SUMMER 2016 COMMENCEMENT August 13 | Lubbock, Texas

COMMENCEMENT SUMMER 2016

Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA LUBBOCK, TEXAS TABLE OF CONTENTS

our mission As a public research university, Texas Tech advances knowledge through innovative and creative teaching, research, and scholarship. The university is dedicated to student success by preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce. The university is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation, and world.

2 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

LAWRENCE E. SCHOVANEC, Ph.D. GUY LONERAGAN, Ph.D. President; Interim Vice President for Research; Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Professor of Animal and Food Sciences

MICHAEL L. GALYEAN, Ph.D. JUAN S. MUÑOZ, Ph.D. Interim Provost and Senior Vice President; Senior Vice President for Institutional Horn Professor; Thornton Chair in Animal and Food Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement; Vice Provost for Undergraduate NOEL SLOAN, J.D., CPA Education and Student Affairs; Vice President for Administration and Finance; Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Chief Financial Officer

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CHANCELLOR / BOARD OF REGENTS

ROBERT DUNCAN, J.D. MR. LARRY K. ANDERS MR. CHRISTOPHER M. HUCKABEE Chancellor, Dallas, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Texas Tech University System Professor of Law MR. JOHN ESPARZA MR. TIM LANCASTER Austin, Texas Abilene, Texas MR. MICKEY L. LONG Chairman MR. L. FREDERICK “RICK” FRANCIS MR. JOHN D. STEINMETZ Midland, Texas El Paso, Texas Lubbock, Texas

MRS. DEBBIE MONTFORD MR. RONNIE HAMMONDS MR. JEREMY STEWART Vice Chairman Houston, Texas Arlington, Texas San Antonio, Texas

ACADEMIC OFFICERS

MARK SHERIDAN, Ph.D. W. BRENT LINDQUIST, Ph.D. LINDA C. HOOVER, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Graduate and Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Dean, College of Human Sciences; Postdoctoral Affairs; Professor of Mathematics Professor of Restaurant, Hotel and Dean, Graduate School; Institutional Management Professor of Biology PAUL R. GOEBEL, Ph.D. Interim Dean, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business; DAVID D. PERLMUTTER, Ph.D. DARBY DICKERSON, J.D. Professor of Business Administration Dean, College of Media and Communication; Dean, School of Law; Professor of Journalism and W. Frank Newton Professor of Law SCOTT RIDLEY, Ph.D. Electronic Media/Public Relations Dean, College of Education; STEVE FRAZE, Ph.D. Professor of Education ANDREW W. MARTIN, M.F.A. Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences Interim Dean, College of Visual and and Natural Resources; Chair, AL SACCO, JR., Ph.D. Performing Arts; Professor of Art Agricultural Education and Communications Dean, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering; BELLA KARR GERLICH, Ph.D. JIM WILLIAMSON, M.Arch. Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor and Dean of Libraries Dean and Professor, College of Architecture MICHAEL SAN FRANCISCO, Ph.D. Dean, Honors College; Professor of Biology

AUGUST 2016 3 ABOUT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

ROM ITS VERY BEGINNING the Texas Tech University community has had a sense of destiny and an awareness of the impact it could and would have on Texas and the wider world. Originally namedF Texas Technological College, Texas Tech opened in 1925 with six buildings, four schools (Agriculture, Engineering, Home Economics, and Liberal Arts), and an enrollment of 914. Texas Tech grew rapidly after World War II, and in 1969 the Texas legislature approved a name change to Texas Tech University. In the years since, Texas Tech has grown to become the largest comprehensive higher education institution in the western two-thirds of the state. As the only campus in Texas that is home to a major university, law school, and medical school, the university is the major institution of higher education in a region larger than 46 of the nation’s 50 states. Today, Texas Tech continues to thrive, with more than 36,000 students enrolled in its 11 colleges: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Re- sources, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business, Education, Ed- ward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, Honors College, Human Sciences, Media and Communication, Visual and Performing Arts, and the Graduate School, as well as University Programs via the Provost’s Office. The institution’s goal is to enroll 40,000 students by 2020. Because of its educational scope and purpose, as well as the size of the region it serves, Texas Tech University operates in numerous Texas lo- cations beyond the Lubbock campus. In all, the Texas Tech University System—which includes Texas Tech University, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Cen- ter at El Paso—has more than 44,000 students enrolled.

4 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY AUGUST 2016 5 6 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY INCE TEXAS TECH’S FIRST graduation ceremony in the spring of 1927, more than 200,000 undergraduate and graduate degrees have been awarded by the university. From these proud graduates Shave emerged captains of industry, world-renowned surgeons, noted authors, famous singers, acclaimed teachers and professors, attorneys, en- trepreneurs, agronomists, scientists, professional athletes, and countless others who have claimed positions of service and responsibility in a rapidly changing world. Texas Tech University graduates have governed states, flown in space, served as Presidential cabi- net members, won Olympic gold medals, served as ambassadors to foreign countries, acted on Broadway stages, won Pulitzer Prizes, served in Congress, led Fortune 500 companies, and been watched by millions on network television news. Not all graduates will achieve fame and fortune in equal measure, but all Texas Tech graduates can point with pride to the solid academic preparation they received and the personal connections they made as Red Raiders. For beneath the spacious skies of West Texas and in the halls of brick and tile through which they strolled during their time on campus, generations of Texas Tech students have been provided a foundation for success that is without parallel. As they take their first steps into careers that will see many of them literally change the world, they can remem- ber with certainty one important fact about Texas Tech University: From here, it’s possible.

AUGUST 2016 7 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Saturday, August 13, 2016 9:00 a.m.

Presiding Dr. Lawrence Schovanec President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Dr. Sarah McKoin, Conductor

National Anthem Ms. Elizabeth Marie Hott Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Welcoming Remarks Mr. Christopher M. Huckabee Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Chancellor’s Remarks Mr. Robert Duncan Chancellor, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Commencement Address Mr. Andres Alcantar Chairman and Commissioner Representing the Public of the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

Recognition of Peggy Flores Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Commencement Coordinator Emerita

Conferring of Degrees Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Dr. Michael Galyean Interim Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Doctoral and Dr. Mark A. Sheridan Master’s Degree Candidates Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs; Dean, Graduate School

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Dr. Juan S. Muñoz (presenting University Studies and Wind Energy degrees) Senior Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement; Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Paul R. Goebel Interim Dean, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Dr. Al Sacco, Jr. Dean, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering Dr. Linda C. Hoover Dean, College of Human Sciences Professor Andrew W. Martin Interim Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Recognition of Outstanding Students Dr. Michael Galyean Class of 2016

Charge to the Graduates Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Alma Mater Ms. Elizabeth Marie Hott (Words on Back Cover)

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band * Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

8 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Saturday, August 13, 2016 1:30 p.m.

Presiding Dr. Lawrence Schovanec President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Dr. Sarah McKoin, Conductor

National Anthem Ms. Elizabeth Marie Hott Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Welcoming Remarks Mr. Christopher M. Huckabee Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Chancellor’s Remarks Mr. Robert Duncan Chancellor, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Commencement Address Mr. Andres Alcantar Chairman and Commissioner Representing the Public of the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)

Recognition of Peggy Flores Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Commencement Coordinator Emerita

Conferring of Degrees Dr. Lawrence Schovanec Dr. Michael Galyean Interim Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Doctoral and Dr. Mark A. Sheridan Master’s Degree Candidates Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs; Dean, Graduate School

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Dr. Steve Fraze Interim Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Dr. Kevin Stoker Senior Associate Dean, College of Media and Communication Dr. W. Brent Lindquist Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Saif Haq Associate Dean for Research, College of Architecture Dr. Scott Ridley Dean, College of Education

Recognition of Outstanding Students Dr. Michael L. Galyean Class of 2016

Charge to the Graduates Dr. Lawrence Schovanec

Alma Mater Ms. Elizabeth Marie Hott (Words on Back Cover)

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band

* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

AUGUST 2016 9 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

ndres Alcantar is Chairman and Commissioner Representing the APublic of the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). He was appointed for a term to expire on February 1, 2019. He received both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in public administration from Texas Tech University.

Alcantar previously served as deputy director of the Governor’s Budget, Planning, and Policy Division, advising the governor on federal, state, and local issues and providing executive oversight to state boards and commis- sions. His focus included workforce, economic development, and competitiveness issues. He also served as an adviser to former governor George W. Bush in the Office of Budget and Planning and was a director for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Chairman Alcantar works to implement customized services to meet the needs of Texas’ vast array of industries and advance the development of a strong and competitive workforce. He promotes the expansion of industry- based partnerships that center on best practices to help workers and busi- nesses achieve success. He encourages strategies that prepare students for postsecondary success at work or in the classroom, focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiatives as a key component of future workforce competitiveness.

The TWC’s mission is to promote and support a workforce system that creates value and offers employers, individuals, and communities the opportunity to achieve and sustain economic prosperity. TWC oversees the state’s employment, training, child care, adult education, and unemployment insurance programs, and delivers these services through Texas Workforce Solutions, a network of 28 Local Workforce Development Boards.

SPECIAL TRIBUTE

eggy Flores is the Commencement Coordinator for Texas Tech University. PShe began her career with the university in 1977, and was appointed to the coordinator position in 1983. She is retiring this year after 33 years of oversee- ing Texas Tech commencement ceremonies, during which time many thou- sands of graduating Red Raiders have crossed the stage under her care.

During her career, she has had the pleasure of meeting world-renowned speakers. Two of her most memorable commencement events include her coordination of Queen Noor of Jordan’s visit to the university, and the return of the 1970 graduating class. The position has given her the opportunity to work with ten university presidents, four chancellors, 32 Convocations Com- mittee chairpersons, and several vice presidents and provosts.

She would like to thank Texas Tech University for the opportunity to serve the graduates and their families.

10 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONVOCATIONS COMMITTEE COLLEGE READERS STUDENT BANNER BEARERS Dr. Barent McCool, Chair Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Ms. Laura Heinz, Chair-Elect Dr. David Weindorf Ms. Jenna Judith Hay Dr. Alan Barenberg Architecture – Professor Michael Martin Architecture – Ms. Karla V. Perez Dr. Shane Blum Arts and Sciences – Dr. David Roach Mr. Thad Brock Arts and Sciences – Ms. Luciana Cavazos Business – Mr. Derrick Ginter Ms. Sarah Elizabeth Dickerson Dr. Julie Chang Education – Dr. Douglas Hamman Business – Mr. Daniel Martinez Dr. Fanni Coward Engineering – Mr. Derrick Ginter Education – Ms. Sarahie Otila Garza Dr. Mukaddes Darwish Graduate School – Engineering – Ms. Farida Elvire Yeye Prof. Genevieve Durham DeCesaro 9:00 a.m. –Dr. Audra Morse Graduate School – Ms. Amiee Dixon 1:30 p.m. – Dr. Robert Ricketts Ms. Peggy Flores 9:00 a.m. –Mr. Adrian Darnell Barnes Human Sciences – Dr. Bill Gustafson Dr. Kristi Gaines 1:30 p.m. – Mr. Nathian Shae Rodriguez Dr. Courtney Gibson Media and Communication – Dr. Todd Chambers Human Sciences – Ms. Rachel Louise Ruhman Dr. Roxie Godfrey University Programs – Dr. Marcus Tanner Honors College Dr. Matt Hart Visual and Performing Arts – 9:00 a.m. – Ms. Brooke McCall Downing Dr. Karlos Hill Dr. Quinn Patrick Ankrum 1:30 p.m. – Ms. Alexandria Jane Fletcher Dr. Catherine Jai Wind Energy – Dr. Marcus Tanner Media and Communication – Dr. David Klein Mr. Matthew Scott Sirgo Dr. Katie Langford ADMINISTRATIVE Dr. Jaime Malaga University Programs – Dr. Jonathan Marks REPRESENTATIVES Ms. Crista Pearl Birney Ms. Sheon Montgomery Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Visual and Performing Arts – Dr. Mark Moore Ms. Savannah Chambers Ms. Madeline Grace Joiner Dr. Mary Murimi

Dr. Diego Pascual Architecture – Ms. Anna Martinez-Lopez Dr. Comfort Pratt Arts and Sciences – Ms. Kim Mills Dr. Anne Prouty Business – Ms. Geleah Sharp FACULTY BANNER BEARERS Mr. Tom Rohrig Education – Ms. Karen Noles Prof. Matthew Schlief Engineering – Ms. Tonette Rittenberry 9:00 a.m. – Akbar Siami Namin , Ph.D. Associate Professor of Computer Science, Ms. Carrye Syma Graduate School – Ms. Vanessa Bara Mr. Jake Syma Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering Honors College – Ms. Cheyenne Belew Dr. Marcus Tanner 1:30 p.m. –Doug Hamman, Ph.D. Dr. Susan Tomlinson Human Sciences – Mr. Andrew Vanderpool Chairperson and Professor of Teacher Education, Prof. Seth Warren-Crow Media and Communication – College of Education Ms. Lynn Whitfield Ms. Julia Heard Witt Ms. Heidi Winkler University Studies – Ms. Amy Peterman Dr. Aliza Wong and Ms. Sarah Schwintz Mr. Le Yang Visual and Performing Arts – LIBRARY BANNER BEARERS Dr. Amani Zaier Ms. Kathy Nordstrom 9:00 a.m. – Ms. Shelley Barba Wind Energy – Ms. Kacey Young 1:30 p.m. – Mr. Rob King INTERNATIONAL FLAGS From earliest times flags have served as MUSIC ENSEMBLE symbols of ideals, aspirations, and loyalties, The commencement music ensemble is comprised representing in modern times the national of students from the Texas Tech University School states and involving sentiments of pride and of Music under the direction of Dr. Sarah McKoin. patriotism. Every flag has its own tale of na- Their participation is funded through the auspices tional meaning to its symbols and colors. of the Office of the President, Texas Tech University. Students from every state in the nation have attended Texas Tech, and the summer 2016 PROGRAM enrollment includes international students This program was produced by the Office of the from 105 countries. It is with pride that the Provost in cooperation with the Convocation university displays flags from around the Committee and the Office of Official Publications at world to represent the many countries that Texas Tech University, Garrett McKinnon, Director comprise the Texas Tech student body. and Cheryl Hedlund, Senior Editor.

AUGUST 2016 11 PRESIDENTIAL MACE

ROWNED BY A FLAME symbolizing the Light of Knowledge, the Texas Tech University Presidential Mace is the symbolic staff of the power and authority of the university. It is constructed of lathed and Cmolded bronze that has been rubbed with a layer of 24K gold. The school crest is presented on either side directly under the flame. Hand-rubbed black walnut has been used for the connecting shafts. The mace was designed by Professor Robly A. Glover in the School of Art. Professor Glover’s artwork is on display throughout the United States and included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Yale Silver Collection, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

MACE BEARERS

9:00 A.M...... ELIZABETH A. SHARP, PH.D. Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies College of Human Sciences Professor Robly A. Glover carries the Presidential Mace 1:30 P.M...... CYNTHIA B. MCKENNEY, PH.D. he designed for Texas Tech University Associate Chair, Department of Plant and Soil Science; Rockwell Endowed Professor of Horticulture College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

RECEPTION

INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE RECEPTION

Immediately After Commencement Ceremony

College of Architecture | Architecture Gallery

GRADUATION HONORS

Graduating seniors who have maintained an overall 4.0 GPA include the following: Katelyn Nichole Alegria Lauren Epperly Andrea Anne M. Malaluan Katherine Gale Rollins Devinne Nicole Tribble Heather Nicole Anthony Marjorie Cubillos Garay Susy Medina Rachel Louise Ruhman Carolina Ugalde Laura Diane Balo Macarena J. Garcia Chelsea Elizabeth Nettles Kellie Anne Sanders Morgan Krystyne Vaughn Casey Allen Brito Sarahie Otila Garza VyVy T. Nguyen Ana Isabel Segura Maria Villagomez Cynthia Capetillo Haley Ann Halvas Philip Daniel Olivetti Megan Christine Seymour Cristy Lynn Wilke Margaret Elise Cuevas Bobbie Jean Jackson Karina Palacio Elizabeth Dianne Shirey Michelle Elizabeth Wolther Jessica Daly Clare Nicole Jakubowski Norma Annie Pardee Amanda Carolann Sparks Maria de Jesus Eguiluz Kailey Marie Kotara Adrienne Kristina Durieux Pineda Emily Ann Sturiale

12 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

The doctoral degree is the most advanced earned degree conferred by American institutions of higher learning. The doctorate usually represents prolonged periods of advanced study culminating in a dissertation intended to contribute substantially to the body of knowledge on the subject. The most widely sought doctorate is the Doctor of Philosophy, which no longer has an implication of philosophy as the major field of study but represents advanced research in any of the major fields of knowledge. The master’s degree is an academic honor bestowed upon students who have successfully completed work beyond the baccalaureate. Both a thesis and an oral examination are usually but not always required. When applicable, the graduate’s thesis topic is listed.

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Jo-Hsu Hsu BIOLOGY Dissertation: Global Conversation: A Meeting Neelam Mishra EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP between Taiwanese Folk Song and Jazz, on the Model of Nils Landgren’s Swedish Folk Modern Dissertation: Over-expression of Rice Sumo E3 Sami Ghazzai Alsulami Major Professors: James T. Decker and Kevin Wass Ligase Gene OsSIZ1 in Cotton Enhances Both Dissertation: Examination of MOOC Learning Drought and Heat Tolerance Sean Michael Kennedy Experiences of Online Students and Educa- Major Professor: Hong Zhang Dissertation: An Approach to Standardizing tional Leaders and Policymakers at Saudi Pedagogy for Extended Technique on Tuba Li Sun Arabia’s King Abdulaziz University Major Professor: Kevin Wass Dissertation: AVP1 PP2A-C5 Co-overexpressing in Major Professor: Fernando Valle Arabidopsis Increases Tolerance to Salt Stresses Adolfo Olarve Mendoza Ray Barbosa, Jr. Major Professor: Hong Zhang Dissertation: National Artist for Music Col. Dissertation: An Exploration of Instructional Antonino R. Buenaventura and His Concerto for Technology Integration Culture and School BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Bassoon and Orchestra Effectiveness in West Texas School Districts Major Professors: Richard Meek and Tianxi Dong Major Professor: Joseph Claudet Michael Stoune Dissertation: The Effect of Information Asym- Sylvia Ann Caballero-Suarez metry and Firm Risk on the Market Reaction to Hwayoung Noh Dissertation: Generational Teacher Cohorts in Information Technology Announcements Dissertation: Style, Culture, and Politics in Piano Texas Public Schools and Their Job-Related Major Professor: Eric Walden Waltzes of the Early Twentieth Century: Ravel Expectations of School Principals (1911), Hindemith (1922), and Prokofiev (1940) David Jon Lucus Major Professor: Sylvia Mendez-Morse Major Professor: William Westney Dissertation: Understanding the Effects of Textual Richard Lee Elsasser II Representational Alignment on User Search and Jesse Brumage Willis (In absentia) Dissertation: Principal Effectiveness in Tradi- Stopping Behavior Dissertation: The Caribbean Jazz Project: Music tional and Non-traditional Principal Certification Major Professor: Glenn J. Browne Beyond Borders Programs Major Professor: Lisa Rogers Seyed Roozmehr Safi Major Professor: Sylvia Mendez-Morse Dissertation: Investment Decisions in Acquiring Kara Sue Garlitz Information Security Measures: An Empirical Dissertation: Steel Lantanas: A Case Study of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Investigation Women Superintendents Surviving and Major Professor: Glenn J. Browne Thriving in West Texas AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS Eric R. Sisneros Major Professor: Sylvia Mendez-Morse Dissertation: The Efficacy of Buying Stocks on Michael Lynn Roberson (In absentia) Margin Matthew Aaron Gutierrez Dissertation: Price Elasticity for Smartphones in Major Professor: Jeffrey M. Mercer Dissertation: An Investigation of Campus-level the United States: Results from Three Method- Personnel Support Cultures and School ological Approaches Jayson Jared Talakai Effectiveness in Texas School Districts Major Professor: Ryan Williams Dissertation: The Impact of Sentiment on Inves- Major Professor: Joseph Claudet tor Information Gathering and Price Discovery: Michael Shiroya Evidence from Mergers and Acquisition Dissertation: Fully Endogenous Data Decompo- Major Professor: Derek Oler DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS sition: An Application to Residential Housing Markets Nga Thu Trinh Major Professor: Dissertation MUSIC Michael Farmer : IPO Price Revisions: The Competi- tive versus Information Effects Robin Ayax Aldana Centeno ANIMAL SCIENCE Major Professor: John Cooney Dissertation: Selected Works for Voice, Bassoon Joshua Joel Ison Keith S. Walker and Piano or Harp by Diego Xaraba Y Bruna, Dissertation: Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resis- Dissertation: CEO Decision Horizon and Konradin Kreutzer, and Roger Craig Vogel: Con- tance and Foodborne Pathogens within Agri-food Corporate Tax Avoidance text and Analysis Production Systems Major Professor: Juan Manuel Sanchez Major Professor: Michael Stoune Major Professor: Guy H. Loneragan

AUGUST 2016 13 GRADUATE CANDIDATES

Matthew David Whitledge (In absentia) Jingting Xiao (In absentia) Stacy Ellane Shields Dissertation: The Cost of Liquidity: Certificate Dissertation: Modelling and Simulation of Nonsta- Dissertation: Exploring the Associations among of Deposit Rates before, during, and after the tionary Wind Field for Wind Loading Assessment- Shyness, Religiousness, and Satisfaction with Life Financial Crisis Major Professor: Delong Zuo for Religious Adults Major Professor: Drew Winters Major Professor: Stephen Cook CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY Danielle Nicole Sirles CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Stephanie Harold Fry (In absentia) Dissertation: Self-Esteem, Ethnic Identity, and Rutvik Vinayak Godbole Dissertation: Reactivity and Compliance in Daily Personal Growth Initiative in the Black Community Dissertation: Separation of Alcohol-Water Mix- Symptom Assessments of College Women with Major Professor: Christine Robitschek tures: Understanding Fundamentals of Pervapora- Symptoms of Comorbid Depression and Bulimia tion and Gel Stripping with Polymeric Materials Nervosa COUNSELOR EDUCATION Major Professor Major Professor : Ronald C. Hedden : James R. Clopton Brandon L. Awbrey Fardin Tayebeh Khabaz (In absentia) Chelsea M. Klinkebiel Dissertation: Technological Deployment Deci- Dissertation: Structural, Dynamic, and Visco- Dissertation: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: sions: An Exploration of Ethical Decision Making elastic Properties of Complex Materials Using Examining Change in Maternal Depression and in Technology Implementation Molecular Dynamics Simulations Parenting Self-Efficacy Major Professor: Charles Crews Major Professor: Major Professor Rajesh Khare : Joaquin Borrego Ulysses Lee Moore Xiaoguang Peng Erin Kathleen Poindexter Dissertation: The War that Never Sleeps Dissertation: Microrheology and Macrorheology Dissertation: An Experimental Manipulation of Major Professors: Charles Crews and to Probe Aging of a Colloidal Glass after Volume Acquired Capability: A Short-Term Longitudinal Aretha Marbley Fraction Jumps and Shear-Melting Perturbations Study Gerald Wayne Pennie II Major Professor: Gregory B. McKenna Major Professor: Kelly C. Cukrowicz Dissertation: Examining the Perceptions of Teach- ers about the Responsibilities of School Counsel- CHEMISTRY COMPUTER SCIENCE ors: A Mixed Methods Approach Bereket Ghebretensae Okbu Bryant Keith Nelson Major Professor: Charles Crews Dissertation: Deletion Studies of the b Subunits Dissertation: Automatic Distributed Programming Regan Ann Sarten in the Peripheral Stalk of Escherichia Coli ATP Using SequenceL Dissertation: How Effective Communication Major Professor Synthase : Nelson Rushton Training Can Influence Self-Efficacy and Job Satis- Major Professor : Joachim Weber Cong Pu faction for Professional School Counselors Sunil Kumar Paladugu (In absentia) Dissertation: A Holistic Approach to the Exploita- Major Professor: Charles Crews Dissertation: Slip-Link Polymers via Entropy-driven tion of Energy Harvesting Motivated Networks: Sarah Elizabeth Skoog Ring-opening Olefin MetaTHESIS: Polymerizations Protocols and Countermeasures to DoS Attacks Dissertation: Good Grief!: A Study of the Effect Major Professor of [1]Rotaxanes : Sunho Lim of Treating Addiction-Related Grief and Loss on Major Professor : Michael F. Mayer Recovery from Substance Use Disorders COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY Neha Sanjay Phadke Major Professor: Janet Hicks Dissertation: New Directions in Pincer Chem- Melanie Olivas Longhurst istry: 1) Formation of Iridium(III) Allene Com- Dissertation: Examining the Protective Effects of CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION plexes via Isomerization of Internal Alkynes, 2) PGI in the Acculturative Stress Process of Mexican Jame Dawn Sanders (In absentia) Expanded Substrate Scope, and Progress towards Immigrants and U.S. Born Individuals Raised in Dissertation: Exploring Teacher Awareness and Catalytic and Enantioselective Methodologies Mexico Who Later Returned to the U.S. Implementation of TELPAS Descriptors in Rural Major Professor: Michael Findlater Major Professor: Christine Robitschek Secondary Classrooms: A Qualitative Study Donald Anthony Ramirez II Blakely Elise Low Major Professors: Sally McMillan and Peggie Price Dissertation : Epoxide-driven Sol-gel Methods to Dissertation: The Impact of the Mindfulness- Heather O. Dean Prepare Metal Oxide and Sulfide Materials for Acceptance-Commitment Approach on Dissertation: Exploring Novice Teachers’ Percep- Applications in Heterogeneous Photocatalysis Psychological Functioning in Student-Athletes tions of the Impact of an Induction Program: Major Professor: Louisa J. Hope-Weeks Major Professor: Steven Richards A Qualitative Case Study Major Professor: Peggie Price CIVIL ENGINEERING Charles Kyle Schindler Dissertation: The Role of Personality Traits, Philena J. Farmer Yanlai Han ) (In absentia Social Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, and Other Dissertation: Teacher Preparation Programs and Dissertation : Iron-Based Materials for Psychosocial Factors in the Motivation for Social Calculator Pedagogy Remediation of Chlorinated Ethenes Internet Use Major Professor: Shirley M. Matteson Major Professor: Weile Yan Major Professors: Steven Richards Elizabeth Ann Fleener Rozbeh B. Moghaddam and Andrew K. Littlefield Dissertation: Examining the Relationship of Dissertation Esther Na Schwartz ( ) : Evaluation of the TXDot Texas Cone In absentia Teachers’ Years of Experience on Student Dissertation Penetration Test and Foundation Design Method : Body Esteem, Partner Body Type, Achievement in Mathematics from 3rd to 5th Including Correction Factors, Allowable Total and Risky Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Grades: A Quantitative Study Capacity, and Resistance Factors at Serviceability Men: A Terror Management Account Major Professors: Connie Anderson and Major Professor Limit State : Mike C. Parent Susan Myers Major Professors: Priyantha Jayawickrama and William D. Lawson

14 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY GRADUATE CANDIDATES

Courtney C. Gann (In absentia) Tri Cao Doan GEOSCIENCES Dissertation: STEM Teaching Strategies, Educa- Dissertation: Thermal Neutron Detector Based on tional Activities, and the Role of the Parent in Hexagonal Boron Nitride Alyson A. Brink (In absentia) Homeschool Families with High School Students Major Professors: Hongxing Jiang and Jingyu Lin Dissertation: An Early Campanian (Late Creta- Major Professor: Shirley M. Matteson ceous) Mammalian Fauna from the Lower Shale Huseyin Ekinci Member of the Aguja Formation in the Big Bend Latasha Diane Holt-Bocksnick Dissertation: Processing of GaN and SiC Epitaxial Region of Texas Dissertation: Teacher and Student Perceptions of Layers for Opto-Electronic Device Applications Major Professor: Thomas M. Lehman Stress-Reduction Strategies on Standardized Tests Major Professor: Sergey A. Nikishin Major Professor: Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer Anthony Eugene Reinhart Md Rakib Uddin Dissertation: Effects of Microphysical Parameter- Magdalena Pando Dissertation: Epitaxial Growth and Characteriza- izations and Drop Breakup on Supercells and Dissertation: Teaching Middle School Science to tion of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Carbon Semi- Supercell Cold Pools English Language Learners through Modeling and conductor Alloys Major Professor: Christopher Weiss Argumentation Using a Functional Approach Major Professors: Hongxing Jiang and Jingyu Lin Major Professor: Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz ENGLISH HIGHER EDUCATION– Nhung Thi Tuyet Pham HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH Dissertation: An Investigation into Adapting U.S. Trampas Monroe Smith (In absentia) Regional Accreditation Standards to Vietnam Dissertation: Dancing Deaf Tonya Marie Pinkerton Accreditation Major Professor: Jill Patterson Dissertation: Federally-funded Research Proposals: Major Professors: Margaret Johnson and Voluntary Components and the Interpretations of Barbara Morgan-Fleming ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY Their Effects on Institutional Resources Major Professor: Stephanie J. Jones Stephen Wray Reynolds Amanda Marie Cano Amanda Lee Veesart Dissertation: Determining and Exploring Teachers’ Dissertation: Determination of Carbon-based Dissertation Perceptions on the Barriers to Teaching Critical Nanomaterial Distribution, Toxicity, and Trophic : Examining the Change in Cultural Thinking in the Classroom: A Survey Study Transfer in Aquatic Environments Awareness of Senior Nursing Students Who Participate in a Semester-long Culturally Based Major Professor: Margaret A. Peggie Price Major Professor: Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell Assignment at a Large Public University Natalie Banks Welcome Daniel E. Dawson Major Professor: Dave Louis Dissertation: Matriculate and Remediate: An Alter- Dissertation: Exploring the Effects of Environ- native to Math Remediation at a 2-year College mental Characteristics and Anthropogenic Activi- HOSPITALITY ADMINISTRATION Major Professor: Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer ties on Mosquito Populations: An Experimental and Spatially Explicit Model-based Approach Nemer Abdulrahman Alsaab EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY Major Professor: Jaclyn Cañas-Carrell Dissertation: Factors That Affect Guests’ Inten- Stephanie Michelle Barbre tions to Make Green Hotel Purchases in the Dissertation: Operational Differences and Early EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY United States Indicators of Emotional and Behavioral Impair- Debbie A. Magreehan Major Professor: Shane Blum ment and Social Maladjustment Dissertation: Presentation of Electronic Glosses: Chia-Ning Chiu Major Professor: Tara Stevens Effects on Student Learning and Monitoring Dissertation: Tourism Expansion and Economic Kenneth James Denton from Text Development in the United States, China, and Dissertation: Multilevel Analysis of School Major Professor: Michael Serra Japan Environmental Factors, Teacher Satisfaction, and Major Professor: Shane Blum FINE ARTS Academic Performance Nicholas Edward Johnston Major Professor: Tara Stevens Adrian Darnell Barnes Dissertation: Consumer Motivations and Respons- Avery Danielle Miller Dissertation: Recruitment Strategies Employed es towards State-Level Branded and Sustainable Dissertation: The MillerLan-Measure of Online by Instrumental Music Ensemble Directors at Ag-Related Products Self-Regulated Learning: Scale Development and Minority Serving Institutions to Improve Access Major Professors: Tun-Min Catherine Jai Initial Validation to Higher Education by Members of Marginalized and Kelly Virginia Phelan Major Professor: Kamau Oginga Siwatu Populations Harold Sang-Kwon Lee Major Professor: Jacqueline Chryar Henninger B. Rene’ Starkey Dissertation: The Influence of Electronic Word- Dissertation: Examining the Relationship between Sherry Randolph Boyd of-Mouth (eWOM) on Social Networking Sites Preservice Teachers’ Dispositions and Teaching Dissertation: Developing a Cohort Blended Cur- (SNSs) on the Purchase Intentions of Genera- Performance riculum Model (Face-to-Face and Online) for a tion Y Customers at Luxury Hotels Major Professors: Kamau Oginga Siwatu Master of Arts of Theatre Degree Major Professor: Jingxue Jessice Yuan and Hansel Burley Major Professors: Jacqueline Chryar Henninger Hye Ryeon Lee and Andrew Gibb Dissertation: Online Service Recovery in the ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Renee Lynne Wilson Hospitality Industry: Consumers’ Perceptions and Argenis Valentin Bilbao Dissertation: Not Quite Untangled: A Qualitative Preferences on Social Media Dissertation: Continuous Switching Reliability of Study of the Joys and Challenges Experienced by Major Professor: Shane Blum Ultra-high Voltage SiC Mosfets and IGBTS Selected Band Directors Major Professors: Stephen B. Bayne Major Professor: Susan Brumfield and Michael Giesselmann

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Ji Hye Min Joanna Méndez-Pounds Chalani C. Prematilake Dissertation: The Impact of Casino Complimen- Dissertation: Roles and Dynamics in Mixed Legal Dissertation: Prediction of Lower Bounds of the taries: The Use of Gaming and Non-Gaming Status Families: DREAMers’ Perspectives Number of Sampling Points for Approximating Promotions Major Professor: Anne Prouty Shapes of Planar Contours Major Professor: Shane Blum Major Professors: Leif Ellingson and MASS COMMUNICATIONS Chompoonut Suttikun Magdalena Toda Dissertation: Motivations and Marketing Strate- Nathian Shae Rodriguez MECHANICAL ENGINEERING gies Influencing Customers to Visit Day Spas in Dissertation: The Role of Communication in the U.S. the Identification of Gay Refugees and Asylees Turgut Batuhan Baturalp Major Professor: Jingxue Jessice Yuan throughout Migration Dissertation: Design and Development of a Major Professor: Kenton Wilkinson Systemic Mock Circulation Loop with a Novel Beating Left Ventriculator Simulator HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND Matthew Steven VanDyke (In absentia) Major Professor: Atila Ertas FAMLY STUDIES Dissertation: Understanding Motivations for Water Scarcity Information Seeking and Alejandro Emilio Bilbao Rachel Engler Jordan Processing Dissertation: Modeling the Locomotion of Dissertation: A Longitudinal Study of Sibling Major Professor: Coy Callison Caenorhabditis elegans: Undulatory Propulsion Relationship Quality, Well-being, and the Impact and Maneuverability in Fluids of Parental Alcohol Use Shawna R. White (In absentia) Major Professor: Jerzy Blawzdziewicz Major Professor: Judith Fischer Dissertation: Unintended Effects of Parental Mediation During Adolescence: An Investigation Billy Ross Clark McKenzie Tabor Wilkes into the Mediating Role of Psychological Reactance Dissertation: Combustion Characterization of Dissertation: Disordered Eating among Collegiate and Moderating Influences of Individual Differences Nano-Particle Reactive Materials Suspended in Recovery Program Students Major Professor: Andy King Polymer Binders for Use in Additive Manufacturing Major Professor: Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo Major Professor: Michelle Pantoya MATHEMATICS INTERIOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES Emine Celik Marwa Ibrahim Abdelmonem Dissertation: Generalized Forchheimer Flows of Teresia Njoki Mbogori Dissertation: Identifying Physical Design of Con- Compressible Fluids in Heterogeneous Porous Dissertation: A Nutrition Education Intervention nectedness-to-Home among Depressed Elderly in Media on Maternal and Child Nutrition and Care Long-term Care Facilities: An Exploratory Study Major Professor: Luan Hoang Practices Among the Turkana People in Kenya Major Professor: Kristi Gaines Major Professor Ashley Diane Cherry : Mary Murimi Samaher Abdulrahman Fallatah Dissertation: Piecewise Linear Approximation for Suzan Hussin M. Tami Dissertation: Examining the Appropriate Level(s) Nonlinear Programming Problems Dissertation: Parenting Styles and Family Con- of Value Contrast for Partially Sighted Individuals Major Professor: Victoria Howle tributors to the Development of Obesity in Arab Major Professor: Kristi Gaines Chandani Deepika Dissanayake Children Aged 6-10 Years Old Duy Quang Pham Major Professor: Debra Reed Dissertation: Finite Element Simulation of Space/ Dissertation: Examining the Use of Building Time Behavior in a Two Species Ecological PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Information Modeling (BIM) for Interior Design Stoichiometric Model Process in a Professional Setting Major Professor: Kevin Long Brigham Taft Dorman (In absentia) Major Professor: Kristi Gaines Pratheepa Jeganathan Dissertation: Three Essays on Financial Planning Shabboo Valipoor Dissertation: Multivariate Extensions of for College Major Professor Dissertation: An Objective Evaluation of Patient Saddlepoint-Based Bootstrap and An Empirical : Michael Finke Seating Solutions for the Elderly Population Saddlepoint Approximation Method for Smooth- Laura Hillary Mattia Major Professor: Debajyoti Pati ing Survival Functions Under Right-Censoring Dissertation: Three Essays on Gender and Finance Major Professor: Alex Trindade Major Professor: Sandra Huston LAND USE PLANNING MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN Ashley Erin Meek Dissertation: Block Preconditioned Implicit PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Girmay Kifle Berhie Runge-Kutta Methods for the Incompressible TARIQ A. ALI Dissertation : The Effect of Spatial Configuration Navier-Stokes Equations Dissertation: A New Production-decline Model on Land Use and Transport Mode Choices: Major Professor: Victoria Howle for Fractured Tight and Shale Reservoirs Space Syntax Exploration on Gridded and Non- Takafumi Oki (In absentia) Major Professor: James Sheng Gridded American Cities Dissertation: Human Head Orientation Control Major Professor: Saif Haq Problem under Donders’ Constraint PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY Major Professor: Bijoy Ghosh Misha Rose Manuchehri (In absentia) Rola O. Aamar Thanuja Paragoda Dissertation: Influence of Water Quality on Dissertation: The Patient-Parent-Provider Alliance Dissertation: Willmore and Generalized Willmore Glyphosate Performance and Evaluation of in Childhood Obesity Treatment Energies in Space Forms Enlist™ Weed Control Systems in Texas High Major Professor: Douglas Smith Major Professors: Magdalena Toda and Plains Cotton Giorgio Bornia Major Professor: Peter Dotray

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POLITICAL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY HISTORY Regina Marie Burch (In absentia) Melanie Liann Gallagher Kendra Lyn Phelps Thesis: The Pleasurable Culture: Sex, Media, Dissertation: Oil and Interstate Behavior: The Role Dissertation: Responses of Cave-Roosting Bats to Enlightenment, 1715-1789 of Resource Location and Dependence on State Complex Environmental Gradients: An Assess- Aren Taylor Dobbs Interactions ment across Assemblage, Species, and Population- Michael Angelo Rangel Major Professor: Toby Rider levels Thesis: Queer Valley: Stories of Culture and Resis- Major Professor: Tigga Kingston SPANISH tance along the Lower Rio Grande Valley Sylvia A. Wright Maria Alejandra Cerdas Cisneros (In absentia) MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Dissertation: Representaciones de Una Cultura INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Kendall Thomas Edwards Globalizada en la Obra de César Aira: Un Mariame Conde (In absentia) Pedro Jorge Espinet Acercamiento a la Temática a Través de la Adriana Perez Cody Joe Ratliff Relación Espacio-Personajes Major Professor: George Cole MASS COMMUNICATIONS Catherine Cheri Grissom MASTER OF Kallie Kate Barley Dissertation: A Tale of Two Tricksters: Paratextu- ART EDUCATION Matthew Joseph Calamoneri ality and Supplementarity in the Don Juan Master- Brooke J. Carson Emily Marie Kozora Kiley Marie Cowley Servant Relationship Courtney Marie Tyler Major Professor: John Beusterien Jacob Taylor Fisher (In absentia) Thesis: An Examination of Cognitive Load and SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING MASTER OF ARTS Recall in ADHD and Non-ADHD Populations MANAGEMENT when Viewing Educational Multimedia Messages ANTHROPOLOGY Sandra Kaye Godwin Michael Wesley Bromley Toddrick Lesean Gotcher Alyssa Brooke Bonorden (In absentia) Dissertation: Economic Analysis Model for High Emily Grace Jarrell Thesis: Comparing Colonial Experiences in Reliability Organizations Kirby Lynette Kennedy Northwestern Belize: Archaeological Evidence Major Professor: Mario Beruvides Sarrah Kay LaSuer from Qualm Hill Camp and Kaxil Uinic Village Allison Ann Matherly Ashley Marie Booher TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Thesis: Power of a Tweet: How Does Social Media Thesis: Assessing the Form and Function of the AND RHETORIC Interaction Affect Social Identity and University Sacbeob and Associated Structures at Chan Satisfaction Erin Patsy Gibbs Pumroy Chich, Belize Tayler Marie Mitchell Dissertation: The Alpha-Zulu on Provider-Patient Jill Marie Tuley (In absentia) Esul Park (In absentia) Communication in Military Medicine: An Inside Thesis: Micro-Anatomical Features Specific to Thesis: The Psychology of Online News Evalua- Look at Provider-Patient Communication in a Metabolic Problems Found in the 6th Left Rib: A tion: How Interactivity and Negative Emotions Family Medicine Clinic on a Military Installation Comparison among Samples from the Raymond Drive Credibility Assessments Major Professor: Amy Koerber Dart and the RPP Collections Shanice Margaree Stewart Susan T. Rauch Randi Leigh Thomas ART HISTORY Dissertation: Rhetoric and Economics of User Cara Lyn Vandergriff (In absentia) Attention in the Documentation of EHR-generated Kaveh Mohammad Rafie Erin Reid Warren Clinical Narratives Thesis: Aspects of Gaia: Roy Ascott’s Art and the Binari Witanapatirana Major Professor: Amy Koerber Embodiment of Second-Order Cybernetics MATHEMATICS Joseph Edward Williams (In absentia) COMMUNICATION STUDIES Dissertation Monica Meng Chen : Safety within Oil Rig Culture: Deci- Taylor Jace Brown phering Intercultural Miscommunication among Susan Marie Geer Shirley A. Kitchens Offshore Petroleum Workers ECONOMICS Major Professor: Kelli Cargile Cook Megan A. Miglioretto Nicholas D. Acosta (In absentia) Samantha Annette Spray Jessica Lynn Carr WILDLIFE, AQUATIC, AND WILDLANDS Thesis SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT : Foreign Direct Investment: An Argument MUSEUM SCIENCE for Least Developed Countries to Invest in Female Robynn Edna Sia Amaba Kamal Humagain Education Melanie Colleen Collins Ahmed Hossain Sabit Dissertation: Ecological Variation among Vegeta- Victoria Frances Lancaster (In absentia) tion Cover Types and Forest Stand Dynamics in Michael Morgan Linder EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY the South-West Jemez Mountains, New Mexico Amy Lowery (In absentia) Major Professor: Robert Cox David Ward Hancock Elizabeth JoAnn Qualia Thesis: Implicit Inhibition of Intergenerational Alexander Eades Root Ageism in Young Adult Population Dallas C. Ward Earl Young Popp (In absentia) Thesis: A Heritage Perspective on the Historic U-Lazy-S Ranch: A Case Study in Heritage Con- struction

AUGUST 2016 17 GRADUATE CANDIDATES

PHILOSOPHY Matthew Alexander Hein MASTER OF EDUCATION Luis Antonio Herrera Charles Kevin Banks (In absentia) Hasan Roshan Jonathan Ralph Holland BILINGUAL EDUCATION Jonathan Michael Houston Amy Lorene Sauseda POLITICAL SCIENCE Howard M. Huynh Nicholas Emmanuel Igbokwe Nathaniel Andrew Crosby COUNSELOR EDUCATION Brianna Ray Ingram Nazmus Sakib John Wesley Farrow Stephanie Taylor Jackson ( ) In absentia Ansley Songer Hoskins Curtis Ray Jackson PSYCHOLOGY Jonathan Lamar Richard Caitlin Marie Jones Ashley Jordan Maile O-Puna Martinez Zunaira Khalid ( ) CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION In absentia Karen Hashmi Khan Keelee Merice Burkholder Andrew Dwain Kline ROMANCE LANGUAGES Sarah Jean Forehand Srikanth Konduru Maria Olivarez Gregory Emilie Janine Denise Mathis Corey R. Layman Thesis Sarah Nicole Haacker : La Figure du Critique-écrivain: Barthes, Martin Hugo Leske III (In absentia) Lucinda Dawn Hammons Blanchot et Cixous Taylor Helene Lindgren Emily Lavinia Mitchmore Brandie Lavake MacKenzie Timothy Joseph Norris (In absentia) SOCIOLOGY Christina Marie Manley Brian Michael Galica Jordan Diane McCown EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Vanessa Leos Colton Christopher McCoy (In absentia) Thesis: A U.S. Paradox: Rising Unintended Preg- Erica Nicole McDonald Robert Michael Eads nancies, Declining Number of Abortions Madison Lindsey Meade Andrea Kay Gibson Justin Michael Miranda Betty Record Hall (In absentia) Marybeth Moran Murphy MASTER OF BUSINESS Zachary Quinten Mortensen EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ADMINISTRATION Jason Garrett Nelms William Aldo Ritter, Jr. Linsey Jean Ogden GENERAL BUSINESS Ujiro Ogagoghene Okiomah HIGHER EDUCATION Yanick Azongokoh Akaragwe Gabriel Esteban Palomino Ali Joy Luempert Janay E. Andrade George Hajimu Parker Thesis: Exploring the Use of the Transformational SuEllen Candice Arentz Dylan R. Pearce Leadership Tenets of Idealized Influence and Garry Clinton Baccus Fallon Briana Pennington Inspirational Motivation by Administrators in Scott K. Benson Ely Perea Academic Advising Units Kamal D. Bhakta Stacy Philip Joseph Cody Borches Johnny Dean Phillips III INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY Will Christopher Bracher Christopher Robert Ramirez Leslie Carol Decker (In absentia) Holly Camille Brady Qasim Rasul Cristina Anatol Diordieva (In absentia) Tailor Elizabeth Brown Mary Hannah Rhodes Andrew Michael Charlton Ruben Rios, Jr. SPECIAL EDUCATION Stephen Thomas Clark Derek S. Robinson Kristin Kaye Alford Heber Ismael Claros Joseph Wesley Ross Andrea Jo Amestoy (In absentia) Colton Lane Coker Eric Chad Sales Lea C. Birmingham (In absentia) Trevor Reed Cook Shaun Stephen Schottmiller Charlene Smithson Blackburn Rodrigo Andres Correa Kyle Allen Schwab Tuveesha Shavez Campbell Kevin Kenneth Dasher Ashley M. Shapiro Hall Jacquelyn N. Cedillo Kelly Marie Davis John Noel Simpson, Jr. Jessica Alia Chambers Noe De La Cerda Anna Christine Smart Nicaea R. Chavez Lance Richard Drake Justin Ray Smart Micah Brook Echols Julie Ann Duran Lacy Lee Sperry Mary Adelaide Eggleston (In absentia) Abigail Maryrose Earl Mark Edward Stephens, Jr. Heidi Michelle Foreman Lukas Jobe Easterling Michael David Stewart Kristina Marie Gonzalez Ryan Andrew Elder Jospeh R. Stone Sara Griffin Blake Ray Ezell Shivam Swarup Megan Gibson Hambright Frank Fang Natenael Teferra (In absentia) Kendra Gail Hernandez Jason Francis Fischer Nadia Tello (In absentia) Dawn Renee Hudnall Gregory Paul Gagnon Christopher Rodolfo Torres Russell Hugh Lincoln Kyle Scott Garcia Elizabeth Lishewski VanNatta Robert Armstrong Livingston Jessica Rachel Glockner Sangama Vemulapally Bailey Caroline Long Jose Miguel Gutierrez Lopez Randi Leann Walker Angela McDonald Modisett Alicia Elaine Hansford Joshua Wayne Wenzel Erika Marie Prieto Seth Montgomery Hansford Benjamin Michael Wilting Crystal McCall Sapir Taylor Elizabeth Winkler Scharlet Marie Stasny Kelsey Erin Zickefoose Christine Lynn Twilligear (In absentia)

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Kenze Madison Urbanczyk-Boren MASTER OF SCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY Christopher Lowell Wagner Maryam Sana Arastu Karen Rachel Weatherly AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED Suchithra Raveendar Alexis Dawn Whitaker ECONOMICS Pin-Chen Wu Chandra Kant Dhakal BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Elissha Heather Young Thesis: Cotton Yield Response and Dynamic Opti- Paige Taylor Crowley mization of Nitrogen in the Texas High Plains Camron Clarence Cunningham MASTER OF ENGINEEERING Yang Gao Evan A. Luis Thesis: Cap and Trade Markets for Groundwater: Christina Marie Manley Bret Alan Spence (In absentia) Efficiency and Distributional Effects of a Permit Stacy Philip Allocation Mechanism Leslie Price White Karsten Andrew Goodman Lee Houston Willis MASTER OF FINE ARTS Thesis: Should Alternatives to Publicly Funded Policing be Considered?: Evidence from the CHEMICAL BIOLOGY ART Development and Consolidation of Cattlemen’s Matthew A. Sowa (In absentia) Yasaman Moussavi Associations in Texas Thesis: Characterization and Inhibition of C-24 Maria Lorena Williams THEATRE ARTS Sterol Methyltransferase of Trypanosoma cruzi Clay Benjamin Martin AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CHEMISTRY Gabriel Isaac Vanover Brent Thomas Pape Heather Renee Coats ( ) Amanda G. Varcelotti In absentia Thesis: A Study on the Effect of Lecture Length in ANIMAL SCIENCE the Flipped Classroom MASTER OF MUSIC Pedro Ricardo Ballavenuto Campanili Thesis: The Use of bmr-6 Sorghum as Forage COMPUTER SCIENCE Bryce Nielsen Biffle Source in Beef Cattle Growing and Feedlot Joshua Thomas Archer Thesis: “Missed Connections:” Music in Narrative Systems on Growth Performance and Nutrient Thesis: Big Easel Continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Utilization Nikhil Bantaram (2008-2016) Tosha Lynae Opheim (In absentia) Joe D. Davenport Jason Zachary Davis Thesis: Beef Production Sustainability: The Water Thesis: Minimax AI within Non-Deterministic Daniel David Dudney (In absentia) Use Efficiency of Distillers Grain in Texas High Environments Thesis: Regionalized Flow in the Hip-Hop Golden Plains Beef Production and the Use of Byproducts Prachita Gupta Era in Honduran Beef Finishing Systems Devender Kumar Kumawat Sarah Kayleen Harris Lauren Ashley Ovinge Alekhya Reddy Seeram Marusia Pola Mayorga (In absentia) Thesis: The Use of Alternative Feeding Strategies Thesis : Female Sonorities: Theoretical Inquiries on to Improve Feedlot Beef Cattle Growth Perfor- DATA SCIENCE the Feminine Voice and the Musical Experience; A mance and Nutrient Utilization Mounica Reddy Bommareddy Study of Three Women Nicholas Daniel Burns Megan Leigh Poppe APPLIED PHYSICS Priyank Leslie Dsilva Thesis: Elements of Sonata Form in Ten Move- Matthew Alexander Hein Sathyaveer Dudapu ments from Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” Thesis: Measurement of the Maximum Cholesterol Bradley Charles Eales (In absentia) String Quartets, Op. 59 Solubility of Binary Lipid Bilayers Containing Mamatha Jetty Erin Elizabeth Weber POPE and POPC via Lights Scattering Method Rajesh Katpalli Victor P. Siller Sonam Manhas MASTER OF Thesis: The Effects of Plasma Etching Substrates Olusola Kehinde Olutobi Osunsan MUSIC EDUCATION on the Performance of Group 11 Metal Thin Films Ravichand Pasunooti Vivekanand Praturi Mark Adam Bailey (In absentia) ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE John Clayton Setterlund Thesis: Examination of the Relationships between Jennifer Gail Daniel Neha Singh Socioeconomic Status and Music Student Achieve- Thesis: A Study of Inferred Charge Advection in Shashi Srinivasa Santhoshkumar Vallabhapurapu ment in State Level Performing Groups Mesoscale Convective Systems on the South Plains Daniel Loren Garrett Utilizing the West Texas Lightning Mapping Array ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN Tiffany Nicole Gibson Grant Robert McKercher Eleanor Riley Powell Laura Nicole Sambrano Thesis: Low-cost Mobile Air Pollution Monitoring in Urban Environments: A Pilot Study in Lub- ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY MASTER OF PUBLIC bock, Texas Bryan Edward Hettick Kelly Lynn Neely ADMINISTRATION Thesis: Arsenic in Muskmelon (Cucumis melo) Thesis: The Impact of Climate on the Current and Plants and Wine in West Texas Marques Carrington Bradley Future Prevalence of the Aedes aegypti Mosquito Vector in Brownsville, Texas Andrew Peter Vande Guchte (In absentia) Thesis: Sensitivities of Near-Ground Simulated Parcel Trajectories

AUGUST 2016 19 GRADUATE CANDIDATES

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES Torey Elizabeth Griggs WILDLIFE, AQUATIC, AND WILDLANDS EDUCATION Thesis: Attachment Style as a Predictor for SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT Dawn Marie Abbott Children’s Memory Accuracy for Negative Life Hannah Marie Ashbaugh Thesis: The Impact of Teaching, Social, and Cogni- Events Thesis: Environmental Availability and Potential tive Presences on a Personal Finance College Influences of Heavy Metals on Snowy Plovers in INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Course the Southern Great Plains of Texas, New Mexico, Katherine Rose Mhd Hasan Al Mekdash and Oklahoma Kayla Renee Sherman Christina Luisa Fernandez Erin Elizabeth Bohlender Charles Pasquale Guerriero V Thesis: Hormone Concentrations, Vaginal Cytol- FORENSIC SCIENCE Abhishek Kumar Shaw ogy and Diet: Variations during Reproduction in Cameron John Hatzmann Seba’s Short-tailed Fruit Bat KINESIOLOGY Audrey R. Palmer (In absentia) Alixandra Janelle Godar Jacob Paul Brown Thesis: Influence of Climate Change and Land GEOGRAPHY Miguel Antonio Carreon Gavino Use on Lesser-Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus Thesis Benjamin James Gandy : Development of Posture and Functional pallidicintus) Population Persistence in the Sand Performance among Healthy-weight and Obese Thesis: The Sinking Sea Below: Drought and Water Sagebrush and Short Grass Prairies Males Perception in Lubbock, Texas Cody Griffin Sarne Demecion Jenkins Morgan Taylor Kraft (In absentia) Thesis: The Influence of Environmental and Bharti Sharma Thesis: Exploring Biases in Location-Based Social Landscape Variables on Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Suvarna Sudarshan Media: A Case Study of Twitter in the 2012 U.S. the Sand Shinnery Oak Prairie Ecoregion of Texas Oduware Osarenkhoe Usen Presidential Election and New Mexico and the Mixed-Grass Prairie Thesis: Epidemiology, Exercise, Diet, and Health Ecoregion of Oklahoma and Kansas GEOSCIENCES Outcomes Wade Anthony Massure (In absentia) Morgan Lynn Whitson (In absentia) Thesis Jacob Douglas Cobb (In absentia) : Evaluating Effects of Drought and Anthro- Thesis: Effects of Age and Muscle Length Param- Thesis: Sedimentology of the Cretaceous-Paleo- pogenic Influences on the Growth of Stream Fishes eters on Single-Versus Multiple-Joint Lower-Body gene Boundary Interval in the Tornillo Group of on the Edwards Plateau, Central Texas Strength Expression John William McLaughlin ( ) West Texas In absentia Thesis: Effects of Broadcast Feeding at Multiple Tyler Daniel Goodell MATHEMATICS Thesis: Modeling Oceanic Crust by Waveform Rates on the Over-Winter and Annual Survival Ashley Erin Meek Modeling of PP Bounce Point Data with Applica- Rates of Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) Henda Hewa Supem Ranjana Samarasiri tion to the Nazca Plate in the Rolling Plains of Texas Michelle Nicole Walty (In absentia) Jennifer Leigh Kohn (In absentia) Thesis: Late Pennsylvanian (Virgilian) to Early NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Permian (Leonardian) Conodont Biostratigraphy Brittany Joy Braswell ACCOUNTING of the “Wolfcamp Shale,” Northern Midland Basin, Texas Kristen Marie Baker PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Lewis R. Matthews Hannah Nicole Bary Henry Chukwuma Duru Thesis: The Fractal Geometry of Petrophysical Erica Bailie Beach Patricia Espino Logs and Applications using Artificial Intelligence Julynne Yvie Paige Omengan Beleo Zachary Michael Wilson (In absentia) Gabriela Cabello PHYSICS Thesis: Characterization of Geothermal Anomalies Lindsi Paige Confer in the Louisiana Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Robert Daniel Fisher Paige Taylor Crowley Using Corrected Bottom-hole Temperatures Thesis: Effect of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Patricio N. Cuevas on DOPC/DSPC/Chol Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Brooke McCall Downing HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL Phase Behavior Monica Elizabeth Gehring MANAGEMENT Casey Ricart Hagans Natalie Alexandra Chapman PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE Megan Michelle Hallman Mara Gay Driscoll Chang Cao Matthew Palmer Heider Heiley Elizabeth Hernandez Thesis: Be Our Guest...The Doctor Will See You Kirsten Elizabeth Poff (In absentia) Taylor Christine Holcomb Now: Defining Patient Experience in a Medical Thesis: Platanthera Champanii: Culture, Popula- Steven Michael King Clinic tion Augmentation, and Mycorrhizal Associations Kelli Ann Pittcock Tyler James Kirchmeyer Sharline Miran Yoon SPORT MANAGEMENT Lysess Memel Ange Manoel Lathro Hannah Victoria Carson Jeremy David Leech HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND Abigail Ivey Lightfoot FAMLY STUDIES STATISTICS Ryan Manoogian Rob Howard McMenamy Candace Brianna Bracher Tianjiao Yang (In absentia) Jacob Neil Meador Thesis: The Transition to Siblinghood: Early Qingmin Zeng Indra Obeso Predictors of Maladjustment Sandeep Kaur Rangi Taylor Bjorg Ray Emily Ann Rogstad Stephanie Michelle Shaw

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James Daniel Sloan MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Shelby Ann Spicer ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Jared Michael Stephens Bridget Nora Tong Raquib Buksh Seyed Saeed Ahmadisoleymani BaLeigh Lynn Waldrop Shrutika Vilas Dere Thesis: Studying the Performance of American Lauren Ann Walsh Ramya Keerthi Kanchari Football Helmet in Absorbing the Energy of the Shelby Lynn Lacouture (In absentia) Impact Based on Finite Element Method Lawrence Andrew Wearden, Jr. (In absentia) Myles Adam Wilson Xiangyu Liu Hermann Tchatat Njike Rachel Lian Zajac Long Phi Nguyen Long Zhou Thesis: Vertebra Labeling from Computerized Axial Tomography Scans Using Atlas MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Brett Orian Peikert (In absentia) PETROLEUM ENGINEERING MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Thesis: Design and Modeling Advanced Control Faisal Saber A. Altawati (In absentia) CHEMICAL ENGINEERING of Microgrids Thesis: Water Effect on Huff-n-Puff Gas Injection Akshaya Ramachandran Zachary Thomas Fondren on Shale Oil Recovery Shafiuddin Syed Farah Mary Jacob Gabriel Lengruber Carestiato (In absentia) Franck Koffi Tossou Tinku Supakar Thesis: Multiphase Flow Loop for the Near Hori- Thesis: Experimental Study of Liquid Marble zontal Heat Transfer Parameters Measurement: Formation and Deformation Dynamics MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Design, Construction and Commissioning Thiago Sauma Gomes ( ) INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING In absentia Thesis: Multiphase Flow Loop for the Near Hori- MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Jagadeesh Benegal zontal Hydrodynamics Parameters Measurement: CIVIL ENGINEERING Eder Meza (In absentia) Design, Construction, and Commissioning Nitish Reddy Nalla Cody J. Navarro Saikrishna Nandagopal Caroline M. Neale Nakul Ravindra Padalkar MASTER OF SCIENCE Thesis: Evaluating Use of Sub-grade Drains with Sulabh Sharma (In absentia) IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Permeable Friction Course for Stormwater Drain- Yingge Zhou Ajeet Kumar Yadav age: Physical Model Studies Thesis: Nickel and Cobalt Based Powder Selection Sheik Mohammad Nomaan ( ) In absentia for Laser Additive Remanufacturing of High Thesis : Preliminary Assessment of Chlorobenzenes Speed Gear MASTER OF SCIENCE IN Fate and Transport in Sediment Environment SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING Ifeanyichukwu Kenneth Nwankpa MANAGEMENT Thesis: Streamflow Recession and its Relationship to Meteorological Drought in the Llano River Eric Kwaku Asare Bediako Watershed

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The bachelor’s degree represents completion of a four-year course of college-level study and is the oldest academic degree awarded by American institutions of higher learning. Graduation with Honors is a distinction that is noted on diplomas and transcripts and receives special recognition at graduation ceremonies. Undergraduates who complete their work with a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or above are graduated Summa Cum Laude; 3.7 to 3.89, Magna Cum Laude; 3.5 to 3.69, Cum Laude. Those who graduate from the Honors College after acquiring 24 Honors credit hours graduate “with Honors.” Those who also complete an Honors thesis or project consisting of six additional hours graduate “with Highest Honors.”

Austin Ryan Holcomb TEX AS TECH UNIVE RSITY NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT College of Agricultural Sciences Neil Clayton Larremore Cameron David Kennedy & Natural ResourcesTM Nikki Dawn Williams Su Hyun Kim Samuel Nathan Zarate Aderinsola Kuyinu Alexander Louis Loreto PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE Carl R. Myers BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Steven Roy Ratliff David Charles Brockman Daniel Lewis Wolford Robert Wayne Mason, Jr. AGRICULTURAL AND 2nd Degree: Exercise and Sport Sciences Molly Nicole Morris APPLIED ECONOMICS Derek Jace Chennault ENGLISH Dalton Linc Croxton Courtney Lynn Hannah Fernando Antonio De Leon TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY 2nd Major: Technical Communication TM Colby James Finch College of Architecture Ellen Cox Mayfield 2nd Degree: Management Julianna Mikaila Rice Evan Joseph Hewett Clifton Fred Rogge III2 Brandon Keith Martin BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Rachel Kathleen Wallace Sloane Rider Scott Kendall Ryan Welfel Surinder Singh Aulakh GEOGRAPHY 4 Erick Alejandro Avila Mireles Mackenzie Paige White Michael Raymond Carlisle Phyre Quickly Burns Bryant Robert McBrayer AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS Wade Andrew Drake Gabriel Itzai Gaytan Jenna Judith Hay2,4 GLOBAL STUDIES 3 Stephen Solomon Longoria Allie Rose Hicks 2 Adam Andres Perez Paulina Samone Salzman Virginia Lynn Huffman Karla V. Perez 2nd Major: Political Science Mehgan Ryan Murray3 Humberto Ramirez Samuel Ruvalcaba III HISTORY ANIMAL SCIENCE Mackenzie Andrew Lundy Salman Sarah Elizabeth Bessonett Charlotte Bingham Rodolfo Sigala Zubia Ian Christian Boriack Scotta L. Faulkenberry Cullen Ellery Cook3 Caroline Claire Frank 2nd Major: Philosophy Jordan McKay Jackson TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Sarah Elizabeth Dickerson1 David Chance Kelley College of Arts & SciencesTM Isaac Eric Escobedo Colleen Patricia Lovel Tyler Jordan Hall Meagan Danielle Wright Alvaro Hrgic3 BACHELOR OF ARTS Garrett David Johnson FOOD SCIENCE Sean C. McCollum Samuel Sumner Peabody IV ANTHROPOLOGY 2nd Major: Languages and Cultures Steve Rodriguez Ryan Matthew Adamson Kalea Rotenberry McFadden1 Aaron Choc Gibson Jacob Paul Meyer INTERDISCIPLINARY AGRICULTURE Christopher Austen Parker Patrick Joseph Byrne BIOCHEMISTRY 2nd Major: Philosophy Kailey Elizabeth Rauschenplat Guy Coley Cowden Michaela Meighan McKay Bailee Lynn Cross Cameron Steven Schmoker Andrew Trevor Slaton Freeman Hannah Leigh Franklin CHEMISTRY Lane Daniel Hale3 Hayden Gregg Smith Haley Nicole Jones David Chae Lee Eric Anthony Spenk 1,4 Kara Lane Lacey Mckinzie Lauren Markus Kelton Miles Spinks 3 Brittany Olivia Leithner Sarang Patel Haleigh Michelle Stephens 2 Michael Chance Rollins3 Michael Logan Sikes Susanna Catherine Toler1 Brazos Taylor Williams Tyson Keller Whatley ECONOMICS Nathan Ira Wolf Addison Joseph Avila Taylor Joseph Donowho

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LANGUAGES AND CULTURES Emily Ann Sturiale1 Kaylen Michelle Smith Benjamin Carl Varga2 Meredith M. Smith Lacye Aspen Levine Daisia Brijon Walker Alex Dawn Sokolosky Miles Jarrod Walker Heather Michelle Stokes MATHEMATICS Astin Christine Williams Lindsey Leonese Thiele Derek Joseph Aldana Abigail Nicole Wisniewski Jonathan Christopher Urbanek Audra Blair Howard Edward Glen Van Dyke Hunter Randal Johnson SOCIAL WORK Krystal Simone White Emily Rose Stamm Tiffany Lee Horton PHILOSOPHY SOCIOLOGY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Anthony Charles Bankston Ryan Anthony Casarez Paige Dawson Lehmann BIOCHEMISTRY Nolan Prescott Esquivel Bianca Morales 2,4 Dakotah Jane Garza Alexandria Jane Fletcher Bryan Richards Sanyi Delecia Denise Lopez Brittany Nikole Hale Michael Edward Tucker Vince E. Lujan Lucy Mmbone Ingaiza David Anthony Smith Van Roflox Johnson POLITICAL SCIENCE Jennifer Dawn Soliz David Sean Lin Neil Kabir Azeez Kathrine Jo Wentzel Nonique Alejandra Barrera Matthew Michael Wright-Chapman BIOLOGY Angela Mary Barrett Mercedes Yadi Young Shelbi Ashli Andrea Lacy Jo Doyle Mallory Patricia Zertuche3 Jessica Renae Atkins Corey Michael Gorsage Graeme Kelso Brooks Jackson Paul Griffon SPANISH Kelsey Payton Chadwick Ali Arumpac Manuel Talia Lizbet Acevedo Braden Jamison Cook Jonathon Avery McAdams 2nd Degree: Exercise and Sport Sciences Attilio Di Nunno 2nd Major: Sociology Seth Mark Ashley Hannah Elizabeth Eaton Kevin Rosales2 2nd Degree: Exercise and Sport Sciences Holly Nicole Garakani 2nd Degree: Management Chesnie Antoinette Brackens Kyle Mark Glockzin Morgan Brittany Treviño1 Leo Cordova Villarreal Gregory Ryan Havekost 2nd Major: Spanish Andrew Jackson Henley Ashley Gale Vaughan2 Narendra Vanessa Mares TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION Jeffrey David Wyatt Jason Todd Markwardt Atrice J. Lockett Stephanie Martinez Ugarte1 PSYCHOLOGY Michael Chimaobim Okoronkwo Ramón Uriel Becerril2 Victoria Okpon 2nd Major: Spanish BACHELOR OF Marco Antonio Ortega Jeremiah Nathan Blair GENERAL STUDIES Emily Grace Payne Carissa A. Bush3 Kristin Janielle Aquino Ada Casey Brianna Perez Sarah Irene Casburn Michael Vincent Blackman Catarina A. Pizaña Melissa Castro Jorey Kristian Burkett Christopher George Reid-Gordon Christopher John Cisneros1 Lindsey Marie Connery Steven Harout Shahinian Anamarisa Davis Cuellar Hannah Elizabeth Crowe3 Valerie Melaina Sosa Sasha Joi Giger Matthew Langley Darden Andres Vivar Brittni Marquis Giles Laura Kay De Los Santos Alicia Wafa Brittni Morgan Hagan Bailey Thomas Delavan Miranda Lee Williamson Crystal Nicole Haggard Dusty Dawn Dodd Brooklyn Ann Zabel December Anne Holladay Addison Wade Epstein Alejandro Huerta Shelia Kaye Fleenor CHEMISTRY Stephen Kyle Jamison Lisa Ann Harkema Justin Robert Martinez Trevis Robert Loree Misharee Hight Joel Appiah Owusu-Sechere Mallory Caroline McCarty Kathryn Elizabeth Holt3 Leonard Joseph Recine Amanda Memeh Kevin Aaron Hurn Marcos Antonio Sorto Leigh Ann Montez Darien Keith Jones Elaine Jungeun Yun Tomilayo Temitope Olatunde Adam Richard Kacor Matthew Charles Petersen Alexander James Kennedy EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES Chris D. Phillips Beverly Jo Lentz Osereme Aligbe Nicole Cameron Ponsler James Dion Leverton Antonio Carlo Alvarado Kristen Mary-Marie Reid Key Crawford Lloyd Matthew James Alvarado Brianna Hope Sanchez Jessica Marinee Moreno Alexander Scott Baker2 Eva Magdalena Sauceda Christopher Landrum Motherwell Jennifer Lynn Beasley Kailey Michelle Shoemaker Reese Turner Patterson Alexander Alan Beebe Jessica Silva Laura Elizabeth Reid Nirav Shashikant Bhakta3,4 Kevin Silva3 Andrea Celeste Rodriguez Kaitlyn Oleta Braswell3 Douglas Sorensen Araceli Rodriguez Brooklyn Nicole Burney Alanna O’Ryon Stephens Christian James Santulan Ashley Michelle Casey Virginia Anne Stokes3 Kali Kathryn Schoenrock Djavar Rashad Chatman 2nd Major: Social Work Sherry Gann Schroeder1

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Adriana Sofia Corrales Delane Nicole Gonzales Paige Taylor Crowley2,4 Christopher Curtis Cunningham Austin J. Graybeal 2nd Major: Finance Kelsea Chloe Denman Demetric Demon Lee Brooke McCall Downing1,4 Jay Michael Dossett Tonosha Lashad McCoy Bryanna Droz Hayes Barrett Engholm Michael James Medina Monica Elizabeth Gehring3 Ryan Jacob Ferreyra2 Bryce Cameron Milner Martin Glen Graybill Stephanie Nichole Fletcher Hayden Scott Pelham Casey Ricart Hagans Juan Anthony Hernandez Joey Peña Matthew Palmer Heider Jasmine Monet Hill Jesus Lorenzo Ramirez Heiley Elizabeth Hernandez Taylor Len Hughes Brandon James Snailer Kasey Morine Hibberts Gionna Marissa Jackson3 Garett Lee Sosa Taylor Christine Holcomb1 Ebony L. Johnson Lauren Saige Subia Heather Marie Holland Alexa Rae Jones Cameron Anthony Vasquez Steven Michael James King3 Taylor Nicole Jones Maggie Ward Tyler James Kirchmeyer Kortni Paige King Eric Michael Weir Aubrey Hill Krause Sarah A. Kleiss 2nd Major: Finance Paige Jane Kloetzer MATHEMATICS Lysess Memel Lathro Margaret Emily-Marie Krempein Casey Allen Brito1 Jeremy David Leech Xavier Trinidad Leal Yao Fu3 Daniel E. Lemus 1,4 Russell Wayne Lee Annabel Elizabeth Offer Meade2,4 Abigail Ivey Lightfoot Abraham Eduardo Lopez Colton Ray Mikes3 Ryan Lane Manoogian 2,4 Luis Ignacio Lozano Zackary Ryan O’Connor Rob Howard McMenamy Joshua Daniel Marquette Jacob Neil Meador3 Sherina Rosalee Martin Indra Obeso Reyes MICROBIOLOGY Austin Wade McConnico Faith Haesu Oh Gabriel Ignacio Medellin Bryan Nicholas Acuña Jennifer C. Ramirez Madison Reid Meneses3 Kyle Francis Merry Sandeep K. Rangi Matthew Scott Meyers Scott Michael Rauba Briane Michelle Moss PHYSICS Emily A. Rogstad1 Alberto Muratalla Thomas Patrick Hayes IV Keren Rueda Lastra Monica Muratalla Jeremy Christopher Perry Stephanie Michelle Shaw Jocelyn Ortiz Keelan Daniel Walsh James Daniel Sloan Paolo Alberto Pangilinan Shelby Ann Spicer Joseph Scott Paramore SPORT MANAGEMENT Jared Michael Stephens Matthew Stephan Parra Kimberly Shae Aguilar Janneth Terrazas Rebekah Anna-Marie Perez-Schmidt Gabriel Alejandro Avila Holly Lynn Thompson Austin Lincoln Pricer Rico Ismael Gonzales Shelly Timm 3 Deshon Raynard Purvis-Davis Dontae Jermaine Moment Bridget Nora Tong Scott David Ramsey 2,4 Courtney Jayde Rodriguez BaLeigh Lynn Waldrop Megan Lynn Reeves Lawrence Andrew Wearden, Jr. Nicholas Anthony Rivera Cole Austin Wilder1 ZOOLOGY Jacob Lee Roark Jourdan Leigh Wilke2 Joseph Daniel Rodriguez Tiara LeShai Price 2nd Major: Finance Laura Beth Roe James Ryan Willoughby Mytyl Ace Salcedo Myles Adam Wilson Sara Elizabeth Shanks2 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Duncan Forrest Simoneaux1 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS FINANCE James Collin Simpson Jorge Francisco Gonzalez Nathan David Arnold Shauna Rae Standard Arturo Nevares Ortiz Will Parker Breedlove Aden Teklu William Agustus Phillips Theodore Woodrow Ingram IV Natalie Nicole Thompson Max Morgan Moss II Rickie Marie Thompson Stephen Latimer Schlenker Jarred Levi Turner Dominic Joseph Tesoriero Rebecca Lauren Williams TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Hamilton Ryan Walker Rawls College of BusinessTM GEOSCIENCES GENERAL BUSINESS Elena Renee Crowley-Ornelas Phoenix Delcueto Hannah Catherine Cunningham1 BACHELOR OF BUSINESS Theodoro Guardado Bienvenue Loubaki Kouanga ADMINISTRATION Mason Reed Payne Seth Elliott Martin Eric Matthew Prochnow4 Robert Kimble Nelson 2nd Major: Management Joshua John Newton ACCOUNTING 2nd Degree: Biology Amanda Raschel Rivera Fernando Aguilar 2 Robert Ryan Woulfe Dalton Ray Walker Kristen Marie Baker Erica Bailie Beach3 3 MANAGEMENT KINESIOLOGY Julynne Yvie Paige Omengan Beleo Mingfeng Cai Mason Garrett Adams Kaylob Alexander Aguirre Lindsi Paige Confer2 Alec Matthew Aldaco Brandon James Bussell Jalen Deon Corona 2nd Major: Marketing

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3 Nadia Asprila TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Marissa Rodriguez 1 Kyler Zant Billingsley College of Education TM Katherine Gale Rollins Katelynn Ashleigh Brownlee Salina Rosales2 Quinlin Xavier Caltabiano-Trahan Sharon Anita Speakman Salazar Cecily Caroline Crouch BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Flor De Maria Salinas Shivani Jayesh Daji Kellie Anne Sanders1 Alexandra Rose Dorbecker Jaci Schriewer3 Kara Elise Drumhiller MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES Ana Isabel Segura1 Efrain Alejandro Esparza Courtney K. Adams1 Megan Christine Seymour1 Humberto Flores, Jr. Katelyn Nichole Alegria1 Elizabeth Dianne Shirey1 Christopher Tyler Hawkins Heather Nicole Anthony1 Amber Lynn Smith John Michael Hirschhorn Alvaro Fernando Arroliga Mejia Margaret E. Solis2 Bradley William Horne Melina Barrientos3 Kathryn Elizabeth Spradlin Lauryn Alyssa Lee Ashley M. Bennett3 Cassidy Nicole St. John3 Lucas Benjamin Moore Abigail Elizabeth Blalock2 Carl Roger Swanson Cody Jay Navarro3 Raul Briones2 Rebekah Leann Talarico2 Tara Ray Parkey Cynthia Capetillo1 Devinne Nicole Tribble1 Demarie Lynn Phillips Monica Cruz Kari Lynn Tullos1 Chadrick Dion Punch Cynthia Cuevas2 Carolina Ugalde1 Lucas Alexander Raney Margaret Elise Cuevas1 Cristina Zamarripa Valenzuela1 Troy Charles Simpson Jessica Daly1 Amairani Vargas Canales3 Austin Heath Tyler Diana De La Rosa2 Brittany Nicole Vasquez Crystal Danielle Weddel Monica Lynn Drake1 Maria Villagomez1 Rebecca Dawn Drake2 Cristy Lynn Wilke1 1 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Krystal Leigh Eckert Michelle Elizabeth Wolther1 Maria de Jesus Eguiluz1 Griffin Lawrence Crowley Kallie Elizabeth Ekwueme2 Justin Hackworth Aaren Mackenzie Enloe Brian Christopher Portis TEX AS TECH UNIVE RSITY Lauren Epperly1 Peter Ferguson Shaw Melissa Frances Esquivel1 Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Nathaniel Robert Sisler TM Marjorie Cubillos Garay1 College of Engineering James Hyunyoung You Jesyka Nikki Garcia2 Macarena J. Garcia1 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MARKETING Sarahie Otila Garza1 Sara Boatema Amoako Jessica Nicely George1 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Juan Carlos Arango De Dianous Jennifer Grenald Ayman Tarek Abdelrazek Elijah Jacob Benzvi Dayna Viagran Guerra-Leal2 Charles Francis Buhay Vanessa Rachelle Bryant Evelin Polanco Guzman2 Vi Ngoc Hoang Cao Reginald Davis III Haley Ann Halvas1 Amber Dawn Coffman Carina Guevara Elizabeth Marie Hearne Amer Adel Amer Ahmed El Banna Mallory Kathryn Hayes Bobbie Jean Jackson1 Katelyn Alexis Flowers Jose Jaime Hernandez, Jr. Clare Nicole Jakubowski1 George Samy Fouad Price Foster Holt Sarah Caitlin Jenkins Mark Boulos Haddad 2nd Major: Management Talicia Lashun Johnson2 Michael Ray Myers Abigail L. Hutchison Rebecca Leigh Jordan2 Marina Sharpe Idjabe Rachel Leigh Kennedy Kailey Marie Kotara1 Manwinder Singh Taylor Austin Keys Lindzey Yovana Larrea2 Molly Marie Talkington William Sampson Kingrey IV Veronica Dezerae Lopez3 David Price Thomason II Emily Jane Latham Andrea Anne M. Malaluan1 Whitney Holli Maestas Ingrid Cristabel Marinero Fuentes CIVIL ENGINEERING 2nd Major: Management 2 Brenda Marrufo Sebastian De Castro Ashleigh Marie Manderscheid 2 Diana Martinez Nabin Kaini Kevin Samuel Marquez 2 Erica Martinez Jason William Luke Daniel Martinez1 Rikki Marie McPhail Isaac Daniel Moncibaiz 2nd Major: Management 1 Susy Medina Kinsey Nicole Steinberger Meghan Taylor McDonough 2 Marlyn Argentina Moreno Nicholas Roger Webb Jeremy A.G. Mojica 3 Ashley Jaazaniah Navarro Farida Elvire Yeye2 Rachel Lauren Petticrew Chelsea Elizabeth Nettles1 Krista Marie Polito4 1 VyVy T. Nguyen COMPUTER ENGINEERING Charles Culbertson Root Christa Louise O’Connor 2nd Major: Management Philip Daniel Olivetti1 Craig Allen Brannon Spencer Ryan Shepherd Karina Palacio1 Brent Carlton Clancy Emily Brynn Smith3 Norma Annie Pardee1 Jessica Lynn Hart Hannah Nacole Soto3 Adrienne Kristina Durieux Pineda1 Carlos Paulo Hernandez Casey Renee Swenson Celesta Chanel Rawls1 Matthew David Kopca 3 Haley Nicole Taylor Karen Peralta Rivera1 Alec Jordan Schott 3 Kyle Christopher Thomas Kathryn Beegle Roberts2 Daniel Powell Sherman Amber Nichole Yanez Alexis Giselle Rodriguez1 An Thien Tran

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COMPUTER SCIENCE Madelyn Raye Crabtree TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Christine Rosetta Harewood John A. Boling TM College of Human Sciences Alacea Nicole Holland Justin Alan Bubel Trey Thomas Hutchings Randall J. Harper Allen Nnaemeka Ikemba Cyril Mathew BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Salevi Antonio Levi Cheyenne Lea Lichenstein CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING Gaston Thierry Mba-Nguema Dominique Edwige Lorng APPAREL DESIGN AND Laura Lee Meyers MANUFACTURING Audra Joe Nieman ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Korie Diana Johnson Cynthia Katelin Palmer Taylor Joseph Arispe Marcus DeWayne Linzsey Victoria Lee Pendleton Arthur Hardy Bousquet3 Briana Nicole Moloney2 Evans Kembol Tuitoek Eli Garza Nicole Elizabeth Peacock2 Xavier Gabriel Villareal 2nd Major: Mechanical Engineering Rachel Louise Ruhman1 Logan Thomas Whitfield Hunter Don Hertel Adam Jay Schaff Caleb Russell Woodward Philip Edward Jones Courtney Suzanne Williams3 Franklin Blake Maness IV Ellen Buquo Wood3 NUTRITION Travis Dean Mattingly Jazzmin Ciara Franklin Marcos Mendoza COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND Sarah Louise Hooper Andrew Kyle Mertzlufft ADDICTION SCIENCES Karen Anne Hunsicker2 Alexander Wale Mona Kelly Michelle Chroback Dagmawit Kiros Herbert Squires IV Olivia Laurel Imbery Mary Lisa Marzak Dylan Lee St. John Bryce Joseph McCulloch2 Chibuzo Ifeanyi Nsofor Minerva Sanchez INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND Samuel Emmett Argo FAMILY STUDIES PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING William Isaiah Joe Eric Alfredo Mejia Laura Diane Balo1 Karthik Kannan Katherine Coker Bennett Deri Siti Kusniawati3 Molly Catherine Bryan RESTAURANT, HOTEL, AND Ariane M. Tercero Julie Anne Byron INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT Kristen Marie Chersky Brandon Lee Barry MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Hannah Lee Christian William Tucker Cole Madison Atwood Lauren Nicole Cruz2 Norma Jean Crockett Jaryn DeWayne Barcheers Sierra Nicole Dubrule Kaitlin Ashley Custer Melissa L. Baten Brienna Rhea Dunlap Michael Scott Denney Lance Daniel Bell Tatyana Brynae Gaines Adriana Sofia Garza David Emory Clifton Kimberly Ann Gambrell2 John Charles Maaskant William Vincent Dougherty Alyssa Noelle Garcia Mark Anthony Nava Richard Garrett King Paige Melnee Gavrelos Emily Caroline Phillips David Joseph Magocsi Madlin Jazel Gonzales3 Reagan Dawn Walton Andrew Pierce Miller Justine Marie Gonzalez Jantzen Kate Young Simon Nga Nguyen Erika Mayela Guardiola Iyinolu Barry Ogunfeyimi Brittany Renee Hess RETAIL MANAGEMENT Charish Lynn Hinson Jakeb Tyler Roberts Sarah Caitlin Almeida3 3 Stephanie Laura Mei Keebaugh John Cyrus Turner Emma Adams Bolger2 Caitlin Marie Lackey Derek Wayne Ward Michaela Breanne Gray Elisabeth Angeline Lamm Kelby Glen Winn Mekenzie Elizabeth Griffin Caitlin Nicole Mills3 Cynthia Alexis Morgan Wood Katherine Danielle Huereca Taryn Amanda Christine Muzzo Lora Paige Mirelez Shevon Ambang Ngwanah PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Emma Kay Pruetz Elizabeth Ann Rackler2 Morgan Krystyne Vaughn1 Zachary Taylor Freeman Jael Kylie Ramos Daniel A. Okunola Rodger Dale Smalley Andres A. Riojas Amanda Carolann Sparks1 Shivani Rajiv Vyas Haylie Lindsey Torres TEX AS TECH UNIVE RSITY Jeanette Ursua College of Media Karla Vargas & CommunicationTM Victoria Mae Vestal1 Lindsey Hope Waldo2 Jordan Renee Wells BACHELOR OF ARTS Quinton Lamon White, Jr. Stephanie Brooke Whitesides2 ADVERTISING Kevin Ivan Guerra HUMAN SCIENCES Braxton James Leonard Monique Ackah1 Liliane Irene Logan Gracen Averil Amanda Renee Petersen Magen Taylor Carver Meagan Judith Zenkner

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26 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES

COMMUNICATION STUDIES Robert Michael Doran Joshua Evan Williams Michael Joseph Ambrose Alec Chase Estes Jerome Javon Wilson Riley Patrick Farrar Kacee René Evans Blake Edward Wood Stacy Ann Park Belinda Fox Shiyu Zhang Ross Fulton Polk Eric Santiago Garcia Winston Eugene Goodman Antonio Lamar Reed TEX AS TECH UNIVE RSITY Hayden Hamilton Matthew William Ware Hill College of Visual TM ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND Timothy Heath Hill & Performing Arts COMMUNICATIONS Lindsey Elizabeth Holder Parker Stayton Baird Kyndal Jacobs2 Emily Lauren Boneta Steven Wayne King BACHELOR OF ARTS Clayton Jennings Cullen Roxana Michelle Marquez Lozano Joshua Alan De Los Santos Hunter Grant McAnally ART Troy Dean Jurls Kaitlyn Rebecca McKinley Madeline Grace Joiner1 Allen Harry Kalebjian Jonny Paul Oney Lacye Aspen Levine Jennifer Elizabeth Koster3 Kyle Michael Pechacek Gabriell Diane Salazar Dylan Jay Rawls DANCE Tyler James Shipp Raul Roy Saenz, Jr. Breana Jacklyn Young Ryan Jeffery Tippit Connor Marshall Shults Hannah Jane Turner Jordan Paul Simon MUSIC Travis Nicholas Tustin Dustin Ivan Ventura Colin James Walker Armando Arroyo Daniel T. Money JOURNALISM Blake Matthew Webb Brent Corey Wieland Catherine Njeri Mwaniki Kaitlin Grace Bain Audrey Marie Wilde 2nd Major: Psychology Preston Kemp Derrick Sunny Jean Williams Julie Michelle Gomez Taylor Austin Williams Karly Anne Johnson BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS Nicolas James Lopez Kortni Rae Robinson3 Karla Veronica Rodriguez BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ART Rebecca Victoria Bezak 3 MEDIA STRATEGIES UNIVERSITY STUDIES Eric David Parr Harley Ray Clark Elizabeth Marie Tyra Cody Phillip Alexander Collin Robert Cowdrey Justin Blake Alexander Alexander Sean Dickson2 THEATRE ARTS Quran Sheray Batiste Saul Herrera 3 Davis Emmert Jennifer Elizabeth Koster Lemuel Jacob Holifield Justin Michael Farrar Jacqueline B. Petrak Dylan James Keiner Joshua Daniel Garcia Cameron Robert Lauck Michael Blain Meador Christopher Lee Martin Hannah Marie Riek BACHELOR OF Nestor Alexander Mejia Matthew Scott Sirgo2,5 GENERAL STUDIES Harland B. Mims 2nd Major: Honors Arts and Letters Erin Danielle Moore Peyton Reed Williams Courtlyn Alyse Black Ignacia Maria Negrete Heather Nicole Springfield PUBLIC RELATIONS Matthew Mason Taylor BACHELOR OF MUSIC Bethany Ann Alexander Kimetra LaShaun Thomas Jennifer Ann Bryant Brett Aubrey Willis Xavier Malik DeGrate Jeramie Kate Connatser Johnathan Christopher Doerr Stephanie Azucena Dye WIND ENERGY Kathleen L. Felty3 Emily Adele LaBaume Jacob Cole Cameron Elizabeth Marie Hott Mary Noelle Lindauer Howard Pearce Campbell Kaysha Marie King Brock Robert McKee Patricio De Santiago, Jr. Malley Nicole Stoddard Eduardo Escandon Espinoza Austin Edward Fincher3 Brandon Joseph Hernandez TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY Cristian Hernandez TM University Programs Jonathan David Key Alex Michael Lopez Shelby Maloy BACHELOR OF ARTS This program is an unofficial list of August 2016 Desmond Antoine Martin graduates and should not be used to determine Ryan Lee Meadows a student’s academic or degree status. The actual UNIVERSITY STUDIES 2nd Degree: Political Science award of honors reflected on a student’s diploma Dane Paul Arnold Juan Martin Paredes Aleicia Dawn Bilbry Jorge Sayon will be determined by the student’s final academic Crista Pearl Birney Blake David Wheeler average. The university’s official registry for confer- John Barr Bolger II ral of degrees is the student’s permanent academic Kelsey Suzanne Clark record kept by the Office of the Registrar. Meghan Lee Conrad

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he banners displayed at Texas tion. Dr. Marvin Cepica, former dean of service. The Double T logo appears at the Tech University commencement the college, developed the design with bottom of the banner. ceremonies are patterned on approval and input from Tmilitary, political, and trade guild insig- the College Marketing The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business nia that date back to the Middle Ages Committee. The back- banner was designed through a collab- and beyond. Known as gonfalons, they ground color, maize, orative effort of the staff in the college’s most closely resemble the flags created was established by the Undergraduate Services Center. The by Italian city states before and during Intercollegiate Code to background color of the banner is drab. the Renaissance. The Texas Tech Univer- represent the agricultural The central image on sity flags were individually designed to disciplines. The design, the banner is a map of display symbols and colors that represent with a map of the conti- the world centered on the areas of interest of each unit. nent of North America, Lubbock with the Texas reflects the global scope Tech University Double The Faculty Banner displays the univer- of modern agriculture and natural T symbol rising from a sity colors, red with black, and features resources management. focal point in the South the university seal encircled by the words Plains. Below are the The dimensions and proportions of “Seal of Texas Tech University.” The seal words “Excellence in a the College of Architecture banner are was designed by William Ward Watkin, Global Market.” The ban- based on the Golden Ratio creating the the original campus master ner symbolizes the impact Golden Rectangle, within which is the planner, in 1924. The of globalization in the modern business logarithmic Golden Spiral. The ancient shield is a black escutcheon environment. quartered by a red cross, Greeks recognized these geometries as on which are arrayed 10 significant and aesthetically pleasing, and The College of Arts and Sciences banner cotton bolls, symbolic of architects from Vitru- was redesigned in 2014 by Randy Lacy, the importance of cotton vius to Corbusier have unit coordinator in the college. Crafted to West Texas and repre- used these proportions with classical typography senting Lubbock County as a means of design. and bold lines, the ban- and the nine surrounding The blue diagonal lines ner replaces the previ- cotton-producing coun- represent the architec- ous college seal with the ties. These symbols also reflect one of tural diagram, while famous Double T logo. the original missions of Texas Techno- the blue-violet fabric, The red and black colors logical College: “To provide students the designated color for appropriately represent with a thorough education in textiles Architecture, is woven the largest and most and technical engineering.” The shield in a chevron pattern representing the diverse college in the features emblems that evoke the univer- complexity of digital design and fabrica- university. sity, community, state and nation. In the tion. The banner was designed by David upper-right quadrant, a book symbolizes Isern and Simon Alvarez, graduates of The Graduate School banner is blue. religion and academic traditions. A star the College. Imposed on this background is a white in the upper-left corner stands for the circle within a light blue Lone Star State of Texas. In the lower left The blue background color of the College one. These circles contain a key represents home, and in the lower of Education banner reflects the light the image of a golden right the lamp of knowledge indicates the blue color designated for education by open book and a burn- primary mission of Texas Tech Univer- the Intercollegiate Code and is also seen ing lamp. The open book sity: “To develop and advance knowl- in the velvet border of education master’s symbolizes knowledge and the lamp represents edge.” Above the shield, an eagle, the and doctoral hoods and doctoral gowns. a light by which to study. national bird of the United States, spreads The upper area of the banner carries a school building encircled The banner was designed its wings. Mindful of the claims of all by the late Associate by the words “College of these constituencies, the faculty of the Dean Thomas Langford university create, transmit, and preserve Education” and “Scholar- and Ms. Beth Cain, who knowledge. ship, Leadership, Service” was a Graduate School staff member and to represent the primary artist for many years. The College of Agricultural Sciences roles of the college as a and Natural Resources was one of the unit dedicated to prepar- The banner of the Edward E. Whitacre four founding schools of the university in ing teachers and further- Jr. College of Engineering features the 1924. The college banner was redesigned ing educational scholar- seal of the college set on a field of orange, for use in the December 2005 gradua- ship, leadership, and the academic color for engineering.

28 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY The seal of the col- map of the Western Hemisphere and the features the words “College of Visual & lege, inspired by a 2009 right side features three human faces in Performing Arts” in silver, linked by a design by chemical engi- silhouette, a man, a woman and a child, dynamic red ampersand representing neering student Unwana each of which is a different color. The the merging of three departments into Essien, is encircled with map represents the connectedness of the the college. Centered in a border of red, white, global human community, and the diver- the banner is the col- and black, symbolizing sity of the faces and their ages represent lege’s original award- the spirit of Texas Tech the families and communities served by winning logo designed University and the Red College of Human Sciences programs. by the Price Group in Raiders. The two stars The banner was adapted by former 2002, the same year the represent the ethical duty of engineers to Associate Dean Steven M. Harris from an college was founded. The themselves and society. The four symbols original symbol created by Dr. Ben Goh. logo is a circle divided in the center of the seal stand for the into three sectors, each foundations of engineering: The College of Media and Communica- representing one of the • The light bulb, surrounded by a ribbon tion banner illustrates waves of informa- three units of the college: and questions, represents the inspiration tion emanating from a blue eye for the School of Art, a red lyre of engineers to answer questions and a single point—one for the School of Music, and a golden solve problems. voice heard by many. spotlight for the Department of Theatre • The square and globe represent the The banner is white and Dance. All three artistic icons are engineer’s work as building blocks for the with a crimson back- encased by a circular banner which reads: world. ground framing waves “Texas Tech University.” The shape of the • The hammer and screwdriver represent of information reaching banner was selected through a student the practical application of the engineer’s the public. Crimson is competition, and the banner was made work. the color assigned by the by personnel in the Costume Shop of the • The atomic figure surrounding the Intercollegiate Code to Department of Theatre and Dance. beaker represents the confluence of math, journalism, the com- science, and technology in the mind of mon core subject area of the college. The The symbols on the Texas Tech Univer- the engineer. white field represents honesty, decency sity Libraries’ banner reinforce the idea and purity. Beneath the crimson is the that the Library is the center of knowl- The Honors College banner features a name of the college. edge on campus. As such, it is the guard- sky blue field onto which ian and giver of knowledge and informa- is placed a silhouette of The banner for University Programs tion. The key in the foreground of the one of the Administration exhibits the colors of Texas Tech with banner symbolizes the Libraries’ role as Building bell towers in a red background guardian and safe keeper of all ideas. In dark blue. Superimposed trimmed in black. The on the silhouette is the focus of the banner is the not too distant past, knowledge was Honors College emblem the silhouette of the considered sacred or in gold: an open book that Administration Build- something that was transforms into a bird ing’s bell tower, which best kept locked away, taking flight. This symbol is an iconic symbol of thus the symbolism represents how learning Texas Tech. Just as the of the key. The flames stimulates human creativity. At the bot- university is comprised symbolize the Librar- tom of the banner are the words in gold: of many parts, Univer- ies’ other and equally “University Honors College.” sity Programs integrates important role as the multiple programs from colleges across giver of knowledge, The College of Human Sciences banner the university. The traditional Double T providing access to has a dark brown field with the name wisdom. For centuries, the use of fire was of the college at the placed in a window of the tower signi- believed to be man’s first step on the path top. Underneath and fies the future that awaits students who to civilization; one characteristic of fire is centered on the banner complete these programs in preparation its ability to spread, which represents the are the words “Improv- for successful careers. ing and Enhancing the The College of Visual and Perform- Library’s role as purveyor of knowledge. Human Condition,” ing Arts banner is black with a blue The colors of the flames symbolize the which enclose a divided drape surmounted by a silver swathe three broad branches of knowledge; scar- circle. The left side of that evokes the creative energy infused let for humanities, gold for sciences, and the circle contains a in all the arts. The top of the banner the purple flame for social sciences.

AUGUST 2016 29 ACADEMIC DRESS AND PROCESSION

MASTER’S ROBE: Velvet facing around the neck corresponds to DOCTORAL ROBE: Velvet facing on front of robe and three bars color representing the field of study; hood lining represents the on sleeve correspond to color representing the field of study; hood lin- colors of the institution that conferred the degree. ing represents the colors of the institution that conferred the degree.

earing academic dress at commencement ceremo- For example, those who have received advanced degrees from nies dates from the early history of the oldest uni- Texas Tech University wear hoods lined with red and black. versities created during the twelfth and thirteenth The Oxford—the so-called mortarboard—is black and has a Wcenturies. Because educated people were almost always of long tassel fastened to the center. The tassel is usually worn the clergy, the black gown is an adaptation of the “cope,” a with the pendant over the left front of the cap. Different long mantle or cloak of silk or other cloth worn by church colored tassels are often worn on the bachelor’s and master’s dignitaries in processions and on other occasions. The long caps to indicate the type of degree. The tassel on the cap of gown and cowl (similar to the academic hood of today) were the doctoral candidate, except for professional degrees, is worn by priests and monks for warmth in the cold medieval either gold or black. The doctoral degree holders may also buildings. wear the velvet tam with a gold tassel. In the early centuries, a great diversity of color and style of Candidates for the undergraduate degree will wear the tas- cap, gown,and hood appeared in different universities of sel on the right side of the cap at commencement. After the Europe. The European custom of wearing academic dress was degrees have been conferred, baccalaureate degree later introduced at American colleges. Not until after 1895 recipients will turn the tassel to the left side of the cap, thus was a uniform academic code of dress adopted by most U.S. showing that they are now graduates. Those graduates who colleges and universities. Today, the black robe, hood, and have the official Texas Tech Alumni Association class ring are cap are worn at most institutions of higher learning. Some invited to turn their rings at this time. institutions have authorized doctoral gowns in colors other than the customary black. Candidates wearing red cords have earned the Latin designations of cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude The gowns used in American academic ceremonies vary ac- based on a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average. cording to the highest degree awarded to the wearer. Usually Candidates wearing kite-shaped medallions are Honors Col- the bachelor’s robe has long pointed sleeves and the master’s lege graduates earning a minimum of 24 hours of Honors has oblong sleeves, square at the end with a slit at the elbow. coursework. Medallions with red ribbons indicate a notation The doctoral gown is a more elaborate robe faced down the of “With Honors” (non-thesis) and gold ribbons indicating a front with velvet and across the bell-shaped sleeves with notation of “With Highest Honors” (thesis). three bars of velvet. The velvet facing and bars may be of the color distinctive to the field of study. Phi Beta Kappa students may wear their membership key as well as the society’s dark blue honor stole and/or pink and The doctoral hood has side panels and is slightly longer than blue honor cords. Members of Phi Kappa Phi, Mortar Board, the one worn for the master’s degree. The color used in the and other honor societies may likewise display their societ- velvet border of the hood indicates the field of study. The ies’ medallions and honor cords. Texas Tech University has velvet border is widest on the doctor’s hood, and the colors of five university-wide honoraries: Golden Key, Mortar Board, the lining indicate the college or university that conferred the Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi. degree.

30 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLORS REPRESENTING FIELDS OF STUDY The following is a list of colors established by the Intercollegiate Code representing departments of learning and fields of study:

HONOR CORDS / MEDALLION The following is a list of honor cords/medallions issued by colleges.

Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources | Green Architecture | White and Gold Arts and Sciences | Royal Blue Business Administration | Royal Blue and Gold UNDERGRADUATE ROBE: A red stole displaying the Double T and Education | Jade Green and Violet seal of Texas Tech University distinguishes students receiving baccalaureate Engineering | Orange degrees. Degree candidates wearing red cords will graduate with honors Honors | Honors Medallion designations based on a minimum 3.5 GPA. Human Sciences | Maroon Media and Communication | Crimson University Programs | Red Visual and Performing Arts | Brown Wind Energy | Blue and Green

TEXAS TECH COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

GRADUATE PHOTOGRAPHS COMMENCEMENT DVD

A professional photographer will be taking photos of graduates The Texas Tech Alumni Association encourages graduates to as they receive their diplomas. You may view and order photos order a Texas Tech Commencement DVD to commemorate their online at www.candidcolorphotography.com. Click on “view achievement. The $45 purchase also will include a one-year Tex- proofs” and then “graduations.” Images will be posted within as Tech Alumni Association gift membership. This membership 48 hours of the ceremony. Photographers also will be available will help graduates stay connected to Texas Tech. To reserve after the ceremony for photos of friends and family with the a copy of today’s ceremony, complete and mail an order form graduates. Photographers will be located outside the arena located at one of the tables in each corner of the concourse. Do near the north parking lot. There is no charge or obligation for not leave the forms on the tables. Please mail them to the ad- having these photos taken. dress on the form. To learn more about the Alumni Association, visit www.TexasTechAlumni.org or call 806.742.3641.

AUGUST 2016 31 TEXAS TECH TRADITIONS

Who’s Sitting on a Horse? (And Why Is He Red?)

Will Rogers was one of the most famous entertainers in Ameri- ca in the 1920s and ’30s, and his longtime friend, Amon Carter, was Texas Tech’s first chairman of the Board of Directors. Rog- ers donated $200 for the Texas Tech band to play at the football game against TCU in 1926 because he wanted people “to hear a real band.” Then the cowboy humorist donated $1,500 to buy band uniforms for the trip to Fort Worth. A few years after Rogers perished in a plane crash, Carter presented the statue of Rogers and his horse, Soapsuds, to Texas Tech. Sculpted by 18- year old Electra Waggoner Biggs, the statue is one of four in the nation. Before every home game, the Saddle Tramps wrap “Old Will” with red crepe paper. The statue also has been wrapped in black to mourn national tragedies. Raider Red or the Masked Rider? Not every university wants a horse in its stadium, so Texas Tech had to find an alternate mascot prior to the 1971 football season. That was the year the school’s athletic conference passed a rule that prevented taking live animals to non-home games. That also was the year Raider Red was born from the imagination of cartoonist Dirk West. Raider Red changes from boots to soft-soled shoes for basketball games, and his student persona is kept a secret as he mingles with the crowds.

The Texas Tech Class Ring

As a constant reminder of their academic achievements and the traditions of Texas Tech University, students proudly wear the official Texas Tech class ring. This bronze sculpture of the official class ring sits next to the Merket Alumni Center. Traditionally the rings are worn with the university name facing inward when the students’ hands are extended. After the degree is granted on graduation day, the ring can be turned around so that the name faces outward, a symbol that the new alumnus has a Texas Tech diploma and is ready to face the world. (www.TexasTechRing.org)

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denoted by denoted by The first athletic teams of the university were known as the Matadors, a name that reflected the Spanish architectural influence on campus. The change from Matadors to Red Raiders occurred after a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal writer commented on the red uniforms and strong season of the 1932 football team, saying “the Red Raid- ers from Texas Tech” were the terror of the Southwest Conference. The name caught on and by 1936 the team was renamed the Red Raiders. No changes were ever made to the school song, which was penned in 1930. Page from 1936 Student Handbook courtesy of the Southwest Collection.