{"id":21115,"date":"2003-12-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/12\/24\/students-receive-degrees-at-winter-commencements\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T00:48:00","slug":"students-receive-degrees-at-winter-commencements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/12\/24\/students-receive-degrees-at-winter-commencements\/","title":{"rendered":"Students receive degrees at winter commencements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"200\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/grad2003a.gif\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" font size=\"-1\"><br \/>\nTracy Harrison, master of physician assistant, with from left, Al Wilson, Terri Ball, Jacqueline Danner, Pamela Bridges and Lori Moody.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/grad2003b.gif\" border=\"2\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" font size=\"-1\"><br \/>\nSumit Mukherjee, master of public health, with from left, Chrissta Forslund, Amit Mukherjee, brother, Manashi Mukherjee, mother, and Jaime Coyle.  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