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Archived News
2008
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Dakota State prepares for Fall graduation ceremonies
Dakota State University will graduate over 40 students at winter
commencement this Sunday, December 17 at 2pm in the Dakota Prairie Playhouse.
The graduating class also includes the first seven students from the Master’s
of Science for Information Systems (MSIS) program. Sunday’s commencement
speaker will be Dakota State University Alumni President, Dr. Jay Trenhaile.
Trenhaile graduated from Dakota State University in
1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in Physical Education. He
continued his education at Kansas State University where he earned a M.S. degree
in Adult and Continuing Education. He completed a M.S. in Counseling and Human
Resource Development from South Dakota State University, and his Ed.D. in
Educational Psychology and Counseling was earned at the University of South
Dakota in 1996.
Currently, Dr. Trenhaile is an Assistant Professor
for the Counseling and Human Resource Development Department at South Dakota
State University. He also serves as
school psychologist or school counselor for four schools in South Dakota and
Minnesota.
Dr.
Trenhaile has written articles for professional journals and routinely presents
papers at regional and national conferences.
He was also a contributing author for “The Lives and Legacies of
Everyday Heroes” published this fall by Unlimited Publishing.
He received a Governor’s Faculty Award for Teaching with Technology in
Summer 2000. He is a member of
several state and national professional organizations.
Dr.
Trenhaile and his wife Kelly live in Brookings with their three children,
Thayer, Kara, and Westin. The following is a copy of the program that will be followed for December graduation:
PROCESSIONAL
WELCOME
Dr. Jerald A. Tunheim, President of Dakota State University
COMMENCEMENT
ADDRESS
“If it was easy,
everyone would do it!”
Dr. Jay Trenhaile, Dakota State University Alumni President
MUSICAL
INTERLUDE
Trombone Ensemble
Dan Mortenson, Director
ON
BEHALF OF THE GRADUATES
Kazmann Janae Foster
CONFERRING
OF DEGREES
Regent Rudy Nef, South Dakota Board of Regents
PRESENTATION
OF DIPLOMAS
ALUMNI
INDUCTION
Dr. Jay Trenhaile, Dakota State University Alumni President
RECESSIONAL
Prelude and Fugue in F Major
J.
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