MOULTRIE – On May 16, PCOM South Georgia will graduate its second class of students with the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree since opening in Moultrie in the fall of 2019. The medical school will also graduate its third class of students with the master of science degree in biomedical sciences.

The commencement ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. at the University of Georgia Conference Center in Tifton.

This year’s commencement speaker is H. William Craver III, DO ’87, FACOS, who served PCOM for three decades, including administrative positions at each of the college’s three campuses. He was instrumental in establishing the Moultrie campus, the medical college said in a press release. When he retired in April 2023, Dr. Craver was dean and chief academic officer at PCOM South Georgia.

PCOM South Georgia’s 2024 Commencement Ceremony will also be livestreamed on the college’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@PCOMeducation) beginning at 1 p.m. EST. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe to the PCOM YouTube channel in advance.

Each in-person guest must have an electronic or printed ticket with a QR code to enter the ceremony, the college said. Tickets will be scanned as guests enter. Students receive six tickets each and have been instructed on how to obtain additional tickets if they are available. Children age 3 and older are required to have a ticket. Doors will open at 11:45 a.m. for anyone who needs special assistance getting to their seat. Doors open at noon for all other guests.

For more information, visit the PCOM Student Affairs Events website (https://studentaffairsevents.pcom.edu/pcom-commencement/south-georgia-commencement-details/).