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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/Unit Rotation Year

Karen Battye, Chair

Provost's designee Continuing

Alan Wilson

Macebearer Continuing

Jefferson Jones

Graduation Marshall Continuing

William Powell

Director of Choral Music Continuing

Tracey Newell

Director of Academic Events Continuing

Sherry Ray

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

Scott Kiker

Management - AUM Continuing, Non-Voting

Caitlyn Strock

Director of Athletic Events or designee Continuing

Laura Huber

Pathobiology 2026

Daniel Kroeger

Anatomy, Physiology, Pharmacology 2026

Andrea Smith

Nursing 2027

Ian Butts

School of Fish/Aqua/Aq Sci 2026

John Linhoss

Biosystems Engineering 2027

Xinyu Zhang

Chemical Engineering 2026

Katharine Horzmann

College of Veterinary Medicine 2027

Jennifer Robinson

Psychological Sciences 2026

Heidi Hausse

History 2027

Gwendolyn Williams

Curriculum & Teaching 2028

Natalie Hohmann

Harrison College of Pharmacy 2027

Carlie Hunt

Nursing 2028

Zachary Schulz

History 2028

Barbara Wilder

Nursing 2028

Whitnie Willis

Nursing 2028

TBD

Graduate Student Representative 2026

Trey Pritchett

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026

Erin Mitchell

Undergraduate Student Representative 2026