Spring Commencement May 5, 2018 Graduate Commencement - 9:30 a.m. Baccalaureate Commencement - 1:00 p.m. WSC_36868.indd 3 4/19/18 11:54 AM WSC_36868.indd 4 4/19/18 11:54 AM Spring Graduate Commencement May 5, 2018 • 9:30 a.m. *Processional: “Pomp and Circumstance” ............................................................................................. Edward Elgar A Touch of Brass Welcome ....................................................................................................................................... Dr. Marysz Rames President *“The Star Spangled Banner” ...................................................................................................... John Stafford Smith Dr. Sarah Farr, Assistant Professor of Music (The audience is invited to sing) Invocation ..........................................................................................................................Ms. Taralyn Denise Brown Master of Science in Education – School Counseling PK-6 and 7-12 Greetings from the Board .......................................................................................................... Ms. Michelle Suarez Trustee, Nebraska State College System Remarks ................................................................................................................... Ms. Samantha Brooke Ludacka Master of Science in Education – School Counseling PK-6 and 7-12 Mr. Jon Timothy Pickinpaugh Master of Science in Education – School Administration PK-12 Musical Selection “Pie Jesu” from Requiem .........................................................................................Gabriel Fauré A Touch of Brass Presentation of Candidates for Degree ............................................................................................Mr. Steven Elliott Vice President for Academic Affairs Conferring of Degrees ..................................................................................................................... President Rames Presentation of Graduate Candidates ......................................................................................... Dr. Vaughn Benson Dean, School of Business and Technology Dr. Nicholas Shudak Dean, School of Education and Counseling Dr. Tammy Evetovich Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences Concluding Remarks ....................................................................................................................... President Rames *“Alma Mater” ........................................................................................................................................... Leon Beery Dr. Sarah Farr, Assistant Professor of Music (The audience is invited to sing; words on the back page) *Recessional: “The Sinfonians” .......................................................................................................... Clifton Williams A Touch of Brass Marshal: Dr. Mark Hammer, Faculty Senate President Student Marshals and Ushers: Admissions Navigators *Audience please stand WSC_36868.indd 7 4/19/18 11:54 AM GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Graduate Invocation: Taralyn Denise Brown Taralyn Brown of Omaha will deliver the invocation. She is graduating with a master’s degree in school counseling. Brown, a counselor at Franklin Elementary in Omaha, has been named an Omaha Education Association (OEA) Who’s Who Teacher of the Year, and has served as an elected OEA board member, and OEA delegate and representative. She also received a teaching award from the Concerned and Caring Educators Foundation in Omaha. Brown is an active volunteer at Northstar, an afterschool program for elementary and high school boys, and assists in coaching boys basketball and girls volleyball. She is married to Robert T. Brown. She said she plans to use her newly acquired skills and second master’s degree to be a professional elementary school counselor and proudly represent Wayne State College. Graduate Speaker: Samantha Brooke Ludacka Samantha Ludacka of Omaha will deliver one of two graduate student addresses. She is graduating with a master’s degree in school counseling. Ludacka worked at R.M. Marrs Middle School in Omaha in special education as an alternate curriculum program teacher for nine years. She left work in 2016 after the birth of her second child in order to stay home with her kids and complete her master’s degree. She has been married for nine years to Jake Ludacka. They have two children, Hayden and Jude. Ludacka plans to return to work in the public schools as a school counselor at Omaha South High School in August. Graduate Speaker: Jon Timothy Pickinpaugh Jon T. Pickinpaugh will deliver one of two graduate student addresses. He is graduating with a master’s degree in school administration, which is his second degree from Wayne State. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2005 and an endorsement in elementary education in 2010. Pickinpaugh works as an eighth-grade science teacher, seventh- and eighth-grade wrestling coach, and seventh-grade football coach at South Sioux City Middle School. He earned the distinguished Milken Educator Award this past year, which is the premiere national teacher recognition and award program. He also received the Golden Apple Award from South Sioux City schools in 2015. His mother, Jill Pickinpaugh, a longtime Wayne educator, and both of his sisters, Stephanie Pickinpaugh and Leah Gomez, are Wayne State graduates. Pickinpaugh said he plans to change the world of education after graduation. WSC_36868.indd 8 4/19/18 11:54 AM CANDIDATES FOR DEGREE Graduation is contingent upon successful completion of the current semester. ++August 2018 Graduate Listed by program of study. MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Andrew Bormann++ Dakota Dunes, SD Business Administration B.S., Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, 2014 Robyn Bryant++ Omaha Business Administration B.S., University of Phoenix, Tempe, AZ, 2014 Eric Daniel Cattau Columbus Business Administration B.S., Wayne State College, 2007 David James Conner Green Cove Business Administration B.S., University of North Florida, Springs, FL Jacksonville, FL, 1999 Jeanette Marie Frey++ Sioux City, IA Business Administration B.S., Morningside College, Sioux City, IA, 1995 Dawn Renee Hirschman++ Laurel Business Administration B.S., Wayne State College, 1992 Dustin Daniel Nelsen Avoca, IA Business Administration B.T., Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO, 2005 Jesus E. Nuno South Sioux City Business Administration B.S., Wayne State College, 2010 Craig James Panning Fremont Business Administration B.A., Midland University, Fremont, 2008 Jean Ellen Peters-Khan++ David City Business Administration B.S., Wayne State College, 1981 B.A.E., Wayne State College, 1990 James Andrew Reiner Tripp, SD Business Administration B.S., South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, 2004 D.P.T., University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, 2007 Brian Lee Schultz Hesston, KS Business Administration B.S.B., Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, 2008 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN EDUCATION Callie Jean Easton Anderson Dixon School Administration PK-8 B.S., Wayne State College, 2006 M.S.E., Wayne State College, 2010 WSC_36868.indd 11 4/19/18 11:54 AM Robert Louis Barry Battle Creek School Administration 7-12 B.S.E.H.S., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2013 Yvonne Marie Bickerstaff++ Santee Counselor Education/Clinical Mental Health Counseling B.S., Peru State College, Peru, 2015 Charlette Renee Bowens Kissi Afare Wayne Counselor Education/Clinical Mental Health Counseling B.S., Wayne State College, 2013 $ULF/\QQ%XWWHU¿HOG 3ODWWVPRXWK 6FKRRO$GPLQLVWUDWLRQ B.S., Wayne State College, 2010 Emma Grace Caskey++ Homer Curriculum & Instruction-Instructional Leadership/ B.S., Wayne State College, 2011 Reading Specialist PK-12 Kristin Alissa Miller Catterson++ Spencer Curriculum & Instruction-Instructional Leadership/ B.S., Wayne State College, 2014 Elementary Education Heather A. Cook++ McCook Lake, SD Curriculum & Instruction- Instructional Leadership/ B.S., Wayne State College, 2014 English as a Second Language Jacob William Curl++ McCook School Administration 7-12 B.S.A.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2013 Jacob Timothy Delfs Sioux City, IA School Administration PK-12 B.A., Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA, 2005 LaDora Marie Kelley Dohmen++ Humphrey Counselor Education/Clinical Mental Health Counseling B.S., Wayne State College, 2015 Luisa Elena Blake Fennell++ Sioux City, IA School Administration PK-12 B.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 1993 B.A., Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA, 1996 Joel Coy Ferguson Shelton School Administration 7-12 B.S., Wayne State College, 2012 Katie M. Fite Madison Curriculum & Instruction-Instructional Leadership/ B.A., Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, SD, 2005 Reading Specialist PK-12 Staci Elizabeth Foote++ South Sioux City Curriculum & Instruction-Instructional Leadership/ B.S.E., University of South Dakota, Reading Specialist PK-12 Vermillion, SD, 2012 Adam Joseph Girard Sioux City, IA Curriculum & Instruction-Instructional Leadership/ B.S., Wayne State College, 2010 Industrial Technology Education Megan Elizabeth Goeden Hartington Curriculum & Instruction-Instructional Leadership/ B.S., Wayne State College, 2015 English Education Leah Lorene Pickinpaugh Gomez South Sioux City Curriculum & Instruction-Instructional Leadership/ B.S., Wayne State College, 2008 Reading Specialist PK-12 WSC_36868.indd 12 4/19/18 11:54 AM Emmanuel Gonzalez Brownsville, TX Counselor Education/Clinical Mental Health Counseling