COMMENCEMENT
The University of Minnesota Morris’s Sixty-First Commencement Saturday, May 11, 2024 1:30 p.m.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
Janie S. Mayeron, Chair, Congressional District 5
Douglas A. Huebsch, Co-Vice Chair, Congressional District 7
Mike O. Kenyanya, Co-Vice Chair, At-Large, Student Seat
Mary A. Davenport, At-Large
James T. Farnsworth, Congressional District 4
Robyn J. Gulley, Congressional District 2
Ruth E. Johnson, Congressional District 1
Tadd M. Johnson, Congressional District 8
Bo Thao-Urabe, At-Large
Mary C. Turner, Congressional District 3
Kodi J. Verhalen, Congressional District 6
Penny A. Wheeler, At-Large
UNIVERSITY
OF MINNESOTA INTERIM PRESIDENT
Jeff Ettinger
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MORRIS ADMINISTRATION
Janet Schrunk Ericksen, chancellor
Melissa Bert, vice chancellor for enrollment management and institutional effectiveness
Bryan Herrmann, vice chancellor for finance and facilities
Peh Ng, acting vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean
Sandra K. Olson-Loy, vice chancellor for student affairs
liz thomson, interim associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion
J. Wesley Flinn, chair, Division of the Humanities
Arne Kildegaard, acting chair, Division of the Social Sciences
Heather Waye, acting chair, Division of Science and Mathematics
Michelle Page, chair, Division of Education
The Board of Regents adopted the Regents Seal, shown above, in 1939 as the corporate seal of the University of Minnesota. The Latin motto, “Commune Vinculum Omnibus Artibus,” means “a common bond for all the arts.” The lamp represents the metaphysical sciences. The telescope represents the physical sciences. The plow represents the industrial arts, and the palette and brushes represent the fine arts.
Dear Graduates and Families,
Thank you for participating in this celebratory day. Our entire University community shares your joy in honoring this outstanding class of graduates.
The achievements of this year’s graduates during their time at the University of Minnesota Morris began in the depths of the COVID pandemic and then continued in the revitalization of the campus community after pandemic limitations. In addition to gaining hands-on experience and earning their degrees, students in the Class of 2024 have proven that they are adaptable and resilient. They are graduating as creative problem solvers, career-ready scholars, and community contributors, and with the experience of UMN Morris’s strong, clear set of values: commitment to access, appreciation for diversity in all its forms, and belief in the power of education for societal good. The UMN Morris Class of 2024, with its collective achievements, demonstrates the power of these values. We are confident that the Class of 2024 will go on to demonstrate that a UMN Morris education provides a strong and adaptable foundation for any career and an enriched and engaged life.
As one of the nation’s top public liberal arts colleges, UMN Morris provides talented students access to life-changing educational experiences. Our students strive to strengthen their communities and make the world a better place, and this year’s graduates are no exception. Despite the pandemic challenges, this year’s graduates have studied abroad, led student organizations, and taken part in athletic competitions and musical, theatre, and dance performances. They have served the region and participated in creative and scholarly activities alongside award-winning teacher-scholars. These graduates exemplify our mission, and they are prepared to continue their lives as engaged and committed global citizens. We are immensely proud of them—of all they have accomplished and all they will accomplish.
Today we celebrate not only these outstanding graduates, but also each and every one of you who has stood by them: a powerful network of family and friends that made it possible for these students to succeed. I wish you a memorable and gratifying day as we celebrate together this landmark moment in our graduates’ lifelong journeys of growth and learning.
Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen2024 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen presiding
Processional (please remain seated) ...................... Pomp and Circumstance .................................................................... Edward Elgar
Recorded by the Minnesota Orchestra, and used with permission.
Student Color Guards: Ella Kauffman ’26, Riley Tollefsrud ’25
Eagle Staff Carrier: Thomas Zempel ’27, Bdewakantunwan Dakota from the Lower Sioux Indian Community Mace Bearer: Professor of Economics and Business & Management Stephen Burks
Student Marshals: Alwin Lor ’25, Johnette Nagbe ’27
Faculty Marshal: Professor of Art History Julia Dabbs
The Star Spangled Banner (if able, please rise)
Francis Scott Key Concert Choir
Welcome, Land Acknowledgment, and Guest Recognition
Introduction of Curtis H. Larson Award Recipient ......................................................................
Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen
Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen
Student Speaker, Curtis H. Larson Award Recipient Kianna LaRae Big Crow ’24
Introduction of Speaker
Commencement Address ..............................................................................
Introduction of the Honor Song
Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen
University of Minnesota Interim President Jeff Ettinger
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Sandra K. Olson-Loy
Honor Song Northern Wind Singers
A Native American Honor Song is performed to recognize and pay tribute to the achievements of our scholars. Please show respect by standing, men with bared heads. No photographs may be taken at this time. The Honor Song is dedicated to the Class of 2024. Gabe Desrosiers ’05, Anishinaabe, is the lead singer and composer for the Northern Wind Singers (Woodland Ojibwe) and the keeper of the drum.
Presentation of Candidates
Acting Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean Peh Ng, Chair of the Division of the Humanities J. Wesley Flinn
Conferring of Degrees .................................................................................................
University of Minnesota Regent Tadd M. Johnson
Journey on Derrick Fox Concert Choir
Welcome from the University of Minnesota Morris Alumni Association
Khondoker “Ahnaf” Prio ’19, president
Closing Remarks.........................................................................................................................................
Chancellor Janet Schrunk Ericksen
Recessional................................................................................
Pure Imagination ............................. Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
The audience is asked to remain seated until all graduates and faculty have recessed.
The commencement ceremony video will be streamed live to Edson Auditorium, Edward J. and Helen Jane Morrison Performing Arts Center, Student Center.
Reception
A reception in the Student Center’s Oyate Hall follows the commencement ceremony. Graduates, families, and friends are cordially invited to stay and enjoy the fellowship of this special occasion.
Gallery Exhibition
The Edward J. and Helen Jane Morrison Gallery features the 2024 Senior Art Exhibition. It is open to visitors before the commencement ceremony.
Assisted Listening Devices
Assisted listening devices are available upon request at the audio-visual control center.
Special Thank You
With appreciation, we acknowledge the contribution of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters Taften Bilbaugh, NIC Master, and Travis Lembcke ’12. A special thank you is extended to all the volunteer greeters and ushers, representing students, faculty, staff, and members of the University of Minnesota Morris Retirees Association, who assisted with commencement. Thank you to Bri Hensel ’25, stage assistant to the chancellor, and Allie Jutton ’26, stage assistant to the dean and division chair.
Land Acknowledgment
By offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm tribal sovereignty, express respect for Native peoples and nations, encourage understanding of our tuition waiver, and invite others to do the same. The University of Minnesota Morris is located along the river called Owobopte Wakpa by the Dakota people—a place from which Dakota turnips have been dug river—and Opinikani Zibi by the Anishinaabe—the place of wild potatoes river. These lands on the edge of mashkode akiing—prairie land—have been cared for and called home by the Dakota people, and later the Ojibwe people and other Native peoples, from time immemorial. Our state’s name, Minnesota, comes from the Dakota name for this region, Mni Sota Makoce—the land where the waters reflect the skies.
Before there was a University of Minnesota presence here, the site housed an American Indian boarding school established in 1887 by the Sisters of Mercy community of the Catholic Church under contract with the United States government. The United States government began directly operating the Morris Industrial School for Indians on this site in 1897; one building from the school remains on campus. Sixteen American Indian boarding schools in Minnesota and hundreds across the country separated children from their families and attempted to eliminate Native languages and cultures, with intergenerational impacts still felt across Indian Country. UMN Morris has joined the National Boarding School Healing Coalition and sought Dakota and Anishinaabe leaders’ guidance to bring greater truth telling, understanding, change, and healing regarding this history and the boarding school era.
In 1909, the federal government closed the school, transferring the campus and buildings to the State of Minnesota. The federal legislation and corresponding state statute stipulated that American Indian students be admitted to future educational institutions on the site “on terms of equality” with other students and “free of charge for tuition.” This federal mandate has its roots in treaty law and has been UMN Morris policy since our establishment as the University’s public liberal arts campus in 1960.
Acknowledging the land and our history in this place is an offering of solidarity with and respect for Native nations and peoples. In doing so, we reaffirm our commitment to our responsibilities rooted in this place and in the history of our campus site as a Native American boarding school, our distinctive mission as a public liberal arts college within Minnesota’s land-grant university, and our federal recognition as a Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution—the only four-year NASNTI university in the Upper Midwest.
Today, this region’s Dakota, Ojibwe, and other Native peoples are recognized as leaders in rebuilding Native Nations and reclaiming Indigenous lifeways. More than 300 Native American students from 68 Tribal Nations live and learn at UMN Morris.
We are committed to creating a university where Native American students can increasingly share, connect with, and deepen their knowledge of Indigenous peoples, nations, tribes, languages, sovereignty, and lifeways; where Native cultures are more present and reflected in campus life; and where all members of our community benefit from greater knowledge and understanding regarding our shared histories and the people indigenous to this place.
CANDIDATES FOR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREES
Names and hometowns are included as provided by the graduates.
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Jade Allard, history
Jac Milo Anderson, psychology, with high distinction
Malory Anderson, elementary education, with distinction
Miriam Anderson, history
Gracie Mae Arends, biology
Philippa Marie Austin, English
B
Tyler John Bahr, area of concentration: exercise science
Noah R Bastin, business and management: financial and organizational management, economics
Megan M Bauer, Melrose, history, psychology
Anna Elizabeth Baumann, elementary education
Collin Ray Beane, Apple Valley, computer science, with distinction
Bethanie Sarah Belisle, Box Elder, South Dakota, art history, political science
Kianna LaRae Big Crow, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, economics, Native American and Indigenous studies
Rae Boatman, art history, with distinction
Hunter Ryan Borah, Lakeland, Florida, area of concentration: exercise science, with distinction
Bailey Breeze Borowick, psychology
Maleah P. Brandner, Battle Lake, elementary education
Nevaeh Michelle Lynn Bridge, Cloquet, human services: social justice
Jacob Mitchell Brooks, Madison, South Dakota, sport management
Justin John Brown, Zimmerman, environmental studies
Sophie Louise Brown, Maple Grove, mathematics
C
Dongting Cai, Anqing, Anhui, China, communication, media, and rhetoric, computer science, with distinction, with honors
Mondo Andres Calderon, Fairfield, California, psychology
Evelin Mariela Canil Aguilar, elementary education
Dominik Felix Cantu-Polster, business and management: global business
Matilyn Jessica Rose Carl, Shoreview, English, philosophy, with honors
Joelie Elise Carlson, Kwethluk & Bethel, Alaska, Native American and Indigenous studies, psychology
Madison Ann Carrington, Morris, elementary education, Spanish, with high distinction
Josephine Rose Carson, art history, with high distinction
Emily Janet Cashel, Saint Paul, communication, media, and rhetoric
Emily Ann Chilton, Cottage Grove, biology, psychology
Brooke Anne Christensen, Enderlin, North Dakota, psychology, with distinction
Lillian Susan Cichon, biology, with distinction
Brendan Patrick Conroy, computer science
Emily Violet Kathleen Courrier, Kensington, human services: human development
Brittany Lynn Courts, psychology
Tristan Alexander Cruz, Belle Plaine, business and management: financial and organizational management, sport management
D
Lydia Dorothy Dahlager, Mendota Heights, psychology
Robert Alfred James Dally-Steele, communication, media, and rhetoric, with high distinction
Gillian Finn Deirdre, Saint Louis Park, biology, with high distinction
Archie Dingman, Morris, area of concentration: canine studies, human services: criminal justice, best dog distinction
Olivia Roena Diver, business and management: financial and organizational management, economics
Briana R Dokken, physics
Emilee R Dolan, Jordan, English
Tasha Lyn Douville, Saint Paul, English: creative writing, psychology, with high distinction, with honors
E
Hailey Jordan Eagle Chasing, business and management: financial and organizational management
Lexus Marquette Eagle Chasing, psychology
Lee Ann June Eastman, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate—
Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota, Native American and Indigenous studies
Sydney Ann Eckhoff, Henning, elementary education, with distinction
Mason James Eischens, French, with distinction
Garrett Wade Elison, environmental studies
August Estrada, El Paso, Texas, studio art
FGrace Marie Fairbanks, North Branch, environmental studies
Emma Rose Fedor, Sauk Rapids, Spanish
Madison D Ferguson, Milaca, theatre arts
Paris Mae FierkeLepp, Alborn, sport management, with distinction
Margot Finneran-Flyckt, Saint Paul, studio art
Alayna Louise Fjelstad, Moorhead, English, with distinction
T Faith Flesner, Rapid City, South Dakota, theatre arts
Meghan Victoria Florip, political science
Nathan Edward Robertson Fronk, Bloomington, mathematics, physics
GAmalia Galvan, Mounds View, environmental science, Native American and Indigenous studies
Carter Scott Geyer, Coon Rapids, communication, media, and rhetoric
Trinity Jean Geyer, Coon Rapids, anthropology
Emma Elizabeth Giere, Mantorville, elementary education
Ben Giese, Morris, chemistry
Jackson John Golla, communication, media, and rhetoric
Alyssa Marie Gravelle, Pine River, sport management
Ethan Mitchell Graybar, Shawnee, Kansas, computer science
Nona Grace Graywater, Fort Totten, North Dakota, psychology
Erin Margaret Gunn, Northfield, psychology
Sydney Faith Gunter, Shakopee, biology
Jessica Gustafson, Chanhassen, art history, with distinction
HGavin Ryan Hajek, Cambridge, area of concentration: exercise science
Ian K Hall, history
Carver H Hammond, Bloomington, sport management
Alexander Happ, music, secondary education
Isaac J Harveaux, Albert Lea, biology, with honors
Henry Hauser, political science
Chloe Ann Haven, environmental science
Isaiah Jaquan Henderson, psychology
Kennedy Renee Hill, Morris, psychology, with high distinction
Gabby C Holboy, Cambridge-Isanti, political science
Yuechu Hu, statistics
Tzu-Hsiang Huang, Taichung, Taiwan, chemistry, with high distinction
Roy Humlicek-Spindler, English
Jude Humphrey, Saint Paul, environmental studies
Lydia L Hurst, Marshall, biology, psychology, with high distinction
IHunter James Infanger, Osakis, history, secondary education
Onar Cu’Chulain Ireland-Hance, Saint Cloud, psychology
JBlake Robert Westbrook Johnson, Cokato, computer science, with distinction
Hal Raven Johnson, Aberdeen, South Dakota, studio art, with distinction
Michelle Antoinette Johnson, Morris, sociology, with distinction
Victoria Elizabeth Johnson, biology, environmental studies
Margaret Anne Jones, Saint Paul, area of concentration: social science education, Native American and Indigenous studies, secondary education with distinction
Sam Jordan, Emily, biology, with honors
Christian Juarez-Perez, South Sioux City, Nebraska, communication, media, and rhetoric
KSierra Rose Kallio, Willmar, studio art, with distinction
Adrienne Eve Kanihan, Saint Paul, chemistry, with high distinction
Joseph Katosh, communication, media, and rhetoric
Sanjana Kidambi, Maple Grove, biology, with high distinction
Eliza Marie Klarer, White Earth, studio art
Dalton Lee Koehler, Morris, sport management
Abigail Elizabeth Koel, Pillager, theatre arts, with high distinction
Emily M Kolstoe, Oklee, communication, media, and rhetoric, psychology
Allison Koos, Bemidji, environmental studies, studio art, with high distinction, with honors
Maya Rose Kroska, Blaine, mathematics
Riley Krueger, Carver, sport management, statistics
Gray C. Kruse, Minnetonka, English
Jarrett Chad Kujava, area of concentration: exercise science
Jay S K Kwateh, Maple Grove, human services: human development, psychology
LAce Sean Laikind, Tonka Bay, biology, psychology
Richard Walter Lange, Big Lake, history
Aidan Marie Lester, Cambridge, theatre arts
Koleman J Lind, Pine City, sport management
Andrew C. Litzau, Menahga, business and management: financial and organizational management
Zerui Lyu, Foshan, Guangdong, China, computer science
MJuliana Rocío Cortés Manville, Madison, Wisconsin, psychology
Grace Elizabeth Mary Marshall, Saint Paul, elementary education, with distinction
Peyton Gerald McConville, business and management
Tenly Dee Jean McGinnis, Minot, North Dakota, human services: human development, psychology
Mikayla A.J. Mckibbens, Brainerd, business and management, economics
Puck L McLaury, Jordan, English, gender, women, and sexuality studies
Linsey Marie McMurrin, anthropology, Native American and Indigenous studies
Ella Joanne Menke, Burnsville, English: creative writing
Kendal Elise Miletich, biology
Cole Alexander Mitchell, Snohomish, Washington, area of concentration: exercise science
Cassandra Jean Mox, Eagan, environmental science N
Lydia I Nash, Richfield, psychology
Dylan Clay Naughton, Loveland, Colorado, history, political science
McKenzie S Newton, West Fargo, North Dakota, elementary education
Galvy Abuh Ngimukua, Bamenda, Northwest, Cameroon, biology
Torrance Marie Nichols, West Fargo, North Dakota, psychology
Kelsie Ann Norberg, Royalton, biology, with high distinction
Josiah James Novak, biology, English
Cody Alan Nye, anthropology, psychology
Marshall Francis Degidio O’Meara, business and management: financial and organizational management, economics, with distinction
Isabel D Olson, Blaine, biology, psychology
PEavan Clare Parmer, environmental science
Chenfei Peng, Shanghai, China, computer science, mathematics, with high distinction
Tayven Jacob Penninger, sport management
Prenisha Perry, Native American and Indigenous studies
Kim Butala Peters, Eagan, biology, with high distinction
Charles Andrew Peterson, business and management: global business, Spanish
Gregory Dane Peterson, computer science
Ashlen Artemis Plasek, Parkers Prairie, computer science, mathematics, with high distinction Q
Max Joseph Quintavalle, Otsego, computer science
RElizabeth Ann Rafferty, Bemidji, English, with distinction
Aaliyah Robinson, Chanhassen, business and management
Kiley Nicole Rodarmel, Sartell, communication, media, and rhetoric, with distinction
Moriah Linnae Rooney, biology
Sarah Nicole Rosenbrook, anthropology, psychology
Anthony James Rozycki, Royalton, environmental studies, with high distinction, with honors
SBrianna Beant Sarkaria, area of concentration: public health
Rachel Kirschner Scarseth, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, psychology, with high distinction
Maddie Grace Schneider, Albert Lea, human services: criminal justice, psychology
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Madelyn Rose Schoenberger, Forest Lake, biology, with high distinction
Cameron Joshua Schultz, Hector, studio art, secondary education
John Taylor Seerden, environmental studies
Kaylee Eileen Seifert, statistics
Emily-Rose Charlize-Bethia Severson, theatre arts
Raven Victoria Suzanne Sevilleja, Cloquet, psychology
Eugene Siddell, business and management, sport management
Kassidy C Siedow, Saint Paul, sport management
Isabella M Sieling, Hanley Falls, human services: criminal justice, political science, psychology
Paisley Reese Sierra, Porcupine, South Dakota, environmental studies, Native American and Indigenous studies
Rosa M. Siquina, Blaine, biology
Madison Grace Smart, Ada, human services: human development
Analise Morgan Smee, biology
Kathryn E Smith, art history, medieval and ancient studies
Melissa Snyder, studio art
Anthony John Sobiech, Swanville, elementary education
Jadyn Sondrol, Grand Forks, North Dakota, computer science, with distinction
Matthew James Spilman, computer science
Logan Richard Stech, geology
Ryan Earl Stigen, Elk River, business and management: financial and organizational management
Anna Rose Stovall, New Ulm, human services: human development
Grant Jonathan Strukel, history, secondary education, with high distinction
Katelyn Ann Suchy, Plummer, elementary education
Trevor P Swan, Bemidji, biology
Elisabeth L Symons, Saint Paul, area of concentration: archaeology, medieval and ancient studies, with distinction
TBrielle N. Teasley, Blaine, theatre arts
Evelyn Thell, psychology, with high distinction
Elizabeth Anne Tornell, elementary education
TRANG X TRAN, chemistry
Kaitlyn Jade Tripp, Saint Michael, psychology
Morgan Tyykila, history, with distinction
Robyn VanEps, Cyrus, business and management: financial and organizational management
Jessi Vermeulen, Shakopee, biology
Jeremiah Martin Vivier, Oak Grove, environmental science
AJ Vizenor, history, Native American and Indigenous studies
Dana Josephine Voss, Hartford, South Dakota, elementary education, English, with high distinction
WAshley A Wagner, Worthington, biology
Matthew Douglos Wanner, computer science
Jayson Michael Weber, Morris, history
Ellis Andrew Weglewski, computer science
Nathaniel Cole Weglewski, philosophy: philosophy, politics, and economics
Josh T. Welch, business and management: financial and organizational management
Evan Westrum, Detroit Lakes, psychology
Ayla Erin Wicklow, Lewiston, biology
B. Miles Wolinski, Otsego, psychology
Samantha Aleah Workman, Park Rapids, studio art
YKayelynn Younkin, Minneapolis, Native American and Indigenous studies, psychology
Yifei Yu, Shanghai, China, business and management: global business, with distinction
ZAnnabelle Marie Zahratka, New Prague, sociology
Gavin G. Zempel, Lower Sioux Indian Community, Native American and Indigenous studies, psychology
Xinyi Zhang, elementary education, with high distinction
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Curriculum, Distinction, and Honors Requirements
Degrees will be conferred as indicated on the students listed in this program subject to completion of all curriculum requirements. Candidates graduating “with high distinction” earned a University of Minnesota grade point average (GPA) of 3.90 or higher; those graduating “with distinction” earned a GPA from 3.75 to 3.89.
The UMN Morris Honors Program focuses on providing opportunities for curious, creative, and intellectually ambitious students to practice interdisciplinary thinking. All courses in the program are interdisciplinary and are frequently taught by two professors. Students complete the program with an interdisciplinary capstone project and defense and have an overall grade point average of 3.5 or higher at graduation.
Academic Regalia
American academic regalia—robes, caps, insignia, and emblems used by colleges and universities to identify themselves—indicate the academic rank of wearers. The custom began in Great Britain where robes and hoods designed for warmth were common clothing at the earliest universities. In 1895 the Academic Costume Code standardized American academic regalia, specifying style and usage of caps, gowns, hoods, and colors to represent degrees.
The fields of learning colors are as follows: white for arts, letters, humanities; khaki for business, accounting, commerce; copper for economics; light blue for education; brown for fine arts and architecture; silver for oratory and speech; crimson for journalism; purple for law; lemon for library science; pink for music; dark blue for philosophy; sage green for physical education; gold for psychology; peacock blue for public administration; salmon pink for public health; golden yellow for science; citron for social work; scarlet for theology; orange for engineering.
Masters, specialists, and doctors wear hoods lined with the official colors of the university from which the degree is granted. Tassel colors indicate the academic program area. Gown sleeves distinguish educational levels: bachelor, pointed; master, oblong; and doctor and specialist, bell-shaped.
Mace
Once a medieval symbol of war, the mace has emerged from its history to become a symbol of peaceful leadership. As an emblem of order and authority, the ceremonial staff is carried by a senior faculty at the head of official processions, inciting the pomp and pageantry of university ceremonial occasions.
University of Minnesota Morris Mission
The University of Minnesota Morris provides a rigorous undergraduate liberal arts education, preparing its students to be global citizens who value and pursue intellectual growth, civic engagement, intercultural competence, and environmental stewardship.
As a public land-grant institution, the University of Minnesota Morris is a center for education, culture, and research for the region, nation, and world. University of Minnesota Morris is committed to outstanding teaching, dynamic learning, innovative faculty and student scholarship and creative activity, and public outreach. Our residential academic setting fosters collaboration, diversity, and a deep sense of community.
—Approved by Campus Assembly April 2009
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