Commencement 2023 Southwest

USU SOUTHWEST COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

April 20, 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

HOODS

• Natural Resources, Russet

• Science, Gold-Yellow

• School of Graduate Studies, Black

• Associate Degrees, Black

• Integrated Studies, Black

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 SOUTHWEST COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

MASTER OF CEREMONY

Spencer Kohler

Director of Students, USU Southwest

PROCESSIONAL

PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS

Beaver National Guard

NATIONAL ANTHEM

Christine Hanks

Grace Draper

Jentri Draper

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT’S GREETING

Nancy Glomb

USU Southwest

STUDENT SPEAKER

Sherri Bennet-Callister

USU Southwest Student Body Executive Vice President, 2021-2023

MUSICAL NUMBER

Beaver High School Choir

ADDRESS TO GRADUATES

Shireen Keyl Assistant Professor, Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services, USU

CONFERRING OF DEGREES

Noelle E. Cockett President, USU

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS

Nancy Glomb

Associate Vice President, USU Southwest

GREETING TO GRADUATES

Steven L. Palmer

President, USU Alumni Association & USU Trustee

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Rich Etchberger

Interim Vice President & Vice Provost, Statewide Campuses, USU

RECESSIONAL

SHIREEN KEYL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, EMMA ECCLES JONES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES Commencement Speaker

Shireen Keyl is an assistant professor at Utah State University in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership where she teaches Foundations of Education and Diversity in Education. Dr. Keyl’s research interests are in nonformal education in the South West Asian/North African (SWANA) region related to refugee and migrant education. She utilizes decolonizing and critical praxis and engages in community-focused research with non-governmental organizations. She has focused on refugee and migrant populations’ ways of knowing and how that intersects with English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education. Her research and teaching stem from her experiences as an educator in the United States and in the SWANA region. Her recently published book, Development, Education, and Participatory Action Research to Empower Marginalized Groups, was based on fieldwork conducted in Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Keyl was a Fulbright scholar in Amman, Jordan from 2018 to 2019, and she will be returning to the University of Jordan as a faculty leader for a USU study abroad program.

SHERRI BENNETT-CALLISTER SOUTHWEST STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT Student Speaker

Sherri Callister is a graduate of Utah State University and the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Management with a human resource emphasis. Her decision to continue her education after a 25-year break was solidified as she completed the financial aid process for her youngest son, who was enrolling at SUU.

Before her father’s death, she had promised him that she would continue her education. She is happy to say that that promise has finally been fulfilled. She wants others to know that an education is possible even with a busy schedule, and it is never too late to return to school. She was able to continue her education via the Southwest Delta Campus and online as a full-time student, while working full-time and taking care of family obligations.

Sherri has served as the Vice President of student government for the Southwest campuses for the last two years. She is grateful for the opportunity to have served the students. She enjoys spending time with her family and traveling in her spare time.

2023 CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION

Names listed in this program do not constitute graduation �

ASSOCIATE DEGREES

PROVOST’S OFFICE

Laurens H� Smith Provost

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE— GENERAL STUDIES

Kaitlynn Anderson ++

Luke James Carter ++

David Davis ++

Jodie Margaret Goodman ++

Devyn J. Harding ++

Makasia Raye Maxfield ++

Megan Marie McMullin +

Cayden Staley +

Gregory Tucker ++

Marilee Alice Warner +

Malerie Lorraine Whitman ++

Rosalee Arbuyes Wilkey ++

& Chief Academic Officer

The quality of performance in academic work enables those indicated to be graduates with distinction:

BACHELOR’S DEGREES

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & APPLIED SCIENCES

Kenneth L� White, Dean

AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY: AGRICULTURE MECHANICS EMPHASIS

Megan Andreasen **

AGED: SCHOOL-BASED EMPHASIS

Lucas Hal Stout

ANIMAL, DAIRY & VETERINARY SCIENCES

Mike E. Monson

ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE

Madison Suzanne Evans

Amber Sorensen *

TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

Michael Joshua Rice **

William Taylor James Willis

JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Douglas D� Anderson, Dean

ECONOMICS & FINANCE

Max Riley Joseph Hedglin

Nellie F. Kirk *

Michelle Marie Noland

MANAGEMENT

Sherri Lynn Bennett-Callister *

Janice De Leon Willis

MARKETING

Ellie Nicole Boren **

Emily M. Burton-Thomas *

Kylie Robinson *

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

EMMA ECCLES JONES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES

Alan L Smith, Dean

COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS & DEAF EDUCATION

Sage Lauren Butler **

Alainey MaCall Corry ***

Natalie Davila

Abigail Gould

Kiera Leavitt Guymon **

Emily Mattson

Rachel Moosman **

Chloe N. Oldroyd

Kristy Pulica ***

Kersten Marie Rohde

Megan Faith Singson

Alysen B. Talbot *

Aimee Maree Taylor *

Emily Wall

Naomi Elisabeth Young

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Ann Braden **

Tiffany A. Burraston *

Jennifer Cragun ***

Amy Louise Johnson ***

Alyse Lewis *

Beth Ann Lidiard *

Elizabeth Liddiard

Tisha Inez Arcadio

Timathy Teancum Chamberlain

Marisol Magana

Larry M. Marshall

Annalee Dawn Wyatt **

FAMILY, CONSUMER & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Heather Day Hudson

FAMILY LIFE STUDIES

Cassie Virginia Crum *

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & FAMILY STUDIES

Christina Brooke Crandall ***

Rebecca Ann Dudley

Danika Lynn Rasmussen

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING SCIENCES

Chelsea Lewis ***

KINESIOLOGY & HEALTH SCIENCE

Anne Marie Patton *

Heather Louise Seegmiller

PSYCHOLOGY

Chloe Anne Coon *

Natalie Barbara Coulam

Kenya Alexandra Cramer **

Sadie Rebekah Jensen

Kayden Bryant Timothy **

Cher Trepanier

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Brock Berger

Ashlyn Cheri Morwood ***

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Quincey June Bird

Jaymi Carver

Dayna Leigh Ferguson *

Danielle Lopez

Rachel Linnae Peterson

Janell Raban

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Joseph P� Ward, Dean

ENGLISH

Tianna Marie Lopez Chavez *

Andrew Michael Kotter

HISTORY

Kaylie Brady

Carston Rod Steele *

INTERDISIPLINARY STUDIES

Hannah Sophia Dalton

The quality of performance in academic work enables those indicated to be graduates with distinction:

***Summa Cum Laude

**Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude

point average of 3 �95 to 4 �00

point average of 3 80 to 3 94

point average of 3 �50 to 3 �79

SOCIAL WORK

Jessica Miles Eddington

Jaysa Sparkle Esplin *

Lindsay Gardner *

Christine Hanks **

Ashlee Lee *

Rylee Danielle Thurgood *

SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY

Sara Lynne Fletcher

Gracie Hope Wilkinson **

PROVOST’S OFFICE

Laurens H� Smith, Provost & Chief Academic Officer

INTEGRATED STUDIES

Aubry Ann Chambers

Brighton Davis Chandler

Robert Alwin Fischer *

Jordan Garcia-Standing Soldier

Sharilyn Ockey Green *

Tatum Quinn Humphrey

David J. Whalen

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Richard Cutler Vice Provost of Graduate Studies

MASTER’S DEGREES

JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Dylan Kay Lasson

Master of Business Administration

EMMA ECCLES JONES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & HUMAN SERVICES

Tara Starkey

Master of Arts in Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education

Marjean Hurst Stringer

Master of Arts in Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education

Meagan Robison

Master of Arts in Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences

Megan M. Smith

Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction

Hanna Naomi Zackrison Henson

Master of Education in Psychology: School Counseling

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

Cecilia Belen Trujillo Barajas

Master of Social Work

Nicole Tiffany Brouwer

Master of Social Work

Paige Cutler

Master of Social Work

Linda Donaldson

Master of Social Work

Kimberli Robison

Master of Social Work

Laurel Smith

Master of Social Work

Kaleigh Soderborg

Master of Social Work

Heather Marie Stevenson

Master of Social Work

UTAH BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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

Korianne Gibson

Patricia Jones

Arthur E. Newell

Shawn Newell

Steve Starks

Scott L. Theurer

Richard Wheeler

Xitlalli Villanueva

David R. Woolstenhulme, Commissioner of Higher Education

UTAH STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Kent K. Alder, Chair

John Y. Ferry, Vice Chair

Gina Gagon

David H. Huntsman

Kacie Malouf

Wayne L. Niederhauser

Steven L. Palmer

David A. Petersen

Abraham Rodriguez

Jacey Skinner

Tessa White

SOUTHWEST LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT

As a land-grant institution, Utah State University campuses and centers reside and operate on the territories of the eight tribes of Utah, who have been living, working, and residing on this land from time immemorial. These tribes are the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Indians, Navajo Nation, Ute Indian Tribe, Northwestern Band of Shoshone, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, San Juan Southern Paiute, Skull Valley Band of Goshute, and White Mesa Band of the Ute Mountain Ute. We acknowledge these lands carry the stories of these Nations and their struggles for survival and identity. We recognize Elders past and present as peoples who have cared for, and continue to care for, the land. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous self-governance history, experiences, and resiliency of the Native people who are still here today.

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