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PROCESSIONAL The Opening Gates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sarah A. Pierce Composed for the 1979 PA Program Graduation Ceremony INVOCATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Reverend Michelle M. Nicolle, PhD, BCC Chaplain for Innovation Quarter WELCOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gayle B. Bodner, MMS, PA-C, DFAAPA Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of PA Studies INSTITUTIONAL WELCOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, MAMSE Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President, Advocate Health Chief Executive Officer, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, Wake Forest University EMERITUS RECOGNITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, MAMSE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), DFSVS, MAMSE REMARKS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH Dean, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Chief Science Officer and Vice Chief Academic Officer, Advocate Health
INVESTITURE OF THE CANDIDATES PRESENTATION OF THE CANDIDATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea E. McKinnond, MMS, PA-C Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Education, Department of PA Studies Nathan Bates, MMS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies Kelly R. Conner, PhD, MMS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies Alisha T. DeTroye, PA-C, DFAAPA Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies Delaney Drechsler, MMS, PA-C Instructor, Department of PA Studies Lauren Eyadiel, MMS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies Toni Jackson, MMS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies Megan Pinder, MMS, PA-C Instructor, Department of PA Studies Brian J. Robinson, MS, MPAS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies Joshua L. Waynick, MMS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies Robert L. Wooten, PA-C, MS Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies RECOGNITION & ADMINISTRATION OF THE PA PROFESSIONAL OATH. . . . . . . . . . . . . Catherine N. Shull, MPAS, PA-C Assistant Professor, Department of PA Studies 1