LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER FALL COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS KIEFER UNO LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue December 10, 1998 4:30 p.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 Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, III, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM* Leslie Michelle Landry and Fleta Cooper Stirgus Graduating Class School of Nursing INVOCATION Jo Nell Costello Graduating Class School of Nursing WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Mervin L. Trail, M.D. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS Linda C. Hodges, Ed.D., R.N. Dean of the College of Nursing University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences CONFERRING OF DEGREES Dr. Jack A. Andonie Member Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors BENEDICTION Leslie Michelle Landry Graduating Class School of Nursing RECESSIONAL "The audience is requested to remain seated until the graduates have left the Arena" *Audience Participation Invited, see page 10 for lyrics. 1 2 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 School of Medicine in New Orleans Presented by Robert L.Marier,M.D., Dean DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Vijaysinha Keshav Mandhare Brigetta Desiree Yancy * School of Dentistry Presented by Eric J. Hovland, D.D.S., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Brandi Ory Doussan * * In Absentia 3 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 School of Allied Health Professions Presented by John R. Snyder, Ph.D., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CARDIOPULMONARY SCIENCE Vicki Lynne Stevenson * BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Louis Anthony Bourgeois BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY David Andrew Aceves Paula L. Kidder LeTitia Nicole Scott Edward Lewis Varnado * BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN REHABILITATION SERVICES Phyllis Deniece Martin * * In Absentia 4 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Lori Lee Binderim.............................Speech Pathology Courtnie Chase Faust.......................Speech Pathology Kathleen Fedd Haney......................Speech Pathology Danielle M. Mohr*............................Speech Pathology Jennifer Marie Parker.......................Speech Pathology. Pamela Ann Parker...........................Speech Pathology Kimberly Gormanous Stafford.......Speech Pathology Ana Rambin Tamaccio*...................Speech Pathology MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCES Denise Ann Blakely*.........................Rehabilitation Counseling David Christopher Jones*................Medical Technology Bonnie Jo Taylor*...............................Medical Technology David Lynn Vines*............................Cardiopulmonary Science MASTER OF PHYSICAL THERAPY Katherine Tebo Alpaugh Daniene R. Tripp * In Absentia 5 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 School of Graduate Studies Presented byJoseph M.Moerschbaecher,III, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE Michael Joseph Boudreaux * Department: Cell Biology and Anatomy Major Professor: Dr. Ted Weyand Leonard Brent Fodera Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. Jiandong Chen David Kurt Lirette Department: Pathology Major Professor: Dr. F. A. Ragan Peter John Mottram Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major Professor: Dr. Sidney Grimes Robert Earl Routh* Department: Cellular Biology and Anatomy Major Professor: Dr. Kevin McCarthy Denise Hariotte Sams-Johnson* Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major Professor: Dr. Dalton Gossett Chad Steele Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. Paul L. Fidel Michelle R. Stutes Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. William R. Gallaher * In Absentia 6 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Carroll J. Diaz, Jr. Department: Biometry and Genetics Major Professor: Dr. William Johnson Dissertation Title: The Statistical Analysis of Multivariate Repeated Measurements with Patterned Covariance Matrices Cristina M. Justice Department: Biometry and Genetics Major Professor: Dr. Bronya Keats Dissertation Title: Analysis of the GAA Trinucleotide Repeat in the Friedreich Ataxia Gene Christopher Gene Kevil* Department: Molecular and Cellular Physiology Major Professor: Dr. J. Steve Alexander Dissertation Title: Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide on Endothelial Adherens and Tight Junctional Structure and Barrier Function In Vitro Lisa A. Teather* Department: Neuroscience Major Professor: Dr. Nicolas Bazan Dissertation Title: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Anatomically and Functionally Distinct Mammalian Memory Systems * In Absentia 7 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 School of Nursing Presented by Elizabeth A. Humphrey, R.N., Ed.D., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Tammy A. Abadie Jennifer Sue Grisbaum Debbi Maureen Anderson Julia F. Gutkovich Janet Lynn Appelt Tracey Elizabeth Hallal Toby Benjamin Armor Sarah Kathleen Hervey Jodie K. Barrington Mary-Margaret Abbott Hevron Clair Louise Barrios Melanie Augusta Jamieson Brandi Michelle Barrois Kathryn Rose Lafranca Stephanie Dawn Benoit Jodie Marie Landry Lisa Marie Bonura Leslie Michelle Landry Sonja Firmin Burks Lisa Renee Lupin Amanda Lea Butler Jamie Lynn Marse Kyle Danian Carmouche Erika Marie May Emily Suzanne Collier Casey Reed McCarty Kelli Elizabeth Condon Wendy Persand Pierre-Cedric Bernard Crouch Steven Joseph Pouey Jennifer Lynn Cusack James Eric Rice Jacey Leigh Davis Jeff P. Robichaux Varrone Dillard Linda Kay Scott Kelly Davis Duggins Jennifer Gills Segrave Michelle Daigle Fontenot Amie Melissa Simon Catherine Anne Fournier Fleta Cooper Stirgus Jennifer Lynn Freyou Kayla Braud Tortorich Sunny Tanielle Ghere Heather Blalock Webre Kira Lynn Gilmore Andrea Shannon Wheeler * Jeffrey Pizzuto Green Amy Colette Wingard Ruby Lynn Grindal Patricia Ann Workman * In Absentia 8 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 MASTER OF NURSING Jo Nell Costello Adult Health Nursing Donna Abadie Earles Adult Health Nursing Deborah Delaney Garbee Adult Health Nursing Lea Gray-Winfrey Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Teresa Clark Krutzfeldt Adult Health Nursing Karen Marks-DeMourelle Adult Health Nursing Cindy Lynell Robertson Adult Health Nursing Katja Birgit Stahr Public Health/Community Health Nursing Carol Amerland Venturatos Public Health/Community Health Nursing 9 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER DECEMBER 1998 DOCTOR OF NURSING SCIENCE Virginia Burggraf Dr. Patricia L. Lane, Major Professor Dissertation Title: Burden, Depression, Physical Health Status, Social Support, and Absenteeism: A Study of Employed and Unemployed Caregivers of The Elderly. LaDonna Kaye Northington Dr. Jacqueline McNally, Major Professor Dissertation Title: Chronic Sorrow in African American Caregivers of School Age Children With Sickle Cell Disease: A Grounded Theory Approach. Susan Kirchner Pryor Dr. Patricia G. Beare, Major Professor Dissertation Title: The Effect of Contingency Contracting on Increasing Intrinsic Motivation and Exercise Behaviors in Ten and Eleven Year Old Girls. Christina Marie Quinn Dr. Patricia G. Beare, Major Professor Dissertation Title: Home Health Nursing Patients: Symptom Management Strategies and Their Relationship to Symptom Status, Quality of Life, and Acute Health Service Utilization. 10 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 11 Linda C. Hodges, Ed.D., R.N. Linda C. Hodges, Dean and Professor of the College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has served in a leadership capacity in four universities before joining the University of Arkansas in 1990. She holds an undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Virginia, a Master of Nursing from Emory University in Atlanta, and a Doctor of Education from the University of North Carolina. In her present position, Dr. Hodges is responsible for all aspects of the College, including a multi-million dollar state budget and more than two million dollars in grants and contracts. She is the administrator for five nursing programs leading to academic degrees and involving approximately 500 students and more than 60 clinical and research faculty. In addition to these academic programs, the College manages two clinics for elders, a statewide wellness program, four distance learning sites, numerous Internet courses, and an active research program. Dr. Hodges has authored more than 50 publications and two books, and has received over four million dollars in extramural funding during her career. During her tenure she has seen the University of Arkansas go from an unranked program in nursing to being placed on the list of Ten Top Schools in the country. 13 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 14