DECEMBER 10, 2011 EDWIN J. T PERFORMING A H

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THE UNIVERSITY OF A KRON
DECEMBER 10, 2011
EDWIN J. THOMAS
PERFORMING ARTS HALL
Table of Contents
CommenCement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
the aCademiC ProCessional and Ceremonial Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Processional, Academic Attire, and Symbols
university Board of trustees, offiCers, and deans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
university marshals and orators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
university faCulty rePresentatives and interPreter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
honorary degree reCiPients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
graduation with honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Graduation With Distinction, Excellence Scholars, Presidential Scholars,
and University Scholars
Candidates for doCtoral degrees
College of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
College of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Candidates for master’s degrees
College of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
College of Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
College of Health Sciences and Human Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
College of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
College of Creative and Professional Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Candidates for BaCCalaureate degrees
College of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
College of Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
College of Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
College of Health Sciences and Human Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
College of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
College of Creative and Professional Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Summit College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Candidates for assoCiate degrees
Wayne College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Summit College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
reCognition of the reserve offiCers’ training CorPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
The AlmA mATer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The Akron Blue And Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
the university of akron: a Proud tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Fall 2011 Commencement Program
December 10 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Luis M . Proenza, President of The University of Akron, Presiding
Prelude musiC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suite of Carols by Leroy Anderson
The University of Akron Brass Choir
Tucker Jolly, Conductor
fanfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ceremonial Piece by William MacDavis
The University of Akron Brass Choir
ProCessional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience will remain seated.)
Grand March by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar
Trumpet Voluntary by Jeremiah Clarke
The University of Akron Brass Choir
The nATionAl AnThem . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience is invited to stand and sing.)
Led by Daniel J . Schneck
Student, College of Creative and Professional Arts
The University of Akron Brass Choir
welCome and introduCtion . . . . . . Luis M . Proenza
President, The University of Akron
greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member
Board of Trustees
musiC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hallelujah Choris by G .F . Handel
The University of Akron Brass Choir
address to the Candidates . . . . . . Luis M . Proenza
President, The University of Akron
AmericA The BeAuTiful . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience will remain seated.)
Daniel J . Schneck
The University of Akron Brass Choir
In the morning ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the College of Education, College of
Business Administration, College of Nursing, Wayne College, and College of Health Sciences and Human Services .
In the afternoon ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences,
College of Engineering, Summit College, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, and College of Creative
and Professional Arts .
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the Presentation of
degree Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The presentation of candidates for Doctoral Degrees
The presentation of candidates for Master’s Degrees
The presentation of candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees
The presentation of candidates for Associate Degrees
The Mysterious Barricades by Francois Couperin
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Julia Florida by Agustin Barrios
Danza Basilera by Jorge Morel
Grand Overture by Mauro Giuliani
Granada by Issac Albeniz
Nocturno
Torija by Federico Moreno-Torroba
Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tarrega
Adam Sarata – Guitar
The AlmA mATer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience is invited to stand and sing. See Page 36.)
Led by Daniel J . Schneck
The University of Akron Brass Choir
welCome of the
alumni assoCiation
to the Class of 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morning
Alise G . Bartley (’05)
National Alumni Board
Afternoon
Erica L . Jones (’99)
National Alumni Board
student resPonse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morning
David L . Winter
Afternoon
Krysta M . Cione
The Akron Blue And Gold . . . . . . . . . The University of Akron Brass Choir
announCements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luis M . Proenza
Postlude and reCessional . . . . . . . . (The audience will be seated.)
Suite by Tylman Susato
The University of Akron Brass Choir
*Presentation of candidates is in the order of college founding date.
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Academic Processional &
Ceremonial Customs
The pagean try of commencement is rooted in traditions that are centuries old . The following information is
designed to assist you in understanding the significance of these ceremonial rites .
Processional wears the type of garment cus- panels and has bell-shaped sleeves
tomary in the university where he adorned with three velvet bars .
The academic processional is an
or she is lecturing . In the United
official prelude to the commence-
States, however, professors wear
ment ceremony . The University Hoods
the gown and hood of the univer-
marshal leads the procession, sity where they earned their high- A triangular fold of cloth worn
bearing the University Mace, est degree . All commencement over the back of the gown, the
which represents the authority ceremony participants at The hood is faced with colors which
of both the University and of the denote the field of study repre-
University of Akron are attired in
state . Follow ing the University sented by the wearer’s degree .
the approp riate academic apparel .
marshal are the members of The colors of the lining indicate
University marshals are distin-
the platform party including the college or aca demic discipline
guished by their blue and gold
trustees, recipient(s) of honorary in which the degree is granted .
robes and Elizabethan caps .
degrees, and the president of the Recipients of the doctor of phi-
University, who wears a medal- losophy degree wear royal blue
lion with inscriptions represent- Caps and Tassels hoods, and their caps feature
ing the history of the state and The cap, also called the mortar- golden tassels . Those who have
the University . Next come the board, may have been derived earned the doctor of education
members of the faculty followed from the squarish cap worn by degree wear light blue hoods and
by the degree candidates . the masons of the Middle Ages, tassels .
The marching order of candi- or perhaps was suggested by the
dates customarily reflects the shape of the books which occu- Colors
historical order in which the pied so much of the scholar’s
various colleges or schools of time . In the United States, the cap The various colleges and
the University were established . is usu ally flat and square in shape . academic disciplines of
Led by marshals, the candidates In Europe, one sometimes sees The University of Akron are
for degrees march in with their caps of other varieties . Attached represented by the following hood
respective colleges . to a button atop the mortarboard and tassel colors:
is a tassel; associate’s are often
Black Summit College,
silver in color; bachelor’s and
Academic Attire Bachelor’s
master’s are black or of a color
The academic regalia worn at appropriate to the college from Dark Brown C reative and
commencement is of medieval which the candidate is being Professional Arts
origin . The scholars of Bologna, graduated; and doctor’s are usu-
Drab Business
Paris, Oxford, Cambridge, and ally golden .
Heidelberg dressed in a manner Gold Polymer Science
to distinguish themselves from and Polymer
Gowns
the merchants and other towns- Engineering
men . When the univer sities Originally, the gown may simply
Green H ealth Sciences and
first came into being in the 11th have been a type of overcoat to
Human Services
century, “learned clerks” robed protect the teacher from the cold
themselves in gowns, caps, in unheated buildings . The cut Light Blue Education
and hoods, thus signifying the or style appears to derive from
distinction between “town” and ecclesiastical attire and most Orange Engineering
“gown .” As additional universities often is black . The associate’s and Peach Nursing
came into being, their faculties bachelor’s gowns generally have
adopted distinctive forms of the a closed front and open sleeves . Purple Law
gown and hood for bachelor’s, mas- The master’s gown more often has Silver S ummit College and
ter’s, and doctoral degrees . long, closed sleeves, from which Wayne College
the arms extend through a slit at
These customs are reflected Associate’s
the wrist . The doctor’s gown is
in today’s academic attire . In
faced down the front with velvet White Arts and Sciences
Europe, a professor generally
four
Banners The University’s current Presi-
dential Medallion, as designed
The impressive backdrop for the
in the year 2000 by renowned
ceremony consists of the ban-
artist Don Drumm, consists
ners of the twelve colleges and the
of the University seal, set in a
Graduate School . Each banner
necklace of pewter . Originally,
bears the name and founding
the Presidential Medallion
date of the c ollege it represents .
was presented by the Alumni
Banners were first instituted at
Association in 1970, commemo-
The University of Akron in the
rating the University’s centen-
spring of 1995 .
nial . The medallion is a symbol
of the authority of the president,
The University Seal as bestowed by the Board of
and the Trustees, that traditionally is
Presidential worn by the president on impor-
tant c eremonial occasions .
Medallion
A seal serves to confirm, ratify, or
secure an emblem, symbol, or
word that is used to certify a
signature or authenticate a
document . The use of official
seals dates back to the Norman
Conquest in 1066 . During the
next century, seals were used
throughout England to authen -
ticate documents . Persons of
Ceremonial
rank had unique seals befitting
Mace
their s tatus . Most seals were
circular or oval-shaped and bore
heraldic designs embossed on University Seal
their faces .
The use of seals became part The Ceremonial Mace
of academic tradition in the
The Ceremonial Mace was
medieval university and continues
presented to The University of
to the present . The University
Akron by the Alumni Association
of Akron, for example, displays
on Founders Day 1970, in recog-
its seal on diplomas presented
nition of the University’s found-
to its graduates .
ing 100 years earlier as Buchtel
The coat of arms shown on the College .
University’s seal includes an open
Since ancient times, maces have
book and quill, representative of
been symbols of authority for
the University’s original liberal
many academic and govern mental
arts curriculum . A lamp of learn-
bodies . The University of Akron’s
ing shown against a city skyline
Ceremonial Mace is carried by
depicts the University’s metropol-
the University marshal at all
itan setting . Three diagonal bars
formal academic occasions .
represent the private, municipal,
and state stages of the University’s The most distinguishing feature
history . The phoenix, a mythi- of the Cere monial Mace is the
cal bird that is consumed by fire rising phoenix . A mythical bird
and rises from its ashes to achieve that rose anew from its ashes to
greater glory, is a tribute to the achieve even greater glory, the
University’s rebirth following the phoenix is a fitting symbol for
devastating fire of 1899 . The seal the University whose predecessor,
also displays the original Buchtel Buchtel College, suffered a disas-
College motto, Fiat Lux (let there trous fire in 1899 and was rebuilt
be light) . through the generous support of
alumni and the community .
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University Board of Trustees
Trustees Student Trustee Officers of the Board
Ann Amer Brennan, j .d . Kathleen A . Duff Ted A . Mallo, j .d .
Chair Secretary of the Board
Vice President and General Counsel
Richard W . Pogue, j .d .
Vice Chair
Paul A . Herold
Ralph J . Palmisano, j .d . Assistant Secretary of the Board
Vice Chair Special Assistant to the President
Roland H . Bauer, j .d .
Jane E . Bond, j .d .
Chander Mohan, m .d .
Jonathan T . Pavloff
Warren L . Woolford
Nicholas C . York, j .d .
University Officers & Deans
Officers Deans
Luis M . Proenza Chand Midha George R . Newkome
President Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences Graduate School
College of Creative and
W . Michael Sherman Professional Arts (Interim) Dale H . Mugler
Senior Vice President, Provost Honors College
and Chief Operating Officer Ravi Krovi
College of Business Administration Martin H . Belsky
Candace Campbell Jackson School of Law
Vice President and Mark D . Shermis
Chief of Staff College of Education Stanley B . Silverman
S ummit College
David J . Cummins George K . Haritos University College (Acting)
Vice President for Finance and College of Engineering
Administration and Cheryl Kern-Simirenko
Chief Financial Officer Roberta A . DePompei University Libraries
College of Health Sciences
Ted Curtis
and Human Services (Interim) Paulette M . Popovich
Vice President for Capital Planning College of Nursing (Interim) Wayne College (Interim)
and Facilities Management
Charles J . Fey Stephen Z .D . Cheng
Vice President for Student College of Polymer Science and
Engagement and Success Polymer Engineering
Becky J . Hoover
Vice President for
Talent Development and
Human Resources
John A . LaGuardia
Vice President of Public Affairs
and Development
Ted A . Mallo
Vice President and General Counsel
George R . Newkome
Vice President for Research,
and Dean, Graduate School
James L . Sage
Vice President for Information
Technology and Chief
Information Officer
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University Marshals
Morning Afternoon
Marshal Marshal
Cynthia F . Capers Elizabeth Mancke
Associate Associate
Marshals Marshals
Donald Appleby, Jr . Donald Appleby, Jr .
Patricia Eaglewolf Patricia Eaglewolf
Cynthia Mako-Robinson Kathryn Weiland
Faculty Faculty
Marshal Marshal
Anne Jorgensen Rose Brougham
Assistant Assistant
Marshals Marshals
Frederik Beuk Philip Allen
Marie Bright Cobb Julia Beckett
Donald Canary Ang Chen
Jane Fink Travis Hreno
Ray Gehani Dwayne Jones
Nancy Harris Thomas Lukach
Rachele Kappler Neil Sapienza
Pamela Keltyka John Szabo
Margaret Kernen Stacey Willett
William Kraus
Maryhelen Kreidler
Ronald McDonald
Denise Stuart
Denise Testa
Michele Thornton
University Orators
The names of candidates for degrees will be read by:
Morning Afternoon
Christine R . Curry Kathleen Clark
Director, Development Associate Professor, Communication
College of Creative and Professional Arts
Stacey J . Moore
Assistant Vice President Heather Walter
Division of Student Engagement and Success Associate Professor, Communication
College of Creative and Professional Arts
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University Faculty Representatives
Morning Afternoon
Linda Barrett
William Baker
Mary Biddinger
Diana Biordi
Stacia Biddle
Rachel Boit
Chien-Chung Chan
David Cockley
Gang Cheng
Sandra Coyner
Fred Choy
Michelle Dumpe
Daniel Coffey
Robert Figler
Raymond Cox
Harold Foster
Bruce Cushing
Suzanne Gradisher
Sujay Datta
Terry Hallett
Malik Elbuluk
Maria Riaz Hamdani
Cheryl Elman
Lisa Hart
Rebecca Erickson
Lori Huber
Stefan Forcey
Teena Jennings-Rentenaar
Michael Graham
Karin Jordan
David Giffels
Douglas Kahl
Michael Graham
Il-woon Kim
William Guegold
Catherine Knight
James Holda
Sharon Kruse
Robert Huff
Lisa Lenhart
Gwendolyn Jones
Timothy Lillie
Galen Karriker
Liping Liu
Janet Klein
Brad Maguth
Laurie Lafferty
Susan Olson
Paul Levy
Colin Onita
Timothy Matney
Ruth Oswald
Timothy Mehlberg
Patricia Parr
Michele Mills
Tracy Riley
Hung Nguyen
James Rogers
Shawn Rohlin
Kathleen Ross-Alaolmolki
David Roke
Linda Shanks
Robert Schwartz
Alan Snow
Tirumalai Srivatsan
Andrew Thomas
Hossein Tavana
Becky Thomas
Claire Tessier
C . Michele Turner
Janet Thompson
Adil Wadia
Markus Vogl
Evonn Welton
Chrys Wesdemiotis
David Witt
Shing-Chung Josh Wong
Susan Witt
Wiley Youngs
Baomei Zhao
University Interpreter
The commencement ceremonies will be interpreted by:
John K . Sederwall
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The University of Akron
Honorary Degree Receipient
Mrs . Margaret F . Donovan will receive the Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters .
mrs. margaret f. donovan
Mrs . Margaret F . Donovan has held a lifelong belief in the power of education, which has
resulted in her historic and farsighted support of The University of Akron . Over the past 15 years,
she has given more than $1 .8 million to advance science and engineering and to strengthen the
participation of women in those and other vital professions .
In 1996, Mrs . Donovan, along with her children and friends, established The Robert B .
Donovan Scholarship Fund, in honor of the memory of her husband, Robert, who was president
and CEO of ABB, Incorporated, and who passed away in a plane crash during a humanitarian trip
to Croatia . The Robert B . Donovan Scholarship is awarded annually to women pursuing under-
graduate and graduate degrees in engineering, law, or business at The University of Akron .
Mrs . Donovan, true to her vision of expanding opportunity, established the Margaret F .
Donovan Chair for Women in Engineering . It’s the first chair of its kind in the United States,
designed to enhance and promote female leadership in engineering .
Mrs . Donovan also contributed the lead gift to the University’s College of Engineering
for the Margaret F . Donovan Student Design Center . This facility has helped engineering students
continue their successful run in national student design competitions, and is used to recruit high-
caliber students to join the College of Engineering .
The American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science in New York has
recognized Mrs . Donovan for her groundbreaking dedication to advancing women in engineering .
Mrs . Donovan, who is an emeritus member of The University of Akron Foundation Board
of Directors, the College of Engineering’s Advancement Council and the Women in Engineering
Advisory Council, received a Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from the University in
2003 . She is also a 2010 recipient of the Elizabeth Davidson Buchtel Award, which recognizes
groundbreaking philanthropy by women to the University .
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