Media News releases Alumni news Commencement weekend: School of Public Health welcomes new alumni | Commencement weekend: School of Public Health welcomes new alumni |
| May 14, 2007 | |||
Joined by their families, friends and faculty from the School of Public Health, most of this spring's 259 graduates participated in the School's commencement ceremony, which began at 2 p.m. at the newly renovated Hall. Among the graduates were 48 undergraduates, 187 master's and 24 doctoral students representing 32 states and 15 countries. An additional 95 degrees were conferred in December 2006, among which were 4 undergraduate, 71 master's and 20 doctoral degrees. The final numbers for the August 2007 graduates are not yet available.  Photograph of speaker Rye Barcott Founder of a nonprofit organization called Carolina for Kibera (CFK), Barcott served in the U.S. Marine Corps for five years, including in Iraq. Barcott remained an active volunteer for CFK during his active service in the Marines and serves as CFK's president and one of the organization's most eloquent advocates. CFK benefits residents of Kibera, a neighborhood outside Nairobi, Kenya, that faces the challenges of extreme poverty, unemployment, ethnic violence, and rampant HIV/AIDS. Following the commencement ceremony, students and their guests
joined faculty for a reception in the atrium of the Michael Hooker
Research Center. A doctoral hooding ceremony, sponsored by the UNC Graduate School
was held Saturday morning at 10 a.m. School of Public Health
alumnus Dr. Bill Jenkins spoke at that event, which included
recipients of doctoral degrees from the School of Public Health. # # # Rye Barcott's speech: www.sph.unc.edu/images/stories/news/documents/ Carolina for Kibera Web site: http://cfk.unc.edu. |
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| Last updated June 01, 2007 | |||
