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Archive: Slideshow: Back to School 2018
Back to School 2018
Learn more about the incoming fall class of students, check out the sights around campus and see about how UCSF is teaching the next generation of health leaders.
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Laughs, smiles, and the occasional costume – that is all part of the back-to-school season at UC San Francisco.
From white coat ceremonies to barbecues, the events all bring together the newest students across the four professional school of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy as well as the Graduate Division.
See photos from all of the 2018 back-to-school activities across UCSF.
Chace Shaw laughs with family members after UC San Francisco’s School of Medicine white coat ceremony, which was held Aug. 10 at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. The ceremony marked the 149 new students’ rite of passage into the medical profession. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
John Davis (right), MD, PhD, associate dean for curriculum in the School of Medicine, gives Daniel Kim his white coat during the school’s white coat ceremony on Aug. 10. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Idara Akpandak smiles as she and her fellow new students in the School of Medicine participate in the white coat ceremony. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
New UCSF School of Medicine students stand before donning their white coats during the school’s ceremony at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Shelby Bowman, walks up the aisle after receiving her white coat at the School of Medicine’s white coat ceremony on Aug. 10. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Sara Jan, a Physical Therapy doctoral student, wins a raffle prize at the seventh annual fall celebration for graduate students and postdocs, held Sept. 6 on the Koret Quad at Mission Bay. Photo by Susan Merrell
Graduate students (from left) Priscila Muñoz Sandoval, Michael Takahashi Mobaraki, Bahar Zirak, Emily Bulger and Jean Luke Campos chat on the lawn on the Koret Quad during the seventh annual fall celebration for graduate students and postdocs. Photo by Susan Merrell
Graduate students and postdocs relax on the grass and enjoy the sunshine at Mission Bay during the seventh annual fall celebration for graduate students and postdocs on Sept. 6. Photo by Susan Merrell
Khalen Hudson, Jennie Hum and Asher Jeong are among the student to walk to center stage during the UCSF School of Pharmacy’s white coat ceremony, held Sept. 7 in Cole Hall on the Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Bryan Herrera takes a selfie with his new School of Pharmacy classmates before the school’s white coat ceremony Sept. 7. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Francesca Alcala celebrates with her family after School of Pharmacy’s white coat ceremony Sept. 7. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Jessica Bee poses for photos after the School of Pharmacy’s white coat ceremony at Parnassus. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Faculty members visit informational kiosks during the Faculty Development Day conference, held Sept. 17 at Mission Bay’s William J. Rutter Center. The annual event, sponsored by Academic Affairs, is to create community and enhance faculty life. Photo by Susan Merrell
Ernesto Diaz Flores (left), PhD, assistant adjunct professor in Pediatrics and Hematology/Oncology, talks with Joan Doherty Campbell, associate director of Ethics and Compliance, at her department’s informational kiosk that was part of the Faculty Development Day conference. Photo by Susan Merrell
Tatiana Kelil (left), MD, assistant professor of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging, and Nola Hylton, PhD, professor in residence in the department of Radiology, embrace during Faculty Development Day on Sept. 17. Photo by Susan Merrell
New UCSF School of Dentistry students (from left) Susan Keefe, Lori Martinez-Rubio and Ivan Chan take a selfie during the school’s white coat ceremony, held Sept. 19 at Cole Hall on the Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
School of Dentistry student Fady Ibrahim (center) receives his white coat from Nejleh Abed, DDS, during the school’s white coat ceremony on Sept. 19 at Cole Hall. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
New School of Dentistry students walk down the stairs at Cole Hall during the school’s white coat ceremony. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Lina Eltahir gestures to the crowd during the School of Dentistry’s white coat ceremony at Cole Hall on Sept. 19. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
New School of Dentistry students Yating Young (left) and Theresa Bui celebrate after the school’s white coat ceremony at the Parnassus Heights campus on Sept. 19. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Sheila Lynn Riffe, a first-year nurse practitioner student in the UCSF School of Nursing, takes a selfie with classmates during the chancellor’s annual student reception to kick off the new academic year at UCSF. This year’s event was held Sept. 24 at the Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Noah Berger
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, speaks with Chance Shaw (center), a first-year in the UCSF School of Medicine, and other students at a reception held at the Millbery Union Gym. Photo by Noah Berger
Ivie Tokunboh, a first-year student in the School of Medicine, poses for a photo with friends during a welcome reception at UCSF’s Parnassus campus. Photo by Noah Berger
Alexandra Maxey, a first-year medical student, speaks with the UCSF School of Medicine Dean Talmadge E. King Jr., MD, during a reception for new students. Photo by Noah Berger
New students pose for a photo during the chancellor’s annual student reception to kick off the new academic year at UCSF, held this year on Sept. 24. Photo by Noah Berger
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, and his wife, Jane Hawgood (left), host first-year students at the UCSF Chancellor’s Residence on Mount Sutro on Oct. 4. Photo by Barbara Ries
Students mingle during an event at the UCSF Chancellor’s Residence that included food trucks. The Oct. 4 event was a part of the back-to-school festivities across UCSF. Photo by Barbara Ries
New Physical Therapy student Edward Hernandez embraces Kenneth Leung, DPT, assistant clinical professor of Physical Therapy, during a white coat ceremony in Cole Hall on Oct. 5. Photo by Susan Merrell
Silvia Park, an incoming student in the three-year joint PT program with UCSF and San Francisco State University, receives her first white coat from Kenneth Leung, DPT, assistant clinical professor of Physical Therapy, with an energetic send-off, at a ceremony in Cole Hall, at the Parnassus campus. Photo by Susan Merrell
Incoming Physical Therapy program students (from left) Edward Hernandez, Tim Jannisse, Isabel Juan and Kayla Katzman, listen to a presentation during the white coat Ceremony in Cole Hall on Oct. 5. Photo by Susan Merrell
Incoming students in the three-year joint Doctor of Physical Therapy program with UCSF and San Francisco State University (from left) Sayuri Yoshimura, (second from left), Silvia Park, Waing Noe, and Lupe Gamez-Amaya (far right) are presented to their families and friends at a white coat ceremony. Photo by Susan Merrell