SPRING COMMENCEMENT

UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2005 9:30 A.M.

SAINT • XAVIER • UNIVERSITY

THE SEAL OF SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY

From its earliest design honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary,

to the Coat of Arms seal of today, the seal of Saint Xavier University symbolizes a proud history of Catholic education in Chicago.

This seal, designed by art department faculty member Sister Mary Solina Hicks, R.S.M., includes: a black and white checkerboard and diagonal gold bars from the family coat of arms of Saint Francis Xavier; red and gold bars and a white Jerusalem cross taken from the shield of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas; an open book to represent education; and the Scripture verse, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life." (John 14:6)

Saint Xavier University continues to use this seal as a symbol of its heritage and mission.

OUR MISSION

Saint Xavier University is an independent, coeducational, Catholic institution of higher learning. The University's primary purpose is to develop and sustain challenging undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs of study, marked by superior teaching. The University also supports research and artistic expression, and sponsors selected programs of direct service to metropolitan Chicago. Saint Xavier University seeks diversely talented students who will engage actively in a learning community that is intergenerational, multiethnic, and international. Programs of study emphasize liberal arts and specialized professional education within a context of ethical concerns and social responsibility. The University complements formal curricula with co-curricular services and programs intended to enhance lifelong learning, foster personal growth, and develop leadership qualities. Emphasizing its Catholic heritage and purpose, Saint Xavier University continues to build upon the ideals of its founders and sponsors, the Sisters of Mercy, who in 1846 established an academy defined by intellectual rigor, service to the poor, encouragement of religious faith, and a special interest in women and children. Consistent with this tradition, Saint Xavier University upholds high academic standards, respects freedom of personal religious expression, and honors commonly accepted standards of academic freedom.

A VISION OF OUR CATHOLIC IDENTITY

Saint Xavier University, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, is a Catholic University which shares in the rich tradition of Catholic liberal arts higher education in the United States. As a Catholic University, Saint Xavier participates in the mission of that tradition, which is to see that "the Christian mind may achieve, as it were, a public, persistent and universal presence in the whole enterprise of advancing higher culture." Saint Xavier's programs in arts and sciences, professional learning, its support services, its Pastoral Ministry Institute, and its rich liturgical life, provide ways to promote that mission. The central activities of the University are teaching and learning. Excellence in teaching is paramount, allowing for the advancement of the fields of study through careful research, critical analysis, and thoughtful discussion. An essential condition of this activity is the academic freedom of faculty and students. The Catholic Church recognizes the fundamental dignity of all persons on whom the responsibility to seek the truth rests, and supports each person in the pursuit of truth, especially religious truth. As a Catholic University of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Saint Xavier shares in the commitment to act in solidarity with the economically poor of the world, especially women and children. The commitment to Mercy means that we care that all our students develop a voice in the conversation of the contemporary world, that we care that they achieve competence and putsue excellence in the arts and sciences, and that they infuse personal and professional practice with the spirit of liberal learning. The hospitality and compassion which marked the work of Catherine McAuley should be reflected in the life of the University community, the character of its education, and in its many services to the community.

As a Catholic University, Saint Xavier promotes the vigorous discussion of religious ideas. This conversation must strive to include the myriad and various voices of the Catholic tradition, past and present, as well as the voices of teachers and students from all traditions. It is a particularly Catholic purpose to understand the differences among these voices clearly and distinctly, to celebrate these differences, to discern what these voices have in common, and to engage them in conversation with the Catholic tradition. As a Catholic University, Saint Xavier is inspired by the Christian message of love of God and love of neighbor. Its administrators, faculty, staff, and students must dedicate themselves to the pursuit of academic excellence in the context of respect, caring, and justice.

SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY AND THE SISTERS OF MERCY

Saint Xavier University, founded and sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, is a Catholic University that shares in the rich tradition of Catholic liberal arts higher education in the United States. As a Catholic University, Saint Xavier seeks to fulfill the vision of the Second Vatican Council that "the Christian mind may achieve, as it were, a public, persistent and universal presence in the whole enterprise of advancing higher culture and that the students of these institutions become people outstanding in learning, ready to shoulder society's heavier burdens and to witness the faith to the world." Saint Xavier University was founded in 1846 by Mother Mary Frances Xavier Warde, R.S.M., and five other Sisters of Mercy. When the Sisters of Mercy came to Chicago, they came as educators; and Saint Xavier quickly became the foremost embodiment of their purpose and dedication. Mother Frances Xavier Warde decided to brave the western frontier because Chicago's first prelate, Bishop William Quarter, presented her with an urgent need in the three-year-old diocese: the Catholic education of girls and young women. Before three weeks had passed, they opened Saint Francis Xavier Female Academy. Before three months had passed, Bishop Quarter was describing their efforts to benefactors in France: "A colony of nuns have come and taken up their abode amongst us. They are the Sisters of Mercy.... They teach the poor, they visit the sick, they instruct the ignorant and they employ themselves in training up youth in the ways of virtue and holiness."* When the school received its charter in 1847, it was one of the first institutions of higher learning in Illinois, and the first Mercy college in the United States. Throughout its history, Saint Xavier has remained committed to the mission of the Sisters of Mercy, preparing students of all ages, cultures, backgrounds and viewpoints for a life of knowledge and service. Today, Saint Xavier University is a coeducational, private, Catholic university with a tradition of academic excellence. A dedicated faculty committed to teaching, scholarship and service, excellent facilities, and small classes ensure a quality learning experience. With more than 35 undergraduate majors and 40 graduate program options in the Schools of Arts & Sciences, Education, Nursing, School for Continuing and Professional Studies, and the Graham School of Management, Saint Xavier offers its more than 5,700 students a firm foundation in the liberal arts along with solid career preparation. In keeping with the inspiring heritage of the Sisters of Mercy, the University combines academic excellence with social concern and service to the community. Among its many initiatives, the University, often in partnership or collaboration with others, sponsors the Barbara Vick Early Childhood and Family Center on the Southwest Side of Chicago, the Ludden Speech and Language Clinic, the Merwick Academy, the Renaissance Academy, the S.T.A.R. Learning Academy, the McDonough Chapel and Mercy Ministry Center, the Center for Religion and Public Discourse, the Pastoral Ministry Institute, and the Bishop John R. Gorman Institute for Leadership in Catholic Education.

* joy Clough, R.S.M., First in Chicago: A History of Saint Xavier University (Chicago: Saint Xavier University, 1997), 3. UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER 2005 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT CITATION HONORING SISTER MARGARET A. FARLEY, R.S.M., PH.D.

Dr. Margaret A. Farley, a Sister of Mercy of the Regional Community of Detroit, holds the Gilbert L. Stark Chair in Christian Ethics at Yale University Divinity School. She received an A.B. in English Literature and M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Detroit, and an M.Phil, and Ph.D. in Religious Studies with a specialization in ethics from Yale University. She was appointed to the faculty of Yale University Divinity School in 1971.

Sister Margaret is the author or co-editor of six books, including Personal Commitments: Beginning Keeping, Changing; Compassionate Respect; Embodiment, Morality, and Medicine; and Liberating Eschatology.

She has published more than 80 articles and chapters of books on topics of ethical methodology, medical ethics, sexual ethics, social ethics, historical theological ethics, ethics and spirituality. She is currently working on two books, one on sexual ethics, and the other on the experience of free choice.

She is the recipient of ten honorary degrees and a variety of fellowships and awards, including the John Courtney Murray Award for Excellence in Theology. She has served and presently serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards and national ethics committees. She is Co-chair of the Yale University Interdisciplinary Bioethics Committee.

She is also Director of the Yale Divinity School Project on Gender, Faith, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Africa; and Co-Director of the All Africa Conference: Sister to Sister, which facilitates responses to HIV/AIDS on the part of Roman Catholic women in Africa. She was a founding member of the Bioethics Committee at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She is past president of both the Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America.

For this and for other pertinent reasons, we are most pleased and privileged to confer on Dr. Margaret A. Farley, a Sister of Mercy of the Regional Community of Detroit, the degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, with all the rights and privileges thereof. Done at Chicago, Illinois, this twenty-first day of May 2005. :if COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION LEADERS

MARSHALS John Gutowski, Ph.D. President, Faculty Senate

Darlene O'Callaghan, M.Ed., M.S.N. President-Elect, Faculty Senate

Eugenia McAvoy, M.A. Past President, Faculty Senate

Jamie Manahan President, Staff Council

DEANS' COUNCIL Kathleen Alaimo, Ph.D. Interim Dean, School of Arts & Sciences

Anne R. Bavier, Ph.D., R.N., FA.A.N. Dean, School of Nursing

John E. Eber, Ed.D Dean, Graham School of Management

Beverly Gulley, Ph.D. Dean, School of Education

Leslie M. Petty, Ed.D. Associate Dean, School of Continuing and Professional Studies

Mark A. Vatgas, M.A., M.L.S. Director, Byrne Memorial Library

Richard Venneri, Ph.D. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs BOARD OF TRUSTEES

John P. Sweeney, Chairman Sister Joy Clough, R.S.M. '65, Vice Chair Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D., President

R. Scott Appleby, Ph.D. Sister Elizabeth Ann Uinehan, R.S.M., Ph.D. Mary Ellen Caron, Ph.D. Mary Clare Loftus '65 Thomas E. Chomicz Sister Sheila Lyne, R.S.M. '60 Daniel K. Curley Wade Malhas, M.D. John R. DeLeonardis '89 John C. McCarthy Most Reverend John R. Gorman, Ph.D., DD. Patricia A. Morris, Ph.D. '83 Sister Lois Graver, R.S.M. '57 Honorable Patrick J. O'Malley Linda H. Harden '73 Larry R. Rogers, Sr. '74 Terry G. Hillard Kenneth A. Skopec Sister Nancy J. Houlihan, R.S.M. '79 C. Carney Strange, Ph.D. Darrell B. Jackson '81 James C. Tyree William Keyser Sister Linda Werthman, R.S.M., Ph.D. Sheila King '69 James J. McDonough, Life Trustee

MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION

Sister Joy Clough, R.S.M. '65, President Sister Ann Flanagan, R.S.M. '68, Vice President Sister Teresa Maltby, R.S.M. '67, Councilor Sister Carlotta Oberzut, R.S.M. '68, Councilor Sister Lois Graver, R.S.M. '57, Treasurer

PRESIDENT'S CABINET

Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D. President

Kathleen Carlson, Ph.D. Susan Landy Piros, M.B.A. Director of Planning and Assessment Vice President for Business and Finance Dominick Hart, Ph.D. Sister Susan M. Sanders, R.S.M., Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Vice President for University Mission and Heritage Rose Milkowski, M.A. Reverend Francis S. Tebbe, O.F.M., D.Min. Vice President for Enrollment and Marketing Services Executive Assistant to the President Steven J. Murphy, Ed.D. Secretary of the Corporation Vice President for University Advancement PROGRAM

MASTER OF CEREMONIES Dominick Hart, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs

PROCESSIONAL Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar University Concett Band Etik Jannets, DM. A., Conductor

OPENING PRAYER Darell B. Jackson, M.B.A. Trustee

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM University Chamber Singers Jan E. Bickel, D.M.A., Conductor, Director

WELCOME Judith A. Dwyet, Ph.D. President

CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D. President

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Sister Margaret A. Farley, R.S.M., Ph.D. Gilbert L. Stark Chair in Christian Ethics at Yale University Divinity School

CONFERRING OF DEGREES Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D. President

It is requested that cell phones and pagers be silenced during the commencement ceremonies. Thank you. PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

SCHOOL OF ARTS 6k SCIENCES Kathleen Alaimo, Ph.D. Interim Dean, School of Arts & Sciences

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Beverly Gulley, Ph.D. Dean, School of Education

SCHOOL OF NURSING Anne R. Bavier, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. Dean, School of Nursing

GRAHAM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT John E. Eber, Ed.D. Dean, Graham School of Management

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WELCOME John R. DeLeonardis '89 President-Alumni Association, Trustee

CLOSING REMARKS Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D. President

PRAYER OF BENEDICTION Eileen Doherty, M.Div. Director, Campus Ministry

RECESSIONAL Konigsmarsch Richard Strauss, Roger Barrett University Concert Band Erik Janners, DMA., Conductor

ALL PARTICIPANTS AND GUESTS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A RECEPTION IN THE O'MALLEY QUADRANGLE AND PATIO, ADJACENT TO THE WARDE ACADEMIC CENTER, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS CEREMONY. COMMENCEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEES

PROTOCOL COMMITTEE

Joel Castellanos Jennifer Daniel Eileen Doherty Mary Louise Griffin Sean Gross John Gutowski, Ph.D. Rose Milkowski Reverend Francis S. Tebbe, O.F.M., D.Min.

LOGISTICS COMMITTEE

Jan Bickel, D.M.A. Jeannette Boudos Joel Castellanos Jennifer Daniel Jason Fitch Erik Janners, D.M.A. Deborah Keane Jennifer Kjos Paul Kolessar Ken Kulick Dolores Marek Paul Matthews Jill Roggeveen Reverend Francis S. Tebbe, O.F.M., D.Min.

10 SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Kathleen Alazmo, Ph.D., Interim Dean

Bachelor of Arts Judith Chavira Ekaterini Georgantonis Katerina Christopoulos Phillip Robett Girondi David M. Adams Danielle Clark Rebecca Gomolka Levi Adams, Jr. Jennifer Coriell Daniel C. Green, Sr. Lubna Akkawi Mary Susan Cunningham Chrystal Gryz Melissa Amaro Laura Dagys Jolanta Gudenaite Brice Anthony Amelianovich Matthew M. Davis* Erika Melissa Hamer Abla A. Ayesh George Michael Deaton Nancy Hammoudeh Amy Maria Ballard Evangeline E. dejesus Mary Ann Hartfield Janet Lynn Basta Maryellen Dennehy Lisa Marie Haseltine George Robert Bessett Claire Renee Doherty* Danielle M. Hatfield Sandy Bielawski Katherine Rose Doherty* Candi Helsel Karen C. Biggs* Jamon Sylvester Dorsey Etoya B. Henderson Ajika Blakemore-Robinson Sharon M. Eliason Jesena Hernandez Jennifer L. Blocker Neil J. Evans Marcos Higareda Andrea Shenise Boisseau Sara Ferst Tia Marie Hojnacki Virginia Mary Bova Robert W. Ficht, Jr. Rosemary E. Hughes Sheryn L. Boyd Jordyn Cathryn Filetti Constance Jackson-Aytch Scott Brady KaTina H. Fourte John M. Jakocko, Jr. Maria M. Brown Kathleen Anne Freyer Carlos A. Jaramillo Daniel Thomas Burns Jodi Andrea Frigo Marlie B. Jean-Simon Darius Cade Arturo Galan Jennifer Marie Jeck* Laura Lynne Cambria Altagracia Gallegos Katherine E. Johnson Anthony Spero Carev Stacie Leigh Galvin Linda Marsha Ella Johnson Emily Helen Carlson Timothy G. Garvey Michelle Johnson-Cartman Sara Ann Chapin

Candidates for degrees listed m this commencement program are those who completed degree requirements in spring of 2005, or who, at the time of publication were reasonably certain of completing degree requirements. Inclusion in this publication may not be construed as documentation of completion of degree requirements. Certification of the conferral of a degree is by receipt of a diploma or official transcript noting degree completion.

*Honors Scholar 11 SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES (continued)

Maudessie Jointer Sheryl Nora McLeod Tisa R. Powell

Christine Michelle Justich Alexandra Meccia Thomas J. Raczka

Heidi Kahr Kathleen Jude Mesterharm* Matthew James Raglione

Karie Jo Karasiak Magaly Meza Kenneth Reid

James A. Keane Sarah E. Miller Jody Reno

Christopher R. Kelly John Morgan Marisela Reyes

Laura Marie Kleinhenz Michael John Morrone Josephine Richard

Kelly Lynne Kmetty Michael R. Mravca Laura T Richel

Joan Knox Ryan Francis Murray Marisol Rodriguez

Krystyna Komperda Jennifer M. Nattsas Lauren Marie Roman*

Rebecca Kopera Carri Lynn Nichols Stephanie Lynn Roos

Denise L. Krippel Katherine Nichols Tramaine Ross

Konrad Krzysztofiak Richard Charles Noble Abraham Jacob Saenz

Jessica Renee Lasyone Darius Matas Norvilas Dina Samara

Deborah Jeanne Lawrence Michelle Anne O'Brien Helen Anne Schiller

Andrew Lenhardt IV Nickeera M. Olander Jessica Schlomas*

Christopher J. Liakopoulos Kathleen T O'Loughlin Laurie Ann Schoenle

Lindsey Logan La'Netta O'Neal Lucille Marie Schremp

Colin Joseph Luce Shannon Colleen O'Neill Rachel Marie Schumacher

Alison A. Lyle Debra A. Palcu Jessica A. Serafin

Kelly M. Lynn Gina A. Pantone Eric Duane Shide

Jennifer M. Maciejko Graciela Patifio LaToya Nicole Shipps

Kimberly J. Madal Samuel Junius Paul Morgan Ellen Shive

Jan Marie Maratea Veronica Pawlowski Caryn Margaret Simon

John Markley Pattick John Payne, Jr. Louis Sisto

Cheryl A. McCann Charlene Perez Debra Skowronski

Michael Patrick McKenna Stacey A. Podborny Guy Michael Smith III

*Honors Scholar 12 SCHOOL OF ARTS &/ SCIENCES (continued)

Sylwia Sztatk Patrick Cole Fatima Yahia Khudeira

Irma Tinajero Kristin Compton Mark A. Krai

Ash Tolbert Christopher A. Dean Jaimie Kunce

Carrie Ann Tully Jolise Marie DeGregorio Toni Lee

Kristin Vasilakos Gina N. DiGuido JoAnn Kathleen Mazenko

Thomas M. Wagnet Shawn M. Espinosa Kathryn A. McNellis

Ronald Lyle Walker Michael J. Fary Julissa Mendoza

Mark Kalman Wiesenthal, Jr. James A. Flanagan Sarah Marie Mitalovich

Mark Wilkey Fernando J. Garcia Janet Nino*

James Michael Young Anna Gasior Dena Osterberg

Vita Zaduta "Glenn" Galin Georgiev Jennifer M. Prybell

Mara Rae Zelencik Michele J. Graffy Ahlam I. Rafati

Michael Joseph Zirkelbach Arica Noel Guarino Katrina R. Roberts Asta Gurklys Rachel L. Rodeghero

Bachelor of Music Michael Hajnos Emily E. Nale Simons Andrew R. Hall Christopher J. Sosnowski Rachel Lynn Bronkhorst Ann Marie Halleran LeeAnn Stensrud Carmen F. Rogge Kerri Hayes Kristin Swedberg Victoria Anne Walters Ryan T. Herbert* Elizabeth A. Tesmond

John Holowach Praveena Ann Thomas Bachelor of Science Edwin A. Huels III Carla Lynn Walker

Joseph R. Barbosa Frank Louis Jackson, Jr. Dana Therese Wasielewski*

Matthew David Bauer* George Habib Jafilan Guadalupe Zavala

Shaun P. Brady Patricia M. Jalovec

Rebeca Castro Janean Tamika Johnson

*Honors Scholar 13 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Beverly Gulley, Ph.D., Dean

Bachelor of Science Jennifer Lynne Krzak Kosirog Alexandra Redman Colleen A. Larson Anita T. Rodriguez Amanda Lee Butera Pamela Ann Lexow Jenee Sanchez Beth C. Chiaramonte Doreen Lopez Maricela Sanchez Katherine Rose Dohetty* Rebecca Leigh Ludke Amy Lynn Scudder Meagan Kathleen Dootnbos Lisa Marie MacGlashan Ingrid Maria Smith Manel Elkayyal Christine R. Martinez Nicole Marie Sokolov Margaret R. Evans Kristin Gail McCarthy Erin Dawn Steele Taragene M. Fanning Daniel E. McLemon, Jr. Candice L. Swain Holly Galan Jennifer M. McNicholas Carrie Ann Szabla Shenel Garner Wendy Renee Milham Lori Ann Tully Corinne M. Gomez Shanon Marie Nolte Sharon Marie Urbauer Cassandra Kathleen Gtannan Gloria Galvez Theresa A. Vivirito Jessica Johnson Barbara Rose Pavel Nancy Ann Wajda Erin Kathleen Kirwin Christina Pawelec Julie Linn Welsh Alice Johnson Klein Patricia Plancarte Marybrigid Konstant Stephanie Renee Poczatko

*Honors Scholar 14 SCHOOL OF NURSING Anne R. Bavier, Ph.D., R.H, F.A.AM, Dean

Bachelor of Science Andrea E. Fitzsimmons Charmane E. Reid in Nursing Cherita Hamb-Roberts Tawanna Chanay Robinson

Margoth Rodriguez Tracy V Allen Patrick Thomas Haney Jennifer Christine Ruiz Igbayilola 0. Babayode Cathleen N. Herron Danielle Salomone Jessica Lynn Bara Shawnte Hunter Maureen Helen Spreadbury Jessica Marie Bertalmio Terri Regina Johnson Christine Taylor Lisa A. Bieze Karin Keller Tiffany Taylor-Thompkins Brenda C.L. Brame Marie Kerr Christine Joy Thomas Michelle Brazausky Lolita Kinds Helen Yusseth Tomkow Natalie Marie Breheny Michael Anthony Koenig Lisa Yvette Tutson Joy Lynn Brumfield Anne Marie Lancastet Kari Vadeboncoeur Leslie A. Caballero Elaine LeFlore-Jefferson Jennifer Jean Vogt Diana Cafi Tricia Sheryl Makowski Karin Warden-Thomas Surane Debela Mariana Martinez Sierra Mari Weathers Molly Frances Durkin Kim McCoy Megan Lynn Weeks LaTasha Monique Edwards Adoboe Moevi Sarah Elizabeth Witt Sonja Enge Richae Muro Dezaree C. Pearson Cara L. Wojciechowski Andrea Veronica Evans Jennifer Ann Petrick* Paula Marie Wright Julia Faley Lisa Christine Zagorski Agnieszka Pietrzak Marjorie Ann Feria

15 *Honors Scholar GRAHAM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT John E. Eber, Ed.D, Dean

Bachelor of Business Denise M. Grissom Ruby Qavi Paika Administration Loreta Gudenaite Justin Sidney Papp Nicole Higgins Thomas Anthony Pappas Sariyah Abdelnabi Bevan B. Jackson Louis V Pavone Dominick Adolfo Wafieh Jamal Jadallah John Robert Ferryman, Jr. James R. Anderson Kevin K. Johnson, Sr. Andrew Feliks Popielec* Tahany Jamal Ayesh Tristan R. Johnson Theresa Bafia Lisa Rose Rayappan Ewa Juszczyk Ronald Barthelemy Eric Regan Robert J. Kaczmark Nadeem Y. Baste Samantha R. Riley Judy Ann Kazlauskas Ronald J. Biamonte Michael William Rojas, Jr. Robert Keeler Roma Bikulcius Nicholas A. Santangelo Timothy M. Knight Gwendolyn Calloway Linas Savickas Peter Kocerka Carlos Rafael Campos Kari Margaret Smith Amanda Leigh Kreifels Irene Cervantes Casillas Victoria L. Soderlund Romana Krol Erin M. Connelly Christopher J. Sosnowski Agnes Linda Kupczyk Kurt Conway Carrie Ann Storino Christopher Kusy Dino V DiCuccio Jesse Lee Swing Matthew R. Liddell Jennifet Lynn Dinsmore Agnieszka M. Szczech Vincent Nicholas Martinez Konstantina Drakopoulou Wojciech Tkacz Ala'a Marwan Masoud Erica M. Druktenis Wendy M. Veatch Jeff Mensching Alejandro Espinosa Gary M. Watland Slobodan Steve Miljus Jose Jesus Estrada Matthew Michael Wittenmeier Barbra D. Moore Michael Steven Etherton Hana Abdallah Zamat Maria Elizabeth Fabbi Raphael Morris Serina Zureikat Monika A. Fitt Matthew J. Murphy Bachelor of Arts Thomas Anthony Gilmattin, Jr. Jason Steven Nolan Michael Patrick O'Brien Peter Gogola Jacqueline H. Villanueva Jordan Green Mary O'Connor Enrique Orejel, Jr.

*Honors Scholar 16 SISTERS OF MERCY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FOUNDED

1846 Saint Xavier University Chicago, Illinois

1853 Mount Aloysius College Cresson, Pennsylvania

1899 Mercy College of Health Sciences Des Moines, Iowa

1908 Georgian Court University Lakewood, New Jersey

1912 Saint Joseph's College of Maine Standish, Maine

1917 Mercy College of Northwest Ohio Toledo, Ohio

1923 College of Saint Mary Omaha, Nebraska

1924 College Misericordia Dallas, Pennsylvania

1926 Mercyhurst College Erie, Pennsylvania

1928 Mount Mercy College Cedar Rapids, Iowa

1929 Carlow College Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1932 Saint Joseph College West Hartfotd, Connecticut

1934 Salve Regina University Newport, Rhode Island

1941 University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, Michigan

1948 Gwynedd-Mercy College Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania

1958 Maria College Albany, New York

1958 Trocaire College Buffalo, New York

1964 Marian Court College Swampscott, Massachusetts

17 FOUNDERS

Mother Frances Xaviet Warde, R.S.M.

Sister Mary Vincent McGirr, R.S.M.

Mother Mary Agatha O'Brien, R.S.M.

Sister Mary Gettrude McGuire, R.S.M.

Sister Mary Josephine Corbett, R.S.M.

Sister Mary Veronica Schmidt, R.S.M.

PRESIDENTS OF SAINT XAVIER COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY

19124916 Mother M. Xavier Flanagan, R.S.M.

19164919 Mother M. de Sales Ryan, R.S.M.

19194925 Mother M. Sophia Mitchell, R.S.M., Ph.B.

19254928 Mother M. Cyril McGurn, R.S.M.

19284936 Mother M. Sophia Mitchell, R.S.M, Ph.B.

19364939 Mother M. Genevieve Crane, R.S.M, A.B.

19394945 Mother M. Inez Bogan, R.S.M., Ph.D.

19454960 Mother M. Huberta McCarthy, R.S.M, M.S.

19604963 Sister M. Josetta Butler, R.S.M., Ph.D.

19634968 Sister M. Olivia Barrett, R.S.M., Ph.D.

19684969 Marvin G. Osborn, Jr., M.A.

19694972 Harry A. Marmion, Ph.D.

19724982 Sister M. Irenaeus Chekouras, R.S.M, PhD.

19824994 Ronald Q Champagne, Ph.D.

1994 Sister Colette Mahoney, R.S.H.M., Ph.D., Interim President

1994-2003 Richard A. Yanikoski, Ph.D.

2003- Judith A. Dwyer, Ph.D.

18 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

1950 Ms. Mary Amberg 1990 Mr. John F. Cuneo, Jr. 1950 Ms. Marie Plamondon 1990 Dr. Martin E. Marty 1952 Ms. Laura B. Corbett 1990 Mrs. Jayne C. Thompson 1960 Honorable Richard J. Daley 1991 Monsignor Ignatius D. McDermott 1960 Mr. Benjamin F. Lindheimer 1991 Dr. Donna Shalala 1960 Mr. Charles F. Murphy 1991 Mr. Jerrold Wexler 960 Mr. Morgan Murphy 1992 Dr. Leon Lederman '61 Very Reverend John E. Marr, OP. 1992 Mr. Andrew J. McKenna '61 Mother M. Huberta McCarthy, R.S.M. 1992 Ms. Kathy Osterman 961 Mr. Peter M. Shannon 1993 Ms. Eppie Lederer 961 Mr. Thomas J. Walsh 1993 Mr. Frank W Luerssen 961 Mother M. Regina Cunningham, R.S.M. 1993 Dr. Garry Wills i963 Mrs. Eleanor Daley 1994 Mr. Frank W Considine 963 Dr. Gertrude Engbring 1994 Ms. Mary Gordon :965 Ms. Esther Garrison 1994 Mr. William A. Mcintosh 1965 Honorable Edith Green 1995 Sister Alice Gallin, O.S.U. >65 Mr. R. Sargent Shriver 1995 Mr. Michael Novak 1971 Mr. Donald O'Toole 1995 Mr. Martin Ozinga, Jr. 1971 Mr. Marvin G. Osborn, Jr. 1996 Sister Doris Gottemoeller, R.S.M. 1978 Mr. Thomas A. Lewis 1996 Dr. David Tracy 1981 Dr. Edmund D Pellegrino 1997 Ms. Tracy Chapman 1983 Mr. William B.Graham 1997 Dr. Muhammad Yunus 1983 Most Reverend John R. Roach, DD 1998 Mr. Robert E. Hord, Sr. 1983 Dr. Rosemary R. Ruether 1998 Mr. David S. Logan 1984 Mrs. Gwendolyn Brooks 1998 Dr. Elaine M. Schuster 1984 Archbishop Dom Helder Camara 1998 Mr. Christopher Zotich 1984 Mr. A. N. Pritzker 1999 Mt. Bernard L. Downey 1985 Sister Mary Brian Costello, R.S.M. 1999 Ms. Mary Houghton 1985 Mt. Arthur Rubloff 1999 Dt. Janet D Rowley 1985 Mr. Jonathan E.Schell 1999 Mr. Brian Q Shannon 1986 Mr. Wallace E.Carroll 2000 Mr. Marshall B. Front 1986 Ms. Ardis Krainik 2000 Mr. Arthur R. Velasquez 1986 Sister Sheila Lyne, R.S.M. 2001 Mr. Ramsey Lewis 1987 Mrs. Marjorie C. Benton 2001 Sister Christian Molidor, R.S.M. 1987 Mr. Robert W Galvin 2001 Reverend John J. Wall 1987 Honorable Daniel P. Moynihan 2002 Mr. John Callaway 1988 Joseph Cardinal Bernardin 2002 Mr. Terry G. Hillard 1988 Ms. Margaret Hillis 2002 Mr. James T. Joyce 1988 Mr. Arturo Velasquez 2002 Mr. Jack Simmerling 1989 Mr. Lester Crown 2003 Mr. Richard E. Terry 1989 Mr. Anthony DeSantis 2004 Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. 1989 MonsignorJohnJ. Egan 2005 Dr. Margaret T.G. Burroughs 1989 Mrs. Maria T. Paschen

19 THE CEREMONIAL MACE

Saint Xavier University introduced a ceremonial mace to the commencement procession in January 2004- The mace is an ornamental staff that has historically symbolized academic authority and adds to the pageantry of the ceremony. The Saint Xavier University mace consists of a carved walnut staff adorned with the Saint Xavier seal, cast in bronze, and is ushered in by an honored faculty member serving as the grand marshal of the procession.

ACADEMIC DRESS AND PROCESSION

"The formal academic regalia being worn today had their origin in the clerical costumes of medieval Europe and have evolved into a great variety of patterns and styles. Late in the last century, the American colleges and universities agreed to standardize their regalia; however, there is now a movement to return to individual designs for each institution. The gown worn by those holding or receiving the bachelor's degree is plain black with pointed sleeves. The master's gown was characterized by a unique, long, closed sleeve with a slit at the elbow, through which the arm protruded; thus peculiarity is now being teplaced by a sleeve more like that of the bachelor's. The doctoral gown has very full bell sleeves and is trimmed with velvet in panels down the front and in strips across the sleeves. This ttim may be either black or in a color that denotes the particular type of doctorate - royal blue for the Ph.D., green for the M.D., and various others. The familiar mortarboard cap bears only a faint tesemblance to its close telative, the clerical biretta. Some institutions now specify a soft cap somewhat like a tarn o'shanter. The bachelors decorate the cap with a tassel in black or the colot indicative of the degree. Masters wear black tassels; the doctors wear eithet black or metallic gold. Most symbolic and informative of the regalia is the hood, which is no longet raised over the head, but is hung down the back, just as a cleric wore it when baring the head in church. The bachelor's hood is three feet long, the master's is three-and-one4ialf feet, and the doctor's is four feet long with a rectangular panel, which once served as a shoulder cap when the hood was raised. A curious short tail at the peak of the hood is all that now temains of a long strip, which was wrapped around the throat as a scarf. All of the hoods have a velvet border in the color of the degree according to the same system used for the trim of the doctoral gown. In the Middle Ages, academic hoods were lined with miniver, lamb's wool, or rabbit fur - a necessity in unheated schools and churches. By the 14th century, professors wore silkdined hoods in summer; satin is now used to line the hoods. The colors and patterns of the satin lining of the hood identify the college or university conferring the degree."

Richard C. Pilger, ]r., Marshal Emeritus, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Used with permission.

20 The following is a list of common academic colors:

Arts, Lettets, Humanities White Philosophy Dark Blue Business, Accounting Light Brown Public Health Salmon Pink Education Light Blue Science Golden Yellow Fine Arts Brown Social Work Citron Music Pink Speech Silver Gray Nursing Apricot Theology, Religious Studies Scarlet

A SPECIAL REQUEST TO THE GUESTS OF OUR GRADUATES

To assure that today's ceremony is a joyous occasion for all those present, we respectfully request that quests of the graduates remain seated during the ceremony. Please respect all of the gtaduates by refraining from shouting, whistling or extraneous noise as names are being called. At the end of the ceremony, guests are asked to remain in their seats until the recessional of graduates has left the Shannon Center arena. Guests may then proceed to a reception in the O'Malley Quadrangle and Patio, adjacent to the Warde Academic Center, immediately following the ceremony.

GRADUATION HONORS

Due to grade reporting and program printing deadlines, graduation honors ate not listed in the Commencement program. Howevet, graduation honors are announced with the awarding of the diploma. To be eligible for graduation honors, students must have completed at least fifty (50) graded semester hours at Saint Xavier University and earned a cumulative grade point average of:

3.50 for Cum Laude (with honors, white Honor Cords) 3.70 for Magna Cum Laude (with high honors, silver Honor Cords) 3.90 for Summa Cum Laude (with highest honors, gold Honor Cords)

The cumulative GPA is based exclusively on credits earned at Saint Xavier University and is the higher of (a) the GPA for all credits earned at Saint Xaviet University, or (b) the last fifty hours earned prior to graduation. If the student reaches and exceeds fifty hours in a term, then all courses earned that term are counted in the GPA for the "last fifty hours." The student is not allowed to pick the courses to equal exactly fifty hours. Graduation honors are recognized for undergraduate degrees only. "Honors Scholar" denotes a student who has completed all requirements of the Saint Xavier University Undergraduate Honors Program, including Junior Year Fieldwork and Senior Year Research or Creative Project.

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