Commencement May 11 - 13, 2018 134th Year of COMMENCEMENT May 11-13, 2018 Alma Mater Hail To Thee, Our Alma Mater, Colorado State. Memories Are Everlasting Of This Place So Great! May Thy Green And Gold Unite Us, Loyal Ever Be. Colorado State, Our Alma Mater, Hail, All Hail, To Thee. Colorado State University Seal The Colorado State University seal is a modification of the official State of Colorado Seal, approved by the first General Assembly of the State of Colorado on March 15, 1877. The seal consists of the eye of God within a triangle, from which golden rays radiate. Below the triangle is a bundle of birch or elm rods, wrapped with a scroll and around a battle axe bound by thongs. The scroll is called a Roman fasces and is the insignia of a republican form of government. The bundle of rods bound together symbolizes strength, which is lacking in the single rod. The axe symbolizes authority and leadership. Below the scroll is the heraldic shield bearing across the top three snow-capped mountains. The lower half of the shield has two miner’s tools, the pick and sledge hammer, crossed on the ground. As the University evolved, the seal was updated to reflect changes to the school’s name. The original name was the State Agricultural College. In 1935, the name changed to Colorado State College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts. In 1957, the name was again changed – this time to Colorado State University. The original seal was made of hand-tooled leather. Damaged during the campus flooding of 1938, the original border was cut away in a random and arbitrary fashion and stitched back down on a new piece of leather in a scallop-like manner, giving the seal its current appearance. Academic Regalia Academic costume dates back to the 13th century, when it served two functions of nearly equal importance: Medieval scholars wore it to indicate their academic rank and to keep warm in the drafty buildings. Hoods seemed to have served to cover the tonsured head until superseded for that purpose by the skull cap. This was displaced by a headdress more or less like one or another of those now recognized as “academic.” In the days of Henry VIII of England, Oxford and Cambridge first began prescribing a definite academic dress and made it a matter of university control even to the extent of its minor details. Gowns: In the United States, traditionally, the gowns are black and the bachelor’s gown is untrimmed with pointed sleeves and is worn closed; the master’s gown has an oblong sleeve and may be worn open or closed; and the doctor’s gown has velvet front facings, crossbars on the bell-shaped sleeves, and may be worn open or closed. In recent years, a number of American universities have adopted gowns of distinctive school colors. At Colorado State University, candidates for bachelor’s degrees with distinction (approximately the top 10 percent of a college’s graduating class) wear gold robes, and bachelor’s degree candidates from the University Honors Program wear green gowns and black stoles. Caps: Mortarboards are the most common; tams also are seen accompanying doctor’s gowns. Tassels are black or the color appropriate to the subject of study with the exception of the doctor’s cap, which may have a tassel of gold. Hoods: The hood is the most distinctive feature of the American academic costume. Its length and shape indicate whether the degree is a master’s or a doctorate; the lining displays the official colors of the university granting the degree; and the velvet trim indicates the field of study. – American Council on Education Office of the President 102 Administration Building 0100 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, Colorado 80523-0100 (970) 491-6211 FAX: (970) 491-0501 www.colostate.edu Spring 2018 Dear Colorado State University Graduate: Congratulations on your commencement, and welcome to the ranks of Colorado State University alumni! On behalf of the faculty, staff, and your fellow graduates of Colorado State, I wish you great success in the coming years as you move on to the next phase of your life. Graduation day prompts much unsolicited advice, so here is mine: As you venture through life, stick with what has gotten you this far already. Stay true to your values, work hard, honor your commitments, and celebrate the ones you love. I know the world today is even more complex and perhaps more daunting than it was when I graduated college. You will no doubt face struggles, but no struggle is insurmountable. Remember that you have the skills and education to achieve success, so have faith in yourself and your ability to carve out your own unique niche in life and make a difference in our world. We share the pride of your family and friends in this important accomplishment. I hope that you look back on your time here at Colorado State University with fondness and great pride and you remain connected with your alma mater in the years ahead. Sincerely, Dr. Tony Frank President 4 Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa Thomas H. Bailey Founder and Retired CEO, Janus Capital homas H. Bailey is the founder and retired CEO cultural land conservation his two primary areas of Tof Janus Capital, a Denver-based asset manage- philanthropic focus. ment firm and legendary growth manager of the 1980s and 1990s. Bailey served as CEO for 33 years before Equine Medical Research retiring from Janus in 2002 and chairman of the Janus Bailey’s Iron Rose Ranch is committed to provid- trustee board in 2003. ing the very best veterinary care for its horses and He’s a self-professed late-life cowboy also well-known works closely with Colorado State University’s for breeding and training competitive cutting horses Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo., from his Iron Rose Ranch in Carbondale, Colo., and and Colorado and Equine Sports Medicine and being a fierce competitor in national amateur and non- Surgery in Weatherford, Texas. To this end, Iron Rose professional cutting horse competitions. Ranch has endowed two tenured chairs at Colorado State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Bailey, a Michigan State graduate with an M.B.A. in Biomedical Sciences. finance from University of Western Ontario, started his career in money management working on Wall Street The Iron Rose Ranch Chair in Musculoskeletal Equine as a securities analyst in 1964. In 1969, he relocated to Disease and Injury was established in 2004 to support Colorado and founded Janus Capital from a one-room research programs aimed at preventing and curing office in downtown Denver with just a few hundred equine orthopaedic injuries. In 2007, Iron Rose Ranch thousand dollars. endowed a Chair in Equine Reproduction to further enhance its clinical service, teaching, and research in Wanting to be free from the bounds and conven- equine reproduction performance. These gifts have lev- tions of Wall Street (and pinstripe suits!), the move eraged several million dollars of research in both vet- to Colorado was intentional. Bailey emphasized a erinary and human medicine and provided stable and research-intensive investment approach focused on sustainable world-class leadership to the University’s the merits of individual companies rather than macro Orthopaedic Research Center. Bailey is a member or quantitative factors. Under his leadership, Janus of the Advisory Board of Colorado State University Capital experienced extraordinary success, becoming College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical one of the country’s most well-regarded and largest Sciences Orthopaedic Research Center. growth money managers. Bailey was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame in 2004 for his Agricultural Land Conservation impactful contributions to the business community and recognized in the book “Forbes Greatest Investing Since his initial land purchase of 103 acres in 1991, Stories,” published in 2004. Bailey has acquired more than 1,600 additional acres throughout the Roaring Fork Valley, Crystal The same doggedness Bailey displayed researching Valley, and along the West Muddy in Delta County. companies is the approach he followed when he set Committed to leaving the land better than when he out to build an elite bloodline cutting horse business. found it, Bailey has repurposed and improved the land Bailey believes that whatever you do in life, you need to for agricultural use only. Today, this acreage is cultivat- do it with passion. You must live it, feel it, and breathe ing food production for hundreds of horses and cattle it and want to make a difference. and providing quality hay production to local agricul- Staying true to his values and outdoorsman lifestyle, tural customers. Bailey has made equine medical research and agri- 5 Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa James C. Kennedy Chairman, Cox Enterprises ames C. Kennedy is chairman of privately-held Cox levels. Through a $10 million grant to the University of JEnterprises, a leading communications, media, and Denver’s Morgridge College of Education, he created automotive services company. He is the grandson of the James C. Kennedy Institute for Educational Success Name former Ohio Governor and presidential candidate to identify innovative and cost-effective means for Title James M. Cox, who founded the company in 1898. promoting and sustaining the educational success of Kennedy joined Cox in 1972 as a production assistant vulnerable children. Kennedy’s $2 million gift to the copy to come copy to come copy to come copy to come with its newspaper division and held various positions, University of Georgia supported the Terry College of including reporter, copy editor, advertising sales- Business and endowed four professorships to teach man, business manager, and executive vice president/ new and evolving media.