Graduation Committee

The committee shall be responsible for the setting and oversight of ceremony policies and procedures and the organization of each semester's graduateion exercises; faculty membership includes tenured, tenure-track, or clinical faculty.

Membership

The Graduation Committee shall be composed of 26 members:

  • Faculty:

    • Eighteen faculty; one faculty member must be from the Harrison College of Pharmacy and one must be from the College of Veterinary Medicine

    • Three of the faculty will be continuing members appointed by the Provost's Office: Graduation Marshal, Macebearer, the Director of Choral Music 

  • Continuing/Ex-officio:

    • Provost or designee as Chair

    • Director, Campus and Community Events

    • University Registrar or designee

    • Director, Athletic Events or designee

    • Dean of Graduate School or designee

  • Non-voting:

    • AUM Faculty Member

  • Graduate (non-voting):

    • One graduate student nominated by the Graduate Student Council

  • Undergraduate (non-voting) (nominated by the Student Government Association):

    • One undergraduate student

    • One undergraduate student alternate

  • Restrictions:

    • Three of the 18 faculty members will be continuing members: Graduation Marshal, Macebearer, and the Director of Choral Music.

Members

Name Department Term Exp.

George Flowers, Chair

 Provost's designee Continuing

Alan Wilson

 Macebearer Continuing

Jefferson Jones

 Graduation Marshal Continuing

William Powell

 Director of Choral Music Continuing

Tracey Newell

 Director of Academic Events Continuing

Karen Baytte

 University Registrar Continuing

Caitlyn Strock

 Director of Athletic Events or designee Continuing

Sherry Ray

 Dean of Graduate School or [designee - Director, Graduate Matriculation] Continuing

Karol Renfroe

 Nursing 2025

Gwendolyn Williams

 Curriculum and Teaching 2025

Greg Schmidt

 Library 2025

Brian "Clay" Young

 Nursing 2025

Rachel Helms

 Nursing 2025

Ian Butts

 Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2026

Laura Huber

 Pathobiology 2026

Daniel Kroeger

 Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology 2026

Jennifer Robinson

 Psychology 2026

Xinyu Zhang

 Chemical Engineering 2026

Heidi Hause

 History 2027

Andrea Smith

 Nursing 2027

John Linhoss

 Biosystems Engineering 2027

Katharine Horzmann

 Veterinary Medicine - required 2027

Natalie Hohmann

 Harrison College of Pharmacy - required 2027

Scott Kiker

 Management - AUM Continuing, Non-voting

Tempitope Folorunso

 Graduate Student Representative Non-voting, 2025

Collins Bradford

 Undergraduate Student Representative Non-voting, 2025

Catherine Guilsher

 Alternate - Undergraduate Student Representative Non-voting, 2025