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U.S. Century Bank Arena CommencementModesto A. Maidique Campus, Miami, Florida Monday, May 2 , 2011 Tuesday, May 3, 2011 Table of Contents

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY Order of Commencement Ceremonies...... 4

An Academic Tradition...... 16

Florida International University is a vibrant, student-centered public research university, ideally located in Miami, that is Worlds Ahead in its commitment to learning, research, entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity so that our University Governance and Administration...... 19 graduates are prepared to succeed in the global market.

Since 1965, when it was chartered as the area’s first public university, FIU has built a reputation for excellence in Commencement Committee...... 20 teaching, research and community engagement. Since taking office in August 2009, President Mark Rosenberg has focused on strengthening student-centered academic excellence, enhancing research that supports community priorities and expanding community partnerships. Honors College...... 21 FIU has a diverse and nationally celebrated faculty who bring a global perspective to their research and teaching. Our vibrant student body comes from throughout the United States and more than 130 countries. FIU’s worlds ahead alumni have risen to prominence in every field. The university takes full advantage of its ideal location, which serves as a “living laboratory” for many of its programs and offers unparalleled career opportunities. As a public Council for Student Organizations...... 22 university located in one of the nation’s great cities, FIU offers a combination of vast resources, personal attention and affordability. Spring 2011 Doctoral Candidates...... 26 The university offers more than 200 baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral and specialist degree programs in its colleges and schools: College of Architecture and The Arts, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Engineering and Computing, Honors College, College of Law, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, College of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, School of Hospitality and Spring 2011 Graduate and Undergraduate Candidates...... 30 Tourism Management, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work. FIU has more than 42,500 students, 1,000 full-time faculty and more than 146,000 alumni. The university has three Message from the Alumni Association...... 62 campuses – Modesto A. Maidique Campus in western Miami-Dade County; the Biscayne Bay Campus in northeast Miami-Dade County, and the FIU Broward Pines Center, an academic facility in nearby Broward County. The 40- acre Engineering Center, a major research facility, is located near Modesto A. Maidique Campus. FIU Alma Mater...... 63 Commencement Program Monday, May 2, 10:00 a.m. FIU Medallion The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater. Frank van der Post ’84, MS ’84 SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION...... Neil Reisner, Banner Marshal Outstanding Alumnus COLLEGE OF EDUCATION...... Tonette Rocco, Banner Marshal SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT...... Jinlin Zhao, Banner Marshal UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL...... David Park, Banner Marshal UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION...... Maria Kulick, Banner Marshal HONORS COLLEGE...... Mary Lou Pfeiffer, Banner Marshal STUDENT AFFAIRS...... Robert Frye, Banner Marshal Frank van der Post recently joined British Airways as managing director of Brands & Customer PROCESSIONAL ...... Grand Marshal Thomas Breslin,Chair, Faculty Senate Experience and executive director of the board, bringing to the airline more than two decades of Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Liberty Fanfare, John Williams customer service experience and a passion for world-class service. Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

In his previous role as COO for the Jumeirah Group, widely known in the hospitality industry THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER...... Ashley Lewis, Junior, Voice Performance as one of the world’s most exclusive hotel and resort groups, van der Post was responsible for The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key operations, guest services and the satisfaction and profitability of the group’s operating businesses worldwide. CONVENER...... Douglas Wartzok, Provost and Executive Vice President

Upon joining Jumeirah in 2005, as senior vice president for the Americas, he steered the WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS...... Mark B. Rosenberg, President takeover and subsequent $90 million renovation and repositioning of the Essex House. He also oversaw a number of operations, including regional global sales and marketing activities and BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE...... Claudia Puig, Member corporate excellence.

SGA MESSAGE...... Christin Battle, SGA President, Biscayne Bay Campus and Pines Center; Member, FIU Foundation Board of Directors Van der Post previously spent 21 years with the InterContinental Hotels Group in Europe and North America, which recruited him after graduation. His last position with them was vice CONFERRAL OF FIU MEDALLION...... President Rosenberg and Provost Wartzok president for the East Coast of the United States and the Caribbean and general manager of The Frank van der Post ’84, MS ’84, Outstanding Alumnus Barclay in New York.

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DEGREES...... Kevin O’Shea, Interim Dean, University Graduate School Van der Post received his bachelor’s of science in hotel and restaurant management and his master’s of science in hotel administration from the FIU School of Hospitality Management and PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS Tourism Management. Narrator...... Stephen Neal, Instructor, School of Theatre School of Journalism and Mass Communication...... Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Dean College of Education...... Delia C. Garcia, Dean School of Hospitality and Tourism Management...... Mike Hampton, Dean University Graduate School ...... Kevin O’Shea, Interim Dean Undergraduate Education ...... Douglas L. Robertson, Dean

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES...... President Rosenberg

RECESSIONAL 4 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 5

Commencement Program Monday, May 2, 3:00 p.m. FIU Medallion The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater. David F. Alfonso ’96 COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ...... Kaushik Dutta, Banner Marshal Outstanding Alumnus UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL...... Blaise Sonnier, Banner Marshal UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION...... Valerie Morgan, Banner Marshal HONORS COLLEGE...... Benjamin Baez, Banner Marshal STUDENT AFFAIRS...... Amanda Niguidula, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL ...... Grand Marshal Thomas Breslin,Chair, Faculty Senate Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland An accomplished businessman with more than two decades of experience in mergers and Liberty Fanfare, John Williams acquisitions, David F. Alfonso is the founder, chairman and CEO of Empire Investment Holdings, Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar a private investment firm focused on the acquisition and strategic management of business units from public and private corporations. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER...... Kathryn Rodriguez, Senior, Voice Performance The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key Throughout his career, Alfonso has completed more than 50 transactions and acted as the CONVENER...... Douglas Wartzok, Provost and Executive Vice President portfolio manager of a highly diversified group of companies acquired in North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America, with aggregate annual revenues of more than $5 billion and 15,000 WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS...... Mark B. Rosenberg, President employees worldwide.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE...... Joseph Caruncho, Member Prior to establishing Empire Investment Holdings in 2003, he was senior vice president and principal of Platinum Equity; managing director of Hartford Life International; and director of

CONFERRAL OF FIU MEDALLION...... President Rosenberg and Provost Wartzok sales and marketing with the American Bankers Insurance Group. David F. Alfonso ’96, Outstanding Alumnus A Lifetime Member of the FIU Alumni Association, Alfonso has served on the FIU Foundation PRESENTATION OF UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS Board of Directors since 2008. He is an active supporter of the FIU Athletic Department, Narrator ...... Stephen Neal, Instructor, School of Theatre R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business...... Joyce Elam, Dean providing scholarships to four student athletes (football, men’s and women’s basketball and Undergraduate Education...... Douglas L. Robertson, Dean volleyball). He recently made a gift that resulted in the naming of the football team’s home field, now known as Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium. He also supports various community organizations, such as the Jimmie Johnson Foundation, Veterans of WWII and the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens. CONFERRAL OF DEGREES...... President Rosenberg

Alfonso has a bachelor’s of arts in international relations from the FIU College of Arts & RECESSIONAL Sciences.

6 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 7 Commencement Program Monday, May 2, 7:30 p.m. FIU Medallion The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater. Carlos Duart ’94, MS ’99 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTING...... Gene Farmer, Banner Marshal Outstanding Alumnus COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ...... Edward Lawrence, Banner Marshal UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL...... Sakhrat Khizroev, Banner Marshal UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION...... Lari Martinez, Banner Marshal HONORS COLLEGE...... Daniel Anzueto, Banner Marshal STUDENT AFFAIRS...... Bronwen Bares, Banner Marshal UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES...... Lauren Christos, Banner Marshal Carlos Duart is the president and CEO of Metric Engineering Groups, a consortium of PROCESSIONAL...... Grand Marshal Thomas Breslin,Chair, Faculty Senate international architectural and engineering firms with more than 500 employees that specializes in Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Liberty Fanfare, John Williams transportation and infrastructure engineering, as well as and emergency management and control. Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar He is responsible for providing the vision and strategic direction of the company, maintaining and

reinforcing Metric’s corporate culture and overseeing its operations. THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER...... Scott Tripp, Graduate Student, Voice Performance The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key The Miami native previously worked at Price Waterhouse as a tax accountant and later as a consultant from 1995 to 1997. CONVENER...... Douglas Wartzok, Provost and Executive Vice President

A 2010 inductee to the FIU College of Business Administration’s Entrepreneurship Hall WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS...... Mark B. Rosenberg, President of Fame, Duart is involved with several of his alma mater’s organizations, including the FIU Foundation as vice chairman of Development, and dean’s councils for the schools of Business BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE...... Jorge Arrizurieta, Member Administration and Engineering. He is also a council member of the FIU Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center. A committed member of the South Florida, he also is involved with SGA MESSAGE...... Helena Ramirez, SGA President, Modesto A. Maidique Campus various philanthropic organizations.

CONFERRAL OF FIU MEDALLION...... President Rosenberg and Provost Wartzok . Carlos Duart ’94, ’99, Outstanding Alumnus Duart received his bachelor’s of science in accounting and his master’s of science in taxation from the FIU College of Business Administration. PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DEGREES...... Victoria Castellanos, Associate Dean, University Graduate School

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS Narrator...... Stephen Neal, Instructor, School of Theatre College of Engineering and Computing ...... Amir Mirmiran, Dean Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business ...... Joyce Elam, Dean University Graduate School...... Victoria Castellanos, Associate Dean Undergraduate Education ...... Douglas L. Robertson, Dean

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES...... President Rosenberg

RECESSIONAL

8 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 9 Commencement Program Tuesday, May 3, 10:00 a.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater. FIU Medallion Allan Phipps MS ’00 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES...... James Sutton, Banner Marshal UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL ...... Daniel Bagner, Banner Marshal Outstanding Alumnus UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION...... Meredith Basil, Banner Marshal HONORS COLLEGE...... Scott Kass, Banner Marshal STUDENT AFFAIRS...... Beverly Dalrymple, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL...... Grand Marshal Thomas Breslin,Chair, Faculty Senate Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland An educator for 11 years and a recent Torch Award winner, Allan Phipps teaches advanced Liberty Fanfare, John Williams placement courses in environmental science and alternative energies at South Plantation High’s Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar Everglades Restoration & Environmental Science Magnet Program.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER...... Anjane Girwarr, Junior, Music Education The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key Known for engaging his students in hands-on, project-based learning, Phipps mentors his young charges in numerous environmental projects, including the deployment of artificial CONVENER...... Douglas Wartzok, Provost and Executive Vice President reefs and a student-built solar car that his class races every year. The team clinched the national championship in 2009. WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS...... Mark B. Rosenberg, President Two years ago, President Obama presented Phipps with the Presidential Award for Excellence BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE...... Jorge Arrizurieta, Member in Math and Science Teaching, which he received during a trip to the White House.

SGA MESSAGE...... Christin Battle, SGA President, Biscayne Bay Campus and Pines Center; He also was named Florida Governor’s Serve to Preserve: Green Schools’ 2009 Teacher of the Member, FIU Foundation Board of Directors Year and recently was recognized as the 2011 Broward County Teacher of the Year and a Florida

Macy’s Teacher of the Year finalist. CONFERRAL OF FIU MEDALLION...... President Rosenberg and Provost Wartzok Outstanding Alumnus Allan Phipps MS ’00, During his time at FIU, his research took him to Japan to study the efficacy of traditional PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DEGREES...... Victoria Castellanos, Associate Dean, University Graduate School detoxification methods when removing ibotenic acid and muscimol from Amanita muscaria.

PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS Phipps has a master’s of science in biology from the FIU College of Arts & Sciences. Narrator...... Stephen Neal, Instructor, School of Theatre College of Arts and Sciences...... Kenneth Furton, Dean University Graduate School...... Victoria Castellanos, Associate Dean Undergraduate Education...... Douglas L. Robertson, Dean

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES...... President Rosenberg

RECESSIONAL

10 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 11 Commencement Program Tuesday, May 3, 3:00 p.m.

The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater. FIU Medallion

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTS...... Phillip Church, Banner Marshal Jaime Canavés COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES...... Lidia Tuttle, Banner Marshal University Service UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL...... Kathy Dambach, Banner Marshal UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION...... Magnolia Hernandez, Banner Marshal HONORS COLLEGE...... Alan Raudez Banner Marshal STUDENT AFFAIRS...... Lynn Hendricks, Banner Marshal

PROCESSIONAL...... Grand Marshal Thomas Breslin,Chair, Faculty Senate FIU Professor Jaime Canavés is a founding member of the university’s architecture and design Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland Liberty Fanfare, John Williams programs with more than three decades of experience as an educator, mentor and professional. Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

During his tenure at FIU, Canavés has made numerous contributions to the pedagogy of the THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER...... Lauren Elbaum, Bachelor of Music, Music Education School of Architecture. He has served as associate dean and director of research at the school and The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key Natalie Fernandez, Bachelor of Music, Music Education Kathryn Rodriguez, Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance also established and directed SOAP, the School of Architecture Practice. Through this design- Keba Williams, Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance build enterprise, he engaged students in substantive community outreach, including the creation and construction of the first playground for handicapped children in Metro Miami, among other CONVENER...... Douglas Wartzok, Provost and Executive Vice President projects.

WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS...... Mark B. Rosenberg, President Twenty years ago, Canavés created one of FIU’s most enduring traditions, the popular Walk- on Water student competition that is part class assignment, part university gathering. The event BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE...... Michael M. Adler, Vice Chair brings together hundreds of students, architects, alumni and community members to campus each fall. SGA MESSAGE...... Helena Ramirez, SGA President, Modesto A. Maidique Campus A well-respected member of the FIU family and the architecture community, Canavés has CONFERRAL OF FIU MEDALLION...... President Rosenberg and Provost Wartzok received an Honors College fellowship and several FIU Teaching Excellence Awards. The co- Jaime Canavés, University Service founder and executive director of Bienal Miami + Beach, an international professional and academic exposition now entering its 10th year, he was named a fellow in education by the PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DEGREES...... Kevin O’Shea, Interim Dean, University Graduate School American Institute of Architects (AIA). In 2007, the Florida/Caribbean Region of the AIA named him the inaugural recipient of the William G. McMinn Medal for Outstanding Contributions to PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS Narrator...... Stephen Neal, Instructor, School of Theatre Architecture Education. College of Architecture and The Arts...... Brian Schriner, Dean College of Arts and Sciences...... Kenneth Furton, Dean University Graduate School...... Kevin O’Shea, Interim Dean Undergraduate Education...... Douglas L. Robertson, Dean

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES...... President Rosenberg

RECESSIONAL

12 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 13 Commencement Program Tuesday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. FIU Medallion The audience is requested to remain seated for the Processional and rise for the National Anthem and the FIU Alma Mater. Pedro Jose “Joe” Greer Jr., M.D. ROBERT STEMPEL COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK...... Jennifer Nimmo, Banner Marshal Cal Kovens Distinguished Community Service Award COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES …...... Michelle Odai, Banner Marshal UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL...... Denis Brunt Banner Marshal UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION...... Leslie Richardson, Banner Marshal HONORS COLLEGE...... Larry Martinez, Banner Marshal STUDENT AFFAIRS...... Ajamu Banjoko, Banner Marshal

Dr. Pedro Jose “Joe” Greer Jr., is a founding faculty member of the FIU Herbert Wertheim PROCESSIONAL...... Grand Marshal Thomas Breslin,Chair, Faculty Senate Fanfare for the Common Man, Aaron Copland College of Medicine, the founder of Camillus Health Concern and the founder and medical Liberty Fanfare, John Williams director of the Saint John Bosco clinic. Pomp and Circumstance, Sir Edward Elgar

Through his work at Camillus, which he established as a medical intern in 1984, Dr. Greer THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND FIU ALMA MATER...... Michelle Kemp, Graduate Student, Voice Performance The Star-Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key has provided access to health care to more than 10,000 of Miami’s homeless, undocumented and poor. His concern for those without health care has fueled his passion to work on their behalf CONVENER...... Douglas Wartzok, Provost and Executive Vice President and in 2009, President Obama presented him with a prestigious Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. WELCOME AND RECOGNITIONS...... Mark B. Rosenberg, President Currently, he is assistant dean for Academic Affairs at FIU’s College of Medicine and chairman BOARD OF TRUSTEES MESSAGE...... Albert Maury, Chairperson of the Department of Humanities, Health, and Society. A former advisor to presidents Clinton

and Bush Sr., Greer also runs a private practice of gastroenterology at Mercy Hospital with his CONFERRAL OF FIU MEDALLION...... President Rosenberg and Provost Wartzok father. Better known as “Joe”, he is the author of Waking Up in America, an autobiographical Pedro Jose Greer Jr., M.D., Cal Kovens Distinguished Community Service Award account of his early years working under the bridges of Miami to his years at the White House. PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DEGREES...... Kevin O’Shea, Interim Dean, University Graduate School During his career, Greer has received a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and a Presidential Service Award from presidents Clinton, Bush and Carter, as well as three Papal medals, and he PRESENTATION OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMAS Narrator...... Stephen Neal, Instructor, School of Theatre has been named a Knight of Malta and the Order of Saint Gregory the Great. Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work...... Michele Ciccazzo, Interim Dean College of Nursing and Health Sciences...... Sharon Pontious, Interim Dean University Graduate School...... Kevin O’Shea, Interim Dean Undergraduate Education...... Douglas L. Robertson, Dean

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES...... President Rosenberg

RECESSIONAL

14 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 15 Caps The Commencement: when scholars were rebuked that a decent habit was to be worn (Statutes of Peterhouse, 1344). This document further prescribed the code of Traditionally, the Oxford style square cap is considered proper headdress. An Academic Tradition dress for university teachers of that era. In a 1432 statute, students In recent times, however, it has become stylish to wear a soft cap of Michael J. Wagner, Ph.D., Retired Professor of Music Education and even doctors of theology were restricted to bunge and sad-colored either square or octagonal shape. All graduates wear a tassel over the left habits. The robes of master were to be flowing and reach the ankles. In side of the cap. Bachelor’s and master’s tassels may be black or the color an order dated 1358, tailors were admonished not to stint the robes, of the academic discipline, while doctor’s tassels are always gold. which should be argae et talares, because clerks (of whom scholars were At every academic institution, commencement exercises are the high Music one type) should be distinguished from the laity. A few universities still These are by no means all of the styles or accoutrements worn as point of the calendar. Since the purpose of a college or university is to Music plays an important role in the commencement experience. The require students and faculty to wear a short gown both on and off the academic dress. Indeed, in South American, Spanish and Dutch prepare its students to merit the conferral of an academic degree, the commencement procession begins with the playing of Aaron Copland’s university campus. Oxford, Cambridge and some Scottish universities universities, the academic attire can be likened to plumage. It is not commencement ceremony serves as the instrument for exhibiting the Fanfare for the Common Man. It is followed by Liberty Fanfare, maintain this custom. The faculties of American universities have worn uncommon to see brightly colored gowns adorned with ermine and success of both the university and its students in fulfilling this primary composed by John Williams and followed with the familiar Pomp and academic garb for commencement ceremonies since the beginning other furs, flowing capes, and caps trimmed with beads or tassels. Some goal. The rites involved in the celebration of commencement stem from Circumstance March #1, by Sir Edward Elgar. This march, one of a set of the system. For almost 250 years, each university chose its own universities in South America even add Indian feathers to the headdress, civilization’s earliest times. In fact, the very word, commencement, of five Pomp and Circumstance marches by Elgar, is traditionally played costume until it was realized that in 1896 an event unique in history in honor of the Inca Indians. At Florida International University, whose means a beginning. If you are familiar with the trappings of this at commencement ceremonies throughout the United States, and many would be taking place. This was the simultaneous celebrations of the colors are blue and gold, the traditional colors of the disciplines are: grand ceremony, you are aware that the traditions carried forth from places around the world. It has come to symbolize the commencement 250th anniversary of Harvard University and the 500th anniversary medieval days are revealed in all of their pomp, color and symbolism. experience. After the processional, and after the academic body is of Heidelberg University. Because of this unique circumstance, the FIU traditional tassel colors, according to college/school are: It is a celebration of new beginnings. For participants and observers assembled, our national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, is played. Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume was opened in 1895 School of Architecture and The Arts alike, commencement is meant to be both self-serving and an emotional to record the distinctive colors of institutions, their arrangement, — Architecture Blue Violet experience. After the National Anthem, the FIU Alma Mater is played. This piece the particulars of gowns, hoods and caps, as well as information — Music Pink of FIU symbolism was composed by Clair McElfresh of the FIU Music pertaining to academic ceremonies. At that time, an American code — The Arts White The Chain of Office faculty, former dean of undergraduate studies, and now retired. of academic dress was agreed upon to which we adhere today with College of Arts and Sciences White The University President is the ceremony’s convener and chief presider few modifications. Since Spring 2011, FIU has selected to use earth- — Public Administration Peacock Blue at the commencement ceremonies. The great chain, which is the FIU Marshals friendly academic regalia for undergraduate and graduate students. — Criminal Justice Peacock Blue chain of office, is displayed on stage. This ancient symbol is perhaps the The leader of the academic procession is the Grand Marshal. At FIU, The fabric is manufactured from molten plastic pellets recycled from College of Business Administration Drab most beautiful and artistic of any of the accoutrements of the ceremony. this prestigious honor goes to the chairperson of the Faculty Senate, approximately 23 water bottles and feels like traditional fabric. This College of Education Light Blue During the Renaissance, holders of very high office sometimes wore which is the democratic collegical governance body of the faculty. You initiative underlines FIU’s commitment to sustainability. College of Engineering and Computing Orange a chain as a symbol of their authority. FIU’s chain is made of sterling will notice that as the Grand Marshal processes, the mace (a formidable School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Navy Blue silver and its designs are cast, cut and etched. The center medallion weapon) is held at port arms, the ready position for quick protection. Gowns School of Journalism and Mass Communication Crimson represents the world and is surrounded by sea shells cast from an actual Faculty and student marshals have been elected to lead candidates for Academic gowns of today are most easily identified by the distinctive College of Nursing and Health Sciences shell. Reflecting the university and the South Florida area are the eight graduation from each of the university’s schools and colleges. style of their sleeves. The bachelor’s gown is worn closed and its sleeves — Nursing Apricot ovals which make up the chain. Each link is connected by a shell motif are long, open and pointed. The master’s gown can be worn either open — Health Sciences Green and exemplifies a specific entity: 1) the University Park tower, 2) the The Dais Party or closed, and has long distinctive sleeves which are closed, with a slit Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work Vrana sculpture over the entrance of Primera Casa, and 3) the Torch The Dais Party is also known as the Platform Party. This group is near the elbow to free the hand and forearm. These pointed sleeves hang — Public Health Salmon of Friendship. The others represent the five original schools in the composed of the university’s administrative leaders and very special down from the elbow to below the hand. The doctor’s gown can be — Social Work Citron FIU community: Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Hospitality guests. The Dais Party enters the hall before the faculty and proceeds worn either opened or closed, and has five inches of velvet trim down Honors College Gold Management, and Engineering. Inscribed upon four of the medallions directly to stage. At the end of the processional, the Grand Marshal both front edges, and three velvet chevrons on each sleeve. The velvet are the names and dates of tenure of FIU presidents — Charles Perry, declares the proceedings open, and the ceremony moves forward. trim may be either black or the color of the discipline in which the Harold Crosby, Gregory Wolfe, Modesto A. Maidique. The chain was degree is granted. The sleeves are closed and bloused. designed by Dr. Clem Pennington, associate professor of art education, Academic Regalia now retired, and executed in 1977 by Leo Shirker, a Miami goldsmith, The tradition of wearing distinctive academic attire at commencement Hoods art teacher and FIU alumnus. ceremonies originated in Europe in the twelfth century. However, gowns Probably the greatest degree of symbolism is expressed with the and capes had been worn by clerics and ecclesiastics even before that academic hood. Those who hold bachelor’s degrees and participate in The Mace date. A heavy black or brown gown was apparently worn at all times. commencement sometimes wear a hood. Candidates for the bachelor’s The Grand Marshal carries a ceremonial club called a mace. In antiquity, Hoods and capes were also a necessity during the long, cold European degree do not. The bachelor’s hood is black and is three-feet long, with when an official of high rank went out in public, a mace-bearer was winters because the buildings in which scholars lived, studied and taught a two-inch velvet border in the color of discipline in which the degree assigned to accompany him in order to literally beat away those who were cold and drafty. When not being used to provide warmth, hoods is awarded. The master’s hood is also of black material, and is three- got close enough to try to petition the favors of the official. Today, the and baggy sleeves served the same purpose as do today’s pockets. Often and-one-half feet long with a three-inch velvet border in the color of bearing of the university’s mace is ceremonial in nature, signifying the a crust of bread or some cheese were tucked away in them for sustenance the discipline. It is lined with the colors of the institution conferring authority and authenticity of those who are to follow. on a long journey. The academic costume at English universities (from the degree. The doctor’s hood is four-feet long, has a five-inch velvet which many of our American commencement traditions originate) can border in the the color of the discipline, and is lined with the colors of be traced as far back as the middle of the fourteenth century, to the time the institution granting the degree.

16 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 17 State of Florida Florida International University Foundation Board of Directors 2010-2011 The Honorable Rick Scott, Governor The Honorable Pam Bondi,Attorney General Executive Committee The Honorable Jeff Atwater,Chief Financial Officer Noel J. Guillama-Alvarez, Honorary Alumnus, Chairperson The Honorable Adam Putnam, Commissioner T. Gene Prescott, Vice Chairperson Veronica Cervera Goeseke, Secretary Richard Brilliant ’93, Treasurer Carlos B. Castillo ’88 Gerald C. Grant, Jr. ’78, ’89 Rosa L. Jones Board of Governors Ray E. Marchman

Ava L. Parker, Chair Dean C. Colson, Vice Chair Florida International University Eric J. Smith, Education Commissioner Administration Richard A. Beard III Morteza “Mori” Hosseini Gus A. Stavros Mark B. Rosenberg, President Ann W. Duncan J. Stanley Marshall John W. Temple Douglas Wartzok, Provost & Executive Vice President Charles B. Edwards Frank T. Martin Norman D. Tripp Gallop Franklin II Tico Perez Richard A. Yost Sandra B. Gonzalez-Levy, Senior Vice President, External Relations Patricia Frost John Rood Kenneth A. Jessell, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Administration Howard Lipman, Senior Vice President, University Advancement and Executive Director, FIU Foundation John A. Rock, MD, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs Pete Garcia, Executive Director, Sports and Entertainment Andres G. Gil ’86, Vice President, Research Robert Grillo, Interim Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Florida International University Divina Grossman, Vice President, Engagement Jaffus Hardrick, Vice President, Human Resources Board of Trustees 2010-2011 Rosa L. Jones, Vice President, Student Affairs

Albert R. Maury ’96, ’02, Chairperson Javier I. Marqués ’92, ’96, Chief of Staff, Office of the President Kristina Raattama, General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel Michael M. Adler, Vice Chair Stephen A. Sauls, Vice President, Governmental Relations Mark B. Rosenberg, Secretary Terry Witherell, Vice President, External Relations Jose J. Armas Jorge L. Arrizurieta Marcelo Claure Sukrit Agrawal Mayi de la Vega S. Lawrence Kahn, III Cesar L. Alvarez Joseph L. Caruncho ’81 Claudia Puig

Faculty Member Student Member Thomas A. Breslin Patrick O’Keefe Chair, FIU Faculty Senate President, Student Government Association

18 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 19 The Honors College Florida International University Graduates of the Honors College have had the opportunity to work to four members of the Honors faculty. Students and faculty members with some of the University’s most outstanding faculty members in meet each week for large group lectures, panel discussions, student Alumni Association Executive Board of Directors 2010-2011 a program of excellence in academics, personal development, and presentations and films; they also meet weekly in small discussion sessions service. The College boasts faculty from a wide array of academic to analyze reading assignments and to elaborate on issues raised during disciplines and students from 80 different nations and states. The the large group. Students thus have the opportunity to work closely with Joaquín “Jack” F. González ’97 Honors College provides top students with an interdisciplinary education one faculty member, while learning from several in their large group, President that complements their major fields and prepares them to compete in from the earliest point in their studies. Third and fourth year students the workplace or for graduate or professional school placement after take advanced trans-disciplinary seminars and/or study abroad trips or graduation. participate in research. Gonzalo Acevedo BA ’91, MBA ’10 Sharon Fine ’99 Ralph Rosado BA ’96, MA ’03 Created as a program in 1990, the College has grown to include over The Students Vice-President Treasurer Governmental Relations Officer a thousand students and forty-three faculty members in an exciting and Students chosen for the College are excellent students capable of challenging academic environment. The Honors College now provides performing well in the rigorous Honors curriculum as well as in their Ariana Fajardo, Esq. ’93 Gabriel Albelo ’93 José M. Pérez de Corcho ’93 a full range of opportunities and support activities for its students, other course work. The average SAT score for Honors students is including study abroad courses, individual advising, research and 1870. Admission, however, is not simply based on numbers. Since the Secretary Parliamentarian Past President internship programs, and service opportunities. The heart of the college is “ideal” Honors student should be active in the community and seeks out its creative and supportive community. challenges both academically and personally, emphasis is placed on letters The Curriculum of recommendation, a personal essay, and the breadth of the student’s Honors seminars are unique classes that assure a challenging thread experiences. winds through the undergraduate experience of all students in the The success of these graduates of the Honors College is yet another College, regardless of major. Every semester Honors College students example of Florida International University’s continuing commitment to take an interdisciplinary honors seminar. Most are team-taught by three providing an exceptional undergraduate education for its students. The Honors College Graduates Chari Adames Smith Melissa Diaz Andrea Lee Carlos Revilla Christian Alfonso Andrea Dodd Alina Lenz James Richardson Eugenia Alliegro Stefan Dragitsch Kevin Li Eric Rivas Ernesto Alfonso Marie Dunbar Katherine Lorenzo Machado Joseph Rivera Florida International University Marcos Alonso Santiago Kristina Espinosa Trisha Maloney Ailyn Rivero Moses Aluicio Michelle Eusebio Eric Martinez Jose Roble Commencement Committee 2010-2011 Gianelle Amoedo Laura Fajardo Amaris Mier Stephanie Rodriguez Yamily Arab Ernesto Fernandez Alejandra Montiel Antonio Roman Gitta Montoto, Committe Chair Bryan Arriete Jose Fernandez Agostina Morgante Giuliani Claudia Romero Jocelyn Baez Laura Fernandez Hector Mujica Ana Ruiz Paula Barbieri Raphael Fortunato Anamika Naraynsingh Hermis Sanchez Laura Benavides Ruth Hamilton Lourdes Pereira Carmen Barresi Katherine Fowler Jazmine Nazaratt Iris Santiago Dianne Barrett Christina Freiria Michelle Neshin Rail Seoane Penny Butler Olga Hernandez Ron Reyes Michele Bechor Natalie Garcia Stephanie Nuevo William Sewell Josefina Cagigal Sandra Jimenez George Richardson Brock Brothers Byron Gaskin Elianet Oliva Antonina Shachar William Brown Dayana Gonzalez Octovio Oliva Atif Shah Thatine Camargo Cameron Jones Anthony Rionda Bianca Cabanas Vanessa Gonzalez Xavier Osorio Vereuch Simmons Julissa Castellanos Christy Martinez Lynda Rodriguez Raquel Calzadilla Darren Gopaul Victoria Palma Flores Lisagaye Smith Meaghan Connelly Sanyo Mathew Marisa Salazar Jose Campins Phillip Gregor Mirangel Pedre Aleksandra Snedareva Jose Capote Holly Hamilton Michael Pego Carolina Soria Robert Dundas Renaissance McIntyre Dan Salzverg Marcela Cardona Khadija Harris Brayanna Peralta Chrisanne Spaulding Georgina Gonzalez Douglas O’Chipa Debra Sheridan Rober Cascella Alyssa Hernandez Erick Perez Tram Ta Sofia Castellanos Gisselle Hernandez Giselle Perez Robert Tassy III Rosa Gonzalez Karla Ortega Melissa Singh Joy Castro Nelson Hernandez Lissette Perez Erika Tellechea Ayxa Vecino Nicole Centeno Noel Hernandez Janelle Peschier Laura Torres Ilan Chemmama Brandon Janvion Karyce Phillips Charity Vergara Georgia Cooling Mallard David Jaramillo Annabel Pino Virginia Verona Allen Cuadra Shamiyaaz Jauhari Meony Raimo Christian Villaseca Marcia Darbouze Jeffrey Kellogg Thomas Rayson Laura Villavicencio Noel Deckert Ricardo Lalinde

20 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 21 Council for Student Organizations’ Honor Societies The following students have been recognized by their respective Honor Societies and the Florida International Council for Student Organizations’ Honor Societies (continued) University Council for Student Organizations for reaching a high level of academic achievement. Christopher Campbell Victoria Palma Flores Xochilt Bojorge Deneatta Ralicia King Erika Canizares Vijay Parkash Mansur Budejen Shakeilya Knowles Carolina Cano Giselle Perez Andrea Burgos Nhong Le Le Lisa Cardoso Maria Quevedo Giselle Camacho Jacqueline N. Leon PHI BETA KAPPA Stephanie Rodriguez ALPHA KAPPA DELTA BETA BETA BETA Cathleen Chambless Amir Radfar Rebeca Campos Meng Li Christopher Anthony Abin Rolando Rodriguez Aldo Manresa Maria De Los Angeles Talavera Charles Chan Jose Rios Carolina Cano Ana Maria Li-Rosi Chari Lizette Adames-Smith Jillian Christin Roland Christina Freiria Jennifer Chappels Christopher Roath Eva Carbajales Stephanie Londono Ernesto L. Alfonso Andres J. Seoane ALPHA MU ALPHA Ana Gonzalez-Cayon Viviana Chung Rigoberto Roche Lisa Cardoso Michelle Lopez Marcos Joel Alonso Rail Seoane Kristine Sarraff Giovanni Lago Christine Corbett DeAndre Ross Pedro Carrion Katherine Lorenzo-Machado Leonor Armas William Sewell Kelcy Dye Litza M. Lefebre Ailyn Cruz Jaime Soto Maite Castillo Andrea Lozada Yamile Arocha Mary Hellen Soares Candice Nicole Mansito Sandra Davila Anthony Tahan Sofia Castellanos Andy Madonna Bryan Arriete Tram Ta ALPHA PHI SIGMA Abner Antonio Murray Anabelle Devarez Kornelia Tiede Nila Castro Desiree Martin Omar J. Bakos, Jr. Nicolas Lazlo Tevez Paula Andrea Alzate Francisco Jose Obregon Karen Diaz Perez Henry Triana Jr Devin Cejas Danielle Kristin Mattis Michele Bechor Myrdich John Toribio Giselle Camacho Marchele Tucker Ivan Duranza Jesselle Valdes Martha Aixchel Centeno Kevin May, Jr. Dominique Beraja Erick Trelles Enrique Chavez Glenda Zamora Karlyn Emile Joel Valencia Sefora Chavarria Omar McFerren Melissa A. Cardenas Ricci M. Yuhico Linda Fresneda Marie Faustin Vanessa Visslailli Gina Coen Trevor Mckenzie Ilan Edmond Chemmama Giselle Valdes Ivette Habach CHI EPSILON Georges Final Ashley Wheeler Martha Davila Michelle Mejia Raiko Diaz Jason Thomas Willis Diana Lopez Christian Acevedo Melissa Gamez Jason Willis Sue Demmings Elia Johanna Melcon Andrea Elizabeth Dodd Dan A. Zavala Jane Lopez Melissa Amaya Ailyn Garate Garcia Warangkana Wongprasert Adriana Diaz Leslie Menieur Frances Ernst Jose O. Perez Del Rio Amaury Betancour Claudia Garcia Irene Zwanink Jelena Djukic Lakshmy Menon Joemy Pamela Familia ALPHA EPSILON DELTA Mabel Blanco Jaclyn Garcia Khadija Kathiria Marie Cassandre Dunbar Narayanankutty Catherine Isis Fernández Dianne Antoinette Barrett ALPFA Mayumi Bravo Liseth Giraldo Sabrina Clerc Sarah Epley Oleg Mironchikov Michelle Frau Roy Barski Vicente Amengual Manny Carbon Elinor Goldstein Christopher Jordan Frances Ernst Miodrag Mladenovic Alejandro Geerman Janyll Castineira Diana Patricia Ardila Eliezer Diaz Edel Gonzalez Rizwan Farooqui Francisco Morocz Juan S. Gil Christina Freiria Johanna Barriga Wessam Jamal Domiati Steven Gould ETA SIGMA DELTA Aaron Feit Abner Murray Sagy Grinberg Sergio Hernandez Stephanie Basanta Rizwan U. Farooqui Adrienne Grandolfo Bader Ale Fabiola Ferdinand Corina Murzi Kevin Hasbun Robert Liu Mendy Man See Chow Cynthia Fuentes Sagy Grinberg Francis Fernandez Catherine Fernandez Anamika Naraynsingh Luminita Daniela Heretoiu Ana Pena Ernesto De Cortada David Galeano Lillian Gutierrez Natalia Posada Ivonne Figueroa Clement Ndikuyeze Giraneza Jonathan Hernandez Lorena Perez Micaela Di Luca Alexandra Lopez Melissa Guzman Ana Puente Nicki Fraaser Advie S Noel Sergio E. Hernandez Marlen Rodriguez Elsania Galeano Lilian Marrero Maritza Haro Ariel Sanchez Florel Fraser Stephanie N. Nuevo Kristian Joseph Herrera Glenda Zamora Justin Garcia Alfredo Morales Evelyn Hernandez Christine Tarud Ailyn Garate Garcia Octavio Oliva David Raphael Jaramillo Yamile Gil Raymond Valido Marcus Hernandez Claudia Garcia Yania Ortega Shyla Jasinski ALPHA ETA MU BETA Frank Ginebra‐Groero Yongjoon Ji GAMMA EPSILON PHI Elizabeth Garcia Paula Osorno Christopher Antwuan Jordan Victor Alvarez Yasmany Gonzalez CHI SIGMA IOTA Sabrena Johnson Andie Dodd Natalie Garcia Victoria Palma Khadija Kathiria Denny Carvajal Julian Gonzalez Meredith A. Codd Noelia Justiniano Marie Dunbar Mohamed Ghumrawi Caroline Pascual Giovanni D. Lago Cynthia M. Crespo Emilio Kachler Ana Maria Li Rosi Jeanne Leconte Christina Freiria Elinor Goldstein Michael Pego Kristin M. Lopez Christina Elder Cindy Muhina Lissette B. Robles Chantal Lievano Octavio M. Oliva Judith Granados Ana Isabel Pena Eva Melnikova Laura M. Fajardo Cristopher Newman Rehana Saleem Teresa Liu James D. Richardson Maria Guevara Brayanna Peralta Yomayra Darlene Morales Alicia Fernandez A. Arturo Pacheco‐Paredes Mauricio Llamosas Lillian Gutierrez Katherine Perdomo Abner Antonio Murray Janny Garcia Charmaine Paredes DELTA EPSILON IOTA Kathleen Llanos GOLDEN KEY Nordan Gutierrez Susana Pereda Corina Murzi Shamiyaaz Riaz Jauhari Ana Rodriguez Stephanie Acosta Andrea Lozada Chris-Loy Aiken Melissa Guzman Cassandra Perez Miguel J. Ovalles Khadija Kathiria Jose Salazar Anuja Adhikari Andrew Madonna Ernesto Alfonso Ivette Habach Giselle Perez Jonathan Pappas Kevin Li Stephanie Sixto Abdulsattar Alduwayri Trisha Maloney Ahmad Al-Shareef Shadia Hamadeh Lissette Perez Caroline C. Pascual David Alexander Llana Javier Valdes Jonathan Alvarado Candice Mansito Lorien Angulo Nicole Hamaoui Karyce Angel Phillips Annabel Pino Ana Isabel Pea Johanna Villamizar Gianelle Amoedo Stefany Marcelino Yamily Arab Kevin Hasbun Melissa Pierro Ovy Quintanal Ailyn Rivero Johanna Villamizar Nicole Arredondo Michelle Mejia Manuel Aranda Yessica Henriquez Lucia Pineda Andreea Cristina Radulescu Rigoberto Roche Jackie Yim Michelle Bedoya Adrian Miguel Barbara Kristine Arredondo Evelyn Hernandez Christine M. Prieto Eric Xavier Rivas Manuela Roman Vivian Yu Katherine Briley Katherine Mullins Amah Karine Laetitia Assemien Elizabeth Hidalgo Jillian Pumares Belinda Robertson Monique M. Williams Alexis Zaldivar Christian Brito Ashley Naranjo Michele Bechor David Jaramillo Liezel Quintana Marlen Maria Rodriguez Richardo Bromfield Stephanie Nuevo Karelyn Blanco Khadija Kathiria Rakesh Ravikumaran Nair

22 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 23 Council for Student Organizations’ Honor Societies (continued) Council for Student Organizations’ Honor Societies (continued)

Isabelli Ricarte Erika L. Rouco OMEGA RHO Melissa Pierro PSI CHI Brenton Jackson Byron Gaskin Jossieann Richards Melissa Steffens Rena Anaya Jillian Pumares Melissa C. Castro Christina Lombardi Khadija Kathiria Andres Rodriguez Maryam Edith Thorpe Manuel Aranda Johanna Rodriguez Miranda De Montmollin Kristin Marie Lopez Kevin Li Janaki Romano Johfannie Zorilla Martha A. Centeno Jorge L. Rodriguez Jannifer A. Diaz Alexis A. Lugo Kane B. McCarthy Claudia Romero Jorge Cobian Stephanie Santiago Kimberly Ann Dizon Jennifer Marin Alfredo Enrique Morales Emmanuel Rousseau KAPPA TAU ALPHA Valentina Guevara Raynel Sarduy Shirly Dorilas Michael Pego Francisco A. Morocz Kristofer Ruiz Alina A. Carmona Santiago Morfin Lisa-Gaye Smith Kristina Espinosa Mylene Rios Octavio M. Oliva Janet Sardina Janay Chung-Ying Molly D. Thiemann Esperanza Fernandez Andrea Leano Rojkes Ana Isabel Pena Christine Seredni Nicole Marcia Cobham OMEGA SIGMA Vicky Valdez Linda Fresneda Santa D. Santiago Gabriela Senott Peres Erika Cristina Sierra Melissa Guzman LAMBDA CHI Karen Garcia Nathalie Nicole Vergoulias Andres G. Reyes Danielle Sneir Jessica N. Iquique Mohammed Alankar PI ALPHA ALPHA HONOR Sandra Garcia Monique Williams Ailyn Rivero Aleksandra Snesareva Silvia J. Morales Blanca Cabrejos SOCIETY Stephanie Garcia Christopher Roath Mary Soares Monica Pais Dariel Adato Ferhandler Edgard Estrada Monica Gonzalez SIGMA IOTA RHO Rigoberto J. Roche Carolina Soria Gretel Perez Andrew Guerrero Erick Espinoza Vanessa Maria Granados Maria Louisa Almasy Timothy James Rogers Alina Tawil Elizabeth Bruna Pineda Justin Joerg Janet Sardina Amanda Gutierrez Flavia Marline Almonte Muhammad Azhar Saleem Kornelia Tiede Melody Regalado Micheal Lamborghini Nicki Fraser Ivette Habach Yelina Angulo Raymond Valido Erick Trelles Glenda Tatiana Reyes John Lawrence Desiree Hall Yamily Arab Nhat Trinh Kiara Sanchez Indelmis Ortega PHI-ALPHA HONOR Amina Homeidan Andrea Burgos Vicky Valdez Nicolas Saravia Kimberly Paez SOCIETY Renata James Pedro Carrion Joel D Valencia Matara N. Thomas Juan Paniagua Amanda Chen David Jaramillo Mercedes De La Caridad Giselle Varela JoEmma Ureña Brantley Tate Darley Delgado-Sanchez Ferial Khatib Cabrera Nathalie Vergoulias Daniel Therrien Erica Lara Karla Moyse Aaron Joseph Feit Genevieve Waggon LAMBDA ALPHA Danial Vercetti Tamara Saint-Gilles Paulina Nowak Fabiola Ferdinand Julia Williams Lyzbeth Armenteros Nathalie Vergoulias Kristen Tuazon Darelys Perez Laura Fernandez Tiffany Yost Cinthya Castellon Danial Yadkouri Genevieve A. Waggon Minerva Poblet Michael Fernandez Aldo Manresa Tiffany Yost Jeanine C. Wooden Lencys Porras Gilberth Flores INTERNATIONAL Shirley Patricia Villalobos Isabelli Ricarte Yudex Hasburn BUSINESS HONOR NATIONAL SOCIETY OF OMICRON DELTA KAPPA Patty Rivera Muhammed Khan SOCIETY COLLEGIATE SCHOLARS Andrea Alhadari PI DELTA PHI Danielle Robinson Miriam Mercado Marie Cassandre Dunbar Gianelle Amoedo Andrew Calienes Sabrina Clerc Gabriela Silva Michelle Meulens Ricardo Lalinde Damian Jervis Browne Dania Castro Jennifer Ezavin Claudia Soriano Francis Paulino Ternecia Mosley Darlenys Camaraza Aldo Manresa Carmen Fuentes Roxana Soriano William Sewell Victoria Palma Ernesto Fernandez Hector Mujica Naike-Christy Jean Gissell Varela Catherine Perdomo Amanda Michelle Hechavarria Helena Ramirez Beatriz Lopez TAU BETA PI Yarmilia Tona Janine Montar Hudgins Dean Williams Fiorella Lopez SIGMA ALPHA LAMBDA Damian Jervis Browne Giovanni D. Lago Mariohn Michel Debbie Acevedo Gregg D. Burrow KAPPA DELTA PI Mileidy Largo PHI KAPPA PHI Melissa Morimoto Cindy Lou Amador Jorge Cobian Eileen Amador Andrea Lisa Lee Maria Almasy Dilia Olivo Katherine Aquino Cynthia Crespo Isis Arenas Kristin M. Lopez Lorien Angulo Nicole Peguero Celia Maria Agulleiro Elias A. Crespo Nicole Arredondo Robert Lui Mayumi Bravo Melinda Saintvil Vanesa Alfaro Allen C. Cuadra Odalys Calleja Juan Jose Marcos Raquel Calzadilla Eline Barokas Sarah J. Erickson Jillian Fairman Giselle Perez Maria Carmona PI SIGMA ALPHA Jennifer Cordero Rizwan Farooqui Monica Gonzalez Lissette Perez Sofia Castellanos Mercedes De La Caridad Cabrera Jammy Isaac Cynthia Fuentes Rayda Gonzalez Annabel Pino Sefora Chavarria Noelia Justiniano Angela Gulin Tilson A. Rodriguez Linda J Fresneda Maria I. Lopez Amanda Marie Hechavarria Chelsi Liane Rome Jissette Jimenez Jessica Mendoza Lisa Klein Virginia Verona Michelle Lopez Rail Seoane Sharon Ochotorena Laura Cristina Villavicencio Melaine D Mitto Janisha Patel Elianet Oliva Rose-Lourdes Pierre William J. Pate

24 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 25 2011 Doctoral Candidates (continued)

Roberto Luis Rinaldi Jeannette Cruz Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology Doctor of Education in Higher Education Dissertation: A Developmental Intervention Science Outreach Dissertation: Understanding the Relationship between the Talented 2011 Spring Semester Doctoral Candidates Research Approach to Promoting Positive Youth Development Twenty Program and College Aspirations for High Ranking Students at a Major Professor: Dr. William Kurtines High Priority School Major Professor: Dr. Leonard B. Bliss Meijin Shi Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Lyle Delos Culver Sitti Zayda Halun Dissertation: The Construction and Optimization of a Surface Plasmon Doctor of Education in Higher Education College of Arts and Sciences Doctor of Philosophy in Biology Resonance Sensor for the Studies of Bio-Molecular Interactions Dissertation: The Influence of Study and Travel Abroad on the Personal Dissertation: The Effects of Fertilization and Simulated Grazing Major Professor: Dr. Yesim Darici and Professional Development of Students in Architecture Design Programs Isa Afacan on the Community Structure of a Seagrass Bed in South Florida Major Professor: Dr. Benjamin Baez Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations Major Professor: Dr. James W. Fourqurean Tanya Michelle Simms Dissertation: Turkish-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Doctor of Philosophy in Biology Raul Escarpio Era, 1990-2005 Nichole Hinds Vaughan Dissertation: The Peopling of the Bahamas: A Phylogeographical Doctor of Education in Exceptional Student Education Major Professor: Dr. Mohiaddin Mesbahi Doctor of Philosophy in Biology Perspective Dissertation: Comparison of Repeated and Two Non-Repeated Readings Dissertation: Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides in Nurse Shark Major Professor: Dr. Rene J. Herrera Conditions on Reading Abilities of Students with Emotional and/or Eugenio A. Angulo (Ginglymostoma cirratum) Peripheral Blood Leukocytes Behavioral Disabilities Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish Major Professor: Dr. Charles H. Bigger Patricia Noelle Vanderkooy Major Professor: Dr. Patricia M. Barbetta Dissertation: Dulce María Loynaz’s Jardín: Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Sociology Subversive Tropological Discourse Safiétou Kane Dissertation: Life Pathways of Haitian-American Jesús Fernández Major Professor: Dr. Erik Camayd-Freixas Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Sociology Young Adults in South Florida Doctor of Education in Adult Education and Human Resource Dissertation: Women and Development in Senegal: Microcredit and Major Professor: Dr. Alex Stepick Development Mayra Beers Household Well Being Dissertation: Factors that Differentiate Persistence Doctor of Philosophy in History Major Professor: Dr. Liliana Goldin Jeremy Vaudo Beyond the First Session at a For-Profit University Dissertation: Para Subsistir Dignamente: Alberto Doctor of Philosophy in Biology Co-Major Professor: Dr. Thomas G. Reio, Jr. Yarini and the Search for Cubanidad, 1888-1910 Aline Machado Dissertation: Habitat Use and Foraging Ecology of a Co-Major Professor: Dr. Abbas Tashakkori Major Professor: Dr. M. Sherry Johnson Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science Batoid Community in Shark Bay, Western Australia Dissertation: Determinants and Effects of Electoral Party Coalitions: Major Professor: Dr. Michael R. Heithaus Renita Ferreira Meilian Chen The Case of Brazil Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry Major Professor: Dr. Richard Olson Dissertation: Development of an Instrument to Measure High School Dissertation: Characterization, Sources, and Transformations of Students’ Global Awareness and Attitudes: Looking through the Lens Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Florida Coastal Everglades (FCE) Venkata Lakshmi Malladi College of Business Administration of Social Sciences Major Professor: Dr. Rudolf Jaffé Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry Major Professor: Dr. Mohammed K. Farouk Dissertation: The 4-aza-s-ribosyl-l-homocysteine Derivatives and the Sokol Celo María Espinoza Related Gamma-Lactam and Azahemiacetal Analogues: Synthesis, Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration Fernando Ganivet Doctor of Philosophy in Spanish Inhibition and Quorum Sensing Activity Dissertation: A Fresh Look at Decision Making in International Doctor of Education in Higher Education Dissertation: The Problematics of Mestizaje in the Indigenist Peruvian Major Professor: Dr. Stanislaw F. Wnuk Investment Choices: Firm International Coherence and Home-Host Dissertation: Development of a New Student Evaluation Novels of Yawar Fiesta (1941) by Jose Maria Arguedas, El Mundo es Country Relatedness Instrument of Instructor Effectiveness in Online Courses Ancho y Ajeno (1941) by Ciro Alegria, and Los Rios Profundos (1958) by Adriana Potra Major Professor: Dr. Aya Chacar Major Professor: Dr. Leonard B. Bliss Jose Maria Arguedas Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences Major Professor: Dr. Maida Watson Dissertation: Isotopic Studies of the Guerrero Composite Terrane, Whitney Moores-Abdool West-Central Mexico: Implications for Provenance of Crustal Rocks Doctor of Education in Exceptional Student Education Chaka Ferguson and Genesis of Ore Metals College of Education Dissertation: The Use of Curriculum Modifications and Instructional Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations Major Professor: Dr. Andrew W. MacFarlane Accommodations to Provide Access for Middle School Students with Dissertation: Soft Power as the New Norm: How the Chinese-Russian Edwin David Arrieta Autism to the General Curriculum Strategic Partnership (SOFT) Balances American Hegemony Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction Major Professor: Dr. Elizabeth Cramer in an Era of Unipolarity Dissertation: Immigrant High School Students’ In-depth Major Professor: Dr. Mohiaddin Mesbahi Understanding of the Value of Heritage Language and Bilingualism Major Professor: Dr. Eric Dwyer

26 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 27 2011 Doctoral Candidates (continued) 2011 Doctoral Candidates (continued) Katherine Perez Sarah Jane Erickson Muhammad Azhar Saleem Doctor of Education in Higher Education Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering Robert Stempel College of Public Dissertation: GRE as a Predictor of Graduate Student Dissertation: Clinical Translation of a Hand-held Optical Imager for Dissertation: Alternatives to Steel Grid Bridge Decks Success at a Hispanic Serving Institution of Higher Education Breast Cancer Diagnostics: In Vitro and In Vivo Tomography Studies Major Professor: Dr. Amir Mirmiran Health and Social Work Major Professor: Dr. Leonard B. Bliss Major Professor: Dr. Anuradha Godavarty Bo Shao Victor Onyishi Okoh Carolyn Allison Tonge Rizwan Ul-Haque Farooqui Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health Dissertation: 4-Hydroxy Estradiol-Induced Oxidant-Mediated Doctor of Education in Higher Education Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering Dissertation: User-Centric Music Information Retrieval Signaling is Involved in the Development of Breast Cancer Dissertation: Predicting the In-Term Persistence of Dissertation: Achieving Zero Accidents- A Strategic Framework Major Professor: Dr. Tao Li Major Professor: Dr. Deodutta Roy Community College English-as-a-Second-Language Students for Continuous Safety Improvement in the Construction Industry Major Professor: Dr. Roger Geertz Gonzalez Co-Major Professor: Dr. Syed M. Ahmed Zhengguo Sun Rosalind Brigham Penney Co-Major Professor: Dr. Berrin Tansel Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science Dissertation: Large Scale Data Processing using MapReduce Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health José Carlos Flores-Molina Major Professor: Dr. Naphtali Rishe Dissertation: Thioredoxin and Jab1 Control Estrogen- and Antiestrogen-Mediated Progression of the Cell Cycle through p27 Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering College of Engineering and Computing Interactions Dissertation: A Total Quality Management Yan Xiao Major Professor: Dr. Deodutta Roy Andrew Anthony Allen Methodology for Universities Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science Major Professor: Dr. Chin-Sheng Chen Dissertation: Hybrid Approaches to Estimate Stacey Lyn Tannenbaum Dissertation: Abstractions to Support Dynamic Adaptation of Freeway Travel Time Based on Point Traffic Detectors Communication Frameworks for User-centric Communication Omar Granados Major Professor: Dr. Mohammed Hadi Doctor of Philosophy in Dietetics and Nutrition Dissertation: An Investigation into Equations for Estimating Water Major Professor: Dr. Peter J. Clarke Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Requirements and the Development of New Equations for Predicting Dissertation: Space-Time Coding for Polynomial Phase Yao Y. Yan Total Water Intake Rafael Hubert Alpízar Modulated Signals Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering Major Professor: Dr. Victoria H. Castellanos Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science Major Professor: Dr. Jean Andrian Dissertation: Spatial Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis of Dissertation: Secure Information Flow via Stripping and Fast Simulation Sediments Quality of Lake Okeechobee, Florida under Extreme Joan Anne Vaccaro Major Professor: Dr. Geoffrey Smith Changan Han Environmental Forcing Doctor of Philosophy in Dietetics and Nutrition Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Major Professor: Dr. Fernando R. Miralles-Wilhelm Dissertation: Medical Advice, Diabetes Self-Management, and Health Rene Alejandro Amaya Dissertation: Neural Network Based Off-line Outcomes of a Multi-ethnic Population from the Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering Handwritten Text Recognition System Zhongping Zhai National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2008 Dissertation: A Diagnostic Framework for Demand Major Professor: Dr. Malek Adjouadi Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering Amplification Problems in Supply Chains Dissertation: The Order Selection and Lot Sizing Major Professor: Dr. Fatma G. Huffman Major Professor: Dr. Ronald Giachetti Mouncef Lahlou Problem in the Make-to-Order Environment Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Major Professor: Dr. Chin-Sheng Chen Lily Chang Dissertation: Color-Based Surface Reflectance Separation Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science for Scene Illumination Estimation and Rendering Yanming Zheng Dissertation: A Nested Petri Net Framework for Major Professor: Dr. Malek Adjouadi Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering Modeling and Analyzing Multi-Agent Systems Dissertation: Minimizing Makespan for Hybrid Flowshops with Major Professor: Dr. Xudong He Jesus Alonso Mena Batch, Discrete Processing Machines and Arbitrary Job Sizes Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial and Systems Engineering Co-Major Professor: Dr. Chin-Sheng Chen Kai Chen Dissertation: A Quantitative Approach to the Organizational Co-Major Professor: Dr. Sayed M. Ahmed Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Design Problem Dissertation: Mitigating Congestion by Integrating Time Forecasting Major Professor: Dr. Chin-Sheng Chen and Realtime Information Aggregation in Cellular Networks Major Professor: Dr. Niki Pissinou Mark Rossman Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering Po-Ching Chen Dissertation: Automated Detection of Hematological Abnormalities Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering through Classification of Flow Cytometric Data Patterns Dissertation: In Vivo Tissue Diagnosis for Myocardial Infarction using Major Professor: Dr. Malek Adjouadi Optical Spectroscopy with Novel Spectral Interpretation Algorithms Major Professor: Dr. Wei-Chiang Lin

28 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 29 Angelina S. Esposito Master of Music Master of Landscape Architecture Fadoua Hanine Kathleen Marh Bell Tyler L. Schwartz 2011 Spring Semester Graduate and Sarai Olivia Heria Ruben Caban Krista A. Jamison Miroslav Misha Dacic Juan C. Madriz Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Jelena Djukic Ivania Guerrero Undergraduate Candidates Daniel A. Nieves Michael Guzman Emmy E. Mathis Carolina Pozo Federico Alejandro Musgrove Stetson To graduate Summa Cum Laude, a student must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.90 or better and Joshua B. Neel Ruthmarie Tenorio Hector D. Neciosup completed 40 semester hours of coursework for GPA at FIU Paul W. Poston To graduate Magna Cum Laude, a student must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.70 or better and Bachelor of Interior Design Master of Interior Design Caroline Aizenstark completed 40 semester hours of coursework for GPA at FIU Leslie Elizabeth Bosson Master of Architecture Kristyna R. Borden Jissette Jimenez, Magna Cum Laude To graduate Cum Laude, a student must have earned a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better and Paolo Arce Alicia Fernandez Laura V. Jimenez completed 40 semester hours of coursework for GPA at FIU Jonathan S. Blumenthal Ka Man Ho Anamika Naraynsingh, Cum Laude (Honors designations are based on cumulative GPA through the Fall Semester) Ashley Allen Braden Moira Stephens Johanna Rodriguez, Cum Laude Manuel L. Dorticos Nicole Yousefi, Cum Laude Isis S. Fumero Jaclyn Marie Garcia Master of Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Landscape Giovanna Jaspid Kevin Banogon College of Architecture and The Arts Devin Michael Cejas Architecture Mabel Lanza Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Bachelor of Arts in Art Bachelor of Arts in Dance Ricardo Antonio Largaespada Sefora Chavarria Damian R. Caballero Peter E. Coyle Daniel Alonso Alexis Jordana Altamirano Julya B. Baer Andrew J. Madonna Tania Gutierrez Jose D. Fonseca Maria Del Pilar Alva Julia Autry Julian J. Melo Carolina Alejandra Jaimes Lauren J. Bartroli Jessica A. Coronel, Cum Laude Mario Carlos Menendez Bachelor of Arts in Music Meredith C. Lambert Sybille Calixte Ana Maria De Lima Bachelor of Music Susana Neira Mavy Rifat Roberto Martin Molina Ken-Long A. Castillo Michael Joseph Finelli Priscilla Maria Blanco, Cum Laude Stephen A. Parra Alba R. Myers Beatriz Chaljub, Cum Laude Alex Herman Garcia, Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Antonia Cid Chrissy Perez Alejandro J. Perez Mario R. Duclos Elizabeth Hilario, Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Pedro H. De Faria, Summa Cum Laude Leon Cayetano Posada Andres F. Pineda Melissa Fitoria Erica Robin Liemer Robert E. Alter Lauren P. Elbaum, Magna Cum Laude Kittybelle Rivera Chelsi L. Rome Esteban Garces, Cum Laude Guadalupe Victoria Lira Marlisa Nicole Mendoza Ernesto Fernandez, Magna Cum Laude Gayluz Rivera-Claudio Daniel K. Han, Cum Laude Sergio L. Mesa Michelle C. Moreno Natalie Marie Fernandez, Cum Laude Christina Marie Rodriguez Stacey Hernandez Natalia Pop, Cum Laude Nick A. Mastrovito Ileana Rodriguez Master of Science in Music Eduardo Huergo Claudia Pretelt Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Hery D. Paz, Cum Laude Carlos A. Romero Education Michelle S. Komornik Vanessa Salavarria, Cum Laude Danielle Marie Del Riego, Cum Laude Adrian Alberto Quesada, Cum Laude Luis David Sanchez Luciano Alberto Jaysonearl A. Loyola Lindsay E. Dye Mauricio Quiros Nelson Eduardo Sanchez Jacqueline A. McAllister Miguel Magallanes Bachelor of Arts in Art History Alexander O. Garcia Kathryn Marie Rodriguez, Cum Laude Julian Sandoval Jeannine Michelle Miranda Susanne Schiffer Jesus Malagon Andres Roberto Bilbao Alina Rubi Gil, Summa Cum Laude Alexander Sancho Eddie A. Seymour Rolie Marcet Inese Bunch, Summa Cum Laude Maria Clara Guerrero Janelle Elyssa Tibbetts, Summa Cum Laude Mohammad K. Shanti Monica Mejia, Cum Laude Triana Carmenate, Magna Cum Laude Viviana Mora Thomas J. Uriarte Mikhaile M. Solomon Enrique Martin Melchor Jessica Castillo Alberto Ordaz Keba J. Williams, Cum Laude Deana Lynn Sritalapat Christopher Stephen Newcomb Madiana Andre Echavarria Denise Ortiz Federico Zapata Paula A. Osorno Julia Frajlich Alfredo Paredes Andres Penalver Liseth C. Giraldo Jesse Peterson Ulises Reyes Michelle C. Lopez, Magna Cum Laude Christine Marie Prieto Juan Pablo Rodriguez Eva Melnikova, Summa Cum Laude Katrina C. Quigley, Cum Laude Emanuel Rousseau, Cum Laude Jorge Miguel Orduz Jorge A. San Martin, Cum Laude Shantelle Rodriguez Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Jereme David Sanchez Moriah Russell, Cum Laude Elaine Michelle Bryan, Magna Cum Laude Jennifer Catalina Sandoval Chantelle Sutfin Marina E. Catalan, Summa Cum Laude Angelica M. Torres-Lorenzo, Chelsey R. Youse Damian Charkiewicz Magna Cum Laude Deanna M. Drayton Manuel Alejandro Vargas Chelsea Duran Oscar Vega, Cum Laude Brian A. Espinoza Alvaro Velosa

30 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 31 Jessica Marie Marinello Andrea Elizabeth Dodd, Magna Cum Laude Tosh Alexander-Simmonds College of Arts and Sciences Chantelle Francesca Martos Kevin Hasbun, Summa Cum Laude Adianez Alfonso, Magna Cum Laude Robert Alexander Melo Jarvis Cornelius Robinson Ernesto Luis Alfonso, Summa Cum Laude Gregory Frantz Saintil Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies Bachelor of Arts in English Cristina Gisela Milian Dorien Z. Rowe Maria Louisa Almasy, Cum Laude Claudia L. Sanchez Carrice A. Brown Marcos J. Alonso-Santiago, Amy Monasterios Flavia M. Almonte, Magna Cum Laude Julia Santos Carlos Corrales, Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Maite Morales Karen Marie Alvarez Andres J. Seoane, Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in History Eva Melissa Duenas Alejandro Amaya Luis M. Nin Silvia J. Alvarez Rodolfo Wilfredo Sigler Angela Albanese Natasha Eckhart, Cum Laude Ana I. Arraut Michael-Angelo Nunez Andrea E. Anderson, Cum Laude Luis Alberto Fonteboa Margo Bartlett Javier Jesus Arbolaez Miguel J. Ovalles, Summa Cum Laude Gabriela Giselle Bello Lorien Angulo, Magna Cum Laude Kennisha Gaynor Bachelor of Arts in Economics Steve Beaulieu, Summa Cum Laude Alexandra Sofia Palacios Yelina Angulo Alejandro Geerman, Summa Cum Laude Jennifer L. Brown, Cum Laude Peter Botero Jeffry Todd Adames-Smith Kristina Pazos Yamily Arab, Magna Cum Laude Mark Hernandez Joseph Carmen Canicatti Alejandro Arturo Camacho Esmaeel omar Alghareer Maitte Penalver Ana I. Arraut Jessica Joanne Knudsen Claudia M. Carcach Medgina Canal Humood Abdullatif Aljassar Aileen Perez Kelly Marie Austin Renee Martindale Adriana Cardona, Cum Laude Michelle Cordova Jose Guillermo Almendariz Patricia B. Perez Nicholas A. Autiello Ii, Cum Laude Viviana Patricia Ordonez Sofia C. Casado Francisco De La Torre Ginette Dina Behar Sandra Perez Paula Daniela Barbieri, Magna Cum Laude Chris J. Piverotto Nicole Centeno, Cum Laude Monica Janelle De La Vega Jaime A. Bell Rebecca K. Peterson David A. Barrios Chris Plesent Cathleen Ferree Chambless Laura Elizalde Shanna Lisa Marie Chai Marie-Junie Missoline Pierre Cum Laude Cinthya P. Beato, Magna Cum Laude Thomas J. Rayson,Cum Laude Javier Collado-Isasi Jose A. Fernandez, Lilian Deneb Cobo Nikki A. Poey Jeffrey Oniel Beckford Jillian Roland, Magna Cum Laude Matthew Orlando Colon Sergio L. Ferre Iris J. Curtis Francesca Rivera Michelle L. Bedoya Nathaniel Frederick Schorb Lauren N. Di Giovanni Joseph A. Garcia Alejandro Eguren Jorge Rivero Gabriella M. Boffelli Felisha Shakeer Alexis Diaz, Cum Laude Ryan Halstead Brian Anthony Ellis Alexander T. Robbie Nidia Borge Shanna Shirley Smith Natalie Anielle Dopico Taylor P. Hodes Cesar Augusto Florian, Summa Cum Laude Stephanie Rodriguez, Magna Cum Laude Scarleth M. Borge Christina E. Valdes Jennifer Ashley Flickinger Philippe Luis Hoffing Nicolas Giambini Veronica Amanda Rodriguez Summa Cum Laude Joanette Keisha Brookes Melonija Justina Van Coevering Katherine Jane Fowler, Cum Laude Julian D. Levitt, Edwin Gerardo Gonzalez Martha Elisa Rosa, Magna Cum Laude Andrea C. Burgos, Magna Cum Laude Angela K. Vegega Michelle Frau, Magna Cum Laude George Leyva Steve G. Guillaume Stephanie Santiago Luis Felipe Camacho Daimys Ester Garcia Christopher Richard Machado Juan Sebastian Guzman Liza Ahilyah Sawh-Ramnauth Othon Fernando Cardelle Kristina A. Garcia Daniel Michael Martinez Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry Holly M. Hamilton, Cum Laude Ana Kristell Sequeira Pedro Carrion, Magna Cum Laude Nicole Garcia Luis A. Mayorga Nathalie Michelle Anderson Richel Hernandez Sloane Rose Solomon Cum Laude Dania I. Castro Elkin Dario Giraldo Amaris E. Mier, Leonor Armas, Magna Cum Laude Janine M. Hudgins Pauline Sung Charlotte Catoni Alexander C. Glass Tara N. Mulrey Rebeca Armenteros, Magna Cum Laude Clement James Jessica N. Talpesh, Cum Laude Charles Elva Clarke Courtney C. Glass, Magna Cum Laude Anamary Pedrosa Yamile Arocha, Magna Cum Laude Wilford Lee Jose Ignacio Unamuno Magna Cum Laude Michelle Cordova Mayling Gomez Martin Michel Perez, Alberto Esteban Batista Joshua Lewis Giselle Valdes, Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Sandra Davila, Cum Laude Julieta Gomez-De-Mello Alain Rene Reyes, William T. Brown IV, Cum Laude Antonio Lozada Jesselle Valdes Vilma T. Davila Lauren Barbara Gonzalez, Daniel Carlos Rodriguez Melissa Ann Cardenas, Summa Cum Laude Nicole Macajoux Richard James Vazquez Magna Cum Laude Violeta M. Del Villar Magna Cum Laude Rolando Rodriguez, Marcela Cardona Yomayra D. Morales, Summa Cum Laude Ricci Yuhico, Magna Cum Laude Anabelle Josefina Devarez Oscar A. Gonzalez, Magna Cum Laude Jean Pool Romero Maite Castillo, Cum Laude Victor Nava Dan A. Zavala, Magna Cum Laude Stefan Dragitsch Robert A. Gonzalez Ginelle E. Rosenberg Daniel A. Castro Marcos L. Nieto, Cum Laude Christine Anne Zelenka Cum Laude Frima Enghelberg Jehanne M. Gumbs-Taylor, Cum Laude Ana M. Ruiz, Katherine De armas Javier A. Nunez, Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Pax M. Escobar Khadija A. Harris, Cum Laude Wendy Ariel Sczechowicz, Raiko Diaz, Magna Cum Laude Alberto J. Ortega, Cum Laude Aaron Joseph Feit, Magna Cum Laude Janette Isla Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Persius Jerral Threat Mildred Magny Eloi Juan Carlos Palacio Laura A. Fernandez Lindsey R. Jackson Christopher P. Towers Robert J. Evelyn Ricardo Antonio Palm Studies Michael C. Fernandez Anwar Janania Dennis James Valdes Elizabeth L. Flagg Christopher Pardo Jessica Yvette Chianesse Magna Cum Laude Pascale L. Fils-Aime Ana M. Jarp Alejandro F. Valhuerdi, Monica Maria Garcia Cassandra A. Perez Jennifer Marie Garcia Gilberth Jose Flores Shyla Marie Jasinski, Magna Cum Laude Angela Yruretagoyena Jocelyn Anne Green Alfredo Riascos Cindy Kohn-Cybulkiewicz Ariel A. Fonticiella Christopher A. Jordan, Summa Cum Laude Edgard Alcides Zamora Sacha Y. Jimenez Raul Rodriguez Jorge A. Sola Osvaldo Garcia, Magna Cum Laude Sallam Joseph Jessica M. Mendez Ivan M. Rodriguez Jr. Sarah Maria Giles, Cum Laude Michelle Amie Kaplan Bachelor of Arts in Humanities Nicole J. Metallo, Magna Cum Laude Alexanders Saenz Alejandro Gomez David Kasprzyk Bachelor of Arts in French Maria Figueroa Nath Ngamsiri Carlos A. Sanchez Stephanie Gonzalez Yvette C. Kennedy Sabrina Lee-Gabrielle Clerc Jonathan A. Pappas, Summa Cum Laude Angela Santacruz George Goranitis Noelle M. Knight Maria Eugenia Rojas, Cum Laude Caroline Pascual, Magna Cum Laude Kornelia Tiede, Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in International Lev A. Gutkin Patricia Kathleen Lopez Jose Pazos-Perez, Cum Laude Liane Wu Jeffery Hall Eunice Louis Relations Luis Enrique Ramirez Bachelor of Arts in Geography Omar Abu-Hantash, Cum Laude Nicole Hamaoui Yamayra Rodriguez Joel E. Maliskas Chari L. Adames-Smith, Magna Cum Laude Yudex A. Hasbun Cassandra Marin Roberto Alba

32 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 33 Lacey Haslam Selamawit Tesfamariam Natalia M. Johnson Victoria A. Gonzalez Shawna L. David, Cum Laude Meily Perez Jheanell Alicia Haynes Nicolas Tevez, Magna Cum Laude Jude Joseph Denisse Ilabaca Michael Davies Raul A. Perez Jennifer Margarita Hernandez, Cum Laude Christopher Eric Tynes Ryan Thomas Keon Christopher Martinez Nakia Day Gary Pretzfeld Michael Angel Herrero Alexandra I. Uriarte Michael L. King Eva Melnikova, Summa Cum Laude Indira De Nacimiento Manuel Alejandro Prieto Chennell C. Hicks Stephanie Anne Vega Tecarra R. King Tina R. Moeinian Jose Manuel Alejandr Deus Ana Quintana Maria E. Hidalgo Eduardo R. Velarde Ribbeck Ashley S. Lewis Agostina Morgante Giuliani, Jennifer Christine Ezavin-Weisenberg Andreea Radulescu, Magna Cum Laude Whitney A. Holmes Vanessa Marie Visslailli, Cum Laude Fernando Llanos Summa Cum Laude Dominic Simon Fabres Helena R. Ramirez Cassandra Honorat Yvette Wihl Steve Luis, Magna Cum Laude Armani Orihuela Israel Fajardo, Magna Cum Laude Hely Costard Rego Katharine C. Huddlestun Yemibeth Zamora Sonia Machin Raul A. Perez Christina Fernandez Lindsay Brooke Reyes Alicia C. Hugh Shankea Madison Eric Rivas, Magna Cum Laude Ricardo A. Ferrer Celia Ricardo Gulden Izturganova Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Carlos Martin Jr. Kristofer Ruiz, Magna Cum Laude Maria Guadalupe Flores Ivette Rodriguez Alicia Jaggernauth Brian Andrew Adams Eda Martinez Maryam Shakir David S. Fonseca Lianet Rodriguez Kyle W. Jahn Anne Mivida Albert Mark Martinez Harold E. Torbert Barbara Kenya Fuentes Melinda Gilberte Saint-Vil, Cum Laude Mohamed Rizwan Khan Patrice Edward Altine Yessenia Esther Martinez Dean Gabriel Williams Daimys Ester Garcia Andrew M. Sanchez Rhani De Lacerda Kuhlman Miguel R. Alvarado Millet E. Masis Danielle Ashley Garcia, Cum Laude Claribel Sanchez Maryna V. Laurynovich, Magna Cum Laude Carlos Arocha Annya Y. McLean Bachelor of Arts in Physics Freddie Garcia Jordan Jude Sanchez Juan Rafael Lopez, Cum Laude Conrad Jules Aska Monica Mella Kristian Joseph Herrera, Magna Cum Laude Kristopher Garcia Michael Santana Cristina Loreto Ben F. Badger Lazaro Andres Mesa Angela Regina Garrett Natalia Sardi David J. Lynch Gisell Miller Ariana Gomez Joshua Saucedo Daniel Bassols Bachelor of Arts in Political Greta A. Martinez Jose Behar Gilda Ocampo Edel Gonzalez, Cum Laude Evelyn Savon Mary Tania Medina Richard James Bonilla Jimmy Ortiz Science Michelle Gonzalez Viktoriya Sazonova Ciprian B. Mejia Morales Emilio Botts Javier Otero Alejandro Manuel Albines Sosa Andrew Edward Grout Samuel Selanikio Miriam Mercado, Cum Laude Yanetza Camacho Andrea Louise Parker Arnaldo Alonso Miguel Francisco Gutierrez Rail Seoane, Summa Cum Laude Michelle M. Meulens Adriana Camino Brooke Steevie Pena Anabel Alvarez Krista Renee Hemming Stephanie Silva Amaris E. Mier, Cum Laude Lauren C. Campos Marcia P. Pennant Kristina M. Alvarez Dayana Hernandez Vereuch B. Simmons Anna Milaeva, Summa Cum Laude Carissa A. Carbo Olivia Piesik Sabine K. Augustin Renzo Iparraguirre Carolina Soria, Cum Laude Jacob Milczewski, Cum Laude Paula Vanessa Carvajal Liudis Remon Rosenny Augustine Alex Jean Baptiste Angel Gregorio Suarez Miodrag Mladenovic, Cum Laude Aisha C. Cherrington Laura G. Reyes Aselene Aurelien Derek Troy Johnson Eduardo Suarez Roberto Carlos Molineros Jessica A. Chin Roberto Giacom Risso Yaneth Del Carmen Baez Noelia Justiniano Juan Jose Theurer,Cum Laude Cheryl L. Mullenax Antonio Conyers Marvin Roberts Sandra E. Bahamonde Alisha S. Kamadia, Cum Laude Michael A. Tolodxi Juan D. Muskus Yvette Cordova Britne Rodgers Omar J. Bakos, Magna Cum Laude Jeremy George Kozyak Erick Trelles, Summa Cum Laude Jasmine Nazarett, Cum Laude Liz Crespo Ullyses Domingo Rodriguez-Vara Jamie L. Baltra Dorothy Laguerre Onay Valdes Dalourny Nemorin Jasen Anthony Cruz Hannibal Rosa Iii Lisandra Bayliss Jeanne Marguerite Leconte, Cum Laude Luis A. Valdez, Magna Cum Laude Emeka Okolo Marcia Regina Darbouze, Magna Cum Laude Peggy Rousseau Clairette Beard Maria Lopez, Magna Cum Laude Jesus O. Valentino, Magna Cum Laude Gbemiga Olowu Lori Lemaris De Jesus Albert C. Sardina Alba Belandria Towers Lizbell Rita Lucero Pamela Isabel Vargas Aioni D Carmen Ortiz Rosalia De Leon-Rodriguez Josephine Savant Nicole Ashley Belliveau Hernan Mauricio Luna Alipio H. Vazquez Sarah Rose Palladino, Cum Laude Caridad Diaz Nicole Schwartz, Magna Cum Laude Gonzalo Bello Carla De Lourdes Martinez Eucline Anthony Vincent Shawn G. Pantin, Magna Cum Laude Daniel A. Diaz Ivette Ramos Sherman Larry A. Bermudez Kelly A. McGee Lesley Walters Guillermina Carolina Passa Quevedo Kelly L. Driscoll Camille Jackleen Shim Gerald C. Bertrand Christina A. McGuire Heather A. Weir, Cum Laude Francis Paulino, Cum Laude Sandy Marcia Fanor Emmeline E. Sierra Katherine E. Briley Michael Mendez Michael Nathaniel Williams Carmen Pla Lissette Fernandez Melissa Simmons Latoya M. Bundel Jessica Mendoza, Summa Cum Laude Jillian Yanes Francisco Ponce de Leon Bryam Garcia Irina Sobrino Christopher M. Cabral, Cum Laude Gabriella M. Metcalfe Christine Zangen Ulises Portela-Silva Janine Garcia Brigitte Joy Soucy, Cum Laude Gonzalo Javier Calveira Benny S. Millares Jorge Esteban Quintana Jon Geller Christina Michelle Spence Luis Felipe Camacho Alejandro Moreno Bachelor of Arts in Portuguese Jose F. Regalado Gabriel David Gomez Pamela A. Tobolowsky Jose Campins, Magna Cum Laude Manuel A. Munoz Repiso Edvalter Verri, Summa Cum Laude Maria Jose Rivas Maria G. Granadillo Castellon Maria Celeste Upthegrove, Joseant Amaya Cardoso-rojo, Matthew Ng Darwin Rodriguez, Cum Laude Aldo Yasser Guerrero Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Charlotin Olivier Diego Roman Maria Yaima Carmona, Cum Laude Bethzabeth Ordaz, Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Santiago Lazaro Hernandez Daniel John Abou-Semaan, Cum Laude Elisa Romulo Borges, Cum Laude Wilson Hernandez Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Claudia Carrazana Lavastida, Cum Laude Valerie Orta Sean Michael Samuels Sofia Castellanos,Cum Laude Arsenio Otero Valerie Abraham Vanessa De La Caridad Herrero Robert A. Contreras Carlos Acosta William A. Sewell, Summa Cum Laude Joseph Solomon Homy, Cum Laude Michel Diaz Sandra Castro Omar Paz Tony Alan Street, Cum Laude Luciana C. Colodetti Abdel Perera, Cum Laude Jesica L. Acosta Abigail Horowitz Alexis Justo Fajardo Nelly H. Ahlstrom Diego Sotello Tamburus Camilla Ingegneri Juan S. Gil, Summa Cum Laude Alessandra Correa Daniel D. Perez, Cum Laude Joaquim J. Da Silva Netto Dayron Perez Nicole Albanese

34 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 35 Hatz Alexandre Ailyn Cruz Genesis Marie Gonzalez Karen Vanessa Lola Priscila Maldonado Pascua Jennifer M. Schramm Andrea N. Alhadari Marcia Regina Darbouze, Magna Cum Laude Geovanna Gonzalez Richard Duany Lopez Kristina Lauren Paula Coral C. Seco Jaleesa Sasha Almarales Andre Ramone Dawson Michelle Gonzalez Stacy Lopez Andrea Pavlov Claudia Segui Kayla Marie Alonso Osvaldo De La Cruz, Magna Cum Laude Monica Gonzalez Lucila Daniela Lopez-Bloise, Celia Pazos Antonina Shachar Christopher Michael Altieri Julie M. De La Peña Ruth Gonzalez, Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Melissa Carmen Perdomo Rashmi Shankar Moses Aluicio, Cum Laude Jose Carlos De Los Rios Sabrina Gonzalez Beverly Ann Lopico Darelys Perez Gabriela M. Silva Paula Andrea Alzate, Cum Laude William S. De Salazar, Magna Cum Laude Sashay Annakay Goodletty, Himilce Yanet Luna Jessica Perez Claudia Veronica Soriano Danielle Elisha Anding Cindy Marie Dean, Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Aileen Maderal Laura M. Perez Roxana Maria Soriano, Cum Laude Christina Teresa Andrial, Magna Cum Laude Christina Debaun, Magna Cum Laude Stephanie A. Gottardi Tatyana A. Malinovskaya Peter Perez Kathy Esther Sostre Isabelle Jenny Anestal Ana Lisbeth Diaz Vanessa Maria Granados Kayleen Stephanie Marquez Marie Martial Johanne Pinard Kristina Suarez Vanessa Arita Debra L. Diaz, Cum Laude Adrienne Renee Grandolfo, Alba Luz Martinez Jonathan Plaza Lilianne Suarez Marjan Armakan Jannifer Annette Diaz, Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Eric A. Martinez Minerva Poblet Jason Jeremy Suite Leonor Armas, Magna Cum Laude Amanda Laura Disla Emily Leah Grossman, Cum Laude Kathy Denise Mauro, Cum Laude Geisha Polanco Yaslin Tapia Patricia R. Ascorbe Kimberly Ann Dizon Daniel Guerra Shelton McRae, Cum Laude Janite R. Polydor Cristina Tigera, Cum Laude Sandra Aulean Maria Julia Dominguez Debbie Nee-Ann Hall Daneila Shanice McVea-Smith Adam Poncharoensub, Magna Cum Laude Natalie Tirado Megan Ayala Shirley Dorilas Desiree Hall Rohit Mehan Lencys Porras, Cum Laude Ambar Tomaselli Chantel J. Ayre Erica L. Douglas Amber Marie Hamid, Summa Cum Laude Federico Alberto Mejia Rosario M. Prado Jesus W. Tormo Azita Babai, Magna Cum Laude Richard H. Driest Gabriella Marilyn Harari, Alexandra Melendez Meredith Ashley Press Maria Alexandra Torres Jannelly A. Balda Brooke Carly Drutz Magna Cum Laude Matias J. Melgar Andrea Puech, Magna Cum Laude Michelle Torres Carmen Gabriela Barresi, Cum Laude Altagrace M. Dumay Celia Harrilal Rosa Mendez Veronica Quinto Yesenia D. Torres Andrea Baskin Frances Ernst, Summa Cum Laude Raquel M. Henry Lilia Mendoza Matthew Justin Rad Pedro Alfonso Toruno Mauricio Eduardo Bastidas Kristina Espinosa, Cum Laude Luminita Daniela Heretoiu, Jorge Luis Menendez Adrian Alberto Ramirez Damian Trujillo Christin E. Battle Adriana Cecilia Fahmy Summa Cum Laude Jamie Meola Isabelli Ricarte Eric Xavier Urrutia Michele Bechor, Magna Cum Laude Joemy P. Familia, Magna Cum Laude Alma Herzowitz Jolene Mercado, Cum Laude Maddock A. Richards, Cum Laude Lorena Maria Urrutia Richard Scott Begley Charlotte Feliciano Carolina Hidalgo Hector O. Mesa Cecilia V. Richardson Alina Maria Valdes Gail Behar Mellysa Felipe, Magna Cum Laude Amina Homeidan, Magna Cum Laude Joshua Alan Metayer Mylene G. Rios Nicolette Valdes Jessica S. Bensimon Bismark Fernandez Patricia Horvath Cassandre Michel Ashley Katherine Rius Julio Cesar Vallecillo Dominique Blattner Beraja, Isis Fernandez Sara Virginia Howell Christine S. Miles Camille A. Rivera Giselle Varela, Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Marisa Elise Fernandez, Summa Cum Laude Hanna Hughes Katherine Marie Millares, Cum Laude Erica C. Rivera, Cum Laude Jessica Vasquez Klaudia P. Bohorquez Monica Fernandez Andrea Carolina Hurtado Siomara Miranda Patricia M. Rivera, Cum Laude Glynnis Laynet Vega, Magna Cum Laude Carla M. Bolivar Crystal Ferro, Summa Cum Laude Jacqueline Teresa Insua Kenneth Monnette Akila M. Roberts Adriam Velasco Rebecca Borrego Daidee A. Figueiral Mavis V. Jackson Juliana Monroy Belinda Ann Robertson, Magna Cum Laude Marie S. Vertus Dominique Farrah Bouchette Ivonne Marina Figueroa, Cum Laude Renata Natalie James Tamara D. Montesino Danielle Robinson, Cum Laude Stephanie Victorero, Cum Laude David A. Bound Shadiyya Z. Frazier David Raphael Jaramillo, Sierra A. Montgomery Jacie A. Robles Natasha Leigh Villa, Magna Cum Laude Christian Steven Brito Linda Fresneda, Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Rochelle Debra-Ann Moore Monique Michele Robotham Yanaika Villarreal Brock Randall Brothers, Magna Cum Laude Anissa Fulchan Stephanie Jerome, Cum Laude Laura Luz Morales Rodrigo Rocha Laura Cristina Villavicencio, Cynthia Rebeca Brown Andrea Garcia Cristine Renee Jimenez Mirelida Morales Blanca Estela Rodriguez Magna Cum Laude Miriam Loretta Cabrera Aranais Garcia Natalia A. Jimenez Chastery T. Moran Claire R. Rodriguez Alicia Laura Viola Stephanie Diane Cakov Daniella Garcia Latoya Denise Johnson Lilian J. Moreno Dianna Rodriguez Christopher Emmanuel Washington Sofia Calvo Junquera Karen L. Garcia Yesenia E. Joyas Lauren Allison Morris Murielle F. Rodriguez Daena E. Weinkle Raquel Calzadilla, Magna Cum Laude Khrislee M. Garcia Aimee A. Joyner Karla Moyse Nicole Rodriguez Lauren Rachel Weisberg, Cum Laude Mariela Carrodeguas Natalie V. Garcia, Magna Cum Laude Delia Keen, Summa Cum Laude Matthew Muniz Romy Rodriguez Galit Weissman, Cum Laude Jesselyn Casal Odelaysi Garcia Ferial Khatib Cynthia Muriel Rosidanny Rodriguez Jessica Elizabeth Wendorf Lilian Castillo Paula Garcia Anuradha Kirpalani Stefania Navarrete Susana Caridad Rodriguez Christine Gail West Janyll Irene Castineira Sandra M. Garcia Natallia Kossman Michelle Nicole Neshin, Cum Laude Marisely Rojas Kristen Nicole Williams Amanda Castro Stephanie Garcia Yisbemi N. Landestoy Marcos L. Nieto, Cum Laude Keane M. Roman Marie A. Wray Melissa C. Castro Susana Garcia Daniel Carlos Lazo Paulina Isabel Nowak Ileana Mabel Rosario Julio A. Yanes Mark T. Chrzanowski Angelina A. Gaspard Roxanne Dee Ledesma Javier A. Nunez, Magna Cum Laude Carolina Rueda Darya Yeroshova Nicole Linn Cisco Hanna I. Giraldo, Magna Cum Laude Whitney A. Legros Juan Felipe Ortega Christian Alberto Sanchez-Montero Yana Young Sang Anthony W. Clemow Cheyla Gomez Elaine Katrina Lindo Natalia Ortiz Iris Santiago, Cum Laude Carly N. Ziegler Oscar A. Corea, Cum Laude Ricardo Jose Gomez Krysthel Cassandra Lindstrom Margoth K. Osco Richard A. Santin Erica Zuluaga Joann Cornejo Catherine Gonzalez Alexandra Janelle Lis Maria Otano Dorian Santos, Cum Laude Irene Elena Zwanink Emily Ann Cornwell Dayana Gonzalez, Cum Laude Shaina Joanne Little Brianna Padron Kristel Yurisen Sarmiento

36 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 37 Bachelor of Arts in Religious Christine E. Smith Krystle Golaub Antonio J. Castillo Giovanni Lago, Magna Cum Laude Lissette Perez, Magna Cum Laude Manuel Ignacio Soler, Magna Cum Laude Javier Ernesto Gonzalez, Cum Laude Joy Castro Mileidy Largo, Cum Laude Lorena Perez Cardenas, Cum Laude Studies Pia Francetta Stepherson Vanessa Gutierrez Bryan Steven Cheddar Olga Laskova Marisa Persaud Lauren Agosto Debrah A. Sutherland Jonathan E. Guzman Kimberly A. Chuck, Magna Cum Laude Elisha M. Lee Janelle Peschier Gina E. Baseiro Lorenzo Orlando Torres Marleny Jaime Nikki Victoria Chuck, Magna Cum Laude Annia Leiva Karyce Angel Phillips, Magna Cum Laude Ami Emanuel, Magna Cum Laude Monica Janet Torres Aldo Jansel Tricia Cimeus Alina Lenz, Cum Laude Melissa M. Pimentel Alexis Justo Fajardo Karyn Tricia Walrond Aida Maragarita Jaramillo Alberto Cruz Robert Liu, Cum Laude Annabel Pino, Magna Cum Laude Catherine Fernandez, Summa Cum Laude Elisa Yeung Nancy Francia Joseph Natalie Damaso Christopher P. Livia, Summa Cum Laude Alan Pomerantz Leonor Mercedes Guerrera-Molina Yasmin S. Zakkout Linda J. Julien Natasha Decal Victor Raul Loaiza Jawary Prieto Anna Patricia Ladowski, Magna Cum Laude Vilma B. Zamora Jesus David Leon Noel Nadine Deckert, Cum Laude Patrick Lolo Gabriela Quinones Blanca Estela Morales Aurora B. Zosman Jose Francisco Lopez Raiko Diaz, Magna Cum Laude Carlos J. Lopez Ovy Quintanal, Magna Cum Laude Joel Francisco Perez Michelle Marie Lopez Cecily Edmond, Cum Laude Kristin Marie Lopez, Summa Cum Laude Sana M. Qureshi Karina Miranda Ryan Sergio Maldonado, Cum Laude Tanika Rae-Ann Ephriam Katherine Lorenzo-Machado, Jasmin Qyyum Molly Thiemann,Summa Cum Laude Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Jenny Marquez Hary Estrada Bueno Magna Cum Laude Samar A. Raad Jorge L. Ateca Elina de J Chaguan de Medico, Cum Laude Alexandra McClain Christophe A. Ezpeleta Enrique Daniel Machado Ralph Ramos Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/ Fabiola Francisco, Cum Laude Lauren T. Miller Yelisbet Fernandez Katherin Malabet Joshua Nathaniel Reategui-Molina Anthropology Desiree Martin, Cum Laude Wendy D. Milton Tiffanie E. Fillion Trisha A. Maloney Carley Reider Justin Arias Cristel Valentina Medico, Cum Laude Liliana Oliveros Daniela Fonseca Candice Nicole Mansito Carlos Manuel Revilla, Cum Laude Lyzbeth M. Armenteros, Cum Laude Daniel Monzon Dadeve Pasquet Whitney Elizabeth-Chong Forbes Eric L. Maranda, Magna Cum Laude Yoan Reyes Christian Brito Katherine Mullins Eddison Pierre-Louis Christina Freiria Amaury Marquez, Cum Laude Aliana Ribot Cesar Eugenio Cabrera Laura Christine Nugent Lourdes Porras Maylin G. Garcia Ashley Elizabeth Marriott, Jasmine Rivas Carolina Cason Maria Goretti Prado, Cum Laude Fabiola Raphael Monica Maria Garcia Magna Cum Laude Eileen Rivero Cinthya Castellon, Magna Cum Laude Jessica Pulido Gadiel Orlando Reyes Christopher Gavarrete Eric Martinez, Cum Laude Jose Roble, Cum Laude Carolina Castillo Elisa Romulo Borges, Cum Laude Vanessa Reyes, Cum Laude Lelis V. Gomez Jennifer Matas Alicia Helena Rodriguez Eduardo C. Copin, Cum Laude Gabriella Sardina Barthelemy Richardson Dayana Gonzalez, Cum Laude Yeliana Mayor Jorge Luis Rodriguez, Magna Cum Laude Luis Cordoba Jacqueline Schuck Tamara Rousseau Fidel Gonzalez Suzanne I. Mcgregor Jose Raul Rodriguez, Summa Cum Laude Stephanie Lynne Domena Paola Tello, Summa Cum Laude Karen E. Sunsin, Cum Laude Johnny Gonzalez Geeta Mehan, Magna Cum Laude Kevin J. Rodriguez Heather E. Duenas, Magna Cum Laude Yordan Tello, Summa Cum Laude Darren Gopaul Sharlene Melendez Kevin Jonathan Rodriguez Carina Michele Edwards Bachelor of Science in Biological Jonathan Gordon Edward F. Metzger III Marlen Maria Rodriguez, Sagy Grinberg, Summa Cum Laude Jennifer A. Meyer Summa Cum Laude Fabienne Estigene Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Sciences Christine Ferrara Che Guerra- Linenfelser Norllys Milanes Yoelvis Rodriguez, Magna Cum Laude Christopher A. Abin, Summa Cum Laude Kaleen Noel Flanagan Studies Denise C. Hanfling Marybeth Montrichard Antonio Barbaro Roman Jeanpaul Accetta Robles Perla Flores Marlyne Charles Jessica Marie Hapitan Bernard Moreus Yanisis B. Romero, Magna Cum Laude Dale Christopher Alderson Lissenne Gomora Merlyne Charles Nicole Vanessa Heaven Xavier A. Moscoso Jean-Sebastien Rowe Mark Alexis Brian Gransden Mariella Toribio Tamara Henry Patricia Maria Munoz David Sanchez, Cum Laude Christian Alexandre Alfonso Kemisa D. Hernandez Marcus K. Hernandez, Cum Laude Abner A. Murray, Magna Cum Laude Jagmeet Sandhu Patricia Alonso Oliva Sandy Marie Hyland Sergio Hernandez, Summa Cum Laude Corina Murzi, Magna Cum Laude Raynel Sarduy, Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Public Administration Juan Guillermo Alvarez Ashley Irizarry Lorant Honore Stefanie Vanessa Navarro, Magna Cum Laude Dave Sawh Gloria M. Barcelo-Rojas Paola Daniela Aramayo Jessica Lopez, Cum Laude Brian R. Horne Huong Hoai Nguyen Thomas T. Sebastian Ashley N. Beckno Rebeca Armenteros, Magna Cum Laude Aldo Omar Manresa Carlos Alberto Hurtado Kim-Oanh Thi Nguyen Atif Ali Shah, Magna Cum Laude Chantell Pura Borges Dalia Arostegui Omar McFerren Michelle M. Iguina, Magna Cum Laude Francisco Obregon Bilal Sheikh Geli Kishalee Campbell Bismark Asante Sandra Isabel Medina Meghan A. Ioli Ayowole Omai Mary H. Soares, Magna Cum Laude Alisa Cepeda Hasan Azad, Cum Laude Michelle Mejia, Cum Laude Sandra Marie Irurueta Armando M. Orta Chrisanne G. Spaulding, Cum Laude Blake Alexander Constantinides Otto I. Ballesteros Renee V. Miceli, Cum Laude Jeffy Jacob Laura Ortega, Cum Laude Andriana Stas Elias Andres Corcho Dianne Antoinette Barrett, Richard S. Morales Clevens M. Jerome Emmanuel J. Osemota, Cum Laude Amna Syed Adriana Crespo Summa Cum Laude Ana M. Ortuno Yasemin Nur Kanar Xavier Jose Osorio Tram Ta, Summa Cum Laude Muriel Delisfort Roy Barski George Washington Parker lll Khadija Kathiria, Magna Cum Laude Alejandro Padron, Cum Laude SamiaTahir, Magna Cum Laude Alberto Juan Diaz Wendy Batista Melissa Prieto Rachel Kernizan Erika G. Panizo Maria De Los Angeles Talavera Jackeline Diaz Michelle Vanessa Benjamin Erika A. Rieracker, Cum Laude Aisha Khan Anabel Paya Ruby Abigail Tapia Adama Elliott Kevin Scott Bernhardt, Magna Cum Laude Jessica A. Sandoval Milad Khoury, Magna Cum Laude Susana Pereda Elisa Alejandra Tarrago Lashanda Sherrin Elliott Hans-Christian Bohringer Mario Fernando Serna Ana M. Knickerbocker Sarria Annabel Perez, Magna Cum Laude Rodney A. Torres, Magna Cum Laude Jean L. Faustin Berlinda Boliere Jessica Sidney Richard La Rosa Ernesto Perez Marchele N. Tucker Csonka Ferguson Cynthia Andrea Briceno Yulaidi Sierra Ronald A. Lafleur Giselle Perez, Magna Cum Laude Nadia V. Vascianna Nicki Fraser, Magna Cum Laude Darlenys Camaraza, Cum Laude

38 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 39 Sindy L. Vasquez Jesselyn Casal Isemili Lopez Lisa-Gaye Carrie Smith, Magna Cum Laude Raul E. Jarquin Synatra A. Smith Gricel Marie Vega Simon Alexander Castro Jane Lopez Charles Stafford Jose W. Leason Martin A. Tsang Julia Velez, Magna Cum Laude David Chris Cawthon Lorena Lopez Mendez Jamesha Starks Hector G. Leon, Cum Laude Julie E. Wilbers Jessica Vidaurre Mark T. Chrzanowski Laura Rocio Loya Vincent L. Stella Alexander J. Smith Bouroncle Weidan Zhou Mailyn Villanueva Tatiana Cortes Lovely Magny Sereia Stewart Tram Ta, Summa Cum Laude Christian Villaseca, Cum Laude Xiomara Cristina Cruz Christopher Maldonado Julio Cesar Tamayo Henry O. Zorrilla Rachelle Elizabeth Walcott, Cum Laude Tammy Luz Cuevas Iris Lucia Marin Frederica Arianna Tavares Master of Arts in History Ricardo Jose Correa Jennifer Leigh Watson Martina A. Dasilva Reynaldo A. Martinez Osvaldo Jose Teixeira, Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Physics Kristi E. Wintermeyer, Cum Laude Brittany S. Eason Yennifer E. Mateo Barnard J. Tellez Alberto D. Hernandez Bryan Arriete, Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth L. Hoisington Glenda Zamora Yanet Echevarria Theodore Lloyd Matthews,Cum Laude Chantal Tjon William Christopher Castillo Jacqueline Zayas, Summa Cum Laude Jaime Danilo Espinoza Lauron Ashleigh McKenzie Melvina Tobler Douglas R. Jones Ilan E. Chemmama, Magna Cum Laude Nisha Ludwig Esperanza Petruska Fernandez, Cum Laude Eric D. Meister Maury E. Toro Pedro J. Espina, Cum Laude Joseph Fernandez Stephanie Mejia Conny Josefina Torres, Magna Cum Laude Sarah L. Otero Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Douglas Henry Laurence, Cum Laude Jacquelyn Denise Sanabria David Butcher Marcel Fernandez Martha Isabel Mendoza Elena Angelina Torres Eddy Salgado Maria Figueroa Adrian Alexander Miguel Emanuel Torres Jennifer M. Sheran Laurie Jean Eng Gregor Ronald Yates Marita Del Rosario Gomez Amalin Flores Dewin Molina Stephanie Mary Torres Raphael D. Fortunato Grettel Marianne Monge, Cum Laude Cherly Trewin, Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Statistics Jose Luis Lorie, Magna Cum Laude Cesar Augusto Florian, Summa Cum Laude Ailen Anhson Nguyen Sharon Kussner Fuentes, Cum Laude Felipe Montoya Daniel R. Triche, Cum Laude Master of Arts in International Yahaira D. Reyes Tarnessa Shamyse Gaines Carlos Moralejo Jose Alejandro Valdes, Cum Laude Studies Orlando L. Rodriguez Erika A. Garay David Moran Jimmy C. Vasquez-Calixto Master of Arts in African and Daniel L. Clausen Jennifer Rodriguez Reyes Elaine E. Garcia Ruanny Carolina Morillo Gloria Velasquez Christian Martinez Josue Garcia Kim Huong Nguyen Elvira Villacis African Diaspora Studies Tolani K. Salvador Christina Nicol Bazzaroni Krystel Ramdathsingh Myrdich J. Toribio, Magna Cum Laude Sophie Genkin Dick M. Ortega Gregory Waddell Anthony Peter Genna German Pena Tara Marie Walker Roberto Fernandez Hadi K. Ghumrawi Laura Pereira Jason Thomas Willis, Magna Cum Laude Scott K. Morrella Master of Arts in Latin American Bachelor of Science in Criminal Mohamed K. Ghumrawi Gabriel Perez Daniel C. Ybanez and Caribbean Studies Justice Razia J. Gonzalez Giancarlo Perez Sharon Zamora Master of Arts in Natalie Melissa Carlier Marcos Guerrero Jose O. Perez Del Rio Jimmy A. Zapata Marcela Ganem Velazquez Debbie Acevedo Asian Studies Kimberly Acevedo Roberto Gutierrez Aliza Perton Laura K. Greene Ivette Habach, Cum Laude Victor Danilo Pozzo Christina M. Donahue Craig J. Marcklinger Travis Almeida Bachelor of Science in Veljko Dujin Nicolas Alfredo Alvarado Krista Renee Hemming Daniel M. Quinones Jr. Elisa M. Medina Rivera Guillermo Julian Hernandez Antwan Ramirez Environmental Studies Jason Ehlen Erin M. Miller Gabriel A. Anderson Yuanyuan Fang Gerard Robert Andrade Javier Jabir Hernandez Vickie Delcarmen Ramirez Christopher Gillette Ruben A. Sanchez Jonathan Hernandez, Summa Cum Laude Kevin D. Ramos Greg Losada Jennifer A. Garcia Yanglier Suarez Lopez Carolina Angel Yue Wang Monica Arrojo Sandra M. Herran Danlis Maria Raza Jorge Luis Arroyo Fredy Jose Hidalgo Ana M. Reyes Bachelor of Science in Geosciences Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Jean Michel Avenia Machandrea Shernea Howard Jayson A. Reynolds Sandy Delgado Master of Arts in Economics Christopher Barrett Sheyla Janice Azucey Cathalina De Los Angels Incera Chiquita L. Richardson Manuel Guerrero Rooholah Hadadi Sue Ellen Demmings Monika Lourdes Baez Sasha Jaghai, Cum Laude Quincy S. Richards-Thomas Ozlem Gurocak-Orhun Margarita Mesa Luisa Fernanda Jaramillo Walter R. Rivas Jeanette C. Baffa Melody Munoz Master of Arts in English Jannelly A. Balda Jimmy Jean Camille A. Rivera Alex Jean Baptiste Lynette Roberts Kristina Kay Garcia Master of Arts in Linguistics Carlos Alberto Bencomo, Bachelor of Science in Marine Daniel Ledesma Adam Febles Magna Cum Laude Paule Muriel Jean-Pierre Catalina V. Rodriguez Asharell E. Jenkins Katrina Rodriguez Biology Robert B. Markum Zarina Z. Klebleeva Adam Bolanos Elaine C. Pritzker Winnie Paulino Cynthia Michelle Bonawitz Thomas Alphonso Johnson Rene R. Rodriguez Jr. Daniel G. Carvajal Kernst Julien Ricardo Ernesto Rojas Elizabeth C. Huselid Lauren N. Rey Amanda Nicole Yousuf-Little Trenton Jarrod Brownlee Patrick M. Vega Celia Chomon Zamora Carlos H. Buitrago Abrego Lauren Marie Kuzmanovich Carlos Ruiz-Arias Jose F. Cabrera Katrina Lamott Serge Saintil Bachelor of Science in Luis Miguel Lancho Fazio Gregory K. Samerson, Magna Cum Laude Master of Arts in Religious Studies Giselle L. Camacho, Cum Laude Mathematics Master of Arts in Global and Stephenson Camille Johnny David Lauciello Andrew Jose Sanchez Elena C. Amato Lilia C. Leiva Hermis D. Sanchez Melissa M. Borgmann, Cum Laude Sociocultural Studies Andres A. Arrazola Katheryn Grace Camps Pedro J. Espina, Cum Laude Pravaneh P. Julian Samantha Lucia Capestany Daniella Maria Lenoci Debbie Silva Michael McLean Bender Diana Lopez Jason Gary Simpson Ivan A. Fernandez Alessandra M. Rosa Jeremy S. Paulovkin Enzo Caricchio Lisanne K. Gage Monish Shah

40 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 41 Valeria Noemi Schindler Andrea Celina Saucedo Ronia Lynette Williams Charles Jose Simeon Scott Selent R. Kirk Landon Undergraduate School of Business Sandra G. Wells Dawn Marie Shirreffs Lamont Levern Nowlin Adriana Acosta Dania Mylena Solis Master of Science in Bachelor of Accounting Alejandro J. Ocariz Peter Urhuns Agibigbi, Magna Cum Laude Sherryann S. Sturgeon Environmental Studies Missnevy Acanda, Magna Cum Laude Master of Arts in Spanish John P. Ode Damaris Aguiar Melvin Tanner Alexander B. Chidakel Ayman I. Al-Abdullah Arlena Amaro Juan Pablo Ospina Maite Aizpurua Lakeishia Troutman Genevieve M. Diamond Lazaro Alfaro Augusta Cornejo Arestegui Mirangel Pedre Tatiana Andrea Alarcon Brittani Danielle Walker Yogesh Dongol Laura S. Aparicio, Cum Laude Linet Gonzalez Yin A. Perez, Magna Cum Laude Abdulsattar Abdulrahman Alduwayri, Jason Lamar Downing Dayron Daniel Artola Lucas Bunch Katz Grecia Cecilia Picon Cum Laude Gregory William Garis Evelyn Avila, Magna Cum Laude Pablo De Jesus Perez Master of Science in Chemistry Yamile Plasencia Mariel A. Aleman Emily B. Hite Mabel Buitrago Maria Cielo Portas Marron Elvis Barrett Dayamis A. Portobanco Michael Alfaro, Cum Laude Mark C. Ladd Robert Cascella, Cum Laude Jorge Enrique Quintana Mykerlange Poulard Abdulrahman Bader Al-Houti Lindsey R. Nieratka Sandra M. Castano Katherine E. Walton Vanesa Pricien Luciana Aliaga Master of Fine Arts in Creative Suresh Chandra Subedi Simon D. Castellano Katherine Castro Jorge Quintana Eugenia Alliegro, Summa Cum Laude Writing Master of Science in Criminal Nicole K. Ceballos, Magna Cum Laude Jorge Carlos Rambla Sasha Lisan Allwood Robert H. Busby Master of Science in Forensic Justice Marina Beatriz Chao-Palmer Laura Ramirez, Cum Laude Fahad Abed Almalki, Cum Laude Michele Jessica Fievre Marilyn Reyes Ibrahim Alqowaiz Tiffaney Alexander Science Carlos Enrique Chavez, Cum Laude Nicholas P. Garnett Stephanie Mariel Rodriguez, Cum Laude Eduardo J. Alvarado Mohammad Alsaleh Harlette Lacau Alex Cioara-Pandar Joseph A. Lapin Beby Sugar Rojas Linnette Edwina Alvarado Rene Ragmett Alvarez Michael C. Clay Diane P. Marshall Alexandra Ruiz Alexa Renee Alvarez, Cum Laude Derrick Cleveland Bates Master of Science in Geosciences Jessica Ann Conboy Alexis B. Sellas Heidys Sala Calas, Cum Laude Daniel Alberto Alvarez Katelen Elise Berry Raul Brens Jeffrey Craig Cooper,Cum Laude David C. Svenson Jose Maria Salazar Ivan A. Alvarez Tawanna Denise Boykin Hector L. Casanova Chanel Davila Cecil A. Salgado Juan Carlos Alvarez Enrique Chavez Michael A. Kline Ariadna Delgado Daniel Sanchez, Cum Laude Tatiana Alvarez Master of Public Administration Amanda Lee Dannaker Agota Eross-Whitworth Davina Leslie Sibert Hector I. Ambrogi Lian Alfonso Nadage Dareus Nicole Escudero, Cum Laude Master of Science in Mathematical Odalys Solares Colt K. Anderson Socrates Sebastian Alvarez Scott Barone Dimitrouleas Milton Rainier Fonseca Gustavo Oliveira Souza Michael A. Anderson Fernando Benito Barreiro Melissa Dos Santos Science Nicholas G. Fuentes Emy L. Soza Ehsan Ansari, Cum Laude Brandon D. Bartley Louise E. Dupont Lakshmy Menon Narayanankutty David Garcia Anthony P. Tahan, Magna Cum Laude Bianca I. Anselmetti Marlon Jose Bolanos Andrea Shante Elliott Monika Gerstenkorn Yris Yanet Torres, Cum Laude Michael Richard Antczak Glenda Eunice Centeno Hannah Wallace Elliott Master of Science in Psychology Yahuris V. Gomez, Cum Laude Luis Ricardo Trinidad Laura S. Aparicio, Cum Laude Alin Bogdan Ionut Cincora Erick Juan Espinoza Esther Benayoun Diana Gonzalez Doris V. Urteaga Marlon De Jesus Aponte Luan Rosalie Comrie-Shaw Ercilia Eugene Heather Crooks Eryslen Gonzalez Javier Valdes, Cum Laude Katherine Aquino, Magna Cum Laude Beatrice Dardompre Coteisha Rochelle Hanna Michael E. Davis Vanessa A. Gonzalez Paola Diana Valera Juan Luis Arana Erick Juan Espinoza Seth Adam Hirschkowitz Alexander De La Torre Sarah Mileny Grimaldo Jaclyn M. Vasquez, Cum Laude Diana C. Argudo Edgard Kenneth Estrada Jordana R. Kline Anya T. Edun Lorena Gutierrez Dacheng Wang Alejandro Alfonso Arguello Cecilia Fernandez Yolanda Karina Lee Clelia Hernandez Vidal Maria Lourdes Hermida-Arteaga Janine Wolman Jocelyn Arguello Georges H. Final Natalie De Jesus Machado Jenna M. Kieckhaefer Farly Hernandez Alexis G. Zaldivar Oscar Arias Angela W. Fornos Nitza I. Maldonado Joshua S. Musicante Alexander M. Hevia Zhen Zhang, Cum Laude Indira Arocha Florel E. Fraser Claudia Martinez Kerry A. Newness Claudia Izquierdo Andrew John Ziccardi, Summa Cum Laude Maxene Atis, Cum Laude Carlos Teofilo Garcia Veronica Martinez Anabel Perez Jeffrey Davis Kellogg Elias Jose Zozaya Yasser Abraham Ayerdis Ebonie Michelle Gilbert Kevin Eugene May Jr. Krizia Salinas Mahreen Qasim Khan, Magna Cum Laude Jocelyn M. Baez Andrea Jeannette Gonzalez Miranda Arriann Mcelrath Dominique Stauffer Ursula Del Pilar Leon Francisco Eduardo Bahamonde, Daniel O. Hernandez Yanique Marie McGregor Jason K. Steinert Shanshan Liang, Cum Laude Bachelor of Business Magna Cum Laude Evaggelia Kasselakis Daniela Soledad Nuvoloso Christina Lopez Administration Cesiah Leon Jamila Lowe Elexio Imiran Baillou Ercilia Auxiliadora Porras Adel H. Abdel-Jabbar Laura Lopez Master of Science in Statistics Mariela Macias Marisa Barone Shanna Nickie Presume Nathalie Guythele Abouzeide Sascha Nicole Perry Zeyi Wang Nimia Malats Rita Baroudi Scott Selent Liliana Lourdes Abreu Ana Price Andi Zhu Tat I. Man, Magna Cum Laude Monica Barquero Marco A. Suarez Marianna Abreu Lazaro A. Quintero Wilber Mendez, Magna Cum Laude Nileidy Barreras Jose Manuel Vieyra Kelvis Acevedo Lori Beth Roberson Gabriel Mendoza, Cum Laude Keith Alexander Barres Alexander William Warejko Lyneth J. Achury Nora M. Roffe Katrina A. Monico Nicolas A. Bascunan Lawanda Denise Warren George S. Acle Jonise Sainvil Geovanne Neste Christian Russell Batalha Jennifer Carolyn Wiese Adrian Acosta Janet Sardina Cristopher Newman Carlhenri Beaubrun

42 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 43 Luis Behm Hidalgo, Magna Cum Laude Vanessa Castellon Anthony Diaz Marc Furmanski Lisa R. Hanley Ricardo A. Lalinde, Magna Cum Laude Ruzy Behnejad Janny Castillo Jeanette Diaz, Cum Laude Lorie Furniss Maritza A. Haro Teresa Lam Danaily Belaunzaran Louyse Castillo Melissa Diaz Daphne Michelle Gaetjens Wendy A. Harris Deifilia Inger Lanza Steven Adolfo Beltre, Cum Laude Julio L. Castro Rodolfo J. Diaz, Cum Laude Ariel Gallardo Dianza Samantha Hendrickson Richard Anthony Lau Dmitriy Bendoym Daniel A. Cespedes Abarca Roxana J. Diaz Camilo Gallo, Magna Cum Laude Alejandro Hernandez Aleksejs Leal Abraham Benhayoun Charles Hawkins Chan Luis Alexander Dionisio Natalia Kristin Gallo Angel Hernandez, Magna Cum Laude Jose L. Leal Kristin Janelle Bento Irma Chang Ivan Daniel Do Amaral Javier Gustavo Gamarra Brisciel Hernandez Andrea L. Lee, Summa Cum Laude Maria Alejandra Bermudez, Issa Chavez Fernanda Domingo Jenefer Gamba Diana Hernandez, Magna Cum Laude Edward Lee, Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Andrew D. Chen Christina Dominguez, Magna Cum Laude Melissa Renee Gamez Elaine Hernandez Jessica Ann Lee, Cum Laude Cristina Bianchi Yiting Chen, Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Dominguez Laura Gangadeen Evelyn Hernandez, Cum Laude Daniela E. Leon Janina Jacqueline Bianchi Harold Chica Darryl Bruce Lee Douglas Cinthya T. Garcia Juan Manuel Hernandez Cecilia Syl, Christi Liautaud Hans Bibilonia Cenelia Chiong Marie C. Dunbar, Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth Garcia, Magna Cum Laude Krystal Hernandez, Cum Laude Frederick Librera Stephanie Bine Daniel A. Choiseul Ivan Duranza, Cum Laude Erick C. Garcia Luis Alejandro Hernandez Jonathan X. Linares, Magna Cum Laude Karelyn Blanco, Cum Laude Megan C. Chong Agne Durham, Summa Cum Laude Guillermo Andres Garcia, Cum Laude Miguel Angel Hernandez, Cum Laude Teresa Elizabeth Liu Lyzette Blanco Ricardo Chuecos, Cum Laude Kelcy A. Dye, Cum Laude Jose Alexis Garcia Reinaldo Hernandez Mauricio Enrique Llamosas, Cum Laude Xochilt Bojorge, Cum Laude Viviana B. Chung Christopher Earle Juliana Garcia Rose-Marie R. Hernandez David A. Llanos Stelle Bolanos Carol Cifuentes Enrique Alberto Eckardt Lorena Garcia Veronica E. Hernandez Maidelys Llorente, Magna Cum Laude Anthony V. Bonet Stephanie Circa Victor Baccay Eco Iii Mary Elizabeth Garcia Raudelin Herrera Ailin Pamela Lojo, Cum Laude Moliette Bonhomme Kevla C. Collins Anne Marie Edouard-Marius Taiesha Chene Garraway Horace Arlander Horne Alfredo Lomando Jonathan Boodoosingh Priscilla Florence Conde Wayne Cameron Eldred Steven M. Gerlach Evelyn Horta Andrena Guerra Long Gianfranco Borrelli, Cum Laude Mauricio Contreras Brian Espitia Paola Cecilia Gianino, Cum Laude Tyrone Ivan Hueck Paola Loor Liliana Borrero, Cum Laude Tanisha D. Cooper Maria Del Pilar Estrada, Cum Laude Sebastien Joseph Adrian Gibert, Cum Laude Fanni Sara Hutlassa Betsy M. Lopez Juliana Botero Jorge L. Cordero Michelle Eusebio, Cum Laude Gabriel Gil Myrtle Jidalia Inniss Pablo Lopez Aaron Matthew Brown, Cum Laude Leandro Jose Cordero Stephanie Danielle Exposito Victor Hugo Godoy Camille Alice Iozia Nastassia Luisis Emelyn Bruguera Raul I. Cordova Javier A. Ezcurra Yurihe Goicoechea Ismael Iribar Kellie Maestrey Anamile A. Buendia Sebastian Cortes Zizi Faroun, Cum Laude Alexandria Lisette Gomez Jammy Kendra Isaac Manuel O. Mairena Renata Rustemovna Bukharayeva Darryl R. Cortez Ashley A. Farrell Aileen Gonzalez Diego Fernando Isasi Karen P. Maldonado Andrea Wright Burchell, Cum Laude Sandra Patricia Corzo Carol Ann Faulkner Ingrid Adriana Gonzalez David Raphael Jaramillo, Brooklyn M. Mansfield John E. Burke Kaysha Covington Jermaine Felix Jose Gonzalez Summa Cum Laude Stefany C. Marcelino, Cum Laude Emmanuelle Buteau Christina Coy, Cum Laude Whyslaine Fequiere, Cum Laude Julian Ramon Gonzalez Felipe Jaramillo, Cum Laude Joanne M. Marengo Fermin D. Cabal Isaac Arturo Cruz Frank A. Fernandez Julissa Scarlet Gonzalez Liene Jekabsone, Cum Laude Melissa Marimoutou Kristen Gabrielle Caballero Joel Cruz Jennifer Fernandez Luis Gonzalez, Cum Laude Maria J. Jiron Alexandra N. Marin Kevin L. Cabrera Gabriel Nicolas Cubas Mireya Michelle Fernandez, Cum Laude Michelle Gonzalez Ernsarlinde Joachim Gabriel Marin Miguel Cabrera Andrea Sofia Cuenca Rogelio De Jesus Fernandez Reinier Alberto Gonzalez Angela John Jennifer Marin William Cabrera Alejandro E. Cusco Rebeca Fernandez-Andrew Rosita Gonzalez, Summa Cum Laude Kristal D. John Giselle Marrero Orga Cadet, Cum Laude Iva V. Davila Pamela Ferretjans Sergio Hernan Gonzalez Brent Allen Jones Elena Marshall Jean-Claude Cahen Rafael Armando De Armas Jacques Antoine Fidelia Vanessa Jaqueline Gonzalez Gaetan Patrick Joseph Rosa C. Martin Daniel Cahuasqui Ernesto De Cortada, Magna Cum Laude Przemyslaw Filec Ximena Gonzalez Isaac Joseph Eduardo Martinez Raul F. Calado Kelly Andrea De La Hoz Gonzalez Sean M. Fine Christine Andrea Gonzalez Del Vall Onel Joseph Elizabeth Martinez, Magna Cum Laude Charles Campbell Lester De La Paz Jeremy Ives Fleischman Adria Maria Gonzalvo, Magna Cum Laude Anne-Charlotte Journe Gretchen Martinez Jose A. Canero Gabriel Emilio De Varona Daniel Augusto Fleury Alexandria Michelle Gordon Arisley Juarez Israel David Martinez Elgina Cantave, Cum Laude Yelany De Varona Juan Manuel Florian Tyrone Grant Jr. Kiril Kalabushchankau Janet Martinez Audrey Canter Byron A. Deaza Gabriela Folchi, Magna Cum Laude Juan B. Guerrero Joseph Kaplan Jenny Maria Martinez Kelly Cao Sean P. Degrandy Daniele Folletto, Magna Cum Laude Liliana C. Guerrero, Summa Cum Laude Ibrahim A. Kassem Natasha Marie Martinez Grecia Lorien Capisch Joy C. Deitrich Francia F. Fondrose, Cum Laude Jamie Guillen Jesse Ryan Kaytes Pablo Antonio Martinez Alejandro Jose Capote Roxana Del Bosque Rosendo A. Forns Juan Gutierrez Carolina Maria Kazmierczak Samantha Martinez Giselle V. Capote Janelly Delgado Michael A. Fragano Nordan Gutierrez, Cum Laude Armand Varoujan Keleshian Luckie Matias Jose Capote, Cum Laude Andres Delvasto Mawou Francois Philip Gutierrez Jeffrey Davis Kellogg Antonette McLean Eva Milagros Carbajales, Magna Cum Laude Erica Devieux Jonathan Ariel Freidzon Adler Silvia Gutierrez Anisa Kelmendi Anaili Medina Scarlette Isabel Carballo Diran Devletian Rose Wolfson Friedman Brian Guzman Brian Kenny Gisell Medina Joann S. Carrero Eleonor Camie Devot Renato Fruggiero Carlos Omar Guzman Suma Khan Ines Medved, Cum Laude Joseph Carvajales Roberto Di Piazza Joshua A. Fuchs Michael A. Hahn-Hussey Krysta Lee Kirouac Deborah M. Mejia Robert Cascella, Cum Laude Sajra D. Dias Jessica V. Fuentes Allyson Han Shakeilya Terez Knowles, Cum Laude Solanch A. Mejia

44 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 45 Diana Mejia-Quezada Yamile Ojeda Juan Carlos Quimbay Michael George Ruiz Shay Smolevihe Felipe Valencia Samuel Emilio Mella Elianet Caridad Oliva, Magna Cum Laude Liezel Maria Quintana, Cum Laude Nadezhda Saidova Aleksandra Snesareva, Magna Cum Laude Joel David Valencia, Summa Cum Laude Juan Mendez Carolina Oliveira Melanie Mary Raimo, Summa Cum Laude MaryAnn Saint Aime Samuel Vicente Soares Nicholas Anthony Valladares Maria B. Mendez Alain Oliveros Alberto Ramirez, Cum Laude Marc Luther Sainvil Hidalgo E. Socorro Mayra Alejandra Vallejo Sheryl Janelle Mendez Judy Chenoa Ollivierre Eva M. Ramirez Alejandra Esther Salas-Ruiz Kelly Solano Fabiola Carolina Valverde Christine Menditto Irina Olshukova, Magna Cum Laude Tomas Enrique Ramirez, Cum Laude Carlos Eugenio Salazar Ana Maria Solis James Christopher Vance Leslie Marlene Menieur Steven Andrew Ontaneda Lakshmi Renata Rampersaud Ainede Salgado Sophia Rajo Sookdeo Xiomara Nathaly Varas Yailen Mesa Claudia M. Ordonez Vanessa Reliz Maro M. Salinas, Cum Laude Kassandra Lauree Sorzano Rafael Armando Vasquez Chantal A. Meza Arianny Anyelin Orellanes Andrea E. Rengifo, Cum Laude Zeinab Salmanzadeh, Cum Laude Sayam Pamela Sotelo Ernesto Vazquez Henriot Jean Ashley Mezadieux Brian Albert Ortiz Sherice J. Rennie Jazsenia Salvador Franklin Sotolongo Luis F. Vazquez Natalia Migalatieva Crystal O. Ortiz Eric L. Rey Daniel Guillermo Sanchez Sofia Souabni Zuleika Vazquez Johana Andrea Miller, Magna Cum Laude Jovani Padron Julisa Reyna, Cum Laude David Sanchez Nicole Anna Spencer Byron A. Vega Jr. Ingrid Miranda Michelle Sophia Paez Dawn Ellen Ribeiro Ebner Adan Sanchez Tiffanie Staine Ricardo E. Vegas Hamsely Mirre Maria Cristina Page Katherin Ribera Jessica L. Sanchez Melissa Grace Stedman Adriam Velasco Alex Ralph Monroe Gustavo A. Paguaga Tiffany Richards Jonathan D. Sanchez Nicole Marina Suarez, Magna Cum Laude Carolina Rubi Velasquez Roberto J. Monroig Karla Magaly Paguaga James Daniel Richardson Maribel Sanchez Viviana Suarez, Cum Laude Manuel J. Velasquez Jaime W. Montalvan Victoria Palma Flores, Cum Laude Diana Marcela Rico Latoya M. Sands Abbey F. Sutton Jose Alberto Velazquez, Magna Cum Laude Orlando Jose Montcrieffe James X. Pampolina Alfonso Alberto Riguero Julio Cesar Sanguineti Samiir Syne Lorraine Velez Roberto F. Monterrey Dario Francisco Papagno Laura Maria Rincon Eduardo Santiago Stephanie Tablada Virginia Verona, Summa Cum Laude Lupe Montes Jorge Enrique Pardo Jose F. Rios Gabriela Sardi, Magna Cum Laude Anthony P. Tahan, Magna Cum Laude Vanessa Vielma Kyle Andre Montgomery Threisy Paredes Lorraine Rivas Kristine Sarraff,Cum Laude Elmise Tanis Maria Juliana Villamizar Alejandra Montiel, Cum Laude Aum Patel Antonio Brian Roberts Thomas Richard Schroeder Tanya Tarantino Andre R. Villarreal Tremaine Moorley Javier Alejandro Pavon Chantel Luana Roberts Allan John Sepe Oualnette Tassy Karina Alejandra Ana Villca Oren Mor Claudette Payoute Andre L. Robinson Pablo Serp Erika Tellechea Antoine Vilsaint Katy Morales Michael A. Pego Maria Danelia Robles, Cum Laude Mohammad Shelash, Cum Laude Alejandro Adrian Telleria David Vina Mazihel Morraz Danae Pena Shelly D. Rodes Erica A. Sheldon Yarmilia Tona Rodolfo E. Wehrhahn Ternecia Ranada Mosley John E. Pena Ashtine T. Rodriguez Ksenia Shinkaryuk, Cum Laude Stefano Torre Frank H. Weisener, Cum Laude Stephanie Mualim Salome Penailillo Cesar L. Rodriguez Natalie Silva Janelle Marie Torres Georgette William Mariana Muci Brayanna Marie Peralta, Summa Cum Laude Gabriela Rodriguez Brian Andres Simmons Nais Tosello Alexis Williams Hector D. Mujica, Magna Cum Laude Edgar G. Perez Lester Rodriguez Earl A. Simpson Norman G. Tracey Grace Wiltshire Krystel Munger, Magna Cum Laude Edwin Perez Mairelys Rodriguez Luanna R. Singh, Cum Laude Agustin Andres Trotti, Cum Laude Sabrina Nakita Wright Melissa Caridad Munoz Erik A. Perez, Cum Laude Vanessa M. Rodriguez Vicken Mahadeo Singh Anyi Tsay Bing Keung Wu Norberto Jesus Munoz Jose Antonio Perez, Cum Laude Diosmel Rodriguez Lopez Stephanie M. Sixto Marjorie Ucros Fangyu Xu Hollanders L. Myers Marcos Antonio Perez, Cum Laude Andres Evelio Rodriguez-Diaz Issam Skalli Adriana Maria Ulloa Jason A. Yanes Nickey Naim Natalie Perez William Rohan Alejandra Smith Oscar Urcuyo Michelle Zaldivar Steven Naim Orlany Carolina Perez Danisa Rojas Cory Smith Emilio Antonio Urgell Irasema Zuniga Anil Narayan Nair Francisco A. Perez Parra Yesica Anais Rojas Wesley Ewen Smith, Summa Cum Laude Marco A. Urquidi Ashley E. Naranjo Steven Perico Yunielky Rojas Amanda Nateram Aladdin M. Pettit Henri Rojzman, Magna Cum Laude Catherin Isabel Negron, Cum Laude Angelica Maria Pierini Janaki Sita Romano, Cum Laude Javier Alberto Negron, Magna Cum Laude Leandro Pina Aileen Romero, Cum Laude Philippe Andres Neumann Hector Pineda Annabelle Romero Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business Trevor Nicholson, Cum Laude Albert Podrizki Carolina Maria Romero Annapaola Llanas Jahel Niebles Luis E. Poletti Claudia Maria Romero, Summa Cum Laude Master of Accounting Master of Business Administration Eduardo Luna Padilla Emmanuel Nogueira Rodrigo Arturo Polo Hugo Adolfo Romero Humberto Ahuactzin Jorge Orlando Abreu Irina Nikolaeva Alejandro Novoa, Summa Cum Laude Gabriela Ponce Rommy Lallan Romero Rosa Maria Athie Rafael Enrique Acosta Natan Opalin Stephanie Nicole Nuevo, Magna Cum Laude Feng Zhu Poon Nestor Antonio Rosario, Magna Cum Laude Gabriel Arturo Bourgoing Rodriguez Jose Manuel Aguiar Angel Arturo Pacheco Paredes Alexis Nunez Daniela Pricolo Dan Rosenblum Monica Del Rocio Cerda Ayala Nataly Tere Aguiar Jose Antonio Quesada Enrique M. Obando Jessica Prieto Colette Rowe Edgar De La Rosa Richard Joseph Ajami Rafael Ramirez Leslie Obando Andrea Carolina Puerta Cristian Camilo Rubiano Roberto De Leon Janice Alecia Allwood Behysi Mariela Taveras Fulton A. Obregon Arelis Pumarol, Magna Cum Laude Claudia P. Ruby Maria Ana Gonzalez Eduardo Enrique Amen Leticia Zenteno Juarez Rose Marie Obregon Mario Julio Pumarol, Magna Cum Laude Berny Jhovani Ruesca Jesus Rodolfo Jimenez Vanessa Angulo Annabelle S. Ochoa, Magna Cum Laude Kevin Daniel Quesada Idis Ruiz Humberto Javier León Castillo Elaine Lottaya Archibald Armando Leos Jorge Areces

46 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 47 Juan Camilo Arenas Maurice Roy Ellis Yiuven Lam Jesus Orlando Pla Catherine Valantin Lin Li Anakarina Arguello Joseph De Jesus Enriquez Sandra Leiva Cindy Sofia Polo Tatiana Vazquez-De-Miguel Yingyan Li Isabel Arroyave Jose Enrique Escobar Lorraine Natasha Lewis Christian Pretelt Cristina Marie Vega Wei Liu Phillip Arzeno Peña Jennifer C. Espino de Sera Anastasiya Longobardi Jillian Pumares Milka Merari Velez Ivan Jesus Mangles-Araneo Yamit Ashkenazi Jonathan De Jesus Espinosa Glenda E. Lopez Luis F. Quinones Eric Venerio Alexandre Matsuo Oloruntobi Abayomi Atte Jordan L. Fickess Jorge Gustavo Lopez Pedro Rafael Rajo Alexandre Pierre Venot Marie Kristin Metzger Adrian Enrique Bada Arica L. Finnieston Natasshia Lopez Cheryl Ramos Janel Villaescusa David Eliab Mixter Karin Garcia Bada Natasha Enid Florin Reynaldo Lopez Charles Reed Juliana Villafane Charlène Peccolo Elizabeth Baker Pablo Fondacaro Roxana Lopez Perez Eileen Flo Rennes Patricia Villar Denitza Metodieva Pechounova Sherwin T. Barnes Audley Mark Fong Michelle Maceo Antonette Maureen Richards Osmara Vindel-Gerber Alejandro David Perez Humberto Eduardo Barrientos Marinelly D. Francos Raghuram Madhu Rasheme Al Richardson Kayon Meisha Wallace Christian Perez Enrique Barton Debra Fraser Matthew Luis Marcial Jennifer Wang Rico Tanisha Wallace Carlos Ii Pinilla Natasha Michelle Bastian Juan Carlos Fuentes Daniel G. Marin David Rincon Frankie L. Walls Ruben Amaral Pinto Jon Michael Beard Malory Gaillard Lesly Martell Lucas Abdiel Rivera Mayron Gustavo Walsh Zahra Rezapour Eric Falchi Bedin Shaun Paul Galvez Sherine Ava-Gay Martin Yasenia Robles Stephen Curry Ward Lu Shen Annapurna Belani Daniel Prem Ganaishlal Tamara Maxwell Andres Rodriguez Simone Natallie Wardlow Chen Shi Yisel Bello Victoria K. Garcia Joceline Marcel May Leysi Rodriguez Vernelle L. Watson Tianran Shuai Lorrette Alsonia Bennett Jackssier Garrido Karen Noreen McKenzie Maria Rocio Rodriguez Steve E. Weaver Geoffrey Thellier Rodolfo Campitelli Bezerra Carolyn Elvira Garzon Suzilee Ann McLean - Chambers Ricardo Javier Rodriguez Leon Alicia Anjuli Wee Tom Theresa Trausel Juliana A. Bimbatti Frederico Gil Ponte Audrey Medalsy Denise Sainz Arlenna Williams Morgan Truong Oscar Borrego Gulnyk K. Gill Julio Jose Medina Jorge Samuel Salinas Giovanni Kesnor Williams Alba Giselle Vazquez Trecia Camille Brown Kelly Rock Gomes Lyndon D. Meharris Javier Sam Sarah Elizabeth Zadvinskis Benjamin Wu-Tiu-Yen Nadine Almarie Bryan Rafael Gonzalez Benicio R. Mendez Andres F. Sanchez Moying Xing Jessica Busse Roberto Gonzalez Jr. Teresita Mendez Maria Jesus Sanchez Master of International Business Liu Ye Paola Arelis Cabrera Carlton Ricardo Gordon Miguel Eduardo Merino Viviana Sanchez Maxime Rene Acquatella Mauricio Carrion Shauna - Kaye Rennae Gordon Alexander Anthony Mijares Elizabeth Sanjenis Ximena Andrea Azcuy Master of Science in Finance Luis Alberto Carvajal Jessie K. Greb William Howard Mohler Orlando Saravia Suzanne Marie Barrozzi Leysi Rodriguez Angela Camille Case- Taylor Jason Edward Greenwood Gabriel Leonardo Montealegre Meyer Sarshalom Blanca J. Bravo Orlando Saravia Hugo Arturo Cerna Anthony Grosso Carlos Javier Moreno Ryan Oneil Scott Marion Charlot Natasha Cervi Marina Gushchina Adriana Pravia Morgan Ahmad Mercado Simone Alexey Chesnok Charmaine Lotoya Changoo-Headley Carlos Alberto Gutierrez Maria Veronica Munoz Nicole Soltau Damilola Dipeolu Master of Science in Management Laura Johanna Cherney Juan Carlos Gutierrez Christopher Maurice Murray Anabel Sousa Pedro De Castro Fernandes Information Systems Japhet Cintron Leila Guzman Marta Susana Ninel Naus Carolina Elena Suarez Fabio Javier Gamboa Juan Camilo Arenas Raymond Clamens Camille Latoya Halsall-Francis Althea Dianthe Newell-Morrison Maria Isabel Suarez Qian Gao Marina Gushchina Wellington Clark Stefanie Erica Hammett Edgar Jose Nieto Wendy Lehr SuáRez Andre Bernard Gonzalez Yiuven Lam Gina Marie Coen Daniel Hanlon Lucas Nieto Joshua Taksier Elise Guzzo Lucas Nieto Lisa Sofia Coen Sherrette Dian Olivia Harrison-McCarthy Wilma Gail Norton Manuel Alejandro Tezanos Xianting Huang Tomas Palomo Matthew Omar Conley Adrianne Luree Hartman Ruth N. Ocasio Kennesha Lorraine Thomas-Clarke Pierre-Etienne Humbert Joseph William Thomas Consolo Edgard N. Hernandez Kelly Okuniewicz Tameka Thompson Fei Huo Julissa L. Cortez Evelyn Hernandez Caroline Olmos Eric James Toth Zhengyuan Jia Master of Science in Taxation Marcel Cruz Jacibe Hernandez Jairo A. Paez Carolyn Uriarte Benjamin Joly Iria Quijano Nicolas Cuervo Martina Hille Jorge Enrique Paez Mauricio Uribe Katharina Kolb Daniel Fabian Suarez Fabiola Bittar de Kroon Fernando Ramon Jaen Pedro Jose Palos Arianna Urquia Andrea Larraya Mariam De La Rosa Marie Roseline Jean-Francois Luis E. Pardo Lizette Urrechaga Jungang Li Jonathan De Luna Rene Jean-Francois Charmaine Maria Paredes Juan Carlos De Ona Jessica M. Jimenez Christina Parsons Patricia C. Depena Anthony Lamar Johnson Christopher Gary Patullo Sasha Oscarina Dickson Ricardo F. Johnson Lissette Caridad Paulo Julia Dmitrieva Erika Kam Oscar Andres Pelaez Donnovan George Dobson Aaron Matthew Karstetter Cheryleann Michelle Pemberton Laila Sylvia Durban Oxana Klimovich Luis Federico Pereda Andrew Noel Edie Christian Kompatzki Jonacin Pierre-Louis Alan Phillip Eisenberg John Addison Kuendig Nowel Mona Pitt

48 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 49 Michelle Rios-Estarellas Bachelor of Science in Terrence D. Fashaw College of Education Jessica Antoinette Roberts Taina Lorraine Fernandez Jadai Barrios Rodriguez, Summa Cum Laude Mathematics Education Mark A. Fils-Aime Violeta Cristal Caloor Christina C. Garcia Richard Joseph Gornail Bachelor of Science in Early Janela Rodriguez Andrew Flores Stephanie Flores, Cum Laude Jennifer R. Garcia, Cum Laude Jose R. Gutierrez Jr. Childhood Education Jennifer Rodriguez Anthony I. Gaitor April Louise Kirch Kristine E. Garcia Joel A. Perez Annette Alorda, Summa Cum Laude Krystle V. Rodriguez, Cum Laude Jonathan George Gomez Yariel Jose Svelti Loraine Ruiz Garcia Rose-Lourdes Pierre Caridad Arango Marina L. Rodriguez Jared Greenblatt Natalia Garcia Robyn Sack Mayleen Baluja, Cum Laude Vivien C. Rodriguez Rafael Lemor Leila A. Golden Marie C. Berret Bachelor of Science in Elementary Danielle Alise Rogers, Cum Laude Kristian Llaca Dulce M. Gonzalez Priscilla Borges Erika Linett Rouco Bachelor of Science in Modern Katora A. Lockley Education Monica Gonzalez, Cum Laude Margarette Bracero Heidi Massiel Salazar, Cum Laude Sergio Marzitelli Natalia Acebo, Cum Laude Rayda Maria Gonzalez Language Education Lissette Casares, Cum Laude Nayelie San Juan, Summa Cum Laude Jose David Molina Stephanie N. Acosta Daphne Guasp, Cum Laude Laura Rosa Larsen, Magna Cum Laude Nila Castro, Cum Laude Natalia Maria Santiago, Cum Laude Devin Navarro Katy Maria Lucia Alva, Magna Cum Laude Angela Gulin Jealine Cherilus Jessica Sarmiento Alejandro D. Oliu, Cum Laude Kissie Z. Amadiz April Michelle Gutierrez Bachelor of Science in Physical Geraldine Diaz Erika Cristina Sierra, Magna Cum Laude Francis A. Ortiz Eileen Amador, Magna Cum Laude David M. Herman Jillian Erin Fairman Vanessa Silva Education Moses Richard Perodin Gianelle Amoedo Priscilla Hernandez Marie Carmel Faustin, Magna Cum Laude Artavia Smith Michelle Corominas, Cum Laude Christine Lynett Seredni, Giselle Araya Stephanie Mary Hernandez, Jennifer Funez Michelle Sotomayor Anthony Bruce Hazelwood Summa Cum Laude Isis Estrella Arenas, Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Susana Girona Alexandria N. Spencer Elizabeth A. Hidalgo, Cum Laude Toronto Smith Cecily Arias Zugeny Hernandez Kristine Gonzalez, Magna Cum Laude Vanessa M. Suarez Leslie Izquierdo, Magna Cum Laude Daniel D. Stephenson Barbara Arredondo, Cum Laude Gisselle N. Hoafat Judith Maria Granados Mireille Supplice Brandon S. Jackson Trenard Turner Nicole Arredondo Eileen Hurtado Vilma A. Guerrero, Cum Laude Maryam Edith Thorpe,Magna Cum Laude Brenton T. Jackson Francia J. Urbina Kelvina S. Ballard Vanessa Jorge Barbara de la Caridad Gutierrez, Cum Laude Shari Lynn Tyrell, Summa Cum Laude Quamain Jacob Hendrick Lee Varona Frances Christine Berges Marline Denise Joseph, Magna Cum Laude Amanda Hechavarria, Magna Cum Laude Amanda D. Valdivia Richard Javier Kaitlyn Leigh Waldorf Lynnroy Brailsford Edlene L. Julien Ana Maria Hernandez Karen Vargas Seth I. Keizman Natasha K. Brao Lisa Joy Klein, Cum Laude Giselle Hernandez, Magna Cum Laude Nathalia Velasquez Daniel Martinez Alexandra E. Caesar Vanessa Leon Emmanuella G. Jean-Baptiste Kalina M. Verdeja, Magna Cum Laude Peter Quintanilla Bachelor of Science in Science Chelsea M. Callahan Elizabeth Lima, Cum Laude Christina Lombardi Jessica Victoria Omar Rosales Education Odalys Calleja Maria C. Lizarazo Jennifer M. Lopez Angelica S. Weber Danielle Jeanette Sneir, Cum Laude Kenneth Cruz Patricia C. Camilo Diana M. Luna Vanessa Lopez Ashley Nicole Wheeler Iriseldis Soberon Juan David Grisales Jennifer Anne Campos Shelley Michelle Macias, Magna Cum Laude Elizabeth E. Madrigal Michelle Ivelisse Wilcox John P. Souza Melissa D. Steffens Karina Carral, Cum Laude Jorge Elias Manzur, Cum Laude Andrea M. Malave Jasmine Williams, Cum Laude Michael Wayne Tojdowski Krystal Castellano Gina Martin, Cum Laude Alani Martin Jhofannie Zorrilla Marvin Treminio Kristen A. Cata Melissa Elena Martinez Bachelor of Science in Social Apryl Ricquel Mathews Cynthia P. Chang Rodrigo Martinez Studies Education Michelle Elaine Meza Vanessa C. Cuadras Yasinia Martinez Bachelor of Science in English Bachelor of Science in Recreation Rafael Brioso Sharon B. Ochotorena, Magna Cum Laude Cassandra S. Daniel, Cum Laude Jessica Cristina Medina, Summa Cum Laude Education and Sport Management Lenard Leigh Gutierrez Karen Ortiz, Cum Laude Martha Davila, Magna Cum Laude Cynthia Rosalez Mendoza Eduardo Barreto, Cum Laude Anthony P. Barbato Mariohn Michel, Magna Cum Laude Glendys Pans, Magna Cum Laude Nancy Elizabeth de Arrigunaga, Cum Laude Deborah Marie Musick Ivan Blanco Matheus L. Brasil James Anthony Roman Samantha Pasqua Erica L. DelaTorre Amanda Elisa Nagee, Magna Cum Laude Marcel T. Gonzalez, Magna Cum Laude Liset Brito Irma Y. Saavedra Jennifer Perez, Magna Cum Laude Tiffany G. Dewberry,Magna Cum Laude Monique Navarro, Cum Laude Kellye L. Hager, Cum Laude Kreg Marcus Brown Jeannine Tejeda Kristine A. Perez Adriana M. Diaz, Cum Laude Jesus E. Nodarse Kacie Marissa Inman Ebony Burton Miguel Angel Torres Sandra Milena Ramirez Miriam F. Diaz Julie A. Osheroff Kimberlyann Joseph Kelly Ann Butler Yessenia Ruiz, Magna Cum Laude Brigitte Donado Sonmay Otano Cum Laude Ronald Darryl Butler Katerina Renee San Juan Christina M. Lantigua, Bachelor of Science in Special Ileana Echevarria Mariel Lee Parker Christopher L. Campbell Samantha R. Simeon Jessica Marie Nardo Sarah Jane Epley Janisha Patel Wesley M. Carroll Education Ashlee E. Simmons Denise Elaine Estevez Jonathan R. Pedigo Preston A. Carter Makenson Bienaime, Cum Laude Jennifer M. Simon Bachelor of Science in Exercise Kristine Estevez Fergie Anne Ebalo Perez, Cum Laude Nicholas Edward Crimarco Cristina Maria Farra Leslie Walker, Summa Cum Laude Zenab Farhan Viviana Perez and Sports Sciences Alfredo Darna Danielle Beatriz Gongora, Cum Laude Michelle Judy Fernandez Paula Possagno, Cum Laude Alejandro Diaz Julie Anne Davis Mabel Burgos Hurtado Bachelor of Science in Art Stefani Danielle Fondeur Daniel F. Quintana, Magna Cum Laude Christian Josue Espinal Michael Christian De Greiff Donnette Hutchinson Cox, Education Dana M. Fornabaio Julie A. Ramos Debbie Susana Gutierrez Marcos Cesar DeOliveira Summa Cum Laude Jessica Delacaridad Fraga Cum Laude Marcos Alvarez, Magna Cum Laude Michele Louise Rey Kaley Annette Durrance Andrea Martinez, Anabel Garcia Magna Cum Laude Daniela R. Arzani, Cum Laude Raffia Riaz,Summa Cum Laude Marshod Fairweather Diana Ivette Molina,

50 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 51 Anniette Rivera, Cum Laude Nicole Christina Delancy Jamillahlee B. Stewart Master of Science in Special Maria Angelica Marti Master of Science in Urban Sophia Souffrant Esther Sylvita Fineuse Tiffani M. Tallon Pamela Anne Marti Elena Hamilton Gisett I. Taveras Education Denise Martinez Education Jennifer Olimpia Calabrese Ericka Tia Gainor Laura Lamour Amanda R. Torres Lymari Martinez Educational Specialist in School Kelly Jean Callan Edilma Rosa Medina Nashira A. Williams Lakeshia Yvette McFarland Edgar Oswaldo Gonzalez Psychology Jennifer Mills Daniel Tacoronte Caroline Harty Andrea Lizarzaburu Hernandez Yadira Maria Ochoa Andrea Alexandra Tittley Master of Science in Human Martha Lorena Hernandez Nicole M. Kojkowski Ileen Padron Jessica Vega Elaine Marie Hernandez Geno Jacqueline N. Leon Veronica Virginia Rivera Resource Development Kristin Marie Leber Valerie Marquez Michael Robinson Emilio Ruiz Mellanie Malik Lunilda Lucila McVay Christena Singh Danielle M. Sanchez Lisette Szeto Master of Science in International Sandy Christina Schofield Lucia Lucrecia Unzalu Jennifer Lynn Strommen Intercultural Education Yvuanda Tasha Warren Josue Angel Cruz Leediane Zimmerman Master of Science in Early Sofia Alexandra Dasilva Childhood Education Joel Gadcliffe Huggins Christina Y. Mitchell College of Engineering and Computing Master in the Art of Teaching Emily Eleanor Thacker Brigid Nee Brian D. Ryans Lilian Marrero, Cum Laude Devane Leslie Bejarano Bachelor of Arts in Information Tamar R. Thompson Kane B. McCarthy Elena S. Bellon Master of Science in Educational y Technolog Juan Pablo Villoldo Hendric Mendez Rachael Hoskin Cutrufello Master of Science in Physical Juan Carlos Diaz Leadership Monique Williams Alfredo E. Morales, Summa Cum Laude Wenceslas Douzable Education Amed T. Ortega, Magna Cum Laude Claudine A. Abdullahi Hector Nava Anne Matthews Manuel Moises Aguilar Shawn G. Pantin, Magna Cum Laude Sheila Caleo Hans Nelson Katherine M. Silverio David Levy Francisco Javier Ramirez Mariela Garcia Bachelor of Science in Civil Gabriela Senott Peres, Summa Cum Laude Garrett P. McLaughlin Paulina Gibbs Engineering Freddy Perez Jeff Monsalve Christopher M. Hayes Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Cristian E. Acevedo, Cum Laude Nelson L. Perez-Jacome Master of Science in Adult Alan L. Vitelli Christine Mazeppa Mohammad Jassim Albannai Jonathan A. Ramirez Education Kwan J. Wallace Engineering Melissa Annette Nieves Dully Amaya Jourdan I. Ramirez Sherman Travis Henry Kaprice L. Williams Daniel E. Azan Mariela Varona Gabriel Augustin Sharbel Riveron Sonia Afflick Shirley Ahad A. Bhimla Master of Science in Reading Jerry N. Centeno Bodler Barthelemy Corina D. Robles, Cum Laude Master of Science in English Carolina Campos Cynthia Marice Crespo, Cum Laude Mabel Blanco Omar Santos Baez Master of Science in Art Erica Elden Education Christina Stephanie Elder Mayumi Bravo, Magna Cum Laude Alexander G. Socarras Haedy Enriquez Esther Calle, Summa Cum Laude Raymond Valido, Cum Laude Education Duray Anthony Smith Laura M. Fajardo, Cum Laude Nathan Delinois Anais Maria Estevez Janny Garcia, Cum Laude Manuel A. Carbon Ivette D. Garcia Sindy Janeth Giraldo Marcial Adan Cerritos Bachelor of Science in Computer Master of Science in Higher Anisley Hernandez William N. Dauhajre Villeta Master of Science in Counselor Angela M. Henao Engineering Education Administration Delilah Mejia Shamiyaaz Jauhari, Magna Cum Laude Guarionex De Los Santos Edi B. Banunga Education Marie F. Bernardin Amy Radell Khadija Kathiria, Magna Cum Laude Eliezer Diaz Hugo E. Blanco Ana Betancourt Suzes Casseus Elena Del Carmen Zamora Rafay Shamim Khan, Magna Cum Laude Wessam Jamal Domiati, Cum Laude Damian J. Browne, Cum Laude Meredith Ann Codd Margaret M. Di Gennaro Amelia Theresa Lee Alejandro Damian Estevez Rizo Gabriel Alan Chau Jinell N. Gonzalez Ivette Duarte Master of Science in Recreation Kevin Li, Cum Laude Carlos Humberto Florian Jorge Emilio Chavez Jacqueline Teri Kawarsky Khadeidra J. Fletcher David A. Llana Cynthia D. Fuentes and Sport Management Luciano M. Di Matteo, Magna Cum Laude Hye Jin Lee Maria Mercedes Flores William A. Marchant David Leonardo Galeano Ryan T. Amato Carlos A. Estrada Ana Maria Li Rosi Amber L. Galusha Pedro Alfredo Montes Ariam Galindo Lakeshia Broussard German F. Gomez Escobar, Colette Louis Sean Gerardino Paul Alejandro Mozo Marissa Germain Samantha Charles Magna Cum Laude Toni Jo Schmidt Tyler Lars Groll Sheidyn A. Ng Fermin Greg Bernard Harnick Nakole K. Coleman Alejandro Guzman Esperance Ibuka Annie A. Nunez Tara Jafarmadar, Magna Cum Laude Shakeita Gunder Fabian Enrique Hernandez Master of Science in Curriculum Audrey M. Johnson Ana I. Pena Calero, Summa Cum Laude Aldo Jansel Jenna R. Marina Jose Rodolfo Iraheta Lino A. La Rosa Sophia Perez Marvin J. Joseph and Instruction Kelly M. O’Connor Jimmy Jean-Paul Noelle F. Laforest Natasha Plata Hugo A. Llamas Wellington Robert Andrees Shante C. Walker Robert P. Jones Jennifer Novo Ailyn Rivero Alexandra Lopez Jennifer Lynn Artime John Brady Monteleone Zakina A. Ogbourne Rigoberto Roche Oscar Eduardo Mahecha Medina Camille Charmaine Ciriano German G. Montenegro Jennifer Ritter Manuela Roman, Cum Laude Sergio A. Marques

52 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 53 Felipe Navarro Bachelor of Science in Jose Estevez Alejandro Rodriguez Bader J. Ale Master of Science in Computer Jethsibeth M. Palencia, Cum Laude Carlos A. Estrada Santiago Sanchez Jenai Alexis Annagay Powell Construction Management Jose Enrique Fortin Leonardo N. Ampie Engineering Dariel Adato Felhandler Kristian Diaz Mercado Francis X. Ruiz Jorge D. Gonzalez Gregory D. Burrow Ii, Cum Laude Charles R. Arndall Bachelor of Science in Angel Alejandro Martir Michael Smythers Shawn S. Gunness Stalin Centeno Jeff Baldridge Bismarck Sylne Brandon K. Haas Information Technology Allen Christopher Cuadra Blanca Doraliza Cabrejos, Cum Laude Yuleisys Torres Armando R. Herrera, Cum Laude Anthony Michael Alvernaz Raul H. Galindo Master of Science in Computer Julian Andres Cardona Maksim Vitaliy Tsarenko Tony Joseph Alvaro Martin Barrera Byron J. Gaskin Gabriel Cu Science Fabio E. Magliano Donald Frederick Bartling, Cum Laude Randy Gonzalez, Summa Cum Laude Lawrence A. Delvalle Carlos R. Guerrero Luis A. Martinez Borrero Anthony Benincasa Philip Gregor, Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Computer William F. Fiallos Naveen C. Honnashettyhally Ilierkis Mejias Richardo Omar Bromfield,Cum Laude Kirk S. Harvey Jose-Luis Gavarrete Yu Huang Science Andres H. Mino Frank Cario Roger J. Laurence Iii, Cum Laude Andrew Guerrero Erik Kessler Arian Acosta William Moran Roderick A. Carwise Walter K. McKinley, Cum Laude Larry L. Heimer Aimmal Moin Otilio Jiovanni Alvarado Christopher J. Morrison Wesley Luke Chambers Gianluca Minnella Merouane Igheldane Maung Maung Win San Alwyn M. Berkeley Lazaro P. Ravelo Jean Kesnel Chevery Francisco Andres Morocz, Justin Craig Joerg Luis Sanchez William Fancher Bissett, Summa Cum Laude Andres G. Reyes Herrera, Magna Cum Laude Timothy Cruz Summa Cum Laude Michael Lamborghini Hong Ming Soong Amein A. Brown Joseph Anthony Rodriguez Miguel Angel Fernandez Daniel A. Oliu Hannah Hayes Lankenau Gowthami Thota Carlos Daniel Bustamante Jose Luis Roncancio Sheldon A. Francis Octavio M. Oliva, Summa Cum Laude Jorge Luis Lopez Lixi Wang Jonathan Choukroun Diego Orlando Rozo Jorge Enrique Gonzalez Andres A. Pacheco Gustavo Gonzalez Mendoza Yesenia De La Caridad Sosa, Cum Laude Ander Luis Sahonero Yoel Gonzalez Alfonso Parra Chevene Rene Moreno Marcelo Delgado Alberto Salazar Edward J. Guerra Ii, Cum Laude Julio Perez Master of Science in Construction Inedelmis Ortega Felipe M. Diep Henriquez Jose A. Seijo, Magna Cum Laude Yuc Yi Joo Natalia A. Posada Management Fawad Mohammed Qazi Marcial Donet Rolando Solis, Cum Laude Marc Anthony Legoas, Cum Laude Ana R. Puente Abidemi Omolayo Ajayi Tiara J. Rubio Fernando E. Escobar Juan Carlos Torres, Summa Cum Laude Dat Luu Bryam A. Quiceno, Magna Cum Laude Mohammad K. Alankar Jesiel A. Scott Eduardo Jose Flores Samuel J. Triche Arlein Marin Jose Luis Rivero De La Guarda Benjamin Lee Allen Anderson J. Strickland Raul B. Fuentes Kalty Vazquez Andrew W. Moran Christopher J. Roath Chetan Bagmar Brantley Grady Tate Rene R. Garcia Morgalo Alina Velasquez Rene Nodarse Yuniesky Rodriguez Fernando Bartos Daniel Edward Therrien,Cum Laude Enrique Gonzalez Richard O’Leary, Magna Cum Laude Timothy J. Rogers Guy Brazela Gerald Sherlock Tobias Jandry Guerra Derek Pacheco Javier Rojas, Magna Cum Laude Cesar Salvador Castillo Sergio D. Torres Bachelor of Science in Joel Guilarte Johann Padron Senyon Romero Gregory Denis Felix Valdes Robyn Paul Hamilton Environmental Engineering Carlos J. Pena Livan Roque Alejandro Echeverry Danial A. Vercetti Armando Hernandez Marina I. Acevedo, Cum Laude Daniel Pita, Cum Laude Ryan Tarran Sampath, Cum Laude Juan Jose Ferriol Nathalie Nicole Vergoulias, Cum Laude Elvis Hernandez Kerim E. Dickson, Magna Cum Laude Nicolas Maximo Ponce Ariel Sanchez Cary E. Glines Neidel Viamontes Yoaime R. Hernandez, Cum Laude Joseph Jonathan Hupp Bryan A. Ramirez Christine Marie Tarud Peter S. Hayden Rodolfo Weis Stanislav Khabinsky Sussette M. Irizarry Eduardo Reyes Jose Manuel Ugas Kristn Denaye Hinds Alex D. Wilkes Roni Javier Kirchheimer Joshua Rivera Eric Zuniga Ruchika Jangid John O. Llombart Tiffany Yost, Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Industrial Raul Rodriguez Vladimir Jeannot Roonney Mendez, Cum Laude Eddy Ruiz and Systems Engineering Master of Science in Biomedical Nicola Michelle Johnson Ruskin A. Miller Mohinder S. Rupnarine Shirish Kavitake Bachelor of Science in Electrical Manuel S. Aranda Roberto A. Munoz Javier Augusto Saldarriaga Engineering Daphne Kellogg Engineering Rafael Antonio Arias Daniel Alfredo Narain, Cum Laude Giovanni Silveira Pallavi Amol Joshi Vicente Carlos Lago Ayoub Mohamed Abdalla Issam Atallah Lionel G. Nimmo Robin E. Simmons, Cum Laude Sergio L. Martinez Jr. John Robert Lawrence Jose G. Alvarez, Magna Cum Laude Keron Brown Raul Preval Daina O. Spence Priyanka S. Mande Rafael Antonio Arevalo Jorge Cobian, Cum Laude Joseph E. Rivera Flavio Suguimitzu, Cum Laude Abdul M. Mohammed Zerar Sharaaz Baksh, Summa Cum Laude Sebastian Forero Master of Science in Civil Dionny Santiago, Summa Cum Laude Gabriel Pedro Valdes Hugo Arturo Morales Rene R. Balbuena, Cum Laude Danylka H. Forzan Engineering Jaime Rodrigo Soto Harvey Varela Kimberly Paez Andres Borroto Valentina Guevara Vanessa Cristina Caycedo Gunther L. Taborga Jonathan G. Vargas Diana L. Palacios Collin Lloyd Brown Ana Laura Gutierrez Aylin Costa Mohammad Zobair Tahir Tamika Lashawn White Michael John Perez-Gurri Alberto Brunings Alfonso Jarquin Serge Alain Feuze Lekem Michael A. Tracy David Wong Jose Luis Posada Carlos Canedo, Magna Cum Laude Claudia D. Martinez Maricela J. Fuentes Ernesto Valdes Santosh Pothapragada Daniel Exequiel Chevez Carlos A. Mora Carlos L. Guerra Roderick Wisdom Ryan Patrick Reznichek Stephen R. Creavalle Santiago Morfin,Magna Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Zakary J. Lata David Wylazlowski Zaidy M. Rodriguez Elias A. Crespo, Cum Laude Fabio Andres Pinzon Engineering Leanet Mujica Michelle Marie Sampson Santiago Del Portillo Pinzon Natalia Remolina Seyed Meysam Alavi, Cum Laude Erik Sibila

54 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 55 Anuradha P. Sheth Bader Mubarak Alwoimi Veneel Kumar Ponnada Steven Gould, Cum Laude Kristina Andreevna Ryabenko, Keng-Pang Chang Kunal Shinde Christian Angel Baldeon Blas Praveen K. Varala Yessica Carolina Henriquez, Magna Cum Laude Arpunchanok Chumsai Lorena Tello Praneetha Boda Magna Cum Laude Kristen Cayla Saenger Kevin Arnold Codorniu Brian Anthony Truglio Anika Soyini Nataki Brooks Master of Science in Mechanical Alyssa Marie Hernandez, Cum Laude Matthew James Saini Marly Carolina Colina Dilshad Umer Tracy-Ann Venicia Clarke-Morgan Roberto Hernandez Camila Santana Michael Vincent Cremeno Sravanya Venkat Rao Jason St. Christopher Dunn Engineering Yong Joon Ji Kasara Lee Schroeder Julia Simone DeBuchananne Kevin Christopher Gallimore Mithun Dama Minhee Kim Kevin Scibbe James Deranek Cesar Eduardo Nunez Master of Science in Electrical Peng Jiang Taeuk Kim Reema Shah Jinxin Dou Sri Ramya Kukunuri Smit Rajesh Pandya Young A. Kim Lais Coelho de Santana Silva Yan Du Engineering Kevon Roy McAnuff Arun Renganathan Romina A. Kwiatkowski Carlos A. Silva, Jr. Christina Maria Dyer Isaias Berhe Marlon Maurice McIntosh Andrea Lacayo Florshua Irene Simancas Xueqi Fan Maneesh Byadigera Trevor Anthony McKenzie Master of Science in Tsz Siu Lam Nataly Simancas, Cum Laude Kelly Sophia Fink Tomas A. Castillo William Mendez Telecommunications and Chelsea Lamberti Anthony P. Sobers-Assue Yunyang Geng Manasa R. Gorrai Gaurav Narkhede Natasha Lavastida, Cum Laude Sarah F. Sotolongo Chenghao Guo Brian M. Hadley Josue Servalis Networking Mery Andreina Leon Stavros John Stavrakis Siyun Guo Santosh K. Janapala Lascelles Roy Virtue Mohamad Akram Alkhuja Clarice Beatrice Leonard Lee Thomas Steger Alexandra Michele Harney Prasanna Jayakumar Osawaki Bayi Wickham Anthony Barreto Siming Li Amanda A. Strickland Robert L. Hill Ramachandran Krishnan Menon Martha A. Centeno Master of Science in Kathleen Llanos Anthea P. Thomas Ning Hu Prashant Nayyar Cesar Armando Fernandez Andrea Alexandra Lozada, Cum Laude Jorge Mario Tobar Jessica Rose Hunt Michael Steven Parra Environmental Engineering Robert A. Fults Erica Rachel Luberisse Uxiel Amado Toledo Ran Ji Mohan Shivashanker Amaury P. Betancourt Nader Shaafi Gharawi Tatiana M. Lugo Thotsaphol Bocky Toopin Nan Jia Ivan Blanco Rubio Siddhesh Kadam Diego R. Mancin, Cum Laude Laura Torres-Velosa Miao Jiang Master of Science in Engineering Elsa Y. Cabrejo Karthik Achyuthan Kelamkandath Juan Jose Marcos Nhat Pham Hong Trinh Zhitong Jiang Jose German Cardoso Vikram Muralidharan Management Rosa Maria Martin David B. Trujillo Deneatta R. King Shiva Dutt Jangampeta Devon Lee Sterling Maxine Dawn Matheson Vann Alan Valdes Chenchun Li Chris-Loy Dale Romaine Aiken Wilhelmina V. Montero Ahmad J. Al Shareef Amanda Catherine McAlister Nohora Angelica Vanegas Chunwei Li Maria T. Mora Tovar Kristen McAloon Alfonso Vergara, Cum Laude Menglin Li Elia Johanna Melcon, Magna Cum Laude Donna Marie Vivelo Linlin Liu Jenisse Melo Chao Wang Ye Liu Stephanie Mendez Warangkana Wongprasert Bryan Thomsa Mathis Francesca Mingo Kristin Wright Gillian Marie Melissa McFarlane-Ossmann Rebeca Mojica John M. Wydler Jennifer A. Miller School of Hospitality and Tourism Management Chau Minh Nguyen Ainura Yermagambetova, Cum Laude Jing Ni Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Camilo A. Cadavid, Cum Laude Analise Dlugasch, Cum Laude Kimberly L. Noy, Magna Cum Laude Santiago Yñigo Tong Niu Management Toni-Ann D. Campbell Denise G. Dominguez Jacob Scott Nudelman Sumching Harry Yuen, Magna Cum Laude Daphne Jay Robboy Shauna Rose Carney, Cum Laude Stephanie Marie Dominguez Ana Silvia Obregon-Maresma Samantha M. Sedeno Yaritza D. Acosta Christiane Dawn Carter Michelle Sevilla Dona, Magna Cum Laude Andrew Walter Osborn Montle Siya Jhoaquim P. Allen Bachelor of Science in Travel and Bianca Castellon Gonzalo Duarte, Cum Laude Jose L. Perez Mitchell Adam Sklawer Nancy P. Alvarado Carmen Rita Castillo Tiffany Mary El-Khal Veronica Carmen Perez, Summa Cum Laude Tourism Management U’Mmara Lillahi Smith Alejandro Antonio Alvarez Johanel U. Castillo Carlos R. Espinosa Julia Justine Piazza Tanya Lopez Jordan Spencer Paloma Amengual Amita K. Chatterjee Alexandra Cristiane Estrada Ashton N. Pina Esther Sofia Suarez Marlene Amione, Cum Laude Yong Young Cho Laura Ma, Dominiqu Estrosi Juan David Pino Lu Sun Natalie Andreu Master of Science in Hospitality Javier A. Colberg Karina Figueredo, Cum Laude Zachary M. Pitchman Xinya Sun Matthew K. Appelbaum Management Chris Jay Cook Jerveris V. Floyd Andrew John Porumbescu Ajonie Audrey-Anna Johnson Taylor Kristin L. Arman Pedro Eduardo Acosta Georgia Cooling-Mallard, Amanda P. Fraga, Cum Laude Andre L. Prieto Estefania Urdaneta Ruth Esther Barrocas Karlin Ruth Ames Summa Cum Laude Krystina Marie Franciosi Erasmia Psilakis Jue Wang Janelle Cristina Barroso Kirzell A. Bailey-Synsmir Erik Ray Cremades John Stewart Frazier Jennifer Veronica Puebla, Cum Laude Nancy Carolyn Wilson Erik Rosen Bernstein Brian Christian Beauregard Lindsey A. Darkes Alexandra Jane Fuller Christian Quant Zhe Yan Gabrielle Chantel Bestulich Neima Elisabeth Belancourt Amanda Nicole Dawkins Ailyn Garate Garcia, Summa Cum Laude Ana-Geeta Rebbapragada Lei Zhang Maurice Blount Hamza Berrada Stephen Delaunay Daniela Garcia Richard Reixach Liang Zhang Joanna Faye Brown Yu Bi Nicole Delbusto David Alfredo Gonzalez Xiaoqian Ren, Cum Laude Hui Zhao Pamela Bueso Lara Boner Sagine Delly Michele Gonzalez, Cum Laude Emmanyuarth Rojas Yuanyurun Zhu Patrick Charles Burke Noel A. Browne Carolina Diez-Arguelles Sandra Carolina Gonzalez Tiawon Rolle Karrie Anne Butler Ashley D. Carasso Boniface Matthew Roomet Daniel Frank Carrascal

56 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 57 Melissa A. Contreras Vanessa Grisalez Andres Rodriguez School of Journalism and Mass Communication Silvana Del Pilar Crissien Delmarys Hernandez Christen Michele Smiley Ever Efrain Cruz Jenny Lynn Julien Shekevia Unique Smith Marla Garcia Molly Anne Polo Bachelor of Science in Tere Marie Dardon Chong Xi Kau Kristelle Soto Elinor Goldstein, Cum Laude Alexander Martin Quintana Leigh-Ann Dawes Joseph Knuckles Letoya Victoria Stairs Communication Arthur Gomez George Antonio Quiroz Yacoub Ismail Abdulla Marcela Velloso Nunes De Paiva Yi Li Marcelle Taha Evelyn Gonzalez Brittany Layne Rapheal Louis-Bernard Adam Michelle Cristina Diaz Evelyn P. Macki Alina Iman Tawil Lorgia Maria Gonzalez Melody Regalado, Cum Laude Bertha Alis Kimberley Doodnath Shannon Frances McGee Lucio Vazquez Roshana Gossoff,Summa Cum Laude Carolina Rendon Alexandra Alison Antoniazzi Lizzette Angelica Duarte Jhonny Alberto Minaya Rhyane N. Wagner Hailey Ellen Granatelli Natalie Rico Michelle Marie Arean Patience Ekpo Oleg Aleksandrovich Mironchikov Yiyi Wang Becca J. Griesemer Bryan Allen Rietter Patricia Arias Janet M. Ellison Megan Marie Ondrizek Elizabeth Karina Wijaya Rina Yaury Guerrero Luis Felipe Roca Giannina Pia Armella Patricia Erdos Mario Rene Ortega Rodrigo A. Zamith Maria Guevara Adriana Rodriguez Sandra Avila Nelda Maria Figueiredo Nicholas Pineiro Dana G. Zavarella Poliana Guimaraes, Magna Cum Laude Cristina V. Rodriguez Natalie Marie Balsinde, Cum Laude Joseph James Gamrat Mihaela Plugarasu Melissa Guzman, Cum Laude Tilson Anthony Rodriguez Jonathan Barakat Danielle Garcia Juan Alejandro Prado Kathryn L. Hansard Carolina J. Romero Juliet Barrientos Rosana Goerke Diez Reham Radwan Gloria Stephanie Henriquez Damaris Rosales Raisa Becerra, Magna Cum Laude Jamila Haydee Hernandez Maria D. Saavedra Brenda D. Bejarano Nelson D. Hernandez Anibel Sanchez, Cum Laude Felix Joshua Belevan Victor M. Hernandez Jaclyn Jennifer Santos Brianna Leigh Bellantoni Silk-Jazmyne S. Hindus Jacqueline Schuck Nadia C. Bisio Cristina Horta Sayam Pamela Sotelo College of Nursing and Health Sciences Richard Adam Braha Diana Carolina Jaeger, Cum Laude Rebecca Stella, Magna Cum Laude Brittany N. Brewster Naderge Jenkins Antoinette Charmain Symonette Bachelor of Science in Nursing Manuela Fonseca Christina M. Mellon Jason Raymond Brown Magna Cum Laude Sabrena Johnson Robert Tassy III Glenmda Abreu Montero Aracely Fra Penaranda, Nathalie S. Mendoza Latoya A. Burgess Cum Laude Terra Aleisha Johnson Matara Negerri Thomas,Cum Laude Anuja P. Adhikari Nerlande Francois Sabrina Merchant, Erica Burns Magna Cum Laude Jeanique Jones Esmeralda Torres, Magna Cum Laude Oluwakemi I. Ajayi Yesenia Denise Franqui Alberto Montero, Daisy M. Calavia-Lopez Cum Laude Kristy Jules Sofia Trotti Gabriel Alba, Magna Cum Laude Yesenia Garcia Isbel Monto, Andrew J. Calienes Lauren Khalaf Kayla Jean Turner Christina Marie Alexis Suzelle Gauthier Michelle Morales Sabrina Calvo Gabriela Lambertus Michael Ryan VanSleen Jonathan Enrique Alvarado Mariella Rossana Giusti Simone A. Morgan Orane S. Carney Cum Laude Christopher Roque Lazaga Adriana Velasco Aida E. Alvarez Alexandro S. Gonzalez Michelle Napoles, DeLauna Renee Carriere Chantal Marie Lievano, Cum Laude Elizabeth Velez Alejandro Alberto Aparicio Reyes, Eva-Marie Gonzalez Ana Maria Nedialkov Christine M. Casanova Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Stephanie Londono, Cum Laude Charity Vergara Cum Laude Irima V. Gonzalez, Keilah R. Oberstein, Andres I. Chacon Martha M. Lopez Monica M. Villar, Cum Laude Jennifer Aponte Leah M. Gonzalez Leslie Nii Adjei Oninku Barney Rosendo Chamorro, Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Jessica O. Marchetti Tashieka D. Weatherspoon Maria Angelica Baquero, Cum Laude Sara Maria Gonzalez, Marlene Caridad Oria, Jennifer Chappels Cum Laude Basmah Nabil Marouf Megan Oretia Wright Kristin Michelle Bowers Aimee Janelle Green, Yania M. Ortega Isabella Cisneros Cum Laude Cum Laude Alexandra S. Martinez Danibett Zuniga Shereen Bryan Melva Jimenez Haro, Jennifer A. Padron, Pninit Cohen Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Stephanie Masson Carmen Bustamante Noel A. Hernandez, Vijay Laxmi Parkash, Teressa Cherelle Cooper - McMullen Caroline Monge Erika Canizares, Cum Laude Iliana Maria Hernandez Delgado, Maria Fatima Pelegri Gonzalez Monica Beatriz Cornejo, Summa Cum Laude Master of Science in Mass Summa Cum Laude Eduardo Morales Lisa M. Cardoso, Cum Laude Amanda Danielle Penas Micaela Helaine Crespi Orethia B. Morant Communication Dania Carmona Radhiya Hunte Ana Perez Jamie Curet Cum Laude Ryan A. Morejon Walter Elias Afanador Loyda Lisbet Carrascal Susan Johannes Jacqueline Isabel Perez, Lianamar Davila Sanabria Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Samantha Moussa, Summa Cum Laude Naylet Aguayo Maria Carrillo Alain Joubert, Yasser A. Perez, Gina S. DeAngelis Diana M. Narcisse Micaela Ancewicz Kysha Cerisier Aleksandr Kaipov Nicola J. Petival Nicole Diane Dewhurst Kristine A. Navas Zoe Marie Aponte Cristina Clara Contreras Victoria Kozenkovaite Edda Pierre-Paul Lauren N. Di Giovanni Cum Laude Cum Laude Danielle M. Nelson, Summa Cum Laude Karine Amah Laetitia Assemien Javier Coro Cynthia Thi Le, Dmitry Polyanskiy, Mario E. Diaz Cum Laude Robert Matthew Nevel Jessica Ann Ballard Lisette Corrales Lazaro J. Llanes Roberto Jose Puentes, Suray C. Dieleman Cum Laude Vanessa Nunez Kristina Lyn Bingham Jorge Luis Cuenca, Magna Cum Laude Ana Lopez, Denise Quintana Tanha T. Dil Sonia Perez Lauren Kelly Cahoon Krystina E. Daniell Erika Yessenia Lopez Alvaro Eduardo Quiroga Hena Carolina Esquivel Cum Laude Melissa Ann Pierro, Summa Cum Laude Alicia Campbell Kandace Derby, Magna Cum Laude Qiong Luo Jorge L. Quiros, Veronica Fernandez Bridget N. Pietsch Gloria Milena Catano Fernanda M. Dominguez Kelley Marie Marchette Calvina Arnette Reed Dina Figarola Magna Cum Laude Hannel Pina Frances Coury Charapata Grethell Estrada, Cum Laude Maria M. Marrero, Jorge J. Reina Patricia Fontaneda Jessica Pineda Monica Cleves Gini Ferrari Candance Ann McLaughlin Juan P. Reyna Anaisabel Garcia Lucia Pineda, Cum Laude Christopher David Concepcion Patricia Florea, Cum Laude Yairizet Medina Raquel Anne Rios

58 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 59 Rose Annmarie Rutherford Master of Science in Athletic Rebecca Lynn Jenkins Laura E.Quevedo Ann K. Elliott Jenelle Gemitra Williams Maray Caridad Salina, Cum Laude Carline Raphael Karlyn G. Emile Ping Xu Alexis Sanchez, Cum Laude Training Jossieann Veronica Richards, Muhammad Farhan Marcus Bond Master of Science in Speech Victoria Sanjurjo, Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Sandra E. Giraldo Jonathan David Casero Master of Science in Dietetics and Nelson Alfonso Santana, Cum Laude Language Pathology Junia Richemond Clement N. Giraneza Jessica A. Chester Stephanie Santibanez Susana Helena Aspuru Tamara Saint- Gilles Suragbhai Gohel Nutrition George Luis Fernandez Jacqueline Schubert, Cum Laude Nicole Calixto Myslande Saintable Hiliana Gomez Dina B. Kolton Monica Marie Flores Maria F. Serna Annette Marie Estrada Germanie Saint-Vil Inna K. Granda Divya Kumar Claudia Maria Garcia Nicolas Alfonso Serrano Margarett De Lazaro Ferrer Ashlee Monique Sease Adriane Guerreiro Chia Hua Lin Drialys Leal Barbara Soto Amanda Nicole Grisham Shanna Shirley Smith Lillian Gutierrez Alba Lucia Osorio Alicia Montalvo Thomas Tallent Lissette M. Hernandez Melinda Souffrant Jose Gutierrez Contreras Scott Parmley Christopher Olson Guadalupe M. Tefel Enna Kadoch Kevin E. Springs Carrie Lynn Harter Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy Asal Rahbar Michelle Thomas,Cum Laude Analia Fernanda Marino Karen E. Sunsin, Cum Laude Megan Elizabeth Hinchy Angela C. Reyes Allan Tompkins Tania Rachel Miranda Kristen Marie Tuazon Jennifer Elizabeth Hinners Barbara Sabina Sanchez Henry Triana Jr. Master of Science in Nursing Heidi Mayli Montenegro Genevieve Ariel Waggon Stephanie Ann Hretz Dunia M. Santana Jennifer Tromba Vicki L. Peterson Reese Daniela Morano Julia A. Williams, Cum Laude Prasad Kadam Leslie M. Taylor Lesly Marie Vazquez Magali Sila Neff Jeanine Ceceil Wooden, Cum Laude Nicole Kehaulani Kikuchi Ashley Lynn Tracey Marta Rosa Verde Anaid Romero Joy R. Knight Clorinda M. Urbina Master of Science in Occupational Marisol Rua Diana C. Vargas Jean C. Vicioso Master of Health Services Andrew Jay Mallo Yamile Viera Therapy Monica Shapiro Isabelle Ellen Manneh Rosh Elza Varghese Marta Alicia Canaan Gladyslene Villalonga, Cum Laude Christine M. Siru Administration Cherise Natlee Martin Claudia S. Vaz De Lima Julie Ann Carstens Martin Nariznis Dolly M. Mendieta Kerry N. Weatherly Alicia Moruf Master of Public Health Fabrice Rommel Octave Master of Social Work Javed Ali Yeyetunde Bamidele Olusola Myriam A. Alexandre Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work Nicolas Applyrs William John Pate Karina Barajas Alejandra Maria Aristizabal Lindsey Yvonne Phipps Terricita Denise Brown Bachelor of Health Services Melaine Denisha Octavia Mittoo, Berenice H. Marin, Cum Laude Jacquelyn G. Baldeon Maria Claudia Pinzon-Iregui Rossaelyn Castano Summa Cum Laude Colette A. Monestime Richard Paul Beckstrand Amir Radfar Vanessa Chio Administration Lilyette Perez Lorraine Morales Arsani Abdalla Rian Chare’ Bush Shondeen Ramontal Tiffany Marie Cruz Cynthia Ricardo, Cum Laude Advie S. Noel Celia Maria Agulleiro Arlen B. Bustos Rakesh Ravikumaran Nair Adriana Garcia Martha I. Rodrigo Natalia Pinzon Guerdine Aldajuste Tancy Shanelle Campbell Silvana Rolong Jenny Maria Gomez Liliana Rodriguez Evelyn Maireny Ramirez Ashley Latoya Andrews Cynthia B. Campos Nellian Evadney Rose Aileen M. Hernandez Michael Edward Rojas Maria Jose Vallasciani Gehan Baksh, Cum Laude Rebeca F. Campos Travis Rosen Liliana Marty Marie Danielle Romain Evelyn Villarreal Kasey Barrett, Cum Laude Rena Cappelli Deandre S. Ross Erica Moses Diane Godoy Teixeira Maria Eugenia Benitez Marja Caraza Ana M. Ruiz Alyssa Joy Moshier Jennifer Marie Torres Jessica C. Blanco Bachelor of Science in Social Work Maria Carbonell Donyelle Ruthaetta Russ Ingrid C. Pineda Vicky Valdez, Cum Laude Bianca Cabanas, Magna Cum Laude Mansur A. Budejen, Summa Cum Laude Kathryn Chamberlain Raquel Siman-Hernandez Lorraine Quintana Karina Micaela Vasquez Erika S. Cabarcas Evelin Delcarmen Castro, Cum Laude Christine Corbett Sheila D. Simms-Watson Katherine Joan Sias Rosemarie Villanueva Carolina Cano, Summa Cum Laude Amanda Chen David Luis Cruz-Mestre Kshitij Singam Sheree Lynn Smith Julio T. Vitola Joliba J. Colquitt Darley Delgado-Sanchez Nikisha Sophia Dawson Candace Jean-Marie Smith Montez Willa Thomasson Michael Anthony Echazabal Carolina S. Fleisman, Cum Laude Waukiea Z. Dennison Vanessa Sooknanan Carline Toussaint Rosemene Eugene Bachelor of Science in Dietetics Lesline Fleurinord Karen Jarelys Diaz Perez Marjorie Stuppard Elizabeth Vidal Fabiola Ferdinand, Cum Laude and Nutrition Weena Gonzalez Laura C. Dominguez Andujar Melissa Triantafilou Shirley Patricia Villalobos Vanessa N. Gomez Julnette Arthur Ebony Althea Hicks Patricia Moise Dorcius Beth Lauren Umansky Sasha Tracy-Ann Watson Jellane C. Green Shirrie L. Bryce Amanda C. Humbert Charissa C. Dowdye Anabel Veiga Andrea Sussette Hernandez Joanna Alexis Castriota Erica Lynn Lara Jawana Jackman Christine Chrissian Angela Sharise Lettsome Marcos Jimenez, Cum Laude Kristin Ashley David Latoya L. Lopez Nhong T. Le, Cum Laude Sadie A. Gutierrez Lynn Irene Mitchell Ermanie Liberiste Shadia Zbib Hamadeh Jennifer Perez John D. Lopez Antoine Nicolas Kodsi Marilexy Pino Danielle Kristin Mattis, Magna Cum Laude Christie Louis Joanna Pomerantz

60 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 61 FIU Alma Mater Spring 2011 by Dr. Clair T. McElfresh On behalf of the FIU Alumni Association and its Board of Directors we extend our congratulations and Rededicated on November 3, 1988 • Orchestration by Dr. Philip Fink welcome you to your new family of more than 160,000 alumni.

Your Alumni Association exists to support the goals and mission of FIU and to be a viable resource for engaging alumni. The Association helps fund scholarships and sponsors numerous events including the Torch Awards Gala, Fishing Tournament, Silver Pride Reunion, Panther Pit tailgates and Career Networking.

Membership in the Alumni Association is a great way for you to show your school pride and establish a lifelong relationship with the university. As a member, you have a huge alumni network at your finger tips. The FIU Alumni Association is over 22,000 members strong and growing.

Stay connected and get perks: Receive member-only event invitations and discounts to theme parks, car rentals, hotels and much more.

Jumpstart your career: Find out about job opportunities from alumni and Fortune 100 companies by registering to My Panther Network, a career networking site exclusive for FIU Alumni

Get your lifetime email address: Sign up for a lifetime affinity email address with alumni.fiu.edu as your tag.

Network, Network, Network: Attend one of our many upcoming events or join an Alumni Chapter.

Keep in touch with old friends: Search for your classmates online.

The FIU Alumni Association will always be your home away from home! Whenever you are on campus, stop by and pay us a visit in MARC Suite 510 at MMC. Remember membership has its privileges. You can enjoy all the benefits of being an active member by joining online at www.fiualumni.com or calling 305-348-3334.

GO PANTHERS!

Best regards,

Bill Draughon Associate Vice President and Jack Gonzalez ’97 Executive Director President, Alumni Association Florida International University Office of Alumni Relations Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC 510 Miami, FL 33199

62 Florida International University Spring 2011 Commencement 63 Florida International University is a vibrant, student-centered public research university, ideally located in Worlds Miami,Ahead that is Worlds Ahead in its commitment to learning, research, entrepreneurship, innovation, and creativity so that our graduates are prepared to succeed in a global market.

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