Master of Science in
Physician Assistant Studies Commencement Ceremony
Commencement Ceremony
Prelude
Festive Music for Organ
Processional
“Pomp and Circumstance,” Edward Elgar
Invocation
The Reverend Janet F. Fuller, University Chaplain
Welcome
Aswani Volety, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Introduction of the Speaker
K. Alexis Moore, Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies
Address
Dr. Gary Smith, Emergency Medicine/Family Medicine, Maria Parham Health Duke LifePoint Healthcare
Recognition of the Tracy Salisbury Honoree
Melissa M. Murfin, Associate Professor, Research Coordinator of Physician Assistant Studies and Director of Educational Strategies for School of Health Sciences
Pi Alpha Honor Society Inductees
Tracey Thurnes, Associate Professor and Director of Accelerated Pathways Program
Presentation of Candidates for Degree
Provost Volety
Conferring of Degrees
Connie Ledoux Book, President
Awarding of Diplomas
C. Kim Stokes, Associate Professor, Department Chair and Program Director
Rodney L. Parks, University Registrar
President Book
Charge to the Graduating Class
President Book
Recessional
“Sortie,” César Franck
Musician
W. Thomas Jones, University Organist
Class of 2021
| Name | Previous Institution(s) | |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Matthew Wyatt | B.A., Utah State University | |
| Jillian Herma Van Essendelft | B.S., Western Carolina University | |
| Elizabeth Thompson Smith | B.S., North Carolina State University | |
| Mariah Teague | B.S., North Carolina State University | |
| Anna Nicole Powell Sullivan | B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| Morgan Jeanette Stonewall | B.S., Iowa State University | |
| George Harper Stevenson | B.A., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| Rebekah Ruth Sponseller | B.S., Taylor University | |
| Celeste Snediker | B.S.N., University of Massachusetts | |
| Lucille Sepic | B.S., East Carolina University | |
| Maxwell Bentley Saranen | B.S., Michigan State University | |
| Caitlin Jernigan Rodgers | B.A., B.S., Appalachian State University M.S., University of South Florida |
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| Misha Raza | B.S., North Carolina Central University | |
| Hannah Elizabeth Porter | B.S., Union University | |
| Lizet Pacheco | B.S., Loyola Marymount University | |
| * | Cara Noelle Monforton | B.S., College of Charleston |
| Erin Elizabeth Mecum | B.S., Western Carolina University M.H.S., Western Carolina University |
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| Larry Bauman McCauley III | B.S., Elon University | |
| Julie Holman McCarter | B.S., Samford University M.S., Appalachian State University |
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| Monica Chen Li | B.A., University of California-San Diego | |
| Kunhee Lee | B.A., DePauw University | |
| * | Lindsey Jones | B.S., Clemson University |
| Chelsea Kim Cyr Johnson | B.S., East Carolina University | |
| Silvestre Jaimes | B.S.R.S., Adventist University of Health Sciences | |
| ‡ | Jenna Kristine Hatzenbuhler | B.A., University of Wisconsin |
| Laura Elizabeth Graham | B.B.A., The College of William & Mary | |
| Bethany Lagle Foster | B.S., University of South Carolina | |
| William Joseph Faulkner | B.S., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
| * | Claire Elizabeth Elenteny | B.S., University of Dayton |
| Hailey Rebecca Einck | B.S., Oregon State University | |
| Jessie Anacelia Ehrisman | B.A., Duke University | |
| Hannah Brooke Morris Denson | B.A., The University of North Carolina at Wilmington | |
| Audrey De Los Reyes | B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| * | Staci Lea Cohen | B.S., University of Maryland School of Dentistry |
| * | Celeste Craft Cantwell | B.A., Miami University |
| Elisabeth Rose Bristow | B.S., Eureka College | |
| Catherine Joann Betack | B.S., Southern Methodist University | |
| * | Deborah Joy Barnett | B.A., Taylor University |
- * Pi Alpha Honor Society
- ‡ Degree will be awarded upon completion of final requirement