Shout Outs

May 16, 2022

The School of Health Professions, which held its 2022 Physical Therapy Convocation.

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The College of Medicine / School of Graduate Studies Awards Ceremony 2022 on an always-exciting awards ceremony.

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The phenomenal nurses of UHD and the College of Nursing Students celebrating Nurses Week Opening Ceremony Excellence Awards

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COM '25 students Grace Shahid and Joyce Ahmad, and R. Schuyler Hook, interim director of Student Life, on their fantastic 10-day book drive. Inspired by a patient’s dedication to collecting books for an under-resourced library in Jamaica, West Indies, they collected hundreds of books on various topics. The books will be given to the Jamaica Library Service Network, Westmoreland Parish, in Jamaica.

Thank you to Sophia Zweig, Kassandra Carrion, Nabil Mahmoud, Peter Arden and Ethan Cai for assisting with setting up the boxes and organizing the books.

For more information on the Book Drive, please contact Adam Burgman at Adam.Burgman@downstate.edu.

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COM vice-dean for Education Jason Lazar, M.D., MPH, for his recent presentation at the Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA) National Meeting to describe how Downstate changed the diversity profile of AΩA from ~0% to 26.5% to win the AΩA Diversity and Inclusivity award this year.