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That Time of Year -- Campus to Graduate 650 Commencement exercises for more than 650 UCSF students begin on Friday, May 23. The following provides details of the various ceremonies. The Graduate Division commencement for 69 students will be held on Friday, May 23 at 10 a.m. in Cole Hall. Keynote speaker is Kin-Ping Wong, dean of the School of Natural Sciences at CSU Fresno. School of Medicine ceremonies for 161 graduating students will be held on Friday, May 23 at 2 p.m. at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St. Keynote speaker is Daniel Lowenstein, associate professor of neurology, neurological surgery and anatomy. The highest honor a graduating medical student can receive at UCSF, The Gold-Headed Cane, will be awarded to one of the following three nominees: Stephen Cook, Elizabeth M. Mahler or Mary A. Norman. More than 200 will graduate from the School of Nursing at exercises on Friday, May 30, from 6 to 8 p.m., also at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St. Shirley Chater, Regents professor at the Institute for Health and Aging, will present a speech titled "From Training Wheels to Bicycles." The department of psychiatry commencement for 14 residents and fellows will be held on Friday, June 6 at 1 p.m. in Toland Hall. David Spiegel, professor and associate chair in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, will speak on "Minding the Body: Psychotherapy for Extreme Situations." School of Pharmacy ceremonies for 115 graduating students will be held Saturday, June 21 at 11 a.m. at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St. Keynote speaker will be Mary Ann Koda-Kimble, chair of UCSF's department of clinical pharmacy. This year's nominees for the Bowl of Hygeia award are David Barbour, Marie Belshe, Darren Lew, Sandy Tan and Winnie Wong. The School of Dentistry commencement for 100 students will be held on Saturday, June 21 at 4 p.m. at the Nob Hill Masonic Center, 1111 California St. Arthur Dugoni, dean of the School of Dentistry at the University of the Pacific, will speak on "The Station." When graduation ceremonies are complete, UCSF alumni will number more than 24,000. 1st appeared 5/13/97 |
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