Photos: Some of the Class of 2024's best commencement moments are captured here
Published on Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Photos By: Joe Ellis and Jay Ferchaud/ UMMC Communications
UMMC’S 900-plus graduates from the health sciences schools celebrated before, during and after the Commencement ceremony. The day was filled with embraces, selfies, congratulations and plenty of sighs of relief – from students and their parents.
Members of the Class of 2024 are urged to "look for the joy" as they go forward in their careers.
Maya Anderson, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduate, displays her ticket to a health care career.
As befits her imminent career, Doctor of Dental Medicine graduate Beth Shiyou Dunmire is all smiles.
Of the University of Mississippi Medical Center's Class of 2024, about 765 of the 900-plus graduates take part in Commencement on May 24.
Doctor of Medicine candidate Brittany Corder spots a a familiar face, or faces, in a Mississippi Coliseum crowd numbering in the thousands.
Graduate Ernest Lam is hooded by his father, Dr. John Lam, professor of Pathology
Cannon Mock is elated at the prospect of receiving his Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Junnah Mondejar poses for a photo before UMMC Commencement at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Mondejar graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
Capped and enrobed, Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduate Olivia DeGrado takes a photo with brother, Michael DeGrado, and her grandparents, Joe and Ruth DeGrado.
Graduate Felica Gordon is hooded by her mother, Dr. Rita Gordon, assistant professor of Nursing.
University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce addresses a sea of graduates at the 68th Annual Commencement Ceremony.
Anna Welborn, a cum laude graduate of the BSN program in the School of Nursing, helps her dad, George Doby, get ready for the University of Mississippi Medical Center's 68th annual Commencement. Dolby, a summa cum laude graduate, earned his Master of Science in Nursing.
School of Medicine graduates Ivanna Adams-Nelson and Benjamin Nelson are married to medicine and to each other.
School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences graduate Xing Fang, right, receives the Robert A. Mahaffey, Jr. Memorial Award which recognizes the exceptional research potential of young investigators. She accepts the honor from Dr. Sydney Murphy, dean of the school.
Doctor of Nursing Practice graduate Stacia Dunson, left, helps fellow graduate Betty Loflin adjust her cap before Commencement.
School of Health Related Professions graduates arrive at the 2024 UMMC Commencement together. They are, from left, Mallory Irby, Jordan Pritchard, Presley Brewer, Taylor Gregory, Aryn Greer, Lakin Hamm and Emily Bull. All received the Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Sciences.
It's selfie time for Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates, from left, Kennedy Nations, Grace Parker and Hayden Ray.
School of Medicine graduate Jessica McClain is either trying to high-five the coliseum roof or waving at her supporters, or both.
School of Medicine graduate Eric Lucas Jr. signs off on a glorious Commencement Day.