Commencement 2021 Program
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ROANOKE COLLEGE One Hundred Seventy-Ninth Year COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Saturday, the Twenty-Ninth of May, Two Thousand and Twenty-One ORDER OF COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 10:00 a.m. PRELUDE Roanoke College Wind Ensemble, Dr. Marc LaChance, Director PROCESSIONAL: “Pomp and Circumstance” Sir Edward Elgar ( The audience will rise when the academic procession enters.) RINGING OF THE SESQUICENTENNIAL BELL THE INVOCATION The Rev. Christopher M. Bowen, Timothy L. Pickle, Jr. & Timothy L. Pickle, III, Dean of the Chapel (Be seated.) WELCOME Mr. Malon W. Courts, Chair, Roanoke College Board of Trustees PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Mr. Michael C. Maxey, President of the College CONFERRING OF DEGREES President Maxey with Dr. Richard A. Smith, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Affairs, Shirley C. and Donald E. Morel Dean of the College VALEDICTORY ADDRESSES Eric John Lee, Archbald, Pennsylvania Olivia Sara Samimy, Fredericksburg, Virginia Abigail Elizabeth Workman, Roanoke, Virginia Stephanie Marie Zemba, Greensburg, Pennsylvania RECOGNITION OF FACULTY AND STAFF Dr. Smith PRESENTATION OF THE SIMON CARSON WELLS MEDAL Dr. Smith with President Maxey Mr. James Buriak, Associate Professor of Health and Human Performance Dr. M. Lisa Earp, Associate Professor of Education Dr. Garry A. Fleming, Professor of Economics Dr. Paul R. Hinlicky, Professor of Religion Dr. Martha A. Kuchar, Professor of English Dr. Christina D. McCart, Professor of Business Administration Dr. Mark F. Miller, Professor of History and Geography Dr. Elisabeth C. Gilster Velazquez, Associate Professor of Business Administration Dr. Lisa C. Warren, Associate Professor of Theatre Dr. Harry L. Wilson, Professor of Political Science CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES President Maxey with Mr. Courts Doctor of Science: Dr. Smith Dr. Cynthia B. Morrow Roanoke, Virginia CONFERRING OF DIPLOMAS President Maxey with Dr. Smith and Dr. Chris Lee, Chief Marshal ALMA MATER HYMN Written by Dr. Frank M. Williams (Please stand during the playing of the Alma Mater.) Roanoke College Choir Dr. Jeffrey R. Sandborg, Director Deep in our hearts, a flame is softly burning. Deep in our thoughts, the mem’ries are returning. Bells that are ringing, choirs that are singing, Bring back the joys that we have known. Learning to live, and loving as we’re learning. Seeking to find the truths for which we’re yearning. Years come and go, but we’ll always know That dear old Roanoke served us well. To live once more, here in these hallowed halls. To know once again all the joys that we used to know! Some day the winter of life will pass before us. Then we’ll remember the place that proudly bore us. Then we’ll remember Alma Mater. Then we’ll remember Thee. THE BENEDICTION Rev. Bowen (The audience will remain standing until the academic procession has departed. Please follow the directions of the ushers and staff for dismissal from the stands.) RECESSIONAL Roanoke College Wind Ensemble CHIEF MARSHAL – Dr. Chris Lee ASSOCIATE CHIEF MARSHAL – Dr. J. Brooks Crozier MARSHALS – Dr. Shannon Anderson, Dr. Marit Berntson, Dr. Christopher Buchholz, Prof. Sharon Gibbs, Dr. Gary Hollis, Dr. DorothyBelle Poli, Dr. Steven Powers, Dr. Margaret Rahmoeller, Dr. Karin Saoub, Prof. Katherine Shortridge, Dr. Olzhas Taniyev, Dr. David Taylor PHOTOGRAPHY Professional photos of graduates at the backdrop will be available within 72 hours after the ceremony. Graduates will receive an email with instructions and a private password. A link to these photos as well as to the Class of 2021 commemorative video will be listed on roanoke.edu/gradphotos2021. HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT DOCTOR OF SCIENCE DR. CYNTHIA B. MORROW Dr. Cynthia B. Morrow is health director of the Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts of the Virginia Department of Health. The health districts provide public health services, community outreach, emergency preparedness, environmental health, and community health improvement to a population of more than 278,400 in the cities of Covington, Roanoke and Salem, and the counties of Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig and Roanoke. Dr. Morrow holds a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College and a Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine, and completed her residency in internal medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Morrow is an internal medicine physician by training and public health professional by career, having spent nearly nine years as commissioner of health in Onondaga County, New York, and holding, for nearly three years, the Lerner Chair for Health Promotion at Syracuse University. Since 2017, Dr. Morrow has served as co-leader for Health Systems Science at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. In September 2020, Dr. Morrow was named director of the Roanoke City & Alleghany Health Districts. She stepped full-time into the role in January 2021, while continuing her position at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. For Dr. Morrow, assuming leadership of the health districts came at an astoundingly critical time. Virginia’s health districts had been thrust into the role of preparing for and responding to the COVID-19 crisis, standing at the forefront of confronting outbreaks and mitigating the spread of infection. The mission of the health districts — to promote and encourage healthy behavior, protect the public against environmental hazards, prevent epidemics and the spread of disease, and assist communities in recovery — has been on full display during this health crisis, as has the measured, consistent and responsive leadership of Dr. Morrow. Dr. Morrow views local health departments as key strategists in their communities, acting as bridges between the health care systems. It is incumbent upon health departments, she has said, to look at health disparities, and to raise the level of well- being for all community members. Local health departments are on the front lines of this pandemic, working to protect communities from exposure to an implacable disease. Roanoke College extends extreme gratitude to Dr. Morrow for her work in guiding the Roanoke City & Alleghany Regional Health Districts during an intensely challenging period in our nation’s history. DEGREES CONFERRED IN COURSE Degrees with distinction: cum laude (minimum 3.4 gpa); magna cum laude (minimum 3.7 gpa); summa cum laude (minimum 3.9 gpa) VALEDICTORIANS Eric John Lee, Archbald, Pennsylvania Olivia Sara Samimy, Fredericksburg, Virginia Abigail Elizabeth Workman, Roanoke, Virginia Stephanie Marie Zemba, Greensburg, Pennsylvania SALUTATORIAN Destinee Dawn Harper, Harrisonburg, Virginia BACHELOR OF ARTS Ethan Hunter Abbott Psychology Dover, Delaware Meredith Gabrielle Albright, cum laude Sociology Palmyra, Virginia Jordan Elizabeth Alouf Public Health Studies Roanoke, Virginia Elizabeth Mary Ellen Amos Biology Roanoke, Virginia Anticipated August Graduate Emily Marie Anderson Sociology Salem, Virginia Kasey Brooke Ansell, cum laude Biochemistry Harrisonburg, Virginia Courtney Marie Ashley Psychology New Castle, Virginia Brooke Carol Axelrod, magna cum laude Criminal Justice Baltimore, Maryland Anna Katherine Baker Creative Writing Davidson, North Carolina Shannon Leigh Baker, magna cum laude History Middletown, Maryland Samuel Sumner Balch Art History Wilmette, Illinois Anticipated August Graduate Emily Marie Ball Criminal Justice Meriden, New Hampshire Anticipated August Graduate Dylan Alexei Bandy Art Roanoke, Virginia Anticipated August Graduate Samantha Dawn Barnett Creative Writing Roanoke, Virginia Allison Donovan Barthol Public Health Studies Midlothian, Virginia Claire Marie Beeten Criminal Justice Nashville, Tennessee Alise McKenzie Bennett Psychology Roanoke, Virginia Anticipated August Graduate Caelin Metta Bennett, cum laude Criminal Justice Winchester, Virginia Theodore Augustus Bookheimer, cum laude Economics Lexington, South Carolina Scott Senn Boswell, Jr., cum laude Political Science, Business Administration Kansas City, Missouri Tyler Christine Bowe, cum laude International Relations Jacksonville, Florida Sydney Tova Brenner Psychology Roanoke, Virginia Anticipated August Graduate Charity Nicole Brimmer Sociology Martinsville, Virginia Hannah Diane Brockway International Relations Radford, Virginia Elected to Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society Elected to Alpha Chi National Honor Society Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society Honors Program Graduate December 2020 Graduate BACHELOR OF ARTS Hannah Marie Brotton Spanish Chattanooga, Tennessee Anticipated August Graduate Carolynn Renee Bructo Psychology Westerville, Ohio Anticipated August Graduate Sonnie Diane Bryant Criminal Justice Williamsburg, Virginia Owen Murphy Buhrendorf History Fairfield, Connecticut Hannah Elizabeth Bunten Spanish Lebanon, New Hampshire Anticipated August Graduate Arianna Katherine Butzer History Catawba, Virginia Katherine Rose Caldwell Psychology Roanoke, Virginia Logan Michael Cale Health and Exercise Science Marion, Virginia Lucas Dakota Blue Campbell Art History Roanoke, Virginia Anticipated August Graduate Sarah Jennifer Nadia Caplan Literary Studies Roanoke, Virginia Andrew James Cariens, cum laude Creative Writing Manassas, Virginia Alejandra Carino Political Science Linden, Virginia David Edward Casson Psychology Reston, Virginia Sydney Marie Caulder, cum laude Criminal Justice, Psychology North Woodstock, New Hampshire Emma Charlotte Charles Sociology Greensboro, North Carolina Anticipated August Graduate Tatiana Sofia Cherry-Santos, magna cum laude Spanish Superior, Colorado Savannah