive their Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from WVSOM. Underneath the tent also sat the students’ family members, friends, significant others and the many WVSOM faculty and staff who have all supported the graduates on their four-year journey through medical school. The 36th annual commencement
Michael Adelman, D.O., D.P.M., J.D., president, and Lorenzo Pence, D.O., vice president for academic affairs and dean, led the ceremony and awarded the degrees.
ceremony that took place on May 25 was the last step in medical school for the 191 students who now enter the medical profession as physicians.
“WVSOM is a leader in graduating physicians of the highest caliber,” Adelman told the graduates. “You should be proud of your individual accomplishments, your class and your school.”
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