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May 2012 CommencementCOMMENCEMENT CEREMONY Decorum AND COURTESYThe faculty and staff at The University of Alabama congratulate you on your academic achievementand wish to ensure the commencement ceremony will be a fitting conclusion to this phase of your education!The University of Alabama Commencement ceremony is, by its very nature, a festive occasion. Thefestivity manifests itself in many ways including the dress of the students; the faculty adorned in academicregalia; and the warmth, joy and satisfaction of accomplishment. The ceremony is also marked by seriousnesswhere the actual conferring of degrees signifies long, hard work on the part of everyone involved: students,faculty, administrators, parents and spouses. As a consequence of the serious nature of the ceremony, studentsand guests are expected to maintain a measure of decorum consonant with the occasion.The University community requests that audience participation be of respectful celebration honoringthe commitment to learning and the fulfillment of dreams shared by all degree candidates that today walkacross the stage. This element of respectful celebration also extends to the parents, guardians and spouseswhose labor and support brings pride to the fulfillment of these dreams, and to the family members aspiringto one day have their moment of “walking across the stage.”CEREMONIAL FLAGSToday we celebrate commencement at The University of Alabama. To commemorate the University’smost sacred ceremony, we draw from academic traditions that are centuries old. The Commencement“A” you see throughout these materials and on the commencement flags was first introduced to mark theCapstone’s conferral of degrees at the turn of the century. The Commencement A is a seventeenth-century,Gothic font appropriately named “Diploma.” 3
4 May 2012 CommencementORDER OF EXERCISESProcessionalAlabama Wind EnsembleDr. Kenneth B. Ozzello, ConductorPresentation of ColorsThe University of AlabamaAIR FORCE ROTC, DET 10The National AnthemCamille L. SonnierClass of 2012The InvocationPastor Duane DixonUniversity Church of ChristWelcomeDr. Judy BonnerInterim PresidentThe University of AlabamaConferring of DegreesDr. Judy BonnerNational Alumni Association GreetingMs. Sabrina KeatingPresidentThe Alma MaterCamille L. SonnierThe RecessionalAlabama Wind EnsembleCommencement MarshalDr. Ronald E. DulekProfessor; Management and MarketingCulverhouse College of Commerce andBusiness AdministrationReaders of Candidate NamesEugene O. “Doff” Procter IIIDavid B. DuffCeremony Interpreted forThe Deaf and Hearing Impaired byEllen BowmanSusan Gordon
May 2012 CommencementThe University of AlabamaThe University of Alabama is a major, comprehensive, student-centered research university founded in 1831 asAlabama’s first public college. Dedicated to excellence in teaching, research and service, UA provides a creative,nurturing campus environment where our students can become the best individuals possible, learn from the bestand brightest faculty, and make a positive difference in the community, the state and the world. UA offers a solid corecurriculum and the latest in classroom technology and labs, as well as extensive international study opportunities,internship programs and cooperative education placements to help our students prepare for successful careers.The University of Alabama ranks among the top public universities in the nation in the enrollment of NationalMerit Scholars and is consistently ranked as one of the top 50 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. UAhas grown significantly in both quality and numbers in recent years, with enrollment approaching 28,000 studentsand one in five freshmen enrolling in Honors College each fall. Offering bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degreesin more than 200 fields of study, UA gives its students a wide range of choices and opportunities.The 200 buildings on UA’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus range from original historic structures that survived the1865 burning of the University during the Civil War to new state-of-the-art classroom, research, athletic andresidential facilities. The Campus Master Plan provides a comprehensive plan for assuring that the campus meetsthe current and future needs of a growing flagship university.Officers of The University of AlabamaJudy BonnerInterim President and Chief Executive OfficerMark D. NelsonVice President for Student AffairsVice Provost for Academic AffairsJohn D. McGowanVice Provost for Information Technology & CIOKaren M. BaldwinInterim Vice President for AdvancementD. Joe BensonVice President for ResearchLynda GilbertVice President for Financial Affairs and TreasurerSamory T. PruittVice President for Community AffairsPhotographs and DVD’sPhotographs of graduates as they walk across the stage and DVDs of the entire ceremony are available through professional groups whohave contracted with the University to provide these services. Color, on stage photographs with the President and individual portraitsphotographed off stage are available from ZAP Professional Photography, P.O. Box 2686, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403, (205) 345-2686. Toll free:(888) 345-2686, email: info@zapfoto.com.The University of Alabama has partnered with GradMemory to provide a professional video of the 2012 Commencement ceremonies.This DVD contains the complete graduation ceremony. The DVD package can be personalized with the graduate’s name and a pictureof choice.TO ORDER: Visit www.gradmemory.comQuestions: Call 866-977-4723 or email support@gradmemory.com 5
6 May 2012 CommencementDavid V. ReimschusselCapstone Inspiring Educator AwardThe Capstone Inspiring Educator Award salutes a high school teacher,nominated by a member of the University of Alabama graduating class, fortheir inspirational approach to teaching and commitment to helping studentsachieve their highest potential. Graduating senior Rita Allyse Martin, apsychology major in the College of Arts and Sciences from Stockbridge,Georgia, nominated this year’s Capstone Inspiring Educator, Mr. David V.Reimschussel.Mr. Reimschussel is the Director of Choral Activities at Westfield HighSchool in Chantilly, Virginia. Originally from Wilmington, Delaware,he attended the University of Delaware where he studied choral musiceducation with Dr. Paul Head. Choral ensembles under Mr. Reimschussel’sdirection have consistently received superior ratings at district, state, andregional competitions and festivals.Mr. Reimschussel has twelve years of high school choral teaching experiencein Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, and Virginia, including his work with theGeorgia Governor’s Honors Program, the Delaware Governor’s School ofExcellence, the Delaware Theater Company, and the Upper Chesapeake Summer Center for the Arts.Previously, Mr. Reimschussel was the Director of Choral Activities at Woodland High School and StockbridgeHigh School, both in Stockbridge, Georgia, and Perryville High School in Perryville, Maryland. He has heldvarious “extra duty” positions over the years including fine arts department chair, assistant athletic director, specialevents coordinator, baseball coach, vocal coach, and technology support leader.Mr. Reimschussel has been listed in Who’s Who Among American High School Teachers. He is a member of theNational Association for Music Education, American Choral Director’s Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, andthe Spivey Hall Education Committee. He currently resides in Northern Virginia with his wife Tracy. He has apassion for teaching students and providing them with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudesto become independent, life-long learners. He instills in his students an awareness of music’s important role in theenrichment of the human spirit.In nominating Mr. Reimschussel for this award, Ms. Martin wrote: “I credit Mr. Reimschussel with opening mymind and revealing to me just how massive this world is and just how universal the struggles of life are to all ofits inhabitants. My studies of psychology and political science have not directly employed the vocal tools that Imastered during my four years in the choir room. However, I know that I am a better person because I was taughtby Mr. Reimschussel to think and act as a citizen of the world.”
May 2012 CommencementDr. Ronald E. DulekCommencement MarshalRonald Dulek, Ph.D., is the John R. Miller Professor of Managementat the University of Alabama. He has taught at the University ofAlabama for 35 years; for 17 of those years he was Head of theManagement and Marketing Department. His teaching interests focuson two areas: Management Communications and Business Strategy.Ron has co-authored seven books and published more than 40refereed journal articles. One of his books, The Elements of BusinessWriting, was on the Executive Bestseller lists of Houghton-Mifflin,Macmillan, and Prentice-Hall publishing companies. His mostrecent work, Who Killed Keyboard?, was published in January 2011. In2006, the Association for Business Communication selected Ron forits highest research honor: the Kitty O. Locker Award for OutstandingResearch in Business Communication.Ron’s students have been generous in their appreciation of his effortson their behalf. In 2007, the senior class at the University of Alabamaselected Ron as the inaugural speaker for the University’s Last LectureSeries. He has been voted MBA/ EMBA Teacher of the Year twenty-one times. He is a recipient of theNational Alumni Association’s Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award, the Thomas D. MooreOutstanding Undergraduate Teacher Award, The College of Continuing Studies Outstanding TeacherAward, and the Penny Allen Award for Outstanding Commitment to Students. Companies with whichRon has worked extensively in the areas of business strategy and managerial communication include:Adtran, Bell South, Chevron, Energen, IBM, Mercedes Benz International, Region’s Bank Corporation,and Stora Enso.In the last five years Ron has delivered academic lectures, business seminars, and Executive MBA classesin Antwerp, Belgium; Shanghai, China; Helsinki, Finland; Dresden, Germany; Riga, Latvia; Windhoek,Namibia; Seoul, South Korea; Singapore; and Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Pretoria, South Africa.Ron currently serves on the Board of Directors of Alabama Credit Union and the YMCA; he also sits asa director on various other local, state, and national boards. He and his wife, Sally, reside ten months ayear in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and two months a year in Sabie Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa. 7
8 May 2012 CommencementThe Academic ProcessionThe processional signifies the beginning of the commencement ceremony. The Commencement Marshalpresides over the Academic Procession; leads the platform party to the stage; escorts the honorary degreecandidate and the special recognition recipients to the presidential podium for honorary degree conferral orspecial recognition citation reading; and signifies the closing of the ceremony by leading the platform partyfrom the stage. The Commencement Marshal is the bearer of the ceremonial mace. As the processionalmusic begins, the procession led by the candidates, followed by faculty, then the platform party, will enterthe arena floor and go to their designated seating. The audience should rise once the processional music hasbegun and remain until after the invocation.Commencement MarshalRonald E. DulekOfficialArea RepresentedProfessor Steve MillerPresident of the Faculty SenateDr. Ginny T. Raymond Faculty/Administrative StaffDr. Pamela D. Tran Faculty/Administrative StaffDr. Eric S. Williams Faculty/Administrative StaffDr. John F. Schmitt Doctoral HoodingMr. Blake Bedsole Doctoral CandidatesMr. Patrick D. Fuller Doctoral CandidatesDr. John M. Wiest Doctoral CandidatesDr. Jon C. Acker Educational Specialists/MastersDr. Donna R. Packa Educational Specialists/MastersDr. Jimmy J. Williams Educational Specialists/MastersDr. Carmen L. BurkhalterCollege of Arts & SciencesDr. Thomas L. WolfeCollege of Arts & SciencesDr. Edward R. MansfieldCulverhouse College of Commerceand Business AdministrationDr. Linda M. ParsonsCulverhouse College of Commerceand Business AdministrationMs. Mary Ann BradleyCollege of Communication andInformation SciencesMr. Jim Oakley College of Communication andInformation SciencesDr. Shannon Henderson College of EducationDr. Rebecca L. PayneCollege of EducationDr. Anwarul Haque College of EngineeringDr. Beth A. Todd College of EngineeringAsst. Prof. Courtney L. McGaheyCollege of Human Environmental SciencesDr. Clifford RobbCollege of Human Environmental SciencesDr. Marsha H. AdamsCapstone College of NursingDr. Anthony J. RobersonCapstone College of NursingDr. Javonda D. WilliamsSchool of Social WorkDean Carolyn C. DahlCollege of Continuing StudiesDean Louis A. PitschmannUniversity LibrariesDean Shane Sharpe Honors CollegeDean Richard StriefferCollege of Community Health SciencesMr. Matthew A. CalderonePresident of Student Government AssociationThe caps and gowns worn by graduates, faculty and platform party are based on the academic costumesused in universities of the fourteenth or fifteenth centuries, particularly at Oxford and Cambridge. These academiccostumes, sometimes referred to as academic regalia, are based on the early European universities costumes, andthese have been used in the United States since colonial times. In 1895, American universities responded toa growing problem of varying academic costumes by creating an Intercollegiate Code to establish standardizedacademic costumes. Black is the most common color of academic gowns.In the fall of 1999, a new doctoral gown was authorized for all University of Alabama students earninga doctorate degree. Designed to distinguish University of Alabama doctoral degree graduates, this new doctoralgown was introduced for the 21st century. The new doctoral gowns were worn for the first time at the May 2000ceremony.
May 2012 CommencementThe doctoral gown includes two crimson University of Alabama seals on the front panel of the gown, whilethe traditional doctoral bars are piped with crimson. The new doctoral gowns place The University of Alabamaamong a select group of universities who have their own doctoral gowns including Harvard, Yale, Stanford andPrinceton.The members of The University of Alabama Board of Trustees wear doctoral gowns of charcoal gray trimmedin black velvet. The Commencement Marshal wears a crimson doctoral gown trimmed in red velvet. Graduates maybe identified by the color of the tassel on the black mortar board which signifies the School or if they are receivingan advanced degree, the color of the band on the hood, which signifies the field of study.Doctor of Education.Light BlueDoctor of Musical Arts.PinkDoctor of Nursing Practice.ApricotDoctor of Philosophy. Dark BlueJuris Doctor.PurpleArts and Sciences.WhiteCommerce and Business Administration. TanCommunication.RedEducation.Light BlueEngineering.OrangeHuman Environmental Sciences.MaroonLibrary and Information Studies.Lemon Yellow/BrownNursing.ApricotSocial Work. YellowThe University of Alabama awards degrees with honors to undergraduate students in all schools and collegeswho throughout their academic careers consistently achieved meritorious scholastic standing. These designationsare summa cum laude, magna cum laude and cum laude. Summa cum laude is the highest academic distinctionawarded. Degree candidates with honors wear stoles in the traditional colors of their school or college. Silver cordsindicate participation in the University Honors Program. Royal blue and gold cords indicate participation in theInternational Honors Program. Computer Based Honors is represented by the purple honor cord.At the conclusion of the ceremony, the audience will rise for the singing of the “Alma Mater” and therecessional. The words to the “Alma Mater” are printed on the back cover of the program. The recessional is ledby the platform party, followed by the faculty and the candidates. Candidates should meet their family membersand guests at predetermined designated areas outside the coliseum.The University of Alabama conditionally confers degrees upon all candidates for the degrees of EducationalSpecialists through undergraduate. Candidates for Doctor of Education, Doctor of Musical Arts, Doctor of NursingPractice, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are actual degree recipients and will receive their diploma at the ceremony.Diplomas for all other candidates who successfully meet degree requirements will be mailed to their permanent addressof record upon the completion of final grade submission and degree verification, approximately one month after theceremony. Honors designations are calculated on previous semesters grade point average. The honor announced,depending upon calculation of final grade point average, may change or in some cases the degree candidate may notactually graduate with an honor designation.Undergraduate degree candidates wearing the crimson mortar board have achieved a perfect 4.0 grade pointaverage for all of their University of Alabama course work.An interpreter for hearing impaired spectators will be stationed on the stage and displayed on the Jumbotron.Drinking fountains and restroom facilities are located on the main concourse area of the Coliseum. 9
10 May 2012 CommencementThe Board of Trustees ofThe University of AlabamaThe Honorable Robert BentleyGovernor of AlabamaPresident ex officioThomas R. Bice, Ed.D.State Superintendent of EducationMember ex officioTRUSTEESKaren P. Brooks, TuscaloosaPaul W. Bryant, Jr.*, TuscaloosaAngus R. Cooper II, MobileJohn H. England, Jr., TuscaloosaJoseph C. Espy III, MontgomeryRonald W. Gray, HuntsvilleAndria Scott Hurst, BirminghamVanessa Leonard, RockfordW. Davis Malone III, DothanJohn J. McMahon, Jr., BirminghamFinis E. St. John IV, CullmanWilliam Britt Sexton, DecaturMarietta M. Urquhart, MobileKenneth L. Vandervoort, M.D., AnnistonJames W. Wilson III, MontgomeryTRUSTEES EMERITIFrank H. Bromberg, Jr., BirminghamOliver H. Delchamps, Jr., MobileGarry Neil Drummond, BirminghamJack Edwards, MobileJoseph L. Fine, MontgomerySandral Hullett, M.D., EutawOlin B. King, HuntsvillePeter L. Lowe, HuntsvilleSidney L. McDonald, ArabJohn T. Oliver, Jr., JasperJoe H. Ritch, HuntsvilleYetta G. Samford, Jr., OpelikaCleophus Thomas, Jr., AnnistonJohn Russell Thomas, Alexander CityCHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SYSTEMDr. Robert E. WittSECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESMr. Michael A. Bownes*President pro tempore
May 2012 CommencementThe Alabama Wind EnsembleThe Alabama Wind Ensemble, founded in 1985, is a select 50-member group of advanced wind and percussion playersdedicated to the performance of the finest concert wind music. The group has performed at national and regionalconventions of the College Band Directors National Association and the Music Educators National Conference seventimes and has been invited twice to present concerts for the prestigious World Association of Symphonic Bands andEnsembles international conferences. The 2007-2008 season was highlighted by the world premiere of Ira Hearshen’scomposition titled “Enterprise.” The piece (commissioned by The University of Alabama) was performed in Enterpriseas part of the memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of the storm that destroyed Enterprise High Schooland took the lives of eight students. World-class soloists, conductors and composers who have appeared with theensemble include James Barnes, Roger Bobo, Brian Bowman, Nigel Clark, Frederick Fennell, Frederick Hemka, KarlHusa, Alex Klein, Christian Lindberg, Chris Martin, David Maslanka, Eugene Rousseau, Eric Ruske, Arturo Sandoval,Dale Underwood and Allen Vizzutti.SelectionsProcessionalPomp and Circumstance: March No. 1.Edward ElgarOlympic Fanfare and Theme.James CurnowRecessionalThe Olympic Spirit.John W. WilliamsFrank M. Moody Music Building – University of Alabama1988 11
12 May 2012 CommencementMeritorious ServiceThe University of Alabama is proud to honor those active members of its faculty and staffwho have served it for twenty-five or more years.Amanda W. Penick. 59Joseph B. Mason. 47Dorothy J. Martin. 46Paul J. Allen. 45Joseph Neggers. 45John O. Mason. 44Peggy S. Freeman. 43A. J. Strickland. 43Colgan Hobson Bryan. 42Carlene Jones. 42Norvin W. Richards. 42Joshua S. Sahib. 42Benjamin C. Harms. 41Brenda K. Hunter. 41Molly M. Lawrence. 41John M. Letcher. 41Robert O. Mellown. 41John C. Watters. 41Luther E. Williams. 41Stanley L. Brodsky. 40Lawrence A. Clayton. 40Peggy M. Cook. 40Reba J. Essary. 40Dora Hobson. 40Carroll M. Tingle. 40Gay A. Burke. 39Debbie S. Dockery. 39Eugene M. Futato. 39Alice Gibson. 39Dianne S. Golson. 39Harry E. Heath. 39Billy P. Helms. 39Mal M. Moore. 39Gary L. Odom. 39Lillian R. Weeks. 39Phillip Beidler. 38John J. Burke. 38Martha J. Cook. 38Kathryn B. Cotton. 38Sandra D. Davidson. 38Rebecca S. Fowler. 38Margaret P. Garner. 38Finus P. Gaston. 38Wei S. Hsia. 38Howard N. Jones. 38Dana K. Merchant. 38Gary L. Sloan. 38James W. Thompson. 38Janice F. Voss. 38Ronny K. Wills. 38Kathleen P. Cramer. 37Edwina C. Crawford. 37Deborah Hamilton. 37Susie W. Long. 37Edward R. Mansfield. 37Ginny T. Raymond. 37Judy A. Voss. 37Leonard Zumpano. 37Trinh T. Bethard. 36George P. Cooper. 36Steven C. Emens. 36Evelyn Jackson. 36Louis S. Jenks. 36Donna J. Maples. 36Mary H. McAlpin. 36Brenda H. Montgomery. 36Yasmin Hashmi Neggers. 36Milla D. Boschung. 35Ronald E. Dulek. 35Sheila Eady. 35Henry A. Lazer. 35James Leeper. 35Rita Martin. 35Steven L. Prentice-Dunn. 35John F. Schmitt. 35Larry L. Smith. 35James L .Wang. 35Annette J. Watters. 35Deborah A.Woods. 35O. Kimball Armayor. 34Janice M. Barnes. 34Lou Baucum. 34Donald J. Benson. 34James D. Bryce. 34Mary J. Chambers. 34Barbara A. Chotiner. 34Mattie Compton.34Candy M. Crawford.34Sheila M. Deerman.34William W. Dressler.34Carol B. Duncan.34Cynthia Y. Dunn.34Deborah L. Eads.34Leroy T. Gregg.34H. Scott Hestevold.34Arthur L. Hinton.34Patricia A. Hubbs.34Wendell E. Jordan.34Robert W. McLeod.34Larry B. Montgomery.34Robert L. Moore.34Vicky P. Morrison.34Michael D. Murphy.34Lisa F. Patrick.34Sarah D. Patterson.34Douglas Phillips.34Rebecca J. Pow.34David W. Arnold.33Maureen P. Beard.33Steven A. Boles.33Deborah M. Bonner.33Ann S. Brasher.33B. Scott Bridges.33Autrey N. Elmore.33James W. Harrell.33Vannessa W. Harris.33Fredrick V. Johnson.33Robert Kee.33Valorie H. Lanier.33Vo T. Liem.33Laurinisa Miranda.33Mary J. Modica.33Beverly J. Nickerson.33Sandra C. Payton.33Mike Reece.33Sharron G. Skipper.33Mary K. Spiegel.33Tavan T. Trent.33Johnny L. Tucker.33William S. Tucker.33Darnell Ball.32Thomas M. Barnes.32David M. Baughn.32Ora L. Brown.32Jeremy G. Butler.32Dwight B. Cammeron.32Linda J. Dunn.32Joseph N. Funderburg.32Philip Hardee.32Pollye S. Hardy.32David J. Heggem.32Debra W. Hill.32William M. Johnson.32Susan A. Kinard.32Judy C. Lamon.32Tan-Yu Lee.32Michael J. Mendle.32Andrew J. Paige.32Michael W. Rhiney.32Jeffrey P. Richetto.32Patricia L. Sanders.3
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY DECOR uM AND COuRTESY The faculty and staff at The University of Alabama congratulate you on your academic achievement and wish to ensure the commencement ceremony will be a fitting conclusion to this phase of your education! The University of Alabama Commencement ceremony is, by its very nature, a festive occasion. The
