Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – At Briar Cliff University’s 79^th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15, 2010, President Beverly A. Wharton conferred degrees to 219 candidates.

ILLINOIS:
Algonquin – Catherine Olenek; Chicago – Tenilya Mumphus; Richton Park – Tyeasha Williams.

IOWA:
Algona – Erik Gramenz; Laurie Harms, cum laude; Sherry Rahm; Elizabeth Reynolds; Ames – Denise Birney; Ankeny – Andrew Pendleton; Arcadia – Michael Kohorst; Carlisle – Reagon Anthony; Climbing Hill – Jackie Krueger; Coon Rapids – Alex Anthofer; Correctionville – Marie Hayworth; Emmetsburg – Anthony Tedesco; Estherville – Michael Laake; Nina Carpentieri; George – Kayla Groen, summa cum laude; Glenwood – Matthew Wanning; Hartley – Molly Rost; Hinton – Mendy Haefs; Megan Uhl, magna cum laude; Hospers – Dennis Klein; Kingsley – Jordan Reinking; Kiron – Shane Bengford; Shawn Bengford, cum laude; Lakota – Kelsie Koppen; Lawton – Michael Loving; Le Mars – Holly DeRocher; Sara Heck; Michelle Heeren; Zachary Holtgrewe; Kelli Langel, summa cum laude; Bradford Stearns; Alice Traufler; Alan Vonnahme, summa cum laude; Logan – Tamara Landon, summa cum laude; Marcus – Margaret Rohwer; Maurice – Lynn Schlesser, cum laude; Merrill – LaDonna McMillin, cum laude; Moville – Erin Baird; Lois Wright; Odebolt – Traci Zimmer; Onawa – Sara Sandmann; Remsen – Julie Galles; Ryan Hajek; Jeremy Majeres; Jessica Waldschmitt; Jason Wesselmann; Rockwell City – Brent Miller, summa cum laude; Brian Souder; Ruthven – Timothy Terveer, Jr.; Schleswig – Kayla Sorenson; Sergeant Bluff – Kara Avis, magna cum laude; Tara San Nicolas; Randi Sedgwick; Becky Morey; Sheldon – John Shea; Amy Sietstra; Sibley – Karen Olson; Sioux City - Amanda Condon; Fredrick Chartier; Matthew Barcus; Christopher Bochmann; Matthew Chicoine, summa cum laude; Cassandra Cobb; Kelly Collins; Jarett Delfs; Zachary Deming; Lisa Froehlich; Melinda Haltli; Chantae Larson; Katie Lehmann; Nicolle Mace; Nadine Madsen; Bich-Ngoc Nguyen; Martha Nuño; Elen O'Brien; Christine Pencil; Lucas Roder; Krista Roscovius; Adam Samuelson; Eric Smith; Kelly Smith; Chase Sorensen; Kayla Sweeney; Aime Tatou; Victoria Thomas; John Urquidi; Steven Vang; Bennett Vaughn; Elizabeth Walters; Smithland – Jeremy Hansen; Storm Lake – Jeffrey Demers; Bethany Guntren; Terril – Seth Morris; Ute – Logan Teut; West Bend – Diane Streit; Darla Winkelhorst, cum laude; Whiting – Valerie Hobbs.

MINNESOTA:
Adrian – Jonathan Konz, summa cum laude; Chaska – Elizabeth Grider; Mound – Nicholas Rettke; St. Louis Park – Kishan Singh.

MISSOURI:
Kansas City – Patricia Rogers; Platte City – Julian Gunnels; St. Louis – Harper Phillips.

NEBRASKA:
Bancroft – Megan Hansen; Battle Creek – Emilee Straka, magna cum laude; Bellevue – Cory Rogers; Bloomfield – Taylor Schumacher; Ceresco – Jarrod Makovicka; Clarkson – Jennifer Vrbicky; Crofton – Nicholas Hegge; Curtis – Elizabeth Mortensen; Gretna – Rebecca Hartmann; Hastings – Alexandra Anstine; Jackson – Morgan Sullivan; Kearney – Stephanie Calleroz; Lincoln – Rachel Garay; Lyons – Jason Bring, magna cum laude; Mollie O'Mara, cum laude; Omaha – Rosemary Bernth, summa cum laude; Jennifer Kruckenberg; Robert Labs; Michaela Phillips; South Sioux City – Courtney Bahney and Kendra O'Dell; Wakefield – Jessica Wageman; West Point – Geri Heimann.

NEVADA:
Las Vegas – Jonathan Niemic.

NORTH DAKOTA:
Coopertown – Craig Samek.

SOUTH DAKOTA:
McCook Lake – Pamela Deets; Sioux Falls – Erinn Flynn.

TEXAS:
Brownsville – Jesús Parra; El Paso – Brian Gameros, cum laude; Gregory – Camille Cruz; Houston – Stanley Bonsu; Ashton Piechota; Pasadena – John Gregory.

WASHINGTON:
Tacoma – Jon Armstrong; David Shepard; James Shrader II.

WYOMING:
Buffalo – Brooke Olson; Cheyenne – Joanne Sweeney, cum laude.

Bachelor of Science

CALIFORNIA:
Palmdale – Jorge Carmona.

IOWA:
Cleghorn – Nichole Prunty; Denison – Tara Brockman, summa cum laude; Alexandra Lawless; Ashley Wehle; Fort Dodge – Cari Lawler; George – Tracy Feldman, summa cum laude; Kingsley – Andrea Slota; Le Mars – Kaitlin Tritz; Schleswig – Nicholas Riessen; Sergeant Bluff – Kaysi Huffman; Paul Martindale; Nathan Young; Sioux Center – Michael Dickes; Sioux City – Brenda Day; Russell Engel; Amanda Grause; Andrew Keane; Elizabeth Klein, magna cum laude; Jan Lenz; Spencer – Neil Lewallen; Underwood – Steven Peterson; Whiting – Calvin Christophersen.

ILLINOIS:
Steward – Lance Herrmann.

MINNESOTA:
Fairmont – Justa Goraczkowski; Rhiannon Plumhoff; Pipestone – Brittany Gentzler, magna cum laude.

NEBRASKA:
Allen – Samantha Bock, summa cum laude; Brunswick – Katie Smith; Grand Island – Chelsie Englund; Gretna – Jessica Harvey, summa cum laude; Homer – Jody Wingert, magna cum laude; Lincoln – William Goodenkauf; Newcastle – Samantha Pearson, summa cum laude; Omaha – Megan McCarthy; Prague – Adam Kavan; Wahoo – Kyle Gerdes.

SOUTH DAKOTA:
Dakota Dunes – Cara Burnett; Pierre – Sonja Christensen, summa cum laude.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

IOWA:
Bode – Sheryl Jacobson; Burlington – Breanna Garcia; Cherokee – Erich Braun; Emmetsburg – Sarah Strohman; LeMars – Kathleen Rollins, cum laude; Mallard – Martin Bergstrom; Mapleton – Amy Bruning, summa cum laude; Sergeant Bluff – Alicia Everton; Sioux City – Nicole Olhausen; Everard Irish; Storm Lake – Kristen Vogel; Sutherland – Jami Bailey.

NEBRASKA:
Homer – Susan Krause; Plattsmouth – Rachelle Travis; South Sioux City – Regina Reilly.

NORTH DAKOTA:
Fargo – Michaela Carew.

SOUTH DAKOTA:
Aberdeen – Veronica Haug; Dakota Dunes – Sharon Gast, summa cum laude; McCook Lake – Contessa Windeshausen; Rapid City – Christina Schilling.

Bachelor of Social Work

IOWA:
Council Bluffs – Sarah King; Sioux City – Patrick Morley; Catherine Nelson, cum laude; Melissa Price.

Master of Arts

IOWA:
Anthon – Charlene Boyer; Sergeant Bluff – Steven Barnhart; Sioux City – Joseph Donovan; Jennifer Frank; Micha Herbst; Nickolous Wingert; Titonka – Molly Trenary.

NEBRASKA:
Lexington – Gary Foster.

SOUTH DAKOTA:
Jefferson – Angela Chapman.

Enrollment at Briar Cliff University is over 1,100 students from 28 states. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care, compassion and openness to all. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.