RU=A0Honors Graduates at Spring Commencement

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RU Honors Graduates at Spring Commencement
(Images of 2007 Commencement: see photo = series=20 and video=20 highlights)

RADFORD =96 =93I=92m fully confident that you will bring with = you, wherever=20 you may go, the real values that have always characterized = Southwest=20 Virginia: love of country; an abiding faith; a sense of service; = and a=20 determination to work hard,=94 U.S. Senator Jim Webb told students = at=20 Radford University=92s 2007 Spring Commencement Ceremony on = Saturday, May=20 5.

3D"President Addressing the crowd of = approximately 10,000=20 students, families and friends on a cool, overcast morning, he = went on to=20 say, =93And I personally hope that you will embrace another value = as well.=20 In the scriptures we are told, =91For unto whomsoever much is = given, much=20 shall be required.=92 Our country, and indeed our world community, = needs you=20 to follow this simple idea now more than ever.=94 Webb told = students that=20 their generation=92s legacy =93should be that you restored basic = fairness to=20 the economic affairs of our nation.=94

Virginia Secretary of Education Thomas R. Morris also spoke and = congratulated RU=92s graduates on behalf of the Commonwealth.

RU President Penelope W. Kyle conferred 1,605 bachelor=92s = degrees and=20 320 master=92s degrees.

She praised the Radford University student body for being = =93second to=20 none in the Commonwealth of Virginia.=94

A traditional highlight of RU=92s Spring Commencement is the = announcement=20 of annual faculty and staff awards President Kyle recognized the = following=20 2007 recipients (see news = release):

Donald N. Dedmon Distinguished Teaching Professor = Award:=20 Rhett B. Herman, Associate Professor of Physics=20
Distinguished Creative Scholar Award: Bruce P. Mahin, = Professor of Music=20
Distinguished Service Award: Claire M. Waldron, = Professor of=20 Communication Sciences and Disorders=20
Anna Lee Stewart Award for Contributions to Faculty=20 Development: Lisa McDaniel, Walker Technology Center = Manager,=20 Academic Computing=20
Distinguished Faculty Advising Award: Dianne = Friedman,=20 Professor of Psychology=20
Distinguished Professional Advising Award: Donna M. = Dunn,=20 Advising Coordinator, College of Education and Human Development =

3D"Commencement Kyle also recognized those = recipients of the=20 2007 Outstanding Student Awards who were among the graduating = class:

Graduate Students
Sally Leann Bosher,=20 Midlothian
Emily D. Murer, Portland, Ore.

Seniors
Robert Barrett, Roanoke
Mary Layne Broz, = Virginia=20 Beach
Shelley R. Gentry, Johnson City, Tenn.
Meagan = Hilligas, High=20 Point, N.C.
Gisela Helene Hornberger, Goochland
James Inman, = Ashburn

May 5, 2007
Contact: Kathie Dickenson (kdickens@radford.edu;=20 540-831-7745)

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