Hooding Ceremony
MAY 9 , 2025
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
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Student Speaker ................................................................................................................................ Olivia Chang, Candidate for the Degree of Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Hooding .................................................................................................... Stephanie D. Becker, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Co-Chair and Graduate Program Director, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Master of Science in Nursing
Student Speaker ................................................................................................................................... Kelli Rausch, Candidate for the Degree of Master of Science in Nursing
Hooding Kristina Henry, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNE, Associate Dean of Nursing and Chief Academic Administrator
Doctor of Education
Student Speaker .......................................................................................................................... Lindsey McGann, Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Education
Hooding ................................................................................................................................... Diana Curtis, Ph.D., Assistant Teaching Professor of Education Kyle Bush, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education
Lesa Brand, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education and Director of Doctor of Education Degree Program
Closing Blessing ........................................................................................................
The Rev. Stephen Hess, S.J., Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Recessional
Name Readers...................................................................................................
Julia B. Patnode, M.A., CCC-SLP, Co-Chair and Undergraduate Program Director, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Sarah Hicks, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Education
faMily nursE PractitionEr
Post MastEr’s cErtificatE (non-DEgrEE)
Gayle Raye Bassett
Trinity J. Bryant
Rebecca Nicole Claxton
Kirsten Ann Cole
Qiana Cooper
Tiffany Childs Gillespie
Mekdes Hatfield
Patience Jato Janamah
Nicole Marie Kimball-Miles
Elizabeth D. Libey
Bridget M. Nauser
Judith Annmarie Owens
Maria Pham
Kelli Suzanne Rausch
Inessa Semenov
Lauren Elizabeth Walker
Mukhtar Ali Syed
Abigail Patricia Trelz
aDult-gErontology acutE carE nursE PractitionEr
Post MastEr’s cErtificatE (non-DEgrEE)
Nadine Fleurant
Lisa Rice
Cathy L. Ryan
April Elise Veurink
Psychiatric MEntal hEalth nursE PractitionEr cErtificatE (non-DEgrEE)
Lori D. Liebl Mhlabase Ndhlovu ErShan Yu