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SPRING SEMESTER COMMENCEMENT for undergraduates Sunday, May 14, 2006 2p.m. National Hockey Center St. Cloud State University COMMENCEMENT MARKS RENEWAL OF SCSU TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AND OPPORTUNITY 1871 graduate Alfretta Van Valkenberg, a member ceremony the academic and practical knowledge of the first class of the Third Normal School (later they had gained to prepare them for a career and St. Cloud State University), recalled years later the for life. They would be reminded of the issues they vivid memory and dramatic impact of her com had explored and the opinions they had formulat mencement: "I felt all of life was open to me and I ed. They would celebrate the friends they had met could tread (life's) paths with a firm and reliant from different backgrounds and diverse cultures. tread." Today's graduates are the latest to benefit from The environment on this campus has changed the tradition of excellence and opportunity that significantly since Alfretta received her diploma. But Alfretta Van Valkenberg and all those in between the one-building teacher training school where she discovered at the Third Normal School and its later received her higher education has something incarnations, St. Cloud Teachers College, St. Cloud important in common with the comprehensive, State College and St. Cloud State University. sprawling university on the Mississippi River that For Alfretta and her peers, becoming a teacher has earned a national reputation for excellence: It was the only option. Now this highly-accredited continues to arm students with the knowledge, university offers over 100 undergraduate and 70 experiences and skills to transform their lives. It graduate programs in a wide variety of career fields. continues to provide an atmosphere where learning While the campus has evolved into five colleges from the past enriches planning for the future. plus graduate and continuing studies programs and There truly is a tradition of excellence and enrollment has grown to over 15,000, St. Cloud opportunity for all St. Cloud State students. State remains a place where students come to be The Third Normal School's first principal, Ira transformed. Then and now students receive an Moore, and the State Normal Board displayed the affordable, high-quality education -- and a bridge to foresight and progressive spirit that remains evident a profession. Then and now students gain the confi on this campus today Those first leaders started dence to "tread (life's) paths with a firm and reliant building "a nucleus of a library that will in time tread," as Alfretta so aptly wrote in her tribute. meet all the needs of the large institution this is At this commencement we salute Alfretta and all destined to become." Now, the magnificent the graduates who followed -- especially those we 235 ,000-square-foot James W Miller Learning gather to pay tribute to today Whether they Resources Center is the hub for study, research and are the first in their families to cross the discussion on campus. commencement stage or are becoming one of an increasing number of second or third-generation Sharing a proud tradition SCSU alumni to benefit from St. Cloud State's With that first commencement, which took place traditions, all share this once-in-a-lifetime 135 years ago in a small church building that still accomplishment with the families and friends stands south of Coborn'.s on Fifth Avenue, a proud whose support helped bring them to this day tradition was begun. Thousands of students in years to come would commemorate through this COLLEGE OF BUSINESS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ij COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES PRECOMMENCEMENT STUDENT CONDUCTORS CONCERT ~ ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE "TOCCATA MARZIALE" by Ralph Vaughan Williams Linda Parson, M.M. Candidate in Conducting "SPRING FESTIVAL" by Chen Yi John Rosner, M.M. Candidate in Conducting "AMERICAN OVERTURE" by Joseph W Jenkins Scott Vogel, M.M. Candidate in Conducting "I.A FIESTA MEXICANA, I" by H. Owen Reed Travis Shepherd, M.M. Candidate in Conducting "THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER" by John Philip Sousa Rikard K. Hansen, Conductor 3 MACE BEARER JUDITH M. KILBORN, Professor English Faculty Association President FACULTY LINE LEADERS WILLIAM C. HUDSON, Associate Professor Finance, Insurance and Real Estate JAMES C. PEHLER, Associate Professor Learning Resources and Technology Services MARSHALS ANTHONY I. AKUBUE, Professor Environmental and Technological Studies JEANNE L. ANDERSON, Professor Learning Resources and Technology Services MARK G. JAEDE, Assistant Professor History CHRISTOPHER J. JORDAN, Assistant Professor Theatre and Film Studies JANELL M. KURTZ, Professor Marketing and Business Law SUSAN H. MOTIN, Associate Professor Learning Resources and Technology Services ANNOUNCERS PAM L. SECKLIN, Professor Communication Studies DANIEL L. WILDESON, Professor Communication Studies SCSU WIND ENSEMBLE RIKARD K. HANSEN, Professor DIRECTOR Music SONG LEADER REBECCA L. GARDNER, '05 SIGN LANGUAGE HEIDI J. BUCKENTINE INTERPRETER 4 PROGRAM ROY H. SAIGO, President, presiding MICHAEL SPITZER, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs STEVEN L. LUDWIG, Vice Pre?ident for Administrative Affairs MARGARET VOS, Interim Vice President for Student Life and Development JILL A. RUDNITSKI, Vice President for University Advancement *PROCESSIONAL MUSIC "KONIGSMARSCH" by Richard Strauss SCSU Wind Ensemble Rikard K. Hansen, Conductor "SINE NOMINE" by Ralph Vaughan Williams John Rosner, M.M. Candidate in Conducting INTRODUCTIONS STEVEN L LUDWIG, Vice President for Administrative Affairs WELCOME ROY H. SAIGO, President *MUSIC "AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL" by Samuel Ward, arranged by Carmen Dragon SCSU Wind Ensemble Rikard K. Hansen, Conductor and Audience (Words are found in the back of the program. First verse sung by audience accompanied by songleader and second verse sung by soprano soloist.) GREETINGS FROM MnSCU LEW MORAN, Trustee Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees JAMES H. McCORMICK, Chancellor Minnesota State Colleges and Universities HONORARY DOCTORATE HENRY A. OERTELT PRESENTATION Author, Lecturer and Holocaust Survivor COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS JENNIFER C. HILL, Class of 2006 College of Education/Center for Information Media MUSIC "APOCALYPTIC DREAMS, MESSIANIC KINGDOM" (abbreviated version) SCSU Wind Ensemble by David Gillingham Rikard K. Hansen, Conductor PRESENTATION OF THE MICHAEL SPITZER, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs GRADUATING CLASS MICHAEL J. PESCH, Interim Dean, College of Business KATHLEEN M. STEFFENS, Interim Dean, College of Education ROLAND H. SPECHT-JARVIS, Dean, College of Fine Arts and Humanities DAVID DeGROOTE, Dean, College of Science and Engineering SHARON E. COGDILL, Interim Dean, College of Social Sciences JOHN C. BURGESON, Dean, Continuing Studies MARK A. NOOK, Dean, Undergraduate Studies DENNIS L NUNES, Dean, Graduate Studies KRISTI M. TORNQUIST, Dean, Leaming Resources and Technology Services CONFERRING OF DEGREES ROY H. SAIGO, President FACULTY ASSOCIATION REMARKS JUDITH M. KILBORN, Professor of English, Faculty Association President ALUMNI ASSOCIATION REMARKS JILL A. RUDNITSKI, Vice President for University Advancement *MUSIC "UNIVERSITY HYMN" SCSU Wind Ensemble by Harvey Waugh and Amy Dale, emeriti and Audience arranged by professor emeritus Roger L Barrett Rikard K. Hansen, Conductor (Words are found in the back of the program.) CLOSING MARGARET VOS, Interim Vice President for Student Life and Development *RECESSIONAL MUSIC "SCOTTISH DANCES, I & IV" by Malcolm Arnold SCSU Wind Ensemble Heather Mitchell, M.M. Candidate in Conducting "FIRST SUITE IN E-FLAT, III" by Gustav Holst Linda Parson, M.M. Candidate in Conducting *Audience please stand 5 MICAH AARON BARRETT JESSE ROYAL BRULA UNDERGRADUATE Magna Cum Laude Virginia Clear Lake KENNETH ROGER BUCHOLZ APRIL DIANNE BASARICH Summa Cum Laude ERICA HELEN BUECHNER Hibbing Hastings ERIN I. BAUMEL STACEY MARIE BURGERS Cum Laude Rockford Bachelor of Applied Science Mound NATHAN WILLIAM BURKETT ROBERT BJORNSSON SARA MARIE BAUMTROG Rice Lake, Wisconsin Cum Laude Cum Laude Iceland Rogers CARRIE L. BUTTER St. Cloud MATTHEW DANIEL HOFFMAN EKATERINA A. BEINIK Grey Eagle Rochester MARK ALAN CADWELL Minneapolis SEVERIN JAMES KOERNER ASHLEE M. BEKISH Oshkosh, Wisconsin Summa Cum Laude HEATHER MARIE CAINE Marshfield, Wisconsin Burnsville JESSE DAVID BELSCHNER AFTEN MICHELLE CALGARO Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude Holdingford ABSERA ABRAHAM St. Cloud ROSS PATRICK CALLAHAN Addis Ababa, Ethiopia EVELYNE MAGNI EKOBA BENIE Fargo, North Dakota KATHLEEN ANN MCCLEARY ACOSTA St. Cloud BRIAN EDWARD CAMERON Magna Cum Laude DEANNA LYNN BERGSTROM Magna Cum Laude Huron, South Dakota Becker