Commencement Booklet

ORDER OF EXERCISES

Academic Procession

Music by The Chamberlin Brass

The National Anthem

Mackenzie Chapman Rachel Kim

Welcome

David A. Heath, OD, EdM President, SUNY College of Optometry

Greeting from the Class President

Travis Pfeifer Class President

Commencement Address

Wayne J. Riley, MD, MPH, MBA, MACP President, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Presentation of Presidential Medallion

Dr. Heath

Presidential Medallion Recipient

Julia Appel, OD ‘91 Associate Clinical Professor

Conferral of the Honorary

Dr. Heath

Degree Recipients

Honorary Degree Recipients

Ronda Stilley Kotelchuck Chair of the Board of Directors, NY School-Based Health Foundation, Founding CEO (Retired), Primary Care Development Corporation (PCDC) Anne B. Fulton, MD Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Senior Associate in Ophthalmology at Boston Children’s Hospital

Presentation of Candidates for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Vision Science Master of Science in Vision Science

David Troilo, PhD

Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs Stewart Bloomfield, PhD Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research