Commencement 2023

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USU MOAB COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

April 27, 2023

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 MOAB COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY PROCESSIONAL

Music by Ryan Barnum, Dave Stewart & Jeff Gutierrez

NATIONAL ANTHEM WELCOME & LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Lianna Etchberger Associate Vice President, USU Moab

STUDENT SPEAKER Amra Hubbard-Harrison

ADDRESS TO GRADUATES

Peter Lawson Owner, Operator of Professor Valley Ranch

CONFERRING OF DEGREES Laurens H. Smith Provost & Chief Academic Officer, USU

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS Lianna Etchberger Associate Vice President, USU Moab

GREETING TO GRADUATES

Steven L. Palmer President of the USU Alumni Association & USU Trustee

RECESSIONAL

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PETER LAWSON OWNER, OPERATOR OF PROFESSOR VALLEY RANCH Commencement Speaker Peter Q. Lawson was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1980 and immediately went to work for his family at Alta Ski Area.

After 11 years of working in the family business, Peter was ready for a new adventure. In 1991, he purchased Professor Valley Ranch and moved to Moab. To this day, Peter and his family enjoy living and working on the ranch located in the spectacular cliff-lined valley with views of the La Sal Mountains and red rocks.

Peter’s longtime affiliation with Utah State University and the S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources stems back to his grandparents — the college’s namesakes.

Peter has been an avid supporter of students enrolled in various programs in the Quinney College of Natural Resources and has hosted them at his home for a variety of hands-on learning experiences at the ranch. He was also instrumental in providing support for the Janet Quinney Lawson Chair in Colorado River Studies at Utah State. In addition to his ongoing support of conservation, charitable, and educational endeavors in the Moab Valley, Peter and his family have been foundational in seeing our new USU Moab campus come to fruition.

AMRA HUBBARD-HARRISON Student Speaker

Amra Hubbard-Harrison will be graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in integrated studies. He began his undergraduate study at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles.

He has vivid memories of negotiating Los Angeles traffic on his road bike to make it to class on time. His ambition as a professional cyclist led him to transfer to Colorado Mesa University (CMU) to train under a coach he had always admired.

Two years into his studies, a philosophy course at CMU challenged Amra to ask himself: are you doing exactly what you want to be doing right now? The truth led the 20-year-old to spend the next two years traveling throughout Europe instead. He spent six months in a cabin in the mountains above Sarajevo, Bosnia, and a year training and racing sled dogs in Norway before he ultimately moved to Moab, drawn in by the culture of outdoor adventures. While he was finishing his studies at USU Moab, he became an advanced EMT with Grand County EMS, and a member of Grand County Search and Rescue. After graduation, Amra looks forward to enjoying Moab’s beauty, woodworking, and exploring opportunities to apply his diverse experience to a meaningful cause.

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2023 CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION Names listed in this program do not constitute graduation.

CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP Conrado Pastor ++ MEDICAL ASSISTANT Megan Flynn ++

PRACTICAL NURSING Alicia Dawn Cervantes Pennellope Decaria ++ Kristian Briana Hutchinson Chelsey Mclaughlin Sydney R. Smith + Alyssa Amoire Wilson +

CERTIFICATE OF PROFICENCY CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT Christina Behling + Bianca Bell ++ Alyssa Benedict Litzi Gutierrez Monica Ovando ++ DIGITAL DESIGN Tess Marksberry PHLEBOTOMY Christina Behling Raeme Clark ++ Litzi Gutierrez Monica Ovando ++ Sara Wall ++

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ASSOCIATE DEGREES PROVOST’S OFFICE Laurens H. Smith Provost & Chief Academic Officer ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE – GENERAL TECHNOLOGY Tess Marksberry

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE – NURSING Madison Barney ++ Michael Calvert ++ Dan Dial ++ John Garcia + Madeline Jenkinson ++ Quincy Masur ++ Hannah Stripeika ++

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE – SMALL BUSINESS OPERATIONS Preston John Henning

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE – GENERAL STUDIES Rocky Audenreid Alicia Dawn Cervantes Pennellope Decaria Dan Dial ++ Kayla Nicole Hawkins Corah Eden Moody ++ Jamie Reidhead ++ Nicole Renee Slighting Jefferson Gerald Wakefield Alyssa Wilson + Alex Winder

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 EMMA ECCLES JONES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES Alan L. Smith, Dean

COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS & DEAF EDUCATION Lisa Jacobs **

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Candice Marie Gary *

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY STUDIES Estee Christine Squires **

NURSING Carmen Raye Holyoak *** Alia Jean Welsh ** Sara Wall *

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

Riley Thomas Manley **

SOCIOLOGY

Cabrielle Andersen **

PROVOST’S OFFICE

Laurens H. Smith, Provost & Chief Academic Officer INTEGRATED STUDIES Anjelica Juliet Dixon Amra Hubbard-Harrison *** Lily Amanda Jensen *

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 –5–

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES Richard Cutler Vice Provost of Graduate Studies

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE S.J. & JESSIE E. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES Christopher Matthew Michaud Geographic Information Science

MASTER’S DEGREES COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & APPLIED SCIENCES Bryton Betty

Master of Education in Career & Technical Education

EMMA ECCLES JONES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES Cadie Michelle Richardson

Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction

Kimberly Kathleen Mogensen

Master of Education in Education Technology & Learning Science

Joan Elyia Miller

Master of Public Health in Health Education & Promotion

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES Yvette Tarin Alba

Master of Social Work

Taylor Flanders

Master of Social Work

Rebecca Louise Hinchcliff Master of Social Work

Shylo Shantae Robertson Master of Social Work

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UTAH BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION Korianne Gibson Patricia Jones Arthur E. Newell Shawn Newell Steve Starks Scott L. Theurer Richard Wheeler Xitlalli Villanueva

Lisa Michele Church, Chair Jesselie Barlow Anderson, Vice Chair Grace Acosta Stan L. Albrecht Julie Beck Stacey K. Bettridge Rich Christiansen Sanchaita Datta Hope Eccles

David R. Woolstenhulme, Commissioner of Higher Education

UTAH STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Steven L. Palmer David A. Petersen Abraham Rodriguez Jacey Skinner Tessa White

Kent K. Alder, Chair John Y. Ferry, Vice Chair Gina Gagon David H. Huntsman Kacie Malouf Wayne L. Niederhauser

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

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY MOAB ADVISORY COUNCIL Joe Kingsley Ashley Korenblat Mary McGann Jen Sadoff Dave Sakrison Jason Taylor

Jim Webster, Chair Leticia Bentley Samantha Campbell Lianna Etchberger Keith Hughes Taryn Kay

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MOAB’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We acknowledge Utah State University Moab resides on the American Indian Crossing of the Colorado River, the traditional homeland of the descendants of the Pueblo of Zuni (A:shiwi); the Hopi Tribe; the Southern Ute Indian Tribe; the Ute Indian Tribe; the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah; and the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians who have been stewards of the rivers and mountains, cliffs and towers, arches, and canyons from time immemorial. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.

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