Tag: graduation

  • Yan’s Graduation

    Yan’s Graduation

    After years of work toward her doctorate, Yan’s graduation is here. Just months before, while we were on vacation in Sedona, Yan was fretting over completing her graduation requirements. The program mandates a certain number of publications, and Yan and I worked on a resubmission of her manuscript. It got accepted, and now, she is here at the finish line.

    One of the highlights of this weekend was seeing my wife on stage at the baccalaureate service giving a testimony of her faith experience. Yan related her path to Loma Linda, growth through Bible study, relationships built, and most recently, the blessing of a newborn daughter.

    All the medical students look spectacular at commencement. Yan is beaming. The weekend finishes off with a lunch by the pond with family and friends.

  • 2012 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Graduation

    2012 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Graduation

    Congratulations to the graduating orthopaedic seniors: Chad Brockardt, George Gendy, Ray Grijalva, and Mark Mikhael. Also, congratulations to the research award recipients: Ben Chen and Ray Grijalva. The senior residents awarded Eric Lim Teacher of the Year. Paul Burton gave a nice salute to the seniors, taking snippets from their personal statements and interspersed into a slide show.

    The graduating class parodied Office Space in their video presentation, completely destroying the Indications Conference white board.

  • 2012 Hooding Ceremony

    2012 Hooding Ceremony

    One of the more meaningful events for graduation weekend is the Hooding Ceremony. After the welcome by Dr. Thomas, Dr. and Mrs. Hadley presented the baby cups. The class showed photos from their medical school experience followed by an appeal to participate in their adoption of La Loma Luz Adventist Hospital in Belize. The hooding portion of the program is always inspiring, with Drs. Lamberton and Shankel reading words of thanks written by the students—thanksgiving to family, loved ones, and God.

  • La Sierra Graduation

    La Sierra Graduation

    My cousins Ariana Anugerah and Rachel Hechanova graduated from La Sierra University. Walking around on campus brought back memories of my alma mater. The entire campus mall area looked very familiar, but so much has changed throughout. Somehow, all the buildings seems smaller than what I remembered them to be.

  • School of Medicine Graduation

    School of Medicine Graduation

    It was great to see so many students accomplish so much and get to the point of commencement. The hooding ceremony is always inspirational, with Henry Lamberton reading notes of appreciation from the students. This year is a special year, because my cousin Aimee is part of the graduating class. After commencement, we had a celebration in the courtyard.

  • School of Medicine Commencement 2008

    School of Medicine Commencement 2008

    This weekend began with School of Medicine graduation activities. The weather, although over 100 degrees last week, started cooling down several days ago. The climate was actually very pleasant, which turned out to be a nice surprise. Commencement was festive and inspiring. I enjoyed meeting up with friends, family, and former students.