GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT Friday, May 5, 2017 ST. CHARLES FAMILY ARENA
2017 Graduate Commencement 1 2 2017 Graduate Commencement LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
Welcome to Lindenwood University and to one of academic procession by the university marshal conferred, the flag bearers lead the recessional in the most important ceremonial occasions of the symbolizes the authority of the president. A staff of reverse order of entry with the newest alumni at the academic year. Lindenwood’s Commencement linden wood, surmounted by a silver cup, is used. end of the procession. ceremony is filled with symbolism and tradition The mace originally belonged to President John that remind us of the noble purpose of colleges Roemer, who served Lindenwood from 1914 to 1940. We hope that you enjoy our Commencement and universities. The academic dress worn by the It is used only on occasions when the faculty and ceremony and that you will respect our protocol students, faculty, boards, and platform party is president march in formal procession. The mace, for the enjoyment of all concerned. Please remain described later in this program. Students wearing flanked by the United States flag and the Lindenwood in your seats during the ceremony. During the blue gowns and black and white medallions are University flag, is proudly displayed at the foot of the conferring of degrees, please refrain from prolonged members of Linden Scroll, an honorary society platform. cheering until all of the graduates have been comprised of students who excel academically and presented. Please stand for the processional, have a dedication to serving the university and the At university graduations, three types of Latin honors invocation, national anthem, and recessional. community. Students wearing blue gowns and gold are typically bestowed. In order of increasing level medallions are members of Lindenwood Student of honor, they are as follows: Cum Laude, “with Ambassadors, a select group of students dedicated praise”; Magna Cum Laude, “with great praise”; and to the positive promotion of Lindenwood University. Summa Cum Laude, “with highest praise.” Three Their duty as marshals is to direct the processional additional forms of recognition offered at Lindenwood and seating of students, faculty, board members, and are University Honors, recognition of students who administrators. graduate with a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.3 and complete at least 24 credits with Academic customs originated within the medieval an Honors distinction; Community Service Honors, Church, and the order of procession follows recognition of students who complete 500 hours of ecclesiastical custom with the most honored qualified community service; and Veteran Honors. members of the procession at the end. The Linden Scroll flag bearers and the graduating students lead During Lindenwood’s Commencement ceremony, the procession. The faculty follows the students the candidates for degrees are presented to the in the processional, and members of the Alumni president by the provost, then each student’s name Board, the University Board of Directors, and the is read, and the president presents the diploma to platform party follow them. The president, preceded that student and congratulates the new graduate. The by the university marshal, is the last person to enter students are also congratulated by the deans of their the Commencement area. The mace carried in the academic schools. Once all the degrees have been
2017 Graduate Commencement 3 LINDENWOOD HISTORY
Lindenwood was founded in 1827 by Mary Easton While Lindenwood is fully independent today, the The university has experienced dynamic growth over Sibley (1800-1878) and George C. Sibley (1782- University enjoys a historical relationship with the the past two decades. Not only did Lindenwood 1863), making it the second oldest institution of Presbyterian Church and remains true to its founding College evolve into a university, but it also higher learning west of the Mississippi River, and values. The first commencement ceremony was held experienced dramatic enrollment growth. Today the the institution was incorporated by the Missouri in 1858, and Lindenwood became coeducational St. Charles campus is more than 500 acres. In Legislature in 1853. The Sibleys deeded the in 1969. Evening programs were established in 2003, Lindenwood established its Belleville location, Lindenwood property to the St. Louis Presbytery on 1972, and graduate studies were instituted in 1975. which became a thriving full-service residential February 24, 1853, the start of a formal affiliation Lindenwood became a university in 1997, a regional campus in 2009. with the Presbyterian Church that lasted over a university in 2003, and a doctoral institution in 2007. century.
LINDENWOOD MISSION STATEMENT
Lindenwood University offers values-centered programs leading to the development of the whole person – an educated, responsible citizen of a global community.
Lindenwood is committed to • providing an integrative liberal arts curriculum; • offering professional and pre-professional degree programs focusing on the talents, interests, and future of the student; • supporting academic freedom and the unrestricted search for truth; • affording cultural enrichment to the surrounding community; • promoting ethical lifestyles; • developing adaptive thinking and problem-solving skills; • furthering lifelong learning.
Lindenwood is an independent, public-serving liberal arts university that has a historical relationship with the Presbyterian Church and is firmly rooted in Judeo- Christian values. These values include belief in an ordered, purposeful universe, the dignity of work, the worth and integrity of the individual, the obligations and privileges of citizenship, and the primacy of the truth.
4 2017 Graduate Commencement PARTICIPANTS
MICHAEL D. SHONROCK Lindenwood University System President JIM J. SHOEMAKE Lindenwood University Chairman, Board of Directors NICHOLE TORBITZKY Assistant Professor, Religion MARILYN S. ABBOTT Lindenwood University RECOGNITION Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs The Class of 2017 MIRA EZVAN Lindenwood University Marshal Family and Friends Professor of Management and Management Information Systems STEPHANIE AFFUL Chair, Faculty Council We express our thanks to the members of the Linden Scroll and Lindenwood Student Ambassadors for serving as today’s ushers and marshals. RITA KOTTMEYER Professor, Mathematics Emerita Candidate
2017 Graduate Commencement 5 PROGRAM
*PROCESSIONAL “Pomp & Circumstance” composed by Sir Edward Elgar University Marshal | Mira Ezvan, Professor of Management and Management Information Systems
GREETINGS AND Marilyn S. Abbott, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs INTRODUCTIONS *INVOCATION Nichole Torbitzky, Assistant Professor, Religion *STAR SPANGLED BANNER Voices Only, Lindenwood’s Premier A Cappella Ensemble, Pre-recorded WELCOME Michael D. Shonrock, Lindenwood University System President GREETINGS FROM THE Jim J. Shoemake, Chairman, Lindenwood University Board of Directors BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESENTATION OF Stephanie Afful, Chair, Faculty Council EMERITA CANDIDATE PRESENTATION OF Provost Abbott DEGREE CANDIDATES
*Audience please stand
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CONFERRING OF DEGREES President Shonrock Dean Cynthia J. Bice | School of Education Associate Dean Michael Wall | School of Arts, Media, and Communications Dean Cynthia A. Schroeder | School of Health Sciences Dean Michael J. Whaley | School of Humanities Dean Roger Ellis | Robert W. Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship Dean Gina Ganahl | School of Accelerated Degree Programs
CLOSING President Shonrock
VOCAL SELECTION “Oh Lindenwood” Voices Only, Pre-recorded
*RECESSIONAL “Procession of the Nobles” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
*Audience please stand
2017 Graduate Commencement 7 LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
ALLISON LEIGH BEARDEN MARGARET A. MATHUS JOELLYN MARIE TRAVIS NATALIE ROSE FERRARA St. Charles, MO Wildwood, MO Springfield, MO St. Louis, MO EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION EDS-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS MA & BA-Lindenwood University MA-Lindenwood University MS & BS-Missouri Southern University MA-University of Missouri Columbia BS-Southeast Missouri State University DANA LEIGH BURNS LARA JEAN WILBUR ANGELA KAY FLICK St. Charles, MO SHERRY ANN SMITH MCMASTERS Vacaville, CA Centerview, MO EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP Bay, AR EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION EDS-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION EDS & MA-Lindenwood University EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MA-Lindenwood University MA & BA-University of Central Missouri BS-Illinois State University EDS, MS, & BS-Arkansas State University BS-College of the Ozarks STACEY MICHELLE FRANKLIN MELISSA MARIE COOK SARAH A. PADBERG ROGER ALLEN WOODS St. Louis, MO SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Taneyville, MO St. Peters, MO Gatewood, MO EDS-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MA-Lindenwood University EDS & MA-Lindenwood University MA-Lindenwood University EDS-Arkansas State University BA-Southern Illinois University Edwardsville BA-College of the Ozarks BS-University of Missouri-Columbia MS-Southwest Baptist University BS-Missouri State University LESLIE DIANE FURDEK AEDRYAN NATHANAEL COX RYAN JAMES PERSINGER St. Louis, MO Columbia, MO Cedarcreek, MO MEGAN ELIZABETH ZACHEIS EDS-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION O’Fallon, MO MAT-Missouri Baptist University MA & BS-Lindenwood University MA-William Woods University EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP BS-Rockhurst University BS-Southwest Missouri State University MSA-Lindenwood University JAMES KENT DRURY BS-Southeast Missouri State University LISA DANETTE GRAY Florissant, MO STEWART F. PRATT St. Louis, MO EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP Van Buren, MO LATOYA JENNIFER BLAIR EDS-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MA-Covenant College EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION Kansas City, MO BA-Christian Life College EDS & MS-Missouri State University EDS-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP MARIAMA TENE HARGROVE BS-Southwest Baptist University MA-Lindenwood University O’Fallon, IL COLETTE HIGGINS EDSON MA-University of Missouri-Columbia EDS-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP St. Louis, MO ROSALIND SENA PRIDE MA-University of Missouri-St. Louis EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION Lebanon, MO MARGUARITE LILLIE BONNER-SHAHID MS-Canisius College EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP St. Louis, MO CHRISTINA SCRIVNER HUSE MA & BA-Fordham University MBA & MA-Webster University EDS-EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP Foristell, MO BS-Columbia College MA-Lindenwood University EDS-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS CHERYL LYNN BOZE HALL BS-Harris-Stowe State University MA & BA-Lindenwood University Springfield, MO JACK LOWELL RANDOLPH EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION Lake Dallas, TX DAVID LEE CRAIG STEPHANIE JUENGLING MA, MAE, & BS-Missouri State University EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION St. Louis, MO Marthasville, MO EDS, MS, & BS-Southwest Baptist University EDS-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION EDS-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION CONNIE JO LINDEMANN-LITZSINGER MAT-Fontbonne University MA & BS-Truman University Wentzville, MO STACI JANELLE RAY BA-San Francisco State University EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION Berryville, AR KATHLEEN MARIE KRAS MA-Lindenwood University EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP EMILY ALICIA DITTMER Oak Park, IL BSED-University of Missouri-Columbia MA-Lindenwood University St. Louis, MO EDS-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BS-College of the Ozarks EDS-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MA-Lindenwood University MELISSA ANN LUCAS MA-Lindenwood University BA-Northeastern Illinois University Springfield, MO AMY MICHELLE ROSS BA-Concordia University EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION West Plains, MO SHIQUITA LYNNE LANE MS-William Woods University EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION JESSICA MARIE ECKER St. Louis, MO BS-Columbia College EDS, MS, & BS-Missouri State University Festus, MO EDS-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS EDS-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION MA & BS-Lindenwood University BOB ELLSWORTH LYNCH LINDSAY NICOLE SUTHERLIN MA & BA-Lindenwood University Springfield, MO O’Fallon, MO KRISTIN MELISSA LESINSKI EDD-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP EDD-EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION Chesterfield, MO MA & BA-Missouri State University EDS & MA-Lindenwood University EDS-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION BS-Missouri State University MA & BA-Lindenwood University 8 2017 Graduate Commencement AMANDA MICHELLE O’MARA AMBER LYNN BILL CHELSEA ELIZABETH CASON MICHAEL DEE DUTT Leeds, AL Dardenne Praire, MO Cuba, MO St. Louis, MO EDS-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS MA-COUNSELING MA-EDUCATION MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MS-Albany State University BA-Lindenwood University BS-Missouri State University MEd-University of Missouri-St. Louis BS-Troy University BS-Southwest Missouri State University SARA LYNN BLAND JOHN ANTHONY CLARK JESSICA ROSE SCHEVE Godfrey, IL Washington, MO TAMARA LEE EAVES St. Charles, MO MA-EDUCATION MA-EDUCATION Branson, MO EDS-INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP BA-Lindenwood University MA-Lindenwood University MA-COUNSELING MA & BA-Lindenwood University BS-Central Missouri State University BA-Missouri State University ASHLEY NICOLE BLANTON ASHLEY MARIE STREID Wentzville, MO ANGEL DAWN MARIE CLAUNCH VIRGINIA LOUISE ELDRIDGE Granite City, IL MA-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS St. Peters, MO St. Louis, MO EDS-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS BS-Fontbonne University MA-COUNSELING MA-COUNSELING BA-Lindenwood University BS-Central Methodist University SHELBY LYNN ARNOLD JULIE ANN BOBER AS-St. Louis Community College
Florissant, MO St. Louis, MO JILLIAN T. COLVIN SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MA-COUNSELING MA-EDUCATION Richmond, MA KAREN DENISE FINNEGAN BS-Truman State University BA-Maryville University MA-COUNSELING O’Fallon, MO BA-Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts MA-EDUCATION DAVID THOMAS ASHBY GINA BRAHM AA-Berkshire Community College BA-Marryville College Blue Springs, MO St. Louis, MO MA-EDUCATION MA-EDUCATION BRIDGET M. COOK MATTHEW BRADLEY FOX BA-Missouri State University BA-Missouri State University Overland, MO Ozark, MO MA-COUNSELING MA-EDUCATION MICHELLE LYNN AUBUCHON CHRISTINE MARIE BRAWLEY BA-University of Maryland BA-Harding University O’Fallon, MO Florissant, MO MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MA-EDUCATION JAMIE DEE COOK DAVID VICTOR GEHRKE BS- Lindenwood University Rush Springs, OK St. Peters, MO LAUREN ASHLEY BROWN MA-EDUCATION MA-TEACHING MARIE LORRAINE AVERY St. Louis, MO BS-University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma BA-Truman State University St. Louis, MO MA-TEACHING MA-COUNSELING BA-University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff JERNAE ALESHA CRAIG CARA ANN GERBERDING BS-Harris Stowe State University St. Louis, MO Columbia, IL KELLY MARIE BUCKLEY MA-EDUCATION MA-EDUCATION MICHAEL D. BARCLAY St. Louis, MO BS-Missouri Baptist University O’Fallon, MO MA-COUNSELING MICHELLE ANNE CROCKER MA-COUNSELING BS-Missouri State University St. Louis, MO ADAM DANIEL GROERICH BS-Sanford-Brown AA-Jefferson College MA-COUNSELING Affton, MO BA-Columbia College MA-TEACHING ERIC JAMES BARNHART ISRAEL FABIAN BYRD BA-Webster University Bridgeton, MO St. Louis, MO LISA CATHERINE DAVENPORT AA-St. Louis Community College MA-COUNSELING MA-EDUCATION St. Charles, MO MA-Lindenwood University BA-Utah State University MA-COUNSELING CARA ANN GROVES BS-Truman State University AA-Allan Hancock College BA-Lindenwood University Ozark, MO MA-EDUCATION CHRISTOPHER E. BEAUCHAMP AMANDA ELIZABETH CALLAHAN HELEN ELAINE DAVIS BS-Missouri State University Camdenton, MO St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MA-COUNSELING MA-COUNSELING ROBIN DEE HAMMONS BS-University of Central Missouri BS-University of Central Missouri BS-Central Methodist University Ozark, MO MA-EDUCATION DORIS B. BELTON-POWE JAMIE L. CARGAL MATTHEW SISLER DROCHELMAN BS-Evangel University St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Kirkwood, MO MA-COUNSELING MA-EDUCATION MA-TEACHING ALEXA JADE HANNA BA-Harris-Stowe State University BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis BA-University of Missouri St. Louis, MO MA-COUNSELING MIRANDA LEE BESSELMAN LARISSA ANN CARRIER DIANNE E. DUSSOLD BS-University of Missouri-Columbia O’Fallon, MO Neosho, MO St. Louis, MO MA-EDUCATION MA-COUNSELING MA-EDUCATION BA-Lindenwood University BS-Missouri Southern State University BA-University of Missouri-St. Louis 2017 Graduate Commencement 9 10 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 2017 GraduateCommencement REBBECCA ELVIRAREBBECCA HENDERSON BS-TexasUniversity A&M MA-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS MO Hill, Cedar HOLLIS SMAGULA ROBBIE University-Edwardsville Illinois BS-Southern MA-EDUCATION IL Waterloo, HOFFMANN MARIE CHRISTINE Louis Missouri-St. of BS-University MA-EDUCATION MO O’Fallon, HENTHORN JEAN SANDRA Brown AS-Sanford Phoenix of BS-University MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. Louis Missouri-St. of BS-University MA-COUNSELING MO Charles, St. MELYNDAHEIENICKLE MICHELE BA-TrumanUniversity State MA-TEACHING MO O’Fallon, HEERING MATTHEWCHARLES Bluff Pine at Arkansas of BS-University MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. HAYESM. KEISHAUNA University BA-McKendree MA-COUNSELING IL Centralia, HAYESMAXINE JULIANA University-Edwardsville Illinois BA-Southern & BS MA-EDUCATION MO Charles, St. HAWKES,III GEORGE University State Southern BS-Missouri MA-EDUCATION MO Bradleyville, HAUCK MARIE SARAH University BA-Drury MA-COUNSELING MO Rogersville, HARRIS DENISE KASHINA
JACQUELINE ROSE HOTOP ROSE JACQUELINE University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. JENKINS QUINTEN JAMES University Xavier’s MA-St. MA-COUNSELING IL Peoria, JACKSON TONYAFELICIA University State BS-Missouri MA-EDUCATION MO Ozark, JACKSON STACYANN Illinois Carbondale University Illinois BS-Southern MA-EDUCATION IL Heights, Fairview JACKSON BERNARD LEONARD University State BS-Alabama MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. JUANITAJACKSON ERNEICE University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. JACKSON MARIE ANDREA University State BS-Missouri MA-EDUCATION MO Strafford, HYLTONSUZANNE NICOLE University State BS-Missouri MA-EDUCATION MO Ozark, HUFF RAE CARLA University State BS-Harris-Stowe MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. LATRISEHUDSON MELLANI University State Missouri BS-Southeast MA-EDUCATION MO Charles, St. HOWARDVICTORIA BRITTANY TEIRA University State BS-Jackson MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IL O’Fallon, HOUSTON TIFFANYDEBORAH University BA-Lindenwood MA-EDUCATION MO Perryville, CALEB MICAH JOOST MICAH CALEB BA-Lindenwood University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Soto, De KELLYLORINE AMY College Ridge BS-Crowley’s MA-TEACHING MO Imperial, BA-Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Illinois BA-Southern University MA-Maryville MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IL Waterloo, MATZENBACHERANN LORI University BA-Maryville MA-EDUCATION MO O’Fallon, KATHLEENMANN MEGAN University BA-Lindenwood MA-EDUCATION MO Fenton, LYNCHKATHRINEIRENE University Mercy BA-Mount MA-EDUCATION Granger,IA LUCAS R. JENNA University Louis BS-St. MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. LUBINSKI KASHIF AISHA University Baptist BS-Southwest MA-EDUCATION MO Ozark, LONDEEN BETH KRISTIN Louis Missouri-St. of BS-University & BA MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. LYNNMONICA LICKLIDER University Illinois BS-Eastern MA-EDUCATION IL Jacksonville, LEVEQUE BRITTANYJOANN University BS-Bradley MA-COUNSELING MO Charles, St. LARSON MICHAEL JACOB Missouri-Columbia of BA-University MA-COUNSELING MO O’Fallon, LANE ANTHONY NICHOLAS
BS-University of Central Missouri Central of BS-University MA-EDUCATION MO Charles, St. MYERS LEIGH MEGAN University BA-Lindenwood MA-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS MO Louis, St. HEATHERMUNZERT Missouri-Columbia of BS-University MA-EDUCATION MO Charles, St. MORLEY ELIZABETH SHANNON University-Edwardsville Illinois BA-Southern MA-COUNSELING IL McLeansboro, MORLAN BLAIRE MICHAELA University BS-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. MOODY-MAHONEVALARIENICOLE University State BS-Missouri MA-EDUCATION MO Ozark, MONTGOMERY THOMAS ZACHARY University BA-Lindenwood MA-EDUCATION MO Curryville, MILLER TODD ETHAN University State BS-Missouri MA-EDUCATION MO Springfield, MEYER NELSON THOMAS University BA-Maryville MA-COUNSELING MO Ballwin, EMILYMERTENS JANE BFA-StephensCollege MA-COUNSELING MO Wentzville, EMILYMENNEMEIER LEONA Ozarks the of BS-College MA-EDUCATION MO Ozark, LYNNVICKI MELL TechnicalAA-Ozark College Community University BS-Drury MA-EDUCATION MI Lake, Spring RYANJONATHANMCCLAIN BA-Drury University BA-Drury MA-COUNSELING MO Republic, NATALEIGHPOUNDS BLAIR University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. ZANETTALYNN PETERSON University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Chesterfield, PAYTONNICOLE MICHELLE Management of School Graduate MBA-Keller MA-TEACHING MO Louis, St. PAYNEKEITH ROBERT BS-Culver-StocktonCollege MA-EDUCATION IL Cameron, PAYNEMICHELLE NEILEIGH BS-Culver-StocktonCollege MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. PAYNEKYLE JASON University State BS-Harris-Stowe MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. PATTONANDREA MICHELLE University BA-Lindenwood & MA MA-COUNSELING NY Brooklyn, PARKERCHARISSE CASSAUNDRA Edwardsville University- Illinois BA-Southern MA-COUNSELING IL Swansea, PAHNKEMICHELLE RENEE MA-EDUCATION MO Ozark, OWENS ZACK University BA-McKendree MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. ORTIZ KANDACE University BS-Lindenwood MA-TEACHING Troy,MO OECHSNER JACOB BRIAN MELANIE NICOLE PRUDHOMME NICOLE MELANIE EDWARD JOSEPH RODGERS EDWARDJOSEPH University BA-Lindenwood MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. ROBINSON STACEYDENISE University State Missouri BA-Southeast MA-EDUCATION MO Jackson, ROBERTSBRITTANY LAUREN University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO O’Fallon, RIZZO LOGAN University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Hill, Cedar DAWNREINERI NICOLE University State BS-Missouri MA-COUNSELING Clever,MO DAWNQUINTANILLAELESHIA Missouri-Columbia of BS-University MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO Louis, St. CATHERINEPRYORRACHEL Dubuque of BS-University MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Lakemoor,IL University-Edwardsville Illinois BS-Southern MA-COUNSELING River,Wood IL SANDERS MICHELLE LEAH MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO O’Fallon, KATHLEENSALMO University BA-Lindenwood MA-BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS IL Grove, Downers RYNDAK MAREE KENDALL University BS-Fontbonne MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. ROESCH JANE SARAH Missouri Central of BA-University MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO Peters, St. HEATHER MARIE SCHILLER HEATHERMARIE BA-Lindenwood University BA-Lindenwood MA-EDUCATION Quincy,IL SCHMITT NICOLE STEPHANIE University MS-Lamar MA-COUNSELING MO Heights, Maryland BA-Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Illinois BA-Southern University MS-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. SPRAGGINS LEE ERICA BFA-LindenwoodUniversity & MA MA-EDUCATION MO Charles, St. SPELLMEYER JO BECKY University Governors BA-Western MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO Florissant, RONDILYNNSMITH LOREN MA-COUNSELING AR Hill, Lead SLAYJOY KELSEY Louis Missouri-St. of BA-University MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. SIGMUND RICHARD BRIAN University State BS-Arkansas MA-COUNSELING AR Harrison, EVALENASHEARER MELANIE University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Paul, St. SCHULTEANDREW CLINTON University BA-Lindenwood MA-COUNSELING MO Wentzville, SCHULTENICHOLE CARLIE University BS-Lindenwood MA-EDUCATION City,Wright MO LYNNEREBECCA SCHRIENER Ozarks the of BS-College MA-COUNSELING Troy,MO SCHNEIDER L. JANAE
BA-Maryville University BA-Maryville University State MLIS-Wayne MA-EDUCATION MO Chesterfield, TERRANOVAS. TERI MA-EDUCATION MO Herman, BRYANTEMME GEORGE University-Edwardsville Illinois BS-Southern MA-EDUCATION IL Belleville, TEAGUE THOMAS CHRISTOPHER MA-TEACHING MO Winfield, TANNEHILLJOANNE CASSIE College Valley BA-Missouri MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO Marshall, SWIFT CHRISTIAN CONNER University-Edwardsville Illinois BA-Southern MA-COUNSELING MO O’Fallon, BS-UCM MA-EDUCATION MO Charles, St. SWANSONKAILA University God of Assemblies BS-Southwestern MA-EDUCATION MO Ozark, SURFACEL. MELANIE Louis Missouri-St. of BS-University MA-COUNSELING MO Charles, St. KAROLYNSULLIVANNICOLE Central of BS-University MA-COUNSELING MO Fenton, STOCHL NICOLE RACHAEL Louis Missouri-St. of BA-University MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. STANGEMARIE RICHELLE University BS-Maryville MA-TEACHING MO Peters, St. KATHLEENSTABACKKELLIE ANN VICTORIA SWAPNAMODAK VICTORIA ANN
2017 GraduateCommencement 11 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION 12 SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MAIKE TWEESMANN MAIKE BS-University of Phoenix-St. Louis Phoenix-St. of BS-University MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. WASHINGTONJEANEEN KAREN College Ridge AA-Crowley’s University BA-Evangel MA-EDUCATION MO Nixa, WARNICKLA-RAE SHALANA MA-TEACHING MO Charles, St. WALTERSNICOLE ASHLEY University BS-Kaplan VETERAN HONORS MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. VICK JAMES NORMAN Louis Missouri-St. of Ed-University BM MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO O’Fallon, VAHLECHRISTINE JULIE University BA-Lindenwood MA-EDUCATION MO O’Fallon, KIMBERLYVAHEY MA-COUNSELING Germany Paderborn, University BA-Lindenwood MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO Charles, St. TUCK MARIE STEPHANIE University BA-Lindenwood MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION MO O’Fallon, TRUJILLO RAE LOREN University State BS-Missouri MA-EDUCATION IN Kokomo, TROY HACKETT CHARLENE University State Missouri BS-Southeast VETERAN HONORS MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. ALYSEJERI TOMLIN 2017 GraduateCommencement
JERMAINE A. WATSON,A. JERMAINE SR. College Christian Louis BA-St. MA-COUNSELING MO Louis, St. YOUNG NICHELLE ROSALIND University BA-Lindenwood MA-TEACHING MO O’Fallon, WOODY MARIA ALEJANDRA MA-TEACHING MO Louis, St. F.ARLENE WOODS MA-SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION IL Louis, St. East WILSON L. DARREN College Lake AA-Rend University State BA-Harris-Stowe MA-EDUCATION MO Louis, St. WILLIAMS JINNETTE RIBBON Louis Missouri-St. of BS-University MA-EDUCATION MO Charles, St. LYNNEJENNIFER WILEY University State Southern BS-Missouri MA-COUNSELING City,Webb MO CATHERINEWHITEHEAD NICOLE Louis Missouri-St. of BA-University MA-COUNSELING MO Peters, St. STACIEWHITE MA-TEACHING MO Charles, St. WEBB MARIE University State BA-Kentucky MA-COUNSELING Berkeley,MO
ASHLEY ATOR Lake St. Louis, MO MA-COMMUNICATIONS BA-University of Missouri
JASON JAMES FLANNERY Wayland, MI MFA-THEATRE BS-Grand Valley State University AA-Kellogg Community College
RACHEL ELIZABETH HATFIELD Union, MO MFA-CINEMA & MEDIA ARTS BA-Webster University
ANDREW MORRIS Kirkwood, MO MA-COMMUNICATIONS
JAVON VERNEST QUINN St. Louis, MO MA-COMMUNICATIONS BS-University of Central Missouri SCHOOL OF ARTS, MEDIA, AND COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA, ARTS, OF SCHOOL
2017 Graduate Commencement 13 RICHARD ALEY KATHY MERTZ O’BRIEN Spokane, WA Weldon Springs, MO MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-NURSING BA & BS-Whitworth University BSN-University of Missouri-St. Louis
ROBERT MICHAEL CAMPBELL WILL O’BRYAN Braintree, MA Indianapolis, IN MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BA-Bridgewater State University BS-Indiana University
JENALEE ELLEN COLOGNA TIMOTHY OSTERHOUDT Springfield, MO Stafford, VA MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BS-Central Methodist University BS-University of Alabama
PAULA BORGES COSTA MITCHELL AARON PALMER Brasilia, Brasi Evansville, IN MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BA & BS-Lindenwood University BS-University of Souther Indiana
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES HEALTH OF SCHOOL MEGAN LYNN COTTET SHELIA RENA PURDY O’Fallon, MO St. Charles, MO MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-NURSING BS-Lindenwood University BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis
BRADLEY T. GIESKE CHARLES R. SMITH O’Fallon, MO Summerville, SC MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BS-Lindenwood University BS-The College of New Jersey
RICHARD TADEO HANDY, JR. RICHARD STECKER Keaau, HI St. Charles, MO MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BA-Concordia University-Portland BS-Lindenwood University
ROSS TADAO HASEGAWA JACOB FARLEY TANNER Honolulu, HI Imperial, MO MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BA-Concordia University-Portland BS-Missouri State University
RON RUDKIN HEATOR RACHEL D. VALENZA Overland Park, KS St. Louis, MO MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BS-Pittsburg State University BS-Missouri State University
PATRICIA LYNN LACY THOMAS EUGENE VAN BUSKIRK Winfield, MO Rose Creek, MN MS-NURSING MS-HUMAN PERFORMANCE BSN-Maryville University BS-Winona State University
14 2017 Graduate Commencement BRENISHA MARQUITTA BANKS St. Louis, MO MPA-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BA-Philander Smith College
JAMES DAMAKER HALLOWANGER St. Louis, MO MPA-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
TAMMY MARIE MENNEMEYER St. Louis, MO MPA-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BSW-University of Missouri-St. Louis
JAZZMINE MARIE NOLAN St. Louis, MO
MPA-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES
JULIAN JERVON SANDERS St. Louis, MO MPA-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BS-Southeast Missouri State University
HAROLD RHODES SLOKE Anderson, SC MPA-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION VETERAN HONORS BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis AA-Mineral Area College
JEANNE MARIE WOJCIESZAK Chester, IL MPA-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BA-University of Illinois
2017 Graduate Commencement 15 ERIN ABBOTT MAUREEN BURNEL COLLEEN MARIE CULLEN WILLIAM JOSEPH HAMMER Whitby, Canada Marseille, France St. Charles, MO Wentzville, MO MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MBA-MANAGEMENT MBA-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MACC-ACCOUNTANCY BS-Lindenwood University BA-Isteli France BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis VETERAN HONORS BS-Columbia College MUSTAPHA ABIODUN ADELEKAN ASHLEY N. BYINGTON SUKHBAT DAGVADORJ Ikire, Nigeria Jennings, MO Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia MIRANDA L. HANRAHAN MS-FINANCE MBA-MANAGEMENT MBA-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT O’Fallon, MO MBA-Ladoke Akintola University BS-Harris-Stowe State University MACC-ACCOUNTANCY BS-The Polytechnic Ibadan DANIELLE NICOLE D’ARCANGELIS BA-Missouri Baptist University ANASTASIA BYSTROV St. Peters, MO MICHAEL AIDELOJE St. Louis, MO MBA-MANAGEMENT ZACHARY CHRISTOPHER HARRIS Lagos, Nigeria MBA-MANAGEMENT BA-Lindenwood University Kingston, Jamaica MBA-ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES & FINANCE BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis MBA-ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES BS-University of Benin BENJAMIN DAMON DEHART SHELBY LYNN CAMPBELL Liberty, MO ALANNA NICOLE HAYNES HAKIM IBN ABDEL ALEEM Marthasville, MO MBA-MANAGEMENT Oakville, Ontario Canada St. Louis, MO MBA-MANAGEMENT BA-Lindenwood University MBA-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MACC-ACCOUNTANCY BS-University of Missouri BS-Lindenwood University VETERAN HONORS BOYAN DANIELOV DONOV BS-Lindenwood University CRISTINA I. CARRERA Sofia, Bulgaria BRETTNIE P. HENSON David Chiriqui, Panama MBA-ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES Bismarck, MO JAVKHLANTUGS ALTANSUKH MBA-MARKETING & MANAGEMENT BA-Lindenwood University MACC-ACCOUNTANCY Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia BA-Lindenwood University BS-Missouri Baptist University MBA-FINANCE KAEL PATRICK ELBERT AA-Mineral Area College BA-National University of Mongolia, School of TOLIS CHAN REN Washington, MO Foreign Service Panama, Panama MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS ANDREW WILLIAM HILL MBA-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BA-Southeat Missouri State University St. Charles, MO NICOLE ANNE ANDERSON MA-SPORT MANAGEMENT Packwood, WA SANDRA CHIMANDA TUVSHINGTUGS ENKHTUR MA-SPORT MANAGEMENT Harare, Zimbabwe Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia SHALONDA RENEE HILL BS-Western Oregon University MACC-ACCOUNTANCY MBA-FINANCE St. Louis, MO BS-Lindenwood University MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION STEPHANIE ANDERT ERMA EVANS BS-Maryville University St. Peters, MO ALESSANDRO COLONNA St. Louis, MO MBA-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Caracas, Venezuela MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION NATALIE KAY NICHOLE HUMBERT MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BS-University of Phoenix Pinellas Park, FL MICHAEL JOSEPH BARONE MA-SPORT MANAGEMENT Melville, NY MAURIZIO COLONNA URDANETA FELICIA GRACE FERRACANE MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS Caracas, Venezuela St. Peters, MO KRZYSZTOF KAROL JANKIEWICZ
PLASTER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS & OF SCHOOL PLASTER BS-University of New Haven MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MBA-MARKETING Skierniewice, Poland MBA-MARKETING BRADLEY ROBERT BECKMANN Chesterfield, MO REZHE CONNELLY PAMELA DENICE GIESE MS-FINANCE St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO DARRYL THOMAS JONES, II BA-Lindenwood University MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS St. Louis, MO BSW-University of Missouri-St. Louis MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION HOLLY GWYN BLACKBURN-RANDALL ASLI HAFTACI BS-St. Louis University Lake St. Louis, MO ELIZABETH ANNE COOKE Sakarya, Turkey MACC-ACCOUNTANCY Chesterfield, MO MBA-FINANCE YASSINE KECHIDA BA-Olivet Nazarene University MBA-MARKETING Paris, France BA-Lindenwood University MATTHEW DEAN HALL MBA-INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BA-Lindenwood University DOMINIQUE MARIE BROWN AA-St. Charles Community College Roann, IN Greenville, IL MBA-MANAGEMENT MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION VETERAN HONORS HARRISON SHOEMAKE KLEMM BA-Greenville College BS-Park University Ballwin, MO AA-Community College of the Air Force MBA-ACCOUNTING
16 2017 Graduate Commencement TRAN HOANG-NGOC LE TOAN NGOC NGUYEN KAYLA BRITTNEY SMITH St. Louis, MO Long An Province, Vietnam Washington, MO MBA-ACCOUNTING MBA-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BS-Harris-Stowe State University MA-University of Languages and International BA-Lindenwood University Studies TYLER SCOTT LEDESMA AKHMYED SOLTAN Bethalto, IL BRADY JOSEPH NOVAK Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS Hannibal, MO MBA-ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES BA-Lindenwood University MBA-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BS-Lindenwood University APRIL VICTORIA THOMAS LAVADA REBECCA LEWIS St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO LAUREN ELIZABETH RABENOLD MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION Buffalo, NY BS-Lindenwood University MBA-MANAGEMENT BRANDON NIKOLAS THOMPSON BFA-Lindenwood University Belleville, IL AARON JAMES LOWREY MBA-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Troy, MO TAYLOR LYNN ROBINSON MBA-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MBA-LEADERSHIP CRISTIAN OVIDIU TUREAN VETERAN HONORS BA-Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO BA-Lindenwood University MBA-INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS KARLA JANINE RODRIGUEZ BSEE-University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania ERIN CHRISTINE LYNCH Panama, Panama St. Louis, MO MBA-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ITHIEL TURRADO VALE MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION Leon, Spain BS-Truman State University CHRISTAL ALISHA ROGERS MS-FINANCE St. Louis, MO RYAN T. MACK MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION CHRISTINE LYNN VANCIL St. Louis, MO BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Peters, MO MA-SPORT MANAGEMENT MBA-MARKETING BA-Lindenwood University ROSALYN ROSCHELLE’ ROSS BA-Truman State University St. Louis, MO JOSHUA LEE MCGAUGHEY MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION CAITLIN MARIE WARD Augusta, MO BS-Lindenwood University Wildwood, MO MA-LEADERSHIP MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BA-Lindenwood University ALEXANDRA L. RUTZ BA-Lindenwood University Wentzville, MO DENNIS MICHAEL MCGRANE MBA-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SARAH ANN WARD O’Fallon, MO BA-Slippery Rock University St. Charles, MO MBA-FINANCE MBA-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BA-Lindenwood University MICHAEL THOMAS SCHEPERS St. Louis, MO MBA-MANAGEMENT AERIEL LYN WHITE ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS & OF SCHOOL PLASTER LINDSEY MALIA MCHUGH Waynesville, MO BS-University of Missouri Parker, CO MA-NONPROFIT ADMINISTRATION MBA-MARKETING BA-Lindenwood University BA-Lindenwood University JENNIFER CHRISTINA SCHNELTING St. Charles, MO MBA-MANAGEMENT ZACHARY WISDOM STEFAN MILANOVIC Arnold, MO BS-Vatterott College Belgrade, Serbia MACC-ACCOUNTANCY MACC-ACCOUNTANCY BA-Lindenwood University ANGELA JEAN SCHRADER Troy, MO ANNA YERESHCHENKO Svetlovodsk, Ukraine MBA-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BRIAN MOYLETT MBA-ACCOUNTING Ballina, Ireland BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis MBA-FINANCE JENNIFER ANELL SHARPE BComm-University of Dublin St. Charles, MO MBA-MANAGEMENT BS-Iowa State University
2017 Graduate Commencement 17 LUMINUS AFRIN WARREN V. BELLONE KENNETH SAMUEL CAVALLO LAUREN ELIZABETH ECK Dhaka, Bangladesh St. Charles, MO Atlanta, GA St. Louis, MO MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MS-Southeast Missouri State University VETERAN HONORS BS-Kennesaw State University BS-University of Missouri-Columbia MS-Dhaka University BS-Lindenwood University LISA RENEE CHILLERS LASHELL ONYEA EIKERENKOETTER GRANT THOMAS ALEF KARI MARIE BERTELS St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Maple Park, IL Winfield, MO MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MA-COMMUNICATIONS MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BBA-Fontbonne University BS-St. Louis University BS-Missouri Baptist University KIMBERLY FRANCES FINOCH DOUGLAS P. CLARK St. Louis, MO TAHNEE ALVES AYALA PEREIRA AILA ALVINA BOYD Milpitas, CA MA-COMMUNICATIONS Porto Alegre, Brazil Ararat, VA MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MA-COMMUNICATIONS MFA-WRITING BS-Lindenwood University BS-Radford University BRIANNE FLAHERTY Wildwood, MO SANDY ALYATIM JON ALLEN CLARK MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION St. Louis, MO JOSEPH ADAM BOYER Wentzville, MO BS-Missouri State University MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS DeSoto, MO MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BS-St. Louis University MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis BS-Lindenwood University THERESA ANN FRANCIS Cahokia, IL MARY ELLEN ANASTAS RUTH BARBARA COFFEY MA-COMMUNICATIONS St. Louis, MO JENNIFER MICHELLE BRANTLEY Hillsboro, MO BA-Lindenwood University MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Festus, MO MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BA-Purdue University MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION BS-Lindenwood University BS-Lindenwood University AA-Jefferson Community College SHARNICE J. FRAZIER-BOYD St. Louis, MO VIRGINIA CHRISTINE ANDERSON MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT St. Louis, MO TRAVIOUS D. BROOKS JERRY LATHAN COLEMAN, JR. BS-Harris-Stowe State University MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION Centerville, IL MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BA-St. Louis University MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BS-Lindenwood University VETERANS HONORS MCKENZIE ANN FREY St. Peters, MO BS-Lindenwood University MARY ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG LORENZIA SHANA COOK MFA-WRITING St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO BA-Lindenwood University SCHOOL OF ACCELERATED DEGREE PROGRAMS DEGREE ACCELERATED OF SCHOOL MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION ALEXANDRIA MICHELLE BROWN MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BS-Lindenwood University St. Louis, MO BA-Lindenwood University MA-COMMUNICATIONS JAN K. GERST Weldon Springs, MO BA & AS-Stevens-The Institute of Business and STEVEN TRAVIS CREWS MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY KATHLEEN L. ARNETT Arts Haverhill, MA Desloge, MO MS-Lindenwood University MFA-WRITING MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION BSBA-University of Missouri-St. Louis KYLE THOMAS BRUNS BS-Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO KRISTEN SUZANNE ATKINSON MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS DAVID GILMORE Grand Terrace, CA ROYCE DAVIS St. Louis, MO BA-Lindenwood University MFA-WRITING St. Charles, MO MFA-WRITING BA-Humboldt State University MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS AA-San Bernardino Valley College TRAONDRIA ASHLEY BRYANT BA-Lindenwood University St. Louis, MO MELISSA LOUISE GINGRICH St. Peters, MO MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CAROLYNN NICHOLE DOWNEY MS-ADMINISTRATION MICHAEL JOSEPH BAUMANN BS-Southeast Missouri State University Stover, MO St. Louis, MO BA-Lindenwood University MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BS & BS-University of Central Missouri JOSEPH PAUL BURKE, JR. BS-University of Missouri-Columbia St. Louis, MO CARLA JANELLE GIRARDIER Lake St. Louis, MO MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT JOSEPH MICHAEL ECK MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS ALEX WILLIAM BAUMGARTNER VETERAN HONORS Florissant, MO Fenton, MO BA-Lindenwood University BA-University of Missouri-St. Louis MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS AA-St. Charles Community College BS-Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville BS-Lindenwood University AAS-St. Louis Community College
18 2017 Graduate Commencement SILVJA GJOKA RACHEL KAY HUGENBERG TAMMY LITTRELL MELANIE LYNN MEDVED St. Louis, MO Lake St. Louis, MO MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS New Wilmington, PA MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BA-Lindenwood University MFA-WRITING BS-University of Tirana BA-University of Missouri-Columbia BA-Fort Hays State University SODA MAMY LO AA-Atlantic Cape Community College KEITH ALLEN GLASPIE, JR. HOLLY ANNE HUTCHENS Dakar, Senegal St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION CRAIG ALLEN MERCER MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MA-COMMUNICATIONS St. Peters, MO BS-Lindenwood University BS-University of Missouri MS-MANAGING INFORMATION SECURITY JESSIE MAE LUDWIG BA-Lindenwood University Mount Jackson, VA DANIEL GOE CIARA ANNE LISA JACKSON MFA-WRITING St. Peters, MO St. Louis, MO BA-Ashford University ERIN LILLITH MOS MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION AA-Lord Fairfax Community College Kansas City, MO VETERAN HONORS BS-University of Missouri-Columbia MFA-WRITING KATINA MONIQUE MAGNUSSEN BS-University of Kansas KYLE ARTHUR GOLTZ BRITTANY ELISE JEFFERY Kansas City, MO St. Peters, MO Florissant, MO MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION KRISTIN LYNETTE MOSLEY MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT St. Louis, MO BJ-University of Missouri-Columbia MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DENISE MILDRED MARQUETTE BA-Lindenwood University NANCY KATHERINE JOHNSON St. Charles, MO JOHN DENNIS GRUBBS Bosworth, MO MA-COMMUNICATIONS MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION MS-ADMINISTRATION BA-Lindenwood University RACHEL MARIE MYERS BS-Truman State University Troy, MO MS-ADMINISTRATION BROOKE MARIE GUTERMUTH VINCENT CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL BS-University of Missouri-Columbia St. Charles, MO HEATHER ANN JONES Detroit, MI MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT St. Louis, MO MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BA-Lindenwood University MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BS-Lindenwood University BEATRICE N. NGANGA BA-Lindenwood University AAS-St. Louis Community College St. Charles, MO DANIELLE MICHELLE HARVEY MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION Kennewick, WA MARLETTA NICOLE JONES CARLA SHUMAKER MARSTALL MFA-WRITING St. Louis, MO Pocomoke, MD KAROZ A. NORMAN BA-Boise State University MS-ADMINISTRATION MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT St. Louis, MO BS-Lindenwood University BS-East Carolina University MS-MANAGING INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAMS DEGREE ACCELERATED OF SCHOOL BS-Lindenwood University SARAH HENDRICKS AAS-St. Louis Community College St. Charles, MO SEAN KEMPFER KATHERINE CHAPA MARTINEZ MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS Freeburg, IL Lewisville, TX BS-Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MFA-WRITING MARY ELIZABETH NORWOOD-BATTS BS-Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville BA-University of North Texas St. Louis, MO NEIL RICHARD HERNDON MA-COMMUNICATIONS Wood River, IL MATTHEW M. KENNON MATTHEW ANTHONY MASTERSON MFA-WRITING St. Louis, MO Cincinnati, OH JESSICA NULL BFA-Columbia College-Hollywood MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MA-COMMUNICATIONS O’Fallon, MO BA-University of Missouri-Columbia BA-Webster University MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS VETERAN HONORS CHARITY LIANA HICKEY BS-United States Military Academy at West Point St. Clair, MO DEVON VASHAD LEE JEFFREY LANCE MAULDIN MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS Wentzville, MO Montgomery, AL BA-Central Methodist University MFA-WRITING MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS LINDSAY NUNNALLY AS-East Central Community College BA-Lindenwood University O’Fallon, MO MS-ADMINISTRATION JOAN D. LEE BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis MARY BETH HILLOW St. Louis, MO DANIEL PATRICK MCBRIDE St. Louis, MO MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT St. Louis, MO MS-ADMINISTRATION VETERAN HONORS MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AMY JO OLDEN BS-Lindenwood University BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis VETERAN HONORS Glen Carbon, IL AA-St. Leo University BS-Columbia College MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS AA-Craven Community College BS-Lindenwood University
2017 Graduate Commencement 19 ROSHONDA L. PAINE PHILLIP ALAN RIEHL CELESTE DANIELLE SMITH ELIZABETH M. WAGNER St. Louis, MO Florissant, MO St. Louis, MO Highland, IL MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MS-MANAGING INFORMATION SECURITY MA-COMMUNICATIONS MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BA-Lindenwood University BS-Lindenwood University BA-University of Missouri-St. Louis CIERRA MALDINE WALLACE DUSTIN MICHAEL PAUL TIMOTHY PATRICK ROBBINS DE’ANDRA MONIQUE STONE St. Louis, MO St. Peters, MO Lake St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MS-MANAGING INFORMATION SECURITY MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION BS-Southeast Missouri State BS-Lindenwood University BS-Lindenwood University KRYSTA DIANNA STRUTHERS RANDAL SCOT WANSING HANNAH CHRISTINE PAULUHN TAYLOR SUSAN ROBINSON Chesterfield, MO St. Peters, MO St. Louis, MO Farmington, MO MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MFA-WRITING MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS BA-Maryville University VETERAN HONORS BFA-Lindenwood University BA-Lindenwood University AA-Mineral Area College DORETHA J. TAYLOR TIFFANY RENEE’ WARE PATRICK ALLEN PAYTON St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Chesterfield, MO BRANDON HUGH ROGERS MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Rolla, MO BS-Excelsior College BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis MS-MANAGING VIRTUALIZATION & CLOUD COMPUTING STACY L. WHALEN TAMARA SHIRAIN THOMAS-WALKER St. Louis, MO BS-Missouri State University MEGAN ELIZABETH PETERS Lima, OH MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION Belleville, IL MA-COMMUNICATIONS BJ-University of Missouri-Columbia MFA-WRITING MARINDA KAYE ROMESSER MS-Lindenwood University RN-Goldfarb College of Nursing BS-Southeast Missouri State University Thurman, IA BS-University of Cincinnati MFA-WRITING BS-Brigham Young University JEAN ELLEN WHATLEY CORNEESHA DANIELLE PITTS BILLY W. THRASHER, JR. St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO MFA-WRITING MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION SCOTT T. RONALD MFA-WRITING BA-University of Mexico BA-Lindenwood University Gillespie, IL BA-Lindenwood University MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION BS-Western Illinois University JUELENE ALISIA WHITNEY CHRISTIAN JOSEPH POWER KEVIN JAMES TIMMER St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO Green Bay, WI MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL OF ACCELERATED DEGREE PROGRAMS DEGREE ACCELERATED OF SCHOOL MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION ARLIVIA S. ROSS MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION VETERAN HONORS St. Louis, MO VETERAN HONORS BS-University of Missouri-St. Louis MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION BS-Lindenwood University RAMONA V. WILLIAMS St. Louis, MO BS-Harris-Stowe State University MA-GERONTOLOGY ALYSSHIA J. QUINN MELISSA KATHLEEN TRACY BA-Columbia College St. Peters, MO NICHOLE ANN SANSONE St. Peters, MO AS-Sanford Brown MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS Bridgeton, MO MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BS-Lindenwood University MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION BA-Lindenwood University RYAN DOUGLAS YARBER ROBIN LYNN URBANEC NIEL St. Peters, MO LINDSEY NOEL RAMIREZ MBA-GENERAL BUSINESS MFA-WRITING McAllen, TX CHARLESIA M. SHAW MS-HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION St. Louis, MO VICKI ELAINE URSIN BA-Lindenwood University MS-HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SHANNON NICOLE YINGST St. Louis, MO Somerdale, NJ BA-Lindenwood University MA-COMMUNICATIONS MFA-WRITING KEVIN JOSEPH RANDAZZO Bismarck, MO KRISTEN RENEE SHOEMAKER RYAN PATRICK VAN WAVE MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION Ocean Springs, MS O’Fallon, MO KEITH YOUNG Bluford, IL BA-Lindenwood University MS-CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION MS-ADMINISTRATION MS-MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BS-Lindenwood University BS-Missouri State University
20 2017 Graduate Commencement STUDENT NAME TITLE OF DISSERTATION ACCOMPANIED BY
ALLISON LEIGH BEARDEN Exploring the Congruency between Mission and Practice in a DR. ROBERT STEFFES Pre-K–12, Midwestern, Christian School
DANA LEIGH BURNS Measuring the Outcome of At-Risk Students on Biology DR. LYNDA LEAVITT Standardized Tests When Using Different Instructional Strategies
MELISSA MARIE COOK An Examination of the Proportion of Special Education DR. TERRY REID Students in Single Parent Homes in Comparison to Regular Education Students in Similar Households
AEDRYAN NATHANAEL COX Identification of Instructional Strategies within Athletic DR. PAUL WRIGHT Training Curricula and the Impact of Best-Practices on First-Attempt Board of Certification Pass Rate
JAMES KENT DRURY Case Study: Exploring the Presence of Trust in One DR. JOHN HENSCHKE Suburban Christian School Climate
COLETTE HIGGINS EDSON A Mixed-Method Investigation on Contributing Factors to the DR. KEVIN WINSLOW Political Efficacy of Eighth Grade Students in a Suburban School District in Missouri
Student Achievement versus Technology in the Catholic DR. KATHY GROVER CHERYL LYNN BOZE HALL Classroom: Correlation or Added Bonus
Investigating the Possible Relationship between DR. STEPHEN SHERBLOM CONNIE JO LINDEMANN-LITZSINGER Participation in High School Athletics and First-Generation College Student Persistence to College Graduation
Bridging the Gap Between Schools and Families Through DR. SHERRY DEVORE MELISSA ANN LUCAS Teacher Home Visits
Higher Education Perspectives: The Role Magic the DR. RHONDA BISHOP BOB ELLSWORTH LYNCH Gathering Plays in Whole-Person, Academic, and Career Development
MARGARET A. MATHUS The Relationship Between Teacher Evaluation Ratings and DR. TERRY STEWART Student Achievement in a Rural, Midwest School District
SHERRY ANN SMITH MCMASTERS High School Administrators’ Perception of Zero Tolerance DR. JULIE WILLIAMS IN COMMENCEMENT 2017 DOCTORAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
SARAH A. PADBERG Effects of Teacher Preparation and Support on Retention DR. TERRY STEWART
RYAN JAMES PERSINGER The Effects of One-to-One Technology on Students in DR. TERRY REID Schools with a High Population of Students from Low- Socioeconomic Households
2017 Graduate Commencement 21 STUDENT NAME TITLE OF DISSERTATION ACCOMPANIED BY
STEWART F. PRATT Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of One-to- DR. SHERRY DEVORE One Technology Device Implementation
ROSALIND SENA PRIDE Call to Action: Quantitative Study of Minorities’ DR. JODI ELDER Performance on the School Administration Assessments required for Certification by the Missouri Leadership Assessments DR. JULIE WILLIAMS JACK LOWELL RANDOLPH A Study of High School Improvement Initiatives and the Impact on School Achievement STACI JANELLE RAY DR. SHERRY DEVORE Departmentalized Classroom Environments Versus Traditional Classroom Environments in Second through Fourth Grades: A Quantitative Analysis DR. JULIE WILLIAMS AMY MICHELLE ROSS An Examination on Poverty: A Case Study of One Rural Missouri School Attempting to Meet the Needs of All Students DR. ROBYN ELDER LINDSAY NICOLE SUTHERLIN A Mixed-Methods Investigation of an Attendance Program in a Missouri School District
DR. KATHY GROVER JOELLYN MARIE TRAVIS Student Choice and Student Engagement DR. SHERRY DEVORE LARA JEAN WILBUR Perceptions of Missouri Public School Early Childhood Teachers and Administrators in Regard to Technology and Current Practices DR. JULIE WILLIAMS ROGER ALLEN WOODS Missouri Legislator and Administrator Perceptions of Federal Government Involvement DR. LYNDA LEAVITT MEGAN ELIZABETH ZACHEIS A Quantitative Exploration of Higher Education, Nontraditional Student Retention Demographics, and Success Predictors at a Midwest Private University 2017 DOCTORAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN COMMENCEMENT IN PARTICIPATING STUDENTS DOCTORAL 2017
22 2017 Graduate Commencement BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS Ronald W. Ohmes Jim J. Shoemake Ronnie D. Osborn Chairman Donald Paule Ben F. Blanton Patricia Penkoske Vice Chairman Harry H. “Chip” Peterson John W. Hammond Treasurer Lucy D. Rauch Herb Roach Grace Harmon Secretary Jane Calvert Rogers
MEMBERS Jerry E. Scheidegger Patricia A. Ahrens William Schoenhard Kevin Bray Gary N. Shaw Jacqueline Brock Michael D. Shonrock Judith Forstmann Brown Donald Tuttle Gaspare Calvaruso LIFE MEMBERS Nancy Calvert Jonathan Ford J. Michael Conoyer Elizabeth Huss David G. Cosby Larry G. Kelley Duane Flowers *Elizabeth Rauch Ron Gorgen Dale Rollings James E. Issler Patrick S. Sullivan Art Johnson Mark Andrew Kern * Deceased Chris Lissner Joseph G. Mathews Doug Mueller
2017 Graduate Commencement 23 ALUMNI BOARD
OFFICERS ALUMNI MEMBERS OF THE Judith Forstmann Brown (’67) UNIVERSITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Nancy Calvert (’61) Cortney Hupper Lenk (’99) Ron Gorgen (’98) First Vice President Patricia Penkoske, MD (’69) Patti York (’92 & ’97) Jane Calvert Rogers (’67) Second Vice President Jan Lewien (’85, ’04 & ’07) Secretary ST. CHARLES ALUMNI CLUB REPRESENTATIVE CLASS OF 2017 Mary Ellen Kantz (’77 and ’91) Mary Gismegian (’81) Mary Ellen Kantz (’77 and ’91) Randy Karraker (’84) Mark McColl (’85) Dr. Dorothy Ricketts (’72)
CLASS OF 2018 Shawn Cosby (’06) Mary Ann Oeklaus (’65) Judy Pontius (’68) Emily Rademan (’07) Patti York (’92, ’97)
CLASS OF 2019 Betsy Light LeDoux (’63 and ’91) Marie Mahaffy (’63) Brian Mundy (’98) Paula Hildebrand (’80) Elizabeth “Libby” Ray (’10)
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The caps, gowns, and hoods worn by the faculty and of the cap and lies as it will thereon. The academic The velvet trimming, in the same respective order, is students at this graduation are today’s formal dress of robes are all black, except for certain doctoral robes. three, four, and five inches wide. The outer band of the worldwide academic community. While now worn The style of robe indicates the highest degree earned the hood indicates, by color, the degree; the bright, only on festive occasions such as commencement, by the wearer. Bachelor’s sleeves are pointed, and silken interior of the hood, by its colors and design, such dress was originally the normal garb of the robe is plain. Students who have achieved honors indicates its source. Each university and college academics as they went about their daily business. display a cord. Students who graduate with University has a distinct hood. The Lindenwood University- Originating in Europe more than a thousand years Honors wear a purple double cord; students who St. Charles hood is lined with white and yellow silk, ago, like universities and colleges themselves, graduate with Community Service Honors wear a representing the University’s original colors. academic dress first developed within the church, cardinal red and silver-gray double cord; students as all academics were once in at least minor orders. who graduate with Veteran Honors wear a red, The colors of the mortarboard tassels worn by today’s The robes and hoods are stylized versions of these white, and blue double cord; students who graduate degree recipients, as well as the hoods worn by eccalesiastical robes. In Europe, each institution Cum Laude (with praise) wear a white double cord; faculty and graduate students, indicate the major seems to have its own variant of costume, but in the students who graduate Magna Cum Laude (with fields of study. United States, academic costume follows a uniform great praise) wear a gold double cord; and students code drawn up by a special commission in 1895. The who graduate Summa Cum Laude (with highest code has three main parts, dealing with caps, gowns, praise) wear a gold and white triple cord. Master’s and hoods. robe sleeves are oblong and longer. The doctoral robe features velvet bands in the front, and the robe The Oxford-type cap or mortarboard seems to have sleeve also has velvet bands and is gathered at the evolved from the square biretta of Renaissance wrist. The doctoral robe itself is cut much more fully clergy. It is always black and may be of any than the other two gowns. appropriate material except that velvet is reserved for doctors. Many faculty members wear the Cambridge- The hoods indicate the academic area of degree, style cap. The tassel worn with the cap has three the level of the degree, and the school that granted variations. It may be black for any degree or it may it. The level of the degree is shown by the size be the color of the academic area in which the and shape of the hood and the width of the velvet degree was granted. Doctors and governing officials trimming. The master’s, the specialist’s, and the of institutions wear tassels made of gold metallic doctor’s hoods are three and one-half feet, three and thread. The tassel is fastened to the middle of the top three-quarters feet, and four feet long, respectively.
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APRICOT Allied Health Leadership, Nursing, Public Health BROWN Acting, Dance, Directing, Musical Theatre, Performing Arts, Stage Management, Studio Art, Tech Theatre/Design, Theatre CITRON Social Work COPPER Business Economics, Economics CRIMSON Journalism DARK BLUE Philosophy GOLD Anthropology, Biological Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Counseling, Environmental Biology, Fire and Paramedic Science, Gerontology, International Relations, International Studies, Psychology, Sociology NUGGET OR DRAB Accountancy, Accounting, Administration, Business Administration, Business Systems Development, Entrepreneurial Studies, Finance, General Business, Healthcare Administration, Health Management, Human Resource Management, International Business, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Mortuary Management, Music Business, Nonprofit Administration, Personal Financial Planning, Retail Management, Retail Merchandising, Sport Management, Supply Chain Management PEACOCK Political Science, Public Administration PINK Music, Music-Instrumental, Music Performance, Music-Vocal/Choral PURPLE Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Administration SAGE GREEN Exercise Science, Human Performance, Physical Education, Recreation Administration SCARLET Religion SKY BLUE Athletic Training, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Behavior Analysis, Character Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Special Education, Early Interventions in Autism and Sensory Impairments, Education, Educational Administration, Educational Leadership, Educational Studies, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Elementary/Special Education, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Gifted Education, Health Education, Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Interpretation, Library Media, Literacy Education, Mathematics Specialist, Middle School Education, School Administration, Special Education, Special Reading, Teaching, Technology and Engineering Education WHITE Advertising, Public Relations: Corporate Communications, Advertising and Media, Art History, Arts and Entertainment Management, Arts Management, Business Systems Development, Chinese Studies, Cinema and Media Arts, Communications, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Corporate Communications, Cyber Security, Digital Cinema Arts, English, Fashion Design, French, General Studies, Graphic Design, History, Information Technology, Interactive Media and Web Design, Liberal Studies, Management Information Systems, Managing Information Security, Managing Information Technology, Managing Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Mass Communications, Mathematics, Spanish, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, Writing
26 2017 Graduate Commencement President Shonrock and the Lindenwood community gratefully acknowledge the commencement ceremony design contributions of Associate Professor Emily Jones and Assistant Professor Stuart Hollis. O’ LINDENWOOD
Near the banks of ole’ Missouri upon a hillside green, Where the Linden trees sway gently our mighty gates are seen. First ladies and now gentlemen we will hold your values high, And we vow to keep traditions of scholarship and pride. Lindenwood o’ Lindenwood proudly do we sing, Honor, truth, and dignity in our hearts shall ring. Lindenwood o’ Lindenwood loyalty to you, Solid as our gates we stand, alma mater true.
Lyrics by: Marsha Parker Vocal Arrangements: Jeffrey Heyl
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