College of Agricultural Sciences Commencement

December 14, 2024

Order of Ceremony

Processional – Colorado State Brass Quintet

Welcome and Presentation of Colors – Dean Carolyn Lawrence-Dill and Air Force ROTC Color Guard

National Anthem – Nathan Messina-Anderson

Land Acknowledgment – Dean Lawrence-Dill

Introduction of Platform Party, Faculty and Staff, and Commencement Speaker – Dean Lawrence-Dill

Commencement Address – Bob Mattive

Recognition of Latin Distinction and First Generation Graduates, Military Service – Quatez Scott

Recognition of University Honor’s Program Graduates – Shawn Bingham

Provost Remarks and Presentation of Class – Provost Marion Underwood and Dean Lawrence-Dill

Conferring of Baccalaureate Degrees – Provost Underwood

Diploma Distribution – Addy Elliott, Dean Lawrence-Dill, and Department Heads

Student Remarks – Cynthia Padgett and Sarah Stoddard Cameron

Alumni and Closing Remarks – Matt Camper

Alma Mater – Nathan Messina-Anderson

Recessional – Colorado State Brass Quintet

Announcer

Elias Quiñonez, Manager of Student Life and Diversity, College of Agricultural Sciences

Marshals

Dr. Cynthia Brown, Department Marshal, Agricultural Biology

Dr. Marco Costanigro, Department Marshal, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Tiare Santistevan, Department Marshal, Animal Sciences

Dr. Mark Uchankski, Department Marshal, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Dr. Allan Andales, Department Marshal, Soil and Crop Sciences

On the Platform

Dr. Greg Butters, Professor and College Marshal, Soil and Crop Sciences

Dr. Carolyn Lawrence-Dill, Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences

Bob Mattive, Commencement Speaker

Dr. Marion Underwood, Provost and Executive Vice President

Dr. Shawn Bingham, Director, University Honor’s Program

Matt Camper, Assistant Dean of Teaching Practice and Academic Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences

Addy Elliott, Assistant Dean of Advising and Student Success, College of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Quatez Scott, Assistant Dean for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Agriculture, College of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Noa Román-Muñiz, Interim Department Head, Agricultural Biology

Dr. Hayley Chouinard, Department Head, Agricultural and Resource Economics

Dr. Brad Goetz, Professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Dr. Chris Pires, Department Head, Soil and Crop Sciences

Bob Mattive, Commencement Speaker

Bob Mattive grew up on a small farm in Brighton, Colorado. He graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in business administration. Bob and his wife Gail moved to Monte Vista, Colorado in the San Luis Valley in 1982 and began farming with Gail’s dad (Carl Worley). They have three children; Grant, Megan, and Reid. The family farming operation (Worley Family Farms, LLC) includes their two sons (Grant and Reid) and nephew Matt Smartt. Worley Family Farms LLC primarily raises about 2,000 acres of potatoes and 2,000 acres of other crops, which have included barley, lettuce, quinoa, peas, and green manure cover crops. Production also includes Colorado certified seed of both potatoes and barley. Additionally, Worley Family Farms, LLC operates their own on-farm tissue culture lab and greenhouse for production of disease-free seed potatoes as well as a packing shed (Hi-Land Potato Co.), where fresh table stock potatoes are packed and shipped throughout the U.S. and into Mexico.

Mattive currently serves on the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee (CPAC) Board, The Colorado Ag Leadership Program (CALP) Board, The Colorado Seed Growers Association(CSGA) Board, The National Potato Council (NPC) Board (President for 2024), The San Luis Valley Extension Advisory Board, and The Council for Ag Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET) representing Colorado State University. Past service includes 4-H Leader, Sargent School Board, Sargent Church Board, and the Colorado Certified Potato Growers Association (CCPGA) Board. Bob is also a graduate of The Colorado Ag Leadership Program (Class 11).