Founders' Day 2013

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