Rori Fiebert, daughter of Boca Raton Residents, Earns Undergraduate Degree From Washington University In St. Louis

2012 Jul 9

Rori Fiebert, daughter of Linda Zane and Ira Fiebert of Boca Raton, Florida (33496), earned an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis on May 18. Fiebert graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelor of science in business administration from the John M. Olin School of Business.

Fiebert was among the 2,800 students who received degrees at the university's 151st Commencement ceremony, which was held in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus. Mike Peters, the 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial cartooning and creator of the award-winning cartoon strip Mother Goose & Grimm, delivered the Commencement address. Peters received an honorary doctor of humane letters.

Fiebert is a 2008 graduate of Pinecrest High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Washington University is counted among the world's leaders in teaching and research, and it draws students and faculty to St. Louis from all 50 states and more than 110 nations. The total student body is nearly 14,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.

The approximately 3,400 faculty teach in seven schools: Arts & Sciences, Brown School, Olin Business School, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, School of Engineering & Applied Science, School of Law and School of Medicine. Twenty-three Nobel laureates have been associated with Washington University, with nine doing the major portion of their pioneering research there.

The university offers more than 90 programs and almost 1,500 courses leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in a broad spectrum of traditional and interdisciplinary fields, with additional opportunities for minor concentrations and individualized programs.