Co m m e n C e m e n t ex e r C i s e s

may 21, 2011

The Board of Trustees,

President

and Faculty

Welcome Graduates,

Family and Friends

to

Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

Commencement Exercises

May 21, 2011

the Flag

Vaughn College of Aeronautics andTechnology has flag colors of burgundywith white lettering.

aCademiC heraldry

The wearing of caps, gowns and hoods atcollege and university functions dates tothe Middle Ages, when they were firstworn by monks and students for warmth inthe damp and drafty 12th-century castlesand halls of learning. Through the years,their style and color have come to representspecific meanings.

Gowns for the bachelor's degree have asemi-stiff yoke, long pleated front, andintricate shirring across the shoulders andback. The bachelor’s gown is worn closedand is primarily distinguished by its longpointed sleeves.

The gown for the master’s degree has thesame yoke effect as that of the bachelor’sbut is designed so that it may be worn openor closed. The back of the sleeve is oblong and cut square with the front part carrying a cutaway arc.

Gowns for the doctoral degree are alsoworn open or closed. They have long velvetpanels down the front and three velvet barson the bell-shaped sleeves. This velvet trimming may be either black or the colordistinctive of the field of learning to whichthe degree pertains.

Certain changes were made in 1960, and some colleges and universities havedeparted from the traditional black andadopted gowns in the primary colors of the institutions.

Caps can be of serge, broadcloth, cotton,rayon or silk, and for the doctoral cap only,of velvet. The tassel of the doctoral cap canbe of gold thread. The caps normally aremortarboards in shape, although womencan wear soft, square-topped caps.

The hood gives color and definitive mean-ing to the academic costume. The hood is of varying sizes for master’s and doctoraldegrees and is made of material to matchthe gown. It is lined with the color or colorsof the institution conferring the degree. The hood is bordered with velvet of theproper width and color to indicate the fieldof learning.

students’ attire

Traditionally, student robes are black. The inside of the hoods is burgundyand white in color. The velvet border on the hood of undergraduates is goldenyellow, symbolic of the technology degree. The velvet border on the hood of graduatecandidates is drab, symbolic of the busi-ness, management or commerce degree.

student government

assoCiation Pins

The pins worn by the graduates are a giftfrom the Student Government Associationand presented to graduates of VaughnCollege. The College seal is incorporatedinto the pins. Pewter pins are for associatedegree graduates, gold pins are for bache-lor’s degree graduates and bronze pins arefor master’s degree graduates.

Color Cords

Graduates who have completed theirdegrees with academic honors are attiredwith cords: bronze cords are summa cumlaude, silver cords are magna cum laudeand gold cords are cum laude. Studentswho have completed the LeadershipAcademy program are recognized with burgundy cords.

J. randolPh babbitt

J. Randolph “Randy” Babbitt was sworn in as the Federal AviationAdministration’s (FAA) 16th administrator on June 1, 2009. Babbitt came to the FAA from Oliver Wyman, an international management consulting firm,where he served as partner.

A veteran pilot and internationally recognized expert in aviation and labor relations, Babbitt has been a member of the FAA’s Management AdvisoryCouncil since 2001. While a member of the council, Babbitt provided guidanceto key FAA executives, including the administrator, on topics that ranged fromair traffic modernization to regulatory policy. He was chairman of the councilfrom 2004 to 2006. Babbitt also was appointed by Department of TransportationSecretary Mary Peters to be a member of a special Internal Review Team toassess safety oversight within the airline industry and FAA.

Babbitt, who attended the University of Georgia and the University of Miami,is a founding partner of Eclat Consulting, a highly successful aviation firmthat was based in Reston, Virginia. He served as president and chief executive until Eclat was acquired by Oliver Wyman in 2007.

Babbitt began his aviation career as a pilot, flying 25 years for Eastern Airlines.A skilled negotiator, he served as president and chief executive of the UnitedStates Air Line Pilots Association (US ALPA), the world’s largest professionalorganization of airline pilots. While at ALPA, he championed the “One Level of Safety” initiative implemented in 1995 to improve safety standards acrossthe industry. He also promoted the international expansion of ALPA througha merger with the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association in 1997.

Babbitt has been recognized by Aviation Week & Space Technologymagazine with its Laurels Award for outstanding achievement in commercialair transport.

honorary degree reCiPient

Program

academic Procession (audience stands)

Pomp and Circumstance Sir Edward Elgar

national anthem (audience stands) The Star-Spangled BannerLyrics: Francis Scott Key

introductions Dr. Sharon B. DeVivo, Senior Vice President

greetings from the President Dr. John C. Fitzpatrick

greetings from the board of trustees Mr. Clyde R. Kizer, Chair

recognition of outstanding students Dr. DeVivo

graduating student speaker Ms. Jessenia Diaz

greetings from the new york The Honorable James Sanders, Jr.City Council

Presentation of Candidate and President Fitzpatrick and Chair KizerConferring of honorary degree

Commencement address J. Randolph Babbitt, Administrator,Federal Aviation Administration

Presentation of Candidates Dr. DeVivofor degrees

Conferring of degrees President Fitzpatrick and Chair Kizer

Associate in Occupational Studies

Associate in Applied Science

Bachelor of Science

Master of Science

recessional (audience stands)

The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa

marshals for the academic Procession

Grand Marshal Mr. Richard D. Delaney, Associate ProfessorArts and Sciences Department

Trustee and Platform Marshal Mr. Philip Meade,Director of Career Services

Faculty Marshal Mr. Gerald Ciccone, Professor Aviation Training Institute

Student Marshal Ms. Jessenia Diaz

Presentation of Colors Civil Air Patrol Color Guard/Drill Team

associate in occupational studiesairframe and Powerplant technology

Graduates – September 2010Prashant Belligund, Cum LaudeBarry Bragton Timothy Cheung Maxim Chong, Magna Cum Laude Marcos Cortes Del Rio Fu Qiang DengOmar ElshafaieAndres Garcia Alvin GermosenMukhtar Haji Kelvin HoraceUgochukwu IdegwuRaymond LaPorteHo Chun LeePablo MinchalaRavi Persad Harvis Pichardo Abdul Rehman Efren Rosado

Graduates – December 2010Marco Aravena, Magna Cum LaudeMichael Archer BeyLeonardo BarceloRyan Blake, Cum LaudeMauricio CastilloCarlos Delgado, Cum LaudeCesar FelicianoWyeth FolwellMd Saiful IslamSung Jin JungEmmanuel LindsayMahdi MacbahiRichard MatuteGonzalo MorenoKwok NgAvinash PersaudStanley PrzybylkoMaurice RomalhoMichael StouteHugo TorresCeltis VegaAlberto VeraEloy Villa

Candidates – May 2011Julian AmoresShadud BrazobanAndrew BudhramMelanie ConroyJaime Contreras Moreno, Magna Cum LaudeAnkit Dharia, Cum LaudeNicholas DipteeItalo DominguezHector FelizAlexsis ForbesBrian Gonzalez, Cum LaudeJohn Greening Jr.Nicholas HollingsworthVanessa Huelva MarinMarco IngaRachel JudgeJi han KongKarl LarreguiOmar Mc DonaldFrank MejiaOscar MercedesJoseph MinchalaRaylond MonkhouseNelson NegronFrancis PetersDerek PhillipEdgar RapaloHenry SalinasRafael SanchezLuis Sanchez GuamanJose Seixas-Garcia, Cum LaudeAlfredo Sevillano-BritoMarshall StephensMichael StewartKwok Fai Tong, Magna Cum LaudeCeciel WilliamsSeunghun Yoon

associate in applied science aviation maintenance

Graduates – September 2010Osvaldo DucasseTerence Irby

graduates and Candidates For degrees

Graduates – December 2010Cristofer Encarnacion, Magna Cum LaudeAndres GarciaChristopher MakoyawoEvelyn PumaPedro SanchezTaranjeet Singh, Magna Cum LaudeJagdeep Singh, Magna Cum LaudeNoel Vidro

Candidates – May 2011Alejandro AlcarrazShawn BarnettMichael BourdeauNeill Brown, Magna Cum LaudeJaime Castano, Magna Cum LaudeRemy EncarnacionBladimir MarteKwok Ng

associate in applied scienceaircraft operations

Graduates – December 2010Fabian Cardenas, Magna Cum LaudePaul Kennedy Elliott Eduardo Matute

Candidates – May 2011Julian AristizabalAlbert Magbiro, Magna Cum LaudeRichard Mulliner, Cum LaudeRavishankar Rameswar

associate in applied scienceairport management

Graduates – September 2010Kimberly ArthurMaya Brisbon, Magna Cum LaudeMazonna Clay-HardyWilliam EreminTimothy MacBryde, Magna Cum Laude

Graduates – December 2010Jonathon AxmacherDeyaniry Batista, Cum LaudeEmmanuel FernandezHenry FranckStacey Holt

Kyle Horsch, Cum LaudeErica Jurjo, Summa Cum LaudeDewayne LewisRodolfo Mendoza, Magna Cum LaudeAnthony MessamWilliam Neuendorf, Cum LaudeKerly Rada-IturraldeKathleen SolomonYesenia SuarezJeffrey TinsmanJenny TorresRasel UllahRobert WagnerJason Walker, Summa Cum LaudeSteven Zapata, Cum Laude

Candidates – May 2011Shazad Ali, Cum LaudeRalphy CamiloWilliam ChanChristopher DeckGiovanni Delgado, Summa Cum LaudeJason DixonJustin EastmanJane Faafeu, Summa Cum LaudeKerim Feyzullah, Cum LaudeMuhammad HassanDwight HenryMida Kim, Cum LaudeChristopher LemelleKevin Lennon, Cum LaudeMartin LopezIan MacDonaldChristopher MarkhamLuisa MorenoAlbert NavarroSamoon Pal, Magna Cum LaudeRenarai PaulDonovan RichardsMiguel SantosMark SarranArthur SchweigerFreddy SerranoJuliet Shum, Summa Cum LaudeGurpreet SinghJonathan TuckerFrancisco TunasMuhammad UddinAmulya Unni

graduates and Candidates For degrees

associate in applied scienceaeronautical engineering technology

Graduates – December 2010Affiek DennisJamar Hazel

Candidates – May 2011Nana Yaw EwudzieWycliffe FalconerWajahat Khan, Summa Cum LaudeMarcin PajakGarvon RussellBeant Singh

associate in applied scienceelectronic engineering technologyavionics

Graduates – September 2010Albert ReidJohn Vasquez

Graduates – December 2011Kamel AbdoMohammad Anwar

Candidates – May 2011John KoutsoutisMario Rodriguez

associate in applied scienceanimation and digital technologies

Graduate – September 2010Marvin Escourse

Graduates – December 2010Carlos RomoJohn Sanchez

bachelor of science aircraft operations

Graduates – December 2010Harringson Castrillon, Cum LaudeWilliam Farrell, Summa Cum LaudeAgustin GomezAlvin MartinezJason Warsop

Candidates – May 2011Julian AristizabalJoseph Cordi, Magna Cum LaudeLuis HerreraDouglas Hosein, Cum LaudeWoodley JulmisMarc LaingEdward Leahy, Summa Cum LaudeArthur LongsworthGiovanni MataAleksandr Nosov, Cum LaudeTaylor Russo, Magna Cum LaudeHumesh Seeratan

bachelor of scienceaviation maintenance

Graduate – September 2010Clifford Costello, Magna Cum Laude

Candidates – May 2011Henry ChuJosue Garriga, Summa Cum LaudeYolanda IntriagoChi Fai NgMichael OostermanPaul Villalobos

bachelor of scienceaviation maintenance management

Graduate – September 2010Jeffrey Drew, Magna Cum Laude

Graduates – December 2010Gregory IyagehDiego Marin

Candidates - May 2011Thomas Doty, Cum LaudeMelissa MonroyAntonio Recine, Cum LaudeRoss Riordan, Summa Cum LaudeAthier SimoSheldon SookooVinit Trivedi, Cum LaudeBrent Turton, Magna Cum Laude

graduates and Candidates For degrees

bachelor of scienceairline management

Candidates – May 2011Md. Sazzad HossainSandip Kaur, Cum LaudeWade Reynolds

bachelor of scienceairport management

Graduates – September 2010William Chen, Magna Cum LaudeAndre HortonAlexander Kim, Summa Cum LaudeDave Martin, Summa Cum LaudeThomas Robbins, Cum LaudeAnkur Shah, Cum LaudeFernando SimmonsKevin Sullivan, Magna Cum Laude

Graduates - December 2010Sharif AbouelleilAlberto DunbarMyriam GiraldoJustin Holwell, Cum LaudeRichard Mancini, Cum LaudeTimothy MichalakJason Opichka, Summa Cum LaudeAndres OrozcoSebastian Orozco Liza Perez, Cum LaudeLuke Pytlarz, Summa Cum LaudeEdward Reyes Jason Ryman, Magna Cum LaudeDuk Kyung SeoMichael SierKrystian Turowski

Candidates - May 2011Adam AboueidScott Allen, Summa Cum LaudeKrystal Barton, Magna Cum LaudeAngelica Borbon, Magna Cum LaudeNoel CastilloNiamul ChoudhuryAlexis CorbinBrian Courter, Magna Cum LaudeKevin Davies

Robert Dean, Summa Cum LaudeBrady Deyo, Summa Cum LaudeMarisa DiazGerasimos Georgatos, Magna Cum LaudeDerrick MaStephanie Mellor, Summa Cum LaudeRene Mieschke, Summa Cum LaudeEdvina MullaJuan NgPaul PokojnyKerly Rada-IturraldeNelson SanchezMichael Schumann, Summa Cum LaudeJustin ThurmanJakub Wiltos, Cum Laude

bachelor of scienceairport/airline management

Candidates - May 2011David CondeChandra RegulagaddaTarun Shrivastava

bachelor of science electronic engineering technology

Graduate - December 2010Manuel Jimenez

Candidates – May 2011Ivan Alexandrov, Cum LaudeCharles Benoit

bachelor of scienceelectronic engineering technologyavionics

Graduates – December 2010Menelik Gooden Emmanuel JamesKyungchul Oh, Magna Cum Laude

Candidates – May 2011Vandita Banka, Summa Cum LaudeGerald GeorgeEldon JohnBaptisteSelvedin KvrgicMohamed Lakras, Cum LaudeEnatius Lewis, Cumm Laude

graduates and Candidates For degrees

Jana Ortiz-LanghammerovaAjith Ramadas, Cum Laude

bachelor of sciencegeneral management

Graduate – September 2010Andres Aguilar

Graduates – December 2010Emmanuel CrespoJessenia Diaz, Summa Cum Laude

Candidates - May 2011Julian Ieong, Summa Cum LaudeHeather Manning

bachelor of sciencemechanical engineering technology

Graduates - September 2010Shazim BakshRod Joseph

Graduates - December 2010Jackeline Diapis, Cum LaudeJairo Jaimes MD MazedGazal NagiLuis Ulloa

Candidates - May 2011Luis AldanaFeliks Aykelinchayev, Summa Cum LaudeTyrome BradleyAnirood BudhooAmaar ChaudhryMahendra GirdhariMiah MinhazuddinElvis MoriceteAgustin NgKeyur ParekhTobias RasheedMohammed SadqiRadu SandruEdwin Velasco

bachelor of sciencemechatronic engineering

Candidates - May 2011Marvin Blackman, Summa Cum LaudeShahidul Islam, Summa Cum LaudeJoseph Kamel

master of scienceairport management

Candidates – May 2011Marco Devarez, Magna Cum LaudeAleksandra Drys, Magna Cum LaudeNicole LegisterTimothy MacBryde, Magna Cum LaudeGaynellene Tavernier

graduates and Candidates For degrees

board oF trustees

Clyde R. Kizer, Chair

Susan M. Baer, Vice Chair

Dr. John C. Fitzpatrick, President

Thomas I. Apperson, Treasurer

Anne C. Crudge, Secretary

Elaine Asch-Root

John H. Enders

Theofanis Gavrilis ’69

Monroe W. Hatch, Jr.

Thomas S. Marotta

Thomas J. McKee

Oswin E. Moore

Captain Linda M. Orlady

Katherine P. Posner

Frank L. Rosenberg

Dr. Agam Sinha

John G. Sussek, Jr.

George A. Vaughn

Joseph A. Werner ’57

Robert Zincone ’56

Disclaimer

Because the list of names must be furnished to the printer in final form prior to commencement, it ispossible that one or more of the candidates listed may have been unable to complete all requirementsfor the degree, or may have elected voluntarily to register for additional work and to graduate at asubsequent ceremony. The change does not imply that a student has failed, nor does it commitVaughn to grant a diploma to a person thus listed in error. In addition, final determination of academic honor status lies with the Registrar.

honors status

Graduation with honors is based on the cumulative grade point average (GPA).

Summa Cum LaudeGPA 3.85 or better

Magna Cum LaudeGPA 3.68 to 3.84

Cum Laude GPA 3.50 to 3.67

degree Program reCePtions

immediately following ceremony

Program room

aviation (aos, aas, bs) Residence HallAviation Maintenance Main LoungeAviation Maintenance ManagementAirframe and Powerplant

engineering/teChnologies (aas, bs) 103Electronic Engineering TechnologyMechanical Engineering TechnologyMechatronic Engineering

management (aas, bs, ms) 201/203Airline ManagementAirport ManagementGeneral Management

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