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The Graduate School held its first-ever Candidacy Tea for doctoral students last week. The occasion celebrated the achievement to candidacy for over 300 graduate students who reached this milestone between June 1 and November 1 of this year.  The event was attended by about 40 graduate students, their advisors and deans.

This summer Yooni Choi, a second year MPH graduate student in Health Services Administration, attended the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. It is considered one of the top conferences for health services research and health policy professionals.

There is a saying in Ecuador that says 'Quien a buen árbol se arrima Buena sombra lo cobija' - if you lean on a good tree you will be protected by a good shadow. For new graduate Viviana Cordero (’18 MA, Higher Education), a master’s degree is confirmation that familismo, the closeness of family ties, produces excellence.