The Class of 2021, with 69 members, will become the 46th class to receive medical degrees from the USA College of Medicine. Students will take the Hippocratic Oath and be hooded by a person of their choosing. Graduates matching at U.S. military facilities also will take the military oath.
In addition, two students in the Basic Medical Sciences Graduate Program will receive doctoral degrees at the ceremony and will be awarded doctoral hoods by their major professors.
Graduates may invite up to four guests to the in-person event. Social distancing protocols will be observed, and all faculty, students, attendees and guests will be required to wear masks while in the Mitchell Center. The ceremony also will be live-streamed on the USA webpage at southalabama.edu for those who are unable to attend.
Meanwhile, an invitation-only honors ceremony is planned for 36 medical students who are receiving awards on Wednesday, May 5, at 10 a.m. in the Student Center Ballroom. The Class of 2021 brings the total number of physicians to graduate since the medical school’s opening to 2,905.
