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Summer

COMMENCEMENT

of the Eighty-Third Year

10 a.m.

August Twelfth

A. D. Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee1912-1995

Class Officers

Andrew Bradley, Gary Indiana PresidentCletonya LaGr^d, Battle Creek, Michigan Vice PresidentMichelle Lilly, Peoria, Illinois SecretaryShenieka Beadle, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Treasurer

Summer

Commencement Exercise

of the Eighty-Third Year

Tennessee State University

August Twelfth

A. D. Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five

Commencement T^ventsVINTAGERS CELEBRATION

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

Thursday, August 101:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. TOUR OF FLOYD-PAYNE CAMPUS CENTER2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. REGISTRATION/RECEPTION

Floyd-Payne Campus Center1st Floor-Faculty Dining Room

8:00 p.m.- 11.00 p.m. FUN INTERLUDE (Happy Hour/Cash Bar)Union Station Hotel, McKinl^'s Room

Friday, August 1110:45 a.m.- 11:15 a.m. CLASS PICTURES (Must be on time)

Front of W. S. Davis Home Economic^ursing Complex11:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. VINTAGERS LUNCHEON

Agriculture Research CenterInduction of Class of 1955 and

Presentation of the Platinum Vintagers2:00 p.m.- 2:30 p.m. MINI WORKSHOPS

Lawson Hall, Room 1076:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. NASHVILLE CHAPTER TORCH AWARDS

SCHOLARSHIP BANQUETCrowne Plaza Hotel

9:00 p.m.- 1:00 a.m. VINTAGERS AFTERGLOW (Semiformal Dance)Union Station Hotel, L&N Ballroom

Saturday, August 128:00 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. PRESIDENT'S BREAKFAST

Floyd-Payne Campus Center/Student's Dining Room10:00 a.m. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE

Gentry CenterClass of 1945 RecognitionPRESIDENT'S RECEPTION

Immediately following CommencementAgricultural Research and Extension Center

HOST HOTEL: Union Station Hotel

1001 Broadway, Nashville, TN (615) 726-1001

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

James A. Hefner

Augustus Bankhead

H. Clay Harkleroad

Thomas Martin

President

Vice President, Academic AffairsVice President, Business and FinanceVice President, Student Affairs

CommencementTHE ORDER OF SERVICE

Saturday, August 12,199510 a.m.

Howard C. Gentry ComplexDr. Robert J. Hudsoii, Presiding

PRELUDE— "African American Hyiim Tune Suite" Charles CallahanDr. Ralph Simpson, University Organist

♦PROCESSIONAL— "Volimtaiy in D" John Stanl^

HYMN FOR THE AUDIENCE— "America The Beautiful" WardO Beautiful for spacious skies, O Beautiful for Heroes provedFor Amber waves of grain. In liberating strife.For purple mountain majesty Who more than self their country loved.Above fte firuited plain. And mercy more than lifeAmerica! America! God shed His grace on Thee America! America! May God thy gold refineAnd crown thy good with brotherhood Till all success be noblenessFrom sea to shining sea. And every gain divine.

MUSIC—Ain't a That Good News" arr. Uzee BrownDiana Poe, Soprano

INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER Dr. James A. HeftierPresident of the University

ADDRESS Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durl^rDirector, Health Promotion Health Center

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia

MUSIC—^Toccata (Ride On, King Jesus)" John CarterMrs. Poe

PRESENTATION OF DEANS OF SCHOOLS Dr. Augustus BankheadVice President for Academic Affairs

CONFERRING OF DEGREES President James A. Heftier

U.S. AIR FORCE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY Samuel Brown, Jr.Colonel, United States Air Force

PRESENTATION OF AWARDSPRESENTATION OF UNIVERSITY VINTAGERS AND SPECIAL GUESTS

ALUMNI INDUCTION Mrs. Mary Bingham Adams, '54President, TSU National Alumni Association

THE PRESIDENTIAL CHARGETHE ALMA MATER

♦RECESSIONAL—-"Voluntaiy in D" Jeremiah Clarke

UNIVERSITY MARSHALS:Robert Boone, Ph.D., Chief Marshal Bemardeen Fleming, Ed.D. Bruce Mallard, Ph.D.Paul Caraher, Ph.D. Sandra Holt, Ph.D. Robert Nevikirk, Ph.D.Satinderpaul Devgan, Ph.D. Paul Madden, Ed.D. Marcia Williams, Ph.D.

* Audience please stand

HONORS

Summa Cum Laude—A senior who has earned a grade point average of 3.75 or above.

Magna Cum Laude—senior who has earned a grade point average of 3.50 to 3.74.

Cum Laude—A senior who has earned a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.49.

University Honors—A senior who has earned a grade point average of 3.25 or above andhas fulfilled other requirements of the University Honors Program.

Candidates who have achieved honors in general scholarship are distinguished inprocession by three-tassel gold braid cords. Those being graduated with UniversityHonors are distinguished by a scarlet braid cord with three gold tassels. The scarlet issymbolic of the University Honors Program; the gold, of general scholarship. The cordsare provided by the University Honors Program.

SCHOOL COLORS

Agriculture maizeAllied Health golden yellowArts and Letters white

Business Administration drab

Communication and Theater silver, grayCriminal Justice purpleEducation light blueEngmeeiing orangeFine Arts, including Architecture brownHome Economics maroon

Library Science lemonMusic pinkNursing apricotPhilosophy dark bluePublic Administration peacock blueSciences golden yellowSociology whiteSpecialist Degree light blueDoctoral Degree royal blue

Mingled colors distinguish combined curriculums.

Because of circumstances which require that the list of names be furnished to the printerin final form approximately three weeks prior to Commencement, it is possible thatone or more candidates listed herein may have been unable to complete allrequirements for the degree. Inability to remove a name at the last moment doesnot commit the University to grant the diploma to a person thus listed in error.

Conferring of the Degrees of Doctor ofPhilosophy,Doctor of Education, Specialist in EducationMaster of Arts, Master of Arts in Education,

Master of Business Administration,Master of Criminal Justice, Master of Education,

Master of Engineering, Master of Public AdministrationMaster of Science

Ttie ScfiooC of graduate Studiesand searcfi

Established in 1951

Candidates will be presented by

C. MCCURDY LIPSEY, Ph.D.

Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYJOHNNY L. WHITE, PUBLIC ADMINISTRA^ON

"A Public-Private Comparison of Organizational Commitment"B.S.—^University of North Alabama, 1977M.C.J.—Middle Tennessee State University, 1982

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION

JIMMIE DEAN ALLEN, PSYCHOLOGY"A Study Identifying Which Inmates Will Complete SexOffender Treatment Program"

B.A.—^Missouri Western College, 1976M.S.—^Northwest Missouri State University, 1987

JANE P. ASAMANI, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"Using Cooperative Learning to Improve Pretest in Remedial Reading Classes"

B.A.—^University of West Indies, 1981M.A.—Fisk University, 1987Ed.S.—^Tennessee State University, 1993

MIRA JANE BORDERS, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"Gender Differences in the Self-Esteem Levels of Adolescent Students"

B.S.—^Tennessee Tech University, 1991M.Ed.—^Middle Tennessee State University, 1993Ed.S.—^Middle Tennessee State University, 1993

JOHN EDWARD CALTON, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"A Study of the Level of Understanding and Attitudes Toward Selected Parts ofthe Education Improvement Act of 1991 Among Tennessee SchoolSuperintendents and Directors of Schools"

B.S.—University of Tennessee at Martin, 1986M.Ed.—^Middle Tennessee State University, 1991

CHARLES SIEVEN CHAUNCY, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"The Impact of the Tennessee Driver's License Law on At Risk SecondaryStudents in a Selected Middle Tennessee School District"

B.S.—^University of Tennessee, 1975M.Ed.—^Trevecca Nazarene College, 1988

KATHLEEN SABA CHRISTIAN, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"The Challenges of Rural School Principals and Their Perceptions of theEducational Improvement Act"

B.S.—^Tennessee Tech University, 1980M.A.—^Tennessee Tech University, 1984Ed.S.—^Tennessee Tech University, 1988

GARY WAYNE COZART, PSYCHOLOGY

"A Comparative Analysis of WISC-HI and SB-IV Profiles for Black and WhiteStudents Referred for Learning Problems"

B.S.—Belmont College, 1977M.A.—^Middle Tennessee State University, 1978Ed.S.—^Middle Tennessee State University, 1987

TERRY LEE EDWARDS, PSYCHOLOGY"Relationships Between Adolescent Alienation, Self-Esteem, and Perceptions ofSocial Acceptance"

B.S.—Austin Peay State University, 1989M.A.—^Austin Peay State University, 1990

SCOTT ROBERT ERICSON, PSYCHOLOGY

"Religious Orientation and Locus of Control"B.S.—Grace College, 1983M.A.—Grace Theological Seminary, 1987Ph.D—Oxford Graduate School, 1989

SUSAN MARIE HALE, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"A Study of Attitudes of Tennessee Teachers in Elementary and MiddleSchools Toward the Inclusion of Students With Learning Disabilities in theRegular Classroom"

B.A.—^David Lipscomb University, 1977M.Ed.—^Middle Tennessee State University, 1992

ANGELA GARNER HARRIS, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION"A Study of Restructuring Public School Education Through Privatization andContract Management"

B.A.—^Fisk University, 1979M.L.S.—George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, 1980

NANCY ANN KIRBY, PSYCHOLOGY"The Relationship Between Attributional Style and Occupational Burnout:A Study of Direct Care Providers in an Inpatient Psychiatric Facility"

B.S.—Middle Teimessee State University, 1988M.A.—^Middle Tennessee State University, 1990

MARION C. LOGAN, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"A Stu(ty of Davidson County's Elementary and Middle School Teachers'Perceptions of Teimessee Value Added Assessment System"

B.S.—^Teimessee State University, 1968M.A.—Tennessee State University, 1969Ed.S.—Teimessee State University, 1992

NINA JONES WOOD, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION"The Development of Computer Technology Initiatives in TennesseeElementary and Middle School Classrooms"

B.A.—David Lipscomb University, 1984M.Ed.—^Tennessee State University, 1986

MASTER OF ARTS

TERESA ANN BALLAS, ENGLISHTERESA A. CORLEW, ENGLISHCONSTANCE LEE RICE, ENGLISH

MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION

PATSY KAY BOULIE, HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

NAJAT MOHMOUD EL TITI, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONJONI HUNTER KIES, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONSmiMA LINPISAL, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONCARLOS A. M. MONTEIRO, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONWILLIE ANN PATTERSON, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONDANAIYA DANA SUWATANO, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONVIRGINIA EMBLY TACKER, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

MASTER OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SHELIA A. BROWN, CRIMINAL JUSTICEDAVID ALLEN DOCKERY, CRIMINAL JUSTICEAUGUSTINE C. TUDEME, CRIMINAL JUSTICE

MASTER OF EDUCATION

JEFFREY LEE ADAMS, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONLATANYA KIM BATTLE, SPECIAL EDUCATION

LORISTIEFEL BELL, SPECIAL EDUCATIONTRACY MARE BULLARD, SPECIAL EDUCATIONRICKY LEE CALDWELL, SR., SPECIAL EDUCATIONPATRICIA A. GERNY, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONMARGARET E. CLARK, SPECIAL EDUCATIONCAMILLE VOLKERT CONN, SPECIAL EDUCATION

DEBRA SUE CRAWFORD, SPECIAL EDUCATIONDARNELL S. DAY, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONKIMBERLY SUSAN DORRIS, SPECIAL EDUCATIONCHARLES EMORY FELLOWS, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONBESSIE ELIZABETH FINGER, SPECIAL EDUCATIONSHERYL LYNN FULTS, SPECIAL EDUCATIONGUY DEREK GARRISON, SPECIAL EDUCATIONGERALD ODELL GRUBB, ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONM^ISSA RUTH HALL, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONWILLIAM SCOTT HAMMOND, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONCARL EDWARD HEAD, H, SPECIAL EDUCATIONBRENDA HOWELL, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONJACQUELINE MAMROS HREBENAR, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONBETTYIODLE JACKSON, ADMENISTRATTON & SUPERVISIONVICKIE KAREN JACOBS, SPECIAL EDUCATIONDEZORAL T. JENKINS, SPECIAL EDUCATIONWILLIAM ISSAC JOHNSON, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTTONDOROTHY JEAN LAWSON, READINGDARWIN LEVI MASON, ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISIONMITCHELL COTHRON MERRYMAN, SPECIAL EDUCATIONEDDY WAYNE MESSICK, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONLAMIA LYNN MINGIS, SPECIAL EDUCATIONSANDRA ELAINE MOORMAN, ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONRENTTA J. PERKINS, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONHAROLD LEON PHELPS, JR, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTTONMICHELE RENEE PRATER, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONSUSAN C. PUTNAM, SPECIAL EDUCATIONSOUETTE LEE QUINN, SPECIAL EDUCATIONFLOYD E. REED, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONJAMES LEWIS REESE, HI, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONJENNIFER LEANNE RUSSELL, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONHOLLY MAUREEN SHANNON, SPECIAL EDUCATIONLASHAWN YVETTE SHAW, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONJOHN ALLAN SMITH, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONMARGARET ELOISE SMITH, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTIONNANCY LOU SMITH, ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONVIRGINIA NORTH SWEENEY, ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONLAVADA UNGRETTE TAYLOR, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONALENA ROSENELL TORREY, SPECIAL EDUCATIONTERESA USELTON, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISION

MARGARET HALEY WADE, SPECIAL EDUCATIONROGER W. WIEMERS, ADMINISTRATION & SUPERVISIONLETITIA MATTOX WOODALL, SPECIAL EDUCATION

MASTER OF ENGINEERING

OTHMAN MOHAMMAD AL-SMADI, ENGINEERINGMOHAMAD JALALIAN, ENGINEERINGASHKAR AHMED KHAN, ENGINEERINGOLUWOLE GABRIEL OMTTOWOJU, ENGINEERINGTIMOTHY WAYNE ROBINSON, ENGINEERING

JARVIS WALTER SPRUILL, ENGINEERINGJIANG WU, ENGINEERING

MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

EVELYN M. BURRY, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONSHARON E. HILL, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONBRENDA ANNETTE MERRTTT, PUBUC ADMDSflSTRATTONNANCY D. WHITTEMORE, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE

DANA GIOVANNI ACHOE, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGADNAN KHALIL BAHOUR, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCESELOIS C. BARRON, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGASHONDA J. BASHAW, AGRICULTURE SCIENCEVALERIE JOY BELLINDER, PSYCHOLOGYWILLIAM L. BIGGS, JR, AGRICULTURE SCIENCETHOMAS ELROD CALDWELL, CHEMISTRYKAREN LYNN COCHRAN, AGRICULTURE SCIENCEPATRICK O. CONNOR, BIOLOGYALIREZA DASHTIZADEH, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCESCHRISTOPHER ALBERT DUKE, MUSIC EDUCATIONGAYLA GRAY DUNLAP, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGBERNARD ETHERLY, CHEMISTRYMARK ALAN FORKUM, PSYCHOLOGYGLADYS MAE GARRISON, BIOLOGYBYRON KEITH GLENN, CHEMISTRYARTHUR LOVELLE HAYES, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCESKAREN YVETTE HURDLE, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGMARION KURTTKI JINKS, AGRICULTURE SCIENCELISA LEE KENNEDY, PSYCHOLOGYKm LIZETTE KIRK, BIOLOGYDELETHA MICHELLE LANIER, GUIDANCE & COUNSELING

BCATHRYN EVANS MARRERO, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGMONIKA JOYNER MASON, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGSYLVIA ANN McGEE, MATEEMATICAL SCENCESLEE ANN MCBCNIGHT, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGLARRY CURTIS PHILLIPS, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

JULIA L. ROLEN, PSYCHOLOGYSONSAUHRAY C. PRICE SAMPSON, MATHEMATICAL SCIENCESMATHULANI SATHANANTHAN, MATHEMATICAL SCENCESARTYOM VLADIMIROVICH SHNEYDER, BIOLOGY

TERRILYNNE SNEED, AGRICULTURE SCENCESHAWN M. STEWART, PSYCHOLOGY

MISTY SHAWN SWINDLE, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGRICHARD SOLOMON THOMAS, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGANGELA MARIA THOMPSON, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGPRISCILLA DEMONE TEES, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGANN NEE VANDER-LINDEN, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGCHRISTINA LONZO VAUGHAN, GUIDANCE & COUNSELINGCHARLE BERNARD WADE, JR, AGRICULTURE SCENCEDARLENE ANTIONETTE WARFORD, GUIDANCE & COUNSELING

Conferring of the Degrees ofBachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Science

The College qfjirts and Sciences

Established in 1951

Candidates will be presented by

BOBBY L. LOVETT, Ph.D.

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

BACHELOR OF ARTS

LISA IRENE GRIGGS, Biology, Magna Cum LaudeVALETHA DE'SEAN KATE, EnglishTARA LYNN MAYFELD, EnglishNATASHA ARNETTA STRONG, EnglishMARJORE ELLEN THOMAS, English, Magna Cum LaudeBCEVIN MICHAEL WALKER, English

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

AHMED FAHAD AL-OTAEI, Computer ScienceBARBARA ANN B ARKSDALE, SociologySHEMEKA BEADLE, Social WorkTITUS LA'MAR BERRY, PhysicsJACQUELINE BELINGSLEY, Computer ScienceWONDIMU KABTIHYIMER BORENA, MathematicsANDREW GLENN BRADLEY, Criminal JusticeALEXIS COLEMAN BRIGHT, Computer Science, Cum LaudeMARQUISE ANTONIO BRTTT, Speech Commimication & TheatreGERTRUDE JORDAN BUFORD, Arts & Sciences

SHERRES ANN BUSH, Criminal Justice, Cum LaudeKIMBERLY MICHELLE BYRD, BiologyCHARLES G. CANNON, Criminal JusticeSTEPHANIE A. CARTER, BiologyJIN t)K CHOI, Criminal JusticeTODD CROSLEY, SociologyJUAN CHRISTOPHER CULP, MathematicsTONIA NICHOLE DAILEY, Criminal JusticeARTELIA PEARL DANSBY, Arts & SciencesANDREA COLETTE DAWSON, Arts & Sciences

ANTHONY CHARLES DIXON, Arts & Sciences

KIMBERLY LYNN DOUGLASS, Aits & SciencesKENNETH MARCUS DREW, Ait

MARC ANTHONY EWELL, Computei ScienceDAWN MICHELLE FANNING, Computei ScienceROBERT MARCUS FERREIJL, Political ScienceCHRISTY MICHELLE FLOYD, Aits & SciencesWILLIE DE'ONNE FLOYD, Computei Science, Magna Cum LaudeALMOND J. GATEWOOD, Political ScienceTERRANCE JERMAINE GIBSON, Political Science, Cum LaudeHARRY SAMUEL GUESS, ffl. Political Science

NICOLA HARRISON, BiologyCHALOND A KATRICE HDLL, BiologyYOLANDA DENISE HOCKETT, Criminal Justice, Cum LaudeLATANYA RENEE HODGE, Computei ScienceSHANTRELL LAMONT HUFFMAN, Speech Communication & TheatreANDREW LEE JACKSON, JR, Computer SciencePAMELA CHERI JACKSON, BiologyRONALD RAY JACKSON, Speech Conununication & TheatreGLENN MORRIS JAMISON, JR., Aits & Sciences, Magna Cum LaudeGLENN EDWARD JOHNSON, ChemistiyJULIE A. JOHNSON, AitTONYA SALIA KNOX, Alts & SciencesCLETONYA KAY LAGRAND, Criminal JusticePATRICIA LOUISE LAWRENCE, Arts & SciencesLASHONDA DEE LENNON, MathematicsMICHELLE D. LILLY, Speech Communication & TheatreERIC D. LLOYD, Arts & SciencesPAMELA MARIE LOFTON, Arts & SciencesWILLIAM BCENNETH LOTT, JR, MathematicsDAVID JEROME LUCAS, BiologyANITA CHEVELLE MARTIN, Speech Communication & TheatreBRIAN KEITH MARTIN, BiologyJACQUELINE T. McDUFFIE, Computer ScienceJOHNNIE L. MILLON, EnglishRYAN S. MOXON, ChemistiyDEMTTRIA Z. NORMAN, Social WorkDONICA LYNN OUSLEY, Computer ScienceCASSANDRA PEOPLES, Political Science, Magna Cum LaudeGWENDOLYN LASANE POINDEXTER Arts & SciencesREGINALD DURAND ROSS, HistoryRODNEY JARRELL ROWAN, Arts & SciencesDENNIS RUSSELL, Speech Communication & TheatreYOLANDA SERETHA SIMMONS, Criminal JusticeAUDREY NADINE SMITH, English, Cum LaudeJERRY SMITH, SociologyKEVIN LYLE TOMPKINS, BiologyCAPRICE MEZZELLE TRUETT, Speech Communication & TheatreTAMARA S. UNRUH, Social Work, Magna Cum LaudeTOMKA L. WALKER, BiologyKETRA JENENE WALTON, Biology

DENOTRICE L. WATKINS, Criminal JusticeDERERK WILLIAMS, Criminal JusticeKIMBERLY LATRECE WILLIAMS, Criminal JusticeLAVERNE ANGELINE WILLIAMS. ChemistiyMARCO A. WILLIAMS, Political ScienceMARTIN S. WILSON, Criminal JusticeROBERT L. WINSTON, BiologyKERDETRA RENAE WOODS, Computer ScienceCAROLYN SUE WOODSON, SociologyKELLIE MICHELLE WOODSON, BiologyKIMBERLY ANN WOODWARD, Arts & Sciences, Cum LaudeJACK W. WOOTEN, JR, Biology

Conferring of the Degrees of Associate of Scienceand Bachelor of Business Administration

iJie CoUege of (Business

Established in 1974

Candidates will be presented by

TILDEN CURRY, Ph.D.

Dean of the College of Business

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

ANNET LASHAWN AUSTIN, Business AdministrationLA TASHA LYNN BEARD, Business AdministrationBEVERLY JEAN NEWBERN CHAPMAN, AccountingJOHN LOUIS CHERRY, AccountingROSHAWNDA DONNETTE CORN, Business AdministrationANTHONY L. EDWARDS, Business AdministrationMICHAEL THOMAS FRANCIS, AccountingRYAN KENYON HARDING, Business AdministrationROBERT EARL HATCHETT, JR., AccountingRONALD FREDRICK JASMIN, Business AdministrationALYCYA D. LINK, Business AdministrationKEDRICK LEMONT MALONE, AccountingMICHELLE LYNN MATTHEWS, Business AdministrationLYNETTE ELAINE MOORE, AccountingDARRYL EUGENE MOULDEN, Business AdministrationBEVERLY ANN RAINER, AccountingPATRICIA ANN DOWLESS, AccountingKEISHA YVETTE ROBINSON, AccountingMARCUS D. TATE, AccountingFELITA B. TURNER, Office ManagementROMMIE L. VASSER, JR, Business AdministrationKEVIN SHAWN WILLIAMS, Business AdministrationCARDALE MONOLEO WINFREY, Business AdministrationSTEVEN WOODLE, Business Administration

Conferring of the Degrees of Bachelor ofArts andand Bachelor of Science

iHe College of'Education

Established in 1951

Candidates will be presented by

FRANKLIN B. JONES, Ed. D.

Interim Dean of the College of Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

CRAIG DEWAYNE ADAMS, PsychologyMELVIN JOSEPH BREAUX, PsychologyGARY L. DAVIS, Health, Physical Education & RecreationFRANCES MARILYN HOLLENDER DELCAU, Special EducationEDWARD LEON HALL, PsychologyKIMBERLY MARIA HANSERD, PsychologyBRENDA LOUISE HOBSON, PsychologyWBLBERT DAVID POTTER, Health, Physical Education & RecreationMARGO LYNN REESE, P^chologyCLAUDIA ELAINE SHARAFI, Psychology, Cum Laude

Conferring of the DegreeBachelor of Science

me College qf^ngineeritigatuf TecHnoCogy

Established in 1951

Candidates will be presented by

DECATUR B. ROGERS, Ph. D.

Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

SAUD AL-FAILAKAWI, Civil EngineeringMICHAEL DULEY, Electrical EngineeringJANNET MICHELLE GUY, Aeronautical & Industrial TechnologyCECIL FRED HIGGS, HI, Mechanical EngineeringNICOLE KNOTT, Electrical EngmeeringSHAUN JAMES PETYAK, Mechanical Engineering, Magna Cum LaudeBRIAN SCOTT ROGERS, Aeronautical & Industrial TechnologyRICHARD NIKOLAOS TANTARIS, Electrical Engineering

Conferring of the Degree ofBachelor of Science

me Schoolqf^riculture and9fome 'Economics

Established in 1958

Candidates will be presented by

TROY WAKEFELD, Ph. D.

Dean of the School of Agriculture and Home Economics

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

JORGE P. AGOSTINHO, Agriculture ScienceLASHONDRA FAYE ARNOLD, Agriculture ScienceSHONDALYN MONIQUE BARRIE, Agriculture ScienceANGELA LATASHIA BICKERSTAFF, Agriculture ScienceERNESTINE DENICE DRIVER, Agriculture ScienceYAZMIN Y. GIBSON, Home EconomicsWANDA ELIZABETH GRAVES, Home EconomicsDEMETRIUS HALL, Hotel & Restaurant AdministrationDANIELLE PAULINE JACKSON, Hotel & Restaurant AdministrationSHAWN DUANE LONG, Hotel & Restaurant AdministrationWDLLE T. ODENEAL, JR., Agriculture ScienceSEAN MICHEAL O'REILLY, Hotel & Restaurant AdministrationJACQUELINE YVETTE PICKENS, Agriculture ScienceMIYOSHILEVETTE RUSSELL, Home Economics

FELICIA LASHELLE TAYLOR, Agriculture SciencePATRICIA ELLA TIPTON, Agriculture ScienceCOLAINA JARUTH TOWNSEND, Hotel &. Restaurant AdministrationCARLOS LAMOUNT WILLIAMS, Agriculture Science

Conferring of the Degrees of Associate ofScience andBachelor of Science

iHe ScfiooC ofjKRedJfeaCtfi(Professions

Established in 1974

Candidates will be presented

ANDREW BOND, PLD.

Dean of the School of Allied Health Professions

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

TERESA GAIL BURGHER, Dental HygieneTRACEY RENEE HINES, Dental HygieneVIVIAN CRITTENDEN JENKINS, Dental HygieneLYNDEE KAYE LONG, Dental HygieneSONYA LYNN SMITH, Dental HygieneANN KATHERINE TEMPLE, Dental Hygiene, Cum LaudePATRICK ANTWON WAKEEDELD, Dental Hygiene

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

THANIALMANSOORI, Health Care Administration & PlanningLINDA R. ARCHER, Occupational Therapy, Cum LaudeSARA BAHIRAEI, C^diorespiratoiy Care Science, Magna Cum LaudeBETH ANN BOSTROM, Occupational TherapyFEKRA A. BOWEN, Cardiorespiratory Care ScienceELIZABETH M. CHISHOLM, Occupational TherapyAPRIL NICOLE CRISP, Health Care Administration & PlanningSHERRICUMMINGS, Medical TechnologyAUDREY LYNETTE DELASHMENT, Cardiorespiratory Care ScienceLENORE E. DIMATTEO, Occupational TherapyEDMOND JENNINGS DOUGLAS, Cardiorespiratory Care ScienceCAROLYN MICHELLE EARLES, Speech Pathology & AudiologyCINDY MARIE PAGAN, Health formation ManagementTINA B. FTTZSIMMONS, Occupational Therapy, Magna Cum LaudeKRISTINA DANIELLE BASS GARCIA, Occupational TherapyKIM ATKINS GROGAN, Occupational Therapy, Magna Cum LaudeANGELA KAREN HESTER, Occupational Therapy, Cum LaudeTANISHA DIONNE JAMES, Speech Pathology & AudiologyAUDREY JOHNSON, Speech Pathology & Audiology

CYNTHIA M. JOHNSON, Health Care Administration & PlanningIRACEY YVETTE JOHNSON, Medical TechnologyWILLA JOYCE, Health Information ManagementBRITT A. KING, Occupational TherapyKIM LESCALETT-HA2ELT0N, Occupational Therapy, Cum LaudeKENNETH CHRISTOPHER MASSEY, Occupational TherapyLAURA SUE McEACHERN, Medical TechnologySTEVEN C. McVAY, Occupational TherapyKATINA ROBIN MILNER, Health Care Administration & PlarmingHOPE MITCHELL-OLIVER, Dental HygieneDANA E. MOULTON, Occupational Therapy, Summa Cum LaudeJONATHAN J. MYERS, Health Information Management, Magna Cum LaudeCORTINA CATHELIA NICKS, Cardiorespiratory Care Science, Cum LaudeMICHAEL NYAKUNDIONDIEKI, Health Information ManagementPETRINA M. PAYNE, Health Care Administration & PlarmingSUZANNE AUSTIN PORTER, Cardiorespiratory Care ScienceBETH C. PUCKETT, Occupational TherapyRAMONA RASMUSSEN, Occupational Therapy, Cmn LaudeMARLON LANELL RICKS, Health Care Administration & PlarmingYOLANDA E. ROGERS, Health Care Administration & PlarmingPHILIP WBLBERT SAILSMAN, Cardiorespiratory Care ScienceMASIH SHOKRANI, Medical Technology, Cum LaudeRODNEY R. SMITH, Occupational Therapy, Cum LaudeVICTOR LAMONT STAFFORD, Cardiorespiratory Care ScienceSANDRA STEPHENSON, Health Information Management, Cum LaudeHARRISON O. STEWART, Cardiorespiratory Care ScienceRITA JO VAUGHAN STRICKLAND, Cardiorespiratory Care Science, Cum LaudeRENEE M. TEMPEST, Occupational TherapyNICOLE DENISE WALKER, Health Information ManagementDONNA G. WAYMAN, Health Information Management, Magna Cum Laude

Conferring of the Degrees of Associate of Sciencecmd Bachelor of Science

iHe ScHooC of^iursing

Established in 1979

Candidates will be presented by

MARION ANEMA, Ph.D.

Dean of the School of Nursing

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

ROBERT THOMAS GLEAVES, NursingJOHN LEE McCARTY, NursingLINDA A. PUMP, NursingLORIWOOTEN, Nursing

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

KATHRYN MARIE MOORE, Nursing

VintagersParticipants

CCass of 1945

Iris A. Brandon

Mary Ann P. BuieLeon Faibes, Jr.

Bessie S. Hawkins

Elizabeth Lowe

Gloria L. McKay MarylandNaomi Simmons McGhee

Lyda Y. McKeldinKathiyn McKinney

Stella M. Epps-MooreHenry H. Sims

Ruth Edmondson Stafih^Jimmie Loraine Henderson Tucker

Ethelyne Ward WebbGlatfys Walker Williams

Lillian R. Williams

Ehrai Walker Zapp

class of 1955

George L. AltmanMaijorie Johnson AnthonyFrances Newbem BaileyJohn W. Blanton

Eleanor F. BrightRuby Greene BrooksJuel L. Payne CollinsBetty Brummell CunninghamLaura LaPrade Davis

Constance Watkins Elliott

Riley W. ElliottHazel Pointer Fields

Walter L. Fields, Jr.Annie Gilbert FryerBessie Wallace Garrett

Evelyn Barbee GilliamBen E. Harris

Georgia Rhodes HunterEloise Thomas Johnson

Paul 1. Jones

Marilyn Brown Preston Killingham

Arthur R Kinnard, Jr.William G. Love

Iris Butler Marable

Donald Dwain Marsh, Sr.Curtis Maxwell

Bemice Martin McClain

Leatiice L. Black Moore

Greta Becket MurrayClara Louise Cunningham OsbomeBettye G. Stewart OteyGeorge M. PurhamWilliam F. Reed

Arligues H. ShackelfordMary Benson ShermanMary Bright WalkerClarice Clarify WhiteEva Houston White

H. Heiuyne Davidson WhiteMargaret C. WhitfieldRuth Greene Williams

Dorothy Richardson Bond Wilson

Platinum VintagersClasses of 1930-1939

1931

Edith C. DowdyShelton H. LangleyJames Franklin Taylor

1932

Lucille M. Scott

Ella ThompsonRoy O. Vaughn, Sr.

1933

Jessie Thelma Archer

Sarah Moore Greene

Hiram B. Moore

Joseph K. Petway, Sr.Datie Bridgeforth RussellBeatrice Scales Williams

Alice Douglas Walton

1934

Charles James Bate

Harriet White Jones BowlingJanet Stanback Dumas KeysMary Julia P. Rhodes

1935

Mary Smithson CraigheadCarrie M. DenneyEdward H. Kimes

Damon Lee, Jr.Arthur Lee Robinson

Marie J. Sandle

Lillian Duim Thomas

1936

J. Bernard Bradshaw

Sadie Galloway JohnsonSamuella Trotter Kimes

Lorraine J. Johnson Patterson

Bemice Allen Reeves

1937

Goldie A. Baldwin

Elsie M. Scales Edwards

Thelma H. Fisher

Lettie StanlQ' GallowayBeulah Emerson HardgeLaPearle Roberts PhilyawHorace Oliver Porter

1938

Ola MurplQr BellErnest Bra^eEsther Haywood CourtneyRuth Haynes CovingtonLuel E. DansbyAugustine Smith DartisAlbert M. Miller

Hiram Beene Moore

Bemice L. SpignerAndrew C. Williams

1939

Lullavee R. Allen

Blondella M. BaileyWilbm: L. Bate

Edgar S. BurkeMaiy L. Gentry DameronIvanetta H. Davis

Juanita Wright DouglasWilliam M.Ha£rord

Sadie H. James

Lillie A. Jones

Doris Bmce KellyElizabeth Polk Lowe

Cathryn B. McKinneyRobert D. PhillipsEllen Rosser

Vivian Brooks White

James Newton Williams

Other Vintagers and Retirees

Participants

Mary A. AdamsGla(fys AustinEssie T. Battle

Ethel Boswell

Lily BoydGolaree O. Coles

Virginia S. DonaldsonArthm B. DouglasJimmie C. Frazier

Gennie Spencer HoggChristine Osbum Jackson

Aeolian E. Lockert, Jr.Florida Mitchell

Virginia S. NyabongoGilbert Pleasant

Harriette Pleasant

Mildred Sensing PorterMary Coleman Rogan Smith

Dorothy T. ThomasDelphine O. ThomtonEugene W. WashingtonMillie E. Washington

Fred Westbrook

Joseph C. WhiteKatie K. White

A Special Salute To Our"Jewel Vintager"

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We Are Proud of You and We Wish You Many More Years!

Gerald L. Durle^Commencement Speaker

Gerald L. Durley is the senior pastor of the historicProvidence Missionary Baptist Church of Atlanta, Ga.,

and a 1964 graduate of Tennessee State University. Inaddition to his work with the church, Durl^ also serves aschaplain with the Atlanta Police Chaplaincy Corps anddirector of the Health Promotion Resource Center, which helpsfund health prevention programs throughout the Southeast.He also works as co-director of the Atlanta Interfeith Health

Project, affiliated with The Carter Center, an organizationestablished by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.

Prior to joining the pastorate, Durley served as executive director of the Head StartProgram in Fulton and Douglas Counties in Georgia, and as director of conununity

relations and dean of students with Clark Atlanta University.

Dr. James Hefner, president of Tennessee Stare University, said, "Tennessee StateUniversity traditionally asks a distinguished graduate of the University to deliver

the summer commencement address. We are pleased to have Pastor Gerald Durley whohas devoted his life to serving others, both physically and spiritually, to be our speakerthis year, We believe his contributions to society will be an inspiration to this year'sgraduates as they, too, begin to serve in their careers."

Facts About

Tennessee State Vniversity

♦ The University was recently listed among the best educational institutions in the UnitedStates, according to U.S. News and World Report's 1995 Guide to America's Best Colleges.

♦ Tennessee State University is the only institution in the Tennessee Board of Regents systemthat showed an increase in enrollment during the fall 1994 terat Fall enrollment at TSU was8,180 full-time students. Student enrollment for the 1993 fall term was 7,851.

♦ Less than 21 percent of all colleges in the United States have accredited business programs.TSU is one of these colleges and the only college in Nashville accredited at both theundergraduate and graduate levels by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools ofBusiness.

♦ TheUniversity has one of the largest schools of Allied Health in the nation. The school haseight programs designed to prepare students for exploding career opportunities in the healthcare field. A new master's degree program in nursing began operation in the fall semester.

♦ One of the nation's most prestigious honors societies, Phi Kappa Phi, now offers a chapter atTennessee State University, the only chapter in Nashville.

♦ Tennessee State Universitj' houses The First Chair of Excellence in the College of Business,funded in part by the State of Tennessee, and a Chair of Environmental Engineering, fundedby the Office of Naval Research.

♦ The University's $112 million capital construction campaign is allowing TSU to constructeight new buildings and renovate virtually every existing building on campus by the mid-1990s.

♦ The University recently completed the fu"st building phase of the $3.4 million Otis L. FloydNursery Crops Research Station in McMinnville, Tennessee.

♦ The College of Engineering and Technology is bringing the latest research discoveries rightinto the classroom this year as the college teams with NASA to introduce students to betterways of designing structures.

♦ In addition to its academic achievements, Tennessee State University has a distinguishedathletic tradition in football, basketball and track. The University is third in the nation, overa 30-year period, in winning football percentage. TSU has won three national basketballchampionships and has had 40 athletes to compete in the Olympics, winning a combinedtotal of 23 medals - 13 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze,

♦ The University's track team, the famed Tigerbelles, has won 13 Olympic gold medals, morethan most countries have won.

♦ The University's Aristocrat of Bands is one of the most distinguished college bands in theworld. It is the only college band to perform for two United States presidentialinaugurations.

♦ The University offers 42 baccalaureate degrees and 21 master's degrees. Doctoral programsare offered in four areas; public administration, administration and supervision, curriculumand instruction, and psychology.

The Campus

The University has two convenient campus sites. Its central or mam campus isbetween 28th and 39th Avenues North and is bounded by the Cumberland

River on the North and Albion Street on the South. The mam campus occupies morethan 450 acres with 65 buildings, parking lots, outdoor ftcilities. pasture and fermlands.

The Avon N Williams, Jr. campus is located at Tenth and Charlotte Avenues, indowntown NashviUe, with adjacent parking ficilWes. TOe "downtown is

the site for the Center of ExceUence for Research m SkiUs. tenter of ExwUe^mfonnation Systems Engineering and Management, the Ce^r of Extended Educatronand Public Service, the Center for Labor-Manag^ent Ih^o^ the Inshtute ofGovernment, the Testing Center and Departmental offices of the CoUege of Business.

Other fiicilities include fecuity offices, classrooms, lecture halls, computerlaboratories, Ubiaiy and a 200-seat auditorium. Daytime and evening classes are

available at the Williams campus.

Notes

STATEMENT OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Tennessee State University, in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Actsof 1964 and Title EX of the Education Amendments of 1972, does notdiscriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin or sex in any of thepolicies or procedures.

Program provided through the collaborative efforts of TSU Printing Services andthe Docu-Tech Center.

Teimessee State University is an equal opportunity, afBrmative action institutioncommitted to educating a non-racially identifiable student body. In accordancewith the Americans with Disabilities Act, persrms vdio need assistance with thismaterial may contact the Bureau of Public Relations, 3500 John A. MerrittBlvd., Nashville, TN 37209-1561. Phone: 615-963-5331 Fax: 615-963-5315.

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