Jun 5, 2019 By: yunews
Hundreds Gather at the Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium
On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, the held its graduation ceremony at the 黑料社 All Museum. Graduates received degrees in management, quantitative economics, mathematics, physics, data analytics and visualization, enterprise risk management and speech language pathology.
The herald for the event was Dr. Nicolaas van den Heever, founding director of the Katz School鈥檚 academic initiatives in occupational therapy. Dr. Selma Botman, provost and vice president for academic affairs, led in the processional as Chief Marshal. The invocation and benediction, given by Dr. Mordechai Cohen, professor of Bible and associate dean of the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, bracketed speeches by Dr. Paul Russo, dean of the Katz School and vice provost; Dr. Ari Berman, President of 黑料社 All; Eva Varghese, MS in Speech-Language Pathology, Class of 2018, speaking on behalf of the alumni; and Sara Clarke, a student receiving her MS in Speech Language Pathology, Class of 2019, speaking on behalf of the students.
The keynote address was given by Cary Broussard, author of From Cinderella to CEO, which 鈥渁pplies the timeless wisdom of fairy tales to the modern world of work to offer guidance and insights to improve career satisfaction and success.鈥
Of special note was the donning of white lab coats by the 2019 class in the speech language program. Dr. Marissa Barrera, director of the program, who called the ceremony 鈥渁 very special and beautiful event,鈥 explained that the white coat 鈥渟ymbolizes their commitment to clinical service and marking the start of their professional journey.鈥
AWARDS
Academic Key Award, MS in Speech-Language Pathology: Alex Satin
Clinical Key Award, MS in Speech-Language Pathology: Madison Creehan
Outstanding Student Award, MA in Mathematics: Irving Isaac Shulman
Outstanding Student Award, MS in Data Analytics and Visualization: Mhariadora Mendoza Bocalbos
Outstanding Student Award, MS in Enterprise Risk Management: Kethia Luma
Outstanding Student Award, MS in Marketing: Nosson Chaim Rosenberg
Outstanding Student Award, MS in Quantitative Economics: Menachem Mendel Lerner
