ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIFTH COMMENCEMENT

10:00 a.m. SATURDAY M AY 14 ,

2016KEPPEL AUDITORIUM 10:00a.m. SATURDAY MAY 14 , COMMENCEMENT 2016KEPPEL AUDITORIUM

THE MUSIC FOR GATHERING The Liberty Bell March John Phillip Sousa Cantate Domino from Musica Divina Guiseppi Ottavio Pitoni Gavotte from Suite No. 6 in D Major, BMV 1012 Johann Sebastian Bach Rondeau Jean Joseph Mouret Horn Pipe from Water Music George F. Handel Fanfare from Water Music George F. Handel Prelude to Te Deum Marc Antoine Charpentier

Catawba College Chamber Brass Dr. Stephen C. Etters, Musical Director & Associate Professor of Music Education

* ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar/Jack Gale

* THE NATIONAL ANTHEM The Star-Spangled Banner John Stafford Smith

O 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 through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

* THE CONVENING OF THE GRADUATION EXERCISE Mr. Brien Lewis President

* OPENING PRAYER The Rev. Dr. Kenneth W. Clapp ’70 Chaplain & Senior Vice President

GREETINGS FROM DISTINGUISHED CONSTITUENTS Mrs. Darlene L. Ball ’62, Chair, Catawba College Board of Trustees Dr. Doug Brown, Faculty Senate Chair Johnathon Boles ’16, Senior Class President The Honorable Karen Kirks Alexander, Mayor of Salisbury REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED ON THE FRONT LAWN. Please join family and friends after the ceremony. (*) Designates those who are able are invited to stand. RECOGNITION OF RETIRING MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY Dr. Michael Bitzer Drs. Lyn Boulter, Kurt Corriher and Charles McAllister Provost

PRESENTATION OF THE WHITENER MEDALS President Lewis Ashley Everidge of Hamptonville, North Carolina Joshua Hill of Fayetteville, North Carolina

PRESENTATION OF THE O. B. MICHAEL President Lewis DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD AND GRADUATION ADDRESS Dan Bross ’71

THE CONFERRING OF THE DEGREES President Lewis The candidates will be presented by Dr. Michael Bitzer, Provost and Mr. Brien Lewis, President. Mrs. Darlene Ball, Chair, Catawba College Board of Trustees, and Professor David Pulliam, College Marshal, will assist.

CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES President Lewis

ANTHEM The Road Home Stephen Paulus The Catawba Singers Dr. Phillip E. Burgess, Conductor & Director of Choral Activities

* THE CATAWBA COLLEGE ALMA MATER Fair Catawba Bernice & Alvin R. Keppel (Dr. & Mrs. Alvin R. Keppel served Catawba College in the period 1942-63 as its 14th President and First Lady.) Down in the verdant Southland, Fair Catawba, my Catawba, High on the Piedmont plains, Symbol of life and right! There’s a tower that is piercing the heavens, We thy sons and daughters And a campus of fond mem’ry lanes. Hail thee, Queen of light! Higher than the walls of man’s making Rich and glorious be thy future, Are the thoughts of my sojourn there. World of influence wide. Brighter than the sun upon waking And with us, who bear thy culture, Are the friendships time cannot outwear. May thy precepts and spirit abide.

* THE BENEDICTION Dr. Clapp

CHORAL BENEDICTION RESPONSE Go Now in Peace Robert Lau The Catawba Singers Dr. Phillip E. Burgess, Conductor & Director of Choral Activities

* ACADEMIC RECESSIONAL The Heavens Declare the Glory of God Benedetto Marcello/Douglas

REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED ON THE FRONT LAWN. Please join family and friends after the ceremony. JUNIOR CATAWBA CATAWBA SINGERS MARSHALS COLLEGE CHAMBER ALTO BARITONE Rebecca Aclin BRASS Caleb Garner DAY PROGRAM Tabitha Bass Conway Hahne

EUPHONIUM Haley Braswell Kevin Kent Rebecca Aclin Michael Downum Mikaela Brown Robert J. Thornton Madeline Auchter Dr. Steve Etters, Director Rona Lyn Dizon Darius Williams Blake Brewer Taylor Kroop Elijah Womble Katelyn DeZago HORN Madison Sides Anna Fields Dr. Barry Sang Daisha Stafford McKenzie Garrison Graham Sledge Jean White SOPRANO Lauren Gaskill Jennifer Beach Olivia Hedrick TRUMPET TENOR Morgan Cox Ashton Alexander Michael Jones Jonathon Boles Brienne Gardner Daniel Cline Dominique Karriker Gregory Florio Morgan Griffin Jonathan Collins Reid Lichtenberger B. Jason Hickerson O. R. Joan Hedrick MacKenzie Rogers Carrie Loman Chris Lange Morgan Johnson Duane Leatherberry Victoria Layton Cole Middleton TUBA James Satterwhite Danielle Rivera Declan Stimson Zach Camerino Ashton Tibbitt Destiny Whitman Nathan Wyatt Zack Veitenheimer Darren Vance Katie Zobel

EVENING & GRADUATE PROGRAM

Courtney K. Alderman Joanna E. Anderson Kelly Leigh Ball Burnita A. Clemon Melissa Dale Amanda Dawson Deborah A. Goldner Sharane Graham Jessica Lynn Harvatin David A. Henry Damian T. Lewis Lynette McCorkle-Turner Liliana Pulido Brandy O. Shoaf Emily M. Stanley MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL CATAWBA’S GRADUATION EVENT PHOTOS AT (AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE) CATAWBA.EDU/GRADUATION CATAWBA SINGERS BACHELOR OF ARTS

Maria Elizabeth Adkins 15 Salisbury, NC Sean Claude Grant Statesville, NC

Angela Caitlin Wade Billings 2, 15 High Point, NC Morgan Kennedy Griffin China Grove, NC

Andrea Bell Bosio 1 Chapel Hill, NC Erich Dale Guebert Martinsville, VA Jamaria Lynn Boyce-Reid Concord, NC Nathan Scott Hatley King, NC

Heather Dale Boyles 1, 8, 12 King, NC Joshua David Hill 1, 4, 5, 8, 12 Fayetteville, NC Cody Ryan Braden Davidson, NC Alexandra Blair Hulsey San Diego, CA

Courtney Madison Briscoe 11, 12, 15 Liberty, NC Cody Wayne Hummel Salisbury, NC Kateaka LaVon Brown Davidson, NC Shadae Symone Hunt-Coley Charlotte, NC Kerstin McKenzie Brown Willow Spring, NC Demi Lee Hutson Mt. Airy, NC

Kathleen Marie Burris 1, 8, 14 Mount Pleasant, NC Meredith Lee Jones Barresville, MD Shaun James Cammack Lake Toxaway, NC Abigal John Kennett Burlington, NC

Faith Jesse Carleton Cleveland, NC Christopher Andrew Lange 2 Port Republic, MD

Amy Elizabeth Carlton 13 Salisbury, NC Samuel Todd Laws Statesville, NC

Anna Elizabeth Carter 1, 15 Mocksville, NC Alex Thomas Lee 4, 10 Salisbury, NC

Holli Mikhaila Chandler 3 Charlotte, NC Marisa Brooke Lentz China Grove, NC Sydni Taylor Cockerham Salisbury, NC Richard Lugo, II Virginia Beach, VA Timothy Lee Conner Statesville, NC Cara Beth Marshall Salisbury, NC

Madelin Contreras 14 Salisbury, NC Timothy Treyvon Mashore Woodleaf, NC Kendra Chantell Cornelius Salisbury, NC Joe L. McDonald, II Charlotte, NC Mark A. Covert Mooresville, NC Sarah Sedberry McNeill Salisbury, NC

Sarah Jane Cranfill Advance, NC Julia Patrice McRae 1, 12 Aberdeen, NC Bethany Lauren Davis Salisbury, MD Salko Mehmedovic Salisbury, NC

Brittnay Danielle Davis Rockwell, NC Payden Lewis Mitchell 8 Salisbury, NC

Kehla Lynn Ellis Mocksville, NC Abigail Summers Moore 1, 8, 14 University Park, MD

Brenda Michelle Everett Salisbury, NC Jack Ronald Stewart Mordey 4 Leighton Buzzard, UK

Ashley Marie Everidge 1, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15 Hamptonville, NC Kenneth Daniel Mowery 15 Salisbury, NC Kristin Leigh Ferebee Mocksville, NC Jeremy Wayne Nunn Trinity, NC

Kara Nicole Ferguson Charlotte, NC Alanna Anaut Paget 11, 13 Miami, FL

Alexander James Fulton 11 Alpharetta, GA Ethan Connor Pethel Kannapolis, NC

Uriah Daniel Futch Statesville, NC Erica Pippen 3, 14 Durham, NC Shawn Michael Galloway Rockwell, NC Zachary Robert Ransom East Springfield, PA

Rachel Elizabeth Gallup Fredericksburg, VA Elizabeth Nadine Renteria 1, 4, 8, 12 Miramar, FL BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Katelin Roxann Rice 15 Thomasville, NC Emily Sage Auwarter 3, 6 Ocean City, NJ Danielle Marie Rivera Harrisburg, NC Rafal Konrad Baran 4 Trzebinia, Poland

Alexis Cerra Robinson 3 Pomona, NJ Allison Michelle Baucom 3, 6 Salisbury, NC Edward Horace Robinson, IV Callahan, FL Brooke Robyn Baumgarten 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12 Salisbury, NC Riley Leigh Beck 1, 7, 8 Trinity, NC Laura Katherine Rodgers Raleigh, NC Erica Lindsey Boles 9 King, NC Hunter Scott Safrit Rockwell, NC Johnathon Christian Boles 3, 10 Salisbury, NC Lauren Taylor Sledd 1, 8, 11, 12, 13 Roanoke, VA Kenneth Alfredo Bonilla Ochoa Salisbury, NC Dustin John Smith Davidson, NC Alexander Lynn Bost Salisbury, NC Morgan Leigh Summers 2 Gastonia, NC Brittany Nicole Bourn China Grove, NC Ryan James Szalay Brunswick, OH Morgan Renee Brann Beulahville, NC

Melissa Paige Tarduno 2 Indian Trail, NC Carlin Bremner Davidson, NC Tabitha Taylor Turenchalk Sheffield Lake, OH Nadine Brockmann 1, 10 Hamburg, Germany

Grace Elizabeth Tworek 14 Spruce Grove, Canada Robert Anthony Brooks Greensboro, NC Khadijah Shanteé Brown Warrenton, NC Carley Blake Tysinger 3, 6 Lexington, NC Martha Elizabeth Brucker 2 Kings Mountain, NC Emma Shay Ucinski Atlanta, GA Timothy Ryan Buck Jacksonville, NC Aaron Michael Vanhorenbeck 4 Oldsmar, FL Bradley Stephen Carlton Salisbury, NC Gary Dexter Williams 4 Southport, NC Megan Laurel Coffin Prospect, VA Jonathan David Williams Hillsborough, NC Daniel Robert Colwell Mooresville, NC Kristy Nicole Williams 1 Salisbury, NC Micah Brandon Cook Salisbury, NC Kayela Dawn Wilson Salisbury, NC Alyssa Corace Mahopac, NY Samuel E. H. Yeager Taylorsville, NC Lindsay Kyle Crawford 13 Lenoir, NC Brittany Michelle Davis Lexington, NC Janna Alyse Dixon Advance, NC

Melissa Quinn Edwards 4 Cary, NC

Michelle Lynn Eisenman 3, 6 Brunswick, OH Brandon Darril Fortson Salisbury, NC

Kaytee Frabotta 3, 6 Seneca, SC

Forest Moon Fugate 2 Asheville, NC BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS Matthew John Gallagher Chapel Hill, NC

Emily Jude Olszewski Erie, PA Jevgenij Gamper 4, 10 Vilnius, Lithuania Kassandra Jasmine Tuttle 2 Arden, NC Gina Nicole Gerone Brooklyn, NY

Elizabeth Jean White 2 Bluffton, SC Christopher Bryant Gilbert Boone, NC Emily Sage Auwarter 3, 6 Ocean City, NJ Zhaquondaleé Namiesha Greer Greensboro, NC Troy Lynn Mitchell Hamptonville, NC

Rafal Konrad Baran 4 Trzebinia, Poland Zachary Ryan Griffis Winston-Salem, NC Erin Symone Morant 1, 4 Bealeton, VA

Allison Michelle Baucom 3, 6 Salisbury, NC Fernando Guerrero Nava 6, 10 Kannapolis, NC Muhamed Mutevelić Salisbury, NC

Brooke Robyn Baumgarten 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12 Salisbury, NC Maria Frances Gurski 3, 6, 10 Norristown, PA Kersten Denise Nagy Sherrills Ford, NC

Riley Leigh Beck 1, 7, 8 Trinity, NC Erin Skyler Hathaway Green Village, NJ Kimberly Renee Newton Harrisburg, NC

Erica Lindsey Boles 9 King, NC DeAnna Marie Hedgepeth Wytheville, VA Connor Michael Fearon Noonan 4 Swansboro, NC

Johnathon Christian Boles 3, 10 Salisbury, NC Nathan David Hill 6, 10 China Grove, NC Thomas Henry Olsen, Jr. Pineville, NC Kenneth Alfredo Bonilla Ochoa Salisbury, NC Kristina Juliette Hoff Indian Trail, NC Mason Thomas Padgett Charlotte, NC

Alexander Lynn Bost Salisbury, NC Taylor Marie Houser 1, 12 Mount Holly, NC Brittany Jane Parsons 1, 3 Durham, NC Brittany Nicole Bourn China Grove, NC Nicklaus Mark Houston China Grove, NC Angelica Gabriela Pawlowski Las Vegas, NV Morgan Renee Brann Beulahville, NC Jeremy Lee Huffman Salisbury, NC Reginald Thomas Perkins, II Greensboro, NC Carlin Bremner Davidson, NC Johnathan Mitchell Jean Palm Coast, FL David Tyler Rea Kannapolis, NC

Nadine Brockmann 1, 10 Hamburg, Germany Daniel Scott Jerome 3 Salisbury, NC Joshua Reedy Lake Mary, FL

Robert Anthony Brooks Greensboro, NC Ivan Pacheco Jimenez 1, 10 Salisbury, NC Kaleigh Taylor Reidy Raleigh, NC Khadijah Shanteé Brown Warrenton, NC Jordan Lawrence Jones Cary, NC Nicolas Fitzgerald Richardson Charlotte, NC

Martha Elizabeth Brucker 2 Kings Mountain, NC Matthew Brock Jordan-Steele 3, 6 Lexington, NC Victoria Diane Roseman Rockwell, NC

Timothy Ryan Buck Jacksonville, NC Forrest Daniel Karriker 3 Greenville, NC Rachel Anne Rudisill Belmont, NC

Bradley Stephen Carlton Salisbury, NC Connor James Kennedy 12 Waxhaw, NC Julian Kwane Owusu-Sampah Kernersville, NC

Megan Laurel Coffin Prospect, VA Haley DiAnn King 3, 6 King, NC Chelsea Christine Sorensen 7 Victoria, Canada

Daniel Robert Colwell Mooresville, NC Morgan Lane King Troy, NC Taylor Elise Spillman 1, 3, 6, 8, 12 Boonville, NC

Micah Brandon Cook Salisbury, NC Mary Elva Kirkman Burlington, NC Brinsley Morgan Stewart 1, 8, 9, 10, 12 Boonville, NC

Alyssa Corace Mahopac, NY Marisa Gray Laws 8 Lexington, NC Greta Tamasauskaite Greenville, WI

Lindsay Kyle Crawford 13 Lenoir, NC James Patrick Lohr, Jr. 3 Salisbury, NC Kayla Marie Tucker Salisbury, NC

Brittany Michelle Davis Lexington, NC Trevor Joseph Loudin 4, 13 Salisbury, NC Alexandra Hagberg Twombly 7 Carlsbad, CA Janna Alyse Dixon Advance, NC Jason Michael Manaras New Port Ritchey, FL Dominique Jerrell Walker Burlington, NC

Melissa Quinn Edwards 4 Cary, NC Vismantas Marijosius Kedainiai, Lithuania Sophie Olivia Ann Waller Watford, United Kingdom

Michelle Lynn Eisenman 3, 6 Brunswick, OH Michelle Anne Marrara Jamestown, NC Morgan Nicole Washington Charlotte, NC Brandon Darril Fortson Salisbury, NC Katie Lauren Mathis Conover, NC Riley Brooks Weber Salisbury, NC

Kaytee Frabotta 3, 6 Seneca, SC Lewis Edward McCormick, III Greensboro, NC Gavin Forrest Wike Rockwell, NC

Forest Moon Fugate 2 Asheville, NC Justin Lee McCrary 4 Linwood, NC Sydney Yorke Wilson Salisbury, NC

Matthew John Gallagher Chapel Hill, NC Mitchell Todd McDonald 7 Wellington, New Zealand

Jevgenij Gamper 4, 10 Vilnius, Lithuania Michael Anthony McGinnis Chesapeake Beach, MD

Gina Nicole Gerone Brooklyn, NY Kyle Jeffrey Mechling 1, 12, 13 Quinton, VA Christopher Bryant Gilbert Boone, NC Christopher Meeks Charlotte, NC THE CEREMONIAL MACE Carried in the procession today by Dr. Janice Fuller, Professor of English and COMMENCEMENT Writer-in-Residence.

The mace is a gift to the 10:00a.m. SATURDAY College from the Class MAY 14 , of 1984. It was turned from native walnut wood by Robert W. Bailey of Woodleaf, N.C. The 2016KEPPEL AUDITORIUM mace is a ceremonial insignia of the academic world in a tradition CATAWBA.EDU/GRADUATION which dates to antiquity.

THE HISTORY OF ACADEMIC DRESS The history of academic dress reaches far back The Bachelor’s gowns have closed fronts and long into the early days of the oldest universities. pointed sleeves. Master’s gowns have oblong sleeves The academic dress worn today originated in the open at the wrists with the front of the oblong cut away. Doctor’s gowns have bell-shaped sleeves, velvet Middle Ages, but was not adopted in this country facings down the front and three bars on the sleeves. until the mid-19th century. Derived from the most common garment worn by professional men, The black mortarboard cap is worn for all degrees. the medieval equivalent of the business suit, A tassel is fastened to the middle of the cap. The tassel is black for all degrees except doctoral the modern academic gown has three forms degrees which are gold. based on the wearer’s degree.

Hoods are the most distinctive feature of the The small numbers printed by the names denote membership American code and are generally black. All are in honor societies. The following list indicates the color lined in silk with the official color or colors of the of each society’s cord which is worn with the academic gown: university or college conferring the degree. 1 ALPHA CHI - academic honor society, blue and green The colors of Catawba College are royal blue 2 ALPHA PSI OMEGA - honor society in Theatre Arts, urban blue and amber with a white chevron. The binding or edging 3 BETA BETA BETA - honor society in Biology, red and green of the hood is velvet with the color indicating the 4 BUSINESS HONOR SOCIETY - copper and drab subject of the degree. The binding colors associated 5 COLLEGE HONORS PROGRAM - crimson, gold, and white with the Catawba College degrees are: Bachelor of 6 GAMMA SIGMA EPSILON - honor society in Chemistry, navy blue and white 7 IOTA TAU ALPHA - honor society in Athletic Training, royal blue, gold, and red Arts – white, Bachelor of Arts in Education – Light 8 JUNIOR MARSHALS - medallion Blue, Bachelor of Business Administration – Drab, 9 KAPPA DELTA PI- honor society in Teacher Education, purple Bachelor of Fine Arts - Brown, Bachelor of Science 10 KAPPA MU EPSILON - honor society in Mathematics, pink and grey – Golden Yellow, Master of Education – Light Blue. 11 LAMBDA PI ETA - honor society in Communications, red and white 12 PHI EPSILON - honorary scholastic society, blue, white, and gold As another symbol of Catawba College’s institutional 13 PHI SIGMA IOTA, honor society in Foreign Languages, purple and gold commitment to sustainability, our graduates are wearing 14 PSI CHI - honor society in Psychology, silver and blue Elements gowns, made of sustainable materials. 15 SIGMA TAU DELTA - honor society in English, black and red