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Kristen Kraklow of Vancouver, Washington, showed off her hard-earned diploma after Commencement exercises. A theatre major and recipient of the Award for Excellence in Theatre, she directed the WLC Theatre Department production Gulf View Drive in March 2011. Kraklow also was a member of the Wisconsin Lutheran Choir.
Joseph Workman of McLean, Virginia, graduated with a doublemajor in computer science and music. He became the first computer science graduate at WLC and was principal trumpet chair in the college’s Concert Band.
Interdisciplinary major Chelsea Nillissen of Birnamwood, Wisconsin, sang with the Wisconsin Lutheran Choir for the final time. She had a lead role in the fall 2010 WLC Theatre Department production of Lady Windermere’s Fan. Nillissen, a 2010 Gary and Sandra Greenfield Christian Leadership Scholarship recipient, presented “Investigation and Structure of the Larynx” at the 2011 Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Hanzhu (Hannah) Zhang of Beijing, China, celebrated commencement with her parents. As a biology major, Zhang participated in an internship in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases. Zhang shared her musical gifts as a violinist and vocalist in the Wisconsin Lutheran Choir.
Kaylan Gaines, a communication graduate from Lake Worth, Florida, was congratulated by Campus Pastor Nathan Strobel following Commencement. A defensive lineman for the Warriors football team, Gaines was named Northern Athletics Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2010.
Maria Flores, an elementary education graduate from Cudahy, Wisconsin, was elected to the Cudahy School Board in 2007. She served a three-year term while she was a student at WLC. Flores plans to student teach in fall. Wisconsin Lutheran College | 5