May 2006 Commencement

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The May 2006 Commencement ceremony was UTSA's official commencement ceremony celebrating graduates of the Spring 2006 and Summer 2006 semesters. It featured five ceremonies in the Convocation Center. They were Thursday, May 11 at 7:00 p.m., Friday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, May 13 at 9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 5:00 p.m.

Schedule

First ceremony: COB 1

Part of Ceremony	Notes
Processional	"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar, performed by Brass Quintet
Master of Ceremonies	Rodolpho Sandoval, Associate Professor of Law, College of Business
National Anthem	Star Spangled Banner, performed by Deanita Diaz, Soprano
Greetings	Ricardo Romo, President, UTSA
Welcome from Alumni Association	Richard A. Keeler, Vice President, UTSA Alumni Association
Commencement Address	Rosalie N. Ambrosino, Provost, UTSA
Conferring of Degrees	Ricardo Romo
Announcer, Grad Students	Diane B. Walz, Associate Dean, College of Business
Announcer, Undergrads	Consuelo Ramirez, Assistant Dean, College of Business
Alma Mater	Hail UTSA, performed by Deanita Diaz
Recessional	Mariachi Los Paisanos

Second ceremony: COB 2

Part of Ceremony	Notes
Processional	"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar, performed by Brass Quintet
Master of Ceremonies	Rodolpho Sandoval, Associate Professor of Law, College of Business
National Anthem	Star Spangled Banner, performed by Deanita Diaz, Soprano
Greetings	Ricardo Romo, President, UTSA
	Colleen McHugh, Member, UT System Board of Regents
Welcome from Alumni Association	Richard A. Keeler, Vice President, UTSA Alumni Association
Commencement Address	James S. Kahan, Senior Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, AT&T
Conferring of Degrees	Ricardo Romo
Announcer, Grad Students	Diane B. Walz, Associate Dean, College of Business
Announcer, Undergrads	Consuelo Ramirez, Assistant Dean, College of Business
Alma Mater	Hail UTSA, performed by Deanita Diaz
Recessional	Mariachi Los Paisanos

Third ceremony: COA and COEHD

Part of Ceremony	Notes
Processional	"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar, performed by Brass Quintet
Master of Ceremonies	Felix D. Almaraz Jr., Peter T. Flawn Professor of History, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
National Anthem	Star Spangled Banner, performed by Deanita Diaz, Soprano
Greetings	Ricardo Romo, President, UTSA
	Colleen McHugh, Member, UT System Board of Regents
Welcome from Alumni Association	Richard A. Keeler, Vice President, UTSA Alumni Association
Commencement Address	Juan C. Gonzalez, Vice President for Student Affairs, UT Austin
Conferring of Degrees	Ricardo Romo
Alma Mater	Hail UTSA, performed by Deanita Diaz
Recessional	Mariachi Los Paisanos

Fourth ceremony: COLFA 1 and COS

Part of Ceremony	Notes
Processional	"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar, performed by Brass Quintet
Master of Ceremonies	Felix D. Almaraz Jr., Peter T. Flawn Professor of History, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
National Anthem	Star Spangled Banner, performed by Deanita Diaz, Soprano
Greetings	Ricardo Romo, President, UTSA
Welcome from Alumni Association	Richard A. Keeler, Vice President, UTSA Alumni Association
Commencement Address	Anthony J. Infante, President, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
Conferring of Degrees	Ricardo Romo
Alma Mater	Hail UTSA, performed by Deanita Diaz
Recessional	Mariachi Los Paisanos

Fifth ceremony: COE, COLFA 2 and COPP

Part of Ceremony	Notes
Processional	"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar, performed by Brass Quintet
Master of Ceremonies	Felix D. Almaraz Jr., Peter T. Flawn Professor of History, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
National Anthem	Star Spangled Banner, performed by Deanita Diaz, Soprano
Greetings	Ricardo Romo, President, UTSA
Welcome from Alumni Association	Richard A. Keeler, Vice President, UTSA Alumni Association
Special Remarks	Raymund A. Paredes, Commissioner, THECB
Commencement Address	Rosalie N. Ambrosino, Provost, UTSA
Conferring of Degrees	Ricardo Romo
Alma Mater	Hail UTSA, performed by Deanita Diaz
Recessional	Mariachi Los Paisanos

Marshals

University Marshals

• Ronald C. Binks
• Fred W. Hudson
• Raymond V. Padilla
• Joel G. Saegert
• Thomas A. Thomson

School of Architecture

• Mark A. Blizzard, Department of Architecture
• Sue Ann Pemberton-Haugh, Department of Architecture

College of Business

• Miguel Bedolla, Department of Management
• Thomas F. Cannon, Department of Marketing
• Glenn B. Dietrich, Department of Information Systems and Technology Management
• James E. Groff, Department of Accounting
• Daniel R. Hollas, Department of Economics
• John P. McCray, Department of Management
• Alexander J. McLeod, Department of Information Systems and Technology Management
• Anthony G. Petrie, Department of Accounting
• Anuradha Roy, Department of Management Science and Statistics
• Ted D. Skekel, Department of Accounting
• Marye C. Tharp, Department of Marketing
• Dale B. Truett, Department of Economics
• Karen L. Williams, Department of Information Systems
• Bennie J. Wilson III, Department of Management
• Kefeng Xu, Department of Management Science and Statistics
• Yinlong Zhang, Department of Marketing

College of Education and Human Development

• Beth A. Durodoye, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, Adult and Higher Education
• Donovan L. Fogt, Department of Health and Kinesiology
• Norma S. Guerra, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, Adult and Higher Education
• Georgia N. L. Johnston Polacek, Department of Health and Kinesiology
• Elizabeth Ramalho-Murakami, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
• Alan R. Shoho, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

College of Engineering

• G. Alberto Arroyo, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Yufang Jin, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• John C. Simonis, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• David R. Tanner, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Liberal and Fine Arts

• Thomas J. Bellows, Department of Political Science and Geography
• Norma Cantu, Department of English, Classics and Philosophy
• Bruce C. Daniels, Department of History
• H. Paul LeBlanc, Department of Communication
• Constance A. Lowe, Department of Art and Art History
• Linda A. Poetschke, Department of Music

College of Public Policy

• Moon-Gi Jeong, Department of Public Administration
• Tanya L. Settles, Department of Criminal Justice

College of Sciences

• Edwin J. Barea-Rodriguez, Department of Biology
• Candace M. Coyle, Department of Chemistry
• David M. Johnson, Department of Chemistry
• Betty S. Travis, Department of Science and Mathematics Education

Faculty Stage Party Representatives

School of Architecture

• Stephen A. Temple, Assistant Professor of Architecture

College of Business

• Richard C. Hatfield, Associate Professor of Accounting
• Nandini Kannan, Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics
• Marshall K. Pitman, Associate Professor of Accounting
• Austin L. Reitenga, Associate Professor of Accounting
• Ram C. Tripathi, Associate Professor of Management Science and Statistics
• Yiuman Tse, Professor of Finance

College of Education and Human Development

• Robert J. Bayley, Professor of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
• Encarnacion Garza Jr., Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
• Josephine Mendez-Negrete, Associate Professor of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies

College of Engineering

• Chun-Lung P. Chen, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Eugene B. John, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Liberal and Fine Arts

• Ken D. Little, Professor of Art
• Kent T. Rush, Professor of Art
• Thankam S. Sunil, Assistant Professor of Sociology

College of Public Policy

• Jerrell D. Coggburn, Associate Professor of Public Administration

College of Sciences

• Bernard Arulanandam, Associate Professor of Biology
• Brian E. Derrick, Associate Professor of Biology
• Kathryn Fischbach, Research Scientist in Biology
• Luis S. Haro, Associate Professor of Biology
• Martha J. Lundell, Associate Professor of Biology

Honors College

• Jerome P. Keating, Professor of Management Science and Statistics
• Mary E. McNaughton-Cassill, Associate Professor of Psychology
• Francis A. Norman, Associate Professor of Science and Mathematics Education
• Daniel Tablada, Lecturer of Marketing

UTSA Mariachi Los Paisanos

UTSA Mariachi Los Paisanos was conducted by Jose R. Torres.

• John Harris, Guitar
• Noel Gamez, Guitarron
• Jonathan Hernandez, Harp
• Amada Luz Castillo, Trumpet
• Ericka Fonseca, Trumpet
• Jose Guajardo, Trumpet
• Dolores Samaniego, Vihuela
• Luis Esquivel, Violin
• Rebecca Pichardo, Violin
• Heliodoro Reyna, Violin
• Maria Elena Rodriguez, Violin
• Celia Salazar, Violin
• Carlos Torres, Violin
• Yvonne Vasquez, Violin

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