LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER FALL COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS KIEFER UNO LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue December 9, 1999 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. Program PROCESSIONAL PRESIDING Joseph M. Moerschbaecher, III, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM Lori J. Hurt Graduating Class School of Nursing INVOCATION Sonja A. Washington Graduating Class School of Nursing WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Mervin L. Trail, M.D. Chancellor Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center ADDRESS Patricia T. Castiglia, PhD, PNP, FAAN Professor and Dean University of Texas at El Paso College of Health Sciences CONFERRING OF DEGREES William L. Jenkins, D.V.M., Ph.D. President Louisiana State University Systerm BENEDICTION Amanda M. Ferguson 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 11 for lyrics. 1 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 School of Medicine in New Orleans Presented by Robert L. Marier, M.D., Dean DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Effie Branton Anders Saisha Balaram - not graduating * Lynn Peebles Zieske * In Absentia 2 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 School of Dentistry Presented by Eric J. Hovland, D.D.S., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE * Tracy Addison * Jennifer Sutton Farrar * Kristy Harris * Amy Carrier Kiddy * Stephanie E. Rousselle Krista * Coralie Menge Oufnac * Janet Gill Seals * In Absentia 3 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 School of Graduate Studies Presented by Joseph Moerschbaecher, III Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE * Troy Andrew Cenac Department: Pharmacology & Therapeutics Major Professor: Dr. Kenneth E. McMartin * Bo Cui Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Major Professor: Dr. Daniel J.J. Carr * Chan D. Goshom Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Major Professor: Dr. Lucy Robinson * Gina Vallien Hampton Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology Major Professor: Dr. D. Neil Granger Sean D. McCarthy Department: Pharmacology Major Professor: Dr. Israel M. Finger * Kris W. Owens Department: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Major Professor: Dr. Raymond Yukna Ariel Raigrodski Department: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Major Professor: Dr. Shawky E. Mohamed * In Absentia 4 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY * Orlando Felix Bueno Department: Pharmacology & Therapeutics Major Professor: Nancy Leidenheimer, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Regulation of GABAA Receptor Distribution by Phosphorylation and Cytoskeleton Interactions Margaret M. Deangelis Department: Neuroscience Major Professor: Dr. Mark A. Batzer Dissertation Title: In Search of the Gene Responsible for Acadian Usher Syndrome on 11p Farzana Karim Department: Pharmacology & Therapeutics Major Professor: Sandra C. Roerig, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Functional Aspects of Opioid and Alpha2 Adrenergic Receptor Activation: Involvement of Specific G Proteins * Laura Linz Department: Cell Biology and Anatomy Major Professor: Dr. Mark Alliegro Dissertation Title: Characterization of a Novel Myosin II in Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells Derek Pociask Department: Pathology Major Professor: Dr. Gray Malcom Dissertation Title: 8 Hydroxy 2-Deoxyguanosine: An Improved Method of Detection and its Application in the Evaluation of Oxidative Damage in Atherosclerosis *David James Seastone Department: Microbiology & Immunology Major Professor: James Carelli, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Molecular Dissection of the Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating Phagocytosis and Macropinocytosis in Dictyostelium discoideum 5 * In Absentia CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 Suzanne Linn Tinsley Department: Pharmacology & Therapeutics Major Professor: Adrian J. Dunn, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: The Effects of Interleukin-6 on FOS Expression in the Rat Brain * Emel Ulupinar Department: Cell Biology and Anatomy Major Professor: Dr. Reha Erzurumlu Dissertation Title: Characterization of Target-Derived Influences on Sensory Axon Growth Parameters * In Absentia 6 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 School of Allied Health Professions Presented by John R. Snyder, Ph.D. Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY *Amy Louise DiMarco * Kelly Meshell McInnis Lee R. Pace MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS * James Michael Bailey..........................Speech Pathology Kim G. Hestle................................ Speech Pathology Stacia Cashion Sikes...........................Speech Pathology MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCES * Lucinda Sue Murray.....................Occupational Therapy MASTER OF PHYSICAL THERAPY * Jaime LaFleur Fontenot * In Absentia 7 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Presented by Elizabeth A. Humphrey, R.N., EdD., Dean *Bridget Mary Billard BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Kristina Lauren Aldy Shannon Marie Kelley Bentley Albert Babin Rebecca Elaine Knost Charo Yvette Bossier Audrea Lynne Lambeth Emily Louise Brasher Shannon Leah Ledesma-Sheasby Vanessa Ann Braud Betty Alicia Lewis Kelli DeAnn Brian Lisa Brown Lipscomb Belinda Burson Haley Theresa Macek Christopher Anthony Carroll Veronica Claudia Martin Tracey Wade Casey Sheyla Sosa McAllister Laura Lynn Cooper Thomas Barry Miller Kacy Cedotal Crittenden Corrine Catherine Montelaro Phung Kim Dang Bronwyn Shipley Perry William Dureau Dart, Jr. Halie LeBlanc Petrolia Judith M. Deimel Christopher Joseph Pettus Lyndel Lirette Dryden Kristy Himel Phillips Jennifer Anne Easley Michelle Sharbonno Pike Alice Escude Fanto Courtney Lynn Price Amanda Maxey Ferguson Kathryn Marie Pringle Donna Moschitta Giovingo Chenet Wendt Pugeau Amy Elizabeth Guidry Tracie A. Richards Suzanne Renee Haik Sara Pettigrew Rider Ashley Brooks Halcomb Staci Elizabeth Robin Leigh Franks Hanhart Dayna Lynn Sibenkittel Jennifer Ann Hooper Courtney Leigh Webb Lori Jo Hurt Andrea Stump Williams Tina Marie Hynes Maureen Christy Zeringue Jena Tarelle Jackson Beverley Barbara Zimbelman Makiltru Latrece Jenkins Debora Ann Jones *In Absentia 8 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 MASTER OF NURSING Carol Nicole Ecklund Adult Health Jennifer Kessler LaBorde Nursing Administration Laura Callahan Picou Nursing Administration Stephanie Savoie Pierce Nursing Administration *Catherine R. Shepard Community Health Wendy Gaye Stanley Parents-Child Nursing Sonja Ann Washington Parents-Child Nursing DOCTOR OF NURSING SCIENCE Debra Beach Copeland Major Professor: Dr. Yvonne Sterling Dissertation Title: Maternal Competence and Health Status in Early Parenthood. Denise Mercante Danna Major Professor: Dr. Patricia Beare Dissertation Title: Staff Perceptions of the Work Environment in a Hospital-Based Home Health Department Before and After The Implementation of Self-Directed Work Teams. *In Absentia 9 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DECEMBER 1999 Robie V. Hughes Major Professor: Dr. Patricia Beare Dissertation Title: Comparing the Inpatient Alcohol Rehabilitation Center Program with the Alcohol Partial Hospitalization Program. *Anne White Robinson Major Professor: Jacqueline McNally, EdD Dissertation Title: The Experience of Women Who Live Alone After Recovery from Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Kandy Karolyn Smith Major Professor: Dr. Patricia Beare Dissertation Title: Symptom Management in the Adult Headache Population. Kathy Artus Viator Major Professor: Dr. Patricia Beare Dissertation Title: Daily Stressors and Coping Strategies: The Unique Experiences of Rural School Age Children. * In Absentia 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 PATRICIA T. CASTIGLIA, PhD, PNP, FAAN Professor and Dean University of Texas at El Paso College of Health Sciences Dr. Castiglia, Dean School of Nursing, University of Texas at El Paso since 1990, earned the PhD from State University of New York at Buffalo where she concentrated in the areas of research, evaluation and institutional design. Presently, she holds the Charles and Shirley Leavell Chair at the University of Texas El Paso. While serving as Associate Dean, Academic Affairs at SUNY/Buffalo School of Nursing she co-founded the first professional nursing corporation in New York State. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and holds office in numerous professional organizations including: Association of Community Health Nursing Educators, Sigma Theta Tau, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Association and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, Southern Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing, and within her own state she serves on the Advisory Board of the Health Education Training Center Alliance of Texas. Dr. Castiglia is also a recognized international consultant and has provided expert service to schools of nursing in Egypt, South Africa and the University of Guanajuato, Celaya, New Mexico. In addition to her senior administration role, her research interests include developing asthma interventions for children, and currently she is developing a model for managed care for under served populations. 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