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UNIVERSITY of NORTH DAKOTA UNIVERSITY of NORTH DAKOTA GENERAL COMMENCEMENT May 16, 2020 Grand Forks, North Dakota Officers of the University Joshua Wynne Interim President Thomas M. DiLorenzo Cara Halgren Vice President for Academic Affairs Vice President for and Student Affairs & Diversity Provost John Mihelich Jed Shivers Interim Vice President for Vice President for Research & Economic Development Finance & Operations Meloney Linder Joshua Wynne Vice President for Vice President for Health Affairs Marketing & Communications and Dean of the Scott Correll School of Medicine & Health Sciences Registrar State Board of Higher Education Nick Hacker Bismarck – Chair Jill Louters Kaleb Dschaak New Rockford Student Member University of North Dakota Tim Mihalick Minot Debora Dragseth Faculty Advisor Don Morton Dickinson State University Fargo Retha Mattern Kathleen Neset Staff Advisor Tioga Bismarck State College Casey Ryan Grand Forks LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT It Is Your Time In the commencement address I gave last December, I spoke to our University of North Dakota graduates about how future events might affect their lives and why their education equipped them to face the challenges ahead. Little did I know – a mere three months later – the COVID-19 pandemic would create a worldwide healthcare crisis few predicted. This is not what I or any of you expected as we went into 2020. Commencement should be about celebrating and recognizing your achievements and accomplishments. You’ve earned it. You deserve it. Springtime at UND is normally about experiencing joyous times with family members and the friends you’ve made here. Unfortunately, the coronavirus has potentially put your plans, your dreams and your future on hold. Many of you probably have grandparents or great grandparents who belonged to what’s now called America’s Greatest Generation. They lived through the Dust Bowl years and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Then, as young men and women, they were confronted by World War II in the 1940s. They not only created the Arsenal of Democracy that turned the tide of the war, but they also went across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to defeat tyranny, and then turned the United States into an economic superpower and leader of the free world. Members of the Greatest Generation weren’t born knowing the hand they’d been dealt. They didn’t know that, one day, their generation would be heralded for rising to the challenge of overcoming tremendous adversity. Yet they displayed a level of resilience, resourcefulness and character that’s come to define their generation. There’s an old saying that time heals all wounds. Perhaps many of you in UND’s Class of 2020 are feeling a sense of anguish, loss and uncertainty at having been wounded by events beyond your control. Currently, we don’t know the full consequences of this pandemic, nor do we know exactly when it will end. Time alone won’t heal the wounds of derailed plans, severe economic disruption, financial hardship and the emotional scars that often accompany prolonged periods of stressful living. What matters most is how we make use of the time after the coronavirus pandemic subsides. As graduates of the University of North Dakota Class of 2020, you are unique. You will determine how your generation is defined by these events. You will have the opportunity to gain the insight necessary to benefit from the lessons we learn. You will discover your ability to cope with the unexpected challenges life throws your way is greater than you ever imagined. Your education, your creativity and your ingenuity will lead to needed solutions. I strongly believe this year’s graduating class will be remembered for how it responded to the coronavirus outbreak of 2020 because our University – your University – produces exceptional leaders in so many different fields. It’s your time to display the resilience, resourcefulness and character that has instilled greatness on other generations before you. It’s your time to make a difference. Thank you for your patience and the strength you’ve shown as we’ve tackled this unprecedented challenge together. Joshua Wynne, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H. President 1 Graduate Degrees Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 16 School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Chris Nelson, Associate Dean Kendra Leigh Roloff Sayantani Ghosh Dastidar Doctor of Arts Bismarck, ND Hillsboro, OR Nursing Practice Biomedical Sciences Andrew Faber Larson Advisor: Pat Parker Dissertation: Molecular Mechanisms of Transcriptional Responses in Stress-Induced Human Cells Grand Forks, ND Tehut T. Tefera History Advisor:: Sergei Nechaev Little Canada, MN Dissertation: Not Your Advisor’s Doctorate: The Nursing Practice Richard Clark Grove Doctor of Arts and the Modernization of Higher Grand Forks, ND Education 1945-1970 Advisor: Pat Parker Psychology Advisor: William Caraher Lindsey Marie Whiting Dissertation: Examining Perceived In-group Similarity Bemidji, MN and Out-group Dissimilarity as Predictors of Religious Doctor of Education Nursing Practice Intergroup Bias Advisor: Joanna Sikkema Advisor: Heather Terrell Cecil Bartley Holland Steven Daniel Ydstie Emily DuBord Hill Marshalltown, IA North Mankato, MN Iowa City, IA Educational Practice & Leadership Nursing Practice Educational Foundations & Research Dissertation: Self Efficacy of NACEP Accredited Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Dissertation: Twice-Exceptional College Students Concurrent Enrollment Program Instructors in Rural Narratives: When Giftedness and Mental Health Community Colleges Intersect Advisor: Myrna R. Olson Doctor of Philosophy Advisor: Marcus Weaver-Hightower Ryan Paul Lyson Moriah J. Hovde West Fargo, ND Khalifa Mohammed Alshaya Grand Forks, ND Educational Leadership Grand Forks, ND Biomedical Sciences Dissertation: Change Theory and Perceptions of Teaching and Learning Dissertation: Characterizing Palmitoylaiton on the Innovation from Educators within K-12 Schools in the Dissertation: English Language Learner Teachers’ State of North Dakota Sodium Hydrogen Exchanger Isoform 1 (NHE1) Perceptions of Digital Games on StudentLearning Advisor: Jared Duand Schlenker Advisor: James D. Foster Advisor: Pamela Beck Andrew Mangwa Younkam Doctor of Nursing Practice Sara Faraji Jalal Apostal Minneapolis, MN Grand Forks, ND Educational Leadership Scientific Computing Dissertation: Elementary and Secondary Teachers’ Elizabeth Ann Doddato Dissertation: Improving Numerical Reproducibility of Perceptions of Native American Students’ Academic Los Angeles, CA Scientific Software In Parallel Systems Performances in North Dakota Nursing Practice Advisor: Ronald Marsh Advisor: Sherryl Houdek Advisor: Michelle MacDonald Abdullah Mohammed A. Bajaber Robeam Solomon Melaku Christina Rose Leonard Grand Forks, ND Grand Forks, ND McIntosh, MN Communication Civil Engineering Nursing Practice Dissertation: The Impact of Cultural Values in Dissertation: Performance Evaluation of Sustainable Advisor: Amy Diesburg-Stanwood Advertising on Saudi Consumers’ Loyalty Pavement Materials Advisor: Daba S. Gedafa Agnes Feng Chiao Liem Advisor: Pamela Kalbfleisch Charles Munene Mugi Fargo, ND Samuel Verlon Cowart Philadelphia, PA Nursing Practice Grand Forks, ND Educational Foundations & Research Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Chemical Engineering Awarded Posthumously Orina Machoka Dissertation: A Computational Assessment of Flame Dissertation: Acculturative Experiences of Characteristics of Premixed and non-premixed Andover, MN International Students at a Predominately White Ethylene-oxygen Combustion with a Reduced Chemical Nursing Practice Institution Reaction Mechanism Advisor: Michelle MacDonald Advisor: Marcus Weaver-Hightower Advisor: Gautham Krishnamoorthy Joseph Tabifor Musongong Kathleen Jean Goodale Matthews Jennifer D. Eccles Grand Forks, ND Wasilla, AK Woodbury, MN Chemistry Nursing Practice Nursing Dissertation: Substitution and Oxidation Reactions Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Dissertation: Nurse Leader Influence and on Cyclodiphosph(III)azane Compounds of the Group Nurse-Sensitive Outcomes in Critical Access Hospitals Justus Ongaga 15 Elements Advisor: Glenda Lindseth Champlin, MN Advisor: Lothar Stahl Nursing Practice Advisor: Brian Higgerson 2 School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Doctor of Philosophy, continued Heather L. Harrower Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Physical Therapy Nederland, CO continued Physical Therapy Sarah Biberstine Advisor: David Relling Nathan Takayuki Hasunuma Anthony Rafael Peters Berne, IN Physical Therapy Honolulu, HI Jacksonville, FL Advisor: Susan Jeno Physical Therapy Energy Engineering Advisor: Susan Jeno Dissertation: A New Approach to Measure Unique Sarah E. Bunde Spectral Response Characteristics for Irregularly Miltona, MN McKayla Jean Haugeberg Shaped Photovoltaic Arrays Physical Therapy Watford City, ND Advisor: Michael Mann Advisor: Gary D. Schindler Physical Therapy Advisor: Meridee Danks Osei Agyeman Prempeh Gerald John Ernest Carlson Kaci Ann Hemmesch Pearland, TX Ada, MN Energy Engineering Physical Therapy Richmond, MN Physical Therapy Dissertation: Monitoring Corrosion of a One Inch Advisor: Meridee Danks Advisor: Cynthia Flom-Meland Ball Valve in a Hydraulic Loop Using Ultrasonic Jairica D. Christjohn Technology Katie Marie Holzheimer Rosholt, SD Holloway, MN Advisor: Edward Kolodka Physical Therapy Physical Therapy Advisor: Thomas Mohr Mona Sohrabi Thompson Advisor: Susan Jeno Grand Forks, ND Chloe Jo Coleman Keely Jen Hutchens Biomedical Sciences Grand Forks, ND Dissertation: Contribution of Intestinal Dysfunction Physical Therapy Dickinson,
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