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Commencement 2021 Program




           Processional                Pomp and Circumstance, Edward Elgar                      Conferral of Degrees for Ross University School of Medicine
                                                                                                RUSM Board of Trustees
                                       Kashif Ahmad, MBBS, MSc, MSc (MEDL), PhD
           Welcome
                                       Associate Dean, Academic Learning Environment
                                                                                                              SUSAN	GROENWALD,	PHD,	RN,	ANEF,	FAAN
           Message from RUSM           Sharon Thomas-Parrott
           Board of Trustees           Trustee, Board of Trustees                                             Chairman


                                       James M. Record, MD, JD, FACP
           Message from Provost
                                       Provost and Chief Academic Officer                                     THOMAS	G.	HOLLINGER,	PHD
                                                                                                              Chair	Emeritus
                                       Carissa F. Etienne, MBBS                                               Emeritus	Associate	Professor	Department	of	Anatomy	and
           Commencement Address
                                       Director, Pan American Health Organization                             Cell	Biology	University	of	Florida,	College	of	Medicine

                                       James M. Record, MD, JD, FACP
           Conferral of Degrees                                                                               RICHARD	CARMONA,	MD,	MPH,	FACS
                                       Provost and Chief Academic Officer
                                                                                                              17th	Surgeon	General	of	the	United	States
                                                                                                              Distinguished	Professor,	University	of	Arizona
                          Presentation of Graduates



           Recitation of the Modified   Nancy J. Selfridge, MD
           Oath of Geneva              Professor, Clinical Foundations                                        GLEN	F.	HOFFSIS,	DVM,	MS,	DACVIM

                                       Panagiotis “Taki” Galanopoulos, MD, MSc, FAAFP, CCFP
           Alumni Council Address
                                       Class of 2007 President, Alumni Council
                                                                                                              JOHN	B.	PAYNE,	MBA
           Student Commencement        Micah Renicker, MD                                                     CEO	and	Founder,	Pet	Health	Innovations
           Speaker                     Class of 2021


                                       James M. Record, MD, JD, FACP
           Closing Remarks
                                       Provost and Chief Academic Officer                                     AMY	E.	POLLACK,	MD,	FACOG,	FACPM
                                                                                                              Director,	Maternal,	Newborn	&
                                                                                                              Child	Health	Bill	&	Melinda	Gates	Foundation
           Recessional                 Triumphal March, Giuseppe Verdi


                                                                                                              SHARON	THOMAS-PARROTT
                                                                                                              Retired	Senior	Vice	President	External	Relations	and
                                                                                                              Global	Responsibility	DeVry	Education	Group	Founding	President,
                                                                                                              The	DeVry	Foundation



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