Paige Spiess was one of the first students to sign up last year for the Bachelor鈥檚 in Health Sciences degree program, which became an official ACPHS offering this fall.
Then a junior majoring in biomedical technology, she saw the pre-professional components of the BSHS as the perfect complement to the scientific grounding she鈥檇 already received, in preparation for her training as a physician assistant.
As she graduates this month and moves into Albany Medical College鈥檚 PA program on Jan. 2, she is glad to have taken courses in patient-provider communications and public health, among others.
鈥淲hen they announced the Health Sciences program, I fell in love with it,鈥� Spiess said. 鈥淚t made my degree well-rounded and patient-centered.鈥�
Spiess is one of two students to receive the first BSHS degrees from ACPHS in December 2024. The other is Huwada聽Obaid. They are among 31 students to complete their degrees this month.
Nearly a third of December graduates (nine) are receiving their master鈥檚 in biomedical sciences, a one-year program that offers the option to begin in spring. Another seven are receiving master鈥檚 degrees in cytotechnology and molecular cytology, a program that runs 16 months from August to the following December. Three students who started their programs at the now-closed College of Saint Rose will receive bachelor鈥檚 degrees in forensic psychology through a teach-out program with ACPHS.
The remaining ten graduates are receiving bachelor鈥檚 degrees in pharmaceutical sciences and public health, master鈥檚 in biomedical technology, master鈥檚 in pharmaceutical sciences and doctorates in pharmacy.
Congratulations to all our December 2024 graduates!
BS Forensic Psychology聽聽
Imani Archer Forden
Amira Stevens-Salih
Ramsey Tozier
BS Health Sciences聽
Huwada Obaid
Paige Spiess
BS Pharmaceutical Sciences聽
Avery Nahorniak
Jaelyn Rossignoll
Amrintaj Shaik
BS Public Health聽聽
Howie Kelley
Kelly Sullivan
Shruthika Taneeru
MS Biotechnology (formerly MS Biomanufacturing & Bioprocessing)
Emilia Johnson-Viola
MS Biomedical Sciences
Zainab Bah
Emily Brazee
Thomas D鈥橝ngelo
Deborah Dellaporte
Leah Lamson-Lindsey
Kenneth Otah
Lois Pae
Laura Waltz
MS Cytotechnology and Molecular Cytology
Rawabi Al Juwayid
Atheer Alanazi
Charliann Friedman
Gustavo Mendez
Carissa Palmatier
Devin Ramcharitar
Kathryn Solomon
MS Pharmaceutical Sciences聽
Nazish Faizan
Doctor of Pharmacy聽聽
William Rimkunas
Dani Schechter
Doctor of Pharmacy and BS Pharmaceutical Sciences聽
Burhan Siddiqui
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