<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/commencement/commencement-archive/commencement-2018/remarks-citations-2018/honorary-degree-citation-recognizing-dr-rachel-l-levine.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>05/12/2018</pubDate><title>Honorary Degree Citation Recognizing Dr. Rachel L. Levine</title><description>In 2015, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that Dr. Rachel Levine would become the Physician General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In making the appointment, and later her promotion to Secretary of Health, Gov. Wolf emphasized Dr. Levine's extensive background in the areas of medical, public and behavioral health as an asset to all the people of Pennsylvania. She is also one of the few high-ranking political officials in the country who is transgender, and her leadership has been applauded throughout the Commonwealth.</description><author>Staff</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/893593424954498475-esf9666.350.213.754.754.full.jpg" alt="Dr. Rachel L. Levine"/></image><image-caption/></item>