Millikin University 2018 Graduate Commencement Ceremony Program

M A S T E R O F BU SI N E S S A DM I N I ST R AT IO N

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

MAY 19, 2018

Commencement Speaker

Erik C. Brechnitz Erik Brechnitz served on the Millikin Board of Trustees from 1996 to 2008 and now serves as Trustee Emeritus. Mr Brechnitz is Senior Vice-President of the Brechnitz Group of Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Erik, and his wife Nancy, currently divide their time between their homes in Decatur, Illinois and Marco Island, Florida.

Commencement Student Speaker

Scott M. Fawley'18 Scott M. Fawley will graduate tonight with his Master’s in Business Administration degree. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Illinois in 1993.

Scott M. Fawley Class of 2018 Graduate Master of Business Administration

Scott is originally from Carbondale, IL, and is currently a Maintenance Supervisor at Mueller Company. Scott, and his wife Jami, live in Decatur with their four children.

President Patrick E. White, Presiding with Provost Jeffery P. Aper FACULTY MARSHALS:

Dr. Ngozi Onuora, Associate Professor of Education Dr. Paul Toure, Associate Professor of Modern Languages

STUDENT MARSHALS:

Brock O. Barnes, Sophomore, Physical Education Major Caleb M. Williams, Junior, Political Science Major

The audience will rise with the entrance of the Academic Procession, and will remain standing for the Invocation.

PROCESSIONAL

“Allegro Molto from Divertimento No. 14 K 270” - WA Mozart (arr. by Voxman) Eidolan Woodwind Quintet - Claire E. Taylor, Director

INVOCATION

Rev. Dr. Miley E. Palmer - Associate Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Decatur, IL

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION President White

STUDENT SPEAKER

“It’s the People, Stupid” Scott M. Fawley, MBA Class of 2018

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

“5 Reasons to be Optimistic about the Future"

Erik C. Brechnitz, Senior Vice-President of the Brechnitz Group of Raymond James & Associates

SPECIAL MUSIC

“Gaismina Ausa (The Dawn) from Suite of Old Lettish Dances” Andrejs Jansons Eidolan Woodwind Quintet

THE CONFERRING OF DEGREES

The Master of Business Administration Degree

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Philip B. Blankenburg - Chairman, Board of Trustees

WELCOME TO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Paul Lidy, Class of 2004 - President of the Alumni Association Board

TASSEL CEREMONY

Andrew J. Huss - MBA Class of 2018 The audience will rise and remain standing for the Alma Mater, Benediction, and until the academic procession has exited the theatre.

SINGING OF THE ALMA MATER Howard Akers (arr. by Tina Nicholson) Eidolan Woodwind Quintet

To the Blue and the White we will loyal be, Hail our Alma Mater With our voices we’ll sing ever faithfully, Hail our Alma Mater Her cherished traditions we’ll uphold, Our loyalty will ne’er grow old Loyal sons and daughters we always will be, Hail our Alma Mater.

BENEDICTION - Reverend Palmer The audience will remain standing until the academic procession has exited the arena.

RECESSIONAL

“Sarabumbals from Suite of Old Lettish Dances” - Andrejs Jansons Millikin University Eidolan Woodwind Quintet (Madeline A. Moylan, flute; Emily E. Sheffer, clarinet; Nicholas G. Tipsword, French horn; Mikaela K. Wattleworth, oboe; Professor Claire E. Taylor, bassoon & faculty coach)

Dr. Najiba Benabess, Dean

TABOR SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Blake Tristan Albritton Bloomfield Hills, MI Management

Daniel Bradford III Decatur, IL Management

Derek William Cliff Forsyth, IL Management

Sean Leslie Ekiss Mount Zion, IL Management

Scott Michael Fawley Sr. Decatur, IL Management

Daniel Feuerborn Forsyth, IL Management

Devin Avery James Flanagin Decatur, IL Management

Travis Michael Goveia Downs, IL Management

Mark McAllister Grathwohl Decatur, IL Management

David Alan Haines Oreana, IL Management

Theodore Chad Harbour Decatur, IL Management

Tonya R. Hines Decatur, IL Management

Andrew Joseph Huss Saint Charles, MO Management

Karl E. Kemnitz Maroa, IL Management

Kathleen Ann McCartney Latham, IL Management

Michael Dale Nash Decatur, IL Management

Andrenique Patrice Newbon Decatur, IL Management

Kristi Cook Nottelmann Decatur, IL Management

Lisa Marie Pratt Oakley, IL Management

Mary Kathleen Tenney Decatur, IL Management

Timothy Ray Wickenhauser Bloomington, IL Management

Erika Jo Wilson Metamora, IL Management

M I L L I K I N U N I V E R S I T Y M B A C O M M E N C E M E N T G R A D U AT E S

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The appearance of names on this program does not necessarily signify the issuance of degrees.

Honors are based on previous term. We regret that later changes may not be reflected in the Commencement Program.

Photographs may be taken at any time during the ceremony, but please observe common courtesy for others.

AT MILLIKIN, WE PREPARE STUDENTS FOR: professional success; democratic citizenship in a global environment; and a personal life of meaning and value.

The regalia worn by participants in this afternoon’s academic procession are an extension of a medieval tradition and symbolize the highest academic degree earned by the wearer and the academic institution awarding the degree.

The robe is usually black with a semi-stiff yoke and pleated front. The bachelor’s gown has pointed open sleeves with no ornamentation; the master’s gown has longer, crescentshaped sleeves; the doctor’s gown has full-length lapels of velvet and bell-shaped sleeves with three horizontal velvet bars. The doctor’s gown and the velvet bars may be a color reflecting the wearer’s field of study.

The doctor’s hood is the longest and fullest. The color of lining of the hood indicates the degree-granting institution. The doctoral gown is usually faced with black or blue velvet down the front, and there are three bars of black or blue velvet across the sleeves. The facing and crossbars may also be done in velvet in the color distinctive of the subject for which the degree was awarded, or in colors of the institution awarding the degree. The color of the trim signifies the field of study: white, arts and letters; golden yellow, science; purple, law; apricot, nursing; green, medicine; olive drab, business and accounting; lemon, library science; scarlet, theology; dark blue, philosophy; pink, music; light blue, education.

Candidates for degrees in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Professional Studies at Millikin University wear white tassels except for nursing degree candidates who wear apricot tassels. Candidates for the bachelor of science degree in the Tabor School of Business wear olive drab tassels. Students in the College of Fine Arts wear brown tassels except for bachelor of music candidates who wear pink tassels.

Tassels are worn on the right side of the mortarboard until the degree is conferred and then will be shifted to the left side by the entire graduating class.

Members of the faculty with advanced degrees wear hoods in the colors of their degrees and the granting institutions. The facing of the hood denotes the field of study while the colors of the lining are those of the college or university which conferred the degree.

Millikin University confers honorary doctorates; linings for these hoods are Yale blue and white.

Tassels for advanced degrees are normally black, except doctorates may be of gold metallic thread. Tassels may also be colored as are the facings of the hoods for advanced degrees: arts, letters and humanities, white; business and accounting, olive drab; education, light blue; music, pink; philosophy, dark blue; science, golden yellow; law, purple; library science, lemon; theology, scarlet; etc.

The processional is led by student marshals, who are generally selected by Student Senate.

Two senior professors serve as faculty marshals. Following them in the processional are the faculty; University trustees, who wear distinguishing purple hoods and mortarboards; and the platform party.

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