Miami Hurricane, June 01, 1994

              UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, FLA.	SUMMER 1994
CITY OF LIGHTS
If you're looking for thrills, chills or just plain fun, Miami's the place for you.
LIFESTYLES, 1C
ALMA MATER
Many of UM's traditions date back to the University's earliest days, when the "Global University" was only a dream.
NEWS, 15A
MAGICAL SEASON
Hurricanes return to basics to earn trip to Omaha.
SPORTS, 1B
Orientation ’94 will welcome new students
Week will feature exciting activities
From Staff Reports The University of Miami is
Eroud to present A Fresh Start for I, Orientation ’94 for all of the University’s new students.
A week of activities and events will be offered to assist students in making their transition to campus life. These activities will introduce new students, including international students, commuter students, transfer students and resident students to the University’s community, facilities and organizations, beginning Saturday, Aug. 20 for International students and continuing until Saturday, Aug. 27. The week’s efforts will be devoted solely to new students and their needs.
Some of the events planned for Orientation week are:
■ the President’s Convocation at 8:45 a.m. on Aug. 22, where new students will be officially welcomed to the University ■ the Mystery Theater Performance at 10 a.m. on Aug. 23 ■ the Cane Involvement Fair at 6 p.m. on Aug. 23, where students will be able to learn about campus clubs and organizations ■ the Orientation Seminar series offered on Aug. 23 and 24, where students will Team about a variety of issues relating to their college experience ■ the University Resources Fair at noon on Aug. 24, where students will be able to learn more about the services available to them on campus ■ the Greek Expo at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, designed to inform interested students about fraternities and sororities ■ the Cane Kick Off at 7:15 p.m. on Aug. 21, a pep rally will be held where new students are introduced
to the student athletes, cheerleaders, band and, of course, Sebastian the Ibis. New students will also learn the UM Alma Mater and Fight song.
Orientation, a student-driven program, is a success due to the efforts of the Orientation staff or Orientation Assistants (OAs), Orientation Coordinators (OCs), Assistant Program Coordinators (APCs) and a Program Coordinator.
These students are volunteers who are committed to the mission of Orientation. It is an excellent leadership opportunity for students who want to get involved on campus as they are the key players in Orientation.
Adelle TaneUis, a senior who is the Program Coordinator and Student Director of Orientation says, “I met some of my best friends during Orientation. We are still very close.”
Rob Slane, transfer student director of Orientation, says “Orientation is a great way to learn a lot about the University, its resources and the layout of the campus before classes begin. You get so busy.”
There are four groups of students: international, commuter, resident and transfers. Each group is led by orientation staff from the same “group type” (i.e., transfer new students with transfer orientations staff.)
A new program being added to the program is Community Outreach Day on Saturday, Aug. 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program seeks to promote volunteerism by bringing as many new students who wish to volunteer to a variety of sites.
Miami Commitment
helps find
By SUSIE PIC AR
Stan Writer
Each year, a select number of entering freshmen and transfer students at the University of Miami are offered the opportunity to participate in the Miami Commitment Program, a unique student employment program at the University of Miami.
“The Miami Commitment program is the only one of its kind in the country,” said Miami Commitment Coordinator and Adviser Chris Nowak. “It is a program that not only allows students to gain valuable work experience, but real world skills to go along with what they have learned in the classroom," he said.
Established in 1990 by the Office of Student Employment, the program acts as a referral service that allows students to be matched with employment opportunities.
Students participating in the Miami Commitment Program are matched with available employment opportunities appropriate to the skills they possess and skills they want to develop through a system called “Miami Match.'
According to Nowak, Miami Match allows for the best possible job placement of students because it matches student characteristics and skills with a company or department request.
The Miami Commitment Program requires that students partic-
careers
ipating in the program be admitted before their first semester at the University of Miami. “We do not admit students that are currently attending UM because we would be unable to monitor the student’s career development,” said Nowak.
With over 800 student participants, the program success lies in its ability to provide more than a job placement for students. The program offers valuable activities that assist students in career development.
"What I like best about the program is that it not only provided me with a job I enjoy, but that it has allowed me to learn things that I know I will definitely need in the future," said Ivette Mederos, a second-year Miami Commitment participant.
According to Mederos, her Miami commitment experience has allowed her to gain time management and computer skills.
On-the-job learning, career exploration and planning, and personal growth ana development are three developmental areas the program focuses on.
Each fall and spring semester, the Miami Commitment Program sponsors several workshops relating to the three different tracts.
Time-management, effective communication in the workplace and networking as a student, have been some of the topics of discussion.
SEAN HEMMERLE/Photo Editor
■ PARTY TIME: 1994 UM graduates celebrate during last May's commencement ceremonies.
Janet Reno

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UM graduates
Blackmun receives honorary degree
SEAN HEMMERLE/Photo Editor
■ HONORED QUE8T8: UM President Edward T. Foote II addresses graduating students at the commencement ceremonies.
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From Staff Reports
“You can do anything.”
That was the message that U.S. State Attorney GeneraTjanet Reno had for the University of Miami graduating seniors during this May’s commencement ceremony.
Reno a former Dade County state attorney, was the guest speaker for the ceremony which was held Friday, May 13 at the Green, the open field between the Ashe Administration Building, the Otto G. Richter Library and the Merrick Building.
Approximately 2,400 University of Miami graduating students were in attendance, dressed in cap and gown and awaiting the magical moment which meant their passage to a new stage and a new life.
Reno spoke about her mother Jane Wood, a University of Miami student who once ran away with some friends. That little escapade led to headlines in the newspaper: Young coeds were missing and foul play was suspected.
Jane Wood returned and was reinstated to school by Bowman Foster Ashe, UM’s president at the time.
Now, in the shadow of a building named for Ashe, Jane Wood’s daughter was addressing the University’s graduates.
Reno also spoke about the house her mother built in Kendall. A house that still stands, almost untouched by Hurricane Andrew.
“At 3 a.m. the night Hurricane Andrew hit, we sat there totally unafraid, because she knew,” Reno said. “You build things the right
way. You don’t cut comers ... That house and this University are symbols of what you can do.
Reno also spoke of her relationship with the Miami community. She said the people of Miami have "fussed at me, cussed at me, loved me and sent me on my way.
“Those people have given me strength. Let them give you strength.”
Reno told students that they must fight to make the world a better place.
Additional, during the commencement ceremony, the University of Miami bestowed honorary doctorate degrees on the following seven people:
■	Doctor of Law: U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.
■	Doctor of Letters: Luis J. Botifoll, chairman emeritus of Republic National Bank.
■	Doctor of Letters: Poet Laureate Rita Frances Dove, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for her book of poems Thomas and Beulah.
■	Doctor of Science: 1968 Nobel Prize winner Har Gobind Khorana, a biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
■	Doctor of Letters: Broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil, of the MacNeil-Lehrer Report.
■	Doctor of Music: Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, a seventime Grammy Award winner.
■	Doctor of Humane Letters: U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno.
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