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Commencement Exercises of the Forty-First Academic Year

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 10 A.M. & 5 P.M. GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY

SUCCESS BY DEGREES

GSU is an “island of excellence,” according to Dr. Martha J. Kanter, Under Secretary of the United States Department of Education. With bold, new initiatives, 23 bachelor’s, 27 master’s, and five doctoral degree programs, GSU excels at providing the quality education that is essential for success in today’s world.

Success by Opportunity GSU’s exemplary efforts bring unequalled education opportunities to the region’s diverse population. The university is remarkably inclusive and serves students from a wide range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The student body, like the faculty and staff, reflect a rich blend of ideas, perspectives, talents, and life experiences.

Success by Innovation GSU, expanding on its commitment to excellence and reflecting the best research on student success, will become a full-service univer- sity with the admission of its inaugural freshman class in 2014. The groundbreaking Dual Degree Program encourages community col- lege students to complete both an associate and bachelor’s degree at an affordable tuition rate and with comprehensive academic advising.

Success by Commitment GSU is committed to serving as the region’s public square and making the community stronger through programs and partnerships in education, healthcare, government, and business. The Center for Performing Arts and Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park integrate arts and education. The university is also fully committed to sustainability through its alternative energy and conservation efforts.

Success by Excellence GSU, the only public university in the Chicago Southland region, is a national model in providing education pathways that lead its graduates to lives rich in purpose, commitment, and contribution. STATE OF ILLINOIS

Pat Quinn, Governor

GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Jack Beaupre, Chair Lorine S. Samuels, Vice Chair Bruce Friefeld, Secretary Eileen Durkin Brian D. Mitchell Jada Nettle, Student Trustee

This program is not an official university document. The publication of the names of students does not necessarily constitute their official certification as graduates. Governors State University is not responsible for any omissions, errors, and/or changes in this commencement program.

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1 Order of Exercises

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 10 a.m. College of Arts and Sciences College of Business and Public Administration

Dr. Elaine P. Maimon University President Presiding

PRELUDE...... Encore Concert Band Bill Schuetter, Conductor

WELCOME AND SPEAKER INTRODUCTIONS...... Tony Labriola, Master of Ceremonies

PROCESSIONAL...... Pam Guimond, Excellence Award Recipient “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1,” by Edward Elgar...... Encore Concert Band

CALL TO ORDER...... Rashidah Muhammad, Grand Marshal

NATIONAL ANTHEM...... Encore Concert Band Please join in singing the national anthem

GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES...... Jack Beaupre, Chair - Board of Trustees GREETINGS FROM THE FACULTY...... Rashidah Muhammad, Faculty Senate President GREETINGS FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION...... Saundra Brunson, President - Alumni Association

INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT SPEAKER...... Jada Nettle, Student Trustee STUDENT SPEAKER ADDRESS...... Erin Fletcher

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS...... Dr. Elaine P. Maimon, President

PRESENTATION OF HONORARY DEGREE...... Dr. Terry Allison, Provost Conferring of Degree...... Dr. Elaine P. Maimon Honorary Recipient, Doctor of Humane Letters...... Charles Lotton

PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES...... Tony Labriola College of Arts and Sciences...... Dr. Reinhold Hill, Dean College of Business and Public Administration...... Dr. Ellen Foster Curtis, Dean

CONFERRING OF DEGREES...... Dr. Elaine P. Maimon

CLOSING REMARKS...... Tony Labriola

RECESSIONAL...... Pam Guimond, Excellence Award Recipient “Crown Imperial,” by William Walton...... Encore Concert Band

FANFARE SELECTION...... Encore Concert Band

Ms. Susan Bova, Sign Language Interpreter The audience is requested to rise and remain standing during the Processional and Recessional.

2 Order of Exercises

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 5 p.m. College of Education College of Health and Human Services

Dr. Elaine P. Maimon University President Presiding

PRELUDE...... Encore Concert Band Bill Schuetter, Conductor

WELCOME AND SPEAKER INTRODUCTIONS...... Tony Labriola, Master of Ceremonies

PROCESSIONAL...... Pam Guimond, Excellence Award Recipient Roberta O’Shea, Excellence Award Recipient “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1,” by Edward Elgar...... Encore Concert Band

CALL TO ORDER...... Rashidah Muhammad, Grand Marshal

NATIONAL ANTHEM...... Encore Concert Band Please join in singing the national anthem

GREETINGS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES...... Jack Beaupre, Chair - Board of Trustees GREETINGS FROM THE FACULTY...... Rashidah Muhammad, Faculty Senate President GREETINGS FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION...... George Hogan, Vice President - Alumni Association

INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT SPEAKER...... Jada Nettle, Student Trustee STUDENT SPEAKER ADDRESS...... Fredi Parks

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS...... Dr. Elaine P. Maimon, President

PRESENTATION OF HONORARY DEGREE...... Dr. Terry Allison, Provost Conferring of Degree...... Dr. Elaine P. Maimon Honorary Recipient, Doctor of Humane Letters...... Laurens Grant

PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES...... Tony Labriola College of Education...... Dr. Deborah Bordelon, Dean College of Health and Human Services ...... Dr. Elizabeth Cada, Dean

CONFERRING OF DEGREES...... Dr. Elaine P. Maimon

CLOSING REMARKS...... Tony Labriola

RECESSIONAL...... Pam Guimond and Roberta O’Shea, Excellence Award Recipients “Crown Imperial,” by William Walton...... Encore Concert Band

FANFARE SELECTION...... Encore Concert Band

Ms. Susan Bova, Sign Language Interpreter The audience is requested to rise and remain standing during the Processional and Recessional.

3 Honorary Degree Candidate — Morning Ceremony

Charles Lotton Artist

Art and glass were not always the focus of Charles Lotton’s creativity, nor did he consider himself an artist with a unique voice. He was an astute businessman and successful hair stylist and salon owner when he first discovered that expression and creativity lay in glass. Lotton’s world changed when he discovered his ability to master that fragile mixture of silica, sodium oxide, and calcium oxide.

His fascination with glass began when he was introduced to the Carnival glass collection of a customer of his salon. He soon began his own collection, which led to a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago and an investigation and experimentation into how art glass is created.

Lotton never received formal art instruction. It was through experimentation and inspiration, by trial and error, and with the support of his wife and children that he became an artist. His unique and creative techniques, and the materials he conceived, were originally produced over a furnace in the glass blowing studio he built in his backyard. It was there that he developed his singular formula for creating magnificent colors of glass. He also pioneered the “onion skin” method of decorating the outside of glass paperweights.

Throughout a career spanning more than 40 years, Lotton has remained a creative and innovative force in the art glass world. The art glass market responded to his unique blending of colors and designs. In the early 1970s, he was under contract with Lillian Nassau, renowned dealer in Tiffany glass. She encouraged Lotton to emulate some of Tiffany’s techniques. He responded by creating paperweights, vases, perfume bottles, and lamp shades that both honor the Tiffany style and reflect Lotton’s extraordinary creativity in color and design.

Lotton continues to develop new techniques and colors, turning glass into gracious and breath- taking pieces of art. His work is exhibited in museums such as the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y.; and the Art Institute of Chicago; sold through galleries and dealers; and found in public and private collections from coast to coast.

Lotton remains a son of the region, living and creating in Crete, Illinois, where his studio is always open to visitors. Adding to his legacy in glass, is the work of his children, grandson, and nephew, who are each successful glass artists in their own right.

4 Honorary Degree Candidate — Afternoon Ceremony Laurens Grant Producer, Director

Laurens Grant is a multiple-Emmy winning documentary filmmaker and journalist. During her exceptional career, she has focused a bright, unwavering light on chapters of American history that are too often overlooked. Grant’s remarkable abilities – as an interviewer, storyteller, and producer – always shine through in her documentaries. Grant’s video projects offer unforgettable insight into the stain of slavery, Jim Crow racism, and the resilience and heroism of African Americans throughout the nation’s history.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” With stunning results, Grant has charted that arc. She has focused her lens on men and women who, through their brave actions, changed the course of our country, and moved it closer to the justice that we all cherish.

Working with renowned director Stanley Nelson in 2003, Grant was coordinating producer for The Murder of Emmett Till, on PBS’s The American Experience, which was honored with a Sundance Jury Award, Primetime Emmy, and a Peabody Award for Best Documentary. The U.S. Department of Justice re-opened the Emmett Till murder case in part due to the film’s previously unpublished eyewitness accounts and research.

In 2011, Grant won a Primetime Emmy as the producer of the documentary Freedom Riders, which also appeared on The American Experience. She interviewed dozens of participants in the 1961 freedom rides, which shook the nation’s conscience and helped end segregation. It is the first feature-length documentary to tell their courageous story. Grant also worked with Nelson on the film.

Grant is the director of the PBS documentary Jesse Owens, which recently made its debut on The American Experience. It tells the story of African-American sprinter Jesse Owens, who shocked Hitler’s Aryan nation by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Grant also co- produced two, four-hour specials for PBS: Slavery and the Making of America: Seeds of Destruction, for which she won an Emmy, and Latin Music USA: The Chicano Wave.

Grant has produced and directed documentaries for A&E and History, and has directed films in Africa and Latin America.

Before working in documentaries, Grant was a foreign correspondent in Latin America. She headed the Panama bureau for Reuters, and wrote about Latin American politics and culture for many publications, including Newsweek, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Grant is a graduate of Northwestern University, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a minor concentration in French language and literature. She is fluent in Spanish and French. Grant, who lives in New York City, was raised in Chicago’s south suburbs.

5 Student Speaker — Morning Ceremony

Erin Fletcher

Erin Fletcher’s first exposure to Governors State University came when she was a child, growing up in University Park. “My mother was a secretary in the GSU Library,” Erin says. “She had to work one Saturday a month in the library and she’d bring me along. I found some of my best friends in the library shelves.” It’s been a long journey from those days amid the library shelves. Today, Erin receives her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, magna cum laude. She is already working toward her master’s in communications and plans to pursue an Ed.D. in leadership at GSU as well. Achieving her bachelor’s degree is just the latest accomplishment in Erin’s full, successful life. She is a mother of four. She worked in the business sector for 25 years, most recently in logistics manage- ment at the Solo Cup Company in University Park, where she was executive assistant to the regional distribution manager. After she lost her job in 2009, at the height of the national economic downturn, Erin decided it was time to complete her bachelor’s degree at Governors State. She had previously completed more than 80 hours of coursework at Prairie State College. “It was an epiphany for me,” she says. “And I found that the interdisciplinary studies program was perfect for someone with my experience.” She completed her degree in three semesters. “I took seven or eight courses at a time. I set my mind to do it. I just did it.” In addition to her coursework, Erin has also worked at the university, first in Student Life and currently in the interdisciplinary studies office. She is also a graduate assistant at GSU, teaching 28 students in Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies. Erin was recently elected to a one-year term as student trustee on the GSU Board of Trustees. She is a two-term student senator, a member of the Black Student Union, the Wellness Club, and the Hon- ors Council, which provides input on the yearly Honors Program lecture series and other activities. Ultimately, Erin would like to teach in higher education. She has already started research on what will eventually be her doctoral thesis: the promotion of African American women on higher education faculties in America. Erin is a Richton Park resident. Two of her children are college graduates; a third is about to graduate from the University of Illinois; and her youngest is completing high school. Her children are “very excited and very proud” that their mother was chosen as a graduation speaker. “It’s one thing to talk about the important things in life,” she says. “It’s another thing when your children see it happening.”

6 Student Speaker — Afternoon Ceremony

Fredi Parks

Fredi Parks always knew she wanted to be a teacher. Her dream came true after she entered GSU’s Alternative Certification program, which trains career changers for the classroom and prepares them for careers in challenging, underserved schools. “I met a new me through the Alt Cert program,” Fredi says. “I can’t say enough about my professors – their standards of excellence made all this possible. Learning here is the best way to learn. GSU, as it turns out, is a bright and shining star.” The Alternative Certification program is funded through a federal Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) grant that provides a $30,000 stipend to students during a residency period. As residents, students practice-teach for an entire year, rather than the traditional one-semester student teaching period. Fredi is a member of the first class to go through the TQP residency period. Fredi completed the program in August 2011 and immediately began working full-time as a sixth grade teacher at Maya Angelou School in Harvey. She conducted her residency teaching in the same school district. “It’s not work for me,” she says. Fredi teaches 27 sixth graders with a variety of ability levels. There is a high mobility rate, which means a number of students who start the year in her classroom will finish it in another school. She says students routinely text her during non-school hours, mostly about classroom assignments but sometimes about more personal matters. “We’re family,” she says. “My students have to know they are in a safe environment in our classroom. I let them know I will defend them every day. I also let them know that they have an obligation to do the same for everyone in the classroom.” Fredi, of Park Forest, graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She worked 12 years at the Alzheimer’s Foundation in Chicago, starting as a temp and working her way up to director of operations. In 2009, her oldest daughter got an all-expenses-paid scholarship to the University of Missouri and she saw that as an opportunity to change careers. She did research on teacher education programs and decided that Alt Cert at GSU was the best fit for her. Outside the classroom, Fredi is also extremely busy. She is a mother of four – her other three children are in the fifth, sixth, and eighth grade. She has worked as a community organizer, taught a web design course, and served as team mother for her son’s youth football team. She came in second in GSU’s “Singing With the Broadway Stars” competition in 2010 and sings in two bands. Today, Fredi will receive her master’s degree in education. She is “excited and humbled” by being selected as today’s speaker. After today, she is determined to bring the lessons she learned at GSU into her own classroom to improve the lives of the next generation of students.

7 College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Arts Brian Brylewski Roberta Drake*** Mark Harris Emilie Buckley Tracey Drazenovich Ronald Harris** Asamah Abdallah* Yvonne Buckner Caitlin P. Duffy Shamika Harris-Richardson Joseph Abdallah Dani Bucyk* Blaise Dueshop Sylvester Hartigan Ikhlas Adi Kevin Burke Theodore Dunn** Antoine Hart-White Rosanna Adkins** Jason Burton Tereka Dunn-Piggee Lauren Hauptman Adalisa Akpore Joseph Butler Keith Easter § Scott Hayden* David Akstins Jerard Butts Charles Eckhart*** Keisha Heard Edgar Alba* Robert Byford*** Menai Edwards Caleb Hendricks Bruce Albrecht Sonja Byrd Susie Edwards Melissa Heniff* Lorena Alcantar Elizabeth Bywater Yasmin Eid Paul Henken Clinton Alexander Melanie Cabeen*** Heather Eilers § Giancarlo Hernandez Leroy Alexander Jacob Calgaro Devin Ennis Dwight Hill Latifa Ali Martha Calhoun Bweh Epah Marlos Hill Adejumoke Alimi Diahann Cambridge Ryan Erjavac Renita Hines Jacob Alspaugh Ashley Cantone Amanda Felke Robert Hines Sandra Alvarado***§ Kathryn Carr Erica Ferrell Jamane Hinton Tammy Amaro Shanor Carter Michael Fezekas Brendan Hollandsworth Brian Anaszewski Karla Castellanos Jay Fillmore ** Erin Hollen Lyne’ya Anderson** Daniel Christain Jessica Finnigan Nakee Holloway** Shaniqua Anderson Balsamo Clark Erin Fletcher **§ Carrie Holtz* Megan Anstrom Brandy Clark Tammie Fortuna Philip Hon Carol Antosz Karon Clark Charles Frelix Felicia Houston Meghan Ardolino* Odell Clark Heather Frickenstein*** Jennifer Hughes Jennifer Arlen Megan Clarke Sharon Frieson Tracey Hulbert* Adekanmi Arojojoye Laura Cody** Lasheena Fuller Tamika Hurley Calie Ascolani Sonja Cole Tatiana Gaddis Patricia Hutson Eman Assad Chalese Coleman Crystal Gaines Charles Ignarski* Dawn Austin Demetria Coleman Eloy Gallardo Sarai Iniguez Sandy Avila Debra Collins** Kristin Gallo Denise Issert***§ Trudy Baise-Fessler*** Erin Collins Chris Ganz* Felysha Jackson Alexis Baker Leslie Collins Julie Garand*** Lesley Jackson Pierre Baker Kristy Colyer Evelyn Garcia Mark Jackson Jason Baksas Alexandra Cook John Garcia Michelle Jackson Walter Banasiak Christopher Cook Alonzo Gardiner Patricia Jackson Courtney Barden Nicole Copalello Emmanuel Gardner Rashaun Jackson Latosha Barnes Gary Couch Allison Gausselin* Raymond Jackson Toya Barnes Jerry Crabtree Alice Gayles Rhonda Jackson Valerie Barnes Jennifer Crowl** Katelyn Geever Regina Jackson-Edgecombe Jeff Barrowman* Tabatha Crump Meghan Gehrke** Geraldine James Tristan Bates** Paula Cruz Brian Giddings Noreen Jedlicka* Ahmad Batroukh*** Edward Curra Beverly Gilbert LaToya Jeffries Brittany Bauer Bridgett Curtis Lindsey Fhalyn Gilbert Kim Johnson Jeffery Behm*** Peter Cusick* Portia Gilmore Lani Johnson James Benson* Andrea Dalpolo* Jennifer Gniadecki Nicole Johnson Jennele Berry** Anjanette Daniels Brittany Godsey Robert Johnson*** LaTrina Berry* Nehemiah Daniels Ashley Goins Eric Jones*** Kristi Besse Lucas Darragh*** Devin Gomez* Lloyd Jones** Matthew Beutler Marilee Davis Olga Gonzales Sandra Jones Nicholas Billone*** Deborah DeAcetis*** Jennifer Goudreau § LaTisha Jude Precious Blanton Patti DeBias** Latrina Green William Judge Lisa Blyth ** James DeBiasio Daviaire Gregory Lisa Marie Jurgenson § Franco Bottalico David Deeds*** Iana Griffin Aleksand Kadey Shanté Boyd Jorie DeHahn Eric Gross* Melissa Kaminski** Nemuhan Brent Adam DeWit Maja Grzeszkowiak Russell Kaplan Kathleen Brock Julia DeYoung*** Brian Guzaitis Debra Kappel* Linda Brodnicki* Samuel DeYoung Kimberly Hagar Aqeelah Karriem Edward Brooks Isabel Diaz Cheryl Hall Andrew Kasigyi LaQueta Broughton Lina Diaz David Hammock Daniel Keeler Daryn Brown NaTasha Dillard Rhonda Hampton Maureen Brown John Dillon Thais Haran* * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 Kara Brush*** Steve Dion Asiel Harper ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 Sherry Bryant* *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 Desirae Douma Deborah Harris § = University Honors Program

8 College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Arts (cont.) Britney McCormick John Pilolli Laverne Scott Erika McCowan Jose Plascencia Timothy Scott Trina Keepers Vanity McDonald Louella Plaxico Pamela Scurlock Lisa Keilman Johnitra McDowell Peter Podgorski* Tanis Seats Thomas Kelly Caren McLaren** Nicholas Podsiadlik Mike Segreti Michael Kennedy Tempie D. McLin Brenda Polk Tamara Serrano*** Kelly Kersh Amy McMahon*** Toya Pollnitz Mary Sheahan*** Sharon Kidd-Fryer Michael McMann*** Dominique Pope Mark Simmons Latecia Kilgore-Thomas Derrick McNeal Mable Porter Nija Simmons Kristina Kingman Mark Meldgin* Michelle Potter Lisa Simon-Lewis Kristina Kirchner Herbert Mendez Brittany Powell Christina Siwa Mary Klak Kelli Merrick Karly Powers Jugady Slaughter Jessica Klein Myra Michaux Christopher Pratl Justin Smith Delfina Kluska Susan Milke Matthew Prendergast** Kevin Smith Douglas Kman Jhani Miller Nora Price Nicole Smith Mary Knoska*** Erica Mitchell Sonia Pulido Quentin Smith Angela Knox Ginelle Mitchell Jenna Putman Quiana Smith Amanda Koehler James Mitchell Katarzyna Putylo Richard Smolik*** Elizabeth A. Koch Ala Mohammad* Jonathan Queen Kimberly Snapp** Ebony Kozelsky Oscar Moore Colleen Quinn* Juliette Sneed Danielle Kozlowski Teri Moore Matthew Rafferty Stephanie Sonka Nicole Kulich** Torian Moore Jayson Randle Catherine Spaulding Gloria Laib Zina Moore Christopher Rathunde Patrica Spellman-McEntee Charmaine Lando Jenna Moreno LaToya Redd Brenton Sperry Daniel Lang Nadia Morris Robert Redden*** Kimberly Spivey Haley Langan* Tremayne Moss Brett Reed*** Grayson Stamm*** Terry Langley** Yesenia Munoz** Charmaine Reed Juanita Stege-White Kristen Langton Barbara Murff Jacob Reyes Norman Sterling* Donna LaPorte**§ Jim Murray* Michael Rice Reanna Stevens Stephen LaVoie Lindy Nanos Robin Rice Timothy Stevens*** Emily Leary Qushaun Naugle Jacqulyn Rich Thomas Stevenson Edward Lee§ Jonice Nelson Sarah Richter Cheryl Steward Penny Lee-Cox Summer Nettles Joel Riggs Kennetha Stigler Evan Lemmon-Dozier Sheena Newsome** Brittany Riley Debra Stocker Annie Lenoir* Birdie Nichols Caryn Riley** Johnetta Stokes Katrina Lewis Jason Nonaka Brandi Roach Tracy Stokes Sharon Lewis*§ John Nordsell** Ebonie Robinson Vicki Street Laura Lindenberg Sandra Norwood Erica Robinson Renee Striverson David Lipowski* Shaun Novak Jeremy Robinson* Eric Strubin Jack Lira Etta Oben** Corey Rodgers Matt Strysik Ryan Lochow Sean O’Brien Iran Rodriguez Andrew Studer Jonathan Longhi** Georgianne O’Donnell* Latrina Rogers Kurt Studer Jonathan Lopez Oladipupo Odunewu*§ Gertrudis Rosas Adele Stukas Nicolle Lopez Christpher Oldanie Daniel Roscoe David Stupp*** Salvador Lopez§ Kathryn Olson Jessica Rose Luke Surdel* Linda Luxion*** Maureen Onyelobi Dameika Rosenthal Katrina Sutton Michelle Macauley** Patrick O’Shea Bryce Ross Al Taylor Nettie Machovski*** Christopher Otten Calvin Rowe Robert Taylor Vincent Macino Frank Padilla Dennis Rowland** Makabra Thomas Natalie Mack Codjo Padonou Amalie Runyon Olivia Thomas Martha Maclin-Reynolds Charles Palermo Tresha Russell Cynthia Thomas Grant Matthew Maggio Kadima Palles Matthew Rutkowski Gregory Thompson Cheryl Major Faye Parker Margaret Ruyle Lisa Tillman Matthew Maple* Levetta Parker Sherrie Saez Ericka Tolbert Monique Martin Brian Passarello Laila Salama Melanie Toth Robert Mason Adam Paulsen* Louay Saleh Jim Toures*§ Shaynette Mason Morgan Pavlick Enea Salvestrini*** Felicia Towers Sharon Massenburg Gregory Peccatiello Brandon Sanders Loleta Tramble-Black Malik Matariyeh Roni Pence*** Tereasa Sanders* Nicole Trent Melanie Matias* Marie Penny Anne Schafroth*** Jason Tunzi** Gwendolyn Maxwell§ David Perez Matt Schering* Jennifer Mc Govern David Petruska Shawna Schmitt * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 Michael McCahill ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 Angela Phillips Anthony Scott *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 Angela McChristian § = University Honors Program 9 College of Arts and Sciences

Bachelor of Arts (cont.) Robert Zier* Master of Arts Arial Larson Michele Zilinskas Erica Lathion Adam Turner Magdalena Ziminska Jamilah Adebesin Shawn Lewis Tamika Underwood Lacie Zingre** Tolulope Afolabi Nicole Little Ricardo Urquizo Anthony Allen Amy Lubke Martynas Valaitis D. Babiarz Bachelor of Fine Arts Danyale Lucado Juane VanAllen James Banks Katherine Maksimuk Lauren Vanderploeg Peter Chung* Doris Barnes-Cook Maryah Marciniak Jennifer VanDuyne Quentin Crockett Jennifer Battistoni Scott Marciniak Eugene VanPatten*** Daniel Lee Michael Bonifacio Derrian McKinney Cynthia Vega Kim Panozzo Thomas Boyd Sonya McLeod Sabrina Venegar Dominique Brown Robin Miles Amy Verhulst Bachelor of Science Michael Brown Bridget Mitchell Simon Versis Tiffany Bruessard Rebecca Moffett-Moore Claudia Villa Brian Adams Lee Buchanan Kasey Alberts Carol Morris Carolyn Walker* Elise Burks Megan Morris Christopher Walker Jovie Lynn Alfonso Alana Renee Byrd William Alston James Muhammad Kezra D. Wallace Richard Cammarata Kemp Muniz Capucine Walls Rodney Balitewicz Ousman Ceesay Tim Beck Robert Nemitz Johnathan Walls Wayon Collins Joseph Noto Margaret Walsh Marlon Berry James Condon Randy Blanchette William O’Connor Joel Walton Dana Corlett-Bryant Rasmieh Odeh Darice Ward Kenny Blank Anthony Cozzi Domonique Burney Laura Owens Catrice Warren Susan D’Alberti Renee Pandy Antron Washington Michael Burns Yakeea Daniels Daniel Carduff Soretta Patton Erica Washington* Carmen Davis Shanta Payton Jason Webb Miguel Cejudo Loraine Dee David Concha Kenneth Pickens Brad Wehr Holli Denault Janice Pratt David Werkema Ben-Ta Coulter Becki Driver Jessica Frigon Matthew Praxmarer Lorese Wesley Judy Ferneau Renee Prince Ryan West*** Michael Glester Macklin Fogle Timothy Gonzales** Tianna Richards Terrie Wheatley Toney Ford Carla Roberson Aimee White Alan Guerrero Sara Friedman Kevin Hajduk*** Jory Simmons Daphne White Patricia Gaines Cynthia Sims Carolyn Whitfield McClinton Hoover Margaret Gebien Charles Impastato** Frances Sinapi David Wieczorek Sharee Greenwood Seweryn Skibinski Kristyn Wiegel** Daniel Jagoda Evan Gregg Jessica Kinkin Maryam Sousan Latoyia Wilborn Angelica Guerrero Angela Southall Alecia Williams Christopher Koenig* Dominique Hall Felicia Krelwitz Daphne Stevenson April Williams Lydia Hamilton Allyson Stewart Crystalyn Williams § Elizabeth Krone Thomas Hansen Mark Losos Ninel Stigger Ebony Williams Wandretta Harden Parrish Swain Ashley Wilson Allayna Luksic Jamal Hawkins Christopher Meadows Shadi Sweiss Jeremy Wilson Bonita Herring Immanuel Talley Annie Winiecki Kristin Murphy Carolyn Holcomb Kyle Neal Antonio Thomas Kami Withers Karen Holman Teratineka Thomas Amelia Withrow* Rosa Orozco Sonja Hughes Kathleen Ramirez Lynn Thompson Jacquelyn Wolski Joseph Iniguez Annette Thornton Vincent Woods*** Tamisha Rose Zakiyyah Jackson-Bey Michael Schick Anchiu To Tabitha Wordlaw Infini Jemison-Ewing Kristin Travis Sonja Wormbly Chris Sheffner Linda Jernigan Jonathan Signore Timothy Vitek Patrick Wright** Bryce Johnsen Jason Walker Annabella Wrzesniewska-Kozak* Amanda Spano Tyrone Johnson Sandra Stanley Shannon Walters Norman Wylie Conchetta Jones Crystal Waters Nicole Wynn* Angie Tapley Trinesha Jones Brittany Taylor Marcel Weaver Tara Xenos Janet Julian Nicole Wickliffe Christal Young § James Ternig** Kathleen Karwoski Kevin Tobola Merri Wilkerson Joshua Young Michael Kealy Brenda Woods Tanya Young Jessica Turner Bonita Kelly Patryk Zabiegala Michael Walsh Mark Kelly Ricardo Zarate*** Gregory White Raida Khamis * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 Agnieszka Zieba** Jennifer Yoder Wilma King ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 Sarah Koehler *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 § = University Honors Program

10 College of Arts and Sciences

Master of Fine Arts Master of Science Aaron Daniel Annas Naga Adusumilli Matthew McKain Steven Apter Lalitha Amarapalli Eileen McKee Joseph Berlanga Chandra Arigapudi Patrick McNamee Robert Beshara Santosh Badramraju Kimberly Meyer-Ramirez Jason Knade Nikhil Bayanna Sudarshan Dale Mitchell Russel Laska Daisy Bennett Praveen Muddam Paul Monteilh DaShawna Bennett Satish Murarishetty Candace Schutt Sreedivya Bikki John Nelson Araceli Sharper Joy Blain Nicole Owens Ann Shaw Marcy Chandler Jayeshkumar Patel Heidi Stachulak Arunakanth Chavala Gopikrishna Pinnaka Paul Stephenson Anusha Chennupati Chaitanya Poola Allen Tieri David Corcoran Deepthi Ravipati Devin Washington Srikanth Dammalapati Audrea Rhymes Spencer Davis Zutao Shao Alexandro Dominguez Torsten Spooner Katherine Doranski Kartheek Suragoni Sasidhar Duggineni Martin Szudarski Nader Eid Vineela Talluri Prathyusha Gangu Sunil Thanikanti Leesha Howard-Mccauley Camaro Walker Anthony Jackson Dwayne Walton Fehmida Kagzi Julie Widinski Gopala Kalapala Ahalya Yalamanchili Vikram Kasarala Vinay Yalamanchili Tushar Kathiriya Anil Reddy Yarrapureddy Bharadwaj Keesari Mohammed Zaheeruddin Imran Khan Chris Zmudka Mujtaba Khan Theresa Knipe Matthew Krenzelak Sareen Kushangari Kamala Madavarapu Safwat Masood

* = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 § = University Honors Program

11 College of Business and Public Administration

Bachelor of Arts Jillian Jordan Carmella Williams Tricia Meier Joanna Kaminska David Wright Hector Molina Hamidah Abdul-Salaam LaTonya Kelly-Hales Monica Zaczyk Ruben Mora Morenike Adenrele Alicia King Ian Zahorik James Murdie Adam Alfraihat Olga Kondrashova Ervin Zakrzewski* Patrick Nnadi Ian Andrews Samuel Kowalski Naser Zayed Bethune Osei John Andrulis Danielle Layden Samer Zayed Kenyatta Ousley Nicole Andruscavage Robert Lelo John Zelko Suzanna Owens-Manney Ashley Balke** Bryan Leonard Robert Zychowski* Kimberly Podgorny Stephanie Bard Nita Lewis** Corey Rodgers Shadieh Barakeh Paislei Livsey Mia Rucker Margaret Bass* Lishun Lu Bachelor of Science Mervat Saleh Shawanna Beard Nacola Magee Eric Schmidt Lorelei Biela Armando Marrufo Mohamad Abdelhalim Edward Schultz Aneshia Bonds Dekena Mars Murad AbuSultan Tracy Terry Brandon Boomsma Hector Martinez Blessing Akinola Katherine Vinardi Brittany Brockman Sandra Martinez Rakan Alawawda Matthew Visak Timothy Brown Steve McAllister Hassan Amer Akinpelu Williamson Valencia Brown Tamila McDade Jesus Arenas Ericka Wysocki Christie Byrd-Thurman Lori Mello Ernest Balawender Saad Zayed Teya Calhoun Patrick Messer Andrew Bendyk Kathryn Canino Sheleach Mitchell John Berry Alejandro Clara Sami Mohammad Latitia Boston Master of Business Janelle Clark Malcom Brown Eric Molinaro Administration Mahammad Daboul Blevian Moore Gary Buttice William Daniels William Moore Omar Caro Mohammad Abu Hashesh Adreana Davis Eden Mossoczy Schunita Carter Yonna Alexander Salitha Deberry Jessica Nwakah Efigenio Castaneda* David Bambuch Kaylle Dodds Patrick O’Hern Jane Castillo* Kevin Brocious Adam Dylik Katrinia Oliver Chandra Crudup Patrick Brogan Ashley Earnshaw Bridget Ondrejka Nick Demopoulos Lynn Cahill Sami Elhila Katina Papoulias Samira Ellian Yuan Cai Amanda Erlenbush*** Drenell Parish**§ James Ellis Sharice Coleman David Erzinger Samantha Pitchford Darcy Folliard Jamie Connor Patricia Favela Tom Podzorny Roy Franceschina Eric Donnellan Sammy Fitch Michael Pricone** De’Anna Fulcher Boubker El Akkari Maureen Fowler Asmeen Radee Kiana Gaddis Nader Elkhatib Husam Freihat Peter Regopoulos Andrew Gurley Edwin Fynn Mark Galazka Jody Riordan Regina Haynes Ayanna Gardner Shanene Gardner Richard Robledo Mary Head Lorin Grable LaMont Garrett Sarah Rogers Xavier Hernandez Shuyu Guo Andrew Gerritsen Doretha Sandridge Matthew Ilginis Joseph Gyan Youvonda Gibbs Eric Schmitz Renee Jackson David Harrill Everett Gilmer Joshua Schwiesow James Jacob Crystal Hawkins Rashida Greene David Shanahan Mack Jobe* Runisia Henry Robert Hamilton*** Kelly Sheldon Christopher Johnson Wentong Huang Peggy Harlan Alex Shoemaker Magic Johnson Karyl Hughlett Todd Haymes Alisa Shortell Ahmad Joudeh Mary Jiang Darren Heldt Samantha Siemieniec Colleen Judge*** Arlo Kallemeyn Anthony Henderson Martha Silva Islam Kashour Elise LaPierre Patricia Hernandez Rosanne Skonicki Severin Konan** John LaPierre Edward Hobson Dulce Soukieh Stephen Lipetzky Angelina Mack Karen Holt Brian Stepanek Ana Lopez Brenda Maldonado Eamon Holtschlag Patricia Strickland Katrina Ann S. Luciano John Marquez Bart Holzhauser Rejena Taylor Mary Lyons Gracia Martinez Nathan Hopkins Jermaine Terrell Yulianna Martinez Tammy McMullan Paris Jackson Adam Thompson Lynn McHugh Tareva McNeal Alicia James Rosemary Vargas* Jaclyn McKee Charles Meyer Jetaun James Patrick Wall** Matthew McKeigue Alan Johnson*** Lyndsey Washington LaQuana Johnston Angela White * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 § = University Honors Program

12 College of Business and Public Administration

Master of Business Master of Public Master of Science Administration (cont.) Administration Akemi Arias Richard Michael Saleh Abu-Al-Yahgob Valicienne Arnold Kelly Moore Olasumbo Akinsola Denise Austin Wenjie Nie Greta Andrews-Gearring Bilal Beiram Wayne Odle Rita Armstrong Lynne Butler Jamie Peccatiello Michael Bratton Edgar Casillas Ewa Pilarczyk Donna Cameron Xue Chen Alethia Pollard Augusta Carpenter Jameel Dabney Vienne Reid Nicholas Chambers Melissa Dana Althea Reid-Henry Jeneen Chapman Jing He Paul Rossi Stanton Chavers Yolanda Hicks-Johnson Hector Santiago Hollice Clark Michael Joens Erendira Santillan Robert Climack Denise Jones Shenita Sledge Keith Coleman Richard Kopera Carrie Smith Derrick Dale Jonathan Lestarczyk Lola Thomas Donesha Davenport David Love Karen Thurmon Ingrid Farmer-Jones Christopher O’Hara Mary Townsend Marcus Gipson Edward Owusu Dolores Villalpando Alexandria Z. Harris Michael Paczkowski Jie Wang Takia Harris Toure Peck Lauren White Anthonia Iwobi Yolanda Peoples Brandon Williams John Jesernik Lauren Redweik Keegan Wilson Kinielle Johnson Dennis Small Travon Wilson Agyena Joseph Sotayo Sowemimo Robina Wright-Hopkins Eric Lawhead Nichole Stolzenbach Bing Wu Juan Lyle Elise Styck Shao Zhang Richard Marquis Rebecca Trudeau Sylvia Martinez John Vos Linda Mattox Ann Warner Clifford Ovunwo Christine Winquist Laquita Patrick Biswa Phuyal Sharon Polk LaDonya Powell Zoyla Ramirez Coretta Richardson Heather Rosignolo Delores Shields-Lewis Jamal Simington Lillateese Simmons Veronica Stewart Robin Streets Anthony Sykes Felicia Wallace Joseph Williams Robert Wilson

* = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 § = University Honors Program 13 College of Education

Bachelor of Arts Carrie Dziemiela Jill Markussen Shonte Truitt Barbara Dziurdzik Ashley Mason Jasmine Turner Fadi Abughoush Mecca Eaves Stephene Maxwell Shannon Vera Faith Adams Jamille Edwards Leah Mayo Daniel Vergara Tasha Adedje Amanda Farmer Genie McClain Steffani Vizdal Melissa Alaniz Melanie Favero Christopher McElroy Natasha Wade Lorena Alcantar Arminda Fenton*** Jack Mecher*** Ashley Wagner* Nicholas Alfich Therese Fidler*** Juliana Mendrano Eileen Walts*** Ola Alourani Ryan Finley* Elizabeth Merida Amy Watters La-Trice Anderson Lise Fitzsimmons* James Moustis** Karrie White Tonika Archer** Ashleigh Flory Michele Muransky** Stacy Whittington Stefanie Balcerzak*** Elizabeth Flynn Jenna Murdie Alexandra Wieclaw Tamara Batiest Laura Fowler Corinne Murphy Chardae Wiggins Joshua Baugh*** Bryan Fox Rose Myart Bradley Wilfong Lindsey Bermel Nakia Frazier Jill Nacke Damita Williams Amber Beukinga*** Elyse Frossard Stephanie Neubauer Jessica Willis Kathie Biggs Joseph Galvan Heather Novak* Amanda Wise Brooke Binder Scott Gardner Caitlin O’Connor* Lynn Zabilka** Amanda Birkel Lavonda Garner Kimberly O’Neal Joann Zambrano Kristine Bodemer Justin Geiger Nicole Orbik* Tiffany Zelek* Julie Bohlsen Jean Giedraitis Stephen Orlick Catherine Zieba** Michelle Brennan Magdalena Golec Elizabeth Owens Elizabeth Briones Lakesia Graham** Karla Payne Helene Brou Christine Graman Jasmine Randle Master of Arts Jennifer Brundidge Kelvin Griffin Natalie Reyes* Tracy Burgett*** Stephanie Griffin Heather Richards Tracey Adams Sally Burke Sheila Heard** Tonya Riegel Urbano Adrianzen China Burrows Sandra Henderson** Carly Riley ***§ Josephine Aghedo Amber Cahue Jennifer Henneberg ** Kaitlin Roback Celina Andablo Christina Carrarini** Charla Hill Phillip Ross Paul Andler Brandan Carroll* Mary Holmes Randi Rutledge** Tracey Ardizzone-Droesch Kimberly Carter LaShonda Howell Nicole Ryan Nicole Arendt Yuvanny Catalan Heather Hozzian Amanie Salah Paul Arrington De Ann Catizone Heather Hurley Ala Saleh LaToya Ausley Delta Cervantes Michael Jadzak Mildred Scharlau Molli Bachenberg Shandis Cisek Nydia Jaimes Jennifer Schindler Joy Bacino Nallely Cisneros Samantha Jaklich Joseph Scuderi Stephen Baczkiewicz Karen Clark Nicole James Laura Selling*** Roger Baldwin Victoria Colbert Roxanna Jasso Sheena Simmons Antoinne Barnes Caroline Colclasure Charnetta Johnson Eboni Slaton Matthew Barrett Annedreka Coleman Kristin Johnson** Kimberly Smith Kathryn Bauman Rachel Colson Tracee Johnson*** LaShonda Smith Arleta Bazile Brianna Cooper** Michelle Jones Rachel Smith Philip Bazile Leanne Cooper*** Christina Jordan Brianne Souligne Lynette Beckett Javier Cortez Colette Jordan Alayna Speicher Mary Beedle Rachel Corwin*** Lawrence Joynt*** Tiffany Stallworth Antoinette Bernard Michael Cowling Kaitlyn Kawczynski Scott Staton Mary Kay Bessler Katie Culligan Mamie Kernagis Ashley Stechly Keisha Billups Amanda Czerwinski* Lisa Kew Rebecca Stern Jessica Bivens Helen Dalton* Krista Kijanowski Erin Sullivan Nicole Black Anna Daniels Michelle King Laura Swiat Tolana Blackful Joanna Dau* Alyssa Kosiek Michelle Talent*** Christine Blinstrub Davina Davis Maria Kubik Ashley Tate Gianna Bock Eugene Davis Patricia Lake* Christopher Taylor Alisha Bolden Rosalinda Delgado* Colleen Lally Jerry Taylor Brenda Boykins-Montgomery Melinda Devers Janet Landingham** Ashley Teske Lauren Bozzi Neda Diab Cheryl LaPlant* Toshina Thames Rachel Brace Margaret DiVittorio* Katie Lawson Jeffrey Thill Jenny Brost Wesam Doleh Monika Ligas*** Chiquita Thompson Matthew Brown Michelle Dorsey*** Erica Lorenz Joy Throgmorton* Richard Brown Erik Duda Elizabeth Lukacek Linda Timbers * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 Colleen Duignan Elizabeth Mabbott Svend Tranberg ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 Suzanne Duran *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 Stacie Malak* Katrina Trejo*§ § = University Honors Program

14 College of Education

Master of Arts (cont.) Donna Flowers Tina Kelly Deanna Morelli Kelly Flynn Jessica Kendall Theresa Morenus Natasha Brown-Harris Mary Ford Amelia Keorpes Jane Morris Elizabeth Bruozis Sarah Forsythe Antoinette Ketcher Aqueelah Muhammad Marilyn Bucci Sarah Fortier Daa’iyah Ketchum Marijo Muhr Camiell Burse Douglas Fowler Michael Killoran Erin Mulcahy Megan Byrne Mary Fox Cynthia Knox Clint Musgrave Courtney Caamano Rena Fox Dawn Koenig Krystyna Nasinska Brooke Candra Mary Freeman Diana Kompare Kristin Nelson Melissa Carey Thomas Freyer Kimberly Konodi Nanette Nelson Mitchell Carey Amy Fuller Carolyn Korman Lorenzo Nevarez Christine Carlson Samantha Gabrys James Kosik Tiffany Novack Faith Carlson Nia Gamble Jason Krausz Christine O’Brien Dennis Cheek Kenneth Gardner Andrea Krueger Meagan O’Connor David Cheske Patricia Garland-Stockstell Margaret LaBeau Sonya Odegaard Jonathan Chestang Samantha Gehrig Catherine Lally Ugochi Ohale Tammie Chopp Brian Gilbert Tracy Lamont Carey Orelik Katie Christerson Sheryl Golab James LaRocco Beverly O’Rozco Terri Christiansen Elizabeth Gomez Richard Larson Kendra Paarlberg-Jelcic Linda Cobbins Gerri Gordon Patrice Latimore Angela Pacetti Kevin Coe Jeff Grabowski Sarah Lenert Gina Pacheco Meghan Coleman Magdalena Graciano Arlene Lewis Maria Padilla Joshua Collier Daniel Grady Jill Liapis Jason Palagi Colleen Connolly Emily Grasser Michael Lindstrom Christin Parker Nicole Cornelious Melissa Gray Trina Linklater Fredi Parks Carol Counts Chantae Griffin Brandon Lipke Jill Patti Meagan Crandall Tosca Griffith Luke Lokanc Kimberley Patton-Allen Michael Crane Melissa Griggs Melinda Long Linda Peete Cassie Crim Pamela Groen Tina Lott Stefanie Pehr Yolanda Crossley Zofia Guiney Maisha Lowery Amanda Pennington Amy Cumbee David Gutierrez Peter Lucas Albert Perez Craig Damrow Jamie Haas Jill Lustik Erika Pernecky Elizabeth David Kelly Hackl Elizabeth Maass Brittany Perry Christopher Decker Megan Hafer Nicholas Macak Jamie Peterson James DeFrank Sarah Halbauer Jennifer Macie Brentt Petika Matthew Delejewski Tiffany Hamill Molly Mahoney Paula Phillips Michael Deltgen Fayetta Hankins Sarah Margalus Joy Pieper Carol Demas Alysse Hansen Anthony Marinello Abby Pilotto Jason DePolo Jaclanette Haskins Erin Markase Autra Pointer Danielle Devine Nadia Hassan Karen Marshall Kimberly Pointer Eric Diehl Derrick Hassert Ajhera Martin Christian Poku Frank Dillinger Kimberly Heath Kevin McCann Ashley Popiela Judi Dinell Kelly Hebert David McCord Rhonda Porter-McBride Alicia Dobbs Nicholas Herbst Latia McDowell-Greer Sarah Powers Meghan Domanszky Adrian Hoefling Erin McGinley Pamela Price Joanne Drozdowski Janine Holmes Kristen McHugh Jennifer Provis Margaret Duggan Kevin Houlihan Rachel McKay Melissa Quick Dartina Dunlap Shana Howard Daniel McNicholas Christine Quinlan Molly Dunne Jakara Hubbard Eric Melton Laura Radakovitz Roxane Dupuis Brendan Hufford Spiro Merkouris Matthew Raglione Elizabeth Ehrhart Karen Hyma Anna Meyer Laura Ranger Donald Emerson Fatimah Ismail Teresa Mezzich Regina Redd Jennifer Eubanks Kristine Jackiw Marcia Mikal Lisa Reza Amanda Evans Jenice Jackson Jennifer Miroballi Dianna Evers Constance Jackson-Upshaw Denise Mitchell Cassandra Facko Kenny Johnson Tanner Mitchell Rachel Fassl Pooja Joshi Makiko Miyara Maureen Fernandez Lauren Jurasits Michelle Mohler Lesley Finnegan Marion Kaes Geraldine Moody-Harris Cindy Fisher Kristen Kasperek Ayesha Moore Jennifer Fitzgerald Nuray Kavustuk Elizabeth Moore * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 Kirsten Fitzgerald ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 § = University Honors Program

15 College of Education

Master of Arts (cont.) Marc Rice Monica Torres Marjorie Ritchie Raul Torres Sharon Rivers Christopher Toth Catherine Rotimi Debra Troupe Peggy Rozema-Earll Amanda Tuftie Andrea Rucinski David Turovetz Shay Rudnicki Mary Valerius Amber Samuilis Alison VanderLaan Allysen Sanchez Darci VanKalker Daniel Scanlan Andre Varnado Jeanne Schaefer-Volanti Kenneth Villasenor Ashley Scheiner Sandra Vree Anthony Schmitt Dustin Waddell Nicole Schmitz Molly Walsh Karalyn Schroeder Latonya Walton Elizabeth Schrubbe Tyrone Ward Kelly Scully Tara Warner Robert Seibert Schena Warren-Harris Julie Senka Kimm Washington Sarah Sexton Linda Watson Simeon Shama Natalie Watson Janice Sheehan Stacey Welsh Sharon Siamis Dandra Wetherspoon Christina Sivak Ayana Whaley-McGhee Jason Skube Donelle Wilkin Kristen Slonczewski Brittany Williams Charles Smith Carol Williams Jessica Soukup Jennifer Williams Matthew Stanley Tameka Williams Lois Stewart Katherine Wohlgemuth Sandra Struck Regenia Wright Caitlin Suerth Ronald Wright Tammy Swanson Aquea Wynn Melissa Sweeney Venessa Yarber Sanaz Tabrizi Bernadette Zajac Kara Tagler Linda Zajaczek Kristine Tarbunas Teri Zaker Sharon Taylor Megan Zumpano Alice Thode Roger Zylstra Anthony Thomas Darryl Thompson Qiana Thompson Takia Todd

* = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 § = University Honors Program

16 College of Health and Human Services

Bachelor of Health Bachelor of Health Shadia Ramadan Shannon Guerra Administration Science Carrie Rao*** Virginia Guzman-Rockett Heather Richardson Ebony Hamilton Mohammad Abuzir Hanin Aldarawsheh John Rozsa* Cynthia Hammond Edward Adekanbi Wanda Barnett William Ryan Chloe Haney Kwame Adjapong Philomena Barr Maloney** Kelly Sabia* Donna Harris Olutola Akinde* Jesus Bernal Monica Santillan Starla Hudgins** Melinda Alexander Patrice Blackburn** Kritika Sharma** Lucretia Huhn* Angelique Boyd Sanjuana Broden Jennifer Shellhorn*** Marcia Hymon Chevonne Brown Amanda Buryj Lorena Silva Vivian Ifejiasi Cheryl Butler Catherine Carone Cameron Smith* LaWanda Jackson Richard Crawford Julia Caveney* Hallema Smith* Natasha Jackson Jennifer Dion April Clayborne Ellisse Solis Christopher Jacobs Cara Driscoll Ashley Cleveland Margaret Souligne Kathleen Jacobs-McLoyd*** Mohammad Hasan Michael Congoran*** Jill Stanek Anna Jannak*** Funke Ilori Melissa Daniels*** Rebecca Stroh Veronica Jennings Shatina Jackson Tameka Darey Angela Sulek*** Teti Johnson Clementina Joda-Ogunfowokan Faye DeRusha Matthew Swieca Colleen Jordan** Angelique Johnson April Doyle Shannon Swieca* Lillian Junius Burgundy Johnson Emily Duby*** Tempe Thomas** Oladimeji Kassim Tracy Johnson Elizabeth Duran Gerald Vassalla Ruth Kuber Sharon King John Dzukey Jessica Velcich Tawanda Leflore Pamela Klobnak Holly Farley** Nicole Watson Lisa Lemenager*** Lisa Lapsansky* Mary Flores Lisa Williams Jodi Loferski Janet Leonardo Anadelia Gamez Erin Willis Monica Long Veronica Lopez** Crystal Garibay Malgorzata Wnek*** Kelly Malysa Erin Lorenz** Faith Gillis Denise Wojtkiewicz Jackie Marchbank*** Karen McGreal*** Jennifer Grant Robin Yau Jessica McKinley*** Tricia McLaughlin Jillian Gray*** Patricia Moore Lorita Mitchell-Bass Ana Grzybek* Bachelor of Science Tiffany Moore** Nicole Mugavero Cynthia Gutierrez** in Nursing Toyin Ogbomo Folashade Olayeni Kathleen Hahn* Stephanie Olevich Cecilia Pittmon Amanda Hain*** Tracy Aicher*** Mary Rowe* Sabreen Rihan Crystal Henderson Elijah Ailende Tiffany Sanders Geneva Robinson Monica Herrera*** Elewechi Aka* Tammie Silas Rachael Spiotto Ruth Ilg Sherida Allen* Christina Silvera Patricia Summers Cahria Imala Kesha Ambrose Jean Smith Melissa Talbot** Ismail Ismail Julie Antonio* Kelly Smith* Raven Taylor** Bethanne Janik Alicia P. Brown Theresa Smith Carlotta Vlasek Megan Jawor** Sheila Breeding Detonya Smith-Armstrong Shelia Welch Aja Johnson**§ Carmesha Carrington Kelly Stokes*** Teneka Wiley Stephen Kaufmann*** Stephanie Carter Monica Stout Ree Winfrey James Keeton Mary Chapman Valerie Stricklin Daniel Zelehovitis* Steven Kitowski Christine Clark Martha Summers Annette Kulach Shari Clark Alethea Taylor Carolyn Laird*** Karen Cooper Tiffany Thomas** Val Lumani Karen Curtin* Theresa Vana Charisma Mabry Michelle Davis* Elizabeth Vaught* Star Marschke Beverly Dickey David Velasco Tamekia Marshall Margaret Duffy-Chodl** Tanya Wagner Ashley Martin*** Latrice Dunkinsel-Davis Neah Watkins Suzanne Martin** Nikesha Dunn Aree Welch Alyssia McChristian Frank Ejechi Sherita Welton Felicia Montgomery Cassandra Fogarty Martine Wheeler*** Jessica Morquecho Kazeem Folaji** Carina White Nicholas Mortier* Renee Foster-McFarlan Kimberly White Kami Novak Terri Fozzard** Phyllis Williams Omosola Odusanya** Phyllis Frempong Ishmaella Wilson-Mills Mufutau Oladimeji Nancy Frizzell Sandra Wood Vikki Ostrowski Alex George Angela Wright-Lewis Tracy Parker Blair Gifford * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 Eleni Yamich* ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 Candace Pickens Erin Gifford** Mary Zeniecki* *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 Lauren Pranske Aretha Grayer Julie Zimmer** § = University Honors Program

17 College of Health and Human Services

Bachelor of Social Work Doctor of Nursing Master of Health Mary Fahy Practice Administration Megan Fisher Omotunde Alao Edward Fitzgerald Bonita Allen Debbie Bryant Kranthi Kumar Akula Nicole Foley Jeanette Aquino Euphemia Connell Cami Barreto Felicia Forrest Pamala Barbee Patricia Kershaw Michelle Bridges Lydena Franklin Diana Barrera Nicholas Lino Ali Btoush Erin Freeman Aurora Basha § Phyllis Lowery Dana Burnett Elizabeth Garcia Janeen Bass Cheryl Luster-Klemp Jasmine Butler Mary Gaz Carol Butcher Alisa Murchek Robert Culbreath Isabel Govea John Carson Rose Murry Catherine Davis Julie Grant Lorraine Carter Bernadette Pollard Denise Franklin Lauren Groll Pamela Carter Gregory Gayes Arica Guarino Elizabeth Centeno Lori Gousse Jordan Harascsak Monica Clanton*§ Transitional Doctor of Kimberly Hall David Haynes Mario Davis Physical Therapy Jasmine Jackson Suzette Henry Laura Dekker* Ann Jaso Mary Henton Jerold Dennis***§ Melissa Murray Srinivasa Kommasani Morgan Herath Mary Flores Jason Lee Danielle Hileman Ginger Friedericks* Doctor of Physical Therapy Ramya Myneni Connie Hughley Sherri Funk** Ruth Nwankwo Tiffany Hunt Michael Geraci** Christie Ader Richard Ogunniyi Diana Biehl James Jenkins Valerie Gier Jori Pittman Brandon Johnson LaTanya Gilbert Chinar Desai Theresa Quinn Takara Ebbin Letice Johnson Brenda Giles Elda Rodriguez Nicole Jones Tomika Golden Randi Elliott Violet Shelton Allison Ernt Lisa Joubert Darwin Gordon**§ Diahanne Stewart Andre Kimble Donna Gordon*§ Jason Ferris Donna Wolf Brian Fletcher Katherine Lively Jennifer Goudreau* Jean Logan Vera Green Kellie Hodge Oscar Jacome Master of Health Robyn MacIejewski Kimberly Griffin Rosemarie Martin Angel Hatcher Ashley Kayes Science Robert Klee Adrienne Martino Terrance Hatten Tiffany Abercrombie Ladetra McChristion Itina Johnson Megan Kosek Jacqueline Arevalo Erika Kruchten Marissa McCormack Keller Johnson Angela Asendio Shannon McDermott Mattie Johnson Dora Martinez Mercy Babatunde Kristin Morrow John McGarry Hope King Ashley Baker Jody McGuyer Diana Kluk Elizabeth Musil Milissa Baugh Mary Noonan Jacqueline McKinney Marla Kolovitz Patricia Beck Marie Christine B. Mendoza Bridget Lawrence Nicole Olaya Pamela Bell Michelle Olson Laura Mitchell Nina Lee § Sara Black LaTasha Nabors Pamela McCoy Christine Oria Rolanda Bolden Lynne Pesavento Mary Noone Jason Montgomery § Brigid Broderick Lindsay Owens Catrice Moore Rose Porod Ceva Brown Timothy Rachoy Stephanie Perry Alyson Moozak Launae Butler Lauren Plese Sylvia Ortiz Kristin Rauch Adontaus Chalmers Kimberly Robaczewski Rosemary Raebig Ashley Pitchford Brittany Churnovic Elizabeth Rakozy Erica Porter Jill Smith Courtney Clennon Kali Smith Tania Rocha Stephanie Pulice Veverly Coleman Tiffaney Ross Allysa Reils***§ Kristen Ton Michael Conway Sherri Rickerson** Alicia Uwumarogie Amanda Crew Jeanna Robinson* Michael Waters Gina Curtin Evelyn Rosas Jessica West Karolina Cygan Sarah Scheidt* Larry Damon Tammy Sedat-Gorel Doctor of Occupational Brittany Davis Sandra Simpson Therapy Geniece Davis Tonnickie Singleton Purseola Dees Jaynia Starks Belinda Anderson Dyesha Deisch Ellen Surprenant*** Cynthia Carr Kathryn DeSalvo Nicole Van Huis Latonya Easley Gernise Dixon Eboney Vance Lashanda Gayle Brittany Dunn Lauren Gronowski Jeannette Wiley-Smith Jennifer Eisenmenger * = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 Monice Williams* Steven Hansen Yesenia Esparza ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 Elizabeth Wanka *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 Sheri Wilson § = University Honors Program

18 College of Health and Human Services

Master of Health Master of Occupational Master of Science in Master of Social Work Science (cont.) Therapy Nursing Beverly Akins Alena Rueck Amy Albert Danica Alexander Mareema Ali Jessica Scott Mary Collier Rosalynn Anderson Ashley Allen Farah Shaista Chisa Collins Veronica Bigott Angel Alston Angelica Sierra Cayce East-Figaro Eva Blicharski Janell Bailey Joseph Sierra Audrey Fields Tom Blicharski Terri Baker Monica Simon Marcelo Galetovic Meredith Borak Sharon Barnes Elizy Smith Erin Graham Teresa Boston Deborah Bashir Tishann Stanton Colleen Guinane Ashley Chappell LaShai Baskerville Theresa Steward Darlene Hayes JoAnn Christmas Melissa Bondlow Edward Strugalla Margaret Kelly Danielle Coleman Gail Bonds-Carpenter Jennifer Strzelczyk Cynthia Krull Deborah Coleman-Given Sarah Boyd Jaclyn Sullivan Kimberly Land Jennifer Dole Patricia Brefford Evelyn Sumara Danielle Logan Florence Edmon Megan Bresnahan Teresa Sylvester Daniel Low Stacy Hall Jessica Bujanski Linnie Teagues Sheena McLaurin Lolita Harmon Stefanie Burby Carmen Tibbs Kaitlyn O’Brien Germaine Henderson Johnny Burns Melissa Uribe Margo Powell Debbie Honan Anthony Coyne Jessica Vertovec Erin Regan Sherron Johnson-Boyd Danielle Cythaml Patricia Vowal Melissa Sparr Zina Martin Carla Davis Kathryn Walsh Ana Villanueva Larry Maturin Tywana Davis Jerlene Ward Patrena McGee Kelly Gaffney Kenya Warner Diane Miller Stephanie Gibson Nicole Watters Cheryl Milons Angela Hampton Jackie Wilds Ralu Mogbo Latrice Harper Jasmine Williams Lillian Moore Jennifer Hayden Emilie Willis Sweet Mordi Suzette Jacob Jamie Woodrum Kristen Nawara Shante Jones Maria Yakos Josephine Nwawueze Tonyia Kelley Arthur Young Gabriel Oluwakotanmi Leo Lavender Kimberly Zawacki Tewande Oshodi-Adebayo Linda Lee Teresa Peterson DelvettaLittle-Fletcher Rupa Potti Russha Maclin-Harris Selina Redd Shannon Mallett Thelma Sellers Valerie Marks Gloridean Smith Racquel Milliner-Reynard Karole Smith Marla Morgan Oluwatosin Sode Jacqueline Ojiemwen Nicole Thurston Katelyn Ormsby Cristy Trasmonte Dana Osborn Jennifer Vermeulen Sarah Paul Ontaria Watkins Stephanie Perry Aretha Watson Robert Poole Lisa Whitney Nelly Rasmussen Cynthia Williams Rachel Rozynek Gianni Sansone Yvette Smith-Walker Abimbola Sobitan-Aro Anna Tesauro Andrea Twietmeyer Eric Vironet Stacie Wilson

* = Cum Laude 3.80-3.89 ** = Magna Laude 3.90-3.97 *** = Summa Cum Laude 3.98-4.00 § = University Honors Program

19 COMMENCEMENT MARSHALS

Grand Marshal Rashidah Muhammad - President, Faculty Senate

Marshal Coordination Team Rupert Evans - Program Director Lorri Glass - Associate Professor Mary Bruce - Associate Professor Nancy Shlaes - Professor Colleen Rock - Director

College of Arts and Sciences James “Chip” Coldren - Professor/Interim Assistant Provost Timothy Gsell - Professor Walter Henne - Assistant Professor Shailendra Kumar - Professor Christina Sintic - University Lecturer Josh Sopiarz - Assistant Professor Christopher White - Assistant Professor Marilyn Yirku - Senior University Lecturer

College of Business and Public Administration Mary Bruce - Associate Professor Dalsang Chung - Associate Professor Carlos Ferran - Assistant Professor Olumide Ijose - Assistant Professor Michel Nguessan - Associate Professor Margaret Neumann - Department Chair Farouk Shaaban - University Professor

College of Education Lucianne Brown - University Lecturer Cyrus Ellis - Associate Professor Lorenzo Flores - Assistant Professor David Golland - Assistant Professor Dan Hechenberger - Assistant Professor Tywanda Jiles - Assistant Professor

College of Health and Human Services Catherine Balthazar - Associate Professor Rupert Evans - Program Director Lorri Glass - Associate Professor Stephanie Hughes - Assistant Professor Zo Ramanonjiarivelo - Assistant Professor Caren Rossow - Visiting Professor Dale Schuit - Associate Professor Joyce Sligar - University Lecturer Phyllis West - Assistant Professor

20 The Mace

The governor's mace, carried by the marshal who leads the academic procession, is a symbol of the authority of the university as a degree-granting institution. The legal authority of the university is grounded in the intellectual authority of the distinguished faculty who follow in the procession. In antiquity, the mace was a weapon used to establish the “authority” of the physically strong. Its transformation into a symbol of intellectual authority is both a tribute to and a reminder of the civilizing force of a university’s teaching, research, and community service functions. Engraved on the four side-panels of the governor's mace are the seal of the State of Illinois; a cardinal, the state bird; the seal of the former Illinois Board of Governors Universities; and an inscription which reads “The governor's mace, a symbol of tradition and authority of Governors State University, dedicated to the search for excellence in the pursuit of truth, knowledge, and the love of learning. Presented by Peter Levin, friend of the university, June 2, 1979.” Atop the mace is a silver rendition of the university logo. The three sides of the “triangle” symbolize the university’s teaching, research, and community service functions. The three lines visually suggest the shape of a rocket, reminding us both that the university was founded within days of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon and that the university is a hope-filled, pioneering community, committed to a better future for all men and women. The circle symbolizes the fact that the university is, indeed, a community. Finally, the fact that the tips of the triangle reach beyond the circle indicates the university's outreach into the region, state, and nation and its commitment to teaching, research, and community service.