One Hundred & Thirty-Third Spring Commencement (2019)
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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY-THIRD SPRING COMMENCEMENT MAY 10, 2019 I 10:00 A.M. NORMAN ADRIAN WIGGINS SCHOOL OF LAW CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ONE HUNDRED & THIRTY-THIRD SPRING COMMENCEMENT & NORMAN ADRIAN WIGGINS SCHOOL OF LAW FORTY-FIRST COMMENCEMENT FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019 10:00 A.M. MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM DUKE ENERGY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA JESUS, SAVIOR, PILOT ME PSALM 1 James Archibald Campbell opened Buies Creek Academy January 5, 1887 in a small room at the local Baptist church. Sixteen students, ranging from £^es 6 to 21, showed up for classes, while five older boys helped build a schoolhouse nearby. Campbell was ecstatic. As students entered the makeshift; classroom, he greeted each one: "Well, well. You've come to school! Now, I wonder if you can spell by heart?" Then he led them in singing one of his favorite hYmns, Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me. Afterward, he read aloud Psalm 1. For as long as J.A. Campbell lived, the school began each new ABOUT CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY academic year with the singing of stablished in 1887 as an degree was approved in 1985 with the hymn and the reading of the academy with a charter-class the establishment of the School of passage. Eenrollment of 16 students, Pharmacy, now called the College of Campbell University has developed Pharmacy & Health Sciences. into a major university with more The Campbell University Divinity ALMA MATER than 6,500 students. Students hail School was established on October 25, We hail our gracious Alma Mater from throughout North Carolina, the 1995, and enrolled the founding Singing this glad refrain United States and around the world. class in August 1996. In 2009, the We'll honor her with all our Established as a liberal arts college, Norman Adrian Wiggins School of might. And cherish every vein. which initially awarded associate Law relocated to downtown Raleigh, Chorus and bachelor degrees, the academic becoming the first law school in the Come and sing to dear ol' program of Campbell University was capital city. The Jerry M. Wallace Campbell, Pledge a tribute, too. greatly expanded in 1976 when the School of Osteopathic Medicine We'll praise her for all her merit. trustees authorized the establishment welcomed its first class in 2013, And honor her with truth. of graduate programs in education followed by the Catherine W. Wood and business and the awarding of the School of Nursing in 2014 and the We yield to her our true allegiance. Master of Education and Master of School of Engineering in the fall of Raising her banner high. Business Administration degrees. 2016. We'll stand v«th her thru peace and strife, Her name will never die. Doctoral programs were authorized Because of the University's strategic by the trustees in 1976 with the location, Campbell provides Jimmy Elton Tutor '65 establishment of the Norman additional campus educational Adrian Wiggins School of Law and opportunities at Fort Bragg/Pope, the awarding of the Juris Doctor Camp Lejeune/New River, Raleigh, degree. The Doctor of Pharmacy and Online. 2 CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS J. BRADLEY CREED (2015-current) An accomplished scholar and historian of religion, he became Campbell University's fifth president on July 1, 2015. Prior to coming to Campbell, he served as the provost at Samford University and associate dean and professor of Christian History at the George W Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University. A Jacksonville, Texas, native, Dr. Creed received a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Baylor University as well as Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Under his leadership, Campbell has continued to thrive, implementing a multi-year strategic plan, which includes strengthening support for smdent scholarships and the construction of a new student union. JERRY MCLAIN WALLACE (2003-2015) An ordained Baptist minister and longtime Campbell administrator, he oversaw a physical transformation In keeping with the University's of main campus and the addition of five new health commitment to global education, programs, including the medical school. Campbell students enroll in international programs in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America. NORMAN ADRIAN WIGGINS (1967-2003) Currently, more than 150 students A 1948 Campbell College graduate and a Wake are enrolled in a Campbell degree Forest Law School graduate, he led efforts to found program at Tunku Abdul Rahman the law, education, pharmacy and divinity schools University College in Kuala Lumpur, and achieve university status. Malaysia. Campbell is committed to the LESLIE HARTWELL CAMPBELL mission of providing its students (1934-1967) with a Christian worldview and a A 1908 Buies Creek Academy graduate, he taught charge to be "the salt of the earth math and served as dean before succeeding his father and the light of the world." Open and leading the school through World War II and its to all qualified students, Campbell's transformation to a four-year college. student body includes persons from multiple faith traditions. JAMES ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL Campbell has been led by five (1887-1934) presidents: James A. Campbell, A Baptist minister who founded Buies Creek Leslie H. Campbell, Norman Adrian Academy at age 25, he kept the school alive after Wiggins, Jerry M. Wallace and the a fire destroyed nearly all of campus and through current president, J. Bradley Creed. World War I and the Great Depression. SPRING COMMENCEMENT 3 FACULTY THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION MARSHAL The centuries-old pageantry of the academic procession dates from ancient traditions rooted in the early universities. Since the first academic ceremonies Johnny Chriscoe were predominantly the charge of clergy, they followed the familiar order Associate Professor of Law of the religious procession: the younger and newer groups preceded the older. The highest honor was to be placed at the end of the procession. MACE BEARER This morning's academic procession, in order of appearance, is as follows: Zachary Bohtho • Mace Bearer and Faculty Marshal Assistant Professor of Law • Candidates for the Degree of Juris Doctor • Candidates for the Master of Laws (LL.M.) Degree • Faculty of the Norman A. Wiggins School of Law • Platform Party ABOUT THE LAW SCHOOL Since its founding in 1976, Campbell Law has developed lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the law as a calling to serve others. Among its accolades, the school has been recognized by the American Bar Association (ABA) as having the nation s top Professionalism Program and by the American Academy of Trial Lawyers for having the nation's best Trial Advocacy Program. Campbell Law boasts more than 4,200 alumni, who make their home in nearly all 50 states and beyond. Throughout 2019, Campbell Law is celebrating 40 years of graduating legal leaders and 10 years of being located in a state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Raleigh, North Carolina's capital city. 4 CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY THE HONORABLE ALBERT DIAZ Judge for the U S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit udge Albert Diaz was nominated by judge, and appellate military judge. He retired President Barack Obama on Nov. 4, from the Marines in 2006 at the rank of J2009, to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the lieutenant colonel. Fourth Circuit seat vacated by William W. Judge Diaz previously served as a North Wilkins, Jr. His nomination was forwarded Carolina Superior Court Judge with the to the full U.S. Senate by unanimous vote of distinction of being the first Hispanic the Senate Judiciary Committee and he was Superior Court Judge in the state. Judge Diaz confirmed by voice vote on Dec. 18, 2010, also served as a Special Superior Court Judge with bipartisan support of the two senators in the North Carolina Business Court. representing North Carolina. He received his commission from President Obama on Dec. Growing up in Brooklyn, Judge Diaz attended 22, 2010. Judge Diaz is the first Hispanic public schools. Following his graduation member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for from high school in 1978, he enlisted in the the Fourth Circuit. Marines. Diaz attended the Wharton School A native of Brooklyn, New York, Judge Diaz at the University of Pennsylvania on a Naval is no stranger to the Old North State having Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship, begun his legal career in the Marines, serving and earned a B.S. in economics in 1983. as a prosecutor, defense counsel, and appellate Following graduation, he was commissioned government counsel at Camp Lejeune. He as a second lieutenant in the Marines. While left active duty in 1995 to join the Charlotte in service, Diaz was selected to attend law law firm of Hunton & Williams, where he school on a full military scholarship. He engaged in a general commercial litigation earned his J.D. from New York University practice. Judge Diaz remained in the Marine School of Law and his Master of Science from Reserves while in private practice, serving as Boston University. He has held leadership an appellate defense counsel, military trial roles in the North Carolina Bar Association and is active in other bar associations. SPRING COMMENCEMENT 5 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY J. Rich Leonard, presiding Dean MUSICAL PRELUDE Mark Gibbons Director of Technology Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine ENTRY OF UNIVERSITY MACE Zachary Bolitho Assistant Professor of Law Yance Covington & Bruce Wright, Bag Pipers *PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance Edw^ard Elgar INVOCATION Keith Boyette Student Bar Association President 2018-19 WELCOME Dean Leonard GREETINGS AND SPECIAL REMARKS J. Bradley Creed President, Campbell University Benjamin N. Thompson '76, '79 Chairman, Campbell University Board of Trustees INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Dean Leonard COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Judge Albert Diaz U.S.