Alumni Affairs

Research Induction Ceremony

2007 Ceremony

The Research Induction Ceremony was held at the WVU Health Sciences Center on June 1, 2007, honoring doctoral students who had completed their core educational course work, identified their mentors and were entering their selected areas of graduate research.

Faculty mentors presented the research students with a white lab coats to commemorate their entry into the process of research and discovery—taking research work beyond the books and into the labs.

Dr. Fred Minnear, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, invited research faculty to join the students in reciting the “Ethical Affirmation for Scientists.”  This is the oath students recite at graduation pledging to the principles of scientific integrity and ethics in scientific discovery.

WVU alumna Emily Morey-Holton was the guest speaker.  She earned a bachelors degree in liberal arts from WVU in 1958 and a masters and a doctorate degree in pharmacology in 1961 and 1964 respectively.  Morey-Holton is one of the founders of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology and senior chief scientist of the BioSciences Division at NASA’s Ames Research Center.  She has received numerous awards, including AIAA Jeffries Medical Research Award, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, president of the American Society of Gravitational and Space Biology, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA Special Achievement Award, and the NASA-Ames Associate Fellowship. In 1990 she was inducted into the WVU Academy of Distinguished Alumni and currently serves on the WVU HSC National Advisory Council.

At the WVU Health Sciences Center, students perform research and scholarship that advances their chosen field of study with anticipation that such discoveries will eventually alleviate suffering, rehabilitate the injured, treat disease, and lead to new strategies to promote health.

This was the second year for the Research Induction Ceremony which is hosted by the Health Sciences Office of Research and Graduate Education and the Health Sciences Office of Alumni Affairs.