Utah State University Commencement, 2007 - Eastern

COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH

Price, Utah

Sixty-Ninth Annual COMMENCEMENT

Bunnell-Dmitrich Athletic Center May 5, 2007 10:30 a.m.

Ryan

Breitenbuecher

Keith

R. Justesen, Assistant Secretary of Education U.S. Department of Education

by President Ryan L. Thomas Hooded by Kevin Walthers, Vice President of Finance & Admin Services, CEU Hooded by Scott Woodward, Board of Trustees

Gray

Hebdon

Mair

by Neil Warren, Professor Emeritus and Scott Henrie, CEU Instructor

President for Academic Affairs/Provost

C. Barrett, Board of Regents

Lucille Stoddard, Commissioner's

Larsen, President, Alumni

** Benjamin Mark Bailey

CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS

*t Thomas Orien Hebdon

*• Mikell Alise Ball Yurika Hori

** Jennifer Breitenbuecher

Nicholas George Critchlow

** Arlene Cunningham

* Matthew M. Hough

**• Allison Kay Jarrett

*t Jessica Pauline Juliano

* Stephen Jacob Denison ** Angela Keller

Angela Mekette Dinkelman

Mike Bear Fabela

* Nicole Kirkland

* Sara Marie Kreek

** Ashly Leavitt

Steven Homer Lowe

** Greg Merrill Palmer

* Luke Bert Peacock

** Adam K. Peterson

*t Curtis Rich Snelgrove Jon Wright

Paul Christian Ackerson

** Andrea Nichole Allred

Eric Andrew Allred

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

** Zachary K. Burdick

* Mckay Bybee

* Jill Carter

Shannon Lee Anderson Johnny Kimball Carter, Jr. Johnathan Buck Arriola Shanda Lyn Crawley

* JaceeAshby Allison Martinez Cripps

** Jessica Diane Atkinson Jared Gordon Crown

Ashley Marie Babcock Bradley R. Curtis

* Ashlie Brooke Baker ReBecca Dawn Curtis Ryan James Banasky

Jacob T. Begay

* Jordan Leon Davis

* Kenneth Ricky Davis

* Deeanna Rae Bell Shawna Kelley Dean

* Chelsea Benson Amanda Taylor DeVaney

** Chelsea Anne Bingham Andrea Nicole Dillingham Danielle Marie Birrell

* Tyler J. Dinkelman

Ashley Blake Shanie! K. Donaldson

Rachael Marlene Box Richard Lawerence Dow

t Anne Elizabeth Boyle Sheena Marie Draper

Kayla Bradley Kevin Christopher Dull Cindy Bradshaw

* Abigail Jean Dunham

** Sandra Bradshaw Benjamin Reed Dunsmore

Amber Brasher Jordan Amanda Elkins Nicole Rawn Brewer

** Emily Jane Erickson Becky Faye Brooks Maren Caroline Ericson

• Nancy A. Brown Daniel Espino

Patricia Espinoza

Spencer Evans Farr

** Jacie Lyn Fasselin

* Kristi Andrews Fazzio

** Jennifer Lee Fiso Chanelle Flores

Christian Allen Fredrickson

t Margaret Ann Gardner Stephen Loy Goodin

** Isaac Rae Goodrich

Scott Wayne Gordon

*t Heather Leigh Gray

**t Jacalynn Rose Greenburg

**t Janice Greenburg

* Kimberly Gundersen

T. Daniel Guthrie

** Travis Dean Guymon Stacy Haight

*t Aaron Gibson Hales

Lucinda Lou Hansen

Steven E. Hansen

** Tiffany Hansen Robert Wayne Hanson

t Gail Harding

** Christopher M. Hatch

Jessica Sue Heino

t Janalee Kay Heslop

Jenaye Lorene Milano Marti Snow

*t Hannah Dalea Mitchell Monique Sonntag Mallory Charmaine Holm Traci Chanell Mortensen Steven C. Stansfield

**tPaula R. Hunsaker

** Jodi Lee Najera

** Kellan Kirk Stevens

* Chris L. Jensen Kandice K. Nelson t Jeana M. Stevenson

** Christopher Ryan Jensen Tyler Joseph Nelson Ansen Strakey

**t Jade DL Jensen

** Karlie Jensen

* Kelan Evan Nielsen

Krystle Marie Noyes

** Kenzie Jensen Karin Diane Odendahl

** Barbara K. Strate

** Scott J. Strong

** Chelsey Sward Robert Calvin Jensen Cameron Oliver ** Diane Tadehara Thomas Read Jenson Vaughn F. Olson ** Ashley Anne Taylor Tyler Kepkay Christopher Charles Owens Nicholas E. Teny

* Moritz Earl Kirkland III Matthew J. Park ** Michael J. Terry

* Travis Cortez Kitchen Marshal Lee Peck * Scott Allyn Terry

* Amber Camille Knight Deborah Peet Lucas E. Thomas

* Amber Marie Kohler Lane J. Pell t• Wylie Curtis Thomas Troy Kent Kolan

* Jessica B. Petersen Timothy Tiller

t Jeremy Ray Lathan Zachary Keith Phelps t Kristin Niccol Tiller Alison Dawn Lee Lindsey Ponzini Donna B. Turner De Lon C. Lee Daniel Jonathon Powell * R. Chad Valdez Rose Ellen Levanger Kara Lyn Provstgaard Joe Via

**t Jennifer Leigh Little Daniel H. Quick * Ryne Vogel Stacie Little

** Halee Dawn Rasmussen Benjamin Waldon Leland F. Lobato Steven Michael Reay Brittany Lynn Weber

* Casey Jo Lofthouse Amber Marie Reed Ashlin K. White

* Heather Dawn Loggan * Shiree Reynolds David Paul Wilkinson Lilian Lopez ** Thomas Nelson Riche John Cameron Williams

* Mikaleen Loveless Brittany Ritchie Fiore T. Wilson Dominic Matthew Lyman ** W. Corey Roberts * Danielle Lee Worley

* Jayson Jack Madson Deishamarie Rockwell Mike Worley

*t Amanda Kaye Mair Candy K. Rodriguez Kindra Yates Colby James Majors Alexander Craig Rosenhan Kozue Yazawa Stephanie C. Marshall Brittney M. Salt ** Courtney L. Young Katie Jo Matekovic t Autumn L. Sanderson David Michael Zaccaria

Rocky Jay May ** Clifford A. Simpson Breezie L. McElprang Bresha J. Smith

**t Angelina Kae McFarlane Mitchell A. Smith

* Audrey Dawn Mecham ** Raymond J. Smithson

* Michael Scott Mecham **t Christine Marie Snelgrove

Justin G. Bergeman

Marie H. Fitzgerald

Scott Wayne Gordon

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS

** Daren Rex Larsen Julie K. Madsen Janna W. Monson

Daron Sidney Nelson

** Natalie Lynn Rowley

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

* Corinna Lynn Anderson

Jeremy Barker

* Allen E. Bears

Brooke Brady Brett Gardner Day

* Stephen Jacob Denison

* Misty L. Elliot Eno Lee Jacob Murdoch Jacob G. Selby

* Azita Tizpa

Stephanie Nicole Vuksinick Blake L. Wilde Mike Worley

* Bethany Wright

Tracy Leonard Druce

ASSOCIATE OF PRE-ENGINEERING

* Luke Bert Peacock

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE

Administrative Assistant ** Tiffany Hansen

* Brenda A. Henderson Mary Ann Meza-Medina Chelsi G. Humphrey

* Travis Cortez Kitchen Nichole Yvette Nelson Mary Lou Makin Veronica Madrid Savannah Richards Sarin Rebecca Marsing ** Tami L. Saccomano

t Savannah I. Wilson Charlene Sweet Jacob Brian Sanderson Katie Young

Automotive Technology

Mike Bear Fabela Diesel Equipment

* Bowdy L. McMullin Technology

Jillyn Simmons

Audrey J. Truscott

Melissa Urry

Linda F. Watters Daniel Bruce Royer Justin T. Shearer

Welding

Mason Jess Winters Construction Management Systems Technology

Building Construction & Industrial Electronics

* Wylee Merrell Nathan John Thomas

Business Administration Nursing (RN)

Donna Homer

** Richard Ivan Anderson II Lisa Sharp

* Kourtney Anne Atwood

**t Tiffany Nicole Bears Cosmetology

Jessica Nicole Cox

** Cassandra Lane Goff

* Ashley Anne Harrison

Accounting/Information Systems

Scott Wayne Gordon

** Daren Rex Larsen

Vanessa Lowe

Julie K. Madsen

Mary Ann Meza-Medina

Cosmetology

** Erin Lindsay Brinton

Elizabeth Ann Gurling

Chaliese Holly Williams

Early Childhood Education

Kathryn Marie Barrington

Engineering, Drafting and Design Technology

Tala A. Bradfield

Desiree Ruth Willson

Heavy Equipment & Trucking

Allison Martinez Cripps

Office Computer Systems

Lindsey Ponzini

** Joy D. Yoda

Savannah I. Wilson

Practical Nursing

Terri L. Allard

** Ashlee Jo Anderson

Eric Bruce Atkinson

* Grant Roy Barraclough

* Britney A. Bowles

* Rebecca Cook

Teresa Leigh Croasmun

** Roberto de Filippo Stephanie Eleene Dunlap Kristy Dawn Dunn

Skyler Evans

Tiffany Brook Hansen

Sara JaNae Haycock

Elizabeth Herring

Roberta Ann Hribal

Rachel E. Jenson

Jan Eric Johnson LeeOra LaCotta

Eileen Yvonne Larsen Jeanna Larsen

Casey Jo Lofthouse

Marcy May Loveless

Arny Loveridge

Tina Martin

Scott Christian Phillips Kimberlee Ann Pound Brandy Rowley Deanna Schroeder

Gold Honor Cords are worn by those with a Grade Point Average of 3.5 or higher.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

ASSISTANT SECRETARY of EDUCATION TROY R. JUSTESEN

Troy Justesen is the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education. He serves as the principal adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on Departmental matters related to career, technical and adult education; high schools; lifelong learning; and community colleges as well as workforce and economic development. He also serves as the Department of Education's senior representative on matters related to new Americans with the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Interagency Aerospace Revitalization Task Force. Justesen served in several other roles in the Bush Administration. He is the former Associate Director for Domestic Policy at the White House where he was responsible for disability policy and Native American and Pacific Islander policy on all matters except gaming policy. He is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the former Director of Special Education Programs, and the former Deputy Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration within the Department. In the mid 1990s working at the U.S. Department of Justice, Troy was assigned lead oversight of the design and construction of sporting venue stadia for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia, which at that time, was the largest investigation of its kind. Early in 2007, Troy was appointed to lead two U.S. foreign delegations, one to France before the United Nations Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development and one to the Kingdom of Denmark. He has published and lectured in the fields of education law and policy, health care policy, and international human rights at several of the nation's leading universities.

Troy was born in Price and raised in Orangeville. He is a 1986 graduate of Emery High, a 1987 CEU graduate, and earned his bachelor's in 1989 cum laude, and master's from Utah State. He received his doctorate from Vanderbilt University. He keeps a home in Emery County where he maintains his residency.

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT

F. KEITH STEPAN

F. Keith Stepan is the Director of Utah's Division of Facilities Construction and Management. Stepan is a nationally licensed architecct who earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in architectural design from the University of Utah. His professional experience includes 23 years in private practice and 13 years with the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day Saints as managing director of the corporation's Temple Construction Department. He was a member of the Utah State Building Board four years and served as the board chair two years. Stepan also served as member and president of the Salt Lake City School Board, Salt Lake City Airport Authority Board, and Planning and Zoning Board. He has been the Director of DFCM since May 2003.

CO-VALEDICTORIAN Raymond J. Smithson

Raymond Joseph Smithson is the son of Joseph Smithson and Carol Woodburn of Orem. Raymond graduated from Timpview High School in 2001. In baseball he was named to both the Utah All State team and to the northern Utah 4A All Star team. Raymond also played on a baseball team representing New Mexico in the 2001 Connie Mack World Series. Raymond was the vice president of the CEU business club and was a national qualifier in the 2007 Utah DEX business competition. He attended CEU on an academic scholarship and has maintained a 4.0 grade point average. He plans to further his education at the University of Utah while maintaining an academic scholarship.

CO-VALEDICTORIAN Barbara K. Strate

Barbara Killion Strate was born and raised in Southern California. She came to Utah in 1970 where she met and later married her husband, Gene Strate of Price. For twenty years she taught piano and was active in the Utah Music Teachers Association, having served as president of the local chapter. In 1998 she pursued a new career in dental assisting and developed an interest in becoming a dental hygienist. This interest brought her back to college where she has maintained a 4.0 grade point average while continuing her employment. She and her husband (a 1970 CEU graduate) are the parents of four daughters (three of whom graduated from CEU) and one son (who is currently enrolled).

COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH

Ryan L. Thomas, President

UTAH STATE BOARD OF REGENTS

Richard Kendell, Commissioner

Jed H. Pitcher, Chair

Bonnie J. Beesley, Vice Chair

Jerry C. Atkin Daryl C. Barrett

Nolan E. Karras

J,:metA. Cannon Katharine B. Garff David J. Grant Ali Hasnain

Meghan Holbrook

Michael R. Jensen

David Jordan James S. Jardine

Rosanita Cespedes

GregW. Haws

Sara V. Sinclair Marlon 0. Snow Josh Reid

COLLEGE OF EASTERN UTAH BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dominic Welch, Chair

Clyde Larsen, Vice Chair

Jerry Carlson Dennis Dooley

Neal Peacock

Scott Woodward

David Hinkins Thomas E. Sawyer Christine Watkins Aaron Hales

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this program should notify Tracy Kitchen, Director of Disability Resources and Student Counseling, at 613-5326 or TDD# 637-1353.

Special thanks to Love Floral for the floral arrangements, Breinholt Music for the sound system, Price City and Mont Harmon Junior High for the use of equipment, Peczuh Printing and Dr. Susan Polster CEU Eagle Newspaper.