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SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2021 • 6:00 PM TOMMY OLIVER STADIUM COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees The Honorable Jorge Gonzalez, Florida State University Trustee / President and Chief Executive Officer of The St. Joe Company, Presiding PROCESSIONAL (Please stand and remain standing) “Pomp and Circumstance”- Sir Edward Elgar The audience is requested to rise when the procession enters and to remain standing through the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Johnathon Alleman, United States Navy (2006-2011) Master of Social Work, Fall 2020 NATIONAL ANTHEM “The Star Spangled Banner” arranged by John Philip Sousa performed by Mary Beth Lovingood, Director of Development, FSU Panama City WELCOME AND COMMENTS The Honorable Jorge Gonzalez, Florida State University Trustee / President and Chief Executive Officer of The St. Joe Company REMARKS TO GRADUATES William “Billy” Bradley 2019-2020 Student Government Council President Lucy Rodriguez 2020-2021 Student Government Council President DEAN’S REMARKS Randy Hanna, Ed.D. Dean, FSU Panama City and the College of Applied Studies CONFERRING OF ACADEMIC DEGREES Rick Barnett, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Florida State University RECESSIONAL (Please stand and remain standing) “Hymn to the Garnet and Gold” by J. Dayton Smith Interpreting for the hearing impaired provided by Rhonda Tingler FSU PANAMA CITY | 2 | COMMENCEMENT 2021 Congratulations, Graduate! You have worked hard to achieve your academic goals and are now one of more than 8,000 alumni who have graduated from Florida State University Panama City. Your diploma will be mailed to your home address in six to eight weeks. OFFICE OF ALUMNI AFFAIRS The FSU Panama City Office of Alumni Affairs is dedicated to serving you as alumni of our campus. Please notify us of any address, telephone and email changes after your graduation. Any updates you share with us about career or personal achievements may be featured in the annual Torch magazine. Please email information to [email protected]. If you have any questions, call (850) 770-2168. FSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION The Florida State University Alumni Association was established in May 1909 to serve the University and its alumni. When you came to Florida State University, you joined a community of tradition, excellence and pride. Becoming a member of the Alumni Association allows you to stay connected. You also receive many other benefits when you join and become a member. Visit the Alumni Association website at alumni.fsu.edu. LEGACY BRICK PROGRAM Leave a lasting legacy with your name on a commemorative brick in a courtyard between the Holley Academic Center and the Technology and Barron buildings at FSU Panama City. Bricks cost $200, and all proceeds benefit campus enrichment and alumni initiatives. To place your order, call (850) 770-2168 or visit http://fla.st/3sQaWlR. COMMENCEMENT 2021 | 3 | FSU PANAMA CITY Marshals, History of Florida State University Ushers and Panama City Committee n the early 1970s, Naval Coastal Systems Center, Gulf Coast ICommunity College, Bay County School Board and Tyndall Air Marshals Force Base began lobbying for an institution of higher learning. In Hafiz Ahmad, Ph.D., PE 1972, the Florida Board of Regents (BOR) directed the University of Brian Baber, MBA West Florida to establish a center in Panama City. Classes began that Elizabeth Crowe, Ph.D. summer with an enrollment of 65 elementary education students and Robert Cvornyek, Ph.D. a staff of two. Facilities for the center were in the Bay County School Gerrie Goldman, Ph.D. Board Office Building and Gulf Coast Community College. Joseph Krupka, DBA In 1976, the Bay County Commission purchased 17.5 acres between Al Murphy, Ph.D, BCBA-D Gulf Coast Community College and the waters of North Bay for use by the center. In 1981, the commission donated an additional Denise Montford, MS, 2.54 acres and three quadriplex buildings. When Florida State ACSW,LCSW University accepted responsibility for the Panama City campus in fall Brian Parker, Ph.D. 1982, two vans transported faculty from Tallahassee daily. Banyon Pelham, MSIT On June 23, 1983, ground breaking occurred for the $9.1 million Wendy Ritz, DBA Phase I development of Florida State University Panama City. The new Tyler Towne, Ph.D. facilities were dedicated March 22, 1986. The administrative building Karen Works, Ph.D. was named in honor of Sen. Dempsey J. Barron, who sponsored the Ushers bill that secured funds for the permanent location of a Florida State University facility in Panama City. The new campus facilities opened FSU Panama City for students in January 1987. In March 1987, an additional 5.62 acres Students and Staff along the bay were deeded to the State for use by the campus. Based on the recommendations of a 1998 Study Commission, full-time, daytime undergraduate programs began fall 2000 in Electrical Engineering, Information Sciences, Elementary Education, Social Science Education and Social Work. Since 2000, FSU Panama City has grown to offer more than 30 degree programs. The Bland Conference Center was complete in January 2000 and named after the first campus dean, Dr. Larson M. Bland. In 2004, 2005 and 2006, the Florida Legislature approved construction funding for two new facilities: a $7.9 million Administrative Services Center and a $32 million Academic Center. The 14,000-square-foot Administrative Services Center, completed in March 2007, houses the police department, postal services center, maintenance department and receiving area as well as the central utility plant for the campus. The Academic Center was named the Alfred P. and Mamie V. Holley Academic Center on Jan. 21, 2009, in recognition of Russell C. Holley’s naming gift in honor and memory of his parents. The more than 100,000-square-foot facility provides classrooms, seminar rooms, study and meeting rooms, a library and learning center, a multi-purpose lecture hall/ community room and academic laboratories. On June 8, 2012, The Florida State University’s Board of Trustees approved a four-year academic plan for FSU Panama City that allowed the campus to offer a limited range of general-education and lower-level courses. This historic decision allowed for the admission of the first freshman class in fall 2013. FSU PANAMA CITY | 4 | COMMENCEMENT 2021 State and University Officials Administrative Officers Florida State University John Thrasher, J.D., President Board of Trustees Sally E. McRorie, Ph.D., Provost and The Honorable Maximo Alvarez Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs The Honorable Kathryn Ballard Janet Kistner, Ph.D., Vice President The Honorable Edward E. “Ed” Burr, Chair for Faculty Development and Advancement The Honorable Eric Chicken Kyle Clark, M.B.A., Vice President The Honorable Peter Collins for Finance and Administration The Honorable Emily Fleming “June” Duda Amy Hecht, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs The Honorable Jorge Gonzalez Laurel Fulkerson, Ph.D., Interim Vice President The Honorable Jim W. Henderson’ for Research The Honorable Jonathan Levin Andy Jhaji, M.P.M, Interim Vice President The Honorable Craig Mateer for University Advancement The Honorable Deborah Sargeant The Honorable Bob Sasser Academic Deans & Directors The Honorable John Thiel Dr. Susan Fiorito, Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship State Board of Education Dr. Don Farr, Dedman School of Hospitality The Honorable Monesia Brown Dr. Randy Hanna, College of Applied Studies The Honorable Ben Gibson Dr. John P. Fogarty, College of Medicine The Honorable Tom Grady Mr. Reb Braddock, College of Motion Picture Arts The Honorable Marva Johnson, Vice Chair Dr. J. Murray Gibson, FAMU-FSU The Honorable Ryan Petty College of Engineering The Honorable Andy Tuck, Chair Mr. James Frazier, College of Fine Arts The Honorable Joe York Dr. Lawrence C. Dennis, College of Commissioner of Education Communication and Information The Honorable Richard Corcoran Dr. Tim Chapin, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy Florida Board of Governors Dr. Laurie Grubbs, College of Nursing, interim The Honorable Tim Cerio Dr. Michael D. Hartline, College of Business The Honorable Richard Corcoran Dr. Erin O’Hara O’Connor, College of Law The Honorable Aubrey Edge Dr. Thomas G. Blomberg, College of Criminology The Honorable Patricia Frost and Criminal Justice The Honorable Edward Haddock Dr. James Clark, College of Social Work The Honorable H. Wayne Huizenga, Jr. Dr. Todd Queen, College of Music The Honorable Ken Jones Dr. Michael Delp, College of Human Sciences The Honorable Darlene L. Jordan The Honorable Sydney Kitson, Chair Dr. Damon Andrew, College of Education The Honorable Brian Lamb, Vice Chair Dr. Sam Huckaba, College of Arts and Sciences The Honorable Alan Levine Dr. Karen L. Laughlin, Undergraduate Studies The Honorable Charles H. Lydecker Dr. Mark Riley, The Graduate School The Honorable Ally Schneider Dr. Gale Etschmaier, University Libraries The Honorable Steven M. Scott Dr. Angela Chong, Dean of Students The Honorable William Self Chancellor, State University The Honorable Eric Silagy System of Florida The Honorable Kent Stermon The Honorable Marshall Criser III The Honorable Norman D. Tripp COMMENCEMENT 2021 | 5 | FSU PANAMA CITY should be departed from as sparingly as possible, not Academic Regalia only to preserve the symbolism of pattern and color, atterned after medieval university customs, but for utility as well. Ptoday’s academic regalia reflects the scholastic Students wearing cords are graduating with a achievement and academic discipline of the wearer. degree of distinction. This distinction is based Colors are associated with different disciplines as seen on all college work attempted and is awarded in the trimmings of doctoral gowns and the edging to undergraduates only. Students must have a of their hoods and in the tassels of caps worn by 3.5 grade point average to graduate cum laude undergraduate candidates. (gold cord), a 3.7 grade point average for magna The rainbow of colors evident at FSU is traditional cum laude (garnet cord) and a 3.9 grade point including white for the arts and humanities, brown average for summa cum laude (garnet and gold for fine arts, golden yellow for science, light blue for cord).