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\u201cIf you want to make a difference, think boldly, out of the box and take a chance. If we learn from our mistakes, they aren\u2019t mistakes, they are learning experiences. Over the past two years our job has been to prepare you for professional success. Until now your job has been to answer our questions correctly. Now you have a new job. It\u2019s time for you to start asking the right questions,\u201c Associate Provost for Graduate Medical Sciences (GMS) Linda Hyman, PhD, told graduates at the GMS commencement on Friday, May 15, at Metcalf Hall in BU\u2019s George Sherman Union.<\/p>\n
Faculty members dressed in colorful regalia lined the staircase and filed into their seats joining 341 master\u2019s degree candidates. \u201cToday is a day of traditions: the organ, the processional, the gathering of your mentors, friends and family. Today is a very special day. The traditions of today are important. They help us connect the dots, punctuating milestones in our lives. \u201c<\/p>\n
Three student speakers provided perspective on their GMS experiences and their hopes for their classmates.<\/p>\n
According to Peter Foster, who earned a master\u2019s in Medical Sciences, \u201cWe are all about to embark into a rapidly changing landscape of health care and health policy. Whether you go into research, business, law, medicine, public service or education, neither you nor society can continue to survive or prosper simply by implementing what is already known. Somebody is going to have to come up with meaningful new ideas, creative new approaches and important new discoveries. That \u2018somebody\u2019 is you. We owe it to our future patients, clients and colleagues to never settle for anything but our very best. \u201c<\/p>\n
Receiving her master\u2019s in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practices Bianca Bracho-Perez, shared her thoughts. \u201cGMS allows for and encourages the cross-pollination of disciplines creating an environment where partnerships grow and innovation flourishes\u2026It is when we open our work to those not in our field that we gain perspective and create the greatest impact.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Hendrickson a candidate for a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine questioned, \u201cBut what do this diploma and our hoods really represent? To me, and my hope is that this extends to every graduate who crosses the stage today, our diplomas represent not only professional but personal growth. My hope is that we will each continue to encounter those challenges that make us question everything. For that is when we can grow as clinicians and as individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n