Graduation 2014
Nearly 1,000 students will receive degrees during Commencement Week 2014 graduation ceremonies for Columbia University Medical Center schools. Speakers range from Columbia faculty members to a retired U.S. Air Force officer wounded in Iraq.
Details of each school’s ceremonies, listed in chronological order by school:
Columbia Nursing Graduation and White Coat Ceremony
When: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 10 a.m.
Where: The Armory, 216 Fort Washington Ave.
Speaker: John Rowe, MD, professor of health policy & management at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, former chairman and CEO of Aetna, former president and CEO of Mount Sinai NYU Health, former professor of medicine and founding director of the Division on Aging at the Harvard Medical School, and former chief of gerontology at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital
The nursing graduation can be viewed live here.
(The school’s Sigma Theta Tau induction ceremony and reception is 4 p.m. Monday, May 19, in the P&S Alumni Auditorium.)
Mailman School of Public Health Graduation
When: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 4 p.m.
Where: The Armory, 216 Fort Washington Ave.
Speaker: John Rowe, MD, professor of health policy & management at Mailman, former chairman and CEO of Aetna, former president and CEO of Mount Sinai NYU Health, former professor of medicine and founding director of the Division on Aging at the Harvard Medical School, and former chief of gerontology at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital
The Mailman ceremony can be viewed live here.
(The school’s awards ceremony will be Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in the 8th floor auditorium of the Rosenfield Building, 722 W. 168th St.)
College of Physicians & Surgeons MD and PhD Graduation
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 2 p.m.
Where: The Armory, 216 Fort Washington Ave.
Speaker: David Blumenthal, MD, president of the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation started by philanthropist Anna M. Harkness in 1918 with the broad charge to enhance the common good and a current mission to promote a high-performing and successful health care system
The P&S graduation can be viewed live here.
(P&S Class Day, which includes the presentation of awards, will be Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at 5 p.m. in the P&S Alumni Auditorium.)
When: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 10 a.m.
Where: P&S Alumni Auditorium
Speaker: Retired Chief Master Sgt. Damian Orslene, Air Force Wounded Warrior No. 577, paralympic athlete, and member of Team Racing for Veterans
Programs in Occupational Therapy
When: Thursday, May 22, 2014, 10 a.m.
Where: P&S Alumni Auditorium
Speaker: Rachel Adams, PhD, professor of English and American studies at Columbia and author of “Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and Discovery”
When: Thursday, May 22, 2014, 11 a.m.
Where: Alfred Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway
Speaker: Laura N. Haiek, MD, McGill University
College of Dental Medicine Graduation
When: Thursday, May 22, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Where: The Armory, 216 Fort Washington Ave.
The dental graduation can be viewed live here.
(CDM Class Day, which includes the presentation of awards and prizes, will be Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 4:30 p.m. in the P&S Alumni Auditorium.)