COMMENCEMENT2018 GILLINGS SCHOOL of GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH
COMMENCEMENT2018 GILLINGS SCHOOL of GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH The UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL COMMENCEMENT MAY 12, 2018 Above: THE OLD WELL IS SURROUNDED BY AZALEAS IN SPRING. Front and back cover students: RIDA SHAMS, MALIHA KHAN, PARTH PATEL, JELIYAH CLARK, DHARITRI SHAH, ADRIANNA LOPACZYNSKI, CAITLIN HARRAH, RAWAN AJEEN, AZRAA AYESHA 2 | THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL Photo by Dan Sears MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER BARBARA K. RIMER, DrPH CAMARA PHYLLIS JONES, MD, MPH, PHD SENIOR FELLOW AT MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE’S SATCHER HEALTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE Congratulations, new UNC Gillings School You made friends of Global Public Health graduates! We welcome and colleagues who you as our newest alumni and colleagues. Many will be with you long Camara Phyllis structural causes of the differences. people helped you get here today – family, into the future. You Jones, MD, As a teacher, her allegories on “race” and friends, faculty, staff, other students and people enjoyed events at the MPH, PhD, past racism illuminate topics that are otherwise from your communities. No one arrives at this School, on campus president of the difficult for many Americans to understand finish line alone. and beyond. American Public or discuss. She hopes through her work to To our guests, thank you for sharing the You go forward Health Association initiate a national conversation on racism journey with our graduates and for joining us to into a world that is senior fellow at that will eventually lead to a National celebrate them. holds many public Morehouse School Campaign Against Racism Graduates, we celebrate your accomplishments! health challenges, After earning a bachelor’s degree in Dean Barbara K.
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