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Faculty presence lifts Commencement

May 31, 2015

For the faculty, Commencement is the culmination of many  years of teaching, mentoring and guiding their students. Below are highlights from UMass Chan Medical School’s 42nd Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 31.

  • Katherine Luzuriaga, MD, dons her regalia.
  • Members of ACCEL (Academic Consortium Combating Ebola in Liberia) prepare for the processional.
  • Keynote speaker Victor Dzau, MD, with Chancellor Michael F. Collins.
  • Members of the faculty begin the processional.
  • Michele Pugnaire, MD, winner of the Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Service, leads the processional.
  • Faculty marshals Kenneth Peterson, PhD, and Steven Hatch, MD.
  • Professor of medicine Richard Glew, MD, and Professor and chair of OB/GYN Julia Johnson, MD.
  • Professor of neurobiology Marc Freeman.
  • Chancellor Collins presents President Robert Caret with the Chancellor’s Medal.