COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER—MAY

Colonel Travis W. Mills is the Commander of the 502d Force Support Group, the only Force Support Group in the Department of Defense consisting of two squadrons and over 3,100 Military and Civilian members. The 502d FSG oversees Camp Bullis installation support, Fort Sam Houston chapel and legal services, and Joint Base San Antonio child and youth programs, MoraleWelfare-Recreation, Human Resources, food service, lodging operations and other areas in support of 266 Mission Partners and over 330,000 members of the military community.

COL. TRAVIS W. MILLS

Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghan Campaign Medal, GWOT-S Medal, GWOT-E Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Overseas Service Ribbon. He has been awarded the Army Parachutist’s Badge, Army Air Assault Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Special Forces Tab, Ranger Tab, and multiple foreign parachutist badges.

His training and education include the Infantry Officer Basic and Advance Courses; the Combined Arms Service and Staff School; Special Forces Qualification Course; Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape; Special Warfare Center and School Indonesian Language Course; United States Army Special Operations Command Jumpmaster Course; the Army Command and General Staff College; and the Senior Service College’s Army Fellows Program.

Colonel Mills is a Distinguished Military Graduate of Sam Houston State University, where he was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in 1999 and later branched Special Forces in 2004.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from SHSU and a master’s in global and international studies from the University of Kansas.

No federal endorsement intended or implied.

MAIZE AGRICULTURE

WHITE ARTS, LETTERS, HUMANITIES

DRAB COMMERCE, ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS

LILAC DENTISTRY

COPPER ECONOMICS

LIGHT BLUE EDUCATION

ORANGE ENGINEERING

BURGUNDY FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES

BROWN FINE ARTS, INCLUDING ARCHITECTURE

RUSSET FORESTRY

SAGE GREEN HEALTH AND KINESIOLOGY

CRIMSON JOURNALISM

PURPLE LAW

LEMON LIBRARY SCIENCE

GREEN MEDICINE

PINK MUSIC

APRICOT NURSING

SEA FOAM GREEN OPTOMETRY

SILVER GRAY ORATORY (SPEECH)

OLIVE GREEN PHARMACY

BLUE PHILOSOPHY

PEACOCK BLUE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & FOREIGN SERVICE

SALMON PINK PUBLIC HEALTH

GOLDEN YELLOW SCIENCE

CREAM SOCIAL SCIENCE

CITRON SOCIAL WORK

SCARLET THEOLOGY

GRAY VETERINARY SCIENCE