Friday, December 13, 2019 STUDENT HEALTH and ACTIVITIES CENTER Owens Community College Fall Commencement
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Thirty-Ninth Friday, December 13, 2019 STUDENT HEALTH AND ACTIVITIES CENTER Owens Community College Fall Commencement Processional “Pomp and Circumstance” by Elgar Academy Brass Quintet Presentation of the Colors Wood County Police Honor Guard Mace Bearer William Shepherd Assistant Professor, Electrical/Electronics Flag Bearers School of Business, Information and Public Service Holly-Lynn Palmer-Wright, Adjunct Faculty, Business Technologies School of Liberal Arts Sabrina Goodman, Professor, English School of Nursing and Health Professions Dr. Alison Chamberlain, Assistant Chair, Nursing, Clinical Operations School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Dr. Dominic Wilson, Associate Professor, Information Systems The National Anthem Directed by Dr. Janet Brehm Ziegler Adjunct Faculty, Fine and Performing Arts Performed by Matthew Naugle Criminal Justice Technology student Owens Voices Choir member Welcome, Introductions and Remarks Dr. Steve Robinson President Introduction of Class Representative Dr. Denise Smith Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs Student Address by Class Representative Maria Guadalupe Lopez Davila Communication Studies Transfer student 2 Fall Commencement 2019 Introduction of Keynote Speaker President Robinson Commencement Address Wade Kapszukiewicz Mayor, City of Toledo Presentation of Special Degrees President Robinson Provost Smith Recognition of Special Student Populations Provost Smith Recognition of Graduates with Honors Provost Smith Presentation of the Graduating Class to the President of the College Provost Smith Accompanied by the Faculty Presentation of Degree Candidates Announced by Nomenclators Dr. Catherine Pratt Associate Professor, Communications/Humanities Dr. Russell Bodi Professor, English Conferral of the Associate Degrees President Robinson and the Board of Trustees Closing President Robinson Recessional “R on d o,” by John Joseph Moret Academy Brass Quintet Please remain seated during Recessional #owensgrad 3 N Student Health & Activities Center EVENT STAGE ENTRANCE If you enter/exit the ceremony when the ceremony is taking place, you must use these doors. Thank you. Commencement Ceremony Additional Seating* Center for Fine & Performing Arts *Additional seating will be available in the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, where guests will be able to THEATRE STUDIO watch the ceremony streaming live. THEATRE Room 111 ROTUNDA Women’s Restroom Men’s Restroom 4 Fall Commencement 2019 EVENT ENTRANCE Seating Chart School of Business, Information and Public Service School of Liberal Arts School of Nursing and Health Professions School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Guests EVENT ENTRANCE Student Health & Activities Center Center for Fine & Performing Arts THEATRE STUDIO THEATRE Room 111 ROTUNDA EVENT #owensgrad 5 ENTRANCE Congratulations A Message from the President Dear Graduate, , along with the Owens Community College Board of Trustees, and the faculty Iand staff, extend sincere congratulations on this valuable achievement in your life. We are proud of your success and are excited for the possibilities that lie before you. I am equally excited to welcome you to the Owens Alumni Association. You are embarking on a new path now, but I hope that you will always feel connected to Owens Community College. Respectfully yours, Steve Robinson, Ph.D. President 6 Fall Commencement 2019 About Owens Community College wens Community College was established September 13, 1965 as a technical Oinstitute with fewer than 200 students enrolled. More than 50 years later, Owens has touched countless lives in northwest Ohio by preparing students for in-demand jobs and successful university transfer. The $708.3 million economic impact produced by Owens is equal to Owens has awarded more than 39,000 approximately 2.1 percent of the total associate degrees, but also educated gross regional product (GRP) in the thousands of additional students who Owens service district, or the equivalent of transferred to 4-year public or private creating more than 10,500 new jobs. colleges to pursue a bachelor’s degree, earned short-term certifications or enrolled In fulfilling its mission through the in non-credit classes. decades, Owens has responded to labor market needs by offering academic An Owens education carries value beyond programs leading to in-demand jobs. the classroom. Students enrolled in According to an academic programs economic impact Owens has leading to technical study*, Owens careers when Owens graduates benefit awarded more than opened in 1965. Today, directly by earning 14 students choose from percent higher future more than 70 academic earnings for every 39,000 programs and career $1 they pay for their associate degrees certifications, transfer Owens education. options and non-credit continuing education The community at-large benefits as well. courses at campus locations in Perrysburg The study found Owens Community Township and Findlay, the learning center College generated $708.3 million in in downtown Toledo and online. Lucas, Wood and Hancock counties when factoring the College’s operations spending In the classroom, the College’s caring coupled with spending from current faculty members continue to bring students and alumni. industry information, skills and ideas so students are able to understand how the classroom knowledge translates into the real world. Class sizes remain small, allowing the Owens mission of success for each individual student to be fulfilled. More information about Owens Community College is available at www.owens.edu. * - Fiscal year 2013-14 data, January 2016 #owensgrad 7 Keynote Speaker Wade Kapszukiewicz officers on the streets increased for the first time in over a decade, and his initiative to apply market pressure on gun manufacturers to prevent assault weapons from ending up in the hands of dangerous individuals was endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2019. Most notably, Kapszukiewicz’s proposal to create a regional water system was approved by both City Council and the voters of Toledo, thereby ensuring long- term affordable water rates while sharing decision-making authority with suburban partners. Kapszukiewicz’s work to fight harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie has helped him emerge as a national leader in efforts to prevent pollution in our waterways and promote responsible environmental practices. ade Kapszukiewicz was elected mayor of Toledo, Ohio on To encourage greater transparency in November 7, 2017 and took the city government, Mayor Kapszukiewicz Woath of office on January 2, 2018, becoming launched a monthly “Wednesdays with the 58th mayor of the city. Wade” public meetings series. Creating a regional water system, increasing Kapszukiewicz received a bachelor’s degree the size and diversity of the police force, in journalism and political science from restoring discipline to the city’s budget, Marquette University in 1994 and was improving educational opportunities named the valedictorian of the College for Toledo’s youngest residents and of Communication, Journalism, and improving city services are among Mayor Performing Arts. He received a master’s Kapszukiewicz’s top goals. degree in public policy from the University of Michigan in 1996. Kapszukiewicz has presided over a period of strong economic growth in Toledo. Kapszukiewicz is an adjunct professor at In 2018, Site Selection Magazine ranked Lourdes University, where he teaches a night Toledo third in the nation for economic course in urban policy. An avid baseball fan, development among mid-sized cities, and Kapszukiewicz had his research published in 2019 Kempler Industries ranked Toledo in the Spring 2016 edition of the Society for the fourth-best city in the United States American Baseball Research journal. for manufacturing jobs. According to the Associated General Contractors of America, Kapszukiewicz is a parishioner at Gesu Toledo was the fifth-fastest growing Roman Catholic Church. A resident of construction job market in the country from Toledo since 1973, he was born in San Diego June 2018 to June 2019. on October 30, 1972. He and his wife, Sarah, celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary The former Treasurer of Lucas County, in 2019. They live in the Old Orchard Kapszukiewicz helped turn a $3 million neighborhood of Toledo and have two deficit two years before he took office into children, Emma and Will. a $17.8 million surplus after his first year. Under his leadership, the number of police 8 Fall Commencement 2019 Class Representative Maria Guadalupe Lopez Davila Louisiana Tech on a student visa and graduated as a chemical engineer. Now a U.S. citizen, he has lived in the U.S. for more than two decades. She lives in Findlay with her older sister, Maria Fernanda Lopez Davila, who also has moved to the U.S. Bermudez recommended Owens as a good place to start her higher education. “He had friends and co-workers who attended Owens,” she said. “And I met Annette Swanson from the Owens International Office. She made you feel like this place was for y ou .” Owens International Student Services helps international students assimilate into the College’s culture. “Maria is a humbly bright individual. Every goal that she sets for herself, she goes beyond it,” Lyndsay Dimick, aria Guadalupe Lopez Davila of International Students Advisor, said. Valencia, Venezuela has been selected as the Owens Community Despite taking English classes since first MCollege class representative and will grade, she said her time at Owens has address the graduates