COMMENCEMENT Class of 2018
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144th academic year COMMENCEMENT class of 2018 Monday, May 21, 2018 8:30 a.m. Armstrong Quadrangle Colorado Springs, Colorado – 1 – AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL (“O Beautiful for Spacious Skies”) Music written by Samuel A. Ward (1847–1903) Words written by Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) Selected stanzas O beautiful for spacious skies, O beautiful for pilgrim feet For amber waves of grain, Whose stern impassioned stress For purple mountain majesties A thoroughfare for freedom beat Above the fruited plain. Across the wilderness. America! America! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, God mend thine every flaw, And crown thy good with brotherhood Confirm thy soul in self-control, From sea to shining sea. Thy liberty in law. In 1893, Katharine Lee Bates was a visiting professor of English literature in Colorado College’s Summer Session. Bates and a group of faculty members trav- eled by prairie wagon and mules to the summit of Pikes Peak. There, inspired by the magnificent panorama, the poet conceived the initial verses of “America, the Beautiful.” It was published in 1895 to national acclaim. COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER (“O Colorado College Fair”) Words and music written in 1953 by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay O Colorado College fair, O Colorado College fair, We sing our praise to you; Long may your fame be known; Eternal as the Rockies, May fortune smile upon you, that form our western view; and honor be your own; Your loyal sons and daughters Our Alma Mater always, will always grateful be; Your loyal children we; The college dear to all our hearts Together let us face the future, is our C.C. Hail C.C. Audience: Please join us in singing. Senior Class Gift The Class of 2018 demonstrated their commitment to Colorado College through their philanthropic senior class gift effort. They have directed gifts toward: The Fund for CC (unrestricted), the Butler Center, Financial Aid, the Sustainability/ECO Fund, or another designation of their choice. Important information First Aid: There is a first aid station located on the southwest side of Armstrong Hall. Closed Captioning: Guests who are deaf or hard of hearing may watch the ceremony via the live stream at www.coloradocollege. edu/commencement to see it via closed captioning. Sign Language Interpretation: Guests who are deaf or hard of hearing may sit in the reserved seats to the north of the stage where we will have sign language interpreters. Photography: A professional photographer will be taking photos of each graduate; however, there is a family photography area roped off to the southwest corner of the stage for loved ones to get close to snap a quick photo. Gown Returns: Graduates must return their gowns to the Colorado College Bookstore immediately following the President’s Reception. Share your photos and tweets: #coloradocollege2018 www.coloradocollege.edu/commencement – 1 – THE COLORADO COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT Monday, May 21, 2018 | 8:30 a.m. Presiding: Jill M. Tiefenthaler, President of Colorado College PROCESSIONAL* “Entrada” ................................................................................................................................................................. G. F. Handel (1685–1759) “Voluntary on Old 100th” ................................................................................................................................. Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695) “Fanfare and Chorus” ..................................................................................................................................Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707) “Trumpet Voluntary” .................................................................................................................................................................Henry Purcell Brass Ensemble; Jeremy Van Hoy, Colorado College Concert Band Director, Conductor AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL (Selected stanzas)* “O Beautiful for Spacious Skies” (1893) .................................... Samuel A. Ward (1847–1903); Words by Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) Led by Stephanie Brink ’07 INVOCATION* Alex Hernandez-Siegel, Chaplain and Associate Dean of Students WELCOME Jill M. Tiefenthaler, President of Colorado College, and Susan Smith Burghart ’77, Chair of the Board of Trustees INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Celia O’Brien ’18 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS “Advice From the Players” Nancy Nagel Gibbs ’71 Tony Award-winning producer; 321 Theatrical Management, General Manager CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Nancy Nagel Gibbs ’71, Doctor of Letters Presented by Thomas Lindblade, Professor of Theatre and Dance; conferred by Jill M. Tiefenthaler David Buck ’83, M.D., M.P.H., Doctor of Science Presented by Nathan Bower, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry; conferred by Jill M. Tiefenthaler Frieda Ekotto ’86, Ph.D., Doctor of Letters Presented by Devaka Premawardhana, Professor of Religion; conferred by Jill M. Tiefenthaler Peggy Fleming Jenkins ’70, Doctor of Humane Letters Presented by Krista Fish ’97, Professor of Anthropology; conferred by Jill M. Tiefenthaler HONORING EMERITI/RETIRING FACULTY Presented by Jill M. Tiefenthaler CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE Conferred by Jill M. Tiefenthaler; names read by Sandra Wong, Dean of the College and Dean of the Faculty COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER* “O Colorado College Fair” .......................................Words and music by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay Led by Stephanie Brink ’07 BENEDICTION* Alex Hernandez-Siegel, Chaplain and Associate Dean of Students RECESSIONAL* “March of the Earl of Oxford” ................................................................................................................................William Byrd (1543–1623) “Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2” ..............................................................................................................Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612) “Music for King Charles II” ................................................................................................................... Matthew Locke (1630–1677) Brass Ensemble; Jeremy Van Hoy, Conductor *ATTENDEES STANDING. Degree recipients and guests are requested to remain in their places until the conclusion of the ceremony. Immediately following the ceremony, degree recipients and guests are invited to the President’s Reception in the Cutler Quadrangle. – 2 – 2018 COMMENCEMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT NANCY NAGEL GIBBS ’71 ancy Nagel Gibbs ’71 has Gibbs’s individual credits include been a producer, general “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Nmanager, and company Change”; “De La Guarda”; “Over manager for Broadway, off-Broadway, the River and Through the Woods”; and internationally for over 40 years. “Visiting Mr. Green”; “Full Gallop”; Producing credits include “Peter “Santaland Diaries”; “Hank Williams: and the Starcatcher” (nine Tony Lost Highway”; “John & Jen”; “Smoke nominations/five wins); “Come From on the Mountain”; “Betrayal”; “Little Away” (Tony nomination); “Bat Boy: Shop of Horrors”; “Lunch Hour”; The Musical” (Lortel Best Musical “Tomfoolery”; and “The Wiz” national Award); “Striking 12”; “Fun Home” company, plus two seasons at Ford’s (Tony Best Musical Award); “If/Then”; Theatre in Washington, D.C. “All Shook Up”; “The Big Bang”; “The Last Session”; “Fully Committed”; and In 2015, Gibbs received the rarely given “Smoke on the Mountain.” Edith Oliver Award for Service to Off- Broadway. In addition to a B.A. from Gibbs moved to New York City in Colorado College, she has a Master 1977 to become a theatrical manager, of Arts in Theatre from the University and in 1993 she co-founded 321 of Northern Colorado. She is married Theatrical Management with Nina to Christopher C. Gibbs ’68, Ph.D. Essman ’87. The company’s credits They have two children and live in include “Wicked” (Broadway, Chicago, Fanwood and Pittstown, New Jersey. California, two national tours); “Oh, Hello” (Broadway); “Bring It On: the Musical” (Broadway and national tour); “Man of La Mancha” (2002 revival); “The Graduate” (Broadway and national tour); “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life …” (2000 revival); “The Vagina Monologues”; “Fully Committed”; “Street of Dreams”; and “Lifegame.” 321 Theatrical Management also advises the many companies of “Wicked” around the world, including Australia, Singapore, Manila, Seoul, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and London. – 3 – 2018 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT DAVID BUCK ’83 avid Buck ’83, M.D., Buck currently leads the Patient Care M.P.H., is a professor at Intervention Center, a nonprofit DBaylor College of Medicine’s that leverages community-wide care Department of Family & Community coordination and technology Medicine, and an adjunct professor at to deliver resources to patients University of Texas School of Public with complex social and medical Health-Houston’s Management, needs. Additionally, he continues Policy, and Community Health to serve as a practicing physician, Division and Rice University’s including medical street outreach. Department of Sociology. He began working with the underserved Buck is the recipient of many developing medical and dental awards and honors, including the clinics for the indigent population in 2013 American Academy of Family Houston in 1984 after working with Physicians Public Health Leader Mother Teresa in Calcutta, India. In National Award, the 2012 Texas 1999, he founded Healthcare for the Academy of Family Physicians Homeless-Houston. He co-founded Public Health Leader Award, the Doctors for Change and served