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Summer Celebrations
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The largest graduating ceremonies
in the University’s history took place
as 5278 new graduates received their
Bachelors and Masters degrees. The
breakdown by Faculty is as follows:
Humanities and Social Sciences,
2151; Natural Sciences, 480;
Engineering Sciences, 1238;
Graduates of the Medical School for International Health
Health Sciences, 510; School of
Management, 864; and 35 graduates
who received their Masters degrees
from the Albert Katz International
School for Desert Studies at the
Blaustein Institutes for Desert
Research.
A record number of Doctoral
degrees were conferred as 208
graduates received their Ph.D.s from
the Kreitman School of Advanced
Graduate Studies. The degree
recipients included 73 from the
Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences; 45 from the Faculty of
Natural Sciences; 40 from the Faculty
of Engineering Sciences; 37 from the
Faculty of Health Sciences; 6 from
the School of Management; and 7
from the Interdisciplinary Studies
program.
At the ceremony of the Joyce
and Irving Goldman Medical School,
59 new doctors from the 24th
graduating class received their
M.D.s, including Dr. Rania Okabi,
who is the first female Bedouin to
become a medical doctor. At the
same ceremony, 70 students of the
32nd incoming class took the
Physician’s Oath.
Twenty students graduated from
the Faculty of Health Science’s
Medical School for International
Health (MSIH) in collaboration with
Columbia University Medical
Center. The MSIH is a unique
collaborative medical degree
program designed to train doctors
for the practice of global health.