RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF

COMMENCEMENT-AT-A-GLANCE

2006

THE UNIVERSITY’S 240th ANNIVERSARY COMMENCEMENT

Wednesday, May 17 1:30 p.m.

An estimated 11,190 graduates will receive degrees from Rutgers this year. They include approximately 7,719 baccalaureate degrees and some 3,471 master’s degrees and doctorates. Location: , , New Brunswick Remarks: Thomas H. Kean, governor, state of New Jersey (1982-1990); chair of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States and its nonprofit successor, the 9/11 Public Discourse Project; president of Drew University (1990-2005); and 13th Clifford Case Professor of Public Affairs (2005) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Jon S. Corzine, governor, state of New Jersey Christopher P. Chen, a cell biology and neuroscience major at Rutgers College from Bridgewater, N.J., Class of 2006 Honorary degrees: Rutgers will present honorary degrees to five distinguished recipients in New Brunswick: Gov. Jon S. Corzine (Doctor of Laws); Morris S. Dees Jr., co-founder and chief trial counsel, Southern Poverty Law Center (Doctor of Laws); Philip S. Schein, M.D., cancer researcher – founder, U.S. Bioscience and president, the Schein Group, member of the Board of Overseers of the Foundation and former member of the Rutgers Board of Trustees, Rutgers College (1961) and Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni (2005) (Doctor of Science); Dr. Shirley M. Tilghman, president, (Doctor of Science); and Dr. A. Zachary Yamba, president, Essex County College (Doctor of Laws). Robert Herbert, columnist for the New York Times, will receive his honorary degree (Doctor of Letters) in Newark and will be the speaker at the joint Newark College of Arts and Sciences-University College convocation on May 18. -more- -2- General information: All undergraduate and graduate degrees are conferred at this ceremony. The Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology in New Brunswick (57 graduate degrees) will not hold a public ceremony. Schools and colleges holding additional convocations are listed in chronological order on the following pages. NOTE: Numbers of graduates listed throughout are estimates provided by the Office of the University Registrar. IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND PISCATAWAY

EDWARD J. BLOUSTEIN SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY

Sunday, May 14 2 p.m. 140 graduate degrees (85 undergraduate joint degrees are counted in their college totals) Location: Nicholas Music Center, 85 George St., Douglass campus, New Brunswick Speaker: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ). Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Class of 1979, Hall of Distinguished Alumni, 1999

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND LABOR RELATIONS

Monday, May 15 7 p.m. 115 graduate degrees (95 undergraduate joint degrees are counted in their college totals) Location: , 130 College Ave., New Brunswick Speakers: Members of the Class of 2006, with their programs – Melissa Bartosek, Girard, Pa., Master of Human Resource Management; Sarah A. Meyer, Union City, Master of Labor Studies and Employment Relations; Maria Patricia Belonis, Edison, Bachelor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations; and William M. Dwyer, industrial relations manager, PSEG Services Corp., Newark, and SMLR Alumni Association

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Monday, May 15 7 p.m. 262 master’s degrees Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway Speaker: Deloris Jordan, author; member, board of advisers, School of Social Work and founding board member, Jordan Institute for Families, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

MASON GROSS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Tuesday, May 16 2:30 p.m. 102 graduating seniors, 80 graduate degrees Location: Nicholas Music Center, 85 George St., Douglass campus, New Brunswick Speaker: Jane S. Moss, vice president for programming, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York -more-

-3- ROTC COMMISSIONING CEREMONY

Tuesday, May 16 3 p.m. 7 Air Force and 8 Army second lieutenants to be commissioned Location: Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room, 126 College Ave., New Brunswick Speaker: Maj. General David S. “Scott” Gray, commander, Air Mobility Warfare Center, U.S. Air Force, Fort Dix, N.J.

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION AND LIBRARY STUDIES

Tuesday, May 16 5 p.m. 160 graduate degrees (525 undergraduate joint degrees are counted in their college totals) Location: College Avenue Gymnasium, 130 College Ave., New Brunswick Speaker: Richard D. Heffner, university professor of communications and public policy, Rutgers

RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK

Tuesday, May 16 7 p.m. 290 undergraduate joint degrees (recipients are also counted in their college totals) Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway Speaker: Arthur Certosimo, executive vice president, broker-dealer services, The Bank of New York. Member, Finance Advisory Board, Rutgers Business School, Rutgers College, Class of 1977

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Thursday, May 18 9 a.m. 312 graduates (294 master’s, 15 doctorates, three specialist) Location: College Avenue Gymnasium, 130 College Ave., New Brunswick Speaker: Gene I. Maeroff, senior fellow, The Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York

DOUGLASS COLLEGE

Thursday, May 18 10 a.m. 646 graduates Location: Antilles Field, Douglass campus, New Brunswick Speaker: The Honorable Jaynee LaVecchia, associate justice, New Jersey Supreme Court. Class of 1976 and member, Douglass College Alumnae Association; Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Class of 1979; Hall of Distinguished Alumni, 2001 Rain: Same day, 9:30 a.m., Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway -more-

-4- RUTGERS COLLEGE

Thursday, May 18 1:15 p.m. 2,228 graduates Location: Voorhees Mall, College Avenue, New Brunswick Speaker: Randal Pinkett, president and CEO, BCT Partners, Newark; winner of ’s “The Apprentice” (Season No. 4). College of Engineering, Class of 1994 Rain: Friday, May 19, 1:15 p.m., Voorhees Mall (if rain, 2:15 p.m., Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway)

LIVINGSTON COLLEGE

Thursday, May 18 1:30 p.m. 851 graduates Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway Speaker: Philip R. Nulman, founder, CEO and creative director, The Nulman Group, White House Station. Class of 1973

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Thursday, May 18 5 p.m. 524 graduates Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway Speaker: Michael N. Goodkind, president, Alfred Benesch & Co., Chicago. Class of 1965 (College of Engineering)

ERNEST MARIO SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

Friday, May 19 9:30 a.m. 162 Pharm.D. degrees Location: College Avenue Gymnasium, 130 College Ave., New Brunswick Speaker: Vivian A. Chester, vice president of research and development – vision and women’s health, Johnson & Johnson Consumer and Personal Products Worldwide. Member, Rutgers Board of Trustees, Class of 1977 (College of Pharmacy)

COOK COLLEGE

Friday, May 19 10 a.m. 544 graduates Location: Lawn near College Pond (“Passion Puddle”), Cook campus, New Brunswick Speaker: Cindy Lee Van Dover, Marjorie S. Curtis Associate Professor of Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. Class of 1977 Rain: Same day, 10:30 a.m., Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway

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-5- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE-NEW BRUNSWICK

Saturday, May 20 10 a.m. 757 graduates Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Livingston campus, Piscataway Speaker: John J. Heldrich, retired corporate vice president of administration, Johnson & Johnson; founding chair, the New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission. Emeritus member, Rutgers University Foundation Board of Overseers; chair, National Advisory Board, John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers; Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni (1995); Class of 1950

IN NEWARK

SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE Wednesday, May 17 10 a.m. 20 graduates Speaker: Jay Albanese, chief of the International Center, National Institute of Justice, Washington, D.C. Location: Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St.

COLLEGE OF NURSING

Thursday, May 18 10 a.m. 146 graduates Location: Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St. Speaker: Retired Rear Adm. Julia Plotnick, former assistant surgeon general and chief nurse, U.S. Public Health Services. Visiting professor, College of Nursing

Joint Convocation:

NEWARK COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 846 graduates

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE-NEWARK 206 graduates Thursday, May 18 4 p.m. Location: The Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St. Speaker: Robert Herbert, New York Times columnist and honorary degree recipient

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-6- RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL-NEWARK AND NEW BRUNSWICK

Friday, May 19 10 a.m. 496 graduate degrees (320 undergraduate joint degrees are counted in their college totals) Location: Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St. Speaker: Joseph J. McAlinden, chief global strategist, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, New York. University College-Newark, Class of 1971

GRADUATE SCHOOL-NEWARK

Friday, May 19 3 p.m. 247 graduates Location: Norman Samuels Plaza Speaker: Marc Holzer, chair and Rutgers Board of Governors Professor of Public Administration Rain: Same day and time, Golden Dome Athletic Center, 42 Warren St.

SCHOOL OF LAW-NEWARK

Friday, May 26 10 a.m. 220 graduates Location: New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center St. Speaker: Ronald K. Chen, New Jersey public advocate. Former associate dean of academic affairs and assistant professor, Rutgers School of Law-Newark, Class of 1983

IN CAMDEN

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS-CAMDEN

Friday, May 19 9 a.m. 251 undergraduate degrees, 84 advanced degrees Location: Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, 1 Harbour Blvd. Speaker: Dean Mitchell Koza

SCHOOL OF LAW-CAMDEN

Friday, May 19 1 p.m. 238 graduates Location: Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, 1 Harbour Blvd. Speaker: U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) -more-

-7- Joint Convocation:

CAMDEN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 510 graduates

GRADUATE SCHOOL-CAMDEN 110 graduates

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE-CAMDEN 108 graduates Friday, May 19 6 p.m. Location: Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, 1 Harbour Blvd. Speaker: C. Vivian Stringer, women’s basketball coach, Rutgers

EDITOR’S NOTE: The latest information on commencement can be found at commencement.rutgers.edu.

Contact: Steve Manas, Rutgers Office of Media Relations, 732-932-7084, ext. 612, 732-991-7397 (cell), or [email protected]

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