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Faculty support students, institution at Commencement

June 05, 2016

For the faculty, Commencement is the culmination of many years of teaching, mentoring and guiding their students. Below are highlights from UMass Medical School’s 43rd Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 5.

  • Thoru Pederson, PhD, carries the mace and leads the processional.
  • David Hatem, MD, marches in the processional.
  • Nancy Bennet, MD, applauds the graduates as she processes into the tent.
  • Jay Broadhurst, MD, congratulates a graduate.
  • From left, Mary Munson, PhD; Zhiping Weng, PhD; Michele Pugnaire, MD; and Craig Ceol, PhD, in the processional.
  • GSBS Dean Anthony Carruthers, PhD, enters the tent.
  • Michael Ennis, MD, listens intently.