This past Sunday, June 14, five of Loma Linda University’s eight professional schools held their commencement ceremonies. This concluded graduation season 2015, as the first three schools held their commencements May 24.
The schools of Allied Health Professions, Behavioral Health, Nursing, Public Health, and Religion conferred degrees upon their graduates during the Sunday ceremonies held at the Drayson Center’s Opsahl Gymnasium.
Graduates by school:
School of Allied Health Professions: 565
School of Behavioral Health: 95
School of Nursing: 200
School of Public Health: 137
School of Religion: 16
During the ceremonies, five individuals were honored with institutional awards.
Juan Carlos (J.C.) Belliard, PhD, MPH
Belliard is assistant vice president for community partnerships and diversity as well as director of the Institute for Community Partnerships, Loma Linda University Health. He is also an associate professor at the School of Public Health. For his initiatives that provide health care to diverse cultural settings and that establish and strengthen institutional-community relationships, he received the Community Engagement Award at the School of Public Health commencement.
Jerry Daly, MSLS, MA
Daly is assistant vice president for global outreach, Loma Linda University Health; associate director, Global Health Institute; administrative director, Overseas Heart Surgery Team, and assistant professor, School of Public Health. For his passion for and commitment to global missions, Daly was honored with the Global Service Award at the School of Public Health commencement.
Marilyn M. Herrmann, PhD
Herrmann recently retired as dean of the Loma Linda University School of Nursing. Now dean emerita, she was also a longtime faculty member and administrator at the school. For her leadership and exemplary service, which has translated into competent and committed nurses and nurse educators, and for her long-standing career, Herrmann was awarded the University Distinguished Service Award at the School of Nursing commencement.
Audrey V. Howard, EdD
Audrey V. Howard is director of academic publications and of the Loma Linda University Press. In recognition of a career dedicated to capturing the heart and mind of Loma Linda University Health through "words that work," Howard received the University Distinguished Service Award at commencement ceremonies for the School of Allied Health Professions.
Janice Zumwalt, MS, MBA
Zumwalt is associate director, Global Health Institute, Loma Linda University Health; executive director for international affairs, Loma Linda University Medical Center; and assistant professor of nursing in both the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health. For her commitment to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ and for her efforts to bring wholeness and hope to humanity through successful international collaborative health care initiatives and projects, Zumwalt was awarded the Global Service Award at the School of Nursing commencement.