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Stony Brook University Celebrates 52nd Commencement Ceremony

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Stony Brook University Celebrates 52nd Commencement Ceremony

6,459 degrees conferred at Long Island’s largest commencement

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Members of the Class of 2012 throw their caps in the air to celebrate their graduation.

STONY BROOK, NY, May 23, 2012 – At Stony Brook University’s 52nd annual Commencement ceremony held on Friday, May 18, 2012, at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium, nearly 6,500 students earned the right to turn their graduation tassels to the left, joining more than 150,000 proud alumni around the world whose lives and work personify the mission of Stony Brook University.

“Graduating from Stony Brook University means you have received a degree from one of the best universities in the world, one of the top 50 public universities in the U.S., and one of the 61 members of the Association of American Universities (AAU), the most prestigious research universities in North America,” said Stony Brook University President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., MD, during his commencement address.

At the ceremony, remarks were also delivered by U.S. Senator Charles Schumer; Glenn Dubin (’78), an entrepreneur, philanthropist and honorary 

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Honorary degree recipient and commencement speaker Glenn Dubin (Doctor of Letters) gets hooded by SUNY Trustee Cary Staller at Stony Brook University’s 52nd Commencement Ceremony.

degree recipient (one of four) who delivered the commencement address, and student speaker, Psychology major and Moscow native who grew up in Brooklyn, Miryam Yusufov. The student speaker is chosen by a panel of students and faculty based on an essay submitted and ultimately transformed into commencement remarks.

During the ceremony, Provost Dennis N. Assanis announced a five-way tie for the Ward Melville Valedictorian Award, the University’s most distinguished undergraduate honor named for the first chairperson of the Council of Stony Brook University. The Ward Melville Valedictorian Award goes to the graduating senior or seniors who have attained the most outstanding academic record during four years at Stony Brook. The five students that received the award with a 4.00 GPA are: Sean Fitzgerald (Environmental Studies & Marine Vertebrate Biology); Sean Hoffman (Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Economics); Jennifer Jung (English); Muntazim Mukit (Biochemistry); and Michelle Vessio (History, Teacher Preparation in Social Studies).

Provost Assanis also announced a five-way tie for the H. Lee Dennison Valedictorian Award, named in honor of Suffolk County’s first chief executive 

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Emilisa Trotman and Mark Maloof present President Stanley with a check for the Senior Class Gift of $13,500.

and presented to the graduating senior or seniors who entered Stony Brook as a transfer student, completed at least 60 credits of letter-grade work at Stony Brook and attained the most outstanding academic record in that work. The five students that received the award with a 4.00 GPA are: Caroline Dwyer (Sustainability Studies); Andrew Jacobs (Cinema & Cultural Studies); Vincent Massa (Social Work); Carolyn Schumann (Psychology); and Xinyu Wang (Business Management). 

On behalf of the Class of 2012, Emilisa Trotman (Sociology) and Undergraduate Student Government President Mark Maloof (Biochemistry) presented President Stanley with the Senior Class Gift of $13,500, the largest class gift in Stony Brook’s history. The Senior Class designated the gift to help support the Sunrise Fund at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, which raises awareness and funds to help children fighting cancer and provide support to their families. 

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GRADUATION 2012 FAST FACTS

BACCALAUREATE     3,930
MASTER 1,598
DOCTORAL 457
CERTIFICATES 351
MD 123

MASTER/DOCTORATE BREAKDOWN
ADVANCED GRADUATE CERTIFICATES   66
MASTER OF ARTS     216
MASTER OF ARTS IN HIGHER 
EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION   4
MASTER OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES  67
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING   40
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION  124
MASTER OF FINE ARTS    33
MASTER OF MUSIC     9
MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY    1
MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES   37
MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH    24
MASTER OF SCIENCE    655
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK    159
POST-MASTER’S ADVANCED 
GRADUATE CERTIFICATES    36
POST-PROFESSIONAL MASTER OF SCIENCE  7
DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY   38
POSTDOCTORAL DENTAL CERTIFICATE – 
ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAMS   31
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE    123
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS    27
DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE   24
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY    326
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY   55
POST PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR
OF PHYSICAL THERAPY    19

WITH HONORS

SUMMA CUM LAUDE     268
MAGNA CUM LAUDE     278
CUM LAUDE     376
HONORS COLLEGE     59

HONOR SOCIETIES

ALPHA EPSILON DELTA    29
ALPHA KAPPA DELTA    5
ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA    20 
ETA KAPPA NU     26
GOLD FOUNDATION     17
GOLDEN KEY     1,403
LAMBDA TAU     10
OMICRON KAPPA UPSILON    4
PHI ALPHA THETA     28
PHI BETA KAPPA     187
PHI SIGMA IOTA     4
PI SIGMA ALPHA     17
PI TAU SIGMA     18
PI THETA EPSILON    10
PSI CHI      83
SIGMA BETA     43
SIGMA PI SIGMA     16
SIGMA THETA TAU     127
TAU BETA PI     24 
UPSILON PI EPSILON    7


© Stony Brook University 2013

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