BOARD OF TRUSTEES

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Alan Perry, President ........................................................................................................... Jackson Karen L. Cummins ........................................................................................................... Southaven Thomas Duff ...................................................................................................................Hattiesburg Dr. Ford Dye .......................................................................................................................... Oxford Shane Hooper ........................................................................................................................ Tupelo Dr. Alfred McNair, Jr. ............................................................................................................ Gautier Eddie “Chip” Morgan, Jr. ....................................................................................................... Leland Hal Parker ............................................................................................................................... Bolton Christine Pickering ................................................................................................................... Biloxi Dr. Douglas Rouse, Vice President ................................................................................Hattiesburg C. D. Smith, Jr. ................................................................................................................... Meridian Dr. Glenn Boyce. ................................................................................................................. Jackson

Commissioner of Higher Education

PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL (Audience will please stand)…………………………………………Pomp and Circumstance

Wind Ensemble THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER……………………………..………………………words by Francis Scott Key

Christine Allmon, Soprano Wind Ensemble

INTRODUCTIONS…………………………………………………..……................William N. LaForge, President

ADDRESS......................................................................................................................David Abney Chief Executive Officer, UPS

CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE………………………..……………..William N. LaForge, President PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES……………………………..….William N. LaForge, President

Charles A. McAdams, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

ASSISTED BY……..…………….…………..…....Dave Breaux, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Billy C. Moore, Dean, College of Business

Leslie L. Griffin, Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences Lizabeth L. Carlson, Dean, Robert E. Smith School of Nursing

Beverly M. Moon, Dean, Graduate and Continuing Studies and Research Wayne Blansett, Vice President for Student Affairs

Jeff M. Slagell, Dean of Library Services

DEGREE CANDIDATE ORDER Doctor of Education Educational Specialist Master Degrees Honor Diploma Doyce Stallings Mitchell Honor Diploma Undergraduate Degrees

RECESSIONAL……………………………………………………………………………….…...Trumpet Voluntary

Wind Ensemble

(Audience will remain in their seats until the recessional is complete)

CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN Kaysie Shamell Blunt Professional Studies Greenville

Differences in STAR Early Literacy Scores Among Kindergartners By Head Start Attendance

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Joe Garrison Hooded by: Dr. Cheryl Cummins

Amanda Dickerson Bradley Professional Studies Brandon The Professional Development Training Needs of Special Education Alternative Dispute Resolution

Professionals in the State of Mississippi

Dissertation Chair: Dr. Cheryl Cummins Hooded by: Dr. Cheryl Cummins

Shannon Steadman Lamb Professional Studies Cleveland Student Perceptions of High Stakes Testing in the Rural Mississippi Delta

Dissertation Chair: Dr. John Alvarez Hooded by: Dr. John Alvarez

EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

LaLita LaTrice Bivins Counseling Memphis, TN

Nekedra Rashun Blockett Counseling Cleveland

Wendy Michelle Boyd Educational Admin & Supervision Southaven

Alquida Mokisha Brown Counseling Cleveland

Note: Latin honors based on Fall 2014 GPA * cum laude All cities in Mississippi ** magna cum laude unless otherwise indicated *** summa cum laude ∞ Honors Fellows + Phi Kappa Phi 1

Chandra Anita Brown Educational Admin & Supervision Greenwood

Tolernisa Ronta Butler Counseling Shelby

Makeda Nicole Catron Elementary Education Southaven

Valeree Ellis-Barnes Educational Admin & Supervision Batesville

Amanda Spiers Garrett Counseling Carriere

Heather Dawn Henry Elementary Education Columbus

Maurice Donte Johnson Educational Admin & Supervision Indianola

Aiyetoro Akilah Roy Educational Admin & Supervision Greenwood

Stephanie Satcher Counseling Ridgeland

Tawanda Shanae Shannon Counseling Charleston

Sonya Anita Skipper Elementary Education Sarah

Caroline Elizabeth Truemper Educational Admin & Supervision New Albany

Ashley Lidell Washington Elementary Education Greenwood

Sharon Denise Williams Educational Admin & Supervision Batesville

MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Monica B. Adams Elementary Education Philadelphia

Kathrine E. Ballard Educational Admin & Supervision West Point

Danielle L Brown Special Education Hollandale

Lakeita Antoinette Cary Counseling Sidon

Elizabeth Anne Habermehl Elementary Education Wilmington, OH

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Reuna Monique Hall Elementary Education Cleveland

Brittany Marie Harrell Special Education Starkville

Phaciealeethas Juantrice Hemmingway Counseling Moorhead

Tramainia Fae Hooper Elementary Education Drew

Michael Anthony Hynes, Sr Elementary Education Greenville

Zina C. Kelly Counseling Greenville

Kadijah L. Kinds Special Education Greenwood

Geoffrey Michael Latham Secondary Education Cleveland

Katherine L. Locke Elementary Education Oxford

Anthony Louis Matrisciano Elementary Education Morristown, NJ

Penny M. Morrisson Elementary Education Ripley

Cheryl LaShun Neal Secondary Education Greenwood

Thomas C. Peterson Counseling Tupelo

Chelsa Voss Rash Elementary Education Cleveland

Jaboria Arnetta Rash-Walker Secondary Education Cleveland

Anjelica B. Shepard Elementary Education Cleveland

Christie Garner Sims Elementary Education West Point

Kasondra Ashley Sporbert Elementary Education Westfield, MA

Erica C. Thomas Secondary Education Cleveland

Jennifer Lauren Trussell Counseling Gore Springs

Brittny Leerin Vaughn Elementary Education Rosedale

Tara Lynn Weiss Elementary Education Washington, DC

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SPORT & HUMAN PERFORMANCE DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Nicole L. Balderston Sport and Human Performance Salina, KS

Cristina Ashley Coca Sport and Human Performance Riverview, FL

Dominique Coleman Sport and Human Performance Mound Bayou

Sierra R. Croff Sport and Human Performance Decatur

Tiffany S. Daniels Sport and Human Performance Cleveland

Daniel Jacobus DeWet Sport and Human Performance Robertson, South Africa

Reed Hurdle Falkner Sport and Human Performance Oxford

Caroline George Sport and Human Performance Selmer, TN

Ashton Kerstiens Sport and Human Performance Muscle Shoals, AL

David Gordon McAlister Sport and Human Performance Memphis, TN

James William McBeth Sport and Human Performance Carthage

Cable B. McMinn Sport and Human Performance Cleveland

Philip Jordan Tang Sport and Human Performance Jackson, TN

James Walter Vallone, Jr Sport and Human Performance Tyrone, GA

Brittany Melissa White Sport and Human Performance Hiawassee, GA

MASTER OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Joshua Michael Howell Geospatial Information Technology Madison

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MASTER OF ARTS IN LIBERAL STUDIES DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Amanda Courtney Clark Liberal Studies Cleveland

Claire Michie Dean Liberal Studies Boyle

Kevin Scott Edwards Liberal Studies Cleveland

Amy Yount Morris Liberal Studies Clarksdale

Jennifer Lynne Owen Liberal Studies Jackson

Caitlin Dawn Turner Liberal Studies Grenada

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Carolyn Denise Johnson Community Development Hollandale

Jarvis R. Moore Community Development Cleveland

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NATURAL SCIENCES DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Malcolm Luther Noland Natural Sciences Cleveland

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Chase C. Camp Social Justice & Criminology Oxford

Jessica Haley Hyde Social Justice & Criminology Steens

Latoria Marquita Kerr-Kimble Social Justice & Criminology Vicksburg

Jasmine Yolinjoca Lafayette Social Justice & Criminology Metcalfe

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James M. McMillian Social Justice & Criminology Mendenhall

Crystal Nichole Mercer Social Justice & Criminology Hernando

Tanya Smith Social Justice & Criminology Oxford

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Kazi Raisha Anwar Business Administration Terra Haute, IN

Maristela De Araujo Business Administration Sao Paulo, Brazil

Antonio Wilshun Arrington Business Administration Starkville

Tony L. Bailey Business Administration Jackson

Kenshaun Von'Trell Banger Business Administration Sarah

Christian Reece Barrett Business Administration Stapleton, AL

Arthur Berthiaux Business Administration Saumur, France

Faderricka B. Harvey Business Administration Greenville

Jason Campbell Hawthorne Business Administration Charlotte, NC

Tiffany N. Haymore Business Administration Itta Bena

Sydney E. Hodnett Business Administration Anguilla

Jessica Johnson Business Administration Senatobia

Carmen A. Jude Business Administration Clarksdale

Stefan Lackner Business Administration Baden, Austria

John Wesley Lee Business Administration Madison

Preslie J. Long Business Administration Slidell, LA

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David Earl Paul Business Administration Greenville

Rani Rogers Richard Business Administration Cleveland

Michael Tyson Sherman Business Administration Olive Branch

Youmika VonSha Stanford Business Administration Ruleville

Robert K. Starr Business Administration Madison

Bailey Stewart Tubertini Business Administration Greenville

Steven M. Vinson Business Administration Southaven

Lisa Nicho Washington Business Administration Clarksdale

Shina S. White Business Administration Cleveland

Weldon Douglas Wiggins, II Business Administration Smithville

Adondra Blackmon Williams Business Administration Selma, AL

Cornelius Cortez Winters Business Administration Grenada

Richard Wayne Winters Business Administration Bartlett, TN

MASTER OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Garrett Allen Burgess Commercial Aviation Meridian, ID

Malorie A. Ligons Commercial Aviation Tulsa, OK

Jason R. Mendez Commercial Aviation Silverdale, WA

James Ashley Mills Commercial Aviation Brandon

Joseph Carl Philip Commercial Aviation Columbus

Darrell John Pugmire Commercial Aviation Mapleton, UT

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Jason Simpson Commercial Aviation New Smyrna Beach, FL

Megan JoAnn Tutor Penson Commercial Aviation Brandon

Benjamin Matthew Wiford Commercial Aviation Clarksville, TN

Eric Ziessler Commercial Aviation Las Vegas, NV

MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Ethan Tyler Boatman Accounting Eupora

Faderricka B. Harvey Accounting Greenville

Allison N. Hood Accounting Grenada

Joshua Anthony Morgan Accounting Cleveland

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Nicholas David Albonetti Nursing Hernando

Claudia Weir Anthony Nursing Raymond

Charles W. Capps, III Nursing Cleveland

Carrie James Dye Nursing Southaven

McCarley Elizabeth Haynes Nursing Marks

Christopher M. Johnson Nursing Lake Village, AR

Courtney Shay Johnson Nursing Lake Village, AR

Sarah Mattox Powell Nursing Hamilton

Magan Leigh Shipp Nursing Batesville

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Terry Brian Stewart Nursing Baldwyn

Wycondaroga Eletshantay Thomas Nursing Rosedale

Britney Coleman Tucker Nursing Corinth

Melinda Balducci Upshur Nursing Stoneville

CANDIDATES FOR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Ira Sidney Barger Political Science Isola

Jasmine Ja'Lauren Cleark Comm Studies & Theatre Arts Clarksdale

** + Columba Ekwonna Ferdinand Political Science Willmar, MN

Johanna Lindsey Ford Comm Studies & Theatre Arts Greenville

Stedman M. Hunter Foreign Language Rosedale

Klinton Andrew Keown History Widener, AR

Christian Blake McCollough English Memphis, TN

Stephanie Corrine Messer English Grenada

* Trevor Cortell Spivey English Itta Bena

Alexis D. Stanley Political Science Merigold

Javarious Thigpen Political Science Cleveland

Anne Wynn Weissinger Foreign Language Rolling Fork

* Jessica Rose Woods English Benoit

** + Elisabetta Concetta Zengaro Journalism Cleveland

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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Joseph Gerard Accomando Art Chalmette, LA

Cherie C. Clark Art Leland

* Katherine Elizabeth Holbrook Art Greenville

** Celia Bess McHardy Art Rosedale

Taylor Alexandria Pollan Art Grenada

* Kristen Elizabeth Price Art Madison

Lauren Meredith Wilkes Art Bartlett, TN

*** Briana Deshone Williams Art Ruleville

Lawrence Dunlap Yawn Art Memphis, TN

BACHELOR OF MUSIC DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Amanda Corkran Music Olive Branch

BACHELOR OF MUSIC IN EDUCATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Christine Elizabeth Allmon Music Education Southaven

Kimberly Ann Wright Music Education Southaven

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

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NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

* Rhandi M. Ball Biology Indianola

Corlencia Jenee Beamon Speech and Hearing Science Cleveland

Derrick Arnette Bean Biology Tupelo

Diamond A. Bell Chemistry Cleveland

Lakendrea Y. Benton Speech and Hearing Science Greenville

Jonathan Roddy Boggus Biology & Environmental Science Mansfield, TX

Aretha Carneicia Bowman Speech and Hearing Science Greenville

*** + Sarah Glenn Burkhalter Speech and Hearing Science Batesville

Whitney P. Crum Speech and Hearing Science Southaven

Joseph Lee Cummins Biology Merigold

Chealease Bianca Davis Biology Cleveland

* Mohamed Diaby Biology Cleveland

John William Downs, IV Mathematics Sumner

Carlee Eva Duhs Speech and Hearing Science Brandon

*** Alaina Paige Fanning Environmental Science Cleveland

Chelsea Ashley Giachelli Biology Indianola

Hannah L. Gordon Speech and Hearing Science Natchez

Darryl Darnell Hall Biology Cleveland

Chantal L. Harris Biology Hollandale

** + Taylor Brooke Holland Biology Grenada

Derrick R. Hughes Social Science Tupelo

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Jeffrey B. Hughes Biology Belzoni

Camissa Shuntaye Jackson Chemistry Greenville

Jamarius Jerome Johnson Chemistry Leland

Ashley Lauren Jones Biology Olive Branch

* Destiny S. Keys Social Science Indianola

Aronechia D. Kimber Biology Indianola

Molly Allene McWhorter Speech and Hearing Science Grenada

Jalisa Melvin Chemistry Cleveland

*** + Damian Lee Mercier Biology Hattiesburg

Danielle Dontavia Morton Chemistry Mound Bayou

Chayteevia Sherez Robinson Biology Mound Bayou

* Marley Anne Schiele Biology Marks

Jordan Elise Simpson Biology Boyle

Jon Tyler Stevens Biology Greenwood

Faizan Tahir Biology & Chemistry Cleveland

Kara Elizabeth Tally Speech and Hearing Science Raleigh

Ellen Ashley Tarrant Biology New Albany

Lamoyne Antonio Taylor Biology Indianola

* Jack G. Tharp Biology Flora

Ralph William Tierce Chemistry Cleveland

Tyler Joseph Toole Biology Crowder

Charnel Williams Biology Belzoni

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Cherae S. Williams Speech and Hearing Science Indianola

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Hallye R. Skillion English Education Marks

Collin Lee Stubblefield Social Science Education New Albany

Dominic Joao Veiga Mathematics Education Mexico, NY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY STUDIES

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Gary Patrick Adams Entertainment Industry Studies Mantachie

Joshua Aaron Langston Entertainment Industry Studies Cleveland

Jacory Levert Pulliam Entertainment Industry Studies Houston

Horace L. Willis Entertainment Industry Studies Arcola

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Khristyn L. Baltimore Interdisciplinary Studies Cary

** + Gregory Braggs Interdisciplinary Studies Tutwiler

Tatianna T. Fairley Interdisciplinary Studies Collins

Geoffrey Alan Fowler Interdisciplinary Studies Olive Branch

Deana D. Gibson Interdisciplinary Studies Indianola

* ∞ Kelli Ann Leach Interdisciplinary Studies Brandon

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Crystal Lauren London Interdisciplinary Studies Greenville

La Tia Penn Interdisciplinary Studies Topeka, KS

Stephen Brand Racine Interdisciplinary Studies Burlison, TN

Tom Radford Interdisciplinary Studies Jackson

Antonette Marie Savage Interdisciplinary Studies Cleveland

Clenesta A. Smith Interdisciplinary Studies Brandon

Taylor James Whyte Interdisciplinary Studies Rainbow City, AL

Caroline E. Womack Interdisciplinary Studies Jackson

Steven Barry Womble Interdisciplinary Studies Benoit

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Brandon Avant Social Justice & Criminology Maben

Chadisty D. Hickman Social Justice & Criminology Preston

Chyniquia Virginia Johnson Social Justice & Criminology Glen Allan

Rayne Evan Leinart Social Justice & Criminology Cleveland

Joshua Lamar Poe Social Justice & Criminology Pheba

Latoya Deneice Richardson Social Justice & Criminology Charleston

Myiesha B. Stewart Social Justice & Criminology Greenville

Arkeshia Dominique Ware Social Justice & Criminology Tunica

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK DEGREE

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NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Sarah Elizabeth Aulridge Social Work Cleveland

Kendrick Dwane Burnice Social Work Bessemer, AL

Shelnette Denedrick Daniels Social Work Greenville

* Kelsey Jane Elling Social Work San Diego, CA

Andrea Rose Ferretti Social Work Cleveland

Rachel Simone Fipps Social Work Mound Bayou

Leuvervia E. Franklin Social Work Shelby

Leah F. Gales Social Work Greenville

Shanae Govan Social Work Crossett, AR

Sherwanda L. Jackson Social Work Hollandale

Whitney B. Marsalis Social Work Greenville

Laquita Ranieka McBride Social Work Clarksdale

Angela Denise Miller Social Work Grenada

Lacey Ann Moore Social Work Cleveland

* Bonnie Elizabeth Phillips Social Work Greenville

Pamela A. Reynolds Social Work Sumner

Gracie Shavell Robinson Social Work Starkville

Evangela Sharell Roebuck Social Work Tutwiler

Samantha Jo Shirley Social Work Vaiden

Shiquita D. Smith Social Work Greenville

Lauren Elizabeth Stevens Social Work Cleveland

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Jacqueline Thomas Social Work Shaw

Avery Marie Tucker Social Work Madison

Christy L. Underwood Social Work Cleveland

Michelle Renae Wilson Social Work Cleveland

Veronica Renee Wright Social Work Water Valley

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Yvonne Elizabeth Alvarez Marketing Moorhead

Charles Kenton Bounds Marketing Morton

Rebecca J. Brewer Accounting Oakland

Travis Champion General Business Administration Moreno Valley, CA

*** + Sarah Larraine Clark General Business Administration Sidon

Marquitos Rome Cockrell Computer Information Systems Ruleville

Darren J. Collier General Business Administration Charleston

Frances B. Conley General Business Administration Gore Springs

Kyle Allen Davis Insurance and Real Estate Dallas, GA

Joseph Caleb Dodson Accounting Itta Bena

Jacob P. Elliott Computer Information Systems Clarksdale

James R. Few Computer Information Systems Greenville

Douglas Blake Gordon Accounting Avon

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Stephanie Rachell Green Management Cleveland

Daniel Wittenberg Haggard Accounting Meridian

Adrick Lasha Harris Computer Information Systems Jackson

+ Jeremy W. Hughes Accounting Greenville

* Jerry Rashaad Hughley Finance Auburn, AL

Chandler Warren Jackson General Business Administration Vicksburg

Parker D. Janes General Business Administration Anguilla

Gentryell Tyranisha Johnson General Business Administration Cleveland

Brian D. Jones Computer Information Systems Richland

Marilyn Syntay Jones Accounting Sumner

Jared W. Kirk Accounting Walls

Gloria Smith Lee General Business Administration Greenville

Otisha Davonne Lee Accounting Clarksdale

Marquesha Wynette Lewis Computer Information Systems Beulah

Catheia Love Accounting Rosedale

Jamie E. Luke Accounting Greenville

** + Chrisa Doss Mansell Computer Information Systems Lyon

Cody Wade Maxey General Business Administration Indianola

Glenna Andria May General Business Administration Cleveland

** Danielle Gaby Meerholz Management & Marketing Kempton Park Gauteng, South Africa

Stephen Andrew Milligan Marketing Olive Branch

Carla Danner Mills Accounting & Management Clarksdale

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Eric Danele Montgomery Computer Information Systems Clarksdale

Jonathan Brett Moorman Accounting Cleveland

* Cody J. Nance Management Greenwood

* Yvan Marcus Nys Management Noordheuwel, South Africa

Leonard I. Okereke General Business Administration Jackson

Ahmed Amine Rahmani General Business Administration Venissieuz, France

Becky Gilbert Roberson Management Cleveland

Allison J. Roberts Accounting Grenada

* Dexter Lee Russell General Business Administration Florence

David Clyde Rutherford Accounting Schlater

Alyssa Lashell Scott General Business Administration Cleveland

Jerome Stewart Management Bassfield

Quinita R. Stewart Computer Information Systems Leland

Craig Alan Taylor Management Cleveland

Landon James Thibodeaux General Business Administration Greenwell Springs, LA

Markus Lavone Thomas Management Cleveland

Emily Claire Tschiffely Accounting Merigold

*** ∞ + Haley Katherine Turner Accounting & Computer Info Sys Leland

Ricardo Francisco Velez Benitez General Business Administration San Juan, Puerto Rico

Jonathan Ross Webb Accounting Cleveland

Eric Darius White Management Baton Rouge, LA

** + Kevin Wayne White Management Boyle

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John Matthew Wilder Computer Information Systems Byhalia

Brittany Renee Wilson Management Greenville

* Vlad Zinca Computer Info Sys & Gen Bus Admin Pitesti, Romania

BACHELOR OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Robert Walter Ivy, II Aviation Management Greenville

Jeremy Ira Lewis Aviation Management Clinton

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Brenda Kaye Cartlidge Psychology Rolling Fork

* Tate Alexander Collums Psychology Marks

Bobbie Unique Hollins Psychology Greenville

Richard Kelly Psychology New Albany

Brittany Kaye Mann Psychology Boyle

Cassidy M. Marsh Psychology Ironton, MO

Ryan Mechell Moore Psychology Moorhead

Terese Marie Moore Psychology Moorhead

Sherman C. Stauffer Psychology Sunflower

Joseph W. Stockglausner Psychology Fenton, MO

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Hannah Marie Williams Psychology Talladega, AL

Tiffany Nicole Winstead Psychology Yazoo City

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Natashia Patrice Bates Family & Consumer Sciences Greenville

Jamiya A. Boddie Health, PE & Recreation Cleveland

Mallory B. Branning Family & Consumer Sciences Anguilla

Meredith Grace Burchfield Health, PE & Recreation Pensacola, FL

Derrick L. Clark Health, PE & Recreation Cleveland

Andrea B. Clay Family & Consumer Sciences Greenville

Katherine Grace Davis Family & Consumer Sciences Meridian

Colton Harris Dunn Athletic Training Pearl

Alexandra Rice Hallmark Family & Consumer Sciences Batesville

Ashaki Joykeia Hayes Family & Consumer Sciences Belzoni

Markevius DeShaun Hoskins Health, PE & Recreation Starkville

Charissa Sade Humphrey Family & Consumer Sciences Mound Bayou

Ebonee Rose Jackson Family & Consumer Sciences Shaw

Karmen Deanna Johnson Family & Consumer Sciences Minter City

Jasmine Delecia Jordan Family & Consumer Sciences Merigold

Katie Elizabeth Kyzar Athletic Training Munford,

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Harrison Lauer Family & Consumer Sciences San Juan Capistrano, CA

Elizabeth Ashley LeMere Family & Consumer Sciences Gulfport

Mason Donavan McAnally Health, PE & Recreation Milton, FL

Tyler Michael Muzzi Health, PE & Recreation Cleveland

Melissa A. Olsen Family & Consumer Sciences Kiln

Alisha Marie Parker Family & Consumer Sciences Morris, AL

Jack Reiss Pilley Health, PE & Recreation Macclesfield, England

Jared Paul Shore Athletic Training Madison

Matthew J. Snyder Health, PE & Recreation Washington, DC

Robert Scot Stine Health, PE & Recreation Olive Branch

Bryan Taylor Health, PE & Recreation Lexington

Michael Carlton Turley Family & Consumer Sciences Greenville

Daniel Taylor Vernon Health, PE & Recreation Southaven

Bobby Joe Wallace Health, PE & Recreation Jackson

Hannah Grace Whitaker Family & Consumer Sciences Oakland, TN

** + Holley E. Whitehead Health, PE & Recreation Greenville

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION DEGREE

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Brianna Leigh Ballard Elementary Education Pearl

Deanna Nicole Boling Elementary Education Brandon

* Garrett Frederick Bouse Health, PE & Recreation Cleveland

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Lauren Elizabeth Bush Elementary Education Clinton

Brittany Coleman Elementary Education Brandon

Presley Katlyn Elkins Elementary Education Cleveland

Stephanie Michelle Evett Elementary Education Glen Allen

Jennifer L. Farrar Elementary Education Pearl

Lauren Bethany Frazier Elementary Education Jackson

Karen Austin Harper Elementary Education Batesville

Emily Rose Hatcher Elementary Education Cleveland

Sara Ellen Hill Elementary Education Cleveland

Heather Dawn Hodges Elementary Education Clinton

Leigh Jones Holmes Elementary Education Newhebron

Elizabeth Ann Langston Elementary Education Cleveland

* Lauri Suzanne Lunn Elementary Education Greenville

* Mary Frances Martin Elementary Education Pontotoc

Shaunna Dianne Myers Elementary Education Pearl

Sunny DeShay Oberto Elementary Education Pearl

Kortnee Leigh Redden Elementary Education Boyle

Alana N. Robinson Health, PE & Recreation Oxford

Jeffrey Brewer Sayle Elementary Education Greenville

Lori A. Shows Elementary Education Richland

Madison Renee Simmons Elementary Education Hernando

Chelsea Megan Talley Elementary Education Tutwiler

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Ashley Elizabeth Walker Elementary Education Vicksburg

SCHOOL OF NURSING

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

NAME MAJOR FIELD HOMETOWN

Sarah Elizabeth Bailey Nursing Byhalia

Della McClenic Biggers Nursing Clarksdale

Bernice Briggs-Jones Nursing Horn Lake

Amy Dawn Brower Nursing Holcomb

Ricardo Miguel Buckner Nursing Merigold

Brady Lamar Collins Nursing Grenada

Domonique RaShon Curry Nursing Vaiden

Matthew Ryan Gore Nursing Anguilla

Kreslyn Leigh Hanlon Nursing Madison

Deana Michel Harmon Nursing Water Valley

Kimberly Dawn Holland Nursing Grenada

Lisa Powell LaFarlette Nursing Memphis, TN

Paige Pittman Patrick Nursing Lake Village, AR

Brooke W Scallion Nursing Tutwiler

Harriet Truitt Sudduth Nursing Oxford

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Ashley Denise Tally Nursing Helena, AR

Mercy Njeri Wanjoeh Nursing Cordova, TN

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BANNERS Each banner is comprised of six colors corresponding to the school colors and the academic disciplines located within each College of the University: Education—Light Blue, Business—Drab, Arts and Sciences—White, Nursing—Apricot, and Graduate Studies—Gold. The banner of each college is bordered on its sides by the color assigned to its discipline by academia, but, in keeping with the unity of the Delta State community, all six colors can be found on each banner. The university exists because of the integral relationships between each college, thus each college is represented by color in each banner.

College of Arts and Sciences

The quill pen denotes the obvious association of literature and art but also serves as a valuable symbol for the role of history, biological and social research, and music composition within this college. The five bold lines denote an unfinished composition but one that higher education can complete. Organic and geometric shapes are transferable symbols which link the arts and sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences banner was donated by the William N. LaForge family in memory of Dr. William F. LaForge, the first Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.

College of Business The key is symbolic of unlocking the door of knowledge to the world. The light of knowledge passes through the keyhole with the world at its center. The grid lines are associated with columns, charts, flight grids, and matrix patterns, comprising the many aspects of this globally-oriented college. The College of Business banner was donated by Mr. and Mrs. John P. Quon in memory of John C. Gibson and John Yurkow, Jr., for their outstanding contributions to the College.

College of Education & Human Sciences

The philosophy of learning is the foundation from which all knowledge grows. Thus, in the College of Education banner, philosophical quotations serve as the foundation for the tree of knowledge. A ray of sunlight symbolizes educational enlightenment while an opening is left for future learning. The College of Education& Human Sciences banner was donated by the College of Education Administrative Council in honor of the faculty and staff of the College of Education & Human Sciences.

School of Nursing

As the universal symbol for the discipline of Nursing, the Nightingale lamp is used prominently in the foreground, surrounded by the abstracted numbers of 1977, the year the School of Nursing was founded on the Delta State University campus. The light of learning shines brightly from the lamp, lighting the way for the compassion and caring of these graduates. The School of Nursing banner was donated by Joshua, Zachary, and Adam Hilpert in honor of their mother, Patricia L. Hilpert, and her outstanding service as a Registered Nurse.

Graduate and Continuing Studies and Library Services

The pedestal denotes taking learning to a higher level while the sweeping band suggests a pathway to the future. Often associated with the great philosophers, the laurel leaf is used to signify triumph and humanity as well as matriculation and lifelong learning. The book of learning sits atop the pedestal displaying the philosophical principles serving as the foundation of education. The Graduate and Continuing Studies banner was donated by Viking Range Corporation in memory of Ada Mitchell, who was responsible for Viking’s commitment to the education of its employees. Banners designed and made by Mary Catherine Koehler, Adjunct Instructor in Art.

SIGNIFICANCE OF ACADEMIC REGALIA FOR

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Since the Middle Ages, a time-honored tradition of great dignity has been the wearing of academic apparel, which was a survival of still earlier civilian fashions. The academic gown, necessary for a scholar’s warmth, and the hood to protect his tonsured head were apparently first regularly adopted in the thirteenth century at the University of Cambridge (1284). The University of Oxford was soon to follow. The custom was transplanted to this country in colonial times by King’s College in New York, now Columbia University. In 1895 American universities and colleges decided to standardize their academic styles and developed the intercollegiate code of academic costume, following primarily the Cambridge tradition. The characteristic elements of academic regalia are three: gown, cap, and hood. The gown is usually of black material (serge or worsted for bachelors, the same or silk for masters, and silk for doctors). The doctors’ dress gowns of the chief British universities are scarlet. Bachelors’ gowns have pointed sleeves; masters’ have long, closed sleeves, with lunettes at the bottom and slits at the elbows from which the arms protrude; and doctors’ have wide, round, open sleeves. Doctors’ gowns are faced with panels of velvet down the front and three bars of velvet across each sleeve. The cap, the square mortar-board in American universities but a round, soft, flat, velvet hat in British, Canadian, and some European universities, bears a tassel that may be black for all ranks and degrees or may be of gold thread for doctors and the color of the degree for bachelors and masters only. The doctors’ cap may be of velvet. The hood, worn around the neck so as to hang down the back, is the principal emblem of the nature and source of the degree and may be worn only after the degree has been granted. Bachelors’ hoods are three feet long; masters’ are three and one-half feet; and doctors’ hoods have wide panels at the sides. The color edging the hood defines the nature of the degree while the lining of silk bears the colors of the institution that granted the degree. The degree colors are appropriate to the category of the degree rather than to the scholar’s major subject. For example, the appropriate color for degrees in Arts and Letters (B.A., M.A., B.Litt.) is white; in Commerce, drab; in Education, light blue; in Engineering, orange; in Fine Arts, brown; in Humanities, crimson; in Laws, purple; in Library Science, lemon; in Medicine, green; in Music, pink; in Pharmacy, olive; in Philosophy (Ph.D.), dark blue; in Physical Education, sage; in Science, golden yellow; in Theology, scarlet. These colors are used for the edging of all hoods and may be used for the velvet facing and sleeve bars of doctors’ gowns and for the tassels on bachelors’ and masters’ caps.

The institutional colors with which the hoods are lined indicate the university or college granting the degree. Among those hoods you will see worn by Delta State’s faculty are those from Alabama, crimson and white; Arkansas, red and white; Central Missouri, red, white, and black; Columbia, light blue with white chevron; Duke, royal blue with white chevron; Emory, navy blue and gold; Florida, orange and blue; Indiana, crimson with white chevron; Louisiana State, purple with old gold; Michigan, maize and light blue; Mississippi, red with blue chevron; Mississippi State, maroon and white; Missouri, old gold and black; Southern Mississippi, gold and black; Tennessee, white with orange chevron; Texas, white above orange; Tulane, green and white; and Virginia, navy blue with orange. The colors of Delta State University are green and white, adopted in the fall of 1925, the first quarter after opening, by the faculty and administration on the recommendation of an eight-member committee, including local residents William P. Moses and Doyle Garrett. Faculty Marshals: Student Marshals: Banner Bearers: Ellen Green Tim Colbert Ron Koehler - Arts & Sciences Severine Groh Mary Jones Eyad Youssef - Business David Jay Hebert Kalilah Kemp Amy McAdams - Education & Human Sciences Cora Jackson Ronnie Mayers Elizabeth Overstreet - Nursing Antoinette Giamalva - Library Services

Interpreter:

Billie Mays