State Senator David Nething, R-Jamestown, delivered the commencement address at the University of North Dakotas winter commencement Friday, Dec. 17, 2 p.m. in the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Dr. Charles Kupchella, UNDs 10th president, presided over the ceremonies. It was Kupchellas first winter commencement at UND.
UND awards about 2,200 degrees each year. There were more than 670 candidates for degrees at UNDs laster winter commencement of the 1900s.
Currently chair of the North Dakota Senate Appropriations Committee, Nething is a commissioner from North Dakota on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and a member of the WICHE Legislative Advisory Committee. He is also a member of the Legislative Council and chair of the Interim Committee on Higher Education. Nething is also a member of the North Dakota State Hospital Governing Board and past president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Foundation for State Legislatures, and the National Republican Legislators Association.
In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Nething to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and reappointed him in 1985 and 1987. President George Bush appointed him in 1990. In 1982, the National Republican Legislators Association cited Nething as "Legislator of the Year" and in 1989 awarded him the William E. Brock Award. He has also received recognition awards from the National Conference of State Legislators and the American Legislative Exchange Council as well as his local community.
Nething attended Pingree High School, graduated from Jamestown College and the University of North Dakota School of Law. He practices law in Jamestown and has grain farm interests near Jamestown.
The following is a list of the candidates by hometowns followed by their degrees. Many students graduated with academic distinctions, and these distinctions are indicated by a mark after the degree:
# for students who graduated summa cum laude, the highest academic honor for students;
+ for students who graduated magna cum laude;
* for students who graduated cum laude.
[Students who have signed the Buckley Amendment are included in t he count, but their names have deleted from the list. A list of degrees is attached.]
NORTH DAKOTA
Adams -- Sarah Marie Shimek (MA), Heidi Marie Vigen (BBA); Alexander -- Bradley Newman Webster (MEd); Aneta -- Patricia Louise Kleven (BA*), Kelly Jo Youells (BBA+); Belcourt -- Shari Lee DeCoteau (BSEd), Rhonda J. Marion (SCLS), Catheryn E. Sproull (MEd); Beulah -- Brandy Jo Kristian Schatz (BAcc); Bismarck -- Kathleen M.S. Allen (MBA), Jessica Ann Balcom (BS), Tammy L. Balliet (MSW), Dean M. Beck (MSW), Jordana Judith Bodmer (BSEd*), Carisa Marie Carlson (BSCJS), Lisa Ann Earls (BS*), Aaron James Fischer (BSEE+), Rebecca E. Gustin (MSW), Nathan John Heinert (BSATSC*), Melanie L. Heitkamp (MSW), Jerome D. Herrmann (MBA), Jodey Arthur Houn (BSCE), Andrew Michael Johnson (BS*), Barbara Kay Kasalek (MSW), Carla Robin Minske Kessel (MSW), Ryan Vinje Kopseng (BBA), Patrick L. Laschen (BBA), Jenny Ann Lelm (BSA*), James N. Mallory (BA#, also graduated from UNDs Honors Program in International Studies), Susan Kay McWilliams (MSW), Elizabeth Margaret Meberg (BA*), Michael Lee Mischel (BBA*), Toby P. Muse (BSCE), Kirk Ogaard (BS*), Paul Lyle Pfennig (BSN+, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, United States Air Force; also graduated with Seniors Honors, incidating the student has completed independent research in his major field of study and successfully defended his research papers in comprehensive oral examinations), Theresa Ann Porter (MSW), Jeremy Robert Schmidt (BS), Robert Lynn Stauffacher (BSAS); Bowman -- Bradley James Brackel (BS); Buxton -- Brock Gary Odegard (BSEd);
Caledonia --Veronica Ann Rauser (BSEd), Robert Ronald Swanson (BSCJS); Carson -- Sarah Ellen Handegard (BS*), Karen Elizabeth Massee (BSEd+); Casselton -- Michael Robert Darwin (BBA), Marcus James McKenzie (BS*), Brooke A. Meyer (BBA); Cavalier -- Jennifer Ann Boettger (BSEd), Susan Rae Daby (BA*), Angela Laura Vivatson (BA* & BSEd*); Christine -- Brenda Lois Seifert (BBA); Cooperstown -- Angela Jill Grandalen (BBA); Crosby -- Angela Marie Bakken (BSEd*), Lara Elisebeth Jacobson (BMus+), Tanya Mary Knudson (BA); Cummings -- Melanie Rae Knudtson (BA); Devils Lake -- Matthew John Erickson (BA), Rick D. Erickson (BS), Barbara Jean Hietala (BS), Michael J. Jager (MS), Kirsten Marie Kraft (BA*), Darren Vincent Lippert (BSIT*), Stephanie Kay Martinson (BSN*, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, United States Army), Stephanie Lynn Nord (BBA*), Barbara Jean Wahl (BSEd); Dickinson -- Kaleb W. Kuether (MS), David A. Long (BBA), Yvonne J. Nordahl (MS), Kathleen A. Nygaard (MSW), Karen Marie Pfau (BA*), Kelly Rene Plecity (BBA), Loren Jon Zavalney (MS), Dawn Michelle Zimmerman (BBA*); Donnybrook -- Shane Allen Johnson (BBA); Drayton -- Jennifer Lynne Merrill (BSEd+); Dunseith --Tanya Dawn Lund (BA);
Edinburg -- Jolene Patricia Levang (BBA+); Edmore -- Jodi Renae Anderson (BSSW*); Elgin -- Grant Lee Meyer (MEngr); Ellendale -- Jason Edward Maier (BSEd+), Kevin George Rada (MS); Emerado -- Tracy Anne Kenmir (BSSW), Merry Rose Martin (BSRLS+), Mary Lynn Roberts (BSN*); Epping -- Francis A. Schill (EdS); Fargo -- Darcy Joy Aafedt (BA* & BBA*), Kerry Lynn Archbold (BS), Joshua Thor Walter Astrup (MBA), Patricia Jean Boehne (BSEd#), Margaret Marlys Bohn (BA*), Pauline Kay Burthwick (PhD), Amy Jane Einck (BS & BSOT), Corey Blakeley English (BS#), Benjamin Gerald Hoffman (BS), Amy Victoria Luber (BSEd), David M. Mahli (MS), John Herman Malpert Jr. (MS), Carolyn Adele Peterson (BSN+), Brenda Kaye Thurlow (MD); Fessenden -- Jesse Paul Wipf (BAcc*); Flaxton -- Joel Lynn Bird (BAcc); Fort Totten -- Carmen Leah Abraham (BSSW); Golden Valley -- Deborah Diane Colton (MSW); Grafton -- Melanie Ann Baumgarten (BA*), Joshua John Baxter (BA, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, United States Army), Sharyl Lynne Elshaug (MA), Anthony Steven Larson (BA+), Amber Lynn Phillips (BSN*);
Grand Forks -- Wendy Michelle Ackerman (BSSW), Kati Leigh Anderson (BAcc), Jennifer Patrice Bailey (BMus+), Rebekah Jeanette Berg (BSEd+), Jennifer Nicole Berntsen (BSEd), Sandra Joanne Bethke (MEd), Melody Ruth Bohnsack (BBA), Aric E. Broeking (BS*), Tonya Marie Brossart (BSN+), Tommy Anderson Brosseau (BA), Ryan Christopher Carden (BSN*), Shawn Duane Carlson (BBA), Mary E. Casavan (BS), Darcy Cascaes (MA), Carrie Renee Christiansen (BSA+), JeriAnn A. Cline (BSN), Kristine A. Collette (BS), Wanda L. Davis (MS), Jerome Louis DeCoteau (BA), Gayla D. Drengson (MSW), Dustyn Arthur Driggs (BSA), Bridgette Lynn Driscoll-Campoverde (MEd), Debra Ann Evenson (MS), Jason James Feldman (BA), Jennifer Kay Fisk (BSEd+), Timothy Louis Galloway (BA), Gregory Scott Goodman (BSCJS), Megan Jane Green (BSEd*), Andrea Michelle Grefsheim (BSN), Robert Laurence Gust (BBA*), Elizabeth Jean Gyllenborg (BSEd), Roberta L. Haas Olson (BSN), Tiffany Ann Hager (BSEd+), Josh T. Hamre (BAcc), James Andrew Hansen (BSA#), Kathleen A. Hanson (BSOT*), Christopher M. Hindman (BSEGT), Carey Eugene Hines (BSA), Scott Bernard Hoggarth (BS), Travis Cover Horner (BSCJS), Runhua Hou (MS), Brent William Ihringer (BSME), John Edward Jacobson (BSIT), Brenda Johnson (MA), Mary Kathleen Johnson (BBA), Karen M. Kanta (BSN), Duane William Kaul Jr. (MA), Jeston C. L. Kok (BSRLS), Shelly Ann Korbel (BAcc), Leslie Erin Lapsitis (BSEd), Kari Margaret Larson (BSEd+), Timothy Jon Larson (BSGE), Suzanne L. Ledbetter (BSSW), Farrah Joy Lee (BSN+), Rebecca Jean Lieberg (BA#, also graduated from UNDs Honors Program in English), Brad James Lies (BSEd*), Kristin Renee Lies (BSEd+), Russell Dean Lindvall (MA), Brian Todd Lloyd (BAcc# & BBA#);
Shawn Victoria MacDonald (BS#), Colin Stewart Mann (BSA), Nathan Nicholas Marshall (BA), Denise M. Melland (BSN), Betsy Diane Meyer (BA), Autumn Lynne Moen (BSEd), David L. Moen (BA), Jud Myron Molstad (BSEd), Jana Beth Monroe (BSEd), Michael Richard Mundahl (BA), Paul Roger Nelson (BMus+), Heidi Kathleen Nikunen (BSEd), Alan Gerald Nolte (BAcc*), Mandee Joy Page (BA*), Ryan G. Parsons (BS*), Angela Rae Passa (BSCJS*), Kathy R. Peppenger (BSCJS), Stephanie Dawn Peterson (BAcc), Kristina Marie Phelps (BFA), Joshua Ray Reinhardt (BFA), Kirsten Sue Renick (BSEE#), Peggie L. Rice (BA*, also graduated from UNDs Honors Program in visual arts), Terje Riisnaes (BA*), Kasey Marie Roberton (BSN+), Linda Mae Russell (BSCJS), Stacey C. Rygh (MSW), Corinne Sue Satrom (MEd), Jamie Ryan Schefter (BS), Jamie Ryan Schefter (BSOT), Mark Joseph Schill (BBA+), Celeste Diane Schmidt (BSEd*), Leif Hans Schonteich (BSOSEH), Jennifer Marie Schulz (BSEd), John Francis Shafer (BA), Trish Chalsea Simenson (BA), Jeffrey Steven Simons (BBA), Joann Joyce Simons (MSW), Emily Jill Sizer (BSN#), Daniel James Smith (BA), Kimberly Ann Sobolik (BFA#), Amy J. Stabenow (BSN), Susan Marie Stevens (BA), Bonnie Louise Storbakken (BSEd), Angela Jayne Sullivan (BA*), Sara Leann Sundberg (BSEd+), Lori Anne Swinney (MS), Traci Lynn Torgerson (BSN+), Jamie Marie Toutenhoofd (BSEd*), Lindsay Beth Wilkens (BA+), Sara Emily Williams (BA), Shelley S. Williams (BSCLS), Suzanne Macdonald Winkel (MA), Jean Marie Youshefski (BA), Thomas Gary Zick (BSFWB);
Grand Forks Air Force Base -- Renae Rose Rausch (MEd), Kellie S. Webster (BSN); Hampden -- Natalie A. Simon (MBA); Harvey -- Chad D. Thomas (BA); Hatton -- Jenny Lynn Monson (BBA), John Tollef Thompson (BA); Hazen -- Chad Dwayne Mannie (BSRLS); Hillsboro -- Garrett Mitchell Tvinnereim (BAcc#); Hoople -- Brenda Renee Rinde (MBA); Jamestown -- Cynthia Lee Ault (MS), Casey Ray Carr (BSN*), Adam Michael Espeseth (BSEE+), Grant Curtis Geiszler (BBA), Martin Dean Monek (M A), Edgar Ortegon (BA), Sara Jane Walls (BS*), Amy Marie Walz (BS), Tiffany Joy White (BSEd*); Karlsruhe -- Tania Lea Bossert (MS); Kenmare -- Kari Marie Haugland (BSN+), Matthew John Lehman (BAcc*), Pam Rauschenberger (BAcc#); Langdon -- Jason Roger Hill (BBA), Melissa Lee Hiltner (MEd), April Marie Olson (BSN+); Larimore -- Steven J. Larimore (BBA), Timothy James Tuma (BAcc); Lidgerwood -- Valerie Rae Dunn (BSEd*); Lignite -- Leah Suzanne Hermanson (BSOT#);
Maddock -- Deborah L. Hanson (MSW), Michael John Sorlie (BSEd*); Mandan -- Daniel Reese Clouston (BSOT+), Thomas Albert Klein (MBA), Shannon Lea Markel (BSEd*), Lynnea J. Ritz (MSW), Kristi Lynn Schatz (BA+), Joe J. Sobolik (BSEd*), Kristie Ann Toman (BS+), Nancy Suzanne Weeda (BA# & BSEd#); McHenry -- Karla K. Harding (BAcc); McVille -- Karissa Rae Aaser (BSOT*); Mekinock -- Chris A. Schroder (BSN*); Michigan -- Erin Laura Barney (BA); Milnor -- Bradley Lynn Jenson (BAcc*); Minot -- Katie Rae Erickson (BS# & BSOT#), Joy-el Lynn Erie (BSEd#), Craig Alan Eshenko (BS*), Jason James Kihle (BMus#), Becky L. Mitchell (BSN+), Teresa Nichole Moe (BS*), Kerrie Jean Oster (BSEd+), Julie Marie Parker (MS), Robert Michael Semingson (BSOT*), Aaron Michael Wald (BS+), Paul Wells Williams (BBA); New England -- Fred Alan Urlacher (BBA*); New Town -- Nicholai Paul Braaten (BAcc), Allen J. Schlag (MS); Oakes -- Michael John Marek (BSA+); Park River -- Jonathan Edward Markusen (BSCE), Joy J. Rostvet (BSCJS), Brandon Frank Simmons (BSOT*), Shara Michelle Thompson (BBA); Parshall -- Nevets J. Hoff (BA), Justin A. Lerberg (BA); Pisek -- Monica Ann Praska (BS# & BSEd#); Portland -- Carmen Rygg (BSEd);
Reeder -- Tanya Rae Schwartz (BSOT*); Rolla -- Amy Jeanne Guderjohn (BA), Michael Ray Nadeau (BBA); Rugby -- Valerie Renee Hoffert (BAcc), Sherrice Lynn Roness (BSSW*); Sarles -- Jan Marie Stenmoen (MEd); Selfridge -- Amy Yellow (MSW); Sheyenne -- Sarah Jane OConnell (BSN); St. Michael -- Bonita Jewell Morin (BA); St. John -- Stephanie Marie LaRocque (PhD); Stanley -- Matthew Scott Lukach (BBA*); Thompson -- Andrea Marie Storbakken (BSSW#); Tioga -- Joann A. Nelson (MSW); Turtle Lake -- Jay Ronald Schlafmann (BBA); Valley City -- Tyler Jack Bjerke (BBA); Wahpeton -- Jasmine Marie Haugen (BAcc), Cindy Allyn Johnson (BSEd), Jason Curtis Wells (BSOSEH); Walhalla -- Gina Marie Cook (BSN*); Warwick -- Melanie Denise Harlen (BSEd); Washburn -- Brandon Jude Dettlaff (BBA), Barbara Anna Vollan (BSEd), Sarah Brook Westrum (BSRLS*); Watford City -- Brenda Jo Erie (MSW), Barry Michael Sanford (BBA); West Fargo -- Allison Jean Bonzer (BSEd*), Holly J. Hegstad (PhD), Robin Leigh Perez (BBA), Erin Lee Ziegler (BSEd*); Westhope -- Valerie Anne LaFontaine (BA); Williston -- Sarah Lynn Doeden (BSPE*), Rebecca Jane Griffis (BSATSC), Sara Lou Kemper (BAcc), Corrina Jo Martinsen (BBA), Jason K. Overland (BSEGT), Sarah Ann Ray (BA), Karla Ann Vilandre (BSEE), Krista Lynn Vilandre (BSEE); Wing -- Joyce Elise Wagner (BS); Wolford -- Katrina Marie Fritel (BBA); Wyndmere -- Jason Clark Kjar (BSOT*), Eric Michael Thompson (MD); Ypsilanti -- Marie Elizabeth Exner (BSEd*),
MINNESOTA
Ada -- Kristi Lynn Monette (BA); Albertville -- Kristan Rose Becker (BSN); Alexandria -- Jaime Sue Kvasager (BA+); Alvarado -- Anne Marie Olson (BSCJS); Anoka -- Mark Edward Orr (BSCE); Apple Valley -- Brianna Lee Brekke (BA#), Albert Henry Dahncke (BBA), Troy Steven Miller (BSA), Lynsay Day Seeger (BBA*); Bagley -- Beverly A. Hilliard (BA*); Barnesville -- Melissa Renae Erdmann (BSN*); Baudette -- Kari Lyn Slick-Galloway (BA), Heather Dawn Usiski (BBA); Bemidji -- Christopher A. Allery (JD), Elizabeth Jean Baer (BMus#), Eric Jon Burton (MA), Bonita Faye Conner (MS); Big Lake -- Nicole Marie Radtke (BSOT#); Blaine -- Charles Everett Hawkinson (MS); Bloomington -- Janelle Mary Griffin (BSEd*), Diana Catherine Hansen (BA & BSEd), Tricia Leigh Thorsland (BBA); Brainerd -- Christopher James Haux (MS); Brooklyn Park -- Solomon Africanus Ricks-Wesseh (MS); Buffalo -- Cameron Keith Barry (BBA*); Burnsville -- Katherine Ann Paulson (BSEd*), Stacy Dawn Price (BSEd); Byron -- Karla Lee Stromme (BSOT+);
Cannon Falls -- Joan Marie Barrett (BSOT+); Cedar -- Farrah Jane Warhol (BS*); Chanhassen -- Jason Richard Thompson (BSA#); Chisholm -- Jeremy Sean Laine (BSOT*), Terry James Nevalainen (BSCE); Climax -- Cheri Lynn Rosell (MSW); Coon Rapids -- Daniel Carlton Gorder (MPA); Crookston -- Claudia Diane Barton (MS), Melissa Lynn Boll (BSOT*), Rebecca Ann Cournia (BBA), Brooks M. Royal (BBA), Aaron Wayne Schenck (BSOT*), Leah Marie Siekas (BSEd), Lacey Rae Thiel (BSOT#); Crosby -- Louis Eugene Moritz (BSOSEH); Dent -- Jane Louise Strauch (BA); Detroit Lakes -- Brigette Joelle Burzette (BSEd*), Erik David Gunderson (BBA), Andrea Beth Johnson (BSEd*); Duluth -- Erika Kristine Jarvenpa (BSOT#), Amber Lynn Leschishin (BSOT+), Cigdem Usekes (PhD);
Eagle Bend -- Nathan Arthur Eckel (BSEE*), William W. Eckel (BSEE*); East Grand Forks -- Denae Diane Blue (MS), Stacie Lynn Engel (BSN*), Miles Albert Gregoire (BAcc#), Brandon John Hemsing (BSEd), Jennifer Lea Kane (BSSW*), Diane Lynn Littlejohn (BSOT*), Douglas Robert Patenaude (BA# &BS#), Holly Lynn Phillips (MS), Rebecca Ann Smette (BAcc*), Jodi Marie Stauss (BSN*), Jodie Marie Vonasek (BSN*); Eden Prairie -- Eugene Albert Chang (BSA*), Mark Douglas Keefer (BSEGT), Luke Sherwood Nelson (BBA*); Edina -- Christopher Joseph Gryskiewicz (BSA#), Eric William Hayes (BBA); Faribault -- Matthew Charles Champlin (BA); Fergus Falls -- Trevor Charles Christianson (BS+), Adam C. Emerich (BSEE+), Allison Correen Irish (BBA); Floodwood -- Lee Ronald Ruzynski (BSA#); Forest Lake -- Joel David Carman (BBA); Glencoe -- Michael Edward Gavin (BSA*); Glenwood -- Janelle Susan Anderson (BBA); Golden Valley -- Edgar (Tucker) Emery Hall III (BSA#); Goodridge -- Charlotte Ann Cullen (BSEd), Andrea Lyn Pittman (BAcc+); Grand Rapids -- Corey R. Applebee (BSEE#), Jacob William Carlson (BSME*), Darren Jay Johnson (BSChE);
Halma -- Sarah Audrey Cummins (BA); Hancock -- Larry Lee Timmerman (BA); Hermantown -- Meggan Elaine Johnson (BSEd); Hibbing -- James Joseph Archambeau (BSEE), Kimberly Ann Krueth (BSME), Jeffrey David Milkovich (BSEE+); International Falls -- Ginger Kay Urban (BS); Lakeville -- Paris Patricia Ehresmann (BA), Chad Erik Stinar (BSAS), Katherine Helane VonBerge (BA*); Little Falls -- Travis David Hochhalter (BSEd+); Mahnomen -- Mark Charles Kahlbaugh (BSOT), Thomas Wayne Kahlbaugh (BSN); Maple Grove -- Krista Marie Johnson (BSOT#); Marble -- Kristina Lea Dwyer (BA*); McIntosh -- Kristi L. Evenson (BSEd#, also graduated from UNDs Honors Program in elementary Education), Kari Jean Martin (BSEd); Middle River -- Gregory Patrick Buckta (BA); Milaca -- Andrea Nicole Lindstrom (BSOT+); Minneapolis -- Stacy Joann Delzer (BSEGT); Minnesota Lake -- Derek Dale Huebsch (BSA+); Monticello -- Clinton G. Link (BSEd); Moorhead -- Yahya Frederickson (PhD), Timothy John Heng (BS), Michele Karen Hovland (BSOT*), Brian Keith Moe (BBA), Jeni R. Nelson (BSEd*), Stacy L. Scheel (BSRLS#); Mounds View -- Colleen Michelle Smith (BA);
New London -- Shannon Louise Hanson-Flegel (BSOT#); New Prague -- Angela Marie Hoffman (BBA); Newfolden -- Tiffany Jo Harbott (BSEd+); Northfield -- Andrew Stewart Mathews (BSChE); Owatonna -- John O. Ross (MA); Park Rapids -- Amy Colleen Yerkes (MA); Perham -- Robert James Hendrickson (BSOT+); Plummer -- Aaron Martin Rosten (BBA); Princeton -- Amanda Marie Johnson (BA+); Proctor -- Scott Richard Jenkins (BS & BSOT); Rice -- Aric James Katterhagen (MS); Robbinsdale -- Molly Kay Dunn (BSEd); Roseau -- Nichole Renae Jensen (BMus), Robert Dale Moser (BSIT), Matthew Stanley Roadfeldt (BBA*); Rothsay -- Linda Marian Thomas (MSW);
Sabin -- Roberta Ann Benedict (BSEd*); Savage -- Darcy Lynn Spears (BBA+); Shoreview -- Martin Jon Anderson (BBA+); St. Cloud -- Michelle Ann Kritzeck (BS), Dana Michael Williams (BA*); St. Louis Park -- Andrew James Boyce (BSA); St. Paul -- Heather J. Walker (MA); St. Paul Park -- Mark David Bents (BBA+); Staples -- John Clifford Avery (MSW); Starbuck -- Nathan John Metz (BSEd); Stephen -- Jennifer Dawn Smith (BBA); Stillwater -- Brian Lee Frank (BSA); Thief River Falls -- Seamus Patrick Duffy (BAcc*), Karla Gail Swanson (MEd); Underwood -- Melissa Sue Malbraaten (BBA+); Walker -- Briony Hall Raymond (BSEd#); Warren -- Scott Alan Doss (MS), Christopher Harold Frederick (BBA), Scott Robert Fredrickson (BSME); West St. Paul -- Damian Christian Pazdernik (BSA#); Winona -- Dietrich Rapp Flesch (BSCE); Woodbury -- Lisa Marie Finger (BSCJS*), John Kalevi Sievila (BSEE); Zumbro Falls -- Joshua David Stevenson (MS);
OTHER STATESALASKA: Anchorage -- Willow Amber Jett (BSA); ARIZONA: Phoenix -- Jamuel Ruiz-Flores (BA); Tucson -- Robert W. Current (PhD); CALIFORNIA: Bakersfield -- Carl Arthur Lamont Jr. (BSAS); Fountain Valley -- Scott A. Westrup (BSA#); Fresno -- David Christopher Maloney (BSOT*); Huntington Beach -- John Christopher Petty (BSAS), Michael David Shoup (BSA#); Lemoore -- Jo-Ann Halcon Heick (BS); Los Angeles -- Todd Matthew Anderson (BBA), John Charles Randall Jr. (BA); Merced -- Nancy Leann Correll (BSEd*); San Diego -- Mildred J. Helgeson (BSEd), Daniel Kevin Malott (BSA); Trabuco Canyon -- Randolph Layug Reyes (BSA*); Walnut Creek -- Gerald K. McKeegan (MS); Whittier -- Donald Lee Charlton (BSA); COLORADO: Arvada -- Jonas Ian Downing (BSA); Aurora -- Brian P. Allen (BBA); Mack -- Mark Andrew Carlson (MS); CONNECTICUT: Naugatuck -- Sarah A. Wasbes (BSA); Stamford -- Christopher Stephen Wells (BSA*); FLORIDA: Tallahassee -- Stuart Andrew Pettis (MS); Tampa -- Amie Christina Tavanese (MS), Larry Donald Tillman (BSA#);
IDAHO: Idaho Falls -- Nephi Aaron Gold (BSOT#); Rexburg -- Rozalynn Webster (BSOT+); Rigby -- Suzanne Marie Cook (BSOT#); Sandpoint -- Keith P. Coon (BSOT); ILLINOIS: Chicago -- Teera Tony Tunyavongs (MS); Dunlap -- Cheryl Conerty LeNeve (BS); Moline -- Tony Jay Fletcher (BSA); Monticello -- Andrew Travis Chase (BSA+); Orion -- Jeffrey Roger Nightingale (BSA*); Salem -- Shawn G. Richards (BSCJS); Wood Dale -- Adam Timat (BSA); IOWA: Ankeny -- Brian Dietrich Ratcliff (BSA+); Cedar Falls -- Barbara Dian ODonnell (EdD); Council Bluffs -- Joseph Robert Demory (BBA#); Des Moines -- Brad Andrew Skirnick (BSAS);
KANSAS: Blaine -- Mary Jane Damme (BSOT#); Lawrence -- Trent Jason Williams (MS); Topeka -- L. Wendie Hickey (BSCJS); Wichita -- Michael James Stagl (BSA+); KENTUCKY: Frankfort -- Chad Willis Collins (BA); LOUISIANA: New Orleans -- Dana Michelle Borowiak (MA); Pineville -- Kathleen Marcella Wright (BS*); MAINE: Bangor --J ames A. Higgins (BSAS); MARYLAND: Gaithersburg -- Kevin L. Crim (BBA); MASSACHUSETTS: Great Barrington -- Todd Mathew Baker (BSAS); MICHIGAN: Canton -- Matthew Joseph Paupore (BSEd*); Ironwood -- Renee Dawn Tufts (BBA);
MONTANA: Billings -- Benjamin James Downs (BSA), David William Loyd (BBA#, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, United States Army); Columbia Falls -- Robert D. Smith (BSOSEH); Great Falls -- Britne M. Nimmick (BSOT+); Kalispell -- Rhiana Renee Kramer (BSOT+); Miles City -- Kevin Jess Cameron (BSA+), Murray Thomas Zook (BBA); Missoula -- Paul Bryant Tully (BSAS); Sidney -- Dustin Duane Douglas (BSAWS), Michael Allen Odenbach (BSAS);
NEBRASKA: Elkhorn -- Todd James Janovsky (BSA+); Kearney -- Shelley Claire Koerner (BSOT); Lincoln -- Christopher Jon Hoelscher (BSA); Omaha -- William Joseph Strand (BFA*); NEW JERSEY: Bloomington -- David Jason Shattls (BSAS); Clifton -- Scott Vincent Gerum (MS); Holmdel -- Mark Christian Lindstoel (BA+), Mark Christian Lindstoel (MBA); NEW YORK: Farmingdale -- Brian M. Miller (MS); Hurley -- Edward Z. Judson (BSIT); New Paltz -- Lauren L. Brunjes (BA); Stephentown -- Mary Lou Meyers (BSEd*); Syracuse -- Jennifer Lynne Heldmann (MS); Utica -- Gregory James Jaros (BSEd); NORTH CAROLINA: Morehead City -- Kevin Joseph Wright (BSA*);
OHIO: Boardman -- Marcanthony Gabriele (MS); Cincinnati -- Yuan Huang (MS), Doug Ottke (MS); Clyde -- Thomas Edward Kochendoerfer (MS); Englewood -- Eric Matthew Brusven (BSA+); Gahanna -- Paul D. Heine Jr. (BSCN); North Canton -- Dawn Lisa Ciccarello (MBA); OKLAHOMA: Choctaw -- Molly M. Tarkington (BA*); OREGON: Astoria -- Simon Laughery Gretsch (BSA); Beaverton -- Derek Nicholas Loehndorf (BSA); Forest Grove -- Benjamin Arthur Pritchard (BSA*); Hillsboro -- Kristen Ann Schueller (BS*); PENNSYLVANIA: Brookville -- Kristina A. Weaver (BSSW#); Erie -- Joseph William Gaerttner (JD); Evans City -- Jeffrey Scott Crider (MS); Indiana -- Hyeong-Min Kang (MA); New Bethlehem -- Daniel L. Bessetti (MS); RHODE ISLAND: Providence -- P. Michael Cabana (BSAS); SOUTH CAROLINA: Tamassee -- Lee Erin Morris (BSA);
SOUTH DAKOTA: Brandon -- Pamela R. Hilber (PhD); Canton -- Sara Marie Sipple (BSOT#); Fedora -- Shelly Ann Donahue (BSEd*); Fort Pierre -- Mollie Rebecca Jerome (BSEd); Highmore -- Rachel Elizabeth Miller (BSEd#); Langford -- Heather Jean Fagerland (BSN*); Sioux Falls -- Stephanie Marie Fuller (PhD), Kirby L. Garry (BS), Timothy J. Just (BBA), Jeffrey Scott Munce (JD); Sisseton -- Todd Waylon Goodsell (BSCJS); Watertown -- Shawn M. Liebl (BSATSC); Wentworth -- Scott Alan Backus (BBA);
TENNESSEE: Chattanooga -- Allison Noel Pate (PhD); TEXAS: Coppell -- Patrisha Brooke Wilson (BA); El Paso -- Amie Marie Vela (BSA*); Kingwood -- Michael Anthony Perez (BSA*); Texarkana -- Jerry Bob Browning (BS); UTAH: Payson -- Michael Thomas Hudson (BSOT*);
VERMONT: Bethel -- Justin Rhoades Curtis (BSA*); VIRGINIA: Ashburn -- Justin Spence Page Lewis (BSA+); Blacksburg -- Charles Hart Peterson (MS); Sterling -- Sarah Lindsay Clark (BSA+); WASHINGTON: Bellevue -- Marc Christopher Messina (BSA); Cheney -- Jack Kajuo Ballard (MS); Kingston -- Larry David Marson (BBA*, Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, United States Army); Moses Lake -- Laura Marie Perrault (BSOT+); Tacoma -- James S. Poling (BSEd+); Vancouver -- Brian James Slaughter (BSAS); WISCONSIN: Baldwin -- John Jay Wolf (M S); Burlington -- Matthew Ryan Wiesner (BSAS); Eau Claire -- Cheryl Ann Diermyer (MS); Green Bay -- Timothy John Rice (BSAS); Hortonville -- Rachel Maria Peterson (BBA); Hudson -- Chad Scott Gilbert (BSA); Marshfield -- Reyne Marie Shefchik (BS); Milladore -- Kari Jane Altmann (BSPE); Minocqua -- Eric Joseph Pogodzinski (BSA#); Neillsville -- Justin Tyler Foster (BSA); River Falls -- Gregory Nicholas Geissinger (BS); Sturgeon Bay -- Douglas Allen Rock (BSA+); Watertown -- Andrew Kenneth May (BSA), Bernadette M. May (BS+); Whitehall -- Elizabeth Iva Martin (BBA#); Wild Rose -- Robert Oliver Thomsen (BSA#),
WYOMING: Casper -- Lori Kathleen Clifford (BA*), Martha Jo Linn (BS), Patricia Lynn Moulton (MA), William Robert Shughart (BS), Sherri D. Strohman (BSOT*); Cody -- Jason R. Hogg (BSA); Douglas -- Ryan Charles Cathcart (BSOT*); Gillette -- Travis Sean Hardy (BSA); Riverton -- Amber Bertagnole (BMus#); Torrington -- Jennifer Welde Harpstreith (BSOT);
CANADA
MANITOBA: Altona -- Perry James Mikita (MBA); Ashern -- Kent William Duncan McPherson (BSPE*); Graysville -- Cheryl Elizabeth Sylvester (BSChE); Portage La Prairie -- Bobbi-Lyn Michelle Kirton (MS); Winnipeg -- Megan Suzanne Bamburak (MS), Cheryl Joyce Bodnarus (MS), James A. Bush (BA), Peter Anthony Caputo (BSA*), John Alexander Chritchley (BSAS), Tracy Lyn Krahn (BSOT+), Julie Ann Restall (BA*), David Daniel Tonn (BSA), Nicholas Peter Vardalos (BSGE); ONTARIO: Brockville -- Andrzej Jan Hejnar (BSEE*); North Portal -- Gregory Lewis Schindel (BSFWB); Rouleau -- Nicole Leslie Schoenau (BSOT*); Saskatoon -- Jeffrey Thomas Murray (BSCE); Wawota -- Carey Lynn Olson (MS);
OTHER COUNTRIES
BANGLADESH: Dhaka -- A. S. M. Rokanuzzaman (MS); BELGIUM -- Alexandre C. D. Serck (BSA+); CHINA: Ning Shaan -- Qiangrong Liang (PhD); JAPAN: Chichibu -- Hiroshi Fukushima (BSA*); Fukuoka-Shi -- Makoto Ono (BSA*); Yokohama -- Kazumasa Sugiura (BSA); MEXICO: Mexico City -- Ramon De La Cabada (BSA); NORWAY: Fredrikstad -- Lene Cecilie Johansen (BA+ & BSSW+); Kongsberg -- Kim Kristvag Pedersen (BBA*); Moss -- Line Kathea Jacobsen (BBA*), Bjorn Ruud (BA+); Risoer -- Harald Lindstoel (BBA*); UNITED KINGDOM: Stoke-on-Trent -- Helen Hooper (MS).
University of North Dakota Degrees, listed alphabetically by degree abbreviation:
BA -- Bachelor of Arts, College of Arts and Sciences
BA -- Bachelor of Arts, College of Fine Arts and Communication
BAcc -- Bachelor of Accountancy, College of Business and Public Administration
BBA -- Bachelor of Business Administration, College of Business and Public Administration
BFA -- Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts and Communication
BMus -- Bachelor of Music, College of Fine Arts and Communication
BS -- Bachelor of Science, College of Arts and Sciences
BSA -- Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
BSAT -- Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
BSAtSc -- Bachelor of Atmospheric Science, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
BSAWS -- Bachelor of Airway Science, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
BSCE -- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, School of Engineering and Mines
BSChE -- Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering and Mines
BSChem -- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
BSCLS -- Bachelor of Science in Clinical Laboratory Science, School of Medicine and Health
Sciences
BSCJS -- Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
BSCN -- Bachelor of Science in Community Nutrition, College of Nursing
BSCyto -- Bachelor of Science in Cytotechnology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
BSD -- Bachelor of Science in Dietetics, College of Nursing
BSEd -- Bachelor of Science in Education, College of Education and Human Development
BSEE -- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Mines
BSEGT -- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geology and Technology, School of Engineering
and Mines
BSEM -- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management, School of Engineering and Mines
BSEP -- Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, School of Engineering and Mines
BSFCS -- Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Nursing
BSFWB -- Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, College of Arts and Sciences
BSGE -- Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering, School of Engineering and Mines
BSGeol -- Bachelor of Science in Geology, College of Arts and Sciences
BSIT -- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology, College of Business and Public
Administration
BSME -- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Mines
BSN -- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, College of Nursing
BSOSEH -- Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health, College of
Business and Public Administration
BSOT -- Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
BSPA -- Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, College of Business and Public
Administration
BSPE -- Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, College of Education and Human
Development
BSPT -- Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
BSRLS -- Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Leisure Services, College of Education and
Human Development
BSSW -- Bachelor of Science in Social Work, College of Education and Human Development
DA -- Doctor of Arts, Graduate School
EdD -- Doctor of Education, Graduate School
EdS -- Specialist Diploma, Graduate School
JD -- Juris Doctor, School of Law
MA -- Master of Arts, Graduate School
MBA -- Master of Business Administration, Graduate School
MD -- Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
MEd -- Master of Education, Graduate School
MEngr -- Master of Engineering, Graduat
