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[MUSIC - "POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"]
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
And welcome to the 2013 spring commencement exercises for the
University of Colorado Colorado Springs, celebrating
graduates of the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health
Sciences, the College of Business, the School of Public
Affairs, the College of Education, and the College of
Engineering and Applied Science.
Commencement exercises for graduates of the College of
Letters, Arts, and Sciences were held earlier today.
Life has many passages, the transition from
one period to another.
Cultures the world over mark these transitions with
ceremony steeped in tradition, while at the same
time looking forward.
Commencement, with its ancient regalia and pageantry, marks
the successful conclusion of a period of study, and the
beginning of a new phase in graduates' lives.
The origin of commencement can be traced to 12th century
Europe, when organized
universities were first formed.
Commencement is an important ritual for the human spirit,
signifying great accomplishment, and moving on
to a world of possibilities.
It connects each of us to the long line of scholars reaching
back through the centuries.
Today is a momentous day, an everlasting day.
We honor these graduates' past achievements, and celebrate
their bright futures.
It is my great pleasure to present them to you, the
University of Colorado Colorado
Springs class of 2013.
[APPLAUSE]
Would everyone please stand or remain standing, and join
visual and performing arts graduate Jonathan Sulzbach,
who will lead us in singing of "America, the Beautiful." The
words to this song were composed by Katherine Lee
Bates in 1893 during a visit to Pike's Peak, and were
inspired by the beauty of our state.
Lyrics are listed on page 13 of your program.
[SINGING "AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL"]
[APPLAUSE]
And now, please join the UCCS Visual and Performing Arts
Vocal Ensemble, directed by lecturer Solveig Olsen, in the
singing of the national anthem.
Lyrics are listed on page 13 of your program.
[SINGING "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"]
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
Please be seated.
Now it is my pleasure to present the chancellor of the
University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Dr. Pam
Shockley-Zalabak.
I would like to acknowledge that we have assembled here
today a microcosm of our world.
Graduates with us today represent all of the states in
our great nation, as well as many other nations.
We also thank those whose support and dedication to the
university have helped bring all of our
graduates here today.
I would like to introduce the members of our Board of
Regents, as well as other notable
guests on the platform.
Please hold your applause until all have been
introduced.
Our Board of Regents--
on my right, Glen Gallegos, from the third congressional
district; Kyle Hybl, the fifth congressional district; on my
left, Sue Sharkey from the fourth congressional district;
also on my left, Bruce Benson, University of Colorado
President; Jesse Perez, one of this year's Student
Achievement Award recipients; and Stu Woods, Vice President
of the UCCS Alumni and Friends Association; and our
commencement marshal, Dr. Brian Burnett, senior
executive vice chancellor for administration and finance.
Let's give them a round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
Now, I would like to introduce our administrators and deans,
and our name readers--
Mary Coussons-Reed, provost and executive vice chancellor
for academic affairs; Homer Wesley, vice chancellor for
student success and enrollment management; Martin Wood, vice
chancellor for university advancement; Kee Warner,
associate vice chancellor for diversity and inclusiveness;
Susan Szpyrka, vice chancellor for administration and
finance; Timothy Behrens, Associate dean of the Beth-El
College of Nursing and Health Sciences; Venkateshwar Reddy,
dean of the College of Business; Terry Schwartz,
associate dean of the School of Public Affairs; Mary
Snyder, dean of the College of Education; Ramaswami
Dandapani, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied
Science; Peter Braza, dean of the College of Letters, Arts,
and Sciences; Teri Switzer, dean, Kraemer Family Library;
Kelli Klebe, dean of the Graduate School; Megan Fisher,
assistant vice president for development, CU Foundation.
Our name readers--
Chris Beiswanger, director, admissions counseling and
student recruitment; Anthony Cordova, director,
Multicultural Office for Student Access, Inclusiveness,
and Community; Coral Laski, assistant director of
Pre-Collegiate Development Programs; Tamara Moore,
director, auxiliary services marketing.
Let's give them a round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
I would also like to recognize those UCCS retirees who are
joining us today by asking them to stand on the floor or
in the audience.
Sue [? Nyland ?]
and Charlie [? Schaub, ?]
thank you for your service to our institution.
[APPLAUSE]
I would like to ask our student government
representatives to stand and be recognized.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
Finally and importantly, I would like to ask the faculty
and staff of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs to
rise on the floor or in the audience, and
please remain standing.
[APPLAUSE]
Commencement is really a time for faculty and staff to
reflect on their accomplishments--
the education of our students to be outstanding citizens of
the community, the nation, and the world; for superb
teaching, creative scholarship, and exemplary
service; for your energy and dedication to the university
community; and for the large and small ways you show that
you care for the development and success of our students.
We thank you.
We thank you for being here and what you have done for the
students who are about to receive their degrees.
So we think the entire platform party, and we
appreciate everyone's attendance in our
commencement.
You may be seated.
[APPLAUSE]
Now graduates, there is one final assignment before we
confer the degrees.
So I want you to listen carefully, and then I want you
to respond into the category into which you fit.
I'm going to ask you by categories to stand, and then
you are to remain standing throughout this exercise.
So graduates who are the first members of your family to
graduate from college, I ask you stand and remain standing.
[APPLAUSE]
All right, remain standing.
Graduates who worked full-time or part-time while attending
UCCS, please stand and remain standing.
[APPLAUSE]
Graduates who volunteered in this great community, in your
home community, or somehow assisted others, including
raising children while attending school, please stand
and remain standing.
[APPLAUSE]
All graduates stand.
Everyone stand.
All of our graduates stand.
Now, it's a pleasure to be here to help
celebrate with you today.
But I think everyone would agree that few of us really
reach these milestones without the support of other people,
our family our friends.
For some of you here today, your family or your loved ones
are not able to join you.
And we want you to know that we are your community
supporting you and celebrating with you.
So in this final part of this activity, I want you to think
about people who supported you, or if they are here with
you, this is your time to look for them in the arena, and
let's give your supporters and family a
big round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
All right, please be seated.
Good job.
[AUDIENCE MEMBER SHOUTING]
I'm enrolling that young person right now.
Now, it is my privilege to introduce Bruce Benson,
president of the university.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Chancellor.
I'd like to add my welcome to the graduates, their family
and friends, university faculty and staff.
On behalf of the University of Colorado, I'd like to
congratulate you and all the people who helped you.
Your degree from this great university will change your
life forever.
As you start the next stage of your life, I'd like to share
some of my thoughts with you that have helped me
throughout my life.
Listen to others.
Make sure you hear all sides of the issue.
And your ideas may not always be the best.
You can accomplish a lot more if you don't care
who gets the credit.
In every decision, watch out for unintended consequences.
Stay focused on what is important, and
finish what you start.
And think before you act.
If you make a mistake or a bad decision, admit it, apologize,
fix it as fast you can, and just move on.
And when you make an agreement, make sure both
sides are happy.
Don't always try to get the advantage.
Seize opportunities as they come along.
And if you have a life plan, don't miss opportunities that
may not fit exactly in your plan.
People want leaders, so if you see a void, fill it.
And when you become a leader, be inclusive and open, try to
listen more than you talk, hire great people who are
trustworthy and work as a team.
And know what you don't know, but be sure that you have
people around you that do know.
And treat everyone with respect, and remember that
everyone has a place in this world.
Always lead by example.
Do the right thing no matter how tough it is.
You will be rewarded.
And be generous with your time, and when
you can, your money.
And be sure to remember your alma mater.
[LAUGHTER]
You got it.
Contribute to your community.
Volunteer for projects you care about.
You would do good, and it will make you feel really good.
In the end, your honesty, your word, your reputation, and
your integrity are all that you have, so don't lose them.
And don't forget, the harder you work, the
luckier you'll get.
So good luck to all of you as you start the next
phase of your life.
And again, congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, President Benson.
At this time, Jesse Perez, recipient of the student
achievement award, will address his fellow graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Dr Burnett.
There are a lot more of you out there than they told me
there would be.
[LAUGHS]
I feel like a politician.
If you vote for me, all of your wildest
dreams will come true.
[LAUGHS]
Just kidding.
But before I begin, I would like to acknowledge and thank
my wonderful partner, friends, and family, for whom I would
not be here today without their love and support.
Thank you.
I would also like to thank my mentor, Mr. Anthony Cordova,
and Peak Education, who helped me see that a master's degree
was in my reach.
Thank you so much.
Chancellor Shokley-Zalabak, Board of Regents, faculty,
staff, proud parents, relatives, alumni, community
members, student loan sharks waiting to collect after I
leave this arena, and above all, graduates, good afternoon
and congratulations to the class of 2013.
[APPLAUSE]
I am both excited and honored to have been chosen as your
speaker, and to be standing in front of you today.
Truth be told, I never in my wildest dreams would have
imagined I would be standing in front of you today.
Like so many of you, I came from very humble beginnings,
from a then rural area in southern New Mexico, where a
high school education was the standard, and college was just
something that rich people did.
As a first-generation college student, each step I have
taken on this journey has been uncharted territory for me,
and exam after exam after paper after exasperating group
project, each experience was foreign to me, and the
unknown, quite frankly, terrified me.
When I began my undergraduate degree, it seemed I was
sitting in classes with geniuses who had it all
figured out and knew exactly where they were going.
As a first-generation college student, I remember very well
what a privilege and honor it was for me to be able to
attend college.
I also remember very well how difficult it
was in other ways.
For example, I felt different than other students, and
wondered if I really had the ability to get
good grades and graduate.
I was an undecided student without any real plan.
My idea at the time for a career was somewhere in
between a "CSI" crime scene investigator and one of the
prosecutors from "Law and Order," both of which I was
devastated to later learn were completely over-dramatized in
TV shows for ratings.
And just two years ago, ending up with a bachelor's degree in
communication and geography and environmental studies with
a minor in pre-law, is just telling of how broad my
interests really were.
In pursuing a college degree, I was haunted by the voices
and social structures that clearly stated that the
chances of me succeeding were very slim.
My fear of failure was daunting.
No matter how well I did in my classes, I found myself
questioning my chosen path.
I realized that the reason I was experiencing this doubt
was because I was not living for me.
I was living to prove people wrong.
I was living to show my adversaries that I was smart
enough to succeed as a college student.
I was paying attention to voices expecting less of me
instead of the ones expecting more.
We all have--
and if not, ultimately will--
encounter a voice of less.
It is the voice that wants us to fail, or the voice that
keeps us down when we do fail.
The voice of less can confuse our goals, intimidate us, and
break our spirit.
When we fail, we tend to dwell on these failures.
And if we let them, those failures can define us and
impact our actions, leaving us feeling defeated.
There will be people along the way who will tell you what you
can't do, what you can't have, and what you can't achieve.
Those are the voices of less.
But the good news is that those voices are only able to
be destructive if we allow them to be.
The voice of less can only be destructive to us if
we allow it to be.
I have found that it is easy to forget how much power we
have and what we have control over.
You see, we sometimes do not know our own strength until it
has been tested by adversity.
That knowledge of self is so valuable, and can carry you
through the tough times.
Now, we do not come to this realization alone.
Along my journey, I was fortunate to gather a group of
mentors who supported and helped me
realize my true passion.
These great people were my voice of more.
It was because of mentors that I stopped pretending to myself
that I was anyone other than who I was.
It was because of mentors that I began to direct my energy
toward reaching my goals.
If it wasn't for mentors, I would have not found the
determination to succeed in the field I
felt I truly belonged.
Shout out to [? Sahi ?] over here.
It was because of mentors.
It was mentors that were a guide for me getting to
college, and it was their support that sustained me,
even to this moment.
As a young kid in Harrison School District Two, I was
terrified about not having it all figured out.
It wasn't until my first mentor, Dr. Dalton Connor, sat
me down and said, Jesse, you're really going to
have to calm down.
He said, it's OK if you don't have everything figured out
now, because whatever you think your dream is now, it
will most likely change.
He said to use my passion as a guide and I would reach my
goal, even if the route wasn't the way I expected it to be.
I found that he was 100% correct.
From the time I began my college education, I changed
my major five times.
I'm sure many of you can relate.
Your majors changed.
Your career paths have changed.
Your friends have changed.
Since I began this speech, there are probably a handful
of students changing their major at UCCS right now.
My path has continued to change with several
switchbacks helping me get to my end goal.
But what never changed was my passion.
Every major, career path, and dream all had
one thing in common--
I was attracted to each because I wanted to make a
difference and help others.
We all have made the decision to earn college degrees
because we want to better our lives and make a difference.
At this moment, we are filled with passion, and are ready to
take our next steps towards our respective goals.
I would encourage you to make a mental note of how you're
feeling at this very moment, and what motivated you to
accomplish this goal.
Hold on tight to that feeling and always remember it.
Savor each accomplishment you have from here on, and
remember them.
But along your path of many successes, never forget those
who helped you realize your passion, and those who played
a part in your successes.
Never forget where you came from, no matter
how much you change.
So, class of 2013, a college education is something we
should think of as a privilege and something we shouldn't
take for granted.
Use this privilege to better your life as well as create
opportunity for others.
No matter what your career path is, you have the ability
to make a difference.
We do not get anywhere on our own.
We are advised, mentored, and supported
in one way or another.
Share your accomplishments with everyone, and use the
energy you gain from success, and give that energy to
someone else.
I would encourage you to not only make your life meaningful
to you, but to others as well.
And always stay true to your passion, and your own personal
journey to find success.
I would encourage you to take every opportunity to make a
positive impact on others, and be that
voice of more for someone.
You may end up motivating them to make all of
their dreams come true.
Think you and God bless.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Mr. Perez.
Throughout CU's history, we have recognized many
outstanding individuals for their contributions to the
University of Colorado, the state, and the nation.
We honor members of the broader community who, through
their philanthropy and civic-minded activities, have
improved the University of Colorado.
Continuing in this tradition, the regents now present the
Distinguished Service Award to Tucker Hart Adams.
Regent Ludwig will read the citation, and Regent Sharkey
will present the award.
It is an honor to talk briefly about the recipient of the
Distinguished Service Award.
To borrow an old advertising line, when Tucker Hart Adams
speaks, people listen.
She is a respected economist who makes forecasting the
future of our state and nation seem as if
it's an exact science.
She pores over volumes of data, understands it,
synthesizes it, and applies it to real people running real
businesses.
As a result, legions of Colorado business leaders use
her forecasts to make educated decisions about hiring,
capital improvements, and investments.
These decisions affect the Colorado economy and the
well-being of its citizens.
She helps Colorado to lead the nation.
But her scope is not limited to Colorado.
For many years, she worked with Russian and American
companies to find business partners and to provide the
cross-cultural training that is so vital in our global
environment.
She does not, however, share her expertise only with those
who are privileged to sit at the board of directors tables.
She has taught at three CU campuses--
Colorado Springs, Denver, and Boulder.
In addition to the University of Denver here--
sorry--
in addition to the University of Denver, here, she shares
her knowledge as well as her passion for connecting
economic theory to our lives past, present, and future.
Tucker also serves as a valued member of the UCCS
Chancellor's Ambassador Advisory Board.
For these reasons and many more, the University of
Colorado Board of Regents is proud to honor CU alumna
Tucker Hart Adams with its Distinguished Service Award.
[APPLAUSE]
Ms. Adams has asked to say a few words.
When you get a Distinguished Service Award, you don't have
to wear a mortar board.
It's actually because my head's so big today that it
wouldn't stay on.
President Benson, Chancellor Shockley, and Board of
Regents, thank you for this honor.
I am honored and don't really quite know what to say.
I never expected anything like this.
I do have one thing that I want to say to the students
here, both the students that are graduating and all of the
younger students who are sitting around in the audience
today, and that is that an education at CU Colorado
Springs, or even taking one course there, is a very
dangerous thing to do.
40 years ago, I was a perfectly happy, content
full-time wife and mother with four children living here in
Colorado Springs.
The only problem was the four children were teenage girls,
and my brain was turning to oatmeal.
And I thought, I've got to do something.
I'm a math major as an undergraduate, and I
remembered a friend of mine had said, Tuck, you ought to
take an economics course.
You'd really like it.
So I went over to CU Colorado Springs, planning to do
nothing but take one semester of economics.
The federal government had just started running deficits
every year.
Up until the '60s, they'd only run deficits during war time.
And I didn't understand how that worked.
It didn't work really well with my checkbook, so I
thought I'd go over and learn how to make it work.
Well, UCCS in those days, we called it "the sand" because
it was the old Colorado Springs sanatorium.
They were trying to get us to call it "Craigmore." You had
to go to Boulder to get your degree.
There were two buildings and a dirt parking lot.
And the big issue when I was on campus was that--
I think the regents probably proposed this--
if they paved the parking lot, would we pay $0.25 to park?
And to a student, we said we would not, that we would park
out in the neighborhood rather than do that.
Well, I took my first economics course, and I was
fortunate to have a wonderful professor, an economics
professor named Tim Tregarthen.
He made it fascinating.
Finished the course and I still didn't understand that
deficit financing thing.
So I took another semester.
And then the next year I took a third semester.
I got my first paper back, and there was a note on it from
Tim saying, Tuck, you shouldn't be over here
auditing undergraduate courses in economics.
You ought to be in graduate school.
And I thought, hmm, four teenage daughters,
and we had a fifth.
We had a foster teenage daughter at that point.
Cooking meals, cleaning toilets; graduate school, my
own apartment, my own car, a bank account, intellectual
stimulation--
I think I'll go to graduate school.
So I said to my husband, I've done the first 15
years with the girls.
It's your turn.
The only Ph.D. Program in economics at Colorado was at
CU Boulder, so off I went to CU Boulder, where I had
another wonderful professor, Reuben Zubrow, for whom I was
the teaching assistant.
When I finished my coursework, was working on my
dissertation.
I was offered a job three days a week at United Banks of
Colorado as a $5 an hour research assistant in the
economics department.
So I took that, and I discovered I really liked
business economics.
A couple of years later, the chief economist left to go to
a bank in California.
I was named chief economist.
A year after that, I was promoted to vice president,
was the senior woman on the management team at United
Banks of Colorado, also the most naive, inexperienced
senior management person that ever has come along.
I spent 10 happy years at United Banks.
When banks around the country decided to get rid of
economics departments, I set up a consulting firm.
And for 25 years, that's what I've done very happily.
So I want to say to you is, it's too late for you that are
graduating.
You've already taken that course over there.
Faculty, I hope you realize the impact that you have on
student's life, what one comment on a paper can do.
So students, you're headed off to what's going to be an
interesting career, fascinating non-work
activities, a chance to travel and meet people.
I wish you well enjoy the ride.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Tucker.
We are honored today to have alumni with us who graduated
50 and 25 years ago.
And they're identified as our golden and silver graduates.
Because UCCS was not founded until 1965, our golden
graduates are currently only represented by the Beth-El
College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
[CHEERING]
An over 100-year-old college of nursing merged into UCCS by
a vote of the citizens of Colorado Springs in 1997..
I would like to recognize the members of the Beth-El class
of 1963 who are joining us today, and I'm going to ask
them to stand.
Janet [? Barniak, ?]
[? Ann ?]
Cary, Sylvia ***, Judy Davis, Imogene McKenna, [? Jean ?]
[? Redding, ?]
Laura Schwab, [? Kathleen ?]
[? Trimbell, ?]
and Judy Whittimore, welcome.
We're glad to have you with us.
[APPLAUSE]
You may be seated.
We also recognize our silver graduates.
Will the members of the UCCS class of 1988 please rise.
Carol [? Croneos ?]
and Madeline [? Melard, ?]
thank you for being with us today.
[APPLAUSE]
I take great pleasure and recognize these
distinguished alumni.
As the golden and silver graduates exit the arena
floor, please join me in knowing the really foundation
that they have built for what our university has become.
Now, I'm also honored today to recognize our graduating Army
ROTC students, who will commence service to our
country upon commissioning tomorrow morning.
We also honor our graduating veterans who have already
served our country on active military duty.
I also want to thank the parents, family members, and
the UCCS faculty and staff for their support and
encouragement to these graduates who have pursued a
commission while earning a degree.
So will the graduating ROTC students and graduating
veterans please stand and be recognized.
[APPLAUSE]
Please be seated.
Thank you.
At this time, we will begin to confer the degrees.
We will do this in three groups--
first, doctoral, then masters degrees, and finally,
baccalaureate degrees.
As the doctoral candidates from each program are named,
they will be hooded by their faculty advisers.
Will the candidates for the degree Doctor of Philosophy
and Doctor of Nursing Practice please come forward--
Kelli Klebe, dean of the Graduate School.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty at the Graduate School, I have the honor to
present these candidates for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy in Educational Leadership,
Research, and Policy.
Dean Klebe, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the Graduate School, and by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby confer upon these
graduates the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Educational
Leadership, Research, and Policy, and welcome them into
the community of scholars.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Susan Jones, dissertation, "A Portrait of Boundary
Violations, Former Female Employees of Corrections who
Established a Relationship
with an Inmate." [APPLAUSE]
Patricia Milner, dissertation, "Regulating the New Border
Lands, an Event History Analysis of State Cross Border
Distance Higher Education
Policy Adoption." [APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
Colleen Styles, dissertation, "Venture Philanthropist, an
Exploration of Gifting
to Education." [APPLAUSE]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the Graduate School, I have the honor to
present these candidates for the degree Doctor of
Philosophy in Engineering.
Dean Klebe, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the graduate school, and by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby confer upon these
graduates the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, and
welcome them into the community of scholars.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Palden Lama, emphasis in computer science;
dissertation, "Autonomic Performance and Power Control
in Virtualized
Data Centers." [APPLAUSE]
Sireesha Muppala, emphasis in computer science;
dissertation, "Multi-tier Internet Service Management,
Statistical Learning
Approaches." [APPLAUSE]
Sarah Pramanik, emphasis in security; dissertation,
"Increasing Security for DOD Systems Through New Systems
and Architecture
Methodologies." [APPLAUSE]
Douglas Walters, emphasis in electrical engineering;
dissertation, "Polarization, Switching DC to DC
Converters."
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the Graduate School, I have the honor to
present these candidates for the degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice.
Dean Klebe, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the Graduate School, and by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby confer upon these
graduates the degree Doctor of Nursing Practice, and welcome
them into the community of scholars.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Shana Jones, capstone project, establishing a preeclampsia
guide for use in the Certified Nurse Midwife Clinic in
Montrose, Colorado.
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
Sharon Stager, capstone project, "Getting Started,
Motivation in
Weight Loss." [APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
Congratulations to each of our Ph.D. and DNP graduates.
How about one more round of applause?
[APPLAUSE]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, we now confer the graduate
degrees of the university.
Kelli Klebe, dean of the Graduate School.
All six colleges and schools contribute to the programs of
the Graduate School.
Candidates will be introduced by their respective deans.
Will the candidates for the degrees Master of Science and
Master of Sciences in the Beth-El College of Nursing and
Health Sciences please come forward.
Timothy Behrens, associate dean of the Beth-El College of
Nursing and Health Sciences.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty in the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health
Sciences, I have the honor to present these candidates for
the degrees Master of Science and Master of Sciences.
Associate Dean Behrens, upon the recommendation of the
faculty at the Graduate School, and by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby
confer upon these graduates the degrees Master of Science
and Master of Sciences.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Michelle Guzman.
[APPLAUSE]
Samantha Bland.
[APPLAUSE]
Lauren Jones.
[APPLAUSE]
Lisa Rommel.
[APPLAUSE]
Tamane Tolentino.
[APPLAUSE]
Malena Bjorkland.
Nicholas Horman.
Alisha Hoffman.
Mary Terese Eisner.
Clyde Blaylock.
[CHEERING]
Brian Matteoli.
Paulina [? Ajee. ?]
[CHEERING]
Jonathan Ng.
Carrie Claire.
[CHEERING]
Andrew Gastad.
[APPLAUSE]
Norah Allen.
[CHEERING]
Mash Shaswar.
[CHEERING]
Patricia Ducklow.
[CHEERING]
Wendy Scott.
Alex Gradisher.
[CHEERING]
Michelle Connolly.
[CHEERING]
Laurie Silvis Mensch.
[APPLAUSE]
Daniel Bertran.
[CHEERING]
Lisa Dowgard Gordon.
[APPLAUSE]
Liesl Lyca.
[CHEERING]
Becky [? Yosa. ?]
[CHEERING]
Charmin Seberg.
Jennifer Gibson.
[CHEERING]
Susan Koenig.
[CHEERING]
Tasha [? Kodum. ?]
[CHEERING]
Abby Pickle.
[CHEERING]
Will the candidates for the degree Master of Business
Administration in the College of
Business please come forward.
Venkat Reddy, dean of the College of Business.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the College of Business and Administration, I
have the honor to present these candidates for the
degree Master of Business Administration.
Dean Reddy, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the Graduate School, and by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby confer upon these
graduates the degree Master of Business Administration.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Shea Marshall.
Sunil Joseph.
[? Geoffrey ?]
[? Hoorahead. ?]
Adam Mensch.
[CHEERING]
Elliot [? Lalash. ?]
David Sweetman.
Holly [? Philiatralt. ?]
Tanya Peterson.
Holt [? Mukades. ?]
John Gladney, Outstanding Graduate Student,
Distinguished Graduate Academic Achievement Award.
[CHEERING]
Joshua [? VanWegenen. ?]
[CHEERING]
Andrew Lawson.
[CHEERING]
Derek Long.
Francis [? Wehren, ?]
Distinguished Graduate Academic Achievement Award.
[APPLAUSE]
Amanda Richardson Rigby.
[CHEERING]
Adam Dorenfeld.
[CHEERING]
Robert Sullivan.
[APPLAUSE]
Tina Shaw.
Morgan Perry.
[CHEERING]
[? Minjay ?]
Chong.
[APPLAUSE]
James Kennedy.
[? Huijin ?]
[? Lee. ?]
[? Stewart ?]
[? Schuley. ?]
Jessica Keeling.
[CHEERING]
Paul Bachs.
Will the candidates for the degrees Master of Criminal
Justice and Master of Public Administration in the School
of Public Affairs please come forward.
Terry Schwartz, associate dean of the
School of Public Affairs.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the School of Public Affairs, I have the
honor to present these candidates for the degree
Master of Criminal Justice and Master of Public
Administration.
Associate Dean Schwartz, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the graduate school, and by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby
confer upon these graduate the degree Master of Criminal
Justice and Master of Public Administration.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Jacqueline [? Boccher. ?]
[CHEERING]
Carl [? Comb. ?]
[CHEERING]
Elizabeth DeJesus.
[CHEERING]
Sarah Vandiver.
[? Catherine ?]
[? Rupay. ?]
Carla [? Rupritt. ?]
[CHEERING]
Jennifer [? Ervin. ?]
Tiffany Walsh.
[CHEERING]
Tammy [? Emblem. ?]
[CHEERING]
David [? Hewstead. ?]
Richard Parsons.
Lonnie Roberts.
[CHEERING]
[? Laurie ?]
Buchanan, Outstanding Graduate Student.
[CHEERING]
Will the candidates for the degrees Master of Arts and
Master of Sciences in the College of Education please
come forward.
[CHEERING]
Mary Snyder, dean of the College of Education.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak--
upon the recommendation of the faculty of the College of
Education, I have the honor to present these candidates for
the degrees Master of Arts and Master of Sciences.
Dean Snyder, upon the recommendation of the faculty
at the Graduate School and by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Board of Regents I hereby confer upon these
graduates the degrees Master of Arts
and Master of Sciences.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Jessica Guerra.
[CHEERING]
Ashley Meek.
[CHEERING]
Michelle Paul.
[CHEERING]
Laurel Swenson.
[CHEERING]
Kevin FItch.
[CHEERING]
Natasha [? Pereen. ?]
[CHEERING]
Ashley Lowry.
[CHEERING]
Nicole Young.
[CHEERING]
John Little.
[CHEERING]
Melissa [? Vines. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Kittrie ?]
[? Glen. ?]
[CHEERING]
Augustus Edwards.
[CHEERING]
Erin Waller.
[? Katherine ?]
[? Pollak. ?]
[CHEERING]
Christina [? DiRiggi, ?]
Outstanding Graduate Student.
[CHEERING]
Vickie Martin.
[CHEERING]
[? Jenadine ?]
Marie [? Tovis. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Ali ?]
al [? Qareda ?]
[CHEERING]
Radha al [? Shamari ?]
[CHEERING]
Joanne Fox.
[CHEERING]
Sandra Parcher.
[CHEERING]
Brianne Cruz Medina.
[CHEERING]
Jennifer [? Loughter. ?]
[CHEERING]
Dustin Baker.
[CHEERING]
Chelsea Davis.
[CHEERING]
John Christianson.
[CHEERING]
Jamie Gague.
Carrie Watson.
[CHEERING]
Diane [? McCray. ?]
[CHEERING]
Christie Gallego.
[CHEERING]
Melody [? Home. ?]
[CHEERING]
Dina [? Mark. ?]
[CHEERING]
Adam Hillard.
[CHEERING]
Rebecca Hinsley.
[CHEERING]
Christina Bertollo.
[CHEERING]
Courtney Chandler.
[CHEERING]
Caroline [? Marso. ?]
[CHEERING]
Catherine [? Howes. ?]
[CHEERING]
Elizabeth Brooks.
[CHEERING]
Jessica Rob.
[CHEERING]
[? Ardan ?]
[? Scheppie. ?]
Tammy Duncan.
[APPLAUSE]
[? Carrie ?]
Shoemake.
[APPLAUSE]
[? Jonas ?]
[? Haggos. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Caitlin ?]
[? Barry. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Catherine ?]
Horner.
[CHEERING]
Sarah Elsie.
[CHEERING]
Helen [? Lehrman. ?]
[CHEERING]
Jose Napolis.
[CHEERING]
Jesse Perez.
[CHEERING]
Will the candidates for the degrees Master of Engineering
and Master of Science in the College of Engineering and
Applied Science please come forward.
[APPLAUSE]
Ramaswami Dandapani, dean of College of Engineering and
Applied Science.
Chancellor Shockely-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the College of Engineering and Applied
Science, I have the honor to present these candidates for
the degrees Master of Engineering
and Master of Science.
Dean Dandapani, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the graduate school, and by virtue of the authority vested
in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby confer upon these
graduates the degrees Master of Engineering
and Master of Science.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Anthony Ortiz.
[CHEERING]
[? Malad ?]
[? Hamida. ?]
Susan Lovejoy.
[CHEERING]
Omar [? Alzaranji. ?]
[CHEERING]
Timothy [? Seefers. ?]
[? Jabur ?]
[? Assari. ?]
[CHEERING]
Kevin [? Mukar. ?]
[? Rifa ?]
[? Alkamiz. ?]
Ryan Freckleton.
[CHEERING]
Christopher [? Kabuzi. ?]
[? Koloalfi ?]
[? Aldoppo. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Jenni-Lynn ?]
Ball.
[CHEERING]
This concludes the conferring of our graduate degrees.
How about another round of applause for all of our
masters degrees.
[APPLAUSE]
At this time, I'd like to ask all undergraduates who have
been nominated for honors distinctions to please rise
and remain standing.
[APPLAUSE]
These candidates will be presented by Provost Mary
Coussons-Read.
This year, 312 students campus-wide received honors
distinctions.
These are the students whose academic achievements are
truly outstanding, who have dedicated themselves to the
pursuit of academic excellence, and who have
contributed immensely to the intellectual
vitality of the campus.
I'm proud to present these distinguished students who
have been nominated to receive their degrees with one or more
of the following designations--
honors, special honors, distinction, high distinction,
highest distinction, *** laude, magna *** laude, and
summa *** laude.
It is my pleasure to bestow upon these distinguished
students the honors designations for which they
worked so diligently and with such excellence.
Congratulations to you all.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
You may be seated.
Chancellor Sharkley-Zalabak, we now confer the
undergraduate degrees.
Will the candidates of the Beth-El College of Nursing and
Health Sciences please come forward.
Associate Dean Timothy Behrens.
[APPLAUSE]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health
Sciences, I have the honor to present these candidates for
the degree Bachelor of Science.
Associate Dean Behrens, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the Beth-El College of Nursing and Health
Sciences, and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Board of Regents, I hereby confer upon these graduates
the degree Bachelor of Science.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Rebecca Benson.
[CHEERING]
Larissa Fleming.
[CHEERING]
Brittany [? Mauers. ?]
[CHEERING]
Rebecca [? Burgoyne, ?]
magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Mary McGregor, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Yuri Castello, Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
[CHEERING]
Shannon [? Siver. ?]
[CHEERING]
Sarah Tyrell, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Valerie [? Olsoka, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Amy Anderson, Outstanding Undergraduate
Student, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Mya Hero, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Lauren Howlett.
Kim Jacobs, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Jessica [? Allay, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Daniel Allen.
[CHEERING]
Melissa Romero.
[CHEERING]
Patricia Frick.
[CHEERING]
Kelsey Best.
[CHEERING]
Christina [? Vercruzen. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Mijoo ?]
[? Lamaster. ?]
[CHEERING]
Michelle [? Berish. ?]
[CHEERING]
Alina Hartman, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Melody [? Cousins. ?]
[CHEERING]
Nathaniel [? Hasbroke, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
[? Natika ?]
[? Diedrichsen. ?]
[CHEERING]
Alisha [? Yost. ?]
[CHEERING]
Robert [? Diedrechsen, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Kelsey Macintosh, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
[? Kaley ?]
Babcock.
[CHEERING]
Emily Kitchen, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Sarah [? Jun, ?]
magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Lauren Hall.
Pauline [? Kamacho. ?]
[CHEERING]
Mikaela Grave, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Tessa [? Hund, ?]
*** laude.
[? Samira ?]
McMann Domingo, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Angela [? Diwhispalare, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Ellen Hodum, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Sarah Christensen, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Ashley Griffin, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Andrea Payton, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Julie Jenkins.
[CHEERING]
Allison Buck, *** laude.
Megan Bruck, Outstanding Academic Undergraduate
Student, summa *** laude.
Rachel Bergstrom.
[CHEERING]
Courtney Moore.
[CHEERING]
Megan Mines.
[CHEERING]
[? Terren ?]
Gomez.
[CHEERING]
[? Viht ?]
[? Hun, ?]
*** laude.
Nicholas [? Rumel. ?]
[CHEERING]
Anthony Davis.
[CHEERING]
Theresa Littlefield, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Lindsay Stitch.
[CHEERING]
Ashley Burns, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Laurie [? Schaeffer, ?]
magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Denise Flores, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Joanna Hicks.
[CHEERING]
Ashley Weaver.
[CHEERING]
Tia Smith.
[CHEERING]
Carissa Ferguson, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Kaela Shane, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
McKenzie [? Gleeve. ?]
[CHEERING]
Gabriella Windy, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Andrea Ring, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Michelle Lancaster.
[CHEERING]
Amanda Stanton.
[CHEERING]
Melissa ***, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Carolyn Lee, *** laude.
Kiera Ames.
[CHEERING]
Jasmine
Wells [CHEERING]
Shana Sanderson.
[CHEERING]
Kirsten Mattheson.
[CHEERING]
[? Corinna ?]
Allen, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Alisha [? Kazarian ?].
[CHEERING]
Anushka [? Ranaracha. ?]
[CHEERING]
Carla [? Eurostie. ?]
[CHEERING]
Kelsey Snyder, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Natalie Vickery, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Emily Degraff, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Valerie Walker, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Taylor Neil, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Amy [? Digan, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Joeseph Gargero.
[CHEERING]
Alexis [? Lickver, ?]
magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
[? Kristin ?]
[? Irby, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Karen [? Hater, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Sonia Cook.
[CHEERING]
Lindsay [? Wheeldon. ?]
Ellen Baldwin, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Nicole Elaine James, summa *** laude, and University Honors.
Bethany [? Fraker, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Skylar Neff.
[CHEERING]
Anna Parker, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Brittany Noons.
[CHEERING]
Hannah Carter.
[CHEERING]
Jacob [? Sandofer. ?]
[CHEERING]
Emily Ross.
[CHEERING]
Sarah Lawton, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Cassandra Mazako.
[CHEERING]
Jennifer Allen, *** laude.
Sarah Branch Voyle, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Sarah Kettlecamp.
Stephanie Jacob, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Melissa Yoder.
[CHEERING]
Deborah Nielsen.
[CHEERING]
Linda [? Breakhorn, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Will the candidates of the College of Business and
Administration please come forward.
Dean Venkat Reddy.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the College of Business and Administration, I
have the honor to present these candidates for the
degrees Bachelor of Innovation and Bachelor of Science.
Dean Reddy, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the College of Business and Administration, and by virtue
of authority vested in me by the Board of Regents, I hereby
confer upon these graduates the degrees Bachelor of
Innovation and Bachelor of science.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
[? Mercettus ?]
Allen, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Max Flex, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
[? Melicia ?]
Fonseca.
[CHEERING]
Josh [? Droshan. ?]
[CHEERING]
Haley Harrington.
[CHEERING]
Scott Spain.
[CHEERING]
Jason Coles.
[CHEERING]
Troy Hopkins, summa *** laude.
Abigail Smith, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Benjamin [? Shaffer, ?]
magna *** laude.
Erica Marshall, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Sarah Cap, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Bryan [? Cumby. ?]
[CHEERING]
Melissa Ives, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Aaron [? Coffey. ?]
[CHEERING]
Sharon Aarons, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Ethan Pace.
[CHEERING]
Hardy Black, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Tiffany Dale.
[CHEERING]
Cassidy Casper, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Christopher Lambrecht.
[CHEERING]
Tyler Ann Owen.
[CHEERING]
Zach [? Wychulas. ?]
[CHEERING]
Courtney French, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Josh Wilder.
Nicolette Shoemacher.
[CHEERING]
Sam Harris, *** laude.
Shaunice Pollard.
[CHEERING]
Fletcher [? Malinkos. ?]
[CHEERING]
Sean Robinson, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Joe [? Damewood. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Catherine ?]
Phillips.
[CHEERING]
Allen Kraus, summa *** laude.
Tyler
Brickeen, [CHEERING]
Jeremy Click, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Brett Robinson, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Nicky Trail.
Stewart Colzen.
[CHEERING]
Natalia Christiansen, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Brooke Sheryl, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Matthew Cucuck.
Nathaniel Harry.
[CHEERING]
Matthew Doyle.
[CHEERING]
David Tomlinson, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Travis Grunenwald.
[CHEERING]
Rigoberto Mellada.
[CHEERING]
Steven Mauser, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
[? Reade ?]
Cowan.
[CHEERING]
Chad Hamilton, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Andrea Vermeer.
[CHEERING]
Brandon Chegwin.
[CHEERING]
Brittany Crandall.
[CHEERING]
Abby Lewis.
[CHEERING]
Catherine Grant, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Matthew Hoss.
[CHEERING]
Madison Clark, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Marcus [? Ornellas ?]
II.
Matthew Deyoung.
[CHEERING]
Jeffrey Johnson.
[CHEERING]
Hunder [? Moraj, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Jarod [? Archuleta. ?]
[CHEERING]
Jasmine Sandoval.
[CHEERING]
Emily [? Grance. ?]
[CHEERING]
Amy [? Einsfar. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Wesson ?]
[? Asfa ?]
[? Mekonen, ?]
awarded post--
[CHEERING]
Molly Crockett.
[CHEERING]
Scott [? Kapusiak. ?]
[CHEERING]
Marguerite Lynn Lloyd.
[CHEERING]
Glynn [? Ferton. ?]
[CHEERING]
Kimberly [? Keel. ?]
[CHEERING]
Matt Sole, *** laude.
Jennifer Smith.
[CHEERING]
James Ritchie.
[CHEERING]
Molly Gary, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Christopher Mandeville.
[CHEERING]
Amber [? Seccola, ?]
summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Kyle Matthews, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Samantha Heron.
[CHEERING]
Raymond Canales.
[CHEERING]
Megan Trujillo, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Brian [? Forget, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Julia Arcadia.
[CHEERING]
[? Kaitlin ?]
Shireman, *** laude.
Karen Payton.
Amber Aragon, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Wesley Walters.
[CHEERING]
Mary Barker, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Lyle Rogers, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
[? Sesley ?]
[? Hotard. ?]
[CHEERING]
Creston Keeney, Outstanding Undergraduate
Student, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
David Jorgens, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Richard Miller, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Natalie Duvall Francis, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Kristin Kirby.
[CHEERING]
Michael English, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Eric Posh, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Luke [? Daken. ?]
[CHEERING]
Sarah Wulford.
[CHEERING]
[? Anee ?]
Dillard.
[CHEERING]
Bethany Winslow, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Shannon Douglas.
[CHEERING]
Christopher Smith.
[CHEERING]
Jessica Wilson, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Brian Williams.
[CHEERING]
Tasha [? Lax, ?]
Outstanding Undergraduate Student, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Thomas [? Salaman. ?]
[CHEERING]
Drew Johnson, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
[? Jaleesa ?]
Bell.
[CHEERING]
Brian [? Ackey. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Lilia ?]
Lopez, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Raina Wheeler.
[CHEERING]
David Wells.
[CHEERING]
Anthony Gama.
[CHEERING]
John Howell.
[CHEERING]
Jason [? Beirschbach, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Danielle Gaffney, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Stephanie [? Kuven, ?]
summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Natalie Ortiz, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Peter [? Cornienco, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Joshua Mills.
[CHEERING]
Mary [? Bak, ?]
magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Seth Thomson.
[CHEERING]
Tasha Smith.
[CHEERING]
Joel Crawford.
[CHEERING]
Nicholas Roseman, summa *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Jacob Darby.
[CHEERING]
Matthew Kenrick, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Chris Harris.
[CHEERING]
Nia Nielsen, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Spencer Rogerson.
[CHEERING]
Caroline Smith, *** laude.
Greg Pain.
[CHEERING]
Kevin Johnson.
[CHEERING]
Russell [? Einsfar. ?]
[CHEERING]
Lauren Lawrence.
Christopher Kovac, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Hannah George.
[CHEERING]
[? Shamiksha ?]
[? Pokerell. ?]
[CHEERING]
Yulia Walters, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Annie [? Kizer, ?]
magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Chris Preston, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Hassan [? Bagueria. ?]
[CHEERING]
Will the candidates of the School of Public Affairs
please come forward.
Associate Dean Terry Schwartz.
[CHEERING]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the School of Public Affairs, I have the
honor to present these candidates for the degree
Bachelor of Arts.
Associate Dean Schwartz, on the recommendation of the
faculty of the School of Public Affairs, and by virtue
of the authority vested in me by the Board of Regents, I
hereby confer upon these graduates the
degree Bachelor of Arts.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Justin [? Kern. ?]
[CHEERING]
Leann Kerner.
[CHEERING]
Clarke [? Agin. ?]
[CHEERING]
John Hong.
[CHEERING]
Daniel Kershman.
Charles Miller, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Jordan [? Oroqua. ?]
[CHEERING]
Nicole Bray.
[CHEERING]
AJ Tao.
[CHEERING]
Joshua Moore.
[CHEERING]
Carlos Melendez, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Carolina Ortega.
[CHEERING]
Max Watson, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Kelsey Mahoney.
[CHEERING]
Eric Wagner.
[CHEERING]
Chelsea Ball.
[CHEERING]
Ryan [? Sallick. ?]
[CHEERING]
Autumn Harper.
[CHEERING]
Elizabeth Schwartz, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Ashley [? Maui. ?]
[CHEERING]
Thomas [? Pantoja, ?]
magna *** laude.
Phillip [? Gerlet. ?]
[CHEERING]
Litha Kennedy.
[CHEERING]
Emily Greene, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Maribel [? Gaitan. ?]
[CHEERING]
Victoria Boarbosa, magna *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Paul Wimbish.
[CHEERING]
Mark Santon, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Kyle Duff, University Honors.
[CHEERING]
Erin [? Milburn, ?]
*** laude.
[CHEERING]
Jenna Gist.
[CHEERING]
Tyler Coats, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Nick [? Tran. ?]
[CHEERING]
Trevor Novak, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Matthew Parker.
[CHEERING]
Devin Campbell, *** laude.
Kevin Sutherland.
[CHEERING]
Erica Martinez.
[CHEERING]
Sean Medina.
[CHEERING]
Heather [? Legit. ?]
[CHEERING]
[? Yoo-Jin ?]
[? Lee. ?]
[CHEERING]
Robin Briggs, *** laude.
[CHEERING]
Will the candidates of the College of Engineering and
Applied Science please come forward.
Dean Ramaswami Dandapani.
[CHEERING]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the College of Engineering and Applied
Science, I have the honor to present these candidates for
the degrees Bachelor of Innovation
and Bachelor of Science.
Dean Dandapani, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the Board of Regents,
I hereby confer upon these graduates the degrees Bachelor
of Innovation and Bachelor of Science.
Congratulations.
Kevin Weimaier.
Paul [? Lich. ?]
[CHEERING]
Greg Williams.
Nathan Deets.
[CHEERING]
Gwen Butler.
[CHEERING]
Victoria Kirk.
[CHEERING]
[? Ansley ?]
Elwood.
[CHEERING]
Brent Williamson.
[CHEERING]
Joshua Cole.
[CHEERING]
Steven Rodrick.
[CHEERING]
Weston [? Zweiker. ?]
[CHEERING]
Matthew Rockwell, Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
Zachary Stotts.
[CHEERING]
Joseph [? Richhardt. ?]
Zachary Walker.
[CHEERING]
Matthew Dodds.
[CHEERING]
Benjamin Sly.
[CHEERING]
James Devlin.
[CHEERING]
Kevin Sutherland.
[CHEERING]
James O'Shea.
[CHEERING]
Joseph Burns.
[CHEERING]
Mitchell [? Holk. ?]
[CHEERING]
Keith Pretty.
Marcus Eastman.
[CHEERING]
Ken Nguyen.
Thomas Mitchell, with honors.
[CHEERING]
[? Olin ?]
[? Kazie. ?]
[CHEERING]
Colin White.
[CHEERING]
Douglas [? Broadhagan. ?]
[CHEERING]
Joseph Lininger, Outstanding Undergraduate
Student, with honors.
[CHEERING]
Telena Brown.
[CHEERING]
John Wulford.
Charles Jekyll, with honors.
[CHEERING]
Joshua [? Engel. ?]
[CHEERING]
Scott [? Seymour. ?]
[CHEERING]
Jeffrey [? Gilialand. ?]
[CHEERING]
Andrew Woods.
[CHEERING]
[? Laron ?]
[? Arpad. ?]
[CHEERING]
Philip White.
[CHEERING]
Kenneth Curtis.
[CHEERING]
Kyle Shropshire.
Arielle Hacker.
[CHEERING]
Kevin Anderson.
Grace Riley, with honors.
[CHEERING]
Micah Bracken.
[CHEERING]
Andrew Green.
[CHEERING]
Dale Shillington.
[CHEERING]
Raymond [? Dowdle. ?]
[CHEERING]
Zachary [? Citron. ?]
[CHEERING]
Kenneth [? Hassey. ?]
[CHEERING]
Michael Wilbur, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, with
special honors.
[CHEERING]
Jason Morrissey.
[CHEERING]
Robert Chavez, with special honors.
[? Abin ?]
[? Mukum. ?]
[CHEERING]
Kelsey [? Thorson, ?]
Outstanding Undergraduate Student, with special honors.
[CHEERING]
Will [? Fangmeyer. ?]
[CHEERING]
Michael DeGraff, with honors.
Scott Russell, with honors.
Timothy [? Pugh, ?]
Jr.
[CHEERING]
Daniel [? Rissotto. ?]
[CHEERING]
Jonathan [? Pugh. ?]
Geoffrey [? Rosado, ?]
with special honors.
[CHEERING]
Alan Ford.
[CHEERING]
Aaron Danielson, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, with
special honors.
[CHEERING]
This concludes the conferring of undergraduate degrees.
How about a round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
We welcome to the great extended family of the
university with more than 34,000 alumni.
Now up, the vice president of the Alumni and Friends
Association, Stu Woods, who will make a few comments and
initiate all of our graduates into the Alumni Association.
We are honored today to have with us alumni from previous
graduating classes.
Will all UCCS alumni in the audience please rise.
[APPLAUSE]
I take great pleasure in recognizing all
of these great alumni.
[APPLAUSE]
Please be seated.
Graduates, please rise.
[CHEERING]
It is my pleasure to officially recognize you as
new alumni of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
[APPLAUSE]
As mentioned, you join the ranks of over 34,000 graduates
who have earned a degree at this campus of the University
of Colorado.
As you have seen, many are with us today.
Alumni continue to be an important link to our
university.
Many will remain here providing a connection between
the university and our community.
Others will leave, but as graduates, you will all share
one commonality, a lifelong bond with your alma mater.
We will continue to keep you connected to the university in
the years to come.
In return, we seek your involvement and support, not
only to keep your alma mater strong,
but to make her stronger.
The Alumni and Friends Association is proud to
congratulate the class of 2013 on your great achievement.
And we wish you success in the years to come.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
Please be seated.
It is an honored tradition at the University of Colorado
commencement exercises to read the charge to the graduates
given first by CU President George Norlin to
the class of 1935.
Dr. Norlin was a professor of Greek at CU from 1899 to 1942,
a total of 43 years, and referred to by contemporaries
as the kindly professor.
For 23 of those years, he served as president of the
university.
And the library he helped plan in Boulder during that time
now bears his name.
He was also a very principled man, and his kindness was
coupled with the courage to denounce racism in the days
before it was fashionable to do so.
In 1924, the governor of Colorado supposedly took daily
orders from the Ku Klux ***, which controlled the Colorado
legislature at that time.
One of those orders went to President Norlin, who was told
to rid the faculty of all the Catholics and Jews.
Norlin refused, and the university essentially
received no state funds that year.
CU barely survived.
Later, in the early 1930s, President Norlin publicly
denounced Hitler's Nazi regime in Germany.
Throughout his long career, he remained devoted to two great
causes, the life of the mind, and the love of this
university, feelings which are inscribed in this charge to
the University of Colorado's graduates.
Graduates, please stand and hear the words of the charge
to the graduates as delivered by Regent Glen Gallegos.
Good afternoon, graduates, and University of Colorado
Colorado Springs class of 2013.
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 a 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, and promoters of
her spirit.
The university is not the campus, not the buildings on
the campus, nor the facilities, nor the students,
as any one time, not one of these or all of them.
The university consists of all come into 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 a university at work.
What the university proposes to be, what it must always
strive to be is represented in its seal, which is stamped on
your diplomas--
a lamp in the hands of you.
If its light shines not in you and from you, how
great is its darkness?
But if it shines 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 from us.
We remain, but not severed from you.
God go with you, and be with you and us.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Regent Gallegos.
Our sincere thanks to all who made this
commencement a success.
We especially appreciate the talented efforts of pianist
Sarah McDaniel, the Visual and Performing Arts Music Program
Chamber Ensemble under the direction of instructor Jane
Rigler, and the Visual and Performing Arts Vocal Ensemble
for providing the music today.
Let's give them a round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
Graduates, at this time, those who have not already done so,
switch your tassels from the right to the left side of your
mortar board.
[APPLAUSE]
This signifies the completion of your studies.
Audience, please join me one more time in a round of
applause for all of our graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
Now, please rise and join visual and Performing Arts
Music Instructor Gail Grace in singing the alma mater.
The words are listed on page 13 of your program.
[SINGING "UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ALMA MATER"]
[APPLAUSE]
This concludes our formal exercises.
One more thing before we end-- graduates, we have a final
assignment for each of you.
We would like you to pull out your cell phone, take a
picture of yourself--
you know how to do this--
and email it to alumni@uccs.edu.
We're going to upload that to the UCCS Facebook page, where
you can tag yourself to share today's memories with your
friends and family.
Once the stage party exits, audience, feel free to come
down to the arena floor and meet your graduates.
Thank you for attending the commencement exercises.
Congratulations, class of 2013.
[MUSIC PLAYING]