Several days filled with pomp and circumstance throughout the University concluded Friday afternoon with MSRC’s department convocation. In a ceremony that has become an annual department tradition, faculty, staff, and students gathered to honor the 38 graduates who were joined by their family and friends. MSRC Dean and Director David Conover welcomed the crowd. In his opening remarks, Dean Conover noted that a key to future success is to remain a lifelong Ieamer. He hoped that the graduates would take this desire with them as they leave MSRC and Stony Brook University.
Professor Brian Colle – advisor for the undergraduate program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences – introduced the five students receiving their B.S. in that program: John Albright, Augusto De La Cruz, John Murray, Joseph Pollina, and Michael Rattray. Professor Kamazima Lwiza then introduced the seven students receiving a B.A. in Environmental Studies -Douglas Barnum, Rukyah Wied Hennessey, Jesse Hornstein, Elisabeth Karpasitis, Justin Keller, Jason Li, Antony Lin- and the first graduate receiving a B.S. in MSRC ‘s new Marine Sciences major, Colin Casey.
Following the undergraduate acknowledgements, Dean Conover returned to the podium to recognize the 14 M.S. graduates and the 11 Ph.D. graduates in Marine and Atmospheric Sciences. Masters candidates – Deenie Bugge, Walter Burak, Patrick Curran, Soren Dahl, Jamilla Dick, Damien Drisco, Douglas Esccribano, Courtnay Hull, Philip LoCicero, Raisha Levindeer, Colleen Norman, Kathryn Seaver, Haifei Yin and Yi Zheng – along with Doctoral canclidates – Kristopher Baker, Mark Benotti, Xueju Lin, Zhanfei Liu, Jenq-Chi Mau, Vanessa Madrid, Nicole Maher, Jun Wei, Xiaosong Yang, Jingbo Wu, and Tiehan Zhou – were congratulated by their advisors during the ceremony.
Dean Conover concluded, “We are extremely proud of these students who graduate today. We wish them well as they move on in their careers to even greater successes that lie ahead.”
