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\ *v * **M 1*60**** 4ND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER School of Allied Health Professions School of Graduate Studies School of Medicine in Shreveport COMMENCEMENT Strand Theatre 10:00 A.M., Saturday, August 21, 1999 PROGRAM "The audience is requested to remain seated until the academic procession is complete" PROCESSIONAL PRESIDING GORDON H. SCHUCKERS, Ph.D., EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE DEAN School ofAllied Health Professions, Shreveport Programs NATIONAL ANTHEM CAROLYN CARROLL, MCD ('84) INVOCATION DENNIS WISSING, Ph.D., PROGRAM DIRECTOR Department of Cardiopulmonary Science WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS MERVTN L. TRAIL, M.D., CHANCELLOR Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center JOHN R. SNYDER, Ph.D., DEAN School ofAllied Health Professions ADDRESS WILLIAM L. JENKINS, D.VM., Ph.D., PRESIDENT Louisiana State University System PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES LEONARD L. SEELIG, Jr., Ph.D., ASSISTANT DEAN School of Graduate Studies, LSUHSC JOHN R. SNYDER, Ph.D., DEAN School ofAllied Health Professions CONFERRING OF DEGREES VIRGINIASHEHEE LSU Board ofSupervisors DR. JOHN R DAVIS LSU Board of Supervisors BENEDICTION DENNIS WISSING, Ph.D., PROGRAM DIRECTOR RECESSIONAL Jim Williams, organ CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU Health Sciences Center 1999 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Kimberly Ann Buczynskif Department: Microbiology and Immunology Major Professor: Dennis O'Callaghan, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: "Characterization of Equine Herpesvirus 1 Harboring Mutant Forms of the Immediate-early Protein" Vaishali S. Kerekatte Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major Professor: Robert Rhoads, Ph.D. mRNA Dissertation Title: "Recruitment of to Ribosomes by Translation Initiation Factors" Robert William Phillipst Department: Microbiology and Immunology Major Professor: R. Martin Roop, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: "The Brucella HtrA Protease Contributes to Resistance to Oxidative Stress" MASTER OF SCIENCE Michael Ford Rowef Molecular and Cellular Physiology Major Professor - Vaughan Langman, Ph.D. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE CARDIOPULMONARY David G. McHalffey SCIENCE Alisha Renee Moss** Lauren Lucia Rice Mary Virginia Boyd Sara Elizabeth Sanford Michael Kris Creel Lela Christine Smith Donald Anthony Johnston Edward Arthur Vanlangendonck* Kimberly Anne Sandidge Jeni E. Yielding Brett William Stafford Wendy Michelle Young* Michael Ray Tamburo PHYSICIAN MEDICAL ASSISTANT TECHNOLOGY Aimee Margaret Abide Katrina Lorraine Billingsley Joseph Michael Angelo Nicole Lynn Dunkley Deborah Susan Barron** Bret Patrick Faller Krista Lynn Blanchard Maisha Talishe Garner DeWayne Craig Bricker Venesa Ivancic Wendy Jude Champagne Michelle Lynn Lombardino Bruce Alan Chaney Nelton James Naquin Matthew Tyne Coleman Dzung Hoang Nguyen Kristy Hatchett Cory Casey Michael Palmer Alan Gregory Crawford Pamela Sue Runyon Natalie Alyce Deshotels Gia Devonna White Chad Ryan Fontana Martha Teasley Goodin Christopher Scott Grow OCCUPATIONAL Allison Rowland Jackson THERAPY Charles Monty Johnson Jr. Charlotte Ellen Kent Brittny Layne Bryan Maria Kay Lofton Kami Leneigh Carpenter Thomas Marsala Katie Deneen Cook Mary Slaughter McFerren Nancy Carol Garde Charles Edward Self Christopher Blake Hardy Frederick Raymond Sonnier Leigh Ann Hedgepeth* Timothy James Tyler Lisa Richardson Hesson1 Amanda Calloway Vanderburg Dana Leigh Kent Karen Alice Watt* Alyson Alexander Manwaring Katie Waddell White MASTER OF Ashley Hutchinson Hancock COMMUNICATION Ronald Frederick Helwig DISORDERS Dianne Elizabeth Hensgens Greg Joseph LeBlanc Julia Anne Knighton Rene Michael LeBlanc Cara Faye Waits Rhonda Kay Lord Kinta Anne Mader Scott Lawrence McCallon MASTER OF David Scott McWilliams HEALTH SCIENCES Leila Hutson Millican Kevin W. Moseley Michael James Houston Jason Ray Parker Jennifer M. Pohl MASTER OF Deanna Renee Reeves PHYSICAL THERAPY Yancey Robin Rizzo Kelly Susan Rodriguez Julie Marie Atkinson James Edwin Stalder Laurie Ann Duhon Jennifer Ann Sutton Jon Jeremy Dye Amanda Kathleen Webb Andre Philippe Guerin Jason Paul Zeringue MARSHALS MHS Richard Whitehead, Lynda Britton, Ph.D. OTD Kris Seidner, Valgene Valgora, MS.Ed. Mary Pannbacker, Ph.D. MHS ftmla Click-Fenter, In Absentia *** Indicates Summa Cum Laude ** Indicates Magna Cum Laude * Indicates Cum Laude LSUHSC School of Allied Health Professions Commencement 1999 William L. Jenkins, D.V.M, Ph.D. William L. Jenkins, D.V.M., Ph.D., assumedthe presidency of the Louisiana State University System on April 1, 1999, but his service to Louisiana higher education spans more than a decade. As LSU System President, Dr. Jenkins today is chief executive officer of a unique statewide higher education system that includes eight majoradministrative subdivisions encompassing 10 campuses in five cities and nine public hospitals in nine cities. Immediately prior to his appointment as President of the LSU System, Dr. Jenkins was Chancellor of LSU in Baton Rouge. At the time he became LSU's 5th Chancellor, Dr. Jenkins promised that his tenure would be characterized by openness, honesty, integrity, and accountability. By remaining steadfast to that commitment, Dr. Jenkins earned the respect of LSU's diverse stakeholders, including the general public. Under his chancellorship, the Baton Rouge campus administration was reorganized to improve its responsiveness and effectiveness. Among his major accomplishments as Chancellor was the development of a strategic plan to guide LSU's flagship campus as itprepares forthe challenges ofthe 21st Century. A highly visible chancellor and pro-active leader, Dr. Jenkins is noted forsuccessfully building coalitions among LSU's many constituencies. He emerged while chancellor as a major advocate not only for LSU but for all of higher education in Louisiana. A Louisianian by choice, Dr. Jenkins is a native of South Africa. He earned his professional veterinarian degree in 1958 and specialist credentials in 1968 from the University of Pretoria. In 1970 he received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia. Before moving to Louisiana in 1988 as Dean of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Jenkins held faculty appointments at the University of Pretoria and at Texas A&M University. He has taught extensively at the professional and graduate levels. Dr. Jenkins is the author of more than 60 scientific articles and 15 textbook chapters, and is the co-author of a textbook on veterinary pharmacology. In September 1993 Dr. Jenkins was appointed provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in LSU Baton Rouge. Anoutspokenproponentofcontinuingeducation, Dr. Jenkins haspresentedmore than 150lectures and addressesworldwide. In 1997the PublicRelationsAssociation of Louisiana named him Communicator of the Year. Active in many professional and civic organizations, Dr. Jenkins also serves on a special steering committee of the Southern Association ofColleges and Schools to review accreditation criteria for colleges and universities. ACADEMIC HERALDRY: THE SYMBOLS OF LEARNING The college or university commencement procession, in the United States and abroad, is a pageant, alive and bright with dress and ceremony. Its history can be traced to medieval European universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Continued recognition ofthe need to preserve scholarly dignity and meaning resulted in universities establishment for academic dress. American universities agreed on a standard system in 1895 and designed a suitable code for academic dress for the colleges and universities of the United States. In 1932, the American Council on Education presented a revised code which governs the style of academic dress today. The principal features of academic dress are three: the gown, the cap, and the hood. The Gown. The flowing gown originated duringthe twelfth century. Ithas become symbolic ofthe democracy of scholarship. As such, it completely covers any dress ofrank or social standing. It is black for all degrees, with pointed sleeves for the Bachelor'sdegree; long, closedsleevesfortheMaster'sdegree; androundopensleeves for the Doctor's degree. The gown worn for the Bachelor's or Master's degree has no trimmings. The gown for the Doctor's degree is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves, in the color distinctive of the faculty or discipline towhich the degree pertains. Forcertain institutions the official colors ofthe college or university may appear on the gown or its decorations. The Cap. The freed slave in Ancient Rome won the privilege ofwearing a cap. Thus, the academic cap is asymbol denoting the freedom ofscholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which the wearer is endowed. Old poetry records the cap ofscholarship as a square to symbolize the book. Other authorities claim that the cap, or "mortar board" is a symbol ofthe masons, a privileged guild. The color ofthe tasseldenotesthe discipline, although agoldtassel maybewornwith adoctoral gown. The Hood. The heraldic design of the hood symbolizes an inverted shield with one or more secondary color chevrons on the background color ofthe college or university. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the discipline represented by the degree, and the color ofthe lining designates the college or university from which the degree was granted. COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS Dark Blue: Philosophy Green: Medicine Yellow: Science Lilac: Dentistry Light Blue: Education Apricot: Nursing NATIONAL ANTHEM Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilousflight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that ourflag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of thefree and the home of the brave? Francis Scott Key