SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT 2017 EIGHTY-FIFTH COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 13 SUNDAY, MAY 14 2017 WELCOME TO THE SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY EIGHTY-FIFTH COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 13 SUNDAY, MAY 14 2017 SNHU Arena Manchester, New Hampshire SATURDAY, MAY 13 AT 10:00 A.M. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND DOCTORAL DEGREES ............................. 1 SATURDAY, MAY 13 AT 2:30 P.M. COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION COLLEGE FOR AMERICA UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AND GRADUATE DEGREES ................................ 7 SUNDAY, MAY 14 AT 10:00 A.M. COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES ....................................................................... 13 SUNDAY, MAY 14 AT 2:30 P.M. COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION GRADUATE DEGREES .................................................................................. 19 Awards: The Loeffler Prize ...................................................................................... 25 Excellence in Teaching ............................................................................... 26 Excellence in Advising ................................................................................ 27 SNHU Honor Societies Honor Society Listing ................................................................................. 28 Presentation of Degree Candidates ARTS AND SCIENCES .................................................................................. 33 BUSINESS .................................................................................................. 67 COLLEGE FOR AMERICA ............................................................................. 99 EDUCATION ............................................................................................. 103 NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS ....................................................... 109 Post-Ceremony RECEPTION AFTER CEREMONY ................................................................. 118 WELCOME FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ............................................. 121 SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ......................................................................... 123 A TRADITION STEEPED IN HISTORY COMMENCEMENT PROCESSION A procession of the various participants begins At SNHU, the Mace Bearer leads the procession. He or and ends our formal commencement ceremony. she is followed by the Faculty Marshals, the Platform Individuals are arranged to reflect the order of Party, and then the Faculty of the schools arranged in academic rank in the hierarchy of the traditional order of seniority, beginning with the senior faculty. European university. The procession is concluded by the degree candidates. They enter in groups representing their schools/units, led by a gonfalon (flag) and walking in rank. CEREMONIAL MACE The mace was first used as a weapon. The word comes Southern New Hampshire University commissioned from the Latin ‘mateola,’ meaning mallet or staff. It David Elwell, a New Hampshire silversmith, to consisted of a long club with a ball of steel or brass create a mace to commemorate the university’s 50th at one end. As newer weapons came into use, the anniversary commencement. This mace is made of mace lost its prime purpose as an instrument of war; brass, aluminum, copper, and bronze, with a staff of however, it had become a symbol of authority and ebony and African padauk. power. Universities in Europe with roots in the Middle Ages adopted maces as symbols of authority and unity. Since then, other institutions of higher learning have come to use the mace in their ceremonies. THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION The Presidential Medallion, worn by the president surrounded by a border of entwined wires, with academic regalia, is a symbolic representation similar in texture to the chain links, and finished of the authority and responsibility vested by the with a square raised edge. The heavy, twisted links university in the president. It is a symbol of office of the chain bear four oval plates on each side. The that dates from medieval times and is worn by the background of the entire piece is oxidized to highlight president at all ceremonial occasions. the relief design and textures. The names of those who have held the office are engraved on the reverse side The Presidential Medallion is a permanent possession of the medallion. of the university and is presented to successive presidents at their inaugurations by the chairman of The Presidential Medallion was designed and the Board of Trustees. The chain and medallion are fabricated in 1987 by award-winning New Hampshire fabricated from sterling silver. The university emblem, metalsmith Jacquelyn Ferrency of Milford. in relief, is the central design on the medallion. It is ACADEMIC REGALIA The academic costume worn today originated in the The colors for academic fields established by the universities of the Middle Ages, when a warm gown American Council on Education include: and hood were useful for scholars and clerics in unheated buildings. The distinctive gowns served to Agriculture maize set students apart from their fellow citizens, hence Arts, Letters and Humanities white the perennial controversy between ‘town and gown.’ Business, Commerce and Accounting light brown Dentistry lilac Until after the Civil War, students at most American Economics copper universities wore caps and gowns daily while in Education light blue residence. These varied in design until they were Engineering orange standardized by the American Intercollegiate Fine Arts brown Commission in 1894. At that time it was decided that Forestry russet all robes would be black; bachelor’s gowns would Journalism crimson have long, pointed sleeves; master’s gowns would Law purple have long, closed sleeves with slits for the arms at Library Science lemon the elbows; and doctor’s gowns would have very full, Medicine green bell-shaped sleeves, each with three velvet bands Music pink matching the velvet facing of the gown opening. Nursing apricot Oratory silver gray The length of hoods varies with the degree. The lining Pharmacy olive green of the hood indicates the university by the colors. The Philosophy dark blue border of the hood indicates the academic discipline in Physical Education sage green which the degree was earned. Public Administration peacock blue Science golden yellow Students who have studied abroad for one or more Social Work citron semesters will be wearing a sash with the colors of Theology scarlet the flag of the country where they studied. The sashes Veterinary Science gray are issued to signify the university’s commitment to provide students with opportunities for acquiring (Caps and gowns representing degrees from foreign international and cross-cultural experience. universities may be quite different from those described. The most obvious difference may be in the cap, which is often a soft, round hat of the style worn by medieval scholars.) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CONFERRAL OF UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND DOCTORAL DEGREES Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:00 a.m. 1 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE & COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017 10:00 A.M. DIGNITARIES PRESIDENT DR. PAUL J. LEBLANC MACE BEARER DR. KEVIN DEGNAN FACULTY MARSHAL DR. FRANCIS CATANO SCHOOL MARSHALS School of Education DR. COLLEEN TAPLEY School of Arts and Sciences PROF. DAVID COX School of Business DR. NICHOLAS NUGENT PRESIDENT’S MARSHAL DR. PATRICIA LYNOTT Executive Vice President, Provost UNIVERSITY COLLEGE & COLLEGE OF ONLINE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017 10:00 A.M. ORDER OF EXERCISES PROCESSIONAL CONFERRAL OF DOCTORAL DEGREE New Hampshire Pipes and Drums, Mace Bearer, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Faculty Marshal, Trustees and the President’s Botao An Party, Faculty, Administration, Degree Candidates Michael Allan Baker by school: School of Education, School of Arts and Lingling Wang Sciences, and School of Business SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Saeed A. Aden Andrea M. Ange The audience is asked to remain standing during the Stephen K. Anim processional, the singing of The National Anthem, and the Diane M. Carreiro invocation. Donna-Marie Cecere THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Lisa R. Desruisseaux Melissa R. Diodati KELSEY BOOSMAN Stefan Ryll Master of Education Curriculum Instruction Lleij S. Schwartz Presented by Patricia Lynott THE INVOCATION Executive Vice President, Provost THE REV. BRUCE COLLARD Conferred by Paul J. LeBlanc Director of Campus Ministry President, Southern New Hampshire University GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM GUESTS Business Candidates Hooded by Massood Samii Interim Dean of the School of Business PAUL J. LEBLANC Education Candidates Hooded by Raymond McNulty President, Southern New Hampshire University Dean of the School of Education STUDENT ADDRESS PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES JACQUELINE CAPOBIANCO PATRICIA LYNOTT Bachelor of Arts in Education Executive Vice President, Provost HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT CONFERRAL OF DEGREES VIRGINIA PRESCOTT PAUL J. LEBLANC Presented by Mark A. Ouellette President, Southern New Hampshire University Chairman of the Board of Trustees Conferred by Paul J. LeBlanc READING OF DEGREES President, Southern New Hampshire University JON BOROSHOK Hooded by Patricia Lynott GARY CARKIN Executive Vice President, Provost WELCOME TO NEW ALUMNI COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TIMOTHY GERARDI '04 VIRGINIA PRESCOTT President of the Alumni Association