OneJiundred 'Third finnual Commencement SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1999 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PULLMAN, WASHINGTON The branch campus and center ceremonies are listed on the back cover. 2 Morning The Commencement Procession Music by the Washington State University Wind Symphony with Professor Keating Johnson conducting Washington State University Trumpet Ensemble with Professor David Turnbull conducting Candidates for Advanced Degrees Undergraduate Candidates ROTC Canditates and Officers University Faculty Vice Provosts and College Deans Mace Bearer and Honor Guards (Faculty Senate, ASWSU and GPSA Presidents) College Flag Bearers Regents of the University Honored Guests of the University President of the University The National Anthem Dr. Julie Wieck, School of Music and Theatre Arts, and the Washington State University Wind Symphony Greetings and Introductions Dr. Samuel H. Smith Presentation of Regents' Medallion Bill Marler and Janelle Milodragovich 150,000th WSU Graduate Jamie Kern, Business Management/Honors Student Address Janelle Milodragovich, WSU Student Regent Recognition of Spotlight Alumni Senior Gift Presentation Dave Iyall, Chair, Senior Class Gift Council Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award Michael Griswold; Research, Scholarship & Arts Regents' Distinguished Alumnus Award Comments: Bert Kolde Acceptance Remarks: Paul Allen Recognition of Honor Societies Dr. Samuel H. Smith Commissioning of ROTC Officer Candidates Captain P.L. Sowa, Professor of Naval Science Advanced Degrees Bachelor's Degrees Alma Mater Led by Devon Earls, School of Music and Theatre Arts Recessional Washington State University Wind Symphony SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS AND FRIENDS: Professional photographers will photograph all candidates as they receive their diploma covers from the deans. A photo will be mailed to each graduate, and additional photos may be purchased at reasonable rates. Parents and friends of the graduates are asked to remain in their seats during the ceremonies. 3 Afternoon The Commencement Procession Music by the Washington State University Wind Symphony with Professor Keating Johnson conducting Washington State University Trumpet Ensemble with Professor David Turnbull conducting Candidates for Advanced Degrees Undergraduate Candidates University Faculty Vice Provosts and College Deans Mace Bearer and Honor Guards (Faculty Senate, ASWSU and _GPSA Presidents) College Flag Bearers Regents of the University Honored Guests of the University President of the University The National Anthem Dr. Julie Wieck, School of Music and Theatre Arts, and the Washington State University Wind Symphony Greetings and Introductions Dr. Samuel H. Smith 150,000th WSU Graduate Jamie Kern, Business Management/Honors Student Address Janelle Milodragovich, WSU Student Regent Recognition of Spotlight Alumni Senior Gift Presentation Dave Iyall, Chair, Senior Class Gift Council Sahlin Faculty Excellence Awards Denny Davis, Instruction Charles T Gaskins, Public Service Regents' Distinguished Alumnus Award Comments: Bert Kolde Acceptance Remarks: Paul Allen Recognition of Honor Societies Dr. Samuel H. Smith Advanced Degrees Bachelor's Degrees Alma Mater Led by Devon Earls, School of Music and Theatre Arts Recessional Washington State University Wind Symphony SPECIAL NOTE FOR PARENTS AND FRIENDS: Professional photographers will photograph all candidates as they receive their diploma covers from the deans. A photo will be mailed to each graduate, and additional photos may be purchased at reasonable rates. Parents and friends of the graduates are asked to remain in their seats during the ceremonies. 4 COMMENCEMENT 1999 Washington State University, on the occasion of its 103rd annual commencement, cordially welcomes all those who have come to the Pullman campus to share in ceremonies honoring the graduating class of 1999. To the members of the Class of 1999, the university extends sincere congratulations. Washington State University is dedicated to the preparation of students for productive lives and professional careers, to basic and applied research in a variety of areas, and to the dissemination of knowledge. The university consists of ten colleges, a graduate school, the College of Nursing/Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education in Spokane and Yakima, the Center for Hotel and Restaurant Administration in Seattle, and branch campuses in Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Vancouver. It also has extension offices in all 39 counties, four research centers, and 16 small business development offices statewide. The univer­ sity also is responsible for administration of the Washington Higher Education Telecommunications System, which trans­ mits courses to eight locales. For nearly a century, Washington State University has offered strong and diverse programs. From its founding in 1890, liberal arts and sciences have occupied an important place in the curriculum along with business, education, nursing, pharmacy, and the traditional land-grant programs in agriculture, home economics, veterinary medicine, and engineering. WSU now offers more than 100 major fields of study to undergraduate students. Bachelor's degrees are available in most subject areas. The Honors Program, administered by the Honors College, is one of the few all-university programs for superior students at a major American institution of higher learning. The faculty, including a substantial number of scholars with national and international reputations, is charged with the development of instructional methods that will open students' minds to the most recent knowledge and discoveries. The opportunity for students to know and work closely with their instructors is one advantage of a residential campus. Washington State University at Pullman is one of the largest residential universities west of the Mississippi. Of the approxi­ mately 16,000 undergraduates and 2,000 graduate students, about halflive on campus in university housing or in fraterni­ ties or sororities. Here, students of diverse social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds from throughout the nation and more than 90 foreign lands come together in a community in which education is the principal industry and human development the primary concern. Approximately 3,000 additional students were enrolled in courses this year at the university's branch campuses. The branch campuses in Spokane, Tri-Cities and Vancouver provide educational opportunities for place-bound citizens. The 1999 Commencement Program includes those degree candidates from August 1998 through May 1999. Those previously awarded degrees are denoted with an asterisk (*). Appearance of a name in this program is presumptive evidence of graduation and graduation honors, but it must not in any sense be regarded as conclusive. The university diploma, signed and sealed by proper officers, remains the official testimony of the possession of the degree. Text will be displayed on reader boards located above sections 32 and 14. Closed circuit public address systems for those who are hard of hearing are available on a limited basis at the Director's Office located near section 14 in the outside concourse of Beasley Coliseum. The names of the degree recipients are called in random order as they approach the podium. Therefore, they will not be viewed on the reader boards. Each student will be viewed on big screens via video as they receive their diploma cover. 5 A HISTORICAL VIEW OF COMMENCEMENT BACKGROUND Universities that developed during the Middle Ages formulated academic practices that are still followed today. This medieval heritage has provided us with a teaching institution-the university; a method of measuring academic progress-degrees; and a structure for an appropriate ceremony recognizing the student's achievement-commencement. In medieval times, a master (from the Latin magister, "teacher") was a person licensed to teach by the chancellor of the Cathe­ dral of Notre Dame in Paris. As the number of masters increased, they ultimately formed a guild. The word universitas was a common term applied to any collectivity, including that of guilds. The university probably took form around 1170 as a guild of teachers rather than a union of faculties. It was sanctioned by Pope Innocent III in 1210 in a bull which recognized and approved the written statutes of the teachers' guild. By approximately 1250 the University of Paris masters were divided into four faculties: theology, canon law, medicine, and the arts. The art students, by far the greatest number, correspond to our "undergraduates" of today. They ultimately organized themselves into "nations" based on the geographical regions of Europe from which they came. The universities, international in their appeal both to students and scholars, sought and received support from the papacy. Students attended classes, heard lectures, and engaged in disputations, but there appears to have been no examination unless a student determined to become a master. After four or five years of resident study, the student, indicating an intention to become a master, would be tested. Passing these trials, the candidate would don a special gown and take a seat with the bachalari, or bachelors. This ceremony was often followed by a feast. Between the baccalaureate and the master's degree, the student obtained a licentiate, an authorization to teach. Until the Civil War, the American college system was based on the English model. Most colleges stood alone, rather than being part of a university, and the baccalaureate was the only earned degree awarded. The curriculum was