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Salute to our Graduates
Washington
State University honors the accomplishments of its 2003 graduating
class during the 107th annual spring commencement ceremonies to
be held on the Pullman campus Saturday, May 10. A total of
about 2,250 students — 2,000 undergraduates and 250 graduate
and professional students — are expected to take part in the
three ceremonies.
Graduating
from WSU is an exhilarating occasion for each student, providing
a time to share feelings of accomplishment with family and friends
who watch with pride along with the rest of the commencement audience.
Commencement
features a long tradition of academic pomp and circumstance, with
participating graduating students, faculty, and administrators all
wearing caps and gowns and music provided by the School of Music
and Theatre Arts. After keynote addresses for each ceremony, each
student's name is read aloud as they come forward to be congratulated
by President Rawlins and receive their diplomas. Scott Dickinson,
president of the Associated Students of WSU, also will speak
Ceremonies
for the Pullman campus will be held at Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum.
The ceremonies will help commemorate the commencement venue’s
30th birthday. The first event held in Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum
was WSU Spring Commencement on June 3, 1973.
This
year's speakers are:
•
Kathi Goertzen, a WSU graduate, will speak as part of the 8
a.m. ceremony for the College of Liberal Arts. Goertzen, of Seattle,
is an award-winning news anchor for KOMO-TV, the ABC television
affiliate in Seattle. She came to WSU from Seattle and joined KOMO-TV
in 1980, the same year she received a bachelor’s degree in
communications cum laude. She has earned a number of honors, including
two Emmy Awards, for excellence in broadcast journalism. A winner
of a WSU Alumni Achievement Award and a WSU Foundation Outstanding
Service Award, Goertzen served on the WSU Foundation Board of Trustees
and is now a WSU Foundation Trustee Ambassador. She was a member
of the Campaign WSU communications committee and served on the WSU
College of Sciences and Arts Advisory Board.
•
Jack Creighton Jr., former president and chief executive officer
of Weyerhaeuser Co., will speak at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony for the
College of Business and Economics and College of Education. Creighton,
of Bellevue, led Weyerhaeuser from 1991-97. He is strategic director
of the Madrona Venture Group in Seattle and vice chair and director
of Unocal Corp. He is also former chair and chief executive officer
of United Air Lines Corp. Creighton is the 2002 recipient of the
Weldon B. Gibson Distinguished Volunteer Award from the WSU Foundation.
He was national steering committee co-chair for Campaign WSU, a
successful drive for private gifts to WSU. He has been chair and
vice chair of the foundation board of trustees. He and his wife,
Janet, became involved with WSU when their two daughters, now graduates,
were WSU students. The couple endows a WSU scholarship and a graduate
fellowship for students of Native American descent.
•
Jerry Quinn Lee, chief executive officer of MulvannyG2 Architecture,
will speak during the 3 p.m. ceremony for the colleges of Agriculture
and Home Economics, Engineering and Architecture, Nursing, Pharmacy,
Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. Lee serves on the Washington Education
Foundation Board of Directors. Lee, of Bellevue, joined MulvannyG2
Architecture, the country’s 10th largest architectural firm,
in 1975. The firm has offices in Portland, Ore., and Washington
D.C. A registered architect in 22 states, his affiliations include
the National Council of Architectural Boards, Building Officials
and Code Administrators International, American Institute of Architects,
International Conference of Building Officials, Northwest Minority
Business Council, Nisei Veterans and the American Legion. He is
a Communities in Schools (Seattle) board member and past board president
of Seattle’s Kin On Nursing Home. He and his wife, Charlene,
are members of the Children's Hospital Circle of Care and are trustees
for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Gala.
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