Commencement for College of Science and Technology at 1 p.m. on May 9

Millersville University will honor the graduating students of the Class of 2026 at three ceremonies on May 9 in Pucillo Gymnasium. Each ceremony will feature an address by a Millersville alumnus and a moment of reflection by a graduate. Additional information is available at https://www.millersville.edu/commencement/.

The College of Science and Technology will honor its graduates at ceremony beginning at 1 p.m. Dr. Mitchell Crawford '09 will offer remarks.

Crawford serves as the medical director of addiction services for WellSpan Health as well as the medical director for the Specialized Treatment and Recovery Team at WellSpan. He is also cofounder and chief executive officer of Sunflower Health, an app that simulates a real-time expert behavioral health consultation, leveraging evidence-based and peer-reviewed guidelines created by Harvard-trained psychiatrists to support primary care providers treating behavioral health disorders.

Crawford completed his psychiatry residency training at Harvard and focused his training on the treatment of addictions. He is board certified in both psychiatry and addiction medicine and teaches both at numerous medical schools and residency programs.

Crawford is also an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Drexel University College of Medicine. He has published in various locations, has regularly provided invited talks, including invited testimony to the U.S. Congress, and serves as a member of the legislative and public policy committee for the American Society of Addiction Medicine as well as a member of the Pennsylvania Governor's Behavioral Health Advisory Committee.

Crawford was recognized as a "rising star" in healthcare by receiving the Top 40 Under 40 award from Modern Healthcare in 2024 and received the Francis Maust Service Award from WellSpan Health in 2023.

He and his wife, Abby, earned bachelor's degrees in biology from Millersville in 2009. Mitchell went on to earn a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine with Sigma Sigma Phi national honors, and Abby earned a Doctor of Optometry from Drexel University.