FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT

EIGHT O'CLOCK THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 14 NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY FIVE ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

Florida Atlantic University, a member of the State University System of Florida, was established in 1961 and opened its doors to students in 1964. In addition to its 850-acre campus in Boca Raton, FAU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Palm Beach Gardens, and Port St. Lucie. The University's nine colleges- the Schmidt College of Arts and Humanities and the Colleges of Business, Education, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Nursing, Science, Social Science, and Urban and Public Affairs- offer 51 bachelor's, 43 master's, 3 specialist's, 1 associate's, and 14 doctoral degrees. As of August 1995, the University had awarded 61,384 degrees, serving more than 145,000 individuals through its instructional programs. In December 1967, Florida Atlantic University was elected to regular membership in the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools, at which time the Commission on Higher Education ofthatAssociationgrantedfullaccreditationtoalloftheUniversity'sprograms.Inaccordancewith Association regulations, this accreditation was reaffirmed in 1973, 1983, and again in 1993. In the fall of 1995, the University had 18,300 students and 1,000 faculty members.

Dr. Anthony James Catanese President and Professor

Dr. RichardL. Osburn University Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Marie McDemmond Vice President for Finance and Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Nathan Dean Vice President for the Boca Raton Campus

Dr. Mary McBride Vice President for the Broward Campuses

Dr. Robert Huckshom Vice President for the Northern Campuses

Dr. Emanuel Newsome Vice President for Student Affairs

Ms. Carla Coleman Vice President for University Relations

Mr. Don Taylor Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Dr. Anthony James Catanese

Dr. Anthony James Catanese joined Florida Atlantic University as its fourth President in January, 1990. Dr. Catanese was previously Provost of Pratt Institute in New York City; Dean of the College of Architecture at the ; Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Professor and Director of the Center for Planning and Development at the Georgia Institute ofTechnology; and Associate Dean of the School of Engineering and Environmental Design and James A. Ryder Professor at the University ofMiami. Dr. Catanese also was a Senior Fulbright Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia.

Dr. Catanese previously maintained a private practice in design, planning, and development. His consulting contracts numbered over fifty clients, including coastal zone planning and development in Hawaii and native land claims in Alaska. As a developer, he built several projects for the single family and multi-family market in the Atlanta region.

Dr. Catanese has been a public servant as well. He was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the National Urban Policy Task Force. He served as chairman of the Milwaukee City Plan Board and the Gainesville City Plan Board. Dr. Catanese was president of the Park West Development Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that planned and developed a major area in Milwaukee. He is currently a member of the Board ofDirectors of the Environmental Education Foundation ofF lorida; the Orange Bowl Committee; and Barnett Bank of Palm Beach. He has served on the Presidents' Commission of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Dr. Catanese received the Ph.D. degree from the University ofWisconsin-Madison in Planning and Land Economics; the Master's Degree in Planning and Public Administration from New York University; and the Bachelor' s Degree in Planning and Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. He has done advanced studies in real estate finance, computers, and transportation.

A prolific writer, Dr. Catanese has authored eleven books, eighteen chapters in books, over sixty­ five articles in journals, and thirty-five research monographs. Two of his books, Planners and Politics: Impossible Dreams and Urban Planning, have been best sellers in their fields.

2 STATE OF FLORIDA

Board of Education

Lawton Chiles Governor

Frank Brogan Bill Nelson Commissioner ofEducation State Treasurer

Sandra B. Mortham Bob Milligan Secretary ofState Comptroller

Bob Butterworth Bob Crawford Attorney General Commissioner ofAgriculture

Board of Regents

Charles B. Reed Jon C. Moyle James F. Heekin, Jr. Tallahassee West Palm Beach Orlando

Audrea I. Anderson Steven J. Uhlfelder Frank Brogan Fort Myers Tallahassee Tallahassee

Welcom H. Watson Dennis M. Ross Elizabeth G. Lindsay Fort Lauderdale Tampa Sarasota

Julian Bennett, Jr. Charles B. Daniel, Jr. Perla Hantman Panama City Gainesville Miami Lakes

Gwendolyn F. McLin Cornelia Sha'Ron James Paul L. Cejas Ocahumpka Tallahassee Miami

3 PROGRAM

Processional Pomp and Circumstance No. 1 in D Major by Edward Elgar

Presiding Dr. Stephen Voss, University Marshal

National Anthem Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key, led by Senga Powers

Introduction and Remarks Dr. Anthony James Catanese, President

Congratulatory Remarks Jeff Woodward, Student Body President

Conferral of the Graduate Degrees Dr. Anthony James Catanese, President Assisted by: Dr. Richard Osburn, University Provost Dr. John Jurewicz, Dean of Graduate Studies

Announcing the Candidates Dr. Karl F. !jams, Dean of Student Affairs

Closing Remarks Dr. Anthony James Catanese, President

Recessional

4 DECEMBER 1995 GRADUATES

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Alberta Elaine Centerbar "Exploring Selected Factors In The Relationship Between School Climate And Leadership Behaviors In Two Saint Lucie County Elementary Schools " Major Professor: Dr. John Hunt

Linnie Sue Moon Comerford "Attitude Changes in Year-Round Education as a Result of a Community Information Program " Major Professors: Dr. John Morris, Dr. Dan Weppner

Walter Cornnell "A Ten Year Study Of Predictors of Student Success On The Advanced Placement Computer Science Examination" Major Professors: Dr. John Morris , Dr. Dan Weppner

John H. Cummings, Jr. "Barriers to Participation in Adult Education as Perceived by African-Americans and Others " Major Professor: Dr. Donald G. MacKenzie

Paula Schweitzer Herbst "Effect of Graphic Organizers on Ninth Grade Students ' Achievement in Social Studies " Major Professors: Dr. John Morris, Dr. Mary Gray

Betty Hill "The Effects of Tutoring Strategies and Noninstructional Variables on Nontraditional Students ' Reading Scores" Major Professor: Dr. Arthur Burrichter

Rochelle Adrienne Kenyon "A Comparative Study Of The Impact Of Two Treatments On Attitudes Toward Persons With Disabilities " Major Professor: Dr. Lucy M. Guglielmino

Elaine W. Kromhout "Computer-aided Composition in Florida's Community Colleges " Major Professor: Dr. Vasil M. Kerensky

Fred Ray Landrum "New Insights Into Cognitive Abilities and Adjudicated Youths " Major Professor: Dr. Vasil M. Kerensky

5 Brenda Manning Shryock "The Effects of Instructional Format on Community College Students ' Geometric Construction Performance" Major Professors: Dr. Robert Shockley, Dr. Nancy Romance

Linda H. Thornton "Academic and Demographic Variables as Predictors of Gang Activity in School" Major Professors: Dr. John Morris, Dr. Mary Gray

Beverly Aileen Warde "A Comparison of the Reading Characteristics of College Student Poor Readers With and Without Learning Disabilities " Major Professors: Dr. Ron Taylor, Dr. Lydia Smiley

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Anna D. Martin "The Relationships Between Exchange Rate Exposure and European Positioning of Multinational Corporations" Major Professor: Dr. Jeff Madura

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

John M. Camperman "Investigation of Carbon Dioxide Transport In Life Support Helmets " Major Professor: Dr. JeffreyS. Tennant

Srinivas Jaya Chunduru "Dynamic Stall And Three-Dimensional Wake Effects On Trim, Stability and Loads of Hinge less Rotors with Fast Floquet Theory" Major Professor: Dr. Gopal H. Gaonkar

Darryl L. DeBruin "Classification of Marine Sediments Using a Fuzzy Logic Impedance Inversion Model" Major Professor: Dr. L.R. LeBlanc

Murali Gopinathan "Adaptive Control Of Vibration In Flexible Smart Structures" Major Professor: Dr. Grazyna A. Pajunen

6 Kunal Joarder "The Visual Looming Navigation Cue: A Unified Approach" Major Professor: Dr. Daniel Raviv

Yijun Wang "A Unified Methodology For Software And Hardware Fault Tolerance" Major Professors: Dr. Jie Wu, Dr. E.B. Fernandez

Jun Yu "Response Analysis of Structures Including Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction" Major Professor: Dr. Yan Yong

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Carl M. Anderson "The Fractal Time Behavior of Spontaneous Perinatal Behaviors Associated With REM Sleep: A Possible Ontogenetic Adaption and Source of Plasticity Underlying the Emergence of Behavioral Neophenotypes" Major Professor: Dr. Leslie M. Terry

Joanna Raczaszek "Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the Human Brain Associated with Transitions in Coordination Timing" Major Professor: Dr. Betty Tuller

XumouXu "The Electronic Structure and Properties of Equi-Atomic CuAu" Major Professor: Dr. R.G. Jordan

7 THE SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES

Dean James Malek

MASTER OF ARTS

Gregory Barnes Darcy Dianne Gordon Edward Charles Osborne Bruce Matthew Beck Darren Scott Greenwald Ruth Elizabeth Reeves Rose-Marie Donovan Betty Turso Jeffers Virginia Maria Daniela Scala Myriam Eli Ruth E Kross Pamela Pevahouse Smith Marya Summers Flynn Marjorie L Mullins Joan Elaine Thompson Michael Anthony Gavino Jeffrey Richard Young

MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Ernesto Daniel Ferrera Richard Neven Martin David Tarryn-Grae

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Dean Stanley J. Hille

MASTER OF ACCOUNTING

Jennifer Corey Benson Lori Sprott Cairo Joanna Debra Clarkson

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Lillian Abbott Alywin William Michael Daw Leonora Aboulafia Maya Federico Barreto-Schweizer Rachel Desrocher Suzanne Mulvehill McKeown Joseph A Belmonte David Michael Dickirson Mary Catherine Meade Gregory M. Blair Valerie Jo Foster Isabel Mendez Janet Brown Bowman Thomas A Franklin Brian James Mikel Donna Christine Bradbrook John Paul Gaydac Rosalina Lita Reyes-Walker Shirley Ann Brandenburg Grace A Grant-Brown Lou Ann Schafer David Laing Brown IV David Gregory Glenn-Eric Seim Hyacinth R Carrington Philip Bayon Heckendorn Kristen Andrea Skurcenski Wen-Tsay Danny Chen Shgufta Hussain Dominic Thomas Tone Brent Allen Colby Karri Matti Koskinen Dianne A. Whitelocke Philipe Yves Courtay Pamela Kyoko Kubosumi Lori Diane Wolin Sharon Elaine Daniel Michael P Magi Jill Marie Wyland

MASTER'S IN TAXATION

Christine E Anderson Kyle Marc Globerman Camille Victoria Sexton Maria Ana Victoria Colby Scott G Myott Glenn Paul Vincent

8 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Dean Jerry Lafferty

EDUCATION SPECIALIST

Shannon H Cash David Bruce Rinker Audrey Elaine Samuels Bonnie L Peyton Helen Christina Roberts Sheila K Supersad Lewis

MASTER OF EDUCATION

Kristin Barrett Allison Lisa Ann Hunt Ronald Lorenzo Pugh Patricia Danison Althouse Jeffrey Glenn Jabick Karen Lynn Rogner Kenneth B Bass Carol A Jones Jeffrey Thomas Romance Donna Rae Bliss Lani Kempner Barbara March Ruben Jill Marie Brondolo Colleen Marie Kessler Sally Anne Ryan Gerald Robert Broucek Sheri J Krass Maria T Schaefer Rachel L Buckley Charlene Kaye Labidou Emily Beth Schapiro Jennifer Ruth Burkey Susan P Lang Dianne Oliver Schulz Lisa Ellen Cardenas Kathleen Theresa Laplaca Michele Leigh Schwartz Arelis Cardona Regina Ryan Lavelle J. Scott Stephens Neil Patrick Coady Patricia Linda Margaret Lynch Sternefeld Marvalyn McCaskill Davis Andrea Lee Lynch Theodore Richard Szmejterowicz Diane M Dicerbo Diana Jean Mac William Marilyn L Taylor Lisa Kay Flay Ricard Lee McCombs Sandra L. Testa Patrice Roselle Fletcher Wendy Sue Michaels Michele D. Thorner Naida Joy Francis Rebecca Anne Michaelson Linda G Toemmes Tiffany Mumm Fuller Sharon Rhoads Moffitt Jennifer Kurland Turner Gail C Gauthier Diane Louise Mugavero Joyce Marilyn Vitale Eric David Goodman Tanya Alayne Murphy Jennifer Anne Ward Wanda F Griffin Deborah Denise Murrietta Kenneth Columbus Webley III William Lawrence Hayes Mayra B Paneque Tammy Michelle Wiebelt Dorothy Schaefgen Hill Pamela Joy Patton Erin Todd Wood Joy R Hirshman Melissa Lynett Pfau Andrew Louis Wurman John Prince

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Dean Craig S. Hartley

MASTER OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Sudarshan Parthasarathy Agaram Samer Ali Nabulsi Leon Thomas Platt Vaishali R Khedekar Amit V. Patel Raed Anton Saba Renan Laurore Anbu Aruna Venkatakrishnan

9 MASTER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Eeshat Ullah Ansari Nidhi Krishnaswamy Nishi Sundari Nidamarty Madhavi A. Khedkar Kumar T. V Lankipalle Li Wei Lalitha Mathen

MASTER OF ENGINEERING

Devang Anandjiwala Cynthia W Duffield Erik Mark Mintz Arturo B. Bastidas Donald Edward Flynn Vincent F Peluso Steven M Blankman Arnie K Goddeau John William Swiadek Norman Jack Brandt Jyoti Kulhari Harinatha Reddy Takkasila Zajing Chen Jianhua Li Thien Vu Truong David John Chuslo Joseph J Medvid III Irene Elizabeth Veksler Beatriz Ruiz Covas Garrett A Merkl John Richard Warren Andrew D Cowdery Clifford Ronald Merz Shaolin Wei

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Mohan S. Reddy

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Ahmad Akhtar Jaweed Ali Hari M Pendyala Konrad Goetz Richard Roeder Wilbert Lewis Blake Joseph Cesare Polimeni E Gabriela Barrantes-Sliesarieva Glenn A Freytag Ajit Anand Renavikar Daniel R Sommers

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

Lofton Alexander Bullard Mark Anthony Romanski

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING

Woo-Suk Ahn Jiemei Jiao Adrian Napoles Jeffrey Scott Amodie Emmanuel Joubert Satish Ramprasad Pierre-Philippe Jean Beaujean Thomas J Kelly Philip Frank Scarim, Jr. David Joseph Brunell Stanislas Kliszowski Larry Michael Smith Anju Sharma Chopra Anne Le Floch Kevin Andrew White Ellen Carole Hendrix Daniel Xinggang Liu Jianlong Zhang Richard John Murgatroy

10 COLLEGE OF NURSING

Dean Anne Boykin

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

Patricia A Basel Patricia Welch Dittman Daniel James Little Vicki A Didominic Joan Korab Iler Barbara Colleen Sorbello

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

Dean John R. Wiesenfeld

MASTER OF ARTS

Bari Lynn Brookins Katherine Mae Hughes Tania Lago Stacey W. Brownlow Craig Campbell Jackson Eric Austin Rudich Susan Katrina Egan Kristine Marie Kogan Elizabeth C Schatten Maria Christina Garcia Jill Starr Sorensen

MASTER OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Tod Matthew Hale Yathindran J Lingam-Nattamai

MASTER OF GEOLOGY

WalterS A Mortensen

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Michael Arminio Jr Christopher James Dougherty Neil F Miranda Patricia Joann Baechler Jacqueline Ann Fernandes Sandra Denise Reid Mark Eric Brandenburg Deirdre C Gonsalves Raymond Charles Reiners Andrea Beth Brandt Chi-wei Hu Hans-Erich Schulz Jerry M Cook Waygye Jiang Kevin Lee Segerlom Charles F Cornwell Victor M Juez David Clinton Williams Mortaza Davari Lilian R Masliah Nancy Mary Winfree Guoping Deng Kris Joseph McFadden Xinhua Xu

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN TEACHING Nancy Marlo Ballard Joanne Marie Kelly

11 COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Dean James S. Fisher

MASTER OF ARTS

Rika Arai Richard Evans Flaherty Alisa Marie O'Hara Tara-Lynn Brown Ulises A Hernandez Michele Lorraine Pejovic Janice Eva Campbell Blake Wilson Kirkpatrick Ahmad Poudratchi Donald Lawrence Collins Jean Rony Lafalaise Antoinette Theodossakos Robert William Croce Robert Edmund Lozada Susanne Beatrice Wilde Alfonse Savino Monteferrante

COLLEGE OF URBAN AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Dean Rosalyn Y. Carter

MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Raymonde Charles Bonaparte Janet Erony-Kahan Jeffrey Bogard Harrington Ruby L. Childers Duncan M Foster Danielle Beth Leader Simpiwe Dzengwa Linda Howells Friar Jeanne Kelly Mills Patrie Harald Edmondson Tammy Leora Thorburn

MASTER OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

Jennifer Paige Ciszczon Michael E Debock Clare Margaret Vickery

12 COMMENCEMENT STAFF

Stephen H Voss, Ph.D. University Marshal

Marshals fo r the Candidates

The Schmidt College of Arts and Humanities: David Anderson, Ph.D.

College of Business: Peggy Golden, Ph.D.

College of Education: Lydia Smiley, Ph.D. Donald MacKenzie, Ed.D.

College of Engineering: Mohammad Ilyas, Ph. D.

College of Nursing: Marilyn Ray, Ph.D.

Coll ege of Science: Edward Petuch, Ph.D.

College of Social Science: William Kennedy, Ph.D.

College of Urban and Public Affairs: Khi Thai, Ph.D.

13 ACADEMIC REGALIA

Lending color to the pageantry of the Academic Commencement are the academic robes and hoods worn by the faculty and delegates. This regalia reaches back into the medieval ages when it served a functional as well as an ornamental role, separating the learned men from other groups and offering warmth and protection. In late nineteenth century America, a conference was held by representatives of colleges and universities to bring more order and system to the custom of academic dress. Since then, there have been periodic conferences to revise or reconfirm existing practices. Essentially, holders of the bachelor's degree wear black robes unadorned. Holders of the master's degree wear hoods that are lined with the colors of the college conferring the degree and trimmed with the color representing the subject in which the degree was earned. The doctoral robe is adorned with velvet and also is worn with the hood suitably ornamented. Holders of degrees from foreign universities or religious orders wear the entire academic costumes as decreed by the conferring institutions. The following list shows the colors that will be found on the hoods worn in the Academic Procession at the Commencement, and the discipline each represents.

Accounti ng, Business Administration ...... Drab Art, Letters, English, History, Humanities ...... White Communications ...... Crimson Dramatic Arts ...... Brown Economics ...... Copper Education ...... Light Blue Engineering ...... Orange Fine Arts ...... Brown Journalism ...... Crimson Law ...... Purple Library Science ...... Lemon Yellow Mathematics, Psychology ...... Gold Music ...... Pink Nursing ...... Apricot Philosophy ...... Dark Blue Physical Education ...... Sage Green Physics ...... Gold Political Science ...... Dark Blue Public Administration ...... Peacock Blue Science ...... Gold Social Work ...... Citron

14 The History of the Mace

The mace, generally made of wood and clad in metal, was used as a weapon during the Middle Ages. Later, as more powerful military arms were developed, the mace became a symbol of authority. During the 12th century, guards of the English and French kings were the first to bear ceremonial maces. The tradition grew, and by the end of the 16th century the mace was used by officials in cities and towns throughout England. Today, the ceremonial mace is carried in the British Houses of Parliament, before ecclesiastical dignitaries, and in university convocations. The Florida Atlantic University mace carried in today's commencement procession was designed and handcrafted by FA U art professor William Lattimer and is made ofmahogany and silver. The carved staff, encircled with silver rings, is topped by a silver owl with outspread wings. The design signifies the dignity, determination and wisdom of FAU's mascot, the burrowing owl.

President Catanese cordially invites all the graduates and their guests to a reception immediately following the Commencement Exercises in the lobby of the University Center.

NOTE ON PHOTOGRAPHY In order to maintain an orderly and dignified ceremony, one which our graduates can remember with pride and enjoyment, guests are requested to remain seated during the entire ceremony and recessional and to refrain from taking pictures of the candidates until after the exercises are completed. The University has contracted with Bob Knight Photo Marketing, P.O. Box 59- 3072, Miami, Florida, 33159, to take a full color, close-up photograph of each candidate with the President, and graduates will be contacted about purchasing the photographs on a later date. Your cooperation will ensure that the commencement exercises will run smoothly and that the ceremony itself will become a fitting occasion to mark this significant milestone in the lives of our graduates.

15 COLLEGE HIGHLIGHT

College of Education

The College ofEducation was one ofFiorida Atlantic University's five original colleges when the University opened to students in 1964. In the early years, the faculty was scattered across the Boca Raton campus in temporary buildings and office space until 1969, when construction of the Education I and II bui ldings and the adjoining General Classrooms North - now Fleming Hall - were completed. In April1992, ground was broken for the College's first new buildmg in 22 years-a much-needed 90,000-square-foot facility that opened in January 1994. The four-story, technologically advanced structure anchors the northwestern part of the Boca Raton campus. The fully accredited College received its most recent reaccreditation in September 1995 from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCA TE). In response to changing educational needs and to better serve one of the fastest growing areas in the United States, the College ofEducation has introduced the Genesis Teacher Education Project, an alternative teacher preparation program that allows students to earn combined bachelor's and master's degrees in five years. Graduates ofthis program are eligible for multiple teaching certification in elementary, middle school, high school, and varying exceptionalities. Another innovative program is the Teacher Education Alliance (TEA), which provides Broward County high school students the opportunity to get an early start on their teaching careers. Through a formal agreement involving the Broward County School Board, Broward Community College and FAU's Colleges ofEducation and Liberal Arts, high school students planning to become teachers receive extensive and varied field experiences enriched by multicultural education and technology. Upon graduation from the TEA program, students are guaranteed employment in the Broward school system. The College is divided into six departments: Counselor Education, Educational Foundations and Technology, Educational Leadership, Exceptional Student Education, Exercise Science and Wellness, and Teacher Education. In addition to the broad programs ofstudy offered on the Boca Raton campus, education courses are popular on FAU 's Davie, Northern Palm Beach and Port St. Lucie campuses. Other components of the College include the A.D. Henderson University School, established on the Boca Raton campus in 1969 with a grant from Lucy Henderson Edmondson. At this kindergarten through 8th grade laboratory school, students from the College ofEducation observe teaching and learning and participate in instructional research and developmental activities. The Pine Jog Environmental Education Center in West Palm Beach began its association with FAU in 1970, becoming part of the College ofEducation in 1987. Situated on a site that includes pine flatwoods, marshes, ponds, wet prairies, low hammocks and grassy fields, Pine Jog provides environmental education to area students and teachers as well as to other residents. Pine Jog has received numerous awards for its innovative environmental education efforts, including being named a statewide Center of Excellence. The College's Communication Disorders Center is a full-service speech, language and hearing clinic operated as part of the graduate program in communication disorders. The Lois Pope National Institute for Teaching Commitment, established in the College in 1991 , offers full four-year scholarships to former high school dropouts with strong leadership skills who wish to pursue degrees in education and subsequently work with at-risk children in low-income neighborhoods. The Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development, an innovative facility operated by the College on the Boca Raton campus, provides care for preschool chi ldren from three to five years old, and supervised teaching, internships and research experiences for F AU students interested in early childhood education. The College's Eminent Scholar Chair in Community Education, one of the University's 12 fu lly funded endowed chairs, promotes adult and evening education nationwide through more effective use of existing educational facilities.

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