1 alma mater alma, our Alma Mater, The home of Mountaineers. Sing we of thy honor, Everlasting through the years. Alma, our Alma Mater, We pledge in song to you. Hail, all hail, our Alma Mater, West Virginia “U

Environmental Protection

 

  August 2011

 

  Craig Michael Gratz

 

  December 2011

 

*  Caroline Anne Copenhaver

 

  Thomas Jay Montgomery

 

  May 2012

 

  Susan J. Bindernagel

 

  Benjamin Justin Davis

Horticulture

 

  August 2011

 

  Christina Lea Hamrick

 

  December 2011

 

  Edward Cox

 

  Juan Ramon Franco Coronado

 

  May 2012

 

**  Matthew Colin Berger

 

  Peter Alan Boucher

 

  Stefanie Kay Hite

 

**  David Kenneth Mitchell

 

  Jordan Matthew Schramm

 

  Samantha Leeann White

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN 

FORESTRY

 

  August 2011

 

  Robert M. Boehle

 

  Walter Brandon Moseley

 

  December 2011

 

  Devin Andrew George

 

  Matthew Wallace Hamilton

 

  Matthew David Quinterno

 

  Aaron Gene Tumblin

 

  May 2012

 

  Spencer Vincent Andrews

 

*  Scott Jerald Cessna

 

  Joseph Paul Cotner

 

  Jeremy N. Gregory

 

*  Matthew Thacker Hall

 

  Jeremiah Arthur Hawley

 

  Evan Bradley Hoffman

 

  Brandon W. Hosselrode

 

***  Shawn Jacob Jeffries

 

  Alex R. Kern

 

  Steven Christopher Lowe

 

**  Benjamin Pfetzer Misleh

 

**  Sean Louis Nolan

 

  Andrew Theodore Ryznar

 

  Smith Christian Sarver

 

  Jared Daniel Staggs

 

  Carson Andrew Wright

 

  Brian Alan Young

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN 

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

 

  August 2011

 

  Matthew Ryan Pizatella

 

  December 2011

 

  Kayleigh Elizabeth Davis

 

  May 2012

 

  James John Armillay

 

  Alexander Michael Baldwin

 

*  Robert Lawrence Carey

 

  Joshua Michael Clevenger

 

  Frank Domenick Flora

 

  David Andrew Foster

 

  Kevin James Kurdziolek

 

  Brian Bette Maloy

 

  Matthew Robert McWilliams

 

  Garrett Michael Neeb

 

  Justin Brian Powers

 

  Ryan Michael Puma

 

  Donald William Ratigan

 

  Samuel Alan Rich

 

  Logan Alexander Thompson

 

  John Joseph Tracy

 

  Travis John Wall

 

  Andrew Robert Webeler

 

  Ryan M. Welch

Disclaimer: The list of degree candidates in this program is tentative and based upon the anticipated successful completion of work undertaken during the

Second Semester 2011-2012. This document should not be taken as an official record that degrees have, in fact, been awarded.

 

*  Cum Laude

 

**  Magna Cum Laude

 

***  Summa Cum Laude

 

†   University Honors Scholar

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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN 

RECREATION

 

  August 2011

 

*  Christopher D. Caplinger

 

  Sarah Michelle D’Agostin

 

  Natasha Shay Green

 

  Wesley John Harris

 

*  Brett Wesley Harshbarger

 

  December 2011

 

  Matthew Jason Adams

 

  Erin Corinne Douglass

 

  Taylor Sage Long

 

  May 2012

 

  Darren Allan Foster

 

  Elana Danielle Hayes

 

  Grace Lauren Heiderman

 

  Marco Thomas Laiti

 

***  Emily Anne Wallace

DEGREE CANDIDATES

 

*  Cum Laude

 

**  Magna Cum Laude

 

***  Summa Cum Laude

 

†   University Honors Scholar

Disclaimer: The list of degree candidates in this program is tentative and based upon the anticipated successful completion of work undertaken during the

Second Semester 2011-2012. This document should not be taken as an official record that degrees have, in fact, been awarded.

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10:00 a.m. | Creative arts Center

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PRELUDE & PROCESSIONAL* 

William Haller, D.m.A

 

 

NAtIONAL ANtHEM 

Samantha DeStefano

 

 

WELCOMING REMARKS 

Robert H. Jones, Dean      

 

 

 

 

 

 

eberly College of Arts & Sciences

 

COMMENCEMENt ADDRESS 

mark Brazaitis, Director                                                 

 

 

 

master of Fine Arts Program  

 

 

 

 

 

 

WVU Department of english

 

“MY HOME AMONG tHE HILLS’’ 

Samantha DeStefano

 

 

PRESENtAtION Of DEGREE CANDIDAtES

 

eberly

 

College

 

Department

 

Chairs

  

 

  

 

CONfERRING Of DEGREES 

Fred King, Interim Vice President               

 

 

 

 

WVU office of Research & economic Development

 

ALMA MAtER** 

Samantha DeStefano

 

 

RECESSIONAL 

William Haller

 

ORDER OF EXERCISES

Eberly College of Arts & Sciences

robert H. jones, dean

*   Members of the audience may be seated during the processional.

** Members of the audience are requested to stand and remain at their places.

Smoking is prohibited in the Creative Arts Center.

Please join us for a reception to congratulate our graduates immediately following the ceremony  

in the Douglas O. Blaney Lobby of the Creative Arts Center.

Graduates will have professional photos taken as they cross the stage. Ordering instructions are available at  http://

graduation.wvu.edu

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eberly College of arts & Sciences administration

robert H. jones, Ph.d.

 

Dean

joan S. Gorham, ed.d.

 

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Katie r. Stores, Ph.d.

 

Interim Assistant Dean, Research

asuntina S. levelle, j.d.

 

Associate Dean, Financial Planning & management

Katherine a. Karraker, Ph.d.

 

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies

l. Christopher Plein, Ph.d.

 

Associate Dean, School of Applied Social Sciences

department Chairs / Program directors

Mark Brazaitis

mark Brazaitis directs the master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing in the Department of english at West Virginia 

University. He is the author of An American Affair, winner of the 2004 George Garrett Prize for fiction; The River of Lost 

Voices: Stories from Guatemala, winner of the 1998 Iowa Short Fiction Award; The Other Language, winner of the 2008 

ABZ Poetry Prize; and a novel, Steal My Heart. His latest collection of stories, The Incurables, won the 2012 Richard Sullivan 

Prize and will be published by the University of notre Dame Press this winter.

He was the screenwriter for the award-winning Peace Corps documentary How Far Are You Willing to Go to Make a 

Difference? His stories, poems, and essays have appeared in The Sun, Ploughshares, Witness, Beloit Fiction Journal, Notre 

Dame Review, Greensboro Review, Shenandoah, and other literary journals. Brazaitis has also published journalism in The 

Washington Post, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Detroit Free Press, and American Medical News.

He has given more than 75 public readings of his work throughout the United States and in Cuba and has been featured 

on national Public Radio.

Brazaitis received a master of fine arts degree from Bowling Green University and a bachelor’s in history from Harvard 

University. He is a recipient of a national endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the eberly College’s outstanding Researcher 

and outstanding teaching Awards, and the 2011 Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award. He lives in morgantown with his 

wife, Julie, and his daughters, Annabel and Rebecca.

richard B. thomas 

Biology

terry W. Gullion 

Chemistry

Matthew M. Martin 

Communication Studies

Clifford B. Hawley 

Economics

john ernest 

English 

Creative Writing (MFA)

Keith Morris 

Forensic and Investigative Science

j. Steven Kite 

Geology and Geography 

Environmental Geoscience

 

elizabeth Fones-Wolf 

History

joe d. Hagan 

International Studies

nancy l. adams 

Legal Studies (MLS)

M. Carol Zwickel 

Liberal Arts and Sciences

edgar j. Fuller 

Mathematics 

Industrial Math and Statistics

evan M. Widders 

Multidisciplinary Studies

ralph W. Clark 

Philosophy

earl e. Scime 

Physics

r. Scott Crichlow 

Political Science

tracy l. Morris 

Psychology

john C. Kilwein 

Public Administration

Carol a. Hando 

Regents B.A.

aaron M. Gale 

Religious Studies

lisa diBartolomeo 

Slavic and East European Studies

l. Christopher Plein 

Social Work

Corey j. Colyer 

Sociology and Anthropology 

Criminology

e. james Harner 

Statistics

ann M. oberhauser 

Women’s Studies 

Liberal Studies (MALS)

Ángel t. tuninetti 

World Languages, Literatures & 

Linguistics

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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Biology

 

  August 2011

 

  Baneshwar Singh

 

  Sara Kristen Souther

Chemistry

 

  December 2011

 

  Shengrong Ye

 

  May 2012

 

  Stephanie Ann Archer-Hartmann

 

  Guodong Gu

 

  ted Langan

 

  Wuming Yan

Communication Studies

 

  May 2012

 

  Colleen Carol malachowski

 

  Sydney michelle Staggers

English

 

  August 2011

 

  Sohinee Roy

 

  Lori Halvorsen Zerne

 

  May 2012

 

  Jeremy Clayton Justus

 

  Irina Vsevolodovna Rodimtseva

 

  nevena Stojanovic

 

  Jason michael Stupp

geography

 

  December 2011

 

  Susan Jean Bergeron

 

  Janice marie Hardin

 

  Amanda Leigh Krugh

 

  thomas m. Saladyga

 

  Denyse nicole Wyskup

 

  May 2012

 

  timothy Scott Pruett

geology

 

  December 2011

 

  Daniel Harris

 

  elizabeth Carol Rhenberg

DEgREE CANDIDATES

History

 

  August 2011

 

  mehmet tepeyurt

  

Jennifer megan tobin

  

 

  May 2012

 

  Fiona maryam mani

 

  Charles edwin Steinmetz

Mathematics

 

  August 2011

 

  Stephanie Rachel Beck Roth

 

  Calistus ngeh ngonghala

 

  Qin Wu

 

  December 2011

 

  Jordan michael-Hedrick musser

Physics

 

  August 2011

 

  Cameron Bradley Keenan

 

  James David Rall

 

  Jarrod e. Schiffbauer

 

  December 2011

 

  Jason Robert Boyles

 

  Adam taylor Brant

Political Science

 

  August 2011

 

  Harry Carl taylor III

 

  May 2012

 

  edward Brenya

 

  Felix Kumah-Abiwu

 

  nat Papa Kobina markin

Psychology

 

  August 2011

 

  eric Scott Grady

 

  Katrina Lee mcCoy

 

  Laurie Lynn Ragatz

 

  Stephanie marie Wagner

 

  December 2011

 

  Carlos Renato Xavier Cancado

 

  Christine elizabeth Gould

 

  Jessica Bergey Stoltzfus

 

  Leo Schlosnagle

 

  Ben Joseph Weinstein

 

  May 2012

 

  Chad Stewart Brice

 

  Anne mcKennan Foreman

 

  Sally Lynne Huskinson

 

  toshikazu Kuroda

 

  elizabeth evaline Stacom

MASTER OF ARTS

Communication Studies

 

  August 2011

 

  tiffany m. Berkebile

 

  Peggy Lynn Cashdollar

 

  Lora Leigh Chapman

 

  J. Grant Cupp

 

  Charles Bryan Daugherty

 

  tiffany Dawn Davis

 

  Annemarie eleonore de la Garza

 

  Angel Acasio Decierdo

 

  Henry eugene Fletcher III

 

  Kent James Gamble

 

  Kelsie Jo Kittle

 

  Sara Beth LaBelle

 

  erin nicole Ledsome

 

  Kelly Lynn Geier odenweller

 

  Zachary Lee Rice

 

  michelle Ann Saint Aubin

 

  Jessica Dawn Sharps

 

  Jodi L. tatro

 

  Jenny Rene thoma

 

  Ryan Adam thorn

 

  Sarah C.J. Wright

 

  December 2011

 

  Kelly Renee Bauknecht

 

  Kristen marie Collier

 

  Jonathan edward Corra

 

  Diane Katherine elliott

 

  thomas Franklin Lemon , Jr.

 

  Kimberly Ann monahan

 

  Lavonne Joyce Pennington

 

  Justin Duane Southern

 

  Suzanne marie Stuart

 

  Frankie michelle thompson

 

  michelle Diane Zumpano

 

  May 2012

 

  michael Paul Andrew

 

  michelle Renee Dronsfield

 

  John michael Reesman

 

  Pamela Irene Roy

 

  Christina marie Sullivan

English

 

  August 2011

 

  Justin Curtis Brewer

 

  Patrick Steven Herald

 

  Jason Rick markins

 

  May 2012

 

  martina Celeste Helfferich

 

  Rebecca Ann Krese

 

  Jessica elizabeth murphy

 

  mikenna Ann Pierotti

 

  Allison matlack Pranger

 

  mark matthew Scaramuzzi

disclaimer: the list of degree candidates in this program is tentative and based upon the anticipated successful completion of work undertaken during the

Second Semester 2011-2012. this document should not be taken as an official record that degrees have, in fact, been awarded.

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Foreign Languages

 

  August 2011

 

  Joern-timo Riepel

 

  Catherine Jean Walter

 

  December 2011

 

  tariq Saleh Alhadlaq

 

  Lindsay Caitlin Anderson

 

  Intan Zanariah Hamdan

 

  Abdelaziz Jebbar

 

  Jia-chuen Yen

geography

 

  August 2011

 

  travis Richard Cowles

 

  Lindsey Danae Felton

 

  December 2011

 

  Bradley P. Breslow

 

  Caroline Wogan Leland

 

  May 2012

 

  Benjamin Alan Baker

  

History

 

  August 2011

 

  Joshua Harold Baker

 

  elizabeth Kate Dietzen

 

  madis ehastu

 

  emily Susan Hager

 

  Danielle Paige LaPresta

 

  megan e. mcGee

 

  Kathleen naglee

 

  michael Paul Piano

 

  Joseph michael Snyder

 

  marina Suhhoterina

 

  Jekaterina tsizikova

 

  matthew D. Wood

 

  December 2011

 

  Bartosz Kaluga

 

  Abigail elaine miller

 

  tomasz Piaszczyk

 

  May 2012

 

  Amanda Kathleen Adams

 

  Katherine Louise Brackett

 

  Benjamin Ryan Francis

 

  Jared thomas Frederick

 

  Jason Scott Hedrick

 

  Joshua matthew Howard

 

  Joanna Karolina Klimczak

 

  Kathleen Anneliese Logothetis

 

  eric Raymond mcLaughlin

 

  elizabeth Ann mcmullen

 

  mary Anna mead

 

  Dean R. o’Brokta

 

  Joseph mcLean Phillips

 

  max David Reinke

DEgREE CANDIDATES

Political Science

 

  August 2011

 

  matthew todd Bailey

 

  Katyn Beth Gross

 

  mohamed Saffa Lamin

 

  December 2011

 

  Shabbir Ahmad Khan

 

  Ika Laili Rahmawati

 

  Liana Adi Rahmawati

 

  May 2012

 

  Addai timothy Adivilah Balag’kutu

 

  Lindsey Amber Brugnoli

 

  Gordon John Burns

 

  Ritu Dhungana

 

  James Lowell Dzuris II

 

  tara marie Hannum

 

  Joshua Kenton Henderson

 

  Vaida Lilionyte

 

  Britta Renee nelson

 

  Andraz Poje

 

  todd  taylor 

 

 

 

  michael edward thunberg

 

  emel elif tugdar

 

  Vontrice Renee White

Professional Writing & Editing

 

 

  August 2011

 

  Allison Harper Hitt

 

  December 2011

 

  Virginia Ann Lance

 

Psychology

 

  August 2011

 

  tariq najih Al-Dwaikat

 

  Briana Jean mcelfish

 

  elizabeth Catherine Price

Sociology

 

  August 2011

 

  thomas Kenneth Wytiaz

 

  December 2011

 

  Dawn marie Lozzi

 

  May 2012

 

  Debra Ranee Blaacker

 

  Christopher Douglas Davies

 

  Lara michelle Foster

 

  Anastasiia Kucher

World Languages, Literatures & 

Linguistics

 

  May 2012

 

  Juman Safwan Al Bukhari

 

  eva Ballardini

 

  Zachary Daniel Balog

 

  Jana Jeanne-tess Blach

 

  Abigail Carretero Hernandez

 

  nelson Jasac Castillo narvaez

 

  tamara De Ines Anton

 

  Sara echarri Recarte

 

  macarena escondrillas Luna de  

 

         toledo

 

  maria Fernandez Conde

 

  Grace elizabeth Hutchens

 

  Farzad Karimzad Sharifi

 

  Ryan Christopher King

 

  natalya Kuznetsova

 

  negar mohammadi

 

  Juan mundel

 

  Patricia moore Patton

 

  Laura Perez marco

 

  maria Ruiz Rosique

 

  Isabel Cristina Sanchez

 

  Ayaka Sano

 

  Katherine Lynn Shepard

 

  Jose Ignacio Sierra Lopez

 

  Sigrid Solano moraga

 

  Juan Soto Valero

 

  Sara Urruticoechea Romero

 

  Rachel Page Wilson

 

  marco Zeni