Celebrating the Coit College of Pharmacy’s Class of 2025

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Photos by Kris Hanning, U of A Health Sciences Office of Communications
A student in a cap and gown shakes hands with a professor in a suit and top hat during a graduation ceremony.

Kris Gregory, PhD, is congratulated by her advisor, Lehman Benson III, PhD, vice president of Black advancement and engagement at the University of Arizona, after receiving her Doctor of Philosophy in pharmaceutical sciences during the U of A R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy 2025 spring convocation.

Photo by Kris Hanning, U of A Health Sciences Office of Communications

The University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy honored its spring 2025 graduating class at Centennial Hall on May 16. A total of 227 students celebrated the successful conclusion to their programs in front of family, friends and faculty.

The Coit College of Pharmacy celebrated the third graduating class of its Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences program by conferring 83 degrees. The graduate programs celebrated and hooded five Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences, one Master of Science in Pharmacology and Toxicology and seven Master of Science in Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes graduates, two Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences graduates and five Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology and Toxicology graduates. The college conferred Doctor of Pharmacy degrees to 124 graduates. 

Dean Rick Schnellmann, PhD, welcomed the graduates and their guests, noting that the Coit College of Pharmacy is the fourth-ranked school of pharmacy in the United States.

“The foremost researchers and professors in the world have challenged and tested you, and you are here because you rose to the occasion,” Schnellmann said.

“As you transition from students to practitioners, scholars and scientists, I am reminded of the only constant —  change. Too often people are afraid of change because it’s uncomfortable or intimidating, and they resist it. However, without change, nothing happens. Recognize change as an opportunity. When the unexpected happens, as it always does, view it as a chance for growth and fulfillment.”

Additional stories about graduating student honors and achievements are available on the Coit College of Pharmacy website.

Five young men wearing graduation caps and gowns stand together, smiling and making the hand sign for the Arizona Wildcats.
Four young women dressed in graduation regalia smile as they hold up a decorated graduation cap.
Two professors in graduation regalia stand together, smiling.
Two young women in graduation caps and gowns smile while giving the hand sign for the Arizona Wildcats.
A young woman wearing graduation regalia smiles and waves as she walks onto a stage.
A young man dressed in a graduation cap and gown smiles as he is handed his diploma by an older man in a suit.
A young woman dressed in a graduation gown smiles as a professor places a ceremonial hood over her shoulders.
A young woman dressed in a graduation gown smiles as a professor, also dressed in graduation regalia, smiles behind her.
A young woman dressed in a graduation gown smiles as a professor places a ceremonial hood over her shoulders.
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More than 225 students dressed in graduation regalia stand in an auditorium at the conclusion of their convocation ceremony.
A young woman in a graduation cap and gown smiles as she looks off into the distance with other graduates behind her.
Two women dressed in graduation regalia smile while one raises her arm in celebration. They are standing in front of dozens of other graduates.
A young man and woman in graduation caps and gowns make silly faces and look as if they are pondering their futures.
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