Ribbon-Cutting at CharlesR.DrewUniversity Marks The Launch
of New Undergraduate Program in Biomedical Sciences
Pictured left to right:
Sonsoles de laCalle, M.D., Ph.D., Program Director Biomedical Sciences; Thomas Yoshikawa, M.D., Provost-COO/Acting President, Charles R. Drew University; Gary Sayed, Ph.D., Dean, College of Science and Health
On Thursday, September 1, 2005, Thomas Yoshikawa, M.D. (Provost-COO/Acting President of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science) presided over the ribbon cutting ceremony for the launching of the University’s Collegeof Science and Health’s Biomedical Sciences degree program andTeaching and Research Facility.
Drew’s College of Science and Health enters a new dimension in undergraduate science education by officially unveiling an innovative baccalaureate degree program in the Biomedical Sciences.The matriculation of its inaugural class of freshmen this fall semester will mark a milestone in the educational history of the University and bridges the gap in its pipeline between the MedicalMagnetHigh School and the College of Medicine.