Undergraduate Commencement 2010 Contents Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
college of liber al arts & sciences undergraduate commencement 2010 Contents Undergraduate Commencement Ceremonies ............3 Outstanding Student Leaders ................................8 State Board of Education ......................................4 Outstanding Four-Year Scholars ............................9 Florida Board of Governors ..................................4 Tracy Caulkins Award ........................................ 10 UF Board of Trustees ...........................................4 CLAS Hall of Fame ........................................... 10 UF President and Vice Presidents ...........................4 CLAS Four-Year Scholars ................................... 11 CLAS Deans .....................................................4 CLAS Two-Year Scholars .................................... 11 CLAS Chairs & Directors .....................................4 CLAS Valedictorians ..........................................12 About UF..........................................................5 CLAS Commissioned Officers .............................12 About CLAS .....................................................5 Teaching & Advising Awards ................................12 About the Cap & Gown ........................................5 CLAS Retiring Faculty........................................12 A Letter From Our President ................................6 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients ................................13 A Letter From Our Dean ......................................7 Commencement Marshals .................................. 23 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.......................8 Alma Mater ..................................................... 24 12:30 p.m. Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 1, 2010 Stephen C. O’Connell Center Dean Paul D’Anieri, Presiding Prelude and Processional ...................................................................................................University of Florida Brass Quintet National Anthem .......................................................................................................... Adelaide Boedecker, School of Music Signing Gators: Krysta Aguis, Jasmine Aronson, Alexandra Klein, Erica Langston, Thays Lizaso, Meghan Rogerson, Meghan Sipula, Kathleen Vandel, Bianka Vasquez, Amy Wadeson Provost’s Remarks .........................................................................................................................................Joseph Glover Alumni Association Awards to Outstanding Leaders and Scholars ........................................................................ Jeffery Jonasen President, UF Alumni Association Presenting Candidates for Undergraduate Degrees ..............................................................................................Paul D’Anieri Conferring of Undergraduate Degrees ..............................................................................................................Joseph Glover Concluding Remarks ....................................................................................................................................Paul D’Anieri Alma Mater .........................................................................................................................................Adelaide Boedecker Postlude .........................................................................................................................University of Florida Brass Quintet 4 p.m. Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 1, 2010 Stephen C. O’Connell Center Dean Paul D’Anieri, Presiding Prelude and Processional ...................................................................................................University of Florida Brass Quintet National Anthem .......................................................................................................... Adelaide Boedecker, School of Music Signing Gators: Merna Abraham, Meghan Taffaro, Brittany Trimble, Marilyn Ouellet Provost’s Remarks .........................................................................................................................................Joseph Glover Alumni Association Awards to Outstanding Leaders and Scholars ........................................................................ Jeffery Jonasen President, UF Alumni Association Presenting Candidates for Undergraduate Degrees ..............................................................................................Paul D’Anieri Conferring of Undergraduate Degrees ..............................................................................................................Joseph Glover Concluding Remarks ....................................................................................................................................Paul D’Anieri Alma Mater .........................................................................................................................................Adelaide Boedecker Postlude .........................................................................................................................University of Florida Brass Quintet Undergraduate Commencement 2010 University of Florida College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 3 State Board of Education Eric J. Smith, Commissioner of Education, Peter Boulware, Tallahassee John R. Padget, Key West Tallahassee Akshay Desai, St. Petersburg Kathleen Shanahan, Tampa T. Willard Fair, Chairman, Miami Roberto Martinez, Coral Gables Florida Board of Governors Ava L. Parker, Chair, Jacksonville Patricia Frost , Miami Beach Eric J. Smith, Education Commissioner, John Barnes, Student Representative, Morteza “Mori” Hosseini, Daytona Beach Tallahassee West Palm Beach J. Stanley Marshall, Tallahassee Judith Solano, Jacksonville Richard A. Beard, III, Tampa Frank T. Martin, Tallahassee Gus A. Stavros, St. Petersburg Dean Colson, Coral Gables Hector A. “Tico” Perez, Orlando John W. Temple, Boca Raton Ann W. Duncan, Tampa John Rood, Jacksonville Norman D. Tripp, Fort Lauderdale Charles B. Edwards, Fort Myers UF Board of Trustees W.A. “Mac” McGriff, III, Chair, Jacksonville John J. “Jack” Mecholsky, Faculty Senate Chair, S. Daniel Ponce, Gainesville Carlos Alfonso, Vice Chair, Tampa Gainesville Carolyn K. Roberts, Ocala Marshall McAllister Criser, III, Miami Dianna F. Morgan, Windermere Steven M. Scott, Boca Raton Jordan Johnson, Student Trustee, Gainesville Cynthia O’Connell, Tallahassee Alfred C. Warrington IV, Freeport, Texas UF President and Vice Presidents J. Bernard Machen, President Paula Varnes Fussell, Vice President - Human Resources Jane Adams, Vice President - University Relations Joseph Glover, Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs Larry R. Arrington, Interim Senior Vice President - Agriculture and Jamie Lewis Keith, Vice President - General Counsel Natural Resources Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President - Research David S. Guzick, Senior Vice President - Health Affairs J.E. “Ed” Poppell, Vice President - Business Affairs Brian Beach, Senior Vice President - Administration Paul A. Robell, Vice President - Development and Alumni Affairs Matthew Fajack, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Patricia Telles- Irvin, Vice President - Student Affairs CLAS Deans Paul D’Anieri, Dean Debra Walker King, Associate Dean for Humanities David Richardson, Senior Associate Dean Albert Matheny, Associate Dean for Student Affairs Alan Dorsey, Associate Dean for Natural Science & Mathematics Jim Mueller, Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs Margaret Fields, Assistant Dean Milagros Peña, Associate Dean for Behavioral & Social Sciences CLAS Chairs & Directors Faye V. Harrison, African American Studies Program James E. Keesling, Mathematics Department Leonardo A. Villalón, Center for African Studies Paul A. Ortiz, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program Allan F. Burns, Anthropology Department D. Gene Witmer, Philosophy Department Rafael Guzmán, Astronomy Department John Yelton, Physics Department Alice C. Harmon, Biology Department Stephen C. Craig, Political Science Department Daniel R. Talham, Chemistry Department Neil E. Rowland, Psychology Department Robert S. Wagman, Classics Department Vasudha Narayanan, Religion Department Pamela K. Gilbert, English Department Constance L. Shehan, Sociology and Criminology & Law Department Amie Kreppel, Center for European Studies David A. Pharies, Spanish and Portuguese Studies Department Carol J. Murphy, France-Florida Research Institute Michael J. Daniels, Statistics Department Peter R. Waylen, Geography Department Judith W. Page, Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research Michael R. Perfit, Geological Sciences Department Kellie W. Roberts, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication Ann Henderson, Graham Center for Public Service Joseph F. Spillane, History Department Major Leaders From Departments Outside CLAS Margaret U. Fields, Interdisciplinary Studies Program Christine M. Sapienza, Communication Sciences & Disorders Department Jack Kugelmass, Center for Jewish Studies Douglas D. Dankel II, Computer & Information Science & Engineering Mark Brenner, Land Use and Environmental Change Institute Department Mary Watt, Languages, Literatures and Cultures Department David A. Denslow,Jr., Economics Department Carolyn R. Wiltshire, Linguistics Program William B. Gurley, Microbiology & Cell Science Department 4 Undergraduate Commencement 2010 University of Florida College of Liberal Arts & Sciences About UF The University of Florida traces its origins to 1853 when the state- Universities,