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Donated to SSU Archives

by Sheri Saleem Scott

upon her Retirement on July 1, 2011

tisruei of iProces&ion

The Chief Marshal

The Class Marshals

Candidates for Master's Degrees

Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

Faculty Emeriti

The Faculty

The Presidential Party

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.

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Dr. Carlton E. Brown, President
Presiding

PRELUDE "Largo" Handel

Ms. Nan Poole Spicer, Professor of Music

ACADEMIC PROCESSION "War March of the Priests" Felix Mendelssohn

Ms. Nan Poole Spicer, Professor of Music

INVOCATION Reverend Charles W. Purnell

Pastor, Bethel A.M.E. Church

SELECTION "A Jubilant Song" adapted by Jack Schrader

The Savannah State University Alumni Men's Glee Club
Co-directors, Rose O. Smith and Lawrence Hutchins

INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM

GUESTS AND SPEAKER Dr. Carlton E. Brown

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Ms. Corlis P. Cummings

Interim Chancellor
Board of Regents, University System of Georgia

SELECTION "Hold On" arr. by Uzee Brown, Jr.

The Savannah State University Alumni Men's Glee Club

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES
FOR THE MASTER OF

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION DEGREE Dr. George N. Williams

Dean of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN URBAN STUDIES DEGREE Dr. George N. Williams

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

FOR THE MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN MARINE SCIENCES DEGREE Dr. George N. Williams

CONFERRING OF MASTER'S DEGPvEES Dr. Carltoa E. Brown

Assisted by Mr. David Mosely Booze, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management/Registrar

and Dr. Charles J. Elmore, Professor of Humanities and
Chairman, Department of Mass Communications

INTRODUCTION

OF UNDERGRADUATE DEANS Dr. Joseph H. Silver, Sr.

Vice President for Academic Affairs

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE

College of Business Administration Dr. Mostafa H. Sarhan, Dean

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Dr. Jane Gates, Dean

College of Sciences and Technology Dr. Babajide Familoni, Dean

CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Dr. Carlton E. Brown

Assisted by the Academic Deans,
Mr. David Mosely Booze, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management/Registrar

and Dr. Charles J. Elmore, Professor of Humanities and
Chairman, Department of Mass Communications

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

ALUMNI INDUCTION Dr. Shirley McDuffie

President, Savannah State University National Alumni Association

PRESENTATION OF NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS

TRAINING CORPS CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONING .Capt. Leonard B. Jones

PRESENTATION OF ARMY RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS
CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONING LTC William C. Gillespie

COMMISSIONING OF OFFICERS

Reading the Commissioning Document Dr. George N. Williams

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

ADMINISTERING TFIE OATH OF OFFICE - N.R.O.T.C . . . .Capt. Leonard B. Jones
ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE - A.R.O.TC . . .LTC William C. Gillespie

ALMA MATER* Ms. Nan Poole Spicer, Professor of Music

BENEDICTION Reverend Charles W. Purnell

RECESSIONAL** "Pomp and Circumstance" Sir Edward Elgar

Ms. Nan Poole Spicer, Professor of Music

Savannah State University Hymn

Original words and music by J. Randolph Fisher and Hillary Hatchett

Let us give thanks and praises to

Our Alma Mater, S.S.U.

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 Fiow'rs are gems of loveliness,

There S.S.U. is found.

We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to Thee!

In our hearts we'll build a shrine for You

We hail Thee, S.S.U.!

Lyrical Revision by Ms. LaGina M. Frazier

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

Raster's 2Begree Conferred

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

iHatfter of public gftmuntetration

Jarvis Williams Barnes Georgia Southern University
Kashanna LaRay Bridges Southern University A&M College

Shed Dawson Jr. Savannah State University

Thomas C. Diggs Savannah State University

Victoria Delores Godlock Tennessee State University

Om Shantie Green Savannah State University

Monique Stanley Holmes Brewton-Parker College
Shari Lynn John Armstrong Atlantic State University

Markisha Chata McCul lough Georgia Southern University

Malissa Anne Sole Suny College

Tanet Utae Taharka Morris Brown College

Artinique Moncrief Thomas Troy State University

Utesa Futch Tilley Savannah State University

jflteter of Science in Urban H>tu&te

Melissa Jest University of Florida

Renee Louise Pinkston Jones Armstrong Atlantic State University

Daniel Luther Stallings Savannah State University

Petrina Denise Turner North Carolina A&T University

COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

jfWasrter of Science in Marine Sciences

Christiaan H. Van Westerndorp United States Naval Academy

baccalaureate JBegree Conferred

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Accounting

Bolaji O. Alawoya Savannah, Georgia

Terry Duane Blutcher Savannah, Georgia

Kimberly Nicole Canady Boca Raton, Florida

Jeremiah Vinnie Fielder Richmond, California

Ashlee Janika Harris Savannah, Georgia

Billy Jamaan Johnson Savannah, Georgia

* Stephanie Matthews Savannah, Georgia

* Uriah Randolph Morgan Reisterstown, Maryland
**Demetria Lavinia Poole Albany, Georgia

Angela Renee Powers Atlanta, Georgia

Sherita Shevonda Robinson Decatur, Georgia

Rhema Faith Russell Stone Mountain, Georgia

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

**Alisah Renee Sterdivant
***Hiromi Wada

Phyllis Bush Williams
Jaymie Lee Wilson

Jonesboro, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Rincon, Georgia

Computer information i>ptem#

**Quhannah Nokoni Andrews.
Ta'Nai Oona Arrington
Jacquelyn Griffin Bailey
Tiwanna Chantal Crawford
Dana Renee Curry
Lemeail Ayana Frazier
Melvin Lemond Hackett, II
Bridgette Laverne Hickery
Tobias Jerome Hurst
Michael Lenerd King
Nadia Cherise Major
Taryll Leonard Mitchell
Quintin Leon Moore
James Bernard Stringer
Markell Dion Thomas
Calvin Turner
*William E. Wright

Savannah, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

College Park, Georgia

Warner Robins, Georgia

Decatur, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Nassau, Bahamas

Savannah, Georgia

Forsyth, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

iHanagement

*Gekia L. Brittingham
Derrick Lendall Cason
Lowell Jason Cliatt

* Arthur Lee Graham III
Lesa Joyce Hagins
Adreanna Patrice Jackson
Curtis LeMar Jamison

! Patricia Anne Jenks-Greene

*Avalon Gene Kelly
***Joseph J. Lea

Brandon Elee Lindsey
William Elmore Loury
Bushra Kamila Malik
**Sherric Nelson
Johnathan Austin Paige
LaShonda Denise Rosier
Rainer Orlando Whipple

*Cala Marie Williams

Savannah, Georgia

Tennille, Georgia

Midland, Georgia

Valdosta, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Macon, Georgia

Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Savannah, Georgia

Freeport, Grand Bahamas

Savannah, Georgia

Riverdale, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Flint, Michigan

Savannah, Georgia

Tybee Island, Georgia

Rincon, Georg

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude

**

Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

illarketing

Chelsea Joyce Burton
Keya Dayshiem Chavies

!Ruth Renee Crawford

*Judith O. Cuevas
Chaloya Tiana Lewis
Sandi-Lee Louise Lowder
Winston Martinez
Dana Regina Roberts
Janetta Charisse Williams
Larenda Lacquetta Williams
Renee Levita Williams
Shantina Andrea Williams

Savannah, Georgia
Hinesville, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

Bronx, New York
Savannah, Georgia

Detroit, Michigan
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Columbus, Georgia

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

CngltSl) Hanguage aub literature

Gabriel Alain Bata
* Karen J. Blackshear
Janet Latrice Bryant
Reginald V. Johnson
LaTonya Latrelle Judson

Paris, France
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

iflass Communications

Eric Patrick Curl.
Altonia LarNetta Johnson
Crystal Michelle Johnson
Jamika Wallace McNeil
*Neferteri Deanera Richards.
^Nathaniel James Small
* Richard Andrew Smith
**Kimberly Denise Worthy

Savannah, Georgia
Jacksonville, Florida
Hinesville, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Hapeville, Georgia

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Jennifer Chisholm-Hills.
*Kendell Lenar Hills

Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

Recreation antr ^arfe SIbmintetration

Rashad Clifford Carter
Ontreal Kareem Bowers
Armand Dewayne Burnett
Jantzen Reshaun Glover

Waynesboro, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Sparta, Georgia

intftorp

Yvette Blackwell Williams
*Omar DePhil Young

Savannah, Georgia
Emeryville, California

Criminal Sfasttice

Crystal Joy Baisden
Lucuise Milo Brooks

* Veronica Denise-Tate Collins
*Maisie Americus Dent

Ebony Chante Dinkins

* Melissa Joyce Forbes
Daryl Sherard Guyton
Veronica LeNese Jones
Latoya Patrica Lawrence
April Latoya Lee

**Teyonna Nyeazha Milton
Qiana Keishone Player
JaNelle Frances Porter
LaKietha DeAnn Preston
Thena LaTrell Reeves
Tiffany Ann-Marie Tucker
Cletia Renee Wimberly
Brandi Janesta VaRenee

Savannah, Georgia

Tuskegee, Alabama

Savannah, Georgia

Augusta, Georgia

Miami, Florida

Savannah, Georgia

East Dublin, Georgia

Bainbridge, Georgia

Sandersville, Georgia

Moultrie, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Acworth, Georgia

Lithonia, Georgia

Americus, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Marietta, Georgia

Macon, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

political iktence

*Carline Aliotte.

Jonetta R. Weddington Claxton
**D'Yana Kaprece Drayton

Charlie James Ingram, III.

Seann Xavier Ingram

Torriel Deyon Lewis
*Cherise Delisia Wilson

Orlando, Florida

Savannah, Georgia

Conway, South Carolina

Americus, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Norcross, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

***Summa Cum Laude **Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

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Jamie Latrice Allen

Savannah, Georgia

** Angela Michelle Bailey-Everett

Savannah, Georgia

Robert E. Cohen.

Savannah, Georgia

*Shereka Dalyn Culp

Macon, Georgia

Deltha Bacon Drake

Savannah, Georgia

! Cheryl Mane Duffin.

Garden City, Georgia

** LaQuetia Monique Hodges

Albany, Georgia

Marilyn Denise Jackson

Savannah, Georgia

Jeverney Nikeyle Killins

Ellenwood, Georgia

*Nikki Nicole Triplett

Moultrie, Georgia

Selassie Haile Wallace II

Carrollton, Georgia

Rwanda Maisha Young

Savannah, Georgia

Social Wotk

!Alonzo Wright, Jr.

Augusta, Georgia

COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

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Joseph Leon Austin
Deandra Monique Burke
Donald Chetard Carson
LaQuisha Monique Cokley.
Bridget Nicole Hamons
**Brian De Wayne Williams
Dyanne Caroline Williams

Darien, Georgia

College Park, Georgia

Darlington, South Carolina

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah, Georgia

Terra Elizabeth Person

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Jonesboro, Georgia

Courtney Brooke Dorsey
Olethea Evita Gardiner
***Carl Patrick Poe
** James Howard Smith
Elizabeth Ann Watkins
Tamara Shari Jackson

***Summa Cum Laude

**

Magna Cum Laude

Dahlonega, Georgia
Freeport, Bahamas
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Acworth, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

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! Michael Stephen Billings. Upperco, Maryland

***Michael Leon McBride Savannah, Georgia

**Jatara Sheerie Young. Atlanta, Georgia

Computer Science tEerfjnologp

**Debra Collier Ali Savannah, Georgia

Albert Mackie Alston Georgetown, South Carolina

Derek Desmond Burnes Beaufort, South Carolina

*LaSheba Ann Daniels Brunswick, Georgia

Plummie Roberts III Riceboro, Georgia

Shannon Anthony Small Lithonia, Georgia

Chemical engineering Cecfjnologp

*Nickius T. Davis Savannah, Georgia

Kevin Lorenzo Howell Thomasville, Georgia

Clecttontcs? engineering tEerfmoiogp

Thomas Stafford III Savannah, Georgia

Marcus D. Tanner Macon, Georgia

JHecfjanical engineering tEecJjnologp

IDonald Lee Sturgess, Jr. Savannah, Georgia

NOTE: Appearance of 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.

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

Jlonot <rabuateg

>umma Cum Haube

(3.75 - 4.00)

Joseph J. Lea

Michael L. McBride

Carl P. Poe

Hiromi Wade

iJlagna Cum Haube
(3.40 - 3.74)

Debra Ali

Quhannah N. Andrew

Angela M. Bailey-Everett

Dyana Drayton

LaQuetia M. Hodges

Teyonna N. Milton

Sherric D. Nelson

Demetria L. Poole

James H. Smith

Alisha R. Sterdivant

Brian D. Williams

Kimberly D. Worthy

Jatara S. Young

um Haube
(3.00 - 3.39)

Carline Aliotte
Karen J. Blackshear
Gekia L. Brittingham
Veronica D. Collins
Judith O. Cuevas
Shereka D. Culp
LaSheba A. Daniels
Nickius T. Davis
Maisie A. Dent
Melissa Forbes
Arthur L. Graham
Kendell L. Hills
Avalon G. Kelly
Gabriel Mack

Stephanie Matthews
Uriah R. Morgan
Neferteri D. Richards
Nathaniel J. Smalls
Richard A. Smith
Nikki N. Tripiett
Cala M. Williams
Yvette Blackwell Williams
Cherise D. Wilson
William E. Wright
Omar D. Young

***Summa Cum Laude

**

Magna Cum Laude

*Cum Laude !In Absentia

{Kfje i>tgmftcante of tfie Scabemtc jfilace

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 that 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).

glcabemic Costume*

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 w r hich 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.
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 the 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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