2021 Department of Statistics Commencement Ceremony
Saturday June 12, 2021
Start time: 5pm
This ceremony is for all graduating Statistics Undergraduate Major, Statistics Undergraduate Minor, Master of Applied Statistics, Masters, and Ph.D. students. Family members of these people are also welcome to observe the ceremony.
Agenda
Welcome
Robert Gould, Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Dean’s Message
Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay, Dean of Physical Sciences
Chair’s Message
Hongquan Xu, Chair of Department of Statistics
Undergraduate Address
Andy Shen
“The Last Line of Code”
Commencement Address
Jake Porway, Founder and CEO of DataKind
“Making Statistics Count: Using Data in the Service of Humanity”
Presentation of Doctoral Candidates
Jessica Jingyi Li, Associate Professor
Presentation of Masters of Science Candidates
Hongquan Xu, Chair of Department of Statistics
Presentation of Masters of Applied Statistics Candidates
Frederic Schoenberg, Director of MAS Program
Presentation of Bachelor of Science Candidates with Minor in Statistics
Miles Chen, Lecturer
Presentation of Bachelor of Science Candidates
Miles Chen, Lecturer
Juana Sanchez, Senior Continuing Lecturer
Vivian Lew, Senior Continuing Lecturer
Nicolas Christou, Senior Continuing Lecturer
Concluding Remarks
Robert Gould, Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Video(s) from faculty on this very important milestone for graduating students:
Senior Continuing Lecturer
Lecturer
Some videos from the graduating students: