Greetings from the President May 30, 2018 Dear Graduates: Congratulations! You have reached a most significant milestone in your life. Your hard work, determination, and commitment to your education have been rewarded, and you and your loved ones should take pride in your accomplishments and successes. Hunter College certainly takes pride in you. ' Your Hunter education has prepared you to meet the challenges of a world that is rapidly changing politically, socially, economically, ~ . technologically. As part of the next generation of thoughtful, responsible, and intelligent leacfets;·: you will make a real difference wherever you apply your knowledge and skills. Endless 'Opportunities await you. As you pursue your goals and move forward with your professional and personal lives., please carry with you Hunter's commitment to community, diversity, and service to others. We look forward to hearing great things about you, and we hope you will stay connected to the exciting activities and developments on campus. Please remember Hunter College and know that you will always be part of our family. Best wishes for continued success. Sincerely, ~vi Jennifer J. Raab President Order ofExercises Presiding Jennifer J. Raab, President Eija Ayravainen, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean ofStudents Opening Ceremony Michael F. Mazzeo, Macaulay Honors College, Bachelor ofArts '18 Processional President's Party and Members of the Faculty Graduates and Candidates for Graduation National Anthem Joanna Malaszczyk, Master ofArts '18 Bagpiper Ian A. Sherman, Doctor ofNursing Practice '18 Greetings William C. Thompson, Jr., Chair, Board ofTrustees of The City University ofNew York Matthew Sapienza, Senior Vice Chancellor and ChiefFinancial Officer of The City University ofNew York ' Charge to the Graduates and Candidates for Graduation President Jennifer J. Raab Commencement Speak~t,~ecipient of Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters 'Vin Diesel, Actor, Producer, Filmmaker Valedictory Address Rochel Hecht, Bachelor ofArts '18 Presentation of Senior Legacy Gift from the Class of2018 Presentation of Graduates and Candidates for Graduation Lon Kaufman, Acting Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Thomas DeGloma, Chair ofthe Hunter College Senate Andrew Polsky, Ruth and Harold Newman Dean ofthe School ofArts and Sciences Michael Middleton, Klara and Larry Silverstein Dean ofthe Hunter College School ofEducation Gail McCain, Joan Hansen Grabe Dean ofthe School ofNursing, Dean ofthe School ofHealth Professions and the School of Urban Public Health Mary Cavanaugh, Dean ofthe Silberman School ofSocial Work Conferring of Degrees President Jennifer J. Raab Recessional Commencement Honoree Vin Diesel Commencement Speaker, Recipient ofHonorary Doctorate ofHumane Letters Vin Diesel is a prominent actor, producer and filmmaker who has been honored with both a Hands and Footprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre and a Star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Last year, his movies grossed $1.6 billion worldwide. He is most widely known as Dominic Toretto in the Fast and Furious film series, Richard B. Riddick in the Chronicles ofRiddick series, and Xander Cage in the xXx series as well as the voice of Groot in the Guardians of the Galaxy films and Avengers: Infinity Wars. Most recently, Diesel, a native New Yorker, reprised his role as Dominic Toretto in the eighth installment of The Fast and the Furious franchise, which he starred in and produced. The record­ breaking film has had the largest international release of all time, grossing over $1.2 billion worldwide. He also wrote and directed the original short film Los Bandoleros, which tells the backstory of the characters and events in the franchise. Prior to F8, Diesel led the star-studded ensemble cast in the highly anticipated xXx: Return of Xander Cage. He reprised his role in Guardians ofthe Galaxy Vol. 2 as baby Grqot, and appeared Vin Diesel in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, directed by Ang Lee. In 2015, he starred in and produced The Last Witch Hunter for Lionsgate, opposite Sir Michael Caine. Another endeavor in Diesel's entrepiene'urial rise was the launch of his successful video game company, Tigon Studios, which recently created and' produced the multi-platform "Riddick: The Mere Files" as well as 2004's top­ selling Xbox game, "The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay." Diesel previously starred alongside Michelle Yeoh in 20th Century Fox's Babylon A.D., and was also seen in the courtroom drama Find Me Guilty, directed by Sidney Lumet. In 2005, Diesel starred in his first comedy feature, The Pacifier, which was a huge box-office success for Disney. In the highly anticipated science-fiction feature The Chronicles ofRiddick, Diesel reprised the title role. Produced by his production company, One Race Films, it was the follow-up to the cult favorite Pitch Black. Early in his career-in his first foray into filmmaking-Diesel wrote, produced, directed and starred in the independent short Multi-Facial, which explored the experience of being multiracial in today's society. The film follows Diesel, whose biological mother is Caucasian and biological father is African-American, on several auditions in which he is told that he is either too black or too white for the part. It was after seeing Multi-Facial at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival that Steven Spielberg created the role of Private Adrian Caparzo in Saving Private Ryan specifically for Diesel, for which he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild® Award. Diesel's future projects include Sony's Bloodshot, which he will film this summer. Diesel will reprise his role as Xander Cage and also produce xXx4 for returning director DJ Caruso. The highly anticipated ninth chapter in the Fast & Furious franchise will hit theaters April 2020 and with Justin Lin back directing the star and producer. 2 Graduates and Candidates for Graduation, Spring and Summer 2018 School of Arts Farzana Ahmed Jessenia N. Alvarado Destiny D. Atkins Kiesha D. Beckett M.ifia Ahmed Brian D. Alvarez Samuel M. Auerbach Allison S. Beggs and Sciences Mehroz Ahmed Jenny T. Alvarez Nicholas Augustine Lucky Begum Bachelor of Arts Omar Ahmed Jonas Alvarez Sat Y. Aung Mahfuzza Begum Leslie E. Abad Ratu!Ahmed Melissa Alvarez Brandon Autar Rokeya Begum Selena A. Ahmed Claudia C. Alvarez- Sophia Avalos Christine A. Beharry Dahlia Abbas Eman Y. Abbas Shawon Ahmed Plaud John Avila Kristine]. Beharry Niveen Abdalrhman Shermin Ahmed Arely Alvear Ariel Avshalumov Megi Bejleri Nader E. 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