| Nurses Week, May
6-12
At Hopkins Hospital, in Houck Lobby on May 10 at 1 p.m., the Department
of Nursing will hold its annual awards ceremony. At Hopkins Bayview,
in Doctor’s Dining Room, May 10, 6 to 8:30 a.m.: breakfast, served
by nursing leadership. In the Pavilion Conference Center, May 12, 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.: massage, basket raffle and poster presentations. Every
day of the week, in the Chapel: the “blessing of the hands.”
At HCGH, all week long: food, contests, a special breakfast and seminar.
Convocation 2006 Michael Bloomberg,
mayor of the City of New York and consummate Johns Hopkins philanthropist,
will deliver the address at Convocation 2006. Other highlights of the
School of Medicine’s graduation ceremony will be the presentation
of teaching and student awards and hooding of master of arts, doctors
of philosophy and doctors of medicine. This year for the first time
a master of science degree will be awarded. The ceremony culminates
in the Oath of Hippocrates, which the Class of ’06, the 111th
to graduate from the School since its opening in 1893, will take before
marching off to 53 hospitals across 21 states. Convocation takes place
on May 25 at 2:30 p.m. at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
Breaking Ground
The new clinical buildings are about to take a symbolic yet significant
step forward with groundbreaking, scheduled for June 5 from 4 to 5 p.m.
in the Houck Lobby and Phipps Courtyard. Speakers will address the lasting
importance of Johns Hopkins in the community. A group of VIPs, staff
and “extended family,” including patients and children,
will toss ribbons into the construction site as a massive rendering
of the new buildings falls into place.
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