Class of 2003 Graduates Forty-Five
Forty-five graduates, 13 with distinction, from the Physician Assistant Program, class of 2003 received their diplomas on August 9 at Wait Chapel on the Wake Forest University campus. Class president, Brian Doss, presented the following awards to fellow students and faculty: Phase I Teaching Excellence Award: Jeffrey W. Hinshaw; Phase II Teaching Excellence Award: Charles W. Harris, Jr., M.D.; Phase II Teaching Excellence Award: David J. Bohle, M.D.; Outstanding Class Member Award: Byron Carter; Honorary Katherine Anderson Society Award: James Jeffries; Outstanding Contributions to the Class of 2002 Award: Richard Lowder.

Two very special awards were presented to PA students. The Katherine Anderson Award is given in recognition of exemplary performance in all aspects of the first year curriculum along with professional growth toward becoming a Physician Assistant. This award was proudly presented to Joshua F. Smith. The James Franklin Wilson Memorial Award is made to the graduate exhibiting remarkable ability to care for patients and exceptional dedication to the profession. This year’s honorable recipient was Allyson Martin Smith.

Graduates were marshaled in by first year PA students with highest academic achievement. They were Katherine Stokes Meise, Michelle Motte Castelvecchi, John Isenhour Shoaf, and Ashley McDaniel Underwood.