Spring 2012 (PDF) - Virginia Tech

UNIVERSITY DIGNITARIES AND INVITED SPEAKERS
Charles W. Steger, President, Virginia Tech
First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, Keynote
Speaker, University Commencement
Senator Mark Warner, U.S. Senator for the Commonwealth of
Virginia, Keynote Speaker, University Commencement
Laura W. Fornash, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth
of Virginia, Classes of 1991 and 1998, Keynote Speaker,
National Capital Region Commencement
Mark G. McNamee, Senior Vice President and Provost, Virginia
Tech, Keynote Speaker, Graduate School Commencement
Samuel L. Lionberger, Jr., Class of 1962, William H. Ruffner
Medal Award Recipient
Joseph R. Loring, Class of 1947, Chairman Emeritus, LORING,
University Distinguished Achievement Award
Satish V. Kulkarni, Director of Energy Initiatives, Virginia
Tech Research Center, Class of 1972, Graduate Alumni
Achievement Award Recipient
Jean Arnold Dodge, Class of 1974, Alumni Distinguished
Service Award Recipient
John R. Lawson, II, Class of 1975, Alumni Distinguished
Service Award Recipient
Matthew W. Winston, Jr., Class of 1990, Vice President of the
Alumni Association Board of Directors, Greetings from the
Alumni Association, University Commencement
Sherwood G. Wilson, Vice President for Administrative
Services
Thomas C. Tillar, Jr., Vice President for Alumni Relations
Elizabeth A. Flanagan, Vice President for Development and
University Relations
William T. Lewis, Sr., Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
M. Dwight Shelton, Vice President for Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
Earving L. Blythe, Vice President for Information Technology
and Chief Information Officer
Donald J. Leo, Vice President and Executive Director, National
Capital Region Operations
Jerry A. Niles, Interim Vice President for Outreach and
International Affairs
Robert W. Walters, Vice President for Research
Edward F. D. Spencer, Vice President for Student Affairs
Karen P. DePauw, Vice President and Dean for Graduate
Education
Daniel A. Wubah, Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate
Education
Alan L. Grant, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
A. Jack Davis, Dean, College of Architecture and Urban
Studies
Richard E. Sorensen, Dean, Pamplin College of Business
Richard C. Benson, Dean, College of Engineering
Sue Ott Rowlands, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Human
Sciences
Paul M. Winistorfer, Dean, College of Natural Resources and
Environment
Lay Nam Chang, Dean, College of Science
Gerhardt G. Schurig, Dean, Virginia-Maryland Regional College
of Veterinary Medicine
J. Thomas Brown, Jr., Dean of Students
Tyler O. Walters, Dean of University Libraries
Rosemary Blieszner, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Janet W. Rankin, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Kenneth H. Wong, Interim Associate Dean of the Graduate School
in the National Capital Region and Director of the Northern
Virginia Center
Joseph S. Merola, Professor, Chemistry Department, Reader
of Names, Graduate School Commencement
Michael J. Ellerbrock, Professor, Agricultural and Applied
Economics, Commencement Marshal, University and
Graduate School Commencements
Bruce E. Pencek, Faculty Senate President, Message on
Behalf of the Faculty, University and Graduate School
Commencements
Aly Mohamed Aly Tawfik Aly Ahmed, doctoral student, Civil
Engineering, Graduate Student Marshal, Graduate School
Commencement
Amanda Cronin Rumore, doctoral student, Biological
Sciences, Graduate Student Speaker, Graduate
Commencement
Aurora Martin, Class of 2012, B.A., Music Performance,
Vocalist, University Commencement
Shree Narayanan Sreedharan Nair, doctoral student,
Electrical Engineering, President, Graduate Student
Assembly
Jay Crone, Head of the Music Department and Coordinator,
Virginia Tech Brass Ensemble, Graduate School
Commencement
Sandy D. Bass, Jr., President, Class of 2012, Remarks by the
Class President, University Commencement
Amanda Jade Eberhardt, Female Member-at-Large, Class of
2012, Opening Reflections, University Commencement
Marco Leung, Vice President, Class of 2012, Closing
Reflections, University Commencement
Paige E. Russell, Class of 2012, B.A., Music Education,
Vocalist, Graduate Commencement
Travis J. Cross, Assistant Professor of Music, Conductor,
Symphonic Wind Ensemble, University Commencement
A. Carole Pratt, Class of 1972, Virginia Tech Alumni
Association Board of Directors, Greetings from the Alumni
Association, National Capital Region Commencement
Kathleen L. Hancock, President of the Faculty Association
and Commencement Marshal, Message on Behalf of the
Faculty, National Capital Region Commencement
James F. Wolf, Professor and Director, Center for Public
Administration and Policy, National Capital Region
Commencement
Jack Hutcheson, III, Director of Capital Region Alumni
Programs, National Capital Region Commencement
Jillian A. Drank, M.S. student, Human Development, Vocalist,
National Capital Region Commencement
LaShonia Michelle Murphy, doctoral student, Public
Administration and Public Affairs, Graduate Student
Remarks, National Capital Region Commencement
Adil N. Godrej, Associate Director, Occoquan Watershed
Monitoring Lab, Reader of Names, National Capital Region
Commencement
Charles T. Peterson, Director, Quintessential Brass Repertoire,
National Capital Region Commencement