The
speaker for commencement will be Kristen Price ’81, professor and chair of the
Department of Critical Care at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer
Center. Price’s research is aimed at better predicting outcomes for cancer
patients requiring admission to the critical care unit, to better allocate
resources for each patient.
Loren Piretra, of Oakland, N.J., will
introduce the speaker. An advertising and public relations major, Piretra
co-founded the student public relations organization Tampa Spotlight PR. She has
been vice president of the Diplomats and has been inducted into a number of
scholarly and leadership organizations.
Chris McCarthy of Medfield,
Mass., will issue the student challenge. The president of Student Government,
McCarthy was instrumental in bringing a Blockbuster DVD rental kiosk to campus,
helping with the Hertz Rent-a-Car program and allocating funds for the staffing
and spare parts for the BikeUT bike share program.
The 2011 Esse Quam
Videri Award will be awarded to Fred Pollock ’70. Pollock taught history for 38
years in Newark, N.J., and served as an urban planning instructor at the New
Jersey Institute of Technology Summer High School Urban Engineering Program. The
Young Alumnus Award will be given to Jesse Landis ’02, who co-founded Bayview
Public Relations in St. Petersburg.
Among the students receiving diplomas
will be former University of Tampa baseball player and Major League Baseball
great Tino Martinez. Martinez returned to the school where he starred on the
diamond from 1986-88 and completed his bachelor's degree requirements in liberal
studies with a concentration in business and marketing.
For more
information on commencement, contact the Office of the Associate Provost and
Dean of Academic Services at (813) 257-3641.
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Commencement by
the Numbers:Total graduates = 1,226
Total bachelor’s degree
candidates = 1,027
Honors
(Honors have not yet been calculated for August
graduates)
Summa cum laude (GPA 4.0) = 2
Magna cum laude (GPA 3.75 or
higher, but less than 4.0) = 64
Cum laude (GPA 3.5 or higher, but less than
3.75) = 156
Total master’s candidates = 199
Honors
(Honors have not
yet been calculated for August graduates)
With honors (GPA 3.9 or higher, but
less than 4.0) = 6
MBAs awarded = 157
Foreign countries represented by
graduating class = 62
Percent of graduates from Florida = 53%
Top 3 most
popular undergraduate majors in this class = marketing, management and
communication