BROWARD COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT MAY 8, 2021 BROWARD COLLEGE President . .. Gregory Adam Haile, J.D. Interim Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs . Dr. Jeffrey Nasse Senior Vice President of Workforce Education and Innovation . Dr. Mildred Coyne Vice Provost, Student Services . Ms. Janice Stubbs A. Hugh Adams Central Campus President . .Dr. Steven Dunnivant and Vice Provost, Teaching Excellence and Learning North and Judson A. Samuels South Campus President . Dr. Sunem Beaton-Garcia and Vice Provost, Academic Services and Resources District Board of Trustees Chair. Ms. Gloria Fernandez Vice Chair. .. Mr. Matthew Caldwell Trustee. Mr. Akhil K. Agrawal Trustee. Mr. Zachariah "Reggie" P. Zachariah. Jr. MISSION STATEMENT Transforming students’ lives and enriching our diverse community through academic excellence, innovation, and meaningful career opportunities. VISION STATEMENT Broward College will be a destination for academic excellence, serving students from local communities and beyond. The College will embrace diversity—student, faculty, staff, and business partnerships—and foster a welcoming, affirming, and empowering culture of respect and inclusion. The College will stand at the leading edge of technological and environmentally sound innovation, providing attainable, high-quality educational programs. Broward College will be recognized for its recruitment and retention of diverse, outstanding faculty and staff whose primary focus will be to promote the success of each individual student while supporting lifelong learning for all students. As a model post-secondary institution, the College will connect its students to diverse local and global communities through technical, professional, and academic careers. CORE VALUES Academic Excellence and Student Success: Achieving student success through high-quality, learning-centered programs and services while continuously evaluating and improving student learning outcomes that reflect the highest academic standards. This is accomplished by providing flexible educational opportunities accessible to all students, regardless of time or place. Diversity and Inclusion: Creating a community that celebrates diversity and cultural awareness while promoting the inclusion of all its members. Innovation: Developing and implementing the most emergent technologies and teaching/learning methods and strategies to create learning environments that are responsive to local, national, and international needs. Integrity: Fostering an environment of respect, dignity, and compassion that affirms and empowers all its members while striving for the highest ethical standards and social responsibility. Sustainability: Ensuring effective, efficient use of College resources while implementing fiscally sound practices and environmentally sustainable initiatives that can be modeled in collaboration with our community. Lifelong Learning: Promoting the educational growth and development of all individuals through a variety of postsecondary professional, technical, and academic programs and services. BROWARD COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT 2021 2 GRADUATION COMMITTEE Mr. Carlos Parra, Chair GRADUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS Dr. Lauren Adamo Ms. Yordanka Griffin Ms. Luz Negron Alvarez Ms. Kimberly Adams Goulbourne Ms. Cindy Ann Howe Ms. Lori Pierre-Louis Mr. Neil Cohen Ms. Jodi Brown-Lindo Ms. Jennifer Silverio Mr. Adam Derosa Ms. Linda Mashack Ms. Alicia Smith Wroble COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY PROGRAM Pledge of Allegiance. Ms. Genica Da Silva Rosa President, Judson A. Samuels South Campus Student Government Association The National Anthem . Ms. Diana Solovyeva Student Singer Welcome . Ms. Gloria Fernandez Chair, Broward College District Board of Trustees Messages to Graduates . Mr. Matthew Caldwell Vice Chair, Broward College District Board of Trustees Mr. Akhil K. Agrawal Trustee, Broward College Board of Trustees Mr. Zachariah “Reggie” P. Zachariah, Jr. Trustee, Broward College Board of Trustees Student Speaker. Ms. Genica Da Silva Rosa Commencement Speaker. Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh President and CEO, Urban League of Broward County Special Remarks . Gregory Adam Haile, J.D. President Presentation of Candidates to President . Dr. Jeffrey Nasse Interim College Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Conferral of Degrees and Closing Remarks . Gregory Adam Haile, J.D. 3 COMMENCEMENT 2021 BROWARD COLLEGE REGALIA In the medieval universities, students and teachers wore earned or granted, as for example: ARTS, white; SCIENCE, gowns indicating their status and scholastic achievements. golden yellow; EDUCATION, light blue; ENGINEERING, Today, European institutions still show great diversity orange; MUSIC, pink; LIBRARY SCHOOL, lemon yellow; in the specifications of academic dress, and American BUSINESS, drab; JOURNALISM, crimson; LAW, purple; colleges and universities adopted a system which all could THEOLOGY, scarlet; PHILOSOPHY, dark blue. Each hood follow. In 1895, at Columbia University, an intercollegiate is also lined in silk with the colors of the institution which commission drafted a uniform code for the use of caps, granted the degree. gowns and hoods. These standards, with few revisions, are still in effect. Broward College follows the Academic The appropriate cap for all degrees is the familiar black Costume Code. “mortar board.” A tassel, black or a color signifying the field of specialization, is worn hanging to the left of the Four academic degrees are generally recognized: the face. Those holding a doctor’s degree may wear a soft velvet associate, the bachelor, the master and the doctor. The cap of the color indicating their field of study, or with the associate degrees (associate in arts and associate in sciences) mortar board, they may wear a tassel in gold or in part of are offered by the standard two-year junior colleges. The gold thread. other three are conferred by universities and colleges. The bachelor’s or baccalaureate degree takes its name directly The mace, carried by the parade marshal, is a symbol of from the medieval practice of “bachelors” wearing a the authority vested in the college president. In medieval garland of bayberries. The master’s degree was equivalent times, it was a weapon of war which was effective against to a license to teach, and sometimes was followed by the the strongest armor and was used chiefly by knights. express words Licentia Docendi. The doctor’s degree, when Maces were often borne by a royal bodyguard to protect earned by study, indicates advanced study and independent the king in processions, but in the course of time (by the research in a specialized field of learning. Honorary degrees 14th century), they assumed more ceremonial functions are granted for meritorious service and for distinction in and lost their warlike appearance. A mace is carried in public or private endeavor. academic and ecclesiastical processions, particularly in English-speaking countries. Those holding a bachelor’s degree wear a black gown fastened at the top, distinguished by long pointed sleeves At Broward College, academic distinction is noted by the hanging nearly to the knees. The master’s gown, worn open, addition of one or both of the following to the graduate’s has long closed sleeves with an arc of a circle appearing regalia: The tri-cords in royal blue, white and antique gold near the bottom and a slit for the arm near the middle of represent the academic distinction of membership in the the sleeves. The doctor’s gown, usually worn open, is made Robert “Bob” Elmore Honors College. The gold satin stole of silk, faced with a broad strip of velvet, and has three bars and gold tassel represents the academic distinction of of velvet on each sleeve. A hood made of the same material membership in Phi Theta Kappa. Veterans of the Unites may be worn with the gown. The bachelor’s hood is three States Armed forces wear a silver medallion to signify feet long, with a two-inch strip of velvet; the master’s hood their service to our nation. Students wearing the navy is three and one-half feet long, faced with a three-inch strip blue and silver intertwined cord are graduating from of velvet; the doctor’s hood is four feet long, faced with a Broward College with a minium of a 3.5 GPA. five-inch strip of velvet. The color of the tassel or velvet strip on the hood indicates the field of study in which the degree was BROWARD COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT 2021 4 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Germaine Smith-Baugh, Ed.D President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban League of Broward County Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh is President and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County—a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating the standard of living for families in underserved urban communities. In 2006, Dr. Smith-Baugh was appointed as the only woman to lead an Urban League affiliate in Florida. She is credited with several achievements including the opening of a $9 million Community Empowerment Center located in the Historic Sistrunk Community. In 2015, Dr. Smith-Baugh spearheaded efforts to secure Greater Fort Lauderdale as the premier destination for the National Urban League Conference which attracted over 13,000 attendees and generated an estimated economic impact of $10 million for the region. Dr. Smith-Baugh’s leadership in breaking the cycle of poverty for countless families has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career. Her most notable honors include Broward Black Elected Officials Community Award; South Florida Business Journal’s Diamond Award; Delta Sigma Theta’s Distinguished Service Award;