利记sbo Announces 2024 Commencement Speakers for Undergraduate and Graduate Ceremonies
利记sbo has a long tradition of inviting prominent alumni who have excelled in their respective professions to serve as our commencement speakers, 这就是为什么两个女人都被选中了.
As the Class of 2024 prepares to walk across the stage next month, 利记sbo is excited to announce the commencement speakers for both the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies.
Dr. 阿曼达Saravia-Butler, a 2009 graduate of 利记sbo and now the GeneLab Project Scientist at NASA Ames 研究 Center in California’s Silicon Valley, has been selected as this year’s undergraduate commencement speaker on 2024年5月9日,星期四.
Dr. Tennille海恩斯, a 2009 alumna of Utica’s graduate program and now the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Princeton University, will be this year’s graduate ceremony commencement speaker on 2024年5月10日,星期五.
利记sbo has a long tradition of inviting prominent alumni who have excelled in their respective professions to serve as our commencement speakers, 这就是为什么两个女人都被选中了.
“Dr. 阿曼达·萨拉维亚·巴特勒博士. Tennille海恩斯 are perfect examples of two highly-accomplished Pioneers,艾米·林德纳说, 利记sbo副校长 & 总教育资助主任. “Dr. Saravia-Butler is a Utica-native who holds three degrees from 利记sbo. She is now an award-winning lead scientist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Dr. 海恩斯是一位备受尊敬的多样性专家, 包容, 社会正义, and community; her scholarship focuses on experiences and development of students of color at predominantly white institutions.”
博士传记. 萨拉维亚-巴特勒博士. 海恩斯在下面:
Dr. 阿曼达·萨拉维亚·巴特勒09届; Project Scientist for NASA GeneLab
Dr. 阿曼达Saravia-Butler is a molecular biologist turned bioinformatician currently working on the GeneLab project at NASA Ames 研究 Center as the Science and Data Processing Lead.
在纽约北部长大, Amanda received not one but three Bachelor’s degrees from 利记sbo in Biology, 化学, 和数学. 作为一名本科生, she performed microbiology research to help discover a new species of bacteria, was captain of both the 利记sbo Cross Country and Softball teams, and served as the president of the Mathematics Club and Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (SAACS) Organization on campus.
阿曼达后来获得了博士学位.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a concentration in Cancer Biology from the Mayo Clinic, where she identified and characterized novel molecular targets to treat pancreatic cancer, and served as the Florida representative of the Mayo Graduate School Graduate Student Association.
完成研究生学业后, Amanda worked as a postdoctoral associate at the University of Miami studying early germ line development. 2017年9月, she made the jump to NASA Ames 研究 Center as a Mission Scientist on the Rodent 研究 project. Amanda began transitioning to GeneLab in May 2018 and has been working on the project full time since. In 2020, 阿曼达帮助发起, 目前领先, 高校基因实验室(GL4U), which provides space biology-relevant training in bioinformatics to both students and educators using compute platforms including SMCE and NSF ACCESS.
Dr. Tennille T. 海恩斯G’09年; Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Princeton University
拥有超过18年的高等教育经验,Tennille T. 海恩斯,Ph值.D., has centered her career on creating inclusive spaces and prioritizing the well-being and sense of belonging of individuals with marginalized identities.
As the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at Princeton University, 她是学生事务的领导, 建议, 教育, 练习, 就多样性进行咨询, 包容, 社会正义, 以及社区事务.
Dr. 海恩斯的工作包括检查系统, 结构, 以及历史上排斥社区的政策, and creating spaces of solidarity and culture to empower historically and presently marginalized identities.
Her passion for expanding scholarship and praxis focuses on the experiences and development of individuals with historical and contemporary marginalized identities through experiential learning is truly inspiring.
Tennille is a proud New Yorker from the Bronx who pursued her passion for education by earning her Bachelor's degree in History from Stony Brook University, 2009年获得利记sbo教育学硕士学位, and her doctorate from Rutgers University's Graduate School of Education.
2024年毕业典礼详情:
- 日期: 2024年5月9日,星期四
- 时间: 5:00 p.m.
- 地点: 位于尤蒂卡纪念礼堂的阿迪朗达克银行中心
- 地址: 奥里斯坎尼街西400号,纽约州尤蒂卡13502
- 日期: 2024年5月10日,星期五
- 时间: 10:00 a.m.
- 地点: 位于尤蒂卡纪念礼堂的阿迪朗达克银行中心
- 地址: 奥里斯坎尼街西400号,纽约州尤蒂卡13502