Ithaca College Commencement 2021 SUNDAY, MAY 23 | ITHACA, NEW YORK Greetings and Commencement Addresses
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Ithaca College Commencement 2021 SUNDAY, MAY 23 | ITHACA, NEW YORK Greetings and Commencement Addresses FANFARE Ghost Rain Fanfare Grace Marie Dashnaw ’21 CONVENING OF CEREMONY AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Ivy Walz Field Announcer and Associate Professor of Music Performance The Star-Spangled Banner* Francis Scott Key PRESIDENT’S WELCOME AND REMARKS Shirley M. Collado President of Ithaca College INTRODUCTION AND CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREES President Collado HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS Raj Chetty The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas (See page 5 for biographies.) INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER President Collado COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Liz Tigelaar ’98 (See page 4 for biography.) INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT SPEAKER President Collado CLASS ADDRESS Allison Elizabeth Kelley (See page 5 for biography.) PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL President Collado PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL RECIPIENT Eileen Filler-Corn ’86 (See page 6 for biography.) RECOGNITION AND PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES La Jerne Terry Cornish Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Ithaca Forever* Philip J. Lang ’33, Music Alicia Carpenter, Lyrics CONFERRAL OF DEGREES President Collado DISMISSAL Ivy Waltz * Please stand if able Fanfare and Musical Selections The opening fanfare, titled Ghost Rain Fanfare, was composed Ithaca Forever is performed by the fanfare ensemble listed on for the ceremony by Grace Marie Dashnaw ’21. the left and sung by the following members of the class of 2021: TRUMPET TROMBONE SOPRANO TENOR Michael Stern ’20, MM ’22 Kurt Eugene Eide ’21 Olivia Joan Brice Connor Joseph Curry Evan Daniel Schreiber ’21 Danielle Marie Roach Jack Hogan TUBA Matisse C. Boor HORN Jonathan Aldave ’21 BASS Charlotte Povey ’22 ALTO Maxwell A. Kuhnel Julia Alexa Callaghan Anthony Lewis Pilcher Jr. Leah G. Etheridge The Star-Spangled Banner is performed by Syona Hapke Julianna Marie Cavallo Ayyankeril, Rachel Leah Magil, and Amber J. Ward. Announcements DIPLOMA DISTRIBUTION FLAGS An official diploma will be mailed to the address each student The flags of various countries displayed in the Athletics and provided on their application for degree and will arrive Events Center honor the international students who are today approximately four weeks after graduation. receiving degrees. Ithaca College is fortunate in the diversity of its community as it prepares students to become EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY worldly citizens. There will be professional photographers working to capture images of students individually just after they cross the stage. MEDALLION These photos will be available for sale to families within two to Following a tradition begun in 1992, the college’s centennial three days after the event. Your student will receive an email at year, each graduate has received a medallion inscribed with a that time with details. Photo proofs and additional information quotation chosen by the college’s president. This year the will also be mailed to each student’s permanent address. quotation comes from Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “Fight for the Families may purchase photos but are not obligated to do so. things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” A limited number of candid photos of the ceremony will be available at no cost to families via the Commencement website BALLOONS (ithaca.edu/commencement) within two weeks after the event. At Commencement, students graduating from the theatre arts department tie purple and white balloons to their wrists to SOCIAL MEDIA commemorate the lives of IC theatre community members Use the hashtag #ICGrads on Instagram and Twitter to share who have passed away. your favorite photos from Commencement and congratulate our graduates. ANNOUNCER Ivy Walz, an associate professor of music performance, is the field announcer. Board of Trustees 2020–2021 David H. Lissy ’87, Jack H. Dembow ’77 Kathy Newlands ’89 CHAIRS EMERITI Chairman Julie A. Dorsey ’01, MS ’03 Mary G. Opperman Thomas H. Grape ’80 David Fleisher II ’91, Christopher D. Palmieri ’96 William L. Haines James Nolan ’77, Parent ’01 Parent ’20 Jeffrey J. Selingo ’95 C. William Schwab ’68 Vice Chairman Thaddeus J. Fortin ’81 Jan E. Singer ’86 Rosanna Aybar Gary J. Gross ’81 Peter R. Taffae ’82 HONORARY TRUSTEES David Bachrach ’70 Casey Kendall James E. Taylor ’00 Lawrence M. Alleva ’71 Luvelle Brown David T. Meberg ’85, Douglas M. Weisman ’78 Gloria L. Hobbs Shirley M. Collado, Parent ’23 Baruch J. Whitehead Robert A. Iger ’73 ex officio Orinthia Montague Kalena A. Yearwood ’23 Nancy Pringle Michael Conover ’81 Kristin R. Muenzen ’00 Kimberly Zeoli ’89 David W. Sass ’57, Sybil Conrad William J. Nelligan III ’83 Parent ’83 1 Academic Regalia The gowns and hoods worn on solemn academic occasions gown has oblong-cut sleeves slit at the elbow and is worn perpetuate traditions as old as the world’s oldest universities. open or closed. The doctor’s gown, which is also worn open While European institutions display great diversity in or closed, has bell-shaped sleeves, usually crossed with bands the design and color of academic regalia, their American of velvet. The length of the hood also identifies the degree: counterparts adopted a code of regulations that makes it 36 inches for a bachelor’s, 42 inches for a master’s, and possible for the academic community to identify from the cut 48 inches for a doctor’s. The color of the hood’s velvet binding of the gown and the color of the hood the wearer’s degree, identifies the wearer’s specialized field of study. These colors the subject in which it was conferred, and the institution that include white for arts and letters, light brown for business, granted it. In recent years many colleges and universities have light blue for education, purple for law, lemon for library departed from the traditional black and adopted official colors science, pink for music, sage green for physical education, for their academic gowns. Thus, the blue gowns with gold blue for philosophy, gold for science, and red for theology. chevrons worn by the president and trustees of Ithaca College The silk lining of the hood displays the color or colors of display the official colors of this institution. the institution awarding the degree. Earned and honorary The cut of the gown identifies the degree. The bachelor’s degrees awarded by Ithaca College are shown by hoods lined gown has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The master’s in royal blue and crossed with gold chevrons. Honor Cords and Stoles HONOR CORDS RAINBOW HONOR CORDS Commencement includes many traditions that have been Multicolored rainbow honor cords are worn by some of passed down through generations. Among these traditions the LGBTQ and allied graduates at today’s ceremony and is the honor cord. The colors of the cords signify graduation by LGBTQ and allied students at colleges and universities honors based on high academic achievement. These honors, throughout the world at commencement. Since 2003, listed below, are associated with Latin phrases that indicate the IC students have received their cords and been celebrated level of distinction with which an academic degree is earned. at the annual rainbow reception, which highlights their Ithaca College confers three levels of Latin honors to achievements. The history of LGBTQ inclusion at Ithaca undergraduates earning a bachelor’s degree. The cumulative College would be impossible without the fearless and tireless grade point average ranges for these honors are listed below. efforts of its allies and supporters. The use of rainbow colors A minimum of 60 credits of coursework must be completed at as a sign of diversity and inclusiveness is a long-standing Ithaca College to qualify for this recognition. The honors listed tradition. The rainbow or pride flag was created by San for the students in this program are based on their cumulative Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978. The colors symbolize grade point average as calculated at the end of the previous diversity throughout LGBTQ communities and have individual fall term. Honors that appear on students’ actual diplomas will significance: life (red), healing (orange), sunlight (yellow), be based on their final cumulative grade point average. nature (green), art/harmony (blue), and spirit (purple). Blue and Gold Cord RED, WHITE, AND BLUE GRADUATION CORDS Summa cum Laude 3.900 and above A Commencement tradition at Ithaca College is the red, (with highest honors) white, and blue graduation cord. Provided to graduating Gold Cord veterans in recognition of and gratitude for their service in Magna cum Laude 3.700–3.899 protecting our country, these cords are a special honor (with great honors) for veterans as a symbol of their self-sacrifice and service. Blue Cord KENTE STOLES Cum Laude 3.500–3.699 The Kente stole is a patterned, rich, and handwoven cloth (with honors) that originates with Akan weavers in present-day Ghana. For royalty throughout West Africa, kente is a sacred cloth worn only in times of extreme importance. Similarly, it has been an Ithaca College tradition to present Kente stoles to students of color who are a part of specific programs on campus to recognize their Commencement. The symbol on the Kente stoles, Nea Onnim No Sua A, Ohu, is a West African Adinkra symbol for “knowledge” and “a lifelong quest for learning.” 2 Senior Class Board, Cabinet, and Gift Committee SENIOR CLASS EXECUTIVE BOARD SENIOR CLASS GIFT CAMPAIGN For nearly 40 years, graduates have left their legacy at Ithaca Allison Elizabeth Kelley, Katelyn N. Nicholas, College by participating in one of the oldest traditions on South President Director of Marketing Hill, the Senior Class Gift Campaign. Each year, members of Jennifer Anne D’Urso, Marian Grace Pollock, IC’s graduating class join together in honor of their graduation Vice President Director of Communications to help support, enrich, and enhance the IC experience for current and future students.