UND-Summer-Commencement-Program-2017

UNIVERSITY of

NORTH DAKOTA 130th GENERAL COMMENCEMENT

August 4, 2017 Grand Forks, North Dakota

Officers of the University Mark R. Kennedy President

Thomas M. DiLorenzo Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Cara Halgren Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Diversity

Alice C. Brekke

Vice President for Research & Economic Development and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies

Grant McGimpsey

Vice President for Finance & Operations

Joshua Wynne

Scott Correll

Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Registrar

State Board of Higher Education Don Morton Fargo – Chair

Nick Hacker Bismarck

Kevin Melicher Fargo

Mike Ness Hazen

Casey Ryan Grand Forks

Greg Stemen Oakes

Jacob Dailey

Student Member North Dakota State University

Birgit Pruess

Faculty Advisor North Dakota State University

Andy Wakeford

Staff Advisor Lake Region State College

The Order of Exercises 2017 Summer Commencement Ceremony 3:00 P.M., Friday, August 4, 2017, Chester Fritz Auditorium

North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott, Presiding Prelude Music...............................................................................Brent Hermans Processional......................................................... “Pomp and Circumstance” Brent Hermans

Please stand during the Processional.

Alma Mater Hail to thee, O Alma Mater!

Hail to thee with heart and tongue!

Pride we feel and love yet greater While we raise our grateful song.

Home of lofty thought and learning, Beacon o’er our western land, Shrine whence still the ever- burning Torch is passed from hand to hand.

“America the Beautiful”................................................... Lynneah Boyer Welcome and Introductions................Chancellor Mark Hagerott Presentation of Chester Fritz Professorship............ Chancellor Mark Hagerott Remarks....................................................................... Chancellor Mark Hagerott Conferring of Academic Degrees................................ Chancellor Mark Hagerott Amy Unrau, Proctor

(Order of degrees begins on Page 3)

Alumni Greetings..................................................... Laura Block UND Alumni Association and Foundation

“Alma Mater”...........................................The Assemblage

Lynneah Boyer, Song Leader

Recessional.............................................................Brent Hermans

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Academic Pageantry The pageantry of American colleges and universities, including such ceremonies as commencement, has been inherited from the medieval universities of the 11th and 12th centuries. Academic life as it is known today began in the Middle Ages, first in the church and then in the guilds.

The teaching guild was the Guild of the Master of Arts, in which the Bachelor was the apprentice of the Master and the dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility.

continued. To maintain continuity with the past, University of North Dakota faculty, the stage officials and the degree candidates will wear academic dress.

Principal features of academic garb are the gown, cap and hood. Early it became necessary for universities to set rules to preserve the dignity and meaning of academic dress. Both Cambridge and Oxford since the 15th century have made academic dress a matter of university control even to its minor details, and have repeatedly published revised regulations.

American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895.

The ceremony you will witness today will be less formal than would have been the case even two decades ago. Still, many traditions have been

Academic Dress THE GOWN. The flowing gown comes from the 12th century. While it originally may have been worn as protection against the chill of unheated buildings, it has today become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it covers any trappings of rank or social standing underneath. It is black for all degrees, with pointed sleeves for the bachelor’s degree recipient, long closed sleeves with a slit at the arm or wrist for the master’s degree, or full bell double sleeves for the doctoral degree. Bachelor’s and master’s degree gowns have no trimming. For the doctoral degree, the gown is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves in the color distinctive of the faculty or discipline to which the degree pertains.

with academic divisions are: white, College of Arts and Sciences; drab (subdued orange), College of Business and Public Administration; black and white, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences; blue and white, College of Education and Human Development; orange, School of Engineering and Mines; purple, School of Law; green, School of Medicine and Health Sciences; apricot, College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines; black, School of Graduate Studies. For undergraduate students, the tassels hang on the right side of the cap until they receive their degrees, at which time the tassel is moved to the left. For master’s students, the tassel hangs on the left side of the cap and is not moved.

THE CAP. Under Roman law, a slave that had been set free received the privilege of wearing a cap. The academic cap is a sign of freedom of scholarship, and of the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Ancient poetry records the cap of scholarship as square to symbolize the book. The color of the tassel denotes the discipline. At the University of North Dakota, the tassel colors associated

THE HOOD. The hood is trimmed with one or more chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color of the college. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the discipline represented by the degree; the color of the lining designates the university or college which granted the degree. The official colors of the University of North Dakota, selected by the student body in preparation for the institution’s first commencement in 1889, are the pink and green of the prairie rose.

Ceremonial Objects THE MACE. The mace was initially modeled after a 12th century implement of war. In earlier days, the mace, or heavy staff, was borne by or carried before a magistrate or other dignitary as an ensign of authority.

A mace is placed as the symbol of royal authority on the treasury table in the British House of Commons at the opening of each session and is removed at its close. In the U.S. House or Representatives, it is a rather plain staff mounted in a marble pedestal at the right hand of the Speaker.

The mace of the University of North Dakota symbolizes authority to carry out its mission, especially the granting of degrees. Made from the oak of the University’s first building, “Old Main,” the mace is carried by a marshal during academic processions and is placed at a prominent spot on the stage during commencement.

THE CHARTER. The University of North Dakota was founded six years before North Dakota became a state. The original, handwritten charter, enacted in 1883 by the Dakota Territorial Assembly, is preserved in UND’s archives. One facsimile is displayed in the President’s Office and another is used at commencements and other special occasions.

THE UNIVERSITY FLAG. The University flag features the UND flame logo set on a white background. The flag is used at ceremonial events and is carried by the honorary faculty flag marshal to lead the commencement procession. The flag is displayed on the stage during the commencement ceremony along with the mace and charter.

The Awarding of Degrees The awarding of degrees and academic distinctions listed in this program is contingent upon successful completion of the various program requirements.

Commencement ceremonies at UND are planned through the Office of Ceremonies and University Events in the Division of University and Public Affairs The University of North Dakota is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.

For more information on equal opportunity policies and procedures, see UND catalogs and other major printed pieces.

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School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Grant McGimpsey, Dean Kavya Kamal Manyapu, Friendswood, Texas Major: Aerospace Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy

Faisal Amir, Tualatin, Oregon Major: Physics

Tsooane Patrick Molapo, Cedar Falls, Iowa Major: Educational Foundation & Research v

Dissertation: Atomic-Level Structural Studies of Rare-Earth Doped Sodium Phosphate Glasses Using High Energy X-Ray Diffraction and Complementary Techniques Advisor: Dr. Gaya Kanishka Marasinghe

Ivana Brzonova, Okres Benesov, Czech Republic Major: Chemical Engineering

Katlin Jo Rhyner, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Major: Psychology

Dissertation: Toward a General Race Salience Effect: Alternative Manipulations and Group-Level Decision Making.

Advisor: Dr. Andre Kehn

Christopher Ned Jondle, Wales, Wisconsin Major: Microbiology

Dissertation: "A Degree Is a Part of the Puzzle, But Only a Piece": Understanding How Employers Determine the Value of Academic Credentials Advisor: Dr. Deborah Worley

Dissertation: Testing an Integrative Model of Depressive Symptoms with a Sample of Latina/o Youth Advisor: Dr. Rachel Navarro

Shannon Marie Sommer, Rogers, Minnesota Major: Clinical Psychology

Dissertation: Working and Providing Care: Increasing Student Engagement for Part-Time Community College Students Advisor: Dr. Margaret Healy

Run Li, Shaanxi, China Major: Chemistry

Dissertation: The Role of a-Synuclein in Brain Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation Advisor: Dr. Eric Murphy

Diana Rose Slivensky, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Major: Counseling Psychology

Daniel James Leingang, Mandan Major: Educational Leadership

Dissertation: Chromatographic Analysis of Low Molecular Weight Polar Compounds in Complex Environmental Matrices and Renewable Materials Advisor: Dr. Alena Kubatova

Drew Richard Seeger, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota Major: Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics

Dissertation: A Longitudinal Study of the Negative Impact of Falls on Health, Well-being, and Survival Among Older Adults: An Examination of Protective Psychosocial Mediators Advisor: Dr. Joelle Ruthig

Brenda Anderson Kaspari, Battle Lake, Illinois Major: Educational Leadership

Dissertation: The Effect of Perpetrator Remorse, Victim Gender, and Photographer on Victim Blame in a Case of Nonconsensual Photograph Sharing Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Terrance

Jana Rousova, Prague, Czech Republic Major: Chemistry

Dissertation: Mechanistic Insights Into Neutrophil Turnover During Gram Negative Pneumonic Sepsis Advisor: Dr. Jyotika Sharma

Harpa Lind Jonsdottir, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland Major: Clinical Psychology

Dissertation: The Influence of Rural Primary Care Providers Level of Stigma on Recognition of Suicidal Ideation in Patients Advisor: Dr. Cindy Juntunen

Sara Pourjafar, Ernakulam, Kerala, India Major: Chemical Engineering Dissertation: An Investigation of the Thermal Degradation of Lignin Advisor: Dr. Wayne Seames and Dr. Brian Tande

Dissertation: A Comparison Study of American Indian and Caucasian Sex Offenders on Trauma and Selected Trauma Effects Advisor: Dr. J. Douglas McDonald

Bradlee Wayne Gamblin, Madisonville, Kentucky Major: Psychology

Dissertation: Young Children’s Articulations of Their Metacognitive Processing During Play Advisor: Dr. Bonni Gourneau

Megan Lynn Obert, Townsend, Montana Major: Counseling Psychology

Dissertation: Mechanisms of Dopaminergic, Histaminergic, and Glutamatergic Neuromodulation within the Medial Entorhinal Cortex Advisor: Dr. Saobo Lei

Regina Sioux Ertz, Box Elder, South Dakota Major: Clinical Psychology

Dissertation: Brief Exposure to Images of Friends via Social Media Leads to Higher Momentary Risk for Eating Psychopathology Among College Women Who Internalize the Thin Ideal Advisor: Dr. Kyle De Young

Dawnita Susan Nilles, Frazee, Minnesota Major: Teaching and Learning

Dissertation: American Indian Professionals: Educational Decision-Making and Persistence Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Ozaki

Nicholas I. Cilz, Grand Forks Major: Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics

Dissertation: Dual-Detachment: A Plight of Young Black Males Alienated From Work and School Advisor: Dr. Marcus Weaver-Hightower

Erin Elizabeth Murtha-Berg, Parkston, South Dakota Major: Clinical Psychology

Dissertation: Microbial Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Potential for Valuable Chemicals and Biofuels Advisor: Dr. Yun Ji and Dr. Wayne Seames

Colleen Mary Ann Burke, Grand Forks Major: Teaching and Learning

Dissertation: Spacesuit Intergrated Carbon Nanotube Dust Mitigation System For Lunar Exploration Advisor: Dr. Pablo DeLeon

Dissertation: Social Reactions to Sexual Assault Survivors Presenting With PTSD: The Impact of Survivor Gender and Psychotherapy Treatment-Seeking Status Advisor: Dr. Karyn Plumm

Karmen Lynelle Pfeiffer Sorenson, Bismarck Major: Educational Leadership

Dissertation: Theory and Application Development of Electronic Structure Methods Involving Heavy Computation Advisor: Dr. Mark R. Hoffmann

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Dissertation: The Long-Term Impacts of Study Abroad on Oxford Eurospring Alumni: A Phenomenological Study Advisor: Dr. Deborah Worley and Dr. Cheryl Hunter

School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Doctor of Philosophy, continued

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Ryan Evan Stanfield, Montgomery, Texas Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Ogbitse Maureen Atake, Vadnais Heights, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Dissertation: A Comprehensive Analysis of Clouds, Radiation, and Precipitation in the North Pacific ITCZ in the NASA GISS ModelE GCM and Satellite Observations Advisor: Dr. Xiquan Dong

Dissertation: Testing Theoretical Models of Binge Eating: An Examination of Escape Theory and Affect Regulation Model Advisor: Dr. Alan R. King

Dissertation: The Impact of Gender, Victim Weight, and Victim Responsibility on Attributions of Blame and Responsibility in a Case of Nonconsensual Pornography Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Terrance

Advisor: Dr. Kris Hendrickx

Doctor of Physical Therapy

Christopher David Walden, Grand Forks Major: Biochemistry

Advisor: Dr. Joanna Sikkema

Nicole Olivia Wilson, Lancaster, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Carolyn Ann Uhl, Pound, Wisconsin Major: Psychology

Advisor: Dr. Mary Jane Rivard

Melissa Klein, Kason, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Terra Lee Towne, Chaumont, New York Major: Clinical Psychology

Advisor: Dr. Christine Harsell

Tammy Gail Buchanan, Oronoco, Minnesota Major: Nursing

William Hunt, Cheyenne, Wyoming Major: Physical Therapy

Dissertation: Epigenetic Remodeling as a Mediator of Environmental Toxicant Exposure in the Brain Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Geiger

Advisor: Dr. David Relling

Michele R. Willman, West Fargo Major: English

Dissertation: Mimic-Women: Twentieth-Century American Women on the Edges of Exploration Advisor: Dr. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower

Lindsay Allyn Yates, Willow Spring, North Carolina Major: Counseling Psychology

Dissertation: Parents of Adolescent Children with Mental Illness: A Qualitative Exploration of the Lived Experience Advisor: Dr. Cindy Juntunen

School of Law Kathryn Rand, Dean Juris Doctor Bruce Darwin Govig, Grand Forks Major: Juris Doctorate

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Jennifer Nicole Rickoff, Duluth, Minnesota

Master of Arts

Major: Forensic Psychology

Emily Marge Sargent, Fargo Major: Psychology

Rachel Lynn Austin, Hendersonville, North Carolina

Monique Michelle Schofield, Susanville, California

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Forensic Psychology

Danielle Lynn Beyer, Grand Forks

Stacy Marie Soliday, Plainfield, Illinois

Major: Psychology

Major: Forensic Psychology

Kristen Marie Bourne, Baltimore, Maryland

Jaclyn Nicole Stapleton, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Forensic Psychology

Rebecca Elizabeth Burandt, Lee’s Summit, Missouri

Clint Ryan Vair, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Major: Counseling

Major: Forensic Psychology

Cara Barton Carter, Parker, Colorado

Shannon Marie Wolfe, Zanesville, Ohio

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Forensic Psychology

Katherine Clark, Lawrenceville, Georgia

Megan Eleanor Zeigler, Macomb, Michigan

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Forensic Psychology

Amila Didic, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada Major: Forensic Psychology

Janet Marie Dixon, Bismarck Major: Forensic Psychology

Zachary A. Dschaak, Fairview, Montana

Master of Business Administration

Major: Counseling

Brittany Danielle Fairchild, Henderson, Nevada

Erin Irene Gilbertson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Business Administration

Antoinette Marion Gagnon, Augusta, Maine

Shannah Georgie Henk, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Business Administration

Erica Lynn Goodman, Grand Forks

Major: Psychology

Patricia Juanita Gooldy, Junction City, Kansas Major: Forensic Psychology

Master of Education

Tamara Michelle Grosso, Lancaster, New York

Major: Linguistics

McKenzie Kay Darling, Grand Forks

Amy Lynn Harsh, Onsted, Michigan

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Forensic Psychology

Rebecca Rose Johnson, Crystal, Minnesota

Sloan Marie Henry, Belcourt

Major: Reading Education

Major: Counseling

Rachel Michael Miesbauer, Hibbing, Minnesota

Samantha Faith Hinnenkamp, Melrose, Minnesota

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Counseling

Nora Ann Nankivel, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota

Garrick Leith, Grand Forks

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Forensic Psychology

Alexa Lauren Nelson, Apple Valley, Minnesota

Kimisean Marie Liggett, Chicago, Illinois

Major: Reading Education

Major: Counseling

Cheri Delores Odenbach, Jamestown

Janet Lee Martin, Biltmore Lake, North Carolina

Major: Reading Education

Major: Forensic Psychology

Eve Denton Pecka, Boise, Idaho

Miranda June McElroy, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Major: Reading Education

Major: Forensic Psychology

Kirstyn Alexandra Scholin, Thief River Falls, Minnesota

Stephanie Amber Montoya, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Forensic Psychology

Aimee Marie Siemers, Fargo

Tiffany Ann Nelson, Spindale, North Carolina

Major: Reading Education

Major: Forensic Psychology

Leah Nichole Smith, Salida, California

Ann Elizabeth Nygard, Grand Forks

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Counseling

Karina Marie Sollie, Fosston, Minnesota

Erin Padgett, Greensboro, North Carolina

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Linguistics

Katelin Roseann Swisher, Grand Forks

Valerie Anne Pennington, Mesquite, Texas

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Forensic Psychology

Victoria Pocknell, Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Miriam Rashidinejad, Novi, Michigan

Master of Environmental Management

Major: Forensic Psychology

Megan Amanda Reynolds, Norris, South Carolina

Roy Joseph Harr, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Earth System Science and Policy

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Lindsey Danelle Bauer, Mandan

Master of Fine Arts

Major: Special Education

Leah Beidelman, Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Reading Education

Chamanthi Weeratunga, Maharagama, Sri Lanka

Megan Ann Berger, McVille

Major: Visual Arts

Major: Special Education

Kristen Elizabeth Black, Fayetteville, Georgia Major: Biology

Megan Leigh Boe, Oakes

Master of Occupational Therapy

Major: Special Education

Shelby Lourisa Boucher, Rugby

Alison E. Ikeogu, Wheaton, Minnesota

Major: Special Education

Major: Occupational Therapy

Jill Maria Breyen, Bemidji, Minnesota

Graydon Dan Larsen, Cottonwood Heights, Utah

Major: Nutrition & Dietetics

Major: Occupational Therapy

Christopher John Buelke, Waldo, Wisconsin

Luke J. Vanhavermaet, Hawley, Minnesota

Major: Space Studies

Major: Occupational Therapy

Janelle Lynne Burger, Puyallup, Washington Major: Special Education

Shaylene Dawn Burman, Bismarck Major: Special Education

Brandi Reiko Clarke, Olympia, Washington

Master of Public Administration

Major: Special Education

Stephanie Lynn Curtin, Aurora, Colorado

Matthew Jonathan Elbert, Grand Forks

Major: Special Education

Kirstie Rose Dienert, Bismarck

Major: Public Administration

Shayna Ortiz, Kyle, Texas

Major: Special Education

Dawn Chantel Dowellgrim, Bigfork, Montana

Major: Public Administration

Kaitlyn M. Varberg, West Fargo

Major: Special Education

Jamie Lynn Ekness, Shepherd, Montana

Major: Public Administration

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Angela Jean Elton, Hutchinson, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Christopher Anthony Follette, Crookston, Minnesota

Master of Public Health

Major: Space Studies

Sunil Kumar Gaire, Nepal

Allie Jeanne Canoy Illies, Decorah, Iowa

Major: Electrical Engineering

Major: Public Health

Lacey Mae Gemlo, Devils Lake

Skyler Thomas Ienuso, Carrington

Major: Special Education

Major: Public Health

Gregory Gentzkow, Wahpeton

Jessica Page Knutson, Grand Forks

Major: Special Education

Major: Public Health

Kristi Rae Griffin, Crookston, Minnesota Major: Reading Education

Brooke Anne Hagenhoff, Jefferson City, Missouri Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Ahmad Jarjis Hasan, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Master of Science

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Joseph G. Heiden, Stillwater, Minnesota Major: Environmental Engineering

Faisal AlAnazi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Melanie Dawn Herauf, Dickinson

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Major: Special Education

Nicholas John Allen, Buffalo, Minnesota

Kurt James Hibert, Vista, California

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Shelby Lynn Amsley-Benzie, Roosevelt, Minnesota

Alison Louise Hoadley, McKinney, Texas

Major: Chemical Engineering

Major: Curriculum & Instruction

Hannah Renae Andring, Bismarck

Thomas Horn, Lafayette, Colorado

Major: Curriculum & Instruction

Major: Space Studies

Scott Matthew Balcao, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Katie Lee Houdek, Grafton

Major: Space Studies

Major: Curriculum & Instruction

Kimberly J. Bauer, Red Lake Falls, Minnesota

Katie Lynn Howell, Olympia, Washington

Major: Reading Education

Major: Special Education

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Kathryn Ann Peltier, Fargo

Master of Science, continued

Major: Early Childhood Education

Kyle James Peterson, Berthold Major: Geology

Akiba Hunter, Hackensack, New Jersey

Kaitlin Marie Pierce, Moorhead, Minnesota

Major: Special Education

Major: Nutrition & Dietetics

Breanna Lee Irvine, Mandan

Tyler Radi, Grand Forks

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Technology

Michelle Kristine Jalan, Grand Forks

Md. Ashiqur Rahman, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Chemical Engineering

Scott Kinnischtzke, Bismarck

Melanie Jones R. Rice, Longmont, Colorado

Major: Special Education

Major: Special Education

Earl Lynn Klug, Grafton

Andrew Thomas Richards, Fargo

Major: Geography

Major: Space Studies

Madison L. Krebsbach, Mandan

Lauren Suzanne Rogers, Pflugerville, Texas

Major: Special Education

Major: Space Studies

John Michael Kumpula, Edmore

Kyle David Rosseau, Rosemount, Minnesota

Major: Special Education

Major: Special Education

Aimee R. Lagerquist, Boulder, Montana

Brendean Aleice Ruis, Andover, Minnesota

Major: Special Education

Major: Special Education

Andrew Stuart Landburg, Fargo

Rajib Chandra Saha, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Major: Curriculum & Instruction

Major: Civil Engineering

Chun Yip Lau, Milpitas, California

Neil G. Schloesser, Fargo

Major: Special Education

Major: Special Education

Elizabeth Natalie LeQuire, Gwinner

Gary John Schuster, Dearborn, Michigan

Major: Special Education

Major: Space Studies

Jacquelyn Marie Loepp, Jamestown

Aaron Keith Scott, Ardmore, Oklahoma

Major: Special Education

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Benjamin Thomas Lott, Pearl City, Illinois

Timothy Wayne See, York Haven, Pennsylvania

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Emily Mattea Maddox, Redfield, South Dakota

Jocelyn Joan Seiler, Mandan

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Major: Elementary Education

Joshua Luke Markel, Glen Rock, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Rose Staatz, Shoreline, Washington

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Joy Danielle Markestad, Devils Lake

Laura Marie Strande, Grand Forks

Major: Special Education

Major: Early Childhood Education

Andrew Christopher Martin, Murrysville, Pennsylvania

Brittany J. Such, Grafton

Major: Space Studies

Major: Reading Education

Maria Carolina Massie, Bogata, Colombia

Ciarra Torres, Bensalem, Pennsylvania

Major: Elementary Education

Major: Special Education

Charlene D. Milliron, Oak Harbor, Washington

Elizabeth Marie Vaudrin, Park Rapids, Minesota

Major: Special Education

Major: Special Education

Kaley Ann Mills, Westhope

Apryl Ann Walth, Bismarck

Major: Reading Education

Major: Reading Education

Kirsten Rae Morton-Aldous, Brainerd, Minnesota

Brittany Ann Wardien, Fargo

Major: Special Education

Major: Reading Education

Callixte Nahimana, Rulindo, Rwanda

Kayla Esther Weber, Williston

Major: Computer Science

Major: Early Childhood Education

Ashkan Nejadpak, Grand Forks

Timothy Wayne Wollmuth, Savage, Minnesota

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Major: Aviation

Johnny Carl Nelson, Golden Valley, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Casey Theresa Norton, Grand Forks Major: Reading Education

Sarah Ann Nunner, Milford, Ohio Major: Special Education

Issac Odegard, Grand Forks Major: Mathematics

Rupanu Pal, Fort Mill, South Carolina Major: Computer Science

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Joshua D. Everett, Grand Forks

Master of Science in Applied Economics

Major: Social Work

Laurie May Freid, Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Sean Cleary, Bismarck

Latonya Cate Marie Gage, Aberdeen, South Dakota

Major: Applied Economics

Major: Social Work

David Michael Ketchel, Snellville, Georgia

Eliza T. Gonzalez-Harris, Catano, Puerto Rico

Major: Applied Economics

Major: Social Work

Bryan Temples Miller, Washington, District of Columbia

Fierra S. Huschka, Bismarck

Major: Applied Economics

Major: Social Work

Betsey Ann-Kathleen Johnson, Hunter Major: Social Work

Cynthia Margaret Kantos, Fargo

Master of Social Work

Major: Social Work

Hanh Thi Nguyen, Alameda, California Major: Social Work

Jenny Donna Rose Bishop, Olivet, Michigan

Debbie Ann Leslie Svobodny, Frazee, Minnesota

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Alveria Clarke, Fargo

Kelsey Jo Thoreson, Horace

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

James Michael Cole, Richmond, Indiana

Hope L. Tschaekofske, Minot

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Morgan Bree Cowlthorp, Boissevain, Manitoba, Canada

Megyn R. Useldinger, Grand Forks

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Kirsten R. DeBaets, Baldur, Manitoba, Canada

Madison Christine Weber, Moorhead, Minnesota

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Jenna Lyn DeSmidt, White Bear Lake, Minnesota Major: Social Work

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College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines Gayle Roux, Dean Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition Stephanie Anna May Chapman Blaine, Minnesota Major: Community Nutrition

Holly Ann Morin Belcourt Major: Community Nutrition

Myrrhiah Esther Samuelson Mapleton, Minnesota Major: Community Nutrition

Hannah Rae Lian *

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Social Work

Kelly LaDema Doda

Jamie Lynn Azure

Annabelle A. Narlock

Katee Campion

Taylor Elaine Nelson-Granberry *

Delanie C. Ficek

Kaitlyn Judith Prochnow **

Adam Joseph Fortwengler

Brandy Victoria Schaan

Andrea Nekol Hahn

Sarah Elizabeth Stein

Rachel Ellen Kanten *

Chelsea Megan Stika

Molly Jean Kinney

Haley Thorsen **

Rachel E. Laabs

Mallory Jeanne Walton

Morgan Kathleen Le Noue **

Austyn Wasko

Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Marcie April Heller

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Minot Major: Nursing

Nicole L. Straus

Dickinson Major: Social Work

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Paige Nicole Sigafoos Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Community Nutrition

Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Katie Johren Skarda Watford City Major: Community Nutrition

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Social Work Grand Forks Major: Social Work Rochester, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Breckenridge, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Mounds View, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Abby Jean Moore

Cando Major: Social Work Warren, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Puyallup, Washington Major: Social Work Wahpeton Major: Social Work

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota Major: Social Work Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Social Work Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Social Work Chanhassen, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Two Harbors, Minnesota Major: Social Work

School of Medicine and Health Sciences Joshua Wynne, Dean Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training Hannah Kathryn Freden Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Athletic Training

Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science Tsigereda Tesfamariam Fecadu * Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Amber Lee Prins **

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

* Denotes cum laude ** Denotes magna cum laude *** Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 19)

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College of Education and Human Development Cindy Juntunen, Dean

Bachelor of Science in Education

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology

Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education

Katelyn E. Baer *

Chans Eugene Elliot Brown

Ellen Grace Barnhart

Alisha Ann Ford

Charles Flowers

Madison Meacham Kalisch Wessling

Sarah Victoria Monchamp

Courtney N. Schneider

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Early Childhood Education Cambridge, Minnesota Major: Early Childhood Education Edina, Minnesota Major: Early Childhood Education

Watford City Major: Kinesiology

Chino Hills, California Major: Kinesiology

Cottage Grove, Minnesota Major: Public Health Education Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Public Health Education

Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation & Human Services Margret L. Carda *

Sidney, Montana Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Carly Violet Dupre *

Isanti, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Bismarck Major: Kinesiology

Lauren Elizabeth Ollig **

Madison Kay Gutknecht

Champlin, Minnesota Major: Early Childhood Education Major: Elementary Education

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Alexa Lenae Schumacher

Rebecca Lynn Johnston

Grand Forks Major: Early Childhood Education

Belle Plaine, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Breann C. Smith **

Williston Major: Early Childhood Education

Rebecca Lynn Sylte

Saint Stephen, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Anna Nicole Tourville

Maplewood, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

College of Engineering and Mines Hesham El-Rewini, Dean

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Brandon Michael Pinkerton

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Newport, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Rui Filipe Sabino

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Major: Chemical Engineering

Johan S. Almanzar *

Valrico, Florida Major: Civil Engineering

Daniel J. Koch

Kennewick, Washington Major: Chemical Engineering

Kevin Michael Davis

Bridgewater, Massachusetts Major: Civil Engineering

Nguyen Le

Grand Prairie, Texas Major: Chemical Engineering

Nelyurmary Ospina

Tampa, Florida Major: Civil Engineering

Cole Burnham Lewis

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Brendan James Lennon

Portland, Oregon Major: Electrical Engineering

Robera Terfa

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Electrical Engineering

Jennifer L. Soza Choate

Princeton, North Carolina Major: Civil Engineering

Austen Miller

Cummings, Kansas Major: Chemical Engineering

Bradley James Treece

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Amanda Lynn Morgel

Fargo Major: Chemical Engineering

Alexander Michael Wacek Champlin, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Jade M. Olstad ***

Valley City Major: Chemical Engineering

Morgan E. Wentz

Nortonville, Kansas Major: Civil Engineering

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Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geoscience Rebecca Marie Kickert

Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Environmental Geoscience

College of Engineering and Mines Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Joseph Dominic Fendt

Sparta, Wisconsin Major: Mechanical Engineering

Blake Thomas Finstad

Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Khalid A. Jamsa

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering

Seminole, Florida Major: Mechanical Engineering

Ty Douglass Lofstrom

Kerrville, Texas Major: Mechanical Engineering

Charles R. Mitchell

Columbus, Ohio Major: Mechanical Engineering

Zakariye Osman Ahmed

Mogadishu, Somalia Major: Petroleum Engineering

David Mauricio Rivera Moreno Seattle, Washington Major: Mechanical Engineering

Effiong Gilbert Akpan

Grand Forks Major: Petroleum Engineering

Zachary Laurence Serebin

Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin Major: Mechanical Engineering

Aaron Edward Anderson

Walhalla Major: Petroleum Engineering

Olaleye Bakare

Katy, Texas Major: Petroleum Engineering

Francis Monyeng Gor

Grand Forks Major: Petroleum Engineering

Craig Randall Knutson

Grand Forks Major: Petroleum Engineering

Dylan C. Rowe

Spearfish, South Dakota Major: Petroleum Engineering

Shane Trulson

Minot Major: Petroleum Engineering

Alexander Donald Wilson *

Bay Village, Ohio Major: Petroleum Engineering

College of Business and Public Administration Steve Light, Dean

Bachelor of Accountancy Sawyer Scott Dahl

Fargo Major: Accountancy

Casey Sullivan Dohm Bismarck Major: Accountancy

Courtney Jayde Holub Warren, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Andrew Steven Lindberg Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

William Doran Mark

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Daniel D. Mykleseth *** Crookston, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Bachelor of Business Administration Abdulmjeed Alshehri *

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Major: Aviation Management

Alek J. Anderson

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

Tyler M. Bedney

Grand Forks Major: Management

Jacob Calvert Bryan

Kameron James McGregor

Justin-Dion P. Cerezo

Lucas Alex Olson

Thomas Isaac Cook

Sarah Ann Peterson

Fan Deng

Logan Steven Reed

Dylan Cole Dufault

Jon Thomas Roscoe

Jake Benjamin Eidson

Jacob Eugene Sederstrom

Bryan Joseph Herman

Benjamin Marian Skurek

Sungdo Jang

Justin Mitchell Stier

Cody Lamar Jones

Nolan Daniel Swalve

Michael Thomas LaCoursiere **

Serena Ann Swanson

Jacob W. Lamb

Cassie Lynn Thompson

Grand Forks Major: Information Systems

Grand Forks Major: Information Systems

Las Vegas, Nevada Major: Aviation Management

Grand Forks Major: Airport Management

San Clemente, California Major: Airport Management

Grand Forks Major: Marketing

Grand Forks Major: Management

Baudette, Minnesota Major: Entrepreneurship

Grand Forks Major: Marketing

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology Collin James Axdahl

Devils Lake Major: Industrial Technology

Fargo Major: Aviation Management

Grand Forks Major: Investments

Andover, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Management

West Bend, Wisconsin Major: Airport Management

Busan, South Korea Major: Airport Management

Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: Management

Great Falls, Montana Major: Airport Management

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Major: Marketing

South Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Aviation Management

Stillwater, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Grafton Major: Marketing

Jared Reid Tracy

AnnMarie Lane

Franktown, Colorado Major: Management

Saint Paul Park, Minnesota Major: Management

Lawrence Ryan Weber

Scott D. Lawrence

Dickinson Major: Entrepreneurship

Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Airport Management

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* Denotes cum laude ** Denotes magna cum laude *** Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 19)

College of Arts and Sciences Debbie Storrs, Dean Bachelor of Arts Justin Lee Bailey

Andover, Minnesota Major: Communication

April Lyn Bleecker *** Eagan, Minnesota Major: Spanish

Shane Jeffrey Boeser

Savage, Minnesota Major: Communication

Sara E. Brent **

Lake in the Hills, Illinois Major: History

Darian Wayne Brevik

Cavalier Major: Communication

Elena Leonor Cardenas Grand Forks Major: Spanish

Adam Niel Cope

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Communication

Noah Matthew Johnson

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Murrieta, California Major: Social Science

TerĂŠsa Ranee Parker Klaassen *** Agathe, Manitoba, Canada Major: Communication

Kayla Beth McLeod ** Mandan Major: Visual Arts

Taylor A. Lundgren

Grand Forks Major: Communication

Bachelor of General Studies

Amanda Michelle Menzies ** Cavalier Major: Communication

Brandon Lee Narum **

Stanley Major: Philosophy & Religion: Philosophy

Corey Lashawn Baldwin Bridgeport, Connecticut Major: General Studies

Gabriel Grace Philippi

Wyoming, Minnesota Major: Communication

Chantel Lavonne Schanandore

Alta Loma, California Major: General Studies

Morgan Elissa Fetch **

Cynthia LeeAnn Trupka

Brianne Marie Halbur **

Emily Ruth Gibbens **

Maren Dawn Vangsness

Zachary Michael Huot **

Abdalla A. Haji-Mohamed

Ann Marie Wadsworth

Ashley Kaylyn Jobe ***

Samuel David Hanson

Rachael Catherine Waynick *

Page Klostreich

Sean Paul Haugen

Matthew James Wilson

Alison Lynn Kopp **

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Political Science

Elko, Minnesota Major: Communication Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Communication

Verndale, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Bachelor of Music Melea Mae Hoeffner

Parkston, South Dakota Major: Music Therapy

Manuel Lee Burke

Bismarck Major: Chinese Studies Major: International Studies

Fiona Scarlett Thompson

Cando Major: Communication

Janessa Weaver

Victoria, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Carly Violet Dupre *

Bismarck Major: Visual Arts

Twin Valley, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Kelsey Elizabeth Bell ***

Jayla Kay Greene

Isanti, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Kody James Strum

Eveleth, Minnesota Major: Communication

Samantha Nicole Forsch **

Houston, Texas Major: English

Ormond Beach, Florida Major: General Studies

Luke Michael Maki

Brittany Marie Skabo *

Justin F. Dela Cruz

Marlena Andrea Pigliacampi ***

Dickinson Major: General Studies

Williston Major: Psychology

Devils Lake Major: General Studies

Grand Forks Major: Communication

Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Breckenridge, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Minot Major: Communication

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Saint Michael Major: American Indian Studies

Jamestown Major: General Studies

Waterford, Michigan Major: Communication

Jamestown Major: General Studies

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Communication

Jake Isaac Leverington

Jawon Donell Johnson

Roseau, Minnesota Major: General Studies

East Orange, New Jersey Major: Social Science

Andrey Mazalov

Brooklyn, New York Major: General Studies

Jacqueline Renee McCloud Huron, South Dakota Major: General Studies

Casey John Murphy *** Carrington Major: General Studies

Jeremy Michael John O’Keefe *** Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Zachary Arden Peterson ** Grafton Major: General Studies

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Bachelor of Science

Olukunle Olufemi Alugo Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Shelley J. Davis

New Town Major: Physics

Spencer Glenn Ilstrup *** Barrett, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Rachel M. Lafriniere Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Geography

Brady P. Nerpel

Dunseith Major: Psychology

Kelli Louise Radi

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Biology

Alexa Lanae Schumacher Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Megan Kristin Siebert ** Waconia, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Jed Thomas Stockwell Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Danielle Trego Stoltz Stillwater, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Haley Anne Thorsen ** Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Psychology

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Studies

Bachelor of Science in Geology William Thomas Kolb

April Lyn Bleecker ***

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Grand Forks Major: Geology

John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Paul Lindseth, Dean Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics Abdulrahim A. Almulhim *

Dammam, Saudi Arabia Major: Commercial Aviation

Abdulmjeed Alshehri *

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Major: Commercial Aviation

Ian Edward Andersen **

Villa Park, Illinois Major: Commercial Aviation

Travis James Anderson

Fargo Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Jason Thomas Bensley ***

Grand Junction, Colorado Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Evan Gillespie Broadbent

Nicole Marie Mellies

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Moville, Iowa Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Flight Education

Ryan Christopher Brown

Samuel Moran

Highlands Ranch, Colorado Major: Commercial Aviation

Renton, Washington Major: Commercial Aviation

James Casazza, Jr.

Yannick kif’le Nanton

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Lombard, Illinois Major: Aviation Technology Management

Justin-Dion P. Cerezo

John Nathan Oddan

Las Vegas, Nevada Major: Commercial Aviation

Robbinsdale, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Nicholas Robert Evazich

Daniel Renard Patterson

South Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control

Los Angeles, California Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Mitchell Adam Gwidt

William Chance Perkins

Green Bay, Wisconsin Major: Commercial Aviation

Fort Worth, Texas Major: Commercial Aviation

Megan Marie Jordan-Denny

Austin Kyle Waite

Bainbridge Island, Washington Major: Commercial Aviation

Trevor Tamiki Warren ***

Torrance, California Major: Commercial Aviation

William Werrlein

Wellington, Florida Major: Commercial Aviation

Kendrick Ronald Whisenhunt Boulder City, Nevada Major: Commercial Aviation

Janet Michelle Zacharias *

Lakewood, Washington Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Emma Jean Kishel

Christopher Max Player

Kahlil Omari Bowden

Stephen Robert LaVick ***

Timothy R. Simmons

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Seattle, Washington Major: Commercial Aviation

Tyler Donald Petter-McCauley

Victoria, Minnesota Major: Aviation Technology Management

Samantha M. Blackburn

Owensboro, Kentucky Major: Commercial Aviation

Daniel Paul Strick

Virginia, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Moorpark, California Major: Commercial Aviation

Maplewood, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Casselberry, Florida Major: Aviation Technology Management

* Denotes cum laude ** Denotes magna cum laude *** Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 19)

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Candidate for Commission Lt. Col. Jason J.F. Murphy, Professor of Military Science Commission as Second Lieutenant United States Army Jacob Calvert Bryan, Grand Forks Active Duty/Signal Corps Major: Information Systems

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Honorary Degrees Awarded Honorary degrees have long been awarded by institutions of higher learning to recognize lives of achievement. In 1909 UND presented its first honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws, to Webster Merrifield, who served the University for 25 years, including 18 as its third president.

Honorary degrees from UND particularly recognize those with an association with the University or with the state and region; they also have been presented to such notables as philosopher Mortimer Adler, heart surgeon Michael DeBakey and President John F. Kennedy.

1909, Webster Merrifield, Doctor of Laws 1913, Roger W. Cooley, Master of Laws 1914, E.M. Babcock, Doctor of Science 1916, Homer B. Sprague, Doctor of Laws 1918, Joseph P. Kennedy, Doctor of Laws 1922, John Lee Coulter, Doctor of Laws 1925, F.P. Robertson, Doctor of Laws 1928, Howard Huston, Master of Arts 1929, Thomas D. Campbell, Doctor of Laws 1930, Guy C.H. Corliss, Doctor of Laws 1930, Vilhjalmur Stefanssen, Doctor of Laws 1931, Maxwell Upson, Doctor of Engineering 1932, John M. Hancock, Doctor of Laws 1933, Thomas F. Kane, Doctor of Laws 1933, John F. Douglas, Doctor of Laws 1934, J.F.T. O’Connor, Doctor of Laws 1935, Frederick Koch, Doctor of Letters 1936, John Burke, Doctor of Laws 1937, Sveinbjorn Johnson, Doctor of Laws 1938, A.G. Burr, Doctor of Laws 1938, Vincent J. Ryan, Doctor of Laws 1938, C.J. Hambro, Doctor of Laws 1939, Gudmundur Grimson, Doctor of Laws 1939, Crown Prince Olav of Norway, Doctor of Laws 1941, John W. Dafoe, Doctor of Laws 1941, Clarence Daniel O’Connor, Doctor of Humanities 1943, John O. Christianson, Doctor of Science 1943, Walter L. Stockwell, Doctor of Laws 1943, John Alister Hutcheson, Doctor of Science 1944, Sigureir Sigurdsson, Doctor of Humanities 1944, Boyd Milne Begg, Doctor of Science 1944, George Addison Talbert, Doctor of Science 1945, Edward Francis Flynn, Doctor of Laws 1945, Barend Herman Kroeze, Doctor of Humanities 1946, Elwyn Francis Chandler, Doctor of Science 1946, David Rhys Jenkins, Doctor of Science 1946, Elmer Ellis, Doctor of Laws 1947, Melvin A. Brannon, Doctor of Science 1947, Raymond A. Heising, Doctor of Science 1947, George Albert Selke, Doctor of Laws 1948, Adolph Marcus Christianson, Docctor of Laws 1948, John S. Lundy, Doctor of Science 1948, William L. Nuessle, Doctor of Laws 1948, Ezra Thayer Towne, Doctor of Humanities 1948, Luther Earle Birdzell, Doctor of Laws 1948, Harley F. French, Doctor of Science 1949, Franklin Jerome Lunding, Doctor of Laws 1949, John Morris Gillette, Doctor of Humanities 1949, Charles John Breitwieser, Doctor of Science 1949, Lawrence Vold, Doctor of Laws 1950, Alfred G. Arvold, Doctor of Humanities 1950, Charles J. Murphy, Doctor of Laws 1951, M. Beatrice Johnstone, Doctor of Humanities 1951, Chester E. Fritz, Doctor of Laws 1951, Edward H. McDermott, Doctor of Laws 1951, George A. Abbott, Doctor of Laws 1951, Juan Mendoza Rodriquez, Doctor of Laws 1952, Homer N. Wallin, Doctor of Science 1952, Daniel F. Bull, Doctor of Communication Sciences 1952, Edmund O. Belsheim, Doctor of Laws 1953, A. Hoyt Taylor, Doctor of Science 1953, Fred J. Traynor, Doctor of Laws 1954, Theodore H. Fenske, Doctor of Science 1954, Arno Carl Fieldner, Doctor of Science 1954, Alfred Jacobsen, Doctor of Science 1954, Luther W. Youngdahl, Doctor of Laws 1955, John C. Baker, Doctor of Laws 1956, Robert D. Campbell, Doctor of Laws

1956, Harlan Henthorns Hatcher, Doctor of Laws 1956, John Chester West, Doctor of Humanities 1957, Richard Simpson Watson, Doctor of Laws 1958, Richard Blackburn Black, Doctor of Science 1958, Charles W. Boise, Doctor of Science 1958, Olger B. Burtness, Doctor of Laws 1958, Min Hin Li, Doctor of Humanities 1958, Russell Reid, Doctor of Humanities 1958, James Duane Squires, Doctor of Laws 1958, Henry G. Lykken, Doctor of Engineering 1958, Hermann Hegedorn, Doctor of Humanities 1958, Jerome Hall, Doctor of Laws 1958, J. Maxwell Anderson, Doctor of Humanities 1958, Edgar Dale, Doctor of Humanities 1958, Rudolph J. Gielsness, Doctor of Laws 1958, Cushman D. Haagensen, Doctor of Science 1958, Grover Holt, Doctor of Engineering 1958, Grayson L. Kirk, Doctor of Humanities 1958, George A. Lundberg, Doctor of Laws 1958, Herbert G. Nilles, Doctor of Laws 1958, Edward K. Thompson, Doctor of Humanities 1958, Neal A. Weber, Doctor of Science 1958, J. Frederick Weltzin, Doctor of Humanities 1958, Philip W. West, Doctor of Science 1958, Waldemar Westergaard, Doctor of Laws 1958, Paul Yoder, Doctor of Music 1959, Alexander Grow Budge, Doctor of Laws 1959, Thomas E. Whelan, Doctor of Laws 1959, Charles E. Scott, Doctor of Humanities 1960, Elmo B. Roper, Doctor of Humanities 1960, James H. Douglas, Doctor of Laws 1961, Ronald N. Davies, Doctor of Laws 1962, Fred George Aandahl, Doctor of Laws 1962, Thomas Joseph Burke, Doctor of Laws 1962, O.H. Thormodsgard, Doctor of Laws 1962, James Morris, Doctor of Laws 1963, Harold D. Shaft, Doctor of Laws 1963, Owen Meredith Wilson, Doctor of Laws 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Doctor of Laws 1965, Edward J. Devitt, Doctor of Laws 1965, Bertin C. Gamble, Doctor of Laws 1965, Orin Alva Stevens, Doctor of Science 1965, Thomas C. Barger, Doctor of Laws 1966, Robert E. Bradley, Doctor of Engineering 1966, Herbert Victor Prochnow, Doctor of Laws 1966, Robert E. Slaughter, Doctor of Laws 1967, David E. Bell, Doctor of Laws 1967, Leonard W. Larson, Doctor of Laws 1967, Joseph C. Allen, Doctor of Engineering 1968, Robert H. Bahmer, Doctor of Laws 1968, Malcolm Moos, Doctor of Laws 1969, Era Bell Thompson, Doctor of Humane Letters 1969, Arthur Naftalin, Doctor of Laws 1969, Richard Beck, Doctor of Literature 1970, Eric Sevareid, Doctor of Laws 1970, James L. Elder, Doctor of Engineering 1970, Harry H. Ransom, Doctor of Literature 1970, Warren J. Hanna, Doctor of Laws 1970, George C. Wheeler, Doctor of Laws 1971, B. Fred Davidson, Doctor of Laws 1971, William A. Franta, Doctor of Engineering 1973, Christopher J. Hamre, Doctor of Science 1973, Frank Edward Stinchfield, Doctor of Science 1975, George W. Starcher, Doctor of Laws 1976, Thomas S. Kleppe, Doctor of Laws 1978, E.A. Haunz, Doctor of Science 1978, Carlton A. Pederson, Doctor of Laws 1979, W.E. Koenker, Doctor of Laws 1981, Mary Jean Mannes, Bachelor of Laws 1981, Thomas McGrath, Doctor of Literature 1982, Anne H. Carlsen, Doctor of Humanities 1982, Warren Christopher, Doctor of Laws 1983, Mortimer J. Adler, Doctor of Humane Letters 1983, Frank N. Low, Doctor of Science 1983, Fred L. Snyder, Doctor of Science 1984, Wilson M. Laird, Doctor of Science 1986, James E. Olson, Doctor of Laws 1986, James F. Seifert, Doctor of Laws 1986, Owen W. Webster, Doctor of Science 1987, Duane B. Haagenson, Doctor of Engineering 1987, Lois Phillips Hudson, Doctor of Letters 1988, Merlin E. Dewing, Doctor of Laws

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1989, Weston R. Christopherson, Doctor of Laws 1989, Agnes Geelan, Doctor of Humane Letters 1989, Arley Bjella, Doctor of Laws 1989, Bernard P. Randolph, Doctor of Engineering 1990, Michael E. DeBakey, Doctor of Science 1990, Robert E. Mautz, Doctor of Laws 1990, Bruce McArthur, Doctor of Engineering 1990, Frank A. Wenstrom, Doctor of Laws 1991, Andrew Freeman, Doctor of Engineering 1991, Lee Gerdine, Doctor of Music 1991, Donald Grangaard, Doctor of Laws 1991, Lowell Swenson, Doctor of Laws 1991, Harold Schafer, Doctor of Laws 1992, William E. Cornatzer, Doctor of Science 1992, Margaret Heyse Cory, Doctor of Science 1992, Richard J. Lee, Doctor of Science 1992, Vivian Hanson Meehan, Doctor of Science 1992, Harold Resinger, Doctor of Science 1992, Louis W. Sullivan, Doctor of Science 1993, Thomas M. Hamilton, Doctor of Engineering 1993, Bill Martin Jr., Doctor of Letters 1993, Stanley A. Moe, Doctor of Engineering 1993, Everette L. Webb, Doctor of Engineering 1993, Gilmore Schjeldahl, Doctor of Engineering 1994, James F. Buchli, Doctor of Science 1994, Jon Hassler, Doctor of Letters 1996, Roland H. Flint, Doctor of Letters 1996, George A. Sinner, Doctor of Laws 1996, John W. Vennes, Doctor of Science 1997, Jim R. Carrigan, Doctor of Laws 1997, Clara A. Pederson, Doctor of Humane Letters 1998, Theodore V. Galambos, Doctor of Engineering 1998, Patricia Wallace Ingraham, Doctor of Laws 1998, Arthur A. Link, Doctor of Laws 1998, Vito Perrone, Doctor of Humanities 1999, Eugene R. Dahl, Doctor of Laws 1999, John C. MacFarlane, Doctor of Engineering 1999, Dale F. Morrison, Doctor of Laws 2000, Thomas J. Clifford, Doctor of Laws 2000, Bernard O’Kelly, Doctor of Letters 2000, Dwight Baumann, Doctor of Laws 2001, Richard A. Olafson, Doctor of Letters 2001, Patricia A. Owens, Doctor of Letters 2001, Raymond Rude, Doctor of Letters 2001, Peter Schickele, Doctor of Letters 2002, Calvin K. Fercho, Doctor of Letters 2002, Lloyd Omdahl, Doctor of Letters 2002, Noel Watson, Doctor of Letters 2002, Byron L. Dorgan, Doctor of Letters 2003, Robert Kyle, Doctor of Letters 2004, Kurt H. Mueller, Doctor of Letters 2005, H.F. “Sparky” Gierke, Doctor of Letters 2005, Charles “Chuck” Johnson, Doctor of Letters 2006, A. Bart Holaday, Doctor of Letters 2006, Lance W. Lord, Doctor of Letters 2006, Rodney J. Rohrich, Doctor of Letters 2007, Laurel Reuter, Doctor of Letters 2007, Russell Lefevre, Doctor of Letters 2008, Jean Kiesau, Doctor of Letters 2008, Edward Schafer, Doctor of Letters 2008, Steinar Opstad, Doctor of Letters 2008, Phil Jackson, Doctor of Letters 2008, William Marcil, Doctor of Letters 2009, Edwin Benson, Doctor of Letters 2009, LaVonne Russell Hootman, Doctor of Letters 2009, James C. Ray, Doctor of Letters 2010, Howard A. Dahl, Doctor of Letters 2011, Earl Pomeroy, Doctor of Letters 2011, Kenneth L. Mellem, Doctor of Letters 2012, B. John Barry, Doctor of Letters 2012, Kent Conrad, Doctor of Letters 2012, Mary Wakefield, Doctor of Letters 2012, David Nething, Doctor of Letters 2012, Hiram Drache, Doctor of Letters 2013, Norman C. Skalicky, Doctor of Letters 2014, Michael J. Jacobs, Doctor of Letters 2014, William C. Sherman, Doctor of Letters 2014, Karen L. Nyberg, Doctor of Letters 2014, Linda M. Pancratz, Doctor of Letters 2015, William J. Gross, Doctor of Letters 2015, Gerald W. VandeWalle, Doctor of Letters 2016, Carolyn Becraft, Doctor of Letters 2016, Greg Page, Doctor of Letters

Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors Former faculty members who were honored with Fritz Professorships include: Michael A. Anderegg, English James Antes, Psychology Michael C. Beard, English Robert Beck (deceased), Law Richard Beringer, History William V. Borden (deceased), English Edward C. Carlson, Basic Sciences William E. Cornatzer (deceased), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard D. Crawford, Biology Kenneth J. Dawes, Social Work Sandra Donaldson, English Manuchair Ebadi (deceased), Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, and Clinical Neuroscience Ronald C. Engle, Theatre Arts Albert J. Fivizzani, Biology Mary Lou S. Fuller, Elementary Education Elizabeth Hampsten, English David Hein, Pharmacology and Toxicology Carla Wulff Hess, Communication Disorders Richard L. Hill (deceased), Educational Administration Warren Jensen, Aviation Harvey Knull, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology David O. Lambeth, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Richard G. Landry, Educational Measurements and Statistics Diane K. Langemo, Nursing Practice and Development Donald K. Lemon, Educational Leadership Robert W. Lewis (deceased), English Frank Low (deceased), Anatomy Richard L. Ludtke, Sociology Roger Melvold, Microbiology and Immunology James E. Mitchell, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Robert C. Nordlie (deceased), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Lewis K. Oring, Biology Surendra S. Parmar, Physiology Brian O. Paulsen, Art Russell Peterson (deceased), Education Lewis J. Radonovich, Chemistry Paul D. Ray (deceased), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology John L. Rowe (deceased), Business and Vocational Education Isaac Schlosser, Biology Mary Jane Schneider (deceased), Indian Studies Santhosh K. Seelan, Space Studies Donald E. Severson, Chemical Engineering Virgil Stenberg, Chemistry Jeffrey L. Stith, Atmospheric Sciences Kathleen A. Tiemann, Sociology D. Jerome Tweton, History Stephen K. Wikel, Microbiology and Immunology Sharon C. Wilsnack, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science Charles A. Wood, Space Studies Kevin D. Young, Microbiology and Immunology

The Chester Fritz Distinguished Professorships were established with an endowment gift from the late UND benefactor Chester Fritz, 1892-1983. Revenue from the endowment provides for cash stipends to one or more full-time UND faculty members, who thereafter may use the title “Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor.” Nominations are solicited from members of the V.P.A.A. Academic Cabinet and the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors; these are evaluated by a committee chaired by the graduate dean and composed of three Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors and faculty representatives from each academic college not represented by a Fritz Professor. The recommendations are reviewed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and forwarded to the President for final decision.

Chester Fritz attended UND from 1908 to 1910. He became an international trader in precious metals and lived most of his life in China and Europe. In establishing the endowment for the professorships — just one of his many gifts to UND — as an “investment in the future of my Alma Mater and of the people who make the future what it shall be.”

He added, “I am especially indebted to the fine teachers who, in the end, have determined in large measure, how well I was able to learn and to use the knowledge that the University of North Dakota could provide.”

Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors currently serving on the faculty include: Holly Brown-Borg, Basic Sciences Sharon Carson, English Colin Combs, Biomedical Sciences F. Richard Ferraro, Psychology Michael J. Gaffey, Space Studies Jonathan Geiger, Basic Sciences William D. Gosnold Jr., Geology & Geological Engineering Birgit Hans, Indian Studies Joseph Hartman, Geology and Geological Engineering Mark R. Hoffmann, Chemistry Gordon Iseminger, History Cindy L. Juntunen, Counseling Michael Mann, Chemical Engineering James Mochoruk, History Thomas Mohr, Physical Therapy Myrna R. Olson, Teaching and Learning Leon F. Osborne, Atmospheric Sciences Thomas V. Petros, Psychology Michael Poellot, Atmospheric Sciences Wayne Seames, Chemical Engineering Mary Ann Sens, Pathology William F. Sheridan, Biology Brij Singh, Basic Sciences Roxanne Vaughan, Basic Sciences Jack Weinstein, Philosophy and Religion Michael Wittgraf, Music Stephen A. Wonderlich, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

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2017 Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor Colin Combs UND’s newest Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, Colin Combs of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, has been a faculty member in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences since 2000. He is acclaimed as a scientist, a teacher, and a facilitator within his department, the School and the University.

Combs is recognized internationally for his research on neuroimmune interactions during aging and neurodegenerative diseases. His laboratory focuses on understanding how the immune system contributes to brain changes during chronic neurodegenerative conditions, and the potential for promoting neuroprotection by manipulating the behavior of brain-resident immune cells and microglia.

Combs is currently the principal investigator or co-principal investigator on four National Institutes of Health (NIH) RO1 grants — a remarkable achievement. Since 1997 he has had over 50

“Dr. Combs has been a mentor and a role model to many students and faculty at UND,” wrote Professor Holly BrownBorg. “He is a faculty member one can go to for help and assistance in the areas of teaching, research and service.”

These qualities are reflected in the praise Combs has received for his skills as an administrator and facilitator.

publications in high-level journals and served on numerous editorial boards.

In the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Combs is highly regarded as a teacher. He has received the Outstanding Block Instructor Award five times since 1973. He has also been honored with the H. David Wilson Award in Neuroscience, the UND Spirit Award, and the Rev. Elmer and Min West Memorial Outstanding Faculty Award.

“Since he became the chair [of the Department of Biomedical Sciences], a clear vision of unity and tighter collaborations developed between the faculty members,” wrote Professor Othman Ghribi.

“Dr. Combs is listening to every voice that wants to make a positive impact on the department’s future.

He was able to unite the faculty, design a plan for success, and hold every faculty to perform.”

He has served on or chaired numerous major committees for the University and the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In addition, Combs has served on grant review panels for the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Administration, and

Combs has served on 55 graduate student faculty advisory committees. His students and postdoctoral fellows have gone on to publish first-authored manuscripts, win awards for their research work, and secure positions as productive members at other institutions.

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private funding groups such as the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Foundation.

Giulio Taglialatela of the University of Texas Medical Branch praised Combs as “the image of an outstanding scientist and extraordinary academician, relentlessly dedicated to the advancement of science, to the mentoring of students and young scientists, and to serving his home institution.”

Kalipada Pahan of Rush University Medical Center added, “Dr. Combs has a very lively presence as a scientist, a teacher and a leader. His interpersonal interactions and professional relationships are of the highest caliber.”

Colin Combs received a B.A. degree in chemistry from Berea (Ky.) College and the Ph.D. from the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Rochester (N.Y.). Before joining the UND faculty in 2000, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University.

The University Marshals A tradition since the early years of the University of North Dakota, the University Marshals serve as the honorary marshals and ushers for commencement exercises. They are selected from the junior class, primarily on the basis of academic excellence.

Grand Marshal Iman Said Charter Marshal Klaudia Price Candidates Marshal Jacob Notermann Candidates Marshal Darryl Joy Thank you to the following groups who assisted with this ceremony.

• UND Staff Event Ambassadors • UND Student Ambassadors • UND Mortar Board Student Organization

Honorary Faculty Flag Marshal Sharon Carson

She received her associate’s degree in emergency mental health/crisis intervention from Seattle Central Community College in 1977, her bachelor’s degree in communication/ editorial journalism from the University of Washington in 1982, and both her master’s (1986) and Ph.D. (1990) degrees in English from the University of Washington.

A UND faculty member, chosen from the ranks of the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors, carries the University Flag and leads the Commencement procession.

The Faculty Flag Marshal for today’s ceremony is Dr. Sharon Carson.

Professor Carson’s academic specialties include American literature and intellectual history, African-American literature and interdisciplinary black studies, comparative religions and literatures; Bibles as literature, crossnational and comparative

Dr. Sharon Carson, a UND English professor with an academic joint appointment in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, joined the UND faculty in 1991. Dr. Carson was named a UND Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2015.

study, literature of the American left, Homeric epic; narrative journalism, audio documentary and audio drama.

Special Notices Whether the individual is the first or last to receive a degree in the graduation ceremony, the conferring of that degree is a very special event for every graduate and family. To this end, it is requested that everyone remain seated until the conclusion of the commencement ceremony.

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Broadcast Information: • Today’s Commencement ceremony will be broadcast on Grand Forks Cable Channel 3 August 10-15 at 12:00 noon, 7 p.m., and 10 p.m.

• Our Commencement ceremony is telecast live on Cable Channel 3 in Grand Forks/East Grand Forks. A free download of the ceremony will be available on Vimeo by August 9 at https://vimeo.com/226467920.

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Approved Academic Honor Cords and Stoles Students who are members of the following honor societies will be wearing these adornments to their regalia: • • •

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Alpha Phi Sigma — National Criminal Justice Honor Society; blue and gold honor cords Beta Alpha Psi — International Academic Honor Society for Accounting Majors; red and white cords Beta Gamma Sigma — Honor Society accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International; worn by students and faculty members; blue and gold cords Epsilon Pi Tau — National Academic Honor Society for Technology; blue, gold and white cords Gamma Sigma Alpha — National Academic Honor Society for Greek Members; red and yellow cords Gamma Theta Upsilon — International Honor Society in Geography; blue, brown and gold cords Golden Key International Honor Society — royal blue and gold cords IEEE - Eta Kappa Nu — Honor Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; gold cords with red/blue tassel Mortar Board — National Honor Society; silver and gold cords National Residence Hall Honorary — blue and silver cords National Society of Collegiate Scholars — National society recognizing outstanding academic achievement and involvement on campus; gold and burgundy cords Order of Omega — National Leadership Academic Honor Society for Greek Members; gold and white cords Phi Alpha — National Social Work Honor Society; gold cord Phi Alpha Theta — History Honor Society; red and blue cords

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Phi Beta Kappa — National Scholarship Honor Society for Liberal Arts and Sciences; pink and blue cords Phi Eta Sigma — Honor Society for First Year Students; black and gold cords Pi Alpha Alpha — National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration; light blue and gold cords Pi Kappa Lambda — National Music Honor Society; gold and white cords Pi Theta Epsilon — National Occupational Therapy Society; blue and gold cords Psi Chi — Psychology Honor Society; platinum and navy cords Sigma Gamma Epsilon — National Honor Society for Earth Sciences; gold, blue and silver cords Sigma Pi Sigma — National Honor Society for Physics; green and white cords Sigma Tau Delta — National Society for English representing high achievement in English language, literature, and writing; Cardinal red and black double strand cords Sigma Theta Tau — International Honor Society of Nursing; purple and white cords Tau Beta Pi — National Engineering Honor Society; white/orange cords Tau Sigma — Transfer Student Honor Society; maroon and gold cords Theta Alpha Kappa — National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology; red cords Upsilon Pi Epsilon — International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Disciplines; maroon/white cords

Non-Academic Recognition Cords UND Legacy Cords

• Graduates who are members of ethnic or culturally based organizations may wear woven clothes representing cultural patterns or designs such as a kente cloth.

Legacy students will be honored with a green, pink and white cord to recognize the connection they share with their family members who have graduated before them. Students with UND graduates in their family history (parents, step-parents or grandparents) are considered legacies.

• Lei: A lei is presented as a person is leaving or arriving and symbolizing affection, good luck, or appreciation. Leis are commonly made from flowers, vines, or leaves.

Multicultural Symbols

Veteran and Military

• American Indian students graduating today may wear any of several pieces of traditional American Indian regalia including an eagle feather considered sacred and attached to their mortar board tassel representing honesty, truth, courage and wisdom; beadwork representing their tribal or individual cultural designs on top of the mortar board, or traditional clothing/regalia under their gown.

Veterans who are graduating from UND and students who serve in the military will be wearing red, white and blue cords to honor them for their service to our country.

Student Honor Medallions Honor Medallions are worn by candidates for the bachelor’s degree who have at least 50 graded hours from the University of North Dakota and achieve a scholastic average of 3.50 (cum laude), 3.70 (magna cum laude), and 3.90 (summa cum laude) in courses completed at the University of North Dakota. For the purpose of the commencement program and publication, honors are based on the UND grade point average at the end of the previously completed term. Once final semester grades are recorded and the degree has been cleared by the college, grade point averages are recalculated and final graduation honors are recorded to the transcript and diploma.

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The First Commencement The following is excerpted from University of the Northern Plains, the history of the University of North Dakota written

by Louis G. Geiger and published in 1958 as part of the University’s 75th anniversary celebration.

A major milestone in student affairs, as well as in the University’s history, was the graduation of the first college class in 1889. A faculty committee was appointed in February to plan the exercises. In April the student body met and chose the school colors, the pink and green of the prairie rose, “suggestive of our green prairies and rosy prospects.” On June 13, a cool, fair day, the ceremony began at ten o’clock in the University assembly hall, which had been decorated with flags and flowers and a large “89” centerpiece. A capacity crowd of students and spectators (perhaps as many as 250) was on hand as the graduates — “the ladies … dressed in white” and “the gentlemen … neatly attired” — marched to their places on the stage to the accompaniment of music by [W. W.] Hall’s Cadet Band. Special guests were the Regents, H. M. Mellette, governor of the Territory, several other territorial officials [North Dakota did not attain statehood until November 2, 1889], and Nehemiah Ordway, who as governor had signed the organic act of the University.

[President Homer B.] Sprague presided and introduced the speakers. Mellette observed that it was a “Red River letter day.” Ordway spoke with pride and feeling on the University’s founding. One of the Regents relieved the occasion with a touch of unconscious humor when he explained: “As to the faculty we have done the best we could with the money at hand.” Following the official commemoration of the occasion, the main part of the program began; there were essays and orations presented by each of the eight graduates, six from the college and two from the four-year normal course; Frances M. Allen (B.A.), Clinton S. DeGroat (B.S.), Ben E. Ingwaldson (B.S.), Cora Smith (B.S.), Marie Teel (B.S.), May Travis (B.A.), and Genevieve Arnold and Irene Mares (normal

The University of North Dakota graduated its first class on June 13, 1889. Seated: Frances M. Allen, B.A.; May Travis, B.A.; Genevieve Arnold, Normal Certificate; and Marie Teel, B.S. Standing: Irene Mares, Normal Certificate; Clinton S. DeGroat, B.S.; Cora Smith, B.S., and Ben E. Ingwaldson, B.S.

certificates). The orations, on current as well as literary and moral subjects, were printed in full in the Grand Forks newspapers.

Three of the college graduates were from Grand Forks; none had come from farther than Hillsboro. Not one had been born in North Dakota; Ben Ingwaldson had been born in Norway. In the class of 1890, of seven college graduates, four were from Grand Forks, three were women, and six took the science degree. A considerable proportion of the early graduates entered medicine, law, or teaching. Cora Smith, a member of the first class, took a degree in medicine at Boston University; Mary Crans of the second class completed the course in dentistry at the University of Michigan. Ben Ingwaldson went on to the University of Minnesota law school. North Dakota’s first appointee to West Point, Joseph Travis, graduated in the class of 1890.

The Main Building and Ladies’ Hall (later Davis Hall)

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Presidents of the University Mark R. Kennedy was named the 12th President of the University of North Dakota by the State Board of Higher Education on March 15, 2016. His term began on July 1, 2016, succeeding Interim President Ed Schafer and President Robert Kelley, who retired on January 14, 2016.

Kennedy came to UND from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., where since 2012 he was Director of the Graduate School of Political Management and Professor. His teaching and research addressed issues of how organizations can engage governments and societies around the world.

A native of Benson, Minn., Kennedy earned a B.S. degree at St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn., and an MBA with distinction at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He then served as an executive with several firms, including Pillsbury, and today’s Macy’s.

From 2001 to 2007, Kennedy served in the U.S. House of Representatives, first for Minnesota’s Second District and then for its Sixth District. He served on the Financial Services, Transportation and Agriculture Committees, and established a reputation for bipartisanship. Kennedy was then appointed to the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations, serving under both Presidents George Bush and Barack Obama.

From 2007 to 2010, Kennedy served as the Global Retail Business Development Lead for Accenture, a global management, consulting and technology firm. From 2010 to 2013, he lectured and led research projects at the University of Pennsylvania, Notre Dame, the London Business School and others, and served as an Executive in Residence at the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.

William M. Blackburn 1884 — 1885

Henry Montgomery 1885 — 1887 (Acting)

Homer B. Sprague 1887 — 1891

Webster Merrifield 1891 — 1909

Frank L. McVey 1909 — 1917

Earle J. Babcock 1917 — 1918 (Interim)

Thomas F. Kane 1918 — 1933

John C. West 1933 — 1954

George W. Starcher 1954 — 1971

Thomas J. Clifford 1971 — 1992

Kendall L. Baker 1992 — 1999

Charles E. Kupchella 1999 — 2008

Robert O. Kelley 2008 — 2016

Edward T. Schafer 2016 (Interim)

Kennedy is the founder of the Economic Club of Minnesota and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Chatham House, an independent policy institute based in London. He founded the Mark Kennedy Frontiers of Freedom Lecture Series at St. John’s University.

Kennedy’s book titled Shapeholders – Business Success in the Age of Activism has recently been published by Columbia Business School Press. In it, he introduces the concept of “Shapeholders” to the field of business strategy. A shapeholder is a political, regulatory, media or activist actor with no stake in an organization’s success, but great ability to shape its opportunities and risks.

Kennedy is the third generation of his family to live in North Dakota. His grandmother helped homestead outside Tioga in the early 1900s, and his parents lived in Golva and Hunter, during which time his older sister was born in Fargo.

First Lady Debbie Kennedy is a native of Hawley, Minn. They met at the Minnesota State Fair as high school 4-H ambassadors. Debbie Kennedy graduated from North Dakota State University with a double major in home economics and textile and clothing, and from George Washington University with a master’s degree in costume design.

They have four adult children.

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