Diploma Ceremony for RAQA Degree Programs | Celebrations and Procedures
For 30 years, the RAQA graduate program held a separate diploma ceremony for students who receive the MS in one of our four programs: RAQA, Pharmaceutical Regulatory Sciences, Global Clinical and Pharmacovigilance Regulations, and Advanced Biotherapeutics: Manufacturing and RA.
In 2025, RAQA graduates are welcome to join the PharmD graduation that is scheduled for May 9, 2025 at Temple's Main Campus. It is a cap and gown event, so attendees are required to rent academic regalia. For more information and tickets (which are limited), contact Haley Ashby at haley.ashby@temple.edu or call 215.707.4990.
The 2024 RAQA Diploma Ceremony was held on Sunday, June 9, 2024 at the Cedarbrook Country Club. Click here to see photos of the happy event.
The 2023 Diploma Ceremony was held on Sunday, June 11, 2023, at the Cedarbrook Country Club. The keynote speaker was Dr. Thomas Schultz, professor of RAQA for the School of Pharmacy as well as the former Seniore Director of Regulatory Sciences at Johnson & Johnson. Photos are available on this link.
The 2022 event was held Sunday, June 5, 2022, at the Talamore Country Club in Ambler, PA, and started promptly at 11:30 am. The keynote speaker was Anne E. Johnson, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Director (Philadelphia District) and Program Division Director (Bioresearch Monitoring Division I).
If you are completing your requirements for one of these non-thesis MS programs and wish to know the procedure for applying for graduation and receiving your diploma, click here.
To view photos of RAQA graduation celebrations since 2009, click here.
Graduates are welcome to attend the following ceremonies each year:
Due to COVID, the 2021 and 2022 Diploma Ceremonies were virtual. The 2022 Diploma Celebration for RAQA graduates from August 2021, December 2021, and May 2022 was scheduled at the Talamore Country Club on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
LInk to the 2021 Virtual Ceremony
Link to the 2020 Virtual Ceremony
Temple University's Commencement Ceremony for all degree programs is held each year in May at the Liacouras Center on Temple's Main Campus in Philadelphia. This is an exciting and huge event, where graduates from all of the schools and colleges participate in caps and gowns and are recognized as a group by the dean of each school or college. Tickets must be ordered in advance through the Temple University website. Students are responsible for renting caps and gowns for the event to participate (approximately $100).
A smaller and more personalized graduation celebration is held specifically by the RAQA graduate program each year (either in late May or June). This event personally recognizes all of the graduates by name and includes a formal lunch. A professional photographer and videographer are available. Invitations will be mailed to graduates in mid-April. If you are an international student who plans to have family members attend from overseas, please contact TRENEND+ryczrg+hqr in early February for a letter to submit for visa purposes.
