Commonwealth University Senate replaced Mansfield University Senate on April 15, 2023. Mansfield University Senate convened for the final time on March 23, 2023.
Mansfield University Senate Presidents
- 2022-2023: Brad Lint
- 2020-2022: Jonathan C. Rothermel
- 2018-2020: Gretchen Sechrist
- 2016-2018: Jonathan C. Rothermel
- 2014-2016: Chuck Hoy
- 2012-2014: Adam Brennan
- 2010-2012: Scott Davis
- 2009-2010: Bob Timko
- 2008-2009: Scott Davis (temporarily while Bob Timko served as Interim Dean)
- 2006-2008: Joe Murphy
- 2004-2006: Celeste Burns
- 2002-2004: Scott Davis
- 2000-2002: Priscilla Travis
- 1998-2000: Brian Loher
- 1996-1998: Priscilla Travis
Mansfield University Convocation Speakers
- 2022: Dr. Peggy Dettwiler, "Look to This Day!"
- 2021: Dr. Matt Haner, "Fear Not the Singularity. Or College for That Matter"
- 2020: Cancelled due to COVID-19
- 2019: Dr. Kathryn Sue Young, "Self-Propelled"
- 2018: Dr. Jimmy Guignard, "Beyond the White Lines"
- 2017: Dr. Kathy Wright, "Find Your Passion from Within"
- 2016: Dr. Brian Lohrer, "Interesting Times"
- 2015: Dr. Karen Guenther, "Beginning the Quest"
- 2014: Dr. Steven Stein, "Activate Your Mind and Have Some Fun"
- 2013: Dr. Jeffrey Bosworth, "Hunting for Hope in Modern America"
- 2012: Dr. Craig Cleland, "College Secrets"
- 2011: Professor William S. Chabala, "Video Gaming and Education: What's the Connection?"
- 2010: Dr. Michael J. Chester, "Physicist and Farmer: A Few Things that I've Learned"
- 2009: Dr. Linda Rashidi, "What a Liberal Arts Education Tells Us About Ourselves, Slavery, and the Art of Resilience"
- 2008: Dr. J Richard Walker, "An Issue You Should Care About"
- 2007: Dr. Peter Keller, "Living the Mansfield Creed: Why Character Matters"
- 2006: Dr. Thomas P. Murphy, "Learning Here and Now: The Place of Education"
- 2005: Dr. Bradley Holtman, "Minds Wide Open"
- 2004: Dr. Lynn A. Pifer, "Routes to Freedom"
- 2003: Mr. Vincent W. Jenkins, "The Rewards of an Education: Responsibility, Leadership and Challenge"
- 2002:
- 2001: Mr. Thomas R. Elsasser, "Academic Success"
- 2000: Dr. Scott A. Davis, "The Lamp of Knowledge Is... Exploding!!!"
- 1999: Dr. Jannis V. Floyd, "Confessions of a Lifelong Learner"
- 1998: Dr. Margaret Launius, "Thrivin' & Survivin'"
- 1997:
- 1996: Dr. Alexander I. Kubyshkin, "Information in the Open Society"
- 1995: Constance Rooke, "Paying Attention: Canada and the U.S."
Mansfield University Commencement Speakers
- Spring 2022: Clint Owlett
- Spring 2021: Dr. Nana Ama Kwarteng Baryeh
- Spring 2020: Steve McCloskey ('91), postponed to August 8 due to COVID-19
- Fall 2019: Dr. Leroy Wright
- Spring 2019: Dr. Daniel Greenstein, Chancellor PASSHE
- Fall 2018: Nancy Sidell
- Spring 2018: Dolores Stafford
- Fall 2017: J. Dennis Murray
- Spring 2017: Richard Cashman
- Fall 2016: Cancelled (weather)
- Spring 2016: Sheri Beam
- Fall 2015: Russell Dodson
- Spring 2015: Lt. Col. Jim Reese
- Fall 2014: Steven Crawford
- Spring 2014: Francis Duffy
- Fall 2013: Marie McKee
- Spring 2013: Freddie Coleman
- Fall 2012: William Robertson
- Spring 2012: Harold Shields
- Fall 2011: Renee Haynesworth
- Spring 2011: Robert Weigand
- Fall 2010: D. Keith Palmer
- Spring 2010: Stuart Weiss
- Fall 2009: Ali Soufan
- Fall 2007: Matthew Baker
- Spring 2005: Dr. Bob Arnot
- Spring 2004: Dr. Anthony Lake
- Fall 2003: Gary Tuchman
- Spring 2003: Linda Chavez
- Fall 2002: Susan Dentzer
- Fall 2001: Hamilton Jordan
- Spring 2001: Dr. Rushworth Kidder
Last Updated: April 16, 2023