Take advantage of opportunities during Welcome Week to meet friends, engage in public health, and learn more about the Dornsife experience:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

Social Justice and Public Health

METHOD: SYN (live)
WHEN: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 from 10:00AM-11:00AM via Zoom
AUDIENCE: All undergraduate and graduate students
DESCRIPTION: John Rich, MD, MPH, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice and Professor in Health Management and Policy,gives students a unique introduction to public health through the lens of social justice at Dornsife.

Exploring Philadelphia: Q&A with Orientation Leaders

METHOD: SYN (live)
WHEN: Wednesday, September 16, 2020 from 6:00PM-7:00PM via Zoom
AUDIENCE: All undergraduate and graduate students
DESCRIPTION: Learn more from Orientation Leaders about navigating Philadelphia as a student.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

Welcome Ceremony and Pinning

METHOD: SYN (live)
WHEN: Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 10:00AM-11:00AM via Zoom
Meeting ID: 810 2024 0028
Passcode: 944770
AUDIENCE: All Dornsife community members
DESCRIPTION: Join us for our School’s virtual Pinning Ceremony, an event that formally welcomes all new students into the field of public health and new faculty and staff. The pinning ceremony is a tradition that was first instituted at the School nearly 24 years ago by the founding Dean and humanitarian, Dr. Jonathan Mann. This year’s keynote speaker will be Raynard Washington, PhD, MPH, Deputy Health Director of Mecklenburg County Health Department.

Color Brave

METHOD: SYN (live)
WHEN: Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 1:00PM-3:00PM via Zoom
AUDIENCE: All undergraduate and graduate students
DESCRIPTION: Patience Ajoff-Foster, Executive Director, Diversity and Inclusive Culture, and Bernetta McCall-Millonde, Director of Diversity Initiatives & Community Relations in the Center for Inclusive Education and Scholarship, facilitate Color Brave: a campus dialogues aim to educate and empower faculty to have a purposeful discussion and address the issue of racial inequities that exist in America today. Registration is required and can be completed via the Zoom link above.