Dear Iowa State University Graduates and Guests:
Welcome to Iowa State University’s Spring 2011 Commencement!
We congratulate all of the graduates and thank everyone who played a
role in their successful journey through Iowa State. We have very much
enjoyed your being a part of our university and community, and we wish
you well as you embark on this next part of your life. We look forward to
continuing our association with you as alumni of Iowa State, and we hope
you will come back to visit the university often.
Iowa State University is now in its 154th year as one of the nation’s
leading land-grant universities. We are very proud of the role this
university has played in preparing the future leaders of our state, nation
and world, and in meeting the needs of our society through excellence in
education, research and outreach. As you graduate today, you are now a part of this great tradition
and we look forward to the many contributions you will make.
I hope you enjoy today’s commencement ceremony, and that you will continue to be connected with
Iowa State University.
Sincerely,
Gregory L. Geoffroy
President of the University
Table of Contents
The Official University Mace............................................................................................................ 3
The Presidential Chain of Office...................................................................................................... 3
Academic Regalia............................................................................................................................. 4
Hooding Ceremony, Doctor of Philosophy....................................................................................... 5
Special Recognition, Advanced Degrees........................................................................................... 5
Special Recognition, Undergraduate Degrees................................................................................... 5
Academic Titles................................................................................................................................ 6
Iowa State University Traditions...................................................................................................... 6
Gradate College Program................................................................................................................. 7
7:30 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2011, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium
Graduate College Commencement Ceremony.............................................................................. 8-9
Graduate College Commencement Speaker................................................................................... 10
Spring 2011 Graduate College Candidates............................................................................... 11-47
Summer 2011 Graduate College Candidates............................................................................ 48-54
Veterinary Medicine Program......................................................................................................... 55
Noon, Saturday, May 7, 2011, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium
Veterinary Medicine Commencement Ceremony........................................................................... 56
Veterinary Medicine Commencement Speaker............................................................................... 57
Veterinary Medicine Candidates............................................................................................... 58-59
Undergraduate Program................................................................................................................. 61
1:30 p.m., Saturday, May, 7, 2011, James H. Hilton Coliseum
Undergraduate Ceremony......................................................................................................... 62-63
Honorary Degree Recipient............................................................................................................ 64
Undergraduate Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient.................................... 65
Commencement Vocalist and Choir.......................................................................................... 66-67
Spring 2011 Undergraduate Candidates ................................................................................ 68-109
Spring 2011 Undergraduate Candidates............................................................................... 110-115
Senior Class Council.................................................................................................................... 116
Candidates for Commissions....................................................................................................... 116
Past Honorary Degree Recipients.......................................................................................... 117-120
The Bells of Iowa State............................................................................................. Back of Program
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The Official University Mace
T
he Iowa State University mace symbolizes
the authority of the university president. The
lead faculty marshal carries it at the head of
the academic procession and,
by placing it on its stand,
signals the beginning of the
commencement ceremony.
created in 1941 by Christian Petersen, sculptor-inresidence from 1934-1955.
The mace’s bronze headpiece is an interpretation of
the campanile. It includes a silver presidential seal
and reflects in a disc representative of the Fountain
of the Four Seasons. The words “Iowa State
University – Science With Practice” are inscribed on
the edge of the disc. Under the disc is a shortened
version or reflection of the campanile headpiece.
In medieval times, the mace
was a studded, clublike
weapon, made of iron. It was
capable of breaking armor,
and was associated with the
protection of kings in France
and England.
The tiger maple staff bears 14 bronze plaques
inscribed with the names of all previous Iowa State
presidents, their years of service, and a laurel leaf
symbolizing the attainment of graduation.
In the 13th century, it was
used for civil purposes and
processions. Eventually it
became a symbol for academic
institutions, an emblem of
order and authority in the
pageantry.
At the staff’s base is an unfolding bronze leaf
symbolizing the beginning of a new era for graduating
students. The overall height of the University mace is
60 inches, and it weighs 14 pounds.
Sculptor Jeanne L. Stevens-Sollman of Bellefonte,
Pennsylvania designed and crafted the Iowa State
University mace.
Created in bronze, silver
and tiger maple, the Iowa State University mace
incorporates important campus icons such as
the campanile located on central campus and the
Fountain of Four Seasons, located on the north side
of the Memorial Union and features likenesses of
four Native American women. The sculptures were
Private funds from the ISU Alumni Association’s
Circle of Former Presidents, Chairs, and Executive
Directors, the Stanton Carillon Foundation, and the
University Museums made the design and purchase of
the Iowa State University mace possible.
The Presidential Chain of Office
The presidential chain of office symbolizes the
rich history and traditions of Iowa State University
and is worn by the president at all commencement
ceremonies.
It was first worn by President Gregory Geoffroy
during the Spring 2008 commencement ceremonies
to mark the end of Iowa State University’s year-long
sesquicentennial celebration.
Created by sculptor Jeanne Stevens-Sollman–the
same artist who created Iowa State’s mace–the
presidential chain of office complements the mace.
The two pieces were commissioned by University
Museums and the ISU Alumni Association and
are part of University Museums’ Art on Campus
collection.
chain of office contain the words Engagement,
Learning, Discovery and Access. The reverse sides
of the bronze sections have low bas reliefs of corn.
Most pieces in the necklace are bronze. The seal
in the center of the campanile and the links in the
necklace are sterling silver.
The front of the presidential chain of office features
an image of the campanile, and Beardshear Hall’s
east portico (the campus home of the president) is
on the back. The shoulder epaulets are the columns
of Beardshear and contain the words Leadership
and Service. The campanile links in the presidential
Both the presidential chain of office and the mace
are housed in the alumni center and are used at each
commencement ceremony.
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Academic Regalia
I
n May 2008, as part of its sesquicentennial
celebration, Iowa State University debuted
custom-designed doctorate regalia.
The square shape of the scholar’s cap or mortarboard
is thought to denote the stability of scholars
and their books as suggested in the old poem,
“The Ballad of the Cap,” first published in 1564.
Candidates for advanced degrees wear black
tassels. The following is a list of tassel colors for
baccalaureate degree candidates:
The special commencement doctorate gowns were
created with emblems and colors to reflect Iowa
State’s tradition and to complement Iowa State’s
hood. The fabric is
cardinal red gabardine
with black velvet panels
and chevrons edged
with gold cording. The
Campanile, a beloved
symbol and University
tradition, adorns each
of the two front velvet
panels. An eightsided black velvet tam
with a gold silk tassel
completes the official regalia.
Agriculture and Life Sciences – Maize
Business – Drab
Design – Brown
Engineering – Orange
Human Sciences – Maroon
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts – White
Bachelor of Liberal Studies – White
Bachelor of Music – Pink
Bachelor of Science – Golden Yellow
Veterinary Medicine – Gray
The hood gives color to the academic costume while
its length indicates the wearer’s academic degree.
At Iowa State, hoods are worn by doctorate degree
recipients. Exceptions are made for honorary degree
recipients and other officials of the ceremony. In
general, hoods are made of a wide panel of black
cloth, matching the
gown and are lined
with satin in the official
academic colors of the
institution awarding the
degree.
The ceremony as well as the academic costume at
commencement symbolize the record of academic
achievement of the various individuals taking part
in commencement exercises. The use of academic
costume reaches back to medieval times and the
beginnings of the famed old universities of Europe
and England. Gowns (long, full robes) and cloaks
with hoods were common garb. The unheated
buildings frequented by medieval scholars certainly
were an important factor in the choice of clothing.
A confusing array of caps, gowns, and hoods
emerged from the centuries in Great Britain and
from early years of higher education in the United
States. American institutions recognized the need
for a standard code and the great majority of
academic costumes now worn in the United States
are in accordance with the general provisions of the
Intercollegiate Code of 1895. This code was slightly
revised in 1932 and again in 1959. Under this code,
the bachelor’s gown has pointed sleeves; the master’s
gown has oblong sleeves with an arc at the bottom;
and the doctor’s gown has bell-shaped sleeves.
Iowa State University’s
colors are cardinal and
gold, therefore the top
half of the lining is gold
and the lower part is
cardinal. The colors used
in the edging of hoods
and tassels are associated
with the discipline.
For example, dark blue
represents Philosophy
and all hoods used in
conferring the Doctor
of Philosophy degree at Iowa State University are of
dark blue edging.
The Code dictates that bachelor’s and master’s gowns
are untrimmed. However, the doctor’s gown is faced
down the front with velvet and has three bars of
velvet across the sleeves. The facing and bars may be
black or may be a color pertaining to the discipline.
The color of the commencement gown varies in
other countries. In America, black is typically the
color of choice for bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
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Hooding Ceremony, Doctor of Philosophy
The Doctor of Philosophy is the university’s highest
academic degree, awarded only to those who have
successfully completed an intensive and demanding
course of study whose primary focus is on learning
to conduct original research.
that they are truly experts in their fields whose
research has already contributed significantly to
human knowledge.
The hooding ceremony symbolizes their admission
to the exclusive ranks of those who have earned
the respect associated with the title “Doctor of
Philosophy.”
The final stage of the program is the preparation
and defense of a dissertation that describes the
outcome of a major research project. To prepare for
that project, the student must have gained expertise
and skills in a particular discipline and must have
thoroughly explored its existing knowledge base.
During the hooding ceremony, the degree recipients
are escorted and hooded by their major professors
who have worked with them throughout their study
for the doctoral degree. The hoods will connect
the graduate with a family of scholars throughout
history and from all parts of the world.
Those who receive doctorates have demonstrated
Special Recognition, Advanced Degrees
Candidates for graduation for the Master's or Ph.D.
may be recognized with the Teaching Excellence
Award or the Research Excellence Award.
The Research Excellence Award recognizes those
who with outstanding research accomplishments in
a graduate program.
The Teaching Excellence Award recognizes those
who provided outstanding contributions in teaching
undergraduate students while working toward a
graduate degree.
Honorees for both awards wear cardinal and gold
honor cords and are noted in this program as
follows:
§ Research Excellence Award
†† Teaching Excellence Award
Special Recognition, Undergraduate Degrees
Candidates for undergraduate degrees may be
recognized for graduating “With Distinction” or
for graduating in the Honors Program. Levels of
special academic achievement are indicated in the
commencement program by Latin phrases, also
known as Latin honors. This system is recognized
internationally, however the requirements vary
among institutions. In the United States, Latin
honors are most often awarded to those earning
undergraduate degrees and each academic institution
sets its own standards and requirements for each
honor.
in the commencement program, this recognition
appears on the official transcript and diploma.
The University Honors Program is an individually
planned program of study designed to provide
greater depth and breadth of scholarship than the
regular curriculum. Those graduating from the
University Honors Program have a grade point
average of at least 3.35 and have designed and
completed an individualized program of study,
including an independent Honors Research Project.
Students graduating with special recognition will
wear cords and be noted in this program as follows:
At Iowa State University, candidates for graduation
with distinction must have completed 60 semester
credits of coursework at ISU at the time they
graduate, including a minimum of 50 graded credits.
Those graduating summa cum laude (with highest
distinction) have earned a grade-point average
of 3.90 or higher; magna cum laude (with great
distinction) have a grade-point average of 3.70 to
3.89; or cum laude (with distinction) have a gradepoint average 3.50 to 3.69. Grade-point averages
are based on a 4.0 scale. In addition to the notation
* * *Summa Cum Laude - with highest distinction (cardinal and gold cords)
* * Magna Cum Laude - with great distinction (gold cords)
* Cum Laude - with distinction (cardinal cords)
† Honors Program (white cords)
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Academic Titles
The following provides a brief description for the
academic titles that appear in this program followed
by a list of symbols for each title. Where appropriate,
a symbol will be displayed behind the person’s name.
An endowed chair or professorship provides special
recognition to the faculty member to whom the title
is awarded. It is held for a specific term, and during
that time, endowment earnings are used by the
university to supplement departmental support of
the faculty member’s scholarship and responsibilities
in teaching, research, outreach, and service. These
chairholders specialize in areas of study identified by
the donors who created the endowments.
Distinguished Professor denotes those faculty
members who have been recognized for having
attained outstanding national and international
reputations within their professional disciplines.
University Professor denotes those faculty members
who have been recognized for having made
outstanding contributions to the quality of education
at Iowa State University.
‡ Distinguished Professor
‡‡ University Professor
Endowed Chair
Endowed Professorship
Iowa State University Traditions
Information Provided by the Iowa State University Alumni Association
The festival got its name from the first letters of
Iowa State’s first colleges: Veterinary Medicine,
Engineering, Industrial Science, Home Economics,
and Agriculture. Two of VEISHEA’s long-standing
traditions are individual cherry pies and the musical
production “Stars Over VEISHEA.”
The first swans on Lake LaVerne, Lancelot and
Elaine, were a gift from the 1935 VEISHEA Central
Committee. From that day on, there has been a pair
of swans on Lake LaVerne.
When Iowa State’s young football team beat mighty
Northwestern University 36 to 0 in 1895, and article
in the Chicago Tribune said, “Northwestern might as
well have tried to play football with an Iowa cyclone
as with the Iowa team it met yesterday.” Thus, the
“Cyclones” were born. Cy the Cardinal became Iowa
State’s mascot in 1954.
In 2003, Iowa State revived a 60-year-old tradition:
the Official ISU Ring. Students and alumni worked
with the ISU Alumni Association and University
Book Store to design a ring that symbolically
captures the uniqueness of Iowa State. Rings may
only be worn by alumni or by students who have
achieved junior or senior status. Rings are officially
presented at an annual ring ceremony.
VEISHEA, an all-university spring open house
first organized in 1922, is among the nation’s
largest university student-managed festivals.
The tradition of “campaniling” states that a student
officially becomes an Iowa Stater when he or she is
kissed under the university’s campanile at the stroke
of midnight.
It is said if you step on the bronze zodiac relief on
the floor of the Memorial Union’s Gold Star Hall, you
will flunk your next test.
The Fountain of the Four Seasons by artist-inresidence, Christian Petersen (Danish-American,
1885-1961), is located in front of the Memorial
Union and was a gift from the 1937 VEISHEA
Committee. In 1942, Christian Petersen added
four sculptures to represent the four seasons. The
east sculpture represents spring with the planting
of corn; south - summer, sheltering a young plant;
west - fall, holding the harvest; and north - winter,
nursing a child. Legend has it that good luck will
come to you if you throw a coin in the fountain.
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Graduate College Program
7:30 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2011, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium
President Gregory L. Geoffroy, B.S., Ph.D., Presiding
Processional
Pomp and Circumstance..............................................................................................................Edward Elgar
The Star-Spangled Banner.............................................................................................................Francis Scott Key
arr. Michael Golemo
Nicole Conetzkey, Vocalist
Introduction of Speaker
President Geoffroy
Commencement Address
Sharron S. Quisenberry
The Future is Yours to Make
Vice President
Research and Economic Development
Interlude
A Western Fanfare........................................................................................................................Eric Ewazem
Recognition of Students Receiving Research Excellence Awards
and Teaching Excellence Awards
Provost Hoffman
Conferring of the Degree Doctor of Philosophy
Candidates from the Graduate College presented by David K. Holger,
Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Dean of the Graduate College
President Geoffroy
Conferring of the Master’s Degree
Candidates from the Graduate College presented by David K. Holger,
Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Dean of the Graduate College
President Geoffroy
The Class of 2011 and the Alumni Association
Remarks
Jeffery W. Johnson
President
Iowa State University Alumni Association
President Geoffroy
The Bells of Iowa State.................................................................................................................... James C. Wilson
Refer to the back cover for the lyrics and history of The Bells of Iowa State
arr. Michael Golemo
Nicole Conetzkey, Vocalist
Recessional
La Mourisque............................................................................................................................ Tylman Susato
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Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Platform Officials
Gregory L. Geoffroy, President of the University
Sharron S. Quisenberry, Vice President for Research and
Speaker
Elizabeth Hoffman, Executive Vice President and
Provost
David K. Holger, Associate Provost for Academic
Programs
Thomas L. Hill, Vice President for Student Affairs
Dione D. Somerville, Dean of Students
Jeffery W. Johnson, President of the Alumni Association
Steven A. Freeman, Faculty Senate President
Kathleen M. Jones, Associate Vice President for
Student Affairs and Registrar of the University
Labh S. Hira, Dean of the College of Business
Wendy Wintersteen, Dean of the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences
Pamela J. White, Dean of the College of Human
Sciences
Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Dean of the College of Design
Jonathan A. Wickert, Dean of the College of
Engineering
David J. Oliver, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
James R. Bloedel, Professor and Chair of Biomedical
Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine
David J. Gregory, Associate Dean of the Library
Faculty Representatives and Presenting Professors
Venkataramana Ajjarapu, Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Mufit Akinc, Materials Science and Engineering
Srinivas Aluru, Electrical and Computer Engineering 
Susan W. Arendt, Apparel, Educational Studies and
Hospitality Management
Patrick I. Armstrong, Psychology
Krishna B. Athreya, Mathematics ‡
Lyric C. Bartholomay, Entomology
Diane C. Bassham, Genetics, Development and Cell
Biology
Diane F. Birt, Food Science and Human Nutrition ‡
Neal Bowers, English
Nicola Bowler, Materials Science and Engineering
Volker Brendel, Genetics, Development and Cell
Biology 
Robert C. Brown, Mechanical Engineering ‡ 
Katherine R. Bruna, Curriculum and Instruction
C. Lee Burras, Agronomy
Steven A. Carlson, Biomedical Sciences
Sumit Chaudhary, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nick E. Christians, Horticulture ‡‡
Chris C. Chu, Electrical and Computer Engineering
William R. Clark, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal
Biology
Kristen P. Constant, Materials Science and Engineering
Christine C. Cook, Human Development and Family
Studies
Ana Correia, Curriculum and Instruction
Gregory W. Courtney, Entomology
Olga N. Danilevskaya, Genetics, Development and Cell
Biology
Timothy A. Day, Biomedical Sciences
Matthew J. Delisi, Sociology
Julie A. Dickerson, Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Corey J. Drake, Curriculum and Instruction
Nicola Elia, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jeffrey J. Essner, Genetics, Development and Cell
Biology
Nancy J. Evans, Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies
Ann Marie Fiore, Apparel, Educational Studies and
Hospitality Management
‡Distinguished Professor
‡‡University Professor
Endowed Chair
Endowed Professorship
Warren D. Franke, Kinesiology
Steven A. Freeman, Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Douglas A. Gentile, Psychology
Ryan E. Gildersleeve, Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Mark S. Gordon, Chemistry ‡ 
Manimaran Govindarasu, Electrical and Computer
Engineering
David Grewell, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Yong Guan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Linda Serra Hagedorn, Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Mark S. Hargrove, Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Molecular Biology
Kai-Ming Ho, Physics and Astronomy ‡
Andrew L. Hochstetler, Sociology
Catheryn M. Hockaday, Human Development and
Family Studies
Vasant G. Honavar, Computer Science
Richard B. Honzatko, Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Brian K. Hornbuckle, Agronomy
Kere E. Hughes-Belding, Human Development and
Family Studies
Charles R. Hurburgh, Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Sedahlia Jasper Crase, Human Development and Family
Studies ‡‡
Robert L. Jernigan, Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Molecular Biology
David C. Jiles, Electrical and Computer Engineering ‡
Locke A. Karriker, Veterinary Diagnostic and
Production Animal Medicine
Donna S. Kienzler, English
Jae-kwang Kim, Statistics
Sang Wu Kim, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Douglas S. King, Kinesiology
Frankie Santos Laanan, Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Lisa M. Larson, Psychology
Brenda J. Lohman, Human Development and Family
Studies
Elisabeth Lonergan, Animal Science
8 Frederick O. Lorenz, Statistics ‡‡
Gayle J. Luze, Human Development and Family Studies
Stephanie C. Madon, Psychology
Surya Mallapragada, Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Antonio P. Mallarino, Agronomy
Robert A. Martin, Agricultural Education and Studies
Ryan Martin, Mathematics
James D. McCalley, Electrical and Computer
Engineering 
Scott C. McLeod, Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies
William Q. Meeker, Statistics ‡
Aubrey F. Mendonca, Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Mani Mina, Electrical and Computer Engineering
F. Chris Minion, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive
Medicine
Gary A. Mirka, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems
Engineering
William R. Morrow, Mechanical Engineering
Balaji Narasimhan, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Linda S. Niehm, Apparel, Educational Studies and
Hospitality Management
Marit Nilsen-Hamilton, Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Molecular Biology
Michael G. Olsen, Mechanical Engineering
Tanja I. Opriessnig, Veterinary Diagnostic and
Production Animal Medicine
Linda M. Pollak, Agronomy
Krishna Rajan-Wilkinson, Materials Science and
Engineering 
Laura I. Rendon, Educational Leadership and Policy
Studies
Alison E. Robertson, Plant Pathology
Marcia H. Rosenbusch, Curriculum and Instruction
Alan M. Russell, Materials Science and Engineering
Denise A. Schmidt, Curriculum and Instruction
Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Chemistry
M. Paul Scott, Agronomy
Norman A. Scott, Psychology
Joseph G. Sebranek, Animal Science ‡‡ ‡
Brent H. Shanks, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Mack C. Shelley, Statistics ‡‡
Pranav Shrotriya, Mechanical Engineering 
Omar G. Smadi, Civil, Construction and Environmental
Engineering
Arun K. Somani, Electrical and Computer
Engineering  ‡
Reginald R. Souleyrette, Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering 
Michael E. Spurlock, Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Sri Sritharan, Civil, Construction and Environmental
Engineering
Ann E. Thompson, Curriculum and Instruction
Janette R. Thompson, Natural Resource Ecology and
Management
Brian G. Trewyn, Chemistry
Howard D. Tyler, Animal Science
David L. Vogel, Psychology
Meifen Wei, Psychology
Gregory J. Welk, Kinesiology
Robert West, Psychology
Lee Anne Willson, Physics and Astronomy ‡‡
Terry J. Wipf, Civil, Construction and Environmental
Engineering 
William F. Woodman, Sociology ‡‡
Lois Wright Morton, Sociology
Yan Zhao, Chemistry
Tianshu Zheng, Apparel, Educational Studies and
Hospitality Management
Faculty Marshals
Larry H. Ebbers, University Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, College of Human Sciences (Chief Marshal)
Daniel C. Robinson, University Professor of Educational
Leadership and Policy Studies, College of
Human Sciences (Chief Marshal)
John Cunnally, Associate Professor of Art and Design,
College of Design
Frederick H. Dark, Associate Professor of Finance,
College of Business
Richard E. Horton, Emeritus Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Kenneth C. Kruempel, Emeritus Associate Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College
of Engineering
Jon J. Tollefson, Professor of Entomology, College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Robert S. Wallace, Associate Professor of Ecology,
Evolution and Organismal Biology, College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Announcer and Reader of Names
Hollis Monroe
Musicians
Michael Golemo, Conductor
Vocalist
Nicole Conetzkey *
Trombone
Reid Clagett
Joshua Kassmeyer
Brian Stout
Nolan Vallier
Justin Wang
Trumpet
Deborah Bierschenk
Matthew Gaunitz *
Benjamin Kane
Nathan Miner
Bernard Moore *
Justin Smiley-Oyen *
Hanna Sundberg
Conner Tipping
French Horn
Peter Brandt *
Chloe Dedic
Deanna Fritz
Michael Lee
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Euphonium
Chad Nelson *
Victoria Pioszak
Percussion
Hillary Holmes
Bridget Leahy *
Tuba
Daniel Jensen
Christopher Kallenbach *
* Graduating Student
Graduate Commencement Speaker
Sharron S. Quisenberry
S
registered germplasm/cultivars. She has presented
more than 140 lectures at international, national and
regional professional meetings. She has received
funding for research as principal and co-principal
investigator from NIH, NSF, USDA, Murdock Trust,
Ford Foundation and industry.
harron S. Quisenberry joined Iowa State
University as Vice President for Research and
Economic Development
in April 2009. She served
five and a half years as
Dean of the College of
Agriculture and Life
Sciences at Virginia Tech
prior to coming to Iowa
State. Dr. Quisenberry
obtained her B.S.Ed. from
Truman State University,
M.A. in Environmental
Biology from Hood
College, and M.S. and
Ph.D. in entomology
from the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
In her current position, she leads Iowa State’s
research and technology transfer enterprise in the
attainment of the university’s goal of serving the
people of the state and beyond by enhancing the
vitality and sustainability of research scholarship,
improving human and animal health and
nutrition, and enhancing the quality of life and the
environment.
Dr. Quisenberry is a member and past president of
the Entomological Society of America and has served
on several of its branch and national committees.
She also holds the distinction of both Fellow and
Honorary Member of the Society. She has served
on the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on
Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Board for
International Food and Agriculture Development,
and numerous other international, national,
regional, and state boards and committees.
Dr. Quisenberry is recognized nationally and
internationally for her work in host plant resistance
to insects and insect-plant interactions. She
co-authored a seminal book on conservation of
germplasm for insect resistance that is used globally.
She has published more than 100 articles, books and
book chapters, with more than 150 other technical
publications, and has obtained a patent and three
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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
FROM THE GRADUATE COLLEGE
Listing of Summer 2011 Doctor of Philosophy Candidates begins on page 48
DOCTOR
OF
PHILOSOPHY
Karen Tjossem Anderson
West Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.B.A., Drake University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Linking adult learner
satisfaction with retention: The role of
background characteristics, academic
characteristics, and satisfaction upon
retention
Ahmed M. Abdelbary
Clinton
B.S., Alazhar University;
M.B.A., St. Ambrose University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Hospitality Management
Dissertation: Exploration of factors affecting
adoption of biometric technology by
five-star Egyptian hotel employees
†† Ramkrishna Adhikary
Ames
B.Sc., University of Calcutta;
M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay
Department: Chemistry
Major: Physical Chemistry (Transportation
Engineering)
Dissertation: Application of fluorescence
spectroscopy: Excited-state dynamics,
food-safety, and disease diagnosis
Mark Joseph Anderson
Houston, Tex.
B.S., Texas Tech University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Animal Science
Major: Meat Science
Dissertation: Identification of proteins and
biological processes associated with
tenderness in beef muscles
Basak Aldemir-Bektas
Ankara, Turkey
B.S., Middle East Technical University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering
Dissertation: Bridge management from data
to policy
Barry Andrew Nathan Bloom
Chicago, Ill.
B.S., Cornell University;
M.B.A., Ibid.
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Hospitality Management
Dissertation: Applications of event study
methodology to lodging stock
performance
Eric Anthony Aligo
Crofton, Md.
B.A., Kean University;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Geological and Atmospheric
Sciences
Major: Meteorology
Dissertation: An evaluation of fall speed
characteristics in bin and bulk
microphysical schemes and use of bin
fall speeds to improve forecasts of warmseason rainfall
Troy Alexander Bowman
Lexington, Ky.
B.S., University of Kentucky;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Natural Resource Ecology and
Management
Major: Forestry
Dissertation: Residential development
choices and consequences: Urban land
cover change, perceptions and value of
alternative subdivision designs, and the
benefits of protected ecosystem services
Majd Mahmoud Al-Kofahi
Ames
B.Sc., Yarmouk University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Service Oriented Architecture
(SOA) security models
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Dawn E. Browder
Ankeny
B.S., Truman State University;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Dissertation: Latino mothers in rural
America: A mixed methods assessment
of maternal depression
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Ye Cheng
Shanghai, China
B.S., Fudan University
Department: Animal Science
Major: Genetics
Dissertation: Identification of QTL that
interact with myostatin genotype in
C57BL/6 x M16i mice
†† Eric Adam Brown
Cedar Rapids
B.B.A., University of Iowa;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Hospitality Management
Dissertation: Hospitality management
graduates’ perceptions of career factor
importance and career factor experience
and the relation with turnover intentions
§ Eunjoo Cho
Seoul, South Korea
B.A., Hanyang University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Apparel, Merchandising, and Design
Dissertation: Development of a brand image
scale and the impact of lovemarks on
brand equity
Eric Ryan Burrough
Ames
D.V.M., Iowa State University
Department: Veterinary Pathology
Major: Veterinary Pathology
Dissertation: Investigation of an emergent,
tetracycline-resistant, abortifacient
Campylobacter jejuni clone in a pregnant
guinea pig model
Hongkwan Cho
Gyeongju, South Korea
B.S., Seoul National University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Chemistry
Major: Organic Chemistry
Dissertation: The study of solvophobically
driven folding of amphiphilic cholate
oligomers under various circumstances
and their applications as catalysts and
molecular transporters
José Angel Cabrales Rivas
Watsonville, Calif.
B.S., Santa Clara University;
M.A., Michigan State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Conceptualizing Latina/o
philanthropy in higher education: A
study of Latina/o undergraduate alumni
from a predominantly white Jesuit
institution
§ Jinmyoung Cho
Seoul, South Korea
B.H.Ec., Ewha Womans University;
M.A., Ibid.
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Dissertation: Successful aging and
developmental adaptation of oldest-old
adults
Miguel Andrés Calabrô
Cipolletti, Argentina
B.S., Montana State University-Billings;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology (Behavioral Basis of
Physical Activity)
Dissertation: Physical activity assessment
under free-living conditions using
pattern recognition monitors
§ Jihyeok Choi
Samcheok-Si, South Korea
B.S., Seoul National University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Mathematics
Major: Mathematics
Dissertation: Problems in graph theory and
probability
Wei-Chen Chen
Taichung, Taiwan
B.B.A., National Pingtung University of
Science and Technology;
M.B.A., Oklahoma City University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Apparel, Merchandising, and Design
Dissertation: The impact of cultural and
psychological differences on the
acceptance of pop-up retail in Taiwan
†† Katrina Lea Christiansen
Pender, Neb.
B.S., University of Nebraska at Lincoln;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Majors: Agricultural Engineering and
Biorenewable Resource and Technology
Dissertation: Cost structures and life cycle
impacts of algal biomass and biofuel
production
Xi Chen
Shenyang, China
B.S., Beijing Forestry University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Genetics, Development and Cell
Biology
Major: Plant Physiology
Dissertation: The analysis of HCS1 in
Arabidopsis
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Young Jin Chun
Pusan, South Korea
B.S., Yonsei University;
M.S., Ibid.;
M.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Data mixing at the source,
relay, and in the air in multiple-access
relay networks
Ursula M. Deza
Santiago de Surco, Peru
Ing., Pontifical Catholic University-Peru;
M.S., University of Missouri-Rolla
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Structural
Engineering)
Dissertation: Development, evaluation and
implementation of sensor techniques for
bridges critical to the national
transportation system
§††Oliver Couture
Des Moines
B.S., Drake University
Department: Animal Science
Major: Genetics
Dissertation: Prediction and verification of
NF-KB targets in the porcine MHC
through the use of sequence similarity
and pathway inhibition
Pamela Rae Dodge
Cambridge
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.Educ., Ibid.
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Managing school behavior: A
qualitative case study
§ Natasha Nicole Croom
Arlington, Tex.
B.A., Texas A&M University-Kingsville;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Finding rainbows in the clouds:
Learning about the full professorship
from the stories of black female full
professors
†† Denis Vitalievich Dorozhkin
Moscow, Russia
B.S., Loras College;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Constraint-based synthesis of
shape-morphing compliant structures in
virtual reality
Lidia Esteve Agelet
Lleida, Spain
Ing Tec., University of Lleida;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Dissertation: Single seed discriminative
applications using near infrared
technologies
T. Dean Cutler
Carlisle
B.S., South Dakota State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Veterinary Diagnostic and
Production Animal Medicine
Major: Veterinary Microbiology
Dissertation: Inactivation of porcine
reproductive and respiratory syndrome
(PRRS) virus under static and dynamic
conditions using ultraviolet (UV254) light
Matthew Richard Falcy
Trail, Oreg.
B.S., University of California-Davis;
M.E.M., Portland State University;
M.S., Universidad de Chile
Department: Ecology, Evolution and
Organismal Biology
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dissertation: Individual and population-level
responses of the Alabama beach mouse
(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) to
environmental variation in space and
time
Anish M. Dave
Ahmedabad, India
B.Com., Gujarat University;
M.B.A., Ibid.;
M.F.A., University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric and Professional
Communication
Dissertation: Rhetorical contestation
involving disputed organizational and
ontological categories
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Rachelle R. Greer
Cheyenne, Wyo.
B.S., University of Wyoming;
M.P.A., Ibid.
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric and Professional
Communication
Dissertation: Narrative: An approach to
deciphering professional communication
challenges in three professional venues
Eric John Fitzsimmons
Colorado Springs, Colo.
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Transportation
Engineering)
Dissertation: Development and analysis of
vehicle trajectories and speed profiles
along horizontal curves
Omid Haddad
Tehran, Iran
B.Ach., Sistan Va Balouchestan University;
M.S., Sharif University of Technology
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Dissertation: Development and validation of
a fatigue-modified, EMG-assisted
biomechanical model of the lumbar
region
Chuan Fu
Zingtongxia, China
B.E., Tianjin University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: High speed extended term time
domain simulation for online cascading
analysis of power system
Yanyan Hu
Jilin, China
B.S., Tsinghua University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Analytical Chemistry
Dissertation: Solid state NMR method
development and studies of biological
and biomimetic nanocomposites
Beth Treat Gankofskie
Storrs, Conn.
B.S., California State University-Long Beach;
M.S., St. Joseph College
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Hospitality Management
Dissertation: Measuring dietetic students’
perceptions of management skill
competency gained during school food
service practicum experience: A
competing values framework method A national study
§ Zhihua Hu
Harbin, China
B.A., Dalian University of Technology;
M.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Dissertation: Water quality perceptions in
the US
Moises D. Gonzalez Roman
Ankeny
B.S.A., University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Agronomy
Major: Plant Breeding
Dissertation: Screening and genotyping of
ga1 gene, and genotype x environment
interaction of cross incompatibility in
maize
§ Xin Huang
Liyang, China
B.Eng., Tsinghua University;
M.S., Michigan State University
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Dissertation: Particulate dispersion in a
turbulent serpentine channel
Ryan T. Gordon
Browning, Ill.
B.S., Western Illinois University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Condensed Matter Physics
Dissertation: London penetration depth
measurements in Ba(Fe1-xTx)2As2
(T=Co,Ni,Ru,Rh,Pd,Pt,Co+Cu)
superconductors
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Eduardo Ibanez
Pamplona, Spain
Ing., Universidad Publica de Navarra
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: A multiobjective optimization
approach to the operation and
investment of the national energy and
transportation systems
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Sangeun Jin
Busan, South Korea
B.E., Pukyong National University;
M.S., North Carolina State University-Raleigh
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Dissertation: A systems-level perspective of
the flexion-relaxation phenomenon in
the lumbar spine
Taha Abdelshafy Abdelhakim Khalaf
Samalout, Egypt
B.S., Assiut University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Security and prioritization in
multiple access relay networks
Benjamin J. Johnson
Fort Dodge
B.S.S., Cornell College;
M.A., University of Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: School administrators’
perceptions and practices associated with
the utilization of eWalk during
classroom walk-throughs
§ Cherié Joy Kientoff
Tempe, Ariz.
B.S., Arizona State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Dissertation: Development of weighted
model fit indexes for structural equation
models using multiple imputation
Bo Kong
Jining, China
B.E., Zhejiang University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Experimental and
computational study of turbulent mixing
in a confined rectangular reactor
†† Marcus A. Jones
Centerville
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Horticulture
Major: Horticulture
Dissertation: Competitive ability of creeping
bentgrass cultivars and their potential for
renovating existing putting greens
through interseeding
Neeraj Koul
Khull Noorabad, India
B.E., University of Delhi;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Computer Science
Major: Computer Science
Dissertation: Learning predictive models
from massive, semantically disparate
data
§ Kyungho Kang
Busan, South Korea
B.E., Pukyong National University;
B.S., Iowa State Universiy
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: MicroCantilever (MC) based
nanomechanical sensor for detection of
molecular interactions
Ping Kuang
Hechi, China
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation: A new architecture as
transparent electrodes for solar and IR
applications based on photonic
structures via soft lithography
Milly Nambogga Kanobe
Kampala, Uganda
B.S.Ag., Makerere University;
M.Sc., Ibid.
Department: Agronomy
Major: Plant Breeding
Dissertation: Production and
characterization of transgenic maize
plants designed to improve iron nutrition
§ Tonia Jo Land
Ankeny
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education
Dissertation: Pedagogical design capacity for
teaching elementary mathematics: A
cross-case analysis of four teachers
§††Sasha N. Kemmet
Waukee
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Interferometric methods of
magneto-optic optical switching
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Ryan Eugene Lott
Ames
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Dissertation: The influence of primary
caregiver relationship status history and
race/ethnicity on youth mental and
physical health: The mediating role of
precocious life events
Marsha Lynn Larson
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point;
M.A, Viterbo University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
Eduction
Dissertation: Job satisfaction of family and
consumer sciences teachers in Wisconsin
Sehwook Lee
Cheongdo, South Korea
B.S., Yeungnam University;
M.S., Korea University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: High Energy Physics
Dissertation: CP violating anomalous topquark coupling in proton-antiproton
collisions are center-of-mass energy 1.96
TeV
Hong Lu
Tongling, China
B.S., Nankai University;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Genetics, Development and Cell
Biology
Major: Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology
Dissertation: Application of comparative
genomics for detection of genomic
features and transcriptional regulatory
elements
Li Li
Jinan, China
B.S., Shandong University
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation: Dielectric properties of aged
polymers and nanocomposites
†† Duhita Mahatmya
Fort Collins, Colo.
B.A., Drake University;
B.S., Ibid.;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Dissertation: Pathways to positive youth
development: Identifying family, school,
and neighborhood influences on civic
involvement in emerging adulthood
Shanshan Li
Songzi, China
B.S., Huazhong Agricultural University;
M.S., Wuhan University
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology
Dissertation: Interaction between the SAGA
complex and chromatin regulates
nucleosome acetylation and inducible
gene transcription
§ Richard Lee Mahoney
Oakdale, Calif.
B.B.A., University of Iowa;
M.S., Boston College
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Hospitality Management
Dissertation: EVA momentum as a
performance measure in the United
States lodging industry
Hsin-Kai Liao
Taipei, Taiwan
B.S., National Sun Yat-Sen University;
M.S., National Taiwan University
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Biochemistry
Dissertation: Forward and reverse genetic
approaches in zebrafish
John Henry Mengwasser
Jefferson City, Mo.
B.S., Lincoln University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Organic Chemistry
Dissertation: Lead compounds from nature:
Synthesis of natural xanthones and
chroman aldehydes that inhibit HIV-1
Chang Liu
Guangzhou, China
B.S., Sun Yat-Sen University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Condensed Matter Physics
Dissertation: Electronic structure of iron
arsenic high temperature
superconductors studied by angle
resolved photoemission spectroscopy
(ARPES)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Jennifer Garrett Nissen
Clearwater, Fla.
B.S., University of Florida;
M.S., Florida State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Exploring the college
experiences of students adopted from
South Korea
Gaurav Mohanty
Mumbai, India
B.Tech., National Institute of Technology
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation: High temperature
nanoindentation creep testing
Gretchen Ann Mosher
Aurora
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Industrial and Agricultural
Technology
Dissertation: Measurement and analysis of
the relationship between employee
perceptions and safety and quality
decision-making in the country grain
elevator
†† Peter M. Noll
Hinckley, Ill.
B.A., North Central College;
M.A., Eastern Illinois University
Department: History
Major: Agricultural History and Rural Studies
Dissertation: A spatial approach to culture,
agriculture and political economy in the
late nineteenth-century corn-belt
Pedro J. Ortiz Toral
Ponce, Puerto Rico
B.S., University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Dissertation: Steam reforming of watersoluble fast pyrolysis bio-oil: Studies on
bio-oil composition effect, carbon
deposition, and catalyst modifications
Muthuprasanna Muthusrinivasan
Mountain View, Calif.
B.Tech., Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Dissertation: A composable approach to
design of newer techniques for largescale denial-of-service attack attribution
Grishma Ravindra Parikh
Ahmedabad, India
B.Sc., Gujarat University;
M.Sc., Maharaja Sayajirao University of
Baroda
Department: Entomology
Major: Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology
Dissertation: Cell biology of pathogenhemocyte interactions in the mosquito
innate immune response
Claudia Bernardita Navarro-Villarroel
Viña del Mar, Chile
Stat., University of Valparaiso;
Magis., University Catolica de Valparaiso;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education
Dissertation: Young students’ attitudes
toward languages
Thomas Howard Paulsen
Carroll
B.S., Northwest Missouri State University;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural Education and
Studies
Major: Agricultural Education
Dissertation: Supervisory practices in nonformal educational settings as perceived
by agricultural education teachers: A
national study
§ Kam Weng Ng
Teluk Intan, Malaysia
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Structural
Engineering)
Dissertation: Pile setup, cynamic
construction control, and load and
resistance factor design of verticallyloaded steel H-piles
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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§ Latrisha Kay Petersen
Correctionville
B.A., Iowa State University;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Dissertation: Combinatorial design and
development of biomaterials for use as
drug delivery devices and immune
adjuvants
Trina J. Ramirez
Horton, Kans.
B.A., University of Kansas;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Factors that contribute to
overall job satisfaction among faculty at
a large public land-grant university in the
Midwest
†† Anna D. Peterson
Roseville, Minn.
B.A, St. Olaf College;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Dissertation: A separability index for
clustering and classification problems
with applications to cluster merging and
systematic evaluation of clustering
algorithms
§ Jessica Janet Ranero
Arlington, Va.
B.S., Mary Washington College;
M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: More than a window dressing?:
A critical race institutional ethnography
of a multicultural student services
administrator at a PWI
Supraja Puttamreddy
Ames
B.Sc., Osmania University;
M.Sc., Sri Padmavathi Mahila University;
M.Tech., Indian Institute of TechnologyKharagpur
Department: Veterinary Microbiology and
Preventive Medicine
Major: Genetics
Dissertation: Genetic analysis of Escherichia
coli O157:H7 biofilm formation
Abhijit Rao
Mumbai, India
B.S., University of Mumbai;
M.A., Ibid.;
M.A., North Dakota State University
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric and Professional
Communication
Dissertation: Let’s talk: The role of
discipline-specific centers in ideological
transformations of communication
literacy within the disciplines
Prem Kumar Ramesh
Chennai, India
B.Eng., Anna University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Aggressive and reliable highperformance architectures - techniques
for thermal control, energy efficiency,
and performance augmentation
§ Pratik Kumar Ray
Rourkela, India
B.Tech., National Institute of Technology;
M.Tech., Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation: Microstructures and oxidation
behavior of some Molybdenum based
alloys
Alejandro Ramirez
Ames
B.S., Iowa State University;
D.V.M., Ibid.
Department: Veterinary Microbiology and
Preventive Medicine
Major: Veterinary Microbiology (Preventive
Medicine)
Dissertation: Swine pathogen transmission:
Recognition, monitoring, and prevention
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
§ Jennifer Betsy Redd
Las Vegas, Nev.
B.S., University of Nevada-Las Vegas;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Dissertation: Supporting vocabulary growth
of high school students: An analysis of
the potential of a mobile learning device
and gaming app
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§ Patricia Williams Rinke
Urbandale
B.A., University of Northern Iowa;
M.A., University of Iowa;
J.D., Ibid.
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Community college athletes:
The influence of the chance to compete
on college choice
Hariharan Saminathan
Pondicherry, India
B.V.S., Pondicherry University;
M.V.S., Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal
Science University
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Major: Toxicology
Dissertation: Role of Fyn kinase in
dopaminergic neuronal degeneration:
Relevance to oxidative damage in
Parkinson’s disease
†† Luke Bernard Roskop
Ramsey, Minn.
B.S., St. Cloud State University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Physical Chemistry
Dissertation: Correlation dreams on a multiconfigurational budget
Kevin Lee Sanger
Britt
B.S., Central College;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: NCAA Division III faculty
satisfaction with intercollegiate athletics
†† Darren Daniel Row
Austin, Minn.
B.A., St Mary’s University of Minnesota;
M.A., Ibid.;
M.S., South Dakota State University
Department: Mathematics
Major: Mathematics
Dissertation: Zero forcing number: Results
for computation and comparison with
other graph parameters
Cuizhu Shi
Dashiqiao, China
B.Eng., Tongji University;
M.Eng., Shanghai Jiaotong University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Network flow algorithms for
wireless networks and design and
analysis of rate compatible LDPC codes
Tracy Lynne Rowlandson
Sudbury, Ontario
B.S., University of Guelph;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Agronomy
Major: Agricultural Meteorology
Dissertation: Leaf wetness: Implications for
agriculture and remote sensing
Quentin Anthony Smith Huntington Beach, Calif.
B.S., University of California-San Diego
Department: Chemistry
Major: Physical Chemistry
Dissertation: Feet on the potential energy
surface, head in the pi clouds
§ Mohamad Fazli Sabri
Lenggong, Malaysia
B.S., University of Pertainian;
M.S., University of Putra
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Dissertation: Pathways to financial success:
Determinants of financial literacy and
financial well-being among young adults
Chunjian Song
Tianjin, China
B.Sc., Nankai University;
M.Sc., Ibid.
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Majors: Genetics and Neuroscience
Dissertation: Role of hyperacetylation of
histones and non-histone proteins in
environmental neurotoxicants-induced
dopaminergic neuronal cell death
†† Rebecca B. Sam
Wausau, Wis.
B.A., Luther College
Department: Entomology
Majors: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
and Entomology
Dissertation: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and
biogeography of the net-winged midges
of Madagascar (Diptera: Blephariceridae:
Paulianina and Eupaulianina)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
†† Brendon Michael Stanton
Minneapolis, Minn.
B.A., Carleton College;
M.C.S., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Department: Mathematics
Major: Mathematics
Dissertation: On vertex identifying codes for
infinite lattices
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Philip L. Vasquez
Chicago, Ill.
B.S., California State University-Fullerton;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Making a difference and
facilitating success: A model of chicana/
o student retention in chicana/o studies
Silvina M. Stewart
Montevideo, Uraguay
Licen., University of Uruguay
Department: Plant Pathology
Major: Plant Pathology
Dissertation: Characterization and
management of genetic diversity in
Phytophthora sojae populations
Saraswathi Sundararajan
Coimbatore, India
B.A., University of Delhi;
M.S., Old Dominion University;
M.S., Nanyang Technological University
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology
Dissertation: Fast learning optimized
prediction methodology for protein
secondary structure prediction, relative
solvent accessibility prediction and
phosphorylation prediction
Julius Vogel
Ames
Diplom., University Paderborn
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: Sealing and cutting of PLA bioplastic
Robert Bruce Walker II
Coralville
B.Ph., Miami University;
M.B.A., University of Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: Business internships and their
relationship with retention, academic
performance, and degree completion
Santosh K. Suram
Ames
B.Tech., Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Dissertation: Quantification of structural
information in atom probe tomography
using statistical learning techniques
Fei Wang
Rongcheng, China
B.Sc., Qingdao University;
M.S., Zhejiang University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Inorganic Chemistry
Dissertation: Rationalizing the structures of
Zintl and polar intermetallic phases
Kaya Tolon
Germany and Turkey
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: History
Major: History of Technology and Science
Dissertation: The American futures studies
movement (1965-1975); its roots,
motivations, and influences
Lijun Wang
Shanghai, China
B.Eng., East China University of Science and
Technology;
M.Sc., Ibid.;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Biochemistry
Dissertation: Studies of the structure and
function of Mms6, a bacterial protein
that promotes the formation of magnetic
nanoparticles
§ Fadi George Towfic
Dubuque
B.S., University of Iowa;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Computer Science
Major: Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology
Dissertation: Modular algorithms for
biomolecular network alignment
Qian Wang
Tangshan, China
B.Sc., Fudan University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Astrophysics
Dissertation: Studies of mass loss and
outflows from giant stars
Nathan Edward Triplett
Tucson, Ariz.
B.S., Ohio State University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: High Energy Physics
Dissertation: Observation of t-channel
electroweak top quark production
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Nalee Xiong
Altoona, Wis.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Pathogenesis and amelioration
of nontyphoidal Salmonella
encephalopathy in cattle infected with
Salmonella enteric serovar Saintpaul
Brian Phillip Weaver
Albuquerque, N. Mex.
B.S., University of New Mexico;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Dissertation: Methods for planning repeated
measures degradation tests
Yawen Wei
Beijing, China
B.E., Tsinghua University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Secure location-aware
communications in energy-constrained
wireless networks
Xiang Yang
Ames
B.S., Nanjing University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Genetics, Development and Cell
Biology
Major: Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology
Dissertation: Study of RAMOSA1 function
during maize inflorescence development
Marjorie M. McGuire Welch
Afton
B.A., William Penn University;
M.S., University of Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: The role of Phi Theta Kappa
membership in community college
student engagement
Zhuo Ye
Wuhan, China
B.E., Zhejiang University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Condensed Matter Physics
Dissertation: The theoretical study of passive
and active optical devices via planewave
based transfer (scattering) matrix
method and other approaches
Henry Michael Wilson
Niota, Ill.
B.S., Western Illinois University;
M.S., Iowa State Univesity
Department: Ecology, Evolution and
Organismal Biology
Major: Environmental Science
Dissertation: An improvement on the
management of biomass removal from
vegetated channels and the methods used
in runoff research
Hyelim Yoo
Pohang, South Korea
B.Sc., Uiduk University;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology (Biological Basis of
Physical Activity)
Dissertation: Assessment of contributors to
the metabolic syndrome among law
enforcement officers
Tian Yu
Hangzhou, China
B.Econ., Zhejiang University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Economics
Major: Economics
Dissertation: Three essays on weather and
crop yield
James Hale Withers
Waukon
B.A., Luther College-Iowa;
M.S., University of Iowa
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Industrial Education and Technology
Dissertation: Chemical safety training:
Lessons learned from a model for
evaluating effectiveness
§ Mostafa Zamanian
Ames
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Major: Neuroscience
Dissertation: Genomic and functional
characterization of G protein-coupled
receptors in the human pathogen
schistosoma mansoni and model
planarian schmidtea mediterranea
Emily Marie Worthington
Grass Valley, Calif.
B.A., California State University-Sacramento
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Dissertation: The effectiveness of milieu
language strategies on the English
language growth of Head Start children
learning English as a second language
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Yi Zhang
Zhengzhou, China
B.A., Zhengzhou University;
B.G.S., Fort Hays State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational Leadership)
Dissertation: The use of agents in applying to
the U.S. higher education: Experience of
Chinese undergraduate students
Bingqi Zhang
Jiamusi, China
B.E., Tianjin University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Dissertation: Self-assembled pentablock
copolymers for selective and sustained
gene delivery
Jingsheng Zhang
Buffalo Grove, Ill.
B.Sc., Nankai University;
M.A., Western Michigan University;
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Statistics
Major: Human Computer Interaction
Dissertation: A 3D model retrieval system:
Shape matching, database and query
interface
Yannan Zhao
Ames
B.S., Nankai University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Chemistry
Dissertation: Mesoporous silica
nanoparticles as smart and safe devices
for regulating blood biomolecule levels
§ Ke Zhou
Beijing, China
B.S., Nanjing University;
M.S., Beijing Normal University
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Biochemistry
Dissertation: Structure and function of class I
diterpene synthase
Ruqin Zhang
Xiaogan, China
B.S., Beijing University of Aeronautics and
Astronautics;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Majors: Human Computer Interaction and
Mechanical Engineering
Dissertation: 3D mesh metamorphosis from
spherical parameterization for
conceptual design
§ Ming Zhou
Ames
B.S., Unversity of Science and Technology of
China
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Dissertation: Some goodness-of-fit tests and
efficient estimation in longitudinal
surveys under missing data
Yanheng Zhang
Nanjing, China
B.E., University of Science and Technology of
China
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Handling the complexity of
routing problem in modern VLSI design
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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MASTER
OF
ACCOUNTING
Matthew Thomas Huegerich
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Ankeny
Chelsea Jennifer Baird
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Rockwell City
Whitney Marolynn Berrett
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Boone
Jamie Thomas Bluml
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Audubon
Tim Sean Killian
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Bettendorf
Emily Kay Burkholder
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Denver
Wenjin Luo
B.S., Nankai University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Fengjie, China
Sarah Lynn Culp
B.S., Morningside College
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Newell
Cory James Molacek
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Algona
Xin Ge
B.Econ., Anhui University;
M.S., Fudan University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Wuhu, China
Eric James Remus
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Ankeny
Sioux City
Shannon Marie Snider
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Madrid
Michael G. Haight
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Thomas Dewey Hargis
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Atlantic
Lisa Marie Harmon
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Ankeny
MASTER
OF
Anna Jiang
Huangshan, China
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
Zunkai Zhao
Dongying, China
B.S., China University of Petroleum
Department: Accounting
Major: Accounting
AGRICULTURE
Jennifer Angela Bentley
Stacyville
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Professional Agriculture
Major: Professional Agriculture
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Ronaldo Lising Magtoto
Ames
B.S.A., Pampanga Agricultural College;
M.S.A., Ibid.
Department: Professional Agriculture
Major: Professional Agriculture
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Jeffrey William Pastoor
B.A., Dordt College
Department: Professional Agriculture
Major: Professional Agriculture
MASTER
OF
Sully
Heather Renee Snowgren
Jamaica
B.S., University of Iowa
Department: Professional Agriculture
Major: Professional Agriculture
ARCHITECTURE
Andrew Erickson Bell
B.A., Wartburg College
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Waverly
Chase Daniel Kramer
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
B.A., Augustana College
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Kathryn Sophia Chase
B.A., St. Olaf College
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Iowa City
Teresa Laporta
South Barrington, Ill.
B.A., University of Illinois at Chicago
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Brittany Noel Dieleman
B.A., Central College
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Pella
Xin Li
B.E., Wuhan University;
M.Arch., Ibid.
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Kirk Foulkrod
Columbia, Mo.
B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Shaghayegh T. Missaghi
Eden Prairie, Minn.
B.S., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Mallory Ann Furlong
Two Rivers, Wis.
B.S., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Michael John Garcia
B.F.A., Iowa State University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Guilin, China
Amrutesh Mohanty
Bhubaneswar, India
B.Arch., Utkal University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Altoona
Matthew Robert Morgan
Great Falls, Mont.
B.A., St. Olaf College
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Ryan Michael Gauquie
Willmar, Minn.
B.S., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Jamie Lynn Morin
Pipestone, Minn.
B.S., Minnesota State University-Mankato
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Kristina Emily Hauri
Portland, Oreg.
B.Arch., Iowa State University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Thesis: Becoming Peggy
Rachelle Jean Partridge
Eagan, Minn.
B.S., University of Minnesota-Minneapolis
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Shan He
Huanggang, China
B.Arch., Shanghai Jiaotong University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Wenying Sun
Beijing, China
B.Arch., Harbin Institute of Technology
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Benjamin Wade Holst
Spearfish, S. Dak.
B.S., North Dakota State University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Gaurav Kumar Tuladhar
Kathmandu, Nepal
B.Arch., Tribhuvan University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Thesis: Developing strategies for sustainable
residential building design: Kathmandu
Metropolitan City, Nepal
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Huan Yang
B.E., Wuhan University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
MASTER
OF
Wuhan, China
Qing Zhang
B.A., Tongji University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Shanghai, China
ARTS
Jacob Allen Flaws
Carlisle
B.A., Buena Vista University
Department: History
Major: History
Thesis: Bystanders, blackmailers, and
perpetrators: Polish complicity during
the Holocaust
§ Kimberly Anne Berg
Rockford, Minn.
B.A., Minnesota State University-Mankato
Department: Anthropology
Major: Anthropology
Thesis: Industrial heritage presentations:
The symbolic representation of differing
ideologies for the political and economic
future of Wales
Rachael Gonzales
Ames
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Art and Design
Major: Art and Design (Graphic Design)
Mike A. Bontrager
Lone Tree
B.A., Iowa Wesleyan College;
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Art and Design
Major: Art and Design (Interior Design)
Holly Michelle Hedberg
Des Moines
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Thesis: The struggle to the storm: Identity
and agency against gender construction
in Caroline Bowles Southey’s “Pride and
Passion”
Meredith Anne Chambers
Ames
B.F.A., Iowa State University
Department: Art and Design
Major: Art and Design (Interior Design)
Thesis: Design of a visually enhanced
searchable database for exploration and
application of biomimicry in interior
design
Danielle D. Jacobson
Pella
B.A., Central College
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Thesis: A matter of character: Aristotelian
ethos in George Eliot‘s The Lifted Veil
Charles Edward DeBeck
Eden Prairie, Minn.
B.A., St. Olaf College
Department: Political Science
Major: Political Science
Thesis: The correlates of cyber warfare: A
database for the modern era
Paul Walton Lindemeyer
Ames
B.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric, Composition, and
Professional Communication
Ann Frances Draemel
Beloit, Kans.
B.A., Kansas State University
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
Thesis: Linguistic fusion: A comparative
sociolinguistic study of Spanish-English
code-switching found in natural and
planned speech
Jeremy Ryan Lund
Dallas Center
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: History
Major: History
Thesis: Why we were not there: American
intervention policy and the failure to act
in Rwanda
Timothy J. Elliott
St. Louis, Mo.
B.A., St. Louis University
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Thesis: Slack cinema: Notes on genre and
culture
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
David V. Martin
Hutchinson, Minn.
B.A., Concordia College
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Thesis: Using medieval literature to teach
introductory composition in the
community college setting
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Jennifer J. Pruiett-Shelby
Ames
B.A., Simpson College
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Thesis: My life was over, my life had just
begun: Rape recovery through survivor
testimony, and trauma prevention with
early humanist
Lynn Beth McCool
Des Moines
B.A., Cedarville University
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric, Composition, and
Professional Communication
Thesis: The pedagogical use of Twitter in the
university classroom
Valerie Michelle Merchant
Mason City
B.F.A., Iowa State University
Department: Art and Design
Major: Art and Design (Graphic Design)
Dana Rewoldt
B.A., University of Iowa;
J.D., Drake University
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric, Composition, and
Professional Communication
Andrew J. Michels
Bellevue
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric, Composition, and
Professional Communication
Erin Renee Schumann
West Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Miranda Dawn Munson
Newton
B.A., Central College
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Thesis: “Love’s sweet pleasing paine:” The
erotopian community in Lady Mary
Wroth’s Love’s Victory
Erica A. Snodgrass
Weston, Mo.
B.A., Drake University
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
Thesis: Referencing sources in discussion
and conclusion sections of academic
research papers
Kristi Jayne Myers
Des Moines
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University
Department: English
Major: English (Literature)
Thesis: We come apart: Mother-child
relationships in Margaret Atwood’s
dystopias
MASTER
OF
ARTS
IN
Huxley
Christopher J. Wright
Fairfield
B.A., Minnesota State University-Mankato
Department: History
Major: History
Thesis: The impact of anti-German hysteria
and the First World War in New Ulm,
Minnesota and Kitchener, Ontario: A
comparative study
TEACHING
Grant Michael Kellogg
Spencer
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Science Education
MASTER
OF
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Craig Daniel Ament
Dyersville
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Caitlin Meyer Averkamp
Iowa City
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Ashley Koehn Anderson
Urbandale
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Diane Elaine Beckman
B.A., Buena Vista College;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Drew James Dickson
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Ames
Ames
John Paul Berns
Monona
B.A., University of Iowa
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Finance)
Christie Paytan Diosomito
Ankeny
B.S., Mapua Institute of Technology
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Supply
Chain Management)
John C. Brewster
Kearney, Neb.
B.S., University of Nebraska at Kearney
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Finance)
Jonathan Edward Durst
Mantorville, Minn.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Jonah K. Brown-Joel
Marion
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Andrew A. Fetters
Van Meter
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Antonio Canas
Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Tara Elizabeth Flockhart
Stanwood
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Marketing)
Melissa Renee Christner
Kansas City, Mo.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Ryan Lynn Halls
Osceola
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Supply
Chain Management)
Aleah Grace Clark
Creston
B.L.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Nicholas Hatch
Caledonia, Ill.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
James Ellis Cundiff
Thibodaux, La.
B.S., California Polytechnic State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Trevor Matthew Haynes
Burnsville, Minn.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Supply
Chain Management)
Thomas M. De La Riva
Ellsworth
B.A., Purdue University-Calumet
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Information
Systems)
Daniel Joseph Hinz
Corning
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Finance)
Zhilian Deng
Ames
B.Mgmt., Shanghai University of Finance and
Economics
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Benjamin Duane Jensen
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Becky Ann Derscheid
West Des Moines
B.A., St. Cloud State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Ryan Campbell Kent
Fort Dodge
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Ames
Michael Benjamin Kozor
Orland Park, Ill.
B.A., Drake University;
B.A., Ibid.
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Jamy Kaye Rentschler
Boone
B.S., Iowa State University;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Thinh Van Luong
Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Jason Thomas Rohe
Le Mars
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Michael Lee Mauton
Kansas City, Mo.
B.S., Iowa State University;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Brian David Torresi
B.S., Iowa State University;
J.D., Pennsylvania State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Aaron Daniel McHone
Spencer
B.A., Northwestern College
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Preetham Varghese
Bangalore, India
B.E., Visveswaraiah Technological University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Supply
Chain Management)
Kimberly Michelle Moore
St. Louis, Mo.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Supply
Chain Management)
Mark Harrison Varner
Earlham
B.S., Drake University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Information
Systems)
Mitchell Weissenburger Moser West Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Jesse Lee Veenstra
Johnston
B.A., Dordt College
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Bruno Schmidt Orticelli
Pella
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration (Finance)
Gerald John Vlastos
West Des Moines
B.A., University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Nathaniel Drew Pettitt
Carroll
B.S., Colorado State University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
MASTER
OF
COMMUNITY
AND
Brian Guy Warden
Ankeny
B.App.A., University of Minnesota-Duluth
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
REGIONAL PLANNING
Benjamin Harrison Fisher
Troy Mills
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Community and Regional
Planning
Major: Community and Regional Planning
Thesis: Brownfields redevelopment and
gentrification: A socio-economic
evaluation of the EPA Brownfields Pilot
Program
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Ames
Clinton Phillip Sloss
Stuart
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Community and Regional
Planning
Major: Community and Regional Planning
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MASTER
OF
EDUCATION
Teresita Alvarez
Carson, Calif.
B.A., University of California-Berkeley
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Masse M. Carr
Corning
B.A., Central College
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Chavel Shante Aron
Iowa City
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Shaley Cullen
Spencer
B.A., Buena Vista University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Jovaughn Kent Barnard
Annapolis, Md.
B.S., Nova Southeastern University;
B.A., Ibid.
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Kim Elizabeth Curry
Coon Rapids, Minn.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Breck B. Danner
Altoona
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Justin B. Bouse
Milford
B.A., Simpson College
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Rebecca Gilbert Dostalik
Ohioville, Pa.
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Christopher David Bowser
Olin
B.L.S., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Dou Dou
Zhongmu, China
B.S., Jinan University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education
Robert Anthony Braswell
Newport News, Va.
B.S., North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Katherine Elizabeth Dyer
Indianola
B.A., University of Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Robert J. Brecht
Gilbert
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Kristin Ann Economos
Urbandale
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Mandy Renea Brown
Melbourne
B.A., Buena Vista University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Brian D. Edmiston
Houston, Minn.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Kent A. Bultemeier
Fort Wayne, Ind.
B.S., Purdue University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Mary Janice Edwards
Fort Dodge
B.S., Eastern Illinois University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
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Jessica L. Haskins
Saegertown, Pa.
B.S., Florida State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Molly Ann Elston
Alta
B.A., Buena Vista University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Colleen McManus Ites
Dexter
B.L.S., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Ed Ergenbright
Newton
B.A., Central College
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Kristen S. Jahn
Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Lindsay Michelle Erickson
Ames
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Debra Anne Johnson
Ankeny
B.A., Grand View College
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education
Lamont D. Fields
Fairport, N.Y.
B.A., State University of New York at Oswego
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Wendy Joy Johnson
Nevada
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Special Education)
Megan Ann Fontanini
Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Kristin Nicolle Jorgensen
Chicago, Ill.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Ted L. Garringer
Carroll
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Tara M. Joyce
Springfield, Mo.
B.S., Missouri State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Nicole Christine Graham
Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
B.S., Illinois State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Vijay Kanagala
Edison, N.J.
B.Sc., University of Madras;
M.B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Stephanie Guiter
West Des Moines
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Meghann Kathleen Kehoe
Monticello
B.A., Simpson College
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Aaron Dennis Hamann
Strawberry Point
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Ann M. Kiesel
Boone
B.A., University of Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
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Kamden C. Klaver
Huxley
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Robert A. Munson
Grundy Center
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Anthony William Leisen
Dubuque
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Brent M. Nelson
Oskaloosa
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Jessica Rose Love
Marshalltown
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Laurel Joanna Newell
Ames
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Maggie Renee Luttrell
Jacksonville, Ill.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Lawrence Freddie Owens
Missoula, Mont.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Kimberly Jane Meyer
Garwin
B.A., Wartburg College
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Daniel Scott Petersen
Overland Park, Kans.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Paula Miller
Chicago, Ill.
B.A., University of Illinois-Urbana
Champaign;
M.Ed., Ibid.
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Allison Ann Poole
Lincoln, Neb.
B.A., Drake University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Jade John Pospeshil
Johnston
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Wane Allen Miller
Aurelia
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Michael Paul Rager
Aurora, Colo.
B.A., Colorado State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Daniel James Mourlam
Belmond
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Marian Ruth Raum
Waterloo
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Ester Ndinomukulili Mukete
Oranjemund, Namibia
B.Ed., University of South Africa
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Lindsey L. Roberts
Farragut
B.S., Grand View University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
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Verónica Rodriguez Rivera
Dorado, Puerto Rico
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Molly Lynn Struve
Estherville
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Kristin Anna Roth
Urbandale
B.A., Creighton University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Rebecca Anne Terhark
Clarion
B.A., Wartburg College;
M.S.W., University of Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Michael Rundall
Storm Lake
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Jessie Van De Walle
Ames
B.A., Buena Vista University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Jennifer K. Sammons
Storm Lake
B.A., Buena Vista University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Administration)
Corey James VanGroll
Maribel, Wis.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Melanie Jo Schiltz
Manilla
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Laura K. Walczak
Loda, Ill.
B.S., Marquette University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Cindy Suzanne Schulte
State Center
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Nathan Jon Wieseler
North Platte, Neb.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Janelle Nicole Seward
Fort Dodge
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Autumn Kathryn Wilke
Pittsville, Wis.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Megan E. Snook
Cambria
B.S., University of Iowa
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Kimberly Hope Williamson
Friendswood, Tex.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Elizabeth Ann Steinborn
Arlington, Minn.
B.A., Alaska Pacific University
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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MASTER
OF
ENGINEERING
Tate Joseph Mueller
Las Vegas, Nev.
B.S., Texas A & M University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
Kurt Milward Azevedo
Weston, Fla.
B.S., Western Illinois University;
M.B.A., Arizona State University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
Kevin Eugene Nichols
Ankeny
B.S., Midland Lutheran College
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
Peter Matthew Brandt
Cedar Rapids
B.S., University of Notre Dame
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Na Ning
Lanzhou, China
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Transportation
Engineering)
Jeff Robert Garrett
Indianola
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Scott Lynn Heibel
Marion
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Andrew James Petersen
Davenport
B.A., Central College
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Daniel Scott Helvick
Ankeny
B.S., Iowa State University;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Wenjun Qin
Xinzheng, China
B.S., Shaanxi University of Science and
Technology
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Christine J. Hoffmann
Omaha, Neb.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
Benjamin Eldon Rattle
Oronoco, Minn.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Thomas Steve Humphries
Cedar Rapids
B.S., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
Jeffrey Loren Sailors
Lincoln, Neb.
B.A., Coe College;
Alm., Harvard University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
Sandeep Kakade
Bangalore, India
B.E., Bangalore University;
M.S., Wayne State University
Department: Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Allen Shue
Eastchester, N.Y.
B.S., Columbia University-Columbia College
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Environmental
Engineering)
Clinton Christopher Middaugh
Dallas Center
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Karun Siddana
Cedar Rapids
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
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Shawn Robert Simons
Cedar Falls
B.S., Washington State University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Austyn Kent Wolfe
West Bend
B.A, Simpson College
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Harini Sundararaman
Chennai, India
B.E., Birla Institute of Technology and
Science;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Daqian Wu
New York City, N.Y.
B.S., Carnegie-Mellon University
Department: Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Amged H. Yagi
Cedar Rapids
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
Joshua D. Walderbach
Manchester
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Information Assurance
Daniel David Zimmerman
Omaha, Neb.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Steven Mark Walstrom
Renton, Wash.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Systems Engineering
MASTER
OF
FAMILY
AND
CONSUMER SCIENCES
Sarah J. Bennett
Ankeny
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Apparel, Merchandising, and Design)
James W. McGhee
Long Grove, Ill.
B.S., Illinois State University;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Family Financial Planning)
Maryam Farahbakhsh
Cambridge
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Hospitality Management)
Lauren Jane Seden
Davenport
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Human Development and Family
Studies)
Ruoyu Feng
Shanghai, China
B.E., Donghua University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Apparel, Merchandising, and Design)
Stefan Eckhard Tauber
Leipzig, Germany
B.Arch., Iowa State University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Apparel, Merchandising, and Design)
Karissa D. Hall
Harrisburg, Pa.
B.El.Ed., Pennsylvania State University
Department: Family and Consumer Sciences
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
Amy Nicole Woods
Clive
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Human Development and Family
Studies)
Sarah N. Kingsbury
Ames
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Human Development and Family
Studies)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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MASTER
OF
FINE ARTS
Jason Henry Arbogast
East Leroy, Mich.
B.A., Western Michigan University
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: Playing kazoo: Scales
Rachel Michele Lopez Hohenshell
Bondurant
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: Salvage
Rebekah Ann Beall Warburton
Ames
B.A., Albion College
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: Not a land for tourists
Aaron Michael Neff
Belleville, Ill.
B.F.A., Center for Creative Studies-College of
Art and Design
Department: Art and Design
Major: Graphic Design
Thesis: Studying the associative properties of
rhythm on the perception of emotion
§ Anne Rachel Binder
Decatur, Ill.
B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: Last resort
James Dennis O’Brien
Walkersville, Md.
B.A., St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: Night’s work: Stories
†† Rachael Shay Button
Farmington, Mich.
B.A., Valparaiso University
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: When I get home
Alan Wesley Gutha Parsons
Omaha, Neb.
B.A., St. Ambrose University;
B.A., Ibid.
Department: Art and Design
Major: Graphic Design
Thesis: Uncovering the hidden complexities
in the wayfinding user experience:
Development of explanatory models
Kyoungmee Byun
Ames
B.S., Halla University
Department: Art and Design
Major: Interior Design
Thesis: Building a community in a cultural
district as a medium for creating
intimacy and social affiliation with
interiors: Case study of the Ames train
depot as a community building
†† Scott Jackson Ricketts
Omaha, Neb.
B.A., University of Nebraska-Omaha;
J.D., Creighton University;
M.A., Univeristy of Nebraska-Omaha
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: The promise of the wrecking ball
Haiqiong Che
Ames
B.E., Beijing Institute of Technology
Department: Art and Design
Major: Graphic Design
Thesis: A study of preference of form in logos
between Generation X and the Cultural
Revolution Generation in China’s big
cities
§ Samantha Lynne Robinson-Adams Princeton, Ind.
B.A., Transylvania University
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: Sanctuaries
Anastasia Jo Whited
North Liberty
B.F.A., Iowa State University
Department: Art and Design
Major: Integrated Visual Art
Thesis: Memory: Beauty, fragmentation and
image
Elizabeth Nicole Clift
Ames
A.B., Elon University
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: Economies of scale
†† Marissa K. Landrigan
Merrimack, N.H.
B.A., Ithaca College
Department: English
Major: Creative Writing and Environment
Thesis: The vegetarian’s guide to eating meat
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Sarah Elizabeth Zenti
B.F.A., Iowa State University
Department: Art and Design
Major: Interior Design
Thesis: Decor(um)
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Des Moines
MASTER
OF
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Hyun Ju Lee
Ames
B.A., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Thesis: The impact of U.S. foreign aid on
human rights conditions in post-Cold
War era
Blair Norris Boehm
Ankeny
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Thesis: The application of civil service
appraisal methods to the post-tenure
review systems used for the evaluation of
academic tenure
Kathleen S. Caggiano
West Des Moines
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Jeong Ju Moon
Busan, South Korea
B.A., Pusan National University;
M.A., Ibid.
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Joseph Bradley Havig
B.A., Wartburg College
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Urbandale
Brian Christopher Phillips
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Ames
Roger Jeffrey Huston
West Des Moines
B.A., Simpson College;
M.A., Yale University
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Rachel Ann Rasmussen
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Glidden
Nora E. Wiseman
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Story City
Kari Ann Lammer
B.A., University of Dubuque
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Dubuque
Jie Zhang
Weihai, China
B.S., Tsinghua University
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
MASTER
OF
SCHOOL MATHEMATICS
Erin Elizabeth Wilson
B.S., Upper Iowa University
Department: Mathematics
Major: School Mathematics
MASTER
OF
Osage
SCIENCE
Vicki Rae Abel
Ames
B.S., University of North Dakota-Grand Forks
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology)
Thesis: Self-authorship in undergraduate
students in a multicultural blendedlearning course
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Caitlyn Elizabeth GeneAnn Hoots Abell
Bowling Green, Ky.
B.A., Western Kentucky University
Department: Animal Science
Major: Animal Breeding and Genetics
Thesis: Evaluation of litters per sow per year
as a means to reduce non-productive sow
days in commercial swine breeding herds
and its association with other
economically important traits
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Walter D. Bennette
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
B.S., Lake Superior State University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Thesis: Instance selection for simplified
decision trees through the generation and
selection of instance candidate subsets
Christopher Patrick Albrecht
Camanche
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Community and Regional
Planning
Major: Transportation
Agatha Ampaire
Mbarara, Uganda
B.V.M., Makerere University
Department: Animal Science
Major: Animal Science
Thesis: Farmers’ experiences with rearing
pigs, goats and chickens to improve
household nutrition and income in
Kamuli, Uganda
Orville Nabua Berbano
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.P.A., Drake University
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business
Timothy Daniel Berkland
Sibley
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Crop Production and Physiology
Thesis: Soybean seed production: Decisions
and their relationship to seed quality
Rachel L. Anderson
Nevada
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Nutritional Sciences (Molecular and
Cellular Nutrition)
Thesis: Vitamin D homeostasis is
compromised due to increased urinary
excretion of the 25hydroxycholecalciferol-vitamin Dbinding protein complex in the Zucker
diabetic fatty rat
Adam James Bernard
Anthon
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Swatilekha Bhattacharjee
Shyamnagar, West Bengal
B.A., Jadavpur University;
M.A., Ibid.
Department: Economics
Major: Economics
Timothy James Anderson
Ankeny
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Food Science
Thesis: Extraction of zein from corn coproducts
Muhammad Aslam Bhatti
Ballwin, Mo.
B.S., University of Agriculture-Faisalabad;
M.S., Ibid.;
Ph.D., Washington State University;
M.S., Ibid.
Department: Plant Pathology
Major: Seed Technology and Business
Muhammet Ay
Antalya, Turkey
B.S., Istanbul University
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Major: Genetics
Thesis: Molecular cloning and
characterization of the oxidative stresssensitive kinase PKD1 gene promoter in
a cell culture model of Parkinson’s
disease
Corey Douglas Bogenreif
Fort Dodge
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Transportation
Engineering)
Thesis: Systemic highway safety assessment:
A general analysis of funding allocation
and a specific study of the horizontal
curve crash problem
Justin A. Bahaj
Peoria, Ill.
A.B., Washington University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Physics
Douglas Allen Bear
Russell
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Animal Science
Major: Animal Science
Thesis: Pasture management effects on
nonpoint source pollution of Midwestern
watersheds
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Ames
James Lee Smith Bowen
B.S., University of Idaho;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Nuclear Physics
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Ames
Erik Q. Crawford
Saint Paul, Minn.
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology (Behavioral Basis of
Physical Activity)
Fernando Bravo
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Licen., University Catolica Argentina;
Magist., University de la Matanza
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
Thesis: The influence of music on the
emotional interpretation of visual
contexts
Ralph Culver III
B.S., Langston University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Joshua Dallas Brooks
Peyton, Colo.
B.S., Troy University
Department: Psychology
Major: Human Computer Interaction
§ Brian D. De Vries
Reasnor
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Plant Breeding
Thesis: Impact of the MON89788 event for
glyphosate tolerance on agronomic and
seed traits of soybean and molecular
characterization of the mutant fap3(A22)
allele for reduced palmitate
concentration in soybean
Lindsey Erin Brown
Pella
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Thesis: A comparison of adolescent mothers
and adult mothers with low levels of
education
Charles Edward DeBeck
Eden Prairie, Minn.
B.A., St. Olaf College
Department: Political Science
Major: Information Assurance
Thesis: The correlates of cyber warfare: A
database for the modern era
Christopher L. Bruno
Honolulu, Hawaii
B.A., University of Hawaii-Manoa;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Erin Buchanan
B.S., University of North Carolina
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Nicholas W. Decker
Bellevue
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Structural
Engineering)
Ames
Brian John Demmer
Dyersville
B.S., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Industrial and Agricultural
Technology
Thesis: Comparison and analysis of
biobased/biodegradable and
petrochemical cutlery flexibility
Yunfei Cai
Guangzhou, China
B.Mgmt., Jinan University
Department: Supply Chain and Information
Systems
Major: Information Systems
Kuen-Min Chen
Taichung, Taiwan
B.S., Taipei University of Technology;
B.S., Ibid.
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Industrial and Agricultural
Technology
Thesis: The development of an nn-line RFIDbased facility performance monitoring
system
Michelle Elise Dettmer
Waterloo
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Diet and Exercise
Thesis: The effect of soy protein beverages on
serum cell adhesion molecule
concentrations in prehypertensive/stage
1 hypertensive individuals
Riley Brendin Christopher-Gallagher
Minneapolis, Minn.
B.Arch., Iowa State University
Department: Architecture
Major: Architecture
Thesis: Traditional building materials and
the sustainability of the Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribal College design
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Phoenix, Ariz.
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Kimberly Jo Gehling
Geneseo, Ill.
B.F.A., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Human Computer Interaction
Bridget Anastasia Driscoll
Williamsburg
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural Education and
Studies
Major: Agricultural Education
Thesis: Graduates’ perspectives regarding the
impact of the integration of experiential
learning in academic programs
Brandi N. Geisinger
Ames
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Thesis: Critical feminist theory, rape, and
hooking up
Theresa Marie Driscoll
Urbandale
B.A., Loras College;
J.D., Marquette University
Department: Computer Science
Major: Computer Science
Thesis: Complete coverage path planning in
an agricultural environment
Joshua Donald Gifford
Bellevue, Neb.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: Survey and sustainability of energy
technologies
Michael W. Dunbar
Oxford, Md.
B.S., University of Maryland-Baltimore
County
Department: Entomology
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Thesis: Distribution of two rotation-resistant
corn pests in eastern Iowa and effects of
soybean varieties on biology of
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera
John Robert Gill
Richmond, Mo.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Plant Breeding
Thesis: Oil composition of low-phytate
soybean lines containing genes for
reduced palmitate and linolenate
concentrations
Michael David Ervin
Dayton, Ohio
B.S., Eastern Kentucky University
Department: Ecology, Evolution and
Organismal Biology
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Thesis: Population characteristics and
habitat selection of muskrats (Ondatra
zibethicus) in response to water level
management at the Summerberry Marsh
Complex, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
§ Andrew Vincent Gougherty
Grosse Isle, Mich.
B.S., University of Michigan-Dearborn
Department: Plant Pathology
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Thesis: An epidemiological comparison of
the US and Canadian Plum pox virus
eradication programs
Juanita Faye Grause
Ogden
B.S., San Diego State University
Department: Veterinary Microbiology and
Preventive Medicine
Major: Veterinary Microbiology
Carol Rose Faulhaber
Sedalia, Mo.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Majors: Agricultural Engineering and
Biorenewable Resource and Technology
Thesis: Developing models for analyzing cost
structures in fermentative bioprocesses
Cory John Gregory
Ames
B.S., Andrews University
Department: Natural Resource Ecology and
Management
Major: Wildlife Biology
Thesis: Reproductive ecology of the Longbilled Curlew (Numenius americanus) in
Western Nebraska
Brandon Joshua Fisel
Hebron, Ind.
B.S., Ball State University
Department: Geological and Atmospheric
Sciences
Major: Meteorology
Thesis: Multi-regime states of arctic
atmospheric circulation
Adwait Milind Gupte
Mumbai, India
B.E., University of Mumbai
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Thesis: A slice fault aware tool chain for
FPGAs
Kimberly Ann Flaherty
Holdrege, Neb.
B.A., Central College
Department: Psychology
Major: Human Computer Interaction
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Eduardo Ibanez
Pamplona, Spain
Ing., Universidad Publica de Navarra
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Ying Han
Ordos, China
B.A., Beijing University of Posts and
Telecommunication
Department: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Major: Journalism and Mass Communication
Thesis: Framing comparison of the Li Gang
incident and the Diaoyu Island dispute
between social networking sites and
mainstream media in China
Hirofumi Igarashi
Oskaloosa
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Thesis: A stereoscopic PIV study on the
behavior of near-field wingtip vortex
Joseph M. Hannan
Peosta
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Horticulture
Major: Horticulture
Thesis: Potassium-magnesium antagonism in
high magnesium vineyard soils
Sameer S. Jape
Ames
B.Tech., University of Pune
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: Experimental and numerical
investigation of effect of stick-slip
friction transition on lateral vibration of
magnetic tapes
Shelly Lynn Hart
Kansas City, Mo.
B.S., Missouri Western State University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Information Assurance
Patrick David Jennings
Burlington
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Entomology
Major: Entomology
Thesis: Transcriptional regulation of
mosquito oogenesis
Amy Elizabeth Winters Hayes
Ames
B.A., Buena Vista University
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
(Social Sciences)
Paul O. Jennings
Rock Rapids
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Computer Science
Major: Computer Science
Thesis: Unbounded-2-bounded: A two-phase
approximation for model checking
unbounded until properties of
probabilistic systems
John Paul Henscheid
Westphalia
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Thesis: Development and modeling of a
slope insensitive cleaning shoe
Omesh Johar
Dehradun, India
B.Tech., Indian Institute of TechnologyBombay
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
Thesis: What makes envy hostile: Perceived
injustice, or a frustrated search for an
explanation?
Fanghao Hu
Zhongshan, China
B.S., Wuhan University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Chemistry
Thesis: Solid-state NMR studies of the
structure and dynamics of the influenza
AM2 transmembrane domain in lipid
bilayers
Ashish Mukund Joshi
Mumbai, India
B.E., University of Pune
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Thesis: Process planning for the rapid
machining of custom bone implants
Jin-Wei Huang
Changsha, China
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Structual
Engineering)
Thesis: Development of modified p-y curves
for Winkler Analysis to characterize the
lateral load behavior of a single pile
embedded in improved soft clay
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Hong Yul Jun
Ames
B.E., Kangnam University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Thesis: The effect of composite vs. first
person perspective view in real world
tele-robotic operations
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Bradley Alan Kruse
Carroll
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Construction
Engineering and Management)
Hyun Kang
Gwangji City, South Korea
B.B.A., Chonnam National University
Department: Supply Chain and Information
Systems
Major: Information Systems
Thesis: Critical success factors in
implementing process-oriented
knowledge management systems (PKMS)
in the public sector in Korea
William Lai
Taipei, Taiwan
B.S., National Tsinghua University
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Major: Engineering Mechanics
Thesis: Characteristics of dielectric
elastomers and fabrication of dielectric
elastomer actuators for artificial muscle
applications
§ Nikolaus Lee Karpinsky
Schofield, Wis.
B.S., Milwaukee School of Engineering
Departments: Mechanical Engineering and
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Majors: Human Computer Interaction and
Computer Engineering
Thesis: 3D geometry compression with
Holoimage
Jessica Ann LaPaglia
Eden Prairie, Minn.
B.S., Augsburg College
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
Thesis: Initial testing reduces eyewitness
suggestibility for faces
Logan Ray Karsten
Des Moines
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Geological and Atmospheric
Sciences
Major: Meteorology
Thesis: Investigation of MODIS snow cover
products for use in streamflow
prediction systems
Lori L. Layman
Ames
B.S., Purdue University
Department: Veterinary Diagnostic and
Production Animal Medicine
Major: Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Kelsey Nicholle Kaska
Fairfield
B.A., Central College
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Thesis: Building trust: How farmers manage
social interactions in their home
communities
Melanie Kristine Knaak
B.A., Concordia College
Department: Agronomy
Major: Agronomy
Aaron D. Lehmkuhl
B.A., University of Northern Iowa;
D.V.M., Iowa State University
Department: Veterinary Pathology
Major: Veterinary Pathology
Jing Li
B.S., Nankai University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Madelia, Minn.
Ames
Chengde, China
Xiang Li
Suzhou, China
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Thesis: An ultra-wideband low noise
amplifier and spectrum sensing
technique for cognitive radio
Eric John Knoll
Owatonna, Minn.
B.S., North Dakota State University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Agronomy
John Phillip Kruckeberg
Columbia, Tenn.
B.S., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering (Advanced
Machinery Engineering)
Thesis: An automated nozzle controller for
self-propelled sprayers
Hui Lin
B.S., Beijing Normal University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Ames
Meng-Chieh Ling
Kaoshiung, Taiwan
B.S., National Taiwan Normal University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Condensed Matter Physics
Thesis: Hot electron dynamics in graphene
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Kayalvizhi Manimaran
Ames
B.S., Bharathidasan University;
M.S, Ibid.
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
(Biological and Physical Sciences)
Deborah Rose Lipman Chernyshov
Saylorsburg, Pa.
B.S., East Stroudsburg University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Organic Chemistry
Thesis: A study of semiconductor
photocatalysts for potential
environmental remediation processes
Guangyu Liu
B.S., Nanjing University;
M.S., Ibid.;
Ph.D., Iowa State University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Nanjing, China
Lu Liu
B.S., Sichuan University;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Chengdu, China
†† Kelly Nicole Mayfield
Davenport
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitality Management
Major: Foodservice and Lodging
Management
Thesis: Nutrition labeling for restaurant
menu items: College students’
preferences for nutrition information
and its influence on purchase intention
§ Michael T. McCarville
Omaha, Neb.
B.S., Briar Cliff University
Department: Entomology
Major: Entomology
Thesis: Exploring soybean integrated pest
management in a changing agricultural
environment: The impacts of decreasing
ecosystem services, invasive species and
specialty cultivars
Xin Liu
Xi’An, China
B.S., Beijing Normal University
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Thesis: Suicide ideation and suicide attempt
among Asian American youth in United
States: Examining the effects of parental
support, educational satisfaction,
exposure to suicidal behaviors and
religion affiliation
Jean Marie McGuire
De Witt
B.A., Marycrest International University
Department: Sociology
Major: Rural Sociology
Thesis: The Hewitt Creek Watershed Group:
A study of mechanisms that led to the
adoption of farm management practices
to improve water quality
Zhe Liu
Beijing, China
B.S., Beijing University of Technology
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Nimer Mehyar
Ames
B.S., Jordan University of Science;
M.A., Al al-Bayt University
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Biochemistry
Thesis: Effects of glucagon, glycerol, and
glucagon plus glycerol on
gluconeogenesis, lipogenesis, and
lipolysis in periparturient Holstein cows
Andrew James Loonan
Waterloo
B.A., University of Northern Iowa
Department: Community and Regional
Planning
Major: Transportation
Chenlu Lou
Hangzhou, China
B.E., Zhejiang University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Thesis: Generation portfolio optimization
under wind production tax credit and
renewable portfolio standard
Fanqi Meng
Harbin, China
B.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Navneet Malani
Nagda, India
B.Tech., Indian Institute of TechnologyMadras;
M.Tech., Ibid.
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Thesis: Soft prioritized network coding in
multiple access relay networks
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
James Randolph Meyer
B.S., Missouri University of Science and
Technology
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Geotechnical
Engineering)
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Tyrone David Moore
Davenport
B.S., Iowa State University;
M.Engr., Ibid.
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: An evaluation of perceived urgency
applied to amplitude modulated
stimulus for military applications
Sheri Lynn Parsons
Johnston
B.S., California State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Thesis: Predicting negative attributions in
first-time mothers who are teens
Daniel S. Murray
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Political Science
Major: Information Assurance
Lajos Nagy
Szarvas, Hungary
Ag.Eng., University of West Hungary
Department: Entomology
Major: Seed Technology and Business
Sarah Christine Pearce
Phoenix, Ariz.
B.S., University of Arizona;
B.A., Ibid.
Department: Animal Science
Major: Nutritional Sciences (Animal
Nutrition)
Thesis: The effects of heat stress and
nutritional status on metabolism and
intestinal integrity in growing pigs
Joey John Nirschl
Cedar Rapids
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Majors: Computer Engineering and
Information Assurance
Thesis: Virtualized guest live migration
profiling and detection
†† Laura M. Pepple
Opdyke, Ill.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Thesis: Impacts of feeding dried distillers
grains with solubles on aerial emissions
when fed to swine
Josephat Gichobi Njoka
Nairobi, Kenya
B.S., University of Wisconsin-River Falls;
M.S., Iowa State University
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
(Biological and Physical Sciences)
Mae Rose Petrehn
Roeland Park, Kans.
B.S., Northland College
Department: Sociology
Major: Sustainable Agriculture
Thesis: Mapping the social landscape of
grazing management in the Corn Belt: A
review of research and stakeholder
perceptions of the multifunctionality of
Iowa grazing systems
Mason City
Nicholaus Reid Ohde
Wapello
B.A., University of Iowa
Department: Natural Resource Ecology and
Management
Major: Sustainable Agriculture
Thesis: Ephemeral gullies and ecosystem
services: Social and biophysical factors
David Allen Osthus
B.A., Luther College
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Geoffrey M. Picard
Portland, Conn.
B.S., University of Connecticut
Department: Agricultural Education and
Studies
Major: Agricultural Education
Bryan William Plass
West Valley City, Utah
B.A., Concordia University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Majors: Computer Engineering and
Information Assurance
Thesis: Greater sustained throughput and
contention elimination in IEEE 802.11
with DS-CDMA
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Javier Ernesto Padilla
Woodland, Calif.
Ing. Agr., Universidad Autonma de San Luis
Potosi
Department: Agronomy
Major: Agronomy
David Michael Poetting
Des Moines
B.A., Central College
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Thesis: Incorporating uncertainty in vehicle
miles traveled projections of the
National Energy Modeling System
Sarah Mae Pappathopoulos
Arlington, Wis.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Supply Chain and Information
Systems
Major: Seed Technology and Business
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Natalie J. Randall
Bark River, Mich.
B.S., Michigan Technological University
Department: Natural Resource Ecology and
Management
Major: Wildlife Biology
Thesis: West Nile Virus activity in central
Iowa bird populations and the utility of
wildlife rehabilitation centers in
monitoring wildlife disease
Timothy William Robinson
Davenport
B.A., Trinity International University
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology (Behavioral Basis of
Physical Activity)
Thesis: The influence of soccer-specific
fatigue on hip range of motion and peak
isokinetic hip flexor torque in male
soccer players
Sumit Ranjan
Patna, India
M.B.B.S., Maharashtra University
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology (Biological Basis of
Physical Activity)
Thesis: Relationship of eye and hand
movements during perturbed reaching
tasks
Brandon David Rooney
Tehachapi, Calif.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology (Biological Basis of
Physical Activity)
Thesis: Joint contact loading in forefoot and
rearfoot strike patterns during running
Josie M. Rudolphi
Williamsburg
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agricultural Education and
Studies
Major: Agricultural Education
Thesis: Integration and needs of Iowa high
school agricultural educators regarding
agricultural safety and health education
Collin Peter Reichert
Las Vegas, Nev.
B.S., University of New Mexico
Department: Geological and Atmospheric
Sciences
Major: Geology
Thesis: Misunderstandings of atmospheric
carbon budgets: Advances toward
remediation of a common student
misconception
Eric Scott Russell
Barrington, Ill.
B.S., Valparaiso University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Agricultural Meteorology
Thesis: Effect of dew and intercepted
precipitation on radar backscatter of a
soybean canopy
Erin Lisa Richter
Nevada
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Animal Science
Major: Nutritional Sciences
Thesis: The effect of dietary sulfur on
performance, mineral status, rumen
hydrogen sulfide, and rumen microbial
populations in yearling beef steers
Michelle Lea Rydell
Vermillion, S. Dak.
B.A., University of South Dakota
Department: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Major: Journalism and Mass Communication
Thesis: Transparency in the balance: An
examination of the implementation of
the open meetings law in the state of
South Dakota
Ian Mackenzie Ringgenberg
Ames
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
(Social Sciences)
Lisa Mae Ryherd
Fairbank
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Thesis: Predictors of academic achievement:
The role of older sibling and peer
relationship factors
Alescia Ann Roberto
Arlington Heights, Ill.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Ecology, Evolution and
Organismal Biology
Major: Microbiology
Thesis: Biogeography of denitrifying bacteria
in a prairie and agro-ecosystem
Aaron E. Robinson
B.A., Washington University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Agronomy
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Monmouth, Ill
Nitin Saini
Battle Creek, Mich.
B.Pt., Postgraduate Institute of Medical
Education and Research
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Exercise and Sport Science
(Biological Basis of Physical Activity)
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Nidhi Shah
Ahmedabad, India
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Biochemistry
Thesis: Single residue determinants in the
binding of recombinant human brain
hexokinase to the mitochondrion
Preethika Sathyamangalam Kalyanasundaram
Chennai, India
B.E., Anna University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Majors: Information Assurance and
Computer Engineering
Kathryn Elizabeth Schlichting
Bloomington, Minn.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Thesis: Single component and bifunctional
nanoparticles using a star-like triblock
copolymer template
Austin Harold Shaw
North Little Rock, Ark.
B.S., University of Missouri-Rolla
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Thesis: Wear-resistance, lubricity, and
adhesion of femtosecond pulsed laser
deposited AlMgB14-based thin films
Justin Thomas Schomburg
Spencer
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Thesis: Sequencing labor-intensive
production by ergonomic assessment for
reduction of work-related
musculoskeletal disorders
Jialin Shen
Shengzhou, China
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Thesis: Exploring the appropriateness of the
NEPEM parenting self-assessment among
Chinese parents
Sara Lynne Schwatken
Americus, Kans.
B.A., Dominican University
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
Thesis: Latino/a help-seeking behavior and
endorsement of common factors
Allison Hite Sheridan
Winter, Wis.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
(Social Sciences)
Esther Evelyn Scott
Goleta, Calif.
B.S., California Polytechnic State University
Department: Psychology
Major: Human Computer Interaction
Joel Kenyon Sikkema
Ridgetown, Ontario
B.S., Dordt College
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Environmental
Engineering)
Thesis: Fate and transport of mercury in
portland cement manufacturing facilities
Peter James Scott
Lincoln, Neb.
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Andrew Donald David Sindt
Story City
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Environmental
Engineering)
Steven Thomas Sell
Rio, Wis.
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Majors: Agricultural Engineering and
Biorenewable Resource and Technology
Thesis: A scale-up procedure for substrate
co-digestion in anaerobic digesters
through the use of substrate
characterization, BMPs, ATAs, and sub
pilot-scale digesters
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Anthony R. Sindt
Maplewood, Minn.
B.S., Minnesota State University-Mankato
Department: Natural Resource Ecology and
Management
Major: Fisheries Biology
Thesis: Fish species of greatest conservation
need in wadeable Iowa streams: Status,
habitat associations, and effectiveness of
species distribution models
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Bin Tong
Xu Chang, China
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Geotechnical
Engineering)
Thesis: Clogging effects of portland cement
pervious concrete
Subhalakshmi Singamaneni
Hyderabad, India
B.A., Sri Venkateswara University;
B.Ed., Nagarjuna University;
M.A., Osmania University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Special Education)
Thesis: Exploring content validity, item level
analysis and predictive validity for two
algebra progress monitoring measures
Lyndsay Ann Tystahl
Story City
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Thesis: Effects of maternal depression and
cognitive readiness to parent on
children’s social emotional outcomes
Bryan Adams Stanfill
Austin, Tex.
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Xiaoxing Sun
Nanjing, China
B.S., Nanjing University
Department: Chemistry
Major: Chemistry
Thesis: Mesoporous silica nanoparticles for
biomedical and catalytical applications
Adam Edward Vanous
Rowley
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Plant Breeding
Thesis: Optimization of doubled haploid
production in maize (Zea mays L.)
Erin Elizabeth Thole
Sibley
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Nutritional Sciences
Thesis: Combating obesity through
technology and school based
interventions
Adam Jerry Varenhorst
Le Mars
B.S., Briar Cliff University
Department: Entomology
Major: Entomology
Thesis: Selective insecticides: The potential
for improved control of the soybean
aphid as a result of a bioresidual
Cynthia P. Thompson
Independence
B.S., Northwest Missouri State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Thesis: Learning to trust in home visiting:
Mothers’ perspectives
Preetham Varghese
Bangalore, India
B.E., Visveswaraiah Technological University
Department: Supply Chain and Information
Systems
Major: Information Systems
Mark Harrison Varner
Earlham
B.S., Drake University
Department: Supply Chain and Information
Systems
Major: Information Systems
Curtis Peder Thoreson
New Ulm, Minn.
B.S., North Dakota State University
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering (Advanced
Machinery Engineering)
Thesis: Characterization of the impact of
process variables on the densification of
corn stover
Brian Kent Voas
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Physics and Astronomy
Major: Nuclear Physics
Gina Lindsay Tolley
Grimes
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Environmental
Engineering)
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
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Ames
Alexander James Wolfe
Frankfort, Ill.
B.S., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Geotechnical
Engineering)
Thesis: Behavior of composite pavement
foundation materials subjected to cyclic
loading
Susan Marie Wade
Ames
B.A., Western Washington University;
B.S., University of Texas at Arlington
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Majors: Information Assurance and
Computer Engineering
Thesis: SCADA Honeynets: The
attractiveness of honeypots as critical
infrastructure security tools for the
detection and analysis of advanced
threats
John M. Womack
B.S., Ferrum College
Department: Agronomy
Major: Agronomy
Yen-Yao Wang
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
B.B.A., Chung-Yuan Christian University
Department: Supply Chain and Information
Systems
Major: Information Systems
Thesis: Antecedents of review and
recommendation systems acceptance
Liyuan Xiao
Ames
B.E., Hunan Normal University
Department: Computer Science
Major: Computer Science
Thesis: Automated web service composition
using genetic programming
Dylan Provost Ward
Omaha, Neb.
B.S., Colorado State University
Department: Supply Chain and Information
Systems
Major: Seed Technology and Business
Xiaoli Yang
Zhongshan, China
B.Mgmt., Xian Jiaotong University
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Thesis: A novel data mining methodology for
narrative text mining and its application
in MSHA accident, injury and illness
database
Sarah A. White
Des Moines
B.A., Iowa State University
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education
Thesis: The effect of a biology learning
community on ISU secondary science
education students and the teaching of
biological evolution
Samantha Leigh Young
Fort Dodge
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Thesis: Exploring the relationship between
parental self-efficacy and social support
systems
Shaylyn Lena Wiarda
Dows
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Agronomy
Major: Plant Breeding
Thesis: Soybean aphid development and
agronomic performance of soybean lines
with the Rag1 and Rag2 genes for insect
resistance
Xiaozhu Zhang
Jingmen, China
B.S., Huazhong University of Scence and
Technology
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Molecular, Cellular, and
Developmental Biology
Thesis: Bauer ketones 23 and 24 from
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa inhibit
lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide,
prostaglandin E2 and cytokines in RAW
264.7 mouse macrophages
Newira Widharta
Jakarta, Indonesia
B.S., Iowa State University
Department: Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Thesis: Use of colloidal crystal templating to
fabricate ordered pit arrays on aluminum
and aluminum alloy 3003
§ Research Excellence Award
† † Teaching Excellence Award
Farmville, Va.
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Graduate College Candidates - Summer 2011
This list represents summer candidates attending the spring ceremony
Doctor of Philosophy Degrees
Sarah Fetter Anthoney
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology (Counseling
Psychology)
Amanda Diane Hardy
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Evrim Baran
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Majors: Education (Curriculum and
Instructional Technology) & Human
Computer Interaction
Carol Ann Heaverlo
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Leadership )
Jyy-I Hong
Department: Mathematics
Major: Mathematics
Nan Huang
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition Major: Nutritional Sciences
Mostafa A. Ibrahim
Department: Agronomy
Major: Soil Science (Soil Morphology and
Genesis)
Norhayati Ibrahim
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Industrial and Agricultural
Technology
Kathryn Jaekel
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education
Vijay Kanagala
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Leadership)
Karen Anne Kortegast
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Leadership)
Daniel W. Barker
Department: Agronomy
Major: Soil Science (Soil Fertility)
Wei-Min Blocher
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology (Counseling
Psychology)
Rebecca Luchtel Boddicker
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Nutritional Sciences
Anastasia Lorellen Bodnar
Department: Agronomy
Major: Genetics
Verena S. Bonitz
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
Sarah R. H. Edwards
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology (Counseling
Psychology)
Ashley Hackler Freeman
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology (Counseling
Psychology)
Andrew Elliott Frerichs
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Yang Gu
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
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Yu-Hsin Liao
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology (Counseling
Psychology)
Molly Ann Luchtel
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Julia A. Maier
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
Daniel Thomas Mart
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Educational
Leadership)
Michael Patrick Quinn
Department: Apparel, Education Studies,
and Hospitality Management
Major: Hospitality Management
Dawn Reding
Department: Ecology, Evolution, and
Organismal Biology
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Samaraweera-Mudiyanselage
Department: Animal Science
Major: Meat Science
Kyle Christopher Scherr
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
Ashley Jean Scolaro
Departments: Psychology & Neuroscience
Majors: Psychology & Neuroscience
Bruno Silveira Leonardi
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Avanti Sarkar Sinha
Department: Veterinary Microbiology and
Preventive Medicine
Major: Microbiology
Nimer Mehyar
Department: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and
Molecular Biology
Major: Biochemistry
Xin Meng
Department: Genetics, Developmental and
Cell Biology
Major: Genetics
Matthew Dennis Moore
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Kimberley Morrill
Department: Animal Science
Major: Animal Physiology
Vishwanath Somashekar
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Gary Anthony Sullivan
Departments: Animal Science & Food
Science and Human Nutrition
Majors: Meat Science & Food Science
and Technology
Zebblin Sullivan
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology (Biological Basis of
Physical Activity)
Norzuwana Sumarjan
Department: Apparel, Education Studies,
and Hospitality Management
Major: Hospitality Management
Wei Sun
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Molly Catherine Sween
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Kanwar Singh Nalwa
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Xiaopeng Ning
Department: Industrial and Manufacturing
Systems Engineering
Major: Industrial Engineering
Michael Anthony Oren
Departments: Psychology & Sociology
Majors: Human Computer Interaction &
Sociology
Agustin Pagani
Department: Agronomy
Major: Soil Science (Soil Fertility)
Deah Shana Quinlivan
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
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Rosita Mohd Tajuddin
Department: Apparel, Education Studies,
and Hospitality Management
Major: Apparel, Merchandising, and
Design
Jing Wang
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Xiao Yang
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology
Scott P. Young
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology (Counseling
Psychology)
Qun Zhou
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Wengang Zhou
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology
Shecoya Berell White
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Toxicology
Zijun Yan
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Masters Degrees
Elizabeth Marie Asque
Master of Science
Department: Genetics, Development and
Cell Biology
Major: Genetics
Sara Ann Avenarius
Master of Science
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Ashley Marie Barrera
Master of Science
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Ashley N. Batts
Master of Science
Department: Agricultural Education and
Studies
Major: Agricultural Education
Rachel Bell
Master of Science
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Diet and Exercise
Anna Bensend
Master of Arts
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
(Literacy in English as a Second
Language)
Sarah Elizabeth Bickelhaupt
Master of Science
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Mohd Taufik Bin Ahmad
Master of Science
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Adam James Boesenberg
Master of Science
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Travis Michael Brammer
Master of Science
Department: Materials Science and
Engineering
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
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Jessica Alexandra Cannova
Master of Education
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education)
Jose Maria Gomez
Master of Science
Department: Agronomy
Major: Crop Production and Physiology
(Weed Science)
Kuan-Ju Chen
Master of Science
Department: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Major: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Surin Chung
Master of Science
Department: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Major: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Leandi Coertze
Master of Arts
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
(Computer Assisted Language
Learning)
Jason Scott Crowley
Master of Science
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Hongbo Dai
Master of Science
Department: Civil, Construction, and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Structural
Engineering)
Mallory Leigh Dalton
Master of Arts
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
Matthew W. Davis
Master of Business Administration
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Helga De-Oliveira-Miguel
Master of Science
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology
Megan Maureen Fiddelke
Master of Arts
Department: Political Science
Major: Politcal Science
C. D. Graziano
Master of Science
Departments: Electrical and Computer
Engineering & Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Majors: Information Assurance &
Computer Engineering
Jj Jaculyn Jay Green
Master of Science
Department: Animal Science
Major: Animal Science
Derek Gene Groenendyk
Master of Science
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Elyse Rose Harper
Master of Family and Consumer Sciences
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Human Development and Family
Studies)
Kelly Ann Hartwig
Master of Education
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Education (Special Education)
Robert Lee Hingstrum
Master of Arts in Teaching
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Science Education
Lindsay Elizabeth Holst
Master of Family and Consumer Sciences
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Human Development and Family
Studies)
Wen-Hua Hsieh
Master of Science
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
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Threase Harms-Hassoun
Master of Public Administration
Department: Political Science
Major: Public Administration
Asale Afiya Hubbard
Master of Science
Department: Psychology
Major: Psychology
Mina Tullah Issa
Master of Science
Department: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Major: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Suman Reddy Jillella
Master of Science
Department: Computer Science
Major: Computer Science
Meneka Cecilia Nicole Johnson
Master of Science
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Sho Kawazoe
Master of Science
Department: Geological and Atmospheric
Sciences
Major: Meteorology
Adam Jeffrey Kent
Master of Arts in Teaching
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Science Education
Karol King
Master of Science
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Kaylee Renee Kotz
Master of Science
Department: Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Major: Chemical Engineering
Christopher Daven Larsen
Master of Science
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Nathan Heintz Laws
Master of Science
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Huong Thi Tram Le
Master of Arts
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
(Language Assessment)
Sheng Huang Lee
Master of Science
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Yang Li
Master of Science
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Hector A. Limon
Master of Science
Department: Educational Leadership and
Policy Studies
Major: Education (Higher Education )
Richard A. Livings
Master of Science
Department: Aerospace Engineering
Major: Aerospace Engineering
Jeannice L. Louine
Master of Science
Department: Sociology
Major: Sociology
Ciara Justine Lovik
Master of Family and Consumer Sciences
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
Human Development and Family
Studies
Megan Brianne Manes
Master of Science
Department: Ecology, Evolution, and
Organismal Biology
Major: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Marc Thomas Manganello
Master of Arts
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
(Language Assessment)
Robert Ernst Meyer III
Master of Engineering
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
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Fredrick Dane Miller
Master of Business Administration
Department: Business Administration
Major: Business Administration
Indranil Roy
Master of Science
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Hallie Sue Satre
Master of Arts in Teaching
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Science Education
Justin Tyler Schultz
Master of Science
Department: Geological and Atmospheric
Sciences
Major: Meteorology
James William Shock
Master of Science
Department: Psychology
Major: Human Computer Interaction
Zamir Imtiyaz Syed
Master of Science
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Ahmed Yousef Tamrawi
Master of Science
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Computer Engineering
Bradley Allen Taylor
Master of Arts
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
(Arts and Humanties)
Aaron L. Thoeming
Master of Science
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Curtis Michael Titter
Master of Arts in Teaching
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Science Education
Paul Salvatory Mosha
Master of Arts
Department: Political Science
Major: Political Science
Alysa Michelle Mozak
Master of Science
Department: Interdisciplinary Graduate
Studies
Major: Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
(Social Sciences)
Dongfang Nangong
Master of Science
Department: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Major: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Na Pan
Master of Arts
Department: English
Major: Teaching English as a Second
Language/Applied Linguistics
(Computer Assisted Language
Learning)
Jennifer Kaye Parker
Master of Science
Department: Kinesiology
Major: Kinesiology
Molly Kristine Petersen
Master of Family and Consumer Sciences
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Human Development and Family
Studies)
Wenjun Qin
Master of Science
Department: Mathematics
Major: Applied Mathematics
Vertika Rawat
Master of Science
Department: Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering
Major: Agricultural Engineering
Jessica Ann Rohrig
Master of Science
Department: Agricultural Education and
Studies
Major: Agricultural Education
Evan Andrew Vencil
Master of Science
Department: Civil, Construction and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Transportation
Engineering)
Jose Villarreal-Marimon
Master of Science
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
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Hugo Nestor Villegas Pico
Master of Science
Department: Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Major: Electrical Engineering
Rachel Marie Wall
Master of Science
Department: Food Science and Human
Nutrition
Major: Diet and Exercise
Bryan Leslie Whaley
Master of Science
Department: Agricultural Education and
Studies
Major: Agricultural Education
(Agricultural Extension Education)
Julia Christine Wiegers
Master of Arts
Department: English
Major: Rhetoric, Composition, and
Professional Communication
Meagan Elizabeth Woestman
Master of Arts in Teaching
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Major: Science Education
Chenxi Wu
Master of Science
Department: Agronomy
Major: Crop Production and Physiology
(Weed Science)
Xiaobin Zheng
Master of Science
Department: Biochemistry and Biophysics
Major: Biochemistry
Ruiqi Wang
Master of Science
Department: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Major: Journalism and Mass
Communication
Shiyun Wang
Master of Science
Department: Civil, Construction, and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Geotechnical
Engineering)
Xuhao Wang
Master of Science
Department: Civil, Construction, and
Environmental Engineering
Major: Civil Engineering (Civil
Engineering Materials)
Haley Veronica Wedmore
Master of Science
Department: Human Development and
Family Studies
Major: Human Development and Family
Studies
Rui Zhong
Master of Science
Department: Statistics
Major: Statistics
Ye Zou
Master of Family and Consumer Sciences
Department: Apparel, Educational Studies
and Hospitatlity Management
Major: Family and Consumer Sciences
(Apparel, Merchandising, and Design)
Brian Wehner
Master of Engineering
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
An official list of summer 2011 graduates will appear in the fall 2011 commencement program.
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College of Veterinary Medicine Program
Noon, Saturday, May 7, 2011, C.Y. Stephens Auditorium
Claire B. Andreasen, Associate Dean, Presiding
Processional
Crown Imperial..................................................................................................................................... Walton
The Star-Spangled Banner.............................................................................................................Francis Scott Key
Please rise and join in the singing of the National Anthem
Emily D. Frandson, Vocalist
Welcome
Claire B. Andreasen
Associate Dean
Introduction of Speaker and Remarks
Claire B. Andreasen
Associate Dean
Address
Presentation of Graduates
Michael B. Cates
Director of the Master of Public Health Program and
Professor of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology
Kansas State University
Claire B. Andreasen
Associate Dean
Conferring of the Degree Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Ceremonial Hooding and Awarding of Diplomas
Recognition of Students Graduating with Distinction
President Gregory L Geoffroy
Lisa K. Nolan
Dr. Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean
Claire B. Andreasen
Associate Dean
Administration of the Veterinarian's Oath
Dr. Teresa A. Carmichael, President
Iowa Veterinary Medical Association
Closing Remarks
Claire B. Andreasen
Associate Dean
The Bells of Iowa State.................................................................................................................... James C. Wilson
Emily D. Frandson, Vocalist
Refer to the back cover for the lyrics and history of The Bells of Iowa State.
Recessional
Pomp and Circumstance No. 4..................................................................................................................Elgar
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College of Veterinary Medicine Ceremony
Distinguished Speakers
Gregory L. Geoffroy, President of Iowa State University
Teresa A. Carmichael , President of Iowa Veterinary
Medical Association
Michael B. Cates, Director of Kansas State University
Master of Public Health Program
College Administration and Faculty
Cody J. Alcott, Clinician, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Claire B. Andreasen, Professor and Associate Dean,
College of Veterinary Medicine
Rodney B. Baker, Senior Clinician, Veterinary Diagnostic
and Production Animal Medicine
Claudia J. Baldwin, Associate Professor, Veterinary
Clinical Sciences
Holly Bender, Professor, Veterinary Pathology
Gil Ben-Shlomo, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Clinical
Sciences
James Bloedel, Professor and Chair, Biomedical Sciences
Michael W. Cho, Associate Professor, Biomedical
Sciences
Bruce W. Christensen, Assistant Professor, Veterinary
Clinical Sciences
Radford G. Davis, Associate Professor, Veterinary
Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
Terry J. Engelken, Associate Professor, Veterinary
Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
Amanda J. Fales-Williams, Assistant Professor,
Veterinary Pathology
Heather A. Flaherty, Lecturer, Veterinary Pathology
John H. Greve, Professor Emeritus, Veterinary
Pathology
Pat G. Halbur, Professor and Chair, Veterinary
Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
David K. Hardin, Professor and Associate Dean,
Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine at
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Laura Hardin, Assistant Professor, Professional Program
in Veterinary Medicine at University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Shannon Jones Hostetter, Lecturer, Veterinary Pathology
Doug E. Jones, Associate Professor, Veterinary
Pathology
John R. Kammermann, Assistant Professor, Professional
Program in Veterinary Medicine at University
of Nebraska-Lincoln
Linda K. Kauffman, Clinician, Veterinary Clinical
Sciences
Robert R. King, Senior Clinician and Veterinary Medical
Center Associate Director, Veterinary Clinical
Sciences
A. Ingar Krebs, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Clinical
Sciences
Catherine M. Logue, Professor, Veterinary Microbiology
and Preventive Medicine
Rodger G. Main, Director, Veterinary Diagnostic and
Production Animal Medicine
Suzanne T. Millman, Associate Professor, Veterinary
Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
Brenda Mulherin, Clinician, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Lisa K. Nolan, Professor and Stephen G. Juelsgaard
Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
James O. Noxon, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Christine A. Petersen, Assistant Professor, Veterinary
Pathology
Alejandro Ramirez, Assistant Professor, Veterinary
Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine
Dean Riedesel, Professor and Section Head, Veterinary
Clinical Sciences
Elizabeth Riedesel, Associate Professor, Veterinary
Clinical Sciences
James A. Roth, Distinguished Professor, Veterinary
Microbiology and Preventive Medicine
Eric Rowe, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Erin L. Strait, Assistant Professor, Veterinary Diagnostic
and Production Animal Medicine
Charles O. Thoen, Professor, Veterinary Microbiology
and Preventive Medicine
John U. Thomson, Professor and Dean Emeritus,
Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Medicine
James P. Toombs, Professor, Donn and Beth M. Bacon
Professorship, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Karin C. VanMeter, Lecturer, Biomedical Sciences
Wendy Ware, Professor, Veterinary Clinical Sciences
James West, Professor, Scott and Nancy Armbrust
Professorship, Veterinary Diagnostic and
Production Medicine
Elizabeth M. Whitley, Associate Professor, Veterinary
Pathology
David M. Wong, Assistant Professor and Section Head,
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Bianca A. Zaffarano, Clinician, Veterinary Clinical
Sciences
Qijing Zhang, Professor and Interim Associate Dean for
Research and Graduate Studies
Faculty Marshals
Heather A. Flaherty, Lecturer, Veterinary Pathology
John U. Thomson, Professor and Dean Emeritus,
Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Medicine
Music
Emily D. Frandson, Vocalist
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College of Veterinary Medicine Commencement Speaker
Michael Cates DVM, MPH, Diplomate ACVPM
D
A native of Frisco Texas and a 1975 graduate of
Frisco High School, Dr. Cates earned his DVM
degree from Texas A&M University in 1980, his
MPH from the University of Texas Health Science
Center in Houston in 1987, and Diplomate status
in the American College of Veterinary Preventive
Medicine in 1989. He was named an outstanding
alumnus of the Texas A&M University College of
Veterinary Medicine in 2005 and a Distinguished
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary
Preventive Medicine in 2008. Dr. Cates has long
been an advocate of using the entire spectrum of
expertise in human, animal and environmental
health to find innovative ways to improve
overall health. He now resides in Manhattan
Kansas with his wife Linda and their 13 year old
Norwich Terrier, Sugar Bear.
r. Mike Cates is the current director of
the Master of Public Health program and
the James B. Nichols Professor of Veterinary
Public Health in
the Department of
Diagnostic Medicine
and Pathobiology
at the College of
Veterinary Medicine
at Kansas State
University. Dr.
Cates served for
over 28 years in the
United States Army
Veterinary Corps,
retiring in 2008 as
a Brigadier General.
From 2004 to 2008,
he directed the Army’s Veterinary Corps and
the Army’s main public health organization, the
Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
Medicine. He has served as the American
Veterinary Medical Association’s representative
to the One Health Commission and as an officer
on the Commission’s Board of Directors from
2009-2011.
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Candidates for Degrees
from the College of Veterinary Medicine
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Brian Scott Adams
Lake Park
Rozann M. Anderson Bemidji, Minn.
**Daniel Laurence Annin Omaha, Neb.
Preston Douglas Ayers Stillwater, Minn.
Kellie Ann Barrett Lincoln, Neb.
Jenna Kay Haugen Bjork Hutchinson, Minn.
Naomi Bobe Graniela Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
* Marie M. Bockenstedt Arlington
Tony M. Bolen Tama
* Darla R. Bonneau Rosalie, Neb.
Matthew Alan Boogerd Orange City
Mindy Rose Brewster Kearney, Neb.
**Rachel Ann Brincks Carroll
Carrie Kathleen Brown Mason City
Abbey Jean Canon Rowan
Brent Alan Carmichael Ankeny
Richard Duane Christen Anselmo, Neb.
Sheena Rae Christensen Boone
Kevin Joseph Christman Dallas, Tex.
Autumn April Chrouser Aberdeen, S. Dak.
Molly Janet Clark West Des Moines
* Gal Cohen-Chivvis Concord, Mass.
Renee Elizabeth Conley Ankeny
Nicole Elyse Cressey Altoona
Kate R. Dion Columbus Junction
Kevin Dell DiVerde Crystal Lake, Ill.
Tera Leigh Dupuy Des Moines
* David Alan Dykshorn Ireton
Amanda Jeane Eason Clarinda
Jeffery Alan Eihusen Lincoln, Neb.
* Joshua Scott Ellingson Alden
Lindsey Marie Ergas Hollsopple, Pa.
Jeffry Robert Faimon Blue Hill, Neb.
Christine Marie Fanelli Millbrook, N.Y.
Elizabeth Leigh Farrington Des Moines
**Elizabeth Marie Farrow Omaha, Neb.
Dean Arthur Feasenhiser Fruitland, Idaho
**Johanna Altschuler Fithian Elkhorn, Neb.
Chelsea L. Fogal Asheville, N.C.
Ashley Brooke Fusselman New Tripoli, Pa.
Gavin Scott Ganzer Honolulu, Hawaii
Charles Michael Geneczko Jennafer Marie Glaesemann Fairbury, Neb.
Danelle Lee Griswold Newton
Deborah Judith Hackman Minneapolis, Minn.
Tamara Mahlstadt Hancock Indianola
Thomas Rick Hansen Audubon
Mackenzie Miller Hellert Dubuque
* Jessica Rachel Heuss Des Moines
Christine Aaron Hicklin Mamakos
Boone
* Cum Laude
** Magna Cum Laude
*** Summa Cum Laude
Haley Kristin Hoien Armstrong
Madeleine Hoog-Crellin New York, N.Y.
* Bethany Rae Huhman Denver
Kirsty Ann Husby Polk City
Shawna Lynn Huston Johnston
Kristina Marie Janson Sergeant Bluff
Chanda Ann Johnson Groton, S. Dak.
Beth Buseman Kaiser Urbandale
Kathryn Amanda Kasten Greenwood, Neb.
Kelsey Leigh Kerwin Cedar Bluffs, Neb.
* Jaclyn Rose Klopfenstein Allen
Marion
Abigail Anne Krause Marshall, Ill.
Aubrey Erin Krug Davenport
Inbal Blumah Lavotshkin Englewood, N.J.
Kellie Denise Thomas Lindquist Clearlake, Calif.
Alison Marie Liu Danville, Calif.
Megan Kathleen Losee Omaha, Neb.
* Drew Robert Magstadt Tuttle, N. Dak.
Vanessa Lauren Mailloux-Hird Dracut, Mass.
Amy L. Martin Lexington, Neb.
Jeanette Lee Maucher Pleasant Valley, N.Y.
* Samantha Lynn Mazzucola Middletown, N.J.
Marina Rose McCoy Pine Hill, N.J.
Emily Jane McDowell Primghar
* Cynthia Leigh McElveen Lincoln University, Pa.
Clayton Anthony McGargill Imogene
Alana Teresa McNutt Tipton
Emily Marie Meggers Truro
Bethany Anne Meno Naperville, Ill.
* Emily Ann Meyer Dubuque
Garret Dean Moenk Monticello
Kate Mueller Des Moines
* Mackenzie Renee Neal Mount Vernon
Jordan Charles Nickerson Omaha, Neb.
* Kristen Kay Obbink Swea City
Mathew R. O’Neil Beulah, N. Dak.
Rachael Ann Oppermann Mason City
Naida Joan Osborne Pittsfield, N.H.
April R. Osterhoudt Endicott, N.Y.
* Monique Danielle Pairis Ames
Esther Jyounghye Park Fremont, Calif.
Stephanie Jo Patocka Scotland, S. Dak.
* Heather Hunter Patterson Tempe, Ariz.
Katie Marie Paulus Audubon
* Sara Beth Pettis Bellevue, Neb.
Matthew Todd Prestegord Woodbury, Minn.
Shayla Rae Prestegord Newport, Minn.
Rachelle Ann Pumphrey Hebron, Neb.
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Jennifer Michele Quinlan Ridgefield, N.J.
* Anna Rebekah Ramsey Lincoln, Neb.
Nicholas S. Rappa Bloomington, Ill.
Robert Samuel Reid Crawford, Neb.
Michael Walter Rice Ijamsville, Md.
Nicholette Lee Rider
Waverly
Matthew A. Rolleston Sebec, Maine
Joshua Michael Rosenbaum Manalapan, N.J.
Carlen Louise Ross Arcata, Calif.
Michael B. Rukstalis Papillion, Neb.
* Heather Ann Sanchez Albin, Wyo.
Heather Marie Sanchez Acton, Calif.
Nicole Adriana Seda Gurnee, Ill.
Brittany Marie Seiler McIntosh, S. Dak.
* Meredith Kim Sherrill Bettendorf
Morgan Marie Siegrist Cottage Grove, Minn.
Brittany Nicole Slater Colona, Ill.
**Alan Jay Smit Orange City
Cristina Louise Smith Long Beach, Calif.
Megan Marcel Smith Hermosa, S. Dak.
Emily Rose Snyder Muscatine
Amanda Christine Steffen Eldridge
Rebecca Ann Stock Blairstown, N.J.
*
**
***
‡
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Degree Conferred Posthumously
‡ Amber Nicole Stumbaugh
Ames
* Lindsey Rae Sullivan Fremont
Kristina M. Tarvin Escondido, Calif.
Keri Lee Lang Thomas Sterling, N. Dak.
Melissa K. Thompson Page, Neb.
Jessica Lynn Turner Pittsford, N.Y.
Jessika Mae Uden Juniata, Neb.
Kimberly Ann Van Driel Ida Grove
**Cole Fagan Vanicek Lincoln, Neb.
Katherine Elizabeth Weeks Jewell
Mackenzie Marie Westby Dawson, Minn.
Michael Adam White Dubuque
William Charles Whitehouse Farmingdale, N.J.
Jocelyn Rena Wiarda Dows
Sonja Kirsten Wiersma Saint Paul Park, Minn.
**Bailey Lauren Wilberts Des Moines
Abby Lynn Wilhelm Casper, Wyo.
Ashley Nicole Williams Stanton
Meghan Joyce Wymore Brand Oskaloosa
Colin Michael Yoder Iowa City
Amanda J. Young Norfolk, Neb.
Lauren Elizabeth Zemlick Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Undergraduate Program
1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 7, 2011, James H. Hilton Coliseum
President Gregory L. Geoffroy, B.S., Ph.D., Presiding
Processional
Pomp and Circumstance..............................................................................................................Edward Elgar
The Star-Spangled Banner.............................................................................................................Francis Scott Key
arr. Michael Golemo
Simon Estes, Vocalist
Conferring of the Honorary Degrees
Recipients of the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree
Harold A. Scheraga
Robert N. Shelton
President Geoffroy
Commencement Address
Robert N. Shelton
The Next Seventy Years – Unlimited Opportunities!
President
University of Arizona
Interlude
Shosholoza Medley (A Train from South Africa)..................................................arr. Monwabisi Mbambani
Simon Estes Music High School Choir
Capetown, South Africa
Monwabisi Mbambani, Conductor
Interlude
Cyclone Fantasia............................................................................................................... Michael Golemo
Recognition of Students Graduating With Distinction
Provost Hoffman
Recognition of Students Graduating in the Honors Program
Provost Hoffman
Conferring of the Bachelor’s Degree
President Geoffroy
Candidates for the Bachelor's Degree presented by Elizabeth Hoffman, Provost
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences candidates recognized by Dean Wendy Wintersteen
College of Business candidates recognized by Dean Labh S. Hira
College of Design candidates recognized by Dean Luis Rico-Gutierrez
College of Engineering candidates recognized by Dean Jonathan A. Wickert
College of Human Sciences candidates recognized by Dean Pamela J. White
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences candidates recognized by Dean Michael B. Whiteford
Remarks from the Senior Class President and Presentation of Senior Class Gift
The Class of 2011 and the Alumni Association
Remarks
Marybeth C. Konkowski
Jeffery W. Johnson
President
Iowa State University Alumni Association
President Geoffroy
The Bells of Iowa State.................................................................................................................... James C. Wilson
Refer to the back cover for the lyrics and story of The Bells of Iowa State
arr. Michael Golemo
Nicole A. Conetzkey Vocalist
Recessional
La Mourisque............................................................................................................................ Tylman Susato
The color guard for commencement exercises is composed of representatives
from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps consisting of Navy and Marine Corps option Midshipmen.
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Undergraduate Ceremony
Platform Officials
Gregory L. Geoffroy, President of the University
Robert N. Shelton, President of the University of
Arizona, Honorary Degree Recipient and
Speaker
Harold A. Scheraga, Honorary Degree Recipient
Elizabeth Hoffman, Executive Vice President and
Provost
Thomas L. Hill, Vice President for Student Affairs
Sharron S. Quisenberry, Vice President for Research
David K. Holger, Associate Provost for Academic
Programs
Dione D. Somerville, Dean of Students
Marybeth C. Konkowski, Senior Class Council
President 2011
Simon Estes, Distinguished Artist in Residence
Jeffery W. Johnson, President of the Alumni Association
Labh S. Hira, Dean of the College of Business
Michael B. Whiteford, Dean of the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences
Wendy Wintersteen, Dean of the College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences
Pamela J. White, Dean of the College of Human
Sciences
Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Dean of the College of Design
Jonathan A. Wickert, Dean of the College of
Engineering
Qijing Zhang, Interim Associate Dean of the College of
Veterinary Medicine
Olivia M. Madison, Dean of the Library
Steven A. Freeman, Faculty Senate President
Kathleen M. Jones, Associate Vice President for Student
Affairs and Registrar of the University
Faculty Representatives
David G. Acker, Global Agriculture Programs 
James E. Alleman, Civil, Construction, and
Environmental Engineering
James T. Andrews, History
Lyric C. Bartholomay, Entomology
Scott P. Beckman, Materials Science and Engineering
Edward J. Braun, Plant Pathology
Paul R. Bruski, Graphic Design
Carolyn E. Cutrona, Psychology
Jennifer L. Davidson, Mathematics
Kevin L. De Laplante, Philosophy and Religious Studies
William N. Dilla, Accounting 
William A. Gallus, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Mark S. Gordon, Chemistry  ‡
Kimberly A. Greder, Human Development and Family
Studies
David J. Hannapel, Horticulture
Theodore J. Heindel, Mechanical Engineering
Hongli F. Hennessy, Economics
M. Peter Hoffman, Animal Science
Robert S. Houk, Chemistry
Pamela S. Iasevoli, Art and Design
Robert L. Jernigan, Biochemistry, Biophysics and
Molecular Biology
David C. Jiles, Electrical and Computer Engineering ‡
Rameshwar S. Kanwar, Agricultural and Biosystems
Engineering ‡
Douglas S. King, Kinesiology
Kenneth J. Koehler, Statistics ‡‡
Daniel A. Krier, Sociology
Kendall R. Lamkey, Agronomy 
Paul Lasley, Sociology
Surya Mallapragada, Chemical and Biological
Engineering
‡Distinguished Professor
‡‡University Professor
Rose Martin, Food Science and Human Nutrition
James M. McCormick, Political Science
Amy E. Mikovec, Art and Design
William W. Miller, Agricultural Education and Studies
Max D. Morris, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems
Engineering
Donna M. Niday, English
Dale S. Niederhauser, Curriculum and Instruction
Sree Nilakanta, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Michael C. Novy, Air Force Aerospace Studies
Lynn Paxson, Architecture
Jane W. Peterson, Greenlee School of Journalism and
Communication
Richard F. Poist, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Jill D. Pruetz, Anthropology
Sridhar N. Ramaswami, Marketing
Aragula G. Rao, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular
Biology
Mark W. Rectanus, World Languages and Cultures
Marzia Rosati, Physics and Astronomy
Andreas Schwab, Management
Joseph Shinar, Physics and Astronomy
Donald R. Simonson, Music
Guang Song, Computer Science
John C. Soupene, Military Science
Martin H. Spalding, Genetic, Development and Cell
Biology
Timothy W. Stewart, Natural Resource Ecology and
Management
Rebecca Liang Tang, Apparel, Educational Studies, and
Hospitality Management
Xiaolu Wang, Finance
Zhi J. Wang, Aerospace Engineering
Gary K. Waring, Naval Science
Richard Wlezien, Aerospace Engineering
Bambi L. Yost, Landscape Architecture
Endowed Chair
Endowed Professorship
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Faculty Marshals
Larry H. Ebbers, University Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, College of Human Sciences (Chief Marshal)
John Cunnally, Associate Professor of Art and Design,
College of Design
Frederick H. Dark, Associate Professor of Finance,
College of Business
Veronica J. Dark, Professor of Psychology, College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Tim R. Derrick, Associate Professor of Kinesiology,
College of Human Sciences
Richard E. Horton, Emeritus Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Kenneth C. Kruempel, Emeritus Associate Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, College
of Engineering
Jon J. Tollefson, Professor of Entomology, College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Robert S. Wallace, Associate Professor of Ecology,
Evolution and Organismal Biology, College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Announcer and Reader of Names
Marc Harding
Hollis Monroe
Student Marshals
Presentation of College Banner
Mariam Mettry, College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences
Escorted by Joan E. Cunnick, Associate
Professor of Animal Science
Luke T. Roling, College of Engineering
Escorted by Eric W. Cochran, Assistant
Professor of Chemical and Biological
Engineering
Kathryn Y. Urick, College of Business
Escorted by Charles B. Shrader, University
Professor of Management
John E. Sheldahl, College of Human Sciences
Escorted by Tim R. Derrick, Associate Professor
of Kinesiology
Etienne M. V. Blanc, College of Design
Escorted by Barbara J. Walton, Associate
Professor of Art and Design
Ellen M. Provorse, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Escorted by Giada Biasetti, Assistant Professor
in World Languages and Cultures
Musicians
Simon Estes Music High School Choir from Capetown, South Africa
Monwabisi Mbambani, Conductor
Vocalists
Simon Estes, Distinguished Artist in Residence
Nicole Conetzkey, Graduating Student
Brass Ensemble
Conductor: Michael Golemo, Director of Bands
Trumpet
Deborah Bierschenk
Matthew Gaunitz *
Benjamin Kane
Nathan Miner
Bernard Moore *
Justin Smiley-Oyen *
Hanna Sundberg
Conner Tipping *
Trombone
Reid Clagett
Joshua Kassmeyer
Brian Stout
Nolan Vallier
Justin Wang
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Euphonium
Chad Nelson
Victoria Pioszak
Tuba
Daniel Jensen
Christopher Kallenback *
French Horn
Peter Brandt *
Chloe Dedic
Deanna Fritz
Michael Lee *
Percussion
Hillary Holmes
Bridget Leahy *
* Graduating Student
Honorary Degree Recipient, Doctor of Science
Harold A. Scheraga
H
arold Scheraga is one of the world’s leading
physical chemists working on macromolecules,
primarily proteins and nucleic acids. During a career
spanning 60 years and using a unique combination
of outstanding
experimental
and theoretical
contributions, he has
developed and applied
physical methods to
study interactions in
model polypeptide
systems and in proteins,
and to study protein
conformation and
reactivity. He pioneered
the development of the
field of conformational
energy calculations to determine structure and
dynamics of proteins, work that has provided
the basis for much current research in protein
engineering and drug design.
Dr. Scheraga has received many national and
international honors and recognitions for his
contributions to science. He is a member of the
National Academy of Science and American
Academy of Arts and Science, and he is a Fellow of
the American Chemical Society, Biophysical society,
and American Association for the Advancement
of Science. He is a six-time Fogarty Scholar of the
National Institutes of Health. Four of his papers have
been designated as “citation classics” by the journal
Current Contents, and in the March 1982 issue,
he was listed as the most frequently cited physical
chemist in the world. In a 2009 ranking of the 2,000
most notable living chemists, he was ranked 11th.
In addition, Dr. Scheraga has provided outstanding
teaching and mentoring for many of today’s scientific
leaders. He has supervised approximately 50
graduate students, and 300 post-doctoral associates
and visiting scientists have carried out research in
his laboratory.
Faculty members from Iowa State’s Department of
Chemistry and Plant Sciences Institute nominated
Dr. Scheraga for the honorary degree. Their
nomination stated: “Dr. Scheraga has brought our
understanding of protein structure in solution
from the early concepts of colloid chemistry to
the modern view in which we can now specify the
internal inter-atomic interactions that determine
how a protein folds to achieve its biologically active
structure.”
Dr. Scheraga received his Bachelor’s degree from City
College of New York in 1941 and A.M. and Ph.D.
degrees from Duke University in 1942 and 1946,
respectively. He joined Cornell University in 1947 as
an instructor in chemistry and has spent his entire
career there. He was promoted to full professor
in 1958, was named Todd Professor in 1965, and
became Todd Professor Emeritus in 1992. He also
served as chair of the Chemistry Department from
1960 to 1967.
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Commencement Speaker
and
Honorary Degree Recipient, Doctor of Science
Robert N. Shelton
R
obert N. Shelton is the 19th president of the
University of Arizona. He received the B.S. in
physics from Stanford University, and M.S. and Ph.D.
in physics from the
University of California,
San Diego, where he
began his academic
career as a research
physicist.
than 5,400 citations. He was a guest scientist at
the Kernforschungsanlage in Julich, Germany and
the Institute of Metals in Tokyo, and was a visiting
professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
In 1995 he was elected a Fellow of the American
Physical Society.
Dr. Shelton has provided innovative and effective
leadership for the University of Arizona. His
“Transformation Plan” was launched to respond
to the growing economic crisis affecting Arizona
universities as well as other institutions across the
nation. He also introduced “Arizona Assurance,” a
program that allows Arizona high school graduates
from families making less than $42,400 to attend the
UA and graduate with little or no debt, with funding
provided by private donors.
Dr. Shelton joined the
faculty at Iowa State
University in 1978,
and was promoted to
professor in 1984. He
also was affiliated with
the Ames Laboratory of
the U.S. Department of
Energy at ISU. In 1987,
he joined the faculty at the University of California,
Davis, as professor and chair of the Department
of Physics, was appointed Vice Chancellor for
Research in 1990, and Vice Provost for Research of
the University of California system in 1996. In 2001,
he joined the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill, as Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, and
in 2006 he was named President of the University
of Arizona. He also holds the title of professor of
physics at Arizona.
Dr. Shelton and his wife of more than 40 years,
Adrian A. Shelton, were undergraduates at Stanford.
They have three adult children: Christian Shelton,
an associate professor of computer science at UCRiverside; Cameron Shelton, an assistant professor
of economics at Claremont McKenna College; and
Stephanie Shelton Crossen, who is in a pediatric
medicine residency at Oregon Health Sciences
University.
Faculty members from Iowa State’s Department
of Physics and Astronomy nominated Dr. Shelton
for the honorary degree. The nomination stated:
“In addition to his international reputation
as an outstanding physicist, Dr. Shelton is an
accomplished national leader in higher education
with an expansive vision of academic excellence.
Furthermore, he has provided vital leadership on the
national research agenda.”
Dr. Shelton’s research has focused on collective
electron effects in novel materials, and he made
many significant contributions to the advancement
of superconductivity and superconductive materials.
Before turning his full attention to academic
administration in 2002, he amassed an impressive
record of publications, with nearly 250 refereed
articles in the leading scientific journals, and more
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Undergraduate Commencement Vocalist
and
F. Wendell Miller Distinquished Artist in Residence
Simon Estes
S
imon Estes, internationally-acclaimed bass
baritone, is the star of the stage at the world's
major opera houses, a regular guest at
international festivals, and
has appeared with leading
international orchestras
under eminent conductors.
Choosing to rise above mere celebrity status,
Estes strives to be a positive role model for the
next generation. His compassionate humanitarian
efforts elevate him to hero status for the numerous
youth who benefit from his vision for merit-based
education and opportunity. He has been granted
numerous honorary degrees including the Doctor of
Humane Letters from Iowa State University in 1997.
His performance of
Simon Boccanegra under
the direction of Placido
Domingo for the Washington
Opera Company at the
Kennedy Center was his
100th role. Performances include the Concert
for Racial Harmony in Washington, D.C., the
Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, and
the Los Angeles Opera. He was chosen to perform
the "I Have a Dream" composition commissioned
by the King family for the Martin Luther King Jr.
celebrations in 2000.
Simon Estes makes it possible for young people
around the world to pursue their dreams. He has
helped talented students attend the Juilliard School
of Music in New York City where he has been a
professor since 1985.
In Oklahoma, he has established the Simon Estes
Educational Foundation which has awarded
over one million dollars in merit-based college
scholarships.
The Simon Estes International Foundation for
Children in Switzerland was established in 1993 and
has saved lives by providing support for child health
needs in Switzerland and Bulgaria.
Rising from humble beginnings in the small town
of Centerville, Iowa, he is the grandson of a slave
sold at auction for $500 and the son of a father who
faithfully provided for his family with menial jobs
from coal-mining to serving as a hotel porter.
During the 1998-99 school year, 40 musically gifted
students from the Simon Estes School, serving
some of the poorest children in South Africa,
attended Des Moines-area high schools under the
sponsorship of Rotary District 6000 and performed
throughout Iowa as the Simon Estes South African
Youth Chorus.
With family values founded upon a godly heritage,
character-building struggle and sacrifice, Simon
Estes successfully faced each new hurdle and
career challenge, culminating in triumph for this
extraordinarily gifted performing artist.
When asked if he thought we were victims of fate
or makers of our own destiny, he answered quickly
"Makers of our own destiny."
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Undergraduate Commencement Choir
Simon Estes Music High School
T
Monwabisi Mbambani, conductor
Mr. Monwabisi Mbambani is a music teacher, vocal
coach and director of choral activities at the Simon
Estes Music High School. Before joining the school
in 2006, he performed with Cape Town Opera and
University of Cape Town Opera School. In 2002, he
debuted with the Cape Town Opera performing at
the Artscape Opera House singing Donizetti’s Lucia
di lammermoor, Verdi’s Aida, Nabucco, Il Trovatore,
La Traviata, Bizet’s Pearl Fishers,
and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.
he Simon Estes Music High School provides
a well rounded education to individuals in
the communities of the Greater Cape Flats
area. The school presents a full daily academic
program that is in accordance with the Western Cape
Educational Department and includes the formal
teaching of Music, the Languages (English, Xhosa
and Afrikaans), Mathematics, and the Sciences and
the Humanities.
In 1997, Mr. Simon
Estes established the
Simon Estes Music
High School in a
house in Southfield,
Cape Town. Later that
year, the Simon Estes
Music High School had
doubled in numbers
and the premises
became inadequate
and new premises had
to be found. The school then moved to the current
location that they are currently renting from the
Roman Catholic Church.
Under his conducting, the
Simon Estes Music High School
Choir has won the Eistedford
Competition Provincial, the
National Championship and
directed the choir in a tour
around the country for the
Safmarine 50th Anniversary.
He has also conducted the
Yale Alumni with Simon Estes
and the Simon Estes Music Choir during the 10th
Anniversary of the school, and conducted the choir
in singing the National Anthem for the RSA and
DRC Congo State Banquet honoring the Honorable
President of DRC and the President of the RSA Mr.
Thabo Mbeki.
The community increasingly wants to enroll their
children at this school. In 2002, the school was
forced to acquire three additional prefabricated
classrooms, but even that has become inadequate in
accommodating the influx of applicants. The result
is that each year the school turns away enthusiastic
and talented young learners.
The choir has also performed in the Welcoming of
the Secretary of State, the Honorable Hillary Clinton,
when she visited the African Countries in 2009. Mr.
Mbambani also conducted the premiere performance
of Save the Children with the Simon Estes Choir
at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg and in the
Africa Celebrating Grand Finale for the FIFA Soccer
World Cup in 2010.
The staff of the Simon Estes Music High School
is committed to the all around education,
psychological, musical and spiritual development
of their students. It is the mission to serve the
individual needs of all and hope they will become
“HEROES” of our world. Simon Estes Music
High School is dedicated to building long-term
relationships with the community through quality
education and community support, and wants to
be recognized as the leading Music and Academic
School in the Greater Cape Town area.
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CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
FROM THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND
LIFE SCIENCES
Listing of Summer 2011 Undergraduate Candidates begins on page 110
BACHELOR
OF
SCIENCE
Curriculum in Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
Sarah Elizabeth Beaman
Samantha Jo Blakley
Lindsey Rae Crawford
Jennifer Ann Erb
Nathaniel David Fritz
Keaton Rohn Hildreth
Chet Joseph Hollingshead
Jacob Robert Hunter
Lacey Jae James
Earlham
Libertyville
Rensselaer, Ind.
Waukon
Burlington
Rockwell City
Ogden
DeWitt
Lenox
*
Daniel Scott May
Alise Christian Meyers
Zachary Lee Morris
Michael R. Murch
Randy Eugene Nosbisch
Cortney Renee Schmidt
Bret Timothy Spurgin
Michelle Ann Thole
Jeremy Lee Wurzer
Osceola
Carroll
Lisbon
Waterloo
New Hampton
Ocheyedan
Moravia
Manchester
Waucoma
Curriculum in Agricultural Biochemistry
Allison Elizabeth Doll
**† Jack Pu Hou
Wheaton, Ill.
Ankeny
*†
Gina Marie Righi
Tiffany Lynn Smith
Ankeny
Ankeny
Curriculum in Agricultural Business
**
*
Jared Matthew Achen
Nichole Ann Marie Adams
Michelle Marie Alliger
Channing Douglas Batz
Chase Gallagher Broderick
Casey Lee Carlson
Jeremy Alan Carlson
Clark Ryan Dolch
Kyle J. Dreckman
Zackary Jordan Drescher
Chelsey Marie Ebel
Spencer Andrew Funk
Daniel John Gifford
Caleb Dean Hopkins
Melinda May Hoylman
Brian Joseph Hrdlicka
Deborah Elaine Kirchner
Timothy John Kramer
Neil Dean Krummen
Wayland
Marshalltown
Gowrie
Lytton
Waukee
Spirit Lake
Alta
Elliott
Waukon
Alden, Minn.
Paullina
Griswold
Indianola
Bayard
Webster
Cresco
Clarinda
Neola
Linn Grove
Jayson Robert LeVoir
Theodore John Masker
Caleb Robert McConnell
Seth Joel Moser
Austin Charles Nerhus
Jacob Reece Norman
Rager Ray Phillips
BreAnn Marie Schultz
Jacob Leon Slusher
*** Scott Evan Smith
Jon Michael Sweeney
Melissa Ann Thelen
*** Justin Jay Van Wert
Zachary R. Vandendooren
Adam F. Walters
Kortney Anne Weber
*
Charles Allen White
Whitney Gayle White
*
Blake Jared Woebbeking
Edina, Minn.
Neola
Armstrong
Alvord
Fort Dodge
Union
Pleasantville
Decorah
Earlham
Curlew
Mitchellville
Denison
Hampton
Thomson, Ill.
Sioux City
Hedrick
Calamus
Ottumwa
Gladbrook
Raven Marie Butteris
Ryan Richard Davison
Layton Lee De Groot
Jonathan Robert Deerberg
Nicholas Joseph Diers
Cody Philip Dean Dumont
Randy Otto Evans
Olin
Garner
Oskaloosa
Clarence
Gilman
Ollie
New Hampton
Curriculum in Agricultural Studies
*
*
**
***
†
Joshua Tyler Abel
Corey Bjustrom
Lacy Jayne Bonner
Brett James Brannaman
Preston C. Brink
Mollie Joan Brock
Jacob Wyatt Butson
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Mediapolis
**
Swaledale
Mount Vernon
Elkader
Osceola
Hampton
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**
**
Kelcey Lynn Garrett
Jimmy Lee Goff
Brad Alan Grandgeorge
Chad Thomas Halbur
Jared David Hammen
Ethan Joseph Henderson
Alex J. Hilbert
Tanner Cyrus Howard
Janie Mae Imming
Alexander Reese Jakobs
Daniel William Jenkins
Alex Wayne Johnk
Laura Kathleen Johnk
Spencer Alan Jordan
Ryan Francis Langel
Shawn Michael Lawler
Kenneth James Luckstead
Joshua Patrick Manternach
Daniel R. Martwick
Adel
Knoxville
Eagle Grove
Carroll
Harper
Independence
Lu Verne
Dows
Storm Lake
Sterling, Ill.
Boone
Walnut
Walnut
Marion
Le Mars
Clare
Monticello
Osceola
Creston
Bradley A. Maurer
Wilton
Zachary Ryan Moorman
Carlisle
Bradley Allan Muller
Cedar Falls
Devon Michael Murray
Charles City
Seth Adam Newton
Luzerne
Sarah Gayl Pakala
Dike
Tyler Dennis Paris
Masonville
Abbey Renee Richardson
Minburn
Brian Richard Rosburg
Estherville
Casey Lee Schnieder
Fredericksburg
Thomas William Schott
Riverside
Bradley David Schulte
State Center
Megan Rae Seys
Coal Valley, Ill.
Brandon Christopher Swanson
Peterson
Coryden Daryl Taylor
Hudson
Brennen Gene Triplett
Primghar
Tyler Wayne Whipple
Story City
Kevin Lynn Wuebker
Rockwell City
Curriculum in Agricultural Systems Technology
Lance Derek Birchmier
Adam P. Cole
Scott Owen Edwards
Andrew Michael Jungers
Tyler Sean Knudsen
Joseph R.E. Latimer
Kelly Lyn Miller
Maxwell
Grafton
Cedar Rapids
Hospers
Anamosa
Brookeville, Md.
Anita
**
Bradley James Renze
Jonathan Mark Roseberry
Tyler Albert Schmidt
Dean Roger Stewart
Brandon Joe Van Kerrebroeck
Alex Gene Van Wyngarden
Justin Clint Walker
Manning
Center Point
Baxter
Bondurant
Sheffield, Ill.
Pella
Nevada
Curriculum in Agronomy
Carsten Chamberlin Abernathey
Cedar Rapids
Jesse Michael Blum
Earling
*** Kimberly Helen Brown
Oregon, Ill.
Jason Daniel Danner
Lovettsville, Va.
Christopher Richard Dean
Linn Grove
*Gabriel Delaun Flick
Middleton, Idaho
Michael Francis McLaughlin Fosdick Sperry
*** Katherine Anna Frels
Guthrie Center
Tyler Allen Green
Hudson
Luke Michael Hawkins
Adel
Luke Kent Higgins
Union
Leah Kristin Houg
Polk City
Scott R. Johnson
Clermont
** Amanda Mae Jorgensen
Gowrie
Mathew Henry Klaassen
Pomeroy
**
**
**
Cole Michael Kuehl
Perry
Matthew David Martens
Ames
Stephanie Lane Matejcak
Homer Glen, Ill.
Matthew Raymond Mattia
Freehold, N.J.
Brady Steven North
Storm Lake
James Jay Pyle
Marshalltown
Chantal Alicia Roberts
Ames
Leah Anne Ruff
Farmersburg
Eric Joseph Ryan
Dallas Center
Andrew John Franz Schneider
Le Mars
Eric Christopher Schultz
Lake View
Andrew J. Stammer
Rochester, Minn.
Andrew W. Struecker
West Bend
Madeline Jan Tomka
Des Moines
Matthew David Vandehaar
Altoona
King Hong Wong
Sibu, Malaysia
Curriculum in Animal Ecology
James Arthur Beardsworth II
Cedar Rapids
Curtis David Behrens
Saint Charles, Ill.
Joshua Daniel Bruegge
Cedar Rapids
Kelsey Marie Drey
Early
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* Cum Laude
Colly Gwynn Dust
Saint Peters, Mo.
Erica Lynn Eaves
Johnston
Emily Anne Gamm
Dakota Dunes, S. Dak.
Aimee Louise Garrison
Des Moines
Christopher John Gehrig
Anand Dean Hase
Joshua William Hawks
Nathan Ray Henry
Collin James Hinz
Craig Daniel Marshall
Cole Michael Moore
Maegan Marie Oelmann
Lindsey Nicole Overton
Suzanne Marie Pape
Reasnor
Alta
Pomeroy
Indianola
Glenview, Ill.
Bloomfield, N.J.
Estherville
Cedar Falls
West Des Moines
Sioux City
**
†
Andrew Jacob Place
Lori Andrews Reams
Christopher Dale Smith
Sam J. Starits
Danielle Marie Techentin
Jake Carl Vander Wal
Jacob Daniel Ward
Bryan Thomas Wickett
Chelsea Ann Wolf
Jessica Fay Yousif
Oskaloosa
Everly
Cherokee
Ames
Rochester, Minn.
Nevada
Woodburn
Indianola
Lakeville, Minn.
Chicago, Ill.
Curriculum in Animal Science
*†
Andrew Randolph Allison
Abraham Thomas Arndt
Irma Bacinovic
Dawn Marie Bailey
Zane Allen Baker
Stephanie Renee Ball
Westin Robert Barnes
Elizabeth Christine Baudler
Trey Dyron Baysinger
Heath A. Blomquist
Andrea Elizabeth Bohlken
** Megan Dawn Bonzer
Amber Lee Bringmann
Allison Rae Buck
*
Melissa S. Burgart
Katharine Elizabeth Butler
Megan Rose Bystrom
** Teresea Marie Campbell
*
Erica Verlene Chamney
Sarah Elizabeth Ve Clarahan
Afton Laura Clark
Megan Rhae Clements
Rebecca K. Davis
Tasha Cherie Decker
Shaine Kathryn DeVoe
**† Jenna Marie Dixon
Jessica Lynn Donnelly
Mark Austin Duffy
Derek Duane Dunn
Shelby Lynn Duve
Sara Ann Essing
Kathleen Ann Ferris
Katie Ann Fevold
Brianna Danielle Ford
*
Rachel Ann Freeseman
Heidi Frances Gansen
Michael Thomas Greiner
Drew S. Hagen
**† Christan Nicole Halverson
Matthew Allen Hampson
** Amanda Jean Harris
Kelly Marie Harryman
Alexandria Marie Henry
Charlie Ellis Hild
Danielle D’Ann Holmes
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Chelsey Lynn Huegerich
Coon Rapids
Hollund Suzanne Illingworth
Indianola
Jacqueline Elizabeth Itzen
Cedar Falls
*
Levi Cale Johnson
Ames
Taylor Paul Johnson
Ellsworth
Brandi Lynet Kleese
Washington
** Kia M. Knutson
Ridgeway
Timothy John Kramer
Neola
*** Justin Randall Kuecker
Algona
Pei Pei Lu
Alesha Ann McCart
Eagle Grove
Nicole Elizabeth McEvoy
Malvern
Amanda Brook Mennenoh
Audubon
Bradley Allen Metz
Riverside
*
Daniel James Meyer
Dyersville
Arin Alyssa Miller
Milford
Joseph John Miller
Winfield
Patrick W. Minnehan
Churdan
Ashley Marie Minor
Naperville, Ill.
** Nessa Sandra Moellers
Ridgeway
*
Caroline Marie Mohling
North Liberty
Glen Michael Mommsen
De Witt
Mikaelis Montalvo
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
** Kari Elizabeth Naaktgeboren
Wyanet, Ill.
*† Kaitlyn Ann Oberembt
Adel
*** Kellien Suzanne Oettle
Saint Louis, Mo.
Jordan Beth Paulsrud
Danbury
** Sarah Marie Pierce
Pine Island, Minn.
*
Meaghan Elizabeth Pryde
Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Brent Joseph Reck
Blakesburg
Brent Patrick Schneider
Riverside
Michelle Elaine Semler
Keswick
*
Rae Ann Sires
Cedar Falls
Maria Isabel Sjodin Spring Lake Park, Minn.
***†Ashley Lynne Stabenow
Liscomb
Kristen M. Summerfelt
Omaha, Neb.
Ashley Rose Thompson
Lucas
Tina Marie Ward
Weldon
Kristin Iva Weisbrod
Cylinder
**† Stephanie D. Wells
Glenwood
Anna Lynn Wilson
Guthrie Center
Kyle Christopher Wood Eden Prairie, Minn.
*
Lisa Marie Yeske
Alton
Lynsey Nicole Young
Rock Falls, Ill.
*† Elizabeth Anne Yugo
Sun Prairie, Wis.
Waukee
Janesville, Wis.
Ankeny
Bondurant
Altona, Ill.
Wapello
Story City
Fontanelle
Dallas, Tex.
Guthrie Center
Anamosa
Charles City
Ladora
State Center
New Hampton
Des Moines
Omaha, Neb.
Tampa, Fla.
Bennett
Harper
Pleasantville
Nimrod, Minn.
Smithland
Ames
Rockton, Ill.
Mason City
Urbandale
Norwalk
Cherokee
Peosta
Everly
Cedarburg, Wis.
Gladbrook
Rapids City, Ill.
Holland
Zwingle
Cedar Falls
Newhall
Dallas, Tex.
Beach Park, Ill.
Spencer
Burlington
Indianola
Webster City
Lu Verne
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Curriculum in Biology
Kimberly Carol Akkermann
Mary Beth Alexander
Erin Elizabeth Bagnall
Michaela Marie Binder
Jacqueline Heather Carey
*
Carrie Ann Dencklau
Michael Patrick Donnelly
*
Tucker Lee Harrison
*** Matthew Joseph Hartnett
Hillary Christina Hörst
** Kelly Thomas Hoye
*
Megan R. Johnson
**† Jessica Nicole Klein
Zachary Charles Kloewer
Buffalo Center
Ottumwa
Ames
Plainfield, Ill.
Tampa, Fla.
Fort Dodge
Granger
Oxford
Clear Lake
Bristow
Rock Rapids
Andrew
Solon
Denison
Cody Daniel Kuntz
Wever
*** Jessica Kay Lantz
Stanton
Dave Winston Lesan
Lamoni
**† Melissa Susan Lind
Agency
Alan James Moss
Ames
Samantha Ryanne Nekolny
Downers Grove, Ill.
*† Kaitlyn Ann Oberembt
Adel
** Melissa Ann O’Brien
Wheaton, Ill.
Jennifer L. Palmer
Ottumwa
Ashley Noel Rutherford
Charles City
Courtney Mae Steen
Ankeny
** Nicholas W. Youds
Marshalltown
Curriculum in Culinary Science
Kelsey Marie Bulat
Riverdale
Curriculum in Dairy Science
Joseph Peter Dupont
Hillary Christina Hörst
Jessica Lynn Kenefick
Sherrill
Bristow
Spirit Lake
*
Megan Louise Kregel
Michael Joseph Roling
Guttenberg
Hopkinton
Curriculum in Dietetics
*
Katie Nicole Paige
Cedar Falls
Elizabeth Harriet Rieke
New Ulm, Minn.
Curriculum in Entomology
Maegan Marie Oelmann
Cedar Falls
Curriculum in Environmental Science
*
Kendal Anne Agee
Hurst, Tex.
Rashed Mohamed AlZaabi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Savanna Nicole Bice
Akron
Erik Ross Creger
Davenport
Tyler Adam Dahlberg
Jonathan Aaron Erdahl
Ankeny
Sarah Taylor Ellis Funk
Boone
Nickolas Gene Handel Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Kerrie Francine Hughes
Baldwin, Md.
*
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***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Kevin Alan Jensen
Humboldt
Rosalie Ann Marie Olander
Aurora, Ill.
Tyler Jon Schmeling
Emmetsburg
Catherine Marie Salazar Sereg
Des Moines
Bradley Porter Smith
Ames
William Patrick Svec
Ames
Kimberly Ann Thayer
Lakeside
Jared Francis York
Missouri Valley
Linlin Yu
Nantong, China
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Curriculum in Food Science
**
Zi Ting Ng
Runhao Qin
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Shenzhen, China
**
Amy Marie Williamson
Wiota
Curriculum in Forestry
*
Laura Ann Bosworth
Daniel E. Claessen
Tyrel Joshua Hamiel
Aaron Carl Kienol
Zachary Ryan King
Bruce A. Koebrick
Ames
Waverly, Minn.
Mason City
Waterloo
Bondurant
Charles City
*
Dan Michael Mahoney
Kelly Nicole Meier
Bryan Cory Ott
Wesley William Phillips
Christina Nicole Rea
Cassandra Ann Wright
Nashua
Plymouth
Elkader
Dunlap, Ill.
Des Moines
Humboldt
Curriculum in Genetics
**† Sarah N. Anderson
Cedar Falls
*** Genna Elise Chadderdon
Bushnell, Ill.
Charith Dilrukshan De Alwis
Colombo, Sri Lanka
**† Christan Nicole Halverson
Dallas, Tex.
** Ellen Marie Jesmok
Eagan, Minn.
** Dallas C. Jones
Kansas City, Mo.
**† Chelsie Lee Kohns
Stillwater, Minn.
Samantha Jean McConaughy
**
*
Mariam Mettry
Jordon Michael Pace
Uyen Le Pham
*† Mackenzie Allison Reed
***†Kristen Nicole Sandvig
Erika Lynn Womack
Bourbonnais, Ill.
Forest City
Dayton
Burnsville, Minn.
Toddville
Fort Dodge
Gurnee, Ill.
Curriculum in Horticulture
**
**
**
Nicholas Joseph Baker
Jacob Todd Button
Leanne Mara Canessa
Brandon Henry Carpenter
David Charles Dietz
Nicholas John Dunlap
Austin Rae Eischeid
Matthew Douglas Hollan
Kyle Robert Krabbe
Jeffrey Dean Kruse
Albia
Conrad
Ballwin, Mo.
Fowler, Colo.
Harvard, Ill.
Iowa City
Carroll
Alburnett
Marshalltown
Waseca, Minn.
*
Quincy Daker Law
Clear Lake
Chase Edward Manning
West Des Moines
*** Evan Keith Schnabel
Brookings, S. Dak.
*** Crystal Niebergall Seeley
Oshkosh, Wis.
** Kara Elizabeth Simon
Cedarburg, Wis.
Zachary Adam Simons
Quincy, Ill.
Zachary Dean Smith
New Market
Timothy Michael Valicka Tower Lakes, Ill.
Eric Evan Van Ginkel
Hull
William L. Westphal
Rowley
Curriculum in Industrial Technology
**
*
**
***
†
Kwasi Dzidefo Amartey
Naperville, Ill.
Evan Ray Avery
Ackley
Andrew Jon Baier
Clarinda
Carl Steven Boese
Urbandale
Joel David Boggs
Shawn Thomas Brown
Colo
David Lee Cook
Bettendorf
Adam Michael Crane
Des Moines
Tyler Warren Devick
Marshalltown
Zachary Joshua William Friedl
Clinton
Tyler Gary Gerdes
Monona
Carl Joseph Godfryt
Appleton, Wis.
Jonathan Michael Hartwig
Altoona
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
**
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Kyle Andrew Lee Haubrich
Carroll
Jacob Allen Hoenig
Montrose
Rick A. Johnson
Parkersburg
Cory James Mielk
Ankeny
Heshan Mudannayake
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Kevin Lee Muell
Panama
Patrick Allen Murphy
Boone
Benjamin John Pfiffner
Cedar Rapids
Scott Supanya Photijak
Farmington, Minn.
Carlos Ramirez
Sioux City
Tyler John Rhinehart
Center Point
Christopher M. Riester
Dunlap
Ryan Alan Savage
Sergeant Bluff
Jason Leonard Schmall
Phonethip Charles Synarong
Andrew Dale Thompson
Sara Michelle Underwood
Pocahontas
Adam P. Wieczner
West Des Moines
Ida Grove
Storm Lake
Ephrata, Pa.
Curriculum in Insect Science
Steven Michael Longwell
Baton Rouge, La.
Curriculum in Microbiology
***†Jennifer Marie Blaser
Bettendorf
*** William Duane Boatwright Jr.
Des Moines
Vinecia Janae Coleman
Lawton, Okla.
Jessica Michelle Frerichs
Gilbert
Zack Patrick Guinn
Omaha, Neb.
*
Philip Todd Lange
Eagan, Minn.
** Mariam Mettry
Forest City
*
*†
Uyen Le Pham
Burnsville, Minn.
Audrey M. Pinto
Hatillo Puerto Rico
Yasaira Rodriguez Torres
Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Yea Won Sung
Seoul, South Korea
Bernice Thommandru
Iowa City
Christina Aleece Timmerman Eagle Grove
Curriculum in Nutritional Science
**
Kathryn Margaret Tierney North Platte, Neb.
Curriculum in Public Service and Administration in Agriculture
Jonathon Chas Kempf
Jamaica
Multiple Curricula and Majors
Chad Austin DeCoster
Fort Dodge
Agricultural Business and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Economics
Ross Lee Andersen
Harlan
Agricultural Studies and Agronomy
Kristin Elaine Bass
Microbiology and Genetics
West Branch
*
Brian Mark Brimeyer
Sherrill
Industrial Technology and Agricultural
Systems Technology
*
Michael Robert Evans
Alden
Agronomy and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in History
Elizabeth Ashley Burns-Thompson Alburnett
Agricultural Business and International
Agriculture
***†Jaclyn Marie Ferdig
Biology and Animal Ecology
Kelsey Faye Cole
Neosho, Mo.
Animal Science and Dairy Science
*
Heather M. Cox
Animal Science and Biology
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Solon
Leslie Ann Hardisty
Corning
Agricultural Business and Public Service
and Administration in Agriculture
James Christoph Cornelius
Andrew
Agronomy and Agricultural Systems
Technology
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†
Hilary Marie Donlon
Monona
Agricultural Business and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Economics
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Jessica Ann Hermsen
Masonville
Public Service and Administration in
Agriculture and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Spanish
Tiffany Lynn Hopp
Estherville
Agricultural and Life Sciences Education
and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Mathematics
**
Samuel Douglas Pudenz
Carroll
Agricultural Business and International
Agriculture
**
Caleb Nathaniel Robb
Biology and Insect Science
*** Elizabeth Marie Juchems
Plainfield
Agricultural Business and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Economics
Kristen Dee Rutherford
Harlan
Animal Science and Agricultural and Life
Sciences Education
Andrew Julian Kilburg
Bellevue
Agricultural Systems Technology and
Agronomy
*
Morning Sun
Melissa Lynn Schmitt
Sumner
Dairy Science and Animal Science
Jeremy Michael Knudsen
Webster City
Agricultural Business and Business: Major
in Finance
Michelle Lee Schmitt
Sumner
Dairy Science and Animal Science
Leigh Allison Lihs
Lone Tree
Agronomy and International Agriculture
Andrew John Schroeder
Le Mars
Agricultural Studies and Agronomy
Amy E. Maxwell
Donahue
Agricultural Business and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Economics
**† Kelly Marie Siebert
Woodridge, Ill.
Animal Ecology and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in French
Karyn Janette Mayott
Fort Collins, Colo.
Dietetics and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in French
Allix Lyn Tenold
Northwood
Agricultural Systems Technology and
International Agriculture
**
Kaleigh Patricia Meyer
Elkhorn, Wis.
Animal Science and Biology
Lauren Elizabeth Miller
Barrington, Ill.
Biology and Environmental Studies
Lisa L. Tronchetti
Paton
Agricultural Business and International
Agriculture
Alexander C. Ogren
Lone Tree
Agronomy and Environmental Studies
Darrin Lambert Hall Vanderplas
Preston, Minn.
Agronomy and Health and Human
Performance
Daniel D. Ory
Earlham
Agricultural Business and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Economics
Cody James Volkmann
Battle Creek
Agricultural Systems Technology and
Industrial Technology
Jessica Marie Peter
Cresco
Dairy Science and Agricultural Studies
Anthony Allen Wagner
West Point, Neb.
Animal Science and Biology
*** Kimberly Sue Peterson
Cleghorn
Agricultural Business and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Economics
Rex Wai-Len Wang
Fairfax, Va.
Dairy Science and Business: Majors in
Finance and Accounting
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Curriculum in Business
Major in Accounting
Steven Clark Miles
West Des Moines
Tyler Jon Miles
Urbandale
Mariana Beatriz Miranda
Sibley
Justin Richard Mull
Ames
Matthew Steven Nye
Loveland, Colo.
Amy Rose O’Connell
Omaha, Neb.
Kaylene Janelle Page
Council Bluffs
Amanda Rae Peck
Cleghorn
Mark Evan Peters
Naperville, Ill.
Caitlin Lee Peterson
Ames
Kayla Nicole Pinegar
Des Moines
** Ariel Anne Pittner
Fort Dodge
Nathan Dain Pitz
Vinton
Laura Kay Quint
Clive
Dexter Joe Rassavong
Des Moines
Katie Christine Richardson
Ottumwa
Jared Edward Rickert
Ames
** Ashley Marie Robinson
Colo
Alexander Blake Sandvig
Clive
Christopher Thane Scobba
Algona
Anndria Maurine Shannon
West Bend
Jessica Marie Teff
Des Moines
Kelsey Jo Tibbets
New London
*
Jia Tu
Jiujiang, China
*** Katherine Theresa Vitzthum
Slater
Christopher Scott Walton
Safford, Ariz.
**† Heather Danielle Wendel
Johnston
Emma Franciene Wickland Guthrie Center
David Baker Winn
Libertyville, Ill.
** Nan Wu
Yueyang, China
Qing Wu
Ames
Cal Demetrius Yanes
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Xiaoling Zhang
Wuhan, China
*** Bradley Aaron Adams
West Des Moines
Margarito Alvarez
Perry
** Nicholas Wayne Anderson
Oskaloosa
Debra Jo Bennett
Ames
**† Andrea Michelle Biagioli
Kansas City, Mo.
*** Zebulon Lee Bidwell
Tama
Wendy Michelle Binning
Roland
Steven Carter Broshar
Marshalltown
Thomas David Carter
Edina, Minn.
Il Ju Choi
Ames
Kelsey Joy Davis
Cedar Falls
Olivia Ashleigh Dinsdale
Reinbeck
Deanna Marie Durbin
Decatur, Ill.
Eric Leo Eckerman
Fort Dodge
*
Molly Christine Eklund
Huxley
Isaac Thomas Fyle
Robbinsdale, Minn.
Alexandra Lee Gaffney-Peden
Des Moines
Jason Nicholas Garvey
Boone
*
Alexander Michael Gorman
Eagan, Minn.
** Chad Thomas Halbur
Carroll
Britni Jo Hammond
Washington
Erin Elizabeth Handke
Sioux City
John Michael Holub
Ames
Ryland Gerald Jewett
Des Moines
Zach Daniel Johnson
Kameron Jay Kretschmar
Marion
Andrew Charles Lagerstrom
Hudson, Wis.
*† Jing Li
Ames
Thomas David Litterer
Waverly
Mengmeng Liu
Xi’An, China
**† Yao Liu
Suining, China
Andrew Jeffrey Longley
Davenport
Brock Edward Martin
Sioux City
Major in Business Economics
**
Kimberly Ranae Brumm
Joshua Scott Grosvenor
Daniel Joseph Gudenkauf
Huxley
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Richard Lee Luth Jr.
Stephen James Miskell
Aaron Michael Olinger
Omaha, Neb.
Stanhope
Des Moines
Travis Alan Baughman
Amy Lynn Biller
Kirkman
Leawood, Kans.
Major in Finance
**
Ian Andrew Anderberg Bloomington, Minn.
Nicholas Wayne Anderson
Oskaloosa
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
*
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**
*
**
Jake D. Mueller
Humboldt
Adam Jon Nong
Des Moines
Timothy Lé Odell
Muscatine
Shareef M. Osman
Ames
Tourimisida Fabrice Ouedraogo
Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso
Geoffrey Andrew Parsons
Prairie City
An My Thai Pham
Des Moines
Nathan Dain Pitz
Vinton
Carter James Price
Plymouth, Minn.
Seth Loren Pudenz
Ackley
Josh Rahme
Calgary, Canada
Dexter Joe Rassavong
Des Moines
** Zaul Rezania
New Brighton, Minn.
Lucas Lee Robertsdahl Breckenridge, Minn.
†
Jesse Eugene Seibert
Linden
Chanthavisouk Sensouk
Des Moines
Sony Oupraserd Sithonnorath
Des Moines
** Timothy Miew Shen Su
Kuching, Malaysia
Amanda Marie Swanson
Lombard, Ill.
Shir Ping Tey
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Benjamin Daniel Tomjack
Rock Rapids
*** Michael Ian Vosseller
Edwardsville, Ill.
Derek James Webber
Ames
**† Saliya Bandara Wijeratne
Urbandale
David E. Wilkerson
Fort Madison
Jingjing Xiong
Haibon, China
Li Zhou
Chengdu, China
** Matthew Paul Zylstra
Storm Lake
Jonathan Bruce Bosworth West Des Moines
Cort John Bulloch
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Brad Ryan Buster
Urbandale
Han Chen
Ames
Anne Eileen Cochran
Minneapolis, Minn.
Andrew Ryan Cook
Vernon Hills, Ill.
Chinh Kieu Dang
Des Moines
Anh Duy Dao
Ames
Abby-Jaye Lynn Dawson
Grimes
Randy G. Deiber
Charter Oak
Samantha Nicole Duncan
Boone
Justin Eugene Efkamp
Ankeny
Ethan Thomas Eggers
Solon
Brenda Marie Greeley
Clear Lake
Dan F. Green
Des Moines
David Michael Gulbrantson
Palatine, Ill.
Jacob Thomas Gunsolly
Cedar Rapids
Walter Jonathan Haugo
Ames
Xia Jin
Guangzhou, China
Quinn William Kirchner
Cedar Rapids
Joshua Paul Koglin
Marysville, Mich.
Steven Matthew Koss
North Aurora, Ill.
Lacey Kay Krager
Ida Grove
Kurt Joseph Kuker
Denison
Tammy Marie Lansing
West Union
Jeremy Andrew Lauridsen
Ames
Eric Christopher Lindquist
Devin James Madsen
Galva
Miles Bradley Moore
Naperville, Ill.
Major in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
*
Theodore James Anders
Nixa, Mo.
Kathleen Elizabeth Burger
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Amanda Louise Christensen
Sigourney
Zachary Andrew Christensen
Bettendorf
Amanda Elizabeth DeVoe
Sumner
Ethan Thomas Eggers
Solon
Joseph Jonathan Gonzales Fabiosa
Ames
Megan Marie Foley
Saint Paul, Minn.
Judson David Goldsmith
Creston
Karissa A. Hess
Des Moines
Jared Warren Hohanshelt
Boone
Robert Eugene Jennings Jr. Mount Pleasant
Will Thomas Johnson
Exira
*** Tobie Theresa Claire Kunkle Omaha, Neb.
Grant Harold Lambi
Ames
Sarah Christine Leerar
Kasson, Minn.
Brett Thomas Mader
Crystal Lake, Ill.
Matt Colin Miller
South Elgin, Ill.
Joseph Julian Mujica
Mason City
Maruquel Qiu Wen
Aguadulce, Panama
John Joseph Volz
Altoona
** Felicia Kaye Wenell
Albert City
Jiang Xu
Ames
Major in Management
*†
Brian C. Anderson
Joseph Evan Anderson
Carol Jean Bennett
Dylan Francis Bjustrom
Travis Jay Bliek
Laura Kelsey Brauer
Joshua Peter Bruecken
Aaron Joseph Caligiuri
Adam Craig Clemenson
Laura Jean Coombs
*
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***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
*
Ames
Waukee
Ottumwa
Eldridge
Larchwood
Clive
Waukee
Des Moines
Ankeny
Latimer
Audra Faith Davis
Lake City
Andrew James DeBoard
Urbandale
Chase Louis Dudak
Springville
Tara Rose Friest
Ankeny
Brent Linden Gerlach
Nevada
Alexandra Lynn Grant
Toronto, Canada
Megan Marie Heiman
Carroll
Jared Gregory Hobbs
Nevada
Victor Michael Holzworth West Des Moines
Austin Philip Jorgensen
Fort Dodge
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Tyler Joshua Knuth
Laura Kristine Leistad
Daniel Jacob Lekwa
Kyle Chase Lindman
Alfred Hubert Marshall
Katherine Tee Miller
Sarah E. Milner
Dao Thi Nguyen
Amy Rose O’Connell
Brian Allan Olson
Earin Elisabeth Pilk
Atlantic
Spencer
Nevada
Ankeny
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Omaha, Neb.
Griswold
Boone
*
*
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Tamara Kay Porter
Boone
Jonathan Todd Reader
Davison, Mich.
Nicholas Theodore Schulte
DeWitt
Megan Marie Shriver
Underwood
Randy Wayne Sparks
Ames
Ryan John Stefani
Berwick
Justin Oliver Stolk
Morrison, Ill.
Michael Tran
West Des Moines
Mitchell F. Wagner
Waukee
Lei Wang
Jinan, China
Andrew Lawrence Wink Columbus Junction
Major in Management Information Systems
*
*
*
Rishabh Anand
New Delhi, India
Travis Lee Bloomquist
Marshalltown
Spencer Patrick Bradley
Ames
Samantha Tai Cam
Des Moines
Michael Charles Carlson
Cherokee
Clayton Edward Casner
Matthew McGarry Cavner
Saline, Mo.
Bryce Mitchell Dawson
Grimes
Erica Lynn Ebensberger
Clinton
Caleb Daniel Enger
Fort Madison
Kaleb N. Foshe
Johnston
Ian Montgomery Gartin
Bennington, Neb.
David James Gengler
Sioux City
Enrique Gibens
Plainsboro, N.J.
Mitchell Erwin Glass
Walker
Christopher William Hazelton
Pipestone, Minn.
Thomas John Heijerman
Ames
Karissa A. Hess
Des Moines
Chad LaRue Holy
Clinton
Ryan Patrick Isaacson
Mason City
Andrew Charles Lane
Marshalltown
Ryan Robert Lehms
Polk City
Benjamin Evan Lewis
Eldridge
Jordan Michael Lightfoot
Donnellson
*
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Paul Wallace Luikens
Faribault, Minn.
Derek Andrew Major
Carroll
Kyle Thomas McGovern
Anamosa
Eric Steven Meisel
Woodbury, Minn.
Christopher Dale Moe
Northwood
Heba Mohamed
West Des Moines
Uyen Nhu Nguyen
Iowa City
Jesse William Hensen Perrett
Boone
Binh Thai Pham
Des Moines
Kevin James Powers
Davenport
Brandon Leonel Recinos
Grinnell
Gregory James Reuter
Pella
James Kenneth Risius
Buffalo Center
Dustin Edward Salmons
Cedar Falls
Jeffrey Alan Schilling
Garner
Richard Carl Simpson
Norwalk
Tyler David Snavely
Mount Pleasant
Matthew Edward Sullivan
Fremont
Momoka Fukushima Vanderflugt Urbandale
Nathan Darwin Watne
Webster City
Blaine Bucky Webb
Carroll
Kyle Christopher Wiebers
Versailles, Mo.
Erika Lee Willi
Cedar Rapids
Jesse David Zahrt
Spencer
Major in Marketing
*
Natasha Sophia Ahmed
West Des Moines
Alaa Eyad Alaeddin
Herndon, Va.
Erika Lynn Anderson
Plymouth, Minn.
Alexandra Clare Arnold
Saint Paul, Minn.
**† Jessica Ann Baseler
Cedar Rapids
Debra Jo Bennett
Ames
**† Andrea Michelle Biagioli
Kansas City, Mo.
Megan Lyn Boyd
Keokuk
Jenna Lynn Braden
West Des Moines
Stefanie Lyn Buhrman
Council Bluffs
Rob J. Christopherson
River Falls, Wis.
Michael Raleigh Clarahan
Copley, Ohio
Levi James Clark
Monroe
Kacie Nicole Crivaro
Des Moines
Deann Joy De Groot
Ames
*
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***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Aaron Ryk DeGoey
Pleasant Hill
Jeffrey Patrick Dotzler
Mason City
Shonda Jo Eister
Tiffin
Rebecca Lynne Fey
Sioux City
Ashley Nicole Formanek
Atkins
Taylor J. Frette
Marion
Brian James Frost
Ankeny
Stephanie Margaret Giesche
Geneva, Ill.
Lacey Lea Gray
Murray
Anthony Louis Gross
Ankeny
Erin C. Grossman
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Brian Walter Gualillo
Marengo, Ill.
Samantha Jo Hackerson
Ames
Courtney Beth Hageman
Ossian
Rachel Mary Hakes
Cedar Falls
Daniel Leo Hannula
Elgin, Ill.
Alec Steven Heuss
Des Moines
Michael Joseph Hoberg
Urbandale
Ben Henkle Holt
Winterset
Kyle Patrick Immel
Ankeny
*** Kaitlin Amanda Keisler
Urbandale
Erin Elizabeth Kintzer
West Des Moines
Jacqueline Lauren Krone
Sioux City
Daniel Alexander Kuehl
Sioux City
*
Chelsea Raye Lee
Lohrville
*
Shu Yi Lee
Malacca, Malaysia
Daniel Jacob Lekwa
Nevada
Yeaw Khuan Lew
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Bradley Robert Little
Eldridge
Danielle Lee Martorano
Lincolnshire, Ill.
Lisa Nicole Maubach
Webster City
Lindsey Rae McCall
Council Bluffs
Jacob Ryan McFarlin
Minnetonka, Minn.
Corey McIntosh McKay
Guelph, Canada
Kyle Adam Meadows
Burnsville, Minn.
Jennifer Ann Mennella
Libertyville, Ill.
Lee Ryan Miller
Sioux City
Sarah E. Milner
Council Bluffs
Benjamin John Naberhaus
Dexter
Danielle Lynn Nelson
Boone
Myka Sandra Nichols
Ankeny
Callie Jo O’Hern
Sioux City
Michael James Ozinga
Pella
Megan Elizabeth Pecks
Le Mars
Mackenzi Ann Phillips
Eagle Grove
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Li Wen Phoon
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ashley Ann Plahn
Ogden
Lukman Prahara
Ames
Andrew Thomas Pudenz
Carroll
Elise Maureen Reid
Cedar Rapids
James Andrew Roan
West Des Moines
Brock A. Rouse
Olin
Charles Lyndon Sawyer
Shoreview, Minn.
Benjamin Charles Schmaling Belleville, Wis.
Elizabeth Marie Schnadt
Sumner
David William Searls
Sioux City
Nicole Elizabeth Shimp
Mallard
Jeffrey C. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Jessica Ralene Stalder
Blue Grass
Tyler David Steinkamp
Des Moines
Christopher James Stevens
Mahtomedi, Minn.
Jamie LeeAnn Taft
Des Moines
Megan Lynn Thompson
Mundelein, Ill.
Amanda L. Traetow
Cedar Falls
Eric Rollin Tubbs
Des Moines
Ellen Nicole Veire
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Nate Andrew Veldhuizen
Cedar Rapids
Melissa Anne Voight
Apple Valley, Minn.
Bethany Ellen Weber
Mediapolis
Sarah Anne Wedebrand
Estherville
Zachary R. Wiig
Irwin
Chelsie Lee Wilson
Waconia, Minn.
Bethany Marie Zeman
Ames
Major in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Aimee Celeste Burk
Brian Scott Efkamp
Erik Dale Granseth
Tyler Bruce Hansen
Chad Douglas Harper
Fort Madison
Ankeny
Des Moines
Ankeny
Prairie City
Jacob Andrew Hockenberry
Van Meter
Daniel Paul Knudson
Ames
Jessica Rae Koenen
Parkersburg
Eric J. Landon
Ankeny
Trace Kendall Schmitt
Rapid City, S. Dak.
Major in Supply Chain Management
**
*
Erica Lynne Eilers
Kelsie Christine Harvey
Lyndsy Jaye Haviland
Urbandale
Akron
Geneseo, Ill.
*
Kris Ann Herold
Patrick David Menefee
Waterloo
Huntsville, Ala.
Multiple Curricula and Majors
Natalie Marie Andrews
Council Bluffs
Management and Marketing
Austin John Bamrick
Marketing and Management
*
Brady John Becker
Swaledale
Management Information Systems and
Management
Lawton
*
Dan Michael Bearden
Gladbrook
Operations and Supply Chain Management
and Finance
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Daniel William Biersdorf
Edina, Minn.
Finance and International Business
Brett Michael Elliott
Manaassas, Va.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Marketing
Casey Lynn Bothwell Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Marketing and Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
Tyler William Boyd
Accounting and Finance
**
Alta
Ankeny
English Marie Fiscus
Management and Marketing
Lisa Marie Brincks
Palatine, Ill.
Management Information Systems and
Supply Chain Management
Michael Thomas Bunkers
Accounting and Finance
Chris Thomas Eppert
Accounting and Finance
Union
Brett Alan Fredericks
Hartley
Finance and International Business
Granville
Ryan Michael Frederiksen
Pocahontas
Management Information Systems and
Finance
Firas Abdulmagid Burawi
Tripoli, Libya
Management Information Systems and
Finance
Boone
Tyler Steven Fulton
Marshalltown
Marketing and Management
Alex Luke Chang
New Brighton, Minn.
Finance and Management
Kateryna O. Gerasymova
Stanhope
Finance and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Economics
*
Xu Cheng
Accounting and Finance
Scott John Gessner
Accounting and Finance
*
Abby Joy Christensen
Plymouth, Minn.
Marketing and Management
Christopher James Glover
Ankeny
Marketing and Operations and Supply
Chain Management
Jennifer Ashley Burrell
Management and Marketing
*** Tyler Patrick Conley
Ankeny
Finance and International Business
Tori Kay Cooke
Supply Chain Management and
Management
**
Amy Marie Cooney
Accounting and Finance
Jeremy Michael Croghan
Finance and Management
*
Muscatine
Manilla
Urbandale
Alex Robert Green
Marketing and Management
Ankeny
**
Chen Guo
Finance and Accounting
*
Molly Hannah Haberl
Marketing and Management
Ames
Jeremie W. Hahn
Management and Marketing
Delmar
**
Xian, China
Mitchell Raymond Hansen
Accounting and Finance
Alton
Matthew Tim Denham
Iowa City
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Environmental Studies
Erik Christian Haugen
Finance and Accounting
Victoria, Minn.
Nick Vincent Dodson
Accounting and Finance
Alan Scott Hinkeldey
Accounting and Finance
Alta
Fairfield
Jesse Bernard Eastburn
Cedar Rapids
Finance and International Business
*
**
***
†
Taylor Christine Gowey
Marketing and Management
Runnells
Lorrie Lee Damman
Montour
Operations and Supply Chain Management
and Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
*
Watkins
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Andrea Chelsey Hobbs
Accounting and Management
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Norwalk
Kacy Elizabeth Merseal
Ames
Accounting and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Anthropology
Nicholas Philip Hodne
Ankeny
Management and International Business
**† Bradley Neal Humphrey
Grinnell
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Marketing
Matthew Frederick James Meyer Bettendorf
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and International Business
Kyle Wayne Jacobsen
Altoona
Management Information Systems and
Management
Nikita Jo Miles
Lowell, Mich.
Marketing and International Business
*** Hannah Ellen Jaques
West Des Moines
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Spanish
**
Cynthia Ann Jones
Rochester, Minn.
Management Information Systems,
Management, and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Music
Daniel Brian Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Operations and Supply Chain Management
and Marketing
†
Jaydon Randall Mitchell
Finance and Accounting
New Hampton
Andrew Rush Mountsier
Management and Marketing
Urbandale
Keith Robert Murphy
Management and Marketing
Cedar Falls
Amy Elizabeth Nemmers
Armstrong
Accounting and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Religious Studies
Ryan Anthony Kennedy
Management and Accounting
Mason City
Samuel James Knoblauch
Marketing and Management
Urbandale
India Marie Nessa
Accounting and Finance
Woolstock
Yingsi Liang
Zhuhai, China
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Finance
Ryan L. Paulsen
Accounting and Finance
Paullina
Bethany Leigh Lichti
Marketing and Management
Dubuque
Noelle Marie Lichty
Marketing and Management
Sioux City
Brooke Regina Perillo Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Marketing and International Business
Lindsey Marie Peters
Rochester, Minn.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Management
An My Thai Pham
Des Moines
Marketing and International Business
Yi Herng Liew
Ipoh, Malaysia
Finance and Operations and Supply Chain
Management
Adam T. Reinert
Finance and Accounting
Daniel Joseph Lochen
West Bend, Wis.
Management Information Systems and
Management
Matthew Michael Robinson
Accounting and Finance
Jonathan Granville Mehle
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Marketing
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Glenwood
Rebekah Kathryn Reis
Ames
Finance and Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
Richard R. Mathai
West Des Moines
Finance and Management Information
Systems
*
**
***
†
Webster City
Joshua John Monroe
Indianola
Logistics and Supply Chain Management,
International Business, and
Liberal Arts and Sciences: Major in German
Adam Conrad Katch
Waukee
Accounting and Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
*†
Amanda M. Miller
Finance and Accounting
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Huxley
*
Stephen Kenneth Rose
Urbandale
Management Information Systems and
International Business
Diane Marie Ruff
Apple Valley, Minn.
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Marketing
Manivanh Nancy Saengkio
Accounting and Finance
Zaccary Keith Sandvig
Finance and Accounting
Chao Wang
Finance and Accounting
Ames
**† Yi Wang
Finance and Accounting
Shenzhen, China
Storm Lake
Kendra Lynch Wheeler Eden Prairie, Minn.
Finance and Marketing
West Des Moines
Kara Marie Whited
Accounting and Management
Caitlin Mary Schouviller Minnetonka, Minn.
Management and International Business
Jason A. Williams
Des Moines
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
and Marketing
John Richard Tallman
Ankeny
Accounting and Management Information
Systems
**
Des Moines
Kathryn Young Urick
Geneseo, Ill.
Management, International Business, and
Liberal Arts and Sciences: Major in Spanish
*
Alyssa Ann Vogel
Ankeny
Finance and International Business
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Stephanie Michelle Williams
Manning
Accounting and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Political Science
Michael James Woolley
Dodgeville, Wis.
Management Information Systems and
Management
Zachary F. Tobin
Saint Louis, Mo.
Management Information Systems and
International Business
*
Ames
Meta Widya
Tanjung Balai, Indonesia
Finance and Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
*** Danielle Lee Siegel
Urbandale
Marketing and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Advertising
Sam Rudolph Thorsheim
Accounting and Finance
Eric Armand Waldman
Springfield, Ill.
Management and International Business
Janelle Rae Wright
Des Moines
Marketing and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Spanish
**
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Weiwei Zhao
Accounting and Finance
Chengdu, China
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BACHELOR
OF
ARCHITECTURE
Curriculum in Architecture
Benjamin Kleppe Nollsch
Cedar Rapids
Sean Thomas Ogilby
Rockford, Ill.
*† Kayla Ann Ohrt
Gladbrook
Megen M. O’Toole
Johnston
** Spenser Paul Pearson
Clinton
*
Kristen Marie Reihl
River Falls, Wis.
*
Nicholas Michael Rettenberger
Dubuque
Chase Edward Rickord
River Falls, Wis.
*
Levi Kyle Robb
Mediapolis
** Katherine Louise Ross
Rochester, Minn.
Ryan John Schilling
Northfield, Minn.
** Sadie Jo Schroeder
Charlotte
** Amy Elizabeth Selzer
Runnells
Kyle Jacob Sheker
Pocahontas
*
Chester Wilson Smith
Iowa City
Dana John Sorensen
Riverside
Craig Robert Sutton
Arlington Heights, Ill.
**† Akiko Suzuki
Milwaukee, Wis.
Kevin Anthony Swan Arlington Heights, Ill.
Adam Donavan Van Gorp
Sheldon
Scott Avery Williams
Plano, Tex.
Jin Young Yi
Davenport
Kalyssa Jill Zasada
Peosta
Joshua Michael Abbey
Fort Madison
Andrea Lynne Baker
Bettendorf
*
Jacob Joshua Bauer
Cedar Falls
*† Eric William Berkson
Laurel, Md.
Meagan Elise Dallas
Apple Valley, Minn.
*
Jackson Lee Den Herder
Sioux Center
Thomas Robert Dillman Lake Geneva, Wis.
Brady John Dorman
Cedar Rapids
Laura Anne Farlee
Eagan, Minn.
*
Ryan Scott Frank
Belle Plaine
Thomas Adrian Fraser
Scottsdale, Ariz.
Tristan Ralph Garner
Waukesha, Wis.
Robert Paul Gilles
Waterloo
Kristen Ann Greteman
Carroll
Lucas Taylor Harris
Dubuque
Nathan Scott Harris
Nevada
Samuel Joshua Jelinek
Kiel, Wis.
Stephanie Elizabeth Johnson
Golden Valley, Minn.
** Anna Schwennsen Jones
Des Moines
*
Bethany Anne Gallagher Kluesner Marquette
***†Melissa Sue Mathis
Muscatine
Devin J. Murray
Coralville
Joshua James Nieland Redwood Falls, Minn.
Multiple Curricula and Major
*
Jenna Kathryn Carolan
Ridgeway
Architecture and Liberal Arts and Sciences:
Major in Advertising
*†
Clark Andrew Colby III
Urbandale
Architecture and Environmental Studies
*†
Joseph W. Rathermel
Fort Dodge
Architecture and Environmental Studies
John Michael Crispin
Davenport
Architecture and Environmental Studies
*†
Katie Christine Ehlert
Minnetonka, Minn.
Architecture and Environmental Studies
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
William John Neal
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Architecture and Environmental Studies
*
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Annamarie O. Snider
Portland, Oreg.
Architecture and Environmental Studies
BACHELOR
OF
ARTS
Curriculum in Art and Design
**
*
Amanda Kristine Davis
Saint Peter, Minn.
Alexander Royal Fitzsimmons
Dubuque
Elizabeth Ann Grant
Ames
Hannah J. Hunt
Minneapolis, Minn.
Kurt Joseph Kuker
Denison
Kevin Jeffrey Maurer
Royal
Tyler Greene Nash
Brandt Duane Schumacher
Chelsea Mlsna Scoggin
Benjamin Charles Vens
Henry Wang
Des Moines
Lake View
Decorah
Bettendorf
Mason City
Multiple Curricula and Major
*
Mekell Marie Helle
Earlville
Art and Design and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Advertising
BACHELOR
OF
FINE ARTS
Curriculum in Graphic Design
Colleen J. Leise
Vail
Carmen Marie Lloyd
Burlington
*
Natalie Ji-Ling Lo
Libertyville, Ill.
*† Kimberly Marie Manternach
Masonville
Daniel Ryan McCreight
Sperry
Esther J. Meeder
Randall
Alexandria Jae Meyer
Pella
Katie Ann Munn
Sioux City
Jacqueline Dee Nation
Fort Dodge
Jimin Oh
Koyang, South Korea
Jeremy K. Orr
Spencer
Megan Armosa Peden
Marshalltown
Allison Atty Pederson
Des Moines
Kelsy Marie Postlethwait
Marion
*
Tyler John Price
Fort Dodge
*
Abigail S. Pritz
Bettendorf
*
Melissa Retman
Colfax
Justin James Rumpza
Princeton
Claire Anderson Schatzle
Cedar Rapids
*
Rosie M. Streit
Cedar Rapids
Lisa Ann Tupy
Calmar
*† Bailey Paige Van Vark
Pella
*
Dana Elizabeth Van Woert
Clive
Liping Vong
Waukee
*
Alana Elizabeth Wagner
New Vienna
Anne Marie Walsh
Cedar Falls
*
Jenna Marie Wilkin
Cedar Rapids
Erica Lee Wilson
Creston
Christine Elizabeth Wimmer
Saint Paul, Minn.
Kelsey Anne Wolfswinkel
Sibley
**† Kimberly Katelyn Zamora
Cottage Grove, Minn.
Melissa Alfirevic
Hinsdale, Ill.
Aala Mohamed Alhammadi
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
John Alex Andrews
Lake Elmo, Minn.
Ryan David Bickford
Ottumwa
Jordan Marie Bostjancic
Plainfield, Ill.
Kelsey Hope Carney
Ames
Mariette Chahine
Cedar Rapids
Jennifer Pearl Cheuk
Ames
*
Katie Grace Coffin
Sioux City
*
Madison Marie Rovn Cronk
Royal
Patrick Joseph Crowley
Davenport
Christine Lynn Davis
Johnston
*
Michael Jon Davis
Ames
*
Brianna Danielle Dawson
Monroe
Tayler Lynne Delzell
Morning Sun
*
Gail JoBeth Dixon
Grimes
Michael John Downs
River Forest, Ill.
Kacie Marie Ehrecke
Davenport
Roxanne J. Ferguson
Ames
*** Allison Joy Goebel
Shoreview, Minn.
John Harding Grant
Glenview, Ill.
Megan Danielle Hann
Chariton
*
Brian James Hanson
Hiawatha
Ashley Ann Harms
Monticello
Stephanie Anne Hoogerwerf
Des Moines
Ariel Yi-Tak Hung
Waterloo
*
Min-Jee Jeon
Daegu, South Korea
*
Jeffrey Patrick Kosinski
**† Michelle Melissa Kruse
Rockford, Ill.
*
Caitlin Ann Kuhne
Plymouth, Minn.
Kellissa Jan Lageschulte
Marshalltown
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Curriculum in Integrated Studio Arts
Erik Allen Anderberg
Bloomington, Minn.
Kody Blu Barton
Boone
Tracy Lee Bear
Nevada
†
Angela Renea Beckwith
Ames
Nicholas John Behm
Carroll
** Ashley Elizabeth Berneman
Mason City
Jacob H. Bettinghaus
Geneva, Ill.
*** Etienne Marie Vincent Blanc
Grenoble, France
Jamie L. Calvert
Manson
Matthew Vernon Dunlap
Jonathan Lee Eimer
Fort Madison
** Meghan Ruth Flynn
Hartley
Christopher David Gordon
Webster City
Stephanie Louise Groom
Norwalk
Victoria Harjadi
Jakarta, Indonesia
Alana Sophia Hyatt
Cedar Rapids
*† Deborah Nicole Kraft
Bettendorf
*
Elaine Marie La Van
Fairfield
Troy J. Long II
Muscatine
Brian Scott Mazurowski
Rogers, Minn.
Daniel Phillip Mosias
Palatine, Ill.
Jason Foster Pierson
Story City
Ryan Patrick Quinn
Barrington, Ill.
Joshua John Spence
Milwaukee, Wis.
Lauren Nicole Swanson
Ames
Caitlin Eleanor Thomas
Cherokee
Drake Edward Tillis
Bettendorf
Kyle Ryan Walsh
Des Moines
Jenna JoAnne Weir
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Jessica Marie Wenck
Ankeny
Renelle Marie White Buffalo
White River, S. Dak.
*
Ben Michael Witmer
**† Rachel Mary Wright
Grimes
Curriculum in Interior Design
*
*
Laura Michelle Leuschen
Omaha, Neb.
Bethany Claire Luhrs
Pella
Jennifer L. Lyon
Maquoketa
*† Cheri Elizabeth Malone
Dunlap
Nathaniel Kraemer Martin Kansas City, Mo.
*
Kelly Jean McCann
Omaha, Neb.
*† Natalie Joy Miller
Rochester, Minn.
*
Tina E. Mital
Moline, Ill.
** Brielle Ann Neumann
Ankeny
Kyle Richard Peterson
Savage, Minn.
** Lindsey Jean Renken
Vinton
Kara Elizabeth Rentner
Aurora, Ill.
**† Amanda Lynn Riha
Cresco
*
Megan Elizabeth Romanelli Janesville, Wis.
Christina Elizabeth Schwab
Johnston
*† Brittany Danielle Thompson
Ames
Michael Kristoffer Tumilowicz Rockford, Ill.
Jenna Lee Ver Ploeg
Sully
** Rebecca Lynn Warren
Belvidere, Ill.
*†
*†
Maggie Elizabeth Beckman
Bettendorf
Allison Elizabeth Bremer Eden Prairie, Minn.
Heather JaNelle Brock
Webster City
Evangeline Yu-Ting Chen
Taipei, Taiwan
Alexa Fost Choles
Eden Prairie, Minn.
†
Melissa Nicole Cooper
Dubuque
*† Katie Nichole DeSchepper
Denison
*† Katherina B. Dimenstein
West Des Moines
Megan Elizabeth Doman Deephaven, Minn.
*
April Elizabeth Donahue
Grafton
Elaine Louise Harrington
Woden
Mitchell Patrick Hinrichsen
Sioux City
Julie Jeong
Ames
Morgan Elizabeth Johnson West Des Moines
Jenifer Sue Jones
Huxley
Elizabeth Marie Knutsen
Lidderdale
Caitlyn Anne Kujawa
Saint Charles, Ill.
**† Courtney Rose Lautenschlager
Hortonville, Wis.
Gina Beth Leone
Plymouth, Minn.
BACHELOR
OF
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Curriculum in Landscape Architecture
*
Ashley Christine Anderson
Randolph
Dustin J. Bailey
Spirit Lake
Tyler Adam Baird
Tipton
Kellie Renee Baker
Woodbury, Minn.
Caitlin Tully Dierks
Milwaukee, Wis.
Casey James Everett
Urbandale
Kelly Random Fuglsang
Sioux City
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Jared Thomas Gebauer
De Witt
Kyle Robert Hannigan
Vadnais Heights, Minn.
Jaclyn Nicole Johnson
Omaha, Neb.
Sanghoon Jung
Daegu, South Korea
Alexandra E. Loecke
Cedar Rapids
Jonathan Michael McCracken
Iowa City
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Michael Brian McCullough
Des Moines
Keegan Alan McGuire
Moline, Ill.
Kayla Marie Meyer
Omaha, Neb.
Bruce Thomas Niedermyer
Logan
John Carlos Ortiz
Saint Paul, Minn.
Alex Aaron Priest
Emmetsburg
**
Jeritt D. Rouse
Chelsea Mlsna Scoggin
Brett James Seelman
Frank Michael Tigges
Lily-Love Toppar
Mechanicsville
Decorah
North Liberty
De Witt
Accra, Ghana
Multiple Curricula
*†
Robin Lynette Hamadani
Independence
Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Studies
Damon A. Sanchez
Glenview, Ill.
Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Studies
Michael Rayl Hughes
Stewartville, Minn.
Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Studies
John David Simmons
New London
Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Studies
Cody Christopher LeClaire
Toddville
Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Studies
Jessica Claire Teskey
Plymouth, Minn.
Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Studies
Rachel Lynn Remetch
Cedar Falls
Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Studies
BACHELOR
OF
SCIENCE
Curriculum in Community and Regional Planning
Delbert L. Amsden
Ames
Christopher Barrett Becker
Dubuque
Adam S. Bradford
Hackettstown, N.J.
Ursula Welles Brandt
Des Moines
Ivan A. Esquivel
Harvard, Ill.
Nathan Craig Freesemann
Waverly
Christopher J. Gallt
Ames
Stephanie Lynn Hawkins
Chicago, Ill.
Shannon Kathleen Hoy
Clive
Macaley Marie Johnsen
Madrid
Pedro Leanos
Jacob Glen McCoy
Ryan Michael Ott
Samuel Keyron Parker
Brenda Sue Petersen
Barrett Ray Peterson
Alex Scott Pfaltzgraff
Evan James Schmelzer
Eileen K. Strom
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Charles City
Belle Plaine
Bondurant
Waukee
Muscatine
Bloomington, Minn.
Multiple Curricula and Major
Jasper Crutison III
West Des Moines
Community and Regional Planning and
Liberal Arts and Sciences: Major in
Sociology
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Maclaine Blair Sorden
Creston
Community and Regional Planning and
Environmental Studies
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BACHELOR
OF
SCIENCE
Curriculum in Aerospace Engineering
Tanner Charles Lindbloom
Jesus Lira
Michael Lawrence McLellan
*
Antonella Anahi Albuja
Eureka, Mo.
Syed Junaid Ali
Rawalpindi, Pakistan
*
Derek Reid Attwood
Davenport
Alexandra McCullough Black
Des Moines
Eric Joel Bodlak
Wakefield, Neb.
*
Matthew Bradley Coffey
Urbandale
Amelia Marie Doermann
Mechanicsville
*
Brady John Engle
Sioux City
Gregory William Eno
Garrison, Minn.
Krystina Marie Furst
Salina, Kans.
** Daniel Paul Garrick
Colyton, New Zealnd
Maxwell James Gehl
Mequon, Wis.
**† John Jansen Gottsacker
Milwaukee, Wis.
*
Timothy Matthew Grace Jr. Saint Peters, Mo.
Spencer Patrick Harlow
Fort Dodge
** Aaron Thomas Hawkins Arden Hills, Minn.
Dustin Duane Hingos
Maple Grove, Minn.
Tyler M. Holmes
Saint Anne, Ill.
** Nathan Timothy Hughes
Carroll
Joshua Matthew Hunstiger
White Bear Lake, Minn.
Andrew Joseph Jordan
Ames
Jacob Michael Klehr
New Prague, Minn.
** Justin Meredith Lamb
Marshalltown
Nathan Mikel Leonard
Waterloo
Omaha, Neb.
Nichols
West Des Moines
Adam Carl Messersmith
Centerville
Timothy David Mobeck
Chaska, Minn.
Daniel Robert Nagawiecki
Palatine, Ill.
** Pavithra Dhanuka Premaratne
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Robert Lee Ray
Palmer, Alaska
** Joseph Weston Rees
Middleton, Wis.
** Sean Micheal Regan
Chaska, Minn.
Rusty Charles Rhamy
Corning
Justin Michael Richardson Waukesha, Wis.
Andrew Martin Santiago
Pella
** Suganthi Selvaraj
Chennai, India
*
Ajith Subramanian
Michael Craig Swenson
Houston, Minn.
*** Paul Robert Tretow
Muskego, Wis.
John Derek Warning
Altoona
Benjamin William Wehrkamp
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
*** Michael Joe Williamschen Excelsior, Minn.
*
Ben J. Zimmerman
Wahoo, Neb.
Curriculum in Agricultural Engineering
*
Jeremy Robert Davis
Benjamin Kenneth Downing
Megan Maria Fahn
Alyse Naomi Herr
Jason William Lents
Levi Joseph McClimon
Travis James Ohms
Cotter
Osceola
Portsmouth
Fontanelle
Creston
Delmar
Jeremy Dean Oxley
Kevin Scott Peyton
Alex Michael Ryan
Andrew Claude Smith
Nicole Christine Stoll
*** Heather Ann Thomas
Jeremy Joseph Wilkins
*
*
Nevada
Sac City
Ryan
Saint Anthony
Creston
Marshalltown
Osceola
Curriculum in Chemical Engineering
Ashutosh Bhanot
Samantha Joyce Chalfant
*** Anna Marie Clark
Karrie E. Cooling
Danielle Joyce Cram
Emily Kaitlin Davenport
*** Jacob Andrew Epstein
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Maun, Botswana
Urbandale
Creston
Omaha, Neb.
Rock Island, Ill.
Ames
Urbandale
Charles Glenn Ethington
Des Moines
Maria Ruth Gonzales Fabiosa
Ames
Kelsey Lynn Gerdes
Coon Rapids, Minn.
*** Ann Marie Gleason
Stillwater, Minn.
** Christopher Michael Griffin
Rake
Chelsea Ann Grillot
Bettendorf
*
Derek John Grygiel
Savage, Minn.
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Dan John Harris
Spirit Lake
Kathryn Marie Hausman
Sioux City
Grant Oliver Holdren
West Des Moines
*
Samantha Lynn Journot
Cedar Rapids
Erin Elizabeth Kelly
Rochester, Minn.
Trent R. Lamar
Ames
*
Matthew Joseph Lampe
Bellevue
Donovan Shane Layton
Nevada, Tex.
Peggy Daisy Lee
Taipei, Taiwan
Meredith Marie Little
Gilbert
Molly Kathryn Lohry
Sioux City
*
John William Lottes
Cedar Rapids
Emily Sue Manternach
Manchester
Kendall Hamilton McCallum
Ames
Charles Lawrence Nelson West Des Moines
Michael John Nepple
Carroll
***†Luke Tressel Roling
Clinton
**
**
**
*
*
**
**
Nicholas Ray Romsey
Ames
Brittany Lynn Rover
Ames
Zachary Timothy John Runquist
Lovilia
Jennifer Ann Schoborg
Marshalltown
Corey Charles Schommer Lakeville, Minn.
Rebecca Ann Shaw
Ogden
Melinda Kay Stivers
West Des Moines
Paul Thomas Daniel Stoick Milbank, S. Dak.
Angela Catherine Stoss
Cedar Falls
Peter Douglas Strutzenberg
Ankeny
Cheryl Patrice Tebben
Ames
Stephanie Ann Thompson
Nevada
Todd James Thorson
Forest City
Daniel Scott Usher
Cedar Rapids
Lindsey Estrelita Vance
Santa Fe, N. Mex.
Bryce Arthur Williams
Sioux Rapids
Curriculum in Civil Engineering
*
**
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*
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***
†
Adam John Mueller
Bellevue
Jordan Jade Olson
Johnston
Bruno Schmidt Orticelli
Pella
Yamille X. Perez Rodriguez
San Juan, Puerto Rico
*
Philip Ward Pratt
Red Oak
Adam Paul Prilipp
Algona
Trevor James Pullen
Johnston
Taylor Casey Roll
Hubbard
*** Tyler Thomas Rosburg
Colo
** Luke Alan Schmidt
Omaha, Neb.
*
Grant Michael Schmitz
Audubon
Nicholas Joseph Schmuecker
Marengo
Justin James Schnee
Sioux City
** Nan Shen
Beijing, China
Jeffrey Paul Skalberg
Red Oak
Matthew Michael Sullivan
Clinton
Peizhi Sun
Zhengzhou, China
Derek Matthew Tanner
Antioch, Ill.
*** Matthew William Tursi
Des Moines
Ben James Vierling
Mediapolis
Chen Wang
Xi’an, China
Garrick David Warren
Onawa
James Andrew Watters
Fort Dodge
Richard Scott Webster
Nevada
Mitchell G. Wenum
Albert Lea, Minn.
Xiaotian Xing
Nantong, China
Ce Yan
Lanzhou, China
*
Bing Yu
Yingkou, China
*
Gongbo Zhang
Lanzhou, China
Xitong Zhu
Harbin, China
Tyler Mitchell Anderson
Indianola
Samantha Joanne Bivens-Rose
Ames
Alexander Carl Brase
West Des Moines
Laura Catherine Burnett
West Des Moines
Clayton Jacob Carper
Mason City
Brian Castro
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Hongtao Dang
Ken Deng
Cody Franklin Forch
Oto
Matthew Steven Friedman Albert Lea, Minn.
Zheng Fu
Hangzhou, China
Kasi Rae Fyfe
West Des Moines
Brady Ambrose Green
Madrid
Kyle Allen Gross
Sioux City
Fangyu Guo
Lanzhou, China
Kaitlin Kimberli Hanson
Wenjun He
Lanzhou, China
Rory Stephen Heizelman
Mapleton
Benjamin Andrew Hucker
Ottawa, Ill.
William Albert Hunnicutt
Woodridge, Ill.
Michael James Hunter
Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Alex Edwin Johnson
Creston
Ryan Richard Johnson
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Joshua Joseph Kuennen
Denver
Ying Lai
Lanzhou, China
Bohong Li
Gongyi, China
Shengting Li
Wuwei, China
Wanjun Li
Beijing, China
Damaris Llanas
Council Bluffs
Xiao Luo
Dingxi, China
Landon Neal Moore
New Hampton
Peter Scott Moreau
Mason City
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
87
Curriculum in Computer Engineering
Travis James Munn
Dubuque
** Kshirabdhija Nadarajan
Deerfield, Ill.
*** Michael James Patterson
Marion
Benjamin Stafford Petersen
Sioux City
*† Ashley Polkinghorn
Moville
Christopher Ryan Reeve
Chariton
Brandon William Reher
Des Moines
Patrick Michael Rooney
Kansas City, Mo.
Dylan Kenneth Roy
Cloquet, Minn.
David Robert Ryan
Cresco
Adam Nicholas Schuster
Bernard
Cory R. Schwarting
North English
Ishan Singh
*** Michael Steven Svendsen Woodbury, Minn.
*** Kyle Jacob Teske
Oronoco, Minn.
Brett Robert Thompson
Shorewood, Minn.
Steven Paul Towey
Bloomington, Minn.
Kenneth Garrett Trytek
Ames
Michael Lawrence Walsh
Wheaton, Ill.
*
Daniel Woolf Wright
Des Moines
*** Mathew Lee Wymore
Oskaloosa
John Alexander
Ames
Jose Arroyo
Marshalltown
Abby Marie Birkett
Ames
Joseph A. Briggie
Cedar Rapids
**† Bin Cao
Omaha, Neb.
Ryan Allan David
Omaha, Neb.
Zachary James Davis
Keosauqua
**† Thomas Norman Deering
Clinton
Nathan Andrew Falat
Cedar Rapids
*
Daniel William Funk
Ankeny
David Anthony Gartner
Hastings, Minn.
Jacob Daniel Gionet
Van Meter
*
Michael Gledhill
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Bryan Robert Greenaway
Crystal Lake, Ill.
*
Daniel Gene Guilliams
Clinton
Mahamat Hissein-Yahaya
Abou Deia, Chad
** Roy James Lycke
Marshalltown
*
Scott Allen Mertz
Walnut
Anthony M. Milosch
Winnebago, Ill.
** Cory Michael Mohling
Marion
Ashley Lynn Montebello
Plymouth, Minn.
Curriculum in Construction Engineering
Aaron Michael Andersen
Exira
Benjamin Donald Bakkum
Cedar Rapids
Luke Bowdish
Strawberry Point
Mitchell Mark Cleveland
De Witt
Jacob Benjamin Conkin
State Center
Aidan Patrick Conlon
Omaha, Neb.
Konrad Dabrowski
Arlington Heights, Ill.
*** Zachary Stewart Dennis
Pawnee, Ill.
Chris Miles Engelstad
Council Bluffs
Eric Anthony Grewcock
Omaha, Neb.
Kenneth Maxwell Gutowski Grayslake, Ill.
Wesley Dale Hinnah
Harper
Scott David Hoskins
Baxter
Walter Edward Hudyma
Johnston
Cory Philip Jacobs
De Witt
Jacob Carl Johnson
Bettendorf
Erica Rose Kabat
Bettendorf
Alexander Joseph Kaehler
Eyota, Minn.
*
Peter Alexander Kataras
Homewood, Ill.
Kevin John Leavitt
Marcus
Michael Karl Lebler
Penticton, Canada
Bailey Patrice Marlow
Kennewick, Wash.
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Sasha Jade Mecham
Winterset
Austin Alan Meyn
Ames
Brett William Miller
Grayslake, Ill.
Bridgette Leanna Miller
Baltimore, Md.
Adam John Mueller
Bellevue
Nimota Olubukonla Nasiru
Chicago, Ill.
Ryan William Noteboom
Grundy Center
Thomas John Owen
Shorewood, Wis.
David Robert Parr
Stillwater, Minn.
Derek Matthew Prouty
Boone
Ian Matthew Rinker
Ankeny
Christopher Jay Roderick
Cedar Rapids
Angela Marie Rohde
Lake View
Eric Matthew Sanders
Ankeny
Marcus Paul Seden
Davenport
Jacob Joseph Shaw
Strawberry Point
Creighton Alan Stifel
Waukee
Guy Edouard Thevenot
Saint Joseph, Mo.
Jaden Paul Vos
Sully
David Wayne Warning
Ames
Brian Doyle Watson
Story City
Robert John West
Des Moines
Curriculum in Electrical Engineering
**
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***
†
Rafi Adnan
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Elsammani Elimam Ahmed
Ames
Hassan Abdulmagid Burawi
Tripoli, Libya
Shonda M. Butler
Red Oak
Brian Sern Ching Chee
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
*** Craig Christofferson
Atlantic
Scott William Coffin
Dubuque
Stephen Taylor Copeland
Dallas, Tex.
Alex Michael Dolan
Coralville
Anthony Steven Gedwillo III
Omaha, Neb.
*
Michael Gledhill
Eden Prairie, Minn.
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Jason Robert Graika
Bloomington, Minn.
Chad Michael Hand
De Witt
David James Hansen
Toddville
*
Andrew Kenneth Joseph
Lenexa, Kans.
Mohammad Niazul Muntasir Khan
Naperville, Ill.
** Kaila Ann Krieser
Omaha, Neb.
Kyoung ho Lim
Gwangju, South Korea
*** Thinh Van Luong
Des Moines
Mazdee Masud
Clarksburg, Md.
Kollin Eugene Moore
Eldridge
Anders Paul Nelson
Des Moines
Andrew David Nigro
Omaha, Neb.
John W. Pritchard
Sioux City
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Mohammed Ashiqur Rahim
Dhaka, Bangladesh
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John Robert Roby
Watertown, S. Dak.
Alexander J. Rodriquez
Urbandale
Luke William Rupiper
Richfield, Minn.
Matthew John Schulte
Cedar Rapids
Ryan Christopher Semler
Iowa City
Michael M. Shoemaker
Iowa City
James Kristian Skadal
Eldridge
Pramit Tamrakar
Kathmandu, Nepal
Preston T. Webster
Bloomfield
Mark Allen Wisted
Burnsville, Minn.
Daniel Woolf Wright
Des Moines
Yuanzhen Xu
Nanjing, China
Prashanth Yanamandra Srinivasa
Bangalore, India
Curriculum in Industrial Engineering
**
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Caitlin Meyer Averkamp
Iowa City
David Robert Beilke
Baxter, Minn.
Derek Norman Bliss
Burnsville, Minn.
Brandon Michael Brinkman
Mediapolis
Melissa Renee Christner
Kansas City, Mo.
Alexander John Clemons
Waseca, Minn.
Michael Jeffrey Cobler
Ottumwa
Akshaykumar B. Dave
Ahmedabad, India
Jonathan Edward Durst Mantorville, Minn.
Travis Ryan Fetrow
Webster City
Kristen Marie Fortman
Decorah
Bari J. Greensphan
Barrington, Ill.
Regan James Grettenberg
Coon Rapids
Nicholas Hatch
Caledonia, Ill.
Trevor Matthew Haynes
Burnsville, Minn.
Ilene Frances Hobin
Ankeny
Katie Lynn Hoff
Nevada
Benjamin Duane Jensen
Ames
Carl Steven Lorch
Spirit Lake
** Yunnie Low
Iowa City
**† Robert Roger Mayer
Milford
*
Julie May Moren
Lakeville, Minn.
*
Mitchell Weissenburger Moser
West Des Moines
Blair James Punt
Orange City
*
Luke Allen Schlangen
Excelsior, Minn.
*
Zachary Scott Sobczak
Cudahy, Wis.
*
Jasmine Ariel Stanford
Burlington
Diego Viteri
Guatemala City, Guatemala
*
Shucheng Wang
Shenzhen, China
Ju Xiong
Shenzhen, China
Curriculum in Materials Engineering
**
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Lindsey Sue Anderson
Spencer
Amy Elizabeth Bauer
Maple Grove, Minn.
Seth Sevidal Berbano
Ames
Travis Michael Brammer
Sioux Center
Taylor Nicole Grieve
Urbandale
Christine May Gunzel
Blue Springs, Mo.
Curtis A. Henning
West Des Moines
Christopher John Huber
Bettendorf
Trenton Gordon Jacobson
Blair, Neb.
Barry W. King
Durant
Aaron Gregg Lind
Cedar Rapids
Tony Savoia Marton
Naperville, Ill.
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Nathaniel James Newbury
Farmington, Minn.
Lisa Renee Nielsen
Kingwood, Tex.
David C. Riegner
Lakeville, Minn.
Nicholas Lawrence Runtsch Rochester, Minn.
**† Kathryn Elizabeth Schlichting
Bloomington, Minn.
Lindsey M. Servin
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Carl Matthew Tackes
Rockford, Ill.
*** Daniel Curtis Vennerberg
Stanton
Michael Joseph Vosatka
Cedar Rapids
**
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Curriculum in Mechanical Engineering
*
Gregory Merle Anderson
Clermont
Kyle Patrick Anderson
Audubon
Nicholas Easton Anspach
Des Moines
*
Nathaniel Doyle Behning
Ames
Brian Kenneth Borer
Chaska, Minn.
Christopher E. Bouwman
Rock Valley
** Jeffrey James Brabec
Elkhorn, Neb.
Chase Ayr Bracy
Brooklyn
Joseph A. Briggie
Cedar Rapids
Kale James Brockmann
Walcott
Barry Todd Brown
Clinton Michael Brown
Stuart
Ryan Wesley Bunnell
Glidden
William D. Cameron
Bettendorf
** Jeffrey Benjamin Colton
Cedar Rapids
Brian Devlin Corey
Sioux City
*** Joseph Antonio Cossette
Rochester, Minn.
Derek Paul Ebel
Mason City
Alexander Charles Everett
Urbandale
Kurtis Robert Ferguson
Ames
Alexander Royal Fitzsimmons
Dubuque
Felipe Folhadella
Wheaton, Ill.
Jonathan Claud Gabriel
Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
Andrew James Gardini
Fort Dodge
Stephen Donald Gerbracht
Ames
*
Tyler Michael Gibney
Atkins
Ashley Kaye Greve
Donahue
Brennan Jon Gruhn
Grinnell
Kaleb James Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Robert Ben Hansen
Mason City
Creed Robert Thomas Herold
Urbandale
Samuel Joseph Huffman
Ida Grove
Christopher Lee Hyatt
Knoxville
Michael Steven Jenkins
Elko, Minn.
Yeonho Jo
Bucan, Korea
** Nathaniel Jon Kaiser
Spencer
Vincent Kaliwata
Blantyre, Malawi
Aaron Stewart Kandt
Cedar Rapids
Daniel Joseph Kluesner
West Des Moines
Paul Clifford Kock
Rochester, Minn.
Garret Leo Koenigsfeld
Ionia
Ying Liang Kok
Kangar, Malaysia
Alexander James Koth
Cedar Rapids
*
Bradley Dean Kuxhausen
Glenwood
Bryan M. Langfeldt
Bettendorf
David Andrew Lantz
Urbandale
*
Zachary H. Laws
Marshalltown
** David Andrew Lund
Minneapolis, Minn.
Andy Ly
Cedar Rapids
Troy Allen Mangrich
Gilbertville
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Bradley Allen Mann
Loch Lloyd, Mo.
Alexander McKay Matheson
Bettendorf
William John Maurer
Forest Lake, Minn.
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Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Jordan Daniel McCue
Wentzville, Mo.
Mathew Vernon Moon
Port Byron, Ill.
Alex Kurt Moraniec
Ankeny
*
Andrew Joseph Morse
Bettendorf
** Gordon Theodore Mueller
Bettendorf
Eric Daniel Nelson
Greenfield
Alexander Dietrich Neumann
West Des Moines
Eng Zhan Ng
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Nhat Thanh Vinh Nguyen
Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam
Thomas Steven Nicholas
Bettendorf
Corey Jay Nicholls
Lake Elmo, Minn.
Bennett Allan Noreen
Duluth, Minn.
*** Andrew James Olney
Clinton
Ryan William Orth
Minneapolis, Minn.
Joanna Marie Peddicord
Osceola
Nicholas Michael Pfeiffer
Council Bluffs
Zachary Michael Pope
Clear Lake
Dumindu Gayan Prathapasinghe
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Adam Winston Puls
Des Moines
*
Jacob Dean Randall
New Hampton
** Alex Luke Reimers
Muscatine
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John Lebiecki Reuvers
Rochester, Minn.
** Trevor Thomas Richardson
Rockwell City
Aaron Jacob Roberts
Clive
Abigail Jean Roberts
Dubuque
** Jason Thomas Rohe
Le Mars
Jason Bryant Rolan
Lancaster, Ohio
Zachary Steven Rose
Amana
Ross Raymond Routledge Kansas City, Mo.
Zackery Drew Schaaf
Urbandale
Suzanne Renee Schnell
Belmond
Chase Robert Schuette
Owatonna, Minn.
*** Amy Marie Selvik
Waseca, Minn.
Benjamin Roy Shatto
Marshalltown
Jason Roy Slama
Grant, Minn.
Matt Sean Stephenson
Ames
Daniel James Stoecklein
Lakeville, Minn.
Kai Tanaka
Ames
Tina Thi Tran
Keokuk
Jeffrey Vaughn Turner
Dubuque
Justin J. Vieth
Reinbeck
Allison Vigoya
Caracas, Venezuela
Samuel Scott Voigt
Waterloo
Eric David Weflen
Stillwater, Minn.
** Steven Thomas Westerkamp
Clarinda
*** William Henry Whitford Saint Charles, Mo.
Mark Edward Wiemer
Palatine, Ill.
Terry James Wills
West Burlington
Jeffery Jay Wilson
Carroll
Brett Martin Wulf
Mediapolis
Zachary Thomas Young
Massillon, Ohio
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Curriculum in Software Engineering
Steven James Bromley
Adam James Faucher
Jacob Tyler Thomas Grimm
Steven Andrew Murray
Marshalltown
Guthrie Center
Muscatine
*** Wayne A. Rowcliffe
Nathan John Staley
Brian Kevin Voelz
Derek William Woods
Osage
Robins
Delano, Minn.
Sioux City
Multiple Curricula and Majors
*** Nicholas Sheldon Allendorf
Coralville
Computer Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Mathematics
Samuel Taylor Robinson Minneapolis, Minn.
Aerospace Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Physics
Julia Aime Baray Alvarado
Ciudad Delicias, Mexico
Chemical Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Spanish
Lee Joseph Ryherd
Webster City
Civil Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Spanish
Gabriel Wayne Schive
Marshalltown
Computer Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Mathematics
Anna Marie Cline
Polk City
Chemical Engineering and Environmental
Studies
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Jordan Elise Trachtenberg
Des Moines
Materials Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in French
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George Vardaxis
Urbandale
Aerospace Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Mathematics
John C. Geisinger
Omaha, Neb.
Mechanical Engineering and Liberal Arts
and Sciences: Major in Spanish
Mitchell Chase Meier
Mason City
Aerospace Engineering and Environmental
Studies
*** Katharine Abraham Walz
Coralville
Chemical Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Spanish
*** Betty M. Nguyen
Council Bluffs
Computer Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Mathematics
Paul Gregory Weis
Decorah
Industrial Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Spanish
James Lee Parrott
Clive
Computer Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Computer Science
*
Jeffrey George Podolski
New Lenox, Ill.
Mechanical Engineering and Liberal Arts
and Sciences: Major in English
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Jordan Thomas Wengert
Johnston
Industrial Engineering and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Spanish
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Curriculum in Apparel Merchandising, Design, and Production
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Ryan M. Moy
Gurnee, Ill.
Kanya Marie Nanne
Clive
*** Megan Marie Nelson
Des Moines
Rachel Anne Noce
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Samantha Kay Oberheu
Cedar Rapids
Amber Nicole Panek
Batavia, Ill.
Hanna Eun Park
Des Moines
**† Ashley Morgan Paulsen
Salix
Lindsey Marie Paulson
Cedar Rapids
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Kristen Elizabeth Peterson
Rockford, Ill.
***†Colleen Gelhaus Pokorny
Des Moines
Danielle Kennedy Powers
Dubuque
Tricia Emily Raper
Fontanelle
Cody Lee Recker
Buck Creek
*† Sunsett Dawn Reynolds
Stacyville
Beth Ann Rudnick
Gurnee, Ill.
Tynan Jade Schomaker
Spirit Lake
Brandt Duane Schumacher
Lake View
*
Kayla Michelle Slycord
Oskaloosa
Emily Estelle Smart
Cedar Rapids
Hannah Elizabeth Smith
Urbandale
Nicole Dawn Smith
Leighton
Haley Varon Spector
Buffalo Grove, Ill.
Elizabeth Ann Spitz
Marion
Justine Nicole Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Jamie Kahle Torgrimson
Duluth, Minn.
*
Katharine Brady Ulick
Raleigh, N.C.
Kylie Rae Van Cleave
Baxter
Brooke Ann Van Sickle
Newton
Aleisha Ann Vetter
Denison
** Chelsea Francescia Volpe
Normal, Ill.
** Taryn Lynn Vorwerk
West Burlington
Henry Wang
Mason City
Erin Elizabeth Warford
Ankeny
*
Jaclyn Marie Wernimont
Lake City
Michelle Marie Aderhold
Eagan, Minn.
Jessica Ann Baseler
Cedar Rapids
Danelle Joy Beelner
Kingsley
Megan Kylie Bottalla
Crystal Lake, Ill.
Kathryn M. Brandt
Dysart
Lydia Christine Chronos
Mundelein, Ill.
Maggie J. Daniels
Marshalltown
Emily Jenneke Dayton
West Des Moines
Audriana Marie DeBuse
Moville
Heather Nicole Dickinson
Oskaloosa
Mallory Jo Eischeid
Halbur
Lindsey Jo Elliott
Spencer
Allison Anne Fangman
West Des Moines
Daniele Marie Gilbert
Bettendorf
Allison Eileen Gorman
Council Bluffs
Brittany Lynn Gunderson
Cylinder
Courtney Beth Hageman
Ossian
Anna Kristine Harmon
Harlan
Stacey LeAnn Hasken
Davenport
Mallory Danice Henderson Mount Pleasant
Nicole Marie Henderson
Clive
Katherine O’Reilly Hinrichs
Rogers, Minn.
Brittany Anne Huenecke
Holstein
Amanda Mishelle Jilek
Marion
Kelsie Linnia Kucera
Maple Grove, Minn.
Angie Lynn Larson
Wood, S. Dak.
Courtney Lynn Lehmkuhl
Pella
Robin Catherine Lehner
Inverness, Ill.
Cassandra Jo Leif
White Bear Lake, Minn.
Amanda Jo Lensch
Durant
Claire Marie McClintock
Centerville
Elizabeth Ackermann Medina Omaha, Neb.
Lindsay Jane Michaelson
Edina, Minn.
Mackenzi Ann Mohr
Ute
Catherine L. Moore
Sioux City
Toni Marie Mortensen
Panora
Curriculum in Child, Adult, and Family Services
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Cassi Luree Anderson
Villisca
Elizabeth Marie Anderson
Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
Jade Kay Anfinson
Spirit Lake
Lauren Elyse Baeth
Des Moines
Laura Anne Benson
Eagan, Minn.
Nicole Le Blair
Lake City
Cara Jo Blake
Davenport
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Whitney Desireé Butts
Jane Marie Carney
Lauren Lea Chitty
Stephanie Christine Collier
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Tracy Elizabeth Cramer
Danielle Marie DeBower
Brittny Marie Edwards
Des Moines
Ankeny
Nevada
Clintonville, Wis.
Rock Rapids
Charles City
Marshalltown
Sarah Jo Fevold
Gowrie
Jocelyn Kay Finnestad
Ankeny
*
Haley Beth Fitzpatrick
Storm Lake
Brittany Lynn Funke
Greeley
Paulina Christine Harris
Glenwood
Paige Ember Hinrichsen
Sioux City
Kaitlyn Margaret Hofeldt
Davenport
Melissa Ann Horn
Bloomfield
** Samantha Catherine Hudson
Norwalk
Catherine Elizabeth Kascel
Marion
** Kate A. Kelderman
West Des Moines
Misty Rae Kent
Wellman
** Jessica Marie Kloser
Garner
Kayla DeAnn Lalor
West Des Moines
Lara Beth Letsche
Remsen
*** Heather JoElle McNamara West Des Moines
Stephanie Marie Mooney
Des Moines
Kacy Lu Netherland
Plymouth, Minn.
Lisa Marie Nickell
Waukee
Nicole Angela Pieper
Nevada
Kelsie Marie Pinegar
Des Moines
Annessa Jean Pruismann
Webster City
Amanda Kay Redling
Ankeny
***†Elisabeth Marie Rodstrom Spring Grove, Ill.
** Anne Margaret Samuelson
Chanhassen, Minn.
Aaron Christopher Shore
Cedar Rapids
*
Megan Marie Shriver
Underwood
Chantell L. Simmons
Chicago, Ill.
Emily Patrice Swanson
Sioux City
Tayli Ann Thompson
Odebolt
Jenna Rose Vsetecka
Cresco
Kennesha Rae Woods
Des Moines
*
Curriculum in Culinary Science
*
Sarah Ashley Brekke
Sara Karin Heilman
*** Staci Ann Howlett
Cassie Leigh Miller
Spirit Lake
Des Moines
Stewartville, Minn.
Beaman
Katherine Joy Norris
Amanda Rose Pudlik
Katherine Jean Ruff
Madalyn Anne Schuman
Des Moines
Saint Charles, Ill.
Farmersburg
Muscatine
Curriculum in Diet and Exercise
Michelle Elise Dettmer
Waterloo
Curriculum in Dietetics
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Meredith Anne McLean
West Des Moines
Kayla Ann Mumm
Walford
Christine Nicole Nanke
Grundy Center
Kate Elizabeth Neuswanger
New Brighton, Minn.
Janae Ellen Nuss
Cedar Falls
Elizabeth Karen Ortiz
Council Bluffs
*
Kayla Marie Pietig
Carroll
Whitney Renae Plagge
Latimer
*† Becky Marie Rasmussen
De Pere, Wis.
Laura Marie Rosenboom
Sioux Center
Julie Kay Schaefer
Lacona
Brian Charles Scheil
Cedar Rapids
Ashley Theresa Schierbrock
Ames
Krystle Lee Sibenaller
Carroll
*
Josephine Bainter Thomas
Mount Pleasant
Chelsey Deanna Thomsen
Bettendorf
*** Samantha Brianne Wetzel
Audubon
Jenna Lee Whittle
Harpers Ferry
Caryn Anne Wittry
Urbandale
Kathryn Rae Adams
Sugar Grove, Ill.
Derek Patrick Cassaday
Clinton
Bee Kee Cheng
Malacca, Malaysia
Christa Marie DeBoer
Spencer
Lucas Michael Flaherty
Pocahontas
*
Erin Michelle Good
Clive
Abigail Mary Gumina
Johnston
Tracy Renee Hansen
Cary, Ill.
Kayla Jean Janic
Ankeny
Katherine Josephine Kasper
Ankeny
Autumn Rose Kelly
Monticello
***†Samantha May Kling
Kelley
Kathleen Susan Kohlhaas
Hardy
Melissa Ann Kollasch
Spirit Lake
Kathleen Marie Lapel
Savage, Minn.
Megan Kathleen Linden
Chesterfield, Mo.
*
Charles Scott Lorinser
Sioux City
** Korie Nicole Lown
North English
Madalyn Anne Luedtke
Omaha, Neb.
Emily Ann Manternach
Des Moines
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
Kimberley Anne Babbitt
Ida Grove
Heather Lynn Babcock
Pleasant Hill
*** Kala M. Barre
Ottumwa
*
Ashley Marie Beck
Bettendorf
*
Lauren Nicole Chitty
Ames
Alicia Ann Clark
Cherokee
Katie Ann Hauswald
Sioux Center
** Jennifer Elizabeth Hinrichsen Mondovi, Wis.
Kaitlin Ann Kennicott
Dysart
Nicole Irene Klingbeil
Missouri Valley
*
Molly Anne Marsh
Pleasantville
Cassie Rene McComb
Nevada
Alexandra Joanne Peace
Eldridge
Amanda Lynn Rosauer
Urbandale
** Jessica Lynn Sarff
Apple Valley, Minn.
*
Jill Lindsey Stevenson
Ankeny
Rachel Ann Swanson
West Des Moines
*** Trisha Leann Thom
Slater
Caylen Nichole Thyberg
West Des Moines
Sandy Mae Van Nostrand
Nevada
Jaurel Lynne White
Harlan
*
Curriculum in Elementary Education
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Molly Christine Albers
Swea City
Aaron Leland Aldridge
Indianola
*** Alyssa Danielle Anderson
Stanton
Kristina Joy Baker
Rebecca Dora Bean
Ames
Jennifer Nichole Brumwell
Solon
Angela Helene Camera
McHenry, Ill.
Carissa Lynn Carlson
Plymouth, Minn.
Miranda M. Crisp
West Des Moines
** Jordan Kay Duffy
Waverly
** Erin Lyn Duree
Ames
Emily Joy Eastman
Waukee
Lauren Marie Egerton
Iowa City
Cali Helena Fangman
Clive
** Christina Leigh Florey
Vadnais Heights, Minn.
*
Aaron Jeffrey Freland
Marshalltown
*
Michelle Marie Gazzo
Des Moines
***†Elisabeth Kay Godfrey
Liberty, Mo.
** Claire Marie Grady
Iowa City
Cassandra Jill Habben
Gilmore City
*** Rebekkah Rachel Harding
Nevada
Lisa Nicole Herrick
Grimes
Malory Alyssa Hicks
Boone
Brittany Noel Hill
Story City
Cory James Hochstedler
Marion
*
Katlyn Rae Huinker
Garner
*** Michelle Ann Jennings
Cedar Rapids
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Ann Christine Keane
Panama
Kamie Kae King
Knoxville
***†Courtney Elizabeth Larson
Ames
Catherine Burris Lowe
West Des Moines
Brian Joseph Maddy
Ames
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Mallory Jeane Maharry
Webster City
Abigail Rose Masters
Waukee
Matthew David Mattocks
Oelwein
Brittany Nicole McAlexander Rockwell City
Michelle Rae McCarville
Ames
Lacey LeMarie Messerschmidt
Minden
Raedel Melody Mogk
Osage
Paige Marie Nelson
Pella
Amanda Elyse Nimtz
Allen, Tex.
Molly Katherine O’Day
Peoria, Ill.
Barbara Nicole Redden
West Des Moines
Brook E. Reed
Danville
Daniel Christopher Renwick
Saint Ansgar
Ivy Catherine Rohlwing
Des Moines
Cassandra Taylor Rysta
Sioux City
Elizabeth Ann Schilling
Burlington
Kayla Rae Schneider
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Tiffany Marie Schoen
Mitchellville
Mallory Madonna Schon
Glidden
Marla Jean Schwardt
Pomeroy
Brittany Savannah Sheeder
Perry
Amanda Lynn Stewart
Platte City, Mo.
Jessica Eve Tabor
Monticello
Ashley Marie Tellinghuisen
Boone
Katelin Grace Trautmann
Cedar Falls
Courtney Lee Vail
Waukee
Ashley Kylene Vande Zandschulp
Altoona
Dane Richard Warming
Des Moines
Allison Kirstine Waugh
Earlham
Elyse Joyce Weed
Charter Oak
Andrea Claire Wersyn
Lake Zurich, Ill.
Andrea Marie West
Dubuque
Kristen Nicole Whipps
Dike
Curriculum in Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Studies
*** Megan Marie Aden
Courtney Layne Deardorff
Elizabeth Marie Fettes
Kelsie Lynne Geiger
Kristen Ruth Grossman
** Jennie Jane Huntrods
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Pomeroy
Yale
Sheldon
Keystone
Carroll
Van Meter
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Kayla Revae Kramer
Jackson Junction
Emily Beth Moses
Ogden
Jessie Lee Nicole Palmer
Fort Dodge
Courtney Michaelle Penick
Carlisle
Amanda Lauren Repp
Cedar Falls
Curriculum in Family Finance, Housing, and Policy
Bryan C. Ackerman
Kelly Jo Carnine
Lauren Janelle Chorpening
Michele Jean Clapp
Ames
Ames
Mount Pleasant
Linn Grove
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Casey Junior Hurlburt
Jennifer Ann Stoelk
Michael Steven Weber
Lone Rock
Westside
Ames
Curriculum in Food Science
Benjamin Thomas Aldritt
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Joselin Paloma Baray Alvarado
Delicias, Mexico
Joshua Robert Carter
Carroll
Jessica Nichole Eller
Ogden
**† Ginessa Katelyn Gerlock
Cumberland
** Emily Rose Griep
Sauk Centre, Minn.
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Angela Marie Larson
Newton
Gerui Li
Shenzhen, China
Foo Sean Lim
Klang, Malaysia
Meredith Marie Little
Gilbert
Stephan Allen McDanel
West Des Moines
Bailey Marie Roelfs
Ackley
Siew Din Sun
Taiping, Malaysia
Julie Margaret Wavinak Bloomington, Minn.
Curriculum in Health and Human Performance
Steven Michael Anderson
Oskaloosa
Curriculum in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management
Allison Kayleigh Arensdorf
Grinnell
Brittany Elizabeth Berg
Cedar Falls
Michael T. Boomsma
Pella
Eusebio John Bustos
Montezuma
Lauren Faye Carbonneau
Minnetonka, Minn.
Todd William Claiborne
Des Moines
Elizabeth Anne Clark
Marshalltown
Austin Lee Cooper
Nodaway
*** Bebe Renée Crawford
Des Moines
Krista Michelle Currie
Silvis, Ill.
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Ines Fischer
Berlin, Germany
Cy William Louis Fox
Audubon
Derek James Hoben
Laurens
Whitney Ericka Kappos
Ankeny
Jessica Ann Leif
White Bear Lake, Minn.
Mitchell Robert McAlister
Cedar Falls
Anna Marie McCullough
Johnston
Allison Denise Mercado
Jefferson
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Angela Kay Mihm
Fort Atkinson
Joshua James Myers
Boone
Amber Ruth Nation
Ogden
Adam Christopher Neske
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Binita Neupane
Nevada
Allison Marie Norelius
Johnston
Hayley Marie Osenbaugh
Gilbert
Abigail Joan Paul
Iowa City
Megan Marie Pederson
Des Moines
Cynthia Rae Rathmacher
Story City
Krista Marie Reiter
Carroll
Aaron Charles Shapiro
Ankeny
Kayla Renee Simpson
Pella
Ann Teresa Stockdale
West Des Moines
Stephanie Michelle Thode
Fort Dodge
Tanner James Twetten
Ames
Luis Fernando Valdez
Johnston
Michael Anthony Weldon West Des Moines
Curriculum in Kinesiology and Health
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Karen Anne Aderhold
Eagan, Minn.
Lisa Michelle Anderberg
Ankeny
Shawn David Beenken
Traer
Kayla Lee Behling
Boone
Allison Marie Bernard
Cedar Falls
Heather Nicole Bond
Des Moines
Kayleigh Kathleen Borowski
Chanhassen, Minn.
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
*** Kimberly Helen Brown
Jacob Daniel Burger
Adam Michael Campbell
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Tanner Jo Caughey
** Alison Lynne Charipar
Britta Ivy Christofferson
** Jeremy Russell Cooper
Emily Danielle Cress
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Oregon, Ill.
Russell
Manning
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Hamlin
Des Moines
Iowa City
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Kimberly Ann McFee
Creston
Shane Sanjay Mehta
West Dundee, Ill.
Kristine Ann Munden
Storm Lake
** Brittany Marie Nelson
Lakeville, Minn.
***†Amy Elizabeth Norland
Cylinder
Joshua Evan Oakland
Jewell
Kylla Fay Olsen
Willmar, Minn.
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April Jean Peterson
Jewell
Whitney Renae Plagge
Latimer
Michelle Therese Rehak
Cedar Rapids
Zachary David Riessen
Urbandale
*** Rachel Laura Ringeisen
Lakeville, Minn.
Kelly Anne Roach
Cedar Rapids
Travis Thomas Rondeau
Ankeny
** Mindy Jolene Schlueter
Bettendorf
Katie Marie Shabino
Spencer
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Janel Renee Shanks
Marshalltown
***†Allison Rochelle Shedek
Marion
Lindsey Mae Sheeler
Ankeny
***†John Eric Sheldahl
Hull
Kylea Jo Sheley
Yale
Emily Darlene Shepherd
Wayland
Jordan Garrett Shouse
Atlantic
Stephanie Lynn Spotts
Sac City
Daniel Asa Steele
Dunlap
** Caitlyn Ashley Still
State Center
*** Trina Rose Stone
Mason City
Zachary Michael Stoulil
Pocahontas
Erin Leigh Taylor
Fort Dodge
***†Nicholas James Thompson
Huxley
Erin E. Vermeersch
Danbury
Jillian Allyn Ward
Urbandale
Katherine Laura Weber
Farley
** Jason Craig Weis
Earling
Sabrina N. White
Newton
** Alex Neil Whitesell
Rapid City, S. Dak.
Colin James Whittie
Des Moines
**† Kelsey Jo Williams
Saint Ansgar
Shayla Renea Williams
Des Moines
David Lance Yeoman
Adel
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Haleigh Marie Zyzda
Sioux City
Alex William Cumblad
Saint Charles, Ill.
David James Currie
Odebolt
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Emily Ann Davis
Chaska, Minn.
Melanie Maurine Davis
Ames
Mary Lisbeth Luna Diaz
Perry
Jamie Lynn Dietrich
Newton
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Nicolette L. Dilbert
Champlin, Minn.
Tyler L. Dopheide
Carroll
Amanda Marie Eimers
Marion
Jennifer L. Ericksen
Bettendorf
*** Lauren Marie Fader
Cincinnati, Ohio
Breton Alan Fox
Eden Prairie, Minn.
***†Scott Andrew Funke
Dubuque
Brian Nicholas Gapp
Hutchinson, Minn.
Heather Kristin Gericke
Winthrop
Allison Renee Gipple
Ackworth
Travis Arthur Goering
Chariton
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Michelle Nicole Graeve
Manilla
Victoria Marie Griffin
Polk City
Daniel Patrick Hadfield Eden Prairie, Minn.
Erin Michelle Hamling
Urbandale
**† Ross Gregory Hanson
Decorah
**† Shellina Marie Hayek
Clutier
Dwaine Allen Hegland
Ellsworth
**† Morgan Marie Hill
Wheaton, Ill.
Stephanie Kaye Hubner
Jordan, Minn.
Alejandro Grant Hughes
Cedar Falls
Travis Charles Hunt
Marshalltown
*† Laura Michelle Imming
Rochester, Minn.
*** Michelle Marie Jensen
West Des Moines
Jessica May Johnson
Spencer
Kendra Lane Jorgensen
Le Mars
Erin Lynn Josephson
Griswold
Brad R. Kain
Carlisle
Alex Hunt Kennedy
Hiawatha
Kayla Renae Kleihauer
Le Mars
** Anna Christine Klingenberg
Marcus
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Kelsey Marie Leng
Hartley
Keith Llewellyn MacRae
Ankney
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Samantha Lynn May
Nevada
*
Tiffany Rae McCabe
Manson
Curriculum in Nutritional Science
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Diana Rose Di Fabio White Bear Lake, Minn.
Meagan Colette Fredrikson
Sioux City
Hannah Caroline Hutchison
Des Moines
Kayla Jean Janic
Ankeny
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Shanelle Nicolette Kahrs
*** Elsa Jane Kracke
Stephanie Jo Stone
Multiple Curricula and Major
Neha Gidvani
Des Moines
Elementary Education and Liberal Arts and
Sciences: Major in Spanish
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Curriculum in Liberal Arts and Sciences
Major in Advertising
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Emily Marie Bayliss
Fremont
Elizabeth Catherine Brebner
Bettendorf
Linley Marie Bruess
Protivin
Elizabeth Ann Caldwell
Clinton
Jessica Lynn Chesher
Sioux City
Rhonda Lynn Delgado
Naperville, Ill.
David William Faber
Webster City
Trey N. Hemmingsen
Marne
Kayla Sandra Hunefeld
Urbandale
Heather Nicole Hysell
Altoona
Jayne Kathryn Knaeble
Burnsville, Minn.
Kaylee Anne Manns
Topeka, Kans.
Tyler Eugene Miller
Urbandale
Amanda Lynn Muszynski Saint Charles, Ill.
Leigh E.F. Nelson
Jewell
Paige Elizabeth Nuebel
Center Point
Geoffery Thomas Olson
Sioux City
Amanda Leigh Schweer
Algonquin, Ill.
Ellie Deva Skowronek
Dubuque
Matthew Robert Sorensen
Des Moines
Jennifer Leigh Stanek
Sioux City
Katie Elizabeth Thornberg
Shorewood, Minn.
Alisha Ann Wignall
Marshalltown
Darin Miceal Williams
Des Moines
Major in Anthropology
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Hannah Elizabeth Briggs
Boone
David Scott Grapentine
Ankeny
Steven Edward Hand
Los Alamos, N. Mex.
Christopher Sean Kallenbach
Urbandale
Jeanie Marie Kirkpatrick
Council Bluffs
Jennifer Kaye Lambert
Benneh Amina Massaquoi
**† Anna Elizabeth Mullen
Stacie Lynne Stearns
Ames
Houston, Tex.
Davenport
Altoona
Major in Biological/Pre-Medical Illustration
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Matthew Nicholas Palen
Heidi Ann Sinsel
Sioux City
Minden, Neb.
Jessica Lorene Stokes
Vancouver, Wash.
Major in Chemistry
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Alyson Anne Bechtum
Huei Huei Chang
Nicholas Alan Crumpton
Osage
Taipei, Taiwan
Ames
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James Scott Klimavicz
Nokesville, Va.
Elizabeth Katherine Schreiner
Waterloo
**
Yuyang Chen
Danielle Lee Cook
Ellen Elizabeth Even
Rebecca Jean Ferguson
Jamie Lynn Fonken
Alex Dean Foster
Justina D Frost
Major in Communication Studies
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April Kristine Adams
Mary Kathryn Beane
Jerrod Everett Black
Jennifer Elizabeth Boccella
Kelsey Lynn Bolte
Margaret C. Cannon
Han Chen
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Johnston
Marshalltown
Houston, Tex.
Ames
Ida Grove
Newton
Ames
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Jinan, China
Bettendorf
Dubuque
Ames
Blairsburg
Waukee
De Witt
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Caitlin M. Germer
Ogden
Wade Garrett Grauerholz
Marshalltown
Carly Ann Hart
Davenport
Jacquelyn Michelle Holmes Charlotte, N.C.
Samantha Rae Iris
Armstrong
Maria Nancy Kovarik
Ossian
Elizabeth Suzanne Lawrence
Urbandale
Jeff Christopher Madland
Marion
Kosha Kay Mclean
Ankeny
Jessica P. McVicker
West Des Moines
Amanda Marisa Miller
Pella
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Allison Jo Murphy
Alexis Ann Olesen
Megan Rae Ripperger
Bailey Evelyn Schmidt
Sara L. Shafer
Gabriel Liam Stoffa
Megan Marie Stoyles
Alexandra L. Treloar
Mallory Lyn Wenck
Rachel Ruth Williams
Andrew Ray Wolfe
Atlantic
Ogden
Indianola
Algona
Ames
Ottumwa
Mason City
Solon
Lidderdale
Cedar Rapids
Glenwood
Major in English
Greta Rose Mugge
Spencer
Natasha Lee Mulvaney
Coggon
Matthew Herbert Nagel Arden Hills, Minn.
Xavier Ulises Navarro Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
Robert Jacob Perdan
Coon Rapids
** Allie Lynn Richardson
Sioux City
Crystal Joan Rohlfs
Hutchinson, Minn.
Rachel Renea Routier
Manchester
**† Benjamin Edward Ruppert
Ames
Joshua Joseph Sauceda
Addison, Ill.
**† Rachel T. Schmidt
Ames
Heather Susannah Starnes
Grinnell
Mi Yun Suh
Seoul, South Korea
Rick Christopher Telsrow
Stockton
Caitlin Erin Madison Toppler
Davenport
Ashley Susanne Truckenmiller
Sibley
Emily Susan Wrage
Boone
Leigh Cameron
Shakopee, Minn.
Audrey E. Dodge
Ames
Kendall Nicole Dohm
Grayslake, Ill.
Patrick Arthur Gamble
Des Moines
Jami-Rai Krystle Garner
Sioux City
David W. Gerhard Ewing
Ames
Danielle Marie Graybill
Manchester
Shaun Patrick Greene
Prairie City
Kyle Hacker
Marion
Sarah L. Hannasch
Inver Grove, Minn.
**† Anna Katherine Holland
Springboro, Ohio
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Thomas Richard Hummer
Ames
Rachel Elizabeth Johnson Birmingham, Ala.
** Molly Renee Kapaun
Hudson
** Jill Catherine Kassel
Spencer
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Kyleanne Danielle Kiraly
Glenview, Ill.
Matthew Alan Lipovac
Johnston
Kelsey Lou Meyer
Spencer
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Major in French
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Ryan Elizabeth Davidson
Annie Jean Hartman
West Des Moines
Washington, D.C.
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Beth Anne Wieneke
Coralville
Major in German
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Nancy Aracelis Acosta
Annie Jean Hartman
Ames
Washington, D.C.
Kristopher Ewen Kooiker
Plymouth, Minn.
Major in History
***†Catherine Ann Cooney
Kelsey Rae Heino
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Stephanie Diane Meyer
**† Anna Elizabeth Mullen
Derek James Webber
Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Carroll
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Davenport
Ames
Major in Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Andrew John Boeckman
Carroll
Dane Marcus Bowermaster West Des Moines
Jeffrey Andrew Carper
Silver City
Trent Levi Christensen
Slater
Chase Adam Cleveland
Sioux City
Rasdashein Jovan Creighton
Ames
Shay Reneé Eckhart
Glenwood
Natasha Marie Fisher
Des Moines
Adam Gregory Haakenson
Lake View
Steven M. Hawkins
Brooklyn
Donald S. Johnsen
Madrid
**† Melissa Ann Knight
Sioux City
Cassandra Noel Lehr
Meade, Kans.
Matthew Robert Leo
Des Moines
Jennifer Lynn Malm
Spencer
Casey James McBride
Sioux City
Trevor Patrick McGraw
Waukee
Ryan James Meenagh
West Des Moines
Cameron Bernard Murray Hazlehurst,Miss.
Megan Renee Osterhaus
Clinton
Michael Joseph Peck
Waukon
Steven Christopher Pudenz
Lake City
Brandon Dyraun Richmond
Waterloo
Charles Richard Sample
Emmetsburg
Catherine Jessica Sandven
Fort Dodge
Cory Paul Sheehy
Perry
Phillip Dean Simonsen
Quimby
Cory William Timm
Ames
Brandon Scott Tinta
Cambridge
Tabitha Aubree Uhl
Sioux City
Benjiman Caleb Wiele
Ankeny
Major in Journalism and Mass Communication
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Gail JoBeth Dixon
Kelsey Ann Jacobs
Heather Pedersen Johnson
Grimes
Cedar Rapids
Moorhead
Toni Marie Mortensen
Michael F. Zogg
Panora
Cedar Rapids
Nicholas Spede Yancey
Cedar Rapids
Kacie Renee Moriarty
Laura Lee Ohl
Jeffrey Thomas Wessel
Denison
Coulter
Eagan, Minn.
Major in Linguistics
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Portia Rose Riggins
Robin Jane Sadler
Pella
Major in Music
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Zachary James Brenner
Melissa Gayle King
Michael James Lee
Ames
San Jose, Calif.
Muscatine
**
Elmore, Minn.
Ankeny
Davenport
Anna Grace Krieger
Nicholas Errit Veenstra
***†Mathew Lee Wymore
Major in Performing Arts
Brooke Margaret Berg
Michelle Marie Farley
Michael R. Heath
Griswold
Cedar Rapids
Oskaloosa
Major in Philosophy
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Max Christian Boose
Andrew Scott Christmas
Ryan Edward Pesch
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Woodstock, Ill.
Ames
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Matthew Lee Renze
Adrian Clay Villarreal
Carroll
Council Bluffs
Major in Political Science
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Kyle Edward Miller
West Union
Cale Edward Nelson
Lakeville, Minn.
Audrey Lynn Niederhauser
Salt Lake City, Utah
Duy Quang Pham
Des Moines
Ross Daniel Piersma
Mason City
Tyler Joseph Pohlmeier
Des Moines
John Thomas Richardson
Ottumwa
Alexander Colin Rooney
Des Moines
Benjamin Richard Curtis Schmidt
Bay City, Mich.
Jason Anthony Schmitz
Mount Pleasant
*** Bridget Marie Solawetz
West Des Moines
Gabriel Liam Stoffa
Ottumwa
Adam Donald Test
Des Moines
** Patrick Beasley Thomas
Mount Pleasant
Melanie Arlene Thwing
Kenosha, Wis.
Teresa Frances Tompkins
Woodbine
Derek James Webber
Ames
Ryan A. Wolf
Remsen
***†Sam Hyungseok Yang
Ames
Dominic Lauren Anania
Des Moines
Jonathan Christopher Ballew
Roland
Clare Elizabeth Blodgett
Dubuque
Cory James Browning
Marshalltown
James Joseph Butz
Center Point
Dillon John Carpenter
Mason City
Jonathan Tyler Choate
Des Moines
Frederick José Cortés San Juan, Puerto Rico
Keith G. Davis III
Ames
Katherina B. Dimenstein
West Des Moines
Deanna Leigh Galus
Stephen Donald Gerbracht
Ames
Rachel Jean Hansen
Apple Valley, Minn.
Jacob Benson Hestbech
Des Moines
Heather Nicole Hilgers
Burnsville, Minn.
Casey Francis Johnson
Hartford
William Thomas Johnson
Des Moines
Preston Michael Kaufman
Lincoln, Neb.
Cameron Copper Leehey
Iowa City
Anthony Joseph Maly
Woodridge, Ill.
Samuel P. Milani
Madrid
Major in Psychology
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Brittany Lynn Crivaro
Ryan Garrett Goetzl
Jacob Thomas Gunsolly
Mallory Lou Landuyt
Jared Robert Loughman
Des Moines
Urbandale
Cedar Rapids
Belle Plaine
Michaela Chrystine Merriman
West Des Moines
Kenneth Robert Nielsen
Adel
Rachel Ranae Ogden
Des Moines
Brittany Michelle Stine
Osceola
Major in Religious Studies
**
Zachary Miles Hesse
Jacob Benson Hestbech
Sioux City
Des Moines
**
Christopher Sean Kallenbach
Douglas Michael Ulaszek
Urbandale
Geneva, Ill.
Major in Russian Studies
Brittin Joel Fontenot
Las Vegas, Nev.
Zachary Joshua William Friedl
Clinton
Sarah Ann Nolder
Farmington, Minn.
Major in Sociology
Jeffrey Andrew Carper
Silver City
Thomas Lee LaTendresse
Grundy Center
Major in Spanish
Jessica Lynn Chesher
**† Crysta Elizabeth Culp
Allison Rae Dye
** Charissa Lois Flege
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Sioux City
Lakeville, Minn.
Ames
Madrid
** Jennifer Lindsay Green
** Caitlin Leigh Jones
***†Kayla Ann Kaufmann
Kurt Joseph Kuker
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Redfield
Harlan
Denison
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Joshua Phillip Larson
*** Ellen M. Provorse
Webster City
Salida, Colo.
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Portia Rose Riggins
Molly Elizabeth Tracy
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Blair Estelle Rosenberg
Dubuque
Major in Speech Communication
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Tallis Christine Henry
Christopher Frank Reif
Indianola
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Major in Women’s Studies
**
Kelsey Ann Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
Major in World Languages and Cultures (Spanish)
Dallas C. Gainey
Minneapolis, Minn.
Brent Maxwell Wilkinson
Louisville, Ky.
Multiple Curricula and Majors
*†
Nancy Aracelis Acosta
Linguistics and Russian Studies
Ryan E. Clark
Overland Park, Kans.
Political Science and International Studies
Ames
Stephanie Lynn Clark
Psychology and Sociology
Ryan Matthew Arthur
Schaller
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
**
Thomas James Augustine
Political Science and Speech
Communication
Maria Igorevna Beresnev
Advertising and French
Fort Dodge
Jayne Elizabeth Corrigan Apple Valley, Minn.
Political Science and International Studies
Ames
Cara Lynn Crawford
Adel
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Megan Caroline Fletcher
Fort Dodge
Political Science and Environmental Studies
Kelsey Dalene Blanshan
Waterloo
Communication Studies and Advertising
**
*** Kelli Jo Bremer
Garden Grove
Communication Studies and
Interdisciplinary Studies (Classical Studies)
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Matthew Kenneth Grotheer
Ames
Political Science and International Studies
Fairfax
Brian Eugene Guillaume
Political Science and History
Kayla Ann Brown
Salix
Chemistry and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
**
Michelle M. Chester
Ames
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
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Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Haley Anne Frevert
Verona, Wis.
French and International Studies
Laura Sue Glas
Urbandale
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Mackenzie Jean Brennan
Rockwell City
Communication Studies and Speech
Communication
Valerie Nicole Brophy
Advertising and Psychology
Chariton
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Whitney Darlene Hulse
History and International Studies
Sioux City
Moville
Michael J. Irlbeck
Audubon
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Justine Ellen Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Chelsea Kendra Joslyn
Coralville
German and Business: Major in Marketing
Ashley Marie Schmuecker
Cedar Rapids
Religious Studies and Women’s Studies
*
Ryan Anthony Kennedy
English and Philosophy
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Madeline Grace Laski
Aurora, Ill.
Spanish and International Studies
Jennifer Leigh Smith
Eldora
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Speech
Communication
Mason City
*
Geoff M. Love
Reinbeck
Communication Studies and Speech
Communication
Juan Chaparro Luquez
Spanish and Political Science
Andrew Ryan Steffen
Ankeny
Political Science and Environmental Studies
Ottumwa
**
**† Andrea Lorena Mallarino
Ames
Political Science and International Studies
**
Hannah Christine McCulloh
Camanche
History and International Studies
Dominque Rochelle Trumbo
Des Moines
Anthropology and International Studies
Brandon J. Niewoehner
Cedar Falls
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
**
Emily Lauire Wade
Speech Communication and Advertising
*
Kimberly Patricia Wagner Lake Zurich, Ill.
Linguistics and International Studies
Reagan Nicole Osgood
West Des Moines
Psychology, Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice),
and Sociology
Cassidy Dawn Williams
Johnston
French and International Studies
*
***†Sarah Ann Pedelty
Mason City
Speech Communication and Journalism and
Mass Communication
Jacob I. Wilson
Political Science and Women’s Studies
Trameka Marie Woods
Davenport
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Ashley Marie Peek
Pleasantville
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Christine Elizabeth Rosen
Eden Prairie, Minn.
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Altoona
Melanie Arlene Thwing
Kenosha, Wis.
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Rachel Marie Nemmers
Polk City
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
*
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Halley Marie Stille
French and History
Katherine Anne Thompson
Lakeway, Tex.
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology and
Criminal Justice) and Sociology
Zeyaad Nasser Moussa
Burnsville, Minn.
Political Science and International Studies
*
Tyler Porter Stafford
West Des Moines
Advertising and Speech Communication
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Tyler Scott Ahrens
Winterset
Erin Nichole Benko
Michael Hayes Brandtner
Bettendorf
Christopher E. Brown
Ames
Michael Anthony Busch
Donahue
Nicholas Sylvester Bussanmas
Johnston
David Alan Carr
Lincoln, Neb.
Katelynne Elizabeth Cooper
Danville
Amanda Gayle Davis
West Des Moines
Joshua Wayne Dunham
Des Moines
Dustin Lee Gentry
Milo
Justin Michael Hale
Bloomington, Ill.
Danielle Christine Herbold Correctionville
Jeffrey William Heyer
West Des Moines
Adam Daniel Hinners
Carroll
Marcus Lew Hippen
Ames
Rebecca Faith Holmes
Des Moines
Burt Aaron Hurst
Cresco
Mathew Mathew Jacob
Des Moines
Sara Ann Kain
Des Moines
Michael Joseph Karrett
Altoona
Lucas David Knebel
Cedar Falls
BACHELOR
**
**
Pantelis Anastasios Korovilas
Zachary Alexander Krueger
Homestead
Patricia Ann Lowry
Osceola
Taylor Daniel Mansfield
Decorah
Matthew Kerry McGrath
Ben Carl Christian Meyer
Pomeroy
Ashlyn Elizabeth Millang
Perry
Stephen Christopher Moore
Butler, Pa.
Casey Craig Poldberg
Adel
Janelle Christine Prichard
Council Bluffs
Jessica Katherine Richmond
Boone
Cynthia Salas
Ventura, California
Candi J. Schmieder
Marengo
Devyn Marie Seaman Benton Harbor, Mich.
Kyle Steven Slifka
Cresco
Jennifer Lyn Steffen
Clive
James F. Stenson
Eatontown, N.J.
Michaela Deanne Stewart
Ames
Jamie Russell Vanderbeken
Belleville, Canada
Alexandra Marie Yarbrough
Ankeny
Katherine Marie Young
Boone
MUSIC
OF
Curriculum in Music
*†
**
*
Kelly Anne Albrecht
Johnston
Natalie Mary Chamat
Nicole Ann Conetzkey
Village Of Lakewood, Ill.
Jesse Robert Donner
Urbandale
Matthew James Gaunitz
Waukon
Thomas Winston Hales
Davenport
BACHELOR
OF
**
**
*
Jonathan David Jensen
Bridget Eileen Leahy
Bernard G. Moore
Ashley Elizabeth Sievers
Justin Paul Smiley-Oyen
Conner Joseph Tipping
Joseph Byron Trpkosh
Huxley
Dubuque
Muscatine
Jefferson
Ames
Urbandale
Ely
SCIENCE
Curriculum in Software Engineering
Steven James Bromley
Adam James Faucher
Jacob Tyler Thomas Grimm
Steven Andrew Murray
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Marshalltown
Guthrie Center
Muscatine
*** Wayne A. Rowcliffe
Nathan John Staley
Brian Kevin Voelz
Derek William Woods
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Osage
Robins
Delano, Minn.
Sioux City
BACHELOR
OF
SCIENCE
Curriculum in Liberal Arts and Sciences
Major in Anthropology
Tyler James Byington
Laura Michelle Minchk
Hope Cathryn Mitchell
*** Cassidi Marie Thompson
Clear Lake
Iowa City
Ankeny
Maxwell
**
Michael John Vacha
Lisa Kaye Wilkerson
Nicholas W. Youds
Hooper, Neb.
Wapello
Marshalltown
Major in Biochemistry
*
*†
Stephanie Anne Cline
Des Moines
Andrea Lynn Diercks
Bettendorf
Seth Robert Johnson
Urbandale
Benjamin Luke Murphy-Baum
Saint Louis, Mo.
Dayna Shawn Peterson
Excelsior, Minn.
Sandra Isabel Rosado Montilla
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
*
*
Robyn Frances Rourke
Nidhi Shah
Mollie Sue Tiernan
Dong Yan
Xiaobin Zheng
Mason City
Ahmedabad, India
Marion
Dalian, China
Changle, China
Major in Biology
*
*
Kelsey Marie Nielsen
Sioux City
Taylor McKeon Noble
Saint Louis, Mo.
Michelle Marie Paulsen
Council Bluffs
Chelsey Nicole Paulus
Garner
Christopher W. Perry
Palatine, Ill.
*
Mallori Paige Phillips
Eagle Grove
Jason J. Pierce
Black River, N.Y.
Wesley P. Rebarcak
Ames
A.T. Reed Jr.
Chicago, Ill.
*** Amy Jo Scallon
Iowa Falls
*
Tiffany Anne Schallau
Iowa City
Abby Marie Schubert
Story City
Leanne Marie Schulz
Nevada
Mara Kathryn Schulze
Marshalltown
Heather Marie Thuftedal Apple Valley, Minn.
Savanna Marie Tuon
Des Moines
** Kelsey Louise Utesch
Correctionville
Sarah Rachel Van Wyk
Pella
Adam Ward Vettel
Hampton
Steven Louis Woizeschke
Spirit Lake
Benjamin David Yeager
Menlo
Robert Everett Anderson Saint Paul, Minn.
Kathryn Ann Bierwagen
Ames
** Alyssa Kay Brobst
Pella
*
Elizabeth Rose Buhr
Maynard
** Emily Ann Carlson
Rochester, Minn.
Christopher Sean Cassling
Omaha, Neb.
*
Kara Faye Christensen
Alleman
Joshua Earl Cunningham
Atlantic
*
Emily Alison Edge
Newton
Laura Rebekah Ellson
Center Point
***†Katrina Suzanne Fetterman
Pella
Michelle Briana Formanek
Knoxville
Amy C. Geffre
Oceanside, Calif.
Lauren Elizabeth Gronemeyer Cedar Rapids
Joshua David Hinrichs
Nevada
Jason Johnson
Ames
Whitney Marie Leverich
Ankeny
Spencer William Mesick
Bettendorf
Rachel Lynn Monasterio Maple Grove, Minn.
Lindsay Diane Moss-Taylor
Davenport
Jessalynn Kieu-Mi Nguyen
Plano, Tex.
Bryon A. Nicholson
Des Moines
Major in Chemistry
**
**
*
Royce Wyndham Blackledge
Ames
Joshua Michael Engelkemier
Cedar Rapids
Kendall Taylor Hagen
Northfield, Minn.
Jessica Cherie Lim
Webster City
Guor Marial Marial
Ames
Diana Lee Merritt
Louisville, Ky.
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
*†
*
104
Kacy William Messerschmidt
Andrew T. Pavel
Michael Qiu
Gregory Conrad Thompson
Rick Ray Thompson
Brianna Marie Upton
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Ames
Ames
Van Meter
Des Moines
Major in Computer Science
*
William G. Adamowski III West Des Moines
Zachary Roger Brown
Eldridge
Ezra S. Cheron
Cleveland, Ohio
Andrew M. Espenes
Cedar Rapids
Brittin Joel Fontenot
Las Vegas, Nev.
John L. George
Le Claire
Ratandeep Gupta
Lucknow, India
Hannah J. Hunt
Minneapolis, Minn.
**
Titus Harrison Klinge
Waverly
Brian Allen Nordland
Plymouth, Minn.
*
Matthew Lee Renze
Carroll
Timothy J. Rogers
Indianola
Ryan Tew
West Des Moines
*** Michael Jeffry Urbanski
Eagan, Minn.
Beung-Hi Youn
Suwon, South Korea
Major in Earth Science
Dylan Thomas Shoemaker
Nashua
Major in Economics
**
Adam S. Bradford
Hackettstown, N.J.
Brendan Louis Brown
Emmetsburg
Sheng Kai Chia
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Joseph Charles Digangi
Belle Mead, N.J.
Kodjo Drofenou
Lomé, Togo
Kristopher Ewen Kooiker Plymouth, Minn.
Michael James Lee
Muscatine
**
*
Samuel Douglas Pudenz
Stephanie Clare Randall
Kavita Marie Rodgers
*
Jasmine Page Swyningan
** Lisa L. Tronchetti
**† Mallory Kristine Vance
*** Michael Ian Vosseller
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Pune, India
Saint Paul, Minn.
Paton
Morning Sun
Edwardsville, Ill.
Major in Environmental Science
*
*
Ryan John Budding
Whitley Joanna Gilbert
Sean Andre Marczewski
Wilton
Severna Park, Md.
Sac City
***†Kristopher Keelan Spoth
Ankeny
Sin Yuan Wong
Kota Tinggi, Malaysia
Major in Genetics
**
Hansaa A. Abbasi
Lindsey Michelle Batz
Des Moines
Elizabeth Emily Ellinwood West Des Moines
Iris Ilarslan
Ames
Jordan T. Keith
Delhi
*
Abby Marie Long
Shikha Parsai
Julie G. Sawan
Bernice Thommandru
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Omaha, Neb.
Iowa City
Major in Geology
Nicholas Arthur Croonquist
**† Jessica Paige Feenstra
Fort Dodge
Cedar Rapids
*
Melanie Lee Marzen
Kelli Rae Soll
Robins
Nevada
Major in History
**
Aaron M. Bane
Laura Anne Barnett
Rachael Anne Beyer
Jacob Jeffrey Biwer
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Rock Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Dallas Center
Sean Nicholas Bruce
Tricia Lynne Buesing
Tyler James Byington
Cameron Dane Christensen
105
Johnston
Princeton
Clear Lake
Shenandoah
**
**
*
*
Patrick Tholen Cooney
Des Moines
Joseph Charles Digangi
Belle Mead, N.J.
Lynnea Grace Erickson
Slater
James Robert Faber
Des Moines
Alex Charles Fejfar
Remsen
Haley Anne Frevert
Verona, Wis.
Travis Richard Gilson
Atkins
Reed Lee Hahn
Sioux City
Brett Allan Hermanson
Waukon
Ryan Keith Hornberg
Ankeny
Jeanie Marie Freeman Kirkpatrick
Council Bluffs
Amber May Landers
Creston
Zachariah Mark Landhuis
Urbandale
Tanner David Lind
Pella
Julie Anne Murray
Aurora, Ill.
Herman Loland Navo III
Lacombe, La.
Amanda May Newman
Forest City
**
*
**
Chad Ryan Ott
Carroll
Joseph Stafford Petersen
Sioux City
Jesse C. Plumb
Bettendorf
James Henry Redler
Kansas City, Mo.
Kayla Janel Ringgenberg
Frisco, Tex.
Colleen E. Sheehan
Ames
Adam Charles Smith
Ames
Rachel Rose Soe
Red Oak
Kyle Daniel Solberg
Omaha, Neb.
Patrick Beasley Thomas
Mount Pleasant
Nathan Lynn Tobey
Forest City
Molly Elizabeth Tracy
Dubuque
Adam Michael Wade
Carlisle
Johnny A. Williams
Pompano Beach, Fla.
Eric O’Neill Windsor
Denton, Tex.
Tyler William Wolgast
Cedar Rapids
Patricia Ann Yochum
Muscatine
Major in Journalism and Mass Communication
*
Annette Nondas Beswick
Johnston
Kacey Lynn Birchmier
Maxwell
Jacob Tyler Boston
Runnells
Dylan Patrick Boyle
Burlington
Brittany Nicole Cannon
Humboldt
Molly Germaine Clark
Atlantic
Christopher Michael Cuellar
Park View
Nathan Andrew Curtis
Griswold
Shanna Renee Delfs
Council Bluffs
Lauren Elizabeth Frandsen
Roland
Danielle Nicole Gibbons
Johnston
Sarah Stephen Gonzalez
Elburn, Ill.
*
Kathryn Joanne Graen
Cedar Falls
*
Timothy Allen Greene
Prairie City
Alexis Ann Hanna
Sioux City
***†Kalese Michelle Henry
Cedar Rapids
Timothy Dennis Holmes
Marcus
*
*
Alexander James Hutchins
Ankeny
Erin Elizabeth Karonis
Philadelphia, Pa.
Laura Ann Kingery
Ankeny
Tyler Randolph Kingkade
Des Moines
Joshua Phillip Larson
Webster City
Ashley Marie Loneman
Ankeny
Amanda Jo Olerich
Storm Lake
Tyler John Pals
Titonka
Jared John Ransom
Milford
Torey Leigh Robinson
Granger
Michaela Marie Sabin
Des Moines
Whitney Jae Sager
Atlantic
Allison Helene Suesse
Amy Ruth Thompson
Edwards, Colo.
Patricia Ann Truninger
Roseville, Minn.
Jordan Michael Tuerler
Mount Vernon
Major in Mathematics
Ian Scott Beachler
Boone
Austin Michael Brasche
Nevada
Gregory Edwin Burgess
Marshalltown
Jacob Lee Christy
Chanhassen, Minn.
Andrew Jacob Connelly
Camden, Ark.
**† Jessica Paige Feenstra
Cedar Rapids
Rebecca Lynn Fillbach
Ankeny
*
Bradley Jay Hershberger
Kalona
Matthew Mark Kruse
Lansing
Josh L. Lagrange
Cedar Rapids
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
Kacy William Messerschmidt
Des Moines
Haema Nilakanta
Ames
Annie Marie Olson
Clermont
Angela Marie Pick
Ankeny
Christopher Martin Rauh
Des Moines
*** Luke Tressel Roling
Clinton
***†Kristopher Keelan Spoth
Ankeny
Stacey Lea Sullivan
Strawberry Point
*
Amelia Rae Tuel
Shelby
Jisha Zheng
Shenzhen, China
**
*
**
106
Major in Meteorology
*
*
Andrew Evan Akin
Waterloo
Nicholas Daniel Carletta Woodbury, Minn.
Michael Edward Greve Jr.
Papillion, Neb.
Nicholas Brian Krauel
Audubon
Kathleen Margaret Lewis
Cottage Grove, Minn.
JoBeth Lynn Minniear
Huntington, Ind.
Ben A. Moser
West Union
Curtis Michael Nuzback
Ankeny
Elizabeth Grace Pierce
Tyler Jacob Roney
Brian Paul Schneider
Ryan Randall Spies
Elizabeth Jo Suess
Alexander Joseph Taft
Rachael A. Witter
*** Casey Lee Zoellick
Bellevue, Wash.
Alta
Sioux City
Audubon
Columbus, Neb.
Naperville, Ill.
York, N.Y.
Carol Stream, Ill.
Robert Hubert Park
*** Justin S. Spilker
Daniel James Stoecklein
Denise E. Wood
Lincoln, Neb.
Lakeville, Minn.
Ottumwa
Major in Physics
*
Jacob Carl Borowiak
Robert Jay Holliday
Joshua G. Hugen
Matthew Joseph Lampe
Des Moines
Elkader
Sioux City
Bellevue
Major in Psychology
*
John Huston Hunter
Council Bluffs
Samantha Rose Johnson Eden Prairie, Minn.
Kadi Marie Kimble
Johnston
**† Melissa Ann Knight
Sioux City
Yunchang Kwak
Lawrence, Kans.
Eric Andrew Lane
Ames
Emberly Joe Lashley
Ames
Cassandra Noel Lehr
Meade, Kans.
Jeremy Edward Lewis
Des Moines
Michelle Elizabeth Masciola
Palatine, Ill.
Andrew Michael McKeever
Sioux City
*
Adam James Modlin
Perry
Roy V. Molina
Ames
Ryan Alexander Mundschenk Deer Park, Ill.
Nicholas D. Neibauer
Mason City
Jeffery Allen Nelson
Ankeny
** Yadira Perez Nunez
Rippey
*** Lindsey Nicole Onken
Carroll
Alyssa Ashley Palen
Rochester, Minn.
Jacquelyn Elizabeth Pfeifer
State Center
** Cassandra Sue Pudenz
A.T. Reed Jr.
Chicago, Ill.
Anna E. Reilly
Manchester
James Robert Reynolds
Saint Paul, Minn.
Justin James Rhode
Des Moines
Mechelle Elyse Salley San Bernardino, Calif.
*** Teri Ann Schnelle
Laurel
*
Lisa Sue Smith
Sioux City
Andreea Sorescu
Waukee
Jonathan Jay Spencer
Davenport
Joshua Allan Starling
Ames
Stephanie Jo Stone
Ankeny
John A. Teter
Des Moines
Michael William Aguilar
Peoria, Ill.
Ashley Marie Albert
Marshalltown
Jennifer Lynn Alley
Humboldt
Nour Tarek Aly
Ankeny
Alyssa J. Amborn
Elk River, Minn.
Nicholas Donald Anderson
Dubuque
*** Bridget Catharine Baron
Eagan, Minn.
Carol Jean Bennett
Ottumwa
Sarah Jo Bennett
Ankeny
Sarah Lynn Blaser
Adel
*
Elizabeth Catherine Brebner
Bettendorf
**† Kaitlin Marie Budnik
Donnellson
*
Elizabeth Rose Buhr
Maynard
Michaela Joyce Burt
Donnellson
Jamie Lee Capucci
Las Vegas, Nev.
Ashley Dawn Custer
Des Moines
Jessica Marie Dinges
Des Moines
*
Addy Soorholtz Dittmer
Eldridge
** Curtis Glenn Donelson
Pella
Michelle Jayne Farrington
Council Bluffs
Holly Prentiss Figueroa
Omaha, Neb.
Tory Alan Forest
Indianola
Kristin Clare Francy
Mount Pleasant
*
Sabrina Mae Fruechtenicht Jefferson, S. Dak.
Courtney Grace Gaskins
Des Moines
** Nicole Leigh Gerstandt
Cherokee
Richelle Leigh Gomez
Carlsbad, N. Mex.
Kelsey Lynn Guenther
Eagan, Minn.
** Anne Marie Harre
Davenport
Ryan Michael Haubenstein
Moline, Ill.
Annie K. Hayes
Battle Creek
Megan Lauren Hicks
Kellogg
Lauren Elise Hodges
Ankeny
*
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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*** Courtney Lynne Thraen
Samantha Nichole Tratchel
Joseph Daniel Tweedt
*
Brandt David Uitermarkt
Harlan
Kellogg
Council Bluffs
Pella
*
**
**
Meaghan Elyse Wahlert
Samuel Robert White
Stefani Nicole Williams
Devin Garrett Wunschel
Mitchellville
Des Moines
Bettendorf
Woodward
Des Moines
Ames
Omaha, Neb.
Bettendorf
Waterloo
Lenox
Council Bluffs
Brian Patrick McClain
Ames
Kari Jean Niehus
Marcus
Lisa Renee Rinehart
Belle Plaine
Catherine Jessica Sandven
Fort Dodge
*** Bridget Marie Solawetz
West Des Moines
Victoria Amstrup Stefansen Rorvig, Denmark
*
Laura Ann Stoneking
Northwood
Major in Sociology
Amanda Jo DeMaris
Mazen Hisham Elkhatib
Holly Prentiss Figueroa
Jami Lynn Fitzgerald
Anna Marie Forrester
Dustin Adam Hartley
Sarah Katherine Hilz
Major in Statistics
**
**
Jack Pu Hou
Ankeny
Haoping Jiang
Ridgefield, Conn.
Seung-Gyu Lee
Incheon, South Korea
** Pan Tang
Xiangtan, China
*** Courtney Lynne Thraen
Harlan
**
Yuanxin Wei
Dalian, China
Tharushi Upeka Welikala
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Brian Steven Woerth
Ames
Major in Technical Communication
**
Samantha Marie Johnson
Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Aaron Thomas Volding
Cedar Falls
Multiple Curricula and Majors
*
Tyler David Albaugh
Mathematics and Biochemistry
William Andrew Bowles
Libertyville, Ill.
History and Religious Studies
Elkhart
Maria B. Alcivar
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Women’s Studies and International Studies
Garrett Michael Busch
Statistics and Economics
Cassandra Marie Androy
Dunlap
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Jacob Robert Cusack
Davenport
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Thomas Erik Bakke
Altoona
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Amanda Kristine Davis
Saint Peter, Minn.
Biology and Environmental Studies
*
Lauryn Suzanne Dermit
Sioux City
Psychology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
†
Andrea Bekic
Psychology and Biology
Urbandale
**
Kevin Frank Bieniek
Biology and Psychology
Rochester, Minn.
Eric Theodore Carvalho Ely
Psychology and Philosophy
Stacy Lynn Black
Biology and Psychology
Lake Wylie, S.C.
Jill Marie Feipel
Psychology and Sociology
*
**
***
†
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
108
Ventura
Walcott
*†
**
Boone
Nick James Patten
Bettendorf
Sociology and International Studies
Ashley Marie Fishburn
Davenport
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Kyle Christopher Savery
Soldier
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Michael John Fox
Cedar Rapids
Journalism and Mass Communication and
Political Science
Natasha Lynn Sheyko
Iowa City
Anthropology and Religious Studies
Tony A. Feldmann
Sociology and Psychology
Tristan Stephen Gray
Chemistry and Mathematics
Ames
Brian Eugene Gress
Psychology and Biology
Avoca
Meredith Jane Heckmann
Psychology and Sociology
Tessa Elizabeth Sklenar
Psychology and Sociology
Dubuque
Treynor
*
Wendy Kaercher Sloan
Waukee
Journalism and Mass Communication and
Psychology
*
Addison Lynn Speck
Des Moines
Journalism and Mass Communication and
Speech Communication
Samantha E. Holstein
Clinton
Journalism and Mass Communication and
Business: Major in Marketing
Katherine Ann Thilges
Biology and English
Andrew James Hunter
Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Economics and Business: Major in
Accounting
Gregory James Thys
Marion
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
Caitlin Leigh Jones
Redfield
Journalism and Mass Communication and
International Studies
Merle Lyndon Triggs
Mount Ayr
History and Business: Major in
Management
*** Annalissa Marie Longnecker
Boone
Journalism and Mass Communication and
Anthropology
Chelsie Carol Van Oort
Rochester, Minn.
Sociology and Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice)
**
*
*
Brandon P. Mason
Park Hills, Mo.
History and Political Science
**
Kate Elizabeth Vetterick
Ames
Anthropology and Environmental Studies
Katelyn Marie McClintock
Bedford
Journalism and Mass Communication and
Political Science
*
Kristen Nicole Walker
Cedar Rapids
Journalism and Mass Communication and
Apparel Merchandising, Design,
and Production
Sierra E. McKenna
Marion
Biology and Environmental Studies
Lauren Nicole Westerdale
Biology and Psychology
Amanda Marie Morrison
Lake In The Hills, Ill.
Sociology and Psychology
*
Eric Austin Mykleby
Bettendorf
Meteorology and Environmental Studies
*
**
***
†
Urbandale
Cum Laude
Magna Cum Laude
Summa Cum Laude
Honors Program
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Davenport
Emily K. Zimmerman
Marinette, Wis.
Biology and Global Resource Systems
Undergraduate Candidates - Summer 2011
This list represents summer candidates attending the spring ceremony
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Kayla Lynn Chick Bachelor of Science
Animal Science
Muscatine
Emily Jean Driscoll Bachelor of Science
Forestry
Ogden
Jennifer Yanira Estrada Fernandez Canóvanas, Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Science
Genetics
Katherine Lin Harrington Bachelor of Science
Agronomy
Marissa Lyn Hols
Bachelor of Science
Animal Science
Chariton
Janavi Kumar
Bachelor of Science
Genetics
Bangalore, India
College of Business
Austin Michael Anderson Bachelor of Science
Marketing
Mark James Arnold Carter Lake
Bachelor of Science
Management Information Systems
Aminata Dabo Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Ames
Cameron James Dlouhy Bachelor of Science
Marketing
Ankeny
Bo Dong Bachelor of Science
Finance
Dalian, China
Benjamin Jon Engelken Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Indianola
Aaron Christopher Goede Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Finance
West Des Moines
Sioux City
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Megan Alison Marturello Bachelor of Science
Microbiology
Courtney Diane Quint Bachelor of Science
Dairy Science
Accounting
Christopher William Rempe Bachelor of Science
Industrial Technology
Brett William Rowland Bachelor of Science
Biology
Brittany Leanne Springmeier Bachelor of Science
Food Science
Bachelor of Science
Culinary Science
Chakong Vue Bachelor of Science
Industrial Technology
Daniel Todd Guerrero Bachelor of Science
Finance
Bettendorf
Clark Alexander Haker Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Vinton
Laura Christine Hanrahan Bachelor of Science
Marketing
Psychology
Kristopher James Haught Bachelor of Science
Finance
Matthew John Henley Bachelor of Science
Marketing
Badr Khaloufi Bachelor of Science
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
International Business
Cory Chay Lovan Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Clive
Plainfield, Ill.
Leighton
Mason City
Davenport
Pella
Rochester, Minn.
Bettendorf
Tama
Pleasant Hill
Lan Mi Bachelor of Science
Marketing
Accounting
Chongqing, China
Ryan James Praska Bachelor of Science
Marketing
Xiao Wang Bachelor of Science
Finance
Suzhou, China
Xin Wang Bachelor of Science
Management
Dalian, China
Ames
Kayla JoAnne Render Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Indianola
Christopher Michael Ward Bachelor of Science
Finance
Joshua Lane Rusk
Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Pleasant Hill
Patrick Dale Ward Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Ashley Janée Shivers Bachelor of Science
Management
Davenport
Joseph Fitzgerald Wegelin Bachelor of Science
Finance
Lu Wang Bachelor of Science
Marketing
Management
Ames
Tian Xie Bachelor of Science
Finance
Accounting
Mengchu Wang Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Tangshan, China
Xi Wang Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Chengdu, China
Yangyidi Ye Bachelor of Science
Accounting
Griswold
East Moline, Ill.
Spirit Lake
Chengdu, China
College of Design
Breanna Lissa Boben Woodbury, Minn.
Bachelor of Science
Community and Regional Planning
Marketing
Allison Elizabeth Bunge Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graphic Design
Sara Anne Eimers Bachelor of Arts
Art and Design
Rebecca Lynne Hildebrand Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graphic Design
Williamsburg
Jongho Kwon Seoul, South Korea
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Interior Design
Des Moines
Annie Elizabeth McGuire Colo
Bachelor of Arts
Art and Design
Journalism and Mass Communication
Eric James Nicpon Arlington Heights, Ill.
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Integrated Studio Arts
Omar Antonio Flores Cordero San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Integrated Studio Arts
Ivan Guillermo Gonzalez Colunbus Junction
Bachelor of Science
Community and Regional Planning
International Studies
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Cedar Rapids
College of Engineering
Justin Goodwin Allen Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Ryan T. Berg Bachelor of Science
Chemical Engineering
Davenport
Naperville, Ill.
Erwin Francisco Columbus Hagó
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Bachelor of Science
Chemical Engineering
Scott Phillip Cronin Bachelor of Science
Construction Engineering
Johnston
Antonio De Jesus Garcia Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Cheng Li Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Avni Sanghi Bachelor of Science
Chemical Engineering
Ames
Matthew James Stebbins Bachelor of Science
Chemical Engineering
Woodstock, Ill.
Jewoo Sung Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Seoul, South Korea
Ross Benjamin Tuttle Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Boone
Michael Aaron Van Drew Pleasant Hill
Bachelor of Science
Construction Engineering
Nasser Majed Hammoudeh Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
Ames
Jipur Mathiang Jipur Bachelor of Science
Mechanical Engineering
Ames
Zijun Lan
Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering
Roseville, Minn.
Lanzhou, China
Radell Caleb Young Bellevue, Neb.
Bachelor of Science
Electrical Engineering & Liberal Arts and
Sciences:
Major: World Languages and
Cultures (Spanish)
College of Human Sciences
Randy Bryan Aburto Des Moines
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
Ryan Wayne Amundson Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Brittany Ann Carter Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Mark A. Christiani Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Omaha, Neb.
Sara Jane Cooper Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Garwin
Davenport
Kendall TeeAnna Carter Waterloo
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
Marissa Ann Carthey Davenport
Bachelor of Science
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution
Management
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Alexandra K. Davis Sioux City
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
Austin Randall Eppert Burnsville, Minn.
Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Nicole Kathleen Fisher Ellsworth
Bachelor of Science
Child, Adult, and Family Services
Krystina Liz Guerrero Hernández San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Science
Child, Adult, and Family Services
Miguel Antonio Negrete Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Tama
Alison Elizabeth Hansen Odebolt
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
Natasha Naté Oakley Des Moines
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
Angela Marie Harbour Pleasant Hill
Bachelor of Science
Child, Adult, and Family Services
Caitlin Maureen Payne Larchwood
Bachelor of Science
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
and Studies
Brandi Jean Piatt Sullivan, Ill.
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
Joelle Marissa Henley Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Christina Elizabeth Hillman Grand Junction
Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Karlee Sue Holbrook Dakota Dunes, S. Dak.
Bachelor of Science
Child, Adult, and Family Services
Toledo
Jennifer Leigh Hunt Marshalltown
Bachelor of Science
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
and Studies
Caitlin Marie Lindsey King Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Kathrine Charlotte Koch Burnsville, Minn.
Bachelor of Science
Child, Adult, and Family Services
Aaron Tyler Langlois Ames
Bachelor of Science
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution
Management
Brianna Dawn Lockie Woodbury, Minn.
Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Stephanie Ann Shuey Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Ames
Eileen Alice Stevens Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Chicago, Ill.
Ashley Lynn Strathman Edina, Minn.
Bachelor of Science
Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution
Management
Rachel Marie Thompson Ames
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
Emmy Lynne Truckenmiller Bachelor of Science
Kinesiology and Health
Katherine Marie Vogel Jesup
Bachelor of Science
Family Finance, Housing, and Policy
Sharon Elizabeth Wade White Plains, N.Y.
Bachelor of Science
Apparel Merchandising, Design, and
Production
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Omar Mohamed Al Yahyaei Ames
Bachelor of Science
Biophysics
Marcus Robert Beasley Bachelor of Science
History
Kendra Renee Alley West Des Moines
Bachelor of Science
Journalism and Mass Communication
Mackenzie Rebekka Bishop Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
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Boone
Minneapolis, Minn.
Toledo
Jessica Gail Blankenship Evergreen Park, Ill.
Bachelor of Arts
Advertising
Erin Rose George Bachelor of Arts
English
Toddville
Kyle Martin Boyens Bachelor of Science
History
Ackley
Sarah Jane George Bachelor of Science
Biology
Toddville
Nicole Corinne Burford Bachelor of Arts
Advertising
Burlington
Kristy Lynn Clemens Bachelor of Science
Sociology
Pleasant Hill
Seth Lawrence Good Altoona
Bachelor of Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology
and Criminal Justice)
Sophie Elizabeth Hayek Des Moines
Bachelor of Science
Journalism and Mass Communication
Wenting He Bachelor of Science
Mathematics
Statistics
Chelsea Jo Heller Bachelor of Arts
Psychology
Emily Jean Howard Bachelor of Science
History
Des Moines
Clive
Douglas Norman Dedrick Tempe, Ariz.
Bachelor of Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology
and Criminal Justice)
Matthew Dean Jans Bachelor of Science
History
Fostoria
Neil Douglas Keifer Bachelor of Science
Economics
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics
Ankeny
Minjoung Kim Daegu, South Korea
Bachelor of Science
Statistics
John P. Klein Bachelor of Science
History
Pella
Ashley Rachelle Linduski Bachelor of Science
Psychology
Ames
Courtney Blake Criner
Le Mars
Bachelor of Arts
Political Science, Interdisciplinary Studies
(Criminology and Criminal Justice),
and Sociology
Chelsea Lee Davis Ames
Bachelor of Science
Journalism and Mass Communication
French
Courtney Kathleen Deay Bachelor of Arts
Speech Communication
Ames
Ottumwa
Andrew Merlin Carroll Doll Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
Waukee
Dane Matthew Eischeid Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
Glidden
Kyle Jon Farr Bachelor of Science
Genetics
Melissa Ann Fath-Johnson Bachelor of Arts
Anthropology
Diante Maurice Garrett
Milwaukee, Wis.
Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
Justin Paul Lobaito Bachelor of Arts
Advertising
Altoona
Chelsea Lynn Gauger Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
Katelyn Elizabeth MacDonald Bachelor of Arts
Advertising
Walnut
Joliet, Ill.
Des Moines
Ankeny
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Rachel Ann Malone Bachelor of Arts
Advertising
Lakeville, Minn.
Adam John Marks Bachelor of Arts
Advertising
Minnetonka, Minn.
Christopher Thomas Mathew Bloomington, Minn.
Bachelor of Arts
Political Science
Kristin Leigh Rogers Bachelor of Science
Technical Communication
Runnells
Victor Saye Sackie Bachelor of Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology
and Criminal Justice)
Hyunjin Seo Daegu, South Korea
Bachelor of Science
Genetics
Clayton Kenneth Severson Bachelor of Science
Biochemistry
Thao Hong Thi Nguyen Bachelor of Science
Biology
Brittney Kay Shaull Bachelor of Science
Economics
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics
Anna Marie O'Connell Marion
Bachelor of Science
Journalism and Mass Communication
Brian John Spaen Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
Carroll
Anna Karen Olson Bachelor of Science
Anthropology
Madrid
Misty Louise Spencer Bachelor of Science
Technical Communication
Des Moines
Elizabeth Eden Pearson Bachelor of Science
Sociology
Winterset
Paige Ashley Steele-Rollins Wadsworth, Ill.
Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
John Mathew Plamoottil Bachelor of Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
Bettendorf
Long Su Bachelor of Science
Mathematics
Margaret Irene Thilges Bachelor of Arts
Advertising
Eva Teresa Morales Storm Lake
Bachelor of Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology
and Criminal Justice)
Sociology
Iowa City
Amy Jo Quail Spencer
Bachelor of Arts
Interdisciplinary Studies (Criminology
and Criminal Justice)
Belmond
Deep River
Wuhan, China
Urbandale
Samantha Nicole Rieff Bachelor of Arts
Performing Arts
Plano, Tex.
Holly Katherin Van Steenhuyse Bettendorf
Bachelor of Science
Journalism and Mass Communication
Yvette Angela Rodriguez Bachelor of Science
Psychology
Des Moines
Cassandra Breanne Virag Bachelor of Arts
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Iowa State University Senior Class Council
The mission of the Senior Class Council (SCC),
a committee of the Student Alumni Leadership
Council (SALC), is to benefit and unite seniors
through events and services while promoting an
understanding of the Iowa State University Alumni
Association. The 2010-2011 Senior Class Council
is comprised of 11 students who are dedicated to
recognizing seniors for their many achievements.
celebrate seniors’ transitions to being alumni! The
events that SCC plans and co-sponsors are intended
to be both beneficial and enjoyable for seniors.
Each year, the graduating class also selects a gift to
donate to the University. This year the Seniors have
elected to renovate and expand the outdoor seating
area surrounding the Hub.
Finally, Senior Class Council always invites you and
your families to return to the Iowa State Alumni
Center as you are all now Alumni of Iowa State
University!
This year’s Senior Class Council has planned a
number of programs for seniors including both Fall
and Spring Senior Weeks, where seniors enjoyed
special tours and free food on campus; the Senior
Package, a gift set that included commemorative
Iowa State items; Grad Breakfast, a chance for
seniors to relax and enjoy a meal served by ISU
faculty and staff; and the Senior Send-off, a yearend event for seniors at the ISU Alumni Center to
For more information on SCC and SALC programs,
please visit www.isusalc.org.
To learn more about the Iowa State University
Alumni Association, go to www.isualum.org.
2010-2011 Senior Class Council Leadership
President:
MaryBeth Konkowski
Vice-President:
Mitch McDermott
Council Members:
James Cornelius
Ashley Formanek
Alyssa Howlett
Brad Kuxhausen
Alex McBride
Matthew McLaughlin
Hayley Osenbaugh
Terese Ragalle
Alex Ryan
Candidates for Commissions
The following students will be commissioned in the branch of service indicated:
United States Army
United States Air Force
Jessica M. Dinges
Kerrie F. Hughes
Casey F. Johnson
Charles S. Lorinsor
Patrick D. Menefee
Glen M. Mommsen
Herman L. Navo
Charles R. Sample
Tyler J. Schmeling
Jason A. Schmitz
James F. Stenson
Jeffrey A. Carper
Zachary A. Christensen
Jonathan C. Gabriel
Reed L. Hahn
Jonathan M. Hartwig
Daniel J. Lekwa
Alexander J. Taft
Garrick D. Warren
Casey L. Zoellick
United States Navy
Jeremy R. Cooper
Ryan M. Haubenstein
Andrew J. Longley
Richard L. Luth
Brandon P. Mason
Stephanie D. Meyer
Michael C. Swenson
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Past Honorary Degree Recipients
The first honorary degree was conferred in 1877. Following is a list of those receiving honorary degrees, starting with the year they received
the degree, followed by their name and the honorary degree they received. In some cases a notation is included about the individual if that
information is available.
1877: Isaac R. Roberts, Master of
Agriculture. Farm Superintendent at Iowa
State University.
1879: J. L. Budd, Master of Horticulture.
Established ISU’s Department of
Horticulture at Iowa State.
1879: James L. Geddes, Master of
Philosophy. Distinguished career in the
British and Union Armies; first professor of
military tactics at Iowa State.
1887: A. A. Bennett, Master of Science.
1887: Luther Foster, Master of
Agriculture. B.S., 1872, Iowa State.
1887: M. Stalker, Master of Science.
B.S., 1873, Iowa State; first editor Aurora,
the student newspaper; developed the
curriculum in Veterinary Science.
1887: E. W. Stanton, Master of Science.
B.S.,1872, Iowa State in the first graduating
class; Acting President of Iowa State four
times.
1890: Charles Keffer, Master of
Horticulture; received another honorary
degree in 1914. Only two people in Iowa
State history have received two honorary
degrees.
1895: Mattie Locke Macomber, Master of
Philosophy. B.S.,1872, Iowa State in the
first graduating class.
1897: James W. Wilson, Master of
Agriculture. B.S., 1896, Iowa State;
became U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; was
the first of four Iowa State graduates to
serve as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
1903: Robert B. Armstrong, Master of
Philosophy.
1903: W.T. Hornaday, Master of
Philosophy. World-famed naturalist and
zoologist.
1907: J. C. Blair, Master of Agriculture.
1907: I. B. Schreckengast, Master of
Philosophy.
1908: Virginia Corbett, Master of
Philosophy. B.S., 1893, Iowa State; Dean
of Women at Colorado State at Fort Collins.
* Distinguished Achievement Citation, the highest
award granted to university alumni
1909: Norman J. Coleman, Doctor of
Science.
1909: Seaman A. Knapp, Doctor of
Science. Appointed president of Iowa State
College from 1883-1885.
1909: James W. Robertson, Doctor of
Science.
1914: Charles Keffer, Doctor of Science.
1914: George L. McKay, Doctor of
Science. Recognized for his work in
dairying.
1914: James Wilson, Doctor of Science.
1915: Marion Dorset, Doctor of Veterinary
Medicine.
1915: LaVerne Noyes, Doctor of
Engineering. B.S., 1872, Iowa State in the
first graduating class.
1916: Clarence Henry Eckles, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1895, Iowa State; head of
the Department of Dairy Husbandry Farms
at St. Paul, Minnesota.
1916: Herbert Osborn, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1879, Iowa State; helped organize the
Iowa Academy of Science.
1916: Willis Whited, Doctor of
Engineering. B.S., 1879, Iowa State; bridge
engineer in Pennsylvania with the State
Highway Department.
1920: W.C. Armstrong, Doctor of
Engineering. B.S., 1881, Iowa State; in
charge of building the Northwestern Depot
in Chicago.
1920: Joseph Charles Arthur, Doctor
of Science. B.S., 1872, M.S., 1877, Iowa
State, which was the first advanced degree
from Iowa State; first librarian at Iowa
State.
1920: Alfred Atkinson, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1904, Iowa State; president of
Montana State College of Agriculture.
1920: Carlton R. Ball, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1893, Iowa State; agronomist with the
USDA and an authority on plant rust.
1920: Isabelle Bevier, Doctor of Science.
Head of the Department of Home
Economics at the University of Illinois.
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1920: Deon Eugene Davenport, Doctor of
Science. Dean of the School of Agriculture
at the University of Illinois.
1920: Arthur P. Davis, Doctor of
Engineering. President of the American
Society of Civil Engineers.
1920: Albert S. Hitchcock, Doctor
of Science. B.S., 1884, Iowa State;
agronomist in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
1920: L. S. Klinek, Doctor of Science.
President of the University of British
Columbia.
1920: John R. Mohler, Doctor of Science.
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry in
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1920: Wilmon Newell, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1897, Iowa State; responsible for the
eradication of the citrus canker in the U.S.
1920: R. A. Oakley, Doctor of Science.
Agronomist in charge of seed distribution in
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1920: Thomas L. Smith, Doctor of
Engineering. Prominent mechanical
engineer and inventor.
1921: Carrie Chapman Catt, Doctor
of Laws. B.S., 1880, Iowa State;
distinguished champion of the suffragist
and peace movement and organizer of the
League of Women Voters.
1922: Henry C. Wallace, Doctor of Laws.
B.S., 1892, Iowa State; U.S. Secretary of
Agriculture.
1925: George I. Christie, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1903, Iowa State; Under
Secretary of Agriculture, U.S.D.A.
1925: Clyde W. Warburton, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1902, Iowa State; head of
the Bureau of Plant Industry of the U.S.D.A.
under James Wilson.
1926: Matt Luckiesh, Doctor of Science.
1928: George R. Chatburn, Doctor of
Engineering. B.S., 1884, Iowa State; head
of the Department of Civil Engineering at
the University of Nebraska.
1928: W. K. Robbins, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1878, Iowa State; outstanding
agricultural chemist.
1928: J. H. Shephard, Doctor of
Agriculture.
1928: Edward A. Sherman, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1896, Iowa State.
1929: Clifford P. Fitch, Doctor of Science.
1929: Thomas H. MacDonald, Doctor
of Science. B.S., 1904, Iowa State; first
Secretary and Highway Engineer for the
Iowa Highway Commission.
1932: John Hanmond, Doctor of Science.
1932: A. J. Kluyer, Doctor of Science.
1934: Henry Agard Wallace, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1910, M.S., 1920, Iowa
State; U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; was
Vice President under Franklin D. Roosevelt;
DAC recipient in 1964.*
1935: Duncan Marshall, Doctor of
Agriculture.
1936: Ronald Alymer Fisher, Doctor of
Science.
1936: Raymond Mollyneaux Hughes,
Doctor of Laws; president of Iowa State
from 1927 to 1936; his Handbook for
College Trustees was well regarded.
1947: Hazel Steibling, Doctor of
Science; honorary degree conferred at
the convocation celebrating 75 years of
home economics at Iowa State. Chief of
the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home
Economics, U.S.D.A.
1948: Anson S. Marston, Doctor of
Engineering. First dean of engineering at
Iowa State.
1948: Louis Bevier Spinney, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1892; B.S., 1893, Iowa State;
taught physics and electrical engineering in
the Beardshear administration; later became
head of the Department of Physics.
1948: Lyle Ford Watts, Doctor of
Agriculture. B.S., 1913, Iowa State; chief of
the U.S. Forest Service.
1949: Earl Owen Shreve, Doctor of
Engineering. B.S., 1904, Iowa State; vice
president of General Electric.
1949: William Wesley Waymack, Doctor of
Science. Editor of the Des Moines Register.
1951: Harry C. Murphy, Doctor of
Engineering; president of the Burlington
Railroad System.
1951: Edward Norris Wentworth, Doctor
of Agriculture. B.S., 1907, M.S., 1909, Iowa
State; faculty member at Iowa State College;
distinguished historian of American livestock;
author of American Sheep Trails.
1940: Maria M. Roberts, Doctor of
Laws. B.S., 1890, Iowa State; professor
of mathematics and dean of the Junior
College at Iowa State.
1942: George Harrison Shull, Doctor of
Science.
1942: Wilbur M. Wilson, Doctor of
Engineering. B.S., 1900, Iowa State.
1944: Rush B. Lincoln, Doctor of Science.
1952: Roscoe C. Pollock, Doctor of
Agriculture. B.S.,1913, M.S., 1921, Iowa
State.
1945: Milton Ferdinand Beecher,
Doctor of Engineering. B.S., 1910, Iowa
State; official in the Norton Company in
Worcester, Massachusetts.
1953: Ezra Taft Benson, Doctor of
Agriculture. M.S., 1927, Iowa State; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture.
1953: Fred T. Whiting, Doctor of
Engineering. B.S., 1913, Iowa State; vice
president for Westinghouse Company in
charge of the Northwest district.
1945: Thomas Ray Stanton, Doctor of
Agriculture.
1947: Mabel V. Campbell, Doctor of
Science, honorary degree conferred at the
convocation celebrating 75 years of home
economics at Iowa State. B.S., 1905, Iowa
State.
* Distinguished Achievement Citation, the highest
award granted to university alumni
1952: Ruth Buxton Sayre, Doctor of Laws.
Outstanding woman in Iowa agriculture;
helped found Associated Country Women
of the World; appointed by President
Eisenhower to the Agricultural Advisery
Committee in 1950; held posts in local,
state and national Farm Bureau women's
organizations.
1954: Thomas Roy Truax, Doctor of
Agriculture. B.S., 1912, Iowa State; head of
the Forest Products Division of the U.S.D.A.
at Madison, Wisconsin; honorary degree
conferred at the 50th anniversary of the
Department of Forestry.
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1955: Almon H. Fuller, Doctor of
Engineering. Head of the Department of
Civil Engineering at Iowa State.
1955: Bernard W. Hammer, Doctor of
Agriculture. Involved in Dairy Bacteriology
at Iowa State.
1956: John Foster Dulles, Doctor of
Laws. U.S. Secretary of State.
1957: Belle Lowe, Doctor of Science.
Bureau of Home Economics, Washington,
D.C., 1923-1924; food scientist and
professor at Iowa State College from
1918 until retirement in 1956; recognized
for research on preparation, quality,
and preservation of poultry, meats, and
fats; published textbook: Experimental
Cookery.
1958: Henry Dale Bergman, Doctor of
Science. D.V.M., 1910, Iowa State; dean of
veterinary medicine, Iowa State.
1958: Ralph Kenneth Bliss, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1905, Iowa State; director of
Agriculture and Home Economics Extension
at Iowa State.
1958: Florence Alberta Fallgatter, Doctor
of Science. Head of the Department
of Home Economics Education at Iowa
State.
1958: Charles Edwin Friley, Doctor
of Science. Served as Acting President
from 1935 to 1936; president from 19361953.
1958: Robert Earle Buchanan, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1904, Iowa State; dean of
industrial science, head of the Department
of Bacteriology, Dean of the Graduate
College, and director of the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Iowa State.
1958: John Walter Coverdale, Doctor of
Science. Official in Rath Packing Company.
1958: Gertrude Mary Cox, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1929, Iowa State.
1958: Edward Bertram Evans, Doctor
of Science. D.V.M., 1918, Iowa State; the
centennial program carried the following,
"Veterinarian, Agricultural Educator." DAC
recipient in 1968.*
1958: Theodore V. Houser, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1915, Iowa State; president
of Sears Roebuck and Co.
1958: Henry H. Kildee, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1908, M.S., 1917, Iowa State; head of
the Department of Animal Husbandry and
Dean of Agriculture, Iowa State.
1958: Allan Blair Kline, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1938, Iowa State; president of the
American Farm Bureau.
1958: Beth Baily McLean, Doctor of
Science. M.S., 1933, Iowa State; the
centennial program carried the following,
"Home Economist, Business Woman."
1958: James Lewis Morrill, Doctor of
Laws. President of the University of
Minnesota.
1958: George Waddel Snedecor, Doctor
of Science. Organized the Statistical
Laboratory; first head of the Department of
Statistics.
1958: Fred R. White, Doctor of Science.
Chief engineer for the Highway
Commission.
1965: James H. Hilton, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1923, Iowa State; professor of animal
husbandry, Purdue (1927-1945); president,
Iowa State (1953-1965).
1991: Raymond P. Baker, Doctor of
Humane Letters. B.S., 1935, Iowa State;
director of research at Pioneer Hi-Bred
International Inc.
1992: Norman Borlaug, Doctor of
Humane Letters. 1970 Nobel Peace Prize
recipient for work in developing wheat
varieties.
1993: Thorton A. Wilson, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1943, Iowa State; President
of the Boeing Company in 1968 and
chairman of the board in 1972; DAC
recipient in 1973.*
1993: Charles Concordia, Doctor of
Science. One of the most distinguished
power systems engineers in the world.
1994: George Washington Carver, Doctor
of Humane Letters. B.S.,1894, M.S., 1896,
Iowa State; first African-American Student
at Iowa State; world renowned plant
scientist.
1994: Hugh S. Sidey, Doctor of Humane
Letters. B.S., 1950, Iowa State; staff
member and columnist for Time magazine
for more than 30 years; first recipient
of James W. Schwartz Award for
“Distinguished Service to Journalism and
Mass Communication; DAC recipient in
1972. *
1995: D. Gale Johnson, Doctor of
Humane Letters. B.S., 1932, Ph.D., 1945,
Iowa State; teacher and researcher of the
agricultural economic problems in Russia
and China; DAC recipient in 1995. *
* Distinguished Achievement Citation, the highest
award granted to university alumni
1996: M. E. “Gene” Ensminger, Doctor
of Humane Letters. Achievements for
his work in animal science, education and
international agriculture.
1997: Simon Estes, Doctor of Humane
Letters. studied voice at the University
of Iowa from 1956-1963; from 1964 to
1965 studied at the Julliard School of
Music; distinguished faculty member
at Julliard since 1986; recognized for
extraordinary achievements in operatic
music, philanthropy, and generosity to
disadvantaged children; named Honorary
Alumnus in 2007.
1997: Emery N. Castle, Doctor of
Humane Letters. Ph.D., 1952, Iowa
State; recognized for his outstanding
achievements in agricultural economics
helping to improve the quality of life in rural
America.
1997: Edwin G. Krebs, Doctor of Science.
Co-winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine; recognized for
outstanding contributions in biochemistry
and medicine.
1998: Federico Mayor, Doctor of
Science. Recognized for his extraordinary
achievements as a biochemist and for
promoting peace in the Middle East and
throughout the world.
2000: John Vincent Atanasoff, Doctor
of Science. M.S., 1926, Iowa State; with
the help of graduate student Clifford Berry,
designed, assembled and demonstrated
the first electronic digital computer, the
Atanasoff-Berry Computer, in the basement
of Iowa State University’s Physics Building;
he remains an inspiration to generations
of Iowa Staters with his legacy of inquiry
and excellence in the physical sciences and
engineering; DAC recipient in 1984. *
2000: Morris Soller, Doctor of Science.
Recognized for leading the way in the actual
discovery of genetic science.
2000: Jean Marie Dubois, Doctor of
Science. One of the world’s leading
researchers in the area of quasicrystals;
credited with fostering and guiding
collaborative research on useful applications
for quasicrystals, including a project
involving scientists at Iowa State University
and the Ames Laboratory.
2001: Keith R. Yamamoto, Doctor
of Science. B.S., 1968, Iowa State;
internationally known research scientist
and a leader in national science policy;
known for his breakthrough work on steroid
hormone receptors; DAC recipient in 1997.*
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2001: John Ruan, Doctor of Humane
Letters. Chairman and CEO of The Ruan
Companies, Des Moines; recognized for his
generosity to the city of Des Moines, his
home state of Iowa and the international
community; founder and ongoing supporter
of the World Food Prize Foundation,
publicizes the challenges of feeding the
world and recognize significant advances
in our capacity to produce, improve and
distribute food.
2002: Katharine Abraham, Doctor of
Science. B.S., 1976, Iowa State; occupied
one of the most important professional
positions in the U.S. government dealing
with economic performance and economic
policy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
under her direction, the bureau improved
its method for collecting employment
statistics, initiated a program to collect data
on job vacancies and improved the way the
Consumer Price Index is measured; DAC
recipient in 1999.*
2002: Dr. M. Daniel Lane, Doctor of
Humane Letters. Contributions to research
in the fields of biochemistry and nutrition;
international leader in understanding the
development and mechanisms underlying
obesity; contributed to development of
appetite-controlling drug; ground-breaking
work in insulin signaling and in mechanisms
underlying diabetes.
2003: Roy Whistler, Doctor of Science.
Ph.D., 1938, Iowa State; an internationally
recognized leader in carbohydrate research
for more than half a century; DAC recipient
in 1999.*
2003: Joanne Eicher, Doctor of Humane
Letters. Played a key role in developing an
understanding of and respect for African
textiles in this country.
2006: Vance Coffman, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1967, Iowa State; widely respected
by the nation’s military and civilian leaders,
often sought for advice on national security
goals; DAC recipient in 1999.*
2006: Graham B. Spanier, Doctor of
Humane Letters. B.S., 1969, M.S., 1971,
Iowa State; president of the Pennsylvania
State University; known as one of the
nation’s premier leaders in higher education
issues and helping universities meet the
changing needs of the society and world;
recipient of Distinguished Alumni Award in
2004.
2006: Monkombu Sambasivan
Swaminathan, Doctor of Humane
Letters. Ph.D in plant genetics from
Cambridge University; acclaimed by
TIME magazine as one of the 20 most
influential Asians of the 20th century and
one of three from India, the others being
Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore;
considered a world leader in sustainable
food security.
2006: Robert D. Ray, Doctor of Humane
Letters. an attorney in Des Moines for 14
years; he served an unprecedented five
terms as Governor of Iowa, from 19691983, served as a U.S. representative to the
United Nations; named “Most Influential
Iowan” at the turn of the century and holds
honorary degrees from 17 colleges and
universities.
2007: Robert Byron Bird, Doctor of
Science. B.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D.,
Wisconsin; Vilas Professor Emeritus of
chemical and biological engineering at the
University of Wisconsin, Madison; known
for five decades of books and research in
chemical engineering and thermal science;
Fulbright Lecturer and Guggenheim Fellow
at Technische Universiteit, Delft, The
Netherlands; Fulbright Professor at Kyoto
University and Nagoya University, Japan;
Fulbright Lecturer at the University of
Sarajevo, Bosnia; and a visiting professor at
universities in the United States, China and
Belgium.
2007: John Pappajohn, Doctor of
Humane Letters. Founder and president
of Equity Dynamics, Inc., and Pappajohn
Capital Resources, a venture capital firm;
director on more than 40 public and private
boards; launched the Pappajohn Centers for
Entrepreneurship at several Iowa colleges;
Iowa Philanthropist of the Year Award in
1998, and Honorary Alumni of Iowa State
University in 2005.
* Distinguished Achievement Citation, the highest
award granted to university alumni
2008: Michael M. Crow, Doctor of
Humane Letters. B.S., 1977, Iowa State;
Ph.D., 1985, Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs, Syracuse University;
president, Arizona State University; faculty
member: University of Kentucky, Columbia
University, Iowa State (1985-1991).
Helped establish more than 15 applied
research centers and technology transfer
organizational structures and mechanisms.
Involved with Institute for Physical Research
and Technology (IPRT) and Center for Crops
Utilization Research (CCUR). Served as
senior adviser to U.S. Departments of State
and Commerce on science and technology
policy related to intelligence and national
security; a Fellow of the National Academy
of Public Administration; and member,
Council on Foreign Relations.
2008: Kenneth M. Quinn, Doctor of
Humane Letters. Graduate of Wahlert
High School and Loras College; former U.S.
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia;
president, World Food Prize Foundation;
member, American Foreign Service;
member, Henry Kissinger’s National
Security Council; Special Assistant to
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke; Narcotics
Counselor at US mission to the United
Nations in Vienna; humanitarian efforts
on behalf of refugees; Chairman of the
Inter-agency Task Force on POW/MIA’s;
and member of the US-Russia POW/MIA
Commission.
2009: J. Dwayne McAninch, Doctor of
Science. Founder, McAninch Corporation;
adviser to the board of Caterpillar/Trimble
Control Technologies, LLC; provided
leadership for applying GPS technology to
construction methods.
2009: Chan Koo Park, Doctor of Science.
B.S., 1976, Iowa State; Chairman and
CEO of chemical operations, Kumho
Asiana Group; leader and innovator in the
petrochemical industry; helped establish
Asiana Airline, Kumho Express and Kumho
Telecomm divisions; awards include: Gold
Tower Industry Honor, Korea’s highest
corporate CEO award, Korea’s EnvironmentFriendly Award, and several awards from
the Office of the Korean President for
contributions to the national economy,
industry safety standards, labor relations,
the environment and social responsibility.
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2009: M. Patricia Quinlisk, Doctor of
Science. B.S. University of Wisconsin,
Stevens Point; Master of Public Health from
Johns Hopkins University; and M.D. from
the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Epidemiologist and Medical Director of the
Iowa Department of Public Health for the
state of Iowa.
2010. Harold L. Brock, Doctor of Science.
Apprenticed with Henry Ford at the Ford
Trade and Apprentice School at age
15 and became Henry Ford’s personal
engineer; founding member of the board of
directors of Hawkeye Community College
in Waterloo; the Brock Student Center at
Hawkeye Community College named in
his honor; Director of Tractor Research
and later Manager of Product Engineering
at the John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works;
designed the Deere 4020 tractor and
brought it into production in 1963; founding
member and president of the Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE), Mississippi
Valley Section; recipient of the Cyrus Hall
McCormick-Jerome Increase Case Gold
Medal from the ASABE.
2010. Jonathan D. Rich, Doctor of
Science. B.S. Iowa State; Ph.D. University
of Wisconsin; over 20 years of experience
in the silicones industry, starting as a
research chemist and progressing to
CEO of the second-largest producer of
silicones and silicone derivatives in the
world; director of Momentive Performance
Materials Inc. in June 2007; joined
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in
2000, serving as director of chemical
R&D, president of Goodyear Chemical,
and in 2002 was named president, North
American Tire, and Chairman of the Board,
Goodyear Dunlop Tires NA; serves on Iowa
State University’s Institute for Physical
Research and Technology (IPRT) Industrial
Advisory Board.