2010 - Commencement - Buffalo State College

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2010 Commencement
May 15, 2010
138th Baccalaureate Ceremonies
Master’s Hooding and C.A.S. Ceremony
Buffalo State College Alma Mater
OUR FINEST HOUR
A toast to State, to all the days,
All the laughter, all the tears.
You have made our friendships great,
We’ll triumph through the years.
With hope anew we’ll face the storm
Beyond which stands your lofty tower –
That will be our finest hour.
In years to come we’ll look to thee,
Yearning for your guiding light.
You’ll not fail us, Alma Mater,
Keep us through the night.
When darkness comes and all hope dies,
You will give us strength and power –
That will be our finest hour.
L. Harry Ray, ’51
COMMENCEMENT GARDEN
The interim president of Buffalo State College and the entire
college community honor the Class of 2010 by continuing
the tradition of the Commencement Garden. Inaugurated
in 2000, the permanent garden is located outside the main
entrance to the Sports Arena. The garden represents the
messages of environmental awareness, growth, and
continuity, all visions embraced by the graduating class.
Please enjoy the garden and use it as a backdrop for
taking pictures of your graduates.
D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone
Endowment for Commencement Speakers
The D. Bruce and Gail Johnstone
Endowment for Commencement Speakers,
established in 2003, supports Buffalo State’s
Commencement ceremonies. D. Bruce
Johnstone, with the support of his wife,
Gail, served as president of the college from
1979 to 1988 and as chancellor of the State
University of New York from 1988 to 1994.
ALUMNI AMBASSADORS
In honor of the 138th anniversary of the college,
alumni ambassadors representing Buffalo State’s more
than 75,000 successful graduates are here today to celebrate
the achievements of the Class of 2010. They can be
identified by the flowers and ribbons they are wearing.
Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14222-1095
www.buffalostate.edu
Welcome to Buffalo State College’s 2010 Commencement
Exercises! This is a day of celebration on our campus—celebration of our
graduates, who have worked so hard to reach this happy occasion; of the family
and friends who have supported their efforts; of the intellectual enterprise that is
the core of our mission as an institution; and of the faculty and staff who make
that enterprise possible.
To our graduates, I offer my most heartfelt congratulations. I know how hard
you have worked, and I know the deep-seated drive and determination that have
brought you to this day. That sense of purpose and ambition is tremendously
admirable. It will serve you well in whatever course you choose to pursue after
receiving your diploma today.
To our graduates’ family and friends, I offer sincere thanks for your part in
ensuring their success. Many among you have made sacrifices—large and small—
to support your sons, daughters, husbands, wives, partners, and other loved ones
in their quest for a degree. That is noble work. At Buffalo State, it does not go
unnoticed. Thank you.
And to our faculty and staff, I also offer my thanks, as well as congratulations for
another successful year in the life of our marvelous institution. You are Buffalo
State’s lifeblood. We could not thrive without all you do, each and every day.
In a few short weeks, Buffalo State College will welcome its eighth president,
Dr. Aaron Podolefsky. With the arrival of a new president, a new chapter in the life
of our college will begin. What will remain constant, however, is the strength this
institution derives from its extraordinary people: students, faculty, staff, alumni,
parents, and friends.
It is in that spirit that I encourage today’s graduates to stay connected to your alma
mater. You will forever be a part of this place. Your successes will be our successes,
and ours will be yours. Whenever you can, take a moment to return to the campus
that nurtured you—even if that just means clicking through our Web site—and
remember that you will always be welcome here.
Congratulations to the Buffalo State College Class of 2010.
Sincerely,
Dennis K. Ponton, Ph.D.
Interim President
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Dennis K. Ponton, Ph.D.
The State University of New York Board
of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint
Dr. Dennis K. Ponton interim president of
Buffalo State College on May 12, 2009.
Dr. Ponton, the college’s provost and vice
president for academic affairs, fills the vacancy
left by Dr. Muriel A. Howard, who was
president of Buffalo State from 1996 to 2009.
Dr. Ponton has been a member of the Buffalo
State College faculty and administration since
1977, when he was hired as a faculty member
and chair of its Nutrition and Food Science
Department. He served as associate vice
president for budget and planning for
academic affairs from 1993 to 2003, during
which time he also served as interim provost
and vice president for academic affairs for two
years (1998–2000). In 2003, Dr. Ponton was
named provost of Buffalo State, assuming the
role of chief academic officer for the college.
Dr. Ponton earned his undergraduate and
graduate degrees from West Virginia
University, completing an A.B. in biology, an
M.S. in zoology, and a Ph.D. in agricultural
biochemistry. Prior to joining Buffalo State,
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he taught at West Virginia University and at
the Fayette campus of the Pennsylvania State
University.
Dr. Ponton has been active in educational
associations and committees on the local,
regional, and national levels. He has led
decennial Middle States Association of
Colleges and Schools accreditation reviews for
Buffalo State and guided preparation of the
Middle States Association’s periodic review
reports. He is a member of the Academic
Leadership Learning Collaborative of
Eduventures, a higher education research and
consulting firm. He has been active with the
SUNY Association of Chief Academic
Officers and the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU)
academic officer programs. Dr. Ponton was
also an external reviewer for the Accreditation
Commission for Programs in Hospitality
Administration and president of the Erie
County Nutrition Committee.
Dr. Ponton and his wife, Libby, have one
son. Their pastimes include tennis, handbells,
and travel.
MORNING BACCALAUREATE CEREMONY
10:00 a.m.
PRELUDE
STUDENT ADDRESS
The Rockwell Brass
Sarah E. Fehskens
Ricky L. Fleming, Director
Associate Professor, Music
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD
PROCESSIONAL
The Rockwell Brass
Bryan W. Boyce, Accompanist
Assistant Professor, Music
Stephen F. Phelps, Mace Bearer
Professor Emeritus, Elementary Education and Reading
CONVENING
Charles J. Naughton, ’85
Member, Buffalo State College Council
Linda A. Dobmeier, ’71
Entrepreneur, Community Leader
Presenters
Manus “Chris” O’Donnell, ’77
President, Buffalo State College Alumni Association
Dennis K. Ponton
CONFERRING OF THE HONORARY DEGREE
SUNY Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Judy L. Elliott, ’82
Chief Academic Officer, Los Angeles Unified School District
Presenter
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Dennis K. Ponton
Members of the Buffalo State College Chamber Choir
Victoria J. Furby, Director
WELCOME
Dennis K. Ponton
Interim President, Buffalo State College
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR STUDENT EXCELLENCE
Sooja Lee, Class of 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Metals/Jewelry Design
Presenter
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Judy L. Elliott
PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
Kevin Railey
Interim Provost
Benjamin C. Christy
Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities
Ronald S. Rochon
Dean of the School of Education
Dennis K. Ponton
Mark W. Severson
Dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences
John J. McGowan, Class of 2010
Bachelor of Science, Childhood Education (Grades 1–6)
Kevin F. Mulcahy, ’73, ’75
Interim Dean of the School of the Professions
Presenter
Dennis K. Ponton
Dennis K. Ponton
PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE ALMA MATER
Sarah E. Fehskens, Class of 2010
Bachelor of Arts, Spanish Language and Literature
RECESSIONAL
Presenter
Please join the campus community in celebration at a
reception in the Campbell Student Union.
Dennis K. Ponton
Capturing the Moment
Commencement is an important day and one that our graduates will long remember. As a courtesy,
a professional photographer will capture each graduate’s special moment during the ceremony.
Complimentary proofs will be sent to each graduate’s e-mail address following Commencement.
You are also invited to use the Commencement Garden, in front of the Sports Arena, as a photo
backdrop. The 138th Commencement video order forms are available in the Alumni tent in
front of the Sports Arena and online at www.buffalostate.edu/commencement/x550.xml.
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AFTERNOON BACCALAUREATE CEREMONY
2:00 p.m.
PRELUDE
STUDENT ADDRESS
The Rockwell Brass
Angela R. Lambrix
PROCESSIONAL
The Rockwell Brass
Judith A. Bondurant-Utz, Mace Bearer
Professor Emerita, Exceptional Education
CONVENING
James Brandys, ’71, ’73
Member, Buffalo State College Council
NATIONAL ANTHEM
WELCOME
Dennis K. Ponton
Nicollette T. Brown, Class of 2010
Bachelor of Science, Speech-Language Pathology
Barbara Seals Nevergold, ’66
Educator, Author
Presenters
Manus “Chris” O’Donnell, ’77
President, Buffalo State College Alumni Association
Dennis K. Ponton
Judy L. Elliott, ’82
Chief Academic Officer, Los Angeles Unified School District
Kevin Railey
Interim Provost
Benjamin C. Christy
Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities
Ronald S. Rochon
Dean of the School of Education
Mark W. Severson
Dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences
Kevin F. Mulcahy, ’73, ’75
Interim Dean of the School of the Professions
Presenter
Dennis K. Ponton
Dennis K. Ponton
Yolanda C. Rondon, Class of 2010
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
Presenter
Dennis K. Ponton
RECESSIONAL
PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Angela R. Lambrix, Class of 2010
Bachelor of Science, English Education 7−12
Presenter
Dennis K. Ponton
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MASTER’S HOODING AND C.A.S. CEREMONY
6:00 p.m.
PRELUDE
STUDENT ADDRESS
The Rockwell Brass
Rachel K. Berg
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
PROCESSIONAL
The Rockwell Brass
Eunice A. Lewin
Trustee, State University of New York
SUNY Honorary Doctor of Letters
Sonia Sanchez
Poet and Educator
Sarita C. Samora, ’73, ’77, Mace Bearer
Professor Emerita, Exceptional Education
Presenters
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Dennis K. Ponton
Eunice A. Lewin
Sonia Sanchez
WELCOME
Dennis K. Ponton
Kevin Railey
Interim Provost
PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT
Rachel K. Berg, Class of 2010
Master of Science in Education, Childhood Special Education
Presenter
Dennis K. Ponton
Dennis K. Ponton
RECESSIONAL
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HONORARY DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS State University of New York
BACCALAUREATE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Judy L. Elliott, Class of 1982
Judy Elliott, Ph.D., is the
chief academic officer of the
Los Angeles Unified School
District, the second-largest
school district in the country.
Most recently, she was the
chief of teaching and learning
in the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools,
and prior to that, an assistant superintendent
of Long Beach Unified School District in
Long Beach, California. Dr. Elliott was also a
senior researcher at the National Center on
Educational Outcomes at the University of
Minnesota, College of Education.
She started her career as a classroom teacher
and then school psychologist in Western New
York. She received her B.S. in education from
Buffalo State College and her Ph.D. from the
University at Buffalo.
Dr. Elliott has trained thousands of staff,
teachers, and administrators in the United States
and abroad in the areas of inclusive schooling
that include the problem-solving process,
Response to Instruction and Intervention,
linking assessment to classroom instruction/
intervention, the use of formative assessments
and progress monitoring to increase instruction
and behavior outcomes, and the role of leadership in systems change.
She has written many articles, technical
reports, chapters, and books. Her most recent
writing efforts include Response to Intervention:
Policy Considerations and Implementation;
Response to Intervention Blueprint: District Level
Edition (NASDSE, 2008) and State Level
Edition (in press); Strategies and Tactics for
Effective Instruction-II (Sopris West Inc.);
Timesavers for Educators (Sopris West Inc.);
Testing Students with Disabilities: Practical
Strategies for Complying with State and District
Requirements (second edition, Corwin Press);
and Improving Test Performance of Students with
Disabilities on District and State Assessments
(second edition, Corwin Press).
HONORARY DOCTOR OF LETTERS State University of New York
MASTER’S AND C.A.S. COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS 6:00 p.m.
Sonia Sanchez
Sonia Sanchez is a poet,
mother, professor, and international lecturer on black
culture and literature,
women’s liberation, peace,
and racial justice. She has
written more than 16 books,
including Homecoming, We a
BaddDDD People, Love Poems,
I’ve Been a Woman, A Sound
Investment and Other Stories,
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Under a Soprano Sky, Wounded in the House of a
Friend, Like the Singing Coming Off the Drums,
and most recently, Shake Loose My Skin.
Ms. Sanchez is a contributing editor to Black
Scholar and the Journal of African Studies.
Additionally, she has edited two anthologies: We
Be Word Sorcerers: 25 Stories by Black Americans
and 360° of Blackness Coming at You. BMA: The
Sonia Sanchez Literary Review is the first African
American journal that discusses the work of
Sonia Sanchez and the Black Arts Movement.
Her numerous awards include a National
Endowment for the Arts grant, a PEW
Fellowship in the Arts, the Lucretia Mott
Award, and the Community Service Award from
the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
She is the winner of the 1985 American Book
Award for Homegirls and Handgrenades, the
1988 Governor’s Award for Excellence in the
Humanities, the 1989 Peace and Freedom
Award from the Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom, and the 1999 Langston
Hughes Poetry Award.
Her poem Does Your House Have Lions? was a
finalist for the National Book Critics Circle
Award. She is the Poetry Society of America’s
2001 Robert Frost medalist and a Ford Freedom
scholar of the Charles H. Wright Museum of
African American History.
Ms. Sanchez has lectured at more than 500
universities and colleges in the United States
and has traveled extensively, reading her poetry
in Africa, Cuba, England, the Caribbean,
Australia, Europe, Nicaragua, China, Norway,
and Canada.
She holds a bachelor of arts in political
science from Hunter College and completed
postgraduate work at New York University.
She was the first presidential fellow at Temple
University, where she also held the Laura
Carnell Chair in English. She is a recipient
of the Harper Lee Award for a Distinguished
Alabama Writer (2004), the National Visionary
Leadership Award (2006), and the Robert
Creeley Award (2009).
CONGRATULATORY REMARKS
Eunice Ashman Lewin
Eunice Lewin was appointed to the SUNY Board of
Trustees on February 2, 2010.
Since 1979, she has been
employed as a bilingual social
worker for the Committee on
Special Education with the
Buffalo Board of Education. Previously, she volunteered at Buffalo Catholic Charities in 1976
before being employed there for three years as a
social worker and later obtaining a position with
the Erie County Department of Social Services
in the division of child protection.
Trustee Lewin serves on several boards of
directors, including as commissioner of the
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority;
founding member of the Roswell Park Alliance
Foundation; and member of the Buffalo
Urban League, Hispanics United of Buffalo,
and the Canisius College Board of Regents.
She is also a member of the Erie County
Chapter of Links, the Hispanic Women’s
League, and the Buffalo Niagara Guitar
Festival Originators. She was honored with
the Ebony and Ivory Civic Award in 1994;
inducted into the Western New York Women’s
Hall of Fame on March 14, 2002; and received
the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Education
in 2002, the National Conference for Community
and Justice of Western New York 50th Annual
Citation Award in 2003, and the Marcus
Garvey Community Service Award in 2004.
Trustee Lewin was born in Guantanamo,
Cuba. Her family immigrated to the United
States in 1967. She earned a bachelor of arts
in sociology from Marymount Manhattan
College in New York City before moving to
Buffalo in 1976. She obtained a master’s degree
in American and Puerto Rican Studies in
1978, and a master’s degree in educational
administration in 1989, both from the
University at Buffalo.
Her term with the Board of Trustees expires
on June 30, 2016.
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Linda A. Dobmeier, Class of 1971
Linda Dobmeier exemplifies
professional accomplishment,
community service, and support for Buffalo State College.
After earning a B.S. in
elementary education at
Buffalo State College, Miss
Dobmeier spent 11 years
teaching second grade at the
William Kaegebein School on
Grand Island. She continued
her education during that
time, and received a master’s
in education from the
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University at Buffalo and a master’s in business
administration from Canisius College.
In 1982, she left her teaching duties to
assist in managing her family-owned business,
Dobmeier Janitor Supply Inc. The locally owned
company employs more than 40 people. Miss
Dobmeier has worked to build the company
while maintaining its high standards for quality,
integrity, and customer service.
Miss Dobmeier joined the Buffalo State
College Foundation Board of Directors, where
she has served as a member of the board, a
member of the Executive Committee, and chair
of the Nominating Committee. She was elected
chair of the foundation in 2007. Under her
leadership, it raised a record $8 million in fiscal
year 2007–2008. During the economic downturn
in 2008, the foundation was able to maintain all
student scholarships, and to take a lead role in
the new student housing project. Her leadership
and stability have been vital in the foundation’s
support of the college during its presidential
transition year.
In addition to being an ardent and
enthusiastic ambassador for the college, Miss
Dobmeier is a persuasive advocate for the All
College Honors Program and the Burchfield
Penney Art Center at Buffalo State, which she
has served as a member of its Board of Trustees.
Miss Dobmeier is a member of the Peterson
Society, the college honor society for supporters
who have made a planned gift to the college.
In addition to her many other roles on campus,
she has actively supported the Foundation
Scholarship Galas for 2007 through 2010, and
served as chair of the foundation’s annual Golf
and Tennis Scholarship Classic.
Miss Dobmeier has been active in the
community as a member of a number of
boards over the years, including the Roswell
Park Cancer Institute Board of Directors, the
Canisius College Board of Trustees, the Amherst
Police Foundation Board, the Niagara Lutheran
Health Foundation Board of Trustees, and the
Brothers of Mercy Campus Foundation.
Miss Dobmeier and Dobmeier Janitor Supply
have been generous and consistent financial
contributors to Buffalo State College and the
Burchfield Penney Art Center for many years.
Barbara Seals Nevergold, Class of 1966
Barbara Nevergold, Ph.D.,
is an educator, counselor,
administrator, and, since 1999,
co-founder of the Uncrowned
Queens Institute for Research
and Education on Women
Inc. Dr. Nevergold and
Uncrowned Queens co-founder
Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram
compiled and edited Go, Tell
Michelle: African American
Women Write to the New First
Lady, a collection of letters
and poems offering messages of
hope and advice to Michelle
Obama after her husband won the 2008
presidential election.
Dr. Nevergold graduated from Buffalo State
with a B.A. in French secondary education.
She earned master’s of education degrees in
counseling and French education at the
University at Buffalo and, in 1986, earned a
Ph.D. in counseling education, also from UB.
She also studied French at Laval University
in Quebec, and at the University of Dijon
in France.
She started her career as a French teacher in
the Buffalo Public Schools, where she also served
as a guidance counselor. She has been a vocal
advocate for parental involvement in the public
schools. She went on to hold major positions at
several human service agencies, including executive
director of the Niagara Frontier Association for
Sickle Cell Disease, vice president for children’s
services at Friendship House of Western New
York, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Buffalo
and Erie County, and director of student support
services at the University at Buffalo’s Educational
Opportunity Center.
She has served on the boards of directors
of several local organizations, including the
Graycliff Conservancy, the Buffalo Psychiatric
Center, Sheehan Memorial Hospital, and the
Afro-American Historical Association of the
Niagara Frontier Inc. Her success has been
recognized with many awards, including the
Governor’s Women of Excellence Award in
Education for Go, Tell Michelle. The book also
won the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book
Award in 2009, presented by the Association of
Black Women Historians. Additional awards
include the WNY Women’s Hall of Fame, the
Keeper of the Flame Award from the National
Women’s Hall of Fame, the Community Life
Award from the Buffalo Urban League, the
State of New York Dr. Martin Luther King
Humanitarian Award, and the Justice Award
from the Bar Association of Erie County.
Dr. Nevergold has long been a financial
supporter of Buffalo State. With her brothers
and sister, she established the Seals Family
Memorial Endowed Scholarship in memory
of their mother, Mrs. Clara Ellis Seals; their
father, the Reverend Willie B. Seals; and their
brother, Kenneth Seals, M.D. She has also
memorialized her parents by planting two trees
in their honor in Buffalo State’s Maud Gordon
Holmes Arboretum.
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PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ADDRESS
Sarah E. Fehskens
Sarah Fehskens earned a
bachelor of arts degree in
Spanish language and literature
with a minor in sociology, and
she earned a GPA of 3.83.
The caliber of her scholarly
work is also demonstrated in
her presentations, research,
and participation in many
academic enrichment programs.
She was accepted into the All College Honors
Program at Buffalo State, and she received the
Outstanding First-Year Achievement Award.
She also received the Ernest S. Falbo Modern
Foreign Language Prize. She presented her
research twice at the Learning Community
Showcase and served for three years as a mentor
in a Buffalo State learning community that
explores the roots of modern American culture,
where she helped fellow students prepare conference presentations and complete assignments.
Ms. Fehskens participated in a study tour
of Dublin, Ireland, and studied Spanish language,
culture, and literature at the University of
Salamanca in Spain. While in Salamanca, she
worked as a volunteer English teacher. She also
held many leadership positions on campus,
including president of the All College Honors
Council, president of the Spanish Club,
student member of the Buffalo State College
Foundation, and representative of the Modern
and Classical Languages Department to the
School of Arts and Humanities Dean’s Student
Council.
She is dedicated to scholarly research, and
has presented works including “Panic Splendors”
at the New York State Sociological Association;
“The Exile and Home” at the annual Student
Research and Creativity Celebration at
Buffalo State; and “The Open Casket” at the
Ethnographic Dreamworlds conference at
Buffalo State.
Ms. Fehskens has also demonstrated a
commitment to serving others. She was active
in a service-learning class project that benefited
two refugee centers in Buffalo. She has also
been active in community efforts to support an
orphan rescue in Kenya; refugees in northern
Indiana; and the Alamo Food and Clothing
Center in McAllen, Texas.
performed many acts of service that benefited
both the campus and the community.
Mrs. Lambrix came to Buffalo State to
become an English teacher, a goal she formed
at a young age but set aside for marriage and
motherhood. When she returned to college,
she had a renewed sense of purpose, but her goal
of becoming a high school English teacher has
evolved to a goal of earning a Ph.D. and
becoming a college professor.
Mrs. Lambrix has been on the dean’s list
every semester, and she is a member of Kappa
Delta Pi, the international education honor
society. She received a number of scholarships,
including the Nicholas Patterson Perpetual
Fund Scholarship, the Business and Professional
Women of Buffalo/Amherst Scholarship, the
Hazel M. Bleeker Scholarship, and the United
University Professions Scholarship. She also
received the Ross B. Kenzie Family Presidential
Scholarship, and she was admitted to the
Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program.
For the McNair Scholars Program, Mrs.
Lambrix completed a research project, “The
Language of Oppression,” in which she
examined the way that language itself can be
symptomatic of patriarchal oppression across
time and culture. The quality of her scholarship
has earned high praise from her professors.
On campus, Mrs. Lambrix helped to establish
a chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the international
English honor society, and served as its president.
She also helped to run the department’s studenttutor writing center. She served as managing
editor of the Buffalo Art Project and the Writers’
Compass, and volunteered in the community in
several capacities
Angela R. Lambrix
Angela Lambrix earned a
bachelor of science in English
education (7–12) with a
cumulative GPA of 3.97. Mrs.
Lambrix, the mother of two
teenage daughters, received
numerous scholarships and
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PRESIDENT’S MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT
GRADUATE STUDENT ADDRESS
Rachel K. Berg
Rachel Berg earned a master
of science in education degree
in childhood special education. Her cumulative GPA is a
perfect 4.0, reflecting both her
academic abilities and the
outstanding dedication she
brought to this demanding program.
Ms. Berg earned high praise from her
professors, the classroom teachers with whom
she worked as a student teacher, and faculty
members at Enterprise Charter School, where
she worked as a member of the AmeriCorps
program. The faculty members of the
Exceptional Education Department selected her
for the prestigious and competitive scholarship
made possible by the Joseph and Mary Jean
Daly Varga ’43 Graduate Award Fund. She is
also a member of the Kappa Delta Pi
International Honor Society in Education.
For her master’s research project, Ms.
Berg and two other students investigated the
effectiveness of pre-teaching the necessary
foundational skills to students who are at risk
for academic failure or who have been labeled
with a disability.
She is equally impressive as a classroom
teacher, where her ability to relate to children
and her genuine love of teaching enabled
her to engage students through exploration,
investigation, and creative arts and expression.
Ms. Berg’s commitment to service and
citizenship are demonstrated by her membership
in Buffalo State’s chapter for the Council for
Exceptional Children. She also served as vice
president of the college’s Best Buddies chapter,
which is an organization that encourages the
development of friendships between individuals
with and without disabilities. Her volunteer
activities include service at the Upgrade
Academics Summer Literacy Enrichment Camp
for urban students; as a mentor and tutor for
students with disabilities at Dodd Middle School
in Freeport, New York; and participation in afterschool activities at Enterprise Charter School.
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Nicollette T. Brown
Nicollette Brown earned a
bachelor of science degree in
speech-language pathology and
a minor in art therapy, earning
a cumulative 3.93 GPA.
Ms. Brown decided to
become a speech-language
pathologist when, as a hospital volunteer during
high school, she observed a speech-language
pathologist helping a stroke victim regain the
ability to speak. In college, Ms. Brown continued
to volunteer both on campus and in the community. She mentored young children, college
freshmen, and students with disabilities. As a
volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Erie
County, she was named Big Sister of the Month.
Her commitment to service is matched by her
pursuit of excellence in her academic endeavors.
She received the Anna P. Burrell Scholarship and
the George Dougherty Scholarship for Health
Professionals. She is also a member of the Chi
Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society, and
she was accepted into the Ronald E. McNair
Scholars Program, which prepares students for
doctoral programs. For her McNair Scholars
research project, Ms. Brown investigated
drawing as an augmentative communicative tool
that may help people with aphasia regain verbal
communication abilities. She was the first
Buffalo State student selected to participate in
the competitive, prestigious Rusk Institute of
Rehabilitation Medicine internship at New York
University Langone Medical Center, where she
observed nationally recognized speech-language
pathologists working with clients who presented
with many different disorders. Ms. Brown is also
a member of several professional organizations.
In both her academic and service endeavors,
Ms. Brown has been recognized as a person
with outstanding qualities that bode well for a
successful career and a leadership role in her
community. She will pursue her master’s degree
in speech-language pathology at Loyola
University Maryland.
certificate in advanced diamond setting from
Drouhard National Jewelers’ School in Mansfield,
Ohio. Her passion for the field led her to seek
an excellent baccalaureate program in jewelry
design in the United States.
Ms. Lee’s work demonstrates an ability to
grasp the complex ideation as well as the technical
capabilities necessary to develop and execute
three-dimensional objects. In 2009 and 2010,
she received the seventh and eighth annual
Hyatt Design Award for Excellence in Metal/
Jewelry Design, an award given to a student
designated by the program’s faculty members.
Ms. Lee’s work has been included in several
student design exhibitions in the Czurles-Nelson
Gallery, including juried exhibitions. Her work
was also selected for inclusion in the Dean of
the School of Arts and Humanities Gallery.
In 2008, she was accepted to the Haystack
Mountain School of Crafts, an international
craft school in Maine, to study torch-fired
enameling. She was also selected to assist
renowned artist, sculptor, and metalsmith
Thomas Mann at the prestigious Smithsonian
Craft Show in Washington, D.C., in 2008.
She traveled to Chicago for the Sculptural
Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) exhibition,
and she has attended several national conferences sponsored by the Society of North
American Goldsmiths, a professional association
for jewelry design and metalsmithing, to which
she belongs.
In addition to her academic work, Ms. Lee
participated in student activities, including the
International Student Organization. She is a
member of Students Involved in the Art of
Metalsmithing. She was also active in the
Buffalo community as a volunteer working with
single mothers through her faith community.
Sooja Lee
Sooja Lee earned a bachelor
of fine arts in metals/jewelry
design with a cumulative
GPA of 3.81. She had already
attained a diploma as a
gemologist and jewelry
designer in her native South
Korea, and she holds a
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John J. McGowan
John McGowan earned a
bachelor of science in childhood education (grades 1–6)
with a concentration in social
studies. His cumulative GPA
of 3.96 and his other academic
achievements are complemented
by his extensive volunteer
activities and his full participation in campus life.
Mr. McGowan served as vice president and
president of the college’s Emerging Educator’s
Chapter of the Association for Childhood
Education International (ACEI), and was
instrumental in developing its agenda and
activities. Mr. McGowan co-presented “Play:
The New Four-Letter Word,” a research project
that explored the role of play in successful
learning, at the 11th annual Student Research
and Creativity Celebration. He also gave a
presentation at the leadership seminar at ACEI’s
annual international conference in 2010.
In addition, he is a member of the college’s
Student Council for Exceptional Children;
Kappa Delta Pi, the international education
honor society; and Phi Alpha Theta, a national
history honor society. He was twice nominated
to Who’s Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges. He also served in the
highly selective position of student representative
to the Professional Development Schools
Consortium, a partnership between the School
of Education and 42 participating schools.
Mr. McGowan earned high praise from
teachers and administrators in the Buffalo Public
Schools for his volunteer work with students,
which exceeded 1,000 hours. Other volunteer
activities included the Buffalo State College
Clean-Up Day, the Polar Plunge for Special
Olympics, the St. Vincent de Paul toy and art
supply drive, and the Love Canal 30th anniversary
demonstration. His commitment to making
the world a better place was recognized with
the Democracy and Peace Service Learning
Certificate of Recognition.
His drive, enthusiasm, and energy have
enabled him to excel in the classroom as a
student and as a teacher. When teaching, he is
very creative in developing ways to help students
understand and remember key concepts.
Ms. Rondon came to Buffalo State College
determined to attend a top-tier law school.
While that remains her goal, her experience at
Buffalo State has inspired her to pursue a career
in international relations, where she intends to
work to bridge international differences while
encouraging others to take a more active role in
government and politics.
During her freshman year, Ms. Rondon
was recruited to the All College Honors
Program. She was also accepted into the Ronald
E. McNair Scholars Program, and her research
as a McNair scholar focused on the EU Charter
of Fundamental Rights. She has presented
research in many venues, including the New
York State Political Science Association conference, the Student Research and Creativity
Celebration, and the SUNY Model European
Union conference simulation.
Ms. Rondon is a member of three national
honor societies: Alpha Lambda Delta, Pi Sigma
Alpha, and Chi Alpha Epsilon. She has completed
three internships, including one with
Congressman Chris Lee’s political campaign and
another in the Office of the Attorney General in
Washington, D.C. She also took an active role
in various student organizations, including the
United Students Government’s Judicial Council
and the College Senate, both of which are governing bodies on campus. She studied abroad in
Europe, Turkey, and China. In addition she was
named European council president for the 2010
SUNY Model European Union simulation by
the program’s director because of her substantive
background in the policies and institutions of
the European Union.
On campus, Ms. Rondon is a resident
assistant, a tutor in political science and
economics for students in the Educational
Opportunity Program, and a mentor for the
NIA program. She is president of the Kappa Pi
Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.
This fall, she will enter law school in pursuit of a
juris doctor and master of arts joint degree in
international affairs to fulfill her dream of providing greater service and progress to society.
Yolanda C. Rondon
Yolanda Rondon earned a
bachelor of arts in political science and completed two minors
in international economics
and international relations.
She attained a cumulative GPA
of 3.78 while participating in
numerous campus leadership
roles, academic enrichment
activities, and volunteer and
community service activities.
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2010 CANDIDATES FOR BACCALAUREATE DEGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
December 2009
Jasmine C. Adams
Jeannie E. Alexander
Alicia A. Alterio
Rachel Alvarez
Jessica R. Amedick
Julie A. Anibaldi
Olusegun O. Ayeni
Heather E. Babbitt
Mitchell S. Baehre *
Constance M. Bailey
Bryan G. Ball
Dumadi Banuna
Lavonne D. Barfield
Stephanie L. Bartha
Thomas Bohlen ***
Lindsey M. Boljkovac
Kristin M. Bouwmeester
Daniel J. Bracey
Vanda M. Brinson *
Andrew C. Brown
Brandon S. Burns
Paul C. Button *
Stephen A. Caldiero
Anthony J. Campanella **
Jeff W. Carpenter
Jennifer K. Casey
Michelle Cheng
Michael P. Cline Jr.
Cory R. Clontz **
Andrea T. Cole
Ruthie M. Coleman ***
Dan J. Corbitt **
Christopher K. Cramer
Philip A. Cravatta
Charles D. Creamer
Joseph A. Cutre
Ashley N. Czarnota
Bethany A. Day ***
Kyle T. Deluca
Matthew M. DiCanio
Chester D. Dietz III
Frank V. Dipasquale *
Jason R. Dodson
Brandon E. Drummond
Andrea J. Edick
Deanna M. Ellis
Ian M. Emminizer
Anna C. Engquist
Mary M. Farley
Kendra M. Farrar
Amanda M. Feggins
Sarah A. Fekete †
Aimee Fisher
Martine Fleurisma
Chelsea L. Forster
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Zacharee R. Franczyk
Ann E. Gates
Melissa A. Golombek
Stephen A. Gray
Darryl R. Groth ***
Justin G. Gutowski
Fawn R. Hacker
Lindsay A. Haefner
Nate W. Hall **
Danielle L. Hanson *
Sharese D. Hardaway
Samuel D. Hemphill
Jodi S. Henry **
Camilo Higuera-Hoyos
Nicholas Hodgson
Brian P. Horsmon
Stuart A. Hudson *
Kelly M. Hughes
Jordan C. Imiola
Diane M. Isaia
Andrew M. Jarczyk ***
Zachary D. Jewett
Christina M. Johnson
Valerie J. Karczynski **
James A. Kevan
Savannah S. Kolkiewicz
Matthew L. Kuroski *
Linda N. Laing
Meghan J. Lance
Rebekka J. Lipp *
David M. Lore *
Kristin S. Manguso
Melissa J. Martinelli ***
Cara L. Mazur
Maura T. McCann
Jolani S. McClellan
Katherine A. McFarland
Lindsay E. Meyers
Sean J. Mikula
Amanda L. Minchen
Krystal A. Minnick
Michelle E. Miosi *
Jennifer M. Molfese
Jacquelyn E. Monroe *
Shaylana B. Munn
Elizabeth D. Nicastro †
Paul V. Olczak
Amanda H. Orr
Ron Orr ***†
Mallory E. Oship
Rina Otsuka *
Benjamin Palka
Cynthia A. Panasiewicz
Felipe Perez
Joseph A. Petre
Ryan C. Pirosch **
Justin J. Pitts
Geoffrey M. Plunkett
Thomas A. Poehnelt †
Dennis C. Prevost
Jameieka J. Price
Amanda M. Race
William T. Radecki *
Matthew Ralbovsky
David P. Rechin
Brooke E. Rewa
John R. Rodgers ***
Zachary M. Rose
Megan L. Sabo
Michael F. Scalisi
Christopher M. Schmitt
Marcus F. Sears
Kelly M. Sennett
Steven M. Skurski *
Ashley A. Smith **
Jessica G. Sodaro *
Danielle R. Spell
Etosha T. Staples
Kari Sumner
Jessica M. Thorsen *
Christopher R. Todd
Lynn M. Ulatowski
Kelly L. Vega
Lisa B. Verheyn ***
Rachel G. Weymouth
Jessica S. Wheeler
Jay J. White
Quishara N. Williams
Angela M. Wisniewski
Michele A. Wiszowaty **†
Stephanie L. Wolff
Natalie M. Woyshner
Jessie J. Wuetschner †
Amy M. Yakawiak
Martin D. Zimmerman
May 2010
Hajar Aakil
Zulayka Y. Adamson
Taylor R. Alberts
Muhubo Alinur
Tiandra J. Allison
Shanae Als
Anthony J. Alvarez
Sarah Anauo
Michael J. Anderson
Peter N. Anthony
Dana A. Arnold ***
Jennifer M. Arroyo
Ann M. Astyk
Dawn M. Auble
Jeanette D. Baez
Alexanderia N. Banks
Elizabeth A. Bapst
Michelle A. Barma
Jessica R. Bartolotti
Joseph A. Battaglia
Jennifer L. Becker
Laura L. Becker
Emma E. Benjamin
Daniel Berger **
Hannah M. Berlund
Matthew J. Bird
Stacey P. Blatt
Corinne A. Bouquin *
Kellye J. Bowdwin
Philip J. Bowman
Caitlin R. Brady
Jacob Brant
Maureen S. Brett
Daniel B. Brewster
Almelia C. Brown
Christina R. Brown
Collin C. Brown
Jiavhannie T. Brown
Natalie M. Brown *
Michael Bruton
Adam M. Buchanan *
Mario L. Burks
Brenna K. Burns
Kyle M. Burstein
Edward J. Button
Catelyn Burzynski
Tina F. Calvaneso
Alice E. Canaday
Kevin D. Capretto
Margarita S. Cardona
Michael J. Cardus
Adam C. Carota
Milagro Carrillo
Nicholas B. Casey
Christina N. Catanese
Lori A. Cerny ***
Cory S. Chappell
Nicole K. Cherry
Dana A. Clark
Anthony D. Collins
Thomas J. Cooksey
Kyle C. Cornelius
Steven D. Corrente
Joseph A. Cotter
Daniel T. Cuff
Denis J. Culhane
Christopher M. Cummings
Alice J. Cunningham *
Justin A. Czerwonka
Van J. Daniel
Susan M. Danielewicz *
Jonathan A. Danieu
Nickolas A. Darling
Aisha A. Davis
Brandon E. Davis
Darlene J. Dawsey
Naomi H. Defensor
Adam D. Depriest
Lisa M. Desisti
Mouminatou Diallo
David A. Donerlson
Maria F. Droz
Stacie L. Duderwick
Jeffrey J. Duquette ***
Rodney L. Duvra
Kristina N. Eastman
Anthony B. Eberle
Anicka M. Edwards
Corie A. Edwards *
Sara A. Ellington
Ashley D. Elliott
Tara M. Emick
Jennifer K. Eppeira
Sarah E. Fehskens ***
Laura C. Ferguson
Christopher A. Ferrentino
John C. Fetter
Justina K. Fetterly
Bryan Figueroa
James R. Finan
Danielle T. Fortier †
Rachel A. Fraley
Danielle D. Gates
Peter J. Gattie
Katie M. Geartz
Matthew A. George
George T. Ghosen Jr.
Kristen A. Giancarlo
Mykia L. Gibson
John P. Glahe
Timothy J. Glenn
Dustin R. Good **
Heather L. Gordon
Amizetta J. Graham **
Daniel J. Graham ***
Amanda L. Greatorex
Christine C. Green
Jill S. Greenberg *
Damian A. Grey
Amanda Griffith **
Angela M. Griffith
Amanda E. Groeger **
Vanessa R. Gruber
Rosella M. Gugino
Andy P. Gugliuzza
Renae M. Gullo
Marissa M. Hajduk ***
Shane Hallnan *
Angela A. Hamel
Latisha R. Harris
Sean C. Harwell
Andrew J. Havey ***
Devin L. Hawkins *
Craig B. Haynes **
Kurtis G. Helm
Robert J. Helwig
Candice L. Henderson
Kimberly J. Herman
Lindsey Higgins ***
Carnita C. Hill
Eric M. Hill
Peter T. Hirsch
Patrick M. Holly
Nichia A. Horvath
Phillip L. Hounshell
Niah M. Howell
Matthew R. Huson
Antoinette S. Hyde
Benneth U. Ibe
Tiffany N. Jackson
Mignant J. John-Jones
April P. Johnson
Benjamin A. Johnson
Randi L. Johnson
Tyler B. Johnson
Naquiaja Z. Jones
Sarah E. Karan **
Shanice S. Keane
Brandi L. Kennedy
Christopher A. Keroack
Julie A. King
Alyssa M. Kinney
Christina Kline
Aaron M. Klos
Kayli V. Knapp
Brandon M. Koch
James G. Konidis II
Erin L. Kosnikowski
Justin D. Kraft
Ellie J. Kroneiss
Ayodeji Kuponiyi
Marilyn E. Kush
Sarah B. Kyre
Kelly J. Labuda
Nathanael E. Lange
Jonathon J. Larkin
Michael S. Larkin
Shawn A. Larson ***
Erica L. Laubhan
Desiree M. Lee
Donna K. Lehner
Anthony C. Leone
Alison M. Lepage
Catherine A. Lewis
Morgan I. Loehr
Aaron J. Longbine
Katie J. Lovering
Ashlee M. Lovette
Marc J. Lucarelli
Faye C. Macclellan
Phillip Macleod *
Melanie A. Majewski
Ted J. Mallwitz ***
Christopher J. Maloney
Bret Mandell
Alexandra K. Manley
Jessica X. Marcucci
Anthony N. Mariani
David M. Markwart
Stevie D. Marrero
Jesse A. Martin
Marvin McClellan Jr.
Gregory A. McCormick
Maureen C. McDermott ***
Joseph M. McGee
Katie P. McGowan **
Anthony A. McMillan
Christopher R. Meindl
Shauna-lee N. Mighty
Paul A. Migliore *
Jenna L. Miller **
Elizabeth M. Mintz
Joshua M. Mintz
Bryan T. Mitchell
Ratko Mitrovic
Melinda R. Mizell
Adam S. Mojeski
Tiffany M. Monde
Meaghan G. Moore
Davenia D. Morris
Lindsay A. Morris
Candace L. Morrison **
Michael R. Mottern
Rachael E. Mt. Pleasant
Jessica L. Murszewski
Abu B. Musa
Sara M. Musial
Danielle M. Myers
Mary E. Nagurney
Shannon L. Nangano
Tory A. Nary
Jennifer L. Ness
Erich R. Neuhaus
Sylvia Nguyen
Rhudwan Nihlawi
Kristina B. Nocera
Doralis M. Nunez
Narcisa M. Nunez
Philip J. O’Grady
Peggy K. Oduro
Kei Okada **
Stephanie Ortiz
Max A. Ostrov
Tarrence L. Owens
Justine M. Parada
Danielle M. Parker *
Janice M. Pasternak **
Jessica L. Pates
Michelle L. Pelow
Sandra C. Perrin
Michael R. Pfonner ***
Samantha L. Pierce
Mary R. Pirog **
Robert J. Pitzonka
Samantha A. Prior
Chelsea J. Prophet
Annemarie Puleo
Monica D. Rawlings
Sharlitha M. Reed *
Kelly E. Reuter **
Shpresa Rexhepi
Kenneth D. Rich
James Richards
Ashley R. Richardson
Jordan A. Richmond
Luke M. Riedy
Sean M. Riegel
Gary A. Ritter
Daniela C. Rivera
Natasha M. Rivera
Mary V. Rivers
Thomas M. Rizzo
Eyton G. Robinson
Yolanda C. Rondon **
Elena N. Rossetti
Saturne Saint-Surin
Andrew J. Sajecki
Kathy A. Sandstrom
Brian D. Sarama
Konstantina K. Sarandeva ***
Kahlil P. Sarikey
Amanda Saskowski
Danielle N. Saulino
Jamie L. Schaefer
Elizabeth G. Scheeler
Kevin N. Schieber
Paul J. Schmitt
Zachary D. Schrantz ***
William I. Schwartz
Kori A. Sciandra
Marcus A. Scott
Scott R. Shaner
Chieh-Lun Shih
Sharday K. Singleton
Joseph M. Skowronski
Brittany J. Smetanka **
Erik F. Sootheran
Leevaughn T. Spates
Kimberly J. Spearman
Cameron P. Spivey *
Michael S. St. Rose
Travis A. Stallings
Daniel J. Starr
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Shaina L. Starr
Sasha R. Stauffer **
James R. Steiner
Michael J. Stocklosa
Brittney N. Stokes
Kristen M. Swatsworth
Eric R. Sweitzer **
Aaron R. Swenson
Chad M. Taylor
Jazzmyn J. Thannie
Alexander Tiberia
Alex A. Tolbert
Davida E. Tolbert
Jelisa C. Tonge
Jennifer Toy
Amanda M. Tunis
Eric T. Umphreyville **
Erin M. Van Volkenburg
Alyssa J. VanDurme **
Kimberly G. Viscuso
David C. Vogan
Jarod A. Wabick
Joshua D. Wagner
Taylor C. Wahlstrom
Jessica I. Waldron **
Bryan M. Webb
Leigha Weeks
Phillip R. Weiss *
Mindy L. Wendt
Thomas J. West
Evan F. Weymouth
Corey D. Wheeler *
Amy R. White
Gabriel M. White
Marcus D. Whitlock
Hollie C. Wilbon
Kimberly L. Willcox
Aimee Willett
Ashley M. Williams
Kedesha K. Williams
Victoria L. Williams
Andrea Wolf
Victoria L. Wolf
David B. Wolford
Lancia V. Woods
Joseph Yoder ***
Bradley S. Young
Donnique C. Young
Matthew C. Zahm
Jolene A. Zanghi
Jessica M. Zimmerman
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August 2010
May 2010
Ashley Amplement
Lauren M. Asbach ***
Jennifer M. Brown
Timothy Carr Jr.
Novella Curtis
Andrew Daphnis
Stephanie M. Galvin
Drew N. Gonzales
Bill Goodwin
Ariel E. Gore
Emilie Hagen ***
Maura J. Hettich
Elena F. Hurst
Brittany M. Ingalsbe
Sharif S. Kassim
Jennifer C. Kishbaugh
Shawn A. Larson ***
Brittany N. Lehenbauer
Heather E. Lucas ***
Daniel A. Martinez
Peelahr Q. Moore
Joseph M. Nemec
Latasha M. Page
Andrew J. Pfeiffer
Daniel P. Reedy
Monique R. Rogers
Catherine H. Setliff
Amin R. Shah
Shujat A. Shah
Kevin J. Slomba
Julie A. Suffoletto
Ernest J. Thalhamer
Shamera L. Tillman
Gwenn E. Underwood
Kristall S. Waldron
Timothy M. Walters
Ashley S. Williams
Nyroni S. Wright
Sarah J. Barry
Kimberly A. Boesken
Julie Deuble **
Charles R. Ertel
Janet M. Feger
Amanda L. Hamlin **
Meghan Herald
Natalie Hofert
Sara A. Keeton
Ryan M. Ketchum
Lillian R. Knoerzer
Kile J. Krawczak *
Michele E. Lange *
Yinwai Lau
Sooja Lee ***
Joseph J. Mielcarek
Julie L. Molloy *
Valerie D. Monteleone
Amanda K. Nahumck
Rochelle Reese
Kelly M. Reumann
Timothy S. Rizzo
Colleen Robinson
Sumiyo Roland ***
Lauren M. Suriani
Leah A. Thomas
Brianna C. Toussaint
Kristina M. Zygmunt
BACHELOR
OF FINE ARTS
December 2009
Kimberly R. Baer ***
Sarah A. Fekete †
Richard J. Hogan
Kelly T. Kleinfelder
Hayley M. Meister
Laurieann Petrotta
Hilary W. Salmon
Kristen M. Szramkowski
Rachel I. Timmins *
August 2010
Emily L. Gruenfelder
Eric P. Heine
Justin J. Mages *
David E. Thuman Jr.
BACHELOR OF MUSIC
December 2009
Christopher L. Devries
Trevor J. Jelowski *
Melissa J. Steiger
Jessie A. Wing
May 2010
Megan M. Abbott***
Emily A. Herberger ***
Siobhan P. O’Brien
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
December 2009
Jesse K. Adair
James Adamo
Jimmie W. Adams
Elisa A. Allen **
George T. Amann
Bhunica M. Ambu *
Jonathan A. Amidon **
Ashlee M. Amoia
Susanne M. Andersson
Bashir Ansari
Richard H. Archer *
Kyle R. Baker
John M. Bakula
Naisha Balay
Kimberly D. Barber
Valerie L. Barbera
Rhianna Barbero
Fawn L. Barlow
Kelly J. Barten
Matthew J. Barton ***
Scott J. Baryza
Edward J. Beard *
Daryn R. Beckman
Dalphne M. Bell ***
Jessica A. Benbenek
Chelsea A. Bennett **
Jessica E. Bernstein
Rhonda C. Bivins
Susan M. Black
Westin A. Blidy
Kathryn A. Bly *
Katherine N. Bolognese-Gress
Lindsey L. Boon *
Carole E. Boua
Susan L. Boyes ***
Jonathan E. Bradley
Lacole B. Brumfield
Aimee J. Bruno
Bryan D. Buchanan
Shantaya Burnette ***
Danielle R. Burns **
Joseph Burns
LaChae T. Burress
Alicia L. Buss
Claudette Cade
Andrea L. Calhoun
Victoria J. Calleri
Leah K. Campanile
Kayleigh S. Canada *
Ryan C. Carnevale
Sharlyn X. Carpino
Mark J. Carrubba
Dennis E. Chapman
Gregory E. Cherry
Cathleen M. Cherven-Oczytko ***
Kyle Chudachek
Nicholas J. Cilip *
Alexander N. Cisar
Cory J. Clark
Erin E. Clark ***
Kimber M. Clement
Phillip A. Colantonio *
Lashaundria R. Coleman
Renee A. Crandall
Natalie M. Crespo *
Vanessa L. Cross
Mia N. Crumpton
Taurean A. Cumberbatch
Angela M. D’Angelo ***
Zachary L. Damstetter
Ashley M. Dauphin ***
Justine E. David
Cameron M. Davis
Kimberly G. Davis **
Katie M. Defilippo
Colleen G. Delucia ***
Marine Dembrow ***
Jamie L. Denef
Jacki M. Depadre
Lynsey A. DiRosa
Melissa A. Diagostino
Andrea M. Diaz
Lauren M. Digiulio
Christina M. Dombrowski
Steven Downing *
John A. Duco
William S. Dunlap
Maria T. Duran
Sameena Ejaz ***
Catherine I. Ejimadu
Lauren Emmett
John F. Eustace
Millage Evans
Jeffrey J. Fader
Michael J. Farah
Samuel T. Farber
Megan M. Farrell
Adam T. Fecio
Ryan C. Feickert
Jeremy A. Ferris
Lynne A. Finnegan
Audrey M. Fix
Katie C. Flanagan
Ryan Flanagan *
Mohini K. Flier **
Rachael M. Flynn
Kyle S. Forsberg
Michael G. Fortson Jr.
Nicole M. Fouchie **†
Amy Fowler
Elizabeth M. Frain
Jessica M. Frisbee
Timi M. Fulkerson
Bobby Gates
Christopher M. Geitter
Anthony T. Gilbert
Danielle J. Girardet **
Adam J. Gold
Michelle A. Gonsiorek
Nicholas P. Good
Christa L. Goodwin
Leah T. Greene
Peter R. Greenhalgh *
Sean P. Gregory
Nathaniel Griffin
David R. Hall
David Hannam ***
Courtney M. Hayes
Jennifer Henderer
Sean F. Henry
Nicole Herzog
Kevin J. Hess
Matthew V. Hill
Samantha A. Hillis
Pauline M. Hoeltke ***
Kayleen M. Hofert *
Jacqueline N. Hoinski
Derek J. Holler
Laura L. Homsey
Sara A. Hotchkiss
Kimberly A. Houghton
Etana D. Howard-Robinson
Justin T. Howell
Bethany H. Hubbard
Shawn P. Hughes
Erwin T. Hurlbut
Dolina J. Hurtley
Casey G. Iannone
Katelyn M. Iovino
Anthony F. Irwin
Chiaki Ishida
Sharifa B. Islam
Ashley M. Jakubczak
Elisha James ***
Mark C. James II
Tegan N. Janis
Lisa M. Johannes **
Craig D. Johnson
Janessa F. Jones
Melisha A. Joseph
Colette F. Jowdy **
Jeffrey B. Jozwiak
Danny K. Kalonda Sr.
Joshua T. Kanouse
Nicholas J. Kasprzyk
Kristin M. Kemnitzer
Michael G. Kimmick
Kisha L. King
Lindsay K. Klimtzak
Jennifer N. Kline
Nathan R. Koscielski
Kristina M. Kozlowski
Kristen N. Kramarik
Sarah T. Kraus
Matthew A. Kuch
David L. Kudla
Michele A. Lacourse ***
Michelle M. Laesser **
Tiffany A. Landon
Pamela M. Lange ***
Brian E. Lavis Jr.
Jason N. Legrett
Mark P. Lehman ***
Christopher S. Lelonek
Lavonya C. Lester
Carlene R. Lippold
Christine M. Long
Laura Lott
Nicholas R. Lundgren *
Randi L. Lyford
Caitlin A. Mack
Margaret R. Maddigan
Kayla M. Maggard **
Jeffrey A. Mahon
Melinda S. Maines
Jason A. Malczewski *
Benjamin A. Mang *
Laura E. Mann
Stephen D. Mastropaolo
Mariko Masubuchi
Louis D. Mattiuzzo
Caroline A. Max
Tiffany M. McDonald
Shelly Ann M. McGregor
Michelle I. Melendez
Koji Minamikawa
Brendan C. Monaco **
Andrea L. Montuori
Ashley M. Moore-Jones
Faith R. Moore-Rhodes
Andrew L. Moran
Christine L. Morgante
Emily G. Mueller
Alicia N. Myers *
Dominic A. Myers *
David J. Naab
Jacqueline K. Newell
Michael Newman *
Elizabeth D. Nicastro †
Rebekah Nichols
Celeste N. Nigro
Alicia M. Noel
Kelsey L. Novits ***
Kelly A. Nyitrai †
Rose Marie N. O’Brien **
Shawn M. O’Donoghue *
Jewels F. Oladeji-Ojo
Stephen Orfanos
Ron Orr ***†
Brenda Ortiz
Cheryl Osborne ***
Jason R. Overholt
Savannah E. Parsons
Julie L. Paul
Sara J. Pawlak
Nicole R. Penton
Robert A. Perez
Maria P. Phalen
Danielle N. Phillips **
Michael D. Piatz
Joseph Pieri
Sylwia I. Pikula ***
Alex S. Pittner
Juliane Polino
John D. Potempa
Gerald A. Pucillo
Jessica N. Quibell *
Erika R. Rappold *
Joshua M. Rath
Mark W. Reboy ***
John M. Religa
Christie J. Ressman
Jessica A. Reyome
Christopher P. Root
Emily A. Rosenberry *
Dan Rosplock
Katie L. Rossi ***
Jeffrey P. Rubel
Marie E. Rueter
Welma K. Russell
Mallorie D. Ruston
Daniel J. Ryan
Scott F. Rybski
Keyonia S. Sankey
Thomas M. Santacapita
Arturo Santiago
Takeharu Sato
Marek Sawicki
Gregory E. Schalk
Daniel R. Schlotterbeck **
Claire E. Schramel
Paul Schwab
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Katie M. Sclafani **
Rachel M. Scott
Courtney Seely
Max E. Semoff
Patrick C. Shager
Heath J. Shepard ***
Philip M. Sherman
David Siembida ***
Scott A. Silverman ***
Mary Simson
Shannon M. Skelly
Mark A. Smalls
Amanda M. Smith
Jillian M. Smith
Kathryn J. Smith **
Daniel A. Smykowski
Valerie Sowinski *
Marissa A. Spacone
Nicholas G. Specht ***
Arthur Spina IV
Melanie A. Stephen *
Julie K. Sterner **
Melissa N. Stitt
Carl L. Stokes
Matthew J. Stork
Daniel A. Stumpf **
Christine A. Sudyn
Allison E. Suttell
Pauline A. Szathmary ***
Katie L. Szczesny
Alison M. Szymanski ***
Shannon M. Szymanski
Ashley M. Taton
Evan L. Teculver
Geoffrey F. Thomas ***
Lorna L. Thompson
Nikita N. Thompson
Tovah T. Thompson
Laura K. Thorp
Laura M. Todd
Lindsey N. Townes
Thaian N. Tran
Janelle M. Tribuzzi
Courtney A. Tripp *
Rita Y. Turner
Natalie C. Vandette
Kimberly A. Vaughn ***
Cory D. Veley
Ashley L. Venters *
Brooke Vincent
Qiana R. Vincent
Jillian E. Vitale *
Aaron Vivian
Ryan P. Wagner
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Brittany L. Walker
Brian Walter
Katie L. Warren
Jeffrey R. Wass
Ashley R. Watroba
Nicole K. Way
Cassandra D. Webster
Jessica J. Weiglein
Christian J. Weinholtz IV
William R. Welch II ***
Brandon T. West
Brandon E. White
Rachel K. White
Willie Williams
Gentle O. Willis
Terri L. Wilson *
Nicholas Winkowski
Lauren Wittlinger
Amanda K. Wittman
Nikki B. Wolfe
Lisa S. Woodward
Jessica M. Wooldridge
Jessie J. Wuetschner †
Matthew J. Yott
Diane E. Young
Kristina R. Zaleski
Yekaterina P. Zamyslova *
Melissa A. Zaporowski
Mary-Alice Zicari **
Rachel P. Zurawski
May 2010
Christopher J. Abato
Nehla M. Abdallah
Stephanie A. Abelson
Awil Abrar
Eric A. Achille *
Lakin B. Adams
Renee A. Adams
Theodore R. Adams Jr.
Akrim A. Ahmed
Patricia A. Akers **
Lisseth M. Alcivar
Omar A. Aljuwani
Maryjo Altobello
Elizabeth L. Amato
Cheria R. Anderson
Lynda C. Andrews
Melissa K. Anello
Shannon L. Anesetti
Kristin E. Antis
Gina N. Apa
Wendy S. Aplin
Amanda E. Argen
Esther O. Ariyibi *
James P. Arlotta
Angelique D. Armprester
Jennifer M. Arroyo
Johnson K. Asase Jr.
Jeffrey O. Asirifi
Bryan S. Asposto
Julia E. Assad ***
Lisa M. Atkins
Dawn M. Auble
Rebecca L. Auer
Jennifer L. Augstell ***
Barbara Aviles
Marjorie V. Avitus
Christine M. Baczkowski
Yudelquis Baez
Brandin U. Bailey
Jeffrey P. Bailey
Shalina Bailey
Shannon V. Bailey
Laurie A. Baker
Lysa M. Baker
Crystal L. Barclay **
Erika A. Barnaby
Lindsay A. Barnes
Michael P. Barone
Kathleen Baumet ***
Megan G. Bechard
Jennifer L. Beck
Katherine M. Beer
Timothy Beers
Cassandra M. Bellamy
Taleasha Bellamy
Krystal R. Bellanti ***
Michael J. Benaquist
Matthew D. Benedetto **
Keith D. Benes ***
Gina T. Benevento
Shawn M. Bennett
Julie A. Bentz
Nicole A. Berg **
Tracey M. Berns *
Samantha L. Berwick
Samantha E. Betzold
Melinda C. Bewley
Latifah R. Beyah
Thomas M. Binga
James T. Bittler
Kimberly N. Black **
Aaron J. Blackmon
Kadia S. Blagrove
Lauren J. Blakelock
Stacey P. Blatt
Ashley N. Bleistein
Jeremy K. Boakye
Dashaun J. Bohanna
Jamie L. Bolibrzuch **
Laura E. Book
Mark D. Bookhagen ***
Nicholas A. Borden
Andrew I. Boris
Bethany R. Boron *
James M. Bosco Jr.
Ranelle M. Boskat
Kristin Bozek
Alissa M. Brant
Eric E. Bream
Michael P. Brennan
Shvonn D. Brice
Jenna L. Britt
Halima A. Brown
Jiavhannie T. Brown
Nicollette T. Brown ***
Marion L. Bryant
Rickey W. Bryant Jr.
Matthew J. Buckholz
Nicole M. Buergin
Casey R. Bull
Melanie B. Bullard
Daniel J. Bullock
Barry D. Bulluck
Lucas J. Bunt
Kevin F. Burke
Ryan J. Burke
Hugh O. Burnam
Imani E. Burnett
Kelly R. Busha
Christine M. Bussa ***
Samantha M. Button **
Tracy L. Buza
Lindsay M. Byrne
Lei J. Cai
Katelyn A. Caisse ***
Christine L. Calderella
Yolanda R. Calderon
Melissa M. Callahan
Allison L. Callard
Mariya A. Camizzi
Stephanie N. Campobello
Jeanelle Canelo
Laura A. Canner
Melissa Caraco **
Joseph F. Carey
Kathryn L. Carmina
James B. Carminati
Anne E. Carnahan ***
Cyelynn M. Carr
Deleesa U. Carrasquillo
Carl G. Carroll *
Sarah E. Carroll
Calvin B. Carter Jr.
Rachel A. Cerne *
Stephanie Checo
Christopher W. Cheers
Yunxiong Chen
Elizabeth A. Chiaravalle *
Holly A. Chiaravalle
Brittany I. Chonka **
Kyla L. Christie ***
Kelly S. Ciccone
Kahla M. Ciepiela
Caitlin M. Cimato **
Christina M. Clark
Rita V. Clark
Paul A. Cleary
Jeffrey D. Clemo
Jacqueline E. Clemons
Burnalyn M. Clyburn
Dan J. Coffey
Madison C. Coker
Tyler Cole
Elizabeth M. Colella
Denise J. Collana
Monique L. Coman
Matthew Contento
Jessica Cooke
Intisar Y. Cooks
Tamika R. Coplin
Matthew D. Cosentino
Patrick J. Cosgrove
Maferema Coulibaly
Dawn M. Courtney
Brent R. Cox
Ashley R. Craig *
Damien M. Crance
Sherita Y. Crawford
Carlie R. Cray
Lindsey R. Crill
Rachel E. Crocker
Felicia D. Cruz
Jamie S. Cuddeback
Nathan H. Culver ***
Nicole S. Cummings
Timothy P. Curcione
Clayton J. Cutler II
Auguste B. Cygan
Ryan D. Dahm
Kristina L. Dara
Asia N. Davis
Chante D. Davis
Anna E. Debalski **
Sanovia Debold
Charlene L. Deforest
Joseph D. Dellavalle **
Donald T. Dentice
Brittany M. Dentico
Nathalie Desameaux
Elizabeth A. Desimone
Alison M. Diana
Agueda J. Diaz-Garcia
Marissa L. Didio
Angela P. Difrancesco **
Gary D. Digby
Sean D. Dillard
Anthony A. Dimascio
Kristen M. Dimillo
Tyrone T. Dixon
Sarah S. Dobey
Megan M. Dodge
Rachel A. Domber
Betty L. Donaldson
Kristin E. Donohue
Sara E. Donovan
Kara K. Driscoll
Alexandra N. Drozd
Matthew T. Druar *
Caitlin C. Duchene
Colleen C. Duewiger **
Sean Dumont
Wayne N. Dupree
Michelle R. Durham *
Alanna R. Duskin
Amanda M. Eagan
Tamara K. Ebo
Elizabeth M. Eddy
Latoya D. Edwards
Marlena A. Edwards
Phillip M. Egri
Rakeisha M. Elliott
Brian L. Ellis
Stephen M. Ellis
Tammy M. Ellis **
Julie M. Elmes
Kattiana Emile
Maria E. Emiliani **
Christopher M. Emminger ***
Nelson A. Escobar
Jihea Eum ***
Louis K. Eve
Matt Evrard
Garrett Fallin ***
Shu Juan Fang
Yianna E. Fantrazzo
Brad C. Farfaglia
Frank A. Farina
Jian Feng
Charlotte M. Fernandez
Lydia E. Fernandez
Samantha M. Fiala **
Jamie L. Filimonow **
Joana A. Fitti **
Chelsea B. Flahive
Jason D. Flanigan
Kathleen L. Flanigan
John J. Flannery
Justice Fletcher
Jennifer L. Florio
Tyrell A. Ford
David J. Forrester
Christina C. Foster
Tarin E. Foster
Steven R. Fox
Dane C. Franklin ***
Heather A. Frazer
Erica L. Freeman
Gabrielle E. Fuqua
Thomas A. Fusillo ***
Tammy L. Gaines
Catherine P. Gallagher
Lisa M. Garrison *
Husniya M. Gatur
Lauren R. Gay **
Matthew J. Geil
Mary-Kathryn E. George
Stephanie M. Georgopoulos *
Jhosernst Germain
Michael J. Giazzon **
Lauren A. Giglia
Kristen M. Gill
Margaret A. Giumentaro
Ashley E. Glenn
Michael S. Gloss
Launi K. Gold
Susan M. Goldin
Aaron J. Gollegly
Diamond A. Gonzalez
Joseph L. Gonzalez **
Christopher A. Grant
Sean M. Gray
Kember L. Greco
Katelyn M. Grew *
Tara M. Grimmer *
Dan A. Groux
Kevin P. Gruarin
Anthony J. Gugino
Katherine J. Guillen
Esteban P. Gutierrez
Kelley A. Haggins
Madison R. Hailand ***
Christine L. Haist
Charles J. Hall
Danielle Halo ***
Shareese N. Hamer
Matthew K. Hanley
Brian M. Harder
Megan E. Harrick ***
Brianna L. Harris
Tiffany E. Harris
Michael D. Hart
Amy M. Harvey
Nicholas J. Harvey
Julie B. Hashley **
Kafilat O. Hassan
Devin L. Hawkins *
Jonathan E. Heigl
Stacy I. Helinger
Kaitlin M. Henderson
Kendra M. Hennessey
Kyle R. Hennessy-Snow ***
Michelle L. Herberger ***
Heather A. Herman *
Mallory M. Herman *
Matthew C. Herrington
Jason R. Hewitt
Stephanie L. Hilbert
Tabitha M. Hill
Courtney A. Hilliker *
Chaz S. Hills-Dozier
Kyeshah A. Hines
Tess A. Hinterbichler *
Tetsuyuki Hisata
Katelyn M. Hitzges ***
Ashley Hoch
Jaclyn M. Hoffend
Jamie L. Holka
Tina R. Holmes-Garner **
Kevin M. Holzle
Willie M. Hordge
Tamika S. Horton
Rachel M. Horvatits
Megan L. Houseman
Wendy R. Howlett **
Anita D. Howton
Wendy Huang
Cynthia M. Hubler
Johnnie Huff
Brittany A. Hughes
Hannah M. Hull
Conor A. Humann
Joatan J. Humphries
Matilde N. Humphries
Jeremy M. Hurlburt
Thomas E. Hutchinson **
Rick A. Ianni
Riselly Imbert
Natalie J. Jackson
Jaime A. Jakubowski
Jermaine D. James
Renee L. Janca
Patricia A. Jankowski
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Kimberly A. Jarrard *
Meghan E. Jarrell **
Howard J. Johnson
Kanesha M. Johnson
Keshia J. Johnson
Lorressa N. Johnson
Ross W. Johnson
Caitlin C. Johnston **
James G. Jones
Jenelle S. Jones
Rebekah I. Jones
Shamiya L. Jones
Stephen J. Jones ***
Amanda B. Jurdi
Rebecca A. Juszczyk
Frank A. Kajfasz
Shannon L. Kamm
Caitlin M. Kane *
Benjamin T. Kanouse *
Ilara M. Kassim
Brandon F. Kawa ***
Shawn M. Kaznica *
Kanasha L. Kennedy **
Carla L. Kerr
Valeria A. Keys **
Casey Keyser
Cameron J. Kiebzak
Megan A. Kiernan
Kelly J. Kilonsky
Jenny E. Kim *
Ashley C. Koch **
Lauren I. Kochel ***
Gloria J. Kocialski
Julie C. Kosmerl ***
Joseph M. Kramer
Cynthia L. Kroeck
Michael F. Kruszona
Jaclyn S. Kruzer
Leighana C. Krzyzanowski
Courtney D. Kurtz
Robert J. Kuty
Frank J. La Rue *
Shareef Labreche *
Kelly J. Labuda
Brian S. Lacey
Angela R. Lambrix ***
Vivian A. Lanier
Jonathon J. Larkin
Tamara S. Latham *
Christina M. Lawrence
Laura G. Lawson ***
Bryan C. Lazarony
Estelle S. Leary
Matthew C. Lee
Justin J. Lehner
Christopher C. Lenhardt
Vanessa Leonard
Alton S. Lett
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Kristan B. Lettiere
Steven M. Leuthe ***
Michelle L. Levine *
Artelia Lewis
Kenya L. Lewis *
Schkeeb A. Lewis
Tiffany R. Lezan
Stanley Liang
Leslie A. Liebel **
Corey M. Lincoln
Patricia Lipani ***
Nina M. Lipowicz
Shalese D. List
Maurice C. Little
Amy M. Lizauckas
Melissa S. Lloyd
Michael J. Lochocki
Joelle Lodestro
William M. Lods
Suzanne Lohr
Ayanna N. Long
Tabatha R. Lumley
Gary A. Luniewski
Angell Luper
Jennifer L. Lusk
Michael J. Luzarraga
Ashley V. Lynch
Richard G. Lyons *
Michael R. Macaluso
Carlos J. Macmaster
Desmond L. Madison
Travis J. Maggard
Laura M. Maguire
Michael A. Maisonave
Danielle L. Malloy
Jennifer L. Marchese
Alicia N. Marcolini
Amanda R. Marek
Marissa B. Mariano
Crystal M. Marquis
Heather L. Marriott
Letisha C. Marsh
Kathryn L. Martin ***
Lucille M. Martin
Nicole M. Martin
Luis H. Martinez
Anguei D. Masham
Brian P. Maskulinski
Alleen M. Mason
Erica M. Massey
Luis E. Matos *
Joseph Matteo
Cortlin R. Maute
Amanda A. Mavraj
Heather B. McArthur ***
Demar W. McClain **
Malik M. McCloud
Justin J. McCormick
Kisha G. McCoy
Christopher McEwan
Sean T. McGarry
John J. McGowan ***
Quinita S. McKinney *
Travors I. McLean ***
Kareba P. McMillan
Amanda E. McPherson
Courtnie J. McQuade *
Patrick C. Mead *
Lisa Medina
Cara E. Meidenbauer *
Brayan Melo *
Kojo Mends-Aidoo
Diane E. Meyer
Frederick N. Meyer
Sean P. Meyer
Danielle M. Miano
Dawn M. Miller
Ebony L. Miller
Dennis D. Mitchell
Lillian Mitchell
Nozomi Miyake
Sabrina L. Moak-Noesen
Christopher M. Moore
Gina L. Moore
Kristin J. Morash
Stephanie M. Morris
Tashanya Morris
December A. Morrison
Caitlin J. Morsch
Taryn Moskal
Harvey Mosher *
Kurtis J. Mullen ***
Michelle L. Murrett
Sean J. Murty
Ashley L. Mussell
Francesco Musso Jr.
Dana Myers ***
Michael W. Myers
Jonathan J. Nadeau *
Danielle N. Narkiewicz
Lisa R. Nau **
Lacey M. Nesbit
Samantha Y. Ng
Thao N. Nguyen
Sara A. Nicholas
Cynthia G. Nieto
Melissa Nieves **
Joseph F. Nigro
Aloys G. Nkundimfura
Brenna L. Nobles *
Rina L. Nowell
Peter J. Nyznyk
Cheryl A. O’Connor ***
Tiana M. O’Neil
Cory J. O’Neill
Tara M. O’Reilly
Dennis J. O’Toole
Nancy A. Oak
Joseph A. Odrobina *
Matthew R. Oetinger
Derrick Ofori
Christine S. Olayinka
Sanfred N. Opuni
Anthony L. Owens ***
Yaw A. Owusu
Angel M. Pagan
Joelle A. Palermo *
Lauren R. Palisano
Dwayne Palmer
Katiurka P. Paniagua
Alberta L. Parker **
Cedric L. Parker
Tiffany D. Pasqualichio
Norma E. Passino *
Willie E. Patmon
Juliette E. Peiters
Chad M. Pentoney
Brittany D. Peoples
Joseph A. Perez
Suleyka Perez
Samuel Perez III
Chad M. Perkins
Jared Perram
Pamela L. Peterson
Kristin D. Petruzzi *
Jodi L. Phillips
Jeffrey A. Piekarec
Jessica A. Pielich
Katrina W. Pier
Danielle N. Pierce
Justin C. Pietras
Nicole E. Pilecki
Jolie Pilsbury ***
Hugo J. Pineda
John C. Pinzone
Vincenzo Piraino *
Jonathan D. Pitcheralle
Elizabeth M. Platt *
Andrew F. Pohl
Megan M. Porterfield
Rachel M. Poss **
Lawanda M. Prather
Amanda L. Prohaska
David Putman
Katherine A. Quinlivan
Tracy M. Quinn
Cristie L. Raby **
Alicia M. Rappold
Dylan F. Rassman
Francesca T. Reckley
Daniel M. Reddinger
Casandra Reid
Harrison P. Reisweber
Nichole Q. Reusch ***
Jennifer L. Richards ***
Khrista L. Richardson ***
Ryan P. Richardson
Tabitha Richardson *
Julianne M. Riley
Michael H. Rinde
Maria C. Rivera **
Michelle R. Rivera
Tauren S. Robinson
Jenna M. Rocco ***
Kelly A. Roessler
Elizabeth D. Rossetti
Brian P. Rothwell ***
Lisa M. Rowland
John J. Rozycki
Susanne J. Ruminski
Frank Runfola
Cassandra M. Ruszaj
Suni T. Ryles
Katri J. Saarinen *
Ali K. Sabir
Abdi U. Sabtow
Reid A. Samedi
Adetokunbo C. Samuel
Jennifer E. Samuel *
Louis Sanchez
Kristin Sandor
Colleen M. Santos ***
Maria A. Schaffstall
Dana M. Schiavone
Kris Schleiermacher
Erika J. Schliff *
Lillie E. Schmidt
Sarah E. Schmidt
Michael J. Schreiber
Bethany A. Schroeder
Samantha J. Schuck *
Deborah L. Schultz
Michael L. Schultz ***
Joshua K. Scigaj
Stephen Scrocchi
Aubrey L. Sedor
Molly E. Seifritz
Joseph Senethep
Katherine R. Setlock
Nicholas Shand
Katherine A. Shea
Rachel P. Shearer
Blaine M. Sheffer
Iqra G. Sheikh
Shaquita D. Shepard *
Alyssa A. Shields
Antonia J. Shirley *
Joe W. Siegmann
Eric J. Sienkiewicz
Ashley E. Simon
Janel N. Simpson
Ashley M. Simson *
Helen P. Sindani
Maurice R. Skinner
Alicia L. Slisz
Annisha B. Smith
Jetaun J. Smith
Kymani N. Smith
Margaret A. Smith
Tiffany S. Smith
Adam M. Smithson
Courtney H. Smyczynski
Andrew H. Snow
Tabetha L. Snyder
Johnathan E. Sourwine
Eshea N. Spears
Jacquelyn Spencer **
Sara A. Sperrazza
Shante N. Spivey
Kenneth G. Stafford III
David A. Stall
Jada M. Stallings
Delois E. Starks
Matthew P. Starr
Ronald Stasio ***
Jeffrey L. Stein
Joseph R. Steiner ***
Anthony R. Stephen
Abby D. Stevens
Dereka Steverson
Ron-Karar H. Stewart
Suzeana M. Stewart
Angela Janette Stills
Melissa N. Stoll
Lindsay A. Stotz
Tawanna J. Strachan
Yu Jing Su
Ramon A. Suarez
Colleen M. Sullivan *
Chris J. Summers
Justin M. Superczynski
Jodi R. Sussman
Corey L. Sutton
Thomas J. Sutton
Jacquelene M. Sylvia
Alyssa L. Syms
Toni Tabone
Eliseo A. Taborda
Erina Takahashi
Chang V. Tang
Robert G. Tarbell
Katherine E. Teall
Nicole M. Teti *
D’Arcy S. Thomas
Ronald W. Thomas Jr.
Carrie M. Thorington **
Gabrielle J. Threet
Jennifer L. Tierney
Howard L. Tombak
Kelly A. Tooley **
Shatera Towns
Christopher D. Traugott
Melissa K. Tresley ***
Christina M. Trovato
Samson Tsige ***
Sarah E. Tucker
Marcella L. Turchiarelli
Gregory Utkin *
Milan Vagic
Joseph J. Valentino *
Jennifer L. Valeri **
Dean E. Vassor
Christina M. Vega *
Tina M. Vegas
Nikki A. Venner
Haley E. Ventura
Kevin M. Vincent
Jennifer L. Vitaris
Alexander J. Voronin
Ashley A. Wagner
Esther J. Wagner
Raymond M. Wagner
Victoria J. Wagner **
Rachael A. Waite
Jodi L. Walden **
Evan R. Waldman
Jamilla Walker *
Sara K. Walker **
Sharayah L. Walker
Fang Wang
Sherry Wang
Sara A. Ward
Kia M. Warmley
Miranda A. Warner
Heather M. Wascak *
Amanda C. Wasik
Rebecca K. Waterbury
Brittany K. Waters
Justin J. Wayne
Tennia Y. Webb
Darlene E. Weber **
Jeffrey J. Weise
Krystal A. Wells
Stephanie A. Wells
Alison M. White
Conor P. White
Katherine L. White
Blair A. Whiteside
Erinn M. Wiers
Venus M. Wiggins ***
Kristofer A. Wiktorowski
Anica S. Wilcox
Timothy M. Wilde
Jonathan P. Willax
Amir S. Williams
Miles A. Williamson
Kristin L. Wilson **
Raymond A. Wilson
Jessica R. Winford
David L. Wiseman *
Shawn M. Witkowski
Leonard Wizner
Jason M. Wojcik
Stanley F. Wojtowicz Jr.
Brien S. Woodard
Jennifer J. Woods
Jonna M. Wopperer
Ashley M. Yaiser **
Nakheon Yang **
Melissa A. Yoffee
Randall M. Yu *
Norhaza B. Yusoff **
Sarah J. Zenger
August 2010
Derrek J. Basile
Brian E. Battino
Shivani Bhog
Christopher S. Bova
Franco Bruna
Joaquin Camarena
Thomas J. Carroll
Cordale C. Coles
Derek Columbus
Nichole S. Cotton
Breauna O. Crumpler
Kelvin I. Darby
Marcus Day
Sarah F. DeMerle
Kimberly R. Demmin
Jammel Dixon
Yolanda C. Evans
Savannah R. Filbin
Nicholas V. Fitts
Jose A. Flores
Danielle T. Fortier †
Catherine E. Godwin
Sharita Griner
Carolyn A. Hanny
Nicholas G. Hayden
Anna M. Healy
Duane A. Henry
Ruthie E. Hobes
Brandon Hoerner
Alethea C. Jacox
Karessa K. John
Erin C. Kelley
Patrick J. Kelly
Lyudmila I. Kennedy
Anita I. Kerr
Victoria M. King
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Colleen M. Klas
Suzanne M. Koons
Laura L. Kowalczyk
Kevin D. Krumm
Caitlin M. Kulka-Maclellan
Dion E. Leonard
Mariah J. Lester
Heather L. Marriott ***
Melissa A. McLasky
Nicole M. McDonald
Kyle W. Miller
Tyshawn S. Myricks
Yana Nikolov
Patrice K. Nisbeth
Katiurka P. Paniagua
Jonathan Perea
Samantha C. Perkins
Nathaniel M. Persons
Tanisha L. Pinkins *
Janelle R. Ploetz ***
Eric R. Radka
Dylan F. Rassman
Jules C. Rhodes
Maurice D. Rice
Vanessa M. Rodriguez
Frances C. Roseboro
Sandra E. Scott
Le’Nee A. Threats
Lamar Timmons-Long
Aaron K. Tisdale Jr.
Andrew P. Visano
Tiffany M. Walters **
Timothy M. Walters
Brad J. Wargula
Nathan M. Weld
Ryan I. Wendt
Lindsay A. West
Alicia L. Williams
Lafayette K. Williams
Byron S. Wilson
Laura E. Yingling
Ai Yoshida
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN EDUCATION
December 2009
BACHELOR OF
TECHNOLOGY
December 2009
Elizabeth T. Aquilina *
Katie J. Baes
Jodie A. Bonnas ***
Julie E. Finiki
Claire L. Grosso
Megan L. Hoppy
Michelle E. Kaczmarek
Megan L. Mallaber
Kathryn S. McMahon ***
Jennifer D. Moretta
Jessica L. O’Connor **
Susan M. Prinzbach **
Meagan M. Sabatini
Megan M. Starr
Kelly M. Swanson ***
David M. Van Blargan **
Corey L. Wilson ***
Amauris Rodriguez
May 2010
Rachel A. Albert *
Christine N. Aquila
Joseph P. Baynes
Jeong Eun Cho **
Cristina L. Collana
Renee M. Crosby
Samantha L. Denny *
Jennifer A. Dreyer
Melissa R. Esposito
Jenna C. Frieling ***
Victoria Hainz *
Natalie M. Houck *
Melanie L. Lesswing **
Elizabeth A. Mancuso *
Erin M. McKenna ***
Paula J. Menzemer
Jennifer L. Milks
Katherine N. Niesser **
Gina M. Postolese *
Megan M. Shaver
Elise J. Shoemaker *
Gina M. Sirianni **
Jillian N. Szeluga
Corey Tornquist *
May 2010
Greg L. Chambers
Turron D. Daly
Edward J. Dutton
Barry Rafan
Todd J. Salzler ***
Robert E. Schmidt Jr. *
Isaiah A. White
MCNAIR SCHOLARS
PROGRAM GRADUATES
Nicollette T. Brown***
Novella Curtis
Duane A. Henry
Angela R. Lambrix***
Brittany D. Peoples
Mary V. Rivers
Yolanda C. Rondon**
Susanne J. Ruminski
Jennifer E. Samuel*
Jelisa C. Tonge
Kristall S. Waldron
Jennifer J. Woods
August 2010
Shawn D. Mommertz
ROSS B. KENZIE FAMILY
PRESIDENTIAL
SCHOLARSHIP GRADUATES
ALL COLLEGE HONORS
PROGRAM GRADUATES
Angela R. Lambrix ***
Brittany D. Peoples
Maria C. Rivera **
Nicole A. Berg **
Ashley M. Dauphin ***
Sarah E. Fehskens ***
Tara M. Grimmer *
Amanda L. Hamlin **
Megan E. Harrick ***
Julie B. Hashley **
Kimberly A. Jarrard *
Lauren I. Kochel ***
Michele E. Lange *
Ted J. Mallwitz ***
Candace L. Morrison **
Harvey Mosher *
Yolanda C. Rondon **
Shaquita D. Shepard *
Ashley A. Smith **
Joseph R. Steiner ***
Sara K. Walker **
List compiled March 12, 2010
May 2010 graduate listings are anticipated
based on successful completion of courses in
progress. Honors citations are anticipated based
on successful completion of courses in progress
and maintenance of current grade point average.
August 2010 graduate listings are anticipated
progress and successful completion of degree
requirements during summer 2010. Honors
citations are anticipated based on successful
completion of courses in progress, successful
completion of degree requirements during
summer 2010, and maintenance of current
grade point average.
*
**
***
†
cum laude
magna cum laude
summa cum laude
dual degree
2010 BACCALAUREATE AWARDS
ALL COLLEGE HONORS
PROGRAM
Sarah E. Fehskens
Paul T. Orrange Memorial Award
ANTHROPOLOGY
Dana A. Arnold
Lewis Henry Morgan Award
Lori A. Cerny
David Vernon Bullough Memorial
Award
Dan J. Corbitt
Award
Sarah E. Karan
Collins/Tomashevich Award
ART EDUCATION
Nathan H. Culver
Anthony and Mary Caccamo Award
(2009)
Garrett Fallin
Dean’s Award for Excellence
Silvia Miller Award (2007)
Alberta L. Parker
Stanley A. Czurles Award for
Excellence (2009)
Elizabeth M. Platt
G. Peter Jemison Award
Alison M. Szymanski
Dean of Arts and Humanities Creative
Associates Award
ARTS AND LETTERS
INTERDISCIPLINARY
PROGRAM
Taylor C. Wahlstrom
BUSINESS
Caitlin M. Cimato
Benneth U. Ibe
Dr. Chrzanowski Analytical Award
Kenya L. Lewis
Iota Sigma Pi National Honor Society
Nicholas Jonmaire Forensic Award
Phi Lambda Upsilon Honor Society
Noel Simmons Memorial Award
Lindsay A. Morris
Harvey Mosher
Saul Barron Memorial Award
(2009)
Starks Associates Award
Kostantina K. Sarandeva
American Chemical Society
Distinguished Student Award
Minority Student Award
Outstanding Performance in CHE 301
Raymond A. Wilson
(2009)
COMMUNICATION
Adam M. Buchanan
Outstanding Student in Media
Production
Jeffrey J. Duquette
Outstanding Student in
Communication Studies
Kimberly J. Herman
Outstanding Student in Public
Communication
Katie P. McGowan
Outstanding Student in Journalism
Phillip R. Weiss
Dean’s Award for Outstanding
Communication Student
Wall Street Journal Award
Ashley C. Koch
Outstanding Student in the Business
Department—Marketing
Concentration
Melissa K. Tresley
Outstanding Student in the Business
Department—Management
Concentration
CHEMISTRY
Hajar Aakil
Wilson Greatbatch Organic Award
(2009)
Iota Sigma Pi
Noel Simmons Memorial Award
Dawn M. Auble
American Institute Award
Linus Pauling Award
COMPUTER INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
Cathleen M. Cherven-Oczytko
Excellence in Computer Information
Systems Award
Melissa Nieves
Systems Award
Mark W. Reboy
Systems Award
Heath J. Shepard
Systems Award
Geoffrey F. Thomas
Systems Award
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Kember L. Greco
Looseleaf Law Publications Award
Samson Tsige
Donald J. Griffin Memorial
Scholarship Award
Gregory Utkin
Criminal Justice Faculty Certificate of
Merit
DESIGN
Jihea Eum
Arts and Humanities Creative Associate
Frank J. La Rue
Award
EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM
Ruthie M. Coleman
Buffalo State College Alumni
Association Award
Arthur O. Eve Distinguished Student
Achievement Award
Venus M. Wiggins
Buffalo State College Alumni
Association Award
Matthew C. Herrington
Hyatt Design Award for Excellence in
Ceramics
Sooja Lee
Metals/Jewelry Design (2009, 2010)
Gary A. Luniewski
Wood/Furniture Design (2008, 2009)
Sanford I. Nusbaum Award for
Excellence in Furniture Design
Mariko Masabuchi
Fibers (2008)
Hayley M. Meister
Earl Wolfgruber Scholarship Award for
Excellence in Communication Design
(2009)
Chad M. Pentoney
John J. Jauquet Student Award for
Creative Excellence in Ceramics (2009)
Sumiyo Roland
Annual Sylvia Rosen Endowment for
Ceramic Art and Design Award (2009)
Hilary W. Salmon
Earl Wolfgruber Scholarship Award for
Excellence in Communication Design
(2008)
Rachel I. Timmins
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Design
John J. Jauquet Student Award for
Creative Excellence in Metals/Jewelry
Design (2008)
DIETETICS AND NUTRITION
Melinda C. Bewley
Eunice Frisbee Mason Scholarship
(2008, 2009)
Blanch Kelsey Scholarship (2008)
Alma Roudebush Scholarship (2009)
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Mark D. Bookhagen
Outstanding Student Award
Brandon F. Kawa
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
AND READING
Rachael M. Flynn
Excellence in Urban Education Award
(2009)
Kristen N. Kramarik
Norma Sutter Award for Excellence in
Student Teaching (Fall 2009)
Caitlin A. Mack
Excellence in Urban Education Award
(2009)
ENGLISH
Colleen G. DeLucia
English Department Award for
Excellence
Daniel J. Graham
Excellence
Tyler B. Johnson
Dr. Joan Rosso Award
Angela R. Lambrix
Melissa J. Martinelli
Excellence
Thomas A. Poehnelt
Excellence
EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION
Elizabeth T. Aquilina
Gustave and Geraldine Werner
Foundation Award (2007)
Victoria Hainz
Paul Thoms Council for Exceptional
Children Membership Award (2007,
2008, 2009)
Megan L. Mallaber
Children Membership Award (2008)
Elizabeth A. Mancuso
Children Membership Award (2008,
2009)
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Erin M. McKenna
Kathryn S. McMahon
Katherine N. Niesser
Jessica L. O’Connor
Megan M. Shaver
Kelly M. Swanson
Mallory M. Herman
Anthony Sokolowski Scholarship
Award (2009)
Phillip Macleod
Dr. Manny T. Koginos U.S. History
Student Award
Ted J. Mallwitz
Award in History (2009)
Thomas G. Powell History Award
Ron Orr
Kathleen Mallea Award for Excellence
in Social Studies Education (2009)
G. Allen McFarren Award for
Excellence in Student Teaching
Eric T. Umphreyville
Award in History
HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM
Ryan Flanagan
FINE ARTS
Maureen C. McDermott
Photography Student Award (2009)
Cameron P. Spivey
Printmaking Student Award (2009)
GEOGRAPHY AND
PLANNING
Keith D. Benes
Western New York American Planning
Association
Lindsey Higgins
Updraft Meteorology Award
Katheryne T. Whittemore Award
Hart Hotel Scholarship
Laura M. Maguire
Pano’s Scholarship
Taryn Moskal
Pano’s Scholarship
David L. Wiseman
Hospitality and Tourism Department
Scholarship
New York State Club Managers
Association of America Eric Scott
Scholarship
Nakheon Yang
Hospitality and Tourism Department
Scholarship
Joseph A. Petre
National Council for Geographic
Education
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Launi K. Gold
Outstanding Contribution to the
Health Major
Katelyn M. Grew
Excellence in Health
Lisa M. Johannes
National Undergraduate Health
Education Major of the Year (American
Association of Health Education)
Outstanding Senior Health Major
Megan M. Porterfield
Outstanding Community Service
Award
HISTORY AND SOCIAL
STUDIES EDUCATION
Ruthie M. Coleman
Eric Brunger Award of Merit
Amizetta J. Graham
Thomas F. Higgins Scholarship Award
(2009)
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INDIVIDUALIZED STUDIES
INTERDISCIPLINARY
PROGRAM
Katherine N. Bolognese-Gress
INTERCOLLEGIATE
ATHLETICS
Jesse K. Adair
Buffalo State Scholar-Athlete (2008,
2009)
SUNYAC All-Academic Team (2007,
2008, 2009)
SUNYAC Commissioner’s List (2008,
2009)
Peter N. Anthony
2009, 2010)
2008)
2009)
Casey R. Bull
2009, 2010)
SUNYAC All-Academic Team (2008)
SUNYAC Commissioner’s List (2009)
Melanie B. Bullard
Buffalo State Scholar-Athlete
Nathan H. Culver
2009, 2010)
2007, 2008, 2009)
2008, 2009)
Latoya D. Edwards
2009, 2010)
2009)
2009)
Steven R. Fox
2009, 2010)
2007, 2008, 2009)
2008, 2009)
Jenna C. Frieling
2010)
2009)
Thomas A. Fusillo
2009, 2010)
2007, 2008, 2009)
2008, 2009)
Katelyn M. Grew
2009, 2010)
2007, 2008, 2009)
2008, 2009)
Kaitlin M. Henderson
Courtney A. Hilliker
2009)
Meghan E. Jarrell
2009, 2010)
2007, 2008, 2009)
2008, 2009)
Shareef Labreche
2009, 2010)
2008, 2009)
2009, 2010)
Steven Orfanos
2010)
2009)
Francesca T. Reckley
SUNYAC All-Academic Team
Kelly E. Reuter
2010)
2008, 2009)
2009)
Molly E. Seifritz
2009, 2010)
Kelly M. Swanson
Buffalo State Scholar-Athlete (2009)
2009)
Jennifer L. Tierney
Kelly A. Tooley
2009, 2010)
2008, 2009)
2009)
Alyssa J. VanDurme
2010)
2008, 2009)
Victoria J. Wagner
2009, 2010)
2007, 2008, 2009)
2008, 2009)
Mindy L. Wendt
2009, 2010)
Randall M. Yu
2009, 2010)
2007, 2008, 2009)
2008, 2009)
INTERIOR DESIGN
Amanda K. Nahumck
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Interior
Design
MATHEMATICS
Katelyn M. Hitzges
Mabel D. Montgomery Award
Benjamin T. Kanouse
Ruth E. Heintz Award in Mathematics
Joseph R. Steiner
Association of Old Crows Award
(2009)
Award (2008)
Rustgi Family Memorial Award (2009)
Sigma Pi Sigma (2008)
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Peter N. Anthony
Special Political Science Award
Darryl R. Groth
Outstanding Student in Political
Science Award (2009)
Michael R. Pfonner
Science Award
John R. Rodgers
Science Award
Yolanda C. Rondon
Raymond P. Stone Memorial Award
William I. Schwartz
MODERN AND CLASSICAL
LANGUAGES
Award
SPEECH-LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGY
Nicollette T. Brown
Anna P. Burrell Diversity Scholarship
(2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor
Society, Beta Chapter (2007)
George Dougherty Scholarship for
Health Professionals (2006–2007)
Laura L. Kowalczyk
Laura Ann Wells Memorial Scholarship
(2009)
Undergraduate Summer Research
Award (2008)
Jennifer E. Samuel
Anna P. Burrell Diversity Scholarship
(2006)
STUDENT AFFAIRS
Mildred Keller Campbell Student
Leadership Award
Matthew Ralbovsky
Undergraduate Student Employee
of the Year
Sarah E. Fehskens
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Foreign
Language
Ernest S. Falbo Modern Language Prize
(2009)
Shane Hallnan
Charles A. Messner Classic Prize
(2009)
Ted J. Mallwitz
PSYCHOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
Kei Okada
Eric A. Achille
Esther McGinnis Award in Psychology
Vincenzo Piraino
David Vernon Bullough Outstanding
Senior in Psychology Award
Brittany J. Smetanka
Esther McGinnis Award in Psychology
Charles A. Messner Classic Prize
SOCIAL WORK
MUSIC
Megan M. Abbott
Lenore Rollett Wright Award for
Achievement in Music
Emily A. Herberger
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Music
Siobhan P. O’Brien
Lenore Rollett Wright Award for
Achievement in Music (2009)
PHILOSOPHY AND
HUMANITIES
Melissa J. Martinelli
Outstanding Religious Studies Student
(2009)
Joseph Yoder
Outstanding Philosophy Student
Philosophy Sterling Scholarship (2009,
2010)
PHYSICS
Yianna E. Fantrazzo
Dewayne Beery Physics Scholarship
Award (2008)
Rustgi Family Memorial Award (2004)
James Wells Award (2009)
Janelle R. Ploetz
Excellence in Social Work Award
Jacquelyn Spencer
Venus M. Wiggins
Epsilon Pi Tau (2009)
George T. Amann
Kristin E. Antis
Matthew D. Benedetto
Brittany I. Chonka
Brian L. Ellis
Peter R. Greenhalgh
Megan E. Harrick
SOCIOLOGY
Kyla L. Christie
Herbert Auerbach Social Action Award
(2009)
Quinita S. McKinney
Imaginative Sociologists of the Year
Award (2009)
Samantha J. Schuck
Richard Siebert Outstanding
Internship Award (2009)
Carl L. Stokes
Award (Outstanding Minority Student)
(2009)
Jenelle S. Jones
Stephen J. Jones
Letisha C. Marsh
Tara M. O’Reilly
Kenneth G. Stafford III
Miranda A. Warner
TELEVISION AND FILM
ARTS INTERDISCIPLINARY
PROGRAM
Brook E. Rewa
THEATER
Candace L. Morrison
James R. Steiner
Mina S. Goossen Award for Excellence
in Theater
WHO’S WHO AMONG
STUDENTS IN AMERICAN
UNIVERSITIES AND
COLLEGES
Jennifer M. Arroyo (2009)
Krystal R. Bellanti
Nicollette T. Brown
Caitlin M. Cimato
Anna E. DeBalski
Latoya D. Edwards
Sarah E. Fehskens
Brandon F. Kawa
Julie C. Kosmerl
Shareef LaBreche
Angela R. Lambrix (2009, 2010)
Sooja Lee
John J. McGowan (2009, 2010)
Nozomi Miyake
Katherine N. Niesser
Cheryl A. O’Connor
Kei Okada
Kelly E. Reuter
Mary V. Rivers
Yolanda C. Rondon
Jennifer E. Samuel
Sasha R. Stauffer
James R. Steiner (2009)
Melissa K. Tresley
Samson Tsige
Dean E. Vassor
Phillip R. Weiss
Venus M. Wiggins
Lafayette K. Williams
Nakheon Yang
Jessica N. Quibell
Barry Rafan
All awards listed were granted in
2010 unless otherwise stated.
Student of-the-Month Award (May
2006)
David Siembida
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2010 CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES AND C.A.S.
MASTER OF ARTS
December 2009
Candice E. Baller
Malene Damsted
Julius J. Kiss
Nicola R. Matthews
Gretchen L. McCormack
Carolyn S. Mendlewski
Lisa M. Mendolia
Aron S. Meyer
Christopher A. Morello
Michael P. Nichols
Wei Qian
Salvatore T. Sedita
Robert J. Stasio
James A. Trimboli
August 2010
Tamara G. Apostolou
Megan M. Berkey
Im N. Chan
Melody S. Chen
Jennifer L. Dennis
Jennifer T. DiJoseph
Amanda N. Doherty
Christina S. Finlayson
Robin K. Foley
Shauna L. Freiermuth
Yinghui Li
Jennifer M. McGlinchey
Suzanne M. Prabucki
Eileen T. Sullivan
Nathan E. Sutton
Claire E. Walker
May 2010
John W. Aramini
Danielle E. Brooks
Jason M. Burns
Kurt B. Carlson
Denise L. Clay
Deidre R. Cole
Nini Dong
Francis A. Drakes
Carin L. Falzarano
Shannon L. Fuller
Matthew G. Gianno
Patrick E. Goatseay
Daniel M. Human
Justin G. Karcher
Timothy D. Knisley
Kristina L. Kopp
Sean R. Martin
Don A. Martinez
Spencer D. Morgan
Laura J. Nightingale
Aiko Omori
Luigi Palumbo
Shawn M. Peters
Kevin P. Polster
Noelle L. Rayman
Denise L. Rose
Jimy Rosemberg
Diane V. Rzepka
Kristina M. Schmidt
Michael W. Sebaaly
John A. Sebold
Eric R. Snyder
Joel R. Soloman
Edson J. Timana
Christopher A. Wayne
Alexis S. Yaeger
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MASTER OF SCIENCE
December 2009
Daniel L. Adamchick
Nicole M. Alfano
Mohammad Ali
Piedade M. Alvares
Tennille M. Anderson
Diane L. Bachor
Laurie L. Barszcz
Jacob D. Beiter
Brian J. Benstead
Jean E. Bross-Judge
Melissa N. Cimato
Brian A. Clay
Molly L. Copp
Joshua B. Croxton
Carrie A. Czumak
Rahma Dona
Allen A. Dubolino
Erliza Erliza
Lucia Del Carmen Escobar
Shannon P. Foster
James P. Fox
Sofia E. Freites Heinsen
Tun Kuo Fu
Claudia C. Gil
Brandon M. Gilliland
Tiffany L. Hamilton
Dorothy J. Hawkins
Marvin S. Holmes
Randy W. Hurrle
Austin I. Iheke
Lindsey M. Johnson
Sara Karimian Khamseh
Tracy A. Kelly
Jeffrey R. Kowalski
Jennifer C. Kwiatek
Richard T. Lepkowski
Erika Londono
Scott A. Luikart
Stavros Michailidis
Susan M. Miller
Sheila Mills-Lamptey
Ronna S. Mink
Brandi M. Moses
Sammy N. Naji
Stephanie K. Norrod
Christine M. Norton
Jessica L. Ograbisz
Margaret L. Parry
Christine J. Pratt
Roland S. Rachinger
Resmiatin Resmiatin
Glenda V. Roberts
Adriana P. Rocha Paez
Juan C. Rodriguez
David C. Scott
Rashone D. Scott-Williams
Carl M. Spilles
Stephanie L. Spry
Susan T. Stiner
Esther T. Stockmann
Jennifer W. Swinehart
John D. Titta
Lynette M. Towns
Sherice L. Tyes
Christopher J. Warden
Susannah L. White
Molly S. Whitehead
Susan C. Witmer
Peter K. Yap
Jennifer L. Yates
David A. Yost
Sara M. Zak
May 2010
Afriki Afriki
Woenya K. Agboh
Rola G. Al-Ghosain
Hala Al-Mir Ahmad
Gladys M. Alvarez
Andrea R. Amell
Liana F. Amy
Angie S. Anggari
Brian A. Arleth
Ery R. Artini
David I. Backer
Martina H. Baker-Sohn
Tereka N. Baltimore
Jonathan J. Barone
Deborah J. Barr
Heath B. Beatson
Kristin E. Beck
Gary J. Beharry
Alyssa M. Bennett
Donna M. Bennett
Siri R. Berman
Julie A. Betz
Kimberly A. Billoni
Tara L. Bissett
Bart A. Blum
Jason W. Boring
Celeste M. Borja
Carol R. Braniff
Jarrod S. Brown
Nicole L. Brown
Leah M. Brownell
Tiffany N. Butler
Valerie-June L. Button
Amy M. Cappuzzello
Leonora E. Cardenas
Courtney A. Carreon
Lisseth C. Cedeno
Joseph Chacko
Anna B. Chechak
Karen E. Cheyne
Julie A. Chojecki
Suzanne M. Ciesla
Andrew B. Cipriano
Karina G. Copland Rosenqvist
Kenneth W. Crockford
Garrett H. Crosbie
Alejandra V. Cruz Milano
Cassandra J. Czarnecki
Peter M. Czosek
Shaila C. D’Costa
Pauline S. Davidson
Michaelene R. Dawson
Ronald S. De Vries
Phyllis A. DePronio
Scott J. Dickerson
Chad M. Dispenza
Kristen S. Dixie
Bonnie A. Doliszny
Kimberly A. Dreyer
Kari S. Ellis
Samaa S. Farghaly
Shekuira C. Feaster
Maria del Pilar Fernandez Gutierrez
Laura A. Fitzpatrick
Megan A. Flaherty
Martha E. Flannery
Andrea Flores Burbano
Sarah B. Francis
Pamela A. Fuselli
Zlatka I. Gaydarova-Stoilova
Kayla M. Gebauer
Tracy Gladkowski
Alan E. Glodt
Leonid Golyadkin
Jose A. Gomez Rodriguez
Leonela Gonzalez
Teresa M. Gonzalez
Erica N. Gooden
Laura B. Gordon
Benjamin H. Grant
David F. Granville
Craig M. Green
Deborah A. Green
Barbara J. Gruppo
Natalia R. Guerra
Sarah C. Guzman
Marcus S. Hairston
Kevin M. Hamm
Wuri Handayani
Yustina R. Handoko Sunarti
Septiana Hanikusumaningtyas
Faizan M. Haq
Courtney L. Harris
Margaret T. Harris
Kristin A. Heath
Carolina Hernandez
Aimee E. Hill
Angela M. Hirtzel
Lisa K. Holmes
Heather C. Honeycutt
Delores Hutchinson
Jean-Pierre J. Issa
Jemima P. Jackson
Nubia A. Jaimes
Jasmin S. Jasin
Renaud Jean-Gilles
Mattie R. Jones
Jamie M. Jueckstock
Courtney O. Keller
Sharon A. Kempton
Austin J. Kenyon
Erica A. Kerr
Maryam A. Khatib
Josephine Khoury
Lori M. Kiefer
Derwin A. Kitch
Jessamine O. Koenig
Ranjit Kolla
Lisette Kopecky
Anthony Kossmann
Jessica M. Kubiak
Laksmi Kusuma
Bryan R. LaDuca
Tara K. Lafferty
Katherine A. Lamberton
Monica R. Lanzetta
Suyen N. Laycock
Joseph K. Leeman
Kimberly J. Leeman
Michele L. Lenhart
Ada Amelia Lezaeta
Nina M. Littlejohn
Sylvia N. Lloyd
Paige E. Love
JoAnn MacNeil
Ondrea M. Mack
Lisa A. Mahl
Selwaan Mahmoud
Ismaila Mane
Maria C. Mangano
Joshua A. Martin
La Shonda R. Martin
Rocio A. Martin Yañez
Tikia L. McBean
David A. McKnight
Latoya M. McRae
Bethany J. Meekins
Hainer Mendoza
Anthony J. Mermigas
Kimberly L. Moore
Mariana J. Morrill
Elizabeth Munoz
Eros E. Munoz Jimenez
Rama P. Muthukrishnan
Ashley A. Neeb
Brett A. Nelson
Nicole L. Nelson
Audrey Nomdoe
Nyandusi A. Nyachae
Shannon C. O’Brien
Kimberley D. O’Grady
Kent A. Olden
Betsy Oquendo
Andrew M. Orth
William J. Osinski
Maria V. Oviedo
Lorfina Pacheco
Lisa M. Pasqualichio
Laurence E. Patrick
Matthew C. Pedersen
Sonia Penaranda-Taggart
Robert J. Pendlebury
Joanne T. Perez
Massiel E. Perez Torres
Jacqueline Petersen
Lydia R. Pettis
Penny L. Plante
Ana I. Porras
Susan E. Powers
Jessica L. Pratt
Louise M. Price
Estela M. Proano
Anita H. Pusztay
Gloria Quarmine
Daniel T. Quider
Nyeema H. A. Quinniey
Faisal Quraishi
Christine A. Reese
Sara E. Renzi
Demetrius M. Rhodes
Damon J. Rickett
Laurel A. Riefler
David B. Rivas
Jackie L. Roberson
Sandra M. Robledo
Thomas C. Rolfe
Clinton J. Ronan
Kimberly A. Root
Sharon M. Ross-Jones
Solomon J. Rotstein
Julie K. Ruiz
James W. Russell
Teryl A. Russell
Renee M. Russo
Florian Rustler
Shaunessy D. Ryan
Mary M. Sanabria
Robert D. Sanders
Marie C. Sanz
Christian Scholtka
John D. Schunk
Alecia M. Scott
Latrece M. Seneca
Aaron M. Shiah
Laura K. Sirotti Wong
Burcu Sivrikaya
Amber A. Small
Ana Maria Solorio
Roma M. Soni
Claudia Soto
Alexander J. Sowyrda
Barbara Speck
Padmavathi Sreenivasan
Jean L. Stachelski
Stuart R. Stephenson
Jellema Stewart
Sara A. Stryffeler
Victoria R. Sturman
Jason P. Surdej
Theresia P. Suryanti
Morris W. Suttles
Evanka Swampillai
Maria Isabel Szotyori Gomez
Diana Tatamihardja
Tracy M. Tillapaugh
Winton Tran
Santina M. Tulumello
Richard J. Vanstone
Michael Venditti
Magdalena Villarreal Lugo
Veronica Villasmil-Lecaro
Léonard H. Walker
Tamell E. Walker
Kai Wang
Li Wei Wang
Erin E. Wick
Maria Widiastuti
Warih Wijayanti
April M. Wilcox
Natalie O. Wilhelm
Edward J. Wilhelm II
Marissa A. Wilson
John C. Wilt II
Kevin Wogenrich
Heather L. Wolf-Rochford
Adrienne C. Wright
Amber Wyne
Ebru Yenal
Mark A. Zaffalon
Graciela L. Zamora
Diego Zaragoza Tejas
Eman A. Zenhom
Yan Ping Zhao
Daniel H. Zimmerman
Erica A. Zulawski
August 2010
Rodney Barrons
Daniel R. Compo
Leah C. Feroleto
Ashley A. Harrington
Mayra Lopez-Perez
Francois B. Malo
Chizuko Sakumi
Louise A. Toth
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MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN EDUCATION
December 2009
Arlene A. Adams
Jeffrey R. Adamski
Kimberly A. Ahrens
Joseph D. Archabald
Molly R. Babcock
Mark A. Baker
Carina F. Baldassarre
Nicole L. Barry
Tracey L. Blodgett
Kristin K. Booth
Jason W. Bork
Jennifer A. Borowicz
Jennifer M. Breier
Jennifer T. Brooks
Cheryl A. Burk
Allison J. Bush
Eric J. Cane
Dawn M. Carroll
Jillian C. Chimera
Pratibha Chopra-Sukumaran
Sarah L. Clark
Walter J. Cole
John M. Collins
Patrick N. Covell
Susan E. Cowan-Strach
Elizabeth C. Cunningham
Jamie M. Dehn
Dane M. DiCesare
Stefanie M. Dipasquale
Nicole C. Dobbs
Kristin D. Druzbik
Carissa L. Elchehabi
Ashley N. English
Jennifer M. Failla
Krista L. Feather
Jamie L. Ferrentino
Stuart H. Fleming
Marielle J. Foster
Jayne M. Garlapow
Sarah F. Germann
Kristen R. Griffin
Auguste O. Grover
Jerome C. Haick
Kathryn M. Hamilton
Michael D. Hamner
Juan A. Hernandez
Kathy L. Horschel
Kristie L. Huttenlocker
Erin M. Jamesson
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Laura V. Johnson
Amy M. Judge
Allison A. Kasperczyk
Heather R. Keesler
Tressa L. Kennedy
John D. Kobielski
Jessica L. Kohl
Katherine H. Krygier
Holly A. Kubicki
Amy L. Lawrence
Paul M. Lederhouse
Heather T. Lee
Valerie A. Lehman
Jessica Lesniak
Kevin D. Lesniowski
Michael P. Lester
Michelle A. Littler
Daniel F. Lorenc
Kimberly A. Louttit
Kathleen M. Lysek
Leah M. MacVie
Steven Maranto
Michelle L. Marshall
Nicole F. Martucci
Amanda D. Maupin
Michelle L. McAndrew
Kristen B. McCabe
Heather D. McClellan
Meghan S. McKellar
Timothy D. Mead
Matthew W. Meader
Lindsey A. Meyers
Kristina M. Miles
Jeanette M. Miller
Kurt J. Minervino
Laurie A. Mioducki
Joseph D. Molfese
Heather M. Natale
Ashley E. Noecker
Jacob A. O’Keefe
Dawn E. Owczarzak
Zachary M. Palcic
Pamela B. Pane
Shauna J. Pantano
Steven J. Papapanu
Natalie C. Patterson
Jessie C. Perison
Leah L. Pratt
Jesse D. Pritchard
Lori A. Propis
Dawn B. Quiter
Patricia A. Recchio
Julia A. Reif
Julie J. Romano
Mary Ellen Ryan
Angel L. Sanchez
Lisa A. Schaff
Andrea L. Schmalz
Nicholas B. Schmitt
Ryan J. Schwarzott
Jaclyn M. Seeger
Debora A. Shafer
Heather A. Shean
Amanda J. Sheehan
Emily R. Sikoski
Christie M. Sims
Stanley P. Skotnicki
Melissa D. Streiff
Audrey B. Sullivan
Nicole L. Tamfer
Mary E. Taravella
Jennifer J. Tedesco
Robert G. Tulowiecki Jr.
Jennifer L. Vaccaro
Liza M. Waters
Daniel L. Weiss
Erich Wheeler
Ashley L. Wisholek
Andrea M. Yarnes
Grace M. Young
Megan E. Zipp
May 2010
William B. Adkison
Ashley N. Agnello
Raneem Y. Almadani
Yadira V. Austin
Jessica A. Avery
Kelly L. Baetzhold
Noemi L. Bailey
Alexis L. Balk
Thomas A. Baumgartner
Elizabeth A. Bavisotto
Rachel K. Berg
Valerie A. Bernal
Cassandra M. Best
Jamie L. Bienko
Richard A. Blane
Michael M. Bliss
Josh S. Blumberg
Leah D. Bogdan
Brittany M. Bonetto
Jennifer Bopp
Carianne P. Borodzik
Michelle N. Bradfield
Lauren E. Brosius
Arron K. Brown
Pamela M. Buchanan
Andrea M. Buckley
Kevin S. Buckley
Jamie M. Buffamonti
Jeffrey M. Burke
Amanda L. Caffarelli
Jennifer D. Carr
Marquest V. Castillo
Amanda E. Cavarella
Ryan C. Ceroky
Chandra W. Cheek
Lindsay C. Clack
Anna M. Cosgrove
Sarah M. Courtney
Brittany L. Coyne
Ruben Cruz
Sara A. Cusick
Amy L. Damasiewicz
Jacob S. Daniels
Stacey J. Danner
Angela N. Demmin
Lauren N. Diehl
Crystal A. Dispenza
Barbara A. Dominesey
Lianne K. Dupree
Jennifer L. Egan
Sally M. Eggink
Melissa M. Everett
Yael Farkas
Melissa A. Farrell
Erin S. Fenar
Brandon M. Foley
Nicole B. Forant
Julie M. Fremont
Jaime A. Ganti
Carleen T. Gartelman
Kristin M. Gernatt
Grant W. Gillan
Rebecca L. Gold
Paul F. Goodrich
Brighid A. Gordon
Melissa C. Gowin
David A. Grant
Rebecca J. Gray
Chad M. Gross
Mary A. Guevara
Lauren B. Hager
Kim M. Hamann
Jonathan M. Hamilton
Kristen M. Hamilton
Amanda E. Haney
Kelly N. Hansen
Lori L. Harrington
Elisabeth A. Hartley
Nicole L. Hartman
Lynne M. Heim
Kathryn A. Hein
James J. Helms
Debra A. Hennessy
Lynn A. Hesse
Elizabeth E. Hinton
Jennifer L. Hirsch
Soc-Yann Ho
Mary Kate Hojsan
Nicole E. Howell
James D. Howson III
Timothy W. Hughes
Dennis J. Hyla
Heather L. Kaiser
Kellilyn R. Kajfasz
Lindsay V. Kaminsky
Amy B. Kamysz
Jim R. Kennicutt
Christopher M. Kensy
Kristie A. Keppler
Joseph R. Kester
Brian M. King
Meaghan G. King
Tiffany D. Knarr
Andrew A. Kornacki
Julie A. Kowalski
Meghan K. Lamb
Kelly L. Laskowski
Donald C. Lee
Michelle L. Lemmo
Danielle M. Liberto
Anthony J. Lograsso
Melissa L. Lorkowski
Jennifer M. Lubba
Michele R. Luby
Jennifer L. Lyford
Andrew J. Macvie IV
Elizabeth A. Marsh
Daniel D. Martin
Lidsay M. Martinez
Jessica L. Matthews
Zina Matthews-Holmes
Dawn M. McGee
Kristen M. McVay
Katie L. Meiler
Jamie L. Merkle
Katrina L. Merrill
Cara M. Minervini
Lindsay A. Missel
Ryan D. Mohr
Gloria L. Morningstar
Emily N. Muise
Dawn M. Murphy
Stephanie L. Murray
Jennifer L. Norcia
Lauren E. O’Laughlin
Jenelle N. Orosz
Joshua J. Ostroff
Kimberly S. Palinski
Julie A. Pavlock
Kimberly M. Pawlak
Denice M. Perillo
Ashley E. Piazza
Stephanie N. Pierce
Elizabeth A. Pollak
Sandra N. Reagan
Anthony S. Riccio
Kristin S. Rickert
Saba J. Rizvi
Thomas G. Root
Rebecca M. Rueger
Kelly L. Russo
John A. Sandecki
Maria D. Scaffidi
Jillian J. Schmitt
Daniel P. Scholz
Kathleen C. Schuta
Stephanie R. Schwab
Christina J. Sebastiano
Michael J. Segal
David A. Sellan
Lauren C. Serwicki
Amy E. Sessions
Ashley L. Shanahan
Erin K. Sheehan
Jennifer L. Shilling
Teresa L. Siejak
Sara M. Silvestri
Justin W. Simet
Jennifer M. Smith
Andrea L. Steffenhagen
Michelle A. Steszewski
Emily R. Stillwell
Joel M. Sullivan
Matthew D. Swanson
Christopher J. Tarantelli
Robert G. Thuerck
Richard M. Venator
Bethany J. Vivian
Amanda J. Voglmayr
Kristina L. Vranjes
Katherine M. Walker
Caitlyn M. Wallace
Michele A. Warmus
Robert W. Warmus
Kenneth J. Waszak
Deborah M. Whalen
Chelsea A. Wiechec
Monika T. Wisor
Stephanie F. Wolf
Sarah L. Zielonka
Tara L. Zimmerman
Chelsea A. Zinck
Richard P. Ziolo
Christina M. Zynda
August 2010
Jenna A. Boyce
Katelyn E. Burns
Adrienne J. Bykowicz
Maureen A. Byrne
Allison L. Davis
Kristen M. Genovese
Leah J. Klahn
Alyssa M. Klenk
Gina N. Kupfer
Robert E. Merkle
Jose L. Perez
MASTER OF
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
December 2009
Molly E. Barry
Andrew D. Musial
CERTIFICATE OF
ADVANCED STUDY
December 2009
Jason B. Madden
Richard W. Rittling Jr.
Carolyn A. Scalzi
Mary B. White
May 2010
Matthew J. Brown
Gregory E. Burgess
Anna P. Caci
David E. Evans
April B. Jayes
Tammy L. Messmer
Julie M. Patterson
Rosalie D. Radoccia
August 2010
Megan M. Berkey
Im N. Chan
Melody S. Chen
Jennifer L. Dennis
Melissa K. Goulet
Eileen T. Sullivan
Nathan E. Sutton
Claire E. Walker
List compiled March 12, 2010
May 2010 graduate listings are anticipated based
on successful completion of courses in progress.
August 2010 graduate listings are anticipated
progress and successful completion of degree
requirements during summer 2010.
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2010 GRADUATE AWARDS
ART CONSERVATION
Megan M. Berkey
Buffalo State College Tuition Grant (2008, 2009)
Leo and Karen Gutmann Foundation Fellowship (2007, 2009)
Marks Family Fellowship (2008)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship (2008)
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2009)
Saxe Family Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Margaret L. Wendt Foundation Fellowship (2007)
Im N. Chan
Hoskins-Smith Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Ross B. Kenzie Family Foundation Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Samuel H. Kress Fellowship (2009)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship (2007, 2008)
Eileen T. Sullivan
Bandrowski Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Brost Family Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Getty Grant Program Fellowship (2009)
Leo and Karen Gutmann Foundation Fellowship (2007)
Arthur E. Smith – Hoskins Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Nathan E. Sutton
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship (2007, 2008, 2009)
Fannie Kestenbaum Paull Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Claire Walker
Melody S. Chen
Art Conservation Department Student Fellowship Fund (2009)
C. Teo and Jennifer Balbach Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Margaret and Charles Balbach Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Samuel H. Kress Fellowship (2007, 2009)
Jennifer L. Dennis
Margaret and Charles Balbach Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Margaret L. Wendt Foundation Fellowship (2007)
Melissa T. Balbach and John K. Bace Art Con Fellowship (2005)
Buffalo State College Tuition Scholarship Recipient (2004, 2005)
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2006, 2009)
Linda Joan Levy Paull Art Conservation Fellowship (2004)
Stockman Family Foundation Fellowship (2004)
Hoskins-Smith Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Linda Joan Levy Paull Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
ART EDUCATION
Jennifer M. Breier
Art Education Master’s Award
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Mary M. Sanabria
Morgan Award
ENGLISH
John W. Aramini
Outstanding Graduate Student Award
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Barbara A. Dominesey
Excellence in Educational Technology Graduate Student Award
Carissa L. ElChehabi
Melissa T. Balbach and John K. Bace Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Allan Kenzie Family Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
Garman Family Art Conservation Fellowship (2008)
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Kellilyn R. Kajfasz
Valerie A. Lehman
Leah M. MacVie
Stanley P. Skotnicki
2010 GRADUATE AWARDS
EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION
Yadira V. Austin
Judith Bondurant-Utz Early Childhood Award (2009)
Rachel K. Berg
SPEECH-LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGY
Valerie A. Bernal
Academic Excellence Award
Clinical Excellence Award
Joseph and Mary Jean Daly Varga ’43 Graduate Award (2009)
Angela N. Demmin
Jenna A. Boyce
Lauren N. Diehl
Dane M. DiCesare
Horace Mann Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in
Exceptional Education (2009)
Lianne K. Dupree
Paul Thoms Council for Exceptional Children Membership Award (2006)
James F. Reville Scholarship (2007)
Heather R. Keesler
Meghan K. Lamb
Paul Thoms Council for Exceptional Children Membership Award (2009)
Stephanie F. Wolf
WHO’S WHO AMONG
STUDENTS IN AMERICAN
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
Yadira V. Austin
Rachel K. Berg
Kevin M. Hamm
Elizabeth A. Marsh
Dawn M. Murphy
Jenelle N. Orosz (2009)
Jose L. Perez
Laurel A. Riefler
Winton Tran (2009, 2010)
Soc-Yann Ho
Kristie A. Keppler
All awards listed were granted in
2010 unless otherwise stated.
Elizabeth A. Marsh
Jamie L. Merkle
Cara M. Minervini
HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
Audrey B. Sullivan
Norman F. Weaver Award for Excellence in Historical Research
and Writing (2009)
Kimberley S. Palinski
LITERACY SPECIALIST
Pamela B. Pane
Alpha Upsilon Alpha Action Research Award, Runner-Up
Chelsea A. Zinck
Alpha Upsilon Alpha Action Research Award, Winner
Caitlyn M. Wallace
STUDENT PERSONNEL
ADMINISTRATION
Nicole M. Alfano
OUTSTANDING MASTER’S PROJECT
Outstanding Academic Performance
Daniel L. Adamchick
Development of Purpose-Built CNC Rolling Lathe for Production (December 2009) Laurie L. Barszcz
John J. Earshen, Associate Professor of Technology, Project Adviser
Jennifer M. Breier
Symptoms of Society: A Study of Issues Regarding the Incorporation of
Female Artists in Art Curricula and Approaches to the Pedagogy of
Gender Matters in Education (December 2009)
Alice C. Pennisi, Assistant Professor of Art Education, Project Adviser
Jamie M. Jueckstock
Robert A. Davis Scholarship
Tracy A. Kelly
Monica R. Lanzetta
OUTSTANDING MASTER’S THESIS
Nicola R. Matthews
Poverty Through the Looking Glass: How Neoclassical Economics
Veils the Nature of Poverty (December 2009)
Tae-Hee Jo, Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance, Thesis Adviser
Salvatore T. Sedita
Tracing Shadows: The Africanist Presence in Hawthorne’s The House of the
Seven Gables and Morrison’s Jazz (December 2009)
Aimable Twagilimana, Professor of English, Thesis Adviser
Winton Tran
Robert A. Davis Scholarship
TECHNOLOGY
Daniel L. Adamchick
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AWARD PAST RECIPIENTS
SUNY HONORARY
DOCTORATE
1985
William Cruickshank
1986
B. F. Skinner
Willard Genrich
1987
Milton Glaser
John Patrick Montague
Katherine Dunham
1988
Paul G. Bulger
1989
Tom Wicker
1991
Carl T. Rowan
1992
Mary Futrell
A. R. Gurney
1993
David Maybury-Lewis
1994
Diane English
Milton Rogovin
1995
Charles Rand Penney
1996
Robert Guthrie
Laura Rankin
Cornel West
1997
Elaine Wingate Conway
Tom Fontana
Horace Mann
Robert Pokelwaldt
2004
Vern L. Bullough
André De Shields
2005
Deborah Oppenheimer
Thomas C. Perry
2006
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Hank Nuwer
2008
Tom Calderone, ’86
Lorene Cary
2009
Marsha Norman
SUNY DISTINGUISHED
PROFESSOR
1973
Harold F. Peterson—History
1983
Irene M. Hulicka—Psychology
1987
Vern L. Bullough—Dean, Faculty of
Natural and Social Sciences
2002
Francis R. Kowsky—Fine Arts
2009
Ann C. Colley—English
SUNY DISTINGUISHED
TEACHING PROFESSOR
1973
Fraser B. Drew—English
1978
Joseph F. Wincenc—Music
1995
Marvin J. LaHood—English
1998
Avery Brooks
Colin Powell
1997
George T. Hole—Philosophy and
Religious Studies
1999
Barry Callaghan
Allen Tinney
1998
Dan A. Kushel—Art Conservation
2000
Robert Kresse
Christopher Newton
Oscar Arias Sanchez
Maurice Sendak
2001
Monroe Fordham
Rita Moreno
Thomas Murphy
2002
Ross B. Kenzie
Darlene Clark Hine
2003
Susan Schmidt Bies
G. Peter Jemison
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2000
James D. Haynes—Biology
2009
Andrea Guiati—Modern and
Classical Languages
SUNY DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE PROFESSOR
1975
John Urban—Biology
1977
Richard Brown—History and Social
Studies Education
Stanley A. Czurles—Art Education
Walter B. Greenwood—English
1979
J. Stephen Sherwin—English
1982
Ruth B. Noller—Center for Studies
in Creativity
1981
Ann L. Egan—Consumer Studies and
Home Economics
1982
Nancy B. Belfer—Design
1985
Horace Mann—Exceptional Education
1985
Marvin LaHood—English
1986
Joseph A. Fekete—Geography
and Planning
1988
Howard M. Reid—Psychology
1992
Nuala M. Drescher—History and
Social Studies Education
1997
F. Christopher Tahk—Art Conservation
1999
Edward O. Smith Jr.—History and
2002
Betty J. Cappella—Educational
Foundations
2003
Janet E. Ramsey––Communication
2005
Sharon F. Cramer—Exceptional
Education
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
IN TEACHING
1973
Arthur P. Ackerman—Learning and
Behavioral Disorders
Eric Brunger—History
Thomas S. Weinberg—Sociology
1974
John C. Carbonara—Philosophy
Bradley A. Lown—Psychology
Richard C. Towne—Learning and
Behavioral Disorders
1975
Stanley A. Czurles—Art Education
John B. Morganti—Psychology
Antoinette M. Paterson—Philosophy
1976
M. Virginia Wyly—Psychology
1977
Robert Davitt—Geosciences
James R. Orgren—Geosciences
John A. Palmer—Behavioral and
Humanistic Studies
Norman F. Weaver—History
1978
John E. Mack—Geosciences
Rex Miller—Industrial Arts/Vocational
Education
1980
Gerhard Falk—Sociology
Francis Lestingi—Geosciences, Physics,
Interdisciplinary Sciences
1989
Donald D. Leopard—History and Social
Studies Education
Frank J. Pascarella—Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation
1990
William E. Engelbrecht—Anthropology
1991
James Palermo—Educational
Foundations
Richard P. Seibert—Sociology
1994
Victor H. Balowitz—Philosophy and
Religious Studies
Donald L. Birdd—Earth Sciences and
Science Education
Thomas J. Quatroche—Educational
Foundations
1995
Eileen M. Schoaff—Mathematics
1996
Scott G. Isaksen—Center for Studies
in Creativity
1997
Virginia E. Grabiner—Sociology
James O. Grunebaum—Philosophy
and Religious Studies
Andrea Guiati—Foreign Language
1998
Katherine B. Hartman—Art Education
Eliane McKee—Foreign Language
Kerran L. Sanger—Communication
1999
David A. Carson—History and Social
Studies Education
M. Katherine C. Sacca—Exceptional
Education
2001
Frederick C. Howe—Educational
Foundations
2002
Michael Johnson—Modern and
Classical Languages
Kay Johnson-Gentile—Elementary
Education and Reading
2005
Theodore F. Byrley—Economics and
Finance
2006
Barbara T. Bontempo—English
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AWARD PAST RECIPIENTS
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S
IN FACULTY SERVICE
2005
Zhang Jie—Sociology
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S
IN LIBRARIANSHIP
1983
Susan P. Besemer—E. H. Butler Library
1987
Sr. Martin Joseph Jones—E. H. Butler
Library
1989
Shirley A. Posner—E. H. Butler Library
1990
Bruce K. Andrew—E. H. Butler Library
1992
Mary K. Delmont—E. H. Butler
Library
1994
Carol J. Richards—E. H. Butler Library
1981
Minerva J. Goldberg—Instructional
Resources
1987
Jack C. Brueckman Jr.—Small Business
Development Center
David A. Burdette—Budget Office
1996
Wendy A. Paterson—Academic Skills
Center
Steven E. Shaffer—Facilities Planning
1997
Scot R. Eckert—Campus Services
1998
Roslyn Berkovitz—Educational
Opportunity Program
Richard J. Lee—Associate Dean, Faculty
of Applied Science and Education
2002
Pooja Tivary—Bachelor of Science
Paulette M. Wydro—Bachelor of Science
Julie Ann Reszczenski—Master of
Science in Education
2000
Stephen S. Mangione—Instructional
Technology
2003
Sheetal Anand—Bachelor of Science
Kwabena Boakye—Bachelor of Arts
Julie A. Dils—Bachelor of Science
Lorraine J. Gammack—Bachelor of
Viktoriya Magid—Bachelor of Arts
Craig Reynolds—Master of Science in
Education
2001
Karen L. Johnson—STAR Program
2002
Stephanie B. Zuckerman-Aviles—Career
Development Center
1999
G. Charles Newman—E. H. Butler
Library
2003
Rebecca J. Schenk––Budget Office
2009
Maureen A. Lindstrom—E. H. Butler
Library
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S
IN SCHOLARSHIP AND
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
2004
Harish C. Sikka—Great Lakes Center
2005
Kevin Railey—English
William F. Wieczorek—Center for
Health and Social Research
2008
Jill K. Singer—Earth Sciences and
Science Education
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S
IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1977
William Troy—Financial Aid
1978
Joyce E. Fink—Public Affairs
Daniel R. Hunter—Financial Aid
H. Gene Steffen—Instructional
Resources
Robert A. Sweeney—Great Lakes
Laboratory
2000
Clare M. Cavanaugh—Bachelor of
Ayanna Sholá Perrin—Bachelor of
2001
Jonathan C. Litwin—Bachelor of Arts
Carol Szalach—Bachelor of Science in
Education
Kelly van Hoeckel White—Master of
1997
Levirn Hill—E. H. Butler Library
2002
Albert F. Riess—E. H. Butler Library
1999
Craig Dana—Bachelor of Science
2004
Linda K. Gleckel––Faculty of Applied
Science and Education
Mary E. Greene––Institutional
Advancement and Development
2006
Gail F. Maloney—Intercollegiate
Athletics
2007
Dennis M. McCarthy—School of Arts
and Humanities
Roswell Park IV—Academic Support
Programs
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S
IN CLASSIFIED SERVICE
2009
William C. Smith—Custodial Services
SUNY CHANCELLOR’S
AWARD FOR STUDENT
EXCELLENCE
1998
Karen Edmond—Bachelor of Science
Eugene Harvey—Bachelor of Science
Richard Paige—Bachelor of Science in
Education
Alex Perry—Bachelor of Science in
Education
Theresa Varney—Bachelor of Science in
Education
2004
Tiffany D. Ciolek—Bachelor of Arts
Jude M. Jayatilleke—Bachelor of Science
Brian R. Kramer—Bachelor of Arts;
Bachelor of Science
Siobhan K. McCollum—Bachelor of
Arts
Kevin A. Reynolds—Bachelor of Science
Carol J. Shaw—Bachelor of Science in
Education
Andrew D. Verity—Bachelor of Arts
Krista L. Wierzbicki—Bachelor of Arts
2005
Nalini D. Goolsarran—Bachelor of
Science
William N. Hoffman—Bachelor of Arts
Francisco A. Lopez—Bachelor of Arts
Mary Jane Masiulionis—Bachelor of
Arts
Laticia G. McNaughton—Bachelor of
Arts
Chantz B. Miles—Bachelor of Science
Crystal C. Rodriguez—Bachelor of
Science
Pamela R. Shannon—Bachelor of
Science
Sarah E. Wilson—Bachelor of Arts
2006
Scott S. Bindemann—Bachelor of
Jennifer M. Breier—Bachelor of Science
Jessica A. Bryant—Bachelor of Arts
Nicole G. Maiorana—Bachelor of Arts
Nija D. Marshall—Bachelor of Arts
Pamela B. Szefler—Bachelor of Science
in Education
Jude M. Jayatilleke—Master of Science
2007
Leah C. Bernal—Bachelor of Science
Joel A. Capellán—Bachelor of Arts
Katherine W. Coppola—Bachelor of
Science
Megan M. Hoak—Bachelor of Arts
Kate E. Norwalk—Bachelor of Arts
Leah L. Pratt—Bachelor of Science in
Education
Sarah H. Smith—Bachelor of Science
LaShante M. Thomas—Bachelor of
Science
Ruoqiu Wu—Master of Arts
2008
LaToya E. Codner—Bachelor of Arts
Brian D. Dubenion—Master of Science
Nayrobi M. Rodriguez—Bachelor of
Arts
Natale R. Sciolino—Bachelor of Science
Matthew R. Tarasek—Bachelor of Arts
Adrienne L. Watz—Master of Arts
Kristen M. Weisel—Bachelor of Science
in Education
2009
Gertrude B. Antwi—Bachelor of Arts,
Dual Degree
Jenelle N. Orosz—Bachelor of Science
Lai Sze Wan—Bachelor of Science
Huewayne A. Watson—Bachelor of Arts
Diego E. Uribe Larach—Master of
Science
Aimee M. Levesque—Master of Arts
Awards, names, and titles listed were
current at the time awards were given.
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BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE AWARD PAST RECIPIENTS
COLLEGE COUNCIL
MEDAL
1994
D. Bruce Johnstone
1996
Donald P. Quinlan, ’53
1998
Ross B. Kenzie
Olivia Smith-Blackwell
2000
Arnold B. Gardner
2001
Walter B. Holland Jr.
2002
Brenda Williams McDuffie, ’74
2007
Matthew A. Levin-Stankevich, ’07
Jody B. Ulrich, ’82
2008
Arlene F. Kaukus, ’75
2009
Dominique Z. Gabriel, ’09
DISTINGUISHED
ALUMNUS AWARD
1965
David O. Cooke, ’41—
Assistant Secretary of Defense
William J. Fairlie, ’52—
Principal, Woodlawn Junior
High School, Buffalo
1966
Donald G. Brossman, ’36—
Former Associate Director, NYS
Schools Boards Association
Veronica E. Connor, ’35—
Supervising Principal, Grand
Island Public Schools
1967
Margaret A. Grant, ’29—
Director, Home Economics
Division, Buffalo State College
Marion G. Olsen, ’22—
Principal, Buffalo Public
School 84
1968
John P. Walsh, ’39— President
Emeritus, The William Hood
Dunwoody Industrial Institute
Stanley H. Witmeyer, ’39—
Director, School of Art and
Design, Rochester Institute of
Technology
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1969
Evelyn G. Bell, ’27—
Director of Personnel, City of
Buffalo School Department
George R. Sherrie, ’37—
Vice President Emeritus for
Administration, Buffalo State
College
1978
Albert N. Abgott, ’47—
Chairman, Erie County
Legislature; President, Partners’
Press Inc.
1990
Thomas L. Clark Jr., ’70— President,
Carver Federal Savings Bank
Thomas F. Higgins, ’71— Erie
County Sheriff
1979
Margaret Goff Clark, ’36—
Children’s Novelist
1970
Rev. Laman H. Bruner Jr., ’39—
Chaplain, New York State
Assembly
A. Marie Murphy, ’32— Faculty
Member, Lockport Senior
High School
1980
William E. Lawson, ’72—
Executive Director, Veterans
Federal Coordinating
Commission
1991
Alden F. Schutte, ’63—President,
The Schutte Group
Nancy Walker Volkert, ’57—Former
President, Volkert Meeting Planners
Inc.
1971
Howard S. VanHoff, ’26—
Assistant Superintendent for
Elementary Education, Buffalo
Public Schools
Jack Wolsky, ’55—Associate
Professor, SUNY College at
Brockport
1972
Mildred Keller Campbell, ’28—
Community Volunteer and
Philanthropist
1973
Martin Fried, ’28—
Professor of English,
Buffalo State College
1974
Edward W. Sontag, ’64—
Department Head, University
of Wisconsin School of
Education
1975
Dr. Eldene Cook Woellhof, ’45
—Director, Psychology
Department, Topeka State
Hospital
1976
Helen Bickel Wolfe, ’55— Dean,
Western Maryland College
1977
George F. Budd, ’42— President
Emeritus, Kansas State College
of Pittsburg
G. Wesley Ketcham, ’34—
Former Education Consultant,
Bureau of Elementary and
Secondary Education,
Connecticut State Department
of Education
1981
Edward T. Hunt Jr., ’52—
General Manager, Western
Area, New York Telephone
1982
Kenneth J. Braun, ’75—
Erie County Sheriff
Michael J. Fenello, ’38—Deputy
Administrator, Federal Aviation
Commission
1983
Lenora Cole-Alexander, ’57—
Director for Women’s Bureau,
U.S. Department of Labor
Richard M. Cooke, ’52—Major
General, U.S. Marine Corps
1984
Donald P. Quinlan, ’53—
CEO and President, Graphic
Controls Corp.
Eugene T. Reville, ’53—
Superintendent, Buffalo Public
Schools
1986
Daniel R. Idzik, ’56—
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel, and Secretary, Booz,
Allen, and Hamilton Inc.
1987
Tom Fontana, ’73— Television
Writer/Producer (Oz, St.
Elsewhere, and Homicide: Life
on the Street)
1988
Thomas Y. Hobart Jr., ’60—
President, NYS United
Teachers AFT/AFL-CIO
1989
Robert L’Italien, ’50— General
Manager, Teledyne Hanau
Division Inc.
1992
Kathleen A. Moskal, ’65—President,
Hue Legwear Company
Randolph Smith, ’71—Hartford
Hellcats Head Coach; Former
Player, Buffalo Braves and New
York Knicks
1993
Susan Bring Tobe, ’71—Assistant
County Attorney for Erie County
1994
Diane English, ’70—Television
Writer/Producer (Murphy Brown)
1995
Mary Lou Rath, ’56—
New York State Senator
1996
Linda Duch, ’76—Buffalo District
President, Key Bank
Margaret J. Barr, ’61—Vice President
for Student Affairs, Northwestern
University
1997
Robert Ian Bruck, ’73—Director,
Institute for Environmental
Technology Education, North
Carolina State University
Lynne M. Shuster, ’68—Volunteer
Coordinator, Alliance for the
Mentally Ill
1998
William Murabito, ’66—Associate
Vice Chancellor for University Life,
SUNY System Administration
Kevin O’Connell, ’71—Emmy
Award–Winning Broadcaster and
Meteorologist, Channel 2 News
1999
James Brandys, ’71, ’73—First Vice
President - Investments, Merrill
Lynch Private Client Group
Tom Calderone, ’86—
Vice President for Music
Programming and Talent, MTV
Hank Nuwer, ’68—Author
2000
Ernestine R. Green, ’59—Educator and
Volunteer
Evelyn S. Lieberman, ’66—
Undersecretary of State for Public
Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S.
Department of State
Christine N. Thrun, ’81—President and
CEO, Thrun Manufacturing
2001
Scott A. Baxter, ’84—Founder and
CEO, Vesta Technologies
Kathleen Gaffney, ’71—Playwright and
Actress; President, Artsgenesis Inc.
Deborah Oppenheimer, ’75—Film and
Television Producer; President,
Mohawk Productions
2002
Marion Cañedo, ’74, ’81—
Superintendent, Buffalo Public Schools
Norma Munger Sutter, ’42, ’59—
Educator and Volunteer
2003
Susan Schmidt Bies, ’67—Member,
Federal Reserve System Board of
Governors
Robert J. Lamendola, ’72—
Executive Vice President, The St. Paul
Companies; President and CEO, The
St. Paul Companies Global Surety
and Construction
Howard S. Muscott, ’77—Professor
of Education, Rivier College
Anne Rogovin, ’40, ’62—Educator,
Author
Paul A. Tokasz, ’71—Majority Leader,
New York State Assembly
2004
Rita Argen Auerbach, ’54, ’74—Artist
and Educator
Marcia Mulé, ’81—Television Producer
E. Jeannette Ogden, ’77—Buffalo City
Court Judge
2005
Harry Ausprich, ’54—President
Emeritus, Bloomsburg University of
Pennsylvania
Robert J. Kaupelis, ’51—Artist and
Educator
Theodore G. Sturgis, ’53—Educator and
Civic Leader
2006
Sylvia L. Rosen, ’71—Ceramic Artist,
Philanthropist
Edwin F. Rosinski, ’50—Founding
Director, Office of Research in Medical
Education, Medical College of Virginia
2007
Richard C. Auerbach, ’52, ’55—
Educator, U.S. Naval Reserve Captain
(Retired), Philanthropist
David Lazerson, ’77—Author, Educator,
Musician
Stan Szymanski, ’78—Senior Vice
President Digital Production, Sony
Pictures Imageworks
2008
Byron W. Brown, ’83—Mayor, City of
Buffalo
Brian M. Higgins, ’85—United States
House of Representatives, 27th
Congressional District of New York
Leonard S. Sikora, ’50—Educator and
Advocate
2009
Anthony J. Baynes, ’79—Chief
Executive Officer, A. J. Baynes Group
Todd W. Brason, ’85—Health Care
Executive
Ronald James Kelley, ’86—Physicist,
Entrepreneur
Karen E. Penfold, ’69—Community
Leader
PRESIDENT’S
DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE AWARD
1971
Frank Sedita
1972
Hon. Perry B. Duryea Jr.
1973
Ersa Poston
1975
Robert Millonzi
1976
William Donaldson
E. Dent Lackey
1977
Katheryne Thomas Whittemore
1978
Florence Baugh
1980
Mildred K. Campbell
Stephen R. Greco
1981
Kate B. Wallis
1982
Hon. Arthur O. Eve
Whitworth Ferguson
1983
Charles G. Blaine
Paul G. Bulger
1984
U.S. Rep. Jack Kemp
1985
Hon. William B. Hoyt
1986
Mario M. Cuomo
PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
1985–1986
Francis S. Lestingi—Physics
1993–1994
Marianne C. Ferguson—Philosophy and
Religious Studies
1994–1995
Robert P. Delprino—Psychology
Kathleen Mallea—History and Social
Studies Education
Diane L. Ryndak—Exceptional
Education
1995–1996
M. Katherine C. Sacca—Exceptional
Education
1997–1998
Geraldine E. Bard—English
Sharon L. Raimondi—Exceptional
Education
1987
Murray Light
1999–2000
Lucy Andrus—Art Education
Deborah L. Hovland—Modern and
Classical Languages
1988
Herbert F. Darling Jr.
2000–2001
Susan M. Leist—English
1990
Margaret Wendt Foundation
2001–2002
2002
Edna M. Lindemann
2002–2003
Scott L. Johnson––Criminal Justice
Jill M. Norvilitis––Psychology
2003
Rev. Msgr. John C. Weimer
2006
William J. Magavern II
2008
Eunice A. Lewin
2009
Gary M. Brost
Benjamin M. Zuffranieri, ’80
2004–2005
James R. Maxwell—Business
2005–2006
Andrew J. Kahn—Theater
Gary S. Solar—Earth Sciences and
Science Education
2006–2007
R. Bruce Baum—Exceptional Education
James F. Hamm—Art Conservation
2007–2008
Jean M. DiPirro—Psychology
Nanci M. Monaco—Educational
Foundations
2008–2009
James Mayrose—Technology
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EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH,
SCHOLARSHIP, AND
CREATIVITY
1985–1986
Sidney J. Parnes—Creative Studies
Education
Edward M. Schulman—Chemistry
James R. Spotila—Biology
1986–1987
Hadar Isseroff—Biology
1987–1988
Joseph R. Piccillo—Art Education
1990–1991
1994–1995
Robert L. Wood—Design
1995–1996
Joseph M. Kelly—Business
F. Christopher Tahk—Art Conservation
Jurgis Karuza Jr.—Psychology
1996–1997
Kimberley N. Irvine—Geography and
Planning
P. Rudolph Mattai—Educational
Foundations
Charles Mancuso—Performing Arts
1997–1998
H. G. Parsa—Nutrition, Hospitality, and
Fashion
Gregory W. Ebert—Chemistry
1998–1999
Stephen F. Phelps—Elementary
1999–2000
Maria Assad—Modern and Classical
Languages
Harish Sikka—Great Lakes Center for
Environmental Research and
Education
2000–2001
William F. Wieczorek—Center for
Health and Social Research
2001–2002
James L. Palermo—Educational
Foundations
Thomas J. Reigstad—English
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2003–2004
Gerhard J. Falk––Sociology
Carol B. Kirby––Modern and Classical
Languages
2004–2005
Pamela Schuetze—Psychology
2005–2006
Richard J. Herdlein—Student Personnel
Administration
2006–2007
Gerard J. Puccio—Creative Studies
2007–2008
Jozef Bajus—Design
2008–2009
Valentin E. Brimkov—Mathematics
Michael J. De Marco—Physics
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE
IN LIBRARIANSHIP
1985–1986
Mary C. Hall—E. H. Butler Library
1986–1987
Sr. Martin Joseph Jones—E. H. Butler
Library
1994–1995
Albert F. Riess—E. H. Butler Library
1995–1996
Marilyn C. Kihl—E. H. Butler Library
Hilary I. Sternberg—E. H. Butler
Library
2000–2001
Donna J. Davidoff—E. H. Butler
Library
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE IN
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1986–1987
Jack C. Brueckman Jr.—Small Business
Development Center
David A. Burdette—Budget
1988–1989
Edward O. Smith Jr.—History and
EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE
TO THE COLLEGE
1989–1990
Karen L. Jurewicz—Space Management
1992–1993
Patricia A. Sullivan—Lifelong Learning
1993–1994
Gussie Cranford—Custodial Services
Thomas Laudico—Maintenance
Equipment Building System
Marianne R. Savino—Academic Skills
Center
Frank Wenske—Physical Plant
1994–1995
Judith L. Janus—Exceptional Education
Florence D. Johnson—Academic Skills
Center
Diane E. Salvamoser—Art Education
Alice H. Sullivan—Weigel Health
Center
1995–1996
Janice D. Mazurek—Geography and
Planning
Scot R. Eckert—Physical Plant
Mae F. Moses—Physical Plant
Jerrold J. Richmond Jr.—Physical Plant
1996–1997
Joseph W. Ball—Campus Services
John D. Lysek—Campus Services
Angeline M. Price—Weigel Health
Center
Gail V. Wells—Minority Student
Services
1997–1998
Donna L. Brooks—Registrar’s Office
Carolyn S. Fusco—Faculty of Arts and
Humanities, Dean’s Office
Stephen S. Mangione—Instructional
Resources Center
Stephanie Zuckerman-Aviles—Career
Development Center
1998–1999
Debra A. Heisler—Faculty of Natural
and Social Sciences, Dean’s Office
Gay E. Hardoby—Human Resource
Management
Carole E. Schaus—Registrar’s Office
1999–2000
Nadine P. Carvelli—Elementary
John J. Freidhoff—Great Lakes Center
Nancy Terreri—Dean of Students’ Office
2000–2001
Thomas E. Coates—Events
Management
Beverly J. MacKenzie—Human
Resource Management
Tim G. Ngo—Copy Center
2001–2002
Jerry S. Boyes—Intercollegiate Athletics
Susan P. Kendt—Faculty of Arts and
Humanities Dean’s Office
Therese M. Locher—Purchasing Office
Diana M. McNerney—Art Conservation
Department
2002–2003
Judith A. Miller––Registrar’s Office
David J. Ross––Instructional Resources
Center
Richard L. Saddleson––Campus Services
and Facilities
Gwendolyn Veira––SABRE Project
2003–2004
Gail F. Maloney––Intercollegiate
Athletics
2004–2005
Kathleen M. Babcock—E. H. Butler
Library
John L. DeNisco—Business
Joan L. McCool—Counseling Center
Peter J. Sowiski—Fine Arts
Robert N. Spaner—Center for
Development of Human Services
Kathryn A. Ward—Alumni Affairs
2005–2006
Stephen A. Chris—Counseling Center
Warren J. Hoffman—Financial Aid
Office
Samuel Lunetta—University Police
2006–2007
Debra B. Howard—Sociology
Sean D. Hudson—Registrar’s Office
Kaylene D. Waite—Instructional
Resources
2008–2009
Marcia D. Burns—Modern and Classical
Languages
Heather D. Maldonado—Academic
Standards and Intervention
Kathleen M. O’Brien—Hospitality and
Tourism
EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC
ADVISEMENT
1985–1986
Richard J. Foster—Geosciences
S. James Jakiel—English
1987–1988
Thomas A. Donovan—Chemistry
Raymond W. Waxmonsky—Geography
1988–1989
Linda K. Gleckel—Exceptional
Education
James D. Haynes—Biology
1990–1991
Sarah Slavin—Political Science
1991–1992
Roswell Park IV—Lifelong Learning
1992–1993
Robert Clark—Computer Information
Systems
Sharon F. Cramer—Exceptional
Education
Marianne C. Ferguson—Philosophy and
Religious Studies
Karen L. Johnson—Academic Skills
Center
1993–1994
Shirley Bennett-Fenty—Academic Skills
Center
Linda Chalker-Scott—Biology
George T. Hole—Philosophy and
Religious Studies
Stephen F. Saracino—Design
1995–1996
Proves R. Banks—Technology
Roslyn A Berkovitz—Educational
Opportunity Program
Emile C. Netzhammer III—
Communication
Ottilie M. Woodruff—Educational
Opportunity Program
2000–2001
Michaelene M. Meger—Exceptional
Education
Evelyn Rosario—Educational
Opportunity Program
2002–2003
Maureen A. Smith––Exceptional
Education
2003–2004
Leslie K. Day––Elementary Education
and Reading
2006–2007
Dwight D. Hennessy—Psychology
2007–2008
Emma J. McFayden—Educational
Opportunity Program
Lori L. Till—Hospitality and Tourism
President’s Award
for Excellence in the Advancement of
Equity
and Campus Diversity
1999–2000
Lucy Andrus—Art Education
2000–2001
Geraldine E. Bard—English
2002–2003
Kevin J. Railey––English
2003–2004
Hilary I. Sternberg––E. H. Butler
Library
2001
Starr Rae Wooden—Bachelor of
Technology
2002
Timothy G. Zgliczynski—Bachelor of
2003
Viktoriya Magid—Bachelor of Arts
2004
Kevin A. Reynolds—Bachelor of Science
2005
Francisco A. Lopez—Bachelor of Arts
2006
Nicole G. Maiorana—Bachelor of Arts
2007
Leah L. Pratt—Bachelor of Science in
Education
2008
Natale R. Sciolino—Bachelor of Science
Matthew R. Tarasek—Bachelor of Arts
2009
Jenelle N. Orosz—Bachelor of Science
Huewayne A. Watson— Bachelor of Arts
PRESIDENT’S MEDAL
FOR OUTSTANDING
GRADUATE STUDENT
2000
Tania D. Diaz—Master of Science in
Education
2001
Vickie L. Rubin—Master of Science in
Education
2002
Jeanne M. Burns—Master of Science in
Education
2003
René A. Kauder—Master of Science
2004
María González—Master of Science
2005
Suzanna J. Ramos—Master of Science
2006
Timothy G. Zgliczynski—Master of
2007
Ruoqiu Wu—Master of Arts
2008
Brian D. Dubenion—Master of Science
2009
Diego E. Uribe Larach—Master of
Science
2005–2006
Lori V. Quigley—Elementary Education
and Reading
2006–2007
Wanda M. Davis—Student Personnel
Administration
2008–2009
Gail V. Wells—Student Life Office
1997–1998
Robert W. Brock—Fine Arts
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE AS AN
UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH MENTOR
2006–2007
Karen Sands-O’Connor—English
Jill K. Singer—Earth Sciences and
Science Education
1998–1999
Ronald D. Smith—Communication
2007–2008
Robert P. Delprino—Psychology
1996–1997
Lily M. Bink—Educational Opportunity
Program
Barbara Ann Sherman—Computer
Information Systems
PRESIDENT’S MEDAL
FOR OUTSTANDING
UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT
2000
Ayanna Sholá Perrin—Bachelor of
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ACADEMIC TRADITION
Academic Procession
The Gold Tassel
The processional begins with the entrance of the seating marshals. After all the degree candidates have been directed to their
seats, the faculty members march to their places preceded by the
head marshal. The mace bearer leads the platform party, which
includes dignitaries, honorees, and the college administration.
Graduates wearing gold tassels on their mortarboards have
completed Buffalo State’s All College Honors Program. Students
must maintain a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade point average
overall and take a number of honors courses to remain in the
program. Qualified students enter the program as freshmen from
high school, sophomores already attending Buffalo State, and
juniors transferring from community colleges.
All College Honors Program students receive an academic
scholarship of $2,500 per year. Scholarship funds are provided
by private donations and administered by the Buffalo State
College Foundation.
The Mace and Medallion
By tradition, seals of office and tools of authority have been
incorporated in the ceremonies that invest individuals with the
responsibilities and power of official leadership. Today purely
symbolic, these objects once effected control themselves, the mace
having been originally an iron club capable of breaking armor.
About the middle of the thirteenth century, the mace was
adopted for civic purposes. Much earlier, seals, from which the
college medallion was derived, constituted the official signatures of
heads of church and state. Today, the academic seal, representing
the office of college president, and the mace, standing for order
and authority, have become part of the pageantry of symbolism
involved in formal academic ceremonies.
For Buffalo State, both mace and medallion are enhanced by
their being the design and work of faculty members. The gold
medallion was designed by the late Earl W. Wolfgruber, a member
of the Design Department faculty for 20 years. A gift of the Class
of 1968, it was first used that year for the inauguration of
President E. K. Fretwell Jr. and has been worn on official college
occasions since. A neck piece was added in 1987, designed and
crafted by Stephen F. Saracino, professor of design.
The 1968 inauguration was also the first occasion for the use
of the rosewood and silver mace, designed and built by Douglas
E. Sigler, at that time an assistant professor of design. The
flaring silver flanges that circle the crown of the mace carry the
engraved names of each president of the college. Incorporated in
the total design are abstract concepts of flame, dove, and hands,
used by the college to signify learning and aspiration. All formal
academic processions are led by a mace bearer with this staff of
authority in hand.
The Gold Honors Cord
Graduates wearing gold cords at Commencement have achieved
the distinction of graduating with academic honors. An honors
citation is given to students who have maintained a minimum
3.50 grade point average for all work completed at Buffalo State.
Graduates who have completed a minimum of 54 credit hours at
Buffalo State with an average of 3.80 to 4.00 are designated
summa cum laude, 3.65 to 3.79 magna cum laude, and 3.50 to
3.64 cum laude.
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Academic Attire
Academic attire—cap, gown, and hood—is higher education’s
link with its long and illustrious past. Like judicial dress, it
originated in the twelfth century with the medieval clergy, whose
ecclesiastical dress probably derived, in turn, from civilian attire at
an earlier age. Medieval scholars were almost all clergymen, and
the earliest illustrations available show gowns that somewhat
resemble cassocks. Universities of the period were primarily
education guilds, the term “bachelor” denoting an apprentice,
“master” a full member of the guild, and “doctor” one who had
attained the highest degree of learning in a particular field.
In the United States, academic attire began to be used extensively
at the end of the nineteenth century. It has given America a
beautiful and impressive method of signifying academic honors.
The bachelor’s gown is black and worn closed, distinguished
by its long, pointed sleeves; the master’s is designed to be worn
open and has long sleeves with square base and arc cut; the
doctor’s, worn open or closed, has velvet panels down the front
and three bars on the round, full sleeve. The color of the velvet
may signify the field of study.
The hood is the most distinguishing feature of academic attire.
Its colors indicate the degree of the wearer and the institution
attended. The bachelor’s and the master’s hoods are similar in
design, but the bachelor’s is 3 feet long while the master’s is 31⁄2
feet long. The colors of the silk lining exposed in the center of
the hood are those of the institution conferring the degree, for
example, blue and gold for the State University of New York.
The edging of the hood indicates the academic discipline.
Since the hood no longer serves as a head covering, the
mortarboard, which originated in English universities, is worn.
A long tassel of black or of a color appropriate to the degree is
fastened in the middle of the top of the cap. The doctor’s cap
may have a gold tassel. Recently, soft velvet tams have become
popular for holders of advanced degrees.
Academic attire serves two purposes: It gives a sense of dignity
and tradition to the ceremony, and it links those who wear it—
students, faculty, and professionals—to all the men and women
who have sought learning over the past centuries.
ACADEMIC TRADITION
African Kente Cloth
ACCREDITATIONS
The red, black, and green hood, relatively new on college
campuses, is traditionally worn during important ceremonies
by the leadership and elders of countries that include the Ivory
Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, and Nigeria. In this country, the
Kente cloth is worn as a stole on important occasions.
Buffalo State is accredited by the Commission on Higher
Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges
and Schools, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104;
(215) 662-5606. The Commission on Higher Education
is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S.
secretary of education and the Commission on Recognition
of Postsecondary Accreditation. Buffalo State also is accredited
by the Board of Regents, University of the State of New York.
In addition, the following professional organizations have
determined that Buffalo State programs meet their accreditation
requirements:
Degree colors are as follows:
agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . maize
arts, letters, humanities . . . . . . . . . white
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . drab
dentistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lilac
economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . copper
education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . light blue
engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . orange
fine arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . brown
forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . russet
journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . crimson
law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . purple
library science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lemon
medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . green
music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pink
nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . apricot
pharmacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . olive green
philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dark blue
physical education . . . . . . . . . . . . . sage green
public administration. . . . . . . . . . . peacock blue
public health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . salmon pink
science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . golden yellow
social science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cream
social work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . citron
speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . silver gray
theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . scarlet
veterinary science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gray
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
(Weigel Health Center)
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)*
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and
Mass Communications (ACEJMC)
American Association of Museums (Burchfield Penny Art Center)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Dietetic Association, Commission on Accreditation for
Dietetics Education (CADE)**
Council on American Accreditation (ASHA members)
Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (CHRIE)
Council on Social Work Education
International Association of Counseling Services (Counseling Center)
National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT)
National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD)
National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE)***
*Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050,
Baltimore, MD 21202, (410) 347-770.
**The didactic program in dietetics at Buffalo State is currently granted initial accreditation
by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association,
120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, (312) 899-5400. The coordinated
program in dietetics at Buffalo State is currently granted continuing accreditation by the Commission
on Accreditation for Dietetics Education of the American Dietetic Association, 120 South Riverside
Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606-6995, (312) 8995-5400.
***The professional education programs at Buffalo State are accredited by the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education, 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036,
(202) 466-7496. The accreditation includes the initial teacher preparation and advanced levels of
professional education offered at the college.
Accreditation papers may be reviewed in the Academic and Student Affairs Office, Cleveland Hall 519.
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2010 COMMENCEMENT
HEAD MARSHAL
COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE
Lee Ann Grace
Amitra A. Wall
Assistant Dean, International and Exchange Programs
SEATING MARSHALS
Andrea Guiati
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Modern and
Classical Languages
Director, All College Honors Program
Karen L. Johnson
Assistant to the Director, Academic Advisement Center
Heather D. Maldonado
Assistant to the Dean, Academic Standards Office
Lori V. Quigley
Associate Dean, School of Education
Kerran L. Sanger
Associate Dean, School of Arts and Humanities
Rita M. Zientek
Associate Dean, School of the Professions
ANNOUNCERS
Roger L. Firestien
Lecturer, Creative Studies
Thomas R. McCray
Associate Professor, Communication
William E. Raffel
Commencement Committee Chair
Associate Professor, Sociology
Patricia A. Alessandra
Commencement Director for Academics
Sr. Staff Associate, Academic and Student Affairs Office
Mark T. Bausili
Registrar, Registrar’s Office
Elizabeth M. Benson
Assistant to the Vice President, Institutional
Advancement
Peter M. Carey
Chief of Police, University Police
Nancy A. Chicola
Chair and Associate Professor, Elementary Education
and Reading
Thomas E. Coates
Director, Events Management Office
Robert P. Delprino
Associate Professor, Psychology
Student Representative
United Students Government Executive Vice President
Bonita R. Durand
Executive Assistant to the President, President’s Office
Lee Ann Grace
Assistant Dean, International and Exchange Programs
Andrea Guiati
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Modern and
Classical Languages
Director, All College Honors Program
Deborah M. Insalaco
Associate Professor, Speech-Language Pathology
Melaine C. Kenyon
Associate Director for Instructional Technology,
Instructional Resources
Jodelle S. W. Magner
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Joseph J. Marren
Commencement Committee Chair Select
Amanda Mavraj
United Students Government Treasurer
Marsha L. Moses
Assistant to the Dean, Graduate School
Lindsey Porter
United Students Government Administrative Vice
President for Student Life
William E. Raffel
Jean M. Salisbury
Commencement Committee Secretary
Secretary 2, University College
Raquel J. Schmidt
Immediate Past Commencement Committee Chair
Associate Professor, Exceptional Education
James J. Sobol
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
Myrtle I. Welch
Assistant Professor, Elementary Education and Reading
Gail V. Wells
Director, Student Life Office
Rita M. Zientek
Associate Dean, School of the Professions
Keysha Johnson
Lydia Kawaler
Manager, Human Resource Information
Systems/Personnel Operations, Human Resource
Management
Kanasha Kennedy
United Students Government Senator
Buffalo State College is deeply grateful to the
members of the college community who
volunteered their time as marchers, hooders,
and ushers during the Commencement
ceremonies honoring the Class of 2010. Please
visit www.buffalostate.edu/commencement/
x543.xml for a list of participants.
Large-print copies of this program are available. Call (716) 878-6114.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE
UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Carl T. Hayden, Chair
Aminy I. Audi
Robert J. Bellafiore
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Stephen J. Hunt
Eunice Ashman Lewin
H. Carl McCall
John L. Murad Jr.
Pedro Noguera
Linda Sanford
Carl Spielvogel
Cary Staller
Harvey F. Wachsman
Gerri Warren-Merrick
Kenneth P. O’Brien, Faculty Senate
Melody Mercedes, Student Trustee
BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE COUNCIL EMERITI
Charles G. Blaine
Anne Laura Koessler Brosnahan
Sylvia Callistein
Mildred K. Campbell*
Louis P. Ciminelli
Paul P. Cohen*
Peter D. Corson
Pasquale Greco
Walter B. Holland Jr.
Edward T. Hunt Jr., ’52
Arlene F. Kaukus, ’75
Ross B. Kenzie
David Laub*
Yvonne Leftwich-Scruggs
Randolph Marks
Brenda Williams McDuffie, ’74
JoAnn M. Mikulec
Walter E. Moxham Jr.
Matthew J. Murphy Jr.*
Jesse E. Nash
Donald P. Quinlan, ’53
Olivia Smith-Blackwell
Richard H. Speranza*
Margaret G. Swift*
Paul A. Tokasz, ’71
Timothy J. Toohey
Jody B. Ulrich, ’82
Ruth Urban
Raymond Weil Jr.
Kate Butler Wallis Wickham
Nancy L. Zimpher, Chancellor
BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Linda A. Dobmeier, ’71, Chair
Ross B. Kenzie, Vice Chair
James F. Dentinger, Secretary
Gary R. Bichler, Treasurer
Susanne P. Bair, Executive Director
Anthony J. Baynes, ’79
Todd W. Brason, ’85
Gretchen Fierle
Allen F. Grum
Paul J. Lamparelli, ’82
Dennis K. Ponton
Benjamin M. Zuffranieri, ’80
BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION
Dennis K. Ponton, Interim President
Kevin Railey, Interim Provost
Voldemar A. Innus, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Stanley Kardonsky, Vice President for Finance and Management
Susanne P. Bair, Vice President for Institutional Advancement;
Executive Director of the Buffalo State College Foundation
Hal D. Payne, Vice President for Student Affairs
Dolores E. Battle, Senior Adviser to the President for Equity
and Campus Diversity
Benjamin C. Christy, Dean, School of Arts and Humanities
Ronald S. Rochon, Dean, School of Education; Associate Vice President
for Teacher Education
Mark W. Severson, Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences
Kevin F. Mulcahy, Interim Dean, School of the Professions
Paul G. Theobald, Interim Dean, Graduate School
Scott L. Johnson, Dean, University College
Manus “Chris” O’Donnell, ’77, President
Matthew E. Ryan, ’99, Vice President
Marsha D. Jackson, ’81, ’85, Secretary
Kevin Trietley, ’92, Treasurer
BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE COUNCIL
John T. Hoskins, Chair
Howard A. Zemsky, Vice Chair
William J. Bissett
James Brandys, ’71, ’73
Melissa Brinson
Robert D. Bulman, ’84
Charles J. Naughton, ’85
Alphonso O’Neil-White
Gerald C. Saxe
Nese M. Yazicilar, Student Representative
Buffalo State College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution that subscribes
to all federal, state, and SUNY legal requirements and does not discriminate against applicants,
students, or employees on the basis of race, sex, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation,
religion, age, disability, or marital or veteran status. Any violation of this policy should be
reported to the Equity and Campus Diversity Office, Cleveland Hall 415, (716) 878-6210.
It is the policy of Buffalo State College that no otherwise qualified person with a disability
shall, solely by reason of the disability, be excluded from participation in employment or access
to programs of the college.
Produced by the College Relations Office
4/10
0910-22

2010 - Commencement - Buffalo State College

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