Commencement Program 2023

CLASS OF 2023 CLASS OF 2023

Prelude

Commencement Program

2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, 2023 • Memorial Auditorium

The Concordia Band

First Suite Fanfare – Erika Svanoe Dr . Peter J . Haberman, Conductor

Rolling Thunder – Henry Fillmore

Concordia – José Salvador González Moreno

The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Processional The Concordia Band

Crown Imperial – William Walton

Welcome

President William J

Craft

Invocation Deacon Jon Leiseth, Minister for Faith and Spirituality in Action

Conferring of Honorary Degrees

Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, upon Kari Yates

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Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, upon Eboo Patel

Investiture by President Craft

Citation read by Dr . Teri Langlie, Associate Professor of Education

Assisted by Dr Susan Larson, Provost and Dean of the College

Commencement Address

Conferring of Degrees and Awarding of Diplomas President Craft

Names read by David Hamilton, Professor of Music, and Dr Anne Jennifer Nash, Associate Professor of Music

Please hold applause until all degrees in each group have been conferred.

Student Remarks Ramona Lyttle ’23

Closing

Please remain seated during the recessional.

A Word About Decorum

Our commencement is a solemn event to welcome the Class of 2023 into a larger community of thoughtful and informed people Please help us maintain the dignity of this occasion by refraining from cheering or applauding individuals as they receive their degrees . Your recognition is properly delivered to all degree recipients when the last member of that group receives her or his diploma cover .

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

Degree of Master of Education

Shelby Andrist – World Language Instruction

“An Implementation of the Integrated Performance Assessment in an Algebra Classroom”

Advisor: Dr Mark Causapin

Layne R. Cole – Teaching & Learning Concentration

“Digitized Primary Sources Enable Everyone to Do History: Secondary Educators and Special Collections Experts Advise on Access and Use”

Advisor: Dr . Teri Langlie

Jennifer S. Gravelle – Teaching & Learning Concentration

“Metacognition and Productive Struggle in Alternative Mathematics Classes”

Advisor: Dr . Philip Lemaster

Hannah Marie Jahner – World Language Instruction

“How Much Candy Does It Take? Motiviational Strategies That Get Students Talking in the World”

Advisor: Dr Cassandra Glynn

Barbara Johnson – Teaching & Learning Concentration

“Project Based Learning in the Health Classroom”

Advisor: Dr . Kristen Ford

Michael Joseph Knox – World Language Instruction

“The Effect of Graphic Organizers on Student Confidence When Reading Authentic Texts”

Advisor: Dr . Alexander Aldrich

Kimberly Nickel – Teaching & Learning Concentration

“Putting Anxiety in its Place: Social Emotional Learning and the World Language Classroom”

Advisor: Dr . Kirsten Theye

Tresa Marie Reuter – World Language Instruction

“What Affects Teachers’ Target Language Use? Factors Around TL Use with Novice Learners in the Classroom”

Advisor: Dr Cassandra Glynn

Shelby Rostad – Teaching & Learning Concentration

“Implementation of the Messy Middle in Project Based Learning for Grades K-2”

Advisor: Dr . Teri Langlie

Emily Ann Sackreiter – World Language Instruction

“Growing Through Progression: Developing Positive Growth Mindset Through Personalized Goal Setting and Rubric Assessment Records”

Advisor: Dr . Rachel Dwyer

Stephanie Steinbron – World Language Instruction

“Seeing Culture: Critical Thinking Around the 3Ps Through Images”

Advisor: Dr Cassandra Glynn

Amy Tristano – Teaching & Learning Concentration

“Effectiveness of the IMAGE Model in Developing Intercultural Competence with Novice Learners”

Advisor: Dr . Gay Rawson

Degree of Master of Science

Samantha Jean Gerdes – Nutrition

“Meeting a Need of College Students through Nutrition Knowledge and Nourishment”

Advisor: Dr . Meredith Wagner

Kaylee Juntunen-Novak – Nutrition

“Nutrition Competency among Nurses: Knowledge and Confidence in Practice”

Advisor: Dr Meredith Wagner

Jillian Knapek – Nutrition

“#B2Wmom: A Text Messaging Support Intervention for Breastfeeding Mothers”

Advisor: Dr . Meredith Wagner

Josephine Kugler – Nutrition

“Food-Related Policies and Practices: A Look Inside Childcare Facilities”

Advisor: Dr . Meredith Wagner

Addison Debra Luehrs – Nutrition

“An Intervention to Improve Weight Management Practices in Professional Athletes”

Advisor: Dr . Meredith Wagner

Anna Seefeldt – Nutrition

“Spiritual Hunger: The Relationship between Spiritual Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eating Behaviors”

Advisor: Dr Meredith Wagner

Shengying Vue

“Actual and Perceived Barriers to Public Healthcare Utilization”

Advisor: Dr . Meredith Wagner

Degree of Bachelor of Arts

Summa Cum Laude

Kayla Amber Adamek – Heritage and Museum Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Natural Science

Ashley Jo Adams – Biology; Chemistry, Interfaith Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Jacen Kenneth Bracko – Social Studies Education, German

Gunnar D. Carley – Biology; English Writing, Chemistry

Shristi Chapagain – Computer Science-Computing; Mathematics

Hunter Colby – Biology, Chemistry Honors

Annika Naomi Dalager – Elementary Education

Ellia Nora Dalzell – Business-Healthcare Leadership, Healthcare Financial Management

Jake Evans – Health Education, Physical Education

Charles Evans Garrity – Biology; Chemistry

Elise Grabinger – Global Studies-Culture Identity in Global Affairs; Sociology, Religion, Communication Studies

Sophia Viva Eileen Graff – Music Honors

Isaac Habedank – Finance; Mathematics, Accounting

Mikala Harris Hammer – Physics Honors; Mathematics

Mya Hassebrock – Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Spanish; Business

Carlie Heinecke – Healthcare Leadership-Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Long-Term Care Administration; Psychology

Ethan Johnson – Biology, Chemistry; Psychology

Kaija Marie Johnson – Biology, Spanish; Chemistry

Brynn Kamarainen – French; Cross-Cultural Interaction

Jack Fidelis Lanners – Communication Studies Honors, Sociology

Samantha Leusink – Accounting-General Accountancy

Dawson G. Lindahl – Political Science; Chinese Language and Cultures

Isaac McCoy – Biology; Chemistry

Gavin R. Miller – Business-Finance; Psychology

Leah Mork – Mathematics, Chinese Language and Cultures

Megan Myers – Global Studies-Systems and Processes, Asian Studies, Spanish

Mackenzie LeeAn Nelson – Psychology; Interfaith Studies, Mathematics

Aaron Oakes – ACS Chemistry-Traditional, Mathematics

Anh Ngoc Minh Pham – Psychology Honors, Mathematics; Neuroscience

Mitchell Rabehl – Computer Science-Computing; Psychology

Emma Elizabeth Redlin – Elementary Education, Spanish; Interfaith Studies

Sophia Robinson – English-Communication Arts/Literature Education, Teaching

English to Speakers of Other Languages

Nicole Sadowsky – Biology; Chemistry

Madelynn Schumacher – Communication Studies, Chinese Language and Cultures

Leo Smith – Mathematics, ACS Chemistry-Traditional; Biology, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Mathilde Andrea Solberg – Communication Studies Honors; Psychology

Emma Stuhaug – Biology; Chemistry

Jediah Vold Thomas – Finance

Brook Tilahun – Neuroscience; Psychology, Data Analytics

Chi Ha Tran – Political Science, Mathematics

Meg Trebesch – Psychology

Emma Jean Vogel – Spanish, Education; English

Joshua H. Weber – Biology Honors, Education

Gabriel Jai Wiese – Communication Studies; English

Cora Willenbring – Computer Science-Data Analytics

Magna Cum Laude

Tyson Jakob Aberle – Psychology, Exercise Science-Preprofessional Clinical Practice, Rehabilitation and Therapy; Neuroscience

Mariah Ahrndt – Business-Marketing

Aya Al-Shakarchi – Political Science, Multimedia Journalism; English Writing

Bretton K. Badenoch – Chemistry, Neuroscience, Biology Honors

Emily Beard – Music Education Honors, Spanish

Lauren Beenken – Psychology; Communication Studies, Speech-LanguageHearing Science-MSUM

David Isaac Birkeland – Business-Marketing, Finance; Entrepreneurship

Casey Christensen – Communication Studies Honors; Business

Derrek Christensen – Communication Studies Honors; Social Activism, Religion

Elizabeth Corradi – Elementary Education; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Kaitlin Ann Cramer – Communication Studies Honors; Business

Taylor DeVine – Biology; Chemistry

Briana Nicole Doyle – Chemistry Honors, Art-General Studio Art

Gunnar Joseph Fering – Communication Studies; Business

Mackenzie Fitzner – Music Education

Elijah Thomas Grove – Business-Finance

Matt Gruber – Business-Management

Camille Gunderson – Psychology, Social Work

Kylie Haas – Biology; Chemistry, Psychology

Sydney Rose Hassing – Finance, Business-Management

Luke Hermanson – Biology; Chemistry

Mataya Natash Hoelscher – Elementary Education; Special Education-MSUM

MaLaney Huhner – Biology; Chemistry, Psychology

Jenna Jacobs – English-Writing Honors; Business, Spanish

Kacy Jiran – Mathematics, Philosophy Honors; Social Activism, Women’s and Gender Studies, Communication Studies

Grace Michelle Kosek – Elementary Education

Olivia Koziol – Social Studies Education

Samuel Kulseth – Social Studies Education

Anna Abigail Larson – Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Environmental Policy; Biology, Political Science

Grace Healey Lawlor – Elementary Education, Psychology

Nathan Gerald Leitner – Elementary Education

Kelly Marie Lorenz – Biology, Communication Studies Honors; Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Brogan Marlowe Ludwig – English-Literature Honors, Business-Economics

Ramona Lyttle – Accounting-General Accountancy

Alex McMullen – Computer Science-Computing; Mathematics

Quin Matthew Miller – Business-Economics, Psychology

Elias Nkuansambo – Business-Economics; Data Analytics

Innocent Nsengiyumva – Spanish; Psychology, Chemistry, Biology

Dhruvika Y. Patel – Neuroscience, Biology; Chemistry

Grace Marie Peterson – Biology; Chemistry

Kaelyn Nicole Pewowaruk – Spanish, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; Psychology

Shanyn Ruthanne Reidle – Communication Studies; Business, Art and Design

Quinn Kathryn Roeske – English-Writing; Psychology

Emily Rugloski – Exercise Science-Preprofessional Clinical Practice, Rehabilitation and Therapy; Psychology, Art and Design

Cameron Robert Rumpza – Business-Marketing, Finance

Eliana Christine Rutherford – Biology

Jacob Sandvig – Business-Management, Finance

Emily Savageau – English-Literature Honors, Political Science; Women’s and Gender Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Nicholas Sutton – Computer Science-Data Analytics, Computing

Colton Thomasson – Mathematics, Physics Honors

Autumn Alicese Thompson – Elementary Education; Psychology

Alexandra S. Trudeau – Global Studies-Culture Identity in Global Affairs, Political Science; Spanish

Lucas Vanhoever – Physics, Mathematics

Kailee Vigen – Chemistry; Biology

Piper Whipple – Accounting-Public Accountancy

Callen Stephen Wright – Biology; Chemistry, Business, Psychology

Ali Ahmad Younis – ACS Chemistry-Traditional Honors; Mathematics

Cum Laude

Mustafa Ahmad – Biology, Chemistry; Spanish

Layla Ali – Social Work; Social Activism

Noah Anderson – Chemistry; Biology

Sydney Anvinson – Psychology; Biology

Alison Ault – Elementary Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Alex J. Backes – Business-Finance

Connor R. Bawdon – Finance; Accounting

Soren Beckstrom – Business-Marketing, Management

Cassandra Bergman – International Business, Chinese Language and Cultures; Spanish

Jared John Campbell – Biology, Music Honors; Chemistry

Jaiden Nicole Conroy – Biology, Psychology; Chemistry

Dayle J. Dahlen – Elementary Education; Psychology

Alyssa Erickson – Elementary Education; Spanish

Kathryn Gubrud – Music Education

Alexa Hoien – Political Science; Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Aaron David Holslin – Biology, Political Science; Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Maranda Alexis Hoogenraad – Accounting-General Accountancy

Aiyana Jollie-Trottier – Psychology Honors; Interfaith Studies

Rhaegan Kiland – Biology Honors; Chemistry, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Morgan Kommer – Biology; Chemistry

Laura Kotz – Biology; Chemistry

Justin Kringler – Computer Science-Data Analytics, Business-Management Information Systems; Mathematics

Amelia Landsverk – Biology Honors, Environmental and Sustainability StudiesEnvironmental Policy, Political Science

Noah Lantz – Chemistry; Biology

Luke Anthony Levasseur – Biology; Chemistry, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Rianna Lilleby – Physical Education, Health Education; Psychology

Courtney Long – Elementary Education; Psychology

Pieter H. Louters – Political Science; Aerospace Studies-NDSU

Delaney Matejka – Music Education; Theatre Art

Ella Maus – Business-Healthcare Leadership, Long-Term Care Administration

Kallan Marie McSparron – Accounting-Public Accountancy

Maxime Mullier – Global Studies-Culture Identity in Global Affairs; Political Science, French

Zachary Myhrer – Finance

Maxwell Michael Naddy – Chemistry; Psychology

Nicholas Ness – Business-Management, Marketing

Caden David Neterer – Psychology; Spanish

Kyra M. Nichols – Exercise Science-Preprofessional Clinical Practice, Rehabilitation and Therapy; French, Psychology

Shelby Nolan – Business-Management, Finance

Elizabeth Ortmeier – Theatre Art; Business

Kade Isaac Peterson – Global Studies-Environmental Studies, Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Humanities; Communication Studies

Karis Anna Peterson – Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Environmental Policy, Global Studies-Environmental Studies; Business

Devon Ramstad – Business-Finance, Economics

Audrey Schaefer – Finance, Business-Management

Michael Schoenbeck – Elementary Education

Emmy Lynn Seljevold – Social Work; Art and Design

Lauren Snyder – Business-Management; Psychology

Miranda Sommerfeld – Psychology; Sociology

Isaac Stene – Accounting-General Accountancy, Business-Management

Kiara Stroh – Psychology, Neuroscience; Art History

Alec Thingvold – Biology; Chemistry

Abigail Vogeler – Biology, Theatre Art; Communication Studies

Josephine Amelia Walk – Mathematics; Religion, Data Analytics, Computer Science

Molly Wilde – Mathematics, Education

Quinn Gloria Anne Wrigley – Political Science; Business

Bachelor of Arts

Joana Acosta-Palmeros – Political Science, Communication Studies

Rita Adejudge – Computer Science-Computing; Mathematics

Joseph Akiri – Business-Management

Qais Al Qaisi – International Business, German

Fuad O. Ali – English-Writing

Gabe Allen – Business-Marketing, Management

Pavel Javier Alvarado Gomez – Psychology; Spanish

Peyton Amundsen – Business-Management

Emily M. Anderson – Biology, Environmental and Sustainability StudiesSustainability Studies

Kenley Anderson – Physical Education, Health Education

Gissell Arevalo Martinez – Psychology; Social Activism, Spanish, Sociology

Melissa Elizabeth Asplin – French, Psychology, Sociology; International Affairs

Lindsey Rachel Biebl – Psychology, Elementary Education

Aila Billings – French, Education

Daniel Bjork – Music Education

Samantha Bladow – English-Writing, Communication Studies

Ba Blamo – Political Science

Evan Allan Bolinske – Business-Finance

Max Olsen Boran – Exercise Science-Preprofessional Clinical Practice, Rehabilitation and Therapy; Business, Psychology

Grayson Braton – Business-Economics, Finance

Claire Elise Bruland – Spanish, Sociology

Stormi Buster – International Business; German

Tyler L. Butler – Business-Management; Entrepreneurship

Amelea Caldwell – Psychology

Brook Carney – Business-Healthcare Administration

William Maverick Cashman – Political Science; Spanish, Business

Taylor Ann Justice Cramer – Psychology; Sociology

Olivia Cron – Psychology; Food Nutrition and Dietetics

Wyatt Curtis – Business-Management

Alex L. Day – Communication Studies

Adrianna Dekkenga – Neuroscience, Psychology

Parker Delorme – Biology, Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Natural Science

Nathaniel Do – Biology; Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Farrah J. Dresen – Business-Management

Braydn Ray Dresser – Communication Studies

Tanner DuBois – Business-Management; Psychology

Gabriel Brooks Duncan – Business-Marketing; Art and Design

Kayli Elvin – Communication Studies; Psychology

Riley Emery – Healthcare Leadership-Healthcare Long-Term Care Administration

Hans Engen – Accounting-General Accountancy

Nathan Essendrup – Business-Marketing, Management

Jeremiah Evans – Business-Marketing

Canaan Fagerland – Biology; Chemistry, Business

Kiana Flaig – Clinical Laboratory Science; Chemistry

Collin Fleisch – Business-Healthcare Leadership, Long-Term Care Administration

Elizabeth Forsmark – Biology, Psychology

Abbey Frauenholtz – Exercise Science-Preprofessional Clinical Practice, Rehabilitation and Therapy; Psychology

Hayden Gagnon – Business-Management, Computer Science-Computing

Sabrina Garcia – Business-Management

Samuel Garcia – Computer Science-Computing; Entrepreneurial Mindset

Certificate

Kaitlin Geyer – Elementary Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Jack Thomas Gothberg – Finance

Madeline Graddy – Biology, Education; Psychology

Andrew Gravdahl – Business-Marketing, Management

Nathan Grunklee – Business-Management; Communication Studies

Johanna Haeg – History; Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Emma Hagemeier – Art-Preprofessional Design; Spanish, Communication Studies

Jackson Haire – Business-Marketing

Casey Haldis – Finance

Sarah Patricia Hansen – Social Work

Nicholas Hansmann – Business-Healthcare Administration, Long-Term Care Administration

Michael Anthony Harvala – Communication Studies

Ta’mia J. Hedlin – Communication Studies

Madilyn Marie Hess – Psychology

Gage Hildebrandt – Business-Management; Coaching

Savannah Rae Hofman – Business-Economics; French

Samantha Holmberg – Mathematics, Education

Andrea Hughes – English-Writing; Philosophy

Shear Huntington – Business-Finance, Management

Grace Ivesdal – Biology; Psychology, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Ethan Andrew Janisch – Business-Management; Entrepreneurship

Noah John Jenson – Communication Studies

Jaeger Jergenson – Business-Management

Ingrid Jetlund – Psychology, Communication Studies

Emily Kay Johnson – Art-General Studio Art

Isaac Johnson – Finance; Military Science-NDSU

Kjel Thomas David Johnson – Physical Education, Health Education

Landon Johnson – Biology, Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Sustainability Studies

Allyson Kangas – Physical Education, Health Education; Exercise Science

Andie Kassenborg – Biology, Spanish; Chemistry, Religion, Psychology

Dillon Scott Kies – Accounting-General Accountancy

Marshall King – Accounting-Public Accountancy, Finance

Samuel Koppendrayer – Social Studies Education; Coaching

Calvin La Fave – Political Science; Theatre Arts

Jenna LaFave – Physical Education, Health Education

Jaret Lalli – Business-Management; Biology

Eh Ta Lar – Social Work; Psychology

Jadyn Ann Lauermann – Social Work; Psychology

Abigail Anne Lenssen – Biology

Nicole Lyne Lilleberg – Exercise Science; Spanish; Entrepreneurial Mindset Certificate

Vladimir Lind – Biology, Communication Studies; Chemistry

Samuel Lingen – Business-Management

Sidney Lodge – Communication Studies; Business, Psychology

Zurisaddai Lopez Alfonso – Political Science; Social Activism

Joseph Lord – Business, Economics; Political Science

Cade Lundeen – Finance

Mikayla Rose Lynn – English-Literature

Chrah Breen Maii – Neuroscience

Kurt Manning – Biology, Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Environmental Policy; Religion, Communication Studies

Mari Mason – Mathematics

Nicholas Patrick McGinley – Elementary Education; Interfaith Studies

Colin McKimm – Business, Management; Biology, Entrepreneurial Mindset Certificate

Taylor Glenn Meissner – Exercise Science-Preprofessional Clinical Practice, Rehabilitation and Therapy

Alexis Nicole Miller – Psychology

Andrew Miller – Accounting-Public Accountancy; Communication Studies

David Miller – Mathematics, Education; Psychology

Emily Ruth Miller – Mathematics, Education

Michael Miller – Elementary Education

Kylie Ann Mitchell Lipetzky – Biology, Psychology

Yoselin Morales – Communication Studies; Business

Zachary Robert Morisset – Business-Management, Marketing

Ty Moser – Healthcare Leadership-Healthcare Administration, Healthcare LongTerm Care Administration

Braeton I. Motschenbacher – Finance

Kevi M. Muhammed – Social Studies Education

Augustus Nelson – International Business; French

Jackson Nelson – Business-Finance

Onyekachi Nkenke – International Business; Chinese Language and Cultures

Anna Noelle Bremer Nordling – Psychology; German

Rosa Maria Nunez – Healthcare Leadership-Healthcare Administration; Spanish

Abigail Nicole Olson – English-Communication Arts/Literature Education

Jordan Elizabeth Paulson – Business-Management

Olivia Joy Pederson – Neuroscience, Psychology; Biology

Sara Fabiana Perez-Chupina – Spanish, Education

Nicholas Perkins – Physics, Mathematics

Abel Ross Perry – Communication Studies; Political Science

Nathan Phillips –Physical Education, Health Education

Dylan Piepho – Political Science

Noah Pilon – Business-Finance

Mitchell Alan Porter – Business-Marketing

Melissa Pratt – Music Education

Jacob Prunty – Business-Management, Marketing

Taylor Radeck – Healthcare Leadership-Healthcare Administration

Alexis Nicole Rademacher – Neuroscience, Psychology

Boyd Rassatt – Business-Management, Marketing

Austin James Ratliff – Accounting-Public Accountancy

Payton Reed – Business-Management

Nicholas Ring – Finance

Aria Roberts – History, Art-General Art History

Benjamin Salazar – Theatre Art

Leila M. Samuelson – Elementary Education; Psychology

Daniel Bud Schenk – Religion; Interfaith Studies

Brady Christian Schmidt – Business-Finance; Military Science-NDSU

Kiley Schroeder – ACS Chemistry-Biochemistry; Psychology

Zach Schroeder – Accounting-General Accountancy

Noble Scott III – Finance

Jake Thomas Seboe – History, English-Literature; Political Science, Heritage Museum Studies Certificate

Mary Sem – Elementary Education

Avash Shrestha – Computer Science-Data Analytics, Business-Finance

John Simon – Business-Management

Eli Simonson – Business-Management

Carter Allen Slette – Biology, Spanish, Environmental and Sustainability StudiesNatural Science; Art and Design

Ryan Slette – Business-Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Leadership

Alexa M. Smith – Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Sustainability Studies

Patrick Dro Smith – Psychology

Kianna Snell – Food Nutrition and Dietetics, Neuroscience

Song Jiachen – Political Science

Kaden Spindler – Business-Finance

Abby Stark – Psychology

Kain Stevenson – Business-Management

Ashwin Elias Stratton – Computer Science-Data Analytics

Gavin Suska – Accounting-General Accountancy

Beth Teiken – Social Work, Spanish

Hannah Tesch – Biology; Chemistry, Psychology

Evergrace George Tibijuka – Business-Economics; International Affairs

Jason Tikkanen – Chemistry

Elizabeth Tofteland – Biology; Chemistry, Environmental and Sustainability Studies

Morgan E. Tritabaugh – Psychology; Women’s and Gender Studies, Social Activism

Telvin Vah – History; Communication Studies

Karen Gisela Valencia Rivera – Chemistry; Entrepreneurial Mindset Certificate

Victoria Valleramos – Psychology

Jewel Voeller – Psychology, Neuroscience

Danika Lillie Vukovich – Theatre Art; English

Ashley Walla – Biology; Environmental Studies

Maya Ann Walther – Spanish, Education

Riley Wenisch – Environmental and Sustainability Studies-Environmental Policy; Music

Katherine Dehlin Wensloff – Biology; Chemistry, Religion, Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Psychology

Hannah Wilke – Biology; Exercise Science

Bret Wilson – Computer Science-Data Analytics; Business

Phakouew Yang – Psychology

Kinsey Younggren – Computer Science-Computing, Data Analytics

Theodore Yumba – Computer Science-Data Analytics, Business-Finance, Management

Yuehan Zhao – Business-Marketing; Communication Studies

Howard Stewart Zuniga-Arias – Communication Studies

Summa Cum Laude

Olivia Baldzicki – Music Education Honors

Victoria Gough – Music Education Honors

Kaylee Marie Gross – Music Education Honors

Magna Cum Laude

Teagan Coyer – Music Education

Samara McDermid – Music-Voice Honors

Bailey Nelson – Music Education

Conrad Nickelson – Music Education Honors

Cum Laude

Tristan Josef Byer – Music Education

Carmen Geiger-Schutz – Music-Composition; Psychology

Jessica Jarosz – Music-Instrumental

Catherine Jane Langenfeld – Music Education

Alexander Smith – Music-Instrumental

Degree of Bachelor of Music

Bachelor of Music

Ethan Brummer – Music Education

Jack Bulman – Music-Instrumental

Zachary Chromey – Music Education

Isaac Gary Frauendienst – Music Education

Payton Camille Hausauer – Music Education

Steven Keller – Music Education; Entrepreneurial Mindset Certificate

Kenny Lindstrom – Music Education

Gabriel Lockheimer Toso – Music-Voice

Julia Osborne – Music Education

Jacob Shay – Music-Composition

Dillon James Swanson – Music-Instrumental; Church Music, Religion

Treyton Zeltinger – Music-Instrumental

Degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Summa Cum Laude

Avery Lee Kenning – Nursing; Psychology

Marryn Lundeen – Nursing

Magna Cum Laude

Victoria Johanna Branden – Nursing; Psychology

Sydney Christenson – Nursing

Madison Kuntz – Nursing

Katelyn Nelsen – Nursing

Caroline Ronning – Nursing

Megan Weber – Nursing; Spanish

Cum Laude

Megan Barnick – Nursing

Jessica Bray – Nursing

Lindsay Parker Clay – Nursing

Sophia Heather Nichol – Nursing

Cassidy Quiner – Nursing

Meghan Rethemeier – Nursing

Makena Spaeth – Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Samantha Yamile Arocho – Nursing

Lauren Marie Cepress – Nursing; Psychology

Dalee Chang – Nursing

Kalli Jewel Cummings – Nursing

Claressa Doe – Nursing

Sasha Rose Durand – Nursing

Emily Ann Graupmann – Nursing

Aubrie Heyer – Nursing

Meghan Julie Lentz – Nursing

Niesha Mancini – Nursing

Jonathon Thomas Melhus – Nursing

Mauricio Miranda – Nursing

Savannah Sedlacek – Nursing

Joseph Peter Thuente – Nursing

Morgan Weinand – Nursing

Senior Members of the Alpha Society

The Alpha Society is the scholastic honor organization on campus. Membership is open to those students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.7 by the end of the first semester of the junior year or at any time thereafter during the remainder of their college careers. The graduating Alpha Society members are listed below.

Tyson Jakob Aberle

Kayla Amber Adamek

Ashley Jo Adams

Mariah Ahrndt

Aya Al-Shakarchi

Bretton K Badenoch

Olivia Baldzicki

Emily Beard

Lauren Beenken

David Isaac Birkeland

Jacen Kenneth Bracko

Victoria Johanna Branden

Gunnar D . Carley

Shristi Chapagain

Casey Christensen

Derrek Christensen

Sydney Christenson

Hunter Colby

Elizabeth Corradi

Teagan Coyer

Kaitlin Ann Cramer

Annika Naomi Dalager

Ellia Nora Dalzell

Taylor DeVine

Briana Nicole Doyle

Jake Evans

Gunnar Joseph Fering

Mackenzie Fitzner

Charles Evans Garrity

Victoria Gough

Elise Grabinger

Sophia Viva Eileen Graff

Kaylee Marie Gross

Elijah Thomas Grove

Matt Gruber

Camille Gunderson

Kylie Haas

Isaac Habedank

Mikala Harris Hammer

Mya Hassebrock

Sydney Rose Hassing

Carlie Heinecke

Luke Hermanson

Mataya Natash Hoelscher

MaLaney Huhner

Jenna Jacobs

Kacy Jiran

Ethan Johnson

Kaija Marie Johnson

Brynn Kamarainen

Avery Lee Kenning

Grace Michelle Kosek

Olivia Koziol

Samuel Kulseth

Madison Kuntz

Jack Fidelis Lanners

Anna Abigail Larson

Grace Healey Lawlor

Nathan Gerald Leitner

Samantha Leusink

Dawson G Lindahl

Kelly Marie Lorenz

Brogan Marlowe Ludwig

Marryn Lundeen

Ramona Lyttle

Isaac McCoy

Samara McDermid

Alex McMullen

Gavin R . Miller

Quin Matthew Miller

Leah Mork

Megan Myers

Katelyn Nelsen

Bailey Nelson

Mackenzie L Nelson

Conrad Nickelson

Elias Nkuansambo

Innocent Nsengiyumva

Aaron Oakes

Dhruvika Y Patel

Grace Marie Peterson

Kaelyn Nicole Pewowaruk

Anh Ngoc Minh Pham

Mitchell Rabehl

Emma Elizabeth Redlin

Sophia Robinson

Shanyn Ruthanne Reidle

Quinn Kathryn Roeske

Caroline Ronning

Emily Rugloski

Completed Requirements for Graduation in the CREDO Honors Program

Cameron Robert Rumpza

Eliana Christine Rutherford

Nicole Sadowsky

Jacob Sandvig

Emily Savageau

Madelynn Schumacher

Leo Smith

Mathilde Andrea Solberg

Emma Stuhaug

Nicholas Sutton

Jediah Vold Thomas

Colton Thomasson

Autumn Alicese Thompson

Brook Tilahun

Chi Ha Tran

Meg Trebesch

Alexandra S Trudeau

Lucas Vanhoever

Kailee Vigen

Emma Jean Vogel

Joshua H . Weber

Megan Weber

Piper Whipple

Gabriel Jai Wiese

Cora Willenbring

Callen Stephen Wright

Ali Ahmad Younis

CREDO is an academic honors program for high-ability, highly motivated students who accept the challenge of actively exploring the ideas that have revolutionized our civilization. This year’s CREDO graduates are listed below.

Ethan Johnson

Jaiden Conroy

The gowns, hoods and caps worn by students and professors in today’s formal academic procession are relics of garments worn during the Middle Ages. At the early universities – Bologna, Paris, Oxford – scholars wore a variety of academic garments for very practical reasons. Over the centuries, however, academic regalia has evolved and is now worn more for tradition rather than function.

GOWNS – In the early days of the universities, which frequently owed their beginnings to the cathedral schools, professors were often members of the clergy. The apparel used by the clergy was, in general character, no different from that worn by the laity. Everyone wore a warm cloak and a hood to protect the head in bad weather. There was, however, one exclusively clerical garment that would be worn on formal academic occasions. In 1222, the Archbishop of Canterbury ordered all English clerics to wear the cappa clausa, a voluminous floor-length gown. The result of this rule was the cappa clausa came to be regarded as the standard, formal academic dress.

At today’s American colleges and universities, both students and professors wear academic garments during formal academic processions. Each gown is distinctive of the degree earned by the individual. The gown for the bachelor’s degree is black and has pointed sleeves. The gown for the master’s degree is more full and has oblong sleeves that open at the wrist. The gown for the doctorate degree is even more full, has bell-shaped sleeves with three velvet bars or chevrons across the upper arm. The color of the velvet is black, royal blue, or a color distinctive of the subject to which the degree pertains.

HOODS – In medieval Europe, the hood was nothing more than a useful head covering in cold weather. Hoods had their origin as a shoulder covering worn by Mendicant Friars in the Middle Ages. Similar to the medieval monastic habit, academic hoods were sewn or tied to the upper part of the gown, and brought over the head for a covering. On the European continent,

History of Academic Regalia

the academic hood was replaced in the 16th century by a scarf, variously called chausse, chaperon and sendelbinde.

American colleges and universities have followed the English academic tradition. Hoods are worn by scholars who have completed either a master’s or a doctorate degree. Of all the components of the academic costume, the hood bears the heaviest symbolic burden. Because the gown and hood are no longer required to keep the wearer warm, their function is one of identification. The hood must make clear the level of the degree, the discipline in which it was given, and the institution that awarded it. It is on the hood alone that all three items are clearly shown. The level of the degree is shown by the size of the hood, the width of the velvet trimming, and, in the case of doctors, by the shape. A master’s hood is 3 and one-half feet long, while a doctor’s hood is 4 feet long. Both hoods are lined with the official colors of the college or university conferring the degree. The lining also incorporates the color associated with the academic discipline. The edging of the hood is velvet, with 3-inch-wide black velvet for the master’s degree and 5-inch-wide royal blue velvet for the doctorate.

CAPS AND TASSELS – The caps worn by professors and students evolved from the clerical pileus. The Roman Catholic Church, at the Synod of Bergamo (1311), adopted the round clerical cap, or pileus, and required all clergy to wear it. Gradually, other varieties of headdress developed in the academic community. In 1520, a square cap was worn at the University of Paris. It was known as the bonnet carré and is the predecessor of our own square cap or mortar board.

The four-sided black mortar board and tassel is typically worn by most American students and professors. The tassel is either black or of the color indicating the field of study. The caps worn by doctors vary from the foursided mortar board to the eight-sided tam. The tassels worn by doctors are usually black or gold.

COLORS – In the United States, an academic commission established a uniform code for academic costume in 1895. The colors associated with the different academic disciplines are as follows:

Agriculture ................................ Maize

Arts, Letters, Humanities .................... White

Commerce, Accounting, Business Drab

Dentistry Lilac

Economics Copper

Education Light Blue

Engineering Orange

Fine Arts, including Architecture Brown

Forestry ................................... Russet

Journalism .............................. Crimson

Law ...................................... Purple

Library Science ........................... Lemon

Medicine Green

Music Pink

Nursing Apricot

Oratory (Speech) Silver Gray

Pharmacy Olive Green

Philosophy Dark Blue

Physical Education .................... Sage Green

Public Administration ................ Peacock Blue

Public Health ........................ Salmon Pink

Science ............................ Golden Yellow

Social Work Citron

Theology Scarlet

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