Faculty Participation

Thank you for your participation in the 2009 Commencement Ceremony of Eleanor Roosevelt College! This is a very important occasion for our students and their families. We depend on faculty participation to help celebrate students’ achievements and usher them into the UC San Diego alumni community.

Please notify Mitzy Martinez or call 858-534-2237 if you can participate in the ceremony.

Regalia

If you do not have your own academic regalia, Roosevelt College will pay the cost of renting an appropriate cap and gown. Please be sure to place your order by April 5. Costs rise steeply after that. In this budget climate we need to contain our expenses and deeply appreciate your attention to ordering the regalia on time!

Your direct order from the Bookstore assures you of having the correct school and discipline colors for your hood. To place your order you may order online at https://bookstore.ucsd.edu/friends/cag/cagorderform.htm or call the UCSD Bookstore at 858-534-7323.

The Commencement Program

The Eleanor Roosevelt College commencement ceremony will be on Sunday, June 14, from 1:00 p.m – 3:00 p.m. on the RIMAC Field. Faculty should plan to arrive at the RIMAC Green Room by 12:15 p.m. to allow time to robe and assemble in the processional line. Beverages and light lunch sandwiches will be provided. The faculty processional will begin promptly at 1:00 p.m.

Keynote Address

As part of the college’s 20th anniversary celebrations, the keynote commencement speaker will be an ERC alumna, Helen Pataki, UCSD Economics ’96. Ms. Pataki graduated with a major in Economics and minors in Modern European Studies and Music. She studied abroad in Germany, served as a Resident Advisor her senior year, and was the student commencement speaker in 1996. Following graduation, she was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Dresden, Germany for one year. After attending Columbia University Law School, she worked for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, a corporate law firm in Washington, D.C. and New York City, before joining the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as a Foreign Service Officer. For the last two years she has been posted in West Africa (Accra, Ghana) as the Regional Legal Advisor for USAID covering a number of countries in West Africa, including Liberia, Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Togo.

Please Note...

Faculty will be seated on the stage. While there is some filtered shade on the stage, as the sun’s position changes the afternoon sun can be intense. Please bring sunscreen and a hat if you wish. Water will be provided.