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2019 Spring Commencement MAY 10 & 11, 2019 2019 SPRING COMMENCEMENT Contents About the SIU System ............................................................................................................3 About Southern Illinois University Edwardsville .......................................................................4 SIUE’s Mission, Vision, Values and Statement on Diversity ........................................................5 Academics at SIUE ..................................................................................................................6 History of Academic Regalia ....................................................................................................8 Mace, International Flags, Chancellor’s Medallion and Granting of Degrees ................................9 Academic and Other Recognitions .......................................................................................... 10 Honorary Degree................................................................................................................... 11 Teaching Excellence Award ....................................................................................................12 School of Business Undergraduate Ceremony .........................................................................13 School of Nursing Graduate and Undergraduate Ceremony ......................................................16 Graduate School: College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Education, Health and Human Behavior; School of Engineering; and School of Pharmacy Ceremony .............................................................................................. 20 School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Undergraduate Ceremony ...........................28 College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Ceremony ........................................................... 31 School of Pharmacy Doctoral Ceremony .................................................................................35 College of Arts and Sciences and School of Engineering Undergraduate Ceremony ...................37 2019 Golden Graduates, Candidates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants, and Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Program Associates ........................................40 Message from the Alumni Association .................................................................................... 41 SIUE Alma Mater ..................................................................................................................43 WELCOME TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE On behalf of the faculty, staff and students of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, I am pleased to welcome you to the 124th commencement celebration. Our graduates have achieved a significant milestone in their lives, excelling in their academic pursuits while exemplifying the values of citizenship, excellence, inclusion, integrity and wisdom upon which the University is founded. SIUE is a place where dreams are built and futures are formed. The University community is proud to have supported each of our students during their time on campus. At the conclusion of today’s ceremony, the graduates will share alumni status with more than 110,000 fellow Cougars. SIUE will continue to provide assistance as our students transition to the professional world or pursue an advanced course of study. Graduates, congratulations on your very special accomplishment. We recognize both you and those who have supported you throughout your academic experience. Thank you for helping SIUE fulfill its mission to shape a changing world. We look forward to learning of your many achievements in the years to come. Congratulations! Randall G. Pembrook, PhD Chancellor To Our Guests Commencement is the premier academic ceremony. This formal conferral of degrees marks the graduates’ mastery of SIUE curricula—undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional. At its best, it is an occasion of dignity, recognition and celebration. To preserve the decorum of the event, please exercise etiquette appropriate for the occasion and express your excitement in respectful ways that will not prevent others from hearing the speakers and enjoying the ceremony. For your convenience, professional photographs will be available for all graduates. GradImages™ will photograph students before they cross the stage. They will capture the moment graduates receive their diploma covers and will photograph each graduate after they cross the stage. Graduates will receive a passport sized, full color image by mail approximately one week after the ceremony. Graduates and their families will have the option of ordering from a variety of photo packages. There is no obligation to purchase photos from GradImages™. Family members and friends are asked to remain in their seats and enjoy the ceremony. GradImages™ guarantees complete satisfaction with the photographs or a full refund will be given with no questions asked. The transaction is between the graduate and the photographer. SIUE will not be involved. Photos will be available to view and order as soon as 48 hours after the ceremony by visiting gradimages.com. The University requests that all photographs be taken from your seat or following the ceremony. Please move to the lobby areas or outdoors, weather permitting, for photos. Two SIUE backdrops are available, so graduates and their loved ones can take celebratory photos before and after today’s ceremony. In keeping with the occasion, we ask that all guests stand when the processional begins. After the ceremony has been completed, there will be a recessional of the platform party, faculty and graduates. Please remain in your seats until everyone has cleared the commencement area. Thank you, Commencement Staff ** The commencement program was printed with accurate graduation records as of 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2019. A final version with full records will be available the week following the ceremonies at siue.edu/commencement. 2 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Southern Illinois University (SIU) System As early as 1949, courses were being offered in the is comprised of two sister institutions: SIU metropolitan East St. Louis area, which led to the Carbondale, with a School of Medicine in development of SIUE. Springfield, and SIU Edwardsville, with a School of Dental Medicine in Alton and the SIUE East St. The instructional, scholarship and service missions Louis Higher Education Campus in East St. Louis. of the two constituent institutions reflect the needs of the geographic areas in which they are located. With a budget of approximately $897 million, The SIU System is also committed to serving the SIU System employs over 7,000 faculty, staff state-wide, national and international needs. This and administrators who serve more than 26,000 commitment is reflected in educational activities students. A modern and comprehensive post- and outreach in communities throughout the state, secondary educational system, the SIU System as well as through research and training exchanges offers a broad range of academic programs that and world-wide student exchange programs. lead to associate, bachelor’s, master’s, specialist, doctoral and professional practice degrees in The SIU Board of Trustees governs SIU a variety of fields, including law, medicine, System and sets policy that enables both pharmacy, and dental medicine. universities to carry out its established missions and goals. The president of the System is its SIU Carbondale was chartered in 1869 as CEO and reports to the board of trustees. The Southern Illinois Normal University, a teachers’ University chancellors report directly to the college. In 1947, the name was changed to president and are responsible for the internal reflect the institution’s academic expansion. The operations of SIUE and SIUC, respectively. University also expanded geographically. Southern Illinois University Officers of Administration Board of Trustees Southern Illinois University Office of the President J. Phil Gilbert Chair J. Kevin Dorsey Interim President Ed Hightower Vice-Chair James S. Allen Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs Roger Tedrick Board Secretary Lucas D. Crater General Counsel Edgar Curtis Kimberly Labonte Subhash Sharma Executive Director of Audits Amy Sholar Duane Stucky Senior Vice President for Financial and John Simmons Administrative Affairs and Board Treasurer Molly Smith SIUE Student Trustee Brionne Lockett SIUC Student Trustee 3 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) half of SIUE’s 110,000 graduates live and work traces its origin to a recommendation made in in the St. Louis region. SIUE makes more than a 1956 by the Southwest Illinois Council for Higher $514 million economic impact on the region Education. The Council was convinced that higher every year. education facilities were needed in the Metro East. They hired consultants whose reports documented The University offers undergraduate and graduate that need, and they appealed to Southern Illinois areas of study encompassing the arts, sciences, University (SIU), 100 miles south, to establish nursing, education, health, human behavior, satellite campuses. business and engineering. The Schools of Dental Medicine and Pharmacy award first professional In 1957, SIU opened two “residence centers” in doctoral degrees in dental medicine (DMD) and Alton and East St. Louis. The university expected in pharmacy (PharmD). Doctoral degrees are to enroll 800 students, but
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