2021 UB College of A&S Undergrad 20v7:. 6/25/20 4:10 PM Page 1 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES UNDERGRADUAT E COMMENCEMENT VirtualSunday Ceremony May 16, 2021 Saturday MorningMay Ceremony 16, 2020 9:30 A.M. Arts, Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Programs Afternoon Ceremony 3:00 P.M. Humanities and Social Sciences UB Stadium North Campus UB College of A&S Undergrad 20v7:. 6/25/20 4:10 PM Page 2 This page has ben intentionaly left blank. 22 COMMENCEMENTCOMMENCEMENT 2021 2020 UB College of A&S Undergrad 20v7:. 6/25/20 4:10 PM Page 2 Contents Ceremony Program ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 SUNY Trustees and UB Ofcials .............................................................................................................................................................................................6 The Mace ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8 About the College of Arts and Sciences ...............................................................................................................................................................................9 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence ............................................................................................................................................................ 10 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Senior Awards ................................................................................................................................................ 10 Letter from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences .................................................................................................................................................36 Letter from the UB Alumni Association President ...............................................................................................................................................................37 UB Alma Mater ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................38 University Leadership ............................................................................................................................................................................................................39 Degree Conferral Commencement exercises are divided into two ceremonies and will include undergraduate degree candidates from the College of Arts and Sciences. College of Arts and Sciences Baccalaureate Degrees Morning Program 9:30 A.M. Afernoon Program 3:00 P.M. Arts Humanities Social Sciences Art ........................................................ 20 Asian Studies ....................................... 20 Anthropology ..................................... 20 Media Study ......................................... 28 Classics ................................................ 22 Communication .................................. 22 Music .................................................... 28 English ................................................. 25 Communicative Disorders Theatre and Dance ........................... 35 Global Gender and and Sciences ....................................... 23 Sexuality Studies ................................. 26 Economics ........................................... 24 Natural Sciences and Mathematics History .................................................. 26 Geography ......................................... 25 Biological Sciences ............................. 20 Philosophy ........................................... 28 Linguistics ........................................... 27 Chemistry ........................................... 22 Romance Languages and Political Science ................................... 29 Environment and Sustainability ........ 25 Literatures ........................................... 32 Psychology ......................................... 29 Geology .............................................. 26 Sociology ............................................ 34 Mathematics ...................................... 27 Special Studies Physics ................................................. 28 Special Studies .................................... 35 Interdisciplinary Programs Social Sciences Interdisciplinary ....... 32 2 COMMENCEMENT 2020 COMMENCEMENT 2021 3 UB College of A&S Undergrad 20v7:. 6/25/20 4:10 PM Page 4 Program Opening Declaration Greetings Conferral of Academic Degrees Robert S. Miletich Satish K. Tripathi President Tripathi Mace Bearer, Chair Elect of the Faculty University President Dean Schulze Senate and Professor of Nuclear Medicine and Neurology Dean’s Remarks Alumni Welcome and Video Robin G. Schulze Presentation Ofciator Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences West W. Richter Jr. Graham L. Hammill MusB ’13, BS/MBA ’13 Vice Provost for Educational Afairs and SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student University at Bufalo Alumni Association Dean of the Graduate School Excellence Board of Directors National Anthem Outstanding Senior Awards Alma Mater Anna Fernandez Anna Fernandez Music Theatre Share in the celebration! Post your photos and messages using #UBClassOf2021 4 COMMENCEMENT 2021 UB College of A&S Undergrad 20v7:. 6/25/20 4:10 PM Page 5 Closing Declaration Student Commencement Marshals Professor Miletich The university gratefully acknowledges the assistance of these graduating seniors Recessional who march in and help lead the academic procession. Readers Gianna Damico Hadar Borden Anthropology and Fine Arts Blackstone LaunchPad Stephanie Stewart-Hill Mary Clare Fahey Psychology Campus Living Nicholas Henshue Department of Environment and Sustainability Lindsay Hunter Department of Theatre and Dance John J. Wood Ofce of International Education COMMENCEMENT 2021 5 UB Dental 20v9 for Print:. 5/20/20 8:03 AM Page 4 SUNY Trustee and UB Officials Eunice Ashman Lewin Jeremy M. Jacobs Satish K. Tripathi Member of the State University of New York Chairman of the University President Board of Trustees University at Buffalo Council President and co-founder Jeremy M. Jacobs was An internationally of Impacto Consulting appointed to the UB distinguished researcher Associates, Eunice Ashman Council in 1997; in 1998, and higher education leader, Lewin joined the SUNY then-Gov. George Pataki Satish K. Tripathi, PhD, is the Board of Trustees in named him chairman. University at Bufalo’s 15th February 2010. She helped Jacobs is chairman of president. reinstate the Student Life Delaware North, a global Tripathi, who served as UB’s Committee, on which she is hospitality company with provost from 2004-2011, was co-chair. In that capacity, customers in the United dean of the Bourns College she spearheaded the creation of the Food States, Australia, New Zealand and the of Engineering at the University of California- Insecurity and the Mental Health task forces. United Kingdom. The company’s operations Riverside from 1997-2004. Previously, he spent Lewin serves on the board’s Executive include food and retail at airports and 19 years as professor of computer science at Committee and the committees for academic sports venues, sports facility ownership and the University of Maryland, including seven afairs, communications and external afairs, management, operations of parks and major years as department chair. community colleges, and academic medical tourist attractions, hotel ownership and centers and hospitals. management, gaming operations and fne Tripathi graduated at the top of his class from dining. Banaras Hindu University (BHU). He holds a A former commissioner of the Niagara master’s degree and a doctorate in computer Jacobs owns the Boston Bruins and serves as Frontier Transportation Authority, Lewin science from the University of Toronto, as chairman of the National Hockey League’s was a founding member of the Roswell well as master’s degrees in statistics from Board of Governors. In 2018, he received the Park Alliance and a board member of the the University of Alberta and BHU. A fellow sport’s highest honor when he was inducted Bufalo Urban League and Hispanics United of the IEEE and the American Association into the Hockey Hall of Fame. of Bufalo. She is a member of the Hispanic for the Advancement of Science, he holds Women’s League and the Greater Bufalo An alumnus of UB’s School of Management honorary doctorates from the Indian Institute of Racial Equity Roundtable. Earlier this year, and Harvard Business School’s Advanced Information Technology, Allahabad, and Brock she was named to the Western New York Management Program, Jacobs holds University in Canada. Health Equity Task Force to coordinate honorary doctorates in humane letters from A leader in the national higher education vaccine distribution for the region’s counties. UB, Canisius College, Niagara University and community, Tripathi serves as chair of the Mid- Johnson & Wales University. In 2015, his family American Conference Council of Presidents A retired bilingual social worker for the donated $30 million to advance UB’s medical and on the boards of the NCAA Division I, Bufalo