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CAPS OFF: UH GRADUATION TIP SHEET
As graduation season approaches, many students will close the
chapter on their formal schooling. It’s a time of reflection
– on the obstacles they’ve overcome, the people who
have helped them along the way and the goals they hope to accomplish.
As you consider stories about commencement, please keep in mind
these ideas from the University of Houston. For more information
or to arrange interviews, give us a call at 713-743-8153.
Aiming High
He wanted to re-enlist into the U.S. Air Force. She told him that
he couldn’t have all the fun. So together, Scott and Theresa
Dunlap rearranged their lives just so they could be among UH’s
first class of Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
cadets. This spring, the Dunlaps will be commissioned as lieutenants.
The AFROTC detachment at UH is the first and only program in the
city.
One Couple, Two Years, Four Degrees
One year after emigrating from Turkey, Baris and his wife Zeynep
Bildaci each enrolled in the master’s of business administration
and the master’s of industrial engineering programs. They
converted their home into a makeshift classroom with a white board,
as they mapped out difficult concepts or processes. “After
simultaneously working full-time and taking on two master’s
programs, we feel like we can manage any project given to us,”
Baris Bildaci said.
Looking at 50
The College of Optometry will honor its first graduating class,
which received their degrees in 1955. Celebrating its 50th anniversary,
the college is the only one in the Southwest and one of 17 optometry
schools in the United States. The more than 3,000 graduates of the
college hail from 48 countries. Professor Charles Stewart, who served
as dean from 1952-1961, has written the book “The Founding
Years,” detailing the college’s beginnings. He will
attend the college’s graduation and is available for interviews.
Power to the People
Author, TV host and activist Emme will deliver the commencement
address for the Graduate School of Social Work 1 p.m., May 14, at
the Cullen Performance Hall. She will discuss empowerment, ways
to change the world and how to make a difference. Emme is host of
“Fashion Emergency” on E! Entertainment Television and
the Style network. She is also a full-figured supermodel.
It’s a Touchdown
Chelsea Yvette Moon, daughter of former Houston Oilers football
star Warren Moon, will receive her bachelor’s degree in English
during the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences commencement
ceremony 9 a.m., May 13, at Hofheinz Pavilion. UH System Regent
Lynden B. Rose, a family friend, hopes to congratulate Chelsea on
stage.
Road Trip to Graduation
For the first time, students in the Corpus Christi area will graduate
from the UH Graduate School of Social Work as part of its distance
education program. Professors traveled on the weekends for lectures,
and during the week they kept up with students via e-mail and phone.
Upon graduation, two dozen students will work at Child Protective
Services to help pay for their financial assistance they received.
The program grew out of a call for help from Corpus Christi’s
Child Protective Services.
UH’s 2005 Spring Commencement Ceremonies
Below is a list of speakers and commencement ceremonies.
Friday, May 13
- Student speakers, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences,
9 a.m., Hofheinz Pavilion.
- Joe Machiote, Vice President of Relation Development of Compass
Group North America, College of Hotel and Restaurant Management,
10 a.m., Hilton Hotel.
- Geoffrey R. Tumlin Assistant Director, Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs Center for Ethical Leadership at The University
of Texas at Austin, Engineering, 1 p.m., Cullen Performance Hall.
- Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson, Supreme Court of the State
of Texas, Law Center, 2 p.m., Hofheinz Pavilion.
- Dr. Clifford Dacso, M.D., Dunn Chair of Medicine at Baylor,
College of Technology, 6 p.m., Hofheinz Pavilion.
- Dean Ted Estess Honors Banquet Commencement, 6:30 p.m., Warwick
Hotel.
- Mike Reeves, senior vice president of aerospace operations at
Critique Inc., University of Houston – Clear Lake, 7 p.m.,
Reliant Stadium.
- Karen Katz, president of Neiman Marcus Stores, College of Business
– Graduate School, 7 p.m., Cullen Performance Hall.
Saturday, May 14
- Dean Robert Wimpelberg, College of Education, 9 a.m., Hofheinz
Pavilion.
- James T. Doluisio, Hoechst-Roussel Professor of Pharmacy at
Univ. of Texas, College of Pharmacy, 9 a.m., Cullen Performance
Hall.
- UH System Regent Chair Morgan Dunn O’Connor, University
of Houston – Victoria, 9:30 a.m., Faith Family Church, 2002
E. Mockingbird Ln.
- David Lake, co-founder of Lake/Flato Architects, College of
Architecture, 1 p.m., Architecture Atrium.
- Emme, author and television personality, Graduate School of
Social Work, 1 p.m, Cullen Performance Hall.
- A. Stanford, chairman and CEO of Stanford Financial, College
of Business – Undergraduate, 2 p.m., Hofheinz Pavilion.
- Dr. John D. Coble, former president of Texas Optometry Association,
College of Optometry, 5 p.m., Cullen Performance Hall.
Sunday, May 15
- Costa Colbert, M.D., Ph.D., Lewis H. Green, M.D., College of
Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 2 p.m., Hofheinz Pavilion.
For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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