Spring 2021 College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science Graduate Recognition Ceremony

MAY 2021

College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science

GRADUATE RECOGNITION CEREMONY

EVENT PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL WELCOME Dr. Cathy Bishop-Clark, Associate Provost and Dean College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science NATIONAL ANTHEM OPENING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. Cathy Bishop-Clark ADDRESS TO DIVISIONAL GRADUATES Dr. Gregory Crawford, President Miami University INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Dr. Renate Crawford, University Ambassador COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, PhD 15th President League of Women Voters of the United States PRESENTATION OF DEGREES AND RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES Dr. Cathy Bishop-Clark Please hold your applause until all graduates are recognized.

MIAMI UNIVERSITY’S ALMA MATER RECESSIONAL

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS Stephanie Terry Jessica Luehrmann Closed captioning can be viewed on a mobile device by visiting: http://MiamiOH.edu/CLAASCaptions

DEAN AND DEPARTMENT CHAIRS Associate Provost and Dean College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science Dr. Cathy Bishop-Clark Biological Sciences Dr. Paul Harding

Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies Dr. Helane Androne

Commerce Dr. Ted Light

Justice and Community Studies Dr. John Forren

Computer and Information Technology Dr. Marianne Murphy

Languages, Literatures, and Writing Dr. Whitney Womack Smith

Education and Society Dr. Garry Bowyer

Mathematical and Physical Sciences Dr. Vahagn Manukian

Engineering Technology Dr. Mert Bal

Nursing Dr. Brooke Flinders

Humanities and Creative Arts Mr. Roscoe Wilson

Social and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Sree Subedi

DEGREE, HONOR AND DISTINCTION GRADUATION WITH DISTINCTION is awarded at the divisional level as follows: summa cum laude for the top two percent in each division; magna cum laude for the next five percent in each division; cum laude for the next ten percent. Due to time constraints, these distinctions for the commencement ceremony are determined based on the last semester’s grade point averages. Actual degree honors will include grades from the final semester.

UNIVERSITY HONORS are awarded to students who complete the course requirements of the Honors Program upon completion of the required credit hours for graduation.

UNIVERSITY HONORS WITH DISTINCTION are awarded to University Honors students who complete a senior thesis in addition to University Honors Program course requirements upon completion of the required credit hours for graduation.

Every effort is made to make this program accurate in respect to degrees awarded and honors conferred. Publishing schedules, however, occasionally make this impossible The student’s permanent academic record is the official record.

About the

SPEAKER Jefferson-Jenkins, a 1974 Western College for Women graduate, was elected as the 15th national president of the League of Women Voters in 1998, serving two terms and also chairing the League of Women Voters Education Fund. She was the first woman of color to be elected president.

Under her leadership, the league helped pass the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), which closed the most significant loopholes in campaign finance regulation at the time.

She also led a charge to focus on local elections while increasing the number of voters who participated in all elections.

After graduating from Western College, Jefferson-Jenkins started her career as a public school teacher and administrator. She earned a master’s degree in education from John Carroll University, an educational specialist degree from Kent State University and a doctoral degree from Cleveland State University.

With the League of Women Voters, Jefferson-Jenkins was instrumental in the “Get Out the Vote Campaign,” and later, the “Wired for Democracy” project. Still in the early days of the internet, “Wired for Democracy” was the first foray into making sure that people could access objective, nonpartisan election information online.

As chair of the league’s Voter Education Fund, Jefferson-Jenkins promoted democracybuilding efforts in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, the Netherlands, Israel and a group of African countries.

She is the author of The Road to Black Suffrage and One Man, One Vote: The History of the African-American Vote in the United States. Her most recent book, The Untold Story of Women of Color in the League of Women Voters, was released last year in honor of the organization’s centennial celebration.

Jefferson-Jenkins is the third honoree of Miami’s Freedom Summer of ’64 Award. It is named to remember and recognize the site at the Western College for Women, now part of Miami’s Western campus, where 800 young Americans trained to register black voters in the south.

Jefferson-Jenkins continues to be an advocate and activist for civil rights, social justice, educational excellence, and stronger citizen participation in the electoral process for underrepresented populations. She actively serves on numerous boards and advises community-based organizations. She is currently an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION Moira Casey | Associate Dean Robert Davis | Associate Dean Liza Skryzhevska | Associate Dean Peter Haverkos | Senior Assistant Dean

FACULTY MARSHALS Sara Arter | Nursing Steve Feldmann | Commerce Patrick Lindsay | Commerce Thomas Mays | Commerce Stephanie Nicely | Nursing Vicki Rohlfs | Mathematical and Physical Sciences John Schaefer | Social and Behavioral Sciences

DIPLOMA COVERS Robert Davis Brooke Flinders

READERS AND NAME CARDS Mert Bal Paul Harding Peter Haverkos Leland Spencer

MUSIC INFORMATION National Anthem and Alma Mater: Miami University Men’s Glee Club Jeremy D. Jones, Director Fisher-Holoviak Endowed Professor Processional Pomp and Circumstance — Sir Edward Elgar Recessional Crown Imperial — Sir William Walton

DEGREE CANDIDATES BACHELOR OF ARTS Salim Abubakar Abdul-Razak Magna Cum Laude

Jordan Matthew Adams Magna Cum Laude

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Shelby Lynn Bushnell Emily Morgan Casteel James Edward Chang Haley Sheridan Christman Jacob Acey Ross Cope Kyle Alexander Davis Browyn Sierra Dishun Magna Cum Laude

Brody Ray Flinders Ian Matthew Foreman Spencer Alan Gaffney Ollieah Savanah Kae Glass Sydney Chyann Green Summa Cum Laude

Alexis Jane Hart Ashley Beth Hensley Kelsey Alexis Jackson Nicholas Richard Jung Cum Laude

George DeBord Laffey Alyssa Lynn Lainhart Kyle Matthew Long Magna Cum Laude

Madelyne Kay Mason Asha Z. McDuffie Brandi McGowan Meredith Lane Minnich Hannah C. Neal Magna Cum Laude

Michael Anthony Omaits Quintin Robert Pace

Melissa Souleyrette

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Courtney Amanda Taylor Jayla Skye Terry Magna Cum Laude

Nicolas Charles Valone Yicheng Wang Nicholas Robert Wilson BACHELOR OF ARTS IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION Laney Kaitlan Blevins Summa Cum Laude

Andrea Lynne Bussell Heather Kaye Cloud Hannah Grace Coleman Magna Cum Laude

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Christopher Michael Goodwin Thomas Howard Hancock Jacqueline Idalia Martinez Moyi Min Amber Elaine Thorn Emily Rose Waldron Summa Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF INTEGRATIVE STUDIES Arian Devon Coffey Laurie Annet Franklin Kaitlyn April Harlow Joey M. Kuhn Paula Renee Murray Magna Cum Laude

Danielle Margaret Pate

Cristaliz Portalatin Jamie William Sanders Megan Elizabeth Shearer

Hunter Giles Phifer Robert Charles Roberson Megan Maria Sanders

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Sharon Gay Bailey

Phillip Everett Sorrell

Ciarra Danielle Craft Tiffany L. Fitzgerald

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Bobbiebree M. Ingram Nicholas Robert Neibauer Monia Nkundikije Natalie Anne Peacock Cum Laude

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Danielle Hannah Gagliano Brian Patrick Gast Kyle Robert Guggenheim Joshua Gail Hashman Tony Lee Hester Michael Wayne Hoover Cum Laude

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Michael David Jones Michael Lamar Jones Brian Kettering Magna Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION Milcah Kwabah Awuah Sayra Briseyda Bautista Allison Rae Combs Natasha Renee Delfendahl Danielle Marie Hunn Makenze Ann Crysalynn McCarty Morgyn Rae Oakley Amanda R. Pollock Alexis Victoria Waugh

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED SCIENCE Benjamin D. Arron Mindy Alicia Bach Cameron Lee Bailey

Cameron Ramone McNair Simon Charles Miller Liban Mohamed Megan Nicole Myers Uchenna Ngene-Igwe Thuc Dinh Nguyen

Braden James Bakenhaster

Kyle Robert Nicely

Jeffrey Alexander Beery

James Richard O’Brien Ethan James Kawecki Parsons Kendall Martin Purdy

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Eric Daniel Livering Mickey Eujean Lutz Alexander Stephen Mallett Adam Todd Malone Cum Laude

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Steven Wayne Brown John Buena Cameron Alan Calhoun Giancarlos Jesus Castro Castro William Dao Cum Laude

Alexander Douglas Datz Magna Cum Laude

Nicole Renee Eisenbrandt Benjamin Joseph Frail Jarred Fultz Magna Cum Laude

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Weston Lee Robinson Kyle Patrick Rufer Tyler Austin Sargent Brett Michael Schnicker Victor Wayne Sellers Theodore Ray Shirk Logan Matthew Street Magna Cum Laude

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED SCIENCE, CONTINUED Eric Edward Valentine

Yuanqin Chen Tyler Trae Claypool Hannah Grace Coleman

Michael Wengerd

Noelle Elizabeth Cossick Mackenzie Lynn Couch

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Alexander Leonard Werdman John Robert Whited Francis A. Ziehm Summa Cum Laude

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Jacob T. Cox Zhiyuan Dai Rachel Ann DeBacker Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE Tori Marie Adams James Edward Chang Carol Leanne Combs Magna Cum Laude

Cierra Michelle Farrell Sydney Chyann Green Summa Cum Laude

Danielle Margaret Pate Summa Cum Laude

Olivia Irene Tilton

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE Andrew Michael Abeysinghe Kalah Lee Amburgy Sylvester Amoa-Owusu Da An Weiji An Cum Laude

Kyla Roseann Barton Jonathan Lee Taylor Bates Nikolaus Alan Baumlein Cum Laude

Kayle Jo Bertram Edward Lewis Brewer IV Kate Leigh Broderick Cum Laude

Ryan Michael Burke Joseph Burns Erica Dawn Byrd Hongyi Cao Yu Cao Nathan Arron-Piskuran Carroll Xian Chen Cum Laude

Chaoyue Dong Paul Michael Donisi Tenkorang Darko Dorga Yihang Feng Jacob Anthony Fontaine Amanda Garrison Abdul-Rahim Jamil Gordon Taylor Nicole Grabel Magna Cum Laude

Robert William Gravelle Joseph Charles Green John William Groom Mingyang Guan Jingyan Guo Jeffery Ryan Haeseker Longhao He Summa Cum Laude

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Joshua Tanner Humphrey Aaron M. Ishmael Yuyang Ji Kayla Marie Jones Noah Martin Juste Shannon Evelyn Kelly Anna Carol Klussman Cristian Ezequiel Kollstedt Jessica Leigh Landaw Codie Marie Leisgang Haoming Li Jiaxuan Li Zehui Li Zhaoyang Lin Jiating Liu Xingshuo Liu Haoyan Lu Keyong Luo Zhiheng Luo

Jordan Erin Lykins Makenzie Ann Madden Elise Suzanne Martin Samantha Morgan Mason Brittany Allena Mazzola Jacob Alan McAninch Emily Kristine Metz

Litao Wei Candice Marie White Matthew Willenbrink Eryan Xu Jiacheng Xu Ka Ho Ben Yang Yu Yang

Jeremy Monahan Jill Lynae Monson Jacob Zaine Moore

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Miguel Angel Morell Brennan Morton Jessica Rose Muncie Ni Ni

Huandie Ye Ye Yuan

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Mark Daniel Reist Makayla Paige Riley Cum Laude

Joseph Michael Rohlfs Rosanna Rosario Nuoqi Ruan Summa Cum Laude

William Hunter Sackenheim IV Austin William Sampson Derek Stephon Sanders Melanie Kristine Shalloe Brandon Edward Shapiro Tianyu Shen Brandon Simmons John Michael Sisk Jiamin Su Junsheng Sui Brooke Alexis Rae Terry Danielle Turner Tyler R. Vieira Jacob Andrew Vires Conner Michael Walls Hanchen Wang Jiahe Wang Jianhui Wang Shuwei Wang Cum Laude

Zijia Wang

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Yuan Yao

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Yuchen Zhang Yutang Zhang Dengke Zhou Siding Zhou Mengyao Zhu Qiuying Zhu BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Devlin Andrew Adams Mario El’Pedro Ash Lenny Wilson Benitez Christopher Jacob Benoit James H. Bowling Jonathan Brown Brandon Caroll Kenneth Allyn Ciallella Jr. Cum Laude

Brooke Crider Camille Renee Dainton Magna Cum Laude

Jessica Leigh Finnen Jenna Katelyn Frary Magna Cum Laude

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Sara C. Glasshagel

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CONTINUED Sydney Renee Little Austin Michael McKee Dylan Robert Miller Jared Michael Monhollen Amanda R. Pollock Jeffrey Scott Saxton Magna Cum Laude

Justin Christopher Smith Jordan Richard Williams Alaina Sue Wright Pierina Zanca Osores Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND INVESTIGATION Kortney L. Curl Magna Cum Laude

Dale Hall Asia Iman Jones Kaleigh Ryan Kilburn Summa Cum Laude

Jayci Lynn Lawson Sarah Kathleen Mattingly Holly Noel Scott Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Mohammed Layth Alkhafaji Andrew Michael Campbell James Cody Combs Jon Aaron Cook Summa Cum Laude

Morgan Lee Mills Curtis Alexander New Cum Laude

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Robert Paul Richter Eric Lee Swords

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Ruiran Teng BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY STUDIES Carol Leanne Combs Magna Cum Laude

Casandra Lynn Fulks Kelsey Alexis Jackson Kristin Ashley Mallory Alison Jaie Russell Olivia Irene Tilton Summa Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Mikayla Renee Abner Magna Cum Laude

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Sierra Nicole Barnes Raya Monique Barnett Magna Cum Laude

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Jacob Tighe Eisenmann Michael Jordan Garibay Martha Rose Glasshagel

Diana C. Berrizbeitia Reilly Bogan Lindsay Ann Boone

Matthew Olin Grammel Bambi Renee Gray

Destiny Renee Campbell

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Corbin James Hoffman Summa Cum Laude

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Brent Gairald Kiser Jennifer Marie Liford Cross Kenlee Michael McGuire Cum Laude

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Erin Elizabeth Cebelak Christopher Michael Childers Mikayla Erin Clark Abbie Elizabeth Cochran Bailey Elizabeth Cole Cum Laude

Julia Rose Current Jeffrey Todd Davis

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Bethany Magdalena Patten

Mika Lauren Ellison

Audrey Claire Payne

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Deneane Louise Poynter Kameryn Paige Renner

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Hannah Elizabeth Goins Julie Marie Groh Regan Lee Haney Cum Laude

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Michelle Krista Kern Nicole M. Kincaid

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Meghan Marie Talbot Julia Lynne Tegge Rachel Marie Tenley Magna Cum Laude

Savannah McKenzee Williams Allison LeAnn Wolf Cum Laude

Sylvia Yeboah Cody Michael Young Natalie Marie Zolnier

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Kamryn Denise Lutz Magna Cum Laude

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Molly Elizabeth McDaniel Kiersta Shae Miller Cum Laude

Jocelyn Nicole Millhouse Jason A. Minnich Lauren Nicole Motolik Cum Laude

Kristen Ann-Marie Napper Lindsey Christine Norquist Magna Cum Laude

Isabel A. Oaks Chloe Rochelle Olberding Cum Laude

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE Ryan Thomas Bachman Aaron Tyrus Baker Alysha Hope Bare Olivia Megan Beerman Amber Bryant Madison Taylor Campbell Leigha Marie Cassero Kira Brianne Duncan Conner Engle Magna Cum Laude

Joshua Oghenetega Erife Diana Ashmeley Garcia Nicholas Adam Gardner Rachel Ellen Greenberg Summa Cum Laude

Anthony C. Guckiean Aaron C. Holm Andrew George Kinney Zachary Christopher Lakes Summer Caitlyn Libecap Cum Laude

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ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE, CONTINUED Ethan Bay Limon Tracy Lowe Daniel Brian Milby Joshua Ray Pilcher Alexandra Lauren Quarry Grace Marie Rademacher Thomas Eugene Rinck Mason James Ruhl Cesar Rodrigo Ruiz Rodriguez Heather Taylor Runnells Tyler Joseph Scott Roger Dean Tackett

Elijah McDonald Matthew Joseph Nation Courtney Joyce Osman Raymond Michael Richmond Jacob Andrew Ruhl Carrie Christine Sample Jennis Lynn Scott Josephine Eloise Smith Brittany Louise Steelman

Keith William Taulbee Tyler Dalton Tipton Mark Aaron Williams Daniel Worsham

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED BUSINESS Erika Renae Booker Eric D. Brunner

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Carly Elizabeth Strecker Cierra Nicole Taylor Denise Taylor Jonas Wallace Wilkinson

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Tristan MacKenzie Young ASSOCIATE IN ARTS Jordan Matthew Adams Summa Cum Laude

Emily Grace Ashcraft Logan Jeffrey Baker Nikolaus Alan Baumlein Cum Laude

India Cherie Belyeu Kate Leigh Broderick Magna Cum Laude

Mackenzie Hope Centers Chloe Lynn Cummings Emma Jean Estepp Cum Laude

Samantha Renee Farnsley Isaiah Noe Garcia Braeden Gentry Diego Gonzalez Valentim Cum Laude

Samuel Niles Hagenschneider Rhonda Gail Hanson Dariann Noel Hatton Abigail Elizabeth Hockett Daniel Robert Ivers Djuan Marquis Johnson Sarah Marie Keane Nicole Veronica Magyarosi Sarah Kathleen Mattingly

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Ethan Corey Chappelow Kenneth R. Cole Tenkorang Darko Dorga Jacob Anthony Fontaine Daniel Marshall Grimes Jenna M. Lopez Cum Laude

Katie May Lowe Madison Lynn Meyer Cum Laude

Jenica Marie Morris James Austin Phelps Kyle Anderson Dwain Phelps Walquiria Sanchez-DeLeon Brittany Nicole Stover Cum Laude

Matthew Willenbrink John Collins Winterrod

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