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SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Lux et Veritas

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Saturday, the Seventh of May Two Thousand and Sixteen

Nine o’clock in the morning

T. A. Wright Stadium

Savannah State University, the oldest public historically black university in the State

of Georgia, develops productive members of a global society through high quality

instruction, scholarship, research, service, and community involvement. The

University fosters engaged learning and personal growth in a student-centered

environment that celebrates the African-American legacy while nurturing a diverse

student body. Savannah State University offers graduate and undergraduate studies

including nationally accredited programs in the liberal arts, the sciences and the

professions.

f avannah State University Mission Statement

125 years of Growth and Transformation

1890 Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths was established in 1890 in Athens, Georgia, as a result of the Second Morrill Land Grant Act, which mandated that southern and border states develop land-grant colleges for black citizens of Georgia. Later that year, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation creating the Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths, which served as Georgia’s 1890 land-grant institution until 1947.

1891 Major Richard R. Wright, Sr., was appointed the first president of the institution, which opened with five faculty members and eight students.

Relocated to donated land in Thunderbolt/Savannah 1898 The college awarded its first degree to Richard R. Wright, Jr., son of Richard R. Wright, Sr.; and first

alumnus to earn Ph.D. 1921 Mr. Cyrus Gilbert Wiley, class of 1902, was the first graduate of the college to become its president

First women students were admitted as boarders 1926 Dr. Benjamin F. Hubert was appointed third president of Georgia State Industrial College. 1928 Transitioned to four-year, degree-granting institution. 1932 Joined the University System of Georgia (USG) and was renamed Georgia State College (GSC). 1947 Mr. James A. Colston was appointed forth president of GSC. 1949 Dr. W.K. Payne was appointed fifth president of GSC.

The GSC National Alumni Association was founded. 1950 The name of the college was changed from Georgia State College to Savannah State College (SSC). 1955 SSC received initial SACS accreditation. 1963 Dr. Howard Jordan was appointed sixth president of SSC. 1968 SSC established the city’s first Master of Science degree program in elementary education. 1971 Dr. Prince A. Jackson, Jr., was appointed seventh president of SSC. He was the second alumnus to

become president of SSC. Naval Reserve Officer’s Training Program (NROTC) began at SSC. SSC became the first institution in Savannah to receive accreditation from the National Council for

Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) from 1971-81. The SSC Foundation was founded for the purpose of generating private support for the SSC.

1978 Dr. Clyde W. Hall was appointed acting president of SSC. 1979 Dr. Margaret C. Robinson established the undergraduate program in Marine Sciences.

The teacher education program was transferred from SSC as part of a federally mandated USG desegregation plan.

1980 Dr. Wendell G. Rayburn was appointed the eighth president of SSC. 1981 Historic Hill Hall is added to the National Register of Historic Places. 1988 Dr. Wiley S. Bolden was appointed as interim president. 1989 Dr. William Gardner, Jr., was appointed the ninth president of SSC. 1991 Dr. Annette Kennedy Brock was appointed acting president of SSC. 1993 Dr. John T. Wolfe was appointed the tenth president of SSC. 1996 Savannah State College was granted university status. 1997 Dr. Carlton E. Brown was appointed the eleventh president of Savannah State University (SSU). 2000 The SSU baseball team set the NCAA baseball record for the most consecutive wins: 46. 2001 The master’s degree in marine sciences is authorized by the Georgia Board of Regents.

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125 years of Growth and Transformation 2005 The College of Business Administration achieves accreditation by the Association to Advance

Collegiate Schools of Business International. 2007 Dr. Julius Scott appointed interim president.

Dr. Earl G. Yarbrough, Sr., was appointed the twelfth president of SSU on May 30, 2007. The Mass Communications program is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in

Journalism and Mass Communications. 2010 In partnership with the SSU Foundation, obtained financing to construct three residential halls,

restore Morgan Hall, Adams Hall, and Camilla Hubert Hall. 2011 Georgia Board of Regents appointed Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier as interim president.

Enrollment doubles between 2001 and 2011. The university received state approval to offer secondary teacher education preparation programs in

biology, civil and electronics engineering technology, and mathematics. 2012 Georgia Board of Regents appointed Dr. Cheryl Davenport Dozier as 13th president of SSU, and the

first woman named permanent president of the university. 2014 The Space X-3 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., transporting cutting-edge research from

SSU laboratories to the International Space Station thanks to a $275,000 award from NASA. The SSU Board of Visitors was organized with Robert S. Jepson as the founding chairman.

2015 The SSU Lady Tigers basketball team earned the program’s first-ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship title and the first NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Tournament berth with a 65-47 rout of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Today:

SSU is the oldest public historically black college or university in the state of Georgia and the oldest institution of higher learning in the city of Savannah.

SSU is one of the top 25 employers in both the City of Savannah and Chatham County; and contributes $162 million to the economy of the Coastal Region area.

The Marine Sciences Program is nationally recognized as a top producer of degrees and a resource for our coast.

SSU students and faculty participate in exchanges and study abroad programs with more than 26 institutions in 14 countries.

SSU has been approved for funding for two College of Sciences and Technology (COST) buildings. The $20.5 million project received a green light for its second installment by the Georgia state legislature in the 2015 session. The university purchased property on Livingston Avenue where a new, 17,000 square foot marine sciences laboratory facility will be constructed. And on the main campus, there will be a new two-story, 30,000 square foot building to house engineering technology and chemistry laboratories.

SSU received approval from the USG Board of Regents and Georgia Professional Standards Commission to offer a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education (BSED). This program, offered by the School of Teacher Education, will create a BSED degree in the following areas:

o Biology education o Mathematics education o Engineering and technology education

Enrollment of 4,810 students 685 employees 220 faculty members

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SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY MOTTO The University motto is “Lux Et Veritas” (Light and Truth).

ACADEMIC REGALIA Derived from the ecclesiastical dress of the Middle Ages, modern academic regalia has evolved from apparel prescribed by English Medieval Universities to distinguish their schools from the lay person in dress at a time when everyone wore robes or gowns. When American colleges and universities desired to adopt a suitable system of academic apparel a half century ago, it seemed best to agree on a definite system which all might follow. Accordingly, this attire has consisted of the cap, the gown, and the hood, the latter two now differing according to the degree the wearer has received.

The modern cap, in academic dress, has the same design for all degrees: black and square-shaped with a tassel hanging from the center. However, the color of the tassel usually differentiates the field of study for which the degree was granted, the gold tassel being worn by doctors or by presidents of colleges and universities; however, the black tassel is correct for all degrees.

The gown, unlike the cap, differs in design according to the degree conferred. The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves. It is designed to be worn closed. The gown for the master’s degrees, worn open or closed, has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist, like the others. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part of its oblong shape is square cut, and the front part has an arc cut away. The doctor’s gown, worn open or closed, has long sleeves faced with velvet; three bars of velvet are midway on the sleeves. The trimmings of the doctor’s gown may be black or the color associated with the field of study.

The hood, while not an article of dress, is however, the most distinctive feature of the academic attire. It is a black, crow-shaped badge or adornment with an oval opening and worn down the back. It enables one to quickly determine not only the degree held by the wearer but also the college or university from which he or she is graduated. The colors lining the hood and the size and the shape of the hood make this distinction. The bachelor’s and master’s hoods are three feet and three and a half feet in length, respectively; the doctor’s hood is four feet in length and is made with a wide panel. Hoods may be worn for only those degrees actually held by the wearers.

Members of the governing body of a college or university, and they only, whatever their degrees may be, are entitled to wear doctor’s gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually held by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.

In some colleges and universities, it is customary for the president, chancellor, or chief officer to wear a distinct costume as is the custom of some foreign universities.

The chief marshal may wear a specially designed costume approved by the institution. For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctor’s gowns, edging of hoods, and tassels of caps, the color associated with different subjects as prescribed by the revised American Intercollegiate Code is as follows:

Arts, Letters, Humanities ............................. White Business .......................................................... Drab Economics .................................................. Copper Education .............................................. Light Blue Law ................................................................ Purple Library Science ............................................ Lemon Music ............................................................... Pink

Oratory (Speech) ................................... Silver Gray Philosophy .............................................. Dark Blue Physical Education ............................... Sage Green Public Administration ...................... Peacock Blue Science ............................................ Golden Yellow Social Work .................................................. Citron Theology ....................................................... Scarlet

At Savannah State University, the lining of the hood has an orange chevron on a blue background to represent school colors. A faculty member wears the color of his or her alma mater.

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Dr. Shirley Malcom

Shirley Malcom is head of Education and Human Resources Programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She works to improve the quality and increase access to education and careers in STEM fields as well as to enhance public science literacy. Dr. Malcom is a trustee of Caltech, a regent of Morgan State University, and a member of the SUNY Research Council. She is a former member of the National Science Board, the policymaking body of the National Science Foundation, and served on President Clinton’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. Malcom, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, received her PhD in ecology from The Pennsylvania State University, master’s degree in zoology from UCLA and bachelor’s degree with distinction in zoology from the University of Washington. She holds 16 honorary degrees. Malcom serves on the boards of the Heinz Endowments, Public Agenda, the National Math-Science Initiative and Digital Promise. Internationally, she is a leader in efforts to improve access of girls and women to education and careers in science and engineering and to increase use of S&T to empower women and address problems they face in their daily lives, serving as co-chair of the Gender Advisory Board of the UN Commission on S&T for Development and Gender InSITE, a global campaign to deploy S&T to help improve the lives and status of girls and women. In 2003, Dr. Malcom received the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences, the highest award given by the Academy.

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*The audience is requested to stand. **The audience is requested to sit and to remain seated until the procession has exited.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACADEMIC MACE

Observing the centuries-old tradition, each Marshal in the Savannah State University academic procession carries an official mace, which indicates the power, dignity, and authority vested in the University. The mace is a club-shaped staff derived from the weaponry of the Middle Ages. Eventually, it gained a ceremonial character and is presently employed most often in legislative forums and academic rituals.

The official mace and stand of Savannah State University were designed and made from mahogany wood by Dr. Ernest S. Brown, Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering Technology.

ORDER OF PROCESSION

THE CHIEF MARSHAL

THE CLASS MARSHAL

CANDIDATES FOR MASTER’S AND BACCALAUREATE DEGREES, COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

CANDIDATES FOR MASTER’S AND BACCALAUREATE DEGREES, COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

CANDIDATES FOR MASTER’S, BACCALAUREATE AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES, COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

CANDIDATES FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREES,

SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION

FACULTY EMERITI

THE FACULTY

THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY

The academic regalia, the academic processional, and the ceremonial program are part of an ancient tradition of learning. This tradition is a unified, solemn occasion at which only applause is appropriate. The audience is asked to refrain from any other form of expression and to reserve celebrations until the program is concluded.

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ORDER OF CEREMONY DR. CHERYL D. DOZIER, PRESIDENT

Presiding

PRELUDE ........................................................................................................................................ SSU BAND MR. MARQUES GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF BANDS

ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL* ............................................................................. POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE (by Edward Elgar)

MR. MARQUES GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF BANDS

PRESENTATION OF COLORS* ............................................................................... SSU RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS COLOR GUARD

THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER SSU CONCERT CHOIR – MS. JAQUELYN HAMILTON, DIRECTOR

INVOCATION ................................................................................................................. REV. BILLY HESTER

PASTOR, ASBURY MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

REFLECTION ....................................................................................................................... MISS UYEN HILL GRADUATING SENIOR

SELECTION ........................................................................................................................... Hand in Hand

(by Kirby Shaw) SSU CONCERT CHOIR – MS. JAQUELYN HAMILTON, DIRECTOR

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER ........................................................................... DR. KIMBERLY S. HOLMES

INTERIM PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS .................................................................................. DR. SHIRLEY MALCOM

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S SECOND MILE AWARD .................................................................. DR. CHERYL D. DOZIER

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ORDER OF CEREMONY

DR. CHERYL D. DOZIER, PRESIDENT Presiding

CONFERRING OF DEGREES ................................................................................... DR. CHERYL D. DOZIER DR. KIMBERLY S. HOLMES

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION .......................................................... DR. MOSTAFA SARHAN

DEAN PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES .................................................... DR. JULIUS SCIPIO

INTERIM DEAN PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY ................................................. DR. JONATHAN LAMBRIGHT

DEAN PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES IN THE SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION ............................................................................... DR. JULIUS SCIPIO

INTERIM DEAN PRESENTATION OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS CANDIDATES ................................................................................... CAPTAIN R. TODD LACY, U.S. NAVY

COMMANDING OFFICER, SSU NAVAL ROTC UNIT PROFESSOR OF NAVAL SCIENCE

PRESIDENT’S CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES ...................................................... DR. CHERYL D. DOZIER ALUMNI INDUCTION .................................................................................................. Dr. JUDY DAYS-DEE

VICE PRESIDENT, SSU NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

CLOSING REMARKS .............................................................................................. DR. CHERYL D. DOZIER ALMA MATER* ................................................................................. SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY HYMN

SSU CONCERT CHOIR

BENEDICTION* ............................................................................................................. REV. BILLY HESTER

RECESSIONAL** ............................................................................................................................. RONDEAU (by Jean-Joseph Mouret)

MR. MARQUES GRAHAM, DIRECTOR OF BANDS

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The list of degree candidates in the commencement program is tentative and based upon the anticipated successful completion of all degree requirements. This commencement program itself should not be taken as official record that all degree requirements have been satisfied. The

diploma or the official transcript provides formal proof of graduation.

***SUMMA CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE *CUM LAUDE † POSTHUMOUS DEGREE

GRADUATES

Master of Business Administration SHAVON INEZ DEMPSEY | ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC STATE UNIVERSITY

JACLYN KATE DYER | NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY ESMIRA GHEISARY | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

JENNIFER MARIE GLASGOW | GEORGIA REGENTS UNIVERSITY KEYUANNA RENISHA GREEN | GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

MARCELO OSCAR MEIS | UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

UNDERGRADUATES

Accounting *MYKYA TYSARIE BROWN | MIAMI, FLORIDA DIAMOND SHIANGELA HOWELL | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA **ARNAZ L. MOORE | STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA

***ALACIA DELANE PLATTS |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *AKEEM HASAN MALCOLM WHITE |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Computer Information Systems *MICHAEL CRAIG BOSTICK | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA OCTAVIUS D. CURRY | MACON, GEORGIA SHAQUILLE QUAASHIE HILL | ALBANY, GEORGIA KIERRE CONTREZ' ISAAC |DACULA, GEORGIA

NICHOLAS JEROME JOHNSON | BROCKTON, MAINE RICHARD EARL CEDE ODOM, JR. | ATLANTA, GEORGIA *JA'BRIA SHALAYA SIMMONS |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA JANNISHA NICOLE WOMBLE |ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Global Logistics and International Business JONATHAN COLLINS GIVENS | WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT FEON-DENAYE GREEN| SAVANNAH, GEORGIA NAHKIEMA GREEN | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

TEAONA TEIRRA SMALLS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA ARIF TACETTIN | POOLER, GEORGIA

Management **DERRICK ROBINSON AKINS | ALBANY, GEORGIA TREVION DEMARQUIS ASHFORD | WOODSTOCK, GEORGIA *MALAYSIA MAXINE BACON | CLAXTON, GEORGIA **LAKERRIA SHANTEL BROWN | SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA ***EBONY KATRICE CARTER-MOORE | VALDOSTA, GEORGIA ***THOMAS POWELL CASEY, JR. |RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA *BLAKE DAVID DAWSON | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *DAMANI DEBEATHAM | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *** UYEN NGUYEN HILL | RICHMOND HILL, GEORGIA KHALYN DEASIA HOLLOMAN | ROCKMART, GEORGIA MARCUS D. HUTCHINS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA CHARLOTTE ANN JEFFERS | ELLABELL, GEORGIA TAFFANEE LE'SHEIA JOHNSON | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

***AHKANYALA JANETTA JORDAN | FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA JACOREY L. KILCREASE |BEAUFORT, SOUTH CAROLINA *CARMELLA DENISE LENNON | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA CURTIS ALEXANDER MASON, JR. | VILLA RICA, GEORGIA **IAN HENRY MUNROE | STOCKBRIDGE, GEORGIA BRANDON JAMES NEALS | BLUFFTON, SOUTH CAROLINA *JONATHAN CHRISTIAN NORRIS | LITHONIA, GEORGIA JABRINA NICHOLL RIDDLE | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA DANIELLE CHANTALE SMITH | DECATUR, GEORGIA *ALEXUS SHARNICE STONE | WAYNESBORO, GEORGIA IDEIA ALEXIS SUTTON | HINESVILLE, GEORGIA MICHELLE KENIESHA WALKER |RIVERDALE, GEORGIA RICHARD GLENN WILLIAMS, II |NORCROSS, GEORGIA

Marketing JOSHUA RAY CARRUTH | WATKINSVILLE, GEORGIA *LAKESIA ALIYAH-MISHEA GORDON | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA JOHNNETTA NICOLE HEARD |ATLANTA, GEORGIA ASHLEY MARIE HEYWARD | PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA JAVIUS TYRELL JONES | CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

*BRENDAN JESSIE MARTIN | AUGUSTA, GEORGIA KIERRA ALEASE MASALE-ZEON |NORCROSS, GEORGIA *MIRIAM KRICKET ROBINSON | VALDOSTA, GEORGIA *NUTRELLE NICKOLE TOODLE |SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA KEVIN LEE MARTIN VANN | NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE *MARK HOWARD WILLIS, V |DECATUR, GEORGIA

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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES

The list of degree candidates in the commencement program is tentative and based upon the anticipated successful completion of all degree requirements. This commencement program itself should not be taken as official record that all degree requirements have been satisfied. The diploma or the official

transcript provides formal proof of graduation.


GRADUATES

Master of Public Administration MAURICE RASHAWN BROOKS | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

GREGORY B. KELLY | UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Master of Social Work IMASHA RUKHTI ADISA | GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

PRECIOUS NORESHA NASHAY BRANDFORD | NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY MATTHEW THOMAS BROWN | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

SHANTE JENESSA BUTLER | SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY EDNA CARTER | ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY

ERIKA DANIELLE CUTTRAY |ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY LORA LEILA DAVIS-FLETCHER | STEPHENS COLLEGE

TIA RENAE FLETCHER | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY ANIKA DENISE FUTCH | UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

ENITAN ADEOLA GBADEBO |MANKATO STATE UNIVERSITY ASEA LASHAYE GILMORE |GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

MELISSA SOLOMON GIVENS | ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY RANDOLPH GLEE |INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE

KAREN MARIE HASSELMAN | NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY SHONTA NICOLE HAZEL | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

DORSENIA AMANDA HENDRIX |SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY BRITTNEY LATRISE LOLLIS |ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY

AISHA SALAMA MACK| DAEMEN COLLEGE STEPHANIE ANNE MILLER-HIATT | SOUTH UNIVERSITY

KETRA RENEE' MULDROW | TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY AMARRIA B. PHILLIPS | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

VERNETTA SHANAE POSTON | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY JULIAN ALEXANDER PROSSER | OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

TYSHEKA MONIQUE RICE | ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY SANDRA YVONNE SCOTT | GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

LINDA FAYE STAFFORD | GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY JA'LISA LATRICE STUCKEY | SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

BRITNEY ROCHELLE SYKES | FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY RASHUANNA NICHOLE TAYLOR |ARMSTRONG STATE UNIVERSITY

MAGDALENE KIDD VASCONEZ | UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-BOULDER SARA RACHELLE WEIKEL | KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FRIDEA CAROLINE WHITBY | OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY

TALESHIA NICOLE WILSON | FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY EBONY TIARA WRIGHT | EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE

MIRANDA LASHA WRIGHT |SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY

Master of Science in Urban Studies and Planning GERI MCGEE BROWN | SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN

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UNDERGRADUATES

Behavior Analysis KEISHAWNDRA ANNETTE BANKS | DECATUR, GEORGIA **CARTER JOSEPH COLLINS | TUCSON, ARIZONA MARIAH JEANETTE DAVIS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA LORENZO BER'NARDIA DOE, JR. | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA UZOMAH WILENE EWO | ATLANTA, GEORGIA MICHAELA JA'MES GRIGGS | BLAKELY, GEORGIA SONYA CLARRISA HENRY | STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA JERRIKA SAMANTHA HOLMES | MIDWAY, GEORGIA

DANIELLE DENISE LANG | ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA KEVIN SANCHEZ MUCKLE | DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA AMBER NYKOLE NORRIS |MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA *ALYSIA RACHELLE POTTS | ALBANY, GEORGIA KIERRA DESIREE' SIMON | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA KE'AIRA L. TRAWICK | IRWINTON, GEORGIA CORNELL LEE WILLIAMS, JR. | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Criminal Justice MAURICE E. BAILEY | SAPELO ISLAND, GEORGIA SHAQUILLE DEONTANAE BROWN |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA **TORREY CARNELL BUTLER |MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA *DA'SHANE DIAMOND COPE | PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA SHYRLNEKQWA NEESHAE' DAVIS| AUGUSTA, GEORGIA THOMAS JONNELL DAVIS | STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA JUSTIN J. DIXON | DULUTH, GEORGIA *ARLISSA DANIELLE EASON | MACON, GEORGIA MACEY MICHELLE HABERSHAM |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA **SHANNON ELAINE HODGE |DECATUR, GEORGIA OTIS JACKSON, III |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *MARIANNA MITCHELL |ELBERTON, GEORGIA

*KADATRA LATERA ORTIZ | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *DONIEL DAVINCI SAINT ANGE |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *KENNI MAYLAYSIA SANDERS | TRENTON, NEW JERSEY *SHUNTAVIAN DEON SHIVERS | CAIRO, GEORGIA LATRICE UNIQUE SIMMONS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *BRIDGETT QUANKEISHA TERRELL SMART |

POOLER, GEORGIA BRIANNA PATREASE SPANN | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *GERHONDA ELIZABETH TEAGUE |DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA *ALAKENISA REVA' THORPE |BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA ASHLEY NICOLE TOLIVER |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

English, Language & Literature *SHARONDA DEVERA BATTLE | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *TOM AARON BENNETT, JR. | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA NAUDIKA NICHOLLE BRYANT | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA **AARON DOUGLAS HUNT | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

BERNADETTE W. MITCHELL |ATLANTA, GEORGIA *PARRIS KAYLA MURRY | COVINGTON GEORGIA JENAY LATITIA WARNING | ATLANTA, GEORGIA

History ** AUSTIN A. DENNEY | SPRINGFIELD, GEORGIA RYAN MICHAEL DOYLE | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

*JAMES W. HULIK | CUMMING, GEORGIA *BRIANNA RENEE SMITH |TUCKER, GEORGIA

Homeland Security and Emergency Management JOHNNY HAKEEM BLACK| SAVANNAH, GEORGIA JACQUES EDWARD JOSEPH CADET |DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA TERRELL K. DAY | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA **KRIS EASTHAM | BLOOMINGDALE, GEORGIA BRANDON JAMAL GEORGE | LAGRANGE, GEORGIA IMMANUEL ASHTON GOLDEN | PIEDMONT, SOUTH CAROLINA HOSEA REUBEN HANNON | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *ROOSEVELT ISOM, III |AUGUSTA, GEORGIA *DESTINY BRIANNA JENKINS | KINGSLAND, GEORGIA TYSHAWN S. JOHNSON | DECATUR, GEORGIA ANDREW DEMETRIC JONES | MORROW, GEORGIA

DEVERAUX X. JONES |LITHONIA, GEORGIA SADE DENE LONG | SAN ANTIONO, TEXAS *AKEEM EDWARD LOVE | MARIETTA, GEORGIA KAELIN CORELE MARTIN |UPTON, GEORGIA *WESLEY ADAM MATTHEWS |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA MICHAEL L. MCCALLA, JR.| SAVANNAH, GEORGIA ***GIARCARLO MANUL MIRABAL | CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA *JAMES QUINTON OLIVER | STOCKBRIDGE, GEORGIA MARK ANTHONY SANDERS, JR. | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA ZA'RABIA SADIQUA SCOTT | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA TIMOTHY BERNARD STROUD |DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA **KRYSTLE LASHAI SUETOPKA | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Interdisciplinary Studies CRAIG KEWAUNE BURTON |DECATUR, GEORGIA **PARIS FANY CARNAHAN | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SHAWNARD LAVILE NEW | HAMPTON, GEORGIA

* CHARLES EMORY SIKES, III | HINESVILLE, GEORGIA **SYDNEY MARIE WOOLFOLK | ORLANDO, FLORIDA

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY




GRADUATES

Master of Science in Marine Sciences KEYA JANAE JACKSON| HAMPTON UNIVERSITY

CHELSEA LYNN PARRISH| SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY EMMA ANN SCHULTZ| QUEENS UNIVERSITY OF CHARLOTTE

UNDERGRADUATES

Biology *KHAYRASSA LA'TRICE ABRAHAM | LITHONIA, GEORGIA *SHARDAE MONAE ADDISON | MIAMI, FLORIDA ***ANITRA DESHAI BOSLEY | AUGUSTA, GEORGIA JACKELINE PETITA CEREZO | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *LAVONNE JANAE CURRY | ATLANTA, GEORGIA SHULEXUS MARIE DAVIS | AUGUSTA, GEORGIA YOLANDA LOUISE DAVIS |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA ***DONTRE' MARLON DOUSE | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA BRIANNA AALIYAH ELDER | ATHENS, GEORGIA IMANI AKILA GAYLE | STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA *EDDIE DIAMOND GONTEE |JONESBORO, GEORGIA * SHANNON RONIQUE ANGEL GREENE |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA BRIDGET SHANESE GROSS | HEPHZIBAH, GEORGIA ***DOLPHURS MANDALE HAYES | ALBANY, GEORGIA *ALANNAH NICHELLE JACKSON | RIVERDALE, GEORGIA QUORTNEE GE'QUILL JONES | KINGSLAND, GEORGIA CHRISTINA CHANIECE KELLER |AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

**DA'NAY BREANNA LACEY | CONYERS, GEORGIA *** CHRISTIAN DANIELLE LYLE | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *SYDNEY BRIANNA MASON |STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA **SAKURA MONEÉ MCLAUGHLIN | POOLER, GEORGIA ***DANIEL ROBERT MEIS | POOLER, GEORGIA LERON G. PACE |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA HUNTER LEE ROSS | DOUGLAS, GEORGIA SIERRA SHANICE SISTRUNK | LITHONIA, GEORGIA JUWHAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH-ARNOLD | LAKE CITY, GEORGIA DEVON DEONDRE STAINROD | CONYERS, GEORGIA ANTHONY RANARD STEWART |EVANS, GEORGIA ***ASIA MONAE STINSON | SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA DARIUS BERNARD TIMES |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA *BREHANA CYTIA WILLIAMS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA * TIFFANY PATRICE WILLIAMS MACON, GEORGIA RACHEL ROBIN WILSON |LITHONIA, GEORGIA

Chemistry TERRENCE J. CUMBY | LOCUST GROVE, GEORGIA **MALEEK DEVONTE MONTGOMERY |MCDONOUGH,

GEORGIA

Civil Engineering Technology MICHELLE LATRICE BRYANT |JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA MARKESHA E. MCKAY |AUGUSTA GEORGIA

Computer Science Technology

*RICHARD ALAN APPIA, II | ATLANTA, GEORGIA STEVEN ACHAZ BANKHEAD |LITHIA SPRING, GEORGIA DEMETRIUS JAMIL DAVIS |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA REXFORD RUTAN DAVIS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA RODRIGO GARCIA-NIETO |GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA NAKIARA NICOLE JORDAN | DECATUR, GEORGIA

CELESTE RENE' MCKIVER | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA **JACQUELINE CIARA RATLIFF | SAINT MARYS, GEORGIA WILLIAM AMOSON SNYPER | DECATUR, GEORGIA TAVONTA ALLEN WHITE | THOMASTON, GEORGIA

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COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY




Electronics Engineering Technology **RYAN PATRICK BETTS | POOLER, GEORGIA DIAMONYESE CHAMELE BRUNSON |FLORENCE, SOUTH

CAROLINA XAVIER R. DRAUGHORNE | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA JOSHUA D. FIGGINS |LEARY, GEORGIA **LANCE BUCHANAN LANDERS |MCDONOUGH, GEORGIA

NATASHA SABRENA JOHNSON |PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA JAVON DONOVAN JORDAN |HEPHZIBAH, GEORGIA TAJ'KHARI O. W. MAXWELL |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA * MICHAEL JOSEPH MCHUGH |LOGANVILLE, GEORGIA

Forensic Science **CHANTRELL JANAE GLADYS FRAZIER |PLANT CITY, FLORIDA *RAVEN NICOLE JESSIE | ATLANTA, GEORGIA

**DIAMOND LAKERA ROGERS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA ***TIFFANY SILMAREE VILLANUEVA | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Marine Sciences

**CHEYENNE RONAY COLEMAN | ROSWELL, GEORGIA **JENNIFER CHRISTIE COLLEY | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA PRECIOUS L. SCOTT-EDMONDS | ATLANTA, GEORGIA

*DANYELLE MICHELLE LOIS STROUD| SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA

Mathematics

*DERRICK XAVIER BELL | LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA KARLOS ABDIEL MARKLAND |EAST POINT, GEORGIA *RAYMOND JAMAL QUILLET |METTER, GEORGIA KHAMILLA YASMIN SHELLMAN | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

***OLUSEYI BOLAJI SOYEMI | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA TERRENCE EUGENE WELLS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA ** BRANDON TAYLOR WHITMORE | MIDWAY, GEORGIA

Associate of Science ***ALEX WAVERLEY BARRETT | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA **BRANDON CADET KING | FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA BETHANY ROBBINS | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

*D'AISHA L. SUTTON | SAVANNAH, GEORGIA JALYN DENETRICE TAYLOR |AUSTELL, GEORGIA DAVID WOODCOX, JR. |CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION




UNDERGRADUATES

Civil Engineering Technology with Teacher Education Preparation MOSES EZIKEL GREEN, III |SAVANNAH, GEORGIA

Mathematics with Teacher Education Preparation *CHRISTEN MONET CHAPLIN | NORCROSS, GEORGIA

**KYLIE FAYE TIERCE | WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA

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HONOR GRADUATES

Summa Cum Laude (3.75 -4.00)

JENNIFER K. ANDERSON ALEX WAVERLY BARRETT ANITRA DESHAI BOSLEY EBONY KATRICE CARTER-MOORE THOMAS POWELL CASEY DONTRE' MARION DOUSE

DOLPHURS MANDALE HAYES UYEN NGUYEN HILL AHKANYALA JANETTA JORDAN CHRISTIAN D. LYLE DANIEL ROBERT MEIS GIANCARLO MANUL MIRABAL

ALACIA DELANE PLATTS OLUSEYI BOLAJI SOYEMI ASIA MONAE STINSON TIFFANY SILMAREE VILLANUEVA

Magna Cum Laude (3.40 -3.74)

ASHLEY ANN ADAMS DERRICK ROBINSON AKINS RYAN PATRICK BETTS LAKERRIA SHANTEL BROWN TORREY CARNELL BUTLER SARRAYNA JEANESHA CAPERS PARIS FANY CARNAHAN SHUMARA LAKEIDRA CARSWELL CHEYENNE RONAY COLEMAN JENNIFER CHRISTIE COLLEY CARTER JOSEPH COLLINS OLIVIA RAQUEL DAVIS AUSTIN A. DENNEY

KRIS EASTHAM CHANTRELL JANAE GLADYS FRAZIER CHRISTA NICOLE HAWKINS SHANNON ELAIN HODGE AARON DOUGLAS HUNT BRANDON CADET KING DA'NAY BREANNA LACEY LANCE BUCHANAN LANDERS BRIANA ALICIA MACK SAKURA MONEE' MCLAUGHLIN JESSICA HOPE MONTGOMERY MALEEK DEVONTE MONTGOMERY ARNAZ L. MOORE

IAN HENRY MUNROE TRAVIS MITCHELL NIXON JAMES ANIM OFORI JACQUELINE CIARA RATLIFF DIAMOND LAKERA ROGERS LYTONIA SHARON RUDROW HARRY ANTONIO SCOTT JOCELYN CORA MARIE STARGELL-ZACHERY KRYSTLE LASHAI SUETOPKA KYLIE FAYE TIERCE BRANDON TAYLOR WHITMORE SYDNEY MARIE WOOLFOLK

Cum Laude (3.00 – 3.39)

KHAYRASSA LA'TRICE ABRAHAM SHARDAE MONAE ADDISON RICHARD ALAN APPIA MALAYASIA MAXINE BACON SHARONDA DEVERA BATTLE DERRICK XAVIER BELL TOM AARON BENNETT CHRISTOPHER TROY BOGGS MICHAEL CRAIG BOSTICK MYKYA TYSARIE BROWN KAILYNN NEKOLE BROWN ZENDEVERON DIAMOND BURNETT CHRISTEN MONET CHAPLIN NANDI F. CONTEH STEPHAN COOPER DA'SHANE DIAMOND COPE LAVONNE JANAE CURRY MADISON MONET DAVIS DAMANI DEBEATHAM ARLISSA DANIELLE EASON SHEDRION ZHANE ELOM RAQUEL VICTORIA EVANS SHENIKA KINSELLE FAHIE ATTALLAH DE-SHAY FLUCAS EDDIE DIAMOND GONTEE QUANORI TAJAE GOODWIN LAKESIA ALIYAH-MISHEA GORDON SHANNON RONIQUE-ANGEL GREENE

CURTISHIA NIESHA HICKS JAMES W. HULIK AKEYA SYMORE HURT ROOSEVELT ISOM MORGAN SIMONE IVEY ALANNAH NICHELLE JACKSON DESTINY BRIANNA JENKINS RAVEN NICOLE JESSIE TAMARA LASHAY JONES ERIN B. JONES MARIAM JENAE JONES NINA ASHANTI LANE CAMELLA DENISE LENNON AKEEM EDWARD LOVE BRENDAN JESSIE MARTIN SYDNEY BRIANNA MASON WESLEY ADAM MATTHEWS AARYN MARQUISA MCDAE MICHAEL JOSEPH MCHUGH MARIANNA MITCHELL RAVEN-SIMONE MORRIS PARRIS KAYLA MURRY JONATHAN CHRISTIAN NORRIS JAMES QUINTON OLIVER KADATRA LATERA ORTIZ JIAVONTRAY MARSUEDE PARKER ALYSIA RACHELE POTTS RAYMOND JAMAL QUILLET

RACHEL KIMBERLY RALSTON MIRIAM KRICKET ROBINSON DONIEL DAVINCI SAINT-ANGE JESSICA MARIE SCOTT SHUNTAVIAN DEON SHIVERS CHARLES EMORY SIKES JA'BRIA SHALAYA SIMMONS CANDICE NICOLE SIMPSON-QUARTERMAN KELAYSHA DEXSHA SINGLETON BRIDGETT SMART BRIANNA RENEE SMITH ALEXUS SHARNICE STONE DANYELLE MICHELLE LOIS STROUD JAZMIN LEONDRIA TAYLOR GERHONDA ELIZABETH TEAGUE THEARYNA SON THLANG RANDY IVAN THOMAS ALAKENISA REVA' THORPE NUTRELLE NICKOLE TOODLE ZOE W. VATEKEH QUANDALYN M. WALDON AKEEM HASAN MALCOLM WHITE BREHANA C. WILLIAMS TIFFANY PATRICE WILLIAMS MARK HOWARD WILLIS ANDRE JAMES WORTHAM RACHEL NOELLE WRIGHT

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NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS

CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONING

STEVEN ACHAZ BANKHEAD TORREY CARNELL BUTLER

LASHAWN MARIE CHARLES OLIVIA RAQUEL DAVIS

CURTISHIA NIESHA HICKS QUORTNEE GE'QUILL JONES

LANCE BUCHANAN LANDERS JESSICA HOPE MONTGOMERY

CARTER JOSEPH COLLINS (MARINE) JAMES W. HULIK (MARINE)

DEVERAUX X. JONES (MARINE) RODRIGO GARCIA- NIETO

KALEEL J. PITRE WILLIAM AMOSON SNYPER

GERHONDA ELIZABETH TEAGUE THEARYNA SON THLANG

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SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY NATIONAL ALUMNI COVENANT

Graduates/Now Alumni, will you please stand?

By this physical act of standing, you have passed symbolically through a door, leaving past experiences on one side, to start new experiences on the other side. At this moment, you are participating in the rites of passage from that of student to member of the Savannah State University National Alumni Association.

Please raise your right hand and signify your understanding by saying “I do so understand.”

As a Savannah State University graduate, you must keep in mind the high purposes to which you have aspired and for which this great university has prepared you: intellectual development, moral behavior, compassionate relationships and personal actions for the good of the commonwealth. Do you understand?

GRADUATES: “I do so understand.”

As a Savannah State University graduate, you must be alert to opportunities to advance the legitimate interests and welfare of the Savannah State University National Alumni Association, and through the association, to assist in the continued development of Savannah State University. Do you understand?


As a Savannah State University graduate, it is incumbent that you give financial support to the Savannah State University National Alumni Association and to your alma mater as a means of providing an educational legacy for those who will follow you. Do you understand?


Considering what you have just heard and have read silently, do you covenant with members of the Savannah State University National Alumni Association?

GRADUATES: “I do hereby covenant with the members of the Savannah State University National Alumni Association and solemnly pledge my loyal support to my Alma Mater—Savannah State University.”

Congratulations, Alumni, and I look forward to seeing you during the many activities that we share when we return to campus. You may be seated.

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PRESIDENT’S SECOND MILE AWARD

The President’s Second Mile Award was established in 2001 to bring significant honor and recognition to a graduating senior who has exemplified stellar and meritorious character, and values leadership and community service. The university recognizes up to two recipients of this award each academic year at fall and spring commencements.

PAST RECIPIENTS

May 2001 Sharon Stallings

May 2002

Christopher Middleton

May 2003 Alfred McGuire

May 2004

Crystal Boggs

May 2005 Angela Carthan

May 2006

ZaDonna Slay

May 2007 Erica Little

Anne Gregory Petty

May 2008 Taqwaa Saleem

May 2009

Myleka Jenkins Tirrany Thurmond

May 2010

Kelvin Frazier

December 2010 Charles Huggins

May 2011

Simone Andrews

December 2011 Khrystyn Owens

May 2012

Ruben Chiza

December 2012 Ericka Williams

May 2013

Jesse Fenton

December 2013 Kendal Duff

May 2014

Shara Bennett Anita Taylor

December 2014

Ariel Shead

May 2015 Xavius Davis

December 2015 Chantel White

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SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY HYMN Original words and music by J. Randolph Fisher and Hillary Hatchett

Lyrical Revision by Ms. LaGina M. Frazier

Let us give thanks and praises to Our Alma Mater, S.S.U.

Thine honor, pride, and eminence, We raise in prayerful reverence.

Refrain Where Savannah meets the sea,

Where grassy plains and palms abound, Where the Flow’rs are gems of loveliness,

There S.S.U. is found. We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to Thee! In our hearts we’ll build a shrine for You

We hail Thee, S.S.U.! Guide us still from day to day,

Be Thou mindful lest we lose our way; Help us know that life, short or long,

Means unceasing work for weak and strong.

Refrain Where Savannah meets the sea,

Where grassy plains and palms abound, Where the Flow’rs are gems of loveliness,

There S.S.U. is found. We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to Thee! In our hearts we’ll build a shrine for You

We hail Thee, S.S.U.!

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