Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/commencement20082008univ_0 COMMENCEMENT 2008 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SUNDAY, DECEMBER FOURTEENTH • TWO THOUSAND EIGHT MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR Dear Graduates: Congratulations on completing your degree. Dedication and hard work have brought you to this moment. Enjoy it, but also take the opportunity to thank the family and friends who sup- ported you during your journey. I know that they are proud of you, as are all of us at Carolina. I hope that your Carolina education challenged and inspired you, and that what you learned here in Chapel Hill prepared you to pursue your dreams. Today you join the ranks of Carolina alumni who have gone out into the world and made a difference. We know you will, too. The University's motto is light and liberty. When you leave Chapel Hill, you carry that light with you, and I hope it will help you transform the future. Nothing thrills us more than seeing our graduates go out and change the world. At my graduation in 1986, Senior Class President John Kennedy spoke about our prodigious consumption of pizza and cups of coffee. But he also talked about how our Carolina experience would stay with us forever. "Chapel Hill is more than just a place," he said, "it is a state of mind." No matter where you go, please remember that you have the love of all of us here at Carolina. Keep us in mind, let us know how we can help, and come back to visit. Hark the sound! HOLDEN THORP Two Thousand Eight Mid-Year Commencement TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Alma Mater, "Hark the Sound" 5 The Commencement Program 6 Board of Trustees Officers of the Class of 2009 Marshals of the Class of 2009 Graduate and Professional Student Federation Officers 7 Notes on Academic Dress 8 The Chancellor 10 The Commencement Speaker 1 1 Degrees and Certificates 1 4 Candidates for Graduate Degrees, December 2008 1 9 Candidates for Postbaccalaureate Professional Degrees, December 2008 Message to Newest Alumni 20 Candidates for Graduate Degrees and Professional Graduate Degrees, December 2008 23 Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees, December 2008 27 Candidates Commissioned in the Armed Forces, December 2008 28 Candidates for Certificates, December 2008 29 Degrees Awarded in August 2008 40 Certificates Awarded in August 2008 inside back cover Commencement Committee THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL ALMA MATER The words of "Hark the Sound," UNC-Chapel Hill's alma mater, were written in 1897 by William Starr Myers, a graduating senior. The Glee Club director asked Myers to put words to the tune "Amici," and the song was first performed on June 2,1897, as part of the Glee Club's Commencement performance in Gerrard Hall. Soon the song was almost forgotten. When a University quartet tried a few years later to remember the words, they could recollect only the first verse and the chorus of Myers' original version. Two members of the quartet, Charles S. Mangum and Charles T. Woollen, added two verses to the one they remembered. Mangum later became a professor in the School of Medicine, and Woollen worked as the University's business manager and comptroller. HARK THE SOUND Hark, the sound of Tar Heel voices Ringing clear and true, Singing Carolina's praises, Shouting N.C.U.! Hail to the brightest star of all! Clear its radiance shine! Carolina, priceless gem, Receive all praises thine. FOR YOUR INFORMATION If you have any questions regarding commencement activities, or in the event of an emergency, please contact an usher. A sign language interpreter will be on the platform. A student marshal or Disability Services staff member can advise persons with hearing impairments about seating from which to view the interpreter. This Commencement program is printed prior to administering final examinations. Therefore, including degree candidates' names in this program does not represent certification that candidates have satisfactorily completed degree requirements. All diplomas will be printed after Commencement and mailed to graduates. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this program's content. Any omissions or errors are unintentional. Two Thousand Eight Mid-Year Commencement THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Concert by the University Band Jeffrey W. Fuchs, Director Academic Procession The Faculty Marshal Trudier Harris, Sitterson Professor of English Pablo Friedmann, The Chief Student Marshal The Official Party The Faculty The Candidates for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education and Doctor of Public Health The Candidates for Master's and Professional Degrees The Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees SENIOR CLASS MARSHALS WILL LEAD THE GROUPS TO THEIR SEATS. Presiding Holden Thorp, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill National Anthem JoAna Rusche WITH THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLAGE Recognition ofPlatform Party Holden Thorp Welcome Remarks For the University of North Carolina Hannah Gage, Chair, UNC Board of Governors For the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Roger L. Perry Sr., Chair For the General Alumni Association Randy Kane Jones, Chair Introduction of Commencement Speaker James Robert Shelly, President of the Class of 2009 Commencement Address Valerie Ashby, Gordon and Bowman Gray Distinguished Term Professor, Department of Chemistry Recognition of Doctoral Candidates Steven W. Matson, Dean of the Graduate School Introduction of Deans, Conferring of Degrees, and Chancellor's Charge to the Graduates Holden Thorp Ceremonial Recognition of the Graduates James Robert Shelly "hark the sound" JoAna Rusche Academic Recessional Please remain in place for the recessional of the Official Party, Faculty and Candidates for Degrees — led by the Faculty Marshal and the Senior Class Marshals. After the recessional, all guests are invited to attend the reception on the concourse. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL BOARD OF OFFICERS OF THE CLASS OF 2009 TRUSTEES James Shelly, President Pinar Gurel, Vice President Roger L. Perry Sr. Pablo Friedmann, Chief Marshal CHAIR Tyler Webster Secretary Chapel Hill, N.C. Anirudh Pratap, Treasurer Mia Barnes, Web Designer Karol V. Mason VICE CHAIR Atlanta, Ga. Russell (Rusty) M. Carter MARSHALS OF THE CLASS OF 2009 SECRETARY Wilmington, N.C. Susie Baker Courtney Knowlin;g Shreena Patel Lassiter Heather Piercy Phillip L. Clay Stephen Barber Emily Cambridge, Mass. Chase Beck Sam Lau Jordan Price Amhit Bhatti Katie Littlefield Ian Sanders John G. B. Ellison Jr. Patrick Boruta Nicole Manna Emily Schrag Greensboro, N.C. Brian Brodkin Shaina Mardinly Paige Sellers Alexis Brown Shana McClammy Kosha Shah Paul Fulton Stephanie Carrier Charlie McGeehan Crystal Simms Winston-Salem, N.C. Lauren Demille Rachel Mclnturff Annie Stavros Jessica Dower Julie Mikus Adam Storck Alston Gardner Alexandra Estevez Ashley Mohney Kelsey Umstead Chapel Hill, N.C. Sophia Estrada Rachel Moss G.T. Wharton Aisha Forte Emily Motley Chase White Barbara R. Hyde Jimmy Gil Phil Nanney Stephanie Wong Memphis, Tenn. William Humphries Jessica Newton Casie Yan Sarah Jacobs Cindy Orr Andy Zorilla Sallie Shuping-RusseU Siri Jones Allison Pan Chapel Hill, N.C. Stephanie Kane Ayca Pamucak Nelson Schwab III Charlotte, N.C. A. Donald Stallings GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL Rocky Mount, N.C. STUDENT FEDERATION OFFICERS Robert W. Winston III Raleigh, N.C. Cindy Michelle Spurlock, President Monika Schneider, Vice President for Internal Affairs J.J. Raynor Kyle Richardson, Vice President for External Affairs - E X O F F I CI O David Montgomerie, Chief of Staff Chapel Hill, N.C. Laura Blue, Treasurer Keith Lee, Secretary Two Thousand Eight Mid-Year Commencement 7 NOTES ON ACADEMIC DRESS The following information, condensed from Some colors you will see on faculty and administra- An Academic Costume Code and Ceremony tors' robes are: the crimson of Harvard, the maroon Guide and published by the American Council on of Chicago, the light blue and white of North Education, may be helpful in identifying academic Carolina, the orange and black of Princeton and the attire worn during today's ceremony. dark blue of Yale. The history of academic dress dates back to the Hoods also are edged and bound with velvet in European Middle Ages when scholars at the old- the color appropriate to the field of study. You will est universities were clerics. Capes with hoods and see many hoods in our procession edged with dark warm caps were needed in cold, drafty buildings. blue, for doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.). The colors The desire for a uniform appearance ("well born, in the hoods and gowns of faculty represent the fol- well turned-out and somewhat learned," read one lowing fields in which degrees were taken: medieval formula) and for marks to distinguish bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree candidates apricot: Nursing led to the development of today's academic costume. brown: Fine Arts In 1895 representatives from American colleges citron: Social Work and universities met at Columbia University and crimson: Journalism fashioned a standard code of academic dress for this dark blue: Philosophy country. The code, modified in 1959, is still in force. golden yellow: Science The costumes, colors, trimmings and patterns you green: Medicine see are traditional, and refer to the specific degree lemon yellow: Library Science and field of study. light blue: Education The bachelor's gown, designed to be worn closed, LILAC: Dentistry has pointed sleeves. The master's gown, which may olive green: Pharmacy be worn open or closed, has an oblong sleeve, open orange: Engineering at the wrist, that hangs nearly to the ground; the peacock blue: Public Administration back part of its oblong shape is square cut and the pink: Music arc in the front is cut away. The doctor's gown may purple: Law be worn open or closed, and has bell-shaped sleeves.