News Release

University of Detroit Mercy Commencements: for the McNichols Campus and the School of Dentistry

The annual commencement ceremonies held by the University of Detroit Mercy and the UDM School of Dentistry will take place this month.

More than 725 graduates and their families are expected to attend the McNichols commencement ceremony held on Saturday. May 12, 1:30 p.m. at Calihan Hall for its undergraduate and graduate students on the McNichols campus. "Class of 1957" alumni will also be honored at the commencement ceremony.

The University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry commencement will be held on Saturday, May 19 at 10:30 a.m. at St Scholastica Church, 17320 Rosemont Avenue across from the Dental School's Outer Drive Campus. The keynote address will be delivered by the Dental School's Honorary Degree Recipient Allan Formicola, D.D.S, M.S. Dr. Formicola is the former Dean of Columbia University's School of Dental and Oral Surgery and is currently professor of periodontics at the University. He is also currently the Vice Dean for the Center of Community Health Partnerships, a new Center in the Faculty of Health Sciences of Columbia University. Dr. Allan Formicola graduated from Georgetown University in 1963 with a D.D.S and an M.S. degree in Periodontics in 1965.

Release date: May 01, 2007

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