From the President
Posted: Friday, September 16, 2016Commencement Committee
I am pleased to announce the following appointments to the 2016–2017 Commencement Committee:
Chair: Ramona Santa Maria, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems
Immediate Past Chair: Lisa Rafferty, Chair and Associate Professor, Exceptional Education
Secretary: Cathy Cook, Secretary 2, Academic Affairs
Patricia Alessandra, Senior Staff Associate, Academic Affairs
Lisa Anselmi, Chair and Associate Professor, Anthropology
Elisa Bergslien, Chair and Associate Professor, Earth Sciences and Science Education
Bonita Durand, Chief of Staff, President’s Office
Andrea Guiati, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Modern and Classical Languages
Kimberly Jackson, Assistant Dean, Graduate School
Michael Lewis, Director, Events Management
Camilo Maldonado, Assistant Professor, Speech-Language Pathology
Ron Stewart, Professor, Sociology
Sherri Weber, Assistant Professor, Elementary Education and Reading
Sarah Young, Director, Student Life
Rita Zientek, Associate Dean, School of the Professions
Renaé Glasgow, Undergraduate Student Representative
Jazmene Mosley, Undergraduate Student Representative
Kassidy Sandy-Bourne, Undergraduate Student Representative
Graduate Student Representative: TBA
The Commencement Committee is a collegewide committee appointed by the president. The committee is responsible for advising the president, the provost, and other appropriate college administrators on matters pertaining to commencement; planning and implementing commencement ceremonies and related events; submitting proposed actions and substantive changes to the president for consideration; disseminating information about commencement throughout the institution to appropriate departments and other interested constituents; and making recommendations to the president for commencement speakers, if necessary. Committee members serve as institutional advocates and champions for commencement activities.
