Speaker/Emcee/Designer History of the Undergraduate Symposium
SPEAKER
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
James V. McConnell, Professor of
Psychology
University of Michigan
Ronald W. Collins, Acting Vice President
for Academic Affairs
Eastern Michigan University
Gilbert Cross, Professor of English
Language and Literature
Eastern Michigan University
Ira M. Wheatley, Head of History and
Philosophy
Eastern Michigan University
O. Bertrand Ramsay, Head of Chemistry
Eastern Michigan University
Marjorie Lansing, Professor Emeritus,
Political Science
Eastern Michigan University
Loren D. Estleman, Author and EMU
Alumnus
Anthony W. England, Former NASA
Astronaut
Nancy Ford, CAS McAndless Scholar
Award-winning Broadway Composer and
Television Writer
John Capecci, Assistant Professor,
Communication and Theatre Arts,
Symposium Alumnus, Eastern Michigan
University
Robert Cole, Research Psychiatrist and
Professor
Harvard University
Note: Dr. Cole was unable to fulfill this
engagement and Robert Holkeboer, Eastern
Michigan University, stepped in.
David Adamany, President and Professor of
Law and Political Science, Wayne State
University
Nicholas Pennell, CAS McAndless Scholar,
Stratford Festival Theatre Accomplished
actor of stage, television/film
Blenda Wilson, President
California State University at Northridge
Rodney Slater, Administrator for the
Federal Highway Administration, 1977
EMU alumnus
James J. Duderstadt, President Emeritus and
Professor of Science and Engineering,
University of Michigan
Eric Newton, Managing Editor, Newseum
Andrei Codrescu, Professor of English
Louisiana State University
William E. Shelton, President
Eastern Michigan University
Barry Fish, Dean, College of Arts and
Sciences
Eastern Michigan University
STUDENT EMCEE
STUDENT DESIGNERS
Ted Vosk, Physics & Astronomy
Cynthia Stemple, Music
Janice Habarth, FLABS
Ermelinda Harper, Chemistry
Zhihua Tang, Music (Student Performer)
Ty James, Communication and Theatre
Arts
Andrew Milstein, Political Science
Snezana S. Stevanovic
Evelyn Breznik, Physics & Astronomy
Minde Bolz, Physics & Astronomy and
Mathematics
Hrant Hratchian, Chemistry
Michele Dickens, Pete Lusch
Dave Karras, alumnus
Amy Alexander, Abigail Noonan
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Sally Frost Mason, Provost, Purdue
University
Fiona Wood, Director and Chief Medical
Officer
Clinical Cell Culture Perth, Australia
Percy Mangoaela, Lesotho former
Ambassador to the
United Nations
Toni Hoover, Vice President and
Development Site Head, Michigan
Laboratories, Pfizer Global Research &
Development
Rich Baird
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Brent Collins, Sculptor
Neeta Delaney, ArtServe Michigan
Arthur Benjamin
Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd
College
David Coverly
Syndicated Cartoonist, Speed Bump
Melody Neely
Professor, Wayne State University
Dale Heydlauff
American Electric Power
Ken Massey
Managing Director, LifeLine Ventures,
LLC and
MicroDose Life Sciences, LLC
Oluwaseun Adetayo, Chemistry
Stacy Demers
Kaitlyn Clark, Political Science
Elizabeth Storey and Elizabeth (Libby)
Blaney, assisting
Adrienne Muncy, English Language and
Literature, Foreign Languages and
Bilingual Studies
Bettina Bell, College of Health and
Human Services, School of Health
Sciences
Stacy Demers, Karen Tuttle
Robert (Bobby) Murkowski, Political
Science, EMU Student Body President
Laurie Cummins, Biology
Danielle Nicholls, Psychology
James Grinias, Chemistry
Allison Amerman, Gazala Khan
Amanda VanDort, HPHP
Charlie Szczygiel, Chris Bramer
Cynthia Bedrosian, Political Science
Julie Weber, Laura Huston
Ian Pendleton, Chemistry
Laura Huston, Charlynn Searcy
Cherese Colston, English Language and
Literature
Charlynn Searcy, Kayleigh Lemon
Julie Eadeh
United States Foreign Services
Ma’ikwe Ludwig
Nino Moneo, Political Science and
Economics
Kerri Musick, Political Science
Alison Figliomeni, Andrew Gariepy
Karen Tuttle, Crystal Woolard
Crystal Woolard, Allison Amerman
Gazala Khan, Ashley Sako
Ashley Sako, Tom Doyle
Erin Anderson, Ryan Haury
Meghan Decker, Taylor Stewart
Adam Wright, Carolyn La Rue