2013 Commencement Program

The Fifty-fourth

Annual Commencement

University ofDallas

Nine O'clock in the Morning

May 19,2013

For the Degree Doctor ofHumane Letters

Citation

Honoring

Ernie Wayne Sadau

A hospital stay while still a high school student set Ernie" Sadau on the path to becoming the president and CEO of CHRISTUS Health, one of the largest Catholic Healthcare systems in the nation, with facilities in seven states in the US and six states in Mexico, including CHRISTUS St. Joseph Village in Coppell and CHRISTUS HomeCare in Dallas. Responding personally to the young patient's request for an interview, that hospital's CEO advised the young Ernie on how best to prepare for a career in healthcare management. Beginning with that life-changing encounter with an executive who honored patients as persons, enhanced with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas and a Master's Degree in Hospital Administration from Texas State University, a distinguished career began.

From 1983 through 2006 Mr. Sadau served in many roles at Adventist Health System, including chief financial officer, and president and CEO ofAdventist Health System/Midwest in Hinsdale, IL. In 2000 he was named an Up & Comer by Modem Healthcare magazine, an award that honors rising young stars in the health care management field. Returning to Texas, Mr. Sadau joined CHRISTUS Health, located here in Irving, as senior vice president of Patient and Resident Care Operations in 2006, becoming senior vice president and chief operating officer in 2008. He assumed the role of president and Chief Executive Officer of CHRISTUS Health on March 1, 2011. Mr. Sadau is a fellow ofthe American College of Health Care Executives.

Today Mr. Sadau serves as an example to a new generation of young people who search for ways to witness to their faith in complex times. As health care issues take on a greater complexity, he dedicates his talent for corporate leadership to fulfilling the CHRISTUS Health mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ.

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History

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The charter of the University of Dallas dates from 1910 when the Vincentian Fathers took that name for the Holy Trinity College that they had founded five years earlier. This charter became dormant in 1929 and was placed in the Chancery Office of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. In 1954 the Sisters of Saint Mary ofNamur obtained the charter for the purpose of operating a new institution in Dallas which would absorb their junior college in Fort Worth, Our Lady of Victory. The Sisters, together with laymen who directed the drive for funds, Eugene Constantin Jr. and Edward R. Maher Sr., induced Bishop Thomas K. Gorman to have the diocese assume sponsorship of the new institution with ownership by its Board of Trustees.

Bishop Gorman announced that the University of Dallas would be a four-year co-educational institution welcoming students of all faiths and races, with a graduate school to be added as soon as practicable.

The new University of Dallas opened its doors to 96 students in September 1956, on a thousand-acre tract of rolling hills located northwest of the city of Dallas.

The first president, F. Kenneth Brasted, served until 1959; the second, Robert Morris, from 1960 to 1962; and the third, Donald A. Cowan, from 1962-1977. In 1976 Bryan F. Smith was appointed Chancellor to assist Dr. Cowan and to oversee the University until the next president, Dr. John R. Sommerfeldt was appointed in 1978. Dr. Sommerfeldt returned to full-time teaching and research in 1980. During the search for his successor, Dr. Svetozar Pejovich served as acting President. In July 1981 Dr. Robert F. Sasseen became the fifth president ofthe University. In December of 1995 Dr. Sasseen returned to teaching. Monsignor Milam J. Joseph was named the sixth president of the University in October of 1996 and served until December of 2003. Robert Galecke, senior vice-president for Finance and Administration served as interim president until July, 2004, when Dr. Francis Lazarus took office as the seventh president ofthe University.

On March 1, 2010 Thomas W. Keefe became the eighth president of the University.

Members of the Cistercian Order and the Sisters of Saint Mary ofNamur, together with three Franciscan fathers and a number of laymen, composed the original faculty of the University. The Franciscan fathers departed after three years.

Dominican priests joined the faculty in 1958 and established the Albert the Great Priory. The School Sisters of Notre Dame came in 1962. The Cistercians now have a permanent abbey church and college preparatory school for boys adjacent to the main campus.

In time, the faculty has become largely lay of many faiths and counts distinguished scholars among its members.

Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools came in 1963, was reaffirmed in 1973, 1984, 1994, and 2004. Significant honors have been won by University graduates since the first class in 1960 which earned its first Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson awards for graduate studies.

His Excellency Thomas Tschoepe succeeded Bishop Gorman and served as grand chancellor of the University until his retirement as Bishop in 1990 when Bishop Charles Grahmann, his successor, assumed this position. The seventh Bishop of Dallas, His Excellency Kevin J. Farrell, succeeded Bishop Grahmann upon his retirement in 2007, and currently serves as Chancellor of the University.

A gift of seven and one-half million dollars from the Blakley­ Braniff Foundation established the Braniff Graduate School in 1966 and allowed the construction of the Braniff Graduate Center, Tower and Mall. The Constantin Foundation similarly endowed the undergraduate college with gifts in 1967 and 1969. In 1970 the Board of Trustees named the undergraduate college the Constantin College ofLiberal Arts.

Gorman Lecture Center and the Maher Athletic Center were completed in 1965. A legacy from the estate of Mrs. John B. O'Hara established the Summer Science Institute in 1973.

Holy Trinity Seminary was founded in 1965 and occupied its present facilities adjacent to the main campus in 1967. The Graduate School ofManagement began in 1966 and offers the largest MBA program in the Southwest. Influential graduate programs in Art and English also began in 1966. In 1973, the Institute of Philosophic Studies, the doctoral program of the Braniff Graduate School and an outgrowth of the Kendall Politics and Literature Program, was initiated. The Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies began in 1987. In 2007 IRPS was renamed the School of Ministry. The College of Business, incorporating GSM and undergraduate business, opened in 2003.

In 1975 the University Center was doubled in size and named for J. M. Haggar, Sr., and an addition was made to the Haggerty Art Center. The University Apartments, a facility for upper division students, opened in 1980. 1985 saw the completion of the Patrick E. Haggerty Science Center and the Chapel of the Incarnation. A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the prestigious honor society, was granted in 1988. In 1992 Anselm Hall, the first dormitory, was renovated and the Fr. Thomas Cain Courtyard adjoining it was dedicated.

On June 11, 1994, the University dedicated permanent facilities for its Rome Program begun in 1970. The 12-acre Constantin Campus, Due Santi, near Albano, Italy, is 15 kilometers from the heart of Rome. Recent years have seen the Haggerty Art Village, the Dominican Priory, and the Women's Softball Complex completed, and other athletic

facilities upgraded. A new residence hall was dedicated on January 19,2010.

The University celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an 18­ month series of events that began at the May 2005 Commencement and concluded with a major celebration, The 50th Gala, September 22, 2006.

Today the University enrolls over 2500 students from all over the United States and the world, divided roughly into 1350 full-time undergraduates; 900 largely part-time Graduate School of Management students; and over 300 students in the Braniff Liberal Arts and School of Ministry programs.

The University Seal The seal of the University of Dallas is emblematic of the ideals to which the University is dedicated. It is likewise reminiscent of the deposit of faith of the Roman Catholic Church and of the traditions of two teaching communities within the church.

The decorative outer circle indicates the date the University was chartered and the motto, "Veritatem, Justitiam Diligite."

The quotation, taken from Zacharias VIII, 19, "Love, Truth and Justice," or more freely translated, "Through Truth, Seek Ye Justice," emphasizes the University's function of advancing the search for truth and encouraging the pursuit of the good.

Enclosed within the band which bears the motto, in an octagonal field of green, are several emblems associated with the traditions of the University. The central figure of the triquetra interwoven with the triangle is a double symbol of the Holy Trinity to Whom the University is dedicated. The circle is a symbol of eternity and of the unity of the Godhead.

The fleur-de-lis, at once an ancient symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of France, recalls the direct and indirect French origins of the two teaching orders which cooperated initially with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth in establishing the University of Dallas. The Cistercian Order originated in France in the Eleventh Century; the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Mary of N amur was founded in Belgium in 1819 by a Cistercian Monk.

A crusader's shield, emblematic of faith, stands within the green field on either side of the central device. The shield on the left contains a star, a traditional emblem of Mary, as well as the chosen emblem of Texas, the Lone Star State. The shield on the right presents the torch of liberty and learning.

The branches of the live oak and olive trees, taken from the Seal of Texas, make further reference to the State.

The Trinity River, on which the University is located, is represented by the heraldic device of the wavy lines centered

beneath the emblem of the Blessed Trinity.

The Official Seal, in all of its symbolic color, hangs in the J. M. Haggar, Sr., University Center foyer. The exquisite mosaic, completed by art alumnus Xavier Zamarripa, was commissioned by the Class of 2002.

Academic Regalia Academic costume of today has a history of nearly eight centuries. In medieval Europe men and women wore robes or gowns. They survive today in the gowns of religious orders and the judiciary, and in academic costume.

Students and teachers in medieval universities such as Paris, Bologna, Oxford, and Cambridge organized themselves into guilds. Gradually the costume became distinctive for Bachelors ( apprentices) of Arts, Masters (teachers) and Doctors (teachers who had completed postgraduate studies) .

The distinction appeared mostly in the hood.

The hood, originally a practical element ofdress, evolved into a purely ornamental article, draped over the shoulders and down the back. The color of the outside trim of the hood is indicative of the degree earned, as is the tassel. Arts and letters can be recognized by the white, taken from the traditional white fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge hood. Scarlet red, long symbolic of the church, indicates theology. The royal purple of the King's court signifies law.

Philosophy is signified by the color for wisdom and truth, blue. Science is identified by golden yellow, fine arts by brown. Drab is used for business administration. The colors of the hood lining are those of the university conferring the degree. The University of Dallas hood is lined in navy and white.

First conferred as a symbol of the M.A. degree, the academic cap was a later development. Some caps were stiff, some soft, some square, some round with a tuft in the center. The tassel of today is an elaboration of the tuft. Round caps are still used. The "mortar board" style comes to us from Oxford.

In the United States academic costume was standardized in i 1895 by the Intercollegiate Code. Taking the Oxford costume as a starting point, the American system is as follows: the Bachelor's gown has long, pointed sleeves; the Master's gown has closed sleeves with a slit for the arms; the Doctor's gown has round full sleeves with three bars of velvet on each and velvet facing. Like the velvet, the gold tassel on the cap is reserved to Doctors, Presidents, and those of similar estate such as university trustees.

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Each University displays its distinguishing characteristics in its doctoral and trustee robes. The University ofDallas regalia was designed by Waltraud Bartscht, a former member ofthe l University faculty.

The Braniff Graduate School

The history of the University of Dallas is closely linked with the names of Braniff and Blakley. These are permanently enshrined with the William A. Blakley Library, the Braniff Graduate Building and Tower, and the Braniff Graduate School. Senator William A. Blakley, lawyer, statesman, and industrialist, was a member of the first advisory board of the University. Both Senator Blakley and Tom Braniffhad been vitally interested in private higher education. Before their deaths in 1954, Tom and Bess Braniff knew of plans for a proposed University of Dallas and had expressed hope that it would become a reality. Efforts to found the University captured the interest and support of Senator Blakley.

The Graduate School ofManagement of the Braniff Graduate School offers the Master of Business Administration and the Master of Science degrees in a variety of specialized areas.

The Management School has its own commencement ceremony three times a year.

The Blakley-Braniff Foundation was dissolved in 1964.

Senator Blakley and the other directors of the Foundation chose the University of Dallas for the site of the Braniff

In its Liberal Arts division the Braniff Graduate School supports the doctoral program of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, and the Master of Fine Arts.

Graduate School as the highest and best tribute to the memory of Tom and Bess Braniff in perpetuity.

The Graduate School offered its first courses in 1966. The Braniff Graduate Building was completed in 1968, along with the mall and the Braniff Memorial Tower.

TheSchoolofAfin~try

Begun in 1986, the School ofMinis try currently offers degree and certificate programs in Theological Studies, Pastoral Ministry, Religious Education, Catholic School Teaching, and Catholic School Leadership. The School provides a program offormation that prepares graduates to engage in the Church's life and mission in a manner which is full, conscious, active, and effective. This formation is theological, pastoral, and spiritual in its orientation. The School of Ministry sponsors a Biblical School, taught in parishes throughout the Metroplex. The School of Ministry also teaches courses that

fulfill the academic requirement of Deacon Formation.

Biblical School and Deacon Formation courses are listed under the General Studies section.

By the conclusion of their studies in the various programs of the School ofMinistry ,graduates have received the necessary education and formation that will specifically permit them to serve the Church in a variety of capacities-as catechists, teachers, Catholic school administrators, pastoral leaders, lay ecclesial ministers, and deacons.

Braniff Graduate School For the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Literature

For the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy

Kathryn Eileen Davis Liberty in Jane Austen's PERSUASION

Basil David Burns St. Thomas Aquinas's Philosophy ofLove: A

Commentary on MUTUA INHAESIO as the Most

Proper Effect ofLove in IA IIAE,

qq26-28 of the SUMMA THEOLOGIAE

Ann Marie Klein The Dign ity of Work in Gerard Manley Hopkins:

A Scotist-Pindaric Response to Carlyle's Ethic

James Michael Moore Crowding out Evil with Good: Nathaniel Hawthorne's

Paradoxical Vision ofSin and Redemption

Elizabeth Cathleen Reyes Ishmael's Cetological Quest: A Dantesque

Progression ofImagination in Melville's

MOBY-DICK

Kathryn Nell Smith Jorie Graham in Limbo: Desire and Metaphysical

Presence in her Poetry

For the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Politics

James William Guest II Justice and Happiness in Aristotle's

Philosophy ofHuman Things

Michael Patrick Harding Nietzsche's Philosophic Politics and

The Crisis ofthe West

For the Degree

Master of Fine Arts in Art - Painting

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Humanities

Lucas E. Martell High Contrast

Jared Russell Brown

For the Degree

Master of Fine Arts in Art - Printmaking

Jeremy Gerard Catenacci Fablesfrom a World on Fire Nicholas Jerome Cladis Farthest Home Sarah Elizabeth Francis Formations

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Art - Ceramics

Lori Ellen Phillips

Nathan Gabriel Portnoy

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Art - Painting

Rani Laxmi Rautela

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Art - Printmaking

Socorro Rico

Maiko Shioda

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Philosophy

Anthony Constante Antunes

James Norman Berquist

Jeremiah Edward Martin Chichester

Michael Jason Colebrook

Justin William Downey

Jonathan Seth Peiffer

Kelly Jean White

Ian Ignatius Acers Witter

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Politics

Monica Elizabeth Eichman

Francis Stephen Fast

Kent Joseph Feuerborn

John Matthew Peterson

Moryam Chamuel Van Opstal

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Theology

Paul Joseph Bayer

For the Degree

Master of American Studies

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Art - Sculpture

Jeffery Ronald Billman

Carrie Lynn Rogers

Jack Leonard Walker, Jr.

Austin Robert Deal

Seth Andrew Trent

For the Degree

Master of English

For the Degree

Master of Arts in English

Sophia Thereze Bellavance

Zeina Riachi

Julie R. Rodgers

Brandon Taylor Chenault

Adam David Cooper

Angela Elizabeth Cuba

Ashley Lynn Harbers-Iwasko

Adam Perry Lowber

Gabriel Francis Mamola

Veronica Marie Miller

Edward John Royston

Brinton T. Smith

For the Degree

Master of Humanities

Jack Richard Carney

June Renee Covington

Brian Gordon Daigle

William Troy Farris

Chelsea Anne Faxon

Ellen Marie Hunt

Olivia E. Janus

Vicki Lynn Larson

Mariel Elisabeth Mueller

Heather Christina Nelson

Mary Ann W iersch Ruppert

Cheryl Ann Sanchez

Rebecca Maria Walther

For the Degree

Master of Psychology

Alyssa Justine Alonso

Robin Perry Braun

Robert Andrew Gentry

Gary Thomas Hominick

Elizabeth Gray Huber

Elizabeth Ann McShurley

Marjorie Camille O'Connor

Robert Joseph Pierce

Ashley Louise Walters

For the Degree

Master of Politics

Nathaniel James Cochran For the Degree

Master of Theology

Joseph Andrew Burnham

Sara Beth Gudde

Thomas Branch Pruit

School of Ministry For the Degree

Master of Pastoral Ministry

Maria Victoria Perez Melian

For the Degree

Master of Theological Studies

Jason Michael Deuterman

Michael Joseph Gouge

Jennifer Lynn Guilbeau

Angela Christine Jakubik

Priscilla Marissa McKinney

Antonio Rico Mendiola

Joseph Michael Nava

Kathleen Mary Reinhardt

Daniel Russell Thetford

Phi Vuong Tran

James Arthur Williams

Marie A. Zavala

The Constantin College ofLiberal Arts

The undergraduate college bears the name of one of its founders and principal benefactors, the late Eugene Constantin, Jr. He was chairman of the first fund drive and served the University as a trustee from its beginning. Ruth and Eugene Constantin established a significant under­ graduate endowment in memory of their son and took as their principal interest the welfare ofthe undergraduate college, an interest which is continued through the Constantin Foundation. Fittingly, in 1970 the Board of Trustees named the college in their honor.

The Constantin College of Liberal Arts seeks to educate students of seriousness, intelligence, and spirit-so they may develop the intellectual and moral virtues which will prepare them for life and work in a changing and problematic world, achieve a mature understanding of their faith, and become leaders who act responsibly for the good of their family, community, county, and church. Quite unabashedly, the

curriculum is based on the supposition that truth and virtue exist and are the proper objects of search in an education.

The specific mission of the Constantin College is to provide undergraduate education through baccalaureate degree programs which include a substantial and coherent core curriculum common to all undergraduates, and major studies in the humanities and sciences proper to liberal learning. The core emphasizes the study of the great deeds and works of Western civilization, both ancient and modem. Majors invite students to disciplined inquiry into fundamental aspects of being and of our relation to God, to nature, and to fellow human beings. The curriculum as a whole seeks to enable students to achieve the understanding of the human condition necessary for them to comprehend the fundamental character of the world in which they are called to live and work.

The College ofBusiness

Since the University opened in 1956, offerings in Business and Economics have been an important component of the curriculum.

When the Braniff Graduate School was established in 1966, undergraduate business courses were phased out and graduate offerings in Business Management were instituted. The rapid growth of the Master of Business Administration led to the organization, in 1969, of the Graduate School of Management. Soon thereafter, a joint five-year bachelor and master program leading to the MBA was added. In 1988 an undergraduate concentration in Business was developed to complement liberal arts and sciences majors. Further recognizing the important role of business education to society, the University established the College of Business in 2002, which incorporated both graduate and undergraduate business study. In fidelity to the liberal arts foundation of the University, the newly formed college elected to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Business allowing the students to focus their major course work on business studies while developing the leadership capabilities

that distinguish University of Dallas alumni. The mission of the undergraduate business programs is to build a foundation for the students' life-long development of the intellectual, moral, and professional capacity necessary to effectively lead profit and not-for-profit organizations. Accordingly, the College's programs foster an environment where the student learns the fundamentals of business in the context of becoming an ethical and effective decision-maker.

Appropriate to a liberal education, the College's programs strive to be innovative in their course and concentration offerings to provide opportunity for in-depth study. The College's undergraduate programs stand united with the Constantin undergraduate college in the shared mission to prepare students for a meaningful and fulfilling life's work whether through immediate career entry or through further education in graduate and professional schools. In December 2012 the College of Business was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Undergraduate Honors and Awards

Academic Honors: The baccalaureate degree with distinction is awarded to students who have maintained a high degree of scholastic excellence. It is ofthree grades: cum laude, which requires a cumulative average of 3.40 on a 4.0 point scale; magna cum laude, an average of 3.70; and summa cum laude, an average of 3.90.

A transfer student, to be eligible for honors at graduation, must have earned 60 credits at the University of Dallas. The average, however, is computed on the basis of the four-year program.

Faculty Medals, First Honors and Second Honors, are presented to the two graduating seniors who have earned the highest cumulative grade point averages in the class.

The Cardinal Spellman Award is named in honor of the late Francis Cardinal Spellman who presided at the University's first commencement in 1960. It recognizes a senior who is a model of the highest ideals of the University by awarding a stipend to assist the student in further studies.

The Helen Corbitt Awards for Excellence recognize a senior woman and man who have produced an outstanding body of work during their time at the University. Students nominated demonstrate excellence in academic pursuits, in student activities, and in service to the University. Helen Corbitt was a gifted chef and nutritionist, the recipient of national awards, and the head of the Neiman-Marcus restaurants. Her commitment to excellence is continued through an endowment which supports these awards and also

provides for special Rome Program activities.

The Ann Heller Maberry Award is presented annually to an outstanding senior woman. It is named in memory of the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Heller, longtime friends and patrons of the University.

Valedictory. The "farewell address" is given at Senior Convocation by a senior elected by his or her peers to speak for the class. Chosen from a list of candidates who have earned cumulative averages of 3.5 and above, the senior is also invited to speak at Commencement.

For the Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Milagros Ana Victoria Adrianzen

Briana Elaine Adsit

Albert Alexander IV

Carly Alyse Alexander

Trevor Brian Allred

Bernadette Dolores Ament

William Jerome Amorella

Matthias Viet Tran Andrews

Blake Christopher Ballard

Matthew Robert Barber

Jesse Hubert Bares

Ana Cristina Barrera

John Davis Bascom

Rachel Hope Bastian

Ghianda Paola Becerril Rodriguez

Kathryn Chloe Aubrey Bennett

Kara Michelle Berger

Brad Thomas Berhorst

Patrick Drew Berry

Amanda Leigh Bilko

Lynn Hope Bimler

Matthew Aaron Blan

Bridget Gabrielle Bouse

Peter McKissick Boyer

Patrick Gerard Brehany

Matthew Patrick Bryan

Alexander Day Bukaty

Alexander William Burch

Nicholas John Caluda

Melissa Therese Carpenter

Benjamin Carrillo

Brittany Morgan Castro

Nicolas Christian Cerza

Marin Skye Chambers

Andrew C. Chap line

Bradley Joseph Charbonneau

Kayla Beatrice Alosia Chauvin

Halley Elizabeth Chavey

Larisa Fatima Chavez

Kate Elizabeth Chiappe

Eve Marie Christianson

Andrew Paul Christman

Daniel Thomas Cochran

Chase Maitland Cooper

J ames Edward Cory

Mary Brigid Couture

Reid Allen Cover

Paul Michael Crnkovich

Phillip J. Cullen

Mary Joy Cunningham

Danielle Joanna Curl

Erika Johara David

Renee Frances Davis

Jessica Louise Deal

Marcus Joaquin DeBruno

Matthew Thomas deGrood

Anthony Gabriel DeLaTorre

Megan Kimberly Deras

Oscar Raul Diaz

Andrew Q. Dickson

Joseph A. Di Lucca

Tu Thanh Dinh

Matthew Patrick Dixon

Shannon Jane Doherty

Monica Elizabeth Dominguez

Jill Elizabeth Dominy

Claire Louise Eastaway

Samantha Grace Eberle

Joseph Asbury Edison

Adam Edward Farris

Elizabeth Ferpozzi

Michael Thomas Finley

Daniel Storan Fitzpatrick

Justin Wayne Foard

Zachary B. Fountain-Metz

Katie Quinn Franzmann

Mary Michael Fritz

Grace Placede Gallaher

Edwin Ulises Galvan

Matthew Ronald Giacomuzzi

Emily Anne Glick

Kelley Eileen Grant

Claire Marie Hand

Louis John Hannegan

Joel Stephen Hansen

Rex Layne Harbin

Nicholas Barry Harmon

Irene Marguerite Harris

Kristin Rose Healy

Lucy Clare Hellerman

Monica Theresa Herman

Alejandra Magaly Hernandez

David A. Hernandez Garza

James Henry Hesson

Ann Theresa Hollinger

Luke Paul Hollomon

Claire Marie Holman

Paige Mary Hryszko

Quinn McDevitt Huston

Gillian Louise Izlar

Alexandra Cain Jaggers

Daniel J. Janis

Michael Sterling Jarvis

Gabrielle Christine Jasper

Stephen Abraham Joseph

Philip Joseph Kaiser

Anna Sasha Kaladish

Sean Edward Kennedy

James Andrew Kerin

Christopher Morgan Kerner

Matthew John Kewell

Joseph Michael Killion

Karen Marie Kirtley

Amanda Kristine Kitten

Benjamin Joseph Klopfenstein

Mary Lacy Shepherd Knapp

Katherine Elisabeth Knickerbocker

Kelly Lynn Knorr

Jennifer Lee Krogsdale

Lauren Elizabeth Lagasse

Patricia Mary Laird

Emma Colleen Langley

John Joseph Lappe

Andrew Edward Laux

Charles Austin Alexander Lebl

April Noreen Lenaghen

Andrea M. Lenzen

Mark Daniel Lewis

Deandra Bari Lieberman

Emily Caroline Linz

Robert Gregory Long

Elizabeth Marie Lynch

Emily Margaret Lynch

Alexandra Rose Machado

Danielle Marie MacInnes

Hilary Marie Maitlen

Michael David Malpiedi

Amanda Celeste Marshall

Samuel Martinez Hernandez

Lauren Elizabeth Masty

Matthew Daniel Mayor

Joseph Vincent Mazza

Elizabeth Mary McClernon

Kerry Elizabeth McCormack

Nathan Raymond McCormick

Tara Ann McCrorey

Sean Thomas McDonnell

Steven Christian McDowell

Katherine Grace McFall

Emily Ann Meyers

Angela Rose Mistaleski

Sean Anthony Sullivan Mooney

Lesley Ann Moore

Joseph Robert Morrel

Michael Dale Morrison

Erin Eileen Mulligan

Ann Therese Murphy

Chelsea LeeAnn Nabors

Thomas Benjamin Nelson

Theresa Vu Newman

Anthony Thanh Nguyen

Cat Van Nguyen

Nicholas Duy Hoan Nguyen

Megan Alyssa O'Brien

Rachel Mary Oleksiak

Daniel William Orazio

Joseph Parker, Jr.

Shelby Layne Parker

Anthony Michael Parrish

Andrew Joseph Patton

Camille Rose Pecha

David Warren Perkins

Megan Nicole Peterson

Hoai Phuc Huynh Pham

Andrew Jacob Philip

Catherine Marie Piescik

Alexandra Catherine Pimentel

Delano Jeremy Ponce

Lucas Edward Preble

Leah Elizabeth Priddy

Matthew Dale Quinn

Peter Daniel Raia

David Miguel Ramirez

Christina Maria Elena Rampellini

Molly Catherine Rawicki

Kimberly Rebecca Read

Ricardo Regalado

Jacob Thomas Reilly

Liana Aletha Reveles

Tyler John Reynolds

Hannah Maureen Roberts

Haley Paige Robertson

Matthew Thomas Robinson

Ana Lucia Rodriguez Rios

Briana Celeste Rodriguez

Juliauna Marie Rossi

Patrick Joseph Rowles

Natalie Christine Rupp

Shannon Rose Ryan

Fernando Salazar

Amanda Kristine Salgado

Mary Josephine Salotto

Christopher Joseph Schierhorn

Edward Louis Schuberg

Fiona Marie Scully

Shelby Katherine Sellman

Robert James Sherron, Jr.

Teresa Christine Shumay

Philip Michael Sigillito

Kevin Michael Simmons

Raphael Athanasius Slattery

Morgan Louise Smith

Michaela Teresa Sobrak-Seaton

Ignacio Solares Montes

Patricia Sosa

Maria Delali Spence

Thomas Andrew Spring

Frank Sreshta

Benjamin Charles Starnes

Joshua James Stephens

William Poole Stofer

Regina Therese Streett

Lindsey Nicole Stryk

Logan Laurence Swanson

Colin Edgar Swartz

Joseph Vincent Syski

Elizabeth Arlene Tasler

Christina Michelle Taylor-Bird

Elise Marie Tellez

Joseph Robert Thelen

Michael George Tinawi

Ruben Alexis Tobar

Alban Tomaj

Alejandro Mares Trevino

Wendi Ruth Valladares

Andres Felipe Vives Andrade

Tran T. Vo

Alexandra Rose von Tersch

Michael Harold Walker III

Theresa Ann Marie Watson

Margaret Mary Welsh

Amanda Marie Werley

Trevor Hugh Whalen

Katharine Pauline Wignall

Jessica Shirley Williamson

Victoria Whitney Williamson

Wesley Spencer Winchester

Jonathan Peter Wolfe

Kylie Tomomi Yoshimura

Mary Elizabeth Zabilski

For the Degree

Bachelor of Science

Amanda Leigh Bilko

Lynn Hope Bimler

Tyler Joseph Burr

Justin Choi

Christina Ellen Christensen

Adam Edward Collard

Brett Melody Combs

Laura Maria Downes

Carolina Garcia Garcia

Timothy Eric Gesner

Jessie Sue Girgis

Laura Anne Grosso

Kaylee Lucille Gund

Turin Mackenzie Hansen

Anna Louise Heimes

Matthew Vincent Heuser

Clinton Francis Heyer

Dominic J. Hilario

Cecilia Marie Pilar Xian Ling Perl as Hu

Aileen Catherine Johnson

James John Meier

Pierre Alexandre Philip Migeon

Hoai-Ngoc Thi Ngo

Amanda Tuyet-Anh Nguyen

Gerard Nickel

Peter Gerard O'Brien

Justin Alexander Scot Samorajski

Jeffrey Adam Schniederjan

Leslie Carol Sidwell

Michael Joseph Tann

Luis Fernando Vilches

Nicole Marie Villalobos

Theresa Margaret W ohldmann

This program reflects information determined to be correct at the time ofprinting, but it is not the ofJballist ofdegree candidates certifiedfor graduation.

Undergraduate Senjor PrOjects

In order to graduate, all undergraduate students must pass a comprehensive. The form of the examination varies by department. In many majors the senior project (exhibit, one-act pLay, thesis, research), usually followed by an oraL defense, is part of that concluding experience. The following List of such projects includes those submitted in time for pubLication.

Milagros Ana Victoria Adrianzen (Spanish) La simboLog a de La mujer en La pLaza deL diamante de Mere Rodoreda

Kayla Chauvin (Psychology) "Temptation Hath Music for All Ears:" A Phenomenological Inquiry

Into the Experience of Being Tempted

Carly Alexander (Philosophy) Neuroses, Relationality, and Man's Existential Needs

Halley Chavey (English, Spanish)

Spanish: "English for Spanish Speakers "

English: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

William Jerome Amorella (Art History) In the Image and Likeness: Women and Modernity through the Lens of Richard A vedon

Larisa Chavez (Art History) "In Living Color: Vincent van Gogh 's Palette as an Expression of Self"

Blake Ballard (Economics) Red: A Story of Love and Loss: Gallery Show

Andrew Paul Christman (Philosophy) Acedia: The Besetting Sin of the Modern Age?

Ana Cristina Barrera (Psychology) Nervousness in the Life-World: A PhenomenoLogicaL Study of the Meanings and Significance ofNervousness

Adam Collard (Physics) Synthesizing Melon- a Two-Dimensional Carbon Nitride Semiconductor

Ghianda Becerril (Comparative Literature, Spanish) "Spanish Zarzuela and its Development " "Calderon de la Barca y Lope de Vega: dramaturges del siglo de oro

Mary Couture (English) "Bridging the Abyss ": Epiphanic Pattern and Communication Renewal in Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out

Kara Berger (English) Understanding through Sympathy: How to Read Dorothea and St. Theresa in MiddLemarch Brad Berhorst (Mathematics, Theology) On the Compatibility ofKarl Rahner 's Soteriological Statements with

Anselmian Satisfaction Theory

Amanda Bilko (Biology, History)

Biology: Effects of BisphenoL-A on Animal Fertility

History: Erwin Rommel: Man or Myth?

Lynn Birnler (Biology, History)

Biology: C-reactive Protein as an Indicator of Cardiovascular Risk

History: Brewing SociaL Changes: The Influx of Women into the Ale

Industry and Economy in EngLand during the Late MedievaL and

EarLy Modern Era

Matthew Blan (History) The Vigen re Cipher: A Study of its Legacy in CryptoLogy Patrick Brehany (Philosophy) Walker Percy: Novels for the Sundered Soul of Man

Reid Cover (Philosophy) Two RivaL Versions of Despair: Kierkegaard and Macintyre in Dialogue Mary Joy Cunningham (History) Scrutiny: An Examination of the Historiography of Jun pero Serra in the Context of His Founding Work in the Missions of Alta California Renee Davis (Politics) Dantean Conception of Free WiLL Jessica Deal (Philosophy) "She Dwells with Beauty": The Nature ofMelancholy as Aesthetic

Sensibility

Matthew deGrood (English)

"A Fancy Prose Style ": Don 't Believe Everything You Read

Shannon Doherty (Psychology) Competing Selves: The Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lived Conflict of Homosexuality and Religion Monica Dominguez (Spanish) The Polemic Juan Domingo Per n of 20th Century Argentina

Alex Bukaty (Philosophy) Combating the Spirit of Acedia in Early Christian Philosophy and Hegel's "Unhappy Consciousness"

Jill Dominy (Theology) The Spirituality of Saint Pio

Alexander William Burch (English) A Story Worth Remembering: Jim's Answer to Stein 's Query "How to Be?" in Lord Jim

Daniel Fitzpatrick (Philosophy) From Soul's Weariness to Love 's Dark Purgation: Acedia and the Dark Nights ofthe Soul

Brittany Morgan Castro (Biology) The Effect of Glutamine on Locomotor Performance and Skeletal Muscle Myosins Following Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

Grace Placede Gallaher (English) May Weiland: Edith Wharton's Reinterpretation ofCourage in The Age oflnnocence

Timothy Eric Gesner (Biology) Epstein-Barr Virus Induced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cell Motility

John Lappe (Politics) The 1970 Illinois Constitution: The Promotion of Bad Government

Matthew Ronald Giacomuzzi (Philosophy and Letters) The Tacit Discovery of God: The Uncertainty of Unbelief

Deandra Lieberman (English) Squirrel Fur to Glass: The Creation of the Fairy Tale in Pnin

Emily Glick (History)

United States War Dogs - The Unexpected Heroes of World War II

Emily Caroline Linz (English) Embracing the Radiant Night: Laura McRaven as the Blossoming Artist in Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding

John Robert Goodwin (History) Ecumenical Interaction among American Military Chaplains during World War II Laura Grosso (Biology) "A Drink a Dpy Keeps the Wasps Away" Kaylee Gund (Biochemistry) Effectsof B-phellandrene on the Generation of Secondary Organic Aerosol Turin Hansen (Biology) Enhancement of Sindbis Virus Self-Replicating RNA Vaccine Monica Herman (English) An "Intimate Adventure ": The Problem ofAmbassadorship within The Ambassadors Alejandra Magaly Hernandez (Biology) The Molecular Determinants ofScouting Behavior in Honeybees James Hesson (English) Mentors in Immorality: Criminals in The Adventures ofAugie March Paige Hryszko (Theology) Embryos in Crisis Quinn McDevitt Huston (Philosophy and Letters) Greater Love than This No Man Hath: Martyrdom as Charity's Supreme Witness Gillian Izlar (English) A Light in the Dark: The Tragic Sacrifice and Comic Redemption of Byron Bunch in Faulkner 's Light in August Michael Jarvis (Drama) Conquest of the South Pole Aileen Catherine Johnson (Biology) Testing Anti-cancer Agents in a More Biologically Accurate Environment Anna Kaladish (English) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy as a Hobby-Horsical Response to the Fall Amanda Kitten (Spanish, Biology) Spanish: Una Comparaci n del Personaje de Don Juan en El Burlador de Sevilla y Don Juan Tenorio Biology: The Correlation between Obesity and the Gastrointestinal Microbiome Mary Lacy S. Knapp (Theology) The Question of Abortion: Its Relation to the Death Penalty and the Medical Field Emma Colleen Langley (Philosophy) Alienation: The Self and the Other in Hegel and Sartre

Robert Long (English) The Disillusioned Lover as the Unifying Dynamic in Dubliners Elizabeth Lynch (English) They're All about Love: Love, Storytelling, and Truth in Everything Is Illuminated Amanda Marshall (History) Don't Judge a Poster by Its Parts: A Holistic Analysis ofAmerican World War II Posters Lauren Masty (Theology) The HHS Mandate and Religious Liberty Joseph Mazza (English) A Moral Victory at the Heart of Darkness Elizabeth McClernon (Theology) Hominisation: Rahner, Dewan, Aquinas and the Question ofMan 's Origin Tara Ann McCrorey (History) Creating a Soviet Generation: Illustrated Children 's Literature in Soviet Russia, 1918-1939 Angela Mistaleski (Philosophy, Politics) Hobbes Unbound: The Political Remedy in the Leviathan for Promethean Anxiety Yesica Moran (Art, Ceramics)

Senior Art Exhibit: Horizontes Extranjeros

Joe MOffel (History) Muhammed's Struggle: The Early Medieval Islamic Concept of Jihad Chelsea Nabors (Psychology) A Phenomenological Inquiry into Confronting Mortality: The Horizons of Patients with Serious Medical Conditions Thomas Benjamin Nelson (English) A Phenomenalogica/ Approach to Mike Rotch 's Reality Hoai-Ngoc Ngo (Mathematics) Diversity in a Clonal Species Amanda Nguyen (Biology) A Cure for Autism?

Anthony Nguyen (Psychology) Humor Helps: A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Experience of Humor Usage in Difficult Situations Peter O 'Brien (Chemistry) Morphology Control and Photocurrent Analysis of Zinc Oxide Electrodeposited Films Rachel Oleksiak (Spanish) La ensenanza de una lengua extranjera

Daniel Orazio (Classical Philology) Seneca's Letters and Ancient Epistolography

Lindsey Stryk (Psychology) Lived Meanings of Perinatal Bereavement

Joseph Parker Jr. (History) The Struggle of the National Football League

Michael Tann (Biochemistry) Immunodetection Investigation : Improvement Upon Aspects of the Western Blot for Studying Phospholipase D from Streptomyces Species

Shelby Parker (Psychology) The Persistence of Trauma: An Experiential Investigation of Childhood Trauma as Persistent Matthew D. Quinn (Drama) The Red Peppers

Christina Taylor-Bird (Theology) A Sacred Space for the Sacred Liturgy: A Case Study of Contemporary Catholic Church Architecture in North Texas, Church of the Incarnation in Irving, Tx and St. Jude in Allen, Tx

Peter D. Raia (History) The Baconian Legacy in Great Britain: Three Moments in the History of Science and Technology

Michael Walker (English) A Bottomless Pit: The Marriage of the Marchmains in Brideshead Revisited

David Miguel Ramirez (Biology) Role of Oligosaccharides in Binding Sperm to the Mammalian Zona Pellucida

Theresa Watson (Art History) Capturing Humanity: An Analysis ofCindy Sherman's Horizontal and Pink Robe Series

Molly Rawicki (Art, Painting) Senior Art Exhibit: False Idols

Margaret Mary Genevieve Welsh (Biology) Translocations and DNA Aberrations

Kimberly Read (Classical Philology-Latin) Catullan Invective: One Man 's Attack on the Corruption ofAncient Rome

Amanda Werley (Drama) The Ugly Duckling

Juliauna Marie Rossi (Psychology) The Feeling of Accomplishment: an Experiential Phenomenological Investigation Natalie Rupp (Art, Painting)

Senior Art Exhibit: St. Louis Perspective

Amanda Salgado (English) The View Within on E. M. Forster's A Room with a View Justin Samorajski (Biochemistry) 3D Bioprinting of 3T3 Mouse Fibroblast Cellular Constructs Fiona Scully (History) Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization of the Mentally III in the United States Robert Sherron Jr. (English, Theology) English: Prophecy and Intellectualism in Flannery 0 'Connor 's Everything that Rises Must Converge Theology: Aristotelian Movers and Quantum Mechanics in Thomistic Angelology Morgan Smith (Biology) Intestinal Inflammation Targets Cancer-Inducing Activity of the Normal Microbiota Michaela Sobrak-Seaton (Philosophy) Alienation and the Irreducible Self Frank Sreshta (Philosophy and Letters) Tension in Eden: A Reconciliation of a Catholic Monogenesis with a Scientific Polygenesis Benjamin Starnes (Philosophy) Depression or Emptiness ? Logotherapy Revisited Regina Streett (History) Twentieth Century American Sex Education : Grassroots Pro-Family Movement Resistance to Sex Education, 1950-1996

Trevor Hugh Whalen (History) The Importance of the Home Computer and PC for Gaming Katharine Pauline Wignall (History) Kennan 's America: George Kennan on American Interventionism as it Applies to American Foreign Policy and Particularly the Vietnam War Theresa Wohldmann (Biology) Testosterone Used as a Prevention and Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis

Board of Trustees

The Most Reverend Kevin J. Farrell, Chancellor Francis P. Hubach, Jr., Chairman ofthe Board Walter E. Adams Win Bell Joanne Stroud Bilby, '75, '80 Christopher R. Bright, '78 . Thomas W Codd, Jr. Rev. Msgr. Donald L. Fischer, '62 E. Timothy Fitzgibbons, '65 John A. Gates David S. Gruber Patrick E. Haggerty, Jr., '67, '68 Kevin J. HSeamus" Hasson Gregory Hoelscher, '77 Richard Husseini, '88 Rev. Msgr. Greg Kelly, '78 Margo R. Keyes Cathy Maher J. Patrick McLochlin Joseph C. Murphy Joseph O. Neuhoff, Jr. Tan Parker, '93 Dwight R. Riskey Mary Ritter, '85, NAB President Timothy P. Rooney Len C. Ruby Patrick V Stark Mary Templeton Charles Tusa, '74 Bridgett Wagner, '81 Donna J. Arp Weitzman Thomas M. Zellers, M.D., '79

America the Beautiful Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves ofgrain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain.

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee.

And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness America! America!

God mend thine ev'ry flaw.

Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.

Music by Encore Brass. Flag Bearers: Renee Davis and Alexandra Jaggers. Marshals: Dr. John Plotts and Interim Dean Denise Phillips.

Order of Ceremonies Procession

Macebearer, Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate, Scott Crider

Flagbearers, Marshals

Students

Administrators, Faculty

Members of the Board of Trustees

Interim Dean of the School of Ministry, Mark Goodwin

Dean ofthe Braniff Graduate School, Joshua Parens

Dean of Constantin College, Charles W. Eaker

Dean of the College ofBusiness, Robert F. Scherer

President of the National Alumni Board, Michael Hasson, 07

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Francis P. Hubach, Jr.

Senator Rick Santorum

Associate Provost, Brian C. Murray

Ernie Wayne Sadau

President, Thomas W. Keefe

Chancellor, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell

Provost, William Berry

In vocation

Bishop Farrell

Greetings

Francis P. Hubach

Michael Hasson

President Keefe

Presentation ofHonorary Degree

Ernie Wayne Sadau

Commencement Address

Ernie Wayne Sadau

Presentation ofCandidates for BraniffGraduate School ofLiberal Arts and School ofMinistry Degrees

The Provost and the Associate Provost

Conferral ofGraduate Degrees

The President and the Chancellor

The Dean ofthe Braniff Graduate School and the Interim Dean of the School ofMinistry

A warding of Undergraduate Academic Honors

The Academic Dean of Constantin College and the Dean ofthe College ofBusiness

For the Class 0/2013

Deandra Lieberman

Presentation ofCandidates/or the Constantin College ofLiberal Arts

and the College ofBusiness Degrees

The Provost and the Associate Provost

Conferral of Constantin College and College ofBusiness Degrees

The President and the Chancellor

The Dean of Constantin College and the Dean of the College ofBusiness

Benediction

Bishop Farrell

America the Beautiful

The Assembly