Newswise — New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) will honor its Class of 2006 when the medical school hosts its 26th annual hooding ceremony on Monday, May 22, 2006, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place at the Tilles Center in Old Brookville, N.Y.
Each student will be conferred their doctoral degrees by NYIT President Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., at the college's 45th annual commencement at it's Old Westbury, N.Y., campus on Sunday, May 21 at 9:30 a.m. Student speaker and president of the fourth-year class, Tuyet-Nga Vu, of Baltimore, M.D., will address the graduating class of 253 students " 135 women and 118 men.
Matthew Schure, Ph.D., president and CEO of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and former NYIT president and CEO, will deliver the keynote address. Schure was a member of NYCOM's Board of Governors from 1981-2000. Gulf War hero Richard Jadick, D.O., has been invited to be the special guest alumni speaker. Jadick, a 1997 NYCOM graduate, was recently awarded a Bronze Star in January with a combat V for valor for saving the lives of seven badly injured Marines in Iraq. Currently, he is a urology resident at the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
NYCOM of NYIT is the only osteopathic school of medicine in New York State, and the only medical school in Nassau County. Chartered in 1977, NYCOM is committed to training osteopathic physicians for a lifetime of medical practice, and fosters careers in primary care and the scholarly pursuit of knowledge concerning human health and disease. Based in Old Westbury, N.Y., NYCOM has one of the most diverse student medical school populations in the country and has produced more than 4,000 alumni who are practicing medicine in every state of the nation. NYCOM offers fellowships in anatomy, osteopathic manipulative medicine and neuroscience.
About NYITNYIT is the college of choice for more than 14,000 students currently enrolled in more than 100 courses of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees from eight schools, including engineering, architecture, business, communication arts and medicine. A private, independent college, NYIT embraces an educational philosophy of career-oriented, professional education for all qualified students and supports applications-oriented research to benefit the greater global community. Students attend classes at NYIT's Manhattan and Long Island campuses, as well as online and in a number of programs throughout the world. To date, more than 66,000 alumni have earned degrees at NYIT. For additional information, visit http://www.nyit.edu.
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