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Transcript of SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2003
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Nolan E. Karras, chairman Roy
Jerry C. Atkin St. George
PamelaJ. Atkinson Salt Lake City
Daryl C. Barrett Salt Lake City
David J. Grant Cedar City
L. Brent Hoggan Logan
James S. Jardine Salt Lake City
Michael R. Jensen Price
Charles E. Johnson Sandy
David J. Jordan Bountiful
Roy E. George Mantes Tooele
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Larry Lunt, chairman Salt Lake City
John W. Yardley, vice chairman Panguitch
Henry Eyring North Salt Lake City
Cyndi Gilbert Toquerville
Dixie Leavitt, chairman Cedar City
David W. Adams St. George
R. Barry Arnold Sandy
Jay Bingham Las Vegas. Nevada
Janet F. Blumen Las Vegas. Nevada
Tom Cannon Salt Lake City
Jack H. Carter Cedar City
W. Boyd Christensen Salt Lake City
Ryan S. Daw Draper
Katie L. Dixon Salt Lake City
Matt Glazier West Jordon
Anne Judd Cedar City
Dane Leavitt Cedar City
Tim Fenton Salt Lake City
Robert C. Fuehr Costlerock, Colorado
Fred D. Gibson Jr. Los Vegas, Nevada
Jeff Hatch Solt Lake City
Dan Howe lls Provo
Charles Jackson Sandy
David Jeppson Toquerville
DaleG. Lee Springville
Heber Lloyd Salt Lake City
John B. Norman Jr. Salt Lake City
Jed H. Pitcher Salt Lake City
Sars Sinclair Logan
Marlon 0. Snow West Volley
Maria Sweeten South Salt Lake City
Dwayne 0 . Nielson Alpine
Ivan Peterson Cedar City
Jeff Wright Salt Lake City
Dave Moody Las Vegas, Nevada
Charles R. Norton Las Vegas, Nevada
Thomas Allen Pugh Kanarraville
Sunny Reinhold Heber City
Edward Rondthaler Cedar City
Mark G. Slack Salt Lake City
Mark Stephensen Las Vegas
A Lear Thorpe Salt Lake City
Renn Zaphiropoulos Cedar City
PROCESSIONAL Traditional Scottish Melodies
Scarlet and Black Highlanders Pipe Bond Dole Howkins, Pipe Major
CENTRUM PROCESSIONAL "Pomp and Circumstance March"
by Sir Edward Elgar
"Ballad" by Frank Ticheli
" Symphony for Band - Movement II"
by Vincent Persichetti
SUU Bond Professor &ic Peterson, Conductor
MARSHAL Dr. Wayne I<. Hinton, Professor of History
INVOCATION Mott Glazier SUU Student Association President, 2002-03 Biology/Zoology major from West Jordon, Utah
MUSICAL SELECTION "Ka Waita Maria" Traditional Maori music
arranged by R. Hughes
SUU Concert Choir Dr. Gerard Yun, conductor
SCHOOL SONG "Dear Old SUU" (words on page 32)
SUU Concert Choir and Audience Dr. Gerard Yun. conductor
GREETINGS President Steven D. Bennion
STUDENT GRADUATION ADDRESS Josie Beth Baxter. communication major from Tremonton, Utah, 2002-03 SUU Activities Vice President and winner of the Elaine Southwick Award
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES
Pamela Atkinson, nurse/healthcare leader ond humanitarian
W . Boyd Christensen, business and community leader
Eugene T. Woolf (Posthumously),
SUU professor, scholar and leader
Renn Zaphiropoulos, business leader and entrepreneur
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Renn Zophiropoulos
WELCOMING OF SUU'S NEWEST ALUMNI Ivan Peterson. '81 , SUU Alumni President
BENEDICTION Kolby Doy, Biology Major from Midway, Utah SUU Student Association Vice President for Academics, 2002-03
POSTLUDE 'The Liberty Bell March"
SUU Bond Professor &ic Peterson. conductor
MASTER'S, BACHELOR'S AND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES CONVOCATIONS Presentation of degrees to graduates within their individual colleges
School of Business 11 :30 a.m. - J.L. Sorenson Physical Education Building Deon Corl R. Templin
College of Education 11 :30 o.m. - Centrum Arena Deon Bruce 0. Barker
College of Science 11 :30 a.m. - Randoll Jones Theatre Deon W. Harold Ornes
School of Applied Science and Technology 2:00 p.m. - J.L. Sorenson Physical Education Building Deon Cynthia B. Wright
College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2:00 p.m. - Centrum Arena Deon Rodney D. Decker
College of Performing & Visual Arts
2:00 p.m. - Randoll Jones Theatre Dean Charles L Metten
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H 0 N 0 RARY DEGREE
Pamela Atkinson is an energetic leader serving on the Board
of Regents. She is a friend of Southern Utah University,
making sound and conscientious decisions for the betterment of
the Institution. Her statewide reputation of being a hardworking
and caring civic leader only further benefits SUU, and the entire
Utah System of Higher Education. A former vice pre.sident for
Mission Services at lntermountain Health Care, she has a history
of selfless service to others. Born into humble circumstances in
England, Pamela earned nursing credentials from the University
College Hospital in London. She subsequent.ly earned a master's
degree at the University of California-Berkeley. Later, despite
good intentions to journey to Australia to work on a sheep farm,
she ended up, instead, on an island in the Torres Straits working
with Aborigine families. She has remained a model "servant
leader" in her community and state, inspiring others by her own
example as a volunteer. A tireless advocate for the low income
and homeless populations, and for at-risk children, she can often
be found going out with medical teams to homeless camps, or
helping out at local clinics and multicultural centers. People from
all walks of life admire and appreciate her compassion, her
consistent treatment of all with respect, and willingness to take
action, often using her own personal resources, to help others.
She finds what she does, fun and rewarding, and is always the
first to acknowledge anyone else besides herself. One of her
mottos is "Don't ever underestimate the power of even a small
amount of caring . .. a word of encouragement here and there has
a powerful impact on people." For her invaluable contributions
to the citizens of Utah, and to the Utah System of Higher
Education, Southern Utah University gratefully gives Pamela
Atkinson an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities.
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A fter a most successful career with All State Insurance,
W. Boyd Christensen culminated his service with the
company as President and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors.
Boyd also served his government as Assistant Secretary in the
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
He then returned to Utah to serve his alma mater, Utah State
University, for six years as Vice President for Business and
Finance. AJways community-minded, Boyd has served as
Executive Vice President and member of the Board of the Utah
Symphony and as a member of several other prestigious boards,
including SUU's Board of Fellows. In addition to his professional
and community service, Boyd has served in numerous capacities
with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including
president of the New York, New York mission. Boyd, and his
wife Jean, currently reside in Salt Lake City where they continue
to render service in a variety of community endeavors. The
couple has four children, 18 grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. Boyd maintains his great affinity for SUU. He says
with enthusiasm, "I am very supportive of Southern Utah
University and I want to help lift it just as high as possible." His
warmth, generosity and sincerity are hallmarks of his character
and contribution to so many and so much. For his profound
leadership and service, Southern Utah University is pleased to
award W. Boyd Christensen an Honorary Doctorate of
Business.
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Dr. Eugene T. Woolf, fondly regarded to as the
"Conscience of the University," passed away January 3,
2003, at his home in Cedar City after serving a continuous
contract with the University for 50 years. He taught full -time
until 1988, and part-time until 1997. He was among the most
popular members of the faculty; competition to attend his
classes was fierce. He was well-known for his dry wit and
amazing intellect. He was awarded the Outstanding Professor of
the University award three different years. Gene also served as
dean of the School of Arts and Letters from 1967-1979, two
terms as department chair, associate commissioner for academic
affairs of the Utah System of Higher Education from 1982-1985,
and on countless professional boards and committees
throughout the state. Among his many honors and awards is the
Extraordinary lifetime Contribution to the English Profession,
awarded by the Utah Council of Teachers of English. Colonel
Woolf, too, had a distinguished military career as well; one of his
many worthy acknowledgements was receiving the Purple Heart
for wounds sustained while serving in the European Theatre
with the U.S. Army in World War II . At the time of his death
from leukemia, Gene was nearing completion of his fifth book of
his "Great Minds Revisited" series. This volume was to be on
women philosophers and may still be published. In 1997 he
authored "The Odyssey of the Mind: A Voyage of Discovery,"
exploring the ideas and achievements of the men and women
represented in the grand Centurium located near the west
entrance of the Centrum Arena. Gene spent the last 22 years as
the director of SUU's Grace Adams Tanner Center for Human
Values, a position which he held honorably and regarded as a
privilege. In the eulogy at Gene's funeral, SUU President
Emeritus Gerald R. Sherratt said, "Gene revered the idea of a
university ... as one of the highest expressions of society, a place
for nurturing the capacity to think and reason clearly, the ability
to imagine, to reduce problems to their basic elements, and then
place them in the correct perspect.ive." Gene was the
personification of these ideas. Gene, himself, was a great mind.
It is the honor of Southern Utah University to posthumously
bestow on Dr. Eugene Woolf, an Honorary Doctorate of
Humanities.
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Renn Zaphiropoulos is a highly-successful businessman,
remarkable community citizen, and wonderful friend to
the University. A pioneer in the development of the electrostatic
writing technique for the production of hard copy, Renn is the
1969 co-founder of Versatec, the world's leading producer of
electrostatic printers and plotters. He also is a retired corporate
vice president of Xerox Corporation, having merged the
company with Versatec in 1975. Throughout his career, he held
several executive positions with Varian Associates, a
manufacturer of analytical instruments and semiconductor
equipment. A scientist, too, Renn has 29 patents and has written
numerous technical papers on a variety of subjects, in addition to
digital imaging printing. He received a bachelor's degree in
engineering physics and a master's degree in physics from Lehigh
University. He also holds an honorary doctorate of engineering
from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and an honorary
doctorate in humanities from Southern Utah University,
awarded in 1990. Renowned for his success in business
leadership, he is currently a member of the board of directors of
five companies. Having a deep affinity for the University, Renn
and his wife Ree, established an endowment at SUU which
provides scholarship assistance to 12 students pursuing studies in
accounting, finance, management and business education. Also
avid livestock caregivers, Renn and Ree are major supporters of
the SUU Rodeo Team, and have established a scholarship to be
awarded to a member of the University's rodeo team. Renn
serves as a member of SUU's Board of Fellows. Also, he is a
frequent lecturer at SUU, and consultant on the subject of
"Cultivating Elegance and Entrepreneurial Leadership." He has
enlightened audiences on this same subject at Harvard Business
School, Columbia University and Stanford University as well. lln
his leisure time, Renn enjoys sailboat racing, gourmet cooking,
painting, music, philosophy and woodworking. His variety of
interests and talents- from business, to horses, to elegance and
more-have certainly been to the benefit of Cedar City and SUU.
Southern Utah University is both pleased and honored to
bestow upon Renn Zaphiropoulos, an Honorary Doctorate of
Business.
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Outs:tanding ScfwJ,ar Jaren C. Scott
Vepartrnental Outs landing Student& Ilene S. Hamblin
Applied Science
Jentrie Loye Matheson
Applied Technology
Carwacatiari ?Program 2:00 P.M. J.L SORENSON PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING
PROCESSIONAL
"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE
Mark Barton
Vice President of University Advancement and Regional Services
GREETINGS
Cynthia B. Wright, Dean
RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR
Cynthia B. Wright, Dean
MUSCIAL NUMBER
Vocal Solo, Patriotic Medley
Wayne Williams, Instructor of Criminal Justice
Accompanied by Mary Pearson
CONFERRING OF CERTIFICATES, ASSOCIATE'S
AND BACHELOR'S DEGREES
Cynthia B. Wright, Dean
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES
Dan Dail
Applied Science Chair
Richard Wittwer
Applied Technology Chair
CLOSING COMMENTS
Cynthia B. Wright, Dean
Marty Reid Adair BS Construction Monogement
Clayton F. Anderson BS Engineering Technology
Eric D. Barbini BS Criminal justice
Matthew F. Barley*# BS Technology Education
Jason Todd Bartow BS Criminal justice
Valerie Bauer# BS Family ond Consumer Sciences
john L Baxter SS Criminal justice
Amanda Rae Black• BS Family ond Consumer Sciences Education
Brian A Bosh BIS Agricultural Science and Industry
Hayley Marie Breck# BS Criminal justice
Roy F. Bundy BIS Agricultural Science and Industry
Rafael H. Caballero BS Criminal justice
Geoffery Dean Campbell# SS Criminal justice
Kiley Forrest Chatfield* BS Technology Education
Robert Nielsen Cherry* BS Technology Education
Justin Lee Christensen BS Criminal justice
Rebecca M. Christensen BS Family and Consumer Science.s
Benjamin Tyler Cox BS Criminal justice
Jessica Cox BS Family and Consumer Sciences
john Dustin Cox* BS Technology Education
Laura Jean Cox BS Family and Consumer Sciences
Tracy W. Day SS Engineering Technology
Kristen DeGraff BS Family and Consumer Sciences
Clayton James Denton SS Criminal justice
Tyce Derek Doezie BS Criminal justice
Bridgette Rose Dotson SS Family and Consumer Sciences
Paul Esera BA Criminal justice
Audrey Dawn Evans BS Family and Consumer Sciences
Larry Keith Evans SS Engineering Technology
James Brandon Eves BA Criminal justice
Angela Kay Faddis BS Family and Consumer Sciences
Kamie Lee Farnsworth BS Criminal justice
Tandy Sue France BS Criminal justice
Sarah Gei.sler SS Family and Consumer Sciences
Katie Marie Glover BS Criminal justice
Benton Robert Goodwin BIS Agricultural Science and Industry
Benton Robert Goodwin BS Criminal justice
Rick Brian Goulding SS Criminal justice
Brett Joel Griffiths BS Criminal justice
Richard Dean Griffiths* SS Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Ginger Lee Hack*# BS Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Arden J. Hall BIS Agricultural Science and Industry
Robert D. Hall•# SS Technology Education
Danielle Dahlsrud Hallows BS Family and Consumer Sciences
Jiiiian E. Halversen# SS Family and Consumer Sciences
Ilene S. Hamblin SS Family and Consumer Sciences
Michelle W. Harris BS Criminal justice
Richard T. Harris Construction Management
BS
Kristina Evelyn Hatch BIS Agricultural Science and Industry
Kamityn Haywood SS Family and Consumer Sciences
Marc Konroy Henrie BIS Agricultural Science and Industry
Timothy Neil Heywood SS Criminal justice
Ann Elizabeth Hills BIS Agricultural Science and Industry
Joseph Wesley Hirschi* BS Technology Education
Brenda Faye Holyoak BS Family and Consumer Sciences
Matthew Alton Hughes# SS Criminal Justice
Ryan R. Hunt# BS Criminal justice
Gordon A Hutchings BIS University Studies
Eddie Frank Iglesias BA Engineering Technology
Yasunari lnage BS Criminal Justice
Wade John Ingram BS Criminal justice
Dulani Nehru Jackson# BS Collette Annetta Orton# BS Criminal justice Family and Consumer Sciences
Cody Don James BIS James A Pace BIS Agricultural Science and Industry Agricultural Science and Industry
Dustin Ty Jensen# BIS Robyn Lee Pete BS University Studies Criminal Justice
Steven W. Kerksiek BS Adam Edgar Petersen BS Construction Management Engineering Technology
David N. Larkin SS Sheldon Eric Pollock BS Engineering Technology Criminal Justice
Ashley Marie Larson BS Holly Anne Pryor BS Family and Consumer Sciences Criminal justice
Emily M. Larson SS Jessica Joye Rasmussen BS Family and Consumer Sciences Family and Consumer Sciences
Roni Marie Laub• BS Tia JaNeene Reid BS Family ond Consumer Family and Consumer Sciences Sciences Education Walter M. Richardson BS
James D. Lawrence BS Construction Management Engineering Technology Lindy Gene Robinson BS
Shasta Lee BS Family and Consumer Sciences Criminal Justice Marilee Sagers SS
Emily Josephine Lolohea BS Family and Consumer Sciences Criminal justice Del Schlosser BS
Justin Louder• BS Criminal justice Technology Education jaren C. Scott BS
J. Kirk Lovell BS Criminal justice Criminal justice Dale Robert Simper BS
Vinton john Lovell BS Engineering Technology Criminal justice Cheston David Slater BA
Jason Rell Mackelprang BS Criminal justice Criminal justice Shalon Stapley BS
Celeste Maloy BIS Criminal Justice Agricultural Science and Industry Donald L.annce Sudweeks# BIS
Beau Bernell Mason BS Agricultural Science and Industry Criminal justice Cody Ryan Tingey# BIS
Jentrie Loye Matheson BS Agricultural Science and Industry Criminal justice Debra Dee VanDrimmelen BS
Amy Lynn Meredith BA Family ond Consumer Sciences Criminal justice Adrianna Renee VanVliet BS
Kocly Kirkman Mitchell BS Family and Consumer Sciences Construction Management Dale William Varga# BA
Rachel Everett Mitchell* SS Construction Management Family and Consumer Christopher John Wallin BS Sciences Education Criminal justice
Abigail Asalele Mo'unga BS Tyler Jeffrey Wallin BS Family and Consumer Sciences Family and Consumer Sciences
Daryl W. Monson BS Lawrence M. Wandel BS Criminal justice Construction Management
Justin David Moore BS Wade Kevin Westwood BS Criminal justice Criminal justice
Jordan Stephen Mulford BS Will iam Anthony Wilcox BS Criminal justice Criminal Justice
Chandler Kirk Mundy BIS Laurie Williams SS Agricultural Science and Industry Family and Consumer Sciences
Amy Michelle Nicholes BS Eric Ronald Woodland BS Criminal Justice Construction Management
Melani Nielsen BS Jason Ray Workman BS Family and Consumer Sciences Criminal justice
J. Douglas Grant Nielson BIS Brian Dan Yardley BS Agricultural Science and Industry Criminal justice
Erin Ashley O'Donnell BS Criminal Justice
# Summer Semester Candidates
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S C H OO L OF APPLIE D S C IEN CE & T EC HN O L OGY
dlo-0-&ciat;e/ & 'Degree& (Honor students are wearing a medallion with a white ribbon on his or her gown.)
Sharee Mae Atkin AAS Office Management Technology
Tara Lynne Ballard AAS Early Childhood Development
Jennifer Banks AAS Secretarial Technology
Meridee S. Beckstead AAS Secretarial Technology
Roy F. Bundy AAS Livestock Form Management
Erin Kaylene Carroll AAS Criminal justice
Jody Kay Carten AAS Secretarial Technology
Shantelle Irene Cochran AAS Criminal Justice
Jessica Cox AAS Interior Design
Laura Jean Cox AAS Early Childhood Development
Kalene Ma.e Eilers AAS Secretarial, Office Management, and Small Business Mgmt Technology
Audrey Dawn Evans AAS Interior Design
Matthew B. Farnsworth AAS Construction Technology
Amy Gay AAS Secretarial Technology
Katie Marie Glover AAS Criminal justice
Jennifer Hainsworth AAS Secretarial Technology
Brian Adriance-Mejia ........... .Automotive T ec:hnology Bryan E. Alger ...................... Computer Numeric Control Dan S. Andrews .................. .Automotive Technology Joshua K. Balren ................. .Automotive Technology Stephanie Bales .................... Medical Secretary Lynette Barlow ...•................ ClericaJ T ec:hnology Mary AM Blake ...................• ClericaJ Technology Brian A Bosh ....................... Livestock Fann Management Allan Clarence Bowles ........ Automotive Technology Roy F. Bundy ........................ Uvestock Farm Management Margarita Crux Castro ......... Clerical T ec:hnology Jody Kay Canen ................... ClericaJ T ec:hnology Dennis Chang ...................... .Automotive Technology John Michael Dalton ............ .Automotive Technology Jason Dale Oopp .................. Automotive Technology Trenten James Oopp ........... Automotive Technology Kalene Mae Eilers ................. ClericaJ Technology Vincent R. Espino ................ .Automotive Technology Holly Evans .......................... Medical Transcription Rebecca C. Fischer .............. Medical Transcription Steven H. Florence .............. Electrical Apprenticeship Russell J. Forrest ................. .Automotive Technology Wade Ooutre Forsyth ......... .Automotive Technology Walker Jamieson Forsyth .... .Automotive Technology Sara Christine Friest ............. Medical Transcription Laura Elizabeth Gamer ........ Medical Secretary Amy Gay .............................. Clerical Technology Ryan N. Glazler .................... Electrical Apprenticeship
Jillian E. Halversen# AAS Early Childhood Development
Patricia M. Hansen# AAS Criminal justice
Kristina Evelyn Hatch AAS Livestock Farm Management
Bart Louis Hillier AAS Design Technology
Brenda Faye Holyoak AAS Interior Design
Jordan Thomas Jenkins AAS Construction Technology
Trinity M. Knell# AAS Interior Design
Celeste Maloy AAS Livestock Form Management
Jessica Lee Mansfield# AAS Interior Design
Michael W. Mills AAS Criminal justice
Ashlynn Suzanne Mitchell# AAS Interior Design
Abigail Asalele Mo'unga AAS Early Childhood Development
Chandler Kirk Mundy AAS Livestock Form Management
Melani Nielsen AAS Interior Design
J. Douglas Grant Nielson AAS Livestock Form Management
Erle Vincent Nolan AAS Livestock Farm Management
Carismin E. Olson AAS Interior Design
Jennifer Hainsworth ............. ClericaJ Technology Arden J. Hall... ......... ............. Uvestock Farm Management Connie Hall .......................... Medical Transcription Kristina Eve.lyn Hatclil ........... Livestock Farm Management Robert Hattabaugh .•............ Computer Numeric Control Ann Elizabeth Hills ..•............ Livestock Fann Management Romeo G. Hipolito .............. .Automotive Technology Christopher E. Holman ....... Automotive Technology Christopher M. Holt ........... Automotive Technology Robert Thomas Hug.hes ...... Automotive Technology Jared S. Hummel ................. .Automotive Technology D Wade Hussey ................... Computer Numeric Control Gordon A Hutchings ........... Graphic Information Systems Jack Ed Ingram .................... .Automotive Technology Dustin Ty Jensen .................. Graphic lnfonnation Systems Mike R. Johnson .................. Electrical Apprenticeship Ryan Kay .............................. Computer Numeric Control David N. l.arltin .................... Civil Design Billison Utde ........................ .Automotive Technology Brook Ann Long ................... Medical Transcription Christopher N. Long ............ Medical Transcription Kelcie l. Magleby ................ Automotive Technology Celeste Maloy ...................... Livestock Farm Management Geolite R. Mason ................ Automotive Technology Cody Taylor Menlove ......... .Automotive Technology Chandler Kirk Mundy ........... Uvestock Farm Management Cade Murdock ..................... Computer Numeric Control Jaime Lyn Nelson ................. Clerical Technology
Collette Annetta Orton# AAS Early Childhood Development
R. Heath Oveson AAS Design Technology
Shannon Parker AAS Design Technology
Adam Edgar Petersen AAS Design Technology
Christine Proctor AAS Secretarial Technology and Computer Information Systems Applications
Jessica Joye Rasmussen AAS Early Childhood Development
Steven Will iam Remington# AAS Construction Technology
Antoinette Lyndsey Romano AAS Criminal justice
Jamie Lynn Samaniego AAS Design Technology, Cabinetmaking and Mil/work
Nichole D. Thomas AAS Secretarial Technology
Adrianna Renee VanVliet AAS Interior Design
Adelbert Scott Wadsworth AAS Criminal justice
Valerie Georgia Willden AAS Criminal Justice
Laurie Williams AAS Early Childhood Development
Eric Vincent Nolan ............... Livestock Fann Management Daniel Brian Northington .... .Automotive T ec:hnology Mark Richards Owens ......... Automotive Technology Don Lynn Parker ................. Automotive Technology Adam Edgar Petersen .......... Civil Design Christine Proctor ................. Clerical Technology Kayla AM Quamberg ........... Medical Transcription Bert Jepson Reeve ............... .Automotive Technology Wiliam Jay Riggs ................... Automotive Technology Tanisha Rowley .................... Medical Secretary Dustin E. Shakespear .......... .Automotive Technology Dale Robert Simper ............. Gvil Design Patricia Smith ....................... ClericaJ Technology Chet T umer Smith .............. .Automotive Technology Dustin Sorenson ................... Electrical Apprenticeship Barbara J. Stein ..................... Clerical Technology Barbara Stein ........................ Medical T ranscriptlon Troy James Tanner ...•......... .Automotive Technology Bren F. Thomas ................... Electrical Apprenticeship James Craig Thompson ........ Plumbing Apprenticeship Deidre K. Truscon ............... Medical Transcription Christopher Walser ............ Automotive Technology Derek Bruce Washburn ...... Automotive Technology Johanna Lynn Whitehead .... .Automotive Technology Janalee Wilcock .................... Medical Transcription Tyrell R. Wood ................... Automotive Technology
# Summer Semester Candidates
• Indicates completion of teacher certification requirements
'UniDero,ity Sdwlar Shannon Bridges
Ou!Aitanding Sdwlar Joseph C. Callister
Christi Jacobsen Master of Business Administration
Jody K. Catten NBEA Award of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Business Education
Christopher L. Barker Master of Accountancy CPA Key Award
Lucia H. Olivera Wall Street journal Award for Outstanding Academic Performance in Business
Vepartmenml 0 u"t;s,t;anc/ing Stu.dent& Brian Yardley Military Science
Tiffany Hancock Marketing
Jayme Morgan Management
Lance Syrett Economics/Finance
Joseph C. Calli.ster Accounting
John Paul Bair CIS/MIS/IS
CaJWacatian 1PrOtJYarn I 1:30A.M.
J. L SORENSON PHYSICAL
EDUCATION BUILDING
PROCESSIONAL
SUU Saxophone Quartet
Professor Holly Haddad, Director
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE
Steven D . Bennion
President
Abe Harraf
Provost
GREETINGS AND REMARKS
Carl R. Templin, Dean
STUDENT SPEAKER
Joseph C. Callister
Outstanding Scholar
PERFORMANCE
Blue in Green
by Miles Davis ( 1926-199 1)
arr. Jehiah Bray
SUU Saxophone Quartet
Professor Holly Haddad. Director
STUDENT SPEAKER
Christi Jacobsen
Outstanding MBA Student
CONFERRING OF MASTER'S, BACHELOR'S
AND ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES
RECESSIONAL
SUU Saxophone Quartet
Professor Holly Haddad, Director
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(Students earning high distinction are identified by a medallion with a blue ribbon on their gowns and are indicated below with a "t" symbol by their names. Students earning distinction are identified by medallions with red ribbons on their gowns and are indicated below with a"§" symbol by their names.)
Misty Ann Charleen Amodt Chris Barker :j: Brent David Barlow
Corry Jennings Blake
Daniel Roy Boehrer :j: Brian Lee Brown
Isaac Thomas Erickson
Jason Stephen Ashworth David Brooks Behan
Casey James Bowns#
Curtis R. Cox# Curtis Lee Drollinger :j: #
Kelly C. Adams BS Management
Mark T. Alger BS Management
Michael R. Allred BS Finance
Stephen Richards Baddley BA Accounting
Deric Barlow Bagley BS Management
john P. Bair BS Information Systems
Elisha Kay Baker# BS Accounting
Raegan Kent Baker BS Accounting
Ryan RBanks BS Finance
Dale Q. Barbee BA Accounting
Sonnet M. Barbee# BS Marketing
Chris Barker BS Accounting
Beau B. Barney BS Accounting
Karen-Kay Barnum BS Accounting
Ryan Clark Barton BS Finance
Meridee S. Beckstead BS Computer Information Systems
Timothy L Bell BS Computer Information Systems
Daniel R. Bennett BS Finance
Tamarynn L. Bennett BS Accounting
MAC Michael Finn § MAC Jeffery R. Fowler# MAC Bryan L. Frei#
MAC Paul G. Kerr# MAC Jeffrey Neal Marchant § MAC Jennifer Nadine Meyer# MAC Naomi Dawn Miner#
MBA Justin D. Fischer § MBA Matt T. Funk# MBA Christi Jacobsen :j: # MBA Jeremy R. Jones# MBA Brian Mauldwin#
Kimberly Benson BS Accounting
Joseph Gregory Bigler BA Marketing
Austin Dean Bingham BS Accounting
Benjamin Scott Boike BS Management
Marie Kenney Bott BS Computer Information Systems
Summer Bradshaw# BS Accounting
Shannon Bradshaw Bridges BS Computer Information Systems
Jesse Stephen Brown BS Management
Jayme Burgess BS Accounting
Jeremy R. Butterfield BS Management Information Systems
Joseph Clark Callister# BS Accounting
Jaime Carter BS Finance
Jody Kay Catten• BS Business Education
Curtis H. Chamberlain BS Business Administration
Eric Chamberlain BIS University Studies
Christy Lee Chatfield BS Finance
April J. Christensen BS Finance and Accounting
Neil J. Christensen BS Information Systems
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Raven Coombs
Michal Nad § Rebecca Diane Navas
Steven Reid Nielsen
Christine Simkins
Douglas John Solstad :j: Chad Robert Sorenson
Paul B. Ritten#
Bruce R. Tebbs
James William Webb
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BS Jennifer Hainsworth
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Danny A Cox BS Amy Hales BS Accounting Finance
Michael David Crosby BS Rocky Carl Hallows BS Accounting Accounting
John Lynn Dalton# BS Tiffany Kay Hancock BS Computer Information Systems Marketing
Kent Bardell Dastrup BS Cassandra Dawn Hansen BS Computer Information Systems Accounting
Amber Wheelwright Day BS Matthew Michael Hansen BS Accounting Finance and Marketing
Benjamin Michael De La Paz# BS Mitsuomi Hara BS Marketing Accounting
Aaron Todd Densley BS Rebecca Marie Harris BS Computer Information Systems Accounting
Jonathan Richard Dotson# BS Douglas V. Hawks BS Finance Management
Derrick Donald Esplin BS Justin Edward Heaton BS Accounting Marketing
Laci Leigh Fay# BS Shawnee L. Hedlund# BS Management Accounting
Patrick James Franks BS Erendira Hernandez BS Finance and Marketing Accounting
Amy Gay BA Natasha Hirschi# BS Computer Information Systems Management
Kendra Anne Gleason BS Gloria Lynette House BS Management Accounting
Kali Lee Gleave BS Aaron Clark Howard# BS Accounting Accounting
Ryan Jared Graf BS Angela Hoyt BS Accounting Computer Information Systems
Bradley G. Green BA Atsuko Hozumi BS Computer Information Systems Computer Information Systems
Michele Marie Griffith BS 1-Ning Huang# BA Computer Information Systems Management
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Gary Len Hughes BS Aaron S. Miles BS Computer Information Systems Accounting
Chad Kirk Hunsaker BS Johnny J. Miller BS Accounting Computer Information Systems
Mika Ichikawa BS Jana Lyn Mills BS Management Computer Information Systems
Nathan Paul Imamura BS Cameron McArthur Morby# BS Finance Accounting
Jeremiah Worthen Jackson BS Susan J. Morby BS Accounting Accounting
Christi Jacobsen BS Jayme Alexis Morgan BS Accounting Management
Zachary S. James BS Michelle Mullen• BS Management Business Education
Archie Leeon Jeffs BS Brian Yard Munford BS Marketing Accounting
Aaron Stephen Jensen BS Sean Paul Murphy# BS Marketing Management
Angelina Jensen# BS Rebecca Murray BS Management Finance
Autumn R. Jensen BS Amy Naser BS Computer Information Systems Marketing
Suzanne Johanson BS Braden T. Natter BS Computer Information Systems Finance
Jeremy R. Jones BS Mitchell Tyler Nehrenz BS Finance Management
Kevin Heber Jones BS Jordan A. Nielsen BS Accounting Computer Information Systems
Tracy. Evans Jones BS Daniel Jeff Nielson BS Management and Marketing Finance
Jason Spe.nce Kartchner BS Scott Thomas Nielson BS Finance Accounting
James G. Killpack BS Shannon Okerlund# BS Management Computer Information Systems
Lindsay Jean Kitt BS Lucia H. Olivera BS Marketing Management
Spencer A. Koelliker# BS Information Systems Marketing Darrell Ray Olmsted BS
Robert Jameson Lea BA Finance Marketing Clinton Levi Olsen BS
Travis Robert Leach BS Computer Information Systems Accounting Matthew Smith Pace BS
Jeric Rodney Leavitt BA Marketing Managerial Economics Jali Steadman Page• BS
Mandy Lynn Leavitt BS Business Education Accounting Jeanine C. Parson BS
Erin N. LeClair BS Computer Information Systems Accounting Angela Isom Pearson BS
Trevor Lynn Lewis BS Accounting Accounting Benjamin M. Peterson BS
Douglas Charles Long BA Computer Information Systems Marketing Colton James Peterson BS
Lori Ann Long BS Managerial Economics Accounting Mathew Bingham Pett# BS
Sheri Luth BS Accounting Accounting Brian James Pierce BS
Jason Martin Mann BA Finance Finance Shannara M. Porter# BS
Tadashi Maruyama BS Accounting Computer Information Systems John W. Prescott BS
Kristen Berry Mendenhall BS Managerial Economics Marketing David John Pretzer BS
Christian James Mercer BS Marketing Computer Information Syst.ems Christine Proctor# BS
Brandon Neil Merrill BS Computer Information Systems Accounting Christina Rasmussen BS
Accounting
BU S IN ESS
Robert Ian Rasmussen BS Daniel J. Wheeler# BS Finance and Management Information Systems Information Systems Aubrey Whipple BS
Benjamin Scott Rawlings BS Accounting Marketing Amanda Lyn Wilford BS
Deana Ann Ray'" BS Accounting Business Education McKell Williams BS
Steven William Remington# BIS Marketing University Studies Teresa Romig Williams BS
Joshua Roberts# BS Accounting Management Meladle May Winters BS
Sharlene Anderson Rowley BS Accounting Computer Information Systems Robyn Kay Yardley BS
Shane Elwin Sagers BS Computer Information Systems Accounting Lynar Heaton Young BS
Joshua Gordon Savage BS Computer Information Systems Accounting
\ Lori R. Zimmennan BS
LeeAnn Bulloch Savage# BS Accounting Computer Information Systems Hank Warner BS
Ghada Shabana BS Finance Management Kyron D. Waters# BS
Scott Shumway BS Accounting Marketing Sharee L Webb BS
Rosalind Ann Smith BS Management Accounting Carrie Lyn Weighall Humpherys# BS
Garrett Steven Snow BS Accounting Economics Kevin L. Wheeler BS
Kevin Lee Stevens BS Accounting Management Yancy Pace Whipple BA
Clint Ryan Stone BS Management Finance Robert P. Whitelaw BA
Jeremy D. Sumerix BS Marketing Management Michelle Wilson BS
Troy Alan Sundquist BA Finance Management Alex Winn BS
Michael Sweeney BS Accounting Computer Information Systems Spencer Newel Woolston BS
Lance Carlson Syrett BS Management Finance Daniel T. Wright BS
Dustin Dean Tallerico BS Finance Management Darrell Grant Wright# BA
Nancy J. Tammietti BS Finance Accounting LeAnne Timmreck Yardley'" BS
Malia Rachel Tatom BS Busine.ss Education Computer Information Systems Luke Brent Yardley BS
Randen Scott Tatton BS Management Accounting Edbert C. Zell BA
McKell Taylor BS Management Accounting
David Burnes Tebbs BS Finance
DougfasJ. Tebbs BS
c:A~'& Accounting Jennifer R. Thompson BS
Accounting Vegree,w Shoni Tom BS
Accounting (Honor students ore wearing a Sarah Torgerson BS medallion with a white ribbon on
Finance and Accounting his or her gown.) Jacob S. Turley BS Tarin Marie Clarie AAS
Marketing Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Kivalu Andrew Uluave BS Deena Black Marchal AAS
Management Paralegal/Legal Assistant Kurtis Lee Wankier BS
Finance Robyn Lee Pete AAS
Takahiro Watanabe BA Paralegal/Legal Assistant
Computer Information Systems
# Summer Semester Candidates • Indicates completion of teacher certification requirements
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([}uJ:otanding Scf1alar Joan Marie Michler
([)utstandi,nty '?VlCMt:er Student Michelle Kilcrease
V epartnzent:a.l Out;s tanding Stude1 it;s, Phil Heywood
Tresa Reibel
Physical Education
PESTALOZZI AWARD WINNERS
Alayna Cowan Marriott Element<iry Education
Reeve Kolb Knighton Secondary Education
Cherilyn Stubbs Special Education
C&nu&catian Pragrantt 11 :30 A .M. CENTRUM ARENA
PROCESSIONAL
"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE
Greg Stauffer
Vice President of Administrative and Financial Services
GREETINGS
Dr. Bruce 0 . Barker, Dean
FACULTY RETIREMENT RECOGNITION
FOR GAYLE GARRETT
Dr. Bruce 0. Barker, Dean
RECOGNITION OF UNIVERSITY/ OUTSTANDING SCHOLARS
AND PESTALOZZI RECIPIENTS
Dr. Bruce 0 . Barker, Dean
REMARKS BY OUTSTANDING MASTER STUDENT
Michelle Kilcrease
REMARKS BY UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS
Kara Ann Olsen
Richelle Robbins
Shalynn Dean Townsend
CONFERRING OF MASTER'S DEGREES
Dr. Lee Montgomery, Associate Dean
Dr. Prent Klag, Teacher Education Chair
CONFERR.ING OF BACHELOR'S DEGREES
Dr. Bruce 0. Barker, Dean
DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES
Dr. Lee Montgomery
Associate Dean
Dr. Craig Morrison
Physical Education Chair
Dr. Prent Klag
Teacher Education Chair
CLOSING COMMENTS
Dr. Bruce 0 . Barker, Dean
Wla&ter ef Tducatiarv Glen Allan Andersen MED Bonnie Ellefsen MED Lisa A Pellegrini MED
jenny Lee Andersen MED Donna Maureen Gubler MED Dale V. Prince MED
DeAnna Ball MED Karen Laura Hales MED Catherine Ann Reed MED
Kendall R. Banks MED Brooke Haydock# MED Leslie M. Roberts MED
Penny Rae Barben MED Jeffery D. Hendricks# MED Jennifer J. Rowland-Fakahua MED
Angela Marie Benson MED Christopher Allen Homer# MED John Alfred Samuelson MED
Douglas Beck Bills# MED Neeley Wilson Kay# MED Kristine D. Sewell# MED
Stephanie S. Blauer# MED Michelle P. Kilc.rease# MED Patricia G. Shakespear# MED
Gina Boshard# MED James J. Langford MED Anna Marie Smith MED
David L Brown MED john Clark Livingston MED Darlene Dawn Tanner MED
LaRayne L Brown MED Tawnya Benson Mathews MED Audrey Tullis# MED
Laurene D. Brown MED Gregory Odgen Maughan MED Bonita Cooley Turnbaugh MED
Melanie Lynn Bunker# MED Andrew Hyrum McArthur MED Katherine Wheatley# MED
William J. Child# MED Kelley B. Miller MED Marvalee Allen Whittaker# MED
Jennifer Lynn Christiansen# MED Kristy S. Mills MED Karen Faye Wilson# MED
Arlene Blake Cornelius# MED Daniel J. Money# MED Francine Woods MED
Royd L Danington# MED Jan C. Newman# MED Bethany Simmons Wyatt MED
Brian S. Dettling# MED Janet L. O"Riley MED Randall Lee Wyatt# MED
Roger Glen Donohoe MED Clyde Jay O liver MED Christine Marie Zander MED
Bret Lynn Draper MED Paul D. Orchard MED
Kathleen Atwood Eicher MED Lillian L Parashonts# MED
'Bacfielar' & Veg:ree& Ashlie Colleen Abbott• BS Lani Lee Bagley'" SS Amber Lee Brunjes•# BS Hollie Ann Comeford• BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Blair Milton Albrecht9# BS Allynne Balley'" BS Marjorie Dawn Burningham•# BS Deanna Lynne Cook•# BS
Elementary Education Physical Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Joshlyn Bonnie Alderete• BS Kevin Rex Bailey'" !BS Angela Marie Burton• BS Krista K. Corry'" BS
Elementary Education Physical Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Hollie Aldred• BS Rhonda G. Ball" BS Jared Karl Butler9# BS Megan Cottam• BS
Eleme.ntary Education Elementary Education Physical Education Elementary Education Patricia Alejos•# BS Elizabeth Adams Barkley'" BS Derek Steven Campbell BS Trina Lynn Cox"# BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Physical Education Elementary Education Karlee Anne Allred•# BS Nora Cecilia Olivas Batley• BS Shawna Lynne Carroll• BS Cheryl Ann Cozzens• BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education and Special Education Amy Jo Beaumont9 BS Jana Lee Cherry'" BS Cynthia Crandal~ BS
Kimberlee P. Almond• BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Danielle Bennetre BS Dezaree Alfreeda Chesnut BS Shirley Heywood Creel• BS
Bart Andrew Amundsen BS Elementary Education Physical Education Elementary Education Physical Education Richa Anne Biasi• BS Jared Matthew Chiara•# BS Stephanie Jones Dahl• BS
Daniel W. Anderson BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Physical Education Rachel Black• BS Amberly M . Christensen• BS Sheryl J. Davis• BS
Renon Margaret Anderson• BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Michael James Blomquist BS Corey Dow Christensen BS Margie LeeAnne Decker• BS
Stacy Anderson• BS Physical Education Physical Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Shanna May Bonnett• BS Terri Ann Chynoweth• BS and Special Education
Jaime D. Andru.s• BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Sheri Decker- BS Elementary Education Leslie Ann Bosworth S. • BS Kimberly Ann Cline• BS Elementary Education
Nikki K. Avery'" BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Sherie Lynn Dotson• BS
Elementary Education Prentiss JoAnn Bowler• BS Kolbi Clothier9 BS Elementary Education Kacy Nicole Backlund BS Elementary Education Physical Education and Erica Marie Douglass• BS
Physical Education Larry W. Bridges• BS Special Education Elementary Education Elementary Education
~ # Summer Semester Candido1es
• Indicates completion of leocher certification requirements 15
C O LL EGE O F E DUCATIO N
Dawn Kristen Dvorak BS Launa Hicken• BS Waydann Lambertsen• BS Chri.stopher Ryan Nelson BS Physical Education E.lementory E.ducation E.lementary E.ducation Physical E.ducation
Rachel Ellis• BS Colette Bauer Higbee* BS Andrew Clayton L.aRussa BS Melanie Miner Nemelka• BS Elementary E.ducation Elementary E.ducation Physical E.ducation Elementary E.ducation
Claudia K. Empey• BS DeLynne Homer* BS Ashley Annie Laws• BS Denise Nielsen• BS E.lementary E.ducotion E.lementory Education Elementary Education Elementary Education
Crystal Lee Englehart• BS Donetta Horrocks* BS Jill Marie LeBaron• BS Krista Rynae Nipper BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Physical E.ducation
Cody D. Farar* BS and Special Education Jayson L. Leming*# BS Kelly Nordfelt•# BS Elementary Education Ronald E. Horrocks• BS Elementary Education Elementary Education
Amber Faux" BS E.Jementory Education Jennyf er May Lewis• BS and Special Education Elementary E.ducotion and Special Education Elementary E.ducation Megan Marie Nordstrom• BS
Raegan Fay* BS Kevin B. Howes• BS Seth Little BS Elementary E.ducation Elementary Education Elementary Education Physical Education Lance M. Norris• BS
Susan Finlinson• BS Jodie Mae Hughes•# BS Michelle Marie Llewellyn• BS Elementary Education Element.ory Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Julie Ann Olpin•# BS
Joan Robbins Flandro• BS Cadi Jeanne Hunsaker*# BS Penny Ann Long* BS Elementary E.ducation Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Kara Ann Olsen• BS
Amy Marie Flynn• BA Sara Elizabeth Hunsaker• BS Sally Beth Louthan BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Eleme.ntary Education Physical E.ducation Susan Olsen• BS
Carl John Forsyth BS Amanda R. Huntsman• BS Laralee Lovell• BS Elementary Education Physical Education Elementary Education E.Jementary Education Valery G. Olsen BS
Stephanie Jean Fox• BS Marianne Athay t'tyde* BS Laura Anne Lund• BS Physical Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Della M. Overholt* BS
Angela France• BS Melissa Mc.Rae Hyde• BS Amy J. Macintosh•# BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education E.Jementary Education Adrianne Packard• BS
Loni Jean Frasier* BS Sarinda L.aRae Johansen• BA April Dawn Macy* BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Robert Oliver Pagnini BS
Sherri D. Gibson• BS Brooke Bresee Johnson• BS and Special Education Physical Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Alayna C. Marriott* BS Rachel Hart Palmer* BS
Russell Dean Gifford• BS Kaylee W. Johnson• BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary £eftJ(otion Elementary Education Jennifer Eardley Martin* SS Tara Dawn Parsons* BS
Melissa Gillies• BS Kelli Ann Johnson•# BS Elementary Education E.Jementory Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Maria Mathews• BS Allan Keahl Pauole* BS
Rachel Gough• BS Wendy Johnson*# BS Elementary Education Elementary Education E.Jementory Education E.Jementory Education Elizabeth Sara McBride• BS Diane Naegle Pentico*# BS
Amanda Ann Green•# BS and Special Education E.lementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Wendy J. Kabonlc* BS Yvonne Louise Meachum• BS Natalie Peshell• BS
Keisha A. Greenwell*# BS Elementary Education Elementary Education E./ementory Education Elementary Education Claudia I. Keith BS Adrianne Meldrum* BS Heather McCrosky Petersen BS
Shauna Lee Griffiths• BS Physical Education Elementary Education Physical Education Elementary Education Stephanie D. Keith BS Joshua Denton Meyer BS Jana Michelle Philipp• BS and Special Education Physical Education Physical Education E.Jementory Education
Janette L. Groesbeck* BS Christopher S. Kelly# BS Hana Michiue BS Aaron Mark Powell BS Elementary Education Physical E.ducotion Physical Education Athletic Training
Aaron B. Hall*# BS Melissa Ann Kerksiek* BS Mary Elizabeth Miles* BS KeriAnne Powell*# BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education
Erin Eileen Hamlin• BS Kristen Eve Killinger* BS Miranda Lowry Miller• BS Candy Lynne Raleigh* BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education E.Jementory Education
Kathleen Lei Hamlin• BS Jaime Lee Killpack• BS Jennifer Tebbs Moos*# BS Jacey jean Thomas Ramsay*# BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education Elementary Education
Janeen B. Hare• BS Kristy Marie Kincaid• BS and Special Education Julianne Ray* BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Cory R. Morgan• BS Elementary Education and Special Education Lori J. Kjar• BS Physical Education Beth Redd• BS
Kathryn A. Hawkins• BS Elementary Education Dennis L. Mower* BS Elementary Education Elementary E.ducotion Cindy DaNeJI Knaphus• BS Physical Education Tresa]. Reibel"' BS
April Marie Heath• BS Elementary Education Melissa Munson• BS Physical Education Elementary Education Ian Clayton Lamont• BS Elementary Education Sara Elizabeth Reid• BS
Ryan Brent Heath* BA Elementary Education Laurie Anne Murdock• BS Elementary Education Physical Education Lucinda Jane Lamb• BS Elementary Education Don Thomas Richards BS
Philip David Heywood BS Elementary Education Amanda J. Neilson•# BS Physical Education Physical Education Elementary Education
~ # Summer Semester Candidates
16 • Indicates completion of teacher certification requirements
C O LL EG E O F E DU C A TI O N
Joni Rae Richards BS Shalynn Dean T ownsend9 BS T~L~~ Elementary Education Elementary Education and Special Education Callie Ann Trane• BS (These students hove previously graduated and hove returned
Richelle Robbins• BS Elementary Education to SUU to complete elementary or secondary education Elementary Education Kami Tullis• BA courses to be eligible to receive Utah Educator Ucensure.)
Brittany N. Robinson• BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Christa R. Twitchell* BS Alycia Adams Aaron Merryweather
Tiffany Joy Robison• BS Elementary Education Jamie Gibson Asay Brian Ostler
Physical Education Anne-Marie Utler- BS Elizabeth K. Ault Kale Peacock Toni Ross• BS Elementary Education Teresa L Conrad Jason Petrovich
Elementary Education Savannah Ylassek• BS R. Michele Dawson Charity Clarette Ritten Toni-Renee Rotert• BS Elementary Education Danielle DeMille Kelli Sorensen
Elementary Education Bridi Dee Waite• BS Raymond Jack Eves, Jr. Nikki Sperry Trudy Rowler- BS Elementary Education Jed Fuller Shaylln Stoddard
Elementary Education Sandra Kae Ward• BS Rick Hackford Ward Sweeten
Monica Sagers• BA Elementary Education Elementary Education Wendy Sue Heber Warrick* BS Angela Sperry Hall Change! R. Thackery
and English Elementary Education Loni Hawkins Tiffany Thomas
Justin Wayne Sant BS Jenny Mae Weagle*# BS Teresa Marie Irons Chad L. Thompson
Physical Education Elementary Education Jason Jacobsen Stephanie Ann Tobler JakiLyn Richins Savage• BS Mauri Webster- BS Scott T. Jones Malinda VanBeveren
Elementary Education Elementary Education Krysta Lindsay Danielle Schaller Williams James David Shirler- BS Cassity Christen Weight* BS Hoity Marshall
Elementary Education Elementary Education Charron Mason Anne Marie Smarc- BS Natalie Whipple• BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Kevin B. Smith*# BS Kara Lynn Whiteley BS
Elementary Education Physical Education Colleen Tucker Sorensen• BS Ammon Jay Wilcken• BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Erin Whitehead Soren.sen• BS Erin Lorrae Wilker- BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Lesley Sparks• BS and Special Education
Elementary Education Heidi Marie Williams• BS Mary Dionitia Spaulding* BS Elementary Education
Physical Education and Special Education Kelli Anne Spencer• BS Mlndee Lee Williams• BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Necia LaRen Starr* BS Stephanie E. Williams• BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education Mark Freetyn Stewart"' BS Adrienne Lowe Wilson• BS
Elementary Education Elementary Education and Sociology Carmella F. Winget*# BS
Carol A Stockin BS Elementary Education Physical Education Courtney Dianne Wittusen• BS
Cherilyn Mary Stubbs• BS Elementary Education Elementary Education Brittena Wood BS and Special Education Physical Education
Jeremy D. Tannahill* BS Virginia M. Wright• BS Physical Education Elementary Education
Tyler Clifton Taylor• BS Kurtis Michael Yocum BS Physical Education Physical Education
Richard LaMar Thatcher• BS Robert Wayne Young# BS Elementary Education Physical Education
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Outstanding Scfuilar Kara H. Fullmer
Outotandin!f Social Science& Student Franchesca Van Buren
VepartnzenJ:al Outstanding Student& Jacob Johnson Communication
Jennifer Carroll English
Matt Hamilton Foreign Languages and Humanities
Roxanne Cox Psychology
C:anlNJcatian Prograrn 2:00 P.M. • CENTRUM ARENA
PROCESSIONAL "Pomp and Circumstance" Edward Elgar
WELCOME Rodney D. Decker, Dean
RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR
Rodney D. Decker, Dean
MUSICAL NUMBER "Allegro Rococo" by Paul Koepke
Clarinet Choir Clarinets: Miranda Makin, Heather Forbes, Kara Kunzler,
Dorothee Wright, Devi Gardner; Bass Clarinet: Alicia Hawks
Professor Holly Haddad, Director
CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION
Dr. Jon M. Smith, Chair
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Department of Languages and Literature Dr. Kay K. Cook, Chair
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND HUMANITIES
Dr. James Harrison
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Dr. Leslie N. Jones, Chair
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Dr. Earl F. Mulderink, Chair
RECESSIONAL SUU Clarinet Choir
13acfudar'& Vegree.& Benjamin Todd Ackerman BS Tara Deanne Cart.er# BA Gail Crista Duncan# BS Matthew Hamilton•# BS
Communication English Communication Spanish and Communication Dane A. Anderson BA Liberty Price Case BS Pauline W. Durbin BS CaryAnn Hancock BS
English Psychology Politico/ Science Psychology Dustin C. Anderson BA Bryce E. Catten BA Susan Childs Durfee BIS Michelle Hansen BS
Germon Communication University Studies Communication LaRee Anderson BS Lynette Checketts• BS Wesley Ryan Duvall BS Rachel Hansen BS
Psychology Sociology Sociology Politico/ Science
Nate Troy Anderson# BS Aurellia Chee BS Julie Marie Eberhard BS Kassandra Lea Harrell BS
Communication Sociology Psychology Psychology Rustin K. Anderson# BS Geoffrey Lee Chesnut BS Christa Lee Ekker BS Jocelyn Kay Harris BS
Sociology Political Science Political Science Communication Sarah Ann Anderson BIS Randall McKay Chism BS Amy Linn Elzinga BS Shawna Gwynne Harris BS
University Studies Communication Psychology Communication Jacqueline Fuller Andrus BA Nate B. Christensen BS Robin Ensign BA Allen E. Hatch BA
English Communication English Politico/ Science Curtis C. Baker BS and Sociology Robert Molen Evans BA Luke Alan Hatch BS
Psychology Jon D. Christian.son BS German Psychology and Communication Reed Patrick Bales# BA History Cassie Amelia Felix BS Elizabeth Kaye Haws BS
Spanish Mychal David Clanton BS Politico/ Science Communication Michael Douglas Barton BS Communication and Criminal justice LaTonyajean Heaton BS
Communication Kyle Warner Clark BA Robert Spencer Baker Ferre BA Sociology Josie Beth Baxter BS English Communication Cynthia S. Hedgecock BS
Communication Lori Froyd Clark BS David Rudolf Fischer BA Communication jenny Christiana Beckstead BS Communication Germon Claudia Josephine Hensel BA
History Julie Lyn Clawson BA Patrick Lee Fletcher BS English Amber joy Bennett BA Communication Sociology Megan Christine Heywood•# BS
English Alma S. Clove•# BS T erilee Floyd BS Spanish and Special Education Jason B. Bertoch# BS History Psychology David Sterling Hill BS
Political Science Jay E. Collins BS Stefanie Stevens Fox BS Communication Bruce Blues Allen Blake BA History Communication Heidi Hill BS
English and Psychology Emily E. Cox BS Robert j. Foy# BS Psychology David Daniel Bott BS Psychology Communication Emilee Jane Homer-Palfreyman•BS
Politico/ Science Roxanne R. Cox BS Kara H. Fullmer BS Psychology William Jaye Boyce BS Psychology Communication N icholas Andrew Huntsman BS
Communication Keith Harold Cripps BS Precious Gallo# BS Communication Brendan Reed Brinkley# BS Psychology and Sociology Psychology Mary Durene Hutchinson# BIS
Communication Lauren Kenner Curtis BS Trisha Leigh Garcia BS University Studies Emily Ruth Broadhead BS Psychology and Psychology Kathryn T. Jac.kson BA
Communication Politico/ Science Michelle Gardner# BS English Jeffrey Stephen Brough• BS Jennifer Kay Davis BS Communication Jacob H. Johnson BS
History Communication Jamie Yvonne Gifford BS Communication and Tara Lynn Bryant# BA Alison Day BS History Political Science
English Communication Jenni Ellen Brunson Gilbreth# BS Jamie Johnson# BS Lynette K. Bujack BS Cami Day BS Political Science Communication
Psychology Political Science Natalie L. Godfrey BS Mindie Johnson BA Rashell Bulloch BS and Criminal Justice Sociology Communication
Sociology Lisa R. Delmont# BS Cheree H. Goulding•# BS Stanton B. Johnson# BS Renata Mae Burian# BS Communication and Sociology English Communication
Communication Blake Robert DeMille BS Desirae Gower BS Morgan D. Jones BS
Andrew Bryan Burt BS Communication Psychology Sociology Communication Dustin Brent Dial BA Laura Kay Griffiths BS Mark T. Justice# BS
Sharon B. Butterfield BA Spanish Psychology Politico/ Science
English Jessica Douglas-Croft BS Jilynne Knowles Hafen BS Eric Matthew Kirby BA
Amy Cherie Campbell BS Sociology Psychology Politico/ Science
Psychology Staci Kay Drage# BS Shanna L. Hales BS Nathan B. Kjar BS
April Lynn Camey BS Psychology Sociology Communication Psychology Melissa Kim Drake BS Holly Dee Hall BS Reeve Kolb Knighton• BS
Diane Lenore Carroll BS Psychology Psychology Social Sciences Psychology Amanda Marie Duffey9# BS Brett Layne Hamilton BS Aaron Dean Lancaster BS
Jennifer Lynn Carroll• BS English History Communication English
~t~ # Summer Semester Condldotes
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COL L EGE OF HUMANITIE S & SOCIAL SCI E NCES
Archie Jared Larsen BS Joseph Ouray Nielsen BS Matt G. Roper BS Sarah Irene Ward BA Sociology Communication Communication English
Eva Elalne Larsen BS Audrey Nielson BS Jamie Lynn Samaniego BA Douglas Pratt Warner# BS Communication Political Science Spanish Communication
Sara Elizabeth Lee BA Rosemary Corinne Norton# BS Kamilynn Egan Savage# BA Shanda LaRee Wauneka BS English Sociology English and Psychology Sociology
Marilla Ann Leishman BS Aimee Oberg# BS Russel Wayne Schmitt BS Traci Webb BA Psychology Political Science Communication Germon
Adam S. Little BS and Communication Rebecca Anne Shamblen BS Wendy Lyn Wegner BA Communication Mackenzie Lee Olds# BS Communication English
Melody Litton BS Sociology Scott Sherman BA Johnathan Timothy West BA Communication Meagin Leah Olsen BS Communication Communication
Pyper Long BS Communication Brienne C. Short BS Lisa D. Whipple BIS Sociology Tammy Sue Orton# BS Sociology University Studies
Erin M. Madson BS Sociology Julie Ann Simonson BS Jack T. Wightman BS Communication Gail Lynn Owens BA History Communication
Roseann Kristine Mansfield BA Ge.rm on Susan Whitekiller Singh BS Daneene Wilcken BS English Kristi Lynn Oyler BS Psychology Communication
Michael Scott Maquet BS Psychology Richard Kenneth Slack# BS Evan Gale Wilcock BS Psychology Caleb Tait Palfreyman•# BS Political Science Communication
B. Derric Maxfield BS English Dayna Cannon Snow# BS Staci Wilcock BS Communication Ryan David Palmer BS Communication Sociology
Kimberly Brooke McBride BS Communication Peter Duff Sorenson BA John H. Wilder BS Political Science Jamie Linn Parrish BS Communication History
Nathan Andrew McClure BS Psychology Mitchell Price Stackhouse BS Ryan Todd Wilkins BA Psychology and Sociology Amy Hart Pattberg# BS History Germon
Jennifer Faye McConnell BS Communication Joseph Levi Stewart BS Brandon B. Williams BS Communication Dee H. Patterson# BS Communication Communication
Django Larson McDaniels BS Sociology Evan A. Stilson# BA Shawn David Williamson BA Psychology and Political Science Emily Peshell BS Psychology Political Science
Ryan K. McEldowney# BA Communication Jennifer Marie Stockett BS Polly Clarinda Winsor# BS English Travis B. Peterson BS Sociology Psychology
Karin Warnke McE~n BS Psychology Melinda Kay Stubbs BS Gregory Dee Wood BS Communication Jaclynn Marie Pett.ingill BS Communication Sociology
Brianna Marie McKay BS Communication Steven Reasch Stubbs BS Warren Harley Workman BS Psychology Justin Brent Pitcher• BA Political Science Communication
Karene McMahon BS English Kari Ann Sumerix# BS Masanobu Yamada BS Sociology Amber Dawn Plumhof BS Psychology Communication
Shari Iverson Michaud BA Communicotion Stacey Swain BA Matthew Anders Yardley BA Political Science Tatiana Poliakova BA Communication Political Science
Tamara Middleton BS Communication Sachi Takahashi BA Kurt Mont Yates• BS Psychology Corinne Porter BA Communication Social Sciences
Elizabeth Irene Miller BS English Daisuke Takehara BS Melinda Susan Yates BS Communication Joseph Luke Pruitt# BA Psychology Communication
Jana Marie Miller BA Spanish Kirsten Tate BS D. Winston Young BA English Paige Erin Pryor BS Communication Communication
Coby Craig Mitchell# BS Sociology Jonathan Murray Taylor BS Donilee Young# BS Communication Jeffrey Owen Rawson BS Psychology Sociology
Nathan T. Moffett BS Communication William Gary Taylor BS JaeLyn Young BA Soc.lot Sc.iences Melanie Suzanne Renner BS Communication Psychology and French
Andrea Jean Montgomery BS Sociology Cameron Austin Tea# BS Communication Jacob Lee Reynolds BA Psychology
Jared L Moon BS Spanish Tami Lee Teriipala BS Political Science Kurt Austin Richards BA Communication
Layani Harete Moore# BS Political Science Wade Austin Turley BA Communication Jennifer Marie Richey BS English
Andrew R. Moss# BA Psychology Kalisi A Uluave•# BS Communication Jaime Lyn Richwine BS Social Sciences
Annamarie L Mullins BS Communication Franchesca Veronica Van Buren BA Sociology Nathan Roberts BS Political Science
Merideth Munn# BS Communication Riley Ted Van den Akker# BS Psychology Shawna Robinson# BS Communication
Debra Susan Neff BA Sociology Adam Marco Villareal BS Communication Brittney Merryweather Communication
David Lloyd Nielsen BS Romney# BS Ruth F. Villareal BS Sociology Sociology Psychology
~:r # Summer Semester Candidates
20 • Indicates completion of teocher certification requirements
Outst:aruJinty Sclw1ar Jamie Olsen Crane
Landon G. Ramsey
Art
Josette Simone Ballou
Joshua Jacob Bennett
Dance
Aaron Michael Templin
Music
Peter T. Hulin
Josh Merrill Richardson
Theatre
<C~ ?Program 2:00 P.M. • RANDALL JONES THEATRE
PROCESSIONA.L
"Pomp and Circumstance" Edward Elgar
Briann Carter, Pianist
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION REPRESENTATIVE
Georgia Beth Thompson
Vice President of Student Services
WELCOME AND REMARKS
Charles L. Metten, Dean
RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SENIORS
Introduced by Department Chairs
RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR
Charles L. Metten, Dean
PERFORMANCE
"Ride On, King Jesus" M. Hogan
SUUOpus
Dr. Bart Shanklin, Director
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
MASTER OF FINE ARTS ADMINISTRATION
Robert Fass, Director
DEPARTMENT OF ART
Brian P. Hoover, Chair
DEPARTMENT OF DANCE
Shauna T. Mendini, Associate Chair
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
Dr. Bart Shanklin, Chair
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Dr. Terral Lewis, Chair
RECESSIONAL
"Gardens in the Rain" Debussy
Briann Carter. Pianist
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COLLEGE OF PERFORMING & VISUAL A RTS
Yen-Fen Cheng#
Arts Administration
Mark R. Houser#
Arts Administration
Marlo Madsen lhler#
Arts Administration
MFA Sarah Lynn Johnson# MFA Darline M. Sacquety# MFA
Arts Administration Arts Administration
MFA Kelly Lane Pugh# MFA Lauren Winokur# MFA
Arts Administration Arts Administratian
MFA
Jeremiah Allen BA Satoshi Daika# BS Yuka Koshio BA Tiffney J. Smith Theatre Arts Art Dance and Psychology Dance
Mariam Ann Arthur BIS Patricia Gordon Dominguez BS Sarah Amelia Lontz BA Jamie Beth Sullivan University Studies Theatre Arts Theatre Arts Theatre Arts
Colby L Baker# BS Marissa Lee Elkins• BS Zach J. Ludlow BS Danelle Nichole Sundell Theatre Arts Music Art Theatre Arts
Josette Simone Ballou BS DeAnna Arlene Epler BS Gregory Scott Miller BS Skylor W. Swann Dance and Management Music Art Art
Brent T. Barnes BS Kenneth Robert Fudge BS Malynda Mower BS Alicia Maria Tafoya Theatre Arts Theatre Arts Art Theatre Arts
Brian Raymond Barney BA Courtney Gardner BS Kathryn Elizabeth Nafus BS Sachiko Takahashi Music Theatre Arts Dance and Physical Education Theatre Arts
Joshua Jacob Bennett# BS Bradford Garrison BA Heather L Nielsen BS Aaron Michael Templin Dance Theatre Arts Theatre Arts Music
Alden Lloyd Bitter BS Virginia Meredith Gould• BA Amberlee Jean Pace• BS Clark Vance Theodore
Theatre Arts Art Theatre Arts and Art Ryan James Bute BS Summer M. Greenhalgh BA Special Education Kay Lynne Townsend
Art Music Tyson Wendell Park BS Theatre Arts Eldon Zane Carbine• BS Brian John Gregoire BS Art Jared L Ullman
Music Theatre Arts Landon Gage Ramsay BS Theatre Arts Mindy Viola Carroll• BS Jonathan Nathanael Hancock BS Art Lena Rose Vincent
Music Music Christy Rasmussen BS University Studies Harold Leroy Carter# BS Marcie Leona Hastings BS Theatre Arts Benjamin Andrew Vines#
Art Theatre Arts Josh Merrill Richardson BA Art Tiffany lee Carter BS and Communication Theatre Arts JackG. Webb
Art Kodey Stanley Hughes• BS Justen M. Rowley BS Theatre Arts Joy A Christopher* BA Music Graphic Design Kristopher Jon Wentworth
Music Peter Timothy Hulin BS Shelton Mire.lie Ryland• BS Theatre Arts Derek Kyle Clifford• BS Theatre Arts Dance Russell Church Williams
Theatre Arts Emily Jensen BA Tuesday Marie Ryland• BS Art Micheal Joseph Cone BS Dance Dance Shin-Jung Yoo
Theatre Arts Edward J. Kerwin BS Tori T . Sessions• BS Art Jessica Marie Cowden-Neel BS Theatre Arts Music
Theatre Arts Misty Pentelute Kesler BS Jennifer K. Shurtliff BA Jamie Olsen Crane• BS Dance Music
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OutstandinEJ Sc;/1,alar Chase M. Williams
John Anderson
Biology
Briana Cook
Math and Computer Science
Jana Bulloch
Physical Science
f:~t:M:wv Program I I :30 A.M. • RANDALL JONES THEATRE
SENIOR ADMINSTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE
Georgia Beth Thompson
Vice President of Student Services
PROCESSIONAL
"Pomp and Circumstance" by Edward Elgar
"Military Marches Nos. 1-5 Opus 39" by Edward Elgar
WELCOME
W. Harold Ornes, Dean
STUDENT SPEAKER
Matthew C. Glazier
Student Body President 2002-03
CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES
BIOLOGY
Kathryn Grandison, Chair
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
Mikhail Bouniaev, Chair
NURSING
Donna Lister, Coordinator, WSU/SUU Cooperative Nursing Program
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Desmond Penny, Chair
CLOSING
W . Harold Ornes, Dean
RECESSIONAL
"Pomp and Circumstance"
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Evan Walter Allred BS Biology/Zoology
Giles Clay Allred BS Biology/Zoology
John L Anderson BS Biology/Zoology
Jeremy Michael Avila BS Biology/Zoology
Robert Lynn Barrick BS Biology/Zoology
Jana Bulloch BS Chemistry-Professional Health Core
Jeremy Gene Cardon BS Biology/Zoology
Marie Steven Christensen• BA Biology
Emily Katherine Christiansen# BS Biology/Zoology
Briana Cook BS Mathematical Sciences
Megan Creighton BS Biology/Zoology
Denice Rana Daughton• BS Biology
Kolby Luke Day BA Biology/Zoology
Chad Terry Eardley BA Biology/Zoology
Neil G. Economy BS Biology/Zoology
Talayna Ilene Fortunato BS Computer Science
Megan Marie Freestone BA Biology/Zoology ,
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73acfudar '& Vegree& John Brian Gilbreth# BA Joseph Vincent Katschke
Biology/Zoology Biology/Zoology Marie E. Gilgen# BS Matthew Hudson Kime
Computer Science Chemistry Owen B. Ginocchio* BS Jace Mark King
Biology Biology/Zoology Matthew Glazier BS Heather Rose Lambert*
Biology/Zoology Physical Science Dean William Gull BS Brandon Kelly Larson•
Computer Science Mathematics Education and Mathematical Sciences Autumn Bryanne Leavitt
Shawn Scott Hatch BA Biology/Zoology Biology/Zoology Jeffrey Paul Leavitt
Jared L Holloway BS Biology/Zoology Biology/Zoology Stephanie Marie Leslie
Derek Steven Holmes BS Biology/Zoology Computer Science Lori Lynn Lunceford#
Angela Nicole Hopkins BS Biology/Zoology Mathematica/ Sciences Taylor Jeffs Mackert
Shiho Hotta BS Computer Science Mathematical Sciences Michael Anthony Marshall
Darin Lee Houskeeper BS Biology/Botany Biology/Zoology Clarle 0 . Mercer
Chad Kanoe Jensen•# BA Computer Science Biology Angie Lynne Morin
Clyde DeRay Jensen# BS Biology/Zoology Geology Jason David Noah
Cody S. Johnson BS Biology/Zoology Biology/Zoology Eric Vincent Nolan
Garrik Jones BA Biology/Zoology Biology/Zoology Megan M. Porter#
Mathew Lyman Jones BS Biology/Zoology Biology/Zoology Rachael Porter
Jared J. Judd BS Biology/Zoology Chemistry Ryan Michael Richey
Biology/Zoology
di~'& Veg,ree& (Honor students ore wearing o medallion with o white ribbon on his or her gown.)
Bryan Craig Wilkins SC Computer Engineering and E.lectricol Engineering
BS Cole Warren Robinson BS Biology/Zoology
BS Jeffrey Scott Robison• BS Biology
BS Angelina Schena BS Biology/Zoology
BS Charity Jo Schena BS Biology/Zoology
BS Jared William Schmutz BS Biology/Zoology
BS Casey L Shurtliff BS Computer Science
BS Ted Dean Simper BS Chemistry-Professional
BS Health Core Suzie Stoker• BS
BS Mathematics Education Travis Cory Stratton BA
BS Biology/Zoology Brandon Stubbs# BS
BS Biology/Zoology Joshua James Terry BS
BS Biology/Zoology Mary Anna Van# BS
BS Biology/Zoology Renn David Veater BS
BS Biology/Zoology Andrea Nicole Wallick• BA
BS Mathematics Education Ryan B. Whitney BS
BS Chemistry-Professional Health Core
BA Chase Madsen Williams BS Biology/Zoology
BA Takayuki Yamamoto BS Computer Science
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Weher State/S1111 Wur<Sintf Vegree& (Honor students, 3.6 combined GPA or higher, are indicated with a double asterisk)
'l3acflelar t?_f Sdence in Wur&ing-Lynette Post Adams ..
Amy L. Bennett
Victoria L. Carroll
Patricia Hansen
Debora Nielson
Sara Palmer
Kenzie Peterson
Marilyn B. Robinson ** Douglas Stagg
J. Marie Wright
LeeAnn S. Adams ** Janis Anderson
Michelle Barton "
Kenneth F. Bennett
Jessyka Bowcutt**
Amanda Christensen "
Susan D. Cluff
Emily Jo Rhodes Cory
Bethany Jane Cox
Lori Ann Jensen "
Elizabeth Daniels
Heidi Denton
Melissa Kim Drake "
Janie F. Earle ..
Debra Heath
Aubree Ann Hunter ..
Debra Jordan "
Jaye Lauritzen
Brianna Manning
Rebecca Lynn McCollaum ** Amanda Marie McDonald "
Roxanne Redd H
Nicole Reynolds
Belinda Jean Roetker ** Christine R. Slack
Daphne A Solomon "
Laura Wallin "
Diane Yardley"
Students listed in this official program will receive their diploma subject to completion of necessary courses and verification of grade point average.
THE MACE The mace of Southern Utah University was sculpted by Carol Ann Lind,
granddaughter of J. Howard Maughn, president of our University from 1922-29
then-known as Branch Agricultural College. Used as an instrument of pomp in the
commencement ceremony, the mace signifies order and authority in the academic
possession, and is carried at an angle of 45-degrees across the chest. Traditiona.lly,
the honor of carrying the mace is bestowed upon a distinguished, senior member
of faculty. This year's Marshal is W ayne Hinton, professor of history in the social
sciences department. Wayne received a master's degree from Utah State
University, a Ph.D. from Brigham Young University, and a Post-doctorate from
University of California at Davis. He has been teaching here since I 968.
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Benjamin Todd Ackerman
Giles Clay Allred
Kimberlee P. Almond
Dane A Anderson
LaRee Anderson
Renon Margaret Anderson
Kacy Nicole Backlund
jenny Christiana Beckstead
Shannon Bradshaw Bridges
Amber Lee Brunjes
Lynette K. Bujack
Jana Bulloch
Joseph Clark Callister
Jennifer Lynn Carroll
Bryce E. Catten
Jody Kay Catten
Jana Lee Cherry
Amberly M. Christensen
Justin Lee Christensen
Lori Froyd Clark
Julie Lyn Clawson
Krista K( Corry
Blair Milton Albrecht
Hollie Aldred
Dustin C. Anderson
Stacy Anderson
Jacque.line Fuller Andrus
Stephen Richards Baddley
Curtis C . Baker
Elisha Kay Baker
Brian Raymond Barney
Ryan Clark Barton
Josie Beth Baxter
Meridee S. Beckstead
Tamarynn L. Bennett
Richa Anne Biasi
Rachel Black
David Daniel Bott
Prentiss JoAnn Bowler
Marjorie Dawn Burningham
Sharon B. Butterfield
Shawna Lynne Carroll
Tiffany Lee Carter
Lynette Checketts
Nate B. Christensen
Terri Ann Chynoweth
Kyle Warner Clark
Amy Marie Codner
(Identified by medallions with blue ribbons on gowns)
Megan Cottam
Roxanne R. Cox
Jamie Olsen Crane
Lauren Kenner Curtis
Cami Day
Bridgette Rose Dotson
Julie Marie Eberhard
Rachel Ellis
Joan Robbins Flandro
Talayna Ilene Fortunato
Angela France
Loni jean Frasier
Kara H . Fullmer
Melissa Gillies
Ilene S. Hamblin
Matthew Hamilton
Tiffany Kay Hancock
Cassandra Dawn Hansen
Rachel Hansen
Janeen B. Hare
Launa Hicken
Brenda Faye Holyoak
Angela Hoyt Aimee Oberg
Christi Jacobsen
Jacob H. Johnson
Garrik Jones
Mathew Lyman Jones
Melissa Ann Kerksiek
Lindsay jean Kitt
Nathan B. Kjar
Reeve Kolb Knighton
Ashley Annie Laws
Autumn Bryanne Leavitt
Melody Litton
Erin M. Madson
Roseann Kristine Mansfield
Jentrie Loye Matheson
B. Derric Maxfield
Karin Warnke McEwan
Jana Marie Miller
Jayme Alexis Morgan
Melissa Munson
Melanie Miner Nemelka
Megan Marie Nordstrom
Lucia H. Olivera
Kara Ann Olsen
Susan Olsen
Kristi Lynn Oyler
Rachel Hart Palmer
Diane Naegle Pentico
Travis B. Peterson
Tatiana Poliakova
Rachael Porter
Shannara M. Porter
Joseph Luke Pruitt
Landon Gage Ramsay
Julianne Ray
Beth Redd
Sara Elizabeth Reid
Richelle Robbins
Cole Warren Robinson
Brittney Merryweather
Romney
Jaren C. Scott
Ghada Shabana
(Identified by medallions with red ribbons on gowns)
Hollie Ann Comeford Kathleen Lei Hamlin Kimberly Brooke McBride
Briana Cook Douglas V. Hawks Adrianne Meldrum
Megan Creighton Kamityn Haywood Amy Lynn Meredith
Stephanie Jones Dahl April Marie Heath Shari Iverson Michaud
Sheryl J. Davis Megan Christine Heywood Daryl W . Monson
Sherie Lynn Dotson Philip David Heywood Denise Nielsen
Meli.ssa Kim Drake Timothy Neil Heywood Kelly Nordfelt
Wesley Ryan Duvall Heidi Hill Darrell Ray Olmsted
Marissa Lee Elkins DeLynne Homer Collette Annetta Orton
Claudia K. Empey Emilee Jane Homer- Emily Peshell
DeAnna Mene Epler Palfreyman Jaclynn Marie Pettingill
James Brandon Eves Donetta Horrocks Tresaj. Reibel
Robert Spencer Baker Ronald E. Horrocks Ryan Michael Richey
Ferre Sara Elizabeth Hunsaker Lindy Gene Robinson
Terilee Floyd Marianne Athay Hyde Shelti Mirelle Ryland
Amy Marie Flynn Suzanne Johanson Tuesday Marie Ryland
Megan Marie Freestone Brooke Bresee Johnson Joshua Gordon Savage
Sarah Geisler Wendy Johnson Karnilynn Egan Savage
Katie Marie Glover Joseph Vincent Katschke Angelina Schena
Desirae Gower Lori J. Kjar Casey L. Shurtliff
Summer M. Greenhalgh Lucinda Jane Lamb Richard Kenneth Slack
Keisha A. Greenwell Emily M. Larson Neda LaRen Starr
Ginger Lee Hack Jeric Rodney Leavitt Cherilyn Mary Stubbs
Jilynne Knowles Hafen Taylor Jeffs Mackert Kari Ann Sumerix
Danielle Dahlsrud Hallows Michael Scott Maquet Danelle Nichole Sundell
Rocky Carl Hallows Alayna C. Marriott Stacey Swain
Dale Robert Simper
Ted Dean Simper
Evan A Stilson
Clint Ryan Stone
Melinda Kay Stubbs
Jeremy D . Sumerix
Kirsten Tate
Shalynn Dean Townsend
Callie Ann Trane
Franchesca Veronica
Van Buren
Traci Webb
Cassity Christen Weight
Ammon jay Wilcken
Daneene Wilcken
Amanda Lyn Wilford
Ryan Todd Wilkins
Chase Madsen Williams
Brian Dan Yardley
JaeLyn Young
Lance Carlson Syrett
Sachiko Takahashi
Dustin Dean Tallerico
McKell Taylor
Richard LaMar Thatcher
Kay Lynne Townsend
Kami Tullis
Adam Marco Villareal
Ruth F. Villareal
Bridi Dee Waite
Sarah Irene Ward
Wendy Sue Heber Warrick
Jenny Mae Weagle
Mauri Webster
Kristopher Jon Wentworth
Kara Lynn Whiteley
John H . Wilder
Erin Lorrae Wilkey
Russell Church Williams
Stephanie E. Williams
Teresa Romig Williams
Shawn David Williamson
Lori R. Zimmerman
Kurt A. Richards
Shawn Williamson
(Students wearing red and purple cords ore member of Alpha Epsilon De/to, a preheolthcore professions honor society. Members ore required to hove a grade point overage of at least 3.0 and to be in the upper 35 percent of their class ocodemicolly.) Adviser: Assistant Professor of Biology, Helen Chuang
Megan Marie Freestone \
{Students weoring teal cords ore members of Alpha Koppa Delta, a notional honor society in sociology. Members must mointoin a 3.0 or higher grade point overage in their sociology major or minor and be in the upper 35 percent of their class for membership.) Adviser: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Bonnie Mitchell-Green
Jessica Douglas-Croft
Shanna Hales
LaTonya Heaton
Rosemary Norton
(Students wearing blue ond green cords are members of Alpha Chi Notional Honor Society. These scholars hold academic standing in the top I 0 percent of upper-division, full-time students at SUU.)
Adviser: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Lynn White
Dane Anderson Kamilyn Haywood Kristi Oyler
John L. Baxter Launa Hicken Emilee Palfreyman
Shannon Bridges Christi Jacobsen Shannara Porter
Bradford Backlund Jacob Johnson Richelle Robbins
Jessyka Bowcutt Garrik Jones Shelti Ryland
Amber Brunjes Lindsay Kitt Angelina Schena
Jennifer Carroll Jeric Leavitt Ghada Shabana
Justin Christensen Taylor Mackert Christine Simkins
Julie Clawson Erin Madson Dale Simper
Colton Peterson Jentrie Matheson Jeremy Sumerix
Lauren Curtis Rosie Mansfield Lance Syrett
Colton Douglas Derric Maxfield Dustin Tallerico
Deanna Epler Karin Warnke McEwan Franchesca Van Buren
Robert Ferre Lucia Olivera
Tiffany Hancock Darrell Olmsted
Rachel Hansen
(Students wearing blue and gold medallions, cords and/or stoles are members of Alpha Phi Sigma, the notional criminal justice honor society and the local chapters of Beto Lomdo. Members ore required to maintain a cumulative grade point overage of 3.0, and a grade point overage of3.2 or higher in their criminal justice major or minor. These students also rank in the upper 35 percent of their class.) Adviser: Instructor of Criminal Justice, Wayne Williams
Geoffery Campbell
Benjamin Cox
Cassie Felix
Benton Goodwin
Rachel Hansen
Shasta Lee
Jentrie Matheson
Amy Meredith
Antoinette Romano
Jaren Scott
Shalon Stapley
Matthew Yardley
Traci Webb
Lori Zimmerman
~appa Veltcv Pi (Students wearing purple and green cords ore members of Koppa Delta Pi. on international honor society in education. These scholars carry a grade point overage of at least 3.5 and hove at least 12 credit hours in the education deportment.) Advisers: Lecturer of Teacher Education, Gayle Garrett; Associate Professor of Teacher Education, Karen Atwood
Richa Biasi
Kimberly Cline
Megan Cottam
Shalynn Haley Dean Townsend
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(Students wearing red cords ore members of Lambda Pi E.to, Notional Honor Society in Communication. These scholars hold academic standing of 3.0 or better in their major or minor in communication classes and ore in the upper 2S percent of their class.) Adviser: Assistant Professor of Comrrunication, Matthew Barton
Bryce Catten
Lori Clark
Julie Clawson
Jacob Johnson
Nate Kjar
Derric Maxfield
Tatiana Poliakova
Matt Roper
Dayna Cannon Snow
Melinda Kay Stubbs
Doug Warner
(Students wearing blue and gold cords ore members of Psi Chi, Notional Honor Society in Psychology. These scholars hold academic standing of 3.0 or better in their major or minor in psychology classes and ore in the upper 35 percent of their class.) Adviser: Assistant Professor of Psychology, Luciane Berg
LaRee Anderson
Amy Cheri Campbell
Diane Lenore Carroll
Julie Marie Eberhard
Trisha Leigh Garcia
Laura K. Griffiths
Jilynne Knowles Hafen
Heidi Hill
Michael Scott Maquet
Kristi Lynn Oyler
Cameron Austin Tea
JaeLyn Young
(Students wearing red and white cords ore member of Pi Sigma Alpha Notional Honor Society in Politico/ Science. These scholars hold academic standing of 3.0 or better in their major or minor in politico/ science classes and ore in the upper 35 percent of their class.) Adviser: Assistant Director of the Center for Politics and Public Service, and Dean's Secretary, Dianne Werber
Dan Bott
Geoffrey Chesnut
Julie Clawson
Lauren Curtis
Cami Day
Christa Ekker
Cassie Felix
Rachel Hansen
Shari Iverson
Jacob Johnson
Eric Kirby
Jared Moon
Audrey Nielson
Aimee Oberg
Kurt Richards
Franchesca VanBuren
Shawn Williamson
Matthew Yardley
Richard Slack
(Students wearing light blue and red cords ore members of Phi Alpha Theta National Honor Society in History. These scholars hold academic standing of 3.0 or better in their major or minor in history classes and are in the upper 35 percent of their class.) Adviser: Associate Professor of History, Curtis Bostick
Jamie Y. Gifford
Shanna L. Hales
Rose Ann K. Mansfield
(Students wearing scarlet and black cords are members of Sigma Tau Delta, National Honor Society in E.nglish. These scholars hold academic standing of 3.0 or better in their major or minor in E.nglish classes and are in the upper 35 percent of their class.) Adviser: Associate Professor of English and department chair, Kay Cook
Sharon Butterfield
Roseann Mansfield
Caleb Palfreyman
Wendy Wegner
Lisa Whipple
Kamilynn Savage
(Students wearing red cords ore members of Sigma Delta Pi, Notional Honor Society in Spanish. These scholars hold academic standing of 3.0 or better in their major or minor in Sponish classes and ore in the upper 35 percent of their class.) Adviser: Assistant Professor of Spanish, Hector Garza
Julie Clawson
Dustin Dial
Joseph Luke Pruitt
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Derek Snow, professor of management and marketing, is a stalwart, loyal and
dedicated professional who takes his teaching and service seriously, and who
motivates his students and peers as much by his dynamism and energy as he does by
his excellent teaching techniques. A Professional in Residence, Derek was welcomed to
campus because of his ability to build program enrollment through his teaching skills. In
the business world, he produced numerous business loan packages that totaled more
than $10 million. He restructured previously rejected loan proposals, resulting in more
than $3 million in funding, and all three companies are currently exceeding projections.
He was praised by the national director of the Small Business Administration as one of
the most effective Small Business Directors in the country. Students continually
comment that Professor Snow has positively influenced their career choices and
potential. In addition to all this, he regularly engages in scholarly activity, authoring
papers and presentations for elite academic publications and conferences. Derek holds
a master's degree from Brigham Young University in marketing and international
business, before which he scored in the top five percent on the GMAT entrance exam.
Derek's strength as a teacher is accentuated by his actual practical application of
business principles. His style, intellect, talent and dedication make him an effective
teacher with great magnitude and an invaluable contributor to the Institution.
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In his five years at SUU, Dr. David Christensen has done much to solidify the
reputation and high-caliber of the School of Busine.ss, and especially the accounting
program. Nearly I 00 percent of SUU's master accounting graduates enter lucrative
jobs in areas like taxation, auditing and controllership, immediately upon graduation.
Our students have become partners in firms. Indeed, SUU is a well-known higher
education institution in the halls of accounting firms rated in the nation's Top 5
category, largely due to David's coordinating and supervising of, and contributions to
the program. With an average score in the 80th percentile on the national field exam,
SUU students are known and regarded by the Top 5 as extremely well prepared job
candidates. "The firms always want more of our graduates," Christensen exclaims.
"SUU accounting graduates are sought after." One of the reasons why the
undergraduate and graduate accounting programs are so strong is because its faculty
hold so much practical application, and scholarly experience. David is a leader in this
area. Last year alone, he was the lead author of three papers of significant research
scope that were published in three different authoritative journals. His sought-after
knowledge is, of course, most beneficial to students. In his teaching, David
demonstrates a high regard for practical application and shows diversity in exposing
students to the several topics within the field. Highly-respected on campus, David is
routinely requested to serve on significant University committees dealing with
integral programs like accreditation, strategic planning and faculty impact issues.
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DI STING UIS HE D EDU CATO RS
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At this point, it might be an understatement to say Dr. Helen Chuang is the epitome of a
distinguished educator. Nearly every year, Helen is nominated by students and colleagues as
the Thunderbird Professor of the Year. She was a finalist last year and the winner this year! Last
year, her peers bestowed on her the grand honor of Outstanding Scholar, and again this year, her
achievements and impact are so strong that they simply could not go unrecognized on a high level.
All of her student evaluations score in the 90th-99th percentile. Students appreciate how Helen
show interests in them as individuals, is respectful of their ideas, is well-organized, articulate and
demonstrates mastery of her subject. She mentors select students each year in research projects
combining fieldwork with cutting-edge biotechnology. Helen devotes a considerable amount of time
advising and serving students in organizations and on committees. Her colleagues respect her input
deeply, as she has been asked to serve on six different search committees, and important University
committees dealing with accreditation, faculty development and administrative advisory bodies. A
teacher-scholar, Helen wants to become the best she can be, and to do that, she remains committed
to her students, colleagues and field with enthusiasm, an endearing personality and sincerity.
Dr. Marty Larkin, associate professor of mathematics, has taught the subject at SUU for 14 years,
but this last year has been particularly exemplary. The math education program Marty is
responsible for (she wrote the entire program review) was accredited by the profession's
authoritative accreditation agency. Provost Harraf said of the event: "Moving SUU's Professional
Education Unit to full accreditation was one of our Institution's major goals this academic year."
Marty received a grant for $I 0,000 from the Utah State O ffice of Education to support classes offered
specifically for in-service teachers. Marty acts on state and national committees and is known widely as
an excellent mathematics educator. The Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics awarded her the
"Don Clark Award for Lifetime Contributions to Mathematics Education." Marty, of course, is just as
influential in the classroom. One student's evaluation is typical of most: "Dr. Larkin took time to see
that her students not only understood concepts , but could convey them to others ... She taught us
how to break the cycle (of hating math) and get (students) to love math or at least understand it. She
taught us that having a positive attitude about math could change everything. And indeed it did."
Matthew Schmidt is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition in the Family and Consumer Sciences
Division of the Applied Science Department in the new School of Applied Science and
Technology. He is in his second year of teaching SUU students. But this is not the foundation of his
relationship with SUU; Matthew is a Thunderbird alumnus, having graduated summa cum laude in
1998 with a degree in biology. He holds a master's degree from the University of Utah in nutrition
science. Student evaluations of Matthew's role as a teacher are consistently in the 90th-99th
percentile range. Students acknowledge repeatedly that Matthew makes them feel valued and
respected. He expects them to stretch themselves into new frontiers of achievement, yet he never
abandons them in their exploration of the complexities of nutrition and its application to the
improvement of the human condition. Matthew inspires learning and honed skills with his own
mastery of the subject and the classroom. Matthew makes a valuable contribution to the campus, as
both co-workers and students respond to his sincerity, thoughtfulness and ethic. He takes all of his
endeavors very seriously, but not at the expense of a good sense of humor and a style of human
interaction that is engaging. His colleagues say of him, "Matt is more than just an emerging young
scholar ... he has arrived!"
OUTSTANDING FEMALE STAFF MEMBER
Jean Huntsman has been with the University for 27 years, serving in the controller's
office. She is SUU's Accounts Payable Supervisor. She is one of those people who
always goes to extra measure to make sure her co-workers have what they need,
giving special attention to the Student Association. The nature of her job oftentimes
presents last minute requests and difficult situations, (and a lot of numbers
challenged people), yet jean conducts herself professionally and courteously at all
times, completing tasks most efficiently. She has a very heavy workload, but is
always willing to take on new, necessary tasks to help the University run more
smoothly. Jean hires and trains student interns and employees, helping them bolster
their resume and be more marketable upon graduation. She is a supporter who is
effective because of her cheerfulness, patience and strong work ethic. She has
served on the Staff Association Board, the Activities Committee and is always
present at campus beautifying events. Regarded as a great example of dedication and
loyalty by all , one co-worker in particular wrote about Jean: "I believe the entire
University is a better place to be because of her support of the entire campus
community."
OUTSTANDING MALE STAFF MEMBER
'Matt Zufelt
If there is one thing that can unnerve a person fast, it's computer problems. When
a computer challenge flares, people react, and stress. It's common everywhere,
but less so on the SUU campus, thanks to Matt Zufelt, network system
administrator. There are three things people want, immediately, when they' re
having computer meltdowns: I) they need someone who knows what to do, 2)
they want that person to respond to their needs instantly, and 3) they don't want to
be left feeling like they are stupid. Matt fulfills each of these desires, with class. In his
six years on campus as a professional, (and probably before that, when he was an
SUU student) Matt has appeased, comforted, impressed, supported, and saved
hundreds of his co-workers across campus. He's not in his office very often because
he is always somewhere on campus coming to someone's rescue. Yet somehow,
(and his coworkers marvel at this one) he returns messages right away, and comes
at a moment's notice. Comprehensively knowledgeable about his job, he oftentimes
suggests or provides equipment he knows a person could use to do their job better,
without even being asked for it. Many departments admit that technology integration
would be next to impossible without Matt. Finally, one SUU employee put it best,
"Matt is willing and able to help you and not make you look like an idiot!" Honest,
dedicated and friendly, the level of service Matt provides is far above the simple call
of duty.
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DEAR OLD SUU Marian Ashdown
D 'El & Kimberly Beatty Jeanne P. Lawler
SUU is our school
We will carry on
Heritage, tradition toward a bright new dawn
Nestled near the mountains
'Mid the towering trees
Here you stand so proud and firm
Cooled by the gentle breeze
SUU has taught us
Knowledge will not die
Wisdom is our quest today and victory our cry
We' ll uphold your honor
We'll be true to thee
Southern Utah holds our hearts
Our university
CHORUS:
Learning Lives Forever
Friendships ever true
We will chart our course in life
Right here at SUU
Learning Lives Forever
Friendships ever true
Memories will fill our minds
Of dear old SUU
THE NAMES OF SUU 1897-1913: Branch Normal School 1913-1953: Branch Agricultural College 1953-1969: College of Southern Utah 1969-1991: Southern Utah State College 1991-Present: Southern Utah University
Want to know more about SUU? For more information or comments,
please call (435) 865-8552 or email [email protected]
1 n the spring of 1897 , the Utah Legislature authorized a branch of the state's teacher training school to
be located in Southern Utah. Cedar City was notified in late May that
it had been chosen as the site and for the next three months the citizens labored to complete the Ward Hall and make it
ready for the first school year. In September, the school opened its doors.
School had been in session for only two months, however, when the Attorney General ruled that Cedar City's use of the
Ward Hall did not comply with the provision of the law which required that the school have its own building on land deeded to the state for that purpose. Furthermore, the Attorney General stated
that if a building was not erected by the following September, the school would
be lost. The people of Cedar City set out to do the impossible. Nobody, they argued,
was going to take their school away from them, not even if it meant bucking the mountain snows to get the lumber to construct the new building, which, of
course, it did. On January 5, 1898, a group of men, the first of a long line of townsmen to
face the bitter winter weather of the mountains, left Cedar City. Their task was to cut logs necessary to supply the wood for the new building. They waded through snow that often was shoulder deep, pushing and tramping their way up
the mountains, sleeping in holes scraped out of the snow and covered with mattresses of hay. It took them four days just to reach the sawmills, located near
the present day ski resort, Brian Head. Once they got there they realized they had to go back to Cedar City again. The wagons they brought with them could not carry logs through the heavy snows, and it was determined that sleighs were
needed to do the task. The way back was just as arduous as the trip up. The snow had obliterated the
trail they had originally blazed and the snow was even deeper. The wagons could not make it and were abandoned at a clearing. It was in this phase of their march that an old sorrel horse proved so valuable. Placed out at the front of the party,
the horse, strong and quiet, would walk steadily into the drifts, pushing and straining against the snow, throwing himself into the drifts again and again until
they gave way. Then he would pause for a rest, sitt.ing down on his haunches the way a dog does, heave a big sigh, then get up and start all over again. "Old Sorrel" was credited with being the savior of the expedition.
From January through July they kept up their labors and when September 1898 arrived, the building was almost completed. It had a large chapel for
religious programs and assemblies, a library and reading room, a natural history museum, biological and physical laboratories, classrooms, and offices.
There has probably never been a more romantic founding of any school in
America. The first building was literally torn from icy crags and molded by the hands of more than a hundred men and women. Cedar City had met its greatest
test, and Southern Utah University was given a heritage that few educational institutions possess.
