LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SUMMER COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS KIEFER UNO LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue August 9, 1997 10:00 A.M. SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS New Orleans and Shreveport SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY New Orleans SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES New Orleans and Shreveport SCHOOL OF MEDICINE New Orleans SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Shreveport SCHOOL OF NURSING New Orleans Professional photographers will record each graduate as the diploma is presented and color portraits will be available for purchase, if desired. Program PROCESSIONAL PRESIDING Marilyn L. Zimny, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM* Tammy Raquel Neyland-Goines Graduating Class School of Allied Health Professions INVOCATION Nell A. Naquin Graduating Class School of Allied Health Professions WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Mervin L. Trail, M.D. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS Bobby P. Jindal Secretary State Department of Health and Hospitals PRESENTATION OF THE ALLEN A. COPPING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS CONFERRING OF DEGREES Allen A. Copping, D.D.S. President Louisiana State University System BENEDICTION Chance Robert Victoriano Graduating Class School of Allied Health Professions RECESSIONAL "The audience is requested to remain seated until the graduates have left the Arena" *Audience Participation Invited, see page 7 for lyrics. 1 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1997 School of Medicine Presented by Robert L. Marier, M.D., Dean DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Kishan Rao Maramraj* School of Graduate Studies Presented by Marilyn L. Zimny, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE Jason Carroll Breaux Department: Pathology Major Professor: Dr. Mohan Kokatnur Douglas McConnell Department: Physiology Major Professor: Dr. Alastair Burns Gilbert Pellerin Department: Pathology Major Professor: Dr. Douglas Scheer Bronwyn Webb Healy Westling Department: Biometry and Genetics Major Professor: Dr. Bronya Keats * In Absentia 2 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1997 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Mathew M. Edavettal Department: Physiology Major Professor: Dr. Alastair Burns Dissertation Title: The Effects of the Walker 256 Carcinosarcoma on Myocardial Performance Lee Spindler Engel Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. Richard O'Callaghan Dissertation Title: Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Keratitis: Characterization of a Unique Protease, Protease IV, as an Exoprotein, Enzyme, and Virulence Factor Brian Phillip Lipton Department: Physiology Major Professor: Dr. Kathleen H. McDonough Dissertation Title: Lipopolysaccharide Attenuates PMN-Mediated Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Doan H. Nguyen Department:Anatomy Major Professor: Dr. Roger Beuerman Dissertation Title: Neural Input Modulates elF-2alpha Kinase Expression in the Rabbit Lacrimal Gland Stephania Cormier-Regard Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major Professor: Dr. William C. Claycomb Dissertation Title: Identification of Developmentally-Expressed Genes in Cardiac Myocytes and Characterization of the Adrenomedullin Gene 3 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1997 School of Allied Health Professions Presented by John R. Snyder, Ph.D., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CARDIOPULMONARY SCIENCE Crystal Addison Brumfield Cassandra Paige Cheatham Cayle Paul Guillory Paul Walton Jones Daniel J. Lowery, Jr. Kristie Lynn Misuraca Quan Minh Nguyen Phillip Mark Parent J. Darren Untereiner Jessica Renee Wheaton Wendy Ann-Nicole Wilson BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Theresa Lynnette Antoine Beau Jerrold Bagley Crystal Delise Bennett Angela Pitre Chighizola Kimberly Ann Cruse Kellie Lynn Cutrera Angela M. DiCarlo Bernadette Michelle Evitt Amy Marie Giroir Drew Michael Hebert Ashley Nicole Hymel-Ricca Karen Summers Martin Nell A. Naquin Amanda Vy Nguyen Linh Tam Nguyen Anuradha Rao Jan Marie Sweeney Darlene Clare Tauzier Eric John Voelker Natalie Ann Wyble 4 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1997 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Georgeann Bartley Tracy Maria Lahners Michelle Morgan Beaman Nicole Marie LaRose Cherish Ann Benoit Cherie Danielle Lashute Brandy Lynn Burke Natalia Beatriz Leiva Robert Alahn Burns Krista Beth Lind Denise Marie Chauvin Marisa Angelina Mouret Roxanne St. Romain Clark Christina Marie Norvell Gerald Jules DeClouet, Jr. Jennifer Kathleen Owens Linda Jeanne Freedman Leslie Anne Ploger Christine Nicolle Gauthier Priscilla Akers Shepherd Julie Ellen Grashoff Daphne A. Somerhalder Allison Elizabeth Hansen Rosa M. Verneuille Caren T. Hardouin Stacey Salisbury Vollenweider Jeanne Marie Harrell Jennifer Waddill Waguespack Michelle Helen Hebert Caroline Paige Waguespack- John Carl Herron LaBiche Claire Adele Hitt Roman Weber* Sandra Jean Jenkins Shawn Marie Wenzel Karen Daneel Johnson JanEtte Booth Knobloch Lauri Sanders Knoll BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY Eileen Newsome Baker Jaquenetta Williams Gant Jeannie Aubin Batten Cameron Gregory Gordon Lisa Ann Bertone Aimee Jeanelle Kersten Alyce Cresson Bowers Greg Rene Leyrer Heather Cheree Boyd Kimberly Alys McGivern Lori Lauland Boyter Carla Fisher McIntyre Marc Ellis Bratton Michael J. McNeil, Jr. Kristy Ann Chiro Tammy Raquel Neyland-Goines Terinne Germaine Coleman Karen Nickell Olinde Karen Marie Comeaux Gabrielle Sciortino Ott Dayna Ann Croal Gina Lynne Pariser Nicole Elizabeth Crutcher Brenda Maureen Raaphorst Annie Catherine Descant Robyn Rene Reith Renee Kiplyn Diez Ella Rubinstein Sabrina Diab Doubrava Theresa Jeannette Stellman Cristina Martinez Faucheux Alexis Fidel Suarez Karen Bethany Flint Blaine Barrow Switzer Tanya S. Fontenot Celia M. Thibodeaux Jacob Spencer Freyou Chance Robert Victoriano Sarah Marie Fusilier Martha Ann Williams Laure Guillaud Gaar Karmen Rae Wolverton * In Absentia CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1997 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN REHABILITATION SERVICES David Michael Allain Keri Michelle Basom Celeste Marie Bourgeois Henry Joseph Cabeceiras Kelly Ann Chauvin Jennifer Lee Gibbs Linda Marsh Hillhouse Lisa Marie Langley Paul Christopher McCann David Michael Moragas Kiley Elizabeth Nickens Stacey Colleen Rueter Robert Anthony Staes, II Rebecca Jane Steib John P. Tobin Kay Margaret Ullrich MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Renee Lynn Cangelosi........................Speech Pathology Mandie Grant Cunningham...............Speech Pathology Lisa Marie Erickson..............................Speech Pathology Laura Adele Quinilty................Speech Pathology Charlotte Cecilia Van Voorhis...........Speech Pathology Kent Edward Weaver..........................Audiology Nancy Elizabeth Wooten....................Speech Pathology 6 All participants in this program, candidates for degrees, their families, and other special commencement guests, are sincerely requested to honor America in the singing of OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, the lyrics of which follow: O say can you see by the. dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watched Were so gallantly streaming And the rocket's red glare The bomb bursting in air Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave Francis Scott Key 7 Bobby P. Jindal The State Department of Health and Hospitals is Louisiana's largest department in state government with 13,000 employees and hundreds of facilities. When newly elected Governor Mike Foster was inaugurated in January 1996, the Department had a $4 billion budget, but faced huge cuts due to declining federal Medicaid dollars. Governor Mike Foster appointed 24-year-old Bobby Jindal to head the Department in January. Citing the importance of the Department, Foster said the appointment "is a bit unorthodox due to his young age, but I am pleased to find such an exceptionally talented Secretary." Since taking office, Jindal has cut the budget to $3 billion and has produced surpluses two years in a row. Jindal was raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Following graduation from Baton Rouge High School in 1988, he attended Brown University and graduated in both biology and public policy with a perfect 4.0 average. Jindal is a Rhode Scholar and authored two honors theses on the causes of state health care expenditures which resulted in articles in medical journals. He worked with U.S. Representatives Jim McCrery (R) and Bob Livingston (R) and developed a proposal to address the health care crises in America which McCrery cited as "one of the finest and most workable proposals yet put forward." His writings were cited as one reason he was named to the All-USA First Academic Team by USA Today. He was also named Louisiana's Most Outstanding Young Man by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Jindal performed AIDS research in conjunction with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center (Baton Rouge, LA), and worked with SmithKline and Beecham. Before coming to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, he served as a senior consultant out of the Washington, D.C. office of McKinsey and Company, a prestigious international consulting firm whose former members include the present CEOs of IBM and American Express. While there, Jindal advised and led teams of senior management and CEOs of multi-billion dollar corporations. He was accepted into Harvard and Yale Medical Schools and Harvard and Yale Law Schools but relinquished those positions in order to return to Louisiana and to head the Department. 9 ACADEMIC HERALDRY: THE SYMBOLS OF LEARNING The college or university commencement procession today, in this Nation and abroad, is a pageant, alive and bright with dress and ceremony inherited from the medieval European universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. To preserve their dignity and meaning it early became necessary for those universities to set rules for academic dress. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895 and set up a suitable code of academic dress for the colleges and universities of the United States. In 1932 The American Council on Education presented a revised code which, for the most part, governs the style of academic dress today. The Principal features of academic dress are three: The gown, the cap, and the hood. The Gown. The flowing black gown comes from the twelfth century. It has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it completely covers and dress of rank or social standing beneath. Gowns with pointed sleeves designate the Associate and Bachelor's degree; long, closed sleeves are used for the Master's degree, with a slit for the arm; and round, open sleeves indicate the Doctor's degree. The gown worn for Associate, Bachelor's or Master's degree has no trimmings. The gown for the Doctor's degree is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves, in the color distinctive of the faculty or discipline to which the degree pertains. For certain institutions the official colors of the college or university may appear on the gown or its decorations. The Cap. The freed slave in Ancient Rome won the privilege of wearing a cap, and so the academic cap is a sign of the freedom of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Old poetry records the cap of scholarship as a square to symbolize the book, although some authorities claim the mortar board is a symbol of the masons, a privileged guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes the discipline, although a gold tassel may be worn with any Doctor's gown. The Hood. Heraldically, the hood is an inverted shield with one or more chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color of the college or university. The color of the face of the hood denotes the discipline represented by the degree; the color of the lining of the hood designates the university or college from which the degree was granted. COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF CERTAIN DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS Green: Medicine Blue: Graduate Studies Lilac: Dentistry Apricot: Nursing Gold: Allied Health Professions 10