USU Uintah Basin Commencement Ceremony

USU UINTAH BASIN COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

April 30, 2022

ACADEMIC HERALDRY The history of academic heraldry reaches back into the early days of the university. A statute of 1321 required that all “Doctors, Licentiates and Bachelors” of the University of Columbia wear gowns. When American colleges and universities decided to adopt some suitable system of academic apparel, it seemed best to agree on one that all might follow. From a conference of various institutions’ board representatives held at Columbia University in 1895 came a code of academic dress for higher learning institutions in the United States, which most adopted.

GOWNS The academic gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and is designed to be worn closed. Master’s degree gowns have an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part of its oblong shape is square cut, and the front part has an arc cut away. It is designed this way so it can be worn open or closed. The gown for the doctoral degree has bell-shaped sleeves and may be worn open or closed.

COLORS For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctoral gowns, edging of hoods and tassels of caps, the colors associated with the different academic disciplines are as follows: • • • • • •

Agriculture, Maize Arts, Brown Business, Drab Education and Human Services, Light Blue Engineering, Orange Humanities and Social Sciences, White

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Natural Resources, Russet Science, Gold-Yellow School of Graduate Studies, Black Associate Degrees, Black Integrated Studies, Black

HOODS Academic hoods are worn by recipients of advanced degrees. Master’s degree hoods are three-and-one-half feet in length and lined with the official color(s) of the college or university conferring the degree, which at Utah State University are navy blue and white, displayed in the heraldic chevron. The doctoral hood consists of a larger and longer assemblage of institutional color draped over the recipient’s shoulders, falling well down the back. The binding or edging of the hoods is of velvet or velveteen, three inches wide for the Master’s degree and five inches wide for the doctoral degree.

CAPS Academic caps come in two forms: the traditional mortarboard (from Oxford) or square cap, and a soft cap that resembles an oversized beret (from Cambridge). The mortarboard used by Utah State University is worn with a tassel.

ACADEMIC PROCESSION The commencement procession is composed of three divisions: (1) color guard, University President, Utah Board of Higher Education members, Board of Trustees, administrative officers and special guests; (2) the faculty; and (3) candidates for degrees.

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY UINTAH BASIN

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY PROCESSIONAL White Peaks Centennial Pipe Band

WELCOME James Y. Taylor Associate Vice President, USU Uintah Basin

NATIONAL ANTHEM Alexis Ivins Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key

STUDENT SPEAKER Thao Chau

ADDRESS TO GRADUATES Akosia Colin CTE Business Educator, Uintah School District

CONFERRING OF DEGREES Noelle E. Cockett President

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS James Y. Taylor Associate Vice President, USU Uintah Basin

GREETING TO GRADUATES Kim Larson Executive Director, USU Alumni Association

HONOR SONG & RECESSIONAL Red Spirit Singers

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AKOSIA COLIN

CTE BUSINESS EDUCATOR, UINTAH SCHOOL DISTRICT Commencement Speaker Kosi Colin is an enthusiastic, passionate, and proud South African native. She was born and raised in a small town called Port St Johns, South Africa. Kosi loves life more than the average person. She is a CTE teacher at Vernal Middle School. She received her Bachelor of Technology in public relations management, majoring in communications and public relations at Walter Sisulu University, South Africa, and her Postgraduate Certificate in Education, majoring in business, arts culture, and life skills, at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

In addition, she has completed her advanced digital teaching, focusing on pedagogy, instructional design, and teaching digital citizenship in remote and hybrid settings. Kosi is the co-founder of a non-profit project called Transkei Life, operating as an after-school program in a slum in South Africa. Transkei Life helps children with their education and provides resources to elevate the quality of education the children are receiving. She has also volunteered with similar projects in India, Thailand, and Laos.

THAO CHAU Student Speaker Thao Chau is a proud Vietnamese-American. She was born and raised in Arlington, Texas, and moved to Vernal, Utah, after graduating from high school in 2014. She is a first-generation college graduate. Thao is graduating from Utah State University with an associate of science degree, but she plans to continue her education with the end-goal of becoming a life-flight nurse.

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2022 CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION Names listed in this program do not constitute graduation.

ASSOCIATE DEGREES PROVOST’S OFFICE Francis D. Galey Executive Vice President and Provost ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE – GENERAL TECHNOLOGY Emilee Grace Foley+ Drigs River Neilson++

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE – REGISTERED NURSE (RN) Jason A. Bateman Jacklyn Nicole Beers Ana Aracely Berson+ Katie Rose Borboa Steven Lee Cardwell Shaylee Hope Coonis Shyanne Marie Daybell+ Brandy Marie Haskins Jessica Lynn Jones++ Amber Lee Jorgensen+ Kailsy McDavid Laurin Michelle Lilga+ Heather Morrison Kory Keith Nielsen Jasmin Nilson+ Courtney Marie Oaks+ Aubryn Elizabeth Osiek Karina Prisbrey Alexis Kay Reed+ Ashley Ellen Roberts+ Jessica Lee Stubbs Richelle Joe Taggart Emily Rochelle Talbot+ Teagan Ann Weeks Ashton Jade Weldon

Debbie Dawn Widdison+ Tiffany Woody+

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS – GENERAL STUDIES Lorena Fajardo Gustavo Adolfo Huerta Karina Prisbrey Terra Lyn Schiess+

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE – CRIMINAL JUSTICE Montana Danielle Watt+

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE – GENERAL STUDIES Ashley P. Bastian+ Kalob Smith Bolton++ Roberto Brewer+ Kaitlyn Rose Buckner Thao N. Chau Sydney M. Davis+ Maray Mariah Filfred Shawna Lee Goodrich Cortney L. Hall Amber Lee Jorgensen+ Misty Kettle-Reed Maria M. Larsen++ Taylee Ann Larsen Alyson Christine Lawson Joel Anthony Mendoza Bowde Linden Mold Kiersten Marie Allred Monks Amanda Kristine Navanick –3–

Frederick Bramwell Ogden Garrett Michael Osiek Brittany Michelle Peabody MeLisa D. Arrowchis Pedraza Bethanie Marie Reinhardt Cambry O’Neal Richins Raquel Rodriguez Emily Rochelle Talbot+ Zsaneen Moroney Tanner++ Jennifer Louise Taylor++ Morgan Alice Thacker Crystal Thompson Caleb Daniel Tibbett++ Jeramie Ann Tubbs Christopher Warner Meagan Wilkins Hope M. Zoller

The quality of performance in academic work enables those indicated to be graduates with distinction: ++High Honors.............................................................................................................. grade point average of 3.75 to 4.00 +Honors.......................................................................................................................... grade point average of 3.50 to 3.74 –4–

BACHELOR’S DEGREES COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & APPLIED SCIENCES Kenneth L. White, Dean AGRIBUSINESS Mickel Wayne Womack

AGRICULTURE EDUCATION Dianne Esther Huffman

TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS Justin Tyler Shearer

JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Douglas D. Anderson, Dean ACCOUNTING Kayden Lance Anderson Caleb Jay Hall

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Kayden Lance Anderson Alexander McGonigle Gatherum Yvette Rea

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Andrea Maple

EMMA ECCLES JONES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES

Alan L. Smith, Dean

COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS & DEAF EDUCATION Chandria Gilley Brokaw Stephanie Duncan

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Jaundelis Antriesa Cummings Crystal Thompson Elizabeth Anne Peterson

FAMILY LIFE STUDIES BreeAnn Butterfield* Christina Elisa Colton

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GENERAL STUDIES: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Haleigh Cooley-Bowden*

HEALTH EDUCATION & PROMOTION Jennie Ann Cordingley

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY STUDIES Torrie Linn Austin* Rylee Heather Negus* Sara Trujillo*

NURSING

Lacey Kay Christensen Maddison Nichole Florence Makenzie Lee Holmes Randi Miller* Megan Parker* Nichole Lynn Sorensen Terra Jo Turner Rachel Uresk*

ONLINE PRACTICAL TEACHER TRAINING Torrie Linn Austin* Kaitlyn Rose Buckner Carrie Denise Flugan*** Emilee Wilson**

PSYCHOLOGY

Kasaundra Day Jorgensen

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES Joseph P. Ward, Dean

AMERICAN STUDIES Rebecca Jane Ames**

ENGLISH

Gentry Blair Guymon Suwyn Jessica Swasey***

SOCIAL WORK

Amanda Mae Young**

SOCIOLOGY

Breena Ann Fulton*

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S. J. & JESSIE E. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Chris Luecke, Dean

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES C. Russell Grant

GENERAL STUDIES Kailea Monea Rasmussen

WILDLAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT Makenna Rae Horrocks* Charity Patrice Reynolds*

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Michelle A. Baker, Interim Dean BIOLOGY Delaney Lynn Reary

PROVOST’S OFFICE

Francis D. Galey, Executive Vice President and Provost INTEGRATED STUDIES Adelia Bickerstaff Garrett Ross Eaton Chelsie Lynn Jones Vaughan Webster Lichfield Traci Lynne Potter Raquel Rodriguez*

The quality of performance in academic work enables those indicated to be graduates with distinction: ***Summa Cum Laude ..................................................................................................grade point average of 3.95 to 4.00 **Magna Cum Laude......................................................................................................grade point average of 3.80 to 3.94 *Cum Laude....................................................................................................................grade point average of 3.50 to 3.79 –7–

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Richard Cutler Interim Vice Provost of Graduate Studies

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE S. J. & JESSIE E. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Tommy Dean Platero

Geographic Information Science

MASTER’S DEGREES COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & APPLIED SCIENCES Kirk D. Grant

Master of Education in Agriculture & Applied Sciences

Faith Marie Spencer

Master of Education in Agriculture & Applied Sciences

Ashley Linschoten

Master of Public Health

EMMA ECCLES JONES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES Kellie Percival

Master of Arts in Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education

Amanda Mathews

Master of Education in Psychology

JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Vanessa Liesik

Master of Business Administration

S. J. & JESSIE E. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES Bryan James Clyde

Master of Natural Resources

Cal Deberard

Master of Natural Resources

Oaklee Marie Riley

Master of Natural Resources –8–

UTAH BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Harris H. Simmons, Chair Nina R. Barnes, Vice Chair Aaron V. Osmond, Vice Chair Jesselie B. Anderson Mike Angus Jera L. Bailey Stacey K. Bettridge Lisa Michele Church Wilford Clyde

Sanchaita Datta Alan E. Hall Patricia Jones Crystal Maggelet Tanner Marcum Arthur E. Newell Shawn Newell Valirie Serawop Scott L. Theurer

David R. Woolstenhulme, Commissioner of Higher Education

UTAH STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Kent K. Alder, Chair John Y. Ferry, Vice Chair Clara Alder Gina Gagon David H. Huntsman Kacie Malouf

Wayne L. Niederhauser Steven L. Palmer David A. Petersen Jacey Skinner Tessa White

Janalyn G. Brown, Interim Secretary to the USU Board of Trustees

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY UINTAH BASIN ADVISORY COUNCIL David Brotherson Kent Bunderson Scott Chew Guy Collett Brent Hales David Law Diane MacDonald Deena Mansfield

Bob Peterson Tyler Rasmussen Kyle Snow James Taylor Sylvia Wilkins Ronald Winterton Rick Woodford Ronee Wopsock

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