Toward the end of last week’s faculty meeting, the assembled faculty passed motions bestowing degrees on this year’s graduating bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD candidates—an annual ritual met with smiles and applause. And then each of the associate deans for the humanities, social, and natural and computational sciences (deans Gene Jarrett, Strom Thacker, and Geoffrey Cooper) stood in turn to recognize another deserving “graduate”—Dean Virginia Sapiro.

Associate Dean of the Graduate School Jeffrey Hughes presented Dean Sapiro with a framed diploma, bestowing upon her a Bachelor of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Science, Master of Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy in decanal leadership studies with honors in the humanities; natural sciences, mathematics, and computer science; and the social sciences. Congratulations and thank you Gina for seven-plus years of leadership and service!