2003 Winter Commencement Video, College of Graduate Education and Research, College of Health Professions, College of Fine Arts & Communications, and College of Education

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

Weep not for the memories. 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 but we cannot say a word, though we 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. 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 dark and endless night. You gave me everything you had.

Oh, you gave me life. And I will remember you. Will you remember me? Don't let your life pass you by. I will remember you. Will you remember me?

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

(music) (music) Mr. President, University Committee and the University community is

assembled for commencement. Good afternoon. I welcome you to this 138th Commencement exercise celebrating our chief priority, the academic attainment of our

students. In consideration of the weather outside, I will curtail a few of the ceremony elements of the program in order to move as quickly as possible to the conferring of the degrees.

Please stand for our National Anthem. What we say can you sleep by the doors held in light? What so broadly we heard at the twilight last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous night with

the ramparts we watch Twistle gallantly streaming under the Rockets run over my bombs bursting in the air. I will say to us that we were led in our anthem by Miss Elizabeth Van Arsdale, a senior major at Regan Music.

Please be seated. The flags on display represent the 19 countries of students graduating at this time and the flags of more than sixty other nations representing our current international student

population. I now call upon Mr. Dominic J Lapanzina, a member of the Towson University Board of Visitors, who will bring greetings from the board.

Mr. Lapanzina, thank you, Doctor Jones, Learner Dean's faculty members, members of the administration, family members, friends and members of the Towson University Class of 2002.

Presidential Board of Visitors is comprised of executives from both public and private sectors who serve in an advisory capacity to Doctor Jones and his leadership team. Some board members are Townson alumni and some are not.

Some contribute their wealth and others contribute their wealth of knowledge, talent and advocacy, but they all share a singular commitment and an affection for this institution. And on behalf of the Board of Visitors, let me say that it is

a privilege to thank Doctor Jones for his stewardship of Towson during these past trying months. We are proud of him and the quality of instruction he and the faculty and staff have maintained here at Towson to

your benefit. We are lucky to have him and we are grateful for his service. This is the part of the protocol that calls for someone from the board to stand up and offer a few words of wisdom to the

graduating class. Now, obviously, I can't sum up what you've learned in your four years of undergraduate work or two or three years of postgraduate work in a few moments.

But what I can try to do is share some thoughts with you. And if only one of those thoughts strikes a chord with you, then I'll feel that my service here has been well spent.

Whatever your future holds, a profession, more schooling, or some time to just kick back and explore the possibilities, I hope that you're going to measure your success not by the income you make, but by the impact you made.

Don't just make a living, make a difference when attempting something new. Expect a learning curve. Anything worth doing is even worth doing poorly at first.

Each of you is going to leave here today with one unique thing that no one else has. Sure, hundreds of people are out there with your same degrees. Thousands are already doing what you want to do for a living, but

you are the only person alive who has soul guardianship of your life, your particular life, your individual life. Not just your life at a desk or at a computer, but your personal life, the life of your heart, the life of your soul.

So here's what I'd like to share with you today. Care enough. Care enough to have a real life, not a frantic race for the next promotion, the bigger car or the prestigious zip code.

In light of the tragic events of September 11th last year, or the impending prospect of military conflict on the horizon, don't you think you'd really care much for any of those things if you lost a loved one?

Care enough to take notice of the smell of salt water having on the beach, Danny Ocean Hun. Care enough to take the time to watch a seagull circle over and then land and Peck for a treasure in the sand.

Care enough to fill your life with people who you love and who care for you and who love who you love and care for and who care for you. Recognize that love is not easy.

You got to work at it. So pick up the phone and call mom. Send an e-mail to a friend. Write a letter to your dad.

Hang out with your brothers and sisters or a grandparent. It won't kill you and it will make their day. Perform a random act of kindness for someone else and care enough to be generous with your time, your talents, and your tender.

Recognize that life is the best thing ever, the only thing, and you have no business taking it for granted. Realize that life is relatively short. You only get one, and know that today is the only guarantee you

get. All of you want to do well, I'm sure, but if you don't do good as well, if you don't care, then doing well will never be enough. It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours.

It's so easy to take for granted the color of our kids eyes, the way the melody in a song stays in our minds and makes us hum. It's so easy to become unfazed by the way our pets wait to greet us at the door when we come home each night, as if they

haven't seen us in years. Care enough to live instead of exist. To love the journey on your way to the destination. Care enough to look at all the good in the world and try to

give a little back because you believe in it deep down in your soul. Care enough to give someone a hug and don't think for a second that you're learning ends today, at this commencement.

This is just the beginning. Finally, remember that even with a new academic degree and a Towson diploma that carries your name, no one will care how much you know until they know how much you care.

Finally, I'd like to leave you with what I think sums up the essence of what I've tried to share with you today, and it comes from the lyrics to a Leanne Womack song. It goes like this.

I hope you still feel small when you walk beside the ocean. Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens. Life is full of chances, but they're worth taking. And if given the chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you'll

dance. Congratulations. Thank you, Mr. La Ponzina.

We're also fortunate to have with us the Vice President of Towson's Alumni Board, Lone Azola, who will bring words of welcome from the Alumni Association. Good afternoon, everyone.

Members of the Class of 2002, I bring you greetings on behalf of the more than 88,000 alumni who have already preceded you. We salute each and everyone of you for your perseverance in all of the undertakings that have brought you here today, made it

possible for you to be here today. As alumni, we are enriched by each other's achievements and also by those of Towson University. We are a family.

You can count on us for sure, and we will always count on you. You are now today, officially a member of the Towson University Alumni Association. We we encourage you to come back and share your successes with

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

Congratulations to each and everyone of you. Have a great life. Thank you, Missus Zola, may I ask those in the audience who were already alumni of the University to please stand for a

moment? Great. We thank you for your continued loyalty and support. You are our true friends and our strongest advocates.

It is now my pleasure to introduce Miss Jennifer Lynn Anderson. Miss Anderson grew up in Pasadena, MD and graduated in 1999 from Annapolis Area Christian School.

Jennifer had the opportunity through the National Student Exchange to study for a year at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mt. Today, after 3 1/2 years of at Towson University, she will be

graduating Summa cum Lauda with a degree in Early Childhood Education. Jennifer Azawi graduating from the Townsend University Honors College.

Please welcome is Jennifer Lynn Anderson, who will give the students address to those gathered. Good afternoon. Thank you Doctor Jones, Provost Leather, fellow graduates,

parents, family, friends, faculty and alumni. One of the most important lessons that I've learned over the last four years is to take advantage of the opportunities around me to make the most of every single moment, Every day.

We have 24 hours, 1440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds to make an impact on others and to allow ourselves to be impacted. And yet, so often, we let ourselves become either too lazy to pursue or too preoccupied to notice the opportunities around

us. We become dangerously content to be bystanders, watching and commending others as they strive for honorable ventures, but refusing to let ourselves take advantage of those

opportunities, those that could teach us to appreciate and understand life more thoroughly than we ever dreamed possible. I entered college with a great enthusiasm for the new opportunities it would hold.

I was going to live in the dorms, meet so many new people, and in three years become an expert in the teaching field. And yet, for some reason, let the excitement and appreciation dwindle to a spark.

I let it shrivel under the realities of having to get up every single day for 8:00 classes, taking notes on lectures that seemed fatally boring, and fighting to survive the rarely successful battle for a parking space in the

university garage. Early last year, I received a bright pink flyer from the National Student Exchange office that reminded me of my initial ambition and determination.

The flyer advertised schools all over the nation in places that I had always dreamed to see. I'd always wanted to see the wide open spaces in the mountains of the Wild West, so I opted to attend Montana State

University in Bozeman. For the very first time in my life, I could leave everything and everyone that was familiar to me, abandoning everything I had ever known to carve a place for myself where I knew no one.

Even with the excitement of starting a new adventure of being on my own self. Doubts Krypton. My doubts became so intense that by the night before my flight

was to leave, I was scared to death and I was convinced that the whole effort was a mistake and sure that it was going to be a disaster. But I was so glad to be proven so wrong at Msui developed

friendships that I will cherish all of my life. Sure, I still had to get up every single morning for eight O clock classes, and yes, there were still those lectures that challenged even the highly caffeinated ones of us to stay

awake, but my eyes were finally open to the opportunities around me. They were opportunities worth taking advantage of and worth making time for.

I soon became a rock climber, snowshoer, mountain climber, ultimate frisbee player, Potter park adventurer, snowboarder, and a dear friend to people whom just a few weeks earlier I never even knew existed.

I enjoyed the time so much that I asked for an extension of my exchange experience for another semester. To all those who supported that request, thank you. My year in Montana was the most life changing and eye opening

experience of my entire life. It provided me with an abundance of opportunities to grow, to make new friends, and to take chances, many of which I had let slip by me my first few years at Towson.

The local Montanans laughed at me when I stood awestruck at the towering mountains. To many of them, Montana State University and its countryside represented nothing more than local, common scenery.

Unfortunately, we all often do that. We incorporate the natural beauty and opportunities around us into the humdrum routines that make up our lives. We sometimes do that to events or even to the people we

cherish. Taking them for granted. Sometimes you have to see people take for granted those things that you most appreciate.

Or better yet, you have to notice yourself taking them for granted, like I had been doing at Towson, before you can truly learn to appreciate them. Opportunities are all around us.

Opportunities to change the tone of our social lives, to better our perspectives, to live as though we are dedicated to every single second, to encourage the people around us, and to make some type of lasting positive impact, no matter how seemingly

insignificant. One of my favorite things to do in Montana was to go hiking in the mountains. My friends and I would get up so early in the morning to start

hiking and not returning until darkness or a snowstorm prevented us from going further. It was always quite an experience. We could choose to focus on how badly our feet hurt, how

terrible it would be to slip off the unstable edge, or how much we just wanted to collapse on the ground from sheer exhaustion. Or we could take those things in stride and decide to realize

that in spite of blisters and bruises, we were amidst breathtaking scenery that some people would only long to experience. Reaching the summit is rewarding, but so is the climb.

Receiving a degree is a great achievement, but so is every single step along the way, no matter how painful or easy. Careers and families and other personal pursuits can be decorated by wonderful benchmarks of success, but we do

not have to wait for those benchmarks before we enjoy those aspects of our lives, or else we risk wasting the very moments that make them special. I would like to take this opportunity to thank some of the

people who have shared in those benchmarks, both good and bad, in my life. Doctor Berkeley and Doctor Freeman, thank you so much for supporting me every step of the way, even when my steps are

being taken in Montana. Mary Knoll, thank you so much for making that whole experience possible. Thanks most of all to my incredible family.

They have celebrated with me through every joy, fought with me in every battle, and cried with me through every hardship. I would like to especially thank my mom. All of my life she has sacrificed to be my front row

supporter in every single situation, just like she is today. Today we will take with us degrees that may open doors in our lives that we never could have expected or imagined.

Through any one of those doors may be the opportunities that will change our lives and make them better than we could have ever dreamed possible. I encourage you today to set out to recognize those doors, to

seize the moments put before you, and to take full advantage of every opportunity that you face. May you experience enough hardship to appreciate success and enough sorrow to appreciate joy.

May you never take any single second for granted, no matter how simple or ordinary it seems, but rather make the most of every opportunity and seize it with ambitious excitement and optimistic appreciation.

To the graduates, I wish you the best of rich and fulfilling lives. Congratulations to you, Towson University's last graduating class from 2002.

Thank you. Thank you very much, Miss Anderson. This is one of the happiest days of the year on our campus. We celebrate first and foremost the graduates who've of whom we

are also proud, but there are others who have shared in their accomplishments. Today especially, I want to recognize one group who has been particularly of value as your students have learned, and that

is our faculty. We have the finest graduating class in Maryland because we at Towson University, we have the very best faculty. Will the faculty of the University please rise?

Graduates, please join me in showing our appreciation for these dedicated and caring teachers. Please be seated. Also with us today on stage 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 of the American Association of University Professors.

Thank you for your dedication and service. Now please join me as we recognize those who we know deep down probably did the most to make possible achievements of today's graduates.

First, with the mothers and fathers of our graduates. Please stand and remain standing. Now they will be joined by the grandparents, great grandparents and grandchildren of the graduates.

Would you please rise and remain standing? Will the spouses and sons and daughters of the graduates please also rise and remain standing? Aunts, uncles, friends and all others who have helped make this

day possible who in here to to share on this very special moment. If there are any IRS agents, creditors or process service, you're to remain seated.

Thank you. The rest of you may be seated. We're almost at the truly important part of this ceremony, the conferring of degrees before I have a brief announcement

concerning photographs. Professional photographer will take pictures of your favorite graduate as he or she crosses the stage. 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 the procession.

Graduates will come forward alphabetically by their departments within the college. If you could limit your applause and shouts for your graduate out of respect to the graduate immediately following yours, it

would be deeply appreciated. Please give it a try. Provost Deborah Leather will join me for the conferring of degrees.

Assisting us in awarding of degrees will be Dean's Charlotte Exner, Charles Flippen, Jin Gong and Howard Nixon. Will the graphics for master's degrees please stand? 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, 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 talents and to 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 Trustees and by the State of Maryland, I now confer your degrees.

I'm Donna Cox, associate professor in the Department of Health Science and also chair of the Graduate Studies Committee. To my my right is Doctor Jin Gong, Dean of the College of Graduate Education and Research, who will be there to

congratulate the graduates. On behalf of the Dean and the College of Graduate Education and Research, I want to extend my congratulations to the graduates for their achievement.

Melissa and Mac Desiree Davis, Christopher Dunn Ferner Mitchum T Harvey Craig Joseph Lewis, Don M Behringer Bracken, Jeanette Daily, Susan Friedman, Nicole Noel James, Stephanie Ann Lambert, Amy Elizabeth Leatherman, Jennifer.

Looking Bill, Catherine Hart, Lexus, Angela Raymond Mcgarvey, Diane Aguilar Mullen, Donna Peters, Sonia Bomb Tip, Cherie Lynn Brown Oh, Sorry. Jill Allison Lemke, Sharon Bryant Pardue One Otay Concha

Churin, Jillian Ricca Fisher, Kimberly Michelle Tucker, Benjamin Franklin Messenger, Sabrina Marie Barbary, Tracy Lynn Borkowski, Melinda Marie Fell, Marcy Friedman Hoffman, Jennifer Lynn Rankovis Nokia, Patrice Carter, Catherine M

Costly, Marsha Marie Fithian, Christina Marie Hyder, Barbara and Jastrob. Olivia, Edith Jeffers, Marie. Manlove, Tracy Lynette Taylor, Richard Eugene Wade, Lorraine

Isola Wilson, Catherine Louise Gordon, Amy, Michelle Halter, Aaron, Colleen Knapp, Amy, Melissa Morrow, Sharon. Parker, Ann. Marie, Caroline Strode, Russell, William.

Tucker, Tillantine, Latrevia, Dotia Benjamin, William B Blandford, Laura Ann Smith, Downey, Scott Hangy, Lynette Lee Jasper, Gloria Al Keaton. Patricia and Keith Katherine, Mary Conkle, Edward John Larson

Junior Junior, Pia Maria McClain, Barbara Louise Moss, Cheryl Bernal, Ray Cora, Al Rose, Jacqueline Kim Shone, Alvin Leon Smith, Christine Al St. Ours Kathy Jean Tuttle, Jennifer Lynn Wilson, Julie Ann Castillo

Mona Luanne Lavinka Ferris, Lisa A John Dale Elise Kirby, Jessica Wolf Rotten, Tara and Right Out Bernadette Maria Russell Stacy Lauren Zahler David Sean Griffin Selfa May Taylor Murphy, Lisa Joy Parker, Susan M Slade Pack.

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

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 achieve

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 4.0. Mr. 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, and Bachelor of Science. I am pleased to receive these candidates by the authority invested in me by the Board of Regents of the State of and the

State of Maryland. I confer upon you the recommended degree with all the 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 left. Congratulations graduates, please be seated. Graduates, please follow the directions of the marshals.

Once on stage, you will shake the President's hand, proceed across the stage to receive congratulations from the Dean of your college, and then return to your seat. Good afternoon.

My name is Ellen Eason. I'm the associate Dean in the College of Health Professions. On my right is Doctor Charlotte Exner, Dean of the College of Health Professions.

On behalf of the faculty and staff, we extend our congratulations. We wish you the best of health, personal and professional success.

Jessica Lynn Crick, summa cum laude. Raw Hein Joseph Blake Janae Nicole Bryant, Marianne Groff, Magna cum laude. Jamie, Rebecca Grimm, cum Laude.

James, Edward. Black, Eric James Chaconas, Melissa Aaron Durnham, Stephen Thor Phillips, Robert William Urban, Ashley, Jonathan. Walden, Cheryl.

Mary Cherian, Lisa, Maria Chen, Cherie, Patrice Gaskins, Magna cum Laude. Kimberly Hertzberger, Tanika Mitchell. Lashley, Megan.

Siobhan, Mccool, David. Morales, Rivera, Jessica. Michelle Roberts, The Laura Robin Sanchez, cum Laude. Amber Dawn Shinnick, Aaliyah, Juanita.

Saint Louis, Bonnie Joy Bevins, Ivy, Lynette Brown, Come Laude, Walter. Cancel Junior, Colleen Louise Carpenter, Brooke Renee Clyde, Michelle Lee Gray, Kimberly and Heiner, cum Laude.

Summer Graceland. Kelly, Eileen. O'Brien, Angela Michelle Patrick, Amy Lynn Ward, Jacqueline.

Martin, Emily A Welling, Meredith Lee Forney, Michelle Michael, Anthony Gusman, Aaron David Sakovich, Carrie Lynette Arnold, Megan Marie Barnes, Kathleen Megan Barrett, cum Laude.

Shannon Senate. Berry, Cassandra Eric Quara Gardner, Kellyanne Bishop, Angelique Galen Brooks cum Laude. Lisa Lynette Brown, Rachel Amanda Brown, Christine Lynn

Dahan, Georgette Dennis Helena Kathleen Flatley, cum laude. Carissa and Gresham cum laude. Deborah Lee, Halfon cum Laude. Erica Colette Hall, Tiffany Lashawn Hardy Christine Michelle

Lamont Q Anna Nicole Murphy Vivian Emma Ogawa, Nina Maya Raquel Purvis Magna cum Laude Jessica Rochelle Reamer Lee Gabrielle Siegel, Jennifer Strachan, Kristen and Webb, Brian Michael Van der Chen, Rodney Lewis Boland.

Melanie Josie Bruyard, Jeffrey Paul Campignon, Michael Charles Lambert, Paul Joseph Merrick, Michael Todd Myers, Sandro Olivo, Pamela Michelle Peterson Scott John Sullivan, Jonathan Robert Bennutti, Jason Scott Anderson cum Laude.

Matthew James Atkinson, Alita R Ballard, Kenneth Michael Culbertson, Timothy Edward Duffy Ryan Nicholas Hahn, Laurel Elizabeth Kozalowski, Portia Janelle Scott, Donald Franklin Malden cum laude.

Kimberly McLaren, Dominic Neely Daniel Jonathan Musselman, Jason Harley, Walter *** laude. Joseph Anthony Warnick, Stephanie Ann Wright, Brian John Ronski, Raven Dunlop, Jessica Lynn Bodenstein, Stacy Lauren

Oberweis Magna cum Laude Melissa Ann Randolph, Magna cum Laude. Joseph Leonard Bosek Magna cum Laude. Leslie Nicole Marzo Cola. Marzo Cola.

Kathleen Marie McKinley. Mr. President, that concludes the graduates from the College of Health Professions.

Good afternoon. I'm Dennis Price. I'm chair of the dance department at Towson University. To my right is Doctor Charles Flippin, the Dean of the College

of Fine Arts and Communication. On behalf of the Dean, the faculty, the staff of the College of Fine Arts and Communication, we extend our most sincere congratulations and best wishes to our graduates and

our hopes for a super new year. Shannon, Nicole. Fitzgerald, Jack. Wesley, Alexander, Yuki Asami.

Summa cum Laude. Jessica Beth Bailey, Laurie Elizabeth Bailey Lee Ann Bennett Courtney Michelle Bittner, cum Laude. Dana Ray Bulger Ling Caitlin Hollis Buzzy cum laude.

Shayna Renee Gaskins, Keith M Brown cum Laude Abigail Storms Brook Heather O'Neill Carrington, Sarah Elizabeth Cooney Kelly F Donovan John Steven Dugalo cum Laude. Megan L'Oreal Dupre Summa cum Laude.

Ronald Harrison Gapsus. Thank you. Donna Marie Janicek, Magna cum laude. Sarah Elizabeth Jersolt Amy Lynn Kearney, Naomi Shamila Kavitia

Gala Jessica Suzanne, not cum laude. John Eric Larson, cum laude. Mark Edward Ludwig, cum laude. Tracy Lynn, Masseur cum Laude.

Anurata Rasami, Ronald Edward Rhubarb, Phoebe Alicia Smith Morgan, Elizabeth. Stell, Joshua, William West, James, Richard Wheeler, cum Laude, Stacy, Andrea Wright, Ani.

Yao, Kristen Marit Zurinski, Meredith Paige Cohen, Laura Patricia Hines cum Laude Honors College. Catherine Ann Lee, Shannon Marie Stancliffe, Samantha Jean Woodruff, Chad Richard Young, Tamisha Devana Canard, Amy Lee

Pence Hope Michelle Showaker, Brian Marshall Ahern Jolene Marie Booty, Mark Dominic Kamasi Angel Andrew Clemens, Reginald Edward Donnage, James George Decker cum Laude. David James Dickerson, Antonio Augustus Equi, Sean Patrick

Flynn Lewis, John. Fear Cobb, Junior, Elizabeth Murray Hassett Alton James Hollis, Joyce Olubuni, Ibro Rikone, Myesha Tremaine Johnson, Yosuki Jumanji, Sandy June William Anthony Kelly, Anna Hos

Wild Kemp, cum Laude. Aaron Rebecca Mcclive, Daniel James Mengies cum Laude. Michael Morgan Miller, Stephen Edward Mitchell, Sarah Gardner Myers cum Laude.

Anika Katrina Nordal cum laude. Richard Angel Rosales, John Paul Rousseau, Dwayne Edward Sanchez, Glenn Blue Brooks Slaughter cum Laude Jillian Elizabeth Thatch, Antonio Lamar Tall Brian Ira Zimmerman, Sammy Omar, Al

Wahhabi, Nicholas Atzutza Zulas Cynthia Monique Baker, Kelly Marie Ball, Adrian Bastinelli cum Laude. Catherine Elizabeth Bean, Christa Marie Bowerman, Christopher Timothy Bolka, Jonathan Michael Burton,

Christina Elizabeth Campaign, Sharon Lee Cash Kimberly Margaret Chambers, Jesse David Crafton, Gabrielle Currere, Jason David and Deangelis Lauren. Michelle Dorsete, Laura Eileen Ebb Magna cum Laude.

Lauren Michelle Ashkenazi cum Laude. Faith Barry Y Evans, Jonathan Eugene Everett Bethany Michelle Ferrall, Nicole Maria Feldhaus cum Laude. Catherine Mary Frederick Shannon Lynn Fugate, Masumi Hamousana,

Brian W Hammock cum Laude. Rachel Marie Harrington, Stephanie Nicole Harris, Adam Nicholas Huron, Gretchen and Hergenrotor, Tisha Thai Hoffman, Tracy Nicole Jefferson, Zachariah Reed Cates cum Laude.

Carrie Felicia Kaplan, Mark Curtis Kohler Maggie Sophie Lennon Shawnee Danielle Lockhart, Kellyanne Lockwood, Catherine Marie Lowhorn, Amanda Lee Lopez, Patrick Randall Lusby Lawrence Scott Magnano, David Wayne Marsh, Paige Joy Roofine,

Kevin Steven Kalner, Heather Nicole Matsu Son Joseph Patrick Mihu cum Laude Lindsay Ray Middleton, Dana Lee Miller, Wendy Jean Miller, Todd M Mullinax, Laura Lee Mullins cum Laude.

Emily Nichepour, Renee Danielle Nutsolz, Elizabeth Ann Odell Nakisha Jean Parninian, Erica Kathleen Patton, Christina Marie Pickle, Rachel Elizabeth Pollock, Sarah Elizabeth Quackenbush, cum laude.

Stephen David Reese, Magna cum laude. Christina Rodriguez, Kathleen Mary Rock, Magna cum laude. Beth and Razika, cum laude. Marisol Sedisic, Deborah Annette Smith, Janelle K Smith, Summa

cum laude. Kara Schneider, cum laude. Andrea Ayers Straka Summa cum laude. Yuko Tanimoto, Christopher Andrew Thacker, cum laude Cazigo

Taldi Terra and Torpe Monica Gold Torano, Jessica Lee Turner, *** laude. Excuse me Social Vargas, Dionne Lynette Williams, Michael Lee Wittenhower Junior I Dean, Michael Berry, Mahi Bethany Lynn

Zorn, Beth Ann Cerlante cum Laude. Kateri, Ann. Miller, Charles. Skippington.

Flynn, Christopher Joseph. Majetti, Michael. Joseph Kaloya, Lisa. Rosalie Tuck.

Mr. President. This concludes the graduates of the College of Fine Arts and Communication.

Good afternoon. I'm Doctor Rock. I'm Doctor Roxana Della Vecchia from the College of Education. And to my right is Doctor Prophet, Associate Associate

Dean for the College of Education, Kimberly Lynn Castina. Jennifer Lynn Anderson, Christina Marie Altic Nicole Lynn Bowers, Magna cum laude.

Kelly Lynn, Bull, cum laude. Sharon and Frasca, Don. Christine Furlough, Lauren and Gabelli, Lauren Renee Hopper, cum laude.

Laura Kathleen Hirsch, Magna cum laude. Meredith Lee Hopkins, Magna cum laude. Carly Ann Hutchins, Karen Marie Coco's Laura and McArdle, cum laude.

Mary Catherine McGowan, cum laude Jessica Beth Miller, cum laude Kimberly Ann Miller, Magna cum laude. Honors College Amy Elizabeth Machinsky, Rebecca Elizabeth Poocher, Sumo cum laude.

Susan Sung Hong Holly Lynn Ritzel Mata cum laude. Jennifer Vera Romanowski, Ellen Marie Siebold, cum laude. Laura Ann Woke come Laude. Tamala.

Yvette Moore, Cheryl L Back Come Laude Mary Kathleen Brady Magda cum laude. Honors College Cristina Renee Bowers cum laude Miriam Baroderon Al Is Dada Magda cum laude.

Russell, James Ballard, Anne Marie Vasilino Com Laude. Melissa Anne Basil Mano com Laude. Marcy Don Caggiano com laude. Allison Michelle Mazer, cum laude.

Kathleen Megan Porter, cum laude. Jenny Lee Cook, Magna cum laude. Bonnie Lynn Lee, cum Laude. Michelle Nicole Williams, Come Laude d'alene.

Emily Wright Rollison, come Laude. Lisa GAIL Bows, come Laude. Megan and Bosley Lindsay. Sue Callahan, cum laude.

Mina Michelle Cara Cara Leo Michelle Lynn Carter, cum laude. Allison Renee Dadelbaum, cum laude. Tracy and Driscoll, cum laude. Jennifer Lynn Epps, summa cum laude.

Kristen Colleen Grimm, cum laude. Amanda Renee Amanda Rose Gunch, cum laude. Ann Marie Hatch, summa cum laude. Brad Allen Holbert, cum laude.

Carrie Lynn Jeffrey, Magna cum laude, Honors College Kimberly and Jones, cum laude and Marie Lippa, cum laude. Christina Elaine Lippy, cum laude. Karen Marie Nelson, cum laude.

Pamela Nicole Outlaw, cum laude. Mamie Maggie Pesh Pesa Sumo cum Laude. Michelle Lynn Potter, cum Laude. Jennifer Ann Richmond.

cum Laude. Olga Stamen, cum Laude. Patricia Ellen Snow. cum Laude.

Tracy Lee, Stansberry cum Laude. Jennifer Susan Thomas, Sarah Elizabeth Tosh Lindsay Marie Urbanek cum laude. Janice Faye Vanden Eden and then cum laude.

Jennifer Brooke Viewing Magna cum laude. Cara Nicole Watson, Katie Lynn Wild Burger Summa cum laude. Melissa Anne Gould, cum laude. Martin Ward Kerrigan, cum laude.

Drew Leben, Amanda Gail Paderewski, Magna cum laude. Jason Patrick Bajong and Marie Holland. Matthew Philip Kester, cum laude. Ashley Brooke Mac Macrog, Sumo cum laude.

Catherine A Beaten Regina Anne Quinn, cum laude. Mr. President, this concludes the graduates of the College of Education.

Thank you very Allow me a moment. Allow me a moment of personal indulgence to add something that was not in the program and that is deeply on my behalf and I'm certain on behalf of the faculty and the staff in the

administration. That is our heartfelt thanks to these graduates and all that they have brought to us during the last several years. They focuses, they challenge us.

They renew us. They bring us ideas. They teach us. Better than anything else, they justify our existence.

You are tells the story and it's a very good story and thank you very, very much. Will everyone please stand and join Elizabeth Banarsdale in singing of Maryland My Maryland?

You'll find the words on page 24 of your commencement program. 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 a thousand thrills, Maryland, my Maryland. I love thy vistas on the Bay. Maryland, my Maryland. The scent of rose and new-mown hay, Maryland, my Maryland.

President Jones his party. The faculty will begin the recessional procession. I would ask the members of the audience be seated until they have left the auditorium.

Due to the inclement weather, there will be no student recessional so that friends and parents and alum and graduates can meet together here in the auditorium. We offer our best wishes and congratulations to the class of

2002 and hope that we all get home safely. (music)