University Emblems Commencement Notes Commencement Guest Commencement Assembly 9:00 AM 1:00 PM 5:00 PM Student Lists Alma Mater University Leadership
The presidential medallion is worn by the president of 成人头条 on signi铿乧ant or official ceremonial occasions as the symbolic manifestation of his role and responsibility as the chief officer of the university. The official seal of 成人头条 State University anchors the ceremonial anaglyph and is encircled by two hyperbolic forms designed to complement the university mace. The presidential medallion is suspended from black silk trimmed with gold.
As the official symbol of the university鈥檚 authority and power, the mace is carried by selected college faculty in the academic procession. The mace was commissioned in 1978 by Paul J. Magelli, former dean of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, as a memorial to his twin brother, Peter M. Magelli, and presented for the first time at the 1980 commencement.
Designed by artist Jonathan Graham Bonner of Providence, Rhode Island, the mace is executed primarily in stainless steel, gold and silver. The head of the mace is a gilt frame with 22 stainless steel spikes. The points are sterling silver. A silver ball engraved with the three seals of 成人头条鈥擣airmount College, the Municipal University of 成人头条 and 成人头条鈥攊s suspended in the frame by two springs. The shaft is a stainless steel spring, and the handle is a gilt ball set with nine hematites.
The seal of 成人头条 incorporates many images. A farmer and an Indian, representing Kansas鈥 rural background and Native American heritage, are looking up at seven stars above a lamp of learning.
The university鈥檚 name arcs above these images. Below them is a sunflower flanked by wheat, again signifying Kansas, and a laurel, a symbol of learning. Three significant dates of the university鈥檚 past also are included: 1895, Fairmount College founding; 1926, University of 成人头条 reorganization date; and 1964, the date the university entered the Kansas Regents鈥 system.
An honorary degree is an exceptional honor bestowed upon a person without fulfllment of the usual requirements. Honorary degrees are conferred only upon persons of notable intellectual, scholarly, professional, creative achievement or service to humanity. A candidate for an honorary degree must be deeply grounded in a career of scholarship, research, creative activity, service to humanity or other profession consistent with the endeavors of 成人头条.
This program is not an official list of confrmed graduates for the 2023 Spring Commencement.
Students listed in this commencement program are candidates for degrees in Spring and Summer 2023. Students鈥 names are listed in this program as they appear on the graduation list provided by the Ofce of the Registrar. Students鈥 names are read during the university commencement ceremony as they appear in the graduation information approved by the graduates.
Degrees are conferred with distinction upon undergraduate students who have shown exceptional scholarship in both their cumulative and WSU grade point averages. Students with grade point averages of 3.90 out of a possible 4.00 receive the summa cum laude award; those with averages of 3.550 to 3.899 receive the magna cum laude; and those with averages of 3.250 to 3.549 receive the cum laude.
Candidates for degrees and for university honors for Spring and Summer 2023 have been tentatively determined on the basis of work completed through December 2022.
In addition to university honors, departmental honors are awarded to students who have met the appropriate requirements. 成人头条 State does not confer honors upon students completing degrees in the Graduate School.
Today鈥檚 academic dress evolved from caps and gowns worn in medieval universities. The academic gown is the basic garment and by tradition is black for all degrees and ranks.
The square caps or mortarboards are part of the prescribed academic dress. Accompanying the gowns are hoods lined with silk in the ofcial color of the institution conferring the degree and bordered in the color representing the discipline of learning. The color of the tassel designates the student鈥檚 degree and may vary from what is found on the hood. Students receiving graduate degrees wear the color appropriate to the degree emphasis.
Drab 鈥 W. Frank Barton School of Business
Light Blue 鈥 College of Applied Studies
Orange 鈥 College of Engineering
Brown 鈥 College of Fine Arts
Pink 鈥 College of Fine Arts- School of Music
Mint Green 鈥 College of Health Professions
Lavender 鈥 College of Health Professions-Department of Dental Hygiene
Apricot 鈥 College of Health Professions- School of Nursing
Black 鈥 Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Colorful sashes and cords may be worn to represent various achievements and associations.
Shellaine "Shelly" Kiblinger recently retired from a 32-year career in K-12 education. From 2017-2021, she served as the Superintendent of Cherryvale Public Schools, USD 447. In Cherryvale, started many initiatives including the development of a five-year strategic plan that focused on the state vision of education, district-wide literacy and long-range financial planning.
Before her time with Cherryvale Public Schools, Regent Kiblinger served as the Superintendent of Hutchinson Public Schools from 2011 to 2017. In Hutchinson she focused on literacy improvement and successfully implemented K-12 positive behavior curriculum. She spent 12 years in USD 457 Garden City Public Schools in various administrative positions.
Regent Kiblinger is now self-employed as an educational consultant.
Regent Kiblinger graduated with a Doctor of Education in Educational Administration and Leadership from Kansas State University. She earned a Master of Science in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Pittsburg State University. She holds an Associate of Arts degree from Independence Community College.
Shellaine "Shelly" Kiblinger recently retired from a 32-year career in K-12 education. From 2017-2021, she served as the Superintendent of Cherryvale Public Schools, USD 447. In Cherryvale, started many initiatives including the development of a five-year strategic plan that focused on the state vision of education, district-wide literacy and long-range financial planning.
Before her time with Cherryvale Public Schools, Regent Kiblinger served as the Superintendent of Hutchinson Public Schools from 2011 to 2017. In Hutchinson she focused on literacy improvement and successfully implemented K-12 positive behavior curriculum. She spent 12 years in USD 457 Garden City Public Schools in various administrative positions.
Regent Kiblinger is now self-employed as an educational consultant.
Regent Kiblinger graduated with a Doctor of Education in Educational Administration and Leadership from Kansas State University. She earned a Master of Science in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Pittsburg State University. She holds an Associate of Arts degree from Independence Community College.
President George W. Bush appointed Scott W. Stucky to the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on 20 December 2006. He became Chief Judge on 1 August 2017, and Senior Judge on the expiration of his term on 1 August 2021. Judge Stucky was born in Hutchinson, Kansas, in 1948, and grew up on a family farm near Pretty Prairie, Kansas, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from 成人头条 in 1970 with a B.A. in History, summa cum laude, and a commission as a second lieutenant, U.S. Air Force Reserve, through ROTC. He then attended Harvard Law School, from which he graduated in 1973. After his admission to the Kansas bar, Judge Stucky went on active duty as a judge advocate in the Air Force, serving in San Antonio, Texas; U-Tapao, Thailand; and Syracuse, New York. After leaving active duty, Judge Stucky practiced with a Washington, D.C., law firm and served as a branch chief in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
In 1983, Judge Stucky became a civilian legislative counsel for the Department of the Air Force. Four years later, he became the Air Force鈥檚 principal legislative counsel, responsible for its legislative drafting, statutory analysis, and related matters. As legislative counsel, Judge Stucky worked on such matters as the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the legislative responses to the First Gulf War. He served as the principal draftsman foe two consecutive quadrennial reviews of military compensation, and was responsible for the DOD Digest of War and Emergency Legislation, a mobilization compendium. He served as a member and panel chairman of the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records. While an Air Force employee, Judge Stucky was selected to serve as an OPM LEGIS Fellow, and to attend the Federal Executive Institute, the Harvard Program for Senior Officials in National Security, and the National War College.
In 1996, Judge Stucky became General Counsel of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. In this capacity, he was the principal legal officer for the majority side of the Committee, responsible for such matters as the Committee鈥檚 internal rules and procedures, the Senate鈥檚 rules, ethics and conflict of interest matters for Committee staff and nominees, statutory language in the annual defense authorization markup, floor procedure and liaison with floor staff, floor amendments to the annual defense authorization bill, and numerous other matters. Judge Stucky served two chairmen, Senators Thurmond and Warner; three staff directors; and was responsible as counsel for 10 consecutive national defense authorization acts. He served as Minority Counsel from 2001 to 2003, when the Democrats were in the majority and Senator Carl Levin was the Chairman of the Committee.
From 1982 to 2003, Judge Stucky served in the Air Force Reserve as a judge advocate individual mobilization augmentee (IMA). He was three times appointed as an appellate military judge on the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals serving for a total of almost seven years on that court. From 1999 to 2001, he was the senior IMA in Washington, D.C., responsible to the Judge Advocate General for the training and readiness of some 120 Reservists. Upon his retirement as a colonel in 2003, Judge Stucky was awarded the Legion of Merit for outstanding service.
In addition to his undergraduate and law degrees, Judge Stucky holds masters鈥 degrees in history from Trinity University and in international law from George Washington University. He has taught Federal Courts as an adjunct professor at George Washington, lectured at the JAG Schools of all three services, and was for 10 consecutive years a panelist at the ABA鈥檚 Law and National Security Conference. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Omicron Delta Kappa (a college leadership society) from 2006 to 2010, and of the board of the ABA鈥檚 Appellate Judges Conference from 2012 to 2016.
Judge Stucky married the former Jean Seibert in 1973. Jean Stucky, a graduate of Wellesley College and Cornell Law School, was Assistant General Counsel in charge of the contractor workforce at the U.S. Department of Energy. She died in 2020. The Judge has two children, Mary-Clare and Joseph.
John R. Barrier Distinguished Teaching Award
Sarachek Award for Scholarly Excellence in Natural Sciences
2022 Ripple Effect Award
2022 Excellent Service Award
2022 Mickey and Pete Armstrong Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
2022 Mickey and Pete Armstrong Faculty Award for Excellence in Creative/Scholarly Activity
2022 Mickey and Pete Armstrong Faculty Award for Excellence in Special Fine Arts Endeavor
2022 Dorothy Johansen Hauck Faculty Fellow
2022 College of Fine Arts Staff Award
Judith Babnich - Professor, Theatre
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Mark Finucane is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group in Los Angeles. Before joining A&M, he spent seven years with a Big Four accounting firm as the National Account Leader and Co-Director of the company's Academic Medical Center practice. This focus continues with A&M.
His clients include: academic medical centers, major teaching hospitals, integrated health systems, university health systems, managed care systems and physician practices. Strategy, operations improvement, financial management, program development, federal waivers and other policy developments are most often the focus of his engagements.
Besides his advisory experience, Mr. Finucane has had extensive operating responsibility. Before becoming a healthcare adviser, he served five and a half years as the CEO of the Los Angeles County Healthcare System, recruiting to direct the transformation of the system. He also held various positions in the San Francisco Department of Health, and from 1984 to 1996, he was the Director of Health for Contra Costa County, California. In each of these roles, he was directly responsible for the operation and performance of Federally Qualified Health Maintenance Organizations.
Previously, he has served on the board of the Integrated Health Association of California, the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, LA Care, the California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, the Public Health Law and Policy Institute and the University of Southern California Hospital System. This governance experience has been particularly valuable to the senior executives and leaders with whom he has worked.
Mr. Finucane has been recognized by the healthcare industry for his extensive leadership, executive capability and policy creativity. He is frequently asked to testify before state and federal legislative bodies on a variety of health policy and management topics.
He has also served on a number of policy study groups convened by various foundations and other deliberative policy organizations, such as the Commonwealth Fund, the New York Academy of Medicine, the Millbank Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institutes of Medicine. Moreover, he served as a commencement speaker twice at schools of public health and health-related professions.
Mr. Finucane earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree from 成人头条. He also studied at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Additionally, he has attended a variety of senior executive development programs at Harvard University, IBM, Transamerica and others throughout his career.
Emory Lindquist Teaching Award
Outstanding Research Award
Outstanding Service Award
Technology Innovation Award
Outstanding Staff Award
The Delores, Etta, And Sidney Rodenberg Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jody Fiorini - Interim Senior Director of Faculty Development, CLES Department Head and Professor, ISLE
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Maria Elena Cardwell was born in El Paso, Texas. She received a B.S. in Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso and relocated to Everett, Washington in 2005.
Cardwell is currently the National Director for Vehicle Engineering. In this role, she is responsible for 2000+ employees and oversees the processes and tools that enable the engineering team to succeed on efforts from Autonomous Vehicles to Bombers.
Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Cardwell served as the Vice-President of Quality and Airworthiness for Virgin Galactic. She helped shape regulatory efforts relating to the future of commercial space travel and stood up a quality organization capable of operating in Mojave, CA and Truth or Consequences, NM. During her time at Galactic, she approved over 100 qualified suppliers, helped initiate mothership vehicle build with Aurora Flight Sciences, and laid out a strategy for spaceship production in Mesa, Arizona.
Cardwell has distinguished herself as a Vehicle Engineering leader across multiple companies. In 2019, she led a structural analysis organization at Lockheed Martin鈥檚 Skunk Works. In this role, Maria and her team had the opportunity to work on exciting classified efforts as well as the NASA X-59 Low Boom demonstrator.
The majority of Cardwell鈥檚 career was spent at The Boeing Company. She began as an engineer on the 747 and culminated as the Chief Engineer for Safety and Airworthiness for all 7-series structures (707, 737, 747, 767, 777, 787, and new product development).
Maria is a Six Sigma blackbelt and a firm believer in design for manufacturing and engineering innovation. She has transitioned additive manufacturing technology onto the 787, led digital transformation initiatives, and her natural curiosity leads her to stay abreast of disruptive technologies.
Maria resides in Santa Clarita, CA with her husband Chris, son Nicholas and Tasha. In their spare time, they enjoy promoting careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and volunteering for the Star Wars 501st legion.
Frank A Neff Memorial Scholarship
Fall 2022 Academic Achievement Award
Spring 2023 Academic Achievement Award
Summer 2023 Academic Achievement Award
2022 Barton School Teachers of the Year
2022 Researchers/Writers of the Year
2022 Outstanding Service Award
2022 Outstanding Staff Award
Excellence in Teaching Award
Faculty Excellence in Research Award
Faculty Experience-Based Learning Award
Faculty Lifetime Service Award
Graduate Student Research Award
Harold and Melba Sullivan Award
Jodi Pelkowski - Associate Professor, Economics
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Graduate School Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences College of Fine Arts College of Applied Studies College of Health Professions W. Frank Barton School of Business College of Engineering
* Summer Graduate
+ Posthumous Degree
Please Note:
This program is not an official list of confrmed graduates for the 2023 Spring Commencement.
Students listed in this commencement program are candidates for degrees in Spring and Summer 2023. Students鈥 names are listed in this program as they appear on the graduation list provided by the Office of the Registrar.
Students鈥 names are read during the university commencement ceremony as they appear in the graduation information approved by the graduates.
In order to be included in the commencement program students must have submitted their AFD prior to March 1.
Presented by Coleen Pugh, Dean
Amanda Isabel Aguila Gonzalez
MA 成人头条
MPA University of Kansas
BA University of Puerto Rico
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and Cyclist Crashes and Fatalities
Tylor Bacon
BS Penn State University
Hannah Kristen DeFord
BS Northeastern State University
Addison Rae Dempsey
BS University of Wyoming
Sarai Elizabeth Gomez
BA 成人头条
Sarah Brooke Goodson
BA James Madison University
Caley Danielle Hybsha
BS Oklahoma State University
Kelsi Prosser
BS California State University Sacramento
Morgan W. Ash
BS Missouri Southern State University
Joel Alan Broeckelman
BS Washburn University
Jordin Alena Burleson
BAAT 成人头条
Caleb Michael Coble
BS Emporia State University
Rebecca Costello
BS Kansas State University
Evan Dean Crenshaw
BS Kansas State University
Caroline Ann Geisler
BAES 成人头条
Michaela Nicole Gerhard
BAES 成人头条
Danielle Reilly Grisolano
BS Pittsburg State University
Bryce David Isaac
BAES 成人头条
Hunter D. Jobbins
BS Kansas State University
Haley Kathrine Marshall
BS Kansas State University
Thomas Meuli
BS Fort Hays State University
B鈥橝ylana Morgan
BA University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Aaliyah Nicole Baldridge
MED/BA 成人头条
Corrigan Allan Bartlett
BS Saint Louis University
Rachel Marie Davis
BS Emporia State University
Justin Samuel DePauw
BS Kansas State University
Nur Seda Ergul
BA 成人头条
Miranda Jayne Fritz
BA University of Missouri Kansas City
Sarah M. Maddox
BS Emporia State University
Christy Kim Quach
BA 成人头条
Terneilus Shanklin
BS Tennessee State University
Marissa Nichole Vargas
BS/BA Friends University
Delaney Elizabeth Hirst
BBA 成人头条
Caleb R. Hudspeth
BS University of Kansas
Megan Grace Lucas
BBA 成人头条
Jessica T. Sharp
BBA 成人头条
Justin Clay Swafford
BBA 成人头条
Ethan Nicholas Baker
BGS University of Kansas
Kellie Renee Bartnick
BA 成人头条
Chelsea Jean Batterton
BS Colorado StatWe University
Lydia Fayette Brown
BS University of Kansas
Caitlin Lucille Creech
BS Pittsburg State University
Jonnie Allison Norton
BA Grand Canyon University
Mayra Alejandra Reyes
BGS Fort Hays State University
Mckenzie Tai Scott
BA Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Nancy Viridiana Uddin
BA 成人头条
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