2022 Commencement
TASSELS Students with colored tassels are receiving honors from CWU. Students with red tassels are graduating Cum Laude or with distinction. Those with silver tassels are graduating Magna Cum Laude or with high distinction. Those with gold tassels are graduating Summa Cum Laude or with highest distinction. HONORS Dean’s Scholars are those students who have achieved a GPA that places them in the top 5 percent of their respective academic college. President’s Scholars are those students who have achieved a GPA that places them in the top 1 percent of their respective academic college. The Medallion Award recipients are graduating students who earn the highest GPA of all students in their respective academic college. All scholars can be identified by the gold university medallions worn around their necks.
THE MACE Since the Middle Ages, the mace has served as a symbol of power and authority. Originally designed as a weapon of battle, it gradually assumed a more ceremonial role and was typically carried by kings and church leaders as a sign of office. Wilhelm Bakke, emeritus professor of Industrial and Engineering Technology, crafted Central’s mace. It consists of a shaft of solid walnut, taken from a tree in the Kittitas Valley, surmounted by a four-sided headpiece plated in 24K gold. Three of the sides bear the letters, “C,” “W,” “U,” while the fourth bears the university seal. Two of the sides are backed by the university colors, crimson and black, and the others by the color green, signifying the Evergreen State. The mace, on display in the Board of Trustees meeting room in Barge Hall, is used only for official university functions. UNIVERSITY MOTTO Docendo discimus is Latin for “by teaching we learn.” That is the motto and driving principle behind CWU, one of six state-assisted, four-year institutions of higher education in Washington. CWU brings university education into communities throughout the state. The university’s residential campus is in Ellensburg, but it is co-located with community colleges in Des Moines, Lynnwood, Moses Lake, Pierce County, Yakima, and Wenatchee. CWU also has instructional sites in Sammamish and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and offers fully-accredited online undergraduate and graduate degree programs. On March 28, 1890, Gov. Elisha P. Ferry signed legislation that created the Washington State Normal School at Ellensburg. Its purpose then was defined as “the training and education of teachers in the art of instructing and governing in the public schools of the state.” Since the first class of 86 students entered in 1891, the school has grown into a comprehensive institution of higher education. Washington State Normal School became Central Washington College of Education in 1937, Central Washington State College in 1961, and achieved university status in 1977. SPRING AND SUMMER CANDIDATES The listing of graduates, degrees, and academic honors for spring and summer 2022 in this program are preliminary and subject to final degree requirement evaluation. The posting of the earned degree on the official transcript record in the Office of the Registrar remains the official testimony of possession of the degree. The diploma of CWU, signed and sealed by its appropriate officers, is a document bearing public notification of the degree.
DALE AND MARY JO COMSTOCK DISTINGUISHED THESIS AWARD
The School of Graduate Studies and Research confers the Dale and Mary Comstock Distinguished Thesis Award, which was established in 1979. The award is announced at Graduate Hooding and Commencement. According to the criteria, only theses of “clearly outstanding quality and significance” are nominated. The Distinguished Thesis Award recipient receives a certificate of award, an official letter of recognition and a cash award of $1,500. The recipient will also be nominated for the Western Association of Graduate Schools annual competition, held in late summer. WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS HONORS COLLEGE The William O. Douglas Honors College (DHC) is Central’s premier interdisciplinary program for academically talented students. Named for America’s longest-serving US Supreme Court Justice, Yakima resident William O. Douglas, the Honors College experience emphasizes critical inquiry, leadership, undergraduate research and civic engagement by integrating residential and co-curricular learning opportunities with academic classroom experiences. DHC students take core honors courses to satisfy Central’s general education requirements as well as completing upper-division seminars and a faculty-mentored capstone project. Focused on a mission of excellence through inclusive education, the Honors College works to prepare tomorrow’s leaders and educators for the diverse challenges of our global future.
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