FALL 2020 VIRTUAL COMMENCEMENT

DECEMBER 18

Contents

About the SIU System ...... 3

About Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ...... 4

SIUE’s Mission, Vision, Values and Statement on Diversity ...... 5

Academics at SIUE ...... 6

History of Academic Regalia ...... 8

Commencement at SIUE ...... 9

Academic and Other Recognitions ...... 10

Honorary Degree ...... 12

Distinguished Service Award ...... 13

College of Arts and Sciences: Undergraduate Ceremony ...... 16

Graduate School: College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business; School of Education, Health and Human Behavior; School of Engineering; School of Pharmacy Ceremony ...... 18

School of Business Undergraduate Ceremony ...... 24

School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Undergraduate Ceremony ...... 26

School of Engineering Undergraduate Ceremony ...... 28

School of Nursing Graduate and Undergraduate Ceremony ...... 30

Message from the Alumni Association ...... 34

SIUE Alma Mater ...... 35

** The commencement program was produced with accurate graduation records as of 9 a.m., Monday, December 14, 2020. If there is an error with a graduate’s name or a name is missing from the program, please email [email protected] for corrections. A final version with full records will be available the week following the ceremonies at siue.edu/commencement. WELCOME TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE

On behalf of the faculty, staff and students of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, I am pleased to welcome you to the 127th commencement celebration, and the second virtual ceremony. Though the COVID-19 pandemic prevents us from gathering together in our traditional setting, our graduates have achieved a significant milestone in their lives, deserving of recognition and celebration. They have excelled in their academic pursuits while exemplifying the values of citizenship, excellence, inclusion, integrity and wisdom upon which the University is founded.

SIUE is a place where dreams are built and futures are formed. The University community is proud to have supported our students during their time on campus. At the conclusion of today’s virtual ceremonies, the graduates will share alumni status with more than 115,000 fellow Cougars. SIUE will continue to provide assistance as our students transition to the professional world or pursue advanced courses of study.

Graduates, congratulations on your wonderful accomplishments. We recognize both you and those who have supported you throughout your academic experiences. Thank you for helping SIUE fulfill its mission to shape a changing world. We look forward to learning of your many achievements in the years to come.

Congratulations!

Randall G. Pembrook, PhD Chancellor

2 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

The Southern Illinois University (SIU) System is comprised As early as 1949, courses were being offered in the of two sister institutions: SIU Edwardsville, with a School metropolitan East St. Louis area, which led to the of Dental Medicine in Alton and the SIUE East St. Louis development of SIUE, now the largest campus in Higher Education Campus in East St. Louis, and SIU the SIU System. Carbondale, with a School of Medicine in Springfield. The instructional, scholarship and service missions of the two With a budget of approximately $867 million, the constituent institutions reflect the needs of the geographic SIU System employs over 7,000 faculty, staff and areas in which they are located. The SIU System is also administrators who serve more than 28,000 students. A committed to serving statewide, national and international modern and comprehensive post-secondary educational needs. This commitment is reflected in educational activities system, the SIU System offers a broad range of academic and outreach in communities throughout the state, as well programs that lead to associate, bachelor’s, master’s, as through research and training exchanges and worldwide specialist, doctoral and professional practice degrees in student exchange programs. a variety of fields, including law, medicine, pharmacy, and dental medicine. The SIU Board of Trustees governs the SIU System and sets policy that enables both universities to carry out SIU Carbondale was chartered in 1869 as Southern their established missions and goals. The president of the Illinois Normal University, a teachers’ college. In 1947, System is its CEO and reports to the board of trustees. the name was changed to reflect the institution’s The University chancellors report directly to the president academic expansion. The University also and are responsible for the internal operations of SIUE expanded geographically. and SIUC, respectively.

Southern Illinois University Officers of Administration Board of Trustees Southern Illinois University Office of the President J. Phil Gilbert Chair Daniel F. Mahony President Ed Hightower Vice Chair Gireesh Gupchup Vice President for Academic Innovation, Planning, and Partnership Roger Tedrick Board Secretary Lucas D. Crater General Counsel Edgar Curtis Kimberly Labonte Subhash Sharma Executive Director of Audits

John Simmons Duane Stucky Senior Vice President for Financial and Jacob Graham Administrative Affairs and Board Treasurer SIUE Student Trustee

Steve Gear SIUC Student Trustee

3 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) traces The University offers undergraduate and graduate its origin to a recommendation made in 1956 by the areas of study encompassing the arts, sciences, Southwest Illinois Council for Higher Education. The nursing, education, health, human behavior, business council was convinced that higher education facilities and engineering. The Schools of Dental Medicine and were needed in the Metro East. They hired consultants Pharmacy award first professional doctoral degrees in whose reports documented that need, and they appealed dental medicine (DMD) and in pharmacy (PharmD). to Southern Illinois University (SIU), 100 miles south, to Doctoral degrees are available in nursing practice and establish satellite campuses. educational leadership. Cooperative PhD programs in history, environmental resources and policy, engineering In 1957, SIU opened two “residence centers” in Alton science, and computer science are offered with SIU and East St. Louis. The University expected to enroll 800 Carbondale. The Edwardsville campus is enhanced by students, but actual enrollment reached 1,776. By 1959, campuses in East St. Louis and Alton. the number of students had more than doubled to 3,800, greatly exceeding the capabilities of the physical facilities. At SIUE, students find comprehensive educational This burgeoning population demanded services faster opportunities and a community in which individuals than the University could develop and supply them. support each other in their search for knowledge and individual development. A planning team investigated sites in the Metro East counties and selected one just south of Edwardsville. In 1960, the Illinois legislature authorized a bond issue for construction of a new state university campus. Voter approval came in November 1960. After nearly three Officers of Administration years of planning, University officials and area residents Southern Illinois University Edwardsville attended ground-breaking ceremonies for the first permanent buildings. Randall G. Pembrook Chancellor In the fall of 1965, SIUE moved onto its new campus just 25 miles from St. Louis—2,660 acres of rolling land P. Denise Cobb and woods dotted with lakes along bluffs flanking the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Mississippi River. Much of the land still retains its natural shape. Morris A. Taylor Vice Chancellor for Administration Emphasizing teaching, research and public service programs, SIUE is a fully accredited comprehensive Jeffrey N. Waple university with nearly 13,000 enrolled students. After Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs being classified as a master’s-large institution for most of its history, SIUE was reclassified in January 2019 Rachel C. Stack by The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education to Vice Chancellor for University Advancement the newly created doctoral/professional universities category. The University is proud to be ranked by William F. Winter Washington Monthly among the top 30% of doctoral Budget Director universities in the nation. Doug McIlhagga The City of Edwardsville is ranked among the nation’s Executive Director of University Marketing and Communications top 15 safest college towns by Safewise in its 2020 Safest College Towns list. More than half of SIUE’s 115,000 graduates live and work in the St. Louis region. SIUE makes more than a $514 million economic impact on the region every year.

4 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE

Mission Integrity Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a student- • Accountability to those we serve and from whom centered educational community dedicated to we receive support communicating, expanding and integrating knowledge. • Honesty in our communications and in our actions In a spirit of collaboration enriched by diverse ideas, our comprehensive and unique array of undergraduate and Wisdom graduate programs develop professionals, scholars and • Creation, preservation and sharing of knowledge leaders who shape a changing world. • Application of knowledge in a manner that promotes the common good Vision • Lifelong learning Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will achieve greater national and global recognition and academic prominence through innovative and interdisciplinary programs that empower individuals to achieve their full SIUE Statement on Diversity potential. The SIUE Statement on Diversity reflects the University’s commitment to recognizing and valuing the contributions Values of the breadth of humankind. This statement, adopted in Recognizing public education as the cornerstone of a April 2013, replaces an earlier version and is considered democracy, SIUE carries out its mission based on certain an expansion of the SIUE value of inclusion. fundamental, shared values. We value: All societies and peoples have contributed to the rich Citizenship mix of contemporary humanity. In order to achieve • Social, civic and political responsibility-globally, domestic and international peace, social justice and the nationally, locally and within the University development of full human potential, we must build on • Active partnerships and a climate of collaboration this diversity and inclusion. and cooperation among students, faculty, staff, alumni and the larger community • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville nurtures • Sustainable practices in environmental, an open, respectful and welcoming climate that financial and social endeavors facilitates learning and work. Each member of the University is responsible for contributing to such a Excellence campus environment. • High-quality learning within and beyond • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is the classroom committed to education that explores the historic • Continuous improvement and innovation significance of diversity in order to understand the • Outstanding scholarship and public service present and to better enable our community to engage the future. Inclusion • Integral to this commitment, Southern Illinois • A welcoming and supportive environment University Edwardsville strives for a student • Openness to the rich diversity of humankind in all body and a workforce that is diverse, inclusive aspects of university life and equitable. • Respect for individuals, differences and cultures • Intellectual freedom and diversity of thought

5 ACADEMICS AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE

College of Arts and Sciences School of Education, Health Kevin Leonard, Dean and Human Behavior Robin Hughes, Dean Central to SIUE’s exceptional and comprehensive education, the College of Arts and Sciences offers School of Education, Health and Human Behavior degree programs in the natural sciences, humanities, graduates can choose from a variety of career paths arts, social sciences and communications. The College in education, applied health and behavioral sciences. touches the lives of all SIUE students, helping them Through rewarding partnerships with regional agencies explore diverse ideas and experiences, while learning and public school districts, students learn through hands- to think and live as fulfilled, productive members on experience in their fields of interest. The School’s of the global community. Study abroad, service- commitment to experiential learning and community learning, internships and other experiential learning outreach is demonstrated through its clinics and the opportunities better prepare SIUE students not only to activities of its student organizations. Visit us on YouTube succeed in our region’s workplaces, but also to become and Twitter to learn more about our students’ successes. valuable leaders who make important contributions to our communities. School of Engineering Cem Karacal, Dean School of Business The School of Engineering offers eight undergraduate Timothy Schoenecker, Dean and five graduate programs, as well as two collaborative The School of Business is among an elite five percent PhD programs with SIUC, making it one of the most of business schools worldwide that have earned the comprehensive and largest engineering schools in prestigious seal of approval from the Association the region. The School prepares students to meet to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) the growing needs in our region and nation for more International. The accounting program holds specialized engineers, computer scientists and construction accreditation by the AACSB. Only two percent of managers. The engineering, information technology and business schools worldwide are AACSB-accredited in construction companies in the Metropolitan St. Louis both business and accounting. Each year, students find area provide exciting, challenging and high income internships, cooperative education opportunities and jobs, internships and cooperative opportunities to our employment with major corporations such as Bayer, The students. More than 60 percent of our graduates have Boeing Company, Edward Jones, Emerson, Enterprise, taken positions in the St. Louis Metro area. Students Nestlé Purina and World Wide Technology, as well as are not only educated in the classroom and laboratory, scores of small- and medium-sized businesses. Graduates but also through undergraduate research projects and are highly prepared to begin productive careers in the student organizations that participate in collegiate fields of computer information systems, economics, contests, such as the formula race car, solar car, mini entrepreneurship, finance, business administration, Baja, robotics, steel bridge, concrete canoe and many more. human resource management, international business,

management, marketing and accounting.

6 ACADEMICS AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE

School of Nursing School of Dental Medicine Laura Bernaix, Dean Bruce Rotter, Dean The School of Nursing offers an excellent learning The Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine environment, which prepares students for careers as is proud of its established tradition of graduating highly professional nurses. The School partners with hundreds prepared general practitioners of dental medicine. Since of healthcare agencies in Central and Southern Illinois 1972, the School has continued to carry out its mission to and the St. Louis region to provide students with quality improve the oral health of southern Illinois and the region clinical practicum sites. Students also practice required through education, patient care, scholarship and service. nursing skills in the School’s Simulated Learning Center Through the care provided at the University’s main clinic to promote critical thinking and safe care before in Alton and the community clinics in East St. Louis and encountering patients in actual clinical settings. Graduate Edwardsville, as well as through its community outreach programs include master’s degrees in healthcare and programs, the School serves as a vital oral healthcare nursing administration, and nurse educator; a post- provider for residents of southern and central Illinois, and master’s doctor of nursing practice (DNP) degree; and the St. Louis metropolitan region. a post-baccalaureate DNP with specializations in nurse anesthesia, family nurse practitioner, and psychiatric Library and Information Services mental health. Lis Pankl, Dean Library and Information Services provides information School of Pharmacy resources and technology for teaching, learning and Mark Luer, Dean scholarship. Information resources are available in The School of Pharmacy, the only pharmacy program in all formats with a strong preference given to digital southern Illinois, offers a professional program leading to collections, which are heavily accessed by users. Lovejoy the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Science Library is a member of CARLI (Consortium of Academic in pharmaceutical sciences. Established in 2005, the and Research Libraries in Illinois) which provides SIUE School graduated its first class in May 2009 and is fully users full access to the holdings of the 130 CARLI accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy libraries that share a catalog of millions of item records. Education. Our graduates enter a wide variety of Along with access to OCLC’s WorldCat, with more than professional settings, including community pharmacies, two billion items held by participating libraries, Lovejoy hospitals, the pharmaceutical industry and academia. Library opens the world to SIUE users. Library resources SIUE pharmacy students work alongside other health are available through social media, its mobile website, professionals. This team approach allows healthcare 3D scanning and printing, and traditional methods. As professionals to optimize drug therapy and offer the in all successful 21st century academic libraries, library highest quality of patient care. faculty are subject specialists who provide information literacy and technology instruction. They assist SIUE Graduate School faculty in identifying and selecting open access materials, Jerry Weinberg, Dean publishing research locally, and curating collections in our The National Science Foundation lists SIUE among the institutional repository, known as SPARK. top five doctoral/professional institutions in the U.S. in terms of research and development expenditures. The SIUE Graduate School offers more than 100 areas of study with master’s, post-baccalaureate certificates and doctoral degrees in a variety of disciplines. Students prepare for the challenges of their professions in a rich, intellectual learning environment emphasizing research and practice.

7 HISTORY OF ACADEMIC REGALIA

The pageantry of the academic procession is used for square to symbolize a book. A different style, called the many of the formal and significant events at SIUE. Cambridge cap, resembles a large beret.

Inherited from the medieval universities of the 11th and The use of a dark hood in academic processions is 12th centuries when woolen gowns and hoods were thought to have arisen from the clerical practice of worn by scholars for warmth in unheated quarters, the wearing a cap or mantle in religious processions during wearing of academic vestments and the procession were the 12th and 13th centuries, when universities arose not adopted throughout the United States until the late from cathedral schools. 19th century. Traditionally, gowns are also black. In recent years, Academic life in the Middle Ages began first in the however, a number of universities have adopted other church, then in the guilds. The teaching guild was the hues which signify the school’s traditional colors, such as guild of the master of arts, where the bachelor was the crimson for Harvard, blue for Yale. apprentice of the master and the dress was the outward sign of privilege and responsibility, designed to distinguish The bachelor’s gown is a yoked, closed-front garment the wearer from the merchants and other townsmen. with long, pointed sleeves. The master’s has long, closed sleeves slit just above the elbow, permitting the forearms Principal features of academic dress are the gown, cap to protrude. The doctor’s has full, bell-shaped sleeves and and hood. Both Cambridge and Oxford Universities, is trimmed with velvet panels down the front, and three since the 15th century, have made academic dress a velvet bars on each sleeve. The color of the panels and matter of university control, even to its minor details, and sleeves varies to indicate the doctoral field. have repeatedly published revised regulations. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1894. In The academic hoods, worn around the neck and down 1932, the American Council on Education presented a the back of the gown, are lined with the official colors revised code which, for the most part, governs the style of the college or university conferring the degree. The of academic dress today. binding or edging of the hood usually represents the subject of the degree. The cap worn almost universally in academic processions is the Oxford cap, better known as the mortarboard. From poetry we learn that the cap of scholarship was

Applied Communication Studies - Silver Gray Interdisciplinary ‑ White Art, Letters, Humanities ‑ White Journalism - Crimson Business, Accountancy, Commerce - Drab Music ‑ Pink Criminal Justice Studies - Ivory Nursing ‑ Apricot Dental Medicine ‑ Lavender Pharmacy - Olive Green Economics ‑ Copper Philosophy - Dark Blue Education ‑ Light Blue Public Administration - Peacock Engineering ‑ Orange Science ‑ Golden Yellow Fine Arts ‑ Brown Social Science, Social Work ‑ Citron

8 COMMENCEMENT AT SIUE

Mace Chancellor’s Medallion The SIUE ceremonial mace was created in 1981 by the The Chancellor’s Chain of Office is a symbol of the late Michael E. Mason. He earned both a Bachelor of guidance and inspiration of current University leadership Arts and Master of Fine Arts from SIUE and served as building on the achievements of the past. It is a reminder curator of the University Museum. At that time, the of our accomplishmments, as well as the challenges president of SIUE (the position now called chancellor) Earl and opportunities to come. The medallion of the chain Lazerson instituted traditional, formal regalia for use on has the mark of the University surrounded in laurels, significant ceremonial occasions. In 2005, Chancellor a time-honored symbol of education. The chain bears Vaughn Vandegrift restored the tradition of the mace at Chancellor Pembrook’s name and the names of past all commencement and other academic ceremonies. A leaders of SIUE. stand was subsequently constructed and, in recognition of the values of the University, engraved brass plaques Granting of Degrees were added to the ceremonial mace with the words Candidates for degrees listed in this commencement Citizenship, Excellence, Inclusion, Integrity and Wisdom. program are those who completed degree requirements or who, at the time of publication, were reasonably International Flags certain of completing degree requirements. Inclusion in The flags flown at commencement represent the home this publication may not be construed as documentation nations of all SIUE students. Nearly 400 international of completion of degree requirements. Certification of students from 58 nations currently attend SIUE. the conferral of a degree is by receipt of a diploma or International students contribute to the University’s official transcript noting degree completion. diverse learning environment by sharing their unique culture and introducing new perspectives to SIUE.

Beautifully situated on 2,660 acres, SIUE offers easy access to professional and cultural opportunities in Metropolitan St. Louis, located just 25 miles from campus.

9 ACADEMIC AND OTHER RECOGNITION

Honors Recognition Candidates graduating with honors are noted in the program and their accomplishments are characterized by the color of the academic cord worn with their regalia. * = cum laude (with honors – 3.50 to 3.74) Red cord ** = magna cum laude (high honors – 3.75 to 3.89) Gold cord *** = summa cum laude (highest honors – 3.90 or higher) White cord H = Honors Scholars

Other Academic Recognition Students who are members of specific academic honorary organizations noted below are wearing cords, stoles or medallions as indicated: Golden Key International Honor Society – Blue and gold cords Honors Scholars – Medallion on red ribbon Johnetta Haley Scholars Academy – Red and white stole Meridian Scholars – Medallion on red ribbon Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honor Society – Gold stole with black letters Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society – Medallion on blue ribbon SALUTE Veterans National Honor Society – Gold and blue stoles (Graduate) White and blue stoles (Undergraduate) Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society – Royal blue and gold cords

College of Arts and Sciences Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology Honor Society – Teal cords Gamma Theta Upsilon, The Honor Society in Geography – Gold stole and blue, gold and brown cords Lambda Pi Eta, Communication Studies Honor Society – Red and white cords Phi Alpha Theta, The Honor Society in History – Madonna red and light blue cords Pi Alpha Alpha, Public Administration Honor Society – Blue and gold cords Pi Mu Epsilon, Mathematics National Honor Society – Violet, gold and lavender cords Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society – Red, white and black cords Sigma Tau Delta, International Honor Society for English – Red and black cords STELLAR Students – Silver and red zipper pulls/medallions

School of Business Beta Alpha Psi, Honor Society for Accounting – Red and black cords Beta Gamma Sigma, Honor Society for Business Majors – Royal blue and gold medallions

School of Dental Medicine Omicron Kappa Upsilon, The Dental Honor Society – Gold medallion on lavender ribbon

School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Chi Sigma Alpha, The International Student Affairs Honor Society – Maroon and gold cords Eta Sigma Gamma, The Health Education Honor Society – Two color green and gold cords Kappa Delta Pi, The International Honor Society in Education – Violet and jade green cords Psi Chi, The International Honor Society of Psychology – Platinum and dark blue cords

School of Engineering Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society – Two white and one purple cords Eta Kappa Nu, International Honor Society for Electrical Engineering – Medallion on blue and red ribbon Pi Tau Sigma, International Honor Society for Mechanical Engineers – White stole and murrey and azure cords Sigma Lambda Chi, International Construction Honor Society – White stole and green and yellow cords

10 ACADEMIC AND OTHER RECOGNITION

School of Nursing Dean’s Medallion – Medallion on red and black ribbon Graduate Honors – Red, white and apricot cord Sigma Theta Tau, International Honor Society of Nursing – Lavender and white cords

School of Pharmacy American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists – Light blue cord College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists – Turquoise and white cords Phi Lambda Sigma, The National Pharmacy Leadership Society – Kelly green and gold cords Rho Chi, The Academic Honor Society in Pharmacy – Purple and white cords Student National Pharmaceutical Association – Black with a little white cords

Students receiving other recognition are noted below: Order of Omega – Cream stole with gold lettering Senior Campaign contributors – Red, black and white cords Student Athletes – Bronze medallion with red and white ribbon Student Leadership Development Program – Bronze medallion with red ribbon Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Program Associates – Silver cords

11 HONORARY DEGREE: LAWRENCE B. HEITZ

Larry Heitz was SIUE’s first student to graduate with a master’s in business administration from the School of Business. He has served as an executive in residence at SIUE for more than 10 years and is currently serving on the SIUE Foundation Campaign Planning Committee. He annually visits with faculty, mentors students and serves as a guest lecturer. He established an annual MBA scholarship in 2010 and endowed the Heitz Faculty Research Award in 2017. He also was a financial contributor to the Cougar Business Resource Center, which opened in 2012. He was inducted into the SIUE Alumni Association Hall of Fame in 2011. Heitz has held influential positions throughout his career, including engineer at Owens Illinois and program manager with Emerson Electric Aerospace. Starting as a product manager in 1970 at Tubular Steel, Inc., he rose through the ranks during his 18-year tenure to become president and chief executive officer. In 1988, Heitz began a mergers and acquisitions business, Triac Partners and later Riverside Partners. He acquired more than 10 businesses in the medical and high tech manufacturing areas, and expanded companies in five different countries. He also introduced Eagle Investments in 2002. Heitz has served on the boards of a number of companies and not-for-profit organizations, such as York Industries, Research Biochemicals, EntraCare Medical Devices, Life365 Medical Software, Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development and others. Heitz’s humanitarian and community service efforts are numerous. He has worked with homeless youth in St. Louis and Arizona to create scholarships and housing opportunities, as well as directed programs designed to help clients find housing, earn an education and gain employment. Organizations such as Golf Fore Africa, which focuses on bringing clean drinking water to rural Africa, have benefited from Heitz’s consulting. He was able to help the organization quadruple its fundraising efforts. Heitz established The Lawrence Institute in 2016. The organization’s mission is to help individuals permanently improve their lives. The institute works primarily with not-for-profit organizations to provide programs offering life skills education, healthcare, and job skill development leading to sustainable long-term, measurable improvements in people’s lives. The institute typically focuses on building a leadership team, developing effective strategic plans and creating systems that focus on growth and sustainable results. Heitz and his wife, Sharon, have provided resources and developed programs for children and adolescents living with AIDS who are being cared for at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The program helps patients learn how to socialize/ normalize living with AIDS in today’s society by providing a dedicated psychologist and therapist for the patients and their families. Heitz earned a bachelor’s in industrial management, mechanical engineering in 1966 from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management before achieving his MBA at SIUE in 1969.

Past Decade of Doctor of Humane Letters Recipients

2010 2014 2017 Ralph Korte John Simmons Frankie Muse Freeman

2011 2015 2018 Clinton Van Zandt David Werner Vaughn Vandegrift

2012 2016 2019 Fernando Aguirre Thelma Mothershed Wair Earl Lazerson

12 DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: SHIRLEY PORTWOOD, PhD

Shirley Portwood, PhD, distinguished professor emerita of history, SIUE, is a longtime educator and former Southern Illinois University Board of Trustee member. She earned a bachelor’s in history and a master’s in history with a specialization in Russian history from SIUE in ’70 and ’73. She earned an additional master’s and a doctorate in history with an emphasis in African American women, American women and modern Russia from Washington University in St. Louis. Her teaching career began as an instructor of history in 1972 at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. She joined SIUE in 1980 where she taught African American history, American women’s history, social history, cultural history, basic U.S. Constitution and many other courses. Along with her passion for teaching, Portwood loved engaging and helping students. “I encouraged students to come in and talk to me, even if they were not having problems or did not have any specific questions,” she said. “Sometimes, we would sit and have tea or coffee. I realized that if students could make a connection with just one person, it could make a difference with them staying in school. I wanted to be there to champion them.” An accomplished and prolific writer, researcher and storyteller, Portwood wrote “Tell Us a Story: An African American Family in the Heartland” at the request of her grandchildren. After the book was published in 2000, she incorporated it into her curriculum. Her dedication to education and SIUE involved a host of commitments, including serving on various committees, advisory boards and panels. Portwood retired from SIUE as a full professor in 2007 and continued to teach as a professor emerita until 2010. She served on the SIU Board of Trustees from 2013 through 2019.

Portwood has received numerous accolades and awards, including: • 2019 SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame, Graduate School • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Harvard University • Sojourner Truth Award, Chicago Public Library • Friends of Morris Library Delta Award, SIUC • Women of Distinction Award, Women’s Christian Association • Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, SIUE • University Teaching Excellence Award, SIUE

Past Distinguished Service Award Recipients

2010 2013 2016 2019 Charles Tosovsky Mary and Jerry Kane Camille Emig-Hill William R. Haine

2011 2014 2017 Dolores Rohrkaste Dixie Engelman Johnetta Randolph Haley

2012 2015 2018 Paige St. John Kay Werner Gyo Obata

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THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday, December 18, 2020, 1 p.m. Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, presiding

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: UNDERGRADUATE

National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

Welcoming Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Honorary Degree Recognition Lawrence Heitz, Doctor of Humane Letters

Distinguished Service Award Recognition Shirley Portwood, Distinguished Professor Emerita

Remarks from the Chancellor Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Remarks from the President Dan Mahony, President, SIU System

Remarks from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Kevin Leonard, Dean

Remarks on Behalf of the Class of 2020 Paulina Fuhrmann, Bachelor of Science in Political Science College of ArtsCollege and Sciences: Undergraduate Candidates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants and Members of Honor Societies

Candidates for Degrees Kevin Leonard, Dean Student names read by Virginia Stricklin, Digital Imaging Specialist II, Lovejoy Library

Conferral of Degrees Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Message from the SIUE Alumni Association

Closing Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Alma Mater: “Hail SIUE” by George Mellott Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

16 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Kevin Leonard, Dean

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science Alyssa Marie Hoog *** Michael Schneider (Tassel: Brown, Citron, (Tassel: Brown, Citron, Calvin Hopkins Kayela Raeann Schoen Crimson, Dark Blue, Gold, Crimson, Copper, Dark Blue, Sha’Breon Doniece Hopkins * Kira LaJan Schulte * Gray, Ivory, Pink, White) Gold, Gray, Ivory, White) Hayden Christopher Howard Neilah Nasara Scruggs Aliyah Somone Johnson Travis Lee Shoemaker Abigayle Denise Agne Keri Jo Abner Emily Jade Kalert Amelia Renee Siemer Bryonna Toni Marie Allen Erika Ahart Adam Keasey Leeann Elizabeth Singer-German Emily Animashaun Mark James Albrecht Tamari Khmiadashvili Madeline Elizabeth Sirko Jordan Alexandra Beishir Shalia Ali’ila Alston Leah Christine Kirchhoefer Eddie Keontrell Smith Emylia Rose Bouc * Cole Richard Anderson Elizabeth Kelly Klein *** Jacob Michael Smith Wyatt Ethan Bridger Dylan Edward Arnold Lynn Kloss *** Lorin C. Smith, Jr. Joseph Christian Carroll Jacob Allen Baughman Jonathan Thomas Koe Samuel Ryan Smyth Jordan M. Cruise Liam Biesiada Maryam Grace Kumerow Rachel Ann Sneed H Tristan Lincoln Davis* Tia Renee Biggs *** Erika Lynn Kunkel Kayla M. Sparks Anthony Philip DeGregorio Taylor Rakay Bozarth *** Kyle G. Kuntzman Josiah Jambry Stevenson Claire Marie Di Lorenzo Demi Braggs Joseph Allen Lake Ethan Richard Strubhart Jennifer Theresa Emery ** Conner Alexander Brown Kevion K. Laws Daniel Tapia Jaylan Celeste Fenner Trevor Michael Brunner*** Kailen Marcell Lee Collis Olin Tate Samuel Dean Fletcher Justin A. Bursey Michelle Jaliyah Lewis Noelle Lynn Taylor Cassandra Elaine Lampitt Manisha Chand Sydney Shay Lombardi Kendall Jordan Tyler Andra L. Lang Matthew Reed Clary * Adrianna Alexis Longwell Annabelle M. Walker

Hannah Elizabeth Marlette *** Micaela Adele Collins *** Devin Louis Lotter Aaron W. Wemple and Sciences: Undergraduate College of Arts Carla Daniela Márquez-López *** Lindsay Marie Craddick Alexander James Lovett Adam Joseph Western *** Matthew Michael Monroe * Brian Carnell Cruise-Lowery Jazmyn Rene Maggitt Shane Christopher Wheatley Claudia Alejandra Pulido-Ruiz Melissa Kaylene Davis Anna Nicole Mangiaracino Blake Charles Robert White Gabriella Francesca Romano *** Nolberto Deavila ** Kayla Kathryn M.A. Martin Jacob Alexander Whitehead David Alexander Ruark Andrea Kiara Decuire Jackee Lynn McCullum Kennedi Marie Whitworth Adam Lee Sims Daniel Thomas Deibert Katherine Anne Miglin Teontae Vontez Winters John H. Stewart Avalon T. N. DeVance-Palmer Kevin Mikhayel DeVonte D. Winters-Taylor Lamonta Renee Swarn Hayley Kathleen Diorio Caitlin Nicole Morey Meagan Leanne Woodruff Ava Anne Umbach ** Jocelyn Caroll Dorethy John Weldon Morrison Marissa K. Woolfolk Magdalena K. Valkova Raymond Martin Dressler Regina Ira Mosley Tessa Nicole Woulfe Timothy Mark VanDeursen Jacob Allen Ekhoff Alexis Tiffany Mueller *** Theodore Martin Yancey Nadira Ellis Endesha Myers Brittany Nicole Yung Bachelor of Fine Arts Olivia Anique Emerson Tiffany Nicole Nations * (Tassel: Brown) Kristen Marie Emig Renee Mary Oplt Devan Shea Endejan Justin Leroy Armstrong Macy Brianne Osborne LaToya Shauntrea England Ary Clemmer Bird *** Jason Alexander Fisk Pappas Emily Anne Finke *** H Erica Jane Davis Scott David Parizon * Jamie Kyle Fowler Michaela Marie Dean Hayden Robert Parks Paulina Hope Fuhrmann * Lena Rose Fahey * BonnieJean Caryl Parsell Hunter Wade Fuller Cristian Gabriel Grobnic Chelsea Jayne Patton Ryan Matthew Garst Elizabeth Kelly Klein *** Claire Elyse Pawloski * Abigail Marie Gettemeier Michaia Joy Oswald Clayton Randall Pearson Jaivon Edward Giles Kyle Sullivan ** Andrea Perez Aaron Robert Goecks Edina Pilipovic Justin Gordon Bachelor of Jada Lyn Pool ** Mark Robert Green Jamila Mariella Porter Liberal Studies Riley Denise Guthrie (Tassel: White) Gavin Monroe Potthast Brett Ryan Gutierrez Amaan Rashad Price Bruce Roger Reese II Erica Lee Haas * Victoria Prokos Craig Reed Giles Williams Jessica Marie Hafner Nicole D. Pruett *** Jared Daniel Halluin Michael David Rice Bachelor of Music Lauren Nicole Hamby Amy J. Riddle (Tassel: Pink) Jessica R. Hampton ** Lindsey Marie Ripper Kenneth Thomas Harris Lucas M. Bozovich Nolan Thomas Rogers Noah Liam Haynes Madison J. Ross Sara Christine Gonzalez Mackenzie K. Herring Dylan Joseph Hemrich Isaac Cody Routley Megan Ann Hobbie * Ricky Rashun Rush Andrew Marshall Stahlman Zachary Allan Hoffer Ryan Patrick Torpea Jake Edward Scheiter ** Kimberly Marie Hoffmann Joseph M. Schilling Zachariah Holoman Maddison Marie Schneider Adam Steven Hoock ***

* cum laude ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude H Honors Scholars 17 THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday, December 18, 2020, 1 p.m. Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, presiding

GRADUATE SCHOOL

National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

Welcoming Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Honorary Degree Recognition Lawrence Heitz, Doctor of Humane Letters

Distinguished Service Award Recognition Shirley Portwood, Distinguished Professor Emerita

Remarks from the Chancellor Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Remarks from the President Dan Mahony, President, SIU System

Remarks from the Dean of the Graduate School

Graduate School Graduate Jerry Weinberg, Dean

Remarks on Behalf of the Class of 2020 Caitlin Phelan, Doctor of Nursing Practice

Candidates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants and Members of Honor Societies

Candidates for Degrees Jerry Weinberg, Dean Student names read by Eileen Martindale, Career Counselor, Career Development Center and President of the SIUE Alumni Association

Conferral of Degrees Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Message from the SIUE Alumni Association

Closing Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Alma Mater: “Hail SIUE” by George Mellot Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

18 GRADUATE SCHOOL Jerry Weinberg, Dean College of Arts and Sciences

Master of Arts Master of Public Miles Maguire Gossett Lori Anne Horan (Hood: Citron, Gray, White) Administration Biological Sciences Geography (Hood: Peacock) Xueting Bai Emily Rae Hausman Dockter Susannah Marie Oettle Applied Communication Studies Rima Abusaid Biological Sciences Geography Public Administration Ashley Nicole Cameron Justin Myles Jenkel Samuel E. Ewing Applied Communication Studies Brooke Makanda Allen Biological Sciences Mathematics Public Administration Colleen Michelle Cummings Elisa Yazmin Morales Monroy Kristen R. McFarland Applied Communication Studies Stephanie Renee Cuvar Biological Sciences Mathematics Public Administration Unhye Myong Katy Marie Rahar Benjamin Jacob Rohlfing Art Therapy Counseling Deontrez Jarome Dickerson Biological Sciences Mathematics Public Administration Harmony Denise Bell Nicholas R. Wells Cory Michael Thom English Yanely Sarahy Flores Oyuela Biological Sciences Mathematics Public Administration Sarah Marie Bland Katherine Wiesehan Amanda Lea Cooper English Clarence Johnathan Goldthree Biological Sciences Media Studies Public Administration Natalie Z. Casey Olana Kumessa Yadessa Megan Rose Grove English Precious Nicole Grimes Biological Sciences Media Studies Jenelle Lynn Kypta Public Administration English Negar Zati Mahboob Jonathan Adam Johnson Reginald Levelle Hamilton II Biological Sciences Media Studies Public Administration Cathy McNeese Graduate School English Abby Marie Cox Akshiti Modi Angela F. Imming Chemistry Media Studies Shelbi Ann Simmons Public Administration English Nicolette Eleni Geron Dalton Michael Irwin Chemistry Master of Social Work Jacob Edward Byers Public Administration (Hood: Citron) History Adam Joseph Litterst Catherine Elizabeth Kessler Chemistry Rachel Smith Frazure George James Diak III Public Administration Social Work History Israel Idowu Olayide Rachel Lynn McClery Chemistry Lacresha Yevonne Linton Emily Estelle Hess Public Administration Social Work History Kailash Shrestha Lorenzo Cortez Reid Chemistry KateLynn Midgett Ami Nicole Null Public Administration Social Work History John Nguyen Truong Natalie Mery Rosas Chemistry Brejani Makida Owens Olabode Makanjuola Shadare Public Administration History Social Work Lauren Elizabeth Cox Sadie Morgan Spears Joshua Lawrence White Criminal Justice Policy Yolande Daphne Schöller Public Administration Sociology Social Work Rickeila Tucker Amber L. Wilson Stacia L. Weinhoffer Criminal Justice Policy Sociology Public Administration Post Baccalaureate Olusegun Stephen Akindeju Certificate Molly N. White Environmental Sciences (Hood: White) Master of Fine Arts Public Administration Suprasanna Aryal (Hood: Brown) Keishia Ann Hartle Environmental Sciences Literature Grant Michael Deam Master of Science Creative Writing (Hood: Citron, Crimson, Kevin Lee Helenthal Gold, Ivory) Environmental Sciences Master of Music Paige Elizabeth Bangle Danielle Colleen Kulina (Hood: Pink) Biological Sciences Environmental Sciences

Jordin D. Gouge Amber Eliza Ann Bouren Eloho Chukwuma Unufe Music Biological Sciences Environmental Sciences Brian Joseph Lotter Madison Noelle Eschbach Music Guisel L. Berry Biological Sciences Geography Bradley Martin Smelser Music 19 GRADUATE SCHOOL CONT. Jerry Weinberg, Dean

School of Business

Master of Business Anthony Lowell Hettinger Brian Spurgeon Mounika Lakshmi Administration Business Administration Business Administration Bharathi Samudrala Computer Management (Hood: Drab) Chautauqua S. Hightower Malgorzata Maggey Szyfer & Information Systems Elizabeth Kathleen Asbrock Business Administration Business Administration Business Administration Harshavardhan Yellanki Robin Teresa Jackson Jeanette Rose Tindall Computer Management Rodney Eugene Asbrock Business Administration Business Administration & Information Systems Business Administration Brooke Logan Jacobus Derek D. Washer Daniel Alan Ayres Business Administration Business Administration Master of Science Business Administration in Accountancy Matthew G. Jones Claire Alise Weinzierl (Hood: Drab) Trisha Bach Business Administration Business Administration Business Administration Kevin Bruce Campbell Jacob Douglas Lachapelle Mary Kate White Accountancy Michael Robert Barbeau Business Administration Business Adminitration Business Administration Ezekiel Darrell Cassidy Kaleb Ryan Lee Thomas White Accountancy Timothy A. Bathon Business Administration Business Administration Business Administration Dustin Davis Wesley Earl Lindsey Ann M. Williams Accountancy Christy Ann Bosco Business Administration Business Administration Business Administration Mason Colin Going Beth McCoy Jonathon Michael Yard Accountancy Brandi Rose Caughey Business Administration Business Administration Business Administration Jennifer Annette Hylla Erica Michelle McPherson Nicolas Allen Yemm Accountancy Jared Aaron Cloninger Business Administration Business Administration Business Administration Sarah Marie Medina Madeline Livvix Nicholas Alexander Cornell Business Administration Master of Marketing Accountancy Business Administration Research Jai Monique Miller (Hood: Drab) Joseph Patrick Steck

Graduate School Graduate Luke Anthony Curtis Business Administration Accountancy Business Administration Tianxu Han Regan Ann Myers Marketing Research McKinley Lee Vickers Brett Austin Daniels Business Administration Accountancy Business Administration Damilola Shukra David Neary Jimoh Adewale Logan Eugene DeWeese Business Administration Marketing Research Business Administration Megan Nicole Necessary Kayla Reynolds Casey Michael Dobbins Business Administration Marketing Research Business Administration Brandon Nitz Riley Ann Sinclair Brenden Lee-Patrick Emmons Business Administration Marketing Research Business Administration Justin Robert Nosser David Titus Lane Mary Fowler Business Administration Marketing Research Business Administration Steven Oscko Brandon Freeburg Business Administration Master of Science Business Administration (Hood: Drab) Jonathan Powell David Charles Garris Jr. Business Administration Wade Nicholas Berner Business Administration Computer Management Jared Riemenschneider & Information Systems Kelvin Kamenju Gathigia Business Administration Business Administration Charles Edwin Knollman IV Kaitlyn Schwarz Computer Management Meagan Grace Graessle Business Administration & Information Systems Business Administration Jeffrey David Sellman James Rinehart Justin Michael Gray Business Administration Computer Management Business Administration & Information Systems Jullian Deon Spiller Brigitte Lyn Harper Business Administration Business Administration

20 GRADUATE SCHOOL CONT. Jerry Weinberg, Dean

School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Doctor of Education Deyjiah Venize Johnson Regiere DeAnne Lovett Melisa Marie Shepard (Hood: Light Blue) Kinesiology College Student Personnel Special Education Administration Dustin Russell Bilbruck Courtney Taylor Kendrick Educational Leadership Kinesiology Brian Thomas Pearlman Post Baccalaureate

College Student Personnel Certificate Barbara Michele Daugherty Samantha Lee Knight Administration Educational Leadership (Hood: Light Blue) Kinesiology Melissa Nicole Quirin Brandon Rose Englert Education Specialist Sarah M. Lugo College Student Personnel Web-Based Learning Degree Kinesiology Administration (Hood: Light Blue) Amanda Goldsboro CayCee Diane McKinney Michelle Robinson Web-Based Learning Kimberly J. Barbour-Moore Kinesiology College Student Personnel Educational Administration Administration Brandon Michael Miller Jamaal Eugene Heavens Kinesiology Dana Thomas Educational Administration College Student Personnel Sarah Miller Administration Martin Stuart Son Kinesiology Educational Administration Carrie Diane Weber-Viehweg Benjamin Edward Motl College Student Personnel Victoria Lynn White Kinesiology Administration Educational Administration Mary Ondrejka Jennifer Dawn Hoover Kinesiology Curriculum and Instruction Master of Arts Graduate School (Hood: Gold) David Page Monica Lizett DeAvila Wesley David Huff Kinesiology Diversity and Equity in Education Psychology Bradley Powell Aaron David Heil David R. Mersman Kinesiology Diversity and Equity in Education Psychology Ashley Naomi Robinson ChinYing Liu David Stevenson Kinesiology Diversity and Equity in Education Psychology Abigail Dawn Wright Zachary Dale Wygal Kinesiology Diversity and Equity in Education Master of Science (Hood: Light Blue, Gold) Zoe Rae Barnes Haylee L. Althoff Psychology Educational Administration Jensen Ballinger Kinesiology Kaitlin M. Carpenter Samantha Nicole Klang Psychology Educational Administration Ashleigh Anne Cook Kinesiology Karen Marie Schroeder Joshua W. LeMond Psychology Educational Administration Brandon Davis Kinesiology Anna Taylor Schumacher Amanda Goldsboro Psychology Instructional Technology Marianne Elizabeth Durkin Kinesiology Stacy Marie Korba Master of Science Kinesiology Monet Yvette Evans in Education Kinesiology (Hood: Light Blue) Barlow Dupree McGhee Kinesiology Gregg Alec Flores Sally Morgan Betscher College Student Personnel Kinesiology Dennis Neese Administration Kinesiology Keegan Fornoff Kelley N. Brooks Kinesiology Robert Edward Radomski College Student Personnel Kinesiology Olusola Adeola Fowosire Administration Kinesiology Jacob Anthony Post Terrell Ray Jones Special Education Hannah Isabelle Hughes College Student Personnel Kinesiology Administration 21 GRADUATE SCHOOL CONT. Jerry Weinberg, Dean

School of Engineering

Master of Science Bhavana Kurapati Boaz Abishakth Mylabathula (Hood: Orange) Computer Science Industrial Engineering

Ahmad Abdellatif Madhusudan Sai Maddukuri Berk Ozturk Civil Engineering Computer Science Industrial Engineering

Hasan Abuhzaima Manoj Reddy Pusapati Parthkumar Navinbhai Patel Civil Engineering Computer Science Industrial Engineering

Garrett Johnston Calvert Saranya Seelam Nagendra Surya Kumar Civil Engineering Computer Science C. Reddy Industrial Engineering Timothy Grgec Anupama Umakant Civil Engineering Computer Science Mohammad Abdullah Siddique Industrial Engineering Abhinav Gundapuneni Vikas Vellampalli Civil Engineering Computer Science Abhishek Taneja Industrial Engineering Ravin Kafle Jennifer Elizabeth Williams Civil Engineering Computer Science Sriteja Vangala Industrial Engineering Yevgeniy A. Kengovskiy Elijah Scott Rhoad Civil Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering MacKinzie Hart Washington Industrial Engineering David William Molohon Veeresh Satamraju Civil Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Charan Kumar Reddy Yeddula Venkat Industrial Engineering Shanti Satyal Abhinavya Keerthi Sunnapu Civil Engineering Electrical & Computer Engineering Ismail Aleyao Mechanical Engineering Varun Reddy Velpur Andrew Widmar Electrical & Computer Engineering Md Ebrahim Khalil Bhuiyan

Graduate School Graduate Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Zachary Brian Anderson Lakshmi Anjana Devi Gorantla Computer Science Electrical Engineering Tharun Reddy Bobbala Mechanical Engineering Dale Bradley Auten Vidya Balaraju Manjuladevi Computer Science Electrical Engineering John Albert Ourth Mechanical Engineering Anupama Rao Balasankula Taylor Andrew Harnagel Computer Science Electrical Engineering Huan Phan Van Mechanical Engineering Patrick Michael Bunetic Harika Vinnakota Computer Science Electrical Engineering Nathan Alystair Rarick Mechanical Engineering Grigori Burlea Ademola Adeleke Akinyemi Computer Science Industrial Engineering Mahdi Shahi Koorabbasloo Mechanical Engineering Sindhuja Dodda Sanaz Eshraghi Computer Science Industrial Engineering Krishna Naga C. V. Vegiraju Mechanical Engineering Lavanya Reddy Ganta Deniz Mercan Computer Science Industrial Engineering

Vaishnavi Joginipalli Ryan Frank Mir Computer Science Industrial Engineering

22 GRADUATE SCHOOL CONT. Jerry Weinberg, Dean

Graduate School

Master of Arts Segun Victor Sulaimon Master of Science (Hood: White) Healthcare Informatics (Hood: Olive Green) Konjit Avent Eileen Marie Walsh Elizabeth Ruth Denn Integrative Studies Healthcare Informatics Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tyler James Swanner Heather Christine Whetsell Olulsola Adeola Fowosire Integrative Studies Healthcare Informatics Pharmaceutical Sciences

Justin Marc Woods Olivia Marie Slater Master of Science Pharmaceutical Sciences (Hood: White) Healthcare Informatics Meredith Suzanne Barnes Ying Ye Khush Nahar Srabony Healthcare Informatics Healthcare Informatics Pharmaceutical Sciences

Athina Denise Felton Valentina Emiliani Healthcare Informatics Integrative Studies

Kylie Lyne’ Kochel John Matheis Webb Healthcare Informatics Integrative Studies

Melanie Ann Smith Dana Marie Wynn Healthcare Informatics Integrative Studies

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Graduate School Mark Luer, Dean

Doctor of Pharmacy Taylor K. Glidewell Veebha S. Gowda (Hood: Olive Green) Pharmacy Pharmacy

23 THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday, December 18, 2020, 1 p.m. Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, presiding

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: UNDERGRADUATE

National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

Welcoming Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Honorary Degree Recognition Lawrence Heitz, Doctor of Humane Letters

Distinguished Service Award Recognition Shirley Portwood, Distinguished Professor Emerita

Remarks from the Chancellor Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Remarks from the President Dan Mahony, President, SIU System

Remarks from the Dean of the School of Business Timothy Schoenecker, Dean

Remarks on Behalf of the Class of 2020 School of Business: Undergraduate School Matthew Gregor, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Candidates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants and Members of Honor Societies

Candidates for Degrees Timothy Schoenecker, Dean Student names read by Tyler Manning, Assistant Director, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Kimmel Student Involvement Center

Conferral of Degrees Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Message from the SIUE Alumni Association

Closing Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Alma Mater: “Hail SIUE” by George Mellott Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

24 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Timothy Schoenecker, Dean

Bachelor of Science Thomas Jacob Hillyer Luke Michael Sandidge Lynsey Michelle Gibson (Tassel: Drab) Jaime Izquierdo Roiz Andrew Nathan Santel *** Joseph A. Guithues *** Cali Elaine Johnson ** H Abigail Mae Schuneman Shelby Lynn Hughes Abiola Abiola-Oloke Nicole Elizabeth Jones ** Zachary Alan Soderberg J’Kolbe Kevantee’ Kelly Tessa M. Ackerland * Brett Michael Kaufman *** Trystan Joseph Glenn Stevens * Erica Dawn Leigh *** Brooke Anne Andrews * Evan A. Kuhl Hailey Marie Stewart Jeffrey William Martin Mckenzie Jo Aubry Michael Todd Lavin Sean Robert Swanson ** Andrew James Miller * Andrew Bernard Berg Erica Dawn Leigh *** Lydia Elizabeth Switzer Andrae Brent Neal II Allisa Berryhill Brent Michael Lengacher Tamar K. Taylor Nicholas Samuel Newell *** Kyle A. Black Benjamin Kwabi Mabiala Bayleigh Marie Thornhill Tristen Nicole Nichols Sarah Nicole Blankenship Clare Anna Marth Jacob T. Thrasher Michael Poluha Jr. Victoria Lee Bloome Andrew Christopher Martin Preston Arlen Townsend Preston Lawrence Porter Jarrett Evan Borrowman Stuart Charles Mauch Anselm Ikechukwu Uzuegbunem Karla Veronica Posos Beetz Sidney Rose Brumleve Brandon James McIntyre Kerri L. Vaughn Daniel Edgar Southerd Colton Lee Burrus Seth Levi Mendenhall Maria Robyn Vonderheide ** George Wilson Stallworth Megan Rebecca Burton ** Joseph Franklin Meyer Justin Michael Wagoner * Noelle Lynn Taylor Edna Grace Cardenas Andrew James Miller * Marshall Jamal Walker Christopher Ikenna Ukachukwu Payal Sanjay Chaudhari Heather Rose Miller Ambrosia Abbigail Walters Joseph Waldrop * Joseph Andrew Cuba Samuel Austin Mosby * Shelby Nicole Washington * Anne Mary Wieneke David Robert Daiber Susan M. Mucelli DeAnna A. Watkins Jessica Marie Wirthlin Alexander David Daly Evan Patrick Mueller Parker Dean Westerman Holly Elizabeth Dees ** Abigail Sierra Mussatto Dillon David Wibbenmeyer Austin Cole Dimmitt June Elaine Muthoni Jessica Marie Wirthlin Timothy Joseph Edmond Nicolette Marie Napoli Rachel Mckay Woods School of Business: Undergraduate Brayden Emerick Saima Naseer ** Colin Michael Wright Ryan N. Fatheree Thomas Michael Ortense Jr. Abigail Frances Yurchuk Noah Thomas Fetter Kane Roger Osterhage Alex Charles Zink ** Natalia Fields Michael Scott Pagano Brandi Nicole Foppe Trevor Alan Panyik Bachelor of Science Jennifer Park Gabe Louis Foppe in Accountancy Trenton Michael Frank Douglas Matthew Passig (Tassel: Drab) Misty Jean Gill Sarthak Ajay Patel Timothy John Goersch Haojun Qiu * Parker Lee Abbott * Matthew Thomas Gregor *** Dustin Lane Quick Michael R. Behme Angelo Hall Jr. Zachary Adem Rasmussen Kailey Paige Boyer Emma Rose Harris ** Christopher Michael Reed Deniene Jo Bridgeman *** Nicholas William Hatfield Brian John Reeves Devin William Cox * Nathan Donald Hayes Clayton Elliott Reis Collin Victor Cozart Dylan Joseph Hemrich Keesha Latrice Robinson Garrett Scott Durborow Luke Charles Joseph Hickman Gregory Joseph Rowe Stacee Michelle Durell *** Andrew Joseph Hill Caleb Roy Edward Russell Alyson Leigh Genenbacher ***

* cum laude ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude H Honors Scholars 25 THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday, December 18, 2020, 1 p.m. Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, presiding

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: UNDERGRADUATE

National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

Welcoming Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Honorary Degree Recognition Lawrence Heitz, Doctor of Humane Letters

Distinguished Service Award Recognition Shirley Portwood, Distinguished Professor Emerita

Remarks from the Chancellor Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Remarks from the President Dan Mahony, President, SIU System

Remarks from the Dean of the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior Robin Hughes, Dean School of Education, Health and of Education, Health School Human Behavior: Undergraduate Remarks on Behalf of the Class of 2020 Lara Tupper, Bachelor of Science in Nutrition

Candidates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants and Members of Honor Societies

Candidates for Degrees Robin Hughes, Dean Student names read by Derek Burton, Head Coach, SIUE Women’s Soccer

Conferral of Degrees Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Message from the SIUE Alumni Association

Closing Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Alma Mater: “Hail SIUE” by George Mellott Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

26 School of Education, Health and Human Behavior: Undergraduate 27 Sophie Kathrine Strasser * Sophie Kathrine Strasser Marie Sulley Ayla Nicole Tally Tamaja II Darnell Taylor Anthony Trent Sasha Margaret ** Tupper Cate Lara Mariah Marie Tyler Walker Renee Tessa Wallace Asahni Vashay Joseph Charles Wallace Warren Alicia Deshawn Abrianna Weeden Richeal Whitmore Sean Patrick Wilferd Elizabeth Sarah Courtney Sema Yildiz Jason Zhao * Autumn Elaine Kerner Autumn Le Tommy III *** Leach James Joseph * Marlow Chantel Abby Abigail Martens Lauren * MartzErin Eve * ** H Anne Meeker Samantha ** Garrett Sean Milligan William Moon Tyler Moore Elizabeth Bailey Moore Delaney Caitlin Kenzie NaffHolly A.Kassidy *** Neeley * MarieHaylee Netemeyer Odelehr ** Alexandra Skye Ohnesorge Jay Tyler Thomas Eric Phillips *** Pinnell Sadie Novella Ringering Kadie *** Roman Jeanna Therese Ryan Andrea’ Kayla Henry * Schilling Michael Chelsea Marie Schrader G. Smith Jared AlbertGrant Stark III Donald E. Stone ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude H Honors Scholars Paige Jordan Crum Jordan Paige Dade Tyus Michael * Davis James Alexander Mallory Deist Rose *** Divine Isabella Grace Kharrigan Edwards Alexis Emerson * Paige Alexis Anna-Louise Fischer Michelle Kiersten Marie Fricke Gilpin Kaitlan Marisa Nicole Haines Danielle Nicole Haley Hamilton Larissa Rose Harris * Lynn Brandi Heflin Michael Joseph Ray Thomas Jacob Helton Jessica Ann Holiday Anna Alisa Houchens Howard Dillon Alexander Jacobb Jazmine Jahraa Jones Lynn Brantlea N’Bria Eileen Jones Marie ** Kaila Juenger Thomas Kavanagh Ryan Marie Kelso Peyton Kerker Lynn Samantha * cum laude SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR HUMAN AND HEALTH OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL Hughes, Dean Robin (Tassel: Light Blue, Gold) (Tassel: Ajero Olivia Margaret Banks Janay Adajee Beiermann Elizabeth Sara Cory Belles James Joseph Lee Bobzien * Brannan Renae Darci Jasmine M. Brooks Sophia Buehler Buelow Abbigale Michelle HenryNolan Burnett Ann Chausse Rebecca ** Churchwell Dawn Tracy Joelle Clutts Alexis Blair Cohoon ** Mackenzie * Cooley Brianna Rene’e Mary Eleanor Costin Jace L. Crider Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts Light Blue, Gold) (Tassel: ** Danielle Beavin Grace *** Smith Taylor Mackenzie Hannah MarieTownzen THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday, December 18, 2020, 1 p.m. Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, presiding SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: UNDERGRADUATE

National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quartet

Welcoming Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Honorary Degree Recognition Lawrence Heitz, Doctor of Humane Letters

Distinguished Service Award Recognition Shirley Portwood, Distinguished Professor Emerita

Remarks from the Chancellor Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Remarks from the President Dan Mahony, President, SIU System

Remarks from the Dean of the School of Engineering Cem Karacal, Dean

Remarks on Behalf of the Class of 2020 Ashley Spain, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering School of Engineering:School Undergraduate

Candidates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants and Members of Honor Societies

Candidates for Degrees Cem Karacal, Dean Student names read by Joseph Pott, Broadcasting and Media Relations Specialist, SIUE Athletics

Conferral of Degrees Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Message from the SIUE Alumni Association

Closing Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Alma Mater: “Hail SIUE” by George Mellott Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quartet

28 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Cem Karacal, Dean

Bachelor of Arts Reed Garrett Collins Bryan Walker Jobe ** Bryson Robert Sanders (Tassel: Orange) Darrell Dean Combs Jr. Tyler James Jones John R. Schalk II Diamond Cottman Mason Robert Kelly Clayton Alexander Schardan Colette Jordyn Beckwith Jason Alexander Couch Joshua David Kovach * Tobias Schweiger ** Emmett A. Granada-Hayslett Luke Lee Crain *** Elizabeth Ann Krause Andrew William Senger John Bernard Lednicky Daren Mark Crull Geoffrey John Kupferle Michael Thomas Settlemoir Alec Scott Merle Lukas A. Dale Courtney Kutey Joel Sipe Sean Michael Miller Alicia Devon Dawson Brian Christopher Looney Jonathan Michael Smyk Samuel James Storment ** Brycen James Dhom *** H Todd Edward Martin Tyler Joseph Sneed Bachelor of Science Zachary Donelson Zack D. Martychenko Ashley N. Spain Joel Andrew Eberhart * Ronnie Eugene Mayfield III Cole Stein (Tassel: Orange) Hayley Corine Edwards ** Ethan McMasters Jake Stephens Evan John Albers Jacob Augustus Eggering Andrew William Michel Dipak Subramaniam H Ali Abdulateef Alsamir * Lily Elmore ** Austin Wayne Miley Jerome Chukwudi Ukah * H Jacob Robert Armbrecht ** H Jason Thomas Erb * Daniel Clifford Morrissey Steven Michael Vendetti ** John Ross Beach Michael Robert Firtos Dalton Dewane Myers ** Thinh Van Vo * Bradley David Benson Benjamin Adam Flachsbart ** Lina Lina Ngoopos Ryan Olan Vogt Joseph Edward Bick Sara Gabriela Flores Madrid * Anh Tai Nguyen *** Colton William Vonder Haar Landon Paul Bissey John Warren Fridley Nora Chidubem Okeke * Paxton Duane Vonder Haar Jeremiah Blackburn Claire Elizabeth Fuesting Jackson Merle Ottaway * Trent Michael Wilkinson *** Eliana Marie Bohnenstiehl Elizabeth Grace Green William Jacob Patton Eric Ryan Yates Zachary Ryan Boss Terry Lee Hammett * Diego Pina Guadalupe Kyle Yates

Zachary Ryan Bradshaw Eric Oliver Henson * Austin Grant Place UndergraduateSchool of Engineering: Michael Alan Brinkley Raiden Alan Hofstetter ** Dana Adeeb Qasem * Chandler Lee Brown Stephen Thomas Holdenried Matt Ryan Reimer Davis Andrew Brown Swade Russell Howard Everton Reis Molina Kevin M. Brutto Jr. ** Ryan Marshall Howe Nicholas Matthew Roberts *** Phat Tan Bui *** Samuel Browne Hoyt Adrian Rojas Dustin Glen Bongabong Cerna Brock Dean Huber Blake Mathew Rusteberg Avery James Cleland Samuel Paul Huegen Matthew Gale Sandberg H

* cum laude ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude H Honors Scholars 29 THE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM Friday, December 18, 2020, 1 p.m. Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, presiding

SCHOOL OF NURSING: GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE

National Anthem: “The Star-Spangled Banner” Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quartet

Welcoming Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Honorary Degree Recognition Lawrence Heitz, Doctor of Humane Letters

Distinguished Service Award Recognition Shirley Portwood, Distinguished Professor Emerita

Remarks from the Chancellor Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Remarks from the President Dan Mahony, President, SIU System

Remarks from the Dean of the School of Nursing Laura Bernaix, Dean

Honors and Awards Recognition

Remarks on Behalf of the Class of 2020 Cassidy Bruns, Bachelor of Science in Nursing School of Nursing: Graduate and Undergraduate Graduate of Nursing: School

Candidates Commissioned as Second Lieutenants and Members of Honor Societies

Candidates for Degrees Laura Bernaix, Dean, School of Nursing Student names read by Karen Montgomery, Director of Student Services, School of Nursing

Conferral of Degrees Randall G. Pembrook, Chancellor

Message from the SIUE Alumni Association

Closing Remarks P. Denise Cobb, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Alma Mater: “Hail SIUE” by George Mellott Led by Michael Hawkins, Musical Theater Student, College of Arts and Sciences Music by the Meridian Brass Quintet

30 PROGRAM RECOGNITION

The SIUE School of Nursing offers dynamic undergraduate programs of study that are both theoretical and practical, designed to meet current and future challenges of nursing and healthcare. The School prepares graduates to work in a wide variety of clinical settings and provide the necessary foundation for a master’s and doctoral degree in nursing. The traditional bachelor of science in nursing (BS) program is intended for students seeking their first degree with no prior college experience. The post-baccalaureate accelerated bachelor of science degree in nursing (ABS) option allows students with a bachelor’s degree to attain a BS degree in nursing through three semesters and one summer session. It is an intense, defined curriculum with a combination of classroom instruction and clinical experiences for students seeking a second baccalaureate degree. Registered nurses (RNs) who hold an associate degree in nursing or a nursing diploma can pursue the RN to BS option. This baccalaureate program is offered in a flexible, entirely online format to accommodate the needs of working RNs. The program format consists of eight-week courses and can be completed in one year if most of the general education requirements are met at the time of admission. The goal of the SIUE School of Nursing graduate program is to prepare expert nurses for leadership in professional nursing practice and patient-centered healthcare delivery. The School offers two master’s (MS) programs, two fully online dual degree programs and a doctor of nursing practice degree (DNP) with three specializations. The fully online MS in Healthcare and Nursing Administration (HCNA) prepares nurses for entry into management positions in healthcare organizations, and refines the skills of experienced nurse managers to mentor them for executive-level positions. School of Nursing: Graduate amd Undergraduate A dual MS in HCNA and Healthcare Informatics provides a unique opportunity. The online program equips healthcare professionals to leverage prior education and experience to provide leadership to teams using technology to improve patient healthcare options. The MS in Nurse Educator program is meeting the ever-increasing need for nursing faculty. SIUE’s nurse educator graduates are actively sought throughout the St. Louis metropolitan region, as well as nationally. The new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner DNP specialization addresses the mental healthcare crisis by providing students with the clinical competencies and theoretical foundation to deliver quality psychiatric mental healthcare. The nurse anesthesia DNP specialization prepares registered nurses with baccalaureate degrees to provide individualized anesthetic patient care for surgical, diagnostic, therapeutic or pain management procedures. The family nurse practitioner DNP specialization program provides students with the required clinical competencies and theoretical foundation to deliver quality primary care for patients and their families. The post-master’s DNP program is designed for nurses holding a master’s degree as an advanced practice nurse, or holding a bachelor of science in nursing and a master’s degree appropriate to their advanced nursing practice role. The dual Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and DNP is primarily online with two on-campus immersion experiences. The program is designed to develop the professional capabilities of managers working in business, focusing on topics such as quantitative analysis, decision making, negotiation, enhancing quality and innovation and program management.

* cum laude ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude H Honors Scholars 31 SCHOOL OF NURSING Laura Bernaix, Dean

Doctor of Tamisha R. Gatewood-Henderson Sarah Marie Medina Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Nursing Practice (Hood: Apricot) Brandon Hedgspeth Caitlin Tauer Phelan Weruche Uzoaru Agube Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Allison Elizabeth Hotze Derek D. Washer Jacob Benjamin Blount Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Nursing Practice Beth McCoy Nursing Practice

Master of Science Monica Velazquez Bridget Diane Harrison (Hood: Apricot) Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator

Melissa Suzanne Burke Julie Lea Wilson Allison Noel Helmerichs Health Care & Nursing Administration Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator

Kari Elizabeth Enke Kristi Lee Zimerman Shannon M. Joiner Health Care & Nursing Administration Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator

Yvette Ellen Fitzpatrick Kathleen Brannan Jennifer Nichole Kennel Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator

Genet Damer Gaim Teara Emery Alexandria Lorbinenko Krebs Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator

Brittany Ibardaloza-Luna Hilary J. Estes Jessica Nicole LaRose Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator

Kayla Elizabeth Jackson Stacie Lynn Estes Collins Hannah Elizabeth O’Rourke Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator

Nancy Kerr Kristen Elizabeth Faddis Rachel Anne Ringstad Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator

Mandy Jo Lyons Casi Jean Frie Kimberly Michelle Roy Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator

School of Nursing: Graduate and Undergraduate Graduate of Nursing: School Heather Ohl Margaret Ruth Graf Rachel Renee Waltrip Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator

Shawn Melissa Pierson Alyssa Harrell Ashley Nicole Wolf Health Care & Nursing Administration Nurse Educator Nurse Educator Amy Nicole Robinson Health Care & Nursing Administration

32 * cum laude ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude H Honors Scholars SCHOOL OF NURSING CONT. Laura Bernaix, Dean

Bachelor of Science Audre Leigh Halford *** Scout K. Mitchell Thomas Clarence Tranter (Tassel: Apricot) Tricia R. Harkins *** Ashley Nicole Moore Christina Eve Troha Jessica Danielle Harsy * Madeline Jo Morrison * Shannon Colleen Unverfehrt * Kiersten Leah Abernathy Brett Christopher Hart Yahilin Munoz Margaret Jean Van Altena * Hilda K. Abuya *** Stephanie Lynn Haynes Rebecca Muschkat Reeba Varghese *** Kelly L. Adams Calvin James Heimann * Lydia Grace Nagel *** Danielle L. Vaughn *** Kari Brianne Agne LaMika Henley * Kaylee E. Nottmeyer * Kimberly Leu Vegher * Carley Anne Albers ** Brittany Ann Herring *** Amy Christine O’Brien Haley Markell Vetter ** Cassidy J. Albers * Breanna Kay Holland *** Rachel Beth O’Dell Jessica Nicole Vignone * Tammy Lynn Anschutz *** Sarina Horn *** Bridget Owusu Elizabeth Ann Vogel * Kendall Alexandra Arora * Amanda Sue Huelsmann Jamie LeeAnn Packer * Jessalin Denise Volmer Ruth A. Asare Taylor Rose Hughes * Kirsten Nikole Page Leah M. Waggoner Gretchen Flores Baertschi * William Elijah Hughes Kelly M. Pagone *** Claire Ellen Walsh * Kaleigh Allison Beavers Shannon Marie Hunt Kayla Nicole Palen*** Ashley Ann Ward * Jason C. Behrens *** Jennifer Danielle Hurley ** Rebecca Jane Patrick** Jenna Diana Ward Maiya Lanae Bertolis Moses C. Ifeajekwu Megan Leah Pearsall ** Carlie Danielle Webb Madison Tyler Bielke Taylor Renee Inman ** Thomas Antonin Pelikan *** Kelsey Wente *** Rachel Marie Boeck *** Ashley Lauren Jacunski ** Madison Haley Pennington Sarah Elizabeth White * Sabrina Borowski * Mariel Salting Javier *** Kimberly Peters Tracee J. Williams-Hubbard * H Jennifer E. Boyle ** Bethany Johnson Jennifer Ann Peterson *** Casey A. Withrow Jessica Ann Braundmeier ** Delaney Anne Johnson Rebekah P. Philippi *** Danielle N. Wolthausen **

Jennifer Elaine Brinkley Robert David Johnson ** Gabrielle Cheyenne Phinney Aerielle Brianne Wood *** School of Nursing: Graduate and Undergraduate Bridget Kathleen Brown ** Sarah Johnson Brittany Renee Pollmann *** Cynthia P. Worthy * Celesta Maria Brown *** Telsa Johnson * Amber Nicole Potter ** Shelley Christine Yates Christina Brown ** Kimberly Ann Juenger Robin Fredean Pruden* Shellneithia Warnette Young Cassidy N. Bruns *** Ushas Kadavil Karottu Rachel Lynn Prusa * Madilyn Jayne Yungck * Ally Olivia Bunfill Ashley Kay Kempker ** Taylor Nicole Prusa *** Kelly Anna Butler Zhongxiang Ji Kenworthy *** Evalena A. Pullen Kimallyn Taylor Carmack *** Benjamin Ryan Kirkpatrick * Christopher John Rager Mariela Chavez Silva** Danielle Kleinman ** Carley Renee Retelle Gina Lee Collin * Katherine Diane Klenske * Paige Stahling Rhoades * Richard Lee Colyer ** Christine R. Knutson *** Amelia Rose Roberts ** Madeline Elsa Copeland Mia Francesca Koss Kelsey Kay Robinson Kayla Cornelius *** Dzifa Kugbega Kraka Lauren Michelle Romack * Elizabeth Ann Cotter Jarrod Lee Krofchick*** Megan Alexis Ross ** Amanda L. Craig *** Ethan Glenn Moses Kurth Roxanne Beatrice Sandoval * Candace Shanette Cross Amber Christina Lew * Arianne M. Santa-Olalla * Katie Suzanne Cruse * Amber Lex *** Tiffany Jane Sartore *** Abbigail JoAnn Cunningham Amber Nicole Li Sydney Lee Schaus Lydia Jane Davey *** Allison Paige Little * Kelly Lynn Schmall * Patricia Ann Dickson * Caleb Michael Livesay Maddison Morgan Schulte * Cole Dewayne Diercks *** Chloe Elizabeth Lorton * Jenniffer I. Schumann * Gentri Lynn Dierling ** Kelsey RayAnn Ludington Angela Brooke Scott Heather Elizabeth Douglas Emma Mancilla Ronald John Gregor Scott* Hannah Nichole Dover Staley** Amy Lynn Mann *** Dakota H. Shadwell * Donald Joseph Eckerman Andrea Leigh Marcum *** Collin Christian Sheehan *** Eve Lynne Eckert ** Jacqueline Apolinario Maristela * Samantha Renee Sherer *** Rebecca L. Edwards * Morgan Christine Markwell Jessica Marie Skinner Ashley Ellison Michele L. Marlow ** Elisa K. Skoundrianos *** Donna Arlene Esterlen Laura Lynn Martin *** Bethany Smith * Courtney Leigh Fenelon ** Patrick Alan Masters *** Taylor Marie Snyder Leah Marie Francis Craig James Mather * Stacey Marie Spour ** Mikayla Chloe Freeman Andrea R. Mays Andrea Lynne Staples *** Cynthia Ivette Galvez * Denise Hanna McCandrew Andrea Lynne Stearns ** Jennifer Marie Garland ** Matthew Brandon McClary * Macie Jon Strohmeier Jamie Lynn Geisler Jacob R. S. McDermott Jennifer Lynn Stuart*** Daniel Jeffery Geitz*** Lauren Elizabeth McKay *** Megan G. Sutter Katrina Marie Gessi Kinsey J. McMillen * Madison Swayne Patricia Elisabeth Goettler * Kendal Meister Marcus Aaron Switzer Celiene Marie Gonzalez Casey R. Melton Sylvia Anna Taraszka Abigail Rose Gound Kay Ann Meyer ** Jennifer Jo Torbeck * Jamie R. Gustafson Holly Jean Miller * Taylor Anthony Tosto

* cum laude ** magna cum laude *** summa cum laude H Honors Scholars 33 CONGRATULATIONS SIUE GRADUATES

Congratulations graduates! You have survived and thrived through a highly unusual final semester. You should be extra proud of your grit and resilience at this important moment of your lives.

Be a Proud Cougar: Your hard work has paid off, and now you are one of our more than 115,000 alumni. #SIUEALUMNI is the social networking tag where you can find more information about local events and how to stay involved.

Be Informed: Look for email newsletters from your college or school, as well as our alumni magazine, the eConnection. Our alumni magazine features campus updates, alumni stories and opportunities to stay connected.

Get involved: Check out siue.edu/alumni for future events as things begin to return to normal. We want to see you at future social, cultural and athletic events!

Your alma mater is always here for you!

Best regards for your ongoing success,

Rachel C. Stack Vice Chancellor for University Advancement CEO, SIUE Foundation

Our Mission: The SIUE Alumni Association will be a valued partner of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville through the advancement and promotion of SIUE alumni, the University and its friends.

34 For the students, faculty, staff and alumni of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville HAIL SIUE

With reverence Words and Music by George Mellott

1. A - bove the Mis-sis - sip-pi plain your splendor meets the sky. You give to all a chance to gain; you 2. To col - lege life we bid a - dieu and wend our sep-arate ways, Yet col - lege friends and men - tors too are

raise our spir-its high. Hail, all hail S - I - U - E, our grat - i - tude we owe our With us all our days. Hail, all hail S - I - U - E, our Al - ma Ma - ter true! Let’s

fount of op - por - tu - ni - ty wher - e’re in life we go. fill our glass - es joy - ful - ly and raise a toast to you.

©1990 by George Mellott

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