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SPRING SEMESTER COMMENCEMENT for undergraduates
Sunday, May Eleventh Two thousand three Two p.m. National Hockey Center St. Cloud State University COMMENCEMENT MARKS RENEWAL OF SCSU TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AND OPPORTUNITY
1871 graduate Alfretta Van Valkenberg, a member ceremony the academic and practical knowledge of the first class of the Third Normal School (later they had gained to prepare them for a career and St. Cloud State University), recalled years later the for life . They would be reminded of the issues they vivid memory and dramatic impact of her com had explored and the opinions they had formulat mencement: "I felt all of life was open to me and I ed. They would celebrate the friends they had met could tread (life's) paths with a firm and reliant from different backgrounds and diverse cultures. tread." Today's graduates are the latest to benefit from The environment on this campus has changed the tradition of excellence and opportunity that significantly since Alfretta received her diploma. But Alfretta Van Valkenberg and all those in between the one-building teacher training school where she discovered at the Third Normal School and its later received her higher education has something incarnations, St. Cloud Teachers College, St. Cloud important in common with the comprehensive, State College and St. Cloud State University. sprawling university on the Mississippi River that For Alfretta and her peers, becoming a teacher has earned a national reputation for excellence: It was the only option. Now this highly-accredited continues to arm students with the knowledge, university offers over 100 undergraduate and 45 experiences and skills to transform their lives. It graduate programs in a wide variety of career fields. continues to provide an atmosphere where learning While the campus has evolved into five colleges from the past enriches planning for the future. plus graduate and continuing studies programs and There truly is a tradition of excellence and enrollment has grown to over 15,000, St. Cloud opportunity for all St. Cloud State students. State remains a place where students come to be The Third Normal School's first principal, Ira transformed. Then and now students receive an Moore, and the State Normal Board displayed the affordable, high-quality education -- and a bridge to foresight and progressive spirit that remains evident a profession. Then and now students gain the confi on this campus today. Those first leaders started dence to "tread (life's) paths with a firm and reliant building "a nucleus of a library that will in time tread," as Alfretta so aptly wrote in her tribute. meet all the needs of the large institution this is At this commencement we salute Alfretta and all destined to become." Now, the magnificent the graduates who followed -- especially those we 235,000-square-foot James W Miller Leaming gather to pay tribute to today. Whether they Resources Center is the hub for study, research and are the first in their families to cross the discussion on campus. commencement stage or are becoming one of an increasing number of second or third-generation Sharing a proud tradition SCSU alumni to benefit from St. Cloud State's With that first commencement, which took place traditions, all share this once-in-a-lifetime 132 years ago in a small church building that still accomplishment with the families and friends stands south of Coborn's on Fifth Avenue, a proud whose support helped bring them to this day. tradition was begun. Thousands of students in years to come would commemorate through this COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
COLLEGE OF f INE ARTS AND HUMANITIES ij
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
. COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
PRECOMMENCEMENT CONCERT
St. Cloud State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble Rikard K. Hansen, Associate Professor of Music, Director "STRIKE UP THE BAND!" by George Gershwin Cindy Kasprzyk, student conductor "DARGASON" by Gustav Holst Sim Yi Nuen, student conductor "SYMPHONIC DANCE NO. 3, 'FIEST!\'." by Clifton Williams Yuri Samuel, student conductor "WASHINGTON GREYS" by Claudio S. Grafulla Adelle Amundson, student conductor 'THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER" by John Philip Sousa Rikard K. Hansen, conductor
3 MACE BEARER THERESIA G. FISHER, Associate Professor Computer Science . Faculty Association President-Elect
FACULTY LINE LEADERS STEVEN P MOONEY, Professor Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
ANNETTE VD. SCHOENBERGER, Professor Computer Science
MARSHALS RODNEY G. DOBEY, Professor Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sport Science
MARY ELIZABETH GLADE, Assistant Professor History
WILLIAM C. HUDSON, Associate Professor Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
WILLIAM G. LAN GEN, Professor Foreign Languages and Literature
MARGERY WHITES, Associate Professor Communication Disorders
JANET C. WOODARD, Professor Biological Sciences
ANNOUNCERS PAM L. SECKLIN , Associate Professor Communication Studies
DAVID L. WARNE, Assistant Professor Communication Studies
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY RIKARD K. HANSEN, Director SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE Associate Professor, Music
SONG LEADER MARCIE HAGEN Instructor, Music
SIGN LANGUAGE HEIDI J . BUCKENTINE INTERPRETER
4 PROGRAM
Roy H. Saigo, President, presiding Michael Spitzer, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Steven L. Ludwig, Vice President for Administrative Affairs Nathan Church, Vice President for Student Life and Development Jill A. Rudnitski, Vice President for University Advancement
*PROCESSIONAL MUSIC "KONIGSMARSCH" by Richard Strauss SCSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble arranged by professor emeritus Roger L. Barrett "YORKSCH'R MARCH NO. 1 INF" by Ludwig Van Beethoven
INTRODUCTIONS NATHAN CHURCH, Vice President for Student Life and Development
WELCOME ROY H. SAIGO, President
*MUSIC "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" by Samuel Ward SCSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble arranged by Carmen Dragon and Audience (Words are found in the back of the program.)
GREETINGS FROM MnSCU The Honorable CLARENCE HIGHTOWER Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS BRETT D. SWEEN, CLASS OF 2003 College of Business
MUSIC "THE SPEECH OF ANGELS" by Stephen Melillo SCSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
PRESENTATION OF THE MICHAEL SPITZER, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs GRADUATING CLASS ALI R. MALEKZADEH, Dean, College of Business JOANE W McKAY, Dean, College of Education ROLAND H. SPECHT-JARVIS, Dean, College of Fine Arts and Humanities A. I. MUSAH, Dean, College of Science and Engineering RICHARD D. LEWIS, Dean, College of Social Sciences JOHN C. BURGESON, Dean, Continuing Studies DENNIS L. NUNES, Dean, Graduate Studies KRISTI M. TORNQUIST, Dean, Leaming Resources and Technology Services
CONFERRING OF DEGREES ROY H. SAIGO, President
FACULTY ASSOCIATION THERESIA G. FISHER, Associate Professor of Computer Science REMARKS Faculty Association President-Elect
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION REMARKS JILL A. RUDNITSKI, Vice President for University Advancement
*MUSIC "UNIVERSITY HYMN" SCSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble by Harvey Waugh and Amy Dale, professor emeriti and Audience Arranged by professor emeritus Roger L. Barrett (Words are found in the back of the program.)
CLOSING STEVEN L. LUDWIG, Vice President for Administrative Affairs
*RECESSIONAL MUSIC "PROCESSION OF THE NOBLES", by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov SCSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble David Peterson, student conductor
"THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER REPRISE" by John Philip Sousa f< Audience please stand
5 HANNI LYNN BAUGH PETER JACOB BURKSTRAND U N D E R G R A D UATE Cum Laude Cokato Wausau, Wisconsin SCOTT DAVID BUSHEE MULETA BENTI Moorhead St. Cloud . -~ *NOTE: Since programs are prepared JOSIE LEE CARLSON ~ ~dvance of the receipt of final grades, the ALEX HENRY BERG Magna Cum Laude hstmg of graduates may, in some instances, be Cum Laude Menahga inaccurate. Graduation and receipt of honors Maple Grove are validated by the students permanent TYLER MICHAEL CARLSON records which are kept by the Office of Records SARA MARIE BERSCHEIT Cum Laude and Registration. Melrose St. Cloud KYLE KENNETH BLACK JAMES RUSSELL CERVIN JR. Magna Cum Laude Baxter Bachelor of Arts Minneapolis ABIODUN OLUSEYI ADEBOYE ADAM WILLIAM CHARD St. Paul SASCHA LYNN BLOCKER Minnetonka Summa Cum Laude JESSICA LYNN CHERNE OPOKU ADU-GYAMFI Dubuque, Iowa Ghana, Accra Summa Cum Laude JESSICA LEE BLONDELL St. Cloud LEAH D. AHLES Rochester Milbank, South Dakota RACHEL E. CHEW ERICA ANNE BOLLIG Cum Laude HEIDI T. ALDES Magna Cum Laude St. Joseph St. Louis Park Monticello TAHNIA RAHMAN CHOWDHURY AMANDA KAY ALFSON CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BORK Dhaka, Bangladesh Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude JASON AARON CHRISTENSEN Perham Bloomington Sioux Falls, South Dakota BOBBI LYNN AMBROSO JEFFREY TODD BORLIK AMANDA JO CHRISTMAN Summa Cum Laude Lakeville Faribault Cum Laude HOLLY LYNN BOSAK Foley ADELLE ROSE AMUNDSON Cum Laude DAVID CHRISTOF Clear Lake Frederic, Wisconsin Magna Cum Laude DAINA-MARIE ANDERSON TRAVIS RUSSELL BOYD Prague, Czech Republic Edina Summa Cum Laude STEPHEN MICHAEL CLARY Maple Plain KRISTINE MARIE ANDREASEN Plymouth New Prague DEANNA J. BRAND JESSIE LYNN CLEVEN Cum Laude NICOLE M. ARMSTRONG Ellendale Blaine St. Joseph MICHAEL JOHN COLLINS KATIE MARIE BRANDRIET MOLLY MARIE ARNOLD Cum Laude Fergus Falls Waseca Osakis BRUCE DAVID BRANT NICHOLAS SCOTT ARNOLD JENNIFER ELIZABETH CRIPE Pardeeville, Wisconsin Waseca St. Cloud TIMOTHY WILLIAM BRETZKE NANCY ANN ARNZEN ANGELA LYNN CROWNOVER St. Paul Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Sauk Centre SARAH ANN BROADWATER Rochester Summa Cum Laude SHAUN M. ATKIELSKI HEIDI MARIE CRUMPLER Winona Whitewater, Wisconsin Magna Cum Laude MICHAEL PRESTON BROESDER St. Cloud ANGELA NICHOLE AUSETH Minneapolis Cum Laude NELL C. CURREY Chaska STACEY MARIE BRUMBAUGH St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude DEREK MICHAEL BACKUS JENNILEE JUNE DAGENAIS St. Cloud Stewartville Brooklyn Park MACHELLE RENAE BRUSS ROBIN LANE IMMER BALDAUF CHAD WILLIAM ALBERT DAHLHEIMER Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Cambridge Sauk Rapids Monticello LETHA ANNE BUCHHOLZ MEGAN MARIE BALLENGEE KELLY RENEE DAHLHEIMER Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Monticello Little Falls Numberg, Germany KRISTINE MARIE DAHNKE MARIETTA LUCINDA BUCK CARRIE MICHELLE BARTH Kimball Ogilvie Cum Laude DAVID CHARLES DAVID St. Cloud JERRY R. BURGESS Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude ELIZABETH ANNE BAUFIELD Brook Park Keewatin Elk River
6 NICHOLAS THURY DAVIS DANIEL J. FRANK AI HARIGAE St. Paul Golden Valley Magna Cum Laude Iwai, Ibaraki, Japan MEGHAN MARIE DEBRUYCKER LISA LYN FRERICKS Magna Cum Laude Hopkins JASON B. HAUG Willmar Summa Cum Laude AI FUJINAGA Danube MIRANDA LEE DEGROOT Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Saza-cho, Nagasaki, Japan JAY WILLIAM HAUGH Faribault Fayetteville, Georgia SETSU FUJINAMI ANGELA R. DEHART Komaki, Aichi, Japan SHIGEKO HAYASHI St. Paul Osaka, Japan SAMUEL S. GAETZ TRAVIS ALBERT DENNEY Summa Cum Laude KAREN ANN HAYES Sauk Rapids St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude Grand Rapids LUCAS GIDEON DINGMANN THOMAS RICHARD GAGNON Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude KIMBERLY J. HENKA Sartell Anoka Magna Cum Laude Baxter SEAN ANDREW DOLAN EDWARD NELSON GARDNER Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude JENILEE JEAN HESS Clear Lake Paynesville Cum Laude Willmar WILLIAM JEROME DORDAL JENNIFER LEE GARRETT Cum Laude Alexandria JACOB CHRISTIAN HIELSCHER Stanchfield Cum Laude ALISSA K. GEBEKE Maple Grove ANGELA JEANENE DOTZLER Arthur, North Dakota Brooklyn Park TIMOTHY J. HILLEN CRYSTAL LORRAINE GENT Elmhurst, Illinois EDWARD H. DUARTE Sleepy Eye Cum Laude MELANIE JOY HILTUNEN SHIREEN SARAH GHORBANI Maple Lake Sauk Centre Cum Laude SHANNA LEE DUNNE Bismarck, North Dakota TOMOKAZU HINOSAWA Elk River Sapporo, Hokkaido LAURA LEA GIESELMAN DANIEL J. EBERHARD Cum Laude BRIAN DAVID HIRSCH Appleton, Wisconsin Annandale Ham Lake NICHOLE ANNE EHLERS JOSEPH MARK GLAZIER SHANE S. HOAG Maple Grove Cum Laude Atwater Pine River MARCY RAE EHRENBERG JESSICA MARIE HOCKING Correll AMANDA M. GOLLY Nashwauk Clear Lake JENNIFER SUE ERICKSON ROBERT RAY HOEFER Summa Cum Laude DANIELLE MARIE GRABOWSKI · Andover Brainerd Lakeville SARAH MARGARET HOLLINGER KATHERINE ANN ERVASTI LUCAS EDWARD GROTH Sibley, Iowa Magna Cum Laude Blaine VALERIE ANN HORNER Bertha EDWIN BRUCE GUILINGER Magna Cum Laude SARAH M. FALL Big Lake Cottage Grove Howard Lake KEITH THOMAS GUINEE JENNIFER D. HUGHES MARY LOUISE FARMER Edina Albertville Tomahawk, Wisconsin JULIE LYNN GUSTAFSON TREVOR LOGAN HUGHES JOSHUA MATTHEW FEIT Sartell Cum Laude Eau Claire, Wisconsin RYAN ANDREW HAEHN Elk River MELANIE SHARON FELDHAKE Summa Cum Laude TOMOO INOUE Cum Laude St. Cloud St. Cloud Champlin JOHN PARKER HAGEMAN TAKEYUKI ITO CHAD F. FISCHER Apple Valley Natori-shi, Miyagi, Japan Cum Laude VIRGINIA LYNN SIMMONS HAKES SARAH MARIE IVERS Beach, North Dakota Summa Cum Laude Fridley Hutchinson CRAIG LANDIS FLIPPEN VICTORIA·]. JADWINSKI Mounds View TROY HUNT HANRATTY Summa Cum Laude SARA ELIZABETH FLOR Plymouth Lindstrom Magna Cum Laude KRISTIN DAWN HANSEN BRIAN WALTERJAMES Coon Rapids Cambridge Sioux Falls, South Dakota REBECCA S. FORDYCE NICOLE MARIE HANSEN CORAL SHIRIN JENTZ Atwater Eagan Cum Laude St. Cloud 7 THOMAS TRENT JESUKAITIS EERO PHILBROOK LAINE }ENNA ALICE MARSON Orono Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Roseville Elmwood, Wisconsin ANDREW CHARLES JOHNSON Bondurant, Iowa KRAIG TIMOTHY LALIM RONALD JAMES MARTIN Sartell Magna Cum Laude BRIAN RICHARD JOHNSON Coon Rapids Marshfield, Wisconsin RYAN MATTHEW LAMERE Bloomington NICOLE LYNN MATROS CARRIE MAE JOHNSON Summa Cum Laude St. Cloud MATTHEW JOHN LANGANKI Little Falls Monticello WILLIAM SCOTT JOHNSON DANIEL ALLEN MCCLURE Oakdale BRIANNA LEA LARSON Racine, Wisconsin Cum Laude COURTNEY MARIE JONES Superior, Wisconsin COLIN MICHAEL MCILHON Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Eagan MICHAEL J. LAUTERBACH STEFANIE KAREN JONES Summa Cum Laude NATHAN JOSEPH MEISSNER Magna Cum Laude De Pere, Wisconsin Summa Cum Laude Faribault St. Cloud LAUREN LLOYD LAVINE ZACK ANDREW JONES Magna Cum Laude JUSTIN R. MILLER St. Cloud Monticello Magna Cum Laude MICHAEL ALLEN KAKUK Tracy KATE ELISABETH LAWRENCE Magna Cum Laude Brooklyn Park KATHERINE S. MITCHELL Helena, Montana Summa Cum Laude SCOTT WALTER LAWRENCE YUKIYO KAMADA Watertown, South Dakota Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Minneapolis MARTHA REGINA MOCK St. Cloud Eagan RYANS. LEASE GENE ALLEN KASPERSON St. Cloud BRANDON T. MODDES Watertown, South Dakota Madison, Wisconsin DENISE KAY LESLIE RALPH DAVIS KEEN Summa Cum Laude SARA-BRIDGETT ANN MOORE St. Cloud Anoka Brooklyn Park MARY LOUISE KILEY I-CHUN LIN MARK M. MORRELL Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Sauk Rapids Taiwan, Republic of China Neenah, Wisconsin SHIGERU KIMURA SAMANTHA ANN LOGIUDICE AMANDA KATE NELSON Kanagawa-ken, Japan Lakeville Princeton KEVIN JOHN KITZBERGER AMELIA HSIAO YEN LOW TERRI LYNN NELSON Andover Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Lindstrom JESSICA CAROL KLAERS JAY DAVID LOXTERCAMP MARLISE DEPAUL NGASSAM Forest Lake Paynesville Cum Laude JOHN P. KNAUSS St. Cloud BRENDA ANN LUTZ Summa Cum Laude Anchorage, Alaska LESLIE K. NIELSEN Rockville Apple Valley DOROTHY M. MACH OSAMU KOBAYASHI Kake, Alaska SHARON ROSE NIERENGARTEN Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum 'Laude Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan CHRISTOPHER GEORGE MACKNER St. Cloud St. Cloud ELIZABETH ALLEN FRENCH KOLFREYA JENNA KATHLEEN NILSON Magna Cum Laude JON NICHOLAS MADLAND Summa Cum Laude Carlin, Nevada Sioux Falls, South Dakota Minnetonka ROSS ALLEN KOLODZIEJ EWAN MAH KRISTINA RHEA NORWOOD Blaine Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude Singapore NICHOLE ANN KOSLOSKE St. Cloud Sauk Rapids LEAH DANAE MAHLOW CARL THOMAS OGREN Lake Lillian JENNY ROSE KRAMER Coon Rapids Waite Park SETH JOSEPH MALINSKI WARAJOR OCHWOR OJULU New Prague MAXWELL HARRISON KROGER St. Cloud Houston, Texas JON LELAND MAMMEN TATSUYA OKAMURA Worthington MANDY JEAN KUZMA St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude KATE MARY MANCL TAMMY LYNN O'KONEK Eagan Woodbury St. Cloud ROBERT WAYNE LABARR CHRISTINE MARIE MANLEY ANGELA MARIE OLSON Cum Laude Plano, Texas Clark, South Dakota Andover
8 DOUGLAS JOSEPH OLSON JASO DOUGLAS PROM REBECCA ANN ROTHMEIER Summa Cum Laude Sauk Rapids Magna Cum Laude Brainerd Brookings, South Dakota JENNIFER LYNN PUGH JEFF C. OLSON Orono KARA JEAN ROUB Redwood Falls Summa Cum Laude ELIZABETH KATHRYN QUADY Ham Lake LAURA DIANE OLSON Buffalo Magna Cum Laude MATTHEW ROBERT RYSAVY JONATHAN FRANCISCO QUIJANO Prairie Farm, Wisconsin Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Austin ERIC MOGAKA MAYIEKA ONSOMU Bismarck, North Dakota Minneapolis KEITH WILLIAM SALSCHEIDER AMY JO RABE Bemidji HEIDI M. OSGOOD Minnetonka Cum Laude DENEE' HANNA SAMPSON LAURA ANN RADONS Chaska Magna Cum Laude Sauk Rapids St. Cloud ALISON CHRISTINE OTTESEN NICHOLAS JAMES RAMACHER West Fargo, North Dakota DARYL ALLAN SCHAEFER Magna Cum Laude St Cloud NICOLE OUTHWAITE St. Cloud Lakeville CRAIG JOSEPH SCHAPIRA JONATHAN MICHAEL RECKINGER Summa Cum Laude JASON RICHARD PASKO South St. Paul Bristol, Wisconsin Chanhassen KIMBERLY JOY REDDING LISA LYNNE SCHEUTT ELIZABETH ANNE PAULSON Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Duluth Maple Grove Kasson WILLIAM PAUL PEARSON JENNIFER ANNE REGENSCHEID MICHAELJOHN SCHLAUDERAFF Roseville Eagan Litchfield JASON LEE PEDERSON ADAM JAMES REILLY BRENT BENJAMIN SCHMIDT Buffalo Lake St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude JOSEPH EUGENE PEKAREK ALISON KAYE RIBAR Annandale Little Falls Eagan SAMUEL WILLIAM SCHMIDT WILLIAM SHANE PELTOLA JARED ELKINS RICHARDSON Magna Cum Laude Hopkins Watertown, South Dakota Winona JARED MICHAEL PERO ERIN JOY RIECK COREY DAVID SCHMIEDEBERG Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Rochester Deltona, Florida Edgerton SERAFINA JANE SCHOLL KELLY JO PESCHL GRACELYN E. RIMSTAD Pewaukee, Wisconsin St. Cloud Cum Laude CALISA M. SCHOUWEILER Minnetonka ANDREA ELIZABETH PETERS Tomahawk, Wisconsin Rosemount BETH VICTORIA RINGSMUTH LISA LORRAINE SCHROEDER Magna Cum Laude JENNIFER LIN PETERSON Cambridge Waite Park Magna Cum Laude ERICA LEIGH SCHROETER Eden Prairie AMANDA CATHERINE ROBOKOFF Cum Laude Cum Laude MICHAEL KENNETH PETERSON Fitchburg Green Bay, Wisconsin Spring Lake Park CHAD DAMON SCHUCHARD CHRISTINE MICHELE ROE SEAN P. PETRON St. Cloud ' Cum Laude Cum Laude Columbia Heights HOLLY MARIE SCHUCK Sauk Rapids Magna Cum Laude DANIEL T. ROE HEATHER ROSE PIEPKORN New Ulm St. Cloud Kimball SABRINA ELIZABETH SCHWARTZBAUER HANSU ROH JEFFREY RICHARD PITTEL St. Cloud St. Cloud Bloomington KRISTIN ANN SCINOCCA KELLY JANE ROLF ARIANNA MARIA PITTMAN St. Paul Cum Laude Bloomington Garfield JILLIAN BLAIR SHEEHAN GUEY-LUENN POW San Diego, California DARIN MATTHEW ROLLE Summa Cum Laude Grand Rapids NAOKI SHOJI St. Cloud Cum Laude JENNIFER ANN RONNENBERG SHANNON KAY PRAMANN Sendai, Miyagi, Japan St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude MICHAEL FREDERIC SICARD Zimmerman DOUGLAS BRYAN ROST Magna Cum Laude Fridley CARRIE ANN PRIBYL Andover Maple Lake ANDREA MARIE ROTHER DANIEL JACOB SIEBEN Welch Hastings
9 MEGAN MARIE SIMONETT KRISTIN RAYE THOMPSON TRICIA-BETH ANGELIQUE WINTERS Cleveland Cum Laude Rosemouiit Renville KRISTEN DIANE SJOLANDER JENNIFER ANN WINTERSTEIN Moorhead NICOLE RENAE THOMPSON Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude St. Paul ERIKA MARIE SKIBA Willmar Cum Laude JESSICA MARIE WITTMAN Minneapolis KAORI TOKUNAGA Rosemount Akita-ken, Japan ANNE BARBRE SMARJESSE MELISSA LEE WOLF Cum Laude JERI ELIZABETH TONGEN Magna Cum Laude Plymouth Cum Laude Nya Plymouth NATHAN J. SMITH JAMIE LINN WYMAN Lakeland CRYSTAL LYNN TORELL Summa Cum Laude St. Cloud Kalispell, Montana KASANDRA LEANNE SPICER Faribault DAVID KENNETH TRACY CHRISTAL ROSE WYNNEMER North St. Paul Cum Laude MICHELLE CHRISTINA ST. CLAIR Avon Summa Cum Laude KARI LYNN TROST Hastings Summa Cum Laude ERUM ZAIDI Albert Lea Cum Laude WILLIAM E. STAN GER Blaine Paynesville ALLISON JOY TRUE Robinsdale KARI APRIL ZENZEN JEFFREY SCOTT STANTON Cum Laude St. Cloud STACEY BETH TRUSHENSKI St. Cloud Elk River NICHOLAS JOHN STEFFENS NICOLE MARIE ZIMMERMAN Eden Prairie ALLEN MERRITT TSCHUMPER Fargo, North Dakota Bloomington ANDREW LAWRENCE STONELAKE CORTNEY DANIELLE ZITZOW Cokato STEPHANIE M. TWEIT Cum Laude Glenwood AUDREY MARIE STRALEY St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude ANDREW DAVID UPHUS St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude Sauk Centre KORI JILL STRATE Cum Laude LISA ANN UTTECH Bachelor of Elective Studies Marshall Maple Grove ABIODUN OLUSEYI ADEBOYE LISA ANN STREEFLAND KELLY ANN VAUGHN St. Paul Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude EFTAKHAR UDDIN AHMED Shakopee Coon Rapids St. Cloud CASSANDRA ASHLEY STUDER KATHARINE MARA VESLEY MARY KAY BACHEL Cum Laude Hudson, Wisconsin New Prague Avon ALEJANDRA VILLARREAL STEFANIE ROSE BENIEK BRANDON SHANE SURERUS Rio Grande City, Texas Rice Raymond VINCENT BRONSON VOGT AMANDA M. BRAUER JOEL ARDEN SVENBY Plymouth Brooklyn Park Devils Lake, North Dakota BRYAN]. VOS JOHN PHILLIP BREYFOGLE ALICIA ANN SWANSON St. Cloud Cum Laude Eden Prairie CHRISTOPHER M. WALKER Minneapolis BRYAN MICHAEL TECHEL St. Paul WILLIAM FRANK BRYSON Mukwonago, Wisconsin JESSICA DEANNE WALSH Minneapolis TRISHA JAYNE TEGEN Eden Prairie OLIVIA BUDHIOKO Summa Cum Laude HOLLY JANEL WAY St. Cloud Kennan, Wisconsin Cum Laude AMIE NICHOLE CARSON DOMINIE LYNN TELSCHOW Cottage Grove Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude NICHOLAS JOHN WEBER Cambridge Cold Spring Cum Laude SCOTT JENNER CHANCE SUMMER LYNN THELEN Ramsey Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude ANNE HEATHER WHEELER Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin St. Cloud Eagan JEREMY JOHN COLFORD CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS THIEBAUT JOSEPH JOHN WICKER Becker Dogeville, Wisconsin St. Cloud GARG! DAYAMA HOLLY ELIZABETH THOMAS JULIE LYNN WILLIAMS Edison, New Jersey Austin Summa Cum Laude DANIEL JASON DEPOVER Alexandria Sandstone
10 DIONICIO DIAZ JR ERICA RUTH KNICK CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY PUCCI Chicago, Illinois Becker Summa Cum Laude Portland, Oregon ERIN ELIZABETH DIERKS AMY M. KOHLER Cum Laude Minneapolis MUHAMMAD RIZWAN QURESHI Holdingford St. Cloud DEBORAH LYNN LAHTONEN PAUL THOMAS DIETHELM Cum Laude JAHANGIR RASHID Watertown Babbitt Minneapolis LINDSAY MAE ECKLOFF DARLENE J. LAMPI PHILIP DAVID RIVERA Northfield South Haven St. Cloud ATSEDE ANTEHUN EJIGU KIMBERLY ANN (MAHLER) LAUMANN NATHAN THOMAS ROOD Ethiopia Watertown Eau Claire, Wisconsin COLLEEN ANN ENGSTROM CORY M. LEMOINE JACLYN MAE ROTH Summa Cum Laude Hoyt Lakes Blaine Dalbo DANIEL JOHN LUETH NATHAN JAMES RUCKS SCOTT WILLIAM GAMBLE Cum Laude Rice Summa Cum Laude Young America BRIAN SCOT SANDSTROM Anoka LINDA MARIE MELCHER Phillips, Wisconsin SUZANNE M. GANGL Summa Cum Laude BROOKE M. SCHIRMERS Roseville Circle Pines Summa Cum Laude LEANN MARIE GIESE DERICK MICHAEL MESKER St. Cloud St. Cloud Big Lake BRADLEY JAMES SCHNICKEL MARK RICHARD GLYNN PAIGE MARIE MEYER Coon Rapids Eagan Lowry RENATE SORENSEN SCHULTZ MOSES VALENTINE GOMES RONDO THOMAS MILLER Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud Champlin St. Michael JAMES CHARLES GOODMAN FREDDY ALBERT MUNOZ AMANDA RAE SEELEN Oceana, West Virginia Morton Little Falls MICHELLE LYNN GUERTIN CHAD MICHAEL NELSON PRABAL SHAH Magna Cum Laude Baxter St. Cloud St. Cloud ANTHONY R. NEWMAN TOMI JO SHERRY SARA JANE HANSON Worthington Summa Cum Laude St. Cloud Cambridge SARA ANGELINE NIKOLAS PAUL ANTHONY HEDIN Blaine TIMOTHY JON SIEBER Hayward, Wisconsin Lino Lakes MARY A. NORDBY ERIC DANIEL HERTRAMPF Magna Cum Laude DAWN RAE SKOGSTAD Cassville, Wisconsin New London Murdock CANDACE KAYE HOFF KENDALL ALAN NORMAN CORTLAN RONALD STROM Cum Laude North Branch Spicer St. Cloud ERIC ANDREW NYBECK HOPE ALISON SYKORA HEIDI ANN HOFFMANN Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Oakdale Annandale Sartell STACIE LANE PALLISTER HITOMI TAKAHASHI EHTISHAM IQBAL St. Joseph Akita, Japan Islamabad, Pakistan SUDIP PANDEY TASHA MARIE TAYLOR DENISE KAY JACKSON-BEDELL St. Cloud Minneapolis Becker AMY MARIE PARSONS SCOTT JOSEPH THANIG DARCEE MICHELLE JENDRO Minneapolis Somerset, Wisconsin Holdingford STEPHANIE LEA PENN DEV BIKRAM THAPA DAVID C. JOHNSON Magna Cum Laude St. Louis Park Summa Cum Laude Minneapolis TEODOR NAYLOV TODOROV Eden Prairie DARLENE MARIE PEROWITZ St. Cloud JESSE CARROLJOHNSON Bowlus JILL MARIE UMERSKI Forest Lake KRISTOPHER MATTHEW PLASH St. Cloud BRIDGET M. JOYCE Cum Laude NONG KHAI VANG Apple Valley San Diego, California Minneapolis THOMAS JOSEPH KLEIS JILL MARIE POLASEK JEREME R. VONBARGEN Summa Cum Laude Little Falls Cum Laude Sauk Rapids BRANDY CATHERINE POLZIN Waite Park Isanti
11 DAVID ARTHUR WAGNER VALERIE MARIE SNOBECK HAYLEY ELIZABETH ANDERSON Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Wayzata Detroit Lakes Shakopee PATRICKJOHN WARDEN YURIA TAKAHASHI HEATHER ANN ANDERSON Lakeville Akita, Japan Fergus Falls TROY ROBERT WEBER HEIDI JO ANDERSON Paynesville Cum Laude Shell Lake, Wisconsin JEREMY JOSEPH WELLE Bachelor of Science Little Falls JACOB NYBERG ANDERSON AMY LYNN AAGAARD St. Cloud JENNIFER DANIELLE WILDES Rush City St. Cloud NIKOLE KAY ANDERSON NICHOLAS BRADY ABBOTT Summa Cum Laude KYLE THOMAS WINTER Cum Laude St. Cloud Lakeville Crystal SCOTT ERIC ANDERSON KEITH J. WOODMAN JILLIAN JEAN ABFALTER Minneapolis Nashwauk Cum Laude Foley SHERRY ANDERSON Long Prairie JEAN TERESE ADAIR Summa Cum Laude STEPHANIE MICHELLE ANDERSON Bachelor of Fine Arts Lindstrom Arden Hills NICOLE MARIE BAKER TRAVIS LEE ADAMS ATHOS ANTONIADES Rice Lake, Wisconsin Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude MEGAN MARIE BALLENGEE Mondovi, Wisconsin St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude KELLI JAY ADAMSON-LEVENSKE JUSTIN DAVID ANTUS Nurnberg, Germany Magna Cum Laude Cloquet GARRETT LEE BUTTENHOFF Pequot Lakes PHILIP APPIAHENE-GYAMFI Buffalo ADAM STEPHEN ADLER St. Cloud HOLLY MARIE DEGROTE Summa Cum Laude JULIE ANN ARENS Magna Cum Laude Lakewood, Wisconsin St. Cloud Worthington SHAUN KRISHNA AHARAM JONATHAN JAMES ARENZ SZE LONG FUNG Burnsville Mandan, North Dakota Kowloon, Hong Kong SHEHZAD AHMAD KATHRYN ANNE ARMSTRONG KRISTIN MARIE GROSSMAN Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan Cum Laude Cum Laude KASHIMANA HEMBADOON AHUA St. Cloud Ramstein, Germany Makurdi, Benue, Nigeria MICHAEL J. ARMSTRONG SARA THERESA HAMMERSTAD AKM SAIFUL ALAM Brooklyn Center Andover Magna Cum Laude KAZUMICHI ASAI JENNIFER JOAN HEYDT-NELSON Dhaka, Bangladesh Nagoya, Japan Cum Laude HEATHER MAE ALBRECHT Winona KIM MARIE ATKINSON West St. Paul Hibbing MARK DAVID HIRTE HOLLY CHRISTINE, ALCORN Maple Grove ADAM JAMES AUGST Cum Laude Maple Grove LANCE MICHAEL LUENEBURG Eagan Cum Laude SCOTT ANDREW AULT ISSAM ALEISA Scandia Minnetonka St. Cloud KATHRYN ANNE MAAS SILAS JOHN AUSTIN CARLOS L. ALEXf\NDER Maple Grove Coon Rapids Willmar DAVID MAY KEVIN JAMES BACHMAN TRACY ANN ALFRED St. Cloud Blaine Columbia Heights HENRY WUKIT MOY HEATHER MARIE BAKER MD. SHAMIM ALMAMUN Champlin Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud Rice Lake, Wisconsin ANDREW LOUIS NEHER LAURIE ANN AMUNDSON Eden Prairie LEONDA DIANNE BAKER Summa Cum Laude New London NAOMI SUE RAASCH Coon Rapids MATTHEW PAUL BAKER Cum Laude AMY LYNN ANDERSON St. Louis Park Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Willmar THAD J. RAFFENBEUL Isanti St. Cloud KATIE ANN BAKKEN CHRISTOPHER RYAN ANDERSON Magna Cum Laude HEIDI MARIE SCHWARTZ Fergus Falls Maple Grove Coon Rapids
12 FOREST LEE BANKS HEIDI ELIZABETH BENNETTS TERESA ANN BORICH Apple Valley Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude St. Cloud Pine City TODD MICHAEL BARNES Maple Grove JACLYN LEIGH BERGAN AARON VICTOR BOSER Valley City, North Dakota Circle Pines AMANDA J. BARNETT Summa Cum Laude DARLA ANN BERGE EMILY JO BOTTKO Motley St. Francis Magna Cum Laude Howard Lake SEKOU OUMAR BARRY HEATHER ANNE BERGEN St. Cloud Detroit Lakes SONJA K. BOULTON St. Cloud STARRLYN G. KOEP KRISTIN MARIE BERGERSO Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude AMANDA EMILY BOYER Vining Blaine Anoka NARESH KUMAR BASNET SARA ANNE BERGESON HEATHER CHRISTINE BRADLEY Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude St. Cloud Monticello Brooklyn Center TIFFANY ANN BATEMAN ANGELA MARIE BERGRUD JENNIFER JOAN BRAEGELMANN Cum Laude Spring Grove Magna Cum Laude St. Paul St. Cloud CRAIG LEE BERKENPAS CORY DEAN BAUER Cum Laude KIMBERLY LOUISE BRAUN Bismarck, North Dakota Marshall Magna Cum Laude Kenosha, Wisconsin KENDELL M. BAUER SUZANNE F BERRY Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude ANTONINA MARIE BREGEL Colorado Springs, Colorado Wyoming Magna Cum Laude New London MICHELLE VERA BAUER SHANNON S. BERTRAM St. Cloud Albany JEFFREY TODD BREITLOW Waterford, Wisconsin LISA MARIE BAUMGART AMY JO BERTRAND Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude NATHAN DAVID BRINK Detroit Lakes Sleepy Eye Chisago City RACHELLE JOY BAUMGARTNER JASON HARVEY JEROME BIEDERWOLF SARAH ANN BROADWATER Magna Cum Laude Maple Grove Summa Cum Laude Blaine BRIAN JAMES BILLINGS Winona NICOLE ELIZABETH BEAULIEU Summa Cum Laude STACY RAE BROEHL Sauk Rapids Conrad, Montana Cum Laude Mora NICHOLAS JAY BECHTOLD NISSA C. BILLMYER St. Cloud Willmar KATIE LYNN BROWN Duluth MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BECKEL GARY VERMELL BISHOP St. Cloud St. Cloud BRENT WILLIAM BROWNING Magna Cum Laude JENNIFER LEE BECKER CHRISTY MARIE BLANCHARD Isanti Cum Laude Cum Laude Andover White Bear Lake LINDSAY ANN BUBOLZ Magna Cum Laude JOY RACHELLE BECKER TONY ALLEN BLOCK Waukesha, Wisconsin Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Cambridge Hillman LISA MARIE BUERMAN Summa Cum Laude JEFFREY DAVID BECKERS NICHOLAS STEVEN BLONIGEN Albany Princeton Upsala STEPHAN JOHN BULAWSKI ERIC DONALD BECKMANN PATRICIA J. BLONIGEN Mankato Sartell Avon ROBERT WILLIAM BUNCH LYNN ANN BECKSTROM ANDREW PHILLIP BOBER Oakdale Cum Laude Chisholm Waite Park TIMOTHY SCOTT BOE JUSTIN JOHN BURKE Anoka ERIC EDWARD BELLINGS Cum Laude Wautoma, Wisconsin Elk River DAVID MICHAEL BUSCH Cum Laude KATIE MARIE BENDA CARISSA CONNIE BOEKE St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Sartell St. Cloud JEFFREY PAUL BOLLINGER JASON P. BUSSJAEGER West St. Paul Cum Laude JOSHUA SCOTT BENDICKSON Roseville Magna Cum Laude HEATHER LEA BOOTH Austin Duluth ANGIE MARIE BYBOTH Apple Valley OWEN SCOTT BENIEK SARAH MARJORIE BORG St. Cloud Anoka
13 TERESE MARIA CABRERA ANGELA MARIE CHRISTIANSON ANGELA MAE CUN INGHAM St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Pine City Randall THERESA ANN CACEK SHESTIN ELIZABETH CURCHY Magna Cum Laude ANGELA DAWN CHRISTMAN Altoona, Iowa Ramsey Cum Laude RICHARD CHARLES CUTTS JR. Waite Park CHRISTOPHER LEE CAMACHO Duluth Big Lake TIMOTHY SCOTT CLAASO THERESA L. CZECH Somerset, Wisconsin JASON PAUL CAMPBELL Pewaukee, Wisconsin Winsted BRADLEY JOHN CLABO HEATHER JOLENE CZECHOWICZ Richfield JO ANNE RUTH CANFIELD Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude LENCY JOSEPH CLAIRMONT Savage Norwood Young America Lino Lakes JOSHUA ROBERT DALE BRIAN MICHAEL CARIVEAU PATRICK H . CLARK Willmar Maple Grove Shoreview TIMOTHY JAMES DALE TRACI LYN CARLIN PATRICK JEREMIAH CLARK Elk River Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude THERESA KAY DALEN Mound Anoka Cum Laude KATHRYN LYNN CARLSON MELISSA AN COFFIELD Verndale Cum Laude Anoka THOMAS RAY DALTON Maple Grove TONI LAVONNE JOH SO COLLINS Summa Cum Laude KELLY ALLAN CARLSON Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud St. Cloud Osakis DIPENDRA DA GOL NATALIE MARIE CARLSON ANIKA LEE CONNOR St. Cloud Maple Grove Cum Laude BRIDGET KAY DANT Sauk Rapids NATHAN HALE CARLSO White Bear Lake Summa Cum Laude COLETTE MARIE COON MICHAEL]. DAVIES-VENN Aitkin Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Crystal DAMIEN THOMAS CARUFEL St. Cloud White Bear Lake KYLE]. COPPES CHRISTY JO JOHNSON DAVIS Little Falls BETHANY JO CEYNOWA Verndale Fridley ERIN SHANA CORNELL JACQUELINE ANN DAVIS Cum Laude ROXANNE RAE CHAMBLISS Summa Cum Laude Fairmont Summa Cum Laude Elk River Coon Rapids KEVIN P COX JOSHUA GEASE DAVIS Circle Pines PHEAKDEY DION CHAN Alexandria New Brighton LAURA ANNE (HEINEN) CRAIG RYAN LEE DEBOER Hutchinson NATHAN OLIVER CHAU Cum Laude St. Cloud PETER RICHARD CRANDALL Milaca Red Wing DORCAS NJERI CHEGE JENNIFER LYNN DECHAINE Cum Laude KELLY L. CRATSLEY Summa Cum Laude St. Cloud Cum Laude Maple Lake Blue Earth SABRINA ANNE CHIPPENDALE KASEY JANELLE DECHAINE Cum Laude ANDREA LOUISE CRAWFORD Maple Grove North Branch Cum Laude JAMES WILLIAM DEFFINBAUGH Mora BIILE JEANINE CHOCK Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude JOY ELISE CRIDER Pierz Buffalo Cum Laude JEREMY DOUGLAS DEGIER Sauk Centre KENNETH DANIEL CHOCK Starbuck Magna Cum Laude CYDELLE CANDACE CROCKER BRIAN ALLEN DEHN Buffalo Pine City Anoka SARA BETH CHRISTENSEN JON JAMES CROTEAU RAYANNE VERONICA DEHN Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude Andover Sauk Rapids Coon Rapids MATTHEW NOREEN DEIMEL SARA ELIZABETH CHRISTENSEN JON PAUL CULU~N Cum Laude Cum Laude Cum Laude Lindstrom Trimont Alexandria JON MICHAEL DEJONG LUCAS J. CHRISTENSON AMANDA BETH CULP St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Englewood, Florida Andover DANIEL J. DEMERS Apple Valley
14 ANTHONY JUSTIN DEREZINSKI ANDREA LEE EBERSPACHER RASHED FERDOUS Cottage Grove Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude White Bear Lake St. Cloud LILLIAN MARIE DERUNG Magna Cum Laude MOLLY REBECCA EBNET JACQUELINE MARIE KALENBERG FIELD Anoka Cum Laude Stewart St. Cloud FRANCIS R. DESCHEPPER PEGGY L. FINKOWSKI Spicer MATTHEW JOHN ECKERT Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Andover LAURA THERESA DEVEREAUX Rhinelander, Wisconsin Cottonwood KAREN MARIE FISCHER Magna Cum Laude JENNIFER MARIE DEZIEL STEVEN T. ECKES Albany Zimmerman Summa Cum Laude Anoka MARK DAVID FISCHER KRISTEN M. DIERS North St. Paul South Haven MALEA SUE EHLENZ Cum Laude DAMIAN C. FISH WILLIAM JEFFREY DINHAM Madison Cum Laude Cum Laude St. Cloud Alexandria SARAH ANN EICHERS Royalton INGRID ELIZABETH FISKNESS JOSEPH V. DIRICO Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude ALISON LEAH EIKE New London Apple Valley Windom AIMEE JO FITCH CRAIG EDWARD THOMAS DOCK REBECCA JEAN EISINGER Cum Laude South St. Paul Magna Cum Laude Maple Plain Rockford BRANDON MICHAEL DOLS STACEY LEIGH FLANIGAN Cold Spring HEIDI LYNN ELG Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude STEVEN B. DONABAUER St. Cloud Maple Grove Cum Laude KATIE LYNN FLECK Richmond JAMES DENNIS ELLIASON Plymouth Summa Cum Laude RENEE LYNN DORF Glencoe Monticello MICHAEL ALLEN ELLIOTT PAUL ROBERT FLEISCHMAN Maplewood SAMUEL MIKHAIL DORFMAN Cum Laude Savage ANDREA ERIN ELMES Taylors Falls Long Prairie JESSICA MARIE DALEIDEN NATALIE LYNN FLOHRS Summa Cum Laude KELLY MICHAEL ELSON Cum Laude Big Lake St. Cloud St. James KARLA BETH DOUCETTE JENNIFER ANN ENGELSTAD JOSHUA LLOYD FLOM Magna Cum Laude Kasson Apple Valley Little Falls AMY J. ENNIS KATHERINE RANNAE FOLSOM CHRISTOPHERJOHN DOUGHERTY Faribault Summa Cum Laude Eden Prairie New Brighton JASON D. ERDMAN DIEMANIAN DOUNO South St. Paul AEELEE FOO St. Cloud Abidjan, Ivory Coast AMY JEAN ERICKSON JESSICA JULIE DOUVIER Maple Grove WEN SZE FOO Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude GEORGANDREAJO ERICKSON Selangor, Malaysia Glenwood Fairmont JAMES D. DOVE ALLYSON SUZANNE FORCIEA JENNIFER SUE ERICKSON Inver Grove Heights Madison Summa Cum Laude RORY JON DUBIEL Brainerd MANDY J . FORESTER St. Paul Mounds View LEIGH JASON ERICKSON CHERYL ANN DUCHARME Andover JESSICA ANN FORSLUND Champlin Summa Cum Laude KACEY WILLIAM EVANS Chisago City Cum Laude PATRICK BLAIR FOX DARREN LEE DUMMER St. Michael Elk River Bird Island ANDREW JAMES EVENSON TARA LYNN FREIBERG Eden Prairie TERRIN J . DUNCAN Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Plymouth JED R. FREIN Coon Rapids CHAD W EVENSON Austin JENNA MARIE DUWENHOEGGER Fargo, North Dakota TRACY LYNN FRERK Cum Laude HEATHER MAY EVENSON Magna Cum Laude Anoka Litchfield Apple Valley LAURA ELIZABETH DVORAK TAMI J . FENSTRA JENNIFER JANE FRIEDRICH Grand Forks, North Dakota Elk River Spicer 15 ALLISON LYN E FRIES LEAH MARIE HELWIG KRISTI AN GREI ER Kandiyohi Cum Laude Apple Valley Robbinsdale BRE T WILLIAM FRIKKEN JONATHAN WILLIAM GROETSCH Belgrade ALAINNA JO GILLHAM Wayzata Magna Cum Laude SHANNON LUCINDA FRITZ CRAIG M. GROSS Monticello Aberdeen, South Dakota St. Cloud JOSHUA LEE GILLIS LEAH AN E FULLER DEBBIE R. GRUBER Hayward, Wisconsin Staples Cum Laude ANGIE LEE GILYARD Anoka JULIA JANELL FULTO Cum Laude Princeton KIRSTEN IRENE GRUBER Foley Summa Cum Laude CHARITY LYNN GACHNE SRIJANA GIRi Belgrade Zimmerman Nepal JOSEPH ROBERT GUGGE BERGER MELISSA SHIRLEY GAEBEL JENNIFER ROSE GIRTZ Cum Laude Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Cold Spring Freeport Pierz SOM B. GURUNG HAYLEY ANNE GAETZ HEATHER E. GLYNN St. Cloud St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude RE EA GAIL HAAS BRIAN WILLIAM GAFFANEY Fergus Falls Buffalo Lake Alexandria JAMIE DAVID GOEBEL FARRAH JEAN HAASE ANDREAJEAN GAG E Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Cloquet Freeport Mandan, North Dakota RANJAN GAJUREL RACHEL ELIZABETH GOGOLIN LUANNE DOROTHY HADRICH Cum Laude Cum Laude Avon St. Cloud Baxter ERYN JUDE HAGEN JULIE A N GALE MELISSA GOHL Cum Laude Cum Laude Sauk Rapids Spicer St. Cloud SEA PAUL GONIA ERIC HE RY HAGMAN MELISSA ANNE GANGL Cum Laude Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Princeton, Wisconsin Onamia Waite Park MICAH LEPAUL GORANS SHANE MICHAEL HAGSTROM JACKIE LYNN GAPINSKI Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Foley Lake Lillian Atwater HEIDI MARIE GARBER CASSIE MARIE GOSPETER GREGORY ALAN HAHN Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Eden Prairie Eau Claire, Wisconsin Eagle Lake KIMBERLY VICTORIA HALBERT JAMIE C. GARBERICH AMY MARIE GOSSE Magna Cum Laude Monticello Cum Laude Rush City Wilmot, Wisconsin TIFFANY BLAINE GARNER BENJAMIN PAUL HALLEN Fergus Falls IRENE ELIZABETH GOTFREDSON Summa Cum Laude Plymouth MATTHEW RICHARD GASNER Isanti JENNA RUTH HALO E Medford Summa Cum Laude USA JANE GOULET Cokato ROSS PHILLIP GATTO Cum Laude Coon Rapids Sauk Rapids TINA M. HALSA Cum Laude JASON LEE GEISEL DANIELLE MARIE GRABOWSKI Thief River Falls Cum Laude Lakeville St. Cloud JENNIFER ANN HALVORSON LAURA JEAN GRACE Magna Cum Laude BRODY FORREST GEIST Big Lake Burnsville Becker BRENNA COLLEE GRADY VICTORIA GEKHT Cum Laude ALISON ERICA HAMLET Cum Laude Cum Laude Brooklyn Park Eagan Monticello MATTHEW DAVID GRAHAM JARED L. HANCOCK KATIE MARIE GEPPERT North Pole, Alaska Sioux Falls, South Dakota Virginia TRENT AARON GRAMS HAYLEY HELENE HANDEVIDT JEREMY MICHAEL GERMAN Chisago City Watertown, South Dakota Stillwater JACOB RYAN GREENMAN BETH ANN GERTEN Summa Cum Laude JENNIFER REBECCA HANNU Summa Cum Laude Inver Grove Heights Austin Buffalo LAURA LEA GIESELMAN JESSICA MARIE GREINER KRISTIN DAWN HA SEN Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Cambridge Annandale Coon Rapids 16 THOMAS ALAN HANSE CRYSTAL GAYLE HEMANN MICHAEL BRADY HOLMA Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Pipestone St. Michael St. Cloud CHRISTINA LYNN HANSON TAYLOR JOE HENDRICKSEN EMILY BETH HOLMQUIST Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Buffalo Oak Grove St. Cloud ANGELA]. HOLTBERG COLIN S. HANSON KRISTEN R. HENDRICKSON Sauk Rapids Cum Laude Hancock STACY MICHELLE HOP St. Cloud HILLARY ANNE HENK Blaine JENNIFER MARIE HANSO Buffalo HEATHER]. HOSKINS Mountain Iron SUSA MARIE HENKEL Cum Laude JOSHUA JAMES HA SON Summa Cum Laude Little Falls Brooklyn Park Pine City DONALD N. HOWARD KRISTA MARIE HANSON KATIE LYNN HEN EN Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Port Orchard, Washington ew Hope Paynesville JEFFREY S. HOWELL JOSEPH MATTHEW HANZLIK AMY ELIZABETH HENRY Cum Laude St. Francis Magna Cum Laude Big Lake New Brighton CI DY MARIE HARDI ZOE TURESCHEVA HOWELL Magna Cum Laude LISA MARIE HE RY Dalton, Georgia Stacy Magna Cum Laude MARK THOMAS HULS Royalton RIEN H. HARMS Cum Laude St. Cloud MATHEW JOHN HERGES Holdingford Alexandria KELLY J. HARSHMA AMANDA RENEE HUMPHREY Magnet Cum Laude TAMARA JEAN HERMA SON East Bethel Princeton Cum Laude REBECCA ANN HUNT Foley KANDACE TERESA HARTNECK Paynesville Waite Park JORIE RENEE HETLAND AMANDA KAY HU TEN Eagan SYED RIAZ AHMED HASANI New Hope Blaine JENNIFER JOAN HEYDT-NELSO BRADLEY JOH HU TER Cum Laude MARK JAMES HASELIUS Oshkosh, Wisconsin Winona Lindstrom AD A ABDUL HUSSAIN MATTHEW ALLEN HILMOE SAIMA HASSAN St. Cloud Coon Rapids Magna Cum Laude DA IEL RAY HYLLAND St. Cloud JENNIFER CECILIA HIRSCH Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude SCOTT ALLEN HAUGEN Chatfield Brooklyn Park Cum Laude HASLEENA M. IBRAHIM Pine Island JOSHUA BENJAMIN HJELMSTAD Selangor, Malaysia Burnsville JOHN M. HAUS TSHERING A. IDNANI Cum Laude LAURA ANN HLEBAIN Cum Laude Waite Park Summa Cum Laude Mumbai, India St. Stephen NICOLAS]. HAUSER PAUL MARTIN INIGUEZ Brandon, South Dakota TZE SUN H'NG Rochester Selangor, Malaysia ANDREW JOHN HAUSTEN YOSHINO ISHIKAWA Burnsville GEOK HONG HOE Cum Laude Johar, Malaysia ERIK BRANDON HAYES Yoshioka-machi, Gunma, Japan Coleraine KRISTEN NICOLE HOESCHEN JENNIFER THERESA ISKE Anoka JULIE CYNTHIA HECK Bellevue, Nebraska Moorhead AMANDA KAYE HOFFMAN L. Magna Cum Laude JENNIFER JACOBS JENNIFER ANNE HEDEEN Summa Cum Laude Solen, North Dakota Paynesville Waterville BRENT MATTHEW HOFFMANN JARED T. HEIDEN MICHELE HOPE JACOBS Sartell Andover Magna Cum Laude KRISTINE LYNN HOFMEISTER Sartell AMY SHONTELL HEILIG Centerville Duluth JOSIE M. JACOBSON EMILY SUSAN HOGAN Summa Cum Laude SETH PHILLIP HEIMERMANN Foley Brooten St. Cloud HEIDI WEIDA HOGANSON MELISSA JEAN JADWINSKI KEITH J. HEI EN Faribault Summa Cum Laude Richmond Lindstrom JOSH JAMES HOLEN Bemidji 17 ALLEN E. JAHNKE PATRICIA A. JORGES YEE KHA G Summa Cum Laude Delano Brooklyn Center St. Cloud PHILLIP WILLIAM JOSEPHSON IGOR BORISOVICH KHARIN ALEX JOHN JA~KILA Cokato Summa Cum Laude Virginia Krasnodar, Russia AMYL.JUREK STEPHANIE LYNN JELLUM Magna Cum Laude MARY IRENE KIEFFER Waseca St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude Foley CRYSTAL YVETTE JENNINGS MICHAEL ALLEN KAKUK Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude ROBERT EDWARD KIEFFER Rochester Helena, Montana Andover JEREMIAH F JENNINGS KRISTI RAE KALBERER JEREMY KARL KIFFMEYER St. Cloud Bismarck, North Dakota Cum Laude Wanamingo JENNIFER ANN JENSEN JESSICA A. KALINA Elk River Alexandria MATTHEW CLARENCE KILANOWSKI St. Cloud KRISTA ANN JENSEN MOLLY ANN KAMPA Cum Laude St. Cloud JONAH DEAN KINNE Rochester St. Paul HIROYUKI KANO RICHARD W JENS~N JR. Maebashi-shi, Gumma-ken, Japan DESIRAE PATRICIA KIRCHMEIER Hinckley Summa Cum Laude JENNIFER LYNN KAPALA Brainerd Cum Laude KATIE M. KLAAHSEN LINDA LOUISE JOHANNES-MASSMANN Coon Rapids Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud JASMINKA KARIC Sauk Rapids Richfield MICHAEL JOHN KLAPHAKE BRANDON LEE JOHNSEN Freeport CARRIE J. D. KARKI Forest Lake Cum Laude DANIEL R. KLEIN AMANDA CHRISTINE JOHNSON St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Willmar St. Cloud SUSAN KARMACHARYA BETH M. JOHNSON Nepal EMILY FAYE KLEI SCHMIDT Cum Laude Brainerd CHRISTY JEAN KASPRZYK Glencoe Maple Grove KRISTINA KATHLEEN KLIMA BETHANY ANN JOHNSON Summa Cum Laude BECKY LYNN KATH Virginia Summa Cum Laude Sauk Rapids Willmar JAY ARNOLD KLINE JAN E. KELENY BETSEY ANN-KATHLEEN JOHNSON St. Louis Park Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Champlin LISA ANN KLINEPIER Hermantown Cum Laude AMANDA CHERI KELLEN DANIEL RICHARD JOHNSON Coon Rapids Cum Laude Cum Laude St. Cloud KENT LAWRENCE KLOSTER Osseo Lakeville ROBERT CAMERON KELLEY DANIEL WADE JOHNSON Minneapolis KELLY LYNN KNAEBLE Ramsey Delano NATHAN ROBERT KELLS ERIC JOSEPH JOHNSON Madison JENNIFER LYN KNUDSON Austin Andover JON DAVID KENNEDY HALI MAYE JOHNSON Cum Laude LAURIE BETH KOBIENIA Summa Cum Laude Watertown, South Dakota Cum Laude Willmar St. Cloud SCOTT MICHAEL KENNING LAURA MARIE JOHNSON St. Cloud BERNERD ALLEN KOCH Maple Grove St. Cloud MARK THOMAS KEUL STACIE MICHELLE JOHNSON Cold Spring KRISTIN MARIE KODADA Brooklyn Park Montgomery PRAVESH KHADKA SUSAN MARIE JOHNSON St. Cloud ELIZABETH ANN KOEHLER Brooklyn Park Summa Cum Laude ARINDAM KHALED ADAM DAVID JONES Anoka Cum Laude Brooklyn Park St. Cloud REBECCA MARIE KOENIG ANDREW LOREN JONES Albany SHAJEB BHAKTIER KHALID Alexandria St. Cloud BRIAN DUANE KOEPP Cum Laude STEFANIE KAREN JONES TERI LEE KHAMDAMLOV Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Faribault Elk River
18 KATHERINE KAY KOHMAN AMBER LIL KVAAS ENG KEONG DAVID LEE Tonka Bay St. Cloud St. Cloud TODD R. KOHNERT NICHOLAS CARL KVAMME EU HAN LEE Cum Laude Elbow Lake Cum Laude Monticello St. Cloud THOMAS JAMES LABOUNTY DANIELLE MAE KOKORA Summa Cum Laude LAURA E. LEE Blaine Hopkins Woodbury ]AKI THOMAS KOLL ALICIA MARIE LACASSE MARLO KATIE LEONI Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Gilbert Motley Wyoming JACK RICHARD LEWIS AMY ELAINE KOLTES BRANDON MATTHEW LACHANCE Eagan St. Cloud Brooklyn Park MELISSA MARGARET LIEFFRING WILLIAM JOSEPH KONZ THOMAS NICHOLAS LACINA Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Shakopee Cloquet St. Cloud SEAN PAUL LAFAVOR LORI LEE LIEN GREGORY W KOSBAU South St. Paul Cum Laude Cum Laude Mound SAEED HASSAN LAJAMI Aitkin Cum Laude ]ERON MICHAEL LIESER LAURA JO KOSKI St. Cloud Cold Spring Loretto JOHN WINSLOW LAMBAERE BEE WEI LIM MICHAEL LEE KOSKI ' Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Menahga Owatonna St. Cloud ANGELA MARIE KOSLOWSKI JON LEE LAMBRECHT VERINA LIM Summa Cum Laude Holdingford Magna Cum Laude North Branch Sumut, Indonesia REBECCA M. LANDWEHR EMILY MARIE KOTRBA Watkins JARED CAYLE LIND Annandale Summa Cum Laude ZACK E. LANDWEHR LeSueur LISA MARIE KOWALKE Sartell Magna Cum Laude LEONID LIPNIK ANTHONY ELDON LANGE St. Cloud Maple Grove North St. Paul CHRISTINA M. KRAMER JAMISON M. LIPPERT-NEGEN HOPE MARIE LARSEN Fort Pierre, South Dakota Spicer Monticello JENNIFER KATHRYN KRANZ REGGIE DANIEL LITKE ANDREA LYNN LARSON Sauk Rapids Onamia Detroit Lakes STEFANIE APRIL KREBS DEBORAH CAROLINE LOBERG BRETT ALLAN LARSON Magna Cum Laude Blaine Little Falls Albany AMANDA KRISTINE LOE HEATHERJEAN LARSON JASON RAY KREBSBACH Cum Laude Cum Laude St. Cloud Grand Junction, Colorado Isanti SARAH BETH KRIEG KAREN ELIZABETH LOES KATIE THERESE LARSON Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Springfield Mahtomedi North Branch KATHERINE JANE KRUEGER ELLEN MARIE LOOS MELINDA PAULINE LARSON East Dundee, Illinois Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cum Laude SARAH JEAN KRUGER Shakopee AMY JEANNE LORENSEN Summa Cum Laude Litchfield RACHAEL LEEANN LARSON Sartell Cum Laude ANDREA KRISTEN LORENZ ROBB C. KSIAZEK Paynesville Maple Grove Onamia TERRYE ANN LARSON JODI MARIE LORENZ CHAD JACOB KUENZEL Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Maple Grove New Prague Little Falls ANGELA RUTH KUKIELKA KRISTIAN DANA LATTIMORE CANDICE MICHELLE LUND Magna Cum Laude Maplewood Cum Laude Minneapolis BRENT TOPPING LAU Cambridge RYAN M. KUPCHO St. Cloud MARC EMIL LUNDEEN St. Peter HEE-WOON LAW Magna Cum Laude Brandon MANDY JEAN KUZMA Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude St. Cloud APRIL MARIE LUNDERBY Eagan CHAD DAVID LEDDY Magna Cum Laude Watertown, South Dakota Brooklyn Park 19 WADE DANIEL LUNDERS LAURA CHRISTINA MAYNARD JOSEPH HARRY MEYERS St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Wadena Plymouth CHRISTOPHER ADAM LYNAM RYAN J. MICHAUD East Gull Lake JIMMY JACKSON MBWILLE Maple Grove St. Cloud ANDREW JEREMY LYNCH KRISTI ANN MICHELSON St. Peter DARRE J. MCADAMS Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Oshkosh, Wisconsin MOLLY M. LYONS Rockford Kilkenny ANNE NICHOLE MILLER JONATHAN LANCE MCALLISTER Anoka JAMES DENVER MADDOX Brainerd Rochester BRIAN ROBERT MILLER AMANDA ALLISON MCCALPIN Cum Laude ELIZABETH ANN MADSEN Summa Cum Laude West Salem, Wisconsin Burnsville Annandale CHRISTIN MAIGA MILLER STACY MARIE MAENDEL MELANIE CHRISTINE MCCARTHY Northfield Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Backus JESSICA LEE-LOERZEL MILLER Champlin Cum Laude PHILLIP RUSSELL MAESTAS-BOHN SHAU THOMAS MCCLOUD Clearwater Mound Spicer LUKE ERNEST MILLER KAYE ELLEN MAGNUSSON MAREN ROSE MCCONNELL St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Bloomington Delano MELISSA MICHELLE MILLER COREY THOMAS MCCROSSAN Baxter MEGAN K. MAGUIRE Rogers Cum Laude NICHOLAS JAMES MILLER Long Lake CHRISTOPHER JAMES MCCURRY Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Oakdale BORIS FRANK MAHLICH Champlin St. Stephen TIMOTHY EDWARD MILLER THOMAS DALE MCDANIEL Grand Rapids KATHERINE BARBARA MAHLKE Victoria Winona DARCY JO MINETTE THOMAS BENJAMIN MCELVEEN Maple Grove MARK R. MAJERLE Little Falls Cum Laude KRISTI K. MODROW Milaca CHAD MICHAEL MCKAY Rockford Meadowlands STEVEN CHRISTOPHER MALVIG ANGELA CATHERINE MOE Elk River TARA L. MCNAMARA Cosmos Inver Grove Heights JON LELAND MAMMEN DEBORAH ANNE MOEN Worthington MICHAEL BRADLEY MEEMKEN Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude Wyoming SUSANA A. MANEA Sauk Rapids Sauk Rapids DARIN THOMAS MOENING KATIE LEE MEHR Cold Spring MARIANNE BLACK MANLEY Burnsville Magna Cum Laude CLAYTON RICHARD MOHR Stoughton, Wisconsin KIMBERLY ANN MENDEN St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude LAMIN MANSARAY JOSEPH JOHN MOLESKY Shakopee Grand Forks, North Dakota Spanaway, Washington ROGER FRANCISCO MENDEZ ERIC MICHAEL MANTHE LINDSEY NICOLE MO ROE Van Nuys, California Andover Magna Cum Laude CORY JOSEPH MERGEN Zimmerman ROBIN NICOLE MARECK Dodge Center Cum Laude JENNIFER THERESE MONTGOMERY Albany MARK EUGENE METCALF Anoka Summa Cum Laude CHRISTINE ANNA MARSOLAIS ASHLEY PAIGE MOORE Robbinsdale Coon Rapids Hallock JASON THOMAS METZGER JILL ELIZABETH MARWEDE MARLA MARIE MOORE Mendota Heights Minnetonka Grand Forks, North Dakota MELISSA ANN MEULEBROECK DENA MARIE MASLOW MICHAEL DAVIS MOORE Marshall Cambridge St. Peter ELISE MARIE MEYER THERESA VIRGINIA MASSMANN DONALD PRESTON MOORES Postville, Iowa Browerville Big Lake STEPHANIE FRA CES MEYER C. CHAD T. MOREAU JEANNE MASSOLETTI Lake Elmo Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Avon BRIAN THOMAS MEYERS Faribault South St. Paul
20 DARLA ROSE MORRISON MATTHEW RAYMOND NELSON STEVEN PHILLIP NOVAK Cum Laude Wayzata St. Louis Park Oakdale RACHEL MIRANDA NELSON PETRONILLA RUFARO NYAMAYARO ALLEN DAVID MOTL Arlington Harare, Zimbabwe Fridley SARAH MAE NELSON ANDREW J. NYBO LEAH R. MOTZKO Magna Cum Laude Webster Magna Cum Laude Brainerd LYNN RAE NYSTROM Watertown SCOT DAVID NELSON Magna Cum Laude EMILY KRISTIN MROZEK Shoreview Delano Summa Cum Laude TIMOTHY BRIAN NELSON MELISSA MARGARET NYTES St. Cloud Long Prairie New Prague JAKE T. MROZEK TRAVIS JOHN NELSON MELISSA MARIE OCHS St. Cloud New Ulm Cum Laude NICHOLAS PAUL MUELLER Glencoe ROBERT WILLIAM NESSLER Summa Cum Laude St. Charles KATIE MARIE ODEGARD Anoka Buxton, North Dakota SAONCYRAE DREAM LAGASSE NEVILLE NICOLE M. MUELLER Magna Cum Laude KIM COLLEEN OEHRLEIN St. Cloud Braham Summa Cum Laude SUSAN K. MULLAN-KARVONEN Avon NICHOLAS RYAN NEWHOUSE Summa Cum Laude Crookston PETER RUSSELL OERTEL Rush City Eden Prairie TONIA RAE NEWMAN SETH JAMES MULLER Buffalo JAMES JOHN OLANDER Sioux Falls, South Dakota New Brighton HIEU KHAC NGUYEN KELLI MARIE MUNKHOLM St. Paul RACHEL MARIE OUVANTI Big Lake Virginia AMY CHRISTINE NIELSEN KRISTA MARIE MURNANE Summa Cum Laude JENNIFER ANN OLMSCHEID Aitkin Sioux Falls, South Dakota St. Cloud COLLEEN LYNN MURPHY JENNIFER ANN NIES MATTHEW AARON OLMSTEAD St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude YOSHITAKA NAGAE St. Cloud Champlin Nagoya, Japan MATTHEW RYAN NIKODYM JACELYN MARIE OLSON ELLEN FLORENCE NAISANGA Sioux Falls, South Dakota Cum Laude Cum Laude Bismarck, North Dakota MICHAEL GEORGE NISTLER Kampala, Uganda, East Africa Summa Cum Laude LAURA DIANE OLSON NICOLE ANN NATHE St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Prairie Farm, Wisconsin USA KAY NOLTE Foley Summa Cum Laude LINDSEY ANN OLSON NICHOLAS ANTON NEGRIN! Webster, South Dakota New Prague Maple Grove MIACA BIBI NOMO-ONGOLO MICHELLE LEIGH OLSON JUSTIN MICHAEL NEIS Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Sauk Rapids Elk River Zimmerman
ABBY LEE NELSON SHAWN A. NORDMANN RYAN ARTHUR OLSON St. Cloud St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Lino Lakes ANN ELIZABETH MCCAUGHAN NELSON PAUL R. NORDQUIST Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude STEPHANIE MARIE OLSON Eagle Bend Sartell Somerset, Wisconsin APRIL JEAN NELSON CLAYTON HAROLD NORMAN TRACY LYNN OLSON Big Lake Cum Laude Hutchinson Milaca JACLYN A. NELSON KOKYUIN ONG Cum Laude JOSEPH C. NORMAN Cum Laude Minnetonka Cum Laude Champlin Milaca JENNIFER ANN NELSON SU SIEN ONG Brooten NATASHA MARIA NORTHROP Summa Cum Laude KAYLAJO NELSON Magna Cum Laude Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia St. Cloud Cum Laude ERIC MOGAKA ONSOMU Clarissa KATHRYN MARIE NORTHRUP Minneapolis Magna Cum Laude KRISTEN PARKER NELSON COLLEEN MICHELLE O'ROURKE Dubuque, Iowa Bloomington Summa Cum Laude MATTHEW ALLEN NELSON AMANDA ANN NOVACEK Brainerd Fergus Falls Bloomington
21 JOSHUA CLAIR OSELAND BRYAN STEPHEN PETERSON NICOLE LYNN PROPSON Brainerd Chanhassen Princeton CHAD EDWARD OSTROM DENVER GORDON PETERSON LISA MARIE PROWIZOR Cum Laude Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Lino Lakes Elk River Oak Grove RONDI MARIE OTTERNESS JACQUE MAE PETERSON BRENDA JEAN PULJU Elk River Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Benson Pine City ERIN GRACE OUR.EN Fergus Falls JANET KAY PETERSON LISA ANN PUNG Cum Laude Melrose ERIC WADE PADRNOS Alton, Iowa Hutchinson ANNE MARIE PUSCHMANN JESSE HANS PETERSON Cum Laude MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER PAHL Cum Laude Darwin Cum Laude Huron, South Dakota Sauk Centre TREVOR TERRY QUAST MELSISA LYNN PETERSON Hutchinson JENNA L. PALAN Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude NAYEEM MD. QUAYUM Vadnais Heights Faribault Cum Laude MINDY ANN PETTIT Webster, Texas HEATHER LEA PALM Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude BENJAMIN GRAHAM RAAK Princeton New Prague St. Charles CHEE LONG PHA THERESA MAE PANZER JARED MICHEAL RAEKER Minneapolis Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Waite Park BROOKE NATHANIEL PHILIPP ERIN J. PATERICK AKHLAQUR RAHMAN Circle Pines Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin JESSICA]. PHILIPP ARIFUR RAHMAN Worthington JESSICA ROSE PATNODE St. Cloud Corcoran STACIE MARIE PLAMANN RYAN PHILLIP RAMBOSEK Magna Cum Laude EMILY L. PATTE~ON Cum Laude Kimball Cum Laude Shafer Rosemount MARLA R. PLANTE ALAN L. RAMSE Summa Cum Laude WILLIAM ROSS PAULING Wyoming St. Cloud Montevideo KELLY RAE RASCHKE ROBERT ELMER PLESSEL CHRISTA MARIE PAULSON Long Prairie Cambridge Clayton, Wisconsin JE TNIFER LEE RASKOB MARCUS LEE POHL SHANNON MARIE PAULSON Coon Rapids Annandale Duluth PISITH RATH ROBERT STEPHEN POUNGO ALLISON LYNN PAUMEN Summa Cum Laude Litchfield Summa Cum Laude Richfield Maple Lake CASSANDRA L. POPEHN LAUREN MARIE RAVELING Cum Laude KELLY ANN PAVEK Summa Cum Laude Cold Spring Alexandria Bismarck, North Dakota CHAD JACOB POPP JERAD ALLAN PEARSON PAUL AARON RAVENBERG Cum Laude Brookfield, Wisconsin Ely Rice SARAJ. PEDERSON JAYMIE SUE READY SARAH MARIE WALD PORISCH Benson Apple Valley Magna Cum Laude KRISTINA L. PENDERGAST East Bethel JUSTIN D. REED Fairmont Magna Cum Laude REBECCA MARY POSER Monticello KIRSTIN STEPHANIE PERALES Summa Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Pierz DARCY ANN REGINEK Cum Laude North Branch ROBERT K. POSER Rice JENNIFER MARIE PERRON Sartell JANINE MARIE REGNIER Magna Cum Laude MEGAN ROSE POTHEN Cross Plains, Wisconsin Cum Laude Benson Faulkton, South Dakota MATTHEW WAYNE PETERMANN HADLEY JO POWLESS Elk River ERIC DANIEL REIMANN Summa Cum Laude North Branch JUDITH MARIE PETERS Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sauk Rapids VIRGINIA HELENE REINARZ JOHN EDWARD PRICE, JR. Mizpah BRIAN KEITH PETERSON Eden Prairie Maple Lake
22 TODD MICHAEL REIS KIP DWIGHT RYDBERG JENNIFER LOUISE SCHMIDT River Falls, Wisconsin Pine City Summa Cum Laude Sauk Rapids JENNIFER RANAE RENKLY HOLLY MARIE RYMER Blue Earth Sheldon, Wisconsin JEREMY DAVID SCHMIDT Willmar ANDREW THOMAS RENNECKE ROCHELLE MONIQUE SALNER Cosmos St. Cloud KARIANNE LOUISE SCHMIDT Cottage Grove KATHRYNN ELIZABETH RENNER LAURA MAE SAMES Anoka Magna Cum Laude KATHLEEN ANN SCHMIDT Shakopee Magna Cum Laude KYLE LEE RESLER Buffalo Breckenridge ALECIA ANN SAND Cum Laude MICHAEL CHRISTIAN SCHMIT CHRISTINE REZAC New Munich Holdingford Eden Prairie HOLLI AYNNE SAND CHAD ANTHONY SCHMITT MISTY A. RICE Plymouth St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Pillager KELLY MARIE SAND THOMAS ALAN SCHNABEL Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude ANGELA EILEN RICHGELS Coon Rapids Cambridge Cum Laude Little Falls CARRIE ANNE SANDBERG DANIEL RICHARD SCHNEIDER Brainerd Cum Laude TARA]. RICK St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude AMANDA LYNN SANDERS Fergus Falls Shakopee MARIA OLIVE SCHOECK Finlayson CHARLES NORMAN RIES ANDRIA MARIE SANDERSON Duluth Cum Laude GRANT STEVE SCHOENBERG Conde, South Dakota Cum Laude CHERISH LANAE RINGAMAN Melrose Princeton LAURA JULIANNA SANDNAS Cum Laude JEANINE F SCHROEDER DOUGLAS JAMES RINGEISEN Virginia Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Sauk Rapids Lakeville MICHAEL RYAN SAUER Magna Cum Laude BERNADETTE HOLLY SCHULTZ BRIANNA JEAN RITCHIE Wells Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Brainerd Burnsville HOLLY ANN SCHAEFER Anoka JESSICA LEIGH SCHWALBE BRENDA J. ROBERTS Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude KRISTIN J. SCHAEFER St. Cloud St. Michael Monticello DARIA BETH SCOTT ANGELA SUSAN RODGERS APRIL ANN SCHARNBERG Virginia Beach, Virginia Bloomington Magna Cum Laude Fergus Falls KRISTINA MARIE SEBALD JASON THOMAS ROMO Cum Laude Brooklyn Center JAYNE L. SCHAUBHUT Jordan Royalton MARNI NICOLE ROTH LAURA ANN SEIFERT New Ulm ERICA LEA SCHAUFFERT Cum Laude Roseville BOBBIE JO ROTHSTEIN New Ulm Litchfield DIANE M. SCHEIERL JOSHUA DAVID SELDEN St. Cloud JEFFREY DONALD ROUSU South St. Paul Cum Laude ASHLEY LYNN SCHEMPP ANDREA LEONE SELLNER Alexandria Cum Laude Cum Laude Aluster, South Dakota DAVID M. ROWE Duluth Inver Grove Heights MICHELLE JEAN SCHERMER ANTHONY THEODORE SERAKOS St. Cloud LAWRENCE NJOROGE RUNANA Andover Magna Cum Laude JESSICA LEE SCHILD CODY LAMAR SERK St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude La Crescent ANNA NORAH RUSCHMEYER Brandon, South Dakota Gibbon BLAIR ANNE SCHLICHTE KATHERINE ANN SHAFT Plymouth DEBORAH JEAN RUTTEN Cum Laude Belgrade HOLLY KAY SCHMIDT Milaca Cum Laude KATHERINE M. RUZEK SHAHZADFATEHSHAHREAR Andover White Bear Lake Bangladesh JEFFREY C. SCHMIDT JOSHUA MATHEW RYAN TIMOTHY TROY SHORE Summa Cum Laude Paynesville Con Rapids St. Cloud
23 AJAY KRISHNA SHRESTHA KARI LYNN SPIELMAN RHONDA MARY STRATTON St. Cloud Balaton Cum Laude Anoka BEAU DEAN SHROYER BENJAMIN ROGER SPITZER Grey Eagle Fairmont JONELLE ABBY STREED Magna Cum Laude GERALD WAYNE SIEMERING AMANDA RAE STANG Cambridge Magna Cum Laude Maple Grove Sartell LISA ANN STREEFLAND JAMES PHILIP STANTON Magna Cum Laude MATTHEW JOSEPH SIERS New Hope Shakopee Cum Laude JACOB ARNOLD STARK Rockford ALANA LYLA STRICKLER Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud JENNIFER E. SIEVERT Ham Lake Summa Cum Laude BIN SU SERENA L. STARR New Richmond, Wisconsin Cum Laude Grand Forks, North Dakota ANDREW JAMES SINESIO Tianjin, China BRENT ALLEN STAVIG Cum Laude STEPHANIE JO SUNDE Summa Cum Laude Edina Magna Cum Laude Coon Rapids MOON-SIEW SIOW Waite Park CORRIE JO STAVOS Batu Caves, Malaysia MELISSA MARIE SUNDEM Summa Cum Laude Brooklyn Park AMI LEE SJOQUIST St. Cloud Dassel SVEN OLAF SUNDGAARD JEREMY BLAKE STEFFAN Cottage Grove TINA MARIE SKAALERUD Champlin Cum Laude MARK ALEXANDER SUPER SHERI ANN STEFFL Willmar Bethel Summa Cum Laude JACOB CRAIG SKALICKY Fairbault JONATHON GORDON SUTHERLAND Pine City Chatfield CARYN KATHLEEN STEICHEN ROBERT NICHOLAS SKENZICH Magna Cum Laude KELLY A. SWAIN Virginia Kimball Magna Cum Laude Essex Junction, Vermont ERIKA LYNN SKROVE BENJAMIN OTTO STEINER Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude JENNIFER ANN SWANSON Burnsville Shoreview Magna Cum Laude Maple Grove MELISSA KAY SLAPNICHER KATHRYN LYNN STEINER Summa Cum Laude Blaine JOY MARIE SWANSON Goldfield, Iowa Magna Cum Laude LINDSEY SARAH STEINLICHT St. Cloud TIMOTHY DOUD SLAPNICHER Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Milbank, South Dakota SCOTT DAVID SWANSON Hastings Andover KELLI J. STE MB ER ROSS JON SMEBY Cum Laude MARK LEONARD SWARD St. Paul Park Monticello White Bear Lake DANIELLE LEA SMELTER DEBORAH R. STENBERG JENNIFER MARIE SWARTZER Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude Cum Laude St. Joseph North Branch Watertown BETHANY ANN SMITH ABBEY LYNN STENDAHL BRETT DAVID SWEEN Coon Rapids Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude KATHRYN ELIZABETH SMITH Rockford Pine Island Waite Park HEATHER JO STETLER NICHOLAS REED SWENSON NICHOLE L. SMITH Champlin Brooklyn Park Shakopee TARA MARIE STETTNER KURTIS MICHAEL SYVERSON TAMARA LYNN SMITH Hancock Oakdale Brooklyn Park CHELSEA KAY STIEL YEE WEY TAN GREG STEPHEN SNIEZEK Cum Laude Cameron Highlands, Malaysia Benson St. Cloud TIMOTHY JAMES TATGE DANIELLE MAE SONNEK CHARLOTTE DENISE STOKES Sioux Falls, South Dakota Verndale Minnesota Lake CHRISTOPHER R. TAUBER TIEN HOO 500 WESTON]. STRADTMAN Wheaton Fergus Falls Taman Pertama, Ipoh, Malaysia JULIA WEIGAND TAYLOR MELISSA MARIE SPARKS CHRISTY ANN STRAIGHT New Brighton Cum Laude Cottage Grove ERIN ELIZABETH TELFAIR Blaine SARAH MARIE SPICZKA St. Cloud Brooklyn Park
24 MELISSA JOY TELLINGHUISEN LEONARDO DA VINCI TORRENS CHARITY MARIE VILLENEUVE Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Milaca Luquillo, Puerto Rico Deer River GAIL PERSONS TEMP JASON VAUGHN TOSO REBECCA RAE VILLNOW Princeton Magna Cum Laude Summa Cum Laude Worthington Foley JASON JAMES TESTIN Merrifield DAVID KENNETH TRACY JULIA KOREN VINJE North St. Paul Summa Cum Laude KATHLEEN KELLY THALHUBER Brooklyn Park Magna Cum Laude LONG T. TRAN New Brighton St. Cloud MATTHEW VOGEL Cum Laude SCOTT ANDREW THEISEN JENNIFER PEGGY TREPTAU Elk River Summa Cum Laude Cum Laude Cold Spring St. Michael MELISSA A. VOIGT Summa Cum Laude CHRISTINE JOY THESING BRYAN JAMES TRI KA Cold Spring Magna Cum Laude White Bear Lake Brainerd APRIL ANN VOLLBRECHT MARY KAY TRNKA Elk River MELISSA ANNE THOM Faribault Summa Cum Laude DESIREE M. WAAGE KAREN MARIE TRUDEAU Long Prairie Alexandria Summa Cum Laude SHAYNA K. THOM Lindstrom TODD A. WACKERFUSS Melrose Roseville NICOLE LYNN TRUTWIN SHERI MARIE THOMAS Cum Laude LEAH JO WADEWITZ Webster Little Falls Winona TIFFANY ROSE THOMAS AMBER RAE TUCKER TIMOTHY JOEL WAGENAAR Starbuck Belle Plaine Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin BRIAN LEE THOMPSON PATRICK ALLEN TUEL PATRICIA NICOLE WAGNER Apple Valley Fergus Falls St. Louis Park ANGELA MARIE THOMSON JESSICA LEE TVRDIK SHANNA L. WAHLSTRAND Summa Cum Laude Alexandria St. Cloud Hinckley ZAKARY DANIEL ULWELLING NATHAN JEREMY WAITE ESTHELLA YINKA THORPE Austin Magna Cum Laude Freetown, Sierra Leone Apple Valley KRISTIN MARIE UMERSKI VONI LYNN THORSTEN St. Cloud MALI JO WALTERS Cum Laude Cum Laude JOY ANNE USHER Foley Rosemont Elk River MELANY IRENE THULL FENNI WALUJO JODIE LEONE VANGEISEN Cum Laude Indonesia Cum Laude Melrose Garden Prairie, Illinois ANNES. WARD DESIREE MARIE TIFFANY Summa Cum Laude HEIDI LYNN VANROEKEL Cottage Grove North Branch Sioux Falls, South Dakota DERRICK R. TINDAL JOHN CHARLES WARD AMY SUE VANVOORST Sauk Rapids Litchfield Cum Laude ANTHONY PAUL TKACH Sioux Falls, South Dakota RYAN TERRY WARD Brooklyn Park Brainerd ROMAN VALENTINOVICH VASJUKOV RYAN PATRICK TOBRITZHOFER Eagan TAMARA LYNN WARNER Oakdale Minneapolis LAUREL A. VASKO WINDSONG TODD Summa Cum Laude RYAN A. WARNSHOLZ Elk River Hutchinson Cottage Grove JAMIE LEE TOENYAN SCOTT THOMAS VEITH YASUHIRO WATANABA Long Prairie Lake Mills, Wisconsin Yamagata, Japan DAVID PETER TOEWS JEREMY LEE VELLINE LISA JANENE WATRIN Spring Valley Brooklyn Center Sandstone CARRIE LYNN TONKIN JOSHUA PAUL VETTER JENNIFER ANN WATRY Rosemount Milan Port Washington, Wisconsin JESSICA A. TONSFELDT JOSEPH DAVID VIERZBA KENNETH LEE WATSON Louisburg Clearwater National City, California BREANNA ROSE TOOHEY JENNIFER JO VILLELLA CHRISTOPHER L. WAYNE Coon Rapids Shoreview River Falls, Wisconsin
25 KEVIN JOHN WEBER ERIK JON WILLERT JESSICA ANNE WROBLESKI Eagan Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude Alexandria Benson LAURA ANN WEBER Summa Cum Laude JULIE LYNN WILLIAMS ERIC 0. WUOLLET Winthrop Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude Alexandria Big Lake RYAN JAMES WEBER Maple Grove SCOTT C. WILLIAMS PANHIA YANG St. Paul Brooklyn Park STACY MARIE WEBER Avon TRACY MAE WILLIAMS YE YANG Blaine Cum Laude LOUISA MAE WEBSTER St. Cloud Lafayette TYLER ARON WILSEY St. Paul MELISSA SIEW LEE YAP HEIDI LOUISE WEIMER Selangor, Malaysia Chaska CAMI JO WILSON Lewisville DARREN ALAN YAUK JUSTIN CHARLES WELCH Elk River Cum Laude JENNIFER ANNE WILSON Shakopee Cum Laude SEE SEONG YEOH St. Charles Cum Laude ADAM VINCENT WELLE St. Cloud Summa Cum Laude JOSHUA JOSEPH WIMMER Sartell Cum Laude HUEY-CHING YEP Clearwater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MARK JOSEPH WENDERSKI Holdingford LAURA M. WINGE GLORIA HELEN YLINIEMI Magna Cum Laude Cum Laude JOSEPH R. WERNER Cokato Osage Grove City PAUL EVERETT WINKELMAN SARA MARIE YONAK DESIREE A. WESTBY Clear Lake Minneapolis Britt LAUREN LEE WIPPER DAVID JOHN YOUNG BRADLEY RYAN WESTPHAL Clearwater North St. Paul Alexandria CHRISTOPHER THOMAS WITHERS JESSE DANIEL ZEIG SHERRI ANN WETTHER Red Wing New Ulm Summa Cum Laude Isanti FORREST TANNER WITT JONATHAN DAVID ZELLMER Magna Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude BECKY D. WETTSTEIN Morris Faribault Stillwater AMANDA LEANN WOESSNER JASON L. ZIEMANN DAVID WHERRY J. Magna Cum Laude St. Cloud Buffalo Maple Grove MICHAEL PAUL ZINNECKER SARI RYAN WHITE MOLLY JO WOLF Circle Pines Spring Lake Park Magna Cum Laude JOSEPH AARON ZNIDARSICH KRISTINE M. WICHNER Albany La Crosse, Wisconsin Magna Cum Laude RYAN JAMES WOLF EMILY SUZANNE ZOELLNER Sandstone Magna Cum Laude Elk River MANDI RAE WICHNER Rice TIMOTHY PAUL ZUNKER Magna Cum Laude STEPHANIE J. WOLF Miltona Hinckley Cold Spring CANDACE ELIZABETH ZYLKA ERIC ANTHONY WICKLUND SCOTT ALLEN WOLHART Little Falls Harris Cum Laude ANTHONYTHOMASWitNER Brainerd Cum Laude CARLA DIANE WOLTERS Oakdale Owatonna Associate in Arts ADAM N. WIERSMA LYNN MARIE WOOLHOUSE George, Iowa RONDA SARNER ANDERSON Big Lake Magna Cum Laude USA ANN WILDTRAUT EMILY JO WOOLSEY Dassel St. Cloud Andover JESSE LEE BERG PAMELA MARIE WILKES KATHERINE STUART WORTHING Howard Lake Cum Laude Minneapolis St. Louis Park THOMAS ALAN BERG KATER! ANN WOZNY St. Cloud CHERYL LYNN WILLENBRING Maple Grove Magna Cum Laude LAURIE KATHERINE BERTELSEN Annandale SCOTT ALAN WRIGHT Watertown, South Dakota Sandstone JOSEPH RAYMOND BOSER Cum Laude Inver Grove Heights
26 SARAH ANN CHAMBERLAIN KAVON STEVEN KASBI TAMI JO RIEDEMAN Aurora Naples, Florida Foley SARAH MARGARET Cl.ASSEN LINDA S. KEDROWSKI RACHEL LYNN RIEGER Rockville Foley New Ulm JESSICA FAYE DIXON NICOLE ANN LACHERMEIER JULIE MARIE SALVOG Long Prairie St. Cloud Little Falls KATHERINE MARIE ECKEL LARAE ANN LYMER JESSICA LEA SAUTER Golden Valley Cum Laude Pine City Monticello CHRISTOPHER ROSS FITZHARRIS DAWN ANN SHEQUEN Cum Laude COREY LEE MACIK Motley St. Cloud Hector JEROME JOHN STAWARSKI JACQUELINE ELIZABETH FRAZIER JACOB EDWARD MALINKA Cum Laude Prior Lake Sartell Foley BARRY Al.AN GARTNER MATTHEW R. MAYERS CARLA KATHLEEN STEICHEN Bloomington Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude St. Joseph Cold Spring KODY PETER GILLEN St. Bonifacius COLE T. MCDONALD LINDSEY RUTH THURINGER St. Cloud Magna Cum Laude JAMIE LEE GOTVALD Aurora Cum Laude KARI MICHELLE MENZIA Hillman New Brighton ANGELA M. WAHL Summa Cum Laude MELISSA ANN GRITTNER DEBRA MARIE MILLER Ramsey Pierz Cum Laude Trempealeau, Wisconsin BRIONY LEIGH WALSETH KATHERINE LYNN HARDY Moorhead Cum Laude KIMBERLY LYN NEWMAN Willmar Coon Rapids APRIL ROSE WEBER Owatonna PEGGY JO HARTMANN MICHELLE ANDREA NIEMELA Paynesville Summa Cum Laude STEPHANIE ANNE WILLARD Cokato Monticello CHAD RAYMOND HARTNECK St. Cloud SAMUEL NATHAN NIEMELA KATIE E. ZIKA Cokato St. Cloud ANDREA JUDITH HESS Mendota Heights CHRISTOPHER HUTCHESON OWEN Magna Cum Laude DARLA C. JOHNSON Duluth Associate in Elective Studies KIMBERLY ANN REED NICHOLE AN GEl.A JOHNSON Monticello SUSAN JERISE ANSHUS Milaca Lino Lakes
27 THE ACADEMIC ATTIRE ACADEMIC DISTINCTION
The custom of wearing a distinctive dress for academic cere Students who accomplish a high level of academic achievement, monies goes back to the Middle Ages, when long-sleeved, hooded as reflected by their grade point average, receive distinction as fol gowns were necessary for warmth in the unheated stone colleges. lows. Academic costume is at present worn in the United States by per Grade Point Average: sons taking part in academic ceremonies in general, at commence 3.25-3.49 Cum Laude ment ceremonies, at baccalaureate services, and at various inaugu ration ceremonies. 3.5-3.74 Magna Cum Laude 3.75 or higher Summa Cum Laude GOWNS NOTE: Since programs are prepared in advance of the receipt of final grades, the listing of graduates and award recipients may, in some The bachelor's gown is a relatively simple kind falling in straight instances, be inaccurate. Also, in addition to GPA, there are minimum lines from a fairly elaborate yoke. Its distinguishing characteristic credit requirements to graduate with honors. The fact of graduation and is the long pointed sleeves. The master's gown is similar, except the receipt of honors are validated by the students' permanent records for the sleeves. The doctor's gown is an elaborate costume marked which are kept by the Office of Records and Registration. by velvet panels down the front and around the neck as well as by three bars of the same material on the bell-shaped sleeves.
HOODS The greatest degree of symbolism is shown by the hood. Under graduates here do not wear the hood. The hood has velvet edging which indicates the area of specialization. The inside of the hood is satin and indicates by its color the college or university which granted the degree. St. Cloud State University's colors are deep cardinal red and black.
CAPS The square "Oxford cap" or mortarboard of serge or broadcloth with a stiff crown is worn for most degrees. The tassel that hangs to the side is switched from the right to the left when the degree is awarded.
TASSELS The color of the tassel indicates the degree: associate (blue), bach elor of arts (white), bachelor of elective studies (yellow gold), bachelor of fine arts (white), bachelor of fine arts and music (pink), bachelor of science (yellow gold), master of arts (white), master of business administration (brown), master of science (yel low gold), and specialist (blue).
HONOR CORDS The color of the honor cord indicates the level of academic achievement: Cum Laude (red), Magna Cum Laude (silver), and Summa Cum Laude (gold).
28 B ANNERS AND FLAGS
The commencement ceremony as a whole affirms the value of COLLEGE BANNERS learning to society, recognizes the cooperation of many people, on The college banners are carried in by faculty marshals represent and off the campus, who have contributed to the learning enter ing each of the five undergraduate colleges of the university. Merle prise and, above all, celebrates the effort and achievement (sym Sykora, professor emeritus of art, designed the colorful banners bolized by diplomas, degrees and dress) of the graduates them depicting the College of Business (drab), College of Education selves. (light blue, lemon, sage green), College of Fine Arts and Humani ties (white, brown crimson, pink, silver gray, dark blue), College UNIVERSITY SEAL of Science and Engineering (orange, golden yellow) and College The university seal was redesigned in 2001 and portrays the of Social Sciences (citron, copper). cupola that sits atop Riverview Building, surrounded by oak leaves. The visuals were chosen to illustrate SCSU's long history of THE MACE teacher preparation (Riverview was built to serve as the lab school The mace originated as a staff or club used in the Middle Ages for for St. Cloud Normal School students to teach area children) and breaking armor. It evolved into a ceremonial symbol of authority the university's location on the oak-crowned banks of the Missis used in legislative bodies, universities, and other governmental sippi River. units. The university mace was created by David Landwehr out of the COUNTRY FLAGS white cedar flag pole from Old Main which was built in 1875 and The flags on either side of the university seal banner represent razed in the late 1940s. The carved designs on the mace head countries which host St. Cloud State University study-abroad pro which are decorated with gold leaf symbolize the five undergradu grams: Australia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Eng ate colleges of the university and were created by Merle Sykora, land, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Poland, South Africa and professor emeritus of art. Sweden. Additional flags on display represent the home countries of international students graduating today More than 900 interna THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION tional students from over 80 countries attend St. Cloud State Uni The presidential medallion worn by President Roy H. Saigo was versity. We especially welcome to St. Cloud the families of gradu created in 2002 by SCSU faculty emeritus, Dr. James Roy This ating international students. multi-dimensional medallion incorporates the new SCSU seal and sits upon a plate of rhodium-plated sterling silver. The central portion of the medallion has been created from cast 14K gold and is festooned with four deep red garnet stones. Dr. James Roy served as chair of the SCSU Department of Visual Arts from 1964-1992 and retired in 1994. Previously, Dr. Roy designed the original presidential medallion which is now housed in university archives, as well as medallions for the Chancellor of the Minnesota State University System, Metropolitan State Univer sity and Minnesota State University-Akita inJapan.
NO SMOKING is allowed inside the building. SCSU is an equal opportunity educator and employer:
29 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The Honorable Will Antell The Honorable Vincent Ijioma Stillwater Brooklyn Park The Honorable Andrew Boss The Honorable Jim Luoma St. Paul Cohasset The Honorable Mary Choate The Honorable Lew Moran Eden Prairie Minneapolis The Honorable Daniel Cobom The Honorable David Paskach St. Cloud Marshall The Honorable Cheryl Dickson The Honorable Michael Redlinger St. Paul Moorhead The Honorable Ivan Dusek The Honorable Ann Curme Shaw Willmar Minnetonka The Honorable Clarence Hightower The Honorable Shaun Williams Minneapolis Winona The Honorable Robert Hoffman Waseca
30 AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL 0 beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.
UNIVERSITY HYMN
Amy Dale Harvey Waugh
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banks, Em - blem of our search for know - ledge, fair, May the loy - al sons and j ' ~1'1,& r· p J J J, J l ], j J sym - bol of 0\1-f youth - ful ranks. Filled with fires of thy en - dur - ing friend ship share. May they with sin- ... ~ &1'1,& j J. J) ~) J j J J J r qr I r· * I r· I true am - bi - tion, let us ev - er be; Loy - al to thy cere am - bi - tion, through the years e'er be; Loy - al to thy ... '~I'!,& j j J) ~ J J r I r· r.. I * 11 fine tra - di - tion. Hail, St. Cloud, to thee! fine tra - di - tion. Hail, St. Cloud, to thee! 31