THEUNIVERSITYQ/TENNESSEE or CHATTANOOGA ^ 236th Commencement Spring 2011 Saturday, May 7, 2011 Ten O'Clock in the Morning The McKenzie Arena 125 UTC 125 University Mace Chancellor's Chain of Office The University Mace and Chancellor's Chain of Office are significant icons of the institution and stand as impressive symbols on permanent display in the Lupton Library when not in service. Creation of the mace and chain was commissioned to New York artist and professor of silversmithing at State University of New York Kurt J. Masdorf in 1977. The University Mace and Chancellor's Chain of Office are emblazoned with the institution's name along with symbols of Tennessee, the state whose citizens we serve. Borrowing from ancient traditions, these hand-crafted ceremonial pieces create interest and respect by both participants and observers. They have become important representations honoring and identifying our educational personage. UTC 125 Faculty Marshals Faculty Senate President Victoria Steinberg Faculty Secretary Marcia Noe Head Marshal Deborah McAllister Assistant Marshals Valarie Adams Margaret Kovach Janetta Bradley Stephen Kuhn Pam Carter Gary McDonald Roland Carter Lyn Miles Ethan Carver Vicki Petzko Stylianos Chatzimanolis Gretchen Potts Linda Collins Lynn Purkey Lisa Cothran Manuel Santiago Kay Cowan Charlene Simmons Gail Dawson Joanie Sompayrac Amy Doolittle Patrick Sweetman Tammy Garland Larry Tillman Matt Greenwell Shela Van Ness William Harman Randy Walker Lee Harris Sandy Watson Jamie Harvey Cindy White Linda Johnston Joe Wilferth The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action/Title VI/ CHATTANOOGAOr UTC Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution. E040221-002-11 125 Academic Regalia The origins of academic dress date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, when universities were taking form. The ordinary dress of the scholar, whether student or teacher, was the dress of a cler­ ic. With few exceptions, the medieval scholar had taken at least minor orders, made certain vows, and perhaps been tonsured. Long gowns were worn and may have been necessary for warmth in unheated buildings. Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head until superseded for that purpose by the skull cap. A statue of the University of Coimbra in 1321 required that all "Doctors, Licentiates, and Bach­ elors" wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain col­ leges forbade "excess in apparel" and prescribed the wearing of a long gown. 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. The assignment of colors to signify certain faculties was to be a much later development and one which was to be standardized only in the United States in the late 19th century. White taken from the white fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge B. A. hoods was assigned to arts and let­ ters. Red, one of the traditional colors of the church, went to theology. Green, the color medieval herbs, was adopted for medicine; and olive, because it was so close to green, was given to phar­ macy. Golden yellow, standing for the wealth which scientific research has produced, was assigned to the sciences. European institutions have always had great diversity in their specifications of academic dress, and this has been a source of confusion. In contrast, American colleges and universities opted for a definite system that all might follow. A significant contribution to the development of this system was made by Gardner Cotrell Leonard of Albany, New York. Mr. Leonard designed gowns for his class at Williams College in 1887 and had them made by Cotrell and Leonard, a firm established by his family in Albany, New York. He was greatly interested in the subject, and following the publication of an article by him on academic dress in 1893, was invited to work with an Intercolle­ giate Commission made up of representatives of leading institutions to establish a suitable system of academic apparel. The Commission met at Columbia University in 1895 and adopted a code of academic dress, which besides regulating the cut and style and materials of gowns prescribed the colors which were to represent the different fields of learning. UTC 125 In 1932 the American Council on Education authorized the appointment of a committee "to determine whether revision and completion of the academic code adopted by the conference of the colleges and universities in 1895 is desirable at this time, and, if so, to draft a revised code and present a plan for submitting the code to the consideration of the institutional members of the Council." The committee reviewed the situation through correspondence and conference and ap­ proved a code for academic costumes that has been in effect since that year. A Committee on Academic Costumes and Ceremonies, appointed by the American Council on Education in 1959, again reviewed the costume code and made several changes. In 1986, the committees updated the code and added a sentence clarifying the use of the color dark blue for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. It is customary at many colleges and universities for the tassel to be worn on the right side of the cap by degree candidates. Upon conferral of the degree, the tassel is then moved from right to left. For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctoral gowns and edging of hoods, the colors associated with different disciplines represented at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga are as follow: Art: White Music: Pink Commerce, Accountancy, Nursing: Apricot Business: Sapphire Blue Oratory (Speech): Silver Gray Economics: Copper Philosophy: Dark Blue Education: Light Blue Physical Therapy: Teal Engineering: Orange Public Administration, including Fine Arts: Brown Foreign Services: Sapphire Blue Journalism: Crimson Science: Golden Yellow Law: Purple Social Work: Citron Library Science: Lemon Theology: Scarlet Excerpts from: An Academic Costume Code and An Academic Ceremony Guide, by Eugene Sullivan, American Council on Education www.acenet.edu. American Universities and Colleges, 15th Edition. New York: Walter de Gruyter, Inc., 1997. UTC 125 THEUNIVERSITYQ/TENNESSEE UT CHATTANOOGA ALMA MATER Lookout Mountain o'er us guarding Ceaseless watch doth keep. In the valley stands our college Where the shadows creep. Chattanooga, Chattanooga Loud the anthem swell; Sing, O Sing of Alma Mater, All her praises tell. UTC 125 THEUNIVERSITYQ/TENNESSEE or v->rrA.1 1ANUU\JA. 236th Commencement Program Dr. Phil Oldham, Presiding Academic Processional Dr. Deborah McAllister Head Marshal Invocation Reverend G. Keith Moore The Wesley Center / The United Methodist Student Center National Anthem UTC Wind Ensemble Dr. Stuart Benkert, Director Greetings Dr. Phil Oldham Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Remarks and Introduction Dr. Roger Brown Chancellor Commencement Address Mr. Zach Wamp Former Member of Congress 1995-2011 Conferring of Degrees Dr. Joseph A. DiPietro President, The University of Tennessee Remarks Mr. Andrew Clark President, Student Government Association Welcome and Induction Mr. Tom Losh President, UTC Alumni Board of Directors Alma Mater UTC Vocal Ensemble Dr. Kevin Ford, Director Academic Recessional UTC Wind Ensemble The audience is asked to stand for the processional Your cooperation is appreciated in silencing and recessional and to remain in place until the cellular phones and other electronic recessional is concluded. devices during the ceremony. UTC 125 Commencement Address Zach Wamp Former Member of Congress 1995-2011 Zach Wamp represented Tennessee's Third District in the United States Congress from 1995-2011. He is presently engaged as a consultant in the energy, transportation, national security, and workforce development sectors for some of the most prominent companies in the world. In Congress, he served as the ranking member of the Military ConstructionA/eterans Affairs Subcommittee and prior to that as the ranking member of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on which he served for fourteen years. Among his notable achievements in Congress, Wamp helped establish the Tennessee Methamphetamine Task Force, The Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor and the United States Department of Homeland Security. He wrote and enacted into law legisla­ tion to expand the Trail of Tears, establish The Moccasin Bend National Archeological District, replace the Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River, name Emancipation Hall in the United States Capitol. He also wrote and enacted into law landmark energy efficiency legislation in The Energy Policy Act. While in Congress, Wamp chaired the National Prayer Breakfast, the weekly bi-partisan Prayer Group, the Renewable Energy Caucus, the Robotics Caucus, the TVA Caucus and founded the Congressional Fitness Caucus. He also served on the Transportation Committee, the Science Committee, the Small Business Committee, the Steering Committee, the Commerce/Justice/State Subcommittee, the Interior Subcommittee and the influential Energy and Water Subcommittee for twelve years. r^Sbi UTC 125 Commencement Address Wamp was a regular panelist for four years on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer and appeared on virtually every major news show and in every major publication in the United States over two decades. Prior to his service in Congress, he was the national sales su­ pervisor for Olan