University of Minnesota

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Spring 1992 Graduate School Commencement UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Spring 1992 Graduate School Commencement Board of Regents The Honorable Wendell R. Anderson. Minneapolis The Honorable M. Elizabeth Craig, Minnetonka The Honorable Jean B. Keffeler. Minneapolis The Honorable Elton A. Kuderer. Fairmont The Honorable H. Bryan Nee!. Rochester The Honorable Alan C. Page. Minneapolis The Honorable Mary J. Page. Olivia The Honorable Thomas R. Reagan, Gilbert The Honorable David K. Roe. Minneapolis The Honorable Darrin M. Rosha, Minneapolis The Honorable Stanley D. Sahlstrom, St. Cloud The Honorable Ann J. Wynia, St. Paul Administrative Officers Nils Hasselmo. President Ettore F. Infante, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Robert Erickson, Senior Vice President for Finance and Operations C. Eugene Allen, Vice President for Institute of Agriculture, Forestry. and Home Economics Richard B. Heydinger, Vice President for External Relations Anne C. Petersen, Vice President for Research Marvalene Hughes, Vice President for Student Affairs Robert Anderson, Vice President for Health Sciences The University of Minnesma i:; committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran statu:;, or sexual orientation. Table of Contents page Order of Events ...................................................................... 4 Academic Costume and the University Mace .......................................... (i The University of Minnesota .......................................................... 7 The Graduate School ................................................................. ~: Degrees Awarded Professional Master's Degrees .......................................................... 9 Master of Science . 16 Master of Arts ....................................................................... 29 Specialist Certificate in Education ..................................................... 36 Doctor of Education .................................................................. 36 Doctor of Philosophy ................................................................. 37 Degrees Pending Professional Master's Degrees ......................................................... 54 Master of Science .................................................................... 64 Master of Arts ....................................................................... 69 Specialist Certificate in Education ..................................................... 73 Doctor of Education .................................................................. 73 Doctor of Philosophy ................................................................. 73 Additional copies of this booklet are available from University Relations, 6 Morrill Hall, 100 Church St. S.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. Order of Events Prelude Concert From 12:30 to 1 p.m., music is provided by Thomas West, pianist Processional At 1 p.m., the macebearer and the United States flag marshall march onto the stage. heralding the arrival of the academic procession of candidates. In the procession are administrators, faculty, distinguished guests. and regents. The order of march of candidates is as follows: Doctor of Philosophy Specialist Certificate in Education Doctor of Education Master's Degrees Doctor of Musical Arts !Pastel ................................................... Kenny G. A Child is Born ......................................... Thad Jones Thomas West, pianist The National Anthem As soloist Darnisha Cowan steps to the microphone, the entire audience will stand and join in singing the national anthem: 0, say! can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets· red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. 0, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Speaking for the Nils Hassel mo. Ph.D .. President of the University University Introduction of Anne C. Petersen. Ph.D .. Vice President for Research and Dean of the Commencement Graduate School Speaker Commencement "Celebrating Change, Challenge, and Capability" Address Geraldine Kearse Brookins, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work, Gamble-Skogmo Land Grant Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy Interlude Somewhere ...................................... Leonard Bernstein Thomas West. pianist Presentation of Carla R. Phillips, Ph.D., Professor of History, will present the Candidates for candidates for professional master's, master of science, and master of Master's Degrees arts degrees, and specialist certificates in education to Dean Petersen and Specialist and the audience. All candidates will proceed across the stage as they Certificates are presented. 4 Presentation of Associate Dean Mark L. Brenner, Ph.D., will present the candidates Candidates for for the degrees of doctor of education, doctor of musical arts, and Doctoral Degrees doctor of philosophy. Each new doctoral candidate will be hooded. Conferring of Degrees Regent Stanley D. Sahlstrom will confer certificates and degrees upon the candidates. Closing Remarks Dean Anne C. Petersen Hail! Minnesota The audience will rise and join in singing the University's alma mater: Minnesota, hail to thee! Hail to thee, our college dear! Thy light shall ever be A beacon bright and clear; Thy sons and daughters true Will proclaim thee near and far; They will guard thy fame And adore thy name; Thou shalt be their Northern Star. Recessional The graduates will leave their seats. The audience is requested to remain seated until those in the academic procession have marched out. Battle Hymn of the Republic ............................. Traditional Thomas West, pianist Commencement The commencement reception on the plaza of Northrop Memorial Reception Auditorium immediately follows the ceremony. All candidates and their guests are invited. The Board of Regents requests that you adhere to the Northrop Memorial Auditorium policy that smoking is permitted only in posted areas on the west side of the lobby. 5 Academic Costume and the University Mace Academic gowns date back to the 14th The Minnesota hood, which may be worn by century, when they served two functions of anyone with a doctoral degree from the nearly equal importance: to indicate the University of Minnesota, is black with a academic rank of the wearer and to keep the maroon chevron on gold. Each institution scholar warm in the d:·afty stone halls of has its own pattern of colors on the hood, academia. worn around the neck and down the back of the gown. The length and shape of the hood The markings. cut, and colors of modern identify the most advanced degree the wearer day academic costume-cap. gown, and has earned, and the velvet edging shows the sometimes hood-indicate the academic field: blue for doctor of philosophy, light degree, the field of study, and the institution blue for doctor of education, and pink for that granted the degree. doctor of musical arts. Master's gowns, black and untrimmed. have At commencement ceremonies hoods are worn pointed sleeves. Doctor's gowns in the by those who already have the doctoral degree. United States traditionally have been black Degree candidates wear gowns appropriate for with velvet front facings and crossbars on the degrees they are about to receive, and new the sleeves. but in recent years a number of doctorates are hooded on stage. universities have adopted gowns of distinctive school colors The Mace A new University of Minnesota Ph.D. gown and matching tam made their appearance in The University of Minnesota mace was 1988 to celebrate the centenary of the first carried for the first time in 1961 by Regents' Minnesota doctor of philosophy degree. The Professor of Physics Alfred O.C. Nier at the new Minnesota gown is maroon-trimmed inauguration of President 0. Meredith with black velvet chevrons and gold metallic Wilson. Art professor Philip Morton braid. The traditional gown may still be designed the mace: a crystal sphere four worn. inches in diameter surmounted by the North Star. symbol of the state of Minnesota, on a solid aluminum handle set with the University regents· seal. 6 The University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, ranked among Two students received bachelor of arts the nation's top ten public universities, degrees at the first commencement in June reflects the commitment to education of a 1873. Since then, the University has granted state that is only 21st in population. It is a total of 451, 122 degrees. Students earn almost alone among universities in the undergraduate and graduate degrees in more United States in its combination of three than 250 fields of study. characteristics: an international research university, a land-grant institution with a The Duluth campus joined the University in strong tradition of education and public 1947, the Morris campus opened in 1960, service, and a metropolitan academic the Crookston campus in 1966, and the community. Waseca campus in 1971. The Twin Cities campus, its largest campus, Enrollment in fall 1991 was 50,886 on all is made up of 20 colleges and offers the full five campuses. Enrollment was 39,315 on

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