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CommenCement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

the aCademiC ProCessional and Ceremonial Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Processional, Academic Attire, and Symbols

university Board of trustees, offiCers, and deans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

university marshals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

university orators and interPreters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

university faCulty rePresentatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

CommenCement sPeakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

graduation with honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Graduation With Distinction, University Scholars, and Distinguished Students

Candidates for doCtoral degrees College of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 College of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 College of Health Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 School of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Candidates for master’s degrees College of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 College of Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 College of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 College of Health Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 School of Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Candidates for BaCCalaureate degrees College of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 College of Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 College of Health Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 College of Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 College of Applied Science and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Candidates for assoCiate degrees College of Health Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 College of Applied Science and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Wayne College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

reCognition of the reserve offiCers’ training CorPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

The AlmA mATer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

The Akron Blue And Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

the university of akron: a Proud tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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Spring 2015 Commencement Program

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CMay 8 at 7 p.m.; May 9 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.; May 10 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Scott L . Scarborough, President of The University of Akron, Presiding

Prelude musiC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alleluia G .F . Handel Sonata No. 12 Johann Pezel Lassus Trombome Harry Filmore Canzon Duodecimi Toni Giovanni Gabrieli The University of Akron Brass Choir

Christopher Blaha, Conductor

fanfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ceremonial Piece William MacDavis The University of Akron Brass Choir

ProCessional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience will remain seated.) Grand March Giacomo Meyerbeer Pomp and Circumstance Sir Edward Elgar Trumpet Voluntary Jeremiah Clarke The University of Akron Brass Choir

The nATionAl AnThem . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience is invited to stand and sing.) Led by Vandi Terrill Student, School of Music The University of Akron Brass Choir

welCome and introduCtion . . . . . . Scott L . Scarborough President, The University of Akron

greetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member Board of Trustees

musiC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irish Tune from a County Derry Perry Grainger The University of Akron Brass Choir

address to the Candidates . . . . . . May 8, Evening Anthony J . Alexander (’72, ’75), FirstEnergy Corp. May 9, Morning Randolph Baxter (’74), United States Bankruptcy Court

for the Northern District of Ohio May 9, Afternoon Mario R . Garzia (’75, ’77), Microsoft Corporation May 10, Morning and Afternoon Philip A . Lloyd (’72), McDowell Family, LLC

AmericA The BeAuTiful . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience will remain seated.) Led by Vandi Terrill Student, School of Music The University of Akron Brass Choir

In the May 8 evening ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the College of Education and College of Business Administration .In the May 9 morning ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the College of Health Professions (undergraduate degrees) .In the May 9 afternoon ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the College of Engineering, College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering and College of Health Professions (graduate degrees) .In the May 10 morning ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (undergraduate degrees) .In the May 10 afternoon ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences (graduate degrees), College of Applied Science and Technology and Wayne College .In the May 17 ceremony, there will be a presentation of degree candidates for the School of Law .

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the Presentation of degree Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The presentation of candidates for Doctoral Degrees The presentation of candidates for Master’s Degrees The presentation of candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees The presentation of candidates for Associate Degrees Lagrima Francisco Tarrega

Adelita Francisco Tarrega Auld Lang Syne (Traditional Scottish Melody) Robert Burns All I Ask of You Andrew Lloyd Webber Gabriel’s Oboe Ennio Morricone Here, There and Everywhere John Lennon and

Paul McCartney Snowflight Andrew York

A Pale View David Prichard Mysterious Habitats Dusan Bogdanovic Don Perez Freire Agustin Barrios Mangore Waltz No. 3, Op. 8 Agustin Barrios Mangore Etude 1 Francis Kleynjans Reverie Dimitri Fampas

Sonatina Federico Moreno Torroba Andante and Largo from BWV 1005 Johann Sebastian Bach Cavatina Stanley Myers A Thousand Years Christina Perri Philip Logan – Guitar, Student, School of Music The AlmA mATer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (The audience is invited to stand and sing. See Page 57.) Led by Vandi Terrill, Student, School of Music The University of Akron Brass ChoirwelCome of the alumni assoCiation to the Class of 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8 Chelsea Coleman (’10) Chair, College of Business Administration Alumni Board May 9 Matthew Akers (’00) Alumni Association May 10 William Kollman (’08, ’10) Alumni Associationstudent resPonse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8, Evening Elliot E . Georgiadis May 9, Morning Destiny L . Huggins May 9, Afternoon Garrett E . Dowd May 10, Morning Amanda Puleo May 10, Afternoon Brian J . Woods Jr .The Akron Blue And Gold . . . . . . . . . The University of Akron Brass ChoirannounCements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott L . ScarboroughPostlude and reCessional . . . . . . . . (The audience will be seated.) Procession of the Scholars William Harbinson The University of Akron Brass Choir

*Presentation of candidates is in the order of college founding date.

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Academic Processional & Ceremonial Customs

The ceremonial customs of commencement, rooted in centuries-old tradition, are described below .

ProcessionalThe academic processional is an official prelude to the commence-ment ceremony . The University marshal leads the procession, bearing the University Mace, which represents the authority of both the University and the state . Follow ing the University marshal are the members of the platform party including trustees, recipient(s) of honorary degrees, and the president of the University who wears a medal-lion with inscriptions represent-ing the history of the state and the University . Next come the members of the faculty followed by the degree candidates .

The marching order of candi-dates customarily ref lects the historical order in which the various colleges or schools of the University were established . Led by marshals, the candidates for degrees march in with their respective colleges .

Academic AttireThe academic regalia worn at commencement are of medieval origin . The scholars of Bologna, Paris, Oxford, Cambridge and Heidelberg dressed in a manner to distinguish themselves from the merchants and other townspeople . When the univer-sities first first arose in the 11th century, “learned clerks” robed themselves in gowns, caps and hoods, thus signifying the distinction between “town” and “gown .” As additional universi-ties came into being, professors adopted distinctive forms of the gown and hood for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees .

These customs are ref lected in today’s commencement attire . In Europe, a professor generally wears the type of garment cus-tomary in the university where he or she is lecturing . In the United States, however, professors wear the gown and hood of the univer-sity where they earned their high-est degree . All commencement ceremony participants at The University of Akron are attired in the appro priate academic apparel . University marshals are distin-guished by their blue and gold robes and Elizabethan caps .

Caps and TasselsThe cap, also called the mortar-board, may have been derived from the squarish cap worn by the masons of the Middle Ages, or perhaps was suggested by the shape of the books which occu-pied so much of the scholar’s time . In the United States, the cap is usu ally f lat and square in shape . In Europe, one sometimes sees caps of other varieties . Attached to a button atop the mortarboard is a tassel: associates are often silver in color; bachelor’s and master’s are black or of a color appropriate to the college from which the candidate is being graduated; and doctor’s are usually golden .

GownsOriginally, the gown may simply have been a type of overcoat to protect the teacher from the cold in unheated buildings . The cut or style appears to derive from ecclesiastical attire and most often is black . The associates and bachelor’s gowns generally have a closed front and open sleeves . The master’s gown more often has long, closed sleeves, from which

the arms extend through a slit at the wrist . The doctor’s gown is faced down the front with velvet panels and has bell-shaped sleeves adorned with three velvet bars .

HoodsA triangular fold of cloth worn over the back of the gown, the hood is faced with colors which denote the field of study repre-sented by the wearer’s degree . The colors of the lining indicate the college or aca demic discipline in which the degree is granted . Recipients of the doctor of phi-losophy degree wear royal blue hoods, and their caps feature golden tassels . Those who have earned the doctor of education degree wear light blue hoods and tassels .

ColorsThe various colleges and academic disciplines of The University of Akron are represented by the following hood and tassel colors:

Black Applied Science and Technology, Bachelor’s

Drab Business

Gold Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering

Green Health Professions

Light Blue Education

Orange Engineering

Purple Law

Silver Applied Science and Technolgy and Wayne College Associate’s

White Arts and Sciences

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BannersThe impressive backdrop for the ceremony consists of the banners of the nine colleges and the Graduate School . Each banner bears the name and founding date of the college it represents . Banners were first instituted at The University of Akron in the spring of 1995 .

The University Seal and the Presidential MedallionA seal is an emblem, symbol or word that certifies or authenticates a document . The use of official seals dates back to the Norman Conquest in 1066 . During the next century, seals were used throughout England to authen -ticate documents . Persons of rank had unique seals befitting their status . Most seals were circular or oval-shaped with heraldic designs embossed on their faces .

The use of seals became part of academic tradition in the medieval university and continues to the present . The University of Akron, for example, displays its seal on diplomas presented to its graduates .

The coat of arms shown on the University’s seal includes an open book and quill, representative of the University’s original liberal arts curriculum . A lamp of learn-ing shown against a city skyline depicts the University’s metropol-itan setting . Three diagonal bars represent the private, municipal and state stages of the University’s history . The phoenix, a mythi-cal bird that is consumed by fire and rises from its ashes to achieve greater glory, is a tribute to the University’s rebirth following the devastating fire of 1899 . The seal also displays the original Buchtel College motto, Fiat Lux (let there be light) .

The Presidential Medallion was presented by the Alumni Association in 1970, commemo-rating the University’s centen-nial . The medallion is a symbol of the authority of the president, as bestowed by the Board of Trustees, that traditionally is worn by the president on impor-tant ceremonial occasions .

The Ceremonial MaceThe Ceremonial Mace was presented to The University of Akron by the Alumni Association on Founders Day 1970, in recog-nition of the University’s found-ing 100 years earlier as Buchtel College .

Since ancient times, maces have been symbols of authority for many academic and govern mental bodies . The University of Akron’s Ceremonial Mace is carried by the University marshal at all formal academic occasions .

The most distinguishing feature of the Ceremonial Mace is the aforementioned rising phoenix, an apt symbol for the University, which was rebuilt, through the generous support of alumni and the community, from the ashes of Buchtel College after it burned down in 1899 .

Ceremonial Mace

University Seal

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University Board of Trustees

TrusteesRichard W . Pogue, j .d . (’04*)

ChairJonathan T . Pavloff

Vice ChairJennifer E . Blickle (’73)

Vice ChairRoland H . Bauer, j .d . (’09*)Alfred V . Ciraldo, m .d . (’76)Olivia P . Demas, j .d . (’91, ’95)Ralph J . Palmisano, j .d . (’70)Warren L . Woolford (’74)

*Honorary Doctorate

Student TrusteesGarrett E . DowdMatthew R . Hull

Advisory TrusteesAnthony J . Alexander (’09*)Sandra Pianalto (’76, ’98*)

Officers of the BoardTed A . Mallo, j .d . (’67, ’68, ’72) Secretary of the Board Vice President and General Counsel

Paul A . Herold (’78, ’99) Assistant Secretary of the Board Special Assistant to the President

OfficersScott L . Scarborough President

W . Michael Sherman Senior Vice President, Provost

and Chief Operating Officer

Lawrence J . Burns Vice President for Advancement

Candace Campbell Jackson (’95) Vice President for Student Success

and Vice Provost for Academic Success

Ted Curtis Vice President for Capital Planning

and Facilities Management

Ted A . Mallo (’67, ’68, ’72) Vice President and General Counsel

Nathan J . Mortimer Vice President for Research (Interim)

and Associate Chief Financial Officer

DeansChand K . Midha Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

(Executive)

Ravi Krovi College of Business Administration

Susan G . Clark (’05) College of Education (Interim)

George K . Haritos College of Engineering

David Gordon College of Health Professions

Eric J . Amis College of Polymer Science and

Polymer Engineering

Rex D . Ramsier (’87, ’89) Graduate School (Interim)

Dale H . Mugler Honors College

Matthew J . Wilson School of Law

Todd A . Rickel College of Applied Science and Technology (Executive)

Phyllis G . O’Connor (’76) University Libraries (Interim)

Daniel C . Deckler (’90, ’02) Wayne College (Interim)

University Officers & Deans

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University Marshals

May 9, 2015MorningMarshalRebecca Gibson-Lee

Associate MarshalsDonald ApplebyPatricia EaglewolfTanya Lundy

Faculty MarshalMartha Conrad

Assistant MarshalsStacia BiddleDonald CanaryLisa CritesNancy HarrisMarlene HuffKristine KraftTanya LundyTodd ShaverMichele ThorntonNaomi White

May 8, 2014 EveningMarshalSusan C . Hanlon

Associate MarshalsDonald ApplebyPatricia EaglewolfZachary Steiner

Faculty MarshalKimberly Beyer

Assistant MarshalsFrederik BeukKelly ChaffChristin CooneyJessica DeFagoR . Ray GehaniNichole GramboWilliam HauserLynn KlineLindsey MicklerNancy RoadruckAbbey ShibanDenise StuartDenise Testa

May 9, 2015Afternoon MarshalDale H . Mugler

Associate MarshalsDonald ApplebyPatricia EaglewolfSteven Sedlock

Faculty Marshal Katie Boarman

Assistant MarshalsCheryl BuchananKristina EnglishAnne HansonMarlene HuffMarcia MainMark McManusColeen PughRobert Terry

May 10, 2015MorningMarshalLaurie J . Lafferty

Associate MarshalsDonald ApplebyPatricia EaglewolfDenise Testa

Faculty MarshalBrian Bagatto

Assistant MarshalsKim C . CalvoParizad DejbordAnne HansonZhong-Hui DuanTeena Jennings-RentenaarMatthew LeeFrancesco RennaDavid RitcheyIsa Rodriguez-SotoMichael SchuldinerJames SlowiakKatie Timperio

May 10, 2015Afternoon MarshalEnoch E . Damson

Associate MarshalsDonald ApplebyPatricia EaglewolfMary Myers

Faculty Marshal Heather Howley

Assistant MarshalsAnne HansonDwayne JonesCherie SedlockDenise TestaStacy Willett

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University Interpreters

May 8 John Sederwall

May 9 Lori Palmer

The commencement ceremonies will be interpreted by:

May 8, Evening Christine R . Curry Director, Development

Lauri S . Thorpe Associate Vice President,

Enrollment Management

May 9, Morning John D . Lanshe Associate Director, Center for

Academic Advising and Student Success

Heather L . Walter Associate Professor, Communication

Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

May 9, Afternoon Stacey J . Moore Associate Vice President,

Student Success

Fedearia A . Nicholson Assistant Vice President,

Student Success

University Orators

The names of candidates for degrees will be read by:

May 11, Morning Cassandra J . Verardi Assistant Director, The Akron Experience

Sylvia E . White Associate Professor, Communication

Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

May 11, Afternoon David A . Harris Academic Encourger, Student Success

Cassandra J . Verardi Assistant Director, The Akron Experience

May 10 John Sederwall

University Faculty Representatives

May 8, 2015EveningWilliam BakerJill BiscoKevin BlilerRachel BoitFrancis BroadwayThomas CalderonAkhilesh ChandraJohn ChehJames DivokyRobert FiglerJason GabischSuzanne GradisherStephen HallamGary HollidayKaren JohnsonLisa LenhartLiping LiuBrad MaguthJohn MatejkovicJohn MessinaGeorgia PinisChristopher PlouffeLi Wang

May 9, 2015MorningCharles CarlinConnie ChronisterKristina EnglishMichelle EnlowRichard GlotzerTerry HallettLisa HartClaudia HaskinsTodd HoustonSandra HudakSophia KrausRichelle S . LaipplyTimothy McCarragherVictor PinheiroJina SangLeann SchaefferDawn Scott Carrie J . ScottoChristin SeherTheresa StotlerJennifer ViskerBaomei Zhao

May 9, 2015AfternoonCelal BaturMatthew BeckerMinel BraunAndrea BrewerJeffrey BrewerHomero Castaneda-LopezGang ChengSteven S . ChuangJill DickieMichelle DumpeTodd HoustonIsayev IsayevLi JiaKarin JordanNic LeipzigZhe Jerry LuoMelissa McCollisterKarla MuglerScott PalasikAnil PatnaikJoe PayerMarilyn PerkowskiJohn QueenerD . Dane QuinnCynthia ReynoldsDavid RokeHealther SchoberCarolyn SutterMary VerstraetePing YiGunjin Yun

May 10, 2015MorningJames AlbrechtJulia BeckettToni BiscontiAliaksei BoikaMarie Bucoy-CalavanPatrick ChuraLaVerne FribergAli HajjafarJames HoldaTravis HrenoRobert HuffKevin KernLaurie LashbrookRobert MallikTerrence O’SullivanAntonio QuesadaPenny RakoffMelissa StallardRichard SteinerVlada VukadinovicCharles WaehlerEthel WhelandAnne WileyWei ZhangGang Zhao

May 10, 2015AfternoonRaymond CoxShirong DuKevin FeldtGwendolyn JonesPaul LevyPeter RinaldiPaul Weinstein

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CCAnthony J . Alexander will address the candidates for the May 8 ceremony .

Anthony J . AlexanderFor more than four decades, Akron native Anthony J . Alexander has been one of the city’s

foremost civic and business leaders . His leadership has been equally important in the energy industry to which he devoted his entire career .

Alexander earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a Juris Doctor at The University of Akron in 1972 and 1975, respectively, and completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard University Graduate School of Business .

It was in 1972 that Alexander began his distinguished business career at Ohio Edison as an accountant . He transferred to the company’s legal department upon earning a law degree and steadily rose through the organization, reaching the post of executive vice president and general counsel in 1996 .

Upon the formation of FirstEnergy Corp . in 1997 by the merger of Ohio Edison and Centerior Energy, Alexander was elected executive vice president and general counsel of the new utility, rising to president in 2000, president and chief operating officer in 2001, president and chief executive officer in 2004, and his current post of executive chairman of the board in January 2015 .

During his career, Alexander guided FirstEnergy through numerous significant events including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures . He has been a leading proponent of electric competition and has participated in many national and regional forums on key issues facing the electric utility industry .

Alexander has served northeast Ohio with membership on many boards, including Akron General Medical Center, Health Network of Ohio, Playhouse Square Foundation, Greater Akron Chamber, Akron General Development Foundation and Akron Metropolitan YMCA .

The UA alumnus has maintained close ties with his alma mater . In August 2013, Alexander was named an advisory trustee for The University of Akron Board of Trustees . He is past president of the National Alumni Board and served on The University of Akron Foundation Board of Directors . He has been a generous supporter of the Zips Athletics Club, School of Law and Hilltoppers/Buchtelles .

The University recognized Alexander’s leadership and service with the Alumni Honor Award in 2000 and the Dr . Frank Simonetti Distinguished Business Alumni Award in 2002 . In May 2009 Alexander was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, “in recognition of exemplary accomplishments, distinguished leadership and humanitarian service to the university and his community through the promotion of excellence and achievement in higher education .”

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CRandolph Baxter will address the candidates for the May 9 morning ceremony .

Randolph BaxterRandolph Baxter, retired Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the

Northern District of Ohio, is a descendant of slaves who fled a plantation to seek freedom . Baxter was inspired by both family history and personal experience to pursue justice and a law degree . Growing up in Tennessee, Baxter’s father was a custodian and his mother was a domestic worker who taught him that hard work would bring him a better life .

Baxter credits his God, church, parents and teachers with encouraging his aspirations and work ethic . He witnessed segregation and yearned for the ability to “right those wrongs” and to help people . It was in junior high school that he made a plan for himself — to graduate from high school by age 16, to graduate from college by age 20, and to go beyond college for an advanced degree, perhaps to be a doctor or lawyer . He put himself through school working summers in car factories, and was the first in his family to graduate from college . As a trumpeter accompanying the Tuskegee University choir to Akron for a performance in 1966, he saw his future in this city .

Baxter applied to three law schools — Columbia, Howard and Akron — and was admitted to all of them . He believed his greatest opportunity would be here, as a Zip . But after only one year at UA’s School of Law, he was Army-bound and served as a tank platoon leader in Vietnam . He achieved the rank of captain and was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor .

Returning to Akron and his plan upon completion of his military duty, he finished law school . Baxter worked in private practice, became a federal prosecutor with the U .S . Department of Justice, and was eventually appointed to the bench of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio, where he spent 26 years, the last four as Chief Judge . He also served as a visiting judge in Delaware, New York, Tennessee, Michigan and Florida .

Judge Baxter and his wife Yvonne — also a Zip — have four children, two of whom graduated from The University of Akron . Continuing his community involvement, he plays trumpet in the Cleveland Clinic Orchestra, is an active Zip and serves as the President of the National Alumni Association . He has a UA professorship named for him: The Randolph Baxter Professor of Law .

Soldier, lawyer, judge, adjunct law professor — Randolph Baxter continues to experience the American dream .

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The University of Akron Commencement Speaker

CCMario R . Garzia will address the candidates for the May 9 afternoon ceremony .

Mario R . GarziaMario Garzia’s father was a mathematician and engineer who insisted his son study hard . As

a boy growing up in Argentina, he exceeded that expectation to the point that he skipped three grades and was only 16 when he enrolled at The University of Akron . There, Dr . Garzia says, a UA math professor showed him the “beauty in calculus” and ignited his career .

He received a B .S . and M .S . in mathematics from The University of Akron and a Ph .D . in Mathematical Systems Theory from Case Western Reserve University, where young Dr . Garzia was commended by the dean of graduate studies for his excellent academic record . Dr . Garzia took his profound understanding of mathematical theory to industry, applying it to the nascent field of computer science .  He worked at Bell Laboratories, focused on modeling of telecommunications and computer systems, and developing the field and application of software reliability . There, he quickly became a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, a level awarded to fewer than 10 percent of the Bell Labs staff .

Microsoft recruited him just as the Internet was transforming the way people could communicate around the globe, and that’s where he found his true calling — figuring out how to collect the ever-increasing amount of data and make it meaningful and reliable . At Microsoft, Garzia built and led software development, program management and data science teams . Initially designing the high availability platforms needed for Microsoft’s MSN data centers, he then founded the Windows reliability effort building it into a core component of the Windows operating system and was the leader in charge of overall Windows 7 quality . Garzia later went on to drive the data mining effort for Bing, the nation’s second largest search engine, and built and led data science teams responsible for delivering business understanding and insights for Microsoft’s online services .  Whether it was the launch of Windows 7 or the development of Bing, the excitement for Garzia was in making sense of all the available data to drive product improvement and customer satisfaction . Along the way, he rose to become Partner, a level achieved by less than 1 percent of Microsoft employees .

Before he retired from Microsoft in 2014, Garzia drove the development of a Microsoft Data Sciences discipline and a new career path was forged for brilliant mathematicians and others who would follow in his footsteps . Garzia has published more than 40 technical papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings . He holds several patents in computer systems, and has authored a book on network modeling .

Back at the UA campus, Garzia and his wife support the next generation of data scientists with an endowed scholarship (named for his father Ricardo Francisco Garzia) for graduate students in applied mathematics, computer science and electrical engineering . They also support the Alfred W . Wilson Jr . Gerontology Nursing Scholarship, named for Mrs . Garzia’s father .

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CPhilip A . Lloyd will address the candidates for the May 10 morning and afternoon ceremonies .

Philip A . LloydIt is not every successful lawyer who can trace his skill as a negotiator to time spent at horse

barns and racetracks . Philip A . Lloyd, however, relishes memories of summer weekends when, as a teenager, he accompanied his beloved grandfather on buying and selling trips for the older man’s profitable racehorse business .

When Lloyd looks back on those days, and the many hours he also spent working for his father, he sees the opportunities that came from those experiences — time spent with family, an indelible work ethic and a great understanding of human nature .

Lloyd started on his own career path by earning a Bachelor of Arts degree at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1969 and a Juris Doctor at The University of Akron in 1972 .

Today, he is chief operation officer of McDowell Family, LLC in Bath, Ohio . In April 2011, he retired from Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease LLP in Akron, where he served the commercial and real estate group . Prior to that, he was a partner with Brouse McDowell, the law firm founded by his wife’s grandfather and for whom The University of Akron Law Center is named . He joined Brouse McDowell in 1972 and became partner in 1977 .

Lloyd has served on the FirstMerit Corporation Board of Directors since 1988 and is chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the company’s executive committee .

With his success, Lloyd has always sought opportunities to give back . He has been a trustee or president with several organizations and is past chairman of Akron General Health Systems and Akron General Medical Center (1993-1998) . In 1998, he received the Edward F . Meyers Outstanding Trustee Award from The Center for Health Affairs .

Lloyd is a trustee and past president of the Akron Art Museum, and serves on the Board of Regents of Mercersburg Academy and Board of Trustees of The Perkiomen School . A member of The University of Akron Foundation Board of Directors since 2000, he has been chairman since 2006 and is on the foundation’s executive committee . Lloyd is past president of the Law School Alumni Association and received the Outstanding Law Alumni Award in 2008 . In 2012, he received The University of Akron’s Outstanding Alumni Award .

Through a lifetime of hard work and being open to opportunities, Lloyd is serving as an example to others, just as his father and grandfather did for him .

The University of Akron Commencement Speaker

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University ScholarsUniversity Scholars have completed the graduation requirements of their baccalaure-ate majors and of the Honors College with cumulative quality point ratios of at least 3 .40 . The Honors College encourages and assists exceptionally talented students to achieve high dis-tinction in academic work from freshman through senior levels and fosters respect and appre-ciation for superior intellec tual achievement . University Scholars have com pleted honors courses, an honors collo quium sequence and individu ally designed senior honors projects . Temitope M . AdepojuLindsay M . AichingerKaitlin AmiconeTurner G . AndersonEvan M . ArnoldRebecca F . AronhaltJessica A . AsheAlexander L . AubihlJessica C . AugustynovichMiranda L . AyersJeananne M . AyoubJessica M . BalishinKatherine E . BartolottaSamuel R . BaschJesse S . BatkoCalia A . BattistaJoshua BeallEric W . BeeryPhilip A . BennettBrittany M . BielakMariah J . BloomRachel A . BodenschatzTyler R . BokmanJoAnn M . BorerLauren Elise BosleyReinaldo BrenesMichael R . BriachLauren A . BrownSamantha L . BrownSamuel M . BrownJulia G . CaverlyVishal K . ChaurasiaShaun M . ChristieCameron W . ClarkeJulissa J . CoblentzCara R . ColemanCarly M . ConklinCarly A . CorioMarie E . CorriganRoss A . CrockerDouglas C . CrowderSpencer I . Cullen

Graduation With Honors

Graduation With DistinctionTo graduate with distinction, students must have maintained specified levels of academic achievement directly related to quality points earned for all undergraduate courses taken . The maximum quality point ratio possible is 4 .00 .To qualify for these honors distinctions, students must be receiving a baccalaureate degree, having earned a minimum of 60 credits at The University of Akron; or an associate degree, having completed a minimum of 30 credits at The University of Akron .The honors levels for each group are described as follows .

Baccalaureate Honors DesignationSumma Cum Laude— quality point ratio of 3 .80 to 4 .00Magna Cum Laude— quality point ratio of 3 .60 to 3 .79Cum Laude— quality point ratio of 3 .40 to 3 .59

Associate Honors DesignationWith Highest Distinction— quality point ratio of 3 .80 to 4 .00With High Distinction— quality point ratio of 3 .60 to 3 .79With Distinction— quality point ratio of 3 .40 to 3 .59

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Ashley N . CuthbertJulia R . DAgostinoMatthew R . DaileyDerek J . DailyElizabeth M . D’ApolitoLandon DavisAlexandria C . DefabioKyle W . DeHoffGina K . DeJacimoKatherine R . DeLozierLauren J . DoughertyGarrett E . DowdJennifer L . DrombettaMax D . DuckworthCory N . EgliAlex B . EllenbergerKatie C . EmmertMatthew T . EstockJustin W . FiserMargaux S . FlahertyEvan T . ForemanKristin N . ForkapaAlexandra L . FrawleyAnnalise M . FriendTimothy D . FuhryAlex J . FulopLucas M . GagneNicholas D . GalbinceaAntonio S . GaniosCody E . GeorgeElliot E . GeorgiadisBrent E . GibsonJuliana F . GillKimberly GosciakTaylor M . GrahamElise K . GrasseJason N . GreenSteven J . GreenbankHannah R . GriffithTyler GrubbTaylor M . HabeggerBenjamin M . HabigJames C . HanreckMatthew S . HarpEmily A . HartmanKathleen N . HartzellKara E . HemphillDanielle T . HickmanDavid M . HirtDeanna L . HoaglandKatharine J . HodgsonMarissa E . HoffmanCarissa N . HohiderBridget D . HoosicAndrew S . HopwoodRenee M . HornKevin P . HouserGregory P . HowardRebecca L . HowdyshellDanielle A . HowerAllison M . HubbellMichelle E . Hudson

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Rachael L . InnocenziDylan T . IrvineAnthony J . JakubowskiJack R . JennemannJoseph D . JohnsonRachel L . JonesJanean D . KazimirBricey L . KepnesKiswendsida Jules KereAndrew P . KillmeyerDeanna F . KlettlingerZachary D . KohlerLouis J . KonstanVivian V . KontoverosEmily J . KosudaJames P . KraleyLeah M . KrauseLeah J . KrichbaumAndrew M . KriglineKaley P . KringetaKristrun H . KristinsdottirKelly M . KunzeKailey A . KyserJeffrey S . LaMarreAndrew F . LangJoseph T . LanniDavid W . LaubliZackary S . LerchJosiah E . LeyBrandon S . LinhartClaire T . LucasDavid J . LuscreKathryn M . LynnAmy E . MaffitMichael J . MajcherStephanie A . MalachinDajana MarkovicSydney A . MartisAndrew W . MartonJared M . MayEmily N . MayfieldJean M . McBrideCarlee C . McCowinKeiko M . McCulloughLillian M . McMillanDaniel G . McQuillenKelli K . MehlbergMary C . MenzemerBryan S . MidlikSarah K . MiksitRachel M . MillerChance W . MitanKathleen M . MitchellSamuel M . Moats VCari E . MolnarDanielle R . MolyetLauren E . MonsantyJoshua E . MontgomeryJoshua R . MorrisMackenzie L . MosleyKahlilah R . NapperStephen D . Neal

Braden L . ObrzutOlateju F . OloweMeghan M . O’NeillBrandon R . OrrAlissa C . ParsonsBradford J . PaskertJeremy W . PawlakEric T . PayneAlyssa N . PetscheAlissa A . PhillipsZachary A . PierceMegan N . PowleyMichael J . PresbyKellen C . ReusserDanielle E . ReymannRachil L . ReynoldsZachary J . RichmondBenjamin J . RiggsJessica Y . RippleRyan C . RobinsonElizabeth M . RondinelliNicholas F . RothJonathan W . RussellMichael R . SaboElizabeth M . SainEmma L . SalzbrennerNoah M . SanorKatherine L . SchultzAaron M . ShaumZiad M . ShwaikiGabrielle L . SiegenthalerDaniel R . SlatteryKenneth W . Smith JrMarianna R . SmithSarah M . SnyderKatelyn B . SonderekerGarrett N . SonntagElena M . StammMegan M . SteinEvan E . SteinkerchnerJune E . StephensJeffrey T . SwensenKristen N . TankovichDrew T . TekulveHelen C . TerrillAmy C . ThielkeRyan W . TimuraDaniel VicarelJonathan E . VichoskyEllen A . VierhellerThomas P . VinkovichSamantha M . WeisendMelissa A . WhiteLauren Anne WickertTravis M . WilliamsLynn A . WirfelAlexandra I . WoodsBrian J . Woods Jr .Jasmine M . WristonJustin E . YagerEllen M . Zegarelli

Distinguished StudentsThe Distinguished Student Program recognizes and encourages excellence among academically talented students at Wayne College . Distinguished Students have com pleted their degree studies and the require-ments of the Distinguished Student Program with a cumula-tive quality point ratio of at least 3 .40 .

Ewen K . Albright

NEOMEDThe Northeast Ohio Medical University (a consortium of The University of Akron, Cleveland State University, Kent State University, and Youngstown State University) will graduate its thirty-fourth class on May 16, 2015 . Twenty-nine of the students who will receive M .D . degrees conferred by NEOMED completed their B .S . degrees on the Akron campus .Mashal AkhterKamal DayalCourtney Renee FleissnerSumi GopalDivya GuptaSara HaidarJacqueline L . KannanPallavi KarunakaranBrian Young Joon KauhMadiha Afreen KhanSonia Kiran MidhaBahar MoftakharAditi Anand MulgundGautam NagendraPeter NgoAnokha Arvind PadubidriAnish Kumar PattisapuJessica Nicole PerssonScott Alan PolandApril Ann MathewsPraneeth T . ReddyNafisa RezaBrad William SchneiderMihir Minesh ShahSupriya Hemant ShahNeil T . SoehnlenDylan Turkette TimberlakeStephanie A . WilliamsJennifer Lynn Windsor

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Teresa A. Gilmore-MasonSecondary EducationBAEd, Southwestern State College, OK; MEd, University of Central Oklahoma; MRes, University of Bath, UKDissertation: “Invoking Student Voices as a Third Space in the Examination of a National Identity”Adviser: Dr . Brad Maguth

Lance D. NelsonSecondary EducationBS, MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “A Case Study Exploring the Ways Preservice Elementary Teachers with Low Levels of Mathematics Self-Efficacy Believe Their Mathematical Ability Will Affect Their Teaching Effectiveness”Adviser: Dr . Lynne M . Pachnowski

Monica Shantee WomackSecondary EducationAAB, BST, MST, The University of AkronDissertation: “African-American Students’ Perceptions of Their Student-Teacher Relationship with White College Instructors and Academic Achievement while Enrolled in Early College High School”Adviser: Dr . Lisa A . Lenhart

May 8, 2015 EveningCollege of EducationFounded 1921

Interim Dean Susan G. Clark

doCtor of PhilosoPhy

Roland K. ArterSecondary EducationBME, MSME, Cleveland State University; MBA, Case Western Reserve UniversityDissertation: “The Assent to Learn: An Exploration of Engineering Technology Students’ Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Learning in a Classroom Environment”Adviser: Dr . Francis S . Broadway

Candidates for Doctoral Degrees

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College of EducationFounded 1921

Interim Dean Susan G. Clark

master of arts in eduCation

Sarah H . AdamsElementary Education – Literacy

Suliman S . Al MusaiteerSocial/Philosophical Foundations of Education

Mohammed A . AljaffalSpecial Education

Salman Gurmalah Y AlmalkiSpecial Education

Maryam A . AlomairSecondary Education – Literacy

Abdullah Munahi H . AlqahtaniSpecial Education

Nadia A . AlrefaieSocial/Philosophical Foundations of Education

Amani A . AlshaikhmubarakElementary Education

Shelly A . AndersonSecondary Education

Michael J . ApplemanSocial/Philosophical Foundations of Education

Reem Talal M . BabkeerSpecial Education

Corey A . BellHigher Education Administration

Jodie L . BushPrincipalship

Kelly DineSecondary Education

Brittany M . FajtElementary Education – Literacy

Sarah M . FlohrAssessment and Evaluation

Misty D . FranklinInstructional Technology

Christina R . FriedlSecondary Education

Alexander S . GareyInstructional Technology

Joelle K . GrimsleyPrincipalship

Wenwen GuoHigher Education Administration

Jennifer HallInstructional Technology

Michael Allan HarknessPrincipalship

Christopher R . HaynesPrincipalship

Paige C . HollingsworthSecondary Education – Literacy

Eric J . HomaSecondary Education

Jennifer H . HoverstenPrincipalship

Stacey A . HromcoHigher Education Administration

Ran HuoSocial/Philosophical Foundations of Education

Brian R . JacksonInstructional Technology

Felisha M . JacksonInstructional Technology

Celeste O . JohnsonHigher Education Administration

Janel M . KoellnerInstructional Technology

Katelyn P . KoppelbergerInstructional Technology

Georgia Kouvas-LillySecondary Education

Jay LietzowSecondary Education

Meredith J . LowryElementary Education – Literacy

Susan M . MartinInstructional Technology

Molly MayInstructional Technology

Sandra J . MinorElementary Education – Literacy

Ashley L . MurphyHigher Education Administration

Janette NewtonSecondary Education

Adam D . O’ConnellHigher Education Administration

Stacey C . PavlikSecondary Education

Corey R . PoundInstructional Technology

Heather C . RigbyHigher Education Administration

Allison E . RoatHigher Education Administration

Adam T . SnookPrincipalship

Breanna N . SpoonemoreElementary Education – Literacy

Zachariah J . SwopeHigher Education Administration

Ashley N . TaylorHigher Education Administration

Todd M . TederousHigher Education Administration

Vicente Velazquez Jr .Instructional Technology

Shan L . WambachSecondary Education

Ning-Yang WangSecondary Education

Towanda M . WarrenHigher Education Administration

Sarah M . WeinbergElementary Education – Literacy

Ivy G . WheelerSocial/Philosophical Foundations of Education

Jay A . WinansPrincipalship

Jessica A . YorkSecondary Education

Matthew W . YorkSecondary Education

master of sCienCe in CurriCulum and instruCtion

Daniel J . BeeMulti-Age Foreign Language – Spanish

Dawn M . BobinskiAdolescent to Young Adult – Life Science (Biology) and Chemistry

Andrew T . BrunnMulti-Age Physical Education

Celina Dale-SullivanSpecial Education – Moderate/Intensive Intervention Specialist

Allison M . DennisonMulti-Age Foreign Language – Spanish

Thomas R . DeSalvoMulti-Age Physical Education

Erica B . FletcherSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

Nicholas S . GerberSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

Erica M . GuthrieAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Language Arts

Emily L . KennedyAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Language Arts

Lindsey E . KomoraSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

Ibrahim K . KonateAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Mathematics

Christopher G . KuzasAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Mathematics

Anne E . LackneyMulti-Age Visual Arts

Chelsea M . LuliSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

Elisa R . MalinovitzAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Language Arts

Travis Christopher McCownAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Language Arts

Kathryn A . MilliganAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Language Arts

Arturo K . MillsSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

August S . Montz IIMulti-Age Physical Education

Nicholas B . NussenAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Language Arts

Angelalyn K . PelfreyAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Language Arts

Mary-Margaret M . RaymondSpecial Education – Moderate/Intensive Intervention Specialist

Candidates for Master’s Degrees

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David S . RudickAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Social Studies

Angela Rae SaniatSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

Matthew Vincent SicilianoAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Mathematics

Emily E . SuciuAdolescent to Young Adult – Integrated Social Studies

Kari K . WeberSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

Nichole K . WiseSpecial Education – Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist

master of sCienCe in eduCation

Amani S . AlghamdiHigher Education Administration

Naseebah Ali M . AlsuhaibaniHigher Education Administration

Avis BrownHigher Education Administration

Katherine H . CreamerHigher Education Administration

Nadine G . CrockerPrincipalship

Megan A . CsiszarPrincipalship

Christine E . CulbertsonHigher Education Administration

Brandon FergusonHigher Education Administration

Caroline E . Frampton TuesdayHigher Education Administration

Perry D . OwensPrincipalship

Paul R . PrintHigher Education Administration

Nathanael J . SteinerPrincipalship

master of sCienCe in teaChing and training teChniCal Professionals

Tanya J . DanilukLisa A . HeydYasser D . JahamiJill C . KohlerMegan J . McCreight

College of Business AdministrationFounded 1953

Dean Ravi Krovi

master of Business administration

Cody A . AustinLeadership and Organizational Change

Ryan J . BalkoLeadership and Organizational Change

Edward Joseph BausGlobal Technological Innovation

Dheeraj BheemidiStrategic Marketing

Jessica L . BreymierBusiness Analytics

Humayoon ChakhansuriManagement

Ryan CrockerStrategic Marketing

Nathan J . FlakerFinance

Kristina M . FloydStrategic Marketing

Jarred L . GableFinance

Huirui GaoDirect Interactive Marketing

Tatiana V . GrangerInternational Business

Rachel K . HampuManagement

Alexandria L . HannayBusiness Interdisciplinary

Michael R . HeadeFinance

Mark E . HudakManagement

Bradley A . JonesSupply Chain Management

Kevin S . JonesManagement

Thomas S . Kamenitsa Jr .Business Interdisciplinary

Katherine L . KorenzBusiness Analytics

Jingyan LiFinance

Aodong LiuFinance

Kyra M . LobbinsBusiness Interdisciplinary

Trang M . PhamFinance

Brian M . QuinnFinance

Ethan Ehsan ShajieiManagement

Adam C . ShegaFinance

Megan D . SimoneDirect Interactive Marketing

Michelle J . SlanskyManagement

Michelle Margaret SmithBusiness Interdisciplinary

Senthilram SubramanianSupply Chain Management

Napaporn VongpanishBusiness Interdisciplinary

Jeffrey T . WeyandManagement

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master of sCienCe in aCCountanCy

Susan BekeNicole C . BendenKara N . DolanskyThomas J . GillRyan N . GolenTirzah R . HarperElysia M . HorstmanMatthew J . HyltonLisa C . JacksonChaz-Elliot JordanLuke C . LeharThomas N . MastersKyle A . MuckleyBreanna L . PatzZachary T . PowersJames K . PredmoreTaylor M . SmithJohn E . SouthamJoseph L . SzijartoGregory T . Warnick

master of sCienCe in management

Hanan A . AljabriInformation Systems Management

Kashyap N . GaglaniInformation Systems Management

Janakiraman Gunta RanganathanInformation Systems Management

Venkata Sai Gopi Krishna HariInformation Systems Management

Akshara Reddy KadireInformation Systems Management

Kiran Kumar KonduriInformation Systems Management

Rui LiuTechnological Innovation

Kiran Kumar Goud K . PabbuInformation Systems Management

Tyler L . ShafferInformation Systems Management

master of taxation

David R . CharlesAngela M . CooperMatthew S . EsberWilliam M . FugateRyan A . KalainJacob P . KurkulKeith D . LarewJoseph C . Mikolay IIIBlake J . NortonJaclyn T . RoznikKristopher P . ShutySamuel D . SmithMichael D . SovacoolNathaniel D . TuckerYanrui Yin

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BaChelor of sCienCe in eduCation

Rachel N . AlbaughMagna Cum Laude

Kyle R . ArcherAlan D . BlakleyMarie S . BowmanRyan M . BradleyBrian A . Burge

Cum LaudeChristopher S . BuschChristine M . ByersCecelia N . Cameron

Cum LaudeBrenda I . Castro(1)

Cum LaudeRebekah M . ChaneyAshley N . ComodecaMarie E . Corrigan

Summa Cum LaudeSarah M . Crawford(1)

Magna Cum LaudeElizabeth M . D’Apolito

Summa Cum LaudeAshley A . DavenportTraci L . DeBerte

Summa Cum LaudeMary P . DonelKayla J . Duncan(1)

Magna Cum LaudeKevin J . EdwardsSamantha M . Gibbons

Cum LaudeElise R . Gregory

Cum LaudeKatelyn I . GrenfellJennifer N . GrimesTaylor M . Habegger

Summa Cum LaudeAmber M . Hamilton

Magna Cum LaudeKatrina N . Hannay

Magna Cum LaudeAshley L . Hastings

Cum LaudeMelanie A . HawkerLacey S . Hines

Summa Cum LaudeJennifer Hoerger(1)

Summa Cum LaudeCrystal A . Hrabak

Cum LaudeBrittany A . Hromiak

Cum LaudeJulianna N . Huckriede

Cum LaudeRachael L . Jandziszak

Cum LaudeJessica E . Johnson

Cum LaudePamela JohnsonLyndsey A . Kirk

Summa Cum LaudeAmanda E . Kirkpatrick

Magna Cum LaudeKarissa J . Knuth

College of EducationFounded 1921

Interim Dean Susan G. Clark

BaChelor of arts in eduCation

Dominic BarberaSarah M . Burgett

Summa Cum LaudeKaitlyn M . CarlierKyle L . CollinsBryan R . ConyersAngelia R . Court

Magna Cum LaudeAndrea N . DavisShaun D . DuniverKaylei L . Edwards

Cum LaudeEmily M . FrantzLucas M . Gagne

Magna Cum LaudeElliot E . Georgiadis

Summa Cum LaudeCory D . Glasser

Summa Cum LaudeSamuel I . HaakeZachary C . Hawkins

Magna Cum LaudeHayley L . HendrixTrenton H . HerrnsteinDanielle S . HillmanJake W . Hiltner

Cum LaudeNatalie M . Holland

Cum LaudeVesna JankovicEmily A . Kiess

Cum LaudeRiley P . KilroyChelsi L . KingAlex D . KuzmikDavid C . Lang

Magna Cum LaudeRebecca E . LauxTodd A . MartinBradley S . Michael II

Cum LaudeJustin S . MorrisYasmin Nizzer-Bates

Magna Cum LaudeNicholas P . PageAlissa A . Phillips

Cum LaudeJesica M . RudolphEmily A . RydzinskiBrian D . Schwall

Magna Cum LaudeChristopher M . SerioJoshua A . Soto

Cum LaudeAmanda L . UhrigJoseph R . Zazo

Magna Cum Laude

Devan L . KobakMagna Cum Laude

Amelia R . KopinskyMagna Cum Laude

Sarah A . KosikCum Laude

Ken E . LaneMagna Cum Laude

Shelly P . LevitskyCum Laude

Brittany N . LewisCum Laude

Joseph C . LingenfieldPatricia A . Logsdon

Cum LaudeKristina M . Marshall

Cum LaudeDavid A . MaurerHeather C . McAmis

Cum LaudeEmily E . Miller

Summa Cum LaudeShannon R . MillerSamantha N . MocilnikarChristine M . NelsonMelissa M . Ordogh(1)

Cum LaudeNicole L . Pappas

Cum LaudeNicholas W . Pastore

Cum LaudeAlexandra Patterson

Summa Cum LaudeAlyssa N . Petsche

Summa Cum LaudeAmanda O . Poracky

Cum LaudeKayla M . Puz(1)

Cum LaudeMikayla M . Raff

Cum LaudeAmanda L . RagerDevon N . Reighard

Magna Cum LaudeTaylin D . ReynoldsLauren L . Riemenschneider

Summa Cum LaudeRoy Vernon RosarioKatelyn N . Ryan

Cum LaudeMegan E . Schiller

Cum LaudeZachary Sefcik

Cum LaudeGabrielle L . Siegenthaler

Summa Cum LaudeRichard A . Skoczen

Magna Cum LaudeDanielle L . Smelko

Summa Cum LaudeAngel L . Smith

Summa Cum LaudeOlivia A . Smith

Cum Laude

(1) Separate Baccalaureate Degrees in Two Disciplines

Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

(2) Separate Baccalaureate Degrees in Two Disciplines

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Sara E . SmithSarah J . Staszak

Summa Cum LaudeShannon StrasserTimothy A . StultsKaylah J . TandyAlyssa T . ThorpeKaitlyn A . Virden

Magna Cum LaudeSamantha W . VonderheideKatherine J . Walsh

Summa Cum LaudeMathew B . WeygandtJoshua D . Weyrick

Magna Cum LaudeMelissa A . White(2)

Summa Cum LaudeRobert C . Winebrenner Jr .Maria J . Withrow(2)

Magna Cum LaudeKathryn M . Witmer

Cum LaudeSarah N . Witner

Summa Cum LaudeJasmine M . Wriston

Summa Cum LaudeRenee A . Yonker

Cum LaudeJordan V . Young

BaChelor of sCienCe in teaChing and training teChniCal Professionals

Benjamin S . BartlAmanda Kay RileyJamal M . UddinMaria W . Williams

Mackenzie A . GamaryWilliam T . Gandert

Magna Cum LaudeTyler M . GanzerMeghann R . GeigerDaniel M . GeletAudra R . GiancarliNicholas K . GiannakosOlivia D . Gregory

Summa Cum LaudeBarry S . HaasGabrielle L . HallAmanda J . HarenPaul-Michael HaughtAdam B . HayesDerek M . HillEdwina A . HollingJohn W . Houk Jr .Roger L . Hubbard Jr .Zachary W . Hurst

Summa Cum LaudeShaun I . IrlandLeila IsmaelKayla M . JohnRodney D . Johnson IIAndrew P . JosephMatthew H . KennedyJustin C . KerntzJasdeep S . KhairaSamuel J . King

Summa Cum LaudeNeil A . KlingerEmily J . Kosuda

Summa Cum LaudeLeah M . Krause

Magna Cum LaudeEmily A . KrumlaufAmanda J . LaffertyKatie R . Lamson

Cum LaudeGriffin R . LandwehrJeffrey C . Laughlin Jr .Jerrod L . LawsonEthan H . LeeKyle T . Lewis

Cum LaudeTaoguang LiMadison A . Littlejohn

Summa Cum LaudeShelby E . Long

Summa Cum LaudeClaire T . Lucas

Summa Cum LaudeLindsey A . MaianiBrelynne Y . MajeedChelsi MannKaitlin R . MargroffJohn S . MarkelGabriella MattsonBruce A . MaximovichAllen M . McGaughey Sr .

College of Business AdministrationFounded 1953

Dean Ravi Krovi

BaChelor of Business administration

Melanie M . AdamescuTemitope M . Adepoju

Cum LaudeMatthew S . Amos

Summa Cum LaudeJuan D . ArenasNina R . BarnettGrant E . Bilinovich

Summa Cum LaudeKevin A . Braun

Cum LaudeReinaldo Brenes

Magna Cum LaudeShelley V . BrownAmanda M . CainElycia M . CaldwellTodd N . ChakyAshwin N . Chawla

Cum LaudeAlexander M . ChristopherMonica J . ClickStephanie A . CoiaHolly M . Columber

Cum LaudeTim A . ConstableAshley B . CostelloSarah N . Cox

Cum LaudePaige M . Cremeans

Summa Cum LaudeShannon A . Crocker

Cum LaudeJonathon D . Cundiff

Cum LaudeJacob S . CunninghamJohn G . Dahlstrand

Cum LaudeEllyn M . DaltonWalter N . Dannemiller III

Cum LaudeAshley M . DavisAmanda J . DombrowskiHannah J . DonzeCherie L . Edmunds(2)

Cum LaudeMatthew S . EdwardsRhys A . EdwardsBrittany N . ErdosAndrew S . FanningNicholas G . Ferguson

Cum LaudeRoberta J . FernandezTyler D . FettMelissa R . FosterNicholas M . Gabel

Cum LaudeLogan E . Galberach

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Jordan H . McKnightAndrew J . Meyer

Magna Cum LaudeBryan S . Midlik

Magna Cum LaudeDerek A . MillerAli T . MilushJonathan L . MitchenDanielle R . Molyet

Summa Cum LaudeCorey W . MullinsKaitlin N . Munyon

Summa Cum LaudeThomas R . MurphyMichelle M . Murrow

Magna Cum LaudeAlex M . Naragon

Cum LaudeAndrew B . NguyenStephanie M . NobleAndrew N . OlivierMeghan M . O’Neill

Magna Cum LaudeBrittany M . ParkerEric L . PattersonBranden J . PelleJoshua G . PemberTyler R . Pennington(3)

Kendra N . PolefroneSumma Cum Laude

Kyle G . PtacekSumma Cum Laude

Heather N . PulleyEmma G . RaabeNapolson RamaSarah M . RobertsonJeremy R . RobinsonTyler M . RossEmma L . Salzbrenner

Magna Cum LaudeSteven A . Scally Jr .(3)

Nicole A . SchilleroBrandon M . SchnittkeGregory M . SchoenewaldJohn B . Senter Jr .Benjamin D . ShawErika E . Sherer

Magna Cum LaudeRyan C . ShermisDylan M . SimonHannah M . Smeller

Cum LaudeAndrew J . Sotak

Cum LaudeSamantha P . SpradlingRyan J . StanleyKyle R . Staton

Cum LaudeAmber L . Stoneman

Cum LaudeElizabeth A . SzczukowskiJustin R . Terrill

Cum LaudeRafael X . TorresBenedicte L . Torstensen

Amber R . McLaughlinMagna Cum Laude

Lillian M . McMillanSumma Cum Laude

Sarah K . MiksitMagna Cum Laude

Allison R . MillerCum Laude

Annie L . NanezGabriel J . NeugebauerSheryl PlathKeli N . Presley

Cum LaudeJacob A . SaksDaniel R . Sanchez

Cum LaudeRobert K . SaucierBenjamin J . SavageAshley N . SchakeBryan C . SchradeEmily L . ShinkoMatthew T . SimariTaylor L . Smoley

Cum LaudeKathryn T . SpaldingJared T . StrasserJoseph L . Szijarto

Summa Cum LaudeThomas P . Vinkovich

Magna Cum LaudeElliot A . Visco

Cum LaudeMathew J . Wharmby

Cum LaudeErin L . Whitmyer

Cum LaudeTara N . Wyatt

Kristi R . TrompowerMichael B . TudorTina M . TurndickAlexander P . TurnerJessica J . TurnerJoshua C . Van Riper

Magna Cum LaudeMichael A . VaughanMatthew J . VenierStephan O . WagnerKathryn E . WalkerRufus Walls IVDarius J . WashingtonLauren N . WeberEmilie E . WetzelKenneth J . WhiteJonathan D . WickhamCory J . WigleyAndrew J . WilliamsEllen M . Wood

Cum LaudeJourdan M . WoodrichJacob J . Zarzour

BaChelor of sCienCe in aCCounting

Jay R . AbelKeith T . Armstrong

Summa Cum LaudeSenwei ChenWendy K . ConnMarissa A . CrawfordGeorge J . EdministerAshley M . ElliottRobert J . EmeryScott S . Ezzo

Magna Cum LaudeAlex J . Fulop

Magna Cum LaudeMichael J . GartnerChristina R . Gentile

Cum LaudeStacey M . GoodDanielle T . Hickman

Summa Cum LaudeChristopher R . HumbelAnthony J . Jakubowski

Summa Cum LaudeJack R . Jennemann

Summa Cum LaudeRachel L . Jones

Magna Cum LaudeIan J . Kandray

Cum LaudeJordan M . KarsonKaley P . Kringeta

Summa Cum LaudeJordon M . Marsh

Cum LaudeThomas N . Masters

Cum LaudeKeri L . Matushevski

Cum LaudeJared M . May

Summa Cum Laude

Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

(3) Separate Baccalaureate Degrees in Two Disciplines

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May 9, 2015 MorningCollege of Health ProfessionsFounded 2012

Dean David Gordon

BaChelor of arts

Chelsi M . AndreffLauren A . Brown

Summa Cum LaudeRebecca A . BrownCarly M . Conklin

Summa Cum LaudeMadison R . Corrigan Alda

Magna Cum LaudeTaylor B . Cunningham

Summa Cum LaudeShannon M . Francis

Cum LaudeTaylor M . Gershom

Summa Cum LaudeNicole M . HarbertStephen A . Harrington

Summa Cum LaudeCrystal L . Henry

Summa Cum LaudeLynn Layfield

Magna Cum LaudeRebecca M . Marsich

Magna Cum LaudeAshley N . McBurneyMegan N . MongMichael E . Newsom

Cum LaudeAlexandra J . Pagano

Magna Cum LaudeChristina M . Pierko

Magna Cum LaudeKaylee E . PurdyRachel A . ReynaCourtney M . Ross

Summa Cum LaudeNicole M . Schonauer

Magna Cum LaudeShalise S . Weigand

Magna Cum LaudeLauren A . Wurm

BaChelor of arts in Child life sPeCialist

Michelina A . BacisinMagna Cum Laude

Akaicia D . GerkenLaura A . Manocchio

Magna Cum LaudeLindsay A . Matolyak

Summa Cum LaudeNancy R . Robb

Cum LaudeAnina M . Sansonetti

Magna Cum Laude

BaChelor of arts/ soCial work

Grace E . AndrewsKelly A . BaloghSarah E . Belair

Magna Cum LaudeGregory J . Berezne

Summa Cum LaudeCaitlin D . Boettler

Magna Cum LaudeJoAnn M . Borer

Summa Cum LaudeSirran S . BroomfieldJustin R . BrownJulissa J . Coblentz

Summa Cum LaudeKristina M . DrummerTessa E . Elliott

Summa Cum LaudeKateri Ewing

Magna Cum LaudeJessica J . Garretson

Summa Cum LaudeKirbie M . GraySamantha N . Grimmett

Magna Cum LaudeJanie E . GrosjeanBobby L . Hamlet Sr .

Cum LaudeJonathon E . Henry

Cum LaudeJames C . King

Cum LaudeJennifer L . Knickerbocker

Magna Cum LaudeLauren N . Lefkovitz

Cum LaudeJalisa A . McCleskeyLaura J . McKee

Summa Cum LaudeMaria A . Meduri

Magna Cum LaudeRebecca R . Miller

Summa Cum LaudeShelley M . MillerChantal M . MonetCheryl L . Mullet

Summa Cum LaudeKarla NussbaumCarmen Maria Ozbolt

Magna Cum LaudeDana L . PriceMariah C . Ruiz

Summa Cum LaudeCarl R . Slaton II

Summa Cum LaudeCandice L . SobczakJessica S . Stevens

Summa Cum LaudeChristine L . Varnes

Cum LaudeKeith A . Waggoner

Summa Cum LaudeAlisha K . WilesRachel L . Woodard

Cum Laude

BaChelor of arts in sPeeCh – language Pathology and audiology

Kristen M . AnaszewiczJessica A . ArtznerJulianne L . AugustinKaitlin E . ConnerAnna M . Debevec

Summa Cum LaudeZerina DervisicAmanda N . Detweiler

Summa Cum LaudeLauren J . Dougherty

Cum LaudeAshley M . Fox

Magna Cum LaudeEdreana L . GillisonAlicia M . Hamas

Cum LaudeMolly M . Hohman

Cum LaudeDanielle A . Hower

Summa Cum LaudeDestiny L . HugginsMelissa K . Johnson

Summa Cum LaudeMonica T . Langmeyer

Summa Cum LaudeKellie M . Noe

Summa Cum LaudeTerra J . Novacoski

Cum LaudeDanielle E . Reymann

Summa Cum LaudeMichelle D . RickeyNicole L . Schmidt

Summa Cum LaudeAnna M . Shull

Cum LaudeAmy K . Turek-HullEmily N . Vickers

BaChelor of sCienCe in athletiC training

Antonio M . AllmanRashaun R . BaileySamantha L . Brown

Magna Cum LaudeKarissa M . EckingerZakary M . KnettelKayla J . KozarMandi M . MartinSarah R . MooreStephen M . Navarra

Cum LaudeTodd A . Snyder Jr .Michael P . White

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BaChelor of sCienCe in dietetiCs

Kelly L . BarcoMichael BirdJaime R . Blake

Cum LaudeTaylor N . Blaydes

Summa Cum LaudeJoseph M . Bruening

Cum LaudeHeather A . Davies

Magna Cum LaudeDeborah J . Derr

Magna Cum LaudeElizabeth M . EisenbergMatthew E . Frantz

Cum LaudeAnnalise M . Friend

Magna Cum LaudeKaterina GjorgievskaCarissa N . Hohider

Summa Cum LaudeCharity A . Marmol

Cum LaudeAndrew T . Mendez

Summa Cum LaudeRachel A . Merkle

Cum LaudeIvana A . Morgan

Magna Cum LaudeKrista PaglisottiAlyssa R . Regula

Magna Cum LaudeMeghan K . Rice

Cum LaudeElizabeth M . Sain

Summa Cum LaudeJenna M . Samsa

Summa Cum LaudeEvan L . SchmidtJames D . Smith

Cum LaudeAmber L . Sommer

Summa Cum LaudeRachel L . Suba

Magna Cum LaudeTaylor A . Vaughn

Magna Cum LaudeKendra L . Weekley

Magna Cum LaudeSarah E . Yakubik

Magna Cum LaudeMichelle C . Yurick

Magna Cum LaudeEllen M . Zegarelli

Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe in eduCation

Roger J . AllenCum Laude

Samuel J . AntonacciAaron W . Bardelang

Magna Cum LaudeAnthony N . Baumann

Summa Cum Laude

Mariah J . BloomCum Laude

Stacey M . BrehmCum Laude

Samantha L . BrownMagna Cum Laude

Dylan T . BrumbaughJeffrey M . CampanoMelissa R . CarrabineJohn B . CavanaughKristie A . ChabraKyle CollinsSean M . CorradiJulia R . D’Agostino

Summa Cum LaudeAdrian L . Daley

Cum LaudeSpencer R . DaviesMichael C . DavisClarissa M . DouglasCory N . Egli

Magna Cum LaudeChristian R . EymanKelsey M . Ferrante

Magna Cum LaudeKelsey A . Finocchi

Cum LaudeKelly E . Flood

Magna Cum LaudeIrene C . FrangosEvan T . GannonLizabeth R . Gaut

Summa Cum LaudeTaylor M . Graham

Summa Cum LaudeGavin C . Hackett

Cum LaudeNathan J . HamillMichael S . HardmanEric D . HarperSamantha N . Harrigal

Summa Cum LaudeJonathan R . HartmanJacob M . Heiligenberg

Magna Cum LaudeKeontae L . Hollis Sr .Michelle E . Hudson

Summa Cum LaudeBryce J . HuprichAdedeji A . IbitayoBrianna S . KanzAshley N . KendroZachary A . KingJoseph A . Kitchen

Magna Cum LaudeAllen R . KrychKailey A . Kyser

Summa Cum LaudeGabrielle M . LopezDanielle L . LynchAndrew P . Martin IIIGina M . MassoliJay L . McClainLaura E . McEwan

Magna Cum Laude

Krislyn P . McFarlandSumma Cum Laude

Shannon M . McMillanDaniel G . McQuillen

Summa Cum LaudeJames M . Mercer II

Cum LaudeLaura L . Murray

Summa Cum LaudeKevin M . NakoniecznyMichael J . Nanchoff

Cum LaudeAshley A . Norman

Cum LaudeBrian P . Ohm

Cum LaudeAndrew P . OravecRyan J . ParkerAlissa C . Parsons

Magna Cum LaudeAndrew V . PaulZachary J . PiersolCarli E . Pimm

Magna Cum LaudeKyle R . Pohl

Cum LaudeMatthew R . PoyleSarah A . PriceAshley N . RobertsShawn M . RobertsJohnny M . Robinson Jr .Nick D . Rossi

Cum LaudeJenna E . RowanTyler J . Saff le

Cum LaudeJillian M . Sammon

Magna Cum LaudePhilip D . SchillIsaac E . SeeversOlga ShkundinaJoshua A . Shoup

Magna Cum LaudeBrian D . SmithKristen L . Smith

Magna Cum LaudeJustin M . SpicerRachel N . SteinbergerTravis B . SwitzerGregory N . Tarvin

Cum LaudeKylie C . ThompsonAyla M . UhlJonathan E . Vichosky

Magna Cum LaudeGregory T . VojvodichShawn R . WalkerSean L . Weems IIChelsea R . Wildey

Summa Cum LaudeBruce E . Wright Jr .Max R . YoderNicholas A . ZaratsianAlex M . Zazac

Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees (cont .)

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Julia G . CaverlyCum Laude

Amanda L . CherneyKimberly A . ClarkNicole L . ClarkSherita Denise CodyDakota A . CostanzoAmber N . CottrellAshley M . CurtisTera M . Dannemiller

Cum LaudeJohnathon M . Deaton

Cum LaudeMatthew J . DemancsikJordan M . DianaJennifer M . Dietz

Cum LaudeRachael A . DozantiAndrea DrotarMaggie C . EadehZachary J . Emrock

Magna Cum LaudeAndrea M . FaurotClaudia M . FetzerAaron C . Fischer

Magna Cum LaudeTessa L . Forsythe

Magna Cum LaudeBrooke A . FowlerAudra L . Fredenburg

Magna Cum LaudeJoy N . FryeJames N . Galantis Jr .Elizabeth M . GaleTammy S . Galvin

Cum LaudeJean K . GashCatherine G . GenetJoseph F . George

Magna Cum LaudeAimee E . GibbonsBrent E . Gibson

Summa Cum LaudeBrittany D . GibsonAshley M . Gill

Magna Cum LaudeJuliana F . Gill

Summa Cum LaudeJennifer K . Gould

Cum LaudeChelsea L . Groves

Cum LaudeMary K . HalliganStephen E . HardestyAubrey HartleEmily A . Hartman

Summa Cum LaudeKathleen N . Hartzell

Summa Cum LaudeJasmine J . HarveyKaylin M . Hauler

Summa Cum LaudeWilliam L . HeidenreichAllison M . HeimburgerKimberly L . Hein

BaChelor of sCienCe in food and environmental nutrition

Kacie M . BlankSumma Cum Laude

Ashley M . GiovinazzoHannah R . Griffith

Summa Cum LaudeEmily A . ImlayJasmine M . LeachKristen A . Mikulec

Summa Cum LaudeAnne E . NelsonCortney A . Reed

Magna Cum LaudeMegan D . ShafferKyle A . Taft

Magna Cum LaudeSarah E . Yakubik

Magna Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe in nursing

Heather D . AblesStephanie AdamsSereen N . AhmadKaitlin Amicone

Magna Cum LaudeJacob E . AsheJessica A . Ashe

Cum LaudeEmily A . Askew

Magna Cum LaudeNatalee R . Auckerman

Summa Cum LaudeMiranda L . Ayers

Magna Cum LaudeMeagan L . BaloghTaylor L . Barcus

Cum LaudeRyan Elizabeth Barrett

Cum LaudeKatherine E . Bartolotta

Magna Cum LaudeShannon E . Bauch

Cum LaudeJoshua Beall

Cum LaudeRobert S . Beers

Magna Cum LaudeBrittany M . Bielak

Magna Cum LaudeNicole M . Bisesi

Cum LaudeSheri-Lynn BoggsChris P . Boutton

Magna Cum LaudeApril L . BoycikDevin M . Bremke

Magna Cum LaudeDennis T . BruceSherri G . BrunsdonJill R . CappabiancaAmanda L . Carpenter

Cum Laude

Evan HeinerCum Laude

Molly R . HermanCum Laude

Kathryn L . HineySumma Cum Laude

Laura L . HoffmanCum Laude

Rebecca L . HollidayRachel A . HoltzappleHaley C . Huff

Magna Cum LaudeSarah J . Hunt

Cum LaudeKirsten L . HuntsmanJohn W . Hupp

Summa Cum LaudeCori Anna IndermuhleWarren C . IserniaMark S . JarjisianKaren E . JenkinsXiaolei JiangNicole M . Johns

Summa Cum LaudeKrysten N . JohnsonRaelyne M . JonesSheila M . JonesSherry L . JonesLisa K . KaufmanArielle K . KenyonJessica L . KestersonRebecca J . Khoury

Cum LaudeChristopher A . KingAnzhelika V . KirilenkoNicole M . Klejka

Cum LaudeCameron M . KlempayDeanna F . Klettlinger

Summa Cum LaudeCarrie E . KnightLondon C . KnightenMolly L . Kohler

Magna Cum LaudeDana KozykSvitlana LarkinDeserae D . LeggJennifer A . LevandofskyKathrine M . LockemerAlexandria Luevano-Harden

Cum LaudeRonald J . LuxKathryn M . Lynn

Summa Cum LaudeLaura J . LyonsDonald P . MaggardStephanie A . Malachin

Cum LaudeDajana Markovic

Summa Cum LaudeMallory K . MarthaKerry L . McGuffinEmma M . McIe

Cum LaudeJacqueline Melendez

BaChelor of sCienCe in resPiratory theraPy teChnology

Duaa H . AlmahdCum Laude

Caroline N . BialkeCum Laude

Reniesha M . BoldingAndrew J . Bryant

Cum LaudePaige K . BushmanDanielle E . Casserman

Cum LaudeHillary N . Fairchild

Cum LaudeEmily M . Gryniewicz

Magna Cum LaudeJennifer Hosey

Cum LaudeAshley M . LalkoMackenzie C . Langan

Summa Cum LaudeJamie LumleyStephen S . McCraryChristopher B . Nelson

Summa Cum LaudeIzebhokun OkohHannah K . Oyster

Summa Cum LaudeBrandy R . SkaggsScott Thomas Valatka

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Derek J . MeyerGwendolyn A . Miller

Cum LaudeRachel M . Miller

Summa Cum LaudeTaryn M . MillsMarlea A . Milone

Magna Cum LaudeJonathan D . MisenerKarlee M . Morrison

Cum LaudeMackenzie L . Mosley

Cum LaudeMaria A . Mottice

Cum LaudeJessica L . Murphy

Cum LaudeKaitlyn M . NakonecznyGloria N . NaploszekAlex J . Nickison

Magna Cum LaudeLeah J . Oldfield

Magna Cum LaudeOlateju F . Olowe

Magna Cum LaudeMelissa A . Owens

Cum LaudeLisa Padro-BaireMillie Pejnovic

Summa Cum LaudeNicholas A . PowellTack Rassavong

Cum LaudeJessica A . ReagleEmily M . ResorKimberly R . Reynolds

Cum LaudeSheila M . Richardson

Magna Cum LaudeOctober L . RiggenbachVanessa A . SabelliMichael R . Sabo

Magna Cum LaudeCourtney R . Sanders

Magna Cum LaudeNatalie K . SchindlerMikenzie M . Schreiber

Summa Cum LaudeJennifer Sepulveda

Summa Cum LaudeAmelia M . Shaw

Magna Cum LaudeHallie G . Shorts

Magna Cum Laude

Melissa E . SibleyRobin L . SimSara D . Skidmore

Cum LaudeMarshall B . SkulskiJackie R . Smeltzer

Cum LaudeJerrica M . SmithAshley M . SpanowerNicole Lynn StaplesTiffany Nicole SteeleMegan M . Stein

Summa Cum LaudeJennifer M . Stevens

Cum LaudeAmanda L . Stripe

Cum LaudeKristen N . Tankovich

Summa Cum LaudeAshley M . TannhofJasmine A . TaylorRalph-Isaac I . Testa

Cum LaudeCourtney A . Thompson

Summa Cum LaudeJoseph R . TkachAlex J . TomcanyDavid J . TrinerMichelle M . Trunk

Magna Cum LaudeEllen A . Vierheller

Magna Cum LaudeRebecca J . WalkerHolly L . Walton

Magna Cum LaudeAutumn C . Warren

Cum LaudeAmber M . WearschNicole C . West

Summa Cum LaudeJennifer S . WilliamsChristan D . WinnerLynn A . Wirfel

Magna Cum LaudeMichelle L . Wolf

Magna Cum LaudeJulie N . WolfeAlexandra I . Woods

Cum LaudeYong Vue YangDaniel J . ZaidmanMeredith L . ZelnarEmily L . Ziehm

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College of Health ProfessionsFounded 2012

Dean David Gordon

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in Community serviCes teChnology

Gail D . Clayton-HardyWith High Distinction

Dale R . NyeWith Highest Distinction

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in mediCal assisting teChnology

Kerrilyn M . AumontKristen N . BarnettMegan E . BeckTasheena L . BroadnaxLashonda E . DislerKayla M . EwingRachel L . GentileCarson S . HollarTabitha F . HunterEkrema LilicLacee M . MillerEmily A . MillsSage J . PaxsonDianna A . PiltzJeneen A . Sawalma

With DistinctionCaitlyn M . SprainKaren L . WinstonSarah Yates

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in radiologiC teChnology

Derek L . BarnstableWith Distinction

Sarah E . BaumanWith Distinction

Jennifer N . BrumbaughWith Distinction

Natalie M . CollierMarci M . DevittHannah N . DobbinsElizabeth K . Estes

With High DistinctionHeather D . FoyPhil W . Gaeckle

With High DistinctionLauren R . GormanMelissa D . Hale

With High DistinctionCarly A . Hauser

With DistinctionJulia A . Hege

With High DistinctionKara R . Horn

With DistinctionAbigail L . Krocker

With High DistinctionThemelina M . Malysa

With DistinctionAngela Dawn MarksCarolyn S . MillerShannon T . Prescott

With DistinctionPatricia-Margaret F . Rounds

With High DistinctionElizabeth R . SchweitzerLohit K . Sharma

With High DistinctionMatthew L . SpencerJennifer B . Tomic

With High DistinctionHeather D . Vacha

With Highest DistinctionLeah Ward

With DistinctionCaitlin E . Welsh

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in surgiCal teChnology

Christina J . Yount

Candidates for Associate Degrees

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Bin CaoEngineering – ChemicalBE, Zhengzhou University, China; MS, University of Nevada, Las VegasDissertation: “Development of Multifunctional and Electrical Conducting Carboxybetaine Based Polymers”Adviser: Dr . Gang Cheng

Mustafa Umut CulcuogluEngineering – MechanicalBS, University of Gaziantep, Turkey; MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Reengineering Community Based Chronic Care Delivery Systems: Theory and Applications”Adviser: Dr . Shengyong Wang

Amirhossein GandomiEngineering – CivilBS, Iran University of Science and Technology; MS, Tafresh University, IranDissertation: “Seismic Response Prediction of Self-Centering Concentrically Braced Frames Using Genetic Programming”Adviser: Dr . David A . Roke

Nader HedayatEngineering – ChemicalBS, MS, University of Tehran, IranDissertation: “Fabrication of Planar and Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”Adviser: Dr . Steven S .C . Chuang

Mehdei KafaeikiviEngineering – CivilBS, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran; MS, Amirkabir University of Technology, IranDissertation: “Seismic Performance Assessment of Self-Centering Dual Systems with Different Configurations”Adviser: Dr . David A . Roke

Ahmad I. KarayanEngineering – ChemicalBE, University of Indonesia; ME, Chonnam National University, South KoreaDissertation: “Exfoliation Corrosion Susceptibility and Mechanisms of AL-LI 2060 Aluminum Lithium Alloy in Acidic Media”Adviser: Dr . Homero Castaneda

Farid Khalil AryaEngineering – CivilBS, Urmia University, Iran; MS, Tarbiat Modares University, IranDissertation: “Temporal and Spatial Dependence Analysis of Water Quality Time Series Using Copulas”Adviser: Dr . Lan Zhang

Ibrahim H. KhliefatEngineering – CivilBS, MS, The University of JordanDissertation: “Analysis and Modeling of Drivers Perception of Quality of Service on Urban Roundabouts”Adviser: Dr . Ping Yi

Craig A. LaukiavichEngineering – MechanicalBS, The University of AkronDissertation: “The Fluid-Solid Interaction and Thermoelastic Behavior (With Rotordynamic Considerations) of the “Oil Transfer Sleeve” in a Turboprop Engine: A Numerical and Experimental Investigation”Advisers: Dr . Minel J . Braun and Dr . Abhilash J . Chandy

Hang LiEngineering – ChemicalBE, Xi’an Shiyou University, ChinaDissertation: “Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell 3-D Differentiation for Repair of Central Nervous System Injuries”Adviser: Dr . Nic D . Leipzig

Jonathan A. MackeyEngineering – MechanicalBS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: Advanced Thermoelectric Analysis and Materials Development”Adviser: Dr . Celal Batur

Enrique Maya VisuetEngineering – ChemicalBS, ME, National Autonomous University of MexicoDissertation: “Electrolyte Transport and Interfacial Initiation Mechanisms of Zinc Rich Epoxy Nanocoating/Substrate System Under Corrosive Environment”Adviser: Dr . Homero Castaneda

May 9, 2015 AfternoonCollege of EngineeringFounded 1914

Dean George K. Haritos

doCtor of PhilosoPhy

Pirapat ArunyanartEngineering – MechanicalBE, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology North Bangkok, ThailandDissertation: “Fault Identification in Drivetrain Components Using Vibration Signature Analysis”Adviser: Dr . Xiaosheng Gao

Samita Siddharth AthawaleEngineering – MechanicalBE, University of Pune, India; MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Chemotherapy Appointment Scheduling and Operations Planning”Advisers: Dr . Shengyong Wang and Dr . Chien-Chung Chan

Felix C. BleboEngineering – CivilBS, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana; MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Damage-Free Seismic-Resistant Self-Centering Friction-Damped Braced Frames with Buckling-Restrained Columns”Adviser: Dr . David A . Roke

Adam R. BrinkEngineering – MechanicalBE, Youngstown State University; MS, North Carolina State UniversityDissertation: “Non-Linear Beanshells to Model Complex Contact Phenomena”Adviser: Dr . D . Dane Quinn

Nicholas V. CallowEngineering – ChemicalBS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Exploring the Controlled Pellet Formation of Trichoderma Reesei RUT-C30 for Improved Fermentation”Adviser: Dr . Lu-Kwang Ju

Candidates for Doctoral Degrees

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Abdisa Mohammed MusaEngineering – CivilBS, Arba Minch University, EthiopiaDissertation: “Evaluation of Concrete Barrier as Rockfall Protection”Adviser: Dr . Anil Patnaik

James C. NataleEngineering – MechanicalBS, MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “A Strategy for Reducing Congestive Heart Failure Readmissions Through the Use of Interventions by Machine Learning Prediction”Adviser: Dr . Shengyong Wang

Abbas RahimiEngineering – CivilBS, Mazandaran University, Iran; ME, Clarkson University, NYDissertation: “Direct Numerical and Large Eddy Simulation of Stratified Turbulent Flows”Adviser: Dr . Abhilash J . Chandy

Mohammad Reza RahimiEngineering – CivilBS, MS, University of Tehran, IranDissertation: “Distributed Stress Sensing and Non-Destructive Tests Using Mechanoluminescence Materials”Adviser: Dr . GunJin Yun

Muhammad Shah Newaz ShohelEngineering – CivilBS, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology; MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Panting Fatigue of Welded Steel Tee Details”Adviser: Dr . Craig Menzemer

Soroosh Soltani DashtbozorgEngineering – ChemicalBS, Sharif University of Technology, Iran; MS, Shiraz University, IranDissertation: “Application of Rhamnolipid as an Environmentally Friendly Biopesticide”Adviser: Dr . Lu-Kwang Ju

Hui WangEngineering – CivilBS, MS, Tongji University, ChinaDissertation: “Modelling of External Corrosion Propagation for Buried Pipelines Based on Stochastic Processes”Adviser: Dr . Robert Liang

College of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringFounded 1988

Dean Eric J. Amis

doCtor of PhilosoPhy

Teng ChangPolymer EngineeringBSE, National Taiwan UniversityDissertation: “Studies of Genistein Modified Poly(Ether Sulfone)Poly(Vinyl Pyrrolidone) and Poly(Vinyl Chloride)/Epoxidized Soybean Oil Blends with Enhanced Blood-Compatibility for Biomedical Applications”Adviser: Dr . Thein Kyu

Andrea Carolina Charif RodriguezPolymer ScienceBSCE, National University of ColombiaDissertation: “New Applications for Linear and Arborescent Polyisobutylene-Based Thermoplastic Elastomers”Adviser: Dr . Judit E . Puskas

Zhouying HePolymer EngineeringBE, Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyDissertation: “Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Coatings for Anticorrosion and Magnetically Induced Curing, Shape Memory and Selfhealing”Adviser: Dr . Mark D . Soucek

Youlee HongPolymer ScienceBS, Pukyong National University, KoreaDissertation: “Elucidation of Chain-Folding Structure and Crystallization Mechanism of Semicrystalline Polymer by Solid-State NMR”Adviser: Dr . Toshikazu Miyoshi

Keyuan HuangPolymer EngineeringBS, Tongji University, ChinaDissertation: “Decrosslinking of Crosslinked Polyethylene Via Ultrasonically Aided Extrusions”Adviser: Dr . Avraam I . Isayev

Abul Fatha Md Anisul HuqPolymer EngineeringBS, Bangladesh Univeristy of Engineering & Technolgy; MS, University of Calgary, CanadaDissertation: “Interfacial and Solvent Processing Control of Phenyl-C61-Butyric Acid Methylester (PCBM) Based Polymer Thin Films”Adviser: Dr . Alamgir Karim

Nishant C. KumarPolymer ScienceBS, University of MinnesotaDissertation: “Anionically Polymerized Supramolecular Thermoplastic Elastomers”Adviser: Dr . Li Jia

Priyanka P. NalawadePolymer EngineeringBT, Institute of Chemical Technology, IndiaDissertation: “Alkyd-Based High-Solid and Hybrid Organic Coatings”Adviser: Dr . Mark Soucek

Hadi Ramezani-DakhelPolymer EngineeringBS, MS, Amirkabir University of Technology, IranDissertation: “Bioengineered Metal Nanoparticles: Shape Control, Structure, and Catalytic Functionality”Adviser: Dr . Hendrik Heinz

Siamak Shams Es-HaghiPolymer EngineeringBS, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran; MS, Iran Polymer and Petrochemical InstituteDissertation: “Mechanics of Tough Chemically Cross-Linked Hydrogels”Adviser: Dr . Robert A . Weiss

Andrew P. ShinkoPolymer EngineeringBS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Structure-Property Relationships of Multifunctional Block Copolymer Aerogels”Adviser: Dr . Sadham C . Jana

Shuangyi SunPolymer ScienceBS, Nanjing University, ChinaDissertation: “Alkoxyphenacyl Polymers: A Novel Photodegradable Polymer Platform Delivery”Adviser: Dr . Abraham Joy

Sergey VorontsovPolymer EngineeringBS, MS, Moscow State Technical University, RussiaDissertation: “Rheology of Ionomers”Advisers: Dr . Arkady I . Leonov and Dr . Robert A . Weiss

Jukuan ZhengPolymer ScienceBS, Peking University, ChinaDissertation: “Synthesis and Modification of Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Application”Adviser: Dr . Matthew L . Becker

College of Health ProfessionsFounded 2012

Dean David Gordon

doCtor of PhilosoPhy

Megan L. MirandaCounselor Education and Supervision – Marriage and Family TherapyBA, MAE, The University of AkronDissertation: “The Experience of Foster Care and Long Term Attachment Outcomes into Adulthood”Adviser: Dr . Karin Jordan

James R. PontauCounseling PsychologyBA, Bowling Green State University; MA, Cleveland State UniversityDissertation: “The Association of Type-D Personality on Reports of MTBI Complaints and Pharmacotherapy Treatments”Adviser: Dr . John Queener

Teresa M. RogersCounselor Education and Supervision – Marriage and Family TherapyBA, Walsh University; MAE, The University of AkronDissertation: “Healing Partners: The Integration of a Therapy Animal in Feminist Family Therapy”Adviser: Dr . Karin Jordan

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Candidates for Doctoral Degrees (cont .)

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College of EngineeringFounded 1914

Dean George K. Haritos

master of sCienCe in ChemiCal engineering

Javier EsquivelJacob KohlPrajakatta MulayOluyomi SodunkeVioleta ValenciaPaul S . Young

master of sCienCe in Civil engineering

David A . DiCesareMohamed I . HabouhAnthony M . LelliEdward J . Machek Jr .Srikanth MarchettyHafeez MohammedDouglas M . MohnBrent R . PrazerShaghayegh SorouriJosh M . Weaver

master of sCienCe in eleCtriCal engineering

Hari Prasad AmbaripetaSai Sudheer Reddy BonthuBo LiuHemanth PidaparthyHao WangRandeel W . WimalagunarathneGuanglei Zhang

master of sCienCe in engineering

Esra CipaBiomedical Engineering

Natalie Fountas-DavisBiomedical Engineering

Megan E . JeffordsBiomedical Engineering

Dimitria V . KontoverosBiomedical Engineering

master of sCienCe in meChaniCal engineering

Venkata Rama Lakshmi Preethi Bahadursha

Varun Anthony DaviesRevanth Kumar Reddy GandhariVishal Bhimrao Zade

College of Polymer Science and Polymer EngineeringFounded 1988

Dean Eric J. Amis

master of sCienCe

Hao ChenPolymer Science

Jiaxue ChenPolymer Science

Junyi ChenPolymer Science

Xi ChenPolymer Science

Xiaoyi ChenPolymer Science

Xinyue ChenPolymer Science

Jiazhi HePolymer Science

Yang HongPolymer Science

Hailiang JinPolymer Science

Yutian KePolymer Science

Donghui LiPolymer Science

Jingyi LiPolymer Science

Manshi LiPolymer Science

Qiyao LiPolymer Science

Jianning LiuPolymer Science

Qianhui LiuPolymer Science

Tong LiuPolymer Science

Xiaoran LiuPolymer Science

Jiancheng LuoPolymer Science

Yuanyuan LuoPolymer Science

Jiaqi OuPolymer Science

Lin PanPolymer Science

Fan PuPolymer Science

Jingjun ShiPolymer Science

Huifeng WangPolymer Science

Mengchen WangPolymer Science

Yiwen WangPolymer Science

Jiayingzi WuPolymer Science

Xuesong YanPolymer Science

Zitian YuPolymer Science

Ci ZhangPolymer Science

Mengru ZhangPolymer Science

Zheng ZhangPolymer Science

Yihong ZhaoPolymer Science

Xiaowen ZhuPolymer Science

master of sCienCe in Polymer engineering

Yuxuan ChenHui DongXuewei FuYupeng HuWeize JinJingyu LiTong LiChang LiuTianyu MengJialin QiuDihui RuanLiyang ShenKangli TangJunyan WangJiawei WuLihua XuChi ZhangLinkun ZhangZhan ZhangWeijie Zhong

Candidates for Master’s Degrees

College of Health ProfessionsFounded 2012

Dean David Gordon

master of arts in Child life sPeCialist

Katrina R . HallAmanda L . MeadeKayla L . Sadowski

master of arts in eduCation

Esther R . BoutrosSchool Counseling

Amanda J . BowlingClinical Mental Health Counseling

Jazzmon B . BrittonSchool Counseling

Tonia P . CampobenedettoSchool Counseling

Natalie A . DemetroSchool Counseling

Shelli D . FullumClinical Mental Health Counseling

Lauren E . GoodletClinical Mental Health Counseling

Meghan N . HoldenCounseling – Marriage and Family Therapy

Courtney E . HoutCounseling – Marriage and Family Therapy

Kathleen M . HumbelClinical Mental Health Counseling

Theodore Lincoln LilleySchool Counseling

Leah M . LindenbaumClinical Mental Health Counseling

Sharon Renee McMillanClinical Mental Health Counseling

Rachel N . MergoCounseling – Marriage and Family Therapy

Jacob A . MoauroSchool Counseling

Baylee S . RallsSchool Counseling

Monica A . RuzicSchool Counseling

Darla J . ScottClinical Mental Health Counseling

Marcia A . Szente-McCarthyClinical Mental Health Counseling

master of arts in sPeeCh – language Pathology

Jeannine E . AbelJessica M . BlakemanNicole M . BrenzaAlyssa J . CurreyCourtney L . ForsytheMary C . FrankLauren M . Grebenc

Emily C . HellerCalli N . HeroldKrista J . HibingerRyan L . HolmesJoseph J . HolodnakAbigail J . KochAmanda C . LashleyKristine L . LegoSuzanne M . LozanoDelaney R . MalleyMelissa B . MarblestoneJohnathan R . MerwinShyla E . MillerPaige C . O’DonnellKara M . PickeringGail A . PiersonJulianne RowlesPaul M . SaboKaylee C . SchusterRebecca L . SerafiniLauren T . ShivakKristin N . SidersTeal D . SimmonsAmanda L . SmithMitchell C . WarmbeinMeredith A . Winfield

master of PuBliC health

Frances M . Nicholson

master of sCienCe in eduCation

Brian C . ArmelliSport Science/Coaching

Zane P . BrugenhemkeSport Science/Coaching

Price B . BurtonSport Science/Coaching

Maria L . CaprettaClinical Mental Health Counseling

Caitlin L . CastleSchool Counseling

Morgan C . CervenyExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Sara R . CicchinelliClinical Mental Health Counseling

Miles H . CoatsSport Science/Coaching

Autum R . ConleySport Science/Coaching

Kassandra M . CorsiExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Chelsey M . DetwilerExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Bryan T . DowdellExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Devon L . FriesonSport Science/Coaching

Cassie E . GleisnerSport Science/Coaching

Megan E . GochneaurExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Michael M . GolemoSport Science/Coaching

John C . GravesSport Science/Coaching

Megan E . HampshireSchool Counseling

Jacob A . HarperSport Science/Coaching

Emily C . HeroldExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Matthew D . HutchisonExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Scott T . JamiesonExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Donald M . Jensen IISport Science/Coaching

Kyle D . JosephExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Tiffany M . KintzExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Heather L . KohlerExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Roseanne G . KuncelExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Linda M . LairsonClinical Mental Health Counseling

Scott T . LongExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Kelly A . McGroartySchool Counseling

Maria A . McMillanSchool Counseling

Tyler S . MillerSport Science/Coaching

Kiersten M . MyerExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Stacie NagirnyakExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Tyler R . NealSport Science/Coaching

Kaitlyn E . OsborneSport Science/Coaching

Elizabeth J . PannucciSport Science/Coaching

Angela M . PaonessaExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Nolan F . ProcterSport Science/Coaching

Sheneeka C . RodgersSchool Counseling

James E . Rosenberger Jr .School Counseling

Guilherme S . Salvatti MoreiraExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

Christine A . SchafferSport Science/Coaching

Brian P . SolitarioSport Science/Coaching

Brady M . StewartSport Science/Coaching

Zachary W . TilleySport Science/Coaching

Amanda A . TothSport Science/Coaching

Joseph E . TrocchioSport Science/Coaching

Jennifer L . YatesExercise Physiology/Adult Fitness

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Candidates for Master’s Degrees (cont .)

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Anna L . HauensteinChild/Adolescent Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Michelle M . HidoNursing Service Administration

Elizabeth A . HightAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Tamara HowardAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Elena M . IrizarryChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Kimberly A . ItayemAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Jessica A . JenkinsChild/Adolescent Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Ashley E . JoreskiNursing Service Administration

Sarah R . KalbusFamily Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Dana M . KassayAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Amy M . LaktashAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Reanna C . LeverettAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Jennifer A . MaleyChild/Adolescent Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Jill C . MarkleAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Alexa MatsuiAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Ryan P . McBethNursing Service Administration

Tara Lea McClintockChild/Adolescent Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Lindsi M . McCroneChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Nilda M . MercadoNursing Service Administration

Amanda K . MergyAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Ashley B . MorrisChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Jennifer T . MorwayAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Michelle L . NeffChild/Adolescent Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Ellen E . OldfieldNursing Service Administration

Julia E . PetersonAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Amy A . PicoloFamily Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Christina L . PiksAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Kamila PraslovaAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Meredith L . PressnellAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Simmonette Crisostomo ReyesFamily Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Maribeth RiepenhoffAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Quyen T . RothAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Ashley R . RumerAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Alexis N . SantangeloAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Michelle L . SedarAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Laura Hunter SpragueFamily Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Eboni D . SteensAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Ashley N . SummersAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Lisa M . TothAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Jennifer A . TucholskiAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Marva Yvette WalkerAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Erika L . WebberAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Elizabeth M . WechterChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Cynthia L . WeibleNursing Service Administration

Andrea Lynn WooddellAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

master of sCienCe in nursing

Holly Marie AndersonChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Sara A . BaniaChild/Adolescent Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Srijana BaralNursing Service Administration

Jennifer L . BarrettAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Joanne K . BickertonAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Rhonda BirckbichlerNursing Service Administration

Leah A . BorkAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Raymond J . CoonceNursing Service Administration

Jessica E . CrimaldiAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Brittany D’AlesioAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Jason W . DarmstadtFamily Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Kristen L . DrakeChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Kristi M . DrakeAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Misti Kaye DropeChild/Adolescent Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Lynnette S . DugeAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Jecika C . EllisonChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Amanda C . EwingAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Stephanie L . FalkChild and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care

Michelle D . GarrettFamily Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Jenna L . GreenAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Susan C . GutloveAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

Gary P . HanzAdult Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner

master of soCial work

Kristen L . AndersonNecole M . BeitzelHeather N . BucknerKatalin M . BuehrleKaiana N . BurchettWalter H . ByersElyse C . CarmanRosalind D . CaroMary Wilson ChesterWilliam D . ChristianSarah G . CochranKate L . ConochanLiesa K . ConversinoCameo L . CookAnna L . CopelandDawn T . Cortez-McKeeCharde C . DeansAmy M . Dillon CodyResheta EgglestonJanina A . FortuneMarion J . FosterElizabeth A . FowlerLori L . FraseAlisa A . GrassCorry HawkinsChristine D . HendersonEmily M . HudakKendra L . JamesErica B . JewellEmily P . JonesCourtney M . Koeth

Elizabeth KratsasRhonda K . KrausChristopher P . LeonardRonak J . MakadiaKimberly M . MeachamBrenna Ann MichelEmma MillerRobin A . MillerDamita R . MitchellMargaret H . MunleyBrittany M . NidySusan L . NovakAllison D . OntkoIriel D . PattersonRuthann K . Paulus-BlandBrian T . PavelkoAriel C . PerusekMolly R . RehakJessica A . RobbLaura R . RonkKelli M . RoseMiguel A . SanchezLatasha R . SippAmber M . SmithTiffany Sue SpeegleKelly L . StricklandLisa VanaMelanie J . VaughanTessa C . WilsonDayna A . YanusRachel M . Younkins

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Candidates for Master’s Degrees (cont .)

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College of EngineeringFounded 1914

Dean George K. Haritos

BaChelor of sCienCe in aerosPaCe systems engineering

Matthew T . EstockSumma Cum Laude

Kenneth W . Smith Jr .Summa Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe in BiomediCal engineering

Jessica C . AugustynovichCum Laude

Samantha L . BallashCalia A . Battista

Magna Cum LaudeAlexandra L . BruckFrandy CadorDouglas C . Crowder

Summa Cum LaudeMatthew R . Dailey

Summa Cum LaudeLandon Davis

Summa Cum LaudeKatherine R . DeLozier

Summa Cum LaudeJustin M . DewittSamuel M . DockeryJennifer L . Drombetta

Cum LaudeNadia N . GaskinsCody E . George

Magna Cum LaudeAshley E . Green

Cum LaudeJason N . Green

Magna Cum LaudeTyler Grubb

Cum LaudeErica L . GrutkowskiCollin M . Haben

Cum LaudeJames C . Hanreck

Magna Cum LaudePaul J . HanusJoseph T . Havrilak

Katharine J . HodgsonCum Laude

Renee M . HornCum Laude

Gregory P . HowardSumma Cum Laude

Allison M . HubbellSumma Cum Laude

Michael J . KellyKimberly F . KingVivian V . Kontoveros

Magna Cum LaudePhaethon D . KotantoulasKatherine N . KreagerLeah J . Krichbaum

Summa Cum LaudeKayleigh M . Kushner

Summa Cum LaudeKyle J . KvasnickaBrandon K . LabAndrew F . Lang

Summa Cum LaudeDavid P . LemmerBrandon J . LloydJohnathon R . Long

Cum LaudeMichael J . Majcher

Summa Cum LaudeRyan J . MangesAndrew T . McClainBrandon M . MixonLauren E . Monsanty

Cum LaudeVrushti J . Patel

Cum LaudeArianna D . PopovicsJoseph D . RitzKyle L . RohrigElizabeth M . Rondinelli

Magna Cum LaudeAngela R . SanelliMichael J . SimmonsSarah M . Snyder

Cum LaudeVictoria F . SwejkJames R . TrinerLauren Anne Wickert

Magna Cum LaudeChase C . Zonfa

Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe in ChemiCal engineering

Lindsay M . AichingerCum Laude

Christopher J . AlcornBrittany R . AponeEvan M . Arnold

Cum LaudeTyler J . BegunCorey A . BoldonKiAsia B . ChambersSarah R . CoblentzTristan J . DiPietroMax D . Duckworth

Cum LaudeKatie C . Emmert

Magna Cum LaudeAaron J . EtzlerJacob A . GardnerJoseph D . GorczycaHamza A . Haji Sr .Daniel J . HannanGregory M . HarrisKevin P . Houser

Magna Cum LaudeRebecca L . Howdyshell

Cum LaudeGregory T . HusseyJohnathon N . JankowskiAndrew M . KoenigZachary D . Kohler

Cum LaudeJames P . Kraley

Cum LaudeLauren R . KukwaKin W . Kwok

Magna Cum LaudeAndrew W . Marton

Magna Cum LaudeCarlee C . McCowin

Cum LaudeMatthew T . MileusnichCari E . Molnar

Summa Cum LaudeMatthew S . ObrzutAmanda K . PalenikAriel C . PaynterMichael G . PerkowskiDaniel G . PetersZachary J . Richmond

Cum LaudeJessica Y . Ripple

Summa Cum LaudeJonathan W . Russell

Magna Cum LaudeBenjamin C . SauerKevin R . Slepecky

Cum LaudeVictoria L . SmithBrian C . Struchen Jr .Abigail M . TannerHelen C . Terrill

Magna Cum Laude

Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

BaChelor of sCienCe in eleCtriCal engineering

Michael S . Alf len Jr .Abdulaziz B . AljohaniAlexander L . Aubihl

Cum LaudeJeffrey T . Blair

Cum LaudePele O . CameronLawrence T . ChiavaroliKyle W . DrachenbergJustin W . Fiser

Summa Cum LaudeAndrew J . ForchioneShane M . GambleThomas E . GarabedianJoshua J . GarretsonMelissa M . HaverRobert D . HaverBrian M . Haynes

Cum LaudeJared A . HaynesStephen J . HeagyKevin W . KochDylan H . KretchThomas G . KuenzigCarson A . LauDavid W . Laubli

Cum LaudeJoseph W . LincolnDaniel P . MaddenRobert L . Medina

Magna Cum LaudeWesley A . MillerZachary M . Morehead

Summa Cum LaudeJustin D . OutlandNikheel C . PatelKellen C . Reusser

Summa Cum LaudeMark L . Roberts Jr .Edward N . RobertsonAdam C . SprayFrederick L . TandocChristian A . WallenfelszSean T . WaplesZaid M . Zawahri

BaChelor of sCienCe in ComPuter engineering

Judith S . AbeyesekeraJanelle C . ArcherJacob BarbMichael J . BolinSpencer P . ChristieJacob R . DemianEric D . Fleming

Cum LaudeGeorge A . Fries

Cum LaudeJonathan M . GetzAndrew S . Hopwood

Magna Cum LaudeSonya IstockaJordan K . Koppelberger

Summa Cum LaudeMathew T . LeisingBrandon S . Linhart

Cum LaudeDavid M . Malone Jr .Patrick J . MorleyJordan G . PaulJoseph A . PeaseKyle A . Preiksa

Magna Cum LaudeTorrey A . PriceZachary PusterBenjamin J . Riggs

Summa Cum LaudePatrick G . RyanNoah M . Sanor

Cum LaudeCanaan J . SpencerEvan E . Steinkerchner

Cum LaudeJeffrey J . Syme

Cum LaudeCaleb S . Thomas

Cum LaudeTyler P . Vance

BaChelor of sCienCe in Corrosion engineering

Stephen M . BallStephen V . CallowIan A . Coleman

Cum LaudeDerrick J . CoyDavid K . Dahlstein Jr .Zackary S . Lerch

Summa Cum LaudeKyle A . Platt

Magna Cum LaudeTimothy A . RobertsonDonald R . ShumpJacob G . SinesDavid R . Waligorski

Summa Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe in Civil engineering

Ali J . AlherimiHussain Jumma A AlmuslimNicholas T . Barr

Magna Cum LaudeJamara E . BeardLauren N . BuserBrian G . Carlton

Summa Cum LaudeLin Feng ChenKenneth R . Crisp Jr .Brien M . CroffAlex B . DarkowLauren E . Decker

Cum LaudeChristopher D . Domer

Summa Cum LaudeAndrew Z . Farmer

Magna Cum LaudeNathan W . Gilkerson

Cum LaudeTeresa L . GiraltBenjamin M . Habig

Magna Cum LaudeCharles D . HetmanMichael JuliusMackenzie A . KaserKiswendsida Jules Kere

Summa Cum LaudePaul J . KickelJoseph T . Lanni

Cum LaudeLily S . LenarduzziMatthew A . Luyster

Magna Cum LaudeJon-Michael G . Masters

Magna Cum LaudeJohn E . Miller

Magna Cum LaudeBrandon R . Orr

Magna Cum LaudeAndrew J . PelfreyAndrew M . PerdueMatthew J . Pitzer

Cum LaudeBenjamin M . RomineNicholas F . Roth

Magna Cum LaudeChad M . StimaDerrick W . WengerdKyle L . WheelerCorey R . Wingerter

Summa Cum LaudeAshley R . Wisberger

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Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees (cont .)

Daniel R . SlatterySumma Cum Laude

Marianna R . SmithCum Laude

Jared A . SosterJacob M . SteinZachary R . Steiner

Cum LaudeNeil J . StollerDrew T . Tekulve

Magna Cum LaudeRyan W . Timura

Summa Cum LaudeNick J . TsangeosChristopher L . WelchRobert T . WieseJoshua R . WolfeJustin E . Yager

Magna Cum LaudeRichard P . ZavrackyChristopher B . Zoelle

BaChelor of sCienCe in meChaniCal Polymer engineering

Martha M . BrundageVishal K . Chaurasia

Summa Cum Laude

David M . HirtMagna Cum Laude

Chelsea R . HommelNicholas J . Hrusch

Summa Cum LaudeAndrew J . Iannini

Magna Cum LaudeMichael W . IndermuhleRachael L . Innocenzi

Magna Cum LaudeDylan T . Irvine

Magna Cum LaudeBrendan T . JonesAndrew P . Killmeyer

Magna Cum LaudeMichael W . KosmoKurt A . KupchellaNicholas D . LachJeffrey S . LaMarre

Summa Cum LaudeScott M . LanzMatthew Q . LawrenceZachary C . LaxMatthew J . Massaro

Cum LaudeMichael J . Massaro

Magna Cum LaudeGarrett R . McHughLogan C . MichamSeth S . Misenko

Magna Cum LaudeSamuel M . Moats V

Cum LaudePatrick R . MogaKevin M . MusialIslam M . NajjarAmanda M . NaumanKyle R . NelsonBrandon L . NullEric J . ObloyJacob J . PalmerBradford J . Paskert

Cum LaudeEric T . Payne

Summa Cum LaudeHeather N . Perod

Cum LaudeJoseph P . PietrzykMichael J . Presby

Magna Cum LaudeJeffrey J . QuartermaineFariya Rahman

Summa Cum LaudeChristopher B . RemingtonAndrew C . RodaitisFrancis RogersKevin J . RolikAnthony V . RomitoRichard R . RubioMichel N . Sahlani

Magna Cum LaudeMustafa A . SamargandiAnthony R . SavkoRyan M . SchaefferMarisa A . Seeley

BaChelor of sCienCe in meChaniCal engineering

Chady S . AbouabdallahFahad H . AlqahtaniFahad Waleed F . Alshauibi

Cum LaudeTyler L . AndersonJesse S . Batko

Summa Cum LaudeJustin R . Beausoleil

Magna Cum LaudeEric W . Beery

Cum LaudeBrandon J . BellDaniel E . BeltranPhilip A . Bennett

Summa Cum LaudeNicholas L . BrackenDavid M . BulgrinRobert S . CalmerAngelo D . Caruso

Magna Cum LaudeBenjamin F . CiesielczykCameron W . Clarke

Magna Cum LaudeIsaac M . ClayKyle M . CooperRoss A . Crocker

Summa Cum LaudeSpencer I . Cullen

Cum LaudeAshley N . Cuthbert

Summa Cum LaudeJeffery M . Davis II

Cum LaudeKyle W . DeHoff

Summa Cum LaudeMatthew G . DoughertyGarrett E . Dowd

Summa Cum LaudePatrick J . DwyerSamuel W . EndrizziMitchell S . EppichSteven L . Farmer

Magna Cum LaudeEvan T . Foreman

Cum LaudeMichael R . FossSpencer L . FulmerNicholas D . Galbincea

Magna Cum LaudeAdam M . GhannoumAdam R . GillespieSteven J . Greenbank

Cum LaudeCasey D . HaleMatthew P . HalleyJustin M . HarbisonDalton J . HayesJames G . Hayes IIIEvan D . HenrichStephen J . HerringtonTimothy A . HessTimothy G . Hettenbaugh II

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Christy M . HlavatyMagna Cum Laude

Deanna L . HoaglandCum Laude

Marissa E . HoffmanMagna Cum Laude

Leigha D . HowardChristopher S . HowellJay L . Jackman

Cum LaudeChristina M . JamesAlexander S . JimenezJane I . Jubara

Cum LaudeEmily L . Jumper

Magna Cum LaudeJwayyed S . JwayyedAlexander P . KacikKevin J . Karas

Summa Cum LaudeBrian C . KeithMallory A . Kennedy

Cum LaudeBricey L . Kepnes

Magna Cum LaudeMelanie K . KernsKatherine E . Koch

Cum LaudeJillian E . Koesling

Summa Cum LaudeDaniel KopinskyJelena KrcoDeena L . Kunstler

Cum LaudeKelly M . Kunze

Magna Cum LaudeSarah J . Kurtz

Magna Cum LaudeAislinn K . Landis

Magna Cum LaudeKimberly A . Landreth

Cum LaudeJohn J . LauzonChristine M . LeeArica A . LeonardJosiah E . Ley

Magna Cum LaudeBrett W . LindemerGino E . LocascioMelissa Anne LozanoChristine M . Martin

Summa Cum LaudeSydney A . Martis

Cum LaudeHillary B . MartterBrittney A . MaughanHeather C . McAmis

Cum LaudeJean M . McBride

Cum LaudeKeiko M . McCullough

Summa Cum Laude

Carly A . CorioMagna Cum Laude

Kirkwood K . CottmanHannah E . Croft

Magna Cum LaudeKatherine I . CunninghamDerek J . Daily

Magna Cum LaudeRenee K . DaltonJennifer Danczak

Magna Cum LaudeBruce J . DavisMichael A . Davis Jr .Gina K . DeJacimo

Cum LaudeDonald J . DillBrianna K . DiMichele

Cum LaudeJennifer K . DixonMatthew T . Dixon

Cum LaudeMary P . DonelWilliam E . DrocktonForrest R . Dukes IIIAshley E . DunnerstickAmanda N . EddieDevin T . Fairchild

Magna Cum LaudeNimmer R . FarisAlicia Karin FinchMelanie J . FitchDylan E . Fonner

Cum LaudeLauren N . Fowkes(4)

Robert T . FraseSumma Cum Laude

Alexandra L . FrawleyMagna Cum Laude

Sarah M . FrenchTessa M . Gaffney

Cum LaudeChelsey N . GarlandDillon M . GarofoloValerie R . GentnerLaurel M . GlazeDerek E . GoodinRebecca M . HajekKayla A . Hardy-ButlerStephanie M . Harford

Summa Cum LaudeMatthew S . Harp

Summa Cum LaudeJacob R . HartOlivia C . Hartjen

Cum LaudeKelly L . HartleibDaisha N . HaynesworthRamon P . HemerleinKara E . Hemphill

Summa Cum LaudeAnthony J . HennelMichael D . HessonJenna Hete

Magna Cum LaudeSalvatore A . Hildebrand

May 10, 2015 MorningBuchtel College of Arts and SciencesFounded 1870

Executive Dean Chand Midha

BaChelor of arts

Tyler M . AdamsSumma Cum Laude

Justin A . AlleyArwa Naman Alniemi(4)

Cum LaudeClarisa J . Ames

Summa Cum LaudeTurner G . Anderson

Summa Cum LaudeLeah R . Anthony

Magna Cum LaudeRussell D . ArmstrongRebecca F . Aronhalt

Summa Cum LaudeConor Stephen AtkinsSartaj S . Aujla

Magna Cum LaudeJeananne M . Ayoub

Cum LaudeErica A . Backer

Cum LaudeKarina M . Barahona-ReminskayaMary Maxine Baranack

Cum LaudeJohanna E . Beachy

Cum LaudeSpencer D . BeattyKatelynn A . BellKaela Alexis Betta

Summa Cum LaudeJordan A . BickleyMiranda K . BisuttiAlexis P . BlanerKatherine E . BlubaughRachel A . Bodenschatz(4)

Summa Cum LaudeGenevieve M . Bohnak

Magna Cum LaudeJames M . BokeschLamar J . Booker Jr .Lauren Elise Bosley

Summa Cum LaudeKaitlyn N . BoweChristopher C . BoylanMeghen R . BromanMichael R . CalabrisRhys S . CampbellBradford M . ChapmanKevin P . ChaseHae Nim ChoCara R . Coleman

Summa Cum LaudeRobert L . Coon

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Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

(4) Separate Baccalaureate Degrees in Two Disciplines

Jordan A . YoungLashawn M . YoungJoshua T . Zabel

Summa Cum LaudeBenjamin R . ZehnerAnna E . Zeller

Summa Cum Laude

BaChelor of arts in Business and organizational CommuniCation

Chayne M . HershbergerBrett R . LaubeJuleah M . Parker

Magna Cum LaudeAvery N . RoperMichael D . ShacklefordJohn E . StittAmanda K . White

Cum LaudeThomas E . Williams

BaChelor of arts in family and Child develoPment

Belinda D . BagyinaGenevieve M . BojaKelly A . DawsonLindsey J . DeMarcoJessica M . DiMassaKaylee M . FoxHaley M . Gaines

Magna Cum LaudeMichelle M . GladyHalle F . KellyAshley M . KlonarisAlexandrea N . KogerKristyn N . Marimon

Summa Cum LaudeCarolyn S . QueenKara Schlegel

Magna Cum LaudeKelly A . ShaneKara M . SidebothamSamantha M . SkurJune E . Stephens

Summa Cum LaudeShelby E . TaylorMark D . Turner Jr .Alicia R . Vacha

Cum LaudeCaitlin E . Wewer

Summa Cum LaudeKayla L . WhitlowDelina N . WilsonKristia M . Zingale

Cum Laude

Angela M . SageCum Laude

Michael P . SandyLauren M . SchneiderJames H . Schreck IIIKatherine L . Schultz

Magna Cum LaudeAlexandra N . Schwartz

Cum LaudeEmily M . ScofieldChristopher M . SerioAaron M . Shaum

Magna Cum LaudeJeffrey M . ShearlNicole L . SkufcaLindsey M . SmithMegan M . Smith

Cum LaudeShelby A . SmithValerie A . SpiesKareesha B . SpringerElena M . Stamm

Cum LaudeTim J . StephensMelissa M . StumpJohn T . Sulik Jr .(5)

Summa Cum LaudeAmy C . Thielke

Summa Cum LaudeVanessa S . Thomas

Cum LaudeGino R . TombaNalee VangAndrew E . Volio

Magna Cum LaudeEiaonge VueAlyssa N . Waite

Cum LaudeKate L . WeinbergSamantha M . Weisend

Magna Cum LaudeDanielle M . Welton

Summa Cum LaudeKyle C . Weyer

Magna Cum LaudeLauren M . White

Magna Cum LaudeHarry G . Whittle

Summa Cum LaudeKatherine L . Wilder

Summa Cum LaudeJanae N . Williams

Cum LaudeRachel L . WilliamsRachia T . WilliamsNatalie C . Wilson

Magna Cum LaudeKimberly L . Wise

Magna Cum LaudeValerie Rae WiseJason X . WolfeNeal I . WoodsEvan C . WoolsteenAmber R . YeaterAnne E . Yoder

Summa Cum Laude

Amanda M . McLaughlinMagna Cum Laude

Craig A . MellingerMary C . Menzemer

Magna Cum LaudeFrancis J . Meyo IICrystal N . MiramontezEllen J . MitchellKathleen M . Mitchell

Cum LaudeJessica MohanFrank M . MonachinoAriel Moncada GuerreroDeanna L . MooreAlexandra M . MorrisHannah J . Mothersbaugh

Magna Cum LaudeDevan S . Murphy

Summa Cum LaudeJamila D . NaaderChelsea R . NasonHannah B . NevermanAlyssa A . NicholsMarcus D . NicholsonBraden C . OltmanLaToya D . ParksJeremy W . Pawlak

Magna Cum LaudeJenna M . Payne

Cum LaudeJonathan N . Platten

Cum LaudeJustin C . PolitiSteven N . PorterRickey J . PostMelissa K . Powell

Cum LaudeMegan N . Powley

Summa Cum LaudeColin K . QuinnKayla R . Quiros

Cum LaudeBritney A . Raies

Summa Cum LaudeMatthew R . RayHilary M . RedmanAlyssa L . ReedAngel ReesRyan J . ReinselRachil L . Reynolds

Magna Cum LaudeSilina D . RiveraRyan C . Robinson

Cum LaudeMichael RosenChristopher A . RossiMolly E . Royer

Magna Cum LaudeAmanda L . RuckerJoseph D . RumbleSian RussellSamantha R . SabitschMichael R . Sabo

Magna Cum Laude

thirty-nine(5) Separate Baccalaureate Degrees

in Two Disciplines

Katie A . SliderAlexander M . Somoskey

Cum LaudeDarrell R . StoutMichael K . Swaisgood

Cum LaudeLisa M . Teeple

Summa Cum LaudeJacob I . ThompsonOlivia I . UrbanMartha VangGary J . Varvaro Jr .Christopher R . WallenhorstSarah C . Williams

Summa Cum LaudeSean D . WilliamsAmy R . Willoughby

Magna Cum LaudeEdgar E . WoolleySelig B . Yost

BaChelor of arts in mass media – CommuniCation

Taylor A . JonsenTyler W . Warner

BaChelor of arts in theatre arts

Alyssa M . WhiddonJeremy R . Winter

BaChelor of fine arts

Delaney BaronwrightSumma Cum Laude

Brian P . BarrMagna Cum Laude

Justin P . BastockMagna Cum Laude

Bailey M . BixlerKayla M . Bologna

Magna Cum LaudeJeani P . Brechbill

Magna Cum LaudeJean M . Ciolek

Magna Cum LaudeCaitlin J . Dennis

Cum LaudeVirginia M . Floom

Summa Cum LaudeJordan E . FriedrickRobert L . HagmeierAngela R . HarrisYana P . Hartzler

Cum LaudeBridget D . Hoosic

Magna Cum LaudeKathleen A . Horrell

Magna Cum LaudeKayla M . Hull

Cum LaudeJames R . Ingram

Summa Cum LaudeMichael A . Kovach

Magna Cum LaudeMelissa G . KreiderAndrew M . Krigline

Magna Cum LaudeDanielle L . Lowery

Magna Cum LaudeDerrike C . McClendonErin A . McNicholasDerek M . MyersDesiree A . Nuss

Cum LaudeAlyssa L . OttoChristian PalencarLing PanSamantha K . PasaRichard F . PetersonEvan A . PickardJason L . PolitanontAmanda Puleo

Magna Cum LaudeAdam S . RufenerMichael J . Schwartz

BaChelor of arts in fashion merChandising

Shannon L . BarrettAllison M . CoatesTara E . CriteanKelsey M . Eberly

Magna Cum LaudeKelli K . Mehlberg

Cum LaudeAndrea L . SwartzentruberLuisanna Tejada

BaChelor of arts in interdisCiPlinary anthroPology

Jillian L . BrysonMagna Cum Laude

Emily S . CavalierEdward L . ConradSarah C . EshunValen R . JacksonShannon M . PramikBrandon M . Rhone Peterson Jr .

BaChelor of arts in interdisCiPlinary studies

Samantha R . BaileyLinda S . Hale

Summa Cum LaudeHarrison M . Heller

BaChelor of arts in interior design

Danielle C . DostallArghavan Ebrahimi

Cum LaudeTimothy J . Frankhouser

Cum LaudeBrittany M . GreenMark H . HuebnerCarolyn B . Joyce

Magna Cum LaudeJohn M . McNerney

Cum LaudeEmily L . ReamerAndria F . SinclairGabriela Szkolnicka

Magna Cum Laude

BaChelor of arts in interPersonal and PuBliC CommuniCation

Rena M . Wells

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Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees (cont .)

Claire M . PappaSumma Cum Laude

Patricia L . PappasSonali Paul

Magna Cum LaudeVincent J . PetreccaAlexandra M . Petrus

Magna Cum LaudeAlissa A . Phillips

Cum LaudeCasey S . Pritchard

Magna Cum LaudeKenny W . PungCamryn J . RabournLuis D . RamirezAkhinav J . Raval

Cum LaudeMatthew L . ReedRachelle A . Reitzel

Cum LaudeKurt T . RichardsAlexandra E . Sankovic

Summa Cum LaudeAmber D . SeyerleDaniel V . Shaffer

Cum LaudeKhooshali M . Shah

Summa Cum LaudeOmar Shwaiki

Summa Cum LaudeZiad M . Shwaiki

Magna Cum LaudeMichael J . SimmonsSavannah R . SnyderMatthew A . SnydermanKatelyn B . Sondereker

Summa Cum LaudeGarrett N . Sonntag

Summa Cum LaudeJeffrey T . Swensen

Cum LaudeDaniel Vicarel

Magna Cum LaudeStephanie A . WanchoJames F . WilliamsTravis M . Williams

Magna Cum LaudeStacie N . Wyles

Cum LaudeKeval B . Yerigeri

Summa Cum LaudeEthan C . York

Summa Cum Laude

Antonio S . GaniosSumma Cum Laude

Kimberly GosciakMagna Cum Laude

Soha M . GouilosElise K . Grasse

Cum LaudeMaggie HamiltonMason A . Hartzler

Summa Cum LaudeMason S . Hoying

Summa Cum LaudeRobert J . HuffLauren K . HuntShakib W . Islam

Summa Cum LaudeDavid M . Jenkins

Cum LaudeJoseph D . Johnson

Summa Cum LaudeJoseph M . JoseChristopher J . KantersPrajeet Kaza

Magna Cum LaudeJanean D . Kazimir

Magna Cum LaudeAiman M . Khan

Magna Cum LaudeSarah F . Khan

Summa Cum LaudeKyle A . KirkpatrickSamuel F . Klassen

Summa Cum LaudeLouis J . Konstan

Summa Cum LaudeKristrun H . Kristinsdottir

Summa Cum LaudeYelena C . Larkins-JonesEthan B . LinkAmy E . Maffit

Magna Cum LaudeDaniel D . MaksutaStephanie M . MalinakNatalie B . MaloyAnthony J . MarinoAndrew R . Marmaduke

Cum LaudeKatelyn E . McClenahan

Magna Cum LaudeKay L . Miller

Magna Cum LaudeChance W . Mitan

Summa Cum LaudeBahar Moftakhar

Cum LaudeJacob T . MorrisJoshua R . Morris

Magna Cum LaudeKahlilah R . Napper

Summa Cum LaudeLokranj NarayananGabriel C . Nkemeh

Magna Cum LaudeRyan A . Nuttall

Magna Cum LaudeJean M . Pannikottu

Summa Cum Laude

BaChelor of musiC

Tyler R . BokmanSumma Cum Laude

Kimberly A . BrenstuhlMatthew D . Garrett

Cum LaudeKevin D . GrahamSally L . Haldi

Summa Cum LaudeSean P . Kennedy(6)

Charles J . KleinMagna Cum Laude

Kevin G . KlemmBenjamin R . KnightMelina T . LoPresti

Summa Cum LaudeStephen D . Neal (6)

Magna Cum LaudeJames J . ParsonsMichael L . Vincent

Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe

Sultan AltawilVibhatsu Amin

Summa Cum LaudeDerek A . ArnoldJessica M . Balishin

Magna Cum LaudeNicholas T . BenekosJoseph D . BenesElizabeth J . BerlinJhoanne E . Cana

Magna Cum LaudeAmy L . Cartwright

Magna Cum LaudeNathanael J . Channels

Magna Cum LaudeJennifer L . ChishkoRoma P . Chokshi

Summa Cum LaudeShaun M . Christie

Magna Cum LaudeNicholas A . Cimino

Magna Cum LaudeChristian W . Combs

Summa Cum LaudeKrista M . CopeAlexandria C . Defabio

Magna Cum LaudeAarondeep S . Deol

Magna Cum LaudeErica L . DetateAlex B . Ellenberger

Cum LaudeJoseph N . Fahmy

Cum LaudeMegan E . Fisher

Magna Cum LaudeMargaux S . Flaherty

Magna Cum LaudeKristin N . Forkapa

Magna Cum LaudeKristen J . Forshey

Summa Cum Laude

forty-one(6) Separate Baccalaureate Degrees

in Two Disciplines

BaChelor of sCienCe in PolitiCal sCienCe/Criminal JustiCe

Kyle D . AucklandJimmie L . BennettWilliam B . Blessing

Cum LaudeTaylor M . BolfDavid A . Bolger

Magna Cum LaudeMichael R . Briach

Summa Cum LaudeAlexandra M . Carter

Cum LaudeErin R . CornellDavid J . Crews

Cum LaudePaul T . DeLuciaJeneva J . EdwardsErin E . FaganCadelyn M . GuastaferriJenna M . HoltTae D . HullumKaitlyn B . LabKhalila A . Lomax Sr .Samone K . LongCameron D . MalaveDaniel MarjanovicMarisa J . Mastrangelo

Summa Cum LaudeEmily N . Mayfield

Magna Cum LaudeJeffrey A . McEndree IIJason C . MeeksJoshua E . Montgomery

Summa Cum LaudeCody M . OrtolaniJohn R . PuntelAngela N . RoccoRachel M . SandoHayden A . Searcy

Cum LaudeChristopher L . Seitler

Magna Cum LaudeKenneth J . Shiverdecker

BaChelor of sCienCe in geograPhy – geograPhiC information sCienCes

Matthew A . McGuireEmmanuel C . OngWilliam J . Renzelman Jr .

BaChelor of sCienCe in laBor eConomiCs

Aaron S . Dodds

BaChelor of sCienCe in ComPuter sCienCe

Alexander L . AddyCum Laude

James P . BarberSumma Cum Laude

Aaron M . BattershellMagna Cum Laude

Cory J . BoveingtonSamuel M . Brown

Magna Cum LaudeJohn A . ChesterMichael J . Crabtree

Summa Cum LaudeVivek GondaliaJason N . HeidTimothy R . JasanyFred L . Johnson Jr .Steven P . LutikoffRyan O . McCafferty

Cum LaudeMaria J . Miller

Cum LaudeBraden L . Obrzut

Summa Cum LaudeThomas M . O’Neill

Summa Cum LaudeKush P . PatelRavi A . PatelZachary A . Pierce

Magna Cum LaudeAdam N . Reese

Summa Cum LaudeRakin Rouf

Magna Cum LaudeJason E . Stephens

Summa Cum LaudeCory J . SutyakJordan M . WeberChristopher D . WilsonEsteban D . WoodringWaid W . Wrege

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Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees (cont .)

Lara D. RoketenetzIntegrated BioscienceBA, Case Western Reserve University; MS, John Carroll UniversityDissertation: “Investigation of Inter-and Intraspecific Genetic Variability of Euhrychiopsis lecon-tei, a Biological Control Agent for the Management of Eurasian Watermilfoil”Adviser: Dr . Stephen C . Weeks

Apassanun SilapapiphatUrban Studies and Public AffairsBA, MA, Chulalongkorn University, ThailandDissertation: “The Review of Local Hazard Mitigation Plans in Ohio: What Local Factors Contribute Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Quality”Adviser: Dr . Namkyung Oh

Ashley R. WainIntegrated BioscienceBS, Kent State University; MS, MSE, The University of AkronDissertation: “An Integrated View of Metazoan Evolution”Adviser: Dr . Francisco Moore

Daniel P. JacksonChemistryBS, Grand Valley State University, MI; MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Chiral Amino Acid Derived Pyrrolines”Adviser: Dr . Michael J . Taschner

Hope Michelle MooreUrban Studies and Public AffairsBGS, Youngstown State University; MA, The University of AkronDissertation: “An Examination of Civic Engagement Among Former Offenders and the Relationship of Social Capital and Trust in Civic Institutions Post-Release”Adviser: Dr . Raymond W . Cox III

Nikki K. RobishawChemistryBS, MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Encapsulating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes into Biodegradable Nanoparticles and the Antimicrobial and Antitumor Effects”Adviser: Dr . Wiley J . Youngs

May 10, 2015 AfternoonBuchtel College of Arts and SciencesFounded 1870

Executive Dean Chand Midha

doCtor of PhilosoPhy

Jessi A. BaughmanChemistryBA, The College of Wooster; MS, The University of AkronDissertation: “Solid-State NMR Characterization of Polymeric and Inorganic Materials”Adviser: Dr . Peter L . Rinaldi

Andrea Marie FerraroUrban Studies and Public AffairsBA, MA, The University of AkronDissertation: “Exploring an Alternative Public Relations Framework for the Public Sector”Adviser: Dr . Raymond W . Cox III

Kelsey C. HerbIndustrial/Organizational PsychologyBS, Williamette University, OR; MA, The University of AkronDissertation: “Investigating the Impact of Employee Development Activities on Employee Well-Being”Adviser: Dr . Paul Levy

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Candidates for Doctoral Degrees

master of musiC

James F . AdamsMusic Technology

Emily R . BartellStrings Performance

Jessica Adrianne BellMusic Education – Choral/General Music

Patrick A . CurryBrass Performance

Vandi Lynnae Enzor TerrillVoice Performance

Thomas P . GuarinoMusic Composition

William HoekstraBrass Performance

Tanya KaramanosStrings Performance

Adam C . KeelerStrings Performance

Finley A . Lanier Jr .(7)

Music History and LiteraturePhilip E . Logan

Strings PerformanceKathleen A . Moreland

Music History and LiteratureErmal Nikolla

Strings PerformanceDhvanit R . Poduval

Music TechnologyZachary A . Richards(8)

Choral Conducting Performance and Music Composition

Eryn E . StarkMusic Theory

Josephine Polim SuwanpohVoice Performance

Alexander VerbreeStrings Performance

master of PuBliC administration

Hassan A . AljohaniFahad A . AlshlwiEvelyn K . BurkhartBrooke D . CarstarphenJeffrey S . EvansBernadette McElroyNaomi SarpongWhitney N . SpencerMaxwell J . Zugay

Lee Marc MolnarTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Edwin D . Monaghan Jr .Economics

Joshua L . MorganTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Marcella L . MulhollemSociology

Laura M . NiehausSociology

Brianne J . PernodEnglish

Kelly M . RuszkiewiczCommunication

Fellicia SmithCommunication

Zhaobang SongCommunication

Alexander J . SwigerEnglish

Angela TerranovaEnglish

Kiersten D . TroutmanEnglish

Britni M . WilliamsEnglish

master of arts in family and Consumer sCienCes

Alicia N . FabriziChild and Family Development

Carly R . WamboldtClothing, Textiles and Interiors

master of arts in PolitiCal sCienCe

Stewart G . BlessingSecurity Studies

Charles J . DuprePolitical Science

Laura KingPolitical Science

Michael Eric KohlerSecurity Studies

Stacy S . LeiterPolitical Science

Rifat B . LutfulSecurity Studies

Francis NwiahSecurity Studies

Joshua J . PetersonPolitical Science

Lindsay M . PowleySecurity Studies

Dylan J . TracyPolitical Science

master of fine arts in Creative writing

Sarah E . DravecJacob S . EuteneuerJaclyn L . GeierNathan C . KempKatelyn M . MertzNicholas J . RealiDamien M . Thomas

Buchtel College of Arts and SciencesFounded 1870

Executive Dean Chand Midha

master of aPPlied PolitiCs

Kelsie N . L . CarsonRachel L . JacksonMarilyn S . JohnsonSarah M . KuftaMichael P . MartinAudrey O . NyarkoLee R . PottsErin J . RodabaughIan P . SchwarberMichael E . Shepherd

master of arts

Thurayya Helena Aliyu UmBayemakeTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Ali M . AlnawaisehEnglish

Alisa L . AndrewsTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Emmanuel Anim-KorantengTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Keith AukemanCommunication

Firas N . AwadallahUrban Studies

Thomas B . BarefootHistory

Courtney R . BlueSociology

Abigail M . BricklerTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Kimberly A . BrundageTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Eric R . CarlinEnglish

Jennifer L . ClarkEnglish

Sarah E . ConnerCommunication

Andrea L . DaleEnglish

Heaven R . DiMartinoUrban Studies

Elizabeth B . DossTheatre Arts – Arts Administration

Michelle L . HolzworthEnglish

Heather M . KindelEnglish

Jason A . KinselHistory

Colin F . MarshallHistory

William J . McSuleyEnglish

Katherine R . MertelEnglish

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Candidates for Master’s Degrees

(7) Degree Being Awarded Posthumously

(8) Separate Master’s Degrees in Two Disciplines

Silvana P . NicolasStatistics

Raghavendra NimishakaviComputer Science

Craig A . NineStatistics

Praneeth PaladugulaComputer Science

Lakshmana PonnegantiComputer Science

Sri Sindhu Prasanna PotluriComputer Science

Alison K . RaserMathematics

Sai Nareen Chand ReddyComputer Science

Daniel J . RhoadsApplied Mathematics

Sarah M . RobinsonChemistry

Pallavi SaxenaComputer Science

Siamak Shams Es-HaghiApplied Mathematics

Xiaojun ShiChemistry

Charles A . SpurrGeology – Geophysics

Christopher A . StollComputer Science

Nan WangBiology

Peng WangStatistics

Qiuqing WangStatistics

Cyril Z . WesnerChemistry

Stacie N . WylesMathematics

Jing XieStatistics

Xiao XuStatistics

Hari Babu YarapathineniComputer Science

Pradeep Thomas YerramothuComputer Science

Ethan C . YorkApplied Mathematics

Lydia R . CoolChemistry

Laura A . CrandallChemistry

Yi DiaoStatistics

Praveen Chander DoliComputer Science

Ahmed Fathi Mohamed ElghrianyGeography/Geographic Information Sciences

Nagarjun Reddy GaddamComputer Science

Farai C . GombedzaChemistry

Heather M . GoshiaApplied Mathematics

Thomas I . HillApplied Mathematics

He HuangChemistry

Joseph D . JohnsonApplied Mathematics

Megan J . KaliszewskiChemistry

Sai Sabarish KankanvarComputer Science

Jagruthi KappalaComputer Science

Shruthi KrishnaComputer Science

David A . KuhajdaStatistics

Vasudha LankireddyComputer Science

Andrew M . LeitholfGeology

Sushma MamillaComputer Science

Andrew R . MarmadukeApplied Mathematics

Carl P . MedvidGeology

Karyna MezentsevaEnvironmental Geology

Whitney Venee MilecChemistry

Amirhossein Molavi TabriziApplied Mathematics

Shruthi MunagalaComputer Science

master of sCienCe

Sai Harish AddankiComputer Science

Megan L . AgostiPhysics

Audry M . AlabisoStatistics

Nosayba Z . Al-AzzamChemistry

Dubayyan AldubayyanGeography/Geographic Information Sciences

Khaled M . AlqahtaniGeography/Geographic Information Sciences

Hassan R . AlsuhabiStatistics

Eidah G . AlzahraniGeography/Geographic Information Sciences

Emmanuel K . AmoakoGeography/Geographic Information Sciences

Bharani Kumar AnneComputer Science

Nitya AnuguComputer Science

Chinta M . AryalPhysics

Ramakrishna BandameediComputer Science

Heather M . BenyaApplied Mathematics

Joel D . BinghamBiology

Christopher J . BiroGeology

Hari Krishna BodicharlaComputer Science

Bharath BogadamidiComputer Science

John E . BurwickGeology

Bo CaiComputer Science

Kritsakorn ChaumpanichComputer Science

Rishi Reddy CherukuComputer Science

Srinivas Kumar CherukuruComputer Science

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BaChelor of sCienCe in emergenCy management and homeland seCurity

Hamad Saleem Hamad Salem Al Jadeedi

Brent A . BoykoMichael S . BuemiDavid L . Chapple Jr .Heather N . DixonBenjamin V . Edwards

Cum LaudeMandy L . GrahamSteven T . Hamski

Cum LaudeTristian A . Hooten

Magna Cum LaudePaul J . Kidder

Cum LaudeJeremy V . LawsonKelly D . MitchellSocorro D . Morgan

Summa Cum LaudeDarshanae B . MumfordKatlyn M . Porter

Cum LaudeChad A . Rapier

Summa Cum LaudeMichael A . Rice

Magna Cum LaudeMark A . SpeharThomas C . Werner Jr .Brian J . Woods Jr .

Magna Cum LaudeAbdullah F . Yousef

BaChelor of sCienCe in ConstruCtion engineering teChnology

Jeremy W . CairnsCum Laude

Stephen T . CsonkaDonald A . Decoy

Summa Cum LaudeBryan S . DudiwkaAlexander J . EwingJeremiah L . Forbes

Summa Cum LaudeJeffrey J . FuchsJustin M . JohnsonJoseph A . Kenworthy

Cum LaudeBradley J . LyleKevin M . MemmerJames M . NicholsJoseph E . Parker

Summa Cum LaudeColin R . WantzJacob R . WhiteMichael D . Zrelak

BaChelor of sCienCe in eleCtroniC engineering teChnology

Andrew D . CannonMagna Cum Laude

Inderpreet S . DhanoaEthan B . Fleming

Cum LaudeAlex W . Forsch

Summa Cum LaudeCody S . Henry

Cum LaudeLan D . LeBrian P . Randazzo Sr .Joseph W . TownsleyJason D . Wobbecke

Cum Laude

College of Applied Science and TechnologyFounded 1964

Executive Dean Todd A. Rickel

BaChelor of sCienCe in automated manufaCturing engineering teChnology

Yousif M . AlbaqshiCharles C . BlairJamie L . BolingBrian A . BrandenburgScott W . DiLuciano

BaChelor of sCienCe in ComPuter information systems

Mustafa F . Al ShaikhliNicholas A . AlbertoneChristopher A . BarberSamuel R . Basch

Magna Cum LaudeSeth A . BurkholderJeffrey V . CarannaJoseph J . ConleyBrian N . DudashLeko B . FordTimothy D . Fuhry

Magna Cum LaudeJordan R . GreenAndrew J . HarenJaime Juarez Jr .Joshua A . LawtonJoseph M . LentineDavid J . Luscre

Magna Cum LaudeAlexander N . LuxMickey M . MalkaMalek A . MatarDeven P . MohanTimothy R . OwenChristopher M . PierceCarl J . SansaveraNicholas P . SattlerRobert A . Sebille IINathaniel E . SimpsonBret J . SurdockMichael S . Walend

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Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees

Kyle R . SpenceBree Stahl GuardDawn M . TalentinowLisa A . TalkingtonMary Alice ToocheckVasilios TsardouliasUy N . TuSue L . Tully

Cum LaudeBrittny J . TurnerNancy M . VanheckeJeff WalkerMichael I . Walton Sr .Scott E . WamsleyJulie A . WilliamsMichael P . WilsonDebra D . WoodKyle M . YatesMelissa S . Zagurskie

Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe in surveying and maPPing

Adam D . BeichlerMichael E . EcclestonMichael P . KobilarcsikJoseph M . Pirri

Summa Cum LaudeBrandon M . RoachJessica L . SchultzBrian Siebenthal

Summa Cum Laude

BaChelor of sCienCe in organizational suPervision

Amy E . AdamsStacy M . AllenDavid W . Anderson IISamantha A . BlasioRainy R . BoucherBrittany N . BreitenstineLuke D . BroomeDemetrius A . BrownNordly CapiMatthew N . CastoMatthew C . CelekJordan L . CooperErin K . CurranKenya B . CurrySaia S . CurtanShian S . DancyTobias L . DuvallMarQuita M . EppsWilliam L . Evans IIIMichael A . FlandersJeremy J . GansSimone A . GarciaLeigh C . GuitarTara L . HernGeorge Hill IIIIyeshia L . HoodTimothy S . HostetlerMegan F . Hughes

Summa Cum LaudeRussell E . IlgAshley M . JarvisBrian T . JohnsonKristen J . JurewiczTeresa R . Kendall

Cum LaudeBibi K . KhalilKathryn L . KlineJeremy C . KowalczykStephanie L . Krska

Magna Cum LaudeJerome S . LewisChristopher A . LynchChristopher M . MaagMyka V . MatthewsJohnathan L . MorrowHolly M . MynkCody M . NewKeith T . NezbethSarah M . NicewanderYaw Ofosu-SomuahNmesoma O . Okafor Jr .Amanda L . PattersonKevin M . PrattLakendra S . ReeseEric R . RobisonAngela S . SandersDavid T . Shaw Jr .Justin M . SheeterDouglas Jason Smith

BaChelor of sCienCe in meChaniCal engineering teChnology

Anthony T . AckermanRyan C . AndersonCraig S . BaumanKeith A . BlakeJacob T . Chatelain

Magna Cum LaudeDavid A . CollicaJames A . CommingsGeoffrey A . CregoDerek J . DeaconMichael S . DeemMatthew A . DeLucaJeremy J . DuncanPaul D . Eastbourn

Cum LaudeJoshua P . Fabri

Summa Cum LaudeSteven P . Gabele

Summa Cum LaudeCody G . GoodmanKyle S . GoodrichAaron L . Haidet

Cum LaudeAdam M . HendersonErich E . Jacobsen

Cum LaudeBryan D . JohnsonChristopher J . Kaufmann

Cum LaudeWilliam J . KingBrice M . Knick-KoppenhoferStephen J . LapinskiNicholas S . LibertoreCory W . LuciaLindy Metz

Cum LaudeJoseph G . Mitchell

Cum LaudeVlad A . MuresanJames M . MyersPeter H . NaujoksAlexander B . PayneGrace A . Proben

Summa Cum LaudeWilliam A . ReiserMichael D . RosenburyAndrew D . SchiraldiWilliam T . UhlStephen T . UleryPeter D . VargaRyan D . WalkerJeffrey M . Willett

Magna Cum LaudeBradley A . Withrich

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Raymond VincentMorris L . Willis

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in ConstruCtion engineering teChnology

Kenneth L . BarkerDonald D . CareyStephen T . CsonkaDonald A . Decoy

With Highest DistinctionAlexander L . GrossmanRyan C . Guillod

With DistinctionSean M . HermanTyler D . HigginsJoseph A . Kenworthy

With DistinctionNelson R . KieseckerKevin M . MemmerJames M . NicholsAdam B . SchochZachary P . SteveDiana L . Stimson

With DistinctionBradley E . ThompsonColin R . WantzJacob R . White

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in Criminal JustiCe teChnology

Alexander S . BunchKristen A . CalerKendal L . ConleyDylan R . DelaneyTherany A . Dunnigan

With High DistinctionLogan M . Embly

With High DistinctionNicholas E . Film

With DistinctionAngelique R . Gonzalez

With High DistinctionKeith A . HallNicholas S . HarsarDeMetris M . Hazly-WardDavid B . Jatich IIDavid P . LaBudaMaya L . LatsonRyan P . McElroyMegan M . McMahonApril MinenMichelle R . NicholsonSheri T . OsborneJasmin PintolKaycee S . Pirogowicz

With DistinctionTiana M . Ragland

John L . MontgomeryWith Distinction

Jennifer NguyenWith High Distinction

Derek O . NietfeldYaw Ofosu-SomuahJames A . PanicoFaaress ParhamSean P . ParisMichael A . PoormanBrandon J . RobinsonRichard M . SanfordMallory E . SchroederNicholas J . SmelkoBrandon D . Sullivan

With High DistinctionJennifer L . Szymanski

With DistinctionAdrian J . TaylorTrevor G . ThomasAndrew P . ThorntonUy N . TuKristi M . Wise

assoCiate of aPPlied Business in hosPitality management

Josette M . AquinoMaria A . East

With High DistinctionJordan L . FrazierTori N . KellarKrishawna M . LeeAmber N . PetersonAlex K . TackettLinda M . WilsonEric J . Wright

assoCiate of aPPlied Business in marketing and sales teChnology

Ryan M . HallAmir A . HawkinsLa’monica A . Turneur

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in Community serviCes teChnology

Tanzel C . AyersDawn R . Davidson

With High DistinctionChiffawn A . DawkinsBrittany S . DixonMariah N . DuncanSamantha A . HannaTyrel A . HorsleySaunja N . MayfieldRebecca M . PattenChristie L . Rush

With High DistinctionJasmine V . SmithXiomara N . Valentin

College of Applied Science and TechnologyFounded 1964

Executive Dean Todd A. Rickel

assoCiate of aPPlied Business in Business management teChnology

George J . BalasJamie M . Light

With DistinctionBenjamin R . Murray

With Highest DistinctionRobert M . NovickiJennifer R . RedfordTravis C . ReishBranden E . RodgersDarnell E . Williams

assoCiate of aPPlied Business in ComPuter information systems

Paul B . BallowWith High Distinction

Donald J . BitterWith High Distinction

Darren O . BoadiZachary A . BoehmPatricia S . Colwell

With DistinctionChristopher M . CummingsJonathan M . CyphertCourtney A . DriscollWilliam C . ElfrinkCraig A . Frase

With Highest DistinctionZachary L . GarberAlex T . GingrichJake A . GoodmanHampton HillSean W . KapsandyNicholas D . KarbTimothy J . Karpen Jr .(9)

Joshua K . KuserJessica A . LangstonAlex L . Lowers

With Highest DistinctionKevin M . LucasDavid J . Luscre

With High DistinctionDavid I . Margush

With Highest DistinctionJacob A . MarlowLavert MartinMalek A . MatarMichael D . MaternaIan M . MattoxKarl McCumbersKyle S . McHugh

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Candidates for Associate Degrees

(9) Separate Associate Degrees in Two Disciplines

Travis A . SammonsWith High Distinction

Andrew D . SchiraldiShayne D . SchreiberAdam P . SeraKyle P . StairStephen T . UleryPeter D . VargaRyan D . WalkerJordan G . Yoerger

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in Paralegal studies

Conner A . BartonRobert J . Batsch

With DistinctionRyan M . DellBrittanie R . MackeyNisworo D . Palupi

With DistinctionCody S . RiblettBethany S . Roebuck

With Highest DistinctionHeather A . RyanKevin R . Veverka

With Distinction

assoCiate of arts

Victor O . AkinditanDarryl L . Anderson Jr .Lydia N . AppletonRichard A . Banis Jr .

With High DistinctionJohanna N . Barnowski

With DistinctionMichael R . BeckVictoria M . BergeySameera E . BowlesDayna C . BozemanSamantha R . BradshawAniquke L . BrinsonCourtney L . BrownHugh D . Cade IVMichael S . Carillon

With DistinctionMoriah L . Carson

With DistinctionArianna N . Casey

With High DistinctionMatthew C . CelekChari Lynn ChambersNicholas R . ClementsKaytryne N . CollierShyleen S . Connalley

With DistinctionAshley S . ConyerAnthony D . Cornejo

With High DistinctionColin J . CrawfordLondon L . CurryBejonnah S . DavisSabreigha DixonBritteny A . Douglas

With High Distinction

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in fire ProteCtion teChnology

Cody E . CollinsJordan E . CuppsTristan J . DentDavone R . GreenPaul W . KnightAnthony M . LaMancusaMark A . SpeharCasey A . VariRyan M . WadeTimothy J . Wade

With High Distinction

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in land surveying

Thomas J . BarkerWith High Distinction

John P . LongBrandon M . Roach

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in manufaCturing engineering teChnology

Robert G . FletcherRyan L . HollandChristopher J . Kaufmann

With DistinctionRandy P . ManriqueWilliam A . ReiserMichael Tecca IVAlexis C . Zeitler

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in meChaniCal engineering teChnology

Faris Abdulkareem AlsaadoonBakr A . AwadTroy M . BradyAaron A . BuehlerGinneth C . CaroEider A . Chinguad

With DistinctionJames A . CommingsGabriel P . CrowJessica B . DaltonDerek J . DeaconEric A . ExtonKyle A . HamadTimothy R . HillMichael A . LewisMichael D . MarkleMichael D . MorrisonRonald L . Morrow IIIMichael J . MuellerVlad A . MuresanGregory J . RaberMichael A . Ream Jr .

Latonya RogersCorey D . SandersChristine M . Scott

With Highest DistinctionKyle J . Shaffer

With Highest DistinctionGrant G . SmithMatthew W . ThomasJohnathan P . WalkerAaron T . WilsonDuane A . Wimbush Jr .Jamell J . WimbushEdward J . WonnerJerome P . Woods

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in drafting and ComPuter drafting teChnology

Chari Lynn ChambersTiffany L . Hitz

With Highest DistinctionJustin W . SandrockBrandon T . Stimens

With Highest DistinctionRyan D . WilgingEric V . Wohlgamuth

With Distinction

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in early Childhood develoPment

Kelsey C . FineganKelly M . ScheuermanKara Schlegel

With High Distinction

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in eleCtroniC engineering teChnology

Joseph M . ConleyInderpreet S . DhanoaJustin W . FinleyRobert R . HannanCody S . Henry

With DistinctionAllen W . HoytPatrick T . MasonBrian P . Randazzo Sr .Zachariah C . Rowley

With DistinctionDouglas StaffordJoseph W . Townsley

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in emergenCy mediCal serviCes teChnology

Peter Y . LewisWith Distinction

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Wayne CollegeFounded 1972

Interim Dean Daniel C. Deckler

assoCiate of aPPlied Business in Business management teChnology

Thomas E . Rinner

assoCiate of aPPlied Business in health Care offiCe management

Kathryn B . MitchellApril Ross

With High DistinctionAshley N . SnellChristina M . WhiteKelli K . Wilson

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in exerCise sCienCe teChnology

Brianne R . AdcockShannon M . BrownWhitney A . BrowneLindsey M . CoxElizabeth Ann Kelch

With High DistinctionBrittany R . LemmonTolan ShaneChelsie D . Swartzentruber

With Distinction

assoCiate of aPPlied sCienCe in ParaProfessional eduCation

Sarah M . AltoCasey A . ConkleShannon L . Murphy

assoCiate of arts

Charity HargraveMakenzie M . LoganJulie Mellor

With Highest Distinction

assoCiate of sCienCe

Ewen K . AlbrightWith High Distinction

Laureen A . GruberKelsey D . LavyIan W . MaibachSamantha MellorJonathan C . PoseyKim Schuerger

Ethelyn V . TranWith High Distinction

Sue L . TullyWith Distinction

Song T . VoWith Distinction

Akasha C . WalkerShakina WeatherspoonJoshua F . WetherwaxTatiana L . WhatleyVictoria P . WhiteAlexander D . WilkinsonDevon L . WoodsTa’nisha Zanders

assoCiate of sCienCe

Dalal H . AlmahdCaroline N . Bialke

With DistinctionArmani C . ButlerCaitlin B . CarneyChari Lynn ChambersSean A . Domonkos

With Highest DistinctionJillian P . FilipEmily M . Gryniewicz

With High DistinctionMariah M . Kahwaji

With Highest DistinctionSuroor S . KhaleqOlivia H . KirvenAshley M . LalkoClaire A . Lushbaugh

With High DistinctionJenny T . Nguyen

With DistinctionMackenzie L . PuzakulicsLakendra S . ReeseTyler M . RichardsonJulian S . Scates-NashMiljan Terzic

assoCiate of teChniCal study

Angela M . PaonessaDennis M . Parham

Geriece D . DroneRobert J . EllisMarQuita M . EppsKimberly A . FlightDillon M . GarofoloMegan G . GibsonDonald C . GreenMeisha M . GreerDeAirre T . HainesDesiree’ T . HallDaisha N . HaynesworthKathryn S . HightElissa M . HinesLucille A . HumphreyRussell E . IlgHarvey S . JeterBrian T . JohnsonKashanett K . JohnsonKevin M . KeeneyStephanie L . Krska

With High DistinctionRonell J . LawsonSamone K . LongSarah A . LoomanChristopher A . LynchKenny C . Mason IIKevin R . McKenzieHaley S . McMillanShannon N . Meredith-

McMenemySamuel A . MerrowRebecca J . MizeCherese MotleyMackenzie D . MusterJulie NguyenMichael L . NguyenShelley K . NormanTracie A . Pickett

With DistinctionJulia K . PierceJoshua S . PlessCalvin J . PoznikChad A . Rapier

With Highest DistinctionLakendra S . ReeseRobert J . RichardsonAniya J . RobinsonKhari A . SaiaTaylor L . SamelsMark S . Schoenbaechler Jr .David Shahata

With DistinctionKea A . ShawJustin M . SheeterJacob W . SiglerKimberly L . SimmsJoseph E . SlusarskiBrandon L . SpinnerCaleb D . SteinerChristopher E . StumpMichael D . Swain-SmithCheryl A . Tona

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Caitlin A. CarneyB .B .A ., The University of Toledo

Kendra J. CarpenterB .S ., The University of Akron

C. Adam CarroB .S ., Miami University, OH

Amanda M. CasalinuovoB .A ., University of Missouri

John S. Cetor JrB .A ., B .S . The University of Akron

Nancy R. ChawlaB .S ., University of California

Marc N. ChenowithB .A ., Miami University, OH

Jessica L. CheyneyB .A ., The Ohio State University

Hillary V. ConidiB .S ., Case Western Reserve University

Kallen L. DearnbargerB .A ., Mercyhurst College, PA

Joseph A. DelGalloB .S ., The University of Akron

Monica L. DobsonB .A ., California State University

Anthony DomenicoB .A ., Canisius College, NY

Mark J. DvorakB .S ., The University of Akron

David J. EidamB .A ., The University of Akron

Rachel-Alia ElbazB .A ., Yeshiva University, NY

Elizabeth R. EmanuelB .A ., Walsh University

Terence J. FikeB .B .A ., Kent State University

Vincent Paul Formica Jr.B .A ., Miami University, OH

Dakota J. FoxB .A ., Auburn University, AL

Jessica H. FrossB .A ., Hiram College

Anthony J. FuscoB .A ., Kent State University

Juris doCtor

Rebecca M. AdventB .A ., Miami University, OH

Asad AhmadB .S ., Bowling Green State University

George O. AljoeB .A ., Ohio University

Molly W. AnglinB .S .W ., Temple University, PA

Gregory J. AnslowB .A ., Saint Bonaventure University, NY

Michaela M. BaileyB .S .B .A ., The Ohio State University

Andrea C. BartosB .S ., Youngstown State University

Daniellela N. BeardenB .A ., Cleveland State University

Colin J. BeiselB .A ., John Carroll University

Alecia N. BenczeB .A ., University of Mount Union

Eugene G. BernatB .A ., Youngstown State University

Zachary J. BoehnleinB .S ., University of Toledo

Daniel J. BoyerB .S .B .A ., The Ohio State University

Amanda BridenstineB .A ., University of Mount Union

Nicole M. BrittonB .A ., Youngstown State University

Andrew P. BrowerB .S ., Butler University, IN

Dann M. BrunoB .A ., The Ohio State University

Jenna S. BucklewB .A ., The University of Akron

Justin M. BurnsB .S ., The Ohio State University, M .S ., University of Tennessee

Christopher R. ButlerB .A ., Miami University, OH

Jacqueline C. CabonorB .A ., Washington & Jefferson College

May 17, 2015School of LawYear Founded 1959

Dean Matthew J. Wilson

master of laws

Thomas Alan BruntyB .I .S ., Arizona State University, J .D ., The University of Akron

Caitlin A. CarneyB .B .A ., The University of Toledo

Kendra J. CarpenterB .S ., The University of Akron

Craig D. CookB .A ., Muskingham College, M .B .A ., Baldwin-Wallace College, J .D ., Case Western Reserve University

Monica L. DobsonB .A ., California State University

Jessica H. FrossB .A ., Hiram College

Jason S. HarlessB .A ., Arizona State University, J .D ., The University of Akron

Brian M. LaneyB .S ., J .D ., The University of Akron

Lisa Dawn OwingsB .S ., Bellevue University, NE

Jason H. WoodruffB .S ., J .D ., The University of Akron

Jarrett E. WyattPharm .D ., East Tennessee University

Candidates for Juris Doctor Degrees

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Candidates for Juris Doctor Degrees (cont .)

Lucas W. MurrayB .S .B .A ., The University of Akron

Catherine E. NagyB .A ., Kent State University

David F. NeilsenB .B .A ., Ohio University

Christopher P. OrrinB .A ., Pennsylvania State University

Jacob T. OverdorffB .A ., Westminister College, PA

Lisa Dawn OwingsB .S ., Bellevue University, NE

Igor OzerugaB .S ., Cleveland State University

Caitlin A. PatrickB .A ., Miami University

Latoya L. PetersonB .S ., The University of Akron

Andrew J. PfeifferB .A ., Cleveland State University

Silas M. PisaniB .A ., University of Mount Union

Daniel P. PorembskiB .A ., The Ohio State University

Marcus H. Pryor IIB .S ., College of Mount Saint Joseph

Joshua C. RauB .A ., James Madison University, VA, M .Div ., Ashland Theological Seminary

Bailey A. RenneckerB .A ., The University of Akron

Jessica F. ReplogleB .S ., The University of Akron

Christopher D. RiceB .A ., University of Mount Union

Brittany R. RishorB .S ., Robert Morris University, PA

Rachel RobertsonB .A ., University of Pittsburgh, PA

Daniel V. RossB .A ., Westminister College, PA

Sharon Gerrick RossB .A ., Kent State University

Elayna SaadB .S ., University of Pittsburgh, PA

Jordan E. KnabbB .A ., University of Charleston, WV

Seneca KonturasB .A ., University of Miami, FL

James A. KutchelB .S .B .A ., Youngstown State University

Keith D. LarewB .A ., Youngstown State University

Kun Y. LeeB .S ., Portland State University, OR

Lyndsey L. LeeB .A ., Texas State Uiversity

Ellen P. LinzB .S ., The University of Akron

Yizhou LiuB .S ., Harbin Institute of Technology, M .B .A ., Ashland University

Katie Sue LottB .S .B .A ., The University of Akron

Jill Marie MachniakB .A ., Western Michigan University, M .A ., University of Michigan

Joseph R. McAleeseB .S ., The University of Akron

Douglas W. McAlisterB .A ., Hillsdale College, MI

Bryan E. MeekB .A ., The Ohio State University

Blaise R. MeekerB .B .A ., Kent State University

Colin G. MeekerB .A ., John Carroll University, M .P .A ., The University of Akron

Stephanie M. MehleB .A ., Kent State University

Amanda M. MillerB .A ., The University of Akron

Susan Monica Mills-MartinezB .A ., The Ohio State University

Brooke A. MoneaB .A ., Walsh University

Matthew A. MooneyB .A ., The University of Akron

Rod A. MooreB .A ., Walsh University

David J. GarnierB .A ., Princeton University, NJ

Scott R. GladdenB .A ., Ohio University

Bradley J. GormanB .S .B .A ., Ashland University

Ty A. GrahamB .S ., The University of Akron

Lauren A. GribbleB .A ., Hillsdale College, MI

Amber GroghanB .A ., Kent State University

Kristen L. GuapponeB .S ., Ohio University

Michael G. GurgulB .A ., The University of Akron

Stacie A. HanelineB .S ., University of Central Florida

Gregory P. HaydenB .A ., Walsh University

Brian P. HennessyB .A ., Gannon University, PA

Kayla E. HershnerB .S ., The Ohio State University

Katherine A. HigginsB .A ., Miami University, OH

Lucy HigginsB .A ., Cleveland State University

Justin L. HinesB .S .B .A ., The University of North Carolina

Zachary T. HostetlerB .A ., Walsh University

Alicia M. HronekB .A ., Carlow University, PA

Thomas S. Kamenitsa JrB .S ., Ohio University

Erin E. KarskiB .S ., LaSalle University

Leanne KasburgB .A ., Baldwin-Wallace University

Rachel J. KennedyB .S ., The University of Akron

Bryan C. KesslerB .A ., Monmouth University, NJ

Sarah E. WhitemanB .A ., Denison University

Matthew T. WidnerB .A ., West Virginia University

Wilson K. WongB .A ., B .S ., San Jose State University, CA

Jason H. WoodruffB .S ., The University of Akron

Justin R. WorkmanB .A ., Western Michigan University

Darnay D. WrightB .A ., The Ohio State University

Michael B. WrightB .S ., Eastern Michigan University

Lindsey A. WrubelB .A ., Heidelberg University, M .B .A ., Cleveland State University

Charlie Chunlin WuB .S ., Peking University, China, M .B .A ., The University of Akron

Jarrett E. WyattPharm .D ., East Tennessee University

Kristin A. ZalenskiB .A ., Pennsylvania State University, M .B .A ., University of Pittsburgh

Benjamin W. ZushinB .A ., The University of Akron

Beau P. ThompsonB .S ., Heidelberg University

Laureen Mamie Tanner TilsonB .A ., Kent State University

Michael A. TiptonB .A ., Ohio Christian University, M .Div . Wesley Biblical Seminary, MS

Taylor V. TroutB .A ., College of Wooster

Nathaniel D. TuckerB .S .B .A ., Ashland University

Susan R. TussingB .B .A ., Kent State University

Deanna L. TuttleB .A ., Grove City College

Brittany B. UnruhB .A ., Taylor University

Courtney L. VerardiB .A ., The University of Akron

Ashley C. WakefieldB .A ., Ohio University

Yueyue WangB .A ., Peking University, China

Travis J. WatsonB .A ., Youngstown State University

Timothy P. WeimerB .S ., University of Utah, M .B .A ., Capella University, MN

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Vincent E. Sawyer IVB .A ., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Steven W. ScavuzzoB .S ., The University of Akron

Marc SchmeltzerB .A ., Arizona State University

Peter A. SchwanB .A ., Buffalo State University of New York

Mary C. SimballaB .B .A ., M .B .A ., Kent State University

Brian R. SimmonsB .A ., The Ohio State University

Lauren D. SimmonsB .A ., Clemson University, SC

Rachel L. SmickB .A ., California State University

Jeanetta SmithB .S ., Bowling Green State University

Kristen T. SnyderB .A ., The University of Akron

Joshua R. StatonB .A ., The Ohio State University

Tabitha B. StearnsB .A ., Youngstown State University

Jennifer L. TanakaB .M ., University of Lethbridge, Canada

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Recognition of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

Established in 1919

The following cadets are commissioned as Second Lieutenants on May 9, 2015:

united states army

Ramon P . HemerleinMolly L . KohlerFrancis Nwiah Joseph M . Pirri

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The University of AkronThe University of AkronThe Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences

By authority of the Board of Trustees and on recommendationof the Faculty hereby confers upon

A. Worthy StudentThe Degree of

Bachelor of Arts

Together with all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto.Witness the seal of the University and the signature of its officers

Given at Akron, in the State of Ohio, this tenth day of May, 2015.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Secretary of the Board

President of the University

Dean

One of the oldest known diplomas awarded at The University of Akron.

A present-day diploma awarded at The University of Akron.

.University Diplomas

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.Statue of John R . Buchtel

This statue of John R. Buchtel stands in the middle of the campus he helped found in 1870.

The Alma Mater

Chorus

The Alma Mater for The University of Akron was written by the Rev. Augustus B. Church, who was the last Universalist clergy to serve as president of Buchtel College (1901–1912). He was also the first person to assume the board responsibilities of chief executive officer. In fact, Church served both as president and as a trustee of the institution — as well as pastor of the First Universalist Church of Akron. Dr. Church understood the importance of higher education as a means to improve society, and he worked diligently on projects to successfully link the educational efforts of Buchtel College with the needs of a growing city. During his presidency, Buchtel College offered the world’s first courses in rubber chemistry (1909).

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The Akron Blue and Gold

The University of Akron’s fight song, “The Akron Blue and Gold,” was written in 1939 by Fred Waring, nationally known composer and leader of the wildly popular band, “Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians.” In response to a request from the University’s student newspaper, Waring wrote “a distinctive song” for The University of Akron. “The Akron Blue and Gold” premiered over his nBc hookup on November 17, 1939, and has been used as the University’s fight song ever since.

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The University of Akron: A Proud Tradition

OCommencement Video RecordingOrder commencement video online at http://www .akron .edu/registrar/graduation/comm-video-order .dot . Cost is $25 per DVD, the deadline for ordering is July 31, 2015 .

This program is not an official graduation list .

While every effort is made to ensure accuracy in this commencement program, printing deadlines sometimes prevent inclusion of candidates names, or may result in the use of names of persons not completing graduation requirements . All honors indicated in this program are tentative . Official degree honors for diplomas and transcripts will be determined after final grades are reported . This printed program, therefore, should not be used to dete rmine a student’s academic or degree status . The University’s official registry for conferral of degrees is the student’s permanent academic record, kept by the Office of the University Registrar, Simmons Hall, Akron, OH 44325-6208 .

The Ohio Universalist Convention established a small, liberal arts college in Akron in 1870 and named it for one of the city’s prominent industrialists, John R . Buchtel . It was Buchtel who led a group of 100

individuals and 13 businesses in a fundraising campaign to build the college . On July 4, 1871, thousands of area citizens turned out to witness the results of that initiative, joining in a great celebration as the cornerstone was laid for a single but impressive structure that constituted Buchtel College . Both a visionary and a pragmatist, Buchtel believed that the vigor of any city is closely tied to the proximity of a high quality institution of higher education . Decades of progress, both for the city and for the college he helped to launch, have proven him right . With an enrollment of approximately 25,000 stu dents from throughout Ohio, the United States and more than 70 foreign countries, the successor of Buchtel College is one of the largest principal campuses in Ohio . Long committed to an aca dem ic tradition which stresses excellence, The Univer sity of Akron offers more than 300 associate, bacca lau reate and master’s degree programs and options, as well as 20 doctoral degree programs and four law degrees . Since 1914, the Univer sity has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and it is currently classified at the highest level as a comprehensive, doctoral-degree-granting institution . Today, more than 167,000 of its alumni live and work around the world .