On Friday, May 9th, the Department of Public Health at East Carolina University held our Master of Public Health Graduate Recognition Ceremony at the Brody School of Medicine. For the third consecutive year, the Ethnic and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Graduate Certificate Program graduated FIVE special graduates. Of course, this was not only a special day for all the MPH graduates, it was particularly rewarding to acknowledge the graduation of our 5 ERHD graduates!
The FIVE ERHD graduates were:
Daniel Allen
Crystal Ellis
Shanekia Joyner
Lauren Needell
Carpaccio Owens
Here is a picture of our 5 ERHD graduates and I.
This was a particularly special year for our ERHD program as well because this was the first year that we had a graduate assistant. Shanekia Joyner was the first graduate assistant of the ERHD program and I want to recognize her outstanding weekly effort and achievement in the ERHD program. I have also included a picture of Shenekia and I.
In addition to our 5 ERHD MPH graduates, the ERHD program also graduated another student. She is apart of another ECU program and her name is:
Ashley Mchaney
In summary, the ERHD officially graduated SIX ERHD students during the 2014 spring ceremonies. I was very proud of each student’s achievement and their hard work throughout the program. I felt honored to help them move to the next stage of their fantastic careers!
Final Note: I want to personally thank all of the previous ERHD graduating classes. You have made our continual growth and success possible!