University of
Nebraska-Lincolngraduates, May 2008
Thegraduates
are from 44 states, 40 countries and the
Distinctions are indicated inparentheses:
D — with Distinction
HD — with High Distinction
WHD — With Highest Distinction
CL — Cum Laude
MCL — Magna CumLaude
SCL — Summa CumLaude
College of Agricultural
Sciencesand Natural Resources
B.S. in Agribusiness
Curtis:Isaac
Ivan Nicholas Mortensen (D)
Dodge:Russell
Thomas Meyer
Eagle:Janae
Lynn Althouse
Fairbury:Melissa
Lynn Williams
Neligh:Jayme
LaRann Pelley
Schuyler:Ryan
Colby Eckstein
B.S. in Agricultural Economics
Anselmo:Ira
Allen Spanel
Friend:Shawn
W. Cross
Hooper:Philip
Carl Mueller
Imperial:Scott
Eugene Leibbrandt
Kimball:Justin
Darrel Perry
Leigh:Justin
Derek Cech (D)
Malcolm:Mark
Arthur Lostroh
Neligh:Kirk
Nicholas Koinzan
Pickrell:Christopher
David Meints
Riverton:Michael
David Bartels
Valentine:
B.S. in Agricultural Education
Hooper:Cole
Thomas Blomendahl
Nenzel:Brent
Nelson Nollette
B.S. in Agricultural Journalism
Craig:Kalee
Amanda Olson (D)
B.S. in Agronomy
BlueHill:
Adam Paul Pohlmeier (HD)
Howells:Michael
Patrick Bayer
Seward:Kellen
Michael Meyer
Wahoo:Russell
J. Kavan
B.S. in Animal Science
Burwell:Emily
B. Cone
Gurley:Mikki
Jo Schmidt (HD)
Hoskins:Melissa
Jean Heberer
Mitchell:Amanda
Christine Van Pelt
Orchard:Aaron
James Dinklage
Riverton:Michael
David Bartels
Valley:Jeremi
Warren Wurtz
Wilber:Bryce
Mark Gerlach
Wisner:Jennifer
Jo Horst
Granger,
B.S. in Biochemistry
Creighton:Abbie
Mae Seitz
Merna:Bridget
A. Foley
Yankton,S.D.:
Scott Allen Kindle (HD), Tara Marie Somer (WHD)
B.S. in Diversified
AgriculturalStudies
Naponee:Ian
Charles James
B.S. in Environmental
RestorationScience
B.S. in Environmental Studies
Bassett:Megan
Marie Jackson
Bertrand:Anthony
L. Gennrich
Tecumseh:Elizabeth
Ashley Pella
Valentine:Adam
Dwayne Rupe
B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife
ElmCreek:
Scott Morris Harter (D)
Friend:Joseph
Andrew Holdren
Pierce:Aaron
J. Blank
Purdum:Dane
Edward Peterson
Ulysses:Joshua
Wade Kreitman
Valentine:Adam
Dwayne Rupe
B.S. in Food Science and
Technology
B.S. in Grazing Livestock Systems
Orchard:Aaron
James Dinklage
B.S. in Horticulture
Benedict:Stephanie
Elizabeth Blum
Lindsay:Kevin
Andrew Korus
Whitman:Trentee
Leah Applegarth
B.S. in Insect Science
B.S. in Mechanized
SystemsManagement
Chapman:Timothy
Edward Mattson
Sumner:Douglas
Ray Triplett
B.S. in Professional
GolfManagement
B.S. in Rangeland Ecosystems
B.S. in Veterinary Science
Hooper:Ashlee
Marie Poulas
Valley:Sarah
Elizabeth Grimm
B.S. in Veterinary Technology
Atkinson:Heather
Lee Mitchell
B.S. in Water Science
Hartington:Matthew
T. Moser
B.S. in Design
Beatrice:Carl
Brett Rottinghaus
Blair:Bradley
Richard Isham
Diller:Kendra
Ray Engelman
Lincoln:Laura
Caitlin Brodersen (HD), Phillip Carl Christensen, Amy Leigh Coppersmith,Shelby
William DeButts, Emily Dyan Fleming (D), Danielle Annette Hughes,
AndreaChristine Koerner (D), Mona Latifi, Yaravi Lopez-Wilson, Brian James
McCracken,Matthew Douglas Boehringer Miller, Ross Jacob Miller, Nasratullah
Obaidi (D),Karilyn Pederson, Jenna Chloey Rihanek (D), Scott M. Stovall,
Christopher JamesWilliams
Ogallala:Taylor
A Hoier
Omaha:Adam
Jerod Andrews, Emily Torell Bahe (WHD), Austin John Baumann, Ashley KayeByars
(WHD), Jessica Michele Cooper, Meghan Marie Deharty, Michael PatrickHouston,
Chelsea Elizabeth Kobza, Suzan Necla Kumru, Amy Marie Prentis (D),Kate Lindsey
Rainwater, Veronica A. Rodriguez, Thomas William Weingarten Jr.,Andrew Steven
West, Michaela Marie Young
Plattsmouth:Allison
Louise Bergland
Scottsbluff:Taryn
Michelle Edwards, Katherine Lee Eitzman (D)
Master of Architecture
Blair:Michael
James Bodammer
Stromsburg:Mark
Andrew Oquist
College of Arts and Sciences
Bachelor of Arts
Bassett:Erin
M. Frank (WHD)
Bayard:Kayla
Diane Buchmeier, Amy Leigh Sauer (HD)
Beatrice:Jacob
Michael Oran
Bellevue:Benjamin
Jon Bjerk, Daniel Lindsey Brown, Katherine Elizabeth Enos, TimothyWilliam
Gorham (D), Stephen Kyle LaPorte, Meghan M. Payne, Melissa Nicole Ryks,Eric
Alessandro Santiago, Emily Kathleen Tisinger, Katherine Anna Wallinger,Jeremy
MacDowell Williams (D)
Blair:Maggie
Marie George, Sara Azar Shafii
Brainard:Cynthia
Jo Gans
CentralCity:
Kathryn Lynn Hadenfeldt
Ceresco:Kirsten
Kay Hansen
Cody:Layne
Wilson Ford
Crawford:Breanna
Katherine Storbeck
Creighton:Sarah
Ann Filcher
Crofton:Jack
Gerald Dohrman
Eagle:Tressa
Julia Copple
Elsie:Nicole
Marie Sis
Emerson:Susan
Kathleen McTaggart
Eustis:Zachary
Quinn Janus
Fairbury:George
A. Shada
Firth:Anissa
Rae Nieveen
Friend:Kyle
Justin Drake (HD)
Gibbon:Elizabeth
Mary Makowski
HaySprings:
Tara Ann Hindman
Hooper:Michael
Lynn Murer
Imperial:Kevin
Kenneth Krausnick
Kimball:RaShelle
Irene Soper, David Lee Wilson Jr.
Leigh:Tiffany
Jean Luedtke
Lincoln:Eric
B. Alloway, Seth Adam Almburg, Chaza Barbar, Candace Renee Behrens (HD),Alice E.
Bolin, Jenna Elizabeth Brockhoff, Alex C. Brown, Natasha A. Byers,Kerry J.
Carson, Travis R. Caster, Karen Bethany Choi, Branden BlakeCollingsworth, Erin
Coleen Culhane, Anna Elisabeth DeGraff (HD), Samuel FranciscoDe La Guardia,
Mary Elizabeth Dinger, Kieu Anh Thi Do (D), Zuleika Ann Doremus,Natalie Jane
Duden, John Christopher Dunker, Carmen Miranda Estrada-Moore,Ashley Rae Ford,
Lisa Mathews Fowler, Michelle Leigh Frazier, Sara NicoleFrede, Danielle Dorothy
Fulcher, Brian Charles Funk, Julie Ann Haith, DanielMark Halverson, Nicole
Diane Harrington, Chantel Marie Hemming, Rebecca BethHergert, Carolyn L.
Hottovy, Daniel Brian Houston, Margaret Jane Hutt, BrandieRenee Iovino, Treye
Allen Jackson, Douglas Raymond Kansier, Laura ElizabethKarlin, Bethany Lynn
Kerr, David Peter Keyzer, Robert Michael Kilts, NatalieParker Kovar, Natalie
Anne Koziol (HD), Molly Jayne Krolikowski, TerrenceLegene Lage, Adam Eaton
Letheby, Shawna Jo Liegl, Ryan MichaelLowry, Andrew Michael Lutes, Lisa Marie
Lux, Trevor D. Marchant, Brandon R.Meyers, Krista Joan Munier, Devin Garrett
Neal, JosephPatrick Nietfeldt, Elaine Langdon Norton, Christine Lee Osborn,
Jacob BradleyPetersen, Tara Madigan Polly, Caitlyn R. Potter (D), Emily
Christine Potter(HD), Lyndsey L. Reddish, Dryden Richard Rundle, Mark Loring
Russell, NeilSutton Rutledge (D), Maria Grace Scarpello, Robert Ray Seeger,
Julie ReneeSheldon, Eric L. Shuman (D), Joseph William Silvey, Lindsay Marie
Skorupa,Jonathan Park Sloup, Stephanie Renea Smith, Samuel Aaron Stinson, David
ShawnStone (D), Andrea Sjogren Tallman (D), David Allan Temme, Melissa B.
Thorne,Liem Thanh Bui Tran, Haley E. Tuttle, Elliott William Veal, Kate Marie
Venter,Corey Robert Vidlak, Clinton William Weishahn, Tiffany Leigh Westerholt,
JamesA. Windle (WHD), Julie Anne Winseman (HD), Justin Dean Young (HD)
McCook:Marianne
Francella Hock
Morrill:Karl
M. Ingram
Omaha:Anthony
A. Ault, Devyn Elizabeth Bailey, Kaley Katherine Ballard, Daniel DuaneBeavers,
Katherine Francis Beermann, Cristen Leigh Bennett, Pamela Jo Best,Rachel Lynn
Bidne, Justin William Blue, Jillian Pike Boston (HD), Dezra LynnBrown, Jessica
A. Burket, Hayley Anne Clatterbuck (HD), Rebecca Kay RasmussenCook, Ciara Ann
Dean, Meagan Judith Deichert (D), Sara Ann Duer, Emily AnnFarris, Marco David
Floreani, Alexis Martin Ganey, Daniel C. Giorgio, ElizabethGillian Gleason,
Charles Lane Grimes, Julianne Michelle Harm (HD), Kyle ThomasHolder, Genevieve
Noel Hunt (D), Jolie M. Johnson, Alicia MaryAnn Karaus,Zachary Thomas LaGrou,
Amanda Jane Landon (WHD), Jennifer Lynne Magnuson,Kathleen L. Mapes (D),
Michelle Diane Martinez, Sarah Ann Mimick, JenniferMarie Nish, Elizabeth Rose
Pavlik, Sara Ann Pearson, Amanda Ponce, Justin DavidPratt (D), Sebastiano
Joseph Procopio, Gregory Allen Ratliff, Breanne Lee Reiss(D), Meaghan J. Roche,
Christopher Michael Schilmoeller, Matthew Welsch Smith(D), Rachel Anne Stigge,
Addam Tyler Vogele, Alicia Diane Vogt
O’Neill:Kristen
Ann Carr, Nicholas John Welding
Papillion:Kristen
Diane Abdouch (D), Jessamie Lynn Bierschenk, Elle Pamela Ebisch,Stephanie Myra
Pridell, Kristen Elizabeth Rodgers, EmilyMarie White, Adrian Jahmal Natesa
Whitsett
Pender:Ashley
Ann Christiansen (HD)
Phillips:Jeffrey
Daniel Gustafson
Plattsmouth:Katie
Rae Axt, Andrew G. Mathews, Joshua Andrew Snyder
Ponca:Andrew
Thomas Poulosky
Ralston:Michael
T. Huff Jr., David Michael Kinney, Ashley Suzanne Ulven
SaintLibory:
Gwendolyn J. Langrehr (HD)
Schuyler:
Scottsbluff:Konstance
Marie Bode, Ria T. Pramstaller
Seward:Ashley
Lawilda Fosler, Brian Henry Imig, Claudia Elizabeth Justice, CarlinHolger
Mackie, Andrew Scott Pearson
Spalding:Kerri
Ann Molczyk (WHD)
Stromsburg:Ashley
Michelle Jameson
Swanton:Scott
Charles Kratochvil
Valley:Jeffrey
Lee Foster, Chelsea Hanna Franson
Wallace:Jessica
Price
Wausa:Brittnay
Therese Barnes
Waverly:Claire
Estelle Althouse (D), Abby Brooke Glenn
Monument,
Batesburg-Leesville,S.C:
Zackary Antuan Bowman
Mullins,S.C:
Arthur Wade Scott
Yankton,S.D.:
Brittany Marie Helen Miller
ThompsonStation,
Early,
Grapevine,
Matsusaka-shi,
Bachelor of Science
Beatrice:Jacob
D. Carnes, Jacob Michael Oran
Bertrand:Tyler
James Williams
Coleridge:Jeremy
Ryan Stone (HD)
Culbertson:Sharlene
Agnes Hock
Doniphan:Kimberly
Ann Dill
Eagle:Jordan
James Hofker
ElmCreek:
Chara Anne Guthrie, Danielle Marie Nelson
Friend:Thad
George Weber
Gering:Joshua
Ryan Sloan, Brittny Beth Smith
Hershey:John
William Huebner
LaVista:Amy
Michelle Tentinger (D)
Lincoln:Sahar
Amir Ahmed, Stephen W. Anthony (HD), Lindsay Mclean Beck-Johnson, JasonMatthew
Cole, Duncan Andrew Davidson, Diep Dinh, Ford Ryan Earhart, VictoriaVanessa
Hall, Claire Elizabeth High, Nancy Young Hong (HD), Scott AnthonyHottovy (D),
Lonna Lamm Hughes, Jeutang A. Robert Jeutong, Casey Ryan Koch, Robert Junichi
Kurasawa (D), Kassandra Rae LeBaron, RobertStephen Otte, Jessica Iraima
Peinado, Kara Lee Pozehl (D), Nathanael JoelRutherford, Nicholas Gene Sherrill,
Kimberly Deanne Shubert (HD), Anthony HamidTabatabai, Stephanie Mae Walz,
Daniel JamesLawler Williams (D), Mickey Zaragoza, Sasha Zheng (D)
Ogallala:Brian
Adam Harris, Mary Elizabeth Hoppens (HD), Justin Scott Weber, NatalieMarie
Williams
Omaha:Michaela
Jasmin Anez (D), Michael Dale Augustine, Zachary Tobias Berns (D),Eric Kyes
Bonness, Sarah Elizabeth Brownell, Alexandra Marie Brugler, KathleenLeigh
Fossen, Neal William Grummert, Brandon Thomas Kuss, Robert James
Learch,Elizabeth Kathleen Miller, Christopher David Peters (WHD), Ryan
GregoryPfeifer, Charles Daniel Steele, James Dale Timperley, Lauren Marie
Volentine(HD), James Ryan Willcockson, Adam Bradley Wilson
Ord:Jaclyn
May Wray (HD)
Paxton:Kallie
Anne Schneider
Potter:Matthew
A. Higgs
Rushville:Bradley
Charles Marcy
SaintLibory:
Emily Caroline Horak
Seward:Anthony
John Hentzen
Tekamah:Erin
Elva Hennig
Wahoo:Scott
Edward Hackman
Waverly:Karen
Margaret Cooper, Sarah Amanda Riley
CenterJunction,
DellRapids,
S.D.: Amy Ann Geraets
Yankton,S.D.:
Matthew Richard Frank
Penang,
PetalingJaya,
SeriKembangan,
B.S. in Business Administration
Ainsworth:Adam
Greg Soles (WHD)
Arapahoe:Scott
Thomas Leising
Bancroft:Jason
Albert Beineke
Beatrice:Adria
Elyse Armstrong, Brandy Ranee Jurgens, Travis Lee Koenig, Nichole MarieRamsey,
Jenna Farrell Rohe
Benkelman:Meghann
Rachelle Baney
Blair:Ryan
Arthur Arp (WHD), Marcus James Loudner, Donnie J. Wulf
BrokenBow:
Alexander Jerome Steckler
CentralCity:
Tyler James Carlson
Chadron:Amber
Nichole Horse
Crawford:
Deshler:Jenny
Margaret Bohling (HD)
Doniphan:Christine
Nadine Sallinger (WHD)
ElkCreek:
Ashley Dawn Speckmann
ElmCreek:
Tiffanie Nicole Jurey
Gering:Joseph
Robert Sloan (HD)
GrandIsland:
Laura J. Brown (D), Ashley M. Haase, Brett Allen Houser, Dana AndrewJones (D),
Michael Benjamin Kistler (WHD), Eric Dean Korgel, Sara Beth Palu,Abby Ruth
Penas, Abigail Lynn Robbins (WHD), Jillian Marie Young
Grant:Cody
Allen Lee
Hartington:Nicholas
Gregory Lammers, Joshua Michael Wortmann (D)
Holdrege:Jessica
Ann Boehler, Grant Wade Ericksen (HD), Samuel Joseph Goodwin (WHD),Laura Louise
Linden (HD), Rylan Scott Reed, Andrew Scott Reiners
Howells:Allison
Rose Gall
Humphrey:April
Ann Anderson
Imperial:Michael
James Terryberry
Johnson:Michael
Arthur Meyer
Kenesaw:Shane
Andrew Powell
Kimball:Jay
Allen Fennell
Lincoln:Hailey
Nicolette Abbott (D), Neel A. Amin, Kevin Ivan Becker (D), Ashley RoseBenes,
Catherine Lyn Berkheim (WHD), Rudolph A. Biaggio, Jeremy John Bissell,Brittany
Jacqualyn Black, Blair Noelle Bonicatto, Kelly Nathan Brasch, BrettAllen
Broman, Francine Marie Bruening, Steven Dana Carlson, Michael ScottCintani,
Justin W. Cradduck, Andrew Charles Dalton, Victoria Elizabeth Davis,
AlmaDeumic, Adam Bruce Elsberry, Matthew Joseph Engler, Leah Rose Ficke
(WHD),Danielle Marie Franz, Scott Raymond Frohn, Andrew James Gerch, Emily
MarloweGillespie, Michael Scott Glosser, Kevin Paul Hagemoser, Jordan Leigh
Hamann,Megan Catherine Hatten, Nicholas Lee Hayes, Jeremy Scott Hermann,
Jessica LynnHerz, Adam Cain Holz, Steven Anthony Kinser, Noah Aira Betts
Knisely, ElizabethMary Lange (HD), Anh Le, Lawrence H. Lohmeier IV, Kyle James
McConnell, AmandaMichelle McMichael (WHD), Patrick Duaine Menard, Justin Louis
Mentele, MaryBeth Meyer, Jessica Britt Miller (HD), Katherine Louise Mischnick,
Tyler ThomasMohr, William Tyler Navrkal, Victoria Anne Nelson, Joshua Tyler
Olson (D),Jennifer LeAnn Oxford, Clinton Vernon Pella (D), Jason Kent Peters,
MichaelWade Remmenga (D), Jay Riley Rogers, Timothy Herman Schulz, Stacie Lea
Sibbel(HD), Jerall Thomas Smith (WHD), Sydney Evans Stanard, Blake Jarred
Stoddard,Heather Nicole Strope, Andrea Kay Tagart, Jeremy Michael Thiel,
Jonathan CongTran, Adam Paul Van De Water, Michael Wayne Von Kaenel, Lane David
CallawayWhite, Jessica Meryl Wolfe, Ryan Paul Wolfe
Lindsay:Raquel
Catherine Beller
Lynch:Noah
Peter Nelson
Malcolm:Lindsay
Lea Kleist, Travis Charles Liesveld
McCook:Derick
Christopher Lorentz, Rebecca Leigh Post (WHD)
Mitchell:Jordan
Edward Rose
Murdock:Eric
David Zoz
Octavia:Joseph
Theodore Hilger
Odell:Amber
Michelle Klaus (D), Shane Edward Vitosh
Ogallala:Michelle
Jean Hopken, Adam Lee Korf
Omaha:Nicholas
James Amato (HD), Kathleen Elizabeth Anderl, Christopher James Arwood(WHD),
Devyn Elizabeth Bailey (HD), Christopher Adam Barr, Andrew Lloyd-JohnBerg, Ryan
Nathan Blumkin, Bryant Andrew Bone, Erin Michelle Bos, ReneeChristine Braun,
Jason Michael Brewer, Natalie Michelle Capurro, Peter HenryClaussen IV,
Patricia Kathleen Coulton (D), Jennifer Ann Davern, Heather AnneDavis (WHD),
Zachary William Dettmer, Mark Daniel Dolton, Patrick MichaelDooley, Robert
David Dudzinski, Alicia Danielle Forbes, Kyle Heinson Fowler,Anita Jane Fuchs,
William Wesley Gist V, Jennifer Kathleen Greene, CortneyRamell Grixby, John
Michael Guthmann (WHD), Brock Randal Hansen (D), ChadThomas Irish, Scott
Michael Irwin, Stephanie Michelle Johnson, Angela MichelleKeegan, Kevin Vergil
Kirsner, Lindsey Marie Kohles (D), M. Thomas Langan II,Kyle S. Linbo, Seth
Allen McDonald, Michael Thomas McLouth, Brooke NicoleMurphy, Paul O’Connor,
Shawn Michael Kelpatrick Perry, Elizabeth Kay Ranheim,Megan Riley Rutherford,
Carrie Ann Sautter, Michael Joseph Scheiblhofer, StaceyClair Schmid (WHD),
Gerald Joseph Sharkey Jr., Michael Brandon Synowicki,Brandon Isaiah Teamer,
Andrew Joseph Thomas, AliciaDiane Vogt, Kevin Patrick Walsh, Elizabeth Ann
Wood, Brittany Elizabeth Wozny(HD), Sara Jean Young
O’Neill:Michael
Thomas Stepp
Papillion:Jessica
Marie DeJong (HD), Matthew Phillip Lieber, Marcus Joseph Madler, ShelbyRae
Naser, Brent Michael Sommer, Kenneth Christian Zimmerman
Pender:Jonathan
Edward McQuistan
Pickrell:Brittany
Anne Strader
Pierce:Brandon
Thomas Brown, Cole Robert Tietgen
Ralston:Katherine
Ann Garst, Derik Jon McCaw
RedCloud:
Ashley Mae Nolan
Rushville:Bryan
Keith Sones
Sargent:Jonathan
A. Patras
Schuyler:Ilsy
G. Cifuentes De La Cruz
Scottsbluff:Jason
Daniel Flammang, Nicholas Ray Haun, Lance E. Johnson, Hayley MichelleKuhn,
Lauren Janice Lacey
Seward:Amy
Hoger (WHD), Leah Jan Luebbe, Bridget Leigh Schulz
Shickley:Andrew
Cole Brinkman
Stockham:Isaac
Taylor Schelkopf
Tryon:Tyler
D. Abel
Valentine:Jessica
Lee Battershaw
Valley:Cortney
Elizabeth White
Wahoo:Russell
Neill Williams
Wausa:Mallory
Elyse Gobel
Waverly:Jamie
Lee Nielsen
Weston:Andrew
Robert Vanek
Winside:Adam
Joseph Pfeiffer (D)