Commencement Schedule

Saturday, May 5, 2018 6

Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus Student Life Center, Salina, 10 a.m.

Friday, May 11, 2018 9

Graduate School Bramlage Coliseum, 1 p.m. 29

College of Veterinary Medicine McCain Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 12, 2018 31

College of Arts and Sciences Bramlage Coliseum, 8:30 a.m. 39

College of Architecture, Planning & Design McCain Auditorium, 10 a.m. 41

College of Education Bramlage Coliseum, 11 a.m. 45

College of Business Administration Bramlage Coliseum, 12:30 p.m. 51

College of Agriculture Bramlage Coliseum, 2:30 p.m. 57

College of Human Ecology Bramlage Coliseum, 4:30 p.m. 63

College of Engineering Bramlage Coliseum, 6:30 p.m.

1 CelebratingOur Future

Dear Graduates,

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

Your degree represents work and commitment on your part and on the part of those who have helped you along your way. Whether it is your family, friends, faculty, staff or fellow students, know that all are proud of your accomplishments.

Commencement marks a milestone in your life and sets you on a journey toward a productive and fulfilling career. We hope you use the knowledge and preparation you received at K-State to move forward and make a difference throughout your life, whether in the career field, in the community or in other worthy pursuits.

As you embark and progress in your career and life, know that Kansas State University 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 is providing you and fellow graduates with a year’s free membership. byAlma H.W. Jones,Mater class of 1888 Please find opportunities to return to campus, whether to continue your education, share your experiences and expertise with future K-Staters, take in an athletic or cultural event, or just to catch up on your alma mater. I know a spot that I love full well, 'Tis not in forest nor yet in dell; Congratulations and best wishes for the future, Ever it holds me in magic spell, I think of thee, Alma Mater.

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

Richard B. Myers April C. Mason President Provost and Senior Vice President

2 Letter Alma Mater 3 About Kansas State University About our ceremonies

ansas State University is on its way to Technology and Aviation; and Veterinary Kansas State University, The university mace becoming one of the nation’s Top 50 public Medicine. The Graduate School offers more than The 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 Kresearch universities by 2025. The visionary 110 academic programs. by the numbers symbol of office and typically carried at the front of academic processions. The university’s mace is carried in the processional at the Graduate School ceremony and K-State 2025 plan, launched in 2010, serves as a 1 — Where Money magazine ranks K-State on its list is displayed at each college’s ceremony. Designed by Tom Boley, a 1970 university graduate, the mace is made from a purple wood called purpleheart and a light- guide for our decision-making and priority-setting K-State also enjoys strong support from its alumni of best colleges in Kansas. colored maple. in all facets of the university, including academics, and friends. With more than 200,000 alumni, the 3 — Years in a row K-State is rated the best value in Academic dress facility needs, research, engagement and athletics. K-State Alumni Association is ranked among the Kansas by SmartAsset. The history of academic dress dates to medieval European universities of the 12th century. Universities in the United States have standardized academic dress so its For more information and to track our progress, go top five alumni associations in the nation for the 4 — Years in row K-State receives the HEED Award features are common and uniform throughout the country. to k-state.edu/2025. percentage of graduates who are members. The for diversity and inclusion. The gown — At Kansas State University, gowns are black and typically made of synthetic material or worsted wool. The pattern varies with the degree held — Kansas State University Foundation's Innovation 5 — Years in a row K-State's National Strategic 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. Founded in 1863 as the country’s first operational and Inspiration Campaign has already earned Selling Institute named one of nation's top sales — Students receiving graduate degrees wear hoods. The master’s hood is shorter than the doctoral hood and lacks the panels of the doctoral hood. land-grant university, Kansas State University has more $1.1 billion and is on its way to reaching The hood programs. Hoods are lined with the colors of the university; the university’s lining is purple with two inverted chevrons. The binding or edging of the hood is the color campuses in Manhattan, Olathe and Kansas State $1.4 billion by 2020. 9 — Years in a row K-State's Crops Team is national pertaining to the subject of the degree. Polytechnic Campus in Salina, as well as K-State champion. — 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 Global Campus, which serves distance education Called "the Silicon Valley for biodefense" because The caps six or eight sides. The tams can be dark blue or black for Doctor of Philosophy candidates, and light blue for Doctor of Education candidates. Doctor of Veterinary students. K-State Research and Extension also has of its leadership in food safety and security and 10 — Times in the last 13 years K-State's Black Medicine candidates wear a black mortarboard. Tassel color for all degree candidates depends on the degree and/or degree field. a presence throughout Kansas. agrodefense, Kansas State University is home to Student Union named best in the Big 12. four Feed the Future labs, an initiative by the U.S. 9 — Academic colleges, offering a variety of academic Dark blue disciplines. Trimming colors on hoods Graduation honors The mission of Kansas State University is to Agency for International Development to increase Brown Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor’s degree candidates who are earning foster excellent teaching, research and service that food production in nations with limited resources. 200+ — Fellowships held by faculty and patents Master of Fine Arts Golden yellow graduation honors from Kansas State University develop a highly skilled and educated citizenry The university also is home to the Biosecurity developed at the university. Master of Landscape Architecture Associate degrees wear a purple-and-white honor cord on the left necessary to advancing the well-being of Kansas, Research Institute, which supports comprehensive $236 million — Financial aid distributed annually, Dark blue Bachelor of Science shoulder of their commencement gown. Honors the nation and the international community. “farm-to-fork” infectious disease research programs including scholarships, student wages and veterans' Doctor of Philosophy Master of Science are awarded based on their Kansas State University The university embraces diversity and inclusion, that address threats to plant, animal and human benefits. Golden yellow Professional Master of Technology grade point average. Eligible students also must encourages engagement and is committed to health. Construction is underway adjacent to the Gray 250+ — Academic majors and options. Professional Master of Technology have completed a minimum of 60 hours in the discovery of knowledge, the education Manhattan campus of the U.S. Department of Gray Doctor of Veterinary Medicine residence, with at least 50 hours in graded courses. of undergraduate and graduate students, and Homeland Security’s National Bio and Agro- Lavender Doctor of Veterinary Medicine K-State graduation honors: improvement in the quality of life and standard of defense Facility, which will be the nation’s premier Master of Architecture Lavender Summa cum laude — For students with a 3.95 or living of those we serve. animal disease research facility. Light blue Master of Architecture above GPA. Light blue Bachelor’s degrees in Education Magna cum laude — For students with a 3.85- Forbes magazine, the Princeton Review and U.S. Total research efforts at Kansas State University Doctor of Education Doctor of Education 3.949 GPA. News & World Report have recognized Kansas have led to more than 250 patents to date. The Maize Maize State University as one of the best in America. university has more than 90 research centers, Master of Agribusiness Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Cum laude — For students with a 3.75-3.849 GPA. including the 8,600-acre Konza Prairie Biological Navy blue Master of Agribusiness * Note: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree Nearly 23,000 students from across the U.S. and Station and the Johnson Cancer Research Center. Master of Interior Architecture & Product Design Maroon candidates receive these honors based on courses more than 100 countries attend Kansas State Our distinguished faculty members are tackling Orange Bachelor’s degrees in Human Ecology completed in the professional program. Honors University. Students can choose from more such issues as climate change, cybersecurity, Master of Software Engineering Navy blue indicated in this program are determined on a than 250 majors and options in nine colleges: sustainable energy, urban revitalization and more Master of Engineering Management Master of Interior Architecture & Product Design minimum of 45 hours in residence completed prior Agriculture; Architecture, Planning & Design; — often involving undergraduate students in Peacock blue Orange to the term of graduation, with at least 36 credit Arts and Sciences; Business Administration; their work. Master of Public Administration Bachelor’s degrees in Engineering hours in graded courses. Education; Engineering; Human Ecology; Master of Software Engineering Master of Regional & Community Planning Commencement program key Master of Engineering Management Pink (Scl) Summa cum laude Peacock blue Master of Music (Mcl) Magna cum laude Salmon Master of Regional & Community Planning (Cl) Cum laude Master of Public Health Master of Public Administration Tan/drab brown Pink (H) Honors program Master of Accountancy Bachelor of Applied Education (S) Secondary major Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Music Education (F17) Fall 2017 graduate White Master of Music (SU18) Summer 2018 candidate Salmon Master of Arts (F18) Fall 2018 candidate Yellow Master of Public Health (D) Dual degree Master of Science Tan/drab brown Bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration * Double, multiple majors Tassel colors on candidates’ caps Master of Business Administration (P) Posthumous degree Brown Master of Accountancy Bachelor of Fine Arts White Master of Fine Arts Bachelor of Arts Master of Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Arts in Music Master of Arts 4 About Kansas State University About our ceremonies 5 Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus Speaker

ary Jo Myers has a in Afghanistan. Myers serves on the board of family members while loved ones are receiving Announcer: Reader: rich background in MediSend, an organization that offers training in medical treatment. She was instrumental in James Westling, Rocking M Media, Salina Alysia Starkey, Professor and Associate Dean, Mpublic service related to biomedical equipment repair, as well as donations establishing the Hero Miles program, operated by Academics military, educational and of medical equipment and supplies to charitable the Fisher House Foundation, that uses donated Processional:* humanitarian organizations hospitals around the world. She received its first frequent flyer miles to purchase tickets for families Shanna Walker, Vice President, Student Governing Alumni Association Greetings: and programs. A military Humanitarian Award in 2004. Other awards of hospitalized military members. spouse for more than 40 include The Spirit of the USO Award and National Association Terin Walters, Assistant Vice President of years, Myers has won Defense University's American Spirit Award in Along with serving as K-State's first lady, Myers Development and Communications, K-State multiple awards for her 2005. is a member of the Kansas State University National Anthem:* Alumni Association Mary Jo Myers humanitarian work. She Foundation's board of trustees and is a co-chair

Eric Cole, Guest Musician currently serves on the Myers is a partner in a business, Moscow on the of the foundation's Inspiration and Innovation Conferral of Degrees: Women's Initiative Policy Advisory Council formed Potomac, importing handcrafted items from Russia. Campaign. She also has served on the board of the Verna M. Fitzsimmons, CEO and Dean by Laura Bush as part of the Bush Foundation. She recently retired as associate director of public K-State Alumni Association. Welcome: Myers also was appointed to the President's Council affairs at Hayes and Associates and was an educator Verna M. Fitzsimmons, CEO and Dean on Service and Civic Participation in February 2006 in secondary and adult education throughout her Recessional: and served through 2009. husband's military career. Eric Cole, Guest Musician Student Address: She is a founding member and president emeritus Her dedication to the military continues through Shanna Walker, Vice President, Student of the Aschiana Foundation, which supports her service on the board of trustees for Fisher Governing Association Student Marshal: literacy and vocational training for street children House, which provides free lodging to military Shanna Walker, Vice President, Student Introduction of Commencement Governing Association Speaker: Verna M. Fitzsimmons, CEO and Dean *The audience will please rise. Commencement Address: Degree Candidates Mary Jo Myers, Kansas State University First Lady

Presentation of Degree School of Integrated Studies Willie Torres Flores II, Yigo, Guam Engineering Technology/Digital Media Matthew Louis Katzke, Waukesha, Wisconsin (Mcl) Candidates: (Scl) (SU18) Bachelor of Science Zachory R. Kirkham, El Dorado (Mcl) Terri Gaeddert, Associate Professor and Director of Professional Master of Technology Mary Ewers, Junction City Trever Linn, Flagler, Colorado (D) Academic Operations Stephen Colin Magnum, Dallas, Texas Sarah Jane Welsch, Salina Daniel Edward Marinoni, Plano, Texas Janice Dinkel, Associate Professor and Program Carrie A. Padgette, Salina Jacob Conrad Mitchell, Foxfield, Colorado Coordinator, Social Work Ziqi Wang, Zhengzhou, China Logan Andrew Welch, Rose Hill (SU18) Engineering Technology/Electronic Mindy Markham, Associate Professor, Family Studies Kurtis Oliver Wilk, Osage City (SU18) and Computer Engineering and Human Services Aeronautical Technology/Airport David Aaron Jerret Williams, Wichita Technology Don Von Bergen, Teaching Assistant Professor and Management Bachelor of Science Graduate Program Director Bachelor of Science (SU18) Aeronautical Technology/ Bandar Hassan A Alasmari, Aljubail, Saudi Arabia Skylar Franklin Caldwell, Fort Collins, Colorado (Mcl) Alec Cork, Wichita Presentation of Diplomas: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Cl) Luke Christopher Stuke, Topeka Verna M. Fitzsimmons, CEO and Dean Aeronautical Technology/Aviation Bachelor of Science Jason Ford, Carrollton, Texas Maintenance Management (SU18) Assisted by: Ahmedin Hussien Issak, Kansas City Engineering Technology/Mechanical Kurt Barnhart, Professor and Associate Dean, Research Bachelor of Science Logan Neil Renz, Hays Bachelor of Science Abdullah Hussain Alsalhi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Engagement Caleb Andrew Scott, Raymore, Missouri Luke Cecil Balman, Wellsville Roy Eugene Eldridge Jr., Junction City Wesley Jacob Cantrell, Canton Wei Feng, Hacienda Heights, California Engineering Technology/Computer Mitchell Ryan Domina, Copperas Cove, Texas Richard Paul Grumbianin Jr., Sidney, Nebraska (Mcl) Systems Aaron Glen Goodnight, Ashland Jacob Taylor Stewart, Bennington Taylor Dane Shaffer,Agra Bachelor of Science (Mcl) Aeronautical Technology/ Charles Reeves Bockhorn, Salina Nicholas Boyer, Salina Technology Management Professional Pilot Colton Patrick Linenberger, Washington Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science Matthew Zilkie, Manhattan (D) Joseph Tanner Barton, Holyrood Sakmaquil Adams, West Orange, New Jersey Shannon Bounyareth, Salina (SU18) Maxamillyan Deonte Badgett, Valley Falls Mitchell Brenn, Junction City Juan Javier Diaz Garay, Salina (Scl) (D) (SU18)

6 Kansas State Polytechnic Kansas State Polytechnic, Speaker, Degree Candidates 7 Jonathan Kalumba Chiansi, Kinshasa, Democratic College of Human Ecology Republic of the Congo (SU18) (SU18) Caleb Steven Davis, Haviland Family Studies Human Services Juan Javier Diaz Garay, Salina (Scl) (D) (SU18) Graduate School Bachelor of Science Marcus William Habiger, Los Alamos, New Mexico (SU18) (D) Britney Aynn Campbell, Cleveland, Ohio Antonio T.J. Hearn, Larned (SU18) (D) Christy Rene Clarkson, Salina Introduction: Recessional: Yuanlu Jin, Taizhou, China Hailey Marie Harp, Salina Gerard Kluitenberg, Professor, Agronomy David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music Thomas Wade Kimbrel, Chanute Emily Katherine Rothwell, Overland Park Jeffrey Marrier, Manhattan Taylor Nicole Woodall, Salina Marshals: William Clancy Novak, Vancouver, Washington Processional: David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music Brett DePaola, Professor, Physics Tiffani Amber Peterson,Lindsborg Chwen Sheu, Associate Dean, College of Business Stephen Troy Ransburg, Shawnee (SU18) Certificates Administration Matthew Scott Torrey, Axtell National Anthem: Gerard Kluitenberg, Professor, Agronomy Tanner Wayne Wilson, McPherson Airport Management Mitchell Jerko, Master’s Student, Music Matthew Louis Katzke, Waukesha, Wisconsin Sonya Lutter, Associate Professor, Personal Financial Planning Applied Business Greetings from the Kansas Board Aviation Electronics Technology Gerad Middendorf, Professor and Interim Associate of Science of Regents: Department Head, Sociology, Anthropology and (D) Jordan D. McDonald, Olathe Yuanlu Jin, Taizhou, China Dennis A. Mullin, Regent Social Work Steve Eckles, Professor, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Technology/ Introduction of Commencement Engineering Computer Systems Speaker: Frederick Burrack, Professor, Music Education; and Associate of Technology Richard B. Myers, President Director, Office of Assessment Matthew Zilkie, Manhattan (D) Presentation of Honorary Degree: Reader: Engineering Technology/ Richard B. Myers, President Vincent Carlisle Digital Media Commencement Address: University Mace Carrier: Associate of Technology G.P. "Bud" Peterson, President, Georgia Institute Brian Lindshield, Associate Professor, Food Nutrition, Jayce Ryen Hovis, Minneapolis (SU18) of Technology Dietetic and Health Sarah Jane Welsch, Salina (D) Alumni Association Greetings: Engineering Technology/ Brad Sidener, Vice President and Chief Operating Web Development Officer, K-State Alumni Association Associate of Technology Antonio T.J. Hearn, Larned (D) (D) Graduate Student Council Matthew Zilkie, Manhattan Greetings: Emily Pascoe, President, Graduate Student Council College of Arts and Sciences Presentation of Graduate Faculty: Social Work Carol Shanklin, Dean Bachelor of Science Stacy Michelle Crumble, Hutchinson Conferral of Degrees: Alexis Morgan Gasper, Salina Carol Shanklin, Dean Gina Christine Nelson-Fishel, Salina (Scl) Hali Marie Norris, Onaga (Mcl) Katrina Rose Ramirez, Concordia (Scl) Mary Rodriguez, Salina Tamara Helene Trepoy, Salina (SU18)

8 Kansas State Polytechnic, Degree Candidates Graduate School 9 Kansas Board of Regents Degree Candidates

ennis A. Mullin, degree in 1970 from Pittsburg State University, chairman of the Manhattan Area Chamber of Adult Learning and Leadership Animal Science Biology Manhattan, was graduating as the Outstanding Senior Man. He was Commerce, Manhattan Rotary Club and Greater Dappointed to the Kansas named an outstanding young alumnus of his alma Manhattan Community Foundation. He is a Education Board of Regents by Gov. mater in 1984. founding member and president of the Boys and Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Sam Brownback in 2015 Girls Club, Flinthills Breadbasket and Flint Hills Jodi Mirissa Morton Sean Michael Hitchman and currently serves as the Mullin is a member of the Business Advisory Christian School, all of Manhattan. Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Duane Davis Major Professor: Martha Mather board's vice chair. Council for the College of Business Administration Debra A. Amandola at Kansas State University, trustee emeritus for He and his wife, Rhonda, have two children and Major Professor: Sarah Jane Fishback Dissertation: Effects of porcine matrix (JMX) on gene Dissertation: A mosaic approach can advance the As the chairman of Steel the KSU Foundation and a board member of four grandchildren. In Mullin's free time, he Dissertation: The characteristics of professional women expression of porcine umbilical cord (PUC) stem cells understanding and conservation of native biodiversity and Pipe Supply, Mullin KS State Bank of Manhattan. He was selected enjoys watching his grandchildren play sports and working beyond age 65 in natural and fragmented riverscapes leads one of the largest steel as entrepreneur of year by Ernst Young and INC everything K-State. Jose A. Soto Gonzalez Dennis A. Mullin service centers in the nation. magazine for the state of Kansas and western Mullin earned his bachelor's Missouri in 1995. Mullin is a past president/ Brent A. Anders Major Professor: Mike Tokach Chemical Engineering Major Professor: Sarah Jane Fishback Dissertation: Effects of low crude protein, amino acid Dissertation: Exploratory Study of the Structured fortified diets and neutral detergent fiber on finishing Kansas Technical Institute in Salina, now known as Peterson's research interests have focused on the Doctor of Philosophy pig performance Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus. He fundamental aspects of phase-change heat transfer, Self-Development Experience of Enlisted Soldiers in Huan Wang also taught mathematics, physics and chemistry at including the heat transfer in reduced-gravity the Kansas Army National Guard Major Professor: Placidus Amama Speaker Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland environments, boiling from enhanced surfaces, Kari L. White Dissertation: Rational design of nanocarbon-based Park and Wabaunsee County High School in Alma. and some of the earliest work on flow and phase- Tracy George Belcher Major Professor: Robert Weaber architectures for high-performance lithicomion change heat transfer in microchannels. Early Major Professor: Sarah Jane Fishback Dissertation: Novel traits for genetic selection in battery anodes .P. "Bud" Peterson was Throughout his career, Peterson has played an investigations focused on applications involving Dissertation: The Effects of Randomized Appearance gelbvieh influenced cattle appointed as the 11th active role in helping establish the national research the thermal control of manned and unmanned Gpresident of the Georgia and education agendas, serving on numerous spacecraft and progressed through applications of of Text in Nurse e-Learning Lessons Mingxia Zhou Institute of Technology industry, government and academic task forces and phase-change heat transfer in the thermal control Major Professor: Bin Liu on April 1, 2009. Peterson committees. He is currently serving as a member Biochemistry of electronic components and devices. More Laura Louise Duncan Stermer Dissertation: First-principes Based Micro-kinetic came to Georgia Tech from of the executive committee of the Association recently, investigations have included fundamental the University of Colorado, of American Universities board of directors Major Professor: Sarah Jane Fishback Modeling of Catalysts Design applications of phase-change heat transfer to Doctor of Philosophy Boulder where he served as and is a member of the Knight Commission on Dissertation: The community of inquiry framework the field of biotechnology, including the in-situ Mark Daniel Boatwright chancellor for three years. Intercollegiate Athletics and the chair of the and academic advising: Online student perceptions treatment of cancerous tissue using hypothermia He also has been provost NCAA board of governors. Co-Major Professors: John Tomich and David Wetzel Chemistry G.P. "Bud" Peterson at Rensselaer Polytechnic and hyperthermia to arrest epileptic seizures Dissertation: Near infrared quantitative chemical through the rapid cooling of localized brain tissue, Institute in New York and A distinguished scientist, in 2008 he was appointed Agronomy imaging as an objective, analytical tool for optimization which required highly efficient heat-dissipation Doctor of Philosophy on the faculty at Texas A&M University. by President George W. Bush to the National of the industrial processing of wheat Stefan Nirasher Lorenszo Andree Science Board, which oversees the National Science devices capable of dissipating thermal energy to the Major Professor: Christer Aakeroy In his 19 years at Texas A&M, he served in several Foundation and advises the president and Congress surrounding tissue. Doctor of Philosophy positions, including head of the mechanical on matters related to science and engineering Guillermo Raul Balboa Nicoleta Teodora Ploscariu Dissertation: From supramolecular chemistry to crystal engineering department, executive associate dean research and education. In 2014 he was reappointed Peterson earned bachelor's degrees in mechanical Major Professor: Ignacio Ciampitti Major Professor: Brian Geisbrecht engineering using hydrogen and halogen bonds of engineering and associate vice chancellor for to the board by President Barack Obama, who also engineering and mathematics and a master's degree Dissertation: Management Practices to Close Yield Dissertation: Noval Staphylococcal Inhibitors of in engineering, all from Kansas State University. He engineering for the Texas A&M University System. appointed Peterson to the Advanced Manufacturing Gap in a Corn-Soybean Rotation: An Integrated Neutrophil Granule Enzymes Bo Hao Before joining Texas A&M, Peterson was a visiting Partnership 2.0 Steering Committee. In addition, earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Systems Approach Major Professor: Duy Hua research scientist at NASA's Johnson Space Center he was appointed to serve on the U.S. Council Texas A&M University. He and his wife, Val, also a in Houston and associate professor and head of on Competitiveness and the National Advisory K-State alumna, have four adult children. Biological and Agricultural Dissertation: Microscale analysis systems for the study the general engineering technology department at Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Jebril Ali Abdalla Jebril of proteins and proteases Major Professor: Tesfaye Tesso Engineering Dissertation: The potential of eliminating the grain Kathleen Ann Sellens sink for enhancing biofuel traits in sweet Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Christopher Culbertson sorghum hybrids Sarocha Pradyawong Dissertation: Identification of In-Vivo Protein- Awards Major Professor: Donghai Wang Protein Binding Partners in Anopheles Gamlae by Dissertation: Development and Characterization of Ryan Greenway Eric Obeng Immunoaffinity Chromotography and Alvin and RosaLee Sarachek Biomass Lignin and Plant Protein-Based Adhesives Doctoral Student, Biology Major Professor: Augustine Obour Mass Spectrometry Predoctoral Honors Fellowship and Travel Award Recipient Dissertation: Assessing Camelina sativa as a fallow Travel Awards in Molecular Biology replacement crop in wheat production systems Youjie Xu Ravithree Dhaneeka Senanayake Brintha Parasumanna Girinathan Major Professor: Donghai Wang Major Professor: Christine Aikens Doctoral Student, Genetics Junjun Ou Dissertation: Integrated bioprocess to boost cellulosic Dissertation: Electron-nuclear dynamics in noble Pragyesh Dhungel Travel Award Recipient Major Professor: Mithila Jugulam bioethanol titers and yields metal nanoparticles Doctoral Student, Microbiology Dissertation: Mechanism(s) and Management of Fellowship Award Recipient Dicamba Resistance in Kochia (Kochia scoparia)

10 Graduate School, Kansas Board of Regents, Speaker, Awards Graduate School, Degree Candidates 11 Chamitha Janani Weeramange Curriculum and Instruction Electrical Engineering Grain Science Cruz Joel Isaac Falcon Campos Human Nutrition Major Professor: Ryan Rafferty Major Professor: Karen Myers-Bowman Dissertation: Inhibition of UDP Glucose Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: “Let them fly”: Experiences of sending Doctor of Philosophy Dehydrogenase by 6-Thiopurine (6TP) and its parents in international high school exchange programs Sarah Elizabeth Broman Kim Randal Fowler Andrew Lawrence Mense Yijing Li Oxidative Metabolites: Possible mechanism for its Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Stephen Dyer Major Professor: Eduard Akhunov Major Professor: Tandalayo Kidd interaction within the bilirubin excretion pathway and Jessica Danielle Cless Dissertation: The Beliefs and Practices of Pre- Dissertation: A Framework for Design Assurance in Dissertation: Physical structure of wheat bran and its Dissertation: Using a Non-Diet Approach to Prevent 6TP associated toxicity Major Professor: Briana Nelson Goff Service Teachers and the Relationship to Theoretical Developing Embedded Systems comprised layers Overweight and Obesity among 6th to 8th Grade Youth Dissertation: Learning about trauma: Cortisol Orientations to Reading: A Case Study in a Low-income Racial/Ethnic Community in Kansas Jing Yu Entomology Benjamin M. Plumier responses, trauma exposure, and emotional reactivity in Major Professor: Stefan Bossmann undergraduate students Meaghan Diane Cochrane Major Professor: Ronaldo Maghirang Mathematics Dissertation: Structure Determination, Mechanistic Major Professor: F. Todd Goodson Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: 3-D modeling of aeration and Study, and Safe Delivery of an Anti-Cancer Peptide Hyeongjin Jeon Dissertation: In Search of Home: An Ethnographic Zainab Abdalhussin Ali Al-jbory fumigation in Australian grain silos to improve efficacy Major Professor: Junehee Kwon Case Study Exploring Collaborative Efforts Addressing Co-Major Professors: Mingshun Chen and against insects Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: Exploring Factors for Sustainable Success Norah Mousa Alrayes Civil Engineering Rural Homelessness Michael Smith of Festivals: Authenticity, Customer Satisfaction, and Major Professor: Pietro Poggi-Corradini Dissertation: Comparative Analyses of the Salivary Jonggeun Sung Customer Citizenship Behavior Dissertation: Approximation of p-modulus in the Doctor of Philosophy Travis Lee Hale Gland Secretomes from Related Species of Gall Midge Major Professor: Susan Sun plane with discrete grids Ibrahim Saleh Alfallaj Major Professor: Frederick Burrack Family Cecidomyiidae Dissertation: Design and synthesis of plant-oil based Major Professor: Sunanda Dissanayake Dissertation: Becoming an Educator: Identity, Music UV-curable acrylates for sustainable coating applications Denzel Lamont Jones Major Professor: Amber Vennum Paul M. Flesher Dissertation: Crash Analysis and Survey to Identify Education, and Privilege Ryan B. Schmid Dissertation: Impact of Racial Socialization Messages Major Professor: Andrew Bennett Young Drivers’ Distractions in Kansas Major Professor: Brian McCornack History from Socialization Agents on Black Racial Identity Dissertation: Proof validation in Euclidean geometry: Staci Marie Horton Dissertation: Hessian fly, Meyetiola destructor A comparison of novices and experts using eye tracking Uditha Nandun Galgamuwa Major Professor: Jana Fallin (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), smart-trap design, and Doctor of Philosophy Woo-Hyuk Kim Major Professor: Sunanda Dissanayake Dissertation: Effect of Educational Neuroscience deployment strategies Michael Wayne Hankins Major Professor: Kristin Malek Dissertation: Estimating Crash Modification Factors Techniques in the University Aural Skills Classroom Major Professor: Donald Mrozek Mechanical Engineering (P) Dissertation: Exploring the Effectiveness of Green for Lane-Departure Countermeasures in Kansas Moustapha Soumaila Issa Dissertation: Templars of the Air: Cold War Military Marketing Strategies in Hospitality Eun Hee Kim Co-Major Professors: Kun Yan Zhu and Aircraft and the Cult of the Lightweight Fighter, Doctor of Philosophy Reza Sedaghat Shirazinejad Major Professor: Kay Ann Taylor James F. Campbell 1964-1991 Haotian Gao Major Professor: Sunanda Dissanayake Dissertation: Asian Graduate Students as Skilled Sarah Elizabeth Maass Major Professor: Mingjun Wei Major Professor: Bronwyn Fees Dissertation: Safety Evaluation of Raised Speed Labor Force Serving Empire: A Postcolonial Analysis of Food Science Robin Edith Deich Ottoson Dissertation: POD-Galerkin Based ROM for Dissertation: A Comparative Study of the Impact of Limits on Kansas Freeways the Model Minority Stereotype Shaped and Ingrained Major Professor: Robert Linder Fluid Flow with Moving Boundaries and the Model Parental Involvement, Peer Relationships, and Adult Through Transnational Experiences Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: The Battle Over the Flag: Protest, Adaptation in Parametric Space Mentors on the Character Development of Adolescents Jan Vosahlik Karthik Pandalaneni Community Opposition, and Silence in the Mennonite Co-Major Professor: Kyle A. Riding and Theodora D. Roop Major Professor: Jayendra Amamcharla Colleges in Kansas During the Vietnam War Louis Blais Wonnell Lauren Michelle Ruhlmann Christopher Jones Major Professor: F. Todd Goodson Dissertation: Studies on Lactose Crystallization and Major Professor: Mingchang Chen Major Professor: Briana Nelson Goff Dissertation: Pumping of concrete mixtures: Rheology, Dissertation: Tier II Interventions in the Intermediate the Use of Modified MPC in High Protein James Leroy Young Jr. Dissertation: A kinetic analysis of morphing Dissertation: Profiles of Trauma Exposure and lubrication layer properties and pumping pressure Grades: The Effects of Reciprocal (RT) Teaching on Dairy Beverages Major Professor: Donald Mrozek continuum theory for fluid flows Biophyschosocial Health Among Sex Trafficking assessment Standardized Literacy Assessments Dissertation: Eagles, Ravens, and Other Birds of Prey: Survivors: Exploring Differences in Help-Seeking Daniel Alan Unruh A History of USAF SEad Doctrine, 1973-1991 Attitudes and Intentions Microbiology Computer Science Economics Co-Major Professors: Justin Kastner and Sara Gragg Dissertation: Addressing and anticipating food safety Jennifer Madeline Zoebelein Barrett William Scroggs Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy challenges: Microbiology and policy frameworks for Major Professor: Mark Parillo Major Professor: Elaine Johannes Trisha Ann Rettig Heath Landon Yates Frank Kyekyeku Nti Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Dissertation: Memories in Stone and Ink: How the Dissertation: An Investigation into Risk and Major Professor: Stephen Chapes Major Professor: William Hsu Major Professor: Vincent Amanor-Boadu Salmonella United States used War Memorials and Soldier Poetry Resiliency in Gender and Sexual Minority Dissertation: Determination of B cell IgH Repertoire Dissertation: Affective Intelligence in Dissertation: Economic Analysis of Ghana’s to Commemorate the Great War Emerging Adults Changes after Immunization and Space-flight Built Environments Poultry Industry Genetics Human Ecology Modeling Counseling and Student Chelsea Marie Spencer Educational Leadership Doctor of Philosophy Major Professor: Sandra Stith Cristiano Lemes da Silva Doctor of Philosophy Pathobiology Development Dissertation: Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Major Professor: Allan Fritz Austin R. Beck Doctor of Education Major Professor: Jared Durtschi Homicide: A Meta-Analysis Doctor of Philosophy Kathryn A. Ervin Dissertation: Genomic approaches for mapping Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: Understanding the Experience of Rui Guo Katie Rose Olsen Co-Major Professors: Royce Ann Collins and and predicting disease resistance in wheat (Triticum Chronic Pain: A Latent Profile Analysis of Chronic Chelsey Nicole Torgerson Major Professor: Ying Fang Major Professor: Christy Craft Judith Favor aestivum L.) Pain in Relation to General and Mental Health Major Professor: Amber Vennum Dissertation: Novel Pathogenic Mechanisms of Dissertation: An ad for success: A case study exploring Dissertation: Motivation and perceived Dissertation: What Does it Mean to Belong? An Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus: one woman’s higher education and professional paths organizational support of adjunct faculty members at Andrés Felipe Salcedo Jordán In-depth Look at the Effects a Sense of Belonging in Intercellular Transmission and Viral Persistence that led her to leadership in creative departments Major Professor: Eduard Akhunov an extended campus Emerging Adulthood has on Coping dominated by men Dissertation: Unraveling the Mechanisms of Sr35- based Resistance in the Wheat-Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici Pathosystem

12 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 13 Izabela Katarzyna Ragan Security Studies Fine Arts Kristen Ann Leveille Nicholas David Greco Jing Song Co-Major Professors: William Wilson and Major Professor: Charlie Nutt Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Mark Linville A. Sally Davis Doctor of Philosophy Master of Fine Arts Dissertation: The Development of Novel Diagnostic Gretchen Joelene McCluskey Zoey Marie Gubitoso Abigail Steiner Justin E. Kidd Taryn Leigh Hampton Countermeasures for Rift Valley Fever Virus Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Major Professor: Danny Fisher Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Jeffrey Pickering Major Professor: Carlos Castellanos Dissertation: Diplomats and diplomacy: Assessing the Exhibition: "Excerpts from the Travelgram Atlas" Benjamin R. Trible Karyla Nicole Middlebrook Peter James Huhnerkoch Josh Stukel influence of experience in the implementation of U.S. Major Professor: Bob Rowland Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Roger McHaney Major Professor: Mark Linville foreign policy Benjamin Harley Ingle Dissertation: Antibody Epitopes Linked with Protection Major Professor: Jason Scuilla versus Disease for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Candace Lynn Oddo Shari Lynn Humbard Rashae Latrice Taylor Jerry Ellis Landrum Exhibition: "The Unknowable Moment" Major Professor: Dan Wilcox Major Professor: Danny Fisher Major Professor: Joseph Ugrin Syndrome Virus and Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Major Professor: Donald Mrozek Dissertation: Loss Aversion and U.S. European Taylor Klover Deana F. Paine Kamilla Janae Jones Justin Unruh Personal Financial Planning Security Policy, 1989 to 1999 Major Professor: Matthew Gaynor Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendoffel Major Professor: Danny Fisher Major Professor: Amy Hageman Exhibition: "Cultivate: An Investigation of Narrative's Role in Design" Doctor of Philosophy Special Education Kaitlin Rae Peters Page Henry Kendall Mohamed Ali Wahba Anthony Canale Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Joseph Ugrin Major Professor: Danny Fisher Co-Major Professors: Maurice MacDonald and Doctor of Education Academic Advising Clifford Robb Sara Ann Sanders Patricia Ann Plantenga Ashley Dawn Knoll Shaquan Shavon White Dissertation: The association between the preference Major Professor: Mickey Losinski Master of Science Major Professor: Charlie Nutt Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Mark Linville and net worth: Incentivized choice and scaled approach Dissertation: An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Sandra Renae Barinowski using the NLSY79 TWA on Reading Comprehension of Students With or Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Eric Matthew Sanchez Shelon A. Knox Anne Christine Willman At-risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Amy Hageman Vien Cong Le Natasha Howard Brenchley Major Professor: Martin Seay Nicole E. Wiseman Major Professor: Charlie Nutt Shelley Creeger Stoltenberg Christopher Mark Kohlrus Ashley Taylor Wilmoth Dissertation: Household Risk Preference and Major Professor: James M. Teagarden Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Mark Linville Major Professor: Mark Linville Homeownership Decisions Dissertation: Peer Assisted Learning Strategies and Kristi Ann Broda Students with Emotional/Behavior Disorder: A Case Major Professor: Judith Hughey Meredith Lynn Strmac Stephen Michael Kucera Blake Irving Zimmerling Katherine Suzanne Mielitz Study Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Joseph Ugrin Major Professor: Joseph Ugrin Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Samuel Dean Brown Dissertation: Investigating Offenders’ Post-Release Statistics Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Jill Renee Venenga Taylor Ann Mahring Adult Learning and Financial Intentions Major Professor: Marilyn Kaff Major Professor: Amy Hageman Leadership Education Doctor of Philosophy Janice Clair Coats-Silvestri Gregory H.G. Schink Angela Rae Vieira Logan Matthew Miner Weijia Jia Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Sonya Britt Lutter Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendoffel Major Professor: Brooke Beyer Master of Science Major Professor: Weixing Song Dissertation: Self-regulation of Wealth David Isaac Baez Dissertation: Goodness-of-fit tests in measurement Brigid Suzanne Dunn Princess Christine Rabanillo Moran Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins error models with replications Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendoffel Accounting Physics Major Professor: Mark Linville Xintong Li Margaret R. Banach Major Professor: Juan Du Gerald Glen Francisco Master of Accountancy Rachel Allison Navrat Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation: Modeling for spatial and spatio- Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Brett Thomas Bachman Benjamin Jeffrey Berry Major Professor: Danny Fisher temporal data with applications Major Professor: Mark Linville Joshua Robert Bell Major Professor: Itzhak Ben-Itzhak Roderick Joh-Von Harrison II Kaitlyn Renee Pfeifer Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Dissertation: Imaging laser-induced fragmentation of Xiongya Li Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendoffel Yu Chia Chou molecular beams, from positive to negative molecules Major Professor: Danny Fisher Major Professor: Weixing Song Major Professor: Mark Linville Patrick J. Butler Dissertation: Robust multivariate mixture Heather Marie Horsley Joseph Albert Radetic Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Derrek J. Wilson regression models Major Professor: E. Ann Knackendoffel Joseph Michael Scott Descartes Major Professor: Danny Fisher Co-Major Professors: Artem Rudenko and Major Professor: Danny Fisher Jeremy Gerard Coates Carlos Trallero Nadeesha Rangani Mawella Lendora N. Johnson Owen Anderson Reed Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Dissertation: The scaling of strong field interactions Major Professor: Wei-Wen Hsu Major Professor: Marilyn Kaff Wei Fan Major Professor: Joseph Ugrin with wavelength Dissertation: A robust test of homogeneity in zero- Major Professor: Amy Hageman Sheron Latrice Collins inflated models for count data Brenda Kay Kutz Andrew Jeremy Robben Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Youliang Yu Major Professor: Charlie Nutt Brittany Nicole Gleason Major Professor: Danny Fisher Major Professor: Brett Esry Balasubramaniam Natarajan Major Professor: Danny Fisher Ryan Cornell-D’Echert Dissertation: Computationally exploring ultrafast Major Professor: Weixing Song Isaac Jay Lee Allison Lee Scheurer Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins molecular ionization Dissertation: Asymptotic properties of Non-parametric Major Professor: Judith Hughey Wesley Alan Goforth Major Professor: Joseph Ugrin Regression with Beta Kernels Major Professor: Swinder Janda

14 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 15 Michael Andrew Cryer Peter Glyn Lewis Robert Jason Redmon John Michael Locklear Jeremy Matthew Davidson Ashton David Yoder Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Jason Bergtold Major Professor: Doohong Min Major Professor: Cassandra Jones

Zachary French DeGroot Christopher John Lorete Sidney Roberts Sita Maha Lakshmi Pendurthi Garrison J. Gundy Apparel and Textiles Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Allen Featherstone Co-Major Professors: Antonio Asebedo and Anita Dille Justinn Everett Doby Sr. Kevin Robert McCabe Samuel Paul Robino Michael Thomas Reecy Master of Science Sadie L. Harper (F17) Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Jason Bergtold Mosaed Abdullah Majrashi Major Professor: Melody LeHew Major Professor: Dorivar Ruiz-Diaz Ryan Eisenhauer Ian Colin McLeod Aaron Lawrence Roehrig Tyler Aaron Rouse Sarif Ullah Patwary Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Aleksan Shanoyan Chelsea Marie McCall Major Professor: Melody LeHew Major Professor: Anita Dille John Thomas Enderle Peder Christian Miller Ralph Roseborough Sara Marie Schoenborn Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Keith Harris Ethan John Menke Applied Science and Technology Major Professor: William Schapaugh Stephen Louis Ficchi John Jordan Moore Michael John Schmiege Adam Peter Tjernagel Professional Science Master Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Vincent Amanor-Boadu Andrew Michael Newsum Eric Joseph Racki Major Professor: Antonio Asebedo Major Professor: Justin Kastner Scott Wayne Fisher Jill Anita Morgan Ryan Christopher Sommer Agricultural Economics Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Jeffrey Zacharakis Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Noorkje Notenbaert Nathan C. Scherman Major Professor: Charles Rice Major Professor: Justin Kastner William Thomas Freakley Serentiy R. O’Malley Jeb Kellen Townsend Master of Science Hanna Lynn Coffman Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Osler Antonio Ortez Amador Major Professor: Benjamin Schwab Architecture Major Professor: Ignacio Ciampitti Christian Greenleaf Jamie Theresa Otto William Jacob Turner Olabisi Aderonke Ekong Master of Architecture Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Judith Favor Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Eric Alan VanLoenen Major Professor: Vincent Amanor-Boad Wadha Almutawa Major Professor: Anita Dille Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Matthew Guidone James Matthew Peck Seth Tee Varayon Emilie Joyce Herbst Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Ted Schroeder Animal Science Keegan Kyler Amos Major Professor: Matthew Knox William Richard Hancock III Marie A. Pelcin Brent Matthew Vestering Paul Antonio Leiva Lanza Master of Science Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Haijun Kang Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Aleksan Shanoyan Jonathan Andrew Alexander Tyler William Arndt Major Professor: K C Olson Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Kent Ryan Hellman Aaron Michael Peters Jennifer Yelton Geqi Li Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Judith Favor Major Professor: Andrew Barkley Lindsey Nicole Drey Nneoma Nkechinyere Asinugo Major Professor: Travis O’Quinn Major Professor: Robert Condia Matthew A. Hill Daniel Robert Petronzio Agribusiness Nathan Michael Smart Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Brian Briggeman Laura Kay Fehlberg Nicole Grace Bauknight Major Professor: Teresa Douthit Major Professor: Matthew Knox James Robert Hoskins Ryan Matthew Plemmons Master of Agribusiness Jacob Lee Aizikovitz Jayce Stanton Stabel Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Christine Wilson Major Professor: Terry Griffin Garth Arnold Gatson Christian Robert Berger Major Professor: K C Olson Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Kurt Paul Hunt Robert A. Pough Jr. Geovano Ceratti Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Agricultural Education and Major Professor: Keith Harris Taylor Marie Horne Fiona Bhuyan Communication Major Professor: James Lattimer Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic Daniel William Keller Jonathan P. Ramirez Zachary Gregoire Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Vincent Amanor-Boadu Master of Science Esther Dorice McCabe Minghao Bian Randi J. Ernest Major Professor: Karol Fike Major Professor: Peter Magyar Walter Edwin Kruse Jason Tyler Ramspott Bethany Jo Huls Major Professor: Gaea Hock Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Keith Harris Dwight Jay Shawk Lance Alexander Brannock Agronomy Major Professor: Mike Tokach Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Jared Charlton Larpenteur Jonathon Dean Reams Carl Edward Kass Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Allen Featherstone Master of Science Consuelo Gurule Sowers William Jacob Brannon Susan Lauber Buckley Major Professor: K C Olson Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Christine Wala Laskero Danielle Ericka Redmon Kellen Lee Liebsch Major Professor: Walter Fick Major Professor: Judith Favor Major Professor: Royce Ann Collins Major Professor: Billy Golden Morgan Taylor Thayer Margaret Mary Brennan Robert Elliott Carver Major Professor: Jim Nelssen Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Nathan Nelson

16 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 17 Emily Anne Briggs Taylor Hiltgen Maria Elizabeth Neu Cameron Isiash Strickland Hannah Estrada (P) Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: Ronaldo Maghirang

Morgan Dylan Brown Claire Anne Huffaker Dipen Patel Amber Nicole Summers Gabrielle Francesca Liuzza Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Donald Phillippi

Ashley Morgan Brunton Jessica Rae Jennings Erin Pilcher Peter Genadij Syzonenko Biochemistry Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: Robert Condia

Megan Synclare Cantu Eric Scott Jensen Harison James Pitchford Alyce Isabella Torrez Master of Science Susan Katherine Whitaker Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: John Tomich

Tongwei Chen Jason Daniel Jirele Rudolph Prins III Sophia Yasemin Triantafyllopoulos Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Biological and Agricultural Engineering Evelyne Chokkattu Ryan Matthew Johnson Anne Teresa Reuther Jiayi Wang Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: Peter Magyar Master of Science Aaron Alexander Akin Aaron Charles Church Jacob Joseph Karst Alex Matthew Reyes Bin Zhang Major Professor: Danny Rogers Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Nicholle M. Hatton Hannah Mayron Collins Sarah Beth Kirchgessner Alyssa Danielle Reynolds Celia Grace White Major Professor: Ajay Sharda Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Shannon Marie Mudd Yibo Cui Paul Roger Klippel Zachary Joe Rostetter Dominic White Major Professor: Stacy Hutchinson Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Erica Ann Schmitz Morgan Dean Denton Tyler Konda Weston Cayl Rothchild Aoran Zhang Major Professor: Stacy Hutchinson Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: Matthew Knox Biology John Stephen Dolechek Noah Joonghyun Kook Sofiya Sabreen Rafiuddin Bin Zhang Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Master of Science Richard J. Lehrter II Lucas Delaine Downes Tanner Austin Lee Alyssa Nichole Sackman Bin Zhang Major Professor: Martha Mather Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates

Kasey Lee Swilley Jonathan Joseph Eden Una K. Liebrenz Charles Andrew Schmidt II Shan Zhang Major Professor: Bradley Olson Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic

Abigail Rose Wilson Kristyn Averil Garver Wenran Liliang Kaydee Lea Seematter Yao Zhu Major Professor: Ashley Rhodes Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic

Katlyn Reed Gladson Shanyuan Liu Samuel Benjamin Sewell Architecture Biomedical Science Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Major Professor: Robert Condia Master of Science Master of Science Bradley Samson Gollwitzer Angel Charles Llanes Owen Grant Shigley Melissa Ann Barton-Snider Avantika Gurung Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Peter Magyar Major Professor: Paige Adams Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard

Katelyn Renee Guengerich Alec Donovan Mackay Blake Edward Sneed Gunavanthi Devi Yadav Boorgula Zoona Habib Jerral Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: Susanne Siepl-Coates Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic Major Professor: Ram Raghavan Major Professor: Gary Coates

Nathan David Hall Jeremy Raymond Migneco Steven Court Starr Carolina Yvette Garcia Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic Major Professor: Robert Condia Major Professor: Vladimir Krstic Architectural Engineering Major Professor: Weiping Zhang

Gabriela Hernandez Karl Onyiye Ndieli Valerie Marie Stetts Master of Achitectural Engineering Samuel Evan Hocker Major Professor: R. Todd Gabbard Major Professor: Matthew Knox Major Professor: Stephen Siebenmorgen Jay Alexander Disberger Major Professor: Mary Lynn Higginbotham Major Professor: Fred Hasler

18 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 19 Thitikan Jirakittisonthon Brandon Scott Jones Adam Sebastian Zerr Sara Marie Liming Reza Mazloom Andrea Leigh Dreyer Major Professor: Mark Weiss Major Professor: John Morris Major Professor: William Turnley Major Professor: Sarah Rifogiate Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Christy Craft

Justin Barret Ludwig Blair Russell Kocher Chemical Engineering Samantha Marie Pratt Akash Rathore Christian Edward Evans Major Professor: T.G. Nagaraja Major Professor: Ansley Chua Major Professor: Sarah Riforgiate Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Master of Science Rebecca Ariel Ober Ting Lin Levi Lee Smith Debarshi Saha Madison Taylor Fabrizius Chaoran Huang Major Professor: Megan Niederwerder Major Professor: Gregory Paul Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Roger McHaney Major Professor: Jennifer Anthony

Amanda Carroll Trimble Lisa Lynn Linck Max Werner Sharmila Vegesana Melinda Marie Gilliam Major Professor: Elizabeth Davis Major Professor: Ansley Chan Chemistry Major Professor: Gregory Paul Major Professor: William Hsu Major Professor: Christy Craft

Lanjing Wei Chad Vincent Martin Master of Science Community Development Vijay Kumar Venkatamuniyappa Amber Marie Gordon Major Professor: Roman Reddy Ganta Major Professor: Chwen Sheu Xingao Zhang Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Emily McLaurin Master of Science Megan Lynn Wilson Matthew S. Webb Nicholas Michael Grevas David William Meierer Trishelle Lynae Raymond Major Professor: James Roush Major Professor: Eugene Vasserman Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Roger McHaney Civil Engineering Major Professor: Huston Gibson

Jarrod T. Younkin Zhiqiang Xiong Joe Luther Hall Jr. George G. Ndegwa Master of Science Gregory John Stachon Major Professor: Elizabeth Davis Major Professor: William Hsu Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Chwen Sheu Yousif Alharmoosh-Alqenai Major Professors: Huston Gibson Major Professor: Asad Emaeily Melissa Joy Hartsel Business Administration Blake Alexander Parker Benjamin J. Wheeler Counseling and Student Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: John Morris Andrew Nicholas Crowder Major Professor: Huston Gibson Development Major Professor: Stacey Kulesza Master of Business Administration Jeremy Dean Holaday Chantel Mae Abraham Tracer Everett Paul Computer Science Major Professor: Esther Swilley Koby Francis Daily Master of Science Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey Major Professor: Chwen Sheu Gibson Joseph Akers Major Professor: Christopher Jones Master of Science Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Kandace Gabrielle Irvine Jackson Carter Burkhart Christopher Perra Siddharth Amaravadi Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Bonsug Chae Major Professor: John Morris Hanwen Liu Major Professor: Mitchell Neilsen Kylie Grace Andres Major Professor: Hani Melhem Major Professor: Christy Craft Jacob Ryan Isaacson Kai Nan Chang Richard Allen Petrie Poojitha Bikki Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Roger McHaney Caleb Bernard Mitchell Major Professor: Chwen Sheu Elizabeth Swanson Archer Major Professor: Hayder Rasheed Major Professor: William Hsu Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Carolyn Bridget Jones Shunmas Duwayne Cummings Xuan Duy Thi Phan Pruthvidhar Reddy Dhodda Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: John Morris Yadira Alejandra Porras Zaragoza Major Professor: Roger McHaney Emily Marie Baker Major Professor: Mustaque Hossain Major Professor: William Hsu Major Professor: Kenneth Hughey James Joseph Krotz Elizabeth Bradley Gibisch Dinh Thi Xuan Phan Zhiang Fan Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Ansley Chua Mahdi Sahafnia Major Professor: John Morris Victoria Wirthmann Bertero Major Professor: Asad Esmaeily Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Christy Craft Thomas Jeffrey Lemke Kevin Robert Giefer Scotland Kathryn Preston Sravani Donepudi Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Ansley Chua Nader Zad Major Professor: John Morris Glen Daniel Buickerood Major Professor: Asad Esmaeily Major Professor: Mitchell Neilsen Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Alexandra Lee Malloy Benjamin Curtis Sanders Eric James Hart Joshua Brown Donnoe Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: John Morris Major Professor: Stacy Kovar Communication Studies Major Professor: Torben Amtoft Nicole Cane Buickerood Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Gregory McDaniels Saurabh Singh Robin Tak Henderson Master of Arts Russell Andrew Feldhausen Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Roger McHaney Major Professor: Chwen Sheu Christopher Dale John Auten Major Professor: Daniel Andresen Miranda Mae Cook Major Professor: Colene Lind Major Professor: Christy Craft Viet Anthony Ngoc Ho (F17) Sazisani S. Viki Joshua Turner Hay Sneha Gullapalli Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Diane Swanson Major Professor: Amy Hageman Alexander Douglas Baker Major Professor: William Hsu Connor Joseph Crimmins Major Professor: Soumia Bardhan Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Elizabeth Danielle Rogers Kellie Rose Jackson Heath Alvin Williams Nithin Kumar Kakkireni Major Professor: Judith Hughey Major Professor: Dawn Deeter Major Professor: Kevin Gwinner Briana Savina Carrillo Major Professor: Daniel Andresen Payton Kenneth Doramus Major Professor: Soo-Hye Han Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Carley Ann Saunders Martin Kent Johnson Zhongyuan Wu Bhavani Krithivasan Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Roger McHaney Major Professor: Tareque Nasser Ashley Nicole Denney Major Professor: Doina Caragea Major Professor: Timothy Steffensmeier

20 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 21 Mary E. Shelato Dietetics English Family and Community Services Bethany Joy Rexroth Kyle Andrew Phalen Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Elaine Johannes Major Professor: Kelly Getty Master of Science Master of Arts Master of Science MaryLyn Sue Silverstein Yile Su Caitlin Emily Pineda Kristi Annemarie Baonga Maia Signe Carlson Krystin D. Guggisberg Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Joyce Baptist Major Professor: Fadi Aramouni Major Professor: Kevin Sauer Major Professor: Traci Brimhall Major Professor: Charlotte Shoup Olsen

Danielle Lauren Sutter Krista Marie Sudbeck Samuel Rodriguez III Jennifer Li Dreyer Jaime Elizabeth DeTour Monique Ann Garrido Iman Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Linda Hoag Major Professor: Abbey Nutsch Major Professor: Tandalayo Kidd Major Professor: Carol Franko Major Professor: Charlotte Shoup Olsen

Emily Virginia Schmidt Sarah K. Weissmann Suzanne Michele Fleming Robert Todd Gabbard Food Science Family Studies and Human Services Major Professor: Karen Schmidt Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Tandalayo Kidd Major Professor: Katherine Karlin Master of Science Rekha Shrestha Bryanna Sophie Williams Kimberly Ann Lee Daniel Gordon Gillespie Master of Science Heather Marie Arentz Nada Abdulrhman E. Alalwani Major Professor: Kelly Getty Major Professor: Doris Wright Carroll Major Professor: Carol Shanklin Major Professor: Gregory Eiselein Major Professor: Fadi Aramouni Major Professor: Elaine Johannes Casey L. Simmons Kimberly Ashekia Williamson Phillip Henry Howells Jr. Karthik Sajith Babu Economics Thomas Michael Childs Major Professor: Lisa Rubin Major Professor: Mark Crosby Major Professor: Jayendra Amamcharla Major Professor: Kelly Getty Major Professor: Jared Durtschi Master of Science Elisa Marie Wilson Cora Marie Jaeger Luke Michael Chavez Erin Marie Smieja Marjan Habibi Caitlyn Michelle Crawford Major Professor: Christy Craft Major Professor: Karin Westman Major Professor: J. Scott Smith Major Professor: Delores Chambers Major Professor: Philip Gayle Major Professor: Sandra Stith

Emily Elizabeth Littlejohn Carrie Lynn Edwards Landon C. Terry Curriculum and Instruction Hannah Taylor Geenens Electrical Engineering Major Professor: Anne Phillips Major Professor: Justin Kastner Major Professor: Fadi Aramouni Major Professor: Mary DeLuccie Master of Science Brando Daniel Tijerina Jolene Marie Goodheart Peterson Master of Science Mandy Elizabeth Moore Gagan Gandhi Pallab Kumar Datta Marie Prime-Flore Hill Major Professor: Abbey Nutsch Major Professor: Sherri Martinie Major Professor: Tanya Gonzalez Major Professor: Jayendra Amamcharla Major Professor: Anil Pahwa Major Professor: Mary DeLuccie Thao Nguyen Phuong Tran Chen Han Brittany Dell Roberts Nicole Goss Travis Lyle Hancock Sally Jane Hodges Major Professor: Edgar Chambers IV Major Professor: Socorro Herrera Major Professor: Anne Phillips Major Professor: Elizabeth Boyle Major Professor: Anil Pahwa Major Professor: Jared Durtschi Christopher Stanulonis Mark Joseph Hellmann Geography Kayla Marie Stigge-Harwood Bernadine Louise Howe Nikhil Venkata Ravi Raja Mallala Major Professor: Naomi Wood Major Professor: Abbey Nutsch Major Professor: Bradley Burenheide Major Professor: Mary DeLuccie Major Professor: Medhat M. Morcos Master of Arts Jennifer M. Nuss-Farr Jamie Alice Claudine Teixeira de Magalhaes Juliana Ferraz Henriques Amariah Joanne Fischer Austin Alan Pfannenstiel Holly Elizabeth Johnson Major Professor: Abbey Nutsch Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Naomi Wood Major Professor: James Hutchinson Major Professor: Punit Prakash Major Professor: Jane Mertz Garcia Mary Elizabeth Inskeep Anthony Joseph Pluff Joseph Cole Turner Samira Safaee Khalil Ahmad Rafee Soomin Kim Major Professor: Valentina Trinetta Major Professor: BeEtta Stoney Major Professor: Alison Knoblauch Major Professor: Jida Wang Major Professor: Anil Pahwa Major Professor: Deborah Norris Elizabeth Kirchman Lisa Christine Pluff Jennifer Grace Ure Blake A. Walter Andrew Ryan Staats Alexis Shay Leiker Banning Major Professor: Kelly Getty Major Professor: Sally Yahnke Major Professor: Wendy Matlock Major Professor: Jida Wang Major Professor: William Hageman Major Professor: Kristin Pelczarski Kathleen A. Wallace Patrice Ann-Marie Lyon Zachary Jordan Raugewitz Danxun Li Geology Austin Wesley White Major Professor: Philip Nel Major Professor: Elizabeth Boyle Major Professor: Deepak Subramony Major Professor: Punit Prakash Major Professor: Mary DeLuccie Catherine E. Williams Caitlin Elizabeth Mcloughlin Master of Science Emily Laurel Schmitter Olivia Brianne Masters Jacob K. Clayton Engineering Management Major Professor: Karin Westman Major Professor: Abbey Nutsch Major Professor: David Allen Major Professor: Debra Burnett Major Professor: Matthew Totten Peter Thomas Williams Francisco Najar Villarreal Kyle Andrew Van Vogelpoel Master of Engineering Major Professor: Kathrine Karlin Callie Ann McAtee Major Professor: Elizabeth Boyle Victoria Teresa Fitzgerald Major Professor: F. Todd Goodson Management Major Professor: Elaine Johannes Major Professor: Joel Spencer Creagan Michael Stickney Tyler Robert Nickoley Xiayao Zhou Major Professor: David Ben-Arieh Entomology Mackenzie Marie Mense Major Professor: David Wetzel Ryan Taylor Keast Major Professor: Socorro Herrera Major Professor: Debra Burnett Co-Major Professors: Abdelmoneam Raef and Caleb Ryan Stumpf Master of Science Ronald J. Noble Brice LaCroix Major Professor: Bradley Kramer Robert "JR" Ewing Hannah Sarah Pottle Major Professor: Kadri Koppel Major Professor: Jeffery Whitworth Major Professor: Mary DeLuccie

22 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 23 Adam Eldon Lane Hospitality and Dietetics Jordan Lucus Smith Laura M. Pinilla Korynne Sierra Rollins Mathematics Co-Major Professors: Matthew Totten and Major Professor: Malgorzata Rys Major Professor: Steven Davidson Major Professor: Steven Copp Administration Abdelmoneam Raef Master of Science Chia Tai Abigail Leigh Reese Landscape Architecture Emily Lee Ann Alfs Trevor Spencer Master of Science Major Professor: Meng Zhang Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Chelsea Marie Paul Major Professor: Nathan Albin Major Professor: Joel Spencer Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Kristin Malek Master of Landscape Architecture Jessica Middleton Zidek Skylar Ray Brown Fahad Hamoud H. Almutairi Tyrel Wehner Major Professor: Malgorzata Rys Hana Michelle Robinson Laura Elizabeth Rozell Major Professor: Katie Kingery-Page Major Professor: Bacim Alali Major Professor: Matthew Totten Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Major Professor: Kristin Malek Interior Architecture & Ryadi Adityavarman Conner Ray Bruns Carrie Renee Frizzell Gerontology Product Design Major Professor: Brent Chamberlain Major Professor: Ilia Zharkov Human Nutrition Allison Scripsick Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Master of Science Master of Interior Architecture and Brian Patrick Corrie Aaron W. Messerla Lisa Marie Lange Master of Science Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Anne Beamish Major Professor: Gabriel Kerr Major Professor: Gayle Doll Brittany Tenille Dennis Product Design Whitney Paige Allen Major Professor: Linda Yarrow Grace Colleen Sibbitts Anthony John DePriest Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Mechanical Engineering Major Professor: Rodney Troyer Major Professor: Mark Lindquist History Molly Jean Winkeler Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Kevin Sauer Sichao Wang Caroline Leona Finck Master of Science Madeline Marie Appel Hatim Hamid Alrifaai Master of Arts Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Major Professor: Anne Beamish Kenneth Alan Smith Major Professor: Mohammad Hosni Blaire Alexandra Wolski Major Professor: Huston Gibson Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Andrew Orr Co-Major Professors: Mark Haub and Kevin Sauer Sarah Michelle Jackman August Nelson Atzenweiler Elizabeth Bernadette Witsken Major Professor: Blake Belanger Modern Languages Timothy Evan Thomas Suttle Major Professor: Steven Davidson Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Major Professor: Andrew Orr Industrial Engineering Ryadi Adityavarman Evan Klein Lanning Master of Arts Jamie Lee Causey Master of Science Major Professor: Blake Belanger Erica Dawn Brown Walter C. Webster Major Professor: Steven Davidson Ghazi Faisal Alenezi Jevin Yoder Major Professor: Mary Copple Major Professor: Heather McCrea Major Professor: Shuting Lei Major Professor: Steven Davidson Andrea Morgan Lemken Sarah Lin Cooper Major Professor: Katie Kingery-Page Lindsy Nicole Clark Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Horticulture Curtis A. Cline Malia Jean Young Major Professor: Mary Copple Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Todd Easton Major Professor: Rodney Troyer Breanna Lea Nelson Master of Science Major Professor: Timothy Keane Isimemen Deborah Ihien Emily Rose Erbert Tyler William Cribbs Ugandhar Delli Zijun Zhao Major Professor: Janice McGregor Major Professor: Rodney Troyer Major Professor: Ryan Sharp Major Professor: Shing Chang Major Professor: Steven Davidson Chandler Jefferson Nyp Major Professor: Timothy Keane Efraín José Dippiní Méndez Craig Jonathan Farmer Ryan James Dostal Hanxiong Fan Kinesiology Major Professor: Mary Copple Major Professor: Candice Shoemaker Major Professor: Dong Lin Major Professor: Steven Davidson Lindsay Stucki Major Professor: Brent Chamberlain Megan Elizabeth McCoy Master of Science Braden Keith Hoch Mitchell Mason Gradert Molly Madeline Gardner Major Professor: Mary Copple Leah Ashley Afsarifard Major Professor: Kimberly Williams Major Professor: Shing Chang Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Wei Sun Major Professor: Thomas Barstow Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Katie Kingery-Page Patrick Franklin Riggin Zachary Nathan Hoppenstedt Cassidy Anne Harper Major Professor: Melinda Ann Cro Christopher Scott Andersen Major Professor: Cary Rivard Major Professor: Shing Chang Hannah Marie Gwartney Joshua Tanner Sundine Major Professor: Thomas Barstow Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Major Professor: Jessica Canfield Hannah Marie Elizabeth Rogers David Edward Loewen Abigail Faye Hilliard Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Sara Luly Nicole Anne Catloth Major Professor: Cary Rivard Major Professor: Shing Chang Tsz Wai Wong Major Professor: Thomas Barstow Janelle Marie Headrick Major Professor: Alpa Nawre Music Jianqiao Luan Joohwan Jung Co-Major Professors: Vibhavari Jani and Megan Sharon Goebel Major Professor: Cheryl Boyer Major Professor: Shuting Lei Ryadi Adityavarman Major Professor: Thomas Barstow Mass Communications Master of Music Rachel Esther Baron Karl E. Noren Eric John Rogler Natalie Sibyl Hill Connor Lott Nace Major Professor: Agustin Muriago Major Professor: Ryan Sharp Major Professor: Shing Chang Major Professor: Steven Davidson Master of Science Major Professor: Thomas Barstow Tazrin Jannat Khan Major Professor: Nancy Muturi Kayla C. Gonzales Paul Joseph Waters Changdong Shao Lance Aaron Maine Kyle Robert Ragusin Major Professor: Amy Underwood Major Professor: Jeffrey Skibins Major Professor: Shuting Lei Major Professor: Steven Davidson Major Professor: Thomas Barstow

24 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 25 Mitchell Steven Jerko Shawn Jeremy Waked Dana Jane Johnson Brandon Allan Taylor Miranda Nicole Burton Hadyn Alexandra Gustafson Major Professor: Reginald Pittman Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Major Professor: Ellyn Mulcahy Major Professor: David Graff Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Lotta Larson

Lucas Charles Johnson Emily Kay Zeller Marie Therese Keith Sociology Brittany Ann Carrillo Kelly Sue Hoopes Major Professor: Jim Johnson Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Major Professor: A. Sally Davis Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Lotta Larson Master of Arts Katherine Louise Knoles Jennifer Lacey McDonald Jill Andrea Colgan Sharon Ann Huband Psychology Austin Richard Rice Major Professor: Patricia Thompson Major Professor: Sherry Fleming Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Lisa Melander Master of Science Wesley E. Lewis II FNU Noviyanti Crystal Dawn Davis Tucker Lamar Jones Ritchie Dean Inns Major Professor: Frank Tracz Major Professor: Robert Larson Special Education Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Mark Barnett Major Professor: Lotta Larson

Oscar Vazquez Medrano Jessica Christine Pearson Rebecca Aist McFee Master of Science William Leo Dohogne Jasmine Leota Jackson Major Professor: Slawomir Dobrzanski Major Professor: Paige Adams Hannah Montana Handley Major Professor: Patrick Knight Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Marilyn Kaff Nuclear Engineering Michael Alan Williams Serina Brooke Taylor Laura Elizabeth Dove Keonya Tynida Jackson Michael D. Sender Major Professor: Patrick Knight Major Professor: Keith Hamilton Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Warren J. White Master of Science Andrew J. Templon Laurie Fenno Michael Dwaine Fuller Amber Dawn Johnson Public Administration Major Professor: Jodi McGill Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Mohammad Hosni Teaching Major Professor: Lotta Larson

Master of Public Administration Brittany Kay Morgan Ferraro Sara Jane Krug Operations Research Peter Walter Clark Regional & Community Planning Master of Arts in Teaching Megan B. Agnor Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Ethan Bernick Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Master of Regional and Jacob Michael Fiene Master of Science John Kenneth Mackey Ashton Conrad Kappelman Monica Christine Macfarlane Community Planning Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Austin Ernest Allen Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Todd Easton Major Professor: Josie Schafer Annapurna Singh Major Professor:Thomas Vontz Major Professor: John Keller Krystal Paige Frank Chelsee Ann Martinez Deanna Leigh Milligan Major Professor: Lotta Larson Personal Financial Planning Abigael Anstine Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Brianne Heidbreder Taylor Dyer Whitaker Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: Brent Chamberlain Hannah Elizabeth Gartin Master of Science Teresa Cage Massey Tommy Lee Newsom II Major Professor: Lotta Larson Jennifer Marie Almeida Victoria Dianne Bay Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Ethan Bernick Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Security Studies Major Professor: Thomas Vontz McKinsey Renae Gonzales Elaine K. Mayfield MaKenzie Nicole Ruder Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Alan Jason Baumann Master of Arts Amy Marie Bishoff Major Professor: James Franke Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Major Professor: Sonya Britt Lutter Daniel Peter Capozza Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: David Graff Alexis Joy Goyer Trent Allen Stahl Karrie Kolleen McElwain Kory Joseph Fay Rebecca Jalynn Bowles Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Josie Schafer Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Nathaniel Thomas Carter Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: David Graff Jessica Anne Gregory Morgan Kay Wills Angela Dawn Jellison McGraw Gary S. Fees Joshua Michael Bradshaw Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: James Franke Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Carolyn Anne Gardner Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Ashley Ann Harms Major Professor: David Graff Kevin Mercer Major Professor: Lotta Larson Pedro Hero Public Health Sommer Jo Brecheisen Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Robert Geoffrey Garven Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: David Graff Lisa Marie Harris Master of Public Health Danielle Renae Morford Sara Elizabeth Alves Eden Faye Briscoe Major Professor: Lotta Larson Christine Marie Hobelman Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Major Professor: Robert Larson Geoffrey Klein Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: David Graff Taylor Morgan Harrison Erin Lynn Morrison Grace Elizabeth Reilly Rebecca Lynn Gasper LeAnna Sharii Brogdon Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Major Professor: Emily Mailey Gilbert Craig Redford Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: David Graff Marion Griffin Heck Celia Maria Nelson April Rose Carla Camila Gomes Cabral Bastos Bernardes Bailey Jo Brown Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Major Professor: Katie Heinrich Kaltrina Selimi Major Professor: Thomas Vontz Major Professor: David Graff Patrice Janette Hein Stacey Renee Norris Tina Tourtillott Mayrena Isamar Hernandez Erica Lynn Buchanan Major Professor: Lotta Larson Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Maurice MacDonald Major Professor: Mark Haub Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert

26 Graduate School, Degree Candidates Graduate School, Degree Candidates 27 Kady Summer Nunn Sowmya Sugumaran Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert

Brianne Joy O’Brien Jaime Beth Swendson College of Veterinary Medicine Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert

Mee-Kyung Oh Tamesha Renee Taylor Processional:* Alumni Association Greetings: Audrey Pickering, Freshman, Applied Music Brad Sidener, Senior Vice President and Chief Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Operating Officer, K-State Alumni Association

Jennifer Ann Ploeger Florence Elizabeth Thomas National Anthem: Jennifer Aucott, Class of 2018 Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Student Address: Jacob Beck, Class of 2018 Dustin Renken, President, Class of 2018 Hailey Jo Mueller, Class of 2018 Angela Jean Porritt Ramona Anne Vreeland Curtis Concannon, Class of 2018 Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Alma Mater* Megan McLaughlin, Class of 2018

Sharon Renee Purdy Katherine Helen Watkins Recessional:* Audrey Pickering, Freshman, Applied Music Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Welcome and Introductions: Bonnie Rush, Interim Dean

Chloe Caroline Pyle Timothy John Whelan Marshals: David Biller, Professor, Clinical Sciences Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Greetings from the Board of Regents: David Hodgson, Professor, Clinical Sciences Lashanda Lynn Williams Dennis A. Mullin, Regent Jessica Marie Ridgeway *The audience will please rise. Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Commencement Address: Susan Lorraine Rogers Maggie Jean Wright Michael Apley, Professor, Clinical Sciences Major Professor: Jeffrey Clark Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Presentation of Degree Allena Leah Ross Melissa Zinn Candidates: Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Bonnie Rush, Interim Dean Veterinarians Peggy Schmidt, Associate Dean for Academic Laurie Christine Rutherford Technology Programs and Student Affairs Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Oath Professional Master of Technology Hooding of Candidates: Mitchell Brent Schinstock Zsolt Szladovits, Instructor, Anatomy and Physiology eing admitted to the profession of veterinary Stephen Colin Magnum medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Michael Dryden, University Distinguished Professor, Major Professor: Richard Barnhart Bknowledge and skills for the benefit of society Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology through the protection of animal health and welfare, Emily Anna Schlickau Carrie A. Padgette Emily Reppert, Assistant Professor, Clinical Sciences the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Major Professor: Jung Oh Diane Mason, Professor, Clinical Sciences conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge. Sophia Dohl Schofield Ziqi Wang Presentation of Diplomas: Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Richard B. Myers, President I will practice my profession conscientiously, with Major Professor: Richard Barnhart dignity, and in keeping with the principles of April C. Mason, Provost and Senior Vice President veterinary medical ethics. Elaine Serafin I accept as a lifelong obligation the continual Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Doctor of Veterinary Medicine improvement of my professional knowledge and Oath: competence. Clint Coulter Simmons Randall Hobrock, Veterinarian, Tallgrass Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert Veterinary Hospital

Ashley Marie Sinness Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert

Marcie Ann Stegman Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert

Becky Stine Major Professor: Vicki Sherbert

28 Graduate School, Degree Candidates College of Veterinary Medicine 29 Speaker College of Arts and Sciences

ichael Apley holds a professor of clinical sciences and teaches beef the Food and Drug Administration that focuses on the Edwin J. Frick production medicine, large animal medicine and quantifying antibiotic use in feedlots and dairies. Processional: Alma Mater:* Mprofessorship in veterinary pharmacology courses. A nationally recognized David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music Madison Boyer, Bachelor's Candidate, Applied Music medicine at Kansas State expert in antibiotic resistance, Apley works with Before joining K-State, Apley worked at Iowa State University's College of veterinarians and producers throughout the United University's College of Veterinary Medicine for nine Veterinary Medicine. A States on the use of drugs in food animals and also years. He also has experience in veterinary general National Anthem:* Recessional: K-State alumnus, Apley in the area of beef cattle health with an emphasis practice in central Kansas and at a feedlot consulting/ Madison Boyer, Bachelor's Candidate, Applied Music David Pickering, Associate Professor, Music earned a bachelor's degree, on feedlots. His research interests include infectious contract research practice based in Colorado. Doctor of Veterinary disease, antibiotic efficacy and resistance, drug Medicine and a doctorate in residues, and applications of drugs in food animals. The past president of the Academy of Veterinary Welcome and Introductions: Marshals: physiology-pharmacology. In 2015, Apley was appointed as a voting member Consultants and the American College of Amit Chakrabarti, Dean Michael Krysko, Associate Professor and Department Michael Apley of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, Apley is Chair, History A College of Veterinary Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria. In 2016, he and currently president of the American Association of Commencement Address: Gregory Paul, Associate Professor and Interim Medicine faculty member since 2005, Apley is collaborators started a five-year study funded by Bovine Practitioners. Jim Haymaker, Retired Corporate Vice President of Department Head, Communication Studies Strategy and Business Development, Cargill Charles W. Martin, Professor and Department Head, Geography Conferral of Degrees: *The audience will please rise. Degree Candidates Richard B. Myers, President Presentation of Diplomas: Sara Elizabeth Alves, Honolulu, Hawaii Erin Leath Dunkelberger, Houston, Texas John Anthony Neeck, Beloit, Wisconsin Amit Chakrabarti, Dean Jennifer Lynne Aucott, Lawrence Jessica Marie Eisenbarth, Hoyt Laura Adelaide Nelson, Denver, Colorado Kristan Corwin, Associate Dean Courtney Deanne Balaun, Salina Bayli Ryan Endicott, Fort Scott Annelise Mae Nicoletti, Katy, Texas Kimathi Choma, Assistant Dean Christine Renee Bartley, Derby Alyssa Elizabeth Fink, Valley Center Emily Ann Niedfeldt, Providence, Rhode Island Maxwell Princeton Beal, Bakersfield, California Leah Sydney Freilich, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bridget Ann O'Neil, Leavenworth Readers: Jacob Daniel Beck, Eudora Amy Kathryn Geske, St. Paul, Minnesota Brittany Erin Odle, Liberal Louise Benjamin, Associate Dean Brian Charles Becker, Wilder, Kentucky Brittani Marie Gimenez, Omaha, Nebraska Nicole Marie Pappe, Louisville, Kentucky Alison Wheatley, Assistant Dean Jami Rachel Becker, Castle Rock, Colorado Chantal Marie Girard, South Burlington, Vermont Gabrielle Marie Passarella, High Bridge, New Jersey John Victor Bednarz, Adams, Massachusetts Alvin Sung Hong, Fullerton, California Nicole Diane Paulden, Bakersfield, California Alumni Association Greetings: Timothy Lawrence Beichner, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Andrew Clark Hyslop, Avon, Indiana Austin James Pauly, Conway Springs Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, Brandon Michael Bell, Dodge City Sohaila June Jafarian, Sunnyvale, Texas Keely Marie Penna, Waverly K-State Alumni Association Carolyn Ann Bender, Cincinnati, Ohio Kimberly Suzanne Kalosy, Fredon, New Jersey Cristian Ignacio Perez Irizarry, San Juan, Puerto Rico Benjamin P. Bennett, Mount Vernon, Ohio Marie Therese Keith, Maple Hill William A. Polland, Ellis Charge to the Class: John Frederick Brandsma, Falcon, Colorado Megan Ann Kingrey, Tipp City, Ohio Chase Miller Reed, Winfield Amit Chakrabarti, Dean Kayd Truesdell Byers, Wichita Amanda Dolores Kinnon, Quakertown, Pennsylvania Lauren Elizabeth Reimer, Protection Megan Lynn Cabot, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Rachael Amanda Lagein Odermann, Rock Lake, Kylie Allison Reitcheck, Colby Cameron Albert-Lazarus Carter, South Onondaga, North Dakota Dustin Ryan Renken, Bertrand, Nebraska New York Jeffrey Douglas Laifer,Alpine, New Jersey Meredith Justine Reynolds, Hagerstown, Maryland Michelle Chang-Hsiu Chen, South Pasadena, California Lisa Marie Lawrence, Ann Arbor, Michigan Rachel Anne Rielinger, Richmond Heights, Ohio Curtis Alan Concannon, Beloit Abigail Lechtenberg, Hutchinson Lauren Kate Shelby, St. Joseph, Illinois Alyson Ava Conflitti,Allendale, Michigan Jaime Louie Lee, Alhambra, California Stephanie Monique Skinner, Olathe Taylor Lynn Crandall, Hillsboro Hunter James Like, Leawood Tanner Saxton Slead, Overland Park Christa Elizabeth Curtiss, Colwich Kristin Marie Linder, Longmont, Colorado Annika Elizabeth Sundby, Overland Park Mary Grace Dailey, Shaftsbury, Vermont Jennifer Leann Lindsey, Bakersfield, California Morgan Charay Taylor, Overland Park Christina Ann Danforth, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Alma Patricia Marquez de la Fuente, Mission, Texas Matthew James Temaat, Oakley Zoe Anna Miranda Davidson, Half Moon Bay, California Shanna Christine Marroquin, Wichita Megan Lynn Terry, Fort Collins, Colorado Mary Katherine Davis, Norfolk, Nebraska Shelbie Shae Martel, Shawnee Laurel Cecilia Thomas, Leawood Akaterina Maria Davros, Shaker Heights, Ohio Rachael Christine Masset, Bismarck, North Dakota Donald John Toland, Scottsdale, Arizona Lauren Ashley Deissler, Galloway, New Jersey Brittany Rose McCary, Omaha, Nebraska Gina Marie VanLoenen, Bridgewater, New Jersey Rickey Singh Deo, San Diego, California Taylor Renee McCluskey, Sabetha Amy Marie Vogrin, Kansas City Victoria Koren DiCiccio, Fresno, California Amanda Maureen McGuire, Cherokee Courtney Shuree Wait, Freemont, Nebraska Marilyn Diemer Velasquez, Overland Park Megan Grace McLaughlin, Olathe Thomas Hardeman West, Smithville, Tennessee Amanda Ruth Doll, Sterling, North Dakota Kelsea Lambert Medeiros, Goffstown, New Hampshire June Christine Wiley, Zionsville, Indiana Ryane James Dougherty, Garden Grove, California Chase R. Miller, Harrisonburg, Virginia Danielle Nichole Williams, Catawba, South Carolina Molly Briege Doyle, Alto, Michigan Elizabeth Ashley Moser, Topeka Carlee Raynae Wollard, Winfield Lauren Anne Drummond, Leawood Hailey Jo Mueller, Overbrook

30 College of Veterinary Medicine, Speaker, Degree Candidates College of Arts and Sciences 31 Megan Sara Bloedel, Fullerton, California Spencer Robert Ward, Colwich Emily S. Wedeman, Olathe * Kaitlynn Nicole Bradshaw, Hill City Emily Ann Worley, Topeka (Scl) Matthew Tyler Weitlich, Shawnee Jessica Sue Brewer, Wichita Bethany Linnea Zidek, Onaga Speaker (Cl) Grant Carson Christiansen, Wichita Michael Jonathan Zuniga Jr., Dodge City Chemistry Jessie Elaine Combs, Fort Scott im Haymaker was born and helped lead a highly successful worldwide Haymaker has received the following awards Brynn Taylor Critcher, Cave Creek, Arizona Fisheries, Wildlife and Bachelor of Science in Manhattan, grew up transformation of the company during his last 10 from K-State: 2005 Outstanding Financial (Scl) inJ Minneapolis, Minnesota, years with Cargill. Executive of the Year from the College of Daniel Allen Dietrich, Wamego Kyle Daryl Apley, Olsburg (Cl) Conservation Biology and comes from a long line Business Administration; 2011 Merit Award Joseph Tyler Dillon, Manhattan Riley Nicole Bowen, Sylvia (Mcl) (H) of K-Staters. Haymaker retired from Cargill in 2011 as corporate for Entrepreneurship from the College of Arts Trevor K.E. Elwell-Cuddy, Wichita Bachelor of Science Morgan Nicole Fortunski, Cincinnati, Ohio * Ryan Alen Bath, Shawnee vice president of strategy and business development. and Sciences; 2013 College of Arts and Sciences Lucas Gregory Ernzen, Salina Cassidy Allyssa Rae Frost, Topeka * Haymaker worked his He has since devoted his time to philanthropy; Alumni Fellow, as selected by the Dean's Natasha Anne Bergevine, Manhattan Lydia Idongesit Evans, Shawnee Patrick James Gillespie, Edgerton entire career at Cargill angel investing, which is early-stage funding of new Council, President's Office and K-State Alumni (Mcl) Krystal Michelle-Louise Brandt, Lawrenceville, Inc., a global grain, food company startups; yoga; and most importantly, his Association; and the economics department's 2015 Gabrielle Danae Fangman, Shawnee Jacob Forrest Iverson, Camano Island, Washington (Cl) New York and trading company and wife, family and eight grandchildren. Distinguished Economics Alumnus. Tori Nichole Farwell, Beloit Sarah Nicole Lamm, Colby * Taylor Anne Drummond, Leawood one of the largest privately Anna Vivienne Fergurson, Jacksonville, Illinois Mechelle Catherine McCoy, Olathe held firms in the world. A 1969 graduate of Kansas State University with a He is a member of the advisory council of the Tanna Marie Fanshier, Lawrence (D) Jim Haymaker Mikaela Jean Flax, Hays Logan Michael McGinley, Wichita He and his family spent Bachelor of Science in economics and a Bachelor K-State Johnson Cancer Research Center; Sabrina Fern Andionna Gragg, Shawnee Shelby Marie Fowler, Olathe Alex Hale Peterson, Overland Park seven years in Dusseldorf, of Arts in French, Haymaker studied at the Paris- the advisory council of the K-State economics Tyler Grant Gudenkauf, Olathe Germany, and Barcelona, Spain, for Cargill, where Sorbonne University during his junior year. He department; a trustee of the KSU Foundation; and Rachael Marie Giersch, De Soto * (Scl) Matthew Kyle Hamblin, Fredericktown, Missouri he managed local food and agriculture businesses went on to receive an MBA from the University emeritus member of the board of directors of the St. Kathlyn Gomendoza, Overland Park Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Scl) Madison Nicole Jarmusch, De Soto — and his K-State language education came in of Chicago and an advanced degree in applied Paul (Minnesota) Chamber Orchestra. Paige Elizabeth Griggs, Sedgwick handy. He went on to provide global strategy and economics from the Catholic University of (Cl) Gilbert Alexander Keithline, Herington Jennifer Erin Hadaway, Winona, Minnesota Bachelor of Science implementation counsel to Cargill's senior team Louvain, Belgium. * Judith Emily Kyle, Independence Matthew Kyle Hamblin, Fredericktown, Missouri Airika Taylor Ohlde, Clifton (Cl) (Scl) Katie Lauren MacGregor, Manhattan Hannah Grace Hildebrand, Great Bend Cassandra Renee Mancilla, Brawley, California (Cl) Breanna Elaine Hill, Stockton, New Jersey (SU18) MaKenna Lynn Miller, Gardner Communication Studies Jessie Catherine Horn, Oceanside, California (Cl) * Zachary James Ramsay, Lamar, Colorado James Kaiser Houghton, McPherson Darrien Cordell Savage, Shawnee (SU18) Bachelor of Arts Taryn Aileen Huckabay, Topeka (Scl) Qwadeyza Nauczjaree Cortez, Baton Rouge, Degree Candidates (SU18) Logan Ford Thomas, Overland Park Kyle Joseph Ismert, Kansas City, Missouri (SU18) * Louisiana (Mcl) L. Welti, Manhattan Alexandra Kristine Jewell, Overland Park (Mcl) (Scl) Heidi Rose Forland, Lenexa (Scl) Caitlin Renee Wiechman, Wichita Caroline Elizabeth Keppler, St. Louis, Missouri Emily Jean Turnquist, Maple Grove, Minnesota Jack Steven Keeley, Manhattan American Ethnic Studies (Cl) Haley Faith Gensure, Overland Park Megan Abigail Leeper, Olathe Madeline Marie Woodard, Lawrence (Scl) Tyler Marie Winters, Eudora Faith Mi Ge Kim, Wichita Alison Mayrose Keith, Minneapolis, Minnesota Austin James Keith Liming, St. George Bachelor of Arts Leslie Anne LeSuer, Topeka Hannah Sue Maddy, Great Bend * Shunyce Monea Battles, Kansas City Stephanie Grace Lincoln, Overland Park Bachelor of Science Weston Kenneth Loder, Marquette Microbiology (Scl) (SU18) Megan E. Malm, McPherson Christine Anne Loganbill, Cherryvale Eric Y. Aube, Overland Park * Samuel Bowen Long, Overland Park Bachelor of Arts Adam James McKinney, Wichita (SU18) (Scl) * * Jasmine Nicole Mitchell, Kansas City Julie Louise Cooper, Flower Mound, Texas Ana Carolina Martinez-Hernandez, Spring, Texas Hannah Joann Schauf, Colwich Bachelor of Science (Mcl) (SU18) Samuel Riley Bush Moomaw, Dighton * (H) Nakia Jahna'e Hope, Kansas City Brandi Gail Mudd, Belleville Kelsey Marie Ferguson, Topeka Elizabeth Marie Martino, Overland Park (Scl) (Cl) * Taylor Nicole Thompson, Abilene Sebastian Lee Nelson, Junction City James Kaiser Houghton, McPherson Tori Kaitlyn Matta, Manhattan (Mcl) Bachelor of Science Callie Jane White, Derby Antonio Lamont Pipkin, Washington, D.C. Tina Maria Langley, Wichita (Cl) (SU18) Art Lindsay Marie May, Shawnee Katherine E. Bukowski, Kansas City Mallory Caitlin Zila, Overland Park Jennifer Marie Posey, Wellington Noah James Long, Topeka Matthew Wayne McCallister, Holcomb (SU18) Jesus Alejo Carbajal Jr., Great Bend (Cl) Bachelor of Arts Kelsey Ryan Proctor, Overland Park Joseph McIntosh, Wichita D'Mar Moore, Las Vegas, Nevada (SU18) Madison Paige Carlgren, Salina (Cl) (Cl) Daniel Oliver Pankratz, Overland Park (Cl) Bachelor of Science Kara Marie Bergman, Parkville, Missouri Taylor Renea Rasmussen, Manhattan Tanner Myers, Callaway, Nebraska Caitlin Christine Chambers, Wichita (SU18) (Scl) (Scl) Alyssa Marie Acevedo, Lansing (SU18) Allison Marie Pfeifer, Hays (Cl) Christine Huang, Virginia Beach, Virginia Logan Elizabeth Robertson, Shawnee Martha Thanh Nguyen, Shawnee Christopher Chang Clarkston, Stilwell (Cl) (Mcl) Ashley Nicole Anderson, Firth, Nebraska (Cl) (SU18) * Nell Elise Hull, Alma Nathan C. Ross, Westwood Tanner Joseph Robl, Salina Bailee Anne Norton, Burlington (Mcl) Gene Paul Coker, Tampa, Florida (Mcl) John Karson Balthazor, Salina (Scl) * * Cammie Marie Valentine, Overland Park Emily Marie Roggenkamp, Onaga (Mcl) Eric Joseph Manougian, Seaford, New York Joanna M. Nowak, Goddard Julie Louise Cooper, Flower Mound, Texas Hannah Paige Cook, Lansing (Cl) Bowen Xu, Fuzhou, China Harrison Nicholas Schmidt, Prairie Village Emily Page May, Ponca City, Oklahoma Virginia Gail Oliver, Santa Clarita, California Nicole Briana Dipman, Larned Kevin Thomas Furdek, Overland Park Madison Nicole Schrock, South Hutchinson * Katherine Elizabeth Wallace, Wichita Morgan C. Peterson, Olathe Nicholas Robert Genz, Basehor (Cl) (Mcl) (H) * Grace Maria Gregory, Shawnee Vaithish Velazhahan, Manhattan (Scl) Biochemistry Jesseca Ruth Ashlee Pirkle, Arenzville, Illinois Carter Jeffrey Hall,Topeka Deidra Guthrie, Lee's Summit, Missouri Emily S. Wedeman, Olathe * Meghan Kay Regehr, Wichita Savannah Kathleen Hlavacek, Lenexa (Scl) Bachelor of Fine Arts (Mcl) Scott Allen Heise, Salt Lake City, Utah Kyler Austin Weingartner, Topeka Emma Louise Allegri, Leawood Bachelor of Arts Dayna Evan Richards, Overland Park Caitlyn Renee Kelly, Junction City Chase Lindan Holthaus, Ozawkie (Scl) Hannah Victoria Zimmer, Hope Consuelo Barnhart, Junction City Carolina Fonte Suau, Dodge City Jazmine Marie Saunders, Eagan, Minnesota Matthew Brokaw Kranick, Wichita Cassandra Marie Kelly, Wichita * Bello Buhari Bello, Kansas City, Missouri Cassidy Allyssa Rae Frost, Topeka Maggie Lynn Schieber, Merriam Isam Ahmed Madi, Shawnee Molly McCord, Lawrence (SU18) (Cl) (Mcl) (Cl) Jessica Johanna Burnes, Westwood Alejandro Garcia, Spearville Biology Kayla R. Shore, Topeka Josey Renee Mallory, Salina Abigail Arrah Newton, Caney (SU18) (Mcl) (Cl) (Cl) Alexandra Christine Dau, Wamego Sarah Lyn Gillaspie, Leawood Dane Alexander Stewart, Wamego Samantha Christine Meier, Palmer Jesse Lee Roesch, Quinter (SU18) Erin Shebrie Gigger-Ehiguese, Topeka Katie Rose McKinley, Shawnee Biology Jeb Ethan Stewart, Lenexa Jill Lane Pokorny, Hays Logan Myles Stacer, Kansas City (Scl) (H) (SU18) Kellie Jay Goss, Basehor Ann Elizabeth McLean, Overland Park Bachelor of Science Casandra Marie Swanson, Overland Park Jayton Micah Salmans, Hanston Sarah Ann Steiner, Overland Park (SU18) * Shannon Marie Hayden, Topeka Faith K. Rahman, Dodge City Bailey Rae Ambrosier, Norton Katelyn Elise Thompson, West Jordan, Utah Madison Nicole Schrock, South Hutchinson Thomas Dean Tryon, Blue Rapids (Mcl) (Mcl) Cheryl Kathrine Henderson, Junction City Yeni Karolina Romero, Newton Scott Logan Barnow, Mission Hills Cody Lawrence Uhlich, Overland Park Brayden James Strine, Scott City Jenna Louise Wilson, Overland Park Cassidy Gage Hullman, Pratt Hannah Joann Schauf, Colwich * Bridgette Noel Beasley, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cl) Megan Ann Vanderpool, Lenexa (Mcl) Vaithish Velazhahan, Manhattan (Mcl) (H) *

32 College of Arts and Sciences, Speaker, Degree Candidates College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates 33 (Mcl) * Economics Stephanie Andrea Wallace, Overland Park Michael Shannon Molloy, Sacramento, California Makenzie Lynn Deines, Ramona Brittany Danielle Burgess, Lyndon Hao Qin V, Manhattan Naomi Grace Wiegand, Seneca (Mcl) Noah James Stallbaumer, Edwardsville Allison Nicole Doll, Garden City Kyle David Cameron, Wichita Evan Daniel Shanelec, Lyons (Cl) * (Scl) (Mcl) (D) Bachelor of Arts Dustin Paul Vielhauer, Shawnee Kristen Elizabeth Egger, Minneapolis Hope Rebecca Cole, Groton, Connecticut Jordan David Spoor, Olathe Te Lin, Wenzhou, China (SU18) Gender, Women and Ashley Reem Elkiwan, Olathe Kaitlyn Nicole Davis, Derby Andrea J. Stephens, Aurora (Scl) * Paige Elizabeth Porter, Kansas City Humanities Riley Allen Gates, Beloit Tori Ellen Michelle Fell, Winfield Vincent Josiah Sylvester, Ottawa Sexuality Studies (Mcl) * (SU18) Rodrigo Manuel Sanchez Sienra, Asunción, Taylor Ashley Harrelson, Topeka Joel William Fry, Navarre, Florida Kevin Tirkey, Rourkela, Odisha (Scl) (Mcl) (Mcl) * Paraguay (Cl) Jordan Rae Herrick, Burlingame Hannah Elizabeth Gillespie, Grainfield Tristan Rene Wells Filbert, Wichita Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts (Cl) * Taylor Alexandria Billings, Wichita Erin Rachelle Hildreth, El Dorado Joshua Ryan Gurnee, Arkansas City Maria Klarissa Calvillo, Garden City (Cl) (Cl) Kevin Leandro Hernandez, Millburn, New Jersey Holly Elizabeth Hinkle, Liberal Mary Elizabeth Henning, Wichita Modern Languages Bachelor of Science Emily Susann Polston, Olathe (Scl) Anwar Moslih Alsilmy, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Samuel Dean Welch, Olathe Kynedee Lauren Hodges, St. George McKinsey Laurel Holthaus, Berryton Matthew Cooper Blais, Olathe (SU18) Allie Young, Denver, Colorado Nathaniel Patrick Intfen, Prairie Village Kimberly Ann Hughes, Olathe Bachelor of Arts Geography (SU18) Drew Christian Bormann, Stilwell (D) Anne Christine Jewell, Shawnee Mariel Jones, Grand Prairie, Texas Kelsi Elizabeth Irene Briggs, Tonganoxie (Mcl) (D) * Braxton Jarrett Jones, Wichita Riley Charles Juenemann, Phillipsburg (D) Ryan A. Burr, Garden City Bachelor of Arts Journalism and Mass Alexandra Marie Elattar, Westwood Jarelle A. Easterwood, Kansas City Collin Gabriel Just, El Dorado Morgan Amelia Kalny, Lenexa Morgan Nicole Fortunski, Cincinnati, Ohio* Colin Patrick Keller, Olathe (Mcl) Communications (Mcl) Christopher Charles Goodman, Shawnee Leah Michelle Knobel, Lenexa Vasseur Doria Kamseu Noukeu, Olathe Maura Dee Hansen, Colby Jintao Hu, Nanjing, China McKenzie Ann Kracht, Marysville Bailey James Kennedy, Holly, Colorado Mikaela Marie Hult, Olathe (Mcl) (D) (Cl) (D) Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts (D) Kevin Scott Hurt, Olathe Alexus N. Lacy, Topeka Brianna Marie Klocek, Andover Gabrielle K. Lintner, Leawood Kerstin Rose Cherry, Olathe Yousef R M A R H Alaskari, Mubarak Al Kaber, (Mcl) Sydney Marie Johnson, Overland Park (D) Addison Elizabeth Linn, Derby Adam James Koch, Frankfort Anna Ruth Meissbach, Lawrence (Mcl) (H) * Kyle Dwayne Cook, Rochester, Indiana Kuwait Hunter Paul Kindig, Olathe Brittney Lane Misa Mackey, Laguna Hills, California Oluchi Purity Kosin, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria Emili Ann Neubauer, Olathe (SU18) Gary Eldon Koons, Canyon, Texas (SU18) Malina Barber-Regier, Salina Caroline Paige Maher, Overland Park Jessica Marie Long, Derby Dylan Blake King, Overland Park * Shea Judith Roy, Wichita Sarah Nicole Lamm, Colby Jessica Katherine Franzen, Lenexa (Mcl) Hailey Paige McClellan, Rose Hill Madison Lindy Mackeprang, Wamego * Tyler Reed Luginsland, Lenexa * (Mcl) Adam C. Hewitt-Smith, Overland Park (SU18) Michael Shannon Molloy, Sacramento, California Reina Raquel Garcia, Topeka Mauricio Martinez Seifart, Asunción, Paraguay Carrie Ann Miller, Seneca Garrett Spencer Macklin, Kingwood, Texas Megan Kristin Sowers, Richland, Washington (Mcl) (D) Brennan Ray Walter, Manhattan (Cl) Simphony Monét Guiden, Kansas City Vivian Q. Nguyen, Olathe Sydney Elizabeth Markley, Parsons Peter Mark Oppelt, Colorado Springs, Colorado * Samantha Keturah Shar'Ron Stephens, Manhattan L. Welti, Manhattan Myia Chantel Hodge, Kansas City (Cl) Ryan John Spinden, Cottonwood Falls Grant Alexander Nicholson, Olathe Zachary Todd Masterson, Andover Makayla Breanne Weiser, Basehor (D) Madeline Taylor Howard, Overland Park DaRiel Demetrius Nixon, Buford, Georgia Sarah McConnell, Salina Blake Montgomery Stevens, Overland Park * Geology Kelsey Nicole Kendall, Wichita Kelly Miner O'Donnell, Overland Park Morgan Leigh McKellar, Parkville, Missouri Thomas Matthew Swickard,Overland Park (SU18) (Scl) * Phillip Lydiate, Manchester, United Kingdom (Mcl) (Scl) Music, Theatre, and Dance Vincent Josiah Sylvester, Ottawa Lisa Marie Olberding, Seneca Jack Anthony Nolte, Hiawatha Carolina Cray Mach, Shawnee (SU18) Erin Parker Trainor, Kansas City, Missouri Bachelor of Science Sarah Nicole O'Neill, Leawood Shelby Taylor Queal, Hutchinson Eric Joseph Manougian, Seaford, New York * Applied Music Tyler Scott White, Bradenton, Florida Charles Grant Balkenbusch, Olathe Shelby Jo Osterhaus, Axtell Megan Sue Robertson, Tribune (Mcl) (Scl) (Scl) Mateo Zavala Tomboly, Asunción, Paraguay (D) Austin Joseph Becker, Manhattan Lauren Mary Mertz, Overland Park Evan Mark Penner, Clay Center Amber Aurora Schaefer, Emporia Bachelor of Music (Scl) * Shae E. Carrender, Olathe Emily Marie Moore, Overland Park Mackenzie Lynn Pepper, Wichita Danielle Autumn Seifert, Clyde Madison Larie Grace Boyer, Kingman (SU18) (Cl) Javil Oliver Hansen, Hill City Callie Rose Ogborn, Wichita John Mitchell Pivovar, Kansas City Eilaina Elizabeth Smith-Gregory, Atlanta, Georgia (SU18) Kerstina Macy Norlen Burkett, Olathe English * Sarah Nicole Lamm, Colby Ana Victoria Ordaz, Kinsley Zachary Tanner Radabaugh, Wichita (SU18) Katherine Gayle Spaulding, Rogers, Arkansas (Scl) Samuel Aquilla Massey, Manhattan (SU18) Wesley Eric Moots, Eureka Savannah Phonesavanh Rattanavong, Merriam Blake Thomas Reid, Wichita Tracie Lynn Thibault, Salina (Scl) Diamond Connor McNeill, Bellevue, Nebraska Bachelor of Arts Jamie Lynn Neill, Leawood Mikaela Lynn Rief, Olathe Michelle Elizabeth Ribble, Manhattan Madison Leigh Wengert, Lake Quivira Craig Lloyd Meier, Deshler, Nebraska Yasmen Hamed Alsulami, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Scl) (H) (D) Ganiyat Oluwaseun Shodunke, Abeokuta, Nigeria Andrés Isaac Rivas, Garden City Alex Antoine Wakim, Wichita Jessica Marie Banning, Lenexa Madeline Rae Salerno, Omaha, Nebraska Suzanne Evelyn Wood, Milton, Florida Alexcia M. Rodriguez, Wichita (Mcl) Samuel James Wilson III, Fort Worth, Texas Lucas Kristopher Berndt, Salina Tyler Charles Samuelson, Olathe Shelby Xavier Cardell, Richmond History Fabiola Itati Sierra, Johnson City Savannah Lauren Sherwood, Assaria Mathematics (SU18) Matthew James Champagne, Junction City Zayra Lissannia Soto Germes, Kansas City, Missouri Clayton Ryan Smith, Topeka Music Education (Scl) Kaitlyn Bri Cotton, Overland Park (SU18) Bachelor of Arts Alexandra Victoria Trevino, Greeley, Colorado Maxwell Aaron Troester, Overland Park Bachelor of Music Education (D) Bachelor of Science (Mcl) (Scl) (D) Gina Lenae D'Amato, Shawnee (Cl) Erin Nicole Comfort, Olathe David Troy Van Ommen, Independence Tyler Michael Steven Wehmeyer, Tonganoxie Audrey Lynn Augustine, Salina Corbin James Eakes, Topeka (SU18) (SU18) * Anastasia Ann-Marie Delgado, Hutchinson Caitlyn Christine Dougherty, Winfield Rayvin Nicolle White, Kansas City Kathryn Grace Weiner, Overland Park Christopher Johannes Bouska, Rochester, Minnesota Kage William Edgar, Independence, Missouri (SU18) (D) Jonah Kirkhart Ericson, Fort Scott * Marisol Garcia, Wichita Safiya Denise Woodard, Kansas City Arthur Tyrone White, Longmont, Colorado Jared Benjamin Bryan, Olathe Michael Harrison Fibelkorn, Edgerton (Mcl) (H) * (SU18) (SU18) (Scl) * Curtis Scott Field, Overland Park (Cl) Anna Ruth Meissbach, Lawrence Joshua James Yankoviz, Kansas City Clinton Michael Willis, Mulvane Audrey Wah-Yun Chang, Olathe Sara Nicole Gift, Wichita Kenneth Aiden Fuller, Las Vegas, Nevada Corrine Alyse Carolyn Moffett, Overland Park Morgan Elizabeth Wolfe, Colorado Springs, Colorado Tanisha Nicole Crump, St. Louis, Missouri Elias Harrison Gillespie, Wichita Trevin Misael Garcia, Liberal Jacob Ryan Still, Manhattan Bachelor of Science Emily Rose Czepiel, Wichita Shelby Jaclyn Goss, Wichita (SU18) (Scl) Rachael Lee Herter, Larned Toshia Hope Thomas, Jonesboro, Georgia Taylor Correen Anderson, Prairie Village Life Sciences Nicholas Barry Donohoue, Manhattan* Kathryn Marie Haffner, Hoxie * Lindsey Julianna Medina, Wichita Grant Gregory Topjon, Olathe Andrew Jurison Ash, Carmel, Indiana Amanda L. Glotzbach, Emmett (D) Matthew Michael Hiteshew, Olathe (Cl) Gehric Walk Milton, Wichita Zixu Wang Sr., Shenyang, China Kali Marie Babich, Wichita Bachelor of Arts Demond Larae Handley, Kansas City Alicia Marie Jackson, Longford (Mcl) (Cl) (Mcl) DeAnte M. Mitchell, Kansas City Jordan Daniel Weaver, Andover Alexander William Brase, Manhattan Maverick Douglas Mills, Hugoton Luke Lee Hartman, Olathe (D) Ryan Bethany Moos, Clay Center Emily Marie Moore, Overland Park (Scl) * Monica Ellen Brich, Shawnee Heather Marie Heier, Grinnell (Mcl) Matthew Michel Shea, Overland Park Nyssa Owens, Federal Way, Washington Bachelor of Science Stephen James Brunson, Wichita Bachelor of Science Matthew Lee Hixon, Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Mcl) (D) Leilani Myrella Velasco, Shawnee (Cl) Adam C. Hewitt-Smith, Overland Park * Ashley Lynn Campbell, Salina Nicholas James Cady, Osborne Britney Marie Alangurli, Manhattan Allison Megan Howard, Ottawa (Mcl) Kirsten M. Votaw, Fort Myer, Virginia Abbey Diane Sommerauer, Overland Park McKenzie Ann Combes, Topeka (Mcl) (SU18) Ethan Randall Chapman, Manhattan (SU18) Hayley Rose Bacon, Omaha, Nebraska (SU18) Liam Ray Kahmeyer, Pratt (Mcl) Sharon Marie Wilson, Manhattan (Cl) Courtney Heather Thompson, Manhattan (SU18) Darren L. Ivey, Manhattan Samuel Robert Chaverin, Lenexa Bryce Christian Barrientos, Wichita Samuel Thaddeus Kline-Martin, Ellinwood Katherine Ann Todd, Niotaze (Scl) Scott Russell Kay, Harrisville, Pennsylvania Kent Douglas Chrest, Wamego Alyssa Nicole Belford, Emporia John Douglas Lemon, Pratt Malorie Renae Wagner, Burlington (Mcl) Jacob Argo McCrary, Overland Park James Copeland, Wichita (Mcl) (SU18) Krista M. Bramhall, Manhattan Katrina Deanna Long, Derby

34 College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates 35 (Mcl) Theatre Corinne Victoria Stratton, Overland Park Maggie Marie Dinneen-Maxey, Salina Social Sciences Michaella Marie Medved, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin Christopher Jude Daigle, Houma, Louisiana Bachelor of Arts Bryan C. Swartz, Manhattan Julia Katherine Duran, Trinidad, Colorado Dalton James Meyer, Wichita Shelby Danielle Davis, Liberal (Mcl) (D) * Dre'Vel Dupree Taylor, Manhattan Paige Kathryn Edwards, Assaria Corrine Mihailovic, San Diego, California Jessica De La Paz, Kansas City Kelsi Elizabeth Irene Briggs, Tonganoxie * Bachelor of Arts * Grant Gregory Topjon, Olathe Adam Christopher Ernst, Pocatello, Idaho Megan Marie Miller, Overland Park Conner Joseph Frame, Kinsley Jonah Kirkhart Ericson, Fort Scott Joseph William Anderson, Manhattan Carly Rae Wright, Clearwater Greta Lynn Elhelali, Manhattan Blaine Eric Newton, Concordia (SU18) Milad Jan Ghasempour, Shawnee Drew William George, Uniontown David Bennett Batchelor, Leavenworth Timothy Hunter Gresham, San Diego, California Virginia Grace Nicholson, Overland Park Haley Ann Hannaman, Scandia Kaitlin Cherie Kirby, Clovis, California Edward Louis Boulanger III, Poughkeepsie, New York Bachelor of Science Morgan Griffis,Red Oak, Texas Elizabeth Lynne Cahill, Greensboro, North Carolina (SU18) Derek Phillip O'Brien, Tonganoxie Cade Christopher Hawver, Hutchinson Cody Scot LaCrone, Wichita (SU18) April Dawn Ascher, Alta Vista Nicholas Garret Hall, Louisburg Katelyn Rose Hollenbeck, Wamego Brandon Lee Patterson, Goddard Nicole Lianne Holle, Coon Rapids, Minnesota Clay C. Massingill, Enterprise, Alabama * Dakota Austin Baccus, Minneapolis Parker Ryan Heinze, Overland Park Dustin Stefan Ingram, Manhattan Devlen Jamal Polite, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Nakia Jahna'e Hope, Kansas City Brooke Cooper Merriam, Derby * Riley William Curran, Olathe Mary Elizabeth Privitera, Overland Park (SU18) Connie Jaffrey,Kilwinning,United Kingdom Kerstin Ellen Messmer, Olathe Taylor Paige Hofeling, Great Bend Adima Boi-Nguflo Toko-Mcarthy, Raleigh, Jack Daniel Curtis, Lansing Tyra Hogan, Topeka North Carolina Christan M. Renfro, Huntersville, North Carolina Keara Renee Johnson, Goddard (SU18) Thomas Michael Frazier,Overland Park Makenzie Lyn Holcomb, Derby Ji Wang, Guangzhou, China (SU18) Mikayla R. Reves, Alma Athlene Mary Elizabeth Jones, Orlando, Florida Bachelor of Science (SU18) * Bailey Nicole Hamilton, Topeka Brittney Janan Huffaker,Keller, Texas Susann Yang, Kansas City Abrielle Lynn Richter, Hanover Kathryn Therese Klonder, Hoffman Estates, Illinois Alicia Marie Monceaux, Great Bend (Mcl) * (Cl) Taylor Ashley Harrelson, Topeka Ashley Marie Huffman,Manhattan Chizheng Zhang, Shanghai, China Jagrup Singh Sandhu, Bloomington, Illinois Taylor Carolyn Leetch, Wichita Cody Ray O'Hare, Norton (Cl) (SU18) Samuel Walker Hughes, Sabetha Bree Ann Humburg, Ness City Bailey Kathleen Santo, Rose Hill (SU18) Brent Arrick Lindsey Jr., Kansas City Grace Ellen Pierson, Chapman * Karthik Pradeep Nair, Kottayam, India Connie Jaffrey,Kilwinning,United Kingdom * Bachelor of Science Katelyn Noelle Schibi, Kansas City Krista Mathies, Elkhart Riley Alan Nickel, Topeka Hannah Grace Kay, Clarksville, Tennessee Turki Khalid S Alhumaid, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Jason Douglas Seibel, Manhattan Breontae Breionbrae Matthews, Washington, D.C. * Philosophy (Cl) (D) Connor William Orrock, Woodford, Virginia Kelly Aubrey King, Topeka Shawn Timothy Aumiller, Vernon Hills, Illinois Victoria Renee Shaw, Orlando, Florida Daniella Jean McCormick, Acton, Massachusetts Nicholas Richard Orth, Omaha, Nebraska Kathryn Therese Klonder, Hoffman Estates, Illinois* Colette Rae Bayuk, Overland Park (SU18) Helen Christy Simmons, Manhattan Rachel Renee Meyers, Olathe Bachelor of Arts (Cl) Samantha Jo Mohler-Peters, Kansas City (Mcl) Molly Elizabeth Parker, Marysville Anne Elizabeth Mains, Lenexa Lincoln MaCallister Benson, Lenexa Jared Michael Springs-Thompson,Atchison Patrick Kenney, Manhattan (SU18) (Mcl) Morgan Suzane Moore, Wadsworth, Illinois (Scl) (H) Caleb Andrew Patton, Overland Park Maria Elaine Martinez-Rosales, Garden City Lee Bickford, Manhattan Shaquoy Shavanate Stephens, Road Town, British Darja Mia Meskin, Bucklin (Scl) Bethany Ann Schifferdecker,Girard Krista Mathies, Elkhart * William Arthur Billau, Overland Park Virgin Islands Sean Patrick Morris, Castle Rock, Colorado Omar Humberto Muñoz, North Hollywood, Darnell Jerone Wallace, Kansas City Meghan Elizabeth McCluskey, Shawnee (Scl) Dominique Conjury Calhoun, Wichita Susan M. Strube Pennington, Horton Madeline Grace Murphy, Wichita California Nancy Anne Whitehead, Columbus, Georgia Daniella Jean McCormick, Acton, Massachusetts * Jared A. Carson, Wichita Caleb Chulton Sweat, Orange Park, Florida Kellen Ryan Myers, Manhattan (Cl) Hunter Cole Wilkens, Hays Holliday Leigh Morgan, Topeka Kyle Tanner Coffey, Edmond, Oklahoma Caitlyn Breyann Taylor, Marysville (SU18) Ronald Spencer Nauta, Dallas, Texas * Bachelor of Science (SU18) Nicholas Jamses Ost, Linn * Elizabeth Tran Tuyet Nguyen, Wichita Tara Leigh Conway, Osborne Jeffrey Donald Thelen, Shawnee Samuel Bowen Long, Overland Park Keiteyana Imani Parks, Lincoln, Nebraska (Cl) * Psychology Madison Diane Noyes, Wichita Kelsey Joy Davies, Hutchinson Jyvanni Marie Thibodeaux, Dallas, Texas Carlos Alejandro Serrano, Topeka Maegann Parsons, Shawnee Mattie Reilly O'Boyle, Kansas City, Missouri Molly Malone Delks, Paola Megan Leah Tolliver, Wichita Christopher Dennis Siegle, Council Grove Raymon Price, Long Beach, California Bachelor of Arts Jonathan Bryant Osborne, Manhattan Shashona Durham, Manhattan Heather M. Tourney, Clay Center Daniel Edward Theisen, Andover * (SU18) (SU18) Cara Renee Proctor, Shawnee Erin Louise Arscott, Overland Park Nicholas Jamses Ost, Linn Dillon Madison Evans, Missouri City, Texas Terha Ann Trevino, Red Bluff, California Caroline Reeder, Liberty, Missouri * Nicole Alejandra Bartel, San Pedro, California Nicholas Joseph Parker, Overland Park Jennifer M. Foster, Tulsa, Oklahoma Barb Turner, Manhattan (H) Physical Sciences Abigail Elizabeth Basham, Eureka (Cl) * Nathaniel John Funk, Junction City (SU18) Kathryn Rose Russell, Andover Keiteyana Imani Parks, Lincoln, Nebraska Shelbie Marie Vanderweide, Atchison * * (SU18) Jasmine Renee Schick, Olathe Shunyce Monea Battles, Kansas City Rachel Elizabeth Raley, Lufkin, Texas Brooke Ashley Gentry, Fort Riley Reggie E. Walker Jr., Sacramento, California (Scl) (SU18) Ashlee Marie Schif, Derby Bachelor of Science Amber Lane Craig, Bellevue, Nebraska Caroline Reeder, Liberty, Missouri * Shanna Eileen Gilbert, Derby Jessica J. Woods, New Orleans, Louisiana Christopher Johannes Bouska, Rochester, Minnesota * Samantha Renee Fox, Overland Park (Cl) Austin Michael Schilling, Olathe (SU18) Madison Christine Reith, Holton Kyle William Halbohn, Pawleys Island, Hayden John Wylie, Prairie Village Kyle Joseph Colnar, Overland Park Pallie Lauren Koehn, Salina * John Nicholas Schmedemann, Boerne, Texas (SU18) * Callie Nicole Reynolds, Olathe South Carolina Sheree Wynn, Los Angeles, California Mitchell Weber, Olathe (SU18) Blake Anthony Scism, Seneca Ciara Marie Olden, Kansas City Andrea Andreanna Rhodes, Glendora, Mississippi Ryan Joseph Hallinan, Lansing Zachary Milan Zarich, Andover * (Cl) Katherine Emily Springman, Quinton, Virginia Lyssa Inez Peralta, Topeka Christine Marie Rieger, Overland Park Lisa Irene Haynes, Auburn, Washington Zachary John Syrios, Wichita (Scl) * Physics Joanna Pineda, Olathe Jacee Frances Rietbrock, Minneapolis Nekole Shynae Hines, Olathe Sociology, Anthropology Kentorus M. Thompkins, Wichita Kira Patricia Shropshire, Manhattan Emilio Dale Rivera, Junction City Louis Devlin Holoman, Kansas City and Social Work Danny Stefan Thornton, Junction City (SU18) Bachelor of Science Jennica Skye Rogers, Manhattan (Mcl) Dylan Walker Holt, Liberal Benjamin Jordan Archibeque, Wichita (Mcl) * Gregory Carnelius Timmons II, Leavenworth Bachelor of Science Taylor Nichole Ronquillo, Gridley, California Dane Daniel Hrencher, Medicine Lodge Nicholas Barry Donohoue, Manhattan * Sociology Katrina Merie Velarde, Junction City Mark Abou-Rached, Manhattan Paige Elizabeth-Lee Rossman, Gardner Matthew Scott Hudspeth, Overland Park Sera Elizabeth Rowena Ann Voss, Derby Austin John Jantz, Cheney Arobelle Cabanilla Andrews, Manhattan * Hannah Christine Hutchison, Lawrence Bachelor of Arts Jasmine Renee Schick, Olathe (SU18) James Zachary Minton, Manhattan (D) (Mcl) * (SU18) Jesse Michael Christmas, Paxton, Illinois Casey John Watson, Hutchinson Benjamin Jordan Archibeque, Wichita Michael Kent Schiferl, Colby (Scl) (D) Lyndsey Malin Jones, St. John (SU18) * Emily C. Whiteman, Linesville, Pennsylvania Jonathan Paul Opila, Leavenworth Nicole Michele Aronhalt, Wakefield (SU18) Osvelt Joseph, Miami, Florida Theodore James Duff,Lenexa (Cl) * Sidney Renee' Smith, Augusta * Evan Daniel Shanelec, Lyons Bretney Ray Belvill, Minneapolis (Scl) * Aayat Saleem Kazi, Overland Park Pallie Lauren Koehn, Salina (Mcl) * Zachary John Syrios, Wichita (Cl) Tristan Rene Wells Filbert, Wichita Blair Bracciano, Lawrence Amy Lynn Keiser, Gothenburg, Nebraska Brooklyn Carole Lonker, Cheney Anthropology * Tanner Lee Tavis, Bonner Springs Maria Klarissa Calvillo, Garden City (SU18) Mitchel Isaac Kottas, Great Bend Michael Oliver Nyhart, Shawnee Bachelor of Arts Hudson Treu, Houston, Texas * Lacie Jean Campbell, Hoxie (Cl) Alexis Lauren Hardin, St. John (SU18) Lyssa Inez Peralta, Topeka Mariah Desirea Davis, Sublette Political Science Ashley Justine Wasson, Shawnee Erica Kathryn Cebulski, Alma * Juan Anthony Logan, St. Louis, Missouri Cassie Marie Volanti, Riley Kaitlyn Michelle Delamore, Shawnee Keith Allen Weber, Manhattan (Cl) Clara Jane Chollet, Overland Park Tiara Rachelle Marshall, San Antonio, Texas (SU18) Kristen Marie Winningham, Wichita Keeley Dalton George, Wichita Bachelor of Arts Ashlenn Marie Wellbrock, Wylie, Texas Taylor Lauren Bell, Prairie Village Kyle Tanner Coffey, Edmond, Oklahoma Juan Manuel Martinez, Garden City Kelsey Nicole Kendall, Wichita * Loryn Amanda Wiebe, Valley Center Dana Royan Black, Overland Park Gene Paul Coker, Tampa, Florida (Cl) (SU18) * JaTashia C. Matlock, Topeka Bridget Magee Isenhour Lynch, Shawnee Carlie Morgan Wolters, Overland Park Bachelor of Science Jessica Jade Gittemeier, Leawood (Scl) (H) Alexis Nicole Collier, Overland Park George Michael Matsakis, Las Vegas, Nevada Tanya Marie Allen, Newton Ethan Garret Reimer, Dodge City Siba Taher T. Khojah, Akersberga, Sweden (SU18) Lori Christina Cruz, Junction City Ike McCloud III, Kansas City Nicole Michele Aronhalt, Wakefield* Carlie Elizabeth Stenzel, Shawnee (Mcl) Shelby Elizabeth Lolley, Manhattan (SU18) Ian Richard Davis, Georgetown, Delaware Olivia Christine McCoy, Manhattan Joel Garrison Bartlett, Lenexa (Mcl)

36 College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates 37 Alyssa Kay Smith, Manhattan (Cl) Bachelor of Science (Cl) Brittani Jean Ballard, Waxahachie, Texas Laura Margaret Taylor, Hempstead, Texas Sierra Anne Burnett, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Mcl) Tamara Helene Trepoy, Salina (Cl) (Cl) College of Architecture, Morgan Alise Fluker, Valley Center Samantha Michelle Trujillo, Garden City (SU18) Alec K. Fredriksen, Chicago, Illinois Erica Paige Wells, Salina (SU18) Amy Nichole Gawlak, Wichita (Scl) Marisa Paige Wilbert, Derby Planning & Design (Cl) Jennifer Ann Hardy, Riley Claire Jolene Williams, Topeka Joel Robert Neises, Overland Park Leah Grace Wilson, Overland Park : Chase Oswald, Shawnee Samantha Kurstin Zeller, Paxico Prelude Presentation of Graduate Degree Student Brass Quintet Matthew Abraham Rogers, Topeka (Scl) Recipients:** Natalie Nicole Turner, Gordon Statistics Matthew Knox, Professor and Department Head, Processional: Architecture Juliet Sierra Watkins, Yale, Oklahoma Student Brass Quintet Keith Allen Weber, Manhattan * Bachelor of Science Nathan Howe, Professor and Department Head, Audrey Wah-Yun Chang, Olathe (Scl) * Interior Architecture & Product Design National Anthem:* Sarah Elise Dunster, Lenexa Stephanie Rolley, Professor and Department Head, Social Work APDesign Graduate Ensemble Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Bachelor of Arts Jacob Ryan Rowton, Olathe Graham David Seacat, Olathe Planning Carolina Benitez, Wichita (SU18) * Welcome and Introductions: Mitchell Weber, Olathe Abigail Renae Boucher, Olathe Timothy de Noble, Dean Vanessa Moreno, Manhattan (SU18) Student Remarks: Jeremy Migneco, Master of Architecture Graduate Casey Carolanne Thompson, Fort Collins, Colorado Statistics and Data Science Commencement Address: Rebecca Keating, Master of Interior Architecture & Emma Patricia Ann Unsderfer, Salina Cheryl L. McAfee, CEO, McAfee3 Architects Bachelor of Science Product Design Graduate Abel Tom Desta, Denver, Colorado (SU18) Caroline Finck, Master of Landscape Architecture Bachelor of Science Presentation of Distinguished Graduate Patrick Thomas Abercrombie, Yorba Linda, Service Award: Taylor Whitaker, Master of Regional & Community California Timothy de Noble, Dean Planning Graduate Jordann Nicole Becker, Scott City (SU18) (SU18) Ashleigh May Minks, Ottawa Honoree: Emma Betty Calvert, Prairie Village (Cl) Alma Mater:* Wyatt A. Hoch, Partner, Foulston Siefkin LLC Student Brass Quintet Sydney Jane Childs, Hutchinson (Cl) Moriah Christanna Clark, Kansas City, Missouri Alumni Association Greetings: Recessional: Stacy Michelle Crumble, Hutchinson Brad Sidener, Senior Vice President and Chief (Mcl) Student Brass Quintet Megan Audrey Davies, Marion Operating Officer, K-State Alumni Association Elizabeth R. Garrett, Olathe Alexis Morgan Gasper, Salina Grand Marshal: Roll Call and Awards: LaBarbara Wigfall, Associate Professor, Landscape Kristen Lyn Gile, Lawrence Timothy de Noble, Dean Architecture and Regional & Community Planning Makenzie Louise Harper, Larned Lynn Ewanow, Associate Dean Michael Grogan, Assistant Professor, Architecture Emily Ann Haskell, Overland Park R. Todd Gabbard, Associate Professor; Director, Brandi Marie Howard, Chapman Graduate Programs; and Associate Department Head, (Mcl) Annelise Clare Kahler, Kansas City, Missouri Architecture *The audience will please rise. **Names of the college's graduate degree recipients Clayton L. Lucas, Piper Neal Hubbell, Associate Professor and Director, are listed with the Graduate School. Larissa N. Lujan, Liberal Graduate Studies, Interior Architecture & Product (SU18) Carolyn Malott, Hays Design (Cl) Madison Louise McLenon, Merriam Anne Beamish, Associate Professor, Landscape (Scl) Gina Christine Nelson-Fishel, Salina Architecture and Regional & Community Planning (Mcl) Hali Marie Norris, Onaga Huston Gibson, Assistant Professor, Landscape (Scl) Alexia Morgan Oehlert, Kansas City Architecture and Regional & Community Planning Tessa Elizabeth Osborn, Overland Park (Cl) Emily Anne Pelger, Olathe Zoe Michel Pulford, Olathe Katrina Rose Ramirez, Concordia (Scl) Mary Rodriguez, Salina Carolyn Marie Schreiner, Hays Kayla DeLane Sloan, Kansas City

38 College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Candidates College of Architecture, Planning & Design 39 Speaker College of Education s the CEO of McAfee3 all 33 sports venues of the 1996 Olympic Games in Architects and the Atlanta. For the past 13 years, McAfee3 Architects architecturalA principal of has been part of a master planning and design Processional:* Recessional: the Atlanta office, Cheryl joint venture team for the $7 billion expansion Stephen Kucera, Master’s Candidate, Accounting Stephen Kucera, Master’s Candidate, Accounting L. McAfee received her of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International undergraduate degree in Airport, including the recently opened Maynard National Anthem:* Marshals: architecture from Kansas Holbrook Jackson International Terminal. McAfee3 Samantha Williams, Sophomore, Applied Music David Allen, Associate Professor, Curriculum and State University and her jointly provided master planning and architectural Master of Architecture in design services for this major expansion program. Instruction urban design from Harvard Additionally, McAfee served as the principal Welcome: Lotta Larson, Associate Professor, Curriculum and University. architect for the joint venture. Debbie Mercer, Dean Instruction Cheryl L. McAfee Kimberly Staples, Associate Professor, Curriculum and With 34 years of McAfee has served on the board of directors of the Instruction architectural experience, McAfee was the senior alumni associations for K-State and Harvard. Presentation of the Dan and program manager of design and construction for Cheryl Yunk Excellence in Be Stoney, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction Educational Administration Jim Teagarden, Associate Professor, Special Education, Award: Counseling and Student Affairs Debbie Mercer, Dean Warren White, Professor, Special Education, Counseling and Student Affairs Presentation of Student Awards: Todd Goodson, Associate Professor and Department *The audience will please rise. Award Chair, Curriculum and Instruction Distinguished Service Award Commencement Address: David L. Griffin Sr.,Assistant Dean oulston Siefkin LLC Named by "Best Lawyers" as the Lawyer of the Among his cases include serving as lead counsel partner Wyatt A. Year for Construction in 2011 and 2016 and for a major aircraft manufacturer in a complex FHoch is an accomplished Lawyer of the Year for Construction Litigation construction defect and schedule dispute over its Student Commencement Speaker: construction lawyer who in 2013 and 2017 in Wichita, Hoch stays on the Florida service center; as co-counsel to a Fortune Joseph Paz, Bachelor's Candidate, Secondary is sought after by project leading edge of industry developments and loves 500 health care company in a 24-day arbitration Education-Social Studies Oath of Education owners, architects, engineers discovering why designs and products don't work over the construction of its Ohio headquarters; and and contractors for projects in particular contexts. He is particularly attuned securing a favorable verdict for the plaintiff in a 23- Conferral of Degrees: hereby pledge my dedication to the profession across the country. Hoch to the drawbacks associated with relying solely on day federal court jury trial involving the expansion April C. Mason, Provost and Senior Vice President of teaching. I accept the obligations and the combines nearly 35 years of technology. of a municipal electrical generating plant. Ichallenges of guiding students to knowledge, experience in construction always showing them care and concern. I will Wyatt A. Hoch law with five years of Hoch has been involved in some of the most In the community, Hoch serves on the executive Presentation of Degrees: encourage respect for all people, and will cultivate undergraduate study in significant commercial, industrial, cultural and committee of the Quivira Council of the Boy Debbie Mercer, Dean the disciplined, yet free minds necessary for a architecture and hands-on educational projects that have changed the Scouts of America, the board of trustees of the April C. Mason, Provost and Senior Vice President democratic way of life. work in the residential home-building industry landscape of Kansas over the last three decades. Northern Seminary in Chicago and is an emeritus David Griffin Sr., Assistant Dean to provide his clients with practical, goal-oriented His reputation for excellence also attracts clients trustee of the Wichita Botanical Gardens. A Paul Burden, Assistant Dean I promise to champion policies which promote counsel. with projects all over the nation. In addition to native of Kansas and a magna cum laude graduate quality in teaching and learning. I will provide Bradley Burenheide, Associate Professor, Curriculum identifying what is — and what is not — crucial in of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of everyone engaged in education the opportunity to As the leader of the firm's construction team, his contract negotiations to achieve successful projects, Architecture, he bleeds purple when it comes and Instruction achieve their own level of excellence. I will strive to transactional and litigation practice encompasses Hoch is equally practical when advising clients on to supporting K-State athletics and is a self- become a knowledgeable, ethical, caring decision drafting design/build contracts, preparing matters involving construction disputes. A veteran proclaimed baseball junkie. Hoch and his wife, maker and emulate these qualities which I pledge to development agreements, negotiating claims of bet-the-company, multimillion-dollar cases, he Mary Ann, live in Wichita where he enjoys working Alma Mater: Samantha Williams, Sophomore, Applied Music foster. I recognize that at times my endeavors may and resolving disputes through the courts and in understands the unpredictability of trials and juries, on home remodeling and gardening projects. prove discouraging. Nonetheless, I remain faithful arbitration forums. As a member of the American and explores all the alternatives with clients to to the belief that my actions in the pursuit of these Arbitration Association's national panel for determine the best avenue to achieve their goals. goals make me worthy of my profession, and make construction industry cases, he frequently serves as a my profession worthy of a free people. mediator and arbitrator in association proceedings.

40 College of Architecture, Planning & Design, Speaker, Award College of Education 41 Michael C. Holen Excellence in education, history of education, philosophy of was a personally and professionally transformative education and social foundations. As a project experience for them. Graduate Teaching Award manager at the Research Institute for Studies Speaker in Education at Iowa State, she designed and Taylor is an advocate for all students. Students Kay Ann Taylor is an implemented grant program evaluations for the appreciate her ability to listen and to communicate n assistant dean, Griffin's career encompasses 50 years in diversified Griffin is known for saying "If it is to be, it is associate professor and Kellogg Foundation, National Science Foundation, responsively. She is a mentor, advisor, guide, director of the Center educational settings. His career began as an up to me" and "With great power, comes great director of graduate American Corn Growers and others. She was a facilitator, major professor and shares her joy of programs in the College of forA Student Success and elementary, middle and high school teacher before responsibility." tenure-track assistant professor in the College of lifelong learning with her students. Relationships Professional Services, and becoming an assistant principal, principal and Education's curriculum and Education at SUNY Fredonia from 2004-2005, are established and maintained long after students an associate professor in the director of secondary education in Missouri. instruction department. teaching undergraduate multicultural and graduate complete their degrees. Ultimately, she seeks for He has mentored countless undergraduate and curriculum and instruction history and philosophy courses. her students to celebrate in their learning, have fun department, David L. At the College of Education, he has served in many graduate students, and he has served on numerous Taylor’s degrees from Iowa while doing so, and rejoices in watching them fly. Griffin Sr. is retiring at the different positions. He taught both undergraduate master and doctoral committees. However, it is State University include Taylor joined the education faculty at Kansas State end of June, bringing to a and graduate education courses and supervised his personal mentorship that impacted students a Bachelor of Science in University in fall 2005 as a tenure-track assistant Her research interests focus on experiences of close a distinguished and hundreds of student teachers. He served as an across campus in powerful ways. His many honors, Kay Ann Taylor elementary education with professor. In her second year, she proposed, designed oppression and intersectionality through lenses David L. Griffin Sr. productive 26-year career in instructor in both the elementary and secondary including the Inspire by Example and Commerce a minor in sociology, a and taught two new graduate courses for the of critical race theory, black feminist thought, Master of Science in curriculum and instructional the College of Education. education departments and as an assistant professor Bank awards, attest to his impact. curriculum and instruction graduate program. Since postcolonial theory and more. She presents at and associate professor before becoming an assistant technology, and a doctorate in historical, that time, she has designed and taught numerous national and international conferences and has Griffin earned a bachelor's degree in education dean in the College of Education in 2005. He philosophical and comparative studies in education. new graduate courses in curriculum and instruction published in The Journal of Negro Education, with an emphasis in physical education/health added the responsibility of director of the Center Active in university and community service, Griffin infused with culturally sustaining pedagogy and The Journal of Educational Controversy, The and minors in biology and history from Lane for Student Success and Professional Services in was a member of the President's Commission on Her career in education began as a fifth-grade social justice. Taylor’s early innovative teaching Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Journal College in Jackson, Tennessee. He earned a master's 2011. Multicultural Affairs, the Dorothy L. Thompson teacher in a semi-self-contained classroom in rural transferred into higher education. of Educational Research, Journal of Latinos and degree in secondary school administration and Civil Rights Lecture Series, the K-State Grievance Iowa. She later taught departmentalized fifth- and Education, Engineering Design Graphics Journal supervision from Central Missouri State University "He has left his mark on the College of Education Board and many search committees for the sixth-grade language arts and fifth-grade social As a teacher, Taylor is a facilitator for learning. She and more. She also has written several book in Warrensburg, Missouri. He earned a specialist and Kansas State University," said Debbie Mercer, college and the university. He served as a College sciences in a rural Iowa school. At this school, strives to create a safe, inclusive environment and a chapters. in education with an emphasis in education dean of the college, about Griffin, particularly she introduced innovative teaching methods, community of learners through dialogue where all of Education faculty mentor and as an advisor administration and public school superintendency his commitment to the college's core value of integrating multicultural and drug education prior voices are valued and heard. Her expectations are At K-State, she has been the recipient of the from the University of Missouri, Kansas City and promoting student success and his passion for issues to the Education Council, University Honors to their emergence in the curriculum. high, the courses rigorous and demanding. Classes 2012-2013 Presidential Faculty and Staff his doctorate in educational administration and related to diversity, inclusion and multicultural Program, Upward Bound and Manhattan's Wonder require reflection, critical thinking, synthesis, Award for Distinguished Service to Historically leadership from Kansas State University. awareness, as well as support for all students. Workshop Children's Museum. Following completion of her doctorate in 2001, she imagination and creativity through which students Underrepresented Students, 2013 Woman of was a postdoctoral professor at Drake University find and express their voices. One of her major Distinction Award, 2013 All-University Award, and Iowa State University, teaching graduate goals is to empower students and share her power 2009 Commerce Bank Outstanding Undergraduate courses in African-American studies, women’s as a teacher. Numerous students have expressed at Teaching Award and many other honors and studies, instructional technology, multicultural the end of the semester that a course Taylor taught recognitions. Awards Dan and Cheryl Yunk Excellence in Degree Candidates Educational Administration Award

acque Feist, principal of Feist embodies these traits. Her career began in the Kansas congressional delegation about federal Carlie Nicole Cooley, Osage City Emily Elaine Godwin, Lenexa Dodge City High School, 1988 with the Dodge City Public Schools as a education laws, resources for student literacy, and Elementary Education Bailey Ann Cormack, Olathe Molly Ann Green, Wichita (Cl) isJ this year’s recipient of social studies teacher and girls’ softball, basketball greater support for the ongoing development of (Cl) the prestigious Dan and and track coach. In 1996, Feist was named a Kansas principals. Bridget Costello, Wichita Reagan Kate Grimm, Overland Park Bachelor of Science (Cl) (Cl) Cheryl Yunk Excellence in Master Teacher, and she quickly ascended into Paige Brianne Adams, Abilene Jamie Lynn Crawford, Wichita Allison K. Heinen, Basehor (Cl) Educational Administration administrative roles as assistant and then associate Feist earned degrees from Barton County Kelly-Anne Lorraine Agee, Overland Park Kirstin Taylor Crumrine, Olathe Kenzie Kyle Hemmert, Oakley Award. The Yunks were principal. In 2000, she was named principal of Community College, Kansas State University and (Mcl) (Mcl) Natalie Marie Alton, Overland Park Hailey RayeAnn Dick, Rossville Molly Cathleen Herbic, Olathe exemplary teachers and Dodge City High School. In 2010, Feist was named Fort Hays State University. She is a member of the (Cl) Seth Michael Dills, Clearwater Emily Marie Hoffman,Overland Park administrators throughout High School Principal of the Year, a prestigious and Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals, Kialyn Rayann Anderson, Abilene their careers in Manhattan- highly competitive honor for which she was selected National Association of Secondary School Alexus Raine Andrews, Stilwell Perlita Mercedes Dominguez, Dodge City Makinzie Jean Hogan, Derby Jacque Feist Ogden USD 383. by her peers and fellow members of the Kansas Principals, United School Administrators of Kansas, Jordan Taylor Barmby, Overland Park Kate Marie Drilling, Olathe Paige Marie Hopfinger,Overland Park (Mcl) Established in their honor, Association for Secondary School Principals. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Sydney Leigh Berkelhamer, Wichita Briena Nicholette Duryea, Seneca Sydney Paige Hovey, Olathe this award recognizes the importance of educational Development and Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key Allyson Rose Bogen, Junction City (Mcl) Joahna Leigh Ebert Addison Layne Howley, Scandia administrators in establishing environments that Feist has traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate honor societies. (Scl) Sarah Jane Brekke, Overland Park Tyler Keaton Edelman, Sabetha Anna Elizabeth Jackson, Manhattan promote student learning. for the profession and schools. She has visited with Molly JoLynn Brewer, Independence Julie Ann Erker, Overland Park Allyson Christina Keck, Manhattan (Scl) Brienna Taylor Bright, Bonner Springs Lauren Rose Everly, Overland Park Bridgett Erin Kelly, Effingham Kaylee Michelle Busick, Hutchinson (Cl) Brier Marie Fox, Council Grove Lindsey Jane Kelly, Shawnee (Mcl) Sara Hope Calvert, Wichita (Mcl) Caitrin Rae Furlong, Leawood Eleanor Grace Kenyon, Overland Park Kaylin Nicole Carmichael, McKinney, Texas April Dawn Gabor, Derby Ryann Megan Kimberly, Wichita Kyle Barret Chamberland, Sedan Laurie Anne Gallagher, Lenexa Mara Nicole Kling, Goodland (Cl) Katherine C. Colburn, Manhattan Laura E. Gibbs, Leawood Morgan Nicole Koblitz, Hazelton Alex Steele Cook, Goessel (Scl) Jenna Marie Gilio, Kansas City, Missouri (Cl) Tierra Nicole Krause, Woodbine Ashley Rose Cook, Topeka Bethany Ann Glessner, Onaga Kelsey Raelle Kriss, Silver Lake

42 College of Education, Speaker, Awards College of Education, Awards, Degree Candidates 43 Grace Ann Lady, Topeka (Mcl) Madison Ann Bosworth, Lansing Tyler Jack Slade, Rose Hill Rylan John Laudan, Paola Kelsi Elizabeth Irene Briggs, Tonganoxie (Mcl) Isaac Neal Stanley, Dodge City Jenna Shay Lundy, Kansas City, Missouri Jared Benjamin Bryan, Olathe Austin Wade Swanson, Scandia Hannah Elizabeth May, Oberlin (Mcl) Annemarie Ellen Bucholtz, Manhattan Brittany Jo Tanner, Uniontown College of Business Administration Haley McGinn, Halstead Easton Reed Burgardt, Pratt Marie Lind Taylor, Liberty, Missouri Grace Marie McNeil, Wichita Molly Lois Burt, Abilene (Scl) Erick Eugene Underwood, Bennington Jamie Lynn Melendez, Hesperia, California Megan Kay Burtness, Wichita (Scl) Misty Vognsen, Shawnee Processional:* Student Remarks: Stephen Kucera, Master’s Candidate, Accounting Zachary Case, Bachelor's Candidate, Accounting Megan Leigh Mellring, St. Louis, Missouri (Scl) Marissa Paige Butrum, Blue Springs, Missouri (Mcl) Loryn Amanda Wiebe, Valley Center and Finance Emilia Maria Mendiola-Walsh, Junction City Austin Cole Cantrell, Ulysses (Mcl) Taylor Naomi Woodward, St. John Bailey Danielle Miller, Overland Park Cadey Alexandra Carney, Prairie Village (SU18) Wyle Kennith Yeager, Scott City (Mcl) National Anthem:* Kane Comfort, Senior, Finance Brittanie Nicole Miller, Ellsworth Riley Mitchell Clark, Overland Park Presentation of Degrees: Kevin Gwinner, Dean Lydia Renee Mounts, Derby Gregory Michael Cotter Stacy Kovar, Associate Dean, Academic Administration Emily Sue Nine, Lansing (Cl) Jessica Erin Cotter, Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cl) Welcome and Introductions: (SU18) Kevin Gwinner, Dean Chwen Sheu, Associate Dean, Academic Programs Shaile Lorena Nordyke, Lamar, Colorado Bryan Deane Courtney, Lansing David Lehman, Instructor, Marketing Kaegen Alese O'Donnell, Wichita (Mcl) Rachael Elizabeth Crosby, Rockford, Illinois Tessa Ellen Grace Olney, Winfield (Mcl) Sarah Marie Crosby, Rockford, Illinois Commencement Remarks: (Mcl) (Cl) Candace H. Duncan, Retired Managing Partner, Allison Jane Ozier, Paola Allison Martha Crump, Effingham Assisted by: KPMG LLP Richard B. Myers, President Hannah Elizabeth Pauls, Oakley Janeigh Aleigha Dantzson, Topeka (Cl) (Cl) April C. Mason, Provost and Senior Vice President Keeley Phillips-Golden Gavin Jeffrey Darr,Wichita Mary Grace Poskin, Prairie Village (Cl) Whitney Brooke Dill, Overland Park Presentation of Awards: Kevin Gwinner, Dean Jynelle Nicole Powell, West Covina, California William Ryan Dillon, Lansing Recessional:* (Cl) Stephen Kucera, Master’s Candidate, Accounting Ryann Leigh Regier, Overland Park Amy Christin Dundas, Salina (Mcl) Ralph E. Reitz Outstanding Molly Anne Ridder, Bethesda, Maryland Margaret Katherine Eilert *The audience will please rise. Zachary Kelly Robson, Marion (Scl) Alexandra Marie ElAttar, Westwood Teaching Award Peter Alexander Schlierman, Port Orchard, Kinley Reece Farney, Sterling Sabuhi Sardarli, Assistant Professor, Finance Washington Michaela Anne Funk, Sabetha (Cl) Lauren Schmoll, Overland Park Amanda L. Glotzbach, Emmett Kansas State Bank Outstanding Katelyn Nichole Slavik, Olathe Evan Matthew Goehl, Olathe Advising Award (Cl) Christopher Kelly Smith, Chicago, Illinois Luke Lee Hartman, Olathe Rebecca Gould, Career Coach, Career Development Natalie Sue Smith, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Scl) Darby Ann Huddleston, Shawnee (Scl) Megan Kristin Sowers, Richland, Washington (Mcl) Hayden Paul Hudson, Wichita Developing Scholar Research Award (Mcl) Kylee Rose Spray, Great Bend Mikaela Marie Hult, Olathe Hardy Johnson, Assistant Professor, Finance Emily Linda Tilden, Overland Park (Mcl) (H) Allissa Lauryn Hupp, Platte City, Missouri (Cl) Scotti Ann Twombly, Highland Jordan Tighe Irsik, Ingalls Outstanding Senior in Business Brittney Delores Underwood, Holcomb Hannah Elizabeth Kemp, Linwood Celeste Bartels, Bachelor's Candidate, Marketing and (Cl) Shawna Leigh Vakadewatabua, Howard, Keyanna Marie Helena Kocher, Onaga Management South Dakota Adam Lynn Kufahl, Wheaton Jason Timothy Walsh, Albuquerque, New Mexico Colton Michael Leikam, Manhattan Alumni Association Greetings: Lexie Anne Wartick, Rose Hill Kenneth James Litton, Dodge City Amy Button Renz, President and CEO, (Cl) (Mcl) Samantha Rae Weems, Overland Park Sierra Spencer Lohoefener, Oberlin K-State Alumni Association Kylie Nicole Wilcox, Shawnee Alexis E. Manes, Olathe (Cl) (H) Miranda Rose Wildeman, Stockton Shea Elaine Miller, Wichita Victoria Mae Wilkinson, Manhattan Adrienne Beth Nelson, Junction City Miranda Faye Woodworth, Wichita Loren Jon Nisly, Langdon Elizabeth Leigh Young, Fairway (Cl) Shannon Kelli Nolan (Cl) Lauren Paige Obermeyer, Wichita Secondary Education Taylor Ann Offerle,Spearville Bethany Faith Parker, Hill City (Cl) Bachelor of Science Joseph Michael Paz, Topeka (Mcl) (H) Stephen C. Anderson, Lawrence (SU18) Allana Perez, Olathe Audrey Lynn Augustine, Salina (Scl) Madison Talley Peterson, Russellville, Arkansas Jessica Marie Banning, Lenexa Sadie Hannah Rose Pickering, Overland Park Keaton Brice Barragar, Manhattan Joshua Thomas Rose, Norfolk, Virginia Derek Levi Bayless, Havana Miranda Saldana-Rodney, Junction City Andrew Marcus Bergkamp, Andale Vernon Ellis Samek, Edwardsville Hunter Frederick Berndt, Manhattan Jorden Schoenhofer, Kansas City, Missouri Sarah Magdalena Bisping, Linn (Mcl) Taylor Lynne Sheffield,Olathe

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(SU18) andace H. Duncan, operational issues, public securities issuances and Duncan served on KPMG's board of directors from Accounting Lindsey Madison Solida, Phillipsburg Mark Thomas Birch, Olathe also known as Candy, strategic corporate transactions. 2009 to 2013. Josh Stukel, Leawood Matthew Cooper Blais, Olathe (SU18) Cserved as managing * Ryan Adams, Council Grove Marisa Renae Taylor, Olathe Drew Christian Bormann, Stilwell partner of KPMG LLP in She was admitted to the KPMG partnership in Duncan currently serves as a director for Discover (SU18) (Mcl) * metropolitan Washington, 1987 and in 1998 was named audit partner-in- Financial Services, Teleflex and FTD companies. Taylor Anne Alderman, Council Grove Brie Alexandra Thomas, Overland Park Thomas Bremser,Lansing (Cl) D.C., from 2009 until her charge for Virginia, where she served for 10 years. Alexandria Luella Bangert, Gardner Connor David Tjelmeland, Topeka Jonathan Alan Burden, Topeka retirement in November She has more than 35 years of experience as a A Kansas State University alumna, she earned a Kelsie Elizabeth Bartlett, Overland Park Justin Unruh, Scott City Alexander Thomas Carr, Potwin 2013. She was responsible professional with KPMG. Duncan has a strong Bachelor of Science in accounting. Aubrey Ann Berning, Hutchinson (Mcl) * Chad Michael Willhite, Overland Park Zhijing Chen, Chongqing, China for the strategic direction financial and accounting background, gained (SU18) Steven Christopher Blando, Leawood * Ashley Marie Williams, Frisco, Texas Ryan Dean Collins, Olathe and growth of the office. through her many years of experience at KPMG. She served clients on a wide This includes her experience as a lead audit partner Mahdi Ali A Bohassan, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia Tyler A. Williams, Overland Park Joseph Paul Crane, Shawnee Candace H. Duncan range of accounting and for major international and domestic companies. Alexandria Renee Bolewski, Lansing Joshua Ryan Wilson, Spring Hill Max Michael Detwiler, Emporia Katie Lyn Brenneman, Newton Austin Michael Winter, Wamego * Iris Mariana Diaz, Olathe Naomi Louise Bushard, Farmington, Minnesota (Scl) Phillip George Winter, Andale * Stepan Gordon Dilkes, Wichita (Mcl) Joshua Kent Carlgren, North Newton (Mcl) * Jacob Woody, Wichita * Han Dong, Zhengzhou, China Zachary Royal Case, Olathe (Scl) * Gerald Joseph Woydziak, Junction City Ashley Nicole Ebeck, Wellsville (Scl) * Madison Paige Chalkley, Cimarron Yushang Wu, Yinchuan, China (SU18) Todd Anthony Ebert, Norton Awards Dalton Michael Clouse, Wichita Hunter Conrad Yakle, Stilwell * Jacob James Fehr, Overland Park Renee Marie Dick, Wichita * Kiera N. Yates, Kiowa Kyle Mitchell Fleming, Mankato Shelby Nicole Ebert, Wamego * Austin Gregory Fountain, Overland Park Ralph E. Reitz Outstanding Kansas State Bank Outstanding Developing Scholar Research Trent Douglas Evans, Edmond, Oklahoma Entrepreneurship Nicholas Jacob Frakes, Topeka Teaching Award Advising Award Award David Albert Falk IV, Tonganoxie Alyssa Michelle Gomez Buxo, San Juan, Puerto Rico David Feist, Lenexa Scott Michael Anderson, Overland Park (SU18) Keshia Ellen Green, Atwood (Cl) abuhi Sardarli, assistant ebecca Gould, a career ardy Johnson, assistant professor of finance, coach with the College professor of finance, Logan Jerome Gatley, Wichita Eric Karl Banzhaf, Lone Tree, Colorado Mason Grosko, Overland Park (Cl) (SU18) Sis the recipient of 2018 Rof Business Administration, His the 2017 recipient of Kathleen Jane Gepford, Leawood Matthew Alan Buel, Manhattan Joseph William Halligan, Overland Park Ralph E. Reitz Outstanding is the 2018 recipient of the Developing Scholar Shilo Isaac Goracke, Manhattan (SU18) Morgan Elise Dreiling, Manhattan (F18) Emily Nicole Haynes, Lake Zurich, Illinois Teaching Award. the Kansas State Bank Research Award. Johnson's Lauren Taylor Goralczyk, Manhattan Hannah Rey Hawley, Redding, California Ethan Lee Holaday, Holton (Scl) Outstanding Advising area of research is market Travis Daniel Haerr, Taylor, Missouri Sumner Blaine Hylton, Leawood Jenell Brianne Hulse, Lindsborg Sardarli currently teaches Award. microstructure, particularly a rigorous capstone course investigating the effects of Brenden Cole Hampton Dakota Joey Jacobson, Overland Park Bozhou Jiang, Shijiazhuang, China (Mcl) in corporate finance for With the college since the dramatic increase of Christopher Mark Kohlrus, Lenexa Makynna Brontë Hatch Johnson, Topeka Lingyun Jiang, Jintan, China undergraduate finance 2016, Gould strives to algorithmic trading and Alexis Marie Kokenge, Topeka (Mcl) * Trenton James Kennedy, Frankfort Connor Alan Johnson, Shawnee * majors. This course is provide students with a small orders in recent years Tyler Keith Lasalle, Garden City Kaden Alan Littrell, Canton (Cl) * Sydney Marie Johnson, Overland Park designed to give students world-class experience on equity markets. (SU18) Sabuhi Sardarli Rebecca Gould Hardy Johnson Mackenzie Diane Lincoln, Berryton Brannt Michael Loroff,Troy Tyler Dale Jordan, Manhattan a perspective on financial by connecting with them, (Cl) (SU18) management from the view of a corporate financial hosting student-focused events and building He has published articles in high-quality journals, Andrea M. Mann, Tecumseh Sarah Jeane McDermott, Lawrence Ryan Andrew King, Fort Knox, Kentucky (SU18) executive and an investment or commercial banker. employer relations. She builds strong relationships including The Journal of Banking and Finance, Ryan Donald Marston, Olathe * Jordan Quin Phillips * Timothy James Kohtz, Hays In preparation for teaching this class, Sardarli with students through care and by being positive. The Journal of Financial Research, The Financial Sara Lynn May, Stratton, Colorado (Mcl) * Shane M. Pullman * Taylor Ann Latham, Great Bend (Cl) was proactive in taking formal training on case- Gould has taken the lead on several student events, Review, The Quarterly Journal of Finance and The William Anthony McCann, Overland Park * Omar Ghazi J. Qutub, Madinah, Saudi Arabia Zhiyu Li, Shuozhou, China based teaching at Harvard University. Despite the including the College of Business Administration Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Wyatt McKinney, Hesston Zachary John Schmidtke, Crystal Lake, Illinois Wen Liu, Tianjin, China demanding nature of the course, Sardarli maintains Reception and Dinner, Senior Send Off and the One of his publications was recently recognized (SU18) high evaluations by his students, earning many Marketing Meet and Greet. She has worked closely with the Editors' Choice Best Paper Award by Madison Claire Mermis, Rose Hill Lauren Emily Alyce Sedorcek, Prairie Village Simon Rea Livengood, Wichita favorable reviews and comments. with American Advertising Federation-Kansas City the publishing journal. He also has presented Nathan John Mohler, Kansas City, Missouri (Scl) * Sydney Renee Snyder, Manhattan (SU18) Thomas Francis McCue, Olathe on sponsorships to send students to networking several papers at national and regional academic Matthew William Murray, Topeka (SU18) * Brionna Shawnt'e Taylor, Santa Clarita, California Ryan Jacob McHenry, Manhattan Along with teaching, Sadarli is an active researcher events in Kansas City. She also reached out to and conferences. (Scl) (Scl) (Cl) Rachel Allison Navrat, Peculiar, Missouri Christopher Paul Zachary, Manhattan Hayden Spencer Merritt, Wichita and he currently serves as a faculty co-advisor for visited seven new companies in 2017, resulting in (Cl) (Scl) Student Finance Association. He is a member of five campus visits. Johnson currently serves as the faculty co-advisor William Clyde Orth, Prairie Village Abigail Lee Zimmerman, Shawnee Payton James Miller, Hutchinson (Cl) College of Business Administration's Research for the Student Finance Association and the Kaylee Jewel Page, Alma Priyanshi Mishra, Greater Noida, India Committee and the advisory council for Kansas Gould received her Bachelor of Science in business faculty mentor for the Kansas State University Kaitlyn Renee Pfeifer, Holcomb (Scl) Finance Brendan Gage Mousley, Wichita (Cl) State University's Office of Undergraduate Research administration with an emphasis in marketing from representatives in the CFA Institute's Research Natalie Marie Pyle, Overland Park (Scl) Bryan Thomas Mueller, Iola & Creative Inquiry. In 2017 he was recognized Kansas State University. She spent more than 10 Challenge. He also is a member of the College of (Scl) * * (Mcl) Alex Kirkman Reed, Ottawa Colton Lane Aarstad, Newton Charles Naim Musil, Blue Rapids with the College of Business Administration's years working at Panda Restaurant Group Inc. as Business Administration's Assessment Committee. (SU18) Developing Scholar Research Award and Finance a district manager. She is currently working on her Owen Anderson Reed, Pomona Carolyn Nicole Abrams, Overland Park Carlos Armand Oliva, Overland Park * Advisory Board Faculty Fellowship. MBA at K-State. Before joining K-State in fall 2013, Johnson John Ford Robertson, Topeka Kelsey Appl, Bel Aire Kalpit Vinod Patel, Salina earned a doctorate in finance from the University Kemberly Sanchez, Bonner Springs, Missouri (Mcl) * Cal Daniel Ballou, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Cl) Caden Thomas Pauls, Wichita Before joining K-State in August 2013, Sardarli of Mississippi. He also has an MBA from the Allison Lee Scheurer, Leavenworth Samuel Barron Hernandez, Ulysses * Sydney Maylanne Peterson, Omaha, Nebraska (Cl) earned a doctorate in finance from the University University of Alabama, Birmingham and a Caroline LeeAnn Shannon, Overland Park Abdurahman Al Basha, Manhattan Luke James Porteous, Overland Park of Florida. He also earned an MBA from the Bachelor of Business Administration from Auburn University of Missouri and a Bachelor of Business University. Elizabeth Ann Shirley, Valley Center Allen B. Beck, Hutchinson Bailey J. Ramsey, Salina (Scl) * Administration from Pittsburg State University. Trenton James Simon, Andale Cara Christie Beirne, Vernon, New Jersey Davilyn Jane Rohr, Glendale, Arizona

46 College of Business Administration, Speaker, Awards College of Business Administration, Degree Candidates 47 Dustin Anthony Rottinghaus, Baileyville (Scl) David Isaac Brooks, Bridgeton, New Jersey (Cl) Jackson D. Moore, Andover Nicole Hamler, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany (Cl) Kelcy Janelle Fiser, Overland Park (Scl) (SU18) Veronica Pereira Fernandez, Asunción, Paraguay (SU18) Arturo Sanchez, Great Bend Jacob Todd Brooks, Norton (SU18) Tendai Munyanyi Aiden Gregory Haubein, Overland Park Victor Joseph Fontana, Overland Park (Cl) James Charles Petitjean, Hutchinson Taylor Marie Scantlin, Olathe Brice Skiles Buehler, Olathe (SU18) Mary Hannah Neises, Wellington Kevan Kenneth Herbster, Sabetha Chandler Kae Ford, Adamstown, Maryland Tanner Anthony Pfeifer, Hays (Mcl) Connor Fitzgerald Schmidling, Leavenworth Ty Jay Carmichael, Bird City Madison Louise Nelson, Rose Hill Kevin Douglas Hewitt, Leavenworth Dominica Antonia Gaito, Berryton Nathan Alexander Power, Leawood Max William Schnittker, Lenexa (Mcl) * Ryder Lee Chaffee,Topeka Nicholas Donald Nelson, Emporia (Cl) Jeesoo Hur, Mok-dong, South Korea Taryn Joie Glissman, Bennington Ryan Houston Rahmeier, Topeka Shawn Steven Smith, Dodge City Courtney Ella Mae Curtis, Wamego (SU18) Taylor John Nemeth, Newton (SU18) Courtney Leana Jackson, Kansas City (SU18) Kalen Xavier Grant, Wichita Lucas Connor Renz, Salina Grant Charles Srajer, Tampa Alexander Kenley Darrow, Hutchinson Joshua Wayne Nichols, Inman (SU18) Bradley James Koster, Garden City Maral Maja Haney, Lakin Denisse Reyes, Wichita (Mcl) Blake Montgomery Stevens, Overland Park Robert Deas, Wichita Desmond Daniel O'Grady, Overland Park Jeffrey Ryan Maddox,Manhattan Olivia Lea Harding, Shawnee (Mcl) Gabrielle L. Riggs, Lenexa (Cl) (SU18) Claire Elliott Stofer, Leawood Grant Robert DeFonso, Leawood Tyler Michael Owen, Hutchinson Christian Matthews, Flagstaff, Arizona Taylor Nicole Hart, Sherman, Texas Charles Richard Rinehart, Kansas City Joshua Daniel Suderman, Wichita (Scl) Mitchell Jacob Dixon, Rancho Santa Margarita, Kayla Marie Pearson, Salina (SU18) Drew William Mechnig, Westphalia Brady Ryan Hemphill, Wamego Andrew Timothy Ritz, Kansas City, Missouri (Mcl) (Mcl) Katie Ann Thomas, Edgerton California Carolina Pereira, Asunción, Paraguay Noah Montgomery Minshew, Shawnee Nicholas William Hess, Wichita Cal Steven Robertson, Olathe (Cl) (Cl) Andrew Nikolas Tritsch, Lee's Summit, Missouri Kyle Matthew Ehrlich, Topeka Conner Allen Richenburg, Overland Park Alfonso Juan Montes, Liberal Nicholas Linden Hinrichs, Olathe Griffin Hayes Rohlfing,Overland Park Justin Scott Voth, Wichita Karen Suzanna Elliott Stephen James Ritch, Richmond, Texas Danh Thanh Nguyen Melissa Elizabeth Hollar, Topeka Lindsay Nicole Rucker, Overland Park (SU18) Teddi J. Wade, Spring Hill Adriannte Shomon Etheridge, Wichita Elizabeth Maria Robledo, Los Banos, California Raymond Stanley Panfil,Olathe Cody Hughes, Olathe Mauricio Ruiz, Kansas City Yue Wang, Beijing, China Kayla Lynne Eubanks, Shawnee Carlos Ruiz Wyatt Randall Prall, Iola Miranda Rae Isaacsen, Shawnee Mitchell Henry Samuelson, Overland Park (Cl) (Cl) (SU18) Madison Nicole Williams, Marysville Andre Nahiean Faison, Kansas City Fumiya Sakata, Shizouka, Japan Tyler John Reno, Louisburg Adeline Josephine Jenkins, Kansas City, Missouri Cipriana E. Sapien, Wichita (F17) (SU18) (SU18) Emily Marie Wolf, Salina East Fang, Manhattan Kyle Matthew Saunders, Lansing Caitlin Liann Rosiere, Partridge Taylor Weston Jenkins, Kansas City Kayla Johanna Sapp, Upland, California (Cl) * Ali Marie Woltering, Lenexa Eric Thomas Fetter, Overland Park Elizabeth Ann Marie Scharping, Wichita Zachary Jonathan Rottinghaus, Seneca Maxwell Noble Jenks, Shawnee Valley Malachi Scharping, Wichita (SU18) Xu Yan, Xinxiang, China Patrick Charles Friedrichsen, Overland Park Cody Mackenzie Schellenberg, Wichita Haleigh Claire Savage, Prairie Village Yaojun Jia, Shanghai, China Emma Catherine Scheffler,Southlake, Texas Jingyi Zhu, Kaifeng, China Susette Garcia, Basehor Isaac David Schmidt, Olathe Evan Britt Scheibler, Olathe Casey Jack Jimison, Haslet, Texas Abby Elizabeth Schlick (Scl) (Cl) Katelyn Nicole Gloe, Shawnee Maxwell James Seaman, Derby Greyson James Sinclair, Olathe Shauna Christine Jones, Lenexa Mason Kenneth Schoen, Overland Park (SU18) General Business Jayci Amanda Gooden, Topeka Jaeseok Shim Chante Marie Thompson, Olathe Otto Guhnar Kaifes, Shawnee Andrew Patrick Scott, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (SU18) Brianne Alicia Hagemeister, Junction City Gerald Wesley Smith, Parker, Colorado Benjamin Warsito Tjiang, Olathe Abigail Rose Kammermeier, Cold Spring, Minnesota Mason Jay Shreve, Wamego (SU18) (SU18) (Scl) Jessica Megan Decker-Toothman Jessica Erin Halsey, Olathe Warren Schuler Sparks, Shawnee Michael Ryan Tolman, Olathe Rachel Renee Kipper, Olathe Ciera Raquel Smith, Elk Grove, California Kaisha Shadel Gurtner, Dodge City Erich David Hanks, Lenexa Nathan Alexandru Starcev, Kansas City, Missouri Christopher William Turkowski, Fairplay, Colorado Rylie Mae Koetting, Grapevine, Texas Jennifer Marie Smith, Shawnee * (SU18) Cory Ace William Hall, Lawton, Oklahoma Dominique Ali Heath, Cincinnati, Ohio Kaitlyn Loree Stark, Pratt Karla Marie Wasinger, Leawood Zoe Renae Kvasnicka, Overland Park Connor Scott Soukup, Olathe (Cl) Timothy Maxwell Hanson, Huntington Beach, Jordan Michael Heatherington, Derby Jakala Zenae Thomas, Wichita Emmalee Laidacker, Overland Park Gaven Jon Stensaas, Scandia (Scl) (SU18) California Kathryne Nadine Herbel, Leawood Hannah Rae Vanderree, Ingalls Marketing Elizabeth Lynae Lapham, Dublin, Ohio Erin Nicole Sullivan, Shawnee (SU18) Katie Roshell Holladay, Mulvane Ansley Keaton Herzog, Ellinwood Alec James Van Nort, Topeka Cortney Laughlin, Valley Center Weicheng Sun, Liaoyang, China Andrew Paul Juergens, Fort Wayne, Indiana Andrew Jay Hollingsworth, Overland Park Eric VanMeerhaeghe, Olathe Abdulrazzaq Al-Hareth Al-Khaled, Kuwait City, Wenchen Li, Lincang, China Weixun Sun, Nanjing, China (SU18) * (SU18) Monica Renee Kieffer,Topeka Cody Joseph Holthaus, Douglass Max Dalton Versch, Stilwell Kuwait Sawyer James Like Victoria Rose Unrein, Hays (SU18) (SU18) * Dustin Thomas McElroy, Clarkston, Michigan Dongyang Hu, Kunming, China Katie Lynn Walker, Wichita Matthew Joseph Allen, Olathe Gabrielle K. Lintner, Leawood Jordan Renee Vigola, Topeka * Maria Fernanda Quezada Mendez, Plainview, Adyson Lou Hughes, Olathe Dalvin Dashawn Warmack, Blue Springs, Missouri Jun Sang An, Bundang Gu, South Korea Leah Esther Loredo, Wakefield Maria Rose Welsh, Stilwell (SU18) Texas Jessica Rachel Hukka, Rosemount, Minnesota Katherine Ann Wasinger, Leawood Jeffrey Anderson,Junction City Wiley E. Lundy, Marion Jael Sage Whitney, Overland Park (Scl) (H) (Cl) (Scl) Hannah Danielle Meyer, Gardner Alexander Lloyd Hummer, Las Cruces, New Mexico Teresa A. Westhoff, Olathe Jeffrey Stephan Bachman,St. Joseph, Missouri John Kenneth Lusker, Leawood Sarah Kate Whitney, Olathe (Mcl) Rita Rocio Montes Delgado, Great Bend Kevin Scott Hurt, Olathe Jessica Wilkus Jody Emily Baragary, Tonganoxie Rebecca Elizabeth Magee, Overland Park Andrew Richard Winkler, Olathe * (F18) * (Scl) (H) * Katherine Margaret Murphy Christopher Thomas Jans, Dallas, Texas Clayton Tyler Williams, Pretty Prairie Celeste Nicole Bartels, Tonganoxie Ryan Todd Mantz, Olathe Killian Garrett Wood, Junction City (SU18) (Mcl) (SU18) (SU18) Evan Naramore, Mission Haleigh Marie Johnson, Leawood Johnathan Bruce Works, Topeka Rachele Jeanne Billie, Omaha, Nebraska Chuck A. Marquardt, Overland Park Joshua Makenzie Woods, Wichita Justin Royce Stackhouse, Cunningham Quinse Alexandria Jones, Wichita Peiyao Wu, Manhattan Dylan Thomas Brock, Overland Park Jacob Tyler May, Andale Peili Yao, Fuzhou, China (SU18) Amanda Fae Terrill, Concordia Troy Thomas Josey, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Shimin Xing, Chaoyang, China Reid Dixon Brown, Overland Park Elle Nichole McAlister, Overland Park Allison Ashley Zerbe, Topeka (SU18) (Cl) * * Brittany Howard Trinidad, Seaford, Virginia Palma Juhasz, Debrecen, Hungary Jiaan Xu, Shijiazhuang, China Frank James Burdolski, Lenexa Hannah Marie McBride, Marquette Jared Taylor Zerr, Wichita (SU18) Caitlynn Rose Winnett, Louisburg (SU18) Kori Donn Kamm, Junction City Bryan David Zack, Overland Park Joshua Todd Burk, Overland Park Maxwell Collin McQueen, Hutchinson * Thilina Oshada Karunaratne,Colombo, Sri Lanka Erwin Mwangi Chege, Manhattan Giovanni Alexander Mendoza, Faribault, Minnesota Certificate of International Management Eric Christopher Kelley, New Bedford, Massachusetts Management Information Systems Chen Chen, Wuxi, China Rachel B. Midyett, Olathe Courtney Colleen Kelly, Leawood Lulu Chen, Xuchang, China * Jessica Rachael Mier, Overland Park Business (Scl) (SU18) Mary Violette Abounabhan, Zahle, Lebanon Mary Violette Abounabhan, Zahle, Lebanon Kinsey Lauren Keltz, Wichita Jared Eugene Bennett, Junction City Ge Cheng, Chongqing, China Ariana Taryn Mihesuah, Baldwin City (SU18) (SU18) * * Celeste Nicole Bartels, Tonganoxie Dalila Amaya, Liberal Madison Anne Kennedy, Olathe Jacob William Bloyd Davis Matthew Clark, Overland Park Lindsay Nicole Miller, Leawood Gina Lenae D'Amato, Shawnee Anahi Amaris Arce-Gross Morgan Gerhard Lane, Goddard Chase Robert Bouse, Wellsville Mayah Lee Cohen, Olathe Anastasia Marie Morgan, Herington (SU18) Susette Garcia, Basehor Jessica Nadine Ast, Cimarron Qing Lei, Baoji, China Jake Thomas Crutchfield, Manhattan Taylor David Cooper, Wichita Maggie Leigh Mulich, Shawnee * (SU18) (SU18) (SU18) Olivia Lea Harding, Shawnee Regan Mary Aylward, Chanute Guohui Lian, Yueqing, China Nahom Solomon Daba, Olathe Isiah S. Daniels, Kansas City Tyler Albert Nelson, Shawnee (SU18) (SU18) (Mcl) Alexander Lloyd Hummer, Las Cruces, New Mexico Henry Benjamin Bayer, Manhattan Xiao Liu, Jining, China Bryan Diamond Davis, Topeka Dominic Edward Deleon, Waco, Texas Emily Jo Neufeld, Hutchinson Gabrielle K. Lintner, Leawood Devan Rene Belt, Basehor Zhaotan Luo, Manhattan Daniel Alexander Elsbernd, Topeka Colton Timothy Donahue, Stilwell Andrew Tyler Nevins, Roeland Park (Cl) (SU18) Carolina Pereira, Asunción, Paraguay Tristan Scout Bergerhofer, Kansas City Shawn Mckinley Massey, Clarksville, Tennessee Basil Ahmed El-Shaarawi Amanda Morgan Dotts, Lenexa Tanner Andrew Niemczyk, Beloit (SU18) (SU18) Gabrielle L. Riggs, Lenexa Jiayue Bian, Hangzhou, China Braden Lynn Mathews, Salina Aaron C. Fox, Shawnee Nicholas Lawrence Edwards, Kansas City, Missouri Andrea Elisabeth Novak, Vancouver, Washington Rebecca Elise Bishop, Overland Park David C. McClure, Wichita Emily Catherine Frank, Colony (Cl) (SU18) Jesse Sisco Ertz, Mediapolis, Iowa Brandon Kyle Oehm, Kansas City, Missouri Miranda Mae Boatwright, Topeka Emily Lynn Millar, Leavenworth Kyle Michael Geiger, Topeka Montana James Fasching, Piper Cassandra Lynn Pawlowski, Lansing * Taylor Kay Swearingen, Shawnee Preston Reid Miller, Wichita Brandon Mark Glowacki, Richmond, Texas (SU18) Ryan Michael Finazzo, Overland Park William Logan Alexander Peifer, Overland Park

48 College of Business Administration, Degree Candidates College of Business Administration, Degree Candidates 49 Certificate of Data Analytics Griffin Hayes Rohlfing,Overland Park Wyatt Randall Prall, Iola Lindsay Nicole Rucker, Overland Park Mauricio Ruiz, Kansas City College of Agriculture Certificate of Integrated Mitchell Henry Samuelson, Overland Park Kayla Johanna Sapp, Upland, California Investment Management Alexander James Schmitz, Alma Zachary Royal Case, Olathe Abigail Sue Sieperda, Shawnee Processional: Presentation of Diplomas: Kyle Mitchell Fleming, Mankato Stephen Kucera, Master's Candidate, Accounting John Floros, Dean Gaven Jon Stensaas, Scandia Ethan Lee Holaday, Holton Jake Douglas Wagner, Erie, Colorado Tegan Dawn Louw, Johannesburg, South Africa Katie Lynn Walker, Wichita (SU18) National Anthem: Assisted by: Scott Thomas McGehee, Hesston Adam Johnson, Bachelor's Candidate, Bakery Science Sandy Klein, Assistant Dean Maria Rose Welsh, Stilwell Hayden Spencer Merritt, Wichita and Management, and Food Science and Industry Shannon Washburn, Assistant Dean Sarah Kate Whitney, Olathe Brendan Gage Mousley, Wichita Zelia Wiley, Assistant Dean Mateo Zavala Tomboly, Asunción, Paraguay Zachary Jonathan Rottinghaus, Seneca Reflections: Connor Fitzgerald Schmidling, Leavenworth Tara Cook, Bachelor’s Candidate, Food Science Recessional: Mason Kenneth Schoen, Overland Park and Industry Stephen Kucera, Master's Candidate, Accounting Joshua Daniel Suderman, Wichita Dalton Thomas Toelkes, Topeka Introductions: Justin Scott Voth, Wichita Don Boggs, Associate Dean Andrew Richard Winkler, Olathe Recognition of Faculty Award Certificate of Professional Recipients: Strategic Selling Don Boggs, Associate Dean Kade Alex Baker, Andover (SU18) Jody Emily Baragary, Tonganoxie Recognition of Honors Graduates: Dylan Thomas Brock, Overland Park Shannon Washburn, Assistant Dean Nathaniel Hugh Brown, Manteno, Illinois Erwin Mwangi Chege, Manhattan Commencement Address: Colton Timothy Donahue, Stilwell Richard B. Myers, President Amanda Morgan Dotts, Lenexa Ashley Nicole Ebeck, Wellsville Student Address: Nicholas Lawrence Edwards, Kansas City, Missouri Jeff Hadachek, Bachelor's Candidate, Agricultural Kelcy Janelle Fiser, Overland Park (SU18) Economics Victor Joseph Fontana, Overland Park Brandon Allen Fullington, Andover Taryn Joie Glissman, Bennington Conferral of Degrees: John Floros, Dean Taylor Nicole Hart, Sherman, Texas (SU18) Nicholas William Hess, Wichita Kevin Scott Hurt, Olathe Presentation of Degree Christian Tyler Janota, Independence, Missouri Candidates: Taylor Weston Jenkins, Kansas City (SU18) Allen Featherstone, Professor and Department Head, Maxwell Noble Jenks, Shawnee Agricultural Economics Abigail Rose Kammermeier, Cold Spring, Minnesota Jason Ellis, Associate Professor and Department Head, Rachel Renee Kipper, Olathe Communications and Agricultural Education Leah Esther Loredo, Wakefield Joe Harner, Professor and Department Head, Elle Nichole McAlister, Overland Park Biological and Agricultural Engineering Scott Thomas McGehee, Hesston Gary Pierzynski, University Distinguished Professor Maxwell Collin McQueen, Hutchinson and Department Head, Agronomy Lindsay Nicole Miller, Leawood Candice Shoemaker, Professor and Department Head, Preston Reid Miller, Wichita Horticulture and Natural Resources Tyler Albert Nelson, Shawnee (SU18) Evan Titgemeyer, Professor and Interim Department Cassandra Lynn Pawlowski, Lansing Head, Animal Sciences and Industry Evan Mark Penner, Clay Center Karen Schmidt, Professor, Animal Sciences Nathan Alexander Power, Leawood and Industry Shane M. Pullman Gordon Smith, Professor and Department Head, Andrew Timothy Ritz, Kansas City, Missouri Grain Science and Industry

50 College of Business Administration, Degree Candidates College of Agriculture 51 Vara Prasad Kaliramesh Siliveru University Distinguished Professor, Agronomy Assistant Professor, Grain Science and Industry Speaker 2017 Sigma Xi Outstanding Scientist Award American Society of Agricultural and Biological 2017 Gamma Sigma Delta Distinguished Faculty Engineers New Face of ASABE Award Award ichard B. Myers was As a command pilot, Myers logged more than 4,100 University, where he completed a program for senior Jeff Skibins named the 14th flying hours, including 600 combat hours. His largest executives in national and international security in Chuck Rice Assistant Professor, Horticulture and Natural Resources Rpresident of Kansas State commands included U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air 1991. University in November Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan; Pacific Air Forces University Distinguished Professor, Agronomy Clemson University Institute for Parks Dwight A. 2016 by the Kansas at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii; and the North Throughout Myers' active duty and world travels, he 2017 Soil and Water Conservation Society Hugh Holder Award Board of Regents. Myers' American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S. continued relationships with his friends back home. Hammond Bennett Award appointment came after Space Command and Air Force Space Command He has provided instruction, insight and inspiration 2017 American Society of Agronomy International Jeff Williams serving as interim university at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. He has to current students and the K-State community. Agronomy Award Professor, Agricultural Economics president since April 2016. received numerous awards and decorations for his In 2000, he presented the university's 118th service, including the Legion of Merit, French Landon Lecture, speaking on the military's role in 2017 Soil Science Society of America International 2017 College of Agriculture Alumni Mugler A 1965 K-State graduate Legion of Honor, Presidential Medal of Freedom international relations. K-State named the military Soil Science Award Outstanding Teaching Award Richard B. Myers with a bachelor's degree in and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Air science building, home of the Army ROTC and Air mechanical engineering, Force Association. Force ROTC programs, Gen. Richard B. Myers Hall Eduardo Santos Myers joined the Air Force through the university's in honor of his service and dedication. Assistant Professor, Agronomy Air Force ROTC program. Myers serves as the Kansas State University Foundation professor of military history and A member of the Kansas State University 2017 Gamma Sigma Delta Early Career Award The native Kansan from Merriam served his country leadership. He received a Master of Business Foundation's board of trustees, Myers and his well and retired as a four-star general. From 2001- Administration from Auburn University in 1977. He wife, Mary Jo, serve as co-chairs of Kansas State 2005, he was the 15th chairman of the Joint Chiefs also graduated from Air Command and Staff College University's Innovation and Inspiration Campaign to of Staff. As chairman, Myers was the highest-ranking at Maxwell Air Force Base in 1977, U.S. Army War raise $1.4 billion. uniformed officer of U.S. military forces and served College at Carlisle Barracks in 1981, and the John F. as the principal military adviser to the president, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard secretary of defense and the National Security Council. Degree Candidates

(Mcl) Agricultural Economics Kendra Leigh Johnson, Washington Alex James White, Wamego Cara Elizabeth Jolly, Deer Trail, Colorado Reese Michael Wilkison, Beloit (Cl) Agribusiness Chelsea Ann Kegler, Mansfield Center, Connecticut Luke Hayden Willis, Olathe Kalee Nichole Leal Krier, Ashland Mateo Zavala Tomboly, Asunción, Paraguay Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Clinton Joseph Kroupa, Lincolnville Mitchell Kennedy Allen, Marysville Awards Austin Joe LeMay, Council Grove Alex Landon Alstatt, Belleville Agricultural Economics Brock Anthony Lucas, Inman Benjamin Franklin Ballinger, Garden City Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Eric Thomas Maxwell, Iola Jayendra Amamcharla Luis Mendonca Abby Nutsch Jonathan William Barth, Highland, Illinois Austin John Baalman, Oakley Ryan Scott McCoy, Wichita Associate Professor, Animal Sciences and Industry Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences and Industry Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences and Industry Preston Miles Bearden, Cartersville, Georgia Nicholas William Bledsoe, Chapman 2017 American Dairy Science Association 2018 American Society of Animal Science/ 2017 K-State Global Campus Outstanding Abigail Catherine Beutter, South Bend, Indiana Alan Joseph Mick, Alton Caleb Allen Curran, Washington, Missouri (Scl) * Foundation Scholar Award in Dairy Foods American Dairy Science Association Outstanding Advisor Bryce Joseph Black, Beloit Jaden Thomas Miller, Harper Cayden David Daily, Sharon Springs (Mcl) Extension Specialist Award Ryan Thomas Blake, Clay Center Simon C. Miller, Macksville Aubrey Nicole Davis, Scott City Andrew Barkley Ken Odde Lauren Ashley Budenski, Lakeville, Minnesota Cody Lee Mills, Olathe Tanner James Durham, Beloit Professor, Agricultural Economics Chad Miller Professor, Animal Sciences and Industry Owen Stanley Clemens, Stafford, Virginia Mark Joseph Mitchell, Kansas City, Missouri Carlos Flores, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2017 College of Agriculture Faculty of the Year Associate Professor, Horticulture and Natural Resources Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City Jay Connor Michael Eilert, Beloit (Mcl) Ryan Craig Nelson, Washington Calvin Patrick Freeman, Overland Park (Scl) Faculty Senate Professor of the Week U.S. Department of Agriculture Best New Teacher B. Dillingham Award for Agricultural Leadership Mary Hanna Fuxa, Omaha, Nebraska (Mcl) Trey Miles Nelson, St. John Abigail Louise Friesen, Colby (Mcl) (Mcl) Award for Food and Agricultural Sciences and Excellence Dalton Jon Gantz, Ness City Carlee Jo Overturf, Johnson Chase Alan Gleason, Uniontown (Scl) (H) Anita Dille North American Colleges and Teachers of Carson Dean Garrett, Olathe Reed Anna Papay, Meade Jeffrey David Hadachek, Cuba Professor, Agronomy Agriculture Education Award Clenton Owensby Gage Logan Grauerholz, Beloit Ryan Matthew Pasco, Overland Park Garrett Thomas Higgins, Wichita 2018 Weed Science Society of America Perennial Plant Association Academic Award Professor, Agronomy Drew Daniel Hageman, Hesston Remick Elizabeth Paulsen, Paola Grady Dean Kay, Boonville, Missouri Outstanding Teacher Award 2018 Society of Range Management Outstanding Zachariah Alec Hannum, Shawnee Karl Robert Peitz, Cheney Lucas Allen Linder, Andover Doohong Min Undergraduate Teaching Award Noah Eugene Harkness, Wichita Michaela Maree Peterson, Council Grove David Leo Luebcke, Marysville Kevin Donnelly Assistant Professor, Agronomy Jared Michael Haury, El Dorado Grant Allen Prichard, Enterprise Thomas Logan Mallinson, Princeton, Missouri (Cl) Professor, Agronomy 2017 Kansas Forage and Grassland Council Andres Patrignani Rachal Tyler Henchek, Shawnee Justin Scott Prough, Wellsville Alana Elizabeth McLain, Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Scl) North American Colleges and Teachers of Meritorious Award Assistant Professor, Agronomy Jeorge Robert Hermesch, Goff Martin Ethan Quaney, Burlingame Titus Paul Minkevitch, Newton (Mcl) Agriculture Murray Brown Leadership Award 2017 Irrigation Association National Water and Justin Thomas Heskett, Chowchilla, California Max Stevens Roby, St. Louis, Missouri Kendal Merle Peterson, Assaria Colby Moorberg Energy Conservation Award co-recipient Samantha Marteil Hubbard, Louisburg Kalie Lauren Rumbold, Wyanet, Illinois Alexandria Marie Ritch, Chapman Assistant Professor, Agronomy Tyson Dean Hynek, Morrowville Alexander James Schmitz, Alma Haileigh Logan Shull, Colby 2017 Soil and Water Conservation Society Kelli Nicole Jacobson, Waterville Luke Fordham Schneider, Havre De Grace, Maryland Jefferson Thomas Simmons, Greenleaf Outstanding Service Award Jaley Elizabeth Jensen, Salina Shawn Thomas Tillemans, Rock Trevor Michael Smyres, Windom (Scl)

52 College of Agriculture, Speaker, Awards College of Agriculture, Awards, Degree Candidates 53 David Randolph Taylor III, Johnson City Lukas A. Koch, Centralia Alessio Schiattarella, Manhattan Eric Logan Blythe, White City Kristen Marie Knackstedt, Inman Thomas Robert Thayer, La Cygne Cole W. Maddox, Blue Rapids (Mcl) Colten Michael Staudenmyer, Bucyrus Jacob Dennis Bornschlegl, Lincoln, Nebraska Corinne Marie Knobbe, Bonne Terre, Missouri Ian Thomas Vincent, Long Island Shane Devon Miller, La Crosse Brett Mitchell Williams, Emporia Tera Lynn Brandt, Paola (Cl) Brittney Nicole Kozenko, Santa Rosa, California Kasey Lee Minihan, Blaine Amanda Woolley, Kansas City, Missouri Shayna Jean Braun, Clay Center Jessica Ann Lake, Hoyt Communications and Gage Clark Parker, Mulvane Ariana Elizabeth Browning, McKinney, Texas Amy Michelle Maiden, El Dorado (D) Agricultural Education Ryan Jarrett Pendleton, St. Charles, Missouri Park Management and Conservation Monica Marie Brummett, Wichita Matthew Gene Marion, West Terre Haute, Indiana Wade Levi Stroda, Manhattan Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Christina Marie Bruns, St. Marys Micah Elizabeth Marshall, Moscow Joseph Logan Wehner, Rossville Travis Edward Blenn, Westmoreland Rachael Lauren Buzanowski, Pompeys Pillar, John Austin Matheny, Mayslick, Kentucky Agricultural Communications (Scl) Jacob Taylor Yaws, Tecumseh McKenzie Ann Combes, Topeka Montana Richard Michael McKee, Topeka and Journalism Ben James Commerford, Manhattan Alexis Rose Campbell, Silver Lake Laken Michelle McKinzie, Chetopa Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Agronomy Christine Nicole Dowell, Manhattan Kyle Dakota Chew, Cummings Anna Ruth McVicker, Overland Park Samantha Marie Albers, Bendena Grant Alexander Duncan, Sioux City, Iowa Olivia Grace Cotroneo, Gilbert, Arizona Tiffany Alejandra Medina,Lawson, Missouri (Mcl) Shaylee Beth Arpin, Salina Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Branson Gasper, Salina Chloe Mae Creager, Olpe Cathryn Ann Meeth, Wichita Shannon Barry, Sarasota, Florida Michael Steven Boehm, Wellsville Kristian Lisbeth Guenther, Topeka Clara Francine Cross, Lewis Karen Renee Meinholdt, Emporia (Scl) Kelsie Alene Beaudoin, Ulysses Carlos Bustamante, Olathe Cayla Marie Jackson, Louisburg Cayden David Daily, Sharon Springs Adriana Rae Meneses, Independence, Missouri (Mcl) (Cl) Chelsie Marie Calliham, Colby Daniel Kelley Carlson, Lenexa Jennifer Elizabeth Nielsen, Virginia Beach, Virginia Alexandra Elizabeth Davis, Overland Park Isaac David Meyer, Bern (Mcl) Elizabeth Allyce Cooper, Platte Woods, Missouri Ronald Gene Casares Jr., Kansas City Landon Craig Ochsner, Overland Park Reid Morgan Davis, Hugoton Kalli Joan Morland, Louisburg Ashley Jerree Fitzsimmons, Cunningham Elizabeth Espino, Arkansas City Reid Allen Sayler, Wichita Shania Kay Davis, Goff Justin James Mosiman, Newton Jacqueline Marie Newland, Neodesha Logan Andrew Evers, Great Bend Nathan Alexander Huycke Tolle, Shawnee (Cl) Tristan Tyler Davis, Princeton Alexander Ray Murrow, Humboldt Lauren Elizabeth Peterson, Wyanet, Illinois Hannah Rose Gerardy, Dunkirk, Maryland (Cl) Benjamin Thomas Williams, Topeka Ariana Ashely De La Garza, Centennial, Colorado Arashi Nakashima, Kawaski, Japan Karli Madeline Pryor, Dixon, California Lucas Allen Gillman, Independence Jordan Wayne Wyrick, Haviland Rhett Calvin Delay, Platte City, Missouri Gage Elton Nichols, Russell Hannah Elizabeth Schlapp, Oswego, Illinois Garrett Micheal Glanzer, Randolph Ashley Nicole Doerfler, Hutchinson Karin Patricia O'Leary, Fargo, North Dakota (Scl) (H) * (Cl) Jill Marie Seiler, Valley Center Tyler Alan Hildebrandt, Chapman Wildlife and Outdoor Enterprise Mattison Sage Dusin, Phillipsburg Selena Jacqueline Ortega, Kansas City Chantelle Jennea Simon, Morland Ethan Nicholas Engelland, Sterling Kyle Glen Pakkebier, Logan Madison Alex Mackley, Winona Management Tyler Lee Marr, Lovewell Lindsey Nicole Ennen, Spring Hill Rachel Rene'E Perryman, Yuba City, California Breanna Diane Eulert-Manrose, Paradise Brittney Paige Petersen, Junction City Agricultural Education Kyle Thomas Miller, Ingalls Bachelor of Science (Mcl) Hunter James Base, Solomon Stewart Reed Fairbank, Cimarron Nicole Marie Pfrang, Goff Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Jesse James Murray, Sioux City, Iowa Madison Kay Demel, Clearwater Cora Anne Farley, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Kerstin Lynae Pierce, El Dorado Michael Jose Adame, Fallbrook, California Alexandria Michelle Mustain, Leavenworth Joshua Raymond Dickinson, Lansing Miranda Jane Faulkner, Olathe Bailee Marie Porter, Norfolk, Nebraska (Scl) Matthew Gil Anguiano, Abilene Hannah Audrey Muxlow, Shawnee Quinn J. Fowler, Olathe Brandi Joann Feehan, Louisburg (Scl) (H) Paxton Leigh Pospichal, Russell Ellen Micaela Blackwell, Santa Maria, California Reiny Lynn Ostrander, Glenwood, Iowa Chase Patrick Hall, Derby Dakota Lane Ferguson, Williamsburg Kendra LeighAnn Pryor, Pleasant Hill, Missouri Paxton Ann Boore, Girard Jacob Scott Reinecker, Caldwell, Idaho (Cl) Traci Layne Humphrey, Mount Airy, Maryland Mallory Janecia Ferguson, Fort Belvoir, Virginia Devin William Rempe, Centralia Mallory Lynn Burton, Americus Cole Ryan Renner, Norton (Scl) Cody Michael Jesse, Spring Hill Christopher Folan, Twin Falls, Idaho Tara Michelle Renaut, Olathe Cassie Rae Campbell, Little York, Illinois Nicole Maleta Sudbeck, Seneca Carson W. Keys, Fairbanks, Alaska Roberto Gallegos Jr., Garden City Kali Lynn Retzler, Woodridge, Illinois Zachariah M. Cooper, Stratton, Colorado Steven Decker Sutton, Savannah, Missouri Andrew Jesse Murguia, Olathe Manirethnam Ganesan, Butterworth, Malaysia Amanda Ann Rezac, New Fairfield, Connecticut Dane Logan Cummings, Fort Scott Hannah Christine Wallace, Fairway Tyler David Nekolny, Coral Springs, Florida Trenton Odle Goering, McPherson Kenzie Lynn-Marie Richards, Wichita Chelsey Dawn Figge, Onaga Christopher Matthew Weber, Hoxie (Scl) Keith Allen Short, Assaria Taylor Suzanne Gourley, Shawnee Mackenzie Kaebree Riffel,Abilene Wyatt Andrew Maurer, Tonganoxie (Cl) Logan Michael Weiche, Clifton Philip Warren Simoneau, Burrton Kandace Lanae Griffin,Strong City Melissa Nicole Riley, Junction City (Cl) Michaela Abigail McKenzie, Clovis, California Tara Leanne Wilson, Highland, Michigan Mary Marchant Starr, Cedar Bluff, Alabama Eric William Grossnickle, Auburn Jack Ryan Rittinghouse, Louisburg Ty Kolton Nienke, Ellsworth (Mcl) Tessa Eve Zee, Erie, Colorado Benji Stoller, Manhattan Callahan M. Grund, Wallace Megan Hanna Scharping, Wichita Josephine Michaela Reilly, Cherryvale (Cl) Sarah Elizabeth Zerger, Cheney Reed James Troyer, Goddard Keiera R. Guerrero, Wichita Ashley Nicole Schmitz, Seneca Elizabeth Michelle Rogers, Hutchinson Nathanael Lee Watson, Albuquerque, New Mexico Christopher Steven Hall, Udall Heidi Marie Schmitz, Novato, California Baylee Cheyanne Siemens, Buhler Horticulture and Natural Resources Jerica Rena Hall, Independence Leah Frances Scholz, Lancaster (Mcl) Alexandra Marie Walters, Plainville Animal Sciences and Industry Nicole Marie Hammond, Shawnee Joshua Dwight Schraad, Seneca Caitlyn Nicole Wedel, Newton Horticulture Joshua Logan Harlan, Fort Leavenworth Rebekah Mary Schultz, Bartonville, Illinois (Mcl) James Eugene Robert Weller, Gypsum Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Paige M. Hess, Galesburg Jessica D. Schwarzer, Lancaster Connor William Bolte, Valley Center Deneisha Lache Abercrombie, Raytown, Missouri Samantha Lee Holiman, Brawley, California Jill Marie Seiler, Valley Center (Scl) (H) * Agricultural Hanna Danielle Cahalan, Earlham, Iowa Alyssa Marie Agee, Shawnee Brett Homme, Papillion, Nebraska (Scl) (H) Laura Christine Sellers, Hutchinson Technology Management Jonathan Walker Critchlow, Clearwater Phoebe Jane Anders, Niceville, Florida Scott Gordon Hooper Jr., Southern Pines, Reid David Shipman, Manhattan Madison Scout Culley, Lyndon Jamie Lee Arell, Haven North Carolina Allison Kay Siemens, Moundridge Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Mary Kathleen Hedenberg, Victorville, California Janet Elizabeth Attanasio, Otego, New York Lauren Taylor Ivey, Montpelier, Virginia (Mcl) Whitney Erin Sloan, Lebo (Scl) Braden Jeremiah Cott, Clay Center Jess Taylor Hole, Overland Park Abigail June Ayre, Pawnee Rock (Cl) Margaret Ann James, Bennett, Colorado Brandiwyne G. Smith, Rutland, Illinois Kyle Benjamin Cox, Clay Center Natalie Lynn Leiker, Kansas City Jordan Elizabeth Backscheider, Pittsford, New York Nicole Louise Johanson, Chugiak, Alaska Maggie Jean Smith, Lewistown, Illinois Clinton Ray Dille, Olsburg Slade Alexander Loewen, Ingalls Jody Emily Baragary, Tonganoxie U'ilani Margaret Kaaekuahiwi, Monroe, Oregon (Cl) Hannah Rae Smylie, Douglas, Wyoming Jacob Crawford Dougherty, Kansas City McKynzie Michelle Mann, Wichita Michael Leslie Baumgartner, Sabetha Hazel Kelleher, Foxboro, Massachusetts Katie Rae Sorensen, Fremont, Nebraska (Cl) Caleb Chad Egbert, McCune Rachel Jean Peterson, Augusta Amanda Sarah Bennett, Manassas, Virginia Jaclyn Nicole Ketchum, Plevna, Montana Emma Jo Stalker, Satanta Brett Charles Goetzmann, Gardner Michael C. Reece, Larned Nicolas Alexander Blaha, Platte City, Missouri Jacob Michael Kingsford, Valley Center Samuel Dale Steinlage, Corning (Cl)

54 College of Agriculture, Degree Candidates College of Agriculture, Degree Candidates 55 Jessica Jo Stephenson, Lee's Summit, Missouri Marina Islands Jack Duane Niebrugge, Louisburg Brittney Lynn Stoutenborough, Maroa, Illinois Bria Liana Morton, Christiansted, Virgin Islands Andrew Michael Novosel, Overland Park Ty Owen Swiler, Erie Amy LeAnn O'Grady, Cameron, Missouri Alan Scott Peine, Overland Park Shelbey Jade Taylor, Kansas City Chelsey Marie Reeder, Chesapeake, Virginia Justin Matthew Sprick, Hiawatha College of Human Ecology Tyler Austin Thomas, Baker City, Oregon David Myron Riley, Spring Hill, Tennessee Geoffrey Braden Walter, Perrysburgh, Ohio Katelyn Annabelle Thomson, Riley Monifa Dar' Rucker, Kapolei, Hawaii Jonah Stone Webber, Manhattan (Cl) Processional:* Conferral of Bachelor’s Degrees: Natalie Michelle Timmons, Cherokee Kaylee Ann Sarver, Lyons Carl James Whitmer, Overland Park Stephen Kucera, Master’s Candidate, Accounting John Buckwalter, Dean Elisa Marie Trigo, Las Cruces, New Mexico Courtney Rae Saylor, Shawnee Jason Breyan Yingst, Whiting (Scl) Tori Jo Tummons, Kansas City Tyler Gray Swallow, Tremonton, Utah Welcome: Presentation of Degree Jessie Arturo Vallejo, Gridley, California Noelle Beth VanderKodde, Grand Rapids, Michigan Karen Pence, Assistant Dean Kodi Diane Van Laeys, Logan (Scl) Trinisa D. Williams, Chicago, Illinois Candidates: Barbara Anderson, Associate Professor and Kaylee Nicole Visser, Lecompton Amanda Kalee Winegard, Rockwall, Texas National Anthem:* Department Head, Apparel, Textiles, and Bryna Ann Vogel, Clearwater Kerstina Macy Norlen Burkett, Bachelor's Candidate, Interior Design Emily Lynn Voris, Atwater, California Grain Science and Industry Apparel and Textiles, and Applied Music Dorothy Durband, Professor and Director, School of Rachel Elaine Waggie, Doswell, Virginia Family Studies and Human Services Jake Douglas Wagner, Erie, Colorado Bakery Science and Management Michael Ottenbacher, Professor and Department Zane Nolind Ward, Russell Springs Recognition of Faculty Awards: Bachelor of Science in Bakery John Buckwalter, Dean Head, Hospitality Management Mikaela Marie Williams, Mariposa, California Mark Haub, Professor and Department Head, Food, Tonja Lynn Wright, Manhattan Science and Management Kathlyn Marie Engle, Buhler Nutrition, Dietetics and Health Cayla Nicole Young, Kansas City Dawley-Scholer Award Kristen Eva-Marie Jensen, Everest Karen Pence, Assistant Dean Diana Fatima Zamora, Garden City for Excellence in Student Adam Kamal Johnson, Palmdale, California Development Craig Harms, Professor and Department Head, Matthew Eugene Nelms, Las Cruces, New Mexico (P) Kinesiology Bachelor of Science in Agriculture- Kevin Sauer, Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition, Caroline Estelle Peters, Shawnee Dietetics and Health Veterinary Medicine Dakota Rose Peterson, Great Bend Presentation of Diplomas: Maggie Sue Adamson, New Windsor, Illinois Evan John Rennell, Olathe John Buckwalter, Dean Rachel C. Chall, Overland Park (Cl) (H) Faculty Research Excellence Award Chloe Camille Shearon, Lenexa Brad Behnke, Professor, Kinesiology Jamie Michelle Chermak, Lindsborg Assisted by: Katelyn Elizabeth Eike, Glenarm, Illinois Martin Seay, Associate Professor, School of Family Feed Science and Management Richard B. Myers, President Ashley Lauren Fischer, Wright Studies and Human Services April C. Mason, Provost and Senior Vice President Nicole Elizabeth Hansen, Olathe Bachelor of Science in Feed Science Anna Rose Hickert, Hays and Management Myers-Alford Teaching Award Matthew Robert Kelso, Eudora (H) Natalie M. Booth, Augusta Erika Lindshield, Instructor, Food, Nutrition, Charge to the Class: John Buckwalter, Dean Lauren Elaine Minter, Wichita Michaela Briane Braun, Manhattan Dietetics and Health Sydney Nicole Rathjen, Overland Park Colter George Brzon, Belleville Eleanor Marie Selanders, Manhattan Morgan Compton, Nevada, Missouri Hulsing Mentoring Prize Alma Mater:* Kerstina Macy Norlen Burkett, Bachelor's Candidate, Emma Grace Winkley, Lawrence (Mcl) Natalie Rebecca Dick, Manhattan Sara Rosenkranz, Assistant Professor, Food, Nutrition, Apparel and Textiles, and Applied Music Xiaotong Wu, Beijing, China Stephanie Marie Gerling, Berger, Missouri Dietetics and Health Yiping Zhu, Xuzhou, China Argel Benedict Celis Moncayo, Lenexa Darby-Rose Mary Patterson, Kearneysville, Recognition of Student Speaker: Recessional: Stephen Kucera, Master’s Candidate, Accounting Food Science and Industry West Virginia John Buckwalter, Dean Bryce Allan Roberts, Hillsboro *The audience will please rise. Bachelor of Science in Food Science Courtney Nicole Stover, Beloit Student Address: Michael Schartz, Bachelor's Candidate, Dietetics and Industry Jacinta D. Anderson, Atlanta, Georgia Milling Science and Management Monica Marie Brummett, Wichita Bachelor of Science in Milling Recognition of Student Honors: Shawna Jordan, Assistant Dean and Research Colby Aaron Castor, Hutchinson Science and Management Assistant Professor, Food, Nutrition, Dietetics Tara Lynn Cook, Atwood, Colorado Tate Michael Anderson, Wichita and Health Kayla Paige Daniel, Olathe Joseph Scott Coonrod, Manhattan (Cl) Taylor Kathryn DeWeese-Flowers, Pratt (Cl) Jessica Renee Davis, Batavia, Illinois Jeremy John Glas, Conifer, Colorado Halsey Cheyenne Handley, Topeka Commencement Address: (Scl) April Mason, Provost and Senior Vice President Christina Marie Hastings, St. Charles, Missouri Matthew Ryan Harvey, El Dorado Adam Kamal Johnson, Palmdale, California (D) Connor Adam Henley, Lenexa Bosung Kim, Daegu, South Korea Trevor George Kelley, Robesonia, Pennsylvania Alumni Association Greetings: (Mcl) Brad Sidener, Senior Vice President and Chief Robin L. Leatherwood, Taunton, Massachusetts Micah James Kough, Abilene Operating Officer, K-State Alumni Association Guohan Liu, Jinan, China Bryan Cody Lytle, Walden, Colorado John Anthony Ogo Manglona, Rota, Northern Kelli Nicole McManaman, Great Bend

56 College of Agriculture, Degree Candidates College of Human Ecology 57 Myers-Alford Teaching Award Hulsing Mentoring Prize

he Myers-Alford he Hulsing Mentoring Speaker Teaching Award is Prize recognizes a presentedT to a faculty facultyT member in the pril C. Mason serves as as a key driver of the K-State 2025 strategic plan as a member of the Association of Public and Land member who has college for exceptional the provost and senior and is committed to achieving significant progress Grant Universities Council on Academic Affairs demonstrated outstanding mentoring of undergraduate viceA president of Kansas toward K-State becoming a Top 50 public research and the Association of Chief Academic Officers, an ability not only in teaching and graduate students. undergraduate and/or State University. As the university by 2025. In cooperation with the Deans affiliate organization of the American Council on graduate students, but This year's recipient is university's chief academic Council and university governance councils, she Education. officer, Mason provides has developed, reviewed and operationalized a also in providing valuable Sara Rosenkranz, assistant information to colleagues, professor of nutrition in the oversight and leadership to number of policies and goals regarding instruction, Mason came to K-State from the position of dean the academic dimensions of research and outreach programs. In addition, Mason peers and other practitioners food, nutrition, dietetics and of the College of Applied Human Sciences at Erika Lindshield in the field. Sara Rosenkranz health department. the university and ensures has instituted several programs to recognize and Colorado State University. In this position, she gave the university's academic celebrate the work of K-State students and faculty, leadership to the academic programs of the college. This year's recipient is Erika Lindshield. "Dr. Rosenkranz's level of engagement with standards. including a reception for newly hired faculty, a Before joining Colorado State, Mason was on the undergraduate students through research and April C. Mason recognition event for newly tenured and promoted faculty and served as an administrator at Purdue Lindshield is an instructor of dietetics in the food, the caliber of outcomes from those mentoring She is the second- faculty, an all-university faculty awards reception and University in the College of Consumer and Family nutrition, dietetics and health department. She also relationships is why she received this award," said ranking university administrator, responsible for an academic convocation ceremony for new students. Science and the foods and nutrition department. serves as program coordinator for the department. an awards committee member. "The committee undergraduate and graduate academic programs Lindshield is known for her passion for her subjects noted that Sara has developed a strong mentoring offered by K-State's four campuses. The deans of Mason works closely with the Kansas State and her ability to relate to students. approach early in her teaching career and passed the university's nine academic colleges, K-State University Foundation and President Myers on the Mason has a doctorate in nutrition and her master's degree in botany, both from Purdue University, and that approach to others." Libraries, Graduate School and K-State Global university's comprehensive development campaign, "Erika's willingness to meet with students where a bachelor's degree in biology from University of Campus report to Mason. University offices also is responsible for the university's academic reporting they are has made learning a deeply rewarding Mount Union. Mason's faculty home at K-State is reporting to her include Undergraduate Studies, to the Kansas Board of Regents, and serves on experience," said one former student. International Programs, the Staley School of several boards, including K-State Athletics and the as a professor in the food, nutrition, dietetics and Leadership Studies and the Center for Engagement Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. health department. Her primary research areas have and Community Development. been food security and nutrient availability from In addition to her work on campus, Mason is deeply plant food products. Mason has traveled extensively Since her arrival at K-State in January 2010, Mason committed to the future of higher education in with her research work, most notably in Costa Rica has worked closely with the university president Kansas and across the country. She currently serves and Indonesia. Degree Candidates

(SU18) Apparel, Textiles, and Molly Rae Jackson, Harrisonville, Missouri Karrin Marie Branson, Shawnee Awards Lindsay Tenille Kelly, Lawrence (SU18) Brittany Nicole Chastain, Shawnee Interior Design Erin Elizabeth Key, Lenexa Abigail Anne Degenhardt, Marysville Margaret Ellen Laurhammer, Derby (SU18) Kourtney Leigh Dowers, Olathe (Mcl) Dawley-Scholer Award for (Cl) Bachelor of Science in Apparel and Rebekah Janelle Mally, Wichita Haley Morgan Dunkak, Olathe Faculty Research Excellence Award (Mcl) Excellence in Student Development Textiles Allison Nicole Martin, Overland Park Ji Hyuk Hong, Daejeon, South Korea (SU18) Kolbyn Delaney Allen, Humboldt Morgan Marcella Meeks, Lincoln, Nebraska Audrey Kaufmann, McPherson he Dawley-Scholer Martin Seay is an associate (Scl) he Faculty Research Excellence Award Makenzie Lynn Allison, Andover Award recognizes recognizes superior accomplishment in research, professor of personal Kirsten Mackenzie Moore, Overland Park Rhiana Paige Martin, McPherson (SU18) (SU18) andT rewards outstanding scholarlyT and creative activities, and discovery financial planning in the Margaret Siobhan Baughman, Garden City Kalie O'Neal, Hutchinson Erin Ann McNally, Corning (SU18) (SU18) achievement in the area through this award. School of Family Studies Melissa Michelle Bohn, Manhattan Karsen Christine Overton, Lawrence Juwon Park, Sejong, South Korea of student development and Human Services. Elizabeth R.R. Boring, Overland Park Kaitlin Louise Peterson, Holton Tyrell Benjamin Sandoval, Hugoton resulting in the personal, This year's recipients are Brad Behnke and His research focuses on (SU18) (SU18) Madison Dawn Brockman, Concordia Kallie Joy Peterson, Great Bend Kathryn Bennett-Shaw Smith, Liberty, Missouri (S) professional and educational Martin Seay. borrowing decisions; how (Cl) (D) (SU18) growth of one or more psychological characteristics Kerstina Macy Norlen Burkett, Olathe Carly Renee Rahmeier, Topeka Elizabeth Verhaeghe, Baldwin City undergraduate and/or shape financial behavior; Lael Leanne Burris, Kansas City, Missouri Erika Renee Roberts, Florissant, Missouri Kayla Ann Weaver, Joes, Colorado Behnke is a professor of (SU18) graduate students. exercise physiology in the and methodology in Madelyn Rae Carnes, Olathe Carolyn Kay Schell, Overland Park Aubrey Morgan Will, Pratt financial planning research. kinesiology department. Carley Nichole Deibler, Shawnee Hannah Mechelle Schmitt, Hesston Katherine Leigh Zerr, Colby This year's recipient, Kevin (SU18) Kevin Sauer His research interests Martin Seay Amber Machen Faloona, Milledgeville, Georgia Sidney Lauren Schneider, Hiawatha Sauer, is a registered include manipulation of (SU18) (SU18) dietitian and associate professor in the food, Charlsie Colleen Fowler, Englewood, Colorado Dylan Wayne Turgeon, Jasper, Missouri tumor microenvironments (SU18) Family Studies and Human Services (SU18) Brianna Regine Walker, Fort Campbell, Kentucky nutrition, dietetics and health department. to enhance conventional Sarah Caroline Fox, Prairie Village (SU18) (SU18) cancer therapy outcomes; Kathryn Anne Glover, Lenexa Yiya Wang, Hangzhou, China Sauer is praised for his ability to connect with (SU18) (SU18) Bachelor of Science in Family cardiovascular regulation Natasha Rashaun Gooden, Liberal Allyson Paige Woodard, Olathe students on a personal level and help them (SU18) of skeletal muscle and (SU18) Yelei Yang, Beijing, China Studies and Human Services develop their career paths, according to the awards Breanne Kiah Hardiman, Wichita adipose tissue perfusion (F17) committee. Multiple recommendations noted the Josephine Gaozonpang Herr, Kansas City Yang Yue, Hefei, China (Communication Sciences and Brad Behnke with age and pathological importance of his interactions beginning with conditions, including Taylor Marie Hilton, Wichita Disorders) a simple "hi" and a sincere inquiry about how a diabetes, heart failure and mechanical ventilation; Kaylee Ashton Horner, Coffeyville (Cl) (SU18) Bachelor of Science in Madeline R. Barber, Colorado Springs, Colorado person's day is going. His students said he has and effects of real and simulated microgravity on Mallory Anne Howard, Overland Park (SU18) Interior Design Lauren Katherine Bretz, Hutchinson (Cl) helped them through opportunities in research, the cardiovascular system. conversations about life goals and engaged teaching/ LeighAna D. Huerter, Chanute Lama Hijji M Alanazi, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Lindsey Marie Bruna, Hanover learning. Chelsea Michelle Irwin, Olathe (SU18) Cetra Leanne Bradford, Jetmore Kelly Michele Chambers, Lenexa (Mcl) (S)

58 College of Human Ecology, Speaker, Awards College of Human Ecology, Awards, Degree Candidates 59 (S) (Scl) (SU18) (S) Ashtyn Dalal, Wichita Sara Ananya Greer, Chiang Mai, Thailand Alyssa Breanne Strain, Kansas City Katherine Ann Wunder, Valley Falls Bachelor of Science in Human Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Mary Ruth Fishburn, Haven (Scl) Natalie Katherine Hahn, Omaha, Nebraska Lianna Lanae Sundine, Wichita (Cl) (S) Nutrition Management Addie Renee' Hermanson, Lenexa Jennifer Brooke-Lynn Hammond, Bonner Springs Kelsie Joan Super, Overland Park (Mcl) Bachelor of Science in Dietetics Laura Elizabeth Apel, Olathe Erin Holland Kaul, De Soto (Mcl) Hailey Marie Harp, Salina Amanda Lea Sydik, Chanute (Nutrition and Health) Gila Adler, Monsey, New York (Cl) (S) (Mcl) Heather Frances Baldwin, Wichita (S) Mikaela Ann Altis, Olathe Molly Anne Klein, Lenexa Naomi Renee Henry, Andale Kylie Jane Taylor, Lee's Summit, Missouri Emily Ione Becker, Lancaster (SU18) Renae Boileau, Monument, Colorado Alexandra Jordan Belzer, Overland Park Mary Charlotte Meredith, Hutchinson Tayler Hayden Herzberg, Manhattan Megan Lynn Thomas, Olathe (SU18) Iris Lorraine Behm, Lenexa (S) (SU18) Kortney Alana Borcherding, Salina Miranda Adriana Hansel Burkes, Austin, Texas Karina Michel, Liberal Samantha Elisabeth Hillstock, Manhattan Samantha Catherine Thomas, Rock Hill, Missouri Stacy Kayla Brouwer, Modesto, California (SU18) (Mcl) (Mcl) (Cl) Kimberly Joy Braddock, Bend, Oregon Maria Lourdes Rose Pammit Domingo, Manhattan Samantha Erin Powers, Sherman, Texas Kaelin Ann Hoch, Wichita Jessica Grace Thompson, Prairie Village (SU18) (D) Holly Jeanine Brown, Plains (SU18) (D) (Mcl) Taylor Egan, Stilwell (SU18) Holly Jeanine Brown, Plains Anne Prins, Overland Park Alexandra Dayle Holmes, Blue Rapids Kaitlyn Alfano Thompson, Tampa, Florida (SU18) Aloma Shunelly Cassell, Bridgetown, Barbados (S) (Scl) (Scl) (H) Anna Rae Comer, Mayetta Abby D'Orsay Hattok, Lansing Blair Morgan Pullman, Wichita Lara Caitlin Hoss, Salina Madison Gates Unruh, Great Bend Cailin Malinda Chapman, Louisburg (Cl) (SU18) (SU18) Hanna May Cornelius, Parachute, Colorado Brittany J. Haynes, Lansing Kaitlin Rachelle Ramsey, Olathe BreAnn Nicole Jaeger, Minneola LeAnn Lucille Walker, Barnard, Missouri (S) Kaley Nicole Dick, Hutchinson (S) (SU18) Madeline Claire Heeter, Overland Park Mollie McKenna Reves, Olathe (Cl) Cynthia Lynne Desillier, West Warwick, Rhode Island Claire Catherine Jaggers, Leawood Chelsi Ann Warden, Junction, Texas Lauren Jayne Dunning, Hutchinson (SU18) (Mcl) (Mcl) Canaan Leigh Endicott, Ashland Ashley Fallon Husong, Overland Park Megan Stein, Salina Lauren Dorthy Jamison, Perry Anna Michelle Watkins, Derby (Cl) Annie Elizabeth Eller, Topeka (S) (Scl) Jackie Thien-Truc Huynh, Salina Mackenzie Marie Thrush, Wichita Chandler Lauren Kemp, Overland Park Camille Aislinn Whiteside, Olathe (SU18) (S) Chantal Elizabeth Forbes, Topeka AshLee Jean Fowler, Olathe (SU18) (Mcl) (H) (S) (Scl) (S) Kaylan Marie Fowler, Independence Emily Marie Klesner, Tyro Katelyn Renee Waldeier, Tonganoxie Katie Lee King, Louisburg Mallory Ann Wilhite, Shawnee (Cl) Maureen Mae Graham, Lenexa (S) (SU18) (Cl) (S) (SU18) Elaine Marie Kruse, McHenry, Illinois Morgan Leah Wedekind, Wichita (Scl) Georgianne Nicole Gilchrist, Wichita Shala May Kitch, Quinter Troy Bryant Wilkins, Prairie Village Aubrey Marie Griffin, Lawrence (S) Randy Guan, Independence Minsop Lee, Manhattan Madison Jo Lancaster, Ottawa Taylor Nicole Woodall, Salina (H) Mary Christina Hastert, Overland Park (S) (SU18) (S) Angeliki Arianna Hitchcock, Temecula, California Catherine MaryEllen Lochner, Chanhassen, (Early Childhood Education) Ashley Marie Lantz, Junction City Carolyn Jean Zapata, Emporia (SU18) Rita Cashion Hebblethwaite, Jackson, Mississippi Minnesota Jordan Quinn Henry, Manhattan Kelly Ann Lehew, Everest (Scl) (S) Breanna Paige Hoskinson, Anthony Jennifer Lyn Hollifield,Springfield, Missouri (Cl) (SU18) (Cl) Taylor Marissa Ireland, Valley Center Madeline Kathleen Male, Shawnee Alaine R. Lignitz, Manhattan (SU18) Sophia Marie Lehmann, Eudora Bachelor of Science in Human Jordan Alexandria Horstmyer, Republic, Missouri (Scl) Lauren Marie McLinden, Marion Joanna Rose Lopez, Olathe Lindsay Erin Lowe, Overland Park (Cl) Elizabeth Marie Jardin, Bridgewater, Massachusetts Development and Family Science Tanya R. Humphrey, Burneyville, Oklahoma Michaela Marie Moyer, Overland Park (Cl) Megan Elizabeth Sudbeck, Seneca Ryan Michael Madrigal, Roeland Park (SU18) Janee' Michelle Kassanavoid, Lawson, Missouri Greer Michelle Hartman, Olathe Hannah M. Johnson, Overland Park John Gavin Mulkey, Overland Park Kristen Danielle Marceau, Wichita (Scl) Chelsea Marie Kendall, Knoxville, Tennessee Evelyn Cynthia Johnson, Manhattan Courtney Morgan Klema, Lenexa Alyssa Nicole Neher, Topeka (SU18) (Mcl) RaeLyn Jane Krehbiel, McPherson (Family Studies and Human Sara Christina Martin, Colby (SU18) Meagan Michele Johnson, Leavenworth Samantha Jo Krause, Olathe (D) Eleanor Rose Nicholson, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cl) (D) Claire Elizabeth Leis, Minneola Michaela Juanice Matthews, St. George Kelly Aubrey King, Topeka Nicole Kresak, Lakewood, Ohio Services) (SU18) Danielle Marie Noll, Brooklyn, Connecticut (SU18) Kelli Nicole Marriott, Troy Phillip C. Adams II, Camden, New Jersey Tessa A. Mathews, Overland Park Crystal Renee Miller, Las Vegas, Nevada Melissa Leigh Kretschmar, Newport Beach, (Mcl) Maureen Adhiambo Oduol, Lenexa (S) Stephanie Kate Munson, Wichita (SU18) (S) Shelby Lynn Matthews, Aurora, Colorado Danielle Elizabeth Allen, Olathe Hannah Nichole Steele, Garnett California (Scl) (SU18) Jaclyn Leigh Means, Wichita Katherine Anne Orndorff,Overland Park Haley Renae Amspacker, Wichita Nicolette Noel Nemeth, Ludell Marc Kiichi Kusaka, Pearl City, Hawaii Chelsea Marie Paul, Woonsocket, Rhode Island Emma LeeAnn Owens, Kansas City Shelby Ann Mertz, Smithville, Missouri Connelly Rose Barnes, Leawood Brittney Jean Lamm, Wentzville, Missouri (Mcl) (D) Bachelor of Science in Personal Angela Marie Merwin, Urumqi, China Mariel Elizabeth Robert, Osage City Mayra Pacheco, Imperial, Nebraska (D) Mallory Anna Marie Baska, Shawnee Claire Elizabeth Leis, Minneola (S) (Cl) Financial Planning Victoria Caroline Moravek, Overland Park John Steven Saiki, De Soto (Cl) Elaina Susan Parker, Overland Park (Mcl) Emily Jane Bauer, Hiawatha Janet Ellen Malanga, Jacksonville, Florida (Mcl) (S) (SU18) (Mcl) Allison Margaret Becker, Horton Meredith McKenna Morris, Lawrence Clarae' Mischelle Simmons, Topeka Tschzyl Beatrix Berndt, Kansas City, Missouri Regina Rae Parmer, Junction City (Cl) Madison Mae Burton, Wamego Kerry Alyssa Mattox, Topeka Joleen Elizabeth Murray, Vandalia, Illinois (SU18) Jesse Wayne Smith, Valley Falls Kelly Louise Bruna, Colwich Paige Stephanie Peterson, Overland Park (SU18) Mari Erb, Great Bend Laura Jayne Mayer, Palatine, Illinois Tyler James Blair Raby, St. Francis Kailyn Faye Smith, Baldwin City Alex Lee Potts, Douglass (Cl) Amarrah Denae Campbell, Salina Aubrianna Nicole Graham, Salina Morgan Leigh McCaw, Leawood (S) (SU18) Emily Elizabeth Rinne, Olathe Michaela Beth Stevenson, Garnett Emily Rose Privitera, Overland Park (Mcl) (D) Britney Aynn Campbell, Cleveland, Ohio Angela Marie Merwin, Urumqi, China (SU18) (D) (S) (SU18) Garrett Michael Huerter, Shawnee Anna L. Sharp, Riley Jessica Lauren Surgeon, Shawnee Mary Elizabeth Privitera, Overland Park (SU18) Cassidy Lyn Carlson, Olathe Noa S. Miller, Lakewood, New Jersey (SU18) (Mcl) (F17) Kyler Alan Jost, McPherson Holly Danielle Schneider, Overland Park William Christopher Tucker, Overland Park Tristan Michael Carlson, Osage City Anna Grace Rackley, Overland Park Nolan Marcus Keim, Sabetha Paolina Amelia Mulleneix, Klamath Falls, Oregon Taylor Leanne Underwood, Overland Park Olivia Cary Redelsheimer, Prairie Village Madeleine Helen Singleton, Maple Plain, Minnesota Kaitlyn M. Cherry, Manhattan (SU18) Christopher James Klug, Manhattan Shreya Munge, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Mackenzie Layne Stuever, Andale (S) Emily Ann Van Dyke, Hutchinson Samantha Elizabeth Reese, Olathe (Scl) Kaley Elizabeth Clark, Overland Park Scott Thomas McGehee, Hesston Morgan Jo Murdock, Topeka (SU18) (SU18) (S) (S) Alexis Ann Walstad, Frisco, Texas Kayla LeAnn van Thullenar,Westwood Christy Rene Clarkson, Salina Elizabeth Kennedy Reimer, Hutchinson (SU18) Joseph Kenneth Nafziger, Overland Park Joleen Elizabeth Murray, Vandalia, Illinois (Cl) (Scl) Kathryn Rose Wilber, Olathe Haley Nicole Wells, Hays Alyssa Anne Cole, Wichita Kimberly Ann Roberts, Manhattan (Cl) Krista Rose Rumback, Oakley Bettina Ann Niethammer, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (S) Emily Katherine Rothwell, Overland Park Frances Marie Wooldridge, Prairie Village Natalie Lynn Windham, Shawnee Annyssa Katareane Eloyse Davenport, Fort Scott Colton Walker, Kansas City (SU18) Bailey Nicole Peck, Leawood (SU18) Harley Kirsten Rousselo, Gardner (SU18) Jolynne Olivia Yankoviz, Kansas City Amy Nicole Davis, Lenexa (SU18) (SU18) Paige Marie Posson, Bel Aire Bowen Yu, Guiyang, China Margaret Denman DeBusk, Overland Park Austin Gregory Savage, Salina (SU18) (Nutritional Sciences) Rebecca Jean Revier, Savage, Minnesota (Cl) (S) (Mcl) (Cl) Food, Nutrition, Dietetics Abigail Marie Doerksen, Wichita Hannah Jo Savage, Dodge City Savannah Taylor Clark, Minneapolis Sierra Lynn Sabatini, Tampa, Florida (Scl) Katelyn Rose Dugan, Clearwater Tasha Renee Drake, Middlebury, Indiana Mackenzie Lee Savage, Topeka and Health (Mcl) Human Ecology Michael Nicholas Schartz, Olathe (Cl) Randee BreAnn Grover, St. Francis Krista Dropps, Gillette, Wyoming Brianna Renee Schartz, Great Bend (SU18) (Scl) Denise Michelle Skinner, Shawnee (Scl) (S) Francesca Danielle Esposito, Leawood (Mcl) Michael Kent Schiferl, Colby Bachelor of Science in Athletic Courtney Vaile Hess, Hays Bachelor of Science in Human Lynnea Sarah Slette, Farmington, Minnesota (S) Connor Lynn McGovern, Overland Park Lorena Melisa Faircloth, Monteria, Colorado Rachel Renee Sevart, Wichita (Scl) Training Robert Steven Souder, Richboro, Pennsylvania Ecology (Scl) (Scl) (S) Devin Michael Morris, Rossville Janelle Kathleen Feldmann, Arvada, Colorado Kaylee Nicole Seyferth, Garden City Kyle James Allison, Wichita (Mcl) Tiffany Marianne Standerwick,Emporia (General Human Ecology) Leah Marie Fields, Shawnee James Michael Shen, Sierra Madre, California Erin Makenzie Coffman,Vassar Leila Victoria Seabaugh, Prairie Village Jennifer Mary Thompson, Germantown, Wisconsin (Scl) Kimberly Dawn Cassel, Manhattan Jordan Lorene Freeman, Shawnee Justin Ja'Rel Silmon, Tulsa, Oklahoma (SU18) Amanda Christine Frakes, Manhattan (Scl) Kaitlyn Elizabeth Styve, Overland Park Tami Lynn Toczek, Martin, South Dakota (Mcl) Lillian Joy Firnhaber, Olathe (Cl) (SU18) (S) Garrett Richard Wilkinson, Hutchinson Staci Sophie Frost, Dummer, New Hampshire Kelli Nicole Smith, Olathe Karlee Dawn Gluszek, Wichita (SU18) Jordan Chanel Jackson, Lafayette, Colorado (SU18) (Cl) Batsheva Zolty, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Staci Brianna Gann, Liberty, Missouri Mikala Katherine Smith, Topeka Abbygail Anne Hogan, Cimarron Karley Johanna Mishler, Buhler (SU18) (Scl) Lindsay Michelle Zufall, Huber Heights, Ohio Rachel Marie Garrison, Chapman Zachary James Smith, St. Albans, Missouri Shelby Lynn Hunt, Gladstone, Missouri Madison Lyn Rea, Lansing Grace Catherine Geist, Kansas City Jessica Erin Sorensen, Topeka (SU18) Sydney Anne Markt, Oregon, Missouri Brooke Nicole Glasnapp, Lawrence (Mcl) Christina Caroline Stanberry, Independence, Missouri Austin James Mease, Wichita

60 College of Human Ecology, Degree Candidates College of Human Ecology, Degree Candidates 61 (S) (Family and Consumer Sciences Lillie Michelle Huckaby, Lawrence Sondra Marie Ibarra, Shawnee (SU18) (S) Education) (Mcl) Carson Edward Jennings, Moline Kassandra Jean Claassen, Whitewater (SU18) College of Engineering (Scl) Taylor Dean Johnson, Holcomb Halston Elyse Field, Tonganoxie (SU18) (Mcl) Gabriel Andre Jordan, Wichita Aleta May Friedeman, Olathe Grace Marie Jordan, Olathe Kyndra Rae Friend, Plains Processional:* Presentation of Diplomas: (Cl) Jennifer Faye Jordan, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Courtney Rose Harris, Olathe Student Brass Quintet Darren Dawson, Dean (SU18) Karly Nicole Kriss, Colby Jillian Taylor Marcum, Spring Hill Justin Donald Kuhlman, Great Bend Cortney Elisabeth Anne Mayhew, Overland Park Welcome: Assisted by: Olivia Nicolle Kunkel, Overland Park (Scl) Katrina Johanna Polson, Vermillion Craig Wanklyn, Assistant Dean Gary Clark, Senior Associate Dean (S) (Mcl) (D) Carter Ann Lundgren, Lenexa Erica Elaine Schmitz, Horton Bette Grauer, Assistant Dean (Scl) Allison Nicole Sears, Plainville (Mcl) Shaelyn Dae Martin, Salina National Anthem:* Danielle Lynn Shirley, Valley Center (Cl) Mark Zachary Martinez, Arlington, Texas Jacquelyn Sommers, Bachelor's Candidate, Conferral of Degrees: Madeline Elizabeth May, Kansas City Architectural Engineering Darren Dawson, Dean Cassidy Rachel McCumber, Overland Park Kinesiology (Cl) Jacob Alan McIntire, Gardner Recognition of Honors Graduates: Recital of College of Engineering Darren Dawson, Dean Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology Trenton Del McMaster, Topeka Pledge: Joseph Henry Merino, Basehor Sydney Jean Anson, Carleton, Michigan Bette Grauer, Assistant Dean (Scl) Hannah D. Middleton, Great Bend Taylor Marie Apley, Gypsum Student Address: Alexander Austin Moore, Overland Park Jay Disberger, Bachelor's Candidate, Savannah Elise Ardery, Copeland Alma Mater: Jordan Djvan Noil, Atlanta, Georgia (SU18) Architectural Engineering Elizabeth Maxine Arnold, Monett, Missouri Jacquelyn Sommers, Bachelor's Candidate, Sesely Siara Omli, Brookville Brandon Alexander Barnes, Pittsburg Architectural Engineering Katelyn Mackenzie Bell, Paola (S) Brooke Nicole Panning, Ellinwood Commencement Address: Ivor "Ike" Evans, Retired President and Chief James R. Bishop, Buffalo, New York Deana Marie Pearson, Burlington Recessional: (Scl) Operating Officer, Union Pacific Railroad Student Brass Quintet Kate Opal Bowen, Manhattan (Mcl) (S) Luke Michael Plummer, Fredonia Denton Craig Branscom, Hutchinson Paula Janelle Powell, Sedan (Scl) Brianna Marie Brenneman, Paola Alexandra Betty Ptacek, Russell Alumni Association Greetings: Grand Marshals: Brad Sidener, Vice President and Chief Operating Ronaldo Maghirang, Associate Dean Alec Butenas, Overland Park Brenna Marie Ramirez, Mountain View, California Officer, K-State Alumni Association Andy Fund, Assistant Dean MacKenzie Marie Bridges, Overland Park Matthew Reuben Reeves Sr., Clearwater (SU18) Michelle Reznikova, Overland Park Marlene Canchola, Olathe *The audience will please rise. (D) Kaitlyn Ashleigh Casey, St. Charles, Missouri Shea Judith Roy, Wichita Presentation of Degree Gabrielle Elise Compton, Lenexa (SU18) Shelby Jennings Sailor, Overland Park Candidates: Elena Marie D'Angelo, Broomfield, Colorado Daniella Nicolle Santos, Shawnee Ray Buyle, Associate Professor and Department Head, (Mcl) Bradley Larae Denten, Liberal Olivia Victoria Schmidtberger, Topeka Architectural Engineering and Construction Science Kayla Nicole Doll, Garden City Abigail Sue Sieperda, Shawnee and Management Jonah Domann, Atchison Mikaela Elizabeth Simon, Wichita Joseph Harner, Professor and Department Head, Pledge Kody Allen Eckert, Sterling Nicole Lynne Sisson, Overland Park Biological and Agricultural Engineering Kain Russell Ellis, St. Joseph, Missouri John Thomas Speer, Stilwell James Edgar, Professor and Department Head, (Scl) (S) Timothy Dean Ellis, Manhattan Kelli Marie Stallbaumer, Sabetha Chemical Engineering (SU18) (SU18) Mustaque Hossain, Professor and Department Head, As a graduate of the Michael James Frampton, Topeka Nathan Thomas Stanton, Hutchinson (Mcl) (S) Civil Engineering College of Engineering, I pledge: Amanda Michaela Goebel, Wichita Dalton Shadly Stoss, Hutchinson Scott DeLoach, Professor and Department Head, Taylor Rose Golay, Wichita Isaac Daniel Tarango, El Paso, Texas To give the utmost of performance; (S) Computer Science Daniel Joel Goodnow, Olathe Ryan Thomas Tarry, Olathe To participate in none but honest enterprise; Don Gruenbacher, Associate Professor and Taylor John Graf, Ottawa Devin James Tate, Stilwell To live and work according to the laws of humanity, Department Head, Electrical and Computer and the highest standards of professional conduct; Sierra Nicole Grimm, Olathe Kaitlyn Alyssa Taylor, Valley Center Engineering To place service before profit, the honor and Christina Guzman, Garden City Anthony Thomas Troilo, Wichita standing of the profession before personal Bradley Kramer, Professor and Department Head, Logan Lawrence Hardage, Olathe (S) Spencer Cole Truman, Hutchinson advantage, and the public welfare above all other Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Jacob Andrew Hargis, Peoria, Illinois Vanessa-Rose Garcia Turpin, Leavenworth consideration. (Cl) William Dunn, Professor and Department Head, In humility and with need for Divine Guidance, Amelia Merlene Harrington, Raytown, Missouri Alexis Marie VanBoening, Hastings, Nebraska (Mcl) Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering I make this pledge. Cameron Scott Haug, Seneca (Cl) Dana Renee Weaver, Metter, Georgia (Mcl) Riann Paige Heft, Greensburg Hannah Rose Wessel, Topeka College of Engineering Pledge Bailee Henry, Alma Russell Thomas White, Olathe Based on the Engineer's Creed, National Society of Nathan William High, Lenexa Megan Williamson, Monee, Illinois Professional Engineers Elliot Jane Holcomb, Leawood Madelaine Jayne Winkler, Manhattan Andrew Gary Horn, Wellington Daniel Richard Winslow, Mainz, Germany Ryann Kathleen Horton, Overland Park (Cl) (S) Jiayang Zhou, Shanghai, China

62 College of Human Ecology, Degree Candidates College of Engineering 63 Connor Joseph Demott, Olathe (Scl) Mary Kathryn Nelson, Leavenworth (SU18) Andrew James Wehner, Holcomb Curtis Austin Doughramaji, Topeka (Mcl) Jess Parker Neufeld, Hutchinson Alec Michael Weninger, Houston, Texas (Cl) Speaker Austin Lee Ebert, Clay Center Steven Charles Pfeifer, Cimarron Hunter James Wiles, Hutchinson Chelsea Danielle Fleming, Overland Park Samuel G. Reesor, Rossville Nicholle M. Hatton, Parker, Colorado Devon Andrew Ronsse, Marquette (Scl) vor "Ike" Evans is the Meritor Inc., a leading global supplier of drivelines, markets. He also was an operating partner for HCI Computer Engineering Jaimie Marie Houser, Junction City retired president and braking and aftermarket solutions for commercial Equity Partners, a private equity firm that invests Leah Marie Shenold, Douglass Anna Lois Kucera, Kansas City (Mcl) (Mcl) (H) Ichief operating officer of and industrial markets. He is currently a director of in growth-oriented industrial, transportation and William Hoy Smith, Wichita Bachelor of Science Union Pacific Railroad. Meritor and a past director of Textron, Spirit Aero Cherilyn Rose Mahoney, Salina services companies. Robert Layton Strine, Lebanon Branden S. Brown, Kansas City Union Pacific is one Systems, Roadrunner Transportation Systems and Abby Ruth Mills, Bogue Benjamin Dale Studer, Frankfort (Scl) Samuel Louis Eichorst, Olathe of America's leading Cooper Industries. Patrick James Murry, St. Louis, Missouri Alina Truong, Overland Park Grant Leslie Fruechting, Newton transportation companies Evans graduated from Kansas State University Brendon D. Penner, Inman (Mcl) and is North America's Evans began his career with the Chevrolet Motor in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science in electrical Zixian Wang, Lengshuijiang, China Brandt Larson Hill, Lenexa (Cl) (Mcl) premier railroad franchise, Division of General Motors Corp. where he spent Rachel Michelle Porter, Louisburg Ross Gregory Werth, Hays Daniel Jackson Lovell, Olathe engineering and attended Harvard's management (SU18) covering 23 states across the 21 years in positions of increasing manufacturing Jacqueline Erubelly Ramirez, Salina Angelica Shanti White, Kansas City, Missouri (Mcl) Andrew Eugene McKittrick, Mission Hills (Scl) program in 1973. While at K-State, Evans was (Mcl) western two-thirds of the responsibility. From there he went on to become Stacy Lyn Rottinghaus, Hutchinson Regan Michelle Wilson (Cl) (H) Bristol Nichole Miller, Overland Park a Mike Ahearn baseball scholar athlete. He met (Mcl) Ivor "Ike" Evans United States. the senior vice president of industrial components Sriramana Sankar, Manhattan Logan James Zecha, Great Bend (Mcl) Steven Dusan Stancic, Los Angeles, California at Emerson, a multinational company that his wife, Letty, at K-State and they have been Elizabeth Ellen Vande Krol, Kansas City Martin Mitchell Ziegler, Wichita Corey Daniel Vessar, Warrensburg, Missouri Evans also was the manufactures products and provides services for a married for 55 years. They have two sons, three John Michael Wempe, Overland Park (Cl) chairman and CEO of wide variety of industrial, commercial and consumer granddaughters and two great-granddaughters. Ty Christian Zorn, Wichita Harold Glennon Vilander, Emporia Jianming Wen, Xiamen, China Jacob Edward Zortman, Udall Civil Engineering Electrical Engineering Chemical Engineering Bachelor of Science Degree Candidates Bachelor of Science Carly Rose Benjamin, Kansas City Mohammad H A H A Alqallaf Bachelor of Science Alan Timothy Caro, Satanta (Mcl) Ibrahim Alsaman, Baghdad, Iraq Shane David Maloney, Wichita Audrey Colleen Anderson, Overland Park Brett Christianson, Shawnee Architectural Engineering Construction Science and Alhareth Mohammed Altheeban, Dammam, Daniel Martinez, Kansas City Keaton LaVern Anderson, Rose Hill Aaron Delzeit, Dodge City Management Saudi Arabia Marc Patrick McKernan, Wichita Rachel Kathleen Anstaett, Tecumseh (Scl) Katie Joann Dhuyvetter, Manhattan Rebecca Michele Andrus, Wichita (Cl) Bachelor of Science Blake Pendleton Miles (Cl) Mason James Armstrong, Manhattan Mallory Kate Droge, Olathe (Cl) Marcel J. Braun, Hays (Mcl) Lujain Mohammed A Alkotami, Manhattan Bachelor of Science Bryce Waylon Morgan, Wichita Jack Michael Ayres, Overland Park Mitchell Thomas Easley, Olathe (Mcl) Samuel Patrick Brown, Overland Park (Scl) Lulwa Khalid Al Qaoud, Kuwait City, Kuwait Austin Skyler Anderson, Olathe Austin Bradley Palen, Salina Eric Christopher Banning, Hutchinson Brady Norman Gooch, Kansas City Casey Nicole Bertelsman, St. Louis, Missouri Joshua Richard Becker, Meriden (Mcl) Anthony William Berg, Stilwell (P) Yigit Firat Celebi, Manhattan (Scl) Austin Reid Pfannenstiel, Jetmore (SU18) Thomas Gorham, Overland Park (Cl) Talal Omran Dashti, Abdullah Al-salem, Kuwait Kevin Jacob Clark, New Cambria Jon Dalton Belleau, Berryton Braden Lee Robinson, Silver Lake Brianna Nicole Betsch, Olathe Tanner Reid Griffin,Lenexa (Scl) Yuan Feng (Cl) Jay Alexander Disberger, Wamego Benjamin David Berard, Manhattan Samuel Octavio Roldan, Overland Park Joshua David Bisges, Wichita Luke Ryan Haney, Ulysses (Scl) Seth Andrew Gotchey, Manhattan (Scl) Shuyi Guo, Fushun, China Jessa Ann Brinker, Valley Falls Kerrigan Dey Sadler, Allen, Texas Austin Ray Budke, Beloit Braden Walker Heid, Caney Jacob Daniel Harms, Abilene (Cl) Madison Nicole Hopfinger,Overland Park Keaton Granville Canaday, Wichita Logan Bower Sageser, Wichita Christopher James Burley, Great Bend Samuel Robert Heryford, Berryton (Cl) Tanner Victor Higgins, Hutchinson Darci Ranee Kern, Blue Springs, Missouri Cole Douglas Dister, Topeka Frank Perez Sandoval, Spearville Gregory William Burley, Great Bend Shane Andrew Hollenbeck, Topeka (Cl) Kara Olivia Hinshaw, Overland Park Joshua David Kohl, Overland Park Evan Thomas Engel, Overland Park Garret Allen Seeger, Leavenworth (Cl) Jayson Alexander Carswell, Osborne Nathaniel Winfield Jones, Louisburg Daniel James Hutchison, Olathe Gabrielle Francesca Liuzza, St. Louis, Missouri Austin Robert Ficken, Olathe Brett Jason Shelton, Tonganoxie David Michael Dougherty, Shawnee James Brandon Keeler, Hutchinson Julia Renae Keiter, Lenexa Whitney Renee Luck, El Dorado Joshua David Franklin, Udall Reggie L. Stacker, Kansas City Bernadette Francine Drouhard, Conway Springs Cameron Shelby Kennedy, Basehor (Scl) Alexander Macher, Lima, Peru Nickolas Eugene Garrison, Wichita (Mcl) Hannah Katherine Fain, Lenexa Omar Y M A A Khawari, Kuwait City, Kuwait Damian Loya, Dodge City (Cl) Nathan Lee Sterns, Shawnee (Cl) (Scl) Jacob Douglas Lowery, Augusta Kristopher Thomas Nondorf, Glencoe, Missouri Clay Mitchel Gordon, Derby Daniel Jared Straub, Shawnee Sarah Marie Featherstone, Manhattan Edwin Mast, Hutchinson (Scl) Ethan Paul Meyer, Andale (Scl) Michaela Lynn Player, Olathe Nicholas Michael Heiland, Wichita Michael Raymond Stukel, Leawood Eric Reagan Gray, Manhattan Israel Mendoza, Ulysses Jared Robert Mills, North Vernon, Indiana (Scl) Danielle Nicole Porter, Kansas City, Missouri Trevor James Heiman, Baileyville Bryer Daniel Thiesen, Moundridge Eli Michael Janzen, Galva Brett Robert Nurnberg, Assaria Hassan Mohammed A H Mohammed, Heather Marie Randolph, Kansas City, Missouri Aaron Rey Hernandez, Garden City Carter Dakota Tobisch, Sedgwick Marques Ryan Jozefowicz, Wichita Jacob Aaron Offermann,Topeka Al-Wakra, Qatar (SU18) Evan Michael Reese, St. Marys Marco Antonio Herrera, Liberal Christopher Ryan Turner, Manhattan Kirk Richard Kennedy, Lenexa Sergio Ortiz Miranda, Kansas City, Missouri Brett James Morey, Tonganoxie Henry Michael Riscoe, Overland Park Braden Scott Holle, Wichita Arthur John Wertzberger, Alma Aishah Y M A A Khawari, Kuwait City, Kuwait Connor Stephen Perrine, Olathe (Cl) (H) Laura Neilsen, Lawrence Kenton Charles Rogg, Topeka Sara Beth Disney Huelskamp, Glendora, California Taylor Clay Whitlow, Shawnee Megan Elizabeth Kohman, Andover Nathan Thomas Rivers, Mission Andres Saldivar, Garden City Rachel Ann Jackson, Parker, Colorado (Cl) Avery Alec Kostelac, Shawnee Chad Allen Olney, Winfield Matthew Michael Rofrano, Gloucester City, (Mcl) Jacquelyn Lea Sommers, Olathe Joshua Robert Klug, Manhattan Karter Andrew Krokstrom, Chanute Matthew Craig Peterson, Leawood New Jersey (Mcl) (Cl) Christopher Michael Tompkins, Olathe Lucas James Knehans, Shawnee Biological Systems Engineering Jacob Gunnar Larson, Goodwell, Oklahoma Ramin Rostampour, Lenexa Branden Lee Schneider, Brentwood, California (Mcl) (Mcl) Samuel David Wilcox, Olsburg Branson Paul Kocher, Onaga Zachary Dawson Lock, Andover Matthew James Rowe, Salina Ethan James Stueve, Olathe (Cl) Joshua David Wuthnow, Newton Kaleb K. Koerperich, Marysville Bachelor of Science Kayla Bonifacio Maghirang, Manhattan Elliot Duane Schrag, Buhler Alex Thibault, Halstead Kaleb Joseph Konda, Colwich Aaron Alexander Akin, Shawnee Nickolas Lee Mayes, Statesboro, Georgia Robert Rae Sherwood, Havana Ryan Mark Ullrich, Olathe Adam Richard Kramer, Herington Jacob Turner Allen, Easton Jack Kent McCraney, Basehor Brock Alan Swartz, Silver Lake Shangxian Wang, Hebei, China (Mcl) Ryan James Kuhlman, Dighton (Cl) Landon David Becker, Wichita (Mcl) Logan Michael McGinley, Wichita Tianhe Tan, Zhengzhou, China Qingbo Zhu, Changchun, China Tate Boyce Lancaster, Overland Park Mariah Victoria Brown, Valley Center (Mcl) Katherine Lauren McWilliams, Lenexa (Cl) Karla Jazmin Torres Nava, Kansas City Tanner Montgomery Lund, Olathe Nathaniel Hugh Brown, Manteno, Illinois Trevor Miley, Kanopolis Andrew Michael Walberg, Overland Park Alex Edward Lutz, Andover (Cl) Allan Ddamulira, Kampala, Uganda Bryce Christopher Misenhelter, Iola William Walker, De Soto

64 College of Engineering, Speaker, Degree Candidates College of Engineering, Degree Candidates 65 Computer Science Lowell T. Scott, Ontario, Wisconsin Carson Lilley, Overland Park Matthew Bryan Duncan, Overland Park Nicholas Carl Rodell, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri Matthew James Segraves, Wichita Amanda Christine Malecki, Overland Park Barkley Alexander Edison, Salina Austin Michael Ruel, Overland Park Elijah Solomon Seigel, Ballwin, Missouri (Scl) Andrew Dean McLandsborough, Olathe Jared D. Enns, Inman (Scl) Arron Lee Sawyer, Mulvane Bachelor of Science (Mcl) Ali M A E Ali Jordan David Spoor, Olathe Ellie Ruth Montgomery, Sabetha Jonathan Michael Estes, Caney Tracy Gerard Schmitz, Axtell (SU18) Travis Atchison, Lenexa (Scl) Hayden Scott Svancara, Olathe Scott Thomas Perlenfein, Eagan, Minnesota Cody John Freeman, Lansing Michael Matthew Schulte, Hays Anthony Michael Atkinson, Page, Arizona Samuel Stephan Turner-Lill, Wichita Jacob Brandt Phillips, Leavenworth Brandon Allen Fullington, Andover Nicholas John Schumacher, Garden Plain (Mcl) Olivia Madison Baalman, Wichita Blair Edward Urish, Scranton Amy Elizabeth Prieb, Derby Connor W. Gannaway, Topeka Mitchell Gregory Shurtz, Wichita (Mcl) Ryan Edward Bates, Wamego Geordy Paul Williams, Prairie Village Nicolas David Richilano, Wichita Kevin Jesus Garcia, Cimarron Cameron Merritt Sinclair, Olathe Kevin N. Beashore, Bonner Springs Ryan Paul Williams, Sandy, Utah Emily Anne Schneider, Mustang, Oklahoma John Russell George, Overland Park Cameron James Solko, Lawrence (Cl) Mary Grace Blair, Overland Park Reagan Kenneth Wood, Easton Kylie Shae Schultz, Hutchinson Aaron James Gleason, Meade Emily M. Stallbaumer, McKinney, Texas Garrett Paul Blehm, Meade (Mcl) Bryant James Worcester, Elk City Jeremy Blake Selley, Topeka Dain Glenn, Louisburg Nicholas Ellison Stec, Overland Park (Mcl) Luis Enrique Bobadilla Dias, Asunción, Paraguay Benjamin John Young, Galva Scott James Sheridan, Lenexa Matthew William Grosdidier, Lenexa Joshua Michael Stegman, Topeka Clay Thomas Boley, Concordia (Cl) Jordan Lucus Smith, Wichita Giselle Alejandra Guanes Melgarejo, Lambaré, Sarah Rachelle Stevenson, Wichita Alexander Elliott Carpenter, Parkville, Missouri Information Systems John Solko, Herndon Paraguay Jeb Ethan Stewart, Lenexa Justin Hart Coen, Andover (Mcl) Trenton Andrew Tanking, Holton Hunter Allen Harlow, Lenexa Torin Patrick Straub, Overland Park (Cl) Caleb Walter Compton, Stromsburg, Nebraska (Mcl) (SU18) Bachelor of Science Lauren Elizabeth Tidwell Philip Whaley Harsh, Topeka Patrick Mason Sutherland, Mound City (Cl) Carrington Michael Cooper, Fort Worth, Texas Susan Elizabeth Burke, Haysville Dalton Thomas Toelkes, Topeka Chase Alexander Harvey, Olathe Angela Marie Teeple, Brimley, Michigan (Scl) Zachary Robin Doll, Norwich Jacob S. Dokos, Olathe Denis Taylan Uzdil, Brussels, Belgium Jacob Wesley Hayhurst, Derby Michael Edward Tiede, Maize (Scl) Aaron Michael Doolittle, Manhattan Steven P. Mercier, Gardner Norma Eunice Varona Ortiz, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Samantha Lynn Hecker, Topeka Connor John Torrey, Eureka Ikhide Kenneth Eboreime Daniel Eduardo Moreno-Rodriguez, Garden City Mexico Caden Wayne Hilger, Tonkawa, Oklahoma Michael M. Tran, Salina Uzoma T. Emuchay, Atlanta, Georgia James Shourbaji Nelson, Wichita Marcus Lee Walbridge, McLouth Gerrett Reed Hodges, Overland Park David Troy Van Ommen, Independence (Scl) (Mcl) Lane Wesley Evans, Dwight Riley James Toombs, Shawnee Brian Jared Wenger, Topeka Kaitlyn Lane Pavlovich Hoover, Overland Park Kevin Michael Weinand, Overland Park (Mcl) Matthew Roy French, Junction City Hannah Elizabeth Wilborn, Hoisington Kellan Christian Horner, Lenexa Bailey Nicole Wells, Topeka Nicholas Anthony Goins, Chantilly, Virginia Industrial Engineering Jessica Middleton Zidek, Leawood Blake Irvin Hughey, Cincinnati, Ohio Kyler Scott Werth, Wichita Wesley John Good, Wichita Christian Tyler Janota, Independence, Missouri Logan Robert Williamson, Osage City (Mcl) (Scl) Dalton Alan Hahn, Meriden (Cl) Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Jackson Ryan Jennings, Shawnee Graham Scott Wilson, Shawnee Cameron Dean Jurgens, Topeka Laura Marie Wurm, McPherson Joy Hauser, Olathe Mohammed Saleem Aljohani, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia (Mcl) Ryan Kamal Khoury, Wichita Timothy John Yonkers, Springfield, Virginia Chloe Elizabeth Henderson, Leawood Fawaz Raed N Almatar, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia Bachelor of Science (SU18) Adam Thomas Knox, Detroit, Michigan Austen Grant Henry, Wichita Adeeb Ali Alqhtani, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mohmed Ahmed Alabdulaali, Dammam, (Mcl) Cameron Andrew Koenigs, Andover Matthew Lee Hixon, Bartlesville, Oklahoma Talad Fahad S. Alsadhan Saudi Arabia Chance Kristopher Kurtz, Wichita Reis Douglas Hopkins, Olathe Naif Abdullah A Alsamma, Manhattan Mohammed Burair Al Jafar, Manhattan (Cl) Shawn David Lay, Liberal Shawn Corey Huggins, Olathe Alaa M S A S Alselahi, Sabah Al Salem, Kuwait Mohammed Baqer Alshaghab, Al-Ahsa, (SU18) Lucas Gene Lindesmith, Coffeyville Joshua Mason Humphreys, Wichita Sultan Mohammed Alturk, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (Scl) Parker Christian Little, Leawood Brandon Christopher Jansen, Wichita Josephine Samantha Anderson, Overland Park (Cl) Andrew D. Arnold, Wichita Marco Antonio Loma-Jasso, Kansas City Michael Cooper Johnson, Olathe Thomas Michael Anjard,Overland Park Diana Jaqueline Arreola, Cimarron (Mcl) Levi David Marcotte, Wichita Zakary Alexander Kedrovsky, Overland Park Asif I. Chowdhury, Statesboro, Georgia Morgan Lea Bailey, Wichita Nicholas Torrington Mason, Prairie Village Jacob Clark Kostner, Murdock Curtis A. Cline, Overland Park (Cl) Taylor Eric Ballinger, Goddard (Cl) Zachary William May, Peck Ryan Patrick Kruse, Leawood Carolyn Gayle Countess, Topeka Jacob James Bambick, Wichita Jacob Wayne McAfee, Arkansas City (Cl) Richard Lee, Olathe Catherine Ann Dunn, Stilwell Aaron Scott Bloom, Wichita Kevin McKeon, Southlake, Texas (Cl) Ryan Gerald Leroux, Kingman Kathryn Elizabeth Ehrlich, Marion (Mcl) Adam John Bowers, Overland Park Anthony Durand Medina, Emporia Lauren Kelly Lynch, Carlsbad, California David Lee Ewers, Wichita (Scl) Nicholas Bradley, Wichita David Robert Meredith, Basehor Simran Jeet Malhi, Overland Park Karlee Ann Fischer, Silver Lake Matthew Russell Bryan, Topeka (Cl) Aaron Molleker, Marion Levi J. Mann, Manhattan Claire Elizabeth Fisher, Kansas City, Missouri (Scl) Spencer David Ray Buff,Olathe Nathan Dehn Moyer, Wichita (Scl) Zachary Taylor Marcolesco, Andale Cameron James Garwood, Manhattan Michael John Buffkin,De Soto Connor Justin Munk, Lawrence Sarah Joy Martin, Arlington, Texas Matthew James Genilo, Overland Park Harrison Daniel Bukaty, Overland Park Samuel Warren Oxandale, Kearney, Missouri Clifford James Meeks,Shawnee Kelsi Amber Goetz Taylor S. Carlson, Haven Rebecca Brooke Paul, Bengaluru, India Benjamin Randall Miller, Columbus Mitchell Mason Gradert, Wichita Michael Adrian Cesena, Kansas City, Missouri Chad P. Pauly, Hutchinson James Zachary Minton, Manhattan Christopher John Hall, Wichita Elijah Samuel Clark, Crowley, Texas Dwight Lee Pearson, Bennington Cre Ahmani Moore, Tulsa, Oklahoma Marshal James Hall, Topeka Jeremiah Brian Clark, Junction City Joel Allen Pegg, Wichita Tyler S. Nielson, Shawnee Cassidy Anne Harper, Manhattan Jerrod Christopher Conley, Haysville Andrew Michael Peuchen, Assaria Lance Allen Pettay, Hutchinson Abigail Faye Hilliard, Lansing (Mcl) Nicklaus Nathan Corder, Overland Park Jonathan Daniel Peuchen, Assaria Logan Michael Prough, Olathe (Scl) Lily Kathryn Johnson, Overland Park (Cl) Jacob Patrick Culvey, Belvidere, Illinois Dalton David Porter, Clyde Timothy David Ripper, Lee's Summit, Missouri Joseph Franklin Kellerman, Overland Park Calvin M. Dahms Tyler Kenneth Puetz, Garden Plain Caullen Ray Sasnett, Lansing Mehrsa Khaleghikarahrodi, New York, New York Zhonghan Deng Taylor Lynn Ramirez, Kansas City Patrick Scheurell Corey Glenn Kirkpatrick, Leawood (Scl) Jacob David Dennett, Winfield(Scl) Joseph Alan Reed, Shawnee Tricia Rose Schmitz, Axtell (Scl) Ashley Marie Kramer, Seneca (Scl) Ryan J. Deters, Manhattan Lucas Charles Richards, Manhattan Brad Alan Schoonover, Overland Park Kristina Marie Ladner, Hiawatha Nathan W. Dewell, Meade

66 College of Engineering, Degree Candidates College of Engineering, Degree Candidates 67 68 Anderson Hall, 1939 69 University Distinguished Professors Coffman Chair for University he title of University Distinguished Professor is the highest honor Kansas State University can bestow on its faculty. This lifetime title recognizes faculty making outstanding contributions to teaching, research and service to their professions and communities. University Distinguished Professors are appointed Distinguished Teaching Scholars followingT a universitywide competition conducted by the provost and senior vice president. Each recipient receives a commemorative medallion upon appointment. he Coffman 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 2017 2008 1998 facultyT member acknowledged as a leading teaching scholar is appointed to the chair by the university’s Phillip Klebba, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Edgar Chambers IV, Human Nutrition Gary W. Conrad, Biology provost and senior vice president for one academic year. All who hold the chair retain the title of University Timothy Musch, Kinesiology and Anatomy and Philine Wangemann, Anatomy and Physiology Timothy R. Donoghue, Physics (honorary) Distinguished Teaching Scholar throughout their careers. During the year in residence, the scholar’s time Physiology T.G. Nagaraja, Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology Jan E. Leach, Plant Pathology and resources are spent advancing the interests of undergraduate teaching and learning at the university. Anil Pahwa, Electrical and Computer Engineering 2007 1997 Yan Soibelman, Mathematics 2018-2019 2005-2006 Dale Herspring, Political Science C. Lewis Cocke, Physics Kun Yan Zhu, Entomology Keith Hohn, Chemical Engineering Michael Boland, Agricultural Economics Duy Hua, Chemistry Bikram S. Gill, Plant Pathology 2016 Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan, Biochemistry Peter M.A. Sherwood, Chemistry 2017-2018 2004-2005 P.V. Vara Prasad, Agronomy 2006 1994 Todd Easton, Industrial and Manufacturing Harald E.L. Prins, Anthropology Bharat Ratra, Physics Systems Engineering John M. Blair, Biology John J. Iandolo, Pathology and Microbiology 2003-2004 2015 Daniel C. Marcus, Anatomy and Physiology James L. Marsden, Regents Distinguished Professor of 2016-2017 Andrew Barkley, Agricultural Economics Wayne Goins, Music Richard A. Marston, Geography Animal Sciences Patricia Ackerman, Arts, Sciences and Business 2002-2003 Douglas S. McGregor, Mechanical and Nuclear 2005 1993 Engineering 2015-2016 Jana Fallin, Music Michael R. Kanost, Biochemistry Neville "Bill" Reay, Physics Donald Saucier, Psychological Sciences 2014 Harald E.L. Prins, Anthropology 1990 2001-2002 Yolanda Broyles-González, American Ethnic Studies James Shanteau, Psychological Sciences Medhat M. Morcos, Electrical and Computer Chii-Dong Lin, Physics 2014-2015 Gary Pierzynski, Agronomy Mick Charney, Architecture Engineering 2004 Michael W. Suleiman, Political Science Sandra Stith, Family Studies and Human Services James R. Coffman,Clinical Sciences (honorary) Bhadriraju Subramanyam, Grain Science and Industry 1989 2013-2014 2000-2001 David C. Hartnett, Biology William Fateley, Chemistry John Fliter Jr., Political Science Stephen Thien, Agronomy Yoshiro Ikeda, Art 2013 Norman J. Fedder, Theatre James H. Edgar, Chemical Engineering Hongxing Jiang, Physics 2012-2013 1999-2000 Terry Johnson, Biology Stephen Higgs, Biosecurity Research Institute Joseph V. Ortiz, Chemistry N. Sanjay Rebello, Physics Larry Williams, Biology Ryszard Jankowiak, Chemistry Sonny Ramaswamy, Entomology 1988 Cornelia B. Flora, Sociology 2011-2012 1998-1999 Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, Anatomy and Physiology Ted Schroeder, Agricultural Economics Michael Wesch, Anthropology Bryan Schurle, Agricultural Economics Jonathan Holden, English Philip Nel, English 2003 Jürgen A. Richt, Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology Kenneth W. Jones, History M.M. Chengappa, Diagnostic Medicine and 2010-2011 1997-1998 Jim Riviere, Anatomy and Physiology Kenneth Klabunde, Chemistry Kimberly Williams, Horticulture Ann Stalheim-Smith, Biology Pathobiology Mike Tokach, Animal Sciences and Industry Patrick Richard, Cortelyou-Rust Distinguished Robert D. Linder, History Professor of Physics 2009-2010 1996-1997 David A. Schmidt, Computing and Information 2012 Sadahiro Saeki, Mathematics Doug Benson, Modern Languages Dean Zollman, Physics Christer Aakeröy, Chemistry Sciences 1987 2008-2009 1995-1996 Itzik Ben-Itzhak, Physics 2002 Susan Brown, Biology L.T. Fan, Chemical Engineering Greg Eiselein, English Cliff Meloan,Chemistry Alan Knapp, Biology Ruth Welti, Biology David Leith, Regents Distinguished Professor of S. Lillian Kremer, English Pathology 2007-2008 Thomas E. Roche,Biochemistry Christopher M. Sorensen, Physics 2011 Donald Setser, Chemistry Michael Dryden, Diagnostic Medicine and Barbara Valent, Plant Pathology 2006-2007 Pathobiology 1986 2001 Roger McHaney, Management Brett Esry, Physics Duane Acker, Animal Sciences and Industry Frank Blecha, Anatomy and Physiology John Hatcliff,Computing and Information Sciences Horst Leipold, Pathology David Littrell, Music John Leslie, Plant Pathology Talat Rahman, Physics 1985 Xiuzhi "Susan" Sun, Grain Science and Industry Larry Takemoto, Biology Richard Consigli, Biology 2010 Dean Zollman, Physics 1984 Elizabeth Dodd, English 2000 Kenneth Hoyt, Education Anthony Joern, Biology Rob Denell, Biology 1974 2009 Christopher M. Sorensen, Physics Ernest E. Shult, Regents Distinguished Professor of Walter K. Dodds, Biology 1999 Mathematics Charles W. Rice, Agronomy E. Wayne Nafziger, Economics 1964 Brian S. Spooner, Biology Dudley Williams, Regents Distinguished Professor of Physics

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