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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION Dear Graduates, Today is a very proud day for you, your family and the University of South Florida. Make no mistake about it, earning a university degree in today 's competitive educational environment is no small task. The range of skills required of you is increasingly wide and complex, the amount of study and preparation longer and more intense than ever. The result, though, is an individual solidly prepared for success, both today and in the years to come. Congratulations on the culmination ofyour hard work, on the attainment ofyour goals and on the very personal victory each ofyou has won through your perseverance and diligence. Sincerely, Presi'flent Betty Castor University of South Florida UNIVERSITY OF SouTH FLORIDA COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION Tampa/Lakeland: Saturday, May 6, 1995 Fort Myers: Monday, May 8, 1995 St. Petersburg: Tuesday, May 9, 1995 Sarasota: Wednesday, May 10, 1995 The University of South Florida is accredited by the Commission on Colleges uf the Southem Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the baccalaureate, master, specialist and doctoral levels, including the Doctor of Medicine. 1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, Lakeland, Fort Myers USF, the 18th largest university in The Tampa campus still serves as Graphicstudio, USF's cutting-edge the United States and the second largest the main campus, and boasts an enroll­ art studio and reproduction facility, is in Florida, is a comprehensive metro­ ment of more than 28,000. USF St. the only university art program to have politan research institution that was Petersburg was established second, fol­ its collection archived at Washington's founded by the State Legislature in 1956. lowed by USF Sarasota, USF Fort Myers National Gallery ofArt. USF'sSuncoast The university opened its doors to 1,997 and USF Lakeland. All told, the univer­ Area Teacher Training Program is one students in 1960 in Tampa, its first and sity owns 1,904 acres, 1,700 of which ofthe nation's five most innovative teach­ largest campus. make up the Tampa campus. More than ing programs, as rated by the Educa­ Since then, USF has added four 300 buildings are spread across the five tional Testing Service. USF St. Peters­ branch campuses and has expanded to campuses, with ongoing new construc­ burg is home to the U.S. Geological Sur­ more than 36,000 students. The univer­ tion and expansion of existing facilities vey Coastal Erosion Center and the sity offers nearly 200 undergraduate pushing the total higher every year. Florida Institute of Oceanography, both and advanced degrees, including the New College, the State's honors col­ nationally leading institutions in the Ph.D. in public health and the M.D. lege at USF Sarasota, was named the area of marine science research. The average SAT score for entering nation's best value among both public And USFmedicalfacultyrun Tampa freshmen is nearly 1,050, the average and private institutions in 1994 by Money General Hospital's Level l Trauma Cen­ ACT is approximately 23 and the aver­ magazine's special "Money Guide" is­ ter, one ofthe most advanced emergency age grade point average is 3.25. USF sue. It was also named the best small facilities of its kind in Florida. Besides students come from all 50 states and liberal arts college in the country. Tampa General, the College ofMedicine some 80 foreign nations. The student USF Tampa boasts an outstanding has affiliation agreements with four area body includes more than 60 national four-year honors program and honors hospitals. merit and achievement scholars. dorm. First-year students entering that The USF student newspaper, the Nearly one out of every five USF program bring an average GPA of3.75 Oracle, has consistently been voted "best students is a racial or ethnic minority. and an average SAT score approaching U.S. college daily in the Southeast" by The university has nearly 190 affiliated 1,300. the Society of Professional Journalists. student organizations and clubs, includ­ ing 25 fraternities and sororities. Groundbreaking for a fraternity/soror­ ACADEMIC OFFICERS ity "row" took place in fall of 1993. Roughly 1,900 faculty and some Betty Castor President 2,860 full-time staffwork for USF. More Michael G. Kovac Interim Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs than 70 percent of the faculty hold doc­ Melvin Anderson Interim Dean, Engineering torate or terminal degrees. Max Dertke Dean, Florida Mental Health Institute Sponsored research by USF faculty Donna Dickerson Interim Dean, Graduate School has grown rapidly in recent years, up Marvin R. Dunn Vice President, Health Sciences & Dean, Medicine from $20 million annually in the late H. William Heller Dean, St. Petersburg Campus 1980s to a record high of $85 million by Charles Mahan Dean, Public Health the end of fiscal year 1993-94. David C. McCormick Dean, Fort Myers Campus Faculty work has gained national Gordon E. Michalson Dean and Warden, New College and international recognition in the ar­ George R. Newkome Vice President, Research eas of accounting, education, engineer­ James L. Pappas Dean, Business Administration ing, marine science, performing and vi­ Steve Permuth Dean, Education sual arts and medical research-includ­ Patricia A. Gorzka Interim Dean, Nursing ing Alzheimer's disease, immunology, Yvonne Ralston Dean, Lakeland Campus cancer and nutrition. USF also has 45 Alexander Ratensky Dean, Master of Architecture Program endowed chairs in a variety of disci­ Rollin Richmond Dean, Arts and Sciences plines ranging from architecture to swal­ David P. Schenck Dean, Sarasota Campus lowing disorders. Stuart Silverman Interim Dean, Instructional Quality and Innovation John L. Smith Dean, Fine Arts Richard Taylor Interim Dean, Continuing Education Events, activities, programs and fa cilities of the University of South Florida are available to all witlwut regard to race, color, marital status, sex, religion, tUitional origitl, disability, age, Vietnam or disabled veteratl status as provided by Law rmd in accordance with the University's respect for personal dignity. 2 THESYMBOLSOFLEARNmNG Modern academic regalia evolved from the kinds of apparel worn by monks and students in the eleventh and twelfth centuries to keep warm in the medieval castles and halls in which they studied. Academic life as we know it today began in the Middle Ages - first in the church, then in the guilds. The teaching guild was the Guild of the Master of Arts, and the Bachelor was the apprentice of the Master. Their dress was the outward sign of stature and responsibility. Academic regalia was thus a visible manifestation-in color and pattern and design-that unified those ofcommon discipline and like purpose. In later centuries, to preserve the regalia's dignity and meaning, universities set rules ofacademic dress. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895, establishing a code of approved attire. In 1932, the American Council on Education revised this code, which, for the most part, governs the style ofacademic dress today. The principal features of academic dress are three: the gown, the cap and the hood. THE GOWN- The gown has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it completely covers any dress of rank or social standing. The sleeves of the gown indicate the level of the degree held by the wearer. A long, pointed sleeve indicates the bachelor's degree. The master's gown has an oblong sleeve cut in an arc, with a slit at either the upper arm or wrist. The doctor's gown has bell-shaped sleeves and may also have velvet facing and sleeve bars or chevrons. The trimming may be black, or it may match the degree color on the good edging. THE CAP-The freed slave in ancient Rome won the privilege of wearing a cap, and so the academic cap is a sign ofthe freedom of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Old poetry records the cap of scholarship as a square symbolizing the book, although other authorities claim that it is a mortar board, the symbol of the masons, a privilege guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes the discipline. The tassels on the caps (mortarboards) worn by the faculty may be black or a color indicating the degree. Those who hold a doctoral degree may wear a gold tassel. It is traditional for degree candidates to wear their tassels on the right and for those holding degrees to wear them on the left. Graduates transfer their tassels to the left after conferring of the degrees by the President. THE HOOD-The hoods are lined with the