Commencement

THE COMMENCEMENT

December 2014

THE COMMENCEMENT

Friday , December 12, 2014 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 13, 2014 9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA LUBBOCK, TEXAS TABLE OF CONTENTS

OUR MISSION As a public research university, Texas Tech advances knowledge through innovative and creative teaching, research, and scholarship. The university is dedicated to student success by preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce. The university is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation, and world.

2 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

M. DUANE NELLIS, Ph.D. ROBERT V. DUNCAN, Ph.D. President and Professor of Geosciences Vice President for Research; Professor of Physics LAWRENCE E. SCHOVANEC, Ph.D. Provost and Senior Vice President; JUAN S. MUÑOZ, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Senior Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement; NOEL SLOAN, J.D., CPA Vice Provost for Undergraduate Vice President for Administration and Finance; Education and Student Affairs; Chief Financial Officer Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CHANCELLOR / BOARD OF REGENTS

ROBERT DUNCAN, J.D. MR. JOHN ESPARZA MRS. NANCY NEAL Chancellor, Texas Tech University System Austin, Texas Lubbock, Texas

MR. MICKEY L. LONG MR. L. FREDERICK “RICK” FRANCIS MR. JOHN D. STEINMETZ Chairman, Board of Regents El Paso, Texas Lubbock, Texas Midland, Texas MR. TIM LANCASTER MR. JOHN B. WALKER MR. LARRY K. ANDERS Abilene, Texas Houston, Texas Vice Chairman, Board of Regents Dallas, Texas MRS. DEBBIE MONTFORD MR. COBY RAY San Antonio, Texas Plano, Texas

ACADEMIC OFFICERS

MARK SHERIDAN, Ph.D. W. BRENT LINDQUIST Ph.D. MICHAEL SAN FRANCISCO, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs; Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dean, Honors College; Dean, Graduate School; Professor of Biology Professor of Biology LANCE A. NAIL, Ph.D., CFA Dean, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business; LINDA C. HOOVER, Ph.D. DARBY DICKERSON, J.D. Professor of Business Administration Dean, College of Human Sciences; Dean, School of Law; Professor of Restaurant, Hotel and W. Frank Newton Professor of Law SCOTT RIDLEY, Ph.D. Institutional Management Dean, College of Education; MICHAEL L. GALYEAN, Ph.D. Professor of Education DAVID D. PERLMUTTER, Ph.D. Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Dean, College of Media and Communication; Natural Resources; Paul Whitfield Horn AL SACCO, JR., Ph.D. Professor of Journalism and Professor and Thornton Distinguished Chair, Dean, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Electronic Media/Public Relations Animal and Food Sciences College of Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering CAROL D. EDWARDS, Ph.D. ANDREW D. VERNOOY, M.Des.S. Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts; Dean and Professor, College of Architecture Professor of Art

DECEMBER 2014 3 ABOUT TEXAS TECH

ROM ITS VERY BEGINNING the Texas Tech University community has had a sense of destiny and an awareness of F the impact it could and would have on Texas and the wider world. Originally named Texas Techno- logical College, the college opened in 1925 with six buildings, four schools (Agriculture, Engineer- ing, Home Economics, and Liberal Arts), and an enrollment of 914. Texas Tech grew rapidly after World War II, and in 1969 the Texas legislature approved a name change to Texas Tech Univer- sity. In the years since, Texas Tech has grown to become the largest comprehensive higher education institution in the western two-thirds of the state. As the only campus in Texas that is home to a major university, law school, and medical school, the university is the major institution of higher education in a region larger than 46 of the nation’s 50 states. Today, Texas Tech University continues to thrive, with more than 35,000 students enrolled in its 11 colleges: Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resourc- es, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business, Education, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering, Honors College, Human Sciences, Media and Communication, Visual and Performing Arts, and the Graduate School, as well as University Programs via the Provost’s Office. The institution’s goal is to enroll 40,000 students by 2020. Because of its educational scope and purpose and the size of the region it serves, Texas Tech Uni- versity operates in numerous Texas locations beyond the Lubbock campus. In all the Texas Tech Univer- sity System—which includes Texas Tech University, Angelo State University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso—has more than 44,000 students enrolled.

4 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 2014 5 ABOUT TEXAS TECH

INCE TEXAS TECH’S FIRST graduation ceremony in the spring of 1927, more than 200,000 undergraduate and gradu- S ate degrees have been awarded by the university. From these proud graduates have emerged captains of industry, world-renowned surgeons, noted authors, famous singers, acclaimed teachers and professors, attorneys, entrepreneurs, agronomists, scien- tists, professional athletes, and countless others who have claimed positions of service and responsibility in a rapidly changing world. Texas Tech University graduates have governed three states, flown in space, won Olympic gold medals, served as ambassadors to foreign countries, acted on Broadway stages, won Pulitzer Prizes, served in Con- gress, led Fortune 500 companies, and been watched by millions on network television news. Not all graduates will achieve fame and fortune in equal measure, but all Texas Tech graduates can point with pride to the solid academic preparation they received and the personal connections they made as Red Raiders. For beneath the spa- cious skies of West Texas and in the halls of brick and tile through which they strolled during their time on campus, generations of Texas Tech students have been provided a foundation for success that is without parallel. As they take their first steps into professional careers that will see many of them literally change the world, they can remember with absolute certainty one important fact about Texas Tech University: From here, it’s possible.

6 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 2014 7 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Friday, December 12, 2014 3:00 p.m.

Presiding Dr. M. Duane Nellis President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor

National Anthem Ms. Hailey Anne Stockton Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music

Welcoming Remarks Mrs. Debbie Montford Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Commencement Address Dr. Mica R. Endsley-Jones Chief Scientist, United States Air Force

Conferring of Degrees Dr. M. Duane Nellis Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Dr. W. Brent Lindquist Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Recognition of Outstanding Students Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec Class of 2014

Charge to the Graduates Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Alma Mater Mr. Stuart Lee Aron (Words on Back Cover) Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band

* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

8 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Friday, December 12, 2014 7:00 p.m.

Presiding Dr. M. Duane Nellis President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor

National Anthem Mr. Michael Andrew Needham Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Welcoming Remarks Mr. Mickey L. Long Chairman, Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Commencement Address Dr. Mica R. Endsley-Jones Chief Scientist, United States Air Force

Conferring of Degrees Dr. M. Duane Nellis Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Doctoral and Dr. Mark A. Sheridan Master’s Degree Candidates Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean, Graduate School

Charge to the Graduates Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Alma Mater (Words on Back Cover) Ms. Taylor Nicole Bell Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band

* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

DECEMBER 2014 9 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Saturday, December 13, 2014 9:00 a.m.

Presiding Dr. M. Duane Nellis President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor

National Anthem Ms. Natalie D´Anne Head Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Welcoming Remarks Mr. Tim Lancaster Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Commencement Address Dr. Mica R. Endsley-Jones Chief Scientist, United States Air Force

Conferring of Degrees Dr. M. Duane Nellis Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Dr. Linda C. Hoover Dean, College of Human Sciences Dr. Carol D. Edwards Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Mr. Andrew Vernooy Dean, College of Architecture Dr. Audra Morse Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Professor, Edward E.Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering Dr. Scott Ridley Dean, College of Education

Recognition of Outstanding Students Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec Class of 2014

Charge to the Graduates Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Alma Mater Mr. Alexander William Hardin (Words on Back Cover) Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band

* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

10 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Saturday, December 13, 2014 1:30 p.m.

Presiding Dr. M. Duane Nellis President, Texas Tech University

Processional* Texas Tech Commencement Band Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor

National Anthem Mr. Andrew Howard Graham Cravatt Graduating with a Bachelor of Music

Welcoming Remarks Mr. Larry K. Anders Vice Chairman, Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System

Introduction of Commencement Speaker Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Commencement Address Dr. Mica R. Endsley-Jones Chief Scientist, United States Air Force

Conferring of Degrees Dr. M. Duane Nellis Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec Provost and Senior Vice President

Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Dr. Lance A. Nail Dean, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Dr. Juan S. Muñoz (presenting University Studies and Wind Energy degrees) Senior Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement; Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs Dr. David Perlmutter Dean, College of Media and Communication Dr. Michael L. Galyean Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Recognition of Outstanding Students Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec Class of 2014

Charge to the Graduates Dr. M. Duane Nellis

Alma Mater Mr. Jesse David Gore (Words on Back Cover) Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music

Recessional* Texas Tech Commencement Band

* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional

DECEMBER 2014 11 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

ica R. Endsley-Jones is Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force. Headquartered in Washington, MD.C., she serves as the chief scientific adviser to the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Air Force, and provides assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues affecting the Air Force mission. Dr. Endsley-Jones’ research focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of systems to support human situation awareness and decision-making in aviation, air traffic control, space, cyber, military command and control, medical, and power systems operations. She is the author of over 180 scientific articles and reports on situation awareness in individuals and teams, human-automation integration, information dominance, human-system integration, human error, and training for situation awareness. Previously, she served as president of SA Technologies in Marietta, Georgia, a cognitive engineering firm specializing in the development of operator interfaces for advanced systems, including the next generation of systems for military, aviation, air traffic control, medicine, and power grid operations. She was a visiting associate professor at MIT in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and associate professor of industrial engineering at Texas Tech University. She is a fellow in and immediate past-president of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and was co-founder of the Cog- nitive Engineering and Decision Making Technical Group of HFES. Dr. Endsley-Jones has received numerous awards for teaching and research, is a Certified Professional Ergonomist and a Registered Professional Engineer. She is the founder and former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making and serves on the editorial board for three major journals. She has edited or co-authored three books including, Designing for Situation Awareness. Dr. Endsley-Jones’ received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University in 1982, and followed that by earning a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Sys- tems Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1990.

ABOUT PRESIDENT M. DUANE NELLIS

Duane Nellis was named the 16th president of Texas Tech University on March 22, 2013, M. and began serving as president in June 2013. As a national higher education leader and president of Texas Tech, Nellis has been committed to enhancing Texas Tech University’s presence as a top tier national public research university through efforts that promote even greater levels of student success, academic quality and reputation, research and creative activities, and outreach dimensions. Nellis has defined Texas Tech 21st century pillars of excellence around such themes as being more entrepreneurial, more engaged, with a commitment to inter-disciplinary activities and global connections, while enhancing diversity. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his research that utilizes satellite data and geographic information systems to analyze various dimensions of the Earth’s land surface. This research has been funded by more than 50 sources, such as NASA, the National Geographic Soci- ety, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. His research has led to more than 120 articles and reports in a wide range of professional journals, and 17 books and book chapters. He has given more than 100 professional presentations and has been invited to speak at more than 60 universities and related settings internationally. Nellis also has been recognized nationally and internationally for his research and teaching through numerous awards from organizations such as the Association of American Geographers (AAG), AAG’s John Fraser Hart Award for Excellence in Research, the Outstanding Contributions Award by the AAG’s Remote Sensing Specialty Group, the Young Research Scholar Award by the Institute of British Geographers, the Kansas State University Outstanding Teaching Award and University Adviser of the Year Award, as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and as a Distinguished Alumni Fellow Award recipient from Oregon State University. Nellis previously served as provost and senior vice president at Kansas State University. He also served as dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University, the institution’s largest academic college.

12 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CONVOCATIONS COMMITTEE COLLEGE READERS STUDENT BANNER BEARERS Ms. Shelley Barba, Chair Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Dr. Barent McCool, Chair-Elect Dr. David Weindorf Ms. Stacie McKinney Architecture – Professor Michael Martin Architecture – Mr. Sawyer Lee Wilson Dr. Amma K. Akrofi Arts and Sciences – Dr. Jorge Iber Arts and Sciences – Dr. Rima Al Aijouni Business – Dr. Bob McDonald. Ms. Daniela Anna Hagenlocher Mr. Pradeep Attaluri Education – Dr. Margaret Johnson Business – Ms. Chelsey Betenbough Mr. Ian Barba Engineering – Mr. Derrick Ginter Education – Ms. Maira Perez Engineering – Mr. Paul Guthrie Gatewood Dr. Alan Barenberg Graduate School – Dr. Bill Gelber Human Sciences – Dr. Shane C. Blum Graduate School – Mr. John Robert Middleton Dr. Rhonda Boros Media and Communication – Honors College – Dr. Julie Chang Dr. Todd Chambers 3:00 p.m. Ms. Camden Hoeffner Dr. Fanni Coward University Programs – Dr. Marcus Tanner 9:00 a.m. Mr. Jesse Latimer Dr. Mukaddes Darwish Visual and Performing Arts – 1:30 p.m. Ms. Erin Warren Human Sciences – Ms. Brianna Noel Bush Prof. Genevieve Durham DeCesaro Dr. Quinn Patrick Ankrum Wind Energy – Dr. Marcus Tanner Media and Communication – Ms. Peggy Flores Ms. Kayla Mercedes Suarez Dr. Matt Hart ADMINISTRATIVE University Programs – Ms. Laura Heinz Mr. Richard Charles Deming REPRESENTATIVES Visual and Performing Arts – Dr. Karlos Hill Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Ms. Catherine Leigh Burris Dr. Catherine Jai Ms. Savannah Leonard Dr. Carole Janisch Architecture – Ms. Anna Martinez-Lopez FACULTY BANNER BEARERS Dr. David Klein Arts and Sciences – Ms. Kim Mills FOR UNDERGRADUATE Dr. Katie Langford Business – Ms. Geleah Sharp CEREMONIES Education – Ms. Connie Watson Dr. Jingyu Lin 3:00 p.m. – Dr. Nancy McIntyre Engineering – Ms. Tonette Rittenberry Dr. Elizabeth Louden Professor of Biological Sciences, College of Arts Graduate School – Ms. Vanessa Bara and Sciences Dr. Jaime Malaga Honors College – Ms. Megan Conley 7:00 p.m. – Dr. Jorgelina Orfila Dr. Courtney Meyers Human Sciences – Mr. Andrew Vanderpool Associate Professor of Art History, College of Dr. Mark Moore Media and Communication – Visual and Performing Arts Dr. Mary Murimi Dr. Marijane Wernsman 9:00 a.m. – Dr. Douglas B. Smith University Studies – Ms. Amy Peterman Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Dr. Diego Pascual and Ms. Sarah Foley Therapy, College of Human Sciences Mr. Nick Pawelka Visual and Performing Arts – 1:30 p.m. – Pete Brewton, J.D. Dr. Comfort Pratt Ms. Kathy Nordstrom Instructor in Journalism and Electronic Dr. Anne Prouty Wind Energy – Ms. Kacey Young Media, College of Media and Communication Mr. Tom Rohrig Mr. Matthew Schlief INTERNATIONAL FLAGS Ms. Cheryl Stevenson From earliest times flags have served as Ms. Carrye Syma symbols of ideals, aspirations, and loyalties, Mr. Jake Syma representing in modern times the national states and involving sentiments of pride and Dr. Anna Tacon patriotism. Every flag has its own tale of Dr. Marcus Tanner national meaning to its symbols and colors. Dr. Susan Tomlinson Students from every state in the nation have Dr. Shu Wang attended Texas Tech, and the fall 2013 enroll- Mr. Robert Wernsman ment included international students from Ms. Lynn Whitfield 105 countries. It is with pride that the univer- Ms. Heidi Winkler sity displays flags from around the world to Dr. Aliza Wong represent the many countries that comprise Dr. Amani Zaier the Texas Tech student body.

DECEMBER 2014 13 PRESIDENTIAL MACE

ROWNED BY A FLAME symbolizing the Light of Knowledge, the Texas Tech University Presidential Mace is the symbolic staff of the power and authority of the university. It is constructed of lathed and molded bronze C that has been rubbed with a layer of 24K gold. The school crest is presented on either side directly under the flame. Hand-rubbed black walnut has been used for the connecting shafts. The mace was designed by Professor Ro- bly A. Glover in the School of Art. Professor Glover’s artwork is on display throughout the United States and included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Yale Silver Collection, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

MACE BEARERS

GRADUATE SCHOOL CEREMONY

7:00 p.m., December 12 Stephen Cook, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences College of Arts and Sciences

Professor Robly A. Glover carries the Presidential Mace UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONIES he designed for Texas Tech University commencement ceremonies. 3:00 p.m., December 12 Jerry Dwyer, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics and Statistics College of Arts and Sciences

9:00 a.m., December 13 Theodore C. Cleveland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering

1:30 p.m., December 13 Courtney Meyers, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Agricultural Education and Communications College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

GRADUATION HONORS

Graduating seniors who have maintained an overall 4.0 GPA include the following:

NATALIE NICHOLE BROWN PAUL GUTHRIE GATEWOOD HOLLY MICHELE JEFFERYS HIEU KHAC ANH NGUYEN CATHERINE LEIGH BURRIS JORDAN E. GOSNELL KENDALL DAWN KENNEDY LAURA ELIZABETH PONDER LUKE ANTHONY BURTON REBEKAH YVONNE GRAY JOEL MARK LEE BRENTON LANE SCHERWITZ BRIANNA NOEL BUSH DANIELA ANNA HAGENLOCHER CATHERINE LEEANN McKEE SAMANTHA ARLENE SHEETZ KAYLA MERCEDES SUAREZ TYLER RAY DOWDY CAMDEN ELLESE HOEFFNER VALERIE VIRGINIA MOLINA-RIVERA CODY AUSTIN MONNETTE LESLEY ANNE VALASTRO JOSEPH FRANKLIN ELLIS TAYLOR CAIN HOWELL COLLEEN ANN WILLIAMS

14 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES

The doctoral degree is the most advanced earned degree conferred by American institutions of higher learning. The doctorate usually represents prolonged periods of advanced study culminating in a dissertation intended to contribute substantially to the body of knowledge on the subject. The most widely sought doctorate is the Doctor of Philosophy, which no longer has an implication of philosophy as the major field of study but represents advanced research in any of the major fields of knowledge. The master’s degree is an academic honor bestowed upon students who have successfully completed work beyond the baccalaureate. Both a thesis and an oral examination are usually but not always re- quired. When applicable, the graduate’s thesis topic is listed.

DOCTOR OF EDUCATION DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS JERILYN ELENA HERGENREDER DISSERTATION: Growth Promotant Supplementa- EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP MUSIC tion Alters Live Performance and Carcass Char- DENVER S. CRUM MELINDA KAY WADE-ENGLISH acteristics while Impacting Cellular Metabo- DISSERTATION: Analysis of Rural Superinten- DISSERTATION: Beethoven’s Leonore No. 3 and lism, Gene Expression, and Protein Synthesis dents’ Perceptions of Concealed Carry Hand- Symphony No. 4: An Analytical Comparison of MAJOR PROFESSOR: Bradley J. Johnson gun Policies: A Mixed Methods Study Two Adagios and Their Validity as Flute Audi- JENNIFER NICOLE MARTIN MAJOR PROFESSOR: Fred Hartmeister tion Excerpts DISSERTATION: Antioxidant Incorporation Influ- MAJOR PROFESSOR: Lisa Garner Santa RAELYE TAYLOR SELF ences the Shelf-life and Quality of Overwrap DISSERTATION: To Speak or Not to Speak: Female Packaged Ground Beef Stored in a High-Oxy- Secondary Administrators and Communica- DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY gen Master Package before Retail Display tion Gender Bias MAJOR PROFESSOR: J. Chance Brooks MAJOR PROFESSOR: Fernando Valle AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS SE JIN PARK (In absentia) DONNA MARIE MITCHELL DISSERTATION: Effect of Different Dietary Amino HIGHER EDUCATION DISSERTATION: Potential Impacts of Climate Acids and Zinc Amino Acid Chelates on the LORI PLUMBTREE GRUBBS Change on Agricultural Production in Uzbekistan Performance, Gut Morphology, Immune Re- DISSERTATION: A Case Study of Community Col- MAJOR PROFESSOR: Phillip Johnson lege Administrators’ Perceptions of Institutional sponse and Meat Quality of Broiler Chicks Response to the Performance-based Funding ABBES TANGAOUI (In absentia) MAJOR PROFESSOR: Leslie D. Thompson Mandate in the State of Texas DISSERTATION: Feasibility Study of a Multiprod- AMANDA RAE PEPPER-YOWELL (In absentia) MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones uct Refinery in West Texas From Using Cotton DISSERTATION: The Role Docosapentaenoic Gin Waste Acid Omega-3 Plays in Controlling Lipid DAN MATTHEW JOINER MAJOR PROFESSOR: Michael Farmer DISSERTATION: A Qualitative Exploration of Metabolism and Inflammation Associated with the Effects of Organizational Structures on YE WANG (In absentia) Obesity, Atherosclerosis, and Neurodegenera- Performance-based Funding Implementation DISSERTATION: The Effects of Aquifer Hydrol- tive Disease Success in Texas Community Colleges ogy on Groundwater Use, Crop Choice, and MAJOR PROFESSOR: Michael Ballou MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones Technology Adoption MAJOR PROFESSOR: Chenggang Wang BIOLOGY STACI JO MARTIN COURTNEY A. THOMASON DISSERTATION: Dual Credit in Texas Community ANIMAL SCIENCE DISSERTATION: An Experimental Approach to Colleges: A Quantitative Analysis of the Rela- PAUL RANDALL BROADWAY Uncovering the Consequences of Parasite tionship between Grades and Course Subject, DISSERTATION: Determining the Prevalence and Co-infection in Peromyseus Location, and Faculty Type Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonella MAJOR PROFESSORS: Richard Strauss and MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones Serovars Isolated from U.S. Retail Ground Pork Amy Pedersen MAJOR PROFESSOR: J. Chance Brooks MICHAEL JOSEPH SIMON BUSINESS ADMINSTRATION DISSERTATION: Political Environments and the ARLENE GARCIA-MARQUEZ ALIN SIMION TOMOIAGA (In absentia) Community College Baccalaureate: An Event DISSERTATION: Loading and Unloading of Wean- DISSERTATION: Statistical Methods in Genomic History Analysis ing and Finishing Pigs and Long Distance Pathway Analysis MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones Transportation of Weaned Pigs: Impact on MAJOR PROFESSOR: Peter H. Westfall Welfare MAJOR PROFESSOR: John McGlone

DECEMBER 2014 15 GRADUATE CANDIDATES

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COMPUTER SCIENCE UDAY TURAGA (In absentia) LAKSHMI MUTHU KUMAR (In absentia) EDUARDO ANDRÉS COLMENARES DÍAZ DISSERTATION: Production and Characterization DISSERTATION: Computation Study of Cello- DISSERTATION: Improving Hardware Perfor- of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Nanowebs for Biomedi- oligosaccharide Adsorption/desorption mance via Non-blocking Collective Commu- cal Applications Characteristics from Cellulose Crystal Surface nications and Computation Reordering for MAJOR PROFESSOR: Seshadri Ramkumar during Enymatic Hydrolysis All-Pairs Shortest Path Computation on the MAJOR PROFESSOR: Rajesh Khare Cell Broadband Engine Processor SARAH JEAN WEBB MAJOR PROFESSOR: Yu Zhuang DISSERTATION: Establishment, Immortalization, LAN MA and Toxicological Applications of Primary Skin DISSERTATION: Design of a Continuous-flow, XIAOZHEN XUE (In absentia) Fibroblasts from Three Sea Turtle Species Immobilized-cell Fermentor System for DISSERTATION: Statistical Analysis on Faults MAJOR PROFESSOR: Celine A.J. Godard-Codding Production of Bioethanol Localization MAJOR PROFESSOR: Ronald C. Hedden MAJOR PROFESSOR: Akbar Siami Namin MORGAN MARIE WILLMING DISSERTATION: Effects of Environmentally TIMOTHY M. SPINNER (In absentia) COUNSELOR EDUCATION Realistic Daily Temperature Fluctuations on DISSERTATION: Performance Assessment of MELISSA M. GAA Contaminant Toxicity in Aquatic Ecosystems Multivariate Control Systems DISSERTATION: Moral Development, Counseling MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jonathan D. Maul MAJOR PROFESSOR: Ragunathan Rengaswamy Self-efficacy, and Counselor-in-training Sexual Orientation Counseling Competencies EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY XIN ZHANG MAJOR PROFESSOR: Brett Hendricks JAMES L. CAZARES DISSERTATION: Fabrication and Characterization DISSERTATION: When Doing What Feels Right of Micro- or Nano-Scale Organic Energetic CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Turns Out Poorly: Regulatory Fit and Emo- Materials JOHN ROBERT MIDDLETON tional Responses to Bad Outcomes MAJOR PROFESSOR: Brandon L. Weeks DISSERTATION: New Science Teacher Identity MAJOR PROFESSORS: Jessica Alquist and Jeff T. Larsen HAOYU ZHAO (In absentia) Development in a Texas Disciplinary Alterna- tive Disciplinary Education Program DISSERTATION: Noanoconfined MMA Polym- ELIZABETH A. SCHMIDLIN (In absentia) MAJOR PROFESSOR: Patricia Patrick erization and Structural Recovery in Ge-Se DISSERTATION: Can This Robot Pass Through Glasses STEPHANIE RENEE TALLEY That Aperture? Learning to Make Judgments MAJOR PROFESSOR: Sindee L. Simon DISSERTATION: Under Construction: An Autoeth- for a Tele-Operated Robot nographic Study of a Novice Teacher and Her MAJOR PROFESSOR: Keith S. Jones CHEMISTRY Professor YUNLI HU FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EDUCATION MAJOR PROFESSOR: Sally McMillan DISSERTATION: Development of New Analytical ERICKA C. HENDRIX Methods Enhancing the Sensitive Detection EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DISSERTATION: Assessing Student Stress in and Quantification of N-glycans Derived from KRISTIN PARNELL CAMPOS Clinical Laboratory Science Programs: Online Biological and Clinical Samples DISSERTATION: Pairing Physical Activity and Versus Face-to-Face MAJOR PROFESSOR: Yehia Mechref Counseling: A Self-management Intervention MAJOR PROFESSOR: Karen L. Alexander to Improve On-task Behavior RUI SUN FINE ARTS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Tara Stevens DISSERTATION: New Developments and Applica- GREGORY LEE CHAMBERS tions of Direct Dynamics Simulations for Gas DISSERTATION: The Head of Orpheus: Significa- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Phase Reactions tion and the Operatic “Voice” in Twenty-First- ANITHA SARAH SUBBURAJ MAJOR PROFESSOR: William L. Hase Century Eastern Africa DISSERTATION: Modeling and Analysis of Grid MAJOR PROFESSOR: Christopher J. Smith CIVIL ENGINEERING Connected Battery with Renewable Sources JIE DING (IN ABSENTIA) MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephen Bayne LEOBARDO GUERRERO RAMIREZ DISSERTATION: Extreme Response and Fatigue DISSERTATION: A Rediscovery of Ernst Widmer’s ENGLISH Damage Analysis of Wind-excited Structures Kosmos Latinoamerico: An Analysis of its JOSEPH MICHAEL JUSTICE Considering Non-Gaussian Load Effects Cross-cultural Influences, Pedagogical Pur- DISSERTATION: Gleaning: A Collection of Short MAJOR PROFESSOR: Xinzhong Chen pose, and Performance Approaches Stories MAJOR PROFESSOR: Carla Davis Cash CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jill Patterson KATRINA LAINE COOK PAGE KATHRYN PETRUCKA KELLYANNE URE DISSERTATION: Effects of Evidence-based Parent DISSERTATION: Rewriting the Single Woman’s DISSERTATION: Realism, Sensation, and Serial- Training on the Adolescent Mother-Child Narrative in Two Original Scripts: A Profes- ization in Victorian Middle-class Magazines Relationship sional Problem MAJOR PROFESSOR: Marta Kvande MAJOR PROFESSOR: Joaquin Borrego MAJOR PROFESSOR: Norman A. Bert ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY JANINA MAYEUX GEOSCIENCES VINITKUMAR DHANESHPRAKASH SINGH DISSERTATION: PTSD Symptoms and Risk Recog- VOLKAN SARIGÜL (In absentia) DISSERTATION: Nonwoven Sorbent Products nition Deficits in the Sexual Revictimization of DISSERTATION: Anatomy of the Late Triassic MAJOR PROFESSOR: Seshadri Ramkumar Female CSA Survivors Dinosauromorphs from the Dockum Group MAJOR PROFESSOR: Catherine Epkins of Texas: Their Biostratigraphic, Paleobiogeo- graphic, and Evolutionary Significance MAJOR PROFESSOR: Sankar Chatterjee

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HIGHER EDUCATION–HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATTHEW KEVIN DUCATT HESSAM GHAMARI XIANWEN ZHANG DISSERTATION: Case Study Analysis of College DISSERTATION: Examining Eye-fixations During DISSERTATION: Synthesis, Growth Mechanism

Union Employment as a Source of Student Wayfinding in Unfamiliar Environments and Optical Properties of YBO3-based LEDs Learning and Self-Efficacy Development MAJOR PROFESSOR: Debajyoti Pati Phosphors MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jharna Chaudhuri MICHELLE CORINNE PINSON ZANE S. REIF DISSERTATION: The Physiological Effects of Win- NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES DISSERTATION: Building Community through dow Decals on Pediatric Patients KEELY RENEE HAWKINS Physical Space: A Visual Ethnography of Col- MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kristi Gaines DISSERTATION: Cephalic Phase Reflexes: Effect lege Union Utilization by Community College of Sweetened Mouth Rinses on Resting and Transfer Students LAND USE PLANNING MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN Exercise Measures MAJOR PROFESSORS: Stephanie J. Jones and LIONEL JOSEPH PLUMMER (In absentia) MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jamie A. Cooper Stacy A. Jacob DISSERTATION: An Examination of Hydrologic Restoration Efforts for Wetland Mitigation PETROLEUM ENGINEERING HISTORY Banks AHMED ALALI (In absentia) SARAH ELIZABETH MYERS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Robert Cox DISSERTATION: Estimation of Well Productivity DISSERTATION: “A Weapon Waiting to be Used”: Index by Analyzing Formation Tester Data in a The Women Airforce Service Pilots of World MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY Multilayer Reservoir War II KAITLIN ROSE LECKIE MAJOR PROFESSOR: James J. Sheng MAJOR PROFESSOR: Julie Willett DISSERTATION: Understanding the Relationship between Activation, Utilization of Healthcare PHYSICS HOSPITALITY ADMINISTRATION Services, Distress, Health Literacy, and Use of DANIEL DOMINGUEZ POU-WEN CHANG (In absentia) Family and Support Resources in Complex, DISSERTATION: Next-Generation Optical Micro- DISSERTATION: Toward an Entrepreneurship High-risk Patients: A Structural Equation scope Condensers Typology of Bed and Breakfasts in Taiwan Modeling Study MAJOR PROFESSOR: Luis Grave De Peralta MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jingxue Yuan MAJOR PROFESSOR: Douglas Smith PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE MATTHEW ROBERT HANEY (In absentia) JEEHEE SUNG ALEXANDRE CALDEIRA ROCATELI DISSERTATION: Back to Reality: A Study of Real- DISSERTATION: Meaning in Illness, Patient DISSERTATION: Enhancing ALMANAC for Simu- ity Television Tourism Satisfaction with Care, Use of Care, and Health lating Switchgrass Biomass Production and MAJOR PROFESSOR: Lynn Huffman Outcomes with Cancer Survivors Macronutrient Removal MAJOR PROFESSOR: Anne M. Prouty HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES MAJOR PROFESSOR: Charles P. West REBECCA ERIN KOSTINA-RITCHEY MASS COMMUNICATIONS RATAN CHOPRA DISSERTATION: A Narrative Inquiry of the DUSTIN ANDREW HAHN DISSERTATION: Identification of Single Nucleo- Portrayal of Adoptive Parent Attributions in DISSERTATION: Exemplification Effects in Sport tide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in Arachis (Pea- Children’s Literature about Chinese-US Adop- Media: Examining the Impact of Fanship, nut) Wild Species and Cultivated Accessions tive Families Exemplar Type, and Time by Solexa Transcriptome Sequencing and MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jacki Fitzpatrick MAJOR PROFESSOR: R. Glenn Cummins Utilitzation of SNPs for Linkage Mapping in an Arachis A Genome Diploid F2 Population JENNIFER RUTH ROJAS-McWHINNEY DOUGLAS L. MENDENHALL (In absentia) MAJOR PROFESSOR: Mark D. Burow DISSERTATION: The Negotiation of Parenting DISSERTATION: Comparing Levels of Incivility Beliefs by Mexican-American Mothers and across Religious and Political Blog Posts BRENDAN ROBERT KELLY Fathers MAJOR PROFESSOR: R. Glenn Cummins DISSERTATION: Multivariate Analysis of Fiber MAJOR PROFESSOR: Nancy Bell Properties and Their Relation to Yarn Properties KIM ELIZABETH PEWITT JONES MAJOR PROFESSOR: Eric Hequet INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING DISSERTATION: Narrative Literary Journalists, MARIA NATALIA RUSSI-VIGOYA Ethical Dilemmas, and Ethics Codes CASSANDRA MARIE PLANK DISSERTATION: Pilot Visual Attention in Dynamic MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kevin Stoker DISSERTATION: Effect of Light Environment Changing Situations during Glass Cockpit on Methoxypyrazine Content of Cabernet ANDREA LYNN PHILLIPS Simulations Sauvignon DISSERTATION: The Impact of Motivation-Expe- MAJOR PROFESSOR: Patrick E. Patterson MAJOR PROFESSOR: Edward Hellman and rience Congruence on Organization-Volunteer Thayne Montague YULIN WANG Relationship Outcomes: A Public Relations DISSERTATION Perspective : Designing Wearable Vibrotactile POLITICAL SCIENCE Device for Communication MAJOR PROFESSOR: Trent Seltzer SYLVIA GONZALEZ-GORMAN MAJOR PROFESSOR: James L. Smith DISSERTATION: The States and Undocumented MATHEMATICS Immigrants: Sources and Effects of Restrictive KUN ZHANG DON PLACIDA AMALI DASSANAYAKE Legislation DISSERTATION: High-efficiency Organic Thermo- DISSERTATION: Local Orthogonal Polynomial MAJOR PROFESSOR: Nelson Dometrius electric Materials for Energy Harvesting Expansion and Empirical Saddlepoint Approxi- MAJOR PROFESSOR: Shiren Wang mation for Density Estimation MAJOR PROFESSORS: Alex Trindade and Igor Volobouev

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JONATHAN SIMEON MARTIN RONDA L. WERY JACKIE CHIA-CHI TU DISSERTATION: Nothing to See Here: The Impact DISSERTATION: Teaching, Social, and Cogni- GIOVANNI VELAZQUEZ of Far Right European Parliament Election tive Presence in Written Conversation: An ANTHONY P. ZUEFELDT Results on European Politics Exploration of Online Graduate Communities MAJOR PROFESSOR: Frank Thames of Inquiry MAJOR PROFESSOR: Fred Kemp and Craig Baehr MASTER OF ARTS SPANISH JONATHAN MORGAN DEEN (In absentia) WILDLIFE SCIENCE COMMUNICATION STUDIES DISSERTATION: La Nueva Novela Caballeresca de JON T. McROBERTS MEGAN JORDAN MENDIOLA Ana Maria Matute DISSERTATION: Investigations into the Ecology ECONOMICS MAJOR PROFESSOr: Janet Perez and Management of Ocellated Turkeys in Campeche, Mexico XIAOLI CAI (In absentia) SPECIAL EDUCATION MAJOR PROFESSOR: Mark C. Wallace LAYLA ABBY HISTORY DISSERTATION: Training Pre-Service Teachers to WIND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RENEE THERESE CELESTE Implement Instructional Components of Early ANANT JAIN THESIS: Forty Lashes: The Comparison of Court Intensive Behavioral Intervention via Tele- DISSERTATION: Model-scale Testing and Econom- Punishments in Early Modern England and medicine and In-Vivo Instruction ics of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Colonial Virginia MAJOR PROFESSOR: David M. Richman MAJOR PROFESSOR: Andrew H.P. Swift TIFFANY J. GONZALEZ THESIS: Chicana Politics: Maria Cárdenas and SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT NEHA MARATHE La Raza Unida Party in Texas, 1935-1993 LEONIDAS GUADALUPE DISSERTATION: Investigation of Power Perfor- HELEN MELISSA ROSE (In absentia) DISSERTATION: Behavioral Economics and Statis- mance and Wakes of Wind Turbines under THESIS: Rebellion, Spymasters and Spies: The tical Process Control Yawed Flow Rise of Intelligence Operations in England, MAJOR PROFESSOR: Mario Beruvides MAJOR PROFESSOR: Andy Swift 1569-1585 RACHIT RAVINDRA MATHUR TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AND RHETORIC INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES DISSERTATION: Technical and Economic Analysis FRANCES CURCIJA JOHNSON LOREN OLIVIA CHILDRESS of Lidar-enhanced Proactive Turbine Blade DISSERTATION: Individual or Community: Look- DEBRA LYNN CROSBY Pitch Control ing for Agency Construction in the Methods CHRISTI KATHLEEN FELTON MAJOR PROFESSORS: Andrew H.P. Swift and Sections of IMRaD Formatted Articles through AMY E. HUFF Jennifer A. Rice Basic Phrase Structure, S-NP1-VP-NP2 LISA MAE HUNTSMAN MAJOR PROFESSOR: Susan Lang LORI LYNN RODRIGUEZ SCIPIO REGENAL SHOLARS MASTER OF AGRIBUSINESS THOMAS RUSSELL KIRKSCEY DEÓIS CHIARÁIN MAC SÉAMUIS UA CEARNAIGH DISSERTATION: A Rhetorical Analysis of Patient BRANDON LEE BOWNDS JAMES H. WHITFIELD Decision Aids for Genetic Testing: Scientific DIANNE LARYSSA DEVOS Knowledge, Embodiment, and Problematic LANGUAGES AND CULTURES Integration in Biomedicine LARISSA CANTERLE CAYE MAJOR PROFESSOR: Amy Koerber MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE JEREMY DANIEL HOGAN

NANCY RUTH SMALL (In absentia) KATHERINE GRACE ANGLIN MASS COMMUNICATIONS DISSERTATION: “Tell me what it’s like”: Narra- BLAKE ANDREW ARNOLD KATELYN M. BILLINGS tive Lifeworlds of White, American Expatriate JULEN ARRUTI ROXANNE NICOLE BUSTAMANTE Women in Qatar MORGAN KRISTINE AVEN JILLIAN GRACE CLAXTON MAJOR PROFESSOR: Rebecca Rickly RODRIGO ALEJANDRO AVILA DANIELA CONTRERAS DÍAZ ANNETTE R. BAJEMA JORDAN LEIGH (LEE) FLETCHER ERIN ELIZABETH TRAUTH (In absentia) JUSTIN THOMAS BURNS SYDNEE REBEKAH GATEWOOD DISSERTATION: A “Natural” Miscommunication: AARON C. CAMPBELL ROBERT WILLIAM GIOVANNETTI An Examination of Front-of-Package Label VICENTE CARRASCO CODY MICHAEL HALE Claims and User-Centered Food Labeling CRISTINA ALEGRE CASTAÑÓN HEATHER HORNE Practices NATHANAEL LOUIS COOK CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL JONCKHEER MAJOR PROFESSOR: Amy Koerber AARON MATTHEW GARZA LAUREN CASEY KOZLOVSKY VIRGINIA MAE TUCKER (In absentia) JAMES CADE HAMMERS KATHERINE McCALL MCBEE DISSERTATION: “Literacy of Collaboration” in CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL HERNANDEZ DAVID ELI McVEY Virtual Teams: A Comparison of Collaboration KYLE STEPHEN KENERLEY KATHERINE ANNE PLYLER Factors and Patterns across Multiplevirtual TALON GARRET MCCART KEVIN ANDREW WADE (In absentia) Team Settings ELOISA RAQUEL McGILL (In absentia) MARISSA DONIELLE WILLIAMS MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kelli Cargile-Cook ERIKA STAR MEYERKORD CORIE BLAYNE WILLIAMS RENE JAVIER PAEZ KRISTIN JILL WYLLYS KATERINA PALETYKINA (In absentia) JIGNA JAYANTI PATEL MATHEMATICS TYLER RYAN PORTER POOYA AAVANI ERIC ALBERT SOLORZANO (In absentia) ALEXANDRA EMILIE STOBART

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MUSEUM SCIENCE TANNER BASIL GENTRY (In absentia) JOSEPH CLYDE SILVA JOHN MICHAEL CAVAZOS JUSTINE N. GONZALES LAURA KATHRYN SOBOTIK TIFFANY CHRISTINA DEMMON JEREMIAH GOVERA MICHELLE R. TANNER ANNA E. JOLLEY NICHOLAS MICHAEL HALL ANNA LEE TREVINO TIMOTHY EWAN MATHEWS McSWEENY OMAR IQBAL HAMZA (In absentia) MEGAN L. VERCELLINO CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL HERNANDEZ (In absentia) KELLYE JOYCE WILHITE PHILOSOPHY MACKENZIE NICOLE HODGE ELIZABETH ALLYN WINDHAM JASON MANSFIELD RHODE RYAN LEE HOLCOMBE ROBERT G. WOZNIAK CLAIRE HUBBELL (In absentia) POLITICAL SCIENCE DAVID J. ISERN CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION SURACHANEE SRIYAI (In absentia) LEON DEMONT JAMES JOSEPH MICHAEL ACABA (In absentia) NICHOLAS ROBERT JARKE KAY LYNN ADAMS (In absentia) PSYCHOLOGY CARLY DALE LAMINACK RONG CHANG (In absentia) ELISSA HELEN DOUGHERTY (In absentia) JACOB ROBERT LINDSAY LISA MARIE HOWE JOSHUA TODD LONG CORINNE A. WRIGHT ROMANCE LANGUAGES TANYA RENEE MADDOX (In absentia) THESIS: Developing a Comprehensive Mentoring MARIA LUZ ELENA BATEMAN TYSON P. MANGUM (In absentia) Program GEAZUL HERNANDEZ JASON ROBERT MARTIN GORGUI IBRAHIMA TALL MARIN MATA EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP THESIS: La problématique de l’engagement dans R. ERNESTO MERLOS MUSA BAKI la littérature africaine francophone: étude sur MATTHEW ERIK MEYERS (In absentia) WILLIAM N. HOLTZCLAW (In absentia) les oeuvres de Yasmina Khadra, deMariama Bâ EDWIN ATWELL MILLER KRIS D. HULSE NICOLE ANN McNEW et d’Ahmadou Kourouma BRADLEY LANE NEWTON SETH DAVID PIETSEK KEVIN L. NOLES (In absentia) JACKIE KYLE SIMONS SOCIOLOGY JEROD R. PADGETT (In absentia) SONYA MARIE SMITH MORGAN BREANN JOHNSON JUSTIN MICHAEL PATRICK (In absentia) KRISSY LANELL SRALLA AMBER DYANN THOMPSON SANJU PATRO (In absentia) KAYCIA LOUISE STEEN THESIS: Social Policy, State Demographics and JAIME DANILO PESANTES MIÑO MELISSA KAY WOOD Social Change NINA SEELAM REDDY (In absentia) RHETT L. REEVES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY RIVAS MASTER OF MICHELLE ASHLEY HOLCOMB NICHOLAS STEVEN ROBERTSON ART EDUCATION JULIA ANN PRIETO ALONDRA MARINA ROHR JAYSON BART LUCE TATE LEWIS ROUECHE HIGHER EDUCATION MICHAEL R. SANCHEZ (In absentia) JOANN REAGAN WRIGHT MICHAEL S. SANDERS (In absentia) THESIS: Work and Life Balance Experiences of MASTER OF BUSINESS MADISON LERRI SEYMORE Female Professional Staff Members in Higher ADMINISTRATION SHELDON KAY SIRCABLE (In absentia) Education: A Qualitative Case Study TRAVIS MICHAEL SMITH (In absentia) GENERAL BUSINESS THOMAS MAXWELL SMITH INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY ERIK WADE ALLEN (In absentia) KATHERINE MICHELLE SNODGRASS SHERAMIE LEE BENTLEY TREVOR SCOTT ANDERSON (In absentia) MAGDALENA SOFIA SOTO SEPÚLVEDA KANDIS LYNN HENDRICKS ABRAHAM ARAUJO MATTHEW VY TON-THAT (In absentia) DAVID WILLIAM HOOKS ANNETTE R. BAJEMA MARGARET PAGE WARNER TYSON LEE McMULLEN TROY DAVID BALZER (In absentia) BRANDYE ALESE WEST BRIAN MICHAEL NORDSTROM JOHN MICHAEL BASA GUO YU (In absentia) CHRISTOPHER LANE BEARD SECONDARY EDUCATION ROBERT COOPER BESETT JOSE MIGUEL WATSON CONNER ROY BEST (In absentia) MASTER OF EDUCATION DEE ANN BLACKBURN SPECIAL EDUCATION BILINGUAL EDUCATION BEVERLY BOWEN JANINE E. ALEXANDER (In absentia) DANIELLE HART BUTSCHEK (In absentia) COREY LYNN BURSON SONYA Y. ASHLEY ELDA ANTONIA DESANTIAGO HUGO KURT CARDENAS RUDERER AUBREY MARCELA BALLARD (In absentia) ADOLFO MARTIN GONZALES KEVIN M. CARNES (In absentia) MICHELLE LEIGH BARR YVONNE CASARES KHAN ALEXA MARIE COLLINSON AARON ALFRED BROWN (In absentia) ROBERT A. NUNEZ RACHEL MICHELLE CONKIN JULIE LYNN BROWN (In absentia) LINDA LAUREL BURNETT ERIC HUIZAR CRUZ COUNSELOR EDUCATION YARAVI ANAELISSE ELIAS KACEE ELLEN HALEY (In absentia) ALICIA MARIE ALBUS CASEY SEAN FELTON ANGIE J. HARGREAVES (In absentia) CAROLYNNE JOIE DELGADO (In absentia) ALEJANDRO RICARDO FLORES ) KEELY RUBYAN WOOD KENT (In absentia) (In absentia LIBERTY ANNE HILDEBRAND LAURA ANN KILE JOSE GUADALUPE FLORES (In absentia) DAVID MICHAEL HORN ALMA MARIE LERMA-MANCILLAS DILLON J. FORD YVONNE C. LOMELI ASHTON DULWORTH McGEE VANIA FRANCO KRISTINA BROWN LUSK JOSEPH AARON GAUSE AMY LYNN ONOFRE

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LARA BETH PATE (In absentia) TRAVIS RYAN McCALLISTER APPLIED PHYSICS ERIN LYNN PATE (In absentia) THESIS: Analysis of Benefits of Rainfall Index- NOUF JABER H. ALHARBI (In absentia) LESLIE MERRILL PUMPHREY (In absentia) Annual Forage Insurance for Winter Stocker THESIS: Fourier Plane Imaging Microscopy SHEWAN S. RAND (In absentia) Cattle Producers in Texas and Oklahoma GANGA SEPALI JAYARATHNA DENISE E. RUTLEDGE (In absentia) PRAVEEN SAPKOT THESIS: Transition Dynamics for Muonium AMANDA DARLENE SELLERS Acceptor States in Silicon Germanium Alloys CATHY WILSON SHARP AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS KATIE MICHELLE SHOWALTER (In absentia) SOFIA BRIZUELA OBANDO ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE EMILEE JEAN SIMMONS (In absentia) THESIS: Costa Rican Consumer Preferences for AARON JACOB HILL (In absentia) TARA M. SKINNER (In absentia) Cattle Feeding and Management Systems THESIS: Mesoscale Data Assimilation and MARIANA ULIBARRI-HORAN CAILEE RENEA GILBREATH Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis Towards TAYLOR THOMAS HICKLEN Improved Predictability of Dryline Convection THESIS: Planting Pixels: An Exploration of Tuto- MASTER OF ENGINEERING rials in Selected Farming Simulator BIOENGINEERING GEORGE G. MORALES MALLORY JADE NEWSOM ANNAMARIA SLAVEN URIEL RAMIREZ (In absentia) JACY MCK PROCTOR BIOLOGY AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PATRICK LYNN DENNIS (In absentia) MASTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL KASSIE LADON DAVIDSON THESIS: A Fluorescent DNA Probe for the Detec- ENGINEERING THESIS: Stakeholders’ Perspectives of the Essen- tion of Telomerase in Cancer Cells tial Skills for Beginning Agricultural Science ANDREW GRAHAM ARD Teachers: A Delphi Approach BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION TIMOTHY KIRKLAND BROWN HILLARY BLANCHE FINCK TYLER COLE CHANEY (In absentia) ELIZABETH GRACE CUMMINGS JONATHAN J. MACIEL (In absentia) JEREMIAH GOVERA ALLISON NICOLE MESECKE WILLIAM CHANCE PARTEN YAN LIU (In absentia) TATIANA SILVA RICHARDS (In absentia) SANJAY J. PATEL (In absentia) JUSTIN MICHAEL PATRICK MASTER OF MUSIC ANIMAL SCIENCE MARLEN JACE ROBERTS (In absentia) JESSICA BAGGERMAN SHELDON KAY SIRCABLE (In absentia) MANUEL ALEJANDRO ARAMBULA (In absentia) THESIS: Role of Encapsulated Amino Acids on MEGAN LEIGH POPPE (In absentia) Skeletal Muscle Growth and Development in CHEMISTRY DANIEL PIERS SMITH Feedlot Steers SHAWN TAYLOR HORN WILLIAM CLAY BURSON THESIS: A Study of the Multiradical Nature of THESIS: Effects of Zilpaterol Hydrochloride on Graphene as Affected by the Total Spin State, MASTER OF MUSIC EDUCATION Mobility, General Animal Well-Being and the Modeled by Acenes and Periacenes Thermoregulatory Response of Feedlot Steers JIAN LUO CODY CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (In absentia) and Heifers during Moderate Heat Stress THESIS: Applications of Chiral N-Phosphinyl THESIS: The Judge Factor: The Effect of an BLAINE EVANS CORLISS Auxiliaries Adjudicator’s Teaching Level on Assigned UIL THESIS: The Influence of Beef Quality Charac- WEI MA Ratings teristics on the Internalization and Thermal THESIS: Synthesis and Photophysical Studies VALLIE SUSANNE OWENS Susceptibility of Shiga Toxin-Producing of Novel Water-Soluble Cu(I) Penanthro- RACHEL BRYN SPEER Escherichia coli (STEC) in Blade-Tenderized line Mixed-Ligand Complexes Containing THESIS: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Beef Steaks 1,3,5-Triaza-7-phosphaadamantane Band and Chorus Contest Ratings SOSSI MARIANNE IACOVIDES DUJUAN MENG AUSTIN LEE SWACK (In absentia) THESIS: Cryopreservation of Equine Semen THESIS: Reorientation Dynamics of Methyl THESIS: Curricular Practices and Instructional with a Mechanical Control Rate Freezer Methacrylate and Nanoconfinement Effects Materials in Select Texas Middle School Band TANNER RONALD SCHMIDT (In absentia) Studied by Optical Kerr Effect Spectroscopy Programs THESIS: Response to AminoGain® Supplementa- TIANJIAO YANG tion in Beef Steers is Not Influenced by Dietary THESIS: Enhanced Sensitive MS Analysis of Energy Level During the Growing or Finishing Sulfated Glycans MASTER OF Phase PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MELISSA CATHERINE TABKE (In absentia) ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN THESIS: Effects of Tannic Acid (Bypro®) on SHAIMA SHAFQAT SHARIF OSCAR ELIAS FLORES Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY ANIRUDHA KUMAR PANDEY (In absentia) Apparent Total Tract Digestibility, Fecal Nitro- gen Volatilization, and Meat Lipid Oxidation of KAYLA ELISE CAMPASINO (In absentia) Steers Fed Steam-Flaked Corn Based Finishing Thesis: Sea Turtle Organotypic Culture: Viabil- MASTER OF SCIENCE Diets ity and Suitability for Toxicity Testing AARON GARNER CONTI LONI DENISE WOOLLEY (In absentia) THESIS AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS THESIS: Evaluation of Objective Beef Juiciness : Survey of West Nile Virus Infection in KYLE JUDSON GRAVES Measurement Techniques and Their Rela- Quail from the Rolling Plains and Surrounding BUSHRA FERDOUS KHAN tionships to Subjective Taste Panel Juiciness Ecological Regions THESIS: Determinants of Futures Price Volatility Ratings of Storable Agricultural Commodities: The Case of Cotton

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EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE ALLYSAN LEE CARLES FAIG ALASGAROV ANUSHA SHAYAMALEE EPITAWATHTHA ABEYSINGHE ELIZABETH ANNE DEFFERARI JASON JAIRUS FLORES THESIS: Cotton Fabric Funcionalization to ANDREW PAUL IARUSSI (In absentia) LORA L. LICON-LOPEZ Impart Wrinkle Free Properties JAVAN JEAN-NOEL (In absentia) SHERRY LOUISE LOVING CODY J. BYARS (In absentia) THESIS: A Correlational Meta-Analysis of the GABRIEL RUDY VASQUEZ THESIS: Direct Measurement of Infiltration Interaction Between Achievement Goals and Through a Playa Wetland Using Automated Self-Determination Theory in Sport, Exercise, MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Double Ring Infiltrometers and Physical Education VENKATA SUBRAHMANYAM AMIRAPU WILLIAM MARSHALL HAMILTON (In absentia) SEAN RANDALL MESSICK SONALI NANDLAL DIGWAL THESIS: Maximizing the Symbiosis of Tuber VICTORIA ASHLEY MURDOCK KEERTHANA GAJARAJAKUMAR lyonii and Carya illinoinensis PHILIP NATHAN PIKE ABODH SHARAD GAWANDE (In absentia) RUVINI WASANTHIKA MATHANGADEERA WENJUN JIANG JONATHAN SCOTT SIDES THESIS: Evaluating the Impact of Fiber Process- AKSHAY PRAKASH KAMBLE (In absentia) RICHARD B. TAYLOR (In absentia) ing on Cotton Fiber Tensile Properties INDRA REDDY MALLELA BENJAMIN PATRICK MURPHY (In absentia) FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EDUCATION SAI KRISHNA MUNIGANTI ARNESSA SHA’RUN DOTSON (In absentia) SUHAS SURYABHAN PATIL SOIL SCIENCE ROHIT KISHORE RAMTEKE AMANDA JOY ROGERS (In absentia) COREY JAY BRYANT NINA SEELAM REDDY THESIS: Comparison of Two Satellite Imaging FORENSIC SCIENCE MOHIT SACHDEVA Platforms for Use in Land Use/Land Cover IBRAHIM HEERO ABDULAI OMKAR DEEPAK SAWANT Classification in Agricultural Regions AMANDA ANN BELTRAN MATHEMATICS NICOLE LEE FIELDS STATISTICS MARCUS B. ARMSTRONG (In absentia) JOHN AARON GARZA T M DHANAMALEE KANCHANA BANDARA THESIS: Numerical Simulation of 1D Compress- KELSI JANEL HARTMAN THESIS: Modeling and Prediction of Wind ible Flows ERIN LARKE SMITH Power Data THOTAHEWAGE MIHIRI MADUSHANI DE SILVA JOSHUA SPENCER MAYER THESIS: Dynamics of a Lotka-Volterra Competi- GEOSCIENCES THESIS: Multivariate Extension to the Exponen- tion Model with Allee Effects and Stocking CHRISTOPHER ANDREW TREAT tiated Weibull Distribution with Analysis of SANATH DARSHANA KAHAGALAGE THESIS: Middle Pennsylvanian Conodonts of Confidence Regions THESIS: Optimal Eye and Head Movement Con- the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, RAHAB H. MOHAMED (In absentia) trol Using q-Parametrization New Mexico MEICHUANG WU (In absentia) JOSHUA SPENCER MAYER RACHEL BARTLETT WEISS HAIBO ZHANG (In absentia) THESIS: Multivariate Extension to the Exponen- THESIS: Identification of Magma Compositions tiated Weibull Distribution with Analysis of Using Trace Element Partitioning in Augite WILDLIFE, AQUATIC, AND WILDLANDS Confidence Regions from the Chetco Complex, Josephine Ophiolite SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT ANNA KRYLOVA and Grayback Pluton Located in the Klamath QINGMAN CHEN (In absentia) CAHIT POLAT Mountains, Oregon and the Implications for THESIS: Reproductive Behavior and Mating Sys- GUOYUAN ZHANG Tectonic Setting tem of Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus RYAN MATTHEW DEVORE (In absentia) NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES HORTICULTURE THESIS: Population Dynamics and Habitat Use MELANIE REBECCA BOYNTON by Elk (Cervus elaphus) at Bosque del Apache TRICIA COX (In absentia) BREANNE KAYLA DURBIN National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA NATALIE DARLENE DHANOOLAL RUBIO (In absentia) ASHLYN RUTH HARMON (In absentia) RACHEL MARIE GRANBERG (In absentia) THESIS: Factors that Influence Students’ EMILY ANN KORNEGAY THESIS: Effects of Land Management Practices Attitudes toward Garden-based Programs CASSANDRA ANNE LEEPER on Texas Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma cornu- ALEXANDRIA ANN MATA HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL MANAGEMENT tum) in Central Texas MARY KATHERINE PAYNE NICHOLAS JAMES CAPODAGLI KRISTEN M. LINNER GORDON R. THOMAS JANGWOO JO THESIS: Assessing the Influence of Wind Tur- bines and Land-use on Mortality Risk of Avian CRYSTAL DENISE MIRELES PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING Species on the Llano Estacado with Emphasis MACKENZIE NICOLE MURRAY ADAM BLAKE BONNER on Birds of Prey ELIZABETH LAUREN SCHULTZ EMILY NICOLE BROOKS LUIS RAFAEL TIRADO (In absentia) KELSI NICOLE SHUEY TYLER COLE CHANEY (In absentia) THESIS: Northern Bobwhite Population THESIS: The Effects of Discount Level and Scar- JACOB LUMBY (In absentia) Response to the East Amarillo Complex city on the Perceived Product Value in E-mail JONATHAN ISAAC PETERSEN (In absentia) Wildfire Advertising CANDACE J. SCHOLZ GUOYUAN ZHANG CAROLINE LEE TRAEGER JULIANNE STEPHENS THESIS: The Effect of Cause-Related Market- ZOOLOGY ing Advertisements on Consumer’s Attention PHYSICS MICHAEL T. SAGER (In absentia) and Approach Behavior: Using Eye-Tracking MAGED FAIHAN A ALOTAIBI THESIS: Crocodylian Bushmeat Species Identi- Technology THESIS: Oil Sorption Mechanism by Natural fication and Its Implication on African Dwarf Resources Crocodile Systematics and Conservation

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MASTER OF SCIENCE MASTER OF SCIENCE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

BROOKLYN DENAE BARBER VAMSHI KRISHNA BODDUNA SAEID FEIZINIKJOU (In absentia) TANNER WESTON BARRON (In absentia) SUSAN MARION GERMANY KAITLYN CASH BARRY PAUL JOSEPH GIANY ASHLEY CARR JORDAN GLEN GIBBS MASTER OF SCIENCE YING CHEN YUE LI IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING KATELYN ELIZABETH CLARK THESIS: Iron-Impregnated Nanosized Silica CHRISTOPHER ALAN CUNNINGHAM and Alumina: Implications for Contaminant COREY EVERETT COLEMAN CHASE MARTIN DARLING (In absentia) Transformation IVAN OMAR GUTIERREZ THOMAS PATRICK DOUGHERTY KEVIN MORTEZA SEDDIGHZADEH NILOOFAR FATHOLLAHI KAHLER COURTNEY MICHELLE EDWARDS SANTIAGO SOTO KENDRICK ALLAN LANGE SHELBIE S. ELDER RANDALL ALLEN SPEARS CHARLES DEREK MOORE ANDREW FERENZ ANDREW RYAN TERRY OBINNA CHINEDU OSUAGWU GABRIELLE A. GARZA (In absentia) RICHA PADHYE DEVAUGHN PIERRE GOULBOURNE REBEKAH YVONNE GRAY MASTER OF SCIENCE MASTER OF SCIENCE ALEXANDRIA N. HARDOIN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ERIN DENEEN HASEK IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING TAYLOR CAIN HOWELL KA SON CHAN ABDULRAHMAN MOHAMMAD ABU-TAHNAT (In absentia) JEREMY LOYD HUBBARD THESIS: Management of Workflows Using THESIS: Optimizing Rig Performance Through HOLLY MICHELE JEFFERYS (In absentia) Function Representations NPT Reduction AMANDA KAY JOHNSON LAKHAN JHAWAR INDRAVADAN ADDANKI MARLON O. KRAUS NEEL JIKESH PATEL (In absentia) MOHAMMED ALI ALWESAIBEY RAHIM SALEEM LALANI JONATHAN MATTHEW RODRIGUEZ THESIS: Investigation of Effects of Swelling NICHOLAS RYAN LAMY POOJA SAMPELLY on Wellbore Stability in Barnett Shale Oil MADELINE MARIE LEBOEUF AUSTIN JOSEPH WHITTINGTON Reservoir SARAH KATHERINE LOWE THESIS: Preference Relations in CR-Models: An AMAN ARORA KADIE ELIZABETH MEADOWS Inference Engine for CR-Prolog CARLOS ADESHOLA BRUN (In absentia) BREANNA MICHELLE MINO DI WU (In absentia) YILDIRIM KOCOGLU (In absentia) CODY AUSTIN MONNETTE LIANG LI (In absentia) ERIC OTHMER MYRE WASIF SHAUKAT TREVOR THOMAS MYRES MASTER OF SCIENCE RUONAN WU LINDSAY RENEE NELSON IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING YAO ZHANG (In absentia) OLIVIA MARIA OMS RAKESH BOJJA LAURA ELIZABETH PONDER CARLOS DE NIZ PEREZ NEGRON KRISTI RAMCHARAN (In absentia) NADINE ESTERMANN AINSLEY TAYLOR ROBINSON THESIS: Design, Build, and Test of Via Test and HANNAH ELIZABETH SULLIVAN Reliability Structures to Determine Design CAITLIN MARY TREVINO Marginalities in an Established Semiconductor QING WU Process HANNAH ELIZABETH ZINSER AKHIL LAKSHMESH GOVINDAPPA (In absentia) VINAY KAMINENI MASTER OF SCIENCE MITCHELL DWAIN KELLEY (In absentia) IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THESIS: Evaluation of Advanced Silicon Carbide Half-Bridge Modules STEPHANIE MARIE LOPEZ SUDEENDRA KOIRAM SHANKAR NGUYEN HOANG BAO NGUYEN KEVIN M. MATHEW CHANDRAKANTH RENDUCHINTALA SAPNA UCHANGI SURESH MOHAN UPASE VENKATESWARA RAO VEMURI (In absentia) THESIS: SoC Production Testing and Important Aspects of Production Testing

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The bachelor’s degree represents completion of a four-year course of college-level study and is the oldest academic degree awarded by American institutions of higher learning. Graduation with Honors is a distinction that is noted on diplomas and transcripts and receives special recognition at graduation ceremonies. Undergraduates who complete their work with a cumulative grade point average of 3.9 or above are graduated Summa Cum Laude; 3.7 to 3.89, Magna Cum Laude; 3.5 to 3.69, Cum Laude. Those who graduate from the Honors College after acquiring 24 Honors credit hours graduate “with Honors.” Those who also complete an Honors thesis or project consisting of six additional hours graduate “with Highest Honors.”

DANIELLE NICOLE NEAVES3,4 ENVIRONMENTAL CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES COLTYN JACK PRITCHARD KRISTOPHER BROWN WESTON RILEY STROOPE CALEB MATTHEW CHAMPION ERIN REID WARREN1,4 SYDNEY ELYSE GLASS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE HEATHER PETREE WILSON3 MATTHEW TYLER HIGGINS AUSTIN TAYLOR KOONCE AGRIBUSINESS ANIMAL SCIENCE SETH LOGAN TAYLOR ASHLEY ELIZABETH AKIN CAETLYN RAELLE AVANT2 BROOKE LYNNE POLLACK ASHTON SNELLGROVE BARKER FOOD SCIENCE 2 MARLYNKE VANDERLEI2 DILLON JOHN BAYER LAUREN ELIZABETH BOOKER GEORGIA FAYE COSTNER BEHNE KRISTEN ELYSE COLEMAN AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS VERONICA MAE BENTON JADE MICAH TUNSTALL JOHN EDWARD ALMAGUER ASHLEY MICHELLE BEYER HORTICULTURAL AND TURFGRASS SCIENCES RUYAL DAKOTA ARANT CHELSEY LOU CAMPBELL CAROLINE MICHELLE GARZA DYLAN TRAVIS BILLINGS JORDAN MIRACLE CHANDLER JOSHUA JOSEPH GEIGER1 CHANCE ADAIR BUFE BLAKE ANDREW DAVIS AMANDA LAINE GUNTER JORDAN LEE CAPPERS SARA NYCOLE EVANS MARTY ALAN PEARCE CARLTON GRANT COLEMAN LANCE ASHTON FINE KAEGAN DAVIS-KIRBY BAYLEY ANNDRA FULLER INTERDISCIPLINARY AGRICULTURE TYREL WADE DOOLEY CIARA SUMONE GIBSON ELIZABETH MARIE DELGADO TANNER SCOTT DRAKE TAYLOR ANNE GIBSON DANIELLE DENISE DOBSON MONTGOMERY DILLARD FLOYD SARAH ELAINE GLASGOW BRADY R. DOUGLAS WILLIAM CARSON GREENWOOD 2,4 AMY KATHERINE GULICK JEFFREY LUKE DRYMALLA BRANDON JOSEPH GULLY NICHOLAS CADE HARDCASTLE JAMES BRENNEN JOHNSON LAUREN ELIZABETH HAMILTON KYLA GALE HUNTON BRADLEY HUNTER LISMAN JUSTIN CULBERTSON HEATH MALLORY FAY JONES SYDNEY ANN McCOLLUM KARA CHRISTYNE HOFFMAN ZACHARY ALLEN KACIR HARRISON SHEA HUGHES CHELCIE REIGH LATHAM NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ADRI ALEXANDRA JOLLY GARRETT JAMES LOCHNER MAX ISAAC BERLIN JOSEPH ROMAN KAMM MACKIE ANN McDUFF TAVIN BLANE DOTSON NATHAN TODD KEMP STACIE FAYE McKINNEY1 RYAN PATRICK EVANS ALICE CHRISTINE KEYS JACOB RYAN MIKEL ERIC FRANCIS FERNANDES3 JOSEPH JUSTIN MANSOUR KEVIN CT MURNIN SAMANTHA ALI GARZA TYLER DAVID MATTHEWS KASSANDRA VALENTINE OGNOSKIE3 WILLIAM LEWIS HOOD MATTHEW MUSHINSKI KAELYN ASHLEY PEREZ3 BRITTANY MICHELLE IRLE ZACHARY CARL PETERSON3 MATTHEW HOUSTON SAVAGE NICOLETTE CARMELLA LERRO ANDREW RICHARD POWERS MAKENZY REA STANTON JACOB LUIS LOBATO DOMINIQUE MERCEDES RAMIREZ ASHLEY ANNE THIEL JULIAN MACARTHY DENNIS WAYNE RAWLS TYLER WAYNE TUBBS MATTHEW RYAN McCARTHY BRENDAN LAMBUTH REDWINE KELSEY LEIGH WATRING KENNETH PIERCE McPHERSON ERIC MICHAEL SCHELL LUKE CURREY WILSON ADAM JACOB MIESSE TAYLOR DANIELLE SPENCER AMY NICHOLE WOODY GARY LEON MIZER MARILU VARELA3 HAILEY NICOLE WOOTEN CLEABURN DAVID NIX BARCLAY WAYNE WHITE3 LINDSEY LAUREN YORK MATTHEW FORREST PAULSEN BIANCA MARIE RENDON AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTHEW EVAN RENNER JONATHAN LANE BLOXOM DUSTIN LEE SCHERTZ JOSHUA WILHELM RICHARDS2 CODI RENAE COULTER PRESTON EDWARD STEWART COLTON BRYAN DANN GARRETT PERRY WEIBERG KEELY NICHOLE HAMMAN HEATHER MARIE WILLIAMS KILEY PAIGE HOWARD GEORGE LUCKETT WILLIAMSON

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BACHELOR OF LANDSCAPE AMANDA ESTHER SWETMAN WILSON WAYNE TURNER ARCHITECTURE WESLEY AARON THOMAS³ MELISSA MARIE WONCH MILES RALSTON VALENTINE NATHANIEL BYRON ZEISSEL ANDREW PAUL WRIGHT PATRICK GERALD WALKER SAWYER LEE WILSON² ENGLISH WESLEY JAY BINGHAM MARY PATRICIA BOWLES ALYSSA KAYANNE BURLESON BETHANY MICHELLE CHESHIRE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE LAUREN TYNE CHESTERS DIANA MICHELLE FIELDS3 LESLIE ANNE AMMONS BACHELOR OF ARTS DANI MARISSA GARCIA2,4 EUDE ARZATE ANTHROPOLOGY JOHN CASEY GEESLIN MARVIN DAVID BONILLA 2nd Major: History EMILY EMERALD COHAN TAYLOR RENEE BRADSHAW SHANTREY KENT GLENN MARIO ALBERTO DELAPEÑA CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH BRENNAN MIKAEL ANTHONY GONZALES DENISE YVONNE GARCIA KRISSTINA MARIE CAMPOS ALISSA LORRAINE GRIST SIERRA KATHRYN GRANGE DUSTIN R. CARTER AMBERLE ELIZABETH GUTIERREZ CAMILLE ALEXANDRA HULSE THALIA RONIT WIENER CASTILLO KATHERINE ELIZABETH JACKSON JORDAN ANNE McGREGOR AARON D. COLMENERO CHEYENE STAR JORDAN3 SHANNON ASHLEY SUDDETH KENDALL THOMAS EDWARDS CIERRA LADAWN MILLER1 MADISON RAINE TOWNSEND JOSHUA EMMANUEL EVANS 2nd Major: Classics KYLE BARNABEI PARKER FADHIL FADHIL DEANDRA SUZANNE PORTER3 KYLE ANTHONY FLUSCHE BIOCHEMISTRY MEAGAN MICHELLE WALSH2 MARK ALAN FRERES LAUREN ANSLEY McDANIEL3,4 FLAVIO GARCIA II JAIMIE CLARICE MOORE2 FRENCH ELIDA GAYTAN JACQUELYN COLETTE HALTOM NOLAN TRAVIS HARBERT CHEMISTRY 2nd Degree: Biology BRENDAN THANH HO³ JONATHAN DANIEL BURGESS JOSEPH MICHAEL JEFFERY ELIZABETH ADEDAYO ONASANYA GEOGRAPHY ANDREW DAVID LASKIE CHRISTOPHER JAMES BROWN 3 JUSTIN ANTHONY LEAL COMMUNICATION STUDIES MICHELLE GRACE FREYDER 3 JACOB MATTHEW LEAVENGOOD HOLLY BRIE BEARDEN EMALEE JOY NELSON 2nd Major: Civil Engineering TAYLOR JACE BROWN HEATHER DANIELLE WILSON MICHELLE LOUISE LINER SHELBY LYNN CARPENTER STEPHANIE BRIANNE CASTILLO GERMAN 2nd Major: Civil Engineering 1,5 BETHANIE BROOKE DAVIDSON KRISTEN ELISE WEASENFORTH DANIELA LUJAN 2nd Major: Mathematics ALBERTO ALONSO MADRILES DOMINIQUE MARIAH HAMMOND JAZMINE MECHELL JOHNSON OLUWASEYI E. MAFI HISTORY KEATON ALLEN ODORISIO ERIKA K. MARQUEZ DANIEL ROLAND ATKINSON JANICE RENEA ROGERS 2nd Major: Civil Engineering SARAH ELIZABETH BARTON ADRIA KATHLEEN HARRIET STALLCUP JEFFREY R. McADORY SHUJAA BENSON TRAVIS CRAIG SWEARENGEN JOSHUA BROCK MEDRANO MATTHEW TAYLOR BILLS JOSEPH HEBERT TRAVIS HAMZAH SAMIR MOHAMMED 2nd Major: Political Science RICARDO RICO MORENO ECONOMICS GREGORY DAVID CHARLESWORTH JORGE R. MUNOZ CAMERON RYAN ANDRE APOLONIA DEANN CRAWFORD ANTONIO NAVARRO PANKAJ CHAUDHARY DREW RYAN CUNNINGHAM ROSALIE A. ORTEGA-GOSE³ KEVIN SCOTT GRACEY DAX NATHANIEL FLEITMAN CLIFTON WAYNE PETTY³ 2nd Major: Political Science 2nd Major: Political Science EDUARDO PONCE MATTHEW EVERETT HARDACKER ANDRES R. FLORES CHRISTINA N. PURCELLA CHRISTOPHER ROLANDO HIDALGO JASON RYAN FLORI MARIBEL GUADALUPE RANGEL 1 BRANDON SCOTT JAMES DANIELA ANNA HAGENLOCHER 2nd Major: Civil Engineering MATTHEW EVAN LIS TREVOR C. HAHNEL MATTHEW RASOR 2nd Major: Political Science KYLE WESLEY HOLCOMB SEAN WILLIAM REYNOLDS³ ROBERT VERNON MARSHALL ADAM CHRISTOPHER HOLLAND ENRIQUE ROA 1 MICHAEL ANTHONY MOULTON, JR. ETHAN JAMES KELFER EMERSON RODRIGUEZ JOSÉ ANTONIO OLMOS OMAR LOPEZ JACOBO ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ 2nd Major: Spanish 2nd Major: History JUAN CARLOS CASTANEDA RUIZ 3rd Major: Spanish AUSTIN JAMES MARSHALL BRYAN JOAQUIN SABLAN RANDALL DAVID QUILL RACHEL NOELLE MEAD EDWARD SERNA STEVEN M. ROGERS ANTHONY MYCHAEL OSORIO JORDAN DANIELLE SJUE³ WADE ELI SIGUR ZACHARY MARTINEZ PEÑA LUIS ANTONIO SOTELO HANNAH LAUREN POE2 ZACK LANGSTON SPRINKLE

1Summa Cum Laude 2Magna Cum Laude 3Cum Laude 4With Honors 5With Highest Honors

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KEVIN RIVERA3 AMANDA JADE BUSTAMANTE JENNIFER ELAINE TEAGUE BILLY RAY ROGERS MEGHAN TAYLOR CAMPBELL PHILLIP MICHAEL TREVINO KAYCI NICOLE RUSH CARLOS JOAQUIN CANFIELD LINDSAY MARSAE TUCKER D’ANNA ALYSE SAUCEDO ADDISON LYNN CIAVAGLIA3,5 BREANNA NICOLE VASQUEZ2 CARLEIGH ELIZABETH SMITH TAYLOR LAYNE CODY 2nd Major: Sociology STEVEN GLEN STANLEY3 NANCY NICOLE DAVILA KATELYNN CHLOE VAUGHAN HEATHER RENEE TURBEVILLE1 DESI DUANE DELEON, JR. 2nd Degree: Biology ROBERT WILLIAM WATERMAN GRACE MARGARET ECKELS TREVOR MICHAEL WATSON LUKE RUSSELL WEST KELSEY LEIGH FENNER CLARE MARGARET WOODALL3 ZACHARY SAMUEL WOOD AMY LEA FURLOW3 2nd Major: Sociology MARCELA GALVAN ANGELA YOO MATHEMATICS MADISON DAWN GAY ALEXANDER JORDAN ZAPATA MIGUEL CARRASCO MILAD GHALEHEI 2nd Major: Sociology STEVEN ALAN RADKE II MAKENZIE LANAE GLOVER MELANIE RENEE ZIEGLER2 ERIC ALAN THIEMANN MELISSA SUZANNE GODDARD2 GILBERT VALLEJO KAYLA NICOLE GUNNER SOCIAL WORK ANDREW GREGORY HAYES LORI ANN AMIN PHILOSOPHY MELISSA M. HERRIN PERLA MYDORY APARICIO ARMELINDA CARLA GARCIA KRISTAN ANN HOBERER TENICIA RENEE BARTLY 2nd Degree: Biochemistry 2 CAMDEN ELLESE HOEFFNER1,5 AMBER JOSHAE GLANTZ ALYSSA RENEE RODRIGUEZ HAYLEY LEANNE HOGUE2 LOUIS S. GONZALES MACKENZIE ARYN WARD REBECCA ANN HURD ERIN BRODIE HAYNES 2nd Major: Psychology 1 JESSICA LYNN JAMISON RACHEL MARIE HOLT 2 THEODORE DAVID KEMP POLITICAL SCIENCE NATALIE CELESTE JOHNSON KAITLIN MAE LAWVER3 KEILA AMELIA ARROYO JASMYN SIMONE JONES SHELBY NICHOLE MARTIN GEORGE MARQUS BANDER BRIAN EDWARD JURCA JESSICA KATELYN MORPHEW DYLAN WADE BEDNAR MEGAN MARIE KELSEY ASHLEY DENISE PRUITT ROSESALIE BOULOM KYNDALL TAYLOR KING 1 ELISE PACE REED LUKE ANTHONY BURTON1 BENJAMIN THEODORE KLAASSEN ELLIE ELAHEH SAADAT BRANDON SCOTT CAVAZOS NANCY RACHEL LAZAR ERICA DANIELLE SALAWAGE AMALA ROSE CHACKO AMAIRANI MARQUEZ DENNIS OLAJIDE SOKOYA PEYTON LEVY CRAIG TREVOR KYLE McDOUGAL KAYLA MARIE WELLS DANIEL RYAN GOODWIN JAMES REECE McELROY BRITTANY KAY McKENZIE KYLE MITCHELL JACOBSON SOCIOLOGY MARYLEN V. MEDINA MICHAEL JARED KNIPSTEIN JARED BUCK ANDERSON NATHAN KERRY MICHAELS3 RYAN McCULLOCH LUCAS ADOLFO BANDA LEANDRA JANELLE MONTOYA3 RYAN SEAN McDANIEL JARRETT JAY BARRON 2 2nd Major: Sociology WALTER HENRY MENGDEN IV MICHAEL QUINN BEASLEY 3 UZOCHUKWU EDWIN OKONKWO CONNER WILLIAM NICHOLS CHASE HARTIN COWIN APRIL ORTEGON PATRICK OBI NWATAH LACI DANIELLE CRAFT1 2nd Major: Sociology 2nd Major: Psychology CRYSTAL ANN CUMMINGS STEPHANIE AWELE OSADEBE SKYLER DON PARKS DARLINA MARIE ENRIQUEZ ALY ELIZABETH PESCH3 MATTHEW OSCAR REILLY MICHAEL ANTOINE FERGUSON MARLEN RAMIREZ EDWARDO LUIS SANCHEZ SKYLAR MARKAY FOX LAUREN DANIELLE REIF3 LUCAS TED SCHRIMSHER PAUL ANTHONY HERNANDEZ BRITTNEY TAYLOR RICE MICHAEL THOMAS SIMPSON JUSTIN LEE HOMMEL3 2 JOSHUA BRYAN RICHBURG KARMAH ELYSE STOKES BARRY LA’CRAIG HORN, JR. DELANEY JOELLE RIVES2 DANIEL JOSEPH SYPTAK SAM RYAN HUDSON AMY BARRERA RODRIGUEZ MANUEL VEYNA III SHEMIELL KENDRA JOSEPH SHELBY LAUREN ROPER DANIELA WIEDE ROSALINDA ALANIZ KRUG LAURA ELIZABETH ROSS 2nd Major: Social Work PETE SANCHEZ LARA HANNAH ELIZABETH RUSSELL-NEILL3 LYLE THOMAS WILLIAMS BENJAMIN JOHN McKELVEY 2nd Major: Sociology TAYLOR JOEL WOOD KALEB LUCAS MEDINA ALEXIS RENEE SCHAAR3 AMETHYST SHAYE NEWPORT PSYCHOLOGY KATIE IRENE SCHWARTZ3 JEREMY SCOTT PEREZ TIFFANY AMBER ABLE2 2nd Major: Spanish GREGORY PABLO STEVENS-MEJIAS SHELBY PAIGE ACOSTA3 MATTHEW HAYDEN SMITH2 MATTHEW JAMES TOWNLEY HOUD AL-HASHEMI MEGAN ELIZABETH SOURS DEVYNN LEANN TROTTY SUFYAN DORAID ALOMARI TAYLOR MARIE SPELLS CHELSEA UGONMA UKOHA3 LAURIE ELIZABETH APPLING KIRSTEN N. STEELE JASON WAYNE WILLIAMS BRITTNEY ELIZABETH BECTON ALLISON CHELSEA SUAREZ MARK JOSEPH YORTON BROOKE ERIN BENSON3 CAMILLE NICOLETTE SULTAN HAYLEY KRISTEN BURGESS2

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SPANISH ANSON CHARLES McCARTY WHITMAN LAYNE PAXTON ZACHARY GLEN BRANDNER PATRICIA ANEL McDANIEL MATTHEW WEAVER PUMMILL QUINTON LAMAR CALLOWAY CARMEN MARISA MERRITT2 JOANNE ROBLES JORGE CRUZ RYAN MICHAEL MICHALAK2 CORBIN MICHAEL RODRIQUEZ ANGELICA UCHENNA EWELIKE SASHA BRIANNA MONTEMAYOR TIMOTHY BRYAN ROE 2nd Degree: Biology AMY LORI MORRIS NIKKI DEE SANDERS APRIL GALLEGOS JOSEPH ANDREW MORROW AARON CLAYTON SCARPA1,4 2nd Degree: Microbiology CHAD WEBSTER NICHOLAS TASNIA SHAWKAT JERARDO GALLEGOS GONZALEZ WESTON BLAKE ODOM JESSICA MAI SHIVELY2 KYLE JOSEPH KUBY JOHN REDMOND OWEN JEFFREY BLAKE WALLIS3 HANNAH BROOKS MEADOWS3 MAKAY WAYNE PARKER COLTEN D WATSON3 ANDREA VERONICA MOLINAR CAROLINE ELISE PERRIER VALERIE VIRGINIA MOLINA-RIVERA1 ROCHELLE NICOLE PICON CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 3 ZACHARY L. MONTANDON KADE L. RIDDLE JOSEPH ANTHONY BARGO 1 KRISTEN MARIE VALENZUELA4 AMANDA L. RITCH JOEL MARK LEE TODD O’MALLEY RITCHIE ADAM ELLIS TURBEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION ALYSE MICHELLE ROSE MAURICIO JOSELIN VELASQUEZ JOSHUA BLOUNT BRYCE EDWARD RUNGE ERIC ZIDLICKY MATTHEW ANTHONY GARCIA SAMANTHA ARLENE SHEETZ1 CHEMISTRY FRANCES RENEE MELL SPENCER STEVEN SLEDGE JOSEPH FRANKLIN ELLIS1 ASHLEY DANNHEIM MICHULKA BRIANNA RAE SMITH 2 MATTHEW ERIC HEBERLE TRACY LEANN MURCHESKI JULIE ANN KAISER SMITH TERESA NGUYEN MAI AMBER BROOKE PARKER NATALIE HALPIN SMITH 2 RYAN JEFFRY MERRITT ELISA RENE TAYLOR REBECCA ELIZABETH SMITH 3 2 MEET MAHESH PATEL CORI TAYLOR VANDYGRIFF LINDSEY ALEXANDRA KATHLEEN STUART MARTIN JOSEPH POSPISIL2,4 CLEMENT MICHAEL VILLARS 2nd Major: Mathematics BACHELOR OF NATHAN ALAN WALKER ALMA LUCILA SALINAS KARLYE ALEXANDRA WEAVER GENERAL STUDIES JESSICA PAIGE SHANE

1 SARAH ANNE ALTON BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ECONOMICS NADINE FOYET ATAH DANIEL D. CONOVALOFF AARON RICHARD BARGANIER BIOCHEMISTRY LEONARDO RUIZ OLIVAS JAZMIN ELIZABETH BLAIR HOSANNA AMARACHI ANYATONWU LORI ALISON BROWN2 JAIME OMAR MUÑOZ EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES BRANDON TY BUFKIN CHELSIE ELAINE WALKER HANNAH KAILEY ARNOLD2 MICHEAL BRANDON BURNES TIFFANI KAY ARNOLD JACOB McCOY BURTON BIOLOGY JUDITH AMARIS AVILA JASON RICARDO CASCO RYAN ABRAHAM CALVIN BROOKS BARRETT JORDAN BLAKE CAVAZOS LYDIA ALEJANDRA ARRANAGA KODY REID BELL2 KAYLEE REA DAVIS ALLIE PAIGE BARKER JACOB BERMEA 2 PARKER ADAIR DIXON DUSTIN WADE BLANKENSHIP TAYLOR NICOLE BORLAND WHITNEY LEIGH DOWNING BENJAMIN COLE BREEDLOVE KATHRYN SUZANNE BROUSSARD 3 JOHN IJOMA EGEOLU RASHAD ISHRAQ CHOWDHURY CASEY RENE BRYANT2,4 RONDA RENAY FARMER WHITTNEY NACOSHA DAVIS JACOB DANE BURK MARY LEE FELPS1 DUNG H. DO MICHAEL ANTONY BURWELL AIMEE MICHELLE FINCH2 CATHERINE LEIGH DUCATT PAISLEY RE’AUN CAMPBELL DOMINIQUE CHRISTINE BRADY FOSTER2,4 ANNA CHRISTINE ELLSWORTH BROOKE MICHELE CAREY CHLOE ELISE FOWLER CLAYTON WYATT FERGUSON SHAYLA DANAE CARPENTER3 RYAN PATRICK BIRMINGHAM GIBBONS AARON LEE FINNESTAD RICHARD CARRERA CADRY RAINE GIBBS MICHAEL JAY GARCIA SABRINA NICOLE CASTILLO TERESA ROSE GILLILAND PARKER REID GRAGG CORIE MARINA CERDA3 BRYCE ANTHONY GUTIERREZ AIMABLE HABIMANA TRAVIS JOHN COOK LILLIAN JEAN HALL TYLER BRAY HELTON SHAWN R. CORKER RACHEL HOWE HARBER KARINA JUAREZ KARLANA SUE CORTRIGHT LYNNLEE ANN HARRELL2 LILIANA VALERIA LAZARIN MAARTEN TUCKER CROMER3 MEGAN LEIGH HOWARD CHONGJIN NICHOLAS LEE CHRISTOPHER CURTIS CUNNINGHAM TRAVIS DEWAYNE JONES PHILLIP R. LOZANO ALEX ABELARDO DELEON BENJAMIN MARK KIMBELL MATTHEW STEVEN LYLE VICTORIA ALLYN DINES-SHORB SARA DANIELLE LAGO CLINT TYLER MANSKE DAVID MICHAEL ERNST JACOB MARTIN LEMONS SHELBY ALLYSSA MINCHEW DOMENIQUE MARSH’E ESCOBAR CHRISTOPHER SETH MANNON MARCUS EDWARD MONTANYE EMILY MARIE FALCON LEIGHANN MARTIN DOLAPO AISHAT OSENI LEA FALCON 2 SAMANTHA VERONICA MARTINEZ3 LOVE KAMLESH PATEL CHELSEA ANNE FELDERHOFF YESHA KAMLESH PATEL SHAWN TAYLOR FORTNEY

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BRANDON CRAIG FOSTER TAYLOR M. STROUD LILLIAN R. GAITHER RYAN CODY SULLIVAN DANIELLE RENEE GARCIA BEAU SAMUEL TRIGSTED JOSHUA GONZALES NCHEBECHUKWU AKUDO UDEOGU DIVAN ISAI GONZALEZ LESLEY ANNE VALASTRO1,4 DENISE KATHRYN GRAHAM2 JORDAN BROOKS VESTAL MATTHEW ALLEN HAMM3 OMAR SANCHEZ VILLARREAL BACHELOR OF JENNIFER MARIE HERNANDEZ LUKE CARTER WAGNER BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ALEJANDRA HERNÁNDEZ NATHAN THOMAS WAGNER3 ACCOUNTING EBONI MICHELLE HOLLIDAY RUTH ANN WAGNER NOAH BENJAMIN ALTMAN2 KAYLEE MICHELLE INMAN KELLSIE NICOLE WINKLER3 OSWALDO JOSE AMAYA CHRISTINA MARIE JACK MAKENZIE LOUISE WITT BROOKLYN DENAE BARBER1 KELSEY SHAY JONES NICOLE LIAN WOODARD ALYSSA KAYLAN BARNEY3 MICHELLE LYNN KEBR BARRETT CODY YATES HANNAH NICOLE BARY TAYLOR BROOKE KELM1 DUSTIN LEVI ZINK CURTIS ELBERT BROWN KENDALL DAWN KENNEDY1 GABRIELA CABELLO3 LANZCE MAURICE KING GEOSCIENCES ASHLEY MICHELLE CARR2 BLANE FRANKLIN KITTEN3 MITCHEL RYAN COOMBS NICOLE CHAIB KAYLEE MICHELE KNOLL1 HAYDEN JEFFREY FAW KATELYN ELIZABETH CLARK JACOB THOMAS KROON CHRISTOPHER ADAM GERIK CLETO CORDERO KENSLI TAY LITTLEFIELD CLAYTON MATTHEW HUMPERT CHRISTOPHER ALAN CUNNINGHAM ANNA MARIE LOFYE3 ALEXANDER CONSTANTINE LOZANO CLAIRE ELIZABETH DAVIS1 ERNESTO LOPEZ CHRISTOPHER ALLEN MOCK ERASMO PADRON DE LEON, JR. TAYLOR DAWN LUNSFORD1,5 PAUL ALEX MOORE 3 THOMAS PATRICK DOUGHERTY TANNER HAYDEN LYDAY RYAN GARRETT ROBBINS COURTNEY MICHELLE EDWARDS BRADLEY JERRILL MARQUEZ MATTHEW KYLE STEPHENS SHELBIE SANTANNA BROOKE ELDER LANDEN ROSS MARRS3 MATHEMATICS PAULA IFEOMA EMORDI ALEXANDRIA RYAN MARSH KATHERYNE GORDON AUFILL ANDY PHILLIP FERENZ JAMES KASON McGINNIS CASSIDY AARON BALDIVIA RAMON GABRIEL FLORES III JON PAUL MENDOZA JADE SHANICE BRADLEY SAMANTHA MARIE GALIER JESSICA MICHELLE MOFFETT PHILLIP GRAY BRIDGES 2nd Major: Finance NICHOLAS EVAN MOODY EDSON VIGARIO FILIPE GABRIELLE ANTONIA GARZA1 AUSTIN SHEA MOUNTS JONATHAN RENE MAGALLANES3,4 DEVAUGHN PIERRE GOULBOURNE GABRIELLE NABZDYK JUSTIN DAVID MILLER2,4 REBEKAH YVONNE GRAY1 CHELSEE SHANEA NICHOLS RANDOLPH JONAH MORENO ALEXANDRIA NICHOLE HARDOIN KARA BROOKE NIEMTSCHK JARED ALLEN RAUCH ERIN DENEEN HASEK2 ANDRÉ UGOCHUKWU NWOSE CALLIE NICOLE THOMPSON3 HUNTER JAMES HEIDENHEIMER MARTIN OCASIO DALTON REESE KIMZEY HOOKER PAUL ORTIZ MICROBIOLOGY TAYLOR CAIN HOWELL1 JOSH PATRICK PANNELL ANGEL ROSALIO CUEVA JEREMY LOYD HUBBARD2 GEORGE KENNETH PARDY MIESHA JAMIE EDELEN REX TERRELL HUDDLESTON TAYLOR NICOLE PARHAM LAUREN MICHELLE FAUL 2nd Major: Finance RYAN GEORGE PEASE JEREMY HERNANDEZ HERIBERTO JASSO, JR. MATTHEW DAVID PÉREZ MARIAN GRACE ONA HERNANDEZ HOLLY MICHELE JEFFERYS1 AUBREE LYNN PIPER ADRIENNA MERCEDES OLMOS DONALD DWAYNE JESTER KRISTOPHER ALYNN LANE PLUNKETT IYAD B. SALAYMEH AMANDA KAY JOHNSON3 AUSTIN VICTOR POLYAK MICHAEL WILLIAM KOSAREK TRÉVANTE RAYSHAUN PORTER PHYSICS MARLON OMODAYO KRAUS CHAD TARIQ RAMOS JUSTIN C. WAY3 RAHIM SALEEM LALANI CASSANDRA LEIGHN REA NICHOLAS R. LAMY D’AUNA MARIE REAVES ZOOLOGY DANIEL J. LANJEWAR JAZZMINE IMAN REESE JOHN WILLIAM BURDAN MADELINE MARIE LEBOEUF2 ANDREW JARRETT RICKS JACLYN MARIE GRAYSON ANDREA C. LOPEZ BENJAMIN WILLIS ROBINSON CYNTHIA HERNANDEZ LOPEZ ALEXANDER JAMES ROSS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE SARAH KATHERINE LOWE ADRIAN MICHEL ROY IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS MATTHEW THOMAS MARTINEZ RAMON RUEDA KADIE ELIZABETH MEADOWS2 ANDREW JONATHAN SANDIDGE CHARLES JOHN ALBRECHT BREANNA M. MINO2 2 WARITH ALBUSAIDY LAUREN MARIE SHAW 1 1 CODY AUSTIN MONNETTE SETH ANDREW SIMPSON NATALIE NICHOLE BROWN ANDREW STEPHEN MONTALVO ISELA BEATRICE SOTO RYAN GARRETT CREDLE BRYCE ALEXANDER MORGAN SHERYL DANIELLE SPECK3 FRANCISCO JAVIER MARTINEZ- MANZANARES ERIC OTHMER MYRE BRIANA DENEICE STAPLES KEVIN ANDREW McBRIDE LINDSAY RENEE NELSON ADRIAN RENARD STEWART ZAKARIYA SADIK

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OLIVIA MARIA OMS2 EVAN JON RADIN MELISSA JO LANG3 RACHEL MARIA PARRISH1 DONALD SHEARER JOHN DOUGLAS LIMBERG RAYNE EDWARD PEARSON AUSTIN ROBERT SPENCE 2nd Major: Marketing LAURA ELIZABETH PONDER1 DANIEL ADAM STRAUSS RUSSELL WAYNE LOVETT CARLY CAMERON PYLE 2nd Major: Marketing HAYLEY ANN LUNDGREN KRISTI GAIL RAMCHARAN1 ALEXIS ANNE SUMMERS MEGAN MARIE McCOY TAYLOR BJÖRG RAY TANNER BLAKE SWARINGEN CORINA ELIZABETH McKELVEY3 MICHAEL DAVID RENTERIA, JR. CHRISTOPHER LANE WILLINGHAM 2nd Major: Marketing MICHAEL DILLON TIBBETTS JAMES BENTON WOODRUM BRIAN L. McMAHON HENRY GEORGE DYMOKE TODD 2nd Major: Marketing 2nd Major: Marketing GENERAL BUSINESS JOAQUIN MEJIA DANIEL TREJO FAITH ELIZABETH ELLIS3 2nd Major: Marketing VALERIE MAE VILLARREAL NATHAN PAUL METZLER RUSDON RAY MILLS LAUREN ANN WALSH LINDSEY CLARICE MOORE 2nd Major: Marketing 2nd Major: Management JOSEPH GLYNN MORGAN ELLEN MARIE MORGAN RACHEL LIAN ZAJAC2,4 CRISTOPHER CARL MORTON CORY BRYAN MYRES HANNAH ELIZABETH ZINSER AMANDA NICOLE NICHOLS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 2nd Major: General Business OSCAR DANIEL ACOSTA BUSINESS ECONOMICS BANNER LOSTON OWEN 2nd Major: Marketing PHILIP CESAR RODRIGUEZ MOLLY MELYNN PATTILLO4 ERIC ANTHONY DICKINSON 2nd Major: Marketing ENERGY COMMERCE DANIEL JAMES MILLER II LUCAS POWELL PINKERTON SAMUEL COLLINS3 KATHERINE LEIGH UPDYKE MORGAN DANIELLE PORTER KELLI McQUESTEN2,4 CODY W. WEATHERSBY1 CALEB RYAN RAGSDALE JAMES MURRAY2 2nd Major: Marketing PHILLIP JUDE REAM MANAGEMENT NICHOLAS J. RAMOS MEGAN L. TAM3 YAA FOWAA ADU-WUSU CARA NICOLE BAILEY 2nd Major: Marketing FINANCE THEODORE ADAMS BARTLING, JR. CHRIS MALCOLM ROGERS KARYLL AQUISAP KATHERINE ELIZABETH BEAVERS SAMUEL DREW SIMMONS DEVIN BEAR3 2nd Major: Marketing 2nd Major: Marketing BRADLEY THOMAS BOLTE3 DAVID BELACHEW TAYLOR LEIGH SMART BROCK EVERETT CARTER CHELSEY RENEE BETENBOUGH2 JAKEB DANIEL STUNZ MICHALE ALAN CARTER 2nd Major: Marketing MILES LANDYN TAYLOR 2 RYLAN MARSHALL CLARK CODY DUANE BIELENDA ANNE FRANCES VERRET PRESTON BLAKE CLAYPOOLE 2nd Major: Marketing ROBERT ALLAN WARD ADRIAN FRANCO CUELLAR JACOB H. BLACK AMY LYNN WOLF KELSEY NEIL DAVIS3 EMILEE GLYN BROOKER MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2nd Major: Marketing KEVIN AUSTIN CALDERON DEEMAH CARLOS ERNESTO AGUILAR HIDALGO EAMON T. DEVLIN ZACHARY INMAN CAMPBELL FAISAL ABDULAZIZ ALSENANI ANDREW JOHN DORZINSKI2 ALEXANDER BRYAN CASTELLON-PATTY JAXSON TAYLOR ELLIOTT JOSHUA OMAR DUBOSE3 ANDREW R. CHAMBERLIN2 JACOB HUGHES FEDOSKY2,4 GREGORY D. DUNCAN CHAD WILLIAM COLE CHRISTOPHER SCOTT GONZALES JUSTIN LYNN FLEMING KRISTA S. COTTINGIM BLAKE THOMAS GREGORY CHEYNE GUINN HUDSON BISHOP CROCKER SCOTT GARTMAN HALEY JAMES F. HALL BRADLEY ALLEN CRUDUP MARK ALAN HANSEN MEGAN MICHELLE HALLMAN 2nd Major: Marketing MICHAEL B. HOANG 2nd Major: Accounting DYLAN LEE DAHSE CAMERON RICHARD JONES CHARLES ANDREW HAMILTON CAMRON ROBERT DUNN PAULINE YEE KAM BRANDON K. HARPER JACOB AYOUB EASSA ANTHONY REY LOPEZ SCOTT SIMMS HENDERSON MALANA LILYANN FARAMCHI SARAH RENÉE MEEK1 TIMOTHY JACOB HIPSHER SARAH ASHLEY FLORES MARC ANTHONY MONTES BENJAMIN KARL JOHNSON LUIS GARCIA TANNER CHASE MOORE2 CADE WILLIAM JOYNER ALEJANDRO SUBIALDEA GONZALEZ LINDSEY NICOLE PARKER3 JON KEITH LILES BRIAN NICHOLAS GOOSEN2 CASH COOPER DOUGLAS REAMY 2nd Major: Accounting 2nd Major: Marketing 2nd Major: Marketing KOURTNEY ELAINE MARQUEZ GANTNER WAYNE GRIFFIN CHASE ANDREW ROSS GABRIEL THOMAS McGAUGH DANIEL M. HANSEN LEONARDO ROCHA SANTOS3 AMBER LYNNE MILES3 KANE L. HENDERSHOT COLBY JACOB SIAS MAX GABRIEL MORRIS WILLIAM CONNOR HENNESSY ZACHARY T. TANNER JOHN THOMAS MYERS SHELBY LYNN HILL MELISSA ELAINE TEES 2nd Major: Business Economics BRANDY MICHELLE HORTON ANTHONY DEAN TOLERTON MICHAEL DEAN OLSEN CHAZ STEVEN HORTON3 ROMAN NICHOLAS VILLAREAL3 MERRICK JAMES PASSINGHAM JONATHAN WADE KISER JONATHAN LEE WOMACK

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MARKETING MANDY MICHELLE MORGAN KASSIE LYNN GEORGE IRMA CECILIA ACUÑA ORITSETSOLA MARYANNE OMAMOGHO KAREN Y. GONZALEZ EMILY JO ALMAGUER NICKOLAS BILLY LYNN O’NEAL JENNIFER RACHELLE HARDWICK 2nd Major: Management ALAN GILBERTO PARRA LESLIE DENISE HARPER BENTON ARIZPE JOHN ROBERT PAVEY TRESE LYNETTE HEFTY 2nd Major: Management WESTIN MIACHEL PEDIGO SUNNI GABRIELLE HEMKEN SAMANTHA LOUISE BELLANTONE EDISON J. PERALTA LAINEY A. HOLT2 2nd Major: Management BRADLEY THOMAS PETERS CHARLA MAE HORTON LISA MANDA BODEN RAYMOND ANTHONY RAMIREZ PATRICIA LUCERO JACOBO VALERIE DANAE BUCKLEY COLT MATLOCK SAMPLE HILDA JASSO RYAN LOGAN CHANON 2nd Major: Management CLAUDIA NISSE JONES TOBIAS JEREMIAH CONTRERAS CHELSEA RENEE SCOTT TARA NICOLE JONES 2nd Major: Management CAMERON WESLEY SHIRLEY LAUREN J. KANE JACOB HALL COOPER 2nd Major: Management CALLIE MARIE KOCIUBA CODY DANIEL COWLING BRANDON J. STAMP CHELSEA N. LAMBERT 2nd Major: Management 2nd Major: Energy Commerce RUBEN MICHAEL LEDESMA BRANDON GAYLE CRAFT BROOKE NICOLE THEIS ELLEN GAYLE LEMASTERS 2nd Major: Management JACQUELINE MARIE TORRES ABBAGAYLE DEE LEYBA ANGEL GEOVANNY CUENCA 2nd Major: Management SARAH TAYLOR LOVE NICHOLAS WAYNE DANFORD TRAVIS EARL TUCKER CHELSEA RYAN MARSH MORGAN LYN DAY 2nd Major: Management ALEXANDRA NICHOLE MARTINEZ ZACKARY A. ELLIS JOHN ALBERT TURNER JENNIFER JANE McFARLAND2 CHRISTINE NICOLE EVERETT 2nd Major: International Business KAITLIN MAE McFATRIDGE STEVEN SHANE FARRELL BYRON NEAL TYLER MIKAL ANN MILAM ZACHARY ROBERT FIELDS 2nd Major: Management ASHLEY ANNETTE MORENO 2nd Major: Management TARA MARIE VISKER MARY ANN MORENO CALEB J. FISHER NATHAN MICHAEL WALL SUJEY LOPEZ MURILLO MILINA BREEANN FUNDERBURG MEREDITH LEIGH WEBB OLIVIA GRACE MYERS2 GUSTAVO GARZA TYLER GLEN WEST TAYLOR D. NGUYEN 2nd Major: Management JARED AXLEY CHARLES WHITAKER ASHLEY MARTINEZ NILES MATTHEW JOHN GELLENE 2nd Major: Management ABEL EDUARDO OJEDA AUBREY ANNA GIRARD STEVEN KYLE WILLARD MAIRA PEREZ1 SPENCER PATRICK GLEASON NATHAN WALTER WOMACK DANIELLE RENE RIOS2 CASSANDRA NICOLE HERRON3 MATHEWS SOLOMON WOREDE NANCY RODRIGUEZ BLAKE ALLEN HIETT 2nd Major: Management BRENDA YAMILETT SANCHEZ THOMAS JAMES HOLT ASHLEY LEANN ZIMPEL3 ADAM REY SERNA 2nd Major: Management 2nd Major: Management ANTHONY ALAN SMITH CAMERON ROBERT HORTON JENNIFER LEEANN STEWART 2nd Major: Management MEGAN MICHELLE THOMAS CODY WILLIAM HOSKINSON SISIE DINORA TREMINIO 2nd Major: Management JEFFREY DON TREVINO PHILIP NATHANIEL JAMES SILVIA VALENZUELA 2nd Major: Management VERONICA VILLARREAL3 MATTHEW ROY JOHNSON SARAH STANLEE WALDRIP STUART LEHMANN JONES3 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ASHLEY ELAINE WENZEL MEGAN BREANN KENNEY KATHERINE NICOLE WETMORE 2nd Major: Management MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE HALEY DEE WILSON BRANDON ALLAN KIRBY2 BRYAN A. KING KILLIAN RICHARD KIRK2 MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES CHARLES WEEKS KNIGHT LORENA ALVARADO BRET BOULDIN LITTLE ALEJANDRA AVALOS2 SALEEMA S. MAREDIA 2nd Major: International Business KRISTIE SAUSEDA BARRON KAYLA RENE´ BLAKELY SHABNAM SHOUKAT MAREDIA 2nd Major: International Business ALYSSA MARIE BRIERTON BACHELOR OF SCIENCE ANGELICA CAMPOS MELO JULIANA MARIN SANDRA CASTILLO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CHRISTOPHER KIEL MARSTILLER VERONICA ELIZABETH CASTILLO JAMES AUSTIN FOREMAN ALLISON McCALL MARTINEZ CHRISTOPHER ROBERT REYNOLDS 2nd Major: Management ALEXANDRIA MICHELLE CERVANTES DEDDRA EDWARDS JORDAN PAUL McKINNEY CIVIL ENGINEERING MELISSA L. EDWARDS KYLE JAMES MENTZEL MOHAMED AHMED ABO AGEZA1 CHRISTIAN ANDREW ENEVOLDSEN3 EMMA NICOLE MERTENS SAMIHA N. AHMED TRANESHA LYNETTE FISHER SCOTT DOUGLAS MILLER JOHN MATHEW ANDERSON CHASE LEE MONTGOMERY

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CAMERON L. BALLMAN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PAUL D. BARTEL1 EVAN L. BELT TROY ARCE MELISSA STEELE BLACK JOSHUA JON CASTER RYAN DREW ARMSTRONG KYLE M. BRADLEY ROBERT DREW HEFFNER OGAGA ASAH BEAU ALEN BROUSSARD DARWIN MENDEZ BRANDON MILES ASCHKAR MICHAEL JOSEPH CARLISLE JONATHAN A. PETTY UCHENNA C. AWARAKA JAMES LAWRENCE CASTLEMAN JOSEPH PAUL SCHATTLE VINCENT BAIZA EDGAR OMAR CENENA CORBIN RAY SELMAN JEREMY BAUTISTA KELBY BOONE COMBEST CRISTA RHEA BEREND LUCERO ADRIANA DE LA ROCHA ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING JACOB RYAN BOLTON KEVIN FIX2 ALEXANDER DAVID COMBS ANDREW DAVID BOUVIER JESSICA LYNN FOX BROOKE ALEXIS CUSHMAN EVERETT TYLER BURG MARK CHRISTOPHER GALVAN1 ETHAN WAYNE DANIEL CHRISTOPHER DONALD BUTTON MARCUS CLARK GEORGE LINDSAY ALLEN DAVID CHRISTOPHER JUDE CASPER DEVAN MARIE GLOVER JOSIAH DANIEL DEYO GUY KIRAN CHADWICK RAFAEL A. GRANADOS JAMIL MARC FAULKNER YUVISELA CHAVEZ JACOB MATTHEW LEAVENGOOD JOSE THOMAS GARCIA DUB F. CLARK 1 MICHELLE L. LINER PAUL GUTHRIE GATEWOOD JAROD ST. PAUL COLLINS ERIKA KARINA MARQUEZ RYAN DAVIS GIBSON MARCUS RYAN COOK ZACHARY KARL MAYER ALEX PAUL GUMM CHADWICK HUNTER DABBS CHASE AARON MICHAEL DAMIEN SPENCER HINES AMBER LYNN DOCKERY KATHERINE MORENO3 DANIEL JAMES JINKS TYLER RAY DOWDY1 2 WADE JACKSON MORRISON AARON RUSSELL McMULLAN RYAN O. DUNCAN NDIDIAMAKA O. NDUKA2 OMATSOLA CHUKWUDUMEBI MENE-EJEGI TAYLOR CHRISTOPHER EDMONDSON MICHAEL F. O’BRIEN ALEXANDER ERIC MORALES CHRISTOPHER BO FARRIS PAMELA ANN OLSON FABRICE MUGOMOKA ANDREW DAVID FETSCH1 1 CODY LEE OWEN HIEU KHAC ANH NGUYEN DAVID THEODORE FIGGS2 2 MARSHALL ROBERT PATTON1 RAMIRO J. NOVOA STEVEN DOUGLAS FIXTER 2 JASMINE PORSHAY PIPKINS AVIRAJ HARENDRA PATEL MICHAEL BRETT FRIEMEL 3 JEFFERY JAMES PRATO SAILENDRA PAUDEL NICHOLE ELIZABETH FUHRMANN JAMES PRICE EDWIN ALEXIS RAMOS JOSE MANUEL GARCIA SANTIAGO RAMIREZ DRAKE TANNER RAYBURN CESAR AGUSTO GONZALEZ MARIBEL G. RANGEL KRISTOPHER JAMES RITCHEL KELLYN FAY GRUNWALD 1 ALAN E. SALAZAR ROSALES BRENTON LANE SCHERWITZ JACOB ANDREW HAEFELE TYSON LEWIS STAGNER JESSE BRIAN SLAY ANTHONY JASON HARMS JUSTIN THOMAS STRICKLAND WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER STOUT CASEY QUINN HAUSENFLUKE2 DIMITRIOS A. TSIOUMAS 2nd Major: Computer Science MATTHEW H. HEASLEY RODRIGO VELA ADRIAN MARK STRICKLAND GREGORY AUSTEN HOLLAND 2 JOSEPH KEENAN WAUGH FRANCK KOFFI TOSSOU CHRISTOPHER JERROD HOLLERS MADELYN B. ULFERTS RYAN BROOKS HOWSE1 COMPUTER ENGINEERING HAN YU BRYANT RAY JORDAN3 MARK ADAM BACCIGALOPI RICHARD GARRETT KING 1 ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ALEXANDER W. CLARK LYLE PARKER KLEES ADAMS A. BRALY OSCAR A. MARTINEZ JESSE EVERETT LATIMER1 SAMIULLAH SHOUKATALI SUTERIA ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING NICHOLAS P. LAVINE 1 BRIAN LESMEISTER COMPUTER SCIENCE WENDY STEPHANIE ACOSTA QUINTERO MIAO LI BRIAN DUNNICK ALLRED TIMOTHY KIRKLAND BROWN 1 ALEXANDER FRANCIS LUKOMSKI DANIEL AUSTIN ALLISON NICOLE MESECKE THOMAS WILLIAM MAIRSON CLINTON ANDREW BEASLEY INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING JOSEPH BLYTHE MALONEY3 JADE SHANICE BRADLEY KEITH S. CAMPBELL SAMMY MATA ZACHARY T. BRASUELL FRANCISCO D. CARVALLO JONATHAN THOMAS McCONVILLE3 ALEXANDRE XAVIER BRAUN QUINTEN STORM DAVIS GRANT AUSTIN McINTIRE PHILLIP GRAY BRIDGES ALLAN REDFIELD GIBSON CHARLES DEREK MOORE JARED TYLER EBANKS CHRISTOPHER J. GONZALES JOSEPH PHILLIP MUNNIA CAROL SIMON FLORY1 JUSTIN T. GRAY TYLER JEFFERY MYERS TRACEY KAYE GLASS CHRISTIAN A. NIMOH BRADLEY JAMES NEUBAUER BENJAMIN NELSON HAWKINS BREYLON D. RANKINE PATRICK JAMES NEVINS RAMIRO JULIAN NOVOA2 ANTHONY JULIAN REGALADO KYLE GRAYSON NICHOLS CHRISTOPHER ROBERT REYNOLDS ABRAM REYES NNAEMEKA C. NWOGBE JEFFERY RUTHERFORD JAIME A. SALINAS JOHNNY ANGEL ORTIZ HARRY FRANKLIN SHOEMAKER III DANIEL M. TESFAI KELAN BLANE PADGETT WILLIAM C. STOUT KAYLA RENEE TULLOS RONNIE JAY PEACOCK MATTHEW DOUGLAS WEBSTER ERIC STEWART PEREZ3

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JUSTIN LANE POEHLS VICTORIA MARIE ESTRADA3 DAVID WAYNE PULVER CHESSNEY MILLICENT GOODMAN JOSEPH WILLIAM QUIRK GRISELDA GUERRERO ALEXANDER JOSEPH RAINBOLT KALLIE ANN HERNANDEZ JOSEPH RENE RAMIREZ KATY ELIZABETH HUTCHINS STEPHEN HUNTER REED BACHELOR OF BENITA ADEOLA ILESANMI DANIEL V. REYES DANIELA JABALERA INTERIOR DESIGN CHRISTOPHER JOSE RODRIGUEZ JENNA LEE JOHNSON2 JOAN C. RODRIGUEZ AMANDA BROOKE PETRIE JACKIE CHRISTINE KLEMENT CODY LEWIS ROE KIRBY CLAIRE KROL KURTIS LEE RUTTER JASMIN ANABEL LOEWEN2 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MARK ALAN RYAN1 JULIA A. LOPEZ3 ERICKSON AMADEUS ANDERSON SAA APPAREL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING MARI ELIZABETH MENDOZA 1 STACY SANCHEZ DANIELLE CHRISTINE CASERTA COURTNEY ELIZABETH MRAZ 2 SCOTT A. SCHREIBER RACHEL DIANE FREEMAN KAITLYN ANNE MYERS DOUGLAS ALLEN SHERWOOD KATELYN ALISSA ORTIZ TAYLOR RAE NARVAIZ RUSSELL TODD SIMPSON3 ALEXANDRA DALE NELSON COOPER NOLAN SMITH COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND ADDICTION SERVICES ALEXANDRIA NICHOLE OLIVAREZ BLAKE ALEXANDER SOSA ELIZABETH ANNE BENTON JEFFREY OLOYO ERIC JOSEPH STOKES EMMA ALISON BROCKHOUSE SHANNON ELIZABETH O’NEIL2 DAVID SALOMON SUAZO WILDT MICHELLE ELAINE BYRD SAMANTHA LEA PODRAZA EMILY JANE VAUGHAN LACEY JAE GORDON CASSIDEE ALEXANDRA POWELL DANIEL RYAN VOLKER2 PATRICIA MICHELLE HENDRICKS NATALIE NICOLE QUINTANA CHANDLER COLBY WALDEN LADD CHRISTOPHER HIGHT TAYLOR ELISE RASCOE GRAHAM DAVID WALKER3 JORDAN CHRISTIAN HUKILL3 MOLLIE DAVIS RISELING HENRY SAMUEL WALLER CATELYN ELIZABETH JACKSON3 CHRISTINA RENE’ ROEMER1 CALEB WINZER WEAVER LEO GARZA PEREIDA MICHELLE ELIZABETH ROSE TYLER EDMOND WINSTON ERIC ALBERT REX HANNAH GABRIELLE SMITH KYNZI JORDAN ROBERTS JOSEFINA PORTILLO SOLIS PETROLEUM ENGINEERING ABBEY TARISE SMITH2 JONNA MARIE SPENCE1 ZARINA ADILBEKOVA MAZIE DANAE ZIELINSKI3 ASHLEY MARIE STAHL KWADWO AMPONSAH LINDSEY BLAIR TUTT CLAYTON THOMAS BURROWS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVAN NICOLE VASQUEZ1 2nd Major: Civil Engineering KIRSTEN ALM COLLEEN ANN WILLIAMS1,4 LOREN CADE CARTER ANDREA LAURA ASPENSON WENDY IRENE WOOD 3 CRYSTAL VANESSA CASTILLO AVERY ANN BLACKBURN BRIANNA CLAIR YAUCK-CONRAD JUSTIN D. EBERHARDT KENDALL LYNN DAWSON MOLLY MICHELLE ZUMWALT2,4 PAULOS BEKELE FUFA ELIZABETH LORRAINE GRYDER2 KATHERINE ROBBYE GRIMES LINDSEY SAMANTHA KAY HUMAN SCIENCES COLTER W. HENDERSON REBEKAH CHRISTINE LOGAN2 STEPHEN ALEXANDER ADKINS ZACHARY HARRISON JETTON MARGARET ANNE McOSKER MAYRA NATALIA AGUILAR1 JEREMY F. KUEHL KAYLA ANN NELSON1 ANGELA MORGAN ANDREWS RYAN ALLEN LINCECUM KAYLA MARIE NICHOLS3 JASON BRANT BUNCH MILLAD MORTAZAVI JESSICA NICOLE SELTZER KATHARINE ANNE COON SHELBI SELESTE NAJAR KATHERINE CLAIRE SHANK ASHLI NICOLE DAMON BRIAN ALLEN NELSON3 KALI MARIE SPATES HALLIE MARIE DECKER2 DANIEL A. OKUNOLA AMBER LYNN EDWARDS ANIL PANT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES LAURA ANDREA FRAGA MENDOZA 3 MOHAMMAD SHAABAN QURESHI ALEXANDRA JANE AVERY CHASITY NICHOLE GATES CAROLE STEPHANIE TCHAGUI CARSEY BRITT AYCOCK ROBERT LEE GLOSSOP III CYNTHIA ROXANNE SANGANG TCHOCONTE CAMARA ALEICE AYERS DERECK L. HILDRETH BINH TRIEU TRAN BARRETT B. BASS JAELENE McKENZIE HINKLE2 1 DANE C. WALKER POPPY LANE BEARD JASMINE NI’COLE JACKSON ROY CHASE WATSON SAMANTHA PAIGE BRYSON SOPHIA MARIA JIMENEZ DILLON GENE WELCH TRACEY LARAE BURNS BRUCE LAMAR JONES KYLE DAVID WILSON BRETT ALLYN CAIN MICHELLE REYES LARA CAROLE STEPHANIE TCHAGU CHELSEA LYNN CALLAHAN ELLYSA JEAN LUEHRS ARIEL LYNN CANTU MELINDA LEE MAREK ERIKA RENEE DAVILA MELISSA ISABEL MARSZYCKI THEODRIC ROBERT DAVIS HUNG PHUOC-VIET NGUYEN ASHLEY MARIE DRABEK KAELYN ALYSSE PARKS RACHAEL CHRISTINE DURAN RENAE LEIGH POST ERIKA ALEXIUS EGGINS CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL PRATER KARA NICOLE ESSARY3

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SHAMONA SCHERON RICHARD BRANDON MATTHEW GARRETT3 PEYTON NICOLE CAROTHERS KIMBERLY RENE RODRIGUEZ ELISA ANN GONZALEZ AUDREY WHITAKER CAVENDISH TRESSIE HELEN SNIDER JAMES ANDREW GRAF THOMAS EARL CRABTREE JESSICA NICOLE TAYLOR ALEXANDRA JANE HEMPHILL ZACHARY KALE FOSTER JORDAN RENEE TORNGA GARRETT HUNTER HENKE RICHARD CHADWICK GEIB FRANCISCA CHINENYE UME-EZEOKE2 PAIGE ALISON HERBERT SAMANTHA LOUISE JOHNSON KIRBY JOHN LANNOM CHANDLER MORGAN KEILBERG3 NUTRITION COLTON WAYNE LAWRENCE NICHOLAS AARON KIDD ANASTASIA FELIZE ARREGUIN MARTIN ALEXANDER LEATHERWOOD GABLE MANSFIELD ALEXANDRA VICTORIA BROWN JESSICA RENAE LEMASTER LEXI BRIANNE PHILLIPS 3 JONI ANNETTE HOUGH VERONICA MARINELARENA CARLYE L. PITTINGER AÚJEHL PAYTON MESSIER PRISCILLA MORALES KELLEY BROOKE PRATHER JONELLE NICOLE OWENS RACHEL ELLEN MORRISON MORGAN DIANE PRIDDY2 1 KRISTYN NICOLE PETRY LAUREN MICHELLE NOLAN KEVON CHARLES ROGERS 3 LEYNA RACHEL RADER EMILY LAUREN OLIVAS RYAN SCOTT SHEPHERD ALEXANDRA MARIE ROMANELLI MICHAEL CHARLES PAULSEN CINDY ELIZABETH VAQUERA 1 ERIKA CAMILLE RUDOLPH RYAN TAYLOR PIERATT DAVID AARON VILLARREAL ASMA SALEM SAVANA GREY POE JACIE ELAINE VOWELS 3 BALEIGH PAIGE TRULL BENJAMIN DANIEL PRATI JACOB SHANE WITHERSPOON ARIANNA INEZ ROCHA TAYLOR WILSON WRIGHT NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES AND DIETETICS KYLE DAVID SMITH ISRA NASSER BASHITI MELISSA SOSA ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS BRIANNA NOEL BUSH1 JULIE MARIE SZAMATULSKI3 PHILLIP MARCUS ANDERSON MICHELLE ELIZABETH CONNER JOSEPH JOHN TULLY CARMEN ALLEN ASKERNEESE KATY REBECCA FRANKLIN MATTHEW CHARLES VERCELLINO2 COLIN QUINN BUTLER MICHELLE CHRISTINE HAROLD1,4 CHRISTOPHER CHARLES VISSOTZKY ANDREW THOMAS CASSIDY MOLLIE BEATRICE JOHNSON TUCKER DYLAN WEBSTER ZACHARY THOMAS CRUZ ASHLEY MICHELLE KETRING BRITTANY NICOLE WHITEHEAD CHANTAL ESPINOZA ABBY MACKENZIE KING HAILEY ANNE WIKLE DWAYNE ANTHONY VICTOR EXTOL BREE ALISE LANCLOS 1 HAYDEN ROWE WILLOUGHBY JORDAN ELISE GOSNELL KATHERINE MARIE McADEN HOLLY LYNN WRIGHT NATASHA RENEE GOUSHEY KAELEEANN MICHELLE McNEEL KATHRINE GREA GUTIERREZ LAURA ALYSSA RODRIGUEZ RETAIL MANAGEMENT DANIEL MARIO HEREDIA DANIEL ANIM-OPARE HALEY DIANNE LEWIS PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING 2nd Major: Human Sciences GARRETT ANTHONY MENICHINI TED KENNETH ARCHIBALD SAMANTHA ERIN CHASE CARMEN YVETTE MOLINA DRAKE MICHAEL BARNES LAUREN ELIZABETH CLICK JANTZEN NORRIS MURRAY ASHLEY NICOLE BENTLEY2 CAROLINE STEFFOS EASTERLING KEVIN LEE OSBURN ADAM BLAKE BONNER2 ALYSON PAIGE EDGE LAUREN PICON EMILY NICOLE BROOKS2 RHIANNON MARIE FEKETE3 TEAGAN CHRISTINE RAHER3 BLAKE MICHAEL CRONIN BAILEY NICOLE McPHERSON JOSHUA RYAN RODRIGUEZ ALLISON ANN HOGAN ELIZABETH OROZCO ROBERT BLANE ROGERS MICHAEL THOMAS HORNUNG FARRAH SEBETH PARSLEY KAY DEE RUNKEL3 PATRICK ANDREW KELCOURSE RIA MONIQUE RIVERS JOSEPH PRESTON SCHELLBACH3 THOMAS MARQUEZ MEREDITH KATE ROGERS SARAH LUCILLE SELF-WALBRICK BEN ANDREW MERCADO HANNAH GABRIELLE TRIGO JUSTIN THOMAS SESSIONS GRANT LEE NICHOLS BIANCA VILLARREAL ADRIAN CLEOTHIS SPEARMAN JENNIFER LOUISE PRITCHARD ALLIE NICOLE WEBER PAUL AUSTIN TERRELL JEREMY CARL RANSOM KENDALL KAIN WHITE ASHLYN B. TUBBS3 OMAR ROMAN2 ISAAC ESTEBAN VILLALOBOS RESTAURANT, HOTEL, AND JOURNALISM INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT JEFFREY ROBERT BUNNELL3 NOAH FARID AGHA College of Media KAYLA EVAN CONBOY3 AVERY MARIE BARBARO3 CODY LANDON EMPKEY EMILY FRANCES BARNHART & Communication LUCINDA LEONOR HOLT2 ADAM BARSALOU SHELBY RENEE KIMBALL SAMUEL ROBERT BRANDON BACHELOR OF ARTS CLEVELAND XAVIER MANLEY ANGELINA MARIE CORTEZ ADVERTISING JODIE GWEN MAY MARCIA D. CROCKER DANIELA PÁRRAGA-RODRÍGUEZ JOSHUA RYAN DOUMA BRITTNEY ALEXANDER ABLES JASON PEARSON ANTHONY FARMER ANDREW BENJAMIN ANDRADE RANDI LEIGH REDING ANNETTE BELL FARRELL JORDAN WILLIAM ANGLIN 3 COURTNEY ANN SANSBURY DANTE JOSEPH FLICK BROOKE KAYLIN BLACKWELL JORDAN MICHAEL SIGLER EMILY REBECCA FORD CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL CACIOPPO

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32 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES

RANDI LEIGH THOMAS LAUREN THOMPSON McGINNITY REAGAN ADDISON LANCASTER ERIN MICHELLE WILLIS CATHERINE LEEANN McKEE1 BRYAN DAVID LANDRY SASHA A. WILSON LAURIE ANNE NELSON RILEY STEVEN LEDBETTER AUSTIN MICHAEL NETTLETON AUSTEN PAUL LEMBKE MEDIA STRATEGIES MICHAELA ELYSE PALU SHELDON A. LEMCO ZACHARY THOMAS ADAIR MADISON BROOK PERKINS2 KAYLA RENAE LIMMER SEBASTIAN JAY ANTE DARIUS DÉ NARD PIPKINS TRENT EDWARD LOCKWOOD MARK DEWAYNE BEASLEY KALI LAUREN PUREFOY TIMOTHY MICHAEL McNAMARA WILLIAM WALTON BROWN KRYSTLE NYCOLE RAMIREZ2 TRENT JACKSON McPEAK JORDAN KOLE DANIEL MCKENNA LYNN ROBINSON2 JACOB PAUL PACHECO DANIEL WILLIAM DONDERO SAMUEL TREVOR SHOWERY MATTHEW CHARLES PANKE REBECCA STEPHANIE DOUGLAS KAYLA MERCEDES SUAREZ1,4 ZACH BRUCE PECKOVER LESLIE FORREST EL-EFFENDI MADISON ADELE TATE MARIA D. PEREZ3 3 REGINA RAELYN GARCIA ALEXANDREA ROSE TORREZ CHRISTOPHER OREN PERRY CARLEE LA RIE GONZALEZ CANDACE MARIANNE TREVINO NICHOLAS KARY REID MADELEINE GOODNIGHT KELSEY J. WEATHERMAN3 PATAU THOMAS RHOADS ALEX ONSY HABIB LATAVIA SHANIECE WILLIAMS JACKSON WESLEY RICHARDS LAUREN ELIZABETH HALE SHANNON MARIE WRIGHT KYLE RENNIE RICHARDSON LUKE ROBERT HEATH SHELBY RENAE ZABOROWSKI KIMBERLY SUZANNE SCHUMANN JESSE REY HUERTA MELISSA NICHOLE SOTO2 LUZ ELENA INFANTE-RODRIGUEZ ROBERT THOMAS SPARKS2 SHELBY RAE JOHNSON SARAH BROOKE TEINERT DENNIS C. JONES BRIAN DAVID UHLIG NATALIE ELIZABETH LOPEZ University Programs JEANETTE LYNN WARRINGTON-PRESSLER PHYLLIS ANN MALALUAN ANTHONY ZANE WRIGHT MATTHEW COLEMAN McCALL BACHELOR OF ARTS SHANNON PARKER McKINLEY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE JACOB ENCINIA OLIVAREZ UNIVERSITY STUDIES 1 ARIEL COLE ORF KELSEY MARIE ALLEN UNIVERSITY STUDIES MADELINE PAIGE POORMAN JACOB DILLON ANDERSON JUSTIN DAVID ARDOYNO ALBA NIDIA RODRIGUEZ THOMAS ELLIOTT AYARS TONY RICHARD BARRERA, JR. KIRBY LEA SATTERFIELD BRANDON LE’VANTE BAGLEY AARON STEWART BUCKLAND JUSTIN RASHAD SMITH JOHN THOMAS BAKER DONALD RAY CALVIN 2 MINTA ALLISON SPEARS FRANCESCA NOELLE BIANCHI ANA LUCINDA DAVILA EMILY NICOLE WALTERS MARASSISA RUTH ANN BIBLE RICHARD CHARLES DEMING3 GEOFFREY AUSTIN WINKLER GEORGE LINDSEY BOYCE CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ELLIS KIERRA SADE WORMLEY JAMES AARON CHILDRESS SEAN RANDALL FOX JACLYN MICHELLE CROWSEY KATHRYN NICOLE HINTZ PUBLIC RELATIONS KAITLYN RAE DAMRON ERIC COLE HUNTER STEPHANIE LYNN ADDISON JORDAN ALEXSANDER DAVIS TRAVIS FREDERICK JORGE SARAH RUTH BEATON LAUREN CATHERINE DONALDSON ROXI THURMAN LEE COURTNEY NICOLE BIER JONATHAN LOUIS DROZD ROSS THOMAS McCLELLAN LAUREN ASHLEY BRYANT2 CASSIDY JURIANA EDISON CESAR MOLINA AMANDA CERECEDEZ LEVI TANNER FIKES BAWO OYOWE ALI MICHELLE CHILDERS MATTHEW JAMES FOUSS DURGA RANJINI PADMANABHAN MARY HOLLY CRAM BELINDA FOX JACOB TAYLOR PARSONS JESSICA ANN DANIEL DAVID LYNN FROST COURTNEY BROOKE STRICKLAND KELLY DUEÑES DEFOREST SCOTT GARCIA AIDAN ALEJANDRO THOMPSON LAUREN NICOLE EVANS TODRICK JOVON GIBBS LARA ALYSE FARREN ELIZABETH HASKELL GOMBERT WIND ENERGY NATHAN JACOB GONZALEZ JOSHUA COLE GONZALES ANDREW STEPHEN BUCHOK MASHAIRI HALIFU KATELYN DENAE GREEN JACK WESLEY CLARKE SARAH MICHELLE HARLAN THOMAS HAUGHTON HATCH TUCKER MONTGOMERY GANDY JESSICA FRANZ JARVIE3 MICHAEL KEITH HERMES CASTON O’DELL GILLIT MOCHELLE RENEÉ JOHNSON KODI JOSEPH-WENDELL HOSKINS BULMARO GOMEZ, JR. EMILY ANN KELLER JOSHUA WHITMAN HUDSON ANDREW STEPHEN JEFFREYS TAYLOR MICHELLE KENNEY2 CAROL EILEEN JORDAN MATTHEW ALAN MUMME CLARK ADAM LAMMERT MICHAEL PATRICK KENNEDY FABIAN VALDEZ ONATE SARAH MARIE McDOWELL ADAM VINCENT KIRSCH ALEXANDRA KATHRYN PONTON ALLISON PAIGE McELWAIN BO DALTON ZALMANZIG

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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS BACHELOR OF MUSIC

ART STUART LEE ARON1 LEAH MARGARET BROWN1 TAYLOR NICOLE BELL3 BAILEY LYNN BRYAN SAMUEL JAMES BIGOTT LORENZO S. EDEN CATHERINE LEIGH BURRIS1 BACHELOR OF ARTS SANDI ELIZABETH HALLEY ANDREW HOWARD GRAHAM CRAVATT UWAKMFON-ABASI I. JAMES NATHANIEL DOUGLAS EWING2 DANCE REBECCA ADRIANA LEAL ALEXIS DANIELLE FLORES GLORIA MICHELLE GOMEZ ISMAIL MOHAMAD MENASTERLY MATTHEW MARTIN GARRISON2 LESLIE ANN GOMEZ2 DIANA RUTH PEMBERTON2 ALEXANDER WILLIAM HARDIN3 SARAH JEAN GRUDLE ELI JONAS RAMOS NATALIE D’ANNE HEAD1 AMBER RENE HAMBLIN3,4 LUCAS DAVID SALMON CHAD LEE HOPKINS2,4 HALEY ELIZABETH HUTCHENS2 TABITHA LEE SISSON REGAN BREANNE LEDBETTER3 SARAH ELIZABETH PARMER STEVEN RAY SUAREZ3 CONNOR LEGGETT2 MICHAEL ALEXANDER TOUCHY KELLY ELIZABETH LYNCH2 MUSIC EMILY LOUISE WHITTINGTON DAVID C.R. McCOUN JOSEPH CHARLES BYBEE MICHAEL ANDREW NEEDHAM JESSE DAVID GORE THEATRE ARTS KENDALL ELAINE NEWMAN3 PRESTON OLEN LOVE III 1 JORDAN MICHELLE HAMMACK CHARLES DAVID OLIVIER HAILEY ANNE STOCKTON JOSHUA BRADY SERVANTEZ PATRICK EDWARD REED3 ANDREW STEVEN WARD ANTONIO REGALADO, JR.3 THEATRE ARTS BACHELOR OF JEFFREY KEANE THOMAS LAUREN GRACE WESSELS MARIA ISABEL BECERRA GENERAL STUDIES JORDAN ELIZABETH BROWN ERIK MATTHEW GARZA ALYSSA FORTUNÉE BRYAN JOSHUA LEE PORTILLO MARIA HELENA MORALES MORGAN KRYSTINE VAN WINKLE4 SARAH LAVELL NOBLES3 ALEXANDER M. VLETAS

1Summa Cum Laude 2Magna Cum Laude 3Cum Laude 4With Honors 5With Highest Honors

34 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY RECEPTIONS AND OTHER CEREMONIES

INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE RECEPTIONS Immediately After Commencement Ceremony

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | Animal and Food Sciences Building Rotunda College of Architecture | Architecture Gallery College of Arts and Sciences | Foyer Area of Room 104, Holden Hall Jerry S. Rawls College of Business | McCoy Atrium, 1st Floor of Rawls College of Business College of Education | Second Floor Lobby, College of Education Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering | 104 Livermore Center College of Human Sciences | El Centro, Human Sciences Building College of Media and Communication | Matador Room, Student Union Building College of Visual and Performing Arts | Rotunda, Holden Hall University Studies | Red Raider Lounge, Student Union Building Wind Energy | Room 107, National Wind Institute

Please Note: The Graduate School will distribute diplomas in the City Bank Room of the United Supermarket Arena immediately after the commencement ceremony.

OTHER CEREMONIES Friday, December 12, 2014 Army ROTC Military Commissioning | 10:00 a.m., Llano Estacado Room, Student Union Building

Saturday, December 13, 2014 Air Force ROTC Military Commissioning | 3:00 p.m., Escondito Theatre, Student Union Building

CANDIDATES FOR MILITARY COMMISSIONS

The following student is being commissioned as a The following student is being commissioned as a The following student is being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force: Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve: Second Lieutenant in the United States Marines: JOSEPH BLYTHE MALONEY NICOLETTE CARMELLA LERRO RYAN CODY SULLIVAN

DECEMBER 2014 35 ACADEMIC DRESS AND PROCESSION

MASTER’S ROBE: Velvet facing around the neck corresponds to color DOCTORAL ROBE: Velvet facing on front of robe and three bars on representing the field of study; hood lining represents the colors of sleeve correspond to color representing the field of study; hood lining the institution that conferred the degree. represents the colors of the institution that conferred the degree.

earing academic dress at commencement cer- received advanced degrees from Texas Tech University emonies dates from the early history of the old- wear hoods lined with red and black. West universities created during the twelfth and The Oxford—the so-called mortarboard—is black and thirteenth centuries. Because educated people were almost has a long tassel fastened to the center. The tassel is usually always of the clergy, the black gown is an adaptation of the worn with the pendant over the left front of the cap. Dif- “cope,” a long mantle or cloak of silk or other cloth worn by ferent colored tassels are often worn on the bachelor’s and church dignitaries in processions and on other occasions. master’s caps to indicate the type of degree. The tassel on The long gown and cowl (similar to the academic hood of the cap of the doctoral candidate, except for professional today) were worn by priests and monks for warmth in the degrees, is either gold or black. The doctoral degree hold- cold medieval buildings. ers may also wear the velvet tam with a gold tassel. In the early centuries, a great diversity of color and style Candidates for the undergraduate degree will wear the of cap, gown,and hood appeared in different universities tassel on the right side of the cap at commencement. After of Europe. The European custom of wearing academic the degrees have been conferred, baccalaureate degree dress was later introduced at American colleges. Not until recipients will turn the tassel to the left side of the cap, after 1895 was a uniform academic code of dress adopted thus showing that they are now graduates. Those gradu- by most U.S. colleges and universities. Today, the black ates who have the official Texas Tech Alumni Association robe, hood, and cap are worn at most institutions of higher class ring are invited to turn their rings at this time. learning. Some institutions have authorized doctoral Candidates wearing red cords have earned the Latin desig- gowns in colors other than the customary black. nations of cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude The gowns used in American academic ceremonies vary based on a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point according to the highest degree awarded to the wearer. average. Candidates wearing kite-shaped medallions are Usually the bachelor’s robe has long pointed sleeves and Honors College graduates earning a minimum of 24 hours the master’s has oblong sleeves, square at the end with a of Honors coursework. Medallions with red ribbons indicate slit at the elbow. The doctoral gown is a more elaborate a notation of “With Honors” (non-thesis) and gold ribbons robe faced down the front with velvet and across the bell- indicating a notation of “With Highest Honors” (thesis). shaped sleeves with three bars of velvet. The velvet facing Phi Beta Kappa students may wear their membership and bars may be of the color distinctive to the field of study. key as well as the society’s dark blue honor stole and/or The doctoral hood has side panels and is slightly lon- pink and blue honor cords. Members of Phi Kappa Phi, ger than the one worn for the master’s degree. The color Mortar Board, and other honor societies may likewise used in the velvet border of the hood indicates the field of display their societies’ medallions and honor cords. Texas study. The velvet border is widest on the doctor’s hood, and Tech University has five university-wide honoraries: the colors of the lining indicate the college or university Golden Key, Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Beta that conferred the degree. For example, those who have Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi.

36 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY COLORS REPRESENTING FIELDS OF STUDY The following is a list of colors established by the Intercollegiate Code representing departments of learning and fields of study.

HONOR CORDS / MEDALLION The following is a list of honor cords/medallions issued by colleges.

Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources | Green Architecture | White and Gold Arts and Sciences | Royal Blue Business Administration | Royal Blue and Gold UNDERGRADUATE ROBE: A red stole displaying the Double T and Education | Jade Green and Violet seal of the university distinguishes students receiving baccalaureate Engineering | Orange degrees. Degree candidates wearing red cords will graduate with Honors | Honors Medallion Human Sciences | Maroon honors designations based on a minimum 3.5 GPA. Media and Communication | Crimson University Programs | Red Visual and Performing Arts | Brown Wind Energy | Blue and Green

TEXAS TECH COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS GRADUATE PHOTOGRAPHS COMMENCEMENT DVD A professional photograher will be taking photos of gradu- The Texas Tech Alumni Association encourages you to order ates as they receive their diplomas. You may view and order a Texas Tech Commencement DVD to commemorate your photos online at www.candidcolorphotography.com. Click on achievement. The $45 purchase also will include a one- “view proofs” and then “graduations.” Images will be posted year Texas Tech Alumni Association gift membership. This within 48 hours of the ceremony. Photographers will be membership will help you stay connected to Texas Tech. To available after the ceremony for photos of friends and family reserve your copy of today’s ceremony, complete and mail an with the graduates. Photographers will be located outside order form, located at one of the tables in each corner of the the arena near the north parking lot. There is no charge or concourse. Do not leave the forms on the tables. Please mail obligation for having these photos taken. them to the address on the form. To learn more about the Alumni Association, visit www.TexasTechAlumni.org or call 806.742.3641.

DECEMBER 2014 37 COLLEGE BANNERS

he banners displayed at Texas in 1924. The college banner was rede- The Jerry S. Rawls College of Busi- Tech University commence- signed for use in the December 2005 ness banner was designed through a Tment ceremonies are patterned graduation. Dr. Marvin Cepica, former collaborative effort of the staff in the on military, political and trade guild dean of the college, college’s Undergraduate Services Center. insignia that date back to the Middle developed the design The background color of Ages and beyond. Known as gonfalons, with approval and the banner is drab. The they most closely resemble the flags input from the College central image on the ban- created by Italian city states before Marketing Committee. ner is a map of the world and during the Renaissance. The Texas The background color, centered on Lubbock with Tech University flags were individually maize, was established the Texas Tech University designed to display symbols and colors by the Intercollegiate Double T symbol rising that represent the areas of interest of Code to represent the from a focal point in the each unit. agricultural disciplines. South Plains. Below are the words “Excellence in a The Faculty Banner displays the The design, with a Global Market.” The ban- university colors, red with black, and map of the continent of North America, ner symbolizes the impact of globalization features the university seal encircled by reflects the global scope of modern agri- in the modern business environment. the words “Seal of Texas Tech Universi- culture and natural resources manage- ty.” The seal was designed ment. The College of Arts and Sciences banner was redesigned in 2014 by by William Ward Watkin, The blue-violet background color of Randy Lacy, unit coor- the original campus master the College of Architecture is the color dinator in the college, planner, in 1924. The established by the Inter- in 2014. Crafted with shield is a black escutch- collegiate Code to desig- eon quartered by a red classical typography and nate this academic area cross, on which are arrayed bold lines, the banner and is also seen in the 10 cotton bolls, symbolic of replaces the previous velvet border of Archi- the importance of cotton to college seal with the tecture master’s and doc- West Texas and represent- famous Double T logo. toral hoods and doctoral ing Lubbock County and The red and black colors gowns. The Ionic column the nine surrounding cotton-producing appropriately represent symbol set in a red circle counties. These symbols also reflect one the largest and most references the traditions of the original missions of Texas Tech- diverse college in the university. of classical architecture. The banner was nological College: “To provide students The Graduate School banner is blue. designed by Bill Felty, a retired Associate with a thorough education in textiles Imposed on this background is a white Dean for the College of Architecture. and technical engineering.” circle within a light blue one. These The shield features emblems that The blue background color of the circles contain the evoke the university, community, state College of Education banner reflects image of a golden open and nation. In the upper-right quadrant, the light blue color designated for book and a burning a book symbolizes religion and aca- education by the Intercollegiate Code lamp. The open book demic traditions. A star in the upper-left and is also seen in the velvet border of symbolizes knowledge corner stands for the Lone Star State of education master’s and doctoral hoods and the lamp repre- Texas. In the lower left a key represents and doctoral gowns. The sents a light by which home, and in the lower right the lamp upper area of the banner to study. The Graduate of knowledge indicates the primary mis- carries a school building School banner was sion of Texas Tech University: “To devel- encircled by the words designed by the late op and advance knowledge.” Above the “College of Education” Associate Dean Thomas shield, an eagle, the national bird of the and “Scholarship, Lead- Langford and Ms. Beth Cain, who was a United States, spreads its wings. ership, Service” to rep- Graduate School staff member and artist Mindful of the claims of all these con- resent the primary roles for many years. stituencies, the faculty of the university of the college as a unit The banner of the Edward E. Whita- create, transmit, and preserve knowl- dedicated to preparing cre Jr. College of Engineering features edge. teachers and furthering educational the seal of the college set on a field of The College of Agricultural Sciences scholarship, leadership, and service. orange, the academic color for engineer- and Natural Resources was one of the The Texas Tech Double T logo appears ing. The seal of the college, inspired by four founding schools of the university at the bottom of the banner. a 2009 design by chemical engineering

38 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY student Unwana Essien, is encircled map of the Western Hemisphere and the Performing Arts” in silver, linked by a with a border of red, white, and black, right side features three human faces dynamic red ampersand representing symbolizing the spirit in silhouette, a man, a woman and a the merging of three of Texas Tech University child, each of which is a different color. departments into the and the Red Raiders. The map represents the connectedness college. Centered in the The two stars repre- of the global human community, and banner is the college’s sent the ethical duty of the diversity of the faces and their ages original award-winning engineers to themselves represent the families and communities logo designed by the and society. The four served by College of Human Sciences Price Group in 2002, symbols in the center programs. The banner was adapted by the same year the col- of the seal stand for the former Associate Dean Steven M. Harris lege was founded. The foundations of engi- from an original symbol created by Dr. logo is a circle divided neering: Ben Goh, a college faculty member. into three sectors, each • The light bulb, surrounded by a ribbon The College of Media and Com- representing one of the three units of the college: a blue eye for the School of and questions, represents the inspiration munication banner illustrates waves Art, a red lyre for the School of Music, of engineers to answer questions and of information emanating from a single and a golden spotlight for the Depart- solve problems. point—one voice heard by many. The ment of Theatre and Dance. All three • The square and globe represent the banner is white with a artistic icons are encased by a circular engineer’s work as building blocks for crimson background banner which reads: “Texas Tech Uni- the world. framing waves of versity.” The shape of the banner was • The hammer and screwdriver rep- information reaching selected through a student competition, resent the practical application of the the public. Crimson and the banner was made by personnel engineer’s work. is the color assigned in the Costume Shop of the Department • The atomic figure surrounding the by the Intercollegiate of Theatre and Dance. beaker represents the confluence of Code to journalism, the math, science, and technology in the common core subject mind of the engineer. area of the college. The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS white field represents honesty, decency The Honors College banner features • The commencement music ensemble is and purity. Beneath the crimson is the a sky blue field onto which is placed a comprised of students from the Texas Tech name of the college. silhouette of one of the University School of Music under the direc- Administration Building The banner for University Programs tion of Prof. Duane Hill, Associate Director of bell towers in dark blue. exhibits the colors of Texas Tech with a Bands and Director of the Goin’ Band from Superimposed on the red background trimmed in black. The Raiderland. Their participation is funded silhouette is the Honors focus of the banner is through the auspices of the Office of the College emblem in gold: an the silhouette of the President, Texas Tech University. open book that transforms Administration Build- • National Residence Hall Honorary into a bird taking flight. ing’s bell tower, which assisted with preparing diploma tubes. This symbol represents is an iconic symbol of how learning stimulates Texas Tech. Just as the • This program was produced by the human creativity. At the university is comprised Office of the Provost in cooperation with the bottom of the banner are the words in of many parts, Univer- Convocation Committee and the Office of gold: “University Honors College.” sity Programs integrates Official Publications at Texas Tech University. multiple programs from Garrett McKinnon, Director; Cheryl Hedlund, The College of Human Sciences Senior Editor. banner has a dark brown field with the colleges across the university. The tra- name of the college ditional Double T placed in a window of the tower signifies the future that awaits This program is an unofficial list of De- at the top. Under- students who complete these programs in cember 2014 graduates and should not be neath and centered used to determine a student’s academic or preparation for successful careers. on the banner are the degree status. The actual award of honors words “Improving and The College of Visual and Perform- reflected on a student’s diploma will be Enhancing the Human ing Arts banner is black with a blue determined by the student’s final academic average. The university’s official registry Condition,” which drape surmounted by a silver swathe for conferral of degrees is the student’s per- that evokes the creative energy infused enclose a divided manent academic record kept by the Office circle. The left side of in all the arts. The top of the banner of the Registrar. the circle contains a features the words “College of Visual &

DECEMBER 2014 39 TEXAS TECH TRADITIONS

Who’s Sitting on a Horse? (And Why Is He Red?) Will Rogers was one of the most famous entertainers in America in the 1920s and ’30s, and his longtime friend, Amon G. Carter, was Texas Tech’s first chairman of the Board of Directors. Rogers donated $200 for the Texas Tech band to play at the football game against TCU in 1926 because he wanted people “to hear a real band.” Then the cowboy humorist donated $1,500 to buy band uniforms for the trip to Fort Worth. A few years after Rogers perished in a plane crash, Carter presented the statue of Rogers and his horse, Soapsuds, to Texas Tech. Sculpted by 18-year old Electra Waggoner Biggs, the statue is one of four in the nation. Before every home game, the Saddle Tramps wrap “Old Will” with red crepe paper. The statue also has been wrapped in black to mourn national tragedies. Raider Red or the Masked Rider? Not every university wants a horse in its stadium, so Texas Tech had to find an alternate mascot prior to the 1971 football season. That was the year the school’s athletic conference passed a rule that prevented taking live animals to non-home games. That also was the year Raider Red was born from the imagination of cartoonist Dirk West. Raider Red changes from boots to soft-soled shoes for basketball games, and his student persona is kept a secret as he mingles with the crowds.

The Texas Tech Class Ring As a constant reminder of their academic achievements and the traditions of Texas Tech University, students proudly wear the official Texas Tech class ring. This bronze sculpture of the official class ring sits next to the Merket Alumni Center. Traditionally the rings are worn with the university name facing inward when the students’ hands are extended. After the degree is granted on graduation day, the ring can be turned around so that the name faces outward, a symbol that the new alumnus has a Texas Tech diploma and is ready to face the world. (www.TexasTechRing.org)

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The first athletic teams of the university were known as the Matadors, a name that reflected the Spanish architectural influence on campus. The change from Matadors to Red Raiders occurred after a Lubbock Avalanche-Journal writer com- mented on the red uniforms and strong season of the 1932 football team, saying “the Red Raiders from Texas Tech” were the terror of the Southwest Conference. The name caught on and by 1936 the team was renamed the Red Raiders. No changes were ever made to the school song, which was penned in 1930. Page from 1936 Student Handbook courtesy of the Southwest Collection.