The school, serving a mostly Black and low-income population, is one of the District’s three turnaround Renaissance high schools, along with Mastery-Gratz and Olney, run by ASPIRA. Islam said that almost 90 percent of the 2014-15 senior class graduated, many of them headed to postsecondary schools in the fall. The corresponding figure for this year wasn’t immediately available. By 2014, the school’s cohort graduation rate had risen to 70 percent, meaning that 70 percent of those who entered 9th grade persisted to graduate four years later. The school re-opened in a new building in the fall of 2008 and was converted to a charter school operated by Universal in 2011. Few would argue that getting to this point has been easy.Īudenried was closed in 2005 and at the time it had only a 47 percent graduation rate. Other: Divisional ceremonies take place at other times visit /commencement/upcoming-ceremonies/index.html for information.The graduation was a celebration of the students’ success, but also the school’s progress. Where: Miami University, Yager Stadium, 700 Weeb Eubank Way, Oxford What: 183rd Spring Commencement for degreed candidates More information can be found on Miami University’s commencement webpage. “I don’t know that I’ll ever be exactly like he was, but I just hope I’m the kind of leader that takes care of the community that I’m serving so that maybe I’d recognize their children 20 years later,” Bannister said.ĭivisional ceremonies and other graduate recognition programs occur throughout the weekend. She said she plans to urge the graduates to “find their why” in life - something that inspires them to make a difference in the world during the graduation ceremony, Explore Here’s what the local job market for college grads looks like She never expected to make a career of it. Bannister was a chemistry major who went on to become a dentist and joined the Air Force to help cover her dental training expenses. She graduated from Miami University in 1988, but at the time, she said she didn’t know what to do with her life.
As director of medical operations, she is responsible for developing and executing health care policy in support of 43,000 personnel and 76 medical treatment facilities with a budget of more than $6.2 billion. She previously served as command surgeon of Air Combat Command.
Miami president Gregory Crawford will preside over the graduation.īannister is director of medical operations of the Office of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Sharon Bannister will offer the commencement address, discussing her path from Miami University to becoming a two-star general.
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