Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – At Briar Cliff University 77^th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 17, 2008, President Beverly A. Wharton conferred degrees to 234 candidates.

The 2008 graduates are:

Associate of Arts

IOWA: Mapleton – Jill M. Bollig, liberal arts.

Bachelor of Arts

BOSNIA: Sarajevo – Adi Cizmic, Business administration.

COLORADO: Denver – Nada Pavlovich, psychology.

ILLINOIS: Chicago – Tyrell Flood, criminal justice; Namon Cortez Jones, criminal justice; Shenika Charmaine McGill, social research; Granite City – Nathan M. Nesbit, health, physical education and recreation; Lemont – Mary Lynn Brija, psychology; Oak Park – Chibuike K. Enyia, mass communications; Jason Robert Pulliam, mass communications.

IOWA: Akron – Brittany Hohenstein, business administration; Michael Patrick Gale, history; Ashley D. Johnson, psychology; Algona – ; Lynn M. Beisch, magna cum laude, elementary education; Nicole A. Brenner, business administration; Sara Ann Metzger, summa cum laude, accounting; Danielle Marie Mondragon, business administration; Rhonda J. Stammer, human resource management; Judy L. Terwilliger, magna cum laude, elementary education; Anita - Eugene Johnson, history; Bronson – Andrew John Dorale, Business administration; Carroll – Cole Joseph Venteicher, business administration; Nicholas D. Wessling, theatre; Cleghorn - Lacy L. Pedersen, elementary education; Council Bluffs – Jeremy Coe, business administration; Roger Sandau, business administration; Cresco, Jennifer Marie Armstrong, art; Defiance – Laura Ann Keane, environmental science; Des Moines – Brandon J. Franklin, criminal justice; April M. Zingler, art; De Soto – Mallory Milburn, mass communications; Doon - Tamela R. Munoz, human resource management; Estherville – Tonya Christine Cole, business administration; Nicole Marie Planting, magna cum laude, business administration; Glenwood - Joseph Tierney Wanning, elementary education; Graettinger – Dana R. Bergmann, criminal justice; Granville – Tamara M. List, magna cum laude, human resource management; Hawarden - Mallory Elizabeth Lynott, psychology; Lawton – Aaron Lee DeMarest, business administration; Laura Elizabeth Flammang, cum laude, elementary education; Little Rock – Allison A. Lansink, accounting; Le Mars – Julie A. Hatfield, business administration; Matthew R. Pick, business administration; Manilla – Regis James Rasmussen, business administration; Mapleton – Jessica Bruhn, business administration; Corey Steven Dose, elementary education; Marcus – Michael Larry Holmes, business administration; Merrill – Tera Sue Arnold, elementary education; Amy Lynne Held, English; Milford – Katy Jo Hyatt, elementary education; Adam Taylor Robards, health, physical education and recreation; Modale – William T. Roden III, health, physical education and recreation; Onawa - Tracy L. Erlandson, professional studies; Orange City - Megan Jo McMillen, elementary education; Pierson - Samantha Rai Riordan, elementary education; Polk City – Kristin J. Cook, criminal justice; Remsen – Laura Ann Schiltz, business administration; Sergeant Bluff – Maggie Rae Dunagan, political science; Brian Michael Knight, business administration; Bret Michael Michalsky, business administration; Jacquelyn Louise Wolf, human resource management; Sheldon – Matthew Daniel Gaul, human resource management; Sheldon – Nicholas Everette Huff, business administration; Sioux City – Jeremy Axlund, business administration; Brandi Lynn Bainbridge, art; Jennifer Lynn Barkley, criminal justice; Trevor Bauer, business administration; Tiffany Marie Bauerly, psychology; Michelle Bonnewell, business administration; Trista Ann Boyle, magna cum laude, criminal justice; Kevin Brown, business administration; Jillian Claire Conner, criminal justice; Brock Cooper, health, physical education and recreation; Fidencia A. Cortez, business administration; William Fredrick Darwin, Jr., music; Jina R. Davis, summa cum laude, business administration; Joseph M. Florke, business administration; Travis Flynn, chemistry; Anthony James Fravel, elementary education; Aaron Girard, criminal justice; Robin René Gray, business administration; Lisa D. Gunderson, Business administration; Leah Marie Hildebrand, summa cum laude, political science; Nicholas Edward Jack Gordon Jones, business administration; Benjamin John Keane, business administration; Gerald J. Koolstra, interdepartmental studies; Candace Kathleen Leff, human resource management; Carolyn Cecelia Lohr, magna cum laude, music and theatre; Melissa Sue Maaske, business administration; Joshua David Malenosky, history; Molly Ann Miller, health, physical education and recreation; Laura Ann Myers, elementary education; Holly Elizabeth Netley, Spanish; Amber Lynn Paulson, cum laude, psychology; Brittany Ann Prevail, elementary education; Anna Christine Shook, summa cum laude, Business administration; Jennifer Lynn Smith, summa cum laude, business administration; Ashley Sue Ruehle, English; Anthony Joseph Vondrak, psychology; Sarah N. Wengerd, business administration; Mark S. Westrich, cum laude, theology; Joe Fernandez Whitaker, business administration; Shelley J. Yaneff, magna cum laude, elementary education; Ginger Zaber, Chemistry; Waterloo – Samantha Donovan, cum laude, psychology; Wesley – Rhett Patrick Bransfield, human resource management; Whiting – Jason Daniel Christophersen, accounting; Rachelle Jean Hagemann, business administration; Nicholas Scott West, elementary education.

KANSAS: Topeka – Jennifer Ann Montgomery, mass communications.

MINNESOTA: Austin – Andrew Swank, health, physical education and recreation; Jackson – Mary A. Kaderabek, human resource management; Worthington – Linda Wildeman, summa cum laude, human resource management.

NEBRASKA: Aurora – Jamie McClure, mass communications; Bridgeport – Aaron S. Johnson, health, physical education and recreation; Elgin – Daniel Eldon Morrison, history; Fullerton – Cory Richard Roeder, health, physical education and recreation; Gering – Andrew John Hermes, summa cum laude, history; Gretna – Brandon Scott Harvey, magna cum laude, theology Lincoln – Kirsten Fairbanks, business administration; Justin Michael Peppard, business administration; McCook - Kristen Strunk, psychology; McCool Jct. – Brennan Thomas White, criminal justice; Nebraska City – Kristina Camille Martin, magna cum laude, elementary education; Newcastle – Shawn M. Pearson, criminal justice North Platte – Kristina Stevens Ruhlman, magna cum laude, business administration; Omaha – Laraine R. Getty, English; Emily Katherine Paxton, graphic design; Julia Renée Robinson, mass communications; O'Neill – Larry Thomas Caouette, business administration; Papillion – Sara Nicole Arbuckle, theatre; South Sioux City – Christopher Paul DeRoin, business administration; María A. Gonzalez, professional studies; Spencer – Ian Durran Rappolt, history.

NEVADA: Henderson – Kevin P. Raspperry, interdepartmental studies; Dayton – Natalie Anne Scott, theology.

NORTH DAKOTA: Cooperstown – Carlie Jo Samek, accounting; Bowman – Eric Gabriel Kessel, chemistry.

PENNSYLVANIA: Bryn Athyn – Kendall Jungé, summa cum laude, psychology.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Centerville – James Paul Wrigg, theology; Jefferson – Maranda Lea McNamara, psychology; Milbank – Matthew D. Reiners, business administration; Mount Vernon – Katie Joe Helling, cum laude, writing; North Sioux City – Shelly Rae Hisek, English; Oral – Adam Klippenstein, political science; Rapid City – Brandon LeRoy Osborn, mass communications.

TEXAS: San Antonio – Cindy Melivia Martinez, criminal justice.

UTAH: Tremonton – Kurt Webb, magna cum laude, history

WISCONSIN: Milwaukee – Julia Hargrove, English; Black River Falls – Waylon Cody Goldsmith, health, physical education and recreation.

Bachelor of Science

IOWA: Battle Creek – Sarah Ann Hummelgard, biology; Carroll - Angela Rachelle Olerich, summa cum laude, biology; Christopher Leo Tigges, summa cum laude, biology; Clarinda – Katybeth M. Whited, biology; Dakota City – Emily Anne Dvorak, cum laude, biology; Estherville – Katherine Terese Severson, biology; Exira - Katie L. Nielson, radiological technology; Holstein – Sarah Mae Smith, cum laude, radiological technology; Ida Grove – Sara Lynn Bresnahan, sports science; Le Mars – Amy Louise Kleihauer, radiological technology; Neil Thomas Rohe, biology; Ashley Lynn Zenk, biology; Logan – Kelli Christine Kersten, sports science; Mount Vernon – Nicholas Owen Dietrich, computer science; Newell – Ashley Elizabeth Loos, cum laude, sports science; Onawa - Nicole D. Ellis, biology; Rebecca Ann Rock, radiological technology; Remsen – Beth Ann Kelley, radiological technology; Sibley – Timothy Sterling Osterman, biology; Sioux City – Christopher James Barber, sports science; Amanda Katherine Holtze, radiological technology; Huda M. Jarmakani, biology; Sophan Om, biology; Sarah Eileen Topf, radiological technology; Marissa Anne Wingert, radiological technology; Spencer – Mathew J. Slattery, computer science; Treynor – Brian Thomas Schnepel, chemistry; Waukon – Shannon Lyn Cunningham, radiological technology.

MINNESOTA: Redwood Falls – Amanda Marie Hawton, radiological technology; Springfield – Rachel Marie Roiger, biology; Plymouth - Trent Lew Schneider, biology.

NEBRASKA: Aurora – Alex John Williams, biology; Columbus – Wesley S. Zach, sports science; Fremont – Matthew F. Schultz, sports science; Jackson – Katie M. McCarthy, sports science; Laurel – Camela Jean Promes, magna cum laude, radiological technology; Omaha – Michael Thomas McCarville, biology; Papillion – Whitney Erin McCollum, mathematics; Petersburg – Stacy Ann Hoefer, summa cum laude, radiological technology.

NORTH DAKOTA: Grand Forks – Jenna Lee Phelps, radiological technology.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

ILLINOIS: Elgin – Deidre Nichole Poggensee, nursing.

IOWA: Anthon – Michele Marie Koerner, nursing; Cedar Rapids – Catherine Michelle Uhrin, nursing; Correctionville – John Casey Jepsen, nursing; Cresco – Anne Kathryn Ryant, nursing; Glenwood – Randi Leigh Hanson, nursing; Hinton – Nadine Elizabeth Ruden, nursing; Le Mars – Rachel J. Wurth, nursing; Mapleton – Kimberly Anne Davis, cum laude, nursing; Orange City – Naomi Noelle Bach, magna cum laude, nursing; Pleasant Hill – Kayla Mary Boyd, cum laude, nursing; Sioux City – Cara Christine Brown, nursing; Michelle Ann Burnight, cum laude, Nursing; Linda Ann Murphy, nursing; Danielle Renee Paulsen, nursing; Jennifer Mehlhaff Petersen, nursing, Becky Spath, nursing; Jeanne Ann Theisen, nursing; Storm Lake – Tawny Jane Hendriks, nursing; Teri Lynn Kenyon, nursing; Washta – Erika Lynn Slota, nursing; Whiting – Katie Elizabeth Brenden, nursing.

NEBRASKA: Dakota City – Renate Reiss Rosentrader, cum laude, nursing; Omaha – Alisha M. Kellen, nursing; South Sioux City – Carla Jo Morgan, nursing.

MINNESOTA: Andover – Melissa Ann Shidell, nursing; Canby – Cassandra Lynn Stoks, nursing; Owatonna – Caitlin Boettcher, nursing.

OREGON: Gladstone – Molly Jean Croisant, nursing.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Marion – Jessi J. Campbell, nursing; Mitchell – Stephanie Reneé Hohn, nursing.

Bachelor of Social Work

ILLINOIS: Chicago – Esmeralda Zavala, social work.

IOWA: Holstein – JoAnne Elizabeth Kay, social work; Moville – Audrey Jean Baird, social work; Sergeant Bluff – Jennifer Kristine Kleve, social work; Sioux City – Laura Ann McArdle, social work; Julie Ann Burke, social work; Debra Jean Eberly, cum laude, social work; Michelle Leigh Hatfield, magna cum laude, social work; Kari Lee Rhodes, summa cum laude, social work.

Master of Arts in Human Resource Management

IOWA: Le Mars – Teresa L. Sitzman, human resources.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.