The University of Toledo's 2017 Spring Commencement Ceremony. We also wel

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Graduates:
Welcome to The University of Toledo’s 2017 Spring Commencement
Ceremony. We also welcome family, friends and all who have supported you
during your time at The University of Toledo. While you have done the work,
this is a milestone all can celebrate.
This ceremony marks the end of a journey that has been long and incredibly
rewarding. However, the word commencement, by definition, means a
beginning. While we celebrate the closure of one chapter in your lives, we
are here to mark the beginning of the next. Your hard work, dedication and
diligence have opened doors for you that you must now venture through.
Your new degree provides you with much more than career opportunities.
It represents the education that you have received here at The University of
Toledo. No matter your major, your degree speaks to your critical thinking
and analytical skills. These are essential skills in our society. You have all the
tools to become leaders in your careers and your communities. We need you
to accept this challenge and lead in the right direction during the decades to
come.
As you approach new opportunities, remember that you are leaving here as
an alumnus of The University of Toledo. Embedded in your degree is a
network of support spread across the globe. I urge you to take advantage of it
and get involved. UT has a proud tradition of alumni reaching back to help
lift the next generation of graduates up – a tradition I have no doubt you
will continue.
Finally, I want to say on behalf of The University of Toledo Board of Trustees,
its faculty and staff, alumni and supporters, that we are proud of your
accomplishments and even more proud to have been a part of this dynamic
part of your lives. When you walk away from campus today, remember that
our door will always remain open to you, and we hope to see you again soon!
Sincerely,

Sharon L. Gaber, PhD
President
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Sharon Speyer Jeffrey C. Cole Mary Ellen Pisanelli Lucas D. Zastrow
Chair Trustee Trustee Student Trustee
Steven M. Cavanaugh Anna L. Crisp Gary P. Thieman Joseph H. Zerbey, IV
Vice Chair Student Trustee Trustee Trustee
Alfred A. Baker Will Lucas
Trustee Trustee
SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Sharon L. Gaber, PhD Michael Harders, BA
President Vice President for Advancement
Matthew J. Schroeder, MBA William N. McCreary, MBA, MS, MA, MLW
Chief of Staff to the President Vice President and Chief Information
and Technology Officer
Andrew T. Hsu, PhD
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Willie L. McKether, PhD
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion
Christopher J. Cooper, MD and Vice Provost
Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs and
Dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences Michael E. O’Brien, MEd
Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics
Lawrence R. Kelley, MSEd
Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration Peter John Papadimos, JD
and Chief Financial Officer Vice President and General Counsel
Kaye M. Patten, PhD Stephanie Sanders, MBA
Senior Vice President for Student Affairs Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management
Frank J. Calzonetti, PhD
Vice President for Research
DEANS
Jamie Barlowe, PhD Karen S. Bjorkman, PhD
College of Arts and Letters College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Gary S. Insch, PhD Kelly A. Phillips, PhD
College of Business and Innovation College of Nursing
Virginia L. Keil, PhD Johnnie L. Early II, PhD
Judith Herb College of Education College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Steven E. LeBlanc, PhD, PE Barbara Kopp Miller, PhD
College of Engineering University College
Christopher D. Ingersoll, PhD Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Dr. rer. nat.
College of Health and Human Services College of Graduate Studies
D. Benjamin Barros, JD Barbara Floyd, MA, MPA
College of Law University Libraries
Christopher J. Cooper, MD Heidi Appel, PhD
College of Medicine and Life Sciences Jesup Scott Honors College
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O R D E R OF E X E RC I S E S
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO SPRING COMMENCEMENT
MAY 7, 2017 – 10 A.M.
PRELUDE Members of The University of Toledo Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Jason Stumbo, PhD
PRESENTATION OF THE Members of The University of Toledo
FLAG OF THE Army ROTC Pershing Rifle Color Guard
UNITED STATES
“America the Beautiful” – Samuel Ward
OF AMERICA
PROCESSIONAL “Pomp and Circumstance” – Edward Elgar
“Regal Procession” – Clifton Williams
Amy Thompson, PhD, Grand Marshal
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM “Star-Spangled Banner” – Francis Scott Key
Sung by Chelsie Cree
WELCOME Sharon L. Gaber, PhD
President
RECOGNITION OF Sharon L. Gaber, PhD
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS President
THE COMMENCEMENT Christine Brennan
ADDRESS Award-winning journalist, USA Today sports columnist,
author and television commentator
PRESENTATION OF Andrew T. Hsu, PhD
DOCTORAL DEGREE Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
CANDIDATES
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Dr. rer. nat.
Dean, College of Graduate Studies
CONFERRING OF Sharon L. Gaber, PhD
DOCTORAL DEGREES President
RECOGNITION OF Congratulations by President Gaber, Board Chair Sharon Speyer and
DOCTORAL GRADUATES Graduate Studies Dean Bryant-Friedrich
(HOODING)
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O R D E R OF E X E RC I S E S
PRESENTATION Andrew T. Hsu, PhD
OF MASTER AND Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
UNDERGRADUATE
DEGREE CANDIDATES
CONFERRING OF Sharon L. Gaber, PhD
President
MASTER AND
UNDERGRADUATE
DEGREES
RECOGNITION OF Congratulations by Provost Hsu, members of the Board of Trustees
CERTIFICATE, MASTER and Deans Barlowe, Keil, LeBlanc, Ingersoll, Bjorkman, Phillips, Early,
DEGREE, BACHELOR Kopp Miller and Chair Hassan Hassab-Elnaby
DEGREE AND ASSOCIATE
DEGREE CANDIDATES
THE ALMA MATER “Fair Toledo” – Gil and Jean Strout Mohr
Sung by Chelsie Cree
RECESSIONAL Members of The University of Toledo Wind Ensemble
Conducted by Jason Stumbo, PhD
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CHRISTINE BRENNAN
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, USA TODAY SPORTS
COLUMNIST, AUTHOR AND TELEVISION COMMENTATOR
Toledo native Christine Brennan is an award-winning, national sports
columnist for USA Today, a commentator for ABC News, CNN, PBS
NewsHour and National Public Radio, a best-selling author and a nationally-
known speaker.
Twice named one of the country’s top 10 sports columnists by the Associated
Press Sports Editors, she has covered the last 17 Olympic Games.
Brennan was the first female sports writer at the Miami Herald in 1981 and
the Washington Post’s first female beat writer for the Washington Redskins
in 1985. She was the first president of the Association for Women in Sports
Media (AWSM) and started an internship-scholarship program that has
supported more than 140 female students during the past two decades.
Brennan is the author of seven books. Her 2006 sports memoir, Best Seat in
the House, is the only father-daughter memoir written by a sports journalist.
Her 1996 national best-seller, Inside Edge, was named one of the top 100
sports books of all-time by Sports Illustrated.
Brennan is a leading voice on some of the most controversial and important
issues in sports. Her USA Today column in April 2002 on Augusta National
Golf Club triggered the national debate on the club’s lack of female members.
In December 2002, Sports Illustrated’s Golf Plus section named her one of
golf’s 12 heroes of the year. Ten years later, Brennan broke the news that
Augusta National was admitting its first two female members. She also
broke the story of the pairs figure skating scandal at the 2002 Salt Lake City
Olympics and the Russian judging scandal at the 2014 Sochi Games.
Brennan earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in journalism from
Northwestern University. She is a member of the Ohio Women’s Hall of
Fame, Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism Hall of Achievement and
the Washington, D.C., Sports Hall of Fame. She has received honorary degrees
from Tiffin (Ohio) University and The University of Toledo, and is a member
of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees.
Brennan’s honors include the 1993 Capital Press Women’s “Woman of
Achievement;” the University of North Carolina’s 2002 Reed Sarratt
Distinguished Lecturer; the U.S. Sports Academy’s Ronald Reagan Award in
2002; the Jake Wade Award from the College Sports Information Directors
of America in 2003; AWSM’s Pioneer Award in 2004 and Service Award in
2016; the Woman of the Year by WISE (Women in Sports and Events) in
2005; the inaugural Women’s Sports Foundation Billie Award for Journalism
in 2006; Chi Omega’s 2006 Woman of Achievement Award, Northwestern
University’s Alumni Service Award in 2007 and Yale’s Kiphuth medal in 2013.
Both the NCAA and the Women’s Sports Foundation honored her during
Title IX 40th anniversary celebrations in 2012.
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C O L L E G E OF G R A D U AT E S T U D I E S
Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Dr. rer. nat., Dean
DOCTOR OF Lauren Rose Hurst
EDUCATION Bachelor’s Degree – The University of Toledo
Master’s Degree – The University of Toledo
Dissertation Adviser – Edward Janak, PhD
Dissertation Title – “Female Relational Aggression: What Administrators
Know and How Student Needs are Addressed”
Vandita Prasad
Bachelor’s Degree – Delhi University
Master’s Degree – University of Akron
Dissertation Advisers – Randy Vesely, PhD, and Svetlana Beltyukova, PhD
Dissertation Title – “Designing and Implementing an Evaluability Assessment
of a Career-Technical Education Program as the First Step toward Validating
Program Effectiveness: A Case Study of Toledo Technology Academy”
DOCTOR OF Andrea Lauren Kaseman Arnold
NURSING Bachelor’s Degree – The University of Toledo
PRACTICE Scholarly Project Adviser – Tsui Sui A. Kao, PhD, FNP-BC
Scholarly Project Title – “The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Prediabetic
Adults’ Lifestyle and Eating Behaviors”
Kati Elizabeth Hughes
Bachelor’s Degree – Spring Arbor University
Scholarly Project Adviser – Katherine Sink, PhD, RN, CNS
Scholarly Project Title – “Development of an Educational Toolkit for
Implementation of Evidenced-based Parenting Program in a Community Setting”
Christina Marie Liebrecht
Bachelor’s Degree – The University of Toledo
Master’s Degree – Walden University
Scholarly Project Adviser – Martha Sexton, PhD, MSN, RN, CNS
Scholarly Project Title – “Use of Simulation within Nursing Education to Assist
Students to Meet NCLEX Test Components”
Alexandra Rose Murr
Bachelor’s Degree – SUNY College, Buffalo
Master’s Degree – University of Phoenix
Scholarly Project Adviser – Huey-Shys Chen, PhD, RN, MCHES, FAAN
Scholarly Project Title – “The Efficacy of Nurse Champions in Sepsis
Protocol Compliance”
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Julie Therese Rowe
Bachelor’s Degree – Lourdes University
Scholarly Project Adviser – Marilynne Wood, PhD, MSN, RN
Scholarly Project Title – “Impact of Inpatient Diabetic Foot Care Education
on Self-Efficacy and Foot Care Habits”
Gregory Allen Shannon
Bachelor’s Degree – Lourdes University
Master’s Degree – Medical University of Ohio
Master’s Degree – The University of Toledo
Scholarly Project Adviser – Susan Sochacki, PhD, MSN, RN
Scholarly Project Title – “Evaluation of a Fall Prevention Toolkit on Inpatient,
Geriatric, Psychiatric Falls”
Erica Carol Wolff
Bachelor’s Degree – Lourdes University
Scholarly Project Adviser – Huey-Shys Chen, PhD, RN, MCHES, FAAN
Scholarly Project Title – “The Use of Sepsis Nurse Champions to Improve Patient
Outcomes in Acute Care”
DOCTOR OF Sohair Gamal Abdelnasir Brianna Archambeau
PHARMACY Abdelrahman Bachelor’s Degree –
Bachelor’s Degree – The University of Toledo
University of Michigan
Yasmine Zakaria Ayoub
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The University of Toledo
Abagail Brooke Agler
Akeem Olayinka Bale
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Bachelor’s Degree –
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Courtney Breanne Alt
Mohamad Barazi
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Bachelor’s Degree –
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The University of Toledo
Tyler Alexsandra Alverson
Rania M. Bazzi
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Bachelor’s Degree –
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The University of Toledo
Najawa Aoun
Melissa Bell
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Bachelor’s Degree –
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The University of Toledo
Bachelor’s Degree –
The University of Toledo
Nicholas E. Betka
Bachelor’s Degree –
Rania Izzat Aoun
The University of Toledo
Bachelor’s Degree –
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Bachelor’s Degree –
The University of Toledo
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