THE
COMMENCEMENT
May 2015
THE
COMMENCEMENT
Friday, May 15, 2015
Saturday, May 16, 2015
UNITED SUPERMARKETS ARENA
3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
LU B B O C K , T E XA S
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Administration
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About Texas Tech University
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Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement Ceremonies
Commencement Speaker
About President Nellis
Acknowledgements
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Convocations Committee
College Readers
Administrative Representatives
Student Banner Bearers
Faculty Banner Bearers for Ceremonies
Library Banner Bearers for Ceremonies
International Flags
Presidential Mace
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Graduation Honors
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List of Graduate School Degree Candidates
List of Undergraduate Degree Candidates
Receptions and Other Ceremonies
Candidates for Military Commissions
Academic Dress and Procession
College Banners
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Texas Tech Traditions
Seating Charts
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OUR MISSION
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As a public research university, Texas Tech advances knowledge
through innovative and creative teaching, research, and scholarship.
The university is dedicated to student success by preparing learners
to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce.
The university is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic
development of the state, nation, and world.
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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
ROBERT V. DUNCAN, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research;
Professor of Physics
M. DUANE NELLIS, Ph.D.
President and Professor of Geosciences
LAWRENCE E. SCHOVANEC, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President;
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
NOEL SLOAN, J.D., CPA
Vice President for Administration and Finance;
Chief Financial Officer
JUAN S. MUÑOZ, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Institutional
Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement;
Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Education and Student Affairs;
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
CHANCELLOR / BOARD OF REGENTS
ROBERT DUNCAN, J.D.
Chancellor, Texas Tech University System
MR. LARRY K. ANDERS
Dallas, Texas
MR. CHRISTOPHER M. HUCKABEE
Fort Worth, Texas
MR. MICKEY L. LONG
Chairman, Board of Regents
Midland, Texas
MR. JOHN ESPARZA
Austin, Texas
MR. TIM LANCASTER
Abilene, Texas
MR. L. FREDERICK “RICK” FRANCIS
El Paso, Texas
MR. JOHN D. STEINMETZ
Lubbock, Texas
MR. RONNIE HAMMONDS
Houston, Texas
MR. COBY RAY
Plano, Texas
MRS. DEBBIE MONTFORD
Vice Chairwoman, Board of Regents
San Antonio, Texas
ACADEMIC OFFICERS
MARK SHERIDAN, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Graduate and
Postdoctoral Affairs;
Dean, Graduate School;
Professor of Biology
DARBY DICKERSON, J.D.
Dean, School of Law;
W. Frank Newton Professor of Law
MICHAEL L. GALYEAN, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and
Natural Resources; Paul Whitfield Horn
Professor and Thornton Distinguished Chair,
Animal and Food Sciences
ANDREW D. VERNOOY, M.Des.S.
Dean and Professor,
College of Architecture
W. BRENT LINDQUIST Ph.D.
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences;
Professor of Mathematics
MICHAEL SAN FRANCISCO, Ph.D.
Dean, Honors College;
Professor of Biology
LANCE A. NAIL, Ph.D., CFA
Dean, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business;
Professor of Business Administration
LINDA C. HOOVER, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Human Sciences;
Professor of Restaurant, Hotel and
Institutional Management
SCOTT RIDLEY, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Education;
Professor of Education
AL SACCO, JR., Ph.D.
Dean, Edward E. Whitacre Jr.
College of Engineering;
Professor of Chemical Engineering
DAVID D. PERLMUTTER, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Media and Communication;
Professor of Journalism and
Electronic Media/Public Relations
CAROL D. EDWARDS, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts;
Professor of Art
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ABOUT TEXAS TECH
ROM ITS VERY BEGINNING
the Texas Tech University community has had a sense of destiny and an
awareness of the impact it could and
would have on Texas and the wider world.
Originally named Texas Technological College,
the college opened in 1925 with six buildings,
four schools (Agriculture, Engineering, Home
Economics, and Liberal Arts), and an enrollment
of 914. Texas Tech grew rapidly after World War
II, and in 1969 the Texas legislature approved
a name change to Texas Tech University. In the
years since, Texas Tech has grown to become
the largest comprehensive higher education
institution in the western two-thirds of the
state. As the only campus in Texas that is home
to a major university, law school, and medical
school, the university is the major institution of
higher education in a region larger than 46 of
the nation’s 50 states.
Today, Texas Tech continues to thrive, with
more than 35,000 students enrolled in its 11
colleges: Agricultural Sciences and Natural
Resources, Architecture, Arts and Sciences,
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business, Education,
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering,
Honors College, Human Sciences, Media and
Communication, Visual and Performing Arts,
and the Graduate School, as well as University
Programs via the Provost’s Office. The institution’s goal is to enroll 40,000 students by 2020.
Because of its educational scope and purpose and the size of the region it serves, Texas
Tech University operates in numerous Texas
locations beyond the Lubbock campus. In
all the Texas Tech University System—which
includes Texas Tech University, Angelo State
University, Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center, and Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center at El Paso—has more
than 44,000 students enrolled.
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ABOUT TEXAS TECH
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INCE TEXAS TECH’S FIRST
graduation ceremony in the spring of 1927,
more than 200,000 undergraduate and
graduate degrees have been awarded by
the university. From these proud graduates have
emerged captains of industry, world-renowned
surgeons, noted authors, famous singers, acclaimed
teachers and professors, attorneys, entrepreneurs,
agronomists, scientists, professional athletes, and
countless others who have claimed positions of service and responsibility in a rapidly changing world.
Texas Tech University graduates have governed
three states, flown in space, won Olympic gold
medals, served as ambassadors to foreign countries, acted on Broadway stages, won Pulitzer
Prizes, served in Congress, led Fortune 500
companies, and been watched by millions on
network television news.
Not all graduates will achieve fame and fortune
in equal measure, but all Texas
Tech graduates can point with
pride to the solid academic
preparation they received and
the personal connections they
made as Red Raiders. For
beneath the spacious skies of
West Texas and in the halls of
brick and tile through which
they strolled during their time on
campus, generations of Texas
Tech students have been provided a foundation for success that is without parallel. As they take their first steps into professional
careers that will see many of them literally change
the world, they can remember with certainty one
important fact about Texas Tech University:
From here, it’s possible.
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Friday, May 15, 2015
3:00 p.m.
Presiding
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
President, Texas Tech University
Processional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor
National Anthem
Dr. Quinn Patrick Ankrum
Assistant Professor of Music, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Welcoming Remarks
Mr. John D. Steinmetz
Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System
Introduction of Commencement Speaker
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Commencement Address
Ms. Arcilia C. Acosta
President and CEO, CARCON Industries and Construction
Conferring of Degrees
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec
Provost and Senior Vice President
Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates
Dr. W. Brent Lindquist
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Recognition of Outstanding Students
Class of 2015
Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec
Charge to the Graduates
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Alma Mater
(Words on Back Cover)
Ms. Raelee Nicole Gold
Graduating with a Bachelor of Music
Recessional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Friday, May 15, 2015
7:00 p.m.
Presiding
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
President, Texas Tech University
Processional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor
National Anthem
Ms. Justine Julianne Halamicek
Graduating with a Master of Music
Welcoming Remarks
Mrs. Debbie Montford
Vice Chairwoman, Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System
Introduction of Commencement Speaker
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Commencement Address
Ms. Arcilia C. Acosta
President and CEO, CARCON Industries and Construction
Conferring of Degrees
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec
Provost and Senior Vice President
Presentation of Doctoral and
Master’s Degree Candidates
Dr. Mark A. Sheridan
Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean, Graduate School
Charge to the Graduates
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Alma Mater
(Words on Back Cover)
Mr. Kevin Jacob Bibelhausen
Graduating with a Master of Music
Recessional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Saturday, May 16, 2015
9:00 a.m.
Presiding
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
President, Texas Tech University
Processional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor
National Anthem
Ms. Alicia Grace Yantosca
Graduating with a Bachelor of Music
Welcoming Remarks
Mr. John Esparza
Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System
Introduction of Commencement Speaker
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Commencement Address
Ms. Arcilia C. Acosta
President and CEO, CARCON Industries and Construction
Conferring of Degrees
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec
Provost and Senior Vice President
Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates
Dr. Linda C. Hoover
Dean, College of Human Sciences
Dr. Scott Ridley
Dean, College of Education
Dr. Al Sacco, Jr.
Dean, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering
Mr. Clifton Ellis
Associate Dean for Academics, College of Architecture
Dr. Carol D. Edwards
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Recognition of Outstanding Students
Class of 2015
Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec
Charge to the Graduates
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Alma Mater
(Words on Back Cover)
Ms. Marenda Renée Natera
Graduating with a Bachelor of Music
Recessional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Saturday, May 16, 2015
1:30 p.m.
Presiding
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
President, Texas Tech University
Processional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
Prof. Duane Hill, Conductor
National Anthem
Ms. Tiffany Taylor Nack
Graduating with a Master of Music
Welcoming Remarks
Mr. John Esparza
Board of Regents, Texas Tech University System
Introduction of Commencement Speaker
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Commencement Address
Ms. Arcilia C. Acosta
President and CEO, CARCON Industries and Construction
Conferring of Degrees
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec
Provost and Senior Vice President
Presentation of Bachelor’s Degree Candidates
Dr. Lance A. Nail
Dean, Jerry S. Rawls College of Business
Dr. David Perlmutter
Dean, College of Media and Communication
Dr. Aliza Wong
Associate Dean, Honors College
Dr. Michael L. Galyean
Dean, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Dr. Juan S. Muñoz
(presenting University Studies and Wind Energy degrees)
Senior Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and
Community Engagement; Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
and Student Affairs
Recognition of Outstanding Students
Class of 2015
Dr. Lawrence E. Schovanec
Charge to the Graduates
Dr. M. Duane Nellis
Alma Mater
(Words on Back Cover)
Ms. Raelee Nicole Gold
Graduating with a Bachelor of Music
Recessional*
Texas Tech Commencement Band
* Please remain seated during the Processional and Recessional
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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
A rcilia C. Acosta is the president and CEO of CARCON Industries and Construction, and STL
Engineers. She incorporated CARCON 15 years ago after spending seven years in finance
and banking. Today, CARCON is a full service construction company with offices in Fort Worth,
Houston, Corpus Christi, Midland and corporate offices based in Dallas, Texas. CARCON provides
construction and program management for a wide range of transportation, transit, industrial,
civil, educational, and highway construction projects. Acosta founded STL Engineers, a Dallasbased geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing firm, in 2003. In 2014, Acosta
was inducted into the National Women’s Business Hall of Fame by the National Women’s Business Council. She has also been recognized by Texas Diversity magazine as one of the most influential and powerful women in Texas three year consecutive years. In 2015, Ford Motor Company
honored Acosta in their celebration of National Women’s History Month. She has been featured
in many state and national publications, most recently in March 2015 as a top corporate board
director in Hispanic Executive magazine.
In addition to her work as CEO at CARCON and STL, Acosta serves on the board of directors of
Energy Future Holdings Corporation, the parent company of TXU Energy, ONCOR Services, and Luminant Corporations. She
also serves on the board of directors of Legacy Texas Financial Group, Inc., a bank holding company. Acosta is a board member of the Dallas Citizens Council; former chair of the Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; past chair of the Greater Dallas
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; and a board member of the Associated Republicans of Texas. She has served on the Texas
Tech University National Alumni Association since 2010, and is a member of the National Women’s Energy Network.
Acosta is a graduate of Texas Tech University, Harvard University Business School, and SMU’s Southwest School of Banking.
She is also the proud mother of two sons, the older of whom is a sophomore at Texas Tech, and the younger of whom will be
a freshman at Texas Tech in the fall.
ABOUT PRESIDENT M. DUANE NELLIS
M.
Duane Nellis was named the 16th president of Texas Tech University on March 22,
2013, and began serving as president in June 2013. As a national higher education
leader and president of Texas Tech, Nellis has been committed to enhancing Texas Tech University’s presence as a top tier national public research university through efforts that promote
even greater levels of student success, academic quality and reputation, research and creative
activities, and outreach dimensions. Nellis has defined Texas Tech 21st-century pillars of excellence around such themes as being more entrepreneurial, more engaged, with a commitment
to inter-disciplinary activities and global connections, while enhancing diversity.
He is recognized nationally and internationally for his research that utilizes satellite data and
geographic information systems to analyze various dimensions of the Earth’s land surface. This
research has been funded by more than 50 sources, such as NASA, the National Geographic
Society, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. His research has led to more than 120 articles and reports in a wide range of professional
journals, and 17 books and book chapters. He has given more than 100 professional presentations and has been invited to speak at more than 60 universities and related settings internationally.
Nellis also has been recognized nationally and internationally for his research and teaching through numerous awards
from organizations such as the Association of American Geographers (AAG), AAG’s John Fraser Hart Award for Excellence
in Research, the Outstanding Contributions Award by the AAG’s Remote Sensing Specialty Group, the Young Research
Scholar Award by the Institute of British Geographers, the Kansas State University Outstanding Teaching Award and
University Adviser of the Year Award, as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and as a
Distinguished Alumni Fellow Award recipient from Oregon State University. Nellis previously served as provost and senior
vice president at Kansas State University. He also served as dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia
University, the institution’s largest academic college.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONVOCATIONS COMMITTEE
COLLEGE READERS
STUDENT BANNER BEARERS
Ms. Shelley Barba, Chair Dr. Barent McCool, Chair-Elect
Dr. Amma K. Akrofi
Dr. Rima Al Aijouni
Mr. Pradeep Attaluri
Mr. Ian Barba
Dr. Alan Barenberg
Dr. Rhonda Boros
Dr. Julie Chang
Dr. Fanni Coward
Dr. Mukaddes Darwish
Prof. Genevieve Durham DeCesaro
Ms. Peggy Flores
Dr. Matt Hart
Ms. Laura Heinz
Dr. Karlos Hill
Dr. Catherine Jai
Dr. Carole Janisch
Dr. David Klein
Dr. Katie Langford
Dr. Jingyu Lin
Dr. Elizabeth Louden
Dr. Jaime Malaga
Dr. Courtney Meyers
Dr. Mark Moore
Dr. Mary Murimi
Dr. Diego Pascual
Mr. Nick Pawelka
Dr. Comfort Pratt
Dr. Anne Prouty
Mr. Tom Rohrig
Mr. Matthew Schlief
Ms. Cheryl Stevenson
Ms. Carrye Syma
Mr. Jake Syma
Dr. Anna Tacon
Dr. Marcus Tanner
Dr. Susan Tomlinson
Dr. Shu Wang
Ms. Lynn Whitfield
Ms. Heidi Winkler
Dr. Aliza Wong
Dr. Amani Zaier
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Dr. Erica Irlbeck
Architecture – Professor Michael T. Martin
Arts and Sciences – Dr. David Roach
Business – Mr. Derrick Ginter
Education – Dr. Kathryn Button
Engineering – Mr. Derrick Ginter
Graduate School – Dr. William Gelber
Human Sciences – Dr. Bill Gustafson
Media and Communication –
Dr. Todd Chambers
University Programs – Dr. Marcus Tanner
Visual and Performing Arts –
Dr. William Gelber
Wind Energy – Dr. Marcus Tanner
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources – Mr. Landon Garrett Bell
Architecture – Mr. Esteban Robles
Arts and Sciences –
Mr. Philip Colvin Jarrett III
Business – Ms. Nicole Lynn Hragyil
Education – Ms. Brittany Bohuslav
Wiltshire
Engineering – Mr. Sean K. Sommers
Graduate School –
Mr. Matthew Daniel Sellers
Honors College –
3:00 p.m. – Mr. Alexander Reese Norton
9:00 a.m. – Ms. Jessica Miller Baas
1:30 p.m. – Ms. Ryley T Bennett
Human Sciences –
Ms. Erin Elizabeth Garner
Media and Communication –
Ms. Thea Elizabeth McDonald
University Programs –
Ms. Laura Ann Atkins
Visual and Performing Arts –
Mr. Ryan James Miller
LIBRARY BANNER BEARERS
3:00 p.m. – Tom Rohrig
Associate Librarian
9:00 a.m. – Bonnie Reed
Librarian
1:30 p.m. – Rob King
Assistant Librarian
ADMINISTRATIVE
REPRESENTATIVES
Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources –
Ms. Savannah Leonard
Architecture – Ms. Anna Martinez-Lopez
Arts and Sciences – Ms. Kim Mills
Business – Ms. Geleah Sharp
Education – Ms. Karen Noles
Engineering – Ms. Tonette Rittenberry
Graduate School – Ms. Vanessa Bara
Honors College – Ms. Megan Conley
Human Sciences – Mr. Andrew Vanderpool
Media and Communication – Ms. Ashton Ray
University Studies – Ms. Amy Peterman
and Ms. Sarah Foley
Visual and Performing Arts –
Ms. Kathy Nordstrom
Wind Energy – Ms. Kacey Young
FACULTY BANNER BEARERS
3:00 p.m. – Marjean Purinton, Ph.D.
Professor of English, College of Arts and
Sciences
7:00 p.m. – Stephen Morse, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental,
and Construction Engineering, Edward E.
Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering
9:00 a.m. – C. Nichole Morelock, Ph.D.
Associate Chairperson and Assistant Professor of Community, Family, and Addiction Services, College of Human Sciences
1:30 p.m. – Shannon Bichard, Ph.D.
Chairperson and Associate Professor of
Advertising, College of Media and
Communication
INTERNATIONAL FLAGS
From earliest times flags have served as
symbols of ideals, aspirations, and loyalties,
representing in modern times the national
states and involving sentiments of pride and
patriotism. Every flag has its own tale of
national meaning to its symbols and colors.
Students from every state in the nation
have attended Texas Tech, and the fall 2014
enrollment included international students
from 105 countries. It is with pride that the
university displays flags from around the
world to represent the many countries that
comprise the Texas Tech student body.
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PRESIDENTIAL MACE
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ROWNED BY A FLAME symbolizing the Light of Knowledge, the Texas Tech University Presidential Mace
is the symbolic staff of the power and authority of the university. It is constructed of lathed and molded
bronze that has been rubbed with a layer of 24K gold. The school crest is presented on either side directly
under the flame. Hand-rubbed black walnut has been used for the connecting shafts. The mace was designed by
Professor Robly A. Glover in the School of Art. Professor Glover’s artwork
is on display throughout the United States and included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Yale Silver Collection,
and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
MACE BEARERS
GRADUATE SCHOOL CEREMONY
7:00 p.m., May 15
Sterling Shumway, Ph.D.
Chairperson and Associate Professor
Department of Community Family, and
Addiction Services
College of Human Sciences
UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONIES
3:00 p.m., May 15
Kent Pearce, Ph.D.
Chairperson and Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
College of Arts and Sciences
9:00 a.m., May 16
Saif Haq, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
College of Architecture
1:30 p.m., May 16
Ryan Rathmann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Animal and Food Sciences
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Professor Robly A. Glover
carries the Presidential Mace
he designed for Texas Tech University
commencement ceremonies.
GRADUATION HONORS
Graduating seniors who have maintained an overall 4.0 GPA include the following:
ADEET A. AMIN
LAURA ANN ATKINS
JORDAN NICOLE BALLBACK
MARYAM BARZI
LANDON GARRETT BELL
CORBIN RICHARD BEST
ROBIN JORDAN BOYLE
ANNA MARIA CORTEZ
ALEXANDER DABREU
SADIE DIERSCHKE
YOUSSEF M. ELWAZIRY
ANDREW J. FILLINGIM
DONNA MIZE FOGELBERG
CLINTON ANDREW GABEL
JESSICA RACHEL GLOCKNER
SARAH GORNEY
KAYLEE ELIZABETH GRANDAGE
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TAYLER GREEN
REBECCA MOLLIE HAMM
MICHAEL R. HATLEY
AMANDA NICOLE HAVERFIELD
HEATH RAGAN HOLT
NICOLE LYNN HRAGYIL
DARIA ALEXSANDROVNA IVANOVA
KRISTIN LYNN IVEY
PHILIP COLVIN JARRETT III
ALEXANDER PHILIP JARVIS
KRISTIN W. LAFFERTY
NATHAN ROBERT LANDERS
REINA LEWIS
MICHAEL CHRIS LANGFORD
KAELA ELIZABETH LIPO
KELCIE RAI MANN
REBECCA ELYSE MARKEE
NOAH CHRISTOPHER McCULLOUGH
THEA ELIZABETH McDONALD
CHANDLER RAE McPHERSON
LUCAS RYAN MEADE
DANNA NASER
MARENDA RENÉE NATERA
BRIANNA NICOLE LEIGH NEIGHBORS
KELLI NEUMAN
ALEXANDER REESE NORTON
SHERRIE LEE PERKINS
KELCY KAY PIERCE
ALLISON NICOLE PRIDDY
CHRISTINA ELIZABETH RAEL
JAMIE DEAN RICKETTS
ADRIANNE JO ROBERTSON
LUIS JAMES RUIZ
GREGORY LOUIS SANDBERG
ALANA NICOLE SCOGGIN
KAITLYN NICOLE SHELTON
ASHLEIGH DAWN SMITH
KELI RENEE SMITH
TABATHA DAWN SMITH
JOHN P. SOLIS
SEAN K. SOMMERS
MONTENE LAVONNE SPEIGHT
PAIGE LIANNE TAYLOR
KYLIE REBECCA VALIGURA
KENDRA MONTAYNE WALKER
SAMANTHA DAWN WARD
LAUREN NICHOLE WEIR
SAMANTHA NICOLE WILDE
BRITTANY BOHUSLAV WILTSHIRE
CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES
The doctoral degree is the most advanced earned degree conferred by American institutions of higher learning. The doctorate usually
represents prolonged periods of advanced study culminating in a dissertation intended to contribute substantially to the body of knowledge on the subject. The most widely sought doctorate is the Doctor of Philosophy, which no longer has an implication of philosophy as
the major field of study but represents advanced research in any of the major fields of knowledge.
The master’s degree is an academic honor bestowed upon students who have successfully completed work beyond the baccalaureate.
Both a thesis and an oral examination are usually but not always required. When applicable, the graduate’s thesis topic is listed.
D O C TO R O F E D U C AT I O N
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
MERL WAYNE BRANDON
DISSERTATION: Mobile Technology Instructional
Integration-Instructional Leadership Culture
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Joe Claudet
STEPHEN DWAYNE LUCAS
DISSERTATION: Ethics in Educational Leadership:
Addressing the Unethical Directive
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Fernando Valle
ANDY DWAYNE REDDOCK
DISSERTATION: Generational Ethics: A Phenom-
enological Study of the Perceptions of Texas
Public School Superintendents on Ethical
Leadership
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Fernando Valle
GILBERT TREVINO
DISSERTATION: The Impact of High School Lead-
ership Styles on Latino Parental Engagement
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Fernando Valle
HIGHER EDUCATION
CARLA L. BOONE
DISSERTATION: A Collective Case Study Analysis
of Texas Community Colleges: Transformations of Plus 50 Programs to Meet the Needs of
a Growing Population of Adult Students
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
SHANNON MYRA CARROLL
DISSERTATION: A Case Study Analysis of Commu-
nity College Student Perceptions of the Effects
of Physical Spaces on Learning
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
BETSY J. CRANE
DISSERTATION: Case Study Analysis of Effects
of Professional Development Participation
on Community College Faculty Use of Active
Learning Strategies
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
HELEN ANN DVORAK
DISSERTATION: A Collective Case Study Analysis
of Faculty Perceptions of and Experiences with
Distance Learning Institutional Policies and
Their Effects on the Faculty Role
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
MATTHEW JEREMY GOODMAN
DISSERTATION: (Re)Imagining Faculty and Cur-
riculum Development: Faculty Perceptions
of and Experience with Course Redesign in a
Community College
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dimitra Jackson Smith
HUDSON ROBERT HANKS
DISSERTATION: A Descriptive Case Study Analysis
of Implications of Online Learning to the
Fulfillment of the Institutional Mission at a
Faith-based Institution
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
ABE JOHNSON
DISSERTATION: Use of Anticipatory Leadership
for Change: An Instrumental Case Study of
Community College Leadership at a Multicampus Community College District
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
JOSH SHANE STEWART
DISSERTATION: A Multiple Case Study Analy-
sis of Student-athlete Academic and Social
Successes in Rural-serving Texas Community
Colleges
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
KRISTA MARIE FAVELA
DISSERTATION: The Use of Colored Text to Sup-
port Recognition and Comprehension of Textbased Material in Online Courses
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Nancy Maushak
SONIA JESSICA FORD
DISSERTATION: The Effects of Written and Video/
Audio Communication on Learners’ Perceived
Feelings of Connectedness, Course Satisfaction, Participation, and Achievement in an
Online Community College Algebra Course
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Fethi A. Inan
KRISTA J. SCOTT
DISSERTATION: Identifying the Perceptions and
Preferences of Teachers in Small Schools
toward Online Professional Learning Communities
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jongpil Cheon
DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS
MUSIC
STEPHANIE LYNN COUNCIL
DISSERTATION: A Conductor’s Guide to Text
Painting in the Lamentations of Jeremiah for
Five Voices by Orlande de Lassus
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Richard Bjella
CHUNG-YING KUO
DISSERTATION: Sounds of a Single-family House
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Mei-Fang Lin
JAMES WESLEY NGA
DISSERTATION: Exploration and Discovery of
Dance Topoi in Schubert’s Piano Sonatas
MAJOR PROFESSOR: William Westney
STEFANIE PRZYBYLSKA (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Music from the Land of Enchant-
ment: Two Chamber Works by Daniel Davis
Featuring the Bassoon Inspired by the Hispanic
Folk Music of New Mexico
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Richard Meek
FELICIA CHARMAINE ROJAS
DISSERTATION: Analyzing Thematic Material in
Corigliano’s Red Violin
MAJOR PROFESSOR: John Gilbert
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS AND EDUCATION
CANDIS L. CARRAWAY
DISSERTATION: Exploring the Integration of
Science into Agricultural Education
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jonathan Ulmer
ANDREW MICHAEL HART
DISSERTATION: Assessing Perceptions of Rural
South Plains Under-served High School
Students toward Agricultural College Degrees
and Careers
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Cindy Akers
ANIMAL SCIENCE
MATTHEW DANIEL SELLERS
DISSERTATION: Decomposing Variation in Ex
vivo Leukocyte Responses and Measures of
Metabolic Status in Multiparous Holstein Cows
During the Transition Period
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Michael Ballou
M AY 2 0 1 5 1 5
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
BIOLOGY
MARIA RAQUEL MARCHAN RIVADENEIRA (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Environmental Effects on
Morphological and Genetic Configuration
within a Phylogenetic Framework
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Robert Baker
NICHOLAS EVERETT SANFORD
DISSERTATION: Sugar Signaling and Metabolism
Regulate Carbon Partitioning in Developing
Cotton Fiber
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Boyd Butler
STEPHANOS ANTONIOS ROUSSOS (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Integrative Evolutionary Bioge-
ography of the Nose-horned Vipers (Viperidae:
Squamata) in the Cycladic Archipelago and
Continental Greece
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Llewellyn D. Densmore
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CRISTINA JEAN BAILEY
DISSERTATION: The Impact of Expertise in the
Chief Risk Officer and Risk Committee Roles
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Denton Collins
WESLEY MAXWELL FRISKE
DISSERTATION: From Strategy to Performance:
An Investigation of the Factors Affecting
Marketing Plan Implementation
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Roy Howell
WILLIAM F. HUMPHREY, JR.
DISSERTATION: Two Essays on Social Media
Usage: The Impact of Social Media Mere
Exposure to Brand Choice and the Profile of
the Social Media Maven
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Debra A. Laverie
HYUNGCHUL KIM
DISSERTATION: Examining the Performance of
Declining Acquirers
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Derek Oler
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
SIYANG GAO
DISSERTATION: The Glass Transition Kinetics in
Bulk Polymers and Ultrathin Films and Reaction Kinetics for Cyclopentadiene Demerization
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Sindee L. Simon
XIGUANG LI
DISSERTATION: Graphene/Polymer Nanocom-
posites: Viscoelasticity, Forced Assembly and
Nanosandwich
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Gregory B. McKenna
RAN TAO
DISSERTATION: Thermophysical and Rheologi-
cal Properties of Polymer Nanocomposite and
Ionic Liquids
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Sindee L. Simon
YUEYI XU
DISSERTATION: Brownian Dynamics Simulation
of Two-dimensional Nanosheets Under Flow
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Micah J. Green
16 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
MEIYU ZHAI
DISSERTATION: Characterization of Mechanical
and Rheological Properties of Materials at
Macro and Nanoscales
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Gregory B. McKenna
CHEMISTRY
WAEL AHMED AHMED IBRAHIM ELMASRI
DISSERTATION: Teucrium polium Phytochemi-
cal Analysis as a Source of Antibacterial and
Cancer Cytotoxic Agents
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Paul Pare
LACI MICHELLE SINGER
DISSERTATION: Developing New, Reactive
Sources of Low Oxidation State Group 9
Metal Catalysts: Progress towards C-H Bond
Activation and Functionalization
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Michael Findlater
BALAPITIYAGE JEEWANI HIMALI KUMARI SOMAWEERA
DISSERTATION: Concentration Gradient Genera-
tion across 256 Cell Culture Array in Microfluidic Device and Mathematical Simulations
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dimitri Pappas
EHWANG SONG
DISSERTATION: Comprehensive Characterization
and Quantification of Glycoproteins Derived
from Biological Samples by Enrichment Techniques and LC-MS/MS
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Yehia Mechref
JING XIE
DISSERTATION: Chemical Dynamics Simulations
of Gas-phase Ion-molecule Reactions: Investigating the Micro-solvation Effect
MAJOR PROFESSOR: William L. Hase
CIVIL ENGINEERING
WESLEY JAMES KUMFER
DISSERTATION: Analysis of Effects of Demo-
graphic and Driver Behavior Variables on
Traffic Safety and Crash Predication
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Hongchao Liu
COMPUTER SCIENCE
JIALIN LIU
DISSERTATION: Fast Data Analysis Framework for
Scientific Big Data Applications
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Yong Chen
COUNSELOR EDUCATION
SARA LYNN JENNINGS
DISSERTATION: The Experience of Secondary
Traumatic Stress in Counselors Who Work
with Sexually Abused Adolescents
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Janet Froeschle Hicks
STEPHEN LEROY JENNINGS
DISSERTATION: Counselors’ Perceptions on
Enlisting the Involvement of a Client’s Support Network: A Multicultural Counseling
Competency
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Loretta Bradley
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
YVONNE BERNADETTE BOWMAN
DISSERTATION: The Effects of Teacher Autonomy
and Collaboration on Teachers Engaged in
Intensive Student Interventions
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Peggy Johnson
EVELYN J. GORDON
DISSERTATION: Exploring the Dyad: Novice
Physical Education Teachers’ and Their
Mentors’ Perspectives of the Mentoring Process
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Melanie Hart
LUBNA JAVEED (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Motion, Matter, Force, and Writ-
ing???: Promoting Literacy through Writing in
a Secondary Physics Classroom
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Mellinee Lesley
ANITA NIGAM
DISSERTATION: The Role of Teacher Knowledge
and Beliefs in Classroom Practices: A Study of
One Fourth Grade Teacher’s Writing Instruction
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Carole Janisch
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
KONABE BENE
DISSERTATION: Examining Self-efficacy, Outcome
Expectancy Beliefs, and Coping
Strategies in Helping Parents Cope with Their
Child’s Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum
Disorder: A Multi-methods Study
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kamau Oginga Siwatu
LAURA MELTON GRUBB
DISSERTATION: Free Recall of Event Frequency:
A Translation of the Forgetting Function
MAJOR PROFESSOR: David M. Richman
CHAD W. SMITH
DISSERTATION: A Meta-analytic Review and
Investigation of the Relationships between
Implicit Theories, Perceived Competence, and
the 2x2 Achievement Goals in Exercise and
Sport Settings
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Marc Lochbaum
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
STERLING RYAN BEESON
DISSERTATION: High Power Microwave Gener-
ated Plasmas: Experimental and Simulated
Results
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Andreas A. Neuber
ANDREW STEVEN FIERRO
DISSERTATION: Low-temperature Plasma and
Massively Parallel Simulations
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Andreas A. Neuber
ATIQUL ISLAM
DISSERTATION: Wind Power Stability Enhance-
ment by Providing Optimized Power Quality
Analysis, Short Circuit Ration Estimation and
Energy Storage Based Frequency Response
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephen Bayne
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
JACOB COTY STEPHENS
DISSERTATION: Exploding Wires in the Metal-
non-metal Transition Regime
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Andreas A. Neuber
GUOCHAO WANG
DISSERTATION: Continuous-wave Radar Sensor
for Biomedical and Structural Health
Monitoring
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Changzhi Li
ENGLISH
AARON D. ALFORD
DISSERTATION: Big Thicket Burnout: A Collection
of Essays
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dennis Covington
MICHAEL PALMER
DISSERTATION: Baptizing the Dead: Creative
Nonfiction Essays
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dennis Covington
MICHAEL GEORGE SHEWMAKER, JR. (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Penumbra: Poems
MAJOR PROFESSOR: John Poch
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
JESSICA L. OATES
DISSERTATION: Genome Sequencing of Two
Chronic Wound Isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains to Understand Adaptation and
Antibiotic
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jonathan Maul
CAITLIN NOEL RYAN
DISSERTATION: Examination of Community
Structural Changes Due to Disease and
Econtoxicological Stress within Aquatic
Microbiomes
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Greg Mayer
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EDUCATION
MARIE ELIZABETH BROADSTREET
DISSERTATION: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Challenges
Regarding Healthy Food Choices of Residents
Living in Texas Health Service Region 1
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Barbara N. Allison
FINE ARTS
KYLE REYNOLDS CONWAY
DISSERTATION: The Gap: Contemporary Play-
writing Exercises
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Bill Gelber
YUAN-TA HSU
DISSERTATION: Memories and Identities: Hsiang
Chou in the Photographic Work of Lang JingShan and Chen Shun-Chu
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Constance Cortez
GENERAL EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
JOHNATHAN EUGENE STATZER
DISSERTATION: Power as a Type of Self-affirmation
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Zachary P. Hohman
HIGHER EDUCATION–HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
DAVID WILLIAM ABERCIA, JR.
DISSERTATION: A Mixed Methods Study of Per-
formance-based Funding in Higher Education:
Success, Comparison, and Implications
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Colette M. Taylor
IRENE ARELLANO
DISSERTATION: An Instrumental Case Study of
Faculty Perceptions and Experiences with
Service-learning and Its Integration into the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Stephanie J. Jones
ADRIEN LYNNETTE BENNINGS
DISSERTATION: Assessing the Research Needs of
Principal Investigators
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Colette M. Taylor
CHRISTINA AFTEN COX-LEISINGER
DISSERTATION: Is it Cheating if You Don’t Get
Caught?: The Learning Experience Through
Cheating and Moral Development of College
Students
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Colette M. Taylor
SHANNON COLLINS FLUME SAMSON
DISSERTATION: The College Choice Process for
Prospective Graduate Students: A Qualitative
Inquiry
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Valerie Paton
HISTORY
JACYNDA LEA AMMONS
DISSERTATION: When the People Start to Move,
I Guarantee It Will Be International: African
American Influence on Aboriginal Australian
Activism from Jack Johnson to the Black
Panther Party
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Karlos K. Hill
SON HOANG MAI
DISSERTATION: Công Ðồ ng: A History of Viet-
namese Fishing Communities Along the Texas
Gulf Coast
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Randy McBee
JENNIFER LYN PAXTON
DISSERTATION: The Specialty of Specialties:
Children’s Medicine and the Development of
Medical Authority in America, 1790-1890
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Gretchen Adams
HOSPITALITY ADMINISTRATION
FARANAK MEMARZADEH
DISSERTATION: A Theoretical Approach to Deter-
mining the Influence of E-comments on Business Travelers’ Full Service Lodging Choices
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Shane Blum
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
FERI AFRINALDI
DISSERTATION: A Methodology Integrating the
Three Pillars of Sustainability as a Unified Sustainable Manufacturing Index of Products
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Hong Chao Zhang
SARAH ASIO
DISSERTATION: An Empirical Investigation of
Predictors of Perceived Innovation within
Engineering Student Design Teams
MAJOR PROFESSORS: Jennifer A. Cross and
Stephen Ekwaro-Osire
LI DING (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Branch-and-Cut for Complemen-
tarity-constrained Linear Programs
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Ismael De-Farias
MANUEL MEZA-ARROYO
DISSERTATION: Analysis of Eye Movements dur-
ing Relative Time-to-contact Judgments of
Younger and Older Observers for the Development of a Reinforcement Learning Models
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Patrick Patterson
INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHDAB HASHIM A MAHDALY
DISSERTATION: The Influence of the Visual and
Direct Physical Access on the Sense of
Control of the Saudi Women in the Home
Environment
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Depajyoti Pati
SAIF MOHAMMAD MAJED OBEIDAT
DISSERTATION: An Examination of Using CAD
Software within Interior Design Studios in
an Educational Setting
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Mukaddes Darwish
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
JACQUELINE BATCHA BENTLEY
DISSERTATION: Influence of Dyadic Sibling
Relationships on Depressive Symptoms from
Adolescence into Early Adulthood
MAJOR PROFESSOR: David Ivey
KRUTI ANIL BHAKTA
DISSERTATION: Factors Shaping Personal Percep-
tions of Cancer-related Information on Access
to Health Service and Health Status among
the U.S. Adult (18+) Population: An Examination of the 2003 Health Information National
Trends Survey (HINTS) Data
MAJOR PROFESSOR: David Ivey
ASHLEY BROOKE HILL-ALLEN
DISSERTATION: Correlations between Sibling
Relationship Quality and Sexual Experiences
on Young Adults with Eating Disorders or
Disordered Eating Behaviors
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Anne M. Prouty
VIOLETA DIMITROVA KADIEVA
DISSERTATION: Building the Pyramid that Leads
to Clients’ Progress: Supervision, Therapists’
Work, and Client Alliance
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Anne M. Prouty
LISA VALLIE MERCHANT
DISSERTATION: How Couples Desist from Violence:
A Grounded Theory
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jason B. Whiting
M AY 2 0 1 5 1 7
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
MASS COMMUNICATIONS
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
DAEWOOK KIM
DISSERTATION: Exploring the Impact of Internal
QIANWEN BI
DISSERTATION: Three Essays on Financial Tech-
Public Relations Practices on Employee Participation in Organizational Citizenship Behaviors:
Social Identity Perspectives to Organizational
Contexts
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Trent Seltzer
MATHEMATICS
SACHITH PUMAL ABEYSUNDARA (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Regression Splines with Free
Knots vs. Penalized Splines: A Comparative
Study
MAJOR PROFESSORS: Philip Smith and
Alex Trindade
JENNIFER BROOKE EMERSON
DISSERTATION: Fitting Control Theoretic
Smoothing Splines to Very Large Data Sets
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Bijoy Ghosh
JESSICA ANN FAUCETT (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Classification of Local Rings
Based on Multiplicative Structure in Homology
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Lars W. Christensen
LI LUO
DISSERTATION: Inference for Stress-strength
Reliability for the Burr Type X with Censored
Samples
MAJOR PROFESSOR: James G. Surles
DANUSH KANCHANA WIJEKULARATHNA
DISSERTATION: Rank Procedure for Testing Lin-
ear Hypotheses in Repeated Measures Design
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Hossein Mansouri
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ARCHIS RAVINDRA MARATHE
DISSERTATION: Synthesis and Characterization of
Nanocatalytic Systems for Energy Applications
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jharna Chaudhuri
MICHAEL WAYNE SMITH
DISSERTATION: Measuring the Maintainability
of Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) Based
Systems: A Complexity Approach
MAJOR PROFESSORS: Atila Ertas and
William D. Lawson
MICHAEL LINDSEY WILLIAMS
DISSERTATION: A Framework for Assessing
Domain Transfer Risk in Biologically
Inspired Design
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Atila Ertas
NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES
TIFFANY LYNN McALLISTER
DISSERTATION: Perceptions of Promoting Physi-
cal Health by Selected Christian Leaders: A
Multi-denominational Study
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Mary Murimi
18 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
nology and Personal Financial Planning
MAJOR PROFESSORS: Michael Finke and
Sandra Huston
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
TAO WAN
DISSERTATION: Investigation of EOR Perfor-
mance in Shale Oil Reservoirs by Cyclic Gas
Injection
MAJOR PROFESSOR: James Sheng
PHYSICS
TERENCE J. LIBEIRO
DISSERTATION: Measurement of Inclusive Jet
Production at sqrt(s)=2.76 TeV with the
CMS Detector and Calibration of FFTJet
Algorithm
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Igor Volobouev
PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE
BRALIE RENAE HENDON
DISSERTATION: Improvement of Novel Traits in
Cotton through Chemical Mutagenesis
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dick Auld
JACOB ALLEN PRICE
DISSERTATION: Ecology and Epidemiology of
Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus, Triticum Mosaic
Virus, and Their Mite Vector in Wheat and
Grassland Fields
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Jason Woodward
DYLAN QUINCY WANN
DISSERTATION: Breeding Value and Utilization
of Host Plant Resistance for Integrated Thrips
(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Management in Cotton (Gossypium spp.)
MAJOR PROFESSORS: Jane K. Dever and
Eric F. Hequet
SPECIAL EDUCATION
CHRYSTAL JANSZ RIEKEN
DISSERTATION: Prescription and Management of
Psychotropic Medication in Autism Spectrum
Disorder: A Preliminary Review of Practice
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Wesley Dotson
CARLY HOPE FINSETH (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: How Games Work: A Case Study
of Role-playing Games as Instructional
Documentation
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Brian Still
CHALICE ELIZABETH RANDAZZO (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Rhetorically Listening to
Students’ Experiences of Silence in the U.S.
Resume and Cover Letter
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Rebecca Rickly
WILDLIFE, AQUATIC, AND WILDLANDS
SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
ANTHONY JOSEPH GIORDANO, JR. (In absentia)
DISSERTATION: Status, Conservation, and Popu-
lation Genetics of the Jaguar (Panthera onca)
in Paraguay and the Dry Gran Chaco
MAJOR PROFESSORS: Philip Gipson and
Mark Wallace
GRANT ERIC SORENSEN
DISSERTATION: Ecology of Adult Female Rocky
Mountain Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus
hemionus) Following Habitat Enchancements
in North-central New Mexico
MAJOR PROFESSORS: Philip Gipson and
Mark Wallace
WIND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
YUEPENG CUI
DISSERTATION: A Quantitative Model for Measur-
ing Community Resilience
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Daan Liang
ZOOLOGY
AMY MARIE KUCZYNSKI
DISSERTATION: Assessment of Predation Risk in
the Environment: Use of Acoustic and Visual
Cues
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Kenneth Schmidt
JULIANA BINTI SENAWI
DISSERTATION: The Relationship between
Morphology and Ecological Performance in
Malaysian Insectivorous Bats
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Tigga Kingston
MASTER OF AGRIBUSINESS
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AND RHETORIC
BARON RAY KLOESEL
DILLON L. PARRISH
KRISTIN M. BIVENS
DISSERTATION: Listening to Other Cultures:
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Rhetoric, Healthcare, and Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit (NICU) Communication in the
United States, Denmark, and Sweden
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Amy Koerber
RICHARD ALLEN BRANDT
DISSERTATION: Identifying Stakeholder Incom-
patibilities Mitigating the Integration of U.S.
Patient-controlled Personal Health Records
MAJOR PROFESSOR: Rich Rice
SIMÓN FERNANDO ALVAREZ
JOSE ALBERTO ALVAREZ HERNANDEZ
MATTHEW TAYLOR BLAKE
JOHN PAUL CHARBONNEAU
CHASE PATRICK CHRISTAL
CLAYTON CHANDLER COOKE
JOSEPH ANTHONY DELPRINCIPE
YARAVI ANAELISSE ELIAS
VANIA FRANCO
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
DANIEL LUIS GARCIA
EDDIE GARCIA
CAMERON GORE GRAUPMAN
DAYNE RICHARD GRENIER
RACHEL PERA GRUBER
DAVID J. ISERN
MATTHEW JEFFERSON KENDALL
RICHARD LOUIS LUCIO
AUSTIN IRWIN MOORE
NATHAN SHAWN POPE
ALEXANDER LEWIS QUEEN
GIBRAN I. RAMIREZ-REYES
BRADLEY DOUGLAS RICH
REESE ALLAN SCARBOROUGH
MAGDALENA SOFÍA SOTO SEPÚLVEDA
MATTHEW ALAN THOMA
ANDREW THOMAS TONEY
SCOTT R. WOOTEN
MASTER OF
A RT E D U C AT I O N
DAVID GRAHAM BONDT
LYNN NOELLE HAWKINS RUSHTON (In absentia)
MASTER OF ARTS
ANTHROPOLOGY
ROSE SANG LEACH
THESIS: Popularization of the Modern Cesarean
Section in the United States and its Effects on
Pelvic Morphology
EDGAR VAZQUEZ
THESIS: In Service of the King: The Form, Func-
tion, and Chronology of Courtyard A-3 at Chan
Chich, Belize
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
HASHIM ALI Y ASIRI
ISAAC ABREO BILLALOBOS
CHEN-YU LIU
KOYUKI MITANI
JARED L. TRAVIS
ART HISTORY
JACQUELYN MAYMARIE DELIN
THESIS: A Consideration of Wilhelm Trübner’s
Work During the “Crisis Years” of 1876-1892
FRANCESCA VEGA
THESIS: Phallic Sculptures and the Terminal
Classic Transition at Chichén Itzá, Yucatán
CLASSICS
SHAINA MARIE ANDERSON
BRANDON TODD BAKER
THESIS: Damnatus ut Artifex: The Craft of Min-
ing in the Roman Provinces
HEATH ALAN DOWERS
EDGAR ADRIAN GARCIA
THESIS: Sailing into the Past: Encountering the
Monstrous in Apollonius’ Argonautica
CAITLIN MONROE MONGRAIN
THESIS: The Spectacle of the “New”: Novelty in
the Roman Arena as a Literary Trope
RONALD BENJAMIN ORR
THESIS: The Fortunate and the Damned: A
Study of Herodotean Olbos and Polybian Tyche
KAREN NICOLE TAYLOR
THESIS: The Improbable Occurrence of Infanti-
cide at the Yewden Villa, Hambleden, England
DAIN LEA WOOD (In absentia)
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
SARA DARVISHAN
HILARY ANN HOWARD
SARAH CHRISTINE LATCH
MEGAN MENDIOLA
ARTURO JUAN ORTIZ, JR.
CAMERON JARRELL PEOPLES
ALYSSA L. SAMBOR
THESIS: Sexual Assault as Spectacle: Under-
standing Steubenville’s Role in the Production
of Rape Culture
ECONOMICS
GODFREY MANGENJE
HOSSEIN SALEHI
ENGLISH
TY BERRINGER
ALLISON MARIE DONOHUE
BRITTNEY NICOLE HAGAN
CALEB NASH HUMPHREYS
LUKE AVERY MORGAN
MACKENZIE DREW REGIER
MICHELLE L. REICH
CRYSTAL N. SCHMALZRIED
GERMAN
RAVEN SIMONE RICHARDSON
ANDREA RAE WATSON
LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
SARAH TALAT Y ALSHUBAIKI
BASTIAN BRAEUNINGER (In absentia)
ALLISON CHELSEY BURRELL
RACHEL MARIE DORAN
ZIHAN GENG
LINLEY BRITTAIN JONES (In absentia)
DAVID VILLARREAL
MASS COMMUNICATIONS
LEXIE MEGHAN CONDUFF
RILEY CLIFTON DAVIS
CAROLYN SINCLAIR HECK
BENJAMIN JOSEPH JARVIS
ZACHARY BLAINE KITE
STEPHANIE ANN KWIATKOWSKI
CAITLAN MARIE OSBORN
TY AUSTIN PARKER
MEGAN LAUREL PRESTEMON
PRESTON GRAY REDDEN
JOURDAN BRAEON SCRUGGS
THESIS: A Comparative Content Analysis about
Athletes Involved in Sexual Assault Cases Using
Situational Crisis Communication Theory
KATIE ELIZABETH SHANKLIN
CAMERON ELIZABETH SKOCZLAS
MATHEMATICS
KRISTILYN ELIZABETH PETERSON
THESIS: Foundations of Calculus for the Young
Advanced Student
MITCHELL BLAKE GRIES
KYLE JOHN STEINLE
NITA LAVERNE STEWART (In absentia)
HISTORY
MUSEUM SCIENCE
WILLIAM LEWIS ALLEN
CARI SUE BABITZKE
THESIS: Guns, Politics, and Fear: The National
MEGAN ELIZABETH REEL
THESIS: Rural Community Museums and the
Rifle Association and the Battle to Keep and
Bear Arms in Texas, 1930-1970
ALFONSO ACEVES JAUREGUI
AMANDA LEIGH LANCASTER
THESIS: Alcoholics, Lesbians, and Radicals:
Depicting Deviancy in Fin-de-Siècle, France
and the Creation of a Deviant Femininity
DOLORES BARRIENTES LUNA
NOEL S. MURPHY
THESIS: Countering Aridity: Attempts to Forge
a Living in Arid West Texas
DAVID CARL SIMPSON
JULIA A. STEPHENS
Effects of Globalization
PHILOSOPHY
WILLIAM MASON ARLINE
DAX ROBERT BENNINGTON
ANDREW PAUL CHRISTMAN
RICHMOND LEE CULP (In absentia)
SAHAR HEYDARI FARD
AUSTIN MICHAEL LANARI
THESIS: Out of the Gutters: A Defense of the
Hayman-Pratt Definition of Comics
CHAD P. O’NEAL
BAILEY NICOLE SZUSTAK
THESIS: Pragmatic Intentionalism: A New Look
at Art Interpretation
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
SEAN CHRISTOPHER BERRY
TRAVIS DAILEY FULLER
ISSAC HILARIO GANTE
KEVIN CLAY KILMER (In absentia)
PHUONG HOANG LE
NICOLAS JOSEPH MARQUEZ
UYEN HONG NGUYEN
KEVIN KYLE OLIVER
MATTHEW C. TAYLOR
JOSHUA T. TIGNOR
DOUGLAS S. WESTFALL
THESIS: Edmund Burke and the Paradox of
Tragedy
XIANG YU
M AY 2 0 1 5 1 9
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
POLITICAL SCIENCE
CHASE ANDERSON JONES
PSYCHOLOGY
EEVIN AKERS
PATRICIA C. PUJALS BRAYFIELD
JOHN RICHARD SCHUMACHER
ROMANCE LANGUAGES
JOSEPH TAI GARDNER
RACHEL JEAN HICKS
GREGORY CHARLES MUTH
EDLYN LAURA ROMERO
GUELILA TAMIRE TEFERRA
SOCIOLOGY
KEMBRA NICOLE GERNER
THESIS: Flashbacks: Media Representations of
Illicit Hallucinogenic Substance Use in Medical
Therapies Before and After Marijuana Decriminalization
BIANCA GISELLE SASSER
THESIS: Attitudes towards Interracial/Interethnic
Dating and Marriage
CHRISTINE MARGARET WALSH (In absentia)
THESIS: A Theoretical Analysis of How Detec-
tives and Prosecutors Develop Multiple
Generalized Others When Working on Sexual
Assaults
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
JACELIN S. COLOSKY
JACK THOMAS LABRIOLA
MICHAEL J. McCARTHY
CHINWE ANTHONIA OBI
SANDRA J. WHEELER (In absentia)
SUSAN ELIZABETH WILCOX
STEPHANIE JO WILSON (In absentia)
MATTHEW JAMES WRIGHT
MASTER OF BUSINESS
A D M I N I S T R AT I O N
GENERAL BUSINESS
CLARISSA FAUST ACOSTA
SIMÓN FERNANDO ALVAREZ
MURTAZA ASLAM
PRADEEP KUMAR ATTALURI
MICHAEL DAVID BUCKBERRY
JESSICA M. CARRILLO
KARLO P. CASTILLEJA
CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW CHENAULT (In absentia)
JOSEPH E. CORCORAN III
KIMBERLY ALLISON CROWL
ELIZABETH ELAINE DARBY
LEAH DANYELLE DAVID
FARBOD DEHMAMI
KASAUNDRA MARIE DELEON
JONATHAN WESLEY DELONG (In absentia)
JOSEPH ANTHONY DELPRINCIPE
LAUREN LEIGH DURAN
MICHAEL DAVID EDWARDS
OLATOKUNBO FAGBOHUN
20 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
STEVEN (SI CHEN) FANG
CASEY SEAN FELTON (In absentia)
ERIC KAMRON FIROUZBAKHT (In absentia)
JASON EVERITT FOSTER
KRAMER DUNCAN FYFE
MACKENZIE LEIGH GABEL
JORGELUIS GARCIA
ABIGAIL RENAE GILES
DEAN GODFREY
JUSTINE N. GONZALES (In absentia)
ERIC ALAN HANSON
MICHAEL P. HARMON
HUNTER PRESCOTT HARVISON
CHRISTOPHER M. HILL
KEVIN JOSEPH HOUSER
YING YAN HUANG
ETHAN MICHAEL HULIN
LAWRENCE MICHAEL INGERLY(In absentia)
DAMILOLA SOMIARI IPAYE
KYLE ROSS JAY (In absentia)
MADHUMATHI KANNAN
JOHN SPENCER KELLEY
JACOB SCOTT KELLN (In absentia)
WILLIAM BRICE KELLY
JAMEELA FATIMA KHAJA
TYLER MORGAN KNAUSS
AMI DEANNE KNOX
JAKE DAKOTA KROMINGA
SIMEON D. LEACH
MATTHEW R. LESSNER
ANN MARIE LEUNG (In absentia)
RICHARD LOUIS LUCIO
TYLER R. MARION
PETER JAMES McDONOUGH (In absentia)
PATRICK J. McGOWAN
MIGUEL ANGEL MEDRANO, JR.
CARLOS O’NEAL MITCHELL(In absentia)
DAVID JOHN MONDT
BRITNI LEIGH MONTAGUE
ELSHAN MORADIABADI
MARIA JULIA NAVARRETE
THI NGO
SCOTT CAREY NOULIS
JOHN O’CONNOR, JR.
NIKI N. PARIKH
JASON PARK
ELISABETH DANIELLE PERKINS
WILLIAM DUNCAN PRICE(In absentia)
JARED MICHAEL PRICE
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS REED
TATE LEWIS ROUECHE
SHIVANI RUMALLA
IMRAN SALAHUDDIN
STEPHEN M. SEASE (In absentia)
KELLEE ERIN SMITH
YURIY SOHIBNAZAROV
JONATHAN PAUL STROM (In absentia)
JONATHAN JAMES TAYLOR
CAMMIE NOEL TAYLOR
WILLIAM C. THOMPSON II (In absentia)
KORY AUSTIN TILLERY
MELISSA THI TRAN
DELORES ELECE WALLANDER
EVAN GAINES WELCH
NATHAN HUNTER WILLIAMS
NINA WINKLEROVA
MADIHA SHAHID YAZDANI (In absentia)
M A S T E R O F E D U C AT I O N
BILINGUAL EDUCATION
MIRIAM ALEJANDRA CARDENAS
COUNSELOR EDUCATION
PINKY ISMAIL ALI
BETHANY JILL BINGHAM
TODD C. BRYANT
LINDSEY L. CRAIG
MELISSA KATHLEEN GALICA
KATYE R. GALLOWAY-CLARK
PATRICIA M. JOHNSON
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION
WHITNIE REBEKAH HILL
JENNIFER LYNNE IDEMA
THESIS: The Impact of a Science-themed Com-
munity Event on Families Over Time
MINJU YI
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
GIOVANNI JOSEPH BIANCHETTE
IRASEMA ROSARIO GONZALES
TRAVIS MICHAEL HALL
TIMOTHY JAMES JUNG
STEPHANIE MARIE SAVALA
PAIGE LYNN SHAW
AMANDA MICHELLE SLAY
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
NANCY GRACE COFFEY
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
AMANDA LEIGH DEVLIN
HIGHER EDUCATION
MARI A. LENTZ
BRITTNI SHANNON MACLEOD
TAWNY MARTINEZ
THESIS: An Instrumental Case Study Analysis
of Faculty Engagement and Its Effects on
Undergraduate Student Success In and Out of
the Classroom
SKILER ASHLEY MILLER
ALYSSA NICOLE SINGLETON
THESIS: An exploration of the Pedagogical
Approaches Utilized by Two National Leadership Programs in Teaching College Students
Personal Values Competencies
SHELBY JO VINSON
THESIS: Influences of Generational Preferences
on the Academic Advising Process: A Case
Study Analysis of Generation Z Students and
Academic Advisors
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WATTS
THESIS: Exploration of the Experiences and Per-
ceptions of White Males in Leadership Roles
within the Inter-fraternity Council Organizations at a Large Southern Public University
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
AMY LYNN BILSKI-ARREDONDO
JESSICA NICOLE CLOUGH (In absentia)
PURNELL J. CURTIS
LANCE MARSHALL DERBONNE’
ROGER ANTHONY LIRA
KIMBERLY ELISE WEEKS
NILAY WOODBURY (In absentia)
LANGUAGE LITERACY EDUCATION
KIVA KAY CARSON
KRISTA LEE McPHAIL
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SAMI GHAZZAI ALSULAMI
LEANN ANKNEY (In absentia)
LIVIA L. ARISPE
TINA R. AYALA (In absentia)
NICONDRIA N. BARNES
KATHERINE LEE BARNES (In absentia)
KALLY RENEE BEATTY
LAURA KAY BOENIG (In absentia)
LAURA MICHELLE BONAVENTURE
DORIS SUE BOUNDS
TEBBI ELAYNE BOWMAN
DONNA SUSANNE CLEMENS (In absentia)
BIANCA J. COPELAND
JUDITH ELAINE CRAWLEY (In absentia)
GINA S. CRUZ
LEE ANN DANIEL (In absentia)
JENNIFER E. DONALD
CARRIE LINN FROST (In absentia)
KLARIBEL GARZA GOMEZ
KATHERINE MICHELE HALL CRITES
PAMELA MICHELE HENKEL
DAVID WAYNE JACKSON
DANIELLE KRISTA JOHNSON
SETAREH MOSLEMI
FRANCIS-GLICEL NORAT
GLORIA M. PLOHOCKY
SARAH J. POMYKAL (In absentia)
KELLI LEIGH PRICE
CLARISSA OLIVIA RAMOS
ERIN DIXON RIVERA
ELIZABETH MARIE RODRIGUEZ (In absentia)
JENNIFER SHAE SALAZAR
AMBER NICHOLE SPACEK (In absentia)
KALEY STRINGFELLOW (In absentia)
LEZLIE MELYN TARVIN (In absentia)
TONI LEE THEISS (In absentia)
CLAUDIA TORRES
ELIZABETH CAROL TRENT
DEBORAH ANN VILLARREAL (In absentia)
LATRESIA MACHIELLE WALTERS
M A S T E R O F E N V I R O N M E N TA L
ENGINEERING
DANIEL CHARLES BALDWIN
CHRISTOPHER D. CALLAHAN
LIDIA CEPEDA
MWALE CHIYENGE
PAUL ANTHONY GREGORIO
ALEJANDRO GUERRA
TYLER MAY
KEVIN NGUYEN
MASTER OF FINE ARTS
ART
GAIL COOPER
HANNAH CELESTE DEAN (In absentia)
CORIN RYLEY HERZOG
KRISTY LYNN KRISTINEK
JESSICA ELIZABETH MOORE
AMY SUE PORTER
THEATRE ARTS
LEIGH ANNE CRANDALL
NIKOLE KATHERINE IRION
EVANGELINE JOSEPHINE JIMENEZ
PHILIP RANDALL RAPSTINE
MASTER OF LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
SERDAR KALELI
JULIE ANN SPRAGGENS (In absentia)
GEORGE EPHRAIM STRASSER
DUSTIN ALLEN WRIGHT
MASTER OF MUSIC
KEA JOY BEASLEY
KEVIN JACOB BIBELHAUSEN
HOLLY NICOLE BREWER
BRYAN EDWARD FLEMING
TONATIUH GARCIA JIMENEZ (In absentia)
JUSTINE JULIANNE HALAMICEK
MATHILDE NICOLE EDITH LEGRAND
CHARLES ABRAM LOVELL
KATHRYN KIE MANN
TIFFANY TAYLOR NACK (In absentia)
VIRNA SARA OSSES MARCHANT (In absentia)
EUNJI GRACE PARK
ELIZABETH JANE MINUGH PURVIS
BRANDONN ROSS REECE (In absentia)
PABLO SEGUEL PONCE
BENJAMIN JAMES STILL
APRIL ANN WHITING
DAVID LEE WINGERSON
MASTER OF
M U S I C E D U C AT I O N
AMANDA MARIE PITTS
KELLY ROSE TODD
MASTER OF
P U B L I C A D M I N I S T R AT I O N
RICHARD BERTON KEETON
ANDREW G. LARKIN
ANNA ROSE LAVIS
CHERI MICHELE LUNSFORD
JANA KAY MELVIN
TODD E. MISTROT
MURVAT M. MUSA
MICHAEL S. URYASZ
LIESL ERIN WYETT
MASTER OF SCIENCE
AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
KYLLANEY MARTHA BATEMAN
CHRISTY CARLILE FRAUMAN
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS
LISA RENAE CHESHER (In absentia)
THESIS: Professional Development Needs of
Agricultural Communicators
ASHLEY LENE DAGGS
THESIS: Is Today’s Social Technology Impact-
ing Written Communications? A Single Case
Examination of an Introduction to Agricultural
Education Writing Assignment
JACLYN D. ROBERTS
THESIS: A Growing Stereotype: Prince Farm-
ing’s Reality of Agriculture
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
CASSIE MARIE COCHRAN
SARAHI DE LOS ANGELES MORALES VANEGAS
THESIS: A Comparison of United States and
Latin American Undergraduate Students’
Understanding, Attitudes and Perceptions of
Global Agricultural Issues and their Attitude to
Engage as Global Citizens
AMBER L. NORRIS
ANIMAL SCIENCE
JESSICA CODY GARRETT BLACK
THESIS: Practical Application of an Inexpensive
Rate Freezer for Bovine Semen
KATIE ELISE DUYSEN (In absentia)
THESIS: Influence of Temperature Variations
during Processing and Storage on the Microbial Profile of Ground Beef
YU LIANG (In absentia)
THESIS: The Influence of Plane of Nutrition on
Development and Health of Gastrointestinal
Tract of Calves
KATHERINE CHRISTINE McARTHUR
THESIS: The Utilization of the Prostacyclin
Analogue Iloprost in the Cryopreservation of
Stallion Spermatozoa
CODY CASPAR SULTENFUSS
THESIS: A Novel and Inexpensive Semen Thaw-
ing Device Designed to Improve Efficiency in a
Production Agriculture Environment
HOLLY LYNN BOSAK
JARED NOAH CAMPBELL
NAOMI ROCHELLE CHAVEZ
KORTNEY RAE HOMER
M AY 2 0 1 5 2 1
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
APPLIED PHYSICS
NOUF KELLER REESE ANDREWS
THESIS: Optical Properties of La2/3Ca1/3MnO3
Thin Films and the Effects of Embedded Noble
Metal Nanospheres
TING ZHANG
THESIS: Ionomer Membrane Properties Probed
with the Aid of Two-dimensional Fourier
Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Quartz
Crystal Microbalance Measurements
FOOD SCIENCE
MARIA ELIZABETH BUESO PONCE
THESIS: Honduran and U.S. Consumer Assess-
ment of Beef Strip Loin Steaks From Grass and
Grain Finished Cattle
ARCHITECTURE – POST PROFESSIONAL
COMPUTER SCIENCE
FORENSIC SCIENCE
ERIC DON BUSBY
THESIS: The Cost of Revitalization: A Develop-
KARTHIK AKULA
MOHAMMED NAZIM FEROZ (In absentia)
THESIS: Examination of Data, Rule Generation,
ERIN LARKE SMITH
APRIL MARIE WILLIAMS
ment Feasibility Study for the Central Business
District of Downtown Lubbock, Texas
ARID LAND STUDIES
KAELA E. CHAMPLIN (In absentia)
THESIS: Examining the Role of Communitybased Water Management Programs for Rural
Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
CLARA THERESE MARTHA FRASCONI WENDT
(In absentia)
THESIS: Thermal Physiology and Behavior of
Two Common West Texas Ants
ANJA BEATRIX KIESOW
ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
NICHOLAS HOUSTON SMITH (In absentia)
THESIS: Ensemble Sensitivity Analysis of Wind
Ramp Events with Applications to Targeted
Observations
DANIEL JOSEPH VECELLIO
THESIS: An Assessment of Short-term Synoptic
Air Mass Modification through Land-atmosphere Interactions
BIOENGINEERING
SETH EDMUND BOESE (In absentia)
JOSEPH BRANDON SCHUELKE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
SANDHIYA ARUN
THESIS: Transcriptomics of Drought Stress
Acclimation Response in Peanut (Arachnis
hypogaea L.)
WILLIAM BRANDON GRAUE
CLINTON R. HARMON
NHAN THANH PHAN
TWARITHA VIJAY
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
PRADEEP KUMAR ATTALURI (In absentia)
JOSEPH E. CORCORAN III
ABIGAIL RENAE GILES
DAMILOLA SOMIARI IPAYE
MIGUEL ANGEL MEDRANO, JR.
SUMER MONIQUE MILLER
NIKI N. PARIKH
NATHAN SAMUEL RHODEN
IMRAN SALAHUDDIN
HAO SU (In absentia)
CHEMISTRY
CHENGYUAN LIU
THESIS: Sensitive Glycomics for Understanding
Biological Attributes of Glycans Associated
with Proteins
22 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
and Detection of Phishing URLs Using Online
Logistic Regression
LAKSHMI SINDHURI JUTURU
THESIS: Applying Big Data Analytics on
Integrated Cybersecurity Datasets
SOHEIL MAZAHERI
THESIS: Cloud Benchmarking in Bare-metal,
Virtualized, and Containerized Execution
Environments
PAVAN NADAKARNI
AKHILA THOTA
KALARANJANI VIJAYAKUMAR
THESIS: Exploring In-memory HDF5 and Early
Evaluations
VINOD KUMAR REDDY YANALA
ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
MICHELL ALESSANDRA COWART
LAUREN NICOLE JOHNSON
GHADA ABDULRAHMAN A. NAJJAR
GUADALUPE NEVAREZ ZERMEÑO
NAHLAH MOHAMMED K. YOUSEF
THESIS: Identifying Design Attributes of Public
Buildings to Reflect Changing Political Ideologies of the Egyptian Government
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
JARRETT KELLY LOUDER
THESIS: Nanotechnology in Agriculture: Inter-
actions between Nanomaterials and Cotton
Agrochemicals
EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES
JENNIFER DIANNE AREND
JOSHUA JAMES BARFIELD
MICHAEL SEAN BINGHAM
BRANDIE CAI CHESHIER
NICHOLAS CARSON CORDES (In absentia)
TIFFANY SHEA CROSSLAND
CORTNEY BREEA DAVIS
AMY LYNN FISH
BRANDON R. HARTHAN
CYLER TODD MATLOCK
WILLIAM R. McKAY IV
TRAVIS LEIGH MESTER
KENDRA DANAE OLINGHOUSE
THESIS: Neuromuscular and Morphological
Adaptations to Short-term Squat and Deadlift
Training in Women
ALLI VICTORIA RICHARDS (In absentia)
BAILEY ALEXIS ROBERTSON
TRACER LOUIS SKELTON
TANNER SHEPHERD TWINING
MARY K. WELBORN
JON PAUL WILLIAMS II
GEOSCIENCES
HOLLEE CAROLYN BAIRD
THESIS: Assessing Pleistocene Climate on the
Southern High Plains through Geochemical
and Physical Characteristics of Paleosols
Archived in the Blackwater Draw Formation
KATHLEEN MARIE GATES
THESIS: A Quantitative Analysis of Xenolith
Fragmentation and Incorporation in Magma
NICHOLAS JAY HOGANCAMP
THESIS: Morphometric Analysis and Taxonomic
Revision of the Conodont Genus Idiognathodus
from the Heebner Shale (Upper Pennsylvanian)
of the Midcontinent Basin, North America
DAVID NOUBAR MANOUKIAN
THESIS: Characterizing the Damage Zone Along
Portions of the Montosa Fault, Central New
Mexico
HORTICULTURE
DANIEL ELIAS CUNNINGHAM
SUMMER JOY LONERAGAN
KYLE A. TENGLER (In absentia)
HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL MANAGEMENT
TODD JAY FRANKS
THESIS: Tourist Motivations in Selecting a
Nature Based Destination: A Study of Vermejo
Park Ranch
LAURA ELIZABETH HARRINGTON
BROOKE PHILLIPS POST
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES
IVETTE NORIEGA (In absentia)
THESIS: Examining Parental Processes and
Psychological Distress Outcomes of Children’s
and Adolescents’ Exposure to Violence in a
Nationally Representative Sample
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
JIYOON AN
FLORENCIO URIAS ARANDA III
ANDREW T. HARRIS
BRITTNEY NICOLE JOHNSON
OLUFUNKE OLUFUNMI OLADIMEJI (In absentia)
CHRISTOPHER THOMAS PHELAN
MICHAEL H. SMITH
HARSHITHA REDDY YARAMAREDDY
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SAURABH CHANDRASHEKHAR BORDEKAR
SHASHWAT CHAVAN
MRUGANK PRAVINKUMAR DHONE
AMOGH SHRIKANT GOSAVI
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
SUNIL MADHU RAO JADHAV
MOHIT KUMAR JAIND
MADHUMATHI KANNAN
ASHISH SIDDESHI KANNAVAR
SUSHANT KOLTE
JEFFREY S. McNEAL
ABEY MICHAEL
SHASHANK PRAMODKUMAR MISHRA
MUHAMMADRASHID CHANDSAHEB PATEL
SRINIVAS REDDY PATLOLA
MURALIKRISHNAN PERIYASWAMY
SATYA VENKATA TEJA PRATHIPATI
ABHISHEK SAHU
ANUJA JAYARAM SHETTY
VIVEK SHIMBULAL
MANISH MOHAN SINDAGI
ANKITA SRIVASTAVA
PRIYANKA TALUCHURI
VARUN VIJAY KUMAR
RAJASEKHAR YAJJALA
ANAGHA SUNIL ZADBUKE
MATHEMATICS
NATHAN WILLIAM CONROY
SABA NAFEES
CAHIT POLAT
HONGWEI WANG
HAIBO ZHANG
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY
AYOBAMI OREOLUWA AKINDUMILA
JOSLYN CHEVETTE ARMSTRONG
THESIS: Sexting and Relationship Satisfaction
in Young Adult Romantic Relationships
ELLEN DELA CRUZ DURANT
KAITLYN ROSE FELDERHOFF
SARA JUSTINE MAISON
MIRANDA MARIE MEDLEY
VON G. POLL
ANNE ELIZABETH STAPP
BRANDT JAYTON TAYLOR
NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES
JUSTINA MICHELLE SIFUENTES CASIANO
KATIE MARIE DODD
STEPHANIE PIA GARCIA
KELLI BRYN KAUFMAN
THESIS: A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study
with Further Analysis of Body Mass Index,
Psychosocial Correlates and Pain as Predictors
of Activities of Daily Living in African American Adult Sickle Cell Disease Clinic Patients
TAMMILEE KAE-PATRICA KERR
THESIS: The Impact of Vitamin D Supplementa-
tion on Athletic Performance
ALISHA DEE KLUZEK
CELINE MIYAZONO
JUSTINE RENEA SUSTAITA (In absentia)
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
MASHAEL HAMAD ALHUMAIDI
SATHAWUT CHAIVICHITMALAKUL
DAQUAN S. DANIELS
HEATHER NICOLE FORD
ZENGYUE LU
GLORIA JIYE PARK
JONATHAN ISAAC PETERSEN
DA THAO PHAM
PRESTON ROBERT WEAVER
JINGJING ZHAO
SHIGANG ZHONG
COLLEEN MARIE MARTIN
THESIS: Effectiveness of Operational Mitigation
in Reducing Bat Mortality and an Assessment
of Bat and Bird Fatalities at the Sheffield Wind
Facility, Vermont
ANNA ADAIR MEYER
THESIS: Effects of Prescribed Burning on Two
Ant Species in Central Texas
PHYSICS
MAGED FAIHAN A ALOTAIBI
THESIS: Oil Sorption Mechanism by Natural
Sorbents
PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE
LOREN CASEY DAVIS
THESIS: Modification of Oil Content in Cotton-
seed Using Chemical Mutagenesis
ADAM JOEL DURHAM (In absentia)
JAMES HENRY GREEN, JR.
ROBERT KELBY IMEL
THESIS: Agronomic and Economic Analysis of
Guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) in Comparison to Drought Tolerant Crops Adapted to the
Texas High Plains
TANYA ERIN JACKSON
THESIS: Organic-inorganic Hybrid Aerogels
AAKRITI SHARMA
THESIS: Characterization of Soils via Portable
X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer
SOIL SCIENCE
TAREK M. NAJDAT KANDAKJI (In absentia)
THESIS: Investigating Arsenic (As) Chemistry
in Semi-arid Soils of the Southern High Plains
(SHP)
STATISTICS
JONATHAN DEAN ADAMS
THESIS: Proposed Methods for Error Detection
in GPS Data Using Shape Clustering
PRIYA HARNISH CHAMPANERI
JIEXIN DAI
THESIS: Statistical Analysis on Global Warming
Effects in Los Angeles Area
PURNA SAUBHAGYA GAMAGE
GUOYUAN ZHANG
THESIS: A Comparison of Mean and Mode for
Bayesian Problem
WILDLIFE, AQUATIC, AND WILDLANDS
SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
KYLE RANDELL LEE BRUNSON
THESIS: Influences of Huisache (Acacia farnesi-
ana) Canopy on Herbaceous Forage Production, Silverleaf Nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium) Presence, and Grazing Economics in
South Texas Rangelands
NATHAN P. DUNCAN
THESIS: Pronghorn Population Dynamics and
Habitat Connectivity in the Texas Panhandle
JESSICA LYNN EAST (In absentia)
THESIS: Spatial and Temporal Variation in
Aquatic Food-web Structure in the Pecos
River in New Mexico and Texas, USA
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN ACCOUNTING
ETHAN DERRICK ADAMS
ABBY ANDERLE
JONATHAN JAMES ANDERS
KELSEY JUNE AUNSPAUGH
BRANDON LEE BESEDA (In absentia)
BAILEY ALEXANDRA BLANKENSHIP
DYLAN NATHANIEL BOYD
LAUREN ASHLEY BRIGGS
LAUREN RACHEL BRYANT
LUCAS JOSEPH CAUSSADE
JINTAO CHEN
AMANDA KELSEY CLARK
JONATHAN KEITH CORONA
TYLER DAVID CREGER
CHASE MARTIN DARLING
CHASE BROOKMAN DAVIS
ZACHARIA WILLIAM DAYTON
TAYLOR WAYNE EDWARDS
JOHN DUNCAN ELY
WILLIAM JOHN EMORY
JEREMY SCOT FINCH
CONNOR KIRK FINLEY
MOLLY ELIZABETH FISHER
LAUREN MICHELLE FITZPATRICK
ERIC T. FLEMISTER
KELLY CHRISTINE FOX
WILLIAM THOMAS GALLAGHER
JESSICA TAYLOR GARDENHIRE
HANNAH DON GELLER
REBECCA M. HAMM
KATHERINE SUZANNE HAMPTON
LOGAN VICTORIANO HERNANDEZ
SARAH ELIZABETH JIMENEZ
ALEXANDRIA MICHELLE JUAREZ
CRYSTAL LISETTE KEARNEY
PAGE MICHELE KEMP
CHAD WILLIAM KIRBY (In absentia)
GIANELA NICOLE LIO
WESLEY ROBERT LUCKOCK
MARK TAYLOR McCULLOUGH
MARC LEO McGRATH
MUHAMMAD JAWAD MEMON
MONIQUE BRITTANY METOYER
BRETT MICHAEL MISTROT
HALEY RAE MITCHELL
JARRED GRANDAL MOYLAN
RACHEL MICHELLE ORTEGA
OLUSEYI OLUFEMI TAIWO OSUNSAN
McKENZIE RENEE PATTERSON
CAMERON E. PERRY
SEBASTION ALLAN PIAZZA
M AY 2 0 1 5 2 3
GRADUATE CANDIDATES
RACHELE ANN REAGAN
JAMIE DEAN RICKETTS
RALSTON LAYNE ROLLO
WALTER W. SCHMIDT
MARTIN RYAN SCHWETTMANN
KELI RENEE SMITH
SAMUEL D. SPRADLEY
JAKE A. STRICKLAND
AMELIA K. SWISSLER
LEVI COLTON WEAVER
JESSICA MARIE WHITE
AUSTIN PARKER WIEBEL
KYLIE ALEXANDRA WINTER
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
ASTRID K. TORRES ARELLANO
THESIS: Dynamics of Glass Forming Materials
NADIA SULTANA
THESIS: A Study of Adipocyte Differentiation
of 3T3-L1 Cells in LbL Nano Film Coated 3D
Microbead Based Microenvironment
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
ERIC ALVARADO
DOUGLAS MATTHEW ASHWORTH
QUANGONG CHI
THARANGA KUMARA DISSANAYAKA MUDIYANSELAGE
MENGJIN LI
ANVESH PULI
BHARGAVI RUMANDLA
HALEY A. SCHNEIDER
REBECCA ELIZABETH STEPHENS
PRESTON LANE STURKIE (In absentia)
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
ADEYEMI OPEOLUWA AFOLABI
DAVID HEINRICH BARNETT (In absentia)
THESIS: Development of a Pulse Generator for
Triggered Spark Gaps
SPANDANA VINEETHA BARRE
DANIEL FRANKLIN CHAMNESS
XIN CHEN
ELO GODWIN CHUKWUMA
SHU FENG
TYLER JOSEPH FLACK (In absentia)
THESIS: Characterization of an n-type 4 kV GTO
for Pulsed Power Applications
JOANNA MARIE GATLIN
THESIS: Industry Semiconductor Test Solutions
for Academic Laboratory Programs
PALLAVI GOTTUMUKKALA
AKHIL LAKSHMESH GOVINDAPPA
BENJAMIN FURKAN HALL
THESIS: Advanced Modular Testing Methods for
Integrated Circuits
24 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
BO HU
THESIS: Digital Signal Processor-based Voice
Recognition
ROHITH KOTHA
BERTRAND MARTIAL KUE
SAMBHAVI KUNAPAREDDY
MARIUS LÜKE
SHARANYA MADABHUSHI
KEVIN M. MATHEW, SR. (In absentia)
RONJAN PRASAD MATHUR (In absentia)
OMATSOLA CHUKWUDUMEBI MENE-EJEGI
TIMOTHY W. MONDAY (In absentia)
MANJUNATH NANDURI
DEDEEPYA PEDAPENKI
SUDEEP RAJU PERICHARLA
NIKHIL KUMAR POTHINENI
TAPASWI POTLURI
SHARATH RAMAREDDY
MATTHEW SCOTT SAPP
JAMES ALAN SCHROCK
THESIS: Development of Pulse Power Systems
for the Evaluation of Advanced High Power
Silicon Carbide Devices
JOHN LUKE SHELBURNE
KEVIN D. STEWART
MICHAEL STRUTZ
MANDAR PURUSHOTTAM THETE
MICHAEL BLAINE WALLS
THESIS: Development and Application of an
Empirical Thyristor Type Switch Model for
Pulse Generator Simulation
GLENN ELLIOTT YEAGER III
THESIS: Wavelet Transform in MRI Data
Reconstruction
SANDEEP YELESWARAPU
FLORIAN ZIDAR
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
STEFFEN CHRISTIAN AHLERS
RAVI TEJA GOTTIPATI
MEHER BHANUPRAKASH GUDELA
CHRISTIAN MEYER
RATNA VENKATA SRAVAN NULI
SANDRA MONIKA NUXOLL
JAN TORSTEN RÜDEBUSCH
DEEPAK THADITURI
GAURAV TRIPATHI
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
COREY UCHENNA C. AWARAKA
HEJING CAI
TRAVIS CAMERON GEIGER
DYLAN CHARLES HARGROVE
DANIELA MONIKA KREFTER
KEVIN S. KUTCH
NKAMA EGWU NKAMA
THESIS: Probabilistic Analysis of Continuously
Variable Transmission to Increase Reliability
OLADELE ADEDAMOLA POPOOLA
MICHAEL R. SATCHES
XING SU
AMELIA CATHERINE TAYLOR
THESIS: Exploring Atmospheric Stability Effects
on Wind Turbine Wakes Utilizing a Small-scale
Wind Turbine in a Field Environment
GEORGE ANTHONY ULMO
GODLOVE AZHIE-NWI WANKI
IAN M. WITHERS
YAJIE ZHANG
THESIS: 3D Printing of Double-network Hydrogels
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
ALEXANDER IBEM ANYA
AMAN ARORA
THESIS: Improving Steady State Permeability
Measurement in Shale
JORDAN COLT CHAPMAN (In absentia)
YAWEI CHENG
KELVIN LEGBORSI IGEREH
MARVELIS DE LOS REYES VELASQUEZ MARCANO
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
KENNETH WAYNE DINSMORE
ALEXANDER R. GEOGHEGAN
ABDULLAH MUQIM
KUSH JAGDISH PATEL
NICHOLAS R. RODRIGUEZ
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING
MANAGEMENT
PETER ALEXANDER HALL
JENNA LEIGH JOHNSON
MATTHEW ARON MOLTEN (In absentia)
MATTHEW PATRICK SONDAG
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TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
College of Agricultural Sciences
& Natural Resources
TM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
AGRIBUSINESS
JOHN CAMERON CLARK
JAMES ROBERT LANSFORD
COLBY LANCE PENNELL
JOHNATHON DALE WHITE II3
AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS
GARRETT WILLIAM BALL
JESSICA JANAE BURNER2
2nd Degree: General Business
BRITTANY KAYE BLUM2
HAYDEN JAMES BROWN
RYAN EARL BUCHANAN
SHERRYE LYNN BUCHANAN2
JENNIFER ERIN BUNDY
KYLAN GREGORY CARSON
TAELAR RENEA CHILDERS2
COLTON CANE COKER
AUSTIN WAYNE CRISSMAN1
TAYLOR SUSANNE CROCKETT
KATIE KATHLEEN CROSSLEY
JESSICA KATE DAVIS
2nd Degree: Psychology
BRANDON SCOTT MARTIN
NATHAN SCOTT MATT
MAX STERLING McGILVRAY
RAELYE McLELLAN
MASON JUSTIN MERTZ
CODY KEY MOORE
COREY JESS PAGE
STACEY GENE PARROTT
KYLER MARTIN RAYMOND
AUSTIN DAN REED
MICHAEL ETHAN SCHEFFLER
JOHN RILEY SHANKLE
AUDREY JARRELL SIRMON
CARLY McKENZIE STROUD1
2nd Degree: General Business
LEVI THOMAS DRAPER
KAITLYN YVONNE FARMER2
AARON LYNN FAULKNER
ROSA MARIA FIGUEROA
NICHOLAS JOSEPH FITZSIMMONS
GARRETT MICHAEL FOOTE3
KAITLIN MICHAEL FOSS3,4
TAYLOR DAVID FRANK
SHELDON RAY FRANKS
CATHERINE ROSE GALLANT
HORACIO GARZA III
ANDREW NEIL GRANT
EMILY NICOLE GREEN
SAMANTHA TERESA NICOLE GREENWOOD
STEPHANIE GALE HALL
STEPHANIE MARIE HARBAUGH
HARRY MIDDLETON HUDGINS III
JORDAN ELIZABETH INGE2
TAYLOR CLAY KIRK1
JOHN KYLE KOENIG
AUSTIN JAMES LANGEMEIER3
GARRETT JAMES LOCHNER
ELISA J. LOKE
MORGAN CLAIRE McCOY
JACOB DONOVAN EUGENE McKILLIP
SAMANTHA ANN MEANS2,4
BRIAN THOMAS MEYER2,4
ADRIAN GABRIELLA MONACO
McKENZIE LEANN MOORE3
JEWELS MARIAHA MORIN
EVAN SCOTT MURRAY2
ZACHARY MARTIN NAVA
TYLER WESLEY NEUMAN3
LINSEY JEAN OGDEN2
LAUREN NICOLE ONDERDONK
BAILEY JOE PENNINGTON2
LUCY DAWN PETERSON
ZANE SCOTT ROBINSON
LYNDON TRAVIS TATE
TYLER PAUL TETER
LOGAN THOMAS TURNER
JAMIE S. WATSON
2nd Degree: General Business
JAMES THOMAS CAUDILL
COLTON CHARLES CHRISTIAN
ROBERT PRESTON CONE
JOHN GOODWIN CRAWFORD
TANNER EVAN CUMMINGS
ASA GAGE DAUGHERTY
JEROME DAVIS, JR.
LINCOLN TAYLOR DEVAULT
2nd Degree: General Business
JAKE THOMAS WEBB
THOMAS FENLEY WESTERMAN III3
CHASE WILLIAM WHITE
JAMES TRAVIS WINZELER
AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS
LUCAS CREIGHTON DOVER
KELSEY NICOLE DYES3
CRAWFORD OVERTON EDWARDS
ZACHRY TRAVIS GAGE
ERIC PAUL GONSOULIN
JAMES ALLEN GRAFF
2nd Degree: General Business
BERGAN RENEE’ BOWNDS
AARON MITCHELL CULLEN
MADISON LEIGH FROMAN2
CASSIE JOYCE GODWIN2
JOHN LESLIE HAWLEY
SUMMITT ALAN HOGUE3
KIRBY L. KENNEDY
KYMBRE ANN KUPATT2
REINA MISTINE LEWIS1
HALEY MORGAN LOCKABY2
LYNSEY LEIGHAN MEHARG3
STACI LINANNE MELCHER
KELLI ANITA NEUMAN1
AUTUMN RYE PHILLIPS
RAGEN NOELLE REDING
JALENE DENAE SCHERTZ3
SHELBY ROSE SCHWARTZ
PEYTON YOUNG WALDRIP2
TAYLER LEXANN GREEN1
GARRETT RYAN HALE
JAMES MARK HAND3
TRENTON ALAN HEROD
2nd Degree: General Business
BRIAN MICHAEL HIRT2
2nd Degree: General Business
HARRISON SHEPPARD HOOD
TATE ELLIS HORWOOD
TAYLOR WAYNE HOSKINSON
KELBY C. HOUGH
WILL DAVID HOWARD
DYLAN KEITH JACOBY
ALICE CHRISTINE KEYS
AARON TYLER KOONCE
CHANCE EDWARD LANCARTE
JACOB COLE LASEMAN
HILLARY SHA LONG
KOBY JASPER LONG2
ANIMAL SCIENCE
TREYSON CHASE ANTONICK3
SIRIA ALEJANDRA ARELLANES
YEWANDE O. BABALOLA
DONNA ACOSTA BALDERAS
KENZIE LYNN BLACK2
1
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 2 5
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
CIERRA ROSA-ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ
JODY GLENN ROOD
TRAVIS CODY ROWCLIFFE
JOSEPH SAAHENE
IAN JAMES SCHAEFER2
TRISTA DAWN SOUTHALL
JACOB CHRISTOPHER STEPH
TANNER T. STEVENSON
SARAH ELIZABETH TERRY
TAYLOR JAMES TJADEN
KATHLEEN MARIE McCUBBIN TRAYLOR
CHAD EVAN VANDER LINDEN
JEFFREY JOHN WALLACE
ALICIA MARIE WHITE BEAR
BRYCE WAYNE WHITE
CHRISTY MARIE WOERNER
WILLIAM THOMAS WUNDERLICH
CONSERVATION LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL LOMAS
ENVIRONMENTAL CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES
BRAYDEN ELLIS IDEN3
JORGE ANTONIO PENSO
TAYLOR RAE PERSON2
JULIANNA R. SCHUNEMAN
GARRETT RAY THORNTON3
ANDREA V. CHAVIRA³
2nd Degree: General Business
CODY SCOTT ANDERSON
BRANDON RUSSELL BIBLE
BLAKE KENNEDY BOX
ANDREW MICHAEL CUTAIA
JUSTIN ARTHUR DILLON
DALLAS ANN DRAZAN1,4
GATLIN JAKE DUNCAN2
NEIL PATRICK ESTES
BRANDON ALEXANDER GARCIA
CARLOS JESUS GARCIA
ANTON RICHARD GEREAU II2
CHRISTOPHER BARRETT HALL
COLE WALKER HEADRICK
MATTHEW LEE KIKER
ANNA CAPRI PEREZ
STEVEN WYATT PRIEST
DYLAN MAEDGEN SEBEK
SHEA D’LYNNE SMITH2
TOMMY LYNN SRADER
RILEY CRAIG TINNIN
CASSIE MAE VAUGHAN
KARLA NATHALLIE MURILLO CHICO³
ANA ELISA GONZALEZ COLIN
JIMMY LEE CRAIG³
WILLIAM PHILLIP CURL
EBER DE LA HOYA
OSCAR DIAZ
TIRRANY MONET DOZIER
AARON SCOTT FISHER
SERGEI JONATHAN FRIZZELL
LUNEOUFALL VITAL GALLEGO
JOSUE RICARDO GARCIA
ALLAN JAVIER TREJO GARZA
ANDRES CHRISTIAN GARZA
2nd Major: Civil Engineering
JEREMY BRIEN GOODIE
RAFAEL ALBERTO GRANADOS
2nd Major: Civil Engineering
JACQUELINE GUERRA³
LUIS CARLOS IGLESIAS
TYLER KYLE JEFFERY
ZEPENG JIA
JON R. LAMBERT
ANDREW DAVID
RUBEN APODACA LONGORIA
STEPHEN SOLOMON LONGORIA
ADOLFO J. LOPEZ
ARTURO LOYA
EDUARDO MANUEL MORENO MARTINEZ
JUDAH MATA
MARRISA JENA MEEKS
JUAN CARLOS MERCADO
JOAQUIN JACOBO MONTES IV
CARLA J. MORENO
ISMAEL OLIVARES
ANDREW PHILLIP SERGIO PACHECO
WILLIAM DARRELL PELLACANI³
STEVEN JOSEPH PRIETO
MARIO ALBERTO RAMOS
VERENIS RENTERIA
SADIE LYNN RICHTER
PAOLA RIVERA
ESTEBAN ROBLES²
ANA IRAIS RODRIGUEZ
GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ
HECTOR RODRIGUEZ
APPOLONIA ROLDAN
JUANRAYMON RUBIO
DONATHAN ZACHARY IAN TAYLOR
AUBREY VAN NIEKERK
NICOLAS RAUL WATKINS³
DYLAN CARTER WELLS
GABRIEL A. WINTER
BACHELOR OF LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
FOOD SCIENCE
KARI RENEE BUNTING
SADIE KATHERINE DIERSCHKE1,4
MARICELLA KATHERINE GOMEZ
CARISHMA MAZHUVANCHERIL
JULIA FLORES SMITH
THOMAS RYAN WILSON
HORTICULTURAL AND TURFGRASS SCIENCES
MATTHEW DYLAN CARTER2
JUSTIN ALLEN GREGORY
TREVOR LILES McNEILL
ANDREW MICHAEL MOSES
CHRISTOPHER LANGSTON PARKER
LANDON GARRETT BELL1
SEAN DAVID CARROLL
PAUL BRADLEY CRANFORD
ROBERT NOLAN CRITES
SERGIO GONZALEZ, JR.
SARAH COLLEEN GORNEY1
WILLIAM BRENT HIBBS
RYAN STEWART KELLY
MIKALE G. KUBIK
CHRISTOPHER STEVEN LESTER
CHYANN JADE MALONE
ELEANOR RILEY POWELL
CIERRA DOMINQUE REEVES
NINO ORLANDO TORRES
DILLON GLEN TUTTLE
INTERDISCIPLINARY AGRICULTURE
TORI DAWN BOYDSTON
KLOEY ELIZABETH CARGILL
ELISSA DIANE COOKE
PATRICK ANTHONY COULTER3
TYLER LANE CRAFTON
BRADY R. DOUGLAS
ELISA MICHELLE INFANTE3
KRYSTI LAUREN KELLEY1
MEAGAN LYNN KIMBROUGH
TAD HOLLIS MENEFEE
CLAYTON ROSS PERRY
ABBY ELIZABETH PRAUSE2
SHELBIE PAIGE REID3
WILLIAM LUTHER SELLERS
JESSICA ANN SHIPMAN2
WHITNEY KRISTINE STRETCHER
THOMAS WARREN TRUESDELL
LESLEY ELIZABETH WESLOCKY
WILLIAM ROBERT WEST
NATASHA DEE WILLIAMS1
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
College of Architecture
TM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
PETER AGUILAR
PRISCILLA ARMENGOL
MATTHEW JACKSON BARKER
DANIEL BHATTI
JOSEPH S. BORING²
KEVIN DYLAN BOUTTE
2nd Major: Civil Engineering
SHAYNE MICHAEL BURNS
SERGIO CABELLO, JR.
MARIBEL CALZADA¹
DEMONT L. CAMPBELL, JR.
ERICK MICHAEL CARRASCO
COLLIN HENRY CAUTHEN
BRAYAN R. CHAVARRIA
1
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Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
College of Arts & Sciences
TM
BACHELOR OF ARTS
JACQUELINA MICHELLE WHITE
2nd Major: Spanish
CHRISTIAN ARTHUR WILLIAMS
MICHAEL LAWRENCE WILSON
2nd Major: Political Science
NATALIE RACHELLE CHAPMAN3
HUNTER BENGE COOKE
JUSTIN REID DENEVE
BROOKE SHANNEN DOWNEY3
ZACHARY RYAN DUNNAM
KIRSTI RAE EDWARDS
DANIEL TANNER FAITH
JERAMEY DANE GILLILAN
ANGELICA MARIE HILDEBRANT
BRITTANY KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH ROLSTON3
AMBER ADELE HUNTER
2nd Major: Political Science
TRENT LYNDON LANGFORD
JONATHON NATHANIEL LIRA
JHED VITUG MANALO3
AUSTIN JAMES MARSHALL
ISABEL JANE MASON2
BRIAN MORENO
ASHLEY NICOLE NAGY
COURTNEY MARIE NATONEK
ZACHARY WILLIAM NGUYEN3
WHITNEY KATHERINE NIELSON
KAITLYN ANN NORDEEN2
2nd Major: Political Science
LACEY RENEE OLIVER
MARIO GASPAR PEREZ2
2nd Major: Political Science
EDWARD BERNARD PRUEITT III
NATALIE ANN PULLIG
JOSHUA RILEY REESE3
EFRAIN ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ
ANTHONY LAWRENCE SANDOVAL
RUSTY GEORGE SHELLHORN1
ZACHARY KARL STUBBLEFIELD1
MATTHEW KYLE TURNER
ENGLISH
ANTHROPOLOGY
JOSE FERNANDO ANGEL II1
MARK PHELAN BENTON3
WILLIAM DANIEL CAWLEY1,5
CALLIE DELE DORRIS
SEWASEW HAILESELASSIE ASSEFA
KATIE ELIZABETH HOUX
BAYLAN BRYCE INGMIRE
KASHMIERE NICOLE McGEE
RYAN JOSEPH McKEE3
SAMANTHA MEGAN MITCHELL
LAUREN ELIZABETH NEWMYER3
2nd Major: Psychology
ROCIO ISABEL RODRIGUEZ CASQUETE
2nd Degree: Microbiology
BIOCHEMISTRY
KATELYNN MARIE COLLINS3,4
LOGAN AUGUST DOBBE3,4
NEILL KIM
CHEMISTRY
KAILEY SUSANNE KUNTZ
MELISSA MANCILLA
JACLYN NICOLE MERLO
CLASSICS
CARLY MARIE COWHER
2nd Degree: Biology
TANNER KOLTIN HAYNES1
2nd Major: German
3rd Major: History
SAMUEL CLEMENS LAGRONE3
2nd Major: Anthropology
3rd Major: History
4th Major: Political Science
IAN NATHANIEL LOVE
2nd Major: Communication Studies
GRAHAM BURGESS ROGERS3
2nd Major: Geography
ECONOMICS
NICK RYAN AKERS
CAMERON RYAN ANDRE
STEPHEN LYNN ASHWORTH
TYLER ERIC BROWNLEE
BRENDON KEITH FLEISCHHAUER
JESSICA RACHEL GLOCKNER1,4
2nd Major: Political Science
RYAN SAMUEL HARRIS
JOSEPH DOUGLAS KIFF
JOHN HENRY LANAHAN IV
NOAH CHRISTOPHER McCULLOUGH1
2nd Major: Political Science
RICHARD RYAN ROBINSON
CONNER BLAKE SCOTT
SARA NICOLE SISSON
MATEJKO ROBERT SNIRCH3
RYNE McCANN ST. JOHN
WILL BENTON ADAMO3
TAYLOR WILSON BORN
SHARON SUE CUMMINS
JUSTINA DANILOWSKI
2nd Major: Psychology
WILLIAM JAMES DURHAM
RACHEL DAWN HALL
DYLAN SCOTT HEVRON
JAMAL MALIK JEFFERSON
2nd Major: Sociology
JASON BARRETT JUDD2,5
2nd Major: History
CARSON COLLEEN KENNEDY
SARAH MICHAELA KIRIACON1
KAHLEY ELIZABETH KOCH
MEGHAN JO LINDSEY
JAKE REID MACON
REBECCA ELYSE MARKEE1
CHAD MICHAEL MATTHEWS
KAYLA ALISE McCOWAN
2nd Major: Psychology
LIA MARIE McINERNEY2
CHELSIE MARIE MILLER
PARKER REED MORGAN
MORGAN CLARE NOBLE3
2nd Major: History
ASHLEY NICOLE ORANGE
2nd Degree: Exercise and Sport Sciences
AMANDA LEIGH PARKS
JACKSON ALEXANDER PARKS
SETH THOMAS PROHASKA
CRYSTAL LEE RODRIGUEZ
CAMERON JAMES RZUCIDLO
TREY DENNIS STOLP3
CADE QUINLIN STULL
SEAN CAMERON SUTTON
SOPHIA ANNEMARIE THOMAS
EMILY LYNN VANDEVENTER
MARY ELIZABETH WHITE2,4
LAMORRIS ANDREW WILHITE
LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
SUNNY SUNYALAK KHAMVONGSA
MATHEMATICS
KRISTEN ANN ANGLIN1
KODY THOMAS BIBIK
JOEL MARTINEZ GARCIA
LEAH MARIE LENZSCH3
AMY LEIGH MEADOWS
CORY CHRISTIAN MELENDEZ
MEGAN KATHLEEN MEREWETHER2
REBECCA RENEÉ OWENS1
LINDSAY ANN SHUMAN3
MARISSA LEE STEINHEIMER
CHANCZ EDWIN SULLIVAN
MARK ALAN WILLIAMS
BROOKE ASHLEY WILLIFORD
FRENCH
ELIZABETH JANE HAMMOND
RACHEL MARIE HUME
KENDRA DEE SNELSON3
GEOGRAPHY
HEATHER FRANCIS CULLEY
DARRAGH LIAM CHRISTIAN SMITH
PHILOSOPHY
ASHLEY NICOLE GALINSKY
ALEXANDER PHILIP JARVIS1
RONNIE LEE PADRON
PHILLIP THOMAS ROACH
2nd Major: Psychology
ALYSSA RENEE RODRIGUEZ
JONATHAN JAMES TRABING
MACKENZIE ARYN WARD
2nd Major: Psychology
GLOBAL STUDIES
MARK SIRAPOB RUCKTHONGSUK2
HISTORY
KYLE A. BARRERA
JEREMY THOMAS BROWN
KORY R.L. BRUNSON2
LANCE ALLEN CANTERBURY
1
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 2 7
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
POLITICAL SCIENCE
ANGEL CHRISTIAN AGUINAGA
ELIJAH THOMAS ARRIOLA
ROSS DOUGLAS BAXTER
TYLER J. BLAKER
BRYAN CHRISTOPHER BULKOWSKI
DYLAN MICHAEL CALHOUN
TIFFANY L. CAMPBELL1
AMALA ROSE CHACKO
DANIEL ADAM DAVID
DEVIN ALEXANDER DE LOA
BRADLEY ROBERT EAGAN
CAITLYN ELIZABETH ENGLISH1
2nd Major: Communication Studies
HUNTER DOUGLAS FASELER
MICHAEL JONATHAN GOMEZ2
NICHOLAS ANTHONY GRIMES2,4
2nd Major: Russian Language and Area Studies
HAYDEN DANIEL HATCH2,4
LAURIN MICHELLE HATCHETT
HENRY LEE JONES III3,4
REBECA JURADO
KAYLA LOVE JUSTISS
DELANEY CAROL KAMPAS3
CARSON WILLIAMS KULBETH
LAUREN PAIGE MINYARD
JEFFREY PETTER NATTERER
TANNER RHOADES NELSON
RICHARD FRANCIS NEVILLE IV3
CHRISTINA ANN NUÑEZ
MARIA AUXILIO OVIEDO2
2nd Major: Spanish
SKYLER DON PARKS
KIERRA ANTOINETTE PEDESCLEAUX3
CHAD RYAN PENDERGRASS3
SAMUEL EVANS POHL
MICHAEL CHASE PRICE2,4
HECTOR ROYCE QUINTELA
RUBÍ RAMÓN
MATTHEW C. RANDOLPH
LAUREN MICHELLE ROBLEZ
2nd Major: Spanish
ANDREW SCOTT RUSK
ROBERT STEPHEN SALAZAR
JORDAN MATTHEW SHELTON3,4
DEREK WILLIAM SIMAC
GRIFFIN PATRICK SMITH
MONTENE’ LAVONNE SPEIGHT1
MASON TAYLOR TEAFF
SAVANNAH GRAY THODE
PEDRO ELIAS VILLARREAL3
MARK ANTHONY WILSON
KATELYN MICHELLE YBARRA
PSYCHOLOGY
OSCAR A. AGUILA
KELLI JEAN ALDERMAN
JACOB R. ALLEN
MELISSA CRUCES ANDRADE
LEIGHA JUSTINE ARMSTRONG
TONI REBECCA ARMSTRONG
TAYLOR SUZANNE BALLARD
SARA ABDI BARASO
KAYLA RENEE BARRON
1
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SAVANNAH BETH LEWIS2
BRIEANN NICOLE McDANIEL3,5
LAQUANDRIA MARCHEZ McGRUDER
CHASTITY ANN McNAIR
MADISON LINDSEY MEADE3
JULIO ALEJANDRO MEDINA
CHELSEA RAEANN MORSE
STARR MICHOLE MULLINS
2nd Major: Sociology
PATRICK CHARLES NELSON
UZOCHUKWU EDWIN OKONKWO
CHIDUBEM CHIMA ONWUMERE
STEPHANIE MICHELLE ORTIZ
2nd Degree: Human Development and
Family Studies
LEAH MARIE OVIEDO
JEFFREY ROSS PAYNE
DUSTIN RYAN PERKINS2
SARAH DIANE PIERCE3
KENSY BRIANNA RAY
SARAH KATHLEEN RENDON3
ASHLEE MARIE RODRIGUEZ3,4
VICTOR ALFONZO RODRIGUEZ
CARLOS MANUEL ROSA
NATHANIEL DAVID ROSEN
VICENTE CARLOS RUBIO3
JOSHUA CHARLES RUSSELL
TAYLOR HASTINGS SCHLEY
SHIANNE ALENE SHARP2
EPIFANIO SILVA, III
RACHEL RAELEE TAYLOR
AUSTIN SCOTT TESMER
CASSANDRA LOUISE THIBEAU
BRYCE DREW THIEMAN
ANGELICA NICOLE TOVAR
DESTIN ANDREW TROCHESSET2,4
KATELYN FAIN TROTTER
KORIE DEANN TURNER
ROBERT A TURNER
2nd Major: Spanish
KAYLA ALAYNE VERNOR
SAMANTHA DAWN WARD1,4
2nd Degree: Exercise and Sport Sciences
CLARISSA NICOLE WEBB
ALYSSA JEAN WEST
KUMUDU MANISHA WITANAPATIRANA
NIKKI LEIGH WITCHER
2nd Major: Spanish
ASHLEY MORGAN WOODRUFF3
CLAYTON EUGENE WORNKEY
BRANDON GUNHEE YI
KIMBERLY LAUREN YOUNG
KIMBERLY PAIGE YUILL
SHANNON SARA BELL2,4
2nd Degree: General Studies
SARAH COURTNEY BERLINGER2
COURTNEY TAYLOR BIEDA
BLAKELY ALLEN BOUDREAUX
KRISTIN LEAH BOYD2,5
KRISTYN NICOLE BRADSHAW
2nd Major: Sociology
FERRIN ALYSE BUNDY2
ROBERT ARTHUR BURKE III
CASSANDRA DEE CANTU
2nd Major: Sociology
JENNIFER ELIZABETH CARDENAS
EVONNA LIZETTE CASTELLANOS
MORGAN DANIELLE CHAVEZ3
TIFFANY NICOLE CHUNG
JOHN WILLIAM CLAPP2
KATHRYN OLIVIA COLLIER
TABITHA MARIE COLLIER
KIYRA A. CROOKS2
GUADALUPE CRUZ
2nd Major: Communication Studies
PEARL DENISSE CRUZ
ADDISON McCALL DAMON
ERNESTO DAVILA, JR.
ERIN LYNNE DAVIS
CHARLES BRADBURY DEPPERSCHMIDT
DANNA LEIGH DERRICK
SHELBIE LYNN DONALDSON
LEIGH AMBRI DRABING3
KALCEY JAE DVORAK
ALEXANDRA RENEE ELLIOTT2
SYDNEE LYNE ERICKSON2,4
JEREMY JAY ERSLAND4
ROBERT EARL ERWIN
ELIZABETH ANNE FEENEY1
IAN RICHARD FRANK3
FANCY CHANEL GALYON
McKENZIE ANNE GARBER
CARISSA RENA GARCIA
VICTORIA ABIGAIL GARDINER
JOSUE DAVID GIRON
JULIO CESAR GOMEZ
WILLIAM JOHN GORMAN
LUKE JAMES WRIGHT GUFFEY3
TANYA MARIE HAINEY
LACEY JO HAMLIN2
KELAN PHOTIUS HAMMAN
MELISSA GRACE HARDEN
AUSTIN RIEN HARP
JAYMES BARRY HASS
JOHN PAUL HERNANDEZ
SARAH DANIELLE HOSTICK
MICHAEL BRENDAN JAMES
NATHAN ROBERT JERONIMUS2
AMBER NICOLE JONES
JACOB H. JONES
RACHEL CAROLINE KAHLIG2
HUNTER KING3
MEREDITH SUE KLIPPLE
MORGANN LEE KNOTT2
LORENA MARIE LAKS2
NATHAN ROBERT LANDERS1
HUNTER AMYELIZABETH LEE1
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND AREA STUDIES
KATELYN MARIE UST3
SOCIAL WORK
LOLEDA RENAE ALLEN3
ANDREA LYNN BAKER1
ROXANNA YVETTE BALBUENA2
KASSANDRA DAEL CAMPBELL
BIANCA LISSETTE CARDENAS
KYLIE FAYE ERP
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
RENE ESPARZA
JESSICA PEARL JONES
REBBEKAH EMILY LAMBERT
REBECA SILVA LLANAS
ANTONIA ASHLYN MARTINO2
SHELBY ELIZABETH MOWERY3
LINDSEY ERIN NASH2
WHITNEY HELEN OWEN3
PRISCILLA DENISE RANGEL
SAMANTHA DOMINQUE RODRIGUEZ
ALANA NICOLE SCOGGIN1
JESSICA LARAINE STAFFORD
SARAH TSAI
BRIANA DAWN VASQUEZ
TAYLOR LEIGH ANN VAUGHN
KARLYE ALEXANDRA WEAVER
CHAWNEAN RACAL WILLIAMS
MATTHEW RYAN WILSON
MATTHEW J. WRIGHT
JOHN AUSTIN DRISCOLL2,4
GINA MARIE GRAVES
CAMMY RAE HERMAN
MICHAEL ANDREW SEPULVEDA
CORI TAYLOR VANDYGRIFF
BACHELOR OF
GENERAL STUDIES
SOCIOLOGY
VALERIE SHANICE ALCALA-CASTILLO
TRAVIS MARCUS ALLUM
DEVIN CHASE ARNOLD
JESSICA RAE BOOTHE
CHASE TYLER CANTU
JEREMY L. CONTRERAS
CHASE HARTIN COWIN
LOURDES A. GARCIA
LYDIA DIANA GREEN3
MONTSERRAT GUARDIOLA
MERRITT HAM
EFRAIN HERNANDEZ
SHEMIELL KENDRA JOSEPH
WESLEY KEITH LEWIS
ABIGAIL ANNE McDONALD3
LUIS ALFREDO MORALES
KYLE NICHOLAS NEWTON1
LILLIAN DAWN PEÑA
2nd Major: Spanish
KELCY KAY PIERCE1
JERROD MANUEL QUINTANA3
RYAN MANUEL QUINTANA
GEORGE RIVERS
BRITTANY ANN SCEE3
MELISSA CLARICE SPENCE1
SHA’KERA KEYOKA MONAE TRIMBLE
MONALISA MARIAH VILLAPANDO-RAMIREZ
CHANDLER GENISE WANN
SARAH NICOLE ZOHORZAREA
SPANISH
NICHOLAS JAMES AJA
ADEENAH BEAL
KARA MICHELLE BRADSHAW3
BROOKE NICOLE CAMPBELL3
JESSICA ANN EASTMAN1,5
2nd Degree: Biology
CLINTON ANDREW GABEL1
2nd Degree: Biology
ANGELIQUE GARZA
GABRIELA HERNANDEZ3
BRITTNEE NICOLE JOHNSON
2nd Degree: International Business
NATALIA TERESA LARA
JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER McCASLIN
COLE AXTELL MORRISON1,4
JAVIER IGNACIO PFEIFFER
LUIS JAMES RUIZ1,4
2nd Degree: Biology
JESSI KATHRYN STAFFORD3
1
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BIOCHEMISTRY
KRISTIN MICHELLE ALT
OSCAR ALEXIS ANCHONDO
TERESA EVERLINE AWUOR
WILLIAM ROBERT BANKS3
PRISCILLA ASHLEY BARAJAS
JOSHUA ADRIAN CASTRO
ASHLEY RENEE DELGADO
RACHEL HONG GARDNER
2nd Major: Cell and Molecular Biology
MICHEL EDUARDO GIL
KRISTOFFER RAMON GONZALEZ3
ALEXANDER JACOB
CHRISTIAN MICHAEL JIMENEZ
MARCEL KROSCHK
AARON ALEXANDER LINDEN
SARAH NAGY MANSOUR
SARAH MARY MENDE3
MAJA MILANKOVIC̀
JAIME OMAR MUÑOZ
JENI ELIZABETH NANCE3,4
HECTOR DANIEL NAVARRETE
DANNY VAN NGUYEN
OLGA PAULINA PEREGRINO
JOHNNY DEAN PHILLIPS III2
ADRIAN QUINTANA CARDENAS
DAVID JOSEPH SCONYERS
GABRIELA SEGOVIA
OSCAR SÍAS
ANTONIA GABRIELA STUEBLER2
BODEN HOLLIS VANDERLOOP
KARA LEANNE WILHELM2
CHELSIE ELAINE YOUNG
ARNOLD DALEUN YU3,4
ANDREW GARRETT ABBOTT
MICHAEL ROBERT ANDERSON
RACHEL JUSTINE BERLINGERI
BRANDON TY BUFKIN
COURTNEY JANE CABEEN
JORDAN D’NAE CARR
JASON RICARDO CASCO
BREANNA NICOLE CASE
JORDAN BLAKE CAVAZOS
LE’RAVEN DEON’TA CLARK
ROBERT CALEB COY
VERONICA DE LA HOYA
JOSE M. DEVORA3
DUSTIN ALEXANDER DOOLEY
JASMINE RAE FANTA2
KYLA ELIZABETH FERRIS
LINDSAY DAY FLORENCE
HILARY ERIN FORREST2
KARYNA AGNES GEMPESAW-PANGAN
JEREMY BLAKE GIBBS
NATALIE MICHELLE GORDON
JUDITH GUTIERREZ
ALLISON RUTH HABERTHUR4
RODNEY WAYNE HALL, JR.
CANDICE ROLYNN HAMMONDS
HANNAH LEE HARREL
STEPHANIE LANE HELBERT
EMANUEL HERNANDEZ
WILLIAM MATTHEW HERRMANN
TRAVIS GRANT HOFFMEISTER
ALEXIS ANN JAMES
TRAVIS DEWAYNE JONES
CARISSA KATEKARU
SYDNEY MICHELE KEREKES
KYLE DAVID MAISANO
LEIGHANN MARTIN
KALEY LAUREN MILLENDER
TAMISHA RENEE MINNIFEE
JONATHAN DAVID MUHL
ADDISON L. PITTS
JORDAN DAWN POLLARD
MALINDA ANN REESE
DREW NOLAN RENFRO
AMANDA L. RITCH
KEITH GORDON ROGERS
ALLYSON LEIGH ROMO
DANIELLA LISA SALDAÑA
ABIGAIL LEE SCHRONK3
SABRINA ZAINUB SIDDIQUI1,4
REBECCA ELIZABETH SMITH
CLINTON WAYNE SOWELL
ZACHARY ADAM STAIF
KRISTIAN RAE SZAFRAN
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
BIOLOGY
JAMES BARRERA AGUILAR
DWAYNE CHIJIOKE AKANWA 3
MEGAN ROYA ANSARI
LYDIA ALEJANDRA ARRANAGA
KENDALL ANN ARTHUR2,4
ZACHARY MARC AYBAR3,4
HANNAH ELIZABETH BELL
DUSTON JACOB BEZNER
KISHAN K. BHAKTA2
MYLA RAJU BHAKTA
MICHELLE YVONNE BRIDGESTOCK
COURTNEY LEA BROWN
TAILOR ELIZABETH BROWN4
RYAN ALLEN BURDEN2
DANIEL AARON BURKHOLDER1
YOVANDA JOSEFINA CAIN
AUSTIN CRESS CASTILLO1
ALYSSA DANIELLE CHOW3
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 2 9
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
MARLEY RAY CLIFTON
HOLLY MARIE DANE
TIFFANY MARIE DANNER
STEPHANIE ELANE DELEON
JOHN THOMAS DILL
KIRK WYNDELL EASTERWOOD
JOSHUA THOMAS LAINE EKLUND3
ZACHARY STEELE FALLON
ARAN FRANCIS FARRELL
JAMES QUINCY FRANCIS
IRVIN THOMAS GARZA
PARKER REID GRAGG
BRENNAN TYE GREENLEE3
CHELSEA MORGAN GRIFFIN3
EDWIN ORLANDO GUERRA2
GREER JACKSON GUTHRIE2
JORDAN LEIGH HARMON2
KAITLYN NICOLE HARRY
JESSICA MARIE HARTLEY
CHARLES HICKS
MORGAN BAILEY HOMER
DAVID F. HYMEL
SALLU JABATI
MATTHEW JACOB
TORI NICOLE JOBE3
KARINA JUAREZ
KRISTEN CAMILLA KEIM
MADISON DAWN KELLER
THYER MAJED KHALAF
JOVARIA KHALID
ABBY ELIZABETH KNEITZ3 5
JESSICA FAY-MARIE KNIGHT
SERGIO D’ARCY LANE
MALLORY LYNNE LAYMAN2
AVERI LEBLANC
MARCELA LÓPEZ
CARLOS HUMBERTO LOUBRIEL4
JENNIE HONG LUU2
JULIE HONG LUU3
JOHN NYABOCHOA MANENO
YVETTE ALEXIS MARTINEZ2
JORDAN DEAN McCORQUODALE
SHELBY ALLYSSA MINCHEW
ARMANDO MONROY2,4
MARCUS EDWARD MONTANYE
PINKIE DOMINIQUE MURRY
ANDREW CHRISTENSEN NASH3,4
JENNIFER NGUYEN
COLLINS NJOKU
ALEXANDER REESE NORTON1,5
AVERY ELIZABETH NOWAK
JUNGWON PARK3
JAY MEHUL PATEL3
STACY PHILIP2,5
GABRIELLE ROCHELLE PLATA
LETITIA RENEE PLATA
ADAIR DUGUE REIDY
CATHERINE LEILA RIFAI
RANDALL SCOTT RITTMANN1,4
JOANNE ROBLES
TIMOTHY BRYAN ROE
MATTHEW ALLAN ROOTHAME
TAYLOR KENNETH ROSS3
COLIN M. RUNYAN4
CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
SAMUEL ASHER BILLINGSLEY
SARAH ELIZABETH COTTON1,5
SARAH ELIZABETH DOUCETTE1,4
DARRIN ABRAHAM JALLOH
PHILIP COLVIN JARRETT III1,4
WESLI KAY STUBBS
MAURICIO JOSELIN VELASQUEZ
KENDRA MONTAYNE WALKER1,4
VICTORIA CAMERON YOUNG1,4
CHEMISTRY
JAZZ E. BLUE
JONATHAN DANIEL BUFORD
KAYLENE NOELLE DE VRIES
ALYSSA KATE HARTMANN
PHUONG T.N. HUYNH1
TYLER JAMES MURRAY
UBONG VICTOR OKPON
BOJANA RISTIC̀ 2
ALMA LUCILA SALINAS
RONALD ERIC SIKMA1
ASHLEIGH DAWN SMITH1,4
ESSAM ALI SOOMRO
CARY RANDALL STENNETT
ANTHONY RAY TOOPS
ASHTON TAYLOR URREA
ECONOMICS
NATHAN JOSHUA RODRIGUEZ
RYAN MICHAEL WEST
RACHEL LORI HUTCHINS3
ASHLEY BRIEANN JOHNSON3
KINSEY LYNN JOHNSON3
MELISSA ANN JOHNSTON2
TREY NEAL KENSING
KATHERINE ELIZABETH KING
JACOB AUSTIN KISER
JESSICA MARIE KRAHL
REBECCA DIANN KRAUHS
SHELBI KATHERINE LAMAR
CODY RAY LANCASTER
KAELA ELIZABETH LIPO1
MADELINE GRACE LIVERGOOD3,4
GRACE CHERIE LORENZ1
TAYLOR ANNE LOVE
SAMANTHA MARIE LYSON
CELIA CATALINA MARTIN
MEGAN MAY MASSINGILL
KYLE CHANDLER McCALLA
AUSTIN SUMNER McGONIGAL
EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES
JONAS T. ACEVEDO
LANDRY LANCE ACTKINSON
SHIRLEY ANN ISIP AGUAS
AUDREY MARIE ALAMBAR
JASON BRIAN ALBERS
BRIA LEANNA ALEXANDER
BRIANA MARIE APODACA3
STEPHANIE MEGAN ARENIVAS
MARK LOGAN ATCHISON, JR.
ALISON RAE BAEZ1
VICTORIA KASSANDRA BAÑUELAS
SHANNON LEIGH BARTON
JOSHUA FRANKLIN BLOODWORTH
LEAH DIAN BOOM
NATALI BORDIER
JESSICA LAUREN BRITAIN2
ALLISON TAYLOR BURGOS
DEREK DERON BURK
1
30 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
AMANDA DOMINIQUE CANTU
RICHARD CARRERA
CAMILLE FRANCES DEVINE CARTER
ROLANDO CASTAÑON
KOBY CRIT CATON1
KRISTIN ELIZABETH COBB2
TYLER REED COOK3
LEAH JEAN COUCH
BENJAMIN LEE CRUTCHFIELD
RUSTYROGER B. DAVID
ARIANA SHIREEN DAVOODI1
GABRIEL DE AVILA
ALEX ABELARDO DELEON
LINDSEY MARIE DOHERTY
KALE ALLEN DUDDING
KENDALL LEIGH DUNN3
EDWARDO XAVIER ELIZONDO3
CALLIE MARYN EMBRY
ALYSSA DANIELLE ESQUEDA
TY OLUWAFEMI FALAJA
TAYLOR RENEE FELDERHOFF3
EDWARD DANTÉ FLOYD
BERKLEY LYNN FULLER
JENNIFER BELLE OROLFO GALLEGOS
AARON JACOB GARCIA
KAREN GARCIA
MONICA GARZA
RICHARD ANDRÉ GIBBS
NAOMI GENIELLE GIRON
GARNER DANIEL GONZALES
MATTHEW CARLOS GONZALEZ
JUANISHA MICHELLE GOREE
JAIMIE RACHELLE GRAY2
MICHELLE KATHLEEN GREFER2
REBEKA LEE HARRIS2
HADEN VICTOR HART2
WESLEY ELIJAH HAYES
ANA PATRICIA HERNANDEZ
MACKENZIE ROSE HERRING
RICHARD LEE HOLTROP
ALEXANDRIA AUDREY JOYCE HOOK
NICOLE LYNN HRAGYIL1
2nd Degree: General Business
GLEN ORTIZ SALCIDO
MALLORY ELIZABETH SHERMAN2
ANDREW JOSEPH SMITH
VALERIE MELAINA SOSA
JORDAN MINH DANG TA2
NADIA NICOLE TISHLER2,4
VANESSA YVONNE TORRES2,4
CHRISTINA EI-MING TSEN
SOHEL FIROZUDDIN VORA
BIANCA NIQUEL WALKER
ROBERT DAVIS WALLETTE3,4
CAROLINA YAÑEZ
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
AYRTON NIGEL MEDRANO
JESSICA ERIN MICKEY1
ELIZABETH LEE MILLER
KERBI LAUREN MILLER
MIKIA MICHELAÍ MILLS
MEREDITH PAIGE MOORE3
JOSEPH ANDREW MORENO
SARAH ALLISON MORRIS
GABRIELLE NABZDYK
IVAN AMEIN NAYFEH
BRIANNA NICOLE LEIGH NEIGHBORS1
CHRISTOPHER DAC NGUYEN
SHARLENE AMOY NICKLE
CHRISTOPHER JAMES O’DELL
JOSÉ G. OROZCO, JR.
MAYRA ELENA ORTEGA
DOUGLAS FERNANDO PALMA
JOSH PATRICK PANNELL
GEORGE KENNETH PARDY
BROOKE ELIZABETH PAULSEN
LAUREN ASHLEY PEEBLES
MARISA ELIZABETH PEREZ
STEPHANIE ANNE PIGG
KELSEY MARIE RANGEL
ANDREW JARRETT RICKS
ERIC ALEXANDER RIVERA
SAMANTHA JO ROBIN
STEPHANIE BROOKE RODEN
ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ
KYLE ANTHONY ROSE
MARK DANIEL SALDAÑA3
LINDSEY MARIE SANCHEZ
JEFFERY RYNE SAYERS2
CHRISTOPHER BRYCE SCURLOCK
OSCAR ALFONSO SEVILLANO
JIMMY DALE SMITH2
CHASE RYAN SPRADLIN
KENDRA LEA STEINHORST3
SAVANNAH BROOKE STOCKTON
ALORA DANNON SUAREZ
JAMIE MARION TAYLOR
ALINA NHAYEN THAI
MEGAN ELIZABETH TIMMONS
WILLIAM ALEXANDER TIROFF2
CAITLIN JEANNINE TOWLE
JACOB ROBERT TURA
MATTHEW GARRETT ULCAK1
VICTORIA ALYCIA VALDEZ
CHRISTOPHER ADAM VALTIERRA
JESSICA D. VAQUERA HIDROGO FITZGERALD
REBEKAH LYNN WELCH
JUSTIN EARL WILKERSON
BARRETT CODY YATES
KASIE ELIZABETH YOUNGLAS
SAMANTHA LYNN ZALESAK
GEOSCIENCES
HEATHER RENEE BARNES
EULODIE SIMAH BOUROBOU MAPANGOU3
JOSEPH LYMAN BRYAN
BRANDON RICHARD CARTER
JACKSON COLE CASSELS
JAMES MATTHEW DUNCAN
JOHN DAVID FORTNER
1
DAVID ANTHONY GERDES
BETHANY JAYNE KUWITZKY
DEREK DUANE LAWRENCE
MAHMOUD ANIS GAD MAHROUS3
RACHEL VICTORIA MOATS
JARED JENS OLAFSSON1,5
JEFFREY MATTHEW SAMMONS
ABIGAIL ARMSTRONG SPELLMANN
BLAIR ELIZABETH SULLIVAN
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Rawls College of Business
TM
BACHELOR OF
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
ACCOUNTING
NEFTALI CALEB ADAME
ETHAN DERRICK ADAMS1
JONATHAN JAMES ANDERS1
BONNIE ELIZABETH ANTON
KELSEY JUNE AUNSPAUGH3
CALEB GRIFFIN BAUMGARDNER1
JOSHUA BRIAN BERNAL
2nd Major: Finance
MATHEMATICS
BENJAMIN MICHAEL ALBOT
2nd Major: Computer Science
CHELSEA ROSE BROWN
DANIEL CARLOS
DANIIL ANDREYEVICH DEMIDOV
KATHERINE LORAINE EHNIS
RYAN DALE FARMACKA1
RYAN JAMES GARDNER
2nd Major: Physics
AARON KEITH HESTER2,4
KALLIE JUDGE
GREGORY MICHAEL McKINNEY2
RANDOLPH JONAH MORENO
DANNA NASER1
QUINN DOUGLAS PEARCE1
GABRIELA PALOMA RODRIGUEZ
BRANDON LEE BESEDA3
DYLAN NATHANIEL BOYD3
LAUREN ASHLEY BRIGGS1
LAUREN RACHEL BRYANT2
LUCAS JOSEPH CAUSSADE
JINTAO CHEN3
AMANDA KELSEY CLARK
MORGAN BLAIR COMPTON
JONATHAN KEITH CORONA
NISHA DESSARI DANIEL
CHASE MARTIN DARLING3
CHASE BROOKMAN DAVIS2
ERASMO PADRON DE LEON, JR.
ASHTON M. DOUGHERTY
TAYLOR ANN DUCKWORTH2,4
2nd Major: International Business
MICROBIOLOGY
CHUKWUBINYELUM CHUKWUELOKA AMAECHI3
JOSEPHINE SERBEH ASAMOAH
ROBERT BENTON COON
ANGEL ROSALIO CUEVA
GENEVIEVE MEGANROSE D’SOUZA
NIDAL A. HALIMEH
TIFFANY MIYUKI LEUTHNER
IVAN MARSIC
KELSEY BROOKE MAZUREK
SARAH AMELIA ROTH
IYAD B. SALAYMEH
BRADEN TANNER SCHLABS
ALEXANDRA LYNN WITTROCK1,4
WILLIAM JOHN EMORY
JEREMY SCOT FINCH2
CONNOR FINLEY
MOLLY ELIZABETH FISHER2
LAUREN MICHELLE FITZPATRICK3
ERIC TURNER FLEMISTER
KELLY C. FOX1
JAMIE ELAINE FUENTES
TAYLOR ASHLEY GAINAN
WILLIAM T. GALLAGHER3
JESSICA TAYLOR GARDENHIRE
HANNAH DON GELLER2
KELSEY AYDAM GRAY
REBECCA MOLLIE HAMM1
KATHERINE S. HAMPTON
LOGAN V. HERNANDEZ
NICHOLAS GEORGE HIATT
RYAN BARRY HIATT
KHUE HOANG
KENNETH BERNARD HUGGINS
RYAN ISRAEL3
SARAH ELIZABETH JIMENEZ3
CHRISTIAN JAY JOHNS
2nd Major: Finance
PHYSICS
JONATHAN LOUIS MEYER
ZOOLOGY
CHRISTOPHER WAYNE BURNS
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
JOE DIMITRI DAMIAN
CHINEDU CHIMEREUCHEYA ESIABA
DYLAN RAYMOND FURLONG
DOMINGO GARCIA, JR.
MEAGAN ASHLEY GARCIA
KENDALL TRAVIS GEORGE
MARCO ANTONIO GONZALEZ
TAURUS DEAN HAMILTON
HAROLD GLEN HATCH
MICHAEL SCOTT KARR
MAIREEM CALDERON MANEJE3
TIFFANY JOHNIE MAE TARVER2
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
BRANDON PAUL JOLIVETTE3
2nd Major: Finance
ALEXANDRIA MICHELLE JUAREZ3
CRYSTAL LISETTE KEARNEY
PAGE MICHELE KEMP1
JAMES KENDLER
CHAD WILLIAM KIRBY1
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 3 1
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
GIANELA NICOLE LIO3
CYNTHIA HERNANDEZ LOPEZ
WESLEY ROBERT LUCKOCK
MARK TAYLOR McCULLOUGH3
MARC LEO McGRATH
ABY CHARLES-AYMERIC NOEL MEL
MUHAMMAD JAWAD MEMON
MONIQUE BRITTANY METOYER
BRETT MICHAEL MISTROT2
HALEY RAE MITCHELL2
JARRED GRANDAL MOYLAN2
TRANG THI THUY NGUYEN
BRYAN EDWARD NIEZGODA
CHUCK NNAMDI NWOKO
RACHEL MICHELLE ORTEGA1,4
OLUSEYI OLUFEMI OSUNSAN3
McKENZIE RENEE PATTERSON
JOSE ANGEL PERALES
CAMERON EDWARD PERRY3
SEBASTION ALLAN PIAZZA
JAMIE DEAN RICKETTS1,4
DYLAN ROSS RODRIGUEZ
RALSTON LAYNE ROLLO1
EMILY ELIZABETH RUETTER3
CASEY MICHELLE RUTHERFORD3
EVAN BRYCE SALISBURY3
2nd Major: Finance
WALTER W. SCHMIDT
MARTIN RYAN SCHWETTMANN2
KATHERINE E. SHAW
KELI RENEE SMITH1
LEANNA NICOLE SPENCER
SAMUEL D. SPRADLEY
ROSE STOTTS
LEONARCO TOYIP2
TAI TRAN
LEVI COLTON WEAVER
WINMARIE JOY WHALEY3
JESSICA MARIE WHITE
AUSTIN PARKER WIEBEL3
KYLIE ALEXANDRA WINTER
WHITLEY DAUN WYATT
JOSHUA LEE YUENG
3
ENERGY COMMERCE
MITCHELL HILDING ALM
KASH TAYLOR ANDERSEN2
MITCHELL TAD BATEMAN
WHITNEY COLLEEN BRADLEY
TY RANSON CARPER
CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW CLIFTON3
JENNIFER NICHOLLE COALTER3
MEREDITH GRACE CORNISH3
TYLER COUCH
LAKEIVA LOVIE COUNCIL
2nd Major: Accounting
COY CLAY COWAN
EVAN ZACHARY CROWE
VINCENT EVERETT CUCCERRE
DAVID LLOYD DAY
DUSTIN WAYNE DROLL2
MARK ANTHONY DURAN3
KAITLYN CLAIRE FLETCHER1,4
TYLER RYAN FREVERT2
JEREMY MICHAEL FRY
ADRIANA GARCIA2
2nd Major: Marketing
BENJAMIN GOLAN
THOMAS SHELBY GRAFTON
ZACHARY JOHN GRAHAM3,4
PRANAV GUPTA
NICHOLAS J. HAM
2nd Major: Accounting
KEVIN JONGHO HARRIS
DAVID EDWARD HENLEY
LARRY ELGIN HICKS III
JESSE SHY HOCKER IV
MICHAEL OZOEMENA IJEH2,4
LOGAN A. JOHNSON
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT KING
2nd Major: Accounting
KELSEY BRIANNA KOENIG3
CHARLES JOSEPH KOTARSKI
JOSEPH JAMES LAI
2nd Major: Accounting
JONATHAN ALAN LOWE
ZACHARY RYAN MABERRY
DYLAN TAYLOR MANOS
BRANDON TERRY MAXEY
2nd Major: Accounting
BILLAL MOHAMED MEKONNEN3
WILLIAM PATRICK METZINGER2
TIMOTHY A. MEYER
JOSEPH RAYAN MILLER
SEAN MORRISON VILLA-LOBOS
JUSTIN TYLER MYERS
ALISON M. NGUYEN1
EZEKIEL Z. ORTIZ
MAISEY ERIN PAREDEZ
SAGAR S. PARIKH1
FINANCE
KARYLL AQUISAP
WILLIAM RYAN ARNOLD
CORBIN RICHARD BEST1
RAYMOND ALFRED BLANCHETTE IV
MATTHEW CARTER BOSTICK
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PETER GARDNER BRADY
JARED AVERY BUJKO
HUNTER JAY CASSIDY
RYAN PATRICK CASSIDY
REID LINDSEY CHANON
ESTEFANIA CHAVEZ
REAGAN JOHN COATES
JAMES BRANT CRAYCRAFT3
JON MAXWELL CROUCH2
KRISTIN SONTHIRAK CUMMINGS
TAYLOR RAE CUMMINS3
CAMRON CLARENCE CUNNINGHAM
MIRIAM VICTORIA DE HARO
BRYAN NELSON DOWNEY
MATTHEW THOMAS EDGAR
CHRISTOPHER LEIGH JAMES EMPSON
THOMAS ROSS ERWIN
JOSEPH DALE FARQUHAR
ALEXANDRA SLOAN FARRAR3
JACOB DALE FINLEY3
THOMAS ANDREW FISHER
ANDREW JAKE FOSTER
MICHAEL HANSY FRANCO
BODIE LEE FRANKLIN
BRENNAN LEE FREEDLE
2nd Major: International Business
IAN THOMAS FRIEDERICH3,4
RYAN DALE GADDIS2
CHANCELLOR EARL GASPERSON3
TANNER BASIL GENTRY2
GARRETT COLE GILSTRAP2
LOGAN GOODWIN GRAHAM
WHILDEN ALEXANDER HALVERSON3
JARED RYAN HAMBRIGHT3
RYAN HUNTER HARKINS2
RACHEL NICOLE HARP
LANE ANDREW HARRIS
CARY CHANDLER HILLIN2
GABRIEL ADRIAN HINOJOSA2
BLAKE WESTON HOFFMAN2
CADE DALTON HORD
NOAH TAYLOR JACKSON3
JOSEPH MATTHEW JARKE, JR.2
TYLER SUTTON JOLLY
JOSEPH S. KMETZ1,4
JEREMY C. LANG
NICHOLAS ANDREW LEWIS
CHANDLER CARLETON LUDWICK
JAMIE NICOLE MALEK3
CHRISTIAN ANDREW MATHAS3
ALISTAIR MICHAEL McCARTNEY2
CODY McNEECE
WILLIAM ADDISON MELTON
BLAIR GRAY MERCER III1
GLEN ERIC MORRISON2
CAROLINE ROYA NAMAZI
PATRICK OCHIENG ODUOR3
BRADLEY WAYNE PEARSON2
KARA LYNN PENCE3
ALYSSA KATHERINE PERRITTE
ALDO IVAN QUIROGA
CHRISTOPHER ALAN RAMOS
FATIMA RENTERIA
BRISSA RODRIGUEZ ROSA2
MICHAEL TODD ROWEN
GREGORY LOUIS SANDBERG1
REBECCA HILL SANDBERG1
KHAKI ALAINE SCRIVNER1,4
SARA BLAKE SHARPE2
JON HUDSON SHIBLEY3
MADELINE GRACE SMITH3
KIRBY JOSHUA STEINER3
CONNER JAMES STEWART
DYLAN SCOTT STONE3
TRAVIS G. THARP
MARSHAL CART TRAINER3
HAYDEN LANE TURNER1,4
DANIEL JOSE VELILLA
MIAKEL DOMINIC WILLIAMS
CLAY AARON WOOTEN3
CHASE MICHAEL YULL3
JOSEPH REID ZAMBARDINO2
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
KRISTIN W. LAFFERTY1,4
2nd Major: Marketing
MARYAM BARZI1
AMANDA J. BERTONE
2nd Major: International Business
MATTHEW CHARLES LUXMOORE PARKIN
PEDRO PARRA VAZQUEZ
NATHAN CALVERT POOL3
2nd Major: Marketing
LYNDON COLE MASSEY
2nd Major: Marketing
COLTON L. BLESSEN1
JENNA COLE BRADFORD
PAYTON JAMES BRISTER
2nd Major: Marketing
ANNASTASSIA SHERRI PRASANSON
ALAN JOSUE RAMIREZ
BLAKE ALLEN RASMUSSEN
TREVOR ALLEN RATHBUN3
HUNTER EUGENE REKIETA2
ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ
2nd Major: Accounting
BLAKE TIMOTHY MATHEUS
STEVE MENDOZA McADOO
DANIEL JOSEPH METZLER
ADRIANA MICHELLE MORALES
BRIDGET LEE O’CONNELL
TIMOTHY BRYAN PETERSON
ROBERT DOUGLAS PETROSKY
TAYLOR PAUL PUNTCH2
2nd Major: Marketing
TYLER GRADY BROWN
JACOB RUSSELL BUCHANAN
2nd Major: Marketing
SYLVIA Y. RODRIGUEZ
RICHARD CLINTON SANDS
2nd Major: Business Economics
BRANDON SCHAEFFER
MICHAEL FREDERICK SCHROEDER
2nd Degree: International Economics
KYLE DANIEL SHECKELLS2
BRYAN JOSEPH SHUE
JOSEPH W. THOMPSON IV
JESSE VALDEZ
ANDREW BYRON WALLACE
KASON WEIS WOOD
JOHN ROBERT WYATT
DUSTY J. BURDICK
LONDI ANECIA BURVATO3
BRIAN JOSEPH BUTCHART
JORDAN NICOLE CADENHEAD-SCHNECK
AMANDA JEAN CAMPBELL
LACEY LEIGH-ANNE CHESSMORE
KATHERINE JEANNE CIHAK
KELSEY LOUISE CLARK
2nd Major: Marketing
JUAN LUIS QUINTANA
CHRISTINA ELIZABETH RAEL1,4
2nd Major: Accounting
BRIAN WILLIAM ROSENSTEIN
2nd Major: Marketing
RYAN KEITH ROUNSAVILLE
2nd Major: Marketing
MICHELLE JOANNA COHEN
CHELSEA AMBER COMINS
JAMES CRAIG COOK
BENJAMIN JOSEPH COOPER
MATTHEW RYAN COPELAND
CULLEN P. COYNE
KATHRYN ANN CRAIN
JOSHUA ADAM DAVIS
2nd Major: Marketing
GENERAL BUSINESS
ADEET A. AMIN1,4
ETHAN TRENT CHANDLER2,4
GABRIELA DYE
THOMAS ALAN JOHNSON III
JOSEPH GLYNN MORGAN
SHANE ALAN PUCKETT3
MATTHEW AARON STOCK
EMBRY JAMES WILLIAMS
CAMERON CLARK ROY
EMILY APRIL SANCHEZ
JENNA NOELLE SAYEGH
2nd Major: Marketing
KELLEY LEIGH SCHOCK1
2nd Major: Marketing
BRETT T. SICKLES
CYNTHIA ANN SPARROW1
JACK RILEY STEPANEK
CAITLIN LEA STONE
TAYLOR ANDREWS SWIM
SHANE MARLIN TAYLOR
TYSON JAMES TURNBOW1
TRAVIS DANIEL TURNER
2nd Major: Marketing
KENNETH COLLIN DELANO
NICHOLAS THOMAS DIMINTURE
KATHLEEN ROSE ELLIS2
GARRETT TYLER ERICSON2
LAUREN NICOLE ESTRADA
TAYLOR ALEXANDRIA EWING
DAVID MICHAEL FOX
2nd Major: Marketing
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
GHADI AKARI
HEATH RAGAN HOLT1
MEGAN A. KOCKX
MYRNA YAMEL PAYAN LOPEZ-AVILA
JAVIER D. MARTINEZ
2nd Major: Management
3rd Major: Marketing
CHANCE ANTHONY VILLARREAL
JOHN PAYNE WALD
2nd Major: Marketing
JACQUELINE FRANCO
2nd Major: Marketing
MALLORY ALISE GARCIA
NADIA M. GARCIA
OLIVIA GARCIA
GARRISON WAYNE GILLESPIE
MARIGRACE GONZALES
STUART JAMES GUTHRIE
VERONICA CANDACE GUZMAN
RALEIGH LEONARD HALLUM
MICHEL ARIC HARDING
2nd Major: Marketing
CHRISTOPHER PAUL MASERANG
2nd Major: Marketing
MAGGIE MELYNN McCORMICK
2nd Major: Marketing
DILLON COLE NOEL
MARIO JAVIER RAMIREZ
2nd Major: Marketing
KATELYN ALEXIS WALLS
ANDREW FALCONER WEBBER
2nd Major: Marketing
LAURA MICHELLE WEISIGER
2nd Major: Marketing
JONATHON GLEN WILLIAMS
WILLIAM LEWIS WINTERS
HANNAH LOUISE WOLFE
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
TRENT WILLIAM ANDERSON
MARGARET LOUISE ARMSTRONG2
FRANCISCO BEISTEGUI
GAVIN CHRISTOPHER BRANCH2
2nd Major: Finance
ERIN GRACE HARGADINE
2nd Major: Marketing
SCOTT JARRETT STRACENER
BRAD HUNTER TOWNLEY
2nd Major: Finance
CAMERON BLAKE HAWTHORNE
DAVID ALTON KEITH HAYWARD
CAROLINE LOUISE HIGHTOWER
2nd Major: Marketing
ALEXANDER ANTON WHITE
2nd Major: Marketing
GRAYDON BRADLEY CAYCE
2nd Major: Management
RYAN THOMAS HIXSON
RICHARD J. HOEY3
SEAN LEE HOLLINGSWORTH
HOLLY BESS HUMMEL3
2nd Major: Marketing
MANAGEMENT
SHELBI JO ADAMS
TERA ASHLEY AGUERO
AUSTIN BARRETT ANDERSON
2nd Major: Marketing
RAUL ROBERTO CEVALLOS3
LUCAS DUANE COLTHARP
2nd Major: Marketing
KEVIN BOONE CRICK2
JOHN BLANE DAVIS2
OWEN BROOKS DEGREVE
RUSSELL THOMAS DEWATERS
KEVIN I. DIBIA
SABRYNA ALLENE IRWIN
WALKER JAMES HOUSTON KEESEE3
2nd Major: Marketing
JAMES E. AUSTIN
2nd Major: Marketing
KRISTOPHER MICHAEL KHALIL
2nd Major: Marketing
JORDAN NICOLE BALLBACK1
2nd Major: Marketing
1
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 3 3
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
CHRISTOPHER ESPINOSA OLMOS
ANALIZ ESPINOZA
KYLOR PARKS FINE
NICHOLAS CHARLES FISCHER
KIEFFER ANDREW-EDWARD GILBERT
SHAYLEN BREEYAE HOGUE1,4
BRANDON SCOTT LANGHAM
DANIEL MARTIN LINNSTAEDT
AARON KYLE LOVINGGOOD3
BRANDON J. LUCKENBACH
COLE CHRISTIAN MILTENBERGER
JUSTIN TAYLOR MINIKES
GAVIN TYLER MORRIS
ETHAN RAY PARKS
KEVIN J. PAYEN
TRISTAN KYLIE ROSEMOND
WILFREDO SAAVEDRA
JOHN CLAYTON SETTERLUND
KEVIN VLADIMIR SNOVICKY
RYAN ANDREW SPENCER
PATRICK BENNINGTON STEED
CASIE ELIZABETH SUMNERS
CHRISTOPHER DANIEL WAHLE
BILLY YOON
KYLE JAMES MENTZEL
KURT ZOHN MILAM
RICKY D. MINOR
2nd Major: Management
MADELINE HOPE FIKAR3
2nd Major: Management
TREY AUSTIN MOCZYGEMBA
BRIANA MICHELLE MONTANO
JOSHUA KEITH NAVA
2nd Major: Management
ZACHARY ALLEN FISHER
RYAN DOUGLAS FLETCHER
2nd Major: Management
SIERRA JADE NELSON
VERNON CAO NGUYEN
MIKA ALLISON OLD
CASEY JAMES PARKHILL
2nd Major: Management
ALEX D. FOWLER
COURTNEY MICHELLE FRY2
2nd Major: Management
OLIVIA JEANNE GAGE
TYLER GARCIA
COLTEN CASE GARRETT
NICKOLUS L. GIRON
JOHN PATRICK GIVENS
LAUREN OLIVIA HANSEN
2nd Major: Management
CLAYTON KERLIN PEEPLES
JOSEPH MATTHEW PENATE
KURTIS ALLISON PENCE
EDISON J. PERALTA
2nd Major: Management
PRESTON BLAIZE PERKINS
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH PETERSEN
ASHLEY LAUREN PETERSON3
JOSEPH DAVID PHILLIPS
KACIE LEIGH PHILLIPS1
ARIELLE PRUITT
2nd Major: Management
MASON DAVID HART
JOHNNY WAYNE HAVINS
GREGORY COLEMAN HAWKINS
2nd Major: Management
EMILY NICHOLE HAYDEN
DERRYN ALEXIS HEBERT3
2nd Major: Management
M ARKETING
CARLOS JULIAN ACOSTA2
2nd Major: Management
SHELBY NICOLE PUGLIESE
COLLEEN JEANETTE QUINN
COLTON LYNN RANGELEY
EMILY BROOKE REED
2nd Major: Management
BOSTON TAYLOR HEDRICK
JACOB WILLIAM HEDRICK
ZACH DAKOTA HOLT
BRADLEY KENNETH HUFFMAN
BAILEY RAE IVERSON
DAVID JASINSKI
RAYLEE M. JAYROE3
2nd Major: Management
TRESSA RENE AFFELD
ZAKIY JEMAL AHMED
GEORGE ASANTÈ APPIAH
CASEY JACQUELINE BAKER
2nd Major: Management
ELIZABETH NICOLE BECKER1
2nd Major: Management
ANDREW KELSO RIDDLE
LAUREN MARIE RIDDLE2
ROBERT TAYLOR ROHDE
2nd Major: Management
JORDAN TAYLOR JENKINS3
2nd Major: Management
TRAVIS LEE BERMAN
BRIANA LENA BERTA
ASHTON MICHELLE BOARD
2nd Major: Management
ADRIAN ROMO, JR.
SERENA W. SAENZ4
2nd Major: Management
JAKE RICHARD JOHNSON
KATHERINE MARIE JOHNSON
2nd Major: Management
JOSHUA McCARY BOGAN
BLAKE K. BOHN
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER BOTTOMS
2nd Major: Management
MORGAN TAYLOR SAGE
CLAYTON RUSSELL SALINAS
KELSEY BLAKE SCHNEIDER3
PETER E. SCHOEFFIELD
MARGARET ELIZABETH SCHROEDER
WILLIAM LUKE SHERMAN
2nd Major: Energy Commerce
DESIRAE BROOKE JONES
2nd Major: Management
KALEY SHAE KEIFER2
2nd Major: Management
PARKER JAMES BRADHAM2
JORDAN WILLIAM BROWN
HAYWARD McCLAIN BRUNO
JOSHUA CLINTON CAMP
2nd Major: International Business
CAITLIN NICOLE KIDD
TERESA JANINE KINSEY
REBECCA B. KLEEMAN
2nd Major: Management
JOHN MICHAEL SHIPMAN3
ALYSSA TEAL SHUMAN
RAY SATYA SINGH
PARKER OWEN SMART3
PRICE HARDIN SMITH
2nd Major: Management
COLLEEN ELIZABETH LAFLIN
HAYDEN ANTHONY LAVELL
KRISTY PHUONG LE3
KEVIN DANIEL LOMASNEY
KELLI LANDRY LOVE
ANJELICA FAITH LUNDINE
ALEXANDRIA DENE LYON
NOBLE C. MADU
LANDIS SAGE MAJHOR
CHRISTINA MARIE MANLEY
2nd Major: Management
WILLIAM STEPHEN CARROLL
CODY JAMES CARTWRIGHT
AARON MICHAEL CASTANEDA
2nd Major: Management
ZACHARY AUSTIN CHAMBLEE
2nd Major: Management
MADELEINE MARIE CLOUTIER
DAVID GARRET COOPER
NATHAN ALEXANDER CREEL
AMELIA GRACE CRISTIANI
SARA ANN CRUTCHER
2nd Major: Management
NATALIE GAIL SPEAKS
COURTNEY SHAWN SPITZER
DAVID JOHN SWANDT
KRISTEN NICOLE TAYLOR3
2nd Major: Management
TAYLOR NICOLE TENNISON
TIMOTHY TIP
JAMES THOMAS TRAYNOR
JARROD KYLE TREVATHAN
WINSTON MILBURN TRIPP IV
LAUREN TAYLOR TRITTER
2nd Major: Management
DIBRELL MANSFIELD
2nd Major: Management
WES MICHAEL DILLON
ROBERT ANDREW DILORENZO
JUSTIN TYLER DUDENHOEFFER
2nd Major: Management
LAUREN SHIPP MARTIN
MATTHEW WAYNE McGUIRE
MORGAN KELSEY McKINNEY
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AARON KEITH EMORY
ALYSSA MERCEDES ESQUIBEL
CAITLIN E. FEIL
2nd Major: Management
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
NATHAN M. TROPPY2
2nd Major: Management
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
GRAHAM WESTON TRULL
2nd Major: Management
TYLER VAUGHN
VICTOR A. VENTURA
MASON BEAU VERNON
2nd Major: Management
JOHN FRANCIS-JOSE VROMAN
EVAN PAUL WAIDHOFER
MARK D. WAITS
WILLIAM BRADLEY WALLS2
JENNIFER JOY WAYS
2nd Major: Management
ALEXANDRA DIANNE WEAVER
GERALD WAYNE WHITE II
JACQUELINE KATE WILLIAMS
JORDAN W. WILLIAMS
AUSTIN RILEY WILLIS
LEE HOUSTON WILLIS
2nd Major: Management
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
College of Education
TM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE
VERONICA ARELLANO
BLAKE JAY DODDS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
JANNA DANIELLE ALLEN2
LINDSEY MADELINE ARENA1
KENNETH R. ARONHALT2
CATHRYN ELIZABETH ARTERBERRY
ANETH ALEXANDRA AYALA
JESSICA MILLER BAAS1,4
BRANDI BAKER1
MARLEN BAÑUELOS2
AMBER DIONE BERNAL
HALLI FAITH BETTS
MEGAN NICOLE BICKEL2
ROBIN JORDAN BOYLE1
BAILEY JEAN BUCK
BERGAN GLYNN BUCKLEY3
MANDY LEE BURSON
SARAH ELIZABETH CAMPBELL
BIANCA ARAZELLI CERVANTES
ZINTIA ELIZABETH CERVERA2
JESSICA BETH CHAMBERS3
MEGHAN NICOLE CLEVELAND
KIMBERLY COLE
PEYTON MACENZIE COLLUM
MARIELENA OLMEDO COLUNGA
JULIANNE ELIZABETH COLWELL
DAIVIS BREANNE CONLEY2,4
MAKENZIE ANN CORNETT2
ANNA MARIA CORTEZ
ASHLEY NICOLE CRUZ
CHLOE ANNA DAMUKAITIS2
GWENOLA M. DEAN
RACHEL ANNETTE EDWARDS1
HANNAH ERNEST2
CLAUDIA IRMA FLORES
1
DONNA MIZE FOGELBERG
JULIE LEANN FORTNER
ALVA DORELA FRANCO GAMEZ
JOHN PATRICK GALLAGHER3
MARIA CRISTINA JAQUEZ GARCIA2
KRISTEN ANN GRAHAM
KAYLEE ELIZABETH GRANDAGE1
DEANNA GAYLE GRISSOM
ABBY ROSE GUTHRIE
MADISON MARIE HAMILTON3
TAYLOR SCOTT HAMILTON
SARAH DYLAN HANDLEY
KATHERINE ANN HANNAN
ANGELICA VALVERDE HART
JACQUELINE SUE HARTY
AMANDA NICOLE HAVERFIELD1
SARAH HEATH
REBEKAH DANAE HENDERSON
MADISON RAE HOLLEY
KELSEY LAUREN HOLLOWELL2
ADRIAN D. HYSTEN
MAYRA A. IBARRA
EMILY R. JACKSON2
JULIE ANNE JOHNSON
MADISON PAIGE KECK3
CHELSEA KELLI KENNEDY2,4
KATELYN MARIE KIESCHNICK1
ADAM S. KRELL3
EMILY JOYCE KUNKEL
MARY ANN WOOD KUZMICH
BROOKE ASHLEY LANGE-JOSHI
MICHAEL CHRIS LANGFORD
JULIE M. LEACH
KATHRYN M. LEBER2
KYLEE DANETTE LEONARD1
ANAHI LINAREZ
BAILEY CAROLINE LONG3
VERONICA ROSE LONGORIA2
SAVANNAH J. MABERRY1
BRANDON DOYLE MACHADO3
KELCIE RAI MANN1
HALEY RACHELLE MEDLIN2
LAUREN CHRISTINE MENA
ALEKZANDRA RENEE MICHAEL2
AMELIA D’LYNN MOXON2
MARISSA ELLEN NALL
IRENE OBREGÓN
CORINNE ELAINE O’HARA
BRIANA RHEA ORTIZ
ANDREA PADILLA
SHERRIE LEE PERKINS
RENEE MARIE PETERS
SAMANTHA RAE PETY
HAYLEY MICHELLE POPE3
SHANNON MARIE PRIETO3
JANESSA SAMANTHA QUINTANILLA
SANDRA LOUISE REINA3
RANDA PAIGE RIDDLE2
LINDSEY RENE’ RINGSTAFF
COLLEEN NICOLE ROBERTS3
JESSICA ROBINSON
ROSARIO GARCÍA RODRÍGUEZ
KATE MARIE ROWAN3
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
KAITLIN MARY RYAN
CHARLES CHRISTOPHER SCHOENHERR
DARIAN LEIGH SCORGIE2
ELLEN CHRISTINE SHOEMAKER3
TABATHA DAWN SMITH1
SARAH ASHLEY SPADEMAN2
ALEXANDRA KALAF STILER3
VICTORIA KAYE STRICKLAND
KARISSA NICOLE SULLIVAN3
PAIGE LIANNE TAYLOR
SAMANTHA TIANO
JAZMÍN TORRES
VI T. TRAN2
SHANNON PAIGE TUMY3
ELIZABETH ANNE WALIOR
KENDALL FAITH WATSON3
LAUREN NICHOLE WEIR1
MELISSA ANNE WILBOURNE
BRITTANY BOHUSLAV WILTSHIRE1,4
KELSEY ELIZABETH WOLF2
STEPHANIE GRACE WRIGHT2
HAYLEY RENÉE ZITKUS
CHASITY LYNN WHITLEY
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Edward E. Whitacre Jr.
College of Engineering
TM
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
MOHAMED OSMAN ABDALLA
AMJAD ABDEL-RAZIQ
YOUSUF MOHAMED AHMED3
KRISTIN H. ANDERSON
FRANCIS OLUOCH ATORE5
ALEXA RAE BLACKWATER
MIGUEL ALEXJANDRO CALDERON
SURAJ CHAPAGAIN
ANDREW MICHAEL CHARLTON
NICHOLAS TIMOTHY COSBY
KEEGAN FRANCIS DEMPSEY
KEVIN NORWOOD EATON4
MICHAEL BRADLEY FAIRBANKS
JOSEPH RYNE GAMBILL
BRADLEY HERBERT HALL3
JORGE MIGUEL HERNANDEZ
MARIELA HERNANDEZ
EMILY ELISE HOLMES2,4
TRAN TU HUYNH2
JOHN TAYLOR KASSIN3,4
SAPHAL KC
KOUKOUNI PEGA KONE
JOHN WARD KREITNER3,4
CARA S. LAUBER3,4
DANIELLE ELAYNE LAWRENCE
DAVID GORDON LEHMAN
SARAH SUE LONG
RAJEEV MANANDHAR2
KENDALL ALBERT McVEY
ADRIAN X. MEDINA
KAYLA D. MENDEZ
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 3 5
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
SHANE DAVID METZLER2,4
YOH-KYTANNIE YASMINE MARIE-JOSEPHE QUATTARA
LUIS PALMA LOPEZ VELARDE
ANANDA RAJ PAUDEL
ANTO PAUL
AIDE PONCE
CHRISTOPHER LANCE REYNOLDS2
ANDREW A. RICHARDSON
CODY LEE RIDGE
JONATHAN ALLEN RODRIGUEZ
JAMES RYAN ROSENBAUM
ARAN RUIZ REYES
KABINDRA SEDHAIN2
ANDREW CALEB SMITH
SEAN KEITH SOMMERS1,4
THEODORE WILLIE WILLIAMS
COLBY TERRANCE WILMETH
CIVIL ENGINEERING
JOHN MATTHEW ANDERSON
DONALD TOBEY MATTHEW AULD
LAUREN MICHELLE BETANCOURT
TRINA RENEE COOK
LUCERO ADRIANA DELA ROCHA
WILLIAM MAURY FOLSOM
JAMES DOUGLAS FREED
ANDRES CHRISTIAN GARZA
RYAN COLE GILMORE
OZIEL ABRAHAM GONZALEZ3
RAFAEL A. GRANADOS
SIDNEY TRENT GREEN
GRANT WILLIAMSON GUEST3
RACHEL ELIZABETH HALL3
SCOTT WILLIAM HARPER
RAUL BORUNDA HERNANDEZ
LAWRENCE MITCH JORDAN2
CHADI MOHAMAD KANAN
MICHAEL P. KELM
CARSON WILLIAM KOEHN3
CAITLIN ELIZABETH KUGLEN2
EVAN MICHAEL MATHENEY
SIMON NATHANIEL MELONAS
BLAKE WILLIAM MILLICAN
MARITA ELIZABETH MOYA2
JOHN ADAM NIXON
MICHAEL THOMAS O’BRIEN
OSCAR DANIEL PEREZ
SANTIAGO RAMIREZ
JAMES IAN ROBERTS
JOHN THOMAS RYAN
JESUS JAVIER SAENZ3
RYAN BLAIR SOUTHWICK
CLINTON JAMES THOMAS
GABRIEL VALENZUELA, JR.
LUIS ALBERT RAMIREZ3
CESAR IVAN RODRIGUEZ
ZACHARY CHARLES SHAW
JOHN P. SOLIS1,4
JUSTIN MICHAEL STANLEY
2nd Major: Mathematics
KRISTOPHER DAVID AYALA
SANDESH BHATTARAI
JARED TYLER EBANKS
JAMES WILLIAMS ESTRADA MUNOZ
BRIAN KENDALL FAIRBANKS
DERRICK MICHAEL FRANCO
MATTHEW RYAN GATTIS
STEPHEN GEORGE
AUSTIN GATES GIBSON
REX CONRAD KEEN1
MARK DAVID LANGE
NOAH S. METZGER
HOLDEN JAMES POOLE
ERIC SCOTT SANCHEZ
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM SANDERS
JAMY LYN SCOTT
GREGORY AUSTIN THORSNESS4
BRIAN JOHN UFFORD2
JOSHUA SCOTT WILLIAMS2,4
AJEET K. YADAV
WILLIAM C. STOUT
2nd Major: Computer Science
ROBERT EDAWRD SUAREZ
MANGNAN GEORGE TAN
CHRIS VOONG
STEPHEN JAMES WESTER
ERIC THOMAS WHEELER
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
DANIEL CHARLES BALDWIN3,4
CHRISTOPHER DIETER CALLAHAN
PAUL ANTHONY GREGORIO
TYLER RUSSELL MAY
KEVIN ANH NGUYEN1
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
ASHLEY LENORE ALSTON
HUNTER BRADLEY BIRDSONG3
CHYNNA NOREEN BROWN
FREDERICK CORBET DAVISON III
ALONZO GUADALUPE GONZALEZ
NICHOLAS SCOTT GRUMBLES
IVAN B. HALL
STEVEN T. HASTINGS3
JOHNSON HO
VIVEK K. JAVIA
DONG YEOB KIM1,4
ANNA KRISTINE LARSEN3
ANDREW B. MAJORS2
THOMAS MATHEW
CHRISTIAN A. NIMOH
OLUSOLA KEHINDE OLUTOBI OSUNSAN
MUSTAFA SAMEH QASEM3
BREYLON DEVON RANKINE
ANTHONY JULIAN REGALADO
SARA ALLYSON SCHUMACHER1
ANDREW CRAIG THOMAS
BRYAN NNAMDI UYANWUNE3
JANE ANN WATSON
ALEX N. WHITE3
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
KEITH S. ACKER
JOSE DANIEL AGUIRRE ARRIAGA
ZACHARY ROBERT ALLEN
BARRET FRANCIS BOSTICK2
JOSHUA JON CASTER
MICHAEL EDWARD CUMMINGS
ERASMO ROMAN ESTRADA
ANDREW SCOTT GOMEZ
ANDRE MONTRIEL GRANT
TYLER RAYMOND HOGMAN
ERIKA LYNNOR MATHENEY
DARWIN LEOVARES MENDEZ
ERICA M. MOCZYGEMBA3
CHRISTINA MARIE PARALITICCI
GABRIEL PEREZ
ANDRES RIVERA
JOSHUA DANIEL RODRIGUEZ
JOHN RICHARD WARDROUP3
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
OBIAJULU QUINCY ANADUAKA
JORDAN GREGORY BROOME2
TREVOR JOSEPH BURLESON
RYAN JOHN BURNETT3
ISAAC CHANG
JAKE ANTHONY DEPEW
DERRICK D. ESPINOZA
JAMIL MARC FAULKNER
MATTHEW KYLE GOHLKE
GREGORY NELSON GULLION
MOHAMMED SANAUL HAQUE
MICHAEL RAY HATLEY1
NICHOLAS JOSEPH LICALSI
JACOB BRADFORD MANNING3
CALEB P. MARRERO
CONNOR RITZIN MASON
STEVEN A. NGUYEN4
DOUGLAS RYAN NICHOLS1
JASON LANE O’NEILL
DALTON JAMES ORTEGA
EVALITA BEGAY PEREZ-BOBB
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
CAROLOS GABRIEL ALBAN
DAIVS BRENNAN BRANCH
LANDON BLAKE COLLIER3
ALEXANDER ANTHONY D’ABREU
ADAM ANTHONY HENDERSON
JOHNATHAN PATRICK MORRISON
MEGHAN SINEAD O’HALLORAN3,4
1
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
RAMI ABDALLAH ABUSHEIKH
STEVEN RYAN ALMANZA
LISA KRISTINE BARILL
DUSTIN LEE BAYSINGER
DANIEL SCOTT BEELER
JACOB ROSS BENATOR
ANDREW RYAN BERRYMAN
SARAH ELIZABETH BIRD3,4
DUSTIN ANDREW BLACKWATER
GORDON JAMES BRACKENRIDGE
EVERETT TYLER BURG
ALEXANDER DAVID BURNS
BRENT LEE BURRIS
ROBERT EVAN BURRIS
TIFFANY ALEXANDRIA CAVAZOS
CALEB JAY CHEATHAM2
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
WILLIAM KONNER CLARK
EVAN BLAKE CLEVELAND
DUSTIN RYAN CLEVINGER
KEVIN AARON COFFEY
ADAM BRADLEY COLE
JAROD ST. PAUL COLLINS
TREVOR REED COOK
KRISTOPHER WILLIAM CROSS
TAYLOR LYLE CYCHOWSKI
DAVID WILDS DAY
JOSEPH ROBERT DE FAZIO
JACOB JASON DOOLEY
XIANG KUN DU
RYAN ANDREW ELDER
ANDREW JAMES FILLINGIM1,4
MATTHEW KEVIN FITZPATRICK
COREY MICHAEL FOGLE
SHAUN MICHAEL FOREMAN
CARLEY MICHELLE FOWLER
KEENAN RILEY FOY
BRITTANY NICOLE FRALEY
KAYLA ANNE GARDNER
RYAN LEE GOAD
JUSTIN GRADY GREENWOOD
PATRICK ROBERT GRES3,4
JOSHUA NATHANIEL GUTIERREZ
HUNTER LANDON HAMBRIGHT3
PATRICK C. HEISLER
RYAN EDWARD HILLHOUSE3,4
ASHLIN MARIE HUSEMAN2
GRANT WILLIAM JOHNSON
LYNDSEY N. JONES
SARAH ELIZABETH JONES3,4
SAGAR SANJAY JOSHI
MATTHEW DAVID KANNENBERG3
ZACHARY GRAY KOONTZ3,4
DAVID PATRICK KRAWIETZ
RICK C. LEE
STEVE YOUL LEE
KAITLYN RENEE LEWIS3,4
CODY BRANDON LIMA3
LANCE WOOD LINDLEY
SAMUEL MATA
MATTHEW REDMOND MAYES
TAYLOR BRENT McCLUNG
BRANDON RASHAD McCOY
WILLIAM RYAN McGUIRE
JONATHAN JACOB McKAY
CALEB J. McKINNEY
JONATHAN CHIBUEZE MGBEIKE
JOHNSON JOSEPH MILLER
CHRISTOPHER LEE MIZE2
JUSTIN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY3,4
SANTOS RIVAS MONTOYA
AARON RAY MORELAND
GRANT MALCOLM MURCHISON
ADNAN NEWAS
SAM McKENNON NEWBERRY IV
BRIAN HOANG MINH NGUYEN
QUOC KIEN NGUYEN3
ZACHARY RYAN PARR
DAVID JOHN PEURIFOY
KIRK ALAN RAINWATER
TYLER MARK FROMAN
BRANT AUSTIN FULLER
TIMOTHY SCOTT GREENE
HOLLY E. GUNDERSON
SUMIT GUPTA
JESUS A. GUTIERREZ3
DAVID RODKEY HALBROOK2
KIEFER CHRISTIAN HANSEN
COLIN RYAN HARRIS2
AASIN HASAN
MICHAEL ZACHARY HASE
DAVID CHRISTOPHER HENLEY
ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ
CARLOS BAUDELL HERNANDEZ
JEREMY WREN HESLOP
PARKER ANDREW HOLT
JARED RAY HOPPER
ERIK MICHAEL HUDSON
NICHOLAS EMMANUEL IGBOKWE
ASM SYFUL ISLAM
JACOB TYLER JACKSON
MATTHEW W. JACKSON
MATTHEW A. JAEGER
JONATHAN JOSEPH JASNIAK2
MOHAMMED ADNAN JEHANGIR
ZACHARY H. JETTON
MUMIN KALLON
THIERRY CEDRIC KOUAMOU TANTCHOU
JACK WILLIAM LAU
RYAN PATRICK LAWLER
LUKE CHARLES LEMKOWITZ
JENNIFER MICHELLE LONG
ARNO MANDRISCH1
EDUARDO MARTINEZ
ETHAN PATRICK MATHIAS
CHRISTOPHER M. MEMI
AHMED RAZA MEMON3
AHMAD RAMADAN MOHAMAD
MASON RAY MUMFORD
REBECCA C. MOUNGANG NGUI
NAVEED IQBAL MUGHAL2
TIN THANH NGUYEN
DAVIS O. OMOLE
BRAXTON MICHAEL OQUIST
MAHESH PANDAY
CLAY RYAN PARISH
ANTONIO VICENTE PARRA2
LAURA MICHAEL PERKINS
LARAMIE TRAMPAS POLDRACK
DYLAN JEFFREY POWELL
MARVIN DANIEL RADKE
SAMI MOHD RAFIQ
MOHAMMED OMAR RAMADAN
THOMAS LEWIS REBENACK
ANTONIO CAMILO RIBEIRO SANTOS SOUZA B. DUARTE
TANNER DEE RIEWE
TOMAS NAPOLEON RUBINOS
DOUGLAS GLEN SCHNEIDER
BLAKE ROBERT SEAMS1
ARYAN SHAZAD
PATRICK KELLY SISEMORE
JAMES ALAN THOMPSON2
NICHOLAS ALEXANDER TRAVELSTEAD
ROBERT DAVID RETZLOFF3
RICHARD RYAN REYNA
JOHN ANTHONY RIGGLE
RICHARD MATTHEW RIGSBY
ERIC JAMES ROCKWELL
CHEICK I. ROUAMBA
CYNTHIA LISSETTE SANCHEZ
CLAYTON M. SCHUBERT
RAHUL SHARMA
NICHOLAS AARON SMITH
ZACHARY PHILLIP STRIPAY
DANIEL BURRELL SWINNEY
PARSA TAHAMZADEH
2nd Degree: General Studies
FLOOD NEILS THOMAS, JR.
MATTHEW JAMES THOMSON
BROCK TRAVIS TITTLE
JERRY EDWARD TOCHTERMAN, JR.
JONATAN SAMUEL TORRES
THEODORE JOSEPHE TRUMBLE III 2,4
MARCUS THOMAS VARGAS3
HENRY SAMUEL WALLER
RICHARD DMITRI MALCOM WALSH
JENNIFER DANA WANG2
SHELBY LYN WILLIAMS
BRADLEY JAMES YATES2
SABRINA ANN LOUISE YATES1
ETHAN THOMAS ZEPPER1,4
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
ADEDAYO STEPHEN ADEMOLU
ZARINA ADIBEKOVA
OLABODE THOMAS AJIBOLA
YANNICK AZONGOKOH AKARAGWE
KELLI MARIE ALVARADO
STEPHEN JOSEPH ANDERTON
DONOVAN EARL ARMISTEAD
KELVIN ERIC ARRINDELL
JAMES HANSOO BAE
TROY MICHAEL BAKER
JESUS JERARDO BARREDO
CONNOR FORREST BRADHAM3
SHAMAR D. BRADLEY
DOUGLAS PAUL BREWER
RYAN JAMES BRIGMAN
ALEXA MARIE CARRASCO3
MANOJ KUMAR CHALISE
RODNEY DASHAN COLLINS
JEFFREY M. COOK
ANDREW ALDEN COX
CARLY RAE COX
ALBERT DAMON DERAVIN3
IBRAHIMA DIAWARA
JORDAN MILLER DIES
ABDELRAHMAN HAZEM SAMIR ABDELAZIM ELBANNA3
YOUSSEF M. ELWAZIRY
AMR ESHAK
KENNETH JOHN ESTRADA
TREVOR McCORD FENOGLIO
COOPER AUSTIN FERGUSON2
BRENNAN JAMES FISHER
JAMES RYAN FITZPATRICK
JACK WILLIAM FREEMAN3
1
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 3 7
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
COMMUNITY, FAMILY, AND ADDICTION SERVICES
CRUZ VALDEZ OJEDA
BI JEAN YANNICK VANIE
ADAM RICHARD VENN
JOHN WILLIAM WANN
DONNA MAHER THABET WASSEF3
TRAVIS AUSTIN WHITE3
DANIEL SCOTT WILSON
KARWAN SERWAN ZANGANA
ERMIAS B. ZERGAW
TI ZHAO2
VALERIE MICHELLE ALBARADO
JORDAN BETH BOLER
CONNIE CHO BRADSHAW
HANNAH VICTORIA CARSON
2nd Major: Human Sciences
BAYLEE DARLENE CHAPMAN3
KAITLYN MARGARET CHAVEZ
RACHEL ANN CHAVEZ
BAILEY NICHOLE CRAIG
HOLLY NACOLE FORTNER3
J GRANT GOMEZ, JR.
NICOLE RACHELLE HARTMAN1
MAZIE RENE HERNANDEZ
TAYLOR PAIGE IVEY3
YULANDA KIM JACKSON
NAJEE NAKIA JONES
MICHELLE RENEE LUNA1
ASHLEY ELIZABETH MARRERO2
LAUREN MICHELE NOVAK
ASHLEY NICOLE PENA
JORDAN S.C. PRIETO3
SARA ELIZABETH RICHEY
MURRY THOMPSON SANDLIN3
VALERIE JANE STEWART
MICHELLE EVELYN WALTON
LILLIAN KAYE WENDT
SYDNEY ERIN WENGLEIN3
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Honors College
TM
BACHELOR OF ARTS
ENVIRONMENT AND THE HUMANITIES
ANA NAVARRETE3,4
KAITLIN THOGMARTIN3,4
HONORS ARTS AND LETTERS
RYLEY T BENNETT2,5
STEPHANIE CASEY1,5
EUNJEE KIM5
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES
LINDSAY TAYLOR HILL
KELLI ANN PITTCOCK3
KACEE DONISE ROBERTS3
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES
MIKALYN LIN ALLEN3
REBECCA LAYNE BEARDEN
SUSAN RUTH BERG3
AMOY KRYSTAL BLAKE
MATTHEW CHARLES BORGFELD
AMBERLY JORDAN BUETTNER
JOSEFINA CASTILLO3
KARINA CASTILLO
KELSEY ANNE CAUSSADE
KIMMI KAY CHRISTOPHER
HANNAH MORGAN CORDER1
AMY MARIE COX
NEIL ROBERT CURLEE
ERIKA RENEE DAVILA
ANNA MARIE DEBINSKI3
BRITTANY ALINE DOWNUM
MELINDA NICHOLE DRAPER-GRAGG2
ALLISON KATHERINE ECCLES2
ALEXIS MARIE EVANS
ERICA LYNN FABILA
HANNAH ALEXIS FLAKE2
KEELY DANIELLE FLOYD3
TAYLOR PAIGE FOGLE
KAITLYN MARY FOLEY
CHANDLER VICTORIA FORE3
ALYSHIA NICOLE GRUBBS
BRANDI NICOLE GUEVARA
ALEXUS MONIQUE HAMILTON
ARIEL STORM HERNANDEZ
SARAH ELIZABETH HUTCHINSON
RACHEL LAURYN IRMEN
DANIELA JABALERA
STEPHANIE MARIE JANES
BRIDGETT LYNN JENKINS
JASMYN NICOLE JOHNSON
MOLLY ANN JOHNSON
KRISTEN NICOLE KINCANNON
LAURA ELIZABETH KING1
TSION AWETAHGNE KIROS
KALLI DANIELLE KITCHENS
CHEYENNE MICHELE LEWIS3
HALEY BROOK LOGAN1
KATIE RENEE LUCAS2
CHELSEA TAYLOR MALONE1
DAKOTAH JAKE MANKIN
MADISON JILL MARSH
VIVIANA MAUREEN MARTINEZ
KRISTEN ANN McCONACHIE
EMILY ANN McDONALD
MOLLY ANN McFERREN
EARLY CHILDHOOD
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
College of Human Sciences
TM
BACHELOR OF
INTERIOR DESIGN
KALEY ANN ARTKOP
KELSY SHAE BAKER
MYKKA JADE BREIDENBACH
LINDSEY ELISE CROSS2
STEPHANIE RENEE GARZA
CARLEY ANN GLASSCOCK3
REBEKAH EMILY HUDSON
HILLARY RAE HUMES3
EMILY KATHERINE JONES3
MELANIE ALDON KIATTA
MAKENNA LEIGH LABORDE3
ALEXANDRA JULIENNE LUTKA
LAURA DANIELLE NAGALA3
TAYLOR ELIZABETH OPELLA3
TAHNEE MICHELLE PRIEM
AARON ELIZABETH SHOTTS
LINDSEY MICHELLE SIMMONS
CHELSEA LYNN SPEARS
MELISSA EMILY SPOTH2
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
APPAREL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
KAITLYN MARIE BURRIS
LAUREN ASHLEY YOUNG
2nd Major: Retail Management
1
38 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
MARY KATHLEEN SCHUESSLER1,4
CALLIE NICOLE SLAVIK
TAMMY APRIL TORRES
TAVEY LASHA UPSHAW2
DESIREE MARIE URIAS3
MORGAN ALEXA WALKER
AUBREY MADELYN WARE
KYLIE DEE WATSON1
KE’AUNA SHAMBRIE WHEATFALL2
Summa Cum Laude
SUSAN DOLORES BARRY
WHITLEY JOY BEEDY2
CAITLIN NICOLE BOSWELL3
RAQUEL MARIE COLLIER
JESSICA MARIE COOK
TEYSHA SUZOHN CORNELIUS
CAMBRY NICOLE DEVAULT
ABBY CHRISTINE DORMAN3
MYCAH DANIELLE DRUESEDOW1
JULIA MARIE EDWARDS
CAITLIN ANN EIKENBARY2
CAITLIN MARIE GARCIA
ELISE ALEXANDRA GILMORE
LINDSEY NICOLE GLENNON
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH GOODNIGHT1
ALEXANDRIA GLORIA GRAF
MEGAN ELIZABETH GROUT1
KATHERINE EILA HARSACKY
SARAH KALENE HILLIS3
MELISSA ANN HURLEY
ROBIN MERYL ISOM3
ABBY NICOLE KLUZEK1
TAYLOR DIANE KOPP2
MIQUETTE ELIZABETH LONG
OLIVIA MUNRO LUCY2
ANNA KATHLEEN McCARVER
SHANNON MARIE McGAHA
ARIEL BROOKE McKIBBEN
MICHAEL THOMAS MILLS2
LAUREN NICOLE MURRAY3
JANEL RENEE NITZSCHKE
MARISA LYNN PAYNE
JESSICA ROSE PRIESTER3
SHARISE BRIANNE RICHARDSON
DENISE ESTHER SAN MARTIN2
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
ASHLEY LAUREN NEWMAN3
HUNG PHUOC-VIET NGUYEN
AUDRA JOE NIEMAN
RACHEL MARIE ONISHI1
CHASE RYAN PALMER
SHELLY ELIZABETH PASCHALL-WAGNER
ELIZABETH ANN POHL2
CHRISTOPHER JAMES RAMIREZ
FELICIA MARIE REVILLA
ELIZABETH CHRISTINE RICHARDS
LINDSY JOHANNA SCHAFER3
JOSHUA MARION SONGER
ROBERT E. TURNER III
ASHLEE RENEE VANATTA
ERIKA ASHLEIGH VORHIES3
SIRRON JAMES WARREN
DOMINIQUE WEST-BRINSON
KENNETH WAYNE WILLIAMS II
MIA ASHTON MEDINA
JACOB MOLINA
GINNY MOON
MADISON NICOLE MYERS
SHELBY ELIZABETH NUCKOLLS
VANESSA LYNN OCEGUERA
YULIANNA M. ORTEGA
STEPHANIE MICHELLE ORTIZ
JOCELYN MICHELLE OWENS3
LAUREN ELISE PAINTER
MARY KATHERINE PARKER2
J’CEE DANAE POOL
KRISTIN LEEANN PRESTIDGE2
KATHRYN LOUISE QUEZADA
ANNIE RAMBALLY
PAIGE ELIZABETH ROBINSON2
ANGELICA JUAREZ RODRIQUEZ
2nd Major: Retail Management
DEBRA LYNN ROGERS1
SUZANNE LYNN SCANLON
CYDNEY ALEXANDRA SCHLEIDEN
MEREDITH ANN SCHUELKE2,4
LAUREN MICHELLE SILER
LAINA RUTH SMIRES3
JENNIFER ELIZABETH SPAIN
JORDAN ELIZABETH STALEY
KENDALL PAIGE STRAHAN
EMMA PAULINE SWARNER
LOGHAN MELONY THOMAS
RACHEL DEARBORN THORNTON1
KYLIE DAWN VESTAL
KAITLYN BREANN VINSON
HANNAH RAE WALKER2
BRIANNA WILLIAMS
KATHERINE LYNN WILSON
ROXXI WEN HE LI2
EMILY ANN LIPINSKY
MACKENZIE MICHELLE MARTINDALE3
ASHLEIGH NICOLE McCORD
JESSICA LOUISE MOORE2
TARA DAWN RICE2
EMILY FRANCES SALAS-GROVES3
DYLAN MICHAEL SAUCEDO
JORDAN HALEY SCOTT2
HANNAH LEA STOCKMAN3
ELIZABETH JULES THOMAS
THERESA NICOLE TOKAR
ERIN MAY YEN
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
PATRICK ALAN HAWKINS
JACQUELINE ELIZABETH KLAUS
AMANDA D’ANN MUÑOZ3
JASON THOMAS MUÑOZ
PRESTON ROBERT WEAVER3
NUTRITION
GATES LEANDER MALACHI ANDERSON
JORDAN DANAE ANDERSON
CHANDLER ELLEN BLAIR2
DANIELLE BREEN BOURCIER
SHANICE ANEILIA BROUGHTON
KELSEY NICOLE BURKE
LORENA CRISWELL BURNETT
KELSEY LOUISE DOBBINS
AMANDA MARGARET ERICKSON1
RADHIKA NALIN GANDHI
BRITTANY MARIE GARZA
ALEXANDER DUANE HOOPER
TAYLER LAXAMI-ARIENN KALIA
KATHRYN ELIZABETH KILGORE
NOEMI LIMONES
D. KYLE MONTICONE2
TIFFANY LAN NGUYEN3
JOHN EDWARD OWEN
STEPHEN PHILLIP RAJOTTE
FITIA LIANTSOA RAZAFIMANJATO
TANNER EVAN RICHEY
ASMA SALEM
MITCHELL CURTIS STAPP
KATARZYNA MARIA STELMACH
BRADLEY ALEXANDER TANNER
ENRIQUE JINO TORRES
STEPHEN ROY VELEZ3
COLE MICHAEL VILHAUER4
NAOMI ZOROLA
HUMAN SCIENCES
STEPHEN ALEXANDER ADKINS
ODERA BLESSING ANYASINTI
PERI ELLEN AUBUCHON
DANICA MARIE BARRAZA
AMBER S. BATTLE
BRANDI L. BECKHAM
CAROLINE ELIZABETH BYERS2
JENNA DENAE CARSE
DORIAN R. CRAWFORD
JORDAN ALEXIS DAVIS
KIERSTEN ANN DAVIS3
BARI PAYTON EICHELBAUM3
GRISELDA ESTRADA2
GRACIE GARCIA2
LAUREN DANIELLE GERMAIN
AUDRISA LASHELL HARRISON
SENNEN DAISEY HEGGE
NIKOLE M. HERNANDEZ
MARTIN I. HILL
ELAINE MARIE HYNDMAN
MITCHELL JOHNSON, JR.
BRUCE LAMAR JONES
AARON MANGURTEN KELLY
KENNA MICHAEL KILGO
QUINTIN DAIHYUN LEE
MARGARET HOPE McCLAIN
GREG STEPHEN MITCHELL
MARIAH MAXINE KATARINA MONTOYA
TAMMI D’MEA MURILLO
CAYLA VON NAPPER
RESTAURANT, HOTEL, AND
INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT
MATTHEW THOMAS BASTIAN
JENNIFER KIRKLAND BATTEY
BREANNA LAYNE BEACH
LAUREN MARIE BOSSALLER
LISA ERIN BRANSON
TYLER HOUSTON BROWN
BRADLEY RAY JESS BUTLER
HOLLIE NICOLE CAMPBELL
SUSAN MARIE CARROLL2
NATALIE ALEXANDRA CHAPMAN
JESSICA MARIE CLAYTON
DAVID COLLIN COPELAND
VANNIA LIANA EYZAGUIRRE
ALYSSA MAREE TIMBOL GADDI
ERIN ELIZABETH GARNER1
JENNIFER LYNN HAMPTON3
MEGAN ELIZABETH HANNAN
AUDREY ERYN HANSZ
TARYN RHEA HRUZEK
GRANT PIERCE INGRAM3
AMANDA BERNICE KARL
REID HUNTER KING
MICHAEL ALLEN KOEHLER3
KASSANDRA KAPRISE LEARY
STEPHANIE NICOLE LITMAN3
MILO JENNINGS MAHAN III
ALEXANDRA ANN McLENNAN
ERIKA DALEY MOON3
TANNER JOSEPH MOSES
WILLIAM LEON OWEN IV
KEVIN JACKSON PACKINGHAM
NICHOLAS RYAN PARIKAKIS
MITCHELL CLAY REECE II
JENNA ELIZABETH REEVES3
KAITLYN O’BRIEN RIGLING
CAITLIN MICHELLE ROAN
SANDY ALEJANDRA SALINAS
AUSTIN R. SAMES
ANDREW RYAN SANCHEZ
TAYLOR MICHELLE STEELE2
CHELSEA CATO STEVENS
ALLISON MARIE STUBBS
SEAN THOMAS WADE
NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES AND DIETETICS
MIRANDA LEEANN ALLMAN
REGAN LENAE ANTHONY3
DEMI JAMES-MARIE ARNOLD2
SARAH NICOLE BROWN
ASHLEY RENEA BUTCHEE3
MEGAN RENE BYROM
ELIZABETH ANNE CASTELLI3
ELISE NICOLE CIESLEWICZ
AMANDA KAY CONNOLLY
ALEXANDRIA LEIGH FAUBION1
LEA DEE FLAMMING
ALBERTO GARCIA III3
VANESSA MELINDA GARCIA3
KELSEY SHAY JONES
ASHLEY NICOLE KNUF2
KASSANDRA TROI LAMB
1
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
M AY 2 0 1 5 3 9
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
ROBERT HOUSTON RODRIGUEZ
TYLER DAVIS SMITH2,4
2nd Major: Sociology
COLE CAMPTON SWEARINGEN
MACKENZIE LEIGH THRASHER1
SAMUEL COLE UNKART
CINDY ELIZABETH VAQUERA
AARON WALSH
LUKE RANDALL WATSON
ALESHA JAYNE WORLEY
JENNA MARGARETTE WAGNER
JULIE RENEE WATSON
EMILY BELLE WESTBROOK
STETSON CASE WHETSTONE
LAUREN RAE WILDE
MARINDA KATHERINE WILSON3
JOSHUA REED YOUNG
RETAIL MANAGEMENT
MADELINE LEIGH ALVARADO
COURTNEY DAYNE CHANEY2
REBECCA CAROLYN COFFMAN
REBECCA BETH DAVILA
SARAH ELIZABETH EACCARINO
VICTORIA GRACE ELAM3
HEATHER ANN FLECKENSTEIN
LUCIA MARIA FOUSS
JILL PATRICE GOECKING
HALEY NICOLE HARRIS
KATELYN CALENE LEONARD
TAYLOR BREANN LYNNE
VICTORIA ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ3
SYDNEY PAIGE PULFORD3
DEVIN KATHLEEN ROGERS3
ELYSE NICOLE SHEPHERD2
KORTNEY ELAINE SPEARS
ADRIENNE SHEA TRAMMELL
RACHEL DEANN YOUNG
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
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& Communication
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RACHEL ANN BRUMMITT
REBECCA JULIE BYRNE
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TAYLOR LEE CONDIT1
ERIKA NICOLE ETLING
RAYMOND CONNOR FESTA
NICOLE LEA FICCO
KAITLYN ELIZABETH FREDERICK
ANIBAL R. GALINDO
2nd Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration
MARK JAMESON GALLEMORE
JOEL BRADY GORMAN
CHRISTINA ALYSSA GUTIERREZ
SUZANNE MARIE HANNAN
CODY MONTANA HILL
REGAN LEE HOWLE
NICHOLAS TOD HUMMERT
JACKSON BRADY KENNEDY
BRIANNA MARIE KING
ASHLEY SUE MEYER
DAVID ALLEN FRANCIS MORGAN
HALEY DANIELLE OSTRANDER
KATHERINE NICOLE PARKER2
MALLEY ROSE RASCO
LAUREN CHARITY ROCHA
AMANDA CELESTE RODRIGUEZ
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ELISABETH FRANCES MILBURN KAUFFMAN
TRAVIS WHITTEN KOLB
NATALIA TERESA LARA
2nd Major: Spanish
RYAN CHRISTOPHER MEDELLIN
KATHRYN LOUISE MORRIS
LAUREN BRIANA PICON
AUSTIN HENRY REED
KEVON CHARLES ROGERS
ALEXANDER PAUL SANDERS
CARLY CHRISTINA SMITH3
CASEY ALAN SMITH
TALE WAYNE TICE
ISAAC VILLALOBOS
JACKSON J. WISDORF
GARRETT HARLAN WRIGHT
DAYSI JANETH YEATES
Summa Cum Laude
ELIN JULIA ARVIDSSON
TANNER BLAKE BENTZ
KELLI LAUREN BREWTON
GUADALUPE CRUZ
SABVINA ANGELINI CRUZ
VICTORIA BANE DAVIS3
CAITLYN ELIZABETH ENGLISH1
EMILY MARIE GILLEN3
RICHELLE LEANNE HAIR
KAITLYN MARGOT HOWE
ANTHONY PAUL IBARRA
MANDI LEIGH JORDAN
LAUREN JO LANTZ
IAN NATHANIEL LOVE
CAILEY ELOISE MANLEY
AMANDA NICHOLE MITCHELL
TAYLER MARIE MITCHELL
ANITA KRASIMIROVA MORRIS1
DUSTIN TREY NORRIS
ASHLEIGH JANE POLOTKO2
MONIKA JEANELLE RIVERA
RUSH OLIVER ROBINSON
MATTHEW MADDEN ROVEGNO
MEGAN KATHERINE SHERMAN
IRIS JAZELLE SOTO
LEWIS MAYNE SWANN
AUSTIN WYATT TYSON3
2nd Major: Mathematics
FAITH SUZANNE VARGAS
ZACHERY MORSE WALLACE
ANDREW LANGSTON WEST2,4
JOURNALISM
JASMINE LEISL BRADFORD
ROXANNA CASTILLO
JULIE MICHELLE GORE
RUBY DENISE GRACE4
DAWIT KIBREAB HAILE2
DANIELLE JOY ZAPATA HATHCOAT3
KELSEY ANN JOHNSON3
ALANA ASHLEY KIKER
BRENNEN DAKOTA McGINTY
KAYLIE NICOLE MEADOWS
NICOLE ELISE MOLTER3,4
JANET JUDITH MORENO2
2nd Major: Political Science
SARAH ELIZABETH SCHMIDT2
SARAH LUCILLE SELF-WALBRICK
TAITUM FRANKIE TREES
CARA LYN VANDERGRIFF1
BRIANNA NICOLE WALDIE
STACIE RANAE WIRMEL
KEALEY SHAYE WOMACK
MEDIA STRATEGIES
LANA RENEE ADCOCK
MAMIE KATHRYNE BARNES
KATHERYN MARIE BARRY
BRADEN WILSON BERRY
OMAR IGNACIO BROWN
ASHLEY ELIZABETH CARMICKLE
JESSICA PAIGE CASTRO
TYLER MATTHEW CURD
RYAN WAYNE DE VEAU
HAYDEN PARKER HEZMALL
JORGE EDUARDO HINOJOSA, JR.
TARAN SHEA HULSEY
MIKALAH JEANE KNIGHT
BRADLEY CHRISTIAN LANGLEY
CAITLIN ELIZABETH LEE
RYAN ALEXANDER LILLIS
ALEXANDRA MARIE McDONALD
JOHN MATTHEW MEHNER
SELENA MARIE MENDOZA
WESLEY NICOLE METTER
COLIN HERON NIEBERGALL
JOSE ALBERTO OVALLE, JR.
TAYLOR ANN PUGH
JAKE ALONZO QUINTANILLA
ESTEFANIA REY
ROBERTO GREGORY ROMERO
ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
AUNDRIA CARMEN REYNA ADAME
VICTORIA GRACE ALLEN
CHRISTINA LORRAINE ANDERSON2
BRITTANY ELIZABETH BAGWELL
MICHELLE ANN BAKER
JON MICHAEL BERNAL
MARQUINT MARCELL BRANTLEY
BAILEY MARIE BUTLER
COLIN QUINN BUTLER
MILLIE ELIZABETH DAY
EMILY NICOLE DE SANTOS2
PAUL MICHAEL DORAN
PARKER BOUNDS EARNHEART
JORDANN NICOLE FOWLER
SEAN MICHAEL GARLISH
BRIANA NICOLE GENOVESE2
KEITH GREEN, JR.
JENABETH GUNTER3
ALYSSA BETH HADEN
STEPHANIE MARIE HOMEYER
ALEX RAE JACOBS
JON HOUSTON JONES
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
KIRSTEN ELFRIDA DYBDAHL
CASSIDY JURIANA EDISON
TYLER ALLEN FALGOUT
KYLE JACOB FIELDS
LEO FLORES3
RICHELLE ALICE FLOURNOY
SARA ALMA GALANO
ANDREW KEITH GREEN3
JAMIE LEE HABIB
MAEGAHN JANAE HALL
MARY HARRIS3
MICHAEL KEITH HERMES
TOWNSEND HUNT HOOK
ERIKA RENAE JETER
ARTHUR RAY JOHNSON
MICHAEL PAUL KENNEDY
KELSEY ELIZABETH KERN
KYLE LANDON KYKER
DOMINIC TRAE’VON LAWRENCE
RALPH JUSTIN LAYTON
JORDAN ROBERT LEE
DEXTER O’NEAL LEWIS, JR.
SHARLA ANN LITTLEFIELD
KARA ELISABETH MAHSETKY3
COLBY MARLIN McMULLEN
ROBERT LEONARD MEIER2
ANDREW PAUL MITCHELL
LINDSEY DEANN MOON-LENGGENHAGER
TIMOTHY WENDELL MUELLER III
JACOB PAUL PACHECO
BRIAN ALEXANDER PANZERI
EVER ANTONIO PRIETO
BRYNE LOGAN PRUITT
LAURA NICOLE PUTNAM3
MICHAEL ANTHONY RENDON
KYLER SEAN ROACH
BRANDON JAMES ROBINSON2
JOSHUA BRADLEY SATTERWHITE
M’CALL PAIGE SCHAEFER2
ALLISON ELIZABETH SHEATS
JORDAN PAUL SIMON
JAMES MACON SIMONSON
TRAE DALTON SMILEY
AUSTIN CLEVELAND STEWART
SAMANTHA KADY STOUT
RODRICK NOLAN THOMAS
LAADRIAN DEANDRE’ WADDLE
CHASE ADAMS WALKER
AMANDA L. SCOTT
BLAKE ALEXANDER SILVERTHORN
KELSEY KAE SMITH
DANIEL RICHARD STEFFY
TAYLOR BLAIR TOWNSEND
ABIGAIL LEIGH WERNER
LOGAN WYRICK WILLIAMS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
HANNA RAE ALLRED
CHEYENNE C. ATHERTON3
BROOKE KAITLIN BROUSSARD
HAILEY ANGELINE CAGLE2
SARA ELIZABETH CARDEN1
ALLIE MICHELLE CARLSON3,4
REAGHAN COLEMAN
CALEB LORENZ COVINGTON
KILEY MARIE COWLEY3
MALLORY BROOKE CROSS2
PILAR NICOLE DEHOYOS
JULIEN DEMERS2
JORDAN ELIZABETH FOWLER3
GABRIELLE LAINE GARCIA3
CARA CELESTE HARKINS
CARLI KERR HINKLE
McKENZIE LOIS HOPSON2
KAILEY REBECCA HULTMAN3
SCARLETT NOEL HUMPHRIES
DARIA ALEKSANDROVNA IVANOVA1
EMILY GRACE JARRELL2
ASHTON DANIELLE JOHNSON
GEORGIA ANN KAPUSTA1
NATHAN COLLINS KIRKSEY
ELIZABETH BRANDT LANHAM
THEA ELIZABETH McDONALD1,4
KATIE ELAINE MILLER
CHANDLER ALLISON MOORE
KAHLEY JADE PAULSEL2
HALIE BREANA SANDOVAL
CHRISTIANI SAUCEDO
JOHN DILLARD STEWART
CLAIRE ANN SULLIVAN
MICHAEL ANTHONY SUNIGA
AMBER NICOLE TOMPKINS2
JUSTIN ROBERT VINCENT
LAUREN NICOLE WEST2
MARIAH ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
VICTORIA LOPEZ YATES
ROSS THOMAS McCLELLAN
MARLENE MENDEZ
HEATHER DENISE RHEA
JOSHUA TYLER SANDERS
FAITH SARAH WARREN
WIND ENERGY
GEOFF EVEN BETTS
TRISHA RUTH BRADSHAW3
JACK WESLEY CLARKE
RYAN EDWARD DIAZ
LAWRENCE ANDREW GALVAN
TUCKER MONTGOMERY GANDY
MATTHEW RODSWELL HANNAN
MATTHEW BLAKE HASLEY
ROSS WILLIAM HATCHETT
MARCOS JULIO HIDALGO RODRÍGUEZ
CAITLIN MARIE JONES2
HAYDEN TAYLOR KLEINHANS
THOMAS JOE LEDBETTER
JACOB ANTHONY LUNA
DESMOND ANTOINE MARTIN
JAMES DAVID McDONALD
ESKA LAWRENCE MILLER
NICHOLAS LYNN OLSON
BRETT ARNELL STOKES, JR.
COLTON CRAIG WILSON
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TRINITY LEE GOLDEN
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APRIL ELIZABETH PAVELKA
ALLYSON ELIZABETH SANOV 1
BAILEY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS 2
MUSIC
DUSTIN MURRAY PEDIGO
TRAVIS LEVI TAYLOR
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
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University Programs
BACHELOR OF ARTS
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
MARISA SUSANNA ALLEN
LAURA ANN ATKINS1
TIMOTHY MATHEW BAKER
JOHN HUGH BARNETT
ROBERT ANDREW BEZUCHA
KYLA D’NAE BUTCHEE3
ERIKA A.J. COLE
AUSTIN WILLIAM CONNOR
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VALERIE ANN CADENA
ALICIA JADE GEURIN2
2nd Major: Spanish
DAVID CHRISTIAN BRENNER
TYLER KEAGAN BROWN
WILLIAM RICH COOPER
TAMYRA LYNN DUKE2
SADALE MARKEL FOSTER
BRANDON JOSEF HARRIS
SARAH CHRISTINE HERRERO
STEVEN JACOB HILBURN
KATHRYN NICOLE HINTZ
JESSICA JAMILLAH HOWELL
BILLY OWEN KEELING
NATASHA DIANE KIANI
JENNIFER RENEA MALDONADO1
JONATHAN MARTINEZ
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
CONNOR LEE MYERS
JESUS MANUEL RAMIREZ
2nd Major: History
TAWYN MORGAN WESTBROOK3
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
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UNDERGRADUATE CANDIDATES
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
ART
ELIZABETH CAITLIN ALVAREZ
KERSTELL CHERYL ARNOLD
CARSON EVERETT BAHR
KATHLEEN ELIZABETH BALL
BRITTANY DENISE BARLAG3,4
RYAN MATTHEW BITZER
WENDY LEIGH BRADFORD2
HILLARY ELIZABETH BROOKS
MIRANDA GABRIELLE DE LA CRUZ3
TORI JADE EICHBERGER
KEISHA NICOLE BLAS FLORES3
ELDA MICHELLE GUERRA
DANIEL JACOB GUNN
DAVID AUSTIN GUTIERREZ2
SHANNON MAUREEN GUTZ
LAURA ELIZABETH HARRIS2
ANDREW LUKE HERNANDEZ
NOEMI ELIZABET HERNANDEZ
LIBBY KAY HICKS
DELPHA BRIANNA NICHOLE HYATT
KRISTIN LYNN IVEY1,4
EMMA CLAIRE JOCHUM
KIMBERLY BETH JONES
DYLAN EAMON KENNEDY
KIMBERLY NOELLE LASSARRE
CHASYA DANIELLE LYNCH2
MADISON ELIZABETH MANNING
RIELEY ALEXIS MATTHEWS
CHANDLER RAE McPHERSON1
RYAN JAMES MILLER1
KAYCI TAYLOR MURPHY
MALLORY PAIGE MURPHY
SAVANNAH DAWN NASH
JOSEPH ANTHONY NEVAREZ
SHALEE AARON McKNIGHT PACE3
JEWELENE ANNA HILL
CHELSEA A. HOWARD
DAMIAN ESTEBAN MADRID
JESSICA D’ANN MEASON
NOLAN THOMAS KUUIPO SAFFERY
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
CHELSEA MADELINE ABLES1
ANDREW HOWARD GRAHAM CRAVATT
ZACHARIAH TYLER DAVIS3
HERBERT BENJAMIN DONNELL3
KELSI NICOLE FLETCHER2
RAELEE NICOLE GOLD
ANDREW GOMEZ
BRITTNEY NICOLE GORDON
BENJAMIN LEE HOLMES, JR.3
TERESA LYNN JARINKO1,4
ROBYN LEIGH JUDD3
NICHOLAS ANTHONY MAXEY
LUCAS RYAN MEADE1
COREY TYLER METCALF
MARENDA RENÉE NATERA1
WESLEY NEIL ORR2
KARI TATIANA PETERSON3
NICASIA MARBELLA RIVERA
MARY ELIZABETH SMITH3
ALEXANDER EMIL THEISS3
AMANDA ELIZABETH VEREEN1
SAMANTHA NICOLE WILDE1
WILLIAM EDGAR WILKINSON3
ALICIA GRACE YANTOSCA3
IAN L. YOUNG
THEATRE ARTS
MARIA CARMINA D. ALBUTRA
JOSHUA RANDALL BARRETT2
SIERRA DAKOTA SHAYNE BURT
SCOTT HENDERSON FERRELL, JR.2,5
NICHOLAS ANDREW HERNANDEZ3
MADISON FRANCES WEINHOFFER
2nd Degree: Anthropology
BACHELOR OF
GENERAL STUDIES
ANTHONY MICHAEL ARENA
ERIK MATTHEW GARZA
XAVIER TROY HAWKINS
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MELISSA AURORA PADILLA3
CALLEY PARHAM BRAKE3
SARA E. PARVEN
BRISTEN LEE PHILLIPS2
RACHEL MICHELLE POOLE3
JAMES FRANK POTTS V
ALLISON NICOLE PRIDDY1
STEPHANIE NICOLE RICKMAN
ADRIANNA JO ROBERTSON1,4
SERENA B. SANCHEZ
KAITLYN NICOLE SHELTON1
TAYLOR BREE SUTHERLAND
KRISTI ANN TARDY
CALLIE ELIZABETH TAYLOR
BRIAN ALAN THIEBAUD3
KYLIE REBECCA VALIGURA1
WILLIAM JUSTON WATSON
AMY MARIE WEBSTER
WHITNEY NICOLE WHITT2
LINDSAY ERIN WOMACK2
JANIS ST. CLAIR WOODALL
Summa Cum Laude
2
Magna Cum Laude
3
Cum Laude
4
With Honors
5
With Highest Honors
RECEPTIONS AND OTHER CEREMONIES
INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE RECEPTIONS
Immediately After Commencement Ceremony
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | Room 101, Animal and Food Sciences Building
College of Architecture | Architecture Gallery
College of Arts and Sciences |
Foyer Area of Room 104, Holden Hall
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business | McCoy Atrium, 1st Floor of Rawls College of Business
College of Education |
Second Floor Lobby, College of Education
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering | Livermore Center
College of Human Sciences | El Centro, Human Sciences Building
College of Media and Communication |
Matador Room, 2nd Floor, Student Union Building
College of Visual and Performing Arts |
Rotunda, Holden Hall
University Studies |
Wind Energy |
Red Raider Lounge, 1st Floor of Student Union Building
Room 107, National Wind Institute
Please Note: The Graduate School will distribute diplomas in the City Bank Room of the United Supermarkets Arena
immediately after the commencement ceremony.
OTHER CEREMONIES
Friday, May 15, 2015
Army ROTC Military Commissioning | 10:00 a.m., International Cultural Center
Friday, May 15, 2015
Air Force ROTC Military Commissioning | 7:00 p.m., International Cultural Center
CANDIDATES FOR MILITARY COMMISSIONS
The following students are being commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force:
The following students are being commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant in the United States Army:
JAYMES BARRY HASS
DEREK MICHAEL HAVEN*
ROBERT DOUGLAS PETROSKY
EVAN ROCHA †
GABRIELA PALOMA RODRIGUEZ
KATELYN MARIE UST
RYAN JOHN BURNETT
LUKE JAMES WRIGHT GUFFEY
THOMAS ALAN JOHNSON III
TREY NEAL KENSING
EDWARD BERNARD PRUEITT III
* Graduating August 2015.
† Spring 2014 graduate and current masters student.
The following students are being commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve:
The following student is being commissioned as a
Second Lieutenant in the Texas Army National Guard:
PATRICK ALAN HAWKINS
RICHARD LEE HOLTROP
IAN RICHARD FRANK
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ACADEMIC DRESS AND PROCESSION
MASTER’S ROBE: Velvet facing around the neck corresponds to color
representing the field of study; hood lining represents the colors of
the institution that conferred the degree.
W
earing academic dress at commencement
ceremonies dates from the early history of the
oldest universities created during the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries. Because educated people were
almost always of the clergy, the black gown is an adaptation of the “cope,” a long mantle or cloak of silk or other
cloth worn by church dignitaries in processions and on
other occasions. The long gown and cowl (similar to the
academic hood of today) were worn by priests and monks
for warmth in the cold medieval buildings.
In the early centuries, a great diversity of color and style
of cap, gown,and hood appeared in different universities
of Europe. The European custom of wearing academic
dress was later introduced at American colleges. Not until
after 1895 was a uniform academic code of dress adopted
by most U.S. colleges and universities. Today, the black
robe, hood, and cap are worn at most institutions of higher learning. Some institutions have authorized doctoral
gowns in colors other than the customary black.
The gowns used in American academic ceremonies vary
according to the highest degree awarded to the wearer.
Usually the bachelor’s robe has long pointed sleeves and
the master’s has oblong sleeves, square at the end with a
slit at the elbow. The doctoral gown is a more elaborate
robe faced down the front with velvet and across the
bell-shaped sleeves with three bars of velvet. The velvet
facing and bars may be of the color distinctive to the field
of study.
The doctoral hood has side panels and is slightly longer
than the one worn for the master’s degree. The color
used in the velvet border of the hood indicates the field
of study. The velvet border is widest on the doctor’s hood,
and the colors of the lining indicate the college or university that conferred the degree. For example, those who
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DOCTORAL ROBE: Velvet facing on front of robe and three bars on
sleeve correspond to color representing the field of study; hood lining represents the colors of the institution that conferred the degree.
have received advanced degrees from Texas Tech University wear hoods lined with red and black.
The Oxford—the so-called mortarboard—is black and
has a long tassel fastened to the center. The tassel is usually worn with the pendant over the left front of the cap.
Different colored tassels are often worn on the bachelor’s
and master’s caps to indicate the type of degree. The tassel on the cap of the doctoral candidate, except for professional degrees, is either gold or black. The doctoral degree
holders may also wear the velvet tam with a gold tassel.
Candidates for the undergraduate degree will wear the
tassel on the right side of the cap at commencement. After
the degrees have been conferred, baccalaureate degree
recipients will turn the tassel to the left side of the cap,
thus showing that they are now graduates. Those graduates who have the official Texas Tech Alumni Association
class ring are invited to turn their rings at this time.
Candidates wearing red cords have earned the Latin
designations of cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum
laude based on a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point
average. Candidates wearing kite-shaped medallions
are Honors College graduates earning a minimum of 24
hours of Honors coursework. Medallions with red ribbons
indicate a notation of “With Honors” (non-thesis) and gold
ribbons indicating a notation of “With Highest Honors”
(thesis).
Phi Beta Kappa students may wear their membership
key as well as the society’s dark blue honor stole and/
or pink and blue honor cords. Members of Phi Kappa
Phi, Mortar Board, and other honor societies may likewise display their societies’ medallions and honor cords.
Texas Tech University has five university-wide honoraries:
Golden Key, Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi
Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi.
COLORS REPRESENTING FIELDS OF STUDY
The following is a list of colors established by the Intercollegiate Code
representing departments of learning and fields of study.
Maize | Agriculture
Blue-Violet | Architecture
White | Arts, Letters and Humanities
Drab | Business Administration
Lilac | Dentistry
Copper | Economics
Light Blue | Education
Orange | Engineering
Brown | Fine Arts
Russet | Forestry
Maroon | Human Sciences
Crimson | Journalism
Purple | Law
Lemon | Library Science
Green | Medicine
Pink | Music
Apricot | Nursing
Silver Gray | Oratory (Speech)
Olive Green | Pharmacy
Dark Blue | Philosophy
Sage Green | Physical Education
Peacock Blue | Public Administration
Salmon Pink | Public Health
Gold-Yellow | Science
Citron | Social Work
Scarlet | Theology or Divinity
Gray | Veterinary Science
HONOR CORDS / MEDALLION
The following is a list of honor cords/medallions issued by colleges.
Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources | Green
Architecture | White and Gold
Arts and Sciences | Royal Blue
Business Administration | Royal Blue and Gold
Education | Jade Green and Violet
Engineering | Orange
Honors | Honors Medallion
Human Sciences | Maroon
Media and Communication | Crimson
University Programs | Red
Visual and Performing Arts | Brown
Wind Energy | Blue and Green
UNDERGRADUATE ROBE: A red stole displaying the Double T and
seal of the university distinguishes students receiving baccalaureate
degrees. Degree candidates wearing red cords will graduate with
honors designations based on a minimum 3.5 GPA.
TEXAS TECH COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
G R A D U AT E P H OTOG R APH S
COMMEN CEMEN T DVD
A professional photographer will be taking photos of graduates as they receive their diplomas. You may view and order
photos online at www.candidcolorphotography.com. Click on
“view proofs” and then “graduations.” Images will be posted
within 48 hours of the ceremony. Photographers also will be
available after the ceremony for photos of friends and family
with the graduates. Photographers will be located outside
the arena near the north parking lot. There is no charge or
obligation for having these photos taken.
The Texas Tech Alumni Association encourages graduates to
order a Texas Tech Commencement DVD to commemorate
their achievement. The $45 purchase also will include a oneyear Texas Tech Alumni Association gift membership. This
membership will help graduates stay connected to Texas
Tech. To reserve a copy of today’s ceremony, complete and
mail an order form located at one of the tables in each corner of the concourse. Do not leave the forms on the tables.
Please mail them to the address on the form. To learn more
about the Alumni Association, visit www.TexasTechAlumni.org
or call 806.742.3641.
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COLLEGE BANNERS
T
he banners displayed at Texas
Tech University commencement ceremonies are patterned
on military, political and trade guild
insignia that date back to the Middle
Ages and beyond. Known as gonfalons,
they most closely resemble the flags
created by Italian city states before
and during the Renaissance. The Texas
Tech University flags were individually
designed to display symbols and colors
that represent the areas of interest of
each unit.
The Faculty Banner displays the university colors, red with black, and features the university seal encircled by
the words “Seal of Texas Tech University.” The seal was designed by William
Ward Watkin, the original
campus master planner,
in 1924. The shield is a
black escutcheon quartered by a red cross, on
which are arrayed 10 cotton bolls, symbolic of the
importance of cotton to
West Texas and representing Lubbock County and
the nine surrounding cotton-producing counties. These symbols
also reflect one of the original missions
of Texas Technological College: “To
provide students with a thorough education in textiles and technical engineering.” The shield features emblems
that evoke the university, community,
state and nation. In the upper-right
quadrant, a book symbolizes religion
and academic traditions. A star in the
upper-left corner stands for the Lone
Star State of Texas. In the lower left a
key represents home, and in the lower
right the lamp of knowledge indicates
the primary mission of Texas Tech
University: “To develop and advance
knowledge.” Above the shield, an
eagle, the national bird of the United
States, spreads its wings.
Mindful of the claims of all these
constituencies, the faculty of the university create, transmit, and preserve
knowledge.
The College of Agricultural Sciences
and Natural Resources was one of the
four founding schools of the university
in 1924. The college banner was rede46 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
signed for use in the December 2005
graduation. Dr. Marvin Cepica, former
dean of the college, developed the
design with approval
and input from the
College Marketing
Committee. The background color, maize,
was established by the
Intercollegiate Code to
represent the agricultural disciplines. The
design, with a map of
the continent of North
America, reflects the global scope
of modern agriculture and natural
resources management.
The dimensions and proportions of the
College of Architecture banner are
based on the Golden Ratio creating the
Golden Rectangle, within which is the
logarithmic Golden Spiral. The ancient
Greeks recognized these geometries as
significant and aesthetically pleasing, and
architects from Vitruvius to Corbusier have
used these proportions
as a means of design.
The blue diagonal lines
represent the architectural diagram, while
the blue-violet fabric,
the designated color
for Architecture, is woven in a chevron
pattern representing the complexity
of digital design and fabrication. The
banner was designed by David Isern
and Simon Alvarez, graduates of the
College.
The blue background color of the
College of Education banner reflects
the light blue color designated for
education by the Intercollegiate Code
and is also seen in the velvet border
of education master’s
and doctoral hoods
and doctoral gowns.
The upper area of the
banner carries a school
building encircled by
the words “College
of Education” and
“Scholarship, Leadership, Service” to represent the primary roles
of the college as a unit dedicated to
preparing teachers and furthering educational scholarship, leadership, and
service. The Texas Tech Double T logo
appears at the bottom of the banner.
The Jerry S. Rawls College of Business banner was designed through
a collaborative effort of the staff in
the college’s Undergraduate Services
Center. The background
color of the banner is
drab. The central image
on the banner is a map
of the world centered on
Lubbock with the Texas
Tech University Double
T symbol rising from a
focal point in the South
Plains. Below are the
words “Excellence in a
Global Market.” The banner symbolizes the impact of globalization in the
modern business environment.
The College of Arts and Sciences
banner was redesigned in 2014 by
Randy Lacy, unit coordinator in the college.
Crafted with classical typography and
bold lines, the banner
replaces the previous
college seal with the
famous Double T logo.
The red and black colors appropriately represent the largest and
most diverse college in the university.
The Graduate School banner is blue.
Imposed on this background is a white
circle within a light blue one. These
circles contain the image of a golden
open book and a
burning lamp. The
open book symbolizes
knowledge and the
lamp represents a light
by which to study.
The Graduate School
banner was designed
by the late Associate
Dean Thomas Langford and Ms. Beth
Cain, who was a Graduate School staff
member and artist for many years.
The banner of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering
features the seal of the college set on a
field of orange, the academic color for
engineering. The seal of the college,
inspired by a 2009 design by chemical
engineering student
Unwana Essien, is
encircled with a border
of red, white, and
black, symbolizing the
spirit of Texas Tech
University and the Red
Raiders. The two stars
represent the ethical
duty of engineers to
themselves and society.
The four symbols in the center of the
seal stand for the foundations of engineering:
• The light bulb, surrounded by a
ribbon and questions, represents the
inspiration of engineers to answer
questions and solve problems.
• The square and globe represent the
engineer’s work as building blocks for
the world.
• The hammer and screwdriver represent the practical application of the
engineer’s work.
• The atomic figure surrounding the
beaker represents the confluence of
math, science, and technology in the
mind of the engineer.
The Honors College banner features
a sky blue field onto which is placed
a silhouette of one of the Administration Building bell towers in dark blue.
Superimposed on the
silhouette is the Honors College emblem in
gold: an open book that
transforms into a bird
taking flight. This symbol
represents how learning
stimulates human creativity. At the bottom of
the banner are the words
in gold: “University Honors College.”
The College of Human Sciences banner has a dark brown field with the
name of the college at the top. Underneath and centered on the banner are
the words “Improving and Enhancing
the Human Condition,” which enclose
a divided circle. The
left side of the circle
contains a map of the
Western Hemisphere
and the right side
features three human
faces in silhouette, a
man, a woman and a
child, each of which is
a different color. The
map represents the connectedness of
the global human community, and the
diversity of the faces and their ages
represent the families and communities served by College of Human
Sciences programs. The banner was
adapted by former Associate Dean
Steven M. Harris from an original symbol created by Dr. Ben Goh, a college
faculty member.
The College of Media and Communication banner illustrates waves of
information emanating from a single
point—one voice heard by many.
The banner is white with a crimson
background framing
waves of information reaching the
public. Crimson is the
color assigned by the
Intercollegiate Code
to journalism, the common core subject area
of the college. The
white field represents
honesty, decency and
purity. Beneath the crimson is the
name of the college.
The banner for University Programs
exhibits the colors of Texas Tech with
a red background trimmed in black.
The focus of the banner is the silhouette of the Administration Building’s
bell tower, which is an iconic symbol
of Texas Tech. Just as the university is
comprised of many parts, University
Programs integrates
multiple programs
from colleges across
the university. The
traditional Double T
placed in a window
of the tower signifies
the future that awaits
students who complete
these programs in
preparation for successful careers.
The College of Visual and Performing Arts banner is black with a blue
drape surmounted by a silver swathe
that evokes the creative energy infused
in all the arts. The top of the banner
features the words “College of Visual &
Performing Arts” in silver, linked by a
dynamic red ampersand representing
the merging of three departments into
the college. Centered
in the banner is the college’s original awardwinning logo designed
by the Price Group in
2002, the same year the
college was founded.
The logo is a circle
divided into three sectors, each representing
one of the three units of
the college: a blue eye for the School
of Art, a red lyre for the School of
Music, and a golden spotlight for the
Department of Theatre and Dance. All
three artistic icons are encased by a
circular banner which reads: “Texas
Tech University.” The shape of the
banner was selected through a student
competition, and the banner was made
by personnel in the Costume Shop of
the Department of Theatre and Dance.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• The commencement music ensemble is
comprised of students from the Texas Tech
University School of Music under the direction
of Prof. Duane Hill, Associate Director of Bands
and Director of the Goin’ Band from Raiderland. Their participation is funded through the
auspices of the Office of the President, Texas
Tech University.
• This program was produced by the Office of
the Provost in cooperation with the Convocation
Committee and the Office of Official Publications at Texas Tech University. Garrett McKinnon,
Director; Cheryl Hedlund, Senior Editor.
This program is an unofficial list of May 2015
graduates and should not be used to determine a
student’s academic or degree status. The actual
award of honors reflected on a student’s diploma
will be determined by the student’s final academic
average. The university’s official registry for conferral of degrees is the student’s permanent academic
record kept by the Office of the Registrar.
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TEXAS TECH TRADITIONS
Who’s Sitting on a Horse?
(And Why Is He Red?)
Will Rogers was one of the most famous entertainers in America
in the 1920s and ’30s, and his longtime friend, Amon G. Carter,
was Texas Tech’s first chairman of the Board of Directors. Rogers donated $200 for the Texas Tech band to play at the football
game against TCU in 1926 because he wanted people “to hear
a real band.” Then the cowboy humorist donated $1,500 to buy
band uniforms for the trip to Fort Worth. A few years after Rogers perished in a plane crash, Carter presented the statue of
Rogers and his horse, Soapsuds, to Texas Tech. Sculpted by 18year old Electra Waggoner Biggs, the statue is one of four in the
nation. Before every home game, the Saddle Tramps wrap “Old
Will” with red crepe paper. The statue also has been wrapped in
black to mourn national tragedies.
Raider Red or the
Masked Rider?
Not every university wants a horse in its
stadium, so Texas Tech had to find an
alternate mascot prior to the 1971 football
season. That was the year the school’s
athletic conference passed a rule that
prevented taking live animals to non-home
games. That also was the year Raider Red
was born from the imagination of cartoonist
Dirk West. Raider Red changes from boots to
soft-soled shoes for basketball games, and his
student persona is kept a secret as he mingles
with the crowds.
The Texas Tech Class Ring
As a constant reminder of their academic achievements and the
traditions of Texas Tech University, students proudly wear the
official Texas Tech class ring. This bronze sculpture of the official
class ring sits next to the Merket Alumni Center. Traditionally the
rings are worn with the university name facing inward when the
students’ hands are extended. After the degree is granted on
graduation day, the ring can be turned around so that the name
faces outward, a symbol that the new alumnus has a Texas Tech
diploma and is ready to face the world. (www.TexasTechRing.org)
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The first athletic teams of the university
were known as the Matadors, a name
that reflected the Spanish architectural
influence on campus. The change from
Matadors to Red Raiders occurred after a
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal writer commented on the red uniforms and strong
season of the 1932 football team, saying
“the Red Raiders from Texas Tech” were
the terror of the Southwest Conference.
The name caught on and by 1936 the
team was renamed the Red Raiders. No
changes were ever made to the school
song, which was penned in 1930. Page
from 1936 Student Handbook courtesy of
the Southwest Collection.