55Th COMMENCEMENT
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55th COMMENCEMENT Thursday, May 15, 2014 6:00 p.m. Poughkeepsie, New York ACADEMIC HERALDRY The style of caps, gowns and hoods worn at academic Colors indicative of some fields of learning are as follows: functions dates back to the Middle Ages. Then, monks Agriculture - Maize and students wore them to keep warm in the damp and Arts, Letters, Humanities - White drafty castles and halls of learning. Commerce, Accountancy, Business - Drab Dentistry - Lilac The gowns for the bachelor’s degree have long, pointed Economics - Copper sleeves and are designed to be worn closed. The holder of Education - Light blue the master’s degree wears a gown with an oblong sleeve, Engineering - Orange open at the wrist. The sleeve base hangs down and the Fine Arts, Architecture - Brown rear part of its oblong shape is square-cut. The gown is Forestry - Russet usually worn closed. Home Economics - Maroon Journalism - Crimson Another, older master’s gown is always worn open, has Law - Purple a long sleeve which is square and closed at the end, and Library Science - Lemon has a slit near the elbow which permits the forearm to Medicine - Green come through. Music - Pink Nursing - Apricot Gowns of the doctoral degree also may be worn open or Oratory (Speech) - Silver Gray closed. They have broad velvet panels down the front and Pharmacy - Olive Green three velvet bars on the full round open sleeves. The velvet Philosophy - Dark Blue trimming may either be black or the color distinctive of Physical Education - Sage Green the field of learning to which the degree pertains. Public Administration, Peacock Blue Public Health - Salmon Academic gowns for each level are black, although Science - Golden Yellow a growing number of institutions permit doctoral Social Work - Citron recipients to have gowns of the characteristic Theology - Scarlet institutional colors. Veterinary Science - Gray Academic protocol allows trustees, presidents and The colors of the State University of New York are purple marshals of higher institutions to wear gowns that are and gold. specially designed and colored. Dutchess Community College’s colors are buff and Caps may be made of broadcloth, serge, or for the blue. The College colors have significance in the history doctoral degree regalia only, velvet. The tassel is black of Dutchess County, in that during the American or the color appropriate to the subject, although the Revolution, the Continental Army stationed at Fishkill doctoral cap may have a tassel of gold bullion. wore buff and blue uniforms. Candidates for graduation receiving associate degrees or certificates from Dutchess It is the hood that gives color and real meaning to the Community College wear gray caps and gowns. The academic costume. A black shell, of varying size for tassels worn by the candidates, indicative of programs of the three degrees and of material to match the gown, study, are as follows: is silk-lined with the color or colors of the institution Associate Degrees conferring the degree. The hoods for the bachelor’s and Associate in Arts - White master’s degrees are the same shape, while the doctoral Associate in Applied Science - Yellow hood is both larger and of a different style, having a flat Associate in Science - Gold panel at the back. The hood is usually bordered with Certificates - Blue velvet of the proper width to indicate the degree, and of the color signifying the field of learning to which the degree pertains. ORDER OF EXERCISE Processional .................................................... Woodstock Brass Quintet Presiding ......................................................... D. David Conklin, Ed.D. ....................................................................... President National Anthem ............................................ Woodstock Brass Quintet Greetings ........................................................ Thomas E. LeGrand Chair, Board of Trustees Ornella Mazzuca, Ph.D. Chair, Instructional Staff Council Yoshinori Tsuji President, Student Government Association Address ........................................................... Sheila Appel, ’76 ‘Luck is Being Prepared When U.S. Regional Director of Corporate Citizenship the Opportunity Comes Along’ and Corporate Affairs for IBM Presentation of Candidates ............................. José A. Adames, Ed.D. ....................................................................... Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs Conferring of Degrees and Certificates ........... D. David Conklin ....................................................................... Recessional ..................................................... Woodstock Brass Quintet President’s Reception following ceremony Drumlin Hall 1 THE CANDIDATES MAY 2014 Associate in Arts Christopher L. Acevedo-Miranda† ..............Poughkeepsie, NY Raymond M. Higgins Jr. ................................ Poughquag, NY Michael P. Adams .............................. Hopewell Junction, NY Erica Hosch† .................................................. Poughquag, NY Alfred A. Akwada .......................................... Poughquag, NY Lauren E. Jefferson* .............................. Wappingers Falls, NY Grace M. Amoroso ...........................................Marlboro, NY Angelika J. Juerss* ..................................Clinton Corners, NY Cody R. Anderson .......................................Dover Plains, NY Kathleen A. Kellogg* ...................................Poughkeepsie, NY Kendall Anderson* .......................................Dover Plains, NY Anne M. Kibrick* .............................. Hopewell Junction, NY Jessica E. Aponte .................................. Wappingers Falls, NY Ashford Layne Jr. .........................................Poughkeepsie, NY Francine N. Azevedo .......................................... Pawling, NY Tonhu Le†...................................................Poughkeepsie, NY Shamell S. Bagley .......................................Poughkeepsie, NY Victoria L. Leggio ...............................................Verbank, NY Shinsung D. Barry .......................................... Red Hook, NY Brendan M. Madsen ................................ Westbrookville, NY Michelle L. Berrios .............................................. Fishkill, NY Mitchell Z. Mann* ................................ Wappingers Falls, NY Samantha B. Birmelin ...................................... Cornwall, NY Sebastian Marquez* ........................................ Shrub Oak, NY Edward L. Boulanger ..................................Poughkeepsie, NY Anthony T. Massey ............................... Wappingers Falls, NY Akiea I. Briggs ....................................................... Bronx, NY Marisa L. McDonald ................................Pleasant Valley, NY Sierra M. Brown† ............................................ Hyde Park, NY Jennifer M. Merritt* ....................................Poughkeepsie, NY India I. Buffaloe ................................... Wappingers Falls, NY John D. Milano .................................... Wappingers Falls, NY Tiffany Calle* ........................................ Wappingers Falls, NY Andrea M. Monteleone† ..................................Staatsburg, NY Kristina Camaj ........................................... Lagrangeville, NY Kristen N. Monti* .......................................... Poughquag, NY Nicole M. Camillucci ........................ Hopewell Junction, NY Freida D. Morris† .......................................Poughkeepsie, NY Samantha L. Chirasello ...................................Stormville, NY Samuel Mukollari .......................................Poughkeepsie, NY Alix A. Ciferri* ............................................Poughkeepsie, NY Sara J. Mullane* ..........................................Poughkeepsie, NY Jackie L. Cimmino .............................................. Beacon, NY Cuc T. Nguyen ...........................................Poughkeepsie, NY Michael J. Ciocchi* ..................................... Lagrangeville, NY Jerry T. O'Dell Jr. ............................... Hopewell Junction, NY Megan A. Cleeves ......................................New Windsor, NY Michael B. Olivera ............................ Hopewell Junction, NY Alexandra C. Coffin ............................................Amenia, NY Michael W. Patrick ...................................Pleasant Valley, NY Felicia R. Cooblall ............................. Hopewell Junction, NY Nicole C. Perlik* ............................................ Poughquag, NY Christian W. Corchuelo ..............................Poughkeepsie, NY Leah M. Pica† ................................................. Red Hook, NY Vanessa L. Cordero† ............................................. Fishkill, NY Richelle Pointer ........................................Pleasant Valley, NY Victoria A. Cordisco* .............................Clinton Corners, NY Annestasha N. Powis ..................................Poughkeepsie, NY Jennifer R. Cronin† ............................... Wappingers Falls, NY Craig S. Primus II ............................................New Paltz, NY Kaitlyn M. Cunningham ...........................New Windsor, NY Gabriela G. Quintanilla* .............................Poughkeepsie, NY Alexander L. Davis† ....................................Poughkeepsie, NY Jordan E. Reeves* ........................................Poughkeepsie, NY Dylan V. Defuso .................................................. Fishkill, NY Ayana