The host of this year's diploma awarding ceremnony - organized in a hybrid format - was the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Joanna Kolmas, MD, PhD. The Rectors' authorities, together with His Magnificence Professor Zbigniew Gaciong, were represented by Vice Rectors: Professor Agnieszka Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska and Professor Marek Kuch. The deans of the faculties of our University: Prof. Rafał Krenke (Faculty of Medicine), Prof. Dorota Olczak-Kowalczyk (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry), Prof. Mariusz Gujski (Faculty of Health Sciences), Prof. Dariusz Białoszewski (Faculty of Medicine), and the chairman of the Discipline Council of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prof. Grzegorz Nałęcz-Jawecki, were present. The Vice Deans of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Agnieszka Bazylko, MD, PhD and Piotr Luliński, MD, PhD were also present.
Among the invited guests to the graduating ceremony were: Alina Niewiadomska - President of the National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians, Michał Byliniak - President of the District Pharmacy Council in Warsaw, Katarzyna Ładno - Director of the Inter Polska S.A. Insurance Company, Branch Office in Warsaw. The students' self-government MUW was represented by: Hanna Dąbrowska - President of the Students' Self-Government of the Faculty of Pharmacy MUW and Jakub Olszewski - President of the Main Board of the Students' Self-Government MUW.
"This is a day that crowns your success and your hard work," said Dean Joanna Kolmas, MD, PhD addressing this year's recipients of the graduating diplomas at the opening ceremony. This year, 126 pharmacy graduates and 38 medical analyst graduates received their diplomas.
Congratulations on the occasion of completing difficult studies were given by the Rector, prof. Zbigniew Gaciong. In his speech, the Rector noted that "the pandemic has acutely demonstrated the tremendous need for health care professionals," including pharmacists and laboratory diagnosticians. He stressed the importance of the Pharmacy Profession Act, which came into force on April 16 this year. "This is a long-developed document that gives pharmacists new and broader powers. It comprehensively defines issues such as obtaining the right to practice as a pharmacist, the practice of the profession itself, and continuing education." - said the Rector. Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong also reminded us of this year's 95th anniversary of the establishment of the first Faculty of Pharmacy in Poland, which was opened on 6 June 1926 at the University of Warsaw. At the end, the Rector of MUW quoted Leonardo Da Vinci's maxim "A bad student is a student who does not surpass his master" and - addressing this year's graduated students - wished them: "Surpass your masters, be courageous in your dreams, do not settle on your laurels, develop yourself".
A few words to the newly graduated students were also given by the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education Agnieszka Bazylko, MD, PhD. "You have chosen professions that will require you to be continuously educated, that will challenge you, and most importantly, that involve taking responsibility for your actions, and also for the patient. At the same time, these are the professions that give great satisfaction. You are - along with doctors, nurses, paramedics - modes of the same machine. The pandemic has shown how important laboratory diagnosticians and pharmacists are to this machine," said Associate Dean Agnieszka Bazylko, MD, PhD.
Rector and dean presented the Golden Graduate Laurel to the best students. This year, Weronika Krawczyk received the Golden Graduate Laurel and a diploma with distinction in pharmacy, and Weronika Ziemian received the Golden Graduate Laurel in medical analytics. Weronika Krawczyk also received the TU Inter Polska SA Award for the best pharmacy graduate.
After taking the oath and receiving the diplomas, Marcin Śmiarowski and Bartłomiej Brzozowski from the Competition Committee presented gifts and prizes to this year's finalists and laureates of the Master's Thesis Competition of the Faculty of Pharmacy MUW. In the 57th Pharmacy Master’s Thesis Competition the winners were: Magdalena Dziekońska (1st place), Kamil Koronowski (2nd place), Aleksandra Pruszkowska (3rd place), the finalists included: Mateusz Karasiewicz, Anna Helena Mazurek, Anna Zawisza, Aleksandra Bilant, Marta Walasek, Artur Wierzbowski. The audience award went to Kamil Koronowski.
The winners of the 11th Master's Thesis Competition in Medical Analytics were: Klaudia Radoszkiewicz (1st place), Katarzyna Czudek (2nd place), Milena Małecka (3rd place), in addition, the finalists were: Magdalena Bondziul, Maciej Matuszewski, Magdalena Senczyszyn, Monika Słomka, Zuzanna Homoncik. The audience award went to Monika Slomka.
The following spoke on behalf of the graduates: Kamil Koronowski - former chairman of the Faculty of Pharmacy Students' Self-Government, Weronika Szczepańska - former head of the Medical Analytics Department and Zofia Wojciechowska - former chair of the Pharmacy.
At the end of the ceremony, Hanna Dąbrowska - President of the Students' Self-Government of the Faculty of Pharmacy MUW, and Jakub Olszewski - President of the Main Board of the Students' Self-Government MUW presented thanks and gifts to those who have been involved in the activities of the student’s self- government MUW: Kamil Koronowski, Mariusz Bochnia, Weronika Szczepańska, Maciej Matuszewski and Agnieszka Sobczak.
Commemorative speeches were also made by: Alina Niewiadomska - President of the National Council of Laboratory Diagnosticians, Michał Byliniak - President of the District Pharmacy Council in Warsaw, and Katarzyna Ładno - Director of the Inter Polska SA Insurance Company, Branch Office in Warsaw.
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