Fall 2011 Newsletter - M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building ...

Spring 2011 Commencement
The College of Design, Construction and Planning hosted its graduation
on April 30, 2011, at 3 p.m. at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for
Performing Arts for its students graduating in Spring 2011.
Alan Boeckmann, Chairman of the
Board for Fluor Corporation, gave the
commencement speech. Fluor is a
FORTUNE 500 company with more
than 36,000 global employees to service
clients on six continents that delivers
engineering, procurement, construction,
maintenance (EPCM), and
project management services to governments
and clients in diverse industries
around the world. In 1995, Fluor
donated funds to the Rinker School to
begin the Fluor Center for Construction
Safety. Fluor has provided support to the
Rinker School for many years.
Spring 2011 Graduation Dinner
BCN held its graduation dinner on April 29, 2011, from 6:30 to 9:30
p.m. at J. Wayne Reitz Union Rion Ballroom. Over 100 graduates,
family and BCN faculty attended this event to celebrate the graduation
of another group of BCN students.
BCN Alumnus Wayne Wadsworth (BCN 1989) was presented with
the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Rinker School.
Dr. Paul Oppenheim and Nancy
Perry (l-r) present Dr. Rick
Smailes with the “Nancy V. Perry
Teaching Excellence Award.”
Spring 2011 Graduates
Commencement Speaker
Alan Boeckmann
Nancy Perry and Dr. Abdol Chini presented
the “Nancy V. Perry Teaching
Excellence Award” to faculty member
Dr. Rick Smailes.
During the ceremony, Dr. Chini awarded
students Jake Landrenau who
received the Rinker School of Building
Construction Student Academic
Excellence Award; and graduate Nico
Hohman, who received the Rinker
School of Building Construction Student
Leadership Award.
Dr. Rick Smailes presented the
awards for BCN 4787C - Construction
Capstone projects. Nathan
Coker and Nicholas Hohman re-
ceived the “Best Overall Capstone Project” award and Kris Sawicki
and Jake Landrenau received for the “Most Innovative
Capstone Project.”
Dr. Jim Sullivan, Assistant Professor at the Rinker School, was
presented with the 2011 Dean’s Faculty Service Award and the 2011
College of Design, Construction and Planning Teacher/Adviser of
the Year Award.
Dr. Ian Flood, an Associate Professor at the Rinker School, was
presented with the 2010-2011 College of Design, Construction and
Planning International Educator of the Year Award.
Joseph Burgett, a Rinker School graduate student, received the
2011 College of Design, Construction and Planning Academic
Achievement Award.
Photo on left - Joe Burgett receives DCP
Academic Achievement Award
Photo on right (top) - Dr. Jim Sullivan
receives the DCP Teacher/Adviser of the
Year Award
Photo right (bottom) - Dr. Ian Flood receives
the DCP International Educator
of the Year Award.
Dr. Jimmie Hinze presented the “Fluor Program Outstanding Students
in Construction Safety” award to Nicholas Moulos.
A special thanks to
Fluor Corporation
for sponsoring the
Spring 2011
Graduation Dinner
Dr. Abdol Chini presents the Rinker School of
Building Construction Student Leadership Award
to Nico Hohman.
Dr. Abdol Chini presents the Rinker School of
Building Construction Academic Excellence
Award to Jake Landrenau.
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