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<Title>Congratulations to our new Doctoral Candiadates</Title>
<Tagline>Ceremony November 7, 2017</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><p>We want to congratulate the LLC students who recently obtained their doctoral candidacy. These students were recognized yesterday in the ceremony offered by the UMBC graduate school.</p></div><div>These are the new doctoral candidates and their mentors:</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Deanna Cerquetti.</strong><span> </span><em>Dr. Christine Mallinson</em>, Mentor.</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>May F. Chung.</strong><span> </span><em>Dr. Sarah Shin</em>, Mentor;<span> </span><em>Dr. Christine Mallinson</em>, Co-Mentor.</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Teresa D. Daniell.</strong><em><span> </span>Dr. Christine Mallinson</em>, Mentor;<span> </span><em>Dr. Thania Muñoz</em>, Co-Mentor.</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Steven L. Dashiell.</strong> <em>Dr. Bryce Peake,<span> </span></em>Mentor;<span> </span><em>Dr. Carole McCann,<span> </span></em>Co-Mentor.</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Landry F. Digeon.</strong> <em>Dr. Ed Larkey</em>, Mentor;<span> </span><em>Dr. Craig Saper</em>, Co-Mentor</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Heidi Jo Faust.</strong> <em>Dr. Bev Bickel</em>, Mentor.<span> </span><em>Dr. Joan Shin</em>, Co-Mentor.</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Jiselle Providence.</strong> <em>Dr. Bev Bickel</em>, Mentor;<em><span> </span>Dr. Derek Musgrove,</em><span> </span>Co-Mentor. </div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Erin L. G. Roth.</strong> <em>Dr. J. Kevin Eckert</em>, Mentor.</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Jaclyn Stone.</strong> <em>Dr. Christine Mallinson</em>, Mentor;<em><span> </span>Dr. Bambi Chapin</em>, Co-Mentor.</div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Eva Wright.</strong> <em>Dr. Craig Saper,</em><span> </span>Mentor.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Congratulations to our colleagues and friends, and also to their families.</div><div><br></div><img src="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/llc/posts/71893/attachments/26022" width="452" height="338" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><br><br>From left to right: <em>Dr. Cristine Mallinson, May Chung, Deanna Cerquetti, Steven Dashiell, Dr. Thania Muñoz, Teresa Daniell, Dr. Cedric Herring, Dr. Bev Bickel, Heidi Faust, Dr. Bryce Peake, Dr. Ed Larkey, Jacki Stone, Dr. Bambi Chapin, Landry Digeon<br><br>Thanks to May Chung and Sherella Cupid for sharing this image. <br></em></div>
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<Summary>We want to congratulate the LLC students who recently obtained their doctoral candidacy. These students were recognized yesterday in the ceremony offered by the UMBC graduate school.   These are...</Summary>
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<PostedAt>Wed, 08 Nov 2017 16:36:46 -0500</PostedAt>
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