One Hundred Fifty Fifth Commencement December 11, 1999 Savannah State University

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The Class Marshals

Candidates for Masters Degree

Candidates for the Baccalaureate Degree

Faculty Emeriti

The Faculty

The Presidential Party

Donated to SSU Archives

by Sheri Saleem Scott

upon her Retirement on July 1, 2011

The academic regalia, the academic processional, and the
ceremonial program are part of an ancient tradition of learning. This tradition
is a unified, solemn occasion at which only applause is appropriate.

The audience is asked to refrain from any other form of expression
and to reserve celebrations until the program is concluded.

0rttet of g>ert)ice

Dr. Carlton E. Brown, President
Presiding

PRELUDE "O Holy Night" Adolph Adams

Mr. James O. Thompson, Jr., Organist

ACADEMIC PROCESSION* "War March of the Priests" Felix Mendelssohn

Mr. James O. Thompson, Jr., Organist

"The Star-Spangled Banner"* Francis Scott Key

The Mel Blount Youth Home of Georgia, Inc. Choir
Mr. Luther Wardlaw, Director

INVOCATION Dr. Clifford E. Hardwick, III

Former Interim Vice President for Student Affairs

SELECTION.. The Mel Blount Youth Home of Georgia, Inc. Choir

. Mr. Luther Wardlaw, Director

INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM

GUESTS AND SPEAKER f .![.. . Iw&^^A^. . . . .\l .%.... Dr. Carlton E. Brown

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COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ../,... Mr. O. LaVelle Bond

Vice President Global Diversity and HR Center of Expertise

The Proctor & Gamble Company

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE

MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEGREE. Dr. George N. Williams

"Dean of Graduate Studies and Research

CONFERRING OF MASTER'S DEGREES Dr. Carlton E. Brown

Assisted by Mr. Benjamin J. Allen, Registrar
and Dr. R. L. Stevenson, Professor of Fine Arts and Humanities

INTRODUCTION OF UNDERGRADUATE DEANS Dr. Charlease Stevenson

Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE

College of Business Administration Dr. MostafaH. Sarhan, Dean

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Dr. Otis S. Johnson, Dean

College of Sciences and Technology Dr. Charlesworth Martin, Dean

CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Dr. Carlton E. Brown

Assisted by the Academic Deans,

Mr. Benjamin J. Allen, Registrar

and Dr. Robert L. Stevenson, Professor of Fine Arts and Humanities

PRESIDENT'S CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES Dr. Carlton E. Brown

ALUMNI INDUCTION Mr. John Brown

President, Savannah State University National Alumni Association

PRESENTATION OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS
TRAINING CORPS CANDIDATES

FOR COMMISSIONING Commander James M. Hicks

Professor of Naval Science

COMMISSIONING OF OFFICERS

Reading the Commissioning Document Dr. George N. Williams

Dean, Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research
and Faculty Representative to NROTC

Administering the Oath of Office Commander James M. Hicks

Professor of Naval Science

ALMA MATER*

BENEDICTION Dr. Clifford E. Hardwick, HI

Former Interim Vice President for Student Affairs

RECESSIONAL** . . . .j^jgomp and Circumstance".. Sir Edward Elgar

James O. Thompson, Jr. Organist

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Savannah State College Hymn

J. Randolph Fisher and Hillary Hatchett

Let us give thanks and praise to thee

To our Alma Mater, S.S.C.

Thine honor, pride, and eminence,

We raise in prayerful reverence.

Guide us still from day to day,

Be thou mindful lest we lose our way;

Help us know that life, short or long,

Means unceasing work for weak and strong.

Refrain

Where Savannah meets the sea,
Where grassy plains and palms abound,
Where the flow'rs are gems of loveliness,

There SSC is found.
We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to thee!

In our hearts well build a shrine for Thee

We hail Thee, S.S.C!

* The audience is requested to stand.

** The audience is requested to remain seated until the recession has exited.

Jffeter'* Begree Conferred

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL STUDIES

iWatfter of public gbmrntetration

Ann Marie Allen Savannah State University

Carliss Edwina Bates Tuskegee University

Ramona Yvonne Famble Savannah State University

Mark D. Greene Savannah State University

Griselda Denise Hendley Savannah State University

Samantha M. Jackson Morgan State University

Selena Latricia John MSM ^. Savannah State University

Faith Denise May JET^fiftpp^G^. Savannah State University

Daryle McCormick
Tiffany LaTrelle Nelson
Torey Vashon Pendleton|
Carl Lee Ramey, Sr
Derrick Roberson
Letitia Nicole Robinson

Savannah State University
.Savannah State University
... .Savannah State University
Savannah State University
Savannah State University
Savannah State University

Tamica Nakia Smith ....;*!!:.... Alabama A & M University

LaSonya Patrice Stovall Savannah State University

Kimberly Anndrea Washington Savannah State University

Janet L. White Saint Leo College

Jerome Woody Savannah State University

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Accounting

Gerald Carthon Savannah, Georgia

LuAnn Gatch Rincon, Georgia

Helen Zenobia Lewis Savannah, Georgia

**Susan LutzNyberg Savannah, Georgia

***Luella Maria Sanders Savannah, Georgia

Computer information interns

LaTonya Antwinette Kennedy Metter, Georgia

Farrel Denise Smith Decatur, Georgia

Carlton Alphonso Tyler Ridgeland, South Carolina

Jffflanagement

Demond Daniel Carrollton, Georgia

Dana Je'Nelle Johnson Savannah, Georgia

Randy B. Jones Harlem, Georgia

Altovise Denise Keith Savannah, Georgia

Deyano Richardo Martin
Tia Shamone Solomon
Vanessa Renee Strong
John Sikes Strickland
Andrea Y. Walker

LaGrange, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

'^..jp Union City, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Vidalia, Georgia

Stacey Laurencho Davis Decatur, Georgia

Secene Shannel Dorsey Hamilton, Georgia

Stephanie Danyell Garner Savannah, Georgia

* Ebony Andrea Kelsey Stone Mountain, Georgia

Emily Kelsey Mack Savannah, Georgia

Xavia Shalon Mills Macon, Georgia

Danielle Linette Rhynes Kansas City, Kansas

DwaynaDeon Richardson Lithonia, Georgia

Margaret Melissa Singleton Savannah, Georgia

***Valentina Diane Shorter Savannah, Georgia

***

Summa Cum Laude

**

Magna Cum Laude

'Cum Laude

! In Absentia

Computer information litems anb jfWanagement

Audrey A. Allen Jamica, West Indies

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Cngluft, language anfc literature

Rochelle Marie Gould-Davis Savannah, Georgia

Ashley Deneice Manker Savannah, Georgia

JKatftf Communication*

Jeremy Vaughn Kinsey Atlanta, Georgia

Shemeka Latonya Miller -^^^^^ta^ir Atlanta, Georgia

*Joel P. Shaw, Jr.... .^^T.^T AXE. -a*^^- Savannah, Georgia

Jerald D. Smith ML^./^/0^r^^^\f^^^ ........Augusta, Georgia

African anfc African American fetubieg

Flory Cannady Ward ...\. verm y Savannah, Georgia

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Justin Stembridge Nathaniel Brown Sparta, Georgia

Sharese Thelma Colbert Winder, Georgia

** Robert Franklin Owens Savannah, Georgia

Beatrice B. Simmons Richmond Hill, Georgia

Billy Wayne Smith Savannah, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude !In Absentia

Criminal Jfatftice

Chester Arthur Cary II Houston, Texas

Amy Rochelle Corbett Plant City, Florida

Simmie Jarris Edwards Gordon, Georgia

Turkesha Mone't Flowers- Whitfield Savannah, Georgia

Valerie Charnise Gaines Hartwell, Georgia

John Joseph Ganem III Savannah, Georgia

* Patricia Wright Gardner Savannah, Georgia

KyavaDonai German Savannah, Georgia

Carson Holliman Brunswick, Georgia

* Harriet Ann Holmes Savannah, Georgia

Lemual Shanee Ligon j^^^vATP-T^^k- Seneca, South Carolina

Tomeca D'Shonda Maclgl ^ Macon, Georgia

Denessa Antrece Small^ v .T^/...tS TO-.CT...AwV '.-..\'CWphns Island, South Carolina

Dran O. Washington...

.Augusta, Georgia

**Syreeta Lynell Monroe ^^^^^Xf^h^^^pT. Savannah, Georgia

**Dennis Djangmah Narth-Martey ...7... Savannah, Georgia

Kendra Sherard Riverdale, Georgia

Sociology

** Dana Catherine Stevenson Fitzgerald, Georgia

Social OTorfe

LeshaLee Frazier Savannah, Georgia

LaMonica Valerie Graham Savannah, Georgia

Derrick Dwayne Hubbard Dublin, Georgia

Taneya Loraine Dunn Johnson Savannah, Georgia

**Michelle Winfree Jones Fort Stewart, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude

**

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

!In Absentia

Daisy Elizabeth Ruff Kizer Savannah, Georgia

Janet Reeves Savannah, Georgia

**Carol Sullivan Sanders Savannah, Georgia

***Rufus Smith Savannah, Georgia

Valencia Renee Warnock Savannah, Georgia

Anna Katrina Wheeler Norwood, Georgia

LaWanna Wright Savannah, Georgia

**Tammy Renae Wright Savannah, Georgia

COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Kenya Renee Alexander .^ff^.^XK^.E . te^^. West Columbia, Texas

Duane L. Bentley j^^.^y^^^^S^^J^ Garden City, Georgia

Willie Reed Brantley, Jr. . .M. .. . L . . .MA^^^K^L . . A $Mtngeburg, South Carolina

Staphanie Dionne Carter, m.ua. I. s^S^..... Ji#>|^.J.^.B Camilla, Georgia

*Roxanne Elizabeth Harris. m...., V^ ^.777.J!.^.vt . y.....^[ Woodbury, Georgia

Julia Alina LeCounte .^^a^rs, *S^cfa.jH.. Hinesville, Georgia

Crystal Renee Smith ^f^^^^^^^^fr.. Powder Springs, Georgia

Nicole Shantell Williams Lithonia, Georgia

Jftlarine Science

Franklin N. Berry Houston, Texas

*Bennie Scott Givins LaGrange, Georgia

Robert Rahming, Jr Eleuthera, Bahamas

Patrick Jay Swearingen Augusta, Georgia

CnWronmental Science

Mario Tramaine Bennett Savannah, Georgia

Carolyn V. Russell Kingsland, Georgia

Damascus LaMont Rutledge West Point, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude !In Absentia

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Kimini Ketara White Hartwell, Georgia

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Alvina Vyshon Jackson Savannah, Georgia

Deirdre Lewis Atlanta, Georgia

Joshua Jermeaal Sanders Summerville, South Carolina

Bruce Terrell Smith Wrens, Georgia

Robert Eugene Williams Savannah, Georgia

Computer Science fEecfmologp

Aysha Yolonda Akins ,^^H^ff^^^B^. Madison, Florida

*Keisa L. Allen .^^^^r^^^r> s ^^^^ Warner Robins, Georgia

Joracheo Donta Lofton.. EJ./...- 4:.....t .\,U ..\.^P...m Decatur, Georgia

Mario D. Watts M.<.L.^..^ , .?4 < ^ y ..lS.M Decatur, Georgia

Cftril (Engineering SCecljnalogp

Robert James Holmes, Jr Savannah, Georgia

electronic* engineering fltecfmologp

*Otis A. Anderson Savannah, Georgia

Larry Bernard Bryant, Jr Savannah, Georgia

Dung Hung Phan Savannah, Georgia

Jfledjanical (Engineering tlecljnologp

Kemon Quennell Harrison Richmond Hill, Georgia

Kendra Shawndricka Jackson Miami, Florida

William Charles Rhodes Decatur, Georgia

Shawn Tyrone Singletary Savannah, Georgia

**Tomeka Shantell Thomas Montgomery, Alabama

***SummaCumLaude **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude !In Absentia

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iimmma Cum Hauoe (3.75 - 4.00)

Luella Maria Sanders

Valentina Diane Shorter

Rufus Smith

Magna um laube (3A0 - 3,749)

Michelle Winfree Jones
Syreeta Lynell Monroe
Dennis Djangmah Narth-M
Susan Lutz Nyberg
Robert Franklin Owens

Audrey A. Allen
Keisa L. Allen
Otis A. Anderson
Patricia Wright Gardner
Benny Scott Givins
LaMonica Valerie Graham

Carolyn Sullivan Sanders
Dana Catherine Stevenson
Tomeka Shantell Thomas
Flory Cannady Ward
Tammy Renae Wright

Cum Haube

Roxanne Elizabeth Harris

Harriet Ann Holmes

Ebony Andrea Kelsey

Ashley Deneice Manker

Joel Patterson Shaw, Jr.

Beatrice B. Simmons

Note: Appearance of a name on any list in this program must not be considered as
conclusive evidence of graduation. Persons who have met all requirements
for a particular degree and whose names appear on the lists in this program
will receive the degree indicated.

3C(je Significance of tfje academic JfWace

Observing the centuries-old convocation procedures, each Marshal in the Savannah State
University Academic Procession carries an official mace which is indicative of the power, dignity, and
magisterium vested in the University. The mace is a club-shaped staff which originated in the Middle
Ages as a weapon. Eventually, it gained a ceremonial character and is presently employed most often
by legislative forums and academic enterprises.

The official mace and stand of Savannah State University were designed and made
from mahogany wood by Dr. Ernest S. Brown, Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
Technology.

The University motto is "Lux Et Veritas" (Light and Truth).

Ucabemic Coatumeg

Modem academic dress, has evolved from a type of apparel prescribed by English Medieval
Universities to distinguish their schools from the lay person in dress at a time when everybody wore
robes or gowns. When American colleges and universities desired to adopt some suitable system of
academic apparel a half century ago, it seemed best to agree on some definite system which all might
follow. Accordingly, this attire has consisted of the cap, the gown, and the hood, the latter two now
differing according to the degree the wearer has received.

The modern cap, in academic dress, has the same design for all degrees: black and square-
shaped with a tassel hanging from the center. However, the color of the tassel usually differentiates
the field of study for which the degree was granted, the gold tassel being worn by doctors or by
presidents of colleges and universities; but it may be added that the black tassel is correct for all

degrees - W^/w ~%\\<^

The gown, unlike the cap, differs appreciably in design according to the degree conferred
on the wearer. The gown for the bachelor's degree has pointed sleeves. It is designed to be worn
closed. The gown for the master's degrees, worn open or closed, has an oblong sleeve, open at the
wrist, like the others. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part of its
oblong shape is square cut, and the front part has an arc cut away. The doctor's gown, worn open or
closed, has long sleeves faced with velvet; three bars of velvet are midway the sleeves. The trimmings
of the doctor's gown may be black or the color associated with ifhe field of study.

The hood, while not an article of dress, is however, the most distinctive feature of the
academic attire. It is a black, crow-shaped badge or adornment with an oval opening and worn down
the back. It enables one to quickly determine not only the degree held by the wearer but also the
college or university from which he is graduated. The colors lining the hood and the size and the
shape of the hood make this distinction. The bachelor's and master's hoods are three feet and three and
a half feet in length, respectively; the doctor's hood is four feet in length and is made with a wide
panel. Hoods may be worn for only those degrees actually held by the wearers.

Members of the governing body of a college or university, and they only, whatever their
degrees may be, are entitled to wear doctor's gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only
those of degrees actually held by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.

In some colleges and universities, it is customary for the president, chancellor, or chief
officer to wear a costume similar to that worn by the head of a foreign university.

The chief marshal may wear a specially designed costume approved by the institution.

For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctor's gowns, edging of hoods, and
tassels of caps, the color associated with different subjects as prescribed by the revised American
Intercollegiate Code is as follows:

Arts, Letters, Humanities White Oratory (Speech) Silver Gray

Business Drab Philosophy Dark Blue

Economics Copper Physical Education Sage Green

Education Light Blue Public Administration Peacock Blue

Law Purple Science Golden Yellow

Library Science Lemon Social Work Citron

Music Pink Theology Scarlet

At Savannah State University, the lining of the hood has an orange chevron on a blue
background to represent school colors. A faculty member wears the color of his alma mater.

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