The Fifty-fourth
Annual Commencement
University ofDallas
Nine O'clock in the Morning
May 19,2013
For the Degree Doctor ofHumane Letters
Citation
Honoring
Ernie Wayne Sadau
A hospital stay while still a high school student set Ernie" Sadau on the path to becoming the president and CEO of CHRISTUS Health, one of the largest Catholic Healthcare systems in the nation, with facilities in seven states in the US and six states in Mexico, including CHRISTUS St. Joseph Village in Coppell and CHRISTUS HomeCare in Dallas. Responding personally to the young patient's request for an interview, that hospital's CEO advised the young Ernie on how best to prepare for a career in healthcare management. Beginning with that life-changing encounter with an executive who honored patients as persons, enhanced with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas and a Master's Degree in Hospital Administration from Texas State University, a distinguished career began. From 1983 through 2006 Mr. Sadau served in many roles at Adventist Health System, including chief financial officer, and president and CEO ofAdventist Health System/Midwest in Hinsdale, IL. In 2000 he was named an Up & Comer by Modem Healthcare magazine, an award that honors rising young stars in the health care management field. Returning to Texas, Mr. Sadau joined CHRISTUS Health, located here in Irving, as senior vice president of Patient and Resident Care Operations in 2006, becoming senior vice president and chief operating officer in 2008. He assumed the role of president and Chief Executive Officer of CHRISTUS Health on March 1, 2011. Mr. Sadau is a fellow ofthe American College of Health Care Executives. Today Mr. Sadau serves as an example to a new generation of young people who search for ways to witness to their faith in complex times. As health care issues take on a greater complexity, he dedicates his talent for corporate leadership to fulfilling the CHRISTUS Health mission: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ.
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History
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The charter of the University of Dallas dates from 1910 when the Vincentian Fathers took that name for the Holy Trinity College that they had founded five years earlier. This charter became dormant in 1929 and was placed in the Chancery Office of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. In 1954 the Sisters of Saint Mary ofNamur obtained the charter for the purpose of operating a new institution in Dallas which would absorb their junior college in Fort Worth, Our Lady of Victory. The Sisters, together with laymen who directed the drive for funds, Eugene Constantin Jr. and Edward R. Maher Sr., induced Bishop Thomas K. Gorman to have the diocese assume sponsorship of the new institution with ownership by its Board of Trustees. Bishop Gorman announced that the University of Dallas would be a four-year co-educational institution welcoming students of all faiths and races, with a graduate school to be added as soon as practicable. The new University of Dallas opened its doors to 96 students in September 1956, on a thousand-acre tract of rolling hills located northwest of the city of Dallas. The first president, F. Kenneth Brasted, served until 1959; the second, Robert Morris, from 1960 to 1962; and the third, Donald A. Cowan, from 1962-1977. In 1976 Bryan F. Smith was appointed Chancellor to assist Dr. Cowan and to oversee the University until the next president, Dr. John R. Sommerfeldt was appointed in 1978. Dr. Sommerfeldt returned to full-time teaching and research in 1980. During the search for his successor, Dr. Svetozar Pejovich served as acting President. In July 1981 Dr. Robert F. Sasseen became the fifth president ofthe University. In December of 1995 Dr. Sasseen returned to teaching. Monsignor Milam J. Joseph was named the sixth president of the University in October of 1996 and served until December of 2003. Robert Galecke, senior vice-president for Finance and Administration served as interim president until July, 2004, when Dr. Francis Lazarus took office as the seventh president ofthe University. On March 1, 2010 Thomas W. Keefe became the eighth president of the University. Members of the Cistercian Order and the Sisters of Saint Mary ofNamur, together with three Franciscan fathers and a number of laymen, composed the original faculty of the University. The Franciscan fathers departed after three years. Dominican priests joined the faculty in 1958 and established the Albert the Great Priory. The School Sisters of Notre Dame came in 1962. The Cistercians now have a permanent abbey church and college preparatory school for boys adjacent to the main campus. In time, the faculty has become largely lay of many faiths and counts distinguished scholars among its members.
Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools came in 1963, was reaffirmed in 1973, 1984, 1994, and 2004. Significant honors have been won by University graduates since the first class in 1960 which earned its first Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson awards for graduate studies. His Excellency Thomas Tschoepe succeeded Bishop Gorman and served as grand chancellor of the University until his retirement as Bishop in 1990 when Bishop Charles Grahmann, his successor, assumed this position. The seventh Bishop of Dallas, His Excellency Kevin J. Farrell, succeeded Bishop Grahmann upon his retirement in 2007, and currently serves as Chancellor of the University. A gift of seven and one-half million dollars from the Blakley Braniff Foundation established the Braniff Graduate School in 1966 and allowed the construction of the Braniff Graduate Center, Tower and Mall. The Constantin Foundation similarly endowed the undergraduate college with gifts in 1967 and 1969. In 1970 the Board of Trustees named the undergraduate college the Constantin College ofLiberal Arts. Gorman Lecture Center and the Maher Athletic Center were completed in 1965. A legacy from the estate of Mrs. John B. O'Hara established the Summer Science Institute in 1973. Holy Trinity Seminary was founded in 1965 and occupied its present facilities adjacent to the main campus in 1967. The Graduate School ofManagement began in 1966 and offers the largest MBA program in the Southwest. Influential graduate programs in Art and English also began in 1966. In 1973, the Institute of Philosophic Studies, the doctoral program of the Braniff Graduate School and an outgrowth of the Kendall Politics and Literature Program, was initiated. The Institute for Religious and Pastoral Studies began in 1987. In 2007 IRPS was renamed the School of Ministry. The College of Business, incorporating GSM and undergraduate business, opened in 2003. In 1975 the University Center was doubled in size and named for J. M. Haggar, Sr., and an addition was made to the Haggerty Art Center. The University Apartments, a facility for upper division students, opened in 1980. 1985 saw the completion of the Patrick E. Haggerty Science Center and the Chapel of the Incarnation. A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the prestigious honor society, was granted in 1988. In 1992 Anselm Hall, the first dormitory, was renovated and the Fr. Thomas Cain Courtyard adjoining it was dedicated. On June 11, 1994, the University dedicated permanent facilities for its Rome Program begun in 1970. The 12-acre Constantin Campus, Due Santi, near Albano, Italy, is 15 kilometers from the heart of Rome. Recent years have seen the Haggerty Art Village, the Dominican Priory, and the Women's Softball Complex completed, and other athletic
facilities upgraded. A new residence hall was dedicated on January 19,2010. The University celebrated its 50th Anniversary with an 18Â month series of events that began at the May 2005 Commencement and concluded with a major celebration, The 50th Gala, September 22, 2006. Today the University enrolls over 2500 students from all over the United States and the world, divided roughly into 1350 full-time undergraduates; 900 largely part-time Graduate School of Management students; and over 300 students in the Braniff Liberal Arts and School of Ministry programs.
The University Seal The seal of the University of Dallas is emblematic of the ideals to which the University is dedicated. It is likewise reminiscent of the deposit of faith of the Roman Catholic Church and of the traditions of two teaching communities within the church. The decorative outer circle indicates the date the University was chartered and the motto, "Veritatem, Justitiam Diligite." The quotation, taken from Zacharias VIII, 19, "Love, Truth and Justice," or more freely translated, "Through Truth, Seek Ye Justice," emphasizes the University's function of advancing the search for truth and encouraging the pursuit of the good. Enclosed within the band which bears the motto, in an octagonal field of green, are several emblems associated with the traditions of the University. The central figure of the triquetra interwoven with the triangle is a double symbol of the Holy Trinity to Whom the University is dedicated. The circle is a symbol of eternity and of the unity of the Godhead. The fleur-de-lis, at once an ancient symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of France, recalls the direct and indirect French origins of the two teaching orders which cooperated initially with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth in establishing the University of Dallas. The Cistercian Order originated in France in the Eleventh Century; the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Mary of N amur was founded in Belgium in 1819 by a Cistercian Monk. A crusader's shield, emblematic of faith, stands within the green field on either side of the central device. The shield on the left contains a star, a traditional emblem of Mary, as well as the chosen emblem of Texas, the Lone Star State. The shield on the right presents the torch of liberty and learning. The branches of the live oak and olive trees, taken from the Seal of Texas, make further reference to the State. The Trinity River, on which the University is located, is represented by the heraldic device of the wavy lines centered
beneath the emblem of the Blessed Trinity. The Official Seal, in all of its symbolic color, hangs in the J. M. Haggar, Sr., University Center foyer. The exquisite mosaic, completed by art alumnus Xavier Zamarripa, was commissioned by the Class of 2002.
Academic Regalia Academic costume of today has a history of nearly eight centuries. In medieval Europe men and women wore robes or gowns. They survive today in the gowns of religious orders and the judiciary, and in academic costume. Students and teachers in medieval universities such as Paris, Bologna, Oxford, and Cambridge organized themselves into guilds. Gradually the costume became distinctive for Bachelors ( apprentices) of Arts, Masters (teachers) and Doctors (teachers who had completed postgraduate studies) . The distinction appeared mostly in the hood. The hood, originally a practical element ofdress, evolved into a purely ornamental article, draped over the shoulders and down the back. The color of the outside trim of the hood is indicative of the degree earned, as is the tassel. Arts and letters can be recognized by the white, taken from the traditional white fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge hood. Scarlet red, long symbolic of the church, indicates theology. The royal purple of the King's court signifies law. Philosophy is signified by the color for wisdom and truth, blue. Science is identified by golden yellow, fine arts by brown. Drab is used for business administration. The colors of the hood lining are those of the university conferring the degree. The University of Dallas hood is lined in navy and white. First conferred as a symbol of the M.A. degree, the academic cap was a later development. Some caps were stiff, some soft, some square, some round with a tuft in the center. The tassel of today is an elaboration of the tuft. Round caps are still used. The "mortar board" style comes to us from Oxford.
In the United States academic costume was standardized in i 1895 by the Intercollegiate Code. Taking the Oxford costume as a starting point, the American system is as follows: the Bachelor's gown has long, pointed sleeves; the Master's gown has closed sleeves with a slit for the arms; the Doctor's gown has round full sleeves with three bars of velvet on each and velvet facing. Like the velvet, the gold tassel on the cap is reserved to Doctors, Presidents, and those of similar estate such as university trustees.
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Each University displays its distinguishing characteristics in its doctoral and trustee robes. The University ofDallas regalia was designed by Waltraud Bartscht, a former member ofthe l University faculty.
The Braniff Graduate School
The history of the University of Dallas is closely linked with the names of Braniff and Blakley. These are permanently enshrined with the William A. Blakley Library, the Braniff Graduate Building and Tower, and the Braniff Graduate School. Senator William A. Blakley, lawyer, statesman, and industrialist, was a member of the first advisory board of the University. Both Senator Blakley and Tom Braniffhad been vitally interested in private higher education. Before their deaths in 1954, Tom and Bess Braniff knew of plans for a proposed University of Dallas and had expressed hope that it would become a reality. Efforts to found the University captured the interest and support of Senator Blakley.
The Graduate School ofManagement of the Braniff Graduate School offers the Master of Business Administration and the Master of Science degrees in a variety of specialized areas. The Management School has its own commencement ceremony three times a year.
The Blakley-Braniff Foundation was dissolved in 1964. Senator Blakley and the other directors of the Foundation chose the University of Dallas for the site of the Braniff
In its Liberal Arts division the Braniff Graduate School supports the doctoral program of the Institute of Philosophic Studies, and the Master of Fine Arts.
Graduate School as the highest and best tribute to the memory of Tom and Bess Braniff in perpetuity. The Graduate School offered its first courses in 1966. The Braniff Graduate Building was completed in 1968, along with the mall and the Braniff Memorial Tower.
TheSchoolofAfin~try
Begun in 1986, the School ofMinis try currently offers degree and certificate programs in Theological Studies, Pastoral Ministry, Religious Education, Catholic School Teaching, and Catholic School Leadership. The School provides a program offormation that prepares graduates to engage in the Church's life and mission in a manner which is full, conscious, active, and effective. This formation is theological, pastoral, and spiritual in its orientation. The School of Ministry sponsors a Biblical School, taught in parishes throughout the Metroplex. The School of Ministry also teaches courses that
fulfill the academic requirement of Deacon Formation. Biblical School and Deacon Formation courses are listed under the General Studies section. By the conclusion of their studies in the various programs of the School ofMinistry ,graduates have received the necessary education and formation that will specifically permit them to serve the Church in a variety of capacities-as catechists, teachers, Catholic school administrators, pastoral leaders, lay ecclesial ministers, and deacons.
Braniff Graduate School For the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Literature
For the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy
Kathryn Eileen Davis Liberty in Jane Austen's PERSUASION
Basil David Burns St. Thomas Aquinas's Philosophy ofLove: A
Commentary on MUTUA INHAESIO as the Most
Proper Effect ofLove in IA IIAE,
qq26-28 of the SUMMA THEOLOGIAE
Ann Marie Klein The Dign ity of Work in Gerard Manley Hopkins:
A Scotist-Pindaric Response to Carlyle's Ethic
James Michael Moore Crowding out Evil with Good: Nathaniel Hawthorne's
Paradoxical Vision ofSin and Redemption
Elizabeth Cathleen Reyes Ishmael's Cetological Quest: A Dantesque
Progression ofImagination in Melville's
MOBY-DICK
Kathryn Nell Smith Jorie Graham in Limbo: Desire and Metaphysical
Presence in her Poetry
For the Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Politics
James William Guest II Justice and Happiness in Aristotle's
Philosophy ofHuman Things
Michael Patrick Harding Nietzsche's Philosophic Politics and
The Crisis ofthe West
For the Degree
Master of Fine Arts in Art - Painting
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Humanities
Lucas E. Martell High Contrast
Jared Russell Brown
For the Degree
Master of Fine Arts in Art - Printmaking
Jeremy Gerard Catenacci Fablesfrom a World on Fire Nicholas Jerome Cladis Farthest Home Sarah Elizabeth Francis Formations
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Art - Ceramics
Lori Ellen Phillips
Nathan Gabriel Portnoy
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Art - Painting
Rani Laxmi Rautela
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Art - Printmaking
Socorro Rico
Maiko Shioda
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Philosophy
Anthony Constante Antunes
James Norman Berquist
Jeremiah Edward Martin Chichester
Michael Jason Colebrook
Justin William Downey
Jonathan Seth Peiffer
Kelly Jean White
Ian Ignatius Acers Witter
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Politics
Monica Elizabeth Eichman
Francis Stephen Fast
Kent Joseph Feuerborn
John Matthew Peterson
Moryam Chamuel Van Opstal
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Theology
Paul Joseph Bayer
For the Degree
Master of American Studies
For the Degree
Master of Arts in Art - Sculpture
Jeffery Ronald Billman
Carrie Lynn Rogers
Jack Leonard Walker, Jr.
Austin Robert Deal
Seth Andrew Trent
For the Degree
Master of English
For the Degree
Master of Arts in English
Sophia Thereze Bellavance
Zeina Riachi
Julie R. Rodgers
Brandon Taylor Chenault
Adam David Cooper
Angela Elizabeth Cuba
Ashley Lynn Harbers-Iwasko
Adam Perry Lowber
Gabriel Francis Mamola
Veronica Marie Miller
Edward John Royston
Brinton T. Smith
For the Degree
Master of Humanities
Jack Richard Carney
June Renee Covington
Brian Gordon Daigle
William Troy Farris
Chelsea Anne Faxon
Ellen Marie Hunt
Olivia E. Janus
Vicki Lynn Larson
Mariel Elisabeth Mueller
Heather Christina Nelson
Mary Ann W iersch Ruppert
Cheryl Ann Sanchez
Rebecca Maria Walther
For the Degree
Master of Psychology
Alyssa Justine Alonso
Robin Perry Braun
Robert Andrew Gentry
Gary Thomas Hominick
Elizabeth Gray Huber
Elizabeth Ann McShurley
Marjorie Camille O'Connor
Robert Joseph Pierce
Ashley Louise Walters
For the Degree
Master of Politics
Nathaniel James Cochran For the Degree
Master of Theology
Joseph Andrew Burnham
Sara Beth Gudde
Thomas Branch Pruit
School of Ministry For the Degree
Master of Pastoral Ministry
Maria Victoria Perez Melian
For the Degree
Master of Theological Studies
Jason Michael Deuterman
Michael Joseph Gouge
Jennifer Lynn Guilbeau
Angela Christine Jakubik
Priscilla Marissa McKinney
Antonio Rico Mendiola
Joseph Michael Nava
Kathleen Mary Reinhardt
Daniel Russell Thetford
Phi Vuong Tran
James Arthur Williams
Marie A. Zavala
The Constantin College ofLiberal Arts
The undergraduate college bears the name of one of its founders and principal benefactors, the late Eugene Constantin, Jr. He was chairman of the first fund drive and served the University as a trustee from its beginning. Ruth and Eugene Constantin established a significant under graduate endowment in memory of their son and took as their principal interest the welfare ofthe undergraduate college, an interest which is continued through the Constantin Foundation. Fittingly, in 1970 the Board of Trustees named the college in their honor. The Constantin College of Liberal Arts seeks to educate students of seriousness, intelligence, and spirit-so they may develop the intellectual and moral virtues which will prepare them for life and work in a changing and problematic world, achieve a mature understanding of their faith, and become leaders who act responsibly for the good of their family, community, county, and church. Quite unabashedly, the
curriculum is based on the supposition that truth and virtue exist and are the proper objects of search in an education. The specific mission of the Constantin College is to provide undergraduate education through baccalaureate degree programs which include a substantial and coherent core curriculum common to all undergraduates, and major studies in the humanities and sciences proper to liberal learning. The core emphasizes the study of the great deeds and works of Western civilization, both ancient and modem. Majors invite students to disciplined inquiry into fundamental aspects of being and of our relation to God, to nature, and to fellow human beings. The curriculum as a whole seeks to enable students to achieve the understanding of the human condition necessary for them to comprehend the fundamental character of the world in which they are called to live and work.
The College ofBusiness
Since the University opened in 1956, offerings in Business and Economics have been an important component of the curriculum. When the Braniff Graduate School was established in 1966, undergraduate business courses were phased out and graduate offerings in Business Management were instituted. The rapid growth of the Master of Business Administration led to the organization, in 1969, of the Graduate School of Management. Soon thereafter, a joint five-year bachelor and master program leading to the MBA was added. In 1988 an undergraduate concentration in Business was developed to complement liberal arts and sciences majors. Further recognizing the important role of business education to society, the University established the College of Business in 2002, which incorporated both graduate and undergraduate business study. In fidelity to the liberal arts foundation of the University, the newly formed college elected to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Business allowing the students to focus their major course work on business studies while developing the leadership capabilities
that distinguish University of Dallas alumni. The mission of the undergraduate business programs is to build a foundation for the students' life-long development of the intellectual, moral, and professional capacity necessary to effectively lead profit and not-for-profit organizations. Accordingly, the College's programs foster an environment where the student learns the fundamentals of business in the context of becoming an ethical and effective decision-maker. Appropriate to a liberal education, the College's programs strive to be innovative in their course and concentration offerings to provide opportunity for in-depth study. The College's undergraduate programs stand united with the Constantin undergraduate college in the shared mission to prepare students for a meaningful and fulfilling life's work whether through immediate career entry or through further education in graduate and professional schools. In December 2012 the College of Business was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Undergraduate Honors and Awards
Academic Honors: The baccalaureate degree with distinction is awarded to students who have maintained a high degree of scholastic excellence. It is ofthree grades: cum laude, which requires a cumulative average of 3.40 on a 4.0 point scale; magna cum laude, an average of 3.70; and summa cum laude, an average of 3.90. A transfer student, to be eligible for honors at graduation, must have earned 60 credits at the University of Dallas. The average, however, is computed on the basis of the four-year program.
Faculty Medals, First Honors and Second Honors, are presented to the two graduating seniors who have earned the highest cumulative grade point averages in the class.
The Cardinal Spellman Award is named in honor of the late Francis Cardinal Spellman who presided at the University's first commencement in 1960. It recognizes a senior who is a model of the highest ideals of the University by awarding a stipend to assist the student in further studies. The Helen Corbitt Awards for Excellence recognize a senior woman and man who have produced an outstanding body of work during their time at the University. Students nominated demonstrate excellence in academic pursuits, in student activities, and in service to the University. Helen Corbitt was a gifted chef and nutritionist, the recipient of national awards, and the head of the Neiman-Marcus restaurants. Her commitment to excellence is continued through an endowment which supports these awards and also
provides for special Rome Program activities.
The Ann Heller Maberry Award is presented annually to an outstanding senior woman. It is named in memory of the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Heller, longtime friends and patrons of the University.
Valedictory. The "farewell address" is given at Senior Convocation by a senior elected by his or her peers to speak for the class. Chosen from a list of candidates who have earned cumulative averages of 3.5 and above, the senior is also invited to speak at Commencement.
For the Degree
Bachelor of Arts
Milagros Ana Victoria Adrianzen
Briana Elaine Adsit
Albert Alexander IV
Carly Alyse Alexander
Trevor Brian Allred
Bernadette Dolores Ament
William Jerome Amorella
Matthias Viet Tran Andrews
Blake Christopher Ballard
Matthew Robert Barber
Jesse Hubert Bares
Ana Cristina Barrera
John Davis Bascom
Rachel Hope Bastian
Ghianda Paola Becerril Rodriguez
Kathryn Chloe Aubrey Bennett
Kara Michelle Berger
Brad Thomas Berhorst
Patrick Drew Berry
Amanda Leigh Bilko
Lynn Hope Bimler
Matthew Aaron Blan
Bridget Gabrielle Bouse
Peter McKissick Boyer
Patrick Gerard Brehany
Matthew Patrick Bryan
Alexander Day Bukaty
Alexander William Burch
Nicholas John Caluda
Melissa Therese Carpenter
Benjamin Carrillo
Brittany Morgan Castro
Nicolas Christian Cerza
Marin Skye Chambers
Andrew C. Chap line
Bradley Joseph Charbonneau
Kayla Beatrice Alosia Chauvin
Halley Elizabeth Chavey
Larisa Fatima Chavez
Kate Elizabeth Chiappe
Eve Marie Christianson
Andrew Paul Christman
Daniel Thomas Cochran
Chase Maitland Cooper
J ames Edward Cory
Mary Brigid Couture
Reid Allen Cover
Paul Michael Crnkovich
Phillip J. Cullen
Mary Joy Cunningham
Danielle Joanna Curl
Erika Johara David
Renee Frances Davis
Jessica Louise Deal
Marcus Joaquin DeBruno
Matthew Thomas deGrood
Anthony Gabriel DeLaTorre
Megan Kimberly Deras
Oscar Raul Diaz
Andrew Q. Dickson
Joseph A. Di Lucca
Tu Thanh Dinh
Matthew Patrick Dixon
Shannon Jane Doherty
Monica Elizabeth Dominguez
Jill Elizabeth Dominy
Claire Louise Eastaway
Samantha Grace Eberle
Joseph Asbury Edison
Adam Edward Farris
Elizabeth Ferpozzi
Michael Thomas Finley
Daniel Storan Fitzpatrick
Justin Wayne Foard
Zachary B. Fountain-Metz
Katie Quinn Franzmann
Mary Michael Fritz
Grace Placede Gallaher
Edwin Ulises Galvan
Matthew Ronald Giacomuzzi
Emily Anne Glick
Kelley Eileen Grant
Claire Marie Hand
Louis John Hannegan
Joel Stephen Hansen
Rex Layne Harbin
Nicholas Barry Harmon
Irene Marguerite Harris
Kristin Rose Healy
Lucy Clare Hellerman
Monica Theresa Herman
Alejandra Magaly Hernandez
David A. Hernandez Garza
James Henry Hesson
Ann Theresa Hollinger
Luke Paul Hollomon
Claire Marie Holman
Paige Mary Hryszko
Quinn McDevitt Huston
Gillian Louise Izlar
Alexandra Cain Jaggers
Daniel J. Janis
Michael Sterling Jarvis
Gabrielle Christine Jasper
Stephen Abraham Joseph
Philip Joseph Kaiser
Anna Sasha Kaladish
Sean Edward Kennedy
James Andrew Kerin
Christopher Morgan Kerner
Matthew John Kewell
Joseph Michael Killion
Karen Marie Kirtley
Amanda Kristine Kitten
Benjamin Joseph Klopfenstein
Mary Lacy Shepherd Knapp
Katherine Elisabeth Knickerbocker
Kelly Lynn Knorr
Jennifer Lee Krogsdale
Lauren Elizabeth Lagasse
Patricia Mary Laird
Emma Colleen Langley
John Joseph Lappe
Andrew Edward Laux
Charles Austin Alexander Lebl
April Noreen Lenaghen
Andrea M. Lenzen
Mark Daniel Lewis
Deandra Bari Lieberman
Emily Caroline Linz
Robert Gregory Long
Elizabeth Marie Lynch
Emily Margaret Lynch
Alexandra Rose Machado
Danielle Marie MacInnes
Hilary Marie Maitlen
Michael David Malpiedi
Amanda Celeste Marshall
Samuel Martinez Hernandez
Lauren Elizabeth Masty
Matthew Daniel Mayor
Joseph Vincent Mazza
Elizabeth Mary McClernon
Kerry Elizabeth McCormack
Nathan Raymond McCormick
Tara Ann McCrorey
Sean Thomas McDonnell
Steven Christian McDowell
Katherine Grace McFall
Emily Ann Meyers
Angela Rose Mistaleski
Sean Anthony Sullivan Mooney
Lesley Ann Moore
Joseph Robert Morrel
Michael Dale Morrison
Erin Eileen Mulligan
Ann Therese Murphy
Chelsea LeeAnn Nabors
Thomas Benjamin Nelson
Theresa Vu Newman
Anthony Thanh Nguyen
Cat Van Nguyen
Nicholas Duy Hoan Nguyen
Megan Alyssa O'Brien
Rachel Mary Oleksiak
Daniel William Orazio
Joseph Parker, Jr.
Shelby Layne Parker
Anthony Michael Parrish
Andrew Joseph Patton
Camille Rose Pecha
David Warren Perkins
Megan Nicole Peterson
Hoai Phuc Huynh Pham
Andrew Jacob Philip
Catherine Marie Piescik
Alexandra Catherine Pimentel
Delano Jeremy Ponce
Lucas Edward Preble
Leah Elizabeth Priddy
Matthew Dale Quinn
Peter Daniel Raia
David Miguel Ramirez
Christina Maria Elena Rampellini
Molly Catherine Rawicki
Kimberly Rebecca Read
Ricardo Regalado
Jacob Thomas Reilly
Liana Aletha Reveles
Tyler John Reynolds
Hannah Maureen Roberts
Haley Paige Robertson
Matthew Thomas Robinson
Ana Lucia Rodriguez Rios
Briana Celeste Rodriguez
Juliauna Marie Rossi
Patrick Joseph Rowles
Natalie Christine Rupp
Shannon Rose Ryan
Fernando Salazar
Amanda Kristine Salgado
Mary Josephine Salotto
Christopher Joseph Schierhorn
Edward Louis Schuberg
Fiona Marie Scully
Shelby Katherine Sellman
Robert James Sherron, Jr.
Teresa Christine Shumay
Philip Michael Sigillito
Kevin Michael Simmons
Raphael Athanasius Slattery
Morgan Louise Smith
Michaela Teresa Sobrak-Seaton
Ignacio Solares Montes
Patricia Sosa
Maria Delali Spence
Thomas Andrew Spring
Frank Sreshta
Benjamin Charles Starnes
Joshua James Stephens
William Poole Stofer
Regina Therese Streett
Lindsey Nicole Stryk
Logan Laurence Swanson
Colin Edgar Swartz
Joseph Vincent Syski
Elizabeth Arlene Tasler
Christina Michelle Taylor-Bird
Elise Marie Tellez
Joseph Robert Thelen
Michael George Tinawi
Ruben Alexis Tobar
Alban Tomaj
Alejandro Mares Trevino
Wendi Ruth Valladares
Andres Felipe Vives Andrade
Tran T. Vo
Alexandra Rose von Tersch
Michael Harold Walker III
Theresa Ann Marie Watson
Margaret Mary Welsh
Amanda Marie Werley
Trevor Hugh Whalen
Katharine Pauline Wignall
Jessica Shirley Williamson
Victoria Whitney Williamson
Wesley Spencer Winchester
Jonathan Peter Wolfe
Kylie Tomomi Yoshimura
Mary Elizabeth Zabilski
For the Degree
Bachelor of Science
Amanda Leigh Bilko
Lynn Hope Bimler
Tyler Joseph Burr
Justin Choi
Christina Ellen Christensen
Adam Edward Collard
Brett Melody Combs
Laura Maria Downes
Carolina Garcia Garcia
Timothy Eric Gesner
Jessie Sue Girgis
Laura Anne Grosso
Kaylee Lucille Gund
Turin Mackenzie Hansen
Anna Louise Heimes
Matthew Vincent Heuser
Clinton Francis Heyer
Dominic J. Hilario
Cecilia Marie Pilar Xian Ling Perl as Hu
Aileen Catherine Johnson
James John Meier
Pierre Alexandre Philip Migeon
Hoai-Ngoc Thi Ngo
Amanda Tuyet-Anh Nguyen
Gerard Nickel
Peter Gerard O'Brien
Justin Alexander Scot Samorajski
Jeffrey Adam Schniederjan
Leslie Carol Sidwell
Michael Joseph Tann
Luis Fernando Vilches
Nicole Marie Villalobos
Theresa Margaret W ohldmann
This program reflects information determined to be correct at the time ofprinting, but it is not the ofJballist ofdegree candidates certifiedfor graduation.
Undergraduate Senjor PrOjects
In order to graduate, all undergraduate students must pass a comprehensive. The form of the examination varies by department. In many majors the senior project (exhibit, one-act pLay, thesis, research), usually followed by an oraL defense, is part of that concluding experience. The following List of such projects includes those submitted in time for pubLication.
Milagros Ana Victoria Adrianzen (Spanish) La simboLog a de La mujer en La pLaza deL diamante de Mere Rodoreda
Kayla Chauvin (Psychology) "Temptation Hath Music for All Ears:" A Phenomenological Inquiry
Into the Experience of Being Tempted
Carly Alexander (Philosophy) Neuroses, Relationality, and Man's Existential Needs
Halley Chavey (English, Spanish)
Spanish: "English for Spanish Speakers "
English: All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
William Jerome Amorella (Art History) In the Image and Likeness: Women and Modernity through the Lens of Richard A vedon
Larisa Chavez (Art History) "In Living Color: Vincent van Gogh 's Palette as an Expression of Self"
Blake Ballard (Economics) Red: A Story of Love and Loss: Gallery Show
Andrew Paul Christman (Philosophy) Acedia: The Besetting Sin of the Modern Age?
Ana Cristina Barrera (Psychology) Nervousness in the Life-World: A PhenomenoLogicaL Study of the Meanings and Significance ofNervousness
Adam Collard (Physics) Synthesizing Melon- a Two-Dimensional Carbon Nitride Semiconductor
Ghianda Becerril (Comparative Literature, Spanish) "Spanish Zarzuela and its Development " "Calderon de la Barca y Lope de Vega: dramaturges del siglo de oro
Mary Couture (English) "Bridging the Abyss ": Epiphanic Pattern and Communication Renewal in Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out
Kara Berger (English) Understanding through Sympathy: How to Read Dorothea and St. Theresa in MiddLemarch Brad Berhorst (Mathematics, Theology) On the Compatibility ofKarl Rahner 's Soteriological Statements with
Anselmian Satisfaction Theory
Amanda Bilko (Biology, History)
Biology: Effects of BisphenoL-A on Animal Fertility
History: Erwin Rommel: Man or Myth?
Lynn Birnler (Biology, History)
Biology: C-reactive Protein as an Indicator of Cardiovascular Risk
History: Brewing SociaL Changes: The Influx of Women into the Ale
Industry and Economy in EngLand during the Late MedievaL and
EarLy Modern Era
Matthew Blan (History) The Vigen re Cipher: A Study of its Legacy in CryptoLogy Patrick Brehany (Philosophy) Walker Percy: Novels for the Sundered Soul of Man
Reid Cover (Philosophy) Two RivaL Versions of Despair: Kierkegaard and Macintyre in Dialogue Mary Joy Cunningham (History) Scrutiny: An Examination of the Historiography of Jun pero Serra in the Context of His Founding Work in the Missions of Alta California Renee Davis (Politics) Dantean Conception of Free WiLL Jessica Deal (Philosophy) "She Dwells with Beauty": The Nature ofMelancholy as Aesthetic
Sensibility
Matthew deGrood (English)
"A Fancy Prose Style ": Don 't Believe Everything You Read
Shannon Doherty (Psychology) Competing Selves: The Phenomenological Inquiry into the Lived Conflict of Homosexuality and Religion Monica Dominguez (Spanish) The Polemic Juan Domingo Per n of 20th Century Argentina
Alex Bukaty (Philosophy) Combating the Spirit of Acedia in Early Christian Philosophy and Hegel's "Unhappy Consciousness"
Jill Dominy (Theology) The Spirituality of Saint Pio
Alexander William Burch (English) A Story Worth Remembering: Jim's Answer to Stein 's Query "How to Be?" in Lord Jim
Daniel Fitzpatrick (Philosophy) From Soul's Weariness to Love 's Dark Purgation: Acedia and the Dark Nights ofthe Soul
Brittany Morgan Castro (Biology) The Effect of Glutamine on Locomotor Performance and Skeletal Muscle Myosins Following Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
Grace Placede Gallaher (English) May Weiland: Edith Wharton's Reinterpretation ofCourage in The Age oflnnocence
Timothy Eric Gesner (Biology) Epstein-Barr Virus Induced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cell Motility
John Lappe (Politics) The 1970 Illinois Constitution: The Promotion of Bad Government
Matthew Ronald Giacomuzzi (Philosophy and Letters) The Tacit Discovery of God: The Uncertainty of Unbelief
Deandra Lieberman (English) Squirrel Fur to Glass: The Creation of the Fairy Tale in Pnin
Emily Glick (History)
United States War Dogs - The Unexpected Heroes of World War II
Emily Caroline Linz (English) Embracing the Radiant Night: Laura McRaven as the Blossoming Artist in Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding
John Robert Goodwin (History) Ecumenical Interaction among American Military Chaplains during World War II Laura Grosso (Biology) "A Drink a Dpy Keeps the Wasps Away" Kaylee Gund (Biochemistry) Effectsof B-phellandrene on the Generation of Secondary Organic Aerosol Turin Hansen (Biology) Enhancement of Sindbis Virus Self-Replicating RNA Vaccine Monica Herman (English) An "Intimate Adventure ": The Problem ofAmbassadorship within The Ambassadors Alejandra Magaly Hernandez (Biology) The Molecular Determinants ofScouting Behavior in Honeybees James Hesson (English) Mentors in Immorality: Criminals in The Adventures ofAugie March Paige Hryszko (Theology) Embryos in Crisis Quinn McDevitt Huston (Philosophy and Letters) Greater Love than This No Man Hath: Martyrdom as Charity's Supreme Witness Gillian Izlar (English) A Light in the Dark: The Tragic Sacrifice and Comic Redemption of Byron Bunch in Faulkner 's Light in August Michael Jarvis (Drama) Conquest of the South Pole Aileen Catherine Johnson (Biology) Testing Anti-cancer Agents in a More Biologically Accurate Environment Anna Kaladish (English) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy as a Hobby-Horsical Response to the Fall Amanda Kitten (Spanish, Biology) Spanish: Una Comparaci n del Personaje de Don Juan en El Burlador de Sevilla y Don Juan Tenorio Biology: The Correlation between Obesity and the Gastrointestinal Microbiome Mary Lacy S. Knapp (Theology) The Question of Abortion: Its Relation to the Death Penalty and the Medical Field Emma Colleen Langley (Philosophy) Alienation: The Self and the Other in Hegel and Sartre
Robert Long (English) The Disillusioned Lover as the Unifying Dynamic in Dubliners Elizabeth Lynch (English) They're All about Love: Love, Storytelling, and Truth in Everything Is Illuminated Amanda Marshall (History) Don't Judge a Poster by Its Parts: A Holistic Analysis ofAmerican World War II Posters Lauren Masty (Theology) The HHS Mandate and Religious Liberty Joseph Mazza (English) A Moral Victory at the Heart of Darkness Elizabeth McClernon (Theology) Hominisation: Rahner, Dewan, Aquinas and the Question ofMan 's Origin Tara Ann McCrorey (History) Creating a Soviet Generation: Illustrated Children 's Literature in Soviet Russia, 1918-1939 Angela Mistaleski (Philosophy, Politics) Hobbes Unbound: The Political Remedy in the Leviathan for Promethean Anxiety Yesica Moran (Art, Ceramics)
Senior Art Exhibit: Horizontes Extranjeros
Joe MOffel (History) Muhammed's Struggle: The Early Medieval Islamic Concept of Jihad Chelsea Nabors (Psychology) A Phenomenological Inquiry into Confronting Mortality: The Horizons of Patients with Serious Medical Conditions Thomas Benjamin Nelson (English) A Phenomenalogica/ Approach to Mike Rotch 's Reality Hoai-Ngoc Ngo (Mathematics) Diversity in a Clonal Species Amanda Nguyen (Biology) A Cure for Autism? Anthony Nguyen (Psychology) Humor Helps: A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Experience of Humor Usage in Difficult Situations Peter O 'Brien (Chemistry) Morphology Control and Photocurrent Analysis of Zinc Oxide Electrodeposited Films Rachel Oleksiak (Spanish) La ensenanza de una lengua extranjera
Daniel Orazio (Classical Philology) Seneca's Letters and Ancient Epistolography
Lindsey Stryk (Psychology) Lived Meanings of Perinatal Bereavement
Joseph Parker Jr. (History) The Struggle of the National Football League
Michael Tann (Biochemistry) Immunodetection Investigation : Improvement Upon Aspects of the Western Blot for Studying Phospholipase D from Streptomyces Species
Shelby Parker (Psychology) The Persistence of Trauma: An Experiential Investigation of Childhood Trauma as Persistent Matthew D. Quinn (Drama) The Red Peppers
Christina Taylor-Bird (Theology) A Sacred Space for the Sacred Liturgy: A Case Study of Contemporary Catholic Church Architecture in North Texas, Church of the Incarnation in Irving, Tx and St. Jude in Allen, Tx
Peter D. Raia (History) The Baconian Legacy in Great Britain: Three Moments in the History of Science and Technology
Michael Walker (English) A Bottomless Pit: The Marriage of the Marchmains in Brideshead Revisited
David Miguel Ramirez (Biology) Role of Oligosaccharides in Binding Sperm to the Mammalian Zona Pellucida
Theresa Watson (Art History) Capturing Humanity: An Analysis ofCindy Sherman's Horizontal and Pink Robe Series
Molly Rawicki (Art, Painting) Senior Art Exhibit: False Idols
Margaret Mary Genevieve Welsh (Biology) Translocations and DNA Aberrations
Kimberly Read (Classical Philology-Latin) Catullan Invective: One Man 's Attack on the Corruption ofAncient Rome
Amanda Werley (Drama) The Ugly Duckling
Juliauna Marie Rossi (Psychology) The Feeling of Accomplishment: an Experiential Phenomenological Investigation Natalie Rupp (Art, Painting)
Senior Art Exhibit: St. Louis Perspective
Amanda Salgado (English) The View Within on E. M. Forster's A Room with a View Justin Samorajski (Biochemistry) 3D Bioprinting of 3T3 Mouse Fibroblast Cellular Constructs Fiona Scully (History) Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization of the Mentally III in the United States Robert Sherron Jr. (English, Theology) English: Prophecy and Intellectualism in Flannery 0 'Connor 's Everything that Rises Must Converge Theology: Aristotelian Movers and Quantum Mechanics in Thomistic Angelology Morgan Smith (Biology) Intestinal Inflammation Targets Cancer-Inducing Activity of the Normal Microbiota Michaela Sobrak-Seaton (Philosophy) Alienation and the Irreducible Self Frank Sreshta (Philosophy and Letters) Tension in Eden: A Reconciliation of a Catholic Monogenesis with a Scientific Polygenesis Benjamin Starnes (Philosophy) Depression or Emptiness ? Logotherapy Revisited Regina Streett (History) Twentieth Century American Sex Education : Grassroots Pro-Family Movement Resistance to Sex Education, 1950-1996
Trevor Hugh Whalen (History) The Importance of the Home Computer and PC for Gaming Katharine Pauline Wignall (History) Kennan 's America: George Kennan on American Interventionism as it Applies to American Foreign Policy and Particularly the Vietnam War Theresa Wohldmann (Biology) Testosterone Used as a Prevention and Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
Board of Trustees
The Most Reverend Kevin J. Farrell, Chancellor Francis P. Hubach, Jr., Chairman ofthe Board Walter E. Adams Win Bell Joanne Stroud Bilby, '75, '80 Christopher R. Bright, '78 . Thomas W Codd, Jr. Rev. Msgr. Donald L. Fischer, '62 E. Timothy Fitzgibbons, '65 John A. Gates David S. Gruber Patrick E. Haggerty, Jr., '67, '68 Kevin J. HSeamus" Hasson Gregory Hoelscher, '77 Richard Husseini, '88 Rev. Msgr. Greg Kelly, '78 Margo R. Keyes Cathy Maher J. Patrick McLochlin Joseph C. Murphy Joseph O. Neuhoff, Jr. Tan Parker, '93 Dwight R. Riskey Mary Ritter, '85, NAB President Timothy P. Rooney Len C. Ruby Patrick V Stark Mary Templeton Charles Tusa, '74 Bridgett Wagner, '81 Donna J. Arp Weitzman Thomas M. Zellers, M.D., '79
America the Beautiful Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves ofgrain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain. America! America! God shed His grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.
Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw. Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law.
Music by Encore Brass. Flag Bearers: Renee Davis and Alexandra Jaggers. Marshals: Dr. John Plotts and Interim Dean Denise Phillips.
Order of Ceremonies Procession
Macebearer, Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate, Scott Crider
Flagbearers, Marshals
Students
Administrators, Faculty
Members of the Board of Trustees
Interim Dean of the School of Ministry, Mark Goodwin
Dean ofthe Braniff Graduate School, Joshua Parens
Dean of Constantin College, Charles W. Eaker
Dean of the College ofBusiness, Robert F. Scherer
President of the National Alumni Board, Michael Hasson, 07
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Francis P. Hubach, Jr.
Senator Rick Santorum
Associate Provost, Brian C. Murray
Ernie Wayne Sadau
President, Thomas W. Keefe
Chancellor, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell
Provost, William Berry
In vocation
Bishop Farrell
Greetings
Francis P. Hubach
Michael Hasson
President Keefe
Presentation ofHonorary Degree
Ernie Wayne Sadau
Commencement Address
Ernie Wayne Sadau
Presentation ofCandidates for BraniffGraduate School ofLiberal Arts and School ofMinistry Degrees
The Provost and the Associate Provost
Conferral ofGraduate Degrees
The President and the Chancellor
The Dean ofthe Braniff Graduate School and the Interim Dean of the School ofMinistry
A warding of Undergraduate Academic Honors
The Academic Dean of Constantin College and the Dean ofthe College ofBusiness
For the Class 0/2013
Deandra Lieberman
Presentation ofCandidates/or the Constantin College ofLiberal Arts
and the College ofBusiness Degrees
The Provost and the Associate Provost
Conferral of Constantin College and College ofBusiness Degrees
The President and the Chancellor
The Dean of Constantin College and the Dean of the College ofBusiness
Benediction
Bishop Farrell
America the Beautiful
The Assembly