Samuel P. Bell III, a former legislator in the Florida House of Representatives and founder of the USF College of Public Health (COPH), was posthumously awarded USF’s Distinguished Citizen Award at the university’s 2023 spring commencement held May 7. Bell died on March 14, 2023, at the age of 83. […]
USF President Steven Currall honored USF College of Public Health Dean Donna Petersen with the President’s Fellow Medallion at the Spring 2021 in-person commencement ceremony. It is the first time in Currall’s administration that the medallion, given at the president’s discretion, has been awarded. Petersen, who is also senior associate […]
One hundred and sixty USF College of Public Health (COPH) students—including six black doctoral candidates, the largest in the college’s history—received degrees at the fall 2019 commencement held in December. “They are pretty amazing colleagues with an incredible work ethic and goals for themselves, their families and their community. I […]
The USF College of Public Health (COPH) celebrated 156 graduates on Dec. 7 in the Samuel P. Bell III Auditorium in the COPH. Seventy-seven students were awarded bachelor degrees while 71 earned their master’s degrees, including the first cohort in the online MPH Nutrition and Dietetics program. Eight students also […]
The USF College of Public Health graduated 122 future public health professionals on Saturday, Aug. 4. Fifty-eight students received a bachelor’s degree, 60 a master’s degree and four were awarded doctorates. From the pinning ceremony for the undergraduates held Friday morning, Aug. 3, to the graduation celebration held for the graduate […]
“Never doubt that a single individual can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has—Margaret Mead,” said Dr. Kay Perrin, interim associate dean for the Office of Academic and Student Affairs in USF College of Public Health. This is one of many graduation-related ‘charges’ issued to […]
This summer, the USF College of Public Health awarded 179 degrees to students who will go on to contribute to the field of public health. “As public health and health care continue to change in dynamic ways, we are developing better ways to prepare our students. This summer we once […]
“You should be proud of your accomplishments!” Dr. Kay Perrin told the College of Public Health baccalaureate graduates at the pinning ceremony May 1. “As of tomorrow, you will be among the 26% of the U.S. population with a college degree,” added Perrin, associate professor and assistant dean for undergraduate […]