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The seal of the University of Dallas is emblematic of the ideals to which the University is dedicated. It is likewise reminiscent of the deposit of faith of the Roman Catholic Church and of the traditions of two teaching communities within the Church.

The decorative outer circle bears the foundation date of the University and the motto, "Veritatem, Justitiam Diligite." The quotation, taken from Zacharias VIII, 19, "Love Truth and Justice", or more freely translated, "Through Truth, Seek Ye Justice", emphasizes the University's function of advancing the search for truth and encouraging the pursuit of good.

Enclosed within the blue band which bears the motto in an octagonal field of green are several emblems associated with the traditions of the University. The central figure of the triquetra interwoven with the triangle is a double symbol of the Holy Trinity to Whom the University is dedicated. The circle is a symbol of eternity and of the unity of the Godhead.

The fleur-de-lis, at once an ancient symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of France, recalls the direct and indirect French origins of the two teaching orders which cooperated initially with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth in establishing the University of Dallas. The Cistercian Order originated in France in the Eleventh Century; the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur was founded in Belgium by a Cistercian in the Nineteenth Century.

A crusader's shield, emblematic of faith, stands within the green field on either side of the central device. The shield on the left contains a star, a traditional emblem of Mary, as well as the chosen emblem of Texas, the Lone Star State. The shield on the right presents the torch of liberty and learning.

The branches of live oak and olive trees, taken from the Seal of Texas, make further reference to the State.

The Trinity River, on which the University is located, is represented by the heraldic device of the wavy lines centered beneath the emblem of the Blessed Trinity.

The colors of the University - navy blue and white - are given special prominence in the seal. The green of the octagonal field represents the liturgical season of the Holy Trinity. The red of the central device typifies holy zeal. The white of surrounding areas and of the small shield is symbolic of purity and innocence just as the blue of the inclosing circle symbolizes Mary.

Academic costume of today has a history of nearly eight centuries. In medieval Europe men and women wore robes or gowns. The materials and colors varied greatly, according to the wealth and rank of the individual. Gradually there developed distinctive gowns for the various professions, trades and guilds. They survive today in the gowns of religious orders and the judiciary, and in academic costume. More colorful survivals are found in Great Britain, especially in great ceremonies of state.

Students and teachers in medieval universities such as Paris, Bologna, Oxford, and Cambridge organized themselves into guilds.

Gradually the costume became distinctive for Bachelors (apprentices) of Arts, Masters (teachers) and Doctors (teachers who had completed postgraduate studies).

The distinction appeared mostly in the hood.

The hood, originally a practical element of dress, evolved into a separate and purely ornamental article, draped over the shoulders and down the back. The color of the outside trim of the hood is indicative of the degree earned as is the tassel.

Arts and letters can be recognized by the white, taken from the traditional white fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge Bachelor of Arts hood.

Scarlet red, long traditional of the church, indicates theology. The royal purple of the King's court signifies law. Philosophy is signified by the traditional color for wisdom and truth, blue. Science is identified by golden yellow, fine arts by brown. Drab is used for business administration. The colors of the hood lining are those of the university conferring the degree. The University of Dallas hood is lined in navy and white, for instance.

The academic cap was a later development. It was first conferred as a symbol of the M.A. degree. Some caps were stiff, some soft, some square, some round with a tuft in the center. The tassel of today is an elaboration of the tuft.

Round caps are still used at some institutions. The" mortar board" style comes to us from Oxford.

In Europe there is still great variation in the color and shape of the three articles of academic costume, but in the United States usage was standardized by the Intercollegiate Code in 1895. Taking the Oxford costume as a starting point, the American system is as follows: The Bachelor's gown has long, pointed sleeves; the Master's gown has closed sleeves with a slit for the arms; the Doctor's gown has round full sleeves with three bars of velvet on each, and velvet facing.

Like the velvet, the gold tassel on the cap is reserved to Doctors, Presidents, and those of similar estate such as university trustees.

The variety of the regalia seen in faculty procession arises from the fact that each University retains its own distinguishing customs as especially revealed by its doctoral robe. The University of Dallas Ph.D. robe and hood were designed by Waltraud Bartscht, a member of the University faculty. Robe and hood are blue with the robe trimmed in navy velvet. The special blue of the doctor of philosophy degree occurs in the hood.

For the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Theology

Daniel K. Watkins

Jeanne Brennan Kamat

For the Degree

Master of Fine Arts

For the Degree

Master of English

Patricia Ann Vaughan

Ellen-Marie Bonner

Patrice Pujol

Elvin Marcellus Slette III

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Art

Robyn Jorde Brown

John Jay Etheredge

Daniel Keith McDowell

Timothy Ralph Hardie Sullivan

For the Degree

Master of Arts in English

Katherine Leigh Abernathy

Mary Cecilia Bonifield

Brenda Griffey

Hayden Maxwell Head

Kathleen Kelly

Christopher Martin Kisling

Eleanor Mary Lowke

Eileen Barton McGuire

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Humanities

Douglas Witt Hadley

Kenneth Welsh Wright III

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Philosophy

Katherine Ann Herrman

Timothy Paul Herrman

Ronny Edward Jenkins

Mitchell Shannon Muncy

Michael Alan Schintgen

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Politics

Andrew John Allen

Richard Patrick Diamond

Edward Owen Gramling

Michael Stephen Iachetta

Michael Jochen Knackstedt

Cynthia LeAnn Mitchell

Vicki EJ. Murray

Steven James Sorensen

For the Degree

Master of Humanities

David Ian Banchs

David Cameron Brennan

Stanley Porter Burk

Robert William Gawedzinski

Rebecca Roose Greco

Jaclyn L. Greenfield

Virginia Bregar Hendler

Catherine Maloney

Sandra S. Pipken

Jeffrey Robert Romanyshyn

Sergei A. Shevchenko

Robert Joseph Whitworth, Jr.

For the Degree

Master of Politics

Martin Nicholas Matulia

For the Degree

Master of Theological Studies

Penelope Jo Dunn

Michele Warren Elchlepp

Vanessa Marie Genung

William Michael McNeill

Louis De Nguyen

Katharina L. Prez

Constance Sabalauskas

Karen Mae Sadoski

Norrine Kay Vasholz-Schmidt

Stephen Michael Ward

Constantin Coffege

In order to graduate, all Constantin College students must pass a comprehensive. The particular fonn ofthe examination va~ies by department. In many majors the senior project (exhibit, one-act.pllo/, thesis, research), usua.uy fo.uo~ed by an or~l d.ejense, IS part of that concluding experience. The list of such projects follOWing Includes only those submitted In time for publicatIOn. Amy Accomando (psychology) Perceiving a Transfonned Existence: The Experience ofCaringfora Family Member With Alzheimer's Disease Laniq Adams (History)

The Castle - A Romantic Weapon and Its Development

Daniel McCaffrey (English) F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night Denis McElroy (German)

Der Knopf - An Original Novella in Gennan

Allison P. Aldridge (German) Wolfgang Borchert, Phoenix from the Ashes

Monica Mills (History) In Hoc Signo: The Influence of the Mendicant Orders and the Castilian Catholic Church During the Conquest and Conversion of New Spain

Jeronimo Augusto (History)

The Teachings of Malcolm X

Russell Mitchell (History) Jan Zizka and the Emergence of the Modem Anny

Andrea Catherine Byrnes-Urciuoli (History & Theology) The Unification ofItaly and the End ofthe Kingdom ofthe Two Sicilies and St. Anselm's Theory of Satisfaction: At the Heart of the Theologoumena of the Incarnation

Alvaro Molina (Classics)

The Tragedy of Ben Jonson

John Chamberlain (English) Spectrum and Significance: A Study of Color as a Device of Thematic Unity in Joyce Shannon Lee Crain (English) Family, Self and Memory in Eudora Welty Kathrine G. Dimitry (Biology) Isolation of Host Immunomodulatory Genes from the Parasite T. Spiralis Chris DiMarco (Art - Sculpture) Connect

Charles Nguyen (Philosophy) Knowledge of Natural Law

Vincent Nguyen (psychology) A Study of Vietnamese Adolescents' Conflict with Parents in Transitional­ Cultural Families David Novinski (Drama) Haiku Nancy Ostermann (Mathematicsematics) Linear Algebra Applications on Kleinan Groups Darenys Pastrana (Theology) Proportionalism and the Tradition

Margaret Ellen Adams Doss (English) The Insufficiency of the Natural World: The Failure of the South in None Shall Look Back

Michael Petering (History) John Carrol and Freedom: Being American and Catholic

Lori Eaton (English) Searching for Individual Identity in Virginia Woolf's Orlando: a Biographv

Karen Marie Pinder (English) life'S Ambiguities: A Study of Margaret Atwood 's Surfacing

Beverly Ewing (Economics) The Capital Battle Between Subjectivists and Objectivist

Sharon Renee Prejean (French)

The Role of the "Vagueness of Passions" in the Works of Chateaubriand

Kathryn Driscoll Ewing (English) Red Alert, White Noise, and Blue-eyed TVs: Death in Don Delillo's Techno-Mythological America

Mary Elizabeth Reardon (psychology) A Study of the Experience of Confession as Found in the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Christine C. Ficek (psychology) The Role of Spirituality in the Paranonnal Realm: An Inquiry into the Transfonnative Occurrence of an Out of Body Experience

Michael C. Riley St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Theology of Warfare

Michael G. Gillett (French) Eugene lonesco et Ie comique de choix Michelle Alise Gilpin (Biology & Philosophy) Moral Problem of Abortion

Lisa Alexandra Greuling (German)

The Feminine Voice in the Novel Kassandra by Christa Wolf

Hontas Harris (English) Willa Cather

Benjamin Smith (Drama) Brontosaurus Janice Stephen (French) Franfois Villon

Valerie L. Strange (English)

The Real Tragedy in Edith Wharton 's The Age of Innocence

Terry Taylor (History)

The Catholic Hierarchy and Slavery in America

Michael J. Hawley (History) Heia Safari

Amelie Torre (English) Vladimir Nabokov

Kirby Hlavaty (psychology) Social Criticism ofOne's Rapid Speech Rate: A Question ofSelf-Expression

Marni M. Valerio (History)

A Study of Woman's History from 1848 to 1930

Catherine M. Hourican (Theology)

The Interpretation of the Parable of the Sower in Mark

T .S. Vion (Psychology) The Experience of Being Excited: An Investigation into the Temporality of Affectivity

Laura Therese Karp (English) Flannery 0 'Connor Kenn Kern (Drama) Private Wars Stephen Dion Lawrence, Jr. (Philosophy) Modem Technology: Loss and Recovery

Sean Walbran (Mathematics & Physics) Issues in Supercollider Higgs Searches

Wayne Weldon Wilkerson (psychology)

The Phenomenon of Being Deeply Moved by Music

Kristie Ann Macan (Psychology) A Case Study on an Invisible Man in a Dead World

Brian Woods (Philosophy & Classics)

Developments in Renaissance Epistemology and The Search for Friendship

in Plato's Lysis

Christina Ann Marvel (Art - Art History) The Dresses of Mariano Fortuny

Robyn Wunderlich (Drama) Trifles

Liesel 'Marx (psychology) Sacrifice and the Call to the Roman Catholic Priesthood: An Interpretation ofReligious Vocations Infonned by Levinas' Conception of Self and Other

Robert Zens (History) The Janissary Corps: An Institution Based on the Ghazi Heritage of the Ottoman Empire

Academic Honors: The baccalaureate degree with distinction is awarded to students who have maintained a high degree of scholastic excellence. It is of three grades: cum laude, which requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.40 on a 4.0 point scale; magna cum laude, a grade point average of 3.70; and summa cum laude, a grade point average of 3.90.

A transfer student, to be eligible for honors at graduation, must have earned 60 credits at the University of Dallas.

His average, however, is computed on the basis of his four-year program.

Faculty Medals, First Honors and Second Honors, are presented to the two graduating seniors who have earned the highest cumulative grade point averages in the graduating class.

The Cardinal Spellman Award is named in honor of the late Francis Cardinal Spellman who presided at the University's first commencement in 1960. It recognizes a senior who is a model of the highest ideals of the University by awarding a stipend to assist the student in further studies.

The Helen Corbitt Awards for Excellence recognize a senior woman and a senior man who have produced an outstanding body of work during their time at the University. Students nominated for the award demonstrate excellence in academic pursuits in student activities, and in general service to the University. Helen Corbitt was a gifted chef and nutritionist, the recipient of several national awards, and the head of the Neiman-Marcus restaurants.

Her commitment to excellence is continued through an endowment that makes possible these awards and also provides special support for the Rome program.

The Ann Heller Maberry Award is presented annually to an oustanding senior woman. The award is named in memory of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heller, longtime friends and patrons of the University.

Valedictory: The "farewell address" is given at Senior Convocation by a senior elected by his or her peers to speak for the class. This student is chosen from a list of graduating seniors who have earned cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 and above. The senior is also invited to speak at Commencement.

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America the Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain.

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness.

America! America!

God mend thine ev'ry flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law.

Marshalls: Ted Karakekes, Jeffrey Kahn

Music by Reunion Brass

Baccalaureate setting design by Lyle Novinski, Professor of Art

Commencement Awards Committee: Chair, Dr. Katherine Sorensen; Professors Bostaph, Doe, Olenick, Perl, L. Novinski, Maddux

%e Constantin Coffege ofLibera[Y11ts

For the Degree Bachelor of Arts Amy Elizabeth Accomando Laniq Elain Adams Allison P. Aldridge Brian Bienvenu Alexander J ames Robert Amorella Sacha Renee Aubin J er6nimo Augusto Angela Christine Barelas Pamela Jane Bartell David Scott Beckley Mary Katherine Benchina Anita Nicole Benedettini Brigid Ann Binder Ryan Anthony Bingham Warren E. Blum James Dewayne Bostick II Mary Catherine Bresee Elizabeth A. Brinkman Nicole Alecia Brown William Lawrence Brownsberger Jennifer A. Bryant Catherine Anne Burleigh Eric Hondo Burney Joseph Alfonz Bush Margaret Ellen Bush Michael Andrew Butler Andrea Catherine Byrnes-Urciuoli Jose Enrique Cabrera Beatriz Eugenia Cea Pefia John Mark Chamberlain John Su Yong Chong Elizabeth Church Carla J. Clark David Wistar Cochran Robin Wyeth Conrad Kevin Andrew Cook Margaret Turbett Cossman Shannon Lee Crain Dean Matthew Crawford Julia Helene Avenel Crutcher David E. Cruz Rodriguez Hai Duc Dang Andrea Marie Davis Christopher Michael DiMarco Kathrine Grace Emmons Dimitry Margaret Ellen Adams Doss John Edmund Douglas Ellen Marie Dowd William C. Dula Hana Keeley Dunston Thomas Aquinas Earls

Anthony Edward Eaton Lorie Ann Eaton Beverly Diane Ewing Kathryn Driscoll Ewing Christine C. Ficek Heather Marie Fritz Michael Patrick Gallagher Clifford Carl Garner Andrew G. Giannotti Jesson Allen Gil Michael G. Gillett Michelle Alise Gilpin Melissa Ann Gorham Elizabeth Brook Gray Lisa Alexandra Greuling Julia Marie Gribble Janet Lynn Gribnitz Miriam Annette Guerra Suhail Hameed David Stuart Hamlet Christina Marie Hammond Rebecca Marie Hampson Hontas Lee Harris Thomas M. Harrison Brandon Lane Hartsell Michael J . Hawley Michael Patrick Heffernan Kirby F. Hlavaty Catherine Marie Hourican Robert Cabot Howes Douglas Paul Johnson Lucy Elizabeth Judge Mahomed Jung Rex R. Kare II Laura Therese Karp Kenn George Kern John Alan Kindley Jean Ann Kirwin Katherine Forrest Kitchens Cheryl Kretzmeier Michael Anthony Kuluz Michael Ladogana Thomas Emile LaGarde Ralph Francis Lamberti Rosalie Lannen Joseph William O'Carroll Lastinger Stephen Dion Lawrence Nga Ngoc Le Julie Alise LeFevre Ellen Kristina Lesniak Robert Daniel Limosnero Francisco Lin Sonya Faith Loftis

Amaro L6pez Jeffery John Lynch Kristie A. Macan Elizabeth Liesel Agnes Marx Emily Diane Mathis Steven L . McBride Daniel Joseph McCaffrey Melissa Marie McCoy Denis Christopher McElroy Jennifer E. McKeever David Hart McMillen Amy Jean McNamara Jim McSherry William Michael Metzger II Monica Mills Rita Margaret Mirabal Julia Lorraine Mitchell Russell Anthony Mitchell Alvaro Molina Nancy Carole Moore Christopher Mosmeyer .

Antoinette Marie Musso Charles Cao Nguyen Steve Nguyen

Vincent Vuong-Quoc Nguyen

David Bartholomew Novinski

Francisco Ernesto Nufiez Lavagnino

Jeannette Adetokunbo Oshitoye

Frank A. Parke

Darenys Esther Pastrana

Michael William Petering

Daniel Monte Pham

Ngon Duc Pham

Georgeanne Phillips

Karen Marie Pinder

John Loren Poulsen

Sharon Renee Prejean

Ralph MacArthur Price

Rufel Flores Ramos

Mary Elizabeth Reardon

Kristina Resendez

Jennifer Rebecca Rials

Michael Chad Riley

John Eric Rocha

Cynthia Rubina Rodriguez

Ricardo Roux

Tetsuya Sakamoto

J ill Sanchez

Bonnie Ann Schable

Paul Thomas Schemel

Andrea Lyn Schemmel

Mary Elizabeth Sheehan

Benjamin Corbett Smith

Lance Spellman

Sophia Anna Sproule

Janice Stephen

Frank Gregory Stewart

John Pittard Stokes

Valerie L. Strange

Sondra Marie Strotz

Robert Thomas Aquinas Sullivan

Michael Cuong Ta

Terry L. Taylor

Elizabeth Ann Tennant

LaThonya Thierry

Prabha Elizabeth Thottam

Kristy Phuong Thuc Ton

Amelie Louise Venetia Torre

Angela Mary Toscano

Mary Hamilton Trimble

Marni M. Valerio

Amy Danielle Victorine

George Malcom Vinson

Teri Shontelle Vion

Tamara L. Alexandria Volk

Nicole Angela von Tempske

Rebecca Anne Watts

Carmen R. Wilcox

Wayne Weldon Wilkerson

Paul Allen Williams

Susan Wong

Amy Woods

Brian Daniel Woods

Robyn Sher Wunderlich

Jonathon Colby York

Yvette Aguirre Yzaguirre

Robert William Zens

Ali Bachir Zouheiri

For the Degree

Bachelor of Science

Gloria Doliente Arko

Noushin S. Ashrafian

Jennifer Ann Beumer

Robyn Alyse Jones

Nga Ngoc Le

John Francis Long

Shannon M. Maguadog

Michael F. Oakes

Nancy Ann Ostermann

Roderick Michael Quiros

Allyn Gayle Schaub

Brian Patrick Schwartz

Kim Tyson Simons

Richard Burke Squires

Sean M. Walbran

Procession

Macebearer, Chairman Faculty Senate, Samuel H. Bostaph

Graduates, Faculty, Administrators, Trustees

The Reverend John Gregory Kelly, Director of Religious Life

Associate Provost for Constantin College, Sybil M. Novinski

Dean, Braniff Graduate School, William A. Frank

Interim Provost and Dean of Constantin College, Glen E. Thurow

William Kelly Wells, President, Alumni Association

William M. Porter

Richard John Neuhaus

Invocation

The Director of Religious Life

Greetings

The President of the University

Citation of Outstanding Alumnus

The President of the Alumni Association

Conferral of Outstanding Alumnus Award

The President of the University

Citation and Conferral of the Honorary Degree

The Grand Chancellor of the University

Commencement Address

Richard John Neuhaus

Presentation of Candidates for Braniff Graduate School Degrees

The Dean of the Braniff Graduate School

Conferral of Graduate Degrees

The President of the University

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Awarding of Academic Honors by the Constantin College of Liberal Arts

The Associate Provost for Constantin College

Interim Provost and Dean of Constantin College

For the Class of 1994

Catherine Anne Burleigh

Presentation of Candidates for Constantin College Degrees

Interim Provost and Dean of Constantin College

Conferral of Constantin College Degrees

The President of the University

The Grand Chancellor of the University

Closing Remarks

The Grand Chancellor of the University

America the Beautiful

The Assembly

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