Hooding Ceremony
DECEMBER 12 , 2025
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Program
Processional
Welcome .....................................................................................
Sue Willcox, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Invocation ......................................................................
The Rev. Stephen Hess, S.J., Vice President of Mission and Ministry
National Anthem ............................................................................. Theresa Sudholt
Provost’s Remarks ........................................................................
Sue Willcox, Ph.D., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
President’s Remarks ...............................................................
Sandra Cassady, Ph.D., President
Student Speaker...............................................................................
Keith Wolaridge, Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Education
Hooding
Doctor of Education ..............................................................
Susan Leonard, Ph.D.,
Assistant Teaching Professor of Education
Sarah Hicks, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Education
Diana Curtis , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education
Kyle Bush, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education
Lesa Brand, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education and Director of the Ed.D. Program
Closing Blessing .............................................................
The Rev. Stephen Hess, S.J., Vice President of Mission and Ministry
Recessional
Name Readers .............................................................................Sarah Hicks, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Education
Susan Leonard, Ph.D., Assistant Teaching Professor of Education
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences.......................... Joanna Carraway Vitiello, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences........................... Christina Wills, Ph.D.
Doctor of EDucation
Jillian Ditch Anslow
Luci Balentine
Lauren Beath
Luigi Raffaele Boccardi
Alesha Lee Ann Bowman
MaKayla Lee Brassfield
Kathleen Ann Brown
Deric John Butler
Christian Michael Calder
Claudia Denise Chambers
Chelsea Kay Corley
Amy B. Daddario
Nadraqua N. Dawes
Joseph Bryan Duncan
Kaylan Randi Provost Eiswerth
Keely Song Glenn
D’Angelo LaTrell Grant
Gretchen Elizabeth Haase
Taylor A. Haigler
Kimberly Hallford
Katie JoLynn Harden
Shannon Horton
Faith M. Howard
Kevin Jackson
Megan Allen Kennedy
Tatiaana Liisa Laine
Maura Allen Maloney
Barbara Anne-Marie McCall
Thomas Merlot
Nicole Leslie Nowlin
Daniel James O’Neill
Patrick Eugene O’Neill
Gloria Ann Odden
Amanda Kathleen Peters
Ena V. Primous
Brian Ramírez
Betsy Rivas
Kathryn Elizabeth Seelye
Emma Catherine Simard
Elizabeth Diane Smith
Harold Russell Smith
Marian Rose Steier
Mary Margaret Stewart
Jennifer Claire Stromsted
Jolynn Gluc Thomas
Matthew Toth
Lavar Jamaall Watkins
Aimee Weathers
Keith Cornell Wolaridge
David Adam Yastremski
Jennifer Anne Zimmerli
