"Today we cross a threshold in our lives...we publicly enter the field of public health."
The Drexel School of Public Health honored its newly-enrolled students at its annual Welcoming Ceremony and reception on October 25, 2006, in the historic rooms of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
MPH Class of '08, with Asst. Dean Marcus Kolb, Dean Marla J. Gold,
and Associate Dean Mary Hovinga
Members of the Full-Time MPH, Executive MPH, and DrPH programs received pins embossed with the seal of the Drexel School of Public Health, and recited the school pledge, which references both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of the World Health Organization. Dr. John Rich, Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Health Management and Policy, gave the keynote address. The pinning ceremony was originally conceived by Dr. Jonathan Mann (1947-1998), the first Dean of the School of Public Health.
A program of the ceremony, containing the School pledge, may be downloaded here (830 KB PDF).
Keynote speaker John Rich, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair of Dept. of Health Management and Policy
New students recite the SPH Pledge
Prof. Lisa Ulmer welcomes Xiaoyi Kong, MPH '08.
In background: Prof. Craig Newschaffer with Keith McDonald, MPH '08
Prof. John Rich and Lilliam Ambrogio, MPH '08
l-r: MPH '08 students Keith MacDonald, Steven Pirog, Kosal Nguon, Sonia Maalaoui, Kimberly Quon, Ravneel Gulati