Commencement

2024 Institute for Society and Genetics Commencement Ceremony

Saturday, June 15, 2024 __ 5 PM Pacific __ Kerckhoff Patio

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Congratulations Class of 2024! We cannot wait to celebrate you and your accomplishments along with your fellow graduates, loved ones, faculty, and staff. The 2024 Commencement Ceremony for the Institute for Society and Genetics will take place on Saturday, June 15th, 2024 at Kerckhoff Patio.

You are automatically eligible to participate in the 2024 Commencement Ceremony if you either have graduated Fall 2023 or Winter 2024 OR have declared to graduate Spring or Summer 2024. Graduating students in the Human Biology and Society Major and Society and Genetics Minor will receive more information about the ceremony throughout Spring Quarter. If you have any questions, please feel free to email isgacademics@g.ucla.edu.

For those who are meeting eligibility, please fill out the following forms:

  1. Student Speaker Self-Nomination Form (deadline: Monday, April 1st at 12 noon)
    • This form is for you to nominate yourself, should you be interested in being one of our student speakers for the ceremony.
  2. ISG 2024 Graduation Questionnaire(deadline: Monday, April 1st at 12 noon)
    • This questionnaire is for you to let us know if you intend to participate in the Commencement as well as what your post-grad plans are. FYI: this questionnaire is different from the Senior Survey administered by UCLA.
  3. Senior Survey (via myUCLA)
    • Once available, complete the Senior Survey by selecting to opt-in or opt-out of the survey. Responding to the survey triggers your
      online ticket ordering option (available in May 2024).
2024 ISG Commencement Speaker
Jodi Spangler, MD is a practicing family medicine physician. Dr. Spangler completed medical school at the University of Washington School of Medicine and graduated with honors from UCLA with an undergraduate degree in Human Biology & Society as part of the Institute for Society & Genetics. She recognizes that human health is deeply interconnected with the health of the environment.
She works on projects that: improve access to high quality healthcare, cultivate true wellness, and also ones that make people smile. Grounding her practice in evidence-based medicine, a curious spirit, fierce advocacy, and a deep love for life’s big questions, she encourages us to re-connect with ourselves, each other and nature.
She is a mother of two, skydiver, surfer, outdoor type, and old van tinkerer. With a past that includes paragliding in the Himalayas, surfing a bore tide wave in Alaska, and chasing zebras by bike in Kenya, she advocates for injecting the spirit of adventure into everyday life. She was part of a disaster relief team of medical first responders after the earthquakes in both Haiti and Nepal.
Her work has been featured in MTVAct, Daily Bruin, NBC, 3 billion Under 30, COVID-19 Heroes podcast and more. She has been a speaker/guest lecturer at the DO Lectures, UCLA, TEDx, USC, and the NW Wilderness Medicine Conference among others.

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