JUNE 10–11, 2017
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY’S 119
TH
COMMENCEMENT
DE PAUL UNIVERSITY’S 119
TH
COMMENCEMENT
June 10-11, 2017
June 2017
DEAR GRADUATE,
On behalf of the entire DePaul community, I would like to congratulate
you on your graduation. I would also like to thank you for what you
as a student have brought to DePaul University. Your hard-earned
degree represents the power of lifelong learning to shape your life and
transform our world for the better. We are proud that you will put your education to work
in the career of your choice as a DePaul alumnus. We are confident in your success and ask
that God will bless you abundantly in the years to come.
Sincerely,
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M.
President
CONTENTS
About DePaul University .............................................................
Board of Trustees, Officers of the University,
Academic Deans and Administrative Officers ...........................................
The Vincentian Character, Saint Vincent de Paul,
the Coat of Arms, the Tree of Wisdom .................................................
The Banners of DePaul University, the Colleges and Schools ..............................7
Academic Dress, the DePaul University Mace ...........................................8
Graduation with Honor, Via Sapientiae Award,
Pledge of Social Responsibility, Presidential Medallion ...................................
University Student Leaders ..........................................................
Academic Honorary Societies .......................................................
College of Education ...............................................................
School of Music and The Theatre School ..............................................
School for New Learning ............................................................
College of Science and Health and
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences ............................................
College of Computing and Digital Media and
College of Communication ..........................................................
Driehaus College of Business .......................................................
Please visit DePaul University’s Commencement website at commencement.depaul.edu.
Because of printing deadlines, it is possible that the roster of degree candidates or honor distinctions as
represented in this program may not be entirely accurate. We request that all candidates for graduation,
their families and their guests, remain seated until the conclusion of the ceremony.
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ABOUT DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
DePaul is the largest Catholic university and the 14th-largest private,
not-for-profit institution of higher learning in the country. The university
enrolls about 23,100 students in 10 colleges and schools and offers a
wide range of academic and professional programs on four Chicago-area
campuses. DePaul’s reach extends internationally, from degree programs
offered in Kenya to study-abroad opportunities around the globe. With
Chicago, the metropolitan area and the world as its classroom, DePaul
has a reputation for innovative courses and personalized instruction.
The university is the hub of an innovative and diverse community that
enables students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends to advance personally,
professionally and intellectually.
Founded by Vincentian Fathers in 1898 to teach the children of
immigrants, DePaul remains committed to students from a broad range
of cultural backgrounds, especially first-generation and non-traditional
students. Named for and inspired by the life of St. Vincent de Paul, the
university has a distinct mission: to foster through higher education a deep
respect for the God-given dignity of all persons, especially the materially,
culturally and spiritually deprived; and to instill in its students a dedication
to the service of others.
DePaul’s Vision 2018 strategic plan is producing strong results as it
enters its final year. Many new programs have been developed, including
ones in science and health that are creating new pathways into job-rich
healthcare fields; online courses have expanded to serve student demand;
and overall graduation rates continue to trend upward.
DePaul’s distinguished colleges and schools are known for the excellence
of their academic programs and the achievement of their students.
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences encompasses more
than 45 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and 11 centers and
institutes. With an overarching emphasis directed toward empowering
leadership through the liberal arts, students pursue studies in such wide-
ranging areas as social and political studies, media and studio art, creative
or professional writing, ethics, geographical information systems, forensic
archaeology, international studies, public health and modern languages.
DePaul established the College of Science and Health in the 2011–12
academic year. The college departments include the natural sciences,
health science, mathematics, nursing and psychology, as well as five
centers, including the Center for Community Research and the DePaul
Family and Community Services.
DePaul’s College of Law has been a highly respected name in the
Chicago legal community for more than a century and is nationally known
for its intellectual property, health law and public interest law programs,
among others. In addition to the Juris Doctor, the college offers several
joint degree programs, five graduate law programs and a Master of
Jurisprudence. Through the breadth and depth of its curriculum and its
extensive opportunities for experiential learning, students are prepared to
be lawyers who advance the law and impact Chicago and the world.
The Driehaus College of Business and its Kellstadt Graduate School
of Business offer respected programs that provide real-world knowledge
and strong connections to the business community. The college houses
programs that are nationally recognized, including three top-10 rankings
for its accountancy programs based on a TaxTalent survey of hiring
managers and top-25 rankings for its undergraduate and graduate
entrepreneurship programs from the Princeton Review.
The College of Computing and Digital Media offers a wide range of
practical and innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The college houses the School of Computing, which features technical
degrees in computing, cybersecurity and computer game and web
development; the School of Cinematic Arts, which showcases cinema,
animation and screenwriting degrees; and the School of Design, which
features degrees in media arts and graphic, game and experience design.
The College of Education’s primary mission is to prepare students to
become teachers, educational leaders and counselors. Partnerships with the
Chicago Public Schools, the archdiocese, charter and private schools as well
as with social service agencies have enhanced the experiences of faculty, our
students and those Chicagoland individuals whose lives they touch.
The School for New Learning is an internationally recognized leader
in educating adults, offering flexible undergraduate and graduate
programs. It pioneered individualized degree programs, online learning
for adult students, the assessment of learning outside the classroom, and
competence-based education. Its inventive approach to education has
been used as a model around the world.
The Theatre School, founded as the Goodman School of Drama, is
one of America’s oldest and most respected theatre training schools.
A new facility to house The Theatre School opened in 2013.
For more than 100 years, the School of Music has been dedicated
to excellence in music teaching and performance, with a distinguished
faculty including members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the
Lyric Opera. The school offers a robust musical studies department with
majors in composition/musicianship, music education, performing arts
management, and sound recording technology. Construction of new
School of Music facilities began in 2015.
The College of Communication’s programs examine communication
in all forms, with an emphasis on research, theory, new technology, media
literacy, and ethical practices. Programs include communication studies;
organizational communication; digital communication; journalism; media
and cinema studies and public relations and advertising. Faculty with
extensive academic, industry and international experience, along with
award-winning student-led organizations, have positioned the college as
one of the top places to study communication.
DePaul’s Irwin W. Steans Center for Community-based Service
Learning and Community Service Studies is home to the Egan Office
for Urban Education and Community Partnerships and the nonprofit
Asset-Based Community Development Institute. It has earned national
accolades for integrating academics and community engagement. The
center supports more than 3,400 service-learning students a year in
more than 180 courses from across the university.
DePaul’s 15 intercollegiate men’s and women’s athletic teams are
members of the NCAA Division I, BIG EAST Conference. In 2017, the
women’s basketball team marked its 15th consecutive appearance in the
NCAA tournament. Numerous DePaul teams claimed BIG EAST Team
Academic Excellence Awards in recent years.
This year’s graduates and DePaul’s more than 176,000 living alumni
are linked by more than their degrees. DePaul’s graduates have succeeded
in a learning environment that values both academic achievement and
community responsibility—values that will remain with them throughout
their lives as they carry on the heritage of St. Vincent de Paul.
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President
Rev. John T. Richardson, C.M., Chancellor
Marten L. denBoer, Provost
Jeff J. Bethke, Executive Vice President
Rev. Edward R. Udovic, C.M., Secretary of the University
ACADEMIC DEANS
Marisa Alicea, School for New Learning
Ronald Caltabiano, School of Music
John Culbert, The Theatre School
Salma Ghanem, College of Communication
Gerald P. Koocher, College of Science and Health
David Miller, College of Computing and Digital Media
Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, College of Liberal Arts
and Social Sciences
Jennifer L. Rosato Perea, College of Law
Ray Whittington, Driehaus College of Business and Kellstadt
Graduate School of Business
Paul Zionts, College of Education
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Dan Allen, Vice President for Development
Linda Blakley, Vice President for Public Relations
and Communications
Jay Braatz, Vice President for Planning and Presidential Operations
Santino Caringella, Treasurer
Robert Janis, Vice President for Facility Operations
David H. Kalsbeek, Senior Vice President for Enrollment
Management and Marketing
Bob I. McCormick, Vice President of Information Services
Erin Minné, Senior Vice President for Advancement
Elizabeth F. Ortiz, Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity
José D. Padilla, Vice President and General Counsel
Jean Lenti Ponsetto, Athletics Director
Sherri Sidler, Controller
Stephanie Smith, Vice President for Human Resources
Rev. Edward R. Udovic, C.M., Senior Executive for University
Mission and Vice President for Teaching and Learning Resources
Gene Zdziarski, Vice President for Student Affairs
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
William E. Bennett, Chair
James T. Ryan III, Vice Chair
Joseph Adams
Rev. Thomas C. Anslow, C.M.
Peter C. Argianas
Karen M. Atwood
Gerald A. Beeson
Biff S. Bowman
John L. Brennan
Ruth W. Brinkley
Gery J. Chico
Frank M. Clark
Sebastian S. Cualoping
Mary A. Dempsey
Therese Fauerbach
Sr. Margaret M. Fitzpatrick, S.C.
Ezequiel Flores
Sasha L. Gerritson
Chester A. Gougis
Arnold T. Grisham
Harry J. Harczak
Donald E. Heller
Roberto R. Herencia
Lori Holland
Kerrie Holley
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M.
Stacy R. Janiak
James M. Jenness
Timothy P. Knight
William P. Kusack
Demetrios G. Logothetis
Rev. James J. Maher, C.M.
Carla R. Michelotti
Anne R. Pramaggiore
Rev. Mark S. Pranaitis, C.M.
Larry R. Rogers, Sr.
George L. Ruff
Jessica Sarowitz
Kristi Savacool
John Sheehy
Renee Togher
Daniel C. Ustian
Very Rev. Raymond A. Van Dorpe, C.M.
Dia S. Weil
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THE VINCENTIAN CHARACTER
DePaul, a Catholic, Vincentian and urban university, takes its name
from Saint Vincent de Paul. The religious community founded
by Saint Vincent, commonly known as “Vincentians,” established
the university and endowed it with a distinctive spirit: to foster
in higher education a deep respect for the God-given dignity
of all persons, especially the materially, culturally and spiritually
deprived, and to instill in educated persons a dedication to the
service of others. The women and men of DePaul have retained
this spirit as a highly valued heritage and a vital influence in every
succeeding generation of the university’s development.
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL
Saint Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), for whom the university is named,
lived in seventeenth century France. He was a compassionate and
deeply spiritual priest who dedicated his life to
serving the poor. He founded the Congregation
of the Mission, commonly known as the
Vincentians. This is the Roman Catholic religious
community that established and continues to
sponsor DePaul University.
Vincent brought together and inspired
groups of like-minded women and men
to join him in addressing the needs of the
poor and the reasons for their poverty
and marginalization.
Vincent also was a man of wisdom
who believed in the power of education
to transform the world for the better.
He believed in the sacredness of life
and the God-given dignity and inestimable
value for each person. He is aptly known as
the “Apostle of Charity.”
THE COAT OF ARMS
The main section of the shield consists of nine
panes forming a heraldic cross, the symbol of the
Christian faith. The center pane holds a heart,
which represents Saint Vincent de Paul, for whom
the university is named. Because he spent his life in
the service of God and people, especially the poor,
Saint Vincent is considered to be the Apostle of Charity. The pane
above the heart holds a crescent symbolizing Mary, the Immaculate
Conception, the patroness of the United States.
The upper section contains a fleur-de-lis, symbol of France,
Vincent’s homeland. Three are shown, representing the Trinity. This
section also carries two symbols of Chicago. A line suggestive of the
wall of a fort represents Fort Dearborn. The phoenix rising from the
flames atop the shield is both a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ
and the resurrection of the City of Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871.
The inscription 1898 refers to the year DePaul was first
chartered by the State of Illinois as St. Vincent’s College. In 1907
a new charter was granted in the name of DePaul University.
The motto of DePaul University, “Viam sapientiae monstrabo tibi,”
is taken from the biblical book of Proverbs (4:11) and is translated,
“I will show you the way of wisdom.”
THE TREE OF WISDOM
The symbol expresses the university’s integration
of education and religion by combining the forms
of a tree and a cross. Central to the symbol is a
modified cruciform, suggestive of the Catholic
roots of the university. This cruciform also is expressive of the human
form, with arms uplifted and outstretched to give spirit and life to
the environment. The figure stands erect and balanced suggesting a
strength of knowledge and values.
Viewing the symbol as a single unit, one sees our “Tree of Wisdom”
resting firmly on the ground, with its square base and raised limbs in
symmetry. It has age and fullness in its trunk and limbs, suggesting
tradition; and youth and simplicity in its internal negative spaces,
representing leaf forms suggestive of sapling growth.
Typographically, the symbol incorporates and combines the lower
case letterforms d, p and u. The “u” form extending upward from the
trunk is a true arc, a section of a perfect circle. Its position relative to
the figure represents support, rather than containment, just as the
university supports the human spirit in the pursuit of knowledge and
the deepening of religious values.
THE BANNERS OF DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
DePaul University and each of its 10 colleges and schools have a distinctive heraldic banner.
These banners play a prominent ceremonial role in the university’s commencement ceremonies.
The university banner features DePaul’s colors, red and blue. The interrelationship between
the university and the city is illustrated by the skyline motif.
The banners of each of DePaul’s 10 colleges and schools are shown below, in the order in
which they became a part of DePaul.
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH
Academic Colors: Yellow for the sciences and
sage for health
The alternating panes of color symbolize
the interrelationship of the diverse courses
of study in the sciences and health.
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
Academic Colors: Silver grey (communication
studies) and crimson (mass communication)
The arrows call to mind early communication
models representing sender and receiver,
but depicted here in a dynamic geometric
model that acknowledges the complexity of
human and mediated communications.
COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND
DIGITAL MEDIA
Academic Color: Yellow
The triangular shapes represent the three
primary areas of emphasis in the school,
and the reversal of colors of the triangles in
the squares the fundamental binary nature
of computing.
THE THEATRE SCHOOL
Academic Color: Brown
The “lozengy,” or two-color diamond pattern,
symbolizes the arts and also is reminiscent
of the harlequin of the Commedia dell’Arte,
theatre of the Italian Renaissance.
SCHOOL FOR NEW LEARNING
Academic Color: Yellow green
The “gyronny,” a heraldic pattern of eight
lines radiating out from the center, symbolizes
the school’s wide-ranging programs of study.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Academic Color: Light blue
The “saltire” (a corner-to-corner cross)
is the heraldic symbol illustrating
change and growth, the dual results of the
educational process.
COLLEGE OF LAW
Academic Color: Purple
The double-reversed chevrons illustrate the
traditional scales of justice associated with
the field of jurisprudence.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
Academic Color: Pink
Heraldic bars of white against a pink field
represent the 10 lines of the musical staff,
a translator of the musical language.
DRIEHAUS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Academic Color: Taupe
The “party per cross” design uses two
tinctures to impart the quantitative nature
of business enterprise.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Academic Colors: White for the arts and letters,
citron for the social sciences
The alternating panes of color symbolize
the interrelationship of the diverse courses
of study in the arts and social sciences.
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THE DEPAUL UNIVERSITY MACE
DePaul University has created, as part of its
permanent institutional academic regalia,
a university mace. The mace was commissioned
by the Office of Mission and Values.
Originally used as a weapon in medieval
warfare, the mace has been used ceremonially
since the 12th century. Traditionally bearing coats of
arms or other heraldic images, the mace was
borne in procession—always on the right shoulder—as
a symbol of civil, ecclesiastical and academic authority
and jurisdiction.
Designed by the renowned liturgical artist Joseph
Luiz Rameriz of Axis Mundi Studios in Chicago,
the DePaul University mace has been hand-crafted
utilizing the finest materials and the talents of
crafts-persons on two continents. The silversmith
for the work was Huseyin Baykal, a distinguished
Turkish artist. The silver work of the mace is called
repoussage. It is a process of beating sheets of silver
on dense beds of tar. The silversmith taps the silver
thousands of times with steel punches to bring forth
the intricacies of the envisioned design.
Measuring approximately 48 inches long, the
mace is made of hand-turned yew wood. Covering
the yew wood are twining silver rose stems and
buds symbolizing the passage of time and the
renewal of life.
Surmounting the mace is a phoenix from the
university’s coat of arms. The phoenix rising from the
flames is both a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ
and the resurrection of the City of Chicago after the
Great Fire of 1871. Also at the top of the mace are
enameled pendants of hearts and the crescent moon.
These symbols also are taken from the coat of arms.
The heart represents Saint Vincent de Paul. The
crescent symbolizes Mary, the Immaculate Conception
and patroness of the United States.
ACADEMIC DRESS
The tradition of academic dress dates back to the Middle Ages,
when gowns were a common form of attire in early European
universities. Since those universities were founded by the church,
students were required to wear the prescribed gowns at all times.
They represent an adaptation of the cape or mantle worn by
religious dignitaries in processions.
The traditional color of academic gowns has been black, but
over the years, other colors and styles were adopted. In 1896, the
colleges and universities of the United States adopted a uniform
code governing academic dress.
The style of gown varies according to the academic degree
awarded. The color of the lining of the hood indicates the college
or university of the wearer’s degree.
For graduates of DePaul University, sky blue with a red chevron
is used. The border of the hood is trimmed in a color indicating the
field of study. Below is a list of the most common academic colors.
White Arts and Letters
Scarlet Theology
Purple Law
Green Medicine
Dark Blue Philosophy
Yellow Science
Brown Architecture and the Fine Arts
Pink Music
Lilac Dentistry
Orange Engineering
Olive Pharmacy
Light Brown Business
Lemon Yellow Library Science
Light Blue Education
Peacock Blue International Affairs
Citron Yellow Social Work
Cardinal Journalism
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GRADUATION WITH HONOR
The bachelor’s degree with honor is conferred upon candidates who
have achieved exceptional scholastic proficiency. The distinction
“Summa Cum Laude” is conferred upon those candidates who have
demonstrated remarkable scholastic ability by attaining a 3.85 grade
point average. The distinction “Magna Cum Laude” is conferred upon
those candidates who have demonstrated definite superior ability by
attaining a 3.7 grade point average. The distinction “Cum Laude” is
conferred upon those who have distinguished themselves by attaining
a 3.5 grade point average.
The level of honor is verified after spring quarter. The honor
notation is recorded on the student’s diploma and academic record.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
In 1961, DePaul University established the Via Sapientiae Award
to honor individuals who have served devotedly the purposes and
ideals of the university. It takes its name from the university’s motto:
“Viam Sapientiae Monstrabo Tibi,” taken from the Book of Proverbs
and translated from the Latin as, “I will show you the way of wisdom.”
This defines the university’s highest function and provides the
criteria for evaluating the contributions of those persons who have
spent their lives in the university’s service.
PLEDGE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Those graduates wearing green ribbons on their gowns today
have made a personal commitment to practice social responsibility in
their life and work.
THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION
The presidential medallion symbolizes the authority conferred
as a sacred trust by the Board of Trustees upon the president as the
chief executive officer of the university. By virtue of his office,
the president is personally entrusted with the responsibility of
promoting the mission and values that underlie DePaul University’s
service to its students and its distinctive identity as a Catholic,
Vincentian and urban institution.
Created in 2004 by the renowned Chicago silversmith
William N. Frederick, the DePaul University presidential medallion is
in the form of the university seal, cast in silver and suspended from a
chain with links to the heraldic symbols of each of the
university’s 10 schools and colleges.
The new medallion was commissioned by the Office of Mission
and Values and the Office of Academic Affairs in honor of the
inauguration of the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., as the
university’s eleventh president.
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UNIVERSITY STUDENT LEADERS
The university has recognized the following graduating students as exceptional leaders who have given their time, talents and service to improving the
quality of student life at DePaul. These individuals epitomized the qualities of leadership during their tenure at DePaul University.
SENIOR RESIDENTIAL LEADER
Edgar Rodriguez
OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADERS
IN ATHLETICS
Meredith Bennett-Swanson, Women’s Basketball
Kevin Beyer, Men’s Soccer
Chaz Bottoms, Men’s Track
Alex Campanella, Men’s Cross Country
Dylan Christensen, Softball
Tim Corwin, Men’s Tennis
Billy Garrett, Jr., Men’s Basketball
Jonathan Hewett, Men’s Golf
Jessica January, Women’s Basketball
Simon Megally, Men’s Soccer
Shayna Nwokenkwo, Women’s Track
Abby Reed, Women’s Soccer
Brooke Schulte, Women’s Basketball
Paige Skorseth, Women’s Cross Country
Ana Vladutu, Women’s Tennis
THE MONSIGNOR JOHN EGAN AWARD
Jordan Battaglia
Mackenzie Canfield
Afra Mirza
UNIVERSITY MINISTRY SPIRIT AWARD
Sarah Fisher
Ben Gartland
Charles Hurt
SENIOR LEADERS IN MULTICULTURAL
STUDENT AFFAIRS
The Barbara A. Sizemore Leadership Award
Binta Kanteh
The Archbishop Oscar Romero Leadership Award
Marisa Castillo
The Jose Rizal Leadership Award
Krush Parikh
CORTELYOU-LOWERY AWARD
Lourdes Torres, Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies
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Since 1954, DePaul University has recognized academic honorary societies in order to highlight students’ superior academic achievement and
leadership. Students are selected to join honorary societies based on their superior academic record within their specific major or across all
colleges. DePaul University strives to recognize students’ outstanding academic performance and is proud of the rich tradition that these valuable
organizations have provided to the university community. Many graduating students choose to highlight their honorary society membership
by wearing academic honor chords at graduation. Below is a list of each honorary society, its academic discipline or specific group, year it was
founded at DePaul University and academic honor chord colors.
Name
Delta Mu Delta
Pi Mu Epsilon
Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Gamma Sigma
Pi Delta Phi
Kappa Delta Pi
Alpha Lambda Delta
Psi Chi
Sigma Pi Sigma
Phi Alpha Theta
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Sigma Theta Tau
Pi Sigma Alpha
Sigma Tau Delta
Alpha Kappa Delta
Lambda Pi Eta
Sigma Delta Pi
Golden Key
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Beta Delta
Theta Alpha Kappa
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Alpha Sigma Lambda
Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Iota Iota Iota
Chi Sigma Iota
Rho Lambda
Omicron Delta Kappa
Lambda Alpha
Tau Sigma
Gamma Theta Upsilon
Order of Omega
Pi Alpha Alpha
National Society of Leadership and Success
Nu Lambda Mu
Discipline/Specific
Business
Mathematics
Accounting, Finance and MIS
Business
French
Education
First Year Students
Psychology
Physics
History
Economics
Nursing
Political Science
English
Sociology
Communication
Spanish
All
All
International Education
Religious Studies
All
Nontraditional Adult Students
Computer Science
Women’s and Gender Studies
Counseling
Sorority Women
Leadership
Anthropology
Transfer Students
Geography
Fraternity and Sorority Community
Public Administration
All
Nonprofit Management and Leadership
Date of DePaul Founding
1954
1956
1958
1958
1958
1962
1965
1966
1972
1974
1979
1982
1983
1983
1985
1987
1987
1989
1994
1997
1998
2000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2005
2006
2007
2007
2009
2009
2009
2012
2012
Academic Honor Cord Color
Purple and Gold
Violet, Gold and Lavender
Black and Red
Royal Blue and Gold
Blue, White and Red
Purple and Green
Red, Gold and White
Royal Blue and Gold
Forest Green and Ivory
Red and Light Blue
Blue and Gold
Purple and White
Red, Black and White
Black and Red
Teal
Crimson and Silver
Red and Gold
Royal Blue and Gold
Navy Blue and Gold
Red and Gold
Scarlet
Gold and Maroon
Burgundy and Gold
Maroon and White
Blue and White
White and Blue
Crimson and Gold
White, Black and Blue
Royal Blue, Gold and White
Maroon and Gold
Brown, Light Blue and Gold
Gold and Ivory
Blue and Gold
Red and Black
Green and Yellow
HONORARY SOCIETIES
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
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PROGRAM
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
FANFARE
Members of the Chicago Brass Quintet
PROCESSIONAL
Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar)
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Roxanne Owens, PhD, Department Chair and Associate Professor
INVOCATION
Rev. Patrick J. McDevitt, C.M., PhD, Associate Professor
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Performed by John Concepcion
STUDENT ADDRESS
Virginia R. McElwain, BS Candidate in Elementary Education, Class of 2017
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREES
Sharon M. Draper, Award-winning Author and Educator
Citation read by Mojdeh Bayat, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, Early Childhood Education Doctoral program
Hooding by Paul Zionts, PhD, Dean
Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick, S.C., EdD, Visionary Leader in Catholic Higher Education
Citation read by James Wolfinger, PhD, Associate Dean and Professor
Hooding by Paul Zionts, PhD, Dean
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
Sharon M. Draper, Award-winning Author and Educator
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
ALUMNI INDUCTION
Virginia R. McElwain, BS Candidate in Elementary Education, Class of 2017
Kathryn A. Kaysen Jackson, MEd, Human Services and Counseling, Class of 1997
Paul Zionts, PhD, Dean, College of Education
CLOSING REMARKS
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
RECESSIONAL
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As a distinguished teacher and celebrated novelist, Sharon M. Draper’s
influence on young lives leaps from the pages of books and permeates
classrooms. Honored as the 1997 National Teacher of the Year, she is a
New York Times-bestselling author and a five-time winner
of the Coretta Scott King Literary Award.
Draper was raised in a close-knit Cleveland, Ohio, household filled
with books. By the time she could walk, she was a regular at the public
library, and she read every book in the children’s section by sixth grade.
A talented student, she earned a National Merit Scholarship in high
school, and after majoring in English in college, she returned to Ohio
to start her teaching career.
For more than 25 years, Draper showed her students in the Cincinnati
public school system the power and beauty of literature. Her ability to
help students understand complex issues through literature earned
her six invitations to the White House where presidents honored her
contributions as an education advocate.
As a high school English Language Arts teacher, Draper’s passion for
the subject was evident in her energy and enthusiasm in the classroom.
And while she enjoyed teaching writing, she had no intention of
becoming a writer herself. Twenty years into her career, however, a
student dared her to enter a writing contest. Her story, “One Small
Torch,” won first prize and publication in Ebony Magazine.
That spark ignited a remarkable writing career. Though she went on to
write articles, stories and poems, she is best known for her award-winning
young adult books, which cover important themes such as identity, peer
pressure, slavery and abuse.
In all, she has written 31 award-winning books and two books of
poetry.
Her first novel, “Tears of a Tiger,” earned her the American Library
Association’s Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award for outstanding
new book. The award is given to outstanding African-American authors
and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate
an appreciation of African-American culture and universal human values.
“The Battle of Jericho” from her beloved Jericho trilogy earned her the
2004 Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She crossed genres with her New
York Times-bestselling historical fiction novel “Copper Sun,” which was
chosen for Reading Across Continents, an international reading project;
won the 2007 Coretta Scott King Literature award; was named one of
the Top Ten Historical Fiction Books for Youth; and was nominated for
the 2007 NAACP Image Award for Literature.
Draper continued to write about powerful subjects with “Out of
My Mind,” which won the Josette Frank Award by the Children’s Book
Committee of the Bank Street College of Education. The award honors
books of outstanding literary merit that help young people grow
emotionally and morally after dealing with difficulties in their world.
She has received broad recognition for her work as a writer and
teacher. Her awards include: National Teacher of the Year, Ohio’s
Outstanding High School Language Arts Educator, Ohio Teacher of
the Year, YWCA Career Woman of Achievement, Ohio Pioneer in
Education by the Ohio State Department of Education, and the Lifetime
Achievement Award for contributions to the field of adolescent literature
by The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council
of Teachers of English.
An accomplished public speaker, she travels the world motivating
teachers and their students and discussing the issues facing literature,
reading and education.
CITATION
Sharon M. Draper, your dedication to the written word as both an
educator and an author has affected the lives of thousands of young
people in positive ways. An English Language Arts teacher for more
than 20 years, you taught students an appreciation for reading
and instilled strong writing skills that will benefit them throughout
their lives. Your influence extended beyond the classroom when
you became a best-selling author of young adult novels. Showing
considerable range, you have written both modern stories about teens
and pressing social issues, as well as historical fiction that depicts the
reality of slave trading. Your relatable themes transform students into
voracious readers. With great generosity, you continue to educate
teachers and students by traveling the world to share your wisdom.
For these reasons and more, DePaul University is privileged to confer
upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT & SPEAKER
Sharon M. Draper
Award-winning Author and Educator
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Sister Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick, S.C., president and CEO of St. Thomas
Aquinas College in New York, became a nationally recognized leader in
higher education by finding strategic ways to adapt to rapidly changing
times. A member of the Sisters of Charity, she has devoted her life to
serving the world through education.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Massachusetts, Fitzpatrick
had two callings: religious life and higher education. After completing
her bachelor of science in mathematics, she earned a master of arts,
followed by a master of education and a doctorate in higher education
from Columbia University. Her dissertation, “Orientation for Social
Responsibility,” explored the idea of higher education as a means to
serve society.
From 1974 to 1981, she served as campus minister of Queensborough
Community College in New York, then took a position as assistant dean
at St. John’s University in New York. She spent 14 years at the 18,000-
student multi-campus institution, overseeing the university’s opportunity
programs to help students from non-traditional backgrounds succeed
and thrive in college. The university quickly assigned her larger roles
ranging from student life and academic administration to central
administration. Colleagues admired her singular ability to motivate
employees, engage students, create an intellectual dialogue and promote
Vincentian values.
In 1992, Fitzpatrick was promoted to senior vice president at St. John’s.
In that role, she supervised seven vice presidents, oversaw a $50 million
capital campaign, formulated a university strategic plan and oversaw
day-to-day operations for the Queens campus, among other duties.
In 1995, she became the eighth president of St. Thomas Aquinas, a
liberal arts and sciences college with 3,000 students in Sparkill, New
York. She was the first new leader of the school in 21 years. Noting that it
was a time of significant change and challenge, William Mooney, Jr., then
chairman of the college’s board of trustees, said “Sr. Margaret brings an
energy and vitality to Sparkill which are contagious.” Fitzpatrick remains
involved in teaching as a tenured professor in the fields of education,
mathematics, science and religion.
As chief executive officer and academic leader of St. Thomas Aquinas,
she has placed sustainability at the forefront of the college’s efforts.
She created the Global Center for Ethics & Social Responsibility as a
hub of these efforts and led the way for the college to join the Catholic
Climate Covenant, a pledge to educate students, employees and
community members on climate change. As part of the overall efforts,
St. Thomas Aquinas incorporated sustainability into the curriculum and
daily operations of the institution. The college’s newest building, Borelli
Hall, was awarded the Silver LEED certification for sustainability due to
Fitzpatrick’s guidance.
Fitzpatrick lends her wisdom and leadership to service on a number
of boards, including DePaul, the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops’ Committee on Catholic Education, and Ridgewood Savings
Bank. She previously served on the boards for Camp Venture,
CJ Foundation for SIDS and St. John’s Bread and Life Program Inc.
Her hard work and innovation have garnered many accolades.
Her many honors and awards include: Outstanding Achievement by
a Woman in Business by the Rockland Business Association in 2015,
Woman of the Year by the Rockland Business Women’s Network in 2013,
and Catholic Woman of the Year by the magazine U.S. Catholic. She is
the recipient of the Trailblazer award from the New York State Education
Department, the Literacy Award from the International Reading
Association and the Leadership Award from the Institute for Applied
Human Dynamics.
CITATION
Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick, S.C., multitudes of students are on the
path to success because you devoted your life to serving humanity
through higher education. First as a campus minister, then as a dean
and administrator, you sought innovative ways to serve students from
non-traditional backgrounds and meet ever-changing challenges
in higher education. As president and CEO of St. Thomas Aquinas,
you transformed the institution’s campus and curriculum. Your
love for the Church has led you to strengthen a number of its social
ministries, universities and the lives of all those who have worked
alongside you. DePaul University is particularly blessed and grateful
for your leadership on its board, and is stronger because of it. For
these reasons and more, DePaul University is privileged to confer
upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick, S.C., EdD
Visionary Leader in Catholic Higher Education
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DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Felipe Ignacio Agudelo Acevedo
BS, Antioquia University, 2002
MPH, Antioquia University, 2008
Dissertation: Beyond Race: A Quantitative Study of the Discipline Gap Among
Predominantly Black High Schools in Chicago
David Alan Belden
BSC, DePaul University, 1986
MA, DePaul University, 1991
MEd, DePaul University, 2002
Dissertation: The University of Chicago and the Role of Urban Renewal in the
Neighborhoods of Hyde Park and Kenwood
Mark Wilkinson French
BMEd, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1992
M.Ed., DePaul University, 2000
Dissertation: Developing Teachers’ Approaches to Students from Poverty
Jumana Khalifeh
BA, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1987
MA, DePaul University, 2001
Dissertation: Education Policy and Newspapers: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Cynthia Norbeck
BA, Wheaton College, 1980
MSEd, Northern Illinois University, 1986
Dissertation: What’s Hope Got to do With It? A Narrative Inquiry into the Hope
Levels of High School Students Diagnosed with Soft Disabilities.
Peter Ower
BS, Illinois State University, 2006
MS, DePaul University, 2011
Dissertation: Experiencing the Implementation of New Inquiry Science Curricula
Deborah Rintels Weiner
BS, Boston University, 1994
MA, University Of Chicago, 1999
Dissertation: Conceptions of Self, Other and Society: Exploring the Impact of a
Social Justice for Service-Learning Course on University Students
Staci H. Zake
BA, University of Akron, 1993
MA, University of Akron, 1995
Dissertation: Gender and Education: A Qualitative Study of Women’s Experiences
of Selective Women’s Colleges
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by Paul Zionts, Dean
Graduate program candidates’ names announced by Nell B. Cobb, EdD, Associate Professor
Undergraduate program candidates’ names announced by Frank L. Tavano, EdD, Instructional Assistant Professor
MASTER OF ARTS
David Reuben Ladon
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
With Distinction
Aracely Vasquez
Counseling
MASTER OF EDUCATION
Epiphany Ashley Acevedo
Special Education
Thomani Lesean Adams
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Justine Adeboyejo
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Jordyn Alexis Adler
Counseling
Burcu Alagoz
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Barbara Alexander
Special Education
With Distinction
Katrina D. Allen
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Daisy Elizabeth Alvarado
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Ruben A. Alvarez
Counseling
Megan E. Ambrose
Counseling
Haban Andemariam
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Brittni Tiana Anderson
Educational Leadership
Tuere Robin Atkinson
Special Education
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Diana Maria Avila
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Alison Elizabeth Baglien
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Mary H. Balke
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Alexandra Stadin Bearman
Reading Specialist
With Distinction
Rogelio Becerra-Ramirez
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Alyssa Joelle Beer
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Lojien Abdulfattah A
Ben Gassem
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Lisa D. Bender
Counseling
Jake Berger
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Samantha Bergum
Curriculum Studies
With Distinction
William Bermudez
TEACH Secondary Education
History
Alexandra Bernard
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Marcella Ann Bisesi
Counseling
Tatierra Shavonne Bivens
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Jonathan Paul Blaeser
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Whitney Blakemore
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Brittany Bogdajewicz
Counseling
Rachel A. Bomher
Special Education
Teneka Joi Brooks
Educational Leadership
Alexandria Brown
Educational Leadership
Katherine L. Brunea
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Lauren Beth Burack
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Math
With Distinction
Florian Davyn Burfeind
Counseling
With Distinction
Brooke A. Burmeister
Counseling
Anslee Victoria Burns
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Gwendolyn M. Burrel
Educational Leadership
Jonathan Michael Burrell
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Math
Koko Solene Burruss
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Kelley Marcia Byrdsong
Special Education
Steve R. Cadwallader
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education History
Susan Michele Calder
Curriculum Studies
With Distinction
Lisett Calderon
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Kelsey Eileen Carnahan
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Lauren Michelle Carpenter
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Paula Braswell Carr
Special Education
Mayra Carrera
Educational Leadership
Bailey Cassidy
TEACH Secondary Education
English
With Distinction
Meagan Cassidy
Counseling
Willa K. Chan
Special Education
Ronnie R. Charrier
Counseling
Myra Chin
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Pei-Yi Chiu
Teaching and Learning World
Language Education Chinese
Emma Constanza
Christensen
Special Education
Kumari Tanusree
Christiansen
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Patricia Cier
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Amanda Rose Clarahan
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Katherine Ellen Clarkson
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Adi Clerman
Counseling
Jennifer Helen Cofsky
Reading Specialist
With Distinction
Kerry Elizabeth Cogan
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Math
With Distinction
Stephanie E. Cold
Counseling
With Distinction
Stephen John Collins
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education History
Ashley Janae Conrad
Reading Specialist
With Distinction
Joshua Isaiah Cook
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
Caroline Elizabeth Cooke
Counseling
Veronica Emily Cornejo
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Claire Marie Cosgrove
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Kyndall Cox
Educational Leadership
Natalie Crary
Counseling
Jennifer Elizabeth Crawford
Counseling
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Robert John Cummings
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Erin Kathleen Dailey
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Ana Karen DaValle
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Meagan Leigh Davis Cockerill
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Oliver W. Debe
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Laura Marie Decker
Educational Leadership
Lori Bickum Deighan
Elementary and Special
Education
With Distinction
Melissa DeLeon
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Hannah Erin Deutsch
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Gregory Shandor Devonshire
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Susan Dirr
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Environmental Science
With Distinction
James Christopher Dow
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education History
Laura Lee Droste
Counseling
With Distinction
Timothy A. du Vall-Brown
Educational Leadership
Daniel James Dugard
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Jamal B. Edwards
Curriculum Studies
Lee Edwards
Reading Specialist
Molly E. Edwards
Counseling
Eric Eggan
Educational Leadership
Marlee Elkins
Special Education
Marwa Elmasry
Curriculum Studies
James Michael Fehring
Counseling
Concepcion Farrales Feria
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Tuesday F. Few
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Kathryn Fischer
Counseling
Sean D. Foster
Counseling
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Fox
Special Education
Alyssa D. Fralich
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Biology
Stephanie R. France
Counseling
With Distinction
LeiAnna Christine Joy Frazier
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Melissa R. Frazin
Counseling
Joan Lenore Friedrich
Counseling
Gwen M. Fullenkamp
Educational Leadership
Jan L. Gaetjens
Counseling
Anne M. Gallagher
Educational Leadership
Diego Garcia
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
Kevin L. Gilmore
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Math
Justin Gioia
Special Education
Chasten James Glezman
Curriculum Studies
With Distinction
Ana Gonzalez
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Magdalena Gorska
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Kate Joyce Graham-Mchugh
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Kamieshia Graves
Curriculum Studies
Morgan Rae Graves
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Laura Green
Counseling
Alexzandra Catherine
Greene
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Jordan Grimes
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Visual Art
Alessandria Marie Grisanzio
Special Education
With Distinction
Tiffany Rea Gross
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Benjamin Gucciardi
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Kristien Ariel Guerrero
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Donnita L. Hairston
Educational Leadership
Brandi Nicole Harvey
Educational Leadership
Daniel Hasak
Counseling
Charlotte E. Hassen
Counseling
Marina G. Hayes
Elementary and Special
Education
Julie A. Hemphill
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Cy Hendrickson
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Maria Eugenia Herrera
Counseling
Marguerite Briggs Herring
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Sara Jessica Hillyard
Counseling
Jessica G. Hinckley
Counseling
With Distinction
Rainey Maclane Hinrichs
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
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Kathleen N. Hirst
Special Education
Caroline S. Hlohowskyj
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Jake Howard
Counseling
Jerrod Howe
Special Education
With Distinction
Irina S. Hristova
Educational Leadership
Bria Nichelle Hudson
Counseling
Suzanne Elizabeth Huebner
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Edward Hwang
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Chemistry
Katherine Marie
Irving-Green
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Rachel Nicole Jacobson
Counseling
With Distinction
Lorena Jimenez
Special Education
Alene Johnson
Counseling
Saliyha Johnson
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Sienna La Verne Johnson
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Mercedes Jones
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Shana Ann Joyce
Reading Specialist
Jeffrey M. Kallen
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Chemistry
Catherine Lindsay Kanda
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Sanober S. Kanjee
Counseling
Turhan Mustafa Karabey
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Aneta Kasprzak
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Rochelle Boucher Katz
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Emily R. Kellam
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Paige Elizabeth Kellar
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
With Distinction
Erin Kathleen Kelley
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
Katherine Leigh Kelly
Teaching and Learning World
Language Education Spanish
With Distinction
Lois J. Kim
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Natalie Eizabeth Kinsey
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
With Distinction
Carrie Nicole Kiryakakis
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Avraham Z. Kleinman
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
James Arthur Klososky
TEACH Secondary Education
Biology
With Distinction
Terence Equon Knight
Educational Leadership
Caitlyn Kolakowski
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Amar Krad
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
With Distinction
Jacob Kramer
Curriculum Studies
Alexandra Marie Krasnoff
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Denise Marie Ksioszk
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
David Brian Kunkle
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Janet N. Kyeon
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Sarah Ellen Lada
Counseling
With Distinction
Courtney Renee’ Langston
Educational Leadership
Kristin N. Lansdown
Counseling
Michelle C. Lau
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Grace Lee
Counseling
With Distinction
Hunter M. Lee
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Ryan Patrick Leonard
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Constance Elizabeth
McNeil Leong
Special Education
With Distinction
Kara Delorie Lester
Counseling
David Caldwell Liebenson
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Biology
Alex D. Lindquist
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Rachel Lipton-Schwartz
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Alexandra Elizabeth Lloyd
Counseling
With Distinction
Caitlin C. Locke
Special Education
Jason Richard Loeb
Educational Leadership
Helen Patrice Loving
Educational Leadership
Jessica M. Lowran
Reading Specialist
Kathleen Theresa
MacDonald
Elementary and Special
Education
Stephanie Marie Mack
Elementary and Special
Education
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Mallory J. Malaney
Curriculum Studies
Chelsea E. Mann
Counseling
With Distinction
Erica Manzo
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Lleni Margil
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
April Marini
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Math
With Distinction
Marina Rose Martin
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Astrid E. Martinez
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Anthony Harold Massino
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
Raja Matariyeh
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Micaela Ruth Maynard
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Maggie M. McCann
Curriculum Studies
Eric T. McClure
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
With Distinction
Haley N. McDonald
Elementary and Special
Education
Lana Merakai
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Amanda Ione Baratka Merrill
Reading Specialist
Brittney Shaniece Miles
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Sarah Rose Mitchell
Special Education
With Distinction
Yee Wan Mo
Curriculum Studies
With Distinction
Deborah Molasky
Counseling
With Distinction
Barbara Montanari
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
With Distinction
Cynthia Montoya
Counseling
Jordan Terry Mora
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Tracy Lynn Moran
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Paula A. Morgan
Reading Specialist
Katherine Joan Moss
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
With Distinction
Rebecca M. Mulhim
Educational Leadership
Kirstin A. Mulvaney
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
With Distinction
Mio Murodate
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Lorin Marie Murray
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Kelsey Jo Nelson
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Ashley E. Newsom
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Jessica B. Nieves
Special Education
With Distinction
Michael Muriuki Njeru
Counseling
Kourtney Dwyer O’Brien
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Melissa O’Brien
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Nadia M. Odeh
Counseling
Kristen M. Oggerino
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Hannah Okonow
Special Education
With Distinction
Loren Yvette Oliver
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Madeline Rose
Olm-Shipman
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Elena M. Ortiz
Teaching and Learning World
Language Education Spanish
Erica Lynn Owens
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Esther Alice Page
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Andrew Palmer
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Jessica Elizabeth Palmer
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
With Distinction
Timothy Ryan Panega
Counseling
Gabrielle Nicole Parsons
Educational Leadership
Sarah Ashley Peck
Counseling
Stacey M. Perez
Special Education
With Distinction
Brandon Perl
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Visual Art
Joy L. Phillips
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Jo Pieczynski
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Jennifer Michelle Plumridge
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Visual Art
Anna G. Popenhagen
TEACH Secondary Education
English
Bethany R. Prenevost
TEACH Secondary Education
English
With Distinction
Lindsay Prossnitz
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Susann Puican
Counseling
Gabriella Corrine Quinones
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
With Distinction
Jasmin Quito
TEACH Secondary Education
History
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Gurveer S. Raju
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Biology
Christopher Michael Ray
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
Erin Alise Reitz
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Kaitlin Repko
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Danielle T. Reynolds
Counseling
Amy Ricchiuto
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Dion Rice
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Martin Francisco Rios
Counseling
Caitlin Shae Risk
Counseling
Chloe Jillian Roberts
Elementary and Special
Education
Lauren Kalina Robinson
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Jessica Christine Rochford
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Celeste Rodriguez
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Samantha M. Rosado
Educational Leadership
Tunisha L. Rush
Counseling
Stephanie R Ruther
Reading Specialist
Jenna Rose Ryan
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Julie L. Rzadzki
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Hannah P. Saibert
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Allison Alorna Saunders
Reading Specialist
Luisa Sawyer
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Biology
Michelle Ann Scandora
Special Education
With Distinction
Joel Charles Schafer
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
David Samson Schiller
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Biology
Kelli Schoonover
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Nicole Dominique Schullo
Teaching and Learning World
Language Education Spanish
Erin Marie Schwarz
Curriculum Studies
Ralph Joseph Scorpio
Counseling
Jessica Dinan Scott
Counseling
Monica Alice Scott
Educational Leadership
Hana Rebecca Seelig
Elementary and Special
Education
Henrietta Bindy Sefton
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Sam R. Shay
TEACH Secondary Education
History
CarolAnn Shindelar
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Erica Jean Manley Siler
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Kurtis B. Simonich
Counseling
Sharaya L. Sims
Counseling
Amanda Rose Sitko
Elementary and Special
Education
Erika Rae Slagel
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Carli A. Smith
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Kimberly Ariel Smith
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Talisa M. Smith
Educational Leadership
Allison Celeste Smolinski
Counseling
Sweta Sobrin
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
Camerin B. Staffel
Special Education
Nicole Taylor Stahl
Counseling
With Distinction
Rachel H. Stanaszek
Educational Leadership
Katherine E. Stec
Reading Specialist
With Distinction
Kaitlin A. Stewart
Counseling
Tyler R. Stone
TEACH Secondary Education
History
With Distinction
Natalya Sturlis
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Visual Art
With Distinction
Christy Sulaiman
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
With Distinction
Amanda K. Sullivan
Educational Leadership
Sarah Dawn Swetz Huang
Teaching and Learning World
Language Education Chinese
With Distinction
Kristen Swims
Counseling
Carmen Gabrielle Tagle
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Claire A. Talbert
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Iesha L. Taylor
Educational Leadership
Jessica A. Taylor
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Will A. Taylor
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Biology
Jason Tebbens
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
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Ninilomo Tella
Educational Leadership
Gipty Thomas
Elementary and Special
Education
Douglas Earl Thornton
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Caitlin Tobin
Reading Specialist
With Distinction
Elizabeth Tomszak
Teaching and Learning Early
Childhood Education
With Distinction
Nicole A. Torres
Counseling
Lillian M. Torrison
Teaching and Learning World
Language Education French
With Distinction
Jenny Tran
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Andrew R. Treffy
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
David William Tucker
Counseling
Patrick James Tully
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
With Distinction
Gregory Turner
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education English
Christina M. Tus
Social and Cultural Foundations
in Education
Tiffany M. Urbanski
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Biology
Emily R. Victor
Counseling
With Distinction
Amy B. Vogelsang
Bilingual and Bicultural Education
Kanesha A. Walker Amaro
Counseling
Gina Marie Walsh
Reading Specialist
Bob Hyun Welch
Educational Leadership
Devon West
Teaching and Learning Secondary
Education Social Science
Abigail Sara White
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Karen Williams
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Andrea M. Willis
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Ebony L. Wrenn
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Mi Xiong
Teaching and Learning World
Language Education Chinese
Chicago Muslima Yahya
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
Sharokeen H. Youkhana
Teaching and Learning
Elementary Education
With Distinction
Kristen A. Zaki
Educational Leadership
With Distinction
Natalie Rose Zeppa
Reading Specialist
With Distinction
Scott Zwierzchowski
TEACH Secondary Education
Social Science
With Distinction
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Jonathan Chimino
Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Leadership
Gregory A. Greenwell
Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Leadership
Eric Raymond Hrycko
Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Leadership
Nick Leinfelder
Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Leadership
Anthony M. Pascolla
Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Leadership
Lisa J. Ryckbosch
Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Leadership
With Distinction
Kimberly Denise
Webster-James
Sport, Fitness and Recreation
Leadership
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Farha F. Ali
Secondary Education Math
Summa Cum Laude
Timothy Barnes
Secondary Education History
Cum Laude
Margaret Basham
Secondary Education History
Cum Laude
Rebecca L. Camargo
World Language Education
Spanish
Melisa Campos
Secondary Education Social
Science
Magna Cum Laude
Frank Cappitelli
Secondary Education Social
Science
Carly A. Cervantez
Secondary Education English
Magna Cum Laude
Nicole A. Crane
Secondary Education English
Mikaella Janae
Edgerley-Dallal
Secondary Education Math
Valerie Diaz
Secondary Education
English
Cum Laude
Marissa A. Goodman
Secondary Education Social
Science
Diana Guzman Morales
Secondary Education English
Cum Laude
Rachel Marie Hankins
Secondary Education Social
Science
Cum Laude
Nicholas A. Holmes
Secondary Education History
Karoly B. Keefe
Secondary Education Math
Qadeer U. Khan
Secondary Education History
Cum Laude
Madeline C. Manzella
Secondary Education
English
Sadiah A. Moid
World Language Education
Spanish
Cum Laude
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Christina Marie Monaco
Secondary Education English
Magna Cum Laude
Cassandra Keyanna Murff
Secondary Education English
Luis M. Padilla
Secondary Education History
Marie A. Patsais
World Language Education
Spanish
Megan R. Pietz
*
Secondary Education
English
Summa Cum Laude
Hunter Priesol
Secondary Education History
Magna Cum Laude
Madeline Rodriguez
Secondary Education English
Cum Laude
Raquel Andrea Rodriguez
World Language Education
Spanish
Yanessa G. Rodriguez
Secondary Education Visual Art
Magna Cum Laude
Jacquelyn Beasley Ross
Secondary Education History
Daniel Sanchez
Secondary Education Social
Science
Natalie S. Skominas
Secondary Education English
Katie L. Stenstrom
Secondary Education Social
Science
Natalie Joanna Szczur
Secondary Education Social
Science
Summa Cum Laude
Risa Turner
World Language Education
Japanese
Summa Cum Laude
Katrina A. Varga
Secondary Education History
Sanaa Vhora
Secondary Education Social
Science
Magna Cum Laude
Rebekah M. White
Secondary Education English
Hugo Zarate
World Language Education
Spanish
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Eliana C. Acevedo
Exercise Science
Ranah Ahmed
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Alexandria Alstork
Exercise Science
Andrew Arambula
Elementary Education
Nathalie Ariza
Elementary Education
Irma L. Astudillo
Early Childhood Education
Alexa E. Bach
Elementary Education
Yasmeen Badillo
Early Childhood Education
Magna Cum Laude
Emma L. Bairstow
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
Heather L. Beattie
Elementary Education
Fernanda Bernal
Early Childhood Education
Iqra M. Bhatti
Elementary Education
Molly Bires
Elementary Education
Ava Louise Bobola
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Andrew Bonilla
Exercise Science
Lucia Bianca Botello
Elementary Education
Alexandria Bucon
Special Education
Cum Laude
Lauren M. Carlson
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Kimberley L. Carpenter
Early Childhood Education
Cum Laude
Carsen C. Casica
Exercise Science
Ellen J. Chalstrom
Elementary Education
Megan E. Chambers
Elementary Education
Dylan R. Christensen
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
Ryan Collins
Exercise Science
Kristy L. Courtney
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Julia Cuscaden
Early Childhood Education
Magna Cum Laude
Angela Dambrosio
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
Kyle Damon
Exercise Science
Vanessa L. Davenport
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Anais Esperanza DeJesus
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Ann Ines Di Paola
*
Special Education
Maria A. Diprizio
Elementary Education
Michelle P. Dochnal
Elementary Education
Alison Y. Drake
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Angelina M. Escobar
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
Stephanie Fernandez
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
Isabella C. Fioretto
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Micah K. Fitzgerald
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Hannah Leigh Fitzpatrick
*
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
Nick P. Foszcz
Elementary Education
Emily L. Frothingham
Early Childhood Education
Bianca Frutos
Elementary Education
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Rebecca Anne Furlong
Exercise Science
Magna Cum Laude
Sarah V. Gher
Elementary Education
Stephanie A. Goulding
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Mary Gulley
Special Education
Magna Cum Laude
Emily E. Hansen
Special Education
Margaret Harazin
Special Education
Cum Laude
Alissa Marie Hartford
Special Education
Magna Cum Laude
Margaret E. Heing
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Megan Eileen Higdon
Early Childhood Education
Olivia P. Hyman
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Jessica M. Jones
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Alyssa Gaye Kalb
Special Education
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica Kath
Early Childhood Education
Allison Kellie Kotas
Early Childhood Education
Magna Cum Laude
Taylor M. Krause
Early Childhood Education
Cum Laude
Danielle Kray
Early Childhood Education
Summa Cum Laude
Jasmina Kulenovic
Elementary Education
Tamara A. Leachman
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Victoria S. Lesnicki
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Sten Nikolaj Leusink
Exercise Science
Cum Laude
Erin Lyne
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Dominique J. Marisie
Exercise Science
Gabrielle E. Marsh
Elementary Education
Meagan J. Martin
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Nereida Martinez
Elementary Education
Eleni Mastorakis
Elementary Education
Virginia R. McElwain
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Clare E. McFadden
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Sally Mei
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Rosario E. Militello
Exercise Science
Vasiliki K. Mitsiopoulos
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Mackenzie L. Morgan
Elementary Education
Alice Muravska
Elementary Education
Sandro Murillo
Elementary Education
Olivia K. Nall
Early Childhood Education
Michael P. O’Brien
Exercise Science
Caitlin M. O’Keefe
Elementary Education
Brittany R. Olson
Elementary Education
Zoe E. Pakledinaz
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
Shontita Jasmine Perry
Exercise Science
Cum Laude
Alexas R. Plotnick
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Alexandra K. Rambo
Elementary Education
Yelitza Ramos
Early Childhood Education
Kathleen M. Robinson
Elementary Education
Cum Laude
Emily M. Rocco
Elementary Education
Jocelyn M. Rivera
Early Childhood Education
Eli Seth Rowell
Exercise Science
Cum Laude
Alison N. Ryder
Secondary Education Physics
Nella G. Sanders
Special Education
Magna Cum Laude
Kylen R. Schmitz
Early Childhood Education
Cum Laude
Marcus R. Semmel
Exercise Science
Kathryn E. Sharp
Secondary Education Math
Cum Laude
Susan Albert Shaba
Special Education
Ilana Sidorow
Early Childhood Education
Summa Cum Laude
Kevin P. Simoni
Exercise Science
Taylor N. Swichtenberg
Early Childhood Education
Magna Cum Laude
Stephanie Tapia
Elementary Education
Sara Teemer
Secondary Education Biology
Magna Cum Laude
Kennedy M. Tempel
Special Education
Summa Cum Laude
Caroline Tusche
Special Education
Summa Cum Laude
Emily R. Tyznik
Elementary Education
Summa Cum Laude
Mary Frances Usenik
Early Childhood Education
Cum Laude
Andrea M. Valkanas
Elementary Education
Magna Cum Laude
*
Denotes University Honors Program
26 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Natalie Viveros
Elementary Education
Emily Vrabel
Special Education
Summa Cum Laude
Arthur H. Wawrzyczek
Secondary Education
Environmental Science
Geena T. White
Elementary Education
Ben Yang
Exercise Science
Lauren Ziesig
Early Childhood Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Eric Alvarez
Physical Education
Scott Richard Arsenault
Physical Education
Zack A. Beyer
Physical Education
Sarah Karine Elaine Chappell
Physical Education
Camiya R. Crittle
Physical Education
Alejandria Godinez
Physical Education
Jacqueline N. Grant
Physical Education
Cum Laude
Sarah L. House
Physical Education
Magna Cum Laude
Peter P. Kowalczuk
Physical Education
Veronica L. Layng
Physical Education
Telly J. Lucio
Physical Education
Tommy Makuch
Physical Education
Magna Cum Laude
Fernando Melquiades
Physical Education
Andrew Morales
Physical Education
Alexandra Reyes
Physical Education
Cum Laude
Jonathan C. Schmitz
Physical Education
Stephanie D. Shallcross
Physical Education
Efrain Soberanis
Physical Education
Brandon R. Threats
Physical Education
Eugene Tsipris
Physical Education
Patrick J. Tupa
Physical Education
Lucas W. Underys
Physical Education
SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE THEATRE SCHOOL
28 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
PROCESSIONAL
Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar)
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Jason Beck, BFA, Assistant Dean, The Theatre School
INVOCATION
Rev. Christopher Robinson, C.M., Vincentian Priest
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Emily A. Margevich, BM Candidate in Music Performance, Voice, Class of 2017
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
Tarantelle, Op. 6 , by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
Emily Jeanne DePalma, BM Candidate in Music Performance, Flute, Class of 2017
Daniel Thomas Hickey, MM Candidate in Music Performance, Clarinet, Class of 2017
John-Paul D. Pendowski, BM Candidate in Music Performance, Piano, Class of 2017
STUDENT ADDRESS
Elsa Rose Guenther, MFA Candidate in Acting, Class of 2017
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE
John Corigliano, Grammy Award-winning Composer and Celebrated Music Professor
Citation read by Ronald Caltabiano, DMA, Dean, School of Music
Hooding by Seung-Won Oh, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Music
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
John Corigliano, Grammy Award-winning Composer and Celebrated Music Professor
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Judy Iwata Bundra, Associate Dean, School of Music
Citation read by Ronald Caltabiano, DMA, Dean, School of Music
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
ALUMNI INDUCTION
Elsa Rose Guenther, MFA Candidate in Acting, Class of 2017
Kayla Raelle Holder, BFA, Acting, Class of 2016
Angela De Venuto, BM, Music Performance, Class of 2011
John Culbert, MFA, Dean, The Theatre School
CLOSING REMARKS
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
RECESSIONAL
PROGRAM
SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE THEATRE SCHOOL
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Frequently described as one of the most important and talented
American composers of the last 50 years, John Corigliano is the creator
of more than 100 scores, three symphonies, eight concerti, one opera,
and three large-scale voice and orchestra works. His body of work,
performed and recorded by some of the most prominent musicians in
the world, has earned him the Pulitzer Prize, the prestigious Grawemeyer
Award, five Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.
Corigliano was born into a musical legacy. His father, John Corigliano
Sr., was concertmaster for the New York Philharmonic, and his mother,
Rose Buzen, an accomplished pianist and educator.
After studying music in college, Corigliano began composing while
working in a variety of music industry jobs, including: radio programming
at local music stations, writing arrangements for rock recordings, and
working on music programs for CBS.
His first recognition as a composer came when he won first place at the
Spoleto Festival Competition in 1964 for his Violin Sonata. He credits his
Oboe Concerto in 1975 and Clarinet Concerto in 1977 with changing the
arc of his career as he first experimented with the “architectural” method
of composing, allowing him to build rich thematic layers to create his
signature pieces.
From there, he embarked on a series of critical and popular successes.
He wrote three symphonies during his career that earned him praise as
one of the most important symphonists of his era. In 1991, Symphony
No. 1 was born of Corigliano’s grief over the AIDS epidemic. Inspired by
The Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, he wrote the symphony in
remembrance of friends lost to the disease. The immense power, drama
and scope of the piece resulted in it being performed worldwide by more
than 150 orchestras, recorded twice and earning him the prestigious
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. His Symphony No. 2 in
2001, a reinvention of his String Quartet from 1995, earned him the
2001 Pulitzer Prize in music, and his popular Symphony No. 3 was
commissioned by the University of Texas at Austin in 2004.
Corigliano’s opera, “The Ghost of Versailles” from 1991, was the
first commission of The Metropolitan Opera in three decades. The
rare new opera became an instant hit with both critics and audiences
for successfully bringing traditional operatic notes into contemporary
times. This inspired the Metropolitan opera to launch a new series of
commissions.
His vocal work, “Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan,”
re-envisioned texts by the legendary songwriter, and earned Corigliano a
Grammy Award in 2008 for Best Contemporary Composition. His other
major vocal work, “A Dylan Thomas Trilogy,” was inspired by poems
by the namesake poet. Written in 1960 and revised in 1999, it featured
settings of four poems by Thomas.
Corigliano won an Oscar for his score to Francois Girard’s film, “The
Red Violin,” perhaps his best-known work to the general public. Later, in
2005, he developed Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: The Red Violin
from themes from the score.
In the midst of his flourishing career, Corigliano also found time to
steward the next generation of composers. He has been teaching for
more than 40 years: serving on the composition faculty at the Julliard
School of Music and holding the position of distinguished professor of
music at Lehman College, City University of New York.
CITATION
John Corigliano, in writing music that is simultaneously beautiful,
intense, complex and transcendent, you became one of the most
outstanding American composers of the last 50 years. You have created
scores, symphonies, operas and concertos that tell powerful stories
and remind listeners of music’s poignant and lasting influence. You
thoughtfully incorporated powerful topics, such as the AIDS crisis,
into your compositions and brought timely attention to the need for
societal change. In the midst of becoming one of the most celebrated
composers of your generation, for more than 40 years you have shown
an unyielding commitment to teaching the next generation of composers.
For these reasons and more DePaul University is privileged to confer
upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT & SPEAKER
John Corigliano
Grammy Award-winning Composer and Celebrated Music Professor
30 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Judy Iwata Bundra leaves a noteworthy legacy at DePaul. As a classroom
instructor, she offered students a challenging learning environment and
nurtured their talent. Today, her students are leading music programs in
schools across the country, and serving as mentors to the next generation
of music students. As an administrator, she encouraged faculty members
to pursue excellence in the classroom and refine their instructional
approaches. And as interim dean of the School of Music, she helped to
guide the school during challenging times, while creating a more formal
academic structure and engaging its faculty in the school’s mission.
This year, Bundra is ending a 30-year career at DePaul to become
dean of the Cleveland Institute of Music.
She joined the School of Music in 1987, after achieving a PhD in
music education. Bundra quickly rose through the administrative ranks,
becoming Music Education Department chair in 1992, associate dean
in 1999 and interim dean in 2015, a position she held for 18 months. At
the School of Music, she encouraged faculty to become more involved
in committees and the school’s mission. Her efforts engaged the music
faculty more in the development of new curriculum and increased their
awareness of student realities. She also cultivated faculty by offering
encouragement and feedback aimed at improving classroom teaching.
To promote camaraderie at the school, she frequently hosted gatherings
that allowed faculty members to interact informally. Over the last few
years, Bundra also played an integral role in fundraising for the new, state-
of-the-art School of Music building, which is slated to open in 2018.
Bundra served as the writer and editor for the School of Music’s 1996
North Central Association accreditation report, the 1999 National
Association of Schools of Music accreditation report, and the 2008
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) report.
But Bundra’s influence at DePaul extended well beyond the school.
During her three decades at the university, she served on numerous
committees, boards and councils, including the President’s Diversity
Council, Faculty Council, Teaching, Learning and Assessment Advisory
Board, and the DePaul Women’s Network. She was also a co-founder of
the Associate Deans Council and served as its convener from 2006-12.
Among her many contributions to the university was helping to
develop processes to assess the progress of individual School of Music
students in classes and experiential learning experiences that were always
part of the school’s education process, but whose benefits needed
greater documentation. The school’s assessment approaches – and its
unique ability to determine how students benefit from non-classroom
learning experiences – led to more meaningful experiential learning
opportunities for all its students.
Her dedication to the university was recognized when Bundra received
the Spirit of DePaul Award in 2012. The award recognizes a member of
the DePaul community for service in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul.
Beyond her work at DePaul, Bundra is a well-known speaker at national
music conferences on a range of topics, including student wellness, music
listening, music curriculum and assessment, creativity and arts integration.
She also found time to help write the Illinois Standards in the Fine Arts
as well as to develop innovative arts assessment tools for Illinois K-12
students. Bundra also has been a consultant on music education programs
with numerous Chicago-area school districts, the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera.
CITATION
Judy Iwata Bundra, your 30-year career at DePaul has made the university
a better place because of your efforts to challenge students, faculty and
administrators to continuously improve. Your eye for teaching talent
nurtured the best and improved the rest. Your commitment to the highest
principles of education and work in assessment helped to improve the
overall student experience – first in the School of Music and, ultimately,
across the entire university. The passion you exude for music education
has made you a sought-after speaker as an expert in the areas of music
curriculum, assessment and arts integration, and helped DePaul to achieve
the international recognition it enjoys today. Your many years of service,
dedication to progress and exceptional commitment to your colleagues and
students demonstrate how integral you have been to the heart and soul of the
School of Music. Your efforts to cultivate a culture of kindness, respect, and
dignity for the individual within the school exemplify DePaul’s Vincentian
values. For these reasons and more, it is a privilege to present you the Via
Sapientiae Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Judy Iwata Bundra
Associate Dean, School of Music
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CERTIFICATE IN
PERFORMANCE
Carmen L. Abelson
Music Performance
Mika Jane Allison
Music Performance
Megan Elizabeth Cook
Music Performance
Rebecca R. Laurito
Music Performance
Hsin-Chieh Li
Music Performance
Benjamin Liupaogo
Music Performance
Seth A. Pae
Music Performance
Ann-Sophie Paquet
Music Performance
Fan Zhang
Music Performance
MASTER OF MUSIC
Laura M. Adkins
Music Performance
With Distinction
Yulia Block
Music Performance
Alex Michael Blomarz
Jazz Studies
With Distinction
Justin A. Boyd
Jazz Studies
Lucas Yeager Brown
Music Performance
With Distinction
Paul Aaron Brumleve
Music Performance
With Distinction
Hannah Jane
Cartwright
Music Performance
With Distinction
Carl Andrew Colvin
Music Performance
With Distinction
Quinn B. Delaney
Music Performance
Joshua Salvatore Dema
Music Performance
Stephanie Joy Diebel
Music Performance
With Distinction
Helen Marie Dowd
Music Performance
Ashley Marie Eason
Music Performance
With Distinction
Luke Mackenzie
Eckhoff
Music Performance
With Distinction
Devin T. Fanslow
Jazz Studies
Dorothy D. Fischer
Music Performance
With Distinction
Theodore Paul
Gabrielides
Music Performance
Lucas W. Gillan
Jazz Studies
With Distinction
Zachary Good
Music Performance
Emily Graham
Music Performance
Bradley James Granville
Music Performance
With Distinction
Andrew R. Groble
Music Performance
With Distinction
Matthew H. Hannau
Music Performance
Daniel Thomas Hickey
Music Performance
With Distinction
Cody J. Hiller
Music Performance
Jianghai Ho
Music Performance
With Distinction
James Holman
Jazz Studies
With Distinction
Ian Hosack
Music Performance
With Distinction
Erica Adele
Jacobs-Perkins
Music Performance
With Distinction
Kseniya Sergeevna
Khvashchynskaya
Music Performance
Aleksa Kuzma
Music Performance
With Distinction
William Riley Leitch
Music Performance
With Distinction
Qianqian Li
Music Performance
Kevin Lin
Music Performance
With Distinction
Francisco Edmundo
Lopez Malespin Junior
Music Performance
Gerald Martinez
Jazz Studies
Arthur Dmitriyevich
Masyuk
Music Performance
With Distinction
Daniel Meyers
Music Performance
With Distinction
Susan G. Miller
Music Performance
With Distinction
Roy Kenneth Miller
Music Performance
Jeffrey Allen
Nellessen Jr.
Music Education
With Distinction
Diana Sofia Ortiz
Salazar
Music Performance
With Distinction
Benjamin Jeffrey
Pedersen
Jazz Studies
With Distinction
Benjamin Robert
Phillips
Jazz Studies
Alex Piazza
Jazz Studies
With Distinction
Mercedes Antonia
Quintana
Music Performance
With Distinction
Esther Renee Rayo
Music Performance
Marcel Reimao Bonfim
Jazz Studies
With Distinction
Elina Rubio Pentcheva
Music Performance
Mariela Shaker
Music Performance
Kelley Sheehan
Music Composition
With Distinction
Christopher Michael
Stark
Music Performance
Alex Szasz
Music Performance
With Distinction
Mary Katherine vom
Lehn
Music Performance
With Distinction
Kristin Weingartner
Music Performance
Emma Lea
WitbolsFeugen
Music Performance
Jacqueline Paige
Wunrow
Music Performance
With Distinction
Michelle Mary
Szamarzewska Wynton
Music Performance
With Distinction
*
Denotes University Honors Program
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by Ronald Caltabiano, DMA, Dean
Candidates’ names announced by Kurt Westerberg, DM, Associate Dean
32 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
*
Denotes University Honors Program
Saori Yamamoto
Music Performance
With Distinction
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Dominick Joseph Casareto
Music
Cum Laude
Jacob Robert Jang
Music
Kyle Alexander Jimenez
Music
Karlita Williams
Music
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Carl P. Anderson
Music Performance
Andrew J. Anderson
Jazz Studies
Richard Thomas Brasseale
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Olivia Michelle Breidenthal
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Kelsey A. Castellanos
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Alexander Robert Chambers-
Ozasky
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Sarah Christianson
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Levi H. Clinton
Jazz Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Alexandria N. Conrad
Music Performance
Economics
Magna Cum Laude
Emily Jeanne DePalma
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Rachael Elizabeth Dobosz
Music Performance
Erik Dohner
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Brendan M. Donnelly
Music Performance
Andrew J. Hannau
Music Performance
Cum Laude
Thomas P. Hughes
Music Performance
David Brett Hyder
Music Performance
Charles Joseph Jacobs
Music Performance
Benjamin Asher Karon
Performing Arts Management
Magna Cum Laude
Kelly Nicole Kondry
Performing Arts Management
Cum Laude
Norbert Roman Kosinski
Music Performance
Julia M. Larson
*
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Audrey Jane Lidke
Music Performance
Cum Laude
Caroline Little
Performing Arts Management
Margaret Mary Madsen
*
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Megan A. Magsarilli
*
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Emily A. Margevich
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Tyler Martin
Music Performance
Aaron D. Mix
Music Composition
Cum Laude
Chris L. Moreno
Music Performance
Robert C. O’Brien
Performing Arts Management
Daniel A. O’Hearn
Music Composition
Magna Cum Laude
John-Paul D. Pendowski
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
David Priest
Jazz Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Jessen Thomas Smith
*
Music Education
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel Quinn Rooney
Music Education
Magna Cum Laude
Margaret E. Schlofner
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Nicholas Anton Scholz
*
Performing Arts Management
Summa Cum Laude
Megan F. Sellberg
Music Education
Ryan W. Senger
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Katherine Elaine Seybold
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
Laura N. Smalley
Music Performance
Summa Cum Laude
Henry F. Smith
Jazz Studies
Cum Laude
Cathy Kinga Szczech
Music Composition
Cum Laude
Benjamin Voigt
Jazz Studies
Music Education
Summa Cum Laude
Jonathan Brook Walters
Music Performance
Cinema Production
Magna Cum Laude
Sean Y. Yeung
Music Performance
Connor W. Zuber
Music Performance
Magna Cum Laude
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Jack W. Campbell
Sound Recording Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Adam A. Gough
*
Sound Recording Technology
Cum Laude
Chris Hanson
Sound Recording Technology
John Blake Micensky
Sound Recording Technology
Evan T. Schirle
Sound Recording Technology
Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
Aaron Stearns
Sound Recording Technology
COMMENCEMENT | 33
MASTER IN FINE ARTS
Jerome Lashad Beck
Acting
Melisa Breiner-Sanders
Acting
With Distinction
Clint Eldon Campbell
Acting
With Distinction
Elsa Rose Guenther
Acting
With Distinction
Nikhaar Natasha-Narendra
Kishnani
Acting
Erin Elizabeth Kraft
Directing
With Distinction
Sarah Laeuchli
Arts Leadership
With Distinction
Elise Phelan Randall
Acting
With Distinction
Nathan Singh
Directing
Kevin Michael Spellman
Arts Leadership
With Distinction
Michael A. Stock
Acting
Adam Marcus Welsh
Acting
Greg Wenz
Acting
BACHELOR IN FINE ARTS
Catherine L. Andrade
Stage Management
Magna Cum Laude
Maggie L. Armendariz
Scene Design
Cum Laude
Devin J. Asperger
Playwriting
Cum Laude
Julia S. Atkin
Acting
Summa Cum Laude
Ayanna Bria Bakari
Acting
Chloe N. Baldwin
Acting
Summa Cum Laude
Margot A. Bardeen
Costume Technology
Cum Laude
Andra M. Beatty
Acting
Magna Cum Laude
Kaysie L. Bekkela
Dramaturgy/Criticism
Magna Cum Laude
Drew Matthew Beyer
Playwriting
English
Summa Cum Laude
Tyler E. Blakeman
Sound Design
Todd W. Bleiman
Theatre Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Klaire E. Brezinski
Theatre Management
Summa Cum Laude
Madison Briede
Costume Design
Cum Laude
John H. Cade
Theatre Arts
Magna Cum Laude
Haley A. Carmichael
Theatre Management
Public Relations & Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Nosakhere Awari
Cash-O’Bannon
Acting
Connor P. Ciesil
Sound Design
Benjamin Claus
Playwriting
Magna Cum Laude
Michael Edward Cohen
Acting
Magna Cum Laude
Shea M. Corpora
Playwriting
Magna Cum Laude
Noelle S. Daniels
Theatre Arts
Camila Devereux
Scene Design
Magna Cum Laude
Ellen C. Dillenburg
Theatre Management
Magna Cum Laude
John L. Disselhorst
Acting
Cum Laude
Claire E. Divito
Scene Design
Magna Cum Laude
Rebecca A. Edmonson
Theatre Management
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel Gadaj
Acting
Magna Cum Laude
James David Garrastegui
Dramaturgy/Criticism
Sophia Mae Hartler
Theatre Technology
Cum Laude
Natalie A. Herman
Theatre Management
Summa Cum Laude
Christina E. Hubbard
Scene Design
Bryant I. Hunter
Acting
English
Brennan Tyler Jones
Theatre Arts
Cum Laude
Rebecca Nell Keeshin
Acting
Magna Cum Laude
Cassandra Denise Kendall
Theatre Arts
Mary R. Kirwan
Theatre Arts
THE THEATRE SCHOOL
Established as the Goodman School of Drama in 1925
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by John Culbert, MFA, Dean
Candidates’ names announced by Jason Beck, BFA, Assistant Dean
34 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Samantha L. Kittelson
Theatre Arts
Cum Laude
Madeline S. Kranz
Theatre Arts
History
Summa Cum Laude
Allison C. Kupfer
Theatre Management
Cum Laude
Allegra J. Larson
Theatre Arts
Magna Cum Laude
Richard R. Latshaw
Lighting Design
Cum Laude
Alexa Isabel Santiago Lopez
Stage Management
Shelby Ann Madey
Theatre Technology
Cum Laude
Daniella A. Mazzio
Theatre Arts
Magna Cum Laude
Madeline McCluskey
Theatre Management
Magna Cum Laude
John Joseph McGlone
Acting
Summa Cum Laude
Angela D. McIlvain
Scene Design
Summa Cum Laude
Grace L. Meier
Theatre Management
Magna Cum Laude
Marisa N. Melito
Theatre Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Emily Meredith Mills
Stage Management
Magna Cum Laude
Yasmin Zacaria Mitchel
*
Dramaturgy/Criticism
Magna Cum Laude
James D. Mitchell
Lighting Design
Cum Laude
Carolyn R. Moore
Acting
Cum Laude
Ki-Jana Copre Moore
Theatre Arts
Cum Laude
Richard Mosqueda
Theatre Arts
Cum Laude
Marjorie Clare Muller
Acting
Summa Cum Laude
Samantha M. Newcomb
Acting
Summa Cum Laude
Abaigeal R. O’Donnell
Theatre Arts
Abigail R. Ogrentz
Theatre Arts
Jessica A. Olson
Scene Design
Spencer Tyler Olson
Theatre Arts
Summa Cum Laude
Emily Bernadette Pabish
Playwriting
Emmaleigh R. Pepe-Winshell
Lighting Design
David S. Petersen
Acting
Summa Cum Laude
Eric J. Phillips
Lighting Design
Alyse Marie Porsella
Theatre Technology
Lauren Quinlan
*
Dramaturgy/Criticism
Magna Cum Laude
Hailey I. Rakowiecki
Costume Design/Costume
Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Emily E. Remsen
*
Theatre Arts
Magna Cum Laude
Dyllan Michelle
Rodrigues-Miller
Acting
Cum Laude
Michael Russo
Acting
Cum Laude
Eric Sanchez
Costume Technology
Jewells Kathleen Santos
Playwriting
Communication & Media
Magna Cum Laude
Sarah Nicole Serabian
Acting
Magna Cum Laude
Leah Siesfeld
Theatre Management
Summa Cum Laude
Olivia M. Simas
Theatre Management
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel W. Sonenberg
Theatre Arts
Magna Cum Laude
Samuel Straley
Acting
Cum Laude
Brian M. Suchocki
Lighting Design
Cum Laude
Danielle B. Szabo
Theatre Arts
Philosophy
Summa Cum Laude
Arie Dupree Thompson
Acting
Cum Laude
Raquel A. Villalobos
Theatre Management
Connor J. Wang
Sound Design
Summa Cum Laude
Raven P. Whitley
Acting
Magna Cum Laude
Evan L. Williams
Theatre Technology
Emily L. Witt
Playwriting
Cum Laude
Andrew Xavier Yeni
Acting
Mishari L. Zambrano
Theatre Management
Cum Laude
Mara Zinky
Scene Design
Cum Laude
*
Denotes University Honors Program
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SCHOOL FOR NEW LEARNING
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PROGRAM
SCHOOL FOR NEW LEARNING
FANFARE
Members of the Chicago Brass Quintet
PROCESSIONAL
Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar)
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Corinne L. Benedetto, PhD, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Operations and Enrollment Management
INVOCATION
Michael Abdul-Malik Ryan, Assistant Director, Office of Religious Diversity and Chaplain
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Performed by John Concepcion
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE
Stuart Dybek, Critically Acclaimed Poet, Fiction Writer and Education Advocate
Citation read by Marisa Alicea, PhD, Dean, School for New Learning
Hooding by Michelle Navarre Cleary, PhD, Associate Professor and Senior Director for Innovation
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
Stuart Dybek, Critically Acclaimed Poet, Fiction Writer and Education Advocate
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Patricia Monaghan, Professor, School for New Learning (Posthumously)
Citation read by Akilah Martin, PhD, Associate Professor and Senior Director for Mentoring and Student Services
STUDENT ADDRESS
Jerry T. Lange, BA Candidate in Individualized Focus Area, Class of 2017
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
ALUMNI INDUCTION
Jerry T. Lange, BA Candidate in Individualized Focus Area, Class of 2017
Nicole Guiffra-McQuaid, BA, Class of 2011
Marisa Alicea, PhD, Dean, School for New Learning
CLOSING REMARKS
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
RECESSIONAL
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Heralded as “one of America’s living masters of the short story,” poet and
fiction writer Stuart Dybek is an award-winning author whose works are
an integral part of Chicago’s literary history. Over the last four decades,
he has also dedicated time to encouraging young people to succeed by
teaching the next generation of great writers as a professor of English and
working with underprivileged youth.
Raised on the South Side of Chicago, many of his stories and poems
are based on his experiences growing up as a second-generation
Polish-American in the city. Critics compare him to Saul Bellow,
Sherwood Anderson, Franz Kafka and James Joyce for his distinct ability
to capture a particular sense of place.
Born in 1942, Dybek spent his childhood roaming the working-class
Slavic-turned-Mexican neighborhoods of Pilsen and Little Village. The
urban playground of his youth – deserted factories, murals, junked cars,
bridges, and empty lots – takes center stage in his writing.
After graduating from college, he worked for a short time as a county
caseworker and a teacher. Then, he decided to devote more of his life to
writing. He attended the famed Iowa Writer’s Workshop, where he took
fiction and poetry courses from writers such as Richard Yates, Donald
Justice, and John Cheever.
He published his first story, “The Palatski Man,” in 1971. Since then,
his stories and poems have appeared in nearly every major literary
magazine in the U.S., including The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine,
The Paris Review, Poetry, and many others.
His collections of poetry include “Brass Knuckles,” written in 1979,
and “Streets in Their Own Ink” in 2004. His works of fiction include the
lauded short story collections, “Childhood and Other Neighborhoods”
(1980) and “The Coast of Chicago” (1990). The former earned him
the 1981 Prize for Fiction from the Society of Midland Authors, a Special
Citation from the PEN/Hemingway Prize Committee, and the Cliff
Dwellers Award from the Friends of Literature.
Another popular short story collection, “I Sailed with Magellan,”
which Dybek describes as “an homage to music,” features 11 stories and
was awarded the Prize for Adult Fiction from the Society of Midland
Authors. The American Library Association also listed it as one of the
best books of 2005.
Critics praised his most recent work for blurring the lines of established
writing genres, mixing poetry and fictional prose. In 2014, he published
“Ecstatic Cahoots: Fifty Short Stories,” a collection of “flash fiction,”
or offerings that range in length from two lines to 10 pages. That was
published alongside “Paper Lantern, Love Stories,” comprised of longer
stories, including a novella.
His fiction and poetry have earned him numerous awards and
national recognition. Dybek has received fellowships from the National
Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the
MacArthur Foundation. He has also received a PEN/Malamud Prize, a
Lannan Award, a Whiting Writers Award and several O. Henry Awards.
In 2007, Dybek was awarded the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation Fellowship, which noted: “Stuart Dybek roots his writing
firmly in Chicago’s ethnic neighborhoods, then mines these locales for
the dreams, folklore, and fantasies that flourish within.”
In addition to writing award-winning books, he is committed to
teaching the next generation of writers. Dybek was a professor of English
at Western Michigan University from 1974 to 2006 and has been a
visiting professor at six other universities. He has also worked with the
PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s Writers in Schools program to encourage
creative writing in kids at inner-city high schools. He is currently the
distinguished writer in residence at Northwestern University and sits
on the National Advisory Council for the American Writers Museum
in Chicago.
CITATION
Stuart Dybek, your poems and stories paint powerful images that engage
readers’ imaginations. Mining your childhood experiences as a Polish-
American growing up in Chicago, your beloved stories and poems have
become an integral part of Chicago’s literary history. Your work has
earned you numerous awards and national recognition, including the
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and several O. Henry Awards. With
a belief that creative writing can be taught, you dedicated yourself to
teaching the next generation of writers for over four decades, working with
students as a professor, lecturer and writer-in-residence. Your work with
disadvantaged high school kids through the PEN/Faulkner Foundation’s
Writers in Schools program exemplifies DePaul’s Vincentian values.
For these reasons and more, DePaul University is privileged to confer
upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT & SPEAKER
Stuart Dybek
Critically Acclaimed Poet, Fiction Writer and Education Advocate
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One measure of a university is the degree to which it instills a lifelong
passion for learning among students. For 16 years, Patricia Monaghan
devoted herself to finding ways to reconnect DePaul’s adult students
with their sense of wonder through writing and personal development.
She was passionate about creating innovative, interdisciplinary learning
experiences for students, and equally committed to her citizenship in the
DePaul community. She served on numerous committees and advocated
the academic integration and collaboration for which DePaul’s School for
New Learning is internationally recognized.
Monaghan joined the university in 1996, bringing with her years of
experience in adult education. The school offers undergraduate and
graduate programs designed to meet the needs of working adults, age 24
and older. Having completed her PhD in English from the Union Institute
and the University Program in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, she
embraced a multidisciplinary approach to instruction. Her different
courses were taught in classrooms, in the field, and overseas as a travel
study. In fact, aware that many adult learners struggle with the sciences
and the arts, Monaghan specifically created travel courses to draw
them in, spark their creativity and fuel their curiosity by exposing them
to new experiences.
As she was promoted to associate professor in 2003 and professor
of interdisciplinary studies in 2009, her scholarship continued to reflect
her deep curiosity. While best known as a poet, writer and an influential
scholar in the women’s spirituality movement, she wrote 20 books on
topics as diverse as earth spirituality, Celtic mythology, the landscape of
Ireland, techniques of meditation, mythology-based garden design and
about the wineries of Minnesota and Wisconsin. She was a pioneering
scholar in the women’s spirituality movement, including goddess
spirituality, and produced encyclopedias about goddesses and heroines
that still serve as benchmarks for authors working in the field. Her books
set the standard in her field. Her poetry won the highest awards, yet was
accessible and moved many thousands.
Monaghan’s many achievements have been recognized throughout her
career. In 2012, she won the Enheduanna Book Award for “Goddesses in
World Culture,” and she won the Paul Gruchow Memorial Essay award
in 2008. In 2003, she won a Pushcart Prize for “Physics and Grief” and
the Phoenix Award for Poetry. That same year, the DePaul University
Research Council presented her the Spirit of Inquiry Award, honoring
her research and scholarly achievements that exhibit commitment to
creative inquiry.
The School for New Learning also recognized her commitment
to scholarship. Monaghan advocated for scholarship summits to
bring together faculty members from different disciplines to work on
shared projects and build collaboration within the school. She also
devoted time to numerous committees within the school, including
the Personnel and Professional Development Committee to promote
faculty development, and the International Committee, which
encourages and considers travel study options and finding new ways
to bring a global focus to the school’s work.
Monaghan was equally committed to several university-wide
committees and task forces. She was the first member from the School
for New Learning on the Liberal Studies Council, and served on the
University Research Council, the Quality of Instruction Council,
personnel committees and many others. She was also instrumental in
guiding the development of the Irish Studies Program at DePaul.
Her championship of interdisciplinary connections extended beyond
the DePaul campus. She was the founder and director of the Association
for Study of Women and Mythology, and served on the boards of the
grant-funding Foundation for the Study of Women in Religion and
Nature in Literature and Story. She guided the local Celtic Women
International, dedicated to honoring women from all seven Celtic
nations. Her commitment to combining scholarship and art with making
the world a better place led to the founding of the Black Earth Institute,
an organization of artists and scholars whose work continues to address
inclusive spirituality, social justice and healing the earth.
Monaghan passed away in November 2012. She was 66.
CITATION
Patricia Monaghan devoted herself to a lifelong quest for knowledge and an
unending search for innovative ways to share that knowledge with others.
For 16 years, she rekindled a love of learning in DePaul’s adult students by
steeping them in new educational experiences designed to broaden their
world view, and at the same time, teach them thoughtfully about a given
subject. She challenged her colleagues to find novel ways to share their
scholarly work, which resulted in increased collaborative scholarship within
the school. She generously gave her time to serve the DePaul community and
supported continual improvement of the university. Her scholarship inspired
students, colleagues and scholars around the world. For these reasons and
more, it is a privilege to present the family of Patricia Monaghan the Via
Sapientiae Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Patricia Monaghan
Professor, School for New Learning
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MASTER OF ARTS IN
APPLIED PROFESSIONAL
STUDIES
Abigail Baker
Maria Luisa Balcazar
Patrick Owen Benson
Claudia Calderon
Almamy Douaty Diallo
Theo Foggy
Peter R. Godard
Tyharrie Hill
David W. Jefferson
Connie Latson
Deirdre LaVerdiere
Joseph R. Leonard
Kimberly Y. Lewis
Raja Mayers
LV Mayfield
Timothy James McEvoy
Tonia L. Minor
Alina M. Nieves
Deborah Powell
Cheryl Procter-Rogers
Alfonso Rodriguez
Milton Rodriguez
Kenji Latee Shephard
Jeanne Towns
Jessica Vanek
Karmen L. Williams
Steven R. Yach
MASTER OF ARTS
IN EDUCATING ADULTS
Lonzell Brown
Vonseal Coley
Cindy Lou Dawson
Evgenia Diachenko
Joe Dielman
Jasmine Monique Goins
Jamie Hogan
Devon Michelle Jefferson
Doreath Lomax
Roxanne Means
Larry Melton
Dawn A. Micele
Barbara J. Nelson
Carmela Ochoa
Sultana Perez
Justin Reinert
Vincent Charles Stokes
Sarah B. Vetter
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
Veronica Lee Downey
Patrick D. Higgins
Undlia Dernice Smith
Angela M. Williams
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Michelle Adams
Neila J. Adams
Kelly L. Albright
James P. Aldworth
Stephanie Alexander
Genevieve Amarteifio
Melissa A. Ambrose-Gora
Jennifer D. Ammons
Sharon Anderson
John Armstrong
Sandra Arrington
David Arzola
Michael L. Astorino
Annie Au
Fahad Awan
Luis Fernando Bacca
Robert J. Baiocco
Andrea Maria Baldwin
Tony Guy Ballarino
Nicole Marie Barg
Charles D. Barr
Marlise Barta
Tawanna Barton
Erich K. Bauer
Marina Beckley
Lemma W. Bekete
Amanda J. Bell
Davita A. Bell
Sherry Benton
Joan Marie Bernstein
Lisa Marie Best
Zenobia Bey
Danielle Shavon Blackwell
SCHOOL FOR NEW LEARNING
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by Marisa Alicea, PhD, Dean
Graduate programs candidates’ names announced by Catherine Marienau, PhD, Resident Faculty
Undergraduate programs candidates’ names announced by Fred Wellisch, JD, Resident Faculty
40 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Roxane Bonds-Martinez
Margaret A. Bonuchi
Nancy Boston
Charles Bourne
Sharon Daryce Boyd
Conor Boylan
Jason L. Bradshaw
Charlie Brinckerhoff
Vanessa Briseno
Stephanie Brown
Kelly J. Buckley
Jennifer L. Burke
Julio Cabrera
Elena A. Callard
Michelle Camargo
Jacqueline R. Campbell
Shana Tai-ese Carr
Wendy Castro
William Earl Catlin Jr.
Russell C. Caudill
John Joseph Cermak
Victoria Ann Chapman
Shampasree L. Chatterjee
Kevin M. Cherep
Joseph Michael Ciway
Loreal D. Clark
Marci J. Cohen
Diane M. Colchamiro
James A. Colindres
Tiara C. Collum
Luciana Costa
Jill P. Craig
John Joseph Cronin
Ada Cuevas
Lenin Cuevas
Monica CulPepper
Robert Bohdan Czajkowskyj
Mark Dalzell
Judy M. Davis
Marcus E. Davis
Eric Andrew DeChant
Loiza A. DeJesus
Maria E. Deluna
Carla A. DeMello
Andrew K. Densch-Giese
Monica Desarden
Amy Joy Diaz
Patricia Diaz
Judy Dickinson
Andrea Dimidik
Rone Dimidik
Keith M. Diorio
Clarese C. Dixon
Paul T. Doran
Shawn E. Doty
Ellen Dube
David Dunbar
George G. Edwards
Patricia J. Elgin
Karri Lynn Ellis
Joanna Ermon
Maricarmen Escareno
Carmen Escobar
Cathy A. Faedtke
Karalyn Falatovich
Brittany N. Fanale
Tracy A. Farhan
Wendy Farrissey
Kimberly D. Fason
Joe Fiocchi
Cynthia Flores
Lucia Flores
Debra J. Ford
Debra L. Foster
Jolene L. Frost
Jane Garcia
Lionel Garcia
Susan Garcia
Brian M. Gavin
Felicia Genous
Shannon L. Gibes
Angela C. Gibson
Atur Gilou
Ria Gilou
Matthew J. Golas
Marques D. Gonzales
Brenda M. Goodson-Moore
Margie Mariola Grabowska
Susan R. Granstrom
Shirley Jean Green
Johnathan L. Grisby
Mary E. Grisby
Maribeth Groenewold
Audrey A. Grolig
Thomas James Gruszka
Deisi Guzman
Daniel M. Haak
Sharon Yvonne Hamilton
Joseph R. Hargrove
Christopher M. Harper
Jacqueline C. Harrison
Noreen Mary Hart
Andrea D. Harvey
Shauneese L. Hatcher
Rebecca Headrick
Jeffery A. Heath
Patricia Lee Heiss
Evan Michael Henderson
Maritza Hernandez
Sergio Herrera
Andrea Jean Hibbler
Rick Hicks
Heather J. Hill
John M. Hoey
Jolietta R. Holliman
Beverly Rochelle Holmes
Courtni N. Hughes
Curtis C. Hunt
Adam F. Hussain
Heidi M. Hutton
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Daniel Ivanov
Marlene Renee Jackson
Frednell Dunmore Jamison
Frank Alan Janecek
Jamie M. Janisse
Joseph Jantke
Joan E. Jarvis
Charles E. Jefferson
Maysa Jibawi
Jose Luis Jimenez II
Alan Harold Joens
✝
Latrice R. Jones
Tiana Juarez
Justine Kabre
Grace A. Kalita
Seetha A. Kandik
Janet Lynn Kargol
Kiki T. Katz
Ashley Kelliher
Keri L. Kelly
Katie Ann Kennedy
Rita Jean Kennedy
Gail Elaine King
Irene L. King
Lupe King
Ashley E. Krauchun
Barbara D. Krause
Lisa P. Kuban
Phillip Kullen
Costa W. Kutulas
Tran La
Gayle Lagor
Alexis D. Lam
Ellen D. Lamm
Jerry T. Lange
Diamond Unique Lanier
Irena G. Lazarov
Tony Lindner
Christine Liss
John Adam Lofbomm
Mary Katherine Lopardo
Mark F. Lyons
Danny Mackey
Maria L. Macri
Mildred Magallanes
Brian J. Makar
Andrea Larysa Maksymiw
Wendy E. Mann-Flores
Lisa Mariscal
Patricia D. Martin
Roxanne Martin
Sarah-Jayne Martin
Sara Martinez
Kathleen McAndrews
Nancy R. McCreadie
Marianne McDevitt
James McEnroe Jr.
Cynthia F. McGee
Jocelyn Kenyatta McGee
Jocelyn McGee
Erin E. Meilinger
D’Arcy Mies
Detris S. Mitchell
Raul Molina
Nicole A. Monaco
Luis Fabian Montano
Yadira Montero
Diana Moody
Ladonna R. Moore
Travis Imad Moore-Murray
Albert Morales
Leticia Ann Moreno
Brian Mulchrone
Daniel W. Muldowney
Aimee Mundo
Michelle Murphy
Crystal E. Myatt-Jones
Jana Myers
Mary Navarro
Dan Nelson
Zoe Nikolopoulos
Chevonne Nixon
Phil A. Nowakowski
Charles Nunley
Michael T. Nunziato
Renee Oglesby
Teresa Olsen
Timothy Olson
Chasity O’Neill
Juan J. Ortega
Nicholas James Panico
Sung Won Park
Rachel G. Pawelczyk
Cheryl M. Peel
Natasha Pena
Jese Ismael Perez
Beth L. Perkins
Jacqueline Pero
Paulette Petracco
Andrea Pettaway
James Prendiville
Susan C. Priscal
Oleh Prodan
Martha Ellen Rae
Lisa Raich
Byron Raila
Christine Odette Rallo
Lesandra Ramirez
Jeffrey J. Ramos
Mariclare Ramsden
Mark K. Rankins
Katie Reginaldi
Anita C. Richardson
Cheryl Lynn Riley
Luz l Rios
Margaret M. Ritter
Enrique Roche
Grace M. Rodgers
Denise Antoinette Rogers
Rachel L. Rosenthal
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Awarded Posthumously
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Margaret Rossi
Eric A. Rubedew
Tracy Rubino
Otilia Maria Rusinek
Thomas F. Safford
Janet Diane Saffrahn
Elizabeth Jean Salmonowicz
Bryan Sampson
Richard Sandoval
Aaron C. Sarzyenski
Courtney L. Schaudek
Matthew N. Schmid
Patricia K. Schmidt
Richard Bradner Schneider
Michael L. Scott
Adrian Segura
Gretchen A. Sheridan
Tracye Simmons
Alisa L. Simms
Iliyan A. Sinanski
Iryna Skinner
Cindy R. Smith
Keesha Smith
Tina L. Smith
Joanne C. Snell
Camille Sowa
Leonard Joseph Spicer
Veronica M. Spicer
Julia Stagner
Rozanne C. Stevens
Matthew S. Stiak
Tasha Stinson
Charlene Taylor-Storey
Janet Strandberg
Guillermina Suarez
Kelly Terrell
Susan Marie Thompson
Harold E. Toliver Jr.
Joan Catherine Travers
Michelle Trudel
Kim M. Tumacder
Risa Turner
George Valdivia
Elizabeth C. Van Den Akker
Rafael Vargas
Aldo Vasquez
Oscar Ramon Velazquez
Xavier Velazquez
Tiffany J. Voltz
Christina M. Walasik
Colleen Anne Walsh
Kenneth R. Washington
Mia Javay Watson
Jaclynn M. Webb
Julie A. West
John R. Whalen
Caryn Wickersheim
Thomas E. Willett
Felicia Williams
Tiffany N. Williams
Alberta M. Wilson
Jonathan Wilson
Melinee Wilson
Mathias E. Worou
Jonathan A. Wrobel
Scott Wyllie
Bryan Wynn
Kathleen Yamashiroya
Cynthia M. Young
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN
APPLIED BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCES
Carol Lynn Etherton
Jamica Harper
Rachel Lawson
Rasa Majauskas
Ashleigh L. McCarthy
Danielle Ruffin
Shayna K. Seidlitz
BACHELOR OF ARTS
IN COMPUTING
Paul Joseph Bachner
Trevor Beuthel
Pedro Borges
Joe J. Brooks
Juventino Cano
Jason Choi
Humberto Corral
Ryan Glover
Rebecca Gomez
Laurence E. Hall
Kenneth A. Harris
Jose Angel Hernandez
Zachary S. House
Abelardo Irizarry
Christy Lemmon
James Joseph McArthur
Megan L. Mcdonell
Joseph Michael Meyer
Shawn P. Nawrocki
Robert J. Opferman
Paul H. Pearson
Imran K. Sandozi
John D. Trotz
Mark Tuchscherer
Sean Young
BACHELOR OF ARTS
DEGREE IN GENERAL
BUSINESS
Anthony Carponelli
Angelica J. Patterson
Christopher Simpson
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN
LEADERSHIP STUDIES
Wonjae Barry
Kelly A. Biondo
Tanya D. Jackson
Danni Van
Luz Vargas
Revena Young
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COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH AND
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
44 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
PROCESSIONAL
Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar)
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Jesús Pando, PhD, Chair and Associate Professor of Physics, College of Science and Health
Khaled Keshk, PhD, Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
INVOCATION
Scott Kelley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Religious Studies, and Assistant Vice President for Vincentian Scholarship, Office of Mission and Values
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Performed by John Concepcion
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE
Craig W. Hartman, FAIA, Award-winning Designer and Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
Citation read by Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, PhD, Dean and Professor of Art, Media, and Design, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Hooding by Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP, Dean and Professor of Psychology, College of Science and Health
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
Craig W. Hartman, FAIA, Award-winning Designer and Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Larry Bennett, Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Darsie Bowden, Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Citations read by Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, PhD, Dean and Professor of Art, Media, and Design, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Lucinda B. Rapp, Executive Assistant to the Dean, College of Science and Health
Citation read by Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP, Dean and Professor of Psychology, College of Science and Health
Brian Spittle, Assistant Vice President for the Center of Access and Attainment, Enrollment Management and Marketing
Citation read by David H. Kalsbeek, PhD, Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing
STUDENT ADDRESS
Brook Lynn Leonhardt, BA Candidate in Philosophy, Class of 2017
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
ALUMNI INDUCTION
Brook Lynn Leonhardt, BA Candidate in Philosophy, Class of 2017
Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, PhD, Dean and Professor of Art, Media, and Design, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Liz Pelloso, BS, MS, MPA, Class of 2001
Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP, Dean and Professor of Psychology, College of Science and Health
CLOSING REMARKS
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
RECESSIONAL
PROGRAM
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH AND
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
COMMENCEMENT | 45
As a world-renowned architect, Craig Hartman is changing the face
of major cities through his inspired design of commercial, civic and
cultural buildings and entire urban districts. He is also a sought-after
speaker at universities and public forums on the potential of architecture
and multidisciplinary collaboration to address critical societal and
environmental issues.
Hartman grew up in rural Merriam, Indiana. With an early interest in
art, science and math, he considered studying aeronautics and visited the
U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as a teenager.
While there, instead of being awed by the science of rockets, he was
fascinated by the academy’s modernist Cadet Chapel with its striking
row of 17 spires.
That visit inspired him to study architecture in college, where he
envisioned a career as a college professor with a small design practice.
His plans changed when Walter Netsch, a senior design partner of global
architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), offered him a job.
The decision to take the position shaped Hartman’s life’s work.
He has spent his entire career with SOM – first in the Chicago office,
then Houston and Washington, D.C. He has been based in San Francisco
since 1990 and leads SOM’s West Coast design practice.
Called an “urban philosopher” by San Francisco Magazine, Hartman’s
professional philosophy is that urban neighborhoods can be designed
to solve major global problems, such as environmental degradation,
climate change and social inequity. His designs show a commitment to
sustainability, public art, parks, public transit and new technology, while
remaining authentic to place, time and culture.
Hartman frequently works in China and the United States. Some
of his recent notable projects include the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the
U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles, the
international terminal in the San Francisco International Airport, Rice
University’s Bioscience Research Collaborative Building and Harvard
University’s Northwest Science Building.
Architectural Record described the Cathedral of Christ the Light in
Oakland, his most lauded work, as “one of the world’s most important
works of architecture in the last 125 years.”
His design studies for the cathedral and the San Francisco
International Terminal are held in the San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art’s permanent collection.
Beyond designing singular buildings, Hartman has led the
interdisciplinary design of entire urban districts in China and the U.S.
In the city of Guangzhou, he directed an expansion to accommodate
750,000 new residents in a district that featured commercial hubs,
repurposed historic factories and 3,000 acres of new parks. In Beijing,
he was at the helm of designing a 20-block district of “Finance Street,”
sometimes called the Wall Street of China.
He also designed the transformation of two districts within the city of
San Francisco: Treasure Island, a former Navy base in the San Francisco
Bay, and Parkmerced, an aging rental neighborhood. Both projects seek
to create neighborhoods that center on compact housing, urban farming,
and reducing carbon emissions through better access to biking, walking
and public transit.
In addition to his practice, Hartman is a strong advocate of education.
He has been an invited lecturer and visiting critic at many public and
private universities.
Hartman has won more than 220 awards for interdisciplinary design.
In 2001, he became the youngest recipient of the American Institute
of Architects (AIA) California Maybeck Award, which recognizes
lifetime achievement in architecture. He has received nine National AIA
Honor Awards for architecture, interiors and urban design, the highest
honor by the AIA. He also was awarded the Vatican’s Knighthood for
Service to Society during the dedication ceremony for the Cathedral of
Christ the Light.
CITATION
Craig Hartman, your belief that design can solve great societal woes, such
as climate change and social inequity, has led to forward-thinking designs
that transform the fabric of modern cities. Your buildings, such as the soaring
Cathedral of Christ the Light and the international terminal at the San
Francisco International Airport, integrate seamlessly into the surrounding
natural environment. A master of re-invention, you have redesigned entire
neighborhoods in China and San Francisco to meet unique urban needs
and solve problems – creating communities to harbor a rapidly growing
population while significantly reducing energy consumption. You have also
committed yourself to teaching the next generation of designers through
your work with universities. For these reasons and more, DePaul University
is privileged to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT & SPEAKER
Craig W. Hartman, FAIA
Award-winning Designer and Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP
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DePaul University has always been proud to be part of the fabric of
Chicago. For the last 40 years, one of the keenest observers of the city
has been Larry Bennett, an urban affairs scholar whose research about
and analysis of Chicago has influenced the city and informed public
policy. However, his citizenship in the DePaul community has had equal
impact on the students he always found time to mentor, colleagues he
consistently encouraged and the innumerable university committees on
which he served.
After completing his PhD in urban planning, Bennett joined the
Department of Political Science in 1977. In the classroom, he began
developing his student-centered approach to teaching and advising. He
blended elements of sociology, history, anthropology, political science
and even literature in his examinations of urban politics in general,
Chicago politics in particular and inequality in America. But he always
found time to mentor students and instill in them a sense of ethics that
exemplifies DePaul’s Vincentian values. He routinely worked with first-
generation and minority students to teach them the skills necessary
to succeed at the university. He also served as an academic advisor to
countless students seeking scholarships and fellowships, and to others
seeking to enter law school or graduate school.
Bennett was promoted to associate professor in 1983 and to professor
in 1990. He was department chair for six years, from 1982-88; acting
department chair in 1994; head of the Urban Studies program, which
has become the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences’ Department
of Public Policy Studies; and served on countless departmental, college
and university-wide committees. In 1995, his boundless energy and
passion for scholarship were acknowledged when the College of Liberal
Arts and Social Sciences presented him the Cortelyou-Lowery Award for
Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship, the highest honor in the college.
During his 40 years at DePaul, Bennett has also found time to author,
co-author or co-edit nine books, more than 40 articles and book
chapters and countless papers and reports about urban politics. In
addition, he mentored junior colleagues and published with them.
But his service reached beyond the campus. Bennett has been a
frequent speaker and panelist at meetings and conferences across the
United States. His scholarship has resulted in invitations to discuss a
variety of topics, ranging from the restructuring of public housing to
Chicago’s unsuccessful bid for the 2016 Olympics. In addition, he has
served on the boards of several institutes and community organizations,
including the North Branch Works, the Institute for Community
Empowerment, the Center for Urban Economic Development and
the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community
Improvement.
Bennett’s career as a scholar, educator and mentor embodies DePaul’s
mission and serves as an example to the students who have benefited
from his tutelage, the colleagues in whom he instilled his values and
passion for teaching, and the broader community that has gained insights
from his research.
CITATION
Larry Bennett, your 40 years at DePaul have exemplified what it means
to be a dedicated, productive and respected member of the university
community. You spent your career leading by example and you never
failed to place the university’s needs ahead of your own. Your scholarship
not only inspired colleagues, but it positively influenced public policy.
Your passion for teaching, commitment to students and the way in
which you embrace innovation challenged students to explore new
ideas. Your compassion and willingness to coach and mentor minority
and low-income students to teach them the tools they needed to succeed
opened doors to opportunity for countless DePaul graduates. For these
reasons and more, it is a privilege to bestow upon you the Via Sapientiae
Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Larry Bennett
Professor, Department of Political Science, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
COMMENCEMENT | 47
Reading and writing have always been considered important skills.
At many universities, students learn to read and write to support their
academic studies, but DePaul placed the discipline of composition and
rhetoric at the center of every student’s first year at the university. For
26 years, Darsie Bowden has influenced the university’s commitment to
help students write critically in multiple contexts, for a range of purposes,
and to a variety of audiences. Her scholarship, classroom instruction and
service to the DePaul community benefited countless students and she
played an instrumental role in the creation of the Department of Writing,
Rhetoric, and Discourse as an academic unit in the college.
After completing her PhD in rhetoric, linguistics and literature in 1991,
Bowden came to DePaul at a time when writing and rhetoric programs
were typically housed within English departments. But the university was
beginning to focus greater attention on alphabetic and digital literacies to
help students increase both their academic and post-collegiate success.
A year later, Bowden—who had served as a Writing Center tutor and
taught first-year writing classes as a graduate student—was appointed the
first tenure-line director of the University Writing Center, a peer tutoring
center guided by disciplinary research and best practices.
Bowden served as the writing center’s director for three terms:
1992-94, 1997-98 and 2005-06. During that time, she developed a
tutor training course that has become a model for many universities. She
also helped to lay the foundation for what became the University Center
for Writing-based Learning, which works with the DePaul community to
support writers and promote the use of writing in teaching and learning.
As DePaul intensified its emphasis on written communication,
Bowden was asked to serve as director of First-Year Writing at DePaul
from 2002-04 and from 2005-12. During these years, she helped to
develop several initiatives that brought distinction to the university.
Her work was recognized internationally and she was asked to serve on
the executive board of the Council of Writing Program Administrators
and chair a task force to revise national outcomes for first-year writing
programs that would integrate text-based and digital reading and writing.
The university promoted her to associate professor in 1998 and to
professor in 2006.
Bowden authored two books, produced several articles, book
chapters and conference papers and continues to work on a study of
the value of instructor commentary on student writing. She also took
her citizenship in the DePaul community very seriously and served on
committees in the Department of English before Writing, Rhetoric, and
Discourse was its own department. She served on several college and
university committees, including extended participation in the University
First-Year Programs Committee. Even as she planned for her retirement
from the university, Bowden remained committed to her colleagues,
agreeing to take on a leadership role as president of the Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences College Senate for her final academic year.
But the work for which she may be most acknowledged took place in
the classroom. Though she was rigorous and demanding, Bowden was
supportive and encouraging of students who valued the knowledge,
experience and the attention she gave to their own development as
writers. She became a mentor to many students who have since begun
their own teaching careers.
CITATION
Darsie Bowden, you spent 26 years at DePaul sharing your passion and
expertise with students, your departments and college, and the university
as a whole. Your work to help set standards for DePaul’s student writing
programs and your scholarly research helped to establish the benchmarks
against which writing programs around the nation are measured. You
took a stake in the university’s success and generously gave your time and
talents to serve on committees and College Senate. You were a trusted
voice and instrumental in the creation of the Department of Writing,
Rhetoric and Discourse. Your generous encouragement of students
inspired many to follow in your footsteps to become academics. By
placing the university’s needs first, you were an example to all. For these
reasons and more, it is a privilege to bestow upon you the Via Sapientiae
Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Darsie Bowden
Professor, Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
48 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
DePaul’s dedication to Vincentian values means that the university
recognizes the dignity of individuals and treats each person with
sensitivity and care. Lucinda Rapp does more than embrace the values.
She lives them. She spent 32 years serving the DePaul community as a
friendly sounding board, a shoulder to lean on and a willing advocate for
students and faculty alike.
Rapp joined DePaul in 1985 as a part-time assistant in the Department
of Psychology. She soon became someone faculty and students
identified as an effective problem solver and trusted resource. Over
the years, her vast knowledge of the department meant that she
understood how it worked—and how to make it work more efficiently,
when necessary. As a result, colleagues, students and faculty deeply
respected her and valued that she made each person feel listened to
and feel like a priority.
As the graduate program assistant from 1992-2002, Rapp was
a favorite among students, who found that she was unique among
administrative staff members in understanding the challenges of
post-graduate work and was always looking for ways to help solve
their problems.
As the business coordinator for the department from 2002-11, Rapp
was responsible for managing the budget, scheduling classes, and
supervising staff. Meanwhile, new faculty in the department found that
she always had time to provide support to ease their transition to a new
university, and sometimes, a new city. Busy administrators also were
thrilled that, when Rapp got involved, most problems were efficiently
resolved before requiring their attention.
During those years in the Department of Psychology, Rapp became
the caretaker of a small fund that a retired faculty member had
unofficially created to help students in need. When psychology graduate
students were temporarily short of cash, to pay rent or buy groceries,
they would visit Rapp who would listen to their stories and extend
them small interest-free loans. Though the informal financial aid was
dismantled long ago, those micro-loans helped countless students
through lean times.
In 2011, when the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences split into the
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the new College of
Science and Health, she followed then-Department of Psychology chair
Jerry Cleland, where he served as interim dean in the College of Science
and Health. As his executive assistant, she maintained her reputation for
efficiency, empathy and supportiveness. Her ability to get things done
was instrumental to the successful start of the new college. She also
helped Cleland create many of the college’s original operating guidelines.
When Cleland returned to the classroom in 2013, Rapp stayed in
the College of Science and Health to support the new dean, Gerald
P. Koocher, and ensure the college experienced no disruption during
the transition. In this capacity she assisted Koocher with shepherding
candidates through the promotion and tenure process.
She applied the same dedication to several committees throughout
the college and university including: Staff Council, the Vision 2012
Strategic Planning Committee, the College of Liberal Arts and Social
Sciences dean search, and the College of Science and Health Strategic
Planning Committee.
Though her role in the dean’s office took Rapp away from day-to-day
contact with students, she has remained dedicated to them. Not long
ago, after hearing about an international student who was struggling with
classes, she became the student’s Chicago anchor–providing the support
the young woman’s family was too far away to offer.
During her time at DePaul, Rapp’s selflessness has not gone
unrecognized. In 2008, she received the Spirit of DePaul Award for
her leadership and service in the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul. In 2012,
she was honored with a Ken McHugh Staff Service Award, presented
for her work to enhance university initiatives by promoting collaboration
and teamwork. And in 2016, she won a Women of Spirit and Action
Award for her tireless commitment to serve DePaul and its faculty, staff
and students.
CITATION
Lucinda Rapp, during your 32 years at DePaul you have embodied
Vincentian ideals by treating all with respect and compassion. That
compassion and empathy will long be remembered by the faculty members
and students you befriended, encouraged and aided. Your dedication to
working through problems and finding solutions has helped the university
remain committed to its Vincentian values, even as it continues to grow and
evolve. Your wisdom, warmth and generosity comforted those who had
the pleasure of working with you, and contributed to our unique culture.
Your dedication to DePaul has made us better. And your work has inspired
us. For these reasons and more, it is a privilege to bestow upon you the Via
Sapientiae Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Lucinda B. Rapp
Executive Assistant to the Dean
COMMENCEMENT | 49
A university derives much of its vibrancy from the nature and diversity of
its students. For nearly three decades, Brian Spittle devoted himself to
making DePaul one of the nation’s most dynamic institutions of higher
learning by helping to attract and retain low-income and first-generation
students, and creating programs to encourage their academic success.
He has worked tirelessly to bring to life DePaul’s mission to provide
opportunity to new generations of undergraduates.
After completing his PhD in social and philosophical foundations of
education, Spittle joined DePaul’s Division of Enrollment Management
and Marketing in 1987. During his first decade in the department, he
committed himself to help shape the university’s access and attainment
agenda to carry on DePaul’s commitment to make sure low-income
and first-generation college students constitute an important part of
every class.
In the 1990s, Spittle was instrumental in bringing to DePaul federally
funded TRIO programs, one of which is designed to assist first generation
and low-income students in completing their bachelor’s degrees and
the other to prepare them for doctoral studies. With an understanding
that many of these undergraduates struggle to acclimate themselves
to university environments, Spittle helped to design TRIO programs
that provide eligible DePaul students with the academic, personal and
community support to help them attain their degrees and enter their
chosen careers.
Around the same time, he became a vocal advocate for the
International Baccalaureate programs. After recognizing the academic
success of Chicago Public School IB students who attended DePaul, he
was among those who advocated that the City of Chicago expand its
IB programs to better prepare students for college. Today, Chicago is
home to the largest network of IB schools in the nation.
In 2008, the TRIO programs and DePaul’s partnership with Chicago’s
IB programs were organizationally centered in a newly established
Center for Access and Attainment, which Spittle co-founded and led
until his retirement in January. As the center’s leader for more than
eight years, Spittle was involved in a number of higher education access
initiatives, was active on the Council for Opportunity in Education and
the membership program for TRIO programs, served on the University
of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research and participated in
the College Relations Committee of IB Americas.
In 2012, Spittle was also influential in making DePaul one of the
first major universities in the nation to implement a process that does
not require standardized test scores for admission. Research shows
that standardized test performance tends to relate to income more
than academic performance, and test results often do not reflect the
academic potential of low-income and minority students. Though only
a few students request this alternative consideration today, DePaul
remains one of the largest institutions willing to weigh students’ high
school academic achievement and essays for admission.
During his time at DePaul, Spittle has reinforced the university’s
institution-wide commitment to aligning student access with long-term
attainment. He helped to shape how DePaul thinks about low-income
and first-generation students, and his efforts have nurtured the academic
achievements and life-long success of countless DePaul graduates.
CITATION
Brian Spittle, your nearly three-decade career at DePaul produced a
legacy of commitment to access and achievement, with generations of
students benefitting from programs and initiatives that you influenced.
Your passionate devotion to DePaul’s mission of providing real access
to opportunity helped cement our commitment to students throughout
the university. Your concern for students was evident from the zeal
with which you performed your duties. You inspired colleagues by
challenging the status quo and broadened perspectives with innovative
ideas and genuine enthusiasm for your work. For these reasons
and more, it is a privilege to bestow upon you the Via Sapientiae
Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Brian Spittle
Assistant Vice President for the Center of Access and Attainment, Enrollment Management and Marketing
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DOCTOR OF
PHILOSOPHY
Alexandra L. Barnett
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: Universal Teacher-Child
Interaction Training:A Pilot Study
Examining Coaching with Random
Assignment
Sarah L. Callahan
Community Psychology
Dissertation: The Microeconomics of
Heroin Addiction and Recovery: A Test
of Classic and Contemporary Theories
Saidah Chambers
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: The Longitudinal Relation
Between Housing Insecurity and
Parenting Practices
Dina Chavira
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: The Lived Experience
of Residents in Recovery Homes:
An Interpretative Phenomenological
Analysis
Jocelyn R. Droege
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: An Examination of
Depression and Social Support among
African-American Women in Substance
Use Recovery
Mary Keegin
Industrial Organizational
Psychology
Dissertation: Toward Pay Equity:
A Motivational Intervention to
Reduce Gender Differences in Salary
Negotiations
Theressa L. LaBarrie
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: Young Survivors of
Disaster: A Meta-Analytic Review
of Mental Health Interventions for
Children and Their Families
Roberto G. Lopez Tamayo
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: Examination of
Multidimensional Acculturation Theory
and Acculturation Process on Latinas/
os in Communal Recovery Homes
Kathleen E. McAuliff
Community Psychology
Dissertation: Predictors of Health-
Related Quality of Life among Youth
with Spinal Cord Injury
Alison L. Mroczkowski
Community Psychology
Dissertation: The Benefits of a Science
Support Programfor Low-Income
Latina/o Students
Crystal N. Steltenpohl
Community Psychology
Dissertation: Exploring the potential
for the study of online and gaming
communities in community psychology
Rachael L. Suffrin
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) and its Impact
on Actions: Exploring Social Change
through College Students
Shannon M. Williams
Community Psychology
Dissertation: Beyond Access:
Underrepresented Ethnic First-
Generation College Students’ College
Adjustment & Perceived Stressors on
Academic Achievement
Kristen E. Zychinski
Clinical Psychology
Dissertation: Academic Achievement
and Depressive Symptoms in Latino
Youth: Longitudinal Associations and
the Impact of Parental Facto
DOCTOR OF
NURSING PRACTICE
Kyle T. Bergan
Family Nurse Practitioner
DNP Project: Effectiveness of Nurse
Practitioners/Physician’s Assistants
in Triage
Rachel Ferral
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: A Needs Assessment for
Development of an Interpreter Services
Educational Tool for CRNAs
Andrew Gause
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Evaluation of a Video-
Based Left Ventricular Assist Device
Education Program for Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetists
Kimberly Homa
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: CRNA’s Knowledge and
Attitudes Regarding Acupressure as an
Adjunct to Postoperative Nausea and
Vomiting Prevention
Alison L. Karmanian
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Intraoperative Blood
Pressure and Effect of Volatile
Anesthetic in Brain Dead Organ
Donors
Rachel A. Kozlowski
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Video Simulation as
an Educational Strategy to Increase
Knowledge andPerceived Knowledge
in Novice Nurse Anesthesia Trainees
Jennifer A. Kudirka
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Video Simulation as
an Educational Strategy to Increase
Knowledge andPerceived Knowledge
in Novice Nurse Anesthesia Trainees
Jacqueline Kuhn
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: CRNA’s Knowledge and
Attitudes Regarding Acupressure as an
Adjunct to Postoperative Nausea and
Vomiting Prevention
Kelly C. Lannert
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Intra-operative Awareness
with Recall under General Anesthesia
Christina M. Lattner
Completion Nurse Practitioner
DNP Project: Impact of HPV Education
on Knowledge, Perception, and
Cultural influence among African-
American Parents
Amber K. Lindsay
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: A Standardized
Electronic Handover Report for
Anesthesia Providers
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by Gerald P. Koocher, PhD, ABPP, Dean, College of Science and Health and Professor of Psychology
Graduate program candidates’ and undergraduate bachelor of arts candidates’ names announced by Susan McMahon, PhD, Associate Dean
for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Psychology
Undergraduate bachelor of science candidates’ names announced by Phillip Funk, PhD, Associate Vice President for Health Programs,
Associate Dean for External Relations and Associate Professor of Biology
COMMENCEMENT | 51
Laura Majewski
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Task-management
Training for Recognition, Prioritization
and Decision-Making for the SRNA
Angela Meyer
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: A Needs Assessment for
Development of an Interpreter Services
Educational Tool for CRNAs
Amber B. Muhlhan
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Current Use of Muscle
Relaxants and Laryngeal Mask Airways:
A Survey of Anesthesia Providers
Knowledge and Beliefs for BestPractice
Tamara M. Poole
Completion Nurse Practitioner
DNP Project: Simulation and
Curriculum Integration: Does
Simulation Improve Clinical
Competence
Zain Rehman
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Evaluation of a
Video-Based Left Ventricular Assist
Device Education Program for
CertifiedRegistered Nurse Anesthetists
Stephen Reimers
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Evaluation of Entry-
Level Nurse Anesthesia Educational
Programs
Elisa Rue
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: A Standardized Electronic
Handover Report for Anesthesia
Providers
Claritess Sarangay
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Current Use of Muscle
Relaxants and Laryngeal Mask Airways:
A Survey of Anesthesia Providers’
Knowledge and Beliefs for Best Practice
Dulcie J. Schippa
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Intra-operative Awareness
with Recall Under General Anesthesia
Pauline Kenneth B. Tselonis
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Task-management
Training for Recognition, Prioritization
and Decision-Making fortheSRNA
Alyse L. Voronov
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Pediatric Emergence
Delirium Assessment and
Documentation: Current Practice
and Perceived Barriers
Nicole C. Zeppo
Nurse Anesthesia
DNP Project: Pediatric Emergence
Delirium Assessment and
Documentation: Current Practice
and Perceived Barriers
MASTER OF ARTS
Amy Anderson
Community Psychology
Daniel M. Biesiada
Mathematics Education
With Distinction
Kristen J. Dolbeare
Mathematics Education
With Distinction
Elizabeth A. Gorski
Industrial Organizational
Psychology
Kimberly C. Johnson
Mathematics Education
With Distinction
Connie G. Lee
Mathematics Education
Lynn Liao
Community Psychology
Reece J. McDevitt
Mathematics Education
Scott A. McLuckie
Industrial Organizational
Psychology
Rene O. Montoya-Menjivar
Mathematics Education
Denise Parham-Gantt
Mathematics Education
Christian Pawlak
Mathematics Education
With Distinction
Jordan A. Reed
Community Psychology
Caitlin E. Roberts
Mathematics Education
Sadiq M. Sadiq
Mathematics Education
Madeline F. Swan
Mathematics Education
With Distinction
Blaine Tomkins
Psychological Science
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Tolitu A. Aba-omer
Generalist Nursing
Mohammed F.M. Alqahtani
Applied Statistics
Khulud M.H. Alsuhaybi
Applied Mathematics
Mohammed Altuwairgi
Applied Mathematics
Omar M.A. Alzamil
Applied Statistics
Kelsey E. Atwell
Generalist Nursing
Anthony J. Bae
Generalist Nursing
Latavia L. Bagsby
Generalist Nursing
Brittany A. Bakkestuen
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Javier Barrero
Generalist Nursing
Melissa Baxter
Applied Statistics
Rohini Bhattacharya
Biological Sciences
Andrew Blatz
Applied Statistics
Rebecca A. Blonski
Generalist Nursing
Dani Bommarito
Applied Mathematics
Sara Bourque
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Aesha Brazier
Generalist Nursing
Brian F. Breagel
Generalist Nursing
Kristin L. Brill
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Joseph D. Bringley
Applied Mathematics
Kimberly C. Britt
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Felisha G. Brown
Generalist Nursing
Amanda E. Browner
Applied Statistics
Megan N. Bryan
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
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Luke M. Brzostowski
Pure Mathematics
Abraham C. Burleigh
Physics
Hope M. Campbell
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Andres Carrion
Psychology
Michelle J. Cartman
Generalist Nursing
Holly A. Charles
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Natalie L. Chiovari
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Cassandra G. Cisneros
Generalist Nursing
Ashley Anne J. Claveria
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Wendy M. Clayton
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Shelly Cohen
Applied Statistics
Brady M. Compton
Generalist Nursing
Desiree A. Cox
Generalist Nursing
Edgar J. Crespo
Chemistry
Tianjiao Cui
Applied Statistics
Katie B. Dalton
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Megan L. Davis
Pure Mathematics
Rosa de la Cotera
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Julie S. Diamond
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Eloy Diaz
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Angelica T. Dickey
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Katarina B. Donkers
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Anne Dronen
Generalist Nursing
Dominika J. Drupka
Applied Statistics
Myles Q. Edwards
Chemistry
Kelly A. Fitzgerald
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Alyssa M. Fitzhugh
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Samantha M. Froberg
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Joseph A. Frumkin
Biological Sciences
Chenye Fu
Applied Statistics
With Distinction
Shannon L. Gallagher
Biological Sciences
Erica Gardunio
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Matthew J. Garvin
Pure Mathematics
Anna Gertsberg
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Ari G. Ginsburg
Applied Statistics
Jamie M. Gniadek
Generalist Nursing
James A. Godawski
Generalist Nursing
Shondra Godlock
Generalist Nursing
Karissa M. Grahovac
Generalist Nursing
Amanda T. Griffin
Generalist Nursing
Molly M. Gruettner
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Lakshmi K. Gulabchand
Applied Statistics
With Distinction
Erik D. Gunnarsson
Applied Statistics
Jesse G. Hacker
Biological Sciences
Melissa M. Halinski
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Amanda E. Hamilton
Generalist Nursing
Andriana Hammer
Applied Statistics
Kathryn E. Hardy
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Gina M. Hawkins
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Binti Hawks
Generalist Nursing
Justyna Helinska
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Jessica R. Hoelzer
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Yoon-Hee Hong
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Susan M. Hope
Mathematics for Teaching
William A. Jackson
Pure Mathematics
Lauren M. James
Psychology
Ashley J. Jankowski
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Shan Jiang
Applied Statistics
Rui Jin
Applied Statistics
Jordan C. Johnson
Biological Sciences
Matthew E. Jones
Chemistry
Khalifa J.M. Jordan
Chemistry
Chandani S. Joshi
Applied Statistics
Haiyen T. Kamel
Applied Statistics
Gregory E. Karesh
Applied Mathematics
Mary E. Kasparian
Biological Sciences
Kara Keating
Generalist Nursing
Audrey C. Killarney
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Anna Kim
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
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Brittany Knipp
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Bojan Kojovic
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Galina Kompanets
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Nicole L. Krause
Generalist Nursing
Marialicia J. Kunkel
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Ines Kusmic
Physics
Tiffany G. Kwai
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Kamila Lakoma
Generalist Nursing
Zachary S. Langston
Biological Sciences
Brandon J. Larsen
Generalist Nursing
Akim A. Lekuti
Generalist Nursing
Amanda M. Levigne
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Venus Liang
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Dong G. Lim
Applied Statistics
Kelly Liu
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Maxwell G. London
Biological Sciences
Nicholas A. Lopez-Canelas
Physics
Sicong Ma
Applied Mathematics
Jie Ma
Applied Statistics
Ahmed F. Majekodunmi
Biological Sciences
Sudhakar Manne
Applied Statistics
With Distinction
Alyxandra S. Martin
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Carolyn S. Mason
Generalist Nursing
Endia V. McDonald
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Annie P. McIntosh
Biological Sciences
Bethany K. Meyer
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Robert W. Mikolajewski
✝
Generalist Nursing
Kristin L. Miller
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Emily J. Miller
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Kelsey N. Moran
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Justin A. Morgan
Psychology
Kattie L. Morris
Biological Sciences
Leah A. Morris
Biological Sciences
Angela R. Moses
Chemistry
With Distinction
Jacqueline Munyasya
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Jon M. Murphy
Physics
Aeshah H.A. Niyazi
Chemistry
Colleen M. O’Connor
Mathematics for Teaching
Jillian E. Oliszewicz
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Uchenna N. Onyema-Jones
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Karina Ortiz
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Callin L. Osborn
Applied Statistics
Sarah J. Ostrowski
Generalist Nursing
Nicole Pallas
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Matthew A. Pardo
Psychology
Shirlene Paul
Applied Statistics
Alexandra Pavkovich
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Kelli E. Peck
Chemistry
With Distinction
Cassandra L. Pedersen
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Jennifer M. Pence
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Emily Perkins
Mathematics for Teaching
Jonathan A. Persangi
Generalist Nursing
Jessica Petrie
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Margaret E. Pfaff
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Alaina Pfenning
Biological Sciences
Jack M. Pham
Generalist Nursing
Natalya S. Polishchuk
Applied Statistics
Danielle P. Poulos
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Sarah Power
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Lorena G. Prado
Chemistry
Kathryn N. Pucin
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Carrie Quinn
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Rae L. Rabideau
Psychology
Prachi Raicha
Applied Mathematics
Anirudhan Ramanathan
Applied Mathematics
Angela Randerson
Applied Statistics
Robin V. Redline
Biological Sciences
Danielle R. Richardson
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
✝
Awarded Posthumously
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Erin P. Robbins
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Natalia Rosario
Generalist Nursing
Elizabeth J. Ross
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Elizabeth G. Rottmann
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Steven L. Ruttenberg
Applied Mathematics
Tom E. Rutzen
Generalist Nursing
Michael Salinas
Applied Statistics
Jennifer Sandoval
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Nadia V. Sarnecki
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Jill E. Sears
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Michelle F. Sener
Biological Sciences
Phutthaphen Sengpanich
Generalist Nursing
Margaret A. Severance
Generalist Nursing
Roshni B. Shah
Generalist Nursing
Narinder F. Singh
Applied Statistics
Sarah J. Soffel
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Edward J. Solver
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Meghan E. Startin
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Anita Stefanek
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Samantha R. Sumait
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Christine Tarchinski
Mathematics for Teaching
Elizabeth Vaca
Biological Sciences
Karen M. Viola
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Lin Wan
Pure Mathematics
Yuewen Wang
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Vincent M. White
Generalist Nursing
Stephanie L. Whittaker
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Robert S. Wilson
Mathematics for Teaching
With Distinction
Emma S. Wolfe
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
Kesiya Xavier
Generalist Nursing
Pei Yang
Applied Statistics
Junhua Yang
Applied Statistics
Ming Yue
Applied Statistics
With Distinction
Anthony J. Zancanaro
Applied Mathematics
Jing Xian Zheng
Applied Mathematics
Kristin S. Zheng
Applied Statistics
Baoyi Zhou
Pure Mathematics
Anna L. Zoladz
Generalist Nursing
With Distinction
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Ibrahim A. Abed
Psychology
Cum Laude
Gerardo Acosta
Psychology
Andrew E. Alexander
Psychology
Cum Laude
Zubair Ali
Psychology
Geovanna M. Alonso
Psychology
Hannah M. Altizer
Environmental Studies
Elise R. Alvizu
Psychology
Thalia Amador
Psychology
Cum Laude
Sarah K. Anderson
Psychology
Hannah E. Anderson
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Jane E. Anderson
Psychology
Cum Laude
Joseph L. Arcus
Environmental Studies
Cum Laude
Joseph L. Arcus
Geography
Erika E. Arias
Environmental Studies
Cum Laude
Jessica L. Arundale
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Taryn A. Austin
Psychology
Landon C. Barber
Psychology
Angelica R. Barnett
Psychology
Sabrina A. Bartlett
Psychology
Stephanie S. Barton
Psychology
Cum Laude
Kela Battee
Psychology
Darbi M. Bauer
Psychology
Heather M. Bauer
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Alicia N. Berger
Psychology
Cum Laude
Isabelle Bode
Psychology
Cum Laude
Vincent B. Bottom
Psychology
Cum Laude
Sahara M. Bourgeois-Kuiper
Environmental Studies
Summa Cum Laude
COMMENCEMENT | 55
Peyton E. Brennock
Environmental Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Katrina E. Briscoe
Psychology
Cum Laude
Samuel E. Brown
Psychology
Cum Laude
Joiya M. Bryant
*
Psychology
Natalia Bukowski
Psychology
Brittney M. Bush
Psychology
Yvita A. Bustos
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Heather V. Callans
Psychology
Cum Laude
Viviana Castellano
Psychology
Violeta S. Castro
Psychology
Deyuana D. Catron
Psychology
Mendy J. Cazacu
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Basilia Celli
Psychology
Karli Cervantes
Psychology
Dontorrie V. Chatman
Psychology
Radina Cheleva
Psychology
Gia N. Chodzen
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Carli L. Cinquegrani
Psychology
Cum Laude
Tatum M. Clarke
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Kathryn M. Clements
Psychology
Marco M. Coleman
Psychology
Tiffany Connolly
Psychology
Daniel E. Cooper
Environmental Studies
Taylor A. Cotey
Psychology
Yana Cruz
Mathematical Sciences
Mia R. Dal Santo
*
Psychology
Women’s and Gender Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Stephanie M. Davis
Psychology
Ariana De Genova
Environmental Studies
Gustavo Delgado
Mathematical Sciences
Jacalyn E. Deluca
Psychology
Zoya Din
*
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Stacey Dolan
Psychology
Holly L. Dorian
Psychology
Brittney Y. Edwards
Psychology
Cum Laude
Malcolm Engel
Environmental Studies
Ella J. Evans
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Alex J. Faermark
Psychology
Eryn C. Fallon
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Britney L. Fenchel
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Katherine G. Fernandez
Psychology
Cum Laude
Marco Filimon
Psychology
Erin Fimiani
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Rosa Fitz
Environmental Studies
Paul R. Fitzpatrick
Chemistry
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Ronnie Fox
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Lauren C. Frantz
Psychology
Fernanda M. Garza
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel C. Gbur
Psychology
Noah B. Gelfman
Psychology
Cum Laude
Danielle R. Gena
Psychology
Matt J. Giniat
Psychology
Daniella V. Gobbo
Psychology
Cum Laude
Olivia R. Goral
Psychology
Cum Laude
Hannah E. Goschey
Psychology
Cum Laude
Shaharazad A. Grays
Psychology
Nicole L. Greal
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel Y. Grinberg
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Marlenna M. Guerra
Psychology
Federico D.C. Guerriero
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Marisa Gutierrez
Psychology
Robert M. Gutierrez
Psychology
Magdalena G. Harper
Psychology
Emily S. Harris
Psychology
Spanish
Summa Cum Laude
Ashley N. Hart
*
Psychology
Women’s and Gender Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Victoria J. Henderson
Psychology
Nicole C. Herzog
Psychology
Business Administration
Hope A. Hobgood
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
*
Denotes University Honors Program
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Jamie N. Hoddinott
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Brianna A. Holifield
Psychology
Sophia R. Holland
Environmental Studies
Olivia K. Hollman
Psychology
Catholic Studies
Cum Laude
Carly S. Holtzman
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Gabrielle N. Howard
Psychology
African and Black Diaspora
Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Alanya L. Huang
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Sabina Imamovic
Psychology
Callie R. Iozzo
Psychology
Henry C. Jahelka
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Margaret Jaryszek
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Marcellus J.C. Johnson
Chemistry
Rachel Johnson
Psychology
Cum Laude
Brian D. Jones
Psychology
Kristie K. Jones
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Madeline C. Kallianis
Psychology
Carolyn P. Kammer
*
Psychology
Spanish
Summa Cum Laude
Lauren J. Karnes
Psychology
Emma L. Kassab
Psychology
Cum Laude
Katie A. Kellesvig
Psychology
Cum Laude
Adriana A. Kemper
Environmental Studies
Cum Laude
Najam U. Khan
Psychology
Rashid Klostermann
Psychology
Anna L. Korelis
Psychology
Shannon Kourakis
Psychology
Cum Laude
Jocelyn E. Kraft
Psychology
Lauren N. Kret
Psychology
Funmilayo A. Kukute
Psychology
Sylwia K. Kuznia
Psychology
Kihwan Kwak
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Theodore J. Kwasigroch
Environmental Studies
Emily E. Lambert
Psychology
Cum Laude
Jazmin Lara
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Jules P. Lazar
Psychology
Elaine L. Lee
Psychology
Cum Laude
Sarah Levesque
Environmental Studies
Cum Laude
Alexey Marie H. Logarta
Psychology
Cum Laude
Samantha M. Longdon
Psychology
Cum Laude
Amanda N. Lopez-Martinez
Psychology
Samuel H. Lubliner
*
Environmental Studies
Cum Laude
Holly K. Mack
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Alec E. Mackowiak
Psychology
Marissa L. Majewski
Psychology
Michael Malesh
Psychology
Ellie S. Malman
Psychology
Nicole A. Malone
Psychology
Genesis A. Martinez
Psychology
Tathiana Martinez
Psychology
Rachel L. Matuseski
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
John V. Mayer
Psychology
Callie A. McCarthy
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
David J. McManus
*
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Pamela Mendoza
Psychology
Keila N. Mexicano
Psychology
Servando Miranda
Psychology
Shezray H. Mirza
Psychology
Somer G. Mitchell
Psychology
Sana Mohiuddin
Psychology
Cum Laude
Nicoleta Moroti
Psychology
Cum Laude
Erin N. Mortenson
Psychology
Relational Communication
Cum Laude
Vincent Mulry
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Jelani L. Newsome-Noble
Psychology
Alexander P. Nguyen
Mathematical Sciences
COMMENCEMENT | 57
Lauren A. Nichols
Psychology
Cum Laude
Onyinyechi Nkem-Abonta
Psychology
The Peace, Justice, and Conflict
Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Shayna C. Nwokenkwo
Psychology
Taylor G. O’Bryan
*
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Erin R. O’Connor
Psychology
Michael T. O’Donnell
Psychology
Nicholas E. Olson
Environmental Studies
Emily G. O’Reilly
*
Environmental Studies
Pathways Honors Program
Summa Cum Laude
Mary J. Pacheco
Psychology
Maria Paleologos
Psychology
Simone P. Parkas
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Amy E. Parker
*
Psychology
Communication Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Samuel L. Pepper
Environmental Studies
Jose J. Pereyda
Psychology
Marissa Perez
Psychology
Kelsey A. Peters
Psychology
Vlada Petrovska
Psychology
Casey F. Petterson
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Jennifer C. Prange
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Allison N. Preble
Environmental Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Marquie R. Price
Psychology
Cum Laude
Courtney J.L. Quam
Psychology
Drelana J. Rambo
Environmental Studies
Kaitlyn Ramian
Psychology
Cum Laude
Johanna Ramirez
Psychology
Cum Laude
Tommy L. Randolph
Psychology
Alejandro M. Raskind
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Guadalupe Raya
Psychology
Abigail A. Reed
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Lindsey E. Reigert
*
Mathematical Sciences
Alexandra J. Reiser
Psychology
Aidan C. Reynolds
Psychology
Colin D. Riggs
Psychology
Yesenia Rivera
Psychology
Dinah A. Robbins
Psychology
Alexis Rocha
Psychology
Jessica A. Rodriguez
Psychology
Yesenia Rodriguez
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Benjamin A. Rohr
Environmental Studies
Bianca D. Rosado
Psychology
Women’s and Gender Studies
Cum Laude
Afiya A. Sajwani
Psychology
Intercultural Communication
Cum Laude
Nadia A. Sakka
Psychology
Raquel B. Salazar
Psychology
Magaly N. Sanchez
Psychology
Jill Sanders
Environmental Studies
Sophia A. Sanfratello
Psychology
Briana M. Scaccianoce
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Annemarie Schaefer
Psychology
Cum Laude
Emilie C. Schliep
Psychology
Chenae Scott
Mathematical Sciences
Noelle Senior
Psychology
English
Summa Cum Laude
Alyssa R. Shipman
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Rebecca F. Simmons
Psychology
Mariya S. Sirman
Psychology
Cum Laude
Mark H. Skawski
Psychology
Sloane E. Smith
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Allison P. Smock
Mathematical Sciences
Nina Soberon
Psychology
Gertruda Sprindyte
Psychology
Kara E. Steiskal
Psychology
Lucy Steven
Psychology
Amsal Susterac
Psychology
Emmalie A. Swanson
Environmental Studies
Geography
Magna Cum Laude
*
Denotes University Honors Program
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Monserad Swanson
Psychology
Alexandra J. Tarr
Psychology
Cum Laude
Edward A. Teylan
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Keemone A. Torres
Psychology
Elizaveta Vasilyeva
Environmental Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Ana L. Vega
Psychology
Cum Laude
Danielle J. Velasco
Psychology
Ashley M. Verner
Psychology
Joseph F. Vnuck
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Dean P. Wagner
Environmental Studies
Adriana G. Walker
Psychology
Sociology
Summa Cum Laude
Jarvis Wallace
Psychology
Ping Wang
Mathematical Sciences
Elena N. Ward
Environmental Studies
Cassidy Waters
Psychology
Amanda S. Weinper
*
Psychology
Sociology
Summa Cum Laude
Ashley L. Wells
Psychology
Network Engineering and Security
Whitney Williams
Psychology
Diamond E. Willis
Psychology
Cassidy A. Wilson
Psychology
Kevin T. Wilson
Psychology
Cum Laude
Hannah N. Wolosek
*
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Erin E. Young
*
Psychology
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Priscilla H. Zajac
Psychology
Robin J. Zalinger
Environmental Studies
Lauren S. Zervos
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Lidia M. Zgela
Psychology
Yifei Zheng
Mathematical Sciences
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Yasir Abbas
Health Sciences
Joseph M. Abbate
Environmental Science
Maryam Q. Abdallah
Health Sciences
David Abramov
Physics
Biological Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Katherine E. Ackerman
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Anna C. Ackermann
*
Health Sciences
Sabah Adil
Health Sciences
Amira Affaneh
Neuroscience
Cum Laude
Henry O. Agunloye
Health Sciences
Afsheen Ahmed
Health Sciences
Mohammed K. Ahmed
Health Sciences
Usman Akbar
Health Sciences
Molly M. Alberts
Health Sciences
Blanca E. Almanza
Biological Sciences
Zaid A. Alrashid
Biological Sciences
Alexis R. Alvarado
Biological Sciences
Julian Alvarado
Psychology
Eric Alvarez
Health Sciences
Lujain A.I. Alyahya
Biological Sciences
Natasha Amershi
Health Sciences
Aamir S. Ansari
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Lissette Arellano
Biological Sciences
Allison H. Arnier
Psychology
Matthew J. Asztalos
Biological Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Zayd Ather
Health Sciences
Angelica R. Bago
Psychology
Rameen Bahramirad
Health Sciences
Sejla Bajramovic
Biological Sciences
Andrea Baldi
Biological Sciences
Annette L. Banquells
Health Sciences
Psychology
Kamila G. Barnak
Health Sciences
Oumou S. Barry
Health Sciences
Lindsey I. Bassett
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
John E. Beale
Health Sciences
Robert Beattie
Mathematical Sciences
Eduardo Becerra
Psychology
Jasmine Benson
Health Sciences
COMMENCEMENT | 59
Nina M. Benton
Health Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Lindzie J. Bernhard
Health Sciences
Michael Berry
Biological Sciences
Jay S. Bhanot
Chemistry
Ava R. Bibergal
Health Sciences
Stephanie L. Bieschke
Psychology
Cum Laude
Erica L. Blankemeyer
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Thomas L. Borders
Biological Sciences
Cum Laude
Alex T. Boyd
*
Biological Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Cum Laude
Destiny M. Bracamontes
Biological Sciences
Jane E. Bradley
*
Health Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Rushi K. Brahmbhatt
Health Sciences
Parth M. Brahmbhatt
Health Sciences
Angelika Bravo
Health Sciences
Koda S. Brinker
Health Sciences
Sean C.G. Bromfield
Health Sciences
Kelly Bruno
Health Sciences
Maher S. Budron
Health Sciences
James N. Burke
Biological Sciences
Cum Laude
Philip T. Burns
*
Neuroscience
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Christopher J. Busljeta
Health Sciences
Alvar D. Calderon
Mathematical Sciences
Bernita Camper
Psychology
Angela M. Canfield
Health Sciences
Casey M. Carlino
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Edwin Castaneda
Environmental Science
Betsy Castaneda
Health Sciences
Sarah E. Catalano
*
Mathematical Sciences
Isabelle Chae
Health Sciences
Alexa Chanos
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Warda A. Chaudhary
Health Sciences
Sebastien S. Chavannes
Biological Sciences
Kristina Chura
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Monika M. Cieszynski
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Colleen M. Cirilo-Marchant
Health Sciences
Anna J. Claussen
Health Sciences
Rachel F. Clevenger
Mathematical Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Brendan M. Comuzzie
Biological Sciences
Kelly O. Conger
Biological Sciences
Kalie Conklen
Health Sciences
Michael J. Conlin
Health Sciences
Samuel D. Conrad
Environmental Science
Kassandra N. Correa
Health Sciences
Timothy R. Corwin
Biological Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Cum Laude
Fernando V. Cotto
Psychology
Madeline H. Crowell
Health Sciences
Gabriela Cuevas
Psychology
Remy Dalloul
*
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Ryan Daly
Mathematical Sciences
Kim-marie A. Dam
Biological Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Summa Cum Laude
Michael Davis
Psychology
Kathleen H. De Leon
Mathematical Sciences
Caroline R. Deligio
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Jacob D. Desantis
Health Sciences
Christopher J. Dimaano
Health Sciences
Emily A. Divino
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Dylan A. Dixon
Health Sciences
John A. Donato
Mathematical Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Cassandra E. Edet
Biological Sciences
Taylor D.L. Ellis
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Camille C. Ellis
Physics
Cassidy A. Erickson
Health Sciences
Elizabeth Escobar
Biological Sciences
Erik D. Espeland
Environmental Science
Ulises J. Espinoza
Psychology
Cum Laude
*
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Alec J.P. Estacion
Mathematical Sciences
Lucas L.V. Estelle
Mathematical Sciences
Flory-Ann M. Evia
Health Sciences
Sarah G. Fennelly
Health Sciences
Sarah E. Fisher
*
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Meghan J. Fitzgerald
Psychology
Cum Laude
Mayra A. Flores
Biological Sciences
Olivia S. Fowler
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Mariah R. Francis
Nursing
Summa Cum Laude
Corinne R. Franz
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Katarzyna Frys
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Mariana Galindo
Biological Sciences
Elizabeth M. Galindo
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Kate Jillian O. Galvan
*
Chemistry
Magna Cum Laude
Braulio V. Garcia
Biological Sciences
Cum Laude
Alex J. Garcia
Chemistry
Janette Garcia
Health Sciences
Noel A. Garcia
Physics
Ellen F. Gardner
Health Sciences
Thomas W. Gates
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Dimitri D. Gellis
Health Sciences
Ymn Ghalyoun
Health Sciences
Megan Gillum
*
Neuroscience
Pathways Honors Program
Cum Laude
Christopher T. Gilroy
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Alexis M. Gilyard
Health Sciences
Juan L. Gonzalez
Health Sciences
Isza L. Gonzalez
Health Sciences
Patrick J. Gorecki
Health Sciences
Aaron Graham
Health Sciences
Alycia Graves
Health Sciences
Allison E. Grecco
Biological Sciences
Kelli L. Grischeau
Biological Sciences
Leopoldo C. Guerrero
Health Sciences
Ashley R. Gura
Health Sciences
Realino B. Gurdiel
Biological Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Helen A. Gustafson
Biological Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Rebecca M. Guthrie
Mathematical Sciences
Political Science
Cum Laude
Francesco Guzzo
Biological Sciences
Katherine J. Hall
Biological Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Andi A. Hamzallari
Health Sciences
Tara N. Hardin
Psychology
Veronica A. Henderson
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Steven M. Henson
Health Sciences
Lila Hernandez
Psychology
Hope L. Herten
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Matthew H. Hilker
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Caleb Q. Hill
Mathematical Sciences
Brianne C. Hillier
Health Sciences
Holly M. Hinrichs
Health Sciences
Joseph P. Hollowed
Physics
Magna Cum Laude
Jasmine N. Horn
Health Sciences
Adis Hrvat
Health Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Stephanie E. Hubacek
Environmental Science
Kyle A. Hudson
Mathematical Sciences
Maya Hughes
Health Sciences
Eleanor W. Hughes
Psychology
French
Yuliya Huk
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Steven M. Hull
Physics
Nada Hyder
Health Sciences
Sabrina B. Ickes
Health Sciences
Mirlinda L. Isai
Biological Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Frank M. Ishimwe
Mathematical Sciences
Cayla Iwaniuk
Health Sciences
Carly T. Jackson
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Rebecca A. Jaeger
Biological Sciences
Isaac A. Jarava
Biological Sciences
Emily R. Jarvis
Health Sciences
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Nicole Jazdzewski
Biological Sciences
Raza A. Jeffery
Health Sciences
Amelia C. Joblin
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Faith Johnson
Health Sciences
Samantha J. Johnson
Health Sciences
Ian A. Johnson
Physics
Mathematical Sciences
Sioban K. Joyce
Nursing
Maria Jozefczyk
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Dhuha A. Karim
Health Sciences
Megan D. Karnig
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Navneet Kaur
Biological Sciences
Kiranjeet Kaur
Health Sciences
Hannah E. Kemp
*
Biological Sciences
Courtney Kent
Chemistry
Camille D. Khalily
*
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Chad Kiaaina
Biological Sciences
Benjamin Y. Killam
Biological Sciences
Kimberly A. Kim
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Sarah R. Kish
*
Health Sciences
Alex Kislov
Health Sciences
Marta Konopka
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Marina L. Korelis
Psychology
Nicole K. Kowalski
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Benjamin A. Kramer
Mathematical Sciences
Charles J. Krzysiak
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Lacie Kurek
Health Sciences
Psychology
Nicole A. Kuykendall
Environmental Science
Matthew T. Lahey
Neuroscience
Violet E. Landry
Health Sciences
Rachel M. Lange
Biological Sciences
Ericka M. Latakas
Health Sciences
Madeline R. Leech
Psychology
Abigail C. Leeper
*
Biological Sciences
Cum Laude
Shaylee Lewis
Health Sciences
Lizbeth L. Limon
Health Sciences
Shawn M. Lindberg
Allied Health Technologies
Megan E. Linson
Biological Sciences
Matthew W. Litchford
Psychology
Desiree R. Lloyd
*
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Megan E. Lomasney
Biological Sciences
Madison M. Lynam
Health Sciences
Cameron N. Lynch
Chemistry
Ryan M. Maize
Health Sciences
Sana A. Malik
Biological Sciences
Kinga Mamulska
Mathematical Sciences
Economics Honors
Summa Cum Laude
John David A. Manuel
Chemistry
Cum Laude
Jacqueline E. Marquez
Health Sciences
The Peace, Justice, and Conflict
Studies
Paul A. Marsh
Mathematical Sciences
Daniel Martinez
Biological Sciences
Nathalie E. Martinez
Health Sciences
Elsa A. Mathai
Physics
Dennis P. May
Biological Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Lauren E. McGaughey
Psychology
Cum Laude
Erin E. McGee
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Cum Laude
Simon Megally
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Robert P. Meglei
Mathematical Sciences
Bryan A. Meinken
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Christine E. Mendoza
Health Sciences
Vincent Metzger
Biological Sciences
Erin E. Miller
Health Sciences
Amber P. Miller
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Samuel Miller
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Kara N. Miller
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Aarti P. Mistry
Environmental Science
Alan J. Mlotkowski
*
Chemistry
Pathways Honors Program
Monika M. Molinski
Health Sciences
*
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Natalie G. Mongillo
Health Sciences
Anubis Mora
Chemistry
Patricia J. Morad
Health Sciences
Phoebe C. Mortellaro
Health Sciences
Siya Mosha
Health Sciences
Emily K. Mosher
Psychology
Cum Laude
Andrea L. Moss
*
Health Sciences
Maybelline Mounivong
Health Sciences
Rebecca K. Murphy
Biological Sciences
Melissa E. Nalepka
Health Sciences
Amala M. Nechkash
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Van Hong Nguyen
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Joshua T. Novak
Health Sciences
Elijah A. Obasanya
Chemistry
Kennedy M. Odulio-Papa
Psychology
Cum Laude
Olaleye O. Olatunji
Health Sciences
Oriana C. Ordosgoiti
Martinez
Health Sciences
Olutamilore O. Osilaja
Health Sciences
Cristian A. Ovies
*
Biological Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Itunu T. Oyeyipo
Health Sciences
Cozette T. Padon
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Kayla D. Palmer
Biological Sciences
Zaynab Pardesi
Health Sciences
Anthony C. Parisi
Biological Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Ki-tae B. Park
Biological Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Adrian Pater
Biological Sciences
Rebecca N. Pauwels
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Brenda Pedroza
Biological Sciences
Boris Pekhota
Biological Sciences
Destiny M. Perez
Biological Sciences
Cum Laude
Hieu T. Phan
Biological Sciences
Alexandra N. Phelan
Health Sciences
Zachary S. Pierard
Biological Sciences
Nicole M. Pihl
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Summa Cum Laude
Samantha A. Pindak
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Cum Laude
Victor Pirsoul
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Mihaela Ples
Nursing
Cum Laude
Kathryn G. Pochyly
Health Sciences
Deseree L. Poellnitz
Biological Sciences
Vijay K. Policherla
Biological Sciences
Mercedes O. Posadas
Health Sciences
Justin A. Potvin
*
Physics
Cum Laude
Andrea Pratts
Health Sciences
Pablo A. Pulsifer
Health Sciences
Alejandro B. Quiroz
Health Sciences
Taylor J. Rager
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Queen Rama
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Nicole R. Ratcliffe
Health Sciences
Priscilla Reyes
Health Sciences
Kyle A. Reynolds
Health Sciences
Mikayla L. Rickord
Health Sciences
Justin M. Rickter
Biological Sciences
Cum Laude
Lauren E. Ritzel
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Carolyn A. Robinson
*
Biological Sciences
Jennifer K. Rohde
Health Sciences
Daisy Roman
Health Sciences
Brandon A. Roman
*
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Pathways Honors Program
Summa Cum Laude
Kiara L. Rosado
Health Sciences
Buerkley A. Rose
Nursing
Jacob M. Rothman
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Azalea C. Rudolph
Environmental Science
Peter D. Ryckbosch
Health Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Zena K. Saad
*
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Cum Laude
Vasiliki Sakarakis
Health Sciences
Natasha D. Samuel
Health Sciences
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Malene Sanchez
Health Sciences
Edna Sanchez
Health Sciences
Steven M. Santoro
Psychology
Amanda M. Santowski
Health Sciences
Peter Sarkis
Health Sciences
William R. Sassack
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Margaret L. Saunders
Psychology
Elliot G. Savarese
Psychology
Taylor Schissler
Psychology
Brooke N. Schulte
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Megan L. Scoville
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Benjamin R. Shaffer
Environmental Science
Michael B. Shah
Physics
Ashwin Sharma
Mathematical Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Amber E. Sibon
Health Sciences
Jordana E. Siegel
Psychology
Juldina Simon
Health Sciences
Diljot Singh
Biological Sciences
Brittany M. Sirotti
Biological Sciences
Paige E. Skorseth
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Summa Cum Laude
Kevin J. Skrzypiec
Biological Sciences
Andrzej Skubis
Biological Sciences
Joshua Z. Smith
Biological Sciences
Nicole M. Smith
Health Sciences
Courtney J. Smith
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Kaila E. Smith
*
Biological Sciences
Tara M. Smith
*
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Veronica Soto
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Michaela Spence
Health Sciences
Lauren E. St Pierre
*
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Devin C. Stalker
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Michelle N. Staten
*
Mathematical Sciences
German
Cum Laude
Jeffrey L. Stein
Mathematical Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Thomas S. Stomper
Biological Sciences
Sophie I. Struble
Biological Sciences
Junaid Suleman
Health Sciences
Phoebus Sun Cao
Chemistry
Pathways Honors Program
Summa Cum Laude
Shawn B. Sundquist
Biological Sciences
Oyinua Queen Suowari
Health Sciences
Lauren K. Sutfin
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Brittney Swanson
Biological Sciences
Zeeshan Tai
Health Sciences
Camille O. Talwar
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Magna Cum Laude
Nicholas M. Tassone
Chemistry
Jennifer J. Thompson
Environmental Science
Cum Laude
Kinara K. Thompson
Health Sciences
Vinzenz Tordecilla
Health Sciences
Julie Tran
Health Sciences
Joseph D. Tylka
Biological Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Erica Valdez
Biological Sciences
Allison L. Vanderwoude
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Caitlin Vaughn
Environmental Science
Mathematical Sciences
Alexandra Y. Vazquez
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Ana A. Vera
Mathematical Sciences
Michael W. Wade
*
Biological Sciences
Emily C. Walsh
Environmental Science
Cum Laude
Jessica N. Weaver
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Jacob J. Weingart
Health Sciences
Lucas F. Welk
Biological Sciences
August J. Wessel
Mathematical Sciences
Amanda S. Williams
Health Sciences
Magna Cum Laude
Alyssa K. Williams
Health Sciences
Deisi R. Williamson
Biological Sciences
De’Ongela E. Willis
Health Sciences
Kelly E. Wine
Health Sciences
Angela R. Wonnacott
Nursing
Summa Cum Laude
*
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Nicholas W. Woo
*
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Sarah Wozniak
Health Sciences
Summa Cum Laude
Alexa L. Wright
Psychology
Yunyun Wu
Physics
Haozhen Xu
Mathematical Sciences
Caroline Yeager
Health Sciences
Henry Yepez
Psychology
Duane Yu
Biological Sciences
Cum Laude
Shawna A. Yu
Biological Sciences
Dalton T. Yu
Health Sciences
Alexa M. Zajecka
Health Sciences
Pathways Honors Program
Cum Laude
Miguel Zambrano
Health Sciences
Jeannette G. Zapien
Health Sciences
Maria R. Zaremba
Health Sciences
Garrett J. Zavesky
Health Sciences
Cum Laude
Jennifer A. Zea
Health Sciences
Lena A. Zinkl
Health Sciences
Elena C. Zuber
*
Psychology
Biological Sciences
*
Denotes University Honors Program
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COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, PhD, Dean and Professor of Art, Media, and Design
Graduate program candidates’ and undergraduate candidates’ names A-C announced by Jacqueline Lazú, PhD, Associate Dean and
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Undergraduate candidates’ names D-Z announced by Margaret Storey, PhD, Interim Associate Dean and Professor of History
MASTER OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION
Nubia Anaguano
International Public Management
Arlinda Bajrami
Public Management
Jennifer Martin Barnes
Public Management
Aida Cantic
Public Management
With Distinction
Daisy Chavez
Public Management
Morgan Cox
Public Management
With Distinction
Brittany Taylor Dickens
Public Management
Cicely Lynn Fleming
Public Management
Autum M. Greeson
Public Management
Holly Herald
Public Management
Panagiota Horaites
International Public Management
Tiara Jones
Public Management
Agnieshka Ewa Korzeniowski
Public Management
With Distinction
Frank John Kraut
Public Management
With Distinction
Mark A. Lemus
Public Management
Romuald Lenou Tassigne
International Public Management
With Distinction
Monica Natalia Los
International Public Management
William T. Lyons
Public Management
Ariel Marbury
International Public Management
Cecilia Marchan
Public Management
Aisha Patrice Marshall
Public Management
Usman Altaf Mian
International Public Management
Peter J. Nickell
Public Management
Courtney N. Paige
International Public Management
Jasmin Rosales
Public Management
With Distinction
Romayne Rozelle
Public Management
Michael Schumacher
International Public Management
Gina K. Serafini
Public Management
With Distinction
Erin Maureen Sharkey
International Public Management
With Distinction
Ephraim Simon
Public Management
Daria Stepanyan
Public Management
Jessica Tankovich
Public Management
Kacie Ann Tompkins
Public Management
Daniel Steven Tsang
Public Management
Justin Michael Uebelhor
Public Management
With Distinction
Rachel Christine Ulanowski
International Public Management
With Distinction
Christopher D. Witting
Metropolitan Planning and
Urban Affairs
With Distinction
Brionika T. Woods
Public Management
Yesoe Yoon
International Public Management
MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY
Jennifer Frieda Aron
Public Policy
Christopher E. Arwady
Public Policy
Shannon Bailey
Public Policy
Julie S. Buchanan
Public Policy
With Distinction
Mary L. Castro
Public Policy
Gavin Taylor Gretsky
Public Policy
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Benjamin T. Frazer-Simser
Philosophy
Dissertation: A Discourse of the Non-Discursive: Plato and Pseudo-Dionysis
Ian Moore
Philosophy
Dissertation: Being and Method in Eckhart and Heidegger
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LaDeshia Comari Maxwell
Public Policy
Corey David McEachern
Public Policy
Cecilia Mendoza
Public Policy
With Distinction
Stefanie Lynn Polacheck
Public Policy
With Distinction
Patricia Ann Reid
Public Policy
With Distinction
Jeffrey K. Ryan
Public Policy
Candiss Jewell Shumate
Public Policy
With Distinction
Jessica L. Simmons
Public Policy
With Distinction
Jonathan S. Sung
Public Policy
Eftiola Trebicka
Public Policy
MASTER OF NONPROFIT
MANAGEMENT
Jameelah A. Adas
Nonprofit Management
Lily Anat Bukshpan
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Erin Button
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Tara Nicole Dolan
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Mark William Fromer
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Ashley Elizabeth Habelt
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Sandra Brianna Jo Blaine Holt
Nonprofit Management
Elizabeth Kay Kron
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Jennie Motto
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Megan E. Whitney
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
Brittany Nicole Williams
Nonprofit Management
With Distinction
MASTER OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
Javeria A. Ali
Public Health
Tami Renee Bartell
Public Health
Connor N. Boike
Public Health
Jori Renee Brink
Public Health
Derek Wesley Craig
Public Health
Kelli Day
Public Health
Francis De-Asis
Public Health
Camille Elizabeth DeMarco
Public Health
Michael J. Desmond
Public Health
Charlotte Elizabeth
Dodsworth
Public Health
Lauren J. Ebeling
Public Health
Iman Mohammad Egab
Public Health
Debra O. Eluobaju
Public Health
Dimas Escobar Perez
Public Health
Michelle Rachael Evans
Public Health
Lisa Jasmin D. Ford
Public Health
Chelsea Kaitlin Harris
Public Health
Taylor Raymond Hunter
Public Health
Hayder Sinan Kamil Hussein
Public Health
Jessica Ladi Ibrahim Puri
Public Health
Aneta M. Jedraszko
Public Health
Ieshia Patrica Johnson
Public Health
Flora Nabutono Kabashekye
Public Health
Erin Barbara Keating
Public Health
Brianna Cymone King
Public Health
Steve Lai
Public Health
Briana Nhy’ A Patrice Lemon
Public Health
Rachel Amelia Magoon
Public Health
Molly Katherine Magri
Public Health
Savana Marie Martin
Public Health
Imilya Mirza
Public Health
Claire J. Niemet
Public Health
Antonette F. Rabor
Public Health
De’Andra Robertson
Public Health
Allison Rusie
Public Health
Laura Therese Russo
Public Health
Charles A. Rutherford
Public Health
Ami Piyush Shah
Public Health
Jeanette Stadnicki
Public Health
Sally A. Szumlas
Public Health
Emily Claire Tamblyn
Public Health
Michael H. Termar
Public Health
Precious Marie Walker
Public Health
Michelle Zepeda Orozco
Public Health
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
Dereck Gabriell Alexander
Social Work
Brittney M. Battle
Social Work
With Distinction
Brian Daniel Calhoun
Social Work
With Distinction
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Alisha Denis
Social Work
With Distinction
Maya A. Eberhardt
Social Work
Markita M. Edwards
Social Work
Angela Franco
Social Work
With Distinction
Anne Therese Geoghegan
Social Work
With Distinction
Jasmith Whitney Joseph
Social Work
With Distinction
Kathleen Leifer
Social Work
With Distinction
Valerie Lilley
Social Work
With Distinction
Laura Mir
Social Work
With Distinction
Rachel Parnau
Social Work
Mili Sheth
Social Work
With Distinction
Madelyn Grace Smith
Social Work
With Distinction
Sanchez Thomas
Social Work
With Distinction
Chequella C. Wadley
Social Work
Antonia Warren
Social Work
With Distinction
Dale Zigulich
Social Work
MASTER OF ARTS
Rafah Abuinnab
Arabic
Christopher Henry Ackels
English
Ashley Xenophon Alcorn
English
Whitney N. Anderson
Women’s and Gender Studies
Lisette Arzuaga
Women’s and Gender Studies
Siraj El Dine Asfahani
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Gabriella A. Baldassari
Sustainable Urban Development
Robert Allen Barry
Critical Ethnic Studies
Yohanes Berchmans Belina
Philosophy
With Distinction
Aiden M. Bettine
Critical Ethnic Studies
With Distinction
Alexandra Kristine Bissell
English
Theresa Marie Bratanch
Women’s and Gender Studies
Davina Alean Bridges
Sociology
Joshua D. Brown
English
Kristi N. Bruno
New Media Studies
With Distinction
Crystal Bryson
International Studies
Elysa Buss
English
Juan L. Chavez
Women’s and Gender Studies
Nina M. Cislo
Sociology
With Distinction
Rachel Lee Conrad
Interdisciplinary Studies
Ryan Daily
Writing and Publishing
Amanda A. Dalessandro
Sociology
With Distinction
Robert Daniels
English
Rche L. Danley
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Jaime Noel Davis Pederson
Sociology
Jasmine Shantel Dawson
Writing and Publishing
Muriel Laketra
Dorsey-Johnson
Critical Ethnic Studies
Catherine Emily Drake
International Studies
Tiffany Drebenstedt
Sociology
With Distinction
Carly Teal Dutkiewicz
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Margaret Marilyn Earley
Sociology
With Distinction
Larone Ellison
Sociology
Alex V. Enriquez
Writing and Publishing
Elizabeth Fei
Critical Ethnic Studies
With Distinction
Nathan M. Fey
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
With Distinction
Jennifer Lee Fleming
Sustainable Urban Development
Daniel Flynn
International Studies
With Distinction
Michael William Fodor
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Cassandra L. Forster-Broten
Women’s and Gender Studies
Natalie Garcia
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Jacob A. Glimco
New Media Studies
Lauren Elizabeth Godsel
English
Ellen J. Goese
Women’s and Gender Studies
Allison G. Gourley
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
With Distinction
Laura A. Gray
English
Antonio Guerrero
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
With Distinction
Amanda Hanna
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Monica Dorothy Harabasz
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
With Distinction
William W. Harris
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Mary Hazboun
Women’s and Gender Studies
Luke Anthony Hingtgen
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Jacob Eugene Horn
Sustainable Urban Development
Timothy D. Hotze
International Studies
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Caullen S. Hudson
Sociology
With Distinction
Yiwen Jiao
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Rebecca Johnson
Women’s and Gender Studies
Scott A. Jones
International Studies
Audrey S. Juergens
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Lidia Kamionka
History
Ashley R. Kanter
Interdisciplinary Studies
Brian Thomas Kay
English
Cara C. Kennedy
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Jennifer Keplinger
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Kaitlyn E. Kesler
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Javeriya Khan
English
Maria Elizabeth Kleckley
New Media Studies
Dominika Kleinova
International Studies
Ann F. Kopec
Women’s and Gender Studies
Alicja E. Kubas
International Studies
Rachel Loraine Landgraf
New Media Studies
Amalia Janecsy Leiva
Sociology
With Distinction
Renata Lucyna Leonard
Sociology
Chanel C. Lewis
Women’s and Gender Studies
Chang Liu
Japanese
Mitchell Lohr
History
With Distinction
Caitlyn LoMonte
Women’s and Gender Studies
Jamal Mahmoud
Sociology
Jacqueline Mavros
History
Timothy Charles McDermott
Writing and Publishing
James McDoniel
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Courtney M. McDowell
Sociology
Kyle McGinnis
Sustainable Urban Development
Gabriella Ann Mihm
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Brian E. Mincer
History
With Distinction
Christina Miranda
English
Taralee Emma Morgan
Spanish
With Distinction
Carrie A. Morris
Critical Ethnic Studies
Katelynn A. Moxon
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Joseph L. Nash
English
Amy N. Neubauer
Women’s and Gender Studies
Nadege Nicholas
International Studies
Amanda C. Novak
Women’s and Gender Studies
Adam Christopher Obringer
New Media Studies
With Distinction
Sara Oceguera
Critical Ethnic Studies
Citlali Ochoa
Spanish
Nagieh Omer
English
Allison Pelletier
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
With Distinction
Casimiro Jesse Pena
Sociology
Ariadna Isabella Perez Tineo
New Media Studies
Daniel Scott Perlman
Philosophy
With Distinction
Mychael W. Phillips
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Alyssa M. Prentice
English
Lizzet G. Proa
Women’s and Gender Studies
Whitney M. Rauenhorst
Writing and Publishing
With Distinction
Jennifer Alise Rhee
Liberal Studies
Lauren Ann Ribant
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Lauren Ann Rooney
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Shannon Runka
Women’s and Gender Studies
Aracelis M. Sanchez
International Studies
Jennifer Rose Sanfilippo
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
With Distinction
Alex Schackmuth
Sociology
Samantha E. Schorsch
Writing and Publishing
Alexander D. Seifert
History
Jasmina Selimovic
English
Tamalika Sengupta
Sociology
With Distinction
Zubin M. Sherring
Sociology
With Distinction
Rachel R. Silverbloom
Philosophy
With Distinction
Rachael Kelsey Smith
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Taylor Soto
International Studies
Haleigh K. Stern
New Media Studies
With Distinction
Samantha J. Stockman
Women’s and Gender Studies
Mihaela Ionela Stoica
English
Gina Rebecca Tremmel
Spanish
Melissa Trinley
International Studies
Gray H. Turek
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
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Kaitlin Michelle Vens
Women’s and Gender Studies
Beatriz C. Vigil
International Studies
Carolyn Leigh Vos
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
With Distinction
Abby Walter
Spanish
With Distinction
Ashley J. Watson
Sociology
With Distinction
Kelsey Lee Wayne
Spanish
Jordan Dwight Weber
English
Kacey I. Whalen
English
Philip Wisniewski
English
Mercedes M. Wurm
Sustainable Urban Development
Dana M. Yanocha
Sustainable Urban Development
With Distinction
Quinnmesha Shaleste Yearby
Critical Ethnic Studies
Victoria I. Ziecina
Sociology
With Distinction
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Vanessa Aduro
Public Service Management
Addisalem B. Agegnehu
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
Deyanira T. Avila
International Public Service
With Distinction
Leah Barnes
International Public Service
Terry J. Berna
International Public Service
Errin Tamika Berry
Public Service Management
Dana Elizabeth Buelsing
Public Service Management
With Distinction
Kirby McConkey Butler
International Public Service
Kristin L. Coleman
Public Service Management
Brandi Cook
Public Service Management
Rosa E. Cordova
International Public Service
Tonisha L. Daniel
Public Service Management
Christine Daskais
Public Service Management
Sarah Elizabeth Dawson
Public Service Management
Andrew Del Rivero
International Public Service
Chase Hunter Fann
International Public Service
Ashley Megan Crow Fisseha
International Public Service
With Distinction
Diego Armando Gallon
International Public Service
With Distinction
Jamie Marie Garcia
International Public Service
Dina Hadziselimovic
International Public Service
Peter Sterling Haley Toepfer
Public Service Management
With Distinction
Kiara Hardin
Public Service Management
Bradley S. Herman
International Public Service
Julieth Hernandez Garcia
International Public Service
Joann Holmen
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
Melissa Yvette Howard
Public Service Management
Julie Anne Hunnewell
Public Service Management
With Distinction
Bradly K. Johnson
Public Service Management
Lindsey M. Jones
Public Service Management
Christian Brian Jorgensen
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
Yasmine Karavattuveetil
Public Service Management
Stephanie L. Keith
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
With Distinction
Tessa Victoria Lavdiotis
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
Daniel Chaim Lebowitz
Public Service Management
Sheree Elizabeth Lee
Public Service Management
Amanda Irene Lester
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
Jane Caroline Lombardi
Public Service Management
With Distinction
David Massey
International Public Service
Nicole Helene-Marie
McLellan
International Public Service
Eunice A. Morales
Public Service Management
Nayab Navid
Public Service Management
With Distinction
Geri Anne Nelson
Public Service Management
Megan Nolan
Public Service Management
Jill E. Nyhof
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
Megan Katherine Peters
International Public Service
Andrew Jerome Prusack
Public Service Management
Wallis Raekelboom
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
Liliana Ramos
International Public Service
Tatiana L. Roberts
Public Service Management
Miguel A. Rodriguez
Leadership and Policy Studies
Enrique Ruelas
Public Service Management
Juan M. Salgado
International Public Service
Jessica Helen Smasal
Public Service Management
With Distinction
Heather Spray
International Public Service
With Distinction
Jacqueline N. Stogsdill
Public Service Management
Pezhman Hossein Tarassoly
International Public Service
With Distinction
Antionette Taylor-Thomas
Public Service Management
With Distinction
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Natalie Anne Topp
Leadership and Policy Studies
With Distinction
Akshara Ahalya
Vivekananthan
International Public Service
Megan Leigh Walton
Public Service Management
With Distinction
Jarrell Alan Wattley
Public Service Management
Kelli Ann Weber
Public Service Management
With Distinction
Kelly A. Williams
International Public Service
Jasmine Wilson
Public Service Management
Carmela Wimberly
Public Service Management
Ben Wright
Refugee and Forced Migration
Studies
With Distinction
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Dina O. Abdalla
International Studies
Aisha Abid
Philosophy
Michelle V. Abraham
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Emily C. Adams
*
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Ismael Aguirre
Sociology
Sarah Maria Ahmad
Political Science
Women’s and Gender Studies
Nabeela N. Ahmed
Political Science
Islamic World Studies
Abdulaziz Mohammedali
S Alahmadi
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Nick C. Albano
Political Science
Mario A. Alberico
History
Cum Laude
Anand Aldarjav
Economics
Summa Cum Laude
Kylie Allen
Philosophy
Summa Cum Laude
Dana L. Alsamsam
English
Summa Cum Laude
Delisse R. Alvarez
History
Kajal Amin
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel Ebitimi Amos
Sociology
Madeline M. Anderson
Japanese Studies
Spanish
Magna Cum Laude
Stephanie K. Anderson
History of Art and Achitecture
Magna Cum Laude
Javier Andujar
*
English
Asma Anwar
Sociology
Heidi E. Arenberg
English
Tamaradoubra Ari
International Studies
Estivaliz Arroyo
Political Science
Tencredi Atteo
Economics
Peter Audrain
Political Science
Harryl G. Avery
Sociology
Alejandra Avila
Public Policy
Reyna Avila
Spanish
Wejdan Awadallah
English
Cum Laude
Fortune Dutei Aweh
International Studies
Cum Laude
Eyorokpo-Ebimi Azazi
International Studies
Cum Laude
Joseph F. Babbitt
History
Frank R. Baer
Economics
Madison Leigh Bagby
Sociology
French
Summa Cum Laude
Dania I. Ballout
Political Science
Michael Joseph Barrett
International Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Sherry Barron
Anthropology
Noah Daniel Barth
*
American Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Kennedy Alyssa Bartley
Public Policy
Jordan Elizabeth Battaglia
English
Summa Cum Laude
Alyce H. Bauer
International Studies
Elena S. Becerril
International Studies
Geography
Cum Laude
Emily M. Becker
*
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Nicole C. Been
Political Science
Nolan D. Begley
Sociology
Cum Laude
Mashele C. Belk
Political Science
Maurice Bell
Sociology
Joseph Edward Bencomo
Arabic Studies
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Meredith S.
Bennett-Swanson
*
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Julia Marie Berger
English
Magna Cum Laude
Lincoln T. Berget
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Brandon C. Bernardi
Sociology
Matthew P. Bernbaum
English
John M. Bins
Japanese Studies
Sara Ann Birchler
Public Policy
Summa Cum Laude
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Helen C. Blodgett
Art, Media, and Design
Mark Boeckenstedt
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Matthew Steven Bogner
Economics
Luke V. Borkowski
International Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Laura Brettholle
History of Art and Achitecture
Magna Cum Laude
Michael Wayne Brookins
International Studies
Karla Rhea Brooks
English
Rose Hrynick Browne
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Cum Laude
Emma C. Buell
English
Silpa Bulusu
Philosophy
Bianca C. Burns
*
Political Science
Cum Laude
Molly K. Butler
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Shamiah P. Byrd
Political Science
Estela Cabrera
Political Science
Michelle S. Cahill
History
Magna Cum Laude
Matthew Anthony Calabrese
Political Science
Lisette Calderon
Sociology
Mackenzie Lynn Canfield
Sociology
English
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica Carapia
Political Science
Augustin N. Carey
Anthropology
Cum Laude
Jake P. Carlisi
English
Summa Cum Laude
Dominic G. Carranza
Arabic Studies
Jasmine Leonila Carrazco
Spanish
Anthony N. Carrillo
History
Samuel Jeffery Carroll
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Marisa C. Castillo
*
Women’s and Gender Studies
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Kelly M. Cavanaugh
Political Science
Nikolette A. Chambers
Sociology
Austin J. Chamernik
Sociology
Summa Cum Laude
Andrea Chavarin
Spanish
Allison K. Check
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Guanxu Chen
Economics
Kennedy A. Chiglo
Political Science
Psychology
Cum Laude
Zunaira A. Chishti
International Studies
Nameera Chowdhury
English
Marie Steven Christophell
*
English
Magna Cum Laude
James Chuckas
Religious Studies
Dylan Shannon-Marie Clair
Women’s and Gender Studies
Braun Abrams Clarey
Economics Honors
Angela A. Clay
Public Policy
Samuel T. Clemens
History
Sydney A. Clifford
Sociology
Psychology
Cum Laude
Katarina S. Coates
Philosophy
Benjamin C.R. Cohen
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
BriAnna C. Cokley
Political Science
David Lee Collins
Arabic Studies
Cum Laude
Jessica S. Conneely
History
Jillian M. Cooney
International Studies
Anna D. Cooper
English
Cum Laude
Samuel J. Cooper
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Lucas Morley Copeland
Sociology
Lucy Delaney Corbin
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Cristopher Cortes
International Studies
Cum Laude
Zakary M. Cottrell
Spanish
Brendon Cross
Sociology
Michael Anthony Curry
Spanish
Chloe Curtis
Sociology
Thomas Cushing
*
Economics Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Natalie Reagan Cushman
Public Policy
Magna Cum Laude
Harvey Oyinbratua Dan Ere
International Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Jackson Reed Danbeck
History
Summa Cum Laude
Vanessa Paula Del Carmen
Art, Media, and Design
Rachel M. De-Leon
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Sherita Lanae DeLoney
Sociology
Malav Maheshkumar Desai
Economics
Rachel Desai
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Ashnar Dholakia
International Studies
Cum Laude
Anexy M. Diaz
Sociology
*
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Wuilber Javier Diaz
Political Science
Kristen Dipietro
Economics
Erica A. Dix
*
English
Cum Laude
Gerald Bishop Dixon
Economics
Tara Dobbs
Anthropology
Summa Cum Laude
Michelle Dominguez
English
Psychology
Grace Margaret Donaldson
Women’s and Gender Studies
Erin A. Donnelly
*
English
Cum Laude
Mary Olivia Donohue
English
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Joshua Jialin Dou
English
Jireh Drake
Art, Media, and Design
Cum Laude
Roman Drewniak
Political Science
Jesse Taylor Drewry
Economics Honors
Chinese Studies
Cum Laude
Colin T. Driehorst
Public Policy
Andrew B. Dupont
Geography
Leyla Duymazlar
Public Policy
Eleanore C. Dykes
Public Policy
Magna Cum Laude
Chloe Amelia Eastburn
Sociology
Lindsay Faith Echito
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Cum Laude
Myron E. Edwards
Public Policy
George David Elrod
History of Art and Achitecture
Magna Cum Laude
Jason Eng
English
Krystal R. Eriks
English
Summa Cum Laude
Megan R. Escobosa
Political Science
Anna T. Faber
History
Cum Laude
Patrick Feil
History
Dayanara Fernandez
International Studies
Christopher A. Ferriero
Political Science
Luca J. Ferro
English
Cum Laude
Christian E. Figueroa A
History
Magna Cum Laude
Rayven Therese Fischer
International Studies
Summa Cum Laude
George A. Fish
History of Art and Achitecture
Emily Macaulay Flock
*
Geography
Magna Cum Laude
Edgar R. Flores
Political Science
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Jamila Y. Flowers
English
Caroline V. Fombelle
Women’s and Gender Studies
Cecelia Coyne Forberg
International Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Hawa Kamara Foster
International Studies
Elan S. Frankel
English
Connor Frankian
International Studies
Sara Michele Frankiewicz
*
Chinese Studies
Cum Laude
Ilirjana Fteja
Political Science
Joseph Peter Furbeck
Anthropology
Molly C. Gabinski
Art, Media, and Design
Ashley Gaffigan
Political Science
Joe R. Gagliardi
Art, Media, and Design
Environmental Studies
Joseph B. Galin
Political Science
Scott Galka
Economics
Kayla J. Garcia
Chinese Studies
Cum Laude
Robert Francis Gardner
Political Science
Samantha Leigh Garfinkel
*
English
Magna Cum Laude
Jacob T. Genthner
Political Science
Emma E. Gier
Anthropology
Summa Cum Laude
Melody Gil
Public Policy
Shaela Gilot
African and Black Diaspora
Studies
Andrew Giniat
Economics
Magna Cum Laude
Derrick J. Givens
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Justin S. Glenn
*
History
English
Magna Cum Laude
James R. Golden
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Harold D. Gomez
Sociology
Christopher Gonzalez
English
Juan E. Gonzalez
Philosophy
Brian Grad
Economics
Sydney Griese
Sociology
Summa Cum Laude
Alexander Richard Griffin
Philosophy
History
Cum Laude
Claire M. Griffith
International Studies
Geography
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Taylor Jane Griggs
Sociology
Nicole Grinbarg
Anthropology
Elisabeth C. Guerrero
Public Policy
Stephanie A. Guthrie
Anthropology
Magna Cum Laude
Ana Elizabeth S. Gutierrez
Art, Media, and Design
Nicholas Gutierrez
Philosophy
Hugo Gutierrez Tapia
Political Science
Adriana Guzman
Sociology
Michael A. Guzy
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Laura Z. Haffey
English
Sabrina L. Haggerty
Political Science
Jasmine K. Hall
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Kara E. Hamilton
Political Science
Cum Laude
Tyler J. Hamilton
*
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Sahar Hassan
English
Safina Hassnoddin
Women’s and Gender Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Jack Hayden
Political Science
Molly E. Hendrickson
Economics Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Megan M. Hennessy
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Laura Hernandez
German
Spanish
Vanessa L. Hernandez
Sociology
Emily Joan Herrmann
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
John E. Hickey
Economics
Alexa B. Higa
English
Magna Cum Laude
Gabrielle Naima Hillman
Sociology
Kaitlyn A. Hoffman
French
Psychology
Michael Hollacher
Political Science
Rhiannon M. Holzman
Religious Studies
German
Cum Laude
Sarah Howard
History
Vadims Hrjapins
Political Science
Carly Hubbard
English
Andrew D. Hull
History
Andrew J. Humphrey
German
English
Magna Cum Laude
Charles C. Hurt
Chinese Studies
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Keena M. Hutchinson
Art, Media, and Design
Sean P. Hux
*
History
Summa Cum Laude
Taylor C. Iaculla
Public Policy
Magna Cum Laude
Christian Ing
English
Cum Laude
Jazmin J. Iracheta
English
Emily Lauren Irish-Ryan
*
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Elise L. Jackson
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Magna Cum Laude
Nicholas Jackson
Economics
Tannura D. Jackson
African and Black Diaspora
Studies
Eddie Jacobo
Sociology
Cum Laude
Balgin Kaur Jangghir Singh
Political Science
Megan Anne Janowiak
English
Philosophy
Summa Cum Laude
Adam Baker Jaster
Political Science
Jordan A. Jedry
*
English
Summa Cum Laude
Joshua T. Jeffery
Political Science
Cum Laude
Emily A. Johnson
English
Summa Cum Laude
Samantha E. Johnson
Political Science
Cum Laude
Gabriela Jovanoski
International Studies
Adam J. Jumpa
International Studies
Jessica T. Kalvig
Anthropology
Cum Laude
Krystsina Kananchuk
Political Science
Binta Kanteh
International Studies
Jumana Kassar
Arabic Studies
Robert N. Kearney
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Devin K. Keenen
Sociology
Megan Ann Keilson
Sociology
Kristen Kennedy
Political Science
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Nicole Ketchum-
Cunningham
English
Saleh A. Khlaifat
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
David C. Kholamian
English
*
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Graham L. Kilpatrick
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Molly A. Kilpatrick
Political Science
Communication and Media
Evan M. Kirkeeng
French
Japanese Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Sean P. Kivlehan
Political Science
Zofia N. Klonowski
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Thomas Knippen
International Studies
Ryan T. Knue
Chinese Studies
Anna Nora Kochakian
Women’s and Gender Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Hajrije Kolimja
*
English
Philosophy
Summa Cum Laude
Oribi Kontein
Sociology
Nicolette Kotrba
Political Science
Morgan M. Krause
*
Anthropology
Spanish
Summa Cum Laude
Zoe Kathryn Krey
Political Science
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Ella Isadora Krikorian
History
Rebecca H. Kuntz
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Claire H. Labarbera
English
Summa Cum Laude
Marina Labarthe
Anthropology
Cum Laude
Ryan Matthew Langner
History
Cum Laude
Michael Lansana
Economics
James Michael LaRocco
Political Science
Victoria A. Latimer
Public Policy
Mark Latter
Art, Media, and Design
Morgan K. Layton
Art, Media, and Design
Doan Ngoc Le
Political Science
Kennedy Elise Lees
Political Science
Matthew J. Lemay
Political Science
Brook Lynn Leonhardt
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Aileen Powers Lewis
English
Aaron John Ley
International Studies
German
Magna Cum Laude
Kira S. Light
*
History
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Margaret M. Lindauer
Political Science
Nick C. Loffredo
Philosophy
Solyenitzen Logsdon
Sociology
Emily M. Lohman
English
Elizabeth C. Longo
English
Summa Cum Laude
Elizabeth Lopez
Political Science
Jordan P. Lopez
International Studies
Cum Laude
Lissette Y. Lopez
Political Science
Lucia Lopez
Art, Media, and Design
Venisha S. Love
Sociology
Alyssa L. Luby
Women’s and Gender Studies
Psychology
Magna Cum Laude
Caroline Q. Lucius
French
Summa Cum Laude
Rebecca Anne MacMaster
*
Philosophy
Summa Cum Laude
Anthony W. Madia
English
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Daniela Magallon
Political Science
Paul Mahoney
Economics
Akram Maki
Sociology
Alexis M. Malinowski
English
Cum Laude
Cheng Hao Mao
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Magna Cum Laude
Brittany M. Marasco
Art, Media, and Design
Nicholas P. Margelos
English
Katelyn R. Marino
Art, Media, and Design
Psychology
Michael J. Markes
English
Cynthia Marrero-Ramos
Philosophy
American Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Sasha D. Marroquin
International Studies
Cum Laude
Napasha D. Martin
Sociology
Andrea L. Martinez
History
Cum Laude
Jacqueline Martinez
Economics
Theresa E. Martinez
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Joanna G. Martinez
*
International Studies
Cum Laude
Francesca L. Martino
Art, Media, and Design
Magna Cum Laude
Ryan M. Martire
Catholic Studies
Cum Laude
Shannon N. Massey
*
English
Summa Cum Laude
Hannah E. Masters
English
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Cora L. McCarron
International Studies
Spanish
Magna Cum Laude
Katherine McElheney
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Kyle S. McElroy
Public Policy
Kelly A. McGrath
Anthropology
Magna Cum Laude
Juliana M. Mcmahon
Political Science
Keaton A. McManamy
*
History
Summa Cum Laude
Joe Michael McNeely
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Katherine M. Meehan
Political Science
Cum Laude
Moriah L. Meeks
English
Summa Cum Laude
Bryant Meneses
Political Science
Sabrina S. Mercer
Political Science
Austin T. Merrill
History
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Joseph A. Merz
Art, Media, and Design
Lauren R. Meurer
English
Cum Laude
Anne Christine Miller
English
Summa Cum Laude
Harold Wesley Miller
History
Stefan Milosevic
Economics
Sophie M. Mimica
Geography
Magna Cum Laude
Alyssa P. Minnec
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Kwesi A. Mintah
Political Science
Martin J. Miranda
Economics
Poonit Mistry
Economics
Xuan Mo
*
Economics
Andrea Grace Moehrke
Political Science
Sylvia Eniye Moneyin
International Studies
Clyde Monroe
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Brittany Marie Moore
Anthropology
Summa Cum Laude
Caroline Jean Moore
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Zuly N. Moreno
Spanish
Cum Laude
Deidre Marie Moreschi
Political Science
Kristina E. Morris
Japanese Studies
Simone R. Morrison
Sociology
Cum Laude
Charles Mowder
Anthropology
Justice Amatuallah
Muhammad
Philosophy
Cum Laude
Charlotte Kathleen Mukahirn
Art, Media, and Design
German
Summa Cum Laude
Jeffrey Mullins
Political Science
McIver Howard Mullins
Religious Studies
Michael W. Mulvaney
Philosophy
Katherine A. Mumma
*
Chinese Studies
Anthropology
Summa Cum Laude
Katharine E. Munro
Sociology
Cum Laude
Jenifer R. Munson
History
Thomas R. Murray
Economics
Tyler Murray
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Yvette Mushimiyimana
Anthropology
Magna Cum Laude
Hassan Musleh
Arabic Studies
Peter Myers
Sociology
Ganna M. Napolna
Sociology
Micheli C. Nasca
French
Emily Diane Natzel
English
Cum Laude
Mary Catherine Nedbalski
Political Science
Kelly Neenan
English
Summa Cum Laude
Megan J. Neeson
English
Cum Laude
Matias Nobile
Spanish
Bryan C. Nolte
Art, Media, and Design
Shala R. Norfleet
English
Astrid Marisol Nunez
Spanish
Pedro A. Nunez
Spanish
Raika Fiske Nunez
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Relational Communication
Magna Cum Laude
Caroline E. O’Brien
Spanish
Sarah A. O’Brien
History of Art and Achitecture
Cum Laude
Lily Hong Ochs
Art, Media, and Design
William O’Connell
Political Science
Joshua M. O’Connor
American Studies
Cum Laude
Norris N. Ogbuagu
Economics
Alison A. Ogunmokun
*
English
Magna Cum Laude
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Alexa M. Ohm
*
Political Science
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Kathleen C. Olsen
History
Summa Cum Laude
Ben Clifton Oman
*
Geography
Christina R. Origel
International Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Angelika A. Orlowski
English
Douglas Vladimir Ortiz
Public Policy
Economics Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Nicholas O. Oviatt
*
Economics Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Jorge C. Pacheco
Sociology
Samantha Pacult
English
Cum Laude
Leslie Padilla
Political Science
Caitlyn Elizabeth Pagenkopf
English
Cynthia Palencia
Spanish
Konstantina Panagiotopoulos
English
Samantha B. Pancewicz
History of Art and Achitecture
Ashleigh R. Paolini
Political Science
Alyssa Parham
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Tim O. Parker
German
Calvin Y. Parng
History
Anuja A. Patel
Art, Media, and Design
Devarshi R. Patel
Political Science
Sneh R. Patel
Economics
Tejas Parag Patel
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Aram Peltekian
History
Ana Perez
International Studies
Jonathan Perez
Sociology
Joshua J. Perez
Political Science
Cum Laude
Nicole Marie Perez
English
Brian M. Perkins
International Studies
Blake Copeland Perry
Sociology
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Sarah Ann Peterson
Philosophy
Nicholas P. Petrakos
Political Science
Katherine L. Philips
English
Magna Cum Laude
Adrian Hong Ping Phua
Economics
Jonathan M. Piazza
Political Science
Charlyn Pitts
English
Emma C. Potter
International Studies
Daniel D. Potts
American Studies
Jack B. Prey
Political Science
Keith James Prokup
English
Cum Laude
Alysa Rafiq Punjwani
International Studies
Cum Laude
Griffin Q. Raccuglia
Sociology
Michelle Nathalie Ramirez
Sociology
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Cum Laude
Patricija Rancovaite
International Studies
Bethani Margaret Randolph
Art, Media, and Design
Raja’Nee A. Redmond
*
African and Black Diaspora
Studies
Psychology
Summa Cum Laude
Steven Reese
History
Summa Cum Laude
Alexa J. Reghanti
International Studies
Robyn Rae Reschetz
*
Political Science
Samuel I. Ridge
*
Philosophy
Economics Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Sarina Maria Robaina
English
Kristina L. Roderick
English
Communication and Media
Summa Cum Laude
Edgar Rodriguez
Sociology
Gary R. Rodriguez
Political Science
Keturah Lynn Rogers
Women’s and Gender Studies
Diana Roman
Women’s and Gender Studies
Alma L. Rosales
English
Magna Cum Laude
Maria Rosales
Political Science
Sarah C. Rourke
Islamic World Studies
Layne J. Ruda
English
David L. Ruiz
Political Science
Marissa N. Rule
Public Policy
Summa Cum Laude
Claudia Pineda Rummelhart
Sociology
Ethan M. Safron
English
Magna Cum Laude
Miya Saint-Louis
Sociology
Magna Cum Laude
Tahera Sajanlal
Political Science
Basil M. Salem
Political Science
Camilo Salgado
Political Science
Natasha Maria C. Salinas
French
COMMENCEMENT | 77
Lindsey Christina Salter
Public Policy
Cum Laude
Claudia Sanchez
Political Science
International Studies
Cum Laude
Karina N. Sanchez
English
Cum Laude
Lizbeth Sanchez
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Claire E. Sandberg
*
History of Art and Achitecture
Cum Laude
Cristina Sandoval
Spanish
Natalie S. Saracino
Sociology
Summa Cum Laude
Maya H. Sato
*
Art, Media, and Design
Summa Cum Laude
Elena M. Saunders
Political Science
Women’s and Gender Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Holden Patrik Scheidel
Political Science
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Nicholas F. Schmitt
*
International Studies
Cum Laude
Jonathan David brian
Schrauger
*
Islamic World Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Tessa Lea Seagraves
Anthropology
Bridget Seibyl
Public Policy
Jane Miren Serenska
English
Women’s and Gender Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Margaret L. Shadid
Sociology
Neha Sharma
International Studies
Jenna N. Shattuck
English
Cum Laude
Rachel Ariel Sheinin
History of Art and Achitecture
Edlira Shero
English
Economics Honors
Ariana Erickson Shockley
International Studies
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Douglas E. Shotwell
English
Joyce A. Shoults
English
Magna Cum Laude
Noor O. Shublaq
Religious Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Preye Flint Sigah
International Studies
Samuel J. Signorelli
Political Science
Cum Laude
Serena Silguero
Political Science
Katia S. Silva
Latin American and Latino
Studies
Kiara Jade Simon
Economics
Bradley Jordan Singer
Religious Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Nicholas Smith
Philosophy
Cum Laude
Gray Hedwig Sobczyk
History
Cum Laude
Ethan M. Solomon
Philosophy
Cum Laude
Joanna C. Soltman
History
Sophia R. Soluri
Sociology
Cum Laude
Kasper J. Sorfleet
Political Science
History
Irasema Soriano-Sanchez
Political Science
Alec J. Sparagna
Political Science
Cum Laude
Emily Kristine Speelman
Geography
Magna Cum Laude
Amanda E. Spizzirri
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Cum Laude
Emily Kae Spurgeon
Art, Media, and Design
History of Art and Achitecture
Summa Cum Laude
Emma Frances Louviere
Squier
*
Spanish
Magna Cum Laude
Clyde Edward Stansbury
Economics
Gwendolyn Regina Starkman
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Cum Laude
Olivia Grace Steaban
International Studies
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Cum Laude
Hattie A. Stein
African and Black Diaspora
Studies
Emily Nicole Steinhauer
Anthropology
Grace A. Stramaglio
English
Jenna Studtmann
History
Cum Laude
Ashley M. Stuecklen
Anthropology
English
Summa Cum Laude
Alexander F. Sullivan
History
Nichole M. Sweeney
Sociology
Summa Cum Laude
Eva C. Swiecki
English
Chelsea M. Tadin
Economics Honors
Cum Laude
Victor M. Talavera
Sociology
Allisan L. Tate
Art, Media, and Design
Stacie Michelle Taylor
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Madalyn Isabella Tenace
*
Political Science
Cum Laude
*
Denotes University Honors Program
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Jared P. Teschner
Religious Studies
Adam L. Thai
History
International Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Mollie Elisabeth Thiriot
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Alyce N. Thompson
International Studies
Women’s and Gender Studies
Emily M. Thompson
International Studies
Tijana Todorovic
History
Cum Laude
Fernando A. Toro
Political Science
Nisa Torres
Economics
Doziem F. Ugonna
Economics
Rokas Urbonas
Political Science
Cum Laude
Anthony M. Urgo
History
Elizabeth Ann Utrecht
Political Science
Philosophy
Cum Laude
Rafael Valencia
History
Alejandra Valle
International Studies
Cum Laude
Miles H. Van Denburg
Anthropology
Magna Cum Laude
Olivia M. Van Eenenaam
International Studies
Catherine Alexandra Vegis
Political Science
Cum Laude
Michelle Velazquez
International Studies
Cum Laude
Livia Ellen Verklan
Geography
Magna Cum Laude
Gabriela S. Vidal-Haymes
Women’s and Gender Studies
Esmeralda Villegas-Rangel
Spanish
Shaquawnna Vinnett
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Nicholas M. Vittori
Political Science
Kayla Danielle Walker
*
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Valerie Elise Walker
English
Magna Cum Laude
Taylor C. Walters
English
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Sophia M.B. Wanek
Political Science
English
Cum Laude
Qing Wang
International Studies
Economics Honors
Cum Laude
Myumi Kierstin Ware
Art, Media, and Design
Dillon T. Watters
Sociology
Brent M. Webb
International Studies
Melissa A. Weirick
English
Cum Laude
Nicholas R. Welker
English
Summa Cum Laude
Jordan A. West-Wheatley
History
Tykeria Leora Willis
Political Science
Adrienne E. Witek
Spanish
Magna Cum Laude
Anthony A. Wojdyla
English
Austin S. Woodruff
*
English
Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude
Brandon Woods
Political Science
Madeline Rebecca Woods
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Jakub Wrobel
German
Stephanie G. Wynn
Sociology
Summa Cum Laude
Koh Yamauchi
International Studies
Cum Laude
Samuel Adam Yanover
Political Science
Phoebe Renee Yates
Anthropology
Mathematical Sciences
Cum Laude
Samantha L. Young
International Studies
Geography
Dan W. Zamarelli
English
Psychology
Nicholas J. Zarazinski
History
Magna Cum Laude
Gina M. Zardetto
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Joseph John Zekich
Political Science
Cum Laude
Debora Zonca
International Studies
COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA
AND COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
80 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
PROCESSIONAL
Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar)
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Jonathan Gemmell, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Computing and Digital Media
Jason Martin, MFA, Associate Professor and Journalism Program Chair, College of Communication
INVOCATION
Rev. Paul Sisul, C.M., Senior Professional Lecturer, College of Computing and Digital Media
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Performed by John Concepcion
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE
Marty Wilke, TV Industry Leader, Education Advocate, Class of 1986 (BA)
Citation read by Jason Martin, MFA, Associate Professor and Journalism Program Chair, College of Communication
Hooding by Salma Ghanem, PhD, Dean and Professor, College of Communication
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
Marty Wilke, TV Industry Leader, Education Advocate, Class of 1986 (BA)
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Helmut P. Epp, Professor, College of Computing and Digital Media, former Dean and former Provost
Citation read by David Miller, PhD, Dean, College of Computing and Digital Media
Donna Max, Special Assistant to the Provost
Citation read by Helmut P. Epp, Professor, College of Computing and Digital Media, former Dean and former Provost
STUDENT ADDRESS
Deliana Andrea Escobari Ocampo, MS Candidate in Software Engineering, Class 2017
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
ALUMNI INDUCTION
Deliana Andrea Escobari Ocampo, MS Candidate in Software Engineering, Class 2017
Sanjay Gidwani, BS, Information Systems and Network Technologies, Class of 2003
David Miller, PhD, Dean, College of Computing and Digital Media
CLOSING REMARKS
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
RECESSIONAL
PROGRAM
COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA
AND COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
COMMENCEMENT | 81
Over the last three decades, Marty Wilke has built a thriving career
that led her to the top of Chicago’s broadcast television industry as
the first female president and general manager of WBBM-TV (CBS 2).
Whether she is making news more widely accessible to audiences or
encouraging journalists to think outside the box, WBBM-TV has thrived
under her leadership. Throughout her career, she has also dedicated
time as a champion of DePaul students by funding scholarships, offering
mentorship and serving as a thought leader at her alma mater.
Born and raised in Chicago, Wilke was the youngest of six children
and followed in her sister Nancy Wilke’s footsteps to attend DePaul,
where she discovered her passion for telling and writing stories. After
graduating in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in communication, she
began working in advertising and spent a decade working for high-profile
agencies, including Hal Riney & Partners, Chiat/Day, Campbell-Mithun
and J.P. Manning.
In 1996, she accepted a job as local account executive with WGN-TV.
Her collaborative personality and strong work ethic swiftly carried her
from local sales manager, to director of sales, to vice president and
general manager in July 2008. Under her leadership, she shepherded the
station, owned at the time by the Tribune Co., through bankruptcy and
increased local news broadcast hours in spite of challenges presented by
a highly competitive news market and tough economic climate.
By the fall of 2012, she became president and general manager of
WBBM-TV in Chicago. Determined to win over a new generation of
viewers with a more personal approach, she championed ideas to make
WBBM-TV news available on all media platforms—from mobile devices
to Amazon Alexa—and encouraged a diverse range of news stories to
capture new audiences. Under her leadership, the network forged new
community partnerships, expanded local newscasts by six hours per
week and increased viewership and revenue.
In 2016, Make It Better magazine recognized Wilke for her many
career achievements and community contributions by naming her one
of “The 25 Most Powerful Women in Chicago.” The magazine heralded
her mission to use her powerful platform to bring more solutions and
inspiration to television screens, rather than “the standard gloom-and-
doom fare” stations typically use to boost ratings.
Recalling how they thrived at DePaul with the support of family, friends
and administrators, Wilke and her sister Nancy created the Wilke Family
Endowed Scholarship in 2012 to support other DePaul students who are
forging paths similar to their own. Pledging $50,000 over five years, the
scholarship benefits a female student in the College of Communication
and a volleyball player in the Driehaus College of Business. Marty Wilke is
the first communication alumna to endow a scholarship at the college.
Moreover, Wilke’s dedication to DePaul students does not stop there.
She has been an active member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for the
College of Communication since 2009 and often participates in panel
discussions to share her knowledge of the television industry with DePaul
students and faculty.
In addition to her contributions at her alma mater, Wilke supports the
television broadcast industry by serving as a board member of the Illinois
Broadcasters Association and a member of the Media Advertising Club
of Chicago. She is a member of The Chicago Network, The Economic
Club of Chicago and The Commercial Club of Chicago, and is an ardent
supporter of the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Chicago.
CITATION
Marty Wilke, as the leader of a major Chicago television station, you
use your seat of power to challenge others to look beyond the status quo
and to engage television audiences with informative and inspirational
stories. Though faced with challenges in the broadcast news industry,
you see opportunities for growth where others see road blocks. This
visionary optimism has led each company under your stewardship to
thrive. As an industry leader and DePaul alumna, you recognized the
significance of having support as a college student and created the Wilke
Family Endowed Scholarship to encourage and empower students to
complete their studies. As an active member of your community, and
with your dedication to preparing students for the evolving media
world, you continuously live up to DePaul’s Vincentian ideals. For
these reasons and more, DePaul University is privileged to confer
upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT & SPEAKER
Marty Wilke
TV Industry Leader, Education Advocate, Class of 1986 (BA)
82 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
During his more than 40 years at the university, Helmut P. Epp had an
extraordinary impact on DePaul, creating three colleges, recruiting talented
scholars from across the nation and guiding the institution to embrace
technological advances that continue to define the university today.
Epp jumped into post-graduate studies while his classmates were
still in high school. He ultimately entered graduate school without a
high school or a college degree, completing his PhD in mathematics in
1966 at Northwestern University. After serving briefly on the faculties
of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, he joined DePaul in 1974 as an assistant professor of
mathematics. Previous experience with computers and electronics
resulted in his becoming involved with the Mathematics Department’s
computer science offerings. As chair of the department’s computer
science committee, he developed many new courses and led the creation
of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science.
In 1981, Epp became chair of the newly established Computer
Science Department within the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences. He advocated creating the School of Computer Science,
Telecommunications and Information Systems (CTI) and, when it was
formed in 1995, became its dean until he was asked to serve as DePaul’s
executive vice president in 2005. A few months later, he was given the
title provost, a position he held for seven years. In 2008, CTI became
the College of Computing and Digital Media.
As provost, he guided the university on an unprecedented campaign
of modernization and expansion, creating two additional colleges—
College of Communication in 2007 and the College of Science and
Health in 2010—and appointing eight deans. He led initiatives to
improve the student experience and position DePaul for the technology
revolution that many businesses and academic institutions were slow
to recognize. He also was instrumental in developing the university’s
strategic alliance with Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and
Science, which streamlines entry for qualified DePaul students into the
health professions.
Epp understood the transformative power of computer technology
early in his career and spearheaded efforts to harness it for DePaul.
Soon after CTI’s creation, he took on the unpaid job of vice president
for Information Services, a position he held from 1996-98. During
those years, he led the way in developing web-based systems for online
registration, photo-enhanced class rosters, grade entry and electronic
pay stubs. He did it at a time when many people were unfamiliar with
the internet.
Epp also recognized that companies’ embrace of new computer
technologies would create enormous demand for computer skills—
both to manage the systems and to unleash the promise of emerging
desktop technologies like the then-revolutionary Word, PowerPoint
and Excel software suite. In 1985, he founded DePaul’s innovative
Institute for Professional Development, combining university courses
and commercial skills training. The brief, intensive certificate programs
enabled programmers, computer specialists and business executives to
quickly master new developments in software, hardware and web-based
applications. Thousands of students have completed these programs he
developed and many later returned to DePaul to pursue graduate studies
in computer science.
Prior to founding the Institute for Professional Development, Epp
had already developed the Computer Career Program, a thirty-week
accelerated certificate program designed for college graduates
considering entry into the computer field. During its existence, the
program graduated approximately 5,600 students. At the same
time Epp also created the Executive Program to educate business
professionals in the use of personal computers, which were just
appearing in the marketplace.
Another notable contribution was his development of the course-on-
line system, which captures multiple aspects of a classroom lecture and
allows students in the College of Computing and Digital Media to review
their classes at their own convenience. The system also supports a large
number of distance-learning students.
While Epp’s contributions to DePaul were far-reaching, much of his
work was done to benefit the school’s students. When Epp rolled out
a university-wide network, it ended the need for students to endlessly
stand in line to ask questions, register for classes, check grades and do
many of the routine chores of a college undergraduate. He envisioned
many of the digital services taken for granted today and brought them
to life at the university. Though the administrative demands on his
time made it impossible for him to teach in recent years, his influence
continues to be felt in classrooms across the university.
CITATION
Helmut P. Epp, when most people look out a window, they see a landscape.
You look and envision the future. During more than 40 years at DePaul,
you encouraged this institution to embrace that future. Your stamp on
DePaul will be long lasting. Your energy and vision truly helped to transform
the university, win it international acclaim and attract new students. Your
legacy reaches beyond the embrace of technology. It is embodied in the
talented scholars you attracted to DePaul and the cutting-edge research they
complete. It is reflected in the student experience, and the ease with which our
young men and women can access information. And it is recognized by the
thousands of undergraduate, graduate and certificate students whose lives
you transformed and whose eyes you opened to new experiences. Your work
here established a strong foundation on which DePaul will build its future.
For these reasons and more, it is a privilege to bestow upon you the Via
Sapientiae Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Helmut P. Epp
Professor, College of Computing and Digital Media, former Dean and former Provost
COMMENCEMENT | 83
The late poet Maya Angelou once said that people will forget what you
say and do, but they will forever remember how you made them feel.
Donna Max has spent 22 years supporting her DePaul colleagues with
grace, generosity and absolute competence, making them feel assured
and confident in all they do.
Since she joined the university in 1995, Max has been special assistant
to the last five provosts and supported 17 deans, four vice presidents
and a host of associate vice presidents. But her most important role
has been as a behind-the-scenes sentinel supporting DePaul and its
decision-makers. Those who know her best say Max is a master of gentle
diplomacy. Her understanding of DePaul’s history and culture have
benefited many administrators. Her knowledge of where talent resides
within the university has made decisions more inclusive. And her gentle,
respectful persistence has ensured that actions taken and decisions
made reflect what’s best for DePaul.
A former elementary school teacher, Max was first hired at the
university to serve as an assistant to Helmut Epp, who was dean of what
was then known as the School of Computing, Telecommunications
and Information Systems. When Epp moved to Academic Affairs to
become provost in 2005, she followed him. One of her most important
contributions was managing the stream of people who walk into the
Office of Academic Affairs. Students, parents, faculty, administrators,
trustees and a variety of persons from outside the DePaul community
routinely turn to Academic Affairs in search of assistance. Max
exemplified the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul by treating everyone with
respect, concern and compassion.
Max always planned to retire after Epp stepped down as provost, but
instead, demonstrating her characteristic care for DePaul, she stayed
on after 2012 to ensure a smooth transition to the next provost. Then,
as the search for a permanent successor took longer than expected, she
resolved to remain until current Provost Marten denBoer had settled
into the role. During that transitional period, Max provided important
steadiness and consistency of purpose in Academic Affairs. With her
wealth of knowledge about the university and its people, she helped the
new leadership keep an eye on strategic priorities during times of change
and muster the best people to the work at hand.
And occasionally, she dealt with extraordinary situations. That was the
case when a DePaul student, weeks away from graduating, was suddenly
caught up in a military deployment to the Middle East. His wife’s phone
call found its way to Max. Graduation meant everything to the young
man, she said. Was there anything the university could do? Max went
to great lengths to get the young man his well-deserved diploma, a
mortarboard like those worn by his classmates and the tassel he had
worked so hard to earn. She was determined to make sure the young man
shared in the once-in-a-lifetime experience of graduation—even if he was
half a world away.
To recognize that kind of dedication to DePaul, Max was honored
with a Spirit of DePaul award in 2016. It was one of the few public
recognitions of a career of service to this institution and commitment to
its mission. Her tireless work extends to this very commencement—the
21st ceremony she has worked at DePaul, and one that she insisted she
would not miss.
CITATION
Donna Max, during your 22 years at DePaul you have embodied the
Vincentian ideals of treating all with respect and compassion. Your work at
the university has contributed to the collegial environment that distinguishes
this institution. Your warmth and generosity have made our culture better.
Your dedication to DePaul’s mission has made our institution stronger. And
your devotion to this community has made our students, faculty and staff
grateful that you have shared your life with DePaul. You have touched many
lives, influenced many decisions and enriched us all through your actions.
For these reasons and more, it is a privilege to bestow upon you the Via
Sapientiae Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Donna Max
Special Assistant to the Provost
84 | DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Jinghui Cheng
Computer & Information Sciences
Dissertation: Supporting Therapy-Centered Game Design for
Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Rangarajan Parthasarathy
Computer & Information Sciences
Dissertation: Empirical Assessment of the Role of Technology-Related
Factors and Organization-Related Factors in Electronic Medical Records
Implementation Success
COLLEGE OF COMPUTING AND DIGITAL MEDIA
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by David Miller, PhD, Dean
Candidates’ names announced by Jacob D. Furst, PhD, Director, School of Computing
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Johnny Lavance Allen
Cinema
Crystal Leigh Antonio
Screenwriting
Autumn Bardwell
Cinema
Joel Douglas Benjamin
Animation
James C. Boratyn
Cinema
Andy Bosnak
Cinema
Vera L. Bowman
Screenwriting
Francis James Carey
Cinema
Kaitlin N. Creadon
Cinema
Joshua R. Da Silva
Cinema
Anthony J. Del Percio
Cinema
Kesia Dumas
Screenwriting
Kenneth P. George
Digital Cinema
Kathleen Elaine Grotzinger
Screenwriting
Tameka Syra Hanley
Screenwriting
Andrew Hoffman
Digital Cinema
Adam Jewell
Screenwriting
John L. Klein
Cinema
Roberto Larios
Screenwriting
Marissa S. Lessman
Screenwriting
Keely V. Lewis
Screenwriting
Xuechong Liu
Cinema
Nicholas Lizardi
Screenwriting
Lauren Major
Documentary
Marc Earl Menet
Cinema
Marchae Renee Miller
Screenwriting
Kris Azriel Rosales Miranda
Screenwriting
Patrick J. Montalvo
Cinema
Terence Murphy
Screenwriting
Alexandra Mary Nikolaus
Screenwriting
Keith Nixon
Cinema
Edmund Francis O’Connor
Screenwriting
Christopher Patrick Oliva
Digital Cinema
Mary K. Omelina
Digital Cinema
Robert P. Riley
Screenwriting
Nick J. Schmidt
Digital Cinema
Lucas Guy Taylor
Screenwriting
Randle Taylor
Cinema
John Alexander Thompson
Cinema
Angelos Varagiannis
Cinema
Maurice Walls
Screenwriting
Brian Winters
Screenwriting
Cory A. Wright
Screenwriting
Yicheng Xue
Cinema
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Ibn-Abdall Abdlrazaak
bin-Abdalla
Cybersecurity
Saeed Saad H. Abo-oleet
Information Systems
Pedro Guillermo Acevedo
Information Technology Project
Management
Tameem Azam Addeeb
Information Systems
With Distinction
COMMENCEMENT | 85
Amaechi L. Akomas
Cinema Production
Andrew Asihene Akwaah
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Hassan Ali M. Al Alaiwi
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Marwah Al Katrangi
Information Systems
Dana Al Wasety
Information Systems
With Distinction
Khalid Salem K. Alalawi
Information Systems
With Distinction
Nasser Nahar S. Alanazi
Information Systems
Michael A. Alaniz
Information Systems
Thamer Ibrahim A. Alaqil
Computer Science
Mona Ahmed E Albusaysi
Human-Computer Interaction
Mohammed Abdulatief K
Aldurihem
Information Systems
Mohammad Al-Ghunaim
Network Engineering and Security
Hajar Mohaimeed S Alharbi
Information Systems
Munib Ali
Software Engineering
Yasir Saad Hussain
Al-Ibrahem
Network Engineering and Security
With Distinction
Adel Sulaiman A. Aljamhan
Information Systems
With Distinction
Nouf Mohamed S. Aljasser
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Charan Teja Allada
Game Programming
Muhannad Saqer H.
Almutairi
Cybersecurity
Abdulrahman Musaed A.
Alotaibi
Information Systems
Mohammed Abdullah H.
Alotaibi
Network Engineering and Security
Ghadah Fahad M. Alothman
Business Information Technology
Abdulaziz Fahad H.
Alqulaysh
Software Engineering
Saad Mubarak H. Alsahla
Information Systems
With Distinction
Abdullah Saleh A. Alsaif
Cybersecurity
Mohammed Alsehli
Information Systems
Abdulmonem Saad S
Alshahrani
Information Systems
With Distinction
Tahani Ali M. Alshehri
Computer Science
Rawan Dawood S. Alsubhi
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Ibrahim Yousef H. Altweim
Human-Computer Interaction
Yazeed Aali A. Alzahrani
Information Systems
Dominic Alexander Amato
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Gary Amundsen
Human-Computer Interaction
Hemanth Ande
Computer Science
James Michael Anderson
Network Engineering and Security
Lamont Anderson
Software Engineering
Ayushia Ansari
Health Informatics
Nana Kwame Dansah Appiah
Information Systems
Margaret E. Archer
Computer Science
With Distinction
Gabriela Alejandra Ariza
Information Systems
Bhavay Arora
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Carla Nicole Arroyo
Cinema Production
Santhosh Ashok Kumar
Information Systems
Rosenetta A. Atamata
Business Information Technology
Joshua Atian
Predictive Analytics
Abasiekeme Anselm Attang
Predictive Analytics
Zahra J. Bakari
Predictive Analytics
Adam Baker
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Krithika Varsha Balakrishnan
Business Information Technology
Soraja L. Baldi
Information Systems
With Distinction
Kathryn Baldwin
Human-Computer Interaction
Ahmed Ransford Bangura
Human-Computer Interaction
Hamad Saleh M Banihashaish
Health Informatics
Katharine Compton Banks
Human-Computer Interaction
Samar Barakat
Information Systems
Adam R. Barlock
Computer Science
Tsering Tenzin Baro
Information Systems
Tete Leonce Joseph
Barrigah-Benissan
Information Systems
Carolina Beatriz Barrios
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Paul Beatty
Information Systems
With Distinction
Alexander Bechteler
Information Systems
With Distinction
James Becker
Software Engineering
Briant Becote
Computer Science
Chasten Bell
Network Engineering and Security
Matthew Breen Bell
Information Systems
With Distinction
Nathaniel T. Bennett
Human-Computer Interaction
Michael M. Benton
Information Systems
Tristan Kurtis Bernardo
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Stephanie Annette Besser
Predictive Analytics
Michael D. Better
Computer Science
With Distinction
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R. Abram Beyer
Predictive Analytics
Prasad Bhopatrao
Information Technology Project
Management
Tenzin Dadul Baro Bhutia
Information Systems
Marc Marcel Jules Biessy
Information Systems
With Distinction
Saud Abdulaziz A Bin
Muammar
Information Systems
Carl Jimmie Bjorling
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Daniel James Black
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Alison Elizabeth Bodigheimer
Human-Computer Interaction
Anirudh Bomadevar
Human-Computer Interaction
Liza Bonomo
Cinema Production
Priyank Nivrutti Bore
Business Information Technology
Jason J. Boudreau
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Karim Bouhlal
Information Systems
With Distinction
Alora Dana Bourbonnie
Human-Computer Interaction
Ian P. Bowden
Cybersecurity
David Francis Bowen
Computer Science
With Distinction
Aaron Brackmann
Computer Science
Breanne Marie Bradley
Human-Computer Interaction
Reid Bradley
Information Systems
Courtney Bregar
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Geoffrey F. Brown
E-Commerce Technology
Ryan E. Brown
Information Systems
Jade Bryant
Information Systems
Amir A. Budhwani
Software Engineering
Mary Elizabeth Bungum
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Kelly Jean Burke
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Charles J. Bushakra
Computer Science
Bryce A. Butler
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Lucas C. Butler
Computer Science
Jeffrey E. Buttram
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Laura T. Bychowski
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Jeffrey Byrnes
E-Commerce Technology
Zhongkai Cai
Information Systems
Katherine E. Campos
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Catalin B. Capota
Computer Science
Dominique Devereaux
Carney
Human-Computer Interaction
Daniel L. Carpenter
Computer Science
Sanyea Ceaser
Business Information Technology
Francisco Celis Yanez
Cinema Production
Apuroop Reddy Chamakura
Cybersecurity
David Chang
Computer Science
With Distinction
Rohit A. Chaudhari
Information Systems
Ratika Chauhan
Information Systems
With Distinction
Belinda Yu Zo Chen
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Jianyu Chen
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Xiaolei Chen
Computer Science
With Distinction
Ying Chen
Business Information Technology
Shashank Chikkegowda
Nagabhushan
Information Systems
With Distinction
Cindy Y. Choe
Computer Science
Hyunyou Choi
Predictive Analytics
Jeffrey Daniel Chonko
Predictive Analytics
Caglar Cinar
Computer Science
With Distinction
Justin Daniel Clapper
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Andy Cobty
Computer Science
With Distinction
Thomas M. Combs
Computer Science
Christopher L. Conner
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Sam E. Conrad
Computer Science
With Distinction
Eric T. Cormack
Computer Science
With Distinction
Claudia Ines Cortes Diaz
Information Systems
With Distinction
Santiago D. Cortez
Information Systems
Brian J. Craft
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Jeremy W. Crockett
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Brea Cunningham
Cinema Production
Nigel Michael D Souza
Computer Science
Nitin Damodara
Game Programming
COMMENCEMENT | 87
Alex N. Dantoft
Computer Science
With Distinction
Ranga Praveen Dasarathan
Information Systems
Witawat Daungjaiboon
Predictive Analytics
Mathias Carl De Jounge
Information Systems
With Distinction
Laura B. Degalla
Business Information Technology
Justin S. Deming
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Tianchan Deng
Information Systems
Bruno Deo Vergilio
Game Programming
With Distinction
Marlena Deren
Human-Computer Interaction
Tanuj Dhawan
Cybersecurity
N’dri Kraffa Olivier
Constant Diby
Network Engineering and Security
Jessa Dickinson
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Naga Venkateshwarlu
Yadav Dokku
Predictive Analytics
Evan Dold
Information Systems
Chaz M. Dominguez
Cybersecurity
Latifah M. Donald
Cinema Production
Miles O. Dougan
Computer Science
James G. Doyle
Computer Science
With Distinction
Nick Dozier
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Timothy P. Drews
Cybersecurity
Kayle M. Drucker
Computer Science
Xingyue Duan
Computer Science
Matthew Duffy
Business Information Technology
Matthew Dugard
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Michael Eberz
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Daniel William Eckels
Human-Computer Interaction
Richard E. Eichbauer
Human-Computer Interaction
Dana Blair Erickson
Human-Computer Interaction
Sebastian Leif Eriksson
Information Systems
With Distinction
Melis Ertekin
Business Information Technology
Shawn Todd Ervin
Predictive Analytics
Deliana Andrea Escobari
Ocampo
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Farzad Eskandanian
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
James P. Evarts
Software Engineering
Sarah Fatima
Computer Science
Qingyu Feng
Cinema Production
Kelley J. Fernandez
Computer Science
Ray E. Ferrell
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Patrice Feunkeu Nguetsop
Network Engineering and Security
Edward H. Fiedler
Computer Science
Thomas S. Field
Computer Science
Gregory D. Filla
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Cory James Fischer
Cybersecurity
Martha M. Fitt
Software Engineering
Llewellyn Flauta
Computer Science
Andy Fodale
Information Technology Project
Management
Jeffrey Carlisle Forbes
Human-Computer Interaction
Ervine Fox
Information Systems
Brandon Fralich
Cybersecurity
Derek Franke
Business Information Technology
Glenn Howard Fredrickson
Network Engineering and Security
Brian J. Gabor
Computer Science
Brandon Joseph Gaca
Human-Computer Interaction
Dennis Gambino
Information Systems
With Distinction
Ramadan F R Gannud
Information Systems
With Distinction
Fei Gao
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Qianhui Gao
Computational Finance
Yaqiong Gao
Predictive Analytics
Lisa Michelle Garel
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Swapnil Rajendra Gavade
Computer Science
Renald Maria George
Information Technology Project
Management
Derrick J. Glahn
Information Systems
Anita Godse
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Myles Elliott Gold
Information Systems
With Distinction
Hanumantha Reddy
Gollapalli
Game Programming
Joe D. Gonzalez
Cybersecurity
Timothy Edward Grabacki
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
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Christopher James Graeber
Computer Science
Carl Joseph Gramata
Computer Science
Joshua M. Gray
Network Engineering and Security
Kenneth Gray
Information Systems
Victoria Alice Greenberg
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Ryan E. Grimstad
Business Information Technology
Nicholas Groos
Computer Science
Michael S. Gruen
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Allan Z. Guan
Computer Science
Molly M. Gudmundson
Human-Computer Interaction
Emily Guinto
Information Systems
Sourabh Gujar
Information Systems
Xin Guo
Computer Science
David Anthony Gupana
Computer Science
With Distinction
Eric A. Gwizdalski
Computer Science
Zachary A. L. Hagberg
Human-Computer Interaction
Angela Jeanette Haggard
Cinema Production
Katherine E. Halbig
Human-Computer Interaction
Ryan Patrick Haley
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Taha Hamid
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Ga Young Han
Predictive Analytics
David Robert Hankes
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Christina E. Hanschke
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Jeffrey T. Hansen
Information Systems
With Distinction
Michael K. Hansen
Information Systems
Weihua Hao
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Zaki Syed Haq
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Grace Camille Harbison
Information Systems
Nithun Harikrishnan
Computer Science
Michael Heide
Predictive Analytics
Donald S. Heins
Computer Science
With Distinction
Melanie A. Heins
Human-Computer Interaction
Daniel Oren Helfand
Computer Science
With Distinction
Lea Marie Hendrix
Human-Computer Interaction
Timothy Hennessey
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Magdalena Hernandez
Gomez
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Joseph David Heyl
Information Systems
Myron Hicks
Computer Science
Pratik Sudhir Hingorani
Computer Science
Kolia A. Hischke
Computer Science
Lisa Marie Hisson
Business Information Technology
Trung Ho
Network Engineering and Security
With Distinction
Madona Hoch
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Benjamin Thomas
Holladay-McCann
Information Systems
With Distinction
Wayne Hosley Jr.
Human-Computer Interaction
Xiaochen Hou
Information Systems
Colin Howarth
Information Systems
Mak Gorjan Hozo
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Qianwen Huang
Predictive Analytics
Suqing Huang
Software Engineering
Tiffany Huang
Computer Science
Aemen Aemen Hussain
Hussain
Computer Science
With Distinction
Nazar Ilishev
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Venkata Trinadh Kumar
Gupta Immedisetty
Predictive Analytics
Mitali Suresh Ingole
Computer Science
Anthony James
Ingram-Westover
Computer Science
William D. Ingrum
Network Engineering and Security
With Distinction
Reiahnna Danica Myrtisa
Idel Jackson
Cinema Production
Aaron Jacobson
Computer Science
With Distinction
Hesam Jafaei
Information Systems
With Distinction
Philipp Jahn
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Surabhi Jain
Information Systems
With Distinction
Yi Chieh Jan
Predictive Analytics
Thomas Janiszewski
Network Engineering and Security
With Distinction
Kamil Janton
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
COMMENCEMENT | 89
Hugo Henri Jean-Claude
Jarny
Information Systems
With Distinction
Klara Jarolimova
Business Information Technology
Elizabeth D. Jefferson
Human-Computer Interaction
Catherine Melissa Jeu
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Shuo Jia
Information Systems
Yijie Jiang
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Xiaoxin Jin
Information Systems
With Distinction
Sarah Elizabeth Johnson
Computer Science
Chris A. Jongeward
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Dhaval Joshi
Computer Science
Anthea Bokyung Jung
Computer Science
Arnav Sunil Kapila
Information Systems
Sundaresan Karthikeyan
Predictive Analytics
FNU Kartik Mahendra
Information Systems
Brian Keschinger
Software Engineering
Saad Ilyas Khan
Information Systems
Talha Khan
Computer Science
Hussain Ali Khoja
Computer Science
Joel C. Kiedaisch
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Sung Min Kim
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Cortney King
Network Engineering and Security
Sylvester Kissi
Information Technology Project
Management
Akshata Kolhatkar
Computer Science
Scott Elliot Kolsto
Cybersecurity
Khushali Korde
Information Systems
Maria Kotova
Computer Science
Micheal Kott
Cinema Production
Jason E. Koziara
Computer Science
With Distinction
Gordon M. Kramer
Health Informatics
With Distinction
Kevin R. Krewer
Computer Science
Karen Krieb
Computer Science
With Distinction
Ryan J. Krienitz
Computer Science
Oleg Krysko
Information Systems
Barbara M. Kubas
Computer Science
Andriy Kukuruza
Cybersecurity
Yilmaz Can Kulahoglu
Human-Computer Interaction
Pratyush Kunapureddy
Cybersecurity
Paul Kuo
Predictive Analytics
Sandy Kwan
Computer Science
With Distinction
Mikhail Lakirovich
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Dedan Camara Langston
Network Engineering and Security
Masakela Marcellous Layrock
Computer Science
Miguel Angel Ledezma
Sarmiento
Computational Finance
Akili M. Lee
Business Information Technology
Yoon Jung Lee
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Antonio Leeks
Information Systems
James C. Lefager
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Maciej Leja
Network Engineering and Security
Getinet Lemma
Network Engineering and Security
David Leonardi
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Alice Wai King Leung
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Kenneth W. Lewis
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Dongyan Li
Computer Science
With Distinction
Huihui Li
Predictive Analytics
Jingyuan Li
Information Systems
Kewei Li
Game Programming
With Distinction
Mengwei Li
Computer Science
Ming Li
Cybersecurity
Peigeng Li
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Qingyuan Li
Predictive Analytics
Taihua Li
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Weiyu Li
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Xincun Li
Computer Science
Xiran Li
Human-Computer Interaction
Zijun Li
Information Systems
With Distinction
Yuman Liang
Predictive Analytics
David W. Liao
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Kamehameha H. Lie
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Cathy Liewen
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
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Elizabeth Anne Lingelbach
Human-Computer Interaction
Jing-Teng Liu
Information Systems
With Distinction
Junmin Liu
Computer Science
With Distinction
Liqi Liu
Information Systems
With Distinction
Xiuling Liu
Predictive Analytics
Zhihan Liu
Computer Science
Patricia Ann Lopiccolo
Human-Computer Interaction
Kong Meng Lor
Predictive Analytics
Carmen Lynnette Painter
Lowry
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Yuanxin Lu
Information Systems
Zhaolong Lu
Predictive Analytics
Michael S. Ludlam
Computer Science
Alex Charles Luka
Software Engineering
Ted Anton Lundgren
Information Systems
With Distinction
James P. Luurtsema
Cybersecurity
David Christopher Lux
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Terry Ma
Information Systems
With Distinction
Tuan M. Ma
Computer Science
Krishnan Mahadevan
Computer Science
Nithyanandh Mahalingam
Computer Science
Cheryl Maier
Information Systems
With Distinction
Turki Mohammad Z Majdali
Software Engineering
Piotr K. Majewski
Information Systems
Przemyslaw Tomasz Malek
Computer Science
Linn Andrea Madeleine
Malmquist
Information Systems
With Distinction
Daniel Malter
Predictive Analytics
Farida Maneewan
Predictive Analytics
Mark Maniora
Business Information Technology
Derreck William Mansheim
Software Engineering
Louis John Marchigiani
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Michael Culhane Marre
Information Systems
With Distinction
Eloise France Marthouret
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Adriana Martinez
Business Information Technology
Jason Massimo
Human-Computer Interaction
Robert T. Masters
Information Systems
With Distinction
Babu Mathew
Predictive Analytics
Patrick F. Mathieu
Software Engineering
Brenda Maya
Cybersecurity
Joy Atieno Mboya
Predictive Analytics
Michael Anthony Jankowski
McClellan
Computer Science
With Distinction
Scott S. McCrory
Information Systems
With Distinction
Kevin P. McGregor
Business Information Technology
Ryan Meade
Network Engineering and Security
Syed Mahmood Kamran
Mehdi
Information Systems
Darshil Nikhil Mehta
Human-Computer Interaction
Hinal H. Mehta
Software Engineering
With Distinction
Thomas R. Meier
Software Engineering
Kevin S. Menczynski
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Cara Kathleen Mendelson
Information Systems
Marco Antonio Mera
Computer Science
Adam D. Michael
Software Engineering
Ashley Marie Miller
Human-Computer Interaction
Edward G. Miller
Computer Science
Dimitar Stoychev Minev
Computer Science
Kiron B. Mishra
Computer Science
Nathan T. Mittelbrun
Cinema Production
Shivali A. Mody
Human-Computer Interaction
Camilla Sussanne
Arnsteindotte Mogstad
Information Systems
With Distinction
Abdul Aziz Multani
Mohammed
Computer Science
Abdul Moiz Mohammed
Information Systems
Uvais Sameer Mohammed
Cybersecurity
Balaji Moorthy Moorthy
Information Systems
Gelayol Moradzadeh
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Vicky Leonor Moreira
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Nikolaus Moser
Cinema Production
John G. Moulton
Cybersecurity
Monica Moy
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Sandra Mugomba
Business Information Technology
COMMENCEMENT | 91
Mayi L. Nabine
Human-Computer Interaction
Elena Buhay Naids
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
George Nakhleh
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
John Francis Nardelli III
Computer Science
Hemank Narula
Computer Science
Damian Allen Naylor
Cybersecurity
William Frank LaRusso
Nazzaro
Information Systems
With Distinction
Marc Ndueyap
Business Information Technology
Jeff Neufer
Computer Science
Brian Newman
Predictive Analytics
Steven Newton
Information Systems
With Distinction
Michael Thien Nguyen
Computer Science
Tammie Nguyen
Predictive Analytics
Steve W. Nickerson
Computer Science
Shaun Jason Nilsen
Cybersecurity
Margaret A. O’Hagan
E-Commerce Technology
With Distinction
Ali Mohammed A Ojaymi
Computer Science
Ganiyat A. Ojifinni Mumuni
Information Systems
Tonya O. Ojuluwayo
Human-Computer Interaction
Faithful Uchenna Okoye
Computer Science
With Distinction
Aile D. Oleghe
E-Commerce Technology
Anthony J. Olmstead
Cybersecurity
Thomas M. Omalley
Information Systems
Feras G. Omran
Information Systems
David Opilka
Information Systems
With Distinction
George Williams Opira
Software Engineering
Jeff Ostrinsky
Predictive Analytics
Shannon Lisa Ott
Cybersecurity
Prashant Padmashali
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Sheng-Chun Pai
Information Systems
Marcin Palyska
Network Engineering and Security
With Distinction
Devangi Pandya
Information Systems
Puja Pandya
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Lindsay Pankratz
Information Systems
Laura Paradis
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Shruti Parikh
Cybersecurity
Ryan B. Paris
Information Systems
Christopher John O. Pascual
Computer Science
Aarzoo Dilipkumar Patel
Computer Science
Advait Rajeshkumar Patel
Computer Science
Jay K. Patel
Information Systems
Khushbuben Tejas Patel
Computer Science
Kripa Birenkumar Patel
Computer Science
Parth Shailesh Patel
Network Engineering and Security
With Distinction
Samar Y. Patel
Business Information Technology
Yatin J. Patel
Computer Science
Suchit Sadanand Patil
Information Systems
Kaidong Pei
Computer Science
Alex Y. Pen
Network Engineering and Security
Fernando Pena
Human-Computer Interaction
Laurie Penalber
Human-Computer Interaction
Eric R. Pershey
Computer Science
With Distinction
Anna Emilia Kristin Petersson
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Matthew W. Phillips
Computer Science
Andrew William Pleas
Computer Science
Dhananunt Ploydanai
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Alexander Polatsky
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Murali Chandran Poorna
Chandran
Computer Science
Deepak Pradeep
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Leopoldo S. Primero
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Jennifer I. Puszynski
Cinema Production
With Distinction
David Alan Pye
Software Engineering
Dejun Qi
Computer Science
Chuanzhen Qu
Human-Computer Interaction
Weimin Qu
Computer Science
Devin C. Quinn
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Zayad Murtaza Raja
Information Systems
Venkateshwaran Rajendran
Information Systems
Banumathi Ramaiah
Computer Science
Ramesh Prabhu Ramaswamy
Software Engineering
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Arianna Ramirez
Information Systems
Daniel L. Ramus
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Saumit Lav Rane
Information Systems
Michael A. Rankin
Computer Science
Satyan Kumar Rao
Predictive Analytics
Matthew T. Rathwell
Computer Science
With Distinction
Muhammad Bilal Raza
Health Informatics
Chris Rebolledo
Computer Science
Shyam Sundar Rethinavelu
Predictive Analytics
Magdalena Rios
Human-Computer Interaction
Straton Brandon Roberts
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Aeriel A. Robinson
Human-Computer Interaction
Bradley R. Robinson
Information Systems
David C. Robinson
Game Programming
With Distinction
Geoffrey Wayne Robinson
Software Engineering
Peter M. Robinson
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Frank W. Rodgers
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Rungtham Rodrawangpai
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Marvina Denise Roebuck
Cybersecurity
Timothy D. Rogers
Human-Computer Interaction
Ricardo A. Romero
Computer Science
Brendan Rooney
Software Engineering
Leonard C. Rowe
Human-Computer Interaction
Emily J. Rutkowski
Information Systems
Adam Gerard Rux
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Erica Catherine Sahlgren
Information Systems
Chetan Saini
Computer Science
Qudus Adeshina Salami
Business Information Technology
Gianmarco Maria Salerno
Computer Science
Miriam Irene Sanders
Business Information Technology
Navroze S. Sandhar
Computer Science
Stella Sarbalieva
Human-Computer Interaction
Anthony L. Sarles
Computer Science
Joseph Sarna
Computer Science
With Distinction
Tarek Sasy
Information Technology Project
Management
Scott Charles Saufferer
Computer Science
With Distinction
Michael Leonardo Schillaci
Information Systems
Ryan S. Schmitt
Human-Computer Interaction
Andrew B. Schwabe
Computer Science
Eliska Scudder
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Kirthika Seralathan
Information Systems
Brian Shafer
Cybersecurity
Henna Shah
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Feras Ibrahim M Shahbi
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Jiudai Shangguan
Information Systems
With Distinction
Vaibhav Satyendra Kumar
Sharma
Computer Science
With Distinction
Kathryn Shei
Cybersecurity
Lina Shen
Computer Science
With Distinction
Yixiao Shen
Computational Finance
Lauren Sherman
Health Informatics
Xin Shu
Computer Science
Maha Siddiqui
Health Informatics
Sofie Sigvardsson
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Kevin C. Silha
Software Engineering
Chad Six
Information Systems
Heidi Slojewski
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Kyle Wayne Smith
Business Information Technology
Venkatesh Soman Rangarajan
Information Systems
Nasim Sonboli
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Aakash A. Soni
Information Systems
With Distinction
Parth C. Soni
Information Systems
With Distinction
Jacob J. Sopcak
Computer Science
With Distinction
Julio Cesar Sotelo Ayuso
Predictive Analytics
Thomas C. Sparrow
Human-Computer Interaction
COMMENCEMENT | 93
Matthew Spector
Predictive Analytics
Alan Spencer
Computer Science
Lauren McKenzie Sprenger
Human-Computer Interaction
Caitlin M. Spurlin
Information Systems
With Distinction
Mike St Aubin
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Bryan Lee St John
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Pawel Staniszewski
Cybersecurity
Megan Stetz
Computer Science
Matthew J. Stillo
Software Engineering
Stephen Sterling Stonebraker
Cybersecurity
Kristen Ann Streit
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Yujing Su
Human-Computer Interaction
Colleen Ann Sullivan
Information Systems
Jing Sun
Computer Science
Wenjin Sun
Predictive Analytics
Rajeev Surampalli
Computer Science
Matthew David Swan
Computer Science
Peter Edward Swantek
Computer Science
With Distinction
Frank Sweis
Human-Computer Interaction
Jibran I. Syed
Game Programming
Nawadullah Hussaini Syed
Network Engineering and Security
Zahra Ali Syed
Information Systems
Ted T. Tabaka
Information Systems
With Distinction
Kyle James Tackett
Cinema Production
Ahmed Mohamed Taghdi
Network Engineering and Security
Amalyn Alquizalas Tago
Computer Science
Jiashuo Tang
Cinema Production
Lance David Tate
Cinema Production
Malik A M Tayyem
Cybersecurity
With Distinction
Purav Shashikant Thakkar
Computer Science
Matthew Edward Thal
Predictive Analytics
Rohit Thapar
Information Systems
Lucas Jordan Thatcher
Predictive Analytics
Brian Thibault
Computer Science
Sasirekha Thirumalaiappan
Information Technology Project
Management
With Distinction
Lavanya Latha Thirupur
Computer Science
Zanah Elyssa Thirus
Cinema Production
Andrew S. Thompson
Information Systems
Brandi Thompson
Human-Computer Interaction
Wasan Tienchai
Business Information Technology
Dymphna A. Timmins
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Alexander Jesse Todd
Predictive Analytics
Jennifer Lynn Todd
Human-Computer Interaction
Zlatko Todosijevic
Information Systems
Golnaz Toloui
Predictive Analytics
Huu Phuoc Tran
Computer Science
Leon D. Tran
Cybersecurity
Lichun Tsai
Computer Science
With Distinction
Andrew Tse
Information Systems
With Distinction
Christian John Updyke
Predictive Analytics
Joanis del Carmen Useche
Casadiego
Information Technology Project
Management
An Cong Van
Computer Science
Jessy Varghese
Information Systems
Temenuzhka Kirilova
Vasilieva
Cybersecurity
George A. Vauter
Network Engineering and Security
With Distinction
Athina Verroiopoulou
Software Engineering
Grimur Vid Neyst
Computer Science
Brad M. Vincent
Business Information Technology
With Distinction
Rohan Kesava Viswanathan
Predictive Analytics
Tu Vo
Software Engineering
Jared Ian Von Halle
Computer Science
With Distinction
Michael Voss
Predictive Analytics
Dingpan Wang
Information Systems
Wei Wang
Human-Computer Interaction
Wenyi Wang
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Yawen Wang
Human-Computer Interaction
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Yunyi Wang
Human-Computer Interaction
With Distinction
Snehal Warke
Computer Science
With Distinction
Laura Watts
Human-Computer Interaction
Wenjun Weng
Computer Science
Carl Joseph Wiemer
Cybersecurity
Mark Wilhelm
Computer Science
Latienda Williams
Information Systems
Clarence Willis
Software Engineering
Laurel Therese Wilson
Network Engineering and Security
Nathaniel Harland Wingert
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Jessica L. Wishork
Health Informatics
Derrick Wlodarz
Information Technology Project
Management
Kyle Dragon Wong
Computer Science
Lisa L. Wong
Information Systems
With Distinction
Alaina M. Wood
Human-Computer Interaction
Jasmine Tyon Woods
Computer Science
Brian D. Wray
Computer Science
Xiaozhe Wu
Cinema Production
Veronica A. Wyatt
Predictive Analytics
Nicolaus Wygonik
Human-Computer Interaction
Yu Xi
Computer Science
Mengyang Xia
Predictive Analytics
Mai Yang Xiong
Predictive Analytics
Dachi Xu
Computer Science
Nitin Yadav
Computer Science
Li Yang
Information Systems
Pei Yang
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Tao Yang
Cinema Production
With Distinction
Yanqi Yang
Predictive Analytics
Qingying Yao
Information Systems
Weiwei Yao
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Sriram Yarlagadda
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Yijun Yin
Predictive Analytics
Korissa Ann Young
Human-Computer Interaction
Chao Yu
Predictive Analytics
Zhihao Yuan
Computer Science
Duely Yung
Computer Science
Nicholas Joseph Zabran
Information Systems
Zhicong Zang
Computer Science
With Distinction
Menghe Zhang
Information Systems
Yaxuan Zhang
Predictive Analytics
Yi Zhang
Game Programming
With Distinction
Yihan Zhang
Cybersecurity
Yuancheng Zhang
Computer Science
Yuxuan Zhang
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Wenbo Zhao
Predictive Analytics
With Distinction
Wennuo Zhao
Information Systems
Hanxiao Zhou
Cinema Production
Dianjun Zhu
Information Systems
Zengyi Zhu
Information Systems
MASTER OF ARTS
Amber S. Adams
Animation
Jessica A. Alessi
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Hayley Erin Allington
Animation
Andrew J. Bagdady
Animation
With Distinction
Alexandria Braden
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Deangelo A. Castine
Animation
Shamil C. Clay
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Alexandra Davin
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Gracie Lynn Favuzzi
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
FNU Fevin Cravin Fernandes
Animation
Kimmia Ann Forouzesh
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Yuteng Guo
Animation
Ali Howard
Animation
Baraka Kaseko
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Shuo Li
Animation
Jessica M. Lin
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Thomas Becker MacDonald
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
COMMENCEMENT | 95
Madhan Raj Manoharan
Animation
Courtney N. Oakes
Animation
Nada Omar M Rajeh
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Andres V. Sanchez
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Mehak Sandhu
Animation
Zachary Michael Sitar
Animation
Amanda Smith
Animation
Alison Szabo
Animation
Nikoleta Tasic
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
George W. Tillis
Animation
Krishna Kashyap Yakkala
Animation
Yang Zhang
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Nefertiti Z. Abdulmalik
Animation
Amauri Alvarado
Animation
Cum Laude
Layla E. Anderson
Animation
Cum Laude
Shane Conrad Beam
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Ryan Bennett
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Justin W. Bevente
Graphic Design
Connor Radding Bland
Animation
Jordan M. Blazak
Film & Television
Magna Cum Laude
Malik N. Bolton
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Charles Bottoms
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Kaitlyn Marie Buffington
Graphic Design
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Chuluuntsetseg
Byambasuren
Graphic Design
Yessenia I. Calderon
Animation
Veronica Callozzo
Animation
Cum Laude
Jonathon J. Coleman
Graphic Design
Brittany F. Davies
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Samantha Jo Delacruz
Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
Mariana I. Domagalski
Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
Julia R. Dourgarian
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Emily A. Dresden
Animation
Jameson Emling
Animation
Kassandra Esparza
Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
Jordan Felix
Graphic Design
Paul R. Galloy
Animation
Huawen Gao
Animation
Allison E. Groves
*
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Wyatt C. Haller
Graphic Design
Thomas J. Hebson
Graphic Design
Robert A. Hemlich
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Perry J. Howell
Graphic Design
William Hawk Hudson
Animation
Brittany J. Kapjon
Graphic Design
Mark A. Kieft
Graphic Design
Niraun J. Kittiviriya
Animation
Sydney Lauren Kosgard
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Emily R. Kummerer
Animation
Candy Lai Chau
Animation
Cum Laude
Karen H. Law
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Samantha M. Leber
Animation
Cum Laude
Samantha Christine Lieske
Animation
Jacqueline C. Lin
Graphic Design
Cum Laude
Alexander D. Loesing
Graphic Design
Cum Laude
Mark Anthony McGilberry
Graphic Design
Anam Merchant
Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
Mark Thomas Mihalik
Graphic Design
Amy Rose Minichiello
Animation
Thomas J. Mulka
Animation
Summa Cum Laude
Allison Ann Nolden
Graphic Design
Summa Cum Laude
Robert M. O’Conor
Animation
Mia Patrevito
Graphic Design
Summa Cum Laude
Louis Julian Patterson
Animation
Valerie J. Paykov
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
*
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Veronica Grace Pajevich
Perez
Graphic Design
Cum Laude
Lauren E. Petrie
Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
Connor T. Posey
Graphic Design
Magna Cum Laude
Ahmed Maged Refaat
Aboulmagd
Animation
Izabella Nicolette Resa
Animation
Jon Henry Rogala
Animation
Cum Laude
Christopher R. Rowells
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Anthony J. Santoro
Graphic Design
Cum Laude
Karley Marie Schimpf
Graphic Design
John James Schmid
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Alec Scott
Animation
Noelle E. Sercer
Animation
Cum Laude
Elaine J. Smith
Graphic Design
Christian Solorzano
Graphic Design
Gezelle Soto
Graphic Design
Justin E. Spencer
Graphic Design
Alyssa Kahinaweuelani Storm
Graphic Design
Summa Cum Laude
Skaiste Stundziaite
Graphic Design
Cum Laude
Kaitlin M. Tamosiunas
Graphic Design
Summa Cum Laude
Isabel Victoria Thiessen
Graphic Design
Elliott Walker Townsend
Animation
Cum Laude
Anthony Joseph Vasconi
Animation
Cum Laude
Tiffany A. Whitely
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Paulina Wojtkowski
Graphic Design
Christine D. Zaccari
Graphic Design
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Brian J. Abbott
Animation
Tim Eldar Abil
Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Kevin G. Acton
Network Engineering and Security
Howell M. Adams
Computer Game Development
Parthasarathy Agrawal
Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Victor D. Aguirre
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Faraz Ahmad
Cybersecurity
Faizan Ahmed
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Syed Omer Alam
Network Engineering and Security
Andrew J. Alfieri
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Mian Y. Ali
Information Systems
Robert Alianello
Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Lenard Alipio
Computer Science
Tia Allen
Digital Cinema
Karam Alrafati
Information Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Khalid Rawaf N Alrawaf
Computer Science
Ahmed Jama A Alsomali
Computer Science
Trenton D. Alston
Computer Game Development
Alexander G. Alvarez
Information Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Daniel A. Alvarez
Information Technology
Mohmmed Abdulrahman I
Alyahya
Information Technology
Matt Anderson
Cybersecurity
Nathan E. Andre
Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
Tabish Ansari
Information Systems
Cum Laude
Mohammed Waqas Anwar
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Brian P. Artz
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Segundo A. Auqui
Computer Science
Christian P. Bafia
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Rohail Mirza Baig
Computer Science
Aneta M. Baran
Interactive and Social Media
Summa Cum Laude
Dan Bari
Information Technology
Erik R. Barns
Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Derek W. Becker
Information Systems
Summa Cum Laude
Matthew J. Berglund
Information Systems
Jason G. Berkovich
Information Technology
Cum Laude
Andrew J. Bisciglia
Network Engineering and Security
Marcus A. Bledsoe
Network Engineering and Security
Jonathan T. Bogaard
Computer Game Development
Summa Cum Laude
Evan R. Bogart
Interactive and Social Media
Cum Laude
COMMENCEMENT | 97
Allen J. Boguslavsky
Interactive and Social Media
Cum Laude
Connor L. Bolin
Interactive and Social Media
Amanda Bonacorso
Computer Game Development
Trisha J. Booker
Information Systems
Robert William Border
Cybersecurity
Cum Laude
Edward R. Bote
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Scott T. Bowman
Computer Science
Morgan Bukowy
Information Technology
Kyle G. Burger
Interactive and Social Media
Magna Cum Laude
Ismael J. Bustamante
Computer Game Development
Tony Calvillo
Network Engineering and Security
Magna Cum Laude
Andres Calzada
Computer Science
Ferdinand Cami
Cybersecurity
Cum Laude
Murray Ian Robertson
Campbell
*
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Natalie R. Campo
Information Technology
Karen Cardenas
Computer Science
Antonio Caringella
Computer Game Development
Miguel Ignacio Carrazza
Computer Science
Austin J. Carter
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Saundra V. Castaneda
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Cody P. Castino
Computer Science
Robert L. Chaikouang
Network Engineering and Security
Cassandra Tan Chan
*
Computer Game Development
Magna Cum Laude
Amy Chantayod
Computer Science
Marissa Chatman
Information Systems
Dylan R. Cheng
*
Computer Game Development
Andy T. Chiang
Information Technology
Cum Laude
Alec Chommany
Network Engineering and Security
Boldbaatar Chuluunbaatar
Computer Science
Madalina Ciocan
Computer Science
Joshua G. Clark
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Clayton A. Cohn
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Dillon Collins
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Kara J. Contessa
Computer Game Development
Wesley T. Cotterman
Computer Science
Michala C. Cox
Computer Game Development
Magna Cum Laude
Scott D. Crater
Computer Science
Daniel Patrick Curley
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Adel Daifallah
Network Engineering and Security
Jeena Mohan Dansingani
Information Technology
Cum Laude
Aditya V. Dantuluri
Mathematics and Computer
Science
Cum Laude
Kevin G. Davis
Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Eric Dehlin
Computer Science
Eduardo Delira
Information Technology
Cum Laude
Joshua P. Delson
Computer Game Development
Jay U. Desai
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Roberto I. Despoiu
Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
Deanna D. Doersch
Interactive and Social Media
Cum Laude
Tristan P. Dolik
Computer Science
Adnan Shabbir Dossaji
Computer Science
David Draghici
Network Engineering and Security
Patrick G. Drucker
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Nick Dunteman
Information Systems
Cum Laude
Quincy Dutchin
Information Systems
Cum Laude
Marco A. Egas
Information Systems
Ahmed El Bokhari
Information Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Robert W. Ellis
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Tyler J. Entsminger
Computer Science
Kenneth Erlichman
Computer Game Development
Brian R. Eschenbrenner
Game Programming
Magna Cum Laude
Chezka J. Eusebio
Computer Science
Jasmine Farley
Computer Science
Walter Farrar
Computer Game Development
Summa Cum Laude
Daniel Jay Fernow
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Theresa Jewel Ferrell
Digital Cinema
William P. Fitzgerald
Animation
*
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Evelyn Flores
Interactive and Social Media
Magna Cum Laude
Patrick J. Fobes
Information Systems
German Fonseca
Computer Science
Joseph Henry Fossing
Cybersecurity
Cum Laude
Ian D. Fout
Interactive Media
Nora E. Fredericks
Information Systems
Summa Cum Laude
Daniel T. Furlan
Interactive and Social Media
Cum Laude
Matthew A. Gacek
Business Information Technology
Derick E. Garcia
Computer Science
Timothy W. Gerlach
*
Computer Game Development
Magna Cum Laude
Mark Austin Glagola
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Gordon B. Glenn
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Daniel Glownia
Computer Science
Yovana Gomez
Computer Science
Sammy S. Gonzalez
Interactive and Social Media
Summa Cum Laude
Kyle A. Goode
Cybersecurity
David L. Gorelik
Computer Science
Damir D. Grahovac
Network Engineering and Security
Jobelle Gramata
Information Technology
Andrew R. Graves
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Quintin X. Gray
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Adam Griff
Computer Game Development
John Austen Groot
*
Computer Game Development
Magna Cum Laude
Westin B. Grube
Computer Game Development
Tena Guwor
Digital Cinema
Hiba T. Haddad
Interactive and Social Media
Daniel Hai
Information Technology
Cum Laude
Mariah Grace Hale
Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Meleokauaapuakea Setsu
Dang Hamasaki
Interactive and Social Media
Magna Cum Laude
Elizabeth S. Harris
Information Technology
Hasnain F. Hashmani
Computer Science
Catherine A. Hayden
Interactive and Social Media
Summa Cum Laude
Jeremy R. Hebeda
Computer Science
Thomas E. Hemming
Computer Science
Cristhian R. Heras
Information Technology
Cum Laude
Brian M. Herman
Computer Game Development
Daniel Herrera
Information Technology
Donald L. Herweg
Game Design
Cum Laude
Michael R. Hess
Computer Game Development
Frank E. Hickey
Digital Cinema
Stefan Johann Hiebl
Information Systems
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica L. Hofmeyer
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Eleanor V. Holley
Computer Science
Jessica Hua
Computer Science
Youze Huang
Computer Game Development
Magna Cum Laude
Carla Hueramo
Information Systems
Ryan Christopher Hutton
Cybersecurity
Summa Cum Laude
Brian J. Hymel
Computer Science
Donan M. Jackson
Information Technology
Patricia Jackson
Information Systems
Samuel J. Jevitz
Cybersecurity
Summa Cum Laude
Faisal A. Jirreh
Network Engineering and Security
Dragan Jovanovic
Information Systems
Summa Cum Laude
Eric James Juarez
Information Technology
Karolis Jurgelevicius
Interactive and Social Media
Magna Cum Laude
Shivangi Kakkar
Information Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Hamd Kamal
Information Systems
Jacob Gerald Kanka
Computer Science
Douglas Scott Kasper
Computer Science
David Alexander Keller
Computer Science
Aakif Khan
Information Systems
Arshad A. Khan
Computer Science
Hamza Khan
Information Technology
Piotr Kielbasa
Cybersecurity
Magna Cum Laude
Alexander Kitcheos
Cybersecurity
Jack E. Klein
Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
COMMENCEMENT | 99
Adam J. Klopfenstein
*
Game Programming
Summa Cum Laude
David E. Knapp
Computer Game Development
Trevor J. Knilans
Computer Science
Blazej S. Kocon
Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
Rakesh Kosuri
Information Technology
Marcin J. Koza
Mathematics and Computer
Science
Kamil Kula
Information Technology
Melvin Kurian
Computer Science
Ashley Brianna Kwo
Information Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Jeremy D. Labossiere
Computer Game Development
Phillip Lai
Cybersecurity
Abdelhak Lairi
Information Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Franco Landa
Information Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Adrian Lara
Network Engineering and Security
Michael D. Larson
Network Engineering and Security
Summa Cum Laude
Heather M. Layne
Computer Game Development
James Le
Information Technology
Andrew E. Lee
Network Engineering and Security
Cum Laude
Edward Leonard
Computer Science
Jorge A. Luna
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Amy Maciejewski
Interactive and Social Media
Bruce Lachlan MacLean
Network Engineering and Security
Magna Cum Laude
Jeffries Madrigal
Information Technology
Younus Mahmood
Computer Science
Pantelis Mike Manos
Information Systems
Husam Marajda
Computer Science
Elza Margolin
Computer Science
Adriana Martinez
Network Engineering and Security
Juan Martinez
Network Engineering and Security
Johnathan D. Mattioli
Information Systems
Carleton R. Maybell
Network Engineering and Security
Cum Laude
Collin M. McDonald
Animation
Steven C. McEvilly
Computer Science
Andrew M. McIlhany
Computer Game Development
Samuel Medrano
Animation
Aqsa Merchant
Information Systems
Victoria Jean Meschino
Interactive and Social Media
Media and Cinema Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Kevin H. Mester
Computer Game Development
Mateusz Mistak
Network Engineering and Security
Muhammad Nabil Basil Bin
Mohd Shukri
Information Systems
Rosario Monarrez
Interactive and Social Media
Joseph Moore
Network Engineering and Security
Summa Cum Laude
Ashley Rose Naratadam
*
Mathematics and Computer
Science
Magna Cum Laude
Hoang Xuan Nguyen
Computer Science
Samuel Q. Nguyen
Computer Game Development
Stephanie R. Nordlund
Network Engineering and Security
Cum Laude
Heidi L. Nordmann
Computer Game Development
Summa Cum Laude
Dylan Connor Norris
Computer Game Development
Matthew T. Novosel
Computer Game Development
Jack Findlay Novotny
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Brett M. Nowak
Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
Nnaemeka Leonard Nwoke
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Kofi Minta Nyarku
Information Technology
Paul O’Brien
Information Technology
John C. O’Keeffe
Cybersecurity
Kevin S. Olson
Network Engineering and Security
Arthur E. Ortiz
Interactive and Social Media
Kevin O’Shea
Digital Cinema
William T. Pankiewicz
Computer Science
Jacqueline Marie Passehl
Computer Science
Rocky Antonio Patano
Computer Game Development
Aayushi A. Patel
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
Ankit M. Patel
Computer Science
Arpankumar S. Patel
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Chintan Patel
Information Technology
Dhaval Patel
Network Engineering and Security
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Gaurav H. Patel
Computer Science
Neel Patel
Information Technology
Breana M. Payne
Mathematics and Computer
Science
Vinicio A. Paz
Animation
Thomas J. Peoples
Animation
Eduardo Perez
Computer Game Development
Bryan A. Perry
Computer Game Development
Anaid Pettersen
Network Engineering and
Security
Justin P. Piantedosi
Computer Game Development
Joshua A. Plaetzler
Information Technology
Summa Cum Laude
Justin Lloyd Plaetzler
Information Technology
Thomas Plutz
Computer Science
Mateusz Pytka
Information Technology
Liyuan Qi
Computer Game Development
Jesus Ramirez
Information Systems
Miguel Angel Ramirez
Information Technology
Marcus J. Ramsey
Computer Science
Antonio Javier Rendon
Computer Science
Michael E. Rivet
Computer Science
Syed W. Rizvi
Information Technology
Brendan Joseph Roa
Computer Game Development
John T. Ronquillo
Interactive and Social Media
Maria Katherine Rosado
Computer Game Development
Daniel G. Roth
Network Engineering and
Security
Anahita Safavi
Computer Science
Emilio J. Salas
Information Systems
Levy Salazar
Network Engineering and
Security
Joe P. Saldana
Network Engineering and
Security
Summa Cum Laude
Alejandro Salinas
Cybersecurity
Baldomero L. Samaro
Computer Science
Steve Saucedo
Computer Science
Jack Gregory Schalke
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Alexandra Scheithauer
Computer Game Development
Nicholas F. Scola
Computer Science
Dominic T. Senese
Computer Science
Timothy J. Serio
Computer Science
Benjamin N. Sherry
Cybersecurity
Magna Cum Laude
Hanna Samer Shunnarah
Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
Trevor J. Siegler
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Juan Esteban Sierra
Computer Science
Cole D. Smith
*
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
David Smyrski
Information Technology
Saad A. Sodagar
Computer Science
Gybran Somoza
Computer Science
Patrick S. Son
Computer Game Development
Daniel Byung-Joo Song
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Summer K. Sprott
Digital Cinema
Byron K. Striepe
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Mikhail I. Strubler
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Qili Sui
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Ayadullah Syed
Computer Science
Matthew J. Szotek
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Jason Tan
Computer Game Development
Raymond Tan
Game Design
Summa Cum Laude
William C. Taylor
Mathematics and Computer
Science
Jonathan Tetlak
Network Engineering and
Security
Magna Cum Laude
Prerak B. Thakkar
Computer Science
Viral Thakkar
Information Technology
Enrique E. Tirado
Network Engineering and
Security
Micho Todorovich
Computer Game Development
Gergana A. Toncheva
Computer Science
Blake H. Truitt
Computer Game Development
Benjamin David Tucker
*
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Nancy Vallejo
Information Technology
Cum Laude
David K. Vernier
Interactive and Social Media
Cum Laude
Brian M. Victores
Computer Game Development
COMMENCEMENT | 101
Jacob Louis Vilches
Network Engineering and Security
Cum Laude
Hieu Vuong
Information Technology
Magna Cum Laude
David E. Wales
Computer Game Development
Summa Cum Laude
Robert F. Walton
Network Engineering and Security
Max G. Washington
Computer Science
Kenneth R. Weber
Computer Game Development
Henry J. Webster
Computer Science
Magna Cum Laude
Maurice Juwann Westbrooks
Computer Game Development
Kevin E. Westerlund
Computer Science
Kurt C. Wickboldt
Network Engineering and Security
Summa Cum Laude
Christopher D. Williams
Network Engineering and Security
Krystalle Williams
Interactive and Social Media
Lucas John Wittwer
*
Cybersecurity
Matthew Wojtas
Information Technology
Cum Laude
David T. Wolanski
Digital Cinema
Thomas M. Wozniczka
Computer Science
Kevin Wynn
*
Animation
Gorguis D. Yalda
Network Engineering and Security
Magna Cum Laude
Saad A. Zahid
Network Engineering and Security
Sam M. Zapiain
Computer Game Development
Summa Cum Laude
Travis P. Zillmer
Computer Science
Cum Laude
Vincent J. Zipparro
Computer Science
Keaton H. Zonca
Computer Science
Thomas Zuk
Network Engineering and Security
Magna Cum Laude
Arsen Zyka
Network Engineering and Security
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Mansor Qussay A. Albadran
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Eric Alexander
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Karen A. Almanza
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Alyssa Lea Alvarez
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Eden Ames
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Andrea Maria Arrellaga
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Edgar Barrera
Digital Cinema
Felipe Gervasio
Bascunan-Simone
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Ian J. Battaglia
Digital Cinema
Davis Allan Bergstrom
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Christopher Tyler Bernal
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
David Noah Borim
Digital Cinema
James P. Breslin
Digital Cinema
Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
William Joseph Brunker
Digital Cinema
Charles Burrows
Digital Cinema
Savannah A. Cannistraro
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Samantha Francesca Cardoza
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Adam L. Carl
Digital Cinema
Kevin S. Charbonneau
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Courtney A. Clinkert
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Sarah M. Companioni
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Samuel Paul Condon
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Esvin Crescencio
Animation
Graham Daniel Spyridon
Crocombe
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Mary Daniels
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Cameron A. Davis
Animation
Johnetta Davis
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Neil E. Delbrocco
Digital Cinema
Alan T. Dembek
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Joel Dik
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Alyssa Dizon
Digital Cinema
Mary C. Doerries
Digital Cinema
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Sean Patrick Dolan
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Charles F. Dorsch
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Ashley E. Dozier
Digital Cinema
Samuel Ewing Dreyfuss
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Jacquelyn Erika Drust
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
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Katherine A. Dudley
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Ellen Mary Dziubek
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Shelby N. Enlow
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Chloe R. Erb
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Michael A. Erpenbach
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Kyle G. Eskra
Digital Cinema
Daniel J. Farber
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Robert Jarvis Ford
Digital Cinema
Meghan Leigh Freeman
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Olivia P. Freshwater
Digital Cinema
Lindsay Ariel Frommer
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Taylor Etheridge Gillen
*
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Ricardo Gonzalez-Lopez
Digital Cinema
Anthony J. Gorczyca
Animation
Julia M. Gralczyk
*
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Jordan M. Graves
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Anders C. Gustafson
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Alexander Hagedorn
Digital Cinema
Jonathan R. Harvey
Digital Cinema
Nida Hasan
Animation
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Nicole Rae Hausherr
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Anna M. Haux
Animation
Cum Laude
Tabitha A. Hein
Animation
Computer Game Development
Cum Laude
Gabriela M. Hernandez
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Yuan Shen Hew
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Molly Ann Hickey
Digital Cinema
Hannah Raguan Hisham
Digital Cinema
Alex S. Howard
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Mark W. Irion
Digital Cinema
Briana Johnson
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Joseph Kaigler
Digital Cinema
Jennifer C. Khy
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Holden B. Kingston
Animation
Cum Laude
Zoe Lawrence Kraft
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Tyler M. Krawczyk
Digital Cinema
Noah Krimstein
Digital Cinema
Mario Lagunas
Animation
Gerard M. Lamb
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Julia A. Lane
Digital Cinema
Rinel Lara
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Savannah Mae Larsen
Digital Cinema
Eric G. Liedke
Animation
Carlos A. Linares
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Steven W. Long
*
Digital Cinema
Carly Louise Loniewski
Digital Cinema
David Lopez
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Braden William Lukoff
Digital Cinema
Jeremiah E. Mahan
Digital Cinema
Natasha Webster Major
Digital Cinema
Mohammad Sirage Ideen
Malak
Animation
Aaron R. Margolin
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Susana Matallana
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Joseph G. McAlpine
Digital Cinema
Charia R. McDonald
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Emma N. McGinn
Digital Cinema
Daniel M. Mckenzie
Digital Cinema
Brian Patrick McNeely
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Kyle A. Monnig
Digital Cinema
Karina Montelongo-Martinez
Digital Cinema
Communication and Media
David S. Moore
Digital Cinema
Martin Moreno
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Emma A. Mulligan
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Aidan Thomas Neuner
Digital Cinema
Allyson C. Novaski
Digital Cinema
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Parker J. Nyquist
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Mackenzie M. O’Brien
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Margaret Ann O’Brien
Digital Cinema
Sean P. O’Bryan
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Gabrielle O’Gorman
Digital Cinema
Communication and Media
Iwuchukwu E. Okafor
Animation
Trevor W. Olson
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Josue A. Ortiz
Digital Cinema
Public Relations and Advertising
Angela R. Panganiban
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Brett Pearson
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Celia M. Petersen
Digital Cinema
French
Magna Cum Laude
Laura N. Petro
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Prentice F. Phillips
Digital Cinema
Alma Estela Pichardo
Lluberes
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Anna J. Powers
*
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Chase Raab
Animation
Albert J. Regalado
Digital Cinema
Emily S. Resch
Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Paul Restivo
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Marco A. Rivera
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Shannon M. Rodeberg
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Jeffrey Ryan
Digital Cinema
Logan Salvadore
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Meghan Elizabeth Salvon
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Hunter Thomas Scharf
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Katelyn A. Scheuber
Digital Cinema
Peace, Justice and Conflict
Studies
Cum Laude
Paul J. Shen
Animation
Joseph M. Siegel
Digital Cinema
Jacob R. Slankard
Digital Cinema
Cory Payne Sponsler
Digital Cinema
Karan Sunil
Digital Cinema
Drew Jerald Thomason
Digital Cinema
Dominique Tolbert
Digital Cinema
Summa Cum Laude
Charles Leon Tramel
Digital Cinema
Christian K. Traylor
Digital Cinema
Alejandro David Trevino
Digital Cinema
Morgan R. Williams
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Sean Patrick Wilson
Digital Cinema
Pace Winkels
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Joshua Woo Zhi Wei
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Mikaela M. Workman
*
Animation
James Benjamin Wright
*
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
Nora N. Zayed
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Eric N. Ziech
Digital Cinema
Cum Laude
Ryan R. Zum Mallen
Digital Cinema
Magna Cum Laude
*
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MASTER OF ARTS
Summer Abdoh
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Heidi E. Agostini
Journalism
Sameerah Ahmad
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Mark Alberta
Media and Cinema Studies
Lojain Abdullatif H.
Alhashimi
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Maria Elena Aliberti
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Maria G. Avalos
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Linda Helen Ball
Journalism
Ameya Banks
Journalism
With Distinction
Daniel Edward Beedie
Journalism
With Distinction
Jeramie Lee Bizzle
Journalism
Kelley Erin Bowles
Journalism
Rafael Bruler
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Jing Chen
Media and Cinema Studies
With Distinction
Kellie Lauren Churchman
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Nathan Lloyd Clairmont
Health Communication
With Distinction
Marisa Kaliah Coulter
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
Grant E. Culp
Public Relations and Advertising
Sandra Cristina Cutz Paiz
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Brooke Elizabeth Dahnert
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Josephine Elizabeth
DeAngelo
Relational Communication
With Distinction
Jacob Austin Ekdahl
Journalism
Abigail Escatel
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Denise Judith Escobar
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Marc Thomas Filippino
Journalism
With Distinction
Lara Jane Freeman-Erbin
Media and Cinema Studies
With Distinction
Daniel D. Gilson
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Michael E. Guarnieri
Media and Cinema Studies
Erika Hanes
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Asjhra M. Harper
Journalism
Jordyn Holliday
Public Relations and Advertising
Quiana B. Hughes
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Jami I. Jacobs
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Natasha A. Janic
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Shirui Ji
Journalism
Dina Khdair
Media and Cinema Studies
With Distinction
Ashley L. King
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Beth King
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Mariana Krampien
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Rachel A. Kuchar
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Rita A. Lachmansingh
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Aaron T. Lee
Journalism
Meredith Anne Lehman
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Ninjong J. Lu
Journalism
Chelsea M. Lupica
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
Eva Jeanne Marnen
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Kendall A. Martin
Relational Communication
Taylor E. McDade
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Christine M. McMillion
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by Salma Ghanem, PhD, Dean and Professor
Candidates’ names announced by JC Bruno Teboul, PhD, Professor
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Megan McTighe
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Diane Miller
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
Jennifer Ann Miller
Journalism
With Distinction
Melanie Charleen Mills
Vargas
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Destiny-Renee Darnell
Murray
Journalism
Kelsey A. Norris
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Diana Taylor Nuno
Health Communication
With Distinction
Kolawole Olugboyega
Ogunshote
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Jacob Oller
Media and Cinema Studies
With Distinction
Barakat O. Olorunoje
Health Communication
Clara Livia Petrisor
Health Communication
Emily A. Pasteris
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
Elizabeth M. Pedraza
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Robin Hye-Jin Peterson
Organizational and Multicultural
Communication
With Distinction
Juan Sebastian Pimiento
Journalism
Jaymie Claire Polet
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Vanessa Prachack
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Genevieve R. Prendergast
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Maria Lauren Pruefer
Health Communication
Joyce-Lynn Raby
Journalism
Shobana S. Rao
Relational Communication
With Distinction
Cristina Recke Velasco
Health Communication
With Distinction
Melvin Ryan Rhodes
Journalism
George R. Rohde
Journalism
Krystal Saulsberry
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Melanie Schumilas
Journalism
With Distinction
Kristyn Schwiep
Journalism
Kelly H. Sergay
Communication and Media
Emily T. Slaw
Relational Communication
With Distinction
Bria J. Smith
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Kevin Patrick Spitta
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
David M. Stewart
Media and Cinema Studies
Francesca F. Stewart
Journalism
Cheng Sun
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
Monika Sziron
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Kelsey N. Taff
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Lorraine Elaine-Muriel Taylor
Journalism
With Distinction
Melody Thuston
Public Relations and Advertising
Ragel Thys
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Chelsea M. Trautman
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Sylvie L. Turner
Health Communication
Paige M. Wagenknecht
Journalism
With Distinction
Emma S. Walsh
Relational Communication
With Distinction
Mariah A. Woelfel
Journalism
Lindy Allison Wolaver
Digital Communication and
Media Arts
With Distinction
Kyle S. Woosley
Journalism
Andrew Zamorski
Public Relations and Advertising
With Distinction
Jennifer A. Zipser
Journalism
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Sara A. Abdelaal
Public Relations and Advertising
Rawan R. Abdellatif
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Nicole A. Abreu
Public Relations and Advertising
Emily Anne Ackerman
Public Relations and Advertising
History of Art and Architecture
Karianna M. Adamson
Communication and Media
Temi O. Adelakun
Organizational Communication
Oluwatoyin O. Akinfemiwa
Public Relations and Advertising
Munirah Mohammed A.
Aldahmash
Communication and Media
Beatrice Elaine Aldrich
*
Media and Cinema Studies
Journalism
Magna Cum Laude
Alan Aleman
Public Relations and Advertising
Ciara Aleman-Gomez
Public Relations and Advertising
Courtney Taylor Alimondi
Journalism
Kayla Alvarado
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Lorena Alvarez
Public Relations and Advertising
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Shaka Osahar Ambonisye
Public Relations and Advertising
Alexandra J. Amendola
Communication and Media
Bradley David Anderson
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Kaitlin N. Anderson
Public Relations and Advertising
Selena Anderson
Public Relations and Advertising
Nicole Andree
Organizational Communication
Cum Laude
Jeremy Duane Andrus
Public Relations and Advertising
Kaitlyn Virginia Anglum
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Rosemary A. Anguiano
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Adam Vlock Arbonies
Public Relations and Advertising
Joseph R. Ardell
Communication and Media
Daniela Arellano
Media and Cinema Studies
Ahmad K. Asani
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Akeem T. Asani
Communication and Media
Chloe A. Atkins
Journalism
Cum Laude
Lauren E. Awtry
Communication and Media
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
Rachel A. Bader
Relational Communication
Psychology
Shianne Marybeth Baggett
Public Relations and Advertising
Shana Bahemat
Intercultural Communication
Julia R. Balling
Public Relations and Advertising
Maria Fernanda Baltodano
Public Relations and Advertising
Raegen Villines
Balton-Watkins
Public Relations and Advertising
Brandon T. Barborka
Journalism
Francisco Javier Barrera
Media and Cinema Studies
Caitlin Barry
Public Relations and Advertising
Hanna Barth
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Sabrina Maria Bartolomei
Media and Cinema Studies
Public Relations and Advertising
Catherine A. Baskin
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Jordan Amara Bazemore
Public Relations and Advertising
Kylie J. Beck
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Lucy P. Behn
Communication and Media
Media and Cinema Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Kelli Bell
Communication Studies
Mary Elyse Bellinger
Public Relations and Advertising
Annamarie Beretta
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Amanda L. Bergeron
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Sofia Marie Bergfeld
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Sarah Louise Berry
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Michael F. M. Betouni
Public Relations and Advertising
Amy S. Betulius
Journalism
Sydney M. Bickel
Journalism
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Nathaniel J. Bieselin
Public Relations and Advertising
Cassidy T. Biggane
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Alethea A. Binion
Organizational Communication
Patrick S. Birdwell
Public Relations and Advertising
Nicole T. Bizoukas
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Devin L. Bohbrink
Journalism
Magna Cum Laude
Keith J. Boland
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Maria M. Bondar
Public Relations and Advertising
Madeline G. Bonkoske
Relational Communication
Cum Laude
Jamie T. Bonnema
Public Relations and Advertising
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Katlyn R. Borges
Public Relations and Advertising
Danielle C. Borisy
Public Relations and Advertising
Leo Boshardy
Communication Studies
Margaret Elizabeth
Boutchyard
Communication and Media
Cheyenne K. Bowers
Journalism
Darien C. Boyd
Journalism
Joshua Samuel Boyle
Communication and Media
Evalis Marie Brazeaudozier
Public Relations and Advertising
Menley K. Brennan
Journalism
Magna Cum Laude
Andrew C. Brown
Media and Cinema Studies
Angela Brown
Communication and Media
William T. Brown
Public Relations and Advertising
Piotr J. Brozyna
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Joanne Bryja
Public Relations and Advertising
Anna D. Buckley
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Hayley E. Budish
Public Relations and Advertising
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Shontell Burch
Organizational Communication
Luke L. Burrows
Intercultural Communication
Religious Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Bryan A. Butera
Communication and Media
Mackenzie J. Butler
Public Relations and Advertising
Kelly M. Byrne
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Aeriel M. Cabitac
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Kimiko Maureen Cacioppo
Public Relations and Advertising
Sean M. Cahill-Lemme
Public Relations and Advertising
Cesar Camacho
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
James A. Cameron
Public Relations and Advertising
Allison B. Canilao
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Craig J. Caplin
Organizational Communication
Nathaniel T. Cardelli
Relational Communication
Rey N. Carpio
Public Relations and Advertising
Jess Reed Carr
Public Relations and Advertising
Michael David Caryl
Public Relations and Advertising
Adam C. Chalifoux
Journalism
Zachary Chiero
Public Relations and Advertising
Sara G. Chinsky
Organizational Communication
Cum Laude
Kiernan Rose Chrystal
Communication and Media
Danielle J. Church
Journalism
Cum Laude
Courtney Maria Ciacco
Communication and Media
Jaden L. Clarey
Communication Studies
Jeffrey R. Cleinmark
Organizational Communication
Sara Rose Clemens
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Alexandria M. Cluxton
Public Relations and Advertising
Art, Media and Design
Cum Laude
Benjamin J. Code
Communication and Media
Danielle C. Coleman
Journalism
Harry C. Colmery
Communication and Media
Matthew M. Columbus
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Pelagie Maritz Connaughton
Public Relations and Advertising
Morgan Ashley Conti
Public Relations and Advertising
Andrea A. Copses
Public Relations and Advertising
Organizational Communication
Cum Laude
Ana K. Cordova
Public Relations and Advertising
Brendan M. Corley
Communication and Media
John M. Corrigan
Communication and Media
Carina Canet Coss
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Graciela Maria Covarrubias
*
Organizational Communication
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Isabella Cappelli Craven
Public Relations and Advertising
Michael J. Cuaresma
Intercultural Communication
Cum Laude
Tess Cvikota
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Sarah E. Daly
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Ben Daniel
Public Relations and Advertising
Penelope C. Danos
Organizational Communication
Felicia L. Darnell
Journalism
Griffen C. Davies
Public Relations and Advertising
James J. DeLeo
Media and Cinema Studies
Myriah Deboer
Communication and Media
Michael A. Decicco
Public Relations and Advertising
Communication and Media
Samantha R. Delgadillo
Public Relations and Advertising
Bradley S. Demarchi
Journalism
Alicya Y. Dennison
Journalism
Jessica A. Depre
Public Relations and Advertising
Ewelina A. Deszcz
Public Relations and Advertising
Kathryn Detmer
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Melissa E. Dever
Communication and Media
Ashley Diaz
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
Yoandra N. Diaz
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Rachel N. Dick
Journalism
Isabella Dicosola
Public Relations and Advertising
Dania Amina Din
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Jacob David Dinneen
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Tyler A. Ditomasso
Public Relations and Advertising
William M. Dobbs
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Kira E. Dohrn Jones
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Anthony John Domalewski
Communication and Media
Alejandra C. Domeier
Media and Cinema Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Colleen Donahue
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
*
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Erin Teresa Donovan
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Emma C. Drogosz
Media and Cinema Studies
Paige Jenifer Drugas
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Ashley Nicole Duarte
Public Relations and Advertising
Justin Dubeau
Public Relations and Advertising
Cecilia Duenez Aguilar
Organizational Communication
Matthew R. Dunphey
Public Relations and Advertising
Amir Durakovic
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Amanda L. Durose
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Ariana Dvornik
Journalism
Ivy Dye
Communication and Media
Emily C. Eckhoff
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Hannah Einarsen
Public Relations and Advertising
Joshua J. Ejnes
Communication and Media
Ishmael Malik El’Shabazz
Public Relations and Advertising
Journalism
Warebi Victoria Elehibiri
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Alexis A. Ellsberry
Public Relations and Advertising
Shaun Emerson
Public Relations and Advertising
Elizabeth Marie Engelhard
Public Relations and Advertising
Organizational Communication
Dulce L. Enriquez
Communication Studies
Omar I. Escamilla
Organizational Communication
Magna Cum Laude
Edna Espino
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
Julie Elizabeth Ettelson
Public Relations and Advertising
Alexandra E. Faith
Organizational Communication
Stephanie N. Falciglia
Communication Studies
Public Relations and Advertising
Laetitia V. Faure
Public Relations and Advertising
Jenna K. Feldman
Relational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Jasper Henry A. Figueroa
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Mairenn Finnegan
Communication and Media
Joseph M. Fisher
Communication and Media
Abigail Flores
Journalism
Public Relations and Advertising
Michael A. Fogg
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Victoria Franso
Public Relations and Advertising
Salvatore Matthew Fratto
Communication Studies
Gary Anthony
Galindo-Guzman
Public Relations and Advertising
Political Science
Kimberly M. Galvan
*
Media and Cinema Studies
History of Art and Architecture
Cum Laude
Lino Galvan
Organizational Communication
Beatriz Garcia
Public Relations and Advertising
Maria Isabel Garcia
Public Relations and Advertising
Ann M. Gardiner
Public Relations and Advertising
Adam J. Garlewicz
Journalism
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Samantha A. Garon
Public Relations and Advertising
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Mallory Elizabeth Garrison
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Benjamin M. Gartland
Public Relations and Advertising
Political Science
Jessica L. Gatwood
Journalism
Alessandro Gazzola
Communication and Media
Amanda G. Gerard
Public Relations and Advertising
Spanish
Cum Laude
Maria C. Giannetos
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Sheree S. Gibbons
Journalism
Priscilla Gil
Public Relations and Advertising
English
Summa Cum Laude
Amanda Giovenco
Public Relations and Advertising
Jake C. Gissler
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Lynzee Glaser
Public Relations and Advertising
Blake D. Goeman
Communication Studies
Cum Laude
Kristen P. Goldstein
Journalism
Emma M. Gonzalez
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Lauren Gonzalez
Public Relations and Advertising
Lidia Gonzalez
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Nancy Gonzalez
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Patrick Emery Gosney
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Clifford Grant
Communication and Media
Renee Graves
Communication and Media
Ajee J. Gray
Journalism
Emeri Jillian Gray
Communication and Media
Ross William Greer
Journalism
Ana E. Greik
Public Relations and Advertising
Michael-Brian P. Griggs
Public Relations and Advertising
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*
Denotes University Honors Program
Emily Guerin
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Danielle M. Guetzke
Public Relations and Advertising
Natalie M. Guio
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Christina R. Gustin
Public Relations and Advertising
Psychology
Cum Laude
Dan Hack
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel H. Hacker
Communication and Media
Maryam J. Hampton
Journalism
Katharine Louise
Hannant-Kozik
Communication Studies
Alex Tyler Hanns
Public Relations and Advertising
Rachael C. Hansen
Media and Cinema Studies
Danielle R. Harris
Journalism
Robert J. Hauselt
Public Relations and Advertising
Madeline C. Hauser
Public Relations and Advertising
Relational Communication
Magna Cum Laude
Elizabeth S. Hayn
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Jonathan Henne
Organizational Communication
Celene Hernandez
Public Relations and Advertising
Giovanni J. Hernandez
Journalism
Kelin A. Hernandez
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Winona Faye Hiennadi
Communication and Media
Media and Cinema Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Rebecah H. Hiller
Organizational Communication
Magna Cum Laude
Caitlyn M. Hillier
Public Relations and Advertising
John E. Hiltabidle
Communication and Media
Mia Camille Hinkebein
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Rachel Hinton
Journalism
Cum Laude
MacKenzie Rose Holland
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Trevor Hollis
Media and Cinema Studies
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Justin M. Honra
Public Relations and Advertising
Riley Kathleen Hopkins
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
David Kendall Houston
Public Relations and Advertising
Nandi S. Howard
Journalism
Shantae Tiffany Howell
Public Relations and Advertising
Kelli E. Hubly
Communication and Media
Megan L. Huro
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Matthew Hutten
Communication and Media
Caroline A. Ibarra
Public Relations and Advertising
Jessica Ibarra
Organizational Communication
Cum Laude
Jerrod Jackson
Communication Studies
Cum Laude
Leea Y. Jackson
Journalism
Aquita S. James
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Jessica January
Public Relations and Advertising
Communication and Media
Summa Cum Laude
Christine H. Jeavons
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Olivia Hope Jepson
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Abigail Jimenez
Journalism
Ashleigh Marie Johnson
Public Relations and Advertising
Braden Kemp Johnson
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
James T. Johnston
Communication Studies
Brian Robert Jones
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Gabriella M. Jones
Public Relations and Advertising
Matthew A. Jones
Public Relations and Advertising
Elayna A. Jordan
Communication Studies
Johnfranco G. Joyce
Journalism
Magna Cum Laude
Katherine R. Justema
Communication Studies
Allison M. Kahan
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Hassan Kamel
Communication and Media
Deni E. Kamper
Journalism
Political Science
Summa Cum Laude
Aaron C. Kane
Public Relations and Advertising
Laurel R. Kane
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Eunice H. Kang
Public Relations and Advertising
Aahad Kapoor
Public Relations and Advertising
Jennifer J. Kattalia
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Brandon Kay
Communication Studies
Sajjad Kazmi
Communication Studies
Brendan P. Keady
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Kristin M. Keahl
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Andrew P. Keller
Communication Studies
Cum Laude
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Brittany K. Kelly
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Aiden Nicole Kent
Journalism
Magna Cum Laude
Carmen Khor
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Allison D. Kim
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Lydia Kim
Journalism
Mashayla L. Kirksy
Public Relations and Advertising
Emily E. Kletcke
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Richard M. Kline
Communication and Media
Jake Koch
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Taylor M. Kohout
Organizational Communication
Kathryn M. Kokaska
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Virginia Konstas
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Lori E. Kopf
Journalism
Stefanie M. Korol
Communication and Media
Digital Cinema
Nicholas M. Kosirog-Jones
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Samantha Lee Kotrba
Communication and Media
Summa Cum Laude
John C. Kountoures
Organizational Communication
Sophia Kravets
Public Relations and Advertising
Anna L. Kreutz
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
Michelle Krichevskaya
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Natasa Krsic
Public Relations and Advertising
Abbey E. Kwiat
Public Relations and Advertising
Alexandra Labno
Public Relations and Advertising
Sydney A. Lacey
Public Relations and Advertising
John H. Ladd
Intercultural Communication
Rachel Pearl Laden
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Mary E. Lanciotti
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Hallie K. Larkowski
Public Relations and Advertising
Jake Laurens
Public Relations and Advertising
David A. Leitao
Communication and Media
James George Lelliott
Public Relations and Advertising
Brandon E. Leonard
Public Relations and Advertising
Chloe Therese Leuthaeuser
*
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Michael E. Levin
Communication Studies
Amelia R. Levine
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Jacqueline Victoria Lewis
Public Relations and Advertising
History of Art and Architecture
Summa Cum Laude
Rachel Deanne Lienemann
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Bryce Lineker
Communication Studies
Yulia Linnik
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Ambrosia Monea Long
Public Relations and Advertising
Psychology
Korynna Elizabeth Lopez
Communication and Media
Sociology
Lilian G. Lopez
Public Relations and Advertising
Nicole A. Lopez
Journalism
Ellie Rose L. Lovisetto
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Daphne E. Lyketsos
Communication Studies
Robert M. Macias
Communication and Media
Jameson Marie-Rose
MacPhie
Communication Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Lucil B. Macwan
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Michael L. Mah
Communication and Media
John J. Maku
Media and Cinema Studies
History
Magna Cum Laude
Iman L. Malik
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Jonah L. Malin
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Lindsey Shannon Mango
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Carol Marchan
Organizational Communication
Ryan M. Marcotte
Journalism
Sara Marcus
Organizational Communication
Brad L. Marks
Communication Studies
Crystal T. Marquez
Journalism
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Erica Marquis
Communication and Media
Adrianna M. Martinez
Public Relations and Advertising
Oscar Martinez
Public Relations and Advertising
Diamaris Martino
Journalism
Public Relations and Advertising
Michael Angelo Martino
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Jamie Massimilian
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Brenda N. Maugeri
Public Relations and Advertising
Christian A. Maysonet
Journalism
COMMENCEMENT | 111
Paolo G. Mazza
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Meghan Patricia McAllister
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
David Samuel Julius
McCarthy
Public Relations and Advertising
Haley McCleary
Communication and Media
Nick P. McConville
Public Relations and Advertising
Erin E. McCoy
Public Relations and Advertising
Tierney Kathleen McDonald
Communication and Media
Media and Cinema Studies
Summa Cum Laude
Jenna S. McDonnell
*
Communication and Media
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Chelsea A. McGrath
Media and Cinema Studies
Katharine C. McGuinnis
Communication and Media
Bailey R. McGuire
Communication and Media
Brandon R. McKiddy
Journalism
Emily McMahon
Public Relations and Advertising
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Thomas Kai McNeal
Public Relations and Advertising
Ryan Patrick McQueeney
Communication and Media
Political Science
Cum Laude
Desiree Nicole Mchale-Berg
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
John Frederick Measner
Media and Cinema Studies
Victoria Medrano
Public Relations and Advertising
Julia L. Meeks
Public Relations and Advertising
Mackenzie Joseph Melto
Public Relations and Advertising
Nora Elizabeth Melton
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Joash Ged Mencias
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Matthew L. Mercado
Relational Communication
Organizational Communication
Cum Laude
Madeline Merker
Communication and Media
Evelyn Merlos
Public Relations and Advertising
Colleen R. Mertens
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Victoria Jean Meschino
Media and Cinema Studies
Interactive and Social Media
Magna Cum Laude
Natalie G. Meza
Communication and Media
Scott G. Midgett
Communication and Media
Grant W. Mills
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Danielle Tremaine Mitchell
Organizational Communication
Makayla M. Mizser
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Nicholas F. Moen
Communication and Media
Joey P. Molloy
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Mary A. Monachino
Communication and Media
Mitchell J. Monocchio
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Kristin I. Monroe
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Helen R. Montag
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Jesus J. Montero
Communication and Media
Journalism
Christopher L. Mooney
Journalism
Brenden M. Moore
Journalism
Political Science
Joey L. Moore
Public Relations and Advertising
Margaret Z. Moore
Communication and Media
Summa Cum Laude
Mark Davis Moran
Public Relations and Advertising
Samantha A. Moreland
Communication and Media
Andrea D. Moreno
Public Relations and Advertising
Alexandra T. Moresco
Public Relations and Advertising
Kaitlin E. Morgan
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Kyle P. Morrell
*
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Mario L. Morrow
Organizational Communication
Hannah M. Mosele
Public Relations and Advertising
Austin C. Moser
Public Relations and Advertising
John P. Mossing
Communication Studies
Sunny C. Muehleman
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Nelly Ann Mueller
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
LenaSophia Buss Muldoon
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Patrick Joseph Mullane
Journalism
Cum Laude
Sean Mullen
Organizational Communication
Mary Margaret Murray
*
Communication Studies
Cum Laude
Patricia J. Murray
Public Relations and Advertising
Intercultural Communication
Cum Laude
Molly R. Murtaugh
Communication and Media
Summa Cum Laude
Robert J. Mushaney
Public Relations and Advertising
Chris Mutert
Journalism
Brittany Marie Nagy
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Vedant L. Naik
Public Relations and Advertising
Vanessa Navarrete
Journalism
*
Denotes University Honors Program
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Pamela Nebiu
Public Relations and Advertising
Jack Nellis
Communication and Media
Lindsey E. Nelmar
Relational Communication
Ari Maxwell Nemetz
Public Relations and Advertising
Anthony Ralph Neri
Public Relations and Advertising
Reginald L. Newman-Neal Jr.
Media and Cinema Studies
Maxwell J. Newsom
Journalism
Amir H. Nijem
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Paula V. Nikolova
Public Relations and Advertising
Connor Nora
Public Relations and Advertising
Taylor L. Novak
Communication Studies
Frank V. Novelli
Organizational Communication
Mona Maria Novikas
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Brendan O’Brien
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Victoria M. Oelrich
Communication Studies
Natalie B. Olsen
Communication Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Margaret Opoka
Public Relations and Advertising
Christopher J. Opon
Media and Cinema Studies
Anna J. Ortisi
Public Relations and Advertising
Karla Ortiz
*
Communication Studies
Cum Laude
Nora K. Palanck
Communication and Media
Conner Joseph
Palmerin-Wanek
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Alexandra Ryan Parker
Organizational Communication
Simone Cecilia Sinense
Parker
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Caterina Andrea Parola
Public Relations and Advertising
French
Summa Cum Laude
Kyla May Patterson
Public Relations and Advertising
Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse
Summa Cum Laude
Lara Patzik
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Darien Pearson
Public Relations and Advertising
Sharon Pearson
Journalism
Andrew G. Pecora
Media and Cinema Studies
Cum Laude
MattyAnn M. Penio
Public Relations and Advertising
Jenny Perez
Communication and Media
Kassandra Perez
Communication and Media
Management
Alexis Cristin Perez-Franada
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Annie Peterson
Public Relations and Advertising
Nicole M. Peterson
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Patrick A. Pfohl
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Laurel Pierce
Public Relations and Advertising
Organizational Communication
Magna Cum Laude
Phillip Pierce
Public Relations and Advertising
Ryan Elliot Pikofsky
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Donald J. Pisano
Public Relations and Advertising
Danielle M. Pitaro
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Blake E. Pleasant
Public Relations and Advertising
Nicole Beth Pollack
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Jeffrey R. Pollina
Communication and Media
Elizabeth A. Porn
Communication and Media
Kathryn R. Pratt
Public Relations and Advertising
Alicia S. Pugh
Public Relations and Advertising
Kristofer N. Quaas
Public Relations and Advertising
Aisha D. Quas
Communication Studies
Relational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Kevin Christopher Quin
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
Miata L. Ramos
Public Relations and Advertising
Eliza M. Rawlings
Public Relations and Advertising
Organizational Communication
Natalie Elisabeth Reehl
Communication and Media
Claudia R. Reese
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Lyndell Reese
Public Relations and Advertising
Tia D. Reid
Communication and Media
Rabia Riaz
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Jonathon Rice
Public Relations and Advertising
Kayley Marie Rich
Public Relations and Advertising
Justin Richardson
Communication and Media
Lindsay L. Richmond
Communication and Media
Ivana Rihter
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
Natalie A. Ristich
Communication and Media
Juanita Samantha Rivera
Journalism
Public Relations and Advertising
Natalia N. Rivera
Relational Communication
Arifa F. Rizvi
Organizational Communication
Daanish O. Rizwan
Communication and Media
Mia Rizzo
Communication and Media
COMMENCEMENT | 113
Wendy E. Robledo
Communication Studies
Alexandra Kathryn Rodman
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel Rodriguez
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Malory Rodriguez
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Richard C. Roesner
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Bradley K. Roessler
Organizational Communication
Alexis Y. Rogers
Communication and Media
Ivan Rojas
Communication and Media
Rachel K. Rooth
Public Relations and Advertising
Madison E. Rowe
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Michael Rozycki
Media and Cinema Studies
Alisha M. Ruegsegger
Public Relations and Advertising
Michaelina C. Ruffolo
Public Relations and Advertising
Julie Anne Ruvoli
*
Organizational Communication
Relational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Donya K. Salah
Public Relations and Advertising
Bader Ahmed Salahuddin
Ebrahim Salahuddin
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Daniel Sanchez
Public Relations and Advertising
Meghan Grace Saulka
Public Relations and Advertising
Benjamin G. Savage
Journalism
Cum Laude
Nicole M. Schackle
Public Relations and Advertising
Piper A. Schad
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
Carly Schirber
Public Relations and Advertising
Spanish
Cum Laude
Josephine Schramm
Public Relations and Advertising
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Madison T. Schroeder
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Spanish
Summa Cum Laude
Abby M. Schultz
Communication and Media
Summa Cum Laude
Ami C. Schwartz
Communication and Media
Alec M. Sekera
Communication and Media
Brendan S. Serra
Public Relations and Advertising
Sydney E. Sewell
*
Relational Communication
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Arielle Faith Shapiro
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Lauren T. Sharp
Communication and Media
Journalism
Summa Cum Laude
John P. Sheerin
Organizational Communication
Karina Shumyatskaya
Public Relations and Advertising
Political Science
Claude David Shy III
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Kelly Sigmund
Communication and Media
Esmeralda Silva
*
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Liliana Silva
Public Relations and Advertising
Emily L. Simeone
Communication and Media
Emily Racheal Simon
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Aaron J. Simpson
Communication and Media
Olivia M. Simpson
Public Relations and Advertising
Joseph Singer
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Gurnik Singh
Journalism
Carolyn Sisson
Public Relations and Advertising
Celia G. Skvaril
*
Journalism
Cum Laude
Kaitlyn R. Smetana
Public Relations and Advertising
Communication and Media
Jamie A. Smith
Communication and Media
Seth A. Smith
Journalism
Amanda R. Smogolski
Relational Communication
Aubrie E. Smyth
Communication and Media
Jennifer Sofegha
Public Relations and Advertising
Political Science
Magna Cum Laude
Rebecca J. Somers
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Natalia Anna Sowa
Public Relations and Advertising
Communication and Media
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica Ann Stacy
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Kristin N. Stahlke
Public Relations and Advertising
Journalism
Magna Cum Laude
Kelly Stapleton
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Grace Linnea Stenberg
Communication and Media
Jamie E. Stoner
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Robert T. Strandberg
Public Relations and Advertising
Kaitlin Stransky
Public Relations and Advertising
Samantha M. Summers
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Shannia Sumugat
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Casey A. Sutcliff
Public Relations and Advertising
Hadeel F. Sweis
Public Relations and Advertising
Helen C. Swidenbank
Public Relations and Advertising
Communication Studies
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Kyle D. Szydlo
Communication Studies
Dana Marie Tafur
Public Relations and Advertising
Maricar Sumabat Tamayo
Public Relations and Advertising
Jasmin A. Tapia
Communication and Media
Cum Laude
Avery Jayne Taylor
Communication and Media
Brandon Taylor
Media and Cinema Studies
Courtney Elizabeth Tedeschi
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Elizabeth Terrazas
Public Relations and Advertising
Meghan Thesing
Public Relations and Advertising
Samantha Thierry
*
Journalism
Cum Laude
Kendall Thompson
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Kristen E. Tinerella
Public Relations and Advertising
Taylor M. Topolski
Public Relations and Advertising
Karli M. Topping
Relational Communication
Sebastijan C. Torgus
Communication and Media
Jacquelyn Elyse Traficante
Public Relations and Advertising
Shelby L. Trkla
Public Relations and Advertising
Sofia M. Truzzi
Communication and Media
William M. Ugalde
Public Relations and Advertising
Brent T. Ugol
Organizational Communication
Magna Cum Laude
Vanessa Unzueta
Public Relations and Advertising
Derek E. Urbik
Public Relations and Advertising
Amanda M. Urquhart
Public Relations and Advertising
Michael C. Vail
Communication Studies
Maria I. Valdez
Public Relations and Advertising
Hannah M. Van Lonkhuyzen
Public Relations and Advertising
Bryn C. Vaydik
Communication and Media
Guadalupe L. Vega
Communication and Media
Public Relations and Advertising
Christopher Allen Ventura
Public Relations and Advertising
Angela Grace Verish
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Antonella T. Vescolani
Public Relations and Advertising
Isabela A. Vielma
Public Relations and Advertising
Jessica Villagomez
Journalism
Cum Laude
Stephanie A. Vujnovich
Public Relations and Advertising
Jeremy W. Walleck
Communication and Media
Sade Watson
Public Relations and Advertising
Moriah Joyce Way
Organizational Communication
Summa Cum Laude
Brenden P. Welper
Journalism
Alecxander H. Welser
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Matthew T. Welsh
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Marissa L. Wentz
Public Relations and Advertising
Allison L. Wessel
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica L. West
Public Relations and Advertising
Cum Laude
Chaphira J. Whitaker
Journalism
Carmen Zoe Wildasin
Public Relations and Advertising
Trenton F. Wildman
Communication and Media
Kimberly A. Williams
Communication and Media
Imani E. Williams-Droogan
Communication and Media
Kathryn Rose Wittkowski
Public Relations and Advertising
Selena E. Wolfe
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Mandy Wong
Communication and Media
Darrick A. Wood
Communication and Media
Jason Ryan Woodworth
Organizational Communication
Cum Laude
Katelyn J. Worrell
Communication and Media
Megan D. Wynbeek
Journalism
Media and Cinema Studies
Cum Laude
Mehmet Can Yilmaz
Public Relations and Advertising
Letycia G. Yonker
Public Relations and Advertising
Magna Cum Laude
Amy Yujung Yoon
Communication and Media
Magna Cum Laude
Patricia Zarate
Communication Studies
Connor Zieky
Communication and Media
Joseph P. Ziemniak
Public Relations and Advertising
Summa Cum Laude
Vincent Michael Zuppa
Communication and Media
DRIEHAUS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
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PROCESSIONAL
Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar)
UNIVERSITY MARSHAL
Misty M. Johanson, PhD, Associate Dean of the Driehaus College of Business and Director of the School of Hospitality Leadership
INVOCATION
Chaplain Tom Judge
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Performed by John Concepcion
CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE
Rick Kash, Vice Chairman of Nielsen, Author and Philanthropist, Class of 1968 (BA)
Citation read by Daniel Heiser, PhD, JD, Chair, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES
Rick Kash, Vice Chairman of Nielsen, Author and Philanthropist, Class of 1968 (BA)
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Nancy Hill, Professor, School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems
Citation read by John T. Ahern Jr., PhD, Director, School of Accountancy & Management Information Systems
STUDENT ADDRESS
Michael Fernandez, Master of Business Administration Candidate, Class of 2017
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
ALUMNI INDUCTION
Michael Fernandez, Master of Business Administration Candidate, Class of 2017
Matthew Hermestroff, BS, Finance, Class of 2007
Ray Whittington, PhD, Dean, Driehaus College of Business
CLOSING REMARKS
Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., President, DePaul University
RECESSIONAL
PROGRAM
DRIEHAUS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
COMMENCEMENT | 117
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT & SPEAKER
Rick Kash
Vice Chairman of Nielsen, Author and Philanthropist, Class of 1968 (BA)
As vice chairman of Nielsen, the global data and analytics firm, Rick
Kash is a thought leader and author on business growth and strategy,
and he created the rapidly growing business model of demand strategy.
As a DePaul alumnus and active philanthropist, he is a champion for the
university, as well as a generous patron and benefactor for causes such
as cancer research and programs serving underprivileged children.
Upon graduation from DePaul in 1968, Kash became involved in
the struggling community of Lawndale in Chicago. He was an active
member of a group that focused on early education for children, which
became Operation Head Start. He later helped fund Chicago’s first
charter school.
Continuing his commitment to Lawndale, Kash worked with the
Black Panthers to start a program that provided free breakfasts for
under-nourished children. This program subsequently became a federal
program to feed children in need across America.
Several years later as the National Football League grew in popularity,
Kash, Congressman Jack Kemp and John Mackey, an NFL Hall of Fame
member, created the NFL Players Awards Dinner, which raised $40
million for inner-city children.
In 1975, Kash founded The Cambridge Group, a growth strategy
consulting firm that builds intellectual capital strategies based on
macroeconomics and customer demand. Companies across America
rapidly adopted the intellectual capital model.
In 2000, Kash and his partners introduced a new corporate growth
model based on early and accurate insight that the world would enter
a long-term phase of global over-supply. The new growth model was
introduced in 2002 in the book “The New Law of Demand and Supply:
The Revolutionary New Demand Strategy for Faster Growth and Higher
Profits,” published by Doubleday. The book overturned the historical
reliance on a supply-side driven business model, arguing instead that
companies should first understand demand before creating supply.
The book was published in seven languages and the concept of demand
strategy began to be practiced in North America, South America,
Europe and Asia.
Nielsen acquired The Cambridge Group in 2009, and in 2012,
Kash was named the vice chairman of the company.
In 2011, he co-wrote “How Companies Win” with Dave Calhoun,
CEO of Nielsen, published by Harper Business. Using case histories from
many of the world’s largest companies, Kash and Calhoun demonstrated
how a proprietary understanding of customer demand was the building
block of organic growth. The book received several accolades. Fortune
magazine named it “the most important book for business leaders to
read in 2011” and Fast Company listed the book among the “best books
for business.”
In addition to his work at Nielson, Kash has a long-term commitment
to cancer research and has founded two companies in partnership with
Harvard University. The primary drugs from both companies are now in
promising new trials led by Harvard hospitals.
Kash was also a member of the United States Senate Business Forum
for 18 years. The group of 36 business leaders were curated by members
of the United States Senate to counsel congress and cabinet members
on business issues and opportunities affecting the economy.
Kash remains an enthusiastic supporter of DePaul. He is a member of
the Driehaus College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council and he was
the inaugural speaker at the Driehaus Symposium in 2016.
In February of 2017, Kash established the Amy Kash Scholarship in
honor of his daughter who received her master’s degree in counseling at
DePaul. The scholarship will benefit students who are the first members
of their family to attend a four-year college.
Kash’s wife Katrina Lundmark-Kash is an award-winning equestrian,
a sought-after designer, and a galleried artist. They live in both Chicago
and Naples, Florida.
CITATION
Rick Kash, you shaped the way modern companies do business with your
groundbreaking demand strategy business model. Through your work at
Nielsen, where you serve as vice chairman, you help companies around
the world modify the traditional notion of supply-side business models,
arguing instead that companies should first understand demand before
creating supply. Businesses small and large can continue to grow because
you shared your expertise with business leaders through two highly praised
books and by speaking frequently to business groups. A committed DePaul
alumnus, you provide sage advice as a member of the Driehaus College of
Business Dean’s Advisory Council and support the university through your
philanthropy. Through your commitment to underprivileged children,
cancer research and service on nonprofit boards, and your continued
dedication to your alma mater, you are a true embodiment of DePaul’s
Vincentian ideals. For these reasons and more, DePaul University is
privileged to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters,
honoris causa.
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In 2001, DePaul’s Faculty Council approved an assessment process to
analyze student performance in the classroom in order to continually
improve the quality of instruction and student learning. That process has
touched everyone at the university as DePaul worked to enhance student
scholarship. The person who spearheaded the assessment process
was Nancy Hill, then serving as the founding director for the Office of
Teaching, Learning and Assessment (TLA).
Hill joined DePaul’s School of Accountancy and Management
Information Systems in 1990 after completing her PhD in accounting.
Before finishing her graduate work, Hill had taught in elementary school
and developed a passion for working with students and an interest in
teaching quality. At DePaul, she taught managerial accounting and
information for decision making to undergraduate and graduate students
who considered her a tough, but great instructor.
In 2000, she was called on to establish DePaul’s TLA. Under Hill’s
leadership, the university made major strides in assessing and improving
student learning. But her pioneering work in assessment went beyond
merely creating and analyzing metrics. She was involved in developing
many of the writing, technology, critical thinking and evaluative initiatives
that were introduced, and in helping to institutionalize best practices.
She also was instrumental in deploying a supplemental instruction
program that has improved grades and reduced student withdrawals
from some of the university’s most difficult courses.
Hill’s commitment to creating a culture of assessment at DePaul
extended beyond her tenure at TLA. Since that time, she has continued
to be an assessment ambassador, encouraging her faculty colleagues to
embrace the potential of the process. For her efforts, DePaul honored
Hill with the Spirit of Assessment Award in 2015.
From 2006-10, she served as associate dean for Academic Quality
for the College of Business, where she strengthened the assessment
processes aimed at improving the quality of education. Those processes
have been acknowledged by the Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business, the non-profit organization responsible for business
school accreditation.
In 2010, Hill returned to the School of Accountancy and MIS and the
accounting classroom as the Ezerski Endowed Chair, the school’s first
endowed chair. The honor recognized her distinguished contributions to
accounting education at DePaul.
Her commitment to accounting and scholarship has extended
beyond the campus. Through the years, Hill has maintained her Certified
Management Accountant and Certified Public Accountant credentials.
She also has published more than 25 articles focused on managerial
accounting, accounting education, assessment, ethics and executive
compensation. Her work appears in journals such as Issues in Accounting
Education, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Critical Perspectives
on Accounting, Research on Accounting Ethics, Journal of Business
Ethics, Strategic Finance, Journal of Accountancy and The CPA Journal.
In addition, she has been invited to present at numerous conferences
across the United States.
In all, Hill has spent more than 20 years teaching and guiding
DePaul students. In addition, she has served on or chaired countless
departmental, college and university committees, and proved to be a
valuable mentor to junior faculty during her time at DePaul.
CITATION
Nancy Hill, you built on your own passion for teaching to help establish a
culture of assessment at DePaul that demands evaluating student learning
in order to continually improve the quality of instruction the university
offers. Your efforts contributed to measureable increases in academic
success for students and enhanced support for your colleagues. During
your 27-year career at DePaul, you often published research in respected
academic and business journals, yet always found time to encourage
students and mentor junior colleagues. You have been a thoughtful
scholar, a trailblazing leader and a respected colleague who consistently
and selflessly placed the needs of the university at the forefront. For these
reasons and more, it is a privilege to bestow upon you the Via Sapientiae
Award, DePaul University’s highest honor for faculty and staff.
VIA SAPIENTIAE AWARD
Nancy Hill
Professor, School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems
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AWARDS
THE LAWRENCE W. RYAN DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
The Lawrence W. Ryan Distinguished Teaching Award (Undergraduate), first awarded in 1982, is named after
a distinguished Driehaus College of Business professor who served on the faculty from 1946 until his death
in 1979. His reputation as a teacher who loved his work is unsurpassed. The award is presented annually to a
professor whom undergraduate students and recent graduates believe should be recognized for outstanding
performance as a teacher.
Lawrence Hamer
Robert Ryan
THE CONSTANTINE “GUS” ECONOMOS DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
The Constantine “Gus” Economos Distinguished Teaching Award (Graduate), first awarded in 1981, is named
after a distinguished Driehaus College of Business professor who served as the director of the Kellstadt
Graduate School of Business from 1972 to 1978 and on the faculty from 1956 until his death in 1980. This
award is presented annually to a professor whom graduate students and recent graduates believe should be
recognized for outstanding performance as a teacher.
Sanjay Deshmukh
Erich Dierdorff
THE DANIEL SEIDEN DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD
The Daniel Seiden distinguished Teaching Award (adjuct faculty), first awarded in 1994, is named after a
distinguished Driehaus College of Business adjunct professor who served on the faculty from 1947 until 1998.
This award is presented annually to up to two adjunct faculty members nominated by their department chair
and selected by the college teaching committee to recognize their outstanding performance as a teacher.
Mike Avella
Charles Drehmer
DEAN’S OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD
The Dean’s Outstanding Senior Award, first awarded in 1986, is presented to a member of the senior class
who has distinguished by scholarship, leadership and service to the Driehaus College of Business.
Omar Ortiz
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JURIS DOCTORATE/
MASTER OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Joseph Romeo Buoscio Jr.
Accountancy
With Distinction
MASTER OF BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
Emad H. Abbasi
Finance
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
With Distinction
Mohammed Nabeel
Abulfateh
General Business
With Distinction
Monika Adomaityte
Finance
With Distinction
Luis Agostini
Brand and Product Management
Mark Ahern
Finance
With Distinction
Rafida Abdulrahim
Mohamed Ahmed
General Business
With Distinction
Sadaf Shakeel Ahmed
General Business
With Distinction
Shaikh Muath Duaij Abdulla
Humood Al Khalifa
General Business
With Distinction
Hashem Abdulkarim Sayed
Ismaeel AlAlawi
General Business
With Distinction
Ahmed Abdulrahman AlAli
General Business
With Distinction
Fernando Albicker Gomez
Accountancy
Reem Zaal Mohamed
Ahmed Zaal AlBuflasa
General Business
With Distinction
Bassel Ali AlDawoud
General Business
With Distinction
Faisal Ebrahim Faraj Saad
Saif AlDoseri
General Business
Mohammad Al-Ghunaim
Entrepreneurship
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Eman Hassan AlHariri
General Business
Fadhel Hameed
Abdulrasool Guloom Ali
General Business
Muhammad Sabir Ali
Operations Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Ross B .Allen
Leadership and Change
Management
Nujood AbdulRahman
AlMuagle
General Business
With Distinction
Narjis Ibrahim AlQattan
General Business
With Distinction
Mariam Ebrahim AlSharbati
General Business
With Distinction
Husain Khalil Ali Ahmed
AlTurabi
General Business
With Distinction
Gregory W. Anderson
Finance
With Distinction
Katherine Andorka
Leadership and Change
Management
Management Information
Systems
Chukwudi J. Anyaeche
Marketing Strategy and Planning
Marketing Management
With Distinction
Inese Apale
Operations Management
With Distinction
Samantha K. Aquino
Management Information
Systems
Finance
With Distinction
Liam Joseph Ardagh
Leadership and Change
Management
Anna M. Avgoustakis
Human Resource Management
Julio Ayala
Operations Management
Management Information
Systems
Abdul G. Aziz
General Business
Finance
With Distinction
Russell Badamo
Finance
Accountancy
With Distinction
Morgan A. Bailey
Hospitality Leadership
Gabriel Barbosa Ramos
Sports Management
Marketing Management
With Distinction
Jason Christopher Bates
Operations Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Etan Bleichman
Health Sector Management
Mark Gordon Bohling
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Anabel Gallardo Bojorquez
Operations Management
Nicholas Ryan Brainerd
Finance
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
DRIEHAUS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Presented by Ray Whittington, PhD, Dean
Graduate program candidates’ names announced by Patrick J. Murphy, PhD, Professor, Department of Management
Undergraduate program candidates’ names announced by Zafar Iqbal, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
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Adam William Brown
Entrepreneurship
Leadership and Change
Management
Tiffany A. Brown
Leadership and Change
Management
Marketing Strategy and Planning
With Distinction
Andrew Browne
Health Sector Management
Finance
With Distinction
Jacqueline Patricia Bruzek
Marketing Strategy and Planning
With Distinction
Mohamed Abdulla Bucheeri
General Business
With Distinction
Walaa Fawzi Mohamed
Ebrahim Bushakhar
General Business
Kara E. Bussey
Human Resource Management
With Distinction
Sophill Butler
IT Management
Dennis George Cajigas
Finance
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Kevin P. Carey
Finance
With Distinction
Nadejda Dimitrova
Casperson
Human Resource Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Hanna Margarete Cetkovic
Management Information
Systems
Leadership and Change
Management
Melanie H. Chan
Human Resource Management
With Distinction
Charles Stanley Cloutier
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
With Distinction
Natalie Cokic
Marketing Strategy and Planning
International Business
Casey E. Cordova
Marketing Strategy and Planning
Ross Cosyns
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Erick P. Crump
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
Anthony Cuddi
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Accountancy
Francis Martin Cunningham
Operations Management
With Distinction
Rhyan Curtis
Human Resources
Russell Dantino
Finance
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Peter Matthew Darley
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Richard Davey
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
With Distinction
Tina M. Debenedictis
Marketing
Michael A. DeCero
Finance
Information Systems
With Distinction
Eric R. DeCristofaro
Finance
With Distinction
David Lang DeMarco
Investment Management
With Distinction
Nicholas Charles DeVendra
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
Charu S. Dhanda
Health Sector Management
Human Resourse Management
Phuong H. Do
Health Sector Management
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Neil Domanovic
Applied Economics
Finance
With Distinction
William Arthur DuPree
Investment Management
John Eberhard
Marketing
Marketing Strategy and Planning
With Distinction
Nicholas Ehrlich
Accountancy
Leadership and Change
Management
Wael William Elmasry
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
Ryan L. Elve
Finance
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
With Distinction
T.J. Enno
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
Brian P. Erber
Finance
Joshua Stephen Ernstberger
Accountancy
Rami Ebrahim Esbai
General Business
With Distinction
James O. Euring
Finance
Natalie Lorraine Fakelmann
Finance
Nicholas Wesley Fawell
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Finance
Courtney Fenske
Operations Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Michael Fernandez
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Jarret Fisher
General Business
With Distinction
Robert Fitzgerald
Leadership and Change
Management
Sports Management
With Distinction
Sean J. Fitzgerald
Operations Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Brendan E. Folliard
IT Management
With Distinction
Nicole D. Fuchsen
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
With Distinction
Malgorzata M. Furtak
Finanacial Analysis
With Distinction
Alvaro Galindez
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
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James Patrick Gallagher
Behavioral Finance
Sripallavi Gannamaneni
Marketing
Evan Louis Garbison
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Marisol Garcia
Finance
Applied Economics
Dinesh Reddy Garugu
Operations Management
Matthew Gebauer
Marketing
With Distinction
Lisa Gelles
Marketing
Finance
With Distinction
Brittany Ann Gelsomino
Marketing Strategy and Planning
Molly Marie German
Finance
Marketing Management
Erica Gliege
Human Resource Management
Michael Matthew Goglia
Operations Management
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Paola Gonzalez
Operations Management
With Distinction
Catherine Ann Grachek
Finance
Dorian Michael Grady
Marketing
With Distinction
Christopher T. Grafton
Accountancy
Jacob Green
Finance
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
With Distinction
Gillian A. Griffin
Sustainable Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Eric Gross
Finance
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
With Distinction
Danielle C. Haddad
Marketing
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Melissa M. Halko
General Business
Hamad Baqer Hamad
General Business
Jose L. Hansen
Operations Management
William Gerard Harrigan
Investment Management
With Distinction
Nicholas James Harter
Marketing
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Arthur K. Hartman
Operations Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Maryam Sayed Mohamed
Khalil Abdulla Hashem
General Business
With Distinction
Mohammad Hassan
General Business
With Distinction
Marcus Haugen
Marketing
With Distinction
Mikael Scott Heston
Corporate Finance
Applied Economics
With Distinction
Joshua Hoders
Health Sector Management
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Lameis Hodi
Operations Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
James Hoffer
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
Jeremy David Honness
Finance
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
With Distinction
Christopher Paul Hornung
Leadership and Change
Management
Operations Management
Jayne Marie Hough
Management Information
Systems
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Shubhendu Howlader
General Business
Human Resourse Management
With Distinction
Courtney Kierra Hubbard
International Business
With Distinction
Bryson Jarred Hughes
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Amy Nguyen Huynh
Operations Management
International Business
With Distinction
Daniel Jay Jackson
Real Estate
With Distinction
Joycelyn Elizabeth Jackson
General Business
Jared Jacobs
Consumer Insights
Marketing Strategy and Planning
Christina Jaffray
Leadership and Change
Management
Pallavi Vijay Kumar Jain
General Business
With Distinction
Brian W. James
Marketing Strategy and Planning
With Distinction
Eric Christian Jensen
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Jeffrey John Jesernik
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Simon Sihong Jin
Finance
With Distinction
Alison Christa Johnson
Finance
With Distinction
Blair Jones
Marketing
Diana Marie Kaiser
Consumer Insights
Andrea R. Kanlagna
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Sustainable Management
With Distinction
Jonathan Ross Kanter
Marketing
With Distinction
Christopher P. Karalis
Management Information
Systems
With Distinction
Dhara Kelkar
Consumer Insights
With Distinction
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Matthew Kell
Finanacial Analysis
With Distinction
Christopher R. Kennick
Corporate Finance
Investment Management
Nisreen N. Khatib
Operations Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Abdulwahed Ebrahim Khonji
General Business
With Distinction
Joanna Kierzkowska
General Business
Accountancy
With Distinction
Meghan Ann Kilian
Leadership and Change
Management
International Business
With Distinction
Petra Kolarikova
Operations Management
With Distinction
Han-Chieh Kuo
Consumer Insights
With Distinction
Ryan Lange
General Business
With Distinction
Jeremiah Seth Lauderdale
General Business
With Distinction
Timothy Leksas
Finance
With Distinction
James G. Leuthe
Leadership and Change
Management
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Edward Limoges
Operations Management
Accountancy
Christopher Lipman
Applied Economics
Sustainable Management
With Distinction
Jacqueline Teresa Liston
Leadership and Change
Management
Hospitality Leadership
Xiansong Liu
Real Estate
Helen Lobas
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Ruth H. Lofthouse
General Business
With Distinction
Jacob Max Lorber
Finance
With Distinction
Sharbel Joseph Maalouf
Brand and Product Management
Operations Management
Laura Madden
International Business
Marketing Management
With Distinction
Adam John Maher
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Ali Mohammed Mansoor
General Business
With Distinction
Joseph John Maratto
Marketing
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Jason R. Markovitz
Marketing
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Zainab A.Jalil Ahmed
Marzooq
General Business
Natella I. Mashkevich
Leadership and Change
Management
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Victor Allen Maurer
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Bradley Brian May
Operations Management
With Distinction
Brendan K. McCann
Finance
With Distinction
Tara McDaniel
General Business
Finance
With Distinction
Joseph Andrew McDonald
Health Sector Management
Entrepreneurship
Margaret McKisson
Sustainable Management
With Distinction
Joel McMahan
Finance
Entrepreneurship
Michelle Nancy McMahon
Marketing
With Distinction
Patrick Brendan McMahon
Leadership and Change
Management
Mira S. Mehta
Finance
Management Information
Systems
With Distinction
Michael E. Mercado
Entrepreneurship
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Aaron Meyer
Leadership and Change
Management
Finance
With Distinction
Rocio I. Meza
General Business
Evan Mielke
Finance
With Distinction
Aaron James Miller
Corporate Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Mike T. Miller
Finance
With Distinction
Steven Andrew Miller
Finance
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Michael Noble Mintz
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
With Distinction
Deepanshi Mittal
Finance
With Distinction
Kyle Robert Mohrbach
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Finance
Alexander B. Moritz
Finance
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
With Distinction
Kelly M. Nagle
Marketing
With Distinction
Alyssa Nicole Nagy
Health Sector Management
Marketing Management
Daniel Napleton
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Anthony D. Nevalga
Entrepreneurship
Hospitality Leadership
With Distinction
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Jessica Anne Niksa
E-Business
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Nubia Noriega
Leadership and Change
Management
Bartlomiej M. Nowak
Accountancy
Finance
With Distinction
Daniel O’Gara
Finance
Kimberly Janis O’Halloran
Finance
Terrence Francis O’Hanlon
Marketing
With Distinction
Lisa A. Oliver
Finance
With Distinction
Jacqueline Olivo
Leadership and Change
Management
Kyle Scott Olson
Finance
With Distinction
Christopher Jackson
Ortmann
General Business
Michael O’Shea
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Finance
With Distinction
Meagan Renee Padilla
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Itza Palma
Accountancy
Finance
Jeffrey W. Palmer
General Business
Julia Park-Charlton
General Business
Operations Management
With Distinction
Arthur L. Patek
General Business
With Distinction
Bhavisha Patel
Marketing
Leadership and Change
Management
Rahul M. Patel
Entrepreneurship
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Samit Patel
Health Sector Management
Kyle Robert Patterson
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
With Distinction
Amelia E. Pawlak
General Business
With Distinction
Krystal Pernell-Little
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Zvezdomir B. Petkov
Applied Economics
Nathan L. Phipps
Marketing
With Distinction
Barbara Ann Pinc
Leadership and Change
Management
Sarah Elizabeth Pinter
Operations Management
Finance
With Distinction
Charles Joseph Planek
Finance
General Business
Matthew Ryan Plese
General Business
With Distinction
Thanawat Prapanthongchai
Finance
Ashley Arthur Gordon Price
General Business
Jennifer R. Prince
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
With Distinction
Jonathan William Profita
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Corey M. Ptaszynski
Operations Management
Elizabeth Ann Quinlivan
Finance
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Eric Quinones
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Daniel Scott Rach
General Business
Julia Radchenko
Marketing Strategy and Planning
Mohammed Mustafa Rashid
General Business
Jacqueline Elizabeth Recchia
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Robert M. Regalado
Finance
Mark G. Reitsma
Finance
With Distinction
Kaitlin P. Rippel
Finance
Human Resourse Management
With Distinction
Eric David Rogina
Accountancy
With Distinction
Jeffrey Rost
Finance
Kelsie Russell
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Maha Abdulla Sabt
General Business
Amina Saifi
Human Resource Management
Arbab Salahuddin
Management Information
Systems
Francis Salinel
Finance
International Business
Matthew Salmon
Entrepreneurship
Leadership and Change
Management
Omar I. Samara
Marketing
Marketing Strategy and Planning
Carolyn Sandonato
Hospitality Leadership
With Distinction
Rennie J. Santilli
Operations Management
With Distinction
Faateh Ausaf Sayeed
Sustainable Management
Entrepreneurship
James Harold
Schwichtenberg
Finance
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Allison Louise Shelley
Brand and Product Management
Brian D. Shepherd
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Jane W. Shin
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
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Curtis Wilson Slack
Accountancy
With Distinction
Michael Small
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Finance
With Distinction
Christopher G. Smith
Finance
Peter Edward Smith
Finance
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
With Distinction
Alexandra Sokol
International Business
Human Resourse Management
Jon W.C. Speros
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Brian S. Spiewak
Finance
With Distinction
Marissa Louise Stafford
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Allison V. Stanis
Health Sector Management
Finance
With Distinction
Mateusz Stec
Management Information
Systems
Accountancy
With Distinction
Frederic Maxwell Stiefel
Finance
Entrepreneurship
Yuriy Stolyar
Finance
With Distinction
Christina M. Stopka
Brand Management
Matthew M. Sullivan
Finance
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
With Distinction
Andrew Sutter
Human Resource Management
With Distinction
Kristin Swanson
Marketing Strategy and Planning
With Distinction
Ami Szechinski
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Chetan Natvarlal Thakkar
Entrepreneurship
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Arielle A. Thompson
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Jean Denise Turbyville
Leadership and Change
Management
Health Sector Management
With Distinction
Igor Turov
Operations Management
With Distinction
Aleksandar Urosevic
Finance
Real Estate Finance and
Investment
Roger Gregory Yiu Uy
Sports Management
Leadership and Change
Management
With Distinction
Amanda H. Vann
Accountancy
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Viral Varshney
Entrepreneurship
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Hristo Vasilev
Marketing
With Distinction
Ryan J. Vaughan
General Business
Moriam M. Vaughan
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Julian Vivas
Leadership and Change
Management
General Business
Keith Daniel Viverito
General Business
Joseph A. Vodziak
Investment Management
With Distinction
Eugene Voloshin
Finanacial Analysis
Eric Wagner
Business Development
With Distinction
Timothy Wang
Finance
Xiao Yan Wang
Finance
With Distinction
Chelsey J. Weatherhead
General Business
Marketing Management
With Distinction
Margaret L. Weber
Finance
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
With Distinction
Mary A. Weber
Finance
With Distinction
Eleni I. White
Brand and Product Management
Operations Management
Kenneth R. White
Finance
Leadership and Change
Management
Collin R. Wiersema
Marketing
Sports Management
Brittany M. Willingham
Human Resource Management
Nova I. Willis
General Business
Daniel L. Winternitz
Strategy, Execution and Valuation
Operations Management
With Distinction
Mallory Ann Yeaton
Marketing
With Distinction
David W. Yonk
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Tingting Zhang
International Business
With Distinction
Longman Zhao
Accountancy
With Distinction
David Glenn Ziegelski
Leadership and Change
Management
Business Strategy and Decision
Making
Jill M. Zimbalatti
Leadership and Change
Management
Human Resourse Management
With Distinction
MASTER OF
ACCOUNTANCY
Alexa Nicole Alexander
Accountancy
With Distinction
Andrew L. Asebrook
Accountancy
With Distinction
Brandon R. Avila
Accountancy
With Distinction
Brett Beede
Accountancy
Alex M. Belmonte
Accountancy
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Brian T. Bilek
Accountancy
With Distinction
Thomas H. Blanchard
Accountancy
LaToya Chanel Bracewell
Accountancy
Jonathan Wayne Campbell
Accountancy
With Distinction
Wenhan Cao
Accountancy
With Distinction
Samantha J. Carzoli
Accountancy
With Distinction
Rachel Christian
Accountancy
With Distinction
Andrew M. DiLeo
Accountancy
With Distinction
Ran Ding
Accountancy
With Distinction
Bradley J. Egeberg
Accountancy
With Distinction
Nicole Karen Feder
Accountancy
With Distinction
Claudia Fernandez
Accountancy
Huan Xi Fu
Accountancy
Robert John Gallagher
Accountancy
Michael T. Gemkow
Accountancy
With Distinction
Kangkang Guo
Accountancy
With Distinction
Anchal Gupta
Accountancy
With Distinction
Mitchell T. Hamilton
Accountancy
With Distinction
Michael T. Heath
Accountancy
With Distinction
Tianyun Han
Accountancy
With Distinction
Rosanna Ingraffia
Accountancy
With Distinction
Francis Allan Kijazi
Accountancy
With Distinction
David L. Kranker
Accountancy
With Distinction
Jiamin Li
Accountancy
With Distinction
Yuxin Li
Accountancy
Zhenni Li
Accountancy
With Distinction
Shijiao Liu
Accountancy
With Distinction
Qiuyi Lu
Accountancy
With Distinction
Ziwen Mao
Accountancy
With Distinction
Sahar Mohammad
Accountancy
With Distinction
Shannon Kathleen Moore
Accountancy
With Distinction
Michael Alan Naselli
Accountancy
Delora A. Nelson
Accountancy
With Distinction
Katarzyna Niezgoda
Accountancy
With Distinction
Antranik J. Nighoghosian
Accountancy
With Distinction
Monica Nunez
Accountancy
With Distinction
Kevin Michael O’Brien
Accountancy
Jigar Patel
Accountancy
Alysse B. Piggott
Accountancy
With Distinction
Brittney Marie Posdal
Accountancy
With Distinction
Ranran QI
Accountancy
Chris G. Rouvas
Accountancy
With Distinction
Mohammad Ashraf Said
Accountancy
Piotr J. Staron
Accountancy
Benjamin M. Stell
Accountancy
With Distinction
Sychiquita Monique Stokes
Accountancy
With Distinction
Vincent J. Voss
Accountancy
With Distinction
Chao Wang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Chenyuan Wang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Xiwen Xue
Accountancy
With Distinction
Wei Ye
Accountancy
Miner Zhang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Yifan Zhang
Accountancy
Yiheng Zhang
Accountancy
Xiaofeng Zhou
Accountancy
With Distinction
Hairong Zhu
Accountancy
With Distinction
Christian Walter Zoeller
Accountancy
With Distinction
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN ACCOUNTANCY
Babatunde Adebiwale
Adediran
Accountancy
Eric Anderson
Accountancy
With Distinction
Sandeep Kaur Banger
Accountancy
Balwinder Kaur Beasley
Accountancy
Austin R. Bierman
Accountancy
COMMENCEMENT | 127
James A. Bolin
Accountancy
Jasmine Calerway
Accountancy
Randi Cao
Accountancy
With Distinction
Weihao Chen
Accountancy
Yinglai Chen
Accountancy
Yixin Chen
Accountancy
William H. Clark
Accountancy
Xiaoyan Dai
Accountancy
With Distinction
Juanjuan Deng
Accountancy
With Distinction
Elizabeth Lynn Dieng
Accountancy
Bohdan Adrian Domino
Accountancy
With Distinction
Curtis Dustin Eisen
Accountancy
David J. Fleming
Accountancy
Christopher John Follert
Accountancy
Qiqi Gao
Accountancy
With Distinction
Moses Wolf Gaynor
Accountancy
With Distinction
Keyur B. Ghayal
Accountancy
With Distinction
Ryan Goberstein
Accountancy
Ha Hoang Ha
Accountancy
Jiaqin He
Accountancy
Joseph Heimlich
Accountancy
With Distinction
Lijun Huang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Artem Iliushin
Accountancy
With Distinction
Yifan Jiang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Matthew E. Kalina
Accountancy
Adil Kapadia
Accountancy
Francois-Xavier Georges Elie
Khoury
Accountancy
Patricia M. Korecki
Accountancy
Bei Li
Accountancy
With Distinction
Hao Li
Accountancy
With Distinction
Xiaoting Li
Accountancy
With Distinction
Xingwan Li
Accountancy
Jess Adair Lingle
Accountancy
With Distinction
Fan Liu
Accountancy
With Distinction
Qian Liu
Accountancy
With Distinction
Xinyang Liu
Accountancy
With Distinction
Ivy Lo
Accountancy
With Distinction
Qiuyang Lu
Accountancy
Farah Melissa Martinez
Accountancy
Timothy James Mayer
Accountancy
Xinyu Ni
Accountancy
Shih-Feng Pan
Accountancy
With Distinction
Zubin Sushrut Patel
Accountancy
Diana Francesca Perri
Accountancy
Brian Michael Plocinski
Accountancy
Chris Raimondo
Accountancy
Juntao Ren
Accountancy
Melissa Reyes
Accountancy
Robert Matthew Schroeder
Accountancy
Marissa E. Schultz
Accountancy
Eric S. Schwartz
Accountancy
Gianpiero Scottini Paseta
Accountancy
Chirag A. Shah
Accountancy
Jing Shan
Accountancy
With Distinction
Yingying Shen
Accountancy
With Distinction
Huan Song
Accountancy
With Distinction
Shuang Song
Accountancy
With Distinction
Yunze Song
Accountancy
With Distinction
Jason Stern
Accountancy
With Distinction
Lili Su
Accountancy
Elizabeth Russell Sviokla
Accountancy
Le Tan
Accountancy
With Distinction
Xinyi Tao
Accountancy
Xueji Wan
Accountancy
Danni Wang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Jiani Wang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Junting Wang
Accountancy
Liyan Wang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Pei Wang
Accountancy
With Distinction
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Xiangyu Wang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Christine Williamson
Accountancy
Yu Wu
Accountancy
With Distinction
Qiushi Xiao
Accountancy
With Distinction
Zhimeng Xu
Accountancy
Li Yang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Shuo Yang
Accountancy
Ryan Kazumi Yoshimoto
Accountancy
Xiaokun Yu
Accountancy
Hao Zhang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Ran Zhang
Accountancy
Yaoyu Zhang
Accountancy
Yi Zhang
Accountancy
Yichen Zhang
Accountancy
With Distinction
Han Zhao
Accountancy
With Distinction
Linxiao Zhao
Accountancy
With Distinction
Yin Zheng
Accountancy
With Distinction
Ning Zhou
Accountancy
Qian Zhou
Accountancy
Yujie Zhou
Accountancy
Yijun Zhu
Accountancy
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN COMPUTATIONAL
FINANCE
Hussein Mohammad Talab
Abu-Alim
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Yunzhong Bai
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Jiayu Chen
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Xiaoyin Chen
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Zizhao Chen
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Hong Cheng
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Cheng Cheng
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Jiajia Cheng
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Tung Yi Chuang
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Jiajun Du
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Yufeng Fan
Computational Finance
Hai Huang
Computational Finance
Jingyi Li
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Tianren Li
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Chunzi Lin
Computational Finance
Gang Liu
Computational Finance
Yichen Long
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Chen Lu
Computational Finance
Chen Luo
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Maxwell G. Mancuso
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Ran Niu
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Michal Marcin Pawlowski
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Rashad J. Powell
Computational Finance
Rushabh Shah
Computational Finance
Wenting Sun
Computational Finance
Jiawei Tang
Computational Finance
Boyang Tian
Computational Finance
Shihong Wang
Computational Finance
Siyu Wang
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Yiwei Xin
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Zikun Xu
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Shen Yan
Computational Finance
Shuwen Yao
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Yue Zeng
Computational Finance
Chengyuan Zhang
Computational Finance
Yizhao Zhang
Computational Finance
Hengzai Zhu
Computational Finance
With Distinction
Ye Fiona Zhu
Computational Finance
With Distinction
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN ECONOMIC POLICY
ANALYSIS
Qasim Abbas
Economic Policy Analysis
Yousra-Sabrina M. Allam
Economic Policy Analysis
Faisal Mohammed Y Alswied
Economic Policy Analysis
Anna Michelle Bilinkis
Economic Policy Analysis
Christopher Carl Carrano
Economic Policy Analysis
COMMENCEMENT | 129
Carley E. Dubinski
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Paul D. Gillig III
Economic Policy Analysis
Oren Irving Jacobson
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Angela M. Jensen
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Margaret J. Manzie
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Brendan M. Newell
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Ahmad H. Oates
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Sasha Mourene Pierson
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Aashik Thakkar
Economic Policy Analysis
Luis Fernando Verduzco
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
Kyle Christopher Wahe
Economic Policy Analysis
With Distinction
David Daniel Wicik
Economic Policy Analysis
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Bayan Ahmed M Alharbi
Entrepreneurship
Michele Ambadiang
Entrepreneurship
Yuan Gao
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Venkatapathi Raju
Mandapati
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
Jacob G. Perius
Entrepreneurship
Kianna Robinson
Entrepreneurship
Alexxa J. Stiefel
Entrepreneurship
Yixuan Wang
Entrepreneurship
With Distinction
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN FINANCE
Wael Ali Ahmed
Finance
Fatima Abdulellah Al Qasimi
Finance
With Distinction
Abdulla Mohammed
AlBastaki
Finance
Fatema Ahmed AlHammadi
Finance
Abdulwahab A M A H
Alkandari
Finance
Rashid Ebrahim AlKhalifa
Finance
With Distinction
Ebrahim Ahmed Ebrahim
Saad AlMarshad
Finance
With Distinction
Lamya Abdulaziz A Alnajran
Finance
With Distinction
Ibrahim Saleh Alquait
Finance
With Distinction
Hashem Shawqi Alsada
Finance
With Distinction
Latifa Abdulla Husain AlSada
Finance
With Distinction
Amani Ali AlToblani
Finance
With Distinction
Layla Hasan AlYafaee
Finance
Tawfeeq Mohamed M.
Rafeea Bastaki
Finance
With Distinction
Sara Buhlaiga
Finance
With Distinction
Siyu Cao
Finance
With Distinction
Ke Chen
Finance
Xi Chen
Finance
With Distinction
Catherine Clark
Finance
With Distinction
James F. Conway
Finance
With Distinction
Xu Ding
Finance
With Distinction
Jindong Du
Finance
Waner Duan
Finance
With Distinction
Sayed Ali Shubber Ebrahim
Finance
With Distinction
Khaled Elaskari
Finance
Mohammed Abdulla Fakhri
Finance
With Distinction
Fatema Ali Fardan
Finance
Xin Gao
Finance
Fangfei Han
Finance
Layal Ishaq Hasan
Finance
With Distinction
Mohammad Hassan Iravani
Finance
With Distinction
Adel Abbas Marzooq
Abdulla Ali Isa
Finance
Yusuf AbdulAziz Jamal Jamal
Finance
Andrew Netherton Kaufman
Finance
With Distinction
Mengzhen Li
Finance
Ze Liao
Finance
With Distinction
Yifei Lin
Finance
Ruonan Liu
Finance
With Distinction
Yao Lu
Finance
Chen Ma
Finance
With Distinction
Xinhang Ma
Finance
Maryam Mohamed
Mahmood
Finance
With Distinction
Shiyuan Mao
Finance
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Lizett Meraz
Finance
Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed
Finance
Gianmarco Monacelli
Finance
With Distinction
Shu Nan
Finance
With Distinction
Muzammil Shaik Quadri
Finance
Anabella Rojas Elias
Finance
With Distinction
Nidhi Shah
Finance
With Distinction
Manting Shen
Finance
With Distinction
Laura Stankeviciute
Finance
With Distinction
Ndubueze Ugochukwu
Finance
Yuwei Wang
Finance
With Distinction
Bo Wang
Finance
With Distinction
Pan Wang
Finance
With Distinction
Yu Wang
Finance
Chunyu Wu
Finance
Meng Wu
Finance
With Distinction
Jingya Yang
Finance
Jingxuan Zhang
Finance
Wenjun Zhao
Finance
With Distinction
Wentao Zhou
Finance
With Distinction
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
HOSPITALITY LEADERSHIP
& OPERATIONAL
PERFORMANCE
Ahmed Almozaini
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
Cristina Chee
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
With Distinction
Huy Tat Nam Le
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
Tingting Liu
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
Xiaohan Ma
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
Mark Maciasz
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
Sarah Musto
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
Brittany L . Nicholson
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
With Distinction
Susan Angelaccio Smith
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
With Distinction
Patrick C. Stevens
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
With Distinction
Jane E. Trychta
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
With Distinction
Fengyu Yang
Hospitality Leadership &
Operational Performance
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
HUMAN RESOURCES
Ranya Abdellatif
Human Resources
Ahmed Abdullah Alenazy
Human Resources
Mohamed AlKhalifa
Human Resources
With Distinction
Fajer Abdulla Almusalam
Human Resources
With Distinction
Derek Y. Ansong
Human Resources
Mary Catherine M.
Chrzanowski
Human Resources
Eman Khalil Dahneem
Human Resources
With Distinction
Drew D. Gerding
Human Resources
With Distinction
Rachael Anne Gerstein
Human Resources
With Distinction
Ashley Green-McCant
Human Resources
Sarah Hoitsma
Human Resources
With Distinction
Shuai Liu
Human Resources
Quanlin Pan
Human Resources
With Distinction
Amelia E. Pawlak
Human Resources
With Distinction
Phoumany Houatvilay
Phouybanhdyt
Human Resources
With Distinction
Malorie A. Smith
Human Resources
With Distinction
Marcini P. Tsiribas
Human Resources
Jing Zhang
Human Resources
With Distinction
Jinfan Zhang
Human Resources
With Distinction
Yiyuan Zhang
Human Resources
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN MANAGEMENT
Mohamed Abdelati
Management
With Distinction
Sara Jamil Ali Al-Zadjali
Management
With Distinction
Tejaswini R. Bhat
Management
With Distinction
Arlene L. Cortez
Management
With Distinction
Miriam Dybczak
Management
With Distinction
Magdalena Fudalewicz
Management
Connor N. Jessup
Management
COMMENCEMENT | 131
Pia Kanoy
Management
With Distinction
Michael Lawrence Perry
Management
With Distinction
Evan M. Politi
Management
With Distinction
Keri Roth
Management
With Distinction
Troy Scott
Management
Philip J. Stephens
Management
With Distinction
Yuting Wei
Management
With Distinction
Ziyan Yin
Management
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN MARKETING
Jawad Ahmed M Alidrisi
Marketing Management
Graziele Balbinotti
Marketing Management
Linda M. Barrientos
Marketing Management
Katherine L. Bollier
Marketing
With Distinction
Chen Chen
Marketing
Anna Zizhao Gong
Marketing
With Distinction
Ho Yin Lau
Marketing
Jing Luo
Marketing
Brianna Mello
Marketing Management
Neekita Singla
Marketing
With Distinction
Junjian Xin
Marketing
With Distinction
Zhe Zhou
Marketing
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
MARKETING ANALYSIS
Aanal Avanish Bhagat
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Xiaohan Cao
Marketing Analysis
Yang Cao
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Kuang Yun Chang
Marketing Analysis
Xiaoli Chen
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Cheng Chen
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Yen-Yu Chen
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Preeyada Chitsantikul
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Qianqian Cui
Marketing Analysis
Zihang Ding
Marketing Analysis
Xiaoyuxi Feng
Marketing Analysis
Zhenxuan Huang
Marketing Analysis
Marsela Kapetanovic
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Yunshan Liu
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Tong Yun Liu
Marketing Analysis
Stacey Nichols
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Li Peng
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Shuaiqi Qu
Marketing Analysis
Jesseca Marie Reynolds
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Yaru Sun
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Sheng-Hsiang Wang
Marketing Analysis
Lijuan Wu
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Xuan Xie
Marketing Analysis
With Distinction
Liyu Zhou
Marketing Analysis
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN REAL ESTATE
Nickas James Antoniou
Real Estate
Nicolette Domaradzki
Real Estate
With Distinction
Christopher Ferrer
Real Estate
With Distinction
Jing Jiang
Real Estate
With Distinction
Gabriel Israel Marquez
Real Estate
Naveed Nabavi
Real Estate
With Distinction
Yuge Xu
Real Estate
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN SUSTAINABLE
MANAGEMENT
Stephanie Marie Curcio
Sustainable Management
With Distinction
Adriana De Assis Galvao
Bueno
Sustainable Management
Lena Maria Newkold
Sustainable Management
With Distinction
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN TAXATION
Lizhu Bei
Taxation
With Distinction
Steven Gianos
Taxation
Jeff David Hamilton
Taxation
With Distinction
John Heinze
Taxation
Ann Indal
Taxation
Taylor Noelle Ingles
Taxation
Karina Mae Keesee
Taxation
With Distinction
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Mary Ann Kulinski
Taxation
With Distinction
Hanna Lee
Taxation
With Distinction
Richard Y. Li
Taxation
Marian Luchechko
Taxation
Hector A. Marino
Taxation
With Distinction
Joseph S. Mastaler Jr.
Taxation
Laura Kathleen Miller
Taxation
Andrew Charles Mizer
Taxation
Yangfan Mo
Taxation
With Distinction
Mirela D. Naneva
Taxation
With Distinction
Carlos Ocampo
Taxation
Yulia Okun
Taxation
With Distinction
Christian Ortiz
Taxation
Michael W. Patterson
Taxation
Peter Kenneth Pentland
Taxation
With Distinction
Amber Renee Petty
Taxation
Jillian Rose Price
Taxation
Joshua A. Prince
Taxation
With Distinction
Sonia Rai
Taxation
With Distinction
Motiejus Reimeris
Taxation
Sandra M. Reyes
Taxation
Nicholas S. Romanelli
Taxation
With Distinction
Marek Rozowicz
Taxation
Ke Ruan
Taxation
Nathan Derek Rundquist
Taxation
With Distinction
Alice Scharf Heil
Taxation
With Distinction
Shua Siddiqui
Taxation
With Distinction
Nancy M. Soto
Taxation
Ryan Alexander Stewart
Taxation
With Distinction
Ryan Jon Sylvester
Taxation
With Distinction
Timothy Michael Thorp
Taxation
Benjamin E. Ulman
Taxation
With Distinction
Andrew Weismiller
Taxation
With Distinction
Joshua L. Weiss
Taxation
With Distinction
Lu Xia
Taxation
With Distinction
Yijun Zhao
Taxation
Greg Jordan Zimmerman
Taxation
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN BUSINESS
Nurul Shahirah Binti Abdul
Murad
Economics
Aquib Aboobaker
Finance
Mohammed M. Aboulmagd
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Hamad Hassan H Abuisha
Hospitality Leadership
Issa G. Abutaa
Management Information
Systems
Mervelline Aflata
Marketing
Timipre Aginighan
Economics
Elizabeth A. Aguirre
Management
John T. Ahlert
Finance
Fayzah H. Ahmed
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Talha A. Ahmed
Accountancy – Honors
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Denis Ebiowe Ajube
Marketing
Iyabo S. Akinruli
Management
Abdulla Nasser Abdulla
Saeed F Al Darei
Finance
Motaz Abdulwahab M Al Issa
Management
Tyler W. Albertson
Management
Michelle Alcazar
*
Marketing
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Christopher M. Aleaga
Management
Blake P. Alexander
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Greg Alexander
Accountancy
Robert N. Alexander
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Joseph A. Alfini
Business Administration
Yasmin R. Alford
Finance
Ahmad Ali
Accountancy
Zain Masood Ali
Finance
Abdulrahman A. Alimirah
Finance
Abdulrahman Ghazi A
Aljalidi
Finance
Ahmed Saif Saeed
Mohammed Alneyadi
Finance
COMMENCEMENT | 133
Sami Abdulaziz M Alolayan
Finance
Abdulaziz E J M A Alothman
Management
Abdullah Abdulaziz M
Alsharif
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Karina Alvarez
*
Economics – Honors
Management
Cum Laude
Jeton Ameti
Business Administration
Oscar E. Amezcua
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Rahim Amlani
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Michelle An
Accountancy
Erin Nicole Anderson
*
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Melanie G. Andres
Marketing
David M. Andrews
Marketing
Cum Laude
John P. Anfenson
Management
William G. Angelos
Economics
Finance
Sopsay Ann
Business Administration
Mohammad Saad Anwer
Accountancy
Matthias D. Archil
Marketing
Narcis Ardelean
Marketing – Honors
Catherine M. Arevalo
*
Accountancy – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Solomon Adebayo Ariwoola
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Hector Iron Ariza Cooper
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Eranio Arizi
Accountancy
Finance
Nora Arjsiri
Marketing
Lymperis Armiras
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Evan J. Arnashus
Management
Alejandra Astudillo
Accountancy
Bryan Jefferseon Atencia
Management
Ali Athar
Management
Joseph Robert Atria
Accountancy
Justin B. Atwal
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Loi Sue Aun
Marketing
Cum Laude
Alexander Avila
Finance
Victor Hugo Ayala
Business Administration
Michael Gregory Babicz
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Nick Babicz
Accountancy
Andrea Bacchi
Marketing – Honors
Cum Laude
Ah Lim Bae
Business Administration
Cum Laude
Jourj Baghdisar
Finance
Muhammad M i Baig
Management Information
Systems
Donnisha S. Bailey
Accountancy
Anna Byambasuren Bailey
*
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Demetra Bairaktaris
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Patrick H. Baldys
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Karolina Balmas
Business Administration
Robert Gregory Balmos
Marketing
Michael T. Banks
Accountancy
Finance
Jiangfeng Bao
Marketing
Alexandra Bennett Barke
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Eric T. Barnes
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Justine L. Barnes
Management
Ryan K. Barnes
Accountancy
Eugenia A. Barrea
Finance
Dana Marie Bartolon
Hospitality Leadership
Tahir Bashir
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Michelle A. Basic
Finance
Rachel M. Batshon
*
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Prima Nikkola O. Bautista
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Odnyam Bayaraa
Finance
Lamise Bayyari
Management
Pamela K. Bazan
Marketing
Cum Laude
Mark A. Bazzanella
Finance
Kathryn E. Beach
Marketing
Cum Laude
Robert Bednarz
Marketing
Brian M. Bedon
Economics
Melissa A. Beeskow
Accountancy
Alexa M. Belfor
Finance
Marketing
Hannah J. Bellrichard
Accountancy – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
*
Denotes University Honors Program
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Emily Christine Belz
Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Matthew M. Benoit
Management Information
Systems
Brian C. Bergman
Finance
Lance K. Berko
Finance
Elise Janet Berndt
Finance – Honors
Cum Laude
Jonathan M. Berndt
Management Information
Systems
Marija Betinski
Finance
Mark E. Betti
Accountancy
Kathleen Elyse Beyer
Management
Kevin Beyer
Finance
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Nathan Michael Bieganski
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Stephanie Bittar
Management
Cum Laude
Sarah R. Black
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Benjamin Warren Blackmun
Finance
Aiste Blaskeviciute
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Leora S. Blumenthal
Management
Cum Laude
Richard Bolinas
Accountancy
Carlos Bolona
Management
Elijah L. Bond
Accountancy
Lauren G. Booth
Finance
Jacob Nathaniel Boria
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Andrea Boris
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Martin W. Borzecki
Finance
Jessica Delia Bosshard
Economics – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Athanasios Mihalis Bourtsos
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Victoria Boychuk
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Claire Bracco
Hospitality Leadership
Magna Cum Laude
Alec Philip Brady
Marketing – Honors
Vansika Uday Brahmbhatt
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Nicholas J. Braun
Marketing
Garland D. Brayboy
Marketing
Cum Laude
Nolan R. Brenner
Marketing
Cum Laude
James P. Breslin
Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Gregory P. Bret-Harte
Management
Kyle Anthony Brinkworth
Accountancy
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Drew Preston Britton
Marketing
Caitlyn Brogan
Marketing
Cum Laude
Sean J. Brogan
*
Accountancy – Honors
Elisabeta R. Broscatan
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Arthur Franklin Brown
Management Information
Systems
Ethan M. Bruns
Management
Emilie S. Bruyere
*
Marketing
Cum Laude
Justin Bungag
Management
Daniel J. Burau
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Robert P. Burke
Marketing
Matthew P. Cabel
*
Accountancy
Brandon P. Calandra
Business Administration
Nicole M. Calcagno
Management
Gabriella M. Caldarone
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Ricardo Camacho
Finance
Alex James Campanella
Management
Marketing
Paolo Canciari
Marketing – Honors
Rui Cao
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Michelle Ching Mei Caperelli
Management
Cum Laude
Adam Peter Cardaras
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Mitchell S. Carlstrom
*
Accountancy – Honors
Kenneth M. Carney
Finance
Richard Carrasco
Management
Jocelyn P. Carrera
Finance
Nicolo Carrivale
Finance
Nathaniel W. Cartwright
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Anthony M. Castaldo
Accountancy
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Elise A. Castelaz
*
Marketing – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Anais D. Castillo
Accountancy
Eduardo M. Castillo
Accountancy
Alex Castro
Finance
COMMENCEMENT | 135
Andrew Centeno
Accountancy
Seorin Chae
*
Marketing – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Leslie Chan
Finance
Daniel Chang
Management
Tulsi A. Chaudhari
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Nimrita Singh Chavla
Finance
Svetlana Chemulova
Business Administration
Danqi Chen
Accountancy
James B. Chignoli
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Alexander Chimon
Accountancy
Mandy Lauren Chmieleski
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Jean Cho
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Jay Yoonjae Choi
Finance
Sahil Chokshi
Management Information
Systems
Seoyoung Chun
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Tania J. Chwala
Marketing – Honors
Cum Laude
Marcus Laurence Cirone
*
Finance
Economics
Summa Cum Laude
Sam William Citro
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Danny J. Clancy
Business Administration
Alexander R. Claveria
Management
Stephen M. Clemons
Finance
Keith M. Clotfelter
Finance
Cum Laude
Brandon M. Cole
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Gilberto J. Colin
Finance
John R. Conard
Accountancy
Anders R. Conroy
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Susanna Conte
Marketing
Duncan P. Coogan
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Tanzania N. Cook
Finance
Management
Natalie Cooper
Marketing
Kyle G. Corcoran
Marketing
Sonnet Y. Corkery
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Denzel O. Cornelious
Management
Savoy Sean Corona
Finance
Christian P. Coseglia
Finance
Nicholas Y. Covelesky
Management
Cum Laude
Thomas S. Crane
Finance
Cum Laude
Shannon N. Creighton
Accountancy
Anthony M. Crespo
Management
Matthew K. Crisp
*
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
John R. Crowe
Management
Courtney K. Culligan
Marketing
Robert H. Cunliffe
Finance – Honors
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Kaitlyn Elizabeth
Cunningham
Accountancy – Honors
Management
Cum Laude
Thomas T. Cunningham
Business Administration
Rolando Curington
Management
Cum Laude
Patrick J. Cuscaden
Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Dagmara M. Czernecka
Marketing
Nicholas Shannon
Dailey-Arndt
Hospitality Leadership
Clarissa J. Dallman
*
Management
Magna Cum Laude
John Daniel
Marketing
Calvin P. Darula
Finance
Alexandra C. Davis
Hospitality Leadership
Elliot T. Davis
Marketing
Michael A. Davis
Accountancy
Elise C. De Bie
Accountancy
Gonzalo De Las Casas
Carcovich
Management
Nathan de Veer
Marketing
Jared M. Degumbia
Business Administration
Amanda G. Delgado
Management
Manuel Delgado
Accountancy
Angelo J. DeLuca
Finance
Bin Deng
Business Administration
Joseph Nicholas Desario
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Micayla M. Deveney
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Matthew A. Devins
Management
Suhayl Aziz Dhumadia
Finance
Mickey R. Di Pietro
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Cesar F. Diaz
Accountancy
*
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Claribel Diaz
Management
Cum Laude
Pedro Diaz
Business Administration
Sandra M. Diaz
Marketing
Marlene A. Diaz Reyes
Accountancy
Carolina Diaz-Arbelaez
Marketing
Jordan Marie Diedrick
Marketing – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Marissa E. Dimaranan
Marketing
Naomi C. Dinu
Finance
Real Estate
Lauren E. Ditallo
Management
Peter Thomas Dixon
Finance
Gregory L. Dockery
Management
Ina Dolinta
Management
Elizabeth A. Donovan
*
Finance – Honors
Cum Laude
Karthiik Renggasamy
Doraisingam
Finance
Conor R. Doyle
Management
Edward John Doyle
Finance
Patrick Jakub Drozd
Accountancy – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Jacob J. Dryer
Marketing
Montego Dubose
Management
Public Relations and Advertising
Reginald T. Dumas
Accountancy
Sabrina N. Dumitrean
Finance – Honors
Cum Laude
Jesenia Duque
Management
Kevin P. Durkin
Finance
Jader Fernandes Dutra
Finance
Cum Laude
Dominykas Dzekciorius
Finance
Eric R. Dziubyk
Marketing
Devan B. Eager
*
Accountancy
Economics – Honors
Taquarius Dontre Earl
Accountancy
Brennan Eastwood
Management
Aaron M. Eberly
Management
Elizabeth Kathryn Ebert
*
Accountancy
Christine joy Echipare
Accountancy
Nathan J. Echt
Accountancy
Real Estate
Shawn Eden
Management
Morgan Julia Edwards
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Robert S. Edwards
Finance
Gregory J. Egan
Accountancy
Daniel C. Eggensammer
Business Administration
Alfred C. Einstein
Business Administration
Melinda Elmazi
Accountancy – Honors
Michael Vaughn Emery
Marketing
Ebikebena Emizibo
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Brigitte E. Empey
Marketing
Connor T. Enright
Accountancy
Enkhsolongo Erdenebat
Marketing
Evan Erickson
Accountancy
Brianna Lynn Escarda
*
Finance
Cum Laude
Daisy Esquivel
Management
Ulices Estrada
Finance
Joyce Lodovico Etro
Marketing
Peter A. Eugenis
Marketing
Cum Laude
Zackary L. Evanson
Finance
Cum Laude
Chioma Ifechukwu Ezika
Business Administration
John Thomas Faerber
Business Administration
Management
Cum Laude
Katelyn A. Fair
Business Administration
Veronica Fairbairn
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Chanel S. Fakhouri
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Madeline S. Falash
Accountancy
Jessica M. Fann
Finance
Aiman K. Farhan
Management Information
Systems
Haseeb M. Farooqui
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Laraib Fatima
*
Marketing
Cum Laude
Matthew G. Feilmeier
Accountancy
Finance
Candice Elizabeth Feliciano
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Jose Felix
Marketing
Kai Feng
Business Administration
Vance Connor Ferguson
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Jazzmyn Genoveva Fernandez
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Kestler H. Fernandez
Finance
Rodrigo H. Fernandez
Management
Jordan M. Feste
Real Estate
COMMENCEMENT | 137
Idowu Kelvin Feyijimi
Management Information
Systems
Anita A. Fiadzoe
Finance
Milosz Fidowicz
Business Administration
Crystal E. Fierros
Accountancy
Monika A. Filar
Accountancy
Michael Fink
Accountancy
John C. Fiori
Real Estate
Brooke N. Fisher
Marketing – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Alex Flores
Accountancy
Mario Flores
Accountancy
Alexander M. Flynn
Marketing
Andrew J. Forgue
Accountancy
Finance
Ellie Anita Forkin
Finance
Cum Laude
Chanelle Jeanette Fortier
Marketing
Dominic Carmen Fosco
Business Administration
Quinton C. Foshag
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Connor Shawn Francesca
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Ryan W. Frank
Management
John R. Fredrick
Finance – Honors
Alanna Marie Freese
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Leah N. French
Accountancy – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Diana A. Fuentes
Marketing
Victor Angelo Fuentes
Finance
Schuyler Gable
Hospitality Leadership
Jonelyn D. Gabriel
*
Hospitality Leadership
Magna Cum Laude
Monica D. Gacek
Business Administration
Ryan M. Gahol
Finance
Cum Laude
Sarah J. Gallagher
Accountancy
Tom E. Gallagher
Accountancy
Nina Galoustian
Accountancy
Finance
Katelyn C. Galvin
Business Administration
Erica M. Gamble
Management
Crystal Gamboa
Marketing – Honors
Shuqi Gao
Finance
Cum Laude
Angelita H. Garcia
Economics
Mariela Garcia
Marketing
Shadae La’Shawn Gardner
Accountancy
Brooklynne E. Garrett
Management Information
Systems
Tristan Garrett
Finance – Honors
Economics
Cum Laude
William L. Garrett
Finance
Mallory Elizabeth Garrison
*
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
James T. Gatziolis
Marketing
Lucyna Gawlak
Accountancy
Indre Geneviciute
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica E. Genovese
Marketing
Andrew J. Gentile
Accountancy
Miranda Rae Gerowitz
Hospitality Leadership
Magna Cum Laude
Stevan Gess
Management
Dhwal Y. Gheewala
Finance
Accountancy
Krishan Gheewala
Finance
Matthew D. Gianneschi
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Amanda E. Giannini
Marketing
Tiffany K. Gibbons
Accountancy
Jake A. Gice
Finance
Cum Laude
Francesca S. Giovannini
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Vincent D. Glaviano
Management
Brian Glickley
Economics
Jake F. Glover
Marketing
Cum Laude
Ellen Lee Golackson
*
Hospitality Leadership
Summa Cum Laude
Michael M. Golak
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Jonathan Blake Goldstein
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Vladimir Golub
Business Administration
Symetria N. Gongyin
Marketing
Ekaterina Gonzalez
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Guadalupe Gonzalez
Accountancy
Guiselle a Gonzalez
Business Administration
Kiana Marie Gonzalez
Business Administration
Luciano Gonzalez
Finance
Susana Gonzalez
Accountancy
*
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Gregory P. Goodrich
Accountancy
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Nicholas P. Goodwin
Finance
Victoria J. Gostek
Marketing
Cum Laude
Ashley Gradisher
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Destine Grady
Accountancy
Oliver Thomas Graham
*
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Lukasz T. Graniczek
Accountancy
Jared G. Grantham
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Megan K. Griffin
Hospitality Leadership
Nicholas Gruic
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Kristen A. Grzywacz
Marketing
Wenlong Gu
Accountancy
Andrew D. Guerrero
Finance
Paola Guerrero-Toledo
*
Marketing – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
John F. Guida
Hospitality Leadership
Trevor William Gullman
Accountancy
Junyu Guo
Finance
Management Information
Systems
Victoria Z. Guo
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Abigail Gutierrez
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Cum Laude
Elizabeth Gutierrez
Finance
Miriam De Jesus Gutierrez
Accountancy
Linda Ha
Business Administration
Neil Hackett
Finance
Daniel Hagy
Economics
Zeeshan Haider
Management Information
Systems
Delvin Hajdarevic
Accountancy
Finance
Management Information
Systems
Armin Hajdarovic
Accountancy – Honors
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
John C. Hale
Marketing
Luke Hamilton
Economics
Camelia M. Hammad
Business Administration
Yingqiao Hao
Finance
Christine Ann Harder
Hospitality Leadership
Summa Cum Laude
Andrew E. Hardgrove
Marketing
John T. Harding
Accountancy
Kate E. Hartman
Accountancy
Amal Hasan
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Mazahir Hassan
Finance
Regen Riley Hatcher
Accountancy
Michael T. Heath
Accountancy
Abigail Regan Heck
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Wayne R. Heerema
Management
Joseph M. Heidrich
Economics
Eric David Henderlight
Finance
Quinn Avery Hendricks
*
Finance
Timothy Gerard Heniff
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Clifton Samuel Henry
Business Administration
Steven W. Henry
Finance
Cum Laude
Alexander M. Hepler
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Francisco E. Heredia
Accountancy
John Hermes
Finance
Jocelyn Herrera
Management
Austin R. Herrington
Finance
Cum Laude
Kelsey A. Hershenhouse
Marketing – Honors
Management
Nicole Christine Herzog
Business Administration
Jonathan Peter Hewett
Economics
Magna Cum Laude
Anna F. Heyne
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Kevin Patrick Hickey
Marketing
Cum Laude
John K. Hilarides
Finance
Hannah Katherine
Hildebrandt
Management
Alexis J. Hogarth
Hospitality Leadership
Cum Laude
Allison Hollis
Management
Kathleen Allison Holm
Finance
Seung Jae Hong
Finance
Marketing
Cum Laude
Gabriel Reuben
Honosutomo
Marketing
Kyle Hookstadt
Management
Cum Laude
Suzanne M. Hopman
Marketing
Cum Laude
Ana M. Houlis
Business Administration
Jone Hoe Hui
Finance
COMMENCEMENT | 139
Farheen Hussain
Accountancy
Mariam Hussain
Marketing
Syed A. Hussaini
Finance
Amr Husseini
Business Administration
Eric T. Hutton
Marketing
Van Huynh
Real Estate
Diana Ibarra-Villasenor
Accountancy
Elliott E. Igunbor
Finance – Honors
Economics – Honors &
Accountancy
Mohammad R. Ihmoud
Real Estate
Shariq S. Imam
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Liana Imbrogno
Marketing
Francesca A. Inendino
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Bukola Omotola Irinyemi
Management Information
Systems
Noor Ismail
Management Information
Systems
Rachael Ivanovic
Accountancy
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Beauty Iyalla
Business Administration
Umer Izhar
Accountancy
Joseph Edward Jablonski
Finance
Jasmin E. Jackson
Marketing
Deborah A. Jacob
Accountancy
Fabian Jacobo
Business Administration
Cum Laude
Steven K. Jacobsen
Finance
Kevin M. Jacomee
Accountancy
Ali Jafar
Finance
Management Information
Systems
Eric R. Jaloveckas
Marketing
Kevin E. James
Business Administration
Ryan F. Janning
Finance
Cum Laude
Carly J. Janowiak
Marketing
Christopher J. Janyk
Economics
Bujee Jargalsaikhan
Accountancy
Ajka Jasarevic
Management Information
Systems
Nadeen Jazeh
Management
Rubi Antoinette Jeffries
Business Administration
Matthew M. Jelinek
Finance
Taylor Elizabeth Jennings
Marketing – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Theodore J. Jesionowski
*
Finance – Honors
Cum Laude
Lance A. Jessurun
Finance
Chhatrasal Jharwal
Business Administration
Yushan Jiang
Marketing – Honors
Hannah J. Jimenez
Accountancy
Marketing
Martin R. Jimenez
Business Administration
Martin A. Jimenez
Accountancy
Alec Paul Johnson
Accountancy – Honors
Finance – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
DaRon T. Johnson
Finance – Honors
Cum Laude
Jillian L. Johnson
Accountancy
Joy C. Johnson
Finance
Shannon Nicole Johnson
Management
Eunjin Joo
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Petar Jovcic
Marketing
Daniel Joyce
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Brandon S. Junes
Finance
Business Administration
David Jungerwirth
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Solveiga Jurgaityte
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Jory Ann Justice
Accountancy
Maria Kadushkina
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Michael S. Kaiser
Finance
Roochita Yogesh Kakadia
Business Administration
Michael David Kalata
Finance
Emilienne Emylou
Kamandinako
Economics
Darshan R. Kamdar
Accountancy
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Matthew Francis Kaminski
Accountancy
Cum Laude
John Kammer
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Colin Kaplan
Finance
Theodore T. Karabatsos
Finance
Sergo Karapetiani
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Trevor L. Kare
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Jumana Kassar
Business Administration
*
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Kelleen M. Kastholm
Marketing
Hudson Katulu
Accountancy
Ramanjit Kaur
Marketing
Danielle R. Kavanaugh
Marketing
Cum Laude
Ryan Kavanaugh
Finance
Cum Laude
Sean Michael Keane
Finance
Cum Laude
Alexander S. Keenan
Hospitality Leadership
Lauren Kehoe
Marketing
Jason A. Keldsen
Accountancy
Dylan Christopher Kelly
*
Finance
Sean M. Kelly
Hospitality Leadership
Ebitari Kemefa
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Shayla Danae Kendricks
Finance
Anne Frances Kennedy
Marketing
Cum Laude
David A. Keve
Accountancy
Gurvinder S. Khaira
Accountancy
Siddhant Khaitan
Marketing – Honors
Mohammad Khalil
Management Information
Systems
Fahad H. Khan
Finance
Maham A. Khan
Accountancy
Saad Khan
Accountancy
Sadiyah Khan
Management
Armine Kharatian
Finance
Mark M. Khouri
Accountancy – Honors
Cum Laude
Kenneth D. Kiebles
Finance
Cassandra Lynn Kielnik
Accountancy
William W. Kihn
Business Administration
Brian J. Kim
Marketing
Christina Minyoung Kim
Marketing
Cum Laude
Earl Kim
Marketing – Honors
Management Information
Systems
James M. Kim
Finance
Cum Laude
Joanne E. Kim
Management
Keyerra King
Management Information
Systems
Miles Keith Kinslow
Management
Management Information
Systems
Adam A. Kirsch
Finance
Jason Kevin Kiwanuka
*
Finance
Thomas F. Klatt
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Elizabeth A. Klebba
Marketing
Jordan David Klein
Management
Kimberly L. Kloempken
Real Estate
Cum Laude
Tanapat Klomjit
Management Information
Systems
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Karolina Patrycja Klosek
Accountancy
Sarah E. Kmiec
*
Accountancy – Honors
Cum Laude
Ryan T. Knue
*
Finance
Clayton P. Kobilca
Management Information
Systems
Economics
Samuel Walter Kociak
Finance
Megan E. Koenig
*
Marketing
Cum Laude
Samim M. Kohistani
Finance – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Jessica Diane Kohlhaas
Hospitality Leadership
Kristi Kola
Management
Emily Shira Kolpas
Finance
Angela M. Kopec
Accountancy
Joseph William Kornblith
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Margaret Korte
Management
Patrick D. Koscielniak
Management Information
Systems
Danielle R. Koson
Marketing
Alyssa Kaleigh Kozal
Marketing
Paige Kozicki
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Grzegorz P. Kras
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Aaron J. Kraus
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Colin Krenzer
Marketing
Nicole S. Krol
Finance
Jordan M. Krpan
Finance
Milica Krstic
Management
Cedomir Krtinic
Finance
Jonathan G. Krug
Management
Melanie Claire Kulatilake
Finance
Cum Laude
COMMENCEMENT | 141
Paul James Kuligowski
Finance
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Samantha Yan Drapeau
Kumpe
Finance
Meritan Kumria
Accountancy
Finance
Kevin J. Kuncheria
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Kamil Kupiec
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Christian K. Kurdziel
Finance
Cum Laude
Matthew J. Kurpiel
Finance
Cum Laude
James Adam Kurtyka
Management
Christian Kwizera
Management Information
Systems
Sonia Kwon
Economics
Joanna Laba
Accountancy
Lynette Audrey Laddaran
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Raheem Lakhani
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Lilan Lam
Management
Elizabeth M. Lang
Accountancy
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Tandra C. Lanier
Accountancy
Brandon T. Lannoye
Management
Marketing
Cum Laude
Oklin Lara
Finance
Andie B. Larson
Business Administration
James Latterell
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Aras Latvys
Finance
Helen Lau
Marketing
Eddie E. Lawando
Finance – Honors
Aleksandar Lazarevski
Accountancy
Jason Lazea
Finance
Economics
Summa Cum Laude
Hoang Minh Le
Economics
Seunghyug Lee
Business Administration
Justin Mark Lehman
Management
Amanda G. Leichliter
*
Accountancy – Honors
Cum Laude
Bill Lelempsis
Business Administration
Kelly E. Lendi
Finance
Taras Leskiv
Business Administration
Anthony M. Lewis
Accountancy
Clayton Woodrow Lewis
Accountancy
Josh J. Lewis
Marketing
Michael Robert Lewis
Management
Finance
Sha Li
Marketing
Sixuan Li
Marketing
Zehua Li
Accountancy
Zhenyu Li
Business Administration
Gabriela M. Limonciello
Accountancy
Sarah Lin
Management
Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Jonathan M. Linderman
Finance
Sher P. Lindo
Management
Nicholas Lindquist
Accountancy
Finance
Cum Laude
Annita Liu
Management
Lucerito Lizarazo
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Morgan M. Lockwood
Management
Robert J. Lohman
Finance
Jessica Lojek
Economics
Business Administration
Jeffrey A. Lombardi
Accountancy
Kevin M. Loos
Business Administration
Cesar Lopez
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Jacqueline Lopez
Finance
Kevin U. Lopez
Management
Luz G. Lopez
Business Administration
Maria E. Lopez
Accountancy
Mark A. Lopez
Economics
Carmen Y. Lorenzo
*
Accountancy
Brittany Nicole Lowis
Marketing
Business Administration
Ivan Felipe Lozada Gorcira
Business Administration
Diane Sandra Lubitov
Finance
Cum Laude
Brittany Lucak
Hospitality Leadership
Randall E. Luken
Economics
Magna Cum Laude
Guy Lvovski
Marketing
Brett Lyjak
Accountancy
Hedi Ma
Marketing
Margaret Kathleen
MacDonald
Marketing
Cum Laude
*
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Paulina Machaj
Management
Denise A. Macias
*
Marketing
Nicholas B. Mackey
Finance
Karen Macomber
Accountancy
Jamie MacQueen
Marketing
Mason W. Madej
Finance
Michalina C. Maes
Marketing
Cum Laude
Evan J. Maher
Marketing
Madison Marie Maher
Finance
Hina Mahmood
Marketing
Cum Laude
Ovais H. Mahmood
Finance
Jason G. Maierhofer
Business Administration
Nathan M. Majkowski
Accountancy
Michael H. Malawski
Accountancy
Jesenia Yvette Maldonado
Accountancy
Lauren E. Malick
Marketing
Kaylin Maloney
Business Administration
Katrina L. Mandovi
Hospitality Leadership
Amie E. Manint
Accountancy
Management
Antoinette Rose Mannella
Management
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Daniel Manrique
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Ayna Mantyyeva
Business Administration
Enejan Mantyyeva
Business Administration
Cum Laude
Marzena K. Marciniec
Marketing
Michael R. Marciszewski
Finance
Accountancy
Anthony Francesco Marino
Marketing
Anna I. Marinova
Management
Marina Loren Marjanovic
Business Administration
Cum Laude
Matthew J. Marocsik
Finance
Julio R. Marquez
Accountancy
Economics – Honors
Daniella A. Marrone
Accountancy
Peter Paul Marshalek
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Cody A. Marshall
Management
Isaac R. Martinez
Finance
Cum Laude
Jessica Martinez
Accountancy
Liliana Martinez
Accountancy
Joe C. Martino
Finance
Maria Natalie Marton
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Ryan Marx
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Ronald P. Maryas
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Selma Masinovic
Finance
Cum Laude
Amy S. Mathew
Marketing
Finance
Cum Laude
Kevin D. Matos
Finance
Sophia A. Matsikas
Business Administration
James D. Mattes
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Zach M. Matukewicz
*
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Reanna J. Matyas
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Raman S. Mavi
Finance – Honors
Richard Christopher May
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Shakiyla S. McBee
Finance
Patrick A. McCarthy
Real Estate
James S. Mcconoughey
Economics
Cornell McCullom
Finance
Cum Laude
Colleen Anne McGovern
Management Information
Systems
Payton A. McHenry
Economics
Taylor N. Mckeown
Management
Magna Cum Laude
William Hawley McKinnon
Business Administration
Emily McMahon
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Kristen M. McManus
Hospitality Leadership
John F. McNamara
Accountancy
Max Aaron McNutt
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Arief Adly Bin Md Afendi
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Maggie Mech
Management
Cum Laude
Christine H. Mei
Finance
Management Information
Systems
Summa Cum Laude
Kristine Jay Mei
Hospitality Leadership
Shu Ting Mei
Accountancy
Michael J. Meier
Finance
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Jorge Mejia
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Mario Mejia
Finance
Guadalupe Melendez
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Andrew Charles Menke
*
Finance
Jessica E. Mercado
*
Accountancy – Honors
Cum Laude
Zachary A. Merel
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Sam Anthony Mesi
Hospitality Leadership
Sanela Mesic
Management
Jes Methipara
Finance
Cecelia A. Metzdorff
Marketing – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Asad A. Mian
Finance
John A. Mikulski
Business Administration
Trent R. Miller
Finance
Damir Milos
Finance
Cum Laude
Thomas Minch
Accountancy
Michael R. Miraldi
Management
Afra N. Mirza
Finance
Emma Mitchell
Hospitality Leadership
Magna Cum Laude
Lynetta Mitchell
Finance
Victoria Nancy Mitchevska
Accountancy
Ibrahim W. Mizyed
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Farzad Mobli
Finance
Business Administration
Mateusz Moczarny
Management
Mark M. Modic
Management
Elan P. Modilevsky
Accountancy
Beena Mohan
Accountancy
Joy D. Molinari
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Abdul Momin
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Michael Mont
Accountancy
Finance
Jorge Montoya
Management
Aiden F. Moore
Finance
Cum Laude
Dylan Raimond Moore
Economics – Honors
Cum Laude
Brandon D. Morales
Business Administration
Jennifer Morales
Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Tania L. Morales
Accountancy
Hussain Shabbir Morawala
Business Administration
Denisse A. Morel
Accountancy
Taylor L. Morell
Marketing
Omar Moreno
Accountancy
Marissa Georjan Morey
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Marcos Kiyoshi Morinishi
Management
Juan P. Mota
Management
Riley D. Mugerditchian
Accountancy
Erika S. Mui
Finance
Patrick Mullaney
Business Administration
Sehrish M. Munir
Accountancy
Daniel Munoz
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Xavier P. Munoz
Business Administration
Alina Murashko
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Michael R. Murphy
Business Administration
Michael Thomas Murray
Business Administration
Sandra A. Musielak
Management
Cum Laude
Zaid Mutawi
Management Information
Systems
Oleh Mykolyshyn
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Akshaya Nagasundaram
Marketing
Kathryn Taylor Naranjo
Finance – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Monika Narkowicz
Business Administration
Aaron Samuel Narod
Real Estate
Samantha R. Nartadam
*
Accountancy
Finance
Carlos E. Nassar-Velasquez
Management
Shazma Nawab
Management Information
Systems
Andrea Nejad
Marketing – Honors
Alex Netzel
Finance
Nicole Newell
Management
Stanley Ng
Finance
Amy D. Nguyen
Accountancy
Elizabeth H. Nguyen
Accountancy
Lan N. Nguyen
Accountancy
*
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Linh Ngoc Nguyen
Finance
Cum Laude
Lisa Nguyen
Accountancy – Honors
Cum Laude
Van Thu Nguyen
Finance
Cedric N. Ngwa
Management Information
Systems
Ana Nikolovska
Accountancy
Conor J. Nitchoff
Real Estate
Sean T. Nolan
Accountancy
John P. Noonan
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Haley A. Norman
Hospitality Leadership
Jessica F. Nowicki
Finance
Vanessa Ntumba Mbombo
Business Administration
Sulma Idania Nunes
Accountancy
Vanessa Nunez
Marketing
Obiageli C. Nwachukwu
Accountancy
Michael Maeta Oanda
Economics
Jonathan William Oberdorf
Accountancy
Cristina Lorena Obregon
Moreno
Management
Cum Laude
Christian Patrick O’Brien
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Matthew P. Ochwat
Finance
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Claire Elizabeth O’Connor
Accountancy
Omosinivie Sandra Odigo
Finance
Wakana Ogasawara
Hospitality Leadership
Summa Cum Laude
Lynette Renee
Ogletree-Wiggins
Accountancy
Shannon M. O’Hagan
Hospitality Leadership
Magna Cum Laude
Conor J. O’Leary
Marketing
Paul Michael O’Leary
Finance
Brianna E. Olmeda
Accountancy
Matthew J. O’Malley
Finance
Margaret Walsh O’Meara
Marketing
Azuwa Sampson Omietimi
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Michael Patrick O’Neill
Economics
Cum Laude
Joshua Ooi
Management
Jacqueline Oritsejafor
Marketing
Kevin Ortega
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Omar Ortiz
Marketing
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Kaitlyn M. O’Shea
Accountancy
Finance
David J. Osovsky
Accountancy
Finance – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Ryan Patrick O’Toole
Accountancy – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Amal Ouabi
Accountancy
Anthony Ounsy
Accountancy – Honors
Trenece Antoinette Owens
Hospitality Leadership
Lauren Pacheco-Mcdermott
Finance
Gabriele R. Paciocco
Finance
Business Administration
Alexandra N. Padilla
Management
Matt W. Palmere
Economics
Finance
Cum Laude
Sheridan L. Pannozzo
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Michael J. Papanicholas
Finance
Michael William Paradise
Accountancy
Finance
Cum Laude
Eric G. Paradiso
Marketing
Roslyn Parayo
Management
Shrinath H. Parekh
Hospitality Leadership
Michael Pargas
Management Information
Systems
Krush P. Parikh
Finance
Minho Park
Accountancy – Honors
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Sally H. Park
Finance
Michael Brenden Parker
*
Management
Cum Laude
Kevin Pasciak
Accountancy
Anuja A. Patel
Marketing
Bhavik P. Patel
Marketing
Bhumi Nanubahi Patel
Accountancy
Bhumika B. Patel
Business Administration
Ekta M. Patel
Accountancy
Hardik Patel
Management Information
Systems
Harshit Patel
Accountancy
Hiral Patel
Accountancy
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Hiten V. Patel
Accountancy
Kajal Patel
*
Business Administration
Kash G. Patel
Management Information
Systems
Kinjal B. Patel
Management
Finance
Kirtan Y. Patel
Management
Krinal Patel
Accountancy
Krishna Patel
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Cum Laude
Parth Devendra Patel
Business Administration
Rohan Patel
Finance
Sabeel Patel
Management Information
Systems
Suhail S. Patel
Accountancy
Sunny Kamlesh Patel
Accountancy – Honors
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Tejal Pathak
Management Information
Systems
Alexander G. Patras
Economics
Sam Thomas Paulison
Accountancy
Alicja M. Pawlus
Accountancy
Economics
Thomas J. Paxton
Management
Magdalena Pecyna
Economics – Honors
Finance
Cum Laude
Yingjiao Pei
Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Michael Thomas Pelant
Real Estate
Cum Laude
Samir Pelinkovic
Management Information
Systems
Sammy Vincenzo Pellegrino
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Sean Pendleton
Finance
Chris Perchatsch
Marketing
Alberto Perez
Finance
Management Information
Systems
Brandon Perez
Finance
Jazmin Perez
Finance – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Jennifer C. Perez
Accountancy
Kassandra G. Perez
Management
Mauricio P. Perez
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Thomas A. Perlongo
Finance
James A. Perrone
Finance – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Bianca Rose Perry
Marketing – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Steven L. Petchenik
Finance
Cum Laude
John D. Peterson
Finance
Cum Laude
Austin B. Petitpren
Management
Nazariy Petrakh
Management
Kellie Phares
Business Administration
Alexis M. Phillips
Management
Cum Laude
Anastasiya Pidhayna
Real Estate
Shane E. Pino
Marketing
Danielle B. Pinta
Hospitality Leadership
Marketing
Cum Laude
Paul J. Piotrowski
Finance
Anil A. Pirbhai
Finance
Marcos Piva Pinheiro Reis
Finance
Alex M. Plaskey
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Andrew J. Plis
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Alexander Plonsker
Finance
Jacob Alexander Pnakovich
*
Management
Richard A. Popp
Management
Irene M. Porcayo
*
Management
Matthew A. Porter
Marketing
Adam L. Postiglione
Management
Economics
Unnati H. Prajapati
Management Information
Systems
Nick Principali
Accountancy
Taylor R. Provenzano
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Demetrios S. Psyhogios
Accountancy
Nancy Pulido Ruiz
*
Accountancy
Kateryna Pustova
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Faheem Qadir
Finance
Shiyi Qi
Marketing
Cum Laude
Zhenya Qi
Accountancy
Tajma Qorri
Accountancy
Jorge A. Quiroz
Management
Kyle D. Rachal
Business Administration
Kamila A. Rafacz
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
*
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Johnny S. Raguay
Business Administration
Magna Cum Laude
Anum Raki
Marketing
Duruva Ramesh
Economics
Janet Ramirez
Marketing
Jazel Iris Ramirez
Accountancy
Jose L. Ramirez
Accountancy
James Randolph
Real Estate
Management
Claire N. Raphael
Accountancy
Taimoor Rathore
Management
Allison C. Rau
Accountancy
Dillin Ravenscraft
Marketing
Cum Laude
Alexander Jacob Rawlings
Ecomonics
Ricardo A. Razo
Accountancy
Mohammed Razzaq
Accountancy
Keshav Venkat Reddy
Business Administration
Anum Rehmat
Accountancy
Sarah A. Rekas
Accountancy
Jesse Renteria
Management
Cum Laude
Andrea M. Reyes
Management
Kyle L. Rezwin
*
Management
Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Mackenzy A. Rice
Economics
Andrew E. Richards
Economics
Allison Richter
Marketing
Stephanie R. Ricotta
Accountancy
Ieva Riddle
Management Information
Systems
Elliott Rim
Economics
Caleb Benjamin Rimmer
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
John Rinehart
Finance
Cynthia Estefani Rios
Marketing
Michelle V. Risman
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Hina F. Rizvi
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Claudell F. Robertson
Management
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Cameron Ulish Robinson
Management
Larson G. Robinson
Real Estate
Iulia E. Rodila
Management
Cum Laude
Elena Del Rocio Rodriguez
Finance
Accountancy
Evelyn Rodriguez
Finance
Management
Juana E. Rodriguez
Accountancy
Melissa Rodriguez
Marketing
Cum Laude
Priscilla D. Rodriguez
Finance
Alexander Steven Thomas
Roelofs
Finance
Tyler W. Roemisch
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Kelley J. Rohan
Hospitality Leadership
Andrea Rojas
Marketing
Mario Rojas
Management
Jessica Roman
Accountancy
Ruby Roman
Accountancy
Tony A. Romero
Accountancy
Caitlin O. Romolt
Marketing
Marc Daniel Rosenfeld
Business Administration
Drew W. Rossi
Marketing
Mike C. Rossiter
Finance
Edward Hayes Roston
Finance
Riya Roy
Finance
Chloe L. Rudny
Hospitality Leadership
Karen M. Ruggiero
Accountancy
Karolis Rumsevicius
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Alexander Rusin
Finance
Crystal Saavedra
Accountancy
Shane Earle Sackett
Finance
Cum Laude
Julina B. Sacora
Accountancy
Mariam Sadek
Finance
Leith Sadi
Finance
Cum Laude
Rahul Saha
Finance
Muhammad O. Sakaria
Management
Farhan Saleem
Accountancy
Nicholas W. Salek
*
Finance – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Giuseppe A. Salerno
Accountancy – Honors
Mohammad Bilal Salim
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Shariq M. Salman
Management Information
Systems
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Julianna Samawi
Accountancy
Jessica Rachel Sanborn
*
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Anthony Sanchez
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Gerardo Sandoval
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Juliet E. Santelli
Management
Angel Santizo
Management Information
Systems
Carly R. Sarkis
Hospitality Leadership
Varton H. Sarkissian
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Julina B. Saroca
Accountancy
Ayumi Nguyen Sato
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Sameer S. Sayed
Finance
Zachary A. Sayeed
Finance – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Patrick Griffin Schenk
Real Estate
Phillip T. Scheppke
Marketing
Tessa M. Schiffers
Business Administration
Zoe D. Schmerin
Marketing
Molly R. Schmidt
Marketing
Scott S. Schroer
Management
Isaac Alexander Schwarz
Management
Cum Laude
Paul T. Schwarz
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Ryan Schwarz
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Daniel Vincent Scimeca
Marketing – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Elise Scoles
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Karyn A. Seddon
Management
Brian James Sedlak
Finance – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Elissa D. Segura
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Joe M. Selby
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Matthew Taylor Semple
Marketing
Management
Jeong Seo
Accountancy
Michael A. Serbekian
Marketing
Dzesika Sereikyte
Management
Demetrio F. Serrano
Finance
Jack N. Severyns
Finance
Apurva Shah
Finance
Khushboo Shah N. Shah
Marketing
Nurul Shahirah Binti Abdul
Murad
Economics
Nicolas G. Shahwan
Accountancy
Sony A. Shajan
Marketing
Maham Shakeel
Finance
Azhar M. Shareef
Finance
Anjali Sharma
Management Information
Systems
Andrew T. Sharp
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Kevin J. Sheppard
Marketing
Cum Laude
Timothy A. Shields
Marketing
Curtis Shillingsford
Finance
Economics
Magna Cum Laude
Omar H. Shubbak
Finance
Maria I. Shvets
Management
Oliver A. Sielski
Accountancy
Joanna Silezin
Management
Amal D. Simm
Business Administration
Trevor George Simon
*
Accountancy
Jacqueline H. Simpson
Business Administration
Summa Cum Laude
Lily A. Simpson
Marketing
Japtej Singh
Finance
Jogeshwardeep Singh
Accountancy
Parul Singh
Accountancy
Shefali Singh
Business Administration
Timothy Sinitean
Economics
Umaima Sipwala
Management Information
Systems
Bridget Regina Sitko
Management
Tyler M. Skarstein
Finance
Cum Laude
Connor J. Skelly
Marketing
Connor M. Skoczynski
Finance
Kurt S. Smith
Management
R’Keshia Smith
Marketing
Sam J. Smith
Finance
Maryna Smoliana
Accountancy
Genevive N. Snopko
Hospitality Leadership
John L. Solka
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Paulina Soltys
*
Hospitality Leadership
*
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Janaki Soni
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Brandon P. Sonnemaker
*
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Wing Chi Soo
Management
Cum Laude
Itzel Soto
Marketing – Honors
Peter J. Souri
Accountancy – Honors
Cum Laude
Marina Souza
Marketing
Laura G. Spiegel
Hospitality Leadership
Cum Laude
Hayley Elizabeth St. Germain
Marketing
Cum Laude
Iliyana M. Staneva
Finance – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Nicholas J. Stanton
Management
Cum Laude
Jake W. Stapleton
Finance
Cum Laude
Thomas M. Staszel
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Andreea Carmen Stefan
*
Accountancy
Finance
Phil G. Stefanski
Accountancy
Joseph Stelnicki
Marketing
Andrew R. Sterioti
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Benjamin N. Stewart
Real Estate
Sara K. Stoffels
Marketing
Brigham W. Stoll
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Kamil Strycharz
Marketing – Honors
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Amir H. Suchwani
Management Information
Systems
Ovadia Gabrielle Sudai
Marketing
Sneh J. Sukhadia
Finance
Cum Laude
Ahmad Suliman
Accountancy – Honors
Management
Summa Cum Laude
Julie Sulkin
Finance – Honors
Management Information
Systems
Magna Cum Laude
Michael T. Sullivan
Management
Stuart J. Sullivan
Management
Linxin Sun
Management
Xingzi Sun
Finance
Yuchao Sun
Finance
Shaheryar Surani
Accountancy
Joshua Sushan
Finance
Economics
Nikolas Grant Svigos
Finance
Jacob A. Swartz
Finance – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
David J. Swieboda
Management
Christine M. Swintek
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Tania Syed
Marketing
Sean P. Szatkowski
Marketing
Cum Laude
Izabela Szeremeta
Finance
Patrick Szymczyk
Management
Feras Tabbaa
Business Administration
Kareem Tabbaa
Management
Lucy L. Tamayo
Marketing
Nicholas M. Tambellini
Accountancy – Honors
Magna Cum Laude
Nicole Meiyi Tan
Accountancy
Sandy Tan
Finance
Wilson Tan
Marketing
Clare M. Tanaka
Management
Cum Laude
Nengge Tang
Accountancy
Management Information
Systems
Jack Benjamin Tansey
Business Administration
Kathryn R. Tapak
Accountancy
Paul Tardella
Finance
Joseph A. Tassi
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Marian I. Tat
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Lian Xie Tarol Tay
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Jacob W. Teele
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Nicholas A. Teetsov
*
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Andrew D. Temple
Finance
Eric Tenorio
Business Administration
Zachary K. Tesoro
Accountancy
Megha Mahendra Thakkar
Finance
Accountancy
Darek Vinvent Thedford
Business Administration
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Jaimie Elyse Thimmesh
Rachie
Marketing – Honors
Management Information
Systems
Cum Laude
Gretchen Leigh Thom
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Adam C. Thomas
Finance
Cum Laude
Dylan M. Thomas
Finance
Cum Laude
Victoria L. Thomas
Hospitality Leadership
Alex A. Thornburg
Accountancy
Lauren Patricia Thrasher
Finance
Juan Tino
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Alexandra C. Toohey
Hospitality Leadership
Ilia Tori
Finance
Romeo Torres
Finance
Cum Laude
Joseph A. Tortolano
Economics
Lynsee Tran
Management
Nhatbao V. Tran
Accountancy
Olivia M. Troy
*
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Misheel Tserenbat
Management
Sanchir Tserenpil
Management Information
Systems
Spiros Tsirikolias
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Frances Abigail Tucci
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Jason Tumba
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Joanna M. Turi
Management
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Jennifer A. Twum
Business Administration
Nicholas R. Tzortzis
Finance
Taj Ubom
Finance
Ayet Ujwok
Accountancy
Joseph Anthony Urbano
Accountancy
Robert Urosev
Accountancy – Honors
Cum Laude
Olga Urquizo
Management
Anel Jacqueline Vaca
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Vanina Valadez
Business Administration
Joshua W. Valletta
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Willem Rudolph Antonius
Van Der Kaaij
Marketing – Honors
John T. Van Dermeir
Management
Lauren Michelle
VanderLinden
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Yuliya Vanina
Marketing
Alice M. Vanko
Marketing
Summa Cum Laude
Katia M. Varela
Economics
Shiji A. Varughese
Finance
Cum Laude
Thomas Veit
Marketing
Miranda M. Vella
Accountancy
Summa Cum Laude
Celia J. Ver Ploeg
Marketing
Claudia E. Verba
*
Finance
Mary K. Verdun
*
Marketing
Charles Vergara
Management
Sebastian N. Vermaas
*
Economics – Honors
Chelsea S. Vertin
Marketing
Regis A. Vey
Finance
Vic Vieni
Accountancy
Tadas Vildziunas
Accountancy – Honors
Management Information
Systems
Summa Cum Laude
Jacqueline Villagomez
Accountancy
Jimena Villagomez
Accountancy
Sandra Villanueva
Marketing
Cum Laude
Adriana Villegas
Marketing
Joseph P. Vitone
Economics – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Ana Mihaela Vladutu
Business Administration
Marketing
Oscar Vocal
Accountancy
Business Administration
Robert Voges
Marketing
Cum Laude
Mason Alexander Vollum
Finance
Peter Vujanovic
Finance
Cum Laude
Rejhan Vunic
Economics
Finance
Sahil Wadhwa
Finance – Honors
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Erik A. Wagner
Finance
Cum Laude
Owais Y. Wahid
Accountancy
Emil Walas
Accountancy
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Sebastian Waliczek
Finance – Honors
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Mark A. Wallace
Accountancy
Magna Cum Laude
Ryan M. Walsh
Accountancy – Honors
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Can Wang
Finance
Keman Wang
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Marlena T. Warjas
Management
Matthew J. Warmus
Finance
Alexandra N. Waynick
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Wei Wei
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Amanda J. Weldon
Management Information
Systems
Jack H. White
Marketing
Magna Cum Laude
Lauren C. Wienke
Management
Kellen M. Wiggins
Management Information
Systems
Pariece Wilder
Marketing
Lisa R. Wilken
Accountancy
Cum Laude
Tyler P. Wilkiel
Management
Dahee Mary Will
Economics – Honors
Finance
Summa Cum Laude
Damian J. Wille
*
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Troy M. Williams
Management
Magna Cum Laude
Darek J. Winski
Finance
Matthew J. Witek
Management
Jennifer L. Witowicz
Management
Patrycja R. Wlosik
Accountancy
Matthew Wong
Accountancy
Ryan Jeffrey Woods
Finance
Cum Laude
Jie Wu
Management
Zheng Yang Wu
Marketing
Jacqueline M. Xiques
Management
Anqi Yang
Marketing
Business Administration
Yajie Yang
Finance
Cum Laude
Yaqing Yang
Management
Dana Yavne
Accountancy
Bilal Yazdani
Finance
Seong Sun Yeap
Accountancy
Sun Yim
Marketing
Patrick J. Yoo
Finance
Mary Virginia Yost
Accountancy
Management
Cum Laude
Lyle A. Youmara
Accountancy
Trevor Zak
Marketing
Maksim Zaprahayeu
Finance
Cum Laude
Noe J. Zarate
Finance
Cum Laude
Ruben Zavala
Accountancy
Shaan Zaveri
Finance
Julia P. Zawislak
Management
Cum Laude
Claire Yawen Zhang
Marketing
Finance
Magna Cum Laude
Hanyu Zhang
Marketing
Cum Laude
Luyao Zhang
Accountancy
Marina Zhang
Business Administration
Vivian Zhang
Marketing
Xinchi Zhang
Marketing
Xinyuan Zhang
Accountancy
Richard K. Zhao
Accountancy
Zhi W. Zhao
Accountancy
Cum Laude
David X. Zhen
Accountancy – Honors
Summa Cum Laude
Adam Zheng
Business Administration
Jessica Zhivotovsky
Business Administration
Iris Yan Zhou
Accountancy
Tianyu Zhu
Finance
Zehong Zhuang
Management Information
Systems
Yanxu Zhuo
Accountancy
Evelina Zubacute
Business Administration
Rocco F. Zucchero
Management
Cum Laude
Vladimir Zuperman
Economics
Christian E. Zwit
Management
Alex Zych
Finance
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