"Where Excellence is a Tradition"

THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWELFIH YEAR

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WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE

INSTITUTE, WEST VIRGINIA

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The Academic Procession is composed of administrators, honored guests, faculty, graduates and the College Board of Governors. This procession is led by a marshal, a graduate of West Virginia State College, who seats the graduates, faculty, and platform guests. The faculty enter by academic rank wearing costumes that had their origin in the Medieval English University system. The costumes were devised to distinguish academic persons from lay persons, since everyone wore robes or gowns to ward off the cold. The recession, then, is in reverse order, with the platform guests leaving the dais first, followed by the graduates and the faculty. The colors of the academic dress have a significance deeply rooted in the tradition of academic life and are specified by a uniformed code maintained by the American Council on Education. Caps are black and are usually mortar boards with tassels. Doctors of Philosophy wear gold tassels, usually of metallic thread; other degrees wear black or discipline colors. The bachelors' gown is simple and black with long, pointed sleeves. Masters' gowns, also black, are longer than bachelors. Older gowns have sleeves that terminate at the elbow, while those since 1960 have sleeves extended to the wri t. Doctors' gowns are full, with bell-like sleeves. The front is marked by vel vet panels, and the sleeves are marked by three vel vet bars. While most gowns are black with black velvet, one variation is to replace black velvet with vel vet in the discipline color. A second variation is a colored gown, usually of the university's colors. All hoods specify the level of degree, the discipline studied, and the awarding institution. First, degree level is signified by the size ofthe hood with bachelors' smallest, masters' larger, and doctors' quite large and of a different shape. West Virginia State College does not award hoods to bachelors. The width of the velvet trim also conveys the degree. Secondly, the discipline is indicated by the color of the trim edging the hood to form the throat over the gown. Finally, the color of the hood's lining specifies the awarding institution. The colors are displayed in combinations that are drawn from heraldry. The colors of the tassels worn by candidates for baccalaureate degrees represent the fields of study in which the degrees will be conferred. At West Virginia State College, the following colors are used to designate the various degrees. Bachelor of Arts White Bachelor of Science Yellow Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Drab Bachelor of Science in Communications Yellow Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Velvet Blue Bachelor of Science in Education Light Blue Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology...... Orange Bachelor of Science in Recreation Service Yellow Bachelor of Science in Social Work Citron Associate Degree White The Academic Mace precedes the entire procession. The Grand Marshal carries in his hand this ceremonial staff that is used as a symbol of authority. Its placement and removal from a place of honor signifies the opening and closing of ceremonial sessions. The mace had its origin in the Middle Ages, being used first as a weapon by royal bodyguards to protect their monarchs in processions. Today, the mace is primarily used in academic processions, particularly in English speaking countries. The original mace used by West Virginia State College had historical significance in that it was created from a spindle used in the staircase of West Hall, the second building erected on the campus in 1895. This mace was restored by James Huffman when he was the Assistant Director of Admissions at the College. The mace we use today was designed by former Art Faculty member, Dr. Cubert Smith. This circular ring design in its center symbolizes the five schools of the College: Arts and Humanities, Business and Economics, Natural Science and Mathematics, Professional Studie , and Social Sciences.

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The medallion worn by the President represents the chains of office. These chains are worn by chief presiding officers of colleges and universities. Such chains may be of plain links with a medallion suspended from the lowest point in front. In recent years, the chains have been replaced by ribbons of velvet denoting the college's colors. Incorporated within the medallion is a reproduction of the seal of the College. It is this seal that is impressed on the diplomas awarded to the graduates of West Virginia State College and other official documents. The medallion is a single piece of crystal, five inches in diameter, designed and created by Dr. Cubert Smith, class of 1960, retired Professor of Art, West Virginia State College. The seal of the College is etched with an air eraser on the reverse side. This rear-etching process enhances the optics of the seal and makes it a one-of-a-kind piece. ~rber of

THE PRELUDE- Rudolph in Wonderland arr. PaulJennings West Virginia State Concert Band James Florkevich and James Anderson, Conductors

THE PROCESSIONAL- Fanfare -Pomp and Circumstance March I EdwardElgar arr. James Ployhar The Marshal The Candidates for Graduation The Faculty The Platform Party

THE POSTING OF THE COLORS Color Guard Yellow Jacket Battalion Army Reserve Officers Training Corps

THE NATIONALANrHEM aIT. James McKelvey

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red Glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof thru the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? (The audience will remain standing until after the Invocation)

THE INVOCATION The Reverend Rodgers T. Wood, Pastor Saint James Episcopal Church Charleston, West Virginia

THE GREETINGS Elliott G. Hicks, Esq. Member, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission

THE INTRODUCTIONOFTHESPEAKER Hazo William Carter, Jr. President, West Virginia State College

THE COMMENCEMENTADDRESS Richard L. Ferguson Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board ACT,Inc. ~rber of (fxercis'es'

THE MUSICAL SELECTIONS The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee Jean Berger West Virginia State College Choir 1. Truman Dalton, Director

THE CONFERMENT OF SPECIAL HONORS Teachers ofthe Year Kanawha County-Coleen Vannoy Board of Education Kanawha County Schools Putnam County-Rachael Hull Buffalo Elementary

THE AWARD OF HONORS John Teeuwissen Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS

HONORS Lora Beth Johnson Russell A. Snow Jessica Ruth Nisbet Mary Ann Svodoba*

HIGH HONORS Kathy Rae Barnett Sarah Renee Harper Nola G Mason Burns* Tonya Sue Johnson Maria Bishop Chaffin Leigh Ann Maxwell Tenna Lynn Gray* Jason Ryan Stewart

HIGHEST HONORS Jennifer Elaine Cartmill Loretta Mae James Kirnbra Jareen Clinton Kathleen Kelly Persinger Amanda Gayle Douglas Aimee Beth Whittington BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS

CUM LAUDE Johnny C. Branch Cindy Marie Matheney Jennifer Dawn Cochran David Jacob Miller Chad Joseph Cooper Matthew Maurice Mitchell Nancy Elizabeth Dickens Jeffrey Lynn Mullins Cheryl Ann Dighton James Owens* Samantha Gene Dotson James Robert Parsons Jason Andrew Dunbar Sonya Marie Porter Jeremiah Lee Ege* Angelyn Trese Reed Andrew L. Click* Marvin Rodney Rucker Kelly Jo Griffith Antwaniece Lee Seidu Erin Christine Hart Michelle R. Shaffer Lisa Jean Haynes Amber Lynn Shock Geraldine Holton SariahAmy Thomas Brian Douglas Humphreys Norma Jo Truluck Jeffrey Allen King Deanna Sue Vance Ronald Bernhart McAllister Christopher Michael Yeager Brandy Kaye McClanahan

MAGNA CUM LAUDE Jody Dawn Balog Jessica Nicole Johnston Melissa Gail Bird-O'dell Paul Elmo Keenan Jessica Lee Brown Angela Dawn Kirk Forrest Sue Carter Debra A. Lee Maria Bishop Chaffin Jerry L. McCallister Michelle Lee Cook Erin Meredith Mullins Kristi Michelle French KirnSovine Barbara Lea Hughes

SUMMA CUM LAUDE Justin Richard Ballard Angela Marie Jones Vanessa MaryRuth Cooke Melissa A. Liptrap* Anita Marie Davis Sara Chris teen McClelland Amanda Gayle Douglas Laura Faith McDerment Tenna Lynn Gray Michelle Ann Morris Rachel Marie Hill Stephanie Nicole Stewart THE PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES Ervin V. Griffin, Sr. Provost for the Community and Technical College

and Arnold Cooper Vice President for Academic Affairs, West Virginia State College

CANDIDATES FOR rus ASSOCIATE DEGREE Janet Amos Dean for Community and Technical College

CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR OF ARTs DEGREE David WoW Dean for School of Arts and Humanities

CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE Katherine Harper Dean for School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

THE CONFERMENT OF DEGREES Hazo William Carter, Jr. President, West Virginia State College

After the conferring of the degrees by President Carter, the names of the candidates will be announced by the Registrar, John L. Fuller.

Q1anbibate5~ FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ApPLIED SCIE CE Scotty E. Bailey Raymond F. Hardy* Jeremy Eugene Bamett* Sarah Renee Harper Kathy R. Barnett Brian Keith Howery* Nola G Mason Bums* Jennifer Lee Huffman Mary Lee Byrd* Lorretta Mae James LeAnne Michele Call Jeffery Charles Jividen* Travis Wayne Cogar* Lora Beth Johnson Rochelle Lee Coleman Michelle Denise Jones Sarah Lynn Collins * Clyde S. Likens* Steven Martin Comer Mary Beth Mather Robert Joseph Crowley Antionette Maxwell * Doris Marie Cunningham* Leigh Ann Maxwell Charles R. Dale, Jr. Jeremy Wade Mitchell Willard Robert Donner, Jr. * Nachette Rhondalee Montgomery Carl Wayne Douglas Teresa Lynn Nelson Kimberly R. Duff Jeannean Luree Newhouse Jonathan M. Evans* Jessica Ruth Nisbet Lewis Joe Fouts* Michelle Lee Norvell William Paul Fowler, IV* Stephen Duane Parsons Wendy Renea Hall Kathleen Kelly Persinger Douglas O. J. Hanna, II Stefanie Louise Petry

* August 2003 Graduates NOTE: A name on the program does not assure that final degree requirements have been met. qcanbibates FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ApPLIED SCIENCE (Continued) Jennifer Suzanne Priddy Jason Ryan Stewart Miranda Elizabeth Reed Traci Carper Strickland * Stephanie Lynn Rogers Mary Ann Svoboda* Jeremy Jason Roncaglione Betty Frances Taylor Ryan Walter Russell John Richard Vaughan Candice Shrewsbury Helen Louise Welch* Phillip Lee Siemiaczko VIrgilChristopher White Barbara Paige Smith Aimee Beth Whittington Kelly ElizabethSmith* DondreA. Williams Ru sell A. Snow Michael Thomas Wolford Charlene F. Sotak

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN ARTS JenniferElaine Cartmill Tonya Sue Johnson Maria Bishop Chaffin Jason Green Perez

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIE CE Reginald D. Adams Douglas Paul Kincaid* Micah Beth Ashley Jason Michael Lamb Jessica Lynn Brandon Monica Gene Lawrence Jason Russell Brouse* Andre Alexander Metlock DoyeAnneByrd* Christy Michelle Moore* Kimbra Jareen Clinton CrystalL. Moore* Christeen T. Courtney* Annette Marie Prowse Orlando Yusef Craighead Marilyn Fowlkes Sanford Jeremy Richard Dosier* Alexander Enanfo Seignious Amanda Gayle Douglas Darnell E. Wiggins Tenna L. Gray* Patrick D. Word* James O. Johnson*

FOR THE DEGREE OF ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCE IN COMMU ICATIO S Justin Paul Conner Lindsey Brooke Currey* QI:anbibate~

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Rachel Yvette Carpenter Debra A. Lee Rochelle Lee Coleman Mitchell Ryan Lemle Michelle Lee Cook Sara Chris teen McClelland Anita Marie Davis Joseph Clyde Mays* Samantha Gene Dotson Erin Meredith Mullins Jeremiah Lee Ege* James Paul Owens* Beth Ann Fultz* Michael Lee Pierce* Shawn Allen Hamilton* Angelyn Trese Reed Nelson L. Hudson, II Jeffrey Warren Stevenson, II* Brian Douglas Humphreys Marissa Gale Stewart Tracy E. Jones Robert Whitney Vanater* Paul Elmo Keenan Toshika Nevorah Washington Angela Dawn Kirk Rebecca Joan Wendell

FOR THE DEGREE OF REGENTS BACHELOR OF ARTS Charles F. Absten Brian Scott Middleton Justin Richard Ballard Charles Clayton Moss ChristianA. Bavle* AmieNeely Jill Annette Brace Teresa Lynn Nelson ChristopherC. Branham* Robyn Hope Ooten Felicia Lynn Bush James Robert Parsons Forrest Sue Carter Sonya Marie Porter Maria Bishop Chaffin Haleii M. Poullard Brian K. Ellis* Gregory Edward Sigman* Laura D. Ellis Charlene F. Sotak Valerie Meredith Flowers* Lisa D. Steele Charles Nicholas Gurski Shari Dawn Stilgenbauer* Michael Hicks John Stiltner Geraldine Holton Paul Donovan Strohl Barbara Lea Hughes Roy Edward Terry Alicia Juncosa* Yuvonnie Rochelle Tharp Jeffrey Allen King Lorna Denese Truman Adron Leroy Knighton* Glen Edward Walker Jennifer Anne Lacy Keith Dwayne Walker Timothy Joe "Tucker" Lambert* Delia Ann Waller* Jason Rodney Lathey* AltaLeanne Weaver Sarah Elizabeth McDougall Georgia F. White Billy James McPhail Christine Marie Williams Raghuram Mekala* Noel Leighton Wilson Michael Craig Metzger* Jacqueline Lynn Young QCanbtbatcs FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Chad J. Cooper Joshua Neil Lindley* Anna Nicole Dent David Jacob Miller Chris J. Dorminey David Lee Nichols Jody Wayne Fisher* M. Shawn Peterson Cheryl Yvedney Grant Matthew Ryan Smith* Hollie Christine Hebb Stephanie Nicole Stewart

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Aaron Travis Armstrong Lyndon Teiko Kwei-Tagoe* Christopher B. Bean Kevin Christopher Lane Melissa Kay Peterman Bishop Mitchell Ryan Lernle Tamara Annette Bowling Dale Lamont Lowery Anthony Lamar Brown Patricia Lynn Moss John Kevin Caruthers Polina Simone Page Robert Joseph Crowley Kelli M. Ruebush Lindsay Renee Cunningham Jennifer Rene Samples LeAnn Renee Dailey Courtney Forte Shannon PaulA. Davis, Jr. Tabitha Dawn Smith Kizmet Elaine Chandler Gardner David Jason Snodgrass Jamie Lenore Gilbert Jonathan Robert Stream Jennifer Lori Grindstaff Sariah Amy Thomas Angela Gale Hess Norma Jo Truluck Crystal Gay Hodge Cynthia Leigh Tyree Lori Anne Hudson Layhle M. Tyree Ashley Diane Ice Deanna Sue Vance John Foster Johnson, III* John Erik Whitley Benjamin Kayurapun Gina B. Wilson Laura Lynn Kincaid QCanbibates

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIE CE I COMMU ICATIONS Samuel Bryant Melissa Ann Liptrap* Mamie Elizabeth Buoy Angela Marie Neal Marlette Elaine Carter Annette Marie Prowse Jason Andrew Dunbar Benjamin Howard Shew* Samuel Luke Gerkin Mary icole Williams Ashley Owen Harper Christopher Michael Yeager Erin Christine Hart

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Pamela Kay Anderson Tara Beth McKown Kimberli Dianne Brady Jessica icole Miller Jennifer Lynn Fisher Branham Jeremy Wade Mitchell Je sica Brown Amanda Elaine Moore Leonard Michael Clark Stefanie Louise Petry Jennifer Dawn Cochran Robert Edward Richard on* Sarah Kaye Dennis Marvin Rodney Rucker, II Jason Phillip Drake Wesley Allen Runyan* Raymond Frank Hardy* Michelle R. Shaffer Stephen George Hoffman, Jr. Samuel Elvin Thoma ,III* ElizabethAnn Kennedy Patrick D. Word* Jerry L. McCallister Heidi Faith Young

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIE CE I EDUCATION Jody Dawn Balog Rachel Marie Hill Melissa Gail Bird-O'Dell Jessica Nicole Johnston Johnny C. Branch Angela Marie Jones Pamela Dawn Burdette Ronald Bernhart McAllister LeAnne Michele Call Brandy Kaye McClanahan Sheree Deni e Franklin Carter Cindy Marie Matheney Vanessa MaryRuth Cooke Matthew Maurice Mitchell Meli sa Ann Dickens* Crystal L. Moore* Nancy Elizabeth Dickens Jeffrey Lynn Mullins Cheryl Ann Dighton Richard Dale Parsons, Jr. Amanda Gayle Douglas Antwaniece Lee Seidu Jerrie Danielle Dyer Amber Lynn Shock Kri ti Michelle French Jacqueline Carol Snyder-Greene Tenna L. Gray Kim Sovine Kelly Jo Griffith Li a Renee Summerfield Christopher Curtis Harper Sarah Robin Tomblyn Lisa Jean Haynes Sheila Renee Witt QCanbibates

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH EOUCATIO Laura Faith McDerment Victoria Lynn Smallridge Michelle Ann Morri Kimberly Jean Taylor*

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE I RECREATION Kathryn Michelle Bogg Jason Michael Lamb Andrew Leapold Click* icoleReyes

FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIE CE I SOCIAL WORK Rita Faye Bailey Tamara Darne e Ru h Beth Ro e Banoni -Elkins* Amanda Lynn Sholes Jessica Lynn Brandon Kerri Lane Turley* Andre Alexander Metlock (!&rbcr of Qfxcrciscs

THE PRESENTATIONOFGRADUATINGOFFICERS George A. Nelson Colonel, United States Army and Professor, Military Science WAYNE A. KLOTZBACH Second Lieutenant Bickmore, West Virginia

MICHAEL A. V. HICKS Second Lieutenant Los Angeles, California

THE SALUTETO THE GRADUATES Hazo William Carter, Jr.

THE STUDENTRESPONSE Paul Keenan

THE ALUMNI PLEDGE Howard L. Wilson '55 President, National Alumni Association Tojoin hands with other alumni in perpetuating the ideas of my college, nurturing its growth and promoting its program, to serve with honor in my chosen profession and to make myself a symbol of the best traditions of my college-this is my commission and my challenge.

THE ALMA MATER SpencerlWade

THE CLOSING REMARKS Arnold Cooper

THE BENEDICTION The Reverend Rodgers T. Wood

THE RECESSIONAL- The Raider's March John Williams arr. J. Vinson

The audience is requested to remain seated until the graduates have recessed. GRAND MARSHAL Professor R. Charles Byers '68

ASSISTANT MARSHALS Professor Debra M. Anderson-Conliffe '76 Professor Kenneth W. Blake '74 Professor Clyde P. Campbell '64 Professor Charlotte L. Finney' 61 Professor Patricia King '85 Professor Sandra K. LaVoie '82 Professor John Richards '78 Professor Patricia Shafer '71 Professor Charles E. Smith '87 Professor Craig Spaniol '66 Ms. Patricia Wilson '67

Members of the Classified Staff Council and Student Leadership Program are serving as ushers. ~onor ~ocietie~

ELECTED TO ALPHA DELTA Mu- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN SOCIAL WORK Rita Faye Bailey

ELECTED TO ALPHA KAPPA MU-NATlONAL HONOR SOCIETY Melissa Gail Bird-O'Dell Angela Dawn Kirk Jennifer Dawn Cochran Sara Christeen McClelland Amanda Gayle Michelle Ann Morris Tenna L. Gray Stephanie icole Stewart Angela Marie Jones

ELECTED TO ALPHA Mu GAMMA- NATIONAL COLLEGIATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE Ho OR SOCIETY Paul Elmo Keenan Antwaniece Lee Seidu

ELECTED TO ALPHA PHI SIGMA- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Kimberli Dianne Brady Jerry L. McCallister Jennifer Lynn Fisher Branhan Jessica Nicole Miller Jessica Brown Stefanie Louise Petry Leonard Michael Clark Marvin Rodney Rucker, II Jennifer Dawn Cochran Michelle R. Shaffer Loretta James

ELECTED TO ALPHA PSI OMEGA- NATIONAL THEATER HONOR SOCIETY Marlette Elaine Carter KApPA DELTA PI- INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN EDUCATION Jody Dawn Balog Jessica Nicole Johnston Rhonda Brown Angela Marie Jones Vanessa Mary Ruth Cooke Cindy Marie Matheny Cheryl Ann Dighton Matthew Maurice Mitchell Amanda Gayle Douglas Melissa Gail Bird-O'Dell Kristi Michelle French Amber Lynn Shock Tenna L. Gray Kim Sovine Kelly JoGriffith

ELECTED TO OMRICRON DELTA EpSILON- INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN ECONOMICS Ashley Diane Ice

ELECTED TO OMRICRON DELTA KApPA- NATIONAL LEADERSHIP HONOR SOCIETY Jessica Lynn Brandon Russell A. Snow Tenna L. Gray Melissa Gail Bird-O'Dell

ELECTED TO PHI ALPHA THETA- INTERNATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY IN HISTORY Nelson L. Hudson, II

ELECTED TO Pm ETA SIGMA- FRESHMA NATIO AL HONOR SOCIETY Michelle Lee Cook Sara Christeen McClelland Amande Gayle Douglas Tabitha Dawn Smith Jerry L. McCallister

ELECTED TO SIGMA Par OMEGA- NATIONALGERONTOLOGYHONOR SOCIETY Kathy R. Barnett Michele Ann Morris Jessica Ruth esbit ELECTED TO PHI THETA KApPA- HONOR SOCIETY FOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE STUDENTS Jennifer Elaine Cartmill Loretta Mae James Kirnbra Jareen Clinton Kathleen Kelly Persinger Sarah Renee Harper Russell A. Snow

ELECTED TO PI SIGMA ALPHA- HONOR SOCIETY FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE Angela Dawn Kirk

ELECTED TO PINNACLE- NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS Rita Faye Bailey Melissa Gail Bird-O'Dell Jessie Johnson Russell A. Snow Paul Elmo Keenan

ELECTED TO PSI CHI- NATIO AL Ho OR SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOLOGY Rochelle Lee Coleman Anita Marie Davis Michelle Lee Cook Erin Meredith Mullins

ELECTED TO RHo PHI LAMBDA-NATIONAL Ho OR SOCIETY FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE STUDIES Kathryn Michelle Boggs Andrew Leopold Click QCommencement ~peaker5

1898 1932 (Summer) Booker T. Washington (May) Harry W. Greene Thomas Gillis Nutter Director. Teacher Training, West 1909 Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia Virginia State College William E. Glasscock Governor, State of West Virginia (Summer) 1939 James C. Evans (May) 1919 Professor, Mechanical Industries, Frederick Douglas Patterson Waitman Barbe West Virginia State College President, Tuskegee Institute Professur of Literature. West Virginia University 1933 (Summer) (May) William J.L. Wallace 1923 J.B. McLaughlin Associate Professor of Chemistry, Charles Victor Roman Commissioner of Agriculture, WVSC Nashville, Tennesse State of West Virginia 1940 1925 (Summer) (May) Carter G. Woodson George D. Brock Mordecai Johnson Editor, Negro Life & History Professor of Education, President, Howard Universtiy, 1926 West Virginia State College Washington, D. C. Eugene Kinckle Jones 1934 (Summer) Executive Secretary, (May) Lorena E. Kemp Homer A. Holt Professor of English, 1927 West Virginia Attorney General West Virginia State College James Adlai Cobb (Summer) 1941 Judge, Municipal Court, Daniel P. Lincoln (May) Washington. D. C. Registrar and Professor of Charles Hamilton Houston 1928 History, West Virginia State College Attorney, Washington, D.C. Harry J. Capehart 1935 (Summer) Associate District Attorney (May) Herman G. Canady of SOli/hem WV Harry H. Pace Professor of Psychiatry and 1929 President, Supreme Liberty Life Philosophy, (May) Insurance Co .. West Virginia Slate College Charles Wesley (Summer) 1942 Professor of History. Howard Richard Hurst Hill (May) University Pastor, First Baptist Church, Mary McLeod Bethune (Summer) Charleston, West Virginia Director; Mark Miles Fisher U.S. Department of Negro Affairs 1936 Pastor, 16th Street Baptist Church, (May) (Summer) Huntington, WV John Andrew Gregg Grace I. Woodson, 1930 Bishop, AME Church, Kansas City Associate Professor of Education, (May) WVSC (Summer) Henry D. Hatfield David Kirby 1943 U.S. Senator, State of West Virginia Secretary, West Virginia Board of (May) (Summer) Education Channing H. Tobias John W Davis National Secretary, YMCA 1937 FifOI President, (May) (Summer) West Yirglnia Slate College Julian H. Lewis Henry Lake Dickason 1931 Associate Professor Pathology, President, Bluefield State College (May) University of Chicago 1944 WW. Sanders (Summer) (May) Supervisor, Negro Schools, David Alphonso Lane, Jr. Roland Hayes State of West Virginia Dean, West Virginia State College Concert Singer (Summer) 1938 (Summer) John W. Davis (May) Bertrom L. Woodruff Fifth President, Ambrose Caliver Associate Professor of English, WVSC West Virginia State College Senior Specialist in Education of Negros, U.S. Office of Education, D.C. 1945 (Summer) 1958 (May) Corma A. Mowrey (May) Theodore F. Green Past President, Frank M. Snowden, Jr. us. Senator; Rhode Island National Education Association Dean, College uf Liberal Arts. , Washington, D.C. (Summer) 1952 W.O. Armstrong (May) (Summer) Principal, Dunbar High School, Mordecai Johnson S.J. Baskerville, DDS Fairmont, WV President, Ho .••a..rd University, West Virginia Board of Education Washington, D.C. 1946 1959 (May) (Summer) Cecil Underwood Anne Eleanor Roosevelt James C. Evans Governor; State of IVest Virginia US. Representative, Civilian Assistant, 1960 New United Nations Secretary of Defense Justice Wise Polier (Summer) 1953 Judge. Domestic Relations Court, NY D.T. Murray (May) 1961 President, Rufus B. Clement William W. Barron Negro State Board uf Education President. Atlanta University, Governor, State of West Virginia Atlanta. Georgia 1947 (May) (Summer) 1962 A.J. Gibson Ethel J. Alpenfels James W. Robinson Executive Secretary, Anthropologist, State Superintendent of Negro North Central Association US. Bureau Intercultural Education Schools, West Virginia 1963 (Summer) 1954 Pearl S. Buck Moses ewsome (May) Anthropologist First Baptist Church. Edward Anderson Bolling Charleston, West Virginia Superintendent, 1964 institute School for Deaf & Blind William Orville Douglas 1948 Associate Justice, (May) (Summer) U.S. Supreme Court Percy Julian Jame H. Rowland Division of Research & Manager of Attorney. West Virginia 1965 Fine Chemicals, The Glidden Department of Education P.K. Banerjee Company Minister. Embassy of India 1955 (Summer) (May) 1966 H.D. Hazelwood Buell G. Gallagher Hulett C. Smith Principal, Douglas High, Huntington, President, City College, NY Governor State of West Virginia West Virginia (Summer) 1967 1949 Charles A. Williamson Miles Clark Stanley (May) President, Advertising Corporation President. AFUCIO, Charleston, Harley M. Kilgore West Virginia 1956 US. Senator, West Virginia (May) 1968 (Summer) John Warren Davis William W. Jellema Vernon Johns Fifth President, Executive Associate, Association of College Minister, West Virginia State West Virginia State College American Colleges College (Summer) 1969 1950 Moses ewsome Mildred Mitchell Bateman (May) Pastor, First Baptist Church, Director. Department of Mental Walter Philip Reuther Charleston, West Virginia Health. State of West Virginia President, 1957 United AutoWorkers of America 1970 (May) Richard Eugene Shearer (Summer) Virgil L. Flynn President, Charles S. Johnson Assistant Superintendent in Charge of Alderson-Broaddus College President, Research, Kanawha County Schools Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee 1971 (Summer) Arch A. Moore, Jr. 1951 Ruth C. orman GOI'UIIOr, State of IVest Virginia (May) English Instructor, Ira De A. Reid Stonewall Jackson High School 1972 Professor of Sociology, Damon J. Keith Judge. State of Michigan Haverford COllege, Pennsylvania 1973 (Mid Year) (Mid Year) John W. Davis John D. Rockefeller, IV Ken Hechler Fifth President, Governor; State of West Virginia Secretary of State West Virginia West virgini« State College 1980 1987 and (May) (May) William J.L. Wallace Donald M. Knox Leon H. Sullivan Sixth President, Chair, Board of OIC, West Virginia State College (Mid Year) Philadelphia. PA Robert R. Ramsey 1974 Chancellor, (Mid Year) (May) West Virginia Board of Regents Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Jennings Randolph Chancel/or, u.s. Sella tor, State of West Virginia 1981 West Virginia Board of Reg ellis (May) (Mid Year) Allen Ostar Danjel B. Taylor 1988 President. American Association of (May) Superintendent of Schools State of State Colleges and Universities Hazo W. Carter, Jr. West Virginia Ninth President, (Mid Year) 1975 West Virginia State College Leon H. Ginsberg (May) Commissioner, West Virginia (Mid Year) James C. Malone Depanment of Welfare Ralph E. Kirkman Vice President. Union Carbide Professor of Education, 1982 (Mid Year) George Peabody College (May) James R. McCartney Vanderbilt University Thomas W. Cole, Jr. Secretary of State, Eighth President , 1989 State of West Yirginiu West Yirginia State College (May) 1976 Grover A. DuBose (Mid Year) (May) Visiting Professor, Business, Margaret L. Workman Helvi Sipila West Virginia State COllege Judge, Circuit Court Associate Secretary General, SociaL Charleston, West Virginia (Mid Year) Development & Humanitarian Affairs. Harrison B. Wilson United Nations 1983 President. Norfolk State University (May) (Mid Year) Russell Lowell Isaacs 1990 Vincent E. Reed President. Hecks lnc .. (May) Superintendent of Schools Charleston, WeST Virginia Mary Sarah Weddington The District of Columbia Senior Lecturer, History and (Mid Year) 1977 Government. University of Texus Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, IV (May) First Lady of West virginia (Mid Year) Ben L. Morton Lauro F. Cavazos Chancellor, 1984 Secretary, West Virginia Board of Regents (May) U.S. Department of Education Samuel Proctor (Mid Year) Pastor, Abvssian Baptist Church, NY 1991 Henry B. Wehrle, Jr. (May) President, The Mclunkin Corporation (Mid Year) Gaston Caperton John D. Rockefeller, IV 1978 Thirty-first Governor, Governor, State of West Virginia (May) State of West Virginia Robert C. Byrd 1985 (Mid Year) u.s. Sella tor. State of lVest virgin!« (May) Laura Pederson Julian Bond (Mid Year) Sella/or, Atlanta, Georgia 1992 Harold Delaney (May) Associate Executive Director (Mid Year) Paul B. Marion American Association of Colleges and D. Wayne Smith Chancel/or, Universities President, Friendship Force State College System of West Virginia

1979 1986 (Mid Year) (May) (May) Phyllis Harden Carter Harold L. Hodgkinson John F. McGee Director of State-Federal Relations, Executive Director, Professional President, Charleston Daily Mail Governor's Office, State of Institute of American Manogenien: West virginia Association 1993 (Mid Year) (Mid Year) (May) Robert E. Wise, Jr. Hazo W. Carter, Jr. Bettina Gregory United States House of Ninth President, West Virginia State Senior General Assignment Representatives College Correspondent, American 1997 2000 Broadcasting Companv (May) (May) (Mid Year) Hazel R. O'Leary Cecil H. Underwood Barbara Harmon- Former Secretary of Energy Governor. State of West Virginia Schamberger (Mid Year) (Mid Year) Secretary. Department of Education James W. Rowley David Stewart and the Arts State of lVest Virginia President Emeritus, College of State Superintendent of Schools. 1994 Graduate Studies lVest virginia Board of Education (May) Margaret L. Workman 1998 2001 (May) (May) Judge. Supreme Court of Appeals. Shirley R. Watkins Marie C. Johns State of West Virginia Secretary, U.S. Department of President, vernon (Mid Year) Agriculture (Mid Year) Booker T. Stephens (Mid Year) J. Michael Mullen Chief Judge, Eighth Judicial District. Gus R. Douglass Chancellor, West Virginia Higher Welch. West Virginia West Virginia Commissioner of Education Policy Commission 1995 Agriculture 2002 (May) (May) James W. Monroe 1999 (May) Miles C. Cary Major General. United States Army Christine M. Corey President. West Virginia State College (Mid Year) Senior Program Officer. Office of Advisory Board Clifford M. Trump International Education and (Mid Year) Chancellor. State College System of Graduate Programs, United States Kaye Goodwin West Virginia Department of Education Secretary, Education and Arts 1996 2003 (May) (May) Rodney E. Slater J. T. (Ted) Childs, Jr. Federal High way Administration Vice President, Global 1V0rkforce Diversity IBM Corporation

Commencement programs are maintained in the College Archieves of the Drain-Jordan Library. For many years, the college held graduation exercises three times a year-in May, August, and a mid-year commencement at the end of the first semester ill January. Mid-year graduation exercises were dropped ill 1954 and re-established in 1974, while summer exercises were discontinued after 1958. ~lma iOOater

Ernest Wade '30 Martha Spencer

There is a place we love so dear- Its name we'll ever praise and revere 'Tis West Virginia State we love- Just one more step from there is Heav'n above. REFRAIN West Virginia's praise we'll sing- Lift our voices 'til heavens ring- As we gail y march along- We'll sing a song- For Alma Mater How we love her Pride of all our loyal hearts- From her we will never part- Thoughts of thee will ne' er be few Alma Mater we love you. We'll love her more as days go by, And send her praises to the sky; To place her over all the rest, And keep her e'er the dearest and the best. Shadowed' neath a deep blue sky; Is STATE for whom we'll live and we'll die- Arise! 0 men of God and sing; We're loyal, and to her we'll always cling. WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE