ALMA MATER Alma, our Alma Mater, The home of Mountaineers. Sing we of thy honor, Everlasting through the years. Alma, our Alma Mater, We pledge in song to you. Hail, all hail, our Alma Mater, West Virginia “U.” —Louis Corson COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 1 May 17-19, 2013 West Virginia University Commencement University Virginia West COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 2 COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 3 Table of Contents General Information 1-10 May 18, 2013 College of eduCation & Human ServiCeS 11-19 Perley iSaaC reed School of JournaliSm 20-25 BenJamin m. Statler College of engineering and mineral reSourCeS 26-37 College of law 38-44 College of Creative artS 45-49 College of BuSiness & eConomics 50-60 May 19, 2013 daviS College of agriCulture, natural reSourCeS & deSign 61-69 eBerly College of artS & SCienCeS doCtoral and maSter’S degree CandidateS 70-79 eBerly College of artS & SCienCeS Bachelor’S degree CandidateS 80-95 College of PHySiCal aCtivity & SPort SCienCeS 96-99 COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 2 COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 3 Letter from President Clements Dear Graduates, Congratulations! You have worked hard to reach this day – the day you become a graduate of West Virginia University. Your hard work, perseverance, and enthusiasm for learning helped to get you to this point. With these qualities and the knowledge and skills acquired at WVU, you can achieve great things. To families and friends who are with us today to celebrate – thank you! You have played a critical role in helping students succeed in college, and you share credit for helping our students reach this monumental point in their lives. Graduates, you now belong to our worldwide alumni family of 185,000. Please stay in touch and wear your Flying WV with pride wherever your dreams may take you. Please visit us often. You always have a home here at WVU – where we are united in Mountaineer spirit. Best wishes for continued success. We are proud to call you one of our own. Let’s Go Mountaineers! Sincerely, James P. Clements, Ph.D. President, West Virginia University COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 4 COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 5 Letter from the WVU Alumni Association Dear Graduates, On behalf of our more than 185,000 graduates worldwide, it is my honor to congratulate you on achieving this wonderful milestone! As you gather with family and friends, be sure to take in every last detail. Take a moment to reflect. And, of course, celebrate your accomplishments. Today you join a very unique family - your Mountaineer alumni family. We are faithful. We are loyal. We are passionate. And although you may be beginning a new chapter in your life’s journey, you will always have a home at WVU at the beautiful Erickson Alumni Center. Remember, your first year membership in the WVU Alumni Association is provided, so we hope you will always stay connected and engaged in the life of WVU through: • Our strong network of chapters throughout the country and world. Our more than 100 chapters and constituent groups provide professional and social networking opportunities, career advice, volunteer activities and opportunities to reconnect with your fellow Mountaineers. • Social media. The WVU Alumni Association and other University units have a strong presence on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and LinkedIn - be sure to join us! • The Mountaineer Connection (www.mountaineerconnection.com). This is your one-stop location for special communication, information on news and events, a WVU e-mail address and other information. It’s also a place where you can update your personal information and share your successes with classmates. • And, don’t leave WVU behind. We’ve created a special “new grad” webpage with lots of information and tools to help you maneuver through the next leg of your journey - http://alumni.wvu.edu/new-grad. You are forever a Mountaineer, and we look forward to seeing you again soon! In Mountaineer Spirit, Stephen L. Douglas President, WVU Alumni Association COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 4 COMMENCEMENT 2013 | 5 Honorary Degree Recipients Vicente Anido, Jr. Dr. Vicente Anido is a highly respected ophthalmology industry veteran and leader. He has over 37 years of multinational general management experience in the healthcare field, including broad exposure in prescription and non-prescription pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics and biologics. Dr. Anido is a multifaceted leader, having excelled in managing both large and small companies, public and private. His substantial experience and solid reputation for building focused, results-oriented teams has served him well in successfully executing multiple private and public financings, including IPO’s and taking companies private. He has served on multiple boards of directors of public, private and non-profit companies. From 2001 to 2012, Dr. Anido was president, chief executive officer and a director of ISTA Pharmaceuticals, a company recently acquired by Bausch & Lomb. Prior to this, Dr. Anido served as general partner of Windamere Venture Partners. He has also served as president and CEO of CombiChem, Inc., a biotechnology company, and was president of the Americas Region of Allergan, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing on ophthalmology, dermatology and neuromuscular indications. Prior to Allergan, Dr. Anido held management positions at Marion Laboratories and Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. Dr. Anido currently serves on the Board of Directors of QLT, Inc. and Depomed, Inc. Both are NASDAQ listed pharmaceutical companies. In addition, he was just named chairman of the board of Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a privately-held clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat glaucoma, a disease normally associated with increased fluid pressure in the eye. Dr. Anido received a bachelor’s of pharmacy and a master’s in pharmacy administration from West Virginia University and a doctorate in pharmacy administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1952, he is married to Patty Chambers Anido. They have three married children, Vincent John, Cassie and Angie, and two grandchildren. Edward J. DiPaolo Edward “Jed” DiPaolo received his undergraduate degree in agricultural engineering from West Virginia University in 1976. He began his nearly three decades with the Halliburton Company as a summer intern in Weston, West Virginia. Immediately following graduation, he began working offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Opportunities in the oil and gas industry allowed Mr. DiPaolo to work worldwide in various technical and management roles, leading to his position as group senior vice president of global business development at Halliburton Company. He retired in 2002, at the age of 49, as one member of a three-man leadership team that managed an $8 billion business with 100,000 employees located in 106 countries. Mr. DiPaolo is a partner in and president of JNDI Corporation, an oil and gas consulting company he formed in 2002. He brings more than 36 years of experience in the energy industry to clients worldwide. He also serves as a senior advisor with Duff & Phelps Corporation, a publicly traded financial advisory and investment banking firm. He was an energy partner at Growth Capital Partners, L.P. in Houston, Texas, for 8 years prior to its purchase by Duff and Phelps Corporation. Additionally, he continues to provide operational advice to public and private companies domestically and internationally. Mr. DiPaolo currently serves on the board of directors of three publicly traded companies: Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Edgen Group Inc. and Willbros Group Inc. He previously served as interim chairman of the board of directors of Boots and Coots Group prior to its purchase by the Halliburton Company. He also served on the Superior Well Services board before its purchase by Nabors Industries and on the board of Innicor Subsurface Technologies, a Canadian publicly traded company, prior to its sale to BJ Services. He currently sits on several private company boards as well. Mr. DiPaolo came to WVU from the greater Philadelphia area. He was a gymnast, a cheerleader and a candidate for Mr. Mountaineer. He was vice president of Sigma Chi fraternity, president of the American Society of Agricultural Engineering Student Chapter and a member of Alpha Epsilon. He currently serves on the advisory board of the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. Mr. DiPaolo has been married for 36 years to Nancy McCormick from Logan, West Virgina. Nancy is a WVU College of Business and Economics graduate. The couple currently resides in Houston, Texas. They have two daughters. Helen Holt Helen F. Holt served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, was the first female Secretary of State of West Virginia and led the most important program in housing and long-term healthcare for the elderly in America in the 20th century. Born in rural Illinois in 1913, Helen Froelich studied at Stephens College and the Marine Biological Laboratory. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in zoology from Northwestern University and was inducted into Sigma Xi. She taught biology at National Park College in Forest Glen, Maryland and Greenbrier College for Women in Lewisburg, West Virginia. In 1941, she married the dynamic former United States Senator Rush D. Holt, the youngest person ever elected to the Senate. Mrs. Holt moved to Weston, West Virginia, where she raised three children, started a nursery school, served as a state officer of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and was principal adviser to her husband, whom she succeeded in