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Boston University Commencement 2018 SUNDAY THE TWENTIETH OF MAY ONE O’CLOCK NICKERSON FIELD BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Contents 2 About Boston University 3 Program 4 The Metcalf Cup and Prize and The Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching 8 Honorary Degrees Candidates for Degrees and Certificates 15 College of Arts & Sciences 26 — Graduate School of Arts & Sciences 33 — Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies 35 Questrom School of Business 44 College of Communication 51 Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine 56 School of Education 60 College of Engineering 67 College of Fine Arts 72 College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College 76 School of Hospitality Administration 77 School of Law 80 School of Medicine 85 Metropolitan College 95 School of Public Health 99 School of Social Work 101 School of Theology 103 Arvind & Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College 105 Division of Military Education 107 Academic Traditions 108 School and College Diploma Convocations 110 Prelude, Processional, and Recessional Music 111 Clarissima 113 The Corporation 114 Map of Nickerson Field 1 About Boston University Boston University’s impact extends far beyond its divisions to women, the first to award a Ph.D. to Commonwealth Avenue, Kenmore Square, and the a woman, the first coeducational medical college in Medical Campus. Our students, faculty, and alumni the world. Martin Luther King, Jr., perhaps our most go all around the world to study, research, teach, and famous alumnus, studied here in the early 1950s, during become a part of the communities in which they live. a period when nearly half of this country’s doctoral BU is the fourth-largest private residential university in degrees earned by African American students in religion the country today and is a member of the Association and philosophy were awarded by Boston University. of American Universities, an elite organization of the leading research universities in the United States and For many at Boston University, a commitment to Canada. As a measure of its global reach, Boston serving and shaping the world is formed while still a University is currently engaged in more than three student. The early dream of engagement “in the heart hundred separate research, service, and educational of the city, in the service of the city” has been deeply programs and projects around the world. and abidingly realized in numerous ways: through more than $10 million annually in scholarships Enduring commitments to teaching, research, global provided to graduates of the Boston Public Schools via education, and community engagement are the the Thomas M. Menino Scholarship program and the touchstones of Boston University’s proud past and Community Service Awards program, the twenty-year promising future. collaborative program of tutoring Boston elementary school children through the Boston University Initiative In the rich tapestry of Boston University’s history, for Literacy Development, and the pioneering merger one thread runs true: quality teaching by an excellent of the BU Medical Center Hospital and Boston City faculty. Students benefit from direct instruction by Hospital. Students and faculty regularly engage in a dedicated professors who are actively engaged in broad range of both formal and informal community original research and scholarship, as well as from service activities. the University’s combination of a strong liberal arts foundation and exceptional professional programs. Boston University’s academic community reaches Many students work closely with faculty mentors near and far. Today, the University’s seventeen schools to advance the frontiers of human discovery. and colleges enroll more than 33,000 students from Opportunities for educators and researchers to all fifty states as well as the District of Columbia, collaborate across disciplines leverage the breadth three U.S. territories, and over 130 foreign countries. and depth of the University’s program offerings. The nation’s first collegiate international exchange program was created here in the nineteenth century. Since its founding, Boston University has embraced two Since then, Boston University’s Study Abroad offerings principles that have come to define higher education have grown to include programs in thirty-five cities on today: a conviction that higher education should be six continents. This global emphasis is integrated into accessible to all, and a belief that the pursuit of learning the on-campus curriculum, with courses and programs is enhanced by direct engagement with the community that bring an international perspective to subjects from and the world. anthropology to zoology. Boston University has made a commitment to providing Today’s graduates take their place in a long line of educational opportunity without regard to race, class, alumni whose inclusive and engaged educational sex, or creed from its beginning, and this has led to a experience prepared them to help serve, shape, and number of momentous “firsts”: the first to open all improve the world. 2 Program Prelude Concert (musical titles on page 110) Boston University Commencement Brass Choir Aaron Goldberg, Director Processional (musical titles on page 110) Call to Order Kenneth J. Feld CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY National Anthem Ella Joyner Toburen Horn COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ’18 Invocation Reverend David Barnes ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Student Speaker Yasmin Younis COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ’18 Presentation of the Class Gift Nebeyatt Betre COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ’18 Kaitlin Geraghty COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES ’18 Welcome from the Alumni Association Mary V. Perry PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI COUNCIL The Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching Robert A. Brown PRESIDENT OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Elizabeth Co, College of Arts & Sciences James A. Wolff, School of Public Health The Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching Brooke L. Blower, College of Arts & Sciences Conferring of the Honorary Degrees Robert A. Brown Vibha Bakshi, Doctor of Humane Letters Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto, Doctor of Laws Anthony S. Fauci, Doctor of Science Zhang Yimou, Doctor of Humane Letters John Lewis, Doctor of Laws Address John Lewis Presentation of Candidates Jean Morrison UNIVERSITY PROVOST & CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Karen H. Antman PROVOST OF THE MEDICAL CAMPUS Promotion of Candidates to Degrees Robert A. Brown President’s Charge to the Graduates Robert A. Brown Clarissima (words and music on page 111) Ella Joyner Toburen Horn Benediction The Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill DEAN OF MARSH CHAPEL, BOSTON UNIVERSITY Recessional (musical titles on page 110) Pp 3 The Metcalf Cup and Prize FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING The Metcalf Cup and Prize is the highest identification and advancement of faculty honor of Boston University. The those members of the faculty who award recognizes and encourages excel as teachers, of which this cup is outstanding teaching in the context of a symbolic.” research institution and expresses the The Metcalf Cup and $10,000 Prize is University’s deepest purpose. presented annually at Commencement. The Metcalf Awards were established Each year, candidates are nominated in 1973 by an endowment gift from the by students, faculty, or alumni, and late Dr. Arthur G. B. Metcalf (1908– the finalists are selected by a screening 1997), an alumnus, faculty member, generous committee of faculty and students. Over the course of benefactor, Trustee of Boston University, and Chairman the year, the committee solicits and reviews supporting of the Board of Trustees from 1976 to 1994. “The materials from the candidates and their department purpose of the prize,” Dr. Metcalf stated at the time of chairs. The members of the committee visit the classes its creation, “is to establish a systematic procedure for of the finalists and, in the spring, present their the review of the quality of teaching and the recommendations to the University’s president. The Metcalf Awards FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING The Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching are educating students to be reflective, resourceful leaders given annually to one or more of the finalists in the in an interconnected world. We accomplish this through competition for the Metcalf Cup and Prize. Each winner the work of great teachers, men and women who of the Metcalf Award receives $5,000. As President inspire their students. They encourage exploration, Robert A. Brown has said regarding the symbolic debate, cooperation, the pursuit of the unknown, and significance of the awards, “Teaching is an art. It is the discovery; they introduce ancient wisdom and the essential function of a university, as it is our mission latest scholarship. The Metcalf Awards recognize and to mold the next generation of informed citizens and encourage outstanding teaching and thereby support creative thinkers. Boston University is committed to our fundamental mission.” The Metcalf Medals The Metcalf Medals are conferred upon a portrait of Dr. Metcalf, crafted by the late Dr. John the winners of both the Metcalf Cup Silber, who served as president of Boston University and Prize for Excellence in Teaching from 1971 to 1996. The Metcalf Cup and Prize and the Metcalf Awards for Excellence medal is struck in gold, the Metcalf Award in Teaching. On the back of each medal is medals in silver. engraved the winner’s name; on the front appears 4 The Metcalf Cup and Prize FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography Brooke L. Blower COLLEGE OF ARTS
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