2012 SummerCOMMENCEMENT

Officers Of the University

ON THE FRONT COVER: Facing the English Coulee, the Chester Fritz Auditorium is nearing its 40th anniversary as one of the finest performing arts centers in the Midwest. It was made possible by a gift from UND alumnus and benefactor Chester Fritz. The auditorium was dedicated with ceremonies and a production by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir on October 12, 1972, followed on October 13 and 14 with concerts by the Grass Roots and the Ed Ames Show . ON THE BACK COVER: Merrifield Hall is considered the finest example of the traditional “collegiate gothic” architectural style of the central campus. Next to it are the Old Main Memorial Plaza and Sphere, marking the site of UND’s first building.

rObert O. KelleyPresident

PaUl a. lebelVice President for Academic Affairs

and Provost

lOri M. reesOrVice President for Student Affairs

alice c. breKKeVice President for Finance

and Operations

Phyllis e. JOhnsOnVice President for Researchand Economic Development

JOshUa WynneVice President

for Health Affairs andDean of the School of

Medicine and Health Sciences

sUsan balcOM WaltOnVice President for

University and Public Affairs

sUzanne andersOnUniversity Registrar

dUaine esPegard, Grand ForksPresident

Kirsten diederich, Fargo

terry hJelMstad, Minot

dOn MOrtOn, Fargo

Kathleen neset, Tioga

grant shaft, Grand Forks

sydney hUllStudent Member

North Dakota State University

dOUglas MUnsKiFaculty Advisor

University of North Dakota

Janice hOffarthStaff Advisor

University of North Dakota

state bOard Of higher edUcatiOn

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The Order Of exercises

2012 summer cOmmencemenT ceremOny3:00 P.M., friday, augusT 3, 2012, chesTer friTz audiTOrium

President robert o. Kelley, Presiding

Prelude music ...................................................... Michael Wittgraf

PrOcessiOnal .......................................... “Pomp and Circumstance”Michael Wittgraf

Please stand during the Processional.

“america The BeauTiful” ......................................................... Dane Froiland

greeTings ................................................................... President Robert O. Kelley

cOmmencemenT address .............................................. Kathleen Gershman

cOnferring Of academic degrees ................................. President Robert O. Kelley

C.K. Schultz, Proctor(Order of degrees begins on Page 4)

alumni greeTings .................................................Sarah KotelnickiUND Alumni Association and Foundation

“alma maTer” ...........................................The AssemblageDane Froiland, Song Leader

recessiOnal ........................................................... Michael Wittgraf

alma maTer

Hail to thee, O Alma Mater!Hail to thee with heart and tongue!Pride we feel and love yet greaterWhile we raise our grateful song.Home of lofty thought and learning,Beacon o’er our western land,Shrine whence still the ever- burningTorch is passed from hand to hand.

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chesTer friTz disTinguished PrOfessOrs

The Chester Fritz Distinguished Professorships were established with an endowment gift from the late UND benefactor Chester Fritz, 1892-1983. Revenue from the endowment provides for cash stipends to one or more full-time UND faculty members, who thereafter may use the title “Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor.” Nominations are solicited from members of the V.P.A.A. Academic Cabinet and the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors; these are evaluated by a committee chaired by the graduate dean and composed of three Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors and faculty representatives from each academic college not represented by a Fritz Professor. The recommendations are reviewed by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and forwarded to the President for final decision.

Chester Fritz attended UND from 1908 to 1910. He became an international trader in precious metals and lived most of his life in China and Europe. In establishing the endowment for the professorships — just one of his many gifts to UND — as an “investment in the future of my Alma Mater and of the people who make the future what it shall be.” He added, “I am especially indebted to the fine teachers who, in the end, have determined in large measure, how well I was able to learn and to use the knowledge that the University of North Dakota could provide.”

Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors currently serving on the faculty include:Michael C. Beard, EnglishHolly Brown-Borg, Pharmacology, Physiology and TherapeuticsEdward C. Carlson, Anatomy and Cell BiologyF. Richard Ferraro, PsychologyMichael J. Gaffey, Space StudiesJonathan Geiger, Pharmacology, Physiology and TherapeuticsWilliam D. Gosnold Jr., Geology & Geological EngineeringBirgit Hans, Indian StudiesJoseph Hartman, Geology and Geological EngineeringMark R. Hoffmann, ChemistryGordon Iseminger, HistoryWarren Jensen, AviationMichael Mann, Chemical EngineeringJames E. Mitchell, NeuroscienceThomas Mohr, Physical TherapyMyrna R. Olson, Teaching and LearningLeon F. Osborne, Atmospheric SciencesThomas V. Petros, PsychologyMichael Poellot, Atmospheric SciencesIsaac Schlosser, BiologyWayne Seames, Chemical EngineeringMary Ann Sens, PathologyWilliam F. Sheridan, Biology

Kathleen A. Tiemann, SociologyRoxanne Vaughan, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologySharon C. Wilsnack, NeuroscienceStephen A. Wonderlich, Clinical Neuroscience

Former faculty members who were honored with Fritz Professorships include:Michael A. Anderegg, EnglishJames Antes, PsychologyRobert Beck, LawRichard Beringer, HistoryWilliam V. Borden (deceased), EnglishWilliam E. Cornatzer (deceased), Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyRichard D. Crawford, BiologyKenneth J. Dawes, Social WorkSandra Donaldson, EnglishManuchair Ebadi, Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics, and Clinical NeuroscienceRonald C. Engle, Theatre ArtsAlbert J. Fivizzani, BiologyMary Lou S. Fuller, Elementary EducationElizabeth Hampsten, EnglishDavid Hein, Pharmacology and ToxicologyCarla Wulff Hess, Communication DisordersRichard L. Hill, Educational AdministrationHarvey Knull, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyDavid O. Lambeth, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyRichard G. Landry, Educational Measurements and StatisticsDiane K. Langemo, Nursing Practice and DevelopmentDonald K. Lemon, Educational LeadershipRobert W. Lewis, EnglishFrank Low (deceased), AnatomyRichard L. Ludtke, SociologyRoger Melvold, Microbiology and ImmunologyRobert C. Nordlie, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyLewis K. Oring, BiologySurendra S. Parmar, PhysiologyBrian O. Paulsen, ArtRussell Peterson (deceased), EducationLewis J. Radonovich, ChemistryPaul D. Ray, Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyJohn L. Rowe (deceased), Business and Vocational EducationMary Jane Schneider, Indian StudiesDonald E. Severson, Chemical EngineeringVirgil Stenberg, ChemistryJeffrey L. Stith, Atmospheric SciencesD. Jerome Tweton, HistoryStephen K. Wikel, Microbiology and ImmunologyCharles A. Wood, Space StudiesKevin D. Young, Microbiology and Immunology

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dOcTOr Of PhilOsOPhy

Wayne S. Swisher, Dean

Marron Joanne Bingle-Davis, White Lake, MichiganMajor: GeologyDissertation: Systematics, Diversity, and Origins of Upper Cretaceous Continental Molluscan Fauna in the Infra- and Intertrappean Strata of the Deccan Plateau, Central India.Advisor: Dr. Joseph Hartman

Jo Michelle Ellison, Grand ForksMajor: Clinical PsychologyDissertation: College Women and Social Networking Sites: Reasons for Use and Related Mental Health Constructs. Advisor: Dr. Joseph Miller

Abigail Fuller, San Antonio, TexasMajor: NursingDissertation: Perceived Deployment Stressors and Well-being Among Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.Advisor: Dr. Glenda Lindseth

Bal Ram Ghimire, Mahendranagar, NepalMajor: PhysicsDissertation: Fluxon Dynamics in Two-Gap Superconductor-Based Long Josephson Junction.Advisor: Dr. Ju Kim

Angelique Ashley Gillis, BismarckMajor: Clinical PsychologyDissertation: Delay Discounting Among American Indians and Non-Indian College Students. Advisor: Dr. Jeff Weatherly

Irene Arande Guya-Allen, Santa Clarita, CaliforniaMajor: Counseling PsychologyDissertation: Juvenile Male Sex Offenders: The Impact of Family Involvement in Treatment.Advisor: Dr. Dorlene Walker

Elizabeth Hagensen, St. Cloud, MinnesotaMajor: Criminal JusticeDissertation: Factors That Influence Program Completion: Predicting Kentucky Drug Court Completion Outcomes.Advisor: Dr. Roni Mayzer

Anita Lynn Herold, Saratoga, WyomingMajor: Communication and Public DiscourseDissertation: Media Portrayals of Political Spouse’s Communication on the Campaign Trail: A Content Analysis.Advisor: Dr. Pamela Kalbfleisch

Ronald Wayne Hochstatter, Cheyenne, WyomingMajor: Communication and Public DiscourseDissertation: Peer Mentoring and Empathy.Advisor: Dr. Pamela Kalbfleisch

Christian Suhngwa Jungong, North West Region, CameroonMajor: ChemistryDissertation: Dirhodum-Induced Intramolecular C-H Insertion on Diazo-sulfones/Sulfonates and its Synthetic Applications.Advisor: Dr. Alexei Novikov

Jennifer Lynn Larson, BismarckMajor: AnatomyDissertation: The UROtsa Bladder Cell Model for Heavy Metal Carcinogenesis: Characterization with Respect to the Role of Beclin-1 and SPARC Expression.Advisor: Dr. Jane Dunlevy

Amy Jo Leonard, RoletteMajor: Teaching and LearningDissertation: Workshop Training and Instructional Coaching: A Model for Professional Development that Results in Academic Student Growth.Advisor: Dr. Barbara Combs

Rashel Makane Mokambe Sumpter, South West Region, CameroonMajor: ChemistryDissertation: Theoretical Studies of the Ground and Low-Lying Excited States of [3,3’]Bidiazirinylidene(C2N4), Tetramethyleneethane Diradical, and Arsenic and Selenium Oxides.Advisor: Dr. Mark Hoffmann

Edmond Yong Njua, Buea, CameroonMajor: ChemistryDissertation: Syntheses and Characterization of Homo- and Heterometallic Tert-butoxides/Cyclopentadienides of Group 4/14 Metals And of Mixed ligand(Tert-Butoxides/Cyclopentadienides) Coordination Polymers of Group 1/14 Metals.Advisor: Dr. Lothar Stahl

Heather Ann Pedersen, Crookston, MinnesotaMajor: Clinical PsychologyDissertation: Intelligence Testing for Persons with Visual Impairments: Haptic Matrices Intelligence Assessment.Advisor: Dr. Joseph Miller

Christopher John Przemieniecki, Pottstown, PennsylvaniaMajor: Criminal JusticeDissertation: ‘Reel’ Gangs or ‘Real’ Gangs: A Qualitative Media Analysis of Street Gangs Portrayed in Hollywood Films, 1960-2009. Advisor: Dr. Michael Meyer

Thomas Rudolph Roskos, Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaMajor: Counseling PsychologyDissertation: Intimate Relationships of Adults Raised in Same-Sex Families.Advisor: Dr. Kara Wettersten

David James Saxberg, JamestownMajor: Educational LeadershipDissertation: Perceptions of North Dakota Principals Regarding Teacher Hiring Practices.Advisor: Dr. Brenda Kallio

Janna Marie Schill, Grand ForksMajor: Teaching and LearningDissertation: Professional Behaviors, Sense of Belonging, and Professional Socialization of Early Career Clinical Laboratory Scientists.Advisor: Dr. Mary Baker

David F. Seyfried, BuxtonMajor: Criminal JusticeDissertation: An Evidence Based Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Continuous In-Service Police Pursuit Training in Minnesota.Advisor: Dr. Michael Meyer

Sarah Jo Szerlong, Milton, WisconsinMajor: Counseling PsychologyDissertation: Multicultural Efficacy Among White Resident Hall Directors: Predicting White Privilege Attitudes.Advisor: Dr. Kara Wettersten

Sherine Talaat, Grand ForksMajor: BiochemistryDissertation: Induced Gene Expression in Bladder Cancer: Kindlin-2 and Metallothionein-1X.Advisor: Dr. Mary Ann Sens

Joseph Kent West, Bartlesville, OklahomaMajor: ChemistryDissertation: Formal Insertion Reactions of Stannylenes and Germylenes Into Phosphorus-Halogen Bonds: A Structural and Mechanistic Investigation.Advisor: Dr. Lothar Stahl

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Diane Joan Wolter, FargoMajor: Educational LeadershipDissertation: Emerging Adults in College: Assessing Expectations and Perceptions.Advisor: Dr. Margaret Healy

Ruth M. Newton, Detroit Lakes, MinnesotaMajor: Teaching and LearningDissertation: Pre-service Teacher’s Professional Knowledge Development of Phonolognical Awareness Through Constructivist Learning Engagements.Advisor: Dr. Shelby Barrentine

Frances Ann Rodenburg, SterlingMajor: Educational LeadershipDissertation: Native American Secondary Female Students’ Perspectives on School Success.Advisor: Dr. Sherryl Houdek

dOcTOr Of educaTiOn

masTer Of arTs

Amber Austin Annis, Eagle Butte, South DakotaMajor: History

Cody Ryle Asperheim, LarimoreMajor: Sociology

Robyn Michelle Bata, Cottage Grove, MinnesotaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Julie Anne Binstock, DickinsonMajor: Counseling

Sherri P. Bursey-Metzger, FargoMajor: Forensic Psychology

Kerry Mae Corbett, Auburndale, FloridaMajor: Linguistics

Wendy Sue Dahlberg, HattonMajor: Counseling

Beth Wilson Devlin, Providence, Rhode IslandMajor: Forensic Psychology

Joseph Robert Dvorkin, Sioux City, IowaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Catherine Ann Erickson, Thief River Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Melanie Flynn, JamestownMajor: Forensic Psychology

Amy Elizabeth Gaddor, Moriah Center, New YorkMajor: Forensic Psychology

Renee Michelle Gerard, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaMajor: English

Tracy Fearon Gould, Virginia Beach, VirginiaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Emikule Robert Greene, Cunupia, Trinidad & TobagoMajor: Forensic Psychology

Sheri Rae Halvorson, Traverse City, MichiganMajor: Forensic Psychology

Angela Mae Kitzan, HebronMajor: Geography

Tara Leonard, Dyer, IndianaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Christy Rae Luskey, Pierre, South DakotaMajor: Counseling

Catherine Sarah MacLeod, Duncanville, TexasMajor: Linguistics

Richard David McFarlane, Grand ForksMajor: Communication

Taylor Riel Mitchell, Fort Smith, ArkansasMajor: Forensic Psychology

Katherine Winn Morris, Toano, VirginiaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Jennifer Amy Munch, Richmond, British Columbia, CanadaMajor: Counseling

Cassie Leigh Munro, Keller, TexasMajor: Forensic Psychology

Orie Ann Oksendahl, FargoMajor: Forensic Psychology

Natalie Ann Pique, Casper, WyomingMajor: Forensic Psychology

Matthew Robert Schumacher, Edmonds, WashingtonMajor: Counseling

Justin Allen Blake Sightler, Gaston, South CarolinaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Timothy Nicholas Tefft, Cedar Rapids, IowaMajor: Forensic Psychology

Misty Rose Tomchuk, HarwoodMajor: Forensic Psychology

Darci Danae Van Dyke, Chandler, MinnesotaMajor: Psychology

Deepthi Lekani Waidyasekera, Moratuwa, Sri LankaMajor: Geography

Avery Walker Westlund, Charlestown, MassachusettsMajor: Forensic Psychology

Patricia Louise Winters, Fergus Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Counseling

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masTer Of music

masTer Of OccuPaTiOnal TheraPy

masTer Of Business adminisTraTiOn

Jason Steven Carlson, McIntosh, MinnesotaMajor: Business Administration

Bradley Mason Eidsness, Chestermere, Alberta, CanadaMajor: Business Administration

Preston James Page, BottineauMajor: Business Administration

Alan Wade Smith, BismarckMajor: Business Administration

W. William Weispfenning, Jr., JamestownMajor: Business Administration

Benjamin Frederick Welch, Bloomington, MinnesotaMajor: Business Administration

masTer Of educaTiOn

Ann Carroll Arnason, Grand ForksMajor: Elementary Education

Steven Lawrence Dangel, MinotMajor: Educational Leadership

Sarah Ann Flage, Red Lake Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Elementary Education

Britta Marie Hanson, ThompsonMajor: Elementary Education

Michael S. Hanson, GraftonMajor: Educational Leadership

Ryan Thomas Harty, BismarckMajor: Educational Leadership

Benjamin Michael Hopkins, Sanford, North CarolinaMajor: Special Ed / Learning Disabilities

Lisa Marie Horner, WishekMajor: Elementary Education

Summer Louise Hoverson, Grand ForksMajor: Educational Leadership

Joshua William Johnson, Devils LakeMajor: Educational Leadership

Audrey Lorraine Larson, WillistonMajor: Educational Leadership

Andrea J. Noonan, FargoMajor: Instructional Design & Technology

Emily Faye Nygard, Grand ForksMajor: Elementary Education

Cassie Lee Olson, Littleton, ColoradoMajor: Elementary Education

LuAnn Joy Schmidt, Grand ForksMajor: Reading Education

Colleen Linnea Schumacher, McCannaMajor: Instructional Design & Technology

James P. Swegarden, MinotMajor: Educational Leadership

Brittany Ann Upton, MinotMajor: Educational Leadership

masTer Of engineering

Essayas Mengistu Teshale, Antioch, TennesseeMajor: Electrical Engineering

Joel Michael Robinette, W. St. Paul, MinnesotaMajor: Music

Jeffrey Scott Tilley, Davidsville, PennsylvaniaMajor: Music

Carolyn Kaye Van Slyke, Dillon, MontanaMajor: Music

Amy Ferguson, Forest RiverMajor: Occupational Therapy

Nicole Marie Knutson, Fisher, MinnesotaMajor: Occupational Therapy

Amanda Jo Rositas Kjos, Badger, MinnesotaMajor: Occupational Therapy

Lindsey Sauer, BismarckMajor: Occupational Therapy

masTer Of fine arTs

Mary Margaret Homan, Plymouth, MinnesotaMajor: Visual Arts

masTer Of Physician assisTanT sTudies

Mary Regina Hester, Clarksville, TennesseeMajor: Physician Assistant Studies

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masTer Of PuBlic adminisTraTiOn

masTer Of science

Jesse Anderson, St. Paul, MinnesotaMajor: Instructional Design & Technology

David Andrew Barta, LangdonMajor: Earth System Science and Policy

Donna M. Bearor, Cornwall, VermontMajor: Special Education

Linda Anne Behlke, West Allis, WisconsinMajor: Early Childhood Education

Hannah Marie Borhart, Huntley, IllinoisMajor: Forensic Psychology

Kristi Ann Bronstetter, Sturgis, MichiganMajor: Special Education

Kimberly Ann Brown, St. MichaelMajor: Nursing

Stacy Jo Carlson-Huxford, Bloomington, MinnesotaMajor: Special Education

Sandra Lynn Carnes, Tazewell, TennesseeMajor: Medical Laboratory Science

Amanda Lee Censullo, East Stroudsburg, PennsylvaniaMajor: Special Education

Tzu-Han Chen, Hsinchu City, TaiwanMajor: Technology

Marc Adam Cierzan, Eagan, MinnesotaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Karen Jayne Clementich, Devils LakeMajor: Nursing

Brian Christopher Daby, Portland, OregonMajor: Special Ed / Visual Impairment

Heidi Jo Dalbec, North Las Vegas, NevadaMajor: Early Childhood Education

Kaden Kyle Daley, Kingston, JamaicaMajor: Computer Science

Trista Nicole Dau, Alexandria, MinnesotaMajor: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Matthew John Dinger, Norwalk, WisconsinMajor: Geography

Sherri Beth Dryburgh, Grand ForksMajor: Elementary Education

Jamie Joan Emanuel-Bley, North Riverside, IllinoisMajor: Early Childhood Education

Dalene L. Erickson, Bethesda, MarylandMajor: Early Childhood Education

Rachel Robyn Erickson, Grand ForksMajor: Education: General Studies

Sindhu Ethamukkala, Hyderabad, IndiaMajor: Space Studies

Nenny Fahruddin, Jakarta Barat, IndonesiaMajor: Instructional Design & Technology

Teresa Joy Forseth, HillsboroMajor: Special Education

Alanna Nissa Friedman, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaMajor: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Linda L. Gabbert, WillistonMajor: Elementary Education

Heidi Marie Geiselhart, FargoMajor: Early Childhood Education

Kathryn Elyse Giannecchini, Stockton, CaliforniaMajor: Atmospheric Sciences

Noreen Greenley Anderson, CayugaMajor: Special Ed Strategist

Rachel Nicole Westphal Guthrie, Seattle, WashingtonMajor: Early Childhood Education

Enoch Hankerson, Indianapolis, IndianaMajor: Education: General Studies

Chelsey Sue Heitkamp, LisbonMajor: Early Childhood Education

Jennifer Lynn Helgeson, Grand ForksMajor: Elementary Education

Kevin Christopher Herrholtz, Hubbard, OhioMajor: Instructional Design & Technology

Laura Irene Hoerner, BismarckMajor: Elementary Education

Jocelyn Joy Hoffarth, Monticello, MinnesotaMajor: Special Education

Anne Marie Holland, Castle Rock, ColoradoMajor: Space Studies

Niya Nicole Hollis, Fayetteville, GeorgiaMajor: Early Childhood Education

Elizabeth Amanda Howell, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaMajor: Space Studies

Vicki Marie Huck, Crookston, MinnesotaMajor: Special Ed / Learning Disabilities

Johanna Renee Ibarra, Grand ForksMajor: Education: General Studies

Corey Tristan James, Torrington, WyomingMajor: Special Ed / Emotional Disturbances

Stephanie Dawn Kennedy, HettingerMajor: Early Childhood Education

Nahid Khatibi, Tehran, IranMajor: Chemical Engineering

Robert Carl Lloyd Klenner, Freeman, South DakotaMajor: Geology

Bryan Keith McCoy, Shelbyville, TennesseeMajor: Public Administration

Alexzan M. Richmond, Grand ForksMajor: Public Administration

Caitlin Jae Straabe, Devils LakeMajor: Public Administration

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masTer Of science, continued

Emily A. Knish, Montgomery, MinnesotaMajor: Geography

Paul James Knoedler, Saginaw, MinnesotaMajor: Space Studies

Daniel Knox, Oslo, MinnesotaMajor: Special Ed Strategist

Christa Joyce Landmark, International Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Special Ed / Early Childhood

Stephanie Marie Lien, Grand ForksMajor: Education: General Studies

Kevin Michael Lokken, HunterMajor: Special Ed Strategist

Cynthia Keila Luzum, Ft. Atkinson, IowaMajor: Early Childhood Education

Ashley Hemingway Martin, Cary, North CarolinaMajor: Early Childhood Education

Mary Kate McDonald, Germantown, TennesseeMajor: Special Education

Lauren Ashley McGrane, Woodbury, MinnesotaMajor: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Lindsey Elizabeth Miller, Bethesda, MarylandMajor: Early Childhood Education

Sheri Lee Mommerency, Rapid City, South DakotaMajor: Nursing

Hasin Shahad Munna, Dhaka, BangladeshMajor: Civil Engineering

Jonathan Michael Musselwhite, Murfreesboro, TennesseeMajor: Electrical Engineering

Rakesh Nath Ranga, Mumbai, IndiaMajor: Space Studies

Andrea Jean Neumann, Annandale, MinnesotaMajor: Atmospheric Sciences

James Paul Christian Norberg, Grand ForksMajor: Civil Engineering

Kara Jo Nunziato, MinotMajor: Communication Sciences & Disorders

Walter O. Nyabere, Brooklyn Park, MinnesotaMajor: Nursing

Katherine Olson, BismarckMajor: Elementary Education

Andrew Garrett Onken, Inver Grove Heights, MinnesotaMajor: Chemical Engineering

Lyle James Palm, Warren, MinnesotaMajor: Space Studies

Jeremy Ronald Palmiscno, Grand ForksMajor: Kinesiology

Stacey Ann Penrod, Gettysburg, South DakotaMajor: Early Childhood Education

Jennifer Ann Phillips, LincolnMajor: Elementary Education

Alexandria Fern Pulvermacher, Princeton, WisconsinMajor: Kinesiology

Bekere Tefera Raba, Rochester, MinnesotaMajor: Medical Laboratory Science

Amanda Mae Rambousek, DickinsonMajor: Special Education

Lindsey Jo Rhoads, Las Vegas, NevadaMajor: Early Childhood Education

William Andrew Roughead, Grand ForksMajor: Microbiology

Mark N. Rushing, Durango, ColoradoMajor: Special Education

Bree Anne Schindele, Argyle, MinnesotaMajor: Early Childhood Education

Elizabeth Nicole Schmidt, Alexandria, MinnesotaMajor: Special Ed Strategist

Gretchen Leah Schmidt, Grand ForksMajor: Education: General Studies

Myranda Leigh Syrjanen, Muskego, WisconsinMajor: Early Childhood Education

Allison Beth Taylor, Enfield, New HampshireMajor: Space Studies

Nicole Elizabeth Thom, EdgeleyMajor: Space Studies

Serena Jean Thompson, DickinsonMajor: Special Ed Strategist

Paul Louis Wanzek, JamestownMajor: Special Ed Strategist

Rachel L. Weitz, Monsey, New YorkMajor: Special Education

Jamie Paul White, BowmanMajor: Computer Science

Katherine Wright Williams, Clovis, New MexicoMajor: Special Ed / Early Childhood

Alyssa J. Winslow, Rochester, MinnesotaMajor: Special Education

Jamie Lynn Worden, Grand ForksMajor: Education: General Studies

Susan Eucebia Yeske, Barnesville, MinnesotaMajor: Special Education

masTer Of science in aPPlied ecOnOmics

Casey Matthew Rozowski, Superior, WisconsinMajor: Applied Economics

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masTer Of sOcial WOrk

Kelsey Marie Aman, Sioux Falls, South DakotaMajor: Social Work

Shera Jean Brandvold, Grand ForksMajor: Social Work

Emily Catherine Campbell, FargoMajor: Social Work

Nicholas James Gard, FargoMajor: Social Work

Amanda Lee Gustafson, FargoMajor: Social Work

Shawna Allana Hall, Killarney, Manitoba, CanadaMajor: Social Work

Christopher Lynn McCue, Beaverton, OregonMajor: Social Work

Kellyn June Morlock, WiltonMajor: Social Work

Kristin Rae Petersen, Bemidji, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

John David Shirkey, Thief River Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

cOllege Of nursing

BachelOr Of science in nursing

Kindra Dawn Bloms =Grand ForksMajor: Community Nutrition

Staci Ann Thingelstad =Grand ForksMajor: Community Nutrition

BachelOr Of science in cOmmuniTy nuTriTiOn

Denise Korniewicz, Dean

Brittany Jo Bullis-BillingsleyEden Prairie, MinnesotaMajor: Nursing

Michelle Lee Carpenter ==FargoMajor: Nursing

Andrea M. ChaputGrand ForksMajor: Nursing

Ann DeLaine CichosJamestownMajor: Nursing

Muluh Fongwi Laduna Fondong ==CameroonMajor: Nursing

Kristi Lee HillmanWarren, MinnesotaMajor: Nursing

Terra Ann NicholsBemidji, MinnesotaMajor: Nursing

Sarah Janelle OdegardReynoldsMajor: Nursing

Samantha Louise SchulzMinneapolis, MinnesotaMajor: Nursing

schOOl Of medicine & healTh sciences

Joshua Wynne, Dean

BachelOr Of science in aThleTic Training

Tara Kristen EineichnerDodge Center, MinnesotaMajor: Medical Laboratory Science

Justin P. KowalskiBismarckMajor: Athletic Training

BachelOr Of science in medical laBOraTOry science

Steda Irene LundakRochester, MinnesotaMajor: Medical Laboratory Science

Daniel William MadsenPlainview, MinnesotaMajor: Medical Laboratory Science

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cOllege Of educaTiOn & human develOPmenT

Dennis Caine, DeanBachelOr Of science in educaTiOn

BachelOr Of science in Physical educaTiOn, exercise science & Wellness

BachelOr Of science in recreaTiOn &TOurism sTudies

Kirsten Samantha Johnson ===Grand ForksMajor: Elementary Education Major: Early Childhood

Angela Marie LysteNorthwoodMajor: Early Childhood Education

Allison Morland =BowmanMajor: Early Childhood Education

Justin Anthony BelottiKenosha, WisconsinMajor: Physical Education, Exercise

Science & WellnessThomas Alfred Ebertowski ==

Grand ForksMajor: Physical Education, Exercise

Science & WellnessScott J. Eul

Rosemount, MinnesotaMajor: Physical Education, Exercise

Science & WellnessMonique Edith Lamoureux =

Grand ForksMajor: Physical Education, Exercise

Science & WellnessJoachim Sundbø

Stjordal, NorwayMajor: Physical Education, Exercise

Science & Wellness

Chelsey Andrina MoeKeeneMajor: Recreation & Tourism Studies

BachelOr Of science in sOcial WOrk

BachelOr Of science in rehaBiliTaTiOn &human services

Christy Rae Luskey =Pierre, South DakotaMajor: Rehabilitation & Human

ServicesAngela Nicole Walsh

New Ulm, MinnesotaMajor: Rehabilitation & Human

Services

Tricia Mackenzie BergDevils LakeMajor: Social Work

Chantell Jean BergsrudDevils LakeMajor: Social Work

Danielle K. Bjerke ===PisekMajor: Social Work

Amy Marie BriolAlexandria, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Sasha Lou Bruels =DickinsonMajor: Social Work

Brooke Nicole DettlerGrand ForksMajor: Social Work

Valerie Anne EricksonFertile, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Vanessa Lynn Evenson =MintoMajor: Social Work

Marc Anthony FranczakWinnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaMajor: Social Work

Kelsey Friedt ==MottMajor: Social Work

Jamie Lee GraffKarlstad, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Allison Lynn JohnsonGrand ForksMajor: Social Work

Kyla Marie LaRocqueGrand ForksMajor: Social Work

Justin Craig LervikFargoMajor: Social Work

Melissa Lynn Lima ===Grand ForksMajor: Social Work

Natalie Jo MarcussenAda, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Kelsey Joan McDowellMayvilleMajor: Social Work

Sarah Ashley MullinsRochester, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Emily Marie Muxfeldt ==Fergus Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work Major: Criminal Justice Studies

Ashley Lynne NelsonRollag, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Sarah OhlsenBrainerd, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Sadie Ann OlsonGrand ForksMajor: Social Work

Kylie Michelle Oversen ===KilldeerMajor: Social Work

Rachel Catherine RipleyCannon Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Kimberly Marie Santangelo ==Grand ForksMajor: Social Work

Kowsar S. ShafieEast Grand Forks, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Shawna Diane Siewert =Grand ForksMajor: Social Work

Alicia Sparkman =Woodbury, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

Reginald Yeapaoh TarrBarglortown, Grand Gedeh County,

LiberiaMajor: Social Work

Shelbi Katherine ThompsonBeulahMajor: Social Work

Alma Torres Aurora, IllinoisMajor: Social Work

Christina Maria WaasdorpFergus Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Social Work

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude=== Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 14)

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cOllege Of engineering & mines

Hesham El-Rewini, Dean

BachelOr Of science in chemicalengineering

BachelOr Ofscience in elecTricalengineering

BachelOr Of science in civilengineering

Gary Scott HoughtonUtica, MichiganMajor: Chemical Engineering

Christopher Taylor ScottFerndale, WashingtonMajor: Chemical Engineering

David Wayne TiceRaleigh, North CarolinaMajor: Chemical Engineering

Manuel VelaSpring, TexasMajor: Chemical Engineering

Trisha Marie BodlovicHelena, MontanaMajor: Civil Engineering

Angel CesarEl Paso, TexasMajor: Civil Engineering

Joseph Thomas FosterNaples, FloridaMajor: Civil Engineering

Eric Ruben JohnsonMaple Plain, MinnesotaMajor: Civil Engineering

Brian Michael FitzgeraldHutchinson, MinnesotaMajor: Electrical Engineering

Frank Jay FrenchPalmdale, CaliforniaMajor: Electrical Engineering

Jeffrey Todd Gilmore =Pelzer, South CarolinaMajor: Electrical Engineering

Charles Edward Kern ==Litchfield, MinnesotaMajor: Electrical Engineering

Gashaw Kebede LemmaGrand ForksMajor: Electrical Engineering

Dominic Francis Reuter =Overland Park, KansasMajor: Electrical Engineering

Brian Andrew Van OrnamArlington, WashingtonMajor: Electrical Engineering

Alexander David PadgettGillette, WyomingMajor: Geological Engineering

BachelOr Of science in geOlOgical engineering

Robert Mister Bloomfield =Watertown, MassachusettsMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Matthew Daniel BrazilFargoMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Kyle Andrew FagerstromChisholm, MinnesotaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

BachelOr Of science in mechanical engineering

Drew Henry GauglerLemmon, South DakotaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Cassius John Hartl ===Apple Valley, MinnesotaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Peter Joseph HegartyDenver, ColoradoMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Joshua Loren KalhagenForest Lake, MinnesotaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Branden Allen KasteGraftonMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Ariela MelawerHouston, TexasMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Jesse Allen SannesFertile, MinnesotaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Steven Allen SchwerinRidgecrest, CaliforniaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Ben SteinHouston, TexasMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Brandon Ross VaughanLondon, Ontario, CanadaMajor: Mechanical Engineering

Karen Margita MadsenConcord, MassachusettsMajor: Civil Engineering

Frank M. NeedhamHenderson, NevadaMajor: Civil Engineering

Wayne J. StancillPierre, South DakotaMajor: Civil Engineering

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cOllege Of Business & PuBlic adminisTraTiOn

Dennis J. Elbert, Dean

BachelOr Of accOunTancy

BachelOr Of BusinessadminisTraTiOn

BachelOr Of science in PuBlicadminisTraTiOn

Thomas Kelvin BrownSt. Joseph, MinnesotaMajor: Accountancy

Michael Morland RahnGrand ForksMajor: Accountancy

Sarah Ashley BatesEagan, MinnesotaMajor: Marketing

Lisa Marie CharboneauAtchison, KansasMajor: Marketing

Aaron Whitney ColeBuffaloMajor: Marketing

Aidan ElliottGrand ForksMajor: Airport Management

Mykel Pete EricksonBottineauMajor: Management

Jonathan Evan EyMassapequa Park, New YorkMajor: Airport Management

Brandon Thomas GodwardEden Prairie, MinnesotaMajor: Entrepreneurship

Junghwan HwangGangseogu, Seoul, South KoreaMajor: Airport Management

Amy Jo JohsBismarckMajor: Marketing

Andrew Neal KlammThompsonMajor: Marketing

Ryan Russel KlapmeierHermantown, MinnesotaMajor: Aviation Management

Jennifer Anne LeeRamsey, MinnesotaMajor: Marketing

Catherine Elizabeth LitakerMinneapolis, MinnesotaMajor: Management

Marisa Leigh LorenoFergus Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Entrepreneurship

Stefan Christian MathiesenShoreview, MinnesotaMajor: Entrepreneurship

William Robert OtisDevils LakeMajor: Entrepreneurship

Meghan Lynn PerkerwiczMcIntosh, MinnesotaMajor: Human Resource Management

Rhonda Jean PierzinaJacobson, MinnesotaMajor: Marketing

Sara Elizabeth PlathGrand ForksMajor: Management

Nicholas Steven ReedBismarckMajor: Management

Joshua Ross Rosard ==Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMajor: Aviation Management

Miranda Mia SchwartzHibbing, MinnesotaMajor: Management

Eric Richard StringerTower CityMajor: Banking & Financial Economics

Clinton Ralph Swisse ===Deer Creek, MinnesotaMajor: Aviation Management

Kyle Jon TheigeGrand ForksMajor: Management

Sarah Lynn ThomasDevils LakeMajor: Marketing

Hannah Marie ThorsenWoodbury, MinnesotaMajor: Marketing

Devin Ann TrefzBagley, MinnesotaMajor: Human Resource Management

Logan Riley TurnerRed Lake Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Management

Tate Alan WestbyFargoMajor: Marketing

Toni Christine WheelerPark Rapids, MinnesotaMajor: Management

Anthony John ZechmannMinnetonka, MinnesotaMajor: Marketing

Melissa Sue BakkeGrand ForksMajor: Graphic Design Technology

Nikole Marie GanyoLino Lakes, MinnesotaMajor: Graphic Design Technology

Thomas Robert HadlichGrand ForksMajor: Graphic Design Technology

Ashley Anne MattesonForest RiverMajor: Graphic Design Technology

BachelOr Of science in graPhic design TechnOlOgy

Peter Thomas ThompsonMinnetonka, MinnesotaMajor: Public Administration

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 14)

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cOllege Of arTs & sciences

Kathleen Tiemann, Dean

BachelOr Of arTs

BachelOr Of music

BachelOr Of science

BachelOr Of general sTudies

Rebecca Joan BerdalColfax, WashingtonMajor: Music

Tricia Mackenzie BergDevils LakeMajor: Sociology

Morgan Erin BuchweitzLangdonMajor: Communication

Kelly Cook CarlsonBloomington, MinnesotaMajor: Communication

Andrew Paul CymbalukCrookston, MinnesotaMajor: Social Science

Daniel Dean DewaldJamestownMajor: English

Rieko Eguchi =Tokyo, JapanMajor: Music

Michelle Marie EllisLos Angeles, CaliforniaMajor: Political Science

Karli Marie FisherCastle Rock, ColoradoMajor: Anthropology

Katie Jo FlintFargoMajor: Spanish

Alyssa Katarzyna Gruchala ===MintoMajor: English

Christina Pearl Hansen-MartinezGrand ForksMajor: Anthropology

Kurt A. HomanPlymouth, MinnesotaMajor: Social Science

Michael Paul HughesSpringfield, VirginiaMajor: Political Science

Brian D. KinsellaRosemount, MinnesotaMajor: Economics

Jennifer Mary KnappLakevilleMajor: Communication

Jared Christopher Lennon ===Grand ForksMajor: Political Science Major: International Studies Major: Norwegian

Camryn Rae Licurse ==Spokane, WashingtonMajor: Sociology

Trisha Kay Loken =Roseau, MinnesotaMajor: Psychology

Andrew John MarkiewiczSouth Milwaukee, WisconsinMajor: Theatre Arts

Matthew William McCabeMonument, ColoradoMajor: International Studies

Nicole M. McCroryBismarckMajor: Psychology

Adam Patrick McWadeLake Oswego, OregonMajor: Social Science

Maria Ann MollenhauerBurlingtonMajor: Music

Erin Kay NagleGrand ForksMajor: Sociology

Stephanie Marie Ney100 Mile House, British Columbia,

CanadaMajor: Communication

Kristian Sætersdal NilssenGrand ForksMajor: Economics

Anders L. OdegaardGrand Rapids, MinnesotaMajor: Norwegian

Cody Shane OrrFargoMajor: Communication

Jennifer Elizabeth PakolaSpicer, MinnesotaMajor: Psychology

Tarah Kay PetersLake Lillian, MinnesotaMajor: Communication

Matthew Leroy PetrowiakFairmont, MinnesotaMajor: Communication

Stephanie Ashley Grace RosenthalZumbrota, MinnesotaMajor: Theatre Arts

Amanda Mae Scheid ===Fergus Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Anthropology

Justin Robert SchmalenbergGrand ForksMajor: Visual Arts

Alexandra Marie Simmons =MandanMajor: Psychology

Korey Lynn SoutherlandMinneapolis, MinnesotaMajor: Political Science

Corisa Ann Trapnell ==Dundas, MinnesotaMajor: Social Science

Anna Marie WervenDraytonMajor: Social Science

Timothy Ross WinterGrand ForksMajor: History

Daniel Mata WoodruffGrand ForksMajor: Political Science

William Lee PanKratz II =HattonMajor: Theatre Arts

BachelOr Of fine arTs

Travis Darnell BledsoeMinneapolis, MinnesotaMajor: General Studies

Brittany Anne CoauetteCrookston, MinnesotaMajor: General Studies

Trevor Thomas CourneyaHawley, MinnesotaMajor: General Studies

John Edward FitzgeraldEagan, MinnesotaMajor: General Studies

Kathryn Lee GraceHalfway, OregonMajor: General Studies

Steve Lawrence GriersonBrooklyn, New YorkMajor: General Studies

Bradley Phillip HagenNorthfield, MinnesotaMajor: General Studies

Linde Eivor HauserRochester, MinnesotaMajor: General Studies

Benjamin Jackson HeckendornBainbridge Island, WashingtonMajor: General Studies

Jessica JohnsonNew Orleans, LouisianaMajor: General Studies

Jenny Lynn KleinknechtGrand ForksMajor: General Studies

Max MarkowitzDetroit, MichiganMajor: General Studies

Patrick Anthony MitchellDes Moines, IowaMajor: General Studies

David Alden RogersCanyon Country, CaliforniaMajor: General Studies

Jeffrey Holt SteinSanta Ana, CaliforniaMajor: General Studies

Brandon Scott UehranGrand ForksMajor: General Studies

Christine Margaret WeinreichPismo Beach, CaliforniaMajor: General Studies

Christine Elizabeth WetterlundEast Grand Forks, MinnesotaMajor: General Studies

Joel Edgardo AlarconTeguagalea, HondurasMajor: Music Performance

Jessica Ann Johnson ===Wannaska, MinnesotaMajor: Music Therapy

Joseph James Asturias ==Lakeville, MinnesotaMajor: Psychology

Jeremy Lee BancroftEast Grand Forks, MinnesotaMajor: Geography

Benjamin Lawrence CarlsonWyoming, MinnesotaMajor: Geography

Kiley F. Dohm =BismarckMajor: Interdisciplinary Studies: Health Sciences

Revel LeRae DotyMahnomen, MinnesotaMajor: Interdisciplinary Studies:

Health SciencesShannon Nicole East ==

Rapid City, South DakotaMajor: Biology / Pre-Health

Samantha Jo JockettyEagan, MinnesotaMajor: Psychology

Fiona Mae KolbergGrand ForksMajor: Biology / Pre-Health

Michael James KvaleGrand ForksMajor: Biology / Pre-Health

Wesley J. Pederson =Thief River Falls, MinnesotaMajor: Biology

Darren Edward RadkeGrand ForksMajor: Psychology

Benjamin Eugene SmithParker, South DakotaMajor: Biology

Korey Lynn SoutherlandMinneapolis, MinnesotaMajor: Geography

Raggi Alpha TulayGrand ForksMajor: Biology / Pre-Health

Katie Ann WaltersGrand ForksMajor: Biology / Pre-Health

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cOllege Of arTs & sciences

Chase Bradley BreitbachOakesMajor: Criminal Justice Studies

Timothy J. FrankBismarckMajor: Criminal Justice Studies

Cassandra Lynn HausmannGrand ForksMajor: Criminal Justice Studies

Kyle David SwitzerCavalierMajor: Criminal Justice Studies

BachelOr Ofscience in criminal JusTice sTudies

Julie Elizabeth AmundsenEden Prairie, MinnesotaMajor: Geology

Bailey Jo BubachThompsonMajor: Geology

Colin Aaron RiddickSpring Valley, WisconsinMajor: Geology

BachelOr Of science in geOlOgy

JOhn d. Odegard schOOl Of aerOsPace sciences

Bruce A. Smith, Dean

BachelOr Of science in aerOnauTics

Cory J. BulgerDanvers, MassachusettsMajor: Unmanned Aircraft System Operations

Chas Lee CarlsonGrand ForksMajor: Commercial Aviation

Walter Kenneth ChamplinColumbus, OhioMajor: Commercial Aviation

Ethan Patrick Coughlin ==Lakewood, ColoradoMajor: Commercial Aviation

Jennifer Kay EnningaGrand ForksMajor: Unmanned Aircraft

System OperationsJustin Michael Fernelius

Cheboygan, MichiganMajor: Commercial Aviation

David Eric GaugerOlathe, KansasMajor: Air Traffic Control

Corey Michael Hughes =San Diego, CaliforniaMajor: Commercial Aviation Major: Flight Education

Dhruv KalraRochester, MinnesotaMajor: Air Traffic Control Major: Commercial Aviation

Christina Marie KingEagan, MinnesotaMajor: Commercial Aviation

Katrina Cherise Kugler ==Wellton, ArizonaMajor: Flight Education

Mark James LaLonde IILacey, WashingtonMajor: Commercial Aviation

Cody Lynn LarsonPark RiverMajor: Unmanned Aircraft

Systems OperationBrock Clifton Leinberger

Tempe, ArizonaMajor: Commercial Aviation

Alexander Ross LindseyRedmond, WashingtonMajor: Unmanned Aircraft

Systems OperationCameron Hamilton Livingstone

Laguna Hills, CaliforniaMajor: Flight Education

Bianca Mary Lombardi ==Coventry, ConnecticutMajor: Air Traffic Control

Daniel Patrick MagnerOak Park, IllinoisMajor: Flight Education

James Kenneth Dean Matthies =Broomfield, ColoradoMajor: Commercial Aviation

Matthew Thaddeus Miller =Renton, WashingtonMajor: Commercial Aviation

William Allan Moulder III =Duluth, MinnesotaMajor: Commercial AviationMajor: Unmanned Aircraft

Systems OperationMichelle Catharine Mudge =

Commack, New YorkMajor: Commercial Aviation

James Ross Muhs, Jr.Collierville, TennesseeMajor: Commercial Aviation

Christian Russell Olsen =Villa Park, IllinoisMajor: Commercial Aviation

Andrew James Quinn ==Green Bay, WisconsinMajor: Commercial Aviation

Brandon H Schreier =New York, New YorkMajor: Commercial Aviation

Daniel Aaron Schumann ==Apple Valley, MinnesotaMajor: Commercial Aviation

Kyle Stuart Nelson SchurbRosemount, MinnesotaMajor: Commercial Aviation

Joshua Nathaniel Swan ==Dallas, OregonMajor: Commercial Aviation

Miles McGary Thompson ==Harrison, ArkansasMajor: Commercial Aviation

Brandon Scott TrojahnVirginia Beach, VirginiaMajor: Air Traffic Control

Phillip Blair Zaricor, Jr. ===Fairhope, AlabamaMajor: Commercial Aviation

= Denotes cum laude == Denotes magna cum laude === Denotes summa cum laude (See description on page 14)

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candidaTes fOr cOmmissiOn

cOmmissiOn assecOnd lieuTenanTuniTed sTaTes army

Lt. Col. Josh Sauls, Professor ofMilitary Science

Sally Pyle, Honors Director

The following student of high ability, having completed independent research in his

seniOr deParTmenTal hOnOrs

major fields of study, and successfully defended his research papers in compre-hensive oral examinations, is being graduated WITH HONORS in his major field.

Darren Edward RadkeGrand ForksPsychology

Steve Lawrence GriersonBrooklyn, New YorkGeneral StudiesActive Duty, Signal Corps

Michael Paul HughesSpringfield, VirginiaPolitical ScienceActive Duty, Infantry

Adam Patrick McWadeLake Oswego, OregonSocial ScienceActive Duty, Ordnance Corps

Michelle Catherine MudgeCommack, New YorkCommercial AviationActive Duty, Aviation

sTudenT hOnOr medalliOns

Honor Medallions are worn by candidates for the bachelor’s degree who have at least 50 graded hours from the University of North Dakota and achieve a scholastic average of 3.50 (cum laude), 3.70 (magna cum laude), and 3.90 (summa cum laude) in courses completed at the University of North Dakota. For the purpose of the commencement program and publication, honors are based on the UND grade point average at the end of the previously completed term. Once final semester grades are recorded and the degree has been cleared by the college, grade point averages are recalculated and final graduation honors are recorded to the transcript and diploma.

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The universiTy marshals

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

Cory Keller Charter Marshal

Ferraro joined UND in 1992 and was named a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in 2007. He currently serves as the Director of the General/Experimental Ph.D. Program and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and adulthood and aging.

He has published more than 235 articles, chapters, and reviews and has done more than 290 presentations in the areas of cognitive aging, gerontology, neuropsychology, and information processing. Ferraro currently sits on the editorial board of several professional journals. He continues to perform research in a variety of areas working with a cadre of undergraduate and graduate students at UND.

He has been the recipient of the UND Foundation/Thomas J. Clifford Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Research in 2005. In 2011, he was awarded the Minerva Award by SUNY Potsdam Alumni Association for Outstanding Alumnus.

Honorary FacultyFlag Marshal

Ric Ferraro

A UND faculty member, chosen from the ranks of the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors, carries the University flag and leads the commencement procession.

The Faculty Flag Marshal at today’s ceremony is Ric Ferraro, Chester Fritz

Distinguished Professor of Psychology.

Grant BowkerDanyelle FuhrmannCristin HigginsRachel HillDanielle JohnsonNatalie LevangDana McIlwainHeather MohrMatthew PetrowiakCharlotte SindjeuLaShann Wilkerson

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cOmmencemenT sPeaker

sPecial nOTices

Whether the individual is the first or last to receive a degree in the graduation ceremony, the conferring of that degree is a very special event for every graduate and family. To this end, it is requested that everyone remain seated until the conclusion of the commencement ceremony. A professional photographer will take a picture of graduates as they receive their degrees. This photograph will be made available for purchase through an e-mail and PIN number sent to the graduates in the days following commencement. Today’s UND Commencement Ceremony is being shown live on Grand Forks Cable Channel 3 and will be rebroadcast on August 7, 8, 9 and 10 at 12:30 a.m., 12:00 noon, and 8:00 p.m. DVD copies of the ceremony can be purchased for $15.50 plus tax and shipping through the University of North Dakota Bookstore. To purchase a copy, contact the Bookstore at 701-777-4980.

Kathleen Gershman

Kathleen Gershman is a professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Research in UND’s College of Education and Human Development. She is also the department’s chair and director of graduate studies. She received her B.A. in anthropology from the University of Massachusetts and her Ed.M. and Ed.D. degrees from Harvard University. Before her appointment to the UND faculty in 1984, Gershman was a bilingual (Spanish) teacher in Boston, Mass. She teaches graduate courses in Foundations of Education and Qualitative Research Methods.

Gershman has chaired the committees of 34 master’s degree students and 33 graduated Ph.D. students, eight of whom were nominated or recognized for Outstanding Scholarship on Teacher Education, the Phi Delta Kappa Doctoral Dissertation Award, or the UND Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award. She received the Burlington Northern Foundation Individual Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Creativity and Service in 1990; was chosen one of the “Faculty Stars” by UND Presidential Scholars in 2006, and received the N.D. Spirit Faculty Achievement Award in recognition of significant contributions in teaching, research and service in 2012. Her department was recognized three times during her tenure, receiving the UND Foundation McDermott Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1991 and 1995, and the Thomas J. Clifford Award for Departmental Excellence in Teaching in 2012. Gershman publishes in the areas of process philosophy of education, and the pedagogy of place. Her books include They Always Test Us on Things We Haven’t Read: Teen Laments and Lessons Learned (Hamilton Books), and with Donald Oliver, Education, Modernity and Fractured Meaning: Toward a Process Theory of Teaching and Learning (SUNY Press). At the 2012 International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, Gershman reunited with four of her former advisees to chair their panel, “Art Meets Science: Contributions of Qualitative Research to the Medical Profession.” Gershman has been a member of National Committee for the Performing Arts since 1996, and was a board director and president of the Grand Forks Foundation for Education. She met her husband Hal when they were Peace Corps volunteers in Bolivia; they later co-chaired the million-dollar fundraising effort (1995-97) for the renovation of the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks. Kathy and Hal received the Peace Corps Award for local and national service in 1999. Their daughter Leonora lives in Los Angeles, Calif., with her husband Scott and their daughter, Willa Kathleen, 2.

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hOnOrary degrees aWarded

Honorary degrees have long been awarded by institutions of higher learning to recognize lives of achievement. In 1909, UND presented its first honorary degree, a Doctor of Laws, to Webster Merrifield, who served the University for 25 years, including 18 as its third president.Honorary degrees from UND particularly recognize those with an association with the University or with the state and region; they also have been presented to such notables as philosopher Mortimer Adler, heart surgeon Michael DeBakey and President John F. Kennedy.1909, Webster Merrifield, Doctor of Laws1913, Roger W. Cooley, Master of Laws1914, E.M. Babcock, Doctor of Science1916, Homer B. Sprague, Doctor of Laws1918, Joseph P. Kennedy, Doctor of Laws1922, John Lee Coulter, Doctor of Laws1925, F.P. Robertson, Doctor of Laws1928, Howard Huston, Master of Arts1929, Thomas D. Campbell, Doctor of Laws1930, Guy C.H. Corliss, Doctor of Laws1930, Vilhjalmur Stefanssen, Doctor of Laws1931, Maxwell Upson, Doctor of Engineering1932, John M. Hancock, Doctor of Laws1933, Thomas F. Kane, Doctor of Laws1933, John F. Douglas, Doctor of Laws1934, J.F.T. O’Connor, Doctor of Laws1935, Frederick Koch, Doctor of Letters1936, John Burke, Doctor of Laws1937, Sveinbjorn Johnson, Doctor of Laws1938, A.G. Burr, Doctor of Laws1938, Vincent J. Ryan, Doctor of Laws1938, C.J. Hambro, Doctor of Laws1939, Gudmundur Grimson, Doctor of Laws1939, Crown Prince Olav of Norway, Doctor of Laws1941, John W. Dafoe, Doctor of Laws1941, Clarence Daniel O’Connor, Doctor of Humanities1943, John O. Christianson, Doctor of Science1943, Walter L. Stockwell, Doctor of Laws1943, John Alister Hutcheson, Doctor of Science1944, Sigureir Sigurdsson, Doctor of Humanities1944, Boyd Milne Begg, Doctor of Science1944, George Addison Talbert, Doctor of Science1945, Edward Francis Flynn, Doctor of Laws1945, Barend Herman Kroeze, Doctor of Humanities1946, Elwyn Francis Chandler, Doctor of Science1946, David Rhys Jenkins, Doctor of Science1946, Elmer Ellis, Doctor of Laws1947, Melvin A. Brannon, Doctor of Science1947, Raymond A. Heising, Doctor of Science1947, George Albert Selke, Doctor of Laws1948, Adolph Marcus Christianson, Doctor of Laws1948, John S. Lundy, Doctor of Science1948, William L. Nuessle, Doctor of Laws1948, Ezra Thayer Towne, Doctor of Humanities1948, Luther Earle Birdzell, Doctor of Laws1948, Harley F. French, Doctor of Science1949, Franklin Jerome Lunding, Doctor of Laws1949, John Morris Gillette, Doctor of Humanities1949, Charles John Breitwieser, Doctor of Science1949, Lawrence Vold, Doctor of Laws1950, Alfred G. Arvold, Doctor of Humanities1950, Charles J. Murphy, Doctor of Laws1951, M. Beatrice Johnstone, Doctor of Humanities1951, Chester E. Fritz, Doctor of Laws1951, Edward H. McDermott, Doctor of Laws1951, George A. Abbott, Doctor of Laws1951, Juan Mendoza Rodriquez, Doctor of Laws1952, Homer N. Wallin, Doctor of Science1952, Daniel F. Bull, Doctor of Communication

Sciences1952, Edmund O. Belsheim, Doctor of Laws1953, A. Hoyt Taylor, Doctor of Science1953, Fred J. Traynor, Doctor of Laws1954, Theodore H. Fenske, Doctor of Science1954, Arno Carl Fieldner, Doctor of Science

1954, Alfred Jacobsen, Doctor of Science1954, Luther W. Youngdahl, Doctor of Laws1955, John C. Baker, Doctor of Laws1956, Robert D. Campbell, Doctor of Laws1956, Harlan Henthorns Hatcher, Doctor of Laws1956, John Chester West, Doctor of Humanities1957, Richard Simpson Watson, Doctor of Laws1958, Richard Blackburn Black, Doctor of Science1958, Charles W. Boise, Doctor of Science1958, Olger B. Burtness, Doctor of Laws1958, Min Hin Li, Doctor of Humanities1958, Russell Reid, Doctor of Humanities1958, James Duane Squires, Doctor of Laws1958, Henry G. Lykken, Doctor of Engineering1958, Hermann Hegedorn, Doctor of Humanities1958, Jerome Hall, Doctor of Laws1958, J. Maxwell Anderson, Doctor of Humanities1958, Edgar Dale, Doctor of Humanities1958, Rudolph J. Gielsness, Doctor of Laws1958, Cushman D. Haagensen, Doctor of Science1958, Grover Holt, Doctor of Engineering1958, Grayson L. Kirk, Doctor of Humanities1958, George A. Lundberg, Doctor of Laws1958, Herbert G. Nilles, Doctor of Laws1958, Edward K. Thompson, Doctor of Humanities1958, Neal A. Weber, Doctor of Science1958, J. Frederick Weltzin, Doctor of Humanities1958, Philip W. West, Doctor of Science1958, Waldemar Westergaard, Doctor of Laws1958, Paul Yoder, Doctor of Music1959, Alexander Grow Budge, Doctor of Laws1959, Thomas E. Whelan, Doctor of Laws1959, Charles E. Scott, Doctor of Humanities1960, Elmo B. Roper, Doctor of Humanities1960, James H. Douglas, Doctor of Laws1961, Ronald N. Davies, Doctor of Laws1962, Fred George Aandahl, Doctor of Laws1962, Thomas Joseph Burke, Doctor of Laws1962, O.H. Thormodsgard, Doctor of Laws1962, James Morris, Doctor of Laws1963, Harold D. Shaft, Doctor of Laws1963, Owen Meredith Wilson, Doctor of Laws1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Doctor of Laws1965, Edward J. Devitt, Doctor of Laws1965, Bertin C. Gamble, Doctor of Laws1965, Orin Alva Stevens, Doctor of Science1965, Thomas C. Barger, Doctor of Laws1966, Robert E. Bradley, Doctor of Engineering1966, Herbert Victor Prochnow, Doctor of Laws1966, Robert E. Slaughter, Doctor of Laws1967, David E. Bell, Doctor of Laws1967, Leonard W. Larson, Doctor of Laws1967, Joseph C. Allen, Doctor of Engineering1968, Robert H. Bahmer, Doctor of Laws1968, Malcolm Moos, Doctor of Laws1969, Era Bell Thompson, Doctor of Humane Letters1969, Arthur Naftalin, Doctor of Laws1969, Richard Beck, Doctor of Literature1970, Eric Sevareid, Doctor of Laws1970, James L. Elder, Doctor of Engineering1970, Harry H. Ransom, Doctor of Literature1970, Warren J. Hanna, Doctor of Laws1970, George C. Wheeler, Doctor of Laws1971, B. Fred Davidson, Doctor of Laws1971, William A. Franta, Doctor of Engineering1973, Christopher J. Hamre, Doctor of Science1973, Frank Edward Stinchfield, Doctor of Science1975, George W. Starcher, Doctor of Laws1976, Thomas S. Kleppe, Doctor of Laws1978, E.A. Haunz, Doctor of Science1978, Carlton A. Pederson, Doctor of Laws1979, W.E. Koenker, Doctor of Laws1981, Mary Jean Mannes, Bachelor of Laws1981, Thomas McGrath, Doctor of Literature1982, Anne H. Carlsen, Doctor of Humanities1982, Warren Christopher, Doctor of Laws1983, Mortimer J. Adler, Doctor of Humane Letters1983, Frank N. Low, Doctor of Science1983, Fred L. Snyder, Doctor of Science

1984, Wilson M. Laird, Doctor of Science1986, James E. Olson, Doctor of Laws1986, James F. Seifert, Doctor of Laws1986, Owen W. Webster, Doctor of Science1987, Duane B. Haagenson, Doctor of Engineering1987, Lois Phillips Hudson, Doctor of Letters1988, Merlin E. Dewing, Doctor of Laws1989, Weston R. Christopherson, Doctor of Laws1989, Agnes Geelan, Doctor of Humane Letters1989, Arley Bjella, Doctor of Laws1989, Bernard P. Randolph, Doctor of Engineering1990, Michael E. DeBakey, Doctor of Science1990, Robert E. Mautz, Doctor of Laws1990, Bruce McArthur, Doctor of Engineering1990, Frank A. Wenstrom, Doctor of Laws1991, Andrew Freeman, Doctor of Engineering1991, Lee Gerdine, Doctor of Music1991, Donald Grangaard, Doctor of Laws1991, Lowell Swenson, Doctor of Laws1991, Harold Schafer, Doctor of Laws1992, William E. Cornatzer, Doctor of Science1992, Margaret Heyse Cory, Doctor of Science1992, Richard J. Lee, Doctor of Science1992, Vivian Hanson Meehan, Doctor of Science1992, Harold Resinger, Doctor of Science1992, Louis W. Sullivan, Doctor of Science1993, Thomas M. Hamilton, Doctor of Engineering1993, Bill Martin Jr., Doctor of Letters1993, Stanley A. Moe, Doctor of Engineering1993, Everette L. Webb, Doctor of Engineering1993, Gilmore Schjeldahl, Doctor of Engineering1994, James F. Buchli, Doctor of Science1994, Jon Hassler, Doctor of Letters1996, Roland H. Flint, Doctor of Letters1996, George A. Sinner, Doctor of Laws1996, John W. Vennes, Doctor of Science1997, Jim R. Carrigan, Doctor of Laws1997, Clara A. Pederson, Doctor of Humane Letters1998, Theodore V. Galambos, Doctor of Engineering1998, Patricia Wallace Ingraham, Doctor of Laws1998, Arthur A. Link, Doctor of Laws1998, Vito Perrone, Doctor of Humanities1999, Eugene R. Dahl, Doctor of Laws1999, John C. MacFarlane, Doctor of Engineering1999, Dale F. Morrison, Doctor of Laws2000, Thomas J. Clifford, Doctor of Laws2000, Bernard O’Kelly, Doctor of Letters2000, Dwight Baumann, Doctor of Laws2001, Richard A. Olafson, Doctor of Letters2001, Patricia A. Owens, Doctor of Letters2001, Raymond Rude, Doctor of Letters2001, Peter Schickele, Doctor of Letters2002, Calvin K. Fercho, Doctor of Letters2002, Lloyd Omdahl, Doctor of Letters2002, Noel Watson, Doctor of Letters2002, Byron L. Dorgan, Doctor of Letters2003, Robert Kyle, Doctor of Letters2004, Kurt H. Mueller, Doctor of Letters2005, H.F. “Sparky” Gierke, Doctor of Letters2005, Charles “Chuck” Johnson, Doctor of Letters2006, A. Bart Holaday, Doctor of Letters2006, Lance W. Lord, Doctor of Letters2006, Rodney J. Rohrich, Doctor of Letters2007, Laurel Reuter, Doctor of Letters2007, Russell Lefevre, Doctor of Letters2008, Jean Kiesau, Doctor of Letters2008, Edward T. Schafer, Doctor of Letters2008, Steinar Opstad, Doctor of Letters2008, Phil Jackson, Doctor of Letters2008, William Marcil, Doctor of Letters2009, Edwin Benson, Doctor of Letters2009, LaVonne Russell Hootman, Doctor of Letters2009, James C. Ray, Doctor of Letters2010, Howard A. Dahl, Doctor of Letters2011, Earl Pomeroy, Doctor of Letters2011, Kenneth L. Mellem, Doctor of Letters2012, B. John Barry, Doctor of Letters2012, Kent Conrad, Doctor of Letters2012, Mary Katherine Wakefield, Doctor of Letters

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aPPrOved academic hOnOr cOrds and sTOles

Students who are members of the following honor societies will be wearing these adornments to their regalia:l Alpha Phi Sigma — National Criminal Justice Honor

Society; blue and gold cordsl Gamma Theta Upsilon — International Honor Society in

Geography; blue, brown and gold cordsl Golden Key International Honor Society — royal blue

and gold cordsl Mortar Board — National Honor Society; silver and gold

cordsl Phi Alpha Theta — History Honor Society; red and blue

cords

l Phi Beta Kappa — National Scholarship Honor Society for Liberal Arts and Sciences; pink and blue cords

l Pi Alpha—National Social Work Honor Society; gold cord

l Pi Theta Epsilon—National Occupational Therapy Society; blue and gold cords

l Psi Chi — Psychology Honor Society; platinum and navy cords

l Sigma Theta Tau — International Honor Society of Nursing; purple and white cords

l Tau Beta Pi — National Engineering Honor Society; white/orange stoles

l Tau Sigma — Transfer Student Honor Society; maroon and gold cords

nOn-academic recOgniTiOns

und legacy cOrds

Legacy students will be honored with a green, pink and white cord to recognize the connection they share with their family members who have graduated before them. Students with UND graduates in their family history (parents, step-parents or grandparents) are considered legacies.

veTerans and miliTary

Veterans who are graduating from UND and students who serve in the military will be wearing red, white and blue cords to honor them for their service to our country.

mulTiculTural symBOls

l American Indian students graduating today may wear any of several pieces of traditional American Indian regalia including an eagle feather considered sacred and attached to their mortar board tassel representing honesty, truth, courage and wisdom; beadwork representing their tribal or individual cultural designs on top of the mortar board, or traditional clothing/regalia under their gown.

l As part of their cultural heritage, some graduates may be wearing woven cloths with patterns and designs, such as a Kente Cloth, representing their ethnicity or customs.

l The wearing of a lei is a Polynesian tradition dating back several centuries. It is given to distinguish the wearer on the occasion of important life events.

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academic PageanTry

academic dress

ceremOnial OBJecTs

THE GOWN. The flowing gown comes from the 12th century. While it originally may have been worn as protection against the chill of unheated buildings, it has today become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it covers any trappings of rank or social standing underneath. It is black for all degrees, with pointed sleeves for the bachelor’s degree recipient, long closed sleeves with a slit at the arm or wrist for the master’s degree, or full bell double sleeves for the doctoral degree. Bachelor’s and master’s degree gowns have no trimming. For the doctoral degree, the gown is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves in the color distinctive of the faculty or discipline to which the degree pertains.

THE CAP. Under Roman law, a slave that had been set free received the privilege of wearing a cap. The academic cap is a sign of freedom of scholarship, and of the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Ancient poetry records the cap of scholarship as square to symbolize the book. The color of the tassel denotes the discipline. At the University of North Dakota, the tassel colors associated with academic divisions are: white, College of Arts and Sciences; drab (subdued orange),

College of Business and Public Administration; black and white, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences; blue and white, College of Education and Human Development; orange, School of Engineering and Mines; purple, School of Law; green, School of Medicine; apricot, College of Nursing; black, Graduate School. For undergraduate students, the tassels hang on the right side of the cap until they receive their degrees, at which time the tassel is moved to the left. For master’s students, the tassel hangs on the left side of the cap and is not moved.

THE HOOD. The hood is trimmed with one or more chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color of the college. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the discipline represented by the degree; the color of the lining designates the university or college which granted the degree. The official colors of the University of North Dakota, selected by the student body in preparation for the institution’s first commencement in 1889, are the pink and green of the prairie rose.

The pageantry of American colleges and universities, including such ceremonies as commencement, has been inherited from the medieval universities of the 11th and 12th centuries. Academic life as it is known today began in the Middle Ages, first in the church and then in the guilds. The teaching guild was the Guild of the Master of Arts, in which the Bachelor was the apprentice of the Master and the dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility.

The ceremony you will witness today will be less formal than would have been the case even two decades ago. Still, many

traditions have been continued. To maintain continuity with the past, University of North Dakota faculty, the stage officials and the degree candidates will wear academic dress.

Principal features of academic garb are the gown, cap and hood. Early it became necessary for universities to set rules to preserve the dignity and meaning of academic dress. Both Cambridge and Oxford since the 15th century have made academic dress a matter of university control even to its minor details, and have repeatedly published revised regulations. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895.

THE MACE. The mace was initially modeled after a 12th century implement of war. In earlier days, the mace, or heavy staff, was borne by or carried before a magistrate or other dignitary as an ensign of authority. A mace is placed as the symbol of royal authority on the treasury table in the British House of Commons at the opening of each session and is removed at its close. In the U.S. House of Representatives, it is a rather plain staff mounted in a marble pedestal at the right hand of the Speaker. The mace of the University of North Dakota symbolizes authority to carry out its mission, especially the granting of degrees. Made from the oak of the University’s first building, “Old Main,” the mace is carried by a marshal during academic processions and is placed at a prominent spot on the stage during commencement.

THE MEDALLION. A medallion or seal of office worn by the head of an educational institution is a practice that also dates to the Middle Ages. In those times, a seal was used to mark documents as official. Possession of the seal was so important that it was usually worn around the neck for safekeeping. The wearing of the seal eventually became a symbol of authority. One side of

the medallion worn by the president bears an engraving of the University’s official seal and the names of all former presidents are included on the chain of office.

THE CHARTER. The University of North Dakota was founded six years before North Dakota became a state. The original, handwritten charter, enacted in 1883 by the Dakota Territorial Assembly, is preserved in UND’s archives. One facsimile is displayed in the President’s Office and another is used at commencements and other special occasions.

THE UNIVERSITY FLAG. The University flag features the UND flame logo set on a white background. The flag is used at ceremonial events and is carried by the honorary faculty flag marshal to lead the commencement procession. The flag is displayed on the stage during the commencement ceremony along with the mace and charter.

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William M. Blackburn1884 — 1885

Academic Specialty: Mental, Moral and

Political Science

Henry Montgomery1885 — 1887 (Acting)

Academic Specialty: Natural Sciences

Homer B. Sprague1887 — 1891

Academic Specialty: Rhetoric and English

Literature

Webster Merrifi eld1891 — 1909

Academic Specialty: Greek,Political and Social Science

Frank L. McVey1909 — 1917

Academic Specialty: Economics

Earl J. Babcock1917 — 1918 (Interim)

Academic Specialty: Geology and Chemistry

Thomas F. Kane1918 — 1933

Academic Specialty: Classics

John C. West1933 — 1954

Academic Specialty: Education

George W. Starcher1954 — 1971

Academic Specialty: Mathematics

Thomas J. Clifford1971 — 1992

Academic Specialty: Business, Accounting,

and Law

Kendall L. Baker1992 — 1999

Academic Specialty: Political Science

Charles E. Kupchella1999 to 2008

Academic Specialty: Biology, Physiology, and

Microbiology

PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY

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Dr. Robert O. Kelley assumed duties as the 11th president in UND’s 125-year history on July 1, 2008. He came to UND from the University of Wyoming, where he had served as dean of the College of Health Sciences and professor of medical education and public health since 1999. Before that, he was associate vice chancellor for research and executive associate dean of the graduate college at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and professor of biological sciences at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of anatomy and cell biol-ogy at the College of Medicine, both at the University of Illinois at Chicago. At the University of New Mexico, he served as chair of anatomy and senior execu-tive associate dean, as well as other faculty capacities. He has also taught at the University of California, Berkeley.

Kelley earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, in 1965, and his master’s degree in 1966 and doctorate in 1969, both in cell and developmental biology from the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley.

UND’s First Lady, Marcia Bell Kelley, was a senior lecturer in the University of Wyoming Department of Communication Disorders and supervisor of clinical services in speech-language pathology. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Lo-retto Heights College and her master’s degree at the University of New Mexico. She spent much of her childhood in northern Minnesota.

Bob and Marcia Kelley have four grown children and two grandchildren. They are outdoor enthusiasts who count skiing, camping, hiking, sailing, kayaking, and scuba diving among their hobbies.

PresidenTs Of The universiTy

THE AWARDING OF DEGREES and academic distinctions listed in this program is contingent upon successful completion of the various requirements.

Commencement ceremonies at UND are planned through the Office of Ceremoniesand Special Events in the Division of University and Public Affairs.

The University of North Dakota is an equal opportunity/affirmative actioninstitution. For more information on equal opportunity policies and procedures,see UND catalogs and other major printed pieces.

BELOW: Water cascades down the sides of the granite fountainlocated near the Hopper-Danley Chapel.

The University of North Dakota is proud to recognize the accomplishments of its graduates and extend its gratitude to all family members and loved ones who have supported these learners in their

endeavors. With their spirit and achievements, they have all contributed to enriching an exceptional community, proud of its traditions and

confident in its future. For more than a century, the graduates of this University have earned distinction across the nation and around the

world. We look forward to following the lives and accomplishments of these newest members of the UND alumni family.

Merrifield Hall and the Old Main Memorial Plaza