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CONFERRING
UCD School of Veterinary Medicine Celebrates the
Conferring of over 200 Graduates
→ The Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Nursing Class of 2020 receive their clinical dress at the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine White Coat Ceremony, March 2019
→ The UCD School of Veterinary Medicine was
to the event. He noted that graduation day is normally
delighted to confer over 200 graduates on 15 June
a ‘wonderful occasion where you and your families can
with undergraduate and graduate qualifications
embrace one another and share a very special day.
from a range of programmes: Veterinary Medicine,
However, we are all together in spirit...never has our
Veterinary Nursing, Graduate Certificates in Dairy
School motto of ‘One Health, One Welfare’ been more
Herd Health and Small Animal Medicine, Masters and
appropriate. We salute the resilience that you, the
Doctorates. The School was also joined by graduates
Class of 2020 has shown in the face of the COVID-19
from Veterinary Public Health and Food Regulatory
pandemic and we are proud of you.’
Affairs programmes which are jointly run with the University of Ulster. The annual conferring ceremony
Addressing the Class of 2020, Michael Creed, TD, and
is always one of the highlights of the School’s calendar,
then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
but due to COVID-19 related restrictions, it took place
noted the challenges that this group of graduates had
as a virtual event this year.
faced collectively in completing their studies over the last number of months. Rising to these unprecedented
Professor Michael Doherty, Dean & Head of the School
challenges has brought into ‘sharper focus the
of Veterinary Medicine, opened the ceremony by
‘One Health’ concept and the challenges around
welcoming the graduates and their families and friends
antimicrobial resistance, around environmental and
