Master of Arts in
Higher Education Commencement Ceremony

Commencement Ceremony

Prelude

Organ Selections for a Ceremonial Occasion

Processional

“Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1,” Edward Elgar

Invocation

Imam Shane Atkinson, Associate Chaplain for Muslim Life

Welcome

Ann Bullock, Dean of the School of Education

Student Address

Christopher Edward Horack

Introduction of the Speaker

Smith Jackson, Assistant to the President, Associate Professor of Education, and Vice President Emeritus for Student Life and Dean of Students

Address

Darris R. Means ’05, Associate Professor in Educational Foundations, Organizations, and Policy, University of Pittsburgh

Presentation of Candidates for Degrees

Aswani Volety, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Conferring of Degrees

Connie Ledoux Book, President

Hooding Ceremony and Awarding of Diplomas

Dean Bullock
Rozana Carducci, Associate Professor of Education and Graduate Director of the Master of Arts in Higher Education
Rodney L. Parks, University Registrar
President Book

Charge to the Graduating Class

President Book

Recessional

Music performed by W. Thomas Jones, University Organist

Faculty Marshals

Leo M. Lambert, President Emeritus and Professor of Education
Randy Williams, Vice President and Associate Provost for Inclusive Excellence and Associate Professor of Education

Student Marshals

Chanece Bigelow
Norma Rodriguez
Nelson Ysabel