OSU-Tulsa Spring 2021 Commencement Program

2021

GRADUATION C E R E M O N Y

2021

GRADUATION C E R E M O N Y

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program National Anthem*........................................Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key Graduate Processional*...... Pomp and Circumstance Op. 39, March No.1, Edward Elgar Platform Party and Faculty Processional*..........................Oklahoma State University Pipes and Drums

William E. Tetrick, Pipe Major Highland Cathedral.............................................................. Roever and Korb Scotland the Brave.............................................................................. traditional Welcome.......................................................................................................Pamela Fry

President, Oklahoma State Uuniversity-Tulsa

Greetings............................................................................................. V. Burns Hargis President, Oklahoma State University

Trudy Milner, DO Chair, OSU/A&M Board of Regents OSU-Tulsa Board of Trustees

Brett Lessley Chair, OSU-Tulsa Board of Trustees

OSU Academic Leadership Listed on next page

Conferring of Honorary Doctorate Degree to John Whittington Franklin...................................................................Pamela Fry Remarks.............................................................................John Whittington Franklin Introduction of Grand Marshals and Conferring of Degrees.........................................................................Pamela Fry Celebration of Graduates................................................................................Raj Basu Advisor, OSU-Tulsa President’s Leadership Society

Closing Remarks..........................................................................................Pamela Fry Alma Mater of Oklahoma State University*.....................McCulloch and Ballenger *Please stand

o k l a h o m a s tat e u n i v e r s i t y a l m a m at e r

Proud and immortal, Bright shines your name; Oklahoma State, We herald your fame.

Ever you’ll find us loyal and true, To our Alma Mater, O.S.U.

grand marshals Dr. Raj Basu, associate professor of management in the Spears School of Business, is the recipient of the 2020 OSU-Tulsa President’s Outstanding Teaching Award for his dedication to OSUTulsa students. The award recognizes a faculty member who has made extraordinary efforts in his or her relationship with students.

Raj Basu

Students have described Basu as an outstanding, engaging, and beloved professor who has had both immediate and long-term impact their learning. Not only is he a popular instructor, Basu is also the faculty advisor for OSU-Tulsa’s President’s Leadership Society.

Tom Stone

Dr. Tom Stone, professor of management in the Spears School of Business, is the recipient of the 2020 OSU-Tulsa President’s Outstanding Research Award. The award recognizes a faculty member whose body of scholarship, collaboration and mentoring reflects a commitment to research at OSU-Tulsa.

Stone has been a full professor at OSU since 1989 and has served on the faculties of the University of Iowa, York University and McMaster University in Canada. His research interests include competency modeling, performance appraisal, academic integrity, leadership and decision-making.

OSU Academic Leadership Greetings Bruce Benjamin Vice Provost for Graduate Programs, OSU Center for Health Sciences

Thomas Coon Dean, Ferguson College of Agriculture

Ken Eastman Dean, Spears School of Business

Keith Garbutt

Sheila Johnson Dean, Libraries Jeanette Mendez Interim Provost and Senior Vice President, OSU

Carlos Risco Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine

Paul Tikalsky

Dean, Honors College

Dean, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology

Randy Kluver

Stephan Wilson

Dean, School of Global Studies and Partnerships

Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Sciences

Glen Krutz Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

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Amy R McCready Matthew McCready Jerrett D Phillips Marla Joanne Robinson

Anthony L Rose Joshua Craig Sumrall

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* OSU-Tulsa President’s Leadership Society member

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O S U H O N O R A R Y D O C T O R AT E R E C I P I E N T

JOHN WHITTINGTON FRANKLIN John Whittington Franklin is an accomplished scholar of history and cultural studies, museum professional and member of multiple boards of prestigious cultural institutions as a specialist in the history and traditions of communities of the African Diaspora. Franklin's distinguished career at the Smithsonian Institution began in Senegal in the 1970s and has included the organization of seminars, symposia and cultural heritage festivals throughout the world.

From 2005 until his retirement from the Smithsonian in 2019 he was Senior Manager in the Office of External Affairs at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. As one of that museum’s first employees he played a key role in the design, development and operations of the museum.

For more than 50 years, Franklin has focused his efforts on the critical understanding of African history and African American history as well as the truths, complexities and impacts of the African Diaspora. His work in France related to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, French colonization and the contemporary French-speaking world is internationally recognized.

Franklin is also a community organizer and activist who has advanced the trailblazing work of his father, preeminent historian John Hope Franklin, and his grandfather Buck Colbert Franklin, one of the first African American lawyers in Oklahoma.

Attorney Franklin witnessed the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and legally represented many survivors of the Massacre.

He has dedicated his life and career to the progression of truth and healing, and has spent decades shining a light on neglected dimensions of the African American experience from the 16th to the 21st century.

Franklin is the recipient of the first honorary OSU degree presented by OSU-Tulsa.

t h e t r a d iti o n o f ac a d e m i c d r e s s The costume of those in the inaugural academic procession has a specific symbolism that dates back to at least the 14th century. In 1895, academic institutions in the United States adopted a code of academic dress that has been revised from time to time. The dress of institutions in other countries varies, and there is not a worldwide code, but the basic elements are present in all academic costumes.

THE GOWNS

The bachelor’s gown has long pointed sleeves. The master’s gown has an oblong sleeve open at the wrist (or some older gowns may be open near the upper part of the arm). The doctorate gown has full-length velvet panels on the front and three velvet crossbars on each sleeve in black or in the color distinctive to the subject of the owner’s degree. The gowns are black except for a few instances in which the doctoral gowns are a color representing the institution that conferred the degree.

THE HOODS

The hood, draped over the shoulders and down the back, indicates the subject to which the degree pertains and the university that conferred the degree. The level of the degree is indicated by the size of the hood. The velvet binding of the hood is the color designating the subject of the degree. The lining of the hood is the color or colors of the institution conferring the degree. The lining of the doctoral hood is revealed more than the master’s hood, and much less is revealed in the bachelor’s hood.

THE CAPS

In the United States, the black mortarboard is commonly used. The tassel fastened to the center of the cap is normally worn in the left front quadrant of the cap. It may be black or the color appropriate to the subject of the degree. The tassel for the doctoral cap may be of gold thread.

OSU-TULSA Oklahoma State University-Tulsa is the urban-serving metropolitan branch campus of OSU. Founded in 1999 and located in the historic Greenwood District, OSUTulsa’s downtown campus offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs and graduate certificates that advance careers and improve lives.

OSU-Tulsa’s priorities are improving access to education, collaborating with partners to provide service to the community, delivering premier academic programs, serving as an innovation driver, advancing knowledge through research and leveraging resources to create economic opportunities.

Oklahoma State University is very proud of all our graduates. Every effort is made to include all known graduates in this program. If there are errors or omissions, we apologize. The names provided include all students who registered for graduation or submitted a reservation to OSU-Tulsa before April 30, 2021 at 5 p.m.

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