Charles Corcoran, Ph.D., Professor, Accounting and Finance, Faculty Marshal
CALL TO ORDER
Wes Chapin, Ph.D., Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
ANTHEM*
“The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key Tyler Holmes, Soloist, Graduating Senior, Music and Psychology
WELCOME
Mike Martin, Ph.D., Chancellor
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
David Bonko, MBA, Associate Professor, Marketing Communications
PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES**
Michael Orth, Ph.D., Dean, College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Wesley Kisting, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Muhammad Chishty, Ph.D., Dean, College of Education, Business and Allied Health
Caroline Baker, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies
READERS
Grace Coggio, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Mike Martin, Ph.D., Chancellor
WELCOME INTO THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Blane Huppert, UWRF Alumni Advisory Board President
RECESSIONAL*
Variety of musical selections
*Audience standing
**The audience is asked to please withhold applause until diplomas have been distributed to each college. Some positions are currently held by interim leaders.
STAGE PARTY
Mike Martin, Ph.D., Chancellor
Wes Chapin, Ph.D., Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Muhammad Chishty, Ph.D., Dean, College of Education, Business and Allied Health
Michael Orth, Ph.D., Dean, College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
Wesley Kisting, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Caroline Baker, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies
Tyler Holmes, Soloist, Graduating Senior, Music and Psychology
Blane Huppert, UWRF Alumni Advisory Board President
Charles Corcoran, Ph.D., Professor, Accounting and Finance, Faculty Marshal
David Bonko, MBA, Associate Professor of Marketing Communications, Keynote Speaker
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Michael Orth, Ph.D., Dean
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
Lydia Mae Barr
Grace Ann Hilton
Luke Julson *
Bailey Ryan Keck
Megan Nicole Krueger
Marie Kathryn Prodell *
Joseph David Rom *
Amber Walter *
Kayla Worm
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
Jeremiah Raymond Ihm **
Jonathan Coty Landsverk
Hannah Pitzen ****
ANIMAL SCIENCE
Alexandria Athey
Victoria Lynn Buss
LAUREN CORBIN **
EMILY MARGARET DAHLKE
Amelia Dickie
Alyssa Susan Duffy **
Haley Christine Estlund
Julia Marie Goyke
Sophia Christine Hale ***
Haley Hoyer
EMMA MARIE JOECKS ****
Halle Johnson
Jenna Kelley ****
Caitlyn Marie Keyes **
Kaitlin Alexa Knaebe
Whitney Marie Kuehl
Paige Livingston
Madison Kaylee Lutzow
Ashley Marie Manders
Abigail Anne Miller
Kendel Noel
MEGAN ANITA PARKER *
Marie Kathryn Prodell *
Brooke Ann Purrier
Zoe Rademacher
Heather Lynn Redenius
Danielle Renee Rustand
Rachel Sanford *
Abigail Irene Simon
Anna Rose Theel
Janna Lynn Thoma *
Emma Christine Wayne
Gabrielle Irene Lavina Wellnitz
Kayla Xiong
CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
CAYLA DEANNE BINGHAM **
Kayla Jean Burns
Ellie Marie Gruber
ABIGAIL LILLIAN HILL *
Jacob Hunter Jensen
Eh Eh Paung *
Kaitlin Ramirez
Andrew Joshua Steiger
CROP AND SOIL SCIENCE
Megan Culpitt ****
Tucker Schultz
DAIRY SCIENCE
Conrad David Gingg *
Lindsay Martina Mikle **
Joseph Schuh *
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Garrett Orville Eddy
Rames Joseph Frisch
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Hailey Sutton *
HORTICULTURE
Coleman Clawson
Dylan Cooper *
Jacob Michael Petronack
Elayna Stirn ***
Analise Jone Wolkerstorfer *
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT
Kristin Abney *
Ann Margaret Sanchez *
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Wesley Kisting, Ph.D., Dean
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Abigail Anne Eilitz
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Izabella Dixon Abigail Mae Hutchinson
ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE
Meagan Catherine Kutzler
BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
Shaine Francis Conway
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Erin Cockroft ****
Masen Michael Danke
Miranda Johnson ****
Piper Ann Richter * Andreyah Shackle ***
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BIOLOGY
Andrew Balint
Connor Troy Drahos
Clarissa Marie Driscoll
Tahmara Nicole Hendrickson ****
Peter Hetherington
Anne Elizabeth Kemper
Kaden Michael Knox
Olivia Jean Myers
Kaitlynn Leigh Thiel
Bria Vannatta ****
Evan Casper Zachow ****
BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH
SCIENCE
Grace Boles ****
MacKenzie Ann Dean
Amaya Danielle Hill
Kennan Michael Hottinger
Alexis Marie Hunter *
Caleb Lefevre
Tayla Jean Lundberg
Bailey Louise Schlough
Christie Twehdee-Dalesu Tabla
Kittikhun Yangchayutabhong *
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Devin Barry McDaniels *
Alexander Odelin Peralta Rojas
Jacob Michael Petronack
Tiana Elle Tran
CHEMISTRY
Hailey Jo Beilke **
Lauren E Flynn
Benjamin Thomas Hollister **
Eric Karl Spielberger
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Ahnna Joy Chabot
Shelby Sue Dolly ***
Hailey Joy Durow
Sophia Mae Heiberg ****
Katarinna Jean Johnson
Koltin Lee Pask
Megan Elizabeth Ramberg *
Greta Suzann Van Guilder
Kayla Valerie Wold *
COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Yafet A Amde *
Bryce Allen Anderson
Logan Paul-Patrick Appert
Abenezer Yegezu Bekele
Tylor Lee Bowell
Yoonseo Choi
Gregory James Demko ***
Joseph Matthew Fellrath
Randy Richard Franzmeier ****
Matthew David Gallion
Nick Matthew Gates
Garret Lee Hildebrandt
Martha Elizabeth Kelzer
Aaliyah Kurrelmeyer *
Ian Joseph McNiesh
Jordan James Opsahl
Beau Quentin Oster
Connor Fitzgerald Price *
Benjamin Rex Slipka
Anthany Toum
Colton John Williams
CRIMINOLOGY
Grace Elizabeth Aerts
Faith Rose Benzi **
Noah Steven Kadela
Bailey Alexandra Kohnen *
LUCIA MARQUEZ **
Jessica May Pangburn
Anthony James Frank Rohaley
Kaiden Phillips Sell
DATA SCIENCE
Andrew Brian Flatz ***
Joseph Robert Stanek *
ENGLISH
Gracie Margaret Gregoire
Summer Hannah Jacobson
Fahey
Madaline Mae Oehmke
Cassie Wang ****
GEOGRAPHY
Joseph Matthew Fellrath
HISTORY
Ryan Michael Larson
Shoki Nakagawara
Tayler Ann-Marie Olson *
Hunter Waylynn Panoch ****
Carol Xiong
JOURNALISM
Joshua Brauer ***
MARKETING
COMMUNICATIONS
Alex Hansen Bohacek ***
Ahnna Joy Chabot
Shelby Sue Dolly ***
Hailey Joy Durow
Stetler Harms
Sophia Mae Heiberg ****
Andrea Lynn Kaiser ***
Hiroya Kawazoe
Mei Motomura
Tiffinni Rose Pawlak
Megan Elizabeth Ramberg *
Elise M Truman *
Kayla Valerie Wold *
MATHEMATICS
Samantha Lynn Braunlich
Andrew Brian Flatz ***
Austin Dean Fox *
MODERN LANGUAGE
Erin Cockroft ****
LILY KAYE SULLIVAN ***
MUSIC
Tyler Scott Holmes
Kylie Brynn Hutmacher ****
Margaret Wallin ****
NEUROSCIENCE
Maddie Paige Ridgeway
Dylan Wesley Wittek
PHYSICS
Tylor Lee Bowell
Isaiah Kenneth Bryn *
Ben Lee Neuffer
Jonathan Gregory Parham
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Joshua Brauer ***
Dylan Martinez ****
Aliviah Ray McClinton *
PSYCHOLOGY
Grace Elizabeth Aerts
Heather Marie Akey
Tyler Scott Holmes
Makayla Lynn Kaphing
Jaden Kolker
LUCIA MARQUEZ **
Grace Taylor Ochs
Jessica May Pangburn
Sarah Jolie Purdy **
Maddie Paige Ridgeway
Brenna Nicole Schreiber
Natalie JoMarie Shadow
SOCIOLOGY
Bailey Alexandra Kohnen *
LillyAnn Lynn Niewind *
STAGE AND SCREEN ARTS
Zoe Elinor Palmer
Hunter Waylynn Panoch ****
Collin Thomas Simone
Margaret Wallin ****
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND ALLIED HEALTH
BACHELOR
ACCOUNTING
Ethan Jode Greene **
Jalen Michael Hetrick
Michael Nicholas-Soulio Kangbateh
OF SCIENCE
Logan Gerald Schrupp ****
ART
KILAH KENNEDY ****
Piper Ann Richter *
BROAD FIELD SOCIAL STUDIES
Samuel Goldman Gray ***
Olivia Ann Husom *
Samuel Glee Peters ***
Nathan Daniel Riniker **
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Ashley Marie Arneson
Konnor Shawn Aufenthie
Rachel Jo Birkholz
Jaden Brooks Bonin
Maria Kathryn Brand
Lillian Mae Conte
Hunter Anton Damsgard
Mary Dingman
Cooper Doty
Amanda Rose Eyerly **
John Michael Fritzke
Ian Nathaniel Gould
Ethan Jode Greene **
Madison Rose Gribowski
Kyle Michael Holman *
Randy Jasken
Collin Jones
Benjamin Michael Kaiser *
Love Loureen LaBarre
Broderick Mitchell McKnight
Mason Anthony Nelson
Geneva Noreen *
Benjamin Foster Rayne
Logan Gerald Schrupp ****
Carson Michael Steen
Lucas Wangda Wei
Kole Wenner
Cameron Zaleski
CHEMISTRY
Chase Anthony Kern
Muhammad Chishty, Ph.D., Dean
COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS
Kourtney Immerfall **
ALEXIS KIMBALL ****
Allie Kaitlyn Lunke ****
Renee Kay Rudi *
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Megan Graber *
Xee Lor *
EMILY JEAN MILZ ****
ECONOMICS
John Nicholas Condon
John Michael Fritzke
Eric Bruce Mosher
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
McKenzie Mae Coyle
Caitlyn Fitzgerald *
Madilyn Grace Gieske ***
Lauryn Kathryne Gosso **
Anika Marie Hancock *
Rylee Kate Henjum *
Emilia Mae Krueger *
Caillie Pauline Lowthian ****
Carissa Lynn Nelson **
Sydney Marie Nenn *
Madalyn Mae Nichols ****
Alexis Jane Ringler *
Allison Marie Rosenquist *
Mya Ruesch *
Hannah Simon **
MICHAELA JAELYNN STIMSON *
Payton Trombley
Sophie Christine Ulman **
Gabriela M Walrath *
Jaci Lou Williams *
ENGLISH
John Patrick McBroom *
FINANCE
John Nicholas Condon
Jordan Elizabeth Erickson
Riley James Olson
Logan Rowe
Jacob John Vangstad
Casey Edward Wesbur
HEALTH AND HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Charles C Harpole
Hannah Christine Havemeier
Jack Thomas Jensen
Braxtyn Paul Leen *
Mason Charles Poehls *
Renee Kay Rudi *
Madyson Shew *
Alex Carl VanGundy
Lucas Jamison Warren *
Duke James Waxberg *
HEALTH AND WELLNESS MANAGEMENT
Jacob William Berger
Autumn L Bowman
Delilah Nicole Kowalke *
MANAGEMENT
Darrian Brown
Lidia Marie James Curtis ****
Claire Petersen
Joe Raymond Smith
Braden Wilkinson
MARKETING
Lidia Marie James Curtis **** Kaitlyn Kristi Gilk **** Jack Leifker *
Bradley Wayne Niekamp * Ethan Sigler
MATHEMATICS
Alexander Kathryn Robarge ***
Daniel Stratton * Lezlie AnnMarie Weyer ***
PHYSICS
Chloe Jean Heifner ****
TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES
LILY KAYE SULLIVAN ***
BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION
NATALIE SUSANNAH MY-AN MAINO ****
William David Parker
GRADUATE STUDIES
Caroline Baker, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies
MASTER OF ARTS
TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL)
Adviser: Douglas Margolis
Monica DuMond
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Adviser: Leanne Van Allen
Colin Roger Bergs
Melissa Lynn Berwald
Adam Joseph Canepa
Brook Coles
Mitch Eigenberger
Benjamin Kimes
Rachel McHenry
Russell Moffat
Lauren Murphy
Olivia Rice
Samantha Werner
MASTER OF SCIENCE
BUSINESS ANALYTICS
Adviser: Leanne Van Allen
Melissa Lynn Berwald
Brook Coles
Benjamin Kimes
CLINICAL EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
Adviser: Gregory Ruegsegger
Treyden Casey
Kate Elizabeth Rose Funk
CYBERSECURITY
Adviser: Anthony Varghese
Gabrielle Berg
Sheilah Fondren
Grace Kathrine Zeit
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Adviser: Zachary Rourk
Courtney Josephine Crouch
Craig Danielson
Andrew Hahn
Matt Paul Konrad
Adam Sheldon
MASTER OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
COUNSELING
Adviser: Caroline Baker
Olivia Welshons
Adviser: Mark Gillen
Kori Lea Charbonneau
Brittny Irene Lee
Joyce O Loveridge
Joseph James Stauffer
Latrisse Shyann White
Adviser: Suelle Micallef Marmara
Clara Elizabeth Ballard
Jadyn Renee Biermaier
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Adviser: Hilary Pollack
Jaclyn Rose Buechner
MATH SECONDARY EDUCATION
Adviser: Erick Hofacker
Lindsey Alger
Samantha Ann Falkner
MONTESSORI
Adviser: Kateri Carver
Sarah Ann Chow
Kelly O’Brien
SECONDARY EDUCATION
STEM
Adviser: Earl Blodgett
Melissa Mary Brunshidle
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
David Bonko
Marketing Communications Program, Associate Professor
David Bonko strives to provide his students with hands-on learning opportunities and to connect with them on a personal level to ensure they learn real-world skills that enable them to have successful futures.
Bonko is an assistant professor of marketing communications who has taught at UW-River Falls for the past 27 years. In addition to instructing students about marketing and communications topics, he provides experiential learning for his students to augment their education.
Each year, Bonko’s students select a nonprofit charity to raise money for, then design and carry out a marketing campaign to assist that charity. Since 2011, those studentled campaigns have raised more than $60,000 for good causes.
“I focus a lot on experiential learning,” Bonko said. “It’s more than just telling students ‘Learn this.’ It’s teaching them about why information they are learning is relevant, why it is going to make a difference in their futures. It’s really about learning by doing, and students seem to like that.”
Bonko’s longtime work helping his students learn more effectively led to his being awarded the university’s Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest honor a faculty member can receive.
Despite having taught for many years, Bonko remains excited about teaching students about marketing and communications. Interacting with his students and watching them learn key concepts is gratifying, he said.
“These kids work so hard to do good for this world,” Bonko said. “You’re trying to encourage the next generation of community volunteers and I’m lucky that I get to be a part of that.”
CHANCELLOR’S AWARD
Although the university had long recognized academic achievement through the granting of awards, scholarships, and honors, non-academic accomplishments had not received similar recognition. It was for this reason that, in 1977, the chancellor and the Student Affairs staff began considering a way of honoring students who had made significant non-academic contributions to the university.
It was recommended that a Chancellor’s Award, in the form of a medallion, be established. It is cast in antique bronze, two inches in diameter, and suspended from a red ribbon. The medallion is a smaller replica of the chancellor’s medallion, a symbol of office worn on ceremonial occasions. It depicts the university’s official seal. A certificate of recognition from the chancellor accompanies the award.
It was determined that the award would recognize service to the university; be granted primarily to upperclass students, although exceptions could be made; would not be based chiefly on scholastic achievement; and could be granted at any appropriate period, but would ordinarily be awarded at the all-campus awards reception.
Names in bold in the program designate Chancellor’s Award recipients.
The following graduating seniors received the Chancellor’s Award:
Chloe Heifner
HONOR GRADUATES
Samuel Peters
Honor graduates are recognized on the program as follows:
**** Summa Cum Laude: The student has a grade point average of 3.900 for entire college career at all institutions attended.
*** Magna Cum Laude: The student has a grade point average of 3.800 for entire college career at all institutions attended.
** Cum Laude: The student has a grade point average of 3.700 for entire college career at all institutions attended.
Students who have earned Cum Laude honors wear red and white neck cords.
* Senior Merit: The student has a grade point average of 3.500 and above for the final 60 semester credits.
HONORS PROGRAM
Names in capital letters designate completion of the Honors Program. Graduates of this program wear silver neck cords.
HONOR SOCIETIES
Graduates who have been elected to membership in academic honoraries wear the designated color cords and insignias associated with the societies. The following national academic honor societies are recognized:
Alpha Kappa Delta
Alpha Psi Omega
Alpha Zeta
Beta Gamma Sigma
Gamma Theta Upsilon
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Alpha Xi
INTERNATIONAL FLAGS
Pi
Psi
Sigma Pi
Sigma Tau Delta
The international flags on each side of the stage represent the countries of the international students attending UW-River Falls:
Belgium
Cambodia
Canada
China
Ethiopia
Germany
Hong Kong
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Japan
Netherlands
South Korea
Spain
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Taiwan
Thailand
The Gambia
United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
The ushers and those distributing programs are students from the Student Government Association.
Assisting with the placement of master’s hoods is Caroline Baker, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies.
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY VIDEO
Visit https://students.uwrf.edu/commencement to access the livestream video of today’s ceremony. A video archive will be available following the ceremony.
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM ONLINE
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