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Ceremony InformationOrder of the CeremonyCeremony Participants Delegates from International Institutions Delegates from Institutions and Societies Wright State University Faculty Delegates Order of the CeremonyPrelude
Wright State University Fanfare
Please join us for a Celebratory Reception in the McLin Gymnasium immediately following the ceremony. Back to TopCeremony ParticipantsMr. Don R. Graber was appointed to the Wright State University Board of Trustees in 2002. Mr. Graber is the retired chairman, president, and CEO of Huffy Corporation. Huffy Corporation’s divisions include the largest seller of bicycles in the world, the leading manufacturer of basketball backboards and related equipment in North America, and the nation’s largest supplier of in-store assembly, repair, merchandising, and installation services. Mr. Graber’s early career includes positions with General Electric and Black & Decker. He was general manager of the housewares manufacturing department of General Electric, and later president of Black & Decker’s worldwide household products group. Graber joined Huffy Corporation as president and COO in 1996 and later added the titles of chair and CEO. He is a past member of the Victoria Theatre board and serves on the Alliance Community Schools board. His board memberships also include Precision Castparts Corporation, Amcast Industrial Corporation, and MTC Technologies. He earned a B.S. degree from The Ohio State University and an M.B.A. from Ohio University. Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut was appointed the seventh Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents on March 14, 2007. He was the first to be appointed by the Governor of the State of Ohio as a member of his cabinet, and is charged with building a system of higher education designed to prepare all Ohioans for the 21st century and rival the nation in accountability and innovation. In the months since his appointment, Chancellor Fingerhut has worked steadily to support this vision of change, beginning with his testimony on the budget before the Senate Finance Committee, where he made clear that he “will not flinch from… rethinking how we do business, and suggesting broad and systematic changes in our approaches to higher education in order to move our state forward.” Chancellor Fingerhut has worked closely with the administration and the Ohio Legislature to dramatically increase funding for Ohio’s universities and colleges, to put a freeze on tuition increases, and to boost financial aid to make higher education affordable for all Ohioans. Chancellor Fingerhut served as Ohio State Senator in 1991–92 and 1999–2006. He was the ranking Democrat on the Finance (Budget) Committee and served on committees related to health, aging, environment, insurance, tax policy, economic development, and education. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1993 and served on committees related to science, foreign affairs, and banking. Chancellor Fingerhut has served as director of economic development education and entrepreneurship as a member of the business administration faculty at Baldwin-Wallace College and as an adjunct faculty member in the Case Western Reserve University Department of Political Science, School of Law, and Weatherhead School of Management. Dr. John W. Moore is president emeritus and Distinguished Trustee Professor of Indiana State University. With over 40 years of experience as a faculty member, administrator, and consultant in higher education, Dr. Moore became a close colleague and mentor to David Hopkins. His administrative experience spans from academic affairs, to student affairs and athletics, institutional advancement, and even financial management. Dr. Moore holds degrees from Rutgers University (B.S.), Indiana University (M.S.), and Pennsylvania State University (Ed.D.). Dr. Moore has been a leader in his profession at the state and national levels. He currently serves as the coordinator of the American Association of State Colleges and University New Presidents Academy. He has occupied significant leadership roles in the Society for College and University Planning, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, and the NCAA. Currently, he also serves as the president of Penson Associates: The Research and Consultations Firm. Dr. Moore continues to maintain a scholarly agenda and consults in the areas of leadership education, governing board training and development, presidential performance appraisal and coaching, as well as executive transition management. He is the author of Presidential Succession and Transitions: Beginning, Ending, and Beginning Again and recently co-authored Servant Leadership and the Art of Teaching. Ms. Barbara Bullock is the director of the Office of Institutional Research, which provides the university community with information that supports institutional planning, policy formation, and decision making and serves as a comprehensive source for information about Wright State University. She graduated from Ohio University, majoring in social work, and earned a master’s degree in statistics from Wright State. She and her husband, Rich, have three children and reside in Yellow Springs. Bullock currently serves as chair of the Unclassified Staff Advisory Council. The council’s goal is to represent the unclassified staff in university governance, policies, and procedures and to encourage professional development opportunities for them. One of the prime responsibilities of this council is to serve the education community by creating and maintaining an environment conducive to the teaching, learning, research, and service function of higher education. Ms. Fran Keeley began her career at Wright State University in 1987, as a part-time on-call secretary in the School of Medicine. In the winter of 1997, she was hired full time as senior secretary in the WSU Foundation office, where she quickly became assistant to the director and secretary to the Foundation Board of Trustees. To further her work experience, she has also worked in the dean’s office in the Raj Soin College of Business as well as the Interdisciplinary Teaching Laboratory in the Boonshoft School of Medicine. Fran’s training at Wright State prepared her well for her current position as program coordinator for the Center for Performance Excellence, and she currently serves as chair of the Classified Staff Advisory Council. Mr. TJ Hufford is the Student Government president for the 2007–2008 school year. He is a senior biological sciences major with a minor in business and second minor in health sciences. TJ believes that the Student Government team at Wright State is the connection between the university’s administration and the student body. Student Government strives to not only represent the student body to the best of their abilities, but to also work hard to increase overall student life on campus, especially in the areas of community, safety, security, and customer service. Ms. Heather Wilson is a marketing major at Wright State University’s Beautiful Lake Campus. She has contributed many volunteer hours with the American Cancer Society, and is an active member in the psychology club. This year Ms. Wilson currently serves as the president of the Lake Campus Student Government. With the encouragement of Dr. Hopkins, the Lake Campus Student Government has become an exceptionally active organization which has contributed countless hours of service and support to fellow Lake Campus students. Ms. Wilson and her fellow members of Student Government look forward to working with Dr. Hopkins this year to continue making Wright State University’s Lake Campus a superior choice in higher education. Dr. Robert Wagley currently serves as the vice president/president-elect for the Wright State University Retiree Association. Dr. Wagley is a professor emeritus in the Department of Management in the Raj Soin College of Business. Of his 32 years teaching, Dr. Wagley spent 26 of those years at Wright State teaching a variety of courses. Upon his retirement from full-time teaching, he served an additional three years at the university as director of International Exchange Opportunities for the College of Business faculty and students. His international experience includes: scholar-in-residence at University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England; visiting professor at Manchester School of Business in Manchester, England; visiting faculty for Studies Abroad Consortium in 1995 and 1998 at the Scuola di Amministrazione Aziendale (SAA) of the University of Turin, Turin, Italy. In addition, he has traveled extensively throughout 12 countries in Western Europe during seven trips in the last 15 years, amounting to a total of 23 months living and working overseas. His primary academic research interests are in the area of ethics, public policy, multicultural experiences, and international business. In addition to his work for the Retiree’s Association, he is active in the local historical society. Mr. W. Thomas Koogler is executive director of the Air Force Security Assistance Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He is responsible for supporting and advising the commander in the overall operation and administration of the Center by providing guidance, coordination and work direction. Koogler began work as an Air Force civilian in 1971. Twice the recipient of U.S. Air Force Meritorious Civilian Service Award, Mr. Koogler also received the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for his work with the F-15 System Program Office and again for his work with the Propulsion Development System Office. In his previous role as Deputy Development System Manager for he was awarded the Air Force Materiel Command’s Defense Acquisition University Award. A member of the Air Force Association, Mr. Koogler is also a member of the Area Coalition for Education-Excellence Strategic Charter Working Group. Mr. Koogler was appointed president of Wright State’s Alumni Association in January 2007. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from Wright State and is a graduate of the Defense System Management College’s Program Management Course at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. Dr. Thomas Sudkamp is a professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Wright State. His academic credentials include bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics, with a second master’s in computer science. Prior to joining the faculty at Wright State, Dr. Sudkamp worked in industrial research and development. His current research interests are in the application of soft computing techniques to modeling and decision analysis. Dr. Sudkamp is the author of the book Languages and Machines: An Introduction to the Theory of Computer Science, co-author of Similarity and Compatibility in Fuzzy Set Theory, as well as the author of over 80 articles and co-editor and associate editor for several journals. Dr. Sudkamp has served as president of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, vice president of the International Fuzzy Systems Association, and is currently vice president of the Society for the Mathematics of Uncertainty. He is the recipient of several distinguished awards, including Wright State University Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Southwest Ohio Council for Higher Education Award for Faculty Excellence, and the Affiliates Societies Council of Engineering and Science Foundation of Dayton Award for Outstanding Professional Achievement. He was recently named the Wright State University Fredrick White Distinguished Professor of Service. Back to TopDelegates from International InstitutionsKake Educational Institution University of Concepción, Chile École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d’ Angers Delegates from Institutions and Societies
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