HONOR SOCIETY FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS
COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND The City University of New York
2011 Induction Ceremony Phi Beta Delta Eta Lambda Chapter
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 5:30pm Center for the Arts Recital Hall
about Phi Beta DELTA Phi Beta Delta, founded at California State University, Long Beach in 1986, was established as an organization in 1987 with 38 chartered chapters, many of which had existed for a considerable time previously at the local level. It is the first honor society dedicated to recognizing scholarly achievement in international education. As of December f 2004, 168 chapters have been chartered. Phi Beta Delta traces its background to the 18th-century founding of Phi Beta Kappa. In the 19th century, Greek fraternities divided into the social, professional, and academic Greeks. Phi Beta Delta is an academic and professional society, unique because it is resolutely interdisciplinary and international. Its formal organization brought together numerous pre-existing internally oriented campus groups. Its goals are: • to recognize the scholarly achievement of international students and scholars, who have studied abroad, and faculty and staff who are involved in international activities; • to serve as a vehicle for the development of academic-based international programming; • to provide a network on each campus of faculty, staff, and students involved in international endeavors; and • to extend this network to thousands of members in chapters throughout the world. The Greek letters in Phi Beta Delta stand for the following: • Phi (philomatheia) - love of knowledge; • Beta (biotremmonia) - valuing of human life; and • Delta (diapheren) - achieving excellence. The colors chosen for the honor society were red and gold. Red symbolizes the strength and diversity of humankind and gold is a symbol for the sun from which all people and cultures draw strength and life. The Crest of the Society was designed with a globe, a torch, the sun, a book, and a shield. The globe represents the international perspective of the Society's members. The torch symbolizes the leadership and influence of the Society. The sun stands for the energy from which all cultures draw strength. The book symbolizes the coining and sharing of knowledge. The shield represents the preservation of academic freedom. The Society's motto–"Scientia Mutua Mundi" (World's Shared Knowledge)–is inscribed at the base of the crest.
Source: www.phibetadelta.org/index.php/about.pdb.html; edited for publication.
PROGRAM WELCOME Ann Lubrano Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Programs GREETINGS Tomรกs D. Morales, PhD President, College of Staten Island CHAPTER FOUNDATION Francisco Soto Professor, Spanish and Latin American Literature Ann Helm Executive Director, Center for International Service STUDENT SPEAKER Stephanie Curtis KEYNOTE SPEAKER David Traboulay Professor of History and Coordinator, MA in Liberal Studies Program THE INDUCTION STATEMENT AND ITS MEANING William J. Fritz Provost/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Member Phi Beta Delta, Alpha Lambda Chapter INDUCTION OF SCHOLARS
Please join us for a reception in the East Mezzanine immediately following the ceremony. New inductees will participate in a brief business meeting prior to joining the reception festivities. We would like to thank the musicians who graciously gave of their time and talent.
Statement of Induction I, William J. Fritz, in my capacity as the Provost/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of the College of Staten Island of The City University of New York, hereby install you as founding members with full privileges in the ambitions and aspirations of Phi Beta Delta, the Honor Society for International Scholars. I confirm your membership based on the affirmation of your interest in the initiatives and conduct of international scholarship locally and nationally, and on the basis of the confidence invested in you by the governing board of the Eta Lambda Chapter at the College of Staten Island in their certification that you qualify for membership under the established criteria of the Society.
INDUCTEES
ADMINISTRATION TomĂĄs D. Morales President
Michael E. Kress
Roberta Klibaner Lecturer, Computer Science
Catherine J. Lavender Associate Professor, History
Vice President for Technology Systems and Professor of Computer Science
Chao Li
Susan L. Holak
Margaret Lunney
Associate Provost for Institutional Effectiveness and Professor of Marketing
Professor, Nursing
Ann Lubrano
Associate Professor, Modern Languages
Interim Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Programs
Laura S. Nowak
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages
Jane E. Marcus-Delgado
Professor, Business
Mary Beth Reilly Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management
FACULTY
Anderson A. Ohan Assistant Professor, Engineering Science and Physics
Ralf M. Peetz Associate Professor, Chemistry
Alan I. Benimoff
Kathleen M. Pesile
Lecturer, Engineering Science and Physics
Adjunct Lecturer, Business
Margaret E. BĂŠrci
Mark Aaron Polger
Associate Professor, Education
Assistant Professor, Library
William W. Bernhardt
Deborah E. Popper
Associate Professor, English Associate Professor, Computer Science
Director, Macaulay Honors College Professor, Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy
Serigne Diouck
Beatrix R. Reinhardt
Adjunct Lecturer, Business
Associate Professor, Performing and Creative Arts
Emile C. Chi
Myra H. Hauben Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Francisco Soto Professor, Modern Languages
Calvin B. Holder Professor, History
Susan Sullivan Associate Professor, Education
Wilma L. Jones Professor, Library and Chief Librarian
Nan M. Sussman Associate Professor, Psychology
Cindy H.-Y. Wong
Meagan C. Derbyshire
Associate Professor, Media Culture
Biolchemistry, French
Judy Xiao
Matthew C. Greger
Assistant Professor, Library
Political Science
Ying Zhu
Martin L. Hanna
Professor, Media Culture
Computer Science
Alan S. Zimmerman
Eliza A. Jarzabek
Professor, Business
Psychology
Brian M. Kateman STUDENTS
Biology
Ayako Aizu
Christina L. Landolfi
Business
History, Education
Ali Alaskari
Gennaro J. Liguori
International Business
Finance, International Business
Beste Atvur
Yana Loginova
Cinema and Media Studies
Business
Daniel J. Blois
Quimei Luo
International Business
Communications
Diego F. Buenaventura
Mira Makhmutova
Neuroscience
International Studies
Jenna M. Calderon
Alyssa M. Merola
Music
Childhood Education
Franc Camps-Febrer
Dona Wasana Navinna Kottage
Neuroscience
Nursing
Isabella Cardona
Ilona Rabinovich
Political Science, International Studies
Biology
Victoria C. Cooper
Paskualine Rrotani
English Literature, Spanish
International Business, Italian (minor)
Frank J. Cretella
Waleska B. Salgado
History
Psychology
Stephanie M. Curtis
Kristyn M. Settineri
History, Political Science (minor)
Early Childhood Education
Larisa Shumilova
Ann Helm
Nursing
Executive Director, Center for International Service
Hyuk Ho Song Computer Science
Robert K. Kee
Annalisa Susca
Coordinator of Student Leadership Development, Student Life
Italian Studies
Masaru Takaki
Nina Morgenlander
Economics
Interim Foreign Student Adviser, Center for International Service
Christina C. Vassilakis
Joanne A. Riggio
English Literature
Olga Verbitskaia-Torres
Coordinator, English Language Institute, Center for International Service
Medical Technology
Deborah Stengle
Matthew R. Young Communications, Design and Digital Media
Study Abroad Adviser, Center for International Service
Liza Zusman
Christopher S. Tingue
Cinema Studies
Coordinator of Education Abroad, Center for International Service
STAFF
Caryl Watkins Director, Career and Scholarship Center
Winnie W. Brophy Special Programs Assistant, Center for International Service
ALUMNI
Barbara A. Clark
Georges Bouobda-Tsemo
Deputy Director, Center for International Service
BS, January 2011, Chemistry/Mathematics
Russell J. Davis
Crystal Deosaran BS, June 2004, Business
CUNY China Programs Coordinator and Study Abroad Advisor, Center for International Service
Anna-Kaye P. Dunn
Lisa French
Debra A. Santulli-Barone
Honors Adviser, Macaulay Honors College
BS, January 2007, Corporate Communications
Satoko Fukai
Vishal Shah
Study Abroad Adviser, Center for International Service
BS,June 2008, International Business and Finance
Hernan A. Green Assistant Registrar
BS, January 2011, Nursing