Medaille College Commencement 2009

C O M M E N C E M E N T

for the GRADUATE

and UNDERGRADUATE

CLASSES of

2009 Friday, the fifteenth day of May Two thousand and nine

Kleinhans Music Hall Buffalo, New York

2009 C O M M E N C E M E N T Medaille College Mission Statement

BOARD OF TRUSTEES William M. Collins Chair, Board of Trustees

Richard T. Jurasek, Ph.D. President of the College

Stuart Angert Dominick F. Antonelli Stephen L. Cicchinelli ’98 (ex officio)

Tom Donahoe Andrés Garcia ’82 Board Assistant Secretary

Juanita K. Hunter, Ed.D. Margaret Kafka ’90 James R. Kaskie Joseph G. Makowski Board Secretary

Charles E. Moran, Jr. Board Vice Chair

Kathleen C. Owens, Ph.D. William H. Pearce, Jr. Lawrence Quinn Robby Takac ’86 Michael K. Walsh Board Treasurer

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Medaille College concentrates on excellence in teaching, with an emphasis on personal attention to its diverse student body. Its curriculum provides a solid liberal arts and sciences foundation with early access to career-oriented education. The faculty and all of those involved in the mission of education challenge students and themselves to the highest possible standards of achievement, but that challenge is balanced by support for every individual student and a concern that each one succeeds.

Historical Overview Medaille College is an independent college committed to serving the higher education needs of Western and Central New York, and Southern Ontario. The College is located within the historic Olmsted Crescent in the heart of Buffalo, New York, with branch campuses in Amherst and Rochester. Medaille is known for its flexible delivery systems, offering Master’s, Bachelor’s, and Associate degrees in both traditional and accelerated formats.

The Undergraduate College currently offers the Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Business Administration, Communication, Criminal Justice, Education (Elementary Education 1-6, Middle Childhood 5-9, Adolescent English 7-12 with Special Education, Adolescent Mathematics 7-12 with Special Education, and Adolescent Social Studies 7-12 with Special Education), English, Liberal Studies, Psychology, Sport Management, and Veterinary Technology. Associate degrees are offered in Liberal Studies and Veterinary Technology.

Through its School of Education and School of Adult and Graduate Education, Medaille offers both undergraduate and graduate programs designed to meet the needs of adult learners. Degrees awarded include the Associate of Science in Business, Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership, Master of Arts in Psychology, Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling, and Master of Science in Education.

Named for Father Jean Pierre Medaille, founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Medaille College traces its roots to 1875, when the Sisters of St. Joseph founded an Institute to prepare members of the Order for teaching in diocesan schools.

In 1937, the Institute received an absolute charter from the State of New York and was renamed Mt. St. Joseph Teachers College. In 1968, a charter was sought to create a new college that would be independent, nonsectarian, and coeducational. The State granted this charter and Medaille College was born.

Many new degree programs were developed and student enrollment doubled in the 1970’s.

This growth continued, and in 1985 construction was completed on a new science building.

Residential housing was added in 1991 and the Kevin I. Sullivan Campus Center opened in April of 1994.

Campus construction continued with the opening of the North Residence Hall (2001) and the South Residence Hall (2003). In addition, the Sullivan Campus Center has been expanded, renovations have been made to the Huber Hall Library, and major landscaping improvements have been made to the campus. Most recently, seven houses on Humboldt Parkway and Agassiz Circle have been remodeled as faculty and administrative office space and state-of-the-art classrooms.

Medaille’s annual operating budget is now $48 million and the annual economic impact of Medaille on our community exceeds $138 million. In the past ten years, full-time faculty have increased from 45 to nearly 100, and the College’s enrollment has increased to nearly 300%. The total enrollment approaching 3,000 students makes Medaille the third largest private college in Western New York.

B U F FA L O , N E W Y O R K

the G R A D UAT E C L A S S of

2009

PROGRAM FOR THE GRADUATE CEREMONY KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL, MAY 15, 2009 1:00 P.M. PROCESSIONAL*

CALL TO ORDER

Buffalo Brass Quintet “Pomp and Circumstance March” (Sir Edward Elgar)

Aspiration Statement

Robert E. Nesslin, M.S.Ed.

“Medaille College

Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Adult and Graduate Education NATIONAL ANTHEMS

Buffalo Brass Quintet

INVOCATION

Rev. Paul Emery ’90, B.S., M.Div. Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church

WELCOME

Robert E. Nesslin, M.S.Ed.

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT

Richard T. Jurasek, Ph.D.

”

President of the College ADDRESS

will be known as the leader in preparing learners for career success and a lifelong commitment to a civic and sustainable future in Buffalo, the region, and the world.

The Honorable Chris Collins Erie County Executive

STUDENT ADDRESS

Michael A. Moretti Class of 2009

PRESENTATIONS

Judith M. Horowitz, Ph.D.

Academic Awards

Dean of the School of Adult and Graduate Education and Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Francis M. Murphy, Ph.D. Founding Dean of the School of Education PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES

Douglas W. Howard, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

Richard T. Jurasek, Ph.D. * The Audience is requested to stand and remain standing through the Invocation.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

Richard T. Jurasek, Ph.D.

BENEDICTION**

Rev. Paul Emery ’90, B.S., M.Div.

RECESSIONAL

Buffalo Brass Quintet

** The Audience is requested to stand and remain in place until the recessional is completed.

“Trumpet Voluntary” (John Stanley) COMMENCEMENT 2 0 0 9

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C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Karen C. Allen

Eric Thomas Kingsbury

Jennifer Ann Slazak

Paulette Berzer Ambellan

Aaron Kottke

Charline Tamara Smikle

Norma Janine Artis

Pamela Helen Lawrynowycz

Melody Jean Smith

Renee Lynne Bair

Denyse Lewis

Kimberly Ann Spencer

Sara M. Balbuena

Juanita Shawnette Lokey

Surge Stoyanovich

Jonathan Michael Berlucchi

Joye Marie Maracle

Philip John Struebel

Linda Billups Donalson

Andrew Marsherall

Jaime Christian Swygert

Danny G. Boughton

Lisa Anne Maunz

Martyna Anna Szramel

Susan Aileen Bradbury

Darryl Lamont McAdory

Jodi M. Bryan

Christine Marie McBride

Alexander Matthew Tomljanovich

Ebony Dawn Caldwell

Heather Mendyk

Elizabeth A. Carey

Kristen Natalie Misuraca

Nicole Helen Carter

Jade A. Mitchell

Jennifer L. Cassaday

Sandy Moniz

Jacky Q. Chan

Michael Anthony Moretti

Lucy Competiello

Megan Leslie Morris

Audrey Suzanne Connell

Teresa Ann Mullen

Eric Lawrence Conrad

Kimberly A. Mullins

Lisa S. Corrigan

Kristen P. Musick

Elizabeth Allen Curtis

Kristen M. Neubauer

Donna Jean Dobbins

Autumn Lyn Ortolano

Angel Sherriece Epps

Deena P. Richardson

Sara Elizabeth Foore

Andrew John Park

Angelo Genco

Andrea G. Paruta

Sean G. Greenhouse

Christina Rachelle Pearl

Jessica L. Gregoire

Christopher Robert Pels

Michelle M. Grzechowiak

Khristian Joye Powell

Kristine Virginia Gurz

LaMarr B. Powell

Sharon Evelyn Harling

Andrea M. Reid

LeeAnn J. Harrigan

Carrie A. Rosati

Kaywanna D. Harris

Athena Rose

Teresa Humphrey

Laurie S. Ryan

Jeanie L. Hursey

Thomson Scarlett

Rachel Lynn Karasiewicz

Sarah Marie Sears

Jill Ann Kelly

Justin Paul Shavalier

Master of Arts

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Joel Martin Walrath Paul Anthony Wandel Melissa Anne Wegst Lisa Welling David A. Wheeler Sandra Marie Whitaker-McAdory Kevin Karl White Sandra E. White-Williams Jennifer June Wiepert Gelea Yvonne Wilson Nathan J. Wright Brittany Anne Zucco

B U F FA L O , N E W Y O R K

C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Master of Business Administration Kelli R. Alaimo

Heather M. Gifford

Heather L. Nowakowski

Heather Lynne Albright

Deborah Ann Grande

Tyia L. Palmer

Amanda Lynn Antonik

Ambur A. Grebner

Matthew Petroski

Bryan A. Asci

Venus L. Greggs

Nancy A. Pietras

Rodney Asse

Brian Joseph Hamp

Eileen Pirson

Mehmet Emin Ataman

Kelly Lynn Hanavan

Sarah B. Pollinger

Thomas E. Baines

Kendra McClain Harris

Deirdre Annette Porter

William A. Barnack

Darrin Garett Harzewski

Dyan L. Poyfair

MaryAnn Baumgart

Tamica Latear Hunter

Kennetha J. Quarles

Jason J. Berghold

Jamia Laniue James

Prisca Lalaina Randrianasolo

James M. Blachowicz

Carrie A. Jarvie

Elizabeth Ward Robbins

Kathleen E. Boag

Cynthia M. Johnson

Jeanette Rosario-Lugo

Gerald L. Bommer

Veronica M. Karz

Jennifer Lynn Rozler

Warren Allen Brady

Lynne M. King

Joye Alaina Runfola

Gary P. Browne

Sarah E. Kostrzewa

Michael P. Schebell

Monica Lynn Campbell

Maria E. Kowalski

David John Schnettler

Christine Marie MacMillan Campeau

Bryan Paul Lamphron

Joseph Allan Schoen

JosĂŠ Antonio Latalladi, Jr.

Philip John Schwegler

Maria Lisa Lelinski

Denis Serugendo

Anthony P. Leto

Paul Todd Shelanskey

Teresa M. Libraire

Julie Kay Slate

Loren D. Lobban

Sean Darrow Stanton

Danielle Marie Mahoney

Krystalore S. Stegner

Steven James Makowski

Michael James Stillwell

Ty McDowell

Brian Stoudemire

Kristin Michelle Mielcarek

John Edward Sullivan, Jr.

Timothy J. Miller

Daniel F. Szewc

Kristen Marie Morris

Kristy Ellen Todtenhagen

Donna M. Mostiller

Eric S. Waters

Thomas T. Myers

Jeremy P. Whitbeck

Amy B. Nash

Paul M. Wierzbowski

Scott Robert Nash

Joseph A. Worral

Richard Nocera

Craig Michael Yanni

Tricia Sheryl Canty Christopher Mark Carlson Jamie Lynn Carriero Dennis Charles Carrow Chad E. Cieslinski LaDonna Yvonne Clements Jeffrey D. Conrad Michael R. Corp Andrea L. Croce Cory C. Cwiklinski David C. Dennie Anthony J. Dicembre Barbara Marie Elliott Holly Marie Ferris Susan Kathleen Gangi Yesenia Garcia Ortiz MaryJean Gasbarrini

Javeena Annquenette Norwood

COMMENCEMENT 2 0 0 9

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C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Master of Science in Education Sam Abbas

Allison Michelle Bartz

Charlene Bundschuh

Karen Diane Clark

Sona Achakzad

James Matthew Bastin

Kaitlin Elizabeth Bunghardt

Michael Roland Clark

Jake René Adam

Maja Paola Elzabeth Bauer

Lauren C. Burgess

Kerri P. Clarkson

Mark Richard Adams

Alexander Garrett Beck

Rachel Margaret Burrows

Michelle Irene Colacci

Maayan Agasi

Megan G. Beckett

Dominika Buttigieg

Lucy Colalillo

Christina Alaimo

Robert K. Beddow

Danielle Elizabeth Cadieux

Erin L. Collicutt

Carla Nadine Alexander

Mary L. Begadon

Cindy Caetano

Lacy Michelle Collins

Joanne Elizabeth Alexander

Melissa Nirvana Beharry

Calogera (Lina) Calabro

Mary Melissa Collis

Razvan P. Alexandru

Simona Nadia Beharry

Stephanie Lee Calvert

Shauna Melina Connolly

Hend Ali

Amanda Jean Bentley

Brooke Ann Camillo

Taryn Susanne Conroy

Logan Christy Anderson

Stephanie Berardi

Melissa G. Campbell

Sarah Joanne Conversano

Shannon Erica Anderson

Amanda Lynne Berman

Jeanette J. Campoli

Lauren A. Cook

Angela Ardith Andrews

Adriana Elizabeth Bernardo

Josephine Capone

Molly McNamara Cook

Laura J. Appelman

Jason John Biesma

Stefania Cappella

Daniel Vince Costantini

Rosa Arena

Jessica Lauren Billeci

Silvia Caravaggio

Kyla Doreen Mary Cottam

Tanya Marie Asaro

Valerie R. Bingham

Stephanie Rose Carbone

Karli Jean Coulter

George S. Ashfield

Tiia Katherine Birkenbaum

Domenic Caronzo

Ashlee Morgan Courts

Tonya Lynn Ashton

Nathalie J. Bissonnette

Marianne E. Carroll

Ryan John Coutts

Angela Asimakopoulos

Teri Lynn Blair

Susanne Marie Carter

Robert Oscer Crivaro

Trisha Asser

Kendra Michelle Blimkie

Trousky T. Casalinovo-Sosa

Kimberly Ann Csikos

Akruti Atawala

Bertrand Julian Boatswain

Karol Kimberly Cassel

Maria Curkovic

Zeenat Auckbaraullee

Michelle Nicole Bogdan

Anne M. Cassidy

Michele Margaret Curry

Lakhbir Kaur Aulakh

Kelly Maureen Bond

Celeste A. Cavanaugh

Julia Cuzzolino

Margaret Mae Aynsley

Sharmaine Boodoo

Jessica Alise Czaikowski

Amber Dalgleish Ayotte

Charity Dawn Born

Michael Kanjin D. Cederman

Alan Joseph Bourke

Patricia A. Chatten

Kimberley Bacon

Joanna Sara Bowker

Rabial Chaudhry

Ashley Nicole Mary D’Angelo

Leslie Anne Baier

Hayley Dall Bowles

Marty Thomas Chenette

Mark Anthony Davidson

Wade Baikie

Glenda Brady

Laura Chianello

Darryl Lionel Deaken

Lennail Lee Bailey

Virpal Brar

Michelle Chin

Bianca Ann DeCaria

Jennifer L. Bair

Sarah Livingstone Braun

Diane Grace Chiocchio

Victor Hrvoje Delac

Nitika Bajaj

Jodi-Ann Simone Chong

Louisa Deleo

Jaclyn K. Baker

Kimberly Marie Braunscheidel

Catherine Chun

Jennifer Lynne Delmar

Ruth Amina Bakhsh

Nancy Brito

Catherine Celeste Ciarallo

Ida Masi DeMaria

Melissa Cynthia Balogh

Stacy Leann Brown

Kammy Lynn Ciesielski

Toni Elizabeth DeMille

Meredith Alexandra Barker

Dean T. Bruder

Elena Maria Cinquemani

Melissa Margaret Dennie

Trish E. Barr

Tiziana Bruni

Elysia Circelli

Ashley Danielle DePace

Olivia A. Barrett

Lisa Marie Brydon

Sonia Ciullo

Lisa Dessau

Sharon Marie Bucknall

Amy Elizabeth Clackett

Jessica Suzanne Devlin

Katherine D. Babb

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Lucy D’Amato

B U F FA L O , N E W Y O R K

C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Ashley Devi Dhanpal

Robyn Christine Foster

Adrienne Michele Gummo

Azeria Jabbari

Navdeep Kaur Dhillon

Collette C. Fowler

Tara E. Habes

Susan Elizabeth Jaconelli

Navneet Dhillon

Bryan Gregory Fradgley

Jaclyn A. Hafner

Taslim Kaba Jaffer

Kuljit Kaur Dhinsa

Joanne Franco

Jennifer E. Hahn

Richard Janco

Maria R. Di Manno

Andrea Josephine Frandina

Leepy Hajra

Heather Lynn Janes

Antonietta DiLeo

Lindsay Rea Freedman

Randa Hakim

Alexandra Vija Jansons

Michael Andrew DiMascio

Maral Frendjian

Jaslyn M. Hall

Michelle Eileen Jennings

Alexandra Lee DiMillo

Sarah Rose Frenette

Julia Kathleen Hall

Dina Jiryes

Robin Lesley Dinney

Amanda Elizabeth Fryer

Sabra May Hanham

Parveen Kaur Johal

Nichole M. Donahue

Jennifer Marie Fuller

Hina Haque

Amanda R. Johnson

Christine Lynn Donovan

Disha Gadhia

Lindsay Erin Hartery

Joshua J. Jones

Fatha Hussein Dore

Jennifer Gaglia

David James Harvey

Terry Robert Jones

Sara Nicole Dormody

Melanie Elizabeth Gagnon

Catherine Mary Hayes

Amanda Ann Joosse

Diana Marie Dorner

Theresa Ellen Gagnon

Robert Hayes

Melanie Jordison

John Drummond Douglas

Teresa Galluzzo

Amy Katherine Hayward

Nicole Jennifer Jurgen

Whitney Sarah Drabik

Leslie A. Galyen

Sharleen Elizabeth Hayward

Sandra Juric

Laura J. Dunn

Karen Ann Gardon

Katherine Marie Head

Kiran Preet Rakkar

Jennifer Durzo

Jenny Gazzaruso

Elizabeth Danielle Heaney

Diana Luisa Kallinis

Sean G. Eddy

Maria Gentile

Tricia A. Heaney

Geetanjali Kalyan

Susanne Gertrude Egert

Katie Anne Geofroy

Alvaro Andy Hehus

Stefan Matthew Kamendy

Nicole Andrea Elahie

Louis Guy Gialanella

Ann Marie Heide

Melissa Kandola

Christina A. Eliseo

Michelle Ann Giardina

Selina Paula Heinisch

Melissa Beatrice Kanyo

Rhonda Anne Ellison

Breanne Marie Gillen

Jyoti Kapoor

Hafiza Saad Elsohemy

Shannon Leigh Gillies

Jessica Theresa Kathleen Henriques

Jennifer Elizabeth Emond

Amy L. Giovino

Kathleen Theresa Herechuk

Rebecca Kargovski

Richard Ethier

Courtney Lynn Goetz

Heather Ann Vanden Heuvel

Tom Nickolas Kasulis

Amy Chava Goldstein

Jackson K. W. Ho

Margaret Christine Kehl

Jennifer Lee Goldstein

Julie Marie Hoelzle

Lee R. Kennedy

Andrea R. Gomes

Renee Marie Hoffman

Reza Khalighi

Agnieszka Grazyna Gondek

Jaime Holder

Mary Camille Kiblin

Christian Vittorio Gooch

Michael Patrick Holmes

Melissa Tahirak Killian

Sylvia Karla Fawcett

Wendy Anne Goodfellow

Hailey Rae Honsinger

Monica Patricia Kirkland

Sara A. Felmet

Lakshmi Latasha Gosyne

Lindsay Hosmer

Alex Xaver Kleiner

Lindsay Erin Gould

Laura Christine Houston

Nichole Koch

Angela Rosa Graziano

Terri Lynn Houston

Sophia Kolinas

Ashley Kristen Green

Maurice George Hudson

Patricia Kosmidis

Brandon Ashley Greenspan

Catherine Dow Hutchinson

Nicole M. Kotlak

Katherine Elizabeth Gregoire

Sabrina Rosa Ienco

Despo Debbie Kountouros

Erica Stacey Greves

Rosamaria Ireland

Jessica Amanda Koziol

Marla D. Firth

Jenna Michelle Grieco

Stephanie Michelle Ironside

Courtney Rebecca Kramer

Krista E. Fleming

Louisa Grossi

Filomena Isacco

Jennifer Marie Kreller

Nicole Ashley Facella Diana Faheim Lisa Ann Falcone Rose T. Falcone Debora Marisa Faleiro

Rebecca A. Ferguson Diane Lee Fernandes Tiffany Angela Fessler Vanessa Fields Kyle L. Finlay Stephanie Claire Finner

COMMENCEMENT 2 0 0 9

Michelle Karan

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C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Sonia Kumar

Ayesha Majid

Rinki J. Mehta

Sandra Paula Oliveira

Meagan Kuss

Saliaha Majid

Jennyann Mieth

Nicole Lynn Overhoff

Rebecca Shawna Laiken

Emily M. Major

Michele M. Milbrand

Paola Pace

Raymond Lam

Sara Makvandi

Alicia Mary Ann Mills

Nicole Pais

Laura Lamanes

Mehwish Malik

Steven Barry Mintz

Mirella Palferro

Trevor Barrington Lamb

Sharon A. Malo

Martin Liam Misener

Joseph Edward Palkowski

Megan Jane Landers

Kathy Maltezos

Rachel A. Molnar

Chris Papadopoulos

Gemma Lansbury

Jan Quilla Mamolo

Melissa Maria Monardo

Nicole May Papalazarou

Dana Ann Lanthier

Navdeep Kaur Manak

Laura Monte

Heather Marie Papp

Andrea Joanne Lavoie

Stephanie Mandev

Karen Anne Monteith

Katherine Maria Pappano

Mariana Lazarich

Tania Mangal

Kevin A. Moogk

Jennifer Lynne Paradis

Susan Elizabeth Lencz

Dallas Elizabeth Mann

Helena Rebecca Moorby

Lisa Jayne Parish

Joshua R. M. Lennox

Deborah A. Maples

Camille Moore

Felicia A. Parker

Maria Loretta LePera

Natalie Melisssa Marcus

Kelly Elizabeth Moore

Sandra Lynn Parkhill

Kathleen Anne Leslie

Melissa Elizabeth Marlatt

Yaakov Yisroel Morel

Alberto Michael Pasquali

Jedediah Jon Likos

Christine G. Marochi

Danielle Kristine Moretti

Kirsten Pay-Martin

Shawn Evan Linnell

Agnieszka Kamila Marszalek

Christa Elizabeth Morgan

Temothye Carole Peart

Patrick James Liuzzi

Katrina Ann Marutiak

Russell John Morgan IV

Elena Pellegrini

Amanda Marie Lloyd

Barbara Ann Maschke

Andrea Catharine Morley

Renetta Persaud

Valentyna Maria Lobo

Nadia Maria Mastroianni

Serena J. Moro

Jaime Michelle Peters

Whitney Ann Locke

Alessandra Angela Matera

Lucie Morra

Leigh Susanne Petralito

Maria Carmine Lombardo

Maria Antonnia Matos

Katie Elizabeth Morris

Nicole Petrilli

Jenna Korin Moffatt Lootsma

Quinn Matthews

Samantha Moscatiello

Angela Magic Pfeifer

Andrea Maria Mazariegos

Kristy M. Mott

Hayley Phillipson

Maisha Njemila Louis

Danielle Marie Mazzu

Courtney Lauren Mulcahy

Elisa Carla Pichut

Elena Loukas

Jodi L. McBain

Kathleen A. Mulligan

Jennifer E. Pieber

Tanya Loukas

Rebecca Margaret McColl

Siobhan Kathleen Murley

Robert John Pilgrim

Mary Alexandra Lucas

Sean Thomas Raymond McComb

Marcella Napoli

Giacomo Luppino

Mariana Tatiana Neamtu

Stephanie Alyce Murdison Pimek

Jason A. Luscombe

Kelly L. McCulloch

Dave D. Neeb

Mary Pistritto

Andrew Charles Lynde

Michael A. McKay

Frances Nero

Ashley Kathryn Pollock

Cynthia Ann MacDonald

Sheri Kathleen McKechnie

Ryan Shawn Nery

Jacqueline Marion Porter

Scott A. MacLeod

Patricia Anne McKeever

Kaitlyn Marie Nevill

Jacqueline D. Poulin

Bruce Allister MacMillan

Molly E. McMullen

Jade Ngar-Mond Ng

Sarah Ann Pribeli

Michelle Lynn MacMillan

Aleksandra Nikolic

Nicole L. Priester

Daniela L. Macri

Catherine Helen McNaughton

Julie Elizabeth Nodel

Melissa Marie Pukalo

Lauren Rachel Maggiolo

Christina Medeiros

Lillian DeMelo Novo

Laura F. Pulli

Jennifer Emily Mahadai

Mariana Medeiros

Karen Lynn O’Dell

Erin Maureen Quartermain

Malissa Risha Maharaj

Stacie Jean Medina

Elaine Quinlan

Marybeth M. Mego

David John Ogilvie

Heather Lynn Maher

Laura Jane O’Hearn

Katherine A. Raab

Allison Louise Majchrowicz

Nisha Mehta

Drew M. Olczak

Kari Julia Rabinowicz

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B U F FA L O , N E W Y O R K

C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Barbara Raczynski

Tajinder Kaur Sanghera

Katie Lynn Stevenson

Rialdo U. Vanegas

Komal Raja

Diana Santo

Nancy Lyn Stewart-Kozak

Pang Kou Vang

Ria Alicia Rampersad

Amanda Lyn Saunders

Jessica Laura-Lie Stock

Sophia G. Varacalli

Jennifer Lynn Randazzo

Kristy Marie Sawicki

Anette Antine Stonkus

Jill Olivia Vaughan

Shamneet Randhawa

Roberto Domenico Scala

Pamela J. Stornelli

Joanne Melanie Ventura

Christina Monika Rand-Jones

Alison Rose Schaubel

Kristine A. Straus Jennifer Marie Stringfellow

Emily Jean Rankin

Sonya Marilyn Scheunemann

Marites May Ventura-Quintos

Rose Vita Suglia

Teresa Maureen Verboom

Kiirsten Lee Rautenberg

Kathleen Marie Schmit

John H. Sullivan

Sabrina Verdejo

Stefanie L. Reading

Kathleen Evelyn Schneider

Mark Thomas Sullivan

Christa M. Verdone

Laura Anne Reda

Valerie N. Schneider

Robert Scott Summers

Michelle Marie Vermet

Sabrina Marie Rende

Lisa Leigh Schultz

Elizabeth Anne Sutherland

Orlando Villanueva

Christine Mary Ribeiro

Natalie Maria Scono

Darcy J. Swiatek

Angela Vlahos

Andrew W. Rice

Stacey Anne Sellars

Crystal L. Szatkowski

Angella Ann Marie Walker

Jennifer Elizabeth Richards

Fatima Do Rosario Serra

Jennifer Dawn Szczucki

Nicole C. Walker

Kerry Elizabeth Richardson

Tania Serrao

Lana Maria Tancredi

Tara Walters

Stephanie Anne Riches

Sapna Sethi

Melissa Patricia Tancredi

Heather M. Watts

Stephanie Michelle Ringwood

Stephanie Sferrazza

Neeta Tapper

Teresa Marie Wernet

Brette Ruby Shatkosky

Tina Stephanie Tatarek

Letreonia Matrice Whitfield

Patrizia Rizzo-Magliocchi

Ashley Tara Shave

Souzana Tatsis

Doug Wm. I. Whitford

Brandon J. Robinson

Sheryl Louise Shaw-Aletto

Amanda Mary Rodgers

Angela Lyn Taylor

Yuval Shchukovsky

Diolinda Rodrigues

Tiffany Eva Thompson

Natalie Jane Maxine Wildfong

Lindsey Catherine Sheahan

Kimberly Ann Rollek

Lori Thornton

Lori Short

Sonia Romita

Krysten Ashley Tonnos

Kimberly D. Shotwell

Jessica Maria Rosa

Nick Anthony Toriello

Ashlee Linda Schutt

Sundari Angela Rose

Noralea Cara Torrens

Lindsay Rae-Ann Sierdsma

Shakwana N. Rosenthal

Nicole Erin Toscani

Amandeep Singh

Stephanie B. Rubulotta

Jennifer Leigh Townsend

Amrita Singh

Adriano Ruggiero

Amber N. Tracy

Gail Nalini Sirju

Beth Lynn Rushing

Jagdeep Trehin

Stefanie Sitzer

Lary Russiello

Melissa S. Trice

Merissa Christine Skeba

Danielle Loren Rutenberg

Mark Stephen Tripp

Lindsey F. Smeltzer

Jennifer Lynn Rutenberg

Maria Bettina Troina

Lauren Audrey Smith

Michael Vincent Sacco

Kathy Tsimidis

Marijeanne Smith

Anju Saini

Rowena A. Tumanguil

Shelly Nadine Sookraj

Najwa Saleh

Jane Ann Turchin

Mounika Sourial

Antonella Adele Salituro

Lori Lynn Urbanczyk

Allison Audrey Southern

Leah Catharine Samson

Lisa Marie Vaillancourt

Stephanie Lynn Spratt

Nicole K. Samson

Patrick J. Valeriote

Michael John Starzynski

Stanley Stevenson Samuel

Melissa Anne Vancardo

Mark Edward Steiger

Vanessa Fawn VanDerSteen

COMMENCEMENT 2 0 0 9

Renee Nicole Willis Jillian Marie Wills Leila Wills Elizabeth E. Wilson LaFraya LaShawn Wilson Carly Ann Winter Megan Alexandra Woodcock Lindsay Worboys Matthew Paul Wright Steven Yotis Candace Y. Young Christine Yu Niki Jing Yuan Sadiah Zafar Christen A. Zaidel Lara Zakko Molly A. Zariwny Maria Giuseppina Zito Marissa Nancy Zunino

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Department Academic Awards

Graduate Ceremony Speaker

G R A D U A T E

C L A S S

Business Administration (M.B.A.) Accelerated Learning Program

Eileen Pirson

Curriculum and Instruction (M.S.Ed.)

David James Harvey

Elementary Education (M.S.Ed)

Marianne E. Carroll

Elementary Education-Canadian Program (M.S.Ed.)

Joshua J. Jones

Literacy Program (M.S.Ed.)

Heather Lynn Maher

Mental Health Counseling (M.A.)

Norma Janine Artis

Organizational Leadership (M.A.)

Michael Anthony Moretti

Psychology (M.A.)

Megan Leslie Morris

Special Education (M.S.Ed.)

Alan Joseph Bourke

The Honorable Chris Collins Erie County Executive As County Executive, Chris Collins is focused on his Three Rs – reforming Erie County government, rebuilding the local economy, and ultimately, reducing taxes. Collins is committed to running Erie County like a business, making it more effective, efficient and responsive to hardworking taxpayers.

The residents of Erie County elected Chris Collins as the seventh Erie County Executive on November 6, 2007. A businessman with 35 years of private sector experience, Collins won with 64 percent of the vote.

For the last eight years, Collins has managed and is the sole investor of Cobblestone Enterprises LLC, a merchant bank that is focused on investing in local manufacturing companies. Since 1998, Cobblestone has invested in over 20 acquisitions that currently operate as ten separate platform companies. These companies currently have over 600 employees, including 500 in Western New York, with annual sales in excess of $80 million.

Before creating Cobblestone, Collins founded Niagara Falls based industrial gear manufacturer Nuttall Gear Corporation in 1983, purchasing the assets of the Westinghouse Gear Division.

The County Executive began his professional career with Westinghouse Electric in 1972.

Collins has been active in the community, particularly with the Boy Scouts. He was chairman of the 2001 and 2005 National Jamboree Committee for the Greater Niagara Frontier Council Boy Scouts of America, and is serving as chairman for the 2010 Jamboree. The County Executive also served as chairman for the 2007 World Jamboree. Since 1999, Collins has volunteered his time as a mentor at the State University of New York at Buffalo Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

Collins received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University in 1972 and an MBA from the University of Alabama in 1975.

The County Executive is married and has three children and two grandchildren.

He lives in Clarence, NY.

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B U F FA L O , N E W Y O R K

the U N D E R G R A D UAT E C L A S S of

2009

PROGRAM FOR THE UNDERGRADUATE CEREMONY KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL, MAY 15, 2009 7:00 P.M. PROCESSIONAL*

Buffalo Brass Quintet “Pomp and Circumstance March” (Sir Edward Elgar)

CALL TO ORDER

Robert E. Nesslin, M.S.Ed. Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Adult and Graduate Education

NATIONAL ANTHEMS

Buffalo Brass Quintet

INVOCATION

Rev. Paul Emery ’90, B.S., M.Div. Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church

WELCOME

Robert E. Nesslin, M.S.Ed.

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT

Richard T. Jurasek, Ph.D. President of the College

ADDRESS

Thomas Herrera-Mishler, ASLA, MLA, RLA President and CEO, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy

STUDENT ADDRESS

Aspiration Statement

“Medaille College will be known as the leader in preparing learners for career success and a lifelong commitment to a civic and sustainable future in Buffalo, the region, and the world.

”

Michael A. Moretti Class of 2009

PRESENTATIONS

Norman R. Muir, Ph.D.

Academic Awards

Dean of the Undergraduate College

Francis M. Murphy, Ph.D. Founding Dean of the School of Education

Judith M. Horowitz, Ph.D. Dean of the School of Adult and Graduate Education and Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management The Sister Alice M. Huber Collegiate Award PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES

Holly McCarthy, M.Ed. Vice President for Student Affairs

Douglas W. Howard, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

Richard T. Jurasek, Ph.D.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

Richard T. Jurasek, Ph.D.

BENEDICTION**

Rev. Paul Emery ’90, B.S., M.Div.

RECESSIONAL

Buffalo Brass Quintet “Trumpet Voluntary” (John Stanley)

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C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Associate in Science Nicole Masumi Alfano

Brandie L. Kralstein

Shala Alynn Reifinger

Doreen R. Arrington

Lisa C. Kraus

Tiffany Nicole Resetarits

Caitlin Elizabeth Ash

Brianna Nicole Larivey

Angela Sue Robertson

Alexandra Victoria Baker

Tracy Lee Larkins-Hobbs

Kaitlyn Renee Bertini Corey James Biesinger SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Katelynn Mary Lines Heather A. Lorenzo

Jennifer E. Briffa

Amanda Crystal Macadlo

Falon D. Broderick

David D. Mackiewicz

Laura I. Carra Carmel Nicole Carson SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Alicia Kay Clark

CUM LAUDE

Scott Markham Diane M. Martino MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Samantha Jane Condit

Shayla S. McCullough

Marilee Caroline Cook

Geraldine B. McDivitt

Adriea K. Crosdale

James R. Militello

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Amy L. Davis CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Lindsay M. Mills SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Danielle Marie Diehl

Amanda Lynn Minner

Faren Gault-Wilson

Kristina A. Monkelbaan

Jennifer Catherine Gawron Michelle Diane Gould Sara Jane Hardy Leah Elizabeth Hill Mandy Roxanne Hilliard Alison M. Horvath

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Amberly Diane Rounds Rebecca Ann Rozwood Lori Ann Sacilowski MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Genevieve Elizabeth Slingluff SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Lucas Gregory Slojkowski CUM LAUDE

Mary Lynn Smialek Jessica Lynn Stark Jessica Lynn Stodgell Lisa Felicia Stolfa SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Michelle M. Streamer SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Cheryl Ann Vargo

Marco A. Muniz Megan Victoria Murphy Jacqueline L. Murray MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Kelly O’Connell Sara Lynn Owens Angel Pagan

Mary Keller

Bartolo Panepinto

Stacy Ann Kiblin

Michele L. Perez

CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Ashley R. Mott

Katie M. Ireland

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Kelly Samantha Rose

Megan Kay Usiak

Marlene Stephanie Nadel

Cathryn J. Keller

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Cynthia Marie Romanowski

Megan E. Morath

Katie Lynn Hourihan MAGNA CUM LAUDE

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CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Elizabeth L. Vande Velde SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Reneè Christine Wanca Brenna A. Ward Jenna Marie Webster Mark David Wisniewski SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Andrew Frank Yestrebi SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Lori Lynn Polisoto

Theresa Shamary Kilgo

Stephanie R. Potter

Holly Ann Kinsey

Celyn Lee Reed

CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Janet L. Knab

Lauren Vivtoria Rees

B U F FA L O , N E W Y O R K

C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Bachelor of Business Administration Sandra M. Alvarado

Taris Luwaun Finney

Sharon Renea Lewis

Alisa J. Fitzgerald

Patricia Ann Lloyd

Hector Paul Arocha

Michael Robert Glinski

CUM LAUDE

Taneha Monique Scott

Cynthia M. Arsenault-Nelson

Saran T. Lucas

David Bruce Shaw

Richard Norman Goebel

Jason Louis Mann

Arcadia Maria Stacey

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Kevin Philip Barbato SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Condenessa Givanna Barron CUM LAUDE

Joel M. Bearfield SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Charles Paul Bishop SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

William Goldsmith MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Stephanie J. Green Maxine Elaine Grubbs MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Valentine Hale

CUM LAUDE

Elizabeth E. Manning SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Rebecca L. Miller SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Joseph R. Mirabelli MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Kenneth J. Sciarrino MAGNA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

Alicia D. Stone MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Ambrose Francis Strong, Jr. MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Jill Taberski Maria A. Taberski

Joanna M. Blackburn

Shawntoya VonShay Hampton

Katina Michelle Mitchell Christie R. Nelson

Camille Taylor

Tony Maurice Blackmon

Denise Harris

Christopher Paul Nitto

Brian M. Thoms

CUM LAUDE

Daryl L. Bleau Debra J. Bledsoe SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Christopher D. Brem SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Cheryl Jean Cheasty SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Christa L. Christman CUM LAUDE

Joy Clark CUM LAUDE

Deidra Ann Clifton-Goolsby Tremeeka L. Cummings Christa L. Daigler MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Jeffrey Wayne Davis SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Latisha A. Davis Patricia Dick

Bethanie J. Henry

Stephanie Valentine

Sarah Ann Hoskyns

Carol Oleshansky

Jeffrey Lorenzo Walker

Kayla Michelle Humphries

Luca Olivieri, Jr.

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Bertha L. Jackson Camille R. Jackson CUM LAUDE

Michael O. Jeffrey, Jr. MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Jennifer Michelle Johnson SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Kimberly Lyneè Johnson Deborah Ruth Kennerknecht Rashaun Nicole King Chad William Klatt James Anthony Koszuta Steven M. Kracker SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Barbara A. Krazmien

Richard Joseph Dynas

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Jessica Jean Emden MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Julie L. Farmer SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Regina Yvette Northington

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

Sarita D. Lane Elizabeth J. Larsen MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Stephanie Lynn Leidolph CUM LAUDE

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Craig Adam Osborne SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Geoffrey Frank Pagano Jennifer Lynne Patterson CUM LAUDE

James Robert Paul Magalis Neldis Perdomo MAGNA CUM LAUDE

K. Scott Perry SUMMA CUM LAUDE

John M. Podlucky MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Erin Claudine Presler

CUM LAUDE

Patricia Walsh MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Sheryl Lee Weldon SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Alan D. Wilcox MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Nathan Charles Wintringer MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Joyce Wong Christopher M. Wopperer Rachael L. Wowzynski SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Dorinda Zayas Jason Matthew Zubricky

CUM LAUDE

Gregory A. Protas Nydia Rolling Peter M. Rosetano Valerie Jean Salatino MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Richard R. Schilling SUMMA CUM LAUDE

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C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Bachelor of Science in Education Angel G. Behrns CUM LAUDE

Heather Marie Belmont CUM LAUDE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Kimberly A. Benway Carrie Deonza Borges

Brian David Ferington

Jessica Lynn Ruda

Melissa Rachel Haag

Elizabeth Ann Schuck

CUM LAUDE

Sean Patrick Hanley CUM LAUDE

Jennifer Lynn Kapsiak CUM LAUDE

Daniel G. Brawn

Kimberley Anne Koch

Elizabeth Kaye Bush

Megan Elizabeth Koscielniak

CUM LAUDE

Rebecca Lynn Cappon Daniel John Corrigan MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Taylor Leigh Farruggia

CUM LAUDE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Kelly M. Kurk Steven J. Lachut

CUM LAUDE

Kelly Anne Spiegelhoff CUM LAUDE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Kate A. Swierski CUM LAUDE

Mariette Margaret Tyrpak CUM LAUDE

Sharlyn A. Wagner CUM LAUDE

Brandon Thomas Young CUM LAUDE

Shannon Marie Rogowski

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Bachelor of Arts Latasha Dawn Baker Katelyn M. Bugenhagen SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Jami Ellen Caward SUMMA CUM LAUDE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Deanna L. Dawson Lisa Reneè Ellsworth Jacquelyn R. Healy

Haddie Helene Herzig EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Louis Raczka

Lora Marie Hoag

Kristyn Stephanie Nicole Ramsey

Tamara Cherise Ingram

Kelly Ann Rosenthal

Katherine O’Keefe Kohlmeier

Carrie Elizabeth Sabato

James R. Lines CUM LAUDE

Michael William Thomas Melyssa Alexdraia Tollar

Ashlee N. Peed EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

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B U F FA L O , N E W Y O R K

C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

D E G R E E S

Bachelor of Science Joshua S. Achramovitch

Lisa Marie Cialfi

Russell Anthony Allen

Kimberly Marie Coleman

Charlene Elizabeth Jacque-Gray

Brandon P. Annese

Tiffany LaChelle Collins

Aaron Gregory Jantzi

Jonathan Richard Augustyn

Caitlin M. Cosentino

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

CUM LAUDE

Marra Babagana

Anthony Costa

Brenna Lynn Barbour

Rena R. Cowart

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Joseph Andrew Beale CUM LAUDE

David M. Bennett CUM LAUDE

Richard Paul Wesley Creamer

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Bryan J. Judson Mark Peter Kaminski CUM LAUDE

Gregory Thomas Kazmierczak Margaret Jacqueline Keddie

Amber Marie Czock

CUM LAUDE

John Michael Daddario

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Sheena Lynn D’Angelo

Theresa Shamary Kilgo

Joel Kent Berger

Jessica L. Dascenzo

Brian J. King

Nathan Karl Beutel

Claire J. Davies

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Corey James Biesinger

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

Dominic Joseph Klos

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Kevin T. Knospe

CUM LAUDE

Erica Michelle DeFisher

Ashley Rose Kosicky

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Christopher James Devlin

Stephanie Dianne Kramer

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Jonathan J. Bilinski MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Crystal Maire Blythe Nicole Angeline Blythe

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Benjamin Levi Dlugosh EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Laura Mary Domino CUM LAUDE

Matthew D. Kushner Jeffrey Marc Laidman Michael P. LaMarca CUM LAUDE

Evitra D. Bolden

Joseph Earl Ellis

Bridget Louise Lanigan

Sara Rose Bova

Matthew James Fader

Jeremiah Craig Litzinger

Kimberly Marie Bowen

Eric Allen Felder

Kellie Dawn Long

Tracey Brewer

Lisa Marie Foti

Jeremy M. Lopez

Jeff Eric Brown

CUM LAUDE

Tiffany A. Luterek

Tamela L. Gatewood

Thomas L. Lyman

William E. Gersitz

Kaitlin Elise Macy

Tiffany Yvette Goree

Matthew James Malinowski

Christopher D. Griffiths

Jennifer A. Martin

Saramarie C. Bukas

Mattea Collins Hagin Haessner

William J. McCormack

Scott Michael Campione

Bridget Ann Helak

Matthew James Capriotti

Ashley B. McNulty

Sarah Anne Hise

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Janine Nicole Bryan CUM LAUDE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Jameson Arthur Bugenhagen

Kate L. Carpenter Andrew J. Carrig Melissa Carter CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

William John Hoch CUM LAUDE

Laura Ashley Hoffman Angela Lynn Holody

Steven McMillion, Jr. SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Bryan C. Meagher Michael Lawrence Mertz Sheree L. Mikulewicz James T. Mogford

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C A N D I D A T E S

F O R

Megan Victoria Murphy

Shala Alynn Reifinger

Lauren Elizabeth Neubauer

Jacob Charles Reisdorf

CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Emily Ann Newcomb-Smith

Jared Donald Reisdorf

CUM LAUDE

CUM LAUDE

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

SCHOLARS PROGRAM

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Alex Bryan Nicosia Megan Ohnmeiss MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Joseph F. Rera EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Kayla Marie Richardson EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Jim Thomas O’Neill

Cassandra Leigh Ring

Meredith Anne Opitz

Andrea Lynn Robinson

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Elizabeth P. Page

CUM LAUDE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Carrie S. Pallotta

Bradley J. Robinson

Christina Panuccio

William M. Rogers

Anthony M. Parisi

Daniel J. Rokitka

Howard Patton, III

Timothy Michael Ruffino

CUM LAUDE

Shawn Y. Patton Jennifer Lynn Piersa

Filecellia Amelia Sampson Natalie Rose Schiavone MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Molly Kathryn Platt

Eric M. Schmitz

Jessica L. Postolese

Abby Kathryn Seitz

EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Scott Carl Potter Elizabeth Ann Probst EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Paul J. Quiter Shannon Mary Radlich CUM LAUDE

Elizabeth Elaine Reif

Kimberly S. Sendlak Michael R. Simoncelli CUM LAUDE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

John A. Sindoni

D E G R E E S

Matthew Lawrence Slovick CUM LAUDE EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Jasmine A. Smith Mindi Elizabeth Smith CUM LAUDE

Kimberly Marie Stencel CUM LAUDE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Rhoda L. Summers Joseph M. Tosto CUM LAUDE

Adam Robert Townsend Janessa Irene Vandegriff Sara Marie Vinci Kevin P. Volker Josh Lucas Waclawski Kyle James White Meghan Virginia Wickman James H. Witherow Christie Witt CUM LAUDE

Tara L. Woyton Andrew Frank Yestrebi CUM LAUDE SCHOLARS PROGRAM EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

Jeffrey William Zacharias EMERGING LEADERS PROGRAM

CUM LAUDE

Katherine Elizabeth Slomowicz SUMMA CUM LAUDE SCHOLARS PROGRAM

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C L A S S

Biology (B.S.)

Caitlin M. Cosentino

Business (A.S.)

Tracy Lee Larkins-Hobbs

Business Administration (B.A.)

Joseph Andrew Beale

Business Administration (B.B.A)

Maxine Elaine Grubbs

Communication (B.S.)

Natalie Rose Schiavone

Criminal Justice (B.S.)

Laura Mary Domino

Education: Childhood (B.S.Ed.)

Melissa Rachel Haag

Liberal Studies (B.S.)

Shannon Mary Radlich

Psychology (B.A.)

Jami Ellen Caward

Psychology (B.S.)

Claire J. Davies

Sport Management (B.S.)

Michael P. LaMarca

Veterinary Technology (A.S.)

Michelle M. Streamer

Veterinary Technology (B.S.)

Andrew Frank Yestrebi

Visual and Digital Arts (B.A.)

Katelyn M. Bugenhagen

Department Academic Awards

Undergraduate Ceremony Speaker

Thomas Herrera-Mishler President and CEO, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy Thomas Herrera-Mishler leads the Buffalo/Niagara region’s leading non-for-profit, membership-based organization, the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, as president and CEO. The Conservancy is responsible for the maintenance and operations of Buffalo’s beloved Olmsted Park and Parkway System.

Herrera-Mishler and his family moved to Buffalo from Wellesley, Massachusetts where he served as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. There, he was responsible for nearly doubling membership to 7,000, helping restore the Society’s Olmsted-designed headquarter estate grounds, and creating major improvements to the Annual Flower show, the largest cultural event in the northeast.

Mexican-born, Herrera-Mishler obtained his Master of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, Urban Design Specialization from the University of Michigan in 1986. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language & Literature with a Minor in Business Administration from Eastern Michigan University in 1982.

It was while studying landscape architecture that Herrera-Mishler grew to admire Frederick Law Olmsted, the iconic designer of urban parks including Central Park in NYC and parks in major cities across the country.

Buffalo’s own Olmsted system was designed beginning in 1868 and sits on the Register of National Historic Places. Herrera-Mishler’s portfolio includes the master plan for the National Zoo and Botanical Garden of Costa Rica.

After serving as project landscape architect on various projects around the US and abroad, Herrera-Mishler moved into the non-profit sector in 1992, working as the community landscape architect for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in Philadelphia, and later as executive director of Philadelphia’s Awbury Arboretum & Historic Estate, executive director of the Toledo Botanical Garden and director of Arlie Gardens in Wilmington, N.C. Thomas is a determined gardener, occasional chef, and voracious reader.

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Latin Honors Latin Honors indicate the level of academic distinction with which an academic degree is earned. Medaille College awards three types of Latin honors. In order of increasing honor, they are: CUM LAUDE

3.50 – 3.69 cumulative average

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

3.70 – 3.89 cumulative average

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

3.90 – 4.00 cumulative average

CANADIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM

O Canada!

Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?

With glowing hearts we see thee rise The True North strong and free:

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada!

We stand on guard for thee.

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And the rockets’ red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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2009 C O M M E N C E M E N T The Academic Procession The academic procession of today’s Commencement exercises is made up of candidates for degrees, members of the faculty, members of the Board of Trustees, and members of the platform party marching in that order. After the ceremony, the order of the march is reversed.

The order of march is in accordance with academic protocol which was established centuries ago when academic ceremonies were predominately directed by the clergy. In keeping with the familiar order of the religious procession, the younger and newer groups precede the older, and the place of highest honor is at the end of the procession.

Academic Symbolism

The Tradition of Academic Regalia The pageantry, tradition, and ritual of college and university commencement ceremonies in the United States originated more than 800 years ago in the medieval universities of Europe. The first academic degree recorded was conferred by the University of Bologna (Italy) in the middle of the twelfth century. The practice of conferring degrees spread from Bologna to other European universities such as the University of Paris, and then to Oxford and Cambridge.

Medieval institutions of higher learning were traditionally administered by monastic orders, and students as well as their instructors wore the habits of monks to protect themselves from the cold of drafty rooms and corridors. In 1321, the University of Coimbra (Portugal) required all bachelors, masters, and doctors of theology to wear monastic gowns – the first such injunction recorded.

Originally, the hood worn by those holding master’s degrees and doctorates was a head covering, the monk’s tippet. When caps came into fashion in the fifteenth century the hoods were draped down and back and ornamented with silk or velvet linings.

On May 16, 1895, a delegation of representatives from various institutions convened at Columbia University to consider the question of academic attire in the United States. The deliberations of the conference resulted in the formulation of a unified system of academic apparel consisting of gowns, hoods, and caps to be worn by the graduates of any institution of higher learning in the United States.

Adherence to this intercollegiate code of academic costume was voluntary; however, virtually all institutions with the exception of Harvard University and six others adopted it.

The Intercollegiate Code specified that all graduates would wear black gowns, the pattern of which would vary according to the degree. Colored accessories were permitted to represent a particular degree or institution. Undergraduates were required to wear a severe, unornamented black robe with long pointed sleeves, an Oxford mortarboard cap, and a black tassel.

The greatest degree of symbolism was represented by the hood which signified not only the degree of the graduate but also the institution from which it was conferred. The hoods were bordered in the appropriate faculty colors to designate the specified academic discipline of the graduate and linked with the official colors of the institution.

In keeping with long established traditions, graduates of Medaille College continue to wear black robes with an Oxford mortarboard cap and black tassel.

The Mace Bearer The Mace Bearer carries a mace in the procession immediately preceding the President both entering and leaving the ceremony. The office of the Mace Bearer is purely ceremonial, and derives from the medieval times in England when an official such as the Lord of the Admiralty or the Chief Justice of the Court of Assizes, was taking office or opening his court and needed a bodyguard. Then the mace, a formidable weapon, was held ready to protect the person of the dignitary. From the sixteenth century in England and since colonial days in America, it has become a symbol of office only, and is carried by a distinguished member of the faculty.

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C O M M E N C E M E N T

2009

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