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December Commencement

Sunday, December the Seventeenth Two Thousand and Six Two o'clock in the Afternoon

Charleston Civic Center Charleston, What is West Virginia State College What is West Virginia State College? It is all of us who believe in it - who absent or present, work in it and wish it well. Its constituency is the living and dead, and from them the college enjoys an unrestrained loyalty and willing service. It is an exponent of trust which sweeps aside the petty jealousies of men and all propagandic proposals which would minimize or depreciate personality. It is an institution containing faults and defects which challenge the constructive efforts of students, teachers, officers, and graduates. It is incomplete and desires to remain so, to be in an advantageous position for changing life situations. What is West Virginia State College? It is spirit; it cannot be touched by hand; it is based upon communions between the living and those who though dead yet live in an immortality made practical through enlistment in the college program, which of necessity requires eternity for completion. What is the college? You and those graduates ahead of you are the college.

John W. Davis Fifth President, WVSC-1932 Historical Sketch of West Virginia State University

The second Morrill Act of 1890 was intended to make training in agriculture and mechanical arts available to black citizens. Like other states that maintained segregated educational systems, West Virginia responded on March 17, 1891 by enacting legislation to create a special land-grant institution for blacks. To this end, federal funds provided $3,000 for faculty salaries, and the West Virginia Legislature appropriated $10,000 to purchase a farm and build a school building upon it. The institution was founded as the West Virginia Colored Institute. In 1915, the name was changed to the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, and changed again to West Virginia State College in 1929.

From its beginnings until 1915, the institution offered the equivalent of a high school education, with a curriculum devoted primarily to agriculture, trades, and teacher education. In 1915, the school was given the authority to award college degrees that included instruction in mathematics, chemistry, French, and English. The first college degrees were awarded in 1919.

In 1919, the College turned increasingly to the development of a strong academic curriculum, with emphasis upon academic excellence. First of America's Negro land-grant colleges to earn accreditation, it has the distinction of having the longest continuous accreditation in the North Central Association of the public four-year institutions in West Virginia.

The 1954 Brown VS. Board of Education United States Supreme Court decision had an immediate and dramatic impact on West Virginia State. Within two years, the institution was transformed from a small black college to a racially integrated one. Since that time, program offerings have expanded and new ones developed as the College keeps pace with the demands of students and the needs of the larger community.

With reinstatement of its 1890 land-grant status, which was transferred in 1955, and accompanying Federal funding, WVSU strengthened its mission ofteaching research and service to the community. The first masters degree programs began in the Fall 2003 semester. With the passage of Senate Bill 448 during the 2004 legislative session, the name of the institution was changed to West Virginia State University.

From a modest beginning with forty students, West Virginia State University has emerged into a multipurpose institution serving a diverse student body. From a small tract ofland and a building, the University has developed into a multimillion dollar educational complex. Brief History West Virginia State Community and Technical College

West Virginia State Community and Technical College (WVSCTC) is imbedded in the history of West Virginia State College (WVSC, now University). Historical records indicate that the Community College was developed in 1953 by the sixth president, William J. L. Wallace. Clermoth E. Prewitt was appointed Dean of the Community College and charged with developing community college programs in southern West Virginia counties. The land-grant mission was the impetus for this outreach to these heavily populated minority mining communities. WVSC listed an Associate of Arts Degree in Commerce in the 1952-53 catalogue, with the first degrees awarded in 1957. The community college concept of developing academic programs and services in response to the needs of business and industry in the service region continued unabated. Associate Degree programs in various career technical areas and a variety of training programs were instituted for those who wanted training in specific areas of expertise but not a degree. The community college component of WVSC became operational in January 1978, with the first regular courses offered in the fall of 1978. The origin ofthe community college component can be traced to the West Virginia Legislature, which in March 1971 directed the Board of Regents to develop a state plan for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of a state system of comprehensive community colleges. Senate Bill 653, passed in March of 2000 by the West Virginia Legislature, mandated that all community colleges (including components) had to meet the essential conditions for community college education to address the academic and workforce needs of the state. This mandate included an independent accreditation, which was achieved in October 2004, by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. West Virginia State Community and Technical College is a member of the Advantage Valley Community College Network and has a primary service region of Kanawha, Putnam, and Clay Counties. Through its "open door" policy for community and technical education, the institution continually strives to meet the expressed needs of its service area through innovative academic and workforce training programs. The Academic Procession The Academic Procession is composed of administrators, honored guests, faculty, graduates, and the University Board of Governors. This procession is led by a marshal, a graduate of West Virginia State University, who seats the graduates, faculty, and platform guests. The faculty enter by academic rank, wearing costumes that had their origin in the Medieval English University system. The costumes were devised to distinguish academic persons from lay persons, since everyone wore robes or gowns to ward off the cold. The recession, then, is in reverse order, with the platform guests leaving the dais first, followed by the graduates and the faculty. The colors of the academic dress have a significance deeply rooted in the tradition of academic life and are specified by a uniformed code maintained by the American Council on Education. Caps are black and are usually mortar boards with tassels. Doctors of Philosophy wear gold tassels, usually of metallic thread; other degrees wear black or discipline colors. The bachelors' gown is simple and black with long, pointed sleeves. Masters' gowns, also black, are longer than bachelors. Older gowns have sleeves that terminate at the elbow, while those since 1960 have sleeves extended to the wrist. Doctors' gowns are full, with bell-like sleeves. The front is marked by velvet panels, and the sleeves are marked by three velvet bars. While most gowns are black with black velvet, one variation is to replace black velvet with velvet in the discipline color. A second variation is a colored gown, usually of the university's colors. All hoods specify the level of degree, the discipline studied, and the awarding institution. First, degree level is signified by the size of the hood with bachelors' smallest, masters' larger, and doctors' quite large and of a different shape. West Virginia State University does not award hoods to bachelors. The width of the velvet trim also conveys the degree. Secondly, the discipline is indicated by the color of the trim edging the hood to form the throat over the gown. Finally, the color of the hood's lining specifies the awarding institution. The colors are displayed in combinations that are drawn from heraldry. The colors of the tassels worn by candidates for baccalaureate degrees represent the fields of study in which the degrees will be conferred. At West Virginia State University, the following colors are used to designate the various degrees.

Associate Degree White Bachelor of Arts White Bachelor of Science Yellow Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Drab Bachelor of Science in Communications Yellow Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Royal Blue Bachelor of Science in Education Light Blue Bachelor of Science in Recreation Service Yellow Bachelor of Science in Social Work Citron Master of Arts in Media Studies White Master of Arts/Science in Biotechonology Yellow The Mace The Academic Mace precedes the entire procession. The Grand Marshal carries in his hand this ceremonial staff that is used as a symbol of authority. Its placement and removal from a place of honor signifies the opening and closing of ceremonial sessions. The mace had its origin in the Middle Ages, being used first as a weapon by royal bodyguards to protect their monarchs in processions. Today, the mace is primarily used in academic processions, particularly in English speaking countries. The original mace used by West Virginia State University had historical significance in that it was created from a spindle used in the staircase of West Hall, the second building erected on the campus in 1895. This mace was restored by James Huffman when he was the Assistant Director of Admissions at the University. The mace we use today was designed by former Art Faculty member, Dr. Cubert Smith. This circular ring design in its center symbolizes the five schools of the University: Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, Natural Science and Mathematics, Professional Studies, and Social Sciences. The Academic Mace for West Virginia State Community and Technical College was designed by Terrance Stuart, Instructor in Computer Science, and Dr. Ervin V. Griffin, Sr., first President of the College. The circular design of laurel signifies the link to West Virginia State University. The center of the design includes symbols for Knowledge, Opportunity, and Success which embody the overall mission and purpose of the Community College. Order of Exercises R. Charles Byers, Ph.D., Presiding Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs West Virginia State University

THE PRELUDES- Brighton Beach William Latham Die Meistersinger (excerpts) Richard Wager/Osterling Sweet Land of Liberty James Sochinski West Virginia State University Concert Band Scott Woodard, M. A., Director

THE PROCESSIONAL- Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar The Marshals The Candidates for Degrees The Faculty The Platform Party

THE POSTING OF THE COLORS Color Guard Yellow Jacket Battalion United States Army Reserve Officers Training Corps

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof thru the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave 0' er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

(The audience will remain standing until after the Invocation)

THE INVOCATION The Reverend Braxton Broady, D. D. Ebenezer Baptist Church Charleston, West Virginia

THE GREETINGS James W. Rowley, Ed.D. Member, West Virginia State University Board of Directors and President, West Virginia State University Foundation

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER... Hazo W. Carter, Jr., Ed.D. President, West Virginia State University

THE COMMENCEMENT AnDRESS Thomas D. Boston, Ph.D. Professor of Economics School of Economics Ivan Allen College Georgia Institute of Technology THE MUSICAL SELECTION And the Glory of the Lord George F. Handel from Messiah West Virginia State University Choir J. Truman Dalton, Ph.D., Director Diana Taylor, Piano

THE EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR AWARD ...... •.....•..•....••.•....•.... Ron Bartley, Ed.D. Interim President West VIrginia State Community and Technical College

Lee Ann Porterfield - Staff Martha Sue Forsbrey, Ed.D. - Faculty

THE CONFERMENT OF SPECIAL HONORS Teacher of the Year Kanawha County Martha D. Burke Capital High

THE CONFERMENT OF HONORARY DEGREE Andrew N. Aheart Doctor of Laws

THE AWARD OF HONORS Edith Worrells, M.B.A. Academic Affairs West Virginia State Community and Technical College and John Teeuwissen, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs West Virginia State University ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

HONORS Shawn Christopher Adkins * Michael C. Hartline Tammy Jaye Adkins Shannon Elaine Joubert* Hope Rena Bencho Brandon R. Price Jennifer Marie Bragg Lisa Anne Rogers Amber Dawn Elkins Renada Ellen Snodgrass Saba Fasil Nicholas C. Walton

HIGH HONORS Todd Steven Brickell Michelle Koren Smith Kimberlee Louise McCormick* Patricia Ann Spaulding Amy Michelle Nafchi Donna Martin Townsend Pina Navnit Sangani* Betty Jo Tyler

HIGHEST HONORS Judy Ann Carnefix Sunshine Amber Stull-Rice Rebecca Jean McClanahan

BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

CUM LAUDE Shawn Christopher Adkins Stephen Matthew Hill * Amanda Gail Ayers Katie Marie Jewell Jennifer Marie Bailey* Holly Jo Kallmerten Jessica Ann Bright Laura Beth Kelly Jonathan William Brumfield Lisa Renee McClung Shannon Marie Cannon Adriene Adele Mahaney Kevin E. Cartwright Ashley Kay Ownes Sally Annette Chandler Melissia Bailey Pugh Cleo Renee Chapman Winifred Mary Quinn Heather Rae Cooper* Patricia Anne Halloran Sherman Kristen Nichole Crede Joshua Adam Smith Otilia Monique Davis Janet Young Spry Amber Lee Dingess * Ashley Gandy Switzer Crystal Lynn Elkins* Aaron Michael Walker Jason William Fox* Cody Benjamin Wiseman Grace Lynn Hartz-Thomas Jennie Ann Hill

MAGNA CUM LAUDE Hillary Sutherland Balding Amy Beth McLaughlin Meghan Michelle Baldwin Linda Louise Nicholas Whitney Nichole Batten Betty Jo Smith Amy Keith Brown David Lawrence Smith Ashley Annette Chandler Jodi Lynn Warner Lynsey Susanne Hargraves Helen Louise Welch Freda Faye Haughey

* Denotes August Graduate SUMMA CUM LAUDE Jacqueline Sue Barron Sean F. Keating* Crystal L. Bauer* Nao Koike Donna Michelle Bryan* Emily Grace Miller Tara Lynn Gilkey Amber RaeDawn Nichols Jeanette Nichole Gooch Mikaela Rae Reed* Tina Louise Helton Sarah May Smith

WITH DISTINCTION Stephanie Loraine Holstein Razia S. Pell Melissa Ann McGlothen Margaret Burdell Roberts

* Denotes August Graduate THE PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES

WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE COLLEGE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTER OF ARTS IN MEDIA STUDIES David Wohl, Ph.D. Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY... Katherine Harper, Ph.D. Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics R. Charles Byers, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Hazo William Carter, Jr., Ed.D. President, West Virginia State University

WEST VIRGINIA STATE COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE CANDIDATES FOR THEASSOCIATE OF ARTS, THE ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE, THE ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE, AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ASSOCIATE OF ApPLIED SCIENCE Ron Rogillio, M.B.A. Dean, Science and Technology Edith Worrells, M.B.A. Academic Affairs Ron Bartley, Ed.D. Interim President West Virginia State Community and Technical College

WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE BACHELOR OF ARTS David Wohl, Ph.D. Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities CANDIDATESFOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE ... Katherine Harper, Ph.D. Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Hazo William Carter, Jr., Ed.D. President, West Virginia State University

After the conferring of the degrees by Presidents Bartley and Carter, the names of the candidates will be announced by the Registrar, John L. Fuller, Ph.D.

THE PRESENTATIONOF GRADUATING OFFICER Steve D. Thomas, M.A. Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Professor of Military Science James E. Hardin Second Lieutenant, United States Army, Winfield, West Virginia Candidates

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN MEDIA STUDIES Kevin L. Carpenter Documentary Film One Earth: Makutano on Kilimanjaro

FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY Rahamthulla Sharif Shaik Robin Le Turner Thesis Project Thesis Project Reseveratrol Alters Stretch Induced Sequence Variation in Geographic Changes in Morphology and Mitogen Diverse Samples of Paraorygma- Activated Protein Kinase Signaling in tobuthrium Collected from the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE

Tammy Jaye Adkins Rebecca Jean McClanahan Paula Johnson Beasley Kimberlee Louise McCormick* Hope Rena Bencho Stacy Jo Merrifield Kelia Renea Bennett* Kathryn Marie Morton Michael Gene Billups Amy Michelle Nafchi Joshua Lee Blake Richard Anthony Novak, II David James Brace* Tiffany Nicole Parsons Jennifer Marie Bragg Edward Clay Persinger, Jr. * Todd Steven Brickell John Franklin Phillips Bethanie Rutledge Brown Steven Dean Pridemore Danika Michelle Brown* John Howard Raines Michael Ward Burton* Lisa Anne Rogers Mark M. Cardwell Matthew Ashby Runyon Daniel Ross Carter* Pina Navit Sangani* Matthew L. Cole Meia Beth Shamblin Jill Marie Collins Michelle Koren Smith Barry Bradley Crisp Renada Ellen Snodgrass Amber Dawn Elkins Mark Allen Staley Steven Lloyd Andrei Estep Jessica Leigh Standish Richard Allen Fortson Autumn Janae Staup Jared A. Hager Sunshine Amber Stull-Rice Joseph Daniel Hager Joanna D. Stutler Travis Joshua Halstead Adam Bristow Taylor Joshua Lee Hamilton Todd Stephen Taylor William L. Hampton Donna Martin Townsend Michael C. Hartline Jeremy David Ullman Gregory Scott Hatfield Bradley David Walters William Thomas Holmes Nicholas C. Walton Jason Lloyd Holstein Christopher Dale White* Mark Alan Johnson Jennifer Jo Whittington Shannon Elaine Joubert* Brenice Ann Williams Larry Dale Kessell * Michael David Wingate John R. Kushner Asfaw Markos Zerihum Robert C. Lewis

* Denotes August Graduate Candidates FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE Shawn Christopher Adkins* Donald J. Stewart Ybkale G. Essatu* Matheos Lulu Tekabe Saba Fasil Elsabet Tesfaye Andrea Jean Hill Ronald Rasheed Thomas Samuel Pierre Moss* Dana Nicole Williams Brandon R. Price Kevin Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS Paula Johnson Beasley

FOR THE DEGREE OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE

Tiffany Danielle Brashear Tamie Leamoin Mundy Judy Ann Carnefix Elizabeth Ann Neff Alesha Michelle Elzy* Lisa Leeann Satterfield Deanna Lynn Fertig Patricia Ann Spaulding Lucille C. Hale Betty Jo Tyler Walter M. Hammack* Tammy S. Walker* Michelle Hill Hightower* Alfred Shelby Williams Meredith A. Lucas

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Hillary Sutherland Balding Winifred Mary Quinn Olufumilayo Ireti Barrow Christopher J. Reppert Tiffany Danielle Brashear Anthony David Sheppard Donna Michelle Bryan* Patricia Anne Halloran Sherman Lawrence Edward Burgess, II Joshua Adam Smith Danielle Lee Christie Roger Jay Stover Allen Lee Edens, Jr. Helen Louise Welch Fiyori Habtemariam David William White* Grace Lynn Hartz-Thomas Dana Nicole Williams Jennie Ann Hill Lisa Marie Young Barbara Jo Jarvis Elizabeth Kincaid-White Consandra Denise Leonard Katie Michelle Newcomb

FOR THE DEGREE OF REGENTS BACHELOR OF ARTS

Jo Ann Adkins Kevin E. Cartwright Shawn Christopher Adkins James Ronald Coffey, II* Danny E. Alderman Christeen T. Courtney* Brandon Scott Allinder* Jessica Mimi Crockett Maria Baker Kimberly Lee Darby Nicholas Scott Barr Natasha Lynn Duckwyler* Jimmy W. Beasley* Cody Garrett Earl * William C. Bell* Robin H. Finney* Rebecca Hunter Brooks* Michael Henry Flowers Dermayne Keith Bullock Angela Dawn Gartin William David Bumgarner* Ronald Carl Hamm Mark M. Cardwell Anna Hershberger Harper Kimberli Nicole Carns Sterling L. Haywood, Jr. James Richard Carter Cynthia Anne Hemsworth

* Denotes August Graduate Candidates

FOR THE DEGREE OF REGENTS BACHELOR OF ARTS (cont.) Khara Nicole Hicks* Linda Louise Nicholas Todd A. Holliday Zshawn Leigh Nine Sean F. Keating* John William Perks Gary Christopher Kessell* Donte Marquis Pennington* Lisa Michelle Kinsey* Thomas B. Ranson David Lee Lemmon, II* Arnie M. Rowe* Jason Anthony Littlejohn Krystle Antoinette Smith Lisa Renee McClung Vickey Lynn Snow Kimberlee Louise McCormick* Janet Young Spry Amy Beth McLaughlin Matthew Michael Stricker* Stacie Collyn Manns Darlena Kay Surbaugh Guerby Mertil Ashley Gandy Switzer Trish Renee Miller Virginia M. Tucker Ryan Patrick Morgan Christopher Edward Vanselow* Paul Anthony Morris Fatiema J. Wilkerson Justin Theodore Mullins Kevin Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Meryana Adele Chaber* Phillip Reich Jones, III Charles Alexander Cook Justin Stuart McCalvin Traci Lynn Cummings Tandine Piwai Mpabanga Jeanette Nicole Gooch Wesley Jon Neal Amy Michelle Hairston David Lawrence Smith Gerald Shawn Johnson*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Carlotta Frances Allen Amanda Lea Lewis Olufurnilayo Ireti Barrow Shakira Denice Martin Joshua Lee Blake Laura Mae Morgan Christina Denise Boland* Elizabeth Grace Mosteller Johnnie Mae Boytek Chad Robert Parker Michael Angelo Buonarota Kevin J. Perry Jason Wallace Burton Robert Lee Price, Jr. Jason Michael Byrnside* Melissia Bailey Pugh Jessica Lynn Carson Jennifer Nicole Randolph Jennifer Renea Cline Christopher J. Reppert Kandi Ann Crowder Jonathan Owen Schilling Kelly Ann Davison Christopher Ryan Schumaker Benjamin Lee Ellis Melissa Danielle Sloan Lacinda Danielle Fresquez Michelle L. Taylor* Tara Lynn Gilkey Aaron Michael Walker Fiyori Habtemariam Jodi Lynn Warner Donald Timothy Harless, II Helen Louise Welch Stephen Matthew Hi11* Arvil G. Wiley, Jr. Tamekia Raesean Howze Cody Benjamin Wiseman

* Denotes August Graduate Candidates

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS Rodney M. Back David Allen McDaniel Amber Pearl Beezel Kara Nicole Marino Kellie Lauren Booth Katie Jean Pleska Michael Anthony Brown Emily E. Poyet* Jonathan William Brumfield Jessica Leigh Ramsey Benjamin R. Burdette, IV* Brent D. Samples Dawnette Joan Douglas-Watts Keila Lorraine Smith Roger Lee France, Jr. Jason Nathaniel Vannoy Stephanie Loraine Holstein Michelle L. Williams* Victoria Faith Holstine Nao Koike Brandie Rae Koontz Clint Alfonse Leighton, Jr. *

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Katie Michelle Andreou* Caine Thomas Dials KelliS.Artis Amber Lee Dingess* Jennifer Marie Bailey* Amy Jeannette Easthom Jacqueline Sue Barron Samantha Ann Fiedler Roblene Cardella Beatty Sarah Ann Flowers David James Brace James Eugene Hardin Willis Jordan Brandenburg Joshua Michael Hargis Danika Michelle Brown Adrienne Adele Mahaney Hensley Canute Campbell Kevin Aaron Marshall Shellie Lynn Clegg* Sydney Blaire Nelson* Heather Rae Cooper* Corey James Robinson* Joseph W. Daugherty Jeremy Lee Pickens Otilia Monique Davis

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION Jon Patrick Atkins Tina Louise Helton Jennifer Ryan Bailey Holly Jo Kallmerten Meghan Michelle Baldwin Laura Beth Kelly Whitney Nicole Batten Larry B. Kirk* Crystal Bauer* Melissa Ann McGlothen Christopher Coleman Bays* Emily Grace Miller Jessica Ann Bright Amber RaeDawn Nichols Amy Keith Brown Ashley Kay Owens Shannon Marie Cannon Razia S. Pell James Evan Casdorph Margaret Burdell Roberts Sally Annette Chandler Daniel Aaron Rule Kristen Nicole Crede Brian Curtis Savilla Crystal Lynn Elkins" LeighAnn Hubbard Sheppard* Breanna Lyne Enix Betty Jo Smith Jason William Fox* Sarah May Smith Dolores Jean Halburn Crystal Nester Spence Lynsey Susanne Hargraves Mary Elizabeth Stevens Jason Tyler Hatfield Stephen Michael Walker Freda Faye Haughey Nasha NaShawn Williams-Irving

* Denotes August Graduate Candidates

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH SCIENCE Amanda Gail Ayers Cara Beth Comer Taneka Yvonne Brown* Kate Maria Jewell Cleo Renee Chapman Eric Scott Sayre

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN RECREATION Marcia A. Jones* Micah Danielle Nichols Cecil Jerome McNair

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Ashley Gayle Chandler Mary Elizabeth Standish Elva Marie Hanshaw Ronald Rasheen Thomas Mikaela Rae Reed *

* Denotes August Graduate Order of Exercises THE STUDENTADDRESS Jeanette Gooch THE ALUMNI PLEDGE Gregory D. Epps, Ed.D. Special Assistant to the President

Join hands with other alumni in perpetuating the ideals of West Virginia State University, nurturing its growth and promoting its programs, to serve with honor in my chosen profession, and to make myself a symbol of the best traditions of West Virginia State University-This is my commission and my challenge.

The Al rra Mat er Martha Spencer/Ernest Wade Led by J. Truman Dalton, Ph.D.

THE CLOSING REMARKS R. Charles Byers, Ph.D.

THE BENEDICTION The Reverend William McCoy, D. D. First Presbyterian Church Charleston, West Virginia THE RECESSIONAL The Raider's March WilliamsNinson West Virginia State University Concert Band The audience is requested to remain seated until the graduates have recessed.

GRAND MARSHAL Professor R. Charles Byers '68

COLLEGEMARSHAL Professor John Gaskins '03

ASSISTANTMARSHALS Professor Debra M. Anderson-Conliffe '76 Professor Donald Anderson '53 Professor Kenneth Blake '74 Professor Rita M. Brown '75 Professor Bryce Casto '81 Professor Charlotte L. Finney '61 Professor Patricia King '85 Professor Gail Mosby '73 Professor Patricia Shafer' 71 Professor Charles E. Smith '87 Professor Craig Spaniol '66 Professor Walter Stroupe '78 Honor Societies ELECTED TO ALPHA DELTA Mu- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN SOCIAL WORK Ashley Gayle Chandler Mary Elizabeth Standish

ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA Mu- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Julie Sue Barie Razia S. Pell Grace Lynn Hartz-Thomas Christopher J. Reppert Tina Louise Helton Scot Russell Shapero Amber RaeDawn Nichols Aaron Michael Walker

ELECTED TO ALPHA Pm SIGMA- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Jacqueline Sue Barron Amy Jeannette Easthom Otilia Monique Davis Amy M. Nafchi

ELECTED TO DELTA Mu DELTA- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN BUSINESS Tara Lynn Gilkey Aaron Michael Walker Christopher J. Reppert

ELECTED TO KAPPA DELTA PI- INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION Julie Sue Barie Amber RaeDawn Nichols Kristen Nichole Crede Daniel Aaron Rule Holly Jo Kallmerten Sarah May Smith Tina Louise Helton Crystal Nester Spence Laura Beth Kelly

ELECTED TO OMICRON DELTA EpSILON- INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN ECONOMICS Allen Lee Eden, Jr. Aaron M. Walker Stephen Matthew Hill Helen Louise Welch Christopher J. Reppert

ELECTED TO OMICRON DELTA KAPPA- NATIONAL LEADERSmP HONOR SOCIETY Dana Nicole Williams

ELECTED TO PHI ETA SIGMA- FRESHMAN NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Jeanette Nicole Gooch Sarah May Smith Joshua Adam Smith ELECTED TO Pm THETA KAPPA- HONOR SOCIETY FOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE STUDENTS Jennifer Marie Bragg Rebecca Jean McClanahan Todd Steven Brickell Lisa Anne Rogers Saba Fasil Michelle Koren Smith Lewis Michael Logan Brenice Ann Williams

ELECTED TO PINNACLE- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS Allen Lee Edens, Jr. Paula Johnson Beasley

ELECTED TO PSI Cm- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOLOGY Winifred Mary Quinn Hillary Sutherland Balding Joshua Adam Smith Lisa Marie Young

ELECTED TO RHo Pm LAMBDA- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR RECREATION AND LEASURE STUDIES Micah Danielle Nichols Commencement Speakers

1898 1933 1940 Booker T. Washington (May) (May) l.B. McLaughlin Mordecai johnson 1909 Commissioner of Agriculture, President, Howard Universtiy, William E. Glasscock State of West Virginia Washington, D.C Governor, State of West Virginia (Summer) (Summer) 1919 George D. Brock Lorena E. Kemp Waitman Barbe Professor of Education, Professor of English, Professor of Literature, West Virginia State College West Virginia State College 1934 1941 1923 (May) (May) Charles Victor Roman Homer A. Holt Charles Hamilton Houston Nashville, Tennesse West Virginia Attorney General Attorney, Washington, D.C 1925 (Summer) (Summer) Carter G. Woodson Daniel P. Lincoln Herman G. Canady Editor, Negro Life & History Registrar and Professor of Professor of Psychiatry and 1926 History, West Virginia State Philosophy, Eugene Kinckle jones College West Virginia State College Executive Secretary, National Urban League 1935 1942 (May) (May) 1927 Harry H. Pace Mary McLeod Bethune james Adlai Cobb President, Supreme Liberty Life Director, Judge, Municipal Court, Insurance Co., Chicago U.S. Department of Negro Affairs Washington, D.C (Summer) (Summer) 1928 Richard Hurst Hill Grace I. Woodson, Harry j. Capehart Pastor, First Baptist Church, Associate Professor of Education, Associate District Attorney Charleston, West Virginia WVSC of Southern WV 1936 1943 1929 (May) (May) (May) john Andrew Gregg Channing H. Tobias Charles Wesley Bishop, AME Church, Kansas National Secretary, YMCA Professor of History, Howard City University (Summer) (Summer) Henry Lake Dickason (Summer) David Kirby President, Bluefield State College Mark Miles Fisher Secretary, West Virginia Board of Pastor, 16th Street Baptist Education 1944 Church, Huntington, WV (May) 1937 Roland Hayes 1930 (May) Concert Singer (May) julian H. Lewis Henry D. Hatfield Associate Professor Pathology, (Summer) U.S. Senator, State of West University of Chicago Bertrom L. Woodruff Virginia Associate Professor of English, (Summer) WVSC (Summer) David Alphonso Lane, jr. john W. Davis Dean, West Virginia State 1945 Fifth President, College (May) West Virginia State College Theodore F. Green 1938 U.S. Senator, Rhode Island 1931 (May) (May) Ambrose Caliver (Summer) w.w. Sanders Senior Specialist in Education of W.O. Armstrong Supervisor, Negro Schools, Negros, u.s. Office of Education, Principal, Dunbar High School, State of West Virginia D.C Fairmont, WV (Summer) (Summer) 1946 john w. Davis Harry W. Greene (May) Fifth President, Director, Teacher Training, West Anne Eleanor Roosevelt West Virginia State College Virginia State College U.S. Representative, New United Nations 1932 1939 (May) (May) (Summer) Thomas Gillis Nutter Frederick Douglas D.T. Murray Attorney, Charleston, West Patterson President, Virginia President, Tuskegee Institute Negro State Board of Education (Summer) (Summer) 1947 james C. Evans William j.L. Wallace (May) Professor, Mechanical Industries, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Ethel j. Alpenfels West Virginia State College WVSC Anthropologist, U.S. Bureau Intercultural Education (Summer) (Summer) 1964 Moses Newsome -james H. Rowland William Orville Douglas First Baptist Church, Attorney, West Virginia Associate Justice, Charleston, West Virginia Department of Education U.S. Supreme Court

1948 1955 1965 (May) (May) P.K. Banerjee Percy julian Buell G. Gallagher Minister. Embassy of India Division of Research & Manager President, City College, NY of Fine Chemicals, The Glidden 1966 Company (Summer) Hulett C. Smith Charles A. Williamson Governor, State of West (Summer) President, Advertising Virginia H.D. Hazelwood Corporation Principal. Douglas High, 1967 Huntington, West Virginia 1956 Miles Clark Stanley (May) President, AFL/CIO, 1949 john Warren Davis (May) Charleston, Fifth President, Harley M. Kilgore West Virginia West Virginia State College u.s. Senator, West Virginia 1968 (Summer) (Summer) William W. jellema Moses Newsome Vernon johns Executive Associate, College Minister, West Virginia Pastor, First Baptist Church, Association of American State College Charleston, West Virginia Colleges

1950 1957 1969 (May) (May) Mildred Mitchell Bateman Walter Philip Reuther Virgil L. Flynn Director, Department of Mental President, Assistant Superintendent in Health, State of West Virginia United Auto Workers of America Charge of Research, Kanawha County Schools 1970 (Summer) Richard Eugene Shearer Charles S. johnson (Summer) President, President, Ruth C. Norman Alderson-Broaddus College Fisk University, Nashville, English Instructor, Tennessee Stonewall Jackson High 1971 School Arch A. Moore, [r, 1951 Governor, State of West (May) 1958 Virginia Ira De A. Reid (May) Professor of Sociology, Frank M. Snowden, jr. 1972 Haverford College, Pennsylvania Dean, College of Liberal Damon j. Keith (Summer) Arts, Howard University, Judge, State of Michigan Washington, D.C. Corma A. Mowrey 1973 Past President, john W. Davis National Education Association (Summer) s.i. Baskerville, DDS Fifth President, 1952 West Virginia Board of West Virginia State College (May) Education and Mordecai johnson William j.L. Wallace President, Howard University, 1959 Sixth President, Washington, D.C. Cecil Underwood West Virginia State College Governor, State of West (Summer) Virginia 1974 james C. Evans (May) Civilian Assistant, 1960 jennings Randolph Secretary of Defense justice Wise Polier U.S. Senator, State of West Judge, Domestic Relations Virginia 1953 Court, NY (May) (Mid Year) Rufus B. Clement 1961 Daniel B. Taylor President, Atlanta University, William W. Barron Superintendent of Schools State Atlanta, Georgia Governor. State of West of West Virginia (Summer) Virginia 1975 james W. Robinson 1962 (May) State Superintendent of Negro A.j. Gibson Schools, West Virginia james C. Malone Executive Secretary, Vice President, Union Carbide 1954 North Central Association (Mid Year) (May) 1963 james R. McCartney Edward Anderson Bolling Pearl S. Buck Superintendent, Secretary of State, Anthropologist Institute School for Deaf & Blind State of West Virginia 1976 Eighth President, Visiting Professor, (May) West Virginia State College Business, Helvi Sipila West Virginia State (Mid Year) Associate Secretary General, College Social Development & Margaret L. Workman Humanitarian Affairs, United judge, Circuit Court (Mid Year) Nations Charleston, West Virginia Harrison B. Wilson President, Norfolk State (Mid Year) 1983 University Vincent E. Reed (May) Superintendent of Schools Russell Lowell Isaacs 1990 The District of Columbia President, Hecks Inc., (May) Charleston, West Virginia Mary Sarah Weddington 1977 Senior Lecturer, History and (May) (Mid Year) Government, University of Ben L. Morton Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, IV Texas Chancellor, First Lady of West Virginia West Virginia Board of (Mid Year) 1984 Lauro F. Cavazos Regents (May) Secretary, U.S. Department of (Mid Year) Samuel Proctor Education Henry B. Wehrle, Jr. Pastor, Abyssian Baptist President, The Mcjunkin Church, NY 1991 (May) Corporation (Mid Year) Gaston Caperton 1978 John D. Rockefeller, IV Governor, State of West Thirty-first Governor, (May) State of West Virginia Robert C. Byrd Virginia (Mid Year) U.S. Senator, State of West 1985 Laura Pederson Virginia (May) (Mid Year) Julian Bond 1992 Harold Delaney Senator, Atlanta, Georgia (May) Paul B. Marion Associate Executive Director (Mid Year) American Association of Chancellor, State College D. Wayne Smith System of West Virginia Colleges and Universities President, Friendship Force (Mid Year) 1979 1986 Phyllis Harden Carter (May) (May) Harold L. Hodgkinson Director of State-Federal John F. McGee Relations, Governor's Office, Executive Director, President, Charleston Daily Professional Institute of Mail State of West Virginia American Management 1993 (Mid Year) Association (May) (Mid Year) Secretary of State West Bettina Gregory John D. Rockefeller, IV Virginia Senior General Assignment Governor, State of West Correspondent, American Virginia 1987 Broadcasting Company (May) (Mid Year) 1980 Leon H. Sullivan (May) Chair, Board of OIC, Barbara Harmon- Schamberger Donald M. Knox Philadelphia, PA Secretary, Department of (Mid Year) (Mid Year) Education and the Arts State of Robert R. Ramsey Thomas W. Cole, Jr. West Virginia Chancellor, Chancellor, West Virginia Board of West Virginia Board of 1994 Regents Regents (May) Margaret L. Workman 1981 1988 judge, Supreme Court of (May) (May) Appeals, State of West Virginia Allen Ostar Hazo W. Carter, Jr. President, American Ninth President, (Mid Year) Association of State Colleges West Virginia State College Booker T. Stephens and Universities Chief judge, Eighth judicial (Mid Year) District, Welch, West Virginia (Mid Year) Ralph E. Kirkman Leon H. Ginsberg Professor of Education, 1995 Commissioner, West Virginia George Peabody College (May) Department of Welfare Vanderbilt University James W. Monroe Major General, United States 1982 1989 Army (May) (May) Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Grover A. DuBose (Mid Year) 1999 2002 Clifford M. Trump (May) (May) Chancellor, State College Christine M. Corey Miles C. Cary System of West Virginia Senior Program Officer, Office President, West Virginia State of International Education College Advisory Board 1996 and Graduate Programs, (May) United States Department of (Mid Year) Rodney E. Slater Education Kaye Goodwin Federal Highway Secretary, Education and Arts Administration (Mid Year) Hazo W. Carter, Jr. 2003 (Mid Year) Ninth President, West (May) Robert E. Wise, Jr. Virginia State College J. T. (Ted) Childs, Jr. United States House of Vice President, Representatives 2000 Global Workforce Diversity (May) IBM Corporation 1997 Cecil H. Underwood (May) Governor, State of West (Mid-Year) Hazel R. O'Leary Virginia Richard L. Ferguson Former Secretary of Energy Chief Executive Officer and (Mid Year) Chairman of the Board (Mid Year) David Stewart ACT, Inc. James W. Rowley State Superintendent of President Emeritus, College of Schools, 2004 Graduate Studies West Virginia Board of (May) Education Boyce Courtney Williams 1998 Vice President, (May) 2001 National Council for Shirley R. Watkins (May) Accreditation of Education Secretary, U.S. Department of Marie C. Johns Agriculture President, Verizon (Mid-Year) Hazo W. Carter, lr., Ed.D. (Mid Year) (Mid Year) President, West Virginia State Gus R. Douglass J. Michael Mullen University West Virginia Commissioner Chancellor, West Virginia of Agriculture Higher Education Policy 2005 Commission (May) Senator US Senator, State of West Virginia (Mid-Year) Joseph Manchin III Governor, State of West Virginia Honorary Degrees Conferred by West Virginia State University

1944 L.L. McKenzie Miles Clark Stanley Roland Hayes Doctor of Pedagogy Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humanities 1962 1968 1946 Mary L. Williams Mae Belle Jones Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Doctor of Pedagogy Doctor of Pedagogy Doctor of Humanities Alva J. Gibson Willie P. Russell Doctor of Pedagogy Doctor of Pedagogy 1947 Mary McLeod Bethune F. Ray Powers Lawrence V. Jordan Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Laws Doctor of Pedagogy Herman G. Canady May 16, 1948 1963 Doctor of Pedagogy Special Honors Pearl S. Buck Paul J. Moore Convocation Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Pedagogy Irvin Stewart Leon H. Sullivan Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humanities Simon H. Galperin Henry L. Dickason Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Laws 1964 Jennings Randolph 1969 Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Doctor of Humanities Dunbar H. Ogden, Jr. Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Humanities Thomas E. Posey Percy Julian Doctor of Humanities Mildred Mitchell Bateman Doctor of Science Doctor of Humanities William O. Douglas Doctor of Humanities 1950 1971 Walter Philip Reuther Richard A. Brown Doctor of Humanities 1965 Doctor of Humanities P.K. Banerjee Mph Johnson Bunche Doctor of Laws Harrison H. Ferrell Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Humanities William Simon Jackson Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit Doctor of Laws Arch A. Moore, Jr. Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humanities Lawrence Neale Jones 1951 Doctor of Laws 1973 Conn a A. Mowrey Damon J. Keith Robert L. Bradford Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humanities

1954 William J. Thompson Jeanette Gordon McPherson Edward Anderson Boling Doctor of Laws Gates Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Humanities HerbertW. Richardson Doctor of Laws 1956 1975 Joseph J. Smith George Camron Grant 1966 Founder's Day Doctor of Science Doctor of Letters Adolph Putnam Hamblin Doctor of Humanities John Warren Davis 1978 Doctor of Humane Letters William Edwin Chilton ill John F. Matheus Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Letters 1961 James Madison Nabrit, Jr. William W. Barron "Vincent Reed Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humanities Robert C. Byrd Cecil H. Underwood 1967 Founder's Day Doctor of Laws Thomas Miller Jenkins Doctor of Laws Doctor of Laws W.O. Armstrong 1981 Doctor of Humanities Naomi Garrett 1967 Henry Edward Schultz Drue E. Culums, Doctor of Humane Letters Doctor of Humanities Doctor of Laws William James Lord Wallace Doctor of Letters 1983 1991 James W. Monroe David Wayne Smith Gaston Caperton Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humane Letters Doctor of Laws James W. Rowley Jeff H. Towles Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humane Letters 1992 Paul Gilmer James S. Wade 1996 Doctor of Divinity James W. Holley ill Doctor of Laws Raymond Danner Doctor of Laws Doctor of Laws 1984 Leonard Troy Anderson Angie Turner King 1997 Robert H. Thompson Doctor of Letters Doctor of Laws Doctor of Humanities Thomas J. Anderson Paul B. Marion Virginia Gill Simmons Doctor of Music Doctor of Pedagogy Doctor of Laws John D. Rockefeller, IV Doctor of Laws 1993 Floydelb Anderson 1998 Gus R. Douglass Doctor of Laws 1985 Doctor of Laws Sophia Nelson Doctor of Laws 1994 Margaret K. Workman 1999 Doctor of Laws Christine M. Corey 1986 Doctor of Laws Leander J. Shaw, Jr. Benny J. Primm Doctor of Laws Doctor of Science 2001 David Anthony Stafford 1987 1995 Doctor of Science Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Katharine Graham Doctor of Laws Doctor of Laws 2004 Acie McGhee Elizabeth Early Chilton 1989 Doctor of Laws Doctor of Laws Norman Fagan Doctor of Humane Letters Howard Lee Wilson Doctor of Laws Joseph Manchin - Midyear 2005 Doctor of Laws

Commencement programs are maintained in the University Archives of the Drain-Jordan Library. For many years, the University held graduation exercises three times a year-in May, August, and a mid-year commencement at the end ofthefirst semester in January. Mid-year graduation exercises were dropped in 1954 and re-established in 1974, while summer exercises were discontinued after 1958. Alma Mater

Ernest Wade '30 Martha Spencer '31

There is a place we love so dear- Its name we'll ever praise and revere 'Tis West Virginia State we love- Just one more step from there is Heav'n above. REFRAIN West Virginia's praise we'll sing- Lift our voices 'til heavens ring- As we gaily march along- We'll sing a song- For Alma Mater How we love her Pride of all our loyal hearts- From her we will never part- Thoughts of thee will ne'er be few Alma Mater we love you. We'll love her more as days go by, And send her praises to the sky; To place her over all the rest, And keep her e' er the dearest and the best. Shadowed 'neath a deep blue sky; Is STATE for whom we'll live and we'll die- Arise! 0 men of God and sing; We're loyal, and to her we'll always cling.

WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY