GALVESTON, Texas - The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will hold its 40th commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in Levin Hall, 11th and Market streets. There will be 62 graduates, bringing the total number of GSBS alumni to almost 1,400.
During the commencement, 39 graduates will be awarded doctoral degrees, 20 will be awarded master's degrees, and three will receive combined M.D./Ph.D. degrees.
David L. Callender, UTMB president, and Cary W. Cooper, GSBS dean, will preside over the ceremony. Professor Norbert K. Herzog will be recognized with the Graduate Student Organization's Distinguished Teaching Award. Herzog is GSBS assistant dean for recruitment, associate professor in the departments of pathology, microbiology and immunology, and a member of the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Dr. James S. Goodwin will receive the Distinguished Faculty Research Award. Goodwin is the George and Cynthia Mitchell Distinguished Chair in Geriatric Medicine, professor in the department of internal medicine and director of the Sealy Center on Aging. John M. Nickerson will receive the GSBS Distinguished Alumnus Award. Nickerson graduated from UTMB in 1980 and is professor of ophthalmology at the Emory Eye Center at Emory University in Atlanta.
A reception will be held in the Levin Hall dining room following the ceremony.