COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION Dear Graduates

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5-1-1995

Commencement : 1995 : Spring : Program

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Today is a very proud day for you, your family and the University of South Florida. Make no mistake about it, earning a university degree in today 's competitive educational environment is no small task. The range of skills required of you is increasingly wide and complex, the amount of study and preparation longer and more intense than ever. The result, though, is an individual solidly prepared for success, both today and in the years to come. Congratulations on the culmination ofyour hard work, on the attainment ofyour goals and on the very personal victory each ofyou has won through your perseverance and diligence.

Sincerely,

Presi'flent Betty Castor University of South Florida

UNIVERSITY OF SouTH FLORIDA COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION Tampa/Lakeland: Saturday, May 6, 1995 Fort Myers: Monday, May 8, 1995 St. Petersburg: Tuesday, May 9, 1995 Sarasota: Wednesday, May 10, 1995

The University of South Florida is accredited by the Commission on Colleges uf the Southem Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the baccalaureate, master, specialist and doctoral levels, including the Doctor of Medicine.

1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Lakeland, Fort Myers

USF, the 18th largest university in The Tampa campus still serves as Graphicstudio, USF's cutting-edge the United States and the second largest the main campus, and boasts an enroll art studio and reproduction facility, is in Florida, is a comprehensive metro ment of more than 28,000. USF St. the only university art program to have politan research institution that was Petersburg was established second, fol its collection archived at Washington's founded by the State Legislature in 1956. lowed by USF Sarasota, USF Fort Myers National Gallery ofArt. USF'sSuncoast The university opened its doors to 1,997 and USF Lakeland. All told, the univer Area Teacher Training Program is one students in 1960 in Tampa, its first and sity owns 1,904 acres, 1,700 of which ofthe nation's five most innovative teach largest campus. make up the Tampa campus. More than ing programs, as rated by the Educa Since then, USF has added four 300 buildings are spread across the five tional Testing Service. USF St. Peters branch campuses and has expanded to campuses, with ongoing new construc burg is home to the U.S. Geological Sur more than 36,000 students. The univer tion and expansion of existing facilities vey Coastal Erosion Center and the sity offers nearly 200 undergraduate pushing the total higher every year. Florida Institute of Oceanography, both and advanced degrees, including the New College, the State's honors col nationally leading institutions in the Ph.D. in public health and the M.D. lege at USF Sarasota, was named the area of marine science research. The average SAT score for entering nation's best value among both public And USFmedicalfacultyrun Tampa freshmen is nearly 1,050, the average and private institutions in 1994 by Money General Hospital's Level l Trauma Cen ACT is approximately 23 and the aver magazine's special "Money Guide" is ter, one ofthe most advanced emergency age grade point average is 3.25. USF sue. It was also named the best small facilities of its kind in Florida. Besides students come from all 50 states and liberal arts college in the country. Tampa General, the College ofMedicine some 80 foreign nations. The student USF Tampa boasts an outstanding has affiliation agreements with four area body includes more than 60 national four-year honors program and honors hospitals. merit and achievement scholars. dorm. First-year students entering that The USF student newspaper, the Nearly one out of every five USF program bring an average GPA of3.75 Oracle, has consistently been voted "best students is a racial or ethnic minority. and an average SAT score approaching U.S. college daily in the Southeast" by The university has nearly 190 affiliated 1,300. the Society of Professional Journalists. student organizations and clubs, includ ing 25 fraternities and sororities. Groundbreaking for a fraternity/soror ACADEMIC OFFICERS ity "row" took place in fall of 1993. Roughly 1,900 faculty and some Betty Castor President 2,860 full-time staffwork for USF. More Michael G. Kovac Interim Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs than 70 percent of the faculty hold doc Melvin Anderson Interim Dean, Engineering torate or terminal degrees. Max Dertke Dean, Florida Mental Health Institute Sponsored research by USF faculty Donna Dickerson Interim Dean, Graduate School has grown rapidly in recent years, up Marvin R. Dunn Vice President, Health Sciences & Dean, Medicine from $20 million annually in the late H. William Heller Dean, St. Petersburg Campus 1980s to a record high of $85 million by Charles Mahan Dean, Public Health the end of fiscal year 1993-94. David C. McCormick Dean, Fort Myers Campus Faculty work has gained national Gordon E. Michalson Dean and Warden, New College and international recognition in the ar George R. Newkome Vice President, Research eas of accounting, education, engineer James L. Pappas Dean, Business Administration ing, marine science, performing and vi Steve Permuth Dean, Education sual arts and medical research-includ Patricia A. Gorzka Interim Dean, Nursing ing Alzheimer's disease, immunology, Yvonne Ralston Dean, Lakeland Campus cancer and nutrition. USF also has 45 Alexander Ratensky Dean, Master of Architecture Program endowed chairs in a variety of disci Rollin Richmond Dean, Arts and Sciences plines ranging from architecture to swal David P. Schenck Dean, Sarasota Campus lowing disorders. Stuart Silverman Interim Dean, Instructional Quality and Innovation John L. Smith Dean, Fine Arts Richard Taylor Interim Dean, Continuing Education

Events, activities, programs and fa cilities of the University of South Florida are available to all witlwut regard to race, color, marital status, sex, religion, tUitional origitl, disability, age, Vietnam or disabled veteratl status as provided by Law rmd in accordance with the University's respect for personal dignity.

2 THESYMBOLSOFLEARNmNG

Modern academic regalia evolved from the kinds of apparel worn by monks and students in the eleventh and twelfth centuries to keep warm in the medieval castles and halls in which they studied. Academic life as we know it today began in the Middle Ages - first in the church, then in the guilds. The teaching guild was the Guild of the Master of Arts, and the Bachelor was the apprentice of the Master. Their dress was the outward sign of stature and responsibility. Academic regalia was thus a visible manifestation-in color and pattern and design-that unified those ofcommon discipline and like purpose. In later centuries, to preserve the regalia's dignity and meaning, universities set rules ofacademic dress. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895, establishing a code of approved attire. In 1932, the American Council on Education revised this code, which, for the most part, governs the style ofacademic dress today. The principal features of academic dress are three: the gown, the cap and the hood.

THE GOWN- The gown has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it completely covers any dress of rank or social standing. The sleeves of the gown indicate the level of the degree held by the wearer. A long, pointed sleeve indicates the bachelor's degree. The master's gown has an oblong sleeve cut in an arc, with a slit at either the upper arm or wrist. The doctor's gown has bell-shaped sleeves and may also have velvet facing and sleeve bars or chevrons. The trimming may be black, or it may match the degree color on the good edging.

THE CAP-The freed slave in ancient Rome won the privilege of wearing a cap, and so the academic cap is a sign ofthe freedom of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Old poetry records the cap of scholarship as a square symbolizing the book, although other authorities claim that it is a mortar board, the symbol of the masons, a privilege guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes the discipline. The tassels on the caps (mortarboards) worn by the faculty may be black or a color indicating the degree. Those who hold a doctoral degree may wear a gold tassel. It is traditional for degree candidates to wear their tassels on the right and for those holding degrees to wear them on the left. Graduates transfer their tassels to the left after conferring of the degrees by the President.

THE HOOD-The hoods are lined with the official colors ofthe institution conferring the degree and edged and bound with velvet of the color appropriate for the degree. At USF, the lining ofthe hood is green with a gold chevron, representing the university's colors. Among the trimming colors of hoods worn by our faculty today are: • Apricot- Nursing • Golden Yellow- Science • Purple- Law • Blue (Dark) - Philosophy • Green- Medicine • Salmon - Public Health • Blue (Light)-Education • Green (Sage)- Physical Education • Scarlet- Theology • Brown- Fine Arts • Orange- Engineering • Violet- Architecture • Drab - Business • Pink - Music • White - Arts and Letters

THE MEDALLION - The medallions worn by candidates for the bachelor's degree identifies those graduating with honors. The black hood of a bachelor's candidate indicates a student who has completed graduation requirements for the University wide Honors Program or for an individual departmental program.

THE MACE-The Academic Ceremonial Mace, which is closely related to maces used by ecclesiastical and civil authorities, dates back to at least the fourteenth century and is derived from the original battle mace that was designed to protect a Icing and was carried by the royal bodyguard. This symbolism of authority and power has been conveyed to the Academic Mace and signifies the authority of the Chief Executive Officer of the university. The size, shape and design of academic maces vary tremendously. The most common design has a major shaft that is topped with a head and an ornament, with the lower end of the shaft having a terminal finial. The University of South Florida's Mace is made ofbrass, jade and rosewood and carries on its staff the USF crest. Following the tradition of the original battle mace, USF's Academic Mace is fl anged at its head. I,

THE FLORIDA BOARD OF REGENTS

Charles B. Reed ...... Chancellor J ames F. Heekin, Jr...... Orlando Audrea I. Anderson ...... Fort Myers Elizabeth G. Lindsay...... Sarasota Julian Bennett, Jr...... Panama City Gwendolyn F. McLin ...... Okahumpka Frank Brogan ...... Commissioner of Education Jason Rosenberg ...... Student, University of Florida Paul Cejas ...... Miami Dennis Ross ...... Tampa Charlton B. Daniel, Jr...... Gainesville Steven J. Uhlfelder ...... Tallahassee Perla Hantman ...... Miami Lakes Welcom H. Watson ...... Fort Lauderdale

3 ST. PETERSBURG CAMPUS

Dr. Edward L. Cole, Jr. Honorary Degree Dr. Edward L. Cole, Jr. has been a resident of St. Petersburg since 1922. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1944, and served as a medical officer with the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He began practicing pediatric medi cine in St. Petersburg in 1948. During the 1960s, he helped establish an outreach program for the poor which is still in operation today. He served on the St. Petersburg City Council from 1965 to 1967 and was mayor from 1985 to 1987. In 1989 he was elected to City Council (District 4), a seat he was re-elected to in 1993. He received the 1992 Pinellas County Medical Society's President's Award for Civic Achievement for his work in local government and children's health, and was named the 1986 Child Advocate of the Year by the Children's Home Society of Florida. Dr. Cole has been a great friend to USF St. Petersburg. In 1993, he established a scholarship fund for St. Petersburg Junior College transfer students in honor of his granddaughter, Amanda Cole. He established the Marie E. and E. Leslie Cole Endowed Chair in Ethics in 1989 as a tribute to his parents. "A measure of a great and progressive community is the opportunity it gives its citizens - especially its younger citizens - to expand their knowledge, character and horizons," said Dr. Cole at the time. "I believe this endowment, with the help of a great university, does this." The gift has assisted the campus in developing a curriculum in ethics, attracting eminent scholars and outstanding students, and creating the interdisciplinary Ethics Center.

J. Howard Hinesley, Commencement Speaker Superintendent of Schools for Pinellas County J . Howard Hinesley is super tradition to form alternative school programs and find progres intendent of schools for Pinellas sive ways to reach all students served by Pinellas County schools. County, the 23rd largest school He and his wife, Susan, have three children. Two of them are system in the country. Hinesley, graduates of Pinellas high schools, and one is enrolled in a who in 1993 was named Florida's Pinellas middle school. Superintendent ofthe Year, over sees more than 100,000 students Stephen D. Bayless and 6,000 teachers. Pinellas County's 1995 A longtime educator, Teacher of the Year Hinesley began his career as a Stephen D. Bayless, Pinellas classroom teacher of mentally and County's 1995 Teacher of the Year, physically disabled sixth-grade has taught music to Pinellas students students in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He for 25 years. He's no stranger to receiv also served as director of exceptional student education and ing honors. Bayless has been a fmalist student services for Brevard County schools and was assistant for Teacher of the Year twice before superintendent of exceptional student education for Pinellas and in 1992 ranked among the county's County. He received his graduate degrees in education from the top 20. In 1991 hew as named Pinellas University ofAlabama and also taught at Rollins College, Stetson County Music Teacher of the Year. He University and Livingston State University in Livingston, Ala considers himself an activist who speaks out in support of the arts bama. and school improvement. Hinesley spearheads many innovative programs, including Bayless is a product of Pinellas County schools, having a high school drop-out prevention program called GOALS; a attended Woodlawn Elementary and Meadow lawn Middle schools business laboratory for elementary school students called Enter in St. Petersburg. He is a 1965 graduate ofNortheast High School prise Village; an exemplary International Baccalaureate Pro and graduated from St. Petersburg Junior College in 1967 with gram for gifted college-bound students, and a new collaborative an associate's degree in music. He went on to earn a bachelor's high school, Palm Harbor University High School, which has degree in music education from Florida State University. included USF as a major partner in its planning and program Bayless says he aspired to a music career because of his ming. father, who is minister of music at the First Baptist Church of St. As public schools grapple with budget cuts, violence and Petersburg. Bayless, who also is music director of First United discipline problems, AIDS education, and alcohol and drug edu Methodist Church of Gulfport, says he chose to teach music to cation, Hinesley remains committed to high standards and aca reach as many students as possible. Reach them he has, espe demic excellence. Putting students first, he is willing to break cially at Gibbs High School, where he has taught for 23 years.

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ORDER OF EXERCISES Betty Castor, Presiding

Prelude Concert...... The Florida Orchestra Brass Quintet Pomp and Circumstance Elgar

Processional...... Renu Khator, Commencement Marshal

National Anthem ...... Amy R. Hopkins, Coordinator, Career Development Services

Welcome ...... H. William Heller, Campus Executive Officer and Dean

Remarks ...... President Betty Castor

Recognition and Awards

Reflections ...... David A. Bortner USF St. Petersburg Student Government

Outstanding Seniors ...... Dean Heller

Outstanding Graduate...... Frank D. Reinhart Jr., President Pinellas County Alumni Chapter

King/O'Neal Award ...... Frank Reinhart

Retiring Faculty ...... Dean Heller

Pinellas County Teacher of the Year ...... Dean Heller Stephen D. Bayless, Gibbs High School

Commencement Address ...... J . Howard Hinesley Superintendent of Pinellas County Schools

Conferring of Honorary Degrees ...... President Castor Edward L. Cole, Jr., M.D. , Doctor of Humane Letters

Conferring of Graduate Degrees ...... President Castor

Conferring of Baccalaureate Deg-rees ...... President Castor

Closing Rcmarks ...... Dean Heller

Alma Mater...... Ms. Hopkins

Recessional...... The Florida Orchestra Brass Quintet Tmmpel Tune Purcell

r\ reception for graduates and their gue.1t.1, .1pomored by Student Government, t!'ill follow in tl1e Campus Activities Center.