Portland State University Commencement
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2021 Portland State University Commencement Sunday, June 13, 2021 Share the excitement of Commencement #2021PDXGRAD GET THE APP Download the PSU Mobile app to get instant access to commencement social feeds. my.pdx.edu TAKE A SELFIE We’re proud of you—fearless innovators, artists, leaders, thinkers and change makers. Share your fearless selfie—you did it! #PortlandState LINK UP Stay in touch with fellow grads. linkedin.com/company/portland-state-university RELIVE THE DAY Go to the PSU homepage after the ceremony for photos and video. pdx.edu CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PSU CLASS OF 2021 Dear Members of the PSU Class of 2021, Commencement is the result of your hard work and dedication, and the contributions of the family members, friends, mentors, and educators who supported you on your journey. Please take a moment to thank them. Members of the Class of 2021, you join a network of nearly 193,000 proud PSU alumni. I encourage you to take everything you have learned at PSU to improve the lives of others. I look forward to the day your success stories will inspire future graduating classes. As you celebrate, please know how proud we are of you, your academic achievements, and your commitment to contributing to others. We hope you will stay in touch as members of our PSU family. Go Viks! Stephen Percy President TABLE OF CONTENTS Portland State University ................................................................2 Student Speakers ......................................................................68 History ...........................................................................................2 Commencement Address .........................................................69 Our Vision, Mission, and Values ..................................................2 Doctoral Degrees ......................................................................70 Academic Costume .......................................................................3 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............72 Faculty and Staff Excellence and Achievement Awards ..............4 OHSU-PSU School of Public Health ........................................80 Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence ..................4 Commencement Address .........................................................80 George C. Hoffmann Award ......................................................5 Doctoral Degrees ......................................................................81 Kenneth W. and Elsie W. Butler Award for Library Faculty Service .......6 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............81 Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students ...................7 School of Social Work .................................................................88 PSU Foundation Philanthropic Cultivation Award ....................8 Student Speakers ......................................................................88 Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award for Research ........................9 Commencement Address .........................................................89 Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction ...................10 Doctoral Degrees ......................................................................90 Faculty Emeriti 2020-2021 .........................................................11 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............90 Latin Honors 2020-2021 .............................................................12 The School of Business ...............................................................95 College of the Arts ......................................................................19 Student Speakers ......................................................................95 Student Speakers ......................................................................19 Commencement Address .........................................................97 Commencement Address .........................................................21 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............98 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............22 PSU Alumni Association ..........................................................111 College of Education ..................................................................26 Student Speakers ......................................................................26 Commencement Address .........................................................27 Doctoral Degrees ......................................................................29 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............29 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ..........................................35 Student Speakers ......................................................................35 Commencement Address .........................................................36 Honorary Degree Recipient .....................................................37 Doctoral Degrees ......................................................................38 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............40 College of Urban and Public Affairs ...........................................59 Student Speakers ......................................................................59 Commencement Address .........................................................60 Doctoral Degrees ......................................................................61 Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates ..............61 Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science ...........68 Students whose names are listed in this program were considered to be candidates for the degree indicated when the program was printed. This is not an official degree list. The appropriate degrees and diplomas will be awarded to those candidates who have successfully completed all requirements by the end of spring term. 1 PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY Portland State University serves as a grant that will fund the Enhancing The University’s 50-acre downtown center of opportunity for more than Crossdisciplinary Infrastructure Training campus exhibits a commitment to 26,000 students and a cornerstone for at Oregon (EXITO) program. Portland sustainability with many Leadership more than 193,000 alumni worldwide. State contributes an annual impact of in Energy and Environmental Design The strength of the University is its $1.44 billion to the regional economy. (LEED) certified buildings, while many world-class faculty, who serve the of the more than 200 bachelor’s, master’s University and the community through Located in Portland, one of the nation’s and doctoral degrees incorporate teaching, research and public service. most livable cities, the University’s sustainability into the curriculum. PSU’s innovative approach to education motto, “Let Knowledge Serve the City,” Research at Portland State has more combines academic rigor in the inspires the teaching and research of an than doubled in the past decade, classroom with field-based experiences accomplished faculty whose work and achieving new degrees of excellence through internships and classroom students span the globe through investments such as the projects with community partners. $24 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and training HISTORY Portland State University opened in 1946 Oregon Legislature made “Vanport institution in 1955. Graduate work was as the Vanport Extension Center to meet College” permanent. Three years later, added in 1961, doctoral programs began in the educational needs of veterans home the campus moved to its present location 1968 and the institution became Portland from World War II. The first campus was along downtown Portland’s South Park State University in 1969. a portion of Vanport, a wartime housing Blocks, occupying the former Lincoln project that was destroyed by a flood High School building. It was then known The University has grown from an initial in 1948 when a dike broke along the as the Day Division of the Portland State enrollment of 1,410 students in 1946 to Columbia River. Extension Center. become Oregon’s largest urban research university. The campus was moved to north Portland The Legislature created Portland State in the fall of 1948, and in 1949 the College as a four-year, degree-granting OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUES OUR VISION OUR MISSION OUR VALUES Portland State University leads the way • We serve and sustain a vibrant • We promote access, inclusion and to an equitable and sustainable future urban region through our creativity, equity as pillars of excellence. through academic excellence, urban collective knowledge • We commit to curiosity, engagement and expanding opportunity and expertise. collaboration, stewardship for all. • We are dedicated to collaborative and sustainability. learning, innovative research, • We strive for excellence and sustainability and community innovation that solves problems. engagement. • We believe everyone should be • We educate a diverse community of treated with integrity and respect. lifelong learners. • Our research and teaching have global impact. 2 ACADEMIC COSTUME One of the most colorful features of the signifying high scholarly attainment. The Bachelor and Tassel / Hood Master Degrees Color academic procession is the appearance doctoral hood carries the colors of the of graduates, faculty, and guests of the college or school conferring the degree on Liberal Arts and Sciences University in full academic costume. The