UF Chief Marshal looks to first in-person commencements after a year
For many years, Hans van Oostrom, Ph.D., said he felt something was missing from his role as a professor.
At the end of each semester, he said he “checked the box” that said his students were done with their courses and ready to graduate.
And that was it. Off they went.
But that was long ago. Now, van Oostrom serves as chief marshal at UF’s commencement ceremonies, an assignment he accepted in Summer 2018, in addition to his day job as founding chair and associate professor at the Department of Engineering Education at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.