Ommencement Chedule

ommencement chedule

Friday, Nov. 20, 2020 Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020

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Graduate School, Session 1 Carl R. Ice College of Engineering Bramlage Coliseum, 8:30 a.m. Bramlage Coliseum, 8:30 a.m.

Graduate School, Session 2 33 Bramlage Coliseum, 4 p.m. College of Health and Human Sciences 26 Bramlage Coliseum, 1 p.m.

Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus 36 Student Life Center, Salina, 7 p.m. College of Business Administration 28 Bramlage Coliseum, 5 p.m.

College of Education Bramlage Coliseum, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020

College of Agriculture Bramlage Coliseum, 8:30 a.m.

College of Arts and Sciences, Session 1 Bramlage Coliseum, 1 p.m.

College of Arts and Sciences, Session 2 Bramlage Coliseum, 5 p.m.

1 elebratingOur uture Dear Graduates,

On behalf of Kansas State University, we extend our sincerest congratulations and best wishes on your graduation.

We commend the persistence and determination you have shown in earning your degree, especially in the historic circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic during the past year. e graduating classes of 2020 have demonstrated tremendous resilience. Your diligence and adaptability in completing your degree will serve you well in your future endeavors. Whether it is your family, friends, faculty, sta or fellow students, know that all are proud of your accomplishments.

Use the knowledge and preparation you received at Kansas State University to move forward and make a dierence throughout your life — in your career eld, in your community and in other worthy pursuits. Please know that K-State will always encourage you along the way. You are now part of our network of more than 200,000 proud alumni worldwide. We urge you to remain connected to the university through the K-State Alumni Association, which, along with your college, is providing you and your fellow graduates with a year’s free membership.

Find opportunities to remain connected with the university, whether to continue your education, share your experiences and expertise with future K-Staters, return for an athletic or cultural event, or just to catch up on your alma mater.

Congratulations and best wishes for the future,

Richard B. Myers Charles S. Taber President Provost and Executive Vice President

2 Letter byAlma H.W. Jones,Mater class of 1888

I know a spot that I love full well, 'Tis not in forest nor yet in dell; Ever it holds me in magic spell, I think of thee, Alma Mater.

K-S-U, we’ll carry thy banner high. K-S-U, long, long may thy colors y. Loyal to thee, thy children will swell the cry. Hail, Hail, Hail, Alma Mater.

Alma Mater 3 bout ansas tate niversity

ounded in 1863 as the nation’s rst operational K-State Alumni Association ranks No. 1 in the Kansas State University, by the land-grant university, Kansas State University’s Big 12 Conference for the percentage of graduates Fmission is to foster excellent teaching, research and who are association members. e KSU Foundation numbers service that develop a highly skilled and educated recently wrapped up the highly successful Innovation 1 — Where Money magazine ranks K-State on its list of citizenry necessary to advancing the well-being of and Inspiration Campaign, raising $1.6 billion for best colleges in Kansas. Kansas, the nation and the international community. K-State. 1 — Where the Princeton Review ranks K-State K-State embraces diversity and inclusion, encourages students nationally for happiness. engagement and is committed to the discovery of Called the “Silicon Valley for biodefense” because knowledge, the education of undergraduate and of its leadership in food safety and security and 2 — Where Learn.org rates K-State on its list of best graduate students, and improvement in the quality of agrodefense, K-State is home to four Feed the public universities. life and standard of living of those we serve. Future Innovation Labs, an initiative by the U.S. 3 — Where the Princeton Review ranks K-State Agency for International Development to increase nationally for student quality of life. K-State has campuses in Manhattan, Olathe and food production in nations with limited resources. 7 — Years in a row K-State has received the HEED Salina — known as Kansas State Polytechnic e university also is home to the Biosecurity Campus — as well as K-State Global Campus, Research Institute, a biosafety level-3 facility devoted Award for diversity and inclusion. which serves distance education students. When it to comprehensive infectious disease research and 9 — Years in a row K-State’s National Strategic comes to academics, K-State’s majors and degree training. Construction is underway adjacent to the Selling Institute has been named one of the nation’s top programs oer pathways to hundreds of career Manhattan campus of the federal government’s sales program. options that can be tailored to individual goals National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, which 12 — Times in the last 15 years K-State’s Black Student and dream careers. Interest areas oered through will be the nation’s premier animal disease research K-State’s nine colleges and Graduate School include facility. Union has been named best in the Big 12. agriculture, food and natural resources; architecture, 17 — Times in the last 21 years K-State’s Crops Team art and design; aviation; business; communications, Total research eorts at Kansas State University have has been named national champion, including in 2019. media and marketing; computer science and led to 324 patents to date. e university has more $46 million+ — Scholarships and awards presented to information technology; education and leadership; than 90 research centers, including the 8,600-acre K-State students annually. engineering and construction; government, law and Konza Prairie Biological Station and the Johnson social sciences; health professions; hospitality and Cancer Research Center. Our distinguished faculty 250+ — Academic majors and options. tourism; human and social services; humanities, members are tackling such issues as feeding a hungry 324 — Total patents granted to the university as of culture and society; science and mathematics; world expected to reach 50 billion in population September 2020. veterinary medicine; and visual and performing arts. by 2050, climate change, cybersecurity, sustainable energy, urban revitalization and more — and they Forbes magazine, U.S. News and World Report and often involve undergraduate students in their work. the Princeton Review all recognize K-State as one of K-State Research and Extension also serves the the best universities in the nation, which is backed by citizens of Kansas through a variety of ways, with the strong support K-State receives from its alumni personnel, o¥ces, research centers, programs and and friends. With more than 200,000 alumni, the more throughout the state.

4 About Kansas State University bout our ceremonies

University mace e Kansas State University mace made its debut in September 2009 at the inauguration of Kirk H. Schulz as the university’s 13th president. A mace is a decorative symbol of o¥ce and typically carried at the front of academic processions. Designed by Tom Boley, a 1970 K-State alumnus, the mace is made from a purple wood called purpleheart and a light-colored maple. Academic dress e history of academic dress dates to medieval European universities of the 12th century. Universities in the U.S. have standardized academic dress so its features are common and uniform throughout the country. e gown — At K-State, gowns are black and typically made of synthetic material or worsted wool. e pattern varies with the degree held: open sleeves for the bachelor’s degree; long, closed sleeves with slits for the hands for the master’s degree; and round, bell sleeves for the doctoral degree. e hood — Students receiving graduate degrees wear hoods. e master’s hood is shorter than the doctoral hood and lacks the panels of the doctoral hood. Hoods are lined with the colors of the university; K-State’s lining is purple with two inverted chevrons. e binding or edging of the hood is the color pertaining to the subject of the degree. e caps — All bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates wear a black mortarboard. Doctoral students may wear a mortarboard or a soft velvet tam with either six or eight sides. e tams can be dark blue or black for Doctor of Philosophy candidates, and light blue for Doctor of Education candidates. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine candidates wear a black mortarboard. Tassel color for all degree candidates depends on the degree and/or degree eld.

Trimming colors on hoods Dark blue Graduation honors Brown Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor’s degree candidates who are earning Master of Fine Arts Golden yellow graduation honors from Kansas State University wear Master of Landscape Architecture Associate degrees Dark blue Bachelor of Science a purple-and-white honor cord on the left shoulder Doctor of Philosophy Master of Science of their commencement gown. Honors are awarded Golden yellow Professional Master of Science based on their K-State grade point average. Eligible Master of Science Professional Master of Technology students also must have completed a minimum of Gray Professional Master of Science 60 undergraduate hours at K-State, with at least 42 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Professional Master of Technology undergraduate hours in graded courses at K-State. Lavender Gray Master of Architecture K-State graduation honors: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Light blue Summa cum laude — For students with a 3.95 or Lavender Bachelor’s degrees in Education above GPA. Master of Architecture Doctor of Education Magna cum laude — For students with a 3.85-3.949 Light blue Maize GPA. Doctor of Education Bachelor’s degrees in Agriculture Maize Cum laude — For students with a 3.75-3.849 GPA. Master of Agribusiness Master of Agribusiness Note: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree Maroon Navy blue candidates receive these honors based on courses Bachelor’s degrees in Human Ecology Master of Interior Architecture & Product Design completed in the professional program. For the Navy blue purpose of the commencement ceremony, uno¥cial Orange Master of Interior Architecture & Product Design Master of Software Engineering Orange graduation honors are recognized for bachelor’s Master of Engineering Management Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering degree candidates who possess the required K-State Peacock blue Master of Software Engineering cumulative GPA prior to the start of the semester in Master of Public Administration Master of Engineering Management which they plan to participate in the commencement Master of Regional & Community Planning Peacock blue ceremony, and who have completed or are currently Pink Master of Regional & Community Planning enrolled in enough credit hours to satisfy the credit Master of Music Master of Public Administration hour requirements. Salmon Pink Master of Public Health Bachelor of Applied Education Commencement program key Tan/drab brown Bachelor of Music Education (Scl) Summa cum laude Master of Accountancy Master of Music (Mcl) Magna cum laude Master of Business Administration Salmon (Cl) Cum laude White Master of Public Health (H) Honors program Master of Arts Tan/drab brown (S) Secondary major Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration (S20) Spring 2020 graduate Tassel colors on candidates’ caps Master of Business Administration (Su20) Summer 2020 graduate Brown Master of Accountancy Bachelor of Fine Arts White (D) Dual degree Master of Fine Arts Bachelor of Arts * Double, multiple majors Master of Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Arts in Music (P) Posthumous degree Master of Arts

About our ceremonies 5 §raduate chool

Processional Presentation of Graduate Faculty Carol Shanklin, Dean National Anthem Conferral of Degrees Greetings from the Kansas Board of Carol Shanklin, Dean Regents Allen Schmidt, Regent Recessional Marshals Recognition of University Gerard Kluitenberg, Professor, Agronomy Distinguished Professors Chwen Sheu, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Charles S. Taber, Provost and Executive Vice President College of Business Administration Christopher Culbertson, Associate Dean for Research, Honorees College of Arts and Sciences Christine Aikens, Professor, Chemistry Kenneth Hughey, Professor and Department Chair, omas Barstow, Professor, Kinesiology Special Education, Counseling and Student A¥airs Bronwyn Fees, Associate Dean for Academic A¥airs, College of Health and Human Sciences Recognition of Commerce Bank Michael Young, Professor and Department Head, and W.T. Kemper Foundation Psychological Sciences Ellyn Mulcahy, Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Teaching Award Master of Public Health Program Carol Shanklin, Dean Eric Fitzsimmons, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Honorees Martin Draper, Associate Dean for Research and omas Phillips, Professor, Entomology Graduate Studies, College of Agriculture Donghai Wang, Professor, Biological and Agriculture Katie Kingery-Page, Associate Dean, College of Engineering Architecture, Planning & Design Stacy Hutchinson, Associate Dean for Research and Development, Carl R. Ice College of Engineering Introduction of Commencement Megan Miller, Student Success Coordinator, Speaker Graduate School Carol Shanklin, Dean Stephanie Bannister, Assistant Vice President, O¦ce of Student Life Commencement Address Paige Adam, Teaching Assistant Professor, Charles S. Taber, Provost and Executive Vice President Veterinary Medicine Royce Ann Collins, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Alumni Association Greetings Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, K-State Alumni Association Reader Vincent Carlisle Graduate Student Council Greetings Hannah Shear, President, Graduate Student Council

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member of the Kansas previously served as a state senator for the 36th and a number of other school- and church-related Board of Regents, District, which is made up of 10 rural counties in boards and committees. SchmidtA helps govern north central and northwestern Kansas. Kansas’ six state universities, Schmidt earned a Bachelor of Arts from the 19 community colleges, A veteran, Schmidt retired as a colonel in the University of Kansas, a Master of Science in school seven technical colleges and Army Medical Service Corps after serving for 32 psychology from Fort Hays State University and a Washburn University. years, including 12 years in the Army Reserve. He Master of Science in strategic studies from the U.S. completed his career on active duty as the deputy Army War College. Schmidt currently serves as commander for readiness of the Army Reserve the planned giving o¥cer Medical Command. A native of Ellis County, Schmidt was raised on a for Developmental Services fth-generation family dairy farm that he and his son Allen Schmidt of Northwest Kansas, a Schmidt serves on the Kansas Civil Service have now converted into a local farm winery called nonprot charity that Board, the Governor’s Council on Education, the Resurrection Vineyard. He and his wife, Ellen, have serves persons with intellectual and developmental Governor’s KanCare Advisory Council, the Kansas nine children and 19 grandchildren. disabilities in 18 northwest Kansas counties. He Silver Haired Legislature, Senior Companions Board

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s the provost and President Richard Myers, serves as the university’s involved with graduate enrollment management and executive vice president chief executive o¥cer in the president’s absence. addressing budget challenges in higher education. ofA Kansas State University, Charles S. Taber provides Taber plays an essential role in the implementation A leading scholar in the elds of political psychology strategic leadership on of the Strategic Enrollment Management and and computational modeling, Taber has more all aspects of university Budget Modernization initiatives as the university than 50 scholarly publications. Taber has been a governance and the academic works to stabilize and build enrollment and adopt pioneer in the use of computational modeling and enterprise. Taber is the a new budget model to better address the many political science and his work has earned millions of university’s chief academic funding challenges facing higher education. As the dollars in grant funding from the National Science o¥cer and is responsible higher education landscape continues to evolve, he Foundation. His research has contributed to the for all undergraduate and will address and identify opportunities to advance growing literature on the psychological mechanisms Charles S. Taber graduate academic programs, K-State’s land-grant mission. that drive public opinion. In 2000, he received the overseeing academic Paul Lazersfeld Outstanding Paper Award from planning, resource allocation and innovation while e provost also works closely with the KSU the American Political Science Association for a ensuring excellence and relevance in the design of the Foundation and President Myers on the university’s paper on the causes of bias in political reasoning curriculum. He is focused on the quality of teaching comprehensive development campaign, is responsible that was published in the American Journal of and learning; providing global perspective and for the university’s academic reporting to the Kansas Political Science. Along with Milton Lodge, Taber strategic direction to successfully manage operating Board of Regents and serves on several boards, budgets; and enhancing the quality of the student including K-State Athletics. developed an in®uential theory of unconscious experience at all levels. thinking in political behavior. eir 2013 book, “e Taber came to K-State after serving as vice Rationalizing Voter,” from Cambridge University e deans of the nine academic colleges, the K-State provost for graduate and professional education Press, won the Robert E. Lane Book Award and the Libraries, Graduate School, Global Campus, the and dean of the Graduate School at Stony Brook Book of the Year Awards from the Experimental CEOs and deans of both K-State Polytechnic and University, New York, from 2013 through 2018. Politics and Migration and Citizenship Sections of K-State Olathe, and the director of the Staley School He joined Stony Brook in 1989 as an instructor the American Political Science Association. of Leadership Studies report to Taber. University of political science, earning a promotion to full o¥ces also reporting to Taber include Academic professor in 2008. He served in many administrative Taber earned his doctorate and master’s degree Aairs, Institutional Eectiveness, Undergraduate positions at the university, including associate in political science from the University of Illinois, Studies, International Programs, Sustainability dean for postdoctoral aairs, dean of the School of Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor’s degree and the Center for Engagement and Community Professional Development and interim provost and in political science from East Tennessee State Development. Taber, who works closely with K-State senior vice president for academic aairs. He also was University.

Graduate School, Kansas Board of Regents, Speaker 7 wards

University Distinguished Professors

hristine Aikens is Aikens came to K-State in 2007. Her research 2015; was named a Kavli Frontiers of Science fellow an expert in physical has been supported by more than $3.2 million in 2012; was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Research Cchemistry and her research from organizations such as the National Science Fellowship and a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar group aims to develop a Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Award in 2011; and received the NSF CAREER theoretical understanding Air Force O¥ce of Scientic Research. award in 2010. At K-State, she received the 2017- of the relationship between 2018 Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation structure and properties She has published more than 110 articles in Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award and the 2014 of nanomaterials. She scientic publications and has given more than Segebrecht Distinguished Faculty Achievement studies the structure and 150 professional presentations. She has served as Award. spectroscopic properties of a reviewer for 37 journals and a proposal/award gold and silver nanoparticles reviewer for six organizations, including the National Before joining K-State, Aikens was a postdoctoral Christine Aikens and nanoparticle arrays Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. research fellow at Northwestern University. She and the reactivity of She has organized eight conferences and has earned a doctoral degree in physical chemistry from nanostructured metal oxide particles. Her current mentored more than 43 postdoctoral researchers and Iowa State University and graduated summa cum research aims to understand the fundamental students, including high school, undergraduate and laude with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the physical principles that underlie plasmon-enhanced graduate students. University of Oklahoma. photocatalysis, which is a process that uses light to control chemical reactions in a way that requires Aikens received the 2020 Women Chemists’ less energy input than in currently used industrial Committee Rising Star Award; was honored with catalytic processes. the Journal of Physical Chemistry A Lectureship in

homas Barstow directs He has collaborated with scientists from Canada, Before joining K-State in 1996, Barstow served in the Human Exercise Japan, the U.K., Belgium, France and Italy on a research and faculty positions at the University of PhysiologyT Lab, where he variety of research projects. California, Davis; Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; studies the control of muscle and V.A. Wadsworth Medical Center. From 2002 to metabolism, the integration Barstow has published more than 170 peer-reviewed 2003, he was a visiting professor at e Manchester of pulmonary and papers, 180 abstracts and four chapters. He has Metropolitan University in Manchester, United cardiovascular systems and given 65 invited lectures and presentations. He is a Kingdom. the mechanisms of fatigue fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and exercise intolerance. and the American Physiological Society. At Kansas Since 2007, Barstow has served as the graduate State University, he is a three-time recipient of program coordinator for the university’s department He has advised more the Professorial Award for Sustained Excellence, of kinesiology. He earned a doctoral degree in omas Barstow than 76 undergraduate a two-time recipient of the Making a Dierence physiology, a master’s degree in physical education students, graduate students Award from the Women in Engineering and Science and a bachelor’s degree with honors in nutrition — and postdoctoral researchers. His research has Program, and received and the Faculty Research all from the University of California, Davis. been sponsored with nearly $8.8 million from Excellence Award from the College of Health and organizations such as NASA, the American Heart Human Sciences. Association and the National Institutes of Health.

8 Graduate School, Awards Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award

world leader in research He has given numerous research presentations, University of Florida, as well as the U.S. Department and applications of including approximately 80 invited talks. of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service in integratedA management Madison, Wisconsin, and Hilo, Hawaii. He joined of stored product pests, Phillips’ signicant contributions to graduate K-State’s entomology department in 2007 and served omas Phillips’ expertise in education at K-State include advising or co-advising as department head until 2011. He has taught classes chemical ecology and insect 14 master’s and 16 doctoral students who have been in general entomology, insect chemical ecology, forest behavior has contributed successfully employed in academia and industry, and shade tree insects, dendrology and stored product to his success in designing with many now national or international leaders in entomology. monitoring and mating their elds. He also has mentored 15 postdoctoral disruption systems for scientists and visiting researchers during his career. A subject editor for Stored Product Insects, a part insects. Insects account for Phillips promotes graduate student professional of the Journal of Economic Entomology, for nearly omas Phillips more than half of human development, encouraging students to participate in 20 years, Phillips currently serves on the journal’s food that is lost postharvest professional conferences and outreach activities as editorial board. His work has been recognized with in developing countries. Phillips’ development of well as to seek funding and engage in networking numerous awards, including the U.S. Department holistic management systems addresses this critical activities. of Agriculture Certicate of Merit, Wendell E. issue related to food security. Burkholder Award for Excellence in Stored Product Phillips earned his doctorate in biology with a Protection and the New Product Development Phillips’ research has been supported by more than concentration in entomology from SUNY College Award from the Entomological Society of America. $9 million in grants and has led to the publication of of Environmental Science and Forestry. He served He was named the Donald Wilbur Sr. endowed 164 journal articles and 15 books or book chapters. on the faculty of Oklahoma State University and the professor for stored product protection at K-State.

onghai Wang has properties of biomaterials. He has established at large industries. Since 2002, Wang also has established an research collaborations with engineers and scientists contributed to graduate education through his Dinternationally known across the K-State campus and nationwide, and service on the biological and agricultural engineering research program on has been involved in several large national research graduate committee. bioconversion of renewable projects. He also serves as co-director of the Bio materials into biofuels, Material and Technology Laboratory at K-State. Wang earned his doctorate in biological and chemicals and biomaterials, agricultural engineering from Texas A&M including protein adhesives, Wang has served as principal investigator on more University. He joined K-State’s Carl and Melinda resins, and biodegradable than 40 projects and co-principal investigator Helwig Department of Biological and Agricultural composites; and near- for more than 30 projects. is funded work has Engineering in 2001. Wang’s research has earned infrared technology for exceeded $23 million, with about $5.5 million in several national and international awards from the Donghai Wang analysis of physical and direct support of his research. e holder of three American Society of Agricultural and Biological chemical properties of U.S. patents, he has authored or co-authored 210 Engineers, including best paper awards in 2011, 2013 biomaterials. peer-reviewed journal articles and 15 book chapters and 2015, and the Rain Bird Engineering Concept and more than 180 meeting papers and presentations. of the Year Award in 2010 and 2016. He received He has conducted fundamental and applied research Wang has served the professional community as to overcome technical barriers for cost-eective associate editor of the Transactions of the American the U.S. Department of Agriculture Certicate of production of biofuels from both starch-based Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Appreciation Award in 2008 and the Applied Energy feedstocks such as corn, sorghum and millets, and for Applied Engineering in Agriculture. He also Journal Award for highly cited research and reviewed and cellulosic biomass such as grass, crop residues served on several panels and technical committees. paper in 2016. From the Carl R. Ice College of and woody biomass. Wang also collaborates with Engineering at K-State, Wang has received the materials scientists to develop biodegradable Among Wang’s contributions to graduate education Frankenho Outstanding Research Award in 2009 protein-based adhesives and oil-based resins. He at K-State include advising or co-advising 11 and 2015, Engineering Distinguished Researcher conducts research on development of near-infrared master’s and 24 doctoral students. Eight of his Award in 2019 and was named a Robert and Becca spectroscopy models as rapid methods for analysis previous doctoral students are employed as faculty Reichenberger — Carl and Mary ICE Cornerstone and characterization of physical and chemical at universities or as research scientists or engineers teaching scholar in 2019.

Graduate School, Awards 9 ªegree andidates

Adult Learning and Leadership Agronomy Animal Science Education Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy (Su20) Doctor of Education Zafer Saad Alasmary William Everett Brown Sharon Kay Geistman Hyak Major Professor: Ganga Hettiarachchi Major Professor: Barry Bradford Co-Major Professors: Terry Calaway and Dissertation: Laboratory to °eld-scale investigations Dissertation: Association of acute-phase proteins with Margaretta Mathis to evaluate phosphate amendments and Miscanthus for feed intake in transition dairy cows, and factors a¥ecting Dissertation: Texas community college faculty attitudes phytostabilization of lead-contaminated military sites feed quality and digestibility of and perceptions about professional development Jacques Martin Faye Esther Dorice McCabe Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon (Su20) Major Professor: Geo¥rey Morris Co-Major Professors: Karol Fike and Kenneth Odde Major Professor: Christine McPhail Dissertation: Genomics-enabled breeding for sorghum Dissertation: Beef cattle data analytics: Trends in Dissertation: A phenomenological study of improvement in sub-Saharan Africa feedlot cattle health, performance, and carcass traits, and organizational change in an urban community college e¥ects of beef on dairy programs system Fanna Maina Assane Mamadou Major Professor: Geo¥rey Morris Jared M. Mumm Dissertation: Genomics-enabled breeding for sorghum Major Professor: Lindsey Hulbert Adult Learning and Leadership in West Africa Dissertation: Production and welfare of sows and pigs Education in lactation Mosaed Abdullah Majrashi Doctor of Philosophy Co-Major Professors: Colby Moorberg and Caio Seiti Takiya (Su20) Randall E. Leighton Augustine Obour Major Professor: Barry Bradford Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Dissertation: Tillage practices and nitrogen rates Dissertation: Feeding strategies to improve health and Dissertation: Development of professional identity in in±uenced wheat and sorghum yield and nitrogen use sustainability of dairy cattle the physical therapist assistant e¦ciency in long-term dryland wheat-sorghum rotation system Kari L. White Agricultural Economics Major Professor: Robert Weaber Balaji Aravindhan Pandian Dissertation: Novel traits for genetic selection in Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Mithila Jugulam Gelbvieh in±uenced cattle Dissertation: Physiological, genetic and genomic Manzamasso Hodjo analyses of herbicide resistance in grain sorghum Major Professor: Timothy Dalton (Sorghum bicolor) Biochemistry Dissertation: Essays on agricultural productivity and welfare impact of food price change in Africa Umara Sahar Rana Doctor of Philosophy Simranjot Bawa (Su20) Co-Major Professors: Guihua Bai and Noah James Miller Major Professor: Erika Geisbrecht Allan Fritz Co-Major Professors: Jason Bergtold and Jesse Tack Dissertation: Di¥erential mechanisms for TRIM32- Dissertation: Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci Dissertation: Essays in yield modeling and basis price mediated muscle tissue growth and homeostasis forecasting conditioning disease resistance in hard winter wheat Pavithra Natarajan (Su20) Zachary T. Zambreski James Lee Mitchell Co-Major Professors: Sherry Fleming and John Tomich Major Professor: Xiaomao Lin Major Professor: Glynn Tonsor Dissertation: ¯e development and study of self- Dissertation: Advancing climate resilient agriculture in Dissertation: ¯ree essays on livestock biosecurity and assembling branched amphiphilic peptide bilayer coated the U.S. Great Plains: Modeling climate dynamics and traceability iron oxide and gold nanoparticles impacts on crop production

(Su20) Mallika Appuhamilage Buddhika Patalee Lynn Goss Schrag (Su20) Major Professor: Glynn Tonsor Co-Major Professors: Om Prakash and Dissertation: Essays on weather changes and U.S. Michal Zolkiewski cattle industry Dissertation: Biophysical studies of selected intrinsically disordered proteins: Insect stress-response peptides and cancer-linked variants of human p53 transactivation domain

10 Graduate School, Degree Candidates (Su20) Indhujah evarajan Alixandra Janelle Godar Civil Engineering Co-Major Professors: Anna Zolkiewska and Major Professor: David Haukos Michal Zolkiewski Dissertation: Ring-necked pheasant population and Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: E¥ects on missense mutations on protein space use response to landscapes including spring cover crops Kimberly Rosa Waggle Kramer function in human disease: Tumor suppressor p53 and Major Professor: Hayder Rasheed (Su20) AAA+ ATPase CLPB Matthew J. Harder Dissertation: Load-de±ection response of prestressed Major Professor: Michael Veeman concrete beams strengthened with FRP: A comprehensive Dissertation: Quantitative transcriptional input/output perspective Biological and Agricultural relationships in the Ciona notochord Engineering Elsie Hulda Shogren (Su20) Computer Science Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Alice Boyle (Su20) Mohammed Mezher Hasan Dissertation: Dancing in the rain: Selective drives of Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Naiqian Zhang variability in Neotropical manakins Hongmin Li Dissertation: A frequency response-based dielectric Major Professor: Doina Caragea sensor for real-time sensing and long-term monitoring of Konner Michael Winkley (Su20) Dissertation: Domain adaptation approaches for soil water content, nitrogen, and salinity Major Professor: Michael Veeman classifying social media crisis data Dissertation: Quantitative and comprehensive analysis (Su20) Alireza Nooraei Beidokhti of Ciona notochord organogenesis Xukun Li Major Professor: Trisha Moore Major Professor: Doina Caragea Dissertation: Urban trees and stormwater runo¥: ¯e Dissertation: Disaster tweet text and image analysis role of rainfall partitioning and transpiration on water Chemistry using deep learning approaches regulation at the tree and watershed Doctor of Philosophy Joydeep Mitra (Su20) Prathibha Kaushaki Desman (Su20) Marvin Carpena Petingco Co-Major Professors: Venkatesh Ranganath and Major Professor: Ryan Ra¥erty Robby Co-Major Professors: Mark Casada, Ronaldo Dissertation: Balgacyclamides: E¥orts toward total Dissertation: A development methodology to help build Maghirang and Donghai Wang synthesis and applications into solving complex secure mobile apps Dissertation: Discrete element method simulation of biological problems wheat bulk density Md Kamruzzaman Sarker (Su20) Ayyappan Elangovan Major Professor: Pascal Hitzler Biology Major Professor: Jun Li Dissertation: Toward explainable arti°cial intelligence Dissertation: Novel three-dimensional nanostructured (XAI) based on contextualizing data with knowledge Doctor of Philosophy carbon materials as electrocatalyst support in low- graphs Babita Adhikari Dhungel (Su20) temperature fuel cells Major Professor: Revathi Govind Cogan M. Shimizu (Su20) (Su20) Dissertation: Studies on the gene regulatory networks Mahboobe Jassas Major Professor: Pascal Hitzler that control sporulation initiation in Clostridioides Major Professor: Ryszard Jankowiak Dissertation: Advances in modular ontology di¦cile Dissertation: Excited-state structure and energy- engineering: Methodology and infrastructure transfer dynamics in various photosynthetic antenna Carly S. Aulicky complexes: Hole-burning and modeling studies Qais Tasali (Su20) Major Professor: David Haukos Major Professor: Eugene Vasserman Dissertation: Lek dynamics and range-wide Ramesh Marasini Dissertation: Authorization in interoperable medical morphometric patterns of lesser prairie-chickens Major Professor: Santosh Aryal systems Dissertation: Design strategies and application of Nicholas Ryan Barts (Su20) stimuli-responsive nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis Lu Zhou Major Professor: Michael Tobler and therapy Major Professor: Pascal Hitzler Dissertation: Comparative physiology and the Dissertation: Toward automated complex ontology predictability of evolution in extreme environments Yang Song alignment using rule-based learning Major Professor: Jun Li Alicia A. Burris (Su20) Dissertation: Development of biosensor electrode array Co-Major Professors: Jocelyn McDonald and for cancer related protease activity detection Jeroen Roelofs Dissertation: Factors a¥ecting proteasome dynamics and localization

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 11 Counseling and Student Economics Development Doctor of Philosophy (Su20) Doctor of Philosophy Naafey Sardar Samantha MK Holloway Major Professor: Lance Bachmeier Major Professor: Judith Hughey Dissertation: Essays on the macroeconomic e¥ects of Dissertation: Feasibility and e¥ectiveness of MATCH- climate and energy price shocks ADTC on ninth-grade students presenting symptoms of depression, and anxiety Educational Leadership

Benjamin Edward Kohl Doctor of Education Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Chad Aaron Krug Dissertation: How longtime-to-doctorate Ph.D. Major Professor: Jia Liang candidates persist to earn their degrees Dissertation: Leadership stability in relation to board- superintendent alignment: A selective analysis of board Olivia Law-DelRosso and superintendent leadership style preferences in Kansas Co-Major Professors: Kakali Bhattacharya and Doris Wright Carroll Erin Lynn Oliver Dissertation: Always molding: A case study of low- Co-Major Professors: Donna Augustine-Shaw and income, blue-collar students in business school Jia Liang Dissertation: A quantitative study of high school athletic Brian William Weber directors’ perceptions of Charlotte Danielson’s Framework Co-Major Professors: Kenneth Hughey and Yang Yang for Teaching applied to high school athletic coaching Dissertation: Counselor viewpoints on the formation of theoretical orientation Renee L. Scott Co-Major Professors: Donna Augustine-Shaw and Haijun Kang Curriculum and Instruction Dissertation: School safety preparedness: A survey study of K-12 principals’ perceptions relative to safe and secure Doctor of Education Kansas public schools Pedro Silva Espinoza Co-Major Professors: F. Todd Goodson and Kay Ann Taylor Electrical and Computer Engineering Dissertation: Latinx teacher advocates engaged in social justice agendas: A LatCrit perspective Doctor of Philosophy Joseph Benzaquen Sune (Su20) Major Professor: Behrooz Mirafzal Curriculum and Instruction Dissertation: Smart three-phase power converter for more electric powertrains Doctor of Philosophy (Su20) Brandie Sue Disberger (Su20) Pegah Faridi Major Professor: Shannon Washburn Major Professor: Punit Prakash Dissertation: ¯e lived experiences of traditionally Dissertation: Image-guidance and computational certi°ed agriculture teachers through their °rst three years modeling to develop and characterize microwave thermal of teaching: A phenomenological longitudinal study therapy platforms

(Su20) Seth Jordan Lickteig Sahar Lashkarbolooki (P) Major Professor: Bradley Burenheide Major Professor: Anil Pahwa Dissertation: Metagaming: Cognition in gaming Dissertation: Mitigating icing on vulnerable environments and systems transmission lines with increased loading assisted by generation redispatch and series impedance compensation Shannon M. Ralph devices Major Professor: ¯omas Vontz Dissertation: Retrieval practice as a way to enhance learning and transfer in a high school biology classroom

12 Graduate School, Degree Candidates (Su20) Austin Alan Pfannenstiel Food Science Courtney Nicole Truelock Co-Major Professors: Don Gruenbacher and Major Professor: Chad Paulk Punit Prakash Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: In±uence of exogenous enzymes and Dissertation: Applicators and methods to achieve precise Joshua Martin Maher (Su20) pelleting on feed manufacturing and broiler performance spatial control of the treatment zone during microwave Major Professor: Sara Gragg ablation Dissertation: Reducing Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in Horticulture and Natural Resources agriculture: Interventions for cattle and romaine lettuce (Su20) Md Mahbubul Huq Riad Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Caterina Scoglio (Su20) Carla Luisa Schwan Kelly Marie Gude Dissertation: Network-based modeling for risk Major Professor: Jessie Vipham Major Professor: Eleni Pliakoni assessment of infectious disease transmission Dissertation: De°ning the food safety landscape in Dissertation: Altering light with high tunnel coverings Cambodia: ¯e ecology of Salmonella enterica in informal to improve health-promoting phytochemicals of lettuce Mohsen Shid Pilehvar markets and tomato Major Professor: Behrooz Mirafzal

Dissertation: Smart inverters for seamless voltage and (Su20) Tayebeh Kakeshpour frequency dynamics in microgrids Genetics Major Professor: Songhun Park Dissertation: Tomato class ll glutaredoxin mutants Hazhar Su¥ Karimi Doctor of Philosophy generated via multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing Major Professor: Bala Natarajan Elina Adhikari technology are susceptible to multiple abiotic stresses Dissertation: Analysis of dynamic compressive sensing Major Professor: Eduard Akhunov with measurement loss/delay and hybrid dynamics Dissertation: Utilize the genomic signatures of adaptation from wild relatives to improve climate Myungjin Lee resiliency in wheat Major Professor: C.B. Rajashekar Entomology Dissertation: Impact of spectral quality of visible and UV light on the nutritional and the health-promoting Megan Calvert qualities of leafy-vegetables and tomato Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Jesse Poland Anastasia Marie Cooper Dissertation: Multivariate genomic selection in the Major Professor: Kun Yan Zhu Kansas State winter wheat breeding program Human Ecology Dissertation: Molecular mechanisms in±uencing RNA interference in the European corn borer, Ostrinia Geography Doctor of Philosophy nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Kaylin Dix Didier (Su20) Major Professor: ¯omas Barstow Stephen Mychal Losey Doctor of Philosophy (Su20) Dissertation: Determining the e¥ect of acute and chronic Avantika Anil Ramekar Major Professor: Brian McCornack passive heating on endothelial and muscular function Co-Major Professors: Lisa Harrington and Dissertation: Spatial and temporal distribution of and the response of serum heat shock proteins adult soybean podworm, Helicoverpa zea, (Lepidoptera: Audrey Joslin Dissertation: Living with oil and natural gas: A risk Noctuidae) across Kansas with a look at how non-±oral Una Yalanda Henry perception study among adults in Kansas and Oklahoma sugar sources and mate availability a¥ect fecundity and Major Professor: Joyce Baptist longevity Dissertation: Predictors of risk-taking behavior Brandon Je¦ery Weihs trends among racial minority adolescents: Examining Major Professor: Douglas Goodin interactive e¥ects using latent growth analysis Environmental Design and Planning Dissertation: Woody encroachment of a riparian corridor

in a tallgrass prairie: Dendrochronological evidence from (Su20) Emily Elizabeth Koochel Doctor of Philosophy Kansas, USA; Slope failures and cross-valley pro°les, Co-Major Professors: Sonya Britt and Alyssa Breighann Decker Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming; Mass-movement Melinda Markham Major Professor: Lee Skabelund disturbance regime landscapes, hazards, and water Dissertation: Exploring the e¥ects of °nancial Dissertation: A thriving green roof: An experimental implications: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming socialization and trust as it relates to °nancial well- design to assess soil-plant-water-relations on a Kansas being and marital satisfaction through stress and green roof Grain Science communication privacy theories

Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health Doctor of Philosophy Sarif Ullah Patwary (Su20) Zhenhua Sun (Su20) Major Professor: Melody LeHew Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Yongcheng Shi Dissertation: An investigation of the substitution rate Rajesh Kumar Dissertation: Preparation of octenylsuccinic anhydride and environmental impact associated with secondhand Major Professor: Edgar Chambers IV modi°ed starches and their applications in emulsion and clothing consumption in the United States Dissertation: Using sensory to develop new and encapsulation improved products: A sensory strategy for product category appraisal

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 13 (Su20) Hilary D. Pippert Mechanical Engineering Yin Wang Co-Major Professors: Anthony Ferraro and Major Professor: Jianfa Bai Melinda Markham Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: Molecular detection, genetic diversity and Dissertation: Relational sacri°ce across family Zhongkan Ren prevalence of major porcine viral pathogens relationships and contexts Major Professor: Gurpreet Singh Dissertation: Organosilicon polymer-derived ceramic (Su20) Personal Financial Planning Annamarie D. Sisson °bers: Fabrication and molecular structure investigators Major Professor: Kevin Roberts Dissertation: Leadership skills with classroom (Su20) Doctor of Philosophy Elnaz Rezaian Shane Enete instruction integration in hospitality management higher Major Professor: Mingjun Wei Major Professor: Martin Seay education Dissertation: On the stabilization and enhancement of Dissertation: ¯ree essays on the relationship between the reduced-order models for compressible ±ows (Su20) emotions and °nancial resources Jesse A. Stein Co-Major Professors: ¯omas Barstow and Nuclear Engineering Miranda Charmaine Moore Reiter (Su20) Katie Heinrich Major Professor: Martin Seay Dissertation: Ca¥eine: Friend or foe in the modern Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: Racial and gender preferences when combat environment? (Su20) Diego Laramore hiring a °nancial planner: An experimental design on Co-Major Professors: Amir Bahadori and diversity in °nancial planning Human Nutrition Walter McNeil Dissertation: Simulation and validation of charge Lloyd G. Zimmerman Doctor of Philosophy carrier drift in pixelated microstructured semiconductor Co-Major Professors: Kristy Pederson-Archuleta and (Su20) neutron detectors Huizi Yu Martin Seay Major Professor: Kadri Koppel Dissertation: ¯e impact of socioemotional wealth on Rajarshi Pal Chowdhury (Su20) Dissertation: Leveraging “Guilt-free Pleasure” concept household net worth and subjective quality of life in the Major Professor: Amir Bahadori in developing healthful snack products family farm business: An application of the REI model Dissertation: Hybrid methods of space radiation shielding for astronauts against deep-space radiation Mathematics Physics Long Vo (Su20) Doctor of Philosophy Co-Major Professors: William Dunn and (Su20) Doctor of Philosophy Kottegoda Gedara Kapila Gayan Kottegoda Walter McNeil Tra i anh Huynh Major Professor: Nathan Albin Dissertation: Design and experimental testing of Major Professor: Eleanor Sayre Dissertation: Spanning tree modulus and secure components for the replacement of dangerous radiological Dissertation: Professional development of physics faculty broadcast games sources in geological studies and undergraduate students

(Su20) Negar Orangi-Fard Brendan Connor Ward Yubaraj Malakar Co-Major Professors: Nathan Albin and Major Professor: Hitesh Bindra Major Professor: Artem Rudenko Pietro Poggi-Corradini Dissertation: Gravity strati°ed mixed convection Dissertation: ¯ree-dimensional momentum imaging of Dissertation: Maximum concurrent ±ow problems and in liquid metal pools: Implications and experimental molecular dynamics induced by femtosecond light pulses p-modulus interpretation for LMFRs Justin Birdwell Maughan (Su20) Prem Raj Prasain Major Professor: Christopher Sorensen Major Professor: Nathan Albin Pathobiology Dissertation: Q-space analysis of the orientationally Dissertation: Properties of p-modulus on radially averaged light scattering by particles of various shapes symmetric in°nite trees Doctor of Philosophy Joaquin Baruch Monza Min Bahadur Ranabhat (Su20) Co-Major Professors: Natalia Cernicchiaro and Physiology Major Professor: Diego Maldonado David Renter Dissertation: Poincare and Sobolev inequalities in the Dissertation: Diagnostics and risk factors for bovine Doctor of Philosophy Monge-Ampere quasi-metric structure respiratory disease Elza Neelima Mathew Major Professor: Robert DeLong Tara Nath Gaire Dissertation: Investigating the biophysical, biochemical, Co-Major Professors: T.G. Nagaraja and biological activity of anti-cancer zinc oxide nanoparticle Victoriya Volkova and its physiometacomposite (PMC) nanoparticles Dissertation: Ecological drivers of gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistance in swine

14 Graduate School, Degree Candidates (Su20) Psychology Stanley A. Veitch Stephanie Eckert Major Professor: Kevin Steinmetz Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: Uneven geographic development of beer Kelsey Len Couture breweries in the United States Cassandra Lynn Galligan Major Professor: Patrick Knight Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Dissertation: Measuring the self-e¦cacy of virtual Statistics (Su20) leaders Alexandra Epiphany Garthrite Major Professor: Christy Craft Hayley K. Fisher Doctor of Philosophy Jia Liang (Su20) (Su20) Major Professor: Charles Pickens II Madelyn Shay Money Gundestrup Major Professor: Weixing Song Dissertation: Neural compensation during a novel Major Professor: Judith Hughey Dissertation: Adequacy checking for the variance operant devaluation task in rats function in nonparametric regression Carly Jane Hallam Devyani Mahajan Major Professor: Christy Craft Yeng Xiong (Su20) Co-Major Professors: Clive Fullagar and Major Professor: Michael Higgins (Su20) Patrick Knight Heather C. Halsey Dissertation: Design-based e¦ciency for analyzing Dissertation: ¯e development and validation of a Major Professor: Christy Craft cluster-randomized experiments work-±ow scale Melissa Huselton (Su20) Kimberly Marie Newberry (Su20) Academic Advising Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendo¥el Major Professor: Heather Bailey Dissertation: In±uences of reading instructions and Master of Science Kimberly Johnson Jamison segmentation on memory over time Betsy Anderson Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Major Professor: Judith Hughey Kevin Ornal Johnson Security Studies Jennifer A. Archibald Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Doctor of Philosophy Kelli Patricia Kolasheski (Su20) (Su20) Mohaned Talib Al-Hamdi (Su20) Avery C. Banister Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Sabri Ciftci Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Dissertation: Civil-military relations, coup-proo°ng, Marisa H. Lent-Koop (Su20) and militaries in the Arab Spring (Su20) Ellen Kaye Barnes Major Professor: Judith Hughey

(Su20) Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Mark Raymond Wilcox Shannon Rene Long (Su20) Co-Major Professors: Andrew Long and David Stone (Su20) Kayla Lauren Bird Major Professor: Judith Hughey Dissertation: ¯e Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces Major Professor: Dan Wilcox in Europe and Russian foreign and security policy Sophia Iris Lopez Malcolm Black Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Sociology Major Professor: Judith Hughey Samantha Kyle Madrigal (Su20) Doctor of Philosophy William Price Brown Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Alayna Rose Colburn Major Professor: Lisa Rubin (Su20) Major Professor: Lisa Melander Brianne Marjory Malone Dissertation: A qualitative inquiry into the dynamics of Jason Paul Brummett Major Professor: Lisa Rubin family reintegration following deployment Major Professor: Marilyn Ka¥ Sierra Dawn Matthews (Su20) Michael Joseph Miller BillyJean Sison Cabunoc (Su20) Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendo¥el Major Professor: Gerad Middendorf Major Professor: Judith Hughey Dissertation: ¯e stories we tell about food: Garrett Alexander Meyer Understanding narratives of food environments and Nicole Rachelle Cuthbert Major Professor: Judith Hughey coping with loss of food access Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Chelsea Ann Nielson (Su20) Jan E. Todd (Su20) Whitney Renee Daniels (Su20) Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Major Professor: Matthew Sanderson Major Professor: Judith Hughey Dissertation: New religious immigrants in the Great Julia Payne Plains: A study of mostly white congregations receiving Rachelle Larrissa DeCoud (Su20) Major Professor: Judith Hughey foreign-born pastors Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendo¥el

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 15 Rachel Madison Powell Abigail Ruby Dressler Scott Walter Dinse Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

MaKayla M. Rimer Bailey Marie Farris Natalie Taylor Dokken Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Brooke Beyer Major Professor: Susan Yelich Biniecki

Geronimo Antonio Rivera Katelyn Alexis Gehrt Sharon B. Epps (Su20) Major Professor: Charlie Nutt Major Professor: Amy Hageman Major Professor: Susan Yelich Biniecki

Miranda Leigh Rousseau Yinghao Li Michael Stevens Fifer Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

(Su20) Allison Michelle Sanders Pierson James McAtee Anaka Morgan Gorz Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Susan Yelich Biniecki

(Su20) Shannon Rachel Smith Mary Catherine Perry Cassandra Beth Homan Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Danny Fisher Major Professor: Je¥rey Zacharakis

Lindsey Michelle Spohr Muller Devon Lynn Price Smoky Kelly Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Brooke Beyer Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

(Su20) Kathleen Swain Katherine Jean Schmitt Ijbeltje Elisabeth Lara Ko¦eman Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Brooke Beyer Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

Kristin Renee Taylor Neda Shabani M. Lester Lauber (Su20) Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Brooke Beyer Major Professor: Je¥rey Zacharakis

Melissa Nicole Tinkham Tyler Vincent Stoecklein Emily Sarah Loeb Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Rebekah Heath Major Professor: Judith Favor

(Su20) (Su20) Angela Marie VanSickle Tabitha Danielle Stumma Kayla Long (Su20) Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendo¥el Major Professor: Danny Fisher Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

Jillian Lauryn Vinion Megan Elizabeth Van Fleet Eric Lee McCla©in Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Terry Mason Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

(Su20) Brian ien Vu Michaela Faye Wassall Peter Kenneth Ogan (Su20) Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Brooke Beyer Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

(Su20) Riley Ann Winden Isaac David Zahner Matthew D. Oltho¦ Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Amy Hageman Major Professor: Judith Favor

Accounting Adult Learning and Leadership William Albert Rasgorshek Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Master of Accountancy Master of Science (Su20) Michelle Nadine Anderson (Su20) Kevin Rodney Bishop Colleen Ann Schulteis Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Je¥rey Zacharakis Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

Kenia Chavez Tamula Buck Brett Travis Sherman Major Professor: Brooke Beyer Major Professor: Haijun Kang Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins

Lisa D’Angelo David Richard Campbell Ashley Dawn Svaty Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Je¥rey Zacharakis

Chase James Donovan Kasey Lyn Clark (Su20) Kevin M. omas Major Professor: Dann Fisher Major Professor: Susan Yelich Biniecki Major Professor: Judith Favor

16 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Bridget Weisenreder Victoria Morgan Laird (Su20) Zhong-Xing Rao (Su20) Major Professor: Susan Yelich Biniecki Major Professor: Sarah Janzen Major Professor: Mike Tokach

Tricia Elyse Wieser Raymond Joseph omas (Su20) Charles Alexander Sasscer Major Professor: Susan Yelich Biniecki Major Professor: Keith Harris Major Professor: Dale Blasi

Kevin Arthur Wolf (Su20) Agricultural Education and Keleigh Amaris Schettler Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Timothy Rozell Communication Agribusiness Claudia Esther Silvera Rojas Master of Science Major Professor: Jennifer Bormann Jake W. Renner Master of Agribusiness Major Professor: Jonathan Ulmer (Su20) Hadley Reginald Williams Ashley Grace Bliss Co-Major Professors: Joel DeRouchey and Major Professor: Allen Featherstone Shannon Nicole Rogge Mike Tokach Major Professor: Jason Ellis Donald A. Brainard (Su20) Wan Jun Wu (Su20) Major Professor: Vincent Amanor-Boadu Tayla Lynn Whitehead Major Professor: Michael Chao Major Professor: Katherine Burke Lenai Ashley Branco Major Professor: Aleksan Shanoyan Applied Science and Technology Agronomy Scott Adam Feldt Professional Science Master in Major Professor: Keith Harris Master of Science Isaac Harrison Barnhart (Su20) Applied Science and Technology Darina Durlova (Su20) Larry Gilmore (Su20) Co-Major Professors: Ignacio Ciampitti and Major Professor: Paige Adams Major Professor: Vincent Amanor-Boadu Mithila Jugulam

(Su20) (Su20) Donna Fairhurst Kevin William Horn Carlos Bustamante Major Professor: Eleni Pliakoni Major Professor: Keith Harris Major Professor: S.V. Krishna Jagadish

Young Hoon Jung (Su20) Tara Leanne Wilson Carter Architecture Major Professor: Allen Featherstone Co-Major Professors: Allan Fritz and Mary Guttieri Master of Architecture Sergio Bichara (Su20) Erin L. Limes Stickel Animal Science Major Professor: Elizabeth Yeager Major Professor: Michael Gibson

Master of Science (Su20) Kingsley Onochie Chieloka Mgbike (Su20) Nataani Garnenez Kelsey Lynn Batson Major Professor: Keith Harris Major Professor: Wendy Ornelas Co-Major Professors: Joel DeRouchey and

Jason Woodworth (Su20) Amelia Frances Stutzman (Su20) Sarah Beth Kirchgessner

Major Professor: Vincent Amanor-Boadu (Su20) Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Madison Leigh Butler Major Professor: Megan Rolf Tianyi Li (Su20) Agricultural Economics Major Professor: Wendy Ornelas Payton Lane Dahmer Major Professor: Cassandra Jones Master of Science Somnath Mukherjee Justin Dean Bina Major Professor: Michael Gibson Major Professor: Ted Schroeder Christopher J. Delfelder Major Professor: R. Scott Beyer Prajakta ipsay Meghan Kay Brence Major Professor: Michael Gibson Major Professor: Glynn Tonsor Madeline Sue Grant (Su20) Major Professor: Evan Titgemeyer Yajie Zhao (S20) Claudia Elaine Hissong Major Professor: Wendy Ornelas Major Professor: Glynn Tonsor Hayden Richard Kerkaert Major Professor: Joel DeRouchey

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 17 Architectural Engineering Geovano Ceratti Major Professor: Michael Krush Master of Science Diego Sanchez-Moreno Zack S. Goldstein Major Professor: Kimberly Kramer Major Professor: Diane Swanson

Arthur Gregorian (Su20) Biochemistry Major Professor: Chwen Sheu

Master of Science Brett omas Holthaus Yeni Karolina Romero Major Professor: Chad Jackson Major Professor: Anna Zolkiewska Kevin William Horn Biological and Agricultural Major Professor: Keith Harris Engineering Jordan Elizabeth Howard Major Professor: Myung Kim Master of Science Md Atiqul Islam Casey Jack Jimison Major Professor: Aleksey Sheshukov Major Professor: Diane Swanson

Biology Kristin Leigh Johnson Major Professor: Diane Swanson

Master of Science (Su20) Jaide Hannah Allenbrand Katherine Wells Jordan Major Professor: Lydia Zeglin Major Professor: Diane Swanson

Calvin Ray King Crosby Kirkpatrick Hedden Major Professor: Myung Kim Major Professor: Keith Gido

Michael James Lewis (Su20) Maureen Alexandra Kinlan Major Professor: Chwen Sheu Major Professor: David Haukos

Erin L. Limes Stickel Haley Elizabeth Smalley Major Professor: Elizabeth Yeager Major Professor: Sherry Fleming

Fangcheng Liu Bioscience Major Professor: Shuang Zhu

Professional Science Master in Blake Edward Lynch Applied Bioscience Major Professor: William Turnley Jr. Rochelle Lynne Burke (Su20) Major Professor: Paige Adams Peter Jurgen Maxwell Major Professor: Terry Mason

Business Administration Kingsley Onochie Chieloka Mgbike Major Professor: Keith Harris Master of Business Administration Lenai Ashley Branco Brock Edward Monty Major Professor: Aleksan Shanoyan Major Professor: Joseph Buckman

Josemaria Cabanas Britos Michael Scott Murphy Major Professor: Jihoon Cho Major Professor: Michael Krush

Lacy Jeannene Camerer Brooke Patton Major Professor: Eric Higgins Major Professor: Diane Swanson

18 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Austin Howard Peterson Civil Engineering Computer Science Major Professor: Esther Swilley Master of Science Kylie Jolene Rupe Master of Science Louis D. Braun Caleb Walter Compton Major Professor: Diane Swanson Major Professor: Dunja Peric Major Professor: William Hsu

Calen Lee Rupp Isaac Daniel Klugh (Su20) Abhilekha Dalal Major Professor: Bongsug Chae Major Professor: Hayder Rasheed Major Professor: Pascal Hitzler

Elizabeth Ashley Schneider Gambhir Lamsal (Su20) Mihai Dobri Major Professor: Esther Swilley Major Professor: Landon Marston Major Professor: Doina Caragea

(Su20) Brett Edward Seidl Dishan Anupama Nahitiya Major Professor: Chwen Sheu Donald Lee Powers Major Professor: Scott Schi¥ Major Professor: Daniel Andresen Emily Ann Sherwood (Su20) (Su20) Zahra Rahimi Afzal Major Professor: Jaebeom Suh Faisal A. F. Qadri Major Professor: Christopher Jones Major Professor: Pavithra Prabhakar Taylor Braxton Smith (Su20) Gauresh Singh Rajawat Major Professor: Marne Arthaud-Day Robert Rae Sherwood Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Stacey Kulesza Abena Tajera Taylor (Su20) Robert Fitzgerald Stewart Major Professor: Esther Swilley Md Abu Bakar Siddik Major Professor: William Hsu Major Professor: Landon Marston Amanda Christine Tross Chaoxin Wang (Su20) Major Professor: Stacy Kovar Mitchell Titus Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Hani Melhem Neerja Tyagi Congxing Zhu Major Professor: Myung Kim Communication Studies Major Professor: Doina Caragea Erik Christopher Vizcaino Major Professor: John Morris Master of Arts Richard Andra Greer Counseling and Student Major Professor: James McVey Development Marc Joseph Waite Major Professor: William Turnley Jr. Jeremy C. Williams Master of Science Major Professor: Colene Lind Rachel Bettenbrock Chuncheng Wang Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Major Professor: Jihoon Cho Community Development Hailey Marie Harp (Su20) Darrick Andrew York Major Professor: Jessica Lane Major Professor: Ansley Chua Master of Science Jeremy Bradley Culican Morgan Julie Koenig (Su20) Chemical Engineering Major Professor: Huston Gibson Major Professor: Judith Hughey

(Su20) Master of Science Chaquetta Denise Hessong Aisha Jane Lee Chinasaekpere Ihediwa Major Professor: Huston Gibson Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Keith Hohn (Su20) AshLee Noel Lattner Shannon Renee Lieburn (Su20) Dennis Raphel Karote (Su20) Major Professor: Huston Gibson Major Professor: Jessica Lane Major Professor: Keith Hohn Ivan Douglas Lobban Karina Moncayo-Michel Major Professor: Huston Gibson Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll

Betty J. Taylor (Su20) Xin Qian (Su20) Major Professor: Huston Gibson Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 19 Catelin M. Persall Ramsha Usman Khan Jillian Lynn Poretti Major Professor: Jessica Lane Major Professor: Deepak Subramony Major Professor: Linda Yarrow

Jenna Nicole Rook Angela Marie Kimmi (Su20) Kaylyn Noel Speth Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Major Professor: Sherri Martinie Major Professor: Amber Howells

J. Leah Scheck Lauren Marie Laudan (Su20) Kelcie Vilain Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Kevin Sauer

Maya Denae Tilmon Cody Scott Lohse Educational Leadership Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Master of Science Lindsey Rachelle Neely (Su20) Curriculum and Instruction Anna Marie Albers Major Professor: Suzanne Porath Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

Master of Science (Su20) Clarinda Bree Baker (Su20) Jessi Nicole Sands Carrie Catherine Cox Andrade (Su20) Major Professor: Socorro Herrera Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

(Su20) Charlee Nikole Clinesmith (Su20) Jennifer Marie Seel Natalie Nicole Archuleta (Su20) Major Professor: Suzanne Porath Major Professor: Socorro Herrera Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

(Su20) Hannah Sue Dierksen Caitlin Elizabeth Stallbaumer Ayla Beaugh (Su20) Major Professor: David Allen Major Professor: Deepak Subramony Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

Emma Grace Drewry (Su20) Julie Ann Steen T. Vann Bighorse Major Professor: Debbie Mercer Major Professor: ¯omas Vontz Major Professor: Alex Red Corn

(Su20) Katie Charlotte Earl Charles Norman Todd Darlene Joy Bluvan (Su20) Major Professor: Socorro Herrera Major Professor: Sherri Martinie Major Professor: Richard Doll

(Su20) Leeza Marie En¥eld (Su20) Sarah Lynn Watkins Crystal Leann Brunner (Su20) Major Professor: Suzanne Porath Major Professor: Socorro Herrera Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

(Su20) Nicole Marie Fuchs Data Analytics Renee Michelle Cassel Major Professor: Deepak Subramony Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

(Su20) Master of Science Gary Charles Graves Prasanna Gnanasekaran Melinda J. Coburn Major Professor: Deepak Subramony Major Professor: Bongsug Chae Major Professor: Alex Red Corn

Leslie Kay Greer Anna Alicia Dechant (Su20) Nicole Hamler Major Professor: David Allen Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Bongsug Chae

Kyle Ross Gurkovich Cherryl Paracuelles Delacruz (Su20) Steinunn Sigurjonsdottir Major Professor: David Allen Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Roger McHaney

William John Heck (Su20) Jennifer Ann Ebel (Su20) Major Professor: Bradley Burenheide Dietetics Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

Tammy Holmberg Master of Science Jayson Ray Emig (Su20) Major Professor: Kevin Murry Amy Michelle Beutler Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Linda Yarrow Nicole A. Je¦ers Kaylee Joyce Erickson (Su20) Major Professor: Suzanne Porath Sarah Ann Breitenbach Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Sandra Procter Josephina Jenkins (Su20) Kathleen Foster (Su20) Major Professor: F. Todd Goodson Maria eresa Escobar (Su20) Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Carol Shanklin

20 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Jill Diane Gra¦ (Su20) Alyx Nash (Su20) Emily Ross Yeager (Su20) Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

(Su20) (Su20) Melanie Lynn Hammond Lindsey Marie Noonan Electrical and Computer Engineering Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Richard Doll

(Su20) (Su20) Master of Science Elaine Katherine Henry Crystal Jean Oglesby (Su20) Clarence Bell Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Mohammad Shadmand

(Su20) (Su20) Jordan Hevel Jessica Marie Painter (Su20) Peter Timothy Bontorno Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Behrooz Mirafzal

(Su20) (Su20) Sara Elizabeth Hoyt Madison Annemarie Resley (Su20) Mitchell omas Easley Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Co-Major Professors: Haitham Abu-Rub and Mohammad Shadmand Melissa Marie Hu¦ (Su20) omas William Ross (Su20)

Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Richard Doll (Su20) Blake David Lewis Major Professor: Mohammad Shadmand Kerry Ingram (Su20) Brandy Ann Ruby (Su20) Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Richard Doll Bo Edgar Lindstrom (Su20) Major Professor: Don Gruenbacher Stephanie Gayl Johannes (Su20) Robynn Roan Rulo Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Alex Red Corn Garrett Sidney Peterson (Su20) Major Professor: William Kuhn Alicia Rae Julian (Su20) Kara Ann Schuetz (Su20) Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Richard Doll Engineering Management Scott Ray Kohnle Erin Nicole Shirron (Su20) Major Professor: Alex Red Corn Major Professor: Richard Doll Master of Engineering Management Gregory Wayne Rubeck (Su20) Sheree Lynne Lambert (Su20) Kayla Marie Simon (Su20) Major Professor: Bradley Kramer Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw English Kelly Legleiter (Su20) Kimberlee E. Stau¦er (Su20) Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Master of Arts Jack Lawrence Anderson (Su20) (Su20) (Su20) Ashley Rose Long Cody Ryan Stockwell Major Professor: Phillip Marzluf Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

Cynthia Cherise Lookout-Miller Dane Michael Sylvester (Su20) Family and Community Services Major Professor: Alex Red Corn Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Master of Science (Su20) (Su20) (Su20) Cierra Marr Waide Ti¦any Clare Lowe Madeline Renee Tenbrink Major Professor: Elaine Johannes Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw

Charlie Campbell Lynn (Su20) Travis Alan True (Su20) Family Studies and Human Services Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Richard Doll Master of Science John F. Maker T.J. Turner (Su20) Nicole Danielle Anderson Major Professor: Alex Red Corn Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Kristin Pelczarski

Melissa Marie Mall (Su20) Megan Daun Umscheid (Su20) Nathan David Astle Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Donna Augustine-Shaw Major Professor: Jared Durtschi

Tara Lanette McKinney Jennifer Lynne Walker (Su20) Shelby Marie Astle (Su20) Major Professor: Alex Red Corn Major Professor: Richard Doll Major Professor: Michelle Toews

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 21 Erica Kathryn Cebulski Food Science Genetics Major Professor: Joyce Baptist

(Su20) Master of Science Master of Science Kelly Michele Chambers Ashley Geoghegan Beech Bliss Madison Betzen Major Professor: Kristin Pelczarski Major Professor: Sara Gragg Major Professor: Eduard Akhunov

Abigail Marie Doerksen Lauren Nicole Bethel Matthew George He¦el Major Professor: Marcie Lechtenberg Major Professor: Valentina Trinetta Major Professor: Bradley Olson

Melissa Jacqueline Ginavan (Su20) Kimberley Faith Caldwell Geology Major Professor: Kristin Pelczarski Major Professor: J. Scott Smith

(Su20) Erin Jane Guyette Taylor Kathryn Flowers Master of Science Emily Ruth Fenner (Su20) Major Professor: Melinda Markham Major Professor: Kelly Getty Major Professor: Matthew Brueseke Brooke May Keilholtz Porranee Hempanpairoh (Su20) Joshua Alexander Ford Major Professor: Amber Vennum Major Professor: Kadri Koppel Co-Major Professors: Matthew Brueseke and Saugata Datta Madison Renae Knox Lindsay Michelle Jespersen (Su20) Major Professor: Kristin Pelczarski Major Professor: Umut Yucel Christine Marie Ward (Su20) Major Professor: Brice LaCroix Elizabeth Ann Pendleton Bryan Daniel Maxwell Co-Major Professors: Jared Durtschi and Major Professor: Umut Yucel Amber Vennum Gerontology Ellen Andrea Mendez Sosa (Su20) Elaina Susan Pivovar Major Professor: Valentina Trinetta Master of Science Major Professor: Amber Vennum Lauren Corinne Stefovic (Su20) Georgia Elizabeth Pate Major Professor: Gayle Doll (Su20) Danielle Marie Schwartz Major Professor: Kelly Getty Major Professor: Kristin Pelczarski Grain Science Kristen Irene Peterson (Su20) B.J. Edward Solander Major Professor: Elizabeth Boyle Master of Science Major Professor: Joyce Baptist Michaela Briane Braun Chenhao Qian Co-Major Professors: Chad Paulk and Charles Stark Lauren Grace Studer Major Professor: Jayendra Amamcharla Major Professor: Jane Garcia Randall Clade Martin Jacob Robinson Major Professor: Sajid Alavi Araceli Velasco Major Professor: Abbey Nutsch Major Professor: Jared Durtschi Gage Elton Nichols Christopher Raymond Schiller Major Professor: Chad Paulk Shere’lle Nicole Ramsey Vines Major Professor: Umut Yucel Major Professor: Karen Myers-Bowman History Peta-Gay Tenesha Tishana Shepherd (Su20) Morgan Leah Wedekind Major Professor: Jayendra Amamcharla Major Professor: Kristin Pelczarski Master of Arts Robert Joseph Mahoney Melissa Tam (Su20) Major Professor: Donald Mrozek Kathrine Lynn Yarrow Major Professor: Kadri Koppel Major Professor: Jane Garcia Logan Alan Wells (Su20) Horticulture and Natural Resources (Su20) Jing You Major Professor: Abbey Nutsch Co-Major Professors: Kristin Anders and Master of Science (Su20) Erin Yelland Baheeja Jameel Zaitoun Ryan W. Armbrust Major Professor: Jayendra Amamcharla Major Professor: Charles Barden

Spencer Hardtman Navrude Major Professor: Sunghun Park

22 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Karen Kay Schneck Kiana Marie Schulze (Su20) Heidi Marie Benne (Su20) Major Professor: Chad Miller Major Professor: David Poole Major Professor: Frank Tracz

Jacob D. Schwab Ramona Elaine Weber Elizabeth R. Betts (Su20) Major Professor: Kimberly Williams Co-Major Professors: Timothy Musch and Major Professor: Frank Tracz David Poole Andrew Preston Bryant Hospitality Administration Major Professor: Julie Yu Oppenheim Landscape Architecture Master of Science Lorenzo Luis Butler Erin Nicole Graber Master of Landscape Architecture Major Professor: Reginald Pittman Major Professor: Kevin Roberts Joshua Daniel Barragree Major Professor: Howard Hahn Haley Michelle Conway (Su20) Industrial Engineering Major Professor: Ruth Gurgel Mass Communications Master of Science Qing Huo Eric Louis Deters (Su20) Master of Science Major Professor: Je¥rey Ward Major Professor: Shing Chang Alisa D. Goodale-Deeds (Su20) Major Professor: Raluca Cozma Alexander Scott Kirby Craig Michael Miller Major Professor: Frank Tracz Major Professor: Shing Chang Emily Suzanne Wilson (Su20) Major Professor: Nancy Muturi Guillermo Rodriguez Jr. Major Professor: Frank Tracz Interior Architecture & Product Design Mathematics Jessica Leann Seidler (Su20) Major Professor: Julie Yu Oppenheim Master of Interior Architecture and Master of Science (Su20) Product Design Rachel M. Andriunas Patricia Ann ayer Michael Edward Harms (Su20) Major Professor: Craig Spencer Major Professor: Frank Tracz Major Professor: Nathan Howe (Su20) Neeti Gauniyal Brandon Anthony Wade (Su20) Solomon M. Renfro (Su20) Major Professor: Victor Turchin Major Professor: Julie Yu Oppenheim Major Professor: Nathan Howe Matthew J. Naeger (Su20) (Su20) Nutrition, Dietetics & Kanoa Benjamin San Miguel Major Professor: Tatiana Firsova Major Professor: Neal Hubbell Sensory Sciences Mechanical Engineering Master of Science Kinesiology Kyleen Darci Harris (Su20) Master of Science Major Professor: Kevin Sauer Master of Science Sanzida Hossain Shea omas Crum Major Professor: Warren White Kacie Michelle Mallon (Su20) Major Professor: ¯omas Barstow Major Professor: Sara Rosenkranz Modern Languages Blake Delaine Goodman Operations Research Major Professor: Katie Heinrich Master of Arts Natacha Hélène Gilberte Mally (Su20) Emma Grace Hilgenfeld Master of Science Major Professor: Li Yang David Silvers Major Professor: Carl Ade Major Professor: Todd Easton Kendra Marie Holte Music Major Professor: Katie Heinrich Personal Financial Planning Master of Music Irma Liz Nieves-Torres (Su20) Kelsey Marie Aadalen (Su20) Master of Science Major Professor: Emily Mailey Major Professor: Ruth Gurgel Katherine B. Berg (Su20) Major Professor: Megan McCoy

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 23 Leeanne Marie Chan Physics Public Administration Major Professor: Megan McCoy Master of Science Master of Public Administration Edward O. Coambs Lydia Grace Bender (Su20) Angela Marie Altamore Major Professor: Diane Kiss Major Professor: James Laverty Major Professor: Ethan Bernick

omas Cavenaugh Figgatt Plant Pathology Kristen Rae Dolf Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Major Professor: Ethan Bernick

Katherine A. Foster (Su20) Master of Science Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Kseniya Chumachenko Public Health Major Professor: James Stack Weston Robert Hemphill (Su20) Master of Public Health (Su20) Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Kayla Leigh Brock Political Science Major Professor: Ellyn Mulcahy (Su20) Jonathan Philip Hutson Master of Arts Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Rachel C. Chall Seth Mark Dinkel Major Professor: Ellyn Mulcahy Major Professor: Andrew Long Brandon Lee Moyer (Su20) (Su20) Major Professor: Megan McCoy Kaitlin Michelle Foley Psychology Major Professor: Ellyn Mulcahy Deborah J. Mutter Shamley Major Professor: Megan McCoy Master of Science Valerie Brynne Jojola-Mount Hind Allouch Major Professor: Ellyn Mulcahy Katherine Jeanette Pfe¦er-Hahn (Su20) Major Professor: Christopher Lake (Su20) Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Melanie Amanda McCarty Azya Helen Marie Cynthia Alston (Su20) Major Professor: Mary McElroy Gayle Marie Rodriguez (Su20) Major Professor: Christopher Lake Major Professor: Megan McCoy Patricia V. McKenna Racheal Nicole Bryan (Su20) Major Professor: Sandra Procter Addison Scott Taylor Major Professor: Christopher Lake Major Professor: Megan McCoy Jeremy C. Williams James Christopher Bryant Major Professor: Ellyn Mulcahy Be-y Nguyen Vallejo Major Professor: Christopher Lake Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Matthew James Crissman Regional & Community Planning Major Professor: Jin Lee Kimberly S. Varady Master of Regional and Community Major Professor: Megan McCoy Nicholas Porter Gallivan Planning (Su20) Major Professor: Laura Brannon Brennan Ray Walter Sara Beth Veillette Major Professor: Megan McCoy Major Professor: Gregory Newmark Alexa Isetts (Su20)

(Su20) Major Professor: Jin Lee Scott P. Voiss Security Studies Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Sarah Elizabeth Martinez (Su20)

(Su20) Major Professor: Patrick Knight Master of Arts Ato Makenan Waithe Harris Mahmood Sheikh Major Professor: Megan McCoy Dawayne A. Mosier Major Professor: Andrew Long Major Professor: Patrick Knight Diarra Koro Williams Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Sociology Kelsey Pan¥l Major Professor: Kimberly Kirkpatrick Master of Arts Karly Dean Eden (Su20) (Su20) Mehul B. Parekh Major Professor: Nadezda Shapkina Major Professor: Patrick Knight

Jordan omas Tkach Major Professor: Patrick Knight

24 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Special Education Gabryelle Nicole Gilliam Major Professor: Bradley White Master of Science Madison Jo Luebbe Naveen Jonnalagadda Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendo¥el Major Professor: Chanran Ganta

Elizabeth Rose Perry (Su20) Statistics Major Professor: Elizabeth Davis

Master of Science Jordan Kay Roberts (Su20) Yu Shi Major Professor: Jessica Slack Major Professor: Michael Higgins Sila Eleena Samo (Su20) Yang Yang Major Professor: Paige Adams Major Professor: Michael Higgins Orman Lawrence Snyder (Su20) (Su20) Haoyu Zhang Major Professor: Mark Weiss Major Professor: Trevor He±ey Sara Swanson Teaching Major Professor: Paige Adams

Master of Arts in Teaching Jessie Arturo Vallejo Byron Clark Co-Major Professors: Anthony Tarpo¥ and Major Professor: J. Spencer Clark Daniel ¯omson

Quriosity O’shay-Shantel Young Major Professor: J. Spencer Clark

Technology

Professional Master of Technology omas Eugene Leaf Major Professor: Frederick Guzek

Kara Danielle Rittel (Su20) Major Professor: Frederick Guzek

Kyle Addison Rittel (Su20) Major Professor: Frederick Guzek

Jeremy Scott Shay (Su20) Major Professor: Richard Barnhart

Veterinary Biomedical Science

Master of Science Heather Nicole Bornheim Major Professor: Emily Reppert

Megan Sara Co¦man Major Professor: David Renter

Konner Robert Cool Major Professor: Dana Vanlandingham

Tara Hickam Fountain Major Professor: Bradley White

Graduate School, Degree Candidates 25 ansas tate niversity »olytechnic ampus

Announcer Presentation of Diplomas Christopher Smith, Executive Director, Enrollment Alysia Starkey, CEO and Dean Management Reader * Processional Terri Gaeddert, Associate Dean, Academics and Student Success National Anthem* Christopher Smith, Executive Director, Enrollment Alumni Association Greetings Management Brad Sidener, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating O¦cer, K-State Alumni Association Welcome Alysia Starkey, CEO and Dean Recessional

*e audience will please rise. Student Address Shanna Walker, 2019-2020 President, Student Governing Association

Commencement Address Richard B. Myers, President

Presentation of Degree Candidates Terri Gaeddert, Associate Dean, Academics and Student Success

26 Kansas State Polytechnic ªegree andidates

Aviation Aeronautical Technology/ Technology Management Unmanned Aircraft Systems Bachelor of Science Scott Michael Andersen Aeronautical Technology/ Bachelor of Science * Clifton David Andrews Aseel Fahad A Bakhribah Airport Management (Cl) * Jacob Gene Molleker Kimerer Dan Stephen Balaun Bachelor of Science Grant A. Williams Kyle R. Davis Megan Christine Laubhan Micah John Klein (Su20) (Mcl) Yuru Xu Brooke Marie Neiberger Professional Pilot Aeronautical Technology/ Associate of Science Cory Dean Breneman Applied Business Professional Pilot Associate of Science Bachelor of Science Aseel Fahad A Bakhribah Megren Mastour A Alharthi Integrated Studies Dan Stephen Balaun Omar Muteb M Almalki (Cl) Mohannad Hadi B Almohaili Applied Business and Technology/ Engineering Technology/ Mazen Salem S Almotairi (Cl) Faisal Ahmed Alqarni (Cl) Applied Business Web Development Mohammed Muwa¦aq A Alsadat (Mcl) Bachelor of Science Associate of Technology * Musab Khalid B Alzahrani (Cl) (Su20) John Christopher Kuhn Dan Stephen Balaun Aseel Fahad A Bakhribah * Nicholas A. Crombie Zachary Michael Barnett Applied Business and Technology/ Eric Alan Eastland (Su20) Certicates (Mcl) Technology Management Taylor Kaye Harden Bachelor of Science Hunter Wayne Harshbarger Adam Farid Alazzeh Composite Repair Zachary Mark Kari Chase Fisher Cowley Joshua Dylan Wattier Garrett Michael Karp Cooper Douglas Potts Logan Eugene Klein Joseph Samuel Morse (Su20) David Paul Rief Engineering Technology/ Loay Mrzog E Salem (Scl) Computer Systems Joshua Louis George Solomon Bachelor of Science Cole Edward ornberry (Scl) Dan Stephen Balaun * Kosuke Tsuda Nicholas A. Crombie Levi James Unruh (Scl) Engineering Technology/ Unmanned Aircraft Systems Bachelor of Science Joshua Dylan Wattier

Kansas State Polytechnic, Degree Candidates 27 ollege of ½ducation

Processional* Conferral of Degrees Charles S. Taber, Provost and Executive Vice President National Anthem* Paola Ramirez, Senior, Music Education Presentation of Degrees Debbie Mercer, Dean Charles S. Taber, Provost and Executive Vice President Welcome and Introductions Bradley Burenheide, Associate Professor, Curriculum Debbie Mercer, Dean and Instruction Lotta Larson, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Assistant Dean’s Commencement Instruction Remarks F. Todd Goodson, Assistant Dean and Department Alma Mater Chair, Curriculum and Instruction Paola Ramirez, Senior, Music Education

Dean’s Commencement Remarks Recessional Debbie Mercer, Dean

Alumni Association Greetings *e audience will please rise. Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, K-State Alumni Association

¾ath of ½ducation

hereby pledge my dedication to the profession of teaching. I accept the obligations and the Ichallenges of guiding students to knowledge, always showing them care and concern. I will encourage respect for all people, and will cultivate the disciplined, yet free minds necessary for a democratic way of life.

I promise to champion policies which promote quality in teaching and learning. I will provide everyone engaged in education the opportunity to achieve their own level of excellence. I will strive to become a knowledgeable, ethical, caring decision maker and emulate these qualities which I pledge to foster. I recognize that at times my endeavors may prove discouraging. Nonetheless, I remain faithful to the belief that my actions in the pursuit of these goals make me worthy of my profession, and make my profession worthy of a free people.

28 College of Education ªegree andidates

(Su20) Elementary Education Michaela Pfa¦ Brock Michael Leroux Cecilia Andrea Pick Gómez (Scl) Morgan Kate Massey Alyssa Nicole Prytherch (D) Elaine Mayer (Su20) Bachelor of Science (Mcl) Ariana Elaine Ahlers (Scl) Brooke Joelle Reimer Alexandra Elise McCall Caitlin Elizabeth Borgho¦ (Scl) Taylor Mae Robinson Mary Magdalene Miller (H) (D) Jillian Lee Boyle Emily Kate Roets Tori E. LaShae Mitchell (D) Glenna Nicole Burris Bailey Catherine Saul Danielle Rathbun Elena Marshe Butler (Cl) Marie Casey Schell Brenan Mikeal Ri¦el (Cl) (Su20) Kelsie Claire Conard Brooke Kamryne Schrag Mitchell Harris Sa®e Emily Mae Conyac Alexandra Brooke Scribner Lyndsey Renee Saunders (Mcl) Megan Nicole Cox Rebekah Faith Sluyter Austin Montana Schroeder Mikayla Rae Cox Jace McKenzie Stephenson Madelyn Helena Smith (Mcl) (Su20) (Cl) Lindsey May Danckwart Leah Nichole Steward Kennedy Ann Stevens (Scl) (D) Torrie Elizabeth Easum Kelsea Annette Sturm Christian David Swearingen (Scl) Taylor Nicole Ellenz Rebecca Ann Swartz Phoenix Raye Swedlund Rebecca Marie Gameros Sara Sylvester Patrick Karl Taylor (Mcl) (D) Ashley Jae Gates Amber Lynn ompson Isabella Rose Vardaman (Mcl) Soroya Rian Gross Haley Elizabeth Unruh Mary Tessa Wahlmeier (Cl) Mallory Nicole Halfert Taylor Marie Varner (Cl) Brynne Nicole Wedel Emily Jae Hammond Educational Studies Taylor Dannielle Hamon (Cl) Allison Renae Weingartner Halia Rose Whiles Madelline Ivory Rose Haynes Bachelor of Science Peyton Rene Haynes Bailey Lynn Whitcomb (Su20) (Mcl) Haden Myles Botkin (Mcl) Amir Jordaan Williams Chassis Jensen Hoepker Caitlyn S. Divine Shupe Madeline Kay Wilson Marie Lauren Jackson Patricia Kearney Elder Brooklyn Nicole Wiswell (Scl) Riley Elizabeth Jackson Madison Brea Minihan (Su20) Greyson Anne Woerpel Jordyn Nicole Johnson Kurt M. Moldrup Taylor Marie Wright Kirsten Bailey Joy Michelle Audrey Wallace (Su20) Jenna Lee Yarochowicz Skyler Paige King Hannah Wandling (Cl) (Su20) Trey Jordan Kuhlman (Cl) Megan Elizabeth Lemke Secondary Education Hannah Beth Leonard Zhengxi Lin Bachelor of Science Madison Noelle Lopez Bailey Kathleen Joann Appleba Megan Lee Maness Emilie Christian (Cl) Madison Trichelle Mathes Evan Grant Curtiss Kaylie Shea McCune Kristopher Lee Daggett Lillie McQueen Derek Richard Davidson (D) Abby Nicole Meyer Malyia-Mason Savahn East (D) Tierra Jonell Moore Britani Marie Eickho¦ Seamus Wolfe Murphy Ashley Taylor Evans Gianna Marie Navigato Krista Sarah Everhart (Cl) Haydnn Elizabeth Neufeld Jackson Tobias Fike Mackenzie Annmarie O’Brien Eric Eugene Hoyt Brooke Scott Oleson Dawson Taylor Johannes Randi Sue Patterson Anne Lillian Kenworthy (Scl) (D)

Processional Presentation of Diplomas Matt O’Keefe, Dean Welcome Amy Betz, Assistant Dean Assisted by Gary Clark, Senior Associate Dean National Anthem* Conferral of Degrees Recognition of Honors Graduates Matt O’Keefe, Dean Matt O’Keefe, Dean Alma Mater* Alumni Association Greetings Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, K-State Recessional Alumni Association Marshals Presentation of Degree Candidates Craig Wanklyn, Assistant Dean Ray Buyle, Associate Professor and Department Head, Stacy Hutchinson, Associate Dean Architectural Engineering and Construction Science Joseph Harner, Professor and Department Head, Biological and Agricultural Engineering *e audience will please rise. Jennifer Anthony, Associate Professor and Interim Department Head, Chemical Engineering Mustaque Hossain, Professor and Department Head, Civil Engineering Scott DeLoach, Professor and Department Head, Computer Science Don Gruenbacher, Associate Professor and Department Head, Electrical and Computer Engineering Bradley Kramer, Professor and Department Head, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Steven Eckels, Professor and Department Head, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

30 Carl R. Ice College of Engineering ªegree andidates

Architectural Engineering Absalom Bernal Jarred Michael Collom Auston Randall Bevins Andrew Michael Donovan Abdullah Saeed Alamoudi James Brett Brickell Robert Paul Dulniawka Collin Richard Beebe Mariela Carrera-Piedra (Su20) Kaden Michael Frasier Brian James Conrow (Su20) Drew David Fitzgerald Katlynne Angeleen Glass Samuel Edwin Dempster Alexander Michael Gri¯n Jarret Lane Gri¦ee Layton Kennedy Euliss Kyle William Hultgren Samuel Evan Haines Lane Michael Fowler Tommy Hunter Grace Noel Heineken Konnor Alexander Fromm Benjamin omas Koetting Logan Harris Howe Leah Marie Gaines Ian Charles Mosier Maddison Alyse Jarman Jacob Joseph Guthrie Adam Lee Pickerell Randy Wayne Jonscher McKenna Laine Holdsworth William S. Radnor Trevor Allen Kuiper Marshall Warren Huggins Francisco Rudolpho Ramirez Preston Ronald Lovitt Charumathi Jagadheeswaran James Gitonga Reche Kayden Blake Montey Dalton Lee Juenemann Michael Addison Robertson (Mcl) Matthew John Murray Zachary L. Knoeber Ryan Christopher Rogowski Sheldon Scott Parthemer (Cl) Joseph Edward Levin Conrad Joseph Sandoz (Cl) Brenden L. Reilly Austin Roger Little¥eld Nicolas Jesus Ezequiel Sotelo Gonzalez Payton Jean Rickel Jacob Matthew Loecker Raul Rodrigo Vera Parzajuk Seth Joseph Rinkenbaugh (Su20) Jorge Alfonso Martinez Jarett Douglas Wildeman Cade Springston Mitchell Dean Masilionis Timothy Bryan Wilkerson Henry David iessen Ryan omas Montgomery Alexis Denne Wilson (Mcl) Christian omas Van Nover Likitha Soundarya Moses Luke Daniel Zaharia Cameron David Von Dyke Riley Austin O’Neal Christopher James Wright Catelyn Lucille Rees Diego Sanchez-Moreno Chemical Engineering Computer Science Nell E. Sandring Wesemann (Su20) Jesse Jonathan Armstrong Cameron Lee Shanks Alexander Robert Boschert Jonathan G. Ator Collin Lane Tretter (Su20) Brandon Lee Broxterman Will G. Baldwin Matthew David Troyer (Mcl) Evan Roger Burroughs Steven Matthew Blair omas Joseph Vopat Jack Harris Coleman Zachery Quentin Brunner Connelly White Gerald Isaac Frayre Jake Daniel Carlson Aaron Matthew Porter Camden Nicholas Davis (Scl) Biological Systems Engineering Kale omas Schmidtberger Jarod John DeWeese Madison Joy Worm Gabriel Arthur Dick (Su20) Juan Jose M. Barrios Caballero Ryan omas Doll (S) Shannon Bellamy Grace Elizabeth Earnhardt (Cl) Maxwell James Burden Computer Engineering Curtis Austin Flaming MacKenzie Marie Cline (S) Blaine Lee Bettencourt Andrew Isaac Fulton Bryce Johnathan Feuerborn Joshua Michael Garcia (Su20) Nathaniel Joseph Carlston Lukas Joseph Koechner (Mcl) Brittany Michelle Ferm Trent Neyer Gierhart Ryan Matthew Leeper (S) (Su20) Jeremy Douglas Johnson Colin Jacob Goodman Carter Reese Mitchell Tony D. Kie¦aber Austin Lee Gray Jordan Min Peyton Charles Joseph Hamilton (S) Kirsten Noelle Prindle Matthew Mark James Construction Science and Hanavan Stewart Kuhn (Mcl) Civil Engineering Management Natalie Ann Laughlin omas Lazarus Isabelle Mackenzie Aube (Mcl) Jakob Otha Allen Caleb John Logan Mohammed Asaad Barri Jackson Riley Birkholtz Je¦rey Patrick Martin (Mcl) Zane William Beattie Chance Patton Braun (Cl) Kevin Samuel Merwin

Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, Degree Candidates 31 Nathan Jon Miller James Avery Allen Janie Elizabeth Osif (Su20) Robert Arlen Ostermann Ibrahim Nizar Al qabani Madison Josephine Partridge (Scl) Cale Anthony Povilonis (Scl) Chad Alan Armstrong Austin Scott Patrick (Su20) Joshua Gregory Riess Tyler Nathan Babbitt Austin Dale Pete¥sh Michael William Ruckert Brock Landon Barrett Eric A. Petersen Aaron Michael Simpson Tanner Christopher Baumgart Nicholas Allen Reesor (Su20) Jacob William Sticca Joshua R. Bergkamp (Mcl) Nathan Alan Reimer (Cl) Charles A. Swisher David Richard Berkowitz (Su20) Payton James Ruder Charles Henry Tryban James Collins Berry Justin Wyatt Salisbury (Mcl) Jie Zheng (Su20) Garrett Eugene Binns (Mcl) Samuel Jackson Slater Yuhao Zhu Cain Alexander Blaha (Su20) Clinton John Steiner Steven Charles Zwahl Nicholas Alan Boyce Tanner Scott Strickbine Michael Evan Brown (Su20) Samuel Gaines Strohkorb (D) Samuel Cameron Carey Alexander Wade arp Electrical Engineering Alex Wesley Clark Blaine Matthew iessen Ahmed Marzouq A Al Alyani Iain Adam Dickie Tanner C. omas Mustafa Mohammed Al Jumaan Nathan Tyler Dieckmann Christopher Joseph Towry Mohammed Ali S Alghamdi Maxwell Chase Dillinger Vibhav Vidyadhar Mohammed Radhi M Alshurafa (Su20) Jared Lane Dyck Graham David Walker Nayeline Delosangeles Coronilla-Guerrero Matthew Albert Farrington Zhengrui Wang Charles Christopher Kaifes Carter Fritze Kelli Marie Ward (Mcl) (D) Nolan Brian Milleson (Cl) Angela Gail Gearhardt Nicholas Ryan Westervelt Martin Ortega Ricardo Gonzalez Katherine Rene Wetta Jevin Joseph Peitzmeier (Mcl) Brandon Eugene Grothen Caitlyn Ann White Andrew Wayne Rieschick Luke John Hauswirth Wynter Storme Wiebke (Scl) Jonah A. Smith Aaron Stanley Henne Riley Kenneth Willt Binyang Sun Juan Pablo Hernandez Lucas Alan Wodrich (Cl) Cameron David ompson Ian Oliver Highbarger Devin Wayne Wright Derek Andrew urston Phillip Lam Hoang Zhengyang Zhang (Cl) David Robert Titus Brendon Joel Horyna Joseph Walter Hoskinson Rutger omas Johnson Industrial Engineering Michelle Tuyet Nhi Le Zachary Emerson Loveall Mohammed Hussain A Al Abdullah Israel Christian Lumpkins Mohammed Ahmed S Alqarea (Su20) Wesley M. Manner Darrian William Byers Peter Mascal Eric Louis Deters (Su20) Nathan Joseph Masson Matthew Alan Klusener (Mcl) Kailey McDonald Kathleen L. Kramer Matthew David Meinhardt Nathan Daniel Mills Jack Andrew Mills Scott omas Perlenfein (Su20) Erik Guillermo Moreno-Rodriguez Greyson Paul Rogers Ryan Matthew Morrison Aidan Je¦rey Woods (Su20) David Alejandro Navarrete Aimee Christine Neilsen Mechanical Engineering Craig William Nelson (Su20) Dodge Don Nily Rajeh Sultan Albogami Anthony James Null Alharith Mohammed Alkotami Damilola M. Okeowo

32 Carl R. Ice College of Engineering, Degree Candidates ollege of Àealth and Àuman ciences

Processional * Presentation of Diplomas John Buckwalter, Betty L. Tointon Dean Welcome Bronwyn Fees, Associate Dean, and Professor, Applied Assisted by Human Sciences Richard B. Myers, President Charles S. Taber, Provost and Executive Vice President National Anthem* Charge to the Class Recognition of Student Honors John Buckwalter, Betty L. Tointon Dean Michelle Toews, Associate Dean, and Professor, * Applied Human Sciences Alma Mater

Commencement Address Recessional John Buckwalter, Betty L. Tointon Dean

*e audience will please rise. Alumni Association Greetings Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, K-State Alumni Association

Conferral of Bachelor’s Degrees John Buckwalter, Betty L. Tointon Dean

Presentation of Degree Candidates Shawna Jordan, Assistant Dean and Research Assistant Professor, Food, Nutrition, Dietetics and Health

College of Health and Human Sciences 33 ªegree andidates

Laurie C. Glotzbach Applied Human Sciences (S) (General Human Ecology) Charlee Michelle Hall Breanne Louise Burks (Cl) Bachelor of Science in Family Kelci Kay Hall Brittany Jo Hardten (Su20) Studies and Human Services Regan Elizabeth Headrick (Cl) Food, Nutrition, Dietetics (Communication Sciences and Elizabeth Hernandez Moreno and Health Disorders) Jonathan Christian Hoard Brooke Ackley (Scl) Myrissa Kione Humphreys Bachelor of Science in Kayla Dolyne Cossins Kayleigh Shae Johnston Athletic Training (Cl) Katherine Elizabeth Ezell (Mcl) Christopher Paul Kirchner Rachel Lynn Helen Sanders (Cl) Angela DeLane Gandy Zachary Langston Emanuel Fernando Serrano Kadyn Renae Krokstrom Madeline Jane Layton (Scl) Kennedy Ann Lancaster Grace Alexandra Leach (Mcl) Bachelor of Science in Dietetics Molly Ann Myers (Mcl) Savannah Marie Leaton Joshua Daniel Berry (Cl) Erin Kay Schmitz (Scl) (S) Stevianna Michelle Lorson Kristen M. Bevilacqua (D) (S) Anne Skees Karla Anna Lukavsky Morgan Ryan Burlingame Isabel Anna Stevens (Cl) Molly Ann Maddy Savannah Elizabeth Caldwell (P) (Cl) Carlie Nicole ompson (S) Shelby Jane Manford Alyssa Lauren Cohn (Cl) (Su20) (Su20) (D) Kaytlin Shanel White Steven Gregory Maupin Kaci Ann Evans (Mcl) (Mcl) Megan Anna-Marie Wurst (Scl) Blair Ireland-Jane Meyer Molly Ferguson Fiser Linda Noel Kara Renae Gaeddert (D) Elizabeth Danielle Obesky Janee’ Michelle Kassanavoid (Su20) (Early Childhood Education) (Su20) (D) (Cl) Makayla Marie Partain Emily Bever Le©er Rebecca Ann Beal (Mcl) Mallory Morgan Paske Aubrey Janae Maggard Lynsey Nicole Bledsoe (Su20) (D) (Cl) Darreyl D. Patterson Jennifer Lynn Massman Sierra Brianne Cox Kaitlyn Grace Pe©ey Jessica Jamie Mollet (D) Aletheia Hope Tierra Delort Hannah Jean Peterson Renee L. Naumann (S) (Su20) (D) Elana Marie Fulton (S) Hailey Sue Lorraine Price Chantal Marie Roberts (D) Brianna Rahne Raumaker Brooke Erin Rife (Scl) (Scl) Rebecca C. Wright Erin M. Slattery Corinne Elise Rogers (Cl) (Scl) Jayden A. Weers Rachel Erica Rule (Scl) Bachelor of Science in Janae RaGene Schulte (Family Studies and Human Emma Jean Schwertfeger (Su20) Human Nutrition Kelsi Jo Seiler (S) (Nutrition and Health) Services) (Cl) (D) (Su20) Amanda Grace Stuhlsatz Kristen M. Bevilacqua Jessica LaJoie (S) Breanna Jeanette Sundeen (Su20) Kristi Autumn Cook Nicholas D. Taylor (Su20) Isabelle Lauren Cyrier (Scl) Bachelor of Science in Human Gabriel Pight omas (Su20) Olivia Michelle DeMeyer (Su20) (D) Development and Family Science Sydney Jolene Weaver Kaci Ann Evans (Mcl) (S) Madison Nicole Altis Meredith Kaila Wesley (Mcl) (Su20) Taylor Lauren Farley (Mcl) (Su20) Lindsay Nicole Amick Meleisha Renee Williams Morgan Anne Feldkamp (D) Christina A. Baxter Mikaela Faith Wright Kara Renae Gaeddert (Su20) Ashton Elizabeth Buser Grace Elizabeth Wiens (Cl) Jessica Renee Gonzalez (Su20) Donna Jean Chappell Rebekah Jordan Ibarra (Mcl) (Su20) Kelly Ann Quijano Delacruz Bachelor of Science in Human Heidi Allison Jones Meghan Kerry Diehl Emily Bever Le©er (Su20) (D) Madeline Drew Donaldson Ecology Patricia A. Long Hannah Sophia Doolittle (Su20) (Family and Consumer Sciences Jennifer Lynn Massman (D) Geneva Marie Herzog Fink Teacher Licensure) Sydnie Elise Mathes Ariel Alexandra Gianni (Mcl) Manal Alblooshi Amy Leah McKinzey (Su20)

34 College of Health and Human Sciences, Degree Candidates Dorothea Jean Mies (Mcl) Dawson Joanne Chaney (Su20) William Alexander Mead Jessica Jamie Mollet (D) Cameron Milan Cirino (Su20) Miah Victoria Meuli (Mcl) Renee L. Naumann (Su20) (D) (S) Sarah Elizabeth Devincent Luke Michael Oberrieder (Su20) Chantal Marie Roberts (D) Addison Jo Dick (Su20) Andrea Danielle Olson (Su20) Dakota Katherine Smith Caitlin Cheyenne Garrett Ashley Lauren Pieper Elijah omas Faith Aubrey Janssen (Mcl) Anastasia Vonbeck Plemons (Su20) Katrina Vazquez Sydney Dominique Lenox Kelsey Lynn Priddy (Scl) (Su20) Abigail Nicole Weast Jordyn Leigh McMillan Oziel Pruneda Malayna Mariah Webb Reilly Marie McMillan Larissa Lynn Ramsey (Su20) Haley Lauren Young (Su20) Diana Meza (Su20) * Bailey Nicole Ryals Kirsten Renee Zerr (Scl) (D) Austin Leroy Morris Argelia Serrano Melanie Murray (Mcl) (Su20) Tyrece Voshon Simms Abby Lynn Pfannenstiel (Su20) Katelynn Marie Smith (Su20) (Nutrition and Kinesiology) (D) (Scl) (D) Kai Joseph Julkowski (D) Kyle Douglas Puvogel Alyson Kate Stewart (Su20) (D) Alyson Kate Stewart (Scl) (D) Chylia Michelle Denise omas Keile Aynslee ailing Keile Aynslee ailing (D) Cameron Ray ompson Austin Gregory Valcoure Bachelor of Science in (S) Interior Design Taylor Dayne Vincent Hospitality Management (Su20) Kirby Reece Westerman Michaela Lynn Crawford Harold Albert Wilcox III Bachelor of Science in Kirsten Renee Zerr (Scl) (D) Hospitality Management Kinesiology Lauren Riley Zwiesler (Mcl)) Belen Aimee Banuelos Delgado Hope Marie Bryant (Su20) Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology Maggie Mae Clarke (Su20) Austin William Bade Personal Financial Planning Mikiah Katrelle Dykes (Cl) Luke Crispen Bay (Su20) Estefania de Guadalupe Espinosa Manriquez Tarrah Nicole Bammes Bachelor of Science in Personal Jessica Susan Freund (Su20) Jacob Walter Bosak Financial Planning Derek James Gimson Alexis Marie Bowen Dominic G. Barcarolo (Mcl) Erin Nicole Graber Grace Ruth Brennan Hannah Rebekah Casteel (Su20) Qiyun Gu (Mcl) (Su20) William Daniel Brennan (Su20) Carleton Hardy V Grayson Hovey Ryan Michael Canzano Luke arrell Ming Trinity Alaine Larkin Taylor Nicole Capko (S) (Su20) Elise Bernadine Wolf Alexis Nicole Lorimor Douglas Henry Chace (Su20) William Raymond Wright Yixin Luo (Su20) (D) Kuo-Cheng Chao Quin Rae McKinnis Kendra Elaine Cla©in (Su20) Aoife Harper Mooney Jesse Holbrook Crawford (Su20) Katherine Joan Ostrom Kristine Ann Edgren (Cl) Alan Michael Parrish (Su20) Laura Renee Florez Danielle Mikayla Ann Parson (Mcl) (Su20) Kasey Todd Ford Cameryn Lynn Rasmussen Zachary Paul Franz Elizabeth Ann Robinson Jerica Adele Garcia Jaiden Monet Valencia Andrew Goetz (Su20) Laura Leigh Watkins (Su20) Carter Grant Guyer Ellen Elizabeth Woods (Su20) Darryl Lawrence Jewell Jr. (Su20) Laken DeGrae Johnson (Cl) Bachelor of Science in Hotel, Preston Lawrence Judd Kai Joseph Julkowski (D) Restaurant Management Casey Lynn Keatley (Cl) Joshua Peyton Motes (Su20) Madisyn Elizabeth Keller (Mcl) Caleb Michael Lanker (Su20) Interior Design and Fashion Studies Ariel Diane LaVarnway (Cl) Katie Elizabeth Lindeman Bachelor of Science in Brett Lockwood (Su20) Apparel and Textiles Ana Karen Martinez Madison Marie Barnhart Michael Joe McClain Leah Michelle Bartels (Mcl) (Su20) Hannah Marie McGurk

College of Health and Human Sciences, Degree Candidates 35 ollege of ¨usiness dministration

Processional* Alumni Association Greetings Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, K-State National Anthem* Alumni Association Presentation of Degrees Welcome and Introductions Kevin Gwinner, Edgerley Family Dean Kevin Gwinner, Edgerley Family Dean Conferral of Degrees Commencement Remarks Richard B. Myers, President John Lagemann, Retired Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Agriculture and Turf Division, John Deere & Company Alma Mater

Presentation of Awards Recessional Kevin Gwinner, Edgerley Family Dean

Kansas State Bank Teaching *e audience will please rise. Excellence Award Trysta Williams, Instructor, Management

College of Business Administration Outstanding Contribution in Research Award Edward Nowlin, Associate Professor, Marketing

College of Business Administration Professional Sta Excellence Award Ben Ward, Instructional Technologist

Outstanding Senior In Business Daniel Erickson, Bachelor's Candidate, Accounting

36 College of Business Administration peaker

ohn Lagemann retired Europe, to establish and prioritize requirements for Division sales and marketing for the United States, Oct. 31 after 38 years key tactical marketing, sales and channel development Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which is Region 4. withJ Deere & Company processes, tools and systems. as senior vice president, Lagemann earned his bachelor’s degree in feed sales and marketing for the Joining Deere & Company in 1982 as a marketing science and management and his Master of Business company’s Agriculture and representative in the Kansas City sales branch, Administration from Kansas State University. He Turf Division, Regions 3 and Lagemann worked with dealers and customers in is a board member and the 2018 board chair of 4, a position he held since various eld assignments until being named manager, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and September 2012. In this post, factory marketing at John Deere Harvester Works in serves as chair of the association's Ag Sector Board. Lagemann was responsible 1994. He became manager of John Deere’s operations He is a member of the K-State College of Business for sales and go-to-market in Australia, New Zealand and East Asia in 1999. Administration Dean’s Business Advisory Council activities in the Americas and is an advisory board member at K-State Olathe. John Lagemann and Australia. In June 2019, In 2002, Lagemann was named vice president of He also is a board member of the American Royal additional responsibilities sales for the United States and Canada. In 2009, he Association. were added for Region 2, was appointed vice president, Agriculture and Turf

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(Scl) Accounting Haley Dee Peterson Hayden omas Andresen Kayla Christine Peterson (Su20) Jordan D. Aylor (Scl) Josie Ann Albertini (Scl) (D) Trevor Elliott Poage Alexander Ryan Baker (Cl) Jacob Henry Bednar (Scl) Stephen Ramge Austin Ngoc Banh Peter Timothy Beikmann Joseph Anthony Salerno Brett Nolan Barnard Payton Ann Blume (Mcl) Gracie Marie Salts Andrew Joseph Breen (Su20) (Scl) (D) Sophia Pauline Bowman Andrew Donald Schoemaker Sarah Doyle Bruegge * Catherine Irene Brown (Mcl) Nicholas Ryan Shiever Brooke Nicole Bulloch (Mcl) * Brooke Nicole Bulloch (Mcl) * Seth Willem Stirek Kagen atcher Bunning * Ross Anthony Cappo Tyler Vincent Stoecklein Parker James Carroll Darian Coen Mickenzie Justyne Toler Mercedes Nicole Elias (Su20) Clarice Danielle Coleman Ericka Monique Woods Daniel George Feiden Christian Davis Kaicheng Zhang Joseph Edward Gleason (Mcl) * Abigail Ruby Dressler Austin Richard Haas (Scl) Daniel Jacob Erickson Entrepreneurship Justin omas Hampel Bailey Marie Farris (Su20) Matthew Lee Hansen Benjamin Michael Fernandez (Su20) Dori Marie Freund Jenna Marie Hennerberg * Joseph Edward Gleason (Mcl) * Alexsis Marie Garles Kolby Wilson Holmberg (Cl) Peyton Michael Graves (Cl) Breanna Leigh Frances Hendrickson (Su20) * Eli David Huggins (Su20) (Su20) Carson Scott Hartter Sumner Blaine Hylton Kendsey Whitney Johnson (Mcl) * Jenna Marie Hennerberg * Tayler Anne Johnson Allison Marie Koster (Su20) * (Su20) (D) Emma Nicole Hill (Scl) Yixin Luo Jakob Alexander Kurtz Whitney Paige Hinmon (Scl) Magdalena Porras Erwin Leal (D) Collin William Holthaus (Scl) Kyle Douglas Puvogel Jacob Michael Leikam Kendsey Whitney Johnson (Mcl) * Charles Clinton Roark III Andres Loya Nicholas Ryan Katz Payton Brittney Traylor Zeel Mehta * Rebecca Jane Knudson Venis Tyshina Tyler-Ford Bert William Oettmeier III Allison Marie Koster (Su20) * James Daniel Quaney (Scl) * Taylor Virginia Lang Finance Nicholas Ryan Shiever Zeel Mehta * Madison Meagan Spear Alexis Anne Moser Tameem Al-Taweel Angus Edward Stoddart Austin Graham Ohnmeis (Su20) Khaled Nabil Alyaqout (Su20) Tyler Vincent Stoecklein * Timothy Tyler Patton Bobbi Jean Anderson (Su20) Artem A. uma (Mcl)

College of Business Administration, Speaker, Degree Candidates 37 Carsen Lynn Turner (Cl) (D) Devin S. Klieman Colin Flathman (Su20) Justin Denver Varney (Mcl) (Su20) James Nathan Koerperich Ian Martin Gash (Su20) Morgan Elizabeth Willhaus Brooklyn Anne Lautt Aidan John George (Su20) Shicheng Yang (Su20) Cameron W. Lewis (Su20) Holden Ray Girard Dawt Bik Lian (Su20) Jacey Taylor Goetz (Scl) Ellen M. Lilek Alec Michael Green * General Business Joshua Dayton Long Cameron Ross Green¥eld (Su20) * William Cody Botkin Cade Younger Mayer Cole Warren Hager (Su20) Gabriel Gomez Taylor Moon McIntosh Tyler Steven Ham Connor Christian Hansen (Su20) Kyler James McMullin Wei Han (Su20) Scott Allan Haverkamp Chelsi Marie McGregor Claire Margaret Hansen (Scl) Holly Jacobs (Cl) (Su20) Jacob Gibbon Nobrega Sophia Grace Hanson David Terence Johnson Alec Charles Onstad Jacob Michael Helton Wesley O’Dell Johnson Jessica Nicole Philips Joshua A. Henggeler (Su20) Jamie Marie Kelly (Su20) Broc Davis Putnam Noah Christopher Johnson (Mcl) (Su20) Laura Elizabeth Levin Aidan Xavier Marie Quain Austin H. Katsorelos * Joanna Krystal Marin Eric Scott Reid Colin Christopher Kenney (Su20) Tyler Benjamin Moorman (Su20) Kartik Samyaal Samuel R. Koehn (Su20) Katherine Margaret Murphy Ryan E. Sharp Cali Rose Kowalski (Su20) (Su20) Micah Christopher Reynolds Hannah Fakroddin Smith Cody Remington Krehbiel Susan Denise Walker Joshua Donald Smith Tran B Le (Su20) Toni Anne Yaussi (Su20) Alexandra Rae railkill Devon Lee Jasmine Rochelle Lee Tipton Agustin Maximiliano Mariscal (Su20) Shawn Lamar Trice Robert Francis Miller (Su20) Management Evan Jacob Tschosik Caitlynn Michelle Noltie (Su20) Agustina Vera y Aragon Abed (Su20) Robert Michael Nunez Santana Edgar Daniel Aguilar (Su20) Joseph Aaron Wallace Hogan William Pearson Siddharth Ajay (Su20) Feitian Wang Benjamin Steven Pence Korina Denise Almanza (Su20) Dustin Paul Weber David B. Printers Austin Michael Anderson (Su20) (Su20) Gabriel Michael Wilkens Weston James Prockish Erick X. Aye (Su20) (Cl) Andrew Mitchell Withers James William Sheehan Robert James Biby (Su20) Weijiang Xiang Dalton Dean Sieperda Justin Christopher Boerner (Su20) Gwenyth Summer¥eld Young Donna Erin Simko Emily Claire Bonnichsen (Su20) (Su20) (Su20) Michael Joseph Zabel Sascha Ian Sitta Estrago Aaron James Booth (Su20) (D) Yirong Zhang James Ryan Stewart Macey Dandridge Bowman (Cl) Lance Lisle Storrer Cole Adrian Calvert (Su20) Matthew William Sullivan Garrett Wayne Campbell Management Information Systems Abigail Christina Svoboda Benjamin Carl Chaverin (Su20) eodore John Svoboda Emily Jean Cox Cooper Dylan Budt Heather Dawn Ullman Adrienne Adell Culbertson (Su20) Zachary Morris Keeling Dylan Ray Potter Jesse Allen Van Dyke Nicole Ann Dinkel (Su20) Ashlyn Marie Voth Christopher Allen Dugan Joseph Bradley Wilson Megan Lynne Eberhart (Su20) Marketing Hannah Louise Winterhalter Justin David Eichman (Su20) (Su20) * Daithin E. Wyco¦ Fatoumata Faburay Anna Renae Arends (Su20) Nolen Brooks Yapp Cody Fletcher Lauren Summer Blankenship Gabriel Allan Fletcher Ethan Moore Burton Jayme Ann Fletcher (Su20) Mark Anthony Bussell Jr. (Su20) Professional and Strategic Selling Sean Michael Green Colin Samuel Casey (Su20) * Hunter Joseph Heindel Heath Allen Cox Anna Renae Arends (Su20) * Breanna Leigh Frances Hendrickson (Su20) * Kayla Ann Curnutte Cooper Mikell English Wyatt Anthony Hubert Darby Anne Deans (Cl) Samuel William Fritz * Madison A. Hummel Carly Dinsmore Alec Michael Green * Madina Ravshanovna Iskhakova (Su20) Leonardo Efrain Dominguez (Su20) Cole Warren Hager (Su20) Braden M. Johanning John Bradley Douglas Ryan C. Henington * Nathan James Kennedy Kandace Lyn Emory (Mcl) Colin Christopher Kenney Muhammad Talha Khan Cooper Mikell English (Su20) *

38 College of Business Administration, Degree Candidates ollege of griculture

Processional Presentation of Degrees Ernie Minton, Dean National Anthem Dan Moser, Associate Dean Duane Dunn, Assistant Dean Jason Ellis, Professor and Department Head, Introductions Communications and Agricultural Education Dan Moser, Associate Dean Allen Featherstone, Professor and Department Head, Agricultural Economics Recognition of Honors Graduates Joe Harner, Professor and Department Head, Biological Zelia Wiley, Assistant Dean and Agricultural Engineering Michel Ransom, Professor and Department Head, Agronomy Commencement Address Steve Keeley, Professor and Department Head, Don Boggs, Associate Dean Emeritus Horticulture and Natural Resources Gordon Smith, Professor and Department Head, Grain Science and Industry Student Commencement Speaker Mike Day, Professor and Department Head, Animal Allison Bertz, Bachelor's Candidate, Agricultural Sciences and Industry Communications and Journalism Closing Remarks Alumni Association Greetings Dan Moser, Associate Dean Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, K-State Alumni Association Recessional Conferral of Degrees Ernie Minton, Dean

College of Agriculture 39 peaker

on Boggs served as of Science from the University of Illinois, Master of During his 15 years as associate dean at K-State, the associate dean for Science from K-State and a doctorate from Michigan Boggs had oversight of all academic programs and Dacademic programs in the State University. He served on the research and student activities in the College of Agriculture. He College of Agriculture at teaching faculty at the University of Georgia for six also served on numerous university and college Kansas State University from years. In 1988 he become the extension beef specialist committees and task forces. Boggs was a co-founder 2005 to 2020. at South Dakota State University in Brookings, and served as chair of the executive board of South Dakota, and in 1998 he became head of the AG*IDEA, a national distance education alliance for Boggs, who was raised Department of Animal and Range Sciences at South agriculture. He also served as chair of the Academic on a diversied grain and Dakota State. Committee on Policy and the Agricultural Academic livestock farm in central Programs Section of the Association of Public and Illinois, received his Bachelor Land-grant Universities. Don Boggs

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Communications and Kaitlin Kay Ohlde Agronomy Kyle Bradley Peterson Agricultural Education Quinton Daniel Porter Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Abigail erese Reedy Sydney Marie Chartier Agricultural Communications atcher Skolout (S) (Mcl) Alexandra Anne Clark Colton Wayne Sutterby (Scl) and Journalism Sophie Ann Filbert Michelle Unruh (S) Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Coleman Joseph Nordhus (Su20) Allison Clare Bertz (Scl) (S) Yuege Wang Jared W. Petz Sierra Rene Day * Coldyn Lee Weiche (Su20) Taylor Alan Scherer Bailey Cheyenne Hittle Christopher Michael White Jenna Faye Stonehocker Wyatt James Minihan (H) Madison Nicole Tunnell Haley Marie Sutterby Agricultural Economics Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Horticulture and Natural Resources Agricultural Economics Jakob Allen Beggs Austin Michael French Sydney Marie Gottlob Horticulture Agribusiness (Su20) Brett McAllaster Green Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Keenan Alan Hildebrandt Austin Riley Banzet Josie Ann Albertini (Scl) (D) * Harleigh Rae Kitchen Gianni Benedetto Braten James Baker (Scl) Jenna Grace Rose Emma Margaret Brooks Jack Alexander Dewey Brady Joseph Rugan (Cl) (Su20) Kenneth Dodson Ste¦an Paul Dolechek * Kaitlyn Nali Stickels (Su20) (Cl) Alyssa Nicole Dunnivan Mason Lawrence Eilert (Mcl) (Su20) Hailey Grace Utech Claudia Jean Giacone Katherine Lorena Frank (Cl) Tyler Scott Wegerer Ethan Dale Hargett (Su20) Derek James Gentry (Su20) Jess Taylor Hole Pablo Andres Gonzalez Villalonga (Scl) Agricultural Technology Wesley Kenneth Howe Megan Renee Hill (Cl) (Su20) (Mcl) Madeline Kathleen Kalivoda Ciara Rose Hodgkinson Management Kinzie Nicole Ratli¦ Ella Marie Katzer Samuel Michael Kennedy Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Kolby Kessler Reed Victoria Lynn McCauley (Su20) Skyler Jacob Burns Leah Kristeen Russell (Scl) Robert Jackson McCormick Andrew Lloyd Feldkamp Erica Lynn Stuhlsatz (Scl) Andrea Michelle Miller (Su20) Zackery Leon Steed Lane W. Wiens (Cl) Laura Montgomery Ethan Wyatt Sylvester Cameron Wade Williams James Patrick Noble Edward Steven Tilton Eli Christian Ohlde (Scl)

40 College of Agriculture Speaker, Degree Candidates Jordan Scott Foss Emmaline Rose Cochrane Park Management and Conservation (Su20) (Scl) Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Jaley Elizabeth Jensen Carly Ann Cole Joel Mitchell Moldrup Jacob Wesley Cox Joshua James Akers * (S) Christian Elliott Oatsdean Sierra Rene Day Luis Alverto Avalos Alejandro Romero Carlie Jo-Ann Dill (Cl) Austin William Donnelly (Cl) (Su20) (Scl) (Su20) Isaac James Romig Logan Jay Druecker Kinsey Catherine Hadden Andrew William Schubert McKennzie Lynn Duncan Chase Walker Langston (Su20) Justin Lee Wagner Kennedy LeAnne Early Bethanee Kay Plochberger (Mcl) (S) Caitlyn Roam Eickleberry Aaron Je¦rey Stewart (Su20) (Su20) Joshua Scott Evans Cody Ryan ompson Animal Sciences and Industry (Su20) Joseph Fehn Jacob Roy Wagner Claire Ho¦man Follmer Andrew Logan Woodrum Food Science and Industry Robert Mitchell Forbes (Scl) Bachelor of Science in Food Rebecca Cheyenne Goggin Wildlife and Outdoor Science and Industry Lexus Adair Gower (Cl) (H) (S) Enterprise Management Marie Biondi Savannah Cheyenne Grant Kevin Owen Byrne Miles Jordan Hamilton Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and (Su20) Outdoor Enterprise Management Anita Dawn Cavender Breanna Noel Hargis Anna Suzette Francis Patrick Robert Bowman Natalia Marie Hart Jesus Hernandez Vazquez Brandon Dougan Jay Henry (Scl) (D) Marron Kleymann Derek Christopher Ecklund Taylor Leann Herman Barbara Ann McPherson Ryan Michael Fischer Mary E. Hirtreiter Christopher Louis Miller (Cl) Ethan Garrett Graper Folmer Ashley Annette Hoffman Shannon Rene Miskell Samantha Jansen Trenton James Jahay Katherine Rose Rosewicz (Scl) Avery Dodds Miller Jenna Clair Kibler Sheila Marie Slavens Mia J. Kim Spencer Aaron Sanders (Su20) (Scl) (D) Sean Anthony Strout Andrew Donald Schoemaker Fallon Revae Knowles Hannah Sejal Rahul Vaghasia Braden Hunter Shumate Rose Krieg Alicia Marie Walker Jessica Robin Lesh Austin Lee Stover Haley Ann Watts (Cl) (S) (Scl) Hunter Lee Whiteley Paige Elizabeth Leslie Meagan Christine Luckert (Su20) Animal Sciences and Industry Marisa Laine Maddy Grain Science and Industry Victoria Lynn Male Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Cl) (Su20) Morgan Kay Marshall Lane Shelby Rae Abts (S20) (P) Bakery Science and Management Rebecca Mays Tatum Rae Natalie Jayne Akerill Bachelor of Science in Bakery Mays Ryann Leann Allison Marlene Mendez Science and Management Alicia Amairani Alonso Xue Qi Fo (Scl) Olivia Annalise Meyers Melody Brianna Jane Anschutz (Su20) Kira Marie Halksworth (Su20) Oscaree’ Miller Madelyn Jane Chase Alan Archer (Su20) Casey Lynn Hilte Mushrush Travis James Tayler Nichole Bacon Sierra Latrice McCain Neis Payden omas Barrett Karlee Anne Stebral Samantha Newberry Mae Bellovics (Su20) Megan Elaine Northcutt Nathan Kathleen Rose Bercume Cole O’Brate Brayden Lynn Feed Science and Management Chelsey Ann Bieberle (Mcl) Pascoe Cecelia Violet Biggs Bachelor of Science in Feed Abigail Suzanne Pentz Trystin Christopher Ray Blegen (Su20) Science and Management Breann Plymesser Sarah Rose Sydney Nicole Bosley (Su20) Reid James Beeman Pollina Tessia O. Bowen (Su20) Samantha Mae Garies Ariel Marie Powell Corbyn Claire Elaine Bradbury Nash Aaric Ohland Thomas Pugh Madison Renee Madison Kay Plummer Kaitlynn Marie Bratton (Su20) (Su20) Ratliff Zach T. Richard Ashlynn Janelle Brockus (Su20) (D) Rachel Jane Schuetze Benjamin Hughes Robke Jenna Joyce Bromm (Su20) Madelynne Menne Roney Colton Roy Buessing (Su20) Milling Science and Management Cody G. Sauvageau Akayla Jermay Calhoun Cole Dalton Schafer Bachelor of Science in Milling (Cl) (Su20) Le’la Nicole Chaudhry (Cl) Carolina Scha¦er Science and Management Connor Jay Chesky Andrew Grant England Kylee Renee Scherer

College of Agriculture, Degree Candidates 41 Shelby Lynn Schroeder (Su20) Skyler Scotten (Cl) Garrett Robert Francis Seltzer Damon Jonas Smith Addaline Nicole Soukup Natalie Alexzandra Stapaules Kaitlyn Nali Stickels * Melanie Christine Stowers (Su20) Colton Scott Stucky Kayleigh Ann omas Dalton Eugene rasher Hannah Tice Kendall William Tindall Blake Toliver Shayanna Marie Torres Megan Renee Underwood Eric Xavier Valenzuela Joshua Dean Van Laeys (Scl)

Carlie Marie Volm-Bush \ Kasey Elizabeth Wagner Brandiwyne Elizabeth Walus Yilin Wang (Su20) Rachael Ilyssa Weinstein Megan Jeanmarie Wendel (Su20) Megan Ann Wheeler (Su20) Ashley L. Whittemore Georgia Linne Wilde (Su20) Andrew Lee Wiley Kathleen Leigh Wilson Zachary Warren Wood Jacob Daniel Wright Alyson Renee Young Jordan Lea Zimmerman (Su20)

42 College of Agriculture, Degree Candidates ollege of rts and ciences

Processional Charge to the Class David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music Amit Chakrabarti, Dean

National Anthem* Alma Mater* David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music

Welcome and Introductions Recessional Amit Chakrabarti, Dean David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music

Commencement Address Marshals Amit Chakrabarti, Dean Department Representatives, College of Arts and Sciences

Conferral of Degrees *e audience will please rise. Richard B. Myers, President

Presentation of Diplomas Amit Chakrabarti, Dean

Readers Scott Tanona, Associate Dean Alison Wheatley, Assistant Dean

Alumni Association Greetings Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, K-State Alumni Association

College of Arts and Sciences 43 ªegree andidates

(Su20) * (Su20) American Ethnic Studies Madalyn Paige Taylor Martin (Hsin-Wu) Chiang Willow Marie Willingham (Su20) Lorena Susana Juanez (Su20) Bachelor of Science Brie’Asia Victoria Lee Harris (Su20) Fisheries, Wildlife and Bachelor of Science Conservation Biology Parker Steven Abel Derek Christopher Ecklund (Scl) (D) Art Bachelor of Science Ryan Scott Herdman Katharina Bremser Luke Christian Hesse (Cl) Paige Margaret Conner Bachelor of Fine Arts Wing Sing Leng * Jessica Marie Buckman (Scl) Andrew omas Gilroy Caleb Loren Linville (Mcl) * Ryan David Carter (Su20) Blair Nora Pfeifer (Su20) Guillermo Joaquin Osorio Cajes (Su20) Emma Kathryn Franchett (Su20) Cassondra Van Slyke Mitchell Edward Roets Stephanie Dawn Kluitenberg Blair Patrick Ryan (Su20) Kailey Shea Koopman (Scl) Microbiology Carsen Lynn Turner (Cl) (D) Pedro I. Melendez Seungmin Yang (Su20) Natalie Li Phrakonekham (Cl) Bachelor of Science Adrienne Marie Alder Kailey Brianne Prior Shelby Lynn Bolin (Cl) Charles Cody Pyle Nicholas Alexander Freitas English Ashley Nicole Read (Mcl) (Su20) Megan Elizabeth Goeckel * Carolina Bueno Luna (Su20) Bachelor of Arts Alec C. Ang (Su20) Biochemistry Andrew Calvin Brandt Chemistry Nikole Danielle Brinkman Bachelor of Arts Cassandra Sue Gri¯ng (Mcl) Jeremiah William Shipman (Cl) Bachelor of Science Shannon Marie Harkins (Su20) * Michael Josiah Henderson Sharidan Elizabeth Kraljic (Cl) (Su20) * Bachelor of Science Aundrea Fayth Lopez Haley Ann Kuenzi (Su20) Austin Michael Davis Noor M M Y Mustafa Jordan Daniel Doebbeling Sara Elizabeth Partin * Communication Studies (Scl) (D) Megan Elizabeth Goeckel Cecilia Andrea Pick Gómez Steven L. Montalvo Bachelor of Arts Taylor Steven Brenn (Su20) Gender, Women, and Biology Margot Decker Sexuality Studies Blanca Maria Garcia Bachelor of Science Oen Marqee Gri¯n (Cl) (Cl) Lauren Anderson (Su20) Bachelor of Science Lindsey Nicole Pratte * (Scl) Jazlyn Eileen Kingsolver Quinton Nathaniel Burger Eric Austin Cheng Kendra Marie Cunningham (Mcl) Bachelor of Science Camren Paul Du¦ Geography Derek Richard Davidson (D) Wykeen Akie Gill Jr. Adyson Mae Furlong (Mcl) Bachelor of Arts (Su20) Jackson Dean Glessner Grant Robert Hughes Simrun Kaur Hundal (S) McAuley Kiefer Hollis Somia Mohamat Jamma (Su20) Caroline Grace McFeeters Muhammad Junaid Khan Camree Danne Mills-Gladney (Su20) Bachelor of Science Veronica Evangelina Mateo (S) Hector Alejandro Ochoa (Su20) Logan Mark Romero Zanaiya Donyale Peebles (Su20) Taylor Jordyn Snider Paige Peterson Ashley Marie Werth Alexander James Ralston (Cl) (Su20) Geology Elizabeth M. Riforgiate (Scl) Chase Christopher Riley Bachelor of Science Economics (Su20) Benjamin Hughes Robke (Su20) (D) Chase Loren Carey Mary Elise Schmidt Bachelor of Arts Wyatt Colby Totten Kerby M. Sloyer Karsen Mae Adams *

44 College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates History Life Sciences Medical Laboratory Science

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts Quinten Chase Boten (Su20) Elassia Mariah Cunningham-Younger (Su20) Lacey Michelle Dell Matthew Bailey Steiner Olivia Lauren Minihan * Modern Languages Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Hayden Scott Headrick Shakiya Grace Aho * Bachelor of Arts Ghufran Hussain Alawadh * Mark Greer MacDougall Karsen Mae Adams Elizabeth Ayers (Su20) Melinda Marie Meerian Logan Antonio Andrews Carey Ann Bartram (Su20) Samuel Blue Miller Angela Gail Gearhardt (Mcl) (D) (H) (D) Dean H. Bergmeier Tori E. LaShae Mitchell Sharidan Elizabeth Kraljic (Cl) (Su20) * Megan Elizabeth Allison Blake (Su20) Zachary Omann Olivia RuthAnne Swyers (Su20) John Evans Cancelada (Su20) Andrew John Zinman Callie Nicole Williams (Scl) (Su20) * Kayla Lou-Ann Clark (Su20) Storm Taylour-Mareena Dalton (Su20) Humanities Alexandra Paige Dickson (Su20) Music, eatre, and Dance Sandra Elaine Fabian Bachelor of Arts Sarina Nuraisyah Iskandar Fay (Cl) Applied Music Jonah Michael Evarts Matthew David Firnhaber John Lyle Rawdon Bachelor of Music James Grant Gamble Lauren Nicole Taylor (Su20) Sara Grace Gilbert (Cl) Journalism and Mass Ashton Leigh Jueneman Timothy Daniel Kohls Music Education Communications (Scl) Raul Leyva-Montes Bachelor of Music Education Kevin Loya Anna Elaine Featherston Bachelor of Arts Kirby Alan McCandless (Cl) (Su20) Madison Cheyenne Howbert Amelia Gabrielle Andrews (Su20) Courtney Nicole Neilson (Mcl) (S) Eleanor Naomi Mankin Kamryn Beth Cain (Su20) Keri Lynn Pfrang (Cl) Kimberly Rosa Kyleigh Marie Conkling (Mcl) Kyra Mae Pinkston Mackenzie Le Webster Kathryn Ann Fink Matthew Amaral Rodrigues (Scl) Laura Rose Keener (Cl) (Su20) Amanda Sue Rogers Michaela Shanté Kitchen (Cl) Music Claire Isabelle Rogers Taylor J. Luck (Cl) Bachelor of Arts (Cl) Kathryn Deanna Rogg Katie Elizabeth Messerla (Cl) Andrew Michael Henderson Jessica Leigh Sawyer Emma Lynn Snyder (Mcl) Jacob Cooper Long Nicholas Hart Setser (Scl) Makayla Lynn Stone (Su20) Davis Keats Roe Ryan Taylor Shamburg Mercedes Lynn Shu¦ Bachelor of Science Emma Leigh Stimatze (S) eatre Olivia Jean Ayres George Aaron Torres Bachelor of Arts William Arthur Bernard Ian David Boyd-Duncan (Su20) Morgan Ann Clarke Kaitlyn Rebecca Burns Mathematics Adam Robert Cook Elizabeth Margariet Kritikos Matthew Ryan Coolman Tyler Jacob Parker Bachelor of Arts Isaiah Cubit (D) Ceslie Mary Lynn Parker-Waller Malyia-Mason Savahn East Paige Taylor Eichkorn Addison Aubrey Price (Scl) Joshua Carter Hughes Andrea Taylar Wolf Jillian Kay Headrick Bachelor of Science Peter E. Loganbill (Cl) Bachelor of Science * Michael Frederick Duncan Brianna Courtney Magee Chang Li (Mcl) Jacob Abram Edelman-Dolan Sophia Gabrielle Mandacina Javier Marin Loya Chavira Sebastian Fox Henderson (Su20) Nicholaus William Elliott Logan W. Mantz (Scl) (D) Danielle Rathbun (D) Anne Lillian Kenworthy Adam Michael Meyer (Su20) Samuel Gaines Strohkorb (D) Alex Rhea Kinsinger Kyle Bruce Stithem (Mcl) (D) (D) Isabella Rose Vardaman Rebecca Marie Vrbas Christian David Swearingen (Cl) Logan McKinley Wassall Kyle James Weston

College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates 45 Philosophy Psychology

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts Samuel Haines Leyba Brookelynn Paige Entz (Mcl) Frances Gu¦y * Bachelor of Science Samuel Manning Harper Natalie Alison Jabben (Scl) * Jason M. Heikes Ashley Sylvia MacDonald (Scl) * Ashley Rae Hunt * Grace Carolyn Palcic (Mcl) * Jadyn Jean Pohlman Lemoñia Anastasia Schroeter Evangelista * Jamie Courtney Yearout Dalton Lee Stearns (Su20) Bachelor of Science Physical Sciences Emily Kathryn Augustine Ashlyn Marie Baker (D) * (Mcl) Bachelor of Science Parker Steven Beer Daniel Joseph Boyd Isaac Jomar Alfaro (Su20) Alexandria Mae Brun Christopher Johannes Bouska (Cl) (Su20) Filip Pryce Garner-Lonsky Felipe Alexander Deihle * Kevin Andrei Martinez-Rosales (Su20) Sarah Elise Donovan Grant Michael Mclain (Su20) Brianna Leigh Duden (Mcl) Jaren Lane Nittler Justine Fiscus (Su20) Travis Michael Volz Dalanie Nikohl Lygrisse Hadley Sarah Katherine Harrod Jazlyn Eileen Kingsolver * Physics Lauren Renae Londeen (Scl) Kevin Dawson Lykins Bachelor of Science Alicyn Layne McKibben * (Su20) Austin Tyree Dortch Emilia Faye Meza (Su20) * Michael Josiah Henderson Ashley Renae Miller (Su20) Jon Brandon Oden Jr. (Mcl) (Cl) Political Science Kendra Marie Overdick Abigail Lenora Rebollar Bachelor of Arts Julia Romo-Figueroa Paul Ambrose (Su20) Toriel Imani Swanson (Cl) Ramiro Eloy Gonzalez Liza Van Der Merwe Samuel Manning Harper * Trevor Michael Walters (Su20) Gloria Saidi (Su20) Marcus Tyler Welch (Mcl) Isabella Marie Villegas Rhiannon Dru Wilhite (Su20) Spencer Weiser (S) Isabel Frances Woodward Sydney Austin Anna Zimmerman Bachelor of Science Naif Khalid S Alwodani Social Sciences Brooke Ashton Brownlee (Scl) Gjon Dushaj (Scl) * Bachelor of Arts Natalie Alison Jabben Chelsea Elizabeth Holt Bates * Mark Greer MacDougall Cierra Marie Muniz (Su20) Jennah Nicole Ohlde Miranda Kay Schumacher (Su20) (Mcl) * Grace Carolyn Palcic Dietra Ann Sober (Mcl) (S) August Alonzo Pease Haotian Sun (Su20) Aaron Lee Rettig Lillie Grace Schlitz (Su20) Bachelor of Science Nicholas Alan Younger Roger Lewis Abernathy Mark A¦eltranger Jr. Adrianna Nicole Alejos

46 College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates Kaice Corrin Allen Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Jonathan Cameron Alexander (D) * (Su20) Ashlyn Marie Baker Katie Jane Arpin Stratton Arbuckle Stephen Gene Brazil Rhys Anne Baker Olivia Rochelle Barnes DeShon Jamal Ray Brooks Megan Ashton Alana Briggs Shayla K. Benton Apollonia Clarice Burrus Carly Jo Budke (Cl) (Su20) Connor W. Bobb Edwin Christopher Butler Jr. Aleana E. Cuevas-Montagne (Mcl) (Su20) Amy Elizabeth Bollard Sara Nicole Campbell Kathryn Marie Dyer (Su20) Jacob Price Burrow RaShaun C. Chambers (Su20) Anthony Andrew Giambalvo (Mcl) (Su20) Connor Joseph Cart Matthew Lee Cummings (Su20) Macy Lynn Heinrich (Su20) (Su20) Jordan Taylor Coons Sarah Elise Donovan * Kailee Mae Landon Chasity Leigh Cupp Kelly Harrison Shastina Maree Lincoln (Su20) Jordan Thomas Daurer Caylynn Paige Hartman Keighan Scott Miller (Su20) Miranda Morgan Elliott Shea Marie Hoover Sheena M. Miller (Su20) Nicholas Graham Fox Charles Edward Johns III (Su20) Julia Nicole Minnich Daidra Franklin Danielle Marie Mans¥eld Payton Matthew Neufeld Gary Anthony Gibson Kaylah Lynne McCabe (Cl) Brooklyn Anastasia Robinson (Su20) (Su20) Daniel J. Glotzbach Austin Je¦ery McKeithan (Su20) Emily Miyoko Robinson Quetta Denise Gray Alicyn Layne McKibben * Christina Phuong Tran-Nguyen (Su20) Cameron Eugene Hager David Alexander Menotti (Scl) (Su20) Logan Jack Alexander Vicin (Su20) Andrew Jason Hicks Lucas Nathaniel Middleton (Su20) Ethan Michael Hogan Marcus Dominique Neal (Su20) Mariah SaRon Irvin Maria M. Noa (Su20) Statistics and Data Science Matthew Jason Langhofer Nicholas Alan Olding (Su20) Thomas Joseph Markey Mason Kay Reaser (Su20) Bachelor of Arts Nathaniel Joseph Kochuyt DeMarco DeAndre Melson Connor Scott Riggs (Su20) (Su20) Jacob Range Miller Madalyn Paige Taylor (Su20) * (Su20) Luke Joseph Nunnink Tinasha Diane Watson (Su20) Bachelor of Science (Scl) Michelle Olivia Pena Kacie Elizabeth Engel * Blake A. Pestinger (Su20) Wing Sing Leng * Keri Lynn Peterson Anthropology Chang Li (Su20) Kimberly Florence Reale (Su20) John Henry Rogers Savenia M. Robbins Bachelor of Arts Bolun Zhang

Lemoñia Anastasia Schroeter Evangelista * Mackenzie Lynn DePlata * Lacie Raean Spain (Su20) Olivia Lauren Minihan James Ryan Stewart (Su20) (D) Rebekah Grace Purvis Jarod Leroy Urquhart Alena Ruth Wash Bachelor of Science (Su20) Isaac Agee Wenger Huntington Kenneth Bagby (Scl) * Reagan Cassidy Whitworth Ashley Sylvia MacDonald Morgh’an Diara Wise-Malone Karrigan Pothier (Scl) Yiming Zhao (Su20) John Phillip Summers Amare Janai Sumpter Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work Social Work

Sociology Bachelor of Arts Jack Andreas Furstner Bachelor of Arts Brooklyn Jesseph (Cl) (Su20) Bethany Noel Bates Colette Elizabeth Shields (Su20) Michelle Yozareth Garcia Rodriguez Callie Nicole Williams (Scl) (Su20) * Jadyn Jean Pohlman * Allison Nicolle Roman Ji Wang (Su20)

College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates 47 48 Anderson Hall, 1939

niversity ªistinguished »rofessors he title of University Distinguished Professor is the highest honor Kansas State University can bestow on its faculty. is lifetime title recognizes faculty making outstanding contributions to teaching, research and service to their professions and communities. University Distinguished Professors are appointed following a universitywideT competition conducted by the provost and executive vice president. Each recipient receives a commemorative medallion upon appointment. e honorees 2020 Philip Nel, English Harald E.L. Prins, Anthropology 1994 Christine Aikens, Chemistry Jürgen A. Richt, Diagnostic Medicine James Shanteau, Psychological Sciences John J. Iandolo, Pathology and and Pathobiology omas Barstow, Kinesiology 2004 Microbiology Jim Riviere, Anatomy and Physiology James L. Marsden, Regents 2019 James R. Co¦man, Clinical Sciences Mike Tokach, Animal Sciences and Distinguished Professor Stefan Bossmann, Chemistry (honorary) Industry of Animal Sciences Keith Gido, Biology David C. Hartnett, Biology Kimberly Kirkpatrick, Psychological 2012 Yoshiro Ikeda, Art 1993 Sciences Christer Aakeröy, Chemistry Hongxing Jiang, Physics Neville "Bill" Reay, Physics C. Michael Smith, Entomology Itzik Ben-Itzhak, Physics Joseph V. Ortiz, Chemistry 1990 Uwe umm, Physics Susan Brown, Biology Sonny Ramaswamy, Entomology Chii-Dong Lin, Physics Ruth Welti, Biology Ted Schroeder, Agricultural Economics 2018 Michael W. Suleiman, Political Science 2011 2003 Mary Beth Kirkham, Agronomy 1989 David C. Poole, Kinesiology, and Michael Dryden, Diagnostic Medicine M.M. Chengappa, Diagnostic Medicine William Fateley, Chemistry Anatomy and Physiology and Pathobiology and Pathobiology Norman J. Fedder, ¯eatre Jim Sherow, History Brett Esry, Physics Robert D. Linder, History Terry Johnson, Biology John Hatcli¦, Computer Science David A. Schmidt, Computer Science 2017 John Leslie, Plant Pathology 1988 Phillip Klebba, Biochemistry and 2002 Xiuzhi "Susan" Sun, Grain Science and Cornelia B. Flora, Sociology Molecular Biophysics Alan Knapp, Biology Industry Jonathan Holden, English Timothy Musch, Kinesiology, and S. Lillian Kremer, English Kenneth W. Jones, History Anatomy and Physiology 2010 omas E. Roche, Biochemistry and Kenneth Klabunde, Chemistry Anil Pahwa, Electrical and Computer Elizabeth Dodd, English Molecular Biophysics Patrick Richard, Cortelyou-Rust Engineering Anthony Joern, Biology Barbara Valent, Plant Pathology Distinguished Professor of Physics Yan Soibelman, Mathematics 2009 2001 Sadahiro Saeki, Mathematics Kun Yan Zhu, Entomology Walter K. Dodds, Biology Frank Blecha, Anatomy and Physiology Charles W. Rice, Agronomy David Littrell, Music 1987 2016 L.T. Fan, Chemical Engineering P.V. Vara Prasad, Agronomy Talat Rahman, Physics 2008 David Leith, Regents Distinguished Bharat Ratra, Physics Larry Takemoto, Biology Edgar Chambers IV, Human Nutrition Professor of Pathology Dean Zollman, Physics 2015 Philine Wangemann, Anatomy and Donald Setser, Chemistry Physiology 2000 Wayne Goins, Music 1986 Douglas S. McGregor, Mechanical and T.G. Nagaraja, Diagnostic Medicine Rob Denell, Biology Duane Acker, Animal Sciences and Nuclear Engineering and Pathobiology Christopher M. Sorensen, Cortelyou- Industry Rust Distinguished Professor of Physics 2014 2007 Horst Leipold, Pathology Dale Herspring, Political Science 1999 Yolanda Broyles-González, American 1985 Ethnic Studies Duy Hua, Chemistry E. Wayne Nafziger, Economics Richard Consigli, Biology Gary Pierzynski, Agronomy Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Brian S. Spooner, Biology Biochemistry 1984 Sandra Stith, Family Studies and 1998 Kenneth Hoyt, Education Human Services 2006 Gary W. Conrad, Biology Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Grain John M. Blair, Biology Timothy R. Donoghue, Physics 1974 Science and Industry Daniel C. Marcus, Anatomy and (honorary) Ernest E. Shult, Regents Distinguished 2013 Physiology Jan E. Leach, Plant Pathology Professor of Mathematics Richard A. Marston, Geography James H. Edgar, Chemical Engineering 1997 1964 Stephen Higgs, Biosecurity Research 2005 C. Lewis Cocke, Physics Dudley Williams, Regents Institute Michael R. Kanost, Biochemistry and Bikram S. Gill, Plant Pathology Distinguished Professor of Physics Ryszard Jankowiak, Chemistry Molecular Biophysics Peter M.A. Sherwood, Chemistry Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, Anatomy and Physiology

50 University Distinguished Professors offman hair for niversity ªistinguished Äeaching cholars he Coman Chair for University Distinguished Teaching Scholars was created in 1995 to underscore Kansas State University’s commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching and learning. A faculty memberT acknowledged as a leading teaching scholar is appointed to the chair by the university’s provost and executive vice president for one academic year. All who hold the chair retain the title of University Distinguished Teaching Scholar throughout their careers. During the year in residence, the scholar’s time and resources are spent advancing the interests of undergraduate teaching and learning at the university. e honorees 2020-2021 2007-2008 Julia Keen, Architectural Engineering and Christopher M. Sorensen, Physics Construction Science 2006-2007 2019-2020 Roger McHaney, Management David C. Poole, Kinesiology, and Anatomy and Physiology 2005-2006 Michael Boland, Agricultural Economics 2018-2019 Keith Hohn, Chemical Engineering 2004-2005 Harald E.L. Prins, Anthropology 2017-2018 Todd Easton, Industrial and Manufacturing 2003-2004 Andrew Barkley, Agricultural Economics Systems Engineering 2016-2017 2002-2003 Jana Fallin, Music Patricia Ackerman, Arts, Sciences and Business 2015-2016 2001-2002 Medhat M. Morcos, Electrical and Computer Donald Saucier, Psychological Sciences Engineering 2014-2015 Mick Charney, Architecture 2000-2001 Stephen ien, Agronomy 2013-2014 John Fliter Jr., Political Science 1999-2000 Larry Williams, Biology 2012-2013 N. Sanjay Rebello, Physics 1998-1999 Bryan Schurle, Agricultural Economics 2011-2012 Michael Wesch, Anthropology 1997-1998 Ann Stalheim-Smith, Biology 2010-2011 Kimberly Williams, Horticulture 1996-1997 Dean Zollman, Physics 2009-2010 Doug Benson, Modern Languages 1995-1996 Cli¦ Meloan, Chemistry 2008-2009 Greg Eiselein, English

Co¦man Chair for University Distinguished Teaching Scholars 51 University administration John Buckwalter, Betty L. Tointon Dean, College of Alumni membership Richard B. Myers, President Health and Human Sciences All colleges have provided graduates with a one-year Charles S. Taber, Provost and Executive Vice President Alysia Starkey, CEO and Dean, Kansas State membership to the K-State Alumni Association. Graduates also will receive a gift from the K-State Cindy Bontrager, Vice President for Operations and University Polytechnic Campus Alumni Association in recognition of their Bonnie Rush, Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine Chief Operating O¦cer graduation. K-Staters are some of the most loyal Peter Dorhout, Vice President for Research Carol Shanklin, Dean, Graduate School alumni in the country, and we are excited to welcome Ethan Erickson, Chief Financial O¦cer and Director Karen Pedersen, Dean, K-State Global Campus you into a new relationship with your alma mater. of Budget Planning Lori A. Goetsch, Dean, K-State Libraries e K-State Alumni Association is your link for omas Lane, Vice President for Student Life and Jackie Spears, Interim CEO and Dean, K-State Olathe life to K-State. Learn more and stay connected by visiting K-State.com. Dean of Students Je¦ery Morris, Vice President for Communications Kansas Board of Regents and Marketing e Kansas Board of Regents is the governing Program notes e Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Gary Pratt, Chief Information O¦cer board of the state’s six universities and the statewide coordinating board for the state’s 32 public higher Distinguished Graduate Faculty Awards are funded Bryan Samuel, Chief Diversity and Inclusion O¦cer education institutions — seven public universities, 19 by the W.T. Kemper Foundation and the Commerce Jay Stephens, Vice President for Human Capital community colleges and six technical colleges. e Bancshares Foundation. Services president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents is Blake Flanders. e following individuals are e organ used in ceremonies at Bramlage Coliseum members of the Board of Regents: has been donated by Dina and David Rankin in Academic divisions memory of Dina Rankin’s parents, Jack and Karen Shane Bangerter, Dodge City Ernie Minton, Dean, College of Agriculture; and Beightel. Director, K-State Research and Extension Ann Brandau-Murguia, Kansas City Timothy de Noble, Dean, College of Architecture, Bill Feuerborn, Garnett Terry Ferguson is the bagpiper for all ceremonies at Planning & Design Cheryl Harrison-Lee, Gardner Bramlage Coliseum. Amit Chakrabarti, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Mark Hutton, Andover Kevin Gwinner, Edgerley Family Dean, College of Shellaine Kiblinger, Cherryvale Commencement questions? Business Administration Jon Rolph, Wichita If you have any questions or comments about commencement, please contact: O¥ce of the Debbie Mercer, Dean, College of Education Allen Schmidt, Hays Provost and Executive Vice President, Kansas State Matt O’Keefe, Dean, Carl R. Ice College of Helen Van Etten, Topeka University, 108 Anderson Hall, 919 Mid-Campus Engineering Drive North, Manhattan, KS 66506-0113, 785-532-6224, [email protected].

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