2011 Spring Commencement ceremonies
This week, ASU saw a record amount of graduates, with almost 11,000 students receiving degrees during graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies.
Here, a graduation banner featuring a quote from Abraham Lincoln hangs from the ASU Fulton Center.
Paige Russell and Cole Jackson, both finance and economics majors, chat backstage prior to the convocation for Barrett, The Honors College, May 11 at ASU’s Gammage Auditorium.
Dan Killoren (right) chats with Karen Smith prior to the beginning of the 2011 Spring Graduate Commencement, May 11, in Wells Fargo Arena. Smith had the honor of "hooding" Killoren, who received his Ph.D. in history, during the ceremony.
Maria Hinojos (right) takes a photo of herself and Sarah Murdock as they wait for the beginning of the graduate ceremony. Both received a master’s in social work.
Maria Konopen checks the graduation program as she waits for the beginning of the graduate ceremony. Konopen received a master’s in communication.
Arizona Board of Regents chair Anne Mariucci addresses the graduates during the graduate ceremony.
Professor Manuel Barrera "hoods" Jenna Goesling (left) during the graduate ceremony. Goesing received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology.
Graduate students leave ASU’s Wells Fargo Arena after commencement. 2,800 students received their graduate degrees this spring.
Athletic and academic standout Dymond Simon receives a hug from her grandmother, Bobbie Carter, following the graduate ceremony. Simon received her master’s in liberal studies.
West campus graduates show off their Sun Devil pride and excitement to be part of the Class of 2011.
2011 spring graduates walk past the University Center on their way to the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences convocation, May 12, on ASU’s West campus.
Elizabeth Langland, vice president and dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, applauds families and friends for the support they've given their graduates, during the New College convocation.
Ashlee Beetso, who had earned her master’s degree from ASU’s College of Public Programs, prepares to participate in the American Indian Convocation.
Participants in the American Indian Convocation wait for the ceremony to begin. More than 200 students at ASU who had earned bacculaurete, graduate, juris doctorate and post graduate degrees were celebrated at the Gammage Auditorium event, May 12.
This year’s 2011 Spring Undergraduate Commencement ceremony was held at Sun Devil Stadium and featured almost 8,000 graduates.
Left to right: Broadcast major Amber Miller, supply chain management major Tennille Howard, and communications major Morgan Maloney decorated their mortar boards for the occasion.
Michael Brandenburg, left, and Daniel Smith wave to the audience as graduates were recognized for their efforts. Brandenburg received his degree in applied computer science and Smith majored in environmental technology management.
Rene Gastelo was recognized for his outstanding academic achievements during the commencement ceremony. Gastelo enrolled at ASU after serving for four years in the U.S. Marines. An Arizona native, with proud community and cultural ties, Gastelo dreamed of teaching in the Roosevelt School District where he went to school as a child. He excelled in his course work and has come full circle by teaching students from his old neighborhood and serving as a role model who exemplifies that education can help them to achieve their dreams. Gastelo graduated summa cum laude status with a 3.84 GPA.
Mara Steinhaus, who graduated with degees in computational mathematics and anthropology, was recognized for her achievements during the undergraduate commencement ceremony. Steinhaus immersed herself in research at ASU, analyzing the skyrocketing rabies incidence in Arizona’s wild animal population, as well as the impact media attention has on disease research funding.
Active in her community, Steinhaus tutors and mentors refugee children at a local elementary school, coordinating the efforts of about 25 ASU volunteers who work one-on-one with the children to catch them up to their peers. Last month she danced for 14 hours, as part of the ASU Swing Devils dance-a-thon to raise funds for cancer research.
In addition to completing two degrees, Steinhaus is graduating summa cum laude as the Outstanding Graduate from Barrett, The Honors College. After graduation she is heading to Johns Hopkins University to pursue a master’s program in international public health. She hopes eventually to work overseas, designing and implementing community-based health programs.
Masaji Inoshita receives the University Medal of Excellence from ASU President Michael Crow. Inoshita represents the values of societal transformation – embracing place and cultural diversity that are central to Arizona State University and its evolution as the New American University. An historian, lecturer and civil rights advocate, he has spent much of his adult life speaking about the Japanese-American experience, race relations and the need for diversity in the workplace, schools and society. He draws from personal experience to illuminate in others the appreciation of history, place and humankind that he knows intimately and that motivates his many contributions, which include care of the veteran’s memorial on the former Japanese relocation center within the Gila River Indian Community.
Mary Lou Fulton receives a kiss from her husband, Ira A. Fulton after she received the University Medal of Excellence from ASU President Michael Crow. Both of the Fultons were presented the medals during the commencement ceremony. The Fultons represent the values of academic enterprise, entrepreneurship, social embeddedness and societal transformation that are central to Arizona State University. Long time proponents of education as a driving force in economic and social progress, they are also among the nation’s leaders in targeted philanthropy that serves to move society forward. The Fultons actively pursue and collaborate with their communities to advance fields of broad economic and social impact with far reaching implications for future growth.
Left to right: Kambriel Booth, Shauna Perkins and Brian Acuna happily place their tassels to the left side of their mortar boards, signifying their graduation. Booth majored in history, Perkins received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and Acuna pursued interdisciplinary studies.
Fireworks celebrate the end of the undergraduate commencement ceremony. For more about the ceremony visit http://asunews.asu.edu/20110505_commencement.
Following commencement, ASU President Crow met and talked with the new graduates.
Tavon Cooper has his lieutenant’s rank pinned to his shoulders by his father, Command Sargeant Major (retired) Glenn Cooper and his wife, Tanya Cooper, during ASU’s Army ROTC commissioning ceremony on May 12.
ASU AFROTC administrative associate Sue Strauch hugs newly commissioned Lieutenant Bryan L. Anderson after the commissioning ceremonies on May 12. Strauch is retiring after 19 years of service to ASU and the ASU ROTC.
ASU President Michael Crow prepares to hood his son-in-law, Thad Miller, who earned his Ph.D. in sustainability during the school's convocation ceremony.
Dallin Maybee (center), a 2011 graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, receives a Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community blanket during the law school’s annual Indian Legal Program blanket ceremony. Given to each graduate to honor them for their hard work during law school, the blankets are donated by David Montiel, a Native businessman from the community. “We want each student to know how important they are, and that we respect the contribution we know they will make after graduation,” said Kate Rosier, director of Indian Program (left). Also presenting Maybee with the blanket is Jacob Schellinger, president of the Native American Law Students Association.
Faculty and students in the College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation make the traditional march from ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus to the Phoenix Convention Center where their convocation was held.
Cameron Boehme fills out an information card during check-in at the 2011 Spring College of Technology and Innovation Convocation. Boehme received his bachelor's in applied biological sciences.
Participants in the 2011 Spring College of Technology and Innovation Convocation line up at Gammage Auditorium to check-in prior to the event.
An estimated 3,289 ASU students graduated with degrees from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This included 2,918 bachelor’s degrees, 265 master’s degrees and 106 doctoral or terminal degrees. Two separate convocation ceremonies to accommodate the large number of graduating students and their guests were held May 13 in Wells Fargo Arena on ASU’s Tempe campus. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is ASU’s core academic unit, offering degrees in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and life sciences. It is ASU’s largest and most diverse college with nearly 94,000 alumni worldwide.
Outstanding engineering graduate Joy Marsalla laughs during the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Convocation. Marsalla was awarded a fellowship by Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. For more information visit http://engineering.asu.edu/news/8471.
Jared Sutton and Melissa Bogden prepare for their graduation from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law on May 13, backstage at ASU Gammage. Sutton and Bogden were awarded the law school's top academic honor, the John S. Armstrong Award. The award was established by the Armstrong family to honor the Arizona legislator. Armstrong introduced the bill that established Arizona's first institution of higher learning, the Tempe Normal School, which later became Arizona State University.
Timothy Garcia, one of five students to receive the Outstanding Student Teacher Achievement Awards, reacts after picking up his diploma during the The Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College convocation.
Christine Wilkinson, senior vice president and secretary of the university, addresses participants in the 2011 Golden Circle Induction Ceremony for the Class of 1961 on ASU's Alumni Lawn.
ASU historian Marshall Trimble addresses his fellow Golden Class members from the Class of 1961 during the Golden Circle Induction Ceremony May 13.
Following his keynote address at the 10th annual Asian/Asian Pacific American Student Convocation, U.S. Marshal David Gonzales swore in the graduates as honorary deputy U.S. Marshals, much to their delight and amusement. From left to right: Maureen Pangan McCool, Samia Rahman and Thien Quoc Pham take the oath.
From left to right: Maria Abigail Villagrana, a justice studies major, Jovany Medina, a sociology major and Albert Bacerra, a liberal studies major with an emphasis on music education, find their names in the Hispanic Convocation program prior to start of the event.
Gamma Alpha Omega sorority sisters cheer on fellow graduates during the Hispanic Convocation, May 14.
Anthony Robles receives his diploma during the convocation for the School of Letters and Sciences. Robles, a national champion wrestler, was one of 72 undergraduate Sun Devil athletes to receive a degree this spring. See a video about Robles and ASU's student-athlete graduates.
Kevin Minns (left) chats with dean Neal Lester before the 18th Annual Black and African Convocation. Minns received his degree in Women and Gender Studies.
Darryl Maurice Brown (left), a criminology and criminal justice major, lines up with other graduates for the procession into the 18th annual Black and African Convocation at the Memorial Union.