commencement program: 2021

C E R E M O N I E S

CEREMONY 1

Invocation ..................................................................................................... Morgan Murphy, B.S. ’21

Star-Spangled Banner ................................................................................................. Maria DietrichClass of '22

Welcome and Introduction ........................................................................ Karen Gedera, B.A. '65Chair, Board of Trustees

Commencement Address .............................................................. Nancy Blattner, Ph.D., CSJAPresident

Presentation of Degrees ........................................................................... Adam Weyhaupt, Ph.D.Vice President for Academic Affairs

Conferring of Degrees ..................................................................... Nancy Blattner, Ph.D., CSJAPresident

Welcome to the Alumni Association ............................. Candance Taylor, B.S. ’12, M.S. ’18President of the Fontbonne University Alumni Board

Alumni Chain Ceremony ............................................................................... Announced Students

Benediction .......................................................................................... Josephine Arens, B.S.W. ‘21

Beginning at 9 a.m.

Department of Communication Disorders and Deaf Education

Department of Social Work

CEREMONY 2

Invocation .................................................................................................... Abigail Grumich, B.A. ‘21








Benediction ......................................................................................................... Shirlene Hilt, B.S. ‘21

Beginning at 12 p.m.

Department of Education/Special Education

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

CEREMONY 3

Invocation ....................................................................................................... Sarah Bauman, B.S. ‘21






Alumni Hood Award .................................................................................... Sarah Bauman, B.S. '21



Benediction ................................................................................................... Sophia Cruthis, B.S. ‘21

Beginning at 3 p.m.

Department of Business Administration

Department of Fashion Merchandising

CEREMONY 4

Invocation ............................................................................. Katherine (Kate) Kavanaugh, B.S. ‘21








Benediction .................................................................................................. Darion Williams, B.A. ‘21

Beginning at 6 p.m.

Department of Biological and Behavioral Sciences

Department of Fine Arts

Department of Humanities

Department of Math and Computer Science

G R A D U A T E

D E G R E E S

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Master of Arts

Master of Fine Arts

Master of Science

Edward J. GigantiJulie Hilboldt*

Daniel Tripp Krause*

Alexandra LauritaKayla Marie MaGraw*Rachel Simone Mitchell

Shanshan Tian*Melissa Trepa*Lina Zhang

Julie Hilboldt Victoria Keller Xi Wang*

Hind Abdullah M. AlqasemAmanda Elizabeth Benson*Ashwini Kumar BoddapatiLijuan Cao

David KolmerTrisha Marri*Mary Jude Schmitz*Farooq Syed

Ranjit Tatapudi*Aigner Watkins*

Dual Degrees *2020 Graduate

Carlyn Moore

Master of Arts in Teaching


Ekaterina V. Stanimirova

Supply Chain Management Certificate

Master of Science

Kyle B. EatonKenneth J. HanffMikel Alexander Hansen*Christa Jo Hollensteiner*

Mona Ranjbaran Jalili*Christopher Karl Kettinger*Nicholas P. Kiser*Sean McGee

John L, Nelson*Jason W. RomeroLauren Taylor RussellKristyn Danielle Siegel*

BONNIE AND L.B. ECKELKAMP

COLLEGE OF GLOBAL BUSINESS AND

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Master of Business Administration

Shervana Shenae AdeshinaSusanna J. BuhlingerKalyn Gabbard*Min HeYingzhi HeMatthew R. Hicks*Zhihong Huang*

Colin LeeDaniel Wayne McElroy*Jennifer Denise MillerGodfred Ansah OwusuNgoc Pham*Donna Darlene Scheppler*Moazam Shahid

Isabel Sippo*Lane Bennett SmithLucas V. SummersMin SunLinda Ayerley TetteyStephanie Wright

Master of Management and Leadership

Colton Ferguson Nicholas Anthony Rothweiler*

Emily Shea AndesShirmel K. Bell*Forrest G. Booth Jr.Jodi Bradley*Amber Burgdorf*

Jodi L. Fernandes*Heather Fitzsimmons*Angela R. Hicks*Greg Kellerman*Alexandra King

Naomi Kay LancasterMercedes D. Moore*Brigid Scherer*Tracy ShelleyChristi Verble

Haileigh ArmbrustBryce BakerAlexandria BarkerRuthAnn Margaret BarnsErin BassAmanda Leann BaumMorganne Rae BlechleBrianna L. BrittonShelby Nicole CallahanDanielle CritzasEric DalbeyClarissa DingusAshley Marie EdwardsGabrielle Greer

Lydia GriffithKate Elizabeth HaberbergerElizabeth HaldemanKathryn Ruth HessiRebecca Maria HowardEmily Marie JohnsonSarah Anne JohnsonAbigail LeanhartElyssa MaleHannah Leigh MaliszewskiElena MenzelNataley Renea MerzMacy Jo Milledge FrederickLena Marie Minton

Lauren Michelle MurphyLaura OusleyJacey Lee Elnora PateMorgan Alexandra PattersonKelsey RandleLeah Elizabeth RiderKailyn RozellKateri R. VaughnRachael Velius*Sarah Marie VreibelElizabeth Buckley WalkerAbigail E. WellsKristin Willenbrock

Master of Arts in Teaching

Master of Science

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Jordan John Alberici*Taylor Marie Aurand*Carla N. BatistaBrooke Beismann*Karen BruningJennifer Burghoff*Ashley Byrd*Afnan Chikhani*Heather Maye Cloud*Katherine CollierKaren CoulombeEmily A. Cullmann*Lauren Dick*Samantha Rita Findley*

Lauren Fonzo*Taylor Ann-Marie FortnerJacqueline Garcia-CloskyEmily Haley*Margaret Horrigan*Rachel KennedyCassandra N. LanniAlexandra LavrentievaStephanie Nicole Lige'*Patricia Clara Mantia*Sydney MatookElizabeth Matthews*Jacob McEntireHunter Mumaw*

Michelle NaglyStephanie OchoaOlivia Reagan*Jonah Richardson*Julia RingBrett RutledgeMeghan Elizabeth RuzickaLauren Salisbury*Sasa Stanojevic*Christopher John Stewart*Genevieve VazquezTaylor Anne Wright-Connors*

Master of Arts

Paula GrossJanice Marie Johnson

Rebecca Lauren MillerJennifer Moore

Doctor of Education

U N D E R G R A D U A T E

D E G R E E S

Jumanah Abdullah AljohaniLaura C. BeffaNathan W. Celestine

Summa Cum Laude

Octavia Tyesha Collins*Gregory M. Daniels*Jon Frederick*Charles Gibb

Magna Cum Laude

Emily Rose Jackson

Jesika Kasch*Dean's Award

Aki Kato*Magna Cum Laude

Michael Louis Gus Koutsohilis

Tiffany Marie Leachman*Tevin Leachman*Jesse Stone McClanahan*Kelsey R. Nelson*

Maura Alyssa RabunDean's Award

Veronica Sheridan*Christian Smith*

Cum Laude

Olivia K. TalloDarion WilliamsQiang Sheng Kevin Yu*

Mary Elizabeth CresseySumma Cum Laude

Lorelei Grace HartSumma Cum Laude

Rachel HochbergDavid A. Schulte

Cum Laude

Emily Grace WeberMorgan Rae Whitehead*

Hadi Majeed Alsaleh*Nicholas Paul ArgastJosphine Grace Bahr

Summa Cum Laude TELOS Scholar

Adam BaldridgeAaron Andrew Beckmann*Museka Noella

Mukendua BondoCum Laude

Zane BrownBerlin Cole

In Memoriam

Noland CraneMagna Cum Laude

Kevin DunnBrianna Danielle Durant*Trenton EckertJonathan Stephen Engel

Magna Cum Laude TELOS Scholar

Kody Flamm*Skylar Jo Freeman

Summa Cum Laude

Kevin Gregorc*Dung Ha

Cum Laude

Victoria Michelle HarrisMagna Cum Laude

Jacob HartmannMakayla HussongChase Michael JonesKatherine Rose Kavanaugh

Summa Cum Laude

Matthew Charles KelleyMatthew C. KovarikHoang Lai

Magna Cum Laude

Vanessa Leone*Portia A. Linn

Summa Cum Laude

Anna Elizabeth LuhmannSumma Cum Laude

Paul MorrisonSumma Cum Laude TELOS Scholar

Greih Alexander MurrayAlexandra Taylor Narez

Chyna NesserLucas ParishAshaunti Patterson-TurnerMary Ann Payne*Minh Nhat Phan

Summa Cum Laude

Alyssa ReynoldsMya Imani RobinsonJordan Taylor Sampson*Carleigh Samuels*Desrine San Pedro*

Dean's Award

Maguire ScheerRobert L. Schlette Jr.Rieley Nicole SchneiderNicole Shelley

Magna Cum Laude

Anthony Spanevello*Giao U.*

Cum Laude

Michael Alexander WallSumma Cum Laude

Braden WoolseyCum Laude

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Science

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES



Dawn M. Anderson MaysBrian Beirne*

Dean's Award

Daniel BrownCarl Edward Da Corte*

Loretta DavisMichael JacobsonPaul Antonio Lee*Jamie Louise Prince

Wynette Jennifer Sims-Thomas*

Tiffany Nicole WoodsAli Zamani*

Trevor AlberternstFadel AlqahtaniMichael Anic*Sarah Marie Bauman

Summa Cum Laude TELOS Scholar

Alicia BrooksPrashus C. BrownKasey CarpenterTanner Lee Carter*Jason Gregory Childes, Sr.Cynthia Griffin Clinton*Noah James CoddingtonLeslie Cosmano

Dean's Award

Ethan CowellSophia CruthisThomas Detmer*Joshua D. FalkeGrant GarzaNathan Goestenkors

Gunnison HeineWilliam Peter Hendrickson*Kaleb HerbertJennifer Lynn HolmesAdna Ismajilefendic*Zackary JacksonCecilia R. Jones*Gus Andrew Kleekamp

Dean's Award

Justin KleimannDean's Award

Steven J. Kracht*Dean's Award

Madison LoddeThanh Tin Luu

Cum Laude

Kameron Malinich*Connor MallettJake MatthewsConnor McInroy*

Ryan McKinneyDean's Award

Luke MeixnerAndrew Moser

Dean's Award

Anh NguyenDean's Award

Lauren Proehl*Dean's Award

Charles RameyNicholas RicciHenry Richardson*Samuel Swinford

Dean's Award

Anna TakanoJillian VenegasPaul WeiskopfPhillip WestmorelandJared Woodcock

Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Science

BONNIE AND L.B. ECKELKAMP

COLLEGE OF GLOBAL BUSINESS AND

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Josephine Marie Arens Summa Cum Laude TELOS Scholar

Carli Cruts*Erica Estes*

Magna Cum Laude

Vivian E. Garcia Cruz

Claire George*Elizabeth Ann-Marie HammanHannah Hebel*Alex McCray

In Memoriam

Shumanique RichardsonDean's Award

Mevlina RizvanovicRaven VenegasElecia Marie Worley

Summa Cum Laude

Jillian BooneSumma Cum Laude

Tyler ChamblissKayla Marie CollieKelli Jane Coughlin

Audrey Elizabeth GriffithsAbigail Therese GrumichEmily Rose Hagene

Cum Laude

Allison R. Horvath

Allison LawtonBrianna Whitelaw

Cum Laude

Killara Williamson

Ayat Alsahafi*Hamza AlviAndrej Bajer

Dean's Award

Alexandra Blanco*Alison BockskopfTaylor Burkemper

Cum Laude

Joshua Calloni*Abigail Catalana*Allison CosmaAlexandra GrayRiley Guffey

Cum Laude

Shirlene Ray HiltSumma Cum Laude

Kaitlyn M. HolmbergMegan Howley

Cum Laude

Heidi KnucklesKerri Lee

Summa Cum Laude

Cassandra R. LewisDean's Award

Casey Nicole Linsenbardt*James Klohr Malloy*Nicole McDonald*Morgan Amanda Murphy

Cum Laude

Sara Murphy*Alexis ParkinsonAlexander M. PerrottaClare PhillipsLyndsey PrattTomi Elizabeth Risk*

Dean's Award

Liseth Borja RojasDean's Award

Sarah SchuckmannSumma Cum Laude

Alyssa Hope Shelton*Dean's Award

Bianca SimmonsMariah Christyne Singler

Dean's Award

Maxwell StapletonCrystal Strough*Amanda Thomas

Dean's Award

Jusuf TuzlakovicDean's Award

Kyler van Rossum-O'ConnellKayla Christine Vescovo*Patricia Wynn*

Dean's Award

Bachelor of Social Work

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Science

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND

ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Josephine Marie Arens TELOS Scholar

Vivian E. Garcia Cruz

Elecia Marie Worley Summa Cum Laude

Elecia Marie Worley Summa Cum Laude

Expressive Arts & Integrated Therapies Certificate

Case Management Certificate

Health & Mental Health Case Management Certificate

The Significance of the Chain Ceremony

In 1927, the first class of Fontbonne began a tradition that continues today. Originally connected to the shovel used for Fontbonne’s ground-breaking in 1924, a bronze chain bears the year of the first graduating class at its head, and each subsequent graduating class is connected by square links inscribed with each graduation year. A new link is added each year at commencement ceremonies to continue this unique part of the university’s history.

Board of Trustees

Marsha BenneyPatricia Clune, CSJ ’67Patricia Coleman ’96Roseanne Cook, CSJ ’63Dotti FischerKaren S. Gedera ’65Allen J. Grieve, CSJAMarie Joan Harris, CSJ ’67Amy Hereford, CSJ

Sandra Lehrer ’71Shawn Madigan, CSJ ’62Richard J. MarkMary Ann Nestel, CSJJulianne Niemann ’68Valerie E. PattonEileen PetitoBrian Abel RagenDr. Eve Riley

Rita Marie Schmitz, CSJTom SchunkBernard L. Shore, MDBuzz SztukowskiMonsignor Michael Turek

Richard E. GreenbergGeneral Counsel

Latin Honors

Latin honors reflect the academic excellence of all of the undergraduate coursework taken in preparation for the undergraduate degree. Students must earn a combined grade point average of 3.7.

Dean's Award

The Dean's Award is presented to graduating seniors who transferred to Fontbonne and achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.7 or above on a minimum of 60 credit hours taken at Fontbonne.

TELOS Scholars

TELOS scholars have completed a portfolio of academic and co-curricular projects that emphasize personal transformation, exploration outside their majors, leadership, deepened experiences within their majors, and service and social justice.

Academic Dress

American academic dress consists of three types of gowns and three styles of hoods, adopted from commencement rituals of English universities.

The bachelor’s gown has long, pointed open sleeves with no ornamentation. The master’s gown has even longer sleeves, which are closed at the bottom but feature openings halfway down for the hands. The doctoral gown has full-length lapels of velvet and bell-shaped sleeves with three horizontal velvet bars. The color of caps and gowns is usually black; however, some universities feature doctoral gowns of distinctive colors.

The major field of study can be determined from the color of velvet facing on the hood. The hood is lined with silk in the colors of the institution which granted the degree. Fontbonne University’s hood lining colors are purple and gold.

At commencement, undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of their mortarboards, moving it to the left when their degree is conferred.

The gold cord worn by undergraduates represents graduation honors. The purple and gold cord is worn by a University Scholar. Other cords and medallions represent honor societies in which graduates are members. The wearing of white stoles signifies participation in academic convocation. International students may be wearing stoles representative of their home countries.

The academic procession is led by the faculty marshal. The marshal is traditionally the faculty member with the longest service to the university. Following the marshal are the deans leading students from their respective colleges. Members of the Fontbonne University faculty and administrative staff then follow, wearing the academic dress of their respective degree-granting institutions. The procession ends with the Fontbonne University Board of Trustees and members of the platform party.

Academic Colors

Accountancy, Business, Commerce ........ drab brownAgriculture .................................................... maize yellowArchitecture ........................................................ deep lilacArts, Humanities, Letters ....................................... whiteDentistry .......................................................................... lilacEconomics ............................................................... copperEducation ............................................................. light blueEngineering ............................................................. orangeFine Arts ..................................................................... brownForeign Service, Public Administration ... peacock blueForestry ........................................................ russet brownJournalism ..................................................... crimson redLaw ............................................................................... purple

Library Science ......................................... lemon yellowMedicine ..................................................................... greenMusic .............................................................................. pinkNursing ..................................................................... apricotOratory (Speech) ............................................ silver greyPharmacy ..................................................................... olivePhilosophy ......................................................... royal bluePhysical Education ................................................... sagePublic Health ................................................ salmon pinkScience .......................................................................... goldSocial Work ................................................. citron yellowTheology .......................................................... scarlet redVeterinary ..................................................... science grey

MISSION STATEMENT

Fontbonne University, a Catholic institution sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, is committed to the common good through the daily pursuit of transformative education, inspiring students to become global citizens who think critically, act ethically and serve responsibly.

VISION

Fontbonne University aspires to be a preferred destination, committed to providing a holistic learning experience rooted in excellence, for those seeking to be educated as leaders to serve a world in need and for those dedicated to educating them.

VALUES

Fontbonne University honors the values and heritage of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet by fostering excellence, integrity, respect, diversity, community, justice, service, faith and Catholic identity.

COMMITMENT

Fontbonne University is committed to:• Achieving academic and educational excellence• Advancing historical remembrance, critical reflection and moral resolve• Promoting dialogue among diverse communities• Demonstrating care and respect for each member of the community• Serving the larger community• Preparing individuals to be an ethical and responsible presence to the world

commencement program: 2021

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