Posting Date: May 20, 2009
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Graduating students (from left) Christina Patterson, Melissa Ray and Ervin Ross |
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Art at commencement. (From left) Donald Robson, Keith Smith and Diana Gregory |
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Music major Michael Alcorn (left) sang the national anthem and Theatre and Performance Studies advisory board member Tom Key delivered the commencement address Photos by Isaac Fowler |
COTA honors spring graduates
By Jarmea L. Boone
On May 14, 2009, the Kennesaw State University College of the Arts recognized its spring graduating class in KSU’s 99th commencement.
Tom Key, executive artistic director of Atlanta’s Theatrical Outfit at The Balzer Theater, delivered the keynote address. Key has been the executive artistic director of Theatrical Outfit since 1995, and it has since become the first theater in the United States to achieve silver certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design from the U.S. Green Building Council. Key’s numerous honors include, most recently, a 2008 Georgia Arts and Entertainment Legacy Award. He is one of Atlanta’s most celebrated actors and has been in demand for more than three decades, performing on stages at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lambs Theater in New York, The Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles, and Oxford University in England.
The Kennesaw State University Brass Quintet, led by Interim Conductor of Wind Ensembles Paul Davis, played during the prelude and postlude of ceremony. Music performance senior Michael Alcorn led the audience in the national anthem and the alma mater. Karen Robinson, associate professor of theatre and 2009 recipient of the KSU Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award, served as the chief marshal.
The KSU College of the Arts candidates* for graduation in spring 2009 were:
Frances Macra Adair Nicholas Alfred Amideo Mesia Nicole Austin Bonnie Bergkessel Frank Faulkner Bishop Amanda June Brawner Brandi Shawna Brock Jeff L. Brown Kerry A. Brunson Dennis L. Burgess, Jr. Michelle Dawn Callahan Stacia S. Chappell Jessica Diane Collins Anthony J. D´Amico Adam Stacy Dunlap Benjamin Joel Ereddia Sarah Kate Forbes RoseAnne Rebekah Galton Ryan Pierce Guyer Rachel Elizabeth Hamilton Melody Ann Hauschild Michael Ishmael Brea Marie Jones Laura M. Jones Marium Khalid |
Rosemary Elaine Lambright Melissa Diane Leonard Emily Elizabeth Lester Joshua David Liley Paul McCarthy Kelly Anne McKernan Jenny Park Christina Michelle Patterson Kimberly A. Piercy Jean Peyton Plumer Charles Luther Rabun IV Melissa Elizabeth Ray Linda Carol Rogers Ervin Ross Motunrade Temitope Schumann Jared M. Sims Stephanie Anne Slaughter Justin Stefanavage Amy Elizabeth Step Angela Marie Stephens Jaclyn M. Venezia William Allen Scott Whitney Walters Johnnie A. White, Jr. Aletha Grace Wilson |
* Degree completion is contingent upon final degree audits. One or more candidates listed herein may have been unable to complete all requirements for the degree. Inclusion in this list does not commit the university to grant the diploma to a person thus listed.