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Upcoming Events

  • September 13, 2018
    Ceremony, Convocation Week, Reception

    Convocation and Investiture Ceremony

    Hosted By: The Office of University Events
    Location: The Albert Sherman Center Auditorium
    4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

    Convocation is characterized by a celebration of faculty. Highlights of the ceremony include recognition of newly tenured and recently promoted faculty and announcement of the recipients of the Chancellor's Medals for distinguished teaching, distinguished scholarship, distinguished service and distinguished clinical excellence. These recognitions are part of the Chancellor’s keynote address, which emphasizes the accomplishments of the previous year and the challenges for the coming year.

    Investiture honors members of our faculty who have been appointed to named professorships and the generous donors who made these appointments possible. The first Investiture Ceremony was held in 1999 when there was such an extraordinary roster of honors to bestow that a new celebratory event to reflect this achievement was created. Today, there are more than 40 named professorships, a sign of the growth and maturity of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

  • September 14, 2018
    Ceremony, Convocation Week, Reception

    School of Medicine's White Coat Ceremony

    Hosted By: The Office of University Events
    Location: Tent on the Green- Main Campus
    2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

    At UMass Medical School, incoming School of Medicine students are presented with their white coats by the student’s Learning Community mentor and an individual significant in the student’s personal and/or professional development, chosen by the student.

     A short reception follows in the Albert Sherman Center.

  • September 17, 2018
    Ceremony, Commencement, Reception

    Graduate School of Nursing's Pinning Ceremony

    Hosted By: The Graduate School of Nursing
    Location: The Faculty Conference Room
    6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

    In the presence of family, guests and faculty members, students in the Graduate Entry Pathway (GEP) program are ceremonially presented with their nursing pins and welcomed into the nursing community by campus leaders.The GEP program, for individuals with a baccalaureate degree in a field other than nursing, leads first to registered nurse licensure and then to advanced nursing specialties. The pinning ceremony symbolizes successful completion of the courses and clinical experiences required for taking the licensure exam.

    A reception will follow in the New Medical School Lobby.

  • September 18, 2018
    Ceremony, Convocation Week, Reception

    The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Recognition Ceremony

    Hosted By: The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
    Location: The Albert Sherman Center Auditorium
    3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

    Members of the UMass Medical School scientific community, including students and faculty from all three schools, gather to recognize the accomplishments of their future colleagues.

    The Qualifying Exam marks an important milestone in the educational and professional development of basic science and clinical research graduate students, the transition from classroom-based learning to candidacy for a doctoral degree. Our ceremony recognizes those who have successfully completed the exam and are proceeding with thesis research in the laboratory of their faculty advisor.

    A reception follows in The Cube in the Albert Sherman Center.