CEHHS Grads and Honorees at Fall 2013 Commencement

On Saturday, December 14, nearly 400 students braved a snowy day to have academic degrees conferred upon them at the Fall Commencement ceremony on the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn. For more about the commencement ceremony, see this story: http://news.umd.umich.edu/2013/12/nearly-400-participate-in-um-dearborn-fall-commencement-ceremonies/

More than 100 of the eligible graduates were from education programs within the College of Education, Health, and Human Services, roughly equally divided between those receiving graduate degrees and those receiving undergraduate degrees. In addition, the pool of CASL graduates included several undergraduates who also completed the requirements for secondary teacher certification.

A very special part of this commencement was the awarding of the first doctoral degrees in education on this campus. Three of the four doctoral recipients – Andrea Juarez, Peggy Sepetys, and Joshua Tolbert – were “hooded” as part of the ceremony; the fourth doctoral recipient (Truman Hudson) was unable to attend. The ritual of receiving the doctoral hood is part of a historical tradition that began with the earliest foundations of European universities. Hooding has been a central feature of commencement exercises since the twelfth century. When popes, kings, or emperors authorized the conferral of the doctoral hood, they were certifying that the recipients were master teachers who had earned ius ubique docendi – the right to teach anywhere. For more on the doctoral recipients, see this story: http://news.umd.umich.edu/2013/12/um-dearborn-awards-first-ed-d-degrees/

CEHHS Chancellor's Medallion winner, Sarah Pinto, was recognized at the commencement ceremony, and she received the medallion at a luncheon event preceding commencement. For more on the Chancellor’s Medallion winners see this story: http://news.umd.umich.edu/2013/12/students-honored-as-chancellors-medallion-recipients-speakers-during-commencement-ceremonies/

Please join me in congratulating all of the graduates and in wishing them great success now and in the future.