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UNIVERSITY of NORTH DAKOTA GENERAL COMMENCEMENT August 6 , 2021 Grand Forks, North Dakota Officers of the University Andrew P. Armacost President Eric Link Cara Halgren Vice President for Academic Affairs Vice President for and Student Affairs & Diversity Provost John Mihelich Jed Shivers Interim Vice President for Vice President for Research & Economic Development Finance & Operations Meloney Linder Joshua Wynne Vice President for Vice President for Health Affairs Marketing & Communications and Dean of the Scott Correll School of Medicine & Health Sciences Registrar State Board of Higher Education Casey Ryan Grand Forks – Chair Danita Bye John Warford Stanley Bismarck Nick Hacker Gracie Lian Bismarck Student Member University of North Dakota Jill Louters Sheyenne Elizabeth Legerski Faculty Advisor Tim Mihalick University of North Dakota Minot Retha Mattern Jeffrey Volk Staff Advisor West Fargo Bismarck State College The Order of Exercises Summer Commencement Chester Fritz Auditorium President Andrew P. Armacost, Presiding Graduate Degrees Ceremony Undergraduate Degrees Ceremony Friday, August 6 — 10:00 a.m. Page 2 Friday, August 6 — 3:00 p.m. Page 12 Pre-ceremony Music Pre-ceremony Music Brent Hermans, Pianist Brent Hermans, Pianist Processional Processional “Pomp and Circumstance” — Edward Elgar “Pomp and Circumstance” — Edward Elgar Please stand during the Processional. Please stand during the Processional. “America the Beautiful” — Samuel Ward “America the Beautiful” — Samuel Ward Erika Pelach, Soloist Erika Pelach, Soloist Greetings from the State Board Greetings from the State Board of Higher Education of Higher Education Danita Bye, SBHE Member Danita Bye, SBHE Member Commencement Speaker Commencement Speaker Mike Jacobs Mike Jacobs Speaker information Page 8 Speaker information Page 8 Conferral of Graduate Degrees Conferral of Honorary Degree President Andrew P. Armacost Alumni Greetings Marilyn Hagerty, Doctor of Letters DeAnna Carlson Zink, UND Alumni Association Honorary Degree information Page 10 & Foundation Conferral of Undergraduate Degrees “Alma Mater” — Franz Joseph Haydn The Assemblage Conferral of President’s Medal Led by the song leader, Erika Pelach Hunter Pinke, May 2021 Graduate Hail to thee, O Alma Mater! Hail to thee with heart and tongue! Alumni Greetings Pride we feel and love yet greater DeAnna Carlson Zink, UND Alumni Association While we raise our grateful song. & Foundation Home of lofty thought and learning, Beacon o’er our western land, “Alma Mater” — Franz Joseph Haydn Shrine whence still the ever burning The Assemblage Torch is passed from hand to hand. Led by the song leader, Erika Pelach Hail to thee, O Alma Mater! Recessional Hail to thee with heart and tongue! Brent Hermans, Pianist Pride we feel and love yet greater While we raise our grateful song. Home of lofty thought and learning, Beacon o’er our western land, Shrine whence still the ever burning Torch is passed from hand to hand. Recessional Brent Hermans, Pianist 1 Ceremony for Graduate Degrees Friday, August 6 School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Chris Nelson, Associate Dean Doctor of Education Jessica Erin Fernholz Rachel Kristine Mauch Fargo, ND Fargo, ND Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Elisa Laura Diederich Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: James Sperle Grand Forks, ND Jessica Faye Galbrecht Kimberly Mae Naplin Educational Leadership Perham, MN West Fargo, ND Dissertation: Educators’ Perceptions of Youth Behavioral Health Training in Schools Across North Dakota Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Advisor: Sherryl Houdek Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Evan Paul Gattey Janet Moraa Obonyo Holly Allison Larson Bismarck, ND Coon Rapids, MN East Grand Forks, MN Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Educational Leadership Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Dissertation: Elementary School Counseling Programs in North Dakota: Perceptions of Participants on Early Travis Daniel Hand Amy Kristine Rasmussen Social Emotional Learning Moorhead, MN Zimmerman, MN Advisor: Sherryl Houdek Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Amanda Mae Quintus Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Reiles Acres, ND Miranda Andrus Helmers Manoj Kumar Rayamajhi Educational Leadership Kenmare, ND Moorhead, MN Dissertation: Bridging the Transition Gap: Student Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Perceptions of Middle to High School Transition Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Advisor: James Sperle Practices and School Connectedness Alyssa Jane Jackson Christopher G. Reitmeier Advisor: Jared Schlenker Wadena, MN Fargo, ND Darin John Walters Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Grand Forks, ND Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Advisor: James Sperle Educational Leadership Rachel Mae Jaeger MacArthur Daniel Rife Dissertation: Creating and Designing Collaborative Bemidji, MN Grand Forks, ND Learning Spaces in a Secondary School Setting Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Advisor: Jared Schlenker Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: James Sperle Jessie Marie Kier Raina Jeanne Weyrauch Waubun, MN Mandan, ND Doctor of Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Cassandra Lee Ackerman Laken Nicole Kittelson Christine Kemuma Zaki Clear Lake, MN Burlington, ND Shoreview, MN Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Agnes Aondo Melissa Sue Koehl Burleson, TX Morris, MN Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Doctor of Philosophy Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Shelby J. Beattie Michael Dwight Kuebler Middleton, WI Fargo, ND Sameera Algarni Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Grand Forks, ND Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: James Sperle Teaching and Learning Luke Borchardt Monica Luu Dissertation: Using Student-Generated Problems (SGP) as an Instructional Strategy to Enhance Duluth, MN Saint Paul, MN Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Knowledge Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Application Ability and Problem-Solving Skills Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Advisor: Woei Hung Matthew Chapman Haron Nyakundi Manwa Hamed Ateeq Alghamdi Kaysville, UT Champlin, MN Grand Forks, ND Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Communication Advisor: James Sperle Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard Dissertation: Saudi Arabia’s Reputation From the Witeh Bosambe Esoe Point of View of the American People in the Hugo, MN United States Compared to that of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey Nursing Practice Advisor: Pamela Kalbfleisch Advisor: Mary Jane Rivard 2 School of Graduate Studies: Doctoral Degrees Doctor of Philosophy, continued Koffi Leo Lakpa Smruthi Subhashini Rudraraju Madison, WI Grand Forks, ND Biomedical Sciences Biomedical Sciences Ademola Abdul-Rahman Amida Dissertation: Effects of HIV-1 gp120 on Intracellular Dissertation: SNAIL as a Dual DNA/RNA Binding Grand Forks, ND Levels of Iron and Reactive Oxygen Species: Transcription Factor Teaching and Learning Implications for Lysosomal Stress Advisor: Archana Dhasarathy Dissertation: System Modeling: An Exploratory Study Advisor: Jonathan Geiger Helen Sawaya of Engineering Students’ Conceptual Knowledge and Audrey Lynn LaVallie Problem-Solving Skills Minneapolis, MN Grand Forks, ND Advisor: Woei Hung Clinical Psychology Neha Simron Batool Chemistry Dissertation: Negative and Positive Attention Bias in Dissertation: Characterization, Depolymerization, Anhedonia and Anxious Arousal:Can Depression and Columbia, MO and Fractionation of Alkali Lignin Anxiety be Distinguished by Patterns of Engagement Counseling Psychology Advisor: Alena Kubatova and Disengagement Bias? Dissertation: Mental Health Impact of Forced Marriages Carrie Joyce Leopold Advisor: F. Richard Ferraro Advisor: Rachel Navarro West Fargo, ND Mundi S. Schmidt Sherry Lynn Bollero Educational Foundations & Research Steele, ND Mill Creek, WA Dissertation: Girls in STEM Teaching and Learning English Advisor: Steven LeMire Dissertation: Teaching on the Prairie: Narrative Lived Dissertation: By A Thread: Adapting and Understanding Experiences of Self, Belonging, and Place from Two the Literary Past through Contemporary Costume Marisa Mango Beginning Teachers in Rural North Dakota Schools Advisor: Adam Kitzes Tampa, FL Advisor: Bonni Gourneau Ayli S. Carrero Pinedo Counseling Psychology Rana Rageh Shaaban Dissertation: Test of a Partial Sexual Minority Elgin, NE Grand Forks, ND Stress Model with Bisexual Adolescents Counseling Psychology Electrical Engineering Advisor: Rachel Navarro Dissertation: Latinx Immigrant Health and Well-Being Dissertation: Visible Light Communication Cyber in the United States: Examining Legal Status Jared Wayne Marquis Security Vulnerabilities for Indoor and Outdoor as a Social Determinant of Health Grand Forks, ND Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communication Advisor: Rachel Navarro Atmospheric Sciences Advisor: Saleh Faruque Brittney Marie Christy Dissertation: Estimating Analysis Temperature Rahul Kumar Shahni and Humidity Biases due to Assimilation of Grand Forks, ND Grand Forks, ND Aerosol & Cloud Contaminated Hyperspectral English Infrared Radiances Chemistry Dissertation: Narratological Limitations of Advisor: Jianglong Zhang Dissertation: Synthesis of A Gemini Monomer and Telling Trauma: A Case Study of Lorena Bobbitt and Cyclobutane-Containing Bifunctional Building Blocks Sexual Assault Nicole Marie Miller for Novel Materials Advisor: Kim Donehower-Weinstein Grand Forks, ND Advisor: Qianli Chu Juan Han Biomedical Sciences Megan Kay Smith Dissertation: Endolysosome Involvement in the