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The Chief Marshal

The Class Marshals

Candidate for The Masters Degree

Candidates for The Baccalaureate Degree

Instructors of The College

Assistant Professors of The College

Associate Professors of The College

Professors of The College

Professors Emeriti

The Graduate Faculty

The Presidential Party

The Significance of The Academic Mace

Observing the centuries-old convocation procedures, each Marshal in the Savannah State College
Academic Procession carries an official mace which is indicative of the power, dignity, and magistehum
vested in the College. 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 of Savannah State College was designed and made from mahogany wood by Dr.
Ernest S. Brown, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. Dr. Lester B. Johnson, Head of
the Department of Engineering Technology, designed and built the Mace Stand.

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

(Pruer of Exercises

PRELUDE: "Joy "from Cantata #147 Johann Sebastian Bach

Willie G. Tucker, Organist

ACADEMIC PROCESSION: 'War March of the Priests" Felix Mendelssohn

Willie G. Tucker

**INVOCATION The Reverend James M. Capers, Pastor

Holy Spirit Lutheran Church
Savannah, Georgia

SELECTION: "Ride On King Jesus" Arrangement by Hall Johnson

Juanita Tucker, Guest Soloist

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER: Wendell G. Rayburn

President, Savannah State College

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Margaret C. Robinson

Dean, School of Sciences and Technology
Savannah State College

SELECTION: "Climb Every Mountain" Rogers and Hammerstein, II

John Wilhite, Guest Soloist

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATE FOR GRADUATE DEGREE Edward J. Hayes

Vice President for Academic Affairs
Assisted by Alvin Collins, Acting Registrar
PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREES:

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Dean Leo G. Parrish

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Dean Ja Arthur Jahannes

SCHOOL OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY Lester B. Johnson

CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Wendell G. Rayburn

Assisted by the Academic Deans and Acting Registrar

ALUMNI INDUCTION Roy L. Jackson, President

Savannah State College National Alumni Association

PRESENTATION OF N.R.O.T.C.

CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSION Commander John Slaven

Commanding Officer, Savannah State College N.R.O.T.C.

ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE Commander John Slaven

PRAYER FOR THE NEW OFFICER

"Veni Sancte Spiritus" The Reverend Samuel A. Williams

Savannah State College Minister

Pastor, Christ Memorial Baptist Church

Savannah, Georgia

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN

BENEDICTION The Reverend Samuel A. Williams

THREE-FOLD AMEN

***RECESSIONAL: "Pomp and Circumstance" Sir Edward Elgar

Willie G. Tucker, Organist

The audience is requested to remain seated
The audience is requested to stand
The audience is requested to remain seated until the procession has exited

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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Days, Ronald Jerome Undergraduate Degree, Morehouse College

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Accounting

Hancock, Raymond John III Savannah, Georgia

Lucear, Cynthia Renee Atlanta, Georgia

Vann, Kenneth O. R Columbus, Georgia

Worku, Demissie Addisababa, Ethiopia

General Business Administration

Dixon, Ruth Yvonne Sardis, Georgia

Earls, Lisa Denise Gainesville, Georgia

Godboldte, James Ulysses Titusville, Florida

Grant, Marie Portal, Georgia

Kessler, Michael Dewayne Garden City, Georgia

Lee, Collinda Joan Milledgeville, Georgia

Mitchell, Columbus Albany, Georgia

Sanders, Eleanor Loraine Thomasville, Georgia

Shellhamer, Edward Wesley Savannah, Georgia

Economics

Johnson, Finley Wilson Jr Savannah, Georgia

Office Administration

Barnes, Sonja Alston Savannah, Georgia

Edwards, Terry Savannah, Georgia

Howard, Janice Marie Savannah, Georgia

Ponder, Brenda Elizabeth Savannah, Georgia

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Mass Communications

Allen, Vara Denise Wadley, Georgia

Blake, Kimberly Michelle Savannah, Georgia

Lett, Diane Blakely, Georgia

Music

McGlockton, Darian Teressa Dublin, Georgia

Prescott, Sylathea Renea Savannah, Georgia

Criminal Justice

Andrews, Annie Belle Fleming, Georgia

Driver, Annie Bell M Griffin, Georgia

Duncan, Gloria Denise Hinesville, Georgia

Hull, Valarie Denise Augusta, Georgia

Jackson, Karen Savannah, Georgia

History

Welcome, Mary Letrelle Savannah, Georgia

Sociology

Evans, Deborah Michelle Zebulon, Georgia

Kemp, Everett Savannah, Georgia

Middleton, Deborah Frances Savannah, Georgia

Powell, Mary Alice Beaufort, South Carolina

Social Work

Harris, Albert Charles Savannah, Georgia

Renfroe, Pamela S Decatur, Georgia

Robinson, Shirley Mae Savannah, Georgia

SCHOOL OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Biology

Emabo, Sunday Joseph Alaglanu-Otukpo, Nigeria

Gregory, Jimmy L Millen, Georgia

Heath, Gregory Charles Savannah, Georgia

Jones, DoRetha A Savannah, Georgia

Polite, Sheila Geneva Fennell Savannah, Georgia

Chemistry

Merritt, Brenda Parks McRae, Georgia

Mathematics

Johnson, Heidi Alethia Princess Savannah, Georgia

Phillips, Dorothy L Savannah, Georgia

Wallace- Roland Bernard Savannah, Georgia

Wilson, Rachel J. Fields Savannah, Georgia

Medical Technology

Manigault, Donna Marie Savannah, Georgia

Electronics Engineering Technology

*Al-Otaibi, Dawi Mohammad Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Al-Shaye, Saleh Abdulah Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Al-Suwaidi, Thani B Dammam, Saudi Arabia

*A1-Zahrani, Ali Ahmed Odah Dammam, Saudi Arabia

**Cheng, Siuling Canton, China

Coney, David Stanley Savannah, Georgia

Day, Drake Anthony Augusta, Georgia

Heard, Carl J Elberton, Georgia

Horton, Cynthia L Savannah, Georgia

Jackson, Tony Mays Camilla, Georgia

Johnson, Marvin Vane Savannah, Georgia

Electronics Engineering Technology

Troup, James Glenwood, Georgia

Mechanical Engineering Technology

Izaddoost, Shahin Tehran, Iran

Shambayati, Iraj Tehran, Iran

Toma, Rami Tehran, Iran

Textiles and Clothing

King, Jocelyn Denise Savannah, Georgia

NOTE:

Appearance of a name of 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.

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Honor d>rauuates

August 22, 1983

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

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Siuling Cheng

CUM LAUDE
(3.000-3.399)

Dawi Mohammad Al-Otaibi
Ali Ahmed Odah Al-Zahrani

USHERS
N.R.O.T.C. Midshipmen

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN

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 S. S. C. is found.

We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to Thee!

In our hearts we '11 build a shrine for Thee.

We hail Thee, S.S.C.

J. Randolph Fisher
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

1983 Fall Quarter

.... Freshmen, September 19
Upper classmen, September 23

Academic Costumes

Modern 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.

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 degree, 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 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 marshall 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 are prescribed by the revised American Intercollegiate
Code is as follows:

Agriculture Maise

Arts, Letters, Humanities White

Business Drab

Economics Copper

Education Light Blue

Law Purple

Library Science Lemon

Music Pink

Oratory (Speech) Silver Gray

Philosophy Dark Blue

Physical Education Sage Green

Science Golden Yellow

Theology Scarlet

At Savannah State College, 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.