Spring Commencement Program 2016
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WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY One Hundred Eighteenth Commencement I SPRING CEREMONY 2016 I SATURDAY, MAY 141 2016 Charles l<och Arena 9 a.m. Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences College of Fine Arts 1 p.m. College of Education College of Health Professions 5 p.m. College of Engineering W. Frank Barton School of Business University Emblems Commencement Guests ........................................................................................................................................................................ Dennis A. Mullin Kansas Board of Regents Dennis A. Mullin of Manhattan was appointed to the Kansas Board of Regents by Governor Sam Brown back in 201 5. He cu rrently serves as Chairman and CEO of Steel and Pipe Supply, one of the largest steel service centers in the nation. Mullin graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School in 1966. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1970 from Pittsburg Stat e Un iversity. He is a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Co llege of Business Administ ration at Kansas State University and THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION THE UNIVERSITY MACE THE UNIVERSITY SEAL a board member of the Kansas State Bank of Manhattan. Mullin The presidential medallion is worn As the official symbol of the university's The seal of Wichita State University is a past president of many organizations in his communit y, all of which he remains active with, including the Manhat tan Chamber of by the president of Wichita State authority and power, the mace is carried incorporates many images. A Commerce, Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, Manhattan University on significant or official by selected college faculty in the academic farmer and an Indian, representing Rotary Club and Flint Hills Christian Sc hool. ceremonial occasions as the symbolic procession. The mace was commissioned Kansas' rural background and Native manifestation of his role and in 1978 by Paul). Magel Ii, former dean American heritage, are looking up at responsibility as the chief officer of of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and seven stars above a lamp of learning. the university. The official seal of Sciences, as a memorial to his twin brother, The university's name arcs above Wichita State University anchors the Peter M. Magel Ii, and presented for the first these images. Below them is a COMMENCEMENT NOTES ceremonial anaglyph and is encircled time at the 1980 commencement. sunflower flanked by wheat, again by two hyperbolic forms designed to Designed by artist Jonathan Graham Bonner signifying Kansas, and a laurel, a DATE OF GRADUATION GRADUATION WITH HONORS complement the university mace. The of Providence, Rhode Island, the mace is symbol of learning. Three significant This program is not an offici al list of confirmed graduates for the 2016 Degrees are conferred with distinction upon presidential medallion is suspended executed primarily in stainless steel, gold and dates of the university's past also Spring Commencement. Students listed in this commencement program undergraduate students who have shown exceptional from black silk trimmed with gold. silver. The head of the mace is a gilt frame are included: 1895, Fairmount are ca ndidates for degrees in May or August 2016. scholarship in their cumulative and WSU grade point with 22 stainless steel spikes. The points College founding; 1926, University averages. Students with grade point averages of 3.90 out are sterling silver. A silver ball engraved with of Wichita reorganization date; and Students' names are listed in this program as they appear on the of a possible 4.00 receive the sum ma cum laude award; the three seals of Wichita State University 1964, the date the university entered graduation list provided by the Office of the Registrar. Students' names those with averages of 3.550 to 3.899 receive the magna cum laude; and those with averages of 3.250 to 3.549 Fairmount College, the Municipal University the Kansas Regents' system. are read during the Un iversity Commencement Ceremonies as they of Wichita and Wichita State University-is appear on the graduation cards approved by the graduates. receive the cum laude. suspended in the frame by two springs. The HONORARY DEGREES Candidates for degrees and university honors for May and shaft is a stainless steel spring, and the An honorary degree is an exceptional honor bestowed upon a person August 2016 have been tentatively determined on the handle is a gilt ball set with nine hematites. without fulfillment of the usual requirements. Honorary degrees basis of work completed through fall 2015. are co nferred only upon persons of notable intellectual, scholarly, professional or creative achievement or servi ce to humanity. A In addition to university honors, departmental honors cand idate for an honorary degree must be deeply grounded in a career are awarded to st udents who have met the appropriat e of scholarship, resea rch, creative activity, service to humanity or other requi rements. Wichita State does not co nfer honors upon UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE COIN profession consistent with t he endeavors of Wichita State University. students completing degrees in t he Graduate School. The Challenge Coin has its origins from early in WWI when a number of Americans flew with the Brits. One individual, from a wealthy family, had bronze medallions struck for his squadron. Out on a mission, he was shot down and captured by the Germans. They took his uniform and papers but let him keep the little leather sack where he kept his coin. He escaped during a night barrage, crossed no-man's land and ACADEMIC DRESS was recaptured by the French. The French took him as a saboteur and were about to execute him. The Today's academic dress evolved from caps and gowns worn DRAB~ W. Frank Barton School of Business young flyer showed them the medallion; they recognized the squadron emblem and confirmed his story. Obverse (heads) in medieval universities. The academic gown is the basic LIGHT BLUE ~ College of Education Instead of a firing squad, they gave him a bottle of wine and eventually got him back to his squadron. garment and by tradition is black for all degrees and ranks. ORANGE ~ College of Engineering The coin saved his life. The square caps or mortarboards are part of the prescribed BROWN~ College of Fine Arts The WSU Challenge Coin has the Seal of the University on the obverse (heads) and the Shocker logo academic dress. Accompanying the gowns are hoods lined PINK~ Co llege of Fine Arts-School of Music with silk in the official color of the institution conferring GREEN~ College of Health Professions on the reverse (tails). The coin of each college has a distinctive reverse side. The WSU Challenge Coin the degree and bordered in the color representing the APRICOT ~ Co llege of Health Professions-School of Nu rsing is carried by our alumni, staff, faculty and friends as a symbol of unity. Graduates receive theirs during discipline of learning. The col or of the tassel designates the BLACK~ Fairmount Coll ege of Liberal Arts and Sci ences commencement through a handshake. Shockers around the world are encouraged to carry their coin student 's degree and may va ry from what is found on the always, lest they be challenged by another Shocker. hood. Students receiving graduate degrees wear the color Colorful sashes and cords, as well as medallions, are worn by The WSU Challenge Coins were designed in 2013 by Daniel Worley, a junior in the graphic design program. Reverse (tails) appropriate to the degree emphasis. members of honor societies and the Student Ambassador Society. PG. 2 ..............................................................................................................................WI CH ITA STATE UNIVERSITY •••• • ••• COMMENCEMENT SPRING 2016 ................................................................................. ...... ..................................... PG . 3 FAIRMOUNT COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES & COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM COMMENCEMENT ASSEMBLY Processional ................................... .. ........................................................................................... "Triumphal March" from Aida G. Verdi AWARDS OF HONOR (Audience, please stand for the processional.) FAIRMOUNT COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Opening of the Ceremony .... : .................................................................................................................................... Fran Shelly Professor, Schaal of Music JOHN R. BARRIER DISTINCiUISHED TEACHINCi AWARD JAY PRICE, Professor, History National Anthem ...............................................................................................................................Troy Fischer, Caleb Fouse, Jacob Siegrist, Matthew Webber EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARD BARBARA CHAPARRO, Associate Professor, Psychology Welcome and Introduction of Guests .............................. ... ... ... ....................................................................... Rodney E. Mi lier Dean, College of Fine Arts ACADEMY FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHINCi AWARD Anthony J. Vizzini WILLIAM GROUTAS, WSU Distinguished Professor, Chemistry Provost and Senior Vice President Ron Matson VOUNCi FACULTY SCHOLAR AWARD Dean, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences SPEAKER GREG HOUSEMAN, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences Kaye Monk-Morgan SARACHEK AWARD SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE From the Kansas Board of Regents ............................................... ..... ........ ..... .. .... .............................................