LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SUMMER COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS KIEFER UNO LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue August 8, 1998 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. PROCESSIONAL PRESIDING H. Adele Spence, Ph.D. Assistant Dean School of Graduate Studies OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM* Elizabeth McIlwain Faculty Member School of Allied Health Professions INVOCATION Ashley Michelle Crawford Graduating Class School of Allied Health Professions WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Mervin L. Trail, M.D. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS Ronald J. Sholes, J.D., P.T. Judge, Civil District Court Parish of Orleans CONFERRING OF DEGREES Dr. Allen A. Copping President Louisiana State University System BENEDICTION Tameel' Miyoshi Coleman Graduating Class School of Allied Health Professions RECESSIONAL "The audience is requested to remain seated unti the graduates have left the Arena" *Audience Participation Invited, see page 8 for lyrics. 1 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER AUGUST 1998 School of Dentistry Presented by Eric J. Hovland, D.D.S., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Stephanie Claire LaBauve * BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY Poly Valianti Charalambous * DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Johnny Burton Starkey *In Absentia 2 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER AUGUST 1998 School of Graduate Studies Presented by Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, III, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE Scott Magin * Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. Kenneth H. Johnston Guy Odom Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. Kenneth H. Johnston Gregory W. Risch Department: Biochemisry and Molecular Biology Major Professor: Dr. Mark Batzer Paul Wang Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major Professor: Dr. James Gnarra Floyd Layton Wormley, Jr. Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. Paul L. Fidel, Jr. * In Absentia 3 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER AUGUST 1998 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Mark L. Baker Department: Neuroscience Major Professor: Dr. Bryan Gebhardt Dissertation Title: Response of Astrocytes and Microglia to Herpes Simplex Type I Infection Nilufar M. Inamdar* Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major Professor: Dr. Prescott Deininger Dissertation Title: Regulation of Mouse Heme Oxygenase-1 Gene Expression Wenwu Zhang* Department: Physiology Major Professor: Dr. Laurence Wong Dissertation Title: The Role of Free Apolipoprotein AI in Reverse Cholesterol Transport Characterization of HDL Particles formed in Cholesterol Efflux * In Absentia 4 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER AUGUST 1998 School of Allied Health Professions Presented by John R. Snyder, Ph.D., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CARDIOPULMONARY SCIENCE Jason Bradley Arnold Christopher Shane Lorio Courtney Marie Campbell Brandy Shawn Luke Joan Folse Cheramie Darrin Gerard Merwin Scott Edward DeHart Katharina Geyer Minto Robin Mary Gendusa Chau Minh Nguyen Darrin Paul Guitreau Tram Thi Tuong Kathleen Wright Jewell Diem Chung Vu BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Nicole Renee Bergeron Vivian Trang Ho Stephanie Lynn Borne Syed Sajjad Hossain Kolynda Lecole Brooks Jodie Lynn Lemoine Kelley Renee Carville Phi Van Nguyen Ernesto E. Dardano Tai Anh Nguyen Michael Jovon Dillon Toinette Julita Riley Maike Dinh Andrew John Sallean Lauren Nicole Durel Stephen Paul St. Germain Mary Cuadrado Eidson Peter Michael Van Duzee LeAnn Denise Gilcrease Qing Zheng Joanne Nancy Hable 5 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER AUGUST 1998 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Fara Rene Allen Naydza Jarubyah Mathews Christine Ann Altobello Leslie Shannon McCord * Nicole Denise Bright Mary Mendez Raymond Louis Burgard Michelle Diane Messonnier Kimberly Kay Carlson Michele Jeanne Jensen Monk Jacqueline Clemons Stephanie A. Nielsen Kim Julia Conlin Lauren Nancy Nolan Trisha Delyn Devall Kindle Hope Purvis Walker Lee Dupre April Rose Roussel Leslie Ann Fryar Courtney Ann Schexnayder Florie S. Gonzales, Jr. Jonathan Leonard Schopp Allison Gonzalez Christina Renee Silk Maria Elaine Highfield Tiffany Ann Simoneaux Kellie Thompson Hughes Heidi Rochelle Spearman SeKoya Monsure Hunter Tyffanie Michele Stevens Rhonda M. Kerth Kevin Matthew Tate Cynthia Christine Linke BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN REHABILITATION SERVICES Holly Christine Andrus Ligia Betsabe Ayala Tiffany Michelle Bell Kim Edkins Brooks Tameel' Miyoshi Coleman Neal Anthony Gabriel Warren Darrin Gabriel Leslie Kay Guidry Emily Denise Guilbeau Alesha Vontrice Holmes Julie Marie Latimer Vanessa Anne Lee John Eric McMillen Ellen Eliska Talbot DeAnne Sharon Winey * In Absentia 6 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER AUGUST 1998 MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Josephine Uddo Beatmann..............................................Speech Pathology Jill Kathryn Boudreaux....................................................Speech Pathology Pamela Monjure Culotta..................................................Speech Pathology Dagnye Adina Ek..............................................................Speech Pathology Joy Roberts Favor..............................................................Speech Pathology Matthew Troy Frisk.......................................................................Audiology Kristen Elisabeth Koehl....................................................Speech Pathology Adam Locker...................................................................................Audiology Melissa Aimee Midkiff..................................................................Audiology Dana Milner-Stern.............................................................Speech Pathology Janel Marie Mumme.........................................................Speech Pathology Rhoda Jeanette Noto.........................................................Speech Pathology Erin Nicole Voorhies.........................................................Speech Pathology MASTER OF PHYSICAL THERAPY Joan Alexander Mary Mock Johnston Jennifer Ann Appe Patrick Todd Klester Lynn Bahry Paul Thomas Kreamer Crystal Adams Bonura Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell Daniel Adam Bradley Rhett Shannan Patrick Krista Graham Casse Tiffany Jeanette Powell Ashley Michelle Crawford Tammy Ann Roussel John Gerold DeLamatre Dawn Marie Schneider Madhavi Girish Desai Peter Eugene Schott Keisha Thomas DiGiovanni Lissa Lowe Schwing Stephen C. Dunn Lois Martin Stagg Tracy Leigh Estes Chet Christopher Sternfels Tara Tennison Fitzgerald Stephanie Michelle Stolzenthaler Michael Paul Gautreau Melissa J. Swanner Kalyn Marie Gautreaux Tonya Campbell Tabor Roy E. Humphrey Kevin Paul Touchet Jaye Dee Ingerman Patrick Joseph Vance 7 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 8 Judge Ronald J. Sholes, Civil District Court Ronald J. Sholes is a District Judge presiding in Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University Department of Physical Therapy, 1979 and Tulane University School of Public Health, 1980. He was admitted to the Bar in August of 1984 as a graduate of Loyola University School of Law and was a practitioner in a general law firm until taking his judicial office in 1991. Judge Sholes serves as a board member of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation and the University of New Orleans Board of Visitors. He is on the Executive Committee of the 4th and 5th Circuit Judges Association and is past President of the Louisiana District Judges Association. Judge Sholes shares his knowledge of the law through his participation as instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the LSU Trial Advocacy Training Program and the Emory University Trial Techniques Program in Atlanta, Georgia. Judge Sholes is frequently called upon to teach CLE courses throughout the year and has served as an instructor at Loyola University School of Law, LSU School of Physical Therapy and Tulane University. Judge Sholes is the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Gillis Long Public Service Award and the Milton Sheen Award in recognition of leadership, fellowship and service to the law and community, and the Judicial Pacesetter Award. 10 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 11