UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COMMENCEMENT2018 MAY 11 • 8:30 a.m. R DR E WILDE DRIV C Gautier A CORAL GABLES CAMPUS RO M P Plaza O AMA S College of A N N SA O Cox Engineerin g A McArthur V E Scienc e N Engineerin g U Buildin g E Fieldhouse (Lineup site) Parking: Gate Buildin g Hous e E MILLER DRIV Special Needs Entrance Pavia Garage and Merrick Garage N RO McLamore AD ScSchoolhool of SO Traffic Light Special Needs Parking MEMORIAL DRIV E Plaza Nursing an d School of Law BRUN College of Health Studies Arts and Shuttle Route General Parking MILLER Sciences Shuttle Stop DRIV E Graduate Schoo l Construction Zone Fence Gusman E Foote U 11 Pedestrian Access Concer t N Frost Sc hool of Musi c School of E Hall Univer sity Green V A Shalal a Communication O U Statue Photo Booth Studen t N Wolfso n A S Center Feldenkrei s Buildin g I VE P RI Plaza Ride Share/Taxi Drop Off D O R A statue M A and Pick Up N Student Center Com plex A S Whitten School of Education UnivUn vveeersirs tyt Univ ersi ty and Human Development Villag e Center E ) Cobb Busines s Y DRIV Fountain ENUE Schoo l UNIVERSIT Lake Osceola W 57 AV (S Fate Bridge Cesarano AD RO Plaza D RE ST E A Herbe rt School of Architecture NFOR DRIV E Wellnes s Pere z D AN Center Archit ecture D R Center IV HURRIC E Murphy BRESCI Miller Design Studio BuildLab A Student AV Housing ENUE Village D R Watsco Center (Under Construction) A 12 Field house V Pavia E T L Newman Alumni U Garage EE Sebastian O Central R B Center Merric k A statue Energy Plant ST Garage D A A N VI A PA R Light Fiel d WALSH AVENUE EXTENSION G Gate E E V T LEVANTE AV E. I The Lennar E Hous e R E . D DRIV E R Ponc e de Leon Foundation R T N O D S R Garage Medi cal Center D K A DRIV R C I M R R A Rodrigue z R UE N E DICKINSO ANFO A Park M DA S ST RON FR ASER WAY LE PON CE DE LEON BOULEV ARD PONC E DE LEON BOULEV ARD RC CI Metror ail/ Univ ersity Statio n Copyright ©2014, RA University of Miami. US-1 (SOUTH DIXI E HIGH WAY) US-1 (SOUTH DIXI E HIGH WAY) ALHAMB S. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COMMENCEMENT2018 MAY 11 • 8:30 a.m. UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE CEREMONY College of Arts and Sciences CommencementCommencement MarshalsProgram Grand Marshal Perri Lee Roberts, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association Banner Marshal Richard A. Henry, A.B. ’93 Faculty Senate Marshal Mitsunori Ogihara, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences Academic Banner Marshal Teresa Ann Hood, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Marshals College of Arts and Sciences Otavio Bueno, Ph.D. Stephen Cantrell, Ph.D. Sylvia Daunert, Ph.D. Stephen Di Benedetto, Ph.D. Roger Dunham, Ph.D. Eduardo Elena, Ph.D. Caleb Everett, Ph.D. Maria Galli Stampino, Ph.D. Feng Gong, Ph.D. George Gonzalez, Ph.D. T.K. Harris, Ph.D. James Klaus, Ph.D. Diana Lopez, Ph.D. Philip McCabe, Ph.D. Victor Milenkovic, Ph.D. Zafar Nawaz, Ph.D. Jean-Hubert Olivier, Ph.D. Ira Sheskin, Ph.D. Geoffrey Sutcliffe, Ph.D. Omar Vargas, Ph.D. John Wafer, Ph.D. Athula Wikramanayake, Ph.D. Alumni Marshals Rod K. Morton, A.B. ’62 Sara L. Chikovsky, A.B. ’78, J.D ’82 Debra Kulig, B.G.S. ’78 Maria de Jesus Santovenia, A.B. ’83 Frances De La Guardia, A.B. ’85 Antonio S. Gonzalez, A.B. ’94, J.D. ’97 Allison Hift, B.S.C. ’94, J.D. ’97 Oscar V. Garcia, A.B. ’96 Nicholas E. Curtis, B.S. ’00 2 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 Activities Pomp and Circumstance Craig S. McKenzie, M.A. Edward Elgar 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 for Academic Affairs and Provost * The National Anthem Alexandra N. Colaizzi The Star Spangled Banner Candidate, Bachelor of Music Francis Scott Key Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music * Invocation Rabbi Lyle Rothman Campus Rabbi and Jewish Chaplain, UM Hillel Chair, University Chaplains Association Welcome Julio Frenk, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. President Presentation of Honorary Degree Recipient Joseph J. Echevarria, B.B.A. ’78 Desmond Mpilo Tutu Trustee Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Board of Trustees Conferral of Honorary Degree President Frenk Advice to Graduates Nontombi Naomi Tutu Public Speaker Race and Gender Justice Activist 3 CommencementCommencement ProgramProgram Conferral of Academic Degrees College of Arts and Sciences Leonidas G. Bachas, Ph.D., Dean Student Address Rowanne Ali, B.S. ’18 College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Association Welcome Devang Desai, A.B. ’97, J.D. ’03 * Alma Mater Craig S. McKenzie, M.A. William S. Lampe Conductor and Christine Asdurian Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Alexandra N. Colaizzi Candidate, Bachelor of Music Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Recessional University of Miami Commencement Band Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Miami March The Noble Men March The Crosley March The President’s 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. To view closed captions on your smart device during the ceremony, visit miami.edu/closedcaption. 4 Commencement Program University of Miami Commencement Band Craig S. McKenzie, M.A., Conductor Flute Emily Bedard Horn Mackenzie Miller Michael Barcenas Rebecca Tutunick Brandon Guillen Caitlin McKinney Alex Witt Oboe Cameron Roberts Joseph Wenda Trombone Steven Eckert Thomas McKee Bassoon Ryan Smith Jordan Bidwell Wesley Thompson Keegan Hockett Euphonium Clarinet Cassius Torres Margaret Flood Amy Hoang Rachel Komroff Tuba Lee Seidner Dennis Lejardi Benjamin Webster Chee Weng Yim Double Bass Diego Matallana Rodriguez Bass Clarinet Tomás Ramos Percussion Kiril Angelov Saxophone Max Braunstein Frank Capoferri Katherine Fortunato Joey Speranzo Ksenija Komljenovic Nicholas Tobin Samuel Valancy Trumpet Samuel Exline Robert Gallagher Aaron Ney Ian Sawyer Jeffrey Summers Phillip Tsigolaroff Commencement set designed by Kristian A. Rodriguez, B.S.C. ’04, M.F.A. ’18, art director in University Communications. 5 HonoraryCommencement Degree Pr Recipientogram DESMOND MPILO TUTU 1984 Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Activist and Peace Campaigner It was the kind of incident most people would forget. But then, In 1985 Tutu was appointed the Desmond Tutu wasn’t most people. One day, a white priest tipped his Bishop of Johannesburg, and a year later, hat to Tutu’s mother, marking the first time Tutu had ever seen a white he was elected Archbishop of Cape Town, man acknowledge a black woman. That moment made a profound im- the highest position in the Anglican pression on the young Tutu, teaching him that he didn’t have to accept Church in South Africa, a role in which the discrimination and prejudice of his native South Africa and that he continued to speak out against the religion could be a powerful tool for fighting racial injustice—which is apartheid regime, organizing peaceful precisely what he would grow up to do. demonstrations with thousands marching As a South African religious leader and theologian, Tutu used beside him. the power of his pulpit to help bring down his country’s system of “Despite all of the ghastliness in apartheid, becoming one of the world’s most prominent moral titans the world, human beings are made for and champions of justice. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, goodness,” Tutu once said. “The ones that you have chosen the side of the oppressor,” Tutu once said. are held in high regard are not militarily For his unrelenting activism against inequality and for his well- powerful, nor even economically prosperous. They have a commitment deserved role as the moral conscience of South Africa, Desmond Tutu is to try and make the world a better place.” receiving a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa. Undoubtedly he played a role in bringing an end to apartheid rule in Born in 1931 in Klerksdorp, South Africa, Desmond Mpilo Tutu 1993, and in 1994 South Africans elected Nelson Mandela as their first established a career in education before turning to theology. Tutu, who black president. Mandela would choose Tutu, who was affectionately graduated from high school in 1950, wanted to become a physician and known to South Africans as “‘The Arch,” to chair South Africa’s Truth was even accepted into medical school. But his parents could not afford and Reconciliation Commission, tasked with investigating crimes the tuition, so he studied education on a scholarship at Pretoria Bantu committed by all sides during the apartheid regime. Normal College, graduating with his teacher’s certificate in 1953. After Although officially retiring from public life in 2010, Tutu remains earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Africa in an advocate for social justice and equality around the world, standing 1954, Tutu returned to his high school alma mater to teach.