Commencement Program - Denison University

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FANFARES AND PROCESSIONALS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES J. Martin Erbaugh, B.A., J.D., Member of the Board of Trustees Dale Thomas Knobel, B.A., Ph.D., President of Denison University John Lindsey Jackson, B.S., M.Div., Ph.D., Faculty Marshal Gary Lee Baker, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Assistant Marshal Timothy Paul Hofmeister, B.A., Ph.D., Assistant Marshal WELCOME J. Martin Erbaugh and Dale Thomas Knobel SENIOR CLASS ADDRESS Erin Lyn Copple “Hallmarks of the Denison Experience” ANNOUNCEMENT OF SENIOR GIFT Jeryl Delia Hayes and Danielle Francis Vagnone Class Co-Governors RECOGNITION OF RETIRING FACULTY Presented by Todd Henry Feil, B.A., M.S., M.S., Ph.D. Chair of the Faculty Jon Rogers Farris, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Jonathan Reynolds Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Joan Marie Novak, B.S., Ph.D. Associate Professor Emerita of Religion Robert Elliott Stout, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Theatre CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Dale Thomas Knobel Michael Hayden Armacost, B.A., Ph.D. Presented by Andrew Andrew Z. Z. Katz, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor Professor of Political Science Science Pamela Lynne Houston, B.A., M.A. Presented Presented by David Baker, B.S.E., M.A., M.A., Ph.D. Professor Professor of English John Reeder Meyer, B.S., Ph.D. Presented by Robin Lynn Bartlett, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Professor Professor of Economics COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Michael Michael H. Armacost Armacost “Gratuitous Advice” Biographies begin on page 33 2
AWARDING OF DEGREES IN COURSE David Robert Anderson, B.A., Ph.D. Provost The Awarding of Degrees to Senior Class Co-Governors* The Awarding of Degrees to President’s Medalists** The Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts The Degree of Bachelor of Science The Degree of Bachelor of Arts * Jeryl Delia Hayes and Danielle Francis Vagnone ** Melanie Bailey Cluss, Erin Lyn Copple, Jonathan Scott Ellison, Nathaniel Harold Emmerson, Julie Ann Hufnagel, Vanessa Alyn Miller CHARGE TO THE CLASS Dale Thomas Knobel ALMA MATER “To Denison” To Denison, we raise our song Fair College on the hill, The name that sets our souls on fire, And makes our senses thrill, To Denison, my Denison, In praise our voices swell, The scene of happy college days, The home we love so well. RECESSIONAL Graduates are listed alphabetically under the degree they are receiving, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts. In some cases, a student may earn more than one bachelor’s degree during his or her undergraduate years. The student’s major(s) are listed to the right of his or her name, with a concentration indicated within parentheses. Directly below each name is the student’s home town. Senior Honors Projects titles appear in italics underneath the home town, along with the name and terminal degree of the faculty supervisor(s). President’s Medalists wear gold medals awarded to them in recognition of their status. Students graduating as members of the Honors Program wear bronze medals. Students designated in this program as graduates of the Honors Program have achieved a 3.4 grade point average by the end of the sophomore year and maintained it through their senior year, have taken at least four Honors seminars during their Denison career and have completed an Honors project. Student members of Mortar Board, a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for their achievements in scholarship, leadership and service, wear gold tassels on their caps. Music for the program was coordinated by the Department of Music. Today’s processionals are selections chosen from The Water Music (1717) and Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749) by George Frideric Handel (1685- 1759). A Knobel Fanfare by Associate Professor of Music Andrew Glendening is based on the letters of President Knobel’s first and last names. Community: A Fanfare for the Class of 2004 is an original composition by Assistant Professor of Music Ching-chu Hu. Musical selections are being performed by Daniel Strawser ’06, cello; Christopher Dougherty ’05 and Carl McCoy ’07, violins; Abigail Bacon ’05, viola; Professors Andrew Glendening (Music) and Thomas Evans (Chemistry), trombones; Assistant Professor Nicolas del Grazia, percussion; Ben Huntoon and PROGRAM NOTES 3 Written by V.E. Field, Class of 1903, and led by Denison Chamber Singers Sydney Andrews ’07, Aaron Blain ’06, Matthew Briggs ’05, Daniel Burleson ’04, Chad Forster ’05, Milner Fuller ’06, Joanna Hamilton ’07, Mikala Hansen ’07, Jonathan Horn ’07, Anusha Jogi ’05, Jesse Koza ’07, Natalie Layne ’04, Alexa Lindley ’07, Melissa Nevola ’07, Aaron Parks ’06, Curtis Plowgian ’06, Rebecca Schenck ’04, Kristen Strong ’06, Halle Thompson ’07, Jonathan Webb ’05 Daniel King, trumpets. The group is conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Andrew Carlson. The Chapel bell ringer is Abbey Valvano ’06. The Denison Chamber Singers are directed by Instructor of Music Stephen Caracciolo. The program concludes when the platform party and faculty have recessed. The audience and graduates are asked to remain seated during the recessional. In the event that Commencement exercises are held in Mitchell Recreation and Athletics Center, the graduates will also recess. Parents or friends taking pictures of graduates receiving diplomas are asked to use the special section designated for this purpose. Flowers for the Commencement activities were designed by the Village Flower Basket, Granville, Ohio. Interpretive signing is being provided through Hallenross & Associates. ACADEMIC REGALIA The academic costume which makes the Commencement procession so colorful is more than 800 years old, dating back to the days when students were “clerks,” (members of the minor clergy) and wore monkish gowns and hoods. In those days of unheated classrooms and garret sleeping quarters, the hoods were used to keep the wearers warm. The “tippet” on the end of the hood could also be used as a convenient pocket. Today, the hood is used only as an ornament. Both the gown and the hood indicate the degree held by the wearer, or the degree about to be received. The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and no trimming. The master’s gown also has pointed sleeves but they are slit at the elbow; it also is untrimmed. The doctor’s gown has bell-shaped sleeves adorned with chevrons and is faced down the front with velvet. Graduates of some institutions wear gowns in the color(s) of the university that awarded their degrees.
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