Annual Commencement Program

Abstract

Commencement addresses for undergraduate ceremonies: 9 a.m. commencement address by Danielle Johnson. Johnson is the Executive Director of Wichita Habitat for Humanity, the principal owner of Inclusive Growth Strategies, and a Wichita State University alum. 1 p.m. commencement address by Matt All, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas. 5 p.m. commencement address by Laura Bernstorf, Director of Special Missions Program Management at Textron Aviation and Wichita State University alum.Processional / Pomp & Circumstance -- Opening of Ceremony / (Graduate ceremony): Mathew Muether, Faculty Senate President; (Undergraduate ceremony, 9 a.m.): Tom Wine, Professor and Program Director of Music Education, School of Music, College of Fine Arts; (1 p.m.): Sun Young Lee, Assistant Professor Elementary Education, School of Education, College of Applied Studies; (5 p.m.): Dotty Harpool, Executive Director, Engagement and Prominence/Senior Educator, W. Frank Barton School of Business -- National Anthem / Pulip Han, Music Opera Performance Graduate Student -- Welcome and Introduction of Guests / Monica Lounsbery, Senior Executive Vice President and Provost -- Student Welcome / (Graduate ceremony): Donna Tran, Graduate Student of the Year; (All undergraduate ceremonies): Makenna Roths, Undergraduate Student of the Year -- Alumni Welcome / WSU Foundation -- Greetings from the Kansas Board of Regents / Neelima Parasker, Kansas Board of Regents -- Commencement address / (9 a.m.): Danielle Johnson; (1 p.m.): Matt All, (5 p.m.): Laura Bernstorf -- Conferring of Degrees / Richard Muma, President; Monica Lounsbery; (Graduate): Coleen Pugh, Dean, Graduate School; Jeremy Patterson, Dean, College of Innovation & Design; (9 a.m.): Marie Bukowski, Dean, College of Fine Arts; David M. Eichhorn, Interim Dean, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Kimberly Engber, Dean, Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College; (1 p.m.): Jennifer Friend, Dean, Applied Studies; Gregory Hand, Dean, Health Professions; (5 p.m.): Larisa Genin, Dean, Business; Anthony Muscat, Dean, Engineering -- Alma Mater / Pulip Han -- Hail Wichita / Shocker Sound Machine -- Closing of the ceremonies / (Graduate): Mathew Muether; (9 a.m.): Tom Wine; (1 p.m.): Sun Young Lee; (5 p.m.): Dotty Harpool -- Recessional / Salute to Kansas, John Phillip Sousa, Presented by WSU Symphonic Wind Ensembl