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Several Alumni Among Graduation Speakers For Class Of '08
Christopher Duray
Issue date: 5/11/08 Section: News
CLAS undergraduates will be addressed on Sunday by UConn alumna and Board of Trustees member Rebecca Lobo, who played on UConn's women's basketball team during their undefeated season in 1995. Lobo became the youngest player to win a gold medal for women's basketball in the 1996 Olympics. She played in the WNBA from 1997 to 2003 and currently serves as a women's basketball analyst for ESPN.
Gerald Cianutsos will address the School of Pharmacy graduates on Saturday. Gianutsas is an associate professor of pharmacology at UConn. Gianutsos, who was voted Teacher of the Year by the graduating class, currently serves as the director of the pharmacy honors program.
The School of Social Work, which has its campus in West Hartford, will be addressed by Gary Bailey, an associate professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work. He is a member of the National Association of Social Work's (NASW) Board of Directors, having served as its president from 2003 to 2005. In 1998, he was named the national and Massachusetts Social Worker of the year by NASW.
The School of Fine Arts, whose ceremony took place Saturday, was addressed by Joseph Volpe, former General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1990 through 2006, a career that he chronicled in his memoir, "The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera." Volpe now works for Theatre Projects Consultants.
The undergraduate School of Pharmacy will be addressed by Samuel Kalmanowitz, a 1961 UConn alumnus. His Meriden-based pharmacy, Kaye's Pharmacy, was named the top independent pharmacy in the United States by Drug Topics magazine in 1998.
The School of Business will be addressed by UConn Board of Trustees member and partner of equity firm Oak Hill Capital, Denis Nayden on Sunday. Nayden is a UConn alumnus who earned his bachelor's in English magna cum laude in 1976 and an MBA in finance in 1977, also from UConn. Before Oak Hill, he served as CEO for G.E. Capital, where he was responsible for 20 businesses representing over $555 billion of total assets.
Gerald Cianutsos will address the School of Pharmacy graduates on Saturday. Gianutsas is an associate professor of pharmacology at UConn. Gianutsos, who was voted Teacher of the Year by the graduating class, currently serves as the director of the pharmacy honors program.
The School of Social Work, which has its campus in West Hartford, will be addressed by Gary Bailey, an associate professor at the Simmons College Graduate School of Social Work. He is a member of the National Association of Social Work's (NASW) Board of Directors, having served as its president from 2003 to 2005. In 1998, he was named the national and Massachusetts Social Worker of the year by NASW.
The School of Fine Arts, whose ceremony took place Saturday, was addressed by Joseph Volpe, former General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1990 through 2006, a career that he chronicled in his memoir, "The Toughest Show on Earth: My Rise and Reign at the Metropolitan Opera." Volpe now works for Theatre Projects Consultants.
The undergraduate School of Pharmacy will be addressed by Samuel Kalmanowitz, a 1961 UConn alumnus. His Meriden-based pharmacy, Kaye's Pharmacy, was named the top independent pharmacy in the United States by Drug Topics magazine in 1998.
The School of Business will be addressed by UConn Board of Trustees member and partner of equity firm Oak Hill Capital, Denis Nayden on Sunday. Nayden is a UConn alumnus who earned his bachelor's in English magna cum laude in 1976 and an MBA in finance in 1977, also from UConn. Before Oak Hill, he served as CEO for G.E. Capital, where he was responsible for 20 businesses representing over $555 billion of total assets.
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Charlie Foxtrip
posted 5/14/08 @ 1:52 PM EST
I've always had an issue with the speakers at UConn Graduations, especially more recent ones. Overall, they just lack any sort of notarity. The only person I knew from that list was Rebecca Lobo, woo. (Continued…)
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