Dedication to Our Past, Commitment to Our Future
Founders’ Day Convocation Palmer Hall Auditorium 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Laurie Middaugh ’88, Staff Accompanist Dr. Jane Kirkpatrick, Academic Grand Marshal Dr. John W. Stewart III President, Presiding Prelude Music Selections for organ by Bach, Brahms, Buxtehude, Albinoni, Mendelssohn, Franck, and Couperin *Processional Music Voluntary
John Stanley
Welcome and Introductions
Dr. John W. Stewart III
*Invocation
Ms. Julia Erwin ’14 Senior Class President
*National Anthem
Dr. Melanie Williams Professor of Music
Speaker
Mr. Michael E. Stephens ’73 Philanthropist and Founder of Lakeshore Foundation
Choral Music The Singing Heart
Bob Chilcott (b. 1955)
Great Gettin’ Up Morning
David Giardiniere (b. 1963)
University of Montevallo Concert Choir Dr. Melinda S. Doyle, Conductor Presentation of University Scholar 2013 University Scholar
Mr. Scott Stephens Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts
Dr. Lori Ardovino Professor of Music
Presentation of Faculty Service Award
Ms. Misty Bennett President, Faculty Senate
Faculty Service Award
Dr. Michael Sterner Professor of Mathematics
Presentation of Academic Affairs Awards
Dr. Suzanne Ozment Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Academic Advising Award
Dr. Harold Hamilton Associate Professor of Business
Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award
Mr. Ivan Smith Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics
Introduction of Alumni Award Recipients Alumna Loyalty Award
Mr. Jim Methvin ’73 President, National Alumni Association
Ms. Karen Kelly ’80
Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award
Dr. Robert Barone Professor of History
Outstanding Staff Service Award
Mr. Jeremy Ward ’05 Associate Director of Development
State Song Alabama
Julia Tutwiler-Edna Gussen Led by Dr. Charles Wood
Investiture of Seniors
Dr. Ozment In Full Consciousness of the truth and responsibility signified by the bestowal of this cap and gown, I do hereby pledge myself to uphold to the best of my ability the faith manifested in me by the University of Montevallo
Omicron Delta Kappa Tapping *Alma Mater Alma Mater ever glorious Seeking Right and Freedom’s Way Raise a beacon high to guide us Shed thy light afar, we pray.
*Benediction
*Recessional Music Toccata from Symphony V
Ms. Alexandria Cottrell ’14 Virginia P. Figh ’53-Lucy L. Underwood ’54 Led by Dr. Williams
Sons and Daughters sing thy Praises Steadfast virtues win thee fame May the years be rich and fruitful Truth and honor crown thy name.
Ms. Racheal Swokowski ’15 President, Student Government Association Charles-Marie Widor
The Founders’ Day Convocation is being interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing by Sarah T. Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. *The audience will please stand.
117th Founders’ Day Convocation Michael E. Stephens Michael E. Stephens is an entrepreneur, a leader in the field of health care and physical rehabilitation and a philanthropist. Stephens graduated from UM in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in business and received a master’s degree in 1975 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His college career had been interrupted by work and by a diving accident that threatened to leave him unable to walk. After a year of rehabilitation, he recovered and returned to college, devoting his future to rehabilitative services. Committed to providing comprehensive services and quality care to persons with physical disabilities, he led Lakeshore Hospital in providing those services. He founded the Lakeshore Foundation in the mid-1980s, focusing on athletic programs. Lakeshore’s athletes were highly successful in the Paralympics and other competitions. This approach led to Stephens founding ReLife, a publicly traded national health services corporation, in 1986. ReLife merged with HealthSouth in 1994, and Stephens focused his talents on service to his community. His service has included membership on the University of Montevallo’s board of trustees, the President’s Committee on Hiring the Handicapped and the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities. Stephens was awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters by UM in 1995, and on Founders’ Day in 1997, the University of Montevallo renamed its business school the Michael E. Stephens College of Business.
Schedule of Events 11:00 a.m.
Convocation
12:30 p.m.
Reception
2:00 p.m.
Stephens Book Signing and Reception
2:00 p.m.
The Thugs
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Open Houses Behavioral and Social Sciences Tour Chartwells The Art Gallery
7:00 p.m.
Palmer Auditorium King Quad Reynolds Foyer Chichester Black Box Theatre University of Montevallo on Main University Cafeteria Bloch Hall
Life Raft Debate
Palmer Auditorium
Special thanks: UM Grounds, Jazz Ensemble, Concert Choir, Montevallo Masters, Chartwells, The Flower Shop, University of Montevallo National Alumni Association and Crown Trophy of Pelham
Founders’ Day Committee Marion Brown Tiffany Roskamp-Bunt Scott Dillard William Hughes Lois Cooper
Alan Goldspiel Jane Kirkpatrick Rachael Swokowski Elaine Booth Cedric Norman
Jamie Bessette Tracy Payne-Rockco Carolyn Jones Meredith Waldrop B. J. Posey