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TABLE OF CONTENTS University Seal & Mission Statement................................................................................................................................................. 2 Regents, Trustees, Commencement Committees............................................................................................................................. 3 A Message from the President.............................................................................................................................................................. 4 USU’s Ceremonial Mace & Academic Heraldry.......................................................................................................................... 5-6 A Message from the Provost ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 Faculty Awards .................................................................................................................................................................................8-20 University Student Awards & Certificates ................................................................................................................................. 21-22 Student Speaker.................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 A Message to Statewide Students ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 A Message from the School ofGraduate Studies.............................................................................................................................25 Legend: Honors and Degrees Earned ...............................................................................................................................................26 Caine College ofthe Arts..............................................................................................................................................................27-30 College ofAgriculture and Applied Sciences ............................................................................................................................. 31-41 College of Engineering ..................................................................................................................................................................42-50 College ofHumanities and SocialSciences .................................................................................................................................51-63 College of Science ......................................................................................................................................................................... 64-71 Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services .............................................................................................72-94 Integrated Studies & Associate ofScience............................................................................................................................... 95-105 Jon M. Huntsman School ofBusiness .................................................................................................................................... 106-123 S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources........................................................................................................ 124-128 Alumni Association ........................................................................................................................................................................... 129 Alma Mater Hymn .............................................................................................................................................................................130 Record Your Thoughts and Memories.................................................................................................................................... 131-136 - 1 - Utah State University 133rd Utah State University is one of the nation's premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities. We foster the principle that academics come first; we cultivate diversity of thought and culture; and we serve the public through learning, discovery and engagement. UTAH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION BOARD OF REGENTS Harris H. Simmons, Chair Patricia Jones Nina Barnes, Vice Chair Steven J. Lund Jesselie Barlow Anderson Crystal Maggelet Lisa-Michele Church Sheva Mozafari Wilford Clyde Cristina Ortega Sanchaita Datta Robert W. Prince Alan E. Hall Mark Stoddard Marlin K. Jensen Thomas Wright Ronald W. Jibson UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jody K. Burnett, Chair David Huntsman Kent K. Alder, Vice Chair Wayne L. Niederhauser Sami I. Ahmed David A. Petersen Laurel Cannon Alder Jacey Skinner John Y. Ferry Terryl Warner Gina Gagon Sydney M. Peterson, Secretary UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT STEERING COMMITTEE Heidi Beck Kesler, Chair Kim Larson Taylor Adams Megan Murdock Janet Anderson Matthew Sanders Abby Benninghoff Emilie Wheeler Brandon Hansen Sydney Larsen, Secretary W. Fran Hopkin GRADUATION REPRESENTATIVES Associate Degree and Integrated Studies: Mykel Beorchia Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services: Caine College of the Arts: Elaine Olson Lisa Christensen & Laura Holley College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences: Lisa Allen Jon M. Huntsman School of Business: Julia Westover College of Engineering: Madeline Snow S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources: College of Humanities and Social Sciences: Scott Robinette Traci Hillyard College of Science: Katriel Cloward School of Graduate Studies: Megan Murdock USU Registrar’s Office: Jeannie Maughan - 3 - MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT NOELLE E. COCKETT Congratulations to the Utah State University class of 2020. You have completed an important life journey. I wish you great success in whatever comes next and trust that your experience at Utah State University has prepared you well for what is ahead. As a graduate of Utah State University, you have been exposed to the three “pillars” of the land-grant university system - learning, discovery, and engagement. It is my hope these themes emerged during your time in school through unique academic experiences, hands-on research projects, and service opportunities. As you embark on the next chapter of your life, these moments have provided a foundation for a better life for you and those you encounter. You are a different person today than you were when you first connected with USU. Over the years you have not only worked toward a degree, but you have grown intellectually and matured socially and emotionally. You are prepared to make the kind of positive impact that proud Aggie graduates before you have made and continue to make. Your time at Utah State University has likely been filled with successes, but you have also faced obstacles. All of you dealt with unprecedented challenges in your last few months as Aggies. It has been a difficult time as a university, a community, a nation, and a world. However, the class of 2020 is resilient. This will serve you well in the future as you seize exciting opportunities and make the world a better place. I would like each of you to know what an incredible privilege and opportunity it is to serve as your president. Thank you for the special honor that has been mine to share in this significant part of your life. I am proud to be your president and part of the Aggie family. Noelle E. Cockett - 4 - A BRIEF HISTORY OF COLLEGIATE MACES Maces have long been part of academic heraldry, though their function was not always ceremonial. Originally weapons of war, maces are featured often in ancient Egyptian art where kings are shown ritually smiting their foes. This original function has not been entirely lost. Campus officials in the Middle Ages more than once kept students in line by employing their university’s mace in a manner recalling its primitive function. University maces today are, for the most part, treated as decorative emblems symbolizing the institution’s authority. Seen most often at commencement and other solemn occasions, they remind those in attendance of the deep traditions inherent in a student’s journey through university studies. Like the word for the ceremony itself, “commencement”—which admonishes its participants to remember that this is a celebration of beginnings, not endings—the mace turns the eye forward to the life to come by recalling the rich academic heritage of higher learning and the promise of attainment that comes through education and self-betterment. Our mace, thus, combines elements