Facts and Figures
Date | Dec. 12, 2015 Location | Kay Yeager Coliseum Speaker | Catherine Davis, vice president of marketing for Neiman Marcus Hardin Professor Award | Susan Harvey Degrees
Master’s |118Bachelor’s | 487Associate’s | 2TOTAL | 607 (including 174 August graduates)
BY COLLEGE
Dillard College of Business Administration | 93Gordon T. and Ellen West College of Education | 103Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts | 22Robert D. and Carol C. Gunn College of Health Sciences and Human Services | 282Protho-Yeager College of Humanities and Social Sciences | 39College of Science and Mathematics | 68
BY DEGREE
Master’s degrees | 118Bachelor of Science | 52Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies | 25Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training | 1Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice | 25Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology | 7Bachelor of Science in Nursing | 87Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Sciences | 81Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care | 21Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science | 3Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering | 4Bachelor of Business Administration | 80Bachelor of Arts | 41Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences | 38Bachelor of Social Work | 9Bachelor of Fine Arts | 10Bachelor of Music | 3Associate of Applied Science | 2
SOME THOUGHTS
“It has taken me about eight years straight to receive my degree today,” Clayton Burgoon, radiological sciences, said. “I start grad school next month to be a radiologist physician assistant.”Samantha Reeder, chemistry, said, “I plan to use my degree in the industries of quality control and assurance. Since receiving my associates degree, it has taken me three years to earn my bachelor’s today.””I began taking classes about 20 years, but put my degree on hold to have my family,” Melissa Witherspoon, nursing, said. “It’s taken me four years to finish my degree and I plan to work at United Regional as a registered nurse.”Crystal Hone, masters in business administration, said, “I moved to Wichita Falls to get my undergraduate degree and after taking six months off, I decided to stay to get my master’s. All together, it has been 10 years to finally finish schooling. I am working at Wells Fargo Bank in Austin in the retail banking department.””I earned my master’s degree in training development through the online program,” Andy Hebert, masters in training development, said. “I work at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas as a clinical research team leader. I specifically do pediatric drug research and looking now to train and develop my team.”
MORE ON THE SPEAKER Catherine Davis earned her bachelor of arts from MSU in 1989, majoring in mass communication with a minor in commercial art. She earned her master’s from the University of Oklahoma and in 1999 joined Neiman Marcus as director of brand Marketing where she developed online strategies to help the company enter the digital age. In 2006, Davis received the NM Best award, Neiman Marcus’ most prestigious employee honor. She also has served as Direct Marketing Director for The Container Store and from 2012-2014 was Vice President of Marketing for Neiman Marcus’s Last Call Brand during a period of triple-digit Web growth and expansion. While at MSU, she was Student Government Association president for two years, vice president of Chi Omega Fraternity, Lady Midwestern, Homecoming queen, Campus Watch news anchor and student ambassador. She received multiple awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association. In 1999, Davis was named the Distinguished Alumna from the Fain College of Fine Arts. Davis is a Wichita Falls native and a 1985 graduate of Rider High School. Her parents, Leland and Ruth Ann Allred, and brother Cullen Allred reside in Wichita Falls.