SCIENCE, MATH GRADUATES TURN TASSELS AT CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer Thirty years after earning his degree, Cal State Northridge graduate Thomas Kaufman returned to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. campus - this time as the main attraction. Wednesday's science and mathematics commencement was the first time he had attended a graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. . ``I missed my own. I was always too busy,'' said Kaufman, a 1967 graduate who is now a professor of biology at Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. . Kaufman addressed the 488 graduates of the science and mathematics program on the sun-soaked lawn of the University Club. The students were among the more than 6,000 graduates taking part in eight commencement ceremonies on the campus this week. Shielding themselves from the sun with beach umbrellas and spraying water over each other, the crowd of parents, friends and relatives listened to Kaufman, who implored, ``Go out and get a job.'' Ariadna Olivera watched her 25-year-old daughter, Ariadna Martinez, receive her bachelor's degree in biology and a special award for her research on sickness in Third World countries. ``She went to Mexico and did this extensive research on cell molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller ,'' said the proud mother, trying to get a good angle to snap pictures at the standing-room-only event. Encino resident Ray Khajeh, 32, took just three years to earn his bachelor's degree in biology and will celebrate by marrying his longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective girlfriend, Afsaneh Baha, in August. ``I will try and use what (university president) Dr. (Blenda) Wilson said as a motivating tool for me,'' Khajeh said. Wilson, who also spoke at the commencement exercise, told the graduates they face ``very special'' challenges. ``Although the economy and job market has slowly shown signs of improvement, the workplace has changed dramatically,'' she said. ``This is an important milestone and a new beginning for the students and their families. Use it wisely.'' And in the thrill thrill (thril) a vibration felt by the examiner on palpation. diastolic thrill one felt over the precordium during ventricular diastole in advanced aortic insufficiency. of the moment, Wilson and the students seemed to forget about the heat after interim Dean Paul Klinedinst announced the National Science Academy had named CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge the top school from a field of 529 colleges and universities in the area of science and physics. As the recessional re·ces·sion·al n. 1. A hymn that accompanies the exit of the clergy and choir after a service. 2. A recession from a church. adj. Of or relating to a recession. music played, marking the end of the 90-minute ceremony, students moved on with their lives - and out of the 100-degree heat. ``I'm definitely going to Disneyland,'' said Karen Henderson, an earth-sciences school graduate. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Graduates of CSUN's science and mathematics program exchange high-fives Wednesday after the commencement ceremony at the University Club. (2) Jodi Kirsch kirsch n. A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries. [French, short for German Kirschwasser; see kirschwasser. , armed with a water bottle and mist-spraying fan, tries to beat the heat during the graduation ceremony. (3) Rodica Nisim cheers for her son, Abraham, who graduated with a master of science degree in biology. The CSUN graduation will take place over three days, ending Friday. Myung J. Chun/Daily News |
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