00:00:00.400 - 00:00:35.560

Focal Point, Focal Point productions. Pick me up, love, every day. Pick me up, from the bottom to the top, love, every day, pay no mind to taunts or advances, I take my

00:00:35.560 - 00:01:05.270

chances on every day. Left to right, up and down, love, I push up, love, love every day. Jump in the mud. Get your hands dirty with, love it up on every day. All you need is, all you

00:01:05.270 - 00:01:35.080

want is, all you need is love. All you need is, what you want is, all you need is love, every day, every day, oh, every day. Oh, pick me up,

00:01:35.840 - 00:01:56.540

love, from the bottom up onto the top love, every day, pay no mind to taunts and advances. I'm gonna take my chances on every day, left to right, up and

00:01:56.540 - 00:02:03.280

up and inside out, Right, Good love, fight for every day.

00:02:04.440 - 00:02:12.000

Jump in the mud, come on, Get your hands filthy, love. Give it up,

00:02:13.080 - 00:02:29.240

love, every day. All you need is, all you want is, all you need is love. All you need is, what you want is,

00:02:29.240 - 00:05:12.840

all you need is love. What you've got, lay it down on me The, the, the, the, the. Mr.

00:05:12.840 - 00:05:30.360

President, the University community is assembled for commencement. Good morning. I welcome you to the 137th Commencement exercise

00:05:30.360 - 00:05:44.830

celebrating the University's top priority, the academic attainment of our students. Please stand for our National Anthem. We'll be led in singing by Teresa Rose Bowser, a graduating

00:05:44.830 - 00:06:34.640

music major with a concentration in voice and performance. What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts

00:06:35.840 - 00:07:07.720

we watched were so gallantly streaming, and the rockets' red glare the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

00:07:33.530 - 00:07:52.250

Thank you Miss Bowser, please be seated. The flags on display on the stage today represent the 37 countries of students graduating from Towson this spring. As you can see, an education at Towson University not only

00:07:52.250 - 00:08:06.410

serves our region and our state, but also reaches across the nation and around the world. I now call upon Secretary Hagner, our Mr. a member of the University System Maryland Board of

00:08:06.410 - 00:08:21.600

Regents, who bring greetings from the System Regent. Mr. Thank you very much. It's certainly a pleasure for me to be here this morning.

00:08:21.880 - 00:08:35.970

Interim President Jones, distinguished guests and especially members of the graduating class. I'm delighted to be with you this morning to bring bring greetings from the University of Maryland Board of Regents to the

00:08:35.970 - 00:08:44.800

families and friends, professors and staff members who are with us. Thank you for the part that you played in the lives of these graduates.

00:08:45.520 - 00:09:01.810

Today belongs to the Class of 2002, of course, and we are very proud of that. Speaking of advice, I'm sure graduates that as today approached, you collected so many perils of wisdom that you

00:09:01.810 - 00:09:17.720

could string a few necklaces by now, most commencement speakers want to share what we've learned in the hope that you'll gain something from our experiences. We want to keep you from repeating our mistakes and spare

00:09:17.720 - 00:09:27.720

you from my hardships. Yes, it makes sense to learn from others, but you learn so much by charting your own course, even if it wanders at times.

00:09:28.640 - 00:09:43.090

While it's never wise to disregard what other people say, it is a terrible idea to substitute their experience and knowledge for your own. Sometimes you need to learn a completely different lesson than

00:09:43.090 - 00:09:58.210

what they've learned. Other times your lesson may be the same, but maybe it will take a different kind of experience for you to really absorb it. There's rarely, despite what we like to believe, sometimes one

00:09:58.210 - 00:10:08.970

right answer. I like that, for it says to me that our possibilities are unlimited. The author Richard Bach has written about parallel lifetimes

00:10:08.970 - 00:10:25.160

in the variety of possibilities that exist for us depending on whether we turn to the left, right, whether we say yes or no, whether we stay or go. Whatever choice we make has its own consequences and advantages.

00:10:25.800 - 00:10:38.000

Difficult as it may be, we have to trust that we are ready for what lies ahead. Over the past several months we have been reminded what we can never know, what's around the corner.

00:10:38.600 - 00:10:53.840

We can't know a what wonderful opportunity may come our way or life changing event that may force us to rethink what we thought we knew and believed. Even with all we can't know.

00:10:53.920 - 00:11:08.000

What I do know is that this university has prepared you well for the future, however that future unfolds. Well, it looks like I've just joined all the others who have given you their two cents worth.

00:11:09.200 - 00:11:24.190

As a father and grandfather, I guess I just couldn't help myself. So in closing, I just say once again, congratulations. You should be very proud of yourselves today and may many,

00:11:24.190 - 00:11:36.120

many bright days lie ahead. Thank you very much and congratulations. Thank you. Thank you, Regent.

00:11:36.120 - 00:11:45.720

Mr. We're also fortunate to have with us a member of Towson Alumni Board, Lone Azola, who will bring words of welcome from the Alumni Association.

00:11:53.370 - 00:12:08.790

Members of the Class of 2002. I bring you greetings on behalf of the over 88,000 alumni who have preceded you. We salute each and everyone of you for all of your perseverance

00:12:08.790 - 00:12:24.800

and all that it took to bring you here today. All of the undertakings, even trying to find that last parking space on campus that you had to get to in order to fulfill your requirements for the course to be in attendance.

00:12:26.640 - 00:12:38.970

As alumni, we are enriched by each other's achievements and by Towson's as well. We are a family. You can certainly count on us, and we surely hope to count on

00:12:38.970 - 00:12:53.880

you. As of today, this moment, you are officially a member of the Towson University Alumni Association. We encourage you to come back and share your success with us.

00:12:54.680 - 00:13:06.680

You have a new and important role, which is to help us make Towson an even stronger and more nationally recognized university. Congratulations.

00:13:06.680 - 00:13:25.860

The best of luck to each and everyone of you with all of your endeavors in life. Have a great day, have a great life. Thank you, miss Azola, how many of those of you in the audience

00:13:25.860 - 00:13:36.400

are already Towson alums? Please show your hands. That's wonderful. I hope I didn't fail any of you along the way.

00:13:38.960 - 00:13:50.840

I've lived to regret it if I did. It's now my pleasure to introduce Miss Chantelle Kathleen Coyle. Miss Coyle is graduating with a degree in art education.

00:13:51.280 - 00:14:04.940

She's a member of Psychi psychology Honor Society and the Golden Key Honor Society. Miss Coyle has completed internships Villa Maria, Norrisville Elementary, Dublin elementary and Richly middle

00:14:04.940 - 00:14:14.720

schools. She's exhibited her work in the Towson Student Art Show. Her career plans are to teach art in an elementary or a middle school.

00:14:15.000 - 00:14:34.970

Miss Coyle, Thank you. President Jones, Provost Leather Regent, Mr. Honored guests, faculty, family and friends. Let me begin by saying how humbled and honored I am to be

00:14:34.970 - 00:14:43.280

your commencement speaker. I have to say I was surprised to be selected. This is the last thing I imagined when I entered this university five years ago.

00:14:44.480 - 00:14:54.850

And I began to think, what could I say that would be of importance to so many people, most of whom I have never even met? I began to reflect on my time at Towson, the many majors I

00:14:54.850 - 00:15:09.430

declared, only to change them a semester later. Like many of you, I began with the infamous undeclared major. And then I changed to a major in art, and I changed to a major in psychology, and then a double major, then back again and back

00:15:09.430 - 00:15:17.200

again. I finally settled on clinical psychology. This was my definite. This was where I was going to be.

00:15:18.160 - 00:15:30.280

And to my surprise, a semester after I chose that major, I found out that it was not for me. And so, in the middle of my junior year, I changed to art education, my true home.

00:15:31.240 - 00:15:42.890

But through it all, one thing has remained constant. The professors have all had such a passion, such a fire for what they teach. It's not so much that they instructed us what to think, but

00:15:42.890 - 00:15:51.990

rather how to think. And this is the gift that enables us to learn for a lifetime. Now I had the experience this past weekend of going to Western

00:15:51.990 - 00:16:04.270

Maryland and watching my husband build a campfire. And I noticed that as he placed this damp wood on the fire, it began to dry out and then glow with heat. But if the Greenwood was removed too soon, the embers could not

00:16:04.270 - 00:16:15.670

sustain themselves. They soon faded and the wood could not light. But if the wood stays in the fire, the embers will grow. They then share in the heat of the other logs until the wood

00:16:15.670 - 00:16:26.200

begins to burn brightly. Then the Greenwood has taken its place. It's ready to keep the fire going and able to light other pieces of wood as they too are added to the fire.

00:16:27.040 - 00:16:38.720

So it is with our education. We began our journey here at Towson unseasoned and untested. But as we attended classes, we learned here a little and there a little lighting our embers.

00:16:39.400 - 00:16:53.030

We have been taught by some wonderful professors. Some have guided us, others have inspired us, and a special few have become our mentors and our dear friends. Even those professors who did none of the above still helped

00:16:53.030 - 00:17:03.070

prepare us for the real world. Yet it is not only what we learned in the classroom that has prepared us. In some ways, the lessons we have learned outside the

00:17:03.070 - 00:17:13.710

classroom have been more important. We have learned tolerance as we endured difficult roommates and the dreaded group projects. Our patience has been tested as we hit the redial number

00:17:13.710 - 00:17:23.400

endlessly trying to register for classes. We tried to contain our frustration as we raced around the parking garage fighting everyone else for that last precious parking spot.

00:17:24.760 - 00:17:36.120

We have also been through the unique experience of internships, or as I like to consider them, paying someone else so that we can work for free. These real world situations are where our skills were truly

00:17:36.120 - 00:17:47.840

tested. Our confidence grew with each new experience. For me, it was overcoming the panic of student teaching when I realized that I had a class of 33 juniors staring right at me.

00:17:49.000 - 00:18:01.680

But we all pressed on and we applied the skills and knowledge that we had learned at Towson to our real life situations. I think these are internships are where we grow up educationally, often surprising ourselves as we succeed.

00:18:03.080 - 00:18:16.000

And through it all, we learned both in and out of the classroom that we became responsible for education. We became responsible for keeping the flame of learning alive, not only in ourselves, but in others.

00:18:17.000 - 00:18:30.270

It is our responsibility to seek out those in need of inspiration and share in the light that we give. Now, as a teacher, this will be a little easier for me. I'll have a class of students captive who have to, I hope, to

00:18:30.270 - 00:18:41.680

inspire and motivate. Not all of you will be this lucky, but this is the challenge that I extend to all of you today. Use the talents you have, for the woods would be quite silent

00:18:41.680 - 00:18:54.120

if no birds sang except the best. I am by no means the best at what I do, but I believe that each one of us has something to offer that no one else can. Find what that is for you.

00:18:54.800 - 00:19:04.840

Believe in it, develop it, and then share it. Nothing will bring you greater joy. Congratulations to the class of 2002. We made it.

00:19:14.000 - 00:19:27.400

Thank you, Miss Coyle. This is one of the happiest days of the academic year. We celebrate first and foremost, the graduates, of whom we're also very proud.

00:19:28.280 - 00:19:43.130

There are many here today who share in their accomplishments. There is, in particular, one very special group whose contributions deserve full recognition, the faculty. We have the finest graduating class in Maryland because Towson

00:19:43.130 - 00:19:55.610

University has the very best faculty. Will the faculty of the University please rise, including our emeritus faculty graduates? Please join me in showing our appreciation for this

00:19:55.610 - 00:20:22.160

outstanding group of dedicated and caring mentors. Joining us on stage today are leaders of the University. Through their dedication and expertise, they enable the success of our students.

00:20:22.560 - 00:20:38.290

On the 1st row are the officers of the University, those responsible for facilitating our academic programs, members of the Board of Trustees of the University Senate, of the Alumni Association of the Student Government Association, and the

00:20:38.290 - 00:20:59.690

American Association of University Professors. Will these colleagues please rise so it may show our appreciation for your leadership? I would also like to thank the faculty who are serving as

00:20:59.690 - 00:21:13.000

faculty and student marshals at this ceremony. We thank you for your service. Please join me as we recognize those who have especially made possible the achievements of today's graduates.

00:21:13.480 - 00:21:36.160

First, would the mothers and fathers of our graduates please stand and remain standing? Yes, now please join them. Grandparents, great grandparents and grandchildren of the

00:21:36.160 - 00:21:59.060

graduates, would you also rise and remain standing? Will the spouses and sons and daughters of the graduates please also rise and remain standing. And aunts, uncles, friends and all others who have helped make

00:21:59.060 - 00:22:17.080

this day possible and who are here to share in this very special moment. Thank you. You may be seated before the most important part of the

00:22:17.080 - 00:22:28.320

ceremony begins. I have announcement concerning photographs. The professional photographer will take pictures of your graduates as he or she crosses the stage.

00:22:28.600 - 00:22:39.570

Photo opportunities for family and friends will be available later so that you may find your particular graduate in the procession. Graduates will come forward alphabetically by their

00:22:39.570 - 00:22:49.400

departments within the college. If you could limit your applause and shouts for your star out of respect to the graduate immediately following yours, it would be appreciated.

00:22:50.120 - 00:23:02.060

It would be very much appreciated. And no, you can't do it, but it'll still be appreciated. OK. Provost Deborah Leather will join me for the conferring of

00:23:02.060 - 00:23:16.000

the degrees. Assisting us in awarding degrees will be Dean's Jin Gong, Marvin Leschi and Howard Nixon. Will the candidates for master's degrees please stand?

00:23:18.040 - 00:23:29.800

Mr. President, on 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,

00:23:29.800 - 00:23:42.790

Master of Fine Arts, Master of Education, Master of Music, or Master of Science. I am pleased to receive these candidates for graduate degrees. You have shown your determination to develop your

00:23:42.790 - 00:23:55.740

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 and the

00:23:55.740 - 00:24:12.450

staff of Maryland, I confer upon you the earned degree with all the responsibilities, honors, rights and privileges thereunto. Pertaining congratulations. Will the Master's degree candidates please proceed to the

00:24:12.450 - 00:24:27.030

stage? My far right is Doctor Jin Gong, the Dean of the College. We do wish to send our congratulations to all of the graduates and especially to the graduates in the graduating the

00:24:27.030 - 00:25:15.890

Graduate Education College. Liliana Yovanovitch. Joanna Marie Sherman, Kurt Dedrick Whitstead Nadine Yvette Huntley Hall, Carolyn Taberg Okianoma.

00:25:23.800 - 00:26:05.300

Carrie Goddess, Marjorie Ann Hampson, Carol Andrea Mason, Yvette Huntley. No Vernon Weirs Wrong Card. Edie Cato, Louise Hill Roberts.

00:26:13.480 - 00:26:27.890

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

00:26:29.880 - 00:26:42.560

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

00:26:42.560 - 00:26:57.040

University and achieve the appropriate quality point Average for cum Laude 3.4 to 3.54 for Magna cum Laude 3.55 to 3.74 for Summa cum Laude 3.75 to Four Point. O Mr.

00:26:57.040 - 00:27:10.160

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

00:27:11.880 - 00:27:22.770

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

00:27:22.770 - 00:27:33.200

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

00:27:33.200 - 00:27:51.970

left. Congratulations, graduates. Please follow the directions of the marshals. Once on stage, you will shake the President's hand, proceed

00:27:51.970 - 00:28:16.270

across the stage to receive congratulations from the Dean of your college, and then return to your seat. Graduates, would you please be seated? I'm Charles Flippin, associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts

00:28:16.270 - 00:28:41.210

and Communication. Let me, on behalf of our college, extend my congratulations to those already expressed today. After I greet the graduates and read their name, they'll proceed

00:28:41.210 - 00:29:24.180

across the stage and receive greetings from our Dean, a very well loved Dean, Marvin Lusky, Chantal Kathleen Madsen Coyle, summa cum laude. Teresa Rose Bowser, Magna cum laude.

00:29:30.250 - 00:30:06.880

Melissa and Chris, Magna cum laude. Andrew David DeVos, Magna cum laude. Andrea Lee Dusata Brandy Nicole Feaster, Magna cum laude. Kerry Kennedy Fencelov Summa cum Laude.

00:30:13.390 - 00:30:50.360

Barbara Colleen Hathaway, Sarah Veronica Luba Houston Laurie Denise McDermott, cum Laude. Karina Elena McShane Summa cum Laude. Lee, Ann.

00:30:50.360 - 00:31:37.000

Roman, Rebecca. Lee Sokol, Magna cum Laude. Matthew William. Volker, Beth Ann Wagner, Matthew John Yanuzi, Janet.

00:31:38.080 - 00:32:09.250

A. Fuqua, Nicole. Elizabeth Albert, Kirsten Azola, Erica Christine Bennett, Julie Elizabeth Benoit, cum laude.

00:32:14.090 - 00:33:26.970

Lauren, Renee Bessaker, Crystal L Best, Nancy Lee Bowman, Jeanine Ashnath, Chance Jordan, Matthew Fader, Thomas A Feller, Bridgette and from Heiser cum Laude. Jacqueline Ray Gill, Kendra Dionne Graham, David Michael

00:33:26.970 - 00:34:27.870

Growl, Alexandra and Gross, Kevin Thomas, Hayden Kelly, Jean Hayes, Cecilia Garcia, Hippoina, Magna cum Laude. Brent E Haman, Catherine Von Howard Robert West Hughes, cum Laude.

00:34:34.440 - 00:35:11.260

Kelly Lynn Janchek, Magna cum laude. Robert Jeffrey King, Emily Carol Kleiner, summa cum laude. Teresa Lynn Leach, Magna cum laude. Catherine Jean Livy, cum laude.

00:35:17.680 - 00:36:09.630

Rebecca Ann Lauterbach, Nicholas Allen Lubinski, Anthony. Excuse me, Allen Anthony Lucetti, Magna cum laude. Stephanie Louise Lyon, Lauren and Mccubbin, Summa cum laude. Darlene Centillion, Maxino cum laude.

00:36:15.280 - 00:37:28.250

Carrie Lynn Medwin, Jennifer Lynn Parker, Lottie Ray Perkins, Nicole Lynn Reeby Bennett, Cheshire Robley Leanne Marie Shaw, Terry Tracy Sheldon San San Serbakhti cum laude. Victoria V Usova Summa cum laude.

00:37:34.010 - 00:38:30.660

Eric Michael Wall, Magna cum laude Kevin Dimitri Weissenborn cum laude Mark Anthony Westerman suma cum laude. Jill Marie wedded cum laude. Jason Ashley White, Virginia Mason Ambler Wick, Jennifer Lynn

00:38:30.660 - 00:39:47.360

Wiley Summa cum Laude. Heather L Wilkerson, Nicole Marie Wittelsberger, Kristen Noel Wood, Shannon Kathleen Baby Stephanie Michelle Banks, Amir Befaroos, Christina Caro, Amanda Lee Coughlin, Magna cum Laude,

00:39:47.360 - 00:41:11.540

Molly Marie Collier. Jacqueline and Ingert Thomas, Andrew Fox Way the 2nd Kristen Lee Hile Lajoie, Jacqueline Holmes, Jamie Marissa Kay Jeanie Michelle Limbach, Corinne Metzger, Brenda Denise Miller,

00:41:11.540 - 00:42:41.560

Tyrone Christian Moore, Robin Lee Rieger cum Laude. Nicole Lee Sheridan Allen, Aaron Circus Sam Devin Sutton, Michelle Ann Thompson, Kellyanne Weissen, John Thomas, Zip Emily Elizabeth Baxter, Magna cum Laude Jennifer Rodzinski

00:42:41.560 - 00:43:30.270

Paradise Montez Burrows cum Laude Jessica Tajuna Pearson cum Laude. Gregory, Ryan. All Christina Marie Barberi, Deborah Nadine Bar David J

00:43:30.270 - 00:44:24.890

Bernstein Neil Sebastian Chelia Mark Robert Colegrove cum Laude Jessica Kristen Curran cum Laude. Kyle D D'Angelo cum Laude. Tashura, Dove.

00:44:30.490 - 00:45:21.350

Randall, William. Dunkel, Damian. Lebanon Hussein Eaga, Michael Terrence Flanagan, Christian G Hoffsommer, Jeanette Don Ibex, Stephanie Susan Karengellen Min

00:45:21.350 - 00:46:20.400

Ho Kim, Jeffrey Raymond Lehman, Michael John Margales, Andrew Russell Maxwell, Athena Drusilla Mccrary. Lashawn, Cheryl Mercer, Paul David Molino, Cabo Mondale, Keith Monaire Magna cum Laude.

00:46:28.610 - 00:47:14.180

Keith Miyun. Niguel, William Jesse Robertson, Magna cum Laude. Natalie A Roars Summa cum Laude. Brianna Elizabeth Rossi Scott Joseph Saccocheo cum Laude

00:47:14.180 - 00:48:43.770

Alexander Joseph Salam Benet Michelle Susan Sacks, Evan Jared Samuels, Margaret Lynn Sheldon Summa cum Laude. Kenneth David Strata Meyer, Matthew Murphy Sullivan, Rebecca Lynn Tomar, Adam George Lucas, Darren Michael Walker, Laurie

00:48:43.770 - 00:50:01.550

Michelle Walker, Ryan Garrett Warfield, Paul Solomon Weinberg, Amy Rebecca Winter, Brian M Zerna cum Laude. Christina Marie Chimelewski Summa cum Laude. Heather Lauren Adler, Maya Soraya Ahmed Maya Sharon Alloy,

00:50:01.550 - 00:51:09.340

Melanie Maria Amato Summa cum Laude. Amanda Rose Antlopnacus, Antlopnacus, Danielle Maria Aquila, Elizabeth Mary Aceron, William Jason Bashlin, Maureen Denise Beasley, Frederick Corey Beckman cum Laude.

00:51:15.500 - 00:52:11.000

Justin Walter Berry, Megan Donnelly Binney, Hillary Aaron Blatchley, Olga Yarawa, Botocheva, Jennifer Faith Boggs, Christa Marie. Book, Eric Donald Brandner, Magna cum Laude.

00:52:18.890 - 00:53:25.330

Donald Dankwa Brooks, Jessica Lauren Birkins, Patrick The Butler, Timothy Patrick Kane, Laura Christine Cannon, Magna cum Laude. Kathleen L Cardani Casey Elizabeth Carlton Danielle

00:53:25.330 - 00:54:40.690

Yvette Carpenter, Bob Adam Castron cum Laude Sarah Ann Chapman, Laura Jane Clements Laval Naneka Coley Honors College, Chris Calvin Compton Junior Aaron Lacey Connolly and Amy Francis Connolly.

00:54:40.690 - 00:55:37.460

Magna cum Laude. Brady Ann Cupertino, Angela Christine Corsini Douglas Alan Crane, Rachel S Krumbacher Summa cum Laude. Amber Marie Culver, Sarah Catherine Curry, Allison Beth

00:55:37.460 - 00:56:25.420

Docman, Megan Stern, Davis Summa cum Laude. Keith James Ditzel, April Francis Delicoski, Carrie Elizabeth Daugherty, cum laude. Lauren Michelle Daugherty, cum laude.

00:56:32.660 - 00:57:24.100

Rebecca Jane Daugherty Corey Jessica Dunlop, Timothy Allen Dunn Carolyn Marie Fagan cum laude. Mary Elizabeth Fairman, cum laude. Joanna Marie Fleischmann Nicholas Michael Franchak cum

00:57:24.100 - 00:58:26.230

laude. Jamie Elizabeth Garner, cum laude. Melinda Sue Galke, Nathan Oliver Fur Christine Ann Schwimmer, Melanie Maquin Go Nicole AV Grimes, Katie Ann Hallman, Paul

00:58:26.230 - 00:59:39.010

Damian Hancock, Melanie Arlene Hardiman, Heidi and Heron Groda Melissa Farah Flansreich, Michael Douglas Foreman, cum Laude. Emil Goating Kristen Marie Giles, Elise Heather Cooper,

00:59:39.010 - 01:00:04.260

Sarah Golden cum Laude. Lisa, Diane. Haynes, Christine. Diane had a Mark.

01:00:11.960 - 01:01:20.840

Jeffrey Evan Hirsch, Denise Lynn Hooper, Adam Bradley Halchik, Michelle Emily Huffman, Julie Catherine Hushin cum Laude. Jennifer Lynn James Howard Scott Jastro, Tara Naomi Jones, Summa cum Laude.

01:01:29.510 - 01:02:16.540

Faith, Christian Jones, Stanford L Kimmel, The Third Ebony Akia. Kersey, Benjamin, David. Carton, Matthew. Cordahi, Michael.

01:02:16.620 - 01:03:17.920

Robert Cottrell, Junior. Nicholas Charles Corpun, Maria Christine Kusaev, Alyssa Megan La Berry, Carletta Fontu Lanford, Robert Joseph, La Terry, Brian J Lazarus cum Laude.

01:03:23.440 - 01:04:45.600

Joseph Latina, Brian Stephen Levin, David Mark Lease, Benjamin Frank Ling Magna cum Laude. Margaret Galvin Litz Kelly Francis Lockwood, Brooke Morgan, Manuel Famine, Marcus Faye Anne Marcus, Aaron Lynn Markish,

01:04:45.600 - 01:05:45.670

Magna cum laude. Elizabeth Marley, cum laude. George Daniel Martin, Matthew Parker Martin, Rebecca Joe McGovern, Sarah Colette Mcnay, Lauren Ashley Mayor, cum Laude.

01:05:53.310 - 01:06:44.980

April Nicole Miller, Patrick Ben AMI Julie Diane Minor, Alicia Moros, cum laude. Jodi Glenn Mascaritolo, cum laude. Garrett, Elizabeth.

01:06:45.300 - 01:07:57.720

Garrett, Kenneth am cum Laude. Benjamin David Murphy, Barbara Lynn Opal, Jason Scott or Sillo. Chris D Asarechek, Christopher Michael Paradise, Edward Joseph Parento Anthony Patlaba Autumn Brooke Powell Summa cum Laude

01:07:57.720 - 01:09:07.790

Thomas Keones, The 2nd Marina Resnick cum Laude. Justin Walter Robertson, Stacy J Robinson Magna cum Laude. Melvin Charles Royster, Atul Kumar, Sardana Mala Gita Sardana Raina, Katherine Schreiber, Magna cum laude.

01:09:17.870 - 01:10:26.200

Soon I sell Daniel Thomas Serpico Joseph David Shaffer, Catherine Alice Shanks, Michael David Shelley, James Allen, Shepherd cum Laude, Jeffrey David Shue Ness, Albert Ginsburg.

01:10:34.430 - 01:11:06.360

I love you. Mom, Dad, Chad, Grandma. Brooke, Michelle Silverberg, Laura Christine Simpson, Andrea Nicole Smith, Gary Mcclary.

01:11:06.360 - 01:12:02.140

Smith, Monica Denise Spinato, Kristen Don Stare, Donna D Stallworth, Jonathan. Mark Stroh's Magna cum Laude Amanda Jean Suttles, Summa cum Laude Jennifer Lynn Terveers, cum Laude.

01:12:10.010 - 01:13:10.240

Paul Stewart, Timer Derek Joseph Turner, Joseph N Vales, cum laude. Renee M Valley, Sonia Vidal, Mariel Walsh, Nicole Elizabeth Ward Magna cum Laude.

01:13:17.040 - 01:14:36.220

Timothy Andrew Ward, Emily Anne Welch, cum Laude. Frederick Lawson Willard Laurie Nicole Williams, Wendy Lillian Winter, Casey Kidd Woods, Timothy David Brown, Robin Sue Dudley Larissa Jean Falcione, cum Laude.

01:14:42.230 - 01:15:41.810

Bridget Marie Hoyt Henry Marcellus Moussaire, cum Laude. Yuan Ling Ho, Summa cum laude. Dennis Alfred Karp, cum laude. C Warren Keller House Daniel E Paquette, Julie Ann Borsetti

01:15:41.810 - 01:16:58.080

Summa cum Laude Carrie Susanna Brady Magna cum Laude Joseph Aloysius Corgan Kirsten LaRue Growthy Priscilla Grow Carol Guerry Candace Jean Jacques Magna cum Laude Stephanie Lynn Jones Magna cum Laude.

01:17:03.970 - 01:18:09.120

John Joseph Leonard Ryan David McCracken, Sean Patrick Morgan, Jane Ellen Murphy, cum Laude. Valerie Lynn Reeves, Matthew Vincent Rice, Megan Ray Rothke, Kathleen Jean Sullivan.

01:18:16.140 - 01:18:37.220

Christina Marie Tilly, summa cum laude. Randy Vick. Lauren L Wright, Magna cum laude. Mr.

01:18:45.230 - 01:18:51.270

President. Mr. President, this concludes the presentation of the graduates of the College of Fine Arts and Communication.

01:19:25.920 - 01:19:42.730

Congratulations and best wishes to each of you. At this moment, I'd like to ask Provost Leather to come to the centre podium for a special tribute. As you know, a commencement is the beginning for a lot of

01:19:42.730 - 01:19:54.920

things and I congratulate all of you. But for one moment, please, let's also congratulate somebody who will also be leaving these walls and these doors with you as well, and that is Dean Lesky.

01:19:55.600 - 01:20:06.160

She will be moving on to a position as Provost of Wilkes University. We are all very sad for her leaving, although we're very happy for what's next for her.

01:20:06.600 - 01:20:21.360

She has served this university so well, not only being an alum, she has been here 32 years as a faculty member, as a chair and as Dean of the college. You are her legacy and she is very proud of all of you.

01:20:21.480 - 01:21:21.600

And as we are very proud of all of you, of her, would you please stand and give her a privilege? Will everyone please stand and join Teresa Bowser in the singing of the Alma Mater?

01:21:21.880 - 01:22:09.080

You'll find the words on page 43 of your commencement program. Alma Mater, Alma Mater, we will ever faithful be, in our hearts thy beauty lingers Though we're gone from thee.

01:22:09.400 - 01:22:43.910

Now thy praises we are chanting, now our voices rise in song, sing thy beauty Alma Mater. And our love so true. Sparkling in the morning brightness, rosy in the sunset light, stately rising on the

01:22:43.910 - 01:23:10.600

hilltop, Ever our delight. Now thy praises we are chanting, now our voices rise in tune. Sing my beauty Alma Mater, and our love so true.

01:23:32.200 - 01:23:40.760

Doctor Jones, his party. The faculty and graduates will begin the recessional. I would ask that members of the audience be seated until they have left the auditorium.

01:23:41.600 - 01:23:50.880

The graduates may then join their guest on the patio. Again. We offer our best wishes and congratulations to the Class of 2002.

01:24:23.080 - 01:24:37.080

(music)