2004 Commencement Program Seattle Niu Versity

Seattle nivU ersity ScholarWorks @ SeattleU Commencement Programs 2004 2004 Commencement Program Seattle niU versity Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/commencementprograms Recommended Citation Seattle nivU ersity, "2004 Commencement Program" (2004). Commencement Programs. 81. http://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/commencementprograms/81 This Program is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Commencement Programs by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. •i!L jr U ti Or IttI cI. ,, -a-----. .jNY 'U ik Ccmmencement 2004 - - -.---.-- C I - - ) - hroughout my lfe, my family and friends, professors and peers, have lead and inspired me. Thday their support swirls at my back like a great wind, hastening me ahead, their compassion shows me how to sculpt the future. Now it is my chance to lead and inspire. Years of meticulous work and boundless dedication have brought me to this moment. I will accept my diploma with pride, knowing that it is a tangible symbol of all that I have learned, And all that I stand poised to offer. I 1) 3 I Mcssagc 13 I President's Award About Seattle University 13 I Honors Program Graduates, 2004 - 41 The History of the 14 I Order of Events, grduate Graduation Cap and Gown 7 - • ••'• 15 I College of Education Honorary Degrees 16 I College of Arts and Sciences, 61 Order of Events, undergraduate graduate - 7' Collegc of Arts and Sciences, 16 I Albers School of Business undergraduate and Economics, graduate 9' Albers School of Business 17 I College of Nursing, graduate and Economics, undergraduate 18 I College of Science and Engineering, 10 I College of Nursing, undergraduate graduate 11 I College of Science and Engineering, 18 1 School of Theology and Ministry T undergraduate -. 12 I Matteo Ricci College Outstanding Service Award graduate 18 I Educational Leadership Graduate Dissertation Titles, 2004 19 1 University Governance TO SEATTLE UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IM ~~ M Today as you participate in this Seattle University Commencement, if you have a moment to yourself during the ceremony, I'd ask you to reflect on the following question: "What will be the value of my Seattle University degree?" We already have a fairly predictable answer to that question from a financial point of view. We know that fulltime workers between the ages of 25 and 64 who have a bachelor's degree, earn on average $52,200 a year compared to $30,400 for those with a high school diploma. The average for people with a master's degree rises to $62,300. If you extend that out over a career, it becomes evident that the degree you are receiving is likely to be very valuable to you financially. That is one way to look at it, an important way. However, I doubt, as you graduate from Seattle University today, that it is the only or even the most important way in which you ask the question: "What will be the value of my Seattle University degree?" Let's try some other ways. What will be its value for the quality of your life and the kind of person you will be? Your education has shaped how you think and even how you feel. It has changed what matters to you and what you care about. Perhaps it has informed your faith and channeled your commit- ments. What you read, what work you choose, how you engage in service, who your friends are, how you spend your time, and what you treasure are all affected in some way by your Seattle University education, These are all a different measure of the value of your degree, more important, I'd suggest than the financial. Try another angle: what will be the value of your degree in terms of how big your world will be and how much it will correspond to the world as it really is? Your diploma is a ticket, maybe not for unlimited travel miles, but a ticket to knowing and encountering the world and your sisters and brothers as it and they are. Ultimately each of us chooses how big and how true our world is; it is not just given. Your education gives you the possibility of choosing a very big world and the challenge of caring about that world's people as they really are. This is a big value of your degree. Finally, what will the value of your diploma be in terms of what it will stand for? A Seattle University degree already has a very high reputation that will only increase with time. Seattle University will continue to work hard to make its value in the eyes of others ever greater. It will stand for a great education, the best there is. By how you live, you can make the S. U. degree stand for justice, compassion, competence, integrity, leadership, even love and holiness of life. Its value has not already all been given. You can add to that value. I want you to know my congratulations on this day of commencement and my confidence in the value you will find in and give to your Seattle U. degree. Stephen V Sundborg, S.J. President 3 About Seattle University ounded in 1891 as a Jesuit Catholic men's college, Seattle One of 28 Jesuit Catholic universities in the United States, University has grown in size and stature to become the Seattle University draws upon the Jesuit educational philosophy largest and most diverse independent university in the to develop critical thinkers and compassionate leaders able to FPacific Northwest, with a student population of 6,600. Seattle promote a more just and humane world. University's 48 acre campus houses eight schools and colleges: Seattle University's location in the heart of a great city and Arts and Sciences, Science and Engineering, Nursing, Education, dynamic region provides learning, service, cultural and career Theology and Ministry, Law, Business and Economics, and the opportunities for students. With the university's emphasis on Marteo Ricci College. The 2004 U.S. News and World Report experiential learning, students enhance their classroom experience ranks Seattle University among the top 10 schools in the west by working on projects with local companies, interning in local that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs, and schools or hospitals, participating in study-abroad programs, and Seattle University is among the Princeton Review's list of the top other learning opportunities. colleges in the United States. The true measure of the university's excellence is the success of In its 113 year history, Seattle University has been consistent its graduates. Seattle University's 43,000 alumni include distin- in its commitment to academic excellence. Teaching, strength- guished individuals in business, public affairs, education, the per- ened by active scholarship, is the faculty priority. Small class sizes, forming arts, athletics, science and technology, and other fields. and the personal attention given by Seattle University professors and administrators, help students meet the rigorous demands of the curriculum. The History of the Graduation Cap and Gown merican academic costume (also referred to as round, open sleeves for the doctoral degree. The gown worn for academic "dress"or "regalia") had its origins in the ancient the bachelor's or master's degree has no trimmings. The gown for European universities. Apparently, it was devised to the doctoral degree is faced down the front with velvet and has Adistinguish academic persons, such as doctors, licentiates, masters, three bars of velvet across the sleeves in the color distinctive of the and bachelors from other parts of the population. Gowns prob- faculty or discipline to which the degree pertains. ably were a necessity because of unheated buildings, and hoods The wearing of the cap was a privilege won by freed slaves were needed to cover the heads of medieval scholars. Most uni- in ancient Rome, and so the academic cap is a sign of the freedom versities issued strict regulations concerning the design and use of of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which academic dress. scholarship endows the wearer. Old poetry records the cap of schol- As they were founded, American colleges and universities arship as square to symbolize the book, although some authorities inevitably adopted the gown, hood, and cap from their European claim that the mortar board or cap is a symbol of the masons, antecedents. Although some common standards and practices a privileged guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes were observed, no uniform code or system existed until late in the discipline. the 19th century. Heraldically, the hood is an inverted shield with one or more The principal features of academic dress are three: the gown, chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color the cap, and the hood. The flowing gown comes from the 12th of the university. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the century. It has become symbolic of the democracy of scholar- discipline represented by the degree; the color of the lining of the ship, for it completely covers any dress of rank or social standing hood designates the university from which the degree was granted. underneath. It is most often black, with pointed sleeves for the The length of the hood varies by academic degree. The hood for bachelor's degree, long, closed sleeves for the master's degree, and the doctoral degree is the only one with panels at the sides. 4 HONORARY DEGREES - Father William F. LeRoux, S.J. Honorary Degree Reciient Undergraduate Ceremony For nearly half a century, local Catholic high schools, provides accelerated learning for high- Father William F.

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