AdventHealth University Commencement Calvary Orlando Church Monday, April 22, 2019 2:00 p.m. Our Vision AdventHealth University is a leader in healthcare education, transforming the science and practice of whole-person care and developing influential professionals of uncommon compassion. Our Mission AdventHealth University (AHU), a Seventh-day Adventist institution, specializes in the education of professionals in healthcare. Service-oriented and guided by the values of nurture, excellence, spirituality, and stewardship, the University seeks to develop leaders who will practice healthcare as a ministry. Our Motto Developing skilled professionals who live the healing values of Christ 1 “Each and every one of us comes into the world as a child of God, brimming with unlimited potential to fulfill a unique purpose in this world. A faith-filled education helps us unlock our God-given potential and find our purpose. Education instills in us the capacity to reflect the love and care of our Creator in all we do.” Edwin I. Hernández, PhD President 2 President’s Address to Graduates Today is a day of endings and beginnings, all cause for celebration. As you mark your graduation from AdventHealth University, you deserve to celebrate three important milestones. 1. The successful completion of your studies. You are here today, in cap and gown, because you made the decision to advance your education, to acquire valuable skills, to work hard, to persevere. You are graduates. You are skilled health care professionals who live the healing values of Christ. 2. The transition from student to member of the AHU alumni community. With more than 7,000 AHU graduates working in health care, you are now part of an elite team of professionals working to extend the healing ministry of Christ. As you move forward, you carry the spirit and values of AHU with you. Stay connected to us, and to each other. The AHU community does not end at graduation; it transitions… and your alumni relationships will be valuable for the remainder of your career. 3. The beginning of your career as a healer, one of the highest callings on earth. You carry with you a legacy of excellence and leadership from AHU, a high bar for both competence and compassion. From this day forward, you will be in a position to contribute to the care and healing of your fellow humans…the greatest cause for celebration I can imagine. I pray that God will bless each and every one of you with His healing grace: your hands, your heads, and your hearts. May you do both great and good things in His name. Edwin I. Hernández, PhD President 3 Commencement Prelude All My Hope on God Is Founded Michael Burkhardt Processional Trumpet Tune in G Jeremy Bankson Faculty Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 Sir Edward Elgar Graduates Triumphant March Thomas Bliss President’s Party Scripture Matthew 16:13 – 16, NIV Binsey Babu, Department of Physician Assistant Invocation Christian Hendricks, Department of Nursing Musical Interlude Welcome Dr. Edwin Hernández, President Musical Selection The Prayer David Foster, Carole Sager, Alberto Testa, and Tony Renis Katherine Drexler Conley, Soprano Vocalist Jeremy Pastor, Violinist Dr. Connie Rittenhouse Drexler, Piano Accompanist Distinguished Service Award Dr. Len Archer, Vice-President for Academic Administration 4 Commencement Address Three Life Questions Terry Shaw President and Chief Executive Officer for AdventHealth Class Response Michelina Richardson, Department of Physical Therapy Conferring of Degrees Dr. Edwin Hernández, President Presentation of Degree Candidates Dr. Sandra Dunbar, Provost (Please hold applause until all diplomas have been presented.) President’s Charge Dr. Edwin Hernández, President Welcome to the Alumni Association Dawn Creft, Director, Alumni Relations “The Song of AHU” Benediction Kenneth Luk, Department of Nurse Anesthesia Recessional March of the Priests Felix Mendelssohn Postlude Festive Trumpet Tune David German Linda van Niekerk, Organ Please refrain from applause until all degrees are conferred. We thank you for not using flash or lighted video equipment during the commencement program. Please remain seated during the Recessional. 5 The Song of AHU Dedicated to the Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni of AdventHealth University The Song of AHU Dedicated to thWordse Facul tandy, Sta Musicff, Stud ebynts Len, and AM.lum Archer,ni of Ad v2012entHealth University Words and Music by Len M. 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After graduates enter the student areas, you will be able to rejoin your graduate after the ceremony. • Please contact an AHU Event staff member with any questions regarding wheelchair or handicap accessibility. • The processional begins at 2:00 p.m. Please plan to be seated no later than 1:45 p.m. To preserve the dignity of the ceremony, guests will not be allowed to enter or leave the sanctuary from 1:45 p.m. until the completion of the processional and invocation. • The sanctuary doors will reopen after the invocation is finished. Guests will be allowed to enter the designated area in the back of the sanctuary so as not to disrupt the program. • Please silence all electronic devices (e.g..: cellular phones, iPods, tablets, etc). • Please do not move into the aisle during the ceremony. • A professional photo will be taken of each student. Please remain seated. After the ceremony: • Remain seated until all students have left the sanctuary and await dismissal by the ushers. • Follow the directions given by the Event or Security Staff. • Please take care not to block the passageways or doorways; completely exit the building to meet your graduate. Kindly make arrangements to meet your graduate outside of the building and away from the doors. • Students and guests will be invited to visit with faculty members following the Commencement Ceremony. Flags will indicate the area in which each department will gather. • Celebrate your achievement! Post your graduation photos on social media with #AHUgraduate2019 and #AdventHealthU. 7 Distinguished Service Award Recipient Dr. Donald E Williams As one of the founding leaders of Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, now AdventHealth University, Dr. Donald E. Williams has secured his place in the legacy of AHU. Dr. Williams’ 27 years of distinguished academic service at AHU can be measured in several ways. Along with the development of a forward-thinking administrative leadership team, his tenure is marked by enormous growth in enrollment, the addition of several academic and online degree programs, the establishment of a Denver campus, and innovative work advancing healthcare as ministry. With his leadership, the institution successfully completed several institutional and program accreditation cycles and matured from an associate degree-granting college to a graduate degree-granting university. Dr. Williams always led by example, actively contributing professionally, publishing and presenting academic papers, and authoring a book. As a mentor, he provided tools supporting the professional growth of faculty members through challenging seasons of transition and change. Most notable in his tenure is his reputation as a kind, thoughtful, Christian leader. Possessed with a calm demeanor, Dr. Williams is a brilliant thinker, a true friend, and most of all a man of firm moral integrity and Christianity. His wisdom and patience are characteristics admired by all, and his leadership has been one of unshakeable integrity and steady dependability. He is widely admired by his colleagues for his gifts of knowledge and dry wit, including his mastery of the well-placed pun. Dr. Williams holds a B.A. in Psychology and a Master of Divinity from Andrews University, and a Ph.D. in Professional Counseling from Purdue University. He and his wife Merrie Lyn spent the first year of their marriage as student missionaries in New Guinea.