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Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway

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Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway
Arms of Seymour (he was not entitled to use the arms of the special grant of the 1st Duke of Somerset): Gules, two wings conjoined in lure or
Member of the English Parliament
for Bramber
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1701–1703
Serving with
Preceded by
  • Thomas Stringer
  • Thomas Owen
Succeeded by
  • John Asgill
  • John Middleton
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Born
Francis Seymour

(1679-05-28)28 May 1679
Died3 February 1732(1732-02-03) (aged 52)
Lisburn, Ireland
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Children
Parent
Arms of Conway: Sable, on a bend cotised argent a rose gules between two annulets of the first[1]

Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Ragley, 1st Baron Conway of Killultagh, MP, PC (Ire) (28 May 1679 – 3 February 1731/1732), was a British politician, born Francis Seymour.

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  • 2014 Spring Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

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THE PROCESSION OF UNDERGRADUATES IS LED BY THE STUDENTS' MARSHAL, DR. MANIL SURI, THE 2013-2016 RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TEACHING PROFESSOR AWARD AND PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS. THE FACULTY AND STAFF PROCESSION IS LED BY THE FACULTY MARSHAL, DR. TIMOTHY FININ THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL RESEARCH PROFESSOR AND PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. HE IS JOINED BY STAFF MARSHAL, DR. CONSTANCE PIERSON, THE 2011 RECIPIENT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DISTINGUISHED STAFF AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH THE FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS' MARSHALS ARE CARRYING BATONS THAT THE UMBC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GAVE TO THE UNIVERSITY IN HONOR OF OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2006. THE PLATFORM PARTY IS LED BY THE GRAND MARSHAL, DR. KATHLEEN CARROLL, PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY SENATE AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS. THE GRAND MARSHAL CARRIES THE UNIVERSITY MACE, A SYMBOL OF PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY. USED ONLY ON FORMAL ACADEMIC OCCASSIONS, IT IS CARRIED IN THE PROCESSION IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE PRESIDENT. UMBC'S MACE WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR UMBC'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1986. WELCOME. THE 62ND COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY WILL NOW BE IN ORDER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE RISE FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, SUNG BY MS. ALESSANDRA CANTALUPO, A SOPHMORE WHO IS A LINGUISTICS MAJOR IN FRENCH AND RUSSIAN. MS. CANTALUPO HAS BEEN CLASSICALLY TRAINED IN VOICE AND IS HONORED TO REPRESENT THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMOVE YOUR HATS OR CAPS DURING THE ANTHEM. [NATIONAL ANTHEM] [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, ALESSANDRA. THAT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. NOW I ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE BE SEATED. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT OF UMBC, DR. FREEMAN HRABOWSKI [APPLAUSE] WHO CLEARLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. SERVING FOR OVER 20 YEARS AS PRESIDENT, DR. HRABOWSKI HAS BROUGHT TREMENDOUS ENERGY, VISION, AND LEADERSHIP TO THIS INSTITUTION. HE HAS HELPED CONNECT THE UNIVERSITY WITH INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES, FOUNDATIONS, AND AGENCIES THAT HAVE BROUGHT NEW RESOURCES TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN DISTINCTIVE PROGRAMS IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND GRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH DR. HRABOWSKI. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. CARROLL. WOULD YOU ALL GIVE ALESSANDRA ANOTHER HAND FOR THAT WONDERFUL RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM? SHE WAS EXCELLENT. [APPLAUSE] I AM DELIGHTED TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY TO TODAY'S COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE. THIS DIGNIFIED CEREMONY IS VERY SPECIAL TO OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND TO ALL OF US. AS WE CELEBRATE AND HONOR OUR GRADUATES, WE ASK THAT YOU HANDLE YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY AND THAT YOU REMAIN IN THE ARENA UNTIL THE COMMENCEMENT IS OVER. IN ADDITION TO THE STUDENTS WHO WILL RECEIVE BACHELOR'S DEGREES TODAY, OUR GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THEIR DEGREE REQUIREMENTS WERE AWARDED DOCTORAL AND MASTER'S DEGREES IN A SEPARATE GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY, HELD YESTERDAY ON THE UMBC CAMPUS. EARLIER THIS MORNING, UMBC HELD ANOTHER CEREMONY THAT RECOGNIZED SOME VERY SPECIAL SENIORS WHO WERE INDUCTED INTO PHI BETA KAPPA. WOULD THOSE GRADUATES PLEASE STAND? [APPLAUSE] WE ALSO HAVE STUDENTS WHO WERE INDUCTED EARLIER THIS MONTH INTO PHI KAPPA PHI, THE OLDEST ALL-DISCIPLINE HONOR SOCIETY IN THE COUNTRY. WOULD THOSE STUDENTS PLEASE STAND? [APPLAUSE] AND YOU WILL SEE STUDENTS WITH RED CORDS PLEASE STAND? THE RED CORDS SIGNIFY THAT THESE STUDENTS HAVE FOUR-POINT-O GRADE POINT AVERAGE. WOULD THOSE STRAIGHT A STUDENTS PLEASE STAND? LET'S SEE HOW MANY WE HAVE. [APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT POINT TO THE FACULTY THAT A LOT OF PLACES TALK ABOUT GRADE INFLATION. IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY GRADE INFLATION IF YOU LOOK BACK THERE. THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY WITH ALL AS. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. STUDENTS, I KNOW THAT YOU REALIZE THAT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES THAN OUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND OUR FRIENDS. SO I WANT ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO STAND AND I WANT THE GRADUATES TO APPLAUD YOUR MOMMAS, YOUR DADDYS, YOUR GRANDPARENTS, YOUR UNCLES AND EVERYBODY ELSE. ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS STAND. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW, I'M GOING TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES, THE UMBC FACULTY AND STAFF TO PLEASE STAND. GRADUATES, LET THEM KNOW HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THEM. [APPLAUSE] NOW, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM. TODAY, WE HAVE OUR VICE PRESIDENTS AND DEANS OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS, MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL, THE PRESIDENTS OF THE CAMPUS SENATES, THE PRESIDENTIAL FACULTY AND STAFF AWARD RECIPIENTS. WOULD YOU GIVE THEM ALL A ROUND OF APPLAUSE? [APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO ESPECIALLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR DEAN ON ENGINEERING, DEAN WARREN DEVRIES, WHO WILL BE RETURNING TO THE FACULTY. HE'S DONE A FINE JOB IN HIS PAST 8 YEARS. WARREN, PLEASE STAND. PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND I'M DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON OF HIS MENTEES AND THE CHAIR OF ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS IS BECOMING THE NEW DEAN. DR. JULIA ROSS, PLEASE STAND. DR. JULIA ROSS. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW, I'M DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE A YOUNG MAN WHO'S VERY OUTSTANDING, WHO'S A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. HE IS THE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTS. SAMIM MANIZADE IS HERE TO BRING GREETINGS ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. PLEASE WELCOME HIM. [APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DELIGHTED TO JOIN YOU AND EXTEND BEST WISHES FROM THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS TODAY. IT IS AN HONOR TO SHARE THIS OCCASION WITH PRESIDENT FREEMAN HRABOWSKI, WHO HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB LEADING THIS CAMPUS. UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, UMBC HAS JOINED THE RANKS OF THE NATION'S VERY BEST PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. I AM ALSO PLEASED TO SHARE THIS DAY WITH YOUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER, DR. MARY SCHMIDT CAMPBELL, DEAN OF THE TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO HER ADDRESS. MOST OF ALL, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE AND CONGRATULATE YOU, THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2014. MY PRIDE IN JOINING YOU TODAY COMES FROM TWO DISTINCT, BUT INTERWOVEN AREAS. ON THE ONE HAND, I'M PLEASED TO JOIN YOU IN MY CAPACITY AS THE STUDENT REGENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND BOARD OF REGENTS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, MANY UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS HAVE BOARD OF REGENTS WITH NO STUDENT REPRESENTATION WHATSOEVER, LET ALONE A FULL TIME MEMBER. IT IS A TREMENDOUS PRIVILEGE AND AN IMPORTANT DUTY TO SERVE AS THE VOICE OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IN THIS GOVERNING BODY. I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION VERY SERIOUSLY. THE OTHER SOURCE OF PRIDE HERE IS I'M A FELLOW STUDENT IN THE USM. I KNOW, FIRSTHAND, OR ALMOST FIRSTHAND- I HAVEN'T GRADUATED YET- THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION IT HAS TAKEN EACH OF YOU TO REACH THIS MILESTONE. YOU, AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY, CAN ALL TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE IN WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. TODAY YOU GRADUATE FROM AN INSTITUTION RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY, AND INTERNATIONALLY, FOR EXCELLENCE. NO MATTER WHAT DIRECTION YOUR LIFE NOW TAKES, NO MATTER WHAT CHALLENGES YOU WILL NEXT CONFRONT, KNOW THAT YOUR EDUCATION HERE HAS PREPARED YOU WELL. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOUAND KNOW THAT THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND FAMILY WISHES YOU ALL THE BEST IN THE YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM NOW PLEASED TO INTRODUCE OUR PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, DR. PHILIP ROUS, WHO IS A PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. DR. ROUS. [APPLAUSE] GOOD AFTERNOON. ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY WE CALL OUR UMBC I EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES. WE HAD VERY HIGH EXPECTATIONS WHEN WE WELCOMED YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE UMBC COMMUNITY. THOSE EXPECTATIONS WERE BASED UPON YOUR PROMISE AS SCHOLARS. TODAY, WE CELEBRATE YOUR FULFILLMENT OF THAT PROMISE. YOU WILL JOIN THE TRADITION OF UMBC ALUMNI WHO THROUGH THEIR LIFE'S WORK CONTINUE TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR OWN HUMANITY, OUR DEMOCRACY, THE NATURAL WORLD THAT SURROUNDS US AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. YOUR DIPLOMA REPRESENTS, NOT JUST YOUR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, BUT THE FRIENDSHIPS YOU FORMED, THE FACULTY WHO NURTURED YOU, AND THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO SUPPORTED YOU AND HELPED YOU ARRIVE HERE TODAY. SO I HOPE YOU WILL SEE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AS EMERGING FROM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF A COMMUNITY THAT KNOWS YOU AND CARES ABOUT YOU. TODAY, AS YOU CROSS THE COMMENCEMENT STAGE, YOU WILL STEP ACROSS BOTH A SYMBOLIC AND AN ACTUAL THRESHOLD TO ENTERING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY. LIKE SO MANY TRANSITIONS IN LIFE THIS MAY FEEL LIKE A STEP FROM WHAT IS KNOWN TO THE UNKNOWN. BUT BE CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL BE SUPPORTED BY A SOLID FOUNDATION BUILT UPON THE PREPARATION YOU HAVE RECEIVED HERE AT UMBC. AS YOUR PROVOST, I HOPE YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO ASK EACH OF YOU ONE FINAL QUESTION. AND THAT QUESTION IS: WHAT PRINCIPLES AND VALUES WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES? THIS IS AN INTENSELY PERSONAL QUESTION AND THE ANSWER DOES NOT COME EASILY OR IN THE FLASH OF A MOMENT. IN FACT, IT IS A QUESTION THAT REQUIRES A LIFETIME TO ANSWER. BUT MY GREATEST HOPE IS THAT YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT UPON MANY VALUES WE SHARE TOGETHER. VALUES SUCH AS EXCELLENCE, COMMITMENT, HARD WORK, INCLUSIVENESS AND A RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF OTHERS. PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE IS INTEGRITY: THAT MEANS PUTTING YOUR VALUES INTO ACTION. THIS IS, OF COURSE, NOT EASY OR SIMPLE. BUT IN THE WORDS OF NELSON MANDELA - "IT ALWAYS SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE, UNTIL IT IS DONE." MAY YOU ENJOY A LIFE RICH IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EACH DAY YOUR WORK AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS HAVE TRULY MADE A DIFFERENCE. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] MY COLLEAGUES ARE ACCUSTOMED TO MY SAYING AFTER DR. ROUS THAT IF I HAD THAT BRITISH ACCENT, I COULD RAISE SO MUCH MORE MONEY. I REALLY COULD. [LAUGHS] SOME OF OUR GRADUATES TODAY ARE STAFF MEMBERS AT UMBC OR THEY ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF STAFF MEMBERS OR FACULTY MEMBERS OR THEY ARE FAMILY MEMBERS OF ALUMNI. WOULD ALL THOSE GRADUATES IN THOSE CATEGORIES PLEASE STAND? SONS AND DAUGHTERS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OF STAFF AND FACULTY. GIVE THEM A HAND, WOULD YOU PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE STUDENTS GRADUATING TODAY WHO ARE VETERANS AND MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY. PLEASE STAND SO WE CAN SAY THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE GRADUATES TODAY WHO HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME TEACHERS. WOULD ALL OF OUR FUTURE TEACHERS PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] WE HAVE GRADUATES WHO HAVE DECIDED TO BECOME SOCIAL WORKERS. WOULD ALL OF MY SOCIAL WORKERS PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] IT'S A BIG GROUP. THAT'S WONDERFUL. OTHERS OF YOU ARE GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL. OTHERS ARE GOING TO JOBS. OTHERS ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT LIFE HOLDS. WHAT I CAN TELL YOU TODAY IS THAT I WANT YOU TO SAVOR THIS MOMENT BECAUSE YOUR FUTURE WILL BE VERY BRIGHT. I ALSO NOW WANT TO HONOR A VERY SPECIAL PERSON WHO CANNOT BE WITH US TODAY BUT IS GREATLY MISSED. HE WAS PREPARING TO GET A BACHELORS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HIS WIFE WILL BE WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE FOR HIM. I WANT THE FAMILY OF JOSEPH BUNDY TO PLEASE STAND. JOSEPH BUNDY, WHO PASSED AWAY JUST RECENTLY. WOULD THE WHOLE FAMILY STAND? LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO HONOR JOSEPH BUNDY. [APPLAUSE] THE FAMILY HAS GENEROUSLY FOUNDED THE JOSEPH BUNDY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR A JUNIOR OR SENIOR IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. GIVE THEM A HAND FOR THEIR GENEROSITY. [APPLAUSE] I NOW WANT TO INTRODUCE SEVERAL PEOPLE BEFORE INTRODUCING THE VALEDICTORIAN TO GIVE YOU EXAMPLES OF THE EXCELLENCE IN THIS CLASS WITH EVERY PEOPLE HAVING A STORY. OUR FIRST STUDENT IS THE FIRST GRADUATE OF UMBC'S NEW CYBER SCHOLARS PROGRAM. HE INTERNED AT SEVERAL COMPANIES AND WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. HE HAS RECEIVED OVER 11 OFFERS ALREADY AND HE'S ACCEPTED A POSITION IN ENGINEERING AS A CYBER ENGINEER WITH SI GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS. ANDREW COATES, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND? GRADUATING IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT STUDENT IS RECEIVING A BACHELOR'S IN BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION AND HAS AN AMAZING STORY. HE BEGAN HIS UMBC STUDIES IN 1976 BUT HE LEFT TO WORK FULL TIME AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY, LOST MOST OF HIS VISION IN 1980. AND YET HE RESUMED HIS WORK AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY IN 1999, RECEIVED HIS ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, WENT BACK TO UMBC, WAS DETERMINED TO GET HIS BACHELOR'S. HE WAS SCHEDULED TO GRADUATE THIS PAST MAY BUT SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK. HE FELL INTO A COMA FOR THREE WEEKS, BUT HE OVERCAME ALL THOSE OBSTACLES AND HAD TO LEARN TO WALK AGAIN AND MY GOODNESS, ALAN ARCA IS HERE TODAY. STAND, ALAN. ALAN ARCA, PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] YOU INSPIRE US ALL. THE NEXT GRADUATE IS GRADUATING AS A SONDHEIM SCHOLAR MAJORING IN BOTH POLITICAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS AND HAS DONE TRAINING IN THE BIOLOGICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM. HE'S WORKED IN THE GOVERNOR'S SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AT STATESTAT AND HE HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON HELPING WITH EFFICIENCY IN STATE GOVERNMENT. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN AN INTERNSHIP AT DELOITTE AND HAS ACCEPTED A JOB THERE AS A CONSULTANT. TAYLOR GOOD, PLEASE STAND. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT GRADUATE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN WORKING ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS AROUND THE SYSTEM. SHE SERVED AS THE SGA DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ON OUR CAMPUS AND HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR STUDENT NEEDS AT THE STATE LEVEL, ACTUALLY HAVING TESTIFIED TO THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND HAVING WORKED ON HELPING TO REDUCE TEXTBOOK PRICES. SHE'S A SONDHEIM SCHOLAR GRADUATING IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. SHE'S WORKING AS DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND RESEARCH FOR ONE OF THE MARYLAND STATE DELEGATES AND WILL CONTINUE THIS WORK. SHE'S AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING. MEGHAN CARPENTER, PLEASE STAND. BOB AND TERISA ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU, AS ARE WE. VERY PROUD OF YOU, MEGHAN CARPENTER. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT GRADUATE IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION. AS A SINGLE MOM OF TWO, SHE RETURNED TO SCHOOL WHEN SHE WAS 33. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BALTIMORE COUNTY AND BECAME A LICENSED SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR BEFORE COMING TO UMBC TO STUDY SOCIAL WORK AS A CHARLOTTE NEWCOMBE SCHOLAR. SHE HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE FOR HERSELF AND HER FAMILY WHILE PURSUING A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE. AS A STUDENT, SHE HAS MENTORED YOUNG GIRLS IN THE WAXTER'S JUVENILE FACILITY IN LAUREL. AFTER GRADUATION, SHE WILL GO ON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK. AND AFTER RECEIVING HER MSW, PLANS TO CONTINUE FOCUSING ON ISSUES INVOLVING DRUG ADDICTION. MELISSA HARTMAN, PLEASE STAND. YOU INSPIRE US A GREAT DEAL. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT GRADUATE REPRESENTS OUR GREAT STUDENT ATHLETES AND HE HAS BEEN A CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK PERSON FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. HE'S HAD INTERNSHIPS FROM T. ROWE PRICE TO NIH. HE'S MAJORED IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS. HE ALREADY HAS A JOB TO START WITH AS A FINANCIAL ANALYST WITH AAI CORPORATION. BRANDAN MCGEE, PLEASE STAND. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU BRANDAN. VERY PROUD OF YOU. [APPLAUSE] SEND ME A CHECK VERY SOON, ALRIGHT? [LAUGHS] OUR NEXT GRADUATE IS A MARYLAND DELEGATE SCHOLAR AND A MEMBER OF PHI BETA KAPPA. SHE WAS CROWNED MISS BALTIMORE IN 2014 AND WON THE MISS AMERICA ACADEMIC AWARD IN 2012 AND 2013. AS MISS BALTIMORE, SHE HAS BEEN INSPIRATIONAL IN WORKING TO ENCOURAGE MARYLANDERS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY THROUGH VOLUNTEERING AND SHOWING THROUGH HER ACTIONS HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO HER. TODAY SHE GRADUATES WITH A DEGREE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. SHE WILL BEGIN A PHD IN SOCIOCULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY THIS FALL. SAMANTHA, YOU ARE AMAZING. SAMANTHA HAWKINS, PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT GRADUATE HAS COMPLETED ADVANCED RESEARCH AT UMBC AND TOP LABS AROUND THE COUNTRY, FROM NIH TO MIT TO DUKE. HE HAS PRESENTED HIS WORK AT A NUMBER OF CONFERENCES,BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL AND HAS SERVED AS A RECENT PANELIST FOR A MAJOR STEM CONFERENCE. HE HAS BEEN A LEADER WITH A GROUP OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS AND TRAVELED TO KENYA TO HELP ESTABLISH CLEAN WATER SUPPLY FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY. TODAY HE GRADUATES IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND IS ON HIS WAY TO THE MD/PHD AT DUKE UNIVERSITY. DALTON HUGHES, PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT GRADUATE IS A LINEHAN ARTIST SCHOLAR WHO HAS WON MULTIPLE AWARDS, INCLUDING UMBC'S MUSIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND THE MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S TEACHER OF PROMISE AWARD. SHE HAS WORKED WITH THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S ORCHKIDS MUSIC PROGRAM TO HELP CHILDREN FROM UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES. SHE ALSO TEACHES THROUGH HER OWN ESTABLISHED PRIVATE MUSIC STUDIO. TODAY SHE'S GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE IN MUSIC. SHE PLANS TO CONTINUE HER WORK WITH THE BSO AND TO TEACH MUSIC IN A BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOL. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING CATHERINE RAMIS. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT GRADUATE IS RECEIVING HER BACHELOR'S IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND HAS GOTTEN SO MANY AWARDS, I CAN'T BEGIN TO LIST THEM. I WILL SAY, SHE DID RECEIVE THE FACULTY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY. SHE IS AN AMAZING PERSON WHO HAS DONE RESEARCH BOTH AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. IN THE FALL, SHE WILL BEGIN AN MD/PHD AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. CHINWENDU AMAZU, PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. VERY PROUD OF YOU. [APPLAUSE] AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A STUDENT WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US TODAY, BUT HE'S IN OUR THOUGHTS. THOMAS FITZGERALD IS RECEIVING A BACHELOR'S IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING. HE WAS IN A VERY SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT IN APRIL AND IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE WITH HIM IN SPIRIT AND WE WISH HIM A SPEEDY RECOVERY. HIS PARENTS AND HE ARE WATCHING US THROUGH WEBCAST, SO I HAVE A TREAT. I WANT EVERYBODY TO START WAVING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN TO LET HIM KNOW, THOMAS, FITZGERALD, THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HIM. WAVE TO HIM EVERYBODY. NOW LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, THOMAS. GET WELL AND COME AND VISIT US. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE SO PROUD OF ALL OF THESE STUDENTS. THE NEXT PERSON I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING SPECIAL FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS. AND I WANT THEM BOTH TO STAND. IT'S BOTH JOSH GEHRET AND COCO TANG. THE FIRST IS GOING TO, ENGLISH AND ANCIENT STUDIES MAJOR, TO TEACH IN INDONESIA, JOSH. AND COCO, WHO WILL BE GOING TO JORDAN TO WORK WITH SYRIAN REFUGEES. COCO AND JOSH, PLEASE STAND. GIVE THEM BOTH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS. [APPLAUSE] AND SO, THE CHALLENGE AT UMBC IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE REALLY AT THE TOP. YOU HAVE ALL THESE FINALISTS FOR THE VALEDICTORIAN POSITION AND ANY ONE OF THEM WOULD BE EXCELLENT. LET ME GIVE YOU THE FINALISTS. THE FIRST IS A PERSON WHO IS RECEIVING HER BACHELOR'S IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. SHE IS A SONDHEIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SCHOLAR AND A MEMBER OF PHI BETA KAPPA. SHE ORGANIZED AN ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK TRIP IN BALTIMORE WITH THE THEME "THROUGH THE EYES OF A REFUGEE" AND IS THE CO-CREATOR OF THE RETRIEVER PROJECT, WHICH WON THE SGA'S PROVE IT CONTEST INVOLVING INNOVATION. SHE HAS WORKED WITH BALTIMORE CITY'S CITIZENS PLANNING AND HOUSING ASSOCIATION, INTERNED AT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA THROUGH THE SHATTUCK FAMILY PROGRAM AND STUDIED IN ECUADOR. SHE IS AN AMAZING PERSON. WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING KELSEY KRACH? KELSEY? [APPLAUSE] SHE IS ALSO THE NIECE OF OUR OWN CONNIE PEARSON. KELSEY KRACH. [APPLAUSE] AND THE NEXT PERSON IS RECEIVING DEGREES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GENDER AND WOMEN STUDIES. A SONDHEIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SCHOLAR AND A MEMBER OF PHI BETA KAPPA, SHE RECENTLY WAS NAMED THE TOP "YOUNG GUN" IN POLITICS IN THE BALTIMORE SUBURBS. SHE WAS ELECTED AS A DELEGATE TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN 2012 AND HAS SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UMBC COLLEGE DEMOCRATS. SHE STUDIED ABROAD IN FRANCE AND TUNISIA AND SERVED ON THE USM STUDENT COUNCIL ON TUITION AFFORDABILITY. BEFORE PURSUING GRAD SCHOOL, SHE'S WORKING AS A CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR A CANDIDATE IN THE CARROLL COUNTY ELECTION. CAITLYN LEITER-MASON, WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND. VERY IMPRESSIVE. [APPLAUSE] AND OUR NEXT FINALIST IS GRADUATING IN ENGLISH WITH A BACHELORS IN ENGLISH. SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT SHE HAS A REMARKABLE STORY, HAS DONE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS. I SIMPLY WANT US TO APPLAUD MELISSA LOMAX. PLEASE GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AND THE NEXT IS A MEYERHOFF SCHOLAR WHO MAJORED IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS. AND I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, HAS DONE SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY FASCINATING. IN ADDITION TO WINNING RESEARCH AWARDS IN THE SCIENCES, SHE ALSO WON THE MALCOLM BRADY POETRY AWARD AND SHE RECEIVED THE SATTERFIELD AWARD AND WON THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT'S POETRY SLAM. SO SHE'S GOING TO MED SCHOOL FOR THE MD/PHD AT HOPKINS, BUT SHE'S REALLY GOOD AT POETRY. BLOSSOM TEWELDE, PLEASE STAND. VERY PROUD OF YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE POETIC PHYSICIAN, WE LIKE THAT. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN HEAR ABOUT MANY MORE STUDENTS ON OUR WEBSITE, UMBC.EDU/CLASSOF2014, TO HEAR MANY OTHER STORIES BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY MORE. AND FINALLY, WE GET TO THE SALUTATORIAN AND THE VALEDICTORIAN. OUR SALUTATORIAN IS RECEIVING DEGREES IN BIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY. HE IS AN AMAZING YOUNG MAN WHO HAS SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEYERHOFF COUNCIL. HE HAS CONDUCTED BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, INTERNED FOR TWO SUMMERS AT MIT. HE'S WORKING ON HIS SECOND RESEARCH PUBLICATION RIGHT NOW. HE'S A MEMBER OF THE UMBC ETHICS BOWL. HE HAS WON THREE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT STUDENT AWARDS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED. HE WILL BE ATTENDING THE HARVARD/MIT MD/PHD PROGRAM. KWADWO OWUSU-BOAITEY, PLEASE STAND. KOJO, PLEASE STAND. [APPLAUSE] KOJO, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU. VERY PROUD OF YOU. WE EXPECT BIG THINGS. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW, I'M DELIGHTED TO INTRODUCE THE VALEDICTORIAN OF THE UMBC CLASS OF 2014. FIRST OF ALL, EVERY ONE OF YOU IS A SUPERSTAR. GIVE YOURSELVES A HAND. EVERY ONE OF YOU IS A SUPERSTAR. IF YOU'RE GRADUATING FROM UMBC, WE KNOW YOU'RE GOOD. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW, THE VALEDICTORIAN OF THE CLASS OF 2014, WHO'S GRADUATING WITH DEGREES IN PSYCHOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, WITH MINORS IN MODERN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS, MUSIC AND LEGAL POLICY. A SONDHEIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SCHOLAR AND A TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST, HE HAS BEEN A RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT THE MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER, UMBC HABITS LAB AND THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. AND HE INTERNED WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE GOVERNOR'S SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. HE STUDIED ABROAD AND VOLUNTEERED IN CHILE, WAS ACTIVE IN MUSICAL THEATER AND SINGING GROUPS AND REESTABLISHED OUR MOCK TRIAL TEAM. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERED WITH AT RISK YOUTH AND ADULT IMMIGRANTS IN BALTIMORE. ALONG WITH VALEDICTORIAN FINALIST KELSEY KRACH, HE WON THE 2014 STUDENT INNOVATION COMPETITION FOR THE RETRIEVER PROJECT. AND MOST IMPORTANT, HE IS AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING ON HIS WAY TO LAW SCHOOL AT UCLA. PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING AND WELCOMING TO THE PODIUM THE 2014 VALEDICTORIAN, TRAVIS BELL. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, DR. HRABOWSKI. THIS CEREMONY ALLOWS US TO LOOK BACK AT OUR TIME AT UMBC. SINCE WE'LL ALWAYS BE UMBC RETRIEVERS, I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE QUESTION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A UMBC RETRIEVER. THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION HAS A STORY, SO WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER? WHAT'S YOUR STORY? HERE'S MINE. ONCE UPON A TIME IN A CLASS AT UMBC, FELLOW GRADUATE KELSEY KRACH, SOME CLASSMATES AND I DESIGNED A PROJECT TO CREATE THREE RETRIEVER STATUES THAT ARTISTICALLY ANSWERED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A UMBC RETRIEVER. AFTER WINNING FUNDING THROUGH THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT'S PROVE IT IDEA COMPETITION, WE FOUNDED THE RETRIEVER PROJECT. THEN WE RAN A CAMPUS WIDE STATUE DESIGN CONTEST. A COMMITTEE SELECTED THE THREE WINNING DESIGNS AND STUDENTS PAINTED THE DESIGNS ONTO THE STATUES. THIS PAST DECEMBER, THE THREE STATUES WERE INSTALLED ON CAMPUS AND HAVE LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. THE END. OR PERHAPS, NOT THE END BECAUSE WE HOPE UMBC STUDENTS CONTINUE TO CREATE PUBLIC ART AND GROW THE PROJECT INTO A UMBC TRADITION. THE THREE CURRENT STATUES REPRESENT THAT UMBC RETRIEVERS ARE DIVERSE, ACADEMICALLY INNOVATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY. I'M GOING TO SHARE THREE OF OUR FELLOW GRADUATE'S STORIES THAT BRING TO LIFE THOSE THREE VALUES AND THROUGH TELLING THEIR STORIES I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONSIDER OUR OWN UMBC STORIES. THE FIRST STATUE CELEBRATE'S UMBC'S CULTURAL DIVERSITY. AND THE FIRST STORY INVOLVES OUR SALUTATORIAN, KOJO OWUSU-BOAITEY, WHO EMBODIES A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THAT DIVERSITY. AT UMBC, KOJO SPENT HIS TIME MENTORING MINORITY STUDENTS PURSUING SCIENCE AND ONE SEMESTER, KOJO HELPED TEACH A BIOLOGY COURSE AT UMBC. AND IN THAT CLASS, THERE WAS THIS GIANT, SIX FOOT FIVE GUY NAMED JORDAN WHO SAT IN THE BACK OF THE CLASS, MAKING WITTY COMMENTS ABOUT KOJO. AFTER A FEW CLASSES, KOJO, STANDING AT FIVE FOOT SEVEN, DECIDED THAT HE HAD A FITTING SOLUTION. EVERY TIME KOJO ASKED A DIFFICULT DISCUSSION QUESTION, HE WOULD CALL ON JORDAN. TO KOJO'S SURPRISE, JORDAN ALWAYS HAD A FANTASTIC ANSWER, SO AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, KOJO INVITED JORDAN TO APPLY TO DO RESEARCH. AND JORDAN DID. AND HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE SAME LAB AS KOJO. WHILE THEY WERE WORKING TOGETHER, THE TWO BECAME FRIENDS, BONDING OVER THEIR SHARED CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS. AND THEN KOJO TAUGHT JORDAN ABOUT RESEARCH, BUT JORDAN TAUGHT KOJO TO SEE THE BIGGER, REAL WORLD APPLICATION OF THEIR RESEARCH. AS A RESULT OF THAT LAB EXPERIENCE, JORDAN NOW PLANS TO PURSUE A CAREER IN BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. FOR KOJO, A UMBC RETRIEVER APPRECIATES THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES FOUND WITHIN OUR UMBC COMMUNITY. THE SECOND STATUE, ENTITLED MINDS UNLEASHED, REPRESENTS THE IDEA THAT WE ARE UNLEASHED, INNOVATIVE RETRIEVERS. FELLOW GRADUATE EMMA GREGER INNOVATIVELY UNLEASHED THE MINDS OF LATINO YOUTH FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE UMBC SHRIVER CENTER'S SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM. MOST COLLEGE STUDENTS RISE AND SHINE AROUND NOON ON SATURDAYS, BUT EMMA WOKE UP AT EIGHT AM EVERY SATURDAY MORNING TO TEACH AT A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN BALTIMORE CITY CALLED EDUCATION BASED LATINO OUTREACH, OR EBLO. ONE DAY AT EBLO, A SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED CAMMIE TOLD EMMA, "EXCUSE ME, YOU ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL AND YOU LOOK LIKE A PRINCESS." CAMMIE LIKED PRINCESSES BUT EMMA'S GOAL WAS TO INTEREST HER IN SCIENCE. FOR CAMMIE AND OTHERS, SCIENCE SEEMED ABOUT AS COOL AS WAKING UP AT EIGHT AM ON SATURDAYS DOES TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. SO EMMA BEGAN TO DO FUN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WITH THE STUDENTS TO MOTIVATE THEM. AND ONE DAY, EMMA TOLD THE STUDENTS, "TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE SECRET AGENTS AND WRITE INVISIBLE MESSAGES TO EACH OTHER. " AND USING GRAPE JUICE AS AN ACID AND BAKING SODA AS A BASE, EMMA TAUGHT THE STUDENTS CHEMISTRY. AND WHEN CAMMIE SAW HER INVISIBLE MESSAGES BEGIN TO APPEAR, HER FACE LIT UP WITH EXCITEMENT. SHE WAS EXCITED THAT SHE COULD DO SCIENCE, JUST LIKE HER TEACHER, EMMA. IF YOU ASK CAMMIE TODAY WHAT SHE WANTS TO BE WHEN SHE GROWS UP, SHE WOULDN'T SAY A PRINCESS OR A SECRET AGENT. SHE'D SAY, "A SCIENTIST ROCKSTAR ASTRONAUT." FOR EMMA, A UMBC RETRIEVER SEEKS THE LIFELONG GOAL OF INNOVATIVELY UNLEASHING MINDS. THE LAST STATUE CELEBRATES THE INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION THAT IS AVAILABLE AT UMBC. THE CIRCLES REPRESENTING THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND THE BANDS AROUND THE ANATOMICALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE BODY REPRESENTING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. WHILE WORKING AT HER LOCAL PARKS AND RECREATION DANCE CAMP, FELLOW GRADUATE MARY HESTER MET A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL NAMED DANIELLE WHO HAD NEVER DANCED BEFORE. FOR DANIELLE, DANCE REPRESENTED AN EMOTIONAL ESCAPE FROM A DIFFICULT HOME LIFE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE DANCE CAMP THAT MARY WORKED AT LOST ITS LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING, BUT LUCKILY MARY FOUND A DANCE STUDIO FOR DANIELLE. IN OVER FOUR YEARS, DANIELLE'S CONFIDENCE AND PASSION FOR DANCE HAS GROWN DRAMATICALLY. WHEN MARY WAS A FRESHMAN AT UMBC, SHE FELT HER PASSION FOR THE ARTS AND HER GOAL TO CHANGE PUBLIC POLICY SEEM INCOMPATIBLE. BUT THEN, SHE WAS INTRODUCED TO ARTS ADVOCACY, IN WHICH ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO CHANGE PUBLIC POLICY REGARDING THE ARTS. SO MARY COMBINED HER INTERESTS AND DESIGNED HER OWN INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR, ENTITLED ARTS ADVOCACY. IN HER FUTURE CAREER, MARY HOPES TO PREVENT OTHER ARTS PROGRAMS, LIKE THE DANCE CAMP, FROM BEING DEFUNDED, SO THAT LIKE DANIELLE, ALL STUDENTS CAN EMBRACE THE ARTS. FOR MARY, A UMBC RETRIEVER APPRECIATES THE INTEGRATED, INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF OUR WORLD. CAN KELSEY, KOJO, EMMA AND MARY PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR STORIES THAT SHOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A UMBC RETRIEVER. [APPLAUSE] AND NOW, CLASS OF 2014, PLEASE RISE. STAND UP, REALLY. LET'S CELEBRATE THAT WE ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIVERSE, ACADEMICALLY INNOVATIVE, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY UMBC RETRIEVERS. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU TRAVIS. WHAT TRAVIS DID THAT WAS SO POWERFUL WAS TO SAY IT'S ALL ABOUT US, EVERYONE HERE. GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR BEING SO SELFLESS, REALLY NICE. [APPLAUSE] AND I CAN TELL YOU WERE READY TO TURN YOUR TASSELS, BUT IT'S NOT TIME YET. SIT BACK DOWN, RELAX. [LAUGHS] NOW WE WILL CONFER OUR HONORARY DEGREE. DR. MARY SCHMIDT CAMPBELL, PLEASE RISE. FOR OVER 35 YEARS, DR. MARY SCHMIDT CAMPBELL HAS BEEN A LEADER IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF NEW YORK CITY. AS THE DEAN OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, DR. CAMPBELL BRINGS AN INCLUSIVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT TO THE ARTS, AND WE HAVE A GREAT RESPECT FOR HER ROLE IN INCREASING DIVERSITY, COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION. AT TISCH, SHE HAS FOSTERED THE CREATION OF NEW FIELDS OF STUDY, PROMOTED COLLABORATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES, INCREASED THE DIVERSITY OF THE FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY, AND LOWERED FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO A TISCH EDUCATION. PRIOR TO HER APPOINTMENT AT NYU, DEAN SCHMIDT CAMPBELL SERVED AS THE CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER FOR NEW YORK CITY AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM. THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS, SHE HOLDS A B.A. FROM SWARTHMORE COLLEGE AND AN M.A. AND PH.D. IN HUMANITIES FROM SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY. SHE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH SO MANY AWARDS, HONORS AND BOARD APPOINTMENTS THAT I CAN'T MENTION THEM ALL HERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HER SERVICE AS VICE-CHAIR OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE PROUD TODAY TO HONOR DR. MARY SCHMIDT CAMPBELL WITH AN HONORARY DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN ARTS AND CULTURE, AND HER OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN ARTS EDUCATION." [APPLAUSE] NOW, THEREFORE, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND GIVEN TO ME BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND AND UPON THE UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS I CONFER UPON YOU THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS, HONORIS CAUSA, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THEREUNTO PERTAINING. [APPLAUSE] PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DR. MARY SCHMIDT CAMPBELL, WHO WILL PRESENT THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS 2014. [APPLAUSE] PRESIDENT HRABOWSKI. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY FACULTY, ADMINISTRATORS, STAFF, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, LET'S CONGRATULATE THIS SPECTACULAR CLASS OF 2014. THEY ARE UNBELIEVABLE. [APPLAUSE] CLASS OF 2014, TODAY MARKS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN YOUR LIFE. AND I'M DEEPLY HONORED THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED TO SHARE THIS OCCASION WITH YOU. YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL. AS GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY, YOU WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER CARRY WITH YOU THE UMBC REPUTATION. WHEREVER YOU GO, WHATEVER YOU DO, PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AS SOMEONE WHO IS SMART, HARDWORKING AND INDEFATIGABLE IN THE PURSUIT OF YOUR LIFE'S GOALS. THAT'S THE REPUTATION YOUR UNIVERSITY CONFERS ON YOU TODAY. THAT'S A REPUTATION THAT YOUR LEADER, DR. FREEMAN HRABOWSKI, WHO HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF UMBC FOR OVER TWO DECADES, HAS MOLDED AND SHAPED WITH THE FACULTY, ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STELLAR LEADER AND THROUGH HIM, I'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THIS SCHOOL. I WAS HERE ON CAMPUS SHORTLY BEFORE THANKSGIVING OF LAST YEAR, WHERE I WAS HOSTED BY YOUR PRESIDENT AND HIS LOVELY WIFE JACKIE, AND I WAS TAKEN FOR A TOUR OF THE CAMPUS. NOW, I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING. I'VE BEEN ON A LOT OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES WITH A LOT OF COLLEGE PRESIDENTS, BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER BEEN ON A COLLEGE TOUR WITH A PRESIDENT WHO KNEW THE NAME OF VIRTUALLY EVERY STUDENT HE ENCOUNTERED. AND IT WASN'T THAT HE JUST KNEW YOUR NAME, I MEAN, HE LIKE KNEW WHAT BOOK YOU WERE READING OR WHAT YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT WAS. IT WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE. AND HE ALSO KNEW, YES, PLEASE CELEBRATE THAT. THAT IS RARE. TRULY RARE. [APPLAUSE] BUT I WAS ALSO IMPRESSED THAT HE KNEW YOUR PERSONAL STRUGGLES AND HE KNEW YOUR ASPIRATIONS. AND AS WE CRISSCROSSED THE CAMPUS, I MET SOME OF YOUR STELLAR FACULTY MEMBERS AS WELL. THOSE FACULTY MEMBERS, WHICH AS YOU WELL KNOW, HAVE MADE UMBC ONE OF THE HIGHEST RANKING UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY IN TERMS OF TEACHING EXCELLENCE. WHAT WAS STRIKING TO ME THAT DAY AS I TALKED TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY AND STAFF WAS THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COMMUNITY BELIEVES THAT UMBC IS A COMMUNITY OF POSSIBILITY. CLASS OF 2014, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THIS COMMUNITY OF POSSIBILITY HAS BEEN YOUR HOME. YOU'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO SEE THE WORLD AS AN OCEAN OF POSSIBILITY THAT STRETCHES IN FRONT OF YOU VAST AND WIDE. YOUR EDUCATION HAS ARMED YOU WITH THE INSTRUMENTS THAT PERMIT YOU TO CHART THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE OF YOUR LIFE VOYAGE AND TO NAVIGATE THAT VOYAGE WITH A SENSE OF ADVENTURE AND WONDER. I'VE LISTENED TO ALL OF THE STORIES OF THE GRADUATES THAT WERE TOLD TODAY AND LAST NIGHT AND IT'S CLEAR THAT AS YOU LEAVE FROM THE SAFE HAVEN OF THIS COLLEGE, YOU LEAVE KNOWING THAT YOU MASTERED THE ART OF THINKING CRITICALLY. YOU KNOW HOW TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, YOU'RE COMFORTABLE SOLVING PROBLEMS, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, COMMUNICATING COMPLEX IDEAS WITH CLARITY AND PASSION. YOU'VE STUDIED THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AND YOU'VE BEEN INVITED TO THINK ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION. YOU CAN READ MEANING INTO STORIES, UNDERSTAND THAT TRUTH CAN APPEAR IN A POEM AS AUTHENTICALLY AS IT CAN IN AN ALGORITHM. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN ABOUT FRAMING A YES, FRAMING EVERY PROBLEM, EVERY HURDLE, EVERY ISSUE WITH WHAT YOU CAN DO. YES IS THE FUEL THAT PROPELS YOU FORWARD. AND YOU MIGHT ASK, "FORWARD INTO WHAT KIND OF WORLD?" AND THIS AFTERNOON I WANT TO TALK ABOUT JUST ONE ASPECT OF THAT WORLD AND THAT'S CHANGE. AND THE CREATIVE ADVANTAGES THAT WILL COME FROM CHANGE. IT'S A LESSON I'VE LEARNED AS THE DEAN OF AN ARTS SCHOOL AND I BELIEVE IT HOLDS THE SAME LESSONS FOR YOU. YOUR WORLD IS RESTLESS FOR CHANGE. CHANGE IS OCCURRING AT A VELOCITY THAT MAKES WHAT WAS CUTTING EDGE YESTERDAY OBSOLETE TODAY. OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, THE RESTLESS WORLD HAS UPENDED IN MY SCHOOL, VIRTUALLY EVERY ARTISTIC AND AC ARTISTIC AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE WE HAVE. IT'S CAUSED OUR SCHOOL TO HAVE TO INVENT A HALF DOZEN NEW PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS AND RADICALLY RETHINK OLD ONES. NOW I STARTED AS THE DEAN OF THE TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS BACK IN 1991. AND WHEN I STARTED, FILMMAKERS AT MY SCHOOL MADE MOVIES EXCLUSIVELY ON CELLULOID. AND IN ORDER TO EDIT A FILM, YOU HAD TO PHYSICALLY SPLICE THE FILM STOCK ON A LARGE FLATBED TRUCK CALLED A STEAM BATH. COMPUTER BASED EDITING TECHNOLOGY, WHAT YOU OR I CAN DO ON OUR LAPTOPS AT OUR KITCHEN TABLES TODAY, WAS A COMPLETELY FOREIGN NOTION. OUR PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS DEVELOPED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES USING A DARK ROOM AND A WET LAB EXCLUSIVELY . THE IDEA THAT IN THE FUTURE THEY WOULD CARRY A TELEPHONE IN THEIR POCKET OR THEIR HANDBAG, LET ALONE SNAP PHOTOS WITH THEIR TELEPHONE AND INSTANTLY MAIL THOSE PHOTOS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, WAS UNTHINKABLE. AND EXCEPT FOR THE SAVVY COMPUTER GEEKS IN OUR INTERACTIVE DIVISION, ITP IS WHAT WE CALL IT, NO ONE, NO ONE IN THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS EVEN HAD A COMPUTER. AS ARTISTS, THEY BELIEVED THAT COMPUTERS WERE THE INSTRUMENT OF SCIENTISTS AND LAB COATS. TWENTY YEARS AGO, MOST OF US HAD NO CLUE THAT THE WORLD WOULD SOON BE DEALING WITH NOT JUST ONE, BUT SUCCESSIVE WAVES OF DIGITAL REVOLUTIONS. TIDAL WAVES OF CHANGE WOULD DISRUPT NOT ONLY THE WAY FILMS WERE MADE AND PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BUT THE WAY CHOREOGRAPHERS CONSTRUCT, RECORD AND ARCHIVE DANCE. THE WAY DESIGNERS USE COMPUTER ASSISTED DESIGN TO CONCEPTUALIZE SETS AND COSTUMES, THE WAY MUSIC IS CONSTRUCTED IN A RECORDING STUDIO AND DISTRIBUTED. THE WAY WE, AS SCHOLARS, DIGITALLY ACCESS PREVIOUSLY INACCESSIBLE ARCHIVES. FOR MY GENERATION, CHANGE HAS OFTEN BEEN UNSETTLING AND DISRUPTIVE. BUT WATCHING OUR STUDENTS, I'VE COME TO REALIZE OVER THE YEARS THAT CHANGE IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR CREATIVE TOOLS. LIKE OUR ARTISTS, YOU GREW UP SURROUNDED BY RAPID CHANGE. YOU MOVED FROM DEVICE TO DEVICE, PLATFORM TO PLATFORM, ROUTINELY LEARN NEW SOFTWARE UPGRADES WITHOUT GIVING ANY OF IT MUCH THOUGHT. YOU EXPECT TO COMMUNICATE AT A SPEED THAT OFTEN OUTPACES THE ABILITY TO THINK AND AS A RESULT, YOU DEVELOPED A RESILIENCE, VERSATILITY, ADAPTABILITY, CURIOSITY THAT LETS YOU EMBRACE CHANGE WITH A JOYFULNESS AND PLAYFULNESS THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GENERATIONS. YOU EMBRACE CHANGE WITHOUT THE RESISTANCE AND SENTIMENTAL SENSE OF NOSTALGIA THOSE OF US FROM EARLIER GENERATIONS OFTEN HARBOR. CHANGE, FOR YOU, IS NOT UNSETTLING. IT'S THE WAY OF YOUR WORLD, YOUR CREATIVE POSSIBILITY. THIS IS A BRAND NEW SKILL SET. YOU ARE WHAT I CALL THE CHANGE GENERATION. AS THE CHANGE GENERATION, YOU WILL BRING TO OLD PROBLEMS NEW WAYS OF THINKING. WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT PROVIDING CLEAN WATER OR TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE OR WORKING ON INTRACTABLE SOCIAL ISSUES, LIKE MAKING QUALITY EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE OR MAKING QUALITY HEALTHCARE AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. YOU WILL FIND EVER MORE EFFECTIVE WAYS OF BEING TEACHERS, ADVOCATES, ENGINEERS, DOCTORS, SOCIAL WORKERS TO SUPPORT POPULATIONS THAT HAVE NO AGENCY AND NO VOICE. AND YOU WILL MAKE US UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS OF THE VOICELESS IN THE FILMS YOU MAKE, AND MAKE US HEAR THE FEELINGS WE NEED TO FEEL BURIED DEEP IN THE MUSIC YOU COMPOSE. AS THE CHANGE GENERATION, YOU WILL SEE GLOBAL ISSUES AS CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES. ROOTED IN YOUR RESPECTIVE DISCIPLINES, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THAT GLOBAL ISSUES HAVE NO DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES. WHEN THE PROBLEM DEMANDS IT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO IGNORE TRADITIONAL DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT SOLUTIONS FROM DISCIPLINES OTHER THAN YOUR OWN. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WORK ON GLOBAL TEAMS AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT ROUTINELY STRETCH ACROSS THOUSANDS OF MILES IN DISTANCE. YOUR COMFORT WITH CHANGE GIVES YOU A NEW TOOL AND WHEN YOU COMBINE IT WITH THE UMBC HABIT OF "YES AND I CAN AND I WILL AND I MUST" THAT TOOL WILL BE A POWERFUL DRIVER OF YOUR SUCCESS. AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. YOU ARE ABOUT TO BECOME CITIZENS OF THE WORLD. AS WORLD CITIZENS, IT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO CONFRONT NOT ONLY THE WORLD'S BIG PROBLEMS BUT TO BE A STANDARD BEARER FOR YOUR UMBC VALUES THAT HAVE BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL IN SHAPING YOU. THIS UMBC COMMUNITY HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO OWN SOMEONE ELSE'S SUCCESS. AS A WORLD CITIZEN, MAYBE NOT AT THE OUTSET, BUT AT SOME POINT IN YOUR VOYAGE, IT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION HAS A SHOT AT THE SEAT THAT YOU OCCUPY TODAY. I SIT ON THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES. AND I DO A LOT OF WORK WITH GETTING HIGH QUALITY ARTS PROGRAMS INTO K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT FIFTY PERCENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL FORCLOSING ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES. YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW THAT. BUT WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS THAT EVEN AMONG THE HIGHEST PERFORMING STUDENTS WHO DO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO ARE ALSO LOW INCOME DO NOT EVEN APPLY TO COLLEGE. AND THOSE WHO DO APPLY AND ATTEND, OFTEN DO NOT ATTEND A COLLEGE LIKE UMBC, A PLACE THAT CHALLENGES THEM ACADEMICALLY. AND THEREFORE, A MAJORITY OF THEM NEVER COMPLETE A COLLEGE DEGREE. SO JUST AS YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO YOUR WORK AND YOUR CAREER, REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THOSE WHO FOLLOW YOU AS WELL. CITIZENS OF THE WORLD, THE CHANGE GENERATION, YOU ARE BEGINNING WHAT I KNOW WILL BE A LONG AND PRODUCTIVE VOYAGE. YOU EMBARK WITH POSSIBILITY CLINGING TO YOU. IT RADIATES FROM YOU, LIGHTS UP EVERY ROOM YOU ENTER. THAT POSSIBILITY IS A CREATIVE FORCE, AND AS LONG AS YOU WILL IT TO BE SO, IT WILL PROPEL YOU AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU TO MAKE RIGHT ANYTHING YOU SET YOUR MIND TO. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK. [APPLAUSE] I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THOSE WORDS ABOUT THE UMBC HABIT OF MIND, "I CAN, I MUST, I WILL." LET'S SAY IT TOGETHER, "I CAN, I MUST, I WILL." GIVE HER ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] WILL THE CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF ARTS, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE PLEASE RISE. [APPLAUSE] DR. HRABOWSKI. DR. ROUS. I HAVE THE HONOR OF PRESENTING THE CANDIDATES RECOMMENDED BY THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY FOR THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF ARTS, BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FACULTY, AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND AND BY THEM ENTRUSTED TO ME, I HEREBY ADMIT YOU TO THE DEGREES WHICH YOU HAVE EARNED DURING THE COURSE OF YOUR STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY, IN TOKEN WHEREOF YOU SHALL BE GIVEN A DIPLOMA WITH ALL OF THE HONORS, PRIVILEGES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES THEREUNTO PERTAINING. TODAY EACH GRADUATE [APPLAUSE] TODAY EACH GRADUATE WILL RECEIVE A MEMENTO FROM THE UMBC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. MR. BENNETT MOE, PRESIDENT OF THE UMBC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD, WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION. NOW WILL THE CANDIDATES FOR AFRICANA STUDIES, AMERICAN STUDIES AND ANCIENT STUDIES PLEASE STAND AND WALK TO THE PODIUM. THE REMAINING CANDIDATES SHOULD STAY SEATED UNTIL YOUR ROW IS ESCORTED BY COMMENCEMENT STAFF. AND PLEASE -- WE ASK THE GRADUATES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS TO REMAIN IN THE ARENA UNTIL THE CEREMONY HAS CONCLUDED. OUR FIRST READER IS THE VICE PROVOST FOR FACULTY AFFAIRS, DR. PATRICE MCDERMOTT. WILL THE FACULTY IN AFRICANA STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES. JACQUON M EPPS WILL THE FACULTY IN AMERICAN STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES BONNIE SUE BOWEN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JENNIFER JONG MEE HERZOG HANNAH HOLLAMON DUSTIN FRANCIS RODDY JENNIE WILLIAMS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN ANCIENT STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADAUTES HEATHER BIRCH DILLON DISALVO, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JOSHUA GEHRET, SUMMA CUM LAUDE MOLLY GREENHOUSE, CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN ASIAN STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES KEVIN BENNETT WILL THE FACULTY IN DANCE PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES HILARY DE-VOS MARY HESTER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE KATE HUNSICKER, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ELIZABETH QUINONES, MAGNA CUM LAUDE CALLISON SIMS WILL THE FACULTY IN ECONOMICS PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES LAURA ELIZABETH BALICK, CUM LAUDE CLAIRE LEANNE BARRON ALBERT FRANCIS BASTIAN KYLE BENESKI CARLOS CANCHASTO ARCE STEPHEN CARRUTH ALEX JUNGYU CHEN SARAH CHENG CHINWE CHIAZOR MARYANN ALEXANDRA COVERT, MAGNA CUM LAUDE EDWARD J DENT MARYAM FATIMA, CUM LAUDE JOSEPH FLESHMAN JEREMY A GERMAN RICHARD M GILL ROBERT J GRAMMER BARUK G HAGOS OWEN M HART TIMOTHY P HARVEY, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SEAN A HOCKING RICHIE T JANG KENNETH H JUNG LISA KANG KAIN M LARIJANI, CUM LAUDE DONGJOON LEE HYUN YOUNG LEE JAE EUN LEE ZEHAO LIU AMAN MAGOON BRANDAN PAUL MCGEE DAVID H MURRAY, MAGNA CUM LAUDE DIANA NGUYEN, CUM LAUDE OMOTARA OGUNBIYI ERIK OLTHOF SABRINA PALM, SUMMA CUM LAUDE DAVID MUSANG PARK MELISSA A PEERY JOHN G PETERS BRIAN E PINK KYLE D PULLEN ANDREA REQUEJO JIM JACKSON ROZARIO KYRAN RICHARDSON ANKIT RAJENDRA SHARA SEIDU SAMBOLAH RAYMOND B SEILENGA SEAN C PARK JOSEFIN EVA STRANGE-JONSSON JUN YOUNG PARK HAMZA SIDDIQUI SHAWN M SIMPSON STEPHANIE A SONG WILLIAM R STOTT KOHEI TANABE MOHAMED TOUNKARA VENKATA RAMANA VISWANADHA LU WANG LILY Q WU KEVIN YEUNG JONG M YOON HAOTIAN ZHOU WILL THE FACULTY IN EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES? MOHAMMAD ALAGEEL FAHAD ABDULLEH ALJUBAIR KHALID RASHED ALMUTAIRI ALEXANDER HARBITZ MICHAEL L MILLER, JR. CHRISTINE WALKER OUR NEXT READER WILL DR. KARL STEINER, VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH. WILL THE FACULTY IN ENGLISH PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES? KRISTINE ALVAREZ FLYNN, CUM LAUDE SAMANTHA ANDROSKY, CUM LAUDE TASHA BATSON, CUM LAUDE JACQUELINE BENSON STEPHANIE BERTRAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LESTER CHARLES BENJAMIN COOK, CUM LAUDE BRITTANY NICOLE DILLARD, CUM LAUDE LAURA EASTER ELIZABETH FORNEY, CUM LAUDE ANNA FRAIZE KIERSTON DANIELLE GITTENS CALISTA HOGAN JACKSON HOUBOLT JOEL HUNA, SUMMA CUM LAUDE JACOB KILISZEWSKI JASON KIM DARIA KUZNETSOVA KATARINA LINCALIS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SUSAN LUNN SARAH MALESH GIAN MCCANN ERIC MUCCULLIN JOHN MORIN CULLEN BRICE OLIFF JESSIE ORSBURN, CUM LAUDE JUNG-HOON PARK CHRISTA ALEJANDRINA PEAY ELEANOR ELIZABETH PHILMON MARY QUINN PRIYANKA SOPHIE RAJ JASON ROBBINS SAMUEL ROSENBERG VANESSA RUEDA, CUM LAUDE GAGAN SINGH AMANDA SOCKRITER CRAIG STEINMAN SARAH WEBB WILL THE FACULTY IN GENDER AND WOMEN'S STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES? LIBBY BARROW, SUMMA CUM LAUDE RAE-DAWN GILLIAM SUSANNAH HINZ CAITLYN LEITER-MASON, SUMMA CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES? ABDULLAH MATAR ALNEYADI MICHAEL JAY BUSBY SONIA CARDENAS EVAN CAREY HALLIE CARTER CHRISTINA CIRRI ROBERT CROUCH SUSHANNAH ELIZABETH DAVIS RYAN MICHAEL GARVIS GEORGE HARLEY, CUM LAUDE GARRETT HOPKINS JILLIAN LEE LANDER NOELLE LANDERS PATRICK FRANCIS LASHIER HANNAH LEIBERG, CUM LAUDE DANIEL LEVY KAELA MASON PATRICE MATTHEWS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE KIRSTEN MCGOVERN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE GALEN MILLIGAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JOSEPH MILLIGAN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE MOLLY NEWTON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE EDIRIN DICKSON OJO STEVEN PEARCE KEVIN RAPA JAMES RUSH MIRIAM RYBCZYNSKI VICTORIA SHERIDAN TIMOTHY ANDREW SMITH CYNTHIA WARD, CUM LAUDE LINDSAY WILSON AND WE HAVE JOSEPH BUNDY, WHO WAS AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY, REPRESENTED BY HIS WIFE, MRS. LESLIE BUNDY. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT READER WILL BE DR. SCOTT CASPER, THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. WILL THE FACULTY IN GLOBAL STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES. PAUL N WEISKO, MAGNA CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES NOOR S ABDEL RAHMAN MOJISOLA F ADEYALE AMA ASAMOAH EVAIKHOMO EDWINA AILEMEN FARZEEN FIROZE BHAVNAGARI HUYEN THU BUI KATHIA MIURIEL CASTILLO, CUM LAUDE VICTORIA CELIA CASTILLO MOLLY COATS NICOLLE CHARLOW CONNOR KALI DEAN SARAH DEMEKE MALIATOU DIALLO LUIGI LUCA DIRENDE BREA T EDHERUE BRANDON ALEXANDER FRITZ, CUM LAUDE KRISTINE GALLI, SUMMA CUM LAUDE KRISTINE GARCIA AIMEE R GOGAN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE MISKAT HOSSAIN TREVOR HSU, CUM LAUDE JAMIE JAEGERS ZAINUL ABIDEEN JALLOW KIRSTEN ELISE JONES MICHOL JOHNSON COLLEEN KEEN MEGAN N KELLNER, SUMMA CUM LAUDE REHMA HAMEEDA KHAN RACHEL SOOKYUNG KIM, CUM LAUDE SARAH M KUZNEAR, SUMMA CUM LAUDE RACHEL ANN LANCASTER JESSICA LEI, CUM LAUDE BRAIN LEIMKUHLER SEJAL MENDPARA LAVONE MURRAY-KOYIER MARLISSA MYERS GEORGE N NAEKE RHODA N NGERE ANTHONY B NUON TOSIN OGUNSIAKAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE FRANCES CHIUGO OMENANKITI JENNIFER LYNN OPITZ NICOLE TUONG-VI PHAM TRAE PROCTOR GRETCHEN QUITELES SAMY SAMIR RABB AUN N RAZA DANYAL REHAN CARLYN B RUBIN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE BECCA M SCHARF, CUM LAUDE CANDY MICHELLE SMITH-KIMANI, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SOHEYL SOLTANI-NIA RONIQUE TAFFE, CUM LAUDE LISA M TOEBBE, CUM LAUDE MICHELE R WETHINGTON HANNAH MARIE WYPER WILL THE FACULTY IN HISTORY PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES MARISSA ALTOBELLI MARLYN I ARGUETA CELSO BALDIVIESO, SUMMA CUM LAUDE LYNZEE O BALES SHANA ARLENE CALLAHAN GEORGE CHARALAMBOPOULOS ANDREW S CLEMENTS SHAWN C CONWAY KELLY L DAUGHTRIDGE, CUM LAUDE SAMANTHA ENGEL KATHLEEN FOSTER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE DAVID CHRISTIAN FOYE EMILY LOU FRAZEE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JEREMY LEE FRYER ELIZABETH L FULDA JAMILA PAMELA HAYES ANDREW BENJAMIN HELLERSTEIN JAMES EDWARD IRELAND GREGORY S KLOCK, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ABIGAIL L MATTHEWS, CUM LAUDE BETHANY M MCGRAW ALEXUS D MCINTYRE LESLIE MCNAMARA MATTHEW MCNEY BRANDON MOYE REED LOGAN MIGNOSA ALLYSON NORRIS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE BROOKE E PRINCE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE RACHEL KURINIJ RETTALIATA, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ANDREA ROMERO KENNETH R SABLE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LAUREN K SCOTT QUINTEN ALEXANDER STEARNS MICHAEL STONE WILLIAM D WHEATS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ANNA E WEIL BENJAMIN JOEL WHITFORD LENORE A WILSON WILL THE FACULTY IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES ALLISON FRANCES BAUDOIN STEFAN P BAUTISTA MATTHEW KEITH BRUCHEY TRAVIS JOHN CAHILL SEAN ROBERT COOPER RUSSELL K CORBETT MARIA ELIZABETH DEL ROSARIO ALLISON L SHOYLA, MAGNA CUM LAUDE WILL M FEJES NIA N HAMPTON JESSICA MARIA HOFFMAISTER MELISSA A HOM JESSICA L HORST MICHAEL A JOHNSON CATHERINE H KIM SHANNON KIM LESLEY BERNADETTE KROLL KAREN YUN TING LAW CHRISTIAN FRANKLIN LEVRONEY KAYLA NICOLE MARTINEZ MADELINE ANN MCDOWELL MALLORY MCINTYRE TOBIAS ESUA MENSA DOUGLAS JAMES MILLER ASHLEY MARIE MYERS BENJAMIN J PALMER CLAREL PALKOVA CHASE DONNOVAN PLUMMER KATRINA V RIVERA FRANCISCO ROBINSON DANIEL J ROTUNDO, CUM LAUDE MICHAEL GARRETT SCHMIDT THERESA ELISABETH SISE, CUM LAUDE STEPHANIE B SMITH CANDICE JOY Y SOON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE BRANDON SPELLS BREANI WILLIAMS EMILY ELIZABETH WITSAMAN KAYLEE ZIELINSKI TALON A ZINGER OUR NEXT READER WILL BE DR. YVETTE MOZIE-ROSS, VICE PROVOST FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING. WILL THE FACULTY IN MODERN LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES. ANNA IGOREVNA ARTAPOVA, CUM LAUDE YIDUZKA NATALIA CEBALLOS EVELYNE M DIADHIOU ANDREA N DUVAL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LINETTE F GONZALEZ ALEXANDRA P GRIEVES, CUM LAUDE KELLY E HANLON, SUMMA CUM LAUDE FELIX EDUARDO HERNANDEZ QUENTIN M JONES WILLIAM J KLOTZ BRITTANY MORGAN KRISEL CULLEN LEE ROBERT MACLENNAN CHRISTOPHER SCOTT MCKINNON HILLARY R REINTGES, MAGNA CUM LAUDE DEMARIUS R SEYMOUR, MAGNA CUM LAUDE CHELSEA M SHOUSE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SEAN THOMAS STINSON, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ELIZABETH TURNER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN MUSIC PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES EUGENE VERNEL DORESTAL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SCOTT HOLT HARRY LEON JUNE ERIC S KUHN, CUM LAUDE MATTHEW J MARTIN MAX ROBISON SHANE STANTON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE CATHERINE D RAMIS, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ALEXANDER TRAGERT WILL THE FACULTY IN PHILOSOPHY PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES NIVANA N CAMPOS CHRISTOPHER W CULLEN NANCY YOUNG JEFFRYES, CUM LAUDE KWADO E OWUSU-BOAITEY, SUMMA CUM LAUDE CALLANDRE E SMITH BORIS N TIZENBERG, CUM LAUDE CHRISTINA L WENGER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES NAPHTALI AMIH ABANG MARLENA ABRAMOWITZ, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MICAHAEL D BALL TRAVIS A BELL, SUMMA CUM LAUDE DAWN O BURKS EDWARD P BURROUGHS MATTHEW ROBERT CARNEY MEGHAN A CARPENTER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MARYLYN CEKAYAS KEVIN CHEN EDWARD CHOE KENNY CHUN MICHAEL P COLLINS, SUMMA CUM LAUDE WILLIAM T CROW TYESHA RCHAE DENDY SHAWN DONATELLO MICHAEL RUSSELL EISENBERG KWAMI EMMANUEL TIMOTHY J ENGERS JUAN C ESPARZA GABRIEL ANTONIO FRIDEGOTTA SARAH ASHLEY GROSS CAROLINE JEAN HAYDEN DUANE CHRISTIAN HILAIRE QUINN SHAW HUNSINGER ELIOT L JOHNSON NATALIE CHRISTINE KANSLER OWAIS KHAN SHAILJA KHANNA NOAH J KIM, CUM LAUDE NICOLE PATRICIA LAYTON MATTHEW TODD LITTLEJOHN LAUREN A LOCHOCKI, MAGNA CUM LAUDE FEY M MOFOR PRIYANKA MOOKIM CARLOS BENJAMIN MOYA ANDREW O NYANCHOKA TOBE F ONYEKWELI NICHOLAS M PARADIS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE PHILIP D POE ISHAR SINGH KATRINA L SMITH, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ERIKA SUROCK KE TANG, CUM LAUDE SUDI T TASISSA VADIM ZAVIDOV OUR NEXT READER WILL BE MS. LYNNE SCHAEFER, VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. WILL THE FACULTY IN PSYCHOLOGY PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES. DEBORAH ADELOLA MOJISOLA AJANAKU NOUR AL GHRIWATI CHELSEA C ALDERMAN BRITTNEY E ALLEN, CUM LAUDE CHRISTIE AMANDA ALLISON, CUM LAUDE NICHOLAS C ALLISON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE KATHRYN E ANZALONE IBRAHIM LEE ABDULHALIM ARNAUT ROBERT SHAKNE ATKINSON SARAH A AWAD SYDNEY JENAE BAKER GRETA ELLEN BAUERLE KATHERINE MARIE BECK KRISTEN M BILNEY EILEEN BOTTRELL NINA M BOYD SYLVIA BOBBIE BRANDENBERG SCOTT BURTNICK, MAGNA CUM LAUDE GRACE E CALVIN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE SHELLINA LILINETTE CAMPOS KIM CASIMBON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LINDA M CERNA SUN AH CHOI CHRISTINA CHACKO CAITLIN HEALY CHANCE ERICA I CHAO BRANDON Y CHEN CHO FUNG CHIIM, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ANGELA S CHO JIN JAMES CHOE SAMANTHA JO COLLINS PATRICIA M COOPER NICOLE COPPOLA, CUM LAUDE HEIDI JONNA MARIA DANIELSSON BESHAUN J DAVIS ALEXANDER ALI DAYHOFF ADRIANE DENISE DEAN BRIAN A DUDLEY DANIEL B DUFFIN JANET LOUISE EISEMANN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE VALERIE NZELLE EKWOGE SARAH E ELIAS FAITH N EVANS STEPHANIE R EZEQUIEL DAVIS C FALCON MICHAEL FELL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MEGAN MCFADDEN FERKLER NOAH MICHAEL FIELDS KRISTEN R FORD DANA FUSCO REBECCA M GARRIGUES COLLEEN E GEORGE BENJAMIN GERSHOWITZ, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ALEXANDRA STEPHANIE GOC JULIDE GULPINAR KAITLYN M GOLDEN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE DEEPIKA PREMAJ GORRE HANNAH HEDRICK GUTJAHR, MAGNA CUM LAUDE HOOMAN HAFEZISOLEYMAN ZADEH BETHANY G HALE, CUM LAUDE PATRICIA HALLBERG, MAGNA CUM LAUDE KATIE LYNN HASSELBERGER NICHOLAS ANDREW HEROUX, CUM LAUDE RICHARD PATRICK HULING POLLY F INGRAM TAIJA MONEIT JACKSON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MATTHE JARDELEZA NOOR JAVED TIA JANE JOHNSON SUNHEE JUNG LAUREN N KADET, CUM LAUDE IMESHA NISALI KALANSURIYA ALEXIS MARIE KEIL JEFF HYUN KIM COURTNEY FAYE KINNEAR, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MERETU KITILA THOMAS E NEBBUL VALERIE KOURY, CUM LAUDE NICOLE LAIRD MARY CATHERINE LAUGENSEN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE CHARLES D LE SHANNON MARIA LAROE JULIEANN MARIE MAGNUSSON SOMA MANDAL, CUM LAUDE CORBIN P MCCARRON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ERIN B MCGUIRE, CUM LAUDE AMANDA GAIL MCINTYRE CHELSEA R MEH, CUM LAUDE LUCRECIA M MIDDLETON RAQUEL MINKA GEORGE W MORRIS JENNA SUE MYERS LAUREN DENISE NEASON VANESSA NEGRON BRADLEY T NGUYEN PHUONGUYEN NGUYEN STEPHANIE JANE OKPARA NICHOLE M PARRISH TIMOTHY A PERKINS, CUM LAUDE JULIA CAMILLE AMMON PETRE DAVID N PIERCE, CUM LAUDE JESSICA I PINYAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MICHAELA TAYLOR POOLE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MEGAN M POWELL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SHAKED RAM, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LYNDSY AMANDA RAY, SUMMA CUM LAUDE CASEY A REZAC, CUM LAUDE EMMA E RIVERA SARAH K ROBERTS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ANGEL L ROBINSON NIA RODNEY BRETT E ROSEBRO CORI ALEXANDRA RUETTEN PETER M SALAMA AARON LAMAR SAMUELS KAYLA KRISTINA SANDERS MARY KATE SANDERS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE AJA S SESSIONS LORENA D SEGOVIA SHELBY L SHAAK KATHLEEN T SHAEFER MORGAN SIMMONS LEAH NICOLE SMITH CHARELLE SPENCE KIRSTEN M SPENSE JERRICA LYNN STANLEY EMILY LORRAINE STANTON BRITTANIE L STAVROPOULOS JOCELYN L STEVENS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ZACHARY STIMELY MATTHE LAWRENCE STINCHCOMB, CUM LAUDE SHATARA SONYETTE SWINSON RUTA TEKLEBRAHAN LISE S TONLE MAFODONG LEILANI VITUSAGAVULU TRACY TSAO ARIEL R TYSON IRUM H VAHORA EMILY ELIZABETH VANDEGRIFT KATHY VU, CUM LAUDE DONEARL KEISHAMARIE WALLACE ANNA J WARD BIANCA WEST, SUMMA CUM LAUDE JUSTIN WHITEMAN JASMINE BLAIR WILLIAMS NATALIE REBECCA WILLIAMS GINA WONG ELIZABETH R YOUNG, CUM LAUDE MIA D ZIMNIK ARIAN ZOHDI OUR NEXT READER WILL BE DR. 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RAFIAT O ABDULAI STEVEN ANDRES-AQUINO KEVIN ROBERT ARSENAULT CAITLIN C BOZMAN, CUM LAUDE EVEREST CHAKRABORTY ALEXA GIANNA DE CRISPINO CRAIG ANTHONY FRASER RACHEL NAOMI GREENE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ROCHELLE Y HALL GRACE S HAN MAHALINI S ESSERT EMILY HARRIS SAMANTHA D HAWKINS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JERRY SHULL HIETT KAYLA ASHLEY HINES JEAN HOPEWELL SUMMER E JENKINS DIMITRI MICHAEL JORDAN GENA PATRICE JONES DILAN N KERAGALA KELSEY M KRACH, SUMMA CUM LAUDE THOMAS C LIU RUNGROJ MADAYUNG MELISSA COLLEEN MORRIS STEVEN C MURCIA DAVID JUHAN PAK SUNG-HYUN PAK JULIAN V PAUL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MONA N RASHIDI RAYMOND EARL STINSMAN MARK IAN TASKER, CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN THEATRE PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES JESSICA HARRIS ZACHARY K NEIL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ALYSSA D NOLTE DIANE C SCHRAMKE, CUM LAUDE KATHERINE SCHUSTER, CUM LAUDE KRISTYN MARIE WRIGHT WILL THE FACULTY IN VISUAL ARTS PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES EDWARD L ADAMS SAMUEL A APATA KYLE BAKER JAMES L BERNHARDT HYEJA BILLIE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE CALLIE M BONACCORSY, CUM LAUDE CHRIS J CARLSON MELISSA J CARRAWAY ALYSSA M CASTELLANO, CUM LAUDE FRANCESCA CERQUETTI, MAGNA CUM LAUDE RESHMA P CRAWFORD, CUM LAUDE RUSSELL R CHANG LINSDAY DRANSFIELD, CUM LAUDE JAKE DUONG DEBORAH FIRESTONE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE MAXX GAIGLER ANDREW M GALLAGHER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE KIRSTEN M GREEN DEON KENNAN GRIFFIN BURAK GUNDOGAN KATHERINE Y HARPER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SCOTT W HOPMANN ANNETTE L HORAN, CUM LAUDE SIGRUN E KALATSCHAN FARAH M KHAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE SARAH KICK, MAGNA CUM LAUDE AMANDA M KNIGHT, MAGNA CUM LAUDE PAMELA KOCH NICOLE L KRATOCHWILL PATRICK T KROPKOWSKI SANDER D LEBAU TARA S LICHTENSTEIN JOHNNY LUONG STEVEN S MACALESTER, CUM LAUDE MORGAN L MANTELL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE CHARLES MASON, III HORTON J MCCORMICK JOSEPH S MCELROY MATTHEW L MOORE KATHERINE ANN MORRIS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ALECS ROY NEESE TRUNG D NGUYEN ABOSHIOMA SEAN OBEMEATA BRIANNA PAIGE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE HEATHER PERRY STEVEN SCOTT PHILLIPS WILLIAM PRINN MARISSA REGELIN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MARCUS FRANCISCOUS RELACION ERIKA ANNE RONNING RABIAH SAMIULLAH JONATHAN J SCHUBBE SARAH ELIZABETH SHEEHAN KIRSTEN MARY SISSON BRITTANY SMITH, CUM LAUDE KIMBERLY ANN STEELE BAILEY E STRAIN SHELVIE EARL TAYLOR ERIN M WILLIAMS, CUM LAUDE AJ WILLIAMSON ANN ELIZABETH ZAMUDIO KOMAL ZEHRAH, CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES THEOPHILUS O ABAH KATHLEEN O ADESHOGA, CUM LAUDE CHINWENDU L AMAZU, SUMMA CUM LAUDE KOFFI AMEGADJE IFEOLUWA D ADEKANYE NICHOLAS MICHAEL BARNETT HASSAN BASHIR TIMOTHY M BRUNNER NADINE BUCCA CALVIN CHANGE YOUNG D CHO AMY E CONNOR, MAGNA CUM LAUDE KWAME DOH ALEXANDER EMMANUELLI BARIMA FREMPONG TRENT W GABRIEL, CUM LAUDE DANIEL ZACHARY HAS, CUM LAUDE JAMES T HAN, CUM LAUDE MANU HALLARAWA BOBBY W KWAN KENDRA VINCIA JOHNSON, CUM LAUDE MARLENE KESHIA KONTCHO, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ANGELA B KOOMSON JACOB N KOTT, CUM LAUDE MICHAEL LAMPHEAR BRYAN A LOWRY LAUREN E MOSIER LINDA ANNETTE NGO KOBGA MBIANDA KHOA DINH NGUYEN MOFOPEFOLUWA OBADINA UCHENNA C OKORO, MAGNA CUM LAUDE FABIAN IFEDILI OMENANKITI ROYCE ONYIMBA, CUM LAUDE KELLY PHAM, SUMMA CUM LAUDE JOSEPH L POSNER, SUMMA CUM LAUDE MONICA PAIGE PRUITT STEVEN R RECKARD YURA RHEE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE AMY RIZKALLAH SARAH Y RO JOHAN ROHTLA IAN SHAFFER JULIE A SHIRRON YEABSERA GEBEYEHU TAMIRE, CUM LAUDE BLOSSOM Z TEWELDE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE PATRICIA T TIMI KIM BAO TRINH OLGA VAGANOVA NETSANET H WOLDEGERIMA NAHOME H YEBASSEW CHARLES D YEH, MAGNA CUM LAUDE BRANDON R YEN WILL THE FACULTY IN BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES. 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THOMAS P ABRAHAM ALISSA ADAMS SAMIRA AFZALI MAHNAZ AHMADI SYEDA S AKHTAR AYMEN ALQAZZAZ JHULLIAN ALSTON JORDAN BAEDER, CUM LAUDE KOANNIS BALANOS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ALI H BALOCH ADEMAYOWA BALGUN OUSSAMA BENALLA, CUM LAUDE SONAM K BHATTI SHIKHA BHETWAL REBECCA BIADA BIBUM KUBAIR DENIS BISSRAM WILLIAM ALLEN BLANKENSHIP ALICIA L BOROWSKI NIAMBI BREWER, CUM LAUDE JOHN QUOC BUI MATTHEW BURNS FERDDY JOSUE CALDERON MOSCOSO SARAH A CAMPBELL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MONIQUE ABLAN CATALAN EVELINA CEBOTARI YONGSEOK CHANG, CUM LAUDE DAYOUN CHIN HARSHINI CHINNASAMY HAEREEN CHO HAEYOUNG CHO ERIC Y CHOI JU CHO MARIUS I CHUKWURAH, CUM LAUDE PETER M CIOLOCA, CUM LAUDE BRIANA D CLAGGETT LIA M CLEARFIELD SERGIU COSTINAS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE KARIS E CRONE, CUM LAUDE YASMINE E DAS PRIYA DAVEY MARY F DESKINS MELISSA C DOMINGO JANNET PHUONG DONG CHRISTINE B DOUGHERTY, CUM LAUDE VY THUY DUONG, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ELIZABETH ALEXANDRA ECKEL CHIMDI ONYEKACHI EGO-OSUALA KASARACHI CATHERINE ELUWA JESSICA MARIE FITCH BONIFACE FONKWO NZUMAFOR MOBOLAJI H FOWOSE, CUM LAUDE BREA P FULLER CHRISTY FURY DIONNA M GAMBLE WEI GAO, MAGNA CUM LAUDE HEATHER GEORGESON, CUM LAUDE BENASH GHAZANFAR BLEN B GIRMAY, CUM LAUDE REBECCA P GLATFELTER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ANDREW K GOODWIN, CUM LAUDE NAGA RAVALI GOVARDHANAM EMMA C GREGER, CUM LAUDE ANNA ALEKSANDROVNA GRINITSYNA QUYNH-NHU N HA, MAGNA CUM LAUDE WOOBUM HAN WOORIM HAN, CUM LAUDE ARIS J HANCOCK HASHANI HETTIARACHCHI DENISE R HIDAN, CUM LAUDE TIMOTHY H HO, MAGNA CUM LAUDE CARMELLA M HOLT AGNES HONG ERIC D HONG SHELLEY HUYNH MIN W HWANG, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JESSE A JOHNSON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MARGARET A KEMPER MUTASIM M KHAN ZULQARNAIN KHAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE PRATISHTHA KHANNA FUAD J KHOURY AIMEE Y KIM EMMANUEL KIM JONATHAN J KIM KRISTA KNOTT KENNETH A KRIEWALD OWEN KWOK, SUMMA CUM LAUDE GENE Y KWON MARY LAI JENNIFER RACHEL LANORE DAO LE WOOLAM LEE, CUM LAUDE DEBRA LEI, MAGNA CUM LAUDE DANA LEE LEWIS, CUM LAUDE RITA MALLOUH, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ANDREW H LIEM MENGTING LI WENDY MAO, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ZACHARY J MARGUILIES, MAGNA CUM LAUDE YASHAR MATEEN, CUM LAUDE SABRINA S MATHEW, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LAIBA MASOOD BUSHRA SADAF MEHMOOD MANSI MEHTA, CUM LAUDE CODY L MEZEBISH ANTHONY V MIGNINI JINKLE MODY LUZITA A MOLOCK KI Y MOON CHRISTOPHER NAM TERESSA LAJOI NANCE EDNA PATRICIA NANDUTU ASHAKI N NEHISI TRUNG VIET NGUYEN IHUOMA NJOKU YOU JONG OH JOYCE OHIRI, MAGNA CUM LAUDE OSEOGIE O OKOJIE, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ASHLEIGH OMOROGBE, CUM LAUDE LEON A OSBOURNE YULIYA OSTROVSKAYA JOSEPH OUTMEZGUINE ALLISON L PANICHELLA KUSH ASHOK PATEL OLUWATOBI M PAUL, CUM LAUDE STEPHANIE PAVLOSKY SOPAGNA PEAK, CUM LAUDE BARBARA N PERE FREDERIC SIMON E PIERRE-LOUIS SAMUEL P PILLA MUNANCHU POUDEL BONITA H POWELL QUET NOEL QUARTEY CAITLYNN QUINN AFREEN QURAISHI MISHA NASEEM QURESHI VIBHA S RAO, MAGNA CUM LAUDE NIKOLAS C REINEKE JORGE REYES NAHOMY ROJAS, CUM LAUDE SUZETTE S ROZARIO ADAM T RYBCZYNSKI IAN SANKAR ERIKA LYNN SCHMIDT LARA M SEIDMAN, SUMMA CUM LAUDE BRIAN SEO MAHAM F SHAH PARTH A SHAH, CUM LAUDE NAYAN R SHRESTHA WALAA I SIDKY, CUM LAUDE SIERRA J SIMPKINS, CUM LAUDE TRUPTIBEN G SINDHI NICHOLAS Z SMITH SAMANTHA E SPEHR TIMOTHY MICHAEL SPURRIER JASON A SUMPTER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE RAFAY M SYED SUEJANE TAN, CUM LAUDE SOWETO H THOMAS JOCELYN C THREATT KELVIN D TRAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MATTHEW TRAN THANHLONG GILBERT TRAN TU H TRUONG KELLY N TURNER, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ARTHUR EDWARD VAIL, CUM LAUDE MEGAN D WELSH, CUM LAUDE CHARLES A WHITE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE BRANDON WILLIAMS AMDAY WOLDE KEERTHI YARLAGADDA, MAGNA CUM LAUDE XINGZI CINDY ZHANG, SUMMA CUM LAUDE EZZEDINE SALIM ZAATARI, CUM LAUDE ANUM ZAIDI JESSICA ZARUBA OUR NEXT READER WILL BE MR. 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WILL THE FACULTY IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES FRI-ATSOH A ACHIRIMOFOR NATHAN MARSHALL ATKINS CHRYSANTUS BANDON-BIBUM ALEXANDER R BARTON DYLAN D BEITZEL MARK WILLIAM BLACK, CUM LAUDE RICHARD O BLORSTAD FRANCIS C BROWN JAY V CARSON, CUM LAUDE VINCENT JOSEPH DI SALVO, CUM LAUDE COURTNEY R DULAP ANNETTE M ENGLEHART, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MARCUS ADAM GARCIA, CUM LAUDE CHRISTOPHER T GNAU JULIAN CHRISTOPHER GOMEZ-JORDAN KENNETH HARRIS JOSEPH TERRANOVA HEDSPETH, MAGNA CUM LAUDE TAI T LAM STEVEN LAVENSTEIN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JULIA F LOPEZ MIAO LU KYLE F MACH FITZHUGH PATRICK MALLOY PATRICK Y MATSUDA-BEGY MICHEAL ANDREW MCCARRELL MORGAN J MCCLURE TIMOTHY MCGEE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE PAKKY FREDERIC FANKEM NGAHA ALLEN T NORMAN ROBERT J OEHRLI SAMUEL O OGUNBO JEFFREY B OSTELL MATTHE C PARKS, CUM LAUDE JAHIN PATWARY AHSAN A RIZVI IRVIN RODRIGUEZ JEREMY SALKIN ANTHONY L SANTINI FRANKLIN J SCHAEFER KABISH K SHAH, CUM LAUDE SKYLER SINGH, CUM LAUDE ERIC M SLUDER, CUM LAUDE WILLIAM CURTIS STONE, CUM LAUDE MATTHEW D THOMPSON, CUM LAUDE OMAIR BOHRA MITCHEL ZAVALA RUIXU ZHANG WILL THE FACULTY IN MANAGEMENT OF AGING SERVICES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES. UVONNE C ANDOH HILLARY ANNE DEICHMAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MARCUS PERCELL HOCKADAY JOSEPH J IMPALLARIA EVAN B JACKSON NEVIN KAMAL SHELISA M KINGSTON AUGUSTA A OSEFOH STEPHANIE N STINCHCOMB, CUM LAUDE WILL THE FACULTY IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES PLEASE STAND WHILE I READ THE NAMES OF YOUR GRADUATES LADI B AWOSIKA VIVIAN C CHIOMA, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JILLIAN GOLES, CUM LAUDE JOSEPH PATRICK KENNEDY RACHEL O KELLY, MAGNA CUM LAUDE RANDY C KIMERY, SUMMA CUM LAUDE ELIZABETH M LYNOTT, CUM LAUDE SHYAM G PATEL, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LILLIAN M SPEAKS, CUM LAUDE SURAJ A VYAS OUR NEXT READER WILL BE DR. CAROLYN TICE, ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WILL THE DISTINGUISHED FACULTY IN SOCIAL WORK PLEASE STAND TO GREET OUR GRADUATES KATHLEEN ALFARO AMBER AUSTIN CYNTHIA JOHN AZAT MARK BABIAK ANTONINA C BAYLY ALICIA J BLACHOWICZ AMY BLANCHARD PHILLIP BOEYE, SUMMA CUM LAUDE CHELSEA BRAUNS ADRIEN DAWN BRISTOL AMANDA N BROWN TAMMY E BROWN ZACH GARBER BROWNE, CUM LAUDE MIRIAM CABRERA MELISSA ANN CHARLES, CUM LAUDE BRANDI LYNN CLAYTON, CUM LAUDE EDITH RIVERA BRENDA J CUEVA TREVON CUMBERBATH MICHAELA B FRIEDMAN, MAGNA CUM LAUDE JAIR ASAF GAMA-CHAVEZ CHAUNTAVIA GATHERS LILY GNINIVI CAITLIN HANCOCK, CUM LAUDE MELISSA HARTMAN, CUM LAUDE JULIET HUANG, CUM LAUDE PETER JOSEPH JACKSON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE ASHLEY JOHNS CHRISTINE L JOHNSON SARAH LUISA KEMBLE, CUM LAUDE JOHN DONALD KOCH EMILY ROSE KYLER BRITTANY TASHAUN LEACH TARA M LENCZCKI LEEMARYS MARTINEZ, CUM LAUDE SANDRA DEBI MARTINEZ MIRNA MEDRANO-ROMERO DEENA MORGAN MAIREL PFISTER, CUM LAUDE KATIE PIURA CYNTHIA MARIE RATLIFF ASHLEIGH REYNOLDS, MAGNA CUM LAUDE LAURA JANE ALEXIS ROTH, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MEENA G SALAMA DAISY VANESSA SANCHEZ JAMIE SCHWARTZBECK REBECCA L SEADER, CUM LAUDE KAITLYN ASHLEY SNYDER BRITTANY B SPENCER, MAGNA CUM LAUDE BRITTANY LAUREN STURGILL EMILY NAMI KIM SULERUD GISELLE TINEO GAIL DENISE BROWN SUSANA ESTELA VALLECIOS EVAN S WILSON, MAGNA CUM LAUDE MARQUIS TERRELL WILSON CHARLENE DENISE MORIN ELIZABETH WUNSCH, CUM LAUDE NDASI ZIALO [APPLAUSE] WE ARE ALMOST THERE, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING GROUP OF STUDENTS, GRADUATES AND FAMILIES. GIVE YOURSELVES ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE GRADUATING SENIORS IN THE CAMERATA TO PROCEED TO THE RISERS, LOCATED ON YOUR LEFT. THE CAMERATA IS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR. STEPHEN CARACCIOLO ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC. OUR VALEDICTORIAN, TRAVIS BELL, WILL DIRECT THE CAMERATA TODAY IN THE SINGING OF THE ALMA MATER. ALSO, THE UMBC WIND ENSEMBLE HAS JOINED US TO PROVIDE THE MUSIC FOR OUR CEREMONY. THEY ARE DIRECTED BY MR. BRIAN KAUFMAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MUSIC. WOULD YOU CONGRATULATE AND THANK BOTH THE CHOIR AND THE WIND ENSEMBLE, PLEASE. [APPLAUSE] I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. BENNETT MOE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UMBC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING OVER 60,000 ALUMNI WORLDWIDE. HE'S A 1988 GRADUATE IN THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND IS NOW DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION AT MAPS.COM. PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] LET ME GIVE YOU MY FINAL WORDS. WE'LL THEN HAVE THE SINGING OF THE ALMA MATER. 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HE SAID THESE WORDS, "IF YOU BRING TO THE FUTURE THE SAME PERSONAL QUALITIES AND PERSONAL COMMITMENT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO THIS CAMPUS AS STUDENTS, GOOD AND IMPORTANT THINGS WILL HAPPEN TO EACH OF YOU, AS WELL AS TO THOSE AROUND YOU AND THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY WILL BE PROUD TO HAVE PLAYED A PART IN YOUR LIFE. AND HERE ARE MY WORDS, AFTER TWENTY SOME YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF THIS AMAZING INSTITUTION, I SAY THESE WORDS WITH GREAT SINCERITY. I AM CONFIDENT THAT ALL OF YOU WILL MAKE US SO PROUD. KNOW THAT IF YOU PERSEVERE, AND YOU WILL, YOU WILL REACH YOUR GOALS, THOUGH YOU WILL BE CHALLENGED AND TESTED ALONG THE WAY. BUT JUST REMEMBER THAT YOUR DREAMS AND MOST IMPORTANT, YOU CHARACTER WILL DETERMINE WHO YOU WILL BECOME. YOU CHARACTER WILL BE DETERMINED AND REFLECTED MOST CLEARLY IN THE COURAGE YOU POSSESS AND IN THE COMPASSION YOU SHOW FOR OTHERS. BE TRUE TO YOURSELVES AND TRUE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, ALWAYS REACHING OUT TO OTHERS TO INSPIRE, TO ELEVATE. ALWAYS KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE CONNECTED TO THIS UNIVERSITY. REMEMBER THAT THIS IS YOUR HOME AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF US AND WE WILL BE A PART OF YOU. WHEREEVER YOU GO, YOU ARE UMBC. CLASS OF 2014, YOU MAY NOW TURN YOUR TASSELS. [APPLAUSE] AUDIENCE, GIVE THEM A STANDING OVATION. YOU HELPED THEM OUT, GIVE THEM A STANDING OVATION. THEY DESERVE IT. [APPLAUSE] CLASS, YOU MAY NOW STAND AND WOULD EVERYONE REMAIN STANDING AS WE SING THE ALMA MATER, LED BY THE CAMARATA. REMEMBER THAT THE WORDS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INSIDE BACK COVER OF THE PROGRAM. AFTER THE SINGING OF THE CAMERATA, DR. CARROLL WILL LEAD THE RECESSIONAL AND AFTER THAT, WE WOULD ASK THAT PEOPLE LEAVE QUIETLY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. [ALMA MATER] [APPLAUSE] JUST ONE MORE MINUTE OF DIGNITY AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A LOT OF FUN, ALRIGHT? WE ASK THAT EVERYONE PLEASE REMAIN STANDING UNTIL THE PLATFORM PARTY, THE FACULTY AND THE GRADUATES HAVE RECESSED. FAMILIES AND FRIENDS ARE ASKED TO JOIN THEIR GRADUATES OUTSIDE OF THE ARENA. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. [WIND ENSEMBLE PLAYS]

Background

Born Francis Seymour, he was the second son of Sir Edward Seymour, 4th Baronet, by his second wife Letitia, daughter of Alexander Popham. This branch of the Seymour family descended from Sir Edward Seymour, son of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset by his first wife Catherine Filliol. His nephew Sir Edward Seymour succeeded as 8th Duke of Somerset in 1750. On the death of his elder brother Popham Seymour-Conway in 1699, Francis succeeded to the estates of his mother's relative Edward Conway, 1st Earl of Conway, and assumed the same year by Royal licence the additional surname of Conway.

Political career

Conway sat as Tory Member of Parliament for Bramber from 1701 to 1703. In 1703 he was raised to the Peerage of England as Baron Conway of Ragley, in the County of Warwick, and in 1712 he was created Baron Conway of Killultagh, in the County of Antrim, in the Peerage of Ireland. From 1728 to 1732 Lord Conway was Governor of Carrickfergus and was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1728.

Marriages and issue

Gates at Ragley Hall displaying arms of 1st Baron Conway impaling those of his third wife Charlotte Shorter

Lord Conway married firstly Lady Mary, daughter of Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, on 17 February 1703/1704. They had four daughters:

  • Hon. Letitia Seymour-Conway (17 October 1704 – 1723)
  • Hon. Mary Seymour-Conway (August 1705 – 1728), married Nicholas Price
  • Hon. Henrietta Seymour-Conway (1706 – 10 May 1771)
  • Hon. Catherine Seymour-Conway (1708 – 14 June 1737)

After Lady Mary's death in Northwicke on 25 January 1708/1709 he married secondly Jane Bowden, of Drogheda, in that same year, by whom he had two children:

  • Hon. Edward Seymour-Conway (d. 8 April 1710)
  • Hon. Jane Seymour-Conway (d. 5 May 1749)

After Jane's death in Sandywell, Gloucestershire, on 13 February 1715/1716 he married thirdly Charlotte, daughter of John Shorter, of Bybrook, Kent, and wife, in July 1716.

Lord Conway died in February 1732 in Lisburn, aged 52, and was succeeded by his eldest son by his third wife, Francis Seymour-Conway, who was created Earl of Hertford in 1750 and Marquess of Hertford in 1793. Lady Conway died on 12 February 1733/1734.

References

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.607, as borne by Seymour, Marquess of Hertford, eventual heir of Earl of Conway

External links

Parliament of England
Preceded by
Thomas Stringer
Thomas Owen
Member of Parliament for Bramber
1701–1703
With: Thomas Owen 1701–1702
John Asgill 1702–1703
Succeeded by
John Asgill
John Middleton
Peerage of England
New creation Baron Conway of Ragley
1703–1732
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Baron Conway of Killultagh
1712–1732
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