Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Department of Preventive Medicine graduates, Keck School of Medicine of USC

From community health to mental health, health services to health behavior, Keck School of Medicine of USC graduates of the Department of Preventive Medicine have had a chance to reflect on their studies and achievements at the university. Meet a Read More »

May 8th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Kristyl Felix, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Kristyl Felix is set to graduate from the Primary Care Physician Assistant (PA) Program this May. Having grown up in a medically underserved area and seeing the language barriers firsthand, she is looking forward to fostering the importance of preventive Read More »

May 8th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement 2018, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Jonathan Vanhoecke, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Before moving to Los Angeles to attend the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute’s (INI) Master of Science in Neuroimaging and Informatics (NIIN) program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Jonathan Vanhoecke already had conducted Read More »

May 8th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement 2018, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Anushka Das, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Anushka Das entered her undergraduate career at USC with her sights set on medical school. After a year of basic science classes, she decided to take a summer anthropology course that involved backpacking 200 miles of Spain’s Camino de Santiago Read More »

May 8th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Amy Nham, USC School of Pharmacy and Keck School of Medicine of USC

Amy Nham is the first student to graduate with the dual degree of doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) from the USC School of Pharmacy and master of public health (MPH) from the Keck School of Medicine of USC. As a first-generation Read More »

May 7th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Jamil Samaan, Keck School of Medicine of USC

When he was 10 years old, Jamil Samaan and his family came to the United States from Syria. School was a struggle — he didn’t speak any English. Despite the challenges he faced as a young immigrant in the U.S., Read More »

May 7th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Jamie Clarke, Keck School of Medicine of USC

For Jamie Clarke, USC was more than a place to learn. USC became a place to integrate her passion for medical science with her desire to give back to underserved communities. Clarke began her journey as a Trojan as an Read More »

May 7th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Eddie Menacho, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Eddie Menacho, PA-S, will graduate this May from the Primary Care Physician Assistant (PA) Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

“I am most proud of being able to be the first PA student to do my advanced rotation Read More »

May 6th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Information about the Health Sciences ceremonies

The 136th Commencement at the University of Southern California begins at 8:30 a.m. May 10 at Alumni Memorial Park. U.S. Rep. Karen Bass will be the speaker. Individual school ceremonies follow the main ceremony. Here is Read More »

May 6th, 2019|Announcements, Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Elizabeth Haddad, Keck School of Medicine of USC

For Elizabeth Haddad, a graduate of the USC Master of Science in Neuroimaging and Informatics (NIIN) program’s Class of 2019, led by the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (INI), finding time to conduct compelling research was Read More »

May 6th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Spotlight on Jackson Fein, Keck School of Medicine of USC

From neighborhoods near USC to communities in Panama that can only be reached by boat, Jackson Fein has reached out to connect with those who need it most. Fein is graduating from the Keck School of Medicine of USC Master Read More »

May 6th, 2019|Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Eli, Edythe Broad to receive honorary degrees at USC ceremony

USC will recognize seven honorary degree candidates for their leadership in government, science, philanthropy, humanitarianism and the arts at the university’s 136th commencement ceremony on the University Park Campus on May 10.

The honorary degree recipients are U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, Read More »

March 11th, 2019|Announcements, Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: U.S. Rep. Karen Bass named 2019 speaker for USC ceremony

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass will speak to more than 60,000 fellow members of the Trojan Family when she delivers USC’s 136th commencement address May 10.

Bass joined the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011 and was sworn in as chair of Read More »

February 25th, 2019|Announcements, Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2019: Keck School announces speaker for MD ceremony

Jimmy Kimmel, late-night talk show host and comedian, will be the featured speaker at the Keck School of Medicine of USC class of 2019 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at the Galen Center, on USC’s University Park Campus. Kimmel Read More »

January 24th, 2019|Announcements, Commencement, Commencement19, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

Commencement 2019: Leonard D. Schaeffer to deliver 2019 USC School of Pharmacy commencement address

Business leader, policy expert and philanthropist Leonard D. Schaeffer will be the distinguished keynote speaker for the 112th USC School of Pharmacy Commencement on Friday, May 10, at 2 p.m. on Broad Lawn on the USC Health Sciences Campus.

In 2009, Schaeffer Read More »

January 24th, 2019|Announcements, Commencement|

Commencement 2018: PA graduates given inspiration at ceremony

Commencement for the Primary Care Physician Assistant Program at the Keck School of Medicine of USC took place on the southwest lawn of the Allan Hancock Foundation Building on the University Park Campus. There were 58 graduates from the program Read More »

May 14th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018, Keck Net Intranet|

Commencement 2018: Speaker encourages dentistry grads to keep serving those in need

“From the earliest work of Dr. Charlie Goldstein and his vision of public health dentistry in Los Angeles, the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry’s unrelenting commitment to the homeless is one of this university’s shining stars,” Michael R. Cousineau, DPH, Read More »

May 14th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018|

Commencement 2018: USC dean of religious life urges OT graduates to ‘take care of yourself’

The keynote address from Varun Soni, PhD, JD, MTS, MA,  USC’s vice provost for campus wellness and crisis intervention and dean of religious life, highlighted the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy’s 76th annual commencement ceremony at Read More »

May 14th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018|

Commencement 2018: NFL QB attests to the power of physical therapists to change lives

“I have learned firsthand the value physical therapists can bring into someone’s life,” said NFL quarterback Matt Barkley, who spoke at this year’s USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy’s commencement ceremony. “I am able to pursue my dream of Read More »

May 14th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018|

Commencement 2018: PhD, master’s graduates encouraged to embrace emotions

For a room full of scientists and future clinicians, Mary Helen Immordino-Yang’s advice seemed slightly counterintuitive. But the speaker for the 13th Keck School of Medicine of USC commencement ceremony for PhD, Master of Science and Master of Public Health Read More »

May 14th, 2018|Commencement, Commencement 2018, Keck Net Intranet|