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SUFFOLKSUFFOLK COUNTYCOUNTY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES MAY 22, 2011 11:00 A.M. AMMERMAN CAMPUS EASTERN CAMPUS MICHAEL J. GRANT CAMPUS SELDEN RIVERHEAD BRENTWOOD DESIGNATIONS With distinction: Students of the graduating class who have attained at least a 3.5 cumulative grade point average are graduated with distinction. With highest distinction: Students of the graduating class who have attained at least a 3.8 cumulative grade point average are graduated with highest distinction. Pi Alpha Sigma: Students who have achieved a 3.5 cumulative grade point average upon completion of 36 credits, and who have no incomplete grades at the time, receive this honor designation. Honors Graduate: This designation is given to graduates who have completed the Honors Diploma Sequence (i.e., a minimum of six honors courses) or Honors Recognition Sequence (i.e., a minimum of three honors courses). Phi Theta Kappa: Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for two-year colleges. The organization, which has a chapter on each of the College’s three campuses, recognizes and encourages scholarship among community college students. Alpha Beta Gamma: Alpha Beta Gamma is the business honor society for two-year colleges. The society exists to recognize and reward academic excellence among business students. Chapters are available on each of the College’s three campuses. Alpha Sigma Lambda: Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society that recognizes and honors superior scholarship and leadership in adult students. A chapter is available on the Eastern Campus. Chi Alpha Epsilon: Chi Alpha Epsilon is a national honor society that recognizes academic achievements of students admitted to colleges by non-traditional criteria and serves students in the Educational Opportunity Program, Student Support Services and College Success Programs. Psi Beta: Psi Beta’s mission is to promote professional development of psychology students in two-year colleges through promotion and recognition of excellence in scholarship, leadership, research, and community service. ACADEMIC DRESS The academic dress of robe, hood, and mortarboard is derived from the regular costume of medieval students. Since they were nearly all priests or monks in training, the students wore long clerical robes with warm hoods to keep out the drafts in their chilly halls and chapels. This dress became distinctly a student’s uniform in thirteenth-century England. As the English college passed from under church control, the robes and hoods became more colorful. Today, English academic dress is known for its brilliant scarlet robes and hoods. America borrowed the idea from England without, at first, the bright colors. As early as 1880, many colleges had their own colors and shapes for the gowns of the different degrees. During that decade, colleges began to dress their students, facul- ty, and trustees in robes because it made the graduation ceremonies more impressive and increased the attendance. By 1893, the situation had become so chaotic that a large number of colleges appointed a commission to draft a uniform code for the wearing of caps, gowns and hoods. The 1895 code, with some revision in 1960, is in force today. All students in today’s ceremony will be wearing the bachelor’s gown without the hood since they will be receiving the associate degree in arts or sciences. The full bachelor’s dress includes the hood three feet in length, and the mortarboard cap. The master’s gown is similar to the bachelor’s in general shape but has either no sleeves or long trunk-like flaps under- neath the sleeve. The master’s hood is three and one-half feet long. The doctor’s gown is fuller and has long velvet pan- els draped around the neck and stitched down the front edges. The doctor’s hood is four feet long and rounded at the bot- tom. You may see these distinctions in the academic dress of the faculty. The inside of the hood is lined with the color of the college or university attended. If there are two official colors, they may be arranged in a chevron design. The holder of the hood carries the color of the department or field of learning. 2 Trustees of Suffolk County Community College Ernesto Mattace, Jr., Chairperson Walter C. Hazlitt, Vice Chairperson Dafny Irizarry, Secretary Belinda Alvarez-Groneman Saul R. Fenchel Bryan Lilly Patricia McMahon Paul V. Pontieri, Jr. Theresa Sanders Angelika Fieseler, Student Trustee Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy Suffolk County Treasurer Angie M. Carpenter Suffolk County Legislature William J. Lindsay, Presiding Officer Vivian Viloria-Fisher, Deputy Presiding Officer Wayne R. Horsley, Chairperson-Economic Development, Higher Education and Energy Committee Sarah Anker John M. Kennedy, Jr. Thomas F. Barraga Ricardo Montano Kate M. Browning Tom Muratore Tom Cilmi Lynne C. Nowick Jon Cooper Edward P. Romaine Louis D’Amaro Jay H. Schneiderman Jack Eddington Steven H. Stern DuWayne Gregory Central Administration Dr. Shaun L. McKay, President George Gatta, Jr., Executive Vice President James Amoroso, Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs Mary Lou Araneo, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Dr. Nathaniel Pugh, Vice President for Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Dr. Marvin L. Bright, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs William F. Connors, Jr., Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, College Dean of Faculty John Lombardo, Associate Vice President for Workforce and Economic Development Louis Petrizzo, College General Counsel 3 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE The Trustees, Administration, Faculty, and Staff of the College welcome you to the 2011 COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Order of Exercises........................................Page 5 Ammerman Campus Candidates for Degrees.......................Page 6 Michael J. Grant Campus Candidates for Degrees.......................Page 17 Eastern Campus Candidates for Degrees.......................Page 24 4 Suffolk County Community College Order of Exercises Dr. Shaun L. McKay, President - Presiding ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL....................................................................................................................Dennis Reissig, Grand Marshal Academic Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science Ammerman Campus PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE....................................................................................................................Dr. Shaun L. McKay and Audience “AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL”..............................................................................................................................................College Choir Dr. Alice Cavanaugh, Director INVOCATION........................................................................................................................................................Msgr. Brian J. McNamara Vicar for Clergy – Diocese of Rockville Centre PRESIDENT’S WELCOME............................................................................................................................................Dr. Shaun L. McKay President GREETINGS FROM THE...............................................................................................................................................Ernesto Mattace, Jr. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairperson RECOGNITION OF INVITED GUESTS...................................................................................................................William F. Connors, Jr. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs/ College Dean of Faculty GREETINGS FROM .........................................................................................................................David Purificato, Ammerman Campus THE GRADUATES Doralyn DeDios, Michael J. Grant Campus Danielle Anderson, Eastern Campus COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS....................................................................................................................................Elizabeth J. Millings Doctoral Student at Columbia University SCCC Class of 2008 CONFERRING OF DEGREES.......................................................................................................................................Dr. Shaun L. McKay William F. Connors, Jr. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS...........................................................................................................................Campus Executive Dean Dr. James E. Sherwood, Ammerman Campus Dr. James M. Keane, Michael J. Grant Campus Dr. Evon W. Walters, Eastern Campus READING OF NAMES.........................................................................Charles T. Wittreich, Jr., and Thomas Bovino, Ammerman Campus Dr. Meryl Rogers and Dr. Randolph Manning, Michael J. Grant Campus Dr. Robert Beodeker and Dean James I. J. Frost, Eastern Campus CONCLUDING REMARKS.......................................................................................................................................William F. Connors, Jr. The Call to Ceremony will be performed by the Suffolk County Emerald Society Pipe and Drum Band. The Academic Processional and Recessional will be performed by the Symphonic Band and College Orchestra, Professor Eric Bush, Director. (The audience is requested to stand for the Processional and Recessional) 5 AMMERMAN CAMPUS GRADUATION ASSOCIATE IN ARTS January 2011 Antonio A. Abbatiello Brian L. Cohen Bridget R. Flinter Matthew J. Kearns Nicholas J. Abbruzzese Britney M. Cohen ** Jesse Friszell Ashleyann Marie Keating Nicholas M. Accardi Ricardo Antonio Colón +* Michelle L. Gaddis Krystal D. Kennedy