2017 UG Commencement Program

1 U ndergraduate P rograms C ommencement 2017 O rder of E xercises Prelude *Processional Crown Imperial (1937)......................................................................................................Walton Convening the Commencement..................................................................................Silvia Flores, M.D. Grand Marshal Member of the Board of Trustees Presiding Officer...........................................................................................George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer * Star Spangled Banner ...............................................................................................................Key/Smith O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Welcoming and Introductions...............................................................................Ralph V. Rogers, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Opening Remarks................................................................................................... George L. Hanbury II Presentation of The James Farquhar Award....................................................... Brad A. Williams, Ed.D. Dean, College of Undergraduate Studies Presentation of Outstanding Student Awards............................................................... Brad A. Williams Recognition of Honors College and Honor Society Graduates ........................... Don Rosenblum, Ph.D. Dean, Farquhar Honors College Address on Behalf of the Graduates for Morning Ceremony........................................Lacei Marie Sams Class of ’17 Address on Behalf of the Graduates for Afternoon Ceremony.............................. Kenneth Allen Smith Class of ’17 *The audience should stand during this part of the ceremony.