Commencement Schedule Saturday, May 8, 2021 Sunday, May 16, 2021 6 91 Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, College of Agriculture, 2020 and 2021 2020 and 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 8 a.m. Tony’s Pizza Events Center, 10 a.m. 100 Friday, May 14, 2021 College of Business Administration, 2020 and 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 1 p.m. 11 109 Graduate School, 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 8 a.m. Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, 2020 and 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 6 p.m. Graduate School, 2020 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Noon 59 College of Veterinary Medicine, 2020 and 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 4 p.m. Saturday, May 15, 2021 62 College of Arts and Sciences, 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 8 a.m. College of Arts and Sciences, 2020 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Noon 77 College of Architecture, Planning & Design Recognition Event Memorial Stadium, 1 p.m. 79 College of Education, 2020 and 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 4 p.m. 83 College of Health and Human Sciences, 2020 and 2021 Bill Snyder Family Stadium, 7:30 p.m. 1 CelebratingOur Future Dear Graduates, On behalf of Kansas State University, we extend our sincerest congratulations and best wishes on your graduation. We commend the persistence and determination you have shown in earning your degree, especially in the historic circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Your diligence and adaptability in completing your degree will serve you well in your future endeavors. Whether it is your family, friends, faculty, staff or fellow students, know that all are proud of your accomplishments. Use the knowledge and preparation you received at Kansas State University to move forward and make a difference throughout your life — in your career field, in your community and in other worthy pursuits. Please know that K-State will always encourage you along the way. You are now part of our network of more than 200,000 proud alumni worldwide. We urge you to remain connected to the university through the K-State Alumni Association, which, along with your college, is providing you and your fellow graduates with a year’s free membership. Find opportunities to remain connected with the university, whether to continue your education, share your experiences and expertise with future K-Staters, return for an athletic or cultural event, or just to catch up on your alma mater. Congratulations and best wishes for the future, Richard B. Myers Charles S. Taber President Provost and Executive Vice President 2 Letter byAlma H.W. Jones,Mater class of 1888 I know a spot that I love full well, 'Tis not in forest nor yet in dell; Ever it holds me in magic spell, I think of thee, Alma Mater. K-S-U, we’ll carry thy banner high. K-S-U, long, long may thy colors fly. Loyal to thee, thy children will swell the cry. Hail, Hail, Hail, Alma Mater. Alma Mater 3 About Kansas State University ounded in 1863 as the nation’s first operational alumni, the K-State Alumni Association ranks Kansas State University, land-grant university, Kansas State University’s No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference for the percentage Fmission is to foster excellent teaching, research and of graduates who are association members. The by the numbers service that develop a highly skilled and educated KSU Foundation recently wrapped up the highly 1 — Where Money magazine ranks K-State on its list citizenry necessary to advancing the well-being successful Innovation and Inspiration Campaign, of best colleges in Kansas. of Kansas, the nation and the international raising $1.6 billion for K-State. 1 — Where the Princeton Review ranks K-State community. K-State embraces diversity and students nationally for happiness. inclusion, encourages engagement and is committed Called the “Silicon Valley for biodefense” because to the discovery of knowledge, the education of its leadership in food safety and security and 2 — Where Learn.org rates K-State on its list of best of undergraduate and graduate students, and agrodefense, K-State is home to four Feed the public universities. improvement in the quality of life and standard of Future Innovation Labs, an initiative by the U.S. 3 — Where the Princeton Review ranks K-State living of those we serve. Agency for International Development to increase nationally for student qualify of life. food production in nations with limited resources. K-State has campuses in Manhattan, Olathe and The university also is home to the Biosecurity 7 — Years in a row K-State has received the HEED Salina — known as Kansas State Polytechnic Research Institute, a biosafety level-3 facility Award for diversity and inclusion. Campus — as well as K-State Global Campus, devoted to comprehensive infectious disease $46 million+ — Scholarships and awards presented to which serves distance education students. When it research and training. Construction is underway K-State students annually. comes to academics, K-State’s majors and degree adjacent to the Manhattan campus of the federal 250+ — Academic majors and options. programs offer pathways to hundreds of career government’s National Bio and Agro-Defense options that can be tailored to individual goals Facility, which will be the nation’s premier animal 330+ — Total patents granted to university as of and dream careers. Interest areas offered through disease research facility. March 2021. K-State’s nine colleges and Graduate School include agriculture, food and natural resources; Total research efforts at Kansas State University architecture, art and design; aviation; business; have led to more than 330 patents to date. The communications, media and marketing; computer university has more than 90 research centers, science and information technology; education including the 8,600-acre Konza Prairie Biological and leadership; engineering and construction; Station and the Johnson Cancer Research Center. government, law and social sciences; health Our distinguished faculty members are tackling professions; hospitality and tourism; human and such issues as feeding a hungry world expected social services; humanities, culture and society; to reach 50 billion in population by 2050, climate science and mathematics; veterinary medicine; and change, cybersecurity, sustainable energy, urban visual and performing arts. revitalization and more — and they often involve undergraduate students in their work. K-State Forbes magazine, U.S. News and World Report Research and Extension also serves the citizens of and the Princeton Review all recognize K-State as Kansas through a variety of ways, with personnel, one of the best universities in the nation, which is offices, research centers, programs and more backed by the strong support K-State receives from throughout the state. its alumni and friends. With more than 200,000 4 About Kansas State University About our ceremonies University mace for the bachelor’s degree; long, closed sleeves with slits for the hands for the master’s degree; and round, bell sleeves for the doctoral degree. The Kansas State University mace made its debut in September 2009 at the inauguration of Kirk H. Schulz as the university’s 13th president. A mace is The hood — Students receiving graduate degrees wear hoods. The master’s hood a decorative symbol of office and typically carried at the front of academic is shorter than the doctoral hood and lacks the panels of the doctoral hood. processions. Designed by Tom Boley, a 1970 K-State alumnus, the mace is made Hoods are lined with the colors of the university; K-State’s lining is purple with from a purple wood called purpleheart and a light-colored maple. two inverted chevrons. The binding or edging of the hood is the color pertaining to the subject of the degree. Academic dress The caps — All bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates wear a black The history of academic dress dates to medieval European universities of the mortarboard. Doctoral students may wear a mortarboard or a soft velvet tam 12th century. Universities in the U.S. have standardized academic dress so its with either six or eight sides. The tams can be dark blue or black for Doctor features are common and uniform throughout the country. of Philosophy candidates, and light blue for Doctor of Education candidates. The gown — At K-State, gowns are black and typically made of synthetic Doctor of Veterinary Medicine candidates wear a black mortarboard. Tassel material or worsted wool. The pattern varies with the degree held: open sleeves color for all degree candidates depends on the degree and/or degree field. Trimming colors on hoods Dark blue Graduation honors Doctor of Philosophy Brown Golden yellow Bachelor’s degree candidates who are earning Master of Fine Arts Associate degrees graduation honors from Kansas State University Master of Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Science wear a purple-and-white honor cord on the Dark blue Master of Science left shoulder of their commencement gowns. Doctor of Philosophy Professional Master of Science Honors are awarded based on their K-State grade Golden yellow Professional Master of Technology point averages. Eligible students also must have Master of Science Gray completed a minimum of 60 undergraduate hours Professional Master of Science Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at K-State, with at least 42 undergraduate hours in Professional Master of Technology Lavender graded courses at K-State. Gray Master of Architecture K-State graduation honors: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Light blue Summa cum laude — For students with a 3.95 or Lavender Bachelor’s degrees in Education above GPA. Master of Architecture Doctor of Education Magna cum laude — For students with a 3.85- Light blue Maize 3.949 GPA. Doctor of Education Bachelor’s degrees in Agriculture Cum laude — For students with a 3.75-3.849 GPA. Maize Master of Agribusiness Note: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree Master of Agribusiness Maroon candidates receive these honors based on courses Navy blue Bachelor’s degrees in Human Ecology completed in the professional program.