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Angie Freeman Chief Human Resources and ESG Officer, C.H. Robinson UND B.A. Political Science and B.S. Secondary Education, 1991 London School of Economics, M.Sc., 1992

As Chief Human Resources & ESG Officer at C.H. Robinson, Angie Freeman is a member of the executive team and leads the company’s global talent and sustainability strategies, including recruiting, compensation, learning and leadership development, culture and talent brand, environmental impact, charitable giving, and diversity and inclusion. Angie leads teams around the world, including North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. In addition, Angie has served as the President of the C.H. Robinson Foundation, which along with the company has contributed approximately $30 million to charitable organizations. C.H. Robinson (Nasdaq: CHRW), founded in 1905 in Grand Forks, is one of the world’s largest logistics providers, with annual revenues of over $25 billion and approximately 20,000 employees in 30+ countries around the globe. As a services company, C.H. Robinson’s people and winning culture have been instrumental to its long track record of success. Angie has had a unique career with experiences leading a wide variety of areas, including Marketing and Public Relations, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, and Government Affairs. Prior to joining C.H. Robinson in 1998, Angie was with McDermott/O’Neill & Associates, a Boston-based public affairs firm. During her career, Angie has also provided board leadership to several organizations. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for The Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF), a manufacturer of commercial specialty vehicles. In addition, she serves on the Board of the University of North Dakota Alumni Association & Foundation, the Nistler College of Business and Public Administration Advisory Board, and the Gartner Global CHRO Board. Previous board experiences include serving as Chairman of LeadersUp, a national non-profit founded by Starbucks that supports increased employment opportunity for at-risk youth, and Community Health Charities of Minnesota. In addition, Angie has played an active role in numerous transportation and logistics industry organizations, including serving on committees within the National Industrial Transportation League, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. She is also a frequent public speaker on talent strategy and leadership topics. Angie is a very proud graduate of the University of North Dakota, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Comparative Politics, with Distinction, from the London School of Economics. Angie and her husband Russ (UND, B.A. Advertising) have three children and a very cute but naughty dog, and live in Edina, Minnesota.

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A UND faculty member, chosen from the ranks of the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors, carries the University flag and leads the commencement procession.

Honorary Faculty Flag Marshal Thursday, Dec. 15 — 3 P.M.

Dr. Mark Hoffmann Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Mark Hoffmann has been a UND faculty member in Chemistry since 1988 and was named a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2006. He served as chair of the Chemistry Department from 2003 to 2010, and recently is also an Adjunct Professor in the Physics Department. In 2018, he assumed the position of Associate Dean for Research in the College of Arts & Sciences. Since Summer 2022, he is the Science Co-Lead of the current NSF EPSCoR grant. His expertise is in the development of new theoretical methods to describe quantum effects in molecular electronic structure, and the computational implementation and use of those methods for describing reactive and unusually bonded molecules. Of long-term interest are molecules relevant to combustion and atmospheric chemistry, and the elucidation of the behaviors of catalysts of energy relevance. More recently, he has begun to study mechanochemistry effects in the binding of membrane proteins in cancer cells to the extracellular matrix. He has authored more than 110 papers in peer-reviewed journals, is a frequent invited speaker at national and international meetings, and sits on the editorial boards of 2 journals. He has mentored 20 UND PhD students. Hoffmann was elected a vice president of the International Society of Theoretical Chemical Physics in 2016 and continues to hold that position. In January 2022, he was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Honorary Faculty Flag Marshal Friday, Dec. 16 — 1 P.M.

Dr. Glenda Lindseth Professor of Nursing

Dr. Glenda Lindseth is a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Nursing and Associate Dean for Research at the University of North Dakota College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines. She has a PhD from Saint Louis University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Health Research at Wayne State University in Detroit. She was awarded a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professorship in 2022. For more than 25 years, Glenda has conducted clinical and behavioral research primarily funded by the DoD Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, the National Institutes of Health and related funding sources. She also served as the Principal Investigator and Project Director for the NIH-funded Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research (NPCBR) and Behavioral Research Translation grant. Investigators in the NPCBR have focused their work on the behavioral health needs of vulnerable underserved populations. Dr. Lindseth’s two DoD studies and a NIH study of pregnant women have focused on the behavioral effects of dietary intake as well as biochemical and physical activity measures of young adult study participants. Currently, she works with underrepresented college students as the Director of a NIH funded research training program.

Honorary Faculty Flag Marshal Friday, Dec. 16 — 4 P.M. Dr. Sean Valentine

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Management

Dr. Sean Valentine is the Eugene Dahl Innovation & Character Endowed Chair, and Professor of Management and Chair of the Middleton School of Entrepreneurship & Management in the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration. He joined the UND faculty in 2008 and was named a UND Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2020. His research interests include business ethics, workplace misconduct, human resource management, and organizational behavior, and his work has appeared in journals such as Human Resource Management, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Business Research, Business & Society, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Behavioral Research in Accounting.

Dec. 15 Marshals: Jayden Erickson Jeremy Grohs Kyra Jessen Addison Lorber Alysun Rudland Nicole Wu

University Student Marshals

A tradition since the early years of the University of North Dakota, students serve as the honorary marshals and ushers for commencement exercises.

Dec. 16 — 1 p.m. Marshals:

Sunny Charakuru Jayden Erickson Jeremy Grohs Kyra Jessen Alysun Rudland

Dec. 16 — 4 p.m. Marshals:

Sunny Charakuru Jayden Erickson Jeremy Grohs Kyra Jessen Alysun Rudland Iris Ying

Honor Medallions are earned by candidates for the bachelor’s degree who have at least 50 graded hours from the University of North Dakota and achieve a scholastic average of 3.50 (cum laude), 3.70 (magna cum laude), and 3.90 (summa cum laude) in courses completed at the University of North Dakota. For the purpose of the commencement program and publication, honors are based on the UND grade point average at the end of the previously completed term. Once final semester grades are recorded and the degree has been cleared by the college, grade point averages are recalculated and final graduation honors are recorded to the transcript and diploma.

Special Notices

Whether the individual is the first or last to receive a degree in the graduation ceremony, the conferring of that degree is a very special event for every graduate and family. To this end, it is requested that everyone remain seated until the conclusion of the commencement ceremony.

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Webcast

UND provides a live stream video of its Commencement Ceremonies to allow family and friends to participate, even if they cannot attend in person. The ceremonies will be streamed live on UND’s website (UND.edu) and UND Facebook page.If you are interested in watching one of the ceremonies, review the list below. Thursday, December 15, 3 P.M. (CT) | Professional & Graduate Degrees Ceremony Friday, December 16, 1 P.M. (CT) | Undergraduate Ceremony for: • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Engineering & Mines • School of Medicine & Health Sciences • College of Nursing & Progressional Disciplines Friday, December 16, 4 P.M. (CT) | Undergraduate Ceremony for: • College of Education & Human Development • Nistler College of Business & Public Administration • John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Free video downloads of the ceremonies will be available on UND’s Vimeo channel at vimeo.com/uofnorthdakota

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The ceremonial mace was first a practical weapon intended to protect the king and borne by the Sergeants-at-Arms, a royal bodyguard. The history of the civic mace begins about the middle of the 13th century. Since about the 15th century, universities have displayed a mace as a symbol of both internal authority and the independence of the scholarly tradition.

The mace of the University of North Dakota came into being at the direction of George W. Starcher, president from 1954 to 1971. In 1963 he approached Alvin Rudisill, chairman of the Industrial Arts Department, with the idea of creating a mace with materials from “Old Main,” UND’s first building. Condemned for decades for its severe structural deficiencies, Old Main was being demolished as administrative offices had moved to the newly completed Twamley Hall.

Rudisill turned to one of his students, Dennis Kulas, who was also pursuing a minor in art. Kulas crafted a mace in wood and then a second, when some thought the first might be too heavy for ceremonial use. The first one is the mace that has been carried at the front of all commencement ceremonies since.

Kulas explained the artistic ideas he incorporated into his design:

“The theme used for making the mace was like a drop of water falling into a body of water, its effects sending out ripples throughout the water. Likewise, a little learning affects everyone by sending out knowledge to all four corners of the Earth, hence the design. The globe: symbolizing the Earth. The rings: symbolizing a drop of knowledge ever spreading throughout the Earth. The four spikes: emphasizing the four corners of the Earth.”

The second mace used the same theme, but the globe was hollowed out to make it lighter by using recessed rings.

“Old Main,” 1958