WELCOME TO MARIETTA COLLEGE’S ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THIRD ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT ith roots that reach back to the 18th century Muskingum Academy, Marietta College was officially Wchartered on February 14, 1835, by the State of Ohio as an institution charged with educating youth in all the various branches of the liberal arts and sciences. From the beginning, Marietta has been an independent, nonsectarian, liberal arts college. Today’s graduates share a common foundation of courses in written and spoken communication, and have been required to acquire a coherent experience in several fields of study. Moreover, each has pursued an in-depth study of a discipline in one or more of the nearly 50 undergraduate or graduate programs. Marietta College grants degrees to these individuals, confident they have been readied to exercise their callings with competence and to fulfill their civic and social responsibilities with understanding. The individuals receiving degrees today will join more than 25,000 living Marietta College alumni as members of The Long Blue Line. 1 PROGRAM THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION* “Fanfare and Processional—Pomp and Circumstance” Edward Elgar arr. James D. Ployhar NATIONAL ANTHEM* Marietta College Symphonic Band, Director: Nils Landsberg, Assistant Professor of Music WELCOME Dr. William N. Ruud, President of the College Matthew B. Weekley, Chair, Marietta College Board of Trustees JEWETT ORATION “Climbing Mountains” Ashley E. Olszewski “Embrace the Fear” Ryan M. Menapace PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AND AWARDS Dr. William N. Ruud Dr. Janet L. Bland Ms. Katie Kitchen President Provost and Dean of the Faculty President of Student Government Association COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS President Ruud CHARGE TO THE CLASS OF 2020 President Ruud CONFERRING OF DEGREES President Ruud Provost Bland 2 ALMA MATER** “Time-Honored Marietta” Turner (MC 1901)/Tannenbaum Time-honored Marietta, Gladly do we sing thy praises Thy walls to us are dear. And of thy heroes tell— Oh! How can we forget thee, How many brave hearts struggled Or the times that we’ve spent here? Because they loved thee well. Thy name we’ll ever cherish, ’Twill be our firm endeavor And for thy banner fight, To stand up for the right, Nor ever let it perish— Protect, and keep thee ever, The Navy Blue and White! O Navy Blue and White! Chorus: Thy dear name we’ll ever cherish, And for thy banner fight, Nor ever let it perish— The Navy Blue and White! CONCLUSION* President Ruud RECESSIONAL* “Fanfare and Recessional” James D. Ployhar Marietta College Symphonic Band, Director: Nils Landsberg, Assistant Professor of Music * The audience stands. ** The audience stands and joins in the singing. • The Faculty Marshals are: Dr. Douglas Anderson, Director of the Legacy Library; Dr. Ann E. Bragg, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Anderson Hancock Planetarium; Dr. Debra Egolf, Professor of Chemistry; Dr. Kathryn N. McDaniel, McCoy Professor of History and Chair of the History, Philosophy, and Religion Department; Dr. Mark Sibicky Professor of Psychology • Introduction of Graduates: Christy Burke, Director of Education Abroad • Thank you to Omicron Delta Kappa for providing our Student Marshals • The Ushers are: Alexander M. Blackstone ’22, Kelsey A. Hall ’21, Natalie A. Johnson ’23, Alexander J. Lersch ’23, Andrew K. Novak ’22, Arabella N. Parsons ’23, Vincent L. Tassari ’23, Elizabeth A. Vigue ’23 • Lighting: Nathan Bradley, Theatre Department • Commencement Coordinators: Tina Hickman and Amanda Reynolds, Records Office 3 ACADEMIC PRIZES AND AWARDS CLASS VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN SHERRILL CLELAND PRIZE IN LEADERSHIP The class valedictorian shall be the graduating senior with the Loren Jean Coontz highest grade point average who has completed a minimum of 64 Rachel Marie Ewing hours in residence. The class salutatorian shall be the graduating Ashley Nicole Klopfenstein senior with the second highest grade point average using the same This prize was established by the Board of Trustees upon criterion as for the valedictorian. President Sherrill Cleland’s retirement in 1989 to recognize Dr. Valedictorian: Johnathan Lawrence Kungle Cleland’s efforts to instill qualities and skills of leadership as a Salutatorian: Alexandra Nicole Kirsch major component of Marietta College’s educational program during his 16 years of personal leadership. It is given annually CHARLES FRITZ ABSOLON MEMORIAL PRIZE to the most outstanding of the graduating McDonough Scholars Alexandra Nicole Kirsch with a major in International Leadership Studies or a minor in This prize is awarded each year to the outstanding graduating Leadership Studies, chosen by the staff of the McDonough Center geology major, as determined by the faculty of the Department for Leadership and Business from among those nominated by of Petroleum Engineering and Geology. The recipient’s name students enrolled in the McDonough Leadership Program. is imprinted on the bookplates of the library books and peri- odicals purchased that year with the income from the Charles Fritz DELTA UPSILON GOOD CITIZENSHIP AWARD Absolon Memorial Fund. The recipient also receives a certificate of Quinci Lynn Jones recognition. Established by the Marietta chapter of Delta Upsilon fraternity, this award is given annually at Commencement in honor of its ADAIR PRIZE members who gave their lives in World War II. The award, a Carter Michael Lang plaque, is made to a member of the graduating class, man or This prize is given annually to the member of the graduating class woman, who, in the opinion of the Faculty Council, has shown who has been most outstanding during his or her college career outstanding qualities as to (1) scholarship, (2) leadership, (3) in building morale, esprit de corps, and loyalty to ideals of the character, and (4) participation in extracurricular activities. College, without particular relation to academic standing. A fund for the prize was established in 1945 by the late Dr. Frank E. Adair, EGGLESTON-RUBY PRIZE Class of 1910. Lauren E. Rockocy The Eggleston-Ruby Prize is given annually at Commencement ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD to the member of the graduating class whose special field of Johnathan Lawrence Kungle interest is biology and who, in the judgment of the faculty in that The Alpha Lambda Delta Award is given annually by the Marietta department, has done the most meritorious work in biology. The College chapter of the National Honor Society for Freshmen to the prize was established by the late Dr. Victor M. Ruby, Class of 1942, senior with the highest grade point average. and named in memory of his friend and teacher, the late Harla Ray Eggleston, head of the Department of Biology from 1915 until his ALPHA XI DELTA PRIZE retirement in 1960, and his grandfather, the Rev. Susman Ruby of Kayla Dawn Tomlin Marietta. Contributions in memory of Professor Eggleston’s son, Arthur G., were added to the funds in 1982. Established in 1956, the prize is awarded annually to the member of the graduating class who has achieved academic excellence in the Department of Communication and Media Studies and who RAYMOND G. GUTHRIE PRIZE has exhibited proficiency in the practical application of oral com- Quinci Lynn Jones munication skills. The recipient must have a 3.5 cumulative grade Established in 1970, this prize honors the Emeritus Professor of point average and have declared either a major or minor in the Education who taught at the College from 1927 until retirement department. The faculty of the Department of Communication in 1965. The prize is awarded to the senior or seniors seeking makes the selection. In addition to the cash award given by the teacher certification who, in the judgment of the Department of Alpha Xi Delta Women’s Fraternity, the Communication faculty Education, best represents his or her academic area in preparation presents the recipient with a year’s membership in the National for teaching. Funded through contributions of friends and former Communication Association. students of the late Professor Guthrie, the award consists of a membership in a professional association and placement of the ALUMNI ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD recipient’s name on a plaque in Erwin Hall. Kaitlyn Marie Dzuroff The Alumni Association Community Service Award, established in IONE CONGDON HAMMOND MEMORIAL PRIZE 1975, is conferred at Commencement to the graduating senior who Rachel Marie Ewing has demonstrated continuing involvement as a leader and close The Ione Congdon Hammond Memorial Prize is awarded annually participant in an activity deemed to be of value to the community to the woman of the graduating class who has shown the most or area. Selection is made by the Faculty Council. The award con- sincere application to and appreciation of English literature during sists of a check and the placement of the recipient’s name on a her College study. Each candidate shall have read several of the permanent plaque. novels of Dickens under the supervision of her instructor. The prize was established by the late Donald J. Wormer in memory of CHI OMEGA ALICE N. MEAD PRIZE his wife, Ione Congdon Hammond, Class of 1914. Quinci Lynn Jones The Chi Omega Alice N. Mead Prize, awarded annually at THE WILLIAM HEACOCK MEMORIAL PRIZE Commencement by the Marietta alumnae chapter of Chi Omega, is Christopher Franklin Stephens presented to a graduating woman who, in the opinion of the faculty The William Heacock Memorial Fund was established in 1988 of the Department of Education, has done the most meritorious by friends of the late Mr. Heacock, the foremost writer in the work toward receiving certification as a teacher in science or field of Victorian pattern glass in America. Each academic year, mathematics at the secondary level. The criteria for the prize were the student who writes the most outstanding paper in the senior revised in 1986 by the chapter alumnae to honor the memory of history capstone course receives a $500 award from the Heacock Mrs.