Spring Commencement Program 2008
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WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY @neJ~~~-~ Friday. May 16. 2.008 Charles Koch Arena ·FJO PM - Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences TOO P.M. - College of Health Professions Saturday, May 17, 2.008 Charles Koch Arena 8:oo A vi - W. Frank Barton School of Business rr:oo AM. - College of Education 2:00 P.M - College of Engineering 4:30 PM - College of fine Arts ACADEM IC DRESS THE WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY MACE Richard "Dick" Hedges William "Bill"Thornton Today's academic dress evolved from caps and gowns worn As the official symbol of the University's authority Member Member in medieval universities. The academic gown is the basic garment and power, the mace is carried by selected college Kansas Board of Regeu ts Ka11sas Board of Regeufs and by tradition is black for all degrees and ranks. The square faculty in the academic procession. The mace was caps or mortarboards are part of the prescribed academic dress. commi~'Sioned in 1978 by Paul J. Magelli, former Richard "Dick" Hedges was appointed William "Bill" Thornton was Accompanying the gowns are hoods lined with silk in the official dean of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and to the Kansas Board of Regents by appointment to the Kansas Board color of the institution conferring the degree and bordered in Sciences, as a memorial to his twin brother, Peter M. Governor Kathleen Sebelius in 2007. of Regents by Governor Kathleen the color representing the discipline of learning. The color of the Magelli, and presented for d1e first time at the 1980 Hedges is retired after a lifetime of Sebelius in 2007. He is currently the tassel designates the student's degree and may vary from what is commencement. experience in the field of education. vice president of Quality Management found on the hood. Students receiving graduate degrees wear the Designed by artist Jonathan Graham Bonner of Hedges' career includes teaching, and Corporate Counsel of MGP color appropriate to the degree emphasis. Providence, Rhode island, the mace is executed primarily coaching, and principal and \~Ce Ingredients, lnr. in Atchison, Kansas. in stainless steel, gold, and silver. The head of the mace is a principal positions in four different Before joining MGP, Thornton worked Drab-W. Frank Barton School of Business gilt frame with twenty-two stainless steel spikes. The points Kansas high schools, including with Hallmark Cards and also as an Light Blue-College of Education are sterling silver. Asilver ball engraved with the three seals of Hutchinson High School. In 1995 he attorney with Duncan-Senecal Law Orange -College of Engineering Wichita State University- Fairmount College, the Municipal became the director of the Johnson Offices in Atchison. He serves on the Brown -College of Fine Arts University of Wichita, and Wichita State University-is County Technical School, and then in 1999 was named to a second term as Kansas Chamber of Commerce's board of directors and has served as the Pink-College of Fine Arts-School of Music suspended in the frame by two springs. The shaft is a stainless president of Fort Scott Community College. Hedges has been elected to the Atchison Hospital Association's board chair, on the University of Kansas' Green -College of Health Professions steel spring, and the handle is a gilt ball set with nine hematites. Fort Scott city commission three times and is currently serving his third term Multicultural Scholars Board of Advisors, and as the vice president of Apricot-College of Health Professions-School of Nursing as the city's mayor. He received his bachelor's degree from Baker University Citizens for Community Action of Atchison. He received a bachelor's degree Black-Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and M.S. and Ed.S. degrees from Pittsburg State University. from Benedictine College and a Juris Doctor from Washburn University's School of Law. Colorful sashes and cords, as well as medallions, are worn by members of Honor Societies and the Student THE ALMA MATER. J. Berl Graham, arr. Dean K. Ro11slt Ambassador Society. l. Our Alma Mater, Wichita, Stands proudly on the hill, Our sons and daughters bow to thee, THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION THE UNIVERSITY SEAL Our hearts with praise we fill. DATE OF GRADUATION The Presidential Medallion is worn Then hail our Alma Mater! This program is not an official list of confirmed graduates for the 2008 by the President of Wichita Hail thee, grand and true, Spring Commencement. Students listed in this Commencement Program are State University on candidates for degrees in May or August 2008. Long wave the yellow and the black significant or official Oh Wichita, here's to you! Students' names are listed in this program as they appear on the ceremonial occasions graduation list provided by the Office of the Registrar. Students' names are as the symbolic 2. Around our lives are memories read during the Unjversity Commencement Ceremony as they appear on the manifestation That tenderly entwine, graduation cards approved by the graduates. of his role and And through the midst of the rolling years responsibility as the Of thee we build a shrine. chief officer of the GRADUATION WITH HONORS University. The official Then hail our Alma Mater! Degrees are conferred with distinction upon undergraduate students who seal of Wichita State University Hail thee, grand and true, have shown exceptional scholarship in both their cumulative and WSU anchors the ceremonial anaglyph Long wave the yellow and the black grade point averages. Students with grade point averages of 3.90 out of a and is encircled by two hyperbolic Oh Wichita, here's to you! forms designed to complement possible 4.00 receive the sum ma cum laude award; those with averages of the University Mace. The Presidential 3.550 to 3.899 receive the magna cum Laude; and those with averages of 3. Thy call to all that life holds dear Medallion is suspended from black silk 3.250 to 3.549 receive the cum laude. Is a clear and constant guide, trimmed with gold. Candidates for degrees and for university honors for May and August 2008 With love and truth and loyalty have been tentatively determined on the basis of work completed through Fall And may they e'er abide. 2007. Then hail our Alma Mater! In addition to university honors, departmental honors are awarded to Hail thee, grand and true, students who have met the appropriate requirements. Wichita State does not Long wave the yellow and the black confer honors upon students completing degrees in the Graduate School. Oh Wichita, here's to you! 2 3 Commencement Assembly Commencement Assembly THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2.008 FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2.008 Processional.. ....................................................... "Triumphal March" from Aida Processional. ............................................................... "Pomp and Circumstance" CHARLES Koo-, ARENA G. Verdi CHARLES KOCl-l ARENA E. Elgar (Audience, please stand for the processio1111I) (Audience, please sta11d for the processional) Speaker Speaker Opening of the Ceremony ..................................................... Dorothy K. Billings Opening of the Ceremony ......................................................... LaDonna S. Hale Professor, Anthropology Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Program Nancy Martin Rosalind R. Scudder BA Psychology 1969 National Anthem .............................................. Nick Charvat, Charles Edwards, Bachelor's of Logopedics 1964 National Anthem .............................................. Nick Charvat, Charles Edwards, Ben McDaniel, Matthew Webber Master 's of Logopedics 1972 Ben McDaniel, Matthew Webber Nancy Martin is chief operating Colors carried by tire Wid1ita Fire Department PhD in Comm1111icative Disorders Colors carried by the Wichita Fire Department officer of Emergency Services PA, a11d Scie11ces 1978 an independent medical practice Welcome and Introduction of Guests ................................. .William D. Bischoff Welcome and Introduction of Guests ......................................... Peter A. Cohen providing physician staffing for Rosalind Scudder is professor Deau, Fairmow1/ College of Liberal Aris a11d Sciences and graduate coordinator of the Dea11, College of Health Professio11s Wesley Medical Center's emergency Gary L. Miller Gary l Mlller care services. Martin is currently Department of Communication Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs a11d Researd1 Provost a11d Vice President, Academic Affairs and Research serving a two-year tenn as chair of Sciences and Disorders in the the Wichita State University Foundation's National Advisory Council College of Health Professions at and Board of Directors. She has also been a member of the WSU Alumni Greetings &om the Kansas Board of Regents ..................... Richard D. Hedges Wichita State University. Her Greetings from the Kansas Board of Regents ..................... Richard D. Hedges Association Board of Directors and served as chair of the College of Member, Ka11sas Board of Rege11ts research areas are in child language disorders, epistemological beliefs Member, Kansas Beard of Rege11ts Health Professions Dean's Advisory Committee. In recognition of her of university students, and the pedagogy of university teaching. She philanthropy and volunteer work, she received the 2005 Outstanding Commencement Address ................................................................ Nancy Martin has served on numerous community boards including Bank of America, Commencement Address ....................................................