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Focal point, Focal Point productions. I will remember you. Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by.

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Weep not for memory. I'm so tired but I can't sleep standing on the edge of something much too deep. It's funny how we feel so much We cannot say a word, though we

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are screaming inside, oh, we can't be heard. And I will remember you. Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by. Weep not for memories.

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I'm so afraid to love you. But more afraid to lose. Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose. But once there was a darkness. A deep and endless night.

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You gave me everything you had. Oh, you gave me life. Will you remember me? None. Will you remember me?

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Don't let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories. (music) (music)

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Mr. President, the University community is assembled for commencement. Good morning.

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Welcome you to this 138th Commencement exercise celebrating the University's highest purpose, the academic attainment of our students. Please stand for our National Anthem.

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We will be led in singing by Mrs. Elizabeth Van Arsdale, a senior majoring in music. Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light? What so proudly

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we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming, and the rockets' red glare,

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the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh say does that stars spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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Thank you, Miss Van Arthdale. Please be seated. The flags on display represent the 19 countries of students graduating from Towson at this time and the flags of more than

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sixty other countries representing our current international student population. As you can see, an education at Towson University not only serves the region and the state of Maryland, but also reaches

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across the nation and around the globe. I now call on Mr. Bruce L Marcus, a member of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, who will bring greetings from the regions and

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the system to Towson University. Thank you, President Jones, good morning to all of you. As a member of the University System of Maryland's Board of Regents, the governing body for the majority of Maryland's

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public institutions of higher learning, it gives me great pleasure to be with you today to offer greetings and congratulations on this memorable occasion. On a personal note, I would like to express my admiration to all

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of you for persevering in what was no doubt a year of some uncertainty and concern about the future of Towson, our state, and in the broadest sense, the global community here at Towson. We have all worked very hard to stay the course during the last

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year. Today we at this University, together with our fellow citizens throughout this great state, have been challenged by dramatic changes in our economy and by a variety of external

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forces which will unquestionably affect the world as we know it for at least the foreseeable future. Our nation's college students, and you in particular, have responded courageously and thoughtfully.

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The fortitude and vision which you, the faculty, and our staff have shown in these difficult and uncertain times bode well for our ability to meet the challenges that lie ahead. Here at Towson.

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When you consider courage and thoughtfulness, we immediately focus on an individual who personifies these admirable traits. And of course, I am referring to your interim president, Dan

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Jones. As this institution's interim president, Dan Jones has demonstrated that experience, poise and steady leadership are invaluable, particularly in the fast-paced world in which we

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live and learn. He is a man who has succeeded at all levels in virtually every situation. This is a man who made this campus a part of his life in

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1966, when he started here as an assistant professor of English. He served as chair of the English Department, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, the Interim Provost, the Provost, and now in the capacity of Interim President Dan.

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Stewardship, personal integrity and contributions to the Townsend community cannot be overstated or ignored. I would ask you to join me in recognizing Dan Jones for a job well done this past year.

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Now, my personal praise and admiration for Dan, which I hasten to add, are shared universally by my colleagues on the Board of Regents and his many friends throughout the state, have parallels to a thought, or more properly,

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really, a question that I would like to share with you and your graduating class. As you ponder your future today, what would you attempt to do but if you knew you could not fail?

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Your answers to this question will no doubt be varied and telling. Another way to approach the problem would be to spend some time focusing on your dreams and your aspirations.

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What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? You have not. You have been equipped with one of the best educations available anywhere.

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You have been given the tools to succeed in any endeavor that you choose. This is not to suggest that you will not face adversity set back or two bumps in the road or even a false start or more.

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But rather, I commend to you today to take what I refer to as a long approach. An approach which takes into account that our lives and your contributions are part of an evolutionary process.

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A process which may require refinement as your lives develop, with you always being mindful of the fact that you have been given the foundation to meet any challenge. As part of any evolutionary process, it is important to take

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note of others who have been involved in that process. Seated in the gallery are your parents, spouses, friends and well wishers who have made significant investments in you. People who have, to greater or lesser degrees, helped you on

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your journey thus far by your accomplishment today, their efforts have been rewarded. They are to be commended for their success. I would ask you to join me in recognizing them for the

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contributions at this time. From another perspective, there are others who share hand in hand with your achievements and should be duly recognized. In many ways.

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Each of you is an amalgam of an effort and labor expended by a host of people, your own, your family, your friends, and last but certainly not least, that of your teachers. These people spent time many, many years ago preparing

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themselves for the day that they could impart knowledge and wisdom to you and those who have come before so that you could revel in this day. Your triumph is in real measure their triumph and the days that

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lie ahead. You will assume new roles with new responsibilities. We are fully confident that you are up and ready to meet those tasks on behalf of the Board of Regents and the Townsend

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University faculty. We hope that when you look back and consider how your skills were honed, how your abilities to perceive, judge and contribute matured, and how you have evolved into the people who

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will in short order become the parents, the friends, the supporters, the teachers of the next generation. That you never lower your sights or abandoned your goals, favoring instead an approach which does not accept or

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acknowledge failure. That you set a course which allows you to attempt anything, knowing you cannot fail. You are the future.

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It has been the job of the wonderful family, staff and administration at this fine institution to prepare you to meet tomorrow. As you go forth with feelings of elation, relief, and

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satisfaction. With a job well done, know that you will be able to overcome all obstacles and accomplish anything you imagine. With the strong emotions that you feel today, I would ask that

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you try to bottle up all of the energy, the confidence, and the exuberance that you possess and expend it in measured doses for the rest of your lives. Fulfill your dreams using the commitment, compassion, and

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character that you feel today. In closing, I share with you one thought from Proust, which I hope you will carry with you as you go. The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes, but

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in having new eyes. Towson University provided you with new eyes and new vision. I hope that you think of this campus as home, as a starting point, and that you never forget your time here.

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Those who taught and guided you will never forget you. Thank you and congratulations to each and everyone of you. Thank you, Regent Marcus. Your expressions of appreciation and words of encouragement touch

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us all very deeply. We're also fortunate to have with us the President of Thousands Alumni Board, Mr. Brian Thaler, who'll bring words of welcome from the Alumni

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Association. Good morning, members of the Class of 2002. I bring you greetings on behalf of the more than 88,000 alumni who have preceded you.

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We salute you for your perseverance in all of these undertakings. As alumni, we are enriched by each other's achievements and by Towson's.

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We are a family. You can count on us and we will count on you. You are now a officially a member of the Towson University Alumni Association.

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We encourage you to come back and share your successes with us. You have a new and very important role which is to help us make Towson an even stronger and more nationally recognized

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university. Congratulations. Thank you, Mr. Taylor, may I ask those of you in the audience who are already

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alumni at the university to please stand? We thank you for your continued loyalty and support. You are our future. Please be seated.

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Provost Deborah Leather will join me for the presentation of the President's Award for Distinguished Service. Would Professor George Giorgio please join the President at the center podium for the presentation?

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This award is given to an individual who has dedicated 20 or more years of service to higher education and who has made an important contribution to higher education and the metropolitan region through teaching, scholarship and

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participation in university affairs. The award, provided by the President of Towson University, includes a check for $1000 and a commemorative silver bowl. On behalf of the faculty, I'd like to congratulate George on

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this wonderful award. George Giorgio, professor and Chairperson of the Department of Economics, joined the Towson University faculty in 1980 and attained the rank of Professor in 1991.

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He has served the chairperson of his department since 1995. He earned his BA from Drew University, where he was a Fulbright Skylar and his m.mastersofphilosophy and Doctor of Philosophy, both from George Washington University.

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Dr. Giorgio has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses at Towson in areas including macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Economics for educators, energy economics,

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international financial management, and international trade policy, is published 28 scholarly works and presented 36 professional papers. His many honors and awards include election to the Board of

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Directors of the Eastern Economics Association and the professional Lecturers Professor Excuse me, Professorial Lecturer Award in International Affairs and Economics from the Elliott School of International Affairs of the George Washington

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University. Towson has honored him with two University Merit awards and a University Lecturer Award. His extensive record of service to this university includes co-

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chairing the Council of Chairpersons, chairing the University Promotions and Tenure Committee, and serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Economic Studies Institute.

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Since 1999, he is also represented Towson as a member of the University System of Maryland's Faculty Council and the Maryland Higher Education Commission's Faculty Advisory Council.

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Since 1982, he has been director of the Townsend University Center for Economic Education. Notable among his professional affiliations are the American Economic Association, Eastern Economic Association, Western

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Economic Association, and the Chesapeake Association of Economics Educators. In addition to his reputation for service and scholarship, Doctor Georgia Georgia is known and treasured as an inspiring

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and independent teacher and researcher throughout his career. Doctor George's outstanding scholarship, teaching and service represent the high quality of Towson's faculty

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members, whose achievements of a May Towson University an excellent institution. George, Please as a token of our our, our small, small token for our great appreciation for your achievements. Good

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morning, President Dan Jones, Provost Deborah Leather, honored guests, esteemed colleagues, members of the faculty, ladies and gentlemen. It is indeed an honour and a privilege to be here today to

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receive this award. And I would be remiss if I did not, first and foremost express my appreciation to my family for providing the support that makes my professional achievements possible.

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I wish to thank my wife, Athena, who, by the way, is into her third career and after returning to Towson University Graduate School and earning not one but two graduate degrees, my daughter Evie, who is attending Florida State Law School, and my

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daughter Iralia, who is a sophomore at Johns Hopkins University. As a good father, I promised not to embarrass them further. I thank publicly my loved ones because often in our hour of

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glory, we forget those who encouraged us, who supported us, who provided the sustenance that made it possible for us to be who we are today. In this regard, today's graduates are to be deservedly

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congratulated for their academic achievements. And I congratulate each and everyone of you. But I would like you, the graduates, to pause for a moment and bring to mind those who have been there at your side these

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past four, maybe five, maybe six, who's counting years? Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and of course our good friends. I would you like.

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I would like you to stand up briefly and say thank you to all of them. Please applaud those that made you what you are. Ladies and gentlemen, I am truly honored and humbled to receive

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Towson University's most prestigious President's Award for Excellence and Service. Its value is not to be measured in the size of the monetary award.

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I am sure you realize it is not the Nobel Prize, but in the fact that it is the outcome of something sacrosanct in academia, peer review. At all great universities throughout history, faculty

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accomplishments have been and must continue to be evaluated by their peers. It goes without saying that your colleagues are in the best position to evaluate your worth.

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Now, I assume today's graduates realize that in the real world there is a different organizational set up, something called the corporate structure, and with it there will always be someone called the boss, and he or she is nothing like your

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favorite professor. But believe me, college professors can be brutally honest. It goes with something we call academic freedom.

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Now, I am not here to gloat over the fact that I am privileged to be able to speak my mind, that I enjoy academic freedom. And maybe you do not know. What I would like to do is remind today's graduates that

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even though you leave the ivory tower of academia, you must not leave behind your intellectual freedom if and when you recall your years, ten, twenty, maybe thirty years from now. And if you should remember this economics professor, I do not

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expect you to remember the intricacies of demand and supply analysis, nor the theories of competition and monopoly, nor the details of fiscal and monetary policy, although I would be pleased if you did.

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But I do expect you to still have the intellectual freedom nurtured in you these past few years by the faculty of this great university. I do not expect you to need the Washington Post or the New York

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Times to tell you, whether torturing alleged terrorists or anyone else for that matter, to extract information or for whatever the reason is, whether it is right or wrong. I do not expect you to have to be told by CNN on network

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television, where there are individual liberties guaranteed by our Constitution, are worth sacrificing for an increased sense of security. No, I request, I expect of you in my small role as your

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teacher, as your mentor, that you make your own decisions, that you draw your own conclusions, ladies and gentlemen, and that includes you, today's graduates, for you are no longer students.

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I expect of you to guard above all else, your intellectual freedom. That is all I ask of you. For if your mind is free, you can face down all the armies of

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the world, no matter what flag they bear. In conclusion, I wish to thank once again President Jones, Provost Leather, and my esteemed colleagues and the members of the Faculty for this award.

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And in the spirit of the times, I wish to dedicate this, the 2003 Presidents Award to Intellectual Freedom. May that spirit always be with you. Thank you, Thank you, Professor Georgia.

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It is now my pleasure to introduce Miss Angelia K Seyfert, who will present the student address to the graduates. Angelia was born in San Diego, CA in 1980, lived in Las Vegas,

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NV and moved to Annapolis, MD in 1993. She entered Anne Arundel Community College in 1998 where she placed on the Dean's list each semester. While at Anne Arundel Community College, Angelia received the

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Magothy River Association's E Gordy Riley scholarship and the August Gus and Marjorie Berlitz Memorial scholarship. She was also nominated for the All American Academic team. Miss Seifert transferred to 1000 University in January 2001 as a

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junior. While at Thousand, she placed on the Dean's list each semester and received the Margaret Duke Chamber Scholarship for the 2001 academic year.

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Her undergraduate research project in chemistry placed first in the chemical sciences at University of Maryland Baltimore Camp Campuses 5th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.

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A member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholarship and the National Scholars Honor Society, Angelia is graduating from the College of Science and Mathematics with a Bachelor in Environmental Science, Chemistry Track and a minor in chemistry.

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She plans to enter Graduate School in the fall of 2003. Please welcome Miss Angelia Seyfert. Thank you. Doctor Jones, Provost Leather Regent Marcus, Doctor Zhuju,

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fellow graduates, parents, friends, faculty and alumni. Today is a great day, a day we all have looked forward to for a long time. Because as we all know, college isn't easy.

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For some of us, obstacles make college especially difficult. As college students, we are faced with a number of personal and financial roadblocks on the path to graduation. One thing we all have in common is that we have leaped over

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these roadblocks to get where we are today. Whether it was financial assistance in the form of a direct loan or scholarship, or personal assistance through friends and T use counseling center staff, most of us did not

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get to this day alone. We should be proud of ourselves, but remember to thank those that assisted us when we needed help. After I was asked to give this speech, I took a few days to

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reflect on my time as an undergraduate. I'm sure the statement will be a surprise to most of my professors, but there was a time in my life when I didn't think I would ever graduate, let alone be honored to speak in front of

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my graduating class. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you a very personal roadblock I was faced with during my time as an undergraduate, a roadblock that almost deterred me from

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continuing my education. I come from a family of four, my dad, my mom, my brother, and myself. We were a close family, and after my parents got divorced,

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my brother and I became extremely close. We had a relationship not like most brothers and sisters. We were always there for each other. We had the same friends, we encouraged each other and we

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were each other's best friend. I used the past tense because my brother is no longer with us. He was killed in a motorcycle accident on May 8th of 2000. His name is Donnie.

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He was 22 years old. By sharing this very personal tragic event in my life, I'm not looking for empathy, nor am I looking for pity. Rather, I would like to share with you the one positive

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outcome of my brother's death. Often when we are young, we feel that we are invincible, that life lasts forever. I learned when I was 20 that this is not the case, and after

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the terrorist attacks of September 11th, I think we're all a little bit more aware of this reality. We are human and our lives will end eventually. The one thing we do have control over is what happens in between

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the time we are born and the time we die. I was absolutely devastated by my brother's death. I did not care about anything anymore. I didn't care about school, my job, my future, anything.

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The only thing I wanted to do was to give up because that was the easiest thing to do. For three months, I did not work or go to school. I endlessly thought about and reflected upon my life up to

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that point. While considering whether to give up. I came to ask myself, would Donnie want this for me? The answer was no.

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He would want me to try my best and to get out there and do something good for myself. Instead of letting this event be the end of me, I allowed it to be at the start of another chapter in a book I call life.

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What this tragedy made me realize is that life is short. We must make the best of what we have while we are here. This realization helped me to pull myself out of the hole I had been sinking into.

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I decided to not give up. I needed to try to make the best of things. When people lose someone close to them, there's left of the sort of emptiness in their hearts.

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For me, I partially filled this void with school. I decided to turn Donnie's death into an inspiration for me to do the very best that I could possibly do for me, for my parents, and especially for my brother.

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I came to Towson in January of 2001 as a transfer student. I remember my first day of classes at TUI felt lost. I was unsure of myself and a little emotionally unstable. I did not think I had the skills to succeed, especially since I

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came from a Community College. I remember taking Methods of Chemical Analysis with Doctor Topping that spring. When he was getting ready to hand back the first graded

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exams, he said that he was fortunate for having a class of high achievers, but among these high achievers, there exists a super high achiever. He had been talking about me.

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Later, he told me that because I came from a Community College, he had thought that I would not do as well as the rest of the class and that after that first exam, I blew that stereotype right out of his head.

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I had found my niche. Doctor Topping gave me the confidence that I could do the hard work necessary to become an environmental chemist. Throughout my time at Towson University, I have tried to

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absorb all that I could. School became my passion. I started to excel in all of my classes which each. With each positive remark, my confidence grew.

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I want to thank Doctor Topping for starting this positive chain reaction for me. Without his initial encouragement, I could have easily given up.

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I want to thank Doctor Wilson for encouraging me to face my fears of public speaking and to take on a research project. I would like to thank Doctor Gressens for her passionate approach to teaching which has inspired me to become a

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professor. And I would especially like to thank Doctor Casey for being so down to earth for listening to me cry when I was feeling discouraged.

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I am very fortunate in that I am pretty certain what I would like to do in life. Towson University and especially these professors helped me make my decision in more ways than they knew at the time.

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These individuals gave me confidence when I felt like giving up. It is because of their encouragement and confidence in me that I have decided to go undergraduate school.

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You may find sooner or later that life is full of roadblocks. Some are easy to leap over, others you need a helping hand. When you find yourself faced with obstacles, don't get discouraged, move forward.

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It may take some time, but you can move past, over or around those roadblocks. The next few years will be critical as we start to pave our paths of life.

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Some of us will be entering the workforce, some of us will settle down and start a family, some of us will be going on to Graduate School to learn even more, and some of us may be taking some time off, perhaps backpacking through Europe or

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the Rockies. Whatever you do, do it well and more importantly, be happy with what you do. I would like to share with you a quote from a band called Cake

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that I think makes just so much sense. As soon as you're born, you start dying, so you might as well have a good time. Now, don't take this the wrong way.

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Even though some of us will be doing some serious partying tonight, I don't think the message is to drink oneself into oblivion. I take this quote to mean that because life is so short, don't

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waste any time feeling sorry for yourself. Be happy. My brother used to say that it didn't matter how much money he had or whether or not he lived in a cardboard box, he measured

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success by how happy he was. He was happy and he had a fulfilling life. And this is my wish for you. I wish for all of you great happiness, a fulfilling life

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that is free of difficult roadblocks and the strength and confidence to overcome those roadblocks when they do occur. Today marks the end of undergraduate life for us. This is the end of one chapter in our lives, but the start of

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another. Only you can decide what direction the next chapter will take. And finally, congratulations to us for doing what we needed to

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do to graduate today. May we make the best of our lives and be happy with what we do. Thanks for listening and happy birthday Mom.

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Thank you Miss Seyfried. This is one of the happiest days of the year on our campus. We celebrate first and foremost the graduates of whom we're all so proud.

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But there are many others here today who share in their accomplishments. There is, in particular, one very special group whose contributions deserve full recognition.

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We have the finest graduating class in Maryland because Towson University has the very best faculty. Will the faculty of the University please rise? Graduates, please join me in showing our appreciation for

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these dedicated and caring mentors and teachers. Please be seated. Joining me on stage today are leaders of the University. Through their dedication and expertise, they enable the

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success of our students. On the 1st row are the officers of the University, members of the Board of Visitors of the University Senate, of the Alumni Association, of the Student Government Association, and of

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the American Association of University Professors. Will these colleagues please rise so that we may show our appreciation for their leadership? Thank you.

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Now please join me as we recognize those who have truly made possible the achievements of today's graduates. First, with the mothers and fathers of our graduates, Please stand and remain standing.

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Please hold your pause as I asked several others to to rise and join in the celebration. Now the grandparents, great grandparents and grandchildren of the graduates, would you please rise and also remain

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standing? Will the spouses and sons and daughters of graduates please also rise and remain standing aunts, uncles, friends and all others who have helped make this day possible, who are here to

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share in this very special moment, Please rise. Creditors and process servers can stand their seats. Thank you. You may be seated before the climactic moment of the ceremony

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begins. I have an announcement concerning photographs. A professional photographer will take pictures of your favorite graduate as he or she crosses the stage.

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Photo opportunities for family and friends will be available later. In addition, a professional videographer is taping the entire ceremony so that you may find your particular graduate in

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the procession. Graduates will come forward alphabetically by their departments within the college. If you could limit your applause and shouts for your graduates

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out of respect for the graduate immediately following at least try, it would be deeply appreciated. Provost Deborah Leather will join me for the conferring of the degrees.

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Assisting us in awarding degrees will be Dean's Jin Gong, Gerald Inman, Beverly Leach and Howard Nixon. Will the candidates for master's degrees please stand? Mr.

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President, on the recommendation of the faculty, I have the honor to present those students who will meet all requirements for the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Arts and Teaching, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Education, Master of Music or

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Master of Science. I am pleased to receive these candidates for the graduate degrees. You have shown your determination to develop your

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talents and sharpen your skills. Yours is now the responsibility to apply these capabilities in the service of humanity. By the authority vested in me by the Board of Regents in the

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State of Maryland, I now confer upon you the recommended degree with all the responsibilities, honors, rights and privileges thereunto. Pertaining congratulations.

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Will the master's recipients please approach the stage? I'm Donna Cox, associate professor of the College of Health, the Department of Health Science, and the chair of the Graduate Studies Committee.

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On my right is Doctor Jin Gong, Dean of the College of Graduate Education and Research. On behalf of the Dean and the College of Graduate Education and Research, I would like to extend my sincere

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congratulations to the graduates. Shah, Pragnesh. Kumar, Denise. Glaze, Megan.

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Rebecca Joy Wagner Remain Lynn Kathy Nanette Marie Siskel, Gertrude Latosha Deal Mary Elizabeth Dix Melissa Mcnish Fan Shaw, Stephen Arthur French, Arlene Nicole Hall, Holly Marie Huffer, Erica Elizabeth Jones, Teresa Lamott, Cherie Ray

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Labovitz, Don Allison Marshall Angela Kathleen McCurdy Lang. Sean Francis Mcdivitt, Adam Minini, Kenneth O'keene Dale Al Roberts, Sandra Elaine Singleton Lindsay Ellen Tanner, Michelle E Williams, Justin Talbot Windle, Stephen Paul Jensen, Kimberly A

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McNair, Rachel Lynn Mayer, Lisa Ann Sharp, Catherine Tracy Win Eric Carrie J Herrick Gorkis Leon Jermaine Johnson, Marie Victoria Johnson Yuan Lee Shinobu Sakin, Jason Sang, Huan Yu, Matthew Andrew Bazaar, Holly and Eckert, Alpesh Kumar,

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Hansalia Lingbo Huang Yong Ling Lee, Hui Liu. Sorry. Suburnia Fresnel, Arunsi Pong, Supat Sun Boon, Rod Sarwad, Jay Moon, Kumar Shah, Yuchi Tanaka and Elaine Yvette Johnson.

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Mr. President, this concludes the graduates of the College of Graduate Education and Research. Will the candidates for Bachelor's degrees please stand?

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Students receiving Latin Honors will be announced as their names are called. To receive a degree with honors, students must have completed 60 credits of undergraduate work at Towson University and achieved

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the appropriate quality point average cum Lauda 3.4 to 3.54 Magna, cum Lauda 3.55 to 3.74 Summa cum Lauda 3.75 to Four point. Mr.

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President, on recommendation of the faculty, I have the honor of presenting to you those students who will meet all the requirements for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Music, or Bachelor of Science.

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I am pleased to receive these candidates by the authority vested in me by the Board of Regents in the State of Maryland. I confer upon you the recommended degree with all the

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responsibilities, honors, rights and privileges there and to pertaining as a symbol of your new status. Please now move the Mortar Board tassel from the right to the left.

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Congratulations, graduates, please be seated. Graduates, please follow the direction of the marshals. Once on stage, you will shake the president's hand. Proceed across the stage to receive congratulations from the

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Dean of your college, and then return to your seat. Good morning. I'm Sharma Palutla, the associate Dean for the College of Business and Economics.

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On my far right is Doctor. Congratulations Randall Eldridge, O'Neill. Shimmy Messing Magna cum laude. Portia, Leticia Bagley, Jason Thomas Fodell, Scott Fryenberg,

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Magna cum Laude. Tarun Honda, David Joseph Holter, Loretta El Inoni, Charles Maurice Jones, Jeffrey Lewis Kaplan Summa cum Laude Matthew Quentin Kiefer Summa cum Laude.

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Jennifer Marie Lockhart, Richard Sean Mellow Summa cum Laude. Deborah Glass Rosier cum Laude. Patricia Lee Sadowski, Jerry Lee Scruggs Magna cum Laude Kauser Syed cum Laude.

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Keith Lewis Wagner, cum Laude. Clinton Baxter, Williams, Ahmed, Khaled Aladdin, IO Daily IO Deji Ambodi, William Joseph Amos, Johnny Andraccio, Magna cum Laude, Richard Allen, Ashley Jacqueline Maria Odd, Andrew

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Paul Avramidis, Danielle Marie Babcock. Ludmila Bakayeva, Stephanie Vaughan Baker, Sarah Lynn Barnhart, Deborah Elise Basil cum Laude. Kylie Nicole Bauer, Daniel Canton Beck Lisette Marie

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Betancourt, Gregory Phillip Belt, Kristen Lynn Bitter, Gregory M Bourke, Cephas Ray Bracey, Shazli Hussain Summa cum Laude. Honors College Sean Ari Berger, Pin Lung Chung, Benjamin Lee

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Simony Kristen Beth Cochran, Michelle Jennifer Comer, Danielle Maria Cantineri, Summa cum laude. Christa Elizabeth Chikowski, Brett Allen Doherty, Christine Louise Dorton, cum laude.

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Jared, John Divincenzo, Megan Colleen, Don Hauser, Rebecca Elaine Brendel Delaney, Jason Joseph Eagles Magna cum Laude. Theresa L Edmonds, Joseph Michael Ercolano, Cristina Faggio, Lisa M Fien, Derrick Stephen Fish, Jeffrey Scott Folk

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cum Laude. Robert Edward Fraser, The Third. Thomas Mitchell, GAIL. The 2nd Land.

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GAO, Lana, Mae Gillespie, Wesley Allen. Golden, Eric, Brandon. Goldschmidt, Denisha, Patricia Green, Farida. Guffer, Kathy Elaine Guyola, Stephen, Alexander, Harmon,

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David Lamar Harper, Tyra Lynn. Hurling Angela Tamika Hermann, David Edward George Hill, cum laude. Kara Elizabeth.

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Hipster cum laude. Nancy Hoffman, Magna cum Laude. Siri Rat Hung Premiat. James Churchill Harvey Michael Ryan Howells, Julie Alice

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Hughes, Raquel Mercedes Hunter, Victoria Murray Hunter cum Laude Michael Inner Kwong, Rachel Danielle Jackson Lee Elizabeth Jarasinski cum Laude. Brian Robert Jones, Kevin George Kessler, Caleb Joel Klein, Dana

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Elsbeth Klein, Ronald Edward Knight Junior Tung Fu Lam, Angela Lynn, La Martina Desiree, Karen Ashley Thomas, James Lauer, Kai Mayor Lazarus Lazarus Summa cum Laude. Aubrey Lazelle.

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Kai Aubrey Lazelle, Sarah Alexandra Lewis cum Laude. Justin Desmond Lyles cum Laude, Nicole Lee Leisurewood, Matthew Polner Listman. Rebecca Jean Lowe, Danielle Renee Long Rommel, Lorenzo

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Marmalejos, Dana Matthew Marta Elizabeth Larkin Mayard Terrence Edward McArdle, Brian Christopher Mckelvey, Brian Sidney McKenzie Come Louder. Nicole Patrice Meads, Raymond Joseph Munchansky, Timothy Brian

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Murphy, Lenny Valerie Nakos, Joseph Paul Ort Irwin Randolph Parson, The 2nd Jason Alexander Pato Ashley Michelle Perkins, Jonathan Andrew Porter, Daniel Saba Kamar Thomas, Edward Roll Takako, Ricky Maru Magna cum Laude.

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Ernest Shelton Roan Junior. Michael Lawrence, Ruth Aaron Margaret Schilapote, Rebecca Catherine Seifert Scott Philip Shapiro, Daniel James Shaw, Heather Lynn Sherbert, Melissa Lynn Smith, Michael Blaine

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Smith, Matthew Stephen Siskak, Samuel Snow, Mariana Solovayevsky Zaqueta Juan Stacy cum Laude. Heather Marie Steinrachen, Catherine Ann Stelmack, Michael Thomas Stein, Leslie O Simile Junior Andrea Gwynn Swenson,

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Serena El Tafoya Susmita Rebecca Thomas, summa cum laude. Michael Levon Thorpe Junior Magna cum laude Zachary Jacob Tranzo, Carla Nicole Turner, Jennifer Michelle Weiner, Kelly Day Whiteford, Michelle Jessica Wilson Magna cum laude.

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Eric James Yuengling, Joanne Marie Brookhart, Nicole Catherine Miller, David Wayne Coble, Freddie M Galius Hitchu, Kang Blake I Levy cum Laude. Koki Nakagawa, Koji Sunaga, Andrew Sterling Wenzel.

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Mr. President, this concludes the graduates of the College of Business and Economics. Good morning.

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I'm Doctor Carl Bam, associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. It's my privilege to introduce our graduates today to my far right is the interim Dean of the college, Dr.

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Beverly Leach. Dr. Leach will greet the graduates as they cross the stage and offer her congratulations on behalf of the faculty and staff

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of the College of Liberal Arts. Ryan Lackland, Sisk Summa cum Laude. Kerry Edwin, Augustus Junior and Ania Nadine Benton, Denise Carter, Amber Lynn Sabula, James Edward Cooper, Crippa Kudappa,

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Carrie Elise Dansgaard, Amy Christine Dill, Patricia Michelle Guest, Dawn Michelle Hurley, Shannon Brook Jones, Sherena A Lee, Melissa Catherine Malinowski, Stephanie and Moreau Praveen, Emmanuel Tuukumachi, Maru, Amy.

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Later. Novak, Shannon, Aubrey. Safely, Magna cum Laude. Caroline R Sansone, Fred Wesley.

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Schneider, Rebecca. Therese Sierra, Kristen Nicole Stockhausen, Laura Busena, James Ballard Webb, James, Mark Webbner, Summa cum Laude. Jamie Lynn Zizzo, Caitlin Elizabeth Mangini, Rebecca

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Elizabeth Hines, Crystal Lynn Ford Andrews, James Carr, Bogdan Thomas Baldwin Hokeworth, Sasha Joy Lanham, Thomas Hamilton Shekels, Thomas Henry Steer. Takomi Yuataki, cum laude.

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Jennifer Lynn James Ashley Ann Lewinstein Summa cum Laude Maria Louise Paul Shock, Dorothy Raincloud Sweeney Salad Emily Brooke Andrews Andrew Andrew Lonus William Michael Armstrong Summa cum laude Honors in History Jason Coral Nicholas

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David Bailey Derek John Ecken Rd. Abigail Noel Gephardt, Kathleen Francis Hurley, Magna cum Laude. Jeremy Peter Kennedy Jordan David Mislak cum Laude Scott Brian Roller, Mary Elizabeth Stencil, Devin Richard White,

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Brian Michael Williams, Michael Zachary Colin cum Lauda, Monica Andrea Pevich, Sabrina Paylor cum Lauda. Charmetta Deline Berkley, Marisol Bonilla, Michael Edward Cutsail, Madeline Cecily Doria, Summa cum Laude.

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Bria, Diane McElroy, Tammy. May Meyer, Dirk Timothy James Orr cum Laude Sandrine, Nancy Panuzzi, Ayako Solano, Magna cum Lauda, Joseph Troilo, Beatrice Wythera cum Lauda.

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Brandy, Ashanta. Bounds, Kelly Marie Gumbesky cum Laude. Maya Elise Tomlinson Summa cum Laude. Catherine Dowell Brewer, Joshua Albert Pulaski Barry R

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Steinberg, cum Laude Catherine Ann Barton, cum laude. Renee and Bishop Lakisha Renee Early Robin M Fien, Jennifer Gorlick, Summa cum Laude. Jerry Kerner, Junior Amy Elizabeth Kiger, cum laude.

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Robert Christopher Leone, Steven Tyler Maltese Lauren Elizabeth McCann, Matthew Kenneth Schaefer Summa cum Laude Carrie Michelle Shire cum Laude Stephanie Renee Shock, Helen MF Torcella, Magna cum Laude.

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Lisa and Weir, Amy Beth Aprigliano Magna cum Laude Nina Margaret Bevan Dolores Desiree Benz, Lauren and Blimline, Kimberly Marie Busick, Terry Michelle Byrd Magna cum Laude Aaron Lynn Cheney, Jeanette and Conway.

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Alisa, Sarah. Diamond, Richard Albert Galius, Maxine A Galloway, Richard Eric Gait, Sarah Joe Gordon, Tamara Cheney Green, Christine Marie Grubbs, Catherine and Hamill Darcy, Patricia.

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Hot Summa cum Laude. Rashida Hussein, Magna cum Laude. Lindsay Michelle Enters Cherie Paulette Jones, Janelle Lashaw Jones, Patrice Zondrell Jones, April Marie Jordan, Megan

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Kathleen Kelly, Elizabeth Ann Lind, Jennifer Lynn Lawrence Crystal Jean Christian Marshall, cum laude. Angela Marie Mccusker, Magna cum Laude. Jamie Diane McGuire, Amber Lynn Mayer, Summa cum laude.

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Rakiba Taslim Muhammad Michelle Lee, Monte Grifo, Liza Palmez, cum laude. Marsha L Pearl cum Laude. Christopher Kenneth Rocco Michael Justin Shaffer, Bet

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Shattinger, Christina and Shaffic, Jamie Carol Smith, Emico Takano Magna cum Laude. Daniel, Robert. Unger, Gregory.

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Peter. Valmus, Allison and Wapner, Ryan, Jason. Warfel, Aaron Robert Wheeler cum Laude. Thomas, William.

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Atherton, Michelle Joyce Bar David William Benner, Aaron Louise Blitz, Lisa Lynn Collision Kimberly Megan Daniel cum Laude. Robert David Finn Desiree L Fleming cum Lauda, Amy Corin

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Fletcher cum Lauda Roblin, Diana Getz cum Lauda, Nicole Francis Griffin, Wendy Jermaine Hall, Don Nicole Johnson, Kevin Patrick Kane, Lana Catherine Lane, Aaron Guy LaRue Kirk Ryan Lurie, Christine, Lynette Manns, Kristelani.

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Petrido, Pamela Christine Phillips, Molly Rebecca Sakamawa Mano Magna cum Laude. Pablo Robert Skolochenko, She'd dot Sonkon, Brian Wayne Ward, Magna cum laude.

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Amy Lynn Lewis, Wendy Melissa Altman, Jennifer Dawn Bender, cum laude. Leia Rachel Block cum Laude. David Michael Ganibis.

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Robert John Griffin. Shannon Marie McConaughey, Mike Brian Roenick. Jennifer A Von Cannon. Nicole Marjorie Ruth Woods, cum Laude.

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Guadalupe Amoris. Mr. President, This concludes the graduates of the College of Liberal Arts.

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Good afternoon. My name is Rauf Boulis. I am the acting associate Dean of the College of Science and Math.

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To my far right is Doctor Gerald Entzmann, the Dean of the College. I would like to add my personal congratulations to all the graduates and especially the graduates of the College of

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Science and Math and their families. Congratulations. Angelia Lynn Safer, summa cum laude. Andrew Benjamin Clark, Summa cum Laude.

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Michelle Lee, Batista Olivieri, Owasso Brown, Joseph Preston Debs, The Third Summa cum laude. Constantinos, John. Glaciades, Jonathan Walter.

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Grisica, Justin. Roy. Horst, Elisa, Nadia Jones, Elizabeth. Crone, Steven Michael Kuzmic cum Laude.

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Tara and Morgan Summa cum Laude. Deidre. Moultrie, Andrea. Jane Newton.

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Joshua David. Pinard, Dana, Lucinda Teague, Ileana Marie Tomasek, Summa cum Laude. Adrian Arma, John Roberts, Alton, Magna cum laude.

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Adam Troy, Bass and Marie Brown, summa cum laude. Richard, Zachary Chisholm, Christopher John Cubs, Amy Nicole Cook, Travis James Cook, Leia Mania, Mia Sodela, Marneo, Leonel Cueva, Gerald Mark Cunningham.

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Come Laude Nouriel Bautista de Castro, William Todd De Sharon, Justin Ross Dosher Rashida, Donna Stork cum Laude. Colleen Marie Duffy, Dmitri Friedman, Michael John Hayes, Junior Matthew Aaron Kolm, Jessica Shaheen Lawrence, Daniel

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Pleasant, Madison Fenni Moliawan Magna Com Laude Vellas, Paul Narla Kato, Sharona Neiman, Keith Andrew Pruitt, Annette Romanowski. Curl Sawyer, Edward F Schmidt, Magna cum Laude.

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Abdul H Shayn Shelley, Rebecca Skolnick cum Laude. Ryan Joseph, Smeng, Nahed Sultana, Jason Michael Torres, Erica Lynn Turner, Chuka Emmanuel Ozakawi, Andy A Menoga, Tanya and Vidal, Justin.

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Patrick Alpino, Danielle Elizabeth Ambrose, Samuel George Brown, Kristen Renee Bush, Timothy Clifton Campbell, Jesse Wade Carrington Come Laude. Michael Devon Chapman, Kristen Heinlein, Come Laude Graham,

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Patrick Richardson, Daniel Hess, Smith, Summa cum Laude. John Bradley Verop, Trung Gok Viang, Nathan Scott Ward, Catherine Joanne Bay cum Laude, Mary Jane Valentino, Patrick Aaron Hetzel, Eric Edward Francis What

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Melissa Parello, Christopher Allen Schenkelberg, Justin Christopher Brock Aaron Kate Grossnickel, Yumi Kobayashi, Magna Kumlao, James Edward Murphy The Third Brian Christopher Raleigh Tiffany Hui Vong, Charles R Weller, Junior

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Joanne K Ford, cum laude. Lanzo Mr. President, This concludes the graduates of the College of Science and Math.

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You, the students, to this group of graduating students, you, you, you focus us. You challenge us. We learn from you as you bring us ideas.

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You keep us renewed. You are in fact, the Towson story, and it's a very good story. And thank you for all that you have brought to us and all that

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we have learned from you. Will everyone please stand and join Elizabeth Van Arsdale in singing My Maryland, My Maryland. You'll find the words on page 24 of your commencement program.

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My thankful heart with rapture fills, Maryland, My Maryland. When I behold thy rolling hills, Maryland, my Maryland. I love your rocks and rippling rills Your waterways where beauty spills and nature holds

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a thousand thrills. Maryland, my Maryland. I love thy vistas on the Bay. Maryland, my Maryland.

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The scent of rose and new-mown hay Maryland, my Maryland The people love their work and play Where hopes are high and hearts are gay Long may thy noble laws hold sway, Maryland my Maryland. President Jones his party.

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The faculty will begin the recessional. Due to inclement weather, there will be no student recessional. Graduates and their families and friends are asked to remain in the auditorium until the president and the faculty have

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exited. We offer our best wishes and congratulations for the class of 2002. The.