Order of Exercises

*ACADEMIC PROCESSION
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY BRASS QUINTET
“Pomp and Circumstance”, Sir Edward Elgar 
Jennifer Jester, D.M.A., Conductor

WELCOME
GAIL E. GASPARICH, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

*THE NATIONAL ANTHEM 
LED BY CHRISTINA FLORES ’23
Words by Francis Scott Key
Arranged by John Philip Sousa

INTRODUCTION OF PLATFORM GUESTS
PROVOST GASPARICH

GREETINGS FROM FACULTY
KELLY M. BANNA, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
President, APSCUF – MU

GREETINGS FROM STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
LINDSAY GRIFFITH ’23
President, Student Government Association

PRESENTATION OF SENIOR CLASS GIFT
HOLLY WINEGAR ’22

GREETINGS FROM GRADUATE STUDENT
CAMILLE HOPKINS ’93, ’99M, ’04M, ’22 Ed.D.
Graduate Student Association

MOMENT OF REFLECTION
CHRISTINE PERSUN ’17, ’22 M.Ed.
Graduate Student

SALUTATION TO GRADUATES
DANIEL A. WUBAH, Ph.D.
University President

INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
PRESIDENT WUBAH

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
BRENT D. FREY ’83
Retired Director, Worldwide Educational Leadership and Learning Apple, Inc.

PRESENTATION OF PRESIDENT’S MEDALLION
PRESIDENT WUBAH

PRESENTATION OF DOCTORAL DEGREE CANDIDATES
JAMES DELLE, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Graduate Studies and Adult Learning

CONFERRING OF DOCTORAL DEGREES
PRESIDENT WUBAH

PRESENTATION OF MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATES
DR. DELLE

CONFERRING OF MASTER’S DEGREES
PRESIDENT WUBAH

PRESENTATION OF ASSOCIATE AND BACCALAUREATE DEGREE CANDIDATES
PROVOST GASPARICH

CONFERAL OF DEGREES
PRESIDENT WUBAH

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR COLLEGE OF ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
IEVA ZAKE, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES AND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
LARA WILLOX, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Education and Human Services and School of Social Work

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
MARC HARRIS, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Science and Technology

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR LOMBARDO COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
MARC TOMLJANOVICH, Ph.D.
Dean, Lombardo College of Business

WELCOME FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
MATTHEW OLPHIN ’95
President Elect Millersville University Alumni Association

CONCLUDING REMARKS
PRESIDENT WUBAH

*THE ALMA MATER
LED BY CHRISTINA FLORES ’23
Words by Esther E. Lenhardt, Class of 1910 and Sanders P. McComsey, Class of 1917
Music arranged by Melzer R. Porter
Millersville University Brass Quintet

*ACADEMIC RECESSION
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY BRASS QUINTET
Grand March from Aida
Guiseppe Verdi

 

THE AUDIENCE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL ALL GRADUATES HAVE RECESSED.

MACE BEARER: Joseph Lynch, Ph.D

GONFALON BEARERS: Marc Felizzi, Ph.D.; Alexandra Hutto, Ph.D.; Jack Ogutu, Ph.D.; Nicole Pfannenstiel, Ph.D.; Kenneth Smith, Ph.D.

LEAD MARSHALS: Stacey Irwin, Ph.D.; Karen Rice, Ph.D.

MARSHALS: Eric Blazer, Ph.D.; Shaun Cook, Ph.D.; Melissa Mullen Davis, Ph.D.; Michael Douglas, Ph.D.; Heather Lehman, Ph.D.; Justin Mando, Ph.D.; Curtis Proctor, Ph.D.; Debra Sigel, M.F.A; Debra Vrendenburg, Ph.D.

READERS: Janet Bertoni, Ph.D.; Judith Cebra-Thomas, Ph.D.; Jeffrey Gemmell, D.M.A.; Alexandra Hutto, Ph.D.; Lowery Woodall, Ph.D.

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*Audience will stand, participation is voluntary.