National University proudly honored 60 graduate and undergraduate students in commencement ceremonies for both the College of Allied Health Sciences and College of Professional Studies.

Dr. Winterstein and Dr. Doreen C. Parkhurst

The College of Allied Health Sciences commencement ceremony featured President James F. Winterstein as guest speaker, while the College of Professional Studies heard from commencement speaker Dr. Doreen C. Parkhurst, program director and associate dean for the Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine and Physician Assistant Program. Dr. Parkhurst has served as the principal investigator on six federal grants totaling more than $3 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop one of the most unique and creative physician assistant training programs in the country.

Below is a list of National University students who graduated in today’s ceremonies:

Doctor of Chiropractic
Abduldayem Ahmed , William Anthony, Omotayo Asunmo, Mark Bencivengo, Tanya Carlson, Jin Chen, Alexis Clements, Emilio Cosio, Joshua Eldrenkamp, Kiley Fletcher, Rachel Holmberg, Steven Hsu, Katelyn Intres, Erina Kastrati, Jasbir Singh Kocher, Callista Lay, Dustin Martinez, Theresa Anne Osmer, Brijesh Patel, Megha Patel, Tammy Minh Pham, Jaclyn Pienkowski (Salutatorian),Sophronia Sandifer, Christopher Smith, Hilary Sparks, Andrew Spracklin, Nancy Stanbeary, James Stegner, Jr., Jennifer Strang (Valedictorian),Paul Turrell, Rachel Wendt

Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
Chun Brace, Linda Cunningham, Miravone Dorough, Crystal Landers, Sidney Pharis, Derek Simpson (Salutatorian),Takiyah Smith (Valedictorian)

Master of Science in Acupuncture
Brian Snapp

Master of Science in Oriental Medicine
Misty Blomquist (Salutatorian), Mia Davis, Greer Nesbitt (Valedictorian)

Bachelor of Science Degree
David Bull (Salutatorian),Kristina Ciangiola, Annelies Donaldson, Travis Horne, Sara Parr (Valedictorian), Jessie Potter, Thomas Slowinski, Kimberly Tapia, Ronda Wolf

Associate of Applied Science in Massage Therapy
Ian Libert

Massage Therapy Certification
ReNae Gorder (Valedictorian), Vanessa Hennessey (Salutatorian), Kati Hillan, Amanda Potts, Michael Quintana

Chiropractic Assistant Certification
Debra Hill, Loredana Tomasello, Chelsey Wilbur