FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                              December 1, 2006

NORTHWESTERN FALL COMMENCEMENT SET FOR DECEMBER 10, GRADS LISTED

            The December commencement ceremony at Northwestern Oklahoma State University will be held at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 10, in Percefull Fieldhouse. One-hundred, seven undergraduates and 17 graduate students are scheduled to mark the culmination of their studies.

            Tom Gruber, first assistant attorney general of the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office and a 1970 Northwestern graduate, will be the guest speaker. A reception for graduates, families and friends will be held in the Student Center Ballroom immediately following the ceremony.

            Nine of those receiving bachelor’s degrees will graduate with honors. Students with cumulative grade point averages between 3.70 and 3.79 are designated cum laude, those with GPAs between 3.80-3.89 are magna cum laude and those above 3.90 are summa cum laude.

Those honor graduates, their degrees and their hometowns are as follows:

SUMMA CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA

CHANDLER— Nathaniel Soderstrom, bachelor of arts in history.

ENID—Paula Nevius, bachelor of science in psychology.

OKEMAH—Lynn Hurst, bachelor of science in special education.

KANSAS

HARDTNER—Amanda Holba, bachelor of science in psychology.

MAGNA CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA

ENID—Debra Mastrianni, bachelor of science in elementary education.

LAVERNE—Adam Riggs, bachelor of science in agri-business.

PONCA CITY—Kharis Bojorquez, bachelor of science in business administration.

 CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA

ENID—Carrie Mills, bachelor of science in early childhood education.

SHATTUCK—Michael “Eric” Jones, bachelor of science in psychology. 

Other graduates, listed by hometowns, are as follows:

MASTER OF EDUCATION
OKLAHOMA

ALVA—Clint Erikson, secondary education; Tasha Long, guidance and counseling PK-12.

BYRON—Mindi Clark, guidance and counseling PK-12.

ENID—Ronald Anderson, guidance and counseling PK-12; Chauncey Durham, adult education management and administration; Shannon Goodwin, guidance and counseling PK-12; Kori Harland, guidance and counseling PK-12; Amee Milton, reading specialist; Amanda Runnels, adult education management and administration. 

FAIRVIEW—Sharon McConkey, adult education management and administration.

HENNESSEY—Kimberly Curran, guidance and counseling PK-12.

PONCA CITY—Lisbeth  Coiman, adult education management and administration.

POND CREEK—Jeanice Polwort, guidance and counseling PK-12. 

MASTER OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
OKLAHOMA

ALVA—Mitchell Lyon, Bethany Stout.

ENID—Randy DeWitt.

POND CREEK—Anna Davis. 

BACHELOR OF ARTS (Liberal Arts)
OKLAHOMA

CAPRON—Sondra Schwerdtfeger.

CARMEN—Bonnie Batman.

CHEROKEE—Zachariah Smith.

ENID—Cindy DeSpain-Powers, Andrea Kreger, Diana Morrison, Melonee Sims.

FAIRVIEW—Janean Reese.

MARLOW—Cody Smith.

WAUKOMIS—Diana Hamilton.

MEXICO

CIUDAD JUAREZ—Jose Sapien. 

BACHELOR OF ARTS (EDUCATION)
OKLAHOMA

ENID—Thomas Koen, Alisha Winkelman.

FORGAN—Nicholas Nichols. 

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Liberal Arts)
OKLAHOMA

ALVA—Cody Erikson, Krista Kletke, Jake Long, Maggie McCracken, Darraigh Parker, Amanda Whisman.

ARNETT—Cynthia Hunter.

BUFFALO—Emily Friend, James Hoffman, Lauren Hudson, Karson Love, Eric Summars.

DOUGLAS—Emily Moody.

DRUMMOND—Michael Walz.

ENID—Michele Ballard, Stacey Birchfield, Judson Blevins, Priscilla Clark, Rebecca Crawford, Jason Frazier, Stephanie Garner, Donna Goff, Hannah Greenan, Sabrina Herrick, Tracie Martin, Katie McCants, Jeffery Peckham, Betty Rathjen, Jacob Schmidt, Lauren Wolever, Heath Wright, Karen Wright.

FAIRFAX—Quinn Thompson.

HELENA—Jon Masquelier.

ISABELLA—Brandi Bohard.

LAHOMA—Stacy Kuhns.

LAVERNE—Trey Carlisle.

MEDFORD—Mark Drees Jr.

NEWKIRK—Kristofer Johnson.

OKEENE—Craig Schafer.

PONCA CITY—Paige Malone, Araceli Mejia, Justin Pappan, Thomasine Roughface-Arkeketa, Leslie Seney, Casey VanHoesen.

PURCELL—Taylor Christian.

TALOGA—LaTosha Hickman.

TIPTON—Nathan Soliz.

TONKAWA—Jennifer Giesen, Barry Lewallen.

WAYNOKA—Patricia Beneda, John Fuqua.

WEATHERFORD—Casi Bailey.

WOODWARD—Scot Clemence, Laura Hammontree.

CALIFORNIA

HIGHLAND—Casey Overholt.

COLORADO

CENTENNIAL—Natalie Woodward.

KANSAS

DODGE CITY—Kansas Reynolds.

MISSISSIPPI

JACKSON—Bryan Franklin.

SOUTH DAKOTA

SPRINGFIELD—Boe Coleman.

CHINA

HONG KONG—Chee “Dabby” Tse

KOREA

SEOUL—Dong Kyuk Oh. 

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (Education)
OKLAHOMA

ALVA—Sarah Schwerdtfeger.

BLACKWELL—Misty Lusk, Robert Owens.

EDMOND—Kimberly McLemore.

ELK CITY—Kynda Yates.

ENID—Jennifer Dietrich, Amy Ebel, Jana Fee, Tara Hunt, Karen Ostrowski, Jennifer Rice, René Stoffels.

PONCA CITY—Troy Buller, Kristine Riggs, Payal Shah.

SHATTUCK—Jacob Wiederstein.

THOMAS—Matthew Hart.

WAYNOKA—Rebecca Hughes.

YUKON—Anthony Miller.

KANSAS

ANTHONY—Glenda Fisher.

ARKANSAS CITY—Jesse Mason.

TEXAS

HIGGINS—Lacey Habekott.

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