天美传媒 confers 428 degrees, certificates at summer commencement
August 3, 2007
天美传媒 conferred 428 degrees and certificates to 419 students during summer commencement ceremonies Friday, Aug. 3, in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Ceremonies included musical selections by The Portneuf Brass, whose members are Randy Earles, DMA, and Thomas Banyas, trumpets; Craig Knutson, French horn; William Phoenix, trombone; and William Smith, tuba. Earles, Banyas and Knutson are 天美传媒 music department faculty.
Debra Larkin, soprano, sang the national anthem and the 鈥淎lma Mater Hymn,鈥� accompanied by The Portneuf Brass.
Lee Krehbiel, PhD, 天美传媒 interim vice president for Student Affairs, delivered the invocation.
天美传媒 President Arthur C. Vailas conferred the degrees.
The graduates were presented by Thomas T. Jackson, PhD, dean of the graduate school; Joseph D. Steiner, PharmD, dean of the College of Pharmacy; and Barbara Adamcik, PhD, associate provost.
Kandi Turley-Ames, PhD, chair and professor of the 天美传媒 psychology department and winner of 天美传媒鈥檚 2007 Distinguished Teacher Award, delivered the commencement address.
Institutional reader was Alan Frantz, PhD, professor, Department of Educational Leadership.
John Masserini, DMA, chair of the Faculty Senate, led the processional and placed the faculty mace.
For more information, contact the 天美传媒 Office of Registration and Records, (208) 282-2661.
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