WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY One Hundred Seventeenth Commencement I SPRING CEREMONY 2015 I FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015 Charles Koch Arena 3 p.m. - Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 7 p.m. - College of Health Professions SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 Charles Koch Arena 8 a.m. - College of Engineering 11 a.m. - College of Education 2 p.m. - W. Frank Barton School of Business 4:30 p.m. - College of Fine Arts University Emblems Commencement Guests ········································································································································································ Andy Tompkins became President and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents on June 1, 2010. The Kansas Board of Regents is the governing board of the state's six universities and the statewide coordinating board for the state's 32 public higher education .. institutions (seven public universities, nineteen community colleges and six technical colleges). In addition, the Board administers the state's student financial aid, adult education, GED, and career and technical education programs. The Board also authorizes private proprietary schools and out-of-state institutions to operate in Kansas and administers the Kan-ed network, a statewide network that provides broadband Internet access and distance learning capabilities for schools, hospitals, and libraries. Dr. Tompkins most recently served as the Dean of the College of Education and as Associate Professor in the Department of Special Services and Leadership Studies at Pittsburg State University (PSU). From 2005-07, he served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Kansas. THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION THE UNIVERSITY MACE THE UNIVERSITY SEAL Dr. Tompkins served as the Kansas State Department of Education's Commissioner The presidential medallion is worn As the official symbol of the university's The seal of Wichita State University of Education from 1996-2005. Throughout his career he has held various positions in by the president of Wichita State authority and power, the mace is carried incorporates many images. A K-12 and higher education serving as a high school teacher, principal, superintendent, university associate professor, department chair and college dean. University on significant or official by selected college faculty in the academic farmer and an Indian, representing Dr. Tompkins earned his undergraduate degree in English at East Central State ceremonial occasions as the symbolic procession. The mace was commissioned Kansas' rural background and Native University in Ada, Oklahoma. He earned his master's degree from Emporia State manifestation of his role and in 1978 by Paul J. Magel Ii, former dean American heritage, are looking up at Andy Tompkins University and his doctorate from the University of Kansas in educational administration. of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and responsibility as the chief officer of seven stars above a lamp of learning. President/CEO Dr. Tompkins has earned numerous honors including distinguished alumni and service the university. The official seal of Sciences, as a memorial to his twin brother, The university's name arcs above Kansas Board of Regents awards from Emporia State University and the University of Kansas. He was inducted Wichita State University anchors the Peter M. Magelli, and presented for the first these images. Below them is a into the Kansas Teacher's Hall of Fame in 2001, was recognized as a Master Teacher in ceremonial anaglyph and is encircled time at the 1980 commencement. sunflower flanked by wheat, again 1999 and was awarded the leadership Kansas Alumnus of the Year Award in 2002. by two hyperbolic forms designed to Designed by artist Jonathan Graham Bonner signifying Kansas, and a laurel, a complement the university mace. The of Providence, Rhode Island, the mace is symbol of learning. Three significant presidential medallion is suspended executed primarily in stainless steel, gold and dates of the university's past also from black silk trimmed with gold. silver. The head of the mace is a gilt frame are included: 1895, Fairmount with 22 stainless steel spikes. The points College founding; 1926, University are sterling silver. A silver ball engraved with of Wichita reorganization date; and COMMENCEMENT NOTES the three seals of Wichita State University­ 1964, the date the university entered Fairmount College, the Municipal University the Kansas Regents' system. of Wichita and Wichita State University-is DATE OF GRADUATION GRADUATION WITH HONORS suspended in the frame by two springs. The This program is not an official list of confirmed Degrees are conferred with distinction upon undergraduate students who have shaft is a stainless steel spring, and the graduates for the 2015 Spring Commencement. shown exceptional scholarship in both their cumulative and WSU grade point Students listed in this commencement program averages. Students with grade point averages of 3.90 out of a possible 4.00 handle is a gilt ball set with nine hematites. are candidates for degrees in May or August receive the sum ma cum laude award; those with averages of 3.550 to 3.899 2015 . receive the magna cum laude; and those with averages of 3.250 to 3.549 receive ···················································································································································································································································· Students' names are listed in this program the cum laude. as they appear on the graduation list provided Candidates for degrees and for university honors for May and August 2015 have by the Office of the Registrar. Students' names been tentatively determined on the basis of work completed through fall 2014. UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE COIN are read during the University Commencement In addition to university honors, departmental honors are awarded to students The Challenge Coin has its origins from early in WWI when a number of Americans flew with the Brits. Ceremonies as they appear on the graduation who have met the appropriate requirements. Wichita State does not confer honors One individual, from a wealthy family, had bronze medallions struck for his squadron. Out on a mission, cards approved by the graduates. upon students completing degrees in the Graduate School. he was shot down and captured by the Germans. They took his uniform and papers but let him keep the little leather sack where he kept his coin. He escaped during a night barrage, crossed no-man's land and ACADEMIC DRESS was recaptured by the French. The French took him as a saboteur and were about to execute him. The Today's academic dress evolved from caps and gowns worn DRAB '7 W. Frank Barton School of Business young flyer showed them the medallion; they recognized the squadron emblem and confirmed his story. Obverse (heads) in medieval universities. The academic gown is the basic LIGHT BLUE '7 College of Education Instead of a firing squad, they gave him a bottle of wine and eventually got him back to his squadron. garment and by tradition is black for all degrees and ranks. DRANGE '7 College of Engineering The coin saved his life. The square caps or mortarboards are part of the prescribed BROWN '7 College of Fine Arts The WSU Challenge Coin has the Seal of the University on the obverse (heads) and the Shocker logo academic dress. Accompanying the gowns are hoods lined PINK '7 College of Fine Arts-School of Music CiREEN '7 College of Health Professions on the reverse (tails). The coin of each college has a distinctive reverse side. The WSU Challenge Coin with silk in the official color of the institution conferring the degree and bordered in the color represe nting the APRICOT '7 College of Health Professions-Sc hool of Nursing is carried by our alumni, staff, faculty and friends as a symbol of unity. Graduates receive theirs during discipline of learning. The color of the tassel designates BLACK '7 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences commencement through a handshake. Shockers around the world are encouraged to carry their coin the student's degree and may vary from what is found on always, lest they be challenged by another Shocker. the hood. Students receiving graduate degrees wear the Colorf ul sashes and cords, os well os medallions, ore worn by The WSU Challenge Coins were designed in 2013 by Daniel Worley, a junior in the graphic design program. Reverse (tails) color appropriate to the degree emphasis. members of honor societies and the Student Ambassador Society. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY .... 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