School of Medicine Commencement

The School of Medicine held a virtual commencement viewable anytime from any device.

Friday, May 8, 2020

Emory’s 175th Commencement Experience

Your Moment

Emory has made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel Commencement exercises planned for May. We realize that this is enormously disappointing for students and their families, and we are sorry that we will not be able to gather in person this spring to celebrate our students.

In addition to the individual school events, a new interactive website, Your Moment, is available to allow the entire community — family, friends, faculty members, staff, alumni and students — to view ceremonies and honor graduates through uploaded messages, photos, and videos celebrating both your time within the Emory community and your induction as our newest alumni class. Visit to view the countdown to Commencement, shared memories platform, and grad wall to celebrate the class of 2020.

Commencement Stories Video conversations with students and those who have supported them

Carmen Reid 20M and Dr. Don Batisky, professor of pediatrics at the Emory School of Medicine and executive director of pre-health mentoring for Emory’s College of Arts and Sciences are featured

Celebrating Emory's Class of 2020

Emory University will celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2020 with a series of Commencement experiences designed to unite graduates separated by a global pandemic in new and innovative ways.

Share your best wishes for the Class of 2020

Send in a text greeting, record a short video, or share a photo of a handmade congratulations sign. Be creative, and share our pride for the accomplishments of this class. You’ll also have a chance to complete the sentence “Your moment to _____” for the class as you encourage them on their journey and thank them for their contributions to life at Emory.

Your moment to...

Path to grad Class of 2020 Student Stories

Sahil Angelo

Deema Elchoufi

Alexis Halyard

Peyton Hanson

Akshaya Kannan

Sarah Newman and Madeline Roorbach

Another example of the spirit of our Class of 2020

Troy Kleber has recently been volunteering in Downtown Atlanta a the Gateway Center, a homeless service center with an in-house clinic. "It is a great public health service for those who are homeless and those who serve the homeless. I wanted to be on the front lines of giving people answers." Troy recently was accepted into the Georgia CTSA TL1 Clinical & Translational Research Program and the Emory Masters of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) program starting July 1. In the meantime, he is also is a trainee with Mohammad Khan at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Thank You from the SOM Class of 2020

The Class of 2020 would like to say a BIG THANK YOU for everything you have done to support us on our journey towards becoming capable and compassionate physicians.

Remembering Match Day

Students celebrated at home with their loved ones and shared their excitement on video chat and social media. Faculty, staff, and students sent video messages to support the Class of 2020.

Virtual Match Day 2020

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