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STETSON UNIVERSITY Commencement Ceremony Graduate Programs Friday, December 16, 2005 Seven O'Clock Elizabeth Hall Chapel DeLand, Florida Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/stetsongraduate2005unse Stetson University Commencement Graduate Programs PROGRAM Stetson University President H. Douglas Lee, Presiding Senior Lecturer Gary Maris, University Mace Bearer Associate Deans Toni Blum, Jean West andJudson P. Stryker, and Vice PresidentJames R. Beasley, University Marshals PRELUDE Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 769a J. S. Bach BoydJones Price Professor ofOrgan PROCESSIONAL Crown Imperial William Walton INVOCATION Michael R. Fronk '74 University Chaplain WELCOME H. Douglas Lee President LITANY FOR COMMUNITY Leonard L. Nance Dean, First Year Studies Leader: Stetson University students, faculty, staff, families, and friends, We come together to celebrate and reaffirm our commitment to each other and to Stetson University, and to proclaim ourselves as active members ofa loving and inclusive community. Together: We strive to transform life for the welfare of all. Leader: We celebrate and reaffirm our commitment to excellence in education as learners and teachers, and to our religious heritage, which inspires us to center our lives on the quest for meaning and truth. Together: We strive to transform life for the welfare of all. Leader: We celebrate and reaffirm our commitment to integrate education and action, scholarship and social responsibility, for the purpose ofpromotingjustice on our campus, in our nation, and throughout the world. Together: We affirm our quest for knowledge and our commitment to transform life for the welfare of all. FACULTY SPEAKERS William A. Pelaia Associate Professor ofTeacher Education Betty Thorne Professor ofDecision Sciences Page4 THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES H. Douglas Lee Stetson University' Assisted by: Adrienne M. Perry, Associate Professor and Chair ofTeacher Education Lynn L. Long, Associate Professor and Chair ofCounselor Education Betty Thome, ProfessorofDecision Sciences and DirectorofUndergraduate Studies, School ofBusiness Administration INSTALLATION OF NEW ALUMNI Susan P. Anderson Executive Director ofDevelopment and Alumni Relations ALMA MATER Gary A. Meadows '59, '65 Dear Alma Mater, smile upon thy children, Gladly we greet thee, altogether lovely! Peace be within thy classic halls and temples. Hail, Alma Mater dear! DearAlma Mater, tenderly thy children Gather and bring to thee gracious salutations. Comrades, yourvoices lift once again in chorus; Hail, Alma Mater dear! BENEDICTION Michael R. Fronk RECESSIONAL Improvisation, Op. 150, No. 7 Camille Saint-Saens Theaudienceisasked tostandduringthe Processionaland the Recessional. Duringthe Recessional, pleaseremainatyourseatuntilallgraduates havereached theexit. Please turnoffthesoundforpagersandcellphones andrefrainfrom usingthemduringtheceremony. There willbeareceptionat the President's House immediatelyfollowingtheceremony. Page 5 Educational Mission Stetson's mace, designed by Episcopalian Canon Edward UnSitveetrssointy excellOeuntrmeidsusciaotnioatnSitnetsaoncrUenaitvievresictoymimsutnoiptryoviwdheeraen NOlalsioenEdWmeustndosfNinew195Y6orakt,twhaesMparyeseCnotmedmetnocfeormmeenrtprceesriedmeonntyJ.. learning and values meet, and to foster in students the CanonWest,oftheCathedralChurchofSt.JohntheDivine,is qualities of mind and heart that will prepare them to a leading authority on heraldry and the ancient symbolism on reach their full potential as informed citizens of local which much academic protocol isbased. communities and the world. The mace isdescribed here by the artist: At Stetson, the art of teaching is practiced "Stetson'smace isdesignedsothatanyonecouldeasilyplacethe through programs solidly grounded in a tradition of university's geographic location and chartering power. The liberal learning that stimulates critical thinking, palmbudsfromFlorida'sstatesealformabasefortheheadofthe imaginative inquiry, creative expression, and lively mace. The legend around the bowl makes the particular tinhtreolulgechtusamlaldlebianttee.racTtihvee calratssoesf,lcelaorsneinsgtuidsenetn-hfaacnucletdy kinnsotiwtnutiaosn'as"mcoatnitviengcldeeavri.ceT"hseinccreetnuhleaytairoensacpolnasytiotnuttehewhLaattiins alliances, andcollaborativeapproachesthatprovidethe word"stet"-ofStetson-meaning"may itstand." The anchor, foundationforrewardingcareers and advanced study in heart and cross-repeated twice in ornamenting them-are taken selective graduate and professional programs. We fromthesealoftheCityofDeLand. Fromthe topofthemace, embrace diverse methodologies to foster effective rises theshieldofthe university. Themacetakes itsbasicshape communication, information and technological from the mace of the Baptist Long Parliament, thus signifying literacy, andaesthetic appreciation. Weencourage the the Baptistrootsofthe university." jduedvgemleonptm,enatndoflifienlofnogrmceodmmciotnmviecnttisonst,o lienadrneipnegndtehnatt silverTsmhieth,maocfeWwialslimaamdCeobmyynDsani&elSSopnesn,ceLrtd,.,maLsotnedrogno.ldTahned arecharacteristicfeaturesoftheenlightenedcitizen. In firm was established in 1645 and examples oftheir craft work bringing together learning and values, the University canbe found inSt. Paul'sCathedral andWestminsterAbbey. encourages all of its members to demonstrate personal Medallion integrity; to develop an appreciation for the spiritual dimension of life; to embrace leadership in an The President's Medallion, worn at all official academic increasingly complex, interdependent, and occasions, was cast for the inauguration of former Stetson technological world; and to commit to active forms of presidentJohn E.Johns in 1969. The medallion, cast insilver, social responsibility. is the university sealembraced by awreathoflaurel. The Stetson Colors Heritage Stetson University, Florida's first private TheStetsoncolors,GreenandWhite,wereadoptedabout university, wasfounded in 1883 byHenryA. DeLand, a the time as the Seal. At the first commencement the stage was New York philanthropist, as DeLand Academy. In decorated in Green and White. It is believed that the colors 1887, theLegislatureoftheStateofFloridaenactedthe werechosenfromtherichgreenoftheorangetreesand thepure Charter of DeLand University as an independent and white ofthe orange blossoms, a magnificent sight in the spring autonomous institution of higher learning. The throughout Florida's great citrus belt. The color white universitynamewas changed in 1889 to honorJohn B. representspurity and greensignifiesgrowth. Stetson, the nationally known hat manufacturer who Academic Attire gave generously ofhis time and means to advance the quality and reputation of the institution, and who The traditionalpageantryofanacademicprocession, such served, with Mr. DeLand and others, as a founding astheonewhichopenstoday'sCommencementexercises, isone trustee ofthe university. ofthe most impressivespectaclesofourtime. Itssignificance is Thefirstcharterstatedtheobjectoftheuniversity attested by the array of handsome gowns and vividly colored should be "to promote the general interests of hoods worn by members ofthe Board ofTrustees, the Faculty, education, and to qualify its students to engage in the and other officers ofthe University. These display the symbols learned professions or other employments of society, ofscholarly attainment. and to discharge honorably and usefully the various The earliest illustrations of gowns worn at Oxford University in England somewhat resemble cassocks worn by dutiesoflife." descriSbteedtstohne'scfoirmstmiprtemseidnetntt,oDtre.aJcohihnngF.whFiorcbhesh,asclbeaerelny pErnogtleicsthiotenaacghaeirnsstwhweoatfhoeurn.dTghooedAumseerfiocratnhesyhsotoedm,oforaccaowdle,miacs ahallmarkofthe universitythroughout itshistory: heraldry indicates the level of a degree, the field of study in "Buildings, libraries and apparatus are good and whichitwasearned,andtheinstitutionbywhichitwasgranted. give addedpower, but thevitalcontactofstudentswith The American mortarboard, derived from the soft Oxford sainveigoqruoausnaonndosftiamulsautcicnegssmfuilndedauncdathioena.r.t.-Tthhies ismotshte cdaepg,reiess,blaiscku.suIatlslytasbslealc,k,foralhtohldoeurgshogfolthdetbaasscehleslomra'syabnedwmoasrtnerb'ys important thing is to find men and women of large holdersofdoctoraldegreesand headsofinstitutions. The tassel heartandmind, aptto teachandfullofenthusiasmand is worn on the right side ofthe cap by undergraduates, on the stimulatingpower... todevelop inthestudentthehabit left byholders ofbachelor's andhigherdegrees. ofindependent judgment - ofinvestigating statements It is the hood which provides academic regalia its color and principlesforoneself, and thus foroneselfdiscover andoffersthemostinformationabout itswearer. Thesilklining their truth orfalsity." of the hood bears the color, or colors, of the degree-granting college oruniversity; its velvet facing reveals the colorassigned Mace to each area of study. The doctor's gown may bear velvet organiMzaicngesmawyerheemo,rigbiuntalflryomwartheins1t3rtuhmecnetnstuursyedhafvoer otfriPmhmiilnogsoopnhyth(ePhf.rDo.n)t.anAdfsleeweviensst-istuucthioanss,damrokstbllyueovfoerrsDeoacstobrust been carried by the sergeant-at-arms of the some in this country, authorize the wearing of colored robes, organization. In the European and in the older departingfrom the traditional black and brightly displaying the American universities it symbolizes the dignity and official colorsofthe university. authority of the president and the corporation or the boardoftrustees. Page6 December 2005 16, Education Specialist, Masters Candidates for Degrees of Arts, Education Education Specialist & *Nancy Lichens Breslin CorneliaClara Policke Science Daytona Beach, Florida DeLand, Florida Master of Arts Sharon LeighKent Tracy LynnRiepenhoff "Paul DavidTomlinson Deltona, Florida DeLand, Florida Vero Beach, Florida Master of Education *AnthonyJoseph Ballone *Theresa Melinda Hearn *MarisolRubio Celebration, Florida Sanford, Florida Pierson, Florida *Allen Raymond Bechdel *DerrickLavon Henry *LucileOdom Schneider PortOrange, Florida Daytona Beach, Florida Davenport, Florida *Jascelyn Lee Boles Amy Christine Klaber *Sheree Samantha Shepherd Edgewater, Florida Orlando, Florida Daytona BeachShores, Florida *Melissa Lynn Bossardet *Lori Elizabeth Kurtz *Juliette Marie Soule Daytona Beach, Florida Deltona, Florida Eustis, Florida *Teresa Ann Bryant *Sarah Shivani Lachman Jason Eugene Spencer Deltona, Florida Deltona, Florida Orlando, Florida *Brenda Lee Burgett *Jessica Rose Leonard *Erin Elizabeth Stewart PortOrange, Florida DeLand, Florida DeLand, Florida *JoanLorraineClark *Chrishell Delisa Lewis GuyR. Swenson DeLand, Florida DeLand, Florida Orlando, Florida *Maureen ElizabethColdiron *Lissette Lopez *Lawrence Temple,Jr. DeLand, Florida Orlando, Florida South Daytona, Florida *Alison MichelleCooper *Francenia Elizabeth Maddox-Barrs *Catherine ElizabethTendl Deltona, Florida South Daytona, Florida Oviedo, Florida *Christina Marie Deese *ElsieNoemi Mendez *Mary DianeThiele Kissimmee, Florida DeLand, Florida Kissimmee, Florida Kari Lynn DeSormier *StephenDouglas Mills StephanieTroutman- Hutcheson Orlando, Florida Tallahassee, Florida DaytonaBeach, Florida *Brenda Marie French *CynthiaRuth Mohen KellyChristine Vail Ormond Beach, Florida St. Cloud, Florida Kissimmee, Florida EugeneGeorge French *Holly AnnMonahan *Jacqueline Boyd VonCasminski Orlando, Florida DeLand, Florida DeLand, Florida *Catherine MariaGalotti *Celeste Renee Morgan *Tracy LynnWebley DeLand, Florida Daytona Beach, Florida Orlando, Florida *Holly MarieGlaspie *RosemarieOlszewski OrangeCity, Florida Orlando, Florida *Cori CossettiGoldstein *MollyKathrynRadtke Windermere, Florida PalmCoast, Florida Master of Science KarenAnne Dunkley SharonLouise Hodges Knstina Lynn Kendall Kissimmee, Florida Lake Hamilton, Florida Daytona Beach, Florida Pamela Manning DuVall *Jeffrey SamuelJames *Kathleen AnnLawler Eustis, Florida DeBary, Florida Merritt Island, Florida Jacqueline Angela Heiny Shannon Brooke Kemp Mary Margaret Montequin Deltona, Florida DeLand, Florida Ormond Beach, Florida Pace8 * denotesJuly 27, 2005, graduate Master of Science Continued Master SharonLankford Morris Aldo IvanRodriguez Nicole HendersonVlassis OF WesleyChapel, Florida Orlando, Florida DeLand, Florida Science, Business Raulston Bruce Nemhhard Jinny ElizaRuhlman Machelle Votra Orlando, Florida Guayama, PuertoRico Sanford, Florida Administration & WilliamWhiteford Parks Theresa Denise Steele Michele Lee Walsh Accountancy FruitCove, Florida Montgomery, Alabama Sorrento, Florida ElizabethLouise Pilster Nicole MichaelTaranto KimberlyLynn Westbrook DeLand, Florida Oviedo, Florida Sanford, Florida Master of Business Administration John Allan Adams Douglas Wayne Katez Michael Rivera Charlottesville, Virginia Jacksonville, Florida Orlando, Florida *John Patrick Anderson CarlJoseph Keever *AnthonyJosephRosilio PortOrange, Florida BatonRouge, Louisiana Clermont, Florida *Emma Anna KristinaAstrom *AriSimcha Litwin Matthew Philip Rowley Stockholm, Sweden DeBary, Florida Deltona, Florida *JurabekAzimov *ChristaJeanLonergan *JanellJoyce Scott Orlando, Florida Celebration, Florida Orlando, Florida Albert Boafo Steven Michael Mach Ulugbek Shodmonovich Deltona, Florida Ormond Beach, Florida Shodmonov Tashkent, Uzbekistan *Mark Stephen Burton *JonathanCary McKinney Orlando, Florida Titusville, Florida Alex Simmons Gulfport, Florida JohnEdwardCook KevinJohnNoel Celebration, Florida Ormond Beach, Florida *PetraSrotova Olomouc, CzeckRepublic *Shawn RobertCornell Jason AlanOrtitay Ormond Beach, Florida Avella, Pennsylvania Marc Daniel Stumbo Oviedo, Florida MargaretRenee Cosby Samuel Ernest Petrecky Houston, Texas Amsterdam, NewYork *Jeffrey AllenTomse DeLand, Florida *KathleenAnne Costello *Elena Ivanova Philipova DeLand, Florida Sofia, Bulgaria Rebecca EllenTurpish Orlando, Florida *Brian David Duncan JohnJeffrey Phillips Jacksonville, Florida Davenport, Florida *RobertaGuimaraesVaz Kissimmee, Florida *Erik Alan Farr Dorothy Ann Pitone Clermont, Florida Ocala, Florida *AndrewCarmen Welch Indialantic, Florida *Benjamin Peyton Ferguson *Joshua Nathan Prybyla Ponce Inlet, Florida WinterSprings, Florida Natalya AnatolyevnaYakovleva Ufa, Russia Miguel Gil *RyanStanton Purdy Daytona Beach, Florida Orlando, Florida Ahmad Mohammed Yakzan Beirut, Lebanon *Lisa Suzanne Hall GerantQosja DeLand, Florida Flagler Beach, Florida Brent Anthony Hamilton Jonathan David Reeder Palm Coast, Florida Tavares, Florida *Christopher David Hotary *Rogerio RosaRezende High Springs, Florida Sao Paulo, Brazil Master of Accountancy :Lauren Hammett Ashley Gleeson ParksJohnson Merrimack, New Hampshire DeBary, Florida Colleen MichelleJohnson *ChristopherJohn Smith DeLand, Florida DeLand, Florida Page 9 : denotesJuly 27, 2005, graduate Master of Master of Business Administration Business Administration Juris Doctorate JurisDoctorate & (In Absentia) Honors Recognition *Marielle Elizabeth Barrs Michael Paul Kelton 'Shannon Lee Schlesman Tampa, Florida DeLand, Florida Gulfport, Florida *FrederickThomas Anthony Bollaci KathrynMichele Manley Alison Marie Strange Oldsmar, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida Largo, Florida Richard Alan Bruner,Jr. Richard Michael Margadonna AndrewChristopherSwitlyk St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg, Florida Sarasota, Florida David Marc Bulluck BarisJohnOkcular SuzyTate TempleTerrace, Florida Gulfport, Florida Tampa, Florida RamonAlbertoCastillo Mary Ellen Pullum 'HaydenAryn Wicker SanJuan, PuertoRico Longwood, Florida Longwood, Florida *RyanChristopherGnftin :David Haynes Redden Thomas RussellYaegers St. Petersburg, Florida Houma, Louisiana Gulfport, Florida Daniel ErikJohnson JenniferAnne Rumph Destin, Florida Lakeland, Florida Honors Recognitions StetsonUniversity applauds its December 2005 graduates whohave achieved high honors incompleting theirdegrees. BETA GAMMA SIGMA Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society providing the highest academic recognition available for an undergraduate or graduate business student. Beta Gamma Sigma recognizes outstanding academic achievements of studentsenrolled in collegiatebusinessandmanagementprogramsaccreditedbyAACSB International. Tobeeligible formembership, a student mustrank in the upper 20 percentofthe graduating master's class. Master ofBusiness Administration Miguel Gil Brent Hamilton Michael Rivera RebeccaTurpish CHI SIGMA IOTA Chi Sigma Iota is the international honorsociety forstudents, professional counselors and counseloreducators whose mission is topromotescholarship, research, professionalism, leadership and excellence in counseling, and torecognize high attainment in the pursuitofacademic andclinical excellence inthe professionofcounseling. Karen Dunkley Pamela DuVall Sharon Hodges Shannon Kemp Mary Montequin Sharon Morris Elizabeth Pilster Jinny Ruhlman TheresaSteele Machelle Votra Michele Walsh Page 10 * denotes]uly 27, 2005, graduate
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