COMMENCEMENT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER FOLSOM STADIUM MAY 7, 2016 One Hundred Fortieth Year of the University COMMENCEMENT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER FOLSOM STADIUM MAY 7, 2016 One Hundred Fortieth Year of the University Registrars_Commencement_May2016.indd 1 4/28/16 10:38 AM Table of Contents The Order of Exercises ..............................................................................3 The Regents of the University of Colorado ..............................................4 Norlin Charge to the Graduates ................................................................6 The Official Commencement Delegation ................................................. 7 Faculty Excellence Awards .......................................................................9 Thomas Jefferson Award ...........................................................................9 Recognition of Retired Faculty ..................................................................9 Honorary Degrees ...................................................................................10 Candidates for Doctorate Degrees ..........................................................13 Candidates for Law Degrees, School of Law .........................................18 Candidates for Graduate Degrees, Leeds School of Business ...............19 Candidates for Graduate Degrees, Graduate School . ...........................20 Undergraduate Honors ............................................................................27 College of Arts and Sciences ..................................................................31 Leeds School of Business ........................................................................46 College of Engineering and Applied Sciences .......................................49 Environmental Design .............................................................................52 College of Media, Communication and Information .............................53 College of Music ......................................................................................54 School of Education ................................................................................55 Candidates for Commission ....................................................................55 Assisting in the Ceremonies ...................................................................56 Cords . ......................................................................................................57 Map and Safety Tips ................................................................................58 Additional Information ............................................................................59 Registrars_Commencement_May2016.indd 2 4/28/16 10:38 AM Dean James F. Williams II, Presiding Order of Exercises Processional Boulder Brass The audience will please be seated during the processional The National Anthem Aaron Jenkins America the Beautiful Rebecca Robinson President’s Welcome President Bruce D. Benson Chancellor’s Welcome Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano Commencement Address Kelly Graziadei Conferring of Awards Chancellor’s Recognition Awards: Christian James Bernal Balan Riccardo Balin Alyssa Michelle Gallotte Matthew Robert Muszynski Rachel Roller Ruth M. Sanchez Kristen Paige Smith David Matthew Thomas Honorary Degrees: Charles W. Hull Antonio J. Mendez Polly Dix Schaafsma 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 Graduate of the School of Education Carissa Eileen Marsh Conferring of Baccalaureate Degrees Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano The Outstanding Graduates of the Undergraduate Colleges and Schools College of Arts and Sciences: John Logan Brock Leeds School of Business: Matthias Malojer College of Engineering and Applied Science: Andrew Oakleigh Nelson Environmental Design: Christian Balan College of Media, Communication & Information: Justice N. Burnaugh College of Music Charles J. Douthit Alumni Association Assistant Vice Chancellor and Executive Director Ryan D. Chreist Charge to the Graduates John Carson Alma Mater Rebecca Robinson 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 3 Registrars_Commencement_May2016.indd 3 4/28/16 10:38 AM The Regents of the University of Colorado Dear Graduate: One of the greatest honors for the University of Colorado Board of Regents, the institution’s governing board, is to be part of a graduation ceremony. Your success is a success for us all. Your degree is a measure not only of an accom­ plishment of dedication and talent, but also notice to the world that you have the intellectual gifts and discipline to contribute greatly to our community. Your commencement ceremony, like every University of Colorado graduation since 1935, will close with the reading of the timeless Norlin Charge. Today “marks your initiation in the fullest sense of the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit.” Each year, the University of Colorado grants thousands of bachelor’s, master’s, pro­ fessional and doctoral degrees to some of the greatest minds in our country and the world. Today, we proudly add your name to this notable group of individuals. Congratulations on your hard-earned accomplishment. Sincerely, The Regents of Colorado Back Row: Glen Gallegos, District 3 (Grand Junction); Steve Bosley, At Large (Longmont); Stephen Ludwig, At Large (Denver); Michael Carrigan, District 1 (Denver); John Carson, District 6 (Highlands Ranch). Front Row: Linda Shoemaker, District 2 (Boulder); Kyle Hybl, Chairman, District 5 (Colorado Springs); Irene Griego, Vice Chair, District 7 (Lakewood); Sue Sharkey, District 4 (Castle Rock). 4 Registrars_Commencement_May2016.indd 4 4/28/16 10:38 AM Dear Graduate, Congratulations, your hard work has brought you to this day. But your work is not done. In fact it is only beginning. Our future as a society rests in your hands. The University Seal you will soon see stamped on your diploma depicts a lamp in the hands of youth with a Greek inscription that reads: “Let Your Light Shine.” At the University of Colorado Boulder we have aspired to give you a love of lifelong learning and empowered you to lead the way with your youthful light. You are in the morning of life and the transformative experience of college has prepared you for career and contribution in a diverse world and a global economy. In your academic career at CU-Boulder you have learned valuable lessons in critical thinking, civil discourse, collaborative decision-making Bruce D. and creative solutions, skills admired by employers and essential in a com­ Benson plex society. President Since 1882, when six young people graduated from the university as its first class, the University of Colorado has been conferring degrees to prepare graduates to succeed in a constantly changing world. Just as you carry on the legacy of our first alumni, your path of achievement and accomplishment will be followed by future generations. Congratulations. You have earned it. Hold your flame high. Sincerely, Bruce D. Benson President of the University of Colorado Philip P. DiStefano Philip P. DiStefano Chancellor Chancellor of the University of Colorado Boulder 5 Registrars_Commencement_May2016.indd 5 4/28/16 10:38 AM Norlin Charge to 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 the Graduates until 40 years later, on September 4, 1922, that the first summer com­ mencement was held. Since the first commencement in 1882, 342,814 degrees have been awarded by the University of Colorado Boulder. The traditional Norlin Charge to the graduates was first read by the late 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