ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND 2021_commencement_program_v11a_draft.indd 1 4/30/2021 9:32:16 AM 2021_commencement_program_v11a_draft.indd 2 4/30/2021 9:32:16 AM ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY Greenville, Illinois Commencement May 8, 2021 President Suzanne A. Davis Board of Trustees Robert W. Bastian Steven L. Ellsworth Hugo Perez Venessa A. Brown Valerie J. Gin, Treasurer B. Elliott Renfroe Tyler Campo Jerry A. Hood Dennis N. Spencer Howard Costley, Jr., Vice Chair Karen A. Longman Kathleen J. Turpin, Chair D. Keith Cowart K. Kendall Mathews Melissa A. Westover, Secretary Dan R. Denbo Douglas M. Newton Mark D. Whitlock Paul S. Donnell Stephen Olson Donald D. Wolf Emeriti Trustees Sandra M. Boileau Lloyd G. Ganton J. Richard Schien Patricia A. Burd Yoshio D. Gotoh Marjorie R. Smith Jay G. Burgess Duane E. Hood Rebecca E. Smith James W. Claussen Paul R. Killinger Kendell G. Stephens David G. Colgan Pearson L. Miller Barry J. Swanson Michael L. Coling Wayne E. Neeley Craig W. Tidball Robert E. Cranston Wesley F. Phillips R. Ian Van Norman Dennis L. Fenton Ernest R. Ross, Jr. 2021_commencement_program_v11a_draft.indd 3 4/30/2021 9:32:16 AM Saturday, May 8, 2021, 10:00 A.M. President Suzanne A. Davis, presiding PRELUDE Rebecca N. Koebbe PROCESSIONAL Rebecca N. Koebbe WELCOME Suzanne A. Davis NATIONAL ANTHEM The Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key INVOCATION Sidney R. Webster SCRIPTURE Ivan M. Estevez Ephesians 1:11 (TPT) HYMN Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Traditional American Melody Text: Robert Robinson Tune: Nettleton Come, Thou fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above; Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, Mount of God’s unchanging love! Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I’m come; And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood. Oh, to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let that grace now, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to Thee; Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for Thy courts above. 2021_commencement_program_v11a_draft.indd 4 4/30/2021 9:32:16 AM CHORAL SELECTIONS Greenville University Choir A Mighty Fortress arr. by Benjamin Harlan The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalms 23) Howard Goodall INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Suzanne A. Davis COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Pastor David T. Hawkins Destiny Is Painfully Blessed Living the Word Church CONFERRING OF DEGREES, HONORS, Suzanne A. Davis AND RECOGNITIONS BENEDICTION Michael J. Laughlin GREENVILLE UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER Traditional In the midst of rolling prairies, ‘Neath fair skies of blue, Stands our noble Alma Mater Glorious to view. Chorus: Swell the chorus, speed it onward, Over vale and hill, Hail to thee! our Alma Mater, Hail, all hail! Greenville! Let the chorus swell in anthems, Far and loud and long, Greenville for God’s shining glory, Ever be our song. Chorus Though from here our paths may sever, And we distant roam, Still abides the mem’ry ever, Of our college home. Chorus RECESSIONAL Rebecca N. Koebbe The audience will please stand for processional, National Anthem, invocation, hymn, benediction, Alma Mater, and recessional. Please refrain from applause until after the names of all graduates are announced. Dr. Don Frazure, Jr., Interim Choral Director. Ms. Rebecca N. Koebbe, Choral Accompanist for the Choir and congregational singing. Dr. Richard O. Beans, Associate Professor of Psychology, will lead the Alma Mater. 2021_commencement_program_v11a_draft.indd 5 4/30/2021 9:32:16 AM CLASS OF 2021 College of Social Sciences and Nicholette Dischiave David Douglas Jack Education Education: Special Education, Coaching, MAE Masters Degree Recipients MAE Centralia, Illinois Dr. Kathryn R. Taylor Presenting Syracuse, New York Alyssa Marie Johnson Islam Ahmed Heather Michelle Dressel English as a Second Language, English as a Second Language, Education: Special Education, MAE MAE MAE Belleville, Illinois Rahway, New Jersey Riverton, Illinois Carol E. King Richard Mark Ambrose Ivan Manuel Estevez Education: Curriculum & Coaching, MAE Education: Curriculum & Instruction, MAE Urbana, Illinois Instruction, MAE Carlsbad, California Greenville, Illinois Alan Barry Avant Caylin King Coaching, MAE Margaret Dawne Evans Education: Curriculum & Moncks Corner, South Carolina Special Education, MAE Instruction, MAE Williamsport, Ohio Carlsbad, California Marquise Michael Beckett Education: Coaching, MAE Katelyn Gorder Darren James Lamb Randallstown, Maryland Education: Curriculum & Education: English as a Second Instruction, MAE Language, MAE Caleb Matthew Bonaventure Grafton, North Dakota Auburn, Illinois Coaching, MAE Longwood, Florida Alan James Gray Charles F. Legge Coaching, MAE Education: Coaching, MAE Tracy Lynn Bridges Trenton, Ohio Williston, Vermont Education: Special Education, MAE Jason Donald Gulledge Kayla Mae Logan Chicago, Illinois Education: English as a Second Special Education, MAE Language, MAE East Alton, Illinois Kristin Chamness Collinsville, Illinois Education: Special Education, Yanella Maria Marcano MAE Glenn Hall Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Anna, Illinois Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Orlando, Florida Peru, Illinois Joanna Michelle Coombs Sadie Nicole McAdams Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Joshua Parke Herrick Education: Special Education, Georgetown, Illinois Coaching, MAE MAE Ballwin, Missouri Jerseyville, Illinois Andrew Crenshaw, Jr. Coaching, MAE Leslie Renee Hopp Melanie Alana McCarty Albany, Georgia Special Education, MAE Education: Curriculum & Rochelle, Illinois Instruction, MAE Ryan Anthony Davis Oxford, Michigan Coaching, MAE Brian Husk Germantown Hills, Illinois Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Ryan John Molek Salem, Illinois Coaching, MAE Sarah Jean Decareaux Galesburg, Illinois Education: Curriculum & Yosef Gavriel Ilan Instruction, MAE Education: English as a Second Deanna L. Morris Millstadt, Illinois Language, MAE Education: Special Education, Flint, Michigan MAE Brighton, Illinois 2021_commencement_program_v11a_draft.indd 6 4/30/2021 9:32:16 AM Kasandra Lynn Murphy Anthony Dante Videka Justin Ray Billington Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Honorable Mention Sunset HIlls, Missouri Cissna Park, Illinois Criminal Justice, BS Benton, Illinois Christopher Nelson Amanda Dawn Washburn Education: English as a Second Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Baylee Marie Black Language, MAE Morton, Illinois Elementary Education, BS Santa Cruz, California Salem, Illinois Jermaine Lavon Waye Rebecca Lynn Oest Coaching, MAE Amanda Michelle Bretz Special Education, MAE Brunswick, Georgia Honorable Mention Shabbona, Illinois Organizational Leadership, BS Michelle Lura Wayman Villa Grove, Illinois Rebecca Kate Oldham English as a Second Language, Coaching, MAE MAE Tori Brown Mulberry Grove, Illinois Greenville, Illinois cum laude Elementary Education, BS Danna Rae Patrick Lesley Renee Wente Mascoutah, Illinois Special Education, MAE Coaching, MAE Salem, Illinois Steeleville, Illinois Ashleigh Renaye Brubaker cum laude Aaron Benjamin Pearlman Chelsey Rae Woodside Social Work, BSW Coaching, MAE Special Education, MAE Lafayette, Indiana Carol Stream, Illinois Tamaroa, Illinois Sarah Elizabeth Burgener Alex J. Prindable College of Social Sciences and cum laude Special Education, MAE Education English Language Arts O’Fallon, Illinois Bachelors Degree Recipients Education, BS Dr. Kathryn R. Taylor Presenting Olney, Illinois Shannon Mary Radcliffe Curriculum and Instruction, MAE Ali Abbed Alyssa Nicole Chavez Tamaroa, Illinois Organizational Leadership, BS Honorable Mention Bloomington, Illinois Elementary Education, BS Melissa Charlotte Pease Ritchie Lincoln, Illinois Education: Curriculum & Alexis Nichole Abney Instruction, MAE Criminal Justice, BS Madyson Briann Collier San Marcos, California Benton, Illinois cum laude Elementary Education, BS Malynda Lavern Ross Haley Mackenzie Banks Marion, Illinois Education: Special Education, cum laude MAE Social Work, BSW Austyn Michael Contreras Danville, Illinois Aurora, Illinois Educational Studies, BS Bakersfield, California Ariel Salo Laura Ann Barth Education: English as a Second Health Psychology, BS Quincy Culpepper Language, MAE Greenville, Illinois Social Work, BSW Scottsdale, Arizona Oakland, California Marvin Perez Bateman Anna Ysabelle Sawan Criminal Justice, BS Ashley Marie Dryden Education: English as a Second Fairview Heights, Illinois magna cum laude Language, MAE Criminal Justice, BS Medfield, Massachusetts Christopher Joseph Beard Social Work, BSW Criminal Justice, BS Neoga, Illinois James Fassett Stille III Highland, Illinois Coaching, MAE Ryan Christopher Dugger Wood River, Illinois Ben Allen Beaver Criminal Justice Administration, Honorable Mention BS Kristina Unverfehrt Organizational Leadership, BS Bethalto, Illinois Special Education, MAE Bloomington, Illinois Centralia, Illinois 2021_commencement_program_v11a_draft.indd 7 4/30/2021 9:32:16 AM Alexandria Denise Dyer Allyson Marie Hale Karly Lynn Jones cum laude magna cum laude magna cum laude Elementary Education, BS Middle Grades Education: Social Work, BSW Rochester, Illinois Literacy and Language Arts La Place, Illinois and Social Science, Secondary Lauren Christine Eagleson Education: English Language Mark Andrew Jones magna