Commencement UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER FOLSOM STADIUM MAY 9, 2019 One Hundred Forty-Third Year of the University NORLIN CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES The first commencement at the University of Colorado was held for six graduates on June 8, 1882, in the chapel of Old Main. It was not until 40 years later, on September 4, 1922, that the first summer commencement was held. Since the first commencement in 1882, the University of Colorado Boulder has awarded more than 350,000 degrees. The traditional Norlin Charge to the graduates was first read by President George Norlin to the June 1935 graduating class. You are now certified to the world at large as alumni of the university. She is your kindly mother and you her cherished sons and daughters. This exercise denotes not your severance from her, but your union with her. Commencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and the beginning of life apart. Rather it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit. The university is not the campus, not the buildings on campus, not the faculties, not the students of any one time—not one of these or all of them. The university consists of all who come into and go forth from her halls, who are touched by her influence, and who carry on her spirit. Wherever you go, the university goes with you. Wherever you are at work, there is the university at work. What the university purposes to be, what it must always strive to be, is represented on its seal, which is stamped on your diplomas—a lamp in the hands of youth. If its light shine not in you and from you, how great is its darkness! But if it shine in you today, and in the thousands before you, who can measure its power? With hope and faith, I welcome you into the fellowship. I bid you farewell only in the sense that I pray you may fare well. You go forth, but not from us. We remain, but not severed from you. God go with you and be with you and us. TABLE OF CONTENTS Norlin Charge to the Graduates .............................1 Order of Exercises .......................................4 The Regents of the University of Colorado .....................5 The President and Chancellor of the University of Colorado ........6 The Official Commencement Delegation . 7 Academic Dress . 8 Boulder Faculty Assembly Awards...........................9 Recognition of Retired Faculty ..............................9 Commencement Speaker . .9 Honorary Degrees ......................................10 University Medal . .11 Candidates for Graduate and Professional Degrees.............12 Candidates for Law Degrees, School of Law ..................19 Candidates for Graduate Degrees, Leeds School of Business .....20 Candidates for Graduate Degrees, Graduate School ............20 College of Arts and Sciences..............................30 Leeds School of Business ................................49 College of Engineering and Applied Science . 54 Environmental Design . .61 College of Media, Communication and Information . .62 College of Music . .65 Candidates for Commission...............................66 Stadium and Seating Map ................................67 Safety Information . 68 Accessibility Information . .68 University of Colorado Boulder | 3 ORDER OF EXERCISES Bud Coleman, Presiding Processional ......................................................................................... Northern Colorado Caledonia Pipe Band The audience will please be seated during the processional Boulder Brass The National Anthem ...........................................................................Erin Hodgson and Rebecca Ashley Myers America the Beautiful ..........................................................................Erin Hodgson and Rebecca Ashley Myers President’s Welcome .................................................................................................President Bruce D. Benson Chancellor’s Welcome............................................................................................Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano Commencement Address ........................................................................................................ Savannah Sellers Conferring of Awards Chancellor’s Recognition Awards Emma Grace Barham Michael Jeffrey Giacomini Alexander William Ray Joanna Hope Toohey William Joseph Barham Mallory Cole Hale Cara Jane Redalen Katja Carolyn Walton Carsen Elizabeth Calano Kathryn Rose Hay Michelle Marie Roby Catherine Jean Witt Jacob Allen Crawford Tai Kondo Koester Sophia Rose Schneider Jessica Yan Atakan Hilmi Firat Justin Garner Martyr Ian Conrad Smith Mingxuan Zhang Brent Frieden Sarah Papich Anna Christine Todd Honorary Degrees ............................................................Rebecca Ruttenberg accepting for Stanley Ruttenberg Herman A. Shelanski Peter Zoller University Medal ......................................................................................................................... Kazunori Takato Conferring of Advanced Degrees .........................................................................Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano Recognition of Honors Graduates ...................................Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Russell Moore Recognition of the Graduates of the School of Education ................................ Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano The Outstanding Graduates of the School of Education.......................................... Esmeralda Castillo-Cobian Kyle L. O’Keefe Conferring of Baccalaureate Degrees ..................................................................Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano The Outstanding Graduates of the Undergraduate Colleges and Schools College of Arts and Sciences……………………………………………………… Rashel Warda Gandhi-Besbes* Claire Macaulay Lamman Leeds School of Business ....................................................................................... Benjamin Peace Feinman* Michael Jeffrey Giacomini Jessica Yan College of Engineering and Applied Science ......................................................... Nicola Joy Van Den Heever* Marc William Thomson Environmental Design ............................................................................................Sara Catherine Hutchinson* Cale Wagner College of Media, Communication and Information ....................................................................Lina Takahashi College of Music .............................................................................................Austen Thomas Key Jankowski* Brian Christopher Lambert Alumni Association ...............................................Assistant Vice Chancellor and Executive Director Ryan Chreist Norlin Charge to the Graduates ..........................................................................................Regent Irene Griego Alma Mater ...........................................................................................Erin Hodgson and Rebecca Ashley Myers Hail, all hail our Alma Mater! We will sing forever your praises Ever will our hearts be true: Ever more our love renew, You will live with us forever, Pledge our whole devotion to you. Loyal we will be to you. Dear old CU! Recessional .................................................................................................................................... Boulder Brass The audience will please be seated during the recessional *Fall 2018 graduate 4 | University of Colorado Boulder THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Back row: Linda Shoemaker, District 2 (Boulder); Lesley Smith, At Large (Boulder); Chance Hill, District 5 (Colorado Springs); John Carson, District 6 (Highlands Ranch); Glen Gallegos, District 3 (Grand Junction). Front row: Heidi Ganahl, At Large (Superior); Sue Sharkey, Chair, District 4 (Castle Rock); John “Jack” Kroll, Vice Chair, District 1 (Denver); Irene Griego, District 7 (Lakewood). Dear Graduate: One of the greatest honors for the University of Colorado This commencement ceremony, like every University Board of Regents, the institution’s governing board, of Colorado graduation since 1935, will close with the is to be part of this commencement ceremony. Your reading of the Norlin Charge. As originally expressed success is a success for us all. Your degree is a by former CU President George Norlin in 1935, measure not only of an accomplishment of dedication graduation “marks your initiation in the fullest sense and talent, but also notice to the world that you have of the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her the skill and discipline to contribute greatly to any torch, as centers of her influence, and as promoters endeavor you pursue. of her spirit.” Welcome to the ranks of CU’s alumni family of 475,000 graduates across all campuses since 1882. Congratulations on achieving this milestone. Well done and well earned! University of Colorado Boulder | 5 THE PRESIDENT AND CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Dear University of Colorado Graduate, Congratulations on earning your degree from the The University of Colorado community is proud of you University of Colorado Boulder. and your accomplishments. As you leave here to start careers, draw on your academic achievements at CU This is a momentous time in your life and the lives of Boulder to help you succeed and inspire others. those who have supported you. We take great pride in what you have accomplished at CU Boulder and Welcome to the generations of alumni