2017 18commencement Program
2017 18commencement Program
COMMENCEMENT
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
BOULDER
F O L S O M S TA D I U M
M AY 1 0 , 2 0 1 8
Order of Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Academic Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Honorary Degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Degree Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Environmental Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
College of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Accessibility Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Hail, all hail our Alma Mater! We will sing forever your praises
Ever will our hearts be true: Ever more our love renew,
You will live with us forever, Pledge our whole devotion to you.
Loyal we will be to you. Dear old CU!
Back row: John “Jack” Kroll, District 1 (Denver); John Carson, District 6 (Highlands Ranch); Stephen Ludwig, At Large (Denver);
Heidi Ganahl, At Large (Superior); Kyle Hybl, District 5 (Colorado Springs).
Front row: Sue Sharkey, District 4 (Castle Rock); Irene Griego, Chair, District 7 (Lakewood); Glen Gallegos, Vice Chair, District 3
(Grand Junction); Linda Shoemaker, District 2 (Boulder).
Dear Graduate:
One of the greatest honors for the University of This commencement ceremony, like every University
Colorado Board of Regents, the institution’s governing of Colorado graduation since 1935, will close with the
board, is to be part of a graduation ceremony. Your reading of the Norlin Charge. As originally expressed
success is a success for us all. Your degree is a by CU President George Norlin in 1935, graduation
measure not only of an accomplishment of dedication marks your initiation in the fullest sense of the
and talent, but also notice to the world that you have fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch,
the intellectual gifts and discipline to contribute greatly as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit.
to any endeavor you pursue. Welcome to the ranks of CU’s alumni family of more
than 350,000 graduates since 1882. Congratulations
on achieving this milestone. Well done and well
earned!
Sincerely,
Bruce D. Benson Philip P. DiStefano
President Chancellor
University of Colorado University of Colorado Boulder
The Presidential Chain of Office and the University Mace bottom pendant is a gold topaz indicating the quest for
were created by Mary Sartor, MFA, University of Colorado knowledge. The surrounding ring is inset with fragmented
Boulder. Both were gifts to the university by Mr. and Mrs. cubes and diamonds.
David G. Hawthorn, Class of 1924. The University of Colorado Mace was created for the
Colorado gold and silver are used in both pieces to commencement ceremonies of May 1984. The foot of
symbolize the importance of these minerals to the history the scepter is encased in sterling silver bound in 14-karat
of the state. The chain’s gemstones also consist entirely gold, ending in an intaglio of the seal of Colorado. The
of minerals from Colorado. shaft of the mace was carved from a black walnut tree
thought to have been one of the saplings given to the
The chain, created in 1980 for the inauguration of
settlers of the Colorado Territory by President Abraham
President Arnold R. Weber, holds three suspended
Lincoln.
pendants. The back pendant is the seal of the state of
Colorado surrounded by a golden ribbon representing Sterling silver is also used in the crown, and the university
the golden circle of knowledge. The top pendant in the seal is bound in gold and supported by an inner rod of
front is the seal of the University of Colorado surmounted gold surrounded by eight arching tapered silver ribs.
by an arch set with diamonds and topaz, signifying the At the base, the motto of the university, translated as
necessary link between the search for knowledge and its Let Your Light Shine, encircles the crown in Greek
practical application to the world beyond the university. characters. The wooden staff is bound at intervals in
The laurel wreaths that decorate the bottom of the seal gold and silver rings.
symbolize honor and success. At the center of the
After giving a seminar for CU Boulder aerospace The Board of Regents is pleased to award the honorary
engineering students, he and the chairman of the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, to
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department Richard F. Schaden in recognition of his generosity and
created what might be the first course in forensic dedication to engineering, entrepreneurship, education
engineering that brought together engineering and and the law.
DEGREE PRESENTATION
Lucile Berkeley Buchanan
Lucy (Lucile) Berkeley Buchanan became the first Colorado) and attended the University of Chicago before
African American woman to graduate from the University earning her bachelor’s degree in German from the
of Colorado 100 years ago. Buchanan was born on university on June 5, 1918. The moment was historic
June 13, 1884, in a shed close to the South Platte but sad; officials would not let her onstage to accept her
River in Denver to emancipated slaves from Virginia. diploma. Afterward, she taught in the Chicago Public
She earned a teaching certificate in 1905 from the School system for 31 years. She retired in 1949 and
State Normal School (today the University of Northern returned to Denver and the home her father had built.
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