COMMENCEMENT Claude W. Pettit College of Law One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Year May 8, 2021 OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT Claude W. Pettit College of Law Dial-Roberson Stadium Saturday, May 8, 2021 9:00 a.m. President Daniel A. DiBiasio Presiding Instrumental Prelude ........................................................................................................................................... Symphonic Band Academic Procession (Audience please rise.) Invocation ....................................................................................................................... The Reverend Dr. David E. MacDonald University Chaplain National Anthem ................................................................................................................................................ Ms. Deanna Cira Trustees Welcome .......................................................................................................Dr. Daniel B. Walker, BSCE ’71, Hon.D.’19 Chairman, Board of Trustees Remarks by Graduating Students ...................................................................................... Mr. Gabe Rastatter & Mr. Scott Smith Special Music ....................................................................................................................................................... Symphonic Band Dr. Charles Bates, Professor of Music, Conductor, Symphonic Band Remarks by Dean of the College of Law ................................................................................................. Dean Charles H. Rose III Conferring of Juris Doctor Degree .................................................................................................... President Daniel A. DiBiasio Investiture of Juris Doctor Hoods ........................................................................................................... Dean Charles H. Rose III Presentation of Diplomas .................................................................................................................. President Daniel A. DiBiasio ASSISTING IN THE PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS AND HOODS Juliet K. Hurtig ........................................ Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Charles H. Rose III................................... Dean, Pettit College of Law Lauren A. Newell ...................................... Associate Dean, Pettit College of Law Wilson Turner .......................................... Registrar of the University TENURED PROFESSORS, COLLEGE OF LAW Professor David W. Raack Professor Nancy A. Armstrong Professor Bruce P. Frohnen Professor Stephen C. Veltri Professor Liam S. O’Melinn Professor Rick A. Bales Professor Joanne C. Brant Professor Scott D. Gerber Professor Lauren A. Newell Professor David C. Crago Professor Bryan H. Ward Professor Jean-Marie Kamatali Ohio Northern University Hymn ......................................................................................................................... Ms. Deanna Cira Ohio Northern, we love thy name; Ohio Northern, long live thy fame! We sing thy glory, sound forth thy praise For all that gladdens our dear college days. Ohio Northern, we will be true, Loyal forever to dear ONU. Spoken Benediction .......................................................................................................... The Reverend Dr. David E. MacDonald Recessional ........................................................................................................................................................... Symphonic Band Audience please rise. Faculty recesses. Graduates do not recess. The audience is requested to remain in place until all faculty members have recessed. COLLEGE MARSHALS Professor Nancy A. Armstrong Professor Stephen Veltri MUSICAL SELECTIONS Interlude Land of the Healing Waters Rossano Galante Academic Procession Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar National Anthem Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key Special Music A Childhood Remembered Rossano Galante Recessional Fanfare for the Dessert Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Dr. Daniel B. Walker, BSCE ’71, Hon.D.’19 The Claude W. Pettit College of Law Class of 2020 Master of Laws Erxhan Erman Abdullahi Nishat Binte Kadir Floridin Jetmir Osmanaj LL.M. LL.B. LL.B. University of Pristina Leading University Sylhed University of Prizren “Ukshin Hoti” 2017 2017 2018 Mitrovica, Kosovo Sylhed, Bangladesh Prizren, Kosovo Verolinda Shefqet Berisha Fjolla Yll Koshi Ian Andrew Richardson LL.B. LL.M. B.A. University of Pristina AAB University Canisius College 2019 2017 2012 Pristina, Kosovo Gjakova, Kosovo Hamburg, New York David Braun Miloš Kovačević Norma Karina Sánchez Valdez B.A. Magister Abogada The Ohio State University University of Belgrade National Autonomous University of Honduras 2017 Faculty of Political Science 2019 Jackson Center, Ohio 2015 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Belgrade, Serbia Brianna Rose Brothag Ikpenmosa Uhumuavbi B.S. Martino Mario Madouak Lual Ph.D. Shawnee State University LL.B. University of Bolton 2016 University of Juba 2018 Cortland, Ohio 2007 Manchester, United Kingdom Juba, South Sudan Eymi Kristel Díaz Rodríguez Maria Goretti C. Ukattah Abogada Lungile Masuku M.A. National Autonomous University of Honduras LL.B. Webster University 2019 University of Zimbabwe 2013 Tegucigalpa, Honduras 2005 Greensboro, North Carolina Harare, Zimbabwe Aida Hadri Raven Danielle Venegas LL.B. Kushtrim Morina B.A. European School of Law and Governance LL.B. Walsh University 2019 University of Pristina 2017 Pristina, Kosovo 2019 Lima, Ohio Prizren, Kosovo Emily Ellyn Hudson B.A. Genc (Mustafë) Nimoni The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill LL.M. 2013 University of Pristina Greensboro, North Carolina 2013 Peja, Kosovo Albesa Daut Humolli LL.B. Nickson Mayieka Oira University of Pristina LL.B. 2018 Moi University Pristina, Kosovo 2014 Eldoret, Kenya t Dual degrees † Graduated at the end of Summer 2020 †† Graduated at the end of Fall Semester 2020 Cum Laude (3.30 – 3.59) Magna Cum Laude (3.60 – 3.89) Summa Cum Laude (3.90 – Above) Names of graduates and honors are accurate as of noon Friday, April 23, 2021. Changes made after this date could not be incorporated into the Commencement program. Juris Doctor Charlyne Lorraine Adams †† Nathan Bunch Alan G. Embree B.A. B.A. B.A. Saint Vincent College The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Brigham Young University – Idaho 2016 2014 2016 Carmichaels, Pennsylvania Raleigh, North Carolina Rexburg, Idaho Sara LeeAnna Adkins Shandiya N. Jones Bynum Brian A. Fletcher B.A. B.S. B.A. Morehead State University Peirce College Brigham Young University – Idaho 2017 2010 2015 New Boston, Ohio Bordentown, New Jersey West Jordan, Utah Matthew T. Aldridge Joshua Michael Carp Shelby Savannah Gawley B.S. B.A. B.A. Western Michigan University Taylor University The State University of New York at Buffalo 2017 2015 2017 South Bend, Indiana Lima, Ohio Lackawanna, New York Irene Akendita Amoro Jason Christian Conrad Paige Justine Heneghan B.A. M.A. B.S. Kwame Nkrumah University Grace College and Theological Seminary University of Cincinnati of Science and Technology 2011 2017 2015 Simi Valley, California Cleveland, Ohio Accra, Ghana Joseph Michael Cossins Emily Ellyn Hudson Erica Lynn Bishop B.A. Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Carnegie Mellon University B.A. B.A. 2017 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Ohio State University Cincinnati, Ohio 2013 2017 Greensboro, North Carolina New Washington, Ohio John R. Cummings, IV B.A. Christopher Austin Jackson David Braun Robert Morris University B.S. Cum Laude 2017 Wilmington College B.A. Tampa, Florida 2016 The Ohio State University Ostrander, Ohio 2017 Jacob W. Diviney Jackson Center, Ohio Cum Laude Evan David Joseph B.A. Cum Laude Brianna Rose Brothag Juniata College B.S. Magna Cum Laude 2017 The Ohio State University B.S. Altoona, Pennsylvania 2017 Shawnee State University Powell, Ohio 2016 Haley Marie Dotson Cortland, Ohio B.A. Margaret Elizabeth Kimmel Muskingum University Cum Laude Alex Brown 2017 B.A. B.A. Piqua, Ohio Ohio Northern University Ohio Northern University 2017 2017 Anthony Matthew Edwards Kenton, Ohio Convoy, Ohio Cum Laude B.A. Georgetown College 2016 Urbana, Ohio Cuiyun Li †† Ashley L. Roberts Maria Goretti C. Ukattah B.A. B.S. M.A Fudan University Bowling Green State University Webster University 2016 2017 2013 Tiantai, China Springboro, Ohio Greensboro, North Carolina †† Kristopher Ralph Lowe Tiffany Rene Rosenhagen Raven Danielle Venegas B.A. B.A. Magna Cum Laude The University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of Virginia B.A. 2013 2014 Walsh University Mooresville, North Carolina Alexandria, Virginia 2017 Lima, Ohio Steven Patrick McCoy Marissa Marie Rossetti M.A. B.S. Christopher Sean Willett University of North Florida The University of Toledo B.A. 2011 2017 Oregon State University Jacksonville, Florida Akron, Ohio 2017 Port Orchard, Washington Amanda Yvonne Olson Tiffany R. Schaad B.A. Magna Cum Laude Jeffrey Williams Rockhurst University B.A. B.S. 2017 The University of Akron Utah State University Omaha, Nebraska 2014 2010 Orrville, Ohio Salt Lake City, Utah Milica Pavlovic B.A. Michael D. Shakley Shayne Wilson University of South Dakota B.A. Cum Laude 2016 Westminster College B.A. Belgrade, Serbia 2017 West Virginia University Butler, Pennsylvania 2015 †† Brian Douglas Pyle Wheeling, West Virginia B.S. Matthew D. Sharp Purdue University B.A. Eric R. Winnert 2000 Ohio Northern University B.A.