SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 2016 EIGHTY-FOURTH COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 14 SUNDAY, MAY 15 2016 WELCOME TO THE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY EIGHTY-FOURTH COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 14 SUNDAY, MAY 15 2016 Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester, New Hampshire SATURDAY, MAY 14 AT 10:00 A.M. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND DOCTORAL DEGREES ............................ 1 SATURDAY, MAY 14 AT 2:00 P.M. COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION COLLEGE FOR AMERICA UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES ......................................................................... 7 SUNDAY, MAY 15 AT 10:00 A.M. COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION GRADUATE DEGREES .................................................................................... 13 SUNDAY, MAY 15 AT 2:00 P.M. COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION GRADUATE DEGREES .................................................................................... 19 Awards: Excellence in Teaching and Advising Excellence in Teaching .................................................................................. 24 Excellence in Advising .................................................................................. 25 SNHU Honor Societies Honor Society Listing .................................................................................... 26 Presentation of Degree Candidates ARTS AND SCIENCES .................................................................................... 31 BUSINESS .................................................................................................... 55 COLLEGE FOR AMERICA ............................................................................... 77 EDUCATION ................................................................................................. 81 NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS ........................................................... 87 Post-Ceremony RECEPTION AFTER CEREMONY ..................................................................... 93 WELCOME FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ................................................ 97 SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ............................................................................. 99 A TRADITION STEEPED IN HISTORY COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION A procession of the various participants begins At SNHU, the Mace Bearer leads the procession. He or and ends our formal commencement ceremony. she is followed by the Faculty Marshals, the Platform Individuals are arranged to reflect the order of Party, and then the Faculty of the schools arranged in academic rank in the hierarchy of the traditional order of seniority, beginning with the senior faculty. European university. The procession is concluded by the degree candidates. They enter in groups representing their schools/units , led by a gonfalon (flag) and walking in rank. CEREMONIAL MACE The mace was first used as a weapon. The word comes Southern New Hampshire University commissioned from the Latin ‘mateola,’ meaning mallet or staff. It David Elwell, a New Hampshire silversmith, to consisted of a long club with a ball of steel or brass create a mace to commemorate the university’s 50th at one end. As newer weapons came into use, the anniversary commencement. This mace is made of mace lost its prime purpose as an instrument of war; brass, aluminum, copper, and bronze, with a staff of however, it had become a symbol of authority and ebony and African padauk. power. Universities in Europe with roots in the Middle Ages adopted maces as symbols of authority and unity. Since then, other institutions of higher learning have come to use the mace in their ceremonies. THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION The Presidential Medallion, worn by the president surrounded by a border of entwined wires, with academic regalia, is a symbolic representation similar in texture to the chain links, and finished of the authority and responsibility vested by the with a square raised edge. The heavy, twisted links university in the president. It is a symbol of office of the chain bear four oval plates on each side. The that dates from medieval times and is worn by the background of the entire piece is oxidized to highlight president at all ceremonial occasions. the relief design and textures. The names of those who have held the office are engraved on the reverse side The Presidential Medallion is a permanent possession of the medallion. of the university and is presented to successive presidents at their inaugurations by the chairman of The Presidential Medallion was designed and the Board of Trustees. The chain and medallion are fabricated in 1987 by award-winning New Hampshire fabricated from sterling silver. The university emblem, metalsmith Jacquelyn Ferrency of Milford. in relief, is the central design on the medallion. It is ACADEMIC REGALIA The academic costume worn today originated in the The colors for academic fields established by the universities of the Middle Ages, when a warm gown American Council on Education include: and hood were useful for scholars and clerics in unheated buildings. The distinctive gowns served to Agriculture maize set students apart from their fellow citizens, hence Arts, Letters and Humanities white the perennial controversy between ‘town and gown.’ Business, Commerce and Accounting light brown Dentistry lilac Until after the Civil War, students at most American Economics copper universities wore caps and gowns daily while in Education light blue residence. These varied in design until they were Engineering orange standardized by the American Intercollegiate Fine Arts brown Commission in 1894. At that time it was decided that Forestry russet all robes would be black; bachelor’s gowns would Journalism crimson have long, pointed sleeves; master’s gowns would Law purple have long, closed sleeves with slits for the arms at Library Science lemon the elbows; and doctor’s gowns would have very full, Medicine green bell-shaped sleeves, each with three velvet bands Music pink matching the velvet facing of the gown opening. Nursing apricot Oratory silver gray The length of hoods varies with the degree. The lining Pharmacy olive green of the hood indicates the university by the colors. The Philosophy dark blue border of the hood indicates the academic discipline in Physical Education sage green which the degree was earned. Public Administration peacock blue Science golden yellow Students who have studied abroad for one or more Social Work citron semesters will be wearing a sash with the colors of Theology scarlet the flag of the country where they studied. The sashes Veterinary Science gray are issued to signify the university’s commitment to provide students with opportunities for acquiring (Caps and gowns representing degrees from foreign international and cross-cultural experience. universities may be quite different from those described. The most obvious difference may be in the cap, which is often a soft, round hat of the style worn by medieval scholars.) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CONFERRAL OF UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND DOCTORAL DEGREES Saturday, May 14, 2016 10:00 a.m. 1 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016 10:00 A.M. DIGNITARIES PRESIDENT DR. PAUL J. LEBLANC MACE BEARER DR. LOWELL MATTHEWS FACULTY MARSHAL DR. FRANK CATANO SCHOOL MARSHALS School of Education DR. LYNN MURRAY CHANDLER School of Arts and Sciences DR. BETSY GUNZELMANN School of Business DR. C. BULENT AYBAR PRESIDENT’S MARSHAL DR. PATRICIA LYNOTT Executive Vice President, Provost UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016 10:00 A.M. ORDER OF EXERCISES PROCESSIONAL CONFERRAL OF DOCTORAL DEGREE – SCHOOL OF EDUCATION New Hampshire Pipes and Drums, Mace Bearer, Sherry Barnard Faculty Marshal, Trustees and the President’s Kimberly L. Blanchette Party, Faculty, Administration, Degree Candidates Lois B. Costa by school: School of Education, School of Arts and Michelle Davignon Sciences, and School of Business Laura DeRosa Nathaniel T. Greene Susan Marie McKenzie The audience is asked to remain standing during the Ronald Pedro processional, the singing of The National Anthem, and the Steven J. Zadravec invocation. Presented by Patricia Lynott Executive Vice President, Provost THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Conferred by Paul J. LeBlanc President, Southern New Hampshire University NICOLE JOLICOEUR Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Hooded by Raymond McNulty Bradley Three Year Honors Program Dean of the School of Education THE INVOCATION PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES THE REV. BRUCE COLLARD PATRICIA LYNOTT Director of Campus Ministry Executive Vice President, Provost GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM GUESTS CONFERRAL OF DEGREES PAUL J. LEBLANC PAUL J. LEBLANC President, Southern New Hampshire University President, Southern New Hampshire University STUDENT ADDRESS READING OF DEGREES KELSEY CARNELL JON BOROSHOK Bachelor of Science in Marketing GARY CARKIN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS WELCOME TO NEW ALUMNI TIMOTHY GERARDI '04 TED MITCHELL President of the Alumni Association Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education BENEDICTION AWARD CITATIONS – EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND ADVISING THE REV. BRUCE COLLARD AWARDS Director of Campus Ministry RECESSIONAL The audience is requested to remain seated until the recessional is completed. Please join us for a reception on the SNHU campus immediately following commencement. The reception is being held in the Banquet Hall, located on the second floor of the Dining Center. 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