Thursday, August 28, 2014 MINNESOTA ROUSER By Floyd M. Hutsell Minnesota, hats off to thee! To thy colors, true we shall ever be, Firm and strong, united are we. Rah, rah, rah for Ski-U-Mah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah for the U of M! [Repeat] M - I - N - N - E - S - O - T - A Minnesota! Minnesota! Yeaaaaaaah Gophers! HAIL! MINNESOTA By Truman E. Rickard, words by Arthur E. Upson Minnesota, hail to thee! Hail to thee, our college dear! Thy light shall ever be A beacon bright and clear. Thy sons and daughters true Will proclaim thee near and far. They will guard thy fame and adore thy name; Thou shalt be their Northern Star. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Convocation is made possible by the significant contributions of time, energy, and resources from a wide range of University departments, as well as friends from outside the University. Special thanks to individuals from the following units for making Convocation a success: Damron Productions Office of the Senior Vice President for Disability Resource Center Academic Affairs and Provost Housing & Residential Life Office for Student Affairs Community Advisors Office of Undergraduate Education Intercollegiate Athletics Orientation & First-Year Programs Mariucci Arena School of Music Office of Information Technology— TCF Bank Video & Conferencing Services University of Minnesota Bookstore Office of the President University Relations And many other individuals who helped make this event possible! 2 CONVOCATION 2014 New Student Convocation is the University of Minnesota’s official welcome to the Class of 2018. It is a celebration of University tradition and the spirit of academic excellence and community. Did U Know? Slide show about the University Welcome and Academic Procession (please stand) National Anthem (please remain standing) Professor Philip Zawisza, School of Music Message to the Class of 2018 President Eric W. Kaler Advice to the Class of 2018 Profit Idowu, 2014 graduate, College of Education and Human Development Meet the Faculty Professor Kent Kirkby, Earth Sciences Professor Tim Diem, School of Music Academic Recession Announcements and Dismissal James Liberman, Orientation & First-Year Programs 3 ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS AND MUSICIANS Philip Zawisza is a native of Niles, Michigan, and a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy. He completed his Master’s degree at Indiana University with Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, and began his solo career with the Santa Fe Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago on radio and television PBS broadcasts. A renowned opera singer and song recitalist, Zawisza has performed throughout the United States, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, and France. He has just returned from teaching in the south of France. He performed at Carnegie Hall with Professor Paul Shaw in 2010, and his recent projects have included work with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Saint Paul, as well as a tour of Britten’s War Requiem with the University of Minnesota School of Music. Eric W. Kaler assumed office as the 16th president of the University of Minnesota on July 1, 2011. Prior to that, he served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and vice president for Brookhaven National Laboratory affairs at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. President Kaler received his undergraduate degree from the California Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. As president, he is committed to academic excellence and access to the University for all qualified students. Profit Idowu graduated in 2014 from the College of Education and Human Development with a major in business and marketing education and a minor in management. He has served as a member of several student groups, including the Black Student Union, Minnesota International Student Association, and Black Motivated Women. As a community adviser for Housing and Residential Life, he worked energetically for two years with the Huntley House for African-American males. He joined Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity as a freshman, and has been a member of their board for the past three years. He currently sits as the third highest- ranking member in the nation as the international 2nd vice president. Profit loves listening to music, expanding his knowledge, and creative expression in the forms of photography, graphic design, and film production. He recently began his career in advertising as an account management intern at Fallon Worldwide. Kent Kirkby is a teaching professor in earth sciences at the University of Minnesota. He became interested in earth science at the age of seven when a friend gave him three plastic dinosaurs. The wisdom of this early career choice was confirmed when he got to spend much of his graduate education living in a mountain lion’s cave, halfway up a Chihuahuan Desert cliff with a magnificent view of western sunsets. Although originally trained as a carbonate geologist, since coming to the University of Minnesota Kent’s activities have focused on educational research, developing and evaluating more effective teaching methods. He is particularly fascinated by the intersection of earth processes and human history, a theme beautifully illustrated by the evolution of the Mississippi River Gorge, Saint Anthony Falls, and our own campus landscape. Timothy Diem, from the School of Music, is entering his 15th year of teaching at the University of Minnesota and his tenth year as the director of the marching band. Diem, a native of Delano, Minnesota, oversees all Athletic Band activities at the U and also works with the University and Campus Bands. 4 ACADEMIC PROCESSION The University of Minnesota boasts a superb faculty with degrees from some of the finest universities in the world. In the procession, the faculty will wear the academic robes of the universities that granted their degrees. While all doctoral robes have some features in common—a colorful hood and three velvet bars on the sleeves—they vary in color and design. The outstanding feature of the American academic costume is the hood. Its length and shape indicate the degree that is granted, its lining displays the official colors of the university, and its velvet trim indicates field of study. Here are the faculty members and honored guests who will march in the academic procession, along with information about their highest degree and the institution that granted it. Shakeer Abdullah, Ph.D. Linda Cohen, Member Karen Hanson, Ph.D. Auburn University Board of Regents Harvard University Katrice Albert, Ph.D. John Coleman, Ph.D. Dustin Harris, M.C.E. Auburn University Massachusetts Institute Texas A&M University of Technology Clyde Allen, Member Jay Hatch, Ph.D. Board of Regents John Comazzi, M.S. University of Minnesota University of Michigan Rayla Allison, J.D. Thomas Hayes, Ph.D. William Mitchell Elaine Darst, Ph.D. University of North Carolina, College of Law University of Missouri, Chapel Hill Kansas City John Anderson, Ph.D. Frances Homans, Ph.D. University of Nebraska Debra DeBruin, Ph.D. University of California, Davis University of Pittsburgh Heidi Barajas, Ph.D. David Hoopes, M.S. University of Minnesota Kate Derickson, Ph.D. Syracuse University Pennsylvania State University Kenneth Bartlett, Ph.D. Lamar Hylton, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Thomas Devine, Member Morgan State University Urbana-Champaign Board of Regents Kirsten Jamsen, Ph.D. Dennis Becker, Ph.D. Francisco Diez-Gonzalez, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin University of Idaho Cornell University Dean Johnson, Vice Chair Richard Beeson, Chair Deborah Dillon, Ph.D. Board of Regents Board of Regents University of Georgia Anup Kollanoor Johny, Ph.D. Jay Bell, Ph.D. Peter Dimock, M.S.W. University of Connecticut Pennsylvania State University University of Minnesota Eric Kaler, Ph.D. Marc Bellemare, Ph.D. Jennifer Engler, Ph.D. University of Minnesota Cornell University Indiana University of Barbara Kappler, Ph.D. Pennsylvania Laura Brod, Member University of Minnesota Board of Regents John Finnegan, Ph.D. Diane Katsiaficas, M.F.A. University of Minnesota Danita Brown Young, Ph.D. University of Washington Ohio University Thomas Fisher, M.A. Kent Kirkby, Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University Brian Buhr, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Iowa State University Jane Glazebrook, Ph.D. Carol Klee, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute Elizabeth Bye, Ph.D. University of Texas-Austin of Technology University of Minnesota Laura Coffin Koch, Ph.D. Kathleen Hansen, M.L.S. Tom Clayton, D.Phil. University of Minnesota University of Wisconsin Oxford University 5 Nita Krevans, Ph.D. Kristine Miller, Ph.D. Leslie Schiff, Ph.D. Princeton University Edinburg College of Art Tufts University Jason Krueger, M.S. Anna Mosser, Ph.D. Jeffrey Schott, Ph.D. Troy University University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Rachmi Diyah Larasati, Ph.D. Christine Mueller, Ph.D. Jole Shakelford, Ph.D. University of California, University of Maryland University of Wisconsin Riverside Samuel Meyers, Ph.D. Laura Sindberg, Ph.D. Kenneth Leopold, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute Northwestern University Harvard University of Technology Amy Skubitz, Ph.D. Allen Levine, Ph.D. Richard Nadeau, D.D.S. Johns Hopkins University University of Minnesota University of Minnesota John Song, M.D. Cynthia Lewis, Ph.D. David Odde, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania University of Iowa Rutgers University Paul Strykowski, Ph.D. Joan Liaschenko, Ph.D. Brenda Ogle, Ph.D. Yale University University of California, University of Minnesota Martha Tappen, Ph.D. San Francisco Abdul Omari, Member Harvard University Scott Lipscomb, Ph.D. Board of Regents Cindy Tong, Ph.D. University of California, Jordan Orzoff, Ph.D. University of California, Davis Los Angeles University of Minnesota Brendan Watson, Ph.D. Peggy Lucas, Member Marek Oziewicz, Ph.D. University of North Carolina Board of Regents University of Wroclaw Mike Wemerskirch, Ph.D. Katherine Lust, Ph.D. Maria Pabon, Ph.D. University of North Carolina University of Minnesota University of Minnesota Susan Weller, Ph.D.