Fall 2020 Commencement Program
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FALL 2020 Commencement DOCTORATE, ED.S. AND MASTER’S DEGREES College of Health College of Education .......................................7 and Behavioral Sciences ..........................4 College of Health College of Education .......................................5 and Behavioral Sciences ........................15 College of Arts, Humanities, Werth College of Science, Technology and Social Sciences ...................................5 and Mathematics ....................................17 Robbins College of Business and Entrepreneurship ..............................7 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES College of Arts, Humanities, College of Education and Social Sciences Teacher Education .........................................28 Art and Design ..............................................18 Communication Studies ..............................19 College of Health and Behavioral Sciences Criminal Justice .............................................19 Allied Health .................................................30 English ............................................................19 Communication Sciences and Disorders ..31 General Studies .............................................20 Health and Human Performance ...............31 History ............................................................21 Nursing ...........................................................32 Leadership Studies .......................................22 Psychology .....................................................33 Modern Languages .......................................22 Social Work ....................................................34 Music and Theatre ........................................22 Werth College of Science, Technology Philosophy .....................................................23 and Mathematics Political Science .............................................23 Agriculture.....................................................35 Sociology ........................................................23 Applied Technology .....................................36 Associate Degrees .........................................24 Biological Sciences ........................................37 Chemistry ......................................................37 Robbins College of Business Computer Science .........................................37 and Entrepreneurship Geosciences ....................................................38 Applied Business Studies ............................25 Mathematics ...................................................38 Economics, Finance, and Accounting ........26 Physics ............................................................38 Informatics .....................................................26 Associate Degrees .........................................38 Management ..................................................27 Honors and Partnerships Pilot Award ................................................... 44 Honors at Graduation ...................................39 Torch Award ..................................................45 Academic History .........................................46 Awards, Academic History and Academic Regalia ..........................................47 Recognition Symbols ..........................................................48 President’s Distinguished University Mascot .........................................49 Scholar Award ...............................................42 About Our Students ......................................50 Navigator Award ..........................................43 Retirements ...................................................51 Lighthouse Award ........................................43 Alumni Association and Foundation ........52 FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY | FALL 2020 COMMENCEMENT 1 THE BEGINNING “Twas built by the toil of our fathers: W To its glory our voices swell. E I V R Hail to old Fort Hays State!” E V O This is our Heritage: This is Fort Hays State Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is a state, The university opened as the Western Branch tax-assisted liberal and applied arts university of the Kansas Normal School of Emporia. The established and maintained by the state to serve curriculum for the first two years consisted of the the people of Kansas. upper two years of high school supplemented by courses in teaching methods. The university was established to satisfy a need felt by the early settlers for educational facilities After 1910, the first degree, A.B. in Education, was in the new region. Martin Allen, a horticulturist authorized at this time, although the degree was who came to Hays in 1873, and other Hays later changed to B.S. in Education. Liberal arts residents, conceived the idea of using the Fort degrees of A.B. and B.S. were authorized in 1930. Hays Military Reservation land, about to be Graduate work leading to the master’s degree abandoned by the government, for experimental was first offered in 1929; in 1958 the university and educational purposes. was given permission to grant the specialist in education degree. A doctoral program in nursing The fort was abandoned in 1889. From that practice was approved May 2015 for Fort Hays time until 1900, the proposal for its use was State University by the Kansas Board of Regents. repeatedly presented to Congress by farseeing It is the university’s first doctoral program. residents of the area. In 1900, the federal government enacted legislation granting the During its years of educational service, the land to the state of Kansas for a state college, university has had several changes in its name. an agricultural experimental station, and a state In 1914, the Hays Normal was made independent park. In 1901, the Kansas legislature accepted of the Emporia Normal School and its name the grant. became Fort Hays Kansas State Normal School. In 1923, the name of the university was changed On June 23, 1902, the university opened with 34 to Kansas State Teachers College of Hays. students, two faculty members, and 19 courses. For two years, sessions were held in two old The right to confer liberal arts degrees was buildings on the fort grounds. In 1904, the first approved by the Board of Regents early in 1931 stone building was completed on the “flats” and the Legislature authorized the change to the adjacent to Hays and the young institution was name of Fort Hays Kansas State College in the moved to its present location. same year. In 1977, the name of the university was changed to Fort Hays State University. 2 FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY | OVERVIEW Opening Day of the Western Branch of Kansas State O Normal School on V E the grounds of the old R V Fort Hays Military I E Reservation. W Left: Picken Hall, the first academic building on campus. Right: South side of Industrial Building with greenhouse; women are walking away from the building on sidewalk. Left: People skate on Big Creek with Sheridan Hall in the background. Right: Snow covers the fountain in front of Picken Hall. FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY | OVERVIEW 3 GRADUATE SCHOOL The Graduate School coordinates degree programs across all five academic colleges in the university. Graduate faculty members have attained a significant level of achievement in their instructional and scholarly activities and are committed to excellence in graduate education. The professional staff of the Graduate School prides itself on excellent service in assisting graduate students from the point L O of inquiry to the point of matriculation. On behalf of the graduate faculty and staff of the Graduate O School, I congratulate you on your achievement here today. H C Glen McNeil S E Interim Dean T A U D A R G COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES NURSING – DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE ——————————— Erica Seger, Newton Nursing Practice SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY – EDUCATION SPECIALIST ——————— Ashley Ramirez, Des Moines, IA School Psychology 4 FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY | GRADUATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL STUDIES – EDUCATION SPECIALIST —— Bukola Bakare, Sugar Hill, GA Scott Outlaw, Corpus Christi, TX G Education Innovation and Leadership Education Innovation and Leadership R Jesse Wade Briscoe, Moberly, MO Patricia Louise Reiser, Great Bend A D Education Innovation and Leadership Education Administration U A Haley Michelle Bugni, Frontenac Jennifer Leigh Roe, Augusta T E Education Innovation and Leadership Education Innovation and Leadership S C Jess R. Gagliardi, Alamosa, CO Simone A. Todd, Uniondale, NY H O Education Innovation and Leadership Education Innovation and Leadership O Faline Fawn Jett, Manitou Springs, CO Stephanie Denise Young, San Antonio, TX L Education Innovation and Leadership Education Innovation and Leadership Stephanie Diane Muth, Great Bend Education Innovation and Leadership COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ART – MASTER OF FINE ARTS ————————————————————— Zane Mahanna, Hoxie Carolyn Mimbs, Kansas City, MO Art (Sculpture) Art (Ceramics) COMMUNICATION – MASTER OF SCIENCE —————————————— Chunpeng Yang, Anshan, Liaoning Province, China Communication ENGLISH – MASTER OF SCIENCE ——————————————————— Lindsey Allison Eck, Gardner Aaron L. Pierce, Omaha, NE English English Joseph Donald Gunderson, Derby Margaret Lee Porter, Butler, MO English English Kelsey Marie Hopson, Wichita Stacie Rupp, Hays English English Lorraine K. Kellner, Minneola Jessica R. Shields, Hays English English FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY | GRADUATE 5 HISTORY – MASTER OF ARTS ——————————————————— David C. Holland, Ellicott City, MD Rachel Pendergraft,