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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENTThe health and well-being of the Walden community is of the utmost importance. To protect our graduates, theirfamilies, our alumni, faculty, and staff, we made the very difficult decision to transition from an on-site summergraduation ceremony to a special online celebration honoring our graduates and their milestone achievement. I knowthis is disappointing for our graduates and the entire Walden community; it is for me, too.We take our promise of providing Education for Good seriously, and that includes our obligation to be excellentcorporate citizens. While we deeply regret having to make this decision regarding graduation, we believe that it is theresponsible and right thing to do not only for our graduates, their families, and members of the Walden community,but also for our nation.This has been a truly challenging year for our country and the world. It has tested our commitment as a universitydedicated to a mission of social change. Our extended Walden community has a shared responsibility to stand togetherin solidarity for racial justice and for the respect of every individual’s worth and dignity. We can all make a differenceand demonstrate the power of what it means to be part of a university that delivers Education for Good. I hope thatyou are as proud as I am to call Walden University my university and that you will stay connected to our communitythrough the many opportunities available in our active alumni association.Ward Ulmer ’04, PhDPresident1
GRADUATE CELEBRATION SPEAKERSBRYAN TERRELL CLARKBryan Terrell Clark is a singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and actor known for his role as George Washington in therecord-breaking Broadway hit, Hamilton: An American Musical.He made his Broadway debut playing the iconic role of Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Musical, which received a 2014Grammy Award nomination for “Best Musical Theater Album.” Clark also starred opposite Laurence Fishburne andAngela Bassett in the acclaimed drama Fences at the Pasadena Playhouse.Most recently, Clark appeared in Ava DuVernay’s highly acclaimed Netflix miniseries When They See Us, which isa 2020 Peabody Award recipient, and Cherish the Day, as well as Queen Sugar on the OWN network. He has alsoperformed in a wide range of popular television programming, including CBS’ NCIS: New Orleans, Blue Bloods, Personof Interest, Unforgettable, CSI: NY, and The Unit. He has also had roles on NBC’s The Mysteries of Laura, Fox’s Empire,USA Network’s Royal Pains, and BET’s The New Edition Story and Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. In addition, Clarkappeared in the film Collateral Beauty, which was released in 2016 by Warner Bros.As a singer-songwriter and producer, he was co-writer on Mary J. Blige’s “Irreversible” on the album My Life II, andhe has performed with such artists as Maxwell, Ciara, Brandy, Ne-Yo, Anita Baker, Michael Bublé, and many others.Clark’s production company, Artists Park Productions, has a creative collaboration with INE Entertainment, a leadingindependent production company, on a series of digital and television projects.Clark is the co-founder of inDEFINED, an initiative that inspires and teaches young people to use their voices toerase constrictive labels in our society. He is also the recipient of the 2018 Voice for Social Justice Award from RutgersUniversity, 2019 Gallery of Success Award from Temple University, and 2019 HELP Hero Award from HELP USA,which was for his ongoing commitment to social change and activism.2
GRADUATE CELEBRATION SPEAKERS continuedNIKKI GIOVANNINikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Over the past 30 years, heroutspokenness in her writing and in lectures has brought the eyes of the world upon her. One of the most widely readAmerican poets, she prides herself on being “a Black American, a daughter, a mother, and a professor of English.”Giovanni remains as determined and committed as ever to the fight for civil rights and equality. Always insisting onpresenting the truth as she sees it, she has maintained a prominent place as a strong voice of the Black community.Her focus is on the individual, specifically on the power one has to make a difference in oneself, and thus, in the livesof others.Giovanni was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Lincoln Heights, an all-Black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.She and her sister spent their summers with their grandparents in Knoxville, and she graduated with honors fromFisk University, her grandfather’s alma mater, in 1968. After graduating from Fisk, she attended the University ofPennsylvania and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, Black Feeling Black Talk, in 1968, andwithin the next year published a second book, thus launching her career as a writer. Early in her career, she was dubbedthe “Princess of Black Poetry,” and over the course of more than three decades of publishing and lecturing, she hascome to be called both a “national treasure” and one of Oprah Winfrey’s 25 “Living Legends.”Many of Giovanni’s books have received honors and awards. Her autobiography, Gemini, was a finalist for the NationalBook Award. Love Poems, Blues: For All the Changes, and Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea were all honored with NAACPImage Awards. Blues: For All the Changes reached No. 4 on the Los Angeles Times best-seller list, a rare achievement fora book of poems. Her children’s picture book Rosa, about the civil rights legend Rosa Parks, became a Caldecott Honorbook, and Bryan Collier, the illustrator, was given the Coretta Scott King award for best illustration. Rosa also reachedNo. 3 on The New York Times best-seller list.Giovanni’s spoken word recordings have also achieved widespread recognition and honors. Her album Truth Is OnIts Way, on which she reads her poetry against a background of gospel music, was a top 100 album and named “BestSpoken Word Album” by the National Association of Radio and Television Announcers. Her Nikki Giovanni PoetryCollection, on which she reads and talks about her poetry, was one of five finalists for a Grammy Award.Giovanni’s honors and awards have been steady and plentiful throughout her career. The recipient of some 25 honorarydegrees, she has been named Woman of the Year by Mademoiselle, Ladies’ Home Journal, and Ebony. She was tappedfor the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame and named an Outstanding Woman of Tennessee. Giovanni has also receivedgovernor’s awards from both Tennessee and Virginia. She was the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman ofCourage Award, and she has also been awarded the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry. She is an honorary member ofDelta Sigma Theta Sorority and has received Life Membership and Scroll from the National Council of Negro Women.A member of PEN, she was honored for her life and career by The HistoryMakers. She has received the keys to morethan two dozen cities. A scientist who admires her work even named a new species of bat he discovered for her.The author of some 30 books for both adults and children, Giovanni is a University Distinguished Professor at VirginiaTech in Blacksburg, Virginia, and is the recipient of Virginia Tech’s highest honor, the Alumni Outreach Award.3
COLLEGE LEADERSHIPWard Ulmer, PhD, PresidentSue Subocz, PhD, Provost and Chief Academic OfficerCOLLEGE OF SOCIAL ANDBEHAVIORAL SCIENCESSavitri Dixon-Saxon, PhD, Vice ProvostTHE RICHARD W. RILEY COLLEGE OFEDUCATION AND LEADERSHIPMarilyn Powell, PhD, Vice ProvostKelley Costner, EdD, DeanSCHOOL OF COUNSELINGWilliam M. Barkley, PhD, DeanCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCESAndrea Lindell, RN, PhD, ANEF, Vice ProvostSCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEShana Garrett, PhD, DeanSCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCESJörg Westermann, PhD, DeanSCHOOL OF HUMAN SERVICESWilliam M. Barkley, PhD, DeanCOLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGYMarilyn Powell, PhD, Vice ProvostSCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGYShana Garrett, PhD, DeanSCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTKarlyn Barilovits, PhD, Dean SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICYAND ADMINISTRATIONShana Garrett, PhD, Dean SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ANDAPPLIED SCIENCEKarlyn Barilovits, PhD, Dean BARBARA SOLOMON SCHOOL OFSOCIAL WORKLisa Moon, PhD, DeanCOLLEGE OF NURSINGAndrea Lindell, RN, PhD, Vice ProvostGeorge Zangaro, PhD, Dean4
WALDEN HISTORY“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors tolive the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”—Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1854)Fifty years ago, Bernie and Rita Turner took a bold step that would change higher education in America and,ultimately, beyond. At that point in history, if you were a working professional who wanted to earn an advanceddegree, most universities required that you quit your job and move close to their campus. The Turners believed that wasunreasonable. And so they set out to create a new kind of university that would expand access to higher education andgive more people the knowledge they needed to make a positive impact in the world.The Turners found a like-minded innovator in Dr.Harold “Bud” Hodgkinson, a faculty member atthe University of California, Berkeley, who hadpublished a paper that laid out a new vision for astudent-centric university. Titled “Walden U: AWorking Paper,” Hodgkinson’s vision became thephilosophical underpinnings of the Turners’ newschool: Walden University.Founded in 1970, Walden began with a 1971 summersession in Naples, Florida, that gave working teachersand school administrators the opportunity to finishtheir doctorates without having to leave their jobs ormove. It was a truly unique opportunity and, in 1972,the first Walden students earned their degrees.The Turners’ university was already making a difference. But Walden’s development into the school it is today tooktime and perseverance. The first major step occurred in 1979, when the Minnesota Higher Education CoordinatingBoard licensed Walden to grant PhDs and EdDs in the state. An official move to Minneapolis quickly followed in1982 and, as the decade progressed, Walden grew. In addition to attending the annual summer sessions, students in the1980s completed coursework by correspondence, receiving and returning assignments through the U.S. mail. In somecourses, faculty and students mailed floppy disks back and forth, allowing coursework to be completed on personalcomputers. While this form of distance learning seems antiquated today, it was innovative in its time and opened newopportunities for working professionals.This spirit of innovation also impacted the coursework itself. In 1984, Walden officially integrated social change intothe curricula for all programs, formalizing the school’s founding mission. In 1987, the university remade its doctoralprograms, introducing a new individualized program structure based on the work of renowned American educatorDr. Frederic Hudson. Thanks to these efforts, coupled with the ceaseless drive to offer the highest-quality education,Walden reached the biggest achievement of its early years. In 1990, Walden earned accreditation from The HigherLearning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.What had begun as a radical idea was now a nationally accredited university. The Turners had realized their dream and,in 1992, they retired, satisfied that Walden was fully established. Of course, a university committed to innovation willalways evolve with the times. And that’s exactly what Walden continued to do, even after the Turners left.5
WALDEN HISTORY continuedUnder the leadership of Walden’s new owner, Don Ackerman, Walden expanded on the Turners’ vision, becomingknown for its distance-learning curriculum that emphasized a scholar-practitioner philosophy and a commitmentto social change. In 1995, the university became known for something more: It was the first U.S. university to offeran online master’s in education degree program. The degree was Walden’s first master’s and its entrance into onlineeducation. This wasn’t just the next logical step in distance learning; it was a seismic shift that would quickly end theera of postal-based higher education and usher in a huge number of innovations that would change Walden and highereducation throughout the world.While Walden introduced other online programs in the late 1990s, Sylvan Learning Systems’ 2001 investment in theuniversity sparked the biggest change, helping Walden complete the shift from a correspondence system of learningto an online system of learning. At the same time, Walden grew into a comprehensive university offering bachelor’s,master’s, and doctoral degrees in a variety of disciplines.In 2004, Walden became a full part of Laureate Education (the new name for Sylvan Learning Systems) and mergedwith National Technical University, which allowed Walden to expand its degree offerings and student enrollmenteven further. These were exciting days, filled with the promises of online education. Thanks to this technologicalinnovation and Walden’s eagerness to embrace it, the university was able to carry the Turners’ original vision toworking professionals all over the world, empowering more people than ever to change their lives, their careers, andtheir communities.6
WALDEN HISTORY continuedIn the following years, Walden supported the substantial increase in enrollment with an expansion in degree programs,student services, and accreditations. In fact, over the 16 years that followed Walden’s full immersion into the LaureateEducation network, the school obtained an impressive list of accreditations, beginning in 2005 with its reaccreditationby The Higher Learning Commission (HLC).Since then, Walden has received accreditations for specific degree programs in social work, nursing, counseling,business administration, project management, information technology, and public health. Additionally, it has receivedaccreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and was named a NationalCenter of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Administration. Walden was once againreaccredited by the HLC in 2013 for a period lasting 10 years, the maximum any institution can receive.Clearly, Walden has remained busy, ensuring that its students and the higher education community at large can trustthat the university’s education rises to the highest possible standards. It’s a level of trust the Turners always wanted forWalden. And it’s a trust that has attracted the attention and praise of several high-profile dignitaries. In 2010, NelsonMandela accepted an honorary doctorate from Walden; in 2011, former President Bill Clinton spoke at commencement;and in 2014, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke at commencement.While Walden was increasing its educational profile, it was also increasing its focus on social change. In 2006,Walden initiated its annual Global Days of Service campaign, in which students, alumni, faculty, and staff gather incommunities all over the world to complete social improvement projects. In 2017, Walden took its mission even further,founding the Center for Social Change, which serves as a connective hub that promotes, facilitates, and supports socialchange action and research. It is a valuable resource for members of the Walden community and others throughout theworld who want to make a real difference.From its first 70-person graduating class to this commencement’s 6,339-person class, Walden has remained true to itsfounding principles of expanding access to higher education and working for the greater good. Walden’s 50 years ofinnovation and growth and its student-first philosophy have empowered tens of thousands of working professionalsacross the U.S. and in more than 165 countries.In 1970, Bernie and Rita Turner took a bold step and founded Walden University. Without question, the universitywill continue to be bold long into the future, building on its legacy and continuing to empower the greater good fordecades to come.7
VISION, MISSION, VALUES,AND ACCREDITATIONVISIONWalden University envisions a distinctively different 21st-century learning community where knowledge is judgedworthy to the degree that it can be applied by its graduates to the immediate solutions of critical societal challenges,thereby advancing the greater global good.MISSIONWalden University provides a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselvesas scholar-practitioners so that they can effect positive social change.VALUESQuality Integrity Student-CenterednessACCREDITATIONWalden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, www.hlcommission.org.8
GENERAL INFORMATIONGLOBAL COMMUNITYThe following list represents the diversity of Walden University’s graduating class: United States of America,Afghanistan, Albania, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh,Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, CaymanIslands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominica,Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guyana,Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mali,Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, PuertoRico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, SouthSudan, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, UnitedArab Emirates, United Kingdom, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, and ZimbabweREGALIAAcademic regalia originated in medieval Europe, where it was the dress for both faculty and students. Standards foracademic costumes for colleges and universities in the United States were adopted in 1895.The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and is untrimmed. It is designed to be worn closed. The lengthof the hood worn for the bachelor’s degree must be 3 feet.The gown for the master’s degree is untrimmed, like the bachelor’s degree gown. It has an oblong sleeve, open at thewrist. The sleeve’s base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part of its oblong shape is square cut, and thefront part has an arc cutaway. Supplied with fasteners, the gown may be worn open or closed. The hood for the master’sdegree is 3.5 feet long.The gown for the doctoral degree has bell-shaped sleeves. Supplied with fasteners, the gown may be worn open orclosed. The gown has velvet on the front and three bars of velvet across the sleeves. The hood worn for the doctoraldegree has panels only at the sides and is 4 feet long.Hoods are lined with the official color or colors of the college or university conferring the degree. Walden University’scolor is green; therefore, each Walden hood has green in the middle of the hood. The binding or edging of the hoodis velvet or velveteen and 2 inches, 3 inches, and 5 inches wide for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees,respectively. The color should be indicative of the subject to which the degree pertains. For example, the trimmingfor the degree of Master of Science is golden yellow, representing science. In the case of the Doctor of Philosophydegree, dark blue represents the mastery of the discipline of learning and scholarship in any field and is not intended torepresent the field of philosophy.9
GENERAL INFORMATION continuedWEBCASTToday’s celebration is available via webcast for all graduates, family members, and friends. The webcast will be archivedand accessible at www.WaldenU.edu in the weeks following the Graduate Celebration.GRADUATE CELEBRATION PROGRAMIn order to cut down on our carbon footprint while continuing to provide the level of service you have come to expectfrom Walden, the Graduate Celebration program—which includes the names of eligible graduates from November 30,2019, through June 3, 2020—will be available online for viewing by graduates, their families, and guests on or aboutSeptember 21, 2020. To access and share the Graduate Celebration program and to view a full list of graduates, pleasego to www.WaldenU.edu/experience/commencement.HONOR CORDSSome of our undergraduate degree candidates will receive gold honor cords.These cords indicate those who have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher at the time of graduation: Summa cum laude: Designates those candidates with a cumulative GPA of 3.900–4.000 at the timeof graduation. Magna cum laude: Designates those candidates with a cumulative GPA of 3.750–3.899 at the time of graduation. Cum laude: Designates those candidates with a cumulative GPA of 3.500–3.749 at the time of graduation.Latin Honors are awarded at the bachelor’s level only. Bachelor’s graduates with Latin Honors are indicated by anasterisk (*) in the Graduate Celebration program book.Individual honor societies contact master’s-level and doctoral-level graduates if the graduates have earned honors. Cordsare sent to those honor graduates prior to the Graduate Celebration.Presidential Commendation for Undergraduate Academic AchievementWalden University recognizes the significant accomplishment of undergraduate students who achieve a perfectcumulative GPA in their undergraduate work. Students with a 4.0 GPA at the time of graduation will receive aPresidential Commendation for Academic Achievement. Recipients will receive a presidential medallion and will berecognized in the Graduate Celebration program book.10
GENERAL INFORMATION continuedHONOR SOCIETIESSALUTE Veterans National Honor SocietySALUTE Veterans National Honor Society is the only honor society in the U.S. recognizing and honoring theservice and scholastic achievements of this generation’s greatest veterans and is dedicated to encouraging excellencein scholarship, research, and leadership. The core values of the honor society are service, academics, leadership, unity,tribute, and excellence.Golden Key International Honour SocietyGolden Key International Honour Society is the world’s largest collegiate honor society, comprising more than 2million undergraduate, graduate, and alumni members. Golden Key is committed to a high standard of scholasticachievement and an ethos of integrity, innovation, respect, collaboration, and diversity. With more than 400 studentchapters worldwide, Golden Key recognizes highly motivated academic achievers who will become leaders andcontributors to society in the future.The National Society of Leadership and SuccessThe National Society of Leadership and Success is the world’s largest leadership honor society. With more than 650chapters nationwide, it recognizes bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students in all programs who have achievedhigh academic standards. The National Society of Leadership and Success requires students to complete a four-stepleadership program in order to be inducted.UNIVERSITY-WIDE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONSDivine Nine Alliance (DNA)The Divine Nine Alliance (DNA) provides members of the Divine Nine Greek letter organizations with opportunitiesfor professional development, networking, and mentorship.Student Veterans Association (SVA)The Student Veterans Association (SVA) at Walden University partners with the Student Veterans of America nationalchapter, which supports over 1,300 school chapters and 500,000 student veterans. The mission of Walden’s SVA is tosupport student veterans in achieving their professional goals in higher education and life.THE RICHARD W. RILEY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIPKappa Delta PiWalden is home to the Alpha Epsilon Xi Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), the international honor society ineducation, one of the largest and most prestigious education honor societies in the world, with more than 600active chapters.Membership is offered to those who display outstanding scholastic achievements in education. KDP recognizesscholarly contributions and scholastic achievement and strives to enhance the professional development of its members.Members of KDP are dedicated to promoting excellence and advancing scholarship, leadership, and service.Phi Delta KappaPhi Delta Kappa International and the Walden University Cyberspace Chapter’s collective mission is to connect andgrow leaders in education. Unified by the mission to promote quality education, the Walden University chapter vows tosupport and empower its members to advocate for and further this purpose. Walden has the first (and only) chapter ofPhi Delta Kappa International that resides and operates completely online.11
GENERAL INFORMATION continuedCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCESSCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCESAUPHA Honor Society, Upsilon Phi DeltaWalden University has an undergraduate chapter of Upsilon Phi Delta, a national academic honor society for studentsin healthcare management and policy. Upsilon Phi Delta’s mission is to recognize, reward, and encourage academicexcellence in the study of health administration. Students earning a degree at the bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral levelin healthcare management at a regionally accredited university are eligible for membership.COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGYSCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTDelta Mu DeltaDelta Mu Delta (DMD) is a business honor society that recognizes and encourages academic excellence of students atqualifying colleges and universities to create a DMD community that fosters the well-being of its individual membersand the business community through lifetime membership.Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest HR society, representing 300,000members in more than 165 countries. SHRM promotes the HR profession and provides education, certification, andnetworking to its members, while lobbying Congress on issues pertinent to labor management.COLLEGE OF NURSINGSigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Phi Nu ChapterThe mission of the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, is to support the learning, knowledge,and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide. The vision of SigmaTheta Tau International is to create a global community of nurses who lead in using knowledge, scholarship, service,and learning to improve the health of the world’s people. Membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduatenursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievementsin nursing.COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCESSCHOOL OF HUMAN SERVICESTau Upsilon AlphaThe National Organization for Human Services Honor Society, Tau Upsilon Alpha (TUA), recognizes Walden studentsin the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences who demonstrate integrity, academic excellence, and dedication toempowering people through education and service. The purpose of TUA is to honor academic excellence; foster lifelonglearning, leadership, and development; and promote excellence in service to humanity.12
GENERAL INFORMATION continuedSCHOOL OF COUNSELINGChi Sigma IotaStudents in Walden’s School of Counseling who join Chi Sigma Iota are recognized for their honor, integrity, andacademic success. Established to recognize outstanding achievement and service within the counseling profession, ChiSigma Iota’s mission is to promote scholarship, professionalism, leadership, advocacy, and excellence in counselingthrough recognition of individual achievements in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence.Walden’s Omega Zeta Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota was founded in 2009. Under the leadership of Dr. April Young andDr. Ljubica Spiro, the active chapter offers students the opportunity to: Build a sense of community. Participate in face-to-face social networking events, such as luncheons, at residencies. Hold leadership positions as a chapter officer or committee chairperson.Access the Omega Zeta newsletter and reach out to other members at www.csi-net.org/member/omega zeta.SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGYPsi ChiPsi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging,stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is opento graduate and undergraduate students who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and whomeet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliateof the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS).SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIONPi Alpha AlphaPi Alpha Alpha (PAA) is the national honor society formed to recognize and promote excellence in the study andpractice of public affairs and administration. PAA recognizes outstanding scholarship, promotes excellence inpublic service studies, and fosters integrity and professionalism among its many members. To become a member,undergraduate students must be in the top 10% of their graduating class by their last semester of junior year; havecompleted at least 15 hours of coursework for their public administration, public policy, or subfield degree; and haveachieved and maintained at least a 3.5–4.0 GPA for all degree-related courses and at least a 3.0–4.0 GPA for all othercoursework. Graduate students must have achieved and maintained a 3.7–4.0 GPA and have completed 50% of theirpublic administration, public policy, or subdegree coursework.Alpha Phi SigmaThe goals of Alpha Phi Sigma are to honor and promote academic e
COLLEGE OF NURSING Andrea Lindell, RN, PhD, Vice Provost George Zangaro, PhD, Dean COLLEGE OF SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES Savitri Dixon-Saxon, PhD, Vice Provost SCHOOL OF COUNSELING William M. Barkley, PhD, Dean SCHOOL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE Shana Garrett, PhD, Dean SCHOOL OF HUMAN SERVICES William M. Barkley, PhD, Dean SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
