"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, 2005, in the historic rooms of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
MPH Class of 2007
(l-r) Ann Nguyen, daughter Lisa Nguyen (MD/MPH student)
Members of the Full-Time MPH, Executive MPH, MD/MPH and DrPH programs received pins embossed with the seal of the 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. Mary Lou Anderson, Vice-President of the Healthy Delaware Foundation, 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.
Keynote Speaker Mary Lou Anderson, Vice President of the Healthy Delaware Foundation
(l-r) MPH Class of 2007 students Jessica Lake, Nicole Roberts, Linda Kwon, Dhara Naik
Assoc. Professor Longjian Liu, with harpist Cheryl Cunningham