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Nova SoutheaSterN uNiverSity takeS eNormouS pride iN your SucceSS.
oN behalf of NSu’S faculty, Staff, aNd board of truSteeS, i Salute your
academic aNd perSoNal achievemeNt. you have reached thiS mileStoNe through
hard work aNd iNtellectual effort, aNd we are pleaSed to recogNize your
dedicatioN with today’S commeNcemeNt ceremoNy.
reflect oN the giftS of kNowledge aNd Support you have received. celebrate
the frieNdShipS, SkillS, aNd StreNgthS you have forged. embrace the
opportuNity to apply theSe treaSureS aS you Start a New chapter iN your
life, hopefully, followiNg your paSSioN, Not your fortuNe.
our beSt wiSheS are with you today aNd iN the future. coNgratulatioNS!
George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D.
NSU President and CEO
Rick Case Arena at the Don Taft University Center
Davie, Florida
Friday, the Seventh of June, Two Thousand and Nineteen
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Welcome to the commencement ceremony of 2019
for the
college of engineering and computing
halmos college of natural sciences and oceanography
h. Wayne huizenga college of Business and entrepreneurship
the academic procession
marshal
degree candidates
memBers of the faculty
memBers of the Board of trustees
distinguished guests
university officials
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order of exercises
Prelude
*Processional
Crown Imperial (1937)..................................................................................................................................Walton
Convening the Morning Commencement ................................................................................. Belay Seyoum, D.C.L. Grand Marshal
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Convening the Afternoon Commencement.................................................................................Jose V. Lopez, Ph.D. Grand Marshal
Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography
Presiding Officer ....................................................................................................................George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer
*The Star-Spangled Banner ................................................................................................................................. Key/Smith
O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Introductions .....................................................................................................................................Ralph V. Rogers, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Opening Remarks .............................................................................................................................. George L. Hanbury II
Conferring of Honorary Degree for Morning Ceremony Doctor of Business Administration ............................................................................................. George L. Hanbury II
Commencement Address for Morning Ceremony .................................................................................Alan B. Levan (Biographical sketch in back of program)
Conferring of Honorary Degree for Afternoon Ceremony Doctor of Humane Letters ..............................................................................................................George L. Hanbury II
Commencement Address for Afternoon Ceremony ....................................................................... Lisa Lutoff-Perlo (Biographical sketch in back of program)
Presentation of Candidates for Degrees...............................................................................................Ralph V. Rogers
*The audience should stand during this part of the ceremony.
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Conferral of Degrees ........................................................................................................................ George L. Hanbury II
Closing Remarks ................................................................................................................................ George L. Hanbury II
Dismissal of the Morning Commencement .............................................................................................Belay Seyoum
Dismissal of the Afternoon Commencement ..........................................................................................Jose V. Lopez
*Nova Southeastern University Anthem .........................................................................................................Cavanaugh
Hail Thee, Nova Southeastern! Bright sun shining new; Radiant star of our morning, Ever rising, true;
May thy wisdom serve as our constant guide and thy love a beacon strong, as throughout the world we spread thy name joining voice in grateful song:
Nova Southeastern, Alma Mater, By thy light imbue, Service, honor, loyalty, ‘til our days are through.
Love Thee, Gray and Blue!
*Recessional
La Rejouissance .............................................................................................................................................Handel From Music for the Royal Fireworks
*The audience should stand during this part of the ceremony.
Nova Southeastern University Anthem
Words and Music by Mark J. Cavanaugh © 2010 Marx Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprinted, with permission, by arrangement with Adorno Music (ASCAP). The unauthorized copying or use of this work, in whole or in part, is illegal.
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candidates for degrees
morning ceremony
Youssef Abdellaoui..................................Fes, MoroccoAlice Hanna Abdo ................................Sunrise, FloridaMarisa Abrahiem ................................ Miramar, FloridaOmar Acevedo ......................................Sunrise, FloridaChristopher Acosta ............................... Miami, FloridaOrlando A. Acosta Perez ...................... Davie, FloridaSharence Adams ...................Boynton Beach, FloridaYonathan Mesfin Afework .................... Davie, FloridaOlawale Agbede ................................ Brandon, FloridaNyorh Awum Agwe ........Upper Marlboro, MarylandMugahed Abdullah Ayedh Al Ameri, Sr. .........Davie,
FloridaPaul E. Alba Tajada ...............................Naples, FloridaTony Ray Albright .......................Jacksonville, FloridaBarbara Caridad Alfaro ............. Casselberry, FloridaSonia Allouche ........................................ Miami, FloridaDana Alouidor ......................................... Miami, FloridaAmal M. A. Alsaadoun .............Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaBeatrice Alvarez ..................................... Miami, FloridaVerushka Alvarez ........................... Oranjestad, ArubaCesar Enrique Alvarez Alvarez ...Caracas, VenezuelaGhazaleh Emma Amiri .................. Plantation, FloridaCatrease Ancion ..................................... Miami, FloridaYesika Andrade ................................... Weston, FloridaMichael Angel ................................Kissimmee, FloridaSofia Anselmetti ..................................... Miami, FloridaPatrick Antoine ..........................Lehigh Acres, FloridaMyia S. Ashmore ............................ Cutler Bay, FloridaStefany Carolina Assing Torres ....Caracas, VenezuelaJamise Paulette Attilus ...................Lakeland, Florida
Lindsay Aughton ....................................Estero, FloridaAngeline Augustine............................... Miami, FloridaCassia J. Ayres ..................................... Weston, FloridaSiryee Othello Bah ................................Liberia, LiberiaEvan McKenzie Baker ........Pembroke Pines, FloridaMorgan Fay Barber ....................... Fort Myers, FloridaFabiana Patricia Barbera Villavicencio ... Anzoategui,
VenezuelaChristell Barrau ....................Pembroke Pines, FloridaDorian Patricia Barrera ................ Hollywood, FloridaMesha Meshell Bastian ...................Nassau, BahamasSandro Bernadelli Bastien .................Sunrise, FloridaLindsay Erica Baum ............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaJoel Joseph Becerra ............................. Miami, FloridaMishawn Beckford ..............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAndrew T. Bell ........................Boynton Beach, FloridaJaylon Henry Bell .................................. Ocoee, FloridaGregory Keith Belskis .................Boca Raton, FloridaLinoy Ben Naim ...................................... Miami, FloridaAbraham Benaim Fishman ... Macaracuay, VenezuelaJarrod Duane Benjamin ....Pembroke Pines, FloridaJack Benzaquen Hanono ........... Caracas, VenezuelaKristen Farr Berger .......................... Aventura, FloridaJacqueline Betancur ..........Fort Lauderdale, FloridaDesiree Blanco-Lindsay .............. Hollywood, FloridaRyan Anthony Block ........................Parkland, FloridaNicholas Christopher Blume ....Jacksonville, FloridaGrethel Garcia Bodden ......................... Miami, FloridaMichael Bohorquez ............Pembroke Pines, FloridaAnna Bonilla-Reyes ................. Port St. Lucie, Florida
h. Wayne huizenga college of Business and entrepreneurship
James T. Simpson, Ph.D., interim dean
master of Business administration
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Jaclyn Boone ............... Palm Beach Gardens, FloridaCarolina Bordones ............ Charlotte, North CarolinaSamira Sue Judie Bouguillon ............. Miami, FloridaTyler L. Bourgoine .................Coconut Creek, FloridaCyrus Brackin .......................................... Miami, FloridaDaniel Bradford .........................................Dallas, TexasKaniel Yitzchak Bramnick ..................... Davie, FloridaCraig A. Braziel, Jr. ......................... Riverview, FloridaSebastian Brinkerhoff ...........Coconut Creek, FloridaThamar Brisson ..................Stone Mountain, GeorgiaAllison Gail Brown ................Ormond Beach, FloridaAntonio Brown ................. Lauderdale Lakes, FloridaDon Brown ........................................... Miramar, FloridaKenisha Lashae' Brown .......... Delray Beach, FloridaMario Brown ...................... West Palm Beach, FloridaElizabeth C. Bryant .................. Coral Springs, FloridaCamila A. Bucarey .......................Homestead, FloridaThomas E. Buchanan .................Jacksonville, FloridaJodi-Ann J. Burchell .............................. Miami, FloridaJeffery Burkett ......................................Tampa, FloridaChristopher Chad Buschell ................. Miami, FloridaLeonard Byrd ..............................Ruther Glen, VirginiaDaniel C. Cabrera ................................... Miami, FloridaMonica Caceres Garcia ...........Catacamas, HondurasShirley Benz Cadet .................. Delray Beach, FloridaMeagan Kimberly Cahuasqui .... Hollywood, FloridaMalorie Calhoun ................................Parkland, FloridaJasmine Campbell ........................ Hollywood, FloridaLeaser A. Campbell .....................Brooklyn, New YorkMiren I. Camporota .............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAnia Canales Toledo ............................. Miami, FloridaAndrea M. Cando Mosquera ....... Plantation, FloridaIndira Cardenas .......................... Miami Lakes, FloridaBlanca Michelle Carreras ...........Boca Raton, FloridaRosalys Carricarte Marquetti ..... Hollywood, FloridaMaximiliano Caruso ............................ Weston, FloridaCamila Carvalho Passos ...........................Paulo, BrazilChristian Casas Casanova, Jr. ... Valencia, VenezuelaKevin Elias Cassis .................................... Davie, FloridaMyrline Cemoin ................... Pompano Beach, FloridaRichard Matthew Chang ...................... Miami, FloridaMargaret Elena Chebat ..................... Weston, FloridaBruno Jonathan Cherisol ....... Port St. Lucie, Florida
Harrison George Chipkin .... Rocky Hill, ConnecticutKellie Nicole Chopyak ....................Lauderhill, FloridaLubabah Ahmed Chowdhury .............. Davie, FloridaWendy B. Chumioque ............... Cooper City, FloridaMelissa Clarke ........................................Tampa, FloridaLisa B. Claro ...........................................Hialeah, FloridaLeslie Ann Cleaver .......... North Palm Beach, FloridaMarie L. Clerge ..............................Brooklyn, New YorkEduardo Salomon Cohen Bouchara ............Miranda,
VenezuelaAshley Coke ......................................... Orlando, FloridaSarah Cole ................................................. Davie, FloridaKecia Lynette Coleman ........................ Miami, FloridaKenneth Edward Collazo ..................... Miami, FloridaAmbar Colon ............................. Coral Springs, FloridaBrandon Conte ................................... Orlando, FloridaAshley Cooper ............................... Hollywood, FloridaCrista Vernell G. Cooper ............ Palm Coast, FloridaKlarysse Mathilde Lucie Coppet .....Fort-de-France,
MartiniqueYamil C. Cordero ..............................Key West, FloridaHarrison Coren .......................... Coral Springs, FloridaLouis Corey ...............................Miami Springs, FloridaVanessa Sanovia Cornish ..............Nassau, BahamasClara G. Cortez ....................Pembroke Pines, FloridaChristian Michael Cotler .............Lake Worth, FloridaEryn Becket Crane ...........Woodbridge, ConnecticutHector Arturo Cruz ...................... Road Town Tortola,
Virgin IslandsErica Cunningham .................Wesley Chapel, FloridaDevin Alexander Dakers ............. Longwood, FloridaJoi Lumpkin Daniel ....................Palm Harbor, FloridaArthur Homer Darby ..........................Mount Pleasant,
South CarolinaShyam Sunder Dasari ........Pembroke Pines, FloridaNadia Jeanine Davis .........................Parkland, FloridaUguens Decius ........................................ Miami, FloridaYesireth Dinora De Freitas Barrios ............... Caracas,
VenezuelaJanis Zoraya De Leon .....North Lauderdale, FloridaDaniela Leon De Nicolo ..................... Weston, FloridaNicole del Campo ...............Pembroke Pines, FloridaDanelis Delgado .................... Miami Gardens, FloridaLaura Delgado ........................................ Miami, Florida
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Dequizzia Markessa Demeritte ....Nassau, BahamasNia N. Dena .............................................Tampa, FloridaFarah Denis .............................................. Miami, FloridaMarilyn Despagne ....................................Spring, TexasClaudia Camero Diaz .................. Caracas, VenezuelaMelanie Diaz ............................................ Miami, FloridaAndrew Dixon .......................................... Davie, FloridaMarie Elizabeth Fabienne Doltenus ............. Boynton
Beach, FloridaSusan N. Duarte .......................... Cooper City, FloridaAshley D. Duncan .................. Miami Gardens, FloridaPaula Andrea Duque D. Angelo ....................Maracay,
VenezuelaCarvis Cartrell Durr ........................... Orlando, FloridaDedrick William Edwards .... Fort Mitchell, AlabamaDwayne Lafate Edwards ...........Jacksonville, FloridaKatherine Efthimiou ...................... Plantation, FloridaJoy Eki-Edo .......................................Richardson, TexasVanessa Elguera ...................................Sunrise, FloridaSandra Adrien Ellington ....................... Miami, FloridaSean Ellison .............................................. Davie, FloridaMahesak Emaruchi ........................Bangkok, ThailandMaria D. Esquerre..................... Coral Springs, FloridaErwin Estevez ............................. Miami Lakes, FloridaNoel Darron Ramo Facey................. Miramar, FloridaPhiltrina Farquharson ........................... Miami, FloridaJose Eduardo Farra ............................... Miami, FloridaDexter Michael Fehl .......... Pompano Beach, FloridaGabriela Fernandez ....................... Plantation, FloridaJose Angel Fernandez Amadio ................... Valencia,
VenezuelaLauren Ann Fischbach ............ Delray Beach, FloridaMiguel Florez ........................................... Miami, FloridaChrysten Marie Foley ...................Cape Coral, FloridaNicole Raquel Franco ..........................Hialeah, FloridaNatasha Franco Garcia ......................... Miami, FloridaTathiana Freire Mazza do Amaral ........... Barueri Sao
Paulo, BrazilRenato Fruggiero ................Pembroke Pines, FloridaAlissa Kay Fudge.......................... Palm Coast, FloridaAngelica Janet Garcia.................Boca Raton, FloridaCarlos Alfredo Garcia ........................... Miami, FloridaHamilton Garcia ...................................... Miami, FloridaMichael Jovon Garcia .................... Plantation, Florida
Myriam Ivette Garcia ..........Pembroke Pines, FloridaJulian Javier Garcia Aponte ..... Valencia, VenezuelaBradley Scott Garlock .......................... Miami, FloridaTabatha Garrett .......................... East Palatka, FloridaGina Marie Geiler ..................................... Davie, FloridaKarl E. Genosier ................North Lauderdale, FloridaMary Samy George ..............................Sunrise, FloridaDiane Lynn Germana ....................Davenport, FloridaRobyn M. Gifford ..................................Conneaut, OhioArlyne Girigori ..........Curacao, Willemstad, CuracaoStephanie Gold ........................................ Davie, FloridaAmanda Taylor Gomes ........... Coral Springs, FloridaManuel Alejandro Gomez .................... Miami, FloridaGabriela Cristina Gomez Lopez ........Quito, EcuadorCharles M. Gonzalez ........ North Bay Village, FloridaDaniel Gonzalez...................................... Miami, FloridaMoises David Gonzalez De la Cruz .... Miami, FloridaRafael Angel Gonzalez Guerra ............ Doral, FloridaKimberly P. Gordillo .............................. Miami, FloridaJack E. Grace, Jr. ................................... Ocoee, FloridaQyonna I. Grady ........................ Tuscaloosa, AlabamaWarren Graham ............................. Hollywood, FloridaBrooke Maria Grant ......................Freeport, BahamasJamie-Lee Khalil Grant ....................... Coralville, IowaAneisha C. Graydon ................ Port St. Lucie, FloridaYevgeniya Petrivna Green ............. Aventura, FloridaTerri Griffin ....................................Jacksonville, FloridaXzaiver Griffin ...................... Deerfield Beach, FloridaVladimir Grueiro ...................................Hialeah, FloridaMarlyn Johanna Guevara Navarro ............... Caracas,
VenezuelaJennifer Ann Gulker ....................Greenacres, FloridaCarlos Daniel Guzman ...................... Orlando, FloridaJenna Maureen Guzman ............................Royal Palm
Beach, FloridaJames Reginald Dean Hall
.................. Miami, Florida
Muhammad Hammad .................Greenacres, FloridaMalcolm B. Hannah ............ Pompano Beach, FloridaJustin Matthew Hansford ....Stone Mountain, GeorgiaPeter Paul Hansinger ..........................Sunrise, FloridaTrina Haque ....................................Dhaka, BangladeshAlexis P. Harmon ...................................Venice, FloridaPalmer Alexander Harper ..................... Davie, FloridaNicholas B. Harrell ............................. Orlando, Florida
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Ryan Hart ..............................Pembroke Pines, FloridaChelsea Haywood ..................Lawrenceville, GeorgiaLu He .......................................................... Davie, FloridaMorgan Heath ....................................Lakeland, FloridaJamecia R. Henry ................................... Miami, FloridaElisa R. Hernandez .................................. Davie, FloridaAdriana Hernandez Anidjar ...... Caracas, VenezuelaPriscilla Anne Herpai ........ Springfield, PennsylvaniaJesus Anthony Herrera-Dominguez ........Clewiston,
FloridaEric Anthony Hervis ...........Pembroke Pines, FloridaChristian Hilyard ..................................... Miami, FloridaIlana Clare Hirsch ................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAmanda R. Hornick ........................... Chico, CaliforniaCarlos Eduardo Hostos Musso ............ Doral, FloridaKarin Hsiao ..........................Hallandale Beach, FloridaRodney Le'Ron Hudson .................. Mobile, AlabamaEmily Ibanez ........................................ Miramar, FloridaAshley Ibarra ........................................... Miami, FloridaMarha Idrees .........................Pembroke Pines, FloridaPaniti Im Erbsin ...............................Bangkok, ThailandAlexander Infante ................................Hialeah, FloridaAmanda Marie Irving ................Punta Gorda, FloridaKarine Isunts ................. Moscow, Russian FederationAli Jaffer ................................................ Weston, FloridaMohamed Jaffer .................................. Weston, FloridaJames Jahna, Jr. .........................Babson Park, FloridaKaram Jandali ......................................... Miami, FloridaLimongy S. Jean, Jr. .......................... Atlanta, GeorgiaRose Losekar Lorna Jean-Mary ......... Miami, FloridaLatoya Nadine Jernigan ......... Coral Springs, FloridaGuillermo Jimenez ................................. Miami, FloridaWilliam Jimenez ..................................... Miami, FloridaMeryl John .........................New Hyde Park, New YorkCandice L. Johnson ...................Dania Beach, FloridaLa'Shondra Johnson ............................. Miami, FloridaSakia Johnson ................................... Marietta, GeorgiaGeraldine Sabrina Jones-Auguste ...........West Palm
Beach, FloridaAndrew Nigel Joseph ..........................Tampa, FloridaPontius Joseph ...................Weehawken, New JerseyAlex Jozefyk III ................ Royal Palm Beach, FloridaKristy N. Jules .......................................Sunrise, FloridaJoseph Kaplan .................................. Aventura, Florida
Sumaira Karim .....................Pembroke Pines, FloridaAndrew Kass ........................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaJessie Lyn Keefe ...................................... Davie, FloridaNatalie D. Kenton .....................Riviera Beach, FloridaErika Dayana Kersh ............Pembroke Pines, FloridaSaad S. Khan ........................................ Weston, FloridaJames G. Kline ............................. Cooper City, FloridaJennia Maria Kneissle ........... Muehlsteige, GermanyBartosz Krupa .................................... Sarasota, FloridaJacqueline Kuperman Baratz ....Belo Horizonte, BrazilMaria Kuraeva .................Bay Harbor Islands, FloridaFabiana Laborne Costa Cury ....Belo Horizonte, BrazilLoyda Silvia Lacina ................................ Miami, FloridaEliada Lacroix ..................Altamonte Springs, FloridaHenny Lalinde ........................... Delray Beach, FloridaMaria Lara ................................................. Doral, FloridaIxchel A. Larios .............................Hayward, CaliforniaRafael Larrubia, Jr. .......... West Palm Beach, FloridaMichael Larry................................New York, New YorkInnocent Antoine Laurent ....... North Miami, FloridaJessika A. Lebron ................................... Miami, FloridaErik David Leira....................................... Miami, FloridaMichael Kirk Leithner ..................Lake Worth, FloridaTifany Lenoir .................................. Gainesville, FloridaAngela Maria Leon Rodriguez .............Coral Springs,
FloridaCory Joseph LeVine ...................... Plantation, FloridaDanielle A. Levy ....................................Sunrise, FloridaMasson Liang ............................ Palmetto Bay, FloridaSarah Diane Lippy .......................Boca Raton, FloridaLuigi Christopher Lira Do Estreito .... Royal Garden,
CuracaoAmbar Naydee Lobo Bonilla ........ Valle de Ángeles,
HondurasMelissa Ashley Lochman ................. Atlanta, GeorgiaKrista Lee Locklin.................................... Davie, FloridaJennifer Jill Long ........................... North Port, FloridaAlfredo Lopez, Jr. .................................. Miami, FloridaCynthia D. Lopez .................................... Miami, FloridaManuela Maria Lopez ............................ Miami, FloridaRuben D. Lopez .................................. Miramar, FloridaTayra Lopez ...........................................Hialeah, FloridaJeancarlo Lopez Castanon ...............Sunrise, FloridaJoanne Louis ............................................ Davie, Florida
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Mythsuka Louis .............................Florida City, FloridaEbony Lovett ....................................Lauderhill, FloridaAlejandro Andres Lozano ................. Weston, FloridaAlexis Lucas .....................................Hallandale, FloridaLeighton Ricardo Lugg.............. Cooper City, FloridaDaniela Lustgarten Fischbach.....Paitilla, VenezuelaKeren Magen ........................................ Weston, FloridaWhitney K. Mahon ................... Coral Springs, FloridaJean Paul Makoukdji ............... Coral Springs, FloridaGenaro T. Maldonado ............................. Austin, TexasLise Celeste Mamto Djemmo .............. Miami, FloridaJorge Manuel .......................................... Miami, FloridaMariel Elena Marcano .........................Sunrise, FloridaJuliana Marques de Menezes Soares .............. Rio de
Janeiro, BrazilAlexander Gabriel Marquis Benitez ............. Caracas,
VenezuelaMarvia A. Marshall-Noack ................. Florida, FloridaMartinique R. Martens .....................Lakeland, FloridaShawn Evans Martin ...................... Plantation, FloridaElizabeth Martinez ................................. Miami, FloridaMonica Martinez ...................................Hialeah, FloridaSofia Mastrodomenico Rodriguez ............... Caracas,
VenezuelaAlicia Nicole Maye .............................. Miramar, FloridaKuntol Mazumder .......................... Plantation, FloridaSharon Hope McGhie ..........................Sunrise, FloridaEmily Jean McGone ............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaTerakisha Octavia McIntyre ................ Miami, FloridaPaige McKenna .................. Sherborn, MassachusettsBrooke McLaughlin ...........................Brookfield, OhioNathan Allan McMaster ...............................Stow, OhioSadia N. Meaney ..............................Ave Maria, FloridaNisha Harshad Mehta ............................ Miami, FloridaIrana Mehtiyeva ......................... Miami Beach, FloridaValerie Melhado................North Lauderdale, FloridaShiraz Lea Claude Menchari .....Boca Raton, FloridaAngel Ramell Mencia Irias .... Tegucigalpa, HondurasAlexa Kristine Mendez ...................... Miramar, FloridaJoseph Merino ........................................ Miami, FloridaNatalie Diane Mero ............................ Orlando, FloridaGabriela Antigoni Metallides ......... Pembroke Pines,
FloridaNancy M. Miele.....................Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jennifer D. Miles ................................. Miramar, FloridaKierra Miller ......................................... Orlando, FloridaRobert Andrew Mills, Jr. ........................ Davie, FloridaKoka Milton ...................................... Plantation, FloridaRachel Iris Minier ................................ Orlando, FloridaStephany Miranda .................................. Miami, FloridaIqra M. Mirza ............................................ Miami, FloridaTherese Moberg .............................. Oestaval, SwedenSara Mariam Moeinian ........................Sunrise, FloridaErin Nicole Mohn ...........................Cape Coral, FloridaAndy Molina ..........................................Hialeah, FloridaStefania Moll ............................................ Miami, FloridaReinaldo Montano ......................... Cutler Bay, FloridaMonica Mora Espejo ................ Oakland Park, FloridaAlexandra De Lourdes Morales Perez ......... Caracas,
VenezuelaEugenia Carolina Morgado Quintana ........... Caracas
Estado Miranda, VenezuelaLotoy Morgan .................... Lauderdale Lakes, FloridaLuchi Morla .............................................. Miami, FloridaStephanie D. Morris ........... Pompano Beach, FloridaDarrenique Lechelle Mortimer ......... Poitier Avenue,
BahamasLester R. Moses ...........................Seattle, WashingtonSolange Maria Moss .............................. Miami, FloridaSapan Munuswamy ............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaMikesha C. Murray .......................Boca Raton, FloridaAnisha Myers ................................ Rosedale, New YorkBruno Natteri ...................................... Miramar, FloridaTony Nayan ..................... North Miami Beach, FloridaLatasha D. Nero ..................... Miami Gardens, FloridaLeAnn Marie Nevels ...........Fort Lauderdale, FloridaBinh Nguyen .........................Pembroke Pines, FloridaNahomy Nicolas .............................. Lake Park, FloridaTeddy M. Noboa ..................Pembroke Pines, FloridaVictoria Nogueroles .............................. Miami, FloridaShauna A. Nolan ............... West Palm Beach, FloridaSamuel Odukoya ...North Providence, Rhode IslandStacey Osgood ........................................ Davie, FloridaDaniel Jose Otoya Lemaitre ............. Weston, FloridaHamza Oulahrir .........................Casablanca, MoroccoRuth Owens ......................................... Miramar, FloridaJonathan Padjen ................................. Weston, FloridaJonathan Michael Pagan .....Boynton Beach, Florida
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Rashadia Palmer .................................. Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
Andres Parra Araujo ...................Maracay, VenezuelaIshani Patel .....................................Stephenville, TexasNayan Patel.........................................Chuluota, FloridaNikesh Patel .............................................Starke, FloridaReema Kirit Patel ..................... St. Augustine, FloridaTaj Prakash Patel ...................... Delray Beach, FloridaTiara Paulino ..........................................Hialeah, FloridaAnita Kristen Pearson .......................Bronx, New YorkOdessa Avril-Lyn Pemberton .... Hollywood, FloridaDamaris C. Penalver ....................Homestead, FloridaAidilyn A. Perez ...................Pembroke Pines, FloridaAshley C. Perez .............. North Miami Beach, FloridaCrystal E. Perez .................................. Miramar, FloridaDaniela Isabel Perez .............................. Miami, FloridaDavid A. Perez .....................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaMiriam Gabriela Perez .................. Bolívar, VenezuelaAna Maria Perez de Morales ..........Hialeah Gardens,
FloridaReyna Carolina Perez Jimenez ...Caracas, VenezuelaLeticia Perillo ......................................Parkland, FloridaLarry D. Perry .......................................... Miami, FloridaFrederico Peruzzo Stuhr ....... Santa Maria de Jetiba,
BrazilJonathan Daniel Pfeiffer ....................Sunrise, FloridaKevin P. Pfeiffer ........... Wake Forest, North CarolinaKim H. Pham ......................Oklahoma City, OklahomaClaire Ronide Pierre ............................... Davie, FloridaNathanael Pierre ..................................Sunrise, FloridaAnggela Pimentel .................................. Miami, FloridaKaren A. Pinnock ........................... Kingston, JamaicaJordan Pittman ............................Jacksonville, FloridaJason Gregory Pittmon, Jr. ....... Palm Coast, FloridaKamille Pizarro ................................................Piti, GuamNicholas Portlance..............Pembroke Pines, FloridaAdam Jeffrey Powers ......................Detroit, MichiganThais Del Carmen Prado ...................... Miami, FloridaChristen Mary Prasse ............................. Davie, FloridaMark Thomas Pratt .................. Coral Springs, FloridaBridget Prince ........................Daytona Beach, FloridaAngemithe Privert ................................. Miami, FloridaBenson Isaac Prospere ......Pembroke Pines, FloridaGregory Dwaine Pruitt ...............Homestead, Florida
Daniela Pulgarin ....................... Coral Springs, FloridaRuhaine Pupo .......................................... Miami, FloridaRicardo Jose Puyana Vasquez, Sr. .... Miami, FloridaElizabeth Quero .................................. Miramar, FloridaLillian Ivette Quinones Caraballo .....Orlando, FloridaDevin Ramirez ......................................... Miami, FloridaJoanna Patricia Ramirez ........... Cooper City, FloridaRamon Ramirez .............................. Plantation, FloridaAerion A. Ramsey ...............................Valley, AlabamaSheeza Rashid ............................. Cooper City, FloridaRohith Reddy .................................. Plantation, FloridaGeorge Andrew Redmond .......Jacksonville, FloridaAndres Felipe Remolina ....Pembroke Pines, FloridaCarolynn Rendon ....................... Miami Lakes, FloridaSimeon I. Revales .................. Miami Gardens, FloridaJavier Mauricio Rincon Gomez, Sr. ................... North
Lauderdale, FloridaApril Ripley .......................... Pompano Beach, FloridaJennifer Robb ...............................Lake Worth, FloridaGabrielle Robinson ................ St. Petersburg, FloridaSamantha Robinson .....................Fort Pierce, FloridaJosue Felipe Rodriguez ....................... Miami, FloridaAlejandro Roizental Niremberg ...Caracas, VenezuelaHugo R. Rojas........................................Hialeah, FloridaMarissa Amanda Roman .......Randolph, New JerseySamantha Taylor Rommel ........... Gilching, GermanyLee-Ann Marie Rose ......................Rockley, BarbadosCayla Marie Ross ............... Lighthouse Point, FloridaFlavia Milagros Rossi .........................Tamarac, FloridaClarissa Rotundo .............Montreal, Quebec, CanadaSuzanne H. Ruiz .............................. Duncanville, TexasAngela Muniz Rutherford ...Pembroke Pines, FloridaYulia Ryvkina .... St. Petersburg, Russian FederationJordan Saint Fleur ................Ormond Beach, FloridaJean-Luc A. Saint-Victor .........Palm Beach Gardens,
FloridaAntonio R. Saiz - Sola ........................... Miami, FloridaSultan Sami H. Salamh ............Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaKristina Kay Salasevicius ............Fort Pierce, FloridaMichael Robert Salassa .............Jacksonville, FloridaFabiana Salcedo Heredia ..... Brisbane, Queensland,
AustraliaFaizan Saleem .............................. Hicksville, New YorkKayla Naomi Salmon ............... Coral Springs, Florida
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Riana I. Samaroo ....... Mississauga, Ontario, CanadaAnnie Samlall ...................................... Orlando, FloridaLacei Marie Sams ..........................Florissant, MissouriIsmaetha Samson .............. Rock Hill, South CarolinaSedaysha S. Samuel ................ Coral Springs, FloridaCarolina Sanchez ................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaLisamara Sandigo .............. Hialeah Gardens, FloridaSean Sangster ..................................... Miramar, FloridaAlfredo Mario Santamaria ................... Miami, FloridaJose Gregorio Sanz Arcila ....La Asunción, VenezuelaMarcos Antonio Sanz Arcila .............. Nueva Esparta,
VenezuelaMaria Gabriela Saravia.......................... Miami, FloridaBreonni J. Sawyer ................................Hialeah, FloridaGianluca Scacco ...........................................Rome, ItalyAlexander Justin Schick ..............Wellington, FloridaMichael Eric Schneider ...............Boca Raton, FloridaJennifer Schott ....................................... Miami, FloridaAshley Nicole Schroeder ...................... Davie, FloridaRaquel Selechnik Sabbaj .....Guatemala, GuatemalaVashronda L. Sellers .............................. Yulee, FloridaValentina Serna ...................................... Miami, FloridaJoshua Aaron Shapiro ................Lake Worth, FloridaEmily Anne Sharpe ................................. Davie, FloridaAlejandro Silva .................................... Orlando, FloridaJuan Jose Silva ......................... Coral Springs, FloridaAndrew St. George Simpson ..........Margate, FloridaCynthia Elaine Slaughter ...East Orange, New JerseyStacey Smaldone ...........................Davenport, FloridaRachel LaBar Smith .......................Bradenton, FloridaLennox Anthony Smith II ...................Sunrise, FloridaSabrina Sadaf Smith .................... Hollywood, FloridaOrlando Soares, Jr. ................Coconut Creek, FloridaMiguel Spencer ....................................... Miami, FloridaTim Srkala ................................ Schenkon, SwitzerlandLatoya Stephenson-Smith ............... Atlanta, GeorgiaIvarsan Francois Stinfil ..................Lauderhill, FloridaAva Duheza Strachan ............. Coral Springs, FloridaMichael Greg Suarez .............................. Davie, FloridaRoiti Suarez ...........................................Hialeah, FloridaErnie Chung On Tam ....................Wellington, FloridaKarly Tang .................................... Miami Lakes, FloridaRaul Santiago Tapia Torres .... Ville Marina, PanamaJannine Tate ........................................Tamarac, Florida
Hollie Taylor .............................................. Davie, FloridaJennifer Taylor ............................... North Port, FloridaAlex Calixto Tejerizo ............................. Miami, FloridaDiana Josefina Tellez ...............Key Biscayne, FloridaJimmie Thompson ............................. Orlando, FloridaNelita Thompson ...........................Freeport, BahamasJessica L. Thornton ................................ Davie, FloridaKaren T. Tigse-Viteri ..................... Hollywood, FloridaLydia Todman .................................Kennesaw, GeorgiaEillen Toledo ............................................ Miami, FloridaChristopher A. Tomlin .............. Chesapeake, VirginiaShamika Townsend ........................... Orlando, FloridaJason Traylor ................................Jacksonville, FloridaTiffany Tremper ..........................Connersville, IndianaMarcos Gabriel Troncoso Rodriguez ................ Santo
Domingo, Dominican RepublicBurt Kee Kwong Tsang ...............Paranam, SurinameDeanie Tuley ........................... South Daytona, FloridaLauren Turner ............................ Absecon, New JerseyShameika Tyler ............................Jacksonville, FloridaMiranda Jean Underwood ......... Bay Harbor Islands,
FloridaPhu Thang Ung .................Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamMichelle Marie Valdes ............... Miami Lakes, FloridaAlexander Jorge Valdes-Pages ...........Coral Gables,
FloridaFrank Valles III ..............................Jacksonville, FloridaGizelle Valmond ......................... North Miami, FloridaAndres Vargas .......................... Coral Springs, FloridaWilly Vargas .............................. Coral Springs, FloridaMirelys Vasallo Quiroga ..........Palm Beach Gardens,
FloridaMaria Paula Vega ................................... Miami, FloridaSimone Gabrielle Veira ...............................Kingstown,
St. Vincent & GrenadinesHollis N. Vieira .......................................Sunrise, FloridaPaola Villanueva ..................................... Miami, FloridaAlejandro Villarroel ....................... Cutler Bay, FloridaMichele Karen Viso ...................................Dallas, TexasJulio Ignacio Vizcarra ........Fort Lauderdale, FloridaYue Wang ............................................Shandong, ChinaTiffany C. Ward.................................. Brandon, FloridaArianna Jennie Wheatley ...Pembroke Pines, FloridaBrinae Wilkerson ...............................Mulberry, Florida
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Valencia Cote Wilkerson ...................... Miami, FloridaAngel R. Williams ..................................Tampa, FloridaBrianna Marie Wilmoth ..............Boca Raton, FloridaBrittany Woods .......................... North Miami, FloridaAddiea Hessica Wright ......Pembroke Pines, FloridaJenisvel Quinones Yanes ...........Homestead, Florida
Zaneera Yassin ........................................ Davie, FloridaJobin Yazdani-Alishahi ................. Plantation, FloridaEmilio Jose Yidios Faciolince ... Cartagena, ColombiaKristy Loren Ying ................Pembroke Pines, FloridaRoberto Andres Zavarce ..........................Torino, Italy
Zulema Nathaly Cotrina Monroy .................. Caracas, Venezuela
David O. Jaimes .......................... Green Acres, Florida
master of international Business administration
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candidates for degrees
afternoon ceremony
Aiman A. Darwiche ......................West Chester, OhioDiaa Fathalla ........................... Redmond, WashingtonJohn David Fleig .......................................Hilliard, OhioBenjamin J. Geisler ........Point Roberts, WashingtonJames Lowell King ........................ Las Vegas, Nevada
Richard McCrae .......Amherstburg, Ontario, CanadaGarret Moore ................................ Mary Esther, FloridaLarry T. Townsend ........................... Easton, MarylandAlexander Verner ........................................Haifa, Israel
Gisle John Jorgensen ...............................Dublin, OhioJohn Lynden ......................Southport, North Carolina
Stefanus Gerhardus Malan .....................Amelia, Ohio
Brenda DeLee ........................ Maiden, North CarolinaRussell J. Garner..................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaLaKeshia Lynn Nall ............................... Cypress, Texas
Elizabeth O. Oviawe ............................Sunrise, FloridaRonald Punako, Jr. ............ Johnstown, PennsylvaniaJulieo S. Thompson ............Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Emily Elizabeth Brown ............Wolcott, ConnecticutSteven McElwee ....................Mohnton, Pennsylvania
Robert Lee Saganich ..................Alexandria, Virginia
Fahad Mosleh M. Alsaadi ............... Taif, Saudi ArabiaMansour Hamoud M. Awaji ... Samtah, Saudi ArabiaJames Clark ........................................... Houston, TexasVivienne Forrester .............................Bronx, New YorkAnthony Duke Giwah ........................Bronx, New YorkJames H. Gorham ...Montgomery Village, MarylandLiliana Horne .............................. Apex, North CarolinaAngel L. Hueca, Jr. ..........Somerville, Massachusetts
Dinesh Kanaya Khialani ..............Boca Raton, FloridaKembley Kay Lingelbach ..... Jeffersonville, GeorgiaDaniel Wayne Long .....................Carlsbad, CaliforniaVincent Molosky ................... Columbiaville, MichiganWillarvis Smith ............................... Ewa Beach, HawaiiAdam Jacob Solomon ................ Torrance, CaliforniaKim LaSha Withers ................................Helotes, Texas
computer science
computer information systems
computing technology in education
information assurance
information systems
doctor of philosophy
college of engineering and computingMeline Kevorkian, Ed.D., interim dean
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halmos college of natural sciences and oceanographyRichard E. Dodge, Ph.D., dean
Jeremy Michael Kerr ................................................................................................................... Las Cruces, New Mexico
oceanography and marine Biology
doctor of philosophy
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Saad Dhafer S. Alahmari ....................... Davie, FloridaEasa Abdallah E. Alalwany .......Yanbu, Saudi ArabiaHuda Daifullah M. Alghamdi .. Albaha, Saudi ArabiaBasmh Ibrahim M. Alkanjr ...... Sakaka, Saudi ArabiaDimah Mohammed A. Almani ...Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaAbdulhakim Salem M. Alsaiari ...... Sharurah Najran,
Saudi ArabiaAmal Darwish H. Alsayed .......Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaMariah Avalos ................................. Cumming, GeorgiaPurna Viswa Deep Bejawada .......Vijayawada, IndiaMichael Franck ......................................Sunrise, Florida
Nicolas Garay .................................. Madison, AlabamaJohn Greaux ..............................Galloway, New JerseyFrances Dianna Hutley .........Coconut Creek, FloridaValerie Kobzarenko ...................... Melbourne, FloridaTimothy Allan Maynes ......Hernando Beach, FloridaMichelle Moore ............................ Columbia, MarylandDhara Jenish Patel ...................... Surat, Gujarat, IndiaDaniel Polinski .............................Mississauga, CanadaBryce Tucker ...................................... Portland, OregonHelio Vogel ............................................Sunrise, Florida
Louis Foss ..................................... Frederick, MarylandJamall Marsh ............................Glen Burnie, MarylandDiogo Corteletti Oliveira ...................... Brasília, Brazil
Timothy Snipes .............................. Hollywood, FloridaJuan Eduardo Sosa Lockward ............ Davie, Florida
Lora Adkins ...............................Williamsburg, VirginiaJahadul Alam .......Kotwali, Chittagong, BangladeshPatrick James Brooks .......... Highland Village, TexasRoberto Dymond ................................... Gotha, Florida
Ralston Gordon ........................ Coral Springs, FloridaAndrea Pena ............................................. Davie, FloridaSiwawud Saiyen ..................................... Miami, FloridaBrent Andrew Wagner ..............Baltimore, Maryland
Jared J. Briggs ............................... Melbourne, FloridaChad Dernard Bryant, Sr. ....Boston, MassachusettsBrian W. DeLaney .............. Pompano Beach, FloridaTavaris Dixon .........................................Sunrise, Florida
Kathleen Lo ................................... Holbrook, New YorkAndre Nelson ............................Riviera Beach, FloridaSalvador Rodriguez ...........Pembroke Pines, FloridaMichael Testerman ..................Athens, West Virginia
Sonya D. Simmons ................................................................................................................................. Gainesville, Florida
computer science
information assurance and cyBersecurity
information security
information systems
computer information systems
master of science
college of engineering and computingMeline Kevorkian, Ed.D., interim dean
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Claudia Lissette Aldana ...................Tamarac, FloridaAschalew M. Bezabih .........Pembroke Pines, FloridaOren M. Bissick ............................... Plantation, FloridaAlberto C. De La Hoz ............................ Miami, FloridaPablo Esteban Estrada ............Palm Beach Gardens,
FloridaDavid Vincent Forlano .......Fort Lauderdale, FloridaSaeed Hossain .......................Boynton Beach, FloridaJoshua Lee Jimerson ...................Cape Coral, FloridaArchana Kota ...................................... Bangalore, IndiaNova Alicia Lishon-Savarino ...........Fort Lauderdale,
FloridaHamzah Hadi O. Masmali ...........Jazan, Saudi Arabia
Todd William Michalik ............. Coral Springs, FloridaRomario Delano Peterkin ...... Coral Springs, FloridaWilliam Adam Pool ..............................Jasper, GeorgiaJorge Gabriel Rodriguez Diaz ........ Orlando, FloridaLeila Salinas ............................................Naples, FloridaJavier Santana ...............................Cape Coral, FloridaPatrick St. Croix ...............................Lauderhill, FloridaLucion Telfort ...................................... Miramar, FloridaCharleen Thompson ..........................Tamarac, FloridaDaniel C. Wilson ............................. Plantation, FloridaDavid Yoon....................................Bothell, WashingtonShakia Monikk Young.......................Lakeland, Florida
Oluwatosin Elizabeth Adegbola ... Brandon, FloridaMichael Ednave Agagas .......................Milton, FloridaSarah Abdullah A. Albakr .... Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaAbdullah Ali A. Alghamdi, Sr. ...Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaAbdulrahman Hassan A. Alghamdi ...........West Palm
Beach, FloridaAbdulmohsen Fahad A. Alhuwaydah ........... Tampa,
FloridaAbdullah Khalid A. Aljarboua ...Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaIsa Sabt Isa Sabt Alsubeaei ....... West Riffa, BahrainHamad Makhfur Alyami ...........Najron, Saudi ArabiaPatrick Bernard Anderson ......... Palm Coast, FloridaTimothy Arbeiter ...................... Merritt Island, FloridaMohammed Asad Ali Abrar ...........Hyderabad, IndiaPatricia Beliard ....................................... Miami, FloridaMicheal Christian Bennett ....Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAmulya Billapalli ...............................Hyderabad, IndiaAlex Andrew Borenstein ............. Gainesville, FloridaGrigory Britvin ............................... Hollywood, FloridaShivananda Chelli .............................Hyderabad, IndiaSaleem Akiba Clarke ....................St. James, JamaicaDustin Keith Cravey ................. Port St. Lucie, FloridaNestor Francisco Davila Perez ...... Pembroke Pines,
FloridaMauro De Santana .................Coconut Creek, FloridaTangela Dean .......................................... Miami, Florida
Dale Chand Deonarain ............ South Richmond Hill, New York
Robertson Dorleans .............................. Miami, FloridaJoel Mitchell Easley ..........Bridgewater, ConnecticutWilliam A. Espana ........................Lake Worth, FloridaVishal Eswar .............................. Coral Springs, FloridaJephthe Germain ...............................Tamarac, FloridaMarina Gnidote .......................Quincy, MassachusettsStephanie Gross ....................................Tampa, FloridaMichael Jagosits, Jr. ........ West Palm Beach, FloridaMelba James ..................West Hartford, ConnecticutJorge E. Kamm .............................. Round Rock, TexasJuan Emilio Khawly Sayegh ...... Caracas, VenezuelaVinay Kumar Nair Kodanam ....Andra Pradesh, IndiaAnjali Ladhawala ..................................... Davie, FloridaBaudouin J. Lechangeur ........ St. Augustine, FloridaYaniv Levy ....................................... Hollywood, FloridaKeith Libert ............................................Seffner, FloridaNova Alicia Lishon-Savarino ...........Fort Lauderdale,
FloridaBibiana Magana ...................................... Stuart, FloridaJannet H. Mascarella ...................Boca Raton, FloridaBrandon May ....................................... Orlando, FloridaJonathan Mejia .............................. Hollywood, FloridaMichael Montaque ................................. Miami, FloridaAlberto Mujica ........................................ Miami, Florida
information technology
management information systems
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Akhila Nandakumar ................................... Kochi, IndiaJames Neal ..................................... Fort Myers, FloridaRaymond Nesci ........................Freehold, New JerseyOmar Abdulaziz H. Neyaz .....Makkah, Saudi ArabiaRaymond Ortega ................Pembroke Pines, FloridaAntonio Oviedo ......................Coconut Creek, FloridaOscar Rene Paladino, Jr. ...................... Miami, FloridaVinod Kumar Reddy Papannagari ........Ananatapur,
IndiaAbbas Ali Parpia............................ Hollywood, FloridaKhyati R. Patel .....................................Margate, FloridaJuan Antonio Pena, Jr. ......................Hialeah, FloridaPeterson Philippe ...............................Margate, FloridaRafael Pierosan .....................................Guapore, Brazil
Tyler Steven Puntney ..................... Naperville, IllinoisAhmed Ulla Quadri ...........................Hyderabad, IndiaTrisha Rahman ......................................Sunrise, FloridaJorge Ramirez .......................................Sunrise, FloridaPhillip Andrew Robinson ...................Sunrise, FloridaCatherine L. Ruiz ..................................Hialeah, FloridaMatthew Rafael Samuel ... Charlotte, North CarolinaArmando Sori ........................................Hialeah, FloridaTricia St. Charles .................................Tamarac, FloridaNikolina Jekova Stefanova .....Palm Beach Gardens,
FloridaGertrude V. Steiger........................ Plantation, FloridaMatthew Storch ......................Winter Garden, FloridaEverton Wright ................. Lauderdale Lakes, Florida
Walther Alvarez ................................. Orlando, FloridaReickah Collins ........................Wesley Chapel, FloridaCatrina Leila Craft ..................... Miami Beach, FloridaJinhang Gao ....................................Guangdong, China
Fallen Herard ............................................ Davie, Florida Peter Mirwoba Omae ................Indianapolis, IndianaSaajan Patel .......................... Fredericksburg, Virginia
softWare engineering
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halmos college of natural sciences and oceanographyRichard E. Dodge, Ph.D., dean
Kelly Wierenga ................................................................................................................................. Spring Lake, Michigan
marine and coastal studies
Biological sciences
coastal zone management
marine Biology
master of arts
master of science
Juliet Akkaoui ................................ Hollywood, FloridaAlma Alfarra .......................................Parkland, FloridaSarah Amaris ........................Pembroke Pines, FloridaJodie Kaye Chong ............ Lauderdale Lakes, FloridaCarina M. Grand ............................Celebration, Florida
Alec Christopher Mayo ......Watertown, ConnecticutAndrea V. Tovar ............................. Hollywood, FloridaMarissa Sheree Wickes .....Fernandina Beach, FloridaAlex Jeffery Wild .........................Vero Beach, Florida
Laura G. Dell ................. Shippensburg, PennsylvaniaBrandon Harper ..........................Seattle, Washington
Catherine Emily Iskrenko .........Knoxville, TennesseeEduardo Wanderley Wanick ............ Lagos, Portugal
Allan Richard Anderson ..............St. James, MissouriAnthony G. Burns................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaNoah Cohen ..........................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaChase Donnelly ....................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaMichael David Dressler ........... Oakland Park, FloridaPilar Melani Ferdinando ..............Nutley, New JerseyLindsay Louise Freed ................... Hollywood, FloridaHelena Sasha Fulmore .......Fort Lauderdale, FloridaEllen Dignon Goldenberg ... Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAaron M. Hasenei .................. Westminster, MarylandNicole Klare Hayes ..............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaMorgan V. Hightshoe ....Elizabeth City, North CarolinaDayna S. Hunn .....................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaEmilie Christine Johnsen ....Ormond Beach, Florida
Nicholas Philip Jones .........Barnet, United KingdomSamantha Lynne King....................... Orlando, FloridaSarah G. Koerner ................... Coventry, Rhode IslandNicholas J. McMahon ................... Hollywood, FloridaAlexis Suzanne Modzelesky ......................... Scranton,
PennsylvaniaCaitlyn Nay ............................................Sunrise, FloridaDevan Elizabeth Nichols ....Billerica, MassachusettsKelly Anne Pitts ..................... Westminster, MarylandJessica Nicole Price ............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaKimberly Deanna Smith .......Lee’s Summit, MissouriAndrea Traffichini .................. Imperial, PennsylvaniaRachel Ann Zimmerman .......... Onalaska, Wisconsin
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marine science
marine environmental sciences
Ryan Piers Bos .......................... Port St. Lucie, FloridaPaul D. Kreh ...................................Boca Raton, Florida
Hannah Faith Nylander-Asplin ... Barrington, IllinoisMorgan Lindsey Stephenson .....Kennesaw, Georgia
Cynthia Ann Cleveland ............... Missouri City, TexasThomas James Morrell ............Key Biscayne, Florida
Michael Stephen Novotny ............ Naperville, IllinoisLuis Fernando Ramirez ..................... Weston, Florida
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Wendoly Alba .......................................Hialeah, FloridaNora Adriana Arce ..............Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAgustin E. Arevalo ................................. Miami, FloridaViviana Arias Pena ................................. Miami, FloridaKarolina Barreto .................................Tamarac, FloridaYomaris Batista ...................Pembroke Pines, FloridaBrian Camacho ....................................... Miami, FloridaPenelope Campos ....................Palm Springs, FloridaSteven Carlson .......................Daytona Beach, FloridaNicole Caston ..........................Coconut Creek, FloridaYaisy Catalan ........................................... Miami, FloridaNiska Cazau ...........................................Hialeah, FloridaCynthia Paola Cespedes ........ Coral Springs, FloridaJennifer L. Chen ...........................Lake Worth, FloridaTatiana Conklin ........................................ Doral, FloridaMelissa Cordero ...................................... Miami, FloridaShenikqua Renita Crumbley ....Jacksonville, FloridaDeana Cruz ....................................Greenacres, FloridaValerie Marie Dauphin .......................... Miami, FloridaCharles Austin Diaz-Andradi .............. Miami, FloridaFrank M. Dieguez ................................... Miami, FloridaSelina DiMercurio ................................... Miami, FloridaLaporsha Carissa Fredrick ............ Valdosta, GeorgiaAlejandro Antonio Gallegos ............... Miami, FloridaEric Gasa .......................... North Miami Beach, FloridaElizabeth Ann Giesler ............................ Davie, FloridaEmely Violet Gonzalez .......................... Davie, FloridaJohanna Valdes Gonzalez ................... Miami, FloridaSandro Gonzalez .................................... Miami, FloridaJoshua Grossman ..................Winter Garden, FloridaGeizabet Gutierrez Lopez ................... Miami, FloridaChristia Hanna .................................... Miramar, FloridaNicholas B. Harrell ............................. Orlando, FloridaTashan Renee Housen ...................... Miramar, FloridaMehroz H. Howell ......... Southwest Ranches, FloridaPetya Hristova ..................................... Weston, Florida
Carlisha M. Jenkins ............... Miami Gardens, FloridaCharity Daniele Johnson ......Coconut Creek, FloridaErika Ledezma ........................................ Miami, FloridaPak Ho Leung .......................Ao Lei Chau, Hong KongJose Luis Linares Reyes ....................... Miami, FloridaAmber Bri'onna Lockett ................. Marietta, GeorgiaRobin Ann Logan .......................... Fort Myers, FloridaMatthew Jacobs MacNair .................... Miami, FloridaTimothy J. Macomber .......... Winter Springs, FloridaNicole Marie Mandanici ............Loxahatchee, FloridaNair R. Manuel ...................................... Luanda, AngolaCarlixta Martinez .................................... Miami, FloridaNicholas Alexander Martinez II .......... Miami, FloridaLloyd Elliot McClinton ........................... Miami, FloridaBety Medina .............................. Coral Springs, FloridaJennifer Marie Medina .......................... Miami, FloridaDaimy Mesa ...........................................Hialeah, FloridaMegan Rachel Miller ............................... Davie, FloridaTeresita F. Miyares ................................. Miami, FloridaThu Vo Anh Ngo .........................Teen Giang, VietnamAlejandro Jesus Ocariz ........................ Miami, FloridaClaudia Ortega ....................................... Miami, FloridaIvana Pacheco ......................................... Miami, FloridaCasey Pacitti .........................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaMaria Eugenia Penafiel ....North Miami Beach, FloridaOlivia Pruitt ............................... Bay Minette, AlabamaAlina Punwassie .................................Margate, FloridaArassay Quintana .................................. Miami, FloridaDavid Alejandro Ramirez ................. Miramar, FloridaLianet Ramirez ........................................ Miami, FloridaKaren Reyes ..........................Fort Lauderdale, FloridaSergio G. Reyes Centeno .................. Tavares, FloridaYadira Rivera Isaac ............................Bowie, MarylandIvon Yaneth Rodriguez ..................... Miramar, FloridaKarel Ennieth Rodriguez ........ Coral Springs, FloridaMatthew Scott Rodriguez ................... Miami, Florida
h. Wayne huizenga college of Business and entrepreneurship
James T. Simpson, Ph.D., interim dean
master of accounting
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Jacob Achinah ............................... Hollywood, FloridaMathurin Alexis ....................................... Miami, FloridaLidisberth Argueta .......... West Palm Beach, FloridaRafael Canales Wilson I .....Pembroke Pines, FloridaGabriel Colon ....................................... Weston, FloridaDylan Shawn Comes Back Holy ...Cape Coral, FloridaPatricia Hedges ................Woodland Park, ColoradoJavarious Jackson ...................Riviera Beach, FloridaGladys E. Johnson .................................... Frisco, TexasRoman Andre Martinez ........................ Miami, FloridaTanzenisha C. Matthews-Collins ........... Jacksonville,
Florida
Marquia C. Maycock .......................... Miramar, FloridaGeorge Justine Mclean..................... Miramar, FloridaBelkis Katherine Mejia-Hernandez ... Hialeah, FloridaJessica Mabel Nunez...................Saint Cloud, FloridaFranklin Alberto Pineda .....................Hialeah, FloridaVanessa Siedenburg .............................. Davie, FloridaEmily Theodossakos ....... West Palm Beach, FloridaUta Harriatte Tomlinson ......... Coral Springs, FloridaHerlande Junie Vincent ..............Lake Worth, FloridaErica Nicole Washington ...West Palm Beach, FloridaReina Desiree Webb ...........................Sunrise, Florida
Sandra Patricia Ruiz ...........Pembroke Pines, FloridaHunter W. Runge ................................ Orlando, FloridaStephanie Elizabeth Santos ..............Hialeah, FloridaNicholas Sigurdsson..................... Hollywood, FloridaEvan Spigelman ........................... Cooper City, FloridaDaniel Lazaro Torna .............................. Miami, FloridaMiriam Carolina Torrado Chacin ...Sunny Isles Beach,
Florida
Fridell Torres .........................................Hialeah, FloridaMarian Valcarcel ............................ Hollywood, FloridaShannon Visbal ........................................ Davie, FloridaJuana Fabiana Williams ................... Miramar, FloridaYinmei Zhou .................................... Plantation, FloridaYinyi Zhou ........................................ Plantation, Florida
master of puBlic administration
master of science
human resource management
leadership
Karla Almeida ......................................... Miami, FloridaTeresa Bonney ..........................Greenville, MississippiAmanda Coultrip ....................... Little Rock, ArkansasAnnelice Cristina Daros Rodrigues ... Curitiba, BrazilEnisse De Los Reyes-Gavilan ............Sunrise, Florida
Nicole Greenwood ...........North Lauderdale, FloridaEarl E. Johnson II ...................................Tampa, FloridaEnrique F. Osorio .................................... Miami, FloridaOlena Prykhodko .........................Boca Raton, FloridaCarol Venegas ...................North Lauderdale, Florida
Ruthnell Aruba Ferguson ..............Nassau, BahamasMaria Gonzalez ....................................... Miami, FloridaCory Morrow ....................................... Orlando, FloridaLiliana Mosquera ..................................... Davie, Florida
Roger Pelletier ........................... Miami Beach, FloridaLiana Fitzwilliam Ramdeen ................. Miami, FloridaRosario D. Torres ......................Land O’Lakes, Florida
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real estate development
master of taxation
Brandon Bell .................. Southwest Ranches, FloridaAlexander Cohen ........................ Cooper City, FloridaDarah Geissie Cotton ............................. Davie, FloridaMarcela Dib .......................................... Miramar, FloridaEduardo Dieter ............................ Caxias do Sul, BrazilEvan Daniel Ekstein ........ Thornhill, Ontario, CanadaCynthia Esmeralda Garcia .................Hialeah, FloridaWilliam Derwood Hughes ........ Cooper City, Florida
Ryan Harris Kaufman ............................. Davie, FloridaAdriana M. Mangual .............................. Miami, FloridaMichael Oshman ........................ Cresskill, New JerseyAngelo Anthony Paladino ....Center Ridge, ArkansasDaniel Phillipe Ponce ............................ Miami, FloridaMeili Viera Porter ............................. Palm Bay, FloridaChristopher Spalding .........Fort Lauderdale, FloridaAlana L. Stewart ..............................Arlington, Virginia
Ignacio Acosta ........................................ Miami, FloridaZachary Joseph Andrews ...... Coral Springs, FloridaAndres Felipe Baron ............... Coral Springs, FloridaRonald G. Childress .................... Huntsville, AlabamaYusmairy Cruz .......................................Hialeah, FloridaYoandry Delgado Delgado ................. Miami, FloridaAndrew John Donth ... Palm Beach Gardens, FloridaJorge Oswaldo Martin Falconi ....Guayaquil, EcuadorVanessa C. Gonzalez Penaloza .......... Miami, Florida
Niosha Milana Hanna ......North Lauderdale, FloridaLisa Jania ............................................. Phoenix, ArizonaPatrick E. Johnson ................................. Miami, FloridaPavlina S. Lewkowitz ................... Hollywood, FloridaMara Rita de Cassia Napoleao Nogueira ......Ocoee,
FloridaSarah Catherine Neal ......... Deerfield Beach, FloridaGeorge Shalaby ...................................... Trinity, FloridaSheila Sloan .......................................... Chicago, Illinois
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distinguished honoree
commencement speaker for morning ceremony
Alan B. Levan is chairman and CEO of BBX Capital Corporation and chairman of Bluegreen Corporation. He also serves as chairman of the Nova Southeastern University Board of Trustees.
Throughout his four-decade career, Levan has served as chairperson of four New York Stock Exchange-listed companies. In 1971, at the age of 27, he founded IRE Financial, the predecessor of BBX Capital. During the next 10 years, he raised hundreds of millions of dollars and built a national portfolio of real estate exceeding $1.5 billion in value. He spearheaded the acquisition and development of several master-planned communities, including commercial space, shopping centers, and thousands of homes.
Under Levan’s leadership, BBX has invested and acquired businesses in banking, investment banking, real estate, retail brokerage, hospitality and timeshare, and other sectors.
After acquiring control of BankAtlantic in 1984, Levan built the company into a 100-branch, $6-billion Florida banking franchise and later led its sale to BB&T.
As chairman of NSU’s Board of Trustees, Levan helps ensure the fulfillment of the university’s mission and vision through his leadership. He also serves as co-founder and co-chairman of the Susie and Alan B. Levan NSU Ambassadors Board, and he is a member of NSU’s Fellows Society.
In 2018, the Fort Lauderdale/Broward Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals named Levan and his wife, Susie, the Philanthropists of the Year for Broward County. Under Levan’s leadership, BBX Capital Foundation has contributed more than $15 million to the South Florida community and is one of the largest supporters of Habitat for Humanity in Broward County.
Levan is the recipient of several awards, including the Habitat for Humanity Spirit of Humanity Award, NSU’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame award, the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Excalibur Business Leader of the Year award, and Florida Atlantic University’s Entrepreneur of the Year award for Florida.
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distinguished honoree
commencement speaker for afternoon ceremony
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo is president and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, a multibillion-dollar vacation brand. Appointed to the top leadership position in December 2014, she became the first woman to lead one of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s (RCL) global brands. She also became the first female CEO of a publicly traded cruise line on the New York Stock Exchange.
Lutoff-Perlo leads the brand, which has more than 20,000 employees and 13 ships sailing to 300-plus global ports. Her leadership and commitment to opening up the world through travel has brought growth and recognition to Celebrity Cruises for its global impact.
As a company leader and innovator, Lutoff-Perlo has removed barriers and promoted inclusiveness, including the hiring of the first American female captain of a cruise ship. She has challenged leadership to raise the ratio of men versus women on RCL’s ships’ bridges, crews, and global staff.
During her 34-year career at Royal Caribbean Cruises, Lutoff-Perlo has held a variety of progressive positions, including roles in sales and marketing. She heads RCL’s Global Marine Organization, ensuring that the company’s $30-billion fleet—comprised of 46 ships—runs safely, smoothly, and efficiently.
Recognized as an industry game-changer, she has led cutting-edge innovations to develop and launch the next-generation cruise ships. In 2017, Forbes Magazine called Lutoff-Perlo the woman who is “the force behind the world’s coolest new cruise ship,” referring to Celebrity Edge, which launched in December 2018.
She participates in regional, philanthropic, and women’s organizations. As an advocate for diversity, education, and women in leadership roles, Lutoff-Perlo is recognized for her contributions to gender equality, the travel industry, and the South Florida business community.
In 2018, Lutoff-Perlo was inducted into NSU’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, the highest honor awarded by the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
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university vision, mission, and core values
vision 2020 statement
By 2020, through excellence and innovations in teaching, research, service, and learning, Nova Southeastern University will be recognized by accrediting agencies, the academic community, and the general public as a premier, private, not-for-profit university of quality and distinction that engages all students and produces alumni who serve with integrity in their lives, fields of study, and resulting careers.
mission statement
The mission of Nova Southeastern University, a private, not-for-profit institution, is to offer a diverse array of innovative academic programs that complement on-campus educational opportunities and resources with accessible, distance-learning programs to foster academic excellence, intellectual inquiry, leadership, research, and commitment to community through engagement of students and faculty members in a dynamic, lifelong learning environment.
core values
Academic ExcellenceStudent CenteredIntegrityInnovation
OpportunityScholarship/ResearchDiversityCommunity
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Board of trustees
ex officio
Chair Alan B. Levan
Vice Chair Barry J. Silverman, M.D.
President and CEO George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D.
Secretary Samuel F. Morrison
Ronald G. Assaf
Walter Lee Banks, Sr.
Mitchell W. Berger, J.D.
Rick Case
R. Douglas Donn
Arthur J. Falcone
Steven J. Halmos
Carol Harrison Kalagher
Susanne Hurowitz
Mike Jackson
Milton L. Jones, Jr.
Barbara Trebbi Landry
Nell Lewis McGuire, Ed.D.
Albert J. Miniaci
Anthony N. Ottaviani, D.O.
Charles L. Palmer
Kiran C. Patel, M.D.
Martin R. Press, J.D.
Paul M. Sallarulo
J. Kenneth Tate
Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D.
Michael J. Zager
Marc G. Cannon II Melanie G. May, J.D. George I. Platt, J.D. Tony Segreto
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university administrators
George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer
Harry K. Moon, M.D. Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer
Ralph V. Rogers, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President
for Academic Affairs
Frederick Lippman, R.Ph., Ed.D. Chancellor of Health Professions Division
/Special Projects
Daniel J. Alfonso, M.Fin. Vice President for Facilities Management
and Public Safety
Ricardo Belmar, Ed.D., M.I.B.A. Vice President for Regional Campus Operations
Joel S. Berman, J.D. Vice President for Legal Affairs
Stephanie G. Brown, Ed.D. Vice President for Enrollment
and Student Services
Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D. Associate Provost for Undergraduate
Academic Affairs
Bonnie Clearwater, M.A. Director and Chief Curator of
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
Marc Crocquet, M.B.A. Vice President for Business Services
Kyle Fisher, B.A. Vice President for Public Relations
and Marketing Communications
James Hutchens, M.L.S. Vice President for Information Services
and University Librarian
Gary S. Margules, Sc.D. Vice President for Research
and Technology Transfer
Ronald Midei, M.B.A., CPA Executive Director of Internal Auditing
Michael Mominey, M.S. Director of Athletics
Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Ph.D. Vice President for Advancement
and Community Relations
Robert Pietrykowski, J.D., M.B.A., M.A. Vice President for Human Resources
Leonard Pounds, M.M.I.S. Vice President for Clinical Operations
Irving Rosenbaum, D.P.A., Ed.D., M.P.A. Vice President for Operations,
Health Professions Division
Donald Rudawsky, Ph.D. Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness
Alyson K. Silva, M.AC., CPA Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Robin Supler, J.D. Vice President for Compliance
and Chief Integrity Officer
Thomas West, M.B.A. Vice President for Information Technologies
and Chief Information Officer
Brad A. Williams, Ed.D. Vice President for Student Affairs and
Dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies
Jeff Williams, CCM, CCE Manager, Grande Oaks Golf Club
Ray Ferrero, Jr., J.D. University Chancellor
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acknoWledgments
The College of Engineering and Computing, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, and the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship wish to acknowledge those individuals whose efforts contributed to the coordination and direction of today’s exercises.
special appreciation is extended to
NSU Commencement Planning Committee
David Tyree, Ed.D., for announcing the candidates
Mark Cavanaugh, Ph.D., for coordinating, orchestrating, and directing today’s commencement ensemble and to the members of the orchestra for their musical talents
Brandon Hensler and Alyssa Rothman for working to promote the commencement season
Elaine Poff for chairing the commencement committee and coordinating commencement exercises and program design
Richard Kelch for assisting with the coordination of the commencement exercises and candidate invitations
The Nationwide Interpreter Resource, Inc., for sign language interpretation of the ceremony
The professional staff of the colleges for assisting at the commencement ceremony
NSU Office of Academic Affairs and Office of Innovation and Information Technology for assisting in web streaming the ceremony
NSU Alumni Relations Office for the support of our alumni
NSU Office of Advancement and Community Relations
NSU Student Disability Services
NSU Bookstore
NSU Call Center
NSU Enrollment and Student Services
NSU Office of the University Registrar
NSU Office of Public Safety
NSU Office of Publications and Creative Services
NSU Physical Plant
The Rick Case Arena at the Don Taft University Center
GradImages™ for the photography of the graduates
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a note on photography
In order to maintain an orderly and dignified ceremony, one that our graduates can remember with pride and enjoyment, guests are requested to remain seated during the entire ceremony and recessional and to refrain from taking pictures of the candidates until after the exercises are completed.
The university has contracted with GradImages™ to take a full-color, close-up photograph of all graduates as they cross the stage as well as a formal portrait off stage. Graduates will be contacted after the ceremony about purchasing the photographs. GradImages™, 3490 Martin Hurst Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32312, 800-261-2576, gradimages.com.
Your cooperation will ensure that the commencement exercises will run smoothly and that the ceremony itself will be a fitting occasion to mark this significant milestone in the lives of our graduates.
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academic attire
Ceremonial garments worn at academic functions take their meaning from the original centers of learning of the western world in the church of the Middle Ages. Caps, hoods, and gowns of the early students and monks have been held through the centuries to be traditionally symbolic of the scholarly devotion so basic to education and to the deliberate and orderly evolution of knowledge.
The introduction of classical studies, the gradual rise of the great universities across Europe, and the ever-increasing awareness of the decisive role of education in the entire development of civilization influenced leaders among academicians in their desire for a singular identity. In the attempt to create this differentiation, educators fell upon the medieval system of classic heraldry, whereby the coat of arms, assorted ornamental trappings, and patterns of colorful design had been adopted to denote the distinctive character of designated chivalric orders. The function of a pedagogical heraldry became, then, simply identification. As such, measures were taken to signify through distinctive markings on the academicians’ attire the institution that had granted the degree, the field of learning in which the degree had been earned, and the level of the degree, e.g., bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate.
Of the three pieces of academic attire—the cap, the gown, and the hood—it is the hood that offers the most abundant and most readily discernible information about its owner. The inner lining of the hood identifies the institution at which the individual earned the degree. Some schools have adopted two-color patterns and introduced chevrons and bars in various designs to set themselves apart from other institutions. The velvet trim bordering the hood indicates the major field of learning, or faculty, in which the degree has been earned. The list at the conclusion of this section will explain this relationship. A final feature of the hood concerns its length and width and distinguishes further between holders of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The length of the hood for the bachelor’s degree is three feet, closed at the bottom, and with a velvet border of two inches. At Nova Southeastern University, however, individuals receiving a bachelor’s degree do not wear a hood. A master’s degree holder has a hood three and one-half feet in length with a three-inch wide border, and the hood is slit at the bottom. Those individuals with a doctoral degree wear a hood four feet in length, open at the bottom with a five-inch border.
The cut of the gown aids in differentiating between the three levels of degrees. The bachelor’s gown is relatively simple and falls in straight lines from an elaborate yoke. It may be recognized most readily by the long, pointed sleeves. The master’s gown is somewhat fuller and bears no adornment. The sleeves are oblong in shape and open at the wrist, with the rear part of the oblong square cut while the front edge has a cutaway arc. The doctor’s gown is more elaborate, with velvet panels down the front and around the neck of the garment. The sleeves are bell-shaped at the end and have three bars of the same material as the front panels at the upper portion of the arm. It is cut rather fully and may be ornamental in color.
The mortarboard or Oxford-type cap has been adopted throughout most universities in the United States, although tams have become increasingly fashionable to denote holders of the doctoral degree. Colored tassels are usually worn by holders of the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. These denote the field of learning.
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The color, indeed the flamboyance, of academic dress undoubtedly adds to the sense of occasion at academic ceremonies. But as its historical roots show, it has a much deeper significance. It is an outward sign of the universality of universities, and of their responsibility for certain timeless values essential to the freedom of inquiry: tolerance of alternative views and courage in maintaining one’s own tirelessness in the pursuit of truth and the free exchange of knowledge. Its wearing marks also the responsibility of the new graduate to maintain and uphold these ideals. These fundamentals of academic freedom have not been threatened in this country for more than 200 years, but the importance attached to the donning of traditional academic dress was underlined in recent years by scholars from Central and Eastern Europe; during the Cold War, their use of academic robes became a symbol of their refusal to be dominated completely by political forces and the state, and symbolized their persistent links to the worldwide community of scholars. Thus, the wearing of academic dress should be seen not simply as a sign of achievement, but as a symbol of the responsibility that falls on all members of universities.
honors
color of hoods
Students wear cords, pins, sashes, and medallions that reflect institutional and national academic honors as well as campus leadership, service, and engagement.
The colors found on the hoods worn in the academic procession represent the candidate’s discipline of study.
Arts, Letters, Humanities .....................................WhiteAccounting, Business .............................................DrabDentistry ......................................................................LilacEconomics............................................................. CopperEducation .........................................................Light BlueEngineering ..........................................................OrangeFine Arts ..................................................................BrownLaw ............................................................................PurpleMedicine ........................................................ Kelly GreenMusic ............................................................................. Pink
Nursing .................................................................. ApricotOptometry ...........................................Sea Foam GreenOratory (Speech) ..........................................Silver GrayPharmacy ......................................................Olive GreenPhilosophy, Political Science .......................Dark BluePodiatry-Chiropody ..................................... Nile GreenPublic Administration, Human Service, and Criminal Justice ...............Peacock BluePublic Health ...............................................Salmon PinkScience ......................................................Golden YellowSocial Science ........................................................Cream
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mace
During the Middle Ages, the mace was an effective weapon in battle and also was displayed as a symbol to command order during royal gatherings, religious ceremonies, and university classes. As newer and more powerful military arms were created, however, the mace progressed into a symbol of authority and today is frequently used to lead religious and academic processions.
The mace was originally a wooden staff carried by royal messengers as a symbol to preserve order and usher royal functions. The early wooden staff of such royal messengers or lead ushers of ceremonial processions was transformed in the 14th century into an elaborate sterling silver mace. Eventually, in the 15th century, it evolved into a symbol of academic excellence and dignity.
the nova southeastern university mace
Before its merger in 1994 with Southeastern University
of the Health Sciences, Nova University’s mace bore a
sterling silver “nova star” symbolizing the university’s
name and mission. Symbolically, Nova University’s
“nova star” burned brightly, providing educational
enlightenment to the world. Today, a new sterling silver
mace highlights the past, present, and future through
the inclusion of the original “nova star” representing the
university’s past, surrounding the NSU seal. When not in
official use, the mace is displayed in the rotunda of the
William and Norma Horvitz Administration Building.
In Latin, “nova” means new or innovative. Nova
Southeastern University was created to be an innovative
educational institution—to take the best of traditional
education from the past and mold it to fit the needs of
students for today and tomorrow.
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NOTE: The listing of degree and academic honors candidates in this program is based upon PRELIMINARY information provided by each academic program office at the time of publication. The official conferral of degrees and awarding of academic honors occur upon satisfactory completion of all academic requirements. Publication in this commencement program does not determine degree or honors eligibility or represent an official listing of degree or honors recipients. The student's permanent record, on file in the Office of the University Registrar, remains the official testimony of the possession of a Nova Southeastern University degree.
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