WOU Commencement 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

Honors Cords

Western Oregon University

Oregon Health & Science University

WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITYCORDS

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 Black/Red/Gold (service)

Chi Alpha Sigma Red/White (National College Athlete Honor Society)

Disability Services Burgundy/White (students with disabilities)

Fostering Success

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)

Lambda Pi Eta Gold (National Communication Association Honor Society, academic)

Military Service

Red/White/Blue (service recognition)

Multicultural Student Services & Programs Black (diversity scholars, academic) Navy Blue/White (On Track graduate)

Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Gold/Purple (service)

Phi Alpha Theta Multicolored (National History Honor Society, academic)

Phi Mu Epsilon Violet/Lavender/Gold (National Mathematics Honor Society, academic)

Psi Chi Yellow/Blue (International Psychology Honor Society, academic)

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

Sigma Phi Omega Blue/Gold (International Gerontology Honor Society, academic)

Sigma Tau Delta Black/Red (International English Honor Society, academic)

Student Activities Board Red/Gray (service and involvement)

Student Enrichment Program Powder Blue (service)

Student Engagement Mint (fraternity and sorority) Rainbow (lavender graduate) Silver (leadership certificate)

WOU Honors Program White (academic)

OHSU SCHOOL OF NURSING | MONMOUTH CAMPUS

HealthE STEPS

Peacock (leadership)

Monmouth Student Nurses Association Officers

Gold/Blue/Green (leadership)

Sigma Theta Tau

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

MEDALLIONS

Psi Chi Yellow/Blue (International Psychology Honor Society)

Medallions, Pins & Stoles Western Oregon University

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 Native pattern with feathers (Native American graduate)

Kappa Sigma 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)

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

Sigma Tau Delta Red (International English Honor Society)

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

Student Engagement Kente Cloth (Black graduate)

Upward Bound Black, Red/White Stripes (Upward Bound/TRIO)

Veteran Honor Stole

Black/Silver Trim, Olive Green (Honorable Discharge, Good Conduct)

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.

2022 Student Awards

Faculty, Staff, & Alumni Awards

Delmer Dewey/Julia McCulloch Smith Outstanding Undergraduate 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.

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 operate as a leader. I learned that leaders come in all shapes and forms.”

Aliyah Favela

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 Undergraduate 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 of the Honors Program with a major in American Sign Language/English Interpreting, minors in ASL and Psychology, and a Leadership Certificate.

Bumgardner, who hails from Grants Pass, Oregon, took her first ASL class during her junior year of high school. “I took it to fulfill my second language requirement,” she recalls. “I had never even thought about interpreting as a career, but my instructor said, ‘You’re pretty good at this, you should consider becoming an interpreter.’ So I did some research, found Western and it all just went from there.”

With her area of study solidified, there was another aspect of college Bumgardner was curious about.

“Because I went to a nontraditional high school, I didn’t have many opportunities to participate in student leadership. I knew that was something I wanted to do when I got to college,” she says.

Bumgardner approached leadership with ambition, starting as a Hall Host leading tours of residence halls, then in the Discover Leadership program well as a variety of admissions and orientation groups. As a coordinator of the university’s PLUS Team, Bumgardner helped facilitate new student orientation activities, including being part of the team that built the newest orientation program on campus, Destination Western. At one point, she was coordinator for PLUS Team, the Campus Ambassadors program, and Campus Visitation simultaneously.

“The skills I gained through leadership have benefited me academically, socially, and going into my career as an interpreter,” says Bumgardner. “It’s not just about being an

orientation leader or campus tour guide. It’s about building a community and developing important soft skills that come from those out-of-theclassroom experiences.”

She’s already putting those skills to work in Southern Oregon, where she recently accepted a position as an educational sign language interpreter working with K-12 students. In the coming months, she plans to complete the rigorous certification requirements for different types of sign language interpreting, with a goal of someday working in mental health settings.

This goal correlates nicely with her honors thesis. After finding very little published research on the phenomenon of vicarious trauma within the profession, Bumgardner decided to tackle it herself.

Cheyanne Bumgardner

“This concept has always been fascinating to me. Most current research talks about post-traumatic care. There is a significant lack of research on what we can do to educate, prepare, and prevent it, so I decided to write the article I wish I had when I was first learning about vicarious trauma,” she says with a smile. Her findings will soon be available to others on WOU's Digital Commons website.

As for her time at Western, especially as a firstgeneration college student, she’s grateful to have landed at a small, community-oriented campus where it was easy to meet people and make an impact.

“The value of building relationships and connections with faculty, staff, and fellow students can’t be underestimated,” she says. “College is really all about what you’re willing to put into it. I’ve loved being in a place where I truly did get to learn something new every day.”

Outstanding Graduate 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 her career that drew Whitney Higginbotham ’22 back to Western for a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership.

After graduating from WOU in 2012 with an undergraduate degree in Community Health Education, she took a job with Salem Health. Her first position was as an outreach operations specialist for the hospital’s cancer awareness program and for six years she worked in clinical research, managing regulatory processes.

“I was ready to grow in my role, but I didn't know where I could go within the clinical research world,” she recalls. “As much as I loved clinical research, I found that I had worked myself into a corner. I had become a little bit too specialized with my experience.”

As she interviewed for new roles, she was also starting to hear a refrain—she needed a master's degree or more relevant experience. Both suggestions caused Higginbotham a great deal of internal conflict. She’d never considered getting a master’s degree and she wondered whether she should leave research altogether.

“I never thought I would get my master's degree ever because academically I struggle quite a bit,” she says. But with some encouragement and a gentle nudge from Amber Deets, Director of Graduate Student Success & Recruitment, Higginbotham felt emboldened to take the next step in her career.

Not only has she learned new skills, Higginbotham says she’s gained confidence and learned more about herself in the process. “The knowledge and skills that I learned about and practiced, means I can work in many different

industries if I chose to, which is incredible, because I find that I really like to change what I like to do,” she says. “I just see myself doing so many things.”

In addition to her studies, Higginbotham worked as graduate assistant for Dr. Kathleen Cassidy, the Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, lending support to various committees on campus with her skills as a data analyst. Higginbotham reached out to an adjunct professor to see if there were opportunities to work with the City of Salem on her final project, and subsequently partnered with the Public Works Department to benchmark burnout, and provide tools and strategies to prevent it.

Higginbotham envisions eventually landing in consultant work, with a focus on change management, organizational development and process improvement.

“That's where I see myself because it involves working with different people and projects consistently, which is what I like,” she says. “I loved that my classmates were from all different backgrounds, some very different from my own, including military, healthcare, academia, business – all over.”

And while the year and a half of her studies were mostly online, even that experience had a silver lining, giving her an opportunity to hone skills that she may not have considered in the past.

“I learned how to relate to people in a remote setting and connect with others from my home office. That was a great experience to have and a push forward with the way things are going in different careers and industries,” she says. Most importantly, the Organizational Leadership program has opened a whole world of new possibilities.

Whitney Higginbotham

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 became interested in healthcare when her grandpa was diagnosed with cancer.

“I told him before he passed away that I was going to go to college and become his nurse,” she says. “Unfortunately, that didn't happen.”

While the impetus for Alamani Kanoho’s journey into healthcare is tinged with sadness, she is thankful nonetheless for the fire it ignited. Her first steps toward a career in healthcare included becoming a certified nursing assistant while she was an undergraduate studying Community Health at WOU. Upon completion of her bachelor’s degree, she started work in the Oncology Unit at Salem Health.

“It drove my passion, working with patients and seeing them go from being really, really weak at one point to being strong and being able to leave the hospital,” says Alamani Kanoho. “Then I wanted to further my education and actually become a nurse.”

In 2019, Alamani Kanoho enrolled in OHSU School of Nursing and hasn’t looked back. She’s deftly juggled the stresses and responsibilities of a full-time job as a CNA with demands of nursing school, including almost two years of online schooling.

“I take time away from school to be present with family, whether it’s Saturday night dinners at my grandma's house or spending the day cuddling with my dog,” she says. “They're the most supportive people I know. They're probably the reason that I'm here and striving to be better in nursing school. I don't think I would've made it through the last three years without them.”

During her senior practicum in the Emergency Department at Peace Health in Springfield, Oregon, Alamani Kanoho found a passion for critical care.

Raelyn Alamani Kanoho

“It’s been eye-opening,” she says. “I chose the emergency room because I wanted a challenge. It was something scary to me at first. You always hear horror stories about how crazy the emergency room can be and after the first two days, it was like, I love this. I love the hustle, bustle and teamwork. That drove me to want to take care of critical care patients, in either the emergency room setting or in an ICU setting.”

Alamani Kanoho lives in Salem with her fiancé, Tyler, a middle school math teacher, and says her immediate goal is to find a nursing position in the area. She also hasn’t ruled out more schooling.

“It’s been a little crazy, I’m not going to lie,” she says with a laugh. “But the faculty, they are just so supportive and encouraging. And, because we’re such a small cohort, I have had the opportunity to get to know a lot of my cohort members and to grow together.”

She also credits prioritizing a work-life balance as central to her success.

“I don’t think you’re ever done learning in nursing. I’m planning on getting specialty certifications first and then giving back,” she says, explaining that the current shortage in nurses means fewer nurse preceptors to supervise nursing students during clinical rotations. After earning her specialty certifications Alamani Kanoho says she would like to become a preceptor, and is considering an advanced practice RN that would enable her to work in anesthesiology.

MARIO AND ALMA PASTEGA

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 in the Department of Biology, is this year’s recipient of the Mario and Alma Pastega Award for Excellence in Scholarship

Hopkins, an ecologist whose scholarly work centers on understanding how organisms are affected by and respond to environmental change, is perhaps best known internationally for bringing a multi-disciplinary and evolutionary perspective to conservation issues. His prolific research activities include the publication of 30 peer reviewed papers and, with his students, presenting work at 20 national and international conferences. Since arriving on campus in 2018, Hopkins has mentored 25 undergraduate research students.

“Getting undergraduate stu dents involved in research can be completely transformational,” says Hopkins. To that end, he has forged new partnerships for WOU that seamlessly integrate teaching and research. One such project brings together WOU students, the Oregon Depart ment of Fish & Wildlife, City of Salem, and Oregon State Univer sity professor Ashley D’Antonio and her students to study how endangered local freshwater turtle species respond to habitat restoration and human recreation at Minto Brown Park in Salem.

The multifaceted research project is giving students an opportunity to engage in everything from field surveys and analysis of camera images, to the design and creation of turtle basking structures. The project has also provided an opportunity for WOU Computer Science Associate Professor Lucas Cordova and his students to create a mobile app and website (www.oregonturtles.org) to engage community members in turtle monitoring efforts.

Another collaboration, with WOU Biology Professor Ava Howard and a team of undergraduates, is monitoring the responses of insects, amphibians, and reptiles to restoration of an endangered Oregon White Oak ecosystem near Adair Village outside of Corvallis.

“We have students focused on acorns, tree physiology, birds, amphibians, reptiles and insects, all working together in a cross-disciplinary way with the overarching theme of how we conserve ecosystems and the organisms that live in them,” says Hopkins. “It is a local project of local concern but with regional, national and international consequences.”

Research opportunities like these can build self-esteem and foster students’ sense of self-belief that they have something to contribute, says Hopkins. It can also open doors that may otherwise feel closed.

Gareth R. Hopkins

In the case of the turtle habitat project, Western students have interacted with Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife staff and presented their research findings, both of which can lead to internships and future job prospects.

Hopkins also routinely encourages his students to present their work at conferences, where they are seen as equals with scientists who are eager to hear their findings.

“They’re analyzing data, writing it up, and presenting it to the scientific community. They are contributing,” he says. “When they give a presentation, I always tell them, Remember, no matter how nervous you are, you are the expert on this. There's no one who knows what you did better than you, because it's original research.”

MARIO AND ALMA PASTEGA 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.”

Erin Baumgartner

As for her part, Baumgartner doesn’t take it for granted either. She feels a 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.”

MARIO AND ALMA PASTEGA 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. We need to make sure we are being really mindful of our students and the debt they incur to get our

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.

“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.”

Breeann Flesch

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 fundrais ers, 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 com ing 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 tail gating events she’s been hosting at football games since 2013. These events are all about community for Williams, giving current undergrads an oppor tunity 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 differ ence 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 do nor. That’s not the kind of disposable income we had in my core family grow ing 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,” she says.

Bec Williams

And things are looking up for Williams. She’s recently re-started her leagues and is looking forward to hosting tail gate 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.

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

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 Bilingual/ English for Speakers of Other Languages Marlenne Rizo Banerjee

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

Master of Science in Education in Early Childhood Education

Cara Rayanne O’Brien Rachel Sydney Rosenbaum

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 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

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 Management and Information Systems

Alaa Ahmed Almutawa Charles Paul Alverson Cameron O'Brien Nowack Christian Delfino Ochoa Tolento

Alexander Ming-Jie Yang Ting Yi

Find the list of Master's Theses on page 38

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

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.

Undergraduate 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

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 ^

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 ^

Bachelor of Music (B.M.)

of Science (B.S.) •

of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

Undergraduate 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

*** 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

*** 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

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) •

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

Undergraduate 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.

Applied Baccalaureate (A.B.)

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

• Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

Undergraduate

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

* 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

Music

Science

Applied Science (B.A.S.)

Undergraduate 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

* 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 Communication Studies (B.S.)

Nicholas Skelton Alvin Michael Wilson Jr

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

*** 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

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 ^

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.)

Undergraduate 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

* 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

Bachelor

Earth Science (B.S.)

Grace Marjory Comer Alexandra Rylea Evernden

Ivy Rose Hodgkinson

** Melina Lee Mullin Nicole Lee Niskanen

Economics (B.S.)

Moayad M Alahmadi Abdulelah Albaqami

Kyle James Cornett

*** Kaleb Einar Jones + Caleb Matthew Klapprott Elizabeth Rose Warriner

** Ryan Alexander Chong Worthley

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

Gracie Lynn Tabor

* Cassidy Jane Thompson William Austin Valleau

** Allison Marie Vanderzanden

*** Payton Nicole Wagner

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

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 ^

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

Music (B.M.)

of Science (B.S.) •

of Applied Science (B.A.S.)

Undergraduate 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

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

*** 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

Bachelor of Music (B.M.)

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

Undergraduate 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 ^

*** 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 ++

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

Bachelor of Music (B.M.)

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

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

Vancouver, Washington

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

Looking Forward: COVID-19 and Its Impact on Working Interpreters

Amanda Smith, chair Fall 2021

Rencia Gravesande

Voldosta, Georgia

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

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

Amanda Smith, chair

Marquette Laquey

San Diego, California

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

Learning Alone Practicing Together: A Case Study

Exploring the Flipped Classroom to Improve Interpreter Education

Dr. Elisa Maroney, chair

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

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

Professional is Not Just a Title: The Value of Reclassifying Pennsylvania's Paraprofessional Educational Interpreters

Dr. Elisa Maroney, chair

Jazmin Vollmar

Rialto, California

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 Winter 2022

Leslie McCuan

Bakersfield, California

Master of Arts in Interpreting Studies

The Start of Something New

Amanda Smith, chair

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

Cara O’Brien

Independence, Oregon

Master of Science in Education

The Effects of Covid-19 on Resources for Young Families

Dr. Cindy Ryan, 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

Honors Program Theses

Spring 2022

Kayley Arpaia

Growth Through Leadership: A Leadership Portfolio

Advisor: Megan Habermann-Guthrie, M.S.

Jessica Bailey

Dawn: Creating Positive Affirmative Gaming Experiences

Advisor: Dr. Breeann Flesch

Ray Barton

"Everybody’s Someone Else’s N****r”: Marilyn Manson as a Social Provocateur

Advisor: Dr. Michael Freeman

Delaney Bishop

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

Advisor: Dr. Pete Poston

Lucia Breeden

Identity Issues Seen in Asian-American Adoptees: The Impact of Homeland Tours Advisor: Dr. Maureen Dolan

Cheyanne Bumgardner

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

Advisor: Dr. Ryan Hickerson

Raynie Ehret

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

Advisor: Megan Habermann-Guthrie, M.S.

Claire Graves

Rehabilitative Methods Across States and Their Corresponding Recidivism Rates

Advisor: Dr. Jaime Cloud

Maya Herb

Advocacy Work for Financially Vulnerable Older Adults

Advisor: Dr. Margaret Manoogian

Daniel Holmberg

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

Advisor: Dr. Cheryl Beaver

Rylie Horrall

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

Advisor: Dr. Lucas Cordova

Kian Horton

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

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.

Maddie Little

Should Standardized Testing be Required for College Acceptance?

Advisor: Dr. Alicia Wenzel

Brandilan Moring

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

Advisor: Dr. Leanne Merrill

Melina Mullin

Addressing Emergency Response and Recovery from a Critical Social Justice Lens

Advisor: Dr. Dana Showalter

Josh Pautler

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

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

Taryn Wilson

The Effects of Social Media Usage on Disordered Eating Behaviors

Advisor: Dr. Ethan McMahan

Summer 2022

Chloe Furlong

Individual Perceptions of Disabilities in the General Education Classroom Advisor: Dr. Cindy Ryan

Noelle Haury

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

Advisor: Dr. Margaret Manoogian

Matthew Larsen

Understanding and Managing Plastic Waste in America

Advisor: Dr. Patricia Flatt

Amanda Mooney

Nullification of The CSI Effect Through Exposure at Critical Points in The Trial Process Advisor: Dr. Misty Weitzel

Fall 2022

Elizabeth Chapman

Fostering an Understanding of Childhood Anxiety Through Picturebooks Advisor: Dr. Marie LeJeune

Rylan Headley

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

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.