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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THIRD COMMENCEMENT iii May Eighteenth and Nineteenth Two Thousand and Nineteen FROM THE PRESIDENT “For 127 years, the students, staff, and faculty have made, and will continue to make, the University of Rhode Island a force for good in America and the world. Our community embodies respect for higher learning, individual expression, and people of all backgrounds, and we hold these values foremost in our beliefs and actions.” – David M. Dooley Dear Class of 2019, It is my hope for each of you that during your time at the University of Rhode Island you have gained knowledge, wisdom, and vision. I also hope that you have defined what you would like to do to transform the world and make it a better place. You have the opportunity to join with others in creating a better future. Graduates of this 127-year-old institution are powerful and inspirational reminders of the most important outcome of the University’s work—the education of people who are better prepared and empowered to pursue their hopes and aspirations, and to do so with respect, understanding, and appreciation for others. With the foundation you have acquired at URI, you can become the innovators and architects of a vibrant and sustainable future for Rhode Island, our nation, and the world. You now join more than 127,000 members of the worldwide URI alumni community, who are led by their creative and entrepreneurial spirits while pursuing their passions and embodying the University’s values. This University has served the ideals of public education, diversity, and innovation for more than a century. We can’t wait to take all that we have learned as an institution and leap into the decades ahead, always thinking big. As our newest alumni, we hope you will join us on the journey. Congratulations to the University of Rhode Island’s Class of 2019! Sincerely, David M. Dooley President, University of Rhode Island 1 ALMA MATER All hail to thee, Rhode Island, We pledge our faith anew, While our heroes bring thee honor With our banner of white and blue. In truth we owe her much, for she’s shown us the way To achieve and be of service to the world. So all hail our Alma Mater, Rhode Island, our guide whate’er we do. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 A Message from the President 2 Alma Mater 4 The University—Past and Present 5 Graduate Commencement Exercises 6 Main Commencement Exercises 8 Individual College Ceremonies 9 The Commencement Exercises and Academic Pageantry 14 Honorary Degrees 16 Faculty Emeriti 2018–2019 19 Undergraduate Degrees 19 College of Arts and Sciences 24 College of Business 26 Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies 27 College of Engineering 29 College of the Environment and Life Sciences 32 College of Health Sciences 36 College of Nursing 38 College of Pharmacy 39 Master’s Degrees 45 Doctor of Philosophy Degrees 48 Graduate Commencement Exercises—Seating and Line of March 49 Main Commencement Exercises—Seating and Line of March 50 Getting Around Campus 51 Public Safety and Emergency Services 3 THE UNIVERSITY—PAST AND PRESENT Think Big. It’s what we do every day inspire our students and spark their project in University history, it will be at URI. The University of Rhode Island creativity. finished in time for classes in fall 2019. came to be because a few people acted URI has made a major strategic Also on the horizon is completion of on a big idea more than 127 years investment in new full-time faculty in the 500-bed, 203,000-square-foot ago. In 1888, several South Kingstown high-demand areas, resulting in about Brookside Apartments, a residence hall residents, the South Kingstown Town 47 percent of full-time faculty being that will feature a cafe and an outdoor Council, and the state of Rhode Island hired within the past eight years. seating area that runs along a restored made a collective donation of $5,000 to brook and surrounding landscape. purchase the 140-acre Oliver Watson The University is known regionally Farm to establish a state agricultural and worldwide for its big ideas and And thanks to Rhode Island voters school and experiment station. Their pioneering research in such areas who last fall approved a $45 million action exemplified the earlier vision of as air, water, and ground pollution; upgrade to our Graduate School of President Abraham Lincoln and the biotechnology and life sciences; Oceanography, we will make necessary Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, that engineering, marine sciences, improvements to the pier and other education of the people and for the forensic sciences, neuroscience, facilities at the Narragansett Bay people was, and is, America’s and pharmaceuticals, the behavioral Campus. The work is essential as the the world’s best hope for enduring sciences, and public health promotion. Bay Campus will be the home port of prosperity and peace. At the heart of the University is a the Resolution, a new $125 million strong core of traditional academic National Science Regional Research We became the Rhode Island College disciplines that provides the foundation Class Vessel. The Resolution—to be of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in for all specialized, professional, and delivered in 2021 and operated by the 1892, and we graduated our first 17 applied areas of study. At a time when East Coast Oceanographic Consortium, students in 1894. Those 140 acres language enrollments are declining which is led by URI—is one of only have grown into a 1,200-acre Kingston nationwide, URI is experiencing record- three such vessels in the nation. Campus, plus the Alan Shawn Feinstein breaking numbers of students studying Providence Campus, Narragansett Bay We continue to raise our game as languages. Campus, W. Alton Jones Campus, and a sustainability leader in higher the Rhode Island Nursing Education In 2013, the George & Anne Ryan education, with 11 LEED-certified Center. Institute for Neuroscience was buildings, energy-saving initiatives, established, and just this year, the and a solar energy project, developed In 2017, the U.S. Department of institute launched a pioneering clinical with the towns of South Kingstown the Interior recognized the beauty trial for a medication that will attack and Narragansett, which will deliver and architectural and educational Alzheimer’s disease by targeting environmental and economic rewards to significance of our campus core. The inflammation in the brain’s blood the University, surrounding communities, area around the Quadrangle has been vessels. This URI-sponsored study is and the state for years to come. designated the University of Rhode the first clinical trial led and conducted Island Historic District, now part of the As another academic year draws to entirely within the state designed to National Register of Historic Places. a close, our enrollment has grown treat individuals with mild cognitive It was a fitting way to conclude the to nearly 17,000 undergraduate impairment probably due to Alzheimer’s yearlong celebration of our 125th and graduate students. We have disease and those diagnosed with mild anniversary. over 127,000 alumni, with about 43 Alzheimer’s disease. percent—over 54,000—in Rhode Our colleges of nursing, pharmacy, In the last 12 years, we have invested Island. Of the overall total, more than business, engineering, arts and $900 million in campus capital projects 126,000 live in the United States and sciences, environment and life and improvements. In just a few just over 1,000 live in countries around sciences, health sciences, and months, we will open the new $150 the world. On May 18 and 19, our 11th education and professional studies, and million engineering complex, described president, David M. Dooley, is proud our Graduate School of Oceanography as one of the most provocative and to confer undergraduate and graduate are signature centers of scholarship and technologically advanced engineering degrees upon more than 4,100 of our research. More than 94 undergradu- buildings in the country. The largest newest alumni. ate and 73 graduate degree programs 4 UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES In the Thomas M. Ryan Center at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 18, 2019 PRELUDE AND PROCESSIONAL The University Brass Quintet OPENING DECLARATION Peter V. August, Professor of Natural Resources Science, Grand Marshal THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Kristin E. St. George, Class of 2020 (Master of Music) DEDICATION The Venerable Janice L. Grinnell, Archdeacon, Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island, St. Augustine’s Episcopal Center Chaplain to URI GREETINGS David M. Dooley, President with Nasser H. Zawia, Dean of the Graduate School, presiding REMARKS Timothy J. DelGiudice, Chair, Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education STUDENT SPEAKER Nick Constant, Graduate Student Association ADDRESS James O. Prochaska, Director, Cancer Prevention Resource Center, and Professor of Clinical Psychology CONFERRAL OF DOCTORAL DEGREES President Dooley assisted by Donald H. DeHayes, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs HOODING OF Major professors DOCTORAL DEGREE RECIPIENTS assisted by Provost DeHayes PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DIPLOMAS President Dooley CONFERRAL OF MASTER’S DEGREES President Dooley, assisted by Provost DeHayes PRESENTATION OF MASTER’S DEGREES President Dooley ALMA MATER Kristin E. St. George RECESSIONAL The University Brass Quintet CHIEF USHER Zacharie Provensal PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION Immediately following the ceremony, Hope Commons Music by the University Brass Quintet: The audience is requested to remain seated during the recessional. Daniel Healey, trumpet A sign language interpreter will translate part of the Commencement Exercises from the Brian Cardany, trumpet right side of the podium. For special seating, please consult one of the ushers. Gerard Heroux, horn Gary Vallee, trombone Graduates and guests are asked not to release helium-filled balloons.