GRADUATE DIVISION AND
TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
Ph.D., Master’s Degree and Teacher Credential candidates in:
College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Graduate School of Education
School of Business Administration / A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management
School of Medicine Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences
June 13, 2015 | 1:00 p.m. | Presiding: Paul D’Anieri, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
ACADEMIC PROCESSION
The Grand Marshal – Jose Wudka, Chair, Riverside Division of the Academic Senate
The Student Marshal – Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, Ph.D., English
The Degree Candidates
The UCR Pipe Band
The Faculty Marshal – David Lo, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Sciences and Chair of the Graduate Council
The Faculty of the University
The Official Party
PROGRAM
The National Anthem
University Welcome
Recognition of Faculty Award Recipients
Alumni Salute
Student Commencement Address
Conferral of Degrees
Leslye Martinez, undergraduate student, Theatre
Kim A. Wilcox, Chancellor
Joseph Childers, Dean, Graduate Division
Kenneth R. Noller ’75, T.C. ’76, M.A. ’84, President-elect,
UCR Alumni Association
Sandra Jones, Ph.D., Education
Chancellor Wilcox
Dean Childers
Introduction of the Graduates
Recognition of Teacher Credential Candidates
Janise Roselle, Coordinator, Graduate Writing Center
Thomas Smith, Dean, Graduate School of Education
Chancellor Wilcox
The Alma Mater
Leslye Martinez
RECESSION
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COMMENCEMENT 2015
Sproul Hall
STUDENT SPEAKER
SANDRA JONES
Sandra B. Jones graduated Magna
cum laude from the University of
California, Los Angeles, with a B.A. in
Political Science. She then earned a M.Ed. from the University
of Southern California Rossier School of Education. Ms. Jones
has served in several educational management positions at
both UC Irvine and the University of Southern California, and
previously was a researcher at the UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access. Ms. Jones is a Chancellor’s
Distinguished Fellow at UCR and was recently named “Top 40
Under 40” by OC Metro magazine. She will receive her Ph.D.
in Higher Education Administration and Policy from the UC
Riverside Graduate School of Education. Upon graduation,
Ms. Jones looks forward to continuing her work in educational
administration, teaching, research and service.
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