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5710 Grand Opening

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Thank you to all who attended the 5710 Grand Opening celebration! We hope that you enjoyed yourselves and that you had the opportunity to learn more about 5710, the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and the LGBTQ Programming Office. If you did not get the opportunity to stop by, please feel free to visit us and our staff will be more than happy to give you a tour.

We wish to thank the following individuals who helped make our Grand Opening a success.

Welcome

Robert Zimmer, President

Historical Remarks

Kenneth Warren, Deputy Provost and Professor
Lizette Durand, A.B. '01, Ph.D. ‘07

Toast

Kimberly Goff-Crews, Vice President & Dean of Students

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Ana Vázquez, Deputy Dean of Students and Director OMSA

Student Ribbon Cutters:
Julia Barajas, Moviemiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan
Latricia Booker, Organization of Black Students
Sarah Bouchat, Queers & Associates
SJ Cohen, OpenSource
Tsion Gurmu, African and Caribbean Students' Association
Luis Martinez, Organization of Latin American Students
Jonathan MeDrano, Native American Students Association
Jessica Pan, PanAsia
Karon Pang, Chinese Undergraduate Students' Association

Cultural Drumming

Funkadesi

Grand Opening Event Hosts 

Art of Living
The LGBTQ Programming Office
Organization of Black Students (OBS)
Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS)
PanAsia 
Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA)
Queer & Associates (Q&A)
Yvonne Zipter, LMT

Special Thanks

Robert Zimmer, President
Thomas Rosenbaum, Provost
Kenneth Warren, Deputy Provost and Professor in English Language and Literature
Kimberly Goff-Crews, Vice President Dean of Students in the University
William Michel, Assistant Vice-President for Student Life in the University
Ana Vázquez, Deputy Dean of Students in the University, Director of OMSA
Blair Archambeau, Associate Provost for Planning
Julia Parker, Former University Architect
Richard Bumstead, University Planner, Facilities Services
Jim Garcia, Project Manager, Facilities Services
Kathy Forde, Advisor in the College, LGBTQ Mentoring Program
Meghan Hammond, Project Analyst, VPDOS
Regine Desruisseaux, Assistant Director, College Programming Office
Former Provost Richard Saller
Former VPDOS Steven Klass
John W. Boyer, Dean of the College and The College
The Office of Multicultural Student Affairs
The LGBTQ Programming Office
The Office of Community Affairs
Networking Services and Information Technology
The Office of the Reynolds Club and Student Activities
UrbanWorks Architecture
Reliable Construction
Amandla/OMSA Relocation Feasibility Committee
5710 Project Team/Steering Committee
5710 Project Advisory Committee

Students and Alumni

Jamie Bharath, James Estrella, Angel Ochoa, Shirley Yang, Tamilia Reed, Latricia Booker, Sharony Green, Amy Reyes Tam, Ruth Anne Whitfield, Ayodele Adesanya, Gary Lee, Kumneger Emiru, Jennifer Kye, Julia Guan, Mariel Fernandez, Jonathan Rosa, Daniel Schannon, Amanda Armstrong, Sarah Bouchat, Daniel Rabe

Founding Alumni 

We acknowledge the many alumni who were instrumental in making this dream a reality.

Ayodele Adesanya, Rocio Alcantar, Stephanie Allen, Malika Anand, Marina Antillon, Amanda Armstrong, Serena Arrancibia, Rufus Barner, Stephanie Bell, Jamie Bharath, Latricia Booker, Naima Booker, Sarah Bouchat, Allie Carter, Ester Eun-He Chae, Ronald Chan, Cathy Chao, Teresa Chen, Derek Ciszek, Aron Cobbs, Sarah Cohan, Susanna Jenny Cohen, Kiyomi Davis, Monica Dewitt, Lizette Durand, Nabeel Ebeid, Claire Elderkin, Kumneger Emiru, Leah Endalkatchew, James Estrella, Eve Ewing, David Ferguson, Mariel Fernandez, Cassie Fields, Alejandro Flores, John Gabriel, Ashley Garrison, Letrice Gholson, Emale Gray, Sharony Green, Julia Guan, Jasmine Harris, Shannon Herbert, Jasmine Hernandez, Katherine Heupel, Justin Hill, Shane Hopkin, Robert Hubbard, Ashley Johnson, Nile Johnson, Kenneth Jones, Malahkiakilolo Joyner, David Klein, Nanett Konig-Toro, Jennifer Kye, Y. Angela Lam, Joel Lanceta, Jack Jin Gary Lee, Chris Lee, Dan Lee, Cathleen Li, Luis Martinez, Ana Minian, Akia Mitchell, Enrique Morales, Jay Monteverde, Brad Nelson, Kinh Ngo, Hung Nguyen, Angel Ochoa, Elizabeth Ohito, Udodi Okoh, Cindy Osueke, Danielle Parker, Prad "Chad" Perdkairoj, Milca Pierre-Guiden, Elliott Powell, Johnson Quiang, Daniel Rabe, Ryan Ramos, Amy Reyes Tam, Yenisey Rodriguez, Jonathan Rosa, Leslie Rosales, Olaf Saldivar, Laurencio Sanguino, Daniel Schannon, Alpen Sheth, Annie Sheng, Jennifer Illa Slotterback, Judy Stantok, Carl Streed, Jr., Susie Sun, Ingrid Tang, Elizabeth Todd, Jessie Turnley-Neves, Ashley White-Stern, Ruth Anne Whitfield, Timothy Stewart Winter, Ellen Wu, Shirley Yang, Karen Zapata