,0 COMMENCEMENT 2005 SPRING SEMESTER 1855-2005 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Advancing Knowledge. Transforming Lives. COMMENCEMENT SPRING 2005 In honor of Michigan State University's 2005 Sesquicentennial year, all 2005 graduates will receive a diploma that displays the Sesquicentennial banner. Thursday, May 5 Friday, May 6 Friday, May 6 Friday, May 6 Friday, May 6 Friday, May 6 Friday, May 6 Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 7 Saturday, May 7 Sunday, May 8 Saturday, May 14 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:00p.m. 7:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 12:00 Noon Wharton Center Breslin Center Breslin Center Auditorium Wharton Center Breslin Center Veterinary Medical Center Breslin Center Wharton Center Auditorium Breslin Center Auditorium Wharton Center Breslin Center Breslin Center Breslin Center Wharton Center Osteopathic Medicine University Convocation Communication Arts and Sciences Arts and Letters Veterinary Medicine Advanced Degree Veterinary Technology Baccalaureate Social Science Nursing Education Natural Science Human Ecology James Madison Business Agriculture and Natural Resources Engineering Human Medicine BOARD OF TRUSTEES MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY The Honorable David L. Porteous, Chairperson ............................................................................. ............... Reed City The Honorable Joel 1. Ferguson, Vice Chairperson ............ ................................................................................ Lansing The Honorable Dolores M. Cook ................................................................................................................ Greenville The Honorable Melanie Foster ..................................................................................... ............................. East Lansing The Honorable Dorothy V Gonzales .................................... ..... ................................................. ............. East Lansing The Honorable Colleen M. McNamara ............................................................................................................ Okemos The Honorable Donald W Nugent ................................................................................................................ Frankfort The Honorable G. Scott Romney ........ , ............................................. ....................................................... Birmingham Lou Anna Kimsey Simon, Ex Officio, President ........................................................................................ East Lansing John IZ. Hudzik, Acting Provost .................................................... .......... ...................................................... Williamston Sue Carter, Secretary .............................................................................................................................................. Lansing THE COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE Linda 0. Stanford, Chairperson Cassandra Book Bess German John Jobson Deborah Kinney Karen Klomparens Ted Minnick Ulreh Mostosky Betsy White Melissa Wilson, Student Representative Thomas Wolff On the cover is Beaumont Memorial T01ver, constructed in 1928, a gift of John W. Beaumont, class of 1882. Restoration of the tOlver, carillon, and clock Ivas completed in 1996, reviving the bells Ivhich had been silent since 1987. Beaumont T01ver once again is a fimctioning symbol of the beauty and strength of Michigan State University. Diplomas will be mailed to degree recipients approximately one month after the end of the semester. Honors designations are based on the GPA attained through the semester prior to graduation. Honors designations for Summer Candidates therefore will require recalculation. Senior class gift information is located at http://www.seniorclassgift.org For 150 years, Michigan State University has been ad vancing knowledge and transforming lives. MSU, one of the nation's leading land-grant universities, was founded in 1855 as the first agricultural college with only six faculty members and three build~ngs to provide youths with an education in farming. Today, MSU continues to strive for excellence in providing a diverse student body with a broad and rich combination of liberal and practical education. The East Lansing campus looks quite different than it did in 1855. More than 5,200 acres of land encompass more than 400 buildings, and more than 4,000 faculty and staff are engaged in teaching, research and public service. More than 40,000 students -85 percent from Michigan-attend the University'S main campus. Our student body represents every county in the state, every state in the nation, and more than 100 nations from around the globe. lVlinority students comprise more than 15 percent of the campus population, and our campus includes the largest number of African American students among all Big Ten schools. Michigan State University's commitment to diversity and multiculturalism in its student body, faculty, staff, curriculum and outreach programs is exemplified through world-wide services in numerous research, extension, and international programs. MSU's Study Abroad program, which offers 180 programs in 57 countries, is the third largest of any single-campus university in the nation. More than a century after its agricultural beginnings, MSU has a Graduate School and 14 colleges: Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arts and Letters, the Broad College of Business, Communication Arts and Sciences, Educa tion, Engineering, Human Ecology, Human Medicine, James Madison, Natural Science, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine, Social Science and Veterinary Medicine. Today, three colleges represent the central academic dis ciplines which most universities refer to as the liberal arts and sciences: Arts and Letters, Natural Science, and Social Science. These colleges offer outstanding undergraduate and graduate degree programs with majors in traditional disciplines while also providing special programs that enable students to obtain a broad, multidisciplinary edu cation. The College of Education collaborates with the colleges to help prepare students to become teachers in the secondary schools of Michigan as well the nation. Our residence hall system is designed to complement and enhance the learning experiences of our students. The Honors College, which attracts fine young scholars nationwide, enables students to waive standard graduation requirements and undertake enriched academic programs. MSU has produced 16 Rhodes Scholars, 11 Marshall Scholarship winners, 14 Churchill Scholarship recipients, one Mitchell Scholar, and one recipient of the Gates Cambridge Scholarship. These scholarships are among the most distinguished and prestigious academic awards a student can receive. Multimillion dollar, sponsor-funded programs support a wide array of outstanding research activities at MSU Major facilities include the Plant Research Laboratory, operated with the US. Department of Energy as a na tional plant biology center; and the MSU /WK. Kellogg Biological Station, home to one of the National Science Foundation's long-term ecological sites. In collaboration with both the National Science Foundation and the US. Department of Energy, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at MSU is able to study the nuclei of the heaviest elements. The public significantly benefits from the University through University Outreach, MSU Extension Service, and the Agricultural Experiment Station which provides technical information and course work for many Michi gan citizens. The Kellogg Center, one of the finest hotel and conference centers nationwide, annually hosts some 500,000 adults who come to the campus for approximately 1,400 conferences and other educational meetings. Service to the international community is equally impor tant. Supported by grants from the federal government and private foundations, MSU sustains educational and research assistance projects internationally. These projects have given many faculty members overseas experience and have added new dimensions to their teaching. Michigan State University is a member of the Association of American Universities, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, American Council on Education, American Council of Learned Societies, International Association of Universities, Association of Graduate Schools, Council of Graduate Schools, and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. 2 MSU is an affirmative-actioll, equal-opportunity imtitution. 3 ACADEMIC COSTUME A GLIMPSE OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: In 1895, the Intercollegiate Commission, a group of leading American educators, introduced an academic costume code which by design of gowns and hoods would indicate the various degrees, and which by colors would identify the various faculties. Three types of gowns are indicated by the code. Those worn by the bachelors have long, pointed sleeves. Those worn by masters have long, closed sleeves with the arc of a circle near the bottom. Doctoral gowns are faced with velvet. The sleeves are full, round, and open with three bars of velvet on each sleeve. The velvet facing of the bars on the sleeves may be black or the same color as the binding of the hood. Hoods are made of material identical with the gown and are lined in the official academic color of the institution conferring the degree (e.g., green and white for MSU; burnt orange and white for the University of Texas; blue and gold for UCLA). If the institution has more than one color, the chevron Colored vel is used to introduce the second color. vet or velveteen binds the hoods and indicates the de the degree pertains. to which partment of faculty The color of the velvet of the hood is distinctive of the subject to which the degree pertains. For example, the trim ming for the degree of Master of Science in Agriculture should be maize, representing agriculture, rather than gold en yellow, representing science. Generally, the code for the velvet of the hood is the same as listed below for tassels. At Michigan State University, it is customary to identify the candidates graduating from the different departments of study by tassels of the official department color as established by the Intercollegiate Code. Candidates graduating from the Honors College wear a white stole with the initials, He. Candidates grad uating "With Honor" or ''With High Honor" wear a gold braid. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES ............................... MaiZe Forestry, Packaging ..................................................... Russet COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS ...................................... ..... ................. White Fine Arts ..................................................................... . Br01vn Music .............................................................................. Pink Philosophy ........................................................ .... Dark Blue THE ELI BROAD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ......................................... Drab Economics ............ ...................................................... Copper COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES ................................... Peacock Blue Journalism ............................................. ................... Crimson Speech ............................................................ ...... Silver Crqy COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ........................... L~ht Blue COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. .......................... Orange COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY ............................................... Maroon COLLEGE OF HUMAN MEDICINE ................................................. Creen JAMES MADISON COLLEGE ............................... Citron COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE ..... .. ... .......................... Co/den Yellow COLLEGE OF NURSING. .................................... Apricot COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE ................................... Creen COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ........................ Citron Economics .................................................................. Copper COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE ............................ Dark Crqy HISTORY, FUTURE, AND THE UNIVERSITY MACE Michigan State University is pleased to include the University mace in commencement cer emonies. The introduction of the mace, earlier this semester at the Founders' Day celebration and inauguration of MSU's twentieth president, serves to commemorate the sesquicenten nial celebration. The University, founded in 1855, is celebrating its 150 th birthday this year. The mace is designed by University Relations and was produced by Physical Plant staff. Historically, the mace is a symbol of authority dating from medieval times when knights carried them during processions with their kings. As the tradition grew, the mace became a ceremonial symbol of peaceful leadership, and maces were embellished with jewels and met als. Today, a university's mace is carried before the president or chancellor and platform-party dignitaries during commencement and inaugural and other academic ceremonial processions. The Michigan State University mace, 42 inches in length, includes important institutional symbols in its finial, crown, and shaft. The finial is the circular University seal, which includes an image of "Old College Hall." This oak-carved seal derives from an 1869 State Board of Agriculture (now, Board of Trustees) authorization for a woodcut to be used as the frontispiece of the college academic catalog. College Hall, built in 1856, was the first instructional building erected in the United States for the teaching of scientific agriculture. When it collapsed in 1918, John Beaumont (class of 1882) provided funds to erect Beaumont Tower in 1928 at the same location. The tower stands as a symbol of Michigan State's beginnings as the first land-grant college dedi cated to teaching "agriculture and the mechanic arts" with a "liberal and practical curriculum." The mace's crown is trimmed with a maple samara and acorn pattern carved from walnut, a pattern drawn from the "Michigan State College" limestone relief at the Abbot Road campus entrance that also adorns markers at other campus entrances. An image of Beau mont Tower lies in the crown's oak center. Below the crown is the cylindrical shaft, whose alternating, horizontal oak and walnut bands descend to a brass tip. Its oak is purported to be "Beaumont oak," from one of the original saplings surrounding College Hall. Its walnut is from a tree removed to clear land for the Wharton Center for Performing Arts of 1982. In its soaring verticality, Beaumont Tower continues to inspire the MSU community and is an appropriate symbol for the MSU mace. As President Robert S. Shaw (1928-41) stated at the tower's dedication, it has served as "a unifying factor" to remind us, even through our individual activities, of the overall mission of Michigan State University: to inspire us by "appealing to many of the better things in us" and to encourage us to "live up to higher standards, scholastically, socially, morally, and spiritually in all of our affairs." 4 5 HONORARY DEGREE Maya Angelou You are known as a Renaissance woman for the breadth of the northern coordinator for the Southern Christian Leader your accomplishments in the arts, education, and civil rights. You are perhaps best known for your poetry and your auto biographies, but you have written other nonfiction, children's books, short stories, plays, films, and musical scores. You are an accomplished dancer, singer, film director, producer, actress, and cook. When President Bill Clinton invited you to participate in his inauguration ceremony, you were only the second poet in U.S. history-Robert Frost was the first-to write and recite original work at a presidential inauguration. Encouraged to read during a difficult childhood, you devel oped an appreciation for language and its power. Your writing, with its strong images and vocabulary, captures the texture of life and touches readers deeply, inspiring women, people of color, and others to face prejudice, discrimination, and abuse with courage. You are a compassionate champion of human rights. Your play, Freedom Cabaret, helped support the civil rights movement; and in the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr., asked you to be ship Conference. Your personal outreach efforts have helped change the lives of thousands. In recognition of your concern for and contributions to health and family issues confronting minorities, Winston-Salem State University established the Maya Angelou Institute for the Improvement of Child and Family Education and Wake Forest University established the Maya Angelou Research Center on Nlinority Health. You are a natural teacher who eagerly shares your enthu siasm for literature, writing, philosophy, French, and Span ish as the first Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University. Your award-winning documentaries teach viewers about African American cul ture. Your books are taught in classes around the world. For your commitment to education and the arts and your success in using multiple forms of communica tion to convey your concerns for equality and toler ance, I am pleased to award you the honorary degree Doctor of Humanities from Michigan State University. HONORARY DEGREE Gustav Meier You are an internationally ren'owned conduc tor and music educator who has helped make important early professional experience. You have engaged many MSU students and facult), to play with the orchestra. music an important par: of life in central Michigan. As music director of the Greater Lansing Symphony Or chestra for the past twenty-five years, you have developed a professional ensemble of high quality and standards. Your judicious choice of music for the orchestra to perform has helped increase audience attendance. The programs are known for their mix of favorite classical composers, new music by contemporary composers, and works from Broadway shows and films. You have engaged star soloists, who consistently praise your skill as an attentive, sensitive, and skilled accompanist. Your commitment to education includes connections to the public schools through children's concerts at the Wharton Center, where hundreds of young audience members have been introduced to symphonic music. Your "mentor" concerts allow local students to sit in rehears als and concerts with the orchestra, giving the students an Your international career has included conducting at opera houses in Lucerne, Vienna, Zurich, New York City, Santa Fe, and San Francisco. You have had academic appointments at tlle Yale School of Music, the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan, and you were director of the conducting program at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. Your students have appeared with every major orchestra and opera company, and many of them serve as music directors of major musical institutions. You are in demand for conduc tors' workshops and have received numerous awards for your teaching ability and your high level of artistic accomplishment. For your wise and ambitious direction of the Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra and your commitment to advancing the knowledge of musicians and music lov ers alike, I am pleased to award you the honorary degree Doctor of Fine Arts from Michigan State University. HONORARY DEGREE Harry E. Lester HONORARY DEGREE Elias A. Zerhouni As director of District Two of the United Steel Work ers of America, you have had an important impact on labor relations in Michigan, affecting not only the lives of union members but also the economy of the state. Rising in the union from shop steward to director of one of the largest districts, you have become known as a tough but fair negotiator, committed to ensuring that workers share in the wealth they create and have dignity and rights on the job. Under your leadership, the union negotiated the work place safety and health language later recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court as the standard for workers. You were at the forefront of joint labor-management participation programs, negotiating extensive and successful Cooperative Partnership Agreements in steel and other industries. These partnerships helped companies save millions of dollars and gave workers unprecedented input to the operation of their workplaces. You have long recognized the value of education, believ ing that workers needed to be as skilled as their management counterparts if they were to negotiate successfully. You volunteered to serve as education chair for the local union and worked with MSU's Labor Education Program to develop courses for union members. You set an example for other union members by enrolling in labor studies courses at Michigan universities throughout your career. Your leadership in promoting the vitality of Michigan's econ omy has included an effort that led to creation of the nation's largest employee-owned company, saving thousands of jobs. You have worked with union, management, and government leaders on other creative plans to fend off business failures. You demonstrated your commitment to your community by organizing the Steelworkers Golf Day that has raised sig nificant funding for kidney disease treatment and research. You also serve on the boards of many civic organizations. For your service to your coworkers, union members, community, and the state and for your commitment to the education of workers, I am pleased to award you the honorary degree Doctor of Humanities from Michigan State University. You are a respected leader in the field of radi ology and medicine and an administrator known for your open and interactive style of management. As director of the National Institutes of Health you have provided leadership during the historic doubling of the NIH budget, directing the process that is awarding a re cord number of research grants and supporting more young scientists and more clinical trials. You launched the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, a research vision to accel erate medical discovery. With the broad goal of improving health, the Roadmap focuses the biomedical research com munity on new paths and encourages new interdisciplinary collaborations with the aim of speeding discovery and appli cation of "knowledge to prevent, diagnose, and treat ailments. One of your primary concerns is the national obesity epidem ic. To address it, you developed a strategic plan designed to ad vance new research and coordinate obesity research across NIH. Your plan links research teams to study behavioral and environ mental causes of obesity as well as genetic and biologic causes. Before joining NIH your expertise in radiology was rec ognized with your appointment as director of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (NlRI) division and then chair of the ra diology department at Johns Hopkins University. You are a member of the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine and served on the National Cancer Institute's Board of Scientific Advisors. You have also been a consultant to the World Health Organization and to President Ronald Reagan. Your research in imaging led to advances in Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT scanning) and MRI that resulted in 157 peer reviewed publications and eight patents. A Gold Medal from the American Roentgen Ray Society for CAT research and two Paul Lauterbur Awards for MRI research acknowledge your significant contributions to the field of diagnostic imaging. For your work to improve the health and well-being of the American people, I am pleased to award you the honorary degree Doctor of Science from Michigan State University. 6 7 ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES Presiding Jeffrey D. Armstrong, Dean ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Presiding Patrick M. McConeghy, Acting Dean Processional The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor Processional The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor America the Beautiful ........................ .. ............................................................... ...... composed lry Samuel A. Ward Robert Lewis Parks, MSU School of Music arranged lry John T. Madden The MSU Symphony Band and Audience America the Beautiful ...................................................................................... ......... composed lry SamuelA. Ward Robert Lewis Parks, MSU School of Music arranged lry John T. Madden The MSU Symphony Band and Audience Student Remarks Cortney Peissig, Agriculture and Natural Resources Communications Conferring of Degrees Jeffrey D. Armstrong, Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources College of Arts and Letters Distinguised Alumni Award Mr. William Stansell, MSU School of Music, 1954 Founder and President, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Manistee, Michigan Student Speaker Mr. Vinayak K. Prasad, Department of Phziosopf?y Recognition of Outstanding Achievements Presentation of Graduates Alma Mater M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U. (The MSU Symphony Band, Parks and Audience) Recessional The MSU Symphony Band Conferring of Degrees Patrick M. McConeghy, Acting Dean, College of Arts and Letters Alma Mater M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S. U. (The MSU Symphony, Parks and Audience) Recessional The MSU Symphony Band 8 The audience is requested to remain seated ,vhile those il1 the processiollal are entering and leavillg. The audience is requested to remaill seated while those in the processiollal are enterillg and leaving. 9 ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees THE ELI BROAD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Presiding Robert B. Duncan, Dean Processional The MSU Wind Symphony, John L. Whitwell, Conductor Star-Spangled Banner ................................................ ...... ... ... .......... ........... ................... .......... ..... Francis Scott Key Matthew Tuell, MSU School of Music The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience Address Lynn C. Myers Retired, Pontiac-GMC General Manager ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES Presiding Charles T. Salmon, Acting Dean Processional The MSU Wind Symphony, John L. Whitwell, Conductor Star-Spangled Banner ................ ... ................ ......... ...................... .... ................. .......... ................. . Franczs Scott Key Matthew Tuell, MSU School of Music The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience Moment of Silence Senior Class Address Rachel Zuckerman, Audiology and Speech Sciences Special Music Fantasy on MSU Songs ............................................ .. .... .... ........... ............ Jame.r Curnolv The MSU Wind Symphony Special Music Fantasy on MSU Songs ............ ....................................... .............. ... ... ...... James CUrllOlV The MSU Wind Symphony Address Michael B. Budman President and Co-Founder ROOTS Conferring of Degrees Robert B. Duncan, The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Dean, The Eli Broad College of Business Conferring of Degrees Charles T. Salmon, Ph.D., Acting Dean, College of Communication Arts and Sciences Student Remarks Kelly E. McGill, SupplY Chain Management Mqjor Presentation of Outstanding Alumni Awards Recognition of Outstanding Graduates Outstanding Senior Awards Peer Recognition Awards Alma Mater M.S.U, We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U (The MSU Wind Symphony, Tuell and Audience) Recessional The MSU Wind Symphony 10 The audience is requested to remain seated lvhile those in the processional are entering and leaving. After the recessional of the platform parfJ! students and guests may leave via any exit. Merri J 0 Bales, President of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences Alumni Association Recipients: Susan B. Goldberg Richard S. Golden Hirotake Nakasone, Ph.D. Richard H. Newberg Clarence E. "Dusty" Rhodes Special Recognition Recognition of Graduates Alma Mater M.S.U, We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U (The MSU Wind Symphony, Tuell and Audience) Recessional The MSU Wind Symphony The audience is requested to remain seated lvhile those in the processional are entering a/ld leaving. Sign language interpretation is provided by Resource Center for Persons Ivith Disabilities. 11 'i ORDER OF CEREMONIES ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Presiding Carole Ames, Dean Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Presiding Janie M. Fouke, Dean Processional Pomp and Circumstance ...................................................... ..................... Edlvard Elgar The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor Processional The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor America the Beautiful Moment of Silence ............................................................................................... composed by SamuelA. Ward Robert Lewis Parks, MSU School of Music arranged by John T Madden The MSU Symphony Band and Audience Star-Spangled Banner ................................................................................................................. .. Francis Scott Kry Lia L. O'Black, Mechanical Engineering The MSU Symphony Band and Audience Welcome Janie M. Fouke, Dean, College of Engineering Introduction of Speaker Dr. Gordon Guyer, MSU President Emeritus Address Tom Izzo MSU, Head Coach-Men's Basketball Special Music Fantasy on MSU Songs ........................................................ .... ................. James Curn01V The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor Recognition of Outstanding Graduates Highest Academic Achievement Lisa Marie Granskog, Kinesiology and Dietetics Carnella E. Hughry, Special Education Crystal R Pretzer, Kinesiology Shane Rose, Secondary Education Katherine S. Tqylor, Child Development Nanry E. Veltema, Elementary Education Outstanding Service Awards Mitchell E. F01vler and Carnella E. Hughry Conferring of Degrees Dr. Carole Ames, Dean, College of Education Senior Response Mitchell E. Fowler, Elementary Education Carnella E. Hughey, Special Education Megan Muscia, Kinesiology Welcome to College of Education Alumni Association Dr. David Dieterle, President, College of Education Alumni Association Alma Mater M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater Any thy praises, M.S.U. (The MSU Symphony Band, Parks and Audience) Senior Class Address, 2005 Mr. Adam F. Zemke, Mechanical Engineering 2005 Claud R. Erickson Distinguished Alumnus Award Mr. John Ogren, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1965 Special Recognition Distinguished Alumni Awards Faculty Excellence in Teaching, Research, Public Service Outstanding Student Awards Musical Interlude Fantasy on MSU Songs ............................................................... ............... James Curnow The MSU Symphony Band Conferring of Degrees Janie M. Fouke, Dean, College of Engineering Recognition of Graduates Dean, Department Chairpersons, and Associate Deans Alma Mater M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U. (The MSU Symphony Band and Audience, led by Dr. Gary Cloud) Closing Janie M. Fouke, Dean, College of Engineering Recessional The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor Recessional The MSU Symphony Band 12 The audience is requested to remain seated during the processional and recessional. Sign language interpretation is provided bJ' Jennifer Doerr and Rebecca King. Graduates and guests are invited to a reception in Erickson Hall following the recessional. The audience is requested to remain seated )vhile those in the processional are entering and leavil1%, the Arena. 13 ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY Presiding Won O. Song, Acting Dean Processional Pomp and Circumstance ......... ..... ... .... ......... .. .... ..... ............................ ....... Edlvard Elgar The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor Star-Spangled Banner .... .. .. ...... ............ ..... .. .. ............................................... ........ ........ .... ....... ..... . Francis Scott Kry Robert Lewis Parks, MSU School of Music The MSU Symphony Band and Audience Opening of Ceremonies Address Francille M. Firebaugh, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Land Grant Affairs Special Assistant to the President Cornell University Special Music Fantasy on MSU Songs ...................................... ............. .. .... ..................... J OIIJO.r CurnOlv The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees JAMES MADISON COLLEGE Presiding Sherman W. Garnett, Dean Processional MSU School of Music Jazz Ensemble Anthem MSU School of Music Jazz Ensemble and Audience Welcome Sherman W Garnett, Dean, James Madison College Commencement Address Celia Martin, (IR '81), Friedman, Billings and Ramsey Introduction by Prof. Michael Schechter, James Madison College James Madison College Alumni Awards Special Music MSU School of Music Jazz Ensemble Student Presentations Ms. Audry Moiseef, Department of FamilY and Child Ecology Presentation of Candidates Ms. Lindsay Hoffman, Department of FamilY and Child Ecology Ms. Nicole-Natasha Small, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Conferring of Degrees Sherman W Garnett, Dean, James Madison College Ms. Kelli McIntosh, Department of Human Environment and Design Student Speaker Outstanding Student Awards Conferring of Degrees Dr. Won 0. Song, Acting Dean, College of Human Ecology Alma Mater M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U. (The MSU Symphony Band, Parks and Audience) Recessional The MSU Symphony Band, John T. Madden, Conductor 14 The audience is requested to remain seated while those in the processional are entering and leaving. Charge to Class of 2005 Sherman W Garnett, Dean, James Madison College Alma Mater M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S. U. (MSU School of Music Jazz Ensemble and Audience) Recessional MSU School of Music Jazz Ensemble , The audience is requested to remain seated Jl1hi/e those in the processional are entering and leaving. I 15 I ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE Presiding George E. Leroi, Dean ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF NURSING Presiding Marilyn L. Rothert, Dean Processional Pomp and Circumstance .... ........................... ............................................. Edlvard Elgar The MSU Wind Symphony, John L. Whitwell, Conductor Processional The Lansing Concert Band America the Beautiful ............................................. ................................................... composed by Samuel A. Ward Matthew Tuell, MSU School of Music arranged by John T Madden The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience Comments Bhooma Aravamuthan, Graduating Senior Moment of Reflection Special Music Fantasy on MSU Songs ........................... ... .... ............. ....................... ..... .. James CUrtl02V The MSU Wind Symphony Recognition of Awards Douglas W Estry, Associate Dean, College of Natural Science Recognition of Graduates Peggy Bull, Vice President, College of Natural Science Alumni Board Presentation of Diplomas George E. Leroi, Dean, College of Natural Science Alma Mater M.S.U, We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U (The MSU Wind Symphony, Tuell and Audience) Recessional The MSU Wind Symphony Star-Spangled Banner ............................................... ................. ................................................... Francis Scott K'!)' The Lansing Concert Band and Audience Address Jeanette Wrona Klemczak, R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N. Chief Nurse Executive State of Michigan Special Music The Lansing Concert Band Remarks The Honorable Donald W Nugent MSU Board of Trtlstees Conferring of Degrees Marilyn L. Rothert, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., Dean and Professor, College of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau Recognition Teresa Wehrwein, R.N., M.S.N., PhD. Vice Presidettt, Sigma Theta Tau Alpha Psi Chapter College of Nursing Alumni Association Kathleen A. Schwartz, R.N., M.B.A., President Student Address Jessica Diver, G.N. Alma Mater M.S.U, We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U (The Lansing Concert Band and Audience) Michigan State Fight Song .................... ........ ............................. .... ........... ..... ............................................. F. 1. Lank,!), The Lansing Concert Band and Audience Recessional The Lansing Concert Band 16 The audience is requested to remain seated lvhile those in the processional are entering and leaving. The audience is reqtlested to remain seated lvhile those in the processiol/al are entering and leaving tbe Auditori1llJl. 17 ORDER OF CEREMONIES HONORS Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Presiding Marietta L. Baba, Dean Processional Pomp and Circumstance ........................................................................... EdlJJard Elgar The MSU Wind Symphony, John L. Whitwell, Conductor Opening of Ceremonies Marietta L. Baba, Dean, College if Social Science America the Beautiful ........................ ......................... ...... ...... .................... .. ...... ...... composed l:Y Samuel A. Ward Matthew Tuell, MSU School if Music arranged l:Y John T Madden The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience Recognition of Academic Achievements Presentation of the College of Social Science Alumni Awards Jessica Hewitt, President, College if Social Science Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award for 2004-2005 Recipient: Ralph M. Polumbo, Head if Human Capita~ Deephaven Capital Management Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award 2005 Address Hiram Fitzgerald Assistant Provost for University Outreach and Engagement Michigan State University University Distinguished Professor Department of Psychology Special Music Academic Festival Overture .................. .... .. ........ .. ...... ....... composed l:Y Johannes Brahms arranged l:Y Joseph Spanio!a The MSU Wind Symphony Conferring of Degrees Marietta L. Baba, Dean, College of S ocia! Science Special Music Kris Johnson, Trumpet Solo, MSU School if Music Student Remarks Anna Lutey, Graduating Senior, Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science - Community Relations Alma Mater M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater Any thy praises, M.S.U. (The MSU Symphony Band, Tuell and Audience) Recessional The MSU Wind Symphony FOR 2004-2005 MSU BACCALAUREATE GRADUATES Major National and International Scholarship and Fellowship Awards Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year Christopher Hill ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American of the Year Christopher Hill Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Fellowship Andrew M. McCoy Goldwater Scholarship Bhooma R. Aravamuthan Marshall Scholarship Bhooma R. Aravamuthan Morris K. Udall Scholarship Jerilyn E. Church National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Jeffrey R. Gour Andrew C. Jones Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Sze-Ling Ng 2004-2005 BOARD OF TRUSTEES' AWARDS FALL 2004 Katherine R. Belsito Ashley D. Brandenburg Amy M. McLean Kelly K. Megel Cortney A. Peissig Jordan M. Rash Aaron W Scheidies Bhooma R. Aravamuthan Katherine J. Badder Lisa M. Berlin Lynn M. Dersley Justin J. Gengler Jeffrey R. Gour SPRING 2005 Lisa M. Granskog Karen E. Gustafson Michael P. Hoerger Mallory S. Koglin J aco b A. G. Kuiper J illian S. Maxey Thomas J. McPherson Sze-Ling Ng Jason F. Shingledecker David A. Skalny Katherine S. Taylor Megan E. Townsend Judith A. Turnbull Nancy E. Veltema Marie L. Wells THE LOUIS SUDLER PRIZE IN THE ARTS Sean Patrick Spicer Carl Anthony Vervisch The University acknowledges candidates for the bachelor's degree who will graduate as Academic Scholars (A), from the HOllors College (H), With Honor (*), or With High HOllor (**). Academic Scholars completed a two-year honors program including at least four honors-caliber courses. HOllors College graduates are academically talented stu dents who have participated in rigorous, highly individualized programs of study, including at least eight honors-caliber courses. Graduation Honors. The current minimum grade-point average for seniors graduating With Honor is 3.5 and those graduating With High HOllOI' is 3.8, which is approximately 20 percent of graduating seniors who have earned the highest grade-point averages. Recognition of graduation honors in the commencement program is based on the grade-point average of all work at MSU completed prior to the last semester of graduation. To be eligible for graduation honors, transfer students must earn a minimum of 50 semester credits at MSU. 18 The audience is requested to reflJain seated during the processional and recessional. 19 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 4iif Jeffrey D. Armstrong, Dean CANDIDATES-SPRING SEMESTER, 2005 DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Agribusiness Management Juan Jose Cruz Nicholaus Joseph Hornak H** Mallory Sue Koglin Kristin Lee Kramer * Troy Alan Parmalee Brent Michael Skinner Elizabeth Dawn Walsh Agriculture and Natural Resources Communications Nikki Lauren Beattie Timothy Joseph Burkett H Laura Mal' Hamlin * Enomhen Marl' Odigie * Katherine Elizabeth Olender Theodore I\IIichael Roumell Jennifer Marie Schmidt * Crystal R. Schulz Lisa Nicole Scramlin Melissa Ann Sutton ** Megan Elizabeth Townsend Agriscience * Scott Walter Smalley Animal Science Elizabeth Ann Barlage * Jennifer Eileen Beaumont Elisabeth Erinn Beck Brit Horrocks Boehmer H* Rachel Lillian Carpenter Katie Marie Cornprobst Kristen Jane Daddow Mary Lynne Daniels Emily Denise Devers Amanda Lynn Fields Jenny Lynn Fisher Fredric Newell Gingell Marc Lynn Hartzler Alison Sue Hinshaw * Emily Anne Hogberg Amy Lynn Horan * Courtney Danielle Horst Lisa Marie Jess Gena Marie LeBombard Stratton Creighton Lee III Calvin Joseph Lindberg Rebecca Jo Lussier * Sara Rae Malone Charlotte Ann McLaren H** Allison Marie Meyer Elizabeth Ann Nelson Tiffany Anne Newton Sandra Margaret Oesterle H** Alicia Dawn O'Toole * Jessica Lynn Partlow Alan Kenneth Peterson Katie Lynn Pierson Marta Jadwiga Piotrow * Monica Renee Pittman Amanda Sue Rainey H** Katherine Anne Shuster Mika Lynn Sumner H** Emily June Townsend Lindsay Leigh Vinkemeier Tiffany Brook Weatherly Heather R. Wieczorek * Nicolas James Wieland Timothy Andrew Wolak Building Construction Management Michael Artin Artinian Arthur Addison Bronson IV Benjamin Michael Byelich Scott Paul Camiller ** Joshua William Daniel Daniel]. Davis Patrick Michael Deller John Luca Didomenico Benjamin Lee Elliott Ryan James Evers Alin Ciprian Forgaciu Katie Lynne Higgins Jacob Max Huntoon Jason Phillip Ide ** RobertJoseph Kalisz Dong Kyung Kim Stephen Edward McKeon ** Jeffrey Stephen Mehall Jordan Phu Nguyen * Adriane Lorraine Osmar Jonah Scott Petoskey Joshua Tuttle Pettijohn Tiffany Nicole Rust Eric Paul Sifferman Christopher O. Stenback Michael George Taylor Benjamin Tyler Zuehlke Crop and Soil Sciences Matthew P. Chapman * Robert Kevin Haag ** Joseph Mallon Krum Joseph Ryan Lesinski * Emily Grace Sneller Rodney Vincent Tocco Jr. Environmental Economics and Policy Jessica N. King H** Lena Ann Stevens * James Arni Utz H Eden Cameron Wooley Environmental Soil Science H** Brian Mark Campbell Benjamin Lee Thelen Environmental Studies and Applications Emily Anne Balten Keith Arthur Christofferson Nicole Christine Collett Erin Robertson Henry Deidre Frances IZieren * I\I{ichelle Lea I