WOU Commencement 2022

Western Oregon University 165th Commencement Exercises Saturday, June 11, 2022

Welcome Interim President Jay Kenton Dear WOU graduate, We know that June 2022 will be a memorable time for you and your family. Not only does it commemorate a huge milestone in your life, but also the unique circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. You can proudly tell your families, years from now, about how you persevered to your degree while everything around you was changing and, yet, you found a way to succeed.

We are proud of our WOU graduates every year at commencement, but now our admiration is higher than ever. Today, we celebrate your accomplishments – your tireless and enthusiastic efforts in earning your degree. The late nights, the many virtual classes, the challenging tests, the lengthy papers, all of it comes down to one thing – you have accomplished something significant: You have earned your college degree.

Your loved ones, too, are proud of your accomplishment. They know that earning a college degree is not a simple task, nor should it be. During your time at WOU, you have proven your long-term dedication and commitment to lifelong learning. The printed degree you’ve earned symbolizes what you have already achieved in your life and prepares you for what the future holds.

Take pride in this accomplishment and enjoy this day of celebration – no matter what that looks like for you. Treasure this moment so you can one day express the importance of reaching this milestone to your own family.

Thank you for being a part of Western Oregon University. It has been an honor to have you as part of the WOU campus community. As alumni, we look forward to seeing you back at WOU for years to come.

Go Wolves!

Jay Kenton Interim President, Western Oregon University

Golden Wolves

We are honored to have two alumni serving as this year’s Golden Wolves, marking the 50-year anniversary for the class of 1972. Their participation symbolizes the pride we have in our alumni and the esteem in which they are held.

Mike Lynch • Charlotte Iliff • Maureen Davis • Kurt Davis

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Honors Cords Western Oregon University Oregon Health & Science University

CORDS Abby’s House

Teal/Purple (service)

Anthropology Club

White/Red/Gold (academic/ leadership)

Associated Students of Western Oregon University Black/Silver (leadership)

Board of Trustees Student Representative

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Lambda Pi Eta

Sigma Alpha Pi

Military Service

Sigma Phi Omega

Multicultural Student Services & Programs

Sigma Tau Delta

Gold (National Communication Association Honor Society, academic) Red/White/Blue (service recognition)

Blue/Gold (International Gerontology Honor Society, academic)

Black (diversity scholars, academic) Navy Blue/White (On Track graduate)

Black/Red (International English Honor Society, academic)

Red/White (National College Athlete Honor Society)

Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law

Red/Gray (service and involvement)

Disability Services

Phi Alpha Theta

Black/Red/Gold (service)

Chi Alpha Sigma

Gold/Purple (service)

Student Activities Board

Student Enrichment Program

Burgundy/White (students with disabilities)

Multicolored (National History Honor Society, academic)

Fostering Success

Phi Mu Epsilon

Student Engagement

Psi Chi

WOU Honors Program

Teal (current and former foster youth graduates)

G.P.A. Honors Gold (academic)

International Students Royal/Bright Gold/White (International Club)

CORDS Global Brigades

Blue/Orange (service)

G.P.A. Honors Gold (academic)

Violet/Lavender/Gold (National Mathematics Honor Society, academic) Yellow/Blue (International Psychology Honor Society, academic)

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Powder Blue (service)

Mint (fraternity and sorority) Rainbow (lavender graduate) Silver (leadership certificate) White (academic)

OHSU SCHOOL OF NURSING | MONMOUTH CAMPUS

HealthE STEPS

Peacock (leadership)

Monmouth Student Nurses Association Officers Gold/Blue/Green (leadership)

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Black/White (National Society of Leadership & Success, leadership)

Sigma Theta Tau

Purple/White (International Honor Society of Nursing, academic)

Medallions, Pins & Stoles

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MEDALLIONS Psi Chi

Yellow/Blue (International Psychology Honor Society)

Sigma Phi Omega

Blue/Gold (International Gerontology Honor Society)

Sigma Tau Delta

Black/Red (International English Honor Society)

University Housing (service)

PINS Lambda Pi Eta

Gold (National Communication Association Honor Society, academic)

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (academic)

STOLES Indigenous Peoples

Sigma Alpha Pi

Upward Bound

Kappa Sigma

Sigma Tau Delta

Veteran Honor Stole

Native pattern with feathers (Native American graduate) Scarlet Red/White (service)

MEChA Executive Board

Red/White/Green (leadership)

Multicultural Student Services & Programs

Black/Multicolored Stripes (executive board, leadership)

Phi Alpha Theta

Red/Blue (National History Honor Society)

Black/White (National Society of Leadership & Success, leadership) Red (International English Honor Society)

Stole of Gratitude

Black, Red/White Stripes (Upward Bound/TRIO) Black/Silver Trim, Olive Green (Honorable Discharge, Good Conduct)

White, often decorated (Presented to someone who provided extraordinary help or support)

Student Engagement

Kente Cloth (Black graduate)

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Traditions OF Academic Regalia THE CUSTOM OF wearing academic regalia on commencement day has survived more than a thousand years. Dressing in caps, gowns, hoods and tassels for special occasions originated in medieval Europe and is patterned after the formal dress code of clergymen of that time period. This tradition serves as a reminder of the wearer’s responsibility in the scholarly world.

On most college campuses, the faculty and seniors appear in academic garb at ceremonies such as commencement and baccalaureate. Since 1895, colleges and universities in the United States have followed a uniform code specifying the type of cap and hood for each degree. The significance of the decorative costumes is determined by the sleeves and hoods.

Holders of doctoral degrees wear round bell sleeves. The gown is faced down the front and barred on the sleeves with black velvet or velvet of a color indicating the degree; the doctoral hood is large. The doctoral cap may include a gold tassel. Faculty participating in a commencement ceremony wear robes in colors of the institutions from which they graduated.

Master’s degree holders wear a long, closed sleeve with a slit near the upper arm; the hood is mid-sized. Bachelor’s degree holders wear a long, pointed sleeve. Those graduating with honors wear a gold cord around the shoulders.

Hoods are lined with colors of the institution granting the degree (or one with which the wearer is associated) and are trimmed with velvet of the color distinctive of their degree.

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2022 Student Awards Faculty, Staff, & Alumni Awards

Delmer Dewey/Julia McCulloch Smith Outstanding

Undergr aduate Student Award Aliyah Favela ’22

The Delmer Dewey/Julia McCulloch Smith Award, presented each year to outstanding students, is named for former Dean of Men Delmer Dewey, who died in 1953, and in memory of Julia McCulloch Smith, who died in 1930. The awards were first presented in 1954.

IT WAS WITH A little trepidation that Aliyah Favela ’22 of Ontario, Oregon, took a chance on Western – a school far enough away to be in a different time zone on the other side of the state.

She’d really connected with the student guide who led her campus tour, but it was a handwritten note from her future RA that sealed the deal.

“She told me, ‘I’m really excited to see you are studying political science. I can't await to hear more about that!’ And she ended up being one of my best friends too,” recalls Favela. “I could just tell there was a different kind of community here. I felt like I could succeed.”

Favela is graduating with a degree in Social Science with a concentration in Political Science and minor in Psychology. She is a first-generation student who completed her studies in three years as Diversity Commitment Scholar with a 3.94 GPA. Favela says she is approaching what would be her fourth year of college as a kind of gap year, with plans to study for both the LSAT and GRE while she decides on her next steps.

“My long-term goal is to be an attorney or political journalist, which are kind of different from each other,” she says with a laugh. “But really, I’m interested in advocacy, working with people, hearing, and defending people.”

Engaging with the community in meaningful ways has always been important to Favela, who grew up volunteering with her parents. Though they didn’t call it that, to her family it was doing just what came naturally – helping out.

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At WOU she worked as a Campus Ambassador and found numerous ways to jump headlong into volunteerism, working at the campus food pantry, vaccine clinics, and on environmental projects on and off-campus.

She also dedicated time to the Multicultural Student Union, Unidos Club, MEChA, and Model UN, among other campus groups focused on cultural advocacy.

Favela says her favorite opportunity was participating in Western’s Discover Leadership program, where she received the Student of the Year award as a freshman and Mentor of the Year award as a senior. It was through those service projects and mentoring that Favela says she found her personal voice in leadership.

“I learned about tuning into my own skills and sense of leadership,” she says. “I think that’s a strong skill to have—to know how you Aliyah Favela operate as a leader. I learned that leaders come in all shapes and forms.”

Favela says she credits her family and their support as a main motivator throughout school, and though she’s graduating college, she’s looking forward to a very specific mentoring opportunity on the horizon.

“My younger brother, RJ, is 13 and I’m really excited to be able to help him when he starts his process of applying to colleges,” she says.

“I’m ready to take the knowledge I’ve gained and experience from my time at Western and apply that to my own family.”

Delmer Dewey/Julia McCulloch Smith Outstanding

Undergr aduate Student Award Cheyanne Bumgardner ’22

The Delmer Dewey/Julia McCulloch Smith Award, presented each year to outstanding students, is named for former Dean of Men Delmer Dewey, who died in 1953, and in memory of Julia McCulloch Smith, who died in 1930. The awards were first presented in 1954.

CHEYANNE BUMGARDNER ’22, is a graduate orientation leader or campus tour guide. It’s about building a community and developing important of the Honors Program with a major in American soft skills that come from those out-of-theSign Language/English Interpreting, minors in classroom experiences.”

ASL and Psychology, and a Leadership Certificate.

She’s already putting those skills to work in Bumgardner, who hails from Grants Pass, Southern Oregon, where she recently accepted Oregon, took her first ASL class during her junior a position as an educational sign language year of high school. “I took it to fulfill my second interpreter working with K-12 students. In language requirement,” she recalls. “I had never the coming months, she plans to complete the even thought about interpreting as a career, but rigorous certification requirements for different my instructor said, ‘You’re pretty good at this, types of sign language interpreting, with a goal of you should consider becoming an interpreter.’ someday working in mental So I did some research, found health settings.

Western and it all just went from there.”

This goal correlates nicely with her honors thesis. After With her area of study finding very little published solidified, there was another research on the phenomenon aspect of college Bumgardner of vicarious trauma within was curious about. the profession, Bumgardner “Because I went to a nondecided to tackle it herself. traditional high school, I didn’t “This concept has always have many opportunities to been fascinating to me. Most participate in student leadership. current research talks about I knew that was something post-traumatic care. There is I wanted to do when I got to a significant lack of research college,” she says. on what we can do to educate, Bumgardner approached Cheyanne Bumgardner prepare, and prevent it, so I leadership with ambition, decided to write the article I wish I had when I was starting as a Hall Host leading tours of residence first learning about vicarious trauma,” she says halls, then in the Discover Leadership program with a smile. Her findings will soon be available to well as a variety of admissions and orientation others on WOU's Digital Commons website. groups. As a coordinator of the university’s PLUS As for her time at Western, especially as a firstTeam, Bumgardner helped facilitate new student generation college student, she’s grateful to have orientation activities, including being part of the landed at a small, community-oriented campus team that built the newest orientation program where it was easy to meet people and make an on campus, Destination Western. At one point, impact. she was coordinator for PLUS Team, the Campus Ambassadors program, and Campus Visitation “The value of building relationships and simultaneously. connections with faculty, staff, and fellow students can’t be underestimated,” she says. “College is “The skills I gained through leadership really all about what you’re willing to put into it. have benefited me academically, socially, and I’ve loved being in a place where I truly did get to going into my career as an interpreter,” says learn something new every day.”

Bumgardner. “It’s not just about being an

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Outstanding

Gr aduate Student Award Whitney Higginbotham ’22

The Outstanding Graduate Student Award honors a student who has demonstrated superior achievements in scholarship and academics, character, leadership and initiative during graduate studies.

IT WAS A YEARNING to take control of industries if I chose to, which is incredible, because her career that drew Whitney Higginbotham I find that I really like to change what I like to do,” ’22 back to Western for a master’s degree in she says. “I just see myself doing so many things.”

Organizational Leadership.

In addition to her studies, Higginbotham After graduating from WOU in 2012 with an worked as graduate assistant for Dr. Kathleen undergraduate degree in Community Health Cassidy, the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Education, she took a job with Salem Health. lending support to various committees on campus Her first position was as an outreach operations with her skills as a data analyst. Higginbotham specialist for the hospital’s cancer awareness reached out to an adjunct professor to see if there program and for six years she worked in clinical were opportunities to work with the City of Salem research, managing regulatory processes. on her final project, and subsequently partnered with the Public Works “I was ready to grow in my Department to benchmark role, but I didn't know where burnout, and provide tools and I could go within the clinical strategies to prevent it. research world,” she recalls.

“As much as I loved clinical Higginbotham envisions research, I found that I had eventually landing in worked myself into a corner. consultant work, with a focus I had become a little bit too on change management, specialized with my experience.” organizational development and process improvement.

As she interviewed for new roles, she was also “That's where I see myself starting to hear a refrain—she because it involves working needed a master's degree or with different people and more relevant experience. projects consistently, which is Whitney Higginbotham what I like,” she says. “I loved Both suggestions caused Higginbotham a great deal of that my classmates were from internal conflict. She’d never considered getting all different backgrounds, some very different from a master’s degree and she wondered whether she my own, including military, healthcare, academia, should leave research altogether. business – all over.”

“I never thought I would get my master's And while the year and a half of her studies degree ever because academically I struggle quite were mostly online, even that experience had a a bit,” she says. But with some encouragement silver lining, giving her an opportunity to hone and a gentle nudge from Amber Deets, Director skills that she may not have considered in the past. of Graduate Student Success & Recruitment, “I learned how to relate to people in a remote Higginbotham felt emboldened to take the next setting and connect with others from my home step in her career. office. That was a great experience to have and a Not only has she learned new skills, push forward with the way things are going in Higginbotham says she’s gained confidence and different careers and industries,” she says. Most learned more about herself in the process. “The importantly, the Organizational Leadership knowledge and skills that I learned about and program has opened a whole world of new practiced, means I can work in many different possibilities.

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OHSU School of Nursing-Monmouth Campus

Golden Lamp Award Raelyn Alamani Kanoho ’22

The Golden Lamp Award is based on the American Nurses Association Code for Professional Nurses and the Florence Nightingale Pledge. It is given in recognition of exemplary demonstration of scholarship, leadership, professional commitment, innovative contributions and humanitarian ideals.

RAELYN ALAMANI KANOHO ’22, first “I take time away from school to be present became interested in healthcare when her with family, whether it’s Saturday night dinners grandpa was diagnosed with cancer. at my grandma's house or spending the day cuddling with my dog,” she says. “They're the “I told him before he passed away that I was most supportive people I know. They're probably going to go to college and become his nurse,” the reason that I'm here and striving to be better she says. “Unfortunately, that didn't happen.” in nursing school.

I don't think I would've made While the impetus for Alamani Kanoho’s it through the last three years without them.” journey into healthcare is tinged with sadness, During her senior practicum in the she is thankful nonetheless for the fire it Emergency Department at Peace Health in ignited. Her first steps toward a career in Springfield, Oregon, Alamani Kanoho found a healthcare included becoming a certified passion for critical care. nursing assistant while she was an undergraduate “It’s been eye-opening,” she studying Community Health says. “I chose the emergency at WOU. Upon completion room because I wanted a of her bachelor’s degree, she challenge. It was something started work in the Oncology scary to me at first. You always Unit at Salem Health. hear horror stories about how crazy the emergency room can “It drove my passion, be and after the first two days, working with patients and it was like, I love this. I love the seeing them go from being hustle, bustle and teamwork. really, really weak at one That drove me to want to take point to being strong and care of critical care patients, being able to leave the in either the emergency room hospital,” says Alamani Raelyn Alamani Kanoho setting or in an ICU setting.”

Kanoho. “Then I wanted to further my education and actually become a Alamani Kanoho lives in Salem with her nurse.” fiancé, Tyler, a middle school math teacher, and says her immediate goal is to find a nursing In 2019, Alamani Kanoho enrolled in position in the area. She also hasn’t ruled out OHSU School of Nursing and hasn’t looked more schooling. back. She’s deftly juggled the stresses and responsibilities of a full-time job as a CNA “I don’t think you’re ever done learning in with demands of nursing school, including nursing. I’m planning on getting specialty almost two years of online schooling. certifications first and then giving back,” she says, explaining that the current shortage “It’s been a little crazy, I’m not going to lie,” in nurses means fewer nurse preceptors to she says with a laugh. “But the faculty, they supervise nursing students during clinical are just so supportive and encouraging. And, rotations.

After earning her specialty because we’re such a small cohort, I have had certifications Alamani Kanoho says she would the opportunity to get to know a lot of my like to become a preceptor, and is considering cohort members and to grow together.” an advanced practice RN that would enable her She also credits prioritizing a work-life to work in anesthesiology. balance as central to her success.

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Excellence in Scholarship Award Gareth R. Hopkins, Ph.D.

The Mario and Alma Pastega Excellence in Scholarship Award honors a classified or administrative staff member who demonstrates exceptional service to the university. Once nominees are received, a screening committee submits a list of finalists to the president, who then chooses the recipient.

GARETH R. HOPKINS, PH.D., Assistant Professor Another collaboration, with WOU in the Department of Biology, is this year’s Biology Professor Ava Howard and a team of recipient of the Mario and Alma Pastega Award for undergraduates, is monitoring the responses of Excellence in Scholarship insects, amphibians, and reptiles to restoration of an endangered Oregon White Oak ecosystem near Hopkins, an ecologist whose scholarly work Adair Village outside of Corvallis. centers on understanding how organisms are affected by and respond to environmental change, is “We have students focused on acorns, tree perhaps best known internationally for bringing a physiology, birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects, multi-disciplinary and evolutionary perspective to all working together in a cross-disciplinary way conservation issues. His prolific research activities with the overarching theme of how we conserve include the publication of 30 peer reviewed ecosystems and the organisms that live in them,” papers and, with his students, says Hopkins. “It is a local presenting work at 20 national project of local concern but and international conferences. with regional, national and Since arriving on campus in international consequences.”

2018, Hopkins has mentored 25 Research opportunities like undergraduate research students. these can build self-esteem “Getting undergraduate stuand foster students’ sense dents involved in research can of self-belief that they have be completely transformational,” something to contribute, says says Hopkins. To that end, he Hopkins. It can also open has forged new partnerships for doors that may otherwise feel WOU that seamlessly integrate closed. teaching and research. One such In the case of the turtle project brings together WOU habitat project, Western Gareth R. Hopkins students, the Oregon Departstudents have interacted with ment of Fish & Wildlife, City of Oregon Department of Fish Salem, and Oregon State Univer& Wildlife staff and presented their research sity professor Ashley D’Antonio and her students to findings, both of which can lead to internships study how endangered local freshwater turtle species and future job prospects. respond to habitat restoration and human recreation Hopkins also routinely encourages his students at Minto Brown Park in Salem. to present their work at conferences, where they The multifaceted research project is giving are seen as equals with scientists who are eager to students an opportunity to engage in everything hear their findings. from field surveys and analysis of camera images, to “They’re analyzing data, writing it up, and the design and creation of turtle basking structures. presenting it to the scientific community. They The project has also provided an opportunity for are contributing,” he says. “When they give a WOU Computer Science Associate Professor Lucas presentation, I always tell them, Remember, no Cordova and his students to create a mobile app matter how nervous you are, you are the expert and website (www.oregonturtles.org) to engage on this. There's no one who knows what you did community members in turtle monitoring efforts. better than you, because it's original research.”

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Excellence in Teaching Award Erin Baumartner, Ph.D.

The Mario and Alma Pastega Award for Excellence in Teaching honors a full-time faculty member who demonstrates excellence in teaching and relationships with students, both in and out of the classroom. Once nominees are received, a screening committee submits a list of finalists to the president, who then chooses the recipient.

ERIN BAUMGARTNER, PH.D., Professor of Biology and this year’s recipient of the Mario and Alma Pastega Award for Excellence in Teaching, joined the faculty in 2008.

Baumgartner, whose background is in marine biology, specifically fish behavior, says that her mother often jokes that she declared her major in kindergarten – such was her love of fish, beginning with the freshwater fishes of Kansas, where she grew up.

But it was an unsatisfactory experience in her first college-level biology class that has had a lasting impact on her teaching.

“I was sitting there, being lectured at, getting factoids, and all the joy was being sucked out of it,” she recalls.

“I remember thinking, I thought I liked biology, but I guess I don’t. I regularly take that memory with me into every class I teach. Because if my students feel that way, then I’m doing something wrong.”

By bringing a bit of fun into the classroom, Baumgartner hopes to spark students’ curiosity and show how biology and science are relevant to their everyday lives.

Case in point is one of the first-year seminars that she teaches: Fast Zombies Versus Slow Zombies.

“I'm a huge fan of horror movies, books, podcasts and TV series,” she says. “So we look at the underlying biology behind horror tropes, why things scare us, and what causes a physiological fear response, as a way to understand some basic biology. We talk about how you might have the same fear response when you ride a roller coaster

or take a test and how you can manage that response. It’s really a lot of fun.”

This may sound like fun and games, but to Baumgartner, it’s a philosophical approach that centers students. She readily admits that many students in her general biology sequence won’t go on to become biology majors, and that’s OK. Her goal is to empower any student in her class, science major or not, to feel confident asking questions, using scientific habits of mind and scientific information to better understand the world they live in.

“By and large, Western students are excited to be here,” she says. “They are excited to learn, find out new things, and try something new. They recognize what being here represents to them and the people who care about them. They’re not taking it for granted.”

As for her part, Baumgartner doesn’t take it for granted either. She feels a Erin Baumgartner great responsibility to meet her students where they are and help them develop resilience to set them up for success. She likes to turn the phrase “collegeready” on its head.

“I want to foster a growth mind-set for my students. It's going to take work, a little bit of practice, maybe some failure moving forward, but you can do hard things,” she says. “It’s on us, in the teaching profession, to be what I call student-ready. It is contingent on me to do the things that I need to do to support students, work with them and help them build and add to the strategies, practices, and information they need to be successful and to be able to do hard things.”

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Excellence in Service Award Breeann Flesch, Ph.D.

The Mario and Alma Pastega Excellence in Service Award honors a classified or administrative staff member who demonstrates exceptional service to the university. Once nominees are received, a screening committee submits a list of finalists to the president, who then chooses the recipient.

BREEANN FLESCH, PH.D., professor and chair in the Computer Science Division, is this year’s recipient of the Mario and Alma Pastega Award for Excellence in Service.

As a mathematician and computer scientist, Flesch is trained to question assumptions. And as a voice for change on the Western campus and in the local community, she’s using those skills to serve the greater good.

“Questioning assumptions means something very specific in a mathematics or computer science sense,” says Flesch. “But if you take that to the realm of systemic change, it means that you don't rest on your laurels. If it's always been done a certain way, what are the underlying assumptions?

And doing something because it's always been done that way has certainly not served large groups of folks of varying identities.”

It’s this approach that Flesch brought to general education reform at Western, first as co-chair of the university’s General Education Task Force and later, serving on the General Education Committee. Flesch and the team of colleagues she worked with were instrumental in evaluating and changing important aspects of the university’s general education framework, with an eye to how certain graduation requirements were negatively impacting first-generation students, students of color, and those from low-income backgrounds.

“WOU prides itself in being an access institution and Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, with many first-generation students.

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college degrees,” she says, noting that a failure to address the systemic shortcomings has a direct impact on social mobility and the future success that students work so hard to achieve.

Flesch says her sense of urgency around systemic change has been influenced in part by the experience of being an underrepresented gender in a STEM field.

“As you can imagine, being a woman, getting a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics had its challenges,” she says. “Now I'm in a position of privilege, I feel it’s my responsibility and my job to topple that patriarchy and make sure other folks don't have to endure in the same way that I did.”

To that end, much of Flesch’s service work falls under the heading of diversity, equity and inclusion, such as being a SafeZone Trainer and Search Advocate. She also a coorganizer of Fem in STEM, to connect underserved and ally students in STEM fields.

Breeann Flesch “For me service is activism.

Service is action for political or social change,” says Flesch. “I have a habit of raising my hand when I think something needs to be done or changed. I don’t want to sit back and complain. I raise my hand and do the work. That’s what service is, doing that work.”

This commitment extends beyond campus as well, where Flesch recently helped Monmouth’s Central School District revise the sexual education curriculum, using current data, demographics and health statistics to bring the district into alignment with state standards and to better serve students in the district. She also serves the greater community as a member of the Marion & Polk County Communicable Disease Task Force.

Alumni Award of Excellence Bec Williams ’98 The Alumni Award of Excellence is awarded each year to an alum (living or deceased) for his or her contributions and services to the university and community as well as for his or her distinguished professional work.

BEC WILLIAMS ’98, this year’s recipient of the Alumni Award of Excellence, grew up in Eugene and learned at a young age the value of hard work and the importance of community. She’s leaned on both to get through the last two years.

Bec Williams readily admits the last two years have been incredibly difficult. She effectively lost her job, and her wife, Annette Leonard ’96, has faced serious health issues.

Playground Sports, the Eugene-based company Williams founded in 2009 and built to include dozens of adult sports leagues as well as athletic competitions for corporate picnics and fundraisers, was temporarily shuttered because of the pandemic.

“We really did go completely dormant for nine months. I wasn’t doing anything with the public, but I was definitely coming into my office and crying every day,” she says ruefully. “I took some solace knowing that my WOU degree in community health education was versatile enough that I could transition to a new career if it came to that.”

Many alumni know Williams through the tailgating events she’s been hosting at football games since 2013. These events are all about community for Williams, giving current undergrads an opportunity to mingle with alumni, and revel in shared connections and experiences.

With the personal challenges she was facing and tailgating on hold, it would have been easy to go silent, but instead, Williams raised her hand to ask how she could help.

“I knew I wasn’t going to be able to help in the same ways necessarily, but said that if were other groups that need something, I would help,” she recalls.

She stepped up to help the women’s soccer team when they made it to nationals in 2021, has initiated fundraising matches for annual giving day, issued friendly challenges to fellow alums to up their gifts, and contributed to the Stonewall Center, WOU’s LGBTQ campus support center.

Knowing she can make even a small difference for a single student on campus, is what inspires her to give back, says Williams.

“I honestly didn’t think I would ever be a donor. That’s not the kind of disposable income we had in my core family growing up. It's not something that was modeled for me.

But I never want someone who is hungry for education to not get to go because of income. A $25 gift can help someone get two steps closer to something they're trying to achieve, to make sure that they have their needs met so they can be the best student they can be and contribute to the community of Western,” Bec Williams she says.

And things are looking up for Williams. She’s recently re-started her leagues and is looking forward to hosting tailgate games at WOU this spring while expanding the program to include lawn games for women’s softball and other athletic events. And she’s thrilled that her nephew is even attending WOU. “I had this very precious nest at home, where my mom taught us how to be good humans and make good decisions. And then I moved to this other beautiful nest – Western – where I was supported and shown I was part of the larger community, an extended family that you start growing into and learning from,” says Williams.

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Conferring of Degrees

Masters OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth Campus

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Master's Degrees Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Kristin Brittany Anderson Shae-Lee Marie Arbogast Morgan McKenzie Perkey Matthew David Phillips Jakob Allen Pruitt Esmeralda Sanchez Ramirez Mark Randolph Waites Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Shelby Rachel Champlin Elizabeth Brielle Crane Rencia Sharon-da Gravesande Keyanda Storme Hall Anna Jacobs-Cowdin Marquette Laquey Ashley Marie Lilón Jenny Marie Litvinchuk Kerrie Ellen Lovercheck Valerie Clarissa Manseau Leslie Ann McCuan Kelsey Diana McKibbin Heather Marie Moore Stefanie Lee O'Brien Chevon Nicole Ramey Crystal June Rojas Marilyn Patricia Sterner Jodi Lynn Upton Jazmin Marie Vollmar Jordan Taylor Ward

Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership Lesley Aleen Cox Justin Taylor Crosswhite Sean Michael Ettinger Gabriela Eyster Wilmer O Fuentes Serena Kaytlin Gaines Tammy Lynn Gardner Dominic Tyler Giordano Marcos Jeffrey Goodman Whitney Nicole Higginbotham Trina Marea Horsey Widny Joseph Joanne Lynn Moss Jenifer E. Pardy Jamie Salvador Rogers Rodas Tava'e Sina Kalena Sofa Stephanie Renee Swertfeger Susanne Katherine Traudt Cody Wayne Warner Joshua Daniel Wetzler Master of Arts in Teaching Rachel Foote Allen Kenneth Ward Armstrong Kalysta Arianna Barrett Holly Scott Blakely Shawn Christopher Bookey Luke Timothy Campbell Tyler Keith Currie Carmen Deol John Terrence Donnelly Celine Brooke Farrimond

Christopher Allen Feskens Jr. Benjamin Charles Finnegan Rachel Ruth Fletcher Rachel Linn Graham Justine Dae Grassman Darcie Jo Gutierrez Rebekah Kim Halstead Genevieve Pauline Hardin Sarah Elizabeth Keefauver Edward Albert Klem Nicholas Emory Kolta Daniel Evan Lampe Kelsie Rose Leach Provancha Johnston James Bernard Leach V Juan Carlos Lopez Aimee Love AnnaMae McClain Arthur Monson Andrea Elizabeth Morgan Cylinda Raquel Neidenbach Matthew Warren Neltner Emily Marie Pennington Mark Robert Pipes Joseph Daniel Reed Aubrey Richard Rogers III Lauren Alise Row Valerie Ann Schockelt Evan Jeffrey Tait Baylor Joseph Turnbow Arilla Ruth Utley Miranda Michelle Warren Andrew Eakin Weber Jeneveve Taylor Winchell-Buren Jay D Wylie

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Master's Degrees Master of Music in Contemporary Music Samuel Josef Duell Brandon James Franko Andrew Edward Savage Liam Thomas Vance

Master of Science in Education in Early Childhood Education Cara Rayanne O’Brien Rachel Sydney Rosenbaum

Master of Science in Education Bilingual/ English for Speakers of Other Languages Marlenne Rizo Banerjee

Master of Science in Education in Educational Technology Valerie A Cowan Erica Kyndal Donaldson Sherie Guess Ebony Hall Megan Alyse Kittel KC Tanner Perley Melissa Elisabeth Stark

Master of Science in Education in Curriculum and Instruction Monica Jaqueline Cerda Ortiz Kayla Anne Fleshman Emalee Samantha Hauck Emily Marie Kanelis Elizabeth Xia Mape Heidrich Carl Edward Ruby Sarah Anne Ruzicka Ashley Renee Stickles Master of Science in Education in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education Gerardo Diego Di Pietro Ryan Slater Lentz Lindsey Leigh Mroz Lucas Choi Wenberg

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Master of Science in Education in Elementary Mathematics Instructional Leader Rachel Marie Holt Jennifer Lynn McDaniel Katie Fay Mitchell Stephanie Kai-en So Master of Science in Education in Elementary Mathematics Specialist (K-8) Tabatha Ridenour

Master of Science in Education in English for Speakers of Other Languages Gabriela Lilianna Acevedo-Solis Ashtin Jalie Fawcett David Merle Holmes Melissa Iris Hughes Jakcelyn Anahib Renzema Travis James Torgerson Lauri Howe Walker Master of Science in Education in Information Technology Taylor Jan Berg Tracie Lynn Bristol Patrick Joseph Chung Desiree Catherine Murdoch Fink Katie Nicole Hensley Ashlie Marie Pence Kat Baird Socorro Costa Lauren Ashley Tennyson Master of Science in Education in Integrated Science David James Solvedt Master of Science in Education in Interdisciplinary Professional Studies Tyler Alan Nebeker

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Master of Science in Education in Literacy Education Rachael Lynn Jones Master of Science in Education in Reading Crista Marie Adovnik Natalia Shalise Ames Kristyn Kathleen Bennett Najma Cheema Wendy Lynn Cortright Kelley Elizabeth Dixon Mackenzie Lee Hall Valerie Michelle Mansour Jenna Lyn Rank Taylor Louise Wakeland Hailey Margurite Worden Master of Science in Education in Special Education Jennifer Lynn Baccus Laurie Elizabeth Beitzel Janna Michelle Beranek Geoffrey Fredric Burnett Melissa D. Carpenter Graham Chapman Shawna Marie Clowser Mark Phillip Colachico Caleb Christopher Conley Dezarey Deerwester Ericka Sue Dishion Christopher James Frost Carrie Grenz Hare

Kathrine Ashley Heeter Luisa E. Hernandez Kailey Anne Keene Jessica Lynn Kendall Emmalee Marie Keys Karen Ann Macedo Jeffrey Kyle McGrath Amanda Leigh Perrigo Kyle Joseph Purdy Dwaine Edward Allen Richards Christina Renee' Robinson Adrienne Schmidt Jacob Norman Sutherby Kristin Anne Thomas Elise Victoria Unterseher Lora Marie Villa Robert E. Wallace Jr. Haley Blake Wells Master of Science in Education in STEM Education Jessica Renee Cornett Jahnie Lynn Arleen Hellickson Samantha S Salvitelli

Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling Peter Louis Aguilar Taylor Rey Clark Rebekah Elizabeth Degner Cara Di Giovanni Devin K. Fenton Jennifer Berenice Flores Sharelle Melanie Goff Michelle Lee Herbold Renata Fontenelle Kerwood Diane Marie Long Casey Danielle Lyons Somen Maiti Sally Griffin Major Nicole M. Marr Erin Rebecca McGanty Doryna Gayle Penetrante Reclusado Debra Janae Rice Ayana Stinson-Richardson Dixie Lee Torsak Matthew Bruce Whitaker

Master of Science in Management and Information Systems Alaa Ahmed Almutawa Charles Paul Alverson Cameron O'Brien Nowack Christian Delfino Ochoa Tolento Alexander Ming-Jie Yang Ting Yi

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Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing-Monmouth Campus

***Summa cum laude 4.00 G.P.A **Magna cum laude 3.90 - 3.99 G.P.A * Cum laude 3.80 - 3.89 G.P.A.

Bachelor of Science | Emphasis in Nursing McKenna Rose Aerni Marissa Rebecca Aguilera Raelyn Hi'ilani Alamani Kanoho Fatima Amiri Mariah Ashley Crannell * Keeanna McKay Cropp Joseph Oliver Einri Kaitlyn T. Fleming Jessica LeeAnn Freeman Yessenia Dolores Garces Liseth Griffith Joanna Marie Gummow Sophia Hanson Richter Raeann Michelle Hogle Joanna Sachie Elisabeth Irby * Cailee Kaleookalani Johnson Jenna Lynne Joseph

Georgie Kabeto * Elizabeth Morales * Stephanie Oseguera Maritsa Osorno Cisneros William Mykal Paige Krysten Elyse Perez Guadalupe Rivera Rodriguez ** Aaron Isaac Rothlisberger * Gracie Raechelle Schlotthauer Ashley Nicole Sines Nicole Rae Stocker Emily Rae Traeger Amy Watson * Alyssa Welter Susanna Rochelle Zapata Jessica Zarate-Gutierrez Zackary Eden Zendejas

The Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing – Monmouth Campus opened in fall 2008. Innovation, excellence, diversity and collaboration were readily adopted as defining characteristics for the Monmouth campus.

Active teaching and learning experiences quickly integrated students, faculty and staff into the community. A strong faculty team and exceptional students are assuming their role as leaders in an era of change for health care and nursing education.

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Western Oregon University

Conferring of Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Education College of Liber al Arts and Sciences

Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Education

American Sign Language Studies (B.A.) ** McKenna Trussell Baker * Ray Olivia Barton *** Madison Ashley Bodenhamer *** Allison Brink *** Amy Louise Burggraaf Kat A. Burghout *** Caitlin M Calhoun Elizabeth Zana Cornforth * Mandy Ellen Grauerholz *** Albina Mikhaylovna Kokhanevich ** Natalie Joy Lauhoff Bailey Jasmine Merodio * Trani Rae Morton II ++ * Logan Aaron Nicco * Claudia Sofia Reyes *** Jasmine Lynette Rojas ^ ** Emma Rose Schuhmann Alex O’Neil Stewart Laura Nicole Thorgrimson *** Tiffany Jamie Toda * Jenner Warren American Sign Language/English Interpreting (B.A.) *** Jason Kirk Baziotis * Madi Birkenfeld ** Lynzi Brooklyn Burt *** Terricka Deleonguerrero Cabrera ** Rose Emory Chism *** Margaret Laurin Kassebaum Sophia Moratti * Trani Rae Morton II ++ Bayly Ahna Stevens

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American Sign Language/English Interpreting (B.S.) Rheana Mia Aguilar *** Shayla Mae Barnes Maria del Refugio Becerra ^ ** Kay Bruley *** Cheyanne Josephine Bumgardner *** Kyle Lee Cottrell *** Grace Erin Eckert *** Robin Ann Hadaller ++ Makenzie Kathleen Johnson *** Jennifer Lynne Kitchen Shea Elizabeth Kuligowski Lindsey Michelle Makin ** Makenzie Ann Smith

Community Health (B.S.) Mohammed Subhi Albther *** Basil Aljafar Rosa Itzel Ayala Badillo ^ Sydney C Bowers Lizeth Leo Cortes Andrea Jean Crane *** McKenzie Fisher Suleima Gonzalez ** Jordan Johnson * Hannah Renee McCallister * Zoie Malia Recolan Marquis Jermayne Sampson ^ *** Emily Mae Synegal Katherine Reilly Tidwell ^ Community Health Education (B.A.) William Mykal Paige

Community Health Education (B.S.) Hawra Abbas Alobaidi *** Zainab Alsadah Salma Hassan Alsalman * Jumanah Alshaikh Abdulaziz Mohammed Alshohail *** Esperanza Marie Carmona Jacey Mahealani Char ^ Myah Ashley Christensen Abigail Cisneros-Loera Kelli Desiree Conopa ** Aryahna Katlyn Converse Brian Anthony Frinzi ^ * Megan Aliya Gunn Ashley Mare Hecker Helen Yujin Kim ^ Cindy Machuca-Ceja * Jesus David Maciel Abarca Taylor Lynn Mann Erin Kanoelani Marks ** Meagan Nicole Miller Alyssa Cherese Nieta Yagyagan Navasquez Kailha Ilene O'Dell *** Fabiana Janet Palma Vasquez * Alejandro Pena Casas Toby Dennis Prescott ** Mishelle Quevedo-Leon *** Karmann Gracie Louise Roche Mickaila Saxton *** Jaden Scott Stoker Kennedy Caroline Suhr Alyssa Breanne Tomasini Christina Hope VanLeuven Brianne Kalena Eiko Yap * Rionna Jean Zeller

Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.) • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

*** Summa cum laude 3.80–4.00 G.P.A. | ** Magna cum laude 3.65–3.79 G.P.A. | * Cum laude 3.5–3.64 G.P.A. + Double major | ++ Double degree | ^Anticipated graduation summer or fall 2022

Early Childhood Studies (B.A.S.) *** Sandra Contreras ^ * Diane Lynette Wilkinson Early Childhood Studies (B.S.) ** Brie Lynn Dunn Yu Fu ** Ziyun Gao Yuqi Guo *** Emma Renee Hill Yimeng Huang Yena Lee ** Baoyi Li Zilu Li *** Daisy Isabel Macias Arellano *** Kate Lynn Maxwell Eryn Murphy Natalie Jo Plasker Chenghong Shen ^ Youran Shen Yijia Shi *** Charlene Senite Sullivan Xuying Wang Yunqin Xin Xinyi Zhao

Education (B.A.) Jordan Anne Bott Tori Leanne Cook ^ *** Rosibel Cruz Sanchez Karen Gonzalez-Sixtos * McKenzie Nichole Kirsch Lendy Oropeza-Sixtos ** César Torres Ibarra *** Fátima Berenice UrendaHernández ^ Rylie Vian ^

Danyielle Sheila Wagner Julia Katherine Webster Maricela Ines Xuncax Lazo

Education (B.S.) *** Carissa Jean Albin ** Joanna Luviano Alcantar ^ Joselyn Natalia Alfaro ** Heather May Allen Mallory Geraldine Anderton ^ Daniela Elizabeth Anguiano *** Jordyn Marie Applegate Jennifer Avila-Lara ^ *** Riley Ann Bangert Benjamin Daryl Barker *** Eric Basilio Alba ** Cameron Daniel Basinger ^ Natalie Noel Bass ^ *** Rachel Marie Bavarskas ^ *** Brooke Arayah Beitel ^ * Jennifer Lynn Bemiller Kristin Carroll Rae Bewersdorff Ryan Curtis Bibler *** Danielle Brianna Bolkan *** Reba Jane Bolles ** Sydney Bradley Kaitlin Rose Brookman *** Amber Rae Brown ^ *** Richelle Ann Brunson ^ *** Luisa Burri ** Jacqueline Cach Briceno Janette Calderon Escutia *** Alexander Steven Capwell ^ Camille Marie Carrington ^ *** Hailey Marie Carter * Madeline Marie Casey David Cervantes-Romero ** Elizabeth Clare Chapman ^ AnnaMae Christine Chilcote ^

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) • Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

Kaitlyn Terri Compton ^ ** Samuel Christian Connor * Christian James Cook ** Caroline Corvese ^ Emily Marie Cuno Cassandra Lee Davis *** Amy Lynne Dooley * Kelsey Eleanor Dresser ^ Danielle Luayne Duran ^ *** Kyia Madison Duvall Rebecca Janee Ebbs ^ Madison Lee Ekholm *** Cecilie Ellsworth * Tera Ericksen *** Madison Laree Feldman *** Lauren Jane Ferrell *** Leslie Flores-Mendoza Leif Jensen Forrest ^ Abigail Louise Gist Freimark Irene Virginia French ^ Madelyn George *** Loran Ann Goninan Ana Sally Gonzalez Barragan * Devry Rachel Grace ** Rebekah Lee GraVette ^ *** Jordan Wayne Gray Annalise Jaynae Greif *** Josephine Lysandra Guenther-York Chaylen Yoshiko Hakikawa *** Colyn Scott Halbert ** Sophia Marie Hanefeld *** Briauna Haskins ^ *** Delaney Heitman *** Diana Noemi Herrera Gonzalez ** Kale Marschall Heth *** Jayana Marin Hinkle Amara Louise Houghtaling ^

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Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Education

Mercades Leanne Howard ^ ** Makayla Anita Howe *** Bailey Cameron Howell *** Samantha Rose Hutchins Ashley Theresa Hutton Victoria Chantel Ingram ^ ** Valeria Jacome ** Jessica Elaine James * Heidi Lynn Jarvis ^ ** Robert Edward Jeffries ** Alexandria Lee Jenks Emma Sue Jimenez Alyssa Lynne Johnson ** Kristen Marie Johnston *** Breanna Elizabeth JoslinSchweer *** Rachel Marina Joya ** Hailey Jean Knakal Gwenonwyn Frances Knoop * Madison Shea Knox ** Madison Lucille Kramer *** Micah Rae Kruzic *** Logan Russell LaVaque Lindsey Margaret Lavelle * Levi Laws Lindy René Lehr * Kaylie Ann Leonard * Kara Lewis ^ *** Richard Wainwright Lewis ^ ** Madison Christine Little *** Cody Ryan Lomica ^ Casey Evan Lonergan *** Katie Erica Losier Dominick O. Marshall Guadalupe Noemi Martinez *** Carlos Manuel Martinez Rangel ** McKenzie Sue McHuronGuss ** Miranda Jolene McKay

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*** Madison Nicole McKenna Megan Kelly McKinley *** Brianna Lynn McKinney *** Alison Irene Means Orlando Adan Medina * Kylee Nichole Moen ^ ** Jaylene Marie Montano *** Maria Guadalupe Montejano *** Paulina Montejano Andrew Anthony Monterroso *** Kyla Cheryl Moore ** De'Jana Lennise Sabino Muña ^ * Nalani Alycia Muranaka * Olivia Rose Musso *** Sarah Christine Naughton Kristine N Nightengale *** Nicole Lyn Nixon *** Brianne Adelle Noonan *** Victor Daniel Ochoa * Brisney Lucinda Ochoa Lopez ^ Victoria Orduno Tapia ^ Kincaid Shae Parsons ^ Iris Perez Palestino ^ *** Madison Mackenzie Persons ** Samantha Sue Pestner * Lauren Kay Peterson * Jhonary Karey Pimienta Bernal *** Zachary Thomas Price * Serra Nicole Ragsdale ** Nathan Rediger Chelsea Marie Reeves Alexander Reher ^ Merica A Ribali * LauraLynn Ripoyla ^

*** Hailey Faith Roberson Nikole Elizabeth Robertson ^ Denise Karina Rodriguez Maria D Rodriguez ** Sofia Isabel RodriguezWalmisley ** Jennifer Rojas Cortes ^ ** Nicole Brianna Marie Ross Juan Antonio Ruiz-Ceja Cayla Annette Russell Natasha Renee Sachdeva ** Samantha Sanchez Rios *** Adam James Santos Bailey Clare Schafer Maya Ruth Schlosser-Hall *** Lauren Schuh Chad Seevers MacKenzie Kaialani Shea ** Reagan Elizabeth Shelley Sarah Grace Sheppler ^ Rhyan Grace Shultis December Lee Sirmans ^ *** Rebecca Lauren Slough *** Aubrey Taylor Smith ** Maria José Solis Azcorra * Angela Marie Spohn Allison McKenzie Swearingen Kaitlyn Machiko Tengan *** Ashley Nicole Texley Rachel RaeAnna Thompson-Tannery Jennyfer Trejo Ellena Sky Turner Xochiquetzal Xiomara Turner *** Kailee J Tuttle Chelsey Marie Urquiza ** Allie Nanette Van Slochteren

Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.) • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

*** Summa cum laude 3.80–4.00 G.P.A. | ** Magna cum laude 3.65–3.79 G.P.A. | * Cum laude 3.5–3.64 G.P.A. + Double major | ++ Double degree | ^Anticipated graduation summer or fall 2022

Ashlyn S. Velasco ** Paige Mckenzie Welch Katherine Wells ^ * Caitlin Dakota Willnow * Jimmy Patrick Wilson ^ *** Jonathan Ronald Woldeit * Colby Wooten Scarlett Lynn Working ^ Elizabeth Adair Zegzula ** Rosangel Zendejas ^ Education Studies (B.A.) Kaitlynn Jean Byerley Sophia Grace Kaleiho’omaika’ikala’i Igarta-Johnston Gladis Lopez Mendoza Education Studies (B.S.) *** Isaac Vicente Acosta Kaylin Brittany Arrington ** Monday D. Bennette Mitchell Lane Bradner * Alia Nicole Buresh * Prudencio Camacho Cabrera Heidy Elizabeth Castillo Julissa Chacon-Lopez * Jessica Cruz Cruz ^ Maria De Los Angeles De Leõn Courtney Finch Korina Gaarsland ** Daisy Domitila Garcia Herrera * Imogen Rae Celestine Geier Marissa Allaina Green Alex T Hansen

Madison Rose Houser ^ Larissa Demirae James *** Katy Lynne Johnson Lilly Anne Koktekin Josephine Elizabeth McGee Hannah Marie Metcalf Jacob Tyler Mitchell Lucy Alicia Alayne Morales Alyssa Jalene Murrhee Joanna Nava Lara Logan Ames Phillips Brenda Plata-Hurtado Erika Y. Ramirez Elida Pauline Ramsey * Nicholas Ryan Randleman *** Marisol Dalia Rodriguez Eliza Ojeda Sanchez Elizabeth Ann Searle Samuel Elias Shott Jilian Paige Sloan Bennett Jackson Steiner ^ Andrea Margaret Stone ** Persephone Moss Tierney Diana Valdivia-Rodriguez Exercise Science (B.S.) Adrienne Lee Angerinos Gabriel Robert Arce-Torres *** Hollie A Arklander Samuel James Bauder Jacqueline Beristain ^ Michael Tyler Burns ^ Kaylin Marie Cantu ^ Samuel James Cole Olivia Kathryn Marie Denton Samuel Ryan DuPuis Jalon Fields ^ ** Carolina Garcia Chavez

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) • Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

*** Hannah Grace Goltiao Brooke Alexandra Hall Aaron Clinton Hanible ** Jake Allen Hanson Macee Ann Harrington Gene Thomas Henderson Nicole Jane Henderson Phoebe Kate Hendry Nicholas A Jaeger ** Heidi Elizabeth Johnson ** Calista Jean Leatherman ^ Lyle Cooper Lee Sierra MacMillan *** Jaden Ashlee Mandal *** Kamryn Kylie Manley ** Tresai Denise McCarver Aidee Mendoza Cortes Ryan Edward Minniti ^ * Jacob Robert Nation *** Nini Nguyen Montana Lee Olson Jaylin Lloyd Parnell ^ Nicolas Duane Ramon James E. Reed Austin Trevor Roark * Charles Taylor Rodriguez Carter Davis Rudisill Andrew Paul Sayles *** Alexandra Irene Stemm Charles Ricardo Swann Jr. Madelynne May Thomas + *** Beatriz Trujillo-Martinez Christian Velasco Brent Robert Walsh *** Tasha Marie Will ** Zianna Kamaluonalani Zablan Wolfgramm

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Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Education

Interpreting Studies: Theory (B.S.) McKenna Leanne Bouma *** Libby Mei Byrne *** Alma-Leah Caballero Mancera *** Alexis Marie Ferdig *** Marc Corwin GonzalezMartin Mara Isaacson ** Grace Isabella Meacham *** Brynnlee Sue Merriott *** Emmerson Rosewell Preuss *** Ashlynne Morgan Setness * Jenna Marie Vascimini *** Malia Katarzyna Mei Lan Wong

Professional Studies in the Deaf Community (B.A.S.) * Melina M Rivera

Public Health (B.S.) *** Zendy Paulina Garibay ^ ** Tess Hailey Loewen ^ * Esmirna Tencos Mendoza

Some of those listed are candidates for completion of degree requirements.

This list is not proof of graduation.

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Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.) • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Anthropology (B.A.) Allyson Jean Chancellor + ** Sarah Elizabeth Meyr Kristina Mokalla Hope Darlene Volante Anthropology (B.S.) ** Gabrielle Marie Miller ^ *** Haliegh Ann Eileen Nagle *** Gabriel Joseph Sonnen

Art (B.A.) Fatimah Altaweel ^ ** David Mathew Tomasiewicz Art (B.S.) ** Katrina Marie Kildea Ethan Davis Lampe Trampus Clinton Peterson * Kathryn Ruth Pierce Wendy Leigh Seymore McKenna Abbigail Suarez

Art and Design (B.A.) Kevin Daniel Arcos Rincon ^ * Jessica Meeyon Bailey ** Benjamin Elijah Batridge ** Adrianna Marie Cichoski Joshua Gerald Gray Alison Rebecca Harry *** Amanda Ann Kuenzi *** Josephine Lim Morgan Aryan Miller ^ * Margaret Elizabeth Millmaker ** Emily Nicole Prall ** Nikko Robledo *** Julia Marie Rogers ^ *** Erin Christine Ross Naomi Jo Smith

*** Jenaya Alexa Stevenson Marina Leigh Williams

Art and Design (B.F.A.) *** Nicholas Alan Hamilton *** Connor Duncan McCannell *** Sarah Rachel Placido Art and Design (B.S.) Helen-Marie Puili Le'a O Kaua Cockett * Kara Mae Dowaliby Hannah Victoria Jones Toben Roark ++ Biology (B.S.) Sonia Ahkivgak * Kayley Ruth Arpaia Hannah Aultz Rocio Anahi Avalos Guzman ^ Jorge Manuel Bautista * Blayde Acierto Biacan Prakriti Budhathoki Jessica Marie Cannon Gracie Kaleikaumaka Carona * Sydney Noel Carpenter ** Lucas Anthony Caruana Peter Jan McKinley Cesany Allie Melissa Chapman ^ *** Eric Cortes Ramirez Joshua Thomas DeMartino Rebekah Elyse Develter ** Cassidy Flammang ** Sandra Izabel GaribayMendez Rylan Connor Headley ^ Nichole Alejandra Hernandez Galvan Jeremy William Huff

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) • Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

* Michelle Marie Kieling Brooke Elizabeth Kline ++ * Destiny Kay Maller Matthew Eugene Manus Krislyn Bagay Martinez Breeanna Rene'e Mike ^ Leina Elrasheed Mohamed Gavin Thomas Moody ^ *** Hannah Renee Moshinsky + * Zoe Marie Notenboom * Indiana Lee Olson ^ Connor Samuel Park Carlee Louise Richard Toben Roark ++ Anastasia Vonae Robertson Sarha Elena Russ Yasmin Schulberg * Claire Elise Stevens * Stephani Rose Symanowicz Madison Rhean Trussell Danielle Amanda VanOrd ^ Holly Terese Wright Business (B.A.) Kimberly Monserrat Bobadilla-Cruz ** Raynie Ann Ehret Business (B.S.) ** Luis Antonio Acosta-Vega ** Blake Thomas Anderson Dwayne Edward Angebrandt II Michael Anisimov Laci Rene Austin ** Sara Elizabeth Austin Nicholas James Baggett *** Shaniko Beier *** Sunhee Molly Bitter ^ *** Max David Braziel

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Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Steven Helmut Tias Broncheau * Annabelle D Calub *** Noah Evan Carrillo Arshdeep Singh Cheema Keanu Cherokee Chung Yosani Shamar Clay Ryan Leland Cray ^ ** Emily Rose Davis * Sofie Davis Cameron Scott Dempsey ^ Lauren Elizabeth Dempsey Simran S Dhote Omari Lee Dixon-Land ^ * Elizabeth Nguyen Do Emily Doddroe *** Cassidy Dorigan Carlie Danielle Rayne Dossman *** Kelly Ann Dowell Jeffrey Michael Enderle Blanca Adriana EscobarRomero ** Jesus Uriel Escorcia Alexandra Lenae Eynon ^ Sydnee Nysira Faircloth ^ *** Staci Lynn Fait Logan Fink Antonio Flores ^ Jarren Robert Ford * Casey Russel French Jordan Tyler Fullerton * Clarisa M Garcia Cortez Jessica Garcia Duran Guadalupe Garibay Flor Guadalupe Garibay Vega ^ David Spencer Gibons ** Logan Michael Graber Dawson Scott Gruhler ^ * Kate-Lyne Remolacio Guillermo

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* Anthony J Gutierrez Christina Hammock ^ Ashley Nicole Hancock Ashley Angelique Hankins ^ Macey Paige Hargis ^ Devin Joseph Hasher Reese Elizabeth Hauber Trask Edward Hodgson *** Michael Philip Hormann + Alina Ana Ignatovich * Sergio Ixmatlahua Cocotle ^ Aryel Elizabeth Juarez Flores ^ ** Jennifer G Kannier *** Abigale Irene Koch Seth Isaac Kuykendall Haley Nicole Leavens ^ Jessica Lauren Lewandowski Michael Joseph Lewis Veronica Leyva Ramirez ^ Xingyu Liang Mackyle Adler Little * Ivonne Gisselle Lopez Audelo Lawrence Lavell Lovelace Jr ^ Char Mae G Lubay * Thalia M.M.C Lyons * Keith Bagcal Macadangdang + Sydni Alana Manuel ^ Alexandra Ann May Twister Thomas McComas Wryland Stanley James McKnight Anthony Danny Mendez Lindsey Kae Murray * Nathan Simon Nañez ^ *** Brandon Michael Newstrom *** Morgan Rae Olofson Anthony Michael Orlando Jose Delgado Ortega *** Marilyn Benita Jordin Pentecost

Dakota Lane Perkins * Colton Eric Poissant ^ *** William Andrew Prescott III Tyreek Lamont Price * Melissa Puente *** Ryan Kendall Rapp ** Jordan Howard Riley Lainey Kay Rincon ^ Cameron Nicholas Robinson ^ Alana Rodriguez Fernando Emanuel Salazar ^ ** Danielle Lee Sally Alexandria Orion Samples Donna Fa'asao Samuelu *** Kamahoi Daniel Sanchez ** America Sepulveda Valenzuela Karen Lizbeth Serrato Guzman Alex Michael Shmilenko Joseph Stanley Sinclair ^ David Brenden Sotelo ^ * Allie Jo Spear ** Jensyn Riley Stanger * Aubrey Mae Stanton Hannah Olivia Stobie *** Grace Ann E. Tadlock Gavin Charles Thiele Ryan Case Troyer *** Jacob Randy Turner Andrea Vaca Ayala ^ Saidy Vanesa Valle Uc Luis Felipe Vargas Gonzalez Marco Antonio Vargas Miranda ^ Joseph George Weldon Emily Anne Wentworth ^ Joseph David White ** Gannon Winker Amber Jean Winkler *** Sophia Anne Woodall

Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.) • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

*** Summa cum laude 3.80–4.00 G.P.A. | ** Magna cum laude 3.65–3.79 G.P.A. | * Cum laude 3.5–3.64 G.P.A. + Double major | ++ Double degree | ^Anticipated graduation summer or fall 2022

Jaymen Anthony Yadao Anthony Dean Zellner Zixuan Zhang Alexander Wayne Russell Zochert Chemistry (B.S.) * Delaney Nanette Bishop *** Joseph Anthony Blansett *** Jupiter Seth Ceilidh + * Kayla M. Davis Jocelyne Hernandez *** Violet Aili Hill ** Kian Brussell Horton ** Austriauna Asia Maree Howse Adams *** Jeweline Sheree King * Matthew Tyler Larsen ^ ** Kai River Miller Cheyenne Kaylei Shepherd * Cody Russell Webb Communication Studies (B.A.) ** Ricardo Acevedo-Solis ** Wendi Ayala-Molina ^ Jennifer Kaylee Bronson Lindsey Jane Colligan Kayla Ann Dow ^ Grace Nanami Ekimoto Kyle D Emroe ** Maritza Gabriel-Ruiz ^ Alondra Vianey GarciaArellano Charles Swayze Graham Jonathan Hodgers Green ** Ashley Diane Hauger Jackson Matthias Holstad Daisone Trevion Hughes Annika Celeste Kalakapua'iwa'iwa Igarta

*** Laura Anne Johnson *** Marian Carla Llontop Tricia Anne G Manzano *** Felicia Gabriela Martínez Jack William McAllister Riley Hannah Milton ++ Leighton Kalei Wilakona Moniz Geneva Ortega Hannah Rose Pecot *** Daisy Michelle Pratt Conner Lane Price ++ * Jaydin Marquice Proctor ^ *** Ruben Ramirez Alvarez Julia Antonia Ranum * Nolan Alexander Scott *** Alexis Simpson Jodylynn Tavares Andrew Kamalei Downey Valladares ^ Michael Richard Vance Kayla Jean Vorachek ^ ++ * McKenzie Marie WolfeWebb *** Titus Yang *** Jordan Zade

*** Kaitlin Haley Jimmy Albert Larios Christopher Daniel Lopez ^ Ivan Lua-Diaz *** Christian J Morris Vincent Paul Nowell, Jr. Hayden Pierce Orn * Ankit Shrestha Ethan Grant Sutton *** Samuel Ryan Torris Abraham Vela Jonathan Alan Williams Xinyan Yang

Communication Studies (B.S.) Nicholas Skelton Alvin Michael Wilson Jr

Computer Science and Mathematics (B.S.) Jose Alexis Angulo Mora ^ *** Daniel Ethan Holmberg Ryan Michael Allen Pelky Stanley Antonio Santiago Robinson

Contemporary Music (B.M.) *** Cole R Johnston ** Benjamin Allen Kroeker * Kathryn N. Powers *** Elijah Aaron Thompson Keagan E. Wall Nikita Rey Williams Ruijiaming Yang ^

Computer Science (B.S.) Adnan Mohammed Almarzooq Faihan Alotaibi Tyler Jordan Bartlett Edward Anthony Borello Nathan Wild Camuso Korbin James Cardoza *** Christopher Russell Barret Edwards

Criminal Justice (B.A.) Taylor Anne Bartholomew ^ Rylan Allen Blair Micah James Burke Cuauhtemoc Corrales Beltran ^ Ariana Marlene Cruz Villanueva ^ AnnaMarie MontebonMcNeil Davis

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) • Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

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Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Garrett Ray Dethlefs Karina Duarte-Ruiz Jeronimo Flores Palafox Luke Micheal Lenahan Nicole Mitchell *** Sophie Olson Sienna Osborne ^ Criminal Justice (B.S.) Katherine Marie MadarisWillis Abdullah Saad Alotaibi * Alejandro santino Antillon ^++ Katie Nicole Ash * James Brandon Atkins Tehya Leilani Barawis ^ Brittany Leanne Bennett Spencer James Bibler ^ Halen DeEtta Bishop Paige Frances Block ^ *** Aaron Boehland * Elizabeth Anne Braatz ^ *** Shawn Michelle Branson John Crawford Breza Issac Burgett ^ *** Jade Nguyễn Burnett Luis Miguel Caballero ^ Stefano Joseph Caponi ** James Christopher Ceciliani * Araceli Ceras Estrada Owen Edward Collins *** Skylar Wolfe Connolly ^ ** Easton Caywood Crist ** Myah Jean Dalby Camalia Villaver Daquioag Aminadab Diaz-Chacon Leanna Marie Dunbar Caston Moses Elliott *** Samantha Escorcia

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* Cassie Nicole Flores-McNeill Christian Timothy Frasieur Presley T'Lera Garza Moana Talia Gianotti Zakary Michael Girtman ** Reed Annette Gjonnes Richard Ryan Goe Jasmine Preciosa Grijalva ^ ** Jack Nicholas Carl Grippin ^ Kaitlyn Rose Moulika Hammond * Maxwell Scott Hayes Grant Paul Henke ** Bree Anna Hernandez Emilee Mae Hessel ** Dylan John Hilger ++ Robyn Marrian Lee Hohnstein Mykal A Holmes *** Marco Antonio Howland Malissa Anna Jaimez Emily Marie Jensen Hayden Jon Keep Cole Russel Kinman Christopher Chase Koehnke Dustin Scott Kuhn Delaney Dayle Leikem * Luke Anthony Linenberger Daniel Lopez Solis Jerry Dillon Lowery ^ Blanca Gabriela Lozada Mason Vaughn Meredith Riley Hannah Milton ++ Shelby Dawn Moody *** Sydney Christine Morris Haidee Munoz Garrett Netter Nicole Ann Nicholas ** Johnathan Brian Niles Nathan Patrick Olson

Felipe Alexyz Ortega Ramos Bradley Joseph Patenaude * Devin James Proudfit * Maria Guadalupe Ramirez Tapia *** Mariah Mari Reed Nicholas Vernon Rogers John E. Rowe *** Elizabeth Salazar-Cervantes Gabriel Scott Salazar-Young Jorge Salgado Kristina Pearl Schmidt Yaritza Segundo-Mendoza *** Alexis Keeley Sikes Cooger Duke James Smith Tyler Daniel Sorenson William R. Soto Jr Benjamin Albert Springs Clinton J Steen Jacob Len Stevens Renxin Sun Miguel Estuardo Thomas Karissa Aimee Torres ** Zachary Dale Traeger ^ *** Stephanie Lucia Verdin Madilyn Marie Watkins Alec Dade Williams + * Mariah Spring Williams Rachel Ann Willingham ^ Dance (B.A.) Jaelynn Neelani Cocker ^ *** Rebecca Brianne Pearson Dance (B.S.) Charley M Millard Earth and Environmental Science (B.S.) Ellé Knopp

Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.) • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

*** Summa cum laude 3.80–4.00 G.P.A. | ** Magna cum laude 3.65–3.79 G.P.A. | * Cum laude 3.5–3.64 G.P.A. + Double major | ++ Double degree | ^Anticipated graduation summer or fall 2022

Earth Science (B.S.) Grace Marjory Comer Alexandra Rylea Evernden Ivy Rose Hodgkinson ** Melina Lee Mullin Nicole Lee Niskanen

Gracie Lynn Tabor * Cassidy Jane Thompson William Austin Valleau ** Allison Marie Vanderzanden *** Payton Nicole Wagner

Economics (B.S.) Moayad M Alahmadi Abdulelah Albaqami Kyle James Cornett *** Kaleb Einar Jones + Caleb Matthew Klapprott Elizabeth Rose Warriner ** Ryan Alexander Chong Worthley

Gerontology (B.S.) Joseph Stephen Castor ^ Kathleen Rae Davidson Nikayla Renae Doane *** Sara DeAn Frank *** Noelle Annelise Haury ^ *** Maya Rose Evans Herb ++ Kaylee Nicole Isom *** Cruz Antonio Lopez ^ My'chaela Marie Maine ^ ** Herica Mejia *** Alejo Ordoñez Diaz ^ *** Ruby K Van Dyke

English (B.A.) *** Emilia Kristina Carrillo Suzyn Roper Vorachek ++ English Studies (B.A.) *** Olivia Jane Acker Matthew Christian Alex Roy Cramer Dustin Giulio De La Cruz ^ Natalie RaeAnne Dean *** Kit Evans ** Jessica Claire Johnson ^ Alisha Ann Jordan ** Nova Kohnke ^ Brianna Jane Lelieur *** April Marie Massoni Ian Henry Noel ^ ** Joshua Brayden Pautler Miykayah Grace Risseeuw ** Jonathan Richard Gary Siefer Schuyler Alexis Stewart

History (B.A.) ** Ryan Michael Duffy Theodore James Fennimore Garak Dillon Garza ^ * Jesus Villarreal Hernandez *** Audrey Makayla Manning ^ *** Samuel Neal Speckman Matthew Gale Worthy History (B.S.) Jackson Perry Beeler Cort Lyman Wildfang Humanities (B.A.) ** Terann Riley Anderson Regan Thomas Garrett Avery Storm Gomez ^

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) • Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

Information Systems (A.B.) *** Erin F Cotrone *** Alex Decknadel *** Timothy Scott Ferrell * Dennis Long

Information Systems (B.A.S.) *** Alaina Hatfield *** Michael Robert Volkmann Information Systems (B.S.) Mohammed Essam Alhakami * Faisal Abdulrahman AlShawkani *** Kaylee Elizabeth Bennett *** Michael Scott Berryman Jordan Cornwell ** Dylan John Hilger ++ ** Charles Thomas Johnston *** Courtney Lynn Kaplan * Abdullah Qusay Luay ^ Marko L Ludlow *** Ashish Maharjan Kyle Andrew Markey * Ryan Scott Miller Tony Jr Saimon ^ * Justin Dean Shields + Noah Maika'iokalani Tangalin ^ *** Vanessa Sofia Watson ^ Joshua Donald Weber Rakan Hamed Zughbi

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Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Interdisciplinary Studies (B.A.) * Justin Van Anderson Mariah Kiah Anderson * Addie Mae Bagwell ** Emily Kay Beaver Marina L Bednarowski Macen Elijah Bittner ^ Robert Cruz Bojorquez Nathan Callahan Bonck Kaytlynn Ashley Brockway Shelby Leeann Brooks Nicole Michelle Brunner ^ *** Casey Robert Butler Alejandro Caballero ^ Sadie Lynn Chipley Tayhlia-Lee T K Chong Ana Belen Cortes Escobar Jennifer Marie Da Silva Calvin Otto Davis ^ Avery Gray De Cloedt Kimberly Marie DeWitt *** Megan Renee Dews ** Joshua Rafael Diaz *** Madeline Rose Annie Aiko Dohrer Alexis Jade Eastwood Julian Aguero Elizalde *** Mary Catherine Fay Cassandra Moneva Field * Ivy Marie Fields McKya Nichole Filley William Henry Forrest IV Kevin Gallegos Madison Brooke Gaylin Kailey Kim Leighanne Glodt Amy Janelle Gozelski ^ Annika Nicole Green *** Robin Ann Hadaller ++ *** Rylee Ashlyn Hanshew * Kenzie Marie Harding

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Daisy Elizabeth Hernandez Daniel Hirsch Cheyanne Marie Jackman Bartolo ** Hailey Shakota Johnson Jessica Leigh Johnson * Brianna May Jones Eliana Kaufman Matthew Brendan Luquin Kiley Ryan Lynn Hunter Stephen Martin Enrique Luna Martinez *** Kaitlin Grace McBride Marissa May McCue Jared Christopher McGowan Jordan Ellis McKay ^ Leslee Ann Moore *** Mariela Isabel Mota Cerda Paige Jane Murphy ** Darby Brooke Olsen Andrew Jordan Owens Adrienne Michele Parks *** Sydney Aleigh Perkins ^ Morgan Rech *** Jennifer Reed *** Hannah Joleen Reep Andrew-James Kaleiawiliohuna Reyes ^ * Shanna Paige Richard Cari J Rogers ^ Anna Teresa Rose Emilie Ann Sass ^ *** Skyler William Scott * Jissel Mckensi Smith Zachary Charles Spink ** Paige Renae Stewart ^ Alexander Todd Taylor *** Kathyryn Danielle Tripp Jennifer Anne Trupe Marisa Lynn Varay *** Vanessa Kay Vargas

Gema Ventura Alfonso Kimberly Renee Wells ** Anna Marie West Spencer Weston Dylan Christopher Whitmore ^ Caitlin Will Interdisciplinary Studies (B.S.) Katelyn Susanne Beard * Monty D. Bielby ** Ashley Faye Dawes Jacob Ryan DeCamp Holly Espinoza Dulce Violeta Garcia-Lewis Emmalee June Girod ** Rylie Lynn Horrall Joshua Levi Householder Scott Joseph Isaak Ryan David Johnson Brian Christopher Jones Leila Monét Jones ** Jordyn Alexis Krake Shawn Lake Jordan Miller Spencer Alan Mullins Tyler Drew Nagel ^ Maria Briseida Nambo Gaona G'ovanni P Quezada ^ Eduardo Rojas Cornejo Cindy Rosales Paredes Guadalupe Sandoval Garfias ^ Jacob William Schuette Roblynn Kamaka Silva Beca Maray Stearns ^ Marranda Jo Thilberg ^ Tiarra Rene Thompson LaVon Darzell Van Sydney Angelene Van Noy Marilla Ann Walter

Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.) • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

*** Summa cum laude 3.80–4.00 G.P.A. | ** Magna cum laude 3.65–3.79 G.P.A. | * Cum laude 3.5–3.64 G.P.A. + Double major | ++ Double degree | ^Anticipated graduation summer or fall 2022

** David William Winkler Krista K Wolfe International Studies (B.A.) ** Cristian Josue Amador Hernandez Mathematics (B.S.) Angel Andrew Cruz Cruz Nicholas McClain *** Trevor James Rabosky * Haley Lynn Willmott Music (B.A.) Karen Jean Canan Music (B.M.) *** Maria Joy Kramer Philosophy (B.A.) *** Nicholas Delmar Denning Suzyn Roper Vorachek ++ Philosophy (B.S.) Mahthel DH Almahthel Mitchell Wesley Martin *** Zachary R Zappe Political Science (B.A.) Isaac John Copeland Aubrey Page DeVore *** Samuel James Andrew Evans ** Kassidy Lynn Fegles-Jones ^ *** Gustavo A Guerrero *** Collin Gary Hulling ^ *** Camille Elizabeth Lenning *** Austin Nash Olin Conner Lane Price ++ Christopher Alan Smith

Political Science (B.S.) Brooke Lorene Mattison Leonardo Ruiz Palacio ^

Psychology (A.B.) Michael John Addington Chrystal Grimes ^ ** Julia Ann Kraft Psychology (B.A.) Mekayla Mae Christensen Leslie Fernandez *** Claire Angela Graves Stephanie Miramontes Claudia Lizzeth Perez Correa Julia Delfina Rebolledo Escobar June Kareen Soderquist Tatiana-Marie I. K. Whitlow

Psychology (B.S.) Rachel Sarahi Alarcon Larisa Alba Gaspar ^ * Aaron Avery Allen *** Delia Carolina Alvarez Dioselin Alvarez Carmona Elizabeth Rachel Anderson *** Bryanna Ashley Anhalt * Alejandro Santino Antillon ^++ Keiko Ann Olivia Aotaki * Jennifer Arellano-Franco Juan Ar mando AriasGarcia ^ Michelle Ataide ^ *** Aidan James Avey ** Emily Ann Balck ++ Phoenix Kena'ulehua Baptiste * Chelsey Mei J Barayuga

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) • Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

*** Gabriella Rose Bauman Grace Karan Bell * Timothy Austin Blair Rachel Marie Bliege ^ *** Isis Johanna Breazile Alessia Brogoitti Katelyn Ann Brooks *** Fatimah Buali Alexandra J Campbell Angelica Maria Campos Conlan Jacob Chastain ^ *** Lidia Karely Chavez ** Hannah Elizabeth Childress Ashley Anne Collier * Emily Ardis Coreson ^ * Caitlyn Leann Corrigan *** Camille Carolyn-Jane Cottrell ^ Haley Lindell Coupe ^ Christina Marie Minock Cullins *** Savannah Rae Current *** Grace Isabel Daiker Leah Dorothy Daniels ^ ** Darian Alysse DeMarce ** Courtney Paige DesJarlais ^ *** Grace Marie Dooley-Gonzales Matthew Kamuela Dunaway Destiny Faith-Hope Edwards ^ Adelaide Paige Sherman Emerson Marina Farrell Summer R Fox ** Julia G Fraizer ^ * Andrew James Freeman + *** Patrick Joseph Freeman *** Chloe Patricia Furlong ^ Braden Andrew Fuszek ^ Zachary Alexander Gabriychuk ^ *** Lily Helene Gallagher Cesar Garcia

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Undergr aduate Degrees

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Lorena Garcia Alvarez ** Sandra Elizabeth García Torres ++ *** Brooklyn Michelle Giles Austin Goldstein ^ Peyton Reyes Gomez ^ Alexis Renee Gonzalez ^ ** Bailey Alexander Goodman Yesenia Granados-Frausto ^ ** Darian Jean Gulfo ^ Madeleine (Hosh) Malia Haas Hillary Nichole Hammond Madelyn Marissa Hanes *** Melissa Danielle Haney *** Shelby R. Helmig ** Grant Christopher Hess Ashley M Hibbeler Kali Dawn Higgins Kaleah Natasha Mary Holt ^ *** Austin Kyle Hunsaker Darrick Madison Husband Tin (Avery) Huynh Shyanne Marie Hysell Oluchi Chinekwu Igbonagwam ^ * Alan Robert Jefferson *** Alexis Marin Kackley * Sydney Marie Khiev ^ April R Kingry Brooke Elizabeth Kline ++ Jackson Paul Kraus ^ ** Madelyn Jean Larkin Madison Victoria Laufer Nicole Nadyne Layman * Maria Erika Leon *** Jacob Andrew Lichty Cecilia Lopez Georgia Lusby Breanna Renae Lyon ^

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*** Devonne Nicole Lyon ** Rosy Isela Madrigal Rodriguez Joseph James Rudolph Maduena Isaiah Nathaniel Manning Maria Jose Marquez Diaz * Nataly Elisabet Martinez Pantoja Makenna Jean Mattison Sara Jayne McCoy *** Natalie Louise McMahan ** Anthony Joseph Menk Kayla Nicole MillerO'Higgins ^ *** Amanda Marlene Mooney ^+ * Melissa Sue Moore Raquel G Morales *** Colin Allen Mosgrove *** Karissa Faith Nigg *** Samantha S. Norton Melinda Margarita Ortega Amanda Makela Owren * Grace-Ann Pegnone ^ Jenna Monet Perin + Kamalei K Perry Anabel Jordan Phillis Natalie A Pihulak ** Allena Marie Pinney ^ Fiona Jean Pond ^ *** Bailey Miranda Powell *** Whitley Marie Prater *** Elliot Mitchell Purl *** Brittany Dawn Rainey Zachary Joseph Richardson Sarah Anne Rief * McKenzie Marie Robinson *** Elyse Yasmin Rodriguez Marissa Brette Rogers ^ Kendall Grace Rooney

Kalvin Alexander RosalesUballe ** J'Leyne Rubbert *** Kacie Rachel Ryden *** Maikalani Sallee ** Ruby San Miguel Morales ++ *** Jocelyn Marzel Santos Maria Elizabeth Sarmiento *** Shaelyn Rose Schmidt ** Hailie Cecelia Scholbrock *** Corrine Storm Schultz *** Delaney Marie Smith *** Josefine Marie Smith Sierra Anne Smith Steven James Smith * Jacqueline Soto ** Hailey Spears Michael Frank Stevenson Cydney Denise Stone ^ * Katie Lynn Taylor-Weiler * Devin Jay Thongdy *** Rick Lynn Tingle *** Raquel Venancia Toby Madison Elizabeth Topaum Ulysses Trujillo-Cruz ^ * Sarah Jane Turner ^ Alejandra Urquiza ^ ** Jocelyne Vargas ^ Ana Laura Varillas Michael Benjamin Vile ^ *** Sean Patrick Vile Elisa M Villegas Kayla Jean Vorachek ^ ++ ** Lecy Jean Warren ** Taylor Cheyenne Warren * Whitney Warren Alyssa Grace White Sydney Sue Wilbur Kaelin Renee WilliamsKennedy

Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.) • Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) • Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

*** Summa cum laude 3.80–4.00 G.P.A. | ** Magna cum laude 3.65–3.79 G.P.A. | * Cum laude 3.5–3.64 G.P.A. + Double major | ++ Double degree | ^Anticipated graduation summer or fall 2022

*** Taryn Anne Wilson Robin Winn Sara Ann Wolfe Jonathan Charles Zeigler ^ *** Rachel Lynn Zoerner Kelsey Rydell Zwicker Public Policy and Administration (B.A.) *** Renad Abdulmohsen Alrehaili Teresa Devin Chavez Alyssa Guadalupe Duron ^ * Shannon Diane Hiland Cole Leonhard Horning Logan Noe'l Aline Jackson ^ Austin William Woodall ^ ** Hannah Lauranne Young

Public Policy and Administration (B.S.) *** Noah Ethan Johnson ^ Houston Lee Winslow

Social Science (B.A.) Rafael Arrezola Daniel Alberto Avendano *** Lucia Fuhui Breeden Clarissa Cisneros Ana Vicky Cruz Rosales Mckenzie English *** Aliyah Rae Favela Rosa Evelin Gomez Reyes Alexander Lawrence Harris Yazmin Hernandez Alvarez Krysta Frances Jackson ^ ** Alexa Rose Ligon Kristin Rhiann MachicFrance Michele Kelleen McIntyre Greene ^

Teresa Kaye Mitchell * Mackenzie Ellen Newland Ashley Krystine Patton ** Sophia Marie Paz Alexander James Ped ** Hailey Lauren Silberfarb Elisa N Teñido ^ Erika Vargas-Flores ** Kiara Elizabeth Wehrenberg Samantha Joanne Weiss ^ Amy Lain Westman

Social Science (B.S.) Ricardo Armadillo Steve Michael Hale ^ Emma Kathleen Lucas Klint Austin Mallery Jessica L. Wadkins ^ Conner Laughlin Weidner

Sociology (B.A.) Tyrah Mae Baron ^ *** Elizabeth Lorna Buchanan ** Jenny Janette Burris ** Chase Christopher Detzler ^ ** Alexa Gunter Cole Jacob Haynes ^ ** Derrick Anthony Jaramillo *** Madison Nicole Kadera ^ ** Lily Ellen Mills Marisela Ortega Valladares ^ Lizzett Piza-Galan

Sociology (B.S.) Mikaela Ka'ulani Pugmire Scovel +

Spanish (B.A.) ** Sandra Elizabeth García Torres ++ *** Maya Rose Evans Herb ++

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) • Bachelor of Science (B.S.) • Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

Armando Ruiz-Arroyo Meriby Salgado Ydrac ^ ** Ruby San Miguel Morales ++ Verónica Téllez Saldaña Joshua David Thaxton *** María José Ugalde Rojo Jennifer Jacqueline Urena

Sustainability (B.A.) *** John Edmund Wells The Arts (B.A.) Juliette Anne Jessop

Theatre (B.F.A.) Kristina Elizabeth Barnes William D Evans ** Kenzie Elizabeth Moore ** Sarah Elizabeth Pitz Carina Ramirez *** Tessa Jae Rosenau Benjamin Arthur Ruggles Zachary Taylor Warner

Theatre Arts (B.A.) * Rebecca Elise Blain Max Lewis Groshong Savanna Mae Smiens Sara I Wright Theatre Arts (B.S.) ** Emily Ann Balck ++ Tawnie Juanita McAlister Brandilan Arlene Moring + Visual Communication Design (B.A.) Bryan Rubio

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Master’s Degree Theses

Summer 2021

Shelby Champlin Hillsdale, Michigan

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Looking Forward: Shared Trauma: Implications of Signed Language Interpreters Amanda Smith, chair

Kelsey McKibbin

Chevon Ramey San Antonio, Texas

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

A Look at How We Discuss the Work: Observations of Feedback in the Interpreting Classroom Amanda Smith, chair

Marilyn Sterner McSherrystown, Pennsylvania

Vancouver, Washington

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Professional is Not Just a Title: The Value of Reclassifying Pennsylvania's Paraprofessional Educational Interpreters

Amanda Smith, chair

Dr. Elisa Maroney, chair

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Looking Forward: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Working Interpreters

Jazmin Vollmar Rialto, California

Fall 2021

Rencia Gravesande Voldosta, Georgia

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Playing! It's All for Fun! Or is it? An Examination of Play in the Field of Sign Language Interpreting Amanda Smith, chair

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

For Us, By Us: Why do we need an HBCU Interpreter Education Program?

Amanda Smith, chair

Winter 2022

Marquette Laquey

Leslie McCuan

San Diego, California

Bakersfield, California

Learning Alone Practicing Together: A Case Study Exploring the Flipped Classroom to Improve Interpreter Education

Amanda Smith, chair

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

Dr. Elisa Maroney, chair

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Western Oregon University

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies The Start of Something New

Spring 2022

Wendy Cortwright Corvallis, Oregon

Master of Science in Education Dibels Data Informing Reading and Writing Intervention for Primary Grades Dr. Joshua Schulze, chair

Keyanda Hall Beech Island, South Carolina

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Playfully Expanding Interpreter Development Amanda Smith, chair

Ashley Lilón La Crosse, Wisconsin

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Medical Interpreting for Dominican Spanish Dr. Elisa Maroney, chair

Morgan Perkey Sublimity, Oregon

Master of Arts in Criminal Justice Crisis Intervention and Response Program Analysis Dr. Misty Weitzel, chair

Katrina Wadsworth Corvallis, Oregon

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Work-Esteem in the Field of Interpreting Amanda Smith, chair

Jordan Ward Rockwell, Texas

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies Examining the Divide: Understanding Perceptions and Relationships Between Community and Educational Interpreters Dr. Elisa Maroney, chair

Cara O’Brien Independence, Oregon

Master of Science in Education The Effects of Covid-19 on Resources for Young Families Dr. Cindy Ryan, chair

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Honors Progr am Theses Spring 2022

Kayley Arpaia

Raynie Ehret

Growth Through Leadership: A Leadership Portfolio

Wolfie Round-Up: A Pilot Program to Assist Students with Staying Connected To WOU

Advisor: Megan Habermann-Guthrie, M.S.

Advisor: Megan Habermann-Guthrie, M.S.

Jessica Bailey

Claire Graves

Dawn: Creating Positive Affirmative Gaming Experiences

Rehabilitative Methods Across States and Their Corresponding Recidivism Rates

Advisor: Dr. Breeann Flesch

Advisor: Dr. Jaime Cloud

Ray Barton

"Everybody’s Someone Else’s N****r”: Marilyn Manson as a Social Provocateur Advisor: Dr. Michael Freeman

Delaney Bishop

Maya Herb

Advocacy Work for Financially Vulnerable Older Adults Advisor: Dr. Margaret Manoogian

Daniel Holmberg

The Challenges and Prospects of Using of Body Farms as a Forensic Science Tool in Oregon

How to Teach Math More Effectively and Efficiently: Engaging Students In the World of Math

Advisor: Dr. Pete Poston

Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Beaver

Lucia Breeden

Rylie Horrall

Identity Issues Seen in Asian-American Adoptees: The Impact of Homeland Tours

Support for Students: Best Practices for Creating a Website with Resources for WOU Students

Advisor: Dr. Maureen Dolan

Advisor: Dr. Lucas Cordova

Cheyanne Bumgardner

Kian Horton

More to the Story: A Multifaceted View of Vicarious Trauma as Applied to the Profession of Sign Language Interpreting Advisor: Prof. Erin Trine

Nicholas Denning

Teaching Philosophy to College Students— A Personal Approach

Post Mortem Opioid Detection Advisor: Dr. Patricia Flatt

Meg Kassebaum

Dressed for Disaster: An Advocacy for Sustainability in a Fast Fashion World Advisor: Dr. Emily Plec

Advisor: Dr. Ryan Hickerson

For students interested in any field of study, the WOU Honors Program offers a cohesive, challenging and adaptive curriculum committed to scholarly inquiry and intellectual growth.

Through its interdisciplinary classes and extracurricular experiences, the program forges a learning community featuring faculty and students from across campus.

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Western Oregon University

Summer 2022

Maddie Little

Chloe Furlong

Should Standardized Testing be Required for College Acceptance?

Individual Perceptions of Disabilities in the General Education Classroom

Advisor: Dr. Alicia Wenzel

Advisor: Dr. Cindy Ryan

Brandilan Moring

Noelle Haury

A Mathematical Analysis of American-style Crossword Puzzles with 90° Symmetry

To Honor Our Elders: Exploration of Elder Abuse in Long-Term Care Settings

Advisor: Dr. Leanne Merrill

Advisor: Dr. Margaret Manoogian

Melina Mullin

Matthew Larsen

Addressing Emergency Response and Recovery from a Critical Social Justice Lens

Understanding and Managing Plastic Waste in America

Advisor: Dr. Dana Showalter

Advisor: Dr. Patricia Flatt

Josh Pautler

Amanda Mooney

A Journalistic Look at the Proud Boys Advisor: Dr. Henry Hughes

Nullification of The CSI Effect Through Exposure at Critical Points in The Trial Process

Advisor: Dr. Misty Weitzel

Paige Smith

Developmental Influences of Social Media: A Cross-Age Peer Mentoring Program Approach Advisor: Pam Medzegian, M.Ed., M.S.

Alex Stemm

Necessary or Outdated: Are Post-9/11 Changes to U.S. Police Forces Still Justifiable?

Advisor: Dr. Mari Sakiyama

Fall 2022

Elizabeth Chapman

Fostering an Understanding of Childhood Anxiety Through Picturebooks

Advisor: Dr. Marie LeJeune

Rylan Headley

Taryn Wilson

The Effects of Social Media Usage on Disordered Eating Behaviors

The Lumber Industry and its Role in Environmental Sustainability Advisor: Dr. Bryan Dutton

Advisor: Dr. Ethan McMahan

The program seeks to build a supportive yet demanding intellectual community to nurture individuals who will enter the wider community as producers, not merely consumers, of human knowledge.

The senior project/thesis is the culmination of this goal.

Commencement 2022

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