Winter 2009 graduates

Winter Commencement 2009

Candidates for 
Associate Degrees

Dana M. Conley, Superior, Wis.
Douglas L. Schmude, Superior, Wis.
Justin Michael Sund, Hermantown, Minn.

Candidates for 
Degree of Bachelor of Arts

Amanda Nadine Graumann, Janesville, Wis.
            Biology/Individually Designed
    ▲▲    Joshua J. Huewe, Washburn, Wis.
             Sociology-Cultural Studies Concentration
        ▲    Andrew Carl Johnson, Duluth, Minn.
            History
            Carl E. Lindquist, Superior, Wis.
            Communicating Arts-Journalism
            Concentration
   ▲▲        LaTisha Ann-Marie McRoy, Odanah, Wis.
            History
        Lora Lea Rooni, Iron River, Wis.
            Individually Designed/
             Political Science-International Peace Studies
    ▲▲    Amber Lee Rousse, Cloquet, Minn.
             Individually Designed/
             Visual Arts-Studio Art
         Sarah Jean Swenson, Esko, Minn.
             Communicating Arts-Speech
            Communication
             Concentration/History
▲▲▲    Stephanie F. Tahtinen, Oostburg, Wis.
             English
    ** KayLa J. Wilson, Crandon, Wis.
             Individually Designed/
             Psychology

Candidates for 
Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts
       
▲    Joseph Lenning Klander, Duluth, Minn.
            Visual Arts-Studio Art
       Jessica Lynn Manderfeld, Chicago, Ill.
            Visual Arts-Studio Art
      Heidi Marie Mickelson, Superior, Wis.
            Visual Arts-Studio Art

Candidates for 
Degree of Bachelor of Music Education
   
▲    Andrew Eric Garnatz, Superior, Wis.
        Music Education-Instrumental

Candidates for 
Degree of Bachelor of Science

A.

        Jason Edward Abrahamzon, Superior, Wis.
                Accounting
         Erica M. Abramowicz, Thorp, Wis.
                Elementary Education
         Nushrath M. Ali, Colombo, Sri Lanka
                Business Administration-
                Finance Concentration
    ▲▲    Alyssa Maree Anderson, Osseo, Wis.
                Broad Field Science
         Tiffany J. Anderson, Cushing, Wis.
             Legal Studies-Criminal Justice
             Concentration/Social Work
    ^    Meghan A. Arnold, Duluth, Minn.
             Legal Studies
             Kirsti Lisbeth Axelson, Virginia, Minn.
            Social Work

B.

    ▲    Brooke Violet Bailey, Superior, Wis.
             Broad Field Science
        Thomas P. Bartczak, Cloquet, Minn.
            Business Administration
    ▲▲    Kelsey Joy Bazey, Luck, Wis.
            Elementary Education
         Nicholas Eric Berg, Duluth, Minn.
            Political Science
         Jodi Elizabeth Blume, Superior, Wis.
            Social Work
        Alicia A. Bourget, Boyd, Wis.
            Physical Education-Community
            Health Promotion
        Krystal Lynn Brandstatter, New Auburn, Wis.
            Psychology
        ▲    Angela N. Brannan, Duluth, Minn.
            Biology/Political Science-
            International Peace Studies
        ▲    Nicole Bystedt, Hermantown, Minn.
            Elementary Education

C.

    ^     Marc Campbell, Ashland, Wis.
            Computer Science
            Brooke N. Carlson, Superior, Wis.
                Psychology
            Anton Lee Cashin, St. Paul, Minn.
                Business Administration-Finance
               Concentration
        Tridell R. Champlin, Deer River, Minn.
            Broad Field Social Studies/History
            Ryan Michael Charon, Cloquet, Minn.
            Business Administration-Finance
            Concentration/Economics
        Cassie Lyn Chimento, Iron, Minn.
            Elementary Education
        John Michael Chimento, Nashwauk, Minn.
            Physical Education
            Theresa Ann Clemmer, Hawthorne, Wis.
            Accounting
        Marissa Clyne, San Fernando, Calif.
               Biology/Economics
            Benjamin Daniel Cohen, Florissant, Mo.
               Theatre
        James Weaver Crosby, Superior, Wis.
               Business Administration-Management
               Concentration


D.

    ▲▲    Alisa Lee Dammer, Saginaw, Minn.
              Elementary Education
        Jennifer Ann DeLonay, Marengo, Wis.
               Communicating Arts-Speech Communication
               Concentration
        Stephanie Dietrich, Ashland, Wis.
            Communicating Arts-Mass Communication
            Concentration

E.

        Brandon Ely, Chicago, Ill.
             Business Administration
    ^     Ronald Stacey Evans, Carrollton, Texas
            Business Administration-Marketing
            Concentration

F.

        Candace Mary Flemming, Superior, Wis.
            Social Work
    ▲▲    Melissa Lynn Fredrickson, Osceola, Wis.
               Individually Designed
            Maria Bridget Freemire, St. Paul, Minn.
              Communicating Arts-Journalism
            Concentration
G.

        ▲    Dawn M. Gerdes, Rhinelander, Wis.
                Elementary Education
         Jonathan Ryan Gilbert, Ashland, Wis.
                Psychology/Sociology
    ▲▲    Sarah A. Gilbert, Osceola, Wis.
                Visual Arts-Art Education
            Kevin L. Glenz, Minneapolis, Minn.
                Communicating Arts-Speech
                Communication Concentration
            Amanda Lee Gordon, Palmyra, Wis.
            Psychology
        ▲    Bethany M. Gosar, Greenwood, Wis.
            Legal Studies

H.

    ▲    David Alan Hack, Grand Rapids, Minn.
                Physical Education
    ▲▲    Benjamin A. Hansen, Munger, Minn.
                 Economics
    ▲    Lindsey Lee Hansen, Duluth, Minn.
                Elementary Education
            Robin Arlene Hanson, Chetek, Wis.
                Elementary Education
    ^     Dawn A. Hastings, Superior, Wis.
            Communicating Arts-Speech
                Communication Concentration
    ▲    Melissa P. Hepokoski, Duluth, Minn.
                Elementary Education
            Nicole Hiebing, Sheboygan, Wis.
                Physical Education-Exercise Science
            Jessica Lynn Hill, Hibbing, Minn.
            Social Work
            Kelly Catherine Hoffman, Hudson, Wis.
                Business Administration-Management
                Concentration
            Jason Andrew Holm, Askov, Minn.
                Transportation and Logistics Management
    ^    Shannon Lee Homich, Superior, Wis.
                 Communicating Arts-Speech
                 Communication Concentration
    ▲▲    Michael Hudson, Duluth, Minn.
            Legal Studies-Criminal Justice Concentration

J.

            Alexander Menart  Jackson, Duluth, Minn.
                 Biology
        Shannon Jacobson, Gilbert, Minn.
                 Business Administration-Finance
                 Concentration
            Jeffrey Allen Jens, Phillips, Wis.
                 Sociology-Criminal Justice Concentration
    ▲▲    Karen Jeanette Johnson, Superior, Wis.
                 Individually Designed
            Adam Stuart Johnston, Culver, Minn.
                 Communicating Arts-Speech
                 Communication Concentration
            Anna Elise Buetow Jorgenson, Grand Marais,
                Minn.
                 Social Work
    ▲    Kelly R. Jukich, Duluth, Minn.
                 Computer Science
    ▲▲^     Nancy Junkermann, Eagle River, Wis.
              Individually Designed

K.

        Wayne Scott K. Kangas, Cherry, Minn.
                 Business Administration-Marketing
                 Concentration
    ▲▲     Elysa Faye Kemen, Virginia, Minn.
            Elementary Education
         Mark Vernon Kiefer, Duluth, Minn.
                 Business Administration-Finance
                 Concentration
    ▲▲     Damodar Koirala, Pokhara, Nepal
                 Chemistry/Mathematics
         Matthew V. Kramer, Cloquet, Minn.
            Physical Education-Exercise Science
        Lisa Helene Kuebli, Monroe, Wis.
                Individually Designed
        Stephanie A. Kuohujoki, Eau Claire, Wis
            Individually Designed
         Amy Marie Kurtz, Washburn, Wis.
            Communicating Arts-Speech
               Communication Concentration

L.

        Ashley Lee Laurion, Aitkin, Minn.
            Biology
            Heather M. Le Bard, Superior, Wis.
                Physical Education-Exercise Science
    ▲▲    Kelsey Lesny, Bloomer, Wis.
            Social Work
    ^     Jade L. Long, Superior, Wis.
            Individually Designed
         Michael Duane Loucks, Wrenshall, Minn.
            Business Administration-Management
            Concentration
         Nicole Dorothy Loukes, Superior, Wis.
                 Social Work
         Aftin M. Lozon-Hughes, Superior, Wis.
                 Business Administration-Marketing
                 Concentration/Management Concentration
         Scott Allen Luostari, Jr., Poplar, Wis.
                 Communicating Arts-Journalism
                 Concentration

M.

        Danielle Sylvia Maki, Toivola, Mich.
            Social Work
    ▲    Lyndsie Jo Marsh, Clyman, Wis.
            Visual Arts-Art Therapy Concentration
         Nicole S. McCorison, South Range, Wis.
                 Elementary Education
      ▲▲    Amy L. McCusker, Superior, Wis.
                 Elementary Education
    ^    Eric Matthew Menor, Duluth, Minn.
             Individually Designed
        Charles Philip Milkey, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
              Business Administration-Management
              Concentration
        Michelle Rae Moen, South Range, Wis.
            Business Administration-Management
            Concentration
        Nicole Katherine Molis, Sturgeon Lake, Minn.
            Elementary Education
        Julianne Marie Monaghan, Superior, Wis.
            Physical Education-Community Health
            Promotion

N.

        Dianne M. Nelson, Barron, Wis.
            Individually Designed
         Jamie Lynn Nelson, Osceola, Wis.
            Communicating Arts-Speech
            Communication Concentration
    ▲▲     Rikki Joelle Nespor, Stonewall, Manitoba,
Canada
            Elementary Education
          Patricia E. Nilsen, Duluth, Minn.
            Social Work
    ▲▲     Kristina Anne Norgaard, La Crescent, Minn.
               Elementary Education
        Lauren Elizabeth Novek, Duluth, Minn.
               Social Work
    ▲    Teresa  L. Nugent, Beaver Dam, Wis.
            Elementary Education

O.

         Charles Emeka Obije, Ikeja, Lagos
            Communicating Arts-Mass Communication
            Concentration
    ▲^    Teresa Ann O’Keefe, St. Paul, Minn.
            Biology
    ▲    Jesse Benjamin Olson, Superior, Wis.
            Elementary Education
        Lisa Suzanne Olson, Superior, Wis.
            Sociology
        Sandrine Nadia Samnick Omog, Yaounde,
            Cameroon
            Transportation and Logistics Management

P.

        Robert C. Parrott, Duluth, Minn.
            Communicating Arts-Mass Communication
Concentration
        Lisa M. Pennington, St. Paul, Minn.
                  Visual Arts-Art Therapy Concentration
        Jonathan William Petersburg, Lake
            Nebagamon, Wis.
              Visual Arts-Art Therapy Concentration
        Grant Jeffrey Pierskalla, Avon, Minn.
              Transportation and Logistics Management
    ▲    April Lynn Popelka, Cable, Wis.
             Psychology
        Arjuna Premachandra, Colombo, Sri Lanka
             Business Administration-Finance
             Concentration/International Business
             Concentration/Economics

Q.

    ▲    Andrew Thomas Quinlan, Cloquet, Minn.
             Business Administration-Finance
             Concentration/Economics

R.

        Jeremy Edward Rainville, Minneapolis, Minn.
             Business Administration-Finance
             Concentration
    ▲▲    Jeffrey Carl Reasbeck, Superior, Wis.
             Communicating Arts-Speech Communication
             Concentration
          Emily Kay Regnier, Lakefield, Minn.
              English
         Michael Joseph Richards, Eveleth, Minn.
             Communicating Arts-Speech Communication
             Concentration
         Ashley Alice Rivard, Taylor Falls, Minn.
             Elementary Education
    ▲    Madeline R. Rodne, Tofte, Minn.
             Social Work
    ▲▲     Jessi Leamarie Ronning, Duluth, Minn.
             Communicating Arts-Speech
             Communication Concentration
        William James Ross, Minocqua, Wis.
              Economics
     ▲    Nicole Lynn Rossow, Webster, Wis.
              Social Work
    ▲    Kari Rud, International Falls, Minn.
               Social Work

S.
       
    ▲▲     Kathryn Saice, Duluth, Minn.
            Social Work
    ▲▲▲     Brittany Sanow, Reedsburg, Wis.
            Elementary Education
        Justin Saufley, Worthington, Minn.
            Business Administration-Marketing
            Concentration
        Kyle Joseph Saunders, Princeton, Ill.
            Visual Arts-Art Therapy Concentration
    ▲    Phebe Schnabel, Salt Lake City, Utah
               Elementary Education
        Laura Ann Schulz, Mankato, Minn.
            Accounting
    ^    Aaron Edward Schweiger, Duluth, Minn.
            Legal Studies
    ^    James Joseph Shaffer, Duluth, Minn.
            Business Administration
    ^    Kunal Sharma, Pune, India
             Legal Studies
    ^     Anita Sloan, St. Louis, Mo.
            Social Work
    ▲▲    Jessica Lynn Smith, Barnum, Minn.
            Communicating Arts-Speech
            Communication Concentration
        Ryan B. Smith, Superior, Wis.
            Business Administration-Management
            Concentration
        Simon David Smith, Siren, Wis.
            Communicating Arts-Speech
            Communication  Concentration
        Kjersten A. Soeffker-Benson, Menomonee
            Falls, Wis.
            Legal Studies
       ▲▲    Patrice A. Stalvig, Superior, Wis.
               Transportation and Logistics Management
        Adam D. Stauty, Superior, Wis.
            Transportation and Logistics Management
        Daniel W. Steen, Superior, Wis.
                Business Administration-Management
            Concentration
        Katrina Kay Stieber, Wausau, Wis.
            Individually Designed
        Brittany Carisa Story, Duluth, Minn.
            Biology


T.

        Robert James Tatinger, Brule, Wis.
            Physical Education-Exercise Science
    ^    Justin L. Terch, Eveleth, Minn.
              Legal Studies
        Suzanne Toth, Ironwood, Mich.
             Communicating Arts-Speech Communication
             Concentration
         Jennette Turnquist, Two Harbors, Minn.
                Psychology

W.

        Jonathan Michael Ward, North Freedom,
            Wis.
            Psychology
        Katrina Marie Warner, Chisholm, Minn.
            Psychology
        Laura Lee Warren-Finke, Coleraine, Minn.
            Communicating Arts-Mass Communication
            Concentration
        Danielle Elaine Wendt, Menomonie, Wis.
            Visual Arts-Art Therapy Concentration
        William S. Whirry, Whitelaw, Wis.
            Computer Science
        Sunny Jo Wilson, Tomahawk, Wis.
            Social Work
    ▲▲     Derek Kiel Wimmer, Cloquet, Minn.
            Communicating Arts-Mass Communication
            Concentration
        Veronica Winterscheidt, Superior, Wis.
            Social Work
        Nicole Marie Wizner, Duluth, Minn.
            Sociology-Criminal Justice Concentration
        Megan Kay Wolfe, Eden Prairie, Minn.
            Elementary Education

Y.   

    ▲    Brianna Emily Yrjanainen, Superior, Wis.
            Elementary Education
   
▲    Cum Laude (3.400 to 3.599 grade point average)
    ▲▲    Magna Cum Laude (3.600 to 3.849 grade point average)
    ▲▲▲    Summa Cum Laude (3.850 grade point average or over)
    ^        August 2009 Graduate


Candidates for 
Degree of Master of Arts

Visual Arts

Jacqueline M. Giesler, Duluth, Minn.
Alex Thayer Haugen, Virginia, Minn.

Candidates for 
Degree of Master of Science in Education
Educational Administration

Richard Allen Meaux, Spooner, Wis.^
Kevin Charles Moore, Adams, Wis.^
Matthew Scott Petersen, Duluth, Minn.^
Diana M. Rein, Glidden, Wis.^
Sondra Lynn Reynolds, Stevens Point, Wis.^
Matthew Arthur Spets, Ironwood, Mich. ^
Sebastian Lee Witherspoon, Duluth, Minn.
Guidance and Counseling

Mary B. Appel, Bayfield, Wis.
Nick Michael Garramone, Duluth, Minn.^
Joseph R. Massoglia, Superior, Wis.
Michelle Lee Manger, Farmington, Minn.
Cassaundra Lee Sanford, Andover, Minn.
Carrie G. Super, Duluth, Minn.
Cortney Michael Tripp, Shell Lake, Wis.
Jill Marie Yarick, Virginia, Minn.^

Instruction

Jess Thomas Brozic, Duluth, Minn.^
Sarah H. Jones, Superior, Wis.
Joseph James Kasparek, Superior, Wis.^
Jill Stempihar, Superior, Wis.^
Deana M. Wells, Superior, Wis.^

Special Education

Shelly M. Brauer, Saxon, Wis.
Bryan M. Denninger, Superior, Wis.
Ann Marie Finifrock, Barnum, Minn.

Dena Lynn Hagen, Duluth, Minn.^
Alice Elizabeth Matthias, Superior, Wis.^
Kevin Wayne Sweatt, Two Harbors, Minn.^

Candidates for 
Degree of Specialist in Education
School Psychology

Amy Elizabeth Mannik, Iron River, Wis.

    ^        August 2009 Graduate