University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Patricia Whitely made the transition from associate director of Residence Halls to director of Student Life and the University Center towards the end of the fall semester. around campus after Hurricane Andrew. llHe was here to help? Butler said. ltHe rolled up his sleeves and pitched in around cam- pus? Sutton came to UM from the University of California at Berkeley, where he was the resi- dential life coordinator. He attended Ohio State University, where he was a resident assistant for three years. He received a bache- loris degree in microbiology and a masteris degree in higher education and student affairs. til learned a lot about leadership and it got me hooked? said Sutton. Sutton said eventually he would like to return to school for his PhD. and become dean of students at a small college or university. photo coutresy of UM Media Relations photo by Amy Leis Rene Dickens made it a priority to involve all of the different cul- tures at UM in the activities she coordinated during her first year in Student Activities. RENE DICKHlIS One of Dickensl goals is to bring students of all cultures together within Student Activities. ltWe need to take advantage of all the different people on our campusf she said. ttWe can all learn from each other? Dickens said she knows how it feels to be an outcast in a campus community because of cultural and ethnic back- grounds. While attending St. Michaer College in Vermont, a pre- dominately white school, she found out how difficult it was to be one of five black females on campus. Volunteer Servnces BYUSA J. llama! ' 011 can call her Mike 111' you Can call her M1ckey But you can 1 call this year s new Volunteer Services coordinator unI lastic about her I;. 1: . work. 1 am very excited about 7is j. hf' Said Michaela ' ' Anne Rubenstien 22s who was named after her father, ' Bruce Michael,a11d her mother Beverly Anne . Rubenstien 5 work 111 the Office of Volunteer Services began 111 July when the former volunteer services coordi- nwator Danica Williams, told Rubengtten she thoughttshe might be right for the : job. Rubenstien said ttitts the little thingsh that keep her volun- teering. The best . thing labout volunteer . . mg is having the abiliw ' ty to change the world? she said. , ' ttltls knowing that each and every parsed canmake a differ- ' ence? Rubenstien, from Richmond, VA, graduated from the . University of Miami 111:; May of 1993 with a degree in Marine: Affairs. She said her , . undergraduate years ware commuted 1'0 : . Some of this yaar s volunt ' Volunteer Awareness Week th fundraiser at the UM vs. Virgi . II .. . fundraisers 1011111 United Way , ' 'My goals are to strengthen and. support thh serwce - , organizatiens atschool, Rubenst1en said i It s a challenge to work w have to convince 11111111111111 '8 ' theater they should also volunteer - because it makes Ia dtfw. ference. 1- . - ' At age 18, she founded the Martin Luther King, J r. Society and helped raise cultural awareness at St. Michaells. ltGoing to school in Vermont made me more aware of my ethnicity and it got me ready for this job? she said. Dickens recently earned a masterls degree in higher educa- tion and student affairs administration from the University of Vermont. About her new position, Dickens said, ltWe tin Student Activitiesl have been known as the fun office? Lisa Huriash and Karla Guadamuz also contributed to this story. Features 23

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photos by Sean Meyer Students spent much of their free time at South Beach, dining, dancing, playing pool and people watching. Cameo Theater was one of the hot spots. timgmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ' k wmw 2mm Features 25