Winter Commencement Ceremony
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TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY WINTER COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY 3 p.m., Saturday, December 19, 2020 (Recorded Live on Friday, December 18,2020) THE PROGRAM THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION (please stand as you are able) Pomp and Circumstance ...............................................................................................................................................................................Edward Elgar THE INVOCatION ........................................................................................................................................................... Ms. Katy Miles-Wallace, M.Div. Interim Campus Pastor THE WELCOME .............................................................................................................................................................................................Dr. Debbie Cottrell President THE GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF REGENTS ................................................................................................................ .Mr. Lewis Westerman Chair, TLU Board of Regents THE GREETING FROM THE TLU ALUMNI ASSOCIatION ...........................................................................................................Ms. Kim Chanler Past President, TLU Alumni Association THE PRESENtatION OF THE CANDIDatES........................................................................................................................................Dr. Sarah Ferguson Vice President for Academic Affairs THE CONFERRING OF THE ACADEMIC DEGREES..................................................................................Dr. Cottrell Dr. Ferguson THE CLOSING REMARKS ............................................................................................................................................................................................. Dr. Cottrell THE ALMA MatER (please stand as you are able) TLU Alma Mater ...................................................................................................................................................................................Kriewald-Weidner arr. by Roy Norton O stately college of the plain, Beloved TLU, to thee The memories we’ve gathered here We pledge our love and loyalty. Of chiming bell and chapel spire Hail to our alma mater fair! Will live through each advancing year; The truth of Christ shall make us free. CLOSING PRAYER ......................................................................................................................................................................................... Ms. Alyssa Schneider Member, Graduating Class BENEDICTION ..............................................................................................................................................................................................Pastor Miles-Wallace THE ACADEMIC RECESSION (please remain standing until graduates and faculty exit) MARSHALS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... Dr. Steve Boehm Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Brian Coulombe Associate Professor of Kinesiology Dr. Casi Helbig Professor of Kinesiology CRUCIFER .................................................................................................................................................................................................. The Rev. Kelsie Theiss Co-Interim Campus Pastor The regalia worn by graduates is made in the USA from 100% post-consumer plastic bottles. Music provided by Mrs. Wendi Gustafson, Organist. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES MASTER OF AccOUNTANCY Kyle Steven Murphy ∞ *** + MASTER OF SCIENCE Auriana Jeanel Bird ∞ *** BACHELOR OF ARTS Auriana Jeanel Bird ∞ *** Bryton S. Dundon Victoria Kelly + Sarah Emily Schneider Gavin Baker + Jillian Michelle Ebanks * Jordan Lewis Macy Victoria Spence Ryan Barry + Samantha Rose R. Estrada + Sean Michael Mellish * Dustin Michael Strackbein Madison Taylor Lolita Bradley # Kevin Maxwell Garza *** Julia Alexis Morales # Breanna Nicole Washington # Garrett Chollett Sofía Elena Glynn ** Cassidy Nicole Myers *** Makayla Rayane Watts Gabriella Nicole Clark * Kaitlin Ann Gomez ∞ * Rachel Rene Pelayo James Alfred Wenske * + Porfirio A. Dubon *** Noah Joe Gonzalez * # Marlin A. Rojas BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Arlene L. Aguilar Brent Austin Glasco Brock Riddle Kassandra Maria Baltierra # Kyle Steven Murphy ∞ *** + Benjamin Luis Rodriguez Auriana Jeanel Bird ∞ *** Bailey Nimtz Carson James Schreiber # Tori Rae Ellison Joshua Grant Oliver *** Gage Tooke Taylor Erskine Joshua Blake Ray # BACHELOR OF MUSIC Kevin Borgfeld ∞ * Jimmy James Lopez III Beckett Jaymes Thurston ** Tylynn Elisabeth Culp ** Caleb Bivian Moreno BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Ariana Alise Aguilar Derek Dunn Kali Elizabeth McMullen + Alyssa Danielle Schneider *** Sarah Anderson Asia Marie Fernandez Alyssa Moreno Flores + Coy Tutt Jocee Bennett Paris Sean Foster Kionasina Nu’u + Brittany Elaine Velasco Jordan Lynn Berry D’Andre Gallagher # Nwankwo-Ikechi Kanu Nwankwo Shaquon A. Warren # + Lannette A. Bone * Julia M. Garcia # Nicholas Alexander Orange Madisyn Cates * Kylie Garner Brennen Patterson James E. Cook + Camille Yvonne Green Holly Marie Rappmund *** + William N. Cucinotta Guillermo Guerra # Yolanda Ruvalcaba + Reyana Denise Custodio Anna Reece Koenig * Ashley Nicole Rynard * ∞ = Dual Degrees ** = Magna Cum Laude + = In Absentia * = Cum Laude *** = Summa Cum Laude # = August Graduate BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Vanessa Aguirre Josefina Felix Garduño * Rachel Quiroz Ibarra ** Ronnie Katelin Barone Wilma Gibson Stephanie Monique Lucero Abigail Judith Birch *** Mia Gonzales Samantha Rinard Madeline Bumgardner Mayra Y. Guerrero Kelsey Morgan Saye Keissa Montgomery Davis Megan L. Hoffman ∞ = Dual Degrees ** = Magna Cum Laude + = In Absentia * = Cum Laude *** = Summa Cum Laude # = August Graduate ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETY GRADUATES Alpha Chi Alpha Mu Gamma Lambda Pi Eta National Honor Society National Foreign Language National Honor Society in Auriana Jeanel Bird Honor Society Communication Studies Kevin Maxwell Garza Ariana Alise Aguilar Kevin Maxwell Garza Kaitlin Ann Gomez Vanessa Aguirre Holly Marie Rappmund Auriana Jeanel Bird Pi Lambda Theta Lannette A. Bone National Honor Society for Educators Alpha Lambda Delta Keissa Montgomery Davis Ashley Nicole Rynard National Honor Society Sarah Anderson Delta Mu Delta Psi Chi Auriana Jeanel Bird International Honor Society in Psychology Interational Business Administration Kaitlin Ann Gomez Keissa Montgomery Davis Honor Society Kevin Maxwell Garza Danielle Elyse Gloria Auriana Jeanel Bird Kaitlin Ann Gomez Anna Reece Koenig Cassidy Nicole Myers Joshua Grant Oliver Brennen Patterson THE COLORS OF HONOR Graduation with Honors Delta Mu Delta Sigma Pi Sigma The gold TLU honors cords are presented to Delta Mu Delta is the international honor Sigma Pi Sigma is the national honor society graduates who have achieved the recognition society for business administration. Honor for physics. Students elected to membership Honors–Cum Laude (3.5 GPA), High Honors– cords are gold and purple. Membership in must attain high standards of general Magna Cum Laude (3.75 GPA), or Highest Delta Mu Delta is offered to the junior and scholarship and outstanding achievement in Honors–Summa Cum Laude (3.9 GPA). senior business majors and minors who rank physics. The society honors its graduates with These cords are presented to the graduates as in the top 20 percent of the students within green and ivory cords. they cross the stage. the Business Administration and Economics Department. Sigma Tau Delta Alpha Chi Sigma Tau Delta’s central purpose is to confer Alpha Chi is a national academic honor society Iota Tau Alpha distinction upon students of the English open to undergraduates in the top ten percent Iota Tau Alpha is the national honor society for language and literature in undergraduate, of junior and senior classes. The purpose of athletic training education and the colors are graduate, and professional studies. Sigma Tau Alpha Chi is to promote academic excellence red, yellow and blue The purpose of Iota Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of and exemplary character among college Alpha is the promotion and encouragement professional writers who have contributed to students. The colors of Alpha Chi are emerald of scholarly activity in athletic training and the fields of language and literature. The colors green and sapphire blue, signifying victory and the recognition of outstanding achievement of Sigma Tau Delat are black and red. truth. among students enrolled in athletic training education programs. Theta Alpha Kappa Alpha Lambda Delta Theta Alpha Kappa, whose color is red, is the Alpha Lambda Delta is the national honor Lambda Pi Eta only national honor society serving the needs society for first-year university students. Full Lambda Pi Eta, the honor society of the of those involved in the study of religion and/ time students who have earned a minimum communication studies discipline, encourages or theology at both the baccalaureate and GPA of 3.5 in the first semester of university high standards of scholarship and a commitment post-baccalaureate levels of higher education. are invited to join. At graduation, students to professional development. It is named for Honoring excellence in these academic fields is who have maintained a minimum 3.5 GPA Aristotle’s