Table Of Content

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport School of Allied Health Professions School of Graduate Studies School of Medicine Commencement Gold Dome Centenary College May 10:00 a.m., Saturday, 24, 2008 Program Theaudienceis requestedto remainseatedduring theprocessionaland recessional PROCESSIONAL PRESIDING MARKW. PLATT, Ph.D. Assistant Dean forStudent Affairs,School ofMedicine NATIONAL ANTHEM KELLYSCHWARTZENBURG CANNON Class of2008,SchoolofMedicine INVOCATION FATHERPETERB. MANGUM Pastor,Cathedral ofSt. John Berchmans WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS johnc. Mcdonald, m.d. Chancellorand Dean, LouisianaState University HealthSciences Center JOHNV. LOMBARDI,Ph.D. President, Louisiana State UniversitySystem A'DAIRWILLIAMSHERRINGTON President,Class of2008, SchoolofMedicine ADDRESS JEFFREY A. DANIELS,M.D. Founder, Medical Clinic ofBig Sky Big Sky, Montana PRESENTATIONOFTHE ALLEN A. COPPING EXCELLENCE INTEACHING AWARDS ANDREW L. CHESSON,JR., M.D. Associate Dean forAcademic Affairs, School ofMedicine PRESENTATIONOFCANDIDATES JOSEPHM. McCULLOCH,Ph.D. Dean, School ofAllied Health Professions SANDRAC ROERIG, Ph.D. Dean,School ofGraduateStudies johnc. Mcdonald,m.d. CONFERRING OFDEGREES FRANCISM. "HANK"GOWEN, JR. LSU Board ofSupervisors OATHOFHIPPOCRATES BENEDICTION FATHERMANGUM RECESSIONAL CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES School of Allied Health Professions Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology Lee Ellen Brunson, cum laude Rebecca Marie Huddleston-Burk Timothy Oliver Davis Kathleen Newman Kelly * Joshua Paul Derouen Charlotte Lancaster * J. Amy Lourahne Green Joshua Alan Patrick + David Lee Hanna, II + Shaterria Turner + Erin Christiane Holmes + Bachelor of Science in Physician Assistant Ashley Nicole Fort *+ Master of Communication Disorders Ashley Jakari Cash Shelby Rose Hood * Jennifer Martin Dowden Megan Vaughn Lerchie Jamie Lynn Fontenot *f Jeanette Irene Morgan Katie Elizabeth Guillot Heather Elaine Ratzburg Doctor of Physical Therapy Corey Paul Arcement * Shannon Walker Fox * School of Graduate Studies Master of Science Diana Lynn Browning *+ Samuel Jason Douglas *+ MicrobiologyandImmunology MicrobiologyandImmunology MajorProfessor:WilliamB.Klimstra,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:JamesA.Cardelli,Ph.D. Lisa Kay Daves Kathryn Clare Meier * BiochemistryandMolecularBiology MicrobiologyandImmunology MajorProfessor:B.JillWilliams,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:KatherineD.Ryman,Ph.D. Lydia M. Davis + David Keith Welch *+ BiochemistryandMolecularBiology MolecularandCellularPhysiology MajorProfessor:DaltonGossett,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:TakYeeAw,Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy Sri Kripa Balakrishnan *+ John William Langston BiochemistryandMolecularBiology MolecularandCellularPhysiology MajorProfessor:DavidS.Gross,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:TakYeeAw,Ph.D. Gretchen Leigh Bentz *+ Disha Arvind Mody MicrobiologyandImmunology CellularBiologyandAnatomy MajorProfessor:AndrewD.Yurochko,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:Michael Mathis,Ph.D. J. Shoujun Chen * Yihang Pan CellularBiologyandAnatomy CellularBiologyandAnatomy MajorProfessor:KevinJ.McCarthy,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:OmarSkalli,Ph.D. Marcie Fowler Naveen Kumar Rajasagi *+ BiochemistryandMolecularBiology MicrobiologyandImmunology MajorProfessor:Shari Meyers,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:StephenR.Jennings,Ph.D. Bo Jiang f Jared Lee Snider Pharmacology,ToxicologyandNeuroscience MicrobiologyandImmunology MajorProfessor:TammyR.Dugas,Ph.D. MajorProfessor:JamesA.Cardelli,Ph.D. *Inabsentia +DegreeconferredDecember,2007 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine Ralph Lee Abraham, Timothy Brandon Davidson III Adrian Paul Abreo D'Antoni Carmichael Dennis Sara Ann Adams Daniel Vu Do Frank Lawrence Anderson Nathaniel Ross Duhon Daniel Stephen Atherton Penny Xuan Dupre James Gilbert Atherton Brian Sterling Dupree Christopher Gordon Baker Deon Michelle Edgerson Sarah Grace Baker Blake Elgin Elkins Andrew Robert Banker Treniece Marie Nicholas Eubanks Amber Cooper Bazler Genevieve Celeste Folse Kristin Margaret Berlin Roderick Wayne Fontenette John Nelken Bienvenu Cody Ford J. Branson Bruce Bolden Tanja Minova Foster Erkut Hasan Borazanci Reginald P. Francis Kamel Brakta Kathleen Brumfield Freeman Robert Adam Brocato Nathan Paul Freeman Kyle Bailey Bruyninckx Michael Anthony Goebel Roy Louis Burrell Anna Seal Guidry Elena Madeline Mitkevicius Campbell Shira Lynn Gurvitz Kelly Schwartzenburg Cannon Justin Marion Haydel Erin Katherine Cassiere Sean Elizabeth Hays Elizabeth Lynn Clemons Chrisadel Gabourel Heath Amber Nichole Cockburn Britni Fabacher Hebert Alfred John Colfry, III Stuart Craig Hebert Erin Frances Dauterive A'Dair Williams Herrington CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine Christopher Patrick Herrington Daniel Eugene Rasmussen Ebony Dione Hunter Jeremy Michael Rau Brad James Hymel Jonathan Mark Richards Brett Michael Hymel James Kyle Russo, II Chandana Kakani Martin Rahn Setliff Matthew Darrell Kimball John Brian Seymour Kathryn Cummins King Christopher D. Sharp Matthew Ross LaFleur Allison Ann Shipp April M. Landry John Wesley Smith Jennifer Culpepper Lee Laura Lynne Snow Allison H. Mabus Virginia Fant Towles Walker Christopher May LaTashia Coretta Upton Lee Martin Miller Allison Walter Venner Sylvie M. Moriniaux Rebecca Vigen Mathieu Nader Jeanne-Anne Waller John Jose Navas NaQuita Lefear Webb Elise Judd Nicaud Derick Michael Wenning Mark Joseph Nicaud Kathleen Joyce Berg Wenning Elizabeth Leigh O'Brien Joshua Thomas Wiggins Kristine Urban Olivier James L. Wootton, III Brian Jude Parker George Zacharia Catherine Caldwell Parker Emily Jane Zerwas Rachana Mukesh Patel Donald Ross Patrick, Jr. Mohammed K. Qaisi MARSHALS School of Allied Health Professions Clifton Frilot, Ph.D. School of Medicine David L. DeSha, Ph.D., Co-Chief Marshal Jane M. Eggerstedt, M.D., Co-Chief Marshal John A. Beal, Ph.D. Seth M. Berney, M.D. Joan Blondin, M.D. CLASS OF 2008 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY Elected Junior Year Sarah Grace Baker Erin Frances Dauterive Brad James Hymel Brett Michael Hymel Catherine Caldwell Parker Elected Senior Year Amber Cooper Bazler Kyle Bailey Bruyninckx Elena Madeline Mitkevicius Campbell Amber Nichole Cockburn Tanja Minova Foster Britni Fabacher Hebert Stuart Craig Hebert Lainie Joffrion Jorns April M. Landry Jeanne-Anne Waller Emily Jane Zerwas ACADEMIC HERALDRY: THE SYMBOLS OF LEARNING The university commencement procession is a pageant, alive and bright with the dress and ceremony inherited from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. To preserve their dignity and meaning it became necessary for these universities to set rules for academic dress. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895 and set up a code of academic dress. In 1932 the American Council on Education presented a revised code which governs the style today. The Gown. The flowing gown comes from the twelfth century. It has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it completely covers any dress of rank or social standing beneath it. It is black for all degrees with pointed sleeves for the Bachelor's degree; long closed sleeves for the Master's degree, with a slit for the arm; and round open sleeves for the Doctor's degree. The gown worn for Bachelor's or Master's degrees has no trimmings. The gown for the Doctorate degrees is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves, in the color distinctive of the discipline to which the degree pertains. For certain institutions the official colors of the college or university may appear on the gown or its decorations. The Cap. The freed slave in Ancient Rome won the privilege of wearing a cap, and so the academic cap is a sign of the freedom of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Old poetry records the cap of scholarship as square to symbolize the book, although some authorities claim that the mortar board is the symbol of the masons, a privileged guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes the discipline, although a gold tassel may be worn with a doctoral gown. The Hood. Heraldically, the hood is an inverted shield with one or more chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color of the college. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the discipline represented by the degree; the color of the lining of the hood designates the university or college from which the degree was granted. The Mace. The mace, carried by the Chief Marshal, was in medieval times a weapon of war. Today it is a ceremonial symbol of authority. It is universally carried in academic and ecclesiastical processions. The mace carried in today's procession was conceived, designed and made by Jesse O. Morgan, a friend of LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport. Oath of Hippocrates I do solemnly swear by that which I hold most sacred that I will be loyal to the Profession of Medicine and just and generous to its Members. That I will lead my life and practice my Art in uprighteousness and honor. That into whatever house I will enter, it shall be for the good of the sick my to the utmost of power. That, holding myself aloof from wrong, from corruption, from the my my tempting of others to vice, I will exercise Art solely for the cure of patient and will give no drug, perform no operation for a criminal purpose, even if solicited, far less suggest it. That whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of men which is not fitting to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret. These things do I promise. And in proportion as I am faithful to this, my oath, may happiness and good repute be ever mine. In the opposite if I shall be foresworn. School of Allied Health Professions School of Graduate Studies School of Medicine