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
Associate 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