Commencement Fall 2022

Commencement

Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 2 p.m. EST Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Welcome to the 125th commencement of Salus University. We have conferred degrees on healthcare professionals since our first commencement in 1922 as the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry (PSCO). Over the years, the name of our institution may have changed, but the excitement and anticipation of commencement day has remained the same.

Salus University was established by the Pennsylvania State College of Optometry (PSCO), later renamed to the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), which was founded in 1919 to create a professional school of optometry on par with those of medicine and dentistry. That century-old legacy continues, as the University maintains and increases higher standards of education and clinical proficiency for the professions we serve.

From 1919 to 1983, Optometry was the College’s sole program. In 1983, master’s degrees in Blindness and Low Vision Studies were introduced. In 2000, the Audiology program began, followed by Physician Assistant Studies in 2007. Today, Salus offers additional degree programs in Biomedicine, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology and Orthotics and Prosthetics.

Salus University is a diversified, globally recognized professional academic center of learning that offers a wide range of accredited postgraduate degree programs. There are more than 1,200 Salus students and more than 14,000 alumni worldwide.

This is a day of great pride for our graduates as well as their families and friends. The faculty and staff of Salus University are proud of what our graduates have achieved during their time with us and hope you will join us in this celebration of their achievements.

Congratulations to the families and friends of the Class of 2022 for your ever-important, unheralded support of your graduate. Congratulations to the Class of 2022! We are proud of what each of you has accomplished.

In 2019, the University celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of PCO, followed by the 20th anniversary of the Osborne College of Audiology in 2020. This year, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of our Occupational Therapy program and we will continue to celebrate our legacy of changing lives and the exciting vision we have for the future.

During this year’s fall commencement, the University will bestow doctoral and master’s degrees in the professions of Audiology, Blindness and Low Vision Studies, Biomedicine, Clinical Audiology, Occupational Therapy and Physician Assistant Studies.

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Order of Ceremonies

Music Prelude

“Allemande” from French Suite No 5 in G Major

“Adagio” from Sonata No 12 in F major, K 332

J. S. Bach

W.A. Mozart

Impromptu in G-flat major, Op. 90, No 3 Franz Schubert

“Overture” from Partita No 4 in D major

Academic Procession*

Pomp and Circumstance

National Anthem*

J. S. Bach Brian Dilts Pianist

Edward Elgar

music by John Stafford Smith

lyrics by Francis Scott Key

Star-Spangled Banner

O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,

What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Introduction Michael H. Mittelman, OD, MPH, LHD (Hon.), MBA President

Graduate Commencement Address

Nicola Mejer Glover Osborne College of Audiology

Honorary Degree

of Humane Letters

Conferring of Honorary

Mittelman

*The audience is requested to stand with the Faculty and Graduates during the Academic Procession, Recessional and during the singing of the Star-Spangled Banner and is invited to join in the singing.

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Doctor

Oration ............................................................................... President

Degree.................................... President

Thomas R. Cullison

RADM MC USN (Retired)

Rear Admiral Cullison has been actively involved in health policy and international health engagement issues since retiring in 2010 following a 38-year career that culminated in service as Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy. He is currently a Senior Associate at the Global Health Policy Center of the Center for Strategic and International Studies focusing on Department of Defense contributions to United States health security. He recently served as senior advisor to the Uniformed Services University’s Center for Global Health Engagement.

His Navy career began as a surface warfare and saturation diving officer. Dr. Cullison received his doctor of medicine degree in 1979 from Indiana University School of Medicine, completed orthopaedic surgery residency at Naval Medical Center, San Diego and served in a variety of clinical assignments involving direct patient care, graduate medical education and operational deployments.

His Navy Medicine leadership career began in San Diego as Surgeon General Specialty Leader for Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of Surgical Services. He later served as Deputy Commander Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Commanding Officer Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, Fleet Surgeon, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Command Surgeon U.S. Pacific Command, Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, Commander Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (VA) and Commander Naval Medicine East. He held academic appointments at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Association.

Music Interlude

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Awards and Citations

A complete list of recipients is presented on the University website at www.salus.edu/commencement

Announcement of Awards and Citations