128Th General Commencement
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128TH GENERAL COMMENCEMENT MAY 14, 2016 OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY EDWARD T. SCHAFER President THOMAS M. DILORENZO JOSHUA WYNNE Vice President for Academic Affairs Vice President and Provost for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of LORI M. REESOR Medicine and Health Sciences Vice President for Student Affairs PETER JOHNSON ALICE C. BREKKE Interim Vice President for Vice President for Finance University and Public Affairs and Operations CARMEN WILLIAMS GRANT MCGIMPSEY MARCI MACK Vice President for Research Interim Co-Registrars and Economic Development STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION KATHLEEN NESET, Tioga Chair NICK HACKER, Bismarck BRETT JOHNSON Student Member KEVIN MELICHER, Fargo University of North Dakota DON MORTON, Fargo ERIC MURPHY Faculty Advisor MIKE NESS, Hazen University of North Dakota KARI REICHERT, Bismarck EMMA TUFTE Staff Advisor GREG STEMEN, Fort Ransom Valley City State University ON THE FRONT COVER: The glow of sunset fills this scene of the English Coulee area of the campus. The Adelphi Fountain highlights this view, with the Chester Fritz Auditorium in the background. Photo by Shawna Noel Schill. ON THE BACK COVER: Thomas J. Clifford Hall is named for UND’s eighth president, who served from 1971 to 1992. The six-story structure houses the Departments of Atmospheric Sciences, Space Studies, and Earth System Science and Policy, and the Scientific Computing Center. Photo by Chuck Kimmerle. The Order of Exercises 128th General Commencement Ceremony 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2016, Alerus Center President Edward T. Schafer, Presiding Pre-ceremony Concert Conferring of Academic Degrees University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble President Edward T. Schafer Dr. James Popejoy, conductor Proctors: Brian Shawn and Kelly Madison “Let Freedom Ring” (Ryan Nowlin) (Order of degrees begins on Page 4.) “Rondo” (Malcolm Arnold/Paynter) “Inglesina” (Davide Delle Cese) Alumni Greetings “Courtly Airs and Dances” (Ron Nelson) DeAnna Carlson Zink “Young Person’s Guide to John Williams” (arr. Bocook) UND Alumni Association and Foundation Processional “Alma Mater” (Franz Joseph Haydn) “Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar) The Assemblage Please stand during the Processional. Led by the song leader, Angela Schmaltz “America the Beautiful” (Samuel Ward) Hail to thee, O Alma Mater! Angela Schmaltz, soloist Hail to thee with heart and tongue! Greetings from the State Board Pride we feel and love yet greater of Higher Education While we raise our grateful song. Eric Murphy, Faculty Advisor Home of lofty thought and learning, Conferring of Honorary Degrees Beacon o’er our western land, President Edward T. Schafer Carolyn Becraft, Doctor of Letters Shrine whence still the ever-burning Escorted and presented by Deans Gayle Roux and Torch is passed from hand to hand. Margaret Williams Greg Page, Doctor of Letters Recessional Escorted and presented by Dean Margaret Williams “March Recessional” (Nino Marcelli) Presentation of the University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors Dr. James Popejoy, Conductor President Edward T. Schafer Special Notices Whether the individual is the first or last to receive a degree in the graduation ceremony, the conferring of that degree is a very special event for every graduate and family. To this end, it is requested that everyone remain seated until the conclusion of the commencement ceremony. Share your experience at graduation by tagging your Instagram or Twitter posts with #my UND. Your photo may appear on www.und.edu ! A professional photographer will take a picture of each graduate as he or she receives the diploma scroll. A few weeks after the ceremony, a proof and information about ordering pictures with a PIN number will be sent to the student’s official UND campus e-mail address. The PIN number should be used to order photographs on-line. Today’s UND Commencement Ceremony will be broadcast on Grand Forks Cable Channel 3 May 17, 18, 19, and 20 at 12:00 noon, and 8 p.m. They will run the pre-ceremony show, Celebrate Achievement, first at those start times followed by the ceremony itself. Our commencement ceremony is webcast and telecast live on Cable channel 3 in Grand Forks/East Grand Forks. A free download of the ceremony will be available on Vimeo by May 17 at http://vimeo.com/155554446. A free download of the pre-ceremony show, Celebrate Achievement, is available at http://vimeo.com/165013370/4882bb72fc 1 Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors The Chester Fritz Distinguished Professorships were estab- Jack Weinstein, Philosophy and Religion lished with an endowment gift from the late UND benefac- Sharon C. Wilsnack, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Michael Wittgraf, Music tor Chester Fritz, 1892-1983. Revenue from the endowment Stephen A. Wonderlich, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science provides for cash stipends to one or more full-time UND faculty members, who thereafter may use the title “Chester Former faculty members who were honored with Fritz Fritz Distinguished Professor.” Nominations are solicited Professorships include: from members of the V.P.A.A. Academic Cabinet and the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors; these are evalu- Michael A. Anderegg, English James Antes, Psychology ated by a committee chaired by the graduate dean and Robert Beck (deceased), Law composed of three Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors Richard Beringer, History and faculty representatives from each academic college not William V. Borden (deceased), English represented by a Fritz Professor. The recommendations are Edward C. Carlson, Basic Sciences reviewed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and William E. Cornatzer (deceased), Biochemistry and forwarded to the President for final decision. Molecular Biology Richard D. Crawford, Biology Chester Fritz attended UND from 1908 to 1910. He became Kenneth J. Dawes, Social Work an international trader in precious metals and lived most Sandra Donaldson, English of his life in China and Europe. In establishing the endow- Manuchair Ebadi (deceased), Pharmacology, Physiology ment for the professorships — just one of his many gifts to and Therapeutics, and Clinical Neuroscience UND — as an “investment in the future of my Alma Mater Ronald C. Engle, Theatre Arts and of the people who make the future what it shall be.” Albert J. Fivizzani, Biology He added, “I am especially indebted to the fine teachers Mary Lou S. Fuller, Elementary Education who, in the end, have determined in large measure, how Elizabeth Hampsten, English well I was able to learn and to use the knowledge that the David Hein, Pharmacology and Toxicology University of North Dakota could provide.” Carla Wulff Hess, Communication Disorders Richard L. Hill (deceased), Educational Administration Harvey Knull, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors currently serving on David O. Lambeth, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology the faculty include: Richard G. Landry, Educational Measurements and Michael C. Beard, English Statistics Holly Brown-Borg, Basic Sciences Diane K. Langemo, Nursing Practice and Development Sharon Carson, English Donald K. Lemon, Educational Leadership F. Richard Ferraro, Psychology Robert W. Lewis (deceased), English Michael J. Gaffey, Space Studies Frank Low (deceased), Anatomy Jonathan Geiger, Basic Sciences Richard L. Ludtke, Sociology William D. Gosnold Jr., Geology & Geological Engineering Roger Melvold, Microbiology and Immunology Birgit Hans, Indian Studies Robert C. Nordlie (deceased), Biochemistry and Molecular Joseph Hartman, Geology and Geological Engineering Biology Mark R. Hoffmann, Chemistry Lewis K. Oring, Biology Gordon Iseminger, History Surendra S. Parmar, Physiology Warren Jensen, Aviation Brian O. Paulsen, Art Cindy L. Juntunen, Counseling Russell Peterson (deceased), Education Michael Mann, Chemical Engineering Lewis J. Radonovich, Chemistry James E. Mitchell, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Paul D. Ray (deceased), Biochemistry and Molecular James Mochoruk, History Biology Thomas Mohr, Physical Therapy John L. Rowe (deceased), Business and Vocational Myrna R. Olson, Teaching and Learning Education Leon F. Osborne, Atmospheric Sciences Mary Jane Schneider (deceased), Indian Studies Thomas V. Petros, Psychology Donald E. Severson, Chemical Engineering Michael Poellot, Atmospheric Sciences Virgil Stenberg, Chemistry Isaac Schlosser, Biology Jeffrey L. Stith, Atmospheric Sciences Wayne Seames, Chemical Engineering Kathleen A. Tiemann, Sociology Santhosh K. Seelan, Space Studies D. Jerome Tweton, History Mary Ann Sens, Pathology Stephen K. Wikel, Microbiology and Immunology William F. Sheridan, Biology Charles A. Wood, Space Studies Brij Singh, Basic Sciences Kevin D. Young, Microbiology and Immunology Roxanne Vaughan, Basic Sciences 2 2016 Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors Two faculty members will be honored as a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor during today’s spring commencement ceremony. They are Dr. Brij Singh, professor of Basic Sciences in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences and Dr. Jack Weinstein, professor of Philosophy and Religion in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Chester Fritz Distinguished Professorships were established with an endowment gift from the late benefactor Chester Fritz. Revenue from the endowment provides for cash stipends to one or more full-time UND faculty members, who thereafter may use the title “Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor.” The first Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor was named in 1973. Just 77 individuals — including this