COMMENCEMENT

FACULTY AND STAFF

The Commencement Committee serves as an advisory committee to the President of the college, reviewing and forwarding recommendations for procedural and operational issues related to commencement.

Recommendations for faculty service come from the Commencement Committee chair, the deans, and the provost. Each vice presidential area recommends a staff person from their area to serve. Appointment is by presidential invitation.

2009 Commencement Committee

Raquel J. Rezara Schmidt, Commencement Chair
Associate Professor, Exceptional Education

Patricia A. Alessandra, Commencement Director for Academics
Sr. Staff Associate, Academic and Student Affairs Office

Thomas E. Coates, Commencement Director for Logistics
Director, Events Management Office

Mark T. Bausili
Registrar, Registrar's Office

Nancy A. Chicola
Associate Professor, Elementary Education and Reading

Robert P. Delprino
Associate Professor, Psychology

Bonita R. Durand
Executive Assistant to the President, President's Office

Dominique Gabriel, Student Member
United Students Government President

Lee Ann Grace
Assistant Dean, International and Exchange Programs

Joy A. Guarino
Assistant Professor, Theater

Deborah M. Insalaco
Associate Professor, Speech-Language Pathology

Melaine C. Kenyon
Associate Director Instructional Technology, Instructional Resources

Lydia Kawaler
Manager, HRIS, Human Resource Management

Marsha L. Moses
Assistant to the Dean, Graduate School

Jill Powell
Senior Assistant to the Vice President, Institutional Advancement

William E. Raffel
A
ssociate Professor, Communication

Kevin Railey, Liaison to Commencement Committee
Associate Provost and Dean, Graduate School

Jean Marie Salisbury, Commencement Committee Secretary
Secretary 2, University College

Ibrahim Traore, Student Member
Vice President, Caribbean Students Organization

Amitra A. Wall, Immediate Past Chair
Associate Professor, Sociology

Huewayne Watson, Student Member
Executive Vice President, United Students Government

Gail V. Wells
Director, Student Life Office

William L. White
Assistant Professor, Modern and Classical Languages

Rita M. Zientek
Associate Dean, School of the Professions

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