Celebrate the achievement of students who have earned a doctoral degree at Colorado State University!
Thursday, May 15, 2025 | Lory Student Center, Grand Ballroom
Student Processional Lineup
Students must line up at 5:00 p.m. in the Never No Summer Ballroom. Signs will be posted listing each college and Special Academic Units (SAU). Please line up behind the sign for your college/SAU.
Order of Ceremony
- Processional: Big Thompson Brass
- National Anthem: Madelynn Flanagan
- Welcome: Dr. Colleen Webb, Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean
- Land Acknowledgement
- Remarks: Dr. Marion K. Underwood, Provost and Executive Vice President
- The Doctoral Degrees
- Presentations of Candidates: College Deans and SAU Directors
- Hooding of the Degree Recipients: Graduate Advisors
- Concluding Remarks: Dr. Colleen Webb
- Alma Mater: Madelynn Flanagan, Big Thompson Brass, Doctoral Candidates
- Recessional: Big Thompson Brass
Graduate names are announced by Mercedes Cooper and Kyle Oldham.
ASL interpretation provided by Kathy Kimbell and Jenny Miller.
Faculty Marshals include Dr. Kristina Quynn, Director of CSU Writes, and Dr. Matt Kipper, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering.
Members of the Platform
Dr. Elissa Braunstein, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Rich Conant, Department Head of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability in Warner College of Natural Resources
Dr. Karen Estlund, Dean, CSU Libraries
Dr. Matthew Hickey, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Health and Human Sciences
Dr. Ruth Hufbauer, Director, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
Dr. Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences
Dr. Tai Montgomery, Interim Director, Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr. Patrice Palmer, Assistant Dean, College of Business
Dr. Allen Robinson, Dean, Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering
Dr. Jacob Roberts, Interim Dean, College of Natural Sciences
Dr. Sara Anne Tompkins, Associate Dean for Student Services, Graduate School
Dr. Marion K. Underwood, Provost and Executive Vice President
Dr. Sue VandeWoude, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Jozsef Vigh, Associate Dean, Graduate School
Dr. Colleen Webb, Vice Provost for Graduate Affairs and Dean, Graduate School