2022 CLAAS Graduate Recognition Ceremony

May MAY15, 15,2022 2022

College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science

College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science

Graduate Recognition Ceremony

GRADUATE RECOGNITION CEREMONY

EVENT PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL WELCOME Ande Durojaiye, Vice President and Dean College of Liberal Arts and Applied Science NATIONAL ANTHEM OPENING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS Ande Durojaiye ADDRESS TO THE CLASS OF 2022 Kira Pierson, ’22 Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Joshua D. Hodges, Esq. ’11 Bachelor of Integrative Studies PRESENTATION OF DEGREES AND RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES Ande Durojaiye Please hold your applause until all graduates are recognized.

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Biological Sciences Paul Harding

Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies Leland Spencer

Commerce Ted Light

Justice and Community Studies John Forren

Computer and Information Technology Marianne Murphy

Languages, Literatures, and Writing Whitney Womack Smith

Education and Society Garry Bowyer

Mathematical and Physical Sciences Vahagn Manukian

Engineering Technology Mert Bal

Nursing Brooke A. Flinders

Humanities and Creative Arts Susan Spellman

Social and Behavioral Sciences Beth Dietz

Degree, Honor,HONOR, and Distinction DEGREE, 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.

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About Aboutthe theSpeaker

SPEAKER Josh Hodges balanced work, family, and classes on the journey that led to the establishment of his own law practice in Hamilton. After graduating from Hamilton High School he began working a series of factory jobs. It was while working third shift at one of these jobs that he began taking classes at the Miami Hamilton campus, often with only a brief nap in his car between getting off work and reporting for class.

Through his perseverance he earned his Associate of Arts in 2010, followed by his Bachelor’s of Integrative Studies cum laude in December 2011. He then attended the Salmon P. Chase College of Law where served as Student Bar Association President before graduating summa cum laude in 2015 in the top 5% of his class.

He was hired at Frost Brown Todd, one of the largest and most prestigious firms in the Midwest, where he gained experience in many types of cases, including representing large corporations and governmental agencies. He also gained experience in litigation defense, including the defense of personal injury claims.

After assisting clients throughout the country and internationally, he opened his own practice in Hamilton. Today he is a partner in Kruger and Hodges, Attorneys at Law, with a practice focused on personal injury, and what began with a single office in Hamilton has now expanded to serving clients at three locations with a team of seven associates.

In addition to his work, Josh participates in Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Parachute Butler County, Court Appointed Special Advocates, working with abused, neglected or dependent children in the Juvenile Court system.

He lives in one of Hamilton’s great historic neighborhoods with his wife Heather, son Isaac, and daughter Lila.

Faculty Marshals, Graduate Recognition Assistants, FACULTY MARSHALS, and Senior Administration GRADUATE RECOGNITION ASSISTANTS,

AND SENIOR ADMINISTRATION Faculty Marshals FACULTY MARSHALS Reza Abrishambaf – Engineering Technology Steve Bailey – Justice and Community Studies Rhonda Cooper – Nursing Michael Craven – Social and Behavioral Sciences Steve Feldmann – Commerce Hirenkumar Gami – Engineering Technology Laurel Gilbert – Advising Martin Johnson – Humanities and Creative Arts Theresa Kulbaga – Languages, Literatures, and Writing Patrick Lindsay – Commerce Laila Murphy – Education and Society Caryn Neumann – Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies Stephanie Nicely – Nursing Jennifer Purdum – Humanities and Creative Arts Jennifer Rode – Nursing Anthony Rose – Computer and Information Technology Monticha Sompolvorachai – Commerce Traci Strunk – Advising David Woods – Computer and Information Technology

Graduate Recognition Assistants GRADUATE RECOGNITION

ASSISTANTS

Debbie Beyer – Nursing Peter Haverkos – Dean’s Office Jeff Kuznekoff – Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies Leland Spencer – Interdisciplinary and Communication Studies SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

Senior Administration

Moira Casey – Associate Dean Robert Davis – Associate Dean Liza Skryzhevska – Associate Dean Peter Haverkos – Senior Assistant Dean

Miami University Alma Mater

Music Information MUSIC INFORMATION

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

Degree Candidates DEGREE CANDIDATES

BACHELOR OF ARTS Allison MacKenzie Albright Miya Raylynn Alsip Alexis F. Angel - Gallimore Emily Grace Ashcraft James Daniel Badenhausen Claire Elizabeth Barrington

Anna Elizabeth Kopinsky Jade Marie Laviolette

Jane Marie Baum Megan Isabella Boltz Madison Paige Bufler Ian Dean Byrd Brittany Nicole Coomes Emanuel Cabrera Cordero Maranda Grace Cornett Daniel Cheston Cox Shawna Cheyenne Cox Zachary William Coy Jesseca Lynne Crosen Farah Waleed Dahoudi Kyle Patrick Deloney Joey Renae Egelston Kari Jane Ellis Autumn A. Faithwalker Skyllarr Mirii Frank Stephanie Renee Furia

Ashley Elizabeth Mitchell India LeighAnn Myers Christopher Scott Neumann

Summa Cum Laude Regional Campus Honors Program

Regional Campus Honors Program

Chandlyr Anderson Gatch Magna Cum Laude

Cross Matthew Gibson India Victoria Greenidge Xin Hang Sean Anthony Hayden Kristen Renee Howard Cum Laude

Fergus Michael Hughes Lindsey Renee Hurst Jina Rose James

Cum Laude

Jessica Ann Lawhorn

Magna Cum Laude Regional Campus Honors Program

Cheyanne Renee Martin Cassandra Lynn McMannis Summa Cum Laude

Summa Cum Laude

Ryan Terence Nickolette Olivia Marie Rader Jarret Russell Reid Gloria Rose Rodriguez Yanez Cum Laude

Benjamin Michael Rutchik Katrina Mae Shafor Cum Laude

Julian Bradley Simmons Elizabeth Ann Spaulding Magna Cum Laude

Cassie Michele Stidham Magna Cum Laude

Delaney Paige Stinchcomb Lucy Lillian Strange Cierra Nicole Taylor Baylen Carter Thiery Dominic Dean Casey Tyburski Rebecca Jean West Destiny Ann Williams Erin Leona Wilson Stephanie Michelle Wittkofske Olivia Elizabeth Yackman Jasmin Rose Zellner Abigail Rebecca Zerfass

Senjun Jiang Denise LaMarr Johnson Emily Jane Jones Kaitlyn S. Jones

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION Xiyu Cao Sydney Jane Cape Kaitlynn Amanda Clark Daniel Alexander Diersing

Danielle Elizabeth Kettman

Anna L. Gerhard

Magna Cum Laude Regional Campus Honors Program

Cum Laude

Regional Campus Honors Program

Samantha Nichole Martino Magna Cum Laude

Taya Blair Paxton John Irving Payne III Jordan Amaya Roberson Troy David Schermer Sara Ann Wright

Abigail Marie Sedan Milton Eugene Stegall Erin Kathleen Stephens Elizabeth Lynne Walden Rusty Robert Dale Worley Jason Allen Young

BACHELOR OF INTEGRATIVE STUDIES Taylor Annette Berger Laurie Annet Franklin Carly James Tricia Elizabeth Kimball Andrew Tyler Mink Jennifer Ann Noack

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED COMMUNICATION Anaya Sharay Dorsey Amyah Kanyssa Jack Kristen Michele King Jayla Ann McPherson Kaleigh Angelina Nieman Candace Dyann Norvell Nicholas Lance Pherigo

Eleanor Sizemore Kyle Gregory Whited

Michaela Ann Ruark Emily Catherine Wright

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Doreen Aidoo Emily Nicole Akin

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED SCIENCE William Austin Allen Lins Bangaloko Pawan Vittal Bapu Jacob T. Begley

Magna Cum Laude

Cum Laude

Jacquelyn M. Betancourt Britney Shay Bonno Jason Allen Brown II Cum Laude

Sarah Ann Chaney

Magna Cum Laude

Shellie M. Cornell Matthew Fredmond Dorr Magna Cum Laude

Ashlyn Kierra Edwards Mackenzie Hannah Faulkner Demetri Elias Germanos Danielle Nicole Hatcher Emma Rose Jones Alexis Renee Kraemer Cum Laude

Christopher Kenneth Leach Erin Elizabeth Jing McFadden Magna Cum Laude

Nicholas Allen McRoberts Kris Miller Oluwafisayo Ifeoma Oginni Josephine Pelumi Orimisan Malorie Paige Plaugher Hannah Perea Ann Pyburn Allison Kathleen Roberts

Regional Campus Honors Program

Cum Laude

Summa Cum Laude

Mohamed Belkhair Matthew Carrico Giancarlos Jesus Castro Castro Brett James Cunningham Aurum Aushaun Adamas Dandy-Jones Alex Dragt Jacob Elmer Drerup David Wesley Dunbar Kira Brianne Duncan Aaron Casey Frump Zhenglin Huang Amber Nicole Keppel Magna Cum Laude

Joseph M. LaFevre Ethan Bay Limon Craig Allen Mathews Chase Thomas McCampbell Molly Mai McCullough Fred Kelly McLaughlin Kevin F. Muntz Modou L. Njie Price Philip Norman

Evan Michael Olden John Minh Pham Bradford Thomas Pierce John Christopher Raschella II Colin Parker Rockey Cum Laude

Michael Romanov

Magna Cum Laude

Randall Wallace Ross Bailey Lue Sanders Colton Daniel Schroer Mark R. Smith Cum Laude

Isaac Nathan Stephenson Amanda Lynn Stockmaster Tristin Thompson Summa Cum Laude

Dev Timsina Nicholas William Ulliman Aaron Matthew Watkins Bryan Caleb Williams Mark Phillip Wilson Kaid Benjamin Woolace BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMMERCE Paige Elizabeth Adelsperger Qizhuo Ai Cum Laude

Trent Anthony Allen Cum Laude

Kyle Jacob Angel Hannah Christine Bailey Eric Lee Behrman Tony Jerrell Boddie Jr. Whitney Boze Jonathan Burton Xiaohan Cao Caleb Wayne Caudill Jiangnan Chen Wenhan Chen Yian Chen Cum Laude

Ming Chi Cheung Logan Ryan Clark Jose Fabian Contreras McCoy Jeffrey Creedon Jonathan Paul DesForges Riley Drake

Haoran Du Kari Jane Ellis MingYang Fang

Magna Cum Laude

Jifan Feng Alexis Paige Fike Hannah Marie Fritsch Kangxuan Fu Magna Cum Laude

McKenzie Ann Getz Jonathon Daniel Godby Summa Cum Laude

Alec Matthew Gregory Benjamin Wallace Gunderson Hannah Marie Hargrove Austin Lowell Harp Heng He Andrew Stephen Herzog Cum Laude

Christopher Matthew Hetterich Cum Laude

Ting Huang Nathan Robert Johnson Kouakou Constant Konan Sara Jean Lawrence Magna Cum Laude

Codie Marie Leisgang Haowen Li Junyan Li Ruang Li Xiyuan Li Yue Li Cum Laude

Ziyang Li Rui Ling Yuhan Liu Zechen Liu Zichen Liu Zunyu Liu Cameron Jacob Lloyd Anthony K. Lomphoy Christian James Mackie Jeffrey Glenn Maher Chuqiu Mao Fengpeng Mao Jeremy Joseph Martin Cum Laude

Amanda Carlene Matheny Riley Morgan McDonald Magna Cum Laude

Huailin Mei Robert Meyers Matthew Michael Michalek Patrick Charles Mignery Magna Cum Laude

Dana Elizabeth Miller Carlsen Daulton Clay Miller David Leonard Mills Walter Allen Minges Jill Lynae Monson Parker Griffin Orr Cum Laude

Yongjun Ou

Cum Laude

Alyssa Marie Oxley Benjamin Jayden Paarlberg Mckenzee Rian Patton-Baker Lindsey Anne Pelfrey Austin James Michael Petry Monica Lynn Piedel Cum Laude

Stephanie Paige Pierson Joseph Donald Poelking Olivia Grace Popovich Cum Laude

Faith Marie Preston Cum Laude

Pengqi Qin Zain Jamshed Qureshi Aaron Michael Race Jiahong Ren Raymond Michael Richmond Laurie Sampson Magna Cum Laude

Brady Alexander Schmidt Jacob Scott Schulte Summa Cum Laude

Ryan Latimer Squires Sr. Samuel Frank Stenger Zhenyu Tang Jiaxin Tao Sarah Bazebi Tongono Christopher David Wahl Dong Wang Jiale Wang Jianbo Wang Yaojing Wang Tarren Van’Jay Nikia Williams Samantha Ariel Winkler Magna Cum Laude

Jiabao Wu Ruogang Wu Siwei Xionglyu Dawei Ye Danielle Paige Zeek Chengyuan Zhang Shuai Zhang Zhao Zhang Magna Cum Laude

Zhihong Zhang Zixuan Zhang Junwei Zheng Junze Zheng Jiawen Zhou BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Scarlett Grace Baker Cum Laude

Claire Elizabeth Barrington

Summa Cum Laude Regional Campus Honors Program

Grace Gabrielle Chaney Ross Henry Coffey Lauren Nicole Cox Madison Elizabeth Curless Nicole Yamilex Depena Chandlyr Anderson Gatch Magna Cum Laude

Bryan T. Guinn

Summa Cum Laude

Christopher Hunter Thomas Hudson Kathryn Elise Leighton Kira Makenzi Pierson Josephine Marie Risner Samantha Noel Schroer Annabel Grace Thies Brandon Paul Welch BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN FORENSIC SCIENCE AND INVESTIGATION Aryan Danielle Andrews Emily Jean Ballard Navneet K. Bhatti Courtney Lynn Crone Nickole Jian Dean University Honors

Gabrielle Rose Flynn

Taylor Yvette Galvan Connor J. Knapp Sara Jean Lawrence

Natalee Rose Bish

Cianna Natalia Gabriella Maiolini

Abigail Sitko Brown

Magna Cum Laude

Regional Campus Honors Program

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Hussein Kareem Almafrachi Kevin Ayala Harprid Singh Buttar Zachary Lewis Chasteen Grant R. Downer Joshua Oghenetega Erife Nathan Georgia Cum Laude

Andrew George Kinney Scott Diamonika Kuediasala Isaac Adu Adjei Kusi Matthew C. Mauller Lexie Raeanne Norris Andrew Yeboa Opare Luke Toney Perez Izak Reid Shroyer Savanna Rae Stoddard Cum Laude

Elliott Lewis Wong BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NONPROFIT AND COMMUNITY STUDIES Laura Elizabeth Kelly BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Raquel Katherine Aaron Effe Mavis Addae Cum Laude

Lovepreet Kaur Ahluwalia Magna Cum Laude

Clayton Tyler Asher Carly Rose Badini Cum Laude

Nora Elizabeth Banfill Madison Claire Barker Margaret Geraldine Barney Tyler Jay Riley Baumgartner Madison Nicole Beckham Cum Laude

Magna Cum Laude

Alyssa Lyn Brohl

Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude

Kylie Lynn Brown Cum Laude

Gabrielle Alexa Burris Dalton B. Campbell Magna Cum Laude

Grace Mary Caputo Erin Lynn Chapin Chahat Chawla Tori Brooke Childers Cum Laude

Nicholas B. Chowning Kelly Marie Clark Magna Cum Laude

Madison Jane Clay Amanda Morissa Cole Kaelyn Morgan Cortes Magna Cum Laude

Kaelyn Morgan Cortes University Honors

Phoebe Dembowski Kyle J. Demers Magna Cum Laude

Lydia Alyce Dietz Maeve Donoghue Raiko Gaen Tan Dosado Magna Cum Laude

Carolynn Grace Dromsky Cum Laude

Karli Elizabeth Farrar Daniela Maria Feldmaier Summa Cum Laude

Molly Jane Fightmaster Cum Laude

Benjamin Ryan Flinders Cum Laude

Kayla Marie Foote Brittany Breanna Freels Olivia Grace Gill Hannah Marie Goldberg Halle Paige Gordon Magna Cum Laude

Hallie Jean Goss Christina Lauren Graham Sarah Rose Green Sophia Isabella Griffiths

Jeremy J. Grove Ty M. Hardin Jonathan Alexander Harris William Michael Hawkins Courtney Alyssa Hudson Madeline Grace Huels Cum Laude

Lauren Elizabeth Imhoff Cum Laude

Alyssa Rene Jones Natalie Michelle Jones Raegan Danielle Jordan Cum Laude

Alex Paul Kaminsky Ryan Alexander Knipper Brynn A. Kozarec Suzanna Mary Lang Magna Cum Laude

Tavin Breanne Lee Kaylie Renee Leight

Regional Campus Honors Program

Alicia Nicole Lenn Caroline Grace Leonard Brooke Lynn Lilly Cum Laude

Emma Mary Londino Shannon Muoi Ly Joseph Nsiah Marfo Cum Laude

Madeline Rose May Cum Laude

Arinzechukwu Patrit Mbadike Samantha Paige McGuire Cum Laude

Marina Mendes Lemos de Oliveira Summa Cum Laude

Grace Elizabeth Merkle Annaliese Marie Miller Lauren Rachael Moore Sarah Maria O’Brien Magna Cum Laude

Joycelyn Dei Oduro Sarpong Lindsey Shae Ollis Marielena Guadalupe Orozco Kelsey Ann Owens Arianna Jessica Pignatiello Cum Laude University Honors

Isabella Helena Pignatiello Abby Mae Pokorski Graham William Reich

Kasten Leone Rini Cum Laude

Nathaneel Logan Rudd Chloe Shay Ryan Julie Brianna Sams Shayla Nicole Sandlin Andrew Robert Sellars Lydia Marie Shiveley Alissa Colleen Smith

Cum Laude Regional Campus Honors Program

Olivia R. Snook

Summa Cum Laude

Sydney F. Sorrell Melany Sosa Morales Madeline Sophia Straub Cum Laude

Lindsay Grace Stricker Cum Laude

Jessica Lynn Thornton Julia Grace Trammel Christina Marie Unversaw Cum Laude

Halle Ann Vozar Cum Laude

Megan Elizabeth Wachter Cum Laude

Kaitlyn Nicole Wade Cum Laude

Stephen Scott Watts Braden Neal White Cum Laude

Heather Nichole Williams Logan William Wimbish Jessica Storm Zimmerman Tony J. Zobel

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE Hussein Almafrachi Francis B. Amoah Joseph Simon Bennett Brenden Ray Bolin Michael Joseph Bowers Harprid Singh Buttar Zachary Lewis Chasteen Brice Matthew Crandall Brett James Cunningham Date Senam Davi Nicole Yamilex Depena Olga Dick Amadou Diop Ethan Montgomery Dow Cum Laude

Dylan Andrew Dreckman-Brown Elizabeth K. Emmons Alex Brian Fuller Ivette Dalay Garcia Ryan Andrew Golembiewski Liam Gruszecki Ryan David Hannon Sydney Olivia Harrison Mason Keith Henry Fong Jiang Cum Laude

Spencer Allan Jonas Trevor Michael Jones Shane Patrick McLaughlin Jenna Lynn Monhollen Summa Cum Laude

Aran Walker Murphy Mijares Elias Paulino Martinez Angela Pullano Summa Cum Laude

Carla Jacklyn Reynolds Kara Michelle Reynolds Courtney Renee Smart Leah Faye Stapleton Cum Laude

Mason Lee Steck Seph Daniel Swaenepoel Christina Jean Thomas Jessica Christine Tri-Rudolf Alexander John VanWeelden Magna Cum Laude

Dylan Joseph Whiles

ASSOCIATE IN ARTS Breanna Noel Barnes Sha’Nia Nycol Bell Taylor Annette Berger Shellie Cornell Shawna Cheyenne Cox Samantha Renee Farnsley Taylor Mason Fraasman Blake Dwight Fuller Nathan Georgia Cum Laude

Maribel Gonzaga

Cum Laude Regional Campus Honors Program

Kendra Danielle Greene Jacob McGuire Halsey Alyssa Nicole Holtgrefe Hannah Sue Janszen

Regional Campus Honors Program

Brooke Ellen Johnson Myrissa Ann Kelly

Cum Laude Regional Campus Honors Program

Alexis Faith Lech John Georges Loeffler III Karleigh J. Majors Au’Lauren Chabrielle Hope Million Regional Campus Honors Program

Mozelle Miree IV Leah Marie Musselman Melissa Linnette Napier David U. Nwafor Tah Michael Logan O’Leary

Regional Campus Honors Program

DeAnna Marie Ramsey Jufie Modeloso Richards Cum Laude

Adriana Natalia Salazar Jovet Maitlind Abbey Sears Kany Sow Matthew Harold Venerable Robert Louis Walker Jessica M. Ward Brandon Paul Welch Brookelynn Anastasia Wilson Ethan Kawika Wilson Kaitlynn Rene Wilson Cum Laude

Christina M. Wright Madison Alexandria Albrecht

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED BUSINESS Joshua Paul Abernathy Summa Cum Laude

Jean Marie Alder

Magna Cum Laude

Kenneth R. Cole Cassidy Marie Cook Brandon William Dean Riley Drake Kristin Lyn Earles Thomas James Evans Jonathan Micheal Fausz Brett Hunter Hall Hannah Marie Hargrove Magna Cum Laude

Dane Michael Jackson Taylor Marie Luttmann Robert Meyers Brandon Lee Murphy Amberly Lynn Nicely Stephanie Paige Pierson Michael David Ponder Maya Lynne Powell Casey Lynn Rush Jacob Scott Schulte Summa Cum Laude

Gracie Mae Shepherd Ashley Summer Tate-Yoder Cum Laude

Jason Young Danielle Paige Zeek CERTIFICATE Jacob Scott Schulte Mark R. Smith

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