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More than 620 students are expected to receive degrees May 21 and 22 from the five schools at the Health Science Center. Times, dates, locations and information on commencement speakers for each ceremony are listed below.

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
4 p.m. Friday, May 21
Health Science Center auditorium, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive
Commencement speakers:

Sally S. Atherton, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of cellular biology and anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta

Walter T. Schaffer, Ph.D., acting director of the office of extramural programs, National Institutes of Health

School of Nursing
9 a.m. Saturday, May 22
Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, 715 Stadium Drive
Commencement speaker: Connie Curran, Ph.D., executive director of the National Dialogue on Cancer

School of Medicine
1 p.m. Saturday, May 22
Laurie Auditorium, Trinity University, 715 Stadium Drive
Commencement speaker: John Stone, M.D., professor emeritus at the Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, and co-editor of “On Doctoring: Stories, Poems, Essays”

Dental School
4 p.m. Saturday, May 22
Bill Greehey Arena, St. Mary’s University, One Camino Santa Maria
Commencement speaker: Richard Valachovic, D.M.D., M.P.H., executive director of the American Dental Education Association

School of Allied Health Sciences
7 p.m. Saturday, May 22
Bill Greehey Arena, St. Mary’s University, One Camino Santa Maria
Commencement speaker: Phyllis L. Beemsterboer, M.S., Ed.D., associate dean for academic affairs, associate professor of periodontology, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Ore.