Commencement & Commissioning Ceremony Class of 2020

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Friday the Twentieth of December Two Thousand Nineteen Nine o’clock in the Morning

Pearson Auditorium Roswell, Howie Morales Lieutenant Governor, NM Soon after taking office in January, 2019, Governor asked Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales to take charge of the State Public Education Department (PED). He did that until a permanent Secretary later could be named, Dr. Karen Trujillo. During that period, Howie Morales joined the Governor in calling for a historic $500 million budget investment in public school classrooms, part of the Governor’s “Education Moonshot”. In the past, PED saw itself as a policeman of schools. Lt. Governor Morales pushed for a lasting culture shift at PED, to ensure that from now on, the agency which oversees more than 850 public schools will serve those schools and teachers in a spirit of collaboration and cooperation; lifting up schools that struggle, not shutting them down. The Governor issued her first two executive orders during that time, eliminating future use of the PARCC standardized test in New Mexico classrooms. Lieutenant Governor Howie Morales, raised in Silver City, New Mexico, has spent his whole life working to improve the lives of people in his community and across our state. He served in the on the Legislative Finance Committee for 11 years. A classroom teacher and proven leader who stands up for seniors and public education, he said “No more cuts to New Mexico’s classrooms.” Howie Morales has fought to protect our most vulnerable communities and local schools, to build a fair economy that works for all of us, and to move New Mexico forward. Howie learned the value of a dollar at a young age. His father was a Vietnam Veteran who worked in the copper mine while his mother worked multiple hourly-wage jobs. He went to work as a teenager to help provide for the family and later worked as a shoe salesman and maintenance worker to put himself through Western New Mexico University. The first in his family to go to college, Howie went on to earn a PhD in education from NMSU. Howie went home to teach students in special education in Silver City and Cobre School Districts, and became active in the community. He coached local high school baseball teams to state championships, and is the longest serving volunteer of Big Brothers/Big Sisters in New Mexico, while raising two children ages 6 and 9. Howie earned the trust of his neighbors and was elected Grant County Clerk, where he modernized voting systems to make sure every vote counted. Since 2008, Howie has been an aggressive leader for children and classrooms in the State Senate, fighting for his district, and to make every corner of New Mexico a better place to live. He has pushed for progressive policies such as universal health care. He fought for rural and tribal economic development, and he fought to protect veterans’ and senior services across the state, and mental health programs. An experienced leader with solutions, Howie Morales has a solid record helping to lead the effort to meet our state’s big challenges for better jobs and wages, and real improvements to public education.

2 PROGRAM Brigadier General Douglas Murray, Master of Ceremonies

Academic Procession* National Anthem* Invocation Chaplain (MAJ) Chance Mace, USAR Welcome and Introductions Brigadier General Douglas Murray, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.) Chief Academic Officer/Academic Dean Introduction of the Guest Speaker Major General Jerry Grizzle, Ph.D., USA (Ret.) President/Superintendent Address to the Graduating Class Howie Morales Lieutenant Governor, New Mexico Presentation of High School Graduates Colonel George Brick, NMMI, USMC (Ret.) Vice Dean/High School Principal Presentation of Junior College Graduates Brigadier General Douglas Murray, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.) Chief Academic Officer/Academic Dean Commissioning Ceremony, Bar Pinning & Oaths LTC Jonathan Graff Jr., USA (Ret.) Commandant of Cadets/Dean of Students Closing Remarks LTC Jonathan Graff Jr., USA (Ret.) Commandant of Cadets/Dean of Students Playing of “Old Post” Dismissal *Please stand

Reception immediately following the ceremony in the JRT. At the reception a location will be available with flags for photo opportunities.

3 High School Graduates Graduates Robert Joseph Boyles Charles Lorenzo Lewis Roswell, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico Military Institute New Mexico Military Institute

Brian Francis Dempsey* Huy Trong Bao Vo Albuquerque, New Mexico Lakewood, Washington New Mexico Military Institute New Mexico Military Institute

Junior College Graduates Highest Honors Jaren James Banks AA Chaney Reade Hardt AS Junction City, Oregon Artesia, New Mexico New Mexico State University High Honors Merita Destiny Liaina Terrell Kainalu Bagano Nishimori Pago Pago, American Samoa Hanapepe, Hawaii New Mexico State University Norwich University Juliet Karoline Quintero Deridder, Louisiana Norwich University Honors Christopher Bulus Osaruonamen Precious Ogbevoen Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria Deutsch Wagram, Austria University of West Alabama

David Anthony Morales James Wade Blowers Dexter, New Mexico Las Cruces, New Mexico Texas Tech University New Mexico State University

Emanuel Nicodemo Mallya Tyler Anthony McLaughlin Arusha, Tanzania Lewisville, Texas Jackson State University Arizona State University

4 Graduates Austin Garrett Brown AA Jacob Efraim Neiswender AA Fort Valley, Georgia Austin, Texas University of Alabama at Birmingham Sam Houston State University

Patrick Charles AA Edouard Paradis AA Montreal, Quebec, Canada Levis, Quebec, Canada

Elijah Rain Farmer AS Georjemah Sauramoniabu Raha Row AA Fredericksburg, Texas Lautoka, Fiji Bethel School of Technology Henderson State University

Jake Alexander Hernandez AA* Vinda Sylvia None Teally AA El Paso, Texas Lautoka, Fiji University of Texas at El Paso Henderson State University

Nathaniel Donovan Lasyone AA Patrick Paul Volcy AA* Clint, Texas Naples, Florida Texas State University Western New Mexico University

Christopher Mumba AA Lusaka, Zambia Eastern New Mexico University

* Denotes Graduation by Transfer 5 Commissionees

Jacob Michael Galvan Terrell Kainalu Bagano Nishimori

6 7 “Let it be clearly understood that if this is not a military school it is nothing. By this is meant not only the outward forms and visible signs of military government – the drills and parade - its tinsel and glare, but what is of more importance, the indoor government - the inner, private life, manners and habits of the Cadet, the close, constant, kindly supervision over the Cadet in every respect - checking him here, urging him there - in the privacy of his room, at his meals, in recitation or at drill - on duty - off duty- at work or play - is the spirit and purpose of this military school. Obedience is but self-command and who commands himself is best learning to command others.”

--1891, Colonel Robert S. Goss, Superintendent