2024 University of Dallas Commencement

The Sixty-Fifth Annual GRADUATION

May 12 , 2024

Our History

The charter of the University of Dallas dates from 1910, when the Vincentian fathers took that name for the Holy Trinity College 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 St. Mary of Namur obtained the charter for the purpose of operating a new institution in Dallas, which would absorb their junior college, Our Lady of Victory, in Fort Worth. The sisters, together with laymen Eugene Constantin Jr. and Edward R. Maher Sr., who directed the drive for funds, induced Bishop Thomas K. Gorman to have the diocese assume sponsorship of the new institution with ownership by its board of trustees.

Gorman announced that the University of Dallas would be a four-year coeducational 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 175 students in September 1956, on a 1,000-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 1960-62; and the third, Donald A. Cowan, from 1962-77. The fourth president, John Sommerfeldt, served from 1978-80; the fifth, Robert F. Sasseen, from 1981-95; and the sixth, Monsignor Milam J. Joseph, from 1996-2003. The seventh president, Francis Lazarus, served from 2004-09, and the eighth, Thomas W. Keefe, from 2010-18. The eighth president (and first alumnus), Thomas S. Hibbs, served from 2019-2021. Jonathan J. Sanford became the 10th president on March 8, 2021.

Members of the Order of Cistercians and the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, 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 St. 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. Members of the Dominican Sisters of Nashville have served the university since 2016.

In time, the faculty has become largely lay people of many faiths, and it counts distinguished scholars among its members. Accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools came in 1963 and was reaffirmed in 1973, 1984, 1994, 2004 and 2014. Significant honors have been won by university graduates since the first class in 1960, which earned the university’s first Fulbright and Woodrow Wilson awards for graduate studies.

Bishop Thomas Tschoepe succeeded Bishop Gorman and served as grand chancellor of the university until his retirement as bishop in 1990, when Bishop Charles Grahmann assumed this position. The seventh bishop of Dallas, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, succeeded Grahmann upon Grahmann’s retirement in 2007 and served as chancellor of the university until 2016. Bishop Edward J. Burns succeeded Farrell as bishop of Dallas and currently serves as chancellor of the university.

A gift of $7.5 million from the Blakley-Braniff Foundation established the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts in 1966 and allowed the construction of the Braniff Graduate Building, the Braniff Memorial Tower and the 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 of Liberal Arts.

Gorman Lecture Center and the Maher Athletic Center were completed in 1965. Holy Trinity Seminary was founded in 1965 and occupied its present facilities adjacent to the main campus by 1967. The Graduate School of Management (GSM) began in 1966, offering what was at the time the largest MBA program in the Southwest. Influential graduate programs in art and English also began in 1966. A legacy from the estate of Mrs. John B. O’Hara established the Summer Science Institute in 1973. 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 (IRPS) began in 1987. In 2007, the IRPS was renamed the School of Ministry and in 2016 the Ann and Joe O. Neuhoff School of Ministry. It is now the Neuhoff Institute for Ministry and Evangelization. The College of Business, incorporating GSM and undergraduate business, opened in 2003. In 2012, the College of Business earned accreditation from the highly selective Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). In 2013, the university honored alumni Satish and Yasmin Gupta for their gift of $12 million; the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business now proudly bears their names. In 2021, the undergraduate business program was united with Constantin College.

In 1975, the university’s student 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 upperclassmen, 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 residence hall, was renovated, and the Father Thomas Cain Courtyard adjoining it was dedicated.

On June 11, 1994, the university dedicated permanent facilities for its Rome Program, begun in 1970. The 14acre Eugene Constantin Campus, affectionately known as Due Santi, near Albano, Italy, is 12.5 miles from the heart of Rome. The early 2000s saw the Haggerty Art Village,

A new student residence hall, West Hall, was dedicated on January 19, 2010, and renamed Clark Hall on May 14, 2016, in memory of deceased Class of 2016 member Zachary Clark. SB Hall was dedicated on Jan. 15, 2016, to house the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business. Cardinal Farrell Hall, the new student services and administration building, opened in spring 2018. In 2019, thanks to generous donors, the Rome campus expanded its mensa, extended the residence hall, and bought land to allow a safe pathway for students to the Via Appia.

Today the university enrolls over 2,300 students from all over the United States and the world, divided roughly into 1,453 full-time undergraduates; 495 largely part-time graduate Gupta College of Business students; and over 380

The decorative outer circle indicates the date the university was chartered and the motto, “Veritatem, Justitiam Diligite.” The quotation, taken from Zechariah VIII, 19, “Love Ye Truth and Justice,” emphasizes the university’s purpose of advancing the search for truth and encouraging the pursuit of the good.

Enclosed within the band that 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.

Sisters of St. Mary of Namur were 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 Constantin College of Liberal 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 undergraduate endowment in memory of their son and took as their principal interest the welfare of the undergraduate college, an interest that is continued through the Constantin Foundation. Fittingly, in 1970 the Board of Trustees named the college in their honor.

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 Constantin College is to provide undergraduate education through baccalaureate degree programs that include a substantial and coherent Core Curriculum common to all undergraduates, as well as 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

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 in the Cowan-Blakley Memorial 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 Braniff were vitally interested in private higher education. Before their deaths in 1954, Tom and Bess Braniff had known of plans for a proposed University of Dallas and had expressed hope that it would become a reality. Efforts to found the university also captured the interest and support of Senator Blakley.

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 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. The Braniff Graduate School supports master’s degrees in select liberal and fine arts disciplines, the doctoral program of the

theological studies, pastoral ministry, pastoral ministry with a youth ministry focus, and catechetical ministry. The graduate and undergraduate portion are now merged with the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts and Constantin College. They provide a program of formation that prepares graduates to engage in the church’s life and mission in a manner that is full, conscious, active and effective. This formation is theological, pastoral and spiritual in its orientation. The Neuhoff Institute for Ministry and Evangelization sponsors a Catholic Biblical School, which teaches in parishes throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The Neuhoff Institute also teaches courses that fulfill the academic requirements of deacon formation.

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.

Joe O. Neuhoff was an early member of the Board of Trustees. In the years shortly after the founding of the university in 1956, he and his wife, Ann, helped strengthen and sustain its Catholic mission. On May 14, 2016, the institute was named in honor of Ann and Joe O. Neuhoff’s legacy of faith and service to the University of Dallas.

Graduate and Undergraduate Honors and Awards

The Gupta Excellence Award is given to a graduating master’s student who has taken action and shown leadership toward making a societal impact using the knowledge and skills acquired in the master’s degree 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 baccalaureate degree with distinction is awarded to students who have maintained a high degree of scholastic excellence. It is of three 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. To be eligible for honors at graduation, students must have earned 60 credits at the University of Dallas. The average, however, is computed on the basis of the four-year program including dual and transfer credits.

Senior Awards

The Cardinal Spellman Award is named in honor of the late Cardinal Francis 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 outstanding bodies 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 that 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. and 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, this senior is also invited to speak at Commencement.

AUGUST 2023 GRADUATES

Doctor of Philosophy in Literature

Paul Franklin Weinhold

Recovering a Lost Tool of Learning: Logic in Shakespeare’s Lucrece

Master of Arts in Classics

Zhikai Wang

Master of Arts in English

Emily Amber Kleinhenz

Elijah L. Welter

Braniff Graduate School

Master of Arts in Teaching

Gabriel Michael Michalak

Master of Catholic School Leadership

Colleen Marie Swaim

Master of Humanities

Gabrielle Victoria Aranas

Kathryn Alexander Ball

Michael Glenn Boal

David J. Brandolini

Angela Kristen Burke

Emma Christabelle Eising

Joseph Axel Fredriksson

Mandi Jo Gerth

Clinton Sackett Lum

Cameron Charles McGrady

Chelsea Elizabeth Niemiec

Maggie Mabel Parker

Molly Anne Predis

Rebekah A. Shaffer

Eric David Stevenson

Kristin Adelle Zekveld

Master of Philosophy

Blair Charles Gowan

Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business Degree Candidates

Doctor of Business Administration

Ernie R. Nabors

Connecting With Multi-Campus Systems in Higher Education: The Moderating Role of Proximity Between Perceived Organizational Support and Employee Commitment

Leslie North-Gould Sticks and Stones, When Words Do Hurt: The Impact of Reponses, Involvement and Partisan Identity on Brand Image in the Case of Negative Political Advertising

Oyetunde Oyewo

Playing Two Games at Once: The Roles of Absorptive Capacity and Organizational Trust in the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Climate and Organizational Ambidexterity

Robbie Tedder Jr.

Chasing Realism: Consumption Science & Platform Performance Isomorphism in the Gaming Industry

Jared R. Wilson

Work-Life Balance in the New Normal: A Study of Performance and Well-Being

Post-Pandemic

Master of Business Administration

Eseoghenetoma Afolayan

Martin Alex Anthraper

Ian Nicholas Cunninghame

Chelsea Gabriel Dixon

Fernie Noe Ferniza

Oluwafemi Folorunso

John Matthew Holloway

Sergio Enrique Martinez II

Janay N. Mays

Anisa Marie Meza

Veronica Nicole Moreno

Javier Quintanilla

Jesika Jonalagada Roach

Timothy Samuel Schlich

Sergio Vazquez Moreno

Nikala R Wilson

Issam Yaacoub

Master of Science

Murad Asyaj

Shaquilla Chambers

Juan Pablo Elizondo

Jaleet George

Carlos Rafael Gomez

Tayla Chanelle Green

Leslie M. Hernandez

Teraney D’aira Hull

Prakhar Kakkar

Keith Robert Kuriyama

Paige Ashley Lewis

Preston Lewis

Minsoo Richard Maclee Machado

Tulasi Vijayalakshmi Nakka

Christopher Phan

Matthew Samuel Rogoff

Isabelle Rinehart Walsh

Ellise Me’Lon Williams

Zachary Zerger

Master of Science,

Master of Business Administration

Dual Degree

Business Analytics

Reece Reginal Albert

Cybersecurity

Andrew Bickford

Amber Danielle Fleet

AUGUST 2023 GRADUATES

Bachelor of Arts

Alexander Robert Bland

Vera Patricia Fontenot

John Patrick Frank

Constantin College

Estuardo Lozano

Mavrick Martinez

Eoin Patrick McKnight

Joseph Percy-Allen

Eva Maria Poulsen

Samuel Carl Regnerus

Savannah Arianne Walker

Macy Lee Kathleen Webster

DECEMBER 2023 GRADUATES

Doctor of Philosophy in Politics

Samuel S. Postell

Rocked in the Cradle of the Revolution: Henry Clay, the Theory of Union, and Legislative Statesmanship

Megan Marie Russo

The Social Thought of Msgr. John A Ryan: Catholic or Progressive?

Braniff Graduate School

Master of Arts in English

Andreea Norica Balan

Teresa Maria Gahan

Master of Arts in Humanities

Jeanette Baaba Faulkner

Samuel Martin Kimzey

Kendra Jeannette Lamboy

Master of Arts in Philosophy

Caleb Todd Sung-nyun Hartman

Erica Pearl Johnson

Master of Arts in Politics

Noah Joseph Torres

Master of Arts in Teaching

Lauren Christine Fulcher

John Michael Schaffer

Master of Catholic School Leadership

Theresa Elizabeth Chudy

Master of Humanities

Julie Elizabeth Apel

Brandon Scott Ashton

Rebecca Lois Biagini

Kristen Taylor Burress

Mallory Renee Dawson

Diana Carolina Duarte Garcia

Julia M. Edwards

Laura Elizabeth Schwab Fidler

Carolyn Olea Javier

Jennifer Anne Spence

Meredith Eryn Whited

Master of Philosophy

Carson William Wignall

Master of Theological Studies

Leon wa Tshianga Ngandu

Michaelangelo Abueg Serapio

DECEMBER 2023 GRADUATES

Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business Degree Candidates

Doctor of Business Administration

Franklyn Echemah

The Mediating Role of Risk Perception in the Relationship Between COVID-19 Knowledge and Strategic Thinking in Healthcare Organization

Lauran Mychal Fuller

Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy and Persistence: The Role of Social Support and Gender

Robert K. Murimi

The Social Antecedents of Password Sharing: Why Do People Share Passwords?

Raka Sandell

Skill-Based Performance Management and Its Effects on Employee Attitudes: A Field Study

Master of Business Administration

Carolette J. Anderson

Jigyasa Bansal

Nadia Marie-Thérèse Berman

Alexandra Durazo

Temitope Giwa

Jiovany Ulisses Gutierrez Molina

Artur J. Hefczyc

Justin C. Jose

Jang Hwan Jung

Christophe Kanyinku Kabasele

Benjamin Connor Kelly

Nyla Chenea King

Ryan Lands

Isabella Luna

Aatish Mahavadiya

Andrew Jacob Marquez

Austin Martin

Anna Marie Olson

Kasey Alysander Perea

Mary Helen Ramsey

Maaz Rao

Yetzabeth Rodas

Thelma Rosado-Galindo

Oluwaseyi Vincent Salami

Twyla Scott

Jordan Smith

Anshuk Thapa

Mia Jo Naomi Villalpando

Uniikye Truth Washington

Ato Asante Wilberforce

Markus Penten Wilkes

Brittney Nicole Willingham

Mark Russell Zortman

Master of Science

Simisola Ifeoluwa Adamo

Emmanuel Adeoye

Opeyemi Oluade Adeoye

Steven Michael Alonzo

John E. Ansbach

Cindy (Xueqing) Bai

Jigyasa Bansal

James Bernard Beecher

Dana Nicole Beckham

Vishnu Saidatta Chundu

Peter W. Eldridge

Daniel Emert

Yanis Escartin

Colby York Fuller

Caitlyn Sue Garland

Ricardo Arturo Gomez

Long Huynh

Halyna Kovalenko

Bradley David Loeser

Aatish Mahavadiya

George Otieno Mayienga

Sylvestre A. Mekaty

Shannon Kathryn Nicole Michout

Kush Modi

Shraddha Modi

Joanie Michelle Perkins

Madison Mikayla Pollard

Tyler Potts

Maaz Rao

Sneha Ravi

Zachary Paul Salomon

Jacob Albert Schuette

Ryan Sohrabi

Toshio John Takayama

Zachary William Talley

Michael Ryan Tulmen

William Udeh

Krystyna Uminska

Cristian Del Pino Valderas

Theresa Maria Ventrella

Gregory Weigel

Richard Bernard Weigel

Jennifer Weltsch

Christopher Holland Wynne

Master of Science,

Master of Business Administration

Dual Degree

Business Analytics

Jigyasa Bansal

Cybersecurity

Maaz Rao

Financial Analytics

Aatish Mahavadiya

DECEMBER 2023 GRADUATES

Bachelor of Arts

Alexandra Rae Ankrum

Matthew Armato

Joseph Robert Baden

Franya Bernadette May-Linh Blanton

Audrey Elisabeth Cannon

Emma Grace Christensen

Paulina Corkery

Braden Nathaniel Decuir

Thomas Gerard DiBella

Constantin College

Kevin Farris

David Andrew Foust

Giavanna Galvez

Evelyn Joy Kajiwara

Sophia Koch

Isabella Virginia Libby

Dominic Gabriel Martin

Daniel Vu Nguyen

Juliana Teresa Pimentel

Noah Schroeder

Noah Smillie

Francisco Paris Stender

Maximilian Kolbe Valentine

Bryan Velazquez

Andrea Perez Vitela

Bachelor of Science

Angela Bawardi

Theresa Anne Gasser

Josef Azariah Mora

Sriharini Hemamalini Vedula

MAY 2024 GRADUATES

Braniff Graduate School

Degree Candidates

Doctor of Philosophy in Literature

Zachary Sloan McCoy

Call Us Ishmael: Divinity, Identity and Mystery in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick

Joshua Michael Patch

How Colin Clout Keeps Time: The Figure of the Poet in Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy

Pavel Jiménez Vázquez From Mathematics to Metaphysics: Aristotle’s Review of Platonism in the Metaphysics

Doctor of Philosophy in Politics

Anna Maria Dean

Nietzsche Contra Augustine: The Will to Power as Reinterpretation of the Fall

Master of Fine Arts

Michael Hernandez Finding Balance

Victoria Alexis Morales Walters

Worlds Collide

Breanne Elizabeth Schwarz

Siren

Master of Arts in Classics

Joshua David Bailey

Master of Arts in English

Teresa Catherine Bruno

Edward Thomas Gramling

Hannah Elizabeth Kneen

Charles Albert Shoultz

Patrick Wayman Spence

Peter Simeon Tardiff

Elise Alžbéta Matilda Williams

Master of Arts in Humanities

Colleen Louise Heubaum

John Thomas Roche Jr.

Master of Arts in Philosophy

Cana Sofia Beverage

Chaz Michael Holsomback

Master of Arts in Politics

David Russell Cannaday

Liam Peter Edwards

Darcy Elaine Stubbs

Patrick Aditya Vasal

Master of Arts in Teaching

Katherine Frances Frediani

Grace Nichole Hedges

Rose Jubilee Wingert

Master of Divinity

Samuel Rendon

David Piquer Sales

MAY 2024 GRADUATES

Braniff Graduate School Degree Candidates (continued)

Master of Humanities

Taylor Gordon Bettencourt

Matthew Nicholas Nolan

Heidi Rose Null (Schroeder)

Néstor Adrián Prada Feria

Susan Leggett Reitz

Mary Josephine Scamperle

Jose Mauricio Vega Montoya

Joshua Thomas Villarreal

Kathryn Ann Weber

Dawn M. Wulff

Master of Pastoral Ministry

Rosanna Montealegre Bashinski

Master of Philosophy

Noah Webster Hackendorf

Gregg Frank Thompson

Steve S. Zabak

Master of Theological Studies

Francisco Lopez Arenas

Robert Edward Stone

Jayne Brandon Williams

Master of Theology

Nathanael W. Riddle

Bethany Grace Weinand

Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business Degree Candidates

Doctor of Business Administration

Shamsuddin Sadruddin Bharwani

‘I Craft So That I Can Flow’: A Comparative Study of Neuro Type to Explore the Relationship Between Job Crafting and Flow and the Mediating Role of Meaningful Work

Jonathon Major Ellis

Laps of Loyalty: ‘Drive to Survive’ and the Growth of Formula 1 Fandom in the United States

Marcie Fayann Marks

The Loyalty Metric: How Employee Satisfaction & Engagement Impacts

Organization Loyalty

Rebecca Lea Trotter

Identifying the Propensity for Burnout in a Professional Setting: A Field Study of Accountants

Master of Business Administration

Aniruddh Anilkumar Agrawal

Sarah A. Ahmed

Ashlynn Albert

Paiten Hunter Baesa

Sophia Frances Bannerot

Anthony Joseph Berlotti

Mahogany Olivia Bowens

Amar Gaurang Chokshi

Lloyd Richard Coley

Babajide Dawodu

Samuel D. Dixon

Rubi Espiricueta

Alejandra Garcia

Francisco A. Gonzalez

Jaqueline Gonzalez

Nathan Paul Grube

Nicholas Augustine Hoff

Mark Stephen Houle

Andrew Osagie Idiaghe

Claire Rita Kirby

Meera Landry

Rowdy R. Lofton

Ovie Stanley Magbegor

Zachary Adam Matheny

Beraa Mbaraza

Christopher Mejia

Samuel D’Juan Morgan

Zachariah Olmsted

Tobi Lyn Richardson

Timothy Joseph Rindone

Charlene Michelle Rutledge

Kenneth Martin Schneider III

Andrew Cooper Sparks

Jordan Scott Stickler

Grayson Charles Stidham

John Howard Thompson II

Lakeisha Renee’ Fowler Turner

Michael White

Sr. Alexia Zaldivar, SCTJM

Master of Science

Accounting

Karina Vittoria Campo

Stephanie Tran

Anshika Walia

Stephen Christopher Webb

Business Analytics

Kevin M. Cosco

Prasanthi Gajjala

Ankita Anil Gondkar

Ivie Isimeme Irivbogbe

Gladys Kanyumba

Prince Osei Kwakye

Manuella Bagoue Logbo

Jonathan Paul Morales

Babasola Osibo

Rajshree Swapnil Pachpande

Fenil Patel

Jaya Prakash Narayana Pichikala

MAY 2024 GRADUATES

Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business Degree Candidates (continued)

Anzoni Marcelo Pizzati Alvarez

Divyen Shaileshkumar Bhakta

Andrea Soto

Chukwuemeka Igwebuike Uzor

Graeme Williams

Cybersecurity

Annette Aguilar

Bianca Convento

Miriam Chinemerem Duru

Amanuel Kibreab

Christian Henry Nyako

Shalonda Olige

Richa Rana Uddin

Cybersecurity Intelligence

Samuel Akinola

Michael Contorno

Nastaran Hadipour

Oscar Manuel Taylor

Onyinyechukwu Adaobi Ujah

Akinori Wada

Finance

Mark Stephen Houle

Soraya Oliva

Anthony Perales

Financial Analytics

Amber Elizabeth Sichler

Master of Science, Master of Business Administration Dual Degree

Cybersecurity

Jason Edward Sallee

Bachelor of Arts

Kelly Marie Abels

Harland Acker

Juanita E. Acosta

John Paul Campion Aglialoro

Willem Anderson

Andrew Armato

Theresa Marie Ashour

William Karol Barvick

Monique Lizette Bedolla

Rose Debanjana Behan

Leslie Beltran

Charles Bowring

Andrew Lloyd Breclaw

Andre Brkic

Jocelyn Maria Buford

Tien Teresa Bui

Julia Marie Bukowski

Charlotte Grace Burch

Aidan M. Cady

Chloe Larue Caldon

Lucía María Caranti

Gwen Marie Carter

Jeremy Andrew Casal

Diego Castro

Jorge Cavazos

Constantin College Degree Candidates

RuthMarie Cheffers

Jolie Marie Chenet

Louis Dominick Christifano Jr.

Matthew W. Cichocki

Andrea Sofia Cid

Christian Michael Cimorelli

Kaitlyn Leann Cline

Ryan Michael Connor

Andrea Nichole Coppi

John Peter Cortez

Samuel Everett Cronenwett

Thomas Joseph Davern

Fernando Davila

Christian Alexander De Leon

Luisa Monteiro De Vuono

Giovanni Gill DelPiero

Margaret Delany Devitt

Leo Francis DiBella

Emily Paulette Dietrich

Camille Anne Cruz Directo

Lauren Do

Patrick William Dodd

Joseph Dominic Dunikoski

Clarisa Duvvuri

Cassandra Dyoub

Christopher Jacob Easterday

Grace Teresa Ebberwein

Emily Rose Elfelt

Martin Isaac Ellison

Karla Anette Espinoza

Gabrielle Victoria Philomena

Estabrooks

Liam Michael Fahey

Elizabeth Farris

William Cyprian Fay

Anna Karen Fayard

Brilyn Grace Fletcher

Gianella Idaly Flores Mena

Kathleen Margaret Flynn

Weronika Formela

Camille Fowler

Brittany Jimena Franco

Sara Ann Freund

Grant Michael Fritschy

Melissa Gabino Benitez

Roisin Coeli Marie Gaffney

Brady James Gallucci

Gillian Elise Gansle

Laura Grace Geddie

Austin J. Gibbons IV

Marie Josephine Glenn

Faithann Lim Go

MAY 2024 GRADUATES

Constantin College Degree Candidates (continued)

Audrey Isabella Goeltz

Hugh Morris Gowans

Henry Joseph Gramling

Devinne Green

Teresa Clare Marie Gulding

Karmele Maria Gutierrez De La Jara

Claire Irene Hahn

Mary Cecilia Hanson

Imani Janae Hardin

Edith Teresia Harold

Lucia Noelle Hayes

Jessica Hernandez

Noemi Hernandez

Madeline Shaughnessy Hilker

Lauren Alexandra Hill

Truong Nhat Ho

Marina Elizabeth Hoeft

Michael Frederick Huddleston

Jonathan Paul Hughes

Peter Raphael Irlbeck

Jyles Zoe-Lyn Bamuya Javier

Eleanor Grace Jenkins

Margaret Jennings

Angela Jimenez

Marcus Juarez

Ana Julia Kagan

McKenzie LeeAnn Kannapel

Jasmin Kaur

Brenna Sue Kelly

Kevin Anthony Kelly

Patrick Oliver Kerr

Gabriel Fair King

John Paul Christopher Kinney

Maria Bernadette Klassen

Madelyn Elaine Koepke

Teresa Marie Kottkamp

Sloan Margery Koviak

Gabriel Kulda

Valerie Rose Kuzma

Luke Gregory LaCour

Avery David Haggerty Lanier

James Malcolm Latour

Marie Sophie Frederic Laurent

Andrew Dinh-Tinh Le

Grace Lynene Leijten

Julio Fischer de Lima

Carmela Cristina Lozano

Angelina Elizabeth Lucchetti

Benjamin Joseph Lux

Donald J. MacArthur

Samuel Chase Machala

Ana Cristina Maldonado Romero

Kyla Ranee Mangham

Ella Sophia Martin

Camila Martinez

Gabriel Valor Martinez

Lucas Alejandro Martinez

Eva Christina McCabe

Lucy Marie McGrath-Burgoyne

Thea Gianna Mclain

Ella Ann McManus

Abby Glynn Medico

Seth Medley

Ethan Meduna

Sarah Elizabeth Meeks

Gabriel Mendoza Jr.

John Joseph Messenger

Jose Manuel Miranda

Hannah Marie Mohr

Bithiah M Moreno

Brooke Ilona Morgan

Joseph Patrick Moynihan

Bryan Dirk Muckensturm II

Conor Patrick Mulcahy

Stephanie Michelle Murray

Michael Anthony Najvar

Lauren Margaret Nash

Gage Philip Neisen

Joann Le Nguyen

Natalie Nam Phuong Nguyen

Augustine Olon

Matthew Atticus Ong

Monserrat Ortiz

Anya Pasowicz

Kevin Patton

Christina Marie Pena

Francesca Romana Maria Pennell

Clare Katherine Phillippi

Luke Thomas Posegate

Maylis Emmanuelle Genevieve Quesnel

Martha Gabrielle Raborg

Therese Celine Reiter

Danielle Morrissa Renfro

John Paul Rezendes

Maureen Helen Riley

Emma Claire Roberts

Michael Timothy Roberts

Kathleen Espiana Rodda

Rachel Lynn Rodriguez

Sonia Cecilia Rodriguez-Graciano

Joseph Paul Roffino

Ronnie Jacob Rombs

Kassia Elizabeth Rosales-Chase

Zachary Gene Rothammer

Joseph Edward Rolwes

James Patrick Ryan

Luke Michael Ryan

David Isaiah Miguel Saldaña

Gabriel Saldivar Vazquez

Gabriella Santillan

Zachary Julius Schierl

Thomas Augustine Schindler

Avery E. Seaman

Claire Adeline Seelig

Clare Marie Shrake

Ethan Ignatius Sicking

Elias Andrew Simpson

Anthony Lawrence Spurgin

Maylin Nichole Stampley

Anne Stepek

Grace Margaret Stepek

Madeline Stephens

Emily Mary Strom

Alyssa Paige Sullivan

Hannah Grace Sullivan

Jason Patrick Sullivan

Patrick Joseph Sullivan

Evan Thomas Swope

Jacquelinne Isabella Reynalda Torres

Ellen Nora Tuffy

Benjamin Reagan Utz

Marcelle Clare Van De Voorde

Christina Nicole Varisco

Andrew von Weber-Hahnsberg

Nicholas Joseph Walz

Ryan James Weiland

Dominique Grace Weisbruch

Charity Wells

Aubrey Elizabeth Wieberg

Lillian Marie Williams

Cooper Andrew Williamson

MAY 2024 GRADUATES

Constantin College Degree Candidates (continued)

Matthew Joe Yen

Josiah Young

Britney Zapata

Molly Catherine Zepeda

Bachelor of Science

Benedict Ignatius Anderson

Mary Anneliese Aumen

Seamus Michael Bailey

Emily Kathleen Baldau

Brenda Maria Bolivar

Andrea Nichole Coppi

Francesco Angelo D’Anselmi

Lauren Therese Engelthaler

Jonathan Ryan Forkey

Abigail Marie Fritz

Antonio Lazaro Gachineiro

Laura Grace Geddie

Olivia Marie Grytza

Sean William Hannigan

Hernan Hernandez

Minh-Chu Therese Faustina Hoang

Samantha Lillie Ketter

Luke Anthony Francis Klein

James Malcolm Latour

Olivia Grace Leblanc

Dominic Lawrence Lubrano

Jennifer Moreno

Annie Thanh An Nguyen

Cayla Ha Nguyen

Ethan Le Nguyen

Thinh Tran Dinh Nguyen

Monica Ann Nicklaus

Thomas Dominic O’Donnell

Blessing Nkechinyere Okereke

Matthew Atticus Ong

Manuela Sophia Palafox

Michael O’Connell Pecha

Nathan Nguyen Pham

Dominic James Rame

Teresa De Jesus Reyna

Bartholomew Salazar Jr.

Elise Gabriela Valdez

Angelina Marie Viola

Hayden W. Wertz

Opal Grace Yarborough

Noah Huy-Hoang Ziskrout

Randall Muck Chair

LEADERSHIP

Board of Trustees

The Most Reverend Edward J. Burns Chancellor

Thomas Nealon, MBA ’87 Vice Chair

Joe Armes

Gabriel Barkley, BA ’09

Charles E. Baumann, BA ’88

Win Bell

Louis Brown

Mary Devlin Capizzi, BA ’88 MBA ’90

J. Barry Clark

Hon. Tom Craddick

Emmet Flood, BA ’78

The Most Reverend Daniel Flores, BA ’83 MDiv ’87

Louis J. Grabowsky

Patrick E. Haggerty Jr., BA ’67 MBA ’68

Mary Rice Hasson

Richard Husseini, BS ’88

Matthias Vorwerk

Provost

John Norris, BA ’84

Associate Provost

Cherie Hohertz

Assistant Provost

John G. Plotts

Executive Vice President

Heather Lachenauer

Vice President for Board and Legal Services and General Counsel

Ryan Reedy, BA ’05 MH ’10

Chief of Staff

Mary Ritter, BA ’85 Secretary

William Keffler

Mike Magusiak Treasurer

Annmarie Kelly, BA ’91

The Most Reverend Gregory Kelly, BA ’78 MDiv ’82

Charles LiMandri

President Jonathan J. Sanford

The Most Reverend Mark Seitz, BA ’76 MA ’80 MDiv ’82

Nicholas T. Serafy Jr.

Megan Smith, BS ’02 MBA ’18

Patrick V. Stark

Regina Uhl, BA ’00

Bridgett Wagner, BA ’81

Julie Weber, BS ’91

Jean White, BA ’86

Hon. Albert Zapanta

In Memoriam: Joseph O. Neuhoff Jr.

Administration

Jonathan J. Sanford President

Richard Dougherty, MA ’89 PhD ’93

Dean of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Philip Harold

Dean of the Constantin College of Liberal Arts

Clare Venegas

Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Andrew Ellison

Vice President for Enrollment

Ashton Ellis

Vice President for Development and University Relations

Ronald Scrogham

Dean of the Cowan-Blakley Memorial Library

J. Lee Whittington

Dean of the Satish & Yasmin Gupta

College of Business

Robert Watling

Vice President for Finance and Administration and CFO

Greg Roper, BA ’84

Dean of Students

Ron Rombs

Dean of the Rome Program

America the Beautiful

Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain

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: Luke Posegate, John Paul Rezendes | Marshals: Matthew Berry, Chad Engelland

Order of Ceremonies

Procession

Macebearer, Chair of the Faculty Senate Kyle Lemieux Flag Bearers | Marshals | Students | Faculty

Members of the Board of Trustees

Executive Vice President John G. Plotts

Vice President for Board and Legal Services and General Counsel Heather Lachenauer

Chief of Staff Ryan Reedy

Vice President for Enrollment Andrew Ellison

Vice President for Development and University Relations Ashton Ellis

Vice President for Finance and Administration and CFO Robert Watling

Dean of Students Greg Roper

Dean of the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts

Richard Dougherty

Dean of the Constantin College of Liberal Arts

Philip Harold

Dean of the Cowan-Blakley Memorial Library Ronald Scrogham

Dean of the Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business J. Lee Whittington

Assistant Provost Cherie Hohertz

Associate Provost John Norris

Provost Matthias Vorwerk

National Alumni Board Parliamentarian Lacy de la Garza

Chair of the Board of Trustees Randall Muck

Commencement

Speaker Nancy Cain Marcus Robertson

President Jonathan J. Sanford

Chancellor, The Most Reverend Edward J. Burns, Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas

Invocation

Bishop Burns

Greetings

Provost Vorwerk | Lacy de la Garza | Randall Muck | President Sanford

Presentation of Honorary Degree

President Sanford

Commencement

Address

Nancy Cain Marcus Robertson

Awarding of Undergraduate Academic Honors

Dean Harold | Dean Whittington

Awarding of Gupta Graduate Honors

Dean Whittington

For the Class of 2024

Margaret Jennings

Presentation of Candidates for Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Satish & Yasmin Gupta College of Business Degrees

President Sanford | Associate Provost Norris

Conferral of Graduate Degrees

President Sanford | Bishop Burns | Dean Whittington | Dean Dougherty

Presentation of Candidates for Constantin College of Liberal Arts

President Sanford | Associate Provost Norris

Conferral of Undergraduate Degrees

President Sanford | Dean Harold | Dean Whittington

Benediction

Bishop Burns

“America the Beautiful”

The Assembly