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[MUSIC PLAYING]
Morning, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome to the 2013 Spring College of Letters, Arts, and
Sciences commencement exercise for the University of
Colorado, Colorado Springs.
Commencement exercises for graduates of the Beth-El
college of Nursing and Health Sciences, the College of
Business, the School of Public Affairs, College of Education,
and the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences will be
held this afternoon at 3:30.
Life has many passages, the transitions from
one period to another.
Cultures the world over mark these transitions with
ceremonies 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 in the
beginning of a new phase in the graduate's life.
The origin of commencement can be traced to the 12th century
Europe, when organized
universities were first formed.
Commencement is an important ritual for the human spirit,
signifying great accomplishments 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 the 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]
Please remain standing and join visual and performing
arts graduate Jonathan Sulzbach, who will lead us in
the 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 this state.
The lyrics are listed on page 13 of your program, if you
care to sing along.
Mr. Sulzbach.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber
waves of grain.
For purple mountains, majesties
above the fruited plains.
America, America, God shed his grace on thee.
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to
shining sea.
[APPLAUSE]
Excellent.
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, again, listed on page 13 of your program.
(SINGING) Oh say, can you see by the dawn's early light,
what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose bright stripes and bright stars, through the
perilous fight?
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh say, does that star spangled banner yet wave o'er
the land of the free and the home of the brave?
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you very much.
Please be seated now.
It's now my great pleasure to present the chancellor of the
University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Dr. Pam
Shockley-Zalabak.
[APPLAUSE]
Good morning.
I would like to acknowledge that we have assembled here
today, really, a microcosm of our world.
Graduates with us today represent all of the states
across 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 members of the Board of
Regents, as well as other notable guests on the
platform, so please hold your applause until all have been
introduced.
Our Board of Regents members, on my right, Glen Gallegos,
Third Congressional District.
Kyle Hybl, Fifth Congressional District.
On my left, Steve Ludwig, Regent at Large and UCCS alum.
Dr. Jim Geddes, Sixth Congressional District.
Also on my left, Bruce Benson,
University of Colorado president.
Leonard Dinegar, senior vice president and chief of staff.
Maria Tobin, one of this year's Student Achievement and
Award recipients, and Stu Woods, vice president of the
UCCS Alumni and Friends Association.
Also on my right, Tanya Kelly-Bowry, vice president
for government relations, and our commencement marshal,
professor Chris Hill, last year's recipient of the
Outstanding Teacher Award.
Let's give them a round of applause.
[APPLAUSE]
Now I would like to introduce our administrators, deans, and
our name readers.
Mary Coussons-Read, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs.
Brian Burnett, Senior Executive Vice Chancellor for
Administration and Finance.
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.
Venkateshwar Reddy, Dean of the College of Business.
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 are Chris Beiswanger, Director,
Admissions, Counseling, and Student Recruitment.
Anthony Cordova, Director, Multicultural Office for
Student Access, Inclusiveness and Community.
Coral Laski, Assistant Director, Pre-Collegiate
Development Programs, and Tamara Moore, Director,
Auxiliary Services Marketing.
Let's give all of them a round of our 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 and be recognized.
Dr. James Ebherhart and Dr. Charlie Shub, please stand and
let's give you a round of appreciation.
[APPLAUSE]
I would like also to ask our student government
representatives, who are present, to stand and be
recognized.
[APPLAUSE]
Finally, and very importantly, I want to ask the faculty and
staff of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs to
rise on the floor, in the audience, and remain standing.
Would you please rise?
[APPLAUSE]
Commencement is a time for faculty and staff to reflect
on their accomplishment.
The education of our students to be outstanding citizens of
the community, the nation, and the world.
For your superb teaching, creative scholarship, and
exemplary service, for your energy and dedication to the
university community, for the large and small ways you show
that you care for the development and success of our
students, we thank you.
So my special applause for our faculty and staff, and the
entire platform party.
[APPLAUSE]
You may be seated.
Before we confer the degrees, I have one final assignment
for our graduates, and it is a special celebration.
So when I call a category into which you fit, please stand
and remain standing.
Now, you may fit in more than one category.
But graduates who are the first members of your family
to graduate from college, would you stand and remain
standing, please?
[APPLAUSE]
Remain standing, because there's another group that's
going to join you.
Graduates who worked full 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 while
attending school, please stand and remain standing.
[APPLAUSE]
Now, everyone please stand.
But it's my pleasure to be here with you today to
celebrate this important milestone in your lives.
Few of us achieve this type of milestone without the support
of others, our family, our friends.
Now, for a few graduates, their family cannot be with
them today, or someone is unable to attend the ceremony,
and we are all here to celebrate with you.
But what I want as your final assignment before we confer
the degrees is for our graduates to look around the
arena, find your special supporters, and the graduates,
give them a round of applause, including thinking about those
who are not with us today.
[APPLAUSE]
Graduates, please be seated.
Now, it is my distinct 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, and the 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.
Your ideas may not always be the best.
You can accomplish a lot more if you don't care
who gets the credit.
And 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 as 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.
If you have a life plan, don't miss opportunities that may
not fit exactly into your plan.
And people want leaders, so 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, and be sure you have
people around you that do know.
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.
Be generous with your time, and when you
can, with your money.
And be sure to remember your alma mater.
Come on.
Contribute to your community, volunteer for projects you
care about, and you would do good and it'd make you feel
really good.
In the end, your honesty, your word, your reputation, and
your integrity is all that you have, so don't lose them.
And don't forget, the harder you work, the
luckier you will be.
Good luck to you all as you start the next phase of your
life, and again, congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, President Benson.
At this time, Maria Tobin, recipient of the Student
Achievement Award, will address her fellow graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Dr. Hill.
On behalf of the class of 2013, I would like to welcome
all graduates, faculty, staff, family and friends to this
morning's commencement ceremony.
When I found out that I would be giving this address, I made
a promise to a friend that this would not be another one
of those, this is the beginning of the rest of our
lives speeches.
Though I agree with her that these speeches are a bit
redundant at this point, there's still some truth to
the statement.
Today signifies the accomplishment we as students,
graduate and undergraduate have made, and been
working so hard for.
Today is our reward for however many years of the
metaphorical, and sometimes literal sweat and tears we
have put into our studies, our research, and
our academic goals.
So for that I believe we all deserve to feel proud and
accomplished for sitting where we are today.
[APPLAUSE]
When I was a little girl, I know I was always curious to a
bit of an obsessive extent.
Dubbed by my friends here at UCCS as the walking
encyclopedia of random information, this curiosity
obviously hasn't lessened with age.
What can I say?
I love to read.
With that inquisitive mindset, history and later the German
language became natural gravitations.
At a young age I read every book in my school library on
ancient civilizations.
To the horror of my parents, it was the more obscure topics
that often caught my interest.
One memory I have is while at my brother's pee-wee baseball
game, my mom took me aside after I had been talking to
another player's parents and sternly said, Maria, not
everyone wants to know about ancient Egyptian mummification
rituals at a baseball game.
Looking back, I would have to agree that probably wasn't the
brightest idea.
Sorry, mom.
I am almost 100% positive that everyone in this room can
think of a moment and their lives where our curiosity and
inquisitiveness went on overdrive and led us to some
sort of amazing opportunity.
When we are children, this curiosity drive is
unregulated.
We want to know everything the world has to offer, yet as we
grow older, our curiosity begins to lessen, and a fear
of the unknown begins to take over.
We begin to see that our actions have consequences, and
we began to question if the benefits of our curious
actions outweigh the risks.
We unfortunately get to the point where we're so worried
about what could happen that our natural curiosity gets
suppressed.
Albert Einstein once said in terms of curiosity that the
important thing is not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own reasons for existing.
Throughout my academic career, I have tried to
live by this statement.
This has led to me becoming a German tutor and the exhibit
coordinator at a local museum, as well as gave me the
opportunity to student teach as an undergrad, the ability
to study abroad, and now the 2013 Student
Achievement Award winner.
After today, we will be starting many new endeavors.
Our curiosity can help us open doors and lead to pathways we
never could have expected.
So my advice to you, class of 2013, is that there's no sense
in being afraid and catering to our curiosity.
It is what we do with the opportunities that become of
it that matter.
Thank you, and congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Ms. Tobin.
Throughout CU's history, we have recognized many
outstanding individuals for their contribution 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 present the award.
[APPLAUSE]
It's an honor to talk briefly about the recipient of the
Distinguished Service Award.
To borrow an old advertising line, when Tucker Hart Adams
speak, speaks, that is, people listen.
She is a respected economist who makes forecasting the
future of our state and nation seem as if
it is 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 all citizens.
She helps Colorado to lead the nation, but her scope is not
limited to just our state.
For many years she worked with Russians in 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 table.
She has taught at three CU campuses, Colorado Springs,
Denver, and Boulder, 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 Chancellors
Ambassador Advisory Board for these reasons and many more,
the University of Colorado Board of Regents is proud to
honor CU alumni Tucker Hart Adams with its Distinguished
Service Award.
[APPLAUSE]
Congratulations again.
Ms. Adams has asked to say just a few words.
Well, first, thank you to the Board of Regents, to the
chancellor, to the president of the
university for this award.
It's a great honor, a great thrill.
I had no idea I'd done all of that stuff.
I was really quite impressed.
But more important, I want to warn the students here today
about the danger of a CU education.
40 years ago I was a perfectly content stay at home wife and
mother with four teenagers.
That was the problem.
Four teenage girls.
So as my brain slowly turned to oatmeal, I thought, I've
got to do something.
And I remembered a friend back in my college days where I was
a math major saying, Tuck, you ought to take
an economics course.
You'd like it.
So I went over to see you CU Colorado Springs.
We called it the [? San, ?]
then, because it was the old tuberculosis sanatorium, and
they were trying to get us to call it Cragmor.
And it consisted of the two buildings and a dirt parking
lot, and I signed up for an economics course because the
federal government, for the first time in its history in
the last decade had started running budget deficits, and I
didn't understand how that worked.
I mean, I tried it with my checkbook, but it just didn't
seem to work very well.
So I went over to audit this economics course.
I was blessed by having a wonderful professor.
I hope all of you, faculty sitting here in front realize
the influence you have on young peoples', or not so
young peoples' lives.
And my one sadness today is that Tim Tregarthen, my econ
professor, is not here to enjoy this day with me.
Well, I took Tim's course, I loved it, and I still didn't
understand that deficit stuff.
So I signed up for another course, and I liked that.
And besides, I was away from the teenage
girls, which was helping.
And then the next year I signed up for another one, and
I got a note on a paper from Tim, and it said, Tuck, you
shouldn't be over here auditing
undergraduate courses.
You ought to be in graduate school.
I thought, graduate school.
Four teenage daughters and a foster teenage daughter we had
by then, cooking meals, cleaning toilets.
Graduate school.
My own apartment.
My car, my checking account.
Intellectual stimulation.
I think I'll go to graduate school.
So I said to my husband, Dan, I did the first 15
years with the girls.
It's your turn.
And because the only Ph.D. Program in economics in
Colorado was at CU Boulder, I went to CU boulder.
Well, I had a wonderful time, I loved it.
Lived up there, survived the teenagers.
And they all grew up and turned out to be perfectly
nice young women.
And after I finished my coursework, while I was
working on my dissertation, I was offered a job at United
Banks of Colorado.
Three days a week, $5 an hour research economist.
So I took it.
And I discovered to my surprise I
loved business economics.
And a couple of years later, my boss accepted a job at a
big bank in California, and I became chief economist.
And a year later I was made a vice president of the holding
company, and was the only woman on the management team.
The most naive, inexperienced senior management person that
ever lived.
I was at the bank for 10 years.
Then, when the banks decided to get rid of economics
departments, I set up a consulting firm, and I've been
heavily involved in that for 25 years.
So, I'm warning you, taking even one course at CU Colorado
Springs can change your lives.
And you may, I mean, you've been there and gotten a whole
degree there, or are about to get a degree.
You may find out that you have a wonderful career ahead of
you, lots of opportunities to meet interesting people, do
interesting things.
Travel.
I wish you luck, and enjoy every minute of it.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Ms. Adams.
Today I am honored to recognize our graduating Army
ROTC students, who will commence serving our country
upon commissioning tomorrow morning.
We also honor our graduating veterans who have already
served our country on active military duty.
Thank you very much to their parents, family members, and
to the UCCS faculty and staff for their support and
encouragement to these graduates who have pursued a
commission while earning a degree.
Will the graduating ROTC students and graduating
veterans please stand and be recognized?
[APPLAUSE]
At this time we will begin to confer the degrees.
We will do this in three groups.
First doctoral then master's degrees, and finally
baccalaureate degrees.
As the doctoral candidates from each program are named,
they will be hooded by their faculty advisors.
Will the candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
please come forward?
Kelli Klebe, Dean of the Graduate School.
[APPLAUSE]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the graduate school, I have the honor to
present this candidate for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in
Psychology.
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 this
graduate the degree Doctor of Philosophy and Psychology, and
welcome her into the community of scholars.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Sheri C. Gibson, dissertation Understanding, Under-Reporting
of Elder Financial Abuse, Can Data Support the Assumptions?
[APPLAUSE]
[APPLAUSE]
Congratulations to Dr. Gibson.
[APPLAUSE]
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, we now confer the graduate
degrees of the university.
Once again, Kelli Klebe, Dean of the Graduate School.
The College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is one of six
colleges and schools contributing to the programs
of the graduate school.
Will the candidates for the degrees Master of Arts, Master
of Science, and Master of Sciences please come forward?
Peter Braza, Dean of the College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, I
have the honor to present these candidates for the
degrees Master of Arts, Master of Science,
and Master of Sciences.
Dean Braza, 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 Arts, Master of Science,
and Master of Sciences.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Mireya Garcia.
Nicholas Piche.
[INAUDIBLE].
Martin Hines.
[INAUDIBLE].
Kristina Clark Achey.
Andrea Hassler, Outstanding Graduate Student.
[? Tara Regal, ?]
Outstanding Graduate Student.
[INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE].
Amanda King, Outstanding Graduate Student.
[? Karen Lee Overman. ?]
Michelle Nolan.
Sidney Jones.
[? Abdullah Maqbool. ?]
Sabrina Gregersen.
[? Kelly Anne Lynch, ?]
with distinction.
Hettie Meyers.
[? Andrea Esler. ?]
Jason Rasmussen.
Kevin Ewing, Outstanding Graduate Student.
Casey Pierce, Outstanding Graduate Student.
[INAUDIBLE].
Benjamin Hamlin.
Marina Costanzo, Outstanding graduate Student.
Joseph Green.
Tori Miller.
Eric Philips, Outstanding Graduate Student.
Heidi [INAUDIBLE].
Samantha John.
Marisa Teal.
Tracy [INAUDIBLE].
[? Alyssa Cannella. ?]
[INAUDIBLE].
Allison Douglas.
Jocelyn [? Carroll. ?]
Morgan Clinton.
Katie Hendrix.
Deon Cobasky.
Benjamin Schoonmaker, Outstanding Graduate Student.
Nikki Whiteley.
Candice Morris, Outstanding Graduate Student.
This concludes the conferring of graduate degrees.
[APPLAUSE]
Will all undergraduates who have been nominated for honors
distinction please rise?
These candidates will be presented by Provost Mary
Coussons-Read.
This year, 312 students campus wide received honors
distinctions.
These are the students whose achievements in academics are
truly outstanding, who have dedicated themselves to the
pursuit of academic excellence, and who have
dedicated themselves to the pursuit of academic excellence
and have contributed immensely to the intellectual vitality
of the campus.
I am 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 distinguish
students the honors designations for which they
have worked so diligently and with such excellence.
Congratulations to you all.
[APPLAUSE]
Please be seated.
It looks like you already are.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak will now confer the
undergraduate degrees.
Will the baccalaureate degree candidates of the College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences please come forward?
Dean Peter Braza.
Chancellor Shockley-Zalabak, upon the recommendation of the
faculty of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, I
have the honor to present these candidates for the
degrees Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science.
Dean Braza, upon the recommendation of the faculty
of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the Board of Regents,
I hereby confer upon these graduates the degrees Bachelor
of Arts and Bachelor of Science.
Congratulations.
[APPLAUSE]
Lauren Eastlack.
Sandra Taylor, Summa *** Laude.
Carmen Vreeman, *** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Tessa Holme, Magna *** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Hillary Hudson, *** Laude Highest Distinction.
[? Daniela Lazzaro. ?]
Emily Green, *** Laude.
Jacob Rhodes, with High Distinction.
Dana [? Kjeldsen ?], Magna *** Laude with Highest
Distinction.
Leah Cabrera.
Stacy Crook.
Christine McDermott, Summa *** Laude with Honors.
Julie Harbin, *** Laude with Highest Honors in
Anthropology.
Stephanie Van Horn, Outstanding Undergraduate in
Psychology.
Student Summa *** Laude with High Distinction.
[INAUDIBLE], Outstanding Undergraduate Student.
Maria Tobin, Magna *** Laude.
Jacqueline [INAUDIBLE].
[? Stephen ?]
Collier.
Julie [INAUDIBLE].
James Hicks, *** Laude with High Distinction in Psychology
with Highest Honors in Anthropology.
Tracy Newman.
Joey Rodriguez.
Jennifer [? Beverage ?], Summa *** Laude.
Andre Ellis.
[? Macie Calderon. ?]
Christina [INAUDIBLE], with Distinction *** Laude.
[? Carly Ann ?]
[INAUDIBLE].
Christopher [INAUDIBLE], *** Laude with Highest
Distinction.
[INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Jason Hill, Magna *** Laude.
Andrew [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
[? Scott Feazell ?].
[? Russell Crager ?].
Daniel Schultz, with Highest Distinction.
Nicholas Thompson.
Ryan Johnson.
[? Joshua Hanley, ?]
Summa *** Laude.
[? Joanie Riley, ?]
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Summa *** Laude with
High Distinction.
Janna Broxson.
[? Megan Potter ?].
Paul [INAUDIBLE].
Robert Zanzig.
Catherine O'Donnell.
[? Lisa Reese, ?]
Magna *** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Joanne Mueller, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Summa
*** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Debra Stoddard.
Jennifer Mitchell.
Bryce Weatherford.
Kristin Dunaway.
[? Nicholas Siegel. ?]
Alexandra [? Lasley ?].
Melissa Dewitt, Magna *** Laude.
Alice Nelson.
Landry Davis.
[? Caitlin Lafferty. ?]
[INAUDIBLE].
Dalton Andrews.
Lara [? Mathewson ?].
Amy Davis.
Lauren Wolfinger, *** Laude.
Amy Renfro.
Carly Schrade, *** Laude.
Jessica [INAUDIBLE].
Lauren Bermudez.
Madelaine [INAUDIBLE], Summa *** Laude.
[INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
Nicole [INAUDIBLE].
Ryan [INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
Katherine Fisk.
Dominic Lupori.
Shari Garbarino.
[INAUDIBLE].
Mackenzie Moler.
Melissa Simpleman.
Amanda Frick.
Nicole [INAUDIBLE].
Seth [INAUDIBLE].
Michael [? Morman ?].
Brittney [? Malley ?].
Andrew Wootton.
Christopher Malley.
Jamie Jaramillo, Magna *** Laude.
Caitlain Helton.
Austin Lux, *** Laude.
Victoria [INAUDIBLE].
Justin [INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
William McBride.
[? Christine Bant, ?]
with Distinction.
Paul [INAUDIBLE].
Abby [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Dustin Ramos.
Cassandra [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Josh Gregory.
Jennifer Townley, Magna *** Laude
Ashley Steward, Outstanding Undergraduate, Student
Humanities, Summa *** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Michael Beeson, *** Laude.
Dana [INAUDIBLE].
Regina Clark, *** Laude.
Christine Hasbrouck, *** Laude.
Elizabeth Turner, *** Laude.
Nicholas [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude with Highest
Distinction.
Jeffrey [INAUDIBLE].
Roger [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude with High Distinction.
Gregory Rizzo.
[INAUDIBLE].
Melissa [INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
[INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
Kelsey Walford, *** Laude.
[? Marinella Bark. ?]
[? Rachel Reynolds, ?]
Magna *** Laude.
[? Gresa Farmer. ?]
Emily Cookson, Magna *** Laude
[? Steven Behr ?].
Ciara Peratt, *** Laude.
Lindsay [? Lohr ?], Magna *** Laude.
[? Jennifer Gibbons. ?]
[INAUDIBLE].
Bianca Mendoza, *** Laude.
Jennifer Andrews, with Highest Distinction *** Laude.
Stephanie Ross.
Dana [INAUDIBLE], with Highest Distinction.
Patrick Hayes, Magna *** Laude
Joseph Austin, Magna *** Laude with Distinction.
Morgan Pinto, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Natural
Sciences, Summa *** Laude.
Patrick [INAUDIBLE]
*** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Austin Bowman, Magna *** Laude with High Distinction.
Cory [INAUDIBLE], with High Distinction *** Laude.
James Sway, Magna *** Laude.
Lauren Miller.
Justin Gregory, Magna *** Laude with Highest
Distinction.
[INAUDIBLE], *** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Christine [? Flores ?], *** Laude.
Corina Garcia.
[INAUDIBLE], Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Summa
*** Laude with High Distinction in Chemistry.
Elizabeth [INAUDIBLE], Summa *** Laude with highest
distinction.
Polina Reynolds, *** Laude with High Distinction.
Michael Lee Ring.
Melissa Greenleaf.
Elizabeth Madrid.
Heather McMillan, Magna *** Laude.
Raoul Perez.
Katherine Meyer.
Diane Peterson, Magna *** Laude with Highest
Distinction.
Michaela Calhoun.
Neil Thomas.
Kayla Hughes.
[? Mikayla Smith. ?]
Wendy Lopez.
[? Travis Luce, ?]
Magna *** Laude.
Alana Castro, *** Laude.
[? Benjamin Ritt. ?]
Rachelle Martinez, Summa *** Laude.
Ryan [INAUDIBLE].
Isaac Blancas.
Michael Wells, *** Laude with Distinction.
[? Andrew Drescher, ?]
*** Laude.
Megan Ritter.
[? Miriam Hass ?].
Elizabeth Simmons.
Andrew [? Servold, ?]
*** Laude.
Ember Miller.
[? Alissa Pierce. ?]
Vanessa Los.
Michelle Gibson.
Brian Hunt.
Clyde [? Woodyard-Williams, ?]
*** Laude.
Bethany [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
[? Brittany Molina. ?]
Derek Douchinsky.
Lynn [? [INAUDIBLE] ?], Magna *** Laude.
Kyle Clark.
Christi Scott.
Josh [INAUDIBLE].
Amanda Gardner.
Alexander [INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
Danielle Cook.
William [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Anna Karen Garza.
Daniel De La Cruz.
Brittany Garcia.
[? Kelsey Tanaka. ?]
[INAUDIBLE]
[? Baker ?].
Kayla Stretcher, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Summa
*** Laude with Highest Distinction.
[INAUDIBLE].
Rebecca [INAUDIBLE].
Cheryl Morton, Magna *** Laude.
Jordan [INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
Sara [INAUDIBLE], Summa *** Laude with Distinction.
Bryson Ford.
Jessica Aikens.
Sarah Smith, *** Laude.
Benjamin Ridge.
David [INAUDIBLE].
Taylor Klotz.
Justin Wilson.
Eric Morgan.
Jeff [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Jonathan Thompson, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Summa
*** Laude with Highest Distinction.
Margaret Ewing, Magna *** Laude.
Reverend Daniel William [INAUDIBLE]
Jr., Magna *** Laude, Outstanding
Undergraduate Student.
Jade [INAUDIBLE].
Christopher Lawson.
Elizabeth Cannon.
Patrick [? Stotch. ?]
Lindy O'Neill, Outstanding Undergraduate
Student, Summa *** Laude.
Raymond Fisco.
[INAUDIBLE]
Mina Kang.
Rachel Sellers.
Nicole Lucero.
Eric Murphy.
Jeremy Rivera.
Marianne Nurmi.
Megan Rivera, with English Honors.
[? Anna Moore, ?]
Magna *** Laude.
Rachel Menard.
Mary Morgan.
Hannah Brown.
Katherine Bernardi.
Catherine Schneider.
Randi Batt, Summa *** Laude with Highest Distinction
Marissa [? Seaton ?].
Sabrina Rodriguez.
Brandy [? Vigil ?], with Distinction.
Carly Pellegrino, Summa *** Laude.
Mark Petty, *** Laude.
Jessica Laramore, *** Laude.
Erin Thomas.
Ashley Mullins, *** Laude.
Michael Maynard, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Summa
*** Laude
Jennifer Crane.
Michael Sanchez.
[? John Cody. ?]
William John Casey, *** Laude.
Megan [? Ogilvie ?], Magna *** Laude.
Emily Gray.
[? Angela Herrera. ?]
[INAUDIBLE], Summa *** Laude with High Distinction.
Joy [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
[? Corrine Gody. ?]
Ariel Adams.
Andrew Dyer.
Whitley Hadley.
[INAUDIBLE].
Ashley Cornelius, Magna *** Laude with High Distinction.
Allison Wallin.
Caitlin Porter.
Zach Bricker.
Emily
[? James Byrd. ?]
Whitney Shell.
[INAUDIBLE].
Corina Tandy, *** Laude.
Kellyanne Achramowicz.
Kayla [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE].
Ashley Brown.
[? Brittany Reese. ?]
Krista Herring.
Madeline Conrique.
Jessica Sabansky, Magna *** Laude.
Heather Huddleston.
[INAUDIBLE], *** Laude.
[INAUDIBLE].
Caroline Flores.
Kristin Martinez.
Emily Little.
Lucas Hampton.
Maria [? Bernadele ?]
Mendoza.
Ryan Cooper.
[? Alina Mouser. ?]
Kelsey Skillicorn.
Lena--
Leah H. Schultz, *** Laude.
Kindle Rebeck, Magna *** Laude.
Rachel Davidson.
[? Julie Seger. ?]
Jordan Wagner, *** Laude.
[INAUDIBLE].
Alex Miller, Magna *** Laude.
Ariana Perez, Outstanding Undergraduate Student, ***
Laude with Distinction.
Alex Moorhead.
[? Zachary Gias, ?]
*** Laude.
Hannah Magnificent Clay, Summa *** Laude with High
Distinction.
Keegan Morris.
Matthew Bainbridge.
Michael Williams.
Lindy McDaniel, Magna *** Laude.
Nicholas Parnell, *** Laude.
[? Amanda Burnham. ?]
[? Kayleigh Ramirez. ?]
[? Lindsey Schindler. ?]
John Phillips.
Monica [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Tiffany Everman.
Tyler Jonas Castro, Distinction in Visual
Performing Arts.
Amanda
Jonathan David Sulzbach.
Charles King.
[? Morgan Riggin. ?]
Gabriella Clark.
Tiana Davis.
James Spencer.
Laurie Angel Grady.
Matthew Cahalan, *** Laude.
Cara Lewis, with High Distinction.
Jacob Baraket.
Michelle Pace.
Joshua Reach.
Nicole Anderson.
Oliver Williams.
Brianna Young.
Kimberly Sheridan, *** Laude with Highest Distinction.
[? Emily Frei. ?]
Jessica Nichols, *** Laude.
Christina [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Madison Kelly.
Amanda Nevarez.
[INAUDIBLE].
Mark Perry.
Caitlin Levy, Magna *** Laude with Distinction.
William Estes.
Stephanie [INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE], with High Distinction.
Sarah Bruner.
Aubrey [INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Shannon Harward, *** Laude.
Summer Adelbush, *** Laude.
Jessica Brooks.
Taylor Shirley.
Jennifer Phillips, *** Laude.
Lauren Parr.
Cynthia LaVerne, *** Laude.
[INAUDIBLE], Magna *** Laude.
Cody McKay.
[INAUDIBLE].
Jordan Sherman.
Eric Johnson.
Jaime Welsh.
Kristina Salamo.
Mariah Patterson.
Tiffany Sinclair.
Lauren Russ, Magna *** Laude.
Cynthia Ortega.
Sarah Castro.
Malia Malihi, with Distinction.
Samantha Harrison.
[INAUDIBLE].
[INAUDIBLE], Summa *** Laude.
Ashley Pearson.
[? Samantha Saft. ?]
Bailey Carter, *** Laude.
[? Heather McPeek. ?]
Casey Sacks.
Kira Nelson, Magna *** Laude with High Distinction.
Carrie Maddox, Summa *** Laude.
Jamie Lynn [? Hofstetter ?].
[APPLAUSE]
Well, ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the conferring
of undergraduate degrees.
[APPLAUSE]
I want to welcome you all to the great extended family of
the university, with more than 34,000 alumni.
The vice president of the Alumni and Friends
Association, Stu Woods, will now 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.
Please be seated.
Graduates, please rise.
[APPLAUSE]
It is my pleasure to officially recognize you as
new alumni of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs.
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 of you will remain here, providing a connection between
our university and the community.
Others will leave but as graduates you 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, Stu.
Please be seated.
It is an honored tradition at the University of Colorado
commencement exercise 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 was referred to by his
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 Catholics and Jews.
Norlin refused, and the university essentially receive
no state funds that year.
CU barely survived.
Later, in the early 1930s, President Norlin publicly
denounced Hitler's Nazi regime.
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 graduates.
So graduates, please stand and hear the words of the charge
to the graduates as delivered by Regent Hybl.
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, as
promoters of her spirit.
The university is not the campus, not the buildings on
the campus, nor the faculties, nor the
students of any one time.
Not one of these or all of them.
The university consists of all who come into and 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 the
university at work.
What the university purposes to be, what it must always
strive to be is represented on its seal, which is stamped on
your diplomas.
A lamp in the hands of youth.
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
hope you 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 with us.
Congratulations, graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Regent Hybl.
Our sincere thanks to all who made this
commencement a success.
We especially appreciate the calendar talented efforts of
pianist Sara McDaniel, the visual and performing arts
music program chamber ensemble under the direction of
assistant professor Jane Rigler, and the visual and
performing arts vocal ensemble for providing the music today.
Graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
Graduates, at this time, those of you who've not already done
so, switch your tassels from the right to the left side of
your mortar board, signifying--
[APPLAUSE]
Signifying the completion of your studies.
Audience, please join me once more in
applauding all of our graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
Now, please join visual and performing arts music
instructor Gayle Grace in singing the Alma Mater.
The words are listed on page 13 of your program.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
(SINGING) Hail, all hail our alma mater, ever will our
hearts be true.
You will live with us forever, while we will be to you.
We sing forever your praises evermore love renew.
Pledge our whole devotion to you, dear old CU.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you, Ms. Grace.
This concludes our formal exercises.
But before you leave, we have one final
assignment for each of you.
We would like you each to pull out your cell phone, take a
picture of yourself, and email it to alumni@uccs.edu.
We will upload it to the U Facebook page, where you can
tag yourself to share with friends and family.
So if you will each take a picture of yourself, we'd
appreciate it.
And to the audience, once the stage party exits the arena
floor, feel free to enter the arena floor
to meet your graduate.
We ask you please exit the arena as soon as possible
using gate A, in order for our staff to reset the space for
our afternoon ceremony.
Thank you all very much for coming, and once again,
congratulations to the graduates.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC PLAYING]