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Members of the School of Medicine Class of 2021 were recognized for their resilience and commitment as they completed their studies in the depths of the worst global pandemic in a century at the annual UMass Medical School Alumni Association breakfast.
Vanderbilt University has named the Class of 2021 Founder’s Medalists.
Since 1877, Vanderbilt has awarded a gold medal to the student graduating with first honors from each of the university’s 10 schools and colleges. The awards are named after the university’s founder, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who made a contribution to endow the awards in their first year.
Arts and Science
Dominic Cruz Bustillos
Dominic Cruz Bustillos, from San Rafael, California, is this year’s Founder’s Medalist for the College of Arts and Science. He is graduating with a bachelor of arts in history and Russian language. He attributes his success to the work ethic instilled by his family. His grandmother, who emigrated from Chihuahua, Mexico, had a particularly strong impact on his appreciation for his opportunities in the United States. Bustillos earned triple honors: in the College of Arts and Science, in history and in Russian. After a year in St. Petersburg, Russia, he wrote two honors theses analy
May 3, 2021
In mid-March, amidst the continuing pandemic but also mass COVID-19 vaccionations, graduating students at Emory University School of Medicine were matched with medical residencies across the country, at institutions from coast to coast from Seattle to Miami. 124 Emory graduating seniors participated in a match program. Out of that number, 33 will spend all or part of their residency training in the state of Georgia, 26 will begin their training at Emory, and 25 will remain at Emory for their entire residency.
The traditional Match Day event, which normally takes place in the lobby of the School of Medicine, with faculty, family, friends and fellow-students cheering on the seniors, was moved to an all-online event for the second year in a row The rush to the table of envelopes was replaced by a live pre-Match video program, a a special email that hit inboxes promptly at noon, and following the match announcements, an invitation to online spaces where students and facu
WCVB-TV Chronicle captures Match Day energy, excitement at UMass Medical School
Spotlight on graduating medical students and alumni during COVID-19 pandemic, ‘a time like no other’
UMass Medical School Communications April 23, 2021
The School of Medicine Class of 2021 at UMass Medical School is featured in new, 30-minute WCVB-TV
Chronicle report highlighting Match Day 2021 and student volunteer efforts to inoculate residents against COVID-19.
“This is not how it’s supposed to be: quiet hallways, closed classrooms, empty lecture halls,” said WCVB reporter Anthony Everett in the April 22 broadcast. “Still, UMass Medical School, the state’s first and only public medical school, is about to graduate its largest class in nearly 50 years. A point of pride for Chancellor Michael Collins, particularly in light of a most challenging year.”