Commencement Commencement SPRING 2016 University of Florida President Dr. W. Kent Fuchs Dr. W. Kent Fuchs became the University of Florida’s 12th president in January 2015. Most recently the provost of Cornell University, Dr. Fuchs’ experience combines academic leadership as a provost, dean and department chair; a distinguished career as an engineering professor; and graduate education in both engineering and divinity. In accepting the presidency, Dr. Fuchs outlined his overarching goal for UF: to elevate its stature, as measured by quality and comparative excellence, to that of one of the nation’s best public universities. President Fuchs will pursue this objective by continuing Dr. Fuchs is married to Linda Moskeland Fuchs, an art to lead the university’s preeminence plan, along with historian whose scholarship centers on the sculpture a campus-wide goal-setting effort to set objectives for of sarcophagi created in the first centuries of Christian the next five and ten years. He will seek to significantly art-making. Mrs. Fuchs has two master’s degrees increase UF’s endowment; enhance the efficiency and in art history, from the University of Chicago and effectiveness of university operations; and establish UF Cornell, and a third in Biblical studies, from Trinity as a national leader and voice for higher education. Evangelical Divinity School. She is active in campus and community life, including spending six years on The UF presidency is a natural next step for Dr. Fuchs, the board of Chesterton House, a center for Christian who spent six years as Cornell’s provost. There, he studies at Cornell, the past three years as chair. led the creation of a new technology campus in New York City, launched a universitywide initiative to The Fuchses have three sons and a daughter, Micah, raise Cornell’s academic stature and was a key leader Eric, Isaac and Christine. Eric and their daughter-in- of Cornell’s fundraising efforts. He was appointed law, Mikaela, have a baby boy named Henry. provost after serving as the university’s Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering from 2002 to 2008. He joined Born on an Oklahoma farm in 1954, President Fuchs Cornell from Purdue University, where he headed the spent much of his youth in Alaska before moving to School of Electrical and Computer Engineering from Miami, where he graduated from Miami Killian Senior 1996 to 2002. He was a professor in the Department High School. His two younger brothers and stepmother of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the live in South Florida. Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois from 1985 to 1996. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association of the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Association for Computing Machinery, and has received numerous awards for teaching and research. President Fuchs earned his doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois, and a master of divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago. He credits divinity school with teaching him communication and community- building skills, and to balance his innately analytic perspective with a deep appreciation for people and for human relationships. He also holds a master of 2016 SPRING science from the University of Illinois and a bachelor COMMENCEMENT of science in engineering from Duke University. 4 Greetings from the President n behalf of the University of Florida and our administration, faculty and staff, I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you, the Class of 2016, and to your family Oand friends. Today’s ceremony celebrates your considerable accomplishment in completing a degree program at one of the world’s great universities. I share your pride and excitement, and I am confident that your degree — and the skills and experience you acquired while at this university – will serve you well in your careers and lives. As you enjoy this celebration, you may already be headed for graduate school or a professional opportunity. I urge you to pursue your highest career aspirations while remaining attuned to your capacity to make meaningful and lasting change in people’s lives. UF graduates have a long history of service to others, and I know you will continue that tradition “For the Gator Good.” It has been a privilege to have you as a part of our community, and the university is better for your time here. I hope you remain connected to UF as active alumni and members of the Gator Nation. Good luck, best wishes, and Go Gators! W. Kent Fuchs 2016 SPRING C OMMEN C EMENT 5 University of Florida Leadership STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY Pam Stewart Gary Chartrand W. Kent Fuchs, Ph.D. Commissioner of Education Tom Grady President Marva Johnson Rebecca Fishman Lipsey Joseph Glover, Ph.D. Chair Michael Olenick Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs Andy Tuck John R. Padget David S. Guzick, M.D. Vice Chair Senior Vice President - Health Affairs Jack Payne, Ph.D. LORIDA OARD OF OVERNORS F B G Senior Vice President - Agriculture and Natural Resources Marshall M. Criser III Richard A. Beard III Charles E. Lane, D.P.A. Chancellor Dean Colson Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Administration Daniel Doyle Jr. Pam Stewart Jane Adams, B.S. Commissioner of Education Patricia Frost Tonnette Graham Vice President - University Relations Thomas G. Kuntz Morteza "Mori" Hosseini Elias G. Eldayrie, M.B.A. Chair H. Wayne Huizenga Jr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer - Information Technology Alan Levine Ned C. Lautenbach Zina Evans, Ph.D. Wendy Link Vice Chair Associate Provost and Vice President - Enrollment Management Edward Morton Katherine M. Robinson Michael V. McKee, B.S. Norman D. Tripp Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Finance Fernando J. Valverde Paula Varnes Fussell, M.B.A. Vice President - Human Resource Services UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jamie Lewis Keith, J.D. Vice President - General Counsel Steven M. Scott David L. Brandon Chair Christopher T. Corr David Kratzer, M.S. Paul W. Davenport Vice President - Student Affairs David M. Thomas James W. "Bill" Heavener Vice Chair Thomas J. Mitchell, M.S. Leonard H. Johnson Vice President - Development and Alumni Affairs Joselin Padron-Rasines Rahul Patel David Norton, Ph.D. Marsha D. Powers Vice President - Research Jason J. Rosenberg Curtis Reynolds, M.B.A., M.S.E.E. Robert G. Stern Vice President - Business Affairs Anita G. Zucker DEANS OF THE UNIVERSITY R. Elaine Turner, Ph.D. Leonardo Villalón, Ph.D. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences International Center Lucinda Lavelli, M.F.A. Diane H. McFarlin, B.S. College of the Arts College of Journalism and Communications John Kraft, Ph.D. Laura A. Rosenbury, J.D. Warrington College of Business Fredric G. Levin College of Law A. Isabel Garcia, D.D.S. David E. Richardson, Ph.D. College of Dentistry College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Christopher Silver, Ph.D. Michael L. Good, M.D. College of Design, Construction and Planning College of Medicine Glenn E. Good, Ph.D. Anna M. McDaniel, Ph.D., R.N. College of Education College of Nursing Cammy R. Abernathy, Ph.D. Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D. Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering College of Pharmacy Henry T. Frierson, Ph.D. Michael G. Perri, Ph.D. The Graduate School College of Public Health and Health Professions Michael Reid, Ph.D. James W. Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D. College of Health and Human Performance College of Veterinary Medicine Nick Place, Ph.D. Judith C. Russell, M.S. IFAS Extension University Libraries Jacqueline Burns, Ph.D. Jen Day Shaw, Ph.D. IFAS Research Dean of Students 2016 SPRING PHOTOGRAPHS — The university requests that all commencement guests remain in their seats while taking photographs; no guests are permitted in the graduates' seating area. Photographs of the graduates as they cross the stage are available through companies that have contracts with the COMMENCEMENT university. Color photographs are available from University Photography, PO Box 2454, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-2454, 205-391-9500. 6 Commencement Agenda – Friday, April 29, 7:00 p.m. Presiding ................................................................................................................................................W. Kent Fuchs President Processional.........................................................................................................................Gainesville Brass Quintet National Anthem ............................................................................................................................Ronald Burrichter Gainesville Brass Quintet Welcome and Introductions .................................................................................................................W. Kent Fuchs Alumni Association Remarks and Presentation of Awards ................................................................Timothy Cerio President, UF Alumni Association, Inc. Outstanding Four-Year Scholar College of Journalism and Communications .....................................................................Natalie Heim Outstanding Student Leader College of Health and Human Performance ................................................................... Katelynd Todd Commencement Address .....................................................................................................................W. Kent Fuchs Presenting Candidates for Master's and Specialist's