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METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE of DENVERSPRINGCO M M E N C E M E N TS u n d a y, M a y 1 5 , 2 0 0 5Tw o O ’C l o c kColorado Convention CenterCommencement 2005Metro State
ContentsLetter from the President.2Program .3Commencement Speaker .4Metro State at a Glance .5Commencement Staff . 6Retirees and In Memoriam .7Board of Trustees .7Academic Attire . 8Honor Societies. 9Academic Colors . 9Spring Graduation Candidates .10Seating Diagram .24Metro StateSPRINGCO M M E N C E M E N T2005Sunday, May 15, 2005Two O’c lockColorado Convention Center
May 15, 2005Dear Member of the Spring 2005 Graduating Class:Congratulations on the completion of yourhard-earned baccalaureate degree fromMetropolitan State College of Denver. Youand your family should be proud of this mostsignificant achievement. You are now partof a top-notch group of 55,000 Metro Stategraduates who represent the college withdistinction. I invite you to stay connected withMetro State through the Alumni Associationand be a catalyst for the future of thisinstitution.It has been an honor and a pleasure to servethe college and its students for the past twoyears. With each passing week, I becamemore impressed by the tenacity, energy andintelligence of Metro State students. You arethe epitome of multi-tasking.During my time here, which I truly havecherished, I have grown to appreciate the high caliber of students and faculty, whoindividually and together are putting Metro State on the national map. Among this year’sachievements are: The 9.5 million Teacher Quality Enhancement grant, the largest federal grant in thecollege’s history, identifies Metro as Colorado’s premier teacher-preparation institution.The women’s soccer team is the NCAA Division II national champions and two studentathletes are national players of the year: Mark Worthington for basketball and YmaraGuante for soccer.The African American Leadership Institute has been reinstated and will once againwork with some of our community’s finest young leaders.The Electrical Engineering Technology Department became the only program inColorado chosen by the FAA as a collegiate training facility.Metro State is one of only ten institutions in the country to receive funding for theAdventure of the American Mind program, which trains K-12 teachers to access theLibrary of Congress archives.The African American Studies and Chicano Studies majors have been approved forteacher education licensure.These accomplishments are among many at Metro State, and I know that each of you hasyour own personal story of achievement. I trust that your years at Metro have opened youreyes, challenged your mind and given you the confidence to follow your heart. I commendyou for your hard work, and wish you great success in your future endeavors.Sincerely,Raymond N. KieftInterim PresidentMetropolitan State College of Denver2
Commencement ProgramProcessionalPomp and Circumstance, Op. 39. No. 1 .Sir Edgar ElgarPerformed by . Metro State Brass QuintetStar Spangled Banner . Francis Scott Key, Composer; W. Barr, ArrangerPerformed by . Ms. Monica Berzins and Ms. Melissa Wimbish. Graduating Music Performance MajorsCall to Order . Dr. Hal NeesPresident, Faculty SenatePresidential Greetings .Dr. Raymond N. KieftInterim President, Metropolitan State College of DenverAddress. Senator Ken SalazarUnited States Senator – ColoradoRemarks from the Trustees .Mr. Bruce BensonChair, Board of TrusteesRemarks from the Alumni Association .Mr. Ed Guajardo LuceroPresident-Elect, Metro State Alumni AssociationIntroduction of the President’s Award Recipient . Dr. Ken KellerInterim Dean of the School of Letters, Arts and SciencesRemarks from the Spring Class of 2005 .Ben OrtnerGraduating Computer Science Major. President’s Award RecipientCommencement Ceremony . Professor Kathy HeylInterim Associate Dean, School of Professional Studiesand Director, Commencement ActivitiesPresentation of Candidates .Dr. Linda CurranInterim Associate Vice President for Academic AffairsBachelor of ArtsBachelor of Music EducationBachelor of Fine ArtsBachelor of ScienceBachelor of MusicConferring of Degrees .Dr. Raymond N. KieftIntroduction of Candidates. Dr. Marilyn A. HetzelChair, Department of Communication Arts and Sciences and Director, TheatreMs. Yolanda Ortega-EricksenEmeritus Vice President for Student ServicesPresentation of DiplomasSchool of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Dr. Ken Keller, Interim DeanSchool of Professional Studies . Dr. Sandra Haynes, Interim DeanSchool of Business .Dr. John Cochran, Interim DeanTassel Ceremony.Dr. Raymond N. KieftClosing Ceremony . Dr. Hal NeesRecessionalInterpreters for the Deaf .Judith Dalsky and Kim Duzenack3
Commencement SpeakerKen SalazarUnited States SenatorIn addition to his stint as Attorney General,Salazar’s service to Colorado includeschief legal counsel to the Governor,executive director of the Department ofNatural Resources and chairman of theRio Grande Compact Commission. He hasalso practiced water, environmental andpublic lands law for eleven years in theprivate sector.As executive director of the Department ofNatural Resources, Salazar crafted reformsfor mining and oil and gas operations toprovide greater public and environmentalprotections. He also co-authored theconstitutional amendment creating GreatOutdoors Colorado (GOCO), led thesuccessful campaign for its passage andserved as the first chairperson of GOCO’sboard.United States Senator Ken Salazar waselected in November 2004 as Colorado’s35th United States Senator after servingsix years as Colorado Attorney General.The 50-year-old Salazar is a fifthgeneration Coloradan and is one of eightbrothers and sisters. He and his familyhave been farmers and ranchers in the SanLuis Valley since before Colorado was astate.Salazar earned a political science degreefrom Colorado College in 1977 and alaw degree in 1981 from the Universityof Michigan. He also holds honorarydoctorates of law from Colorado College(1993) and the University of Denver(1999).For much of his life, Salazar has been afarmer and rancher in the San Luis Valley,a natural resources lawyer and a smallbusiness owner. He and his wife Hope, a1975 graduate of Metro State, have ownedradio stations in Pueblo and Denver andcurrently own and operate a Dairy Queenin Westminster.4When Salazar was Colorado’s 36thAttorney General, he developed nationallyrecognized programs to address youth andschool violence, strengthened Colorado’sconsumer protection laws and combatedfraud against the elderly.Salazar has served on many boards andcommissions including the Board ofTrustees of Colorado College, the AmericanFarmland Trust President’s Council, theColorado Water Conservation Board, thePeace Officers Standards and TrainingBoard (Chair) and selection committeesfor United States Attorney and FederalDistrict Court judges.Salazar currently serves on the SenateCommittees on Agriculture, Nutrition andForestry, Energy and Natural Resourcesand Veterans Affairs.The Salazar family includes two teenagedaughters, Melinda and Andrea. Salazar’solder brother John was elected to theUnited States Congress in November2004 from Colorado’s 3rd CongressionalDistrict.
Metro State at a GlanceMetropolitan State College of Denver,established in 1965 as Colorado’s“College of Opportunity,” is the thirdlargest higher-education institution inColorado and one of the largest, public,four-year colleges in the United States.Adjacent to the financial and artisticheart of downtown Denver, MetroState and its students reflect the city’srich mixture of ethnicity, economicbackground, age and culture. Thecollege’s accessibility is made possiblethrough its modified open-enrollmentpolicy, affordable tuition and financialaid awards. Each semester, more than20,000 students enroll at the college,and more than 265,000 individualshave taken classes at Metro State.Metro State’s mission is to providestudents with a high-quality educationthat prepares them for rewarding careers,postgraduate education and lifelonglearning in a multicultural, global andtechnological society. In the past fewyears the college has garnered nationalattention for its programs. U.S. News &World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2004edition ranks Metro among the Top PublicComprehensive Baccalaureate Colleges inthe Western United States. Metro also hasbeen recognized by the Kaplan/NewsweekCollege Catalog as one of the nation’sleading schools in offering students thebest quality of education for their tuitiondollar, as voted by high school guidancecounselors.More than 90 percent of Metro State’s55,000 graduates remain in Coloradoto live and work. They are our teachers,accountants, pilots, law enforcementofficials, social workers, nurses and hightech employees. They are in the hospitalityindustry, run businesses, labor in the notfor-profit world and are elected officials atthe local and state levels. In a recent surveyof Metro State graduates, 95 percent saidthey were satisfied or very satisfied withtheir college experience. Nine out of 10employers who have hired Metro Stategraduates say they would do so again.Over the last 39 years, Metro State hascelebrated many successes in the areasof academic excellence, diversity andworkforce development. As one of theforemost urban undergraduate institutionsin the country, Metro State is committed toproviding higher-education opportunitiesto Colorado and its many communities.5
Commencement StaffFaculty MarshalDr. Hal NeesPresident, Faculty SenateAssistant Faculty MarshalsInterim Associate DeanKathy HeylDirector, CommencementActivitiesProfessor David SkougstadVice President, FacultySenateDr. Myron AndersonProfessor Brent “Skip” W.BalazsProfessor Zsuzsa BaloghDr. R. William BaxendaleDr. Heather BoylanDr. Nhu Nguyen CaiozziProfessor Herbert F.CresswellDr. Layton Seth CurlDr. Suzanne DiscenzaDr. Richard DoerrDr. Rebecca V. FerrellDr. Ferdinand FioforiDr. Clark GermannDr. Lawrence F. GlatzDr. Susan HauglandDr. Mick JackowskiProfessor Carol JensenDr. Karen KruparDr. Cynthia KuhnDr. Linda LockwoodDr. Larry LombardDr. Jean LundyDr. Bruce L. MorgeneggDr. Wayne NeuProfessor Kathy O’DonnellProfessor Lisa OrtizDr. Alexandre PadillaDr. Jody PaulProfessor Ronnie PeacockProfessor Jeffrey C. PriceDr. Roosevelt PriceDr. Chrislyn RandellDr. Maria A. Rey-LopezProfessor Nancy RichDr. Patricia Richard6Dr. Cheryl E. SandersDr. Rae ShevalierMr. Leland ShoresDr. James L. SimmonsProfessor Richard SocashProfessor Helle SorensenDr. Xiansheng TianDr. Barbara UlissDr. Peter J. VarneyProfessor Jennifer WeddigDr. Ann WilliamsCommencement PlanningCommitteeInterim Associate DeanKathy HeylDirector, CommencementActivitiesProfessor Brent “Skip” W.BalazsMs. Teri BoknProfessor Herbert F.CresswellDr. Richard DoerrMs. Candace GillDr. Lawrence F. GlatzDr. Monys HagenDr. Susan HauglandDr. Madison HollowayDr. Mick JackowskiMr. Jeff JohnsonProfessor Mary AnnLoefflerDr. Larry LombardMs. Cathy LucasMs. Cherrelyn NapueDr. Patricia RichardDr. Cheryl SandersDr. James L. SimmonsProfessor Helle SorensenDr. Xiansheng TianDr. Barbara UlissMs. Megan WebbDr. Ann WilliamsDr. Lech Wisniewski
RetireesIn MemoriamMr. James R. CraigProfessor of SpeechMs. Elaine CrespinStaff Assistant, Department ofCriminal Justice and Criminology(Retired)Dr. William T. HamiltonProfessor of EnglishDr. Roberta HansonProfessor of ManagementDr. Gwynne LarsenProfessor of ComputerInformation SystemsDr. Vince OrlandoProfessor of ReadingMr. Anthony A. RockwoodProfessor of MeteorologyMr. Felipe SerranoAssociate Professor of AerospaceScienceMetropolitan StateCollege of DenverBoard of TrusteesMr. Bruce Benson, ChairMs. Ann Rice, Vice ChairMs. Virginia “Gin” ButlerMr. Alex CranbergMs. Maria Garcia BerryMr. Mark MartinezMr. John OsbornMs. Adele PhelanMr. Sean TonnerDr. Eugene SaxeFaculty TrusteeMr. Stephen HayStudent Trustee7
Academic AttireAcademic attire is modeledafter monks’ clothing fromthe Middle Ages, when collegefaculty and students weremembers of religious orders. InEngland, the faculty of manycolleges and universities stillwear gowns, hoods and caps inthe classroom.In the early 20th century,colleges and universitiesthroughout the world adoptedguidelines for the design and colors ofacademic attire.An institution maydesign and register special attire forits administrators and graduates, but itmust conform to certain standards. Onceregistered, the design/color combinationmay not be duplicated by otherinstitutions.The bachelor’s gown is most oftenblack and has long sleeves that taper toa point in the back. It is always wornclosed. At Metro State, women do notwear a white collar with the gown. Thehood worn by the President’s Awardrecipient is a Metropolitan State Collegeof Denver bachelor’s degree hood andis worn by this student to represent thegraduating class.The gown signifying the master’s degreeis also usually black and may be worn openor closed. It features oblong sleeves thathang below the wrist, tapering to a squarecut with a cutaway arc.Although usually black, the doctoralgown is sometimes seen in colors—usuallygold, purple, blue or red. The gown may beworn open or closed. The opening ofthe gown is faced with velvet and threevelvet chevrons run across its bell-shapedsleeves. The velvet facing and chevronsmay be black or the color representing thefield of study.The hood varies in length and shapeaccording to the degree it represents—theshortest and smallest signifies the bachelor’sdegree and the longest and widest signifiesthe doctoral degree. The velvet borderingthe hood represents the degree fieldof study.The colors most frequently8seen at Metro State are royalblue – Philosophy; lightblue – Education; yellow –Science; green – Medicine. Thesatin lining of the hood, each aspecific design, represents thecollege or university at whichthe individual earned his or herdegree.The Oxford Cap, ormortarboard as it is better known,completes the attire. In place ofthe hood, bachelor’s candidates at MetroState wear colored tassels on the OxfordCap to represent the academic departmentof the college from which they earned theirdegrees. Those holding graduate degreesusually wear black tassels, but those holdingdoctoral degrees may wear tassels of goldthread, and may elect to wear a four-sided oreight-sided velvet tam instead of the OxfordCap. Some universities have designated theCambridge Cap, a large, soft beret, for theiradministrators and those who have earned adoctoral degree at that institution.Insignias worn by honor graduates and members ofhonor societiesYou will notice that some of our graduatesare wearing one or more cords, stoles ormedallions of various colors or designsabout the neck of their gowns to representhigh academic achievement. Thosegraduates who have achieved overallexcellence are recognized by the collegethrough three areas of distinction:Summa Cum Laude (with highest praise)Gold and blue cordMagna Cum Laude (with great praise)Silver and blue cordCum Laude (with praise)Bronze and blue cordHonors ProgramThe college encourages students to enroll inand complete an especially rigorous courseof interdisciplinary study in addition to theindividual’s major and minor study degreerequirements. This course of study is knownas the Honors Program.
Honor SocietiesAccounting Honor SocietyPhi Sigma Iota (Foreign Language)Royal blue cordPurple and white cordAlpha Delta Omega (Human Services)Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)White satin stole with red Greek letters,Association of Scholars of AfricanAmerican StudiesBrass medallion with the Greek letters,black hanging from a red neck ribbon, inPsi Chi (Psychology)Kente stole, original colors of green, red, goldand blueDouble gold cords with tassels of blue and goldDelta Phi Alpha (German)Green and gold cord with contrasting tasselsBlack, red and gold cordSigma Tau Delta (English)Golden Key (All-College Honor Society)Red and black cord; members with specialdistinction in scholarship wear a black and goldmedallion with the Greek letters,, hangingfrom a maroon neck ribbon.Gold cordHonors ProgramGray CordKappa Delta Pi (Education)Purple and green cordPhi Alpha (Social Work)Brass medallion with Greek lettershangingfrom royal blue and yellow neck ribbonSigma Beta Delta (Business)Tau Alpha Pi (Engineering Technology)Pewter medallion in the shape of a gear with adivider superimposed at the top; the Greek lettersappear at the 9, 6, and 3 o’clock positions onthe gear. The medallion hangs from a yellow andgreen neck ribbon.Phi Alpha Theta (History)Red and blue cordAcademic Colors of Majors and DepartmentsThe following colors are those worn by MetroState graduates, faculty, administrators andstaff.Accounting . DrabAerospace Science. GrayAfrican American Studies .CreamArt .BrownBiology . LemonChemistry .MaizeChicana/o Studies . RedCommunication Arts and Sciences. SilverComputer Information Systems .CopperCriminal Justice and Criminology .PurpleEarth and Atmospheric Sciences . Nile GreenEconomics . Olive GreenEnglish .WhiteEngineering Technology and IndustrialDesign . CantaloupeFinance . Olive GreenHealth Professions .Salmon PinkHistory .Kelly GreenHospitality, Meeting and TravelAdministration. MaroonHuman Performance, Sport andLeisure Studies . Sage GreenHuman Services . Peacock BlueJournalism.
Dr. James L. Simmons Professor Richard Socash Professor Helle Sorensen Dr. Xiansheng Tian Dr. Barbara Uliss Dr. Peter J. Varney Professor Jennifer Weddig Dr. Ann Williams Commencement Planning Committee Interim Associate Dean Kathy Heyl Director, Commencement Activities Professor Brent “Skip” W. Balazs Ms. Teri Bokn Professor Herbert F .
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