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Commencement MAY 2014 WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends: This is a wonderful and meaningful day for graduates, families and the entire University of Connecticut community. To our graduates, I offer my warmest and most sincere congratulations on your success and your achievements, which each of you has so clearly earned. Today’s commencement exercises are the culmination of your hard work as a student and the symbolic fulfillment of our mission as a university when it comes to your education. I share the pride, excitement and immeasurable hopes for the future that I know each of you feel today. Your education is a great credit to you, and to us; you exemplify the very best we have to offer as you prepare to enter the next chapter of your lives. Today, a degree will be conferred upon you from one of this nation’s truly great public universities. UConn takes great care to ensure that our students are able to receive an education from incredible faculty on a campus that is home to many outstanding facilities. It is also vital that each of our students gain the kind of experience they desire on a thriving campus where as much can be learned and enjoyed outside the classroom, as in it. Whatever your plans for the future may be, I hope that your time here has helped give you the knowledge, experience and confidence that you will need to excel in every aspect of the life you will lead. The goal of higher education is not confined to academic achievement alone; it is also intended to draw from within you those essential qualities that make each of us an educated, well-rounded individual and, above all, a good citizen. That is one of the simplest, but most important titles we can merit in life and I know each of you will exemplify it, every day. You are a class – and a generation – who will go on to do extraordinary things. Please enjoy yourselves today and celebrate the honor and distinction that you have earned. And whatever path you choose, I hope you will always carry with you the very fondest memories of your days here at the University of Connecticut. Congratulations and very best wishes, Susan Herbst President University of Connecticut COMMENCEMENT ORDER OF EXERCISES SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Gampel Pavilion Saturday, May 10, 2014 – 9:00 A.M. INTRODUCTION Daniel D. Burkey, School Marshal Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Diversity PRELUDE Angela Salcedo, Department of Music PROCESSIONAL Casey R. McCall, Mechanical Engineering, Class of 2014 Banner Carrier Gregory J. Reinhold, Computer Science and Engineering, Class of 2014 Banner Carrier SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Karina K. Stanecki Computer Science and Engineering WELCOMING REMARKS Kazem Kazerounian, Dean Mun Y. Choi, Provost CONFERRAL OF HONRARY DEGREE Mun Y. Choi, Provost Richard Alan “Rick” Mastracchio Engineer and NASA Astronaut COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Richard Alan “Rick” Mastracchio STUDENT SPEAKER Rose K. Cersonsky Materials Science and Engineering PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES BY PROGRAM CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Kazem Kazerounian, Dean ALUMNI GREETINGS Heidi S. Douglas, Director of Engineering Alumni Relations CLOSING REMARKS Daniel D. Burkey, School Marshall Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Diversity RECESSIONAL Angela Salcedo, Department of Music 2 COMMENCEMENT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AND HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT Richard Alan “Rick” Mastracchio ichard Alan “Rick” Mastracchio is a Connecticut native, NASA’s Mission Control, where he was responsible for onboard RUConn alumnus, engineer and NASA astronaut who is guidance, navigation, and targeting for 17 missions. currently completing a five and one-half month mission aboard the International Space Station. Rick and his fellow astronauts After applying nine times for the elite astronaut corps, in 1996 and cosmonauts journeyed to the ISS aboard a Soyuz spacecraft he was accepted as an astronaut candidate. From 2000 to that departed in November 2013 from the Baikonur 2010, Rick completed three missions to the International Space Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and will return in May 2014. It is Station as a mission specialist, via shuttles Atlantis, Endeavour his fourth mission to the International Space Station. and Discovery. In his current mission as a flight engineer on the 38th mission to the ISS, he and a fellow astronaut A native of Waterbury, Rick received his B.S. degree in electrical successfully executed repairs in December to the station’s engineering and computer science from the University of malfunctioning main cooling system. He is also assisting with a Connecticut in 1982. He completed two master’s degrees, one variety of research projects, including one involving the in electrical engineering at RPI and the second in physical burning and suppression of solids in microgravity to learn how science from the University of Houston–Clear Lake. different materials combust in space and how such combustion can be prevented. After graduating from UConn, Rick worked as an engineer in the system design group at Hamilton Standard (now UTC Rick embodies the nation’s highest ideals: loyalty, bravery, an Aerospace Systems). He relocated to the Houston area in 1987 undaunted spirit and the courage to not merely envision the big to work for the Rockwell Shuttle Operations Company at the dreams, but to make them happen. Johnson Space Center. In 1990, he joined NASA as an engineer in the Flight Crew Operations Directorate. Three years later, he Rick and his wife, Candace (formerly Candace Stolfi) have three was named an ascent/entry Guidance and Procedures Officer in children. 3 COMMENCEMENT ORDER OF EXERCISES DOCTOR OF PHARMACY DEGREE LEWIS B. ROME COMMONS BALLROOM, STORRS SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014 – 9:00 A.M. PRELUDE AND PROCESSIONAL OPENING REMARKS John B. Morris, Ph.D., Dean PRESENTATION OF CLASS SPEAKERS Jessica Hawthorne, Valedictorian Joyce Levis, Salutatorian PRESENTATION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER Peter Farina, Ph.D. Executive in Residence Canaan Partners FACULTY RECOGNITION Faculty Service Award – Associate Professor Megan Ehret, Pharm.D. Teacher of the Year – Assistant Professor William L. Baker, Jr., Pharm.D. CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE Richard T. Carbray, R.Ph., Trustee RECOGNITION OF PH.D. & M.S. GRADUATES Andrea K. Hubbard, Ph.D., Associate Dean Major Advisors HOODING CEREMONY & PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS FOR THE DOCTOR OF PHARMACY CLASS OF 2014 John B. Morris, Ph.D., Dean Andrea K. Hubbard, Ph.D., Associate Dean WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL OF PHARMACY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mary Ann Dolan, R.Ph., Executive Secretary OATH OF A PHARMACIST John B. Morris, Ph.D., Dean CONFERRAL OF DEGREES John B. Morris, Ph.D., Dean CHARGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS John B. Morris, Ph.D., Dean RECESSIONAL 4 COMMENCEMENT DOCTOR OF PHARMACY COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AND HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT Dr. Peter R. Farina r. Peter Farina is an executive in residence at Canaan Viramune XR® for HIV and Atrovent HFA® for COPD and DPartners, a venture capital firm, located in Westport, emphysema. Prior to this position he served as vice president of Connecticut where he assesses and advises on research at the Ridgefield Center. He has also held positions as pharma/biotech/healthcare investments. He is also the director of inflammatory diseases and director of biochemistry managing partner of a consulting firm, Salient Science & over his 28 year career with Boehringer Ingelheim. Prior to Technology, LLC that advises several U.S. and Chinese biotech joining BI he spent six years in the Corporate Research firms on strategic and technical matter in pharmaceutical R&D. Laboratories and Medical Products Division of Union Carbide Dr. Farina currently serves as the co-chair and as a board Corporation in Tarrytown, New York where he worked in the member of Connecticut United for Research Excellence research and development of immunodiagnostics. (CURE); member of the Advisory Board of the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, member of the NIH Blueprint Dr. Farina’s research interest has been generally at the interface Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN) steering committee; Emory of chemistry and biology. He has worked over his research University DRIVE Advisory Board, and was a founder and CEO career in inflammatory and immunological mechanisms, of Developing World Cures, a nonprofit company working on particularly cytokines and arachidonic acid mediators. In neglected diseases. addition, he was engaged in HIV virology research which led to discovery and successful registration of one of the first non- Dr. Peter Farina retired in 2008 as senior vice president of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors Viramune development at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in ®(nevirapine). He is the author of over fifty publications and Ridgefield, Connecticut where he was responsible for North patents. American development of drugs in the therapeutic areas of immunology/inflammation, virology and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Farina has a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from SUNY Buffalo During his tenure as senior vice president at BI, his and did postdoctoral work in bioorganic chemistry at interdisciplinary team worked on the development and Pennsylvania State University with Dr. Stephen Benkovic. successful registration of Aptivus®, an HIV protease inhibitor, 5 COMMENCEMENT ORDER OF EXERCISES CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES BACHELOR OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Saturday, May 10, 2014 – 10:30 A.M. PRELUDE AND PROCESSIONAL POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE Ceremonial Brass Quintet WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS Peter Diplock, Assistant Vice Provost, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Dineille Glaze WELCOME FROM THE PROVOST’S OFFICE Amy Donahue, Chief Operations Officer for Academic Administration PRESENTATION OF THE CLASS Laurie Bardes, Representative of the Graduating Class Storrs Campus COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Michael Bradford, Associate Professor Dramatic Arts Department, University of Connecticut BGS Class of 1994 PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS WITH ACADEMIC DISTINCTION James Hill, Director BGS Program BGS OUTSTANDING STUDENTS OF THE YEAR Nancy K. Fortin – Stamford Regional Campus Colleen E.