Dedication Ceremony
August 19, 2024
Welcome
We welcome family and friends to this Dedication service. Thank you for being here and for celebrating this important event with the School of Dentistry family. The students are deeply blessed by your continued support.
By participating in this service, students publicly acknowledge their dedication and commitment to a life of service to humanity through Oral Health Care.
We are grateful to our faculty, staff and administration for their dedication and commitment to teaching and mentoring students during their time at LLUSD.
Announcements
• Because this is a service of dedication to God, please maintain a respectful and quiet decorum throughout the service.
• Students, please join your class on the platform for photos immediately following the recessional.
• Family and friends, please remain seated so as not to interfere with the professional photographers. A link will be provided in the near future that will enable you to download photographs.
Dedication Service
August 19, 2024
Processional
Kimo Smith
Welcome
Dr. Mark Estey
Prayer
Dr. Zina Johnston
Homily
Dr. Robert Handysides
Presentation of White Coats & Bibles
Esther Forde & Dr. Robert Handysides
Dental Pledge
Dr. Robert Walter
Closing Prayer
Dr. Lancelot McLean
Recessional
Kimo Smith
Class Photo on the platform immediately after recessional.
GROUP 1
Dentistry Program Class of 2028
Abraham, Kenneth
Alvarez, Sebastian
An, Seoyun
Andrianarijaona, Sitraka
Atilano, Haley
Awad, Makary
Bae, Jeonghyeon
Bashir, Leena
Batarseh, Tania
Battikha, Nicholas
Baum, Daniela
Cha, Yuna
Chamchikh, Joud
GROUP 5
Lee, Sangjin
Lee, Tae Hyun
Lee, Jessica
Lemus, Lidia
Li, Zhihao
Limhengco, Ethan
Liu, Halina
Lopez Garcia, Luis
Lubinsky, Nathan
Luca, Gabriel
Makhlouf, Malik
Marcelino-Searles, Gianna
McCarver, James
GROUP 2
Chang, Hannah
Chitwood, Ian
Cho, Joshua
Choi, Eugene
Choi, Ji Hoo
Dickerhoff, Nathan
Elisha, Nathan
Escalante, Angie
Esfahani, Yahs
Fakhro, Youssef
Fisher, Tanner
Fletcher, Anders
Flores, Julio
GROUP 3
Frain, Elizabeth
Gibbons, Andrew Goncalves, Isabella
Grossman, Anthony
Han, Sung Been
Hanna, Anthony
Hanna, Austin
Heo, Sungwon
Hunter, Jonathan
Im, Jae
Je, Youngbin
Jeong, Seungwon
Jin, Joshua
GROUP 4
Johnson, Jordan
Jung, Matthew
Kang, Anthony
Kim, Junseop
Kim, Daniel
Kim, Alyssa
Kim, Hyeon Myeong
Kim, Randall
Kim, Geo
Kim, Donghwi
Lee, Eunnie
Lee, Ellen Lee, Seulgi
GROUP 6
Mercado, Desiree
Miller, Amber
Moreno, Manuel
Nguyen, Matthew
Nourihoushyar, Afsaneh
Pak, Phil
Park, Jongha
Patel, Neil
Peak, Ashley
Peak, Emily
Petravicius, Rocio
Pham, Dylan
Rahgozar, Nadia
GROUP 7
Rivera, Melissa
Romero, Carlos
Ruiz Guevara, Natalia
Schulterbrandt, Joshua
Seo, Yejin
Shadrokh, Odelia
Shah, Diti
Shields, Kristen
Sihotang, Kristen
Sorace, Silvana Alessandra
Stephens, Brock
Sterndahl, Dane
Stokes, Marcus
GROUP 8
Suh, Eddie
Sungwon, Heo
Theodory, Daniel
Thompson, Luke
Tran, Steven
Tsuchiya, Cameron
Usita, Jacob
Von Bergen, Leili
Vukajlovic, Lance
Xu, Isaac Yang, Jason
Yim, Joshua
Yoon, Russell
The Dental Pledge
Before God, these things I do declare:
I WILL live my life in the service of humanity.
I WILL promote and practice the charity I owe humankind and endeavor to reflect God’s mercy and compassion in the practice of dentistry.
I WILL uphold and promote the honor and dignity of my profession. I will strive to conduct myself so that I may merit the respect and confidence of my colleagues.
I WILL accept my civic responsibilities.
I WILL hold in gratitude my school, its teachings, and the inspiration of my teachers and classmates.
I WILL impart to those who follow me the knowledge, skill, and experiences I have gained.
I WILL live my life in a way that brings honor to my family, my profession, my community, my school, and my God.