Commencement Ceremony Saturday, May 7, 2022 Chester Fritz Auditorium 10:00 a.m.
Prelude Music Brent Hermans Pianist Processional “Pomp and Circumstance,” by Edward Elgar Welcome Michael S. McGinniss Dean, School of Law Dr. Casey Ryan Chair, North Dakota State Board of Higher Education Commencement Alexandra Sickler Address Archie Unterseher Professor of Law
Conferring of Academic Degrees
Andrew P. Armacost President, University of North Dakota
Proctor Bradley W. Parrish Assistant Dean for Student Services Hooders Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich Rodney & Betty Webb Associate Professor of Law Alexandra Sickler Archie Unterseher Professor of Law President’s Remarks Andrew P. Armacost Closing Remarks Michael S. McGinniss Recessional Piano Concerto in F Major (No. 19), by Mozart
Commencement Speaker
Alexandra Sickler
Archie Unterseher Professor of Law
Alex Sickler is a Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law, where she teaches contracts, bankruptcy, and commercial law courses. She was named the Archie Unterseher Endowed Professor of Law in the spring of 2022. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of consumer finance and bankruptcy laws. Before joining UND, Professor Sickler was a trial attorney with the U.S. Trustee Program in Washington, D.C., While there, she litigated civil enforcement matters arising in consumer bankruptcy cases and participated in the U.S. Trustee Program’s initiatives to monitor mortgage creditor conduct. Before that, she practiced bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation in the Washington, D.C. office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP and clerked for the Honorable S. Martin Teel, Jr., U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Columbia. Professor Sickler earned her B.A. from the College of William and Mary and her J.D. with high honors from The George Washington University Law School, where she was named to the Order of the Coif and was an Articles Editor for The George Washington International Law Review. Professor Sickler, her husband Jonathan (UND ’99), and their three children have enjoyed being part of the UND and Grand Forks communities for the last decade.
UNIVERSITY MARSHALS The Marshals escort the degree candidates and platform personnel during the ceremony. They have been selected from the second- and third-year students on the basis of academic excellence.
Grand Marshal
Faculty Marshal
Charter Marshal
Platform Marshal - Registrar
Cassandra Molivigny Amy Clayton Lauren Dub
Flag Marshal
Platform Marshals - Hooder
Lobby Host Marshals
Candidates Marshal
Inside Host Marshals
Dixie Holland
Keaton Zaback
Keaton Ostir
Charles Steinberger
Caitlin Baker
Jade Solvason
Patrick Fylling Edi Planincic
AnneMarie Studer Erica Solberg
Entrance Marshals
Jack Blotsky Nicholas Johnson
University of North Dakota School of Law
Class of 2022
Ryan Walker Ames
Wahpeton, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021
Paul William Anderson Grafton, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021
Gagandeep S. Bains
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba
Luah Beah
Monrovia, Liberia North Dakota State University
Sydney R. Beck
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Minnesota State University Moorhead
Daniel W. Beierwaltes
Billings, Montana Carroll College Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Certificate
Logan C. Benson
Tacoma, Washington University of Washington
Noelle C. Berkelman Duluth, Minnesota Bemidji State University
Rebecca M. Binzen
Conway, South Carolina The Citadel December 2021
Haylee A. Borgen
Perley, Minnesota Concordia College - Moorhead
Justin Tyler Borgen
Grand Forks, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Joshua Breeze
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba
Kylee Margaret Carlin
McIntosh, Minnesota Minnesota State University Moorhead
Yiwei Chen
Jinan, Shandong Province, China University of Alberta
Krista Lyn Christopherson Mandan, North Dakota University of North Dakota
Anthony G. Cole
Los Angeles, California Howard University
Nicholas Dacquisto
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba
Dominic Jerald Davis
Bismarck, North Dakota North Dakota State University Aviation Law Certificate
Connor P. Delaney Clear Lake, Iowa Luther College
Dierra Danae Diegel
Valley City, North Dakota Valley City State University
Alexander Matthew Dillabough Crookston, Minnesota University of North Dakota
Bailey Claire Dumea
Brownwood, Texas Howard Payne University Indian & Tribal Law Certificate December 2021
Gabriel S. Dumea
Hollywood, Florida University of Florida Indian & Tribal Law Certificate December 2021
Allisha A. Dworshak
Dickinson, North Dakota Dickinson State University December 2021
Dylan McQueen Evans
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Brandon University
Michael C. Ewen
Mayville, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Tiffany Jean Findlay
Herman, Minnesota University of North Dakota
Grant Gramlow Geffre
Fargo, North Dakota Minnesota State University Moorhead
Thomas George
Fargo, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021
Ria Marie Gomes
Fairbanks, Alaska San Francisco State University December 2021
Sarah M. Green
Phoenix, Arizona Arizona State University Masters of Business Administration
Crystal A. Gumieny
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada The University of Winnipeg
Abraham David Hankey
Park River, North Dakota North Dakota State University December 2021
Colin Roy Hennessy
Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota
Zachary Heyne
Phoenix, Arizona Grand Canyon University
Elizabeth Hill
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada University of Saskatchewan
Megan M. Hogue
Minot, North Dakota University of Northwestern St. Paul
Wenjuan Huang
Guilin, Guangxi Province, China China University of Political Science and Law
Alexandra Huitron
El Paso, Texas University of Texas at El Paso
Anna Mae Ingersoll
Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Ethan Johnson
Roseau, Minnesota University of Minnesota Crookston
Nicholas J. Kasprowicz Roseau, Minnesota Bemidji State University December 2021
Calen E. King
Missoula, Montana University of Montana December 2021
Erik Wendell King
Bismarck, North Dakota Minot State University
Seth Ronald Kreft
Bismarck, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021
Bennett Allen Lystad
Ambrose, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Alexandria Maashio Dallas, Texas Texas Tech University
Alexis Lorraine Madlom
Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Sonya Kaur Mann
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba
Jakob Karl Manska
Benson, Minnesota Saint Cloud State University
Ericka Muller Moran
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Ryerson University
Cameron Daniel Pedersen Eau Claire, Wisconsin North Dakota State University
Morghan Suzanne Piper
Mandan, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Kayla M. Ring
Bellevue, Nebraska Bellevue University
David A. Rodriguez
Nogales, Arizona Northern Arizona University
Samantha Schmidt
Harwood, North Dakota Concordia College - Moorhead
Rainey Catherine Selvig
Jamestown, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Mariya Sergeevna Semikhatova San Francisco, California Irkurtskij Gosudarstvennyj Universitet
Sunpreet K. Sidhu
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba
Noah Lane Skavhaug
Park River, North Dakota University of North Dakota
Grant K. Skoog
Menahga, Minnesota University of North Dakota December 2021
Kylie J. Sollie
Fosston, Minnesota Concordia College - Moorhead
Chandler J. St Michel
Crookston, Minnesota University of North Dakota
Sheldon Cheynne Standish New Town, North Dakota Minot State University Indian & Tribal Law Certificate
Erica Sue Stoffer
Hudson, Wisconsin Iowa State University
Jacob Thomas Strinden Fargo, North Dakota University of Minnesota
Claire Irene Thompson Grand Forks, North Dakota St. Catherine University
Kelsey Marie Thorpe
Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021
Robert Togni
Colorado Springs, Colorado Dickinson State University
Zachary Stephen Tomczik Saint Cloud, Minnesota University of North Dakota
Mary H. Tran
Duluth, Minnesota College of St. Scholastica December 2021
Priscila A. Ulloa
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada University of Manitoba
Erik Jeffrey Wallevand
Byron, Minnesota Concordia College - Moorhead
Alex Daniel Wegner
Bismarck, North Dakota North Dakota State University
Zachary Daniel Weiler
Sartell, Minnesota University of North Dakota
Jeffrey Anton Wencl
Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota December 2021
Nicholas J. Winbauer
Bismarck, North Dakota University of North Dakota
Isaac J. Winter
Cottage Grove, Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth
David William Wischer
Grand Forks, North Dakota University of North Dakota
Katherine K. Wong
Fargo, North Dakota North Dakota State University
OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY University of North Dakota
Andrew P. Armacost UND President
Andrew P. Armacost, President Eric Link, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Beth Hellwig, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Meloney Linder, Vice President for Marketing & Communications John Mihelich, Interim Vice President for Research & Economic Development Jed Shivers, Vice President for Finance & Operations Dr. Joshua Wynne, Vice President for Health Affairs Scott Correll, Registrar
North Dakota State Board of Higher Education Dr. Casey Ryan, Chair, Grand Forks, ND Jill Louters, Vice Chair, New Rockford, ND Danita Bye, Stanley, ND Nick Hacker, Bismarck, ND Tim Mihalick, Minot, ND Jeffry Volk, West Fargo, ND Dr. John Warford, Bismarck, ND Gracie Lian, Student Member, University of North Dakota Retha Mattern, Staff Adviser, Bismarck State College Elizabeth Legerski, Faculty Adviser, University of North Dakota
SCHOOL OF LAW DEANS
Michael S. McGinniss Dean & Professor of Law
Bradley Myers
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Administration and Randy H. Lee Professor of Law
Julia L. Ernst
Associate Dean for Teaching and Engagement and Professor of Law
Bradley W. Parrish
Assistant Dean for Student Services
Tammy R. P. Oltz
Assistant Dean for Law Library and Information Services & Assistant Professor of Law
SCHOOL OF LAW FACULTY
Jennifer Cook
Assistant Professor of Law
John Cook
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Nikola Datzov
Assistant Professor of Law
Kirsten Dauphinais
Law School Builders of the Profession Professor of Law
James Grijalva
Denitsa Mavrova Heinrich
Margaret Moore Jackson
Ariana Meyers
Steven R. Morrison
Kathryn R.L. Rand
Jenny Samarzja
Alexandra Sickler
Lloyd & Ruth Friedman Professor of Law
Assistant Professor of Law
Assistant Professor of Law
Rodney & Betty Webb Associate Professor of Law
Professor of Law
Archie Unterseher Professor of Law
Kenneth & Frances Swenson Professor of Law
Floyd B. Sperry Professor of Law
Paul Traynor
Assistant Professor of Law
FACULTY LECTURERS Owen Anderson Michael Dodge Mark Friese David Haberman
Patricia Hodny B.J. Jones Christopher Jung Michelle Rivard Parks
Michelle Phillips Rachel Prudhomme Bruce Quick Anne Sim
Joseph J. Vacek Brett D. Venhuizen Ryan Younggren
SCHOOL OF LAW STAFF
LeeIla Drees
Sheri Evans
Janet Foerster
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant
BJ Jones
Beth Moe
Lynnette Morin
Patricia "Trish" Hodny
Director, Field Placements and Externships
Renee Nilsen
Director, Tribal Judicial Institute
Director, Alumni & Public Relations
Project Coordinator, Tribal Judicial Institute
Director, Career Development
Michelle Rivard Parks
Michelle Schumacher
Pam Shea
Julie Simon
Associate Director, Tribal Judicial Institute
Administrative Assistant
Director, Student Life
Laureen Johnson
Admissions and Records Officer
Karmen Otto
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Director, Finance and Administration
Cheri Tretter
Finance & Administrative Assistant
THORMOSGARD LAW LIBRARY STAFF
David Haberman
Head of Student Services
Michael J. Hanson
Law Information Technology Coordinator
Laurie McHenry
Head of Technical Services
Jane Oakland
Circulation & Interlibrary Loan Manager
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF LAW Founded in 1899 and steeped in rich tradition, the School of Law is among the oldest degree-granting units of the University of North Dakota. It was the first of UND’s professional schools to begin operations. Its first dean was Guy H. Corliss, who had served as the inaugural Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Despite its meager resources, the law school grew quickly in popularity. The occupation had considerable prestige, and there was much demand for lawyers in the new state. In his history of UND, University of the Northern Plains, Louis Geiger observed, “perhaps no other college paid off so quickly in broadening the University’s influences in North Dakota.” Since 1911, UND Law has been a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The School of Law was approved in 1923 by the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar and has been continuously reaccredited since. The law school was located in downtown Grand Forks until it was moved to the UND campus during World War I. It shared a building constructed in 1922 on the corner of University Avenue and Centennial Drive with other campus departments for many years. The Law School continued to grow and ultimately took over the entire building, becoming what is known today as the School of Law. In 1973, the law school received its first major addition of a new law library, which was attached to the west side of the 1922 building. More than 40 years later, in the 2015 fall semester, the UND School of Law took another historic step forward by completing and dedicating a $14.4 million renovation and building addition. As a result of the project, the educational space improved significantly as additional classrooms were added, featuring a state-of-the-art teaching courtroom, deliberation room and a high-tech “case study” classroom. Additional student study, collaboration and gathering space can be found throughout the addition and the renovated law library. This project has had a dramatic effect on the delivery of the education, and it has enhanced the unique spirit of community among the students. As the state’s only law school, the UND School of Law produces well-rounded legal professionals with the necessary skill set to serve as effective, innovative, and ethical leaders in North Dakota, our region, and our nation. The UND School of Law has a proud tradition of success of its graduates. A sense of pride among our alumni creates a strong alumni network that spreads across the country and around the world.
We, the Class of 2022,
would like to recognize and thank our family members and friends for the support and encouragement they have given us throughout our law school careers. Without that support and understanding, this would not have been possible.
The Class of 2022 in front of the law school during orientation in August 2019.
This commencement program was printed in May 2022. Student photos by Behl's Photography in Grand Forks, and the law building photos by Chad Ziemendorf, Watford City, North Dakota. The University of North Dakota is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. For more information on equal opportunity policies and procedures, see UND.edu
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