Paige Spiess was one of the first students to sign up last year for the Bachelor’s in Health Sciences degree program, which became an official ACPHS offering this fall.
Then a junior majoring in biomedical technology, she saw the pre-professional components of the BSHS as the perfect complement to the scientific grounding she’d already received, in preparation for her training as a physician assistant.
As she graduates this month and moves into Albany Medical College’s PA program on Jan. 2, she is glad to have taken courses in patient-provider communications and public health, among others.
“When they announced the Health Sciences program, I fell in love with it,” Spiess said. “It made my degree well-rounded and patient-centered.”
Spiess is one of two students to receive the first BSHS degrees from ACPHS in December 2024. The other is Huwada Obaid. They are among 31 students to complete their degrees this month.
Nearly a third of December graduates (nine) are receiving their master’s in biomedical sciences, a one-year program that offers the option to begin in spring. Another seven are receiving master’s degrees in cytotechnology and molecular cytology, a program that runs 16 months from August to the following December. Three students who started their programs at the now-closed College of Saint Rose will receive bachelor’s degrees in forensic psychology through a teach-out program with ACPHS.
The remaining ten graduates are receiving bachelor’s degrees in pharmaceutical sciences and public health, master’s in biomedical technology, master’s in pharmaceutical sciences and doctorates in pharmacy.
Congratulations to all our December 2024 graduates!
BS Forensic Psychology
Imani Archer Forden
Amira Stevens-Salih
Ramsey Tozier
BS Health Sciences
Huwada Obaid
Paige Spiess
BS Pharmaceutical Sciences
Avery Nahorniak
Jaelyn Rossignoll
Amrintaj Shaik
BS Public Health
Howie Kelley
Kelly Sullivan
Shruthika Taneeru
MS Biotechnology (formerly MS Biomanufacturing & Bioprocessing)
Emilia Johnson-Viola
MS Biomedical Sciences
Zainab Bah
Emily Brazee
Thomas D’Angelo
Deborah Dellaporte
Leah Lamson-Lindsey
Kenneth Otah
Lois Pae
Laura Waltz
MS Cytotechnology and Molecular Cytology
Rawabi Al Juwayid
Atheer Alanazi
Charliann Friedman
Gustavo Mendez
Carissa Palmatier
Devin Ramcharitar
Kathryn Solomon
MS Pharmaceutical Sciences
Nazish Faizan
Doctor of Pharmacy
William Rimkunas
Dani Schechter
Doctor of Pharmacy and BS Pharmaceutical Sciences
Burhan Siddiqui
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