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General Programs

Year I Orientation

Orientation for the incoming Year I class is a week of activities and programs that introduce the entering students to the policies, curricular requirements, services, student organizations, extra-curricular programs, administration, faculty, staff and students of the medical school.

Family Day

Family Day is the culminating activity of the Year I Orientation program.  The families of the entering class tour the School; participate in the school’s Welcoming Ceremony and meet members of the administration, faculty and staff.

Honors Convocation

The Honors Convocation acknowledges those students and faculty who have excelled in their academic studies, teaching and/or research.

Ethnic Week

Activities and programs celebrate the ethnic and cultural diversity of our students, faculty and staff.

Violence Awareness Week

Special presentation and displays focus on the effect of interpersonal violence on the well being of individuals and society in general.

Women’s Health Week

The gender specific health needs of women and girls are the focus of lectures and special programs.

Primary Care Week

Programs scheduled for this week promote the career opportunities and patient care needs in the medical specialties of Family Medicine, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine.

Match Day

Match Day is an honored tradition at U.S. medical schools.  It is the day when graduating seniors learn the outcomes of the National Residency Matching Program ranking notifying them of where they will be doing their post-graduate training.

Senior/Faculty Dinner Dance

The faculty and medical alumni host a reception, dinner and dance honoring the senior class and welcoming the class into the school’s alumni association.

All Michigan Residency Recruitment Day

Residency programs from across the State of Michigan visit the medical campus and present to Year II and Year III students information regarding post-graduate training and career opportunities available throughout the state.

Commencement

The annual ceremony at which the M.D. degree is conferred upon those students who have met all academic requirements of the degree.  Special honors and awards are presented at Commencement.

The 2006 School of Medicine Commencement ceremony will be held at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. If you have any questions please contact the Office of Student Affairs at 313-577-1463.

If you are a faculty member and wish to participate please contact Allison Gherardini - agherard@med.wayne.edu by May 19, 2006.

Faculty and Administration, click here to place your order for academic regalia, or follow the link below.

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