Three graduates in black academic regalia and mortarboards converse beneath an ornate stone archway; the graduate on the right wears a red hood.
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Alan Cherrington, chair of the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, gives a helping hand to his daughter, Andrea, who graduates today from the School of Medicine. Looking on is Michael Mugavero, Andrea's fellow graduating VUSM student as well as her husband-to-be. Following graduation, the pair is headed to the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham for residencies. The School of Medicine diploma-awarding ceremony is at 11 a.m. at the Stadium Club. The Graduate School's ceremony is at 10:30 a.m. on the Library Lawn. (photo by Donna Jones Bailey)