Cal State Fullerton Celebrates 46th Annual Commencement With
Record Number of Candidates
May 25, 2005 :: No. 212a
More than 8,500 — including 1,885
January graduates — are eligible to participate in Cal
State Fullerton's 46th annual commencement ceremonies May
28-29.
Keynote speakers for the universitywide celebrations
will be Cal State Fullerton alumna Michele Ruiz (B.A. communications-radio/TV/film
'88), former news anchor for NBC4, who will address attendees
at the Saturday, May 28, ceremony and State Sen. Dick Ackerman
(R-Tustin), who will step to the podium Sunday, May 29.
Cal State Fullerton graduate Steven G. Mihaylo
(B.A. business administration ‘69), chairman, president
and CEO of Inter-Tel, will receive an honorary doctorate of
humane letters during Sunday’s 8 a.m. ceremony. The
doctorate will be presented in recognition of his success
as a business leader and philanthropist. The Phoenix-based
company he founded is a publicly traded provider of communications
hardware, software and services.
Last year, Mihaylo made the largest pledge
of cash to the university in CSUF history — $3 million
to help fund a new building for the College of Business and
Economics. In his honor, the planned state-of-the-art facility
will be named Steven G. Mihaylo Hall. The telecommunications
entrepreneur, who spent three years in the U.S. Army, attended
Cal State Fullerton on the GI Bill.
Saturday’s keynoter, Ruiz, joined NBC4
as a general assignment reporter in April 1998 and until this
month co-anchored weekday editions of the “Channel 4
News” with Chuck Henry. Previously, she was a field
reporter and co-hosted a weekly public affairs program on
KTLA. She began her broadcasting career as a news anchor for
Channel One, a national news program for high school students.
During her distinguished career, she has been honored with
five Emmy Awards and four Golden Mikes. In 2002, she received
the LA Press Club Award for a series on autism.
State Sen. Dick Ackerman, a former mayor and
city councilman for the city of Fullerton, has represented
Orange County in the state Legislature for 10 years. He was
elected to the Assembly in 1995, moving to the state Senate
in 2000. In May 2004, he was unanimously elected the Senate
Republican leader.
Ackerman has received numerous accolades, including
Legislator of the Year awards from the University of California,
California Charter Schools Association, Orange County League
of Cities and Republican Party of Orange County; Distinguished
Service Award from the Black Chamber of Commerce of Orange
County; Elected Official of the Year Award from the Orange
County Committee for the Employment of Persons with Disabilities;
and Fullerton Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year Award.
Both commencement ceremonies will begin at
8 a.m. on the sports fields north of Titan Gymnasium. College
and department exercises will follow at various locations
throughout campus. (Times and locations noted below.)
The ceremonies will be broadcast live on the
Internet and may be viewed by visiting the university website
(www.fullerton.edu). The ceremony also will air live on Channel
67 in Fullerton, Placentia, Santa Ana and Seal Beach; Channel
36 in Yorba Linda; and Channel 37B in Garden Grove.
Tickets are not needed for the all-university
ceremonies at 8 a.m., but are required for admission to all
college and department exercises.
On-campus parking will be restricted to those
who carpool (three persons per car) and those with disabled-person
license plates or placards, due to the limited number of spaces.
Off-campus parking sites include Hope University south of
the campus, plus Troy High School and Western State University
College of Law, both just west of the campus.
Campus parking information is available on
1620-AM within a 2.5 mile radius of the campus.
Faculty Marshals
Leading the campus faculty marshals will be
Nancy Segal, professor of psychology and
recipient of the university's Outstanding Professor Award
for 2004-05. Faculty marshals by college are:
• College of the Arts — Barbara Arms,
professor of theatre and dance
• College of Business and Economics — John
Lawrence, professor of information systems and decision
sciences
• College of Communications — David L.
DeVries, professor of communications, and Arden
R. Thorum, professor of human communication studies
• College of Engineering and Computer Science —
Nick Mousouris, professor of computer science
• College of Education — Hallie Yopp Slowik,
professor of elementary and bilingual education
• College of Health and Human Development — Shari
G. McMahan, professor of kinesiology and health science
• College of Humanities and Social Sciences —
Isaac Cardenas, chair and professor of Chicana
and Chicano Studies, and Raphael Sonenshein,
professor of political science
• College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics —
David Pagni, professor of mathematics.
Honors Convocation
An honors convocation to recognize student
achievements will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 27, in the
Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion.
The honorees, their cities of residence, degrees and awards
are:
President's Associates Scholastic Award
Sarah Jay of Fullerton, bachelor of arts, history
April L. Ulloa of Fullerton, bachelor of arts. English
President's Associates Graduate Student Award
Dominick L. Sturz of Placentia, master of public health
President's Associates Service Award
Samanaz Kapadia of Downey, bachelor of arts, business
administration-management Alumni Association
Outstanding Senior Award
Patricia Thomas of Glendora, bachelor of arts, sociology
Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate
Award
Carla Anderson of Fullerton, master of arts, American
studies
Sarah Wong-Goodrich, master of arts, psychology
Kenneth L. Goodhue-McWilliams Award
Julia Tran of Rowland Heights, bachelor of science, biological
science Miles D. McCarthy Health Professions
Award
Rueben Lewis Paul of Yorba Linda, bachelor of science,
biological science
Amy Svicarovich of Santa Ana, postbaccalaureate studies
Giles T. Brown Outstanding Thesis Award
Elizabeth M. Wessel of Orange, master of science, nursing
Continuing Learning Experience Award
John B. Kane of Laguna Niguel, bachelor of science, human
services International Understanding
Award
Rudy M. Gharib of Fontana, bachelor of arts, political
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College
and Department Exercises/Celebrations
May 28-29 Cal State Fullerton
(College events follow the 8
a.m. all-university ceremonies)
Saturday, May 28
College of the Arts — Patio area west
of Titan Gym
College of Communications
Communications — Titan Stadium
Human Communication Studies and Radio-TV-Film — Courtyard
east of Titan Shops
College of Education —
Titan Gym
College of Engineering and Computer
Science — Lawn west of Engineering Building
College of Health and Human Development
Child and Adolescent Studies, Health Sciences, Human Services
and Kinesiology — Lawn north of Titan Gym
Nursing — Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion
Counseling — Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion
(begins at 11 a.m.)
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Sociology and Gerontology — West entrance of Humanities-Social
Sciences Building
Philosophy, Afro-Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies and
Chicana and Chicano Studies — Performing Art's Center's
Little Theatre
Geography and Environmental Studies — Performing Arts
Center's Little Theatre (11 a.m.)
Women's Studies — Ruby Gerontology Center's Mackey Auditorium
ROTC Commissioning Ceremony
— 2 p.m. Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion
Sunday, May 29
College of Business and Economics —
Lawn north of Titan Gymnasium
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Psychology — Titan Gym
Political Science, Public Administration and Criminal Justice
— Patio area west of Titan Gym
English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics — West
entrance, Humanities-Social Sciences
History — Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion
Liberal Studies — Titan Stadium
Modern Languages, TESOL and Latin American Studies —Performing
Arts Center, Little Theatre
American Studies and Comparative Religion — Performing
Arts Center, Little Theatre (11 a.m.)
Anthropology — Courtyard east of Titan Shops
College of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics — Lawn west of Engineering Building
Media Contacts: |
Mary Jo Medyn, Academic Affairs, at
657-278-2615 or mmedyn@fullerton.edu
Pamela McLaren, Public Affairs, at 657-278-4852 or pmclaren@fullerton.edu |
Editor's Note: News media
covering commencement ceremonies are advised to use the Dorothy
Lane entrance off State College Boulevard for parking in the
lot adjacent to the Golleher Alumni House.
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