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Graduation Breakfast & Award Ceremony FRIDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST OF AUGUST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX BREAKFAST AT EIGHT O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING FOLLOWED BY AWARD CEREMONY AT NINE O’CLOCK WILLIAM D. PURSER, D.C. CENTER
ORDER OF CEREMONY OPENING REMARKS & RECOGNITIONS OPENING REMARKS H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD President RECOGNITION OF CANDIDATES Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM Dean of the College of Chiropractic RECOGNITION OF RETIREES Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM LOGAN LEGACY AWARD Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM
ACADEMIC HONORS & RECOGNITIONS COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES HONORS AWARD Amber Henry, EdD, PMP Dean of the College of Health Sciences COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC HONORS AWARD Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM PHI KAPPA PHI Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM PRESIDENT’S HONOR ROLL Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM
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CLASS OF AUGUST 2026 OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARDS COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD Gordon Walter Clark Doctor of Chiropractic Class President COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES BASIC SCIENCES OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD Gordon Walter Clark COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC BASIC SCIENCES OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD Gordon Walter Clark COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC OUTSTANDING PRE-CLINIC FACULTY AWARD Gordon Walter Clark COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC OUTSTANDING CLINIC FACULTY AWARD Gordon Walter Clark
CLASS OF AUGUST 2026 UNIVERSITY MISSION AWARDS BELONGING AWARD Jessica Russell, DAT, MS, ATC, CSCS President, Faculty Senate EVIDENCE INFORMED AWARD Jessica Russell, DAT, MS, ATC, CSCS LEADERS MADE AWARD Jessica Russell, DAT, MS, ATC, CSCS LOGAN RESPECT AWARD Jessica Russell, DAT, MS, ATC, CSCS SERVICE AWARD Jessica Russell, DAT, MS, ATC, CSCS
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J. CLAY MCDONALD AWARDS J. CLAY MCDONALD OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM J. CLAY MCDONALD OUTSTANDING STAFF AWARD Angela Pierce, DC, PhD, DipACLM
HUGH B. LOGAN AWARDS HUGH B. LOGAN OUTSTANDING STAFF AWARD H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD HUGH B. LOGAN OUTSTANDING FACULTY AWARD H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD HUGH B. LOGAN CLINIC EXCELLENCE AWARD H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD
CLOSING REMARKS H. Garrett Thompson, DC, PhD
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Logan University acknowledges that we gather today on the ancestral lands of the Osage Nation, Quapaw Nation, Kaskaskia Tribe and Kickapoo Tribe who were removed unjustly, and that we in this community are the beneficiaries of that removal. We honor them as we live, work and study here at Logan University and thank them for their stewardship of this land.
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