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Deborah West

Debbie West
Deborah West, EdD
Provost
Ex Officio
Department/Discipline: Administration
Campuses: Virginia, Carolinas, Auburn, Louisiana
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Dixie Tooke-Rawlins

Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP
Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP
President
Ex Officio
Department/Discipline: Administration
Campuses: Virginia, Carolinas, Auburn, Louisiana
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Malaika Amin

Malaika Amin
Research Lab Assistant
Department/Discipline: Biomedical Affairs and Research
Campus: Virginia
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Stacie Spradlin

Stacie Spradlin, BA
Senior Staff Accountant
Department/Discipline: Finance
Campus: Virginia
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Spencer Dant

Spencer Dant, BS
Lead Applications Developer/Team Lead
Department/Discipline: Biomedical Affairs and Research
Campus: Virginia
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Virginia Graduation Class of 2026

Virginia Graduation Class of 2026

Tags: graduation

Location: Burruss Hall (Doors open to guests at 9:00 AM)
Dress: Business casual attire

Graduates, Faculty, Stage Party, and Family Hooders arrive by 9:15 AM

Virginia Tech Parking Info (PDF)

Hotel Info

Hyatt Place - $159
Book Here Or Call 540-552-7500

Residence Inn - $159
Book Here Or Call 540-750-4400

The Inn at VA Tech - $155
Book Here Or Call 540-231-8000

Courtyard by Marriott - $164-174
Book Here Or Call 540-552-5222

Hilton Garden Inn - $139
Book Here Or Call 540-552-5005

For reservations made over the phone, mention that you are traveling for VCOM’s Graduation Ceremony to receive the group rate.

Campus: Virginia
When: May 8, 2026 10:00am to 12:30pm EDT

Frank Shushok, Jr.

Frank Shushok, Jr.
Frank Shushok, Jr, PhD, AF(AIAA) S(SFTE)
President - Roanoke College
Campus: Virginia
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Bret Danilowicz

Bret Danilowicz
Bret Danilowicz, PhD
President - Radford University
Campus: Virginia
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Abraham Hardee

Residency: Geisinger Medical Center: Traditional Rotating Intership (TRI), LewisGale Family Medicine Program

What my Practice Looks Like today
As a Program Director, I balance a combination of direct patient care, residency development, mentorship with residents and junior faculty, and teaching formally in didactic and/or directly in the clinic. We also have 3rd & 4th-year medical students rotating with us.

What is the best advice you can give a medical student to help them in their path towards being a physician?
Allow for every opportunity to be a chance to learn something new. Once you have mastered an area, review it and learn how to communicate this knowledge with your future patients.

If you are a VCOM faculty member or a clinical preceptor, why did you want to return to VCOM?
It is important that the students understand the mindset of a community. The best way to learn this is by working directly with physicians who call this area home.

Have you participated in a VCOM International Outreach trip since graduation? Why did you want to go back to help?
I actively participate in these opportunities as an attending. It is a great time to help put into practice what you have learned. Also, it never hurts to reassure yourself of why you went into this profession in the first place. Lastly, the human condition is very different in other places.

What are your fondest memories about your time at VCOM?
Domestic and international medical opportunities

What career accomplishment are you most proud of?
That I am for fulfilling the mission of the school, plus, I'm a member of the class of 2007 (the originals).

When not working, what activities do you enjoy?
Anything outside with my family that gives a good workout. I also enjoy handyman projects and woodworking.

Abraham B Hardee, III, DO, PhD, AOBFP

Graduated: Class of 2007
Campus: Virginia
Prior School: Virginia Tech
Hometown: Blacksburg, VA
Abraham B Hardee, III, DO, PhD, AOBFP

It is important that the students understand the mindset of a community. The best way to learn this is by working directly with physicians who call this area home.

Alumni
Residency: LewisGale Family Medicine Program
Specialty: Family Medicine

Mike Goforth

Mike Goforth
Mike Goforth, MS, ATC
Assistant Professor for Sports Medicine and Research
Office: VCOM II, 1330A
Department/Disciplines: Sports Medicine, Biomedical Affairs and Research
Campus: Virginia
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