UND 2017 Spring Commencement

129th GENERAL COMMENCEMENT MAY 13, 2017 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA

Officers of the University Mark R. Kennedy President

Thomas M. DiLorenzo Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Laurie Betting Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Peter Johnson Interim Vice President for University & Public Affairs

Alice C. Brekke Vice President for Finance & Operations

Grant McGimpsey

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

Joshua Wynne

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

Scott Correll Registrar

State Board of Higher Education Kathleen Neset Tioga – Chair

Nick Hacker

Greg Stemen

Kevin Melicher

Nick Evans Student Member North Dakota State University

Bismarck Fargo

Don Morton Fargo

Mike Ness Hazen

Kari Reichert Bismarck

Oakes

Ernst Pijning

Faculty Advisor Minot State University

Andy Wakeford

Staff Advisor Lake Region State College

The Order of Exercises 129th General Commencement Alerus Center President Mark R. Kennedy, Presiding

Graduate Degree Ceremony Pre-ceremony Music:

Ceremony for Undergraduate Degrees Saturday, May 13 — 1:30 p.m. Page 13

Brent Hermans, Pianist

Undergraduate Degree Ceremony Pre-ceremony Concert:

University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble Dr. James Popejoy, conductor

“American Salute” — Morton Gould, arr. Philip Lang

“Pastime: A Salute to Baseball” — Jack Stamp

“Easter Monday on the White House Lawn” — John

Philip Sousa

“Duke Ellington In Concert” — arr. Paul Murtha

“Crooner’s Serenade” — arr. Justin Williams

College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines — 13 John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences — 15 School of Medicine and Health Sciences — 17 College of Engineering and Mines — 18 College of Education and Human Development — 20 College of Business and Public Administration — 21 College of Arts and Sciences — 25

Alumni Greetings

DeAnna Carlson Zink UND Alumni Association and Foundation

“Alma Mater”

Processional

The Assemblage

Led by the song leader, Lynneah Boyer

“Pomp and Circumstance (Edward Elgar) Please stand during the Processional.

Remarks by President Mark R. Kennedy

Conferring of Academic Degrees

Recessional

“America the Beautiful”

Lynneah Boyer, Soloist

(Franz Joseph Haydn)

(Samuel Ward)

Greetings from the State Board of Higher Education Nick Hacker, SBHE Member

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.

Morning Ceremony:

President Mark R. Kennedy

Proctors: Amy Unrau and Kelly Madison (Order of degrees begins on Page 2 and 14.)

Brent Hermans, Pianist

Afternoon Ceremony:

Ceremony for Graduate Degrees Saturday, May 13 — 9 a.m.

University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble

Dr. James Popejoy, Conductor “March Recessional” (Nino Marcelli)

Page 2 School of Graduate Studies — Doctoral Degrees — 2 School of Graduate Studies — Master’s Degrees — 4

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Ceremony for Graduate Degrees SATURDAY, MAY 13, — 9:00 A.M. School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Grant McGimpsey, Dean Lei Guo, Grand Forks

Doctor of Philosophy

Major: Biology Dissertation: The Molecular Mechanisms of Sex Determination in Vertebrates Advisor: Dr. Turk Rhen Laurie Jo Johansen, Tyler, Minnesota Major: Nursing Dissertation: Commuting Away: The Experiences of RNs Who Live in Rural Communities and Commute Away for Employment in Non-rural Communities Advisor: Dr. Tracy Evanson Courtney Caye LaLonde, Fargo Major: Teaching and Learning Dissertation: Moving Towards Raising Consciousness: An Inquiry Into How Preservice Teachers Envision Classroom Management Advisor: Dr. Jodi Bergland Holen Daniel Alan Laudal, Grand Forks Major: Chemical Engineering Dissertation: Evaluation of Rare Earth Element Extraction from North Dakota Coal-Related Feedstocks Advisor: Dr. Michael Mann Christie Lynn Massen, Bismarck Major: Teaching and Learning Dissertation: Addressing Diversity in Medical Laboratory Science Education: Perceptions & Practices Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Ozaki Chanel Laura Myers, Crookston, Minnesota Major: Teaching and Learning Dissertation: The Problem Solving Approach of Health and Education Professionals Who Have Experience in the Arts as an Artist and Personal Experience in Trauma Advisor: Dr. Kathy Smart Franklin N. Sage, Counselor, New Mexico Major: Educational Foundation & Research Dissertation: Indigenous Knowledge System and Decolonizing Methodology Interwoven Into Higher Education Experiences: Autoethnography Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Hunter Niluka Ann Sanoji Samarakkody, Kandy, Sir Lanka Major: Anatomy Dissertation: Molecular Mechanisms Regulating RNA Polymerase II Pausing During Gene Activation Advisor: Dr. Sergei Nechaev Delphine Ngum Tamukong, Buea, Cameroon Major: Teaching and Learning Dissertation: Cameroonian Immigrants Switching from non-STEM to STEMand-Related Fields in the United States Advisor: Dr. Anne Walker Zhihan Wang, Grand Forks Major: Chemistry Dissertation: Polycyclobutanes Constructed From Biomass-Based Building Blocks Advisor: Dr. Qianli Chu 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

Matar Ahmed Alessa, Alqunfuthah, Saudi Arabia Major: Teaching and Learning Dissertation: The Influence of Mentoring Relationship Quality and Satisfaction on Novice Teachers' Self-Efficacy Advisor: Dr. Jodi Bergland Holen Joseph Appianing, Tema, Ghana Major: Teaching and Learning Dissertation: Using the Expectancy-Value Theory to Understand Why Women Persist or Leave Collegiate STEM Program: A Mixed Methods Study Advisor: Dr. Richard Van Eck Kristopher George Arason, International Falls, Minnesota Major: Educational Leadership Dissertation: A Midwest School District’s Implementation Process of a New Teacher Evaluation Model Advisor: Dr. Steven LeMire Shi Bian, Shenzhen City, China Major: Chemistry Dissertation: Ring Opening Polymerization of Lactide and Synthesis of Polycarbonates by Copolymerization with Epoxide and Carbon Dioxide or Directly from Carbon Dioxide and Diols Advisor: Dr. Guodong Du John Adam Campbell, Jacksonville, Illinois Major: Clinical Psychology Dissertation: Variations in Video Game Play Habits and Beliefs Over Time Advisor: Dr. Alan King Paul E. Cline, Aurora, Colorado Major: Aerospace Sciences Dissertation: Female Airline Transport Pilots: The Role of Mentoring Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Kenville Rajesh Dhakal, Butwal, Rupandehi, Nepal Major: Physics Dissertation: Semi-empirical Methods for Electronic Properties of Surface Adsorbed Molecules Advisor: Dr. William Schwalm Katie Erin Erickson, Aneta Major: Teaching and Learning Dissertation: Collaboration in English Language Learner Teacher Education: Implications for Moving Theory into Practice Advisor: Dr. Anne Walker Janelle J. Ferderer, Linton Major: Educational Leadership Dissertation: Attitudes and Beliefs of North Dakota Early Childhood Educators Toward Gender Constructs Advisor: Dr. Pauline Stonehouse Kelly Gallagher, Albuquerque, New Mexico Major: Nursing Dissertation: Postpartum Weight Retention in First Time Mothers and Weight Outcomes in Their Offspring Advisor: Dr. Jody Ralph

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School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Jenna L. Goecke, Bismarck

Doctor of Education

Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Meridee Danks Lauren Ann Graham, Crookston, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Renee Mabey Brianna Rose Gustafson, Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Michelle Labrecque Nicholas Henry Hastert, Green River, Wyoming Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Thomas Mohr Mason Rolland Hegna, Granite Falls, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Thomas Mohr Ashley Burton Hickox, Grand Forks Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Renee Mabey Daniel L. Himmerick, Minot Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Gary Schindler Benjamin C. Holter, Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Thomas Mohr Josh M. Johnson, Grand Forks Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. David Relling Allen Lloyd Kennedy, Evanston, Wyoming Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Renee Mabey Chase Franklin Kerber, Cooperstown Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Peggy Mohr Kelsey R. Lafond, Dickinson Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Corey Alan Langerud, Williston Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Thomas Mohr Benjamin Alan Lofgren, Grand Forks Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Peggy Mohr Jedrick B. Mazion, Gilbert, Arizona Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Mark Romanick Courtney N. McDonald, Bismarck Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Beverly Johnson Roy Garret Nelson, Portland Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Beverly Johnson Kelley Kristyne Olson, Devils Lake Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Thomas Mohr Lindsay Marie Palmquist, Warroad, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Joseph Richard Perry, Merrill, Wisconsin Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Schawnn Decker

Tammy Marie Mayer, Bismarck Major: Educational Leadership Dissertation: Teacher Perspectives on Impact of High Stakes Testing on Students With Disabilities: A Grounded Theory Study Advisor: Dr. Pauline Stonehouse

Doctor of Physical Therapy Marissa A. Adolphson, Argyle, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Beverly Johnson Brianna E. Albrecht, Grand Forks Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Meridee Danks Wesley J. Anderson, Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Mark Romanick Aaron Jacob Bakker, Dexter, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Mark Romanick Isaac D. Bitter, Baudette, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Brittany Marie Bleichner, Battle Lake, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Beverly Johnson Abby R. Brenner, Fargo Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Renee Mabey Alicia M. Bullinger, Grand Forks Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Schawnn Decker Shelby Laine Carlson, Tioga Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. David Relling Brock Alan Clements, Osage, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Flom-Meland Kelsey Rose DeCamp, Chokio, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Flom-Meland Jamie Lynn Drevlow, Gwinner Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Stephanie Kaye Erlandson, Breckenridge, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Ashley Ann Fedie, Chanhassen, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Melanie Renate Fuller, Altdorf, Germany Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Michelle Labrecque

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School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Shelby Douglas Trosdahl, Battle Lake, Minnesota

Doctor of Physical Therapy, continued

Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Thomas Mohr Lauren Phyllis Trudel, Granite Falls, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Beverly Johnson Tiffany VanHaaften, Chaska, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Gary Schindler Kelsey Ann Wiskow, Dent, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Peggy Mohr Jenna Wyffels, Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Beverly Johnson Erin Elizabeth Yankovec, Centerville, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Meridee Danks

Jordan Danielle Peterson, Darwin, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Marce J. Schultz, Fargo Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Mark Romanick Megan Ann Shanahan, Norwood Young America, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Meridee Danks Megan A. Sween, Grand Forks Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Susan Jeno Brittany M. Tronnes, Nielsville, Minnesota Major: Physical Therapy Advisor: Dr. Thomas Mohr

School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Amanda Jo Kuhn, Dickinson

Master of Arts

Major: Counseling

Kimisean Marie Liggett, Chicago, Illinois Major: Counseling

Jessica Virginia Aaseth, Jamestown

Katharine Elizabeth Lindberg, Summerville, South Carolina

Amira Allen, Brooklyn, New York

Stormy Cheyenne Malone, Whitesboro, Texas

Jill M. Anderson, Hillsboro

Christopher Anton Mark, Grand Forks

Steven Thomas Anderson, Grand Forks

DeAnna Darnell Miller, Herndon, Virginia

Geena K. Berg, Plymouth, Minnesota

David Carl Norlen, Two Harbors, Minnesota

Allison Mahalah Rose Blake, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Brianna Marie Pagel, Warren, Minnesota

Roman Gervasio Caceres, Cordoba, Argentina

Holly Burke Poppell, Florence, Oregon

Irene Rayna Churchill, Hinckley, Minnesota

Alexxa Nicole Sanabria, Cathedral City, California

Kaitlyn May Dahle, Harvard, Illinois

Mekayla Lee Shelton, Montrose, Colorado

Ian Galbraith, Grand Forks

Jessica J. Sobolik, Minto

Anna Dorjievna Gomboeva, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Megan Rae Soderholm, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota

Danielle Jean Hale, Aberdeen, South Dakota

Emily L. Taylor, Minot

Katie E. Hanson, Minot

Meara Thombre, Toledo, Ohio

Kayla Angeli Henes, Minot

Jonathan Mark Thompson, Grand Forks

Major: Counseling

Major: Psychology

Major: Sociology

Major: Counseling

Major: Counseling

Major: Psychology

Major: Sociology

Major: English

Major: Counseling

Major: Forensic Psychology

Major: Counseling

Major: Counseling

Major: Linguistics

Major: Counseling

Major: Counseling

Major: Counseling

Major: English

Major: English

Major: English

Major: Communication

Major: English

Major: Counseling

Major: English

Major: Theatre Arts

Major: Counseling

Major: Counseling

Major: Counseling

Major: Counseling

Elizabeth Caitlin Homer, Richland, Washington Major: Counseling

Hannah Boben Jaeger, Andover, Minnesota Major: Counseling

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Moshe Meisels, Brooklyn, New York

Master of Business Administration

Major: Special Education

Adria L. Olson, Devils Lake

Major: Educational Leadership

Lee Edward Palmer Brockington, Brooklyn, New York

Joseph Patrick Riehl, Englewood, Colorado

Amanda Lee Carlson, Langdon

Henrick Rosenzweig, Monsey, New York

Rana Razvi Darvesh, Columbus, Georgia

Taylor Marie Schlenk, Conway

Jonathan Ellis, Rochester, New York

Michele Lorraine Well, Jamestown

Terrance Demar Hampton, Schaumburg, Illinois

Amber Katherine Zahn, Bismarck

Major: Business Administration

Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Major: Business Administration

Major: Special Education

Major: Business Administration

Major: Mathematics

Major: Business Administration

Major: Educational Leadership

Major: Business Administration

Major: Educational Leadership

Shan He, Baotou, China

Major: Business Administration

Mikel Hunter Mitchell, Cottonwood, Arizona Major: Business Administration

Jonathan Moorman, Huntingtown, Maryland

Master of Fine Arts

Major: Business Administration

Jeremy Wade Nere, Hartsville, South Carolina Major: Business Administration Nicholas Alan Nupdal, Fargo Major: Business Administration Trevor Donald Schommer, Munich Major: Business Administration Aaron Douglas Spilman, Hugo, Minnesota Major: Business Administration Angelle Van Oploo, Bloomington, Minnesota Major: Business Administration Jeffrey Vipond, Grand Island, Nebraska Major: Business Administration Trevor Joseph Woods, Grand Forks Major: Business Administration Xiaowei Wu, Grand Forks Major: Business Administration Shunan Xu, Grand Forks Major: Business Administration Jonathon F. Yunker, Grand Forks Major: Business Administration Yubin Zhang, Shaxing City, Zhejiang, China Major: Business Administration

Laura Goliasewski, Pinewood, Minnesota Major: Visual Arts

Emmalee Jean Hazer, Fargo Major: Visual Arts

Sarah Meadow Heitkamp, Petersburg Major: Visual Arts

Master of Occupational Therapy Brianna Marie Berendt, Little Falls, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy

Lynn Audrey Bielski, Chanhassen, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy

Carissa Anna Birchem, Gilbert, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy

Amber Louise Daly, Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy

Brittany Nicole Davis, Grand Forks

Master of Education

Major: Occupational Therapy

Tavin D. Deru, Layton, Utah

Major: Occupational Therapy

Brady Baxter, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota

Jessica Marie Dietz, Casper, Wyoming

Scott M. C. Berry, Edmore

Katherine M. Erickson, Park Rapids, Minnesota

Chelsea Elizabeth Cook, Mason, Ohio

Amy Christine Fitzsimmons, Champlin, Minnesota

Martina Marie Dvorak, Mandan

Brooke Alexandra Friederichs, Breckenridge, Minnesota

Seth J. Engelstad, Mooreton

Courtney Lynn Funk, Minot

Amy Victoria Frericks, West Fargo

Kate Elizabeth Gearman, Alexandria, Minnesota

Jennifer Marguerite Greff, Mott

Emily Elizabeth Germolus, Hawley, Minnesota

Kristin Kitko, Bismarck

Kelsey Morgan Glatt, Grand Junction, Colorado

Michael Paul McHugh, Mandan

Mikayla Anne Greely, Plymouth, Minnesota

Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Educational Leadership

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Educational Leadership

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Educational Leadership

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Educational Leadership

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Major: Occupational Therapy

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Marcus Anthony Sickler, Dickinson

Master of Occupational Therapy, continued

Major: Occupational Therapy

Michael Lee Thurn, Fargo

Major: Occupational Therapy

Nicola Claire Grun, Englewood, Colorado

Alison Kay Tonsager, Anoka, Minnesota

Samantha Jean Guenther, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Lauren Rae Trohkimoinen, Casper, Wyoming

Heber Dee Hepworth, Casper, Wyoming

Jacy Jane Whaley, Fordville

Carly Sue Hills, Grafton

Ashley N. Zimmer, Ellsworth, Wisconsin

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Occupational Therapy

Major: Occupational Therapy

Molly Rose Hofmeister, Loveland, Colorado Major: Occupational Therapy

Shelby Rae Hoskinson, Glenrock, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy

Anna Therese Huss, Zimmerman, Minnesota

Master of Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Occupational Therapy

Olivia K. Isaacson, Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy

Brian Jeremy Adams, Washington, Utah

Sara L. Johnson, Grand Forks

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Occupational Therapy Michelle Lynne Jones, Green River, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy Kelsey A. Kanwischer, Fargo Major: Occupational Therapy Rachel Marie Kos, Eagan, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy Jessika Mae Viola Lackie, Renton, Washington Major: Occupational Therapy Brian Wade Lefavour, Bothell, Washington Major: Occupational Therapy Sidney Jean Luers, Casper, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy Alexa L. Martel, Dickinson Major: Occupational Therapy Hana Marie Mattern, Bismarck Major: Occupational Therapy Esada Mujcic, Fargo Major: Occupational Therapy Jessica Leigh Nordmeyer, Shoreview, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy Chad Wesley Oppegaard, Westminster, Colorado Major: Occupational Therapy Andrew Jacob Ostrander, Glenwood, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy Ashley Marie Palmer, Lovell, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy Rodney Palmer, Byron, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy Tracy Lynn Perish, Long Prairie, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy Emilee L. Rath, Wishek Major: Occupational Therapy Tessa Mae Richards, Pinewood, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy Jamie Lee Schacht, Oronoco, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy Kelsey Anne Schiller, Casper, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy April Lynn Schmiesing, Holloway, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy Elynn Michelle Schriber, Casper, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy Shayna Rae Shaffer, Casper, Wyoming Major: Occupational Therapy Leah Nicole Sherman, Mounds View, Minnesota Major: Occupational Therapy

Jessica Jean Anderson, Bluffton, Minnesota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Vicki Lynette Andvik, Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Ben Beuchler, Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Travis Booke, Dickinson

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Michael S. Butler, Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Togan L. Cottrell, Thompsonville, Illinois Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Alyson Jean Dahl, Fargo

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Boris M. Davydov, Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Kathryn M. Dietz, Columbia, Missouri Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Rebekah Lynn Dunn, Lupton, Michigan Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Pamela H. Flavin-Lee, Williamsburg, Virginia Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Leslee J. Graff, Java, South Dakota

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Rebecca Jean Hoistad, Forman

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Annette Marie Larson, Warroad, Minnesota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Mitchel Richard Lawrenc Leers, Hazen Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Nicole Micah Lemieux, Jamestown Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Katherine R. Mcfarland, Columbia, Missouri Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Katayoon Mohammadi, Plano, Texas Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Elizabeth Susan Morton, Mankato, Minnesota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Timothy Brian Olsen, Lead, South Dakota Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Agatha Jaclyn Ottem, Osnabrock

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Savannah Leigh Prodzinski, West Fargo Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Matthew John Ryba, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Major: Physician Assistant Studies

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Master of Science

continued

Hailey Marie Adams, Grand Forks Major: Curriculum & Instruction

Angela Marie Schuster, Becker, Minnesota

Kelsey Anne Adams, Grand Forks

Brian C. Steen, Columbia, Missouri

Debesh Adhikari, Kathmandu, Nepal

Lisa R. Steers, Hugoton, Kansas

Jessica Rose Akers, Beck Row, United Kingdom

Dennis W. Stewart, Dothan, Alabama

Kristi Lee Aklestad, Shelby, Montana

Brianna Lynn Strube, Minot

Majed Mutlaq Alotaibi, Dhahran, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Emil Trutwin, Royalton, Minnesota

Sheri Renee Altepeter, Crookston, Minnesota

Lindsay Rae Venn, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Aaron Michael Anderson, Buffalo, Minnesota

Charlie Elizabeth Wood, Joinerville, Texas

Abbey Lee Anderson, Grand Forks

Major: Nursing

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Computer Science

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Special Education

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Nursing

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Nursing

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Electrical Engineering

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Major: Nursing

Major: Physician Assistant Studies

Corissa Lynn Anderson, Foxboro, Wisconsin Major: Nursing

Ryan Darrell Anderson, Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Technology

Lewis Robert James Archer, Grand Forks

Master of Public Administration

Major: Aviation

Elizabeth Quinn Baker, Camden, South Carolina Major: Special Education

James Craig Casper, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Shelby David Balogh, Portland, Oregon

Major: Public Administration

Major: Aviation

Joshua Brent Jackson, Dayton, Ohio

Jacqueline Joy Barsetti, Waikoloa, Hawaii

Major: Public Administration Nicholas C. Jensen, Grand Forks Major: Public Administration Aaron G. Mitchell, West Fargo Major: Public Administration

Major: Early Childhood Education

Melissa Racheal Bartscher, Mitchell, South Dakota Major: Special Education

Jana Lee Beattie, Grand Forks

Major: Curriculum & Instruction

Rebecca Dawn Smith Norvang, Sarpsborg, Norway Major: Public Administration

Jeffrey Alan Benike, Grand Forks

Major: Public Administration

Marci Lynn Berg, Rosemount, Minnesota

Major: Higher Education

Magenta Widner, Glacier, Washington

Major: Special Education

Aaron Berger, Brooklyn, New York Major: Special Education

Stephanie M. Bjorgo, Crookston, Minnesota Major: Special Education

Nana Oforiwaa Boateng-Holland, Williston

Master of Public Health

Major: Nursing

Grant Russell Bowker, Park Grove, Montana Major: Mathematics

Tempest Tayla Dawson, Tulalip, Washington

Elisha Annie Joy Brandvold, Grand Forks

Major: Public Health

Major: Special Education

Michael Daniel Maxwell Paul Dulitz, Webster, South Dakota

Joshua John Bruggman, Waconia, Minnesota

Major: Public Health Ryan David Fischer, Crystal Major: Public Health

Major: Biology

Zachary Shane Bryant, Houston, Texas Major: Space Studies

Arnold Nongmoh Forlemu, Grand Forks

Brock William Buckellew, Moorhead, Minnesota

Major: Public Health Emily Sean Hallie, Roseau, Minnesota Major: Public Health Xia Lu, Chengdu City, China Major: Public Health Michael John Strinden, Fargo Major: Public Health

Major: Kinesiology

Jennifer Lynn Burman, Minot Major: Nursing

Daniel Allen Burow, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Major: Geography

Leah Kathryn Busse, Sabin, Minnesota Major: Special Education

Setareh Stefanie Campion, Grand Forks Major: Higher Education

Andrew Christopher Carnes, Grantville, Georgia Major: Space Studies

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Kelsey Alexandra Genereux, West Fargo

Master of Science, continued

Major: Special Education

Heidi Joanna Geyer, Williston

Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Rachel Kathryn Chalupnik, Graceville, Minnesota

Leah Simone Good, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Maggie Lynn Clauson, Montevideo, Minnesota Major: Special Education Jacqueline Bernice Coulter, Sheridan, Wyoming Major: Special Education Tia Jean Marie Coulter, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Zachary J. Craig, Velva Major: Mathematics Paula Crock, North Andover, Massachusetts Major: Space Studies Summer Cromwell, Lacey, Washington Major: Special Education Brittany Casiopea Crume, Bellingham, Washington Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Lihue Czackis Leon, Argentina Major: Elementary Education Tanaya Datta, West Bengal, India Major: Computer Science Guilaine Deberry, Montgomery, Alabama Major: Medical Laboratory Science Daniall R. Deis, Grand Forks Major: Special Education Melissa Marie DeVries, Hibbing, Minnesota Major: Nursing Sierra Dawn DeVries, LaMoure Major: Nursing Kahla Alexis Dibich, Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Special Education Kelly Courtney Dickinson, Minot Major: Nursing Amber Renee Donat, Bismarck Major: Special Education Rachel Elizabeth Donoho, Annapolis, Maryland Major: Space Studies Taylor Emily Eck, Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Biology Katie M. Engelmann, Crookston, Minnesota Major: Geography Cheryl Ann Enoch, Trussville, Alabama Major: Elementary Education Rebecca Marie Erdahl, Fargo Major: Special Education Alexa Erdogan, Seattle, Washington Major: Space Studies Jeremy Paul Evenson, Lambert, Montana Major: Kinesiology Aimee Lynn Fanter, Wingina, Virginia Major: Space Studies Karyl Nicole Ferguson, West Richland, Washington Major: Special Education Kimberly Lynn Ford, Cavalier Major: Nursing Bryant C. Friskop, Wahpeton Major: Kinesiology Kaitlin Marie Fulmer, Cottage Grove, Minnesota Major: Higher Education Anne Melby Funk, Winona, Minnesota Major: Nursing Ray William Gardner, Columbia, Tennessee Major: Aviation Kristine Nicole Gayda, Dickinson Major: Nursing Laurie Ann Geddes, Mendota Heights, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Major: Nursing

London McCall Gordon, Sidney, Montana Major: Special Education

Michael Anders Greene, Manistee, Michigan Major: Space Studies

Elizabeth Gromek, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Ellie M. Grooters, Grand Forks

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Kimberly Jo Grugel, West Fargo Major: Special Education

Isaac C. Hale, Grand Forks

Major: Higher Education

Narda Samantha Sophia Hamilton, Grand Forks Major: Technology

Alex Edwin Hastings, Orlando, Florida Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Brittany Jo Haugtvedt, Minot Major: Nursing

Lisa Teri Heitzman, Bismarck Major: Special Education

Morgan A. Herz, Hope

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Andrew Charles Hieber, Stilwell, Kansas Major: Higher Education

Katelyn Michelle Hildebrand, Morden, Manitoba, Canada Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Sarah Kathleen Hill, Barre, Vermont Major: Elementary Education

Amy Elizabeth Hoberg, Roseau, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Erin L. Holman, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Danielle Hoppers, Bel air, Maryland Major: Special Education

Ashley K. Hovde, Wahpeton

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Shannon L. Hughes, Columbus, Georgia Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Cassandra Mae Hunt, Langdon Major: Nursing

Adedayo Oluwafemi Idowu, Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Matthew M. Illies, St. Cloud, Minnesota Major: Geology

Grace M. Irish, Madison, Wisconsin Major: Nursing

Courtney Catherine Jackson, Cloquet, Minnesota Major: Geography

Justin Michael Jaspers, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Major: Nursing

Coralyn Joy Jensen Kurtz, Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Megan Renee Kampa, Eagan, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Kayla Marie Kappel, Rochester, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Bishal Karki, Janakpur, Nepal Major: Civil Engineering

Kathleen Rose Kittridge, Lino Lakes, Minnesota Major: Higher Education

Earl Lynn Klug, Grafton Major: Geography

Emily Marie Knutson, Roseau, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Master of Science, continued

Rebecca Jean Nash, Billings, Montana

Kaci Rae Kostelnik, Aldie, Virginia

Tessa Marie Neether, Williston

Major: Mathematics

Jasmine Nicole Nauls, Missouri City, Texas Major: Early Childhood Education

Major: Special Education Maryann Koziol, Wilmington, Delaware Major: Early Childhood Education Bonnie Jean LaFromboise, Carlton, Minnesota Major: Nursing Abigail Reiss Lane, Los Angeles, California Major: Higher Education Laura Anne Lang, Westminster, Colorado Major: Nursing Charles David Lechtenberg, Faribault, Minnesota Major: Special Education Charity Lee, Houghton, Michigan Major: Special Education Alicia Nicole Leonard, Langhorne, Pennsylvania Major: Early Childhood Education Megan Leonard, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Major: Higher Education Bradley Ramon Lind, Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Nursing Lori Rozalia Loomis, West Fargo Major: Nursing Meghan Macaulay, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Angela Marie Mackner, Mansfield, South Dakota Major: Nursing Jennifer Amy Magpie, Lame Deer, Montana Major: Nursing Kristina Lynne Maki, Hudson, Wisconsin Major: Nursing Holli Lorraine Marquart, Jamestown Major: Nursing Shannoah Lynn May, Grand Forks Major: Nursing Deborah M. McClelland, Plainfield, Illinois Major: Medical Laboratory Science Talus Jonnie McCowan, Manhattan, Kansas Major: Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics Matthew Aldrin McCreary, Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology Tara Lynn McLeran, Grand Forks Major: Early Childhood Education Moira Ann McNichols-Drake, Bismarck Major: Special Education Nicole L. Mears, Fargo Major: Nursing Anna J. Merkens, Ada, Minnesota Major: Nursing Brittany Marie Mildenberger, Bismarck Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Elizabeth Ann Mittet, West Fargo Major: Nursing Ayaan Mohamed, Brantford, Ontario, Canada Major: Nursing Meg Montgomery, Sheridan, Wyoming Major: Special Education Marissa Amber Morris, Rapid City, South Dakota Major: Forensic Psychology Mary Muggli Weimer, Miles City, Montana Major: Nursing Twila J. Mursu, Big Stone City, South Dakota Major: Nursing Callixte Nahimana, Rulindo District, Rwanda Major: Computer Science Stephanie Naoum, Youngstown, Ohio Major: Instructional Design & Technology

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Emily Kaye Nelson, Hawley, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Issac A. Odegard, Grand Forks Major: Mathematics

Alicia May Olson, Winona, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Sarah Marie Olson, Portland Major: Higher Education

Stephanie Ann Olson, Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Mandy Morgan Papke, Bismarck Major: Nursing

Rachel Marie Phelps, Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Jelisa L. Phillippi, Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Special Education

Ivy Joy Phillips, Porac, Pampanga, Philippines Major: Computer Science

Stefano Marano Potter, Grand Forks

Major: Earth System Science and Policy

Rocklynne R. Rakowitz, Yukon, Oklahoma Major: Nursing

Shankar Nag Ramaseri Chandra, Grand Forks Major: Space Studies

Roy Franklin Roach, Hampton, Virginia Major: Higher Education

Stephen M. Robello, Auburn, Washington Major: Aviation

Rachel Victoria Roberts, Grand Forks Major: Space Studies

Jessica M. Rognlien, Fargo Major: Special Education

Wiriyachai Roopkumdee, Bangkok, Thailand Major: Civil Engineering

Courtney Elizabeth Rowan, Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Dylan Ruffra, Louisville, Kentucky Major: Higher Education

Shawn David Sager, Collinsville, Oklahoma Major: Nursing

Sai Swathi Sakhilati, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Space Studies

Katelyn Ione Sanders, Frederick, Maryland Major: Early Childhood Education

Raymond John Sanders IV, Florence, Arizona Major: Space Studies

Cameron J. Santo, Carmichael, California

Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Challsey Faye Scallon, Devils Lake Major: Nursing

AmandaRae Lynn Schenk, Neillsville, Wisconsin Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Susan Marie Schneider, Muskego, Wisconsin Major: Nursing

Andrea Marie Simon, Grand Forks Major: Curriculum & Instruction

Jill Joann Smith, Alvarado, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Shannon Shelby Sniegolski, Tinley Park, Illinois Major: Higher Education

Lindsay Stack, Saco, Maine Major: Higher Education

Jenny Lee Steele, Dickinson Major: Nursing

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Master of Science, continued

Master of Science in Applied Economics

Connie Richele Stockdale, Fresno, California Major: Early Childhood Education

Manoj K. Andhappilly, San Jose, California

Kayla Marie Stremick, Harwood

Major: Applied Economics

Major: Nursing

Kuen Kuen Ho, Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Ashley Renea Stroth, Grand Forks

Major: Applied Economics

Major: Special Education

Yoshie Hayasaka Kim, Dublin, Ohio

Pradin Suinyal Magar, Grand Forks

Major: Applied Economics

Major: Civil Engineering Kevin Michael Sullivan, Clayton, California Major: Space Studies Tehut T. Tefera, Maplewood, Minnesota Major: Nursing Jenna Leigh Thompson, Rugby Major: Nursing Michael Eric Thompson, Rochester, Minnesota Major: Aviation Jennifer Rose Thornton, West Fargo Major: Elementary Education Andrea Marie Todd, Langdon Major: Special Education Eric Fraser Torgerson, Springfield, Illinois Major: Geography Jenna LeAnne Trosvik, Rothsay, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education Shelby Victoria Turck, Devils Lake Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Jessica Michelle Tyson, Fargo Major: Special Education Katelin Nicole Umland, Hudson, Wisconsin Major: Nursing Sarah Joann Van Wyk, Alton, Iowa Major: Nursing Michelle Leigh VanAcker, Mesa, Arizona Major: Medical Laboratory Science Cynthia Nicole Vingelen, Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Nursing Kati J. Visser, Medford, Oregon Major: Medical Laboratory Science Christopher Welch, Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology Lindsey Wellman, Fort Benton, Montana Major: Special Education Emily Marie Westover, Roseau, Minnesota Major: Nursing Kimberly Nicole Williams, Grand Forks Major: Nursing Nicole Rae Woody, Rome, Georgia Major: Early Childhood Education Danielle Lorraine Workman, South Haven, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Leeann Kathleen Yang, Milton, Washington Major: Nursing Benjamin Charles York, Harvard, Illinois Major: Geology Ashley Joann Young, Waseca, Minnesota Major: Special Education Lori Jean Young, Bowesmont Major: Educational Leadership Tyler Andrew Zambino, New Ulm, Minnesota Major: Mathematics Gregory Nelson Zencey, Centennial, Colorado Major: Space Studies Melissa Mary Zwisler, Spooner, Wisconsin Major: Nursing

Jeffrey Brian Leeson, Colorado Springs, Colorado Major: Applied Economics

Jeff Michael Lictao, Pittsburg, California Major: Applied Economics

Jared A Michel, Chesterfield, Missouri Major: Applied Economics

Joseph Charles Pastorino, Winterset, Iowa Major: Applied Economics

Justin Edwin Pavek, Fargo

Major: Applied Economics

Dustin Dean Thompson, Wahpeton Major: Applied Economics

Master of Social Work Lizzette Williams Banini, Eagan, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Nichole Lee Bates, Greenup, Kentucky Major: Social Work

Cheryl Lynn Coleman, Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Major: Social Work

Kedeen Kadia Cummings, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Major: Social Work

Ashley Lorraine Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Christopher John Deery, Fargo Major: Social Work

Kristina Marie Dirk, Mandan Major: Social Work

Anna Christine Erickson, Batavia, Illinois Major: Social Work

Nicole Leeann Fearing, Minot Major: Social Work

Shawna Kaye Fullerton, Pierre, South Dakota Major: Social Work

Michaela Lee Gasca, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Major: Social Work

Jenenne Guffey, Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Bridget Roselyn Hill, Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Erika Rose Holzer, Rapid City, South Dakota Major: Social Work

K. Suzanne Kramer-Brenna, Bismarck Major: Social Work

Sara Marie Krebs, Dickinson Major: Social Work

Clarkton Moore Jr., Wilmington, North Carolina Major: Social Work

Stephanie Dawn Morse, Valley City Major: Social Work

Jessica Marie Naatz, Kasson, Minnesota Major: Social Work

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School of Graduate Studies: Master’s Degrees Anthony Newton Ross, Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Master of Social Work, continued

Major: Social Work

Katherine R. Shelkey, Minot Major: Social Work

Teresa Ruth Nieto, Chamberlain, South Dakota

Paula Marie Soper, Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Ashley Rae Peterson, Fargo

Renaux RyLee Swancutt, Rochester, Minnesota

Dean Allen Rody, Marathon, Florida

Kelly Vanderstoep, Edgerton, Minnesota

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

Major: Social Work

School of Law Kathryn Rand, Dean Juris Doctor

The Juris Doctor degrees of the School of Law were presented at a separate commencement on May 6, 2017, at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. The names were published in a program booklet distributed at the ceremony.

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.

ON THE FRONT COVER: Low-angle light from the rising sun illuminates the Adelphi Fountain near the English Coulee.

The first purely decorative structure on the campus, it was donated to UND in 1905 by the Adelphi Literary Society.

The base is surrounded by three Muses representing creativity and inspiration. The top figure represents the Oracle of Delphi.

Photograph by Richard Larson

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Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors Jack Weinstein, Philosophy and Religion Michael Wittgraf, Music Stephen A. Wonderlich, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

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.

Former faculty members who were honored with Fritz Professorships include: Michael A. Anderegg, English James Antes, Psychology 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 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 Mary Jane Schneider (deceased), Indian 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

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: Michael C. Beard, English Holly Brown-Borg, Basic Sciences Sharon Carson, English 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 Warren Jensen, Aviation 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 Isaac Schlosser, Biology Wayne Seames, Chemical Engineering Santhosh K. Seelan, Space Studies Mary Ann Sens, Pathology William F. Sheridan, Biology Brij Singh, Basic Sciences Roxanne Vaughan, Basic Sciences

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Ceremony for Undergraduate Degrees SATURDAY, MAY 13, — 1:30 P.M.

College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines Gayle Roux, Dean

Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Donald George Adolphson

Chanhassen, Minnesota Major: Community Nutrition

Macy Ann Allaire =

Allison Marie Erdmann ==

Chelseah Peyton Baker

Ciara Danielle Bendixson ===

Sarah Ann Blomquist ==

Daniel C. Cartier

Marina Nicole Boknecht

Na yun Park Chine

Devon James Butz =

Lin Zhang Danowski

Anna Linnea Carlson ==

Sydney Jo Dauenhauer ==

Mckenna L. King ==

Joseph David Deraney ===

April Lynea Miller

Abigail A. Devine

Laura Ann Pietig =

Megan M. Downey

Danielle Paige Rusch ==

Alaina Sandra Durkot =

Hannah Faye Snyder ===

Kayla Marie Ekren

Staci Ann Thingelstad =

Adrienne Marie Freije ==

Grand Forks Major: Dietetics Springfield, Ohio Major: Dietetics

Stewartville, Minnesota Major: Dietetics Grand Forks Major: Dietetics Bismarck Major: Dietetics

Trimont, Minnesota Major: Dietetics Grand Forks Major: Dietetics

Warren, Minnesota Major: Dietetics

Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Dietetics Minot Major: Dietetics

Rogers, Minnesota Major: Dietetics Grand Forks Major: Dietetics

Laura Leigh Waxvik Thompson Major: Dietetics

Abby Dawn Hagle ==

Kathleen Rogan ==

Alexandra Lynn Harris

Jocelyn Drake Ryan ===

Tia Jean Hermanson ==

Zinata Dienge Sango

Eryn L. Hoefs

Kiersten Sauber ===

Jesse Michael Howe ===

Maggie Kristine Scott

Madina Juma Ismail ===

Jenna Lee Severance ==

Andrew J. Janssen

Allison Rose Simon ==

Terra L. Jeral =

Kenneth D. Smith

Sarah Nicole Johnson ==

Tricia Roseann Solinger

Erica Lynn Kahl =

Haley Rae Sorensen

Caitlin Michelle Knoell =

Justine Pearl Sternke

Halie Kaye Kraft ===

Tiffany Michelle Strand =

Abigail Elizabeth Laughlin =

Cassie Joy Thompson ==

Heather M. Mertens =

Shannon Marie Thompson =

Addison Wolfgang Montiel

Susanna G. Trombley =

Hampden Major: Nursing

Oakes Major: Nursing

Amy Marie Bement =

Tori Justine Rhode ==

Delano, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Kaitlyn Gail Awender ===

Emily Grace Allen =

Alissa Marie Groth =

West Fargo Major: Nursing

Olympia, Washington Major: Nursing

Kirsten Lee Azure

Ashley Jo Regnier =

Williston Major: Nursing

Corcoran, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Dietetics

Joshua Randolph Gessler == Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Community Nutrition

Jordan Richard Pokrzywinski =

Mercedes, Texas Major: Nursing

Shelby Nicole Adams === Hawo Hussein Ahmed

Lizette Margarita Garcia-Acosta

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Belcourt Major: Nursing

Caleb Lewis Behm ===

Duluth, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Niagara Major: Nursing

Walukuba, Uganda Major: Nursing

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Williston Major: Nursing

Fargo Major: Nursing

Fosston, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Devils Lake Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Steele Major: Nursing

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Fargo Major: Nursing

Twin Valley, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Arlington, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Elk River, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Maryanne Frumbi Ndetah

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Patrick Olownia =

Watford City Major: Nursing

Sartell, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Edenton, North Carolina Major: Nursing Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Nursing Grand Forks Major: Nursing Mandan Major: Nursing

Andover, Minnesota Major: Nursing Herman, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Nursing Grand Forks Major: Nursing Edgeley Major: Nursing

Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Lino Lakes, Minnesota Major: Nursing Ada, Minnesota Major: Nursing Reynolds Major: Nursing Wahpeton Major: Nursing

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Nursing

West Fargo Major: Nursing

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= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines Bachelor of Science in Nursing, continued

Bachelor of Science in Social Work

Lindsey Wegner ===

Breana Ann Barton

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Rachel Anne Wieland === Casselton Major: Nursing

Tauna Marie Young = Grand Forks Major: Nursing

Brandon M. Yurczyk == Sartell, Minnesota Major: Nursing

Sara F. Heidebrink

Briana Elizabeth Ryba

Emily Nicole Hess

Elizabeth R. Schmit

Devils Lake Major: Social Work Bismarck Major: Social Work

Hailey M. Jutz

Carrington Major: Social Work Minot Major: Social Work

Allison Justine Schwab ==

Devils Lake Major: Social Work

Sarah C. Swanson

Owatonna, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Madeline Leighann Tedford

Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Emily Ann Turk

Cando Major: Social Work

Tania Rene Vilandre

Camano Island, Washington Major: Social Work

Jessica D. Voegele

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Austyn Wasko

Kiana Michelle Leer

Lacey R. Brown

Hutchinson, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Alexander D. Mantey

Jill Helen Burch =

Grand Forks Major: Social Work

Audra Jean Poitra

Callie A. Clark =

Mahnomen, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Lauren Alexandria Reinhardt ==

Marissa Rose Dye

Cottage Grove, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Michaela J. Robertsdahl

Caitlin M. Grabar === New Salem Major: Social Work

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Major: Social Work Major: Spanish

Frazee, Minnesota Major: Social Work

James E. Lang

Erika Ann Brorby

Edgeley Major: Social Work

Lauren Jane Rosenberg

Elk River, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Major: Social Work Minot Major: Social Work Devils Lake Major: Social Work Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Social Work Two Harbors, Minnesota Major: Social Work

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Social Work

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.

The University has contracted the services of Lifetouch Special Events Photography for all commencement ceremonies. This service will provide each graduate with two photos, a posed photo taken when approaching the stage and a second taken when accepting congratulations from the President.

Graduates will receive a message sent to their official UND e-mail address containing a link to the commencement photo proofs. There is no obligation to purchase photographs.

Go to the http://events.lifetouch.com/UND for information about commencement photographs.

Contact Lifetouch Special Events with any questions at specialevents@lifetouch.com, by calling 800.505.9496, Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST, or on their Web site http://events.lifetouch.com/about/contactus.aspx .

Today’s Commencement ceremonies and Celebrate Achievement, the pre-ceremony show that precedes the afternoon Undergraduate Degrees Ceremony, will be broadcast on Grand Forks Cable Channel 3 May 17 through May 22. The Graduate Degrees Ceremony will be shown at 12 noon and 6 p.m. Celebrate Achievement will be shown immediately following the Graduate Degrees Ceremony. The Undergraduate Degrees Ceremony will be shown at 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on each of the replay dates.

Our Commencement ceremonies and Celebrate Achievement are webcast and telecast live on Cable Channel 3 in Grand Forks/East Grand Forks. A free download of the ceremonies and Celebrate Achievement will be available on Vimeo by May 17.

Graduate Degrees Ceremony: https://vimeo.com/213580685 Celebrate Achievement: https://vimeo.com/215514556 Undergraduate Degrees Ceremony: https://vimeo.com/213581272

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John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Paul Lindseth, Dean Joseph J. Elling

Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Brandon Michael Alves

Nicholas Andrew Norby

Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Chandler, Arizona Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Benjamin Emmanuel Flores ==

Seaside, California Major: Commercial Aviation

Justin E. Franz

Michael Koziarz

Willmar, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Joseph J. Gromek

Samuel Kuruvila

Flagler Beach, Florida Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Rui Guo

Sterling Robert Layman =

Michael J. Haglund

Nicole Kay Leingang =

Margaret Mary Heraty

Luc Peter LeVasseur

Charlie Scott Hermes

Nicholas David Libert ==

Daniel R. Hesch

Riley T. Lind

William Henry Hoeft

Joshua Max Ludwin =

Pasadena, California Major: Commercial Aviation Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control

Austin Scott Anderson

Joshua Anthony Barrett

Elkhorn, Wisconsin Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Jacob Arlen Beaver =

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Adam D. Bixler =

New Prague, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Eric Andrew Horton ==

Zachary James Brunig

Scottsdale, Arizona Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

DeForest, Wisconsin Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Daniel Choi

Riverside, California Major: Commercial Aviation

Highland Village, Texas Major: Commercial Aviation

Hurst, Texas Major: Commercial Aviation

Christian C. Dahl ===

Ham Lake, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Richard David

Marika J. Diepenbroek === Brandon Michael Doblar

Luke A. Roberts ==

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Benjamin Alan Rock

Anaheim, California Major: Commercial Aviation Santa Rosa, California Major: Air Traffic Control Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Harrington Park, New Jersey Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Afton, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Eau Claire, Wisconsin Major: Commercial Aviation

Takahito Sano ===

Port Orchard, Washington Major: Commercial Aviation

Michael Christopher Schwartz

Thomas A. McCullough

Jonah Philip Silverstone

Katherine Thea Moore ==

Wayzata, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Brittany Cheyanne Moree =

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control

Highlands Ranch, Colorado Major: Commercial Aviation Nassau, Bahamas Major: Aviation Technology Management

Micah John Sackett

Michael Douglas Masullo

Rochester, New York Major: Commercial Aviation

Busan, South Korea Major: Aviation Technology Management

Austin James Eiter =

Buffalo, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Cameron G. Molnar

Sungdo Jang

Mukwonago, Wisconsin Major: Air Traffic Control

Cody James Reynolds

Seattle, Washington Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Norwegian

Samuel Taylor James

Corona, California Major: Commercial Aviation

Horace Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Grand Forks Major: Commercial Aviation

Dunkirk, Maryland Major: Commercial Aviation

Matthew Alexander Ipolito =

Blaine, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control

Austin Stephen Rennard

Ian Thomas Miller

Andrew Colvin Ingham

Ashley Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Richardton Major: Air Traffic Control

Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Aviation Technology Management

Kyle Stephen Hupfer

Jordan Scott Christianson =

Ryan S. Quibodeaux

Enfield, Connecticut Major: Commercial Aviation

Sparta, Wisconsin Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Libertyville, Illinois Major: Commercial Aviation

Lucas J. Magilke

Alison Lynn Hunt =

Lombard, Illinois Major: Air Traffic Control

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Major: Commercial Aviation

Tyler M. Bolme =

Bismarck Major: Commercial Aviation Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Lake in the Hills, Illinois Major: Air Traffic Control Wahpeton Major: Commercial Aviation

Calvin Joseph Beech

Ramsey, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control

Mound, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Michael Robert Pierce =

Franklin Square, New York Major: Air Traffic Control

Saint Charles, Illinois Major: Commercial Aviation

Francisco Gabriel Octavio

Talon Kenneth Petersen

Bensenville, Illinois Major: Commercial Aviation

Lino Lakes, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Henry Robert Asevedo =

Sylvania, Ohio Major: Air Traffic Control

Nanuet, New York Major: Commercial Aviation

Adam Michael Spurrier

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Lucas Justin Sterzinger =

Maplewood, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control

Alexander Bryan Tally

Ojai, California Major: Commercial Aviation

Philip Mark Thompson === Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Luca Morellini ==

Tokyo, Japan Major: Commercial Aviation

Antonio Miguel Jasso

Cohasset, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

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Jonathan Daniel Olson

Joshua Evan Joy

Newnan, Georgia Major: Air Traffic Control

Chie Andersen ==

Grand Forks Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Nicholas David Jones

Adam Alan Ennis

Uniontown, Pennsylvania Major: Aviation Technology Management

Nicolas L. Johnson

Blackduck, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Fredericksburg, Virginia Major: Commercial Aviation

Groveland, Massachusetts Major: Air Traffic Control

Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Air Traffic Control

Roderick Tyler Nehl

Grand Forks Major: Commercial Aviation

Allen John Ellis

Mohamed M. Abasher

Jonathan S. Joa =

John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics, continued

Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Sciences

William H. Turner VII =

San Francisco, California Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Alexander James Volberding Crystal, Minnesota Major: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operations

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Rebecca Jane Anderson

Michael Thomas Adams

Mark James Bresnahan =

Edwin Lee Carlson =

Oregon City, Oregon Major: Atmospheric Sciences Bloomington, Minnesota Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Matthew Alan Tingum

Grand Forks Major: Computer Science

Jack V. Wolff

Mequon, Wisconsin Major: Commercial Aviation

Brian S. Reimers

Dakota James Feist

Lucas Justin Sterzinger =

Dakota Paul Krout

Nicole Elizabeth Stevens

Richard M. Lee =

Maplewood, Minnesota Major: Atmospheric Sciences Eagan, Minnesota Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Computer Science Major: Mathematics

Grand Forks Major: Computer Science

Brent M. Ellertson

Oakdale, Minnesota Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Jonathan James Sand

Cody Joseph Soderstrom

Michaela Rose Heeren ==

Thomas J. Walsh

Goodrich Major: Computer Science

Park Rapids, Minnesota Major: Computer Science

Cokato, Minnesota Major: Aviation Technology Management

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Ryan Mindt =

Christopher Bingen Santiago Santana =

Courtney Marie Comeau

Ely, Minnesota Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Computer Science

Grand Forks Major: Computer Science

Janelle Laura Hakala ==

Keno Coolidge Walkes ==

Evan A. Marian ===

Grand Forks Major: Computer Science

Grand Forks Major: Computer Science Perham, Minnesota Major: Computer Science Grand Forks Major: Computer Science Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Computer Science

Luck, Wisconsin Major: Computer Science Grand Forks Major: Computer Science

Scott Robert Wolff =

Baldwinsville, New York Major: Atmospheric Sciences

A Special Thank You . . .

For nearly three decades, UND’s Dick Larson has designed program covers for University of North Dakota Commencement ceremonies. Featuring photos of some of UND’s most iconic landmarks and recognizable campus scenes, the program covers have portrayed the beauty of the University while creating lasting, positive memories

with graduates and their guests. During his long UND career, Dick has methodically researched and skillfully written hundreds of biographies, award citations, and historical pieces used in UND’s commencement programs.

Special thanks to you, Dick, for your dedication and legacy of excellence. Best wishes in your retirement!

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School of Medicine and Health Sciences Joshua Wynne, Dean Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training

Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Science

Lea Christine Aaberg

Brianna Suemalie Abrahamson

Derek Scott Anderson

Joyce Grace Anderson

Kathleen Rose Bartuska

Teal P. Bjerk

Blaine A. Birtzer

Hannah Rae Charpentier =

Hannah Kathryn Freden

Alex D. Donadio

Morgan Kirchmeier

Jacob J. Erickson

Sydney Jean Larson

Sarah Elizabeth Hartenstein ===

Hailey A. Lick ==

Masami Torres Hida

Crosby Major: Athletic Training Williston Major: Athletic Training Forest River Major: Athletic Training Eau Claire, Wisconsin Major: Athletic Training Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Athletic Training Phoenix, Arizona Major: Athletic Training Park River Major: Athletic Training Rosholt, South Dakota Major: Athletic Training

Alex Raymond Nagel ==

Meagan Marie Hollis

Lakyn Elizabeth Sandness ==

Jacob Richard Michael Karsten

Stephanie Joy Ann Shimota ==

Kassandra Breanne Kompelien

Temesgen Erabo Sinamo

Jennifer Marie Loff

Amy Elizabeth St. John

James Joshua Mayes

Tori Eve Torok

Amy Marie Oftedahl

Brett M. Vogel

Karissa Cecelia Olson

Kelsey Marie Weber

Karlie Arlene Ostrom

Kelli Jo Williamson =

Connor Thomas Robley

Ashlynn E. Windjue

Longview, Washington Major: Medical Laboratory Science Prescott, Arizona Major: Medical Laboratory Science Badger, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Fertile, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Devils Lake Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Missoula, Montana Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Roseau, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Eagle Bend, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Forest Lake, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Finley Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Bismarck Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Fargo Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Stevenson Ranch, California Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Gwinner Major: Medical Laboratory Science Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science Grand Forks Major: Medical Laboratory Science Rochester, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science Larimore Major: Medical Laboratory Science Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science Devils Lake Major: Medical Laboratory Science Blooming Prairie, Minnesota Major: Medical Laboratory Science Manvel Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Grand Forks Major: Medical Laboratory Science

Grand Forks Major: Athletic Training

Alexandra J. Olson

Ramsey, Minnesota Major: Athletic Training

Amanda M. Tangen ==

Kathryn Major: Athletic Training

Doctor of Medicine

Garrett Robert Thompson Rugby Major: Athletic Training

The Doctor of Medicine degrees of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences will be presented at a separate commencement May 14, 2017, at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. The names will be published in a booklet distributed at the ceremony.

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

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College of Engineering and Mines Hesham El-Rewini, Dean

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Ashley Elizabeth Bohrer

Alexis Mae Cook

Mandan Major: Civil Engineering

Samantha K. Dvorak

Grafton Major: Civil Engineering

Hailey Johnson

Andover, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Bismarck Major: Chemical Engineering

Margaret Mary Kempf

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Keith Michael Korman ===

Wolverton, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Trevor Jacob Lachance

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Erik Shayne Langerud

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Jeremiah Christian David Laue =

Bismarck Major: Chemical Engineering

Bryce Clarence Mathison

Mandan Major: Chemical Engineering

Thaddeus Dylon Messer

Dustin R. Britton

Chandler William Forness Cole B. Lewis

Eric Atley Moe ==

Tanner Jay Pearson =

Wyatt Andrew Peterson

Andres Eduardo Pineda Briceno

Anthony Ryan

Beulah Major: Chemical Engineering

Adam John St. Peter

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Lynnette Renae Steyn

Andover, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Zachary J. Thoma =

Nicole Jean Stadick

Megan Elizabeth Wiens === Peyton M. Zapzalka ===

Angelo Di Pasquale =

Jason Lyle Myrvold

Anthony Jessy Dominguez

Karis Joseph Scharold

Mandan Major: Geological Engineering Bowman Major: Geological Engineering Floodwood, Minnesota Major: Geological Engineering Kennewick, Washington Major: Geological Engineering

Eric John Horton ===

Andover, Minnesota Major: Electrical Engineering

Richard M. Lee =

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Ryan Matthew Maxam =

John Anthony Beckman

Michael Andrew Hoyack ==

Newtown, Connecticut Major: Electrical Engineering

Ray Major: Civil Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Electrical Engineering

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Land O Lakes, Florida Major: Electrical Engineering

Yankton, South Dakota Major: Civil Engineering

Brian Russell Morrow

Richmond, Kentucky Major: Electrical Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Civil Engineering

David W. Mueller

Geneseo, Illinois Major: Electrical Engineering

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Sydney Rose Porter

Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Electrical Engineering

Lancaster, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Kyle Bradley Schoneck ==

Good Thunder, Minnesota Major: Electrical Engineering

Bagley, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Carl Y. Sevigny =

Michael Jeffrey Vanguilder

Timmins, Ontario, Canada Major: Electrical Engineering

Lino Lakes, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Rylan M. Limesand

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Geological Engineering

Bismarck Major: Electrical Engineering

Harrisonville, Missouri Major: Civil Engineering

Fergus Falls, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Trevor Lee Seidel ===

William Martin Chesemore

Jeffrey Lee Gendreau ==

Walhalla Major: Civil Engineering

Chad N. Renken

Shelby Louise Johnson ==

Mount Holly, New Jersey Major: Electrical Engineering

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Fargo Major: Chemical Engineering

Dalen Marcus Schmitz =

John Anthony Beuning ==

Phoenix, Arizona Major: Electrical Engineering

Horace Major: Civil Engineering

Jake D. Perrine

Phillip James Horn ==

Elk River, Minnesota Major: Electrical Engineering

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Stillwater, Minnesota Major: Chemical Engineering

Steven Wayne Roller

Joseph Anthony Aymond ===

Avon, Minnesota Major: Electrical Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Civil Engineering

Jonathan Donald Olson ===

Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Electrical Engineering

Jefferson City, Missouri Major: Civil Engineering

Santa Barbara, Honduras Major: Chemical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Paul D. Simons =

Thomas Stephen Vidmar

San Antonio, Texas Major: Electrical Engineering

Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: Civil Engineering

Surraa Aseffa Tolasa

John M. Wrona

Oromiyaa, Ethiopia Major: Electrical Engineering

Minot Air Force Base Major: Civil Engineering

Brian James Young

Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Electrical Engineering

Austin Lee Alexander

Williston Major: Civil Engineering

Atchison, Kansas Major: Mechanical Engineering

Tyler D. Bentow

Greenbush, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Matthew C. Bjork

Edina, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Donovan S. Blue

Grand Forks Major: Mechanical Engineering

Ryan Walter Bothun

Grand Forks Major: Mechanical Engineering

Christopher S. Breuer

Lake City, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Samuel T. Byer =

Watertown, South Dakota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Jeffrey A. Clark

Blaine, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Colin Lee Cottingham ===

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Noah Richard Danner

Neil Wesley Beachy

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Mylo Major: Civil Engineering

Laramie D. Davies

Miles City, Montana Major: Mechanical Engineering

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College of Engineering and Mines Brenden Joseph LaHaise =

Tylor M. Rasmussen

Ian Bobolia

Benjamin T. Langaas =

Karl J. Raymond

Devin Ray Boltz

Forrest K. Langseth

Nicholas R. Reitmeier

Robert Tyler Breslin

Eveleth, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Rebecca Lee Larson

Jason W. Robbins

Andrew Robie Brown

Stavanger, Norway Major: Mechanical Engineering

Spencer B. Lessard

Avery Schottler

Jonathan Dadzie =

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia Major: Mechanical Engineering

Ty D. Lofstrom

Mohammad Omar Shakir

Joshua Wayne Dahly =

Langdon Major: Mechanical Engineering

Cameron F. Maass

Wade Eugene Steidl =

Harrison Ebsen

Buffalo, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Miles MacGregor

Jacob Michael Thalhuber

Ramadan Elmi Hersi

Appleton, Wisconsin Major: Mechanical Engineering

Shea A. Macgregor

Jorden L. Vinger =

Cody Mitchell Mehrer

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Graham M. Matlock

Patrick John Warren

Joseph L. Rice

Minot Major: Mechanical Engineering

John Robert McWilliams

John Monty Winterroth

Josh Rothe

Bakersfield, California Major: Mechanical Engineering

Alexander Gregory Melhus

Brendan Paul Ydstie ===

Kyle Desmond Sagehadl

Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan R. Narlock

Lucas Thomas Yutrzenka

Abdulkadir Hassan Said

Old Fort, North Carolina Major: Mechanical Engineering

Connor Michael Oberle

Daniel P. Zolik

Jeffrey Blaine Skadeland

Port Orchard, Washington Major: Mechanical Engineering

Preston S. Painter

Dickinson Major: Mechanical Engineering

Subha Pakwan ==

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Major: Mechanical Engineering

Michael Anthony Perpich

Kasson, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Kyle C. Pletan =

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering

Danbury, Wisconsin Major: Mechanical Engineering

Gabriel James Ploof

Mohamad Abdul Sater

Salol, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Alexandre J. Potthast

Caleb Daniel Albertson

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, continued Zachariah Kenneth Dean Kristina Vinje Drevdal Ameen Ibrahim Fadag Jordan E. Fisk = Garret S. Flynn

Aidan Michael Gara

Ryan Michael Gorman == Zachary E. Hatfield =

Chase Allan Hawkins Eric James Herbert

Daniel Patrick Hill =

Christopher Earl Hochstein Peter D. Holli

Matthew John Hrynkiw Benjamin Carl Jager ==

Benjamin Robert Jensen Zachary Earl Johnson Jeremy Ross Kruper

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Mechanical Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Mechanical Engineering

Greenbush, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Fertile, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Minot Major: Mechanical Engineering

Santaquin, Utah Major: Mechanical Engineering

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Corcoran, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Major: Mechanical Engineering

Kerrville, Texas Major: Mechanical Engineering

Fingal Major: Mechanical Engineering

Byron, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Afton, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Zimmerman, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Lewistown, Montana Major: Mechanical Engineering

Roseau, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Delafield, Wisconsin Major: Mechanical Engineering

Apex, North Carolina Major: Mechanical Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Mechanical Engineering

Hillsboro Major: Mechanical Engineering

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Argyle, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Champlin, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Shorewood, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

San Diego, California Major: Petroleum Engineering Belfield Major: Petroleum Engineering Alta Loma, California Major: Petroleum Engineering Houston, Texas Major: Petroleum Engineering Grand Forks Major: Petroleum Engineering Minot Major: Petroleum Engineering Kirkland, Washington Major: Petroleum Engineering Dhuusamareeb, Somalia Major: Petroleum Engineering Minot Major: Petroleum Engineering Williston Major: Petroleum Engineering Hazen Major: Petroleum Engineering Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Petroleum Engineering Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Petroleum Engineering Williston Major: Petroleum Engineering

Ross Heaton Skillman II

College Station, Texas Major: Petroleum Engineering

Grand Forks Major: Mechanical Engineering

Michael Bryan Weatherford =

San Francisco, California Major: Mechanical Engineering Mountain Iron, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering Dickinson Major: Mechanical Engineering Little Falls, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Petroleum Engineering

Baalbek, Lebanon Major: Petroleum Engineering

Windermere, Florida Major: Mechanical Engineering

Minot Major: Petroleum Engineering

Jordan K. Anderson =

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering

Williston Major: Petroleum Engineering

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

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College of Education and Human Development Cindy Juntunen, Dean

Emily Alison Kovach

Lauren E. Theurer ===

Haley Rose Hoffner

Rylee Jae Kula

Brooke N. Umland ==

Matthew Todd Jensen

Catherine Marie Lassonde

Savannah L. Walker ===

McKenzie Claire Jeske

Nicole M. Lawdermilt

Julianna Marie Walsh ==

Brennan M. Kirkeide

Amy Frances Archibald ==

Alyssa K. Lia ==

Zoe Elizabeth Weiler =

Crag A. Brodeur

Kendra Lyn Loch

Mallory A. Crouse ==

Sydney Marie Lund

Bachelor of Science in Education Melanie Alexander === Omaha, Nebraska Major: Science

Bailey A. Amstrup ===

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education West Fargo Major: Elementary Education Grand Forks Major: Elementary Education Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Stephanie Elise Davison

Hibbing, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Karlie J. Nelson

Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Composite Social Studies Education

Samantha Ann Olson

Grand Forks Major: Elementary Education

Jacob Andrew Guthmiller

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Benjamin Russ Harris =

Dundee, Illinois Major: Middle Level Education

Darian J. Hedland ==

Jenna T. Jacob =

Cooperstown Major: Early Childhood Education

Emily Nicole Jerome

Roseau, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Allison J. Kennedy ===

Grand Forks Major: Elementary Education

Madison Alexandra Koenig === Page Major: Elementary Education

Alexis E. Koerbitz ===

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Christopher J. Andrews = Eveleth, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Natasha Rose Azure =

Lake Shore, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Rockford, Michigan Major: Kinesiology

Blaine A. Birtzer

Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Strum, Wisconsin Major: Kinesiology

Addie M. Onchuck ==

Tanner Drew Burgau

Wahpeton Major: Elementary Education

Sebeka, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Kaycie Renae Palesch ==

Caulien Antonio Cockley

Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education Major: Middle Level Education

Thompson, Manitoba, Canada Major: Kinesiology

Jacob William Disterhaupt

Ashley Nicole Prescott

Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology

Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Alex J. Robertson

Grafton Major: Elementary Education

Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Glenwood, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Jenna Kay Hills =

Karynn M. Adams =

Orcutt, California Major: Elementary Education

Kari Lynn Rivard ===

Mariah Faith Heieie

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology

Minot Major: Elementary Education

Hatton Major: Elementary Education

Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology Bismarck Major: Kinesiology

Greenbush, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Lexi Mary Larson ==

Long Prairie, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Sydney Jean Larson

Andrew David Lautner

Grand Forks Major: Elementary Education Major: Middle Level Education

Joseph H. Mollberg =

Devils Lake Major: Kinesiology

Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology

Kimball, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Hermantown, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Brittany R. Godward ==

Sartell, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Allie Rae McMann

Kathryn Mary Eggert

Worden, Montana Major: Elementary Education Major: Middle Level Education

Grand Forks Major: Early Childhood Education Major: Elementary Education

Minot Major: Elementary Education

Katie A. Dye =

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Grand Forks Major: Elementary Education

Chyna R. Lynner =

Michaela Sue Dougherty

Wadena, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Waverly, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Minot Major: Elementary Education

Kayla Elise Dembek ==

Grand Forks Major: Science

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Erika Joyce Ettl

Roxas, Palawn, Philippines Major: Kinesiology

Argyle, Minnesota Major: Early Childhood Education

Katrina M. Evans

Arden Hills, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Composite Social Studies Education

Breyleigh Sean Gegelman Killdeer Major: Kinesiology

Jaclyn Elizabeth Sand

Grand Forks Major: Elementary Education Major: Early Childhood Education

Danielle K. Grant

Santa Cruz, California Major: Kinesiology

Kelsey Marie Schillo

Jordan Leigh Hampton

Beach Major: Science

Hermantown, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Kate Anna Schoenborn ==

Katie Alyssa Hanson

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education

Argusville Major: Kinesiology

Rebecca N. Spear ==

Neil Carlyle Henrickson

Bismarck Major: Elementary Education

Ulen, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Hannah K. Steagall ==

Rugby Major: Elementary Education

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Major: Kinesiology

Joshua Dean Loken

Fargo Major: Kinesiology

Alyssa Marie Lueck == Walworth, Wisconsin Major: Kinesiology

Emily Ann Lundby === Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology

Dayton C. Marek

Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology

Alex Raymond Nagel == Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology

Rachel L. Nelson

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Hailey Christine Pavlak Mahtomedi, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Evan Pederson

Tioga Major: Kinesiology

Marissa Erin Rahlf

Kasson, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Curtis P. Regan

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Tajreed E. Rich, Jr.

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Jamie Lynn Ronning === Valley City Major: Kinesiology

Warren A. Ross

Eveleth, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Austin Michael Salyer Grand Forks Major: Kinesiology

Carly Jo Elizabeth Schroer === Pierre, South Dakota Major: Kinesiology

Keith A. Shaughnessy Northome, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

College of Education and Human Development Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, continued Hunter Wayne Soli

Walhalla Major: Kinesiology

Lauren A. Swanson == Mentor, Minnesota Major: Kinesiology

Bachelor of Science in Public Health Education

Bachelor of Science in Rehabilitation & Human Services

Brooke Nicole Riendeau

Miranda C. Bostad ==

Grand Forks Major: Public Health Education

Grand Forks Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Anna L. Byro

Kimber Lei Weathersby Tioga Major: Kinesiology

Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Bachelor of Science in Recreation & Tourism Studies

Melissa Marie Heilman

Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Samantha Marie Vaillancourt

Faribault, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Molly N. Witthauer

Jamestown Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Rachel Rose Yarusso ===

Lake Elmo, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Lindsey R. Young =

Grand Forks Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Anna Marjory Yurrick ==

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Kimisean Marie Liggett ==

Chicago, Illinois Major: Rehabilitation & Human Services

Jennifer Ann Croy =

Cooperstown Major: Recreation & Tourism Studies

Steven William Flis

Smithfield, Rhode Island Major: Recreation & Tourism Studies

College of Business and Public Administration Steve Light, Dean

Bachelor of Accountancy Jacob Michael Ahles

Andover, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Gabriel Alvarado

Devils Lake Major: Accountancy

Macy J. Anderson === Eagle Lake, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Eric M. Antonson =

Northwood Major: Accountancy

Zsofia Anna Barandi === Budapest, Hungary Major: Accountancy

Joshua David Beehler Grand Forks Major: Accountancy

Kasey Jean Bosch =

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Jalen Steven Braden

Ryan M. Brown

James Bradley Gabrielson

Grant Dennis Mackenthun

Luis A. Calvo =

Nathan Richard Haechrel =

Jordan K. Mayer ==

Eric Donald Christensen ===

Mitchell Dion Hersch

Sanghyeon Park ==

Britten Grace Croves ===

Daniel David Johnson ==

Tyler Jon Schaefer

Eric Scott Dennison

Danielle Novelle Kloek ===

Matthew Mark Schultz

Jeffrey David Dennison

Kelsey E. Kluver

Michael Christopher Schwartz

Bradley R. Engels

Brett S. Kosel =

Kyle Leroy Simonson ==

Alex Kay Firman

Kelcy Kaye Landa

Vanessa Christine Flanagan ==

Andrew Robert Lieser =

Lino Lakes, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Tampa, Florida Major: Accountancy

Corcoran, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Wahpeton Major: Accountancy

Mandan Major: Accountancy

Casselton Major: Accountancy

Blaine, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Grand Forks Major: Accountancy

Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Grand Forks Major: Accountancy

Litchfield, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Andover, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Sartell, Minnesota Major: Accountancy Steele Major: Accountancy Grand Forks Major: Accountancy Grand Forks Major: Accountancy Grand Forks Major: Accountancy Sylvania, Ohio Major: Accountancy Andover, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Grand Forks Major: Accountancy

Edinburg Major: Accountancy

Savage, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Williston Major: Accountancy

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= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

College of Business and Public Administration Bachelor of Accountancy, continued

Lianna Faye Slabodnik Williston Major: Accountancy

Madeline Rose Smith == Fargo Major: Accountancy

Patrick Dillon Smith Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Sophia J. Anderson

Austin Allen Burwick

Andrew Patrick Ashe =

Tyler J. Capocasa

Gage Lee Ausmus

Hannah Rae Carlson

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Beulah Major: Management

Richmond, Vermont Major: Aviation Management

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Investments

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Management

Bismarck Major: Entrepreneurship Major: Management

Nicole Marie Babrowski =

Oak Lawn, Illinois Major: Information Systems

Trevin Christian Casinader

Grand Forks Major: Human Resource Management

Luke William Cassell

Bailey R. Bakke

Alex McKenzie Batcher

Robert Anthony Cerza

Sasilak Suriwong === Bangkok, Thailand Major: Accountancy

David Joseph Talley

Oxbow Major: Accountancy

Brandon John Tofte

Devils Lake Major: Accountancy

Kathryn Nicole Trygg Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Tyler Aaron Tweit

Savage, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Kaitlyn M. Gottbreht

Benson, Minnesota Major: Entrepreneurship

Thomas Robert Corey

Joshua Cole Gratton

Fargo Major: Investments Major: Honors Program

Chad James Dahlquist

Conniel Rasheem Green =

Brooke Deidre Darling =

Amy Louise Greenwood

Carter L. Denison

Alexis M. Guggisberg

Hermantown, Minnesota Major: Management White Bear Lake, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Tyler S. Bergman

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Management

Brandon Cole Beyer =

Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Investments

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Langdon Major: Marketing

Chaska, Minnesota Major: Entrepreneurship

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

Brandon Michael Doblar

Hagerstown, Maryland Major: Marketing

Mukwonago, Wisconsin Major: Management

Tate James Bollingberg

Brandon Christopher Dorn

Grand Forks Major: Banking & Financial Economics

Elishka M. Alberto West Fargo Major: Marketing

Sophie Elizabeth Allen-Fisher = Swanbourne, Australia Major: Business Economics

Lindsey Ray Anderson Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Mitchell S. Anderson

Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Major: Airport Management & Information Systems

Madison Jane Cook

Thomas Clayton Blake

Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

Julian Shang Zhi Gan ==

Upsala, Minnesota Major: Management

Albertville, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Gregory Mitchell Zebro ==

Mohamed M. Abasher

Shoreview, Minnesota Major: Major Investments Grand Forks Major: Entrepreneurship

Christopher Robert Bell

Gavin P. Bjorklund

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Eric James Frieler

Liz K. Gorans

Kameron Jay Wingenbach

Oak Grove, Minnesota Major: Accountancy

Rapid City, South Dakota Major: Human Resource Management

Alexander Comstock

Derek Joseph Biebel

Grand Forks Major: Accountancy

Hallock, Minnesota Major: Marketing

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Robert Brian Whalen Grand Forks Major: Accountancy

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

Lino Lakes, Minnesota Major: Investments

Zelai Chen

Nicole Renae Beito

Tyler William Follis

Paige Kathleen Frederiksen

John Andrew Storebo ==

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

West Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Banking & Financial Economics

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

John Colin Cassidy

Finley Major: Accountancy

John Ryan Foley

Jordan Curtis Forfang

Jason Maynard Barta Grand Forks Major: Investments

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting

Grand Forks Major: Aviation Management

Aja Mary Steinfeldt

Green Bay, Wisconsin Major: Accountancy

Zachary Ray Finger

Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Langdon Major: Entrepreneurship

Newark, New Jersey Major: Information Systems Victoria, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Glenwood, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Jason Allen Gunvalson

Willmar, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Rui Guo

Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Management

Jon Allen Haaven

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Major: Management

Joseph D. Hackman ===

Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Investments

Corbyn J. Hahn

Mariah Nicole Eilertson

Jacob S. Breidenbach

Dunseith Major: Management

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Entrepreneurship

Gary Austin Dunn

Taylor Rose Bovee

Willmar, Minnesota Major: Management

Saint Charles, Illinois Major: Aviation Management Grand Forks Major: Investments

Grand Forks Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting

Jake D. Eischens

Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Management

Jaclyn Rene Ellis

Wahpeton Major: Management

Benjamin John Feeney

Sawyer Robert Hanson

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

Julianna Nicole Fennacy

Alexander James Harvey

Tyler R. Fern

Shane A. Herman =

Vincent G. Brown

Anchorage, Alaska Major: Marketing

Grant Michael Bruesch

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Management

Ryan A. Bruno

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Alexander Burch

Grand Forks Major: Marketing Major: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

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Hannaford Major: Investments

Grand Forks Major: Human Resource Management Keller, Texas Major: Marketing

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Management

Bismarck Major: Information Systems

Cortney Paige Hilton

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Marketing

College of Business and Public Administration Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, continued

Ashley Christina Hoover Roseville, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Kristy A. Horne Dunn Littlefork, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Ericka Lynn Hughes Fargo Major: Marketing

Syed Muneeb Hyder

Bismarck Major: Airport Management

Emmanuel N. Jinor

Grand Forks Major: Human Resource Management Major: Information Systems

Jeffrey W. Johnke

Grand Forks Major: Marketing

Brandon Kyle Jones

Rochelle, Illinois Major: Information Systems

Brady Austin Kovarik

Daniel Myers Onofryton

Dominik J. Kraemer

Thomas James O'Sadnick

Brett Alan LaMotte

Josey L. Page

Phoenix, Arizona Major: Aviation Management

Park River Major: Business Economics Brainerd, Minnesota Major: Business Economics Centerville, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

Kyle W. Sabol

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain

Ham Lake, Minnesota Major: Aviation Management

Emili del Carmen Santana Garcia

Carrington Major: Marketing Major: Management

Luke J. Schields ==

Grand Forks Major: Aviation Management Dickinson Major: Entrepreneurship

Austin Daniel Pakola

Samuel J. Schminski

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Aviation Management

Xinding Pan =

Christian Joseph Schmuck

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Management

Victoria Rose Pappenfus

Mackenzie Leigh Schock

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Investments

Steven E. Patton

Brittany A. Secord

Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Phillip J. Paulson

Jazzmyn M. Sikich

Mounds View, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Nicolas Steven Pecho

Kyle Devin Simon

Fargo Major: Human Resource Management

Ryan J. Pecka

Buffalo, Minnesota Major: Management

Bailey Penas

Olivia Lynn Landborg

Spicer, Minnesota Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting

Ham Lake, Minnesota Major: Entrepreneurship

Jeremy Blaise Laurel =

PingHu, China Major: Business Economics

Alexander John Lenertz

Foley, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Joshua Michael Lerud =

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Information Systems

Andrew Scott Levinsohn

Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Management Major: Marketing

Gino R. Lucarelli

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Information Systems

Alexis Renae Lynn

Forest Lake, Minnesota Major: Banking & Financial Economics Chicago, Illinois Major: Airport Management Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Management Grand Forks Major: Marketing

West Fargo Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting Chanhassen, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting

Jordan Sarah Jean Slaughter

Greenbush, Minnesota Major: Management Major: Entrepreneurship

Jared Michael Sorlien

Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Connor B. Jones

Phillip Lyrek

Nicholas Daniel Jones

Chris Mackey

Larissa Marie Juelich

Jeffrey S. Martin

Kaitlin Marie Pergolizzi

Patrick J. Stadum

Paul Duane McCullough

Jake T. Peterson

Maari Leigh Stocker

Parker, Colorado Major: Airport Management

Travis A. Miller

Tucker A. Poolman

Ada, Minnesota Major: Management

Taylor A. Milner

Brian Robert Porter

Sartell, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

Peter Kenneth Monsrud

Shoreview, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Chanhassen, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management Major: Marketing

Christopher W. Kannawin == Jessica L. Kappes == Alex Robert Karpel

Samuel Joseph Kertzman

Carver, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

Daniel Dohyun Kim

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Entrepreneurship

Kayla Lynn Kipf

Watkins, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Derek Allen Klein

Two Harbors, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Information Systems

Grand Forks Major: Entrepreneurship Bismarck Major: Entrepreneurship Dickinson Major: Management

Rugby Major: Investments

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

Madeline Marie Sullivan

Waconia, Minnesota Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

Evan J. Taylor

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Dickinson Major: Management

Caitlin M. Rasmusson

Celina Victoria Thompson

Faribault, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

Lauren A. Robb

Taylor Ann Todd

Isanti, Minnesota Major: Management

Nickolas Pius Roehrich

Hawley, Minnesota Major: Management

Jonathon Duy Ross

Champlin, Minnesota Major: Entrepreneurship

Wade P. Ross

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Aberdeen, South Dakota Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting

Cody Morsching

Pequot Lakes, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Chad W. Neifert

West Fargo Major: Business Economics

Blair Matthew Nelson ==

San Diego, California Major: Aviation Management

Matthew Joseph Newell

North Oaks, Minnesota Major: Business Economics

Francisco Gabriel Octavio

Mayville Major: Marketing

Braeden A. Ohman

KayCee Ellen Koster

Mokena, Illinois Major: Airport Management

Cottage Grove, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Grand Forks Major: Management

Eveleth, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management Major: Managerial Finance & Accounting

Mound, Minnesota Major: Aviation Management Grand Forks Major: Management

Dalton Arthur Roth

Oak Creek, Wisconsin Major: Aviation Management

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Andover, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Major: Marketing Major: Management

Ryan D. Tveit

Sartell, Minnesota Major: Human Resource Management

Katelyn Nicole Twamley = Drayton Major: Marketing Major: Management

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

College of Business and Public Administration Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, continued

Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design Technology

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology

Bachelor of Science in Public Administration

Margaret Adele Unzen

Alexander J. Anderson

Tanner B. Alberts

Spencer L. Halvorson ==

Collin Axdahl

Jed Russell Hanson

Brandon Lee Brandt

Crystal Lenea Nickles

Moose Lake, Minnesota Major: Management

Cody Michael Valley

Forest Lake, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Natalie Grace Wawczak Glen Ellyn, Illinois Major: Marketing

Brett T. Westgard

Parshall Major: Management

Lydia Irene Wiff =

Cologne, Minnesota Major: Airport Management

Hope Sandra Wright = Jamestown Major: Management

Yi Yang

Grand Forks Major: Business Economics Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

Tyler John Zak

Little Falls, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Gregory Mitchell Zebro == Oak Grove, Minnesota Major: Marketing

Grand Forks Major: Graphic Design Technology

Grand Forks Major: Industrial Technology

Elisha Cabigting Bonifacio =

Devils Lake Major: Industrial Technology

Angeles City, Philippines Major: Graphic Design Technology

Excelsior, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

Chandler Mae Boyd

Scandia, Minnesota Major: Graphic Design Technology

Samantha Marie Buhl

Jamestown Major: Industrial Technology

Blaine K. Durward ==

Aric J. Glaser

Trenton Major: Graphic Design Technology

Prescott, Wisconsin Major: Industrial Technology

Jesse Ray Hiti

Kelsey Marie Erickson

Eveleth, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

Farmington, Minnesota Major: Graphic Design Technology

William J. Klinke

Erskine, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

Austin R. Fournier

Dickinson Major: Graphic Design Technology

Tyler James Larson

Rugby Major: Industrial Technology

Daniel Christopher Hill =

Michael Brian Lenselink

Midland, Michigan Major: Graphic Design Technology

Edina, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

Christa A. Lindlauf

Sijia Li

Fargo Major: Industrial Technology

Grand Forks Major: Graphic Design Technology

Taylor Joseph McLean

Greenbush, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

Andrew H. McCreary

Grand Forks Major: Graphic Design Technology

Spencer Price Patterson

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

Mackenzie Leigh Schock

Zackary A. Vacura

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Graphic Design Technology

Greenbush, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

William Henry Walker

Nicholas Thompson

Hayfield, Minnesota Major: Industrial Technology

Grand Forks Major: Graphic Design Technology

Andrew R. Wangler

Bismarck Major: Industrial Technology

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Devils Lake Major: Public Administration Argusville Major: Public Administration Byron, Minnesota Major: Public Administration

College of Arts and Sciences Debbie Storrs, Dean Bachelor of Arts Julia Virginia Anderson =

Stephanie M. Frey ===

Jordan Russell Hjelle

Thompson, Manitoba, Canada Major: French

Mary R. Gabrelcik

Carolyn Elisabeth Holmgren

Carrington Major: Social Science

Yuting Gan

Savage, Minnesota Major: English

Allysia Margarette Gapp

Stephanie Sharon Clarke Caulien Antonio Cockley

Grand Forks Major: Social Science

Nathan John Gordon Collins ===

Streeter Major: Social Science

Emily Jean Comstock =

Bismarck Major: Music

Sarah Ashley Cortez

Venturia Major: History Major: Honors Program

Jacob Hurst Crane =

Dana Jane Baasch

Zachary David Becker Elisabeth Joy Bender ==

Madison Marie Berns

Oklee, Minnesota Major: Philosophy & Religion: Philosophy

Ryan J. Bieber =

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Economics

Trista Joan-Ann Bjerk

Bottineau Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Paige Alexandra Blanchard Fargo Major: Communication Major: Honors Program

Madison Bowsher

Grand Forks Major: Political Science Major: History

Cooperstown Major: Visual Arts

Cassia Lorain Goodwin

Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Megan M. Gowan ==

Redmond, Washington Major: Communication

Joshua Cole Gratton

Adam Kenneth Johnson

Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Communication

Elizabeth Mary Gruenke =

Aundrea Shae Otto Johnson

Grand Forks Major: Anthropology

Zafrin Laura Gul

Connor Lucas Johnson

Hoople Major: Psychology

Jed Russell Hanson

Daniel David Johnson ==

Grand Forks Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Elizabeth Jane Harris ===

Katelyn Michelle Johnson ===

Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Honors Program

Sarah Mary Hart ===

Kayla Marie Johnson

Oakes Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Michaela Rose Heeren ==

Jennifer A. Croy = Chelsea M. Cyert

Caitlin Marie Dahl =

Lake Elmo, Minnesota Major: Sociology

Kourtney Dawn Carr ==

Beulah Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Bethany Jean Carrothers Starkweather Major: Communication

Miguel A. Cerriteno

Las Vegas, Nevada Major: Communication

Benjamin George Jacob

Brainerd, Minnesota Major: Communication

Erika Ann Jeppesen

Helena, Montana Major: Psychology

Luke F. Jirik

Cando Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Mary Elizabeth Johanson ==

Argusville Major: Political Science

Fergus Falls, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Economics

Breckenridge, Minnesota Major: Music Major: English

Brando Henneman

Sequim, Washington Major: Social Science

Briseida Estrada

Grand Forks Air Force Base Major: Psychology

Margaret Mary Heraty

Fargo Major: Psychology

Jordan Payton Hermes

Bismarck Major: Philosophy & Religion: Philosophy Major: Music

Lindsey K. Heupel

Lake In The Hills, Illinois Major: Spanish

Briana Rose Farnsworth =

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Major: Communication

Caleb Abram Faul ===

Aryana Marie Fertig =

Haily Morgan Citrowske ===

Elizabeth Ryan Fiddler

Canby, Minnesota Major: Communication

Cando Major: Communication

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Communication

Emmy Florence Erbes ===

William Martin Chesemore Elk River, Minnesota Major: Theatre Arts

Esther LaCetta Insley

Eagan, Minnesota Major: English

Kenzie Marie Dorsher

Erica Jae Entzminger ==

Key West, Florida Major: Social Science

Langdon Major: Music

Danielle Jean DelGreco ==

Tanya Jo Butler

Drew M. Campbell =

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Social Science

Benjamin Daniel Godfrey

Kathryn Mary Eggert

Stillwater, Minnesota Major: Communication

Quinton Lee Hooker

Casselton Major: Spanish

Britten Grace Croves ===

Michael Edwin Burstein

Cameron James Campbell

Saint Joseph, Michigan Major: Communication Major: Sociology

Emily Ruth Gibbens ==

Nathan McCabe Dunham

Grand Forks Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Walhalla Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Jamie Lynn Holmgren

Camden, Maine Major: History

Dustin R. Britton

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Communication

Guangzhou, China Major: Economics

Grand Forks Major: Communication Major: Political Science

Clive Calton Georges

Courtney Marie Duff

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Honors Program

Fridley, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Hillsboro Major: Philosophy & Religion: Religion

Atascadero, California Major: Psychology

Sara E. Brent

Lake in the Hills, Illinois Major: History

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Major: Psychology

Ashley Major: Communication

Joshua Daniel Hines

Brush Prairie, Washington Major: Communication

Grand Forks Major: Communication

Kaitlyn R. Hirvela ==

Bismarck Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

West Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Communication

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Aitkin, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Waconia, Minnesota Major: Political Science

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Major: Visual Arts Savage, Minnesota Major: English

Bismarck Major: Psychology

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Economics Glenwood, Minnesota Major: Spanish

Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: Communication Blaine, Minnesota Major: French

Hazen Major: Norwegian

Grand Forks Major: Communication

Nicolas L. Johnson

Fredericksburg, Virginia Major: International Studies

Sydney Dawn Johnson === Grafton Major: Anthropology

Mary Elizabeth Kacher Willmar, Minnesota Major: Sociology

Brady J. Kappes

Oxbow Major: Communication

Danai Kerbaugh ==

Annandale, Minnesota Major: Communication Major: Sociology

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts, continued Samantha Jade Kerner Dickinson Major: Visual Arts

Derek Allen Klein

North Oaks, Minnesota Major: Spanish

Alexis Brooke Kleinschmidt === Cottage Grove, Minnesota Major: Anthropology

Christina M. Klepperich Fargo Major: Visual Arts

Hannah L. Knutson =

Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Ekram Abdulrahman Kofiah ===

Scott Thomas LeMire

Haley L. Olson

Carson Raymond Shanks

Alexandra Elyse Liffrig ==

Allison J. Osowski ==

Amanda Joy Sheets =

Kimberlee Jade Lizakowski == Laguna Niguel, California Major: Communication

Jenna M. Paintner =

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Victoria Rose Pappenfus

Mandan Major: Social Science

Sandra Kay Kruse ===

Drake Major: English Major: Honors Program Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Karlee Renae Laframboise Bismarck Major: Psychology

Dana Gayle Lagard Larson Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Jessica Lancaster ==

Grand Forks Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Lauren N. Land

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Sydney Marie Landstrom

Andover, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Brian Gary Lankow

Brookings, South Dakota Major: Communication

Daniel J. Lauer

St. Stephen, Minnesota Major: Communication

Daniel J. Ptacnik =

St. Michael, Minnesota Major: Communication

Mikayla Mary Rassmussen

Edina, Minnesota Major: Communication

Chelsie Jo Ravnaas

Grand Forks Major: English

Alexander J. Reed

Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Communication

Paige E. Rieger

Barnesville, Minnesota Major: Sociology

Alex J. Robertson

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Ashley Mae Roller

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Communication

Walker Joseph Romens =

Minnetonka Major: Communication

Council Bluffs, Iowa Major: Psychology Grand Forks Major: Psychology East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: History

Holly C. Mezeski

Dilworth, Minnesota Major: English

Peter Kenneth Monsrud

Edina, Minnesota Major: Communication

Nicole L. Morell

Keewatin, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Weston Michael Romens Edina, Minnesota Major: Communication

Gavin Michael Nadeau

Belcourt Major: American Indian Studies Major: History

Nadia Lie Sabkar

Mandan Major: Geology

Luke J. Schields ==

Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Communication

Merissa Rae Schroeder

Harvey Major: English

Katherine Elizabeth Sears

Magnolia, Texas Major: Social Science

Nicole A. Seidel

Champlin, Minnesota Major: Communication

Precious DeeLove Sennie

Edvard Myhres, Norway Major: Communication

Christopher Neubauer

Lloyd Allen Norstedt =

James J. Lecy

Fargo Major: Psychology

Brooke Michelle Meyer

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Major: Philosophy & Religion: Philosophy Hudson, Wisconsin Major: Psychology

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Amy K. Menke

Megan Nicole Noack

Kimberly R. Layman

Gwinner Major: Psychology

Lauren Irene McMillan ==

Dickinson Major: French

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Communication Maddock Major: Communication

Michael Timothy Nowland

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Communication

Jenna R. Oakden

Palmdale, California Major: French

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Nanuet, New York Major: Spanish

Lianna Faye Slabodnik Williston Major: Music

Talon John Stammen =

Oakes Major: Anthropology Major: Honors Program Major: Classical Studies

Charles Kirk McComber

Jonah Philip Silverstone

Belcourt Major: Psychology Major: American Indian Studies

Alexandra J. Ptacek ===

Andrew M. McCarthy

Fargo Major: Psychology

Marisa Sorensen

Tori Lynn Plant

Grand Forks Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Raechelle Victoria Sickels

Rockford, Minnesota Major: Communication

Chyna R. Lynner = Minot Major: Spanish

Jamestown Major: International Studies

Abby Kathryn Smith

Katelynn Marie Pedersen

Baxter, Minnesota Major: Social Science

Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Communication

Belcourt Major: Psychology Major: Indian Studies

Christopher Jacob Lundgren

Nisswa, Minnesota Major: Communication

Nathan M. Lavoie

Kylie J. Parisien

Fort Yates Major: Psychology Major: American Indian Studies

Daniel John Marvin

Patrick N. Kramer

Foley, Minnesota Major: Communication

Maia O. Lunde

Dayton, Minnesota Major: Communication Edina, Minnesota Major: Communication

Grand Forks Major: Communication

Bethany Katherine Loyd

Abbi K. Machart

Robert Benjamin Koop

Minto Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Prior Lake, Minnesota Major: English

Grand Forks Major: Philosophy & Religion: Philosophy

Rachel Jayne Kolstad

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: English

Blaine, Minnesota Major: Communication

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Communication Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Communication Grand Forks Major: Honors Program

Tori Stanek

Riverton, Wyoming Major: Communication

Erica T. Staton

Litchfield, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Kaitlyn M. Stewart

Little Falls, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Kari Ann Strandberg

North Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Communication

Jesse R. Stricker Grand Forks Major: English

Amanda J. Sturgeon

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: Communication

Danielle Renee Tate

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Communication

Marion Michele Celine Thomas Saint Hymer, France Major: International Studies Major: Spanish

Erica G. Thune ==

Bismarck Major: Psychology

Jordi Jelaine Tiffany =

Baldwin, Wisconsin Major: Communication

Kweweli S. Togba-Doya == Monrovia, Liberia Major: Economics

Erik Von Trusdell == Northwood Major: Sociology

Samantha Rose Twite Jordan, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Maren Dawn Vangsness Minot Major: Communication

Tailer Varud ==

Mandan Major: Psychology

Victoria Jean Vollmer Mansfield, Ohio Major: Psychology

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts, continued Gabrielle S. Walberg Grand Forks Major: Visual Arts

Andrea M. Watkins ==

LaMoure Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Joseph Guy Picardi =

Alison Jean Host

Roxanna Safdia

Ashley Susanne Restemayer ==

Taylor Ann Hought

Ciarrin Marie Sailer ===

Alyssa I. Tweed ===

Natalie Mae Jennings ===

Karol M. Santistevan

Ashley K. Jobe ===

Jamie Chanel St. Germain =

Michaela Marie Johnson

Jamie L. Schacht =

Karyssa Jeanne Kimery =

Jerrica Bridgette Thiel

Hilary Marie Kjera

Joshua Thiemann

Korto Maneena Kpetay

Hailey A. Tollefson

Sydney Krause Larson ===

Joanna Mariah Yutrzenka =

Saint Cloud, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Andover, Minnesota Major: Musical Theatre

Foxhome, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Fargo Major: Musical Theatre

Casper, Wyoming Major: General Studies

Reynolds Major: Graphic Design/New Art Media

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Bruce Michael Welle

Sauk Centre, Minnesota Major: Communication

John Kenneth Westhoff

Bachelor of General Studies

Jenna Carrie Wheeler

Thomas R. Barrett

Shoreview, Minnesota Major: Communication Thompson Major: Psychology

Megan Elizabeth Wiens === Grand Rapids, Minnesota Major: Spanish

Kyla K. Willingham == Enid, Oklahoma Major: History

LaJaun Willis

Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Sociology Major: Communication Major: Philosophy & Religion: Philosophy

Natalie Joy Wood =

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Anna Marie Woodcock

Rosemount, Minnesota Major: Communication

Derrick Thomas Yeager Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Grand Forks Major: General Studies Gillette, Wyoming Major: General Studies Fairbanks, Alaska Major: General Studies

St. Louis Park, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Monrovia, Liberia Major: General Studies

Benjamin Aaron Becher Horace Major: General Studies

Hazen Major: General Studies

Blaire Elizabeth Beecham

Crookston, Minnesota Major: Visual Arts Major: English

Matthew J. Borgerson

Grand Forks Major: Graphic Design/New Art Media

Vitoria Folletto Faccin ===

Sao Borja, Brazil Major: Graphic Design/New Art Media

Shawn G. Marshall

Burlington Major: Graphic Design/New Art Media

Casper, Wyoming Major: General Studies Fargo Major: General Studies Oronoco, Minnesota Major: General Studies Glenwood, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Dodge Center, Minnesota Major: General Studies Beulah Major: General Studies Argyle, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Chandler Allen Lauridsen

Kenmare Major: General Studies

John Brian LeClerc =

Fertile, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Mallory Alice Manecke

Bachelor of Music

Aurora, Colorado Major: General Studies

Jolene Teresa Marsh

Chantell Blayne Aaker

Wahpeton Major: General Studies

Casey Clyde Bennett

Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Emilea Grace Berhow

Fosston, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Roderick E. Bernstine

Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Zachary R. Bohn ==

Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Julia Marie McBrien

Beulah Major: General Studies

McKay Lee McNair

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Ann Bosch ===

Clovis, California Major: General Studies

Natalie Faye Buck ===

Oakes Major: General Studies

Erika T. Moderow ===

Fargo Major: General Studies

Kyle C. Mooney

Wing Major: General Studies

Nathan David Munson

Horace Major: General Studies

David Michael Nordel

West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Major: General Studies

Bailey Ann Odegaard =

Las Vegas, Nevada Major: General Studies

Ashlyn Jane Ouse Grindberg

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Hailey Peterson

Park Rapids, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Emilie Michelle Plecity

Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Andrea Virginia Raymond

Fargo Major: General Studies Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Annika Kae Eckholm

Sara Jee Eun Anderson =

Perham, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Courtney P. Crabill

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Spring, Texas Major: General Studies

Walker, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Claire Anne Eidenschink

Grand Forks Major: General Studies

Lucy R. Emerson

West Fargo Major: General Studies

Jose Angel Garnica

Fargo Major: General Studies

Tyler J. Giegerich =

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Heather Joy Goodwater ===

Grand Forks Major: Music Therapy

Brianna Danielle Becks == Grand Forks Major: Music Education

Lynneah Joy Boyer ==

Grand Forks Major: Music Education Major: Music Performance

Jace Lee Erickson ==

Jamestown Major: Music Education Major: Music Performance

Brandon Russell Hettwer Grand Forks Major: Music Education

Kaitlyn Diane Holleman = Hawley, Minnesota Major: Music Education

David James Hysjulien

Grand Forks Major: Music Education

Kyle Joseph Matthees ==

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Music Performance

Abigail Taylor Osowski == Fargo Major: Music Education

Hickson Major: General Studies

Sarah Elizabeth Hanson ==

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: General Studies

Kelsey Renae Hemberger Halstad, Minnesota Major: General Studies

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= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Music, continued Levi Rickert ==

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Music Education Major: Music Performance

Jenna Marie Tullis ==

Tyler C. Clairmont

Garret M. Fontaine

Evan Theodore Johnson =

Chloe Jo Coleman ==

Gregory Matthew Foote =

Katelyn Michelle Johnson ===

Bismarck Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Cavalier Major: Psychology

Bismarck Major: Psychology

Sunland, California Major: Physics Major: Mathematics

Taryn Jean Dahms ==

Hannah Louise Gallmeier =

Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Forensic Science Major: Biology

Apple Valley, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Mariah Lyn Dalbey ==

Jacob Fredrick Garibay

Wyatt William Turner ===

Charlotte Adriana De Wit

Emma Lorraine Gilbertson

Mark J. Van Camp

Shelby Lynn DeGeldere ===

Haley J. Gregg ===

Sauk Centre, Minnesota Major: Music Therapy Major: Music Performance Rolla Major: Music Performance Grand Forks Major: Music Performance

Fordville Major: Psychology

Grand Forks Major: Geography

Helmond, Netherlands Major: Mathematics

Grand Forks Major: Forensic Science

Grand Forks Major: Mathematics Major: Economics

Bemidji, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Jacob Anthony Gross

Ken Dejvongsa =

Hillman, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Bachelor of Science Sydney L. Adams

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Alexander John Aman

St. Michael, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Matthew K. Anderson ==

Grand Forks Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Haylee Nichole Archer ==

Amelia M. Hager

Zachary O. Dent ==

Miltona, Minnesota Major: Forensic Science

Barnesville, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Morgan K. Haney

Megan Jo DeVillers =

Albert Lea, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Wahpeton Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Hailey Jo Hansen

Marika J. Diepenbroek ===

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Biology Major: Forensic Science

Corona, California Major: Mathematics

Brooke Elizabeth Dierks

Liana Christine Haven =

Hudson, Wisconsin Major: Psychology

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health Major: Norwegian

Ethan Patrick Doll ===

Katherine Elizabeth Heard

West Fargo Major: Mathematics Major: Honors Program

Chanhassen, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Finley Major: Physics

Taylor R. Dostal =

Grand Forks Major: Psychology Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Danielle Ann Dyke =

Amanda Mae Hefner ==

Kylie J. Engebretson =

Nicole Elizabeth Hollar =

Theresa Anne Bakken-Matt ==

Jordan J. Barth ==

Mandan Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Ryan J. Bieber =

Rochester, Minnesota Major: Mathematics

McKenzie Alexandra Bixby ===

Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Alta Loma, California Major: Mathematics

Brooke T. Fettig ==

Reynolds Major: Psychology Major: Honors Program

Paige Marlene Fisketjon ==

Megan B. Carmichael

Megan Catherine Houle =

Bismarck Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Cody J. Hughes =

Williston Major: Biology / Pre-Health

New Hope, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Andrew J. Favaro

Stillwater, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Plymouth, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Fergus Falls, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Carter Reed Cannon

Lacey Roseanne Honkola

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Geography

Jesse James Ewaldt ==

Kelsey Marie Butler =

Hastings, Minnesota Major: Biology

Timothy Josef Engelsgaard

Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Robert Tyler Breslin

Parker, Colorado Major: Geography

Grand Forks Major: Biology / Pre-Health Major: Psychology

Piper Lee Erickson =

Cody Michael Breen =

Valley City Major: Geography

Bismarck Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Erskine, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Donald Arthur Boyer

Brandyn Shane Heck

Matthew John Huwe Towner Major: Psychology

Golden Valley, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Tiffany Jill Huwe ===

Menahga, Minnesota Major: Molecular and Integrative Biology

New Town Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Megan Marie Janikowski =

Williston Major: Honors Program

Andrew A. Flick

Mandan Major: Forensic Science

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Hazen Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Marie A. Johnson

Hallock, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Phillip Michael Jones

Moore, Oklahoma Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Manna B. Khan

Grand Forks Major: Geography

Mason Scott Kleinjan == Bismarck Major: Biology

Shane William Knutson Dunseith Major: Psychology

Brian James Labat ===

Detroit Lakes, Minnesota Major: Biology

Justin Gregory LaFrancois Fayetteville, North Carolina Major: Biology

Conner Mitchel Lauzon Grand Forks Major: Mathematics

Taylor E. Lavalley

Elbow Lake, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Megan M. Leslie

Dent, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Nashare R. Ligons

Pittsburg, California Major: Psychology

Jaclyn N. Lilek

Channahon, Illinois Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Anna Mary Lipetzky == Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Physics

Evan A. Marian ===

Burnsville, Minnesota Major: Mathematics

Gary Lee Marrowbone III Pierre, South Dakota Major: Psychology

Jacob Louis Mattison

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: Geography

Nicholas J. Mayo

Wahpeton Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Zane Alvin McIntyre

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Jared A. Michel ===

Chesterfield, Missouri Major: Mathematics

Benjamin Thomas Miller === Lake Elmo, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Grafton Major: Mathematics Major: Economics

Maria Ann Mollenhauer

Bismarck Major: Biology

Kelsey Jo Morin =

Mary Elizabeth Johanson ==

Minot Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Burlington Major: Psychology Belcourt Major: Biology Major: Psychology

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science, continued Sarah Elizabeth Munro ===

Rolla Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Elyce C. Nelson

New Ulm, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Nikki Rose Nguyen == West Fargo Major: Biology

Ramae A. Norton ===

Minto Major: Biology / Pre-Health Major: Honors Program

Ruby Rose Marie Olerud Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Cale Alexander Pagan == Bismarck Major: Biology

Devon R. Pekas

Hawley, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Christopher Mark Peterson

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Katelyn G. Peterson

Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Forensic Science

Tanner R. Piper =

Grand Forks Major: Psychology

Alexa Carol Privratsky == Bismarck Major: Psychology

Bryanna Rose Rasch ===

New England Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Alexandra Taylor Rehovsky ==

Kaylee J. Schell

Kweweli S. Togba-Doya ==

Natalie Lois Scherr ==

Thomas James Twedell

Kelsey Marie Schillo

Austin Charles Tweet

Darien J. Schreiber =

Janel Uhlich

Zoe Ellen Schreiner ===

Molly Jane Vail ===

Miriah Carol Schumacher

Lane Patrick Vendsel ===

Beach Major: Biology

Slayton, Minnesota Major: Mathematics

Grand Forks Major: Biology / Pre-Health Zeeland Major: Psychology

Christopher D. Seaver =

Bismarck Major: Psychology

Hailee D. Rodman

Brainerd, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Brady Michael Roemmich Bowman Major: Forensic Science Major: Honors Program

Evan James Roepke = Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Mathematics

Carly Cristine Rutter = Fargo Major: Psychology

Luke Matthew Sailer ==

Frazee, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Daniel James Sayler ===

Wishek Major: Biology / Pre-Health Major: Honors Program

Daniel Stettler Albers

Drake Major: Psychology

Kaytlin Beth Avelsgard

Elk River, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Emily Ann Bell

Minot Major: Biology / Pre-Health Major: Honors Program

Robert Frederick Caldecott

Eagan, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies Madison, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies Elgin, Illinois Major: Criminal Justice Studies White Bear Lake, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Megan B. Carmichael

Fergus Falls, Minnesota Major: Honors Program

Luke B. Weston ===

Stephanie Sharon Clarke

Palmdale, California Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Alexa Rae Weyer =

Jayson David Ewert =

Menahga, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Mark D. Wiche ==

Zoe Ryann Foster

Glyndon, Minnesota Major: Biology

Aaron J. Wiger

Erika Nichole Gallaway ==

Glyndon, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Anna Nicole Wright ===

Kayla M. Gardner =

Fisher, Minnesota Major: Geography Major: Economics

Christine M. Yost

Amanda L. Gould

Minneapolis, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Trevor Lee Seidel ===

Sarles Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Precious DeeLove Sennie

Snohomish, Washington Major: Biology

Ryan M. Skoog =

Bismarck Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Abbie Jeanne Smith

Chisago City, Minnesota Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Cole James Sogge ===

Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Forensic Science

Matthew Roger Sorenson =

Shakopee, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Garrett M. Zabala

Talon John Stammen = Grand Forks Major: Biology Major: Chemistry

Michael H. Storandt ===

Kathryn Lynn Ritter ==

Mandan Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Michelle Marie Stephens Wenk

Grand Forks Major: Mathematics Badger, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Studies

Rugby Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Seth Jared Stofferahn =

Katie M. Rhen

Grand Forks Major: Geography

Bismarck Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Paige Allayne Relling ===

Monrovia, Liberia Major: Mathematics

Minot Major: Mathematics

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Major: Criminal Justice Studies Winona, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies Canton, Michigan Major: Criminal Justice Studies Bismarck Major: Criminal Justice Studies Warroad, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies Alexandria, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies Major: Sociology

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Major: Psychology

Brandon Hansen

Parshall Major: Interdisciplinary Studies

Derrik James Hoy

Madeleinne Violette Zacher =

Fargo Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Mandan Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Reynolds Major: Criminal Justice Studies Stillwater, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Sara Jeanne Kowalke

Woodbury, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies Major: Sociology

Moorhead, Minnesota Major: Chemistry Major: Honors Program

Sami E. Swartz ==

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

Grafton Major: Geography

Eleanor Louise Swenson === Saint Paul, Minnesota Major: Biology / Pre-Health Major: Honors Program

Joshua James Swenson

Jordan Lee Grosz

Leah D. Szabla

Landon J. Huber

Hazen Major: Chemistry

Devils Lake Major: Psychology

Bismarck Major: Chemistry

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota Major: Psychology

Colin James Lindahl

Berthold Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Brandon Lee Lindemoen

Blaine, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Marissa Ann Lundgren

New Hope, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Samuel Vincent Gervais Mattson

Lakeville, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Wyatt E. Telken ===

Grand Forks Major: Biology / Pre-Health

Michael T. Thiel ==

Andover, Minnesota Major: Biology

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 31)

Olivia Jane Craik Thorleifson === Manitou, Manitoba, Canada Major: Biology / Pre-Health

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College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Studies Dawn M. Nelson

Grand Forks Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Zachary W. Niles ==

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Bethany Mae Swensen

Nickolas Scott Conrad

Cassandra Faith Savage

Jessica R. Tufte =

John M. Hansen

Sami E. Swartz ==

Taylor Martin Wray

William Kendahl Harris

Lindsay Marie Wise

Felicia L. Znajda

Jens Aaron Johnson

Little Falls, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Savage, Minnesota Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Eden Prairie, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Bismarck Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Pueblo, Colorado Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Dustin J. Marynik

Grand Forks Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Andover, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies Williston Major: Criminal Justice Studies Major: Sociology

Maurice Allen Schlak

Minot Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Josh A. Sherman

Lake Elmo, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Studies

David Michael Stromberg

Grand Forks Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Grafton Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology Fargo Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Northwood Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Jenna Leeann Osipenko Anna J. Peterson

Camarillo, California Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Grand Forks Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Bachelor of Science in Geology

Thief River Falls, Minnesota Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Nathan Pieter Hanson

Lane Alan Page

Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology

Micah Seth Ranum

Grand Forks Major: Geology

Joshua G. Regorrah =

East Grand Forks, Minnesota Major: Geology

Rory Allen Banta =

Coon Rapids, Minnesota Major: Fisheries & Wildlife Biology

Scholar in the Honors Program Amanda Boyd, Honors Coordinator The following students have met the objectives of the University of North Dakota’s SCHOLAR IN THE HONORS PROGRAM, a program designed to broaden and enrich the undergraduate curriculum. They have passed sophomore and senior comprehensive examinations, and have been certified for graduation by the Honors Committee of the University. A substantial segment of their University training has been pursued in honor courses, tutorials and colloquia, and they have done independent research.

Elisabeth Joy Bender

Venturia History / Honors Program

Sandra Kay Kruse

Trevor Lee Seidel

Ramae A. Norton

Talon John Stammen

Alexandra J. Ptacek

Michael H. Storandt

Drake English / Honors Program / Interdisciplinary Studies

Paige Alexandra Blanchard

Fargo Communication / Honors Program

Minto Biology / Pre-Health / Honors Program

Dustin R. Britton

Plymouth, Minnesota Chemical Engineering / Honors Program

Oakes Anthropology / Classical Studies / Honors Program

Ethan Patrick Doll

West Fargo Mathematics / Honors Program

Brady Michael Roemmich

Moorhead, Minnesota Composite Social Studies Education / Honors Program

Daniel James Sayler

Bowman Forensic Science / Honors Program

Kathryn Eggert

Wishek Biology / Pre-Health / Honors Program

Paige Marlene Fisketjon Williston Honors Program

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Fergus Falls, Minnesota Chemical Engineering / Honors Program Grand Forks Biology / Chemistry / Honors Program Moorhead, Minnesota Chemistry / Honors Program

Eleanor Louise Swenson

Saint Paul, Minnesota Biology / Pre-Health / Honors Program

Lane Patrick Vendsel

Minot Biology / Pre-Health / Honors Program

Senior Departmental Honors Amanda Boyd, Honors Coordinator

The following students of high ability, having completed independent research in their major fields of study, and successfully defended their research papers in comprehensive oral examinations, are being graduated WITH HONORS in their major fields.

Zachary Dent

Barnesville, Minnesota Biology / Pre-Health

Kelsey Butler Reynolds Psychology

Candidates for Commission Lt. Col. George Noel, Professor of Aerospace Studies

Commission as Second Lieutenant United States Air Force Chelseah Peyton Baker

Capt. Christopher D. Cory

Lt. Col. Jason J.F. Murphy, Professor of Military Science

Commission as Second Lieutenant United States Marine Corps

Commission as Second Lieutenant United States Army

Nicholas David Libert

Buffalo, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Thomas R. Barrett

St. Louis Park, Minnesota Major: General Studies Army National Guard

Springfield, Ohio Major: Dietetics

Zachary D. Becker

Jacob H. Crane

Newnan, Georgia Major: Music Active Duty / Signal Corps

Camden, Maine Major: History

Christian Charles Dahl

Zachariah K. Dean

Ham Lake, Minnesota Major: Commercial Aviation

Eveleth, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering Army Reserve / Engineering

Brian S. Reimers

Oakdale, Minnesota Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Jayson D. Ewert

Winona, Minnesota Major: Criminal Justice Active Duty / Adjutant General

Scott R. Wolff

Baldwinsville, New York Major: Atmospheric Sciences

Zachary W. Niles

Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin Major: Criminal Justice Active Duty / Infantry

Subha Pakwan

Grand Forks Major: Mechanical Engineering Active Duty / Engineering

Nicholas R. Reitmeier

Fertile, Minnesota Major: Mechanical Engineering Active Duty / Aviation

Kyle L. Simonson

Andover, Minnesota Major: Accountancy Active Duty / Medical Service

Susanna G. Trombley

Maple Grove, Minnesota Major: Nursing Active Duty / Nurse

Erik V. Trusdell

Northwood Major: Sociology Active Duty / Infantry

Jacob M. Watson

Mandan Major: Kinesiology Active Duty / Aviation

Addison W. Montiel Arlington, Minnesota Major: Nursing Active Duty / Nurse

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 University Marshals Honorary Faculty Flag Marshal - Morning Santhosh Seelan

Honorary Faculty Flag Marshal - Afternoon Isaac Schlosser

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 at this ceremony is Santhosh Seelan, Professor of Space Studies. After a long career with India’s space program, Dr. Seelan joined UND in 1998, and was named the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2014.

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 at this ceremony is Isaac Schlosser, Professor of Biology. Dr. Schlosser joined the UND faculty in 1981 and was named a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2002. He has been actively involved in all areas of faculty responsibility. His most recent research interests focus on the influence of environmental and genetic variation on morphological development and ecological interactions of clonal and sexual fish in successional landscapes.

Dr. Schlosser has published multiple, highly cited papers in national and international journals and has been instrumental in development of pedagogy to facilitate active learning and critical thinking in undergraduate education. Dr. Schlosser has also served on multiple review panels for the National Science Foundation and on editorial boards for international journals in the field of ecology. More recently he has served as the Chair of the UND Biology Department and an Administrative Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Schlosser will be retiring from the faculty at the end of this semester.

Dr. Seelan earned his master’s degree in Applied Geology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. He has served UND in diverse capacities such as a researcher at Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium, the founding Chair of Earth System Science and Policy Department, Graduate Director and Chair of Space Studies Department, Director of Space Grant and NASA EPSCoR, and as Interim Associate Dean of the School on three different occasions. He has worked/studied in six different countries and brings a wealth of international experience in the field of applied remote sensing.

He is recognized for his significant contributions to India’s Technology Mission on Drinking Water, and for promoting the use of remote sensing by farmers and ranchers in the U.S. Upper Midwest. Dr. Seelan will be retiring at the end of this semester.

Marshals for Afternoon Undergraduate Ceremony

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

Marshals for Morning Graduate Ceremony Grand Marshal Kevin Layoun Charter Marshal Alexa Gathman Emerald Aipperspach Logan Alm Sara Anderson Chad Burke Andrea Christ Dawn Cleveland Lorissa Drewes Nicholas Foo Alisha Hackworth

Grand Marshal Emerald Aipperspach

Marissa Hayward Selena Hobbs Brita Kihle Andrew Kohler Alexander Letch Kayla McCreary Stephanie McVeigh Zachary Miller Kai Nerhus Klaudia Price Zoe Ramsay Ashley Rone Iman Said Carlie Scheer Jacob Schwab Seth Skjervheim Petric Van Erp Bridget West

Charter Marshal Andrew Kohler Logan Alm Chad Burke Xiufang Chai Gabrielle Cummings Megan Edelman Katherine Edgar Tiffany Fern Alisha Hackworth Hannah Hollenhorst Cassidy Johnson Sarah Kohler

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Christ Maouene Ntaba Kayla McCreary Stephanie McVeigh Zachary Miller Murat Ndikum Joseph Pastir Samantha Plutko Klaudia Price Emma Rage Zoe Ramsay Iman Said Seth Skjervheim Aaron Sondeland Kristin Stewart Petric Van Erp Greta Wadsworth Bridget West

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 1989, Weston R. Christopherson, Doctor of Laws

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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

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; apricot, College of Nursing; black, Graduate School. 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 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.

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

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.

for safekeeping. The wearing of the seal eventually became a symbol of authority. One side of the medallion worn by the president bears an engraving of the University’s official seal and the names of all former presidents are included on the chain of office.

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 MEDALLION. A medallion or seal of office worn by the head of an educational institution is a practice that also dates to the Middle Ages.

In those times, a seal was used to mark documents as official. Possession of the seal was so important that it was usually worn around the neck

International and Tribal Flags International and tribal flags represent the rich diversity of the UND campus and the wide variety of ethnic backgrounds of the University’s students, faculty, and staff. The international

flags and tribal flags carried in the procession and displayed at the front of the arena are from countries and tribal nations represented in this graduating class.

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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: l l l

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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

representing their tribal or individual cultural designs on top of the mortar board, or traditional clothing/regalia under their gown.

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.

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

l 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

Veteran and Military

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.

UND Wind Ensemble Selected by audition, the UND Wind Ensemble consists of the most outstanding wind and percussion students on campus. Performing the finest wind literature available, the ensemble has established a reputation for musical excellence through state, regional, national and international appearances.

The University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble, conducted by Professor of Music and Director of Bands Dr. James Popejoy will provide music during today’s Undergraduate Commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m.

In addition, the Wind Ensemble will be featured during UND’s live PreCommencement television show, “Celebrate Achievement.”

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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.

Congratulations and Best Wishes The University of North Dakota is proud to

recognize the accomplishments of its graduates and

to extend best wishes to them, their families and loved ones.

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