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SPRING 2021 UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT MAY 10, 2021 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY TO OUR GRADUATES Presentation of Colors ROTC Joint Color Guard The National Anthem The day you have anticipated for so long has arrived – a day you dreamed of, planned for The AcaFellas and worked toward. You have earned this day of honor and celebration, especially after a turbulent period none of us expected. Processional With all you have learned to prepare you for your career, you have also mastered lessons Pomp and Circumstance in living through challenge and sacrifice. Even from a distance, you were there for those who needed to lean on your strength. And family, friends and faculty were strong for you, Macebearer encouraging you with grace and goodwill. Christopher Grant, Ph.D. Associate Provost for Academic Support You have inspired more pride and earned more respect than you realize. The 2021 Graduating Class would have been memorable even without the challenges created by the world-wide pandemic. Introduction of Platform Party Lon D. Moeller, J.D. We look forward to seeing you continue to thrive professionally and personally. We have Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost witnessed the “proof of principle” in your accomplishments and contributions. Go Eagles! Invocation Reverend David Keck, Ph.D. Campus Chaplain Welcome P. Barry Butler, Ph.D. Lon D. Moeller, J.D. Lon D. Moeller, J.D. President Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost Opening of Ceremonies Philip H. Elliott, Jr., Esq., Ph.D. Honoris Causa Trustee Emeritus Remarks and Introduction of Speaker P. Barry Butler, Ph.D. President Speaker Remarks Ellen Stofan, Ph.D. Under Secretary for Science and Research, Smithsonian Spring Senior Class Speaker Rebecca Mu Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Science Graduation Exercise Conferring of Degrees Philip H. Elliott, Jr., Esq., Ph.D. Honoris Causa Alma Mater The AcaFellas Benediction Reverend David Keck, Ph.D. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Dear Graduate, Ellen Stofan is the Under Secretary for Science and Research at the Congratulations. The faculty and staff of Embry-Riddle join you, your family Smithsonian. She oversees its science research centers as well as and your friends in celebrating your graduation. You worked hard to realize the National Museum of Natural History and the National Zoo. The this dream and we applaud the achievements, great and small, that this Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Office of International Relations, day represents. Smithsonian Scholarly Press and Scientific Diving Program also report to Stofan. Her focus is the Smithsonian’s collective scientific initiatives We hope you leave us with confidence that you are prepared to pursue a life and commitment to research across the Institution, especially addressing of purpose and contribution. In earning your degree, you have already made issues such as biodiversity, global health, climate change, species impressive progress toward a future of accomplishment and fulfillment. conservation, astrophysics and the search for life outside Earth’s solar system. On behalf of your professors, mentors and those who supported you along the way, I thank you for the opportunity to help you discover and develop your Previously, Stofan was the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the talents. Your passion and persistence inspired us. We have the satisfaction of Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum (2018–2021) where knowing that we will soon recognize you not just as alumni but as leaders in she was the first woman to hold that position. Under her leadership, aviation and aerospace. In you, our reputation remains in very good hands. the museum began its seven-year renovation of its flagship building in Washington, D.C., in 2018. Stofan also oversaw the momentous Embry-Riddle will always honor you as a Forever Eagle. We wish you every celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing in July 2019 success, personally and professionally. at the museum and on the National Mall. Ellen Stofan, Ph.D. Fly high, Before joining the Smithsonian, Stofan had than 25 years’ experience in Under Secretary for space-related organizations and a deep research background in planetary Science and Research geology. She was chief scientist at NASA (2013–2016), serving as the Smithsonian principal advisor to former Administrator Charles Bolden on NASA’s strategic planning and programs. She helped guide the development of a long-range plan to get humans to Mars, and worked on strategies for NASA to support P. Barry Butler, Ph.D. commercial activity in low Earth orbit as it transitions from the International President Space Station to sending humans to the moon and Mars in the mid-2020s. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University She earned her bachelor’s degree in geology at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and her master’s and doctoral degrees at Brown University, both in geological sciences. While finishing her doctoral degree, Stofan joined the Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) as a post-doctoral fellow and became the deputy project scientist for the Magellan Mission to Venus. In 1994, Stofan became JPL’s chief scientist for the New Millennium Program where she managed a team of about 100 scientists working on new technologies. The following year, Stofan moved to London while continuing to work at JPL and was, and continues to be, an honorary professor at University In 2017, P. Barry Butler became the sixth president As a strong advocate for science, technology, engineering of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the and mathematics (STEM) education, Butler supports a College London. world’s leading institution of higher education dual-enrollment program with the Gaetz Aerospace Institute. focusing on aviation and aerospace. The institute offers more than 40 university courses to For 13 years (2000–2013), Stofan was vice president and senior scientist at students in 84 Florida high schools. At the Arizona Campus, Proxemy Research, a consulting firm in the Washington area specializing in Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers more than the STEM Education Center serves as a hub of enrichment planetary research. 100 bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degree programs for students, faculty, researchers and the community. in its colleges of Arts & Sciences, Aviation, Business, Engineering, and Business Security & Intelligence. Embry- Previously, Butler was Executive Vice President and Stofan’s research focuses on the geology of Venus, Mars, Saturn’s moon Riddle educates more than 34,000 students annually Provost of the University of Iowa. He was responsible for Titan and Earth. Her favorite mission was Cassini, primarily because of her at residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and more than 100 academic programs in 11 colleges. For ten interest in Titan. Prescott, Arizona, through the Worldwide Campus at more years, he served as Dean of the College of Engineering. than 135 locations in the United States, Europe, Asia, She has published extensively and received many awards and honors, and the Middle East and through online programs. Butler is on the board of the Hoover Presidential Foundation including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and The Wings Club. He is a member of The Civic League Under his presidency, Embry-Riddle continues to expand of the Halifax Area. He is a private and glider pilot. and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and was named one of “CNN’s discovery-driven degree programs and its research park is Extraordinary People of 2014.” She is co-author of the books Planetology: home to new aerospace patents, technology transfer and He earned three degrees from the University of Illinois Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System and Next Earth: What Our World startups. Butler has encouraged collaboration with industry, at Urbana-Champaign: a bachelor’s and master’s Can Teach Us About Other Planets, both published by National Geographic. resulting in expedited hiring initiatives with leading aviation in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and aerospace industries. He is expanding the university’s and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. interest in aviation cybersecurity, aviation data analytics and autonomous vehicles. The university also created new partnerships to prime the aviation/aerospace pipeline. UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES Graduates completing their degrees with honors will be recognized. Alexandria Sophia Belmont SCL Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies David Augustine Coleman MCL Georgia Shea Alberts Jordan Davis Dalrymple CL = Cum Laude MCL = Magna Cum Laude SCL = Summa Cum Laude Sierra Danielle Hinzman MCL Francesca Mary D'onofrio CL Grade Point Average 3.50-3.69 Grade Point Average 3.70-3.89 Grade Point Average 3.90-4.00 Tylin Lockett Erika Anne Falkenberg CL (Wearing White Cords) (Wearing Red Cords) (Wearing Gold Cords) Rory Thomas Maher-Siems Blake Anthony Foster Matthew Lucas Fowler SCL The Commencement program was printed with accurate graduation records as of Friday, April 16, 2021. Hannah Louise Frund SCL COLLEGE OF AVIATION A final version with full records will be available the week following the ceremony at daytonabeach.erau.edu/campus-life/graduation. Anthony Michael Golden Ethan Thomas Haas Associate of Science in Tessa J. Harvey MCL Aviation Maintenance Science Spencer Duffern Helsing William Reade Allen COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics Jeffery David Donovan Johnson CL Silas Paul Burton William James Lacey