FPO UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COMMENCEMENT2017 DECEMBER 14 • 10 a.m. Undergraduate Degree Ceremony UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COMMENCEMENT2017 DECEMBER 14 • 10 a.m. Undergraduate Degree Ceremony School of Architecture College of Arts and Sciences School of Business Administration School of Communication School of Education and Human Development College of Engineering Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music School of Nursing and Health Studies CommencementCommencement MarshalsProgram Grand Marshal Isaac Prilleltensky, Ph.D. School of Education and Human Development Alumni Association Banner Marshal Mary S. Kalbaugh, B.S.M.E. ’69 Faculty Senate Marshal Ava Brillat, M.L.I.S. University Libraries Academic Banner Marshals School of Architecture Alan Shulman, M.Arch. College of Arts and Sciences Joanna Johnson, Ph.D. School of Business Administration Tie Su, D.B.A. School of Communication Samuel Terilli, Jr., J.D. School of Education and Human Development Laura Kohn-Wood, Ph.D. College of Engineering Nina Miville, D.B.A. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science William Drennan, Ph.D. Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Carlos Rivera, D.M.A. School of Nursing and Health Studies Susan Prather, Ed.D. Faculty Marshals School of Architecture Joanna Lombard, M.Arch. Katherine Wheeler, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences Michael Alessandri, Ph.D. Maria Galli Stampino, Ph.D. School of Business Administration Joseph Ganitsky, D.B.A. Ann M. Olazábal, J.D. School of Communication Ana Francois, M.B.A. Maria Scott, Ed.D. School of Education and Human Development Kysha Harriell, Ph.D. Marilyn Neff, Ed.D. College of Engineering Fabrice Manns, Ph.D. Derin Ural, Ph.D. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Anthony Hynes, Ph.D. Marjorie Oleksiak, Ph.D. 2 Commencement Program Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Steven Moore, D.M.A. Marysol Quevedo, Ph.D. School of Nursing and Health Studies Mary Mckay, D.N.P. Martin Zdanowicz, Ph.D. Alumni Marshals Douglas M. Voss, B.B.A. ’70 Jack H. Levine, B.S.C.E. ’73 Nilda J. Diaz, M.Ed. ’75, Ed.D. ’96 Cynthia Bradley, B.S.N. ’78, M.S.N. ’11, D.N.P. ’16 Jamie J. Byington, B.B.A. ’81 Todd D. Watson, B.B.A. ’84 Rafael G. Prohias, B.S.C. ’89 Juan M. Furne, M.B.A. ’90 Claire Blanton, B.B.A. ’91 Matthew O. Rotolante, B.B.A. ’98, M.B.A. ’02 James Enea, A.B. ’01 Marina Alvarez, B.G.S.C. ’03 Maria J. Robertson, B.B.A. ’05, M.A.L.S. ’11 3 CommencementCommencement ProgramProgram Academic Procession * University of Miami Commencement Band Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music University of Miami Fanfare Robert M. Carnochan, D.M.A. David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05 Director of Wind Ensemble Pomp and Circumstance Craig S. McKenzie, M.A. Edward Elgar Doctoral Conductor Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music President’s Procession * President’s Processional Fanfare – Toward Our New Century Brian Balmages, M.M. ’00 Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar Convocation Opening Jeffrey L. Duerk, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Provost The National Anthem * Emily Ennis The Star Spangled Banner Student, Classical Vocal Performance Francis Scott Key Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Invocation * Rabbi Lyle Rothman Campus Rabbi and Jewish Chaplain, UM Hillel Chair, Campus Chaplains Association Imam Abdul Hamid Samra Director of Religious Services, the Islamic Center of Greater Miami Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rev. Phillip H. Tran Catholic Chaplain for the University of Miami St. Augustine Church and Catholic Student Center Welcome Julio Frenk, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. President Introduction of Speaker Richard D. Fain Chair University of Miami Board of Trustees Advice to Graduates Alexander E. Rodriguez Major League Baseball All-Star and World Series Champion Chief Executive Officer of A-Rod Corp University of Miami Trustee 4 Commencement Program Conferral of Academic Degrees School of Architecture Rodolphe el-Khoury, Ph.D., Dean College of Arts and Sciences Leonidas G. Bachas, Ph.D., Dean School of Business Administration John Quelch, Ph.D., Dean School of Communication Gregory J. Shepherd, Ph.D., Dean School of Education and Human Development Isaac Prilleltensky, Ph.D., Dean College of Engineering Jean-Pierre Bardet, Ph.D., Dean Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Roni Avissar, Ph.D., Dean Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Shelton G. Berg, M.M., Dean School of Nursing and Health Studies Cindy Munro, Ph.D., Dean Alumni Association Welcome Xavier Cortada, A.B. ’86, M.P.A. ’92, J.D. ’92 Director, University of Miami Alumni Association Alma Mater * Craig S. McKenzie, M.A. William S. Lampe Doctoral Conductor and Christine Asdurian Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Arranged by Henry Fillmore Emily Ennis Student, Classical Vocal Performance Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Recessional University of Miami Commencement Band Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Man of the Hour Miami March The Crosley March The Noble Men March Henry Fillmore *Those who are able are asked to stand for these portions of the program. At the conclusion of the program, the audience will please remain standing until the platform party has left the Watsco Center. 5 Commencement Program University of Miami Commencement Band Craig S. McKenzie, Conductor Flute Emily Bedard Alyssa Mena Mackenzie Miller Oboe Cameron Roberts Joseph Wenda Bassoon Brian McKee Marissa Takaki Clarinet Hatem Gittens Patrick Prentice Tomás Ramos Lee Seidner Benjamin Webster Chee Weng Yim Bass Clarinet Frank Capoferri Saxophone Brian Bethea Joey Speranzo Nicholas Tobin Samuel Valancy Trumpet Samuel Exline Aaron Ney Ian Sawyer Jeffrey Summers Phillip Tsigolaroff Horn Brandon Guillen Peter McFarland Jannie Tran Alex Witt Trombone Steven Eckert Thomas McKee Ryan Smith Wesley Thompson Euphonium Jason Donnelly Abraham Zimmerman Tuba Philip Beatty Lucas Davey Double Bass Diego Matallana Rodriguez Percussion Kiril Angelov Katherine Fortunato Ksenija Komljenovi Lucas Sanchez The commencement set was designed by Kristian A. Rodriguez, B.S.C. ’04, art director in University Communications and Marketing. 6 CommencementCommencement PrSpeakerogram ALEXANDER E. RODRIGUEZ Major League Baseball All-Star and World Series Champion Chief Executive Officer of A-Rod Corp University of Miami Trustee Had former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez opted to play America and Nightline and is a guest on the quarterback rather than shortstop, he most likely would have had suc- network’s Shark Tank reality show. And he cessful college and NFL careers and been a first-ballot inductee in the will host a forthcoming CNBC television Pro Football Hall of Fame. series that mentors former athletes facing financial distress. That’s just how good an athlete Rodriguez was. So good, in fact, that while the University of Miami recruited him to play baseball, the school’s Though he never attended the storied football program actually offered him a scholarship to play quar- University of Miami as a student, his love terback—and for good reason. With size, speed, smarts, and a cannon for for the U, which dates to his boyhood, is an arm, Rodriguez was as much a phenomenon on the gridiron as he was well documented. In 2002 he gave $3.9 on the diamond, leading Greater Miami’s Westminster Christian School million to UM to renovate its baseball sta- football team to an undefeated regular season during his junior year. dium and fund an annual UM scholarship in perpetuity for a member of the Boys But it was his love for baseball that won out. With only a few hours and Girls Club of America, which to date has funded the attendance of before the start of fall classes at UM, Rodriguez signed with the Seattle 23 students. “For me, this is my Yankee Stadium, my Candlestick Park, Mariners, which had selected him as its first-round pick in the 1993 my Dodger Stadium,” Rodriguez said at the 2002 ceremony when the MLB Draft. gift was announced. He was referring to UM’s Mark Light Stadium, the iconic sporting venue on the Coral Gables campus that he sneaked into as You might say his decision worked out well. Over the course of a a little boy to watch Hurricanes baseball games. The stadium now bears legendary 22-year MLB career with the Mariners, Texas Rangers, and his name: Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field. New York Yankees, A-Rod, as he is known to so many, hit an astounding 696 home runs, smashed more grand slams than any player in history, Rodriguez also made a $500,000 gift to UM’s School of Business became one of only 29 players to join the 3,000 hit club, and won three Administration to establish the Graduate Entrepreneurship and American League Most Valuable Player Awards. He also was a 14-time Innovation Endowed Fund to support new co-curricular programs for All-Star and a 2009 World Series Champion with the Yankees. participants in the Miami Executive M.B.A. for Artists and Athletes pro- gram and other M.B.A. students. In recognition of his gift, a courtyard in While pursing his baseball career, Rodriguez also built a tremendously the School of Business Administration complex has been named the Alex successful investment firm with the purchase of a single duplex in 2003. Rodriguez Courtyard. He subsequently created a fully integrated real estate investment and development firm that has since broadened its investment mandate to A member of the University’s Board of Trustees, Rodriguez, who was encompass assets across a wider array of industries, including sports and named an honorary alumnus of the University in 2004, received UM’s wellness, media, and entertainment.