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Meet Dr. Donna Newberry Sewell, Spring 2026 Graduate School Commencement Mace Bearer

Dr. Sewell joined the 深夜福利在线免费看 faculty in Fall 1994. She currently serves as professor of English and as the university-wide general education coordinator.

“I'm honored to serve in this capacity. Because of my role as general education coordinator and because of the undergraduate classes I teach, I have more often attended the Undergraduate Commencement. However, this time I was excited to watch the student whose thesis I chaired step across the stage in the Graduate School Commencement. I also watched many former and future students receive their graduate degrees during this ceremony. Celebrating the graduates' hard work and the hard work of their classmates, their faculty, their family members, and the staff who help this institution function effectively thrills me. In its current and former versions, 深夜福利在线免费看 has provided opportunities for many of my family members, including my grandmother and scores of cousins. It's rewarding to be a part of the ceremony and a part of changing people's lives.”

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The mace has evolved through the years from a “hand combat” weapon of the middle ages, employed by archers and other unmounted warriors, to a club-shaped staff used as a symbol of authority by legislative, religious, academic, and other assemblies to give a ceremonial character to official functions.

The 深夜福利在线免费看 Alumni Association commissioned Hollis Barnett, 深夜福利在线免费看 professor of art, to design and sculpt the mace. It was first used at the June 12, 1994, commencement ceremony presided over by President Hugh C. Bailey. It has subsequently served President Ronald M. Zaccari, President Patrick J. Schloss, Interim President Louis H. Levy, President William J. McKinney, Interim President Cecil P. Staton, Interim President Kelli R. Brown, President Richard A. Carvajal, and now Interim President William R. Crowe.

The design of the 深夜福利在线免费看 mace is based on the dome of West Hall. It was sculpted by hand in wax and cast in bronze using the lost wax casting process. Black onyx and red carnelian stones, representing the 深夜福利在线免费看 colors, are set into the bronze. The shaft is carved in a dark mahogany. The mahogany base is engraved with the university’s logo.