Western New Mexico University
Fall 2019
Commencement Convocation Friday, the Thirteenth of December
2:00 pm at the Fine Arts Center Theatre Silver City, NM
Mr. James R. Smith
James R. Smith, ’53, ’56, attended what was New Mexico State Teachers’ College in 1949 and became Western New Mexico University during his freshman year. The Indiana native was on the Mustang basketball, football, tennis and track teams and became the first four-sport letterman in a single year at WNMU. He married Martha Wellborn in 1952, served as student body president his senior year, and took a job in Indiana after graduation, moving permanently to New Mexico the following year. After two years of coaching basketball in Lordsburg, Smith was called back to WNMU and made history by becoming the youngest four-year college basketball coach in the nation. With him coaching, the Mustangs defeated both UNM and U of A, also claiming victory over NMSU five times in a row. Eventually, Smith assumed responsibility over WNMU housing operations and put students in charge of the residence halls. Around then, he assisted students in founding the institution’s premier tradition, Great Race, which is going on its 53rd year. Smith prided himself on hosting student-only luncheons for politicians, celebrities, and even astronaut Harrison Hagan “Jack” Schmitt. When he was appointed Dean of Students, Smith gave up his coaching job but took on many other roles, teaching at the university all along. He retired from WNMU in 1984. Smith briefly entered the insurance business then took over Scott Park Golf Course, becoming a Class A then a lifetime member of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America. He organized the Billy Casper Invitation, which provided funds that helped furnish the Gila Regional Medical Center’s Billy Casper Wellness Center and add an ambulance to the community. Smith is active with the WNMU Alumni Association today and will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from WNMU during the fall 2019 commencement ceremony. .
Western New Mexico University Board of Regents
Ms. Janice Baca-Argabright, President San Antonio, New Mexico
Dr. Carl Foster, Vice President Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Tim Stillman, Student Regent Palm Springs, California
Dr. Mary E. Hotvedt, Member Pinos Altos, New Mexico
Mr. Jerry Walz, Member Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Western New Mexico University Administration Executive Officers
Joseph D. Shepard, Ph.D. President
W. Jack Crocker, Ph.D. Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ms. Kelley Riddle Vice President for Business Affairs
Isaac Brundage, Ed.D. Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management
Magdaleno Manzanarez, Ph.D. Vice President for External Affairs
Faculty Marshal Dr. Alireza Arasteh, Professor
Order of Exercises
Processional Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar
Convocation Dr. Alireza Arasteh, Professor
Faculty Marshal
Color Guard Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 358
Pledge of Allegiance
National Anthem Yanette Gomez
Welcome & Introduction of Guests Dr. Joseph D. Shepard
Commencement Address Mr. James R. Smith
Conferral of Honorary Doctorate Degree Mr. James R. Smith
Presentation of Candidates Heather Frankland
Conferral of Degrees Dr. Joseph D. Shepard
Closing Dr. Alireza Arasteh, Professor
Recessional Fanfare and Recessional
James Ployhar
Master Degree Candidates Master of Arts Barry Allen Dotson
Interdisciplinary Studies Lyons, GA Gabrielle Eyrich
Interdisciplinary Studies Silver City, NM Luis Estuardo Figueroa
Educational Leadership Avondale, AZ Shasta Lynn Fox
Interdisciplinary Studies Hilo, HI William Michael Garner
Interdisciplinary Studies Roswell, NM Jane Hoelker
Interdisciplinary Studies Newtown Square, PA Jeanne A Jensch
Interdisciplinary Studies Norwich, NY Charmayne Lynn Joe
Counseling Gallup, NM Myra Lawrence
Educational Leadership El Paso, TX Michelle Felicia Livingston
Counseling Gallup, NM
Jonithan David Mckenzie
Interdisciplinary Studies Albuquerque, NM Monica R Moreno
Interdisciplinary Studies Hanover, NM Sara Ann Nolan
Interdisciplinary Studies Willcox, AZ William Nolan
Interdisciplinary Studies Willcox, AZ Becky A Nutt
Interdisciplinary Studies Greenlee County, AZ Debbie Suzette Silva
Counseling Silver City, NM Jill Rae Smith
Interdisciplinary Studies Phoenix, AZ Laura Tafoya
Counseling San Juan, PR Francine Tapija
Counseling Gallup, NM Noel L Thomas
Educational Leadership Gallup, NM Don Ashley Turlington
Interdisciplinary Studies Saint Augustine, FL Angel G Vidal
Educational Leadership Douglas, AZ Jamie Rose Welch
Counseling Truth or Consequences, NM
Master of Arts in Teaching
Edward John Samuel Amador
Special Education Orange, CA Joycelyn J Archie
Special Education Fort Defiance, AZ Kelley C Bell
Specialization Deming, NM Lacey J Brusin
Elementary Education Waterflow, NM Lynda Call
Reading Education Hurley, NM Jessica Castro-Buelna
Elementary Education Bernalillo, NM Lucinda Trejo Escobar
Reading Education Bayard, NM Holliann Ferber
Elementary Education Safford, AZ Melissa Gallardo
Elementary Education Bayard, NM Brandy E Gravett
Secondary Specialization Crownpoint, NM Lori A Hill
Special Education Boulder City, NV
Angela Ellen Kennedy
Secondary Education Terre Haute, IN Kelcie-Marie Naleieha
Elementary Education Lahaina, HI Breana Martin
Elementary Education Albuquerque, NM Holly Lauren Remondini
Reading Education Deming, NM AnaManuela Rico
Special Education Beshbetoh, AZ Lisa A Tolino
Reading Education Crownpoint, NM
Master of Business Administration
Ashley Michelle Herndon
Las Cruces, NM Baylee Joy Kennedy
Bakersfield, CA Gabriel R Lopez
Silver City, NM Sean Thomas O'Neill
Las Cruces, NM Christopher Ponce
Silver City, NM Grant Soffer
Wyncote, PA Elizabeth A Vasquez
Clifton, AZ Tess Catherine Williamson
Las Cruces, NM
Master of Social Work
Maritza Angulo Calexico, CA Ashley Marie Bailey
Santa Rosa, NM Farrah Jennifer Nicole Bailey
Tucson, Az Liliana Barron
Anthony, NM Mary Beaudin
Colorado Springs, CO Danielle M Bower
Fairfield, CA Geraldene Buntin
Los Lunas, NM Destiny Sierra Butler
El Paso, TX Karen Sue Cain
Bonne Terre, MO Lisa Marie Castaneda-Murillo
Las Cruces, NM Mariessa Brelinsky
Newport, NY Laura Kathryn Dvorak
Hilo, HI Keionda Nashay Edwards
Hollywood, FL Kaitlin Paige Ellis
Deming, NM Tracy R Fawver
Albuquerque, NM
Annajane Edith French
Billings, MT Sarah Anne Gale
Klamath Falls, OR Cassandra Lorraine Garcia
Silver City, NM Elena G Garcia
Clovis, NM Jessica Irene Garcia
El Paso, TX Michelle A Grayless
Silver City, NM Tiara Shanice Hanks
Killeen, TX Malissa Bobbi Harris
Treasure Island, FL Scherrie Lynn Hartman
Clovis, NM Nancy Heyrend
Idaho Falls, ID Emily Anne Hill
Denver, CO Abigail J Holak
Duluth, MN Kasey Michelle Hopkins
Dallas, TX Richelle C Hufnagel
Elephant Butte, NM Emma Humphrey
Minneapolis, MN Tiffany D Jones
Alexandria, LA
Sylvia Marie Knotts
Grants, NM Brooke L Krokus
Oakton, VA Bobbie Fay LaRocque
Alamogordo, NM Stephanie M Lazarin
Las Cruces, NM Felicia A Ledesma
Albuquerque, NM Nykilah Torres Lucero
Albuquerque, NM Iliana Monique Luna
El Paso, TX Jennifer Machado
Portales, NM Melissa Lynn Martin
Lexington, NC Olivia M Martinez
Hamilton, NJ Jessie McManus
Fort Myers, FL Suzanne Moore
Eastvale, CA Christopher Alan Olsson
Las Cruces, NM Jahna Marie Perrine
Alamogordo, NM Joclyn Phillips
Champlin, MN Gladys Ramirez
Deming, NM
Alison Lynn Reece
Fort Morgan, CO Sharleen Mary Rivera
Hollywood, FL Erika Lorraine Ramos
Silver City, NM Gabriela Sanchez
Calexico, CA Rebecca Danielle Sanchez
Deming, NM Brittney Michelle Schwind
Portland, OR Fedencia Chona Silva
Hereford, TX Jessica Laura Smith
Alamogordo, NM Andrea Leigh Straight
Fairmont, WV Farah Sultan
Manchester, England Rachel A Sutherlin
Albuquerque, NM Heather Elizabeth Tallman
Morgantown, WV Angel Thomas
Mobile, AL Mona Torres
Las Cruces, NM Mariah Monique Trujillo
Albuquerque, NM Alexis N Walter
Casper, WY Susan E Wells
Albuquerque, NM
Graduate Certificate Candidates
Liliana Barron Rural Community Social Work Services Anthony, NM Mary Beaudin
Rural Community Social Work Services Colorado Springs, CO Mary Beaudin
School Social Work Colorado Springs, CO Reynaldo D Belen Jr
Special Education Manila, PH Mariessa Brelinsky
Rural Community Social Work Services Newport, NY Geraldene Buntin
Rural Community Social Work Services Los Lunas, NM Destiny Sierra Butler
Rural Community Social Work Services El Paso, TX Karen Sue Cain
Social Work Services to Military Families Bonne Terre, MO Ignosencia V Campos
Educational Leadership Las Cruces, NM
Keionda Nashay Edwards
Rural Community Social Work Services Hollywood, FL Kaitlin Paige Ellis
Rural Community Social Work Services Deming, NM Sarah Anne Gale
Rural Community Social Work Services Klamath Falls, OR Cassandra Lorraine Garcia
Rural Community Social Work Services Silver City, NM Michelle A Grayless
Rural Community Social Work Services Silver City, NM Nancy Heyrend
Rural Community Social Work Services Idaho Falls, ID Abigail J Holak
School Social Work Duluth, MN Jocelyn M Hughes
School Social Work Indiana, PA Brandi M Jaure
Social Work Services to Military Families Silver City, NM Tiffany D Jones
Rural Community Social Work Services & Social Work Services to Military Families Alexandria, LA
Sylvia Marie Knotts Rural Community Social Work Services Grants, NM Bobbie Fay LaRocque
Social Work Services to Military Families Alamogordo, NM Myra Lawrence
Educational Leadership El Paso,TX Felicia A Ledesma
Rural Community Social Work Services Albuquerque, NM Nykilah Torres Lucero
Rural Community Social Work Services Albuquerque, NM Jennifer Machado
Rural Community Social Work Services Portales, NM Anita Y Martos
Educational Leadership Las Cruces, NM Jessie McManus
Social Work Services to Military Families Fort Myers, FL Christopher Alan Olsson
School Social Work Las Cruces, NM Heather Hutchinson Page
Special Education Moriarty, NM
Gladys Ramirez
Rural Community Social Work Services Deming, NM Sharleen Mary Rivera
Rural Community Social Work Services Hollywood, FL Erika Lorraine Ramos
Rural Community Social Work Services Silver City, NM Yamilex Romero
Art Deming, NM Hollie Laudal Salazar
Mathematics Taos, NM Gabriela Sanchez
School Social Work Calexico, CA Rebecca Danielle Sanchez
Rural Community Social Work Services Deming, NM Jane Faith Schauermann
Mathematics Taos, NM Debbie Suzette Silva
Chemical Dependency Silver City, NM Fedencia Chona Silva
Rural Community Social Work Services Hereford, TX Jessica Laura Smith
Rural Community Social Work Services Alamogordo, NM
Andrea Leigh Straight
Rural Community Social Work Services Fairmont, WV Farah Sultan
Rural Community Social Work Services Manchester, England Mona Torres
Rural Community Social Work Services Las Cruces, NM Mariah Monique Trujillo
Rural Community Social Work Services Albuquerque, NM Don Ashley Turlington
Border Security Studies Saint Augustine, FL Don Ashley Turlington
Digital Forensics Saint Augustine, FL Susan E Wells
Rural Community Social Work Services Albuquerque, NM
Baccalaureate Degree Candidates
Christopher J Alvarez
BS Criminal Justice Lordsburg, NM April L Anderson
BSN Nursing Sonoita, AZ Cindy Arbogast
BSN Nursing Santa Fe, NM
Kimberly Ann Argo*
BSN Nursing Deming, NM Jeffrey T Arrington*
BSN Nursing Deming, NM David Jeremiah Avelar
BS Criminal Justice Long Beach, CA Martina Casas Baca
BIS Interdiscipliary Deming, NM Lizbeth Beltran-Tadeo
BS Criminal Justice Albuquerque, NM Jasmine Kaur Bhupal
BA English Galt, CA Peggy Jean Birkholz
BS Secondary Education Lovell, WY Manuel L Brown*
BSW Social Work Gallup, NM Philip Charles Brown*
BAS Criminal Justice Lockport, IL Debra Brundage*
BAS Criminal Justice Fort Myers, FL Robert Burchett*
BS Forest Wildlife Silver City, NM Hannah Jordan Burnette*
BS Elementary Education Hurley, NM
Hilary Danielle Christian*
BSW Social Work Spencer, IN Sarah Grace Clonts*
BA Kinesiology Safford, AZ Jordan Alexis Collins
BS Early Childhood Education San Tan Valley, AZ Kaycie M Cormier*
BS Kinesiology Douglas, AZ Brynae Leighanne Cotton*
BSN Nursing Phoenix, AZ Edward Daniel Crowther
BS Criminal Justice Albuquerque, NM Vanessa Cruz
BA Chemical Dependency Deming, NM Lisa Marie Cummings*
BSW Social Work Lehi, UT Tanesha Damon*
BS Criminal Justice Red Mesa, AZ Quynetta Lyn De La O*
BSN Nursing Quemado, NM Tania Diaz*
BSN Nursing San Jose, CA Victoria Diaz*
BAS Rehabilitation Services Hagerman, NM
Gloria Ruth Miriam Dirmeyer
BAS Criminal Justice Datil, NM Alison Dorethy Duggan*
BS Early Childhood Education Albuquerque, NM Isaiah Edwards
BAS Criminal Justice San Diego, CA Matthew R Emery
BIS Interdisciplinary Las Cruces, NM Leah Ferguson*
BSW Social Work Bellingham, WA Ciara Fields*
BS Cell & Molecular Biology El Paso, TX Thomas Jason Fredrickson
BBA Marketing Douglas, AZ Marisa Noelle Gallardo*
BSN Nursing Bayard, NM John Gallegos*
BBA Marketing Rio Rancho, NM Matthew Jeremy Galvan
BS Sociology Los Angeles, CA Mary Elizabeth Gandara
BSW Social Work Silver City, NM Mariangela Crystal Garcia*
BSN Nursing Tucson, AZ
Angela L Gibson*
BSN Nursing Albuquerque, NM Alexis Brittny Gonzalez
BS Kinesiology Phoenix, AZ Sharon Grande*
BAS General Business Silver City, NM Anna Grone*
BS Cell & Molecular Biology Gilbert, AZ Harmony Jaye Hayes*
BSN Nursing Albuquerque, NM Nachele Angela Ebo Hemphill*
BSW Social Work Atlanta, GA Roi W Hines
BIS Interdisciplinary Louisville, GA Kara Michelle Holguin*
BSW Social Work Las Cruces, NM Joshua Neal Hudson*
BS Cell & Molecular Biology Peoria, AZ Antonio Delgado Jacquez
BS Kinesiology Silver City, NM Jelani Milan James
BAS Criminal Justice Buffalo, NY Dylan Thomas Johnson
BBA Business Management Tucson, AZ
Tyrone Jon Kay*
BS Chemical Dependency Church Rock, NM Joshua David Kingsbury*
BS Criminal Justice Albuquerque, NM Alpana Kirti
BAS Rehabilitation Services Las Cruces, NM Laura Ann Leslie
BSW Social Work Iyanbito, NM Rhoda Blum-Lewis*
BIS Interdisciplinary Charleston, AR Rachel Ann Lowry*
BAS Rehabilitation Services Silver City, NM Guadalupe Mata*
BSN Nursing Anton Chico, NM Phoebe Anna Mathieu
BAS Rehabilitation Services Silver City, NM Wesley L Mauia
BS Sociology Stockton, CA Tatyana Jainece Mcfarland BIS Interdisciplinary Riverside, CA Nathan Ross McGeorge
BSN Nursing Gila, NM Andrea Francela Meza*
BS Early Childhood Care & Education Albuquerque, NM
Jeanné Ann Miller*
BSW Social Work Silver City, NM Delytte Minor*
BS Psychology Los Angles, CA Amanda Marie Mondello*
BSN Nursing Arenas Valley, NM David Montes*
BSN Nursing Silver City, NM Connor L C Mowat
BS Criminal Justice Lahaina, Maui Arlean Murillo
BA Early Childhood Care & Education Santa Teresa, NM Daniel Louis Myers
BS Criminal Justice Ruidoso, NM Sai Aukana Nakoa
BS Criminal Justice Kahuluik, HI Jennifer Lyn Nicastro
BAS Rehabilitation Services Prescott, AZ Celena Nores*
BS Early Childhood Education San Patricio, NM Robyn Elizabeth North
BS Forest Wildlife Bayard, NM Adrianna Nellie Odogui*
BSN Nursing Phoenix, AZ
Maria T Olmos
BS Early Childhood Care & Education Deming, NM Kristopher John Pacheco*
BS Forest Wildlife Deming, NM Vanessa Padilla
BAS Rehabilitation Services Silver City, NM Savannah Marie Parga*
BSN Nursing Bayard, NM Melissa Payne
BIS Interdisciplinary Albuquerque, NM Steven Perea
BAS Criminal Justice Bayard, NM Anner Marie Perryman
BS Psychology Tucson, AZ Danielle Phagan
BS Criminal Justice Yuma, AZ Ziena Rose Rios*
BS Psychology Silver City, NM Randy Alfredo Rodriguez
BS Kinesiology Lordsburg, NM Christine Roerick*
BBA Business Management Albuquerque, NM Dystine'e D Romero*
BAS Rehabilitation Services Las Cruces, NM
Kaylee Ruebush*
BBA Business Management Silver City, NM Megan Erin Saenz
BA Sociology Silver City, NM Cassandra Saldivar
BIS Interdisciplinary Deming, NM Adetta Samuels
BSW Social Work Brooklyn, NY Maria Sanchez
BA Early Childhood Care & Education Albuquerque, NM Celina D Shannon
BSN Nursing Arenas Valley, NM Alyssa Anne Sheehan
BSN Nursing New Haven, CT Rebecca M Sorrell*
BSN Nursing Silver City, NM Cynthia M Stoehner
BIS Interdisciplinary Rodeo, NM Garrett Daniel Stroud
BS Cell & Molecular Biology Silver City, NM McKenzie Ann Swallow*
BAS Rehabilitation Services Mandan, ND Jonathon Ryan Talley
BAS Criminal Justice Albuquerque, NM
Zachary Tecca
BS Zoology & Botany Lordsburg, NM Mikaela M Turner*
BSN Nursing Deming, NM Nikki Lynnette Vasquez
BS Kinesiology Silver City, NM Aljanet M. Wade*
BS Early Childhood Care & Education Albuquerque, NM Christine Ellen Wasosky
BSW Social Work Elephant Butte, NM Allison Grace Waterman*
BA English & History Jamestown, NY Isaac Jefferson Wenning*
BSN Nursing Gallup, NM Joshuah Wright*
BS Forest Wildlife Silver City, NM Hilary Danielle Christian*
BSW Social Work Spencer, IN Alicia Frances Zubia
BBA Accounting El Paso, TX *Baccalaureate Degree Candidates who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or above and are designated for honors.
Associate Degree Candidates
Leticia Maria Allen
AA Human Services Grants, NM Jocelyn Renee Arellano
AA Early Childhood Education & Family Support Bayard, NM Esteban Arroyos
AAS Welding Technology Silver City, NM William Anthony Austin
AA Liberal Studies Decatur, IL Lauren Brooke Bednorz
AS Business Administration Lordsburg, NM Yvonne Ann Carrillo
AA Liberal Studies Bayard, NM Kayden Ronald Cook
AA Liberal Studies Silver City, NM Anika Driver
AS Business Administration Socorro, NM Jo Lynn Guerrero
AS Criminal Justice Deming, NM Stefano Hernandez
AA Liberal Studies Las Cruces, NM Adriana Marin
AA Liberal Studies Deming, NM
Shayla McBride AAS Welding Technology Silver City, NM Ruben Mijarez
AS Criminal Justice El Paso, TX Eusebia Navarro-Brown
AA Human Services Silver City, NM Yossie Nieblas
AS Business Administration Deming, NM Savannah Marie Parga
AS Business Administration Bayard, NM Melissa Maurie Rios
AS Criminal Justice Bayard, NM Andru David Sanchez
AAS Electrical Technology Bayard, NM Alex Christian Snyder
AS Criminal Justice Deming, NM Juan Woods
AAS Welding Technology Hurley, NM
Undergraduate Certificate Candidates
Esteban Arroyos
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Carlos M Campos
Welding Technology Deming, NM
Benita Harry
Law Enforcement Crownpoint, NM Mikaelo Martinez
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Selena Paez
Law Enforcement Deming, NM Andru David Sanchez
Electrical Technology Bayard, NM Cyrus Jedediah Selke
Electrical Technology Jacksonville, FL Juan Woods
Welding Technology Hurley, NM
Fast-Track Certificate Candidates
Trentin Apodaca Welding Technology Deming, NM Esteban Arroyos
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Carlos M Campos
Welding Technology Deming, NM Josue Carrasco
Welding Technology Deming, NM
Jacobi David Lockett
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Mikaelo Martinez
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Kodie McNeil
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Adrian Richard Melon
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Marvin Morales
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Edgar Rodriguez
Welding Technology Columbus, NM Andru David Sanchez
Electrical Technology Bayard, NM Cyrus Jedediah Selke
Electrical Technology Jacksonville, FL Justin Taylor
Welding Technology Silver City, NM Brody Torres
Welding Technology Silver City, NM
Honors Medallion
Baccalaureate students who are graduating with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher are awarded a bronze medallion noting their academic achievement. The medallion worn by honors graduates during the commencement acknowledges the student’s and the university’s commitment to academic excellence.
Honor Societies & Clubs:
Alpha Phi Signa (Criminal Justice) Phi Alpha (Social Work Royal Blue Letters on Gold Stole Blue & Gold Cord Officers-Royal Blue & Gold Cord Pi Gamma Mu (Social Sciences)
Associate Students of WNMU Gold Letters on Royal Blue Stole Silver Cord Psi Chi (Psychology) Cardinal Key National Honor Society Blue & Gold Cord Red Letters on White Stole Active Members-Gold Cord Sigma Delta Pi (Spanish) Officers-Red Cord Red & Gold Cord Master Students-White Cord Sigma Tau Delta (English) Delta Mu Delta (Business Administration) Honor Cord for Full Membership Purple & Gold Cord Society for Education in Politics (SEP) El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MECHA) Pink & Black Cord Red, White & Green Cord Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computing & Information) Kappa Delta Pi (Education Honor Society) All Members-Maroon/White Green & Purple Cord VICA (Vocational Industrial Club of America) Mathematics & Computer Science Club Associate-White Letters on Red Sash Club Members-Black & Silver Bachelor-White Letters on Red Sash with Gold Tassel Club Officers-Black/Silver/Gold WNMU Student Hall of Fame Inductee Millennium III Honors Program Purple Cord Gold Letters on Purple Stole
National Society of Leadership & Success Red & Black Cord
Academic Regalia
Academic Regalia date back to the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Scholars were members of religious orders, then guilds. The university was a guild of Masters of Arts, where the Bachelor was an apprentice to the Master. The first known statute governing academic dress appeared in 1321 at the University of Coimbra (Italy); in the United States the practice goes back to 1754 when King George II transplanted many regulations from Oxford and Cambridge to the newly chartered King’s College (now Columbia University).
The principal features of the academic regalia are the cap, gown and hood. The bachelor’s gown is distinguished by long pointed sleeves and is worn closed, while the master’s gown, which may be worn open or closed, has a long closed sleeve from which the forearm emerges through the slit near the elbow. The doctor’s gown is faced with broad velvet panels and has full round sleeves, which bear three velvet bars. The square cap originated at Oxford in the sixteenth century and is the same for all degrees, with the tassel in black or in the color of the field of study; doctors are privileged to wear gold tassels.
Originally the hood was a tippet, a shoulder covering worn by medieval friars, which, during the fourteenth century, came to be used to cover the head. When caps were adopted in the fifteenth century, hoods became ornamental and were draped over the shoulders and down the back. Today, the length of the hood and the width of the velvet border that edges it vary with the degree, while the color of the border represents the field of learning. Examples are: Arts, Letters, Humanities ............................................... White Business Commerce ...................................................... Drab Communication .............................................................. Red Education & Counseling ................................................. Blue (light) Engineering…………………………………………………. Orange Fine Arts ........................................................................ Brown Law ................................................................................ Purple Music ............................................................................. Pink Nursing ……………………………………………………… Apricot Occupational Therapy……………………………………… Peacock Blue Oratory .......................................................................... Grey (silver) Philosophy …………………………………………………. Blue (dark) Physical Education ......................................................... Green (sage) Science .......................................................................... Yellow (gold) Social Work .................................................................... Yellow Theology ........................................................................ Scarlet
Physical Education ................................................... Green (sage) Science ..................................................................... Yellow (gold) Social Work .............................................................. Yellow Theology ................................................................... Scarlet
To respect the graduates, the audience is to remain seated throughout the recessional.
Note: Picture takers, please do not block the path of the graduates to
or from the stage.
Complimentary pictures of the graduates will be taken while receiving diploma.
You can link to the page using this URL:
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to download your pictures.
You can view the ceremony live stream at URL: https://mediasite.wnmu.edu/Mediasite6/Catalog/Full/5dc22bc02ca44280b611ff55bca62ebb21