COMMENCEMENT

May 11, 2002

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF PENNSYLVANIA
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Convocation

Prelude

Pomp and Circumstance
Edward Elgar

Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key

Invocation

Message from the President

Robert C. Weber, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Gary S. Grant, Ph.D., Conductor

ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Robert Roxby
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Reverend Ronald Whited
Faith Assembly of God
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Frank G. Pogue, Ph.D.
President

How Can I Keep From Singing
Elizabeth Beckham

University Singers
Peter van den Honert, D.M.A., Conductor

Introduction of
Honorary Doctorate Recipients

Robert C. Weber

Awarding of Honorary Doctorates
Donald M. Alstadt
K. Leroy Irvis

Hooding of Honorary Doctorates

Frank G. Pogue

Harry K. Thomas
Chair, Edinboro University Council of Trustees

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Student Address

Jane E. Gibson
Bachelor of Science in Nursing

COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE
DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS

HONORS DESIGNATIONS
Gold Stoles.............................Summa Cum Laude

Alumni Greetings

Presentation of Candidates

Daniel Higham
President, Alumni Association

Robert C. Weber
Mary M. Bevevino, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate Studies
Terry L. Smith, Ph.D., Dean of Liberal Arts
Eric A. Randall, Ph.D., Dean of Science, Management
and Technology
R. Scott Baldwin, Ph.D., Dean of Education
Richard E. Arnold, Ph.D., Associate to the President for
Equity and Special Programs

Apricot ........................................................Nursing

White Stoles........................... Magna Cum Laude

Dark Blue............................................... Philosophy

Red Stoles ............................................Cum Laude

Light Blue ................................................ Education

Gold Cords .............. University Honors Program
Graduate

Peacock Blue ......................Public Administration

Red Cords............Departmental Honor Graduate

Brown....................................................... Fine Arts
Citron.................................................. Social Work
Copper ....................................................Economics
Crimson..................................................Journalism
Drab ........................................................... Business
Gray ........................................... Veterinary Science

Conferring of Degrees

Frank G. Pogue

Silver Gray...................................................Oratory

THE CEREMONIAL MACE

Green ........................................................ Medicine

Alma Mater

Robert Roxby
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Benediction

Reverend Annissa Schoolfield
St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church
Erie, Pennsylvania

Fanfare and Recessional
Edward Elgar

RECESSIONAL
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

The audience is asked to stand during the Processional and Recessional and to join in the singing of the National
Anthem and the Alma Mater.

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The ceremonial mace, a symbol of presidential
authority,
is carried at the head of the academic
Olive Green ............................................. Pharmacy
procession by the Grand Marshal, Dr. Max Azicri.
Sage Green.............................. Physical Education
A gift of the Alumni Association, the mace was
designed and executed by Professor Henry
Lemon.......................................................... LibraryScienceKatzwinkel and Dr. Seymour Blinderman, former
chairman of the Art Department. It was first used
Lilac........................................................... Dentistry
at the inauguration of Edinboro State College
President Chester T. McNerney, in 1967.
Maize .....................................................Agriculture
The mace, twenty-seven inches in length, is
topped by a sterling silver sphere studded with cir­
cular cabochon rubies, secured by bezels. The col­
Pink................................................................. Music
lar of the mace is inlaid with ebony, alternated with
Salmon Pink................................................... PublicHealthsilver relief fleur-de-lis design elements. The cul­
tured pearls mounted in cups encircle the bottom
of the collar symbolizing the thirteen state colleges
Purple ................................................................ Law
of Pennsylvania. The shaft of the mace is com­
posed
of Brazilian rosewood sections, separated by
Russet ..........................................................Forestry
sterling silver rings. The mace is terminated by a
cast sterling silver finial; the five cultured pearls
Scarlet ........................................................Theology
represent the existing curricula. The rib-like cone
White ......................Arts, Letters and Humanities
form is terminated by a small silver sphere sym­
bolizing the world.
Golden Yellow ............................................. Science
The metal working processes incorporated in
the ceremonial mace include turning, forging,
inlaying, stone setting, and lost wax centrifugal
casting.
Orange.................................................. Engineering

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THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION
The first presidential medallion was presented
to former President Foster F. Diebold during the
May, 1981 commencement ceremonies. Designed
and executed by Professor Henry Katzwinkel, the
sterling silver medallion consists of a three and
one-half inch pectoral pendant featuring on its face
the figure of a Gordon Highlander with pipes. To
the right of the piper is the Cross of St. Andrew. To
the left is the Cross of England. Flanking the figure
is the date 1857, the opening year of the University,
and garland thistles. In the background are the
hills of Scotland, and beneath the piper is an open
book, a symbol of knowledge. On the reverse side
is the sunken crest of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.

alternately bearing three different designs: the
meigle, an interlacing knotwork peculiar to the
Pictish school of Celtic art; the Tudor rose design;
and "ESC" in interlocking letters on a background
of tabby weaving. Connecting each of the collar
shields is a Cross of St. George, representing the
union of Scotland and England. The entire medal­
lion was fabricated and cast in the cire perdue (lost
wax) process.
Surrounding the silver medallion is a gold
crafted circle which reads "Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania." Professor Katzwinkel, now retired,
added this piece to the medallion especially for the
Inauguration of President Frank G. Pogue in 1997,
and it is now a permanent fixture to the medallion
representing the school's current status as a
University.

The pendant descends from a shield contain­
ing a triple-towered castle. The collar of the medal­
lion is comprised of a series of two-inch shields.

ACADEMIC VESTMENTS
The gown, the cap, and the hood, representing
the major components of the academic dress, are a
ceremonial inheritance from the medieval univer­
sities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, where
dress was the outward sign of privilege and
responsibility. The academic dress worn by those
participating in today’s academic processional
symbolizes the level of their academic attainment
and the institution they attended.

bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline
in which the doctorate was obtained.

HOOD
The most outstanding feature of the academic
dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the
master's and the doctor's degrees. The doctor's
hood is longer than the master's hood and has dis­
tinguished panels. The college or the university
granting the degree is indicated by the color of the
hood lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates
the field in which the degree was granted.

GOWN
Although the gown is more frequently black,
certain universities have authorized the use of col­
ored gowns. The bachelor's and master's gowns
are fashioned from black serge. The yoke for the
bachelor's gown is designed to be worn closed and
features long, flowing and pointed sleeves. The
master's gown is designed to be worn open or
closed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends,
and the front part has an arc cut away. The arms
protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for
the doctor's degree is made of wool, serge, or silk
with an open front faced with wide velvet panels.
The sleeves are loose and bell-shaped with three

CAP
The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually
the color of the gown. The tassel is black for the
baccalaureate and master's degree and is worn
over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for
the doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread.
Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of
the cap until the moment the degree is conferred
by the president.

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PRESIDENT FRANK G. POGUE
Tom Ridge to the Governor's Commission on
Academic Standards.
Locally, Dr. Pogue serves on the boards of
directors for the Erie Conference on Community
Development, the United Way of Erie County, the
Presque Isle Partnership (chairperson of the
Leadership Gifts Division of the 1998-1999
Endowment Campaign), and the Greater Erie
County Chapter of the American Red Cross, for
which he served as their 1997 capital campaign
chairman. In addition, he serves as an Honorary
Member of the Erie Wolves Club. He also serves as a
member of the Martin Luther King Center
Scholarship Committee and the Board of
Corporators for both the Hamot Health Foundation
and the St. Vincent Health Center. Dr. Pogue was
chairperson of the Commission for the Erie County
Millennium initiative, "Together 2000."
Recently, Dr. Pogue was honored with the Louis
J. Tullio Community Service Award which is
administered by the Erie Area Chamber of
Commerce. The Greater Erie Community Action
Committee (GECAC) honored him with the Paul P.
Martin Community Service Award in the year 2000,
and in 1999, the Distinguished Service Award for
Leadership and Vision was presented to him by the
SUNY at Albany Council of Trustees.
Dr. Pogue has shared his experiences and
expertise in the Edinboro University classroom
setting via guest lecturer presentations. He has also
taught the course titled Special Topics in Sociology for
the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. He
continues to enjoy working in the classroom
environment.
Since becoming president. Dr. Pogue has
created the concept and philosophy of the Edinboro
Family, a learner-centered environment where
students come first and are an integral part of a
caring and supportive campus community.

Frank G. Pogue was appointed the 15th
president of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
on July 1,1996.
A sociologist. Dr. Pogue holds a bachelor's
degree from Alabama State University, a master's
degree from Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. from
the University of Pittsburgh.
Prior to his presidency at Edinboro University,
Dr. Pogue was the vice chancellor for student affairs
and special programs at the State University of New
York (SUNY) Central Administration in Albany,
serving in that position for 10 years. While vice
chancellor, he also served for one year as interim
president at the SUNY College at Cobleskill. Prior to
his assignment in the SUNY Central Administration,
President Pogue was vice president for student
affairs, associate vice president for research and
educational development, dean of undergraduate
studies, and a department chairperson, all at SUNY
Albany.
Dr. Pogue participates in national, regional and
statewide leadership groups. He serves as a member
of the American Council on Education Commission
on Government and Public Affairs which advises
the Division of Governmental Relations on the
broad range of issues in which congressional and
executive branch actions affect colleges and
universities. He is a member of the American
Association of State Colleges and Universities
(AASCU) Task Force on Teacher Education and
serves as co-chair of the AASCU Forum on Rural
Services. Since 1984, Dr. Pogue has served on the
Commission on Higher Education Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools and is a former
vice chair and member of the Commission's
Executive Committee. He currently serves as
President for the Middle States Association Board of
Trustees and is a member of its Executive
Committee. He was appointed chairperson of the
Middle States Advisory Committee on Institutional
Financial Resources, which advised the Commission
on the relationship of financial resources to
institutional accreditation. Dr. Pogue also serves on
the Board of Trustees of the BACCHUS & GAMMA
Peer Education Network. Dr. Pogue is chairperson
of the State System of Higher Education (SSHE)
Commission for the Universities and Commission of
Presidents Executive Committee and is a member of
the Chancellor's Advisory Council of the State
System of Higher Education. He is a member of the
Executive Board of a Community of Agile Partners
in Education (CAPE). In October 1996, Dr. Pogue
was appointed by former Pennsylvania Governor
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GRAND MARSHAL
Leading the Academic Procession and
carrying the ceremonial mace today is political
science professor Dr. Max Azicri. A native of
Cuba, Azicri has been a member of the Edinboro
faculty since 1969. He is considered one of
America's leading authorities on Cuba, having
written two books and dozens of articles on the
subject.

As both an American scholar and a native
Cuban who witnessed the Cuban revolution of
the late 1950's, Azicri has had unique access to
the people and records of that time. His
perspective and insights on the events of the last
half of the 20th Century have been experienced
by only a handful of others. One of the
highlights of his career came just one year ago
when he was invited to attend a conference in
Cuba marking the 40th anniversary of the Bay of
Pigs invasion in 1962. Edinboro University was
one of only seven American institutions invited
to the event. Hosted by Cuban President Fidel
Castro, the American and Cuban guests were a
virtual Who's Who of key participants in the illfated invasion. As a result of participating in the
Conference, Edinboro University was presented
with sets of declassified documents from the
invasion and a complete set of videos from the
two-day conference.

Azicri earned a B.A. degree from Havana
Institute in 1952 and an M.A. degree from the
Havana School of Journalism in 1956. He
received a law degree from Havana University
School of Law in 1959. After immigrating to the
United States, he continued his education at the
University of Southern California, earning an
M.A. degree in political science in 1966, and a
Ph.D. in the subject in 1975.
He began his career in 1955 in Havana, first
as a newspaper reporter for the Diario Nacional,
then the Excelsior from 1956 to 1957, and the
Diario Libre from 1959 to 1960. After moving to
Florida, Azicri worked for Avarice, a weekly
newspaper in Miami as its South American
Correspondent from 1960 to 1962. He also was a
member of the Cuban Revolutionary Council in
Miami in the early 1960s, serving as its
delegation chairman to Uruguay and Chile.

In addition to his many visits to Cuba,
Azicri has received government grants to study
in Germany, Israel, Egypt and Yugoslavia.
Among the honors he has received are
Honored Nominee for the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education's
Professor of the Year program in 1989,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of
Education Distinguished Faculty Award for
Academic Service in 1983, and Edinboro
University Distinguished Faculty Award for
Academic Service in 1980-81.

Azicri was a member of the U.S. Army's
Cuban Units in 1963, before enrolling at the
University of Southern California where he
worked in the school's Research Institute on
Communist Strategy and Propaganda. He began
his teaching career in 1965 as a teacher at Temple
City High School and Culver City High School
before coming to Edinboro University in 1969.
Azicri's career has been dedicated to
studying and writing about Cuba, particularly
during the past 50 years. His two books; "Cuba
Today and Tomorrow: Reinventing Socialism,"
and "Cuba - Politics, Economics and Society,"
are considered among the most authoritative
written about the nation. He is currently editing
and writing for an upcoming book: "Cuban
Socialism in a New Century: Adversity, Survival
and Renewal."

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HONORARY DOCTORATE
Alstadt's community memberships include the
Cleveland Clinic Foundation's national research
advisory board; the Erie Conference on
Community Development's board of directors; the
Kloff Foundation's advisory council; and many
committees, boards and commissions for the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is also a
charter member of the Urban Coalition.

Donald M. Alstadt, chairman emeritus of the
Lord Corporation, has been selected to receive the
degree Doctor of Public Service {Doctor
Beneficiorum Publicorum, Honoris Causa) at today's
Commencement ceremony.
He is a 1947 graduate of the University of
Pittsburgh.
Alstadt began his professional career as a
consultant with the Carborundum Co. in 1946. He
began his long association with Lord Corporation
in 1947 as an executive development engineer. In
1947 he became head of research and was named
manager of central research in 1956. Two years
later he was appointed General Manager of the
Hughson Chemical Co. until 1966. He returned to
the Lord Corporation that year as executive vice
president and became president in 1968. He
continued his rise through the company ranks,
becoming vice chairman in 1975 and chairman and
chief executive officer in 1982. He was named
chairman of the board of the Jura Corporation in
1991, and chairman emeritus for Jura in 2000.

Alstadt has received many awards and honors
during his career. He has been named to Who's
Who in America, Who's Who in Industry and Finance,
and Leaders in American Science. In 1969 President
Nixon appointed him as Metropolitan Chairman of
the National Alliance of Businessmen. In 1983 he
was named the Francis Wright Davis
Distinguished Lecturer for the Applied Academy
of Sciences. In 1985 he received the Duke
University Distinguished Service Award from its
School of Engineering. That year he also won a
Distinguished Service Award from the Adhesives
and Sealants Council. In 2000 he was named to the
National Air and Space Museum's Wall of Honor.
That same year the Wisdom Society for the
Advancement of Knowledge, Learning and
Research in Education presented him with the
Wisdom Award of Honor and named him an
Eminent Wisdom Fellow of the Wisdom Hall of
Fame.
Alstadt's interests are in the dynamics of the
management of change in business and social
institutions and the technical innovation process in
industry. He is a lecturer and author of
publications
dealing
with
management,
technology and innovation, and has made films in
conjunction with National Educational Television
on "Human Attitudes and Managing Change."

Mr. Alstadt's areas of expertise include
research in rubber to metal adhesion, physics and
chemistry of surfaces, dielectrics and rheology of
materials, bioengineering, chemistry and physics
of the solid state, and mechanical dynamics.
Alstadt has had affiliations with many colleges
and universities during his career. He served on
the board of visitors and dean's council, and as an
adjunct professor and ambassador at large at Duke
University's school of engineering. He was a
member of the President's Circle at the California
Institute of Technology, the Board of Advisors of
Case Institute of Technology, and the Advisory
Board of the Mellon Research Institute of Carnegie
Mellon University. The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology appointed Alstadt to the Visiting
Committee for its Department of Material Science;
the Board of Advisors for its Center for Advanced
Engineering, and its advisory committee for the
laser biomedical research center in the Department
of Physics. Other institutions he has served include
California Institute of Technology, Franklin Pierce
Law Center, University of Pittsburgh, Thiel
College, University of Southern California,
University of North Carolina, Tulane University,
the College of William and Mary and the
University of Denver.

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HONORARY DOCTORATE
K. Leroy Irvis, former Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, has been selected to receive the
degree Doctor of Public Service {Doctor
Beneficiorum Publicorum, Honoris Causa) at today's
Commencement ceremony.

administration, prison reform, justice, and
housing. His most noted achievements included
the sponsorship and passage of legislation creating
the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission,
the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
Agency, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Equal
Opportunity Program, and the Minority Business
Development Authority. He introduced on the
floor of the House the idea of a Community
College system in Pennsylvania, and also
sponsored the 1966 legislation that created
Pennsylvania's state-related system of universities.

A native of Saugerties, New York, Mr. Irvis
graduated summa cum laude with degrees in
history and English from the State University of
New York at Albany, where he also received a
Master's degree in English literature and an
honorary doctorate in public affairs. He was
honored by his alma mater in 1969 with a
Distinguished Alumnus Award for his work as a
political leader.

Before he retired as Speaker, Temple
University published 58 of his poems in a volume
titled "This Land of Fire." In 1995, more than
200,000 of his personal papers were donated to the
University of Pittsburgh Library System. The
collection
includes
letters
and
other
correspondence, speeches, bills, resolutions,
photos and other official papers and memorabilia.
The Irvis papers became the centerpiece of Pitt's
African American Collection and related materials.

Mr. Irvis began his political career in 1958
when he was elected to the House of
Representatives from Pittsburgh's Hill District. He
served in the House for 30 years - 26 years in
leadership positions - including seven as Majority
Leader and four as Minority Leader, the longest
such tenure in House history. Mr. Irvis was
unanimously elected the 130th Speaker of the
House in 1977, and was the first speaker of AfricanAmerican heritage in the nation. The only other
unanimous election of a Speaker was that of
Benjamin Franklin. His service as House Speaker
from 1977 to 1978 and again from 1983 to 1988 was
the longest tenure as Speaker since 1774 when
Pennsylvania was a colony.

In 1998, Governor Tom Ridge and First Lady
Michele Ridge selected Mr. Irvis to be the first
recipient of the Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission's "Pennsylvania Founder's
Award" for his lifelong public service with
distinction in education, oration, the arts, social
philosophy, advocacy for civil rights education,
and the preservation and promotion of individual
rights.

Acknowledging his election as House Speaker
on May 23,1977, Mr. Irvis said: "You have elected
not a black man to be Speaker of the House of
Representatives, but, more importantly, you have
elected a man who happens to be black, and that is
the direction that this country must continue to
goWhen first selected as Majority Leader in 1969,
Mr. Irvis' colleagues in the House had no idea that
their choice was the first riveter, steel chipper,
woodcarver and poet in the nation to be elected to
such high office. His qualities, however, came from
his life experience as a wage earner, high school
teacher. World War II civilian attache. Urban
League secretary, assistant district attorney, family
man, and public citizen.

In 1999, a bill was introduced in the House to
name the East Wing of the State Capitol Building
after Mr. Irvis. The building, built in the 1980s
during Mr. Irvis' tenure, is now known as the K.
Leroy Irvis Legislative Office Building.

EDUCATOR, ADVISOR AND STAFF MEMBER
OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania President Frank G. Pogue presented the Educator of the Year, Advisor
of the Year, and Staff Member of the Year Awards to three Edinboro employees at the Spring 2002
Convocation held on Friday, April 5. The annual event is the University-wide employee recognition
program.
Dr. Patricia Flach, Elementary Education Department, is the
recipient of the 2002 Educator of the Year Award. Since joining the
Edinboro Family in 1995 as a Miller School Master Teacher and
faculty member in the department of elementary education, she
has been actively engaged in teaching full-day kindergarten at the
Miller School, and teaching math, science and foundations of
character education for the department of elementary education.
Dr. Flach is also the program director for the Character Education
Graduate Certificate Program. She is described by one of her
students as an individual who motivates her students to meet high
expectations and is always willing to help and share in the
students' excitement and success. She holds a D.Ed. in Education/
Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, serves on the Board of Directors of The Heartwood
Institute in Pittsburgh, and was the conference chair for the 2000
Pennsylvania Association for Multicultural Education Conference.
Dr. Flach is a member of numerous national and international
organizations, including Phi Delta Kappa, the Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the National
Association for the Education of the Young Child.

Dr. Kenneth Milles, Psychology Department, is the 2002 Advisor
of the Year. "Through working with Dr. Milles, I have achieved
more at Edinboro University than I ever thought imaginable. His
attitude, encouragement, wisdom and friendship have greatly
fostered my interest in the field of Psychology and inspired me to
reach for the stars. He brings out the very finest qualities in every
student's life that he touches, and he is one of the university's great
assets," wrote his student nominator. Dr. Milles earned his Ph.D. in
Psychology from Kent State University. He has published more
than 30 articles and papers and has presented at numerous
conferences and workshops. Dr. Milles is a member of the Western
Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the steering
committee of the Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate
Psychology Conference. His community service efforts include
serving as a consultant for the Hospice of Metropolitan Erie Family
Bereavement Program and the sexual offenders treatment program
at the State Correctional Institution at Cambridge Springs.

During his three decades of public service, he
sponsored more than 1,600 pieces of legislation
addressing his concerns for education, civil rights,
health, human services, mental illness, government
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RETIREES

Educator, Advisor and Staff Member Awards Cont'd.

Kerri Watson, Assistant to the Dean of Science, Management and
Technology, is the 2002 Staff Member of the Year. An individual
who has made a positive impact on the University-wide priorities,
goals and objectives through her positive attitude, innovative ideas,
leadership and commitment to students, Ms. Watson was
nominated separately by nearly every department chairperson in
the school. One of her nominators describes her as someone who
approaches every situation with an enormous amount of
understanding and compassion while at the same time upholding
academic standards. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Business
from Lake Erie College in Ohio and started at Edinboro University
in 1984 as an Admissions Recruiter. She was promoted to Assistant
Director of Admissions in 1990 and seven years later moved to her
current position. Ms. Watson is responsible for coordinating
retention activities such as those related to the Science,
Management and Technology living-learning floors in the
residence halls. She also coordinates the development of
articulation agreements with high schools and colleges.

UNIVERSITY FACULTY MARSHALS
Eugene Antley, Sociology and
Anthropology Department

Sally Lanz, Biology and
Health Services Department

Max Azicri, Political Science and
Criminal Justice Department

James LoPresto, Physics and
Technology Department

Elaine Bercik, Baron-Fomess Library

Charles Marr, English and
Theatre Arts Department

Robert Cogan, Philosophy Department
Robert Matthews, Music Department
Janies Cornelia, Mathematics and
Computer Science Department

Nazir Mughal, History Department
Karl Nordberg, Educational Services Department

Salene Cowher, Counseling and Human
Development Department

Patricia Nosel, Nursing Department
Diane Crandall, Art Department
Ronald Reinig, Social Work Department
James Dunn, Business Administration and
Economics Department

Alfred Riccomini, Special Education and
School Psychology Department

Charles Edwards, Psychology Department
Janet Rogers, Chemistry Department
Edward Erdos, Health and
Physical Education Department

Roy Shinn, Speech and Communication
Studies Department

David Hurd, Geosciences Department
Rosemary Treloar, Elementary
Education Department

Margot Koczan, Foreign Languages Department
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The administration and staff of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania would like to take this opportunity
to recognize those faculty and staff who have or are retiring.
Eugene Antley, Sociology and Anthropology
Marsha Arendash, Office of the Associate to the President for Equity and Special Programs
Donald Beckman, Educational Services
Edward Bercik, Baron-Fomess Library
Elaine Bercik, Baron-Fomess Library
Roy Brant, Political Science and Criminal Justice
Dana Bushnell, Philosophy
Janet Cummings, Housekeeping
Sandra Ferri, Maintenance
Linda Fetterolf, Educational Services
John Fleming, Baron-Fomess Library
Gloria Furcron, Academic Support Services
John Furcron, Health and Physical Education
Monir Girgis, Geosciences
Francis Gosciewski, Psychology
Myra Granat, Housekeeping
Virginia Hajewski, Foreign Languages
Rita Hayes, Ghering Health and Wellness Center
Richard Heasley, Sociology and Anthropology
Sally Hites, Enrollment Management and Retention
Donald Hoffman, History
Frank Hudak, Educational Services
David Karrfalt, English and Theatre Arts
Gerald Kiel, Enrollment Management and Retention
John Markun, Facilities
W. James McHenry, Counseling and Human Development
James Palmer, Sociology and Anthropology
William A. Reed, Jr., Development and Marketing
Robert Rhodes, Political Science and Criminal Justice
John Radovich, Athletics
Judith Schilling, Nursing
Karen Schleich, Miller Research Learning Center
Michael Schneider, Geosciences
William Schopf, English and Theatre Arts
George Shimpeno, Health and Physical Education
Charles Sink, Chemistry
Eugene Stoddard, English and Theatre Arts
Patricia Villella, Nursing
David Wagner, Physics and Technology
Arnold White, Health and Physical Education
Ronald Woodland, English and Theatre Arts
John Wooliscroft, English and Theatre Arts
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HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS

MASTER'S DEGREES

Charles R. Webber, May 1981

GRADUATE STUDIES
Mary M. Bevevino, Ph.D., Dean

Louis J. Tullio, May 1983
Milton Eisenhower, May 1985
Dr. Gertrude Barber, May 1988
Mary Porreco, May 1988

MASTER OF ARTS
Clinical Psychology

Jamie Rita Brzuz, B.A., Gannon University, 2000
Diane Louise Fortuna, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 2000
Christine Ann Kalie, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1985
Stella Irene Kyriakakis, B.A., Allegheny College, 1977
Julie Ann Magee, B.A., Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Dawn Marie Romagnola, B.A., Niagara University, 2000

Communication Studies

Jack Lewis Bunja, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000

Sr. M. Lawreace Antoun, SSJ, May 1989
Joseph DiMaggio Jr, May 1989
G. Andrew Fleming, May 1990
Walter Hendl, May 1990
I. King Jordan, May 1991
Chuck Jones, December 1991

Paul Michael Marini, B.A., Penn State University, 1997
Kira Lyrm Miskimmin, B.A., Gannon University, 1998
Anshe Jamiela Sledge, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1999
Jacquelyn Suzanne Spiegel, B.A., Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, 1999
Adam Daniel Vellone, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1996
Peter Saxe Willis, B.A., Denison University, 1994
Qi Zhang, B.A., Beijing University - Chinese Medicine, 1997

Raymond Shafer, May 1992
Charles Kennedy, May 1992
Mary Beth Kennedy, May 1992
Richard Nygaard, May 1993
Na'im Akbar, December 1993
Mahmoud Haroon, December 1994
Fiji Oue, May 1995
Louis Porreco, December 1995
Thomas Hagen, May 1996
Paul O'Neill, December 1997
Michael Zahorchak, December 1997
Fred Rogers, May 1998
Donald DiPlacido, December 1998
Dr. Yvonne Thornton, May 1999
Dr. James E. Barker, December 1999
Sir George A.O. Alleyne, M.D., December 2000
Dr. John Hope Franklin, December 2000
The Honorable Joyce A. Savocchio, December 2001

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Counseling

Eltone Ray Abdelaziz, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1997
Jennifer Berit Benacci, B.A., Northern Arizona University, 1995
William David Burkett, B.A., Huntington College, 1995
Billie Jo Coleman, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Betsy S. Cummings, B.A., Roberts Wesleyan College, 1999
Shelley Marie Johnson, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1996; M.A.,
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Angela Rose Karg, B.A., Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Deborah M. Morris, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Michael M. Oelke, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Jennifer Lenore Rhodes, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1997
Tracy R. Ryback, B.A., Alfred University, 1989
Karen Sue Sewell, B.S.N., Ursuline College, 1995
Benjamin M. Stuller, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999

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Candace Rose Sussman, B.A., Ithaca College, 1996

Ronald P. Biebel, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1993
Marjorie Kathleen Calkins Cook, B.A., Roberts Wesleyan College,
1977
Kara Elizabeth Easly, B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1994

Kristina Marie VanNorman, B.A., Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, 1999

Speech Language
Pathology

Heather Ann Hakel, B.A., University of Alaska, 1988
Julie Anne Hoefler, B.S., Allegheny College, 2000
Todd Anthony Jennings, B.A., Virginia Tech, 1999
Rachel Marie King, B.F.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1999
Kenneth Michael Maracci, B.A., Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, 1987
Rebecca Lynne McCormick, B.S., Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, 1997
Marla Ann Turley, B.S.Ed., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1986
Carolyn Louise Weichler, B.S.Ed., Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, 1983

Emily Tinley Allen, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Michelle Elizabeth Almon, B.A., Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, 2000
Sheila Balasa, B.A., Carleton College, 1999
Tina Marie Berish, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Erin J. Burke, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Danielle Nicole Chiodo, B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 2000
Richelle Celeste Fernacz, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2000

Rebecca Lynn Holko, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2000

Heather Ann Hurey, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Ian H. Jones, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000
* Kristy E. McKenzie, B.A., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania,
2000

* Ruth F. Nicholson, B.A., College of Wooster, 1999
Margaret Rose Porter, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1999
Nicole Marie Raco, B.A,, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Pushpa Parvathy Ramachandran, B.S., Ali Yavar Jung National
Institute, 1999
Mary C. Szpara, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000
* Sheila K. Taylor, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2000
Jill Anne Zamierowski, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1997

Middle/Secondary
Instruction

Stacie Lynn Bortz, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1998
Lisa M. Heidt, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Peter Joseph Natalie, B.S.Ed., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1971
Rebecca Miller Wise, B.S., Allegheny College, 1991
Lucas D. Wooster, B.S., George Washington University, 1999

Reading

Molly H. Anderson, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Jodi Lynn Gee, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Julie Ann Graziano, B.S., Gannon University, 1991
Kelli Lynn Scott-Ball, B.S., Liberty University, 2000
Michele Lee Shannon, B.S., Evangel College, 1992
Stephanie Lynn Sherwood, B.A., California State University, 1987
Sarah S. Thompson, B.A., Duke University, 1979

School Administration

Timothy Mark Burkett, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1995
Mathew Steven Caro, B.S., University of Maryland, 1992
Stephen Kelly Cragg, B.S., Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania,
1988
Carla Michelle Johnson, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1996
Michelle Helen Roberts, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1995
Sarah Melissa Roseto, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2000

MASTER OF EDUCATION
Educational Psychology

Shaunna Marie Adley, B.A., Cleveland State University, 2000
Amy Lyn Hardesty, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2000
Julie Marie McKeta, B.A., Gannon University, 1995
Lisa Maria Savelli, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Julie Lynn Tullio, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Elementary Education

Allison Eilen Alberico, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1994
Traci Yvonne Alexander, B.S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania,
1983; M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1990
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James Owen Rucks Jr., B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1991
Donald Lyle Stark, B.A., Lycoming College, 1992
Adelbert Lee Sturdevant II, B.S., California State University, 1994
James P. Walter II, B.A., Alma College, 1995

Special Education

Susan Elaine Dailey, B.S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1973
Kimberly Lynn Hefner, B.S., University of South Florida, 1996
Cathy A. Hutchison, B.F.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1976
Diana L. Joint, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1991
Elizabeth Marie Makarowski, B.A., John Carroll University, 1997

MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Fine Arts

Danielle M. Bartone, B.F.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1999
Summer Allison Bruch, B.F.A., Central Missouri State University,
1999
Stephen Edgar Heywood, B.A., Southern Utah University, 2000
Brian Lee Jensen, B.S., Southern Utah University, 1996

MASTER OF SCIENCE
Biology

MASTER OF
SOCIAL WORK
Kelly Brown, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1998
Kelly Anne Cook, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1991
Mark Alan Davis, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Claire Ann Donch, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1975
Mandy Ann Fauble, B.A., Thomas Aquinas College, 1998
Sandra K. Green, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1992
S. Christine Laythe, B.A., Carroll College, 1989
Jodi E. Manning, B.A., Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Ellen Marie Miller, B.S., Geneva College, 1995
Pamela Lynn Morgan, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1999
Shannon Leigh Ritzert, B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
1998
Amy Suzanne Wieczorek, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 2000
Shannon Danae Zuck, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1997

* Students who will complete degree requirements during Summer 2002.

Joanne Marie Anderson, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1998

The University does not claim the list of degree candidates or honors designations is absolutely accurate. Students are
granted degrees only if they meet all academic and financial requirements.

MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN NURSING
Brenda M. Long, B.S.N., University of Pittsburgh, 1998
Sharon H. Palotas, B.S.N., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Joseph W, Phillips Jr., B.S.N., Thiel College, 1993
Debra Rice Shreve, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Sally Joanne Sidelinger, B.S.N., Pennsylvania State University, 1999
Erma Lou Watt, B.S.N., Carlow College, 1991

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HONORS

CUM LAUDE

Allyson Marie Abercrombie
Eric Lawson Baker
Jennifer Lee Baker
Kristin Emily Bartholomew
James Chad Bednez
Heather Marie Brandon
Bruce Anthony Brinker
Kris Ann Bryant
Arron Jacob Cambridge
Allison M. Church
Kristina Lynne Cook
Robert David Cox
Diane Elaine Daeschner
Randall S. DeVallance
Mathew Eliot Elwell
Susan Lynn Emmert
Michael L. Evans
Jennifer Renee Fehir
Elizabeth Ceballos Fisher
Glenn Louis Franceschina
Barbara Lee Franz
Christina Faye Freitas
Corrie Marie Gaydos
Sandi L. George
Jennifer Lynn Harke
Marie L. Hawkins
Brandy J. Henderson
Brian Joseph Hnatkovich
Sarah B. Hovland
Jessica Ann Jones
Kaitlin Elizabeth Kennedy
Branaii Betty Kennell
Kelly Christine Kirdahy
Robin Ann Kline
Derek Leonard Knizner

Rebecca Eileen Lamb
Tammey L. LaPlaca
Christy L. Leonard
Amber Marie Libbon
Ryan Paul Linderson
Rebecca Ann Lloyd
Jacob Charles Malec
Daniel E. Massing
Melissa Jean Means
Tim Walter Meyers
Ryan Scott Muller
Sharon Catherine Murphy
Dane Thomas O'Brien
Emelia Anne Omniewski
Sally A. Owen
Darla Marie Pattison
Shannon Marie Plyler
Doris Avati Puja
Cynthia Anne Raab
Darla Ann Ricker
Amy Elizabeth Riggle
Laurie Anne Ropelewski
Uriah John Sampson
Melanie R. Shroyer
Christine Marie Sitek
Margaret Helen Smith
Matthew James Spade
Charles Allen Stapleton III
Kristin Ann Stempfer
Amanda Noelle Stimpson
Gail Patrice Waldinger
Amanda Ann Wiggers
Wendy Jean Wiggins
Brian Raymond Williams
Adriana A. Zieja

UNIVERSITY
HONORS PROGRAM

Honors Diploma Award
William Lloyd Bartlett
Mark Allen Borland
Cheryl Ann Farkas
Jane Ellen Gibson
Brandon Thomas Ketchum
Christian William McKinney
Rebecca Ann Munnell
Joie Brooks Puskarich
Stephanie Anne Skolnik
Julie Elaine Turner
Rebekah Michele Viszneki

General Education Honors
Award
Joseph Francis Capezzuto
Sandra Joyce Kozloff
Danielle L. Nelson
Emelia Anne Omniewski
Laura Eileen Whitford
Amanda M. Ziegenfus

The following degree candidates have earned at least 64 credits as undergraduate students of Edinboro
University and have attained the following cumulative averages: Summa Cum Laude, 3.80 to 4.00; Magna Cum
Laude, 3.60 to 3.79; and Cum Laude, 3.40 to 3.59.

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Kristy Lynn Adams
Derek Armstrong
William Lloyd Bartlett
Carrie Christina Ben-Ezra
Robin Sue Berlin
Richard Aaron Bradshaw
Steven Chadd Breyak
Joseph Francis Capezzuto
Cheryl Ann Farkas
Bethany Joy Fenton
Jane Ellen Gibson
Sharon Anne Gregg
Heidi Lynn Hawthorne
Pamela Sue Hayden
Jennifer E. Huck
Jessica Joyce Interval
Deanna Lin Keppel
Erika G. Marazas
Michelle Katherine Maze
Christian William McKinney

Randolph Scott Mellow
Juan Carlos Navarro Carrion
Kimberly Richelle Paar
Vikki L. Palmer
Eric Michael Pinto
Greg A. Robertson
Lauri Beth Saylor
Kathryn Rebecca Shumway
Stephanie Anne Skolnik
Fred Brenton Steiger
Kristy Loren Stephens
Miwa Taira
Michelle Lee Tomnay
Julie Elaine Turner
Rebakah Michele Viszneki
Mark Steven Weathers
Daniel Patrick Webster
Megan Marie Williams
Amanda M. Ziegenfus
Aaron David Zwald

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Abdellatif Abouhria
Kristy Lee Albert
Megan Elizabeth Black
Mark Allen Borland
Aileen Jean Brady
April Joy Brenner
Tara Opal Breon
Stacie Nicole Bruce
Mary Catherine Causgrove
Heather Tracy Consla
Aubrey Lynn Cook
Lisa Sue Crumb
Stephanie Ann Cutrona
Kristy Lynn Fausnaught
Billie-Jo Fladry
Beth Anne Graham
Nanette Therese Grygier
Melanie Carlson Heim
Jason Theodore Hilton
Kelly Beth Hood
Bridget Kathleen Jenney
Brandon Thomas Ketchum

Debra A. Kosteniuk
Sandra Joyce Kozloff
Matthew John Laser
Brooke Elizabeth Manz
Ellen Patricia McCarthy
Lynn A. Mihoci
Christina Marie Miller
Christa Dawn Mott
Lisa Joy Mroz
Rebecca Ann Munnell
Danielle L. Nelson
Daniel Joseph Nowosielski
Joie Brooks Puskarich
Michelle Ruth Rhodes
Robert Eric Straw
Lucinda F. Swearingen
Stephanie Ann Taylor
Daniel Aaron Warner
Suzanne Marie White
Laura Eileen Whitford
Breanna Lynn Zorich

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BACCALAUREATE AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES
SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS
Terry L. Smith, Ph.D., Dean

* Tricia Noel Murphy
Jason Matthew Noblick
William Morgan Parris
Leigh I. Rainey Jr.
Bobbie Ray
Joseph Eugene Rea
* Robert W. Schwartz
Jeffrey R Seigworth
Jancy Lynn Seus
* James T. Shaw
Matthew Robert Spitznogle
Timothy Joseph Tellers
Kelly R. Turner
Patrick Joseph Turpack
Angela Louise Urey
Anthony Paul Williams
Brian Raymond Williams - Cum Laude
Clevon Louis Wofford

BACHELOR OF ARTS
Anthropology
Lisa E. Hogan
David Geoffrey Mason
Lynn A. Mihoci - Magna Cum Laude
Mary Elizabeth Pickard

Art History
Glenn Louis Franceschina - Cum Laude
James Brandon Redden
Matthew George Shimek

Criminal Justice
Jason D. Brown
Kris Ann Bryant - Cum Laude
William John Buchleitner
Michael John Camino
Ryan Eugene Cappelletty
Aubrey Lynn Cook - Magna Cum Laude
Darlene Rochelle Davis
Dean A. Dickson
Gregg Joseph Earley
Jamie Marie Fails
Eric Michael Fries
Johnathan Erik Frisk
Lisa A. Hamilton
Breanne Renee Hillen
Matthew W. Hudak
* David P. Hunt
Brandon Thomas Ketchum - Magna Cum Laude
Christy L. Leonard - Cum Laude
Lynann R. Lorenz
Kimberly S. Magee
Scott Robert McGarvie
Kelly M. Montiel
Sharon Catherine Murphy - Cum Laude

Drama
Renee Elizabeth Campbell
Robert M. Connick
Maribeth McCarthy

English
Steven Chadd Breyak - Summa Cum Laude
Lisa A. Brown
Lee William Cherry
Norana P. Cummins
Mindy Lynn Delavem
Dayna D. Hair
Justin Robert Holt
Stephanie A. Hubbell
Michelle Katherine Maze - Summa Cum Laude
Ellen Patricia McCarthy - Magna Cum Laude
Christian William McKinney - Summa Cum
Laude
Judy E. Schrader
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Mark Allen Borland - Magna Cum Laude
Casey Dale Branstrom
Heather Francine Breit
Julie M. Clark
Kimberly Robin Elizabeth Dent
Nicole DiMichele
Susan Patricia Esper
Tanya Rose Gomola
Beth Anne Graham - Magna Cum Laude
Amy Elizabeth Grainger
Melanie Carlson Heim - Magna Cum Laude

Julie Lynne Sheldon
Charles Allen Stapleton III - Cum Laude
Julie Elaine Turner - Summa Cum Laude
Daniel Aaron Warner - Magna Cum Laude
Amanda M. Ziegenfus - Summa Cum Laude

History
Nathan Dalton Albert
Gary Leroy Collins
Nanette Therese Grygier - Magna Cum Laude
Jennifer E. Huck - Summa Cum Laude
Craig J. Huya
Robin Ann Kline - Cum Laude
Breanna Lynn Lloyd
Steven Paul Martin
Robert James Wertz Jr.

* Sarah L. Juracko
Jennifer Marie Klingman
Sandra Joyce Kozloff - Magna Cum Laude
Deanna K. Laser
Rebecca Ann Lloyd - Cum Laude
Kelley Marie Majczyk
* Tara J. McCloskey
Andrea Suzanne Mihelic
Dard S. Mongera
Rebecca Ann Munnell - Magna Cum Laude
Kimberly Richelle Paar - Summa Cum Laude
Shannon Marie Plyler - Cum Laude
Linda Ann Schreib
Melissa Lynn Stone
John V. Teti
Natalie Serena Walker
Sarah Ann Wijkowski

Humanities
Thomas Matthew Kennedy
Heather Tracy Consla - Magna Cum Laude

Music
Jacob Charles Malec - Cum Laude
Amanda Margaret Sargent
Milan George Tepshich

Social Science
Jerrad Edward Rimel
James Edward Rupp Jr.
Stephanie M. Schneider

Philosophy
William Lloyd Bartlett - Summa Cum Laude

Political Science
Stade Nicole Bruce - Magna Cum Laude
Kimberly Ann Haines
Nicolas A. Pishnery
Diane Ranee Schoonover
Jeremy Jet Ward

Sociology
Amy Farkas Hickey
Sally A. Owen - Cum Laude
Cheryl Anne Savill
Kathleen Mary Williams

Psychology
Sarah Elizabeth Abraham
Brooke H. Barthen
Robin Sue Berlin - Summa Cum Laude

Spanish
Stacie Nicole Bruce - Magna Cum Laude
Nicolas A. Pishnery
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speech Communications
Luke L. Armour
Dennis M. Burke
* Jason C. Cooper
Megan Jane Crowther
Erica Dawn Denning
Corrie Marie Gaydos - Cum Laude
Brian James Haller
Maria Rose Hills
Matthew David Jakovac
* Amy L. Lander
* Ryan R. Lapinsky
Daniel E. Massing - Cum Laude
Rebecca Suzanne Melani
Renee Christine Mennini
Jennie Marlene Monza
John Timothy O'Malley
Juliet Amanda Owens
Laura Christine Paxton
William Frederick Phillips III
Douglas Vincent Pletz
Daniel Robert Popa
Jared Premick
Christopher Joseph Rebar
Shaun Adam Salchli
Christina Renee Steams
Fred Brenton Steiger - Summa Cum Laude
Kristy Loren Stephens - Summa Cum Laude
Carla Nicole Strawoet
Julie Megan Trohoske
Lois Ann Tmdeau
Michelle Leah Tmswell
Vanessa Lynn Vanzin
* Maurissa M. Vergari
Adrienne Marie Vesely
Tara Ann Viola
Robert James Wertz Jr.
Ernest P. Wolfram
Amanda M. Ziegenfus - Summa Cum Laude

Sarah B. Hovland - Cum Laude
Melissa Jean Means - Cum Laude
Christina Marie Miller - Magna Cum Laude
Sara Jean Punsky
Lauri Beth Saylor - Summa Cum Laude
Gail Patrice Waldinger - Cum Laude
Daniel Patrick Webster - Summa Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Fine Arts-Applied Media Arts
Stephanie Nicole Adams
Bridget Elizabeth Allen
Erica Marie Antic
Greg P. Barnes
Matthew Francis Beightol
Brad A. Bender
Megan Elizabeth Black - Magna Cum Laude
Hillary Louise Bogdan
Dennis M. Burke
Arron Jacob Cambridge - Cum Laude
Joseph Francis Capezzuto - Summa Cum Laude
Sharon Camso
David Eugene Cassatt
Jerod R. Chirico
* Allison M. Church - Cum Laude
Ronald A. Churley
Christopher R. DeLucia
Joslyn Alaire Elliott
Michael L. Evans - Cum Laude
R. Brian Fleetman
Marc Andrew Hale
Tina Marie Harvey
Anne Luke Jones
Kaitlin Elizabeth Kennedy - Cum Laude
Robert R. Kneuer
Vorathit Kmavanichkit
Aaron Allen Lenk
Bradley Morris Marks
Johnitta Monet Mitchell
Ryan Scott Muller - Cum Laude
Juan Carlos Navarro Carrion - Summa Cum
Laude
Kian Chai Ng

Speech Language Hearing Disorders
Mariana Lynn Adams
Nicole Lynn Beck
Alyssa Nicole Best
Monique Yvonne Bivins
Billie-Jo Fladry - Magna Cum Laude
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

♦ Andrea Joy Parrish
Tara Lynn Petrucci
Andrea L. Porreca
Joshua Kawah Price
Michelle Ruth Rhodes - Magna Cum Laude
Jolene Rae Richards
Uriah John Sampson - Cum Laude
Joshua David Seybert
Katie Marie Sisco
Michael J. Smith
Jill Elizabeth Spencer
Kristin Ann Stempfer - Cum Laude
Robert Eric Straw - Magna Cum Laude
Adam Bradley Sullivan
Chad Christopher Watkins
Amanda Marie West
Melissa Windsor
Stephen Mac Lean Wittmaak
*
Albert G. Wood
*
Ah-Young Yoon

Social Work
Marisa Jean Adiutori
Dorothy Elaine Baker
Deanna Cosby
Karrah Jean Hopkins
Ronalynn Knight
Teresa Ann Myers
Sheryl Diane Orr
Jason Lee Reagle
Laurie Anne Ropelewski - Cum Laude
Michele Marie Semovoski
Gloria Jean Seifreit
* Matthew Joseph Stewart
Lucinda F. Swearingen - Magna Cum Laude
Stephanie Ann Taylor - Magna Cum Laude
Leah Michelle Turner
* Amy J. Unger
Rebekah Michele Viszneki - Summa Cum Laude
Darlene L. Weislogel
Lisa Ann Wolyniec

Fine Arts-Crafts
Rachel Marie Bleil
Bmce Anthony Brinker - Cum Laude
Debby Lee Carpenter
* Christopher A. Clawson
Scott D. Cornish
Kristy Ann Dubinsky
Kelly Beth Hood - Magna Cum Laude
Jennifer M. Kitchen
Derek Leonard Knizner - Cum Laude
Ryan Paul Linderson - Cum Laude
Brooke Elizabeth Manz - Magna Cum Laude
Eric Michael Pinto - Summa Cum Laude
Joie Brooks Puskarich - Magna Cum Laude
Gretchen Ann Rothenbach
Matthew George Shimek
* Melanie R. Shroyer - Cum Laude
Suzanne Marie White - Magna Cum Laude

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Criminal Justice
Derrick Montrel Davis
Thaddeus John Mickel

Human Services/Social Services
Melanie Charlene Stewart

Liberal Studies
Nicholas James DeRenzis
Bonny K. Gentle
Carla Lee Gutting
Peter Kees
Michele Lee Moncilovich

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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Eric A. Randall^ Ph.D., Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Physics
Eric Lawson Baker - Cum Laude

Biology
Elizabeth M. Pominville

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Earth Science
Heidi Lynn Hawthorne - Summa Cum Laude

Biology
Eulala Alta Marie Abbey
Kristin Emily Bartholomew - Cum Laude
Heather Marie Brandon - Cum Laude
Kathy Veronica Breisch
Catherine Elizabeth Havrilla
Emelia Anne Omniewski - Cum Laude
Lisa Marie Petsche
Doris Avati Puja - Cum Laude
Fernando Tejeda
Leeanne Faith Young

Environmental Studies/Geography
Lowell Alexander Abbadini
Loren Paul Chase
Ryan Steven Cook
Melissa Renee Cylenica
Randall S. DeVallance - Cum Laude
Aaron Charles Feerst
Gerald Patrick Leonard
* Kevin C. McCaslin
* Angela C. McWilliams
John I. Newton
Eric J. Rekitt

Business Administration
Abdellatif Abouhri - Magna Cum Laude
Carrie Christina Ben-Ezra - Summa Cum Laude
Nancy Lee Boland
Brett Bowness
Chad A. Caros
Katrina A. Copeland
Meisha Claire Englert
Vanessa Renee Fremer
Renda Leigh Greer
Angie Dee Gregory
David Patrick Gregory
Stacie Louise Hall
Wendy Kay Hallman
Brandy J. Henderson - Cum Laude
Kristen Rene Insana
Harry Lamar Jones
Hunsam Kim
Raymond J. King
Ronald J. Kleppick Jr.

Geography
Bethany Joy Fenton - Summa Cum Laude

Mathematics
Kristy Lee Albert - Magna Cum Laude
William Lloyd Bartlett - Summa Cum Laude
Heidi Gene Henning
Heather Dawn Iddings
Joseph Jacob Kodnovich

Natural Science and MathematicsAYildlife
Technology
Carrie Ann Duafala
Karen Elizabeth Revesz

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Environmental Science/Biology
Derek Armstrong - Summa Cum Laude
Jeffrey Thomas Kohut
Erika G. Marazas - Summa Cum Laude
Patricia Leigh Meshanko
Amber Dee Oyler
Gina Catherine Pistoia
Samantha Lynn Wilfong

Debra A. Kosteniuk - Magna Cum Laude
Jason S. Kovach
Adam Kenneth Kunkel
Amber Marie Libbon - Cum Laude
Amy Elizabeth Lindsey
Jaime E. Luna
Theresa Elizabeth Marino
Kevin M. Moser
Andrew Michael Nagg
Douglas B. Nagle IV
Steven Jeffrey Parkin
Shawn Nicholas Petrisko
Steve Paul Rathmann
Melissa S. Right
Christy Nichole Risner
Bert Thomas Smith
Carlos Ramon Soto
Miwa Taira - Summa Cum Laude
Brandie Jean Ward
David Paul Ziner
Joshua J. Zinz

Environmental Science/Geology
William Jack Boyles Jr.
Andrew R. Janik
Thomas Allen Mando Jr.
Yong-hwa Shin
Matthew James Spade - Cum Laude

Geology
Mathew Eliot Elwell - Cum Laude

Nursing
April Joy Brenner - Magna Cum Laude
Kristina Lynne Cook -Cum Laude
Lisa Rene Daddario
Susan Lynn Emmert - Cum Laude
Christina Faye Freitas - Cum Laude
Richard Allen Galbraith
Jane Ellen Gibson - Summa Cum Laude
Kerri Lyrm Greer
Donna Jean Haugh
LaToya Jarman
Casey V. Kirberger
Kelly Christine Kirdahy - Cum Laude
Tammey L. LaPlaca - Cum Laude
Sarah Leah Mattocks
Tim Walter Meyers - Cum Laude
Daniel Joseph Nowosielski - Magna Cum Laude
Ifeanyi Temple Onyenweaku
Darla Marie Pattison
Lisa Marie Pope
Margaret Helen Smith - Cum Laude
Stacia Keyvnia Tate
Tiffany Noelle Thomas

Chemistry
Brian Joseph Hnatkovich - Cum Laude

Computer Science
Kimberly S. Alexander
David M. Bedo
Richard Aaron Bradshaw - Summa Cum Laude
Scott Robert Perm
Christopher James Hill
Joshua P. Jones
John Paul Krotulski
Randolph Scott Mellow - Summa Cum Laude
Paresh Nareshbhai Patel
Daniel Thomas Tobin

Economics
Shawn Christian Carr

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Jessica Lee Thompson
Deborah S. Warner
Erin Marie Whaling
Adriana A. Zieja - Cum Laude

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

R. Scott Baldwin, Ph.D., Dean
Business Administration
Chih Chang
Bruce Carl Coffin
Catherine Rebecca Johns
Robert D. Migliaccio II
Brian John Richardson
Desiree Marie Schmader
Sherry L. Szoszorek
Elizabeth Ann Wilson

Nutrition
Kristin L. Ballard
Jennifer Lynn Everall
Erica L. Richerson

ASSOCIATE OF ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY

Dane Thomas O'Brien - Cum Laude

bachelor of science in

Erin Renee Rogacki
Robert Paul Schodt Jr.
Lauren Ann Snell
Stacey A. Starcheski
Amanda Noelle Stimpson - Cum Laude

art education__________

Angela Lynn Bowersox
Stephanie Ann Cutrona - Magna Cum Laude
Yvonne C. Eaton
Elizabeth Ann Homer
Scott L. Mealy
Vikki L. Palmer - Summa Cum Laude
Kathryn Rebecca Shumway - Summa Cum Laude

Brenda Kaye Swavey
Michelle Lee Tomnay - Summa Cum Laude
Amy Renee VanScoter
Mark Steven Weathers - Summa Cum Laude
Jennifer L. Woods

Sia Kristen Walker

Elementary Education/Early Childhood
Biomedical Equipment Technology
John Miczikus

Milena Rae Bish
Jessica Lee Call
Catherine Mary Cleveland
Elizabeth Ceballos Fisher - Cum Laude
Jennifer Lynn Harke - Cum Laude
Bridget Kathleen Jenney - Magna Cum Laude
Deanna Lin Keppel - Summa Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN EDUCATION
Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Cleveland Tyus Clinton
Daniel James Dell
Jason S. Kovach
Robin E. Maloney
Robert Arthur Range
Brian Scott Sypin

Elementary Education
Kristy Lynn Adams — Summa Cum Laude

Kristen Ann Klodowski
Nicole Lynn Mealy
Christa Dawn Mott - Magna Cum Laude

Melinda A. Beers
Gregory James Clapper
Jeremy Jason Collins
Robert David Cox - Cum Laude
Lisa Sue Crumb - Cum Laude
Lauren Elizabeth Davis
* Martin P. Denslow
Sandi L. George - Cum Laude
Jill Marie Giovanelli
Sharon Anne Gregg - Summa Cum Laude

Anna M. Proya
Cynthia Anne Raab - Cum Laude
Darla Ann Ricker - Cum Laude
Beverly Christine Wanner

Elementary Education/Mentally and
Physically Handicapped
Allyson Marie Abercrombie - Cum Laude
Aileen Jean Brady - Magna Cum Laude
Mary Catherine Causgrove - Magna Cum Laude
Cheryl Ann Farkas - Summa Cum Laude
Kristy Lynn Fausnaught - Magna Cum Laude
Jennifer Renee Fehir - Cum Laude
Jessica Lynne Gaab
Susen M. Hice
Bradley Dale Johnston
Jessica Ann Jones - Cum Laude

* Stacey L. Haas
Angela Marie Haefner
Andrew M. Heimes
Philip Evan Heubach
Marianne Irene Hinton
Jennifer E. Huck - Summa Cum Laude
Jessica Joyce Interval - Summa Cum Laude
* Adam Tucker Kaufman
Branaii Betty Kennell - Cum Laude
Tara E. King
Lannea B. Leehan
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Rebecca Eileen Lamb - Cum Laude
Nicole Lynn Larimer
Marci Lou Musgrove
Amy Elizabeth Riggle - Cum Laude
Wendy Marie Rzodkiewicz
Stephanie Anne Skolnik - Summa Cum Laude
Laura Eileen Whitford - Magna Cum Laude
Amanda Ann Wiggers - Cum Laude
Megan Marie Williams - Summa Cum Laude

Secondary Education - Comprehensive
English
Jennifer Lee Baker - Cum Laude
Natalie Lynn Juliussen
Danielle L. Nelson - Magna Cum Laude
Wendy Jean Wiggins - Cum Laude
Sarah Jane Zelina

associate of arts

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

Human ServicesADevelopmental
Disabilities
Jessica A. Smith

Pre-School Education
Tara Michele Christensen
Sarah Ruth Vavala
Heather Rae Yoest

Secondary Education - Earth/Space Science
Mathew Eliot Elwell - Cum Laude
Marie L. Hawkins - Cum Laude
Lisa Joy Mroz - Magna Cum Laude

Health and Physical Education
James Chad Bednez -Cum Laude
Edward J. Czamecki
Diane Elaine Daeschner - Cum Laude
Regina Rosemary Davis
Katie Madeleine Fry
Joshua Thomas Geis
Susan Marie Howard
Craig Thomas Kaufman
Bradley James Kocher
Karen Elizabeth Kroto
Kenneth Alan Musil
Greg A. Robertson - Summa Cum Laude
Christine Marie Sitek - Cum Laude
Kristen Lynn Stafford
Nafis Mahdi Taalib-Din
Aaron David Zwald - Summa Cum Laude

Secondary Education - German
Erin Lee Bott

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SPECIALIZED STUDIES
Richard E. Arnold, Ph.D., Associate to the President for Equity and Special Programs

Secondary Education - Mathematics
Tara Opal Breon - Magna Cum Laude
Shannon Michele Reese

Secondary Education - Social Studies
Gary Leroy Collins
Angela Marie Erickson
Darren Andrew Gerlach
Jason Theodore Hilton - Magna Cum Laude
Craig J. Huya
Matthew John Laser - Magna Cum Laude
Mark L. Lewis
Stephen Austin Scheloske
Jeffrey F. Wolford
Breanna Lynn Zorich - Magna Cum Laude

Mentally/Physically Handicapped
* Colleen M. Hoffman

Secondary Education - Biology
Gregg James Simmonsen
Kimberly M. Wright

Keith L. Allen
Kimberly Ann Baker
Amanda Jane Baker
Ya-Wen Chang
Makenzie Kathleen Ehrin
Barbara Lee Franz - Cum Laude
Christopher E. Gable
Karla Nadia Gray
Pamela Sue Hayden - Summa Cum Laude
Jennifer M. Katchmar
Michael Douglas King
Michael K. Kuzmish
Jeremy Scott Lombardo
Eric William Marendt

* Tiffany R. Miller
Jessica Marie Millimaci
Jillian Elizabeth Moore
Nicolae Joseph Muntean III
Catherine Jones Peyton
Kourtney A. Post
Patrick Andrew Rae
Jennifer L. Richardson
Scott William Schlutz
Robin Denise Shanor
Megan D. Snyder
Leah Wrenshall Spiegel
Richard A. Wehner
George V. Woods

* Students who will complete degree requirements during Summer 2002.
The University does not claim the list of degree candidates or honors designations is absolutely accurate. Students are
granted degrees only if they meet all academic and financial requirements.
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Alma Mater

State System of Higher Education

Judy G. Hample, Chancellor

Board of Governors
State System of Higher Education

Charles A. Gomulka, Chair
Kim E. Lyttle, Vice Chair
R. Benjamin Wiley, Vice Chair
Syed R. Ali-Zaidi
Angela M. Ambrose
The Honorable Jeffrey W. Coy
Daniel R Elby
David P. Holveck
The Honorable Vincent J. Hughes
Patricia K. Poprik
The Honorable James J. Rhoades
David M. Sanko
B. Michael Schaul
The Honorable Jere W. Schuler
The Honorable Mark S. Schweiker
John K. Thornburgh
Christine J. Toretti
Amy M. Yozviak
The Honorable Charles B. Zogby
There is currently one vacancy

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Benedict J. Miceli, Vice Chair
Harold C. Shields, Secretary
Clifford E. Allen
Jacqueline N. Gichinga
Patricia B, Heasley
John E. Horan
C. Richard Johnston
Virginia L. McGarvey
Catherine M. Manning, SSJ
R. Benjamin Wiley
Judy G. Hample (ex officio)

Robert C. Weber, Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Chair
Carol Bolla, Coordinator of Special Events and Programs
Janet Bowker, Director, Alumni Affairs
Julia Fedders, Assistant Director of Student Activities
Judy Kubeja, Senior Executive Associate to the Provost
Randall McCaslin, Manager, Distance Education and MultiMedia Services
Alice Parker, Coordinator for Degree Audit Systems, Office of
Records and Registration
Timothy W. Pilewski, Coordinator of Records and Registration
Brian Pitzer, Director of Marketing
Lorraine Revak, Facilities Office and General Services Manager
Brenton Steiger, Student Representative
Kristy Stephens, Student Representative
Peter van den Honert, Chair, Department of Music

One of the 14 universities in Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education,
Edinboro University is committed to affirmative action for all persons in its
educational programs, activities, and employment practices.

COMMENCEMENT

December 14,2002

EDINBORO UNIVERSITY
OF PENNSYLVANIA

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Convocation

Robert C. Weber, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Prelude

Pomp and Circumstance
Edward Elgar

Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key

Invocation

Message from the President

Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Gary S. Grant, Ph.D., Conductor

ACADEMIC PROCESSIONAL
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Jennifer Wilkinson
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Reverend Nathan Detering
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie
Erie, Pennsylvania

Frank G. Pogue, Ph.D.
President

For All We Know
Brent Pierce

Introduction of
Honorary Doctorate Recipient

Awarding of Honorary Doctorate
Mike S. Zafirovski

Hooding of Honorary Doctorate

University Chorale
Peter van den Honert, D.M.A., Conductor

Robert C. Weber

Frank G. Pogue

Harry K. Thomas
Chair, Edinboro University Council of Trustees

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Student Address

Nikki L. Shearer
Bachelor of Science in Education, Elementary Education/
Early Childhood

COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF THE
DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS

HONORS DESIGNATIONS
Gold Stoles.............................Summa Cum Laude

Alumni Greetings

Presentation of Candidates

Daniel Higham
President, Alumni Association

Robert C. Weber
Mary M. Bevevino, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate Studies
and Research
Terry L. Smith, Ph.D., Dean of Liberal Arts
Eric A. Randall, Ph.D., Dean of Science, Management
and Technology
R. Scott Baldwin, Ph.D., Dean of Education
Richard E. Arnold, Ph.D., Associate to the President for
Eqinty and Special Programs

Apricot ........................................................Nursing

White Stoles.......................... Magna Cum Laude

Dark Blue............................................... Philosophy

Red Stoles ............................................Cum Laude

Light Blue ................................................ Education

Gold Cords .............. University Honors Program
Graduate

Peacock Blue...................... Public Administration

Red Cords........... Departmental Honor Graduate

Brown....................................................... Fine Arts
Citron ...................................................Social Work
Copper .................................................... Economics
Crimson..................................................Journalism
Drab ............................................................Business
Gray ........................................... Veterinary Science

Conferring of Degrees

Frank G. Pogue

Silver Gray................................................... Oratory

THE CEREMONIAL MACE

Green .........................................................Medicine
The ceremonial mace, a symbol of presidential
authority, is carried at the head of the academic
procession by the Grand Marshal, Dr. Jeanne C.
Sage Green...............................Physical Education
Faieta. A gift of the Alumni Association, the mace
was designed and executed by Professor Henry
Lemon...........................................................LibraryScienceKatzwinkel and Dr. Seymour Blinderman, former
chairman of the Art Department. It was first used
Lilac........................................................... Dentistry
at the inauguration of Edinboro State College
President Chester T. McNerney, in 1967.
Maize .....................................................Agriculture
Olive Green ............................................. Pharmacy

Alma Mater

Jennifer Wilkinson
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Benediction

Reverend Clifton McNair III
Word of Life Christian Center
Erie, Pennsylvania

The mace, twenty-seven inches in length, is
topped by a sterling silver sphere studded with
circular cabochon rubies, secured by bezels. The
Pink................................................................. Music
collar of the mace is inlaid with ebony, alternated
with
silver relief fleur-de-lis design elements. The
Salmon Pink................................................... PublicHealth
cultured pearls mounted in cups encircle the
bottom of the collar symbolizing the thirteen state
Purple ................................................................ Law
colleges of Pennsylvania. The shaft of the mace is
composed of Brazilian rosewood sections,
Russet ..........................................................Forestry
separated by sterling silver rings. The mace is
terminated by a cast sterling silver finial; the five
Scarlet ........................................................Theology
cultured pearls represent the existing curricula.
White ......................Arts, Letters and Humanities
The rib-like cone form is terminated by a small
silver sphere symbolizing the world.
Golden Yellow.............................................. Science
The metal working processes incorporated in
the ceremonial mace include turning, forging,
inlaying, stone setting, and lost wax centrifugal
casting.
Orange.................................................. Engineering

Fanfare and Recessional
Edward Elgar

RECESSIONAL
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

The audience is asked to stand during the Processional and Recessional and to join in the singing of the National
Anthem and the Alma Mater.

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THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION
The first presidential medallion was presented
to former President Foster F. Diebold during the
May, 1981 commencement ceremonies. Designed
and executed by Professor Henry Katzwinkel, the
sterling silver medallion consists of a three and
one-half inch pectoral pendant featuring on its face
the figure of a Gordon Highlander with pipes. To
the right of the piper is the Cross of St. Andrew. To
the left is the Cross of England. Flanking the figure
is the date 1857, the opening year of the University,
and garland thistles. In the background are the
hills of Scotland, and beneath the piper is an open
book, a symbol of knowledge. On the reverse side
is the sunken crest of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.

shields, alternately bearing three different designs:
the meigle, an interlacing knotwork peculiar to the
Pictish school of Celtic art; the Tudor rose design;
and "ESC" in interlocking letters on a background
of tabby weaving. Connecting each of the collar
shields is a Cross of St. George, representing the
union of Scotland and England. The entire
medallion was fabricated and cast in the cire
perdue (lost wax) process.
Surrounding the silver medallion is a gold
crafted circle which reads "Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania." Professor Katzwinkel, now retired,
added this piece to the medallion especially for the
Inauguration of President Frank G. Pogue in 1997,
and it is now a permanent fixture to the medallion
representing the school's current status as a
University.

The pendant descends from a shield
containing a triple-towered castle. The collar of the
medallion is comprised of a series of two-inch

ACADEMIC VESTMENTS
The gown, the cap, and the hood, representing
the major components of the academic dress, are a
ceremonial inheritance from the medieval
universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries,
where dress was the outward sign of privilege and
responsibility. The academic dress worn by those
participating in today's academic processional
symbolizes the level of their academic attainment
and the institution they attended.

bars of velvet in black or the color of the discipline
in which the doctorate was obtained.

HOOD
The most outstanding feature of the academic
dress is the hood. It is usually worn only for the
master's and the doctor's degrees. The doctor's
hood is longer than the master's hood and has
distinguished panels. The college or the university
granting the degree is indicated by the color of the
hood lining. The velvet trim of the hood indicates
the field in which the degree was granted.

GOWN
Although the gown is more frequently black,
certain universities have authorized the use of
colored gowns. The bachelor's and master's gowns
are fashioned from black serge. The yoke for the
bachelor's gown is designed to be worn closed and
features long, flowing and pointed sleeves. The
master's gown is designed to be worn open or
closed. Its sleeves are very long with square ends,
and the front part has an arc cut away. The arms
protrude through a slit at the elbow. The gown for
the doctor's degree is made of wool, serge, or silk
with an open front faced with wide velvet panels.
The sleeves are loose and bell-shaped with three

CAP
The standard cap is the mortarboard, usually
the color of the gown. The tassel is black for the
baccalaureate and master's degree and is worn
over the left front quarter of the cap. The tassel for
the doctor's mortarboard is of gold thread.
Undergraduates wear the tassel on the right side of
the cap until the moment the degree is conferred
by the president.

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PRESIDENT FRANK G. POGUE
Frank G. Pogue was appointed the 15th president
of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania on July 1,
1996.
A sociologist. Dr. Pogue holds a bachelor's
degree from Alabama State University, a master's
degree from Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. from the
University of Pittsburgh.
Prior to his presidency at Edinboro University,
Dr. Pogue was the vice chancellor for student affairs
and special programs at the State University of New
York (SUNY) Central Administration in Albany,
serving in that position for 10 years. While vice
chancellor, he also served for one year as interim
president at the SUNY College at Cobleskill. Prior to
his assignment in the SUNY Central Administration,
President Pogue was vice president for student
affairs, associate vice president for research and
educational development, dean of undergraduate
studies, and a department chairperson, all at SUNY at
Albany.
Dr. Pogue participates in national, regional and
statewide leadership groups. He serves as a member
of the American Council on Education Commission
on Government and Public Affairs which advises the
Division of Governmental Relations on the broad
range of issues in which congressional and executive
branch actions affect colleges and universities. He is a
member of the American Association of State
Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Task Force on
Teacher Education and serves as co-chair of the
AASCU Forum on Rural Services. Since 1984, Dr.
Pogue has served on the Commission on Higher
Education Middle States Association (MSA) of
Colleges and Schools and is a former vice chair and
member of the Commission's Executive Committee.
He currently serves as President for the MSA Board of
Trustees and is a member of its Executive Committee.
He was appointed chairperson of the MSA Advisory
Committee on Institutional Financial Resources,
which advised the Commission on the relationship of
financial resources to institutional accreditation. Dr.
Pogue also serves on the Board of Trustees of The
BACCHUS & GAMMA Peer Education Network. He
is chairperson of the Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education (SSHE) Commission for the
Universities and Commission of Presidents Executive
Committee, and he is a member of the Chancellor's
Advisory Coimcil. He is a member of the Executive
Board of A Community of Agile Partners in
Education (CAPE). In October 1996, Dr. Pogue was
appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to
the Governor's Commission on Academic Standards.
Locally, Dr. Pogue serves on the boards of
directors for the Erie Conference on Community

Development, the United Way of Erie County, the
Meadville Area Industrial Commission, and the
Greater Erie County Chapter of the American Red
Cross, for which he served as the 1997 capital
campaign chairman. In addition, he serves as an
Honorary Member of the Erie Wolves Club. He also
serves as a member of the Civic Coordinating
Committee of Erie County and the Board of
Corporators for the Hamot Health Foundation, St.
Vincent Health System, and the Meadville Medical
Center Health Systems, Inc. Dr. Pogue was
chairperson of the Commission for the Erie County
Millennium initiative, "Together 2000." He served as
the local chairperson of the State Employees
Combined Appeal (SECA) campaign in 2001 and
2002, on the Erie Mayor's Task Force on Public Safety,
and as the honorary chairman of the Erie Day School's
Adopt-A-Scholar scholarship program (2001-02 and
2002-03).
Dr. Pogue was honored with the Louis J. Tullio
Community Service Award which is administered by
the Erie Area Chamber of Commerce. The Greater
Erie Community Action Committee (GECAC)
honored him with the Paul P. Martin Community
Service Award in the year 2000, and in 1999, the
Distinguished Service Award for Leadership and
Vision was presented to him by the SUNY at Albany
Council of Trustees.
Dr. Pogue has shared his experiences and
expertise in the Edinboro University classroom
setting via guest lecturer presentations. He has also
taught the course titled Special Topics in Sociology for
the Department of Sociology. He continues to enjoy
working in the classroom environment.
Since becoming president. Dr. Pogue has created
the concept and philosophy of the Edinboro Family, a
learner-centered environment where students come
first and are an integral part of a caring and
supportive campus community.

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GRAND MARSHAL
Leading the academic procession and
carrying the ceremonial mace at today's
Commencement ceremony is Dr. Jeanne C.
Faieta, chairperson of Edinboro University's
special education and school psychology
department.

teacher education division of the Pennsylvania
Federation for the Council of Exceptional
Children, advisory board member of the
Gertrude A. Barber Center and the Erie County
chapter of Americans with Disabilities. She has
also served as a member of the Pennsylvania
Association for Gifted Education, Association
for Children with Learning Disabilities, and the
American Educational Research Association.

Faieta earned a B.S. degree from California
University of Pennsylvania in 1977 and an
M.Ed. degree from that school in 1978. She
received a supervisory certificate in special
education from West Virginia University in
1987, and an Ed.D. degree in 1989. The focus of
her
doctorate
is
in
learning
disabilities/educational administration.

She has participated in many international
professional conferences as a presenter
including Georgia's Statewide Conference of the
Council for Exceptional Children, Toronto's
Council for Exceptional Children, the American
Educational Research Association in San
Francisco, and the National Conference of the
Teacher Education Division of the Council for
Exceptional Children in Salt Lake City.

She began her teaching career as an early
childhood language therapist for the
Intermediate Unit #7 in Greensburg, Pa., in 1977.
She then served as a learning disabilities teacher
for Intermediate Unit #1 in California, Pa., from
1978 to 1986. At West Virginia University she
was a clinical instructor in the special education
graduate program for a year before joining
Davis & Elkins College as an adjunct research
instructor in its academic resource and writing
center. She returned to West Virginia University
in January of 1987 to serve as practicum
coordinator of special education. In the fall of
1989 she joined the faculty of Edinboro
University as a professor of special education
and school psychology, and served as
department chairperson from 1993-1996 and
1997 to the present.

Among her publications are "A Comparison
of Traditional Whole Language and Direct
Instructional Approaches in Teaching Reading
to Students with Learning Problems,"
"Pragmatic Disorders and Behavior Disorders:
Do They Overlap?" and "Training Teachers to
Supervise Their Peers."

HONORARY DOCTORATE
Mike S. Zafirovski, president and chief
operating officer of Motorola, Inc., has been
selected to receive the degree Doctor of Public
Service (Doctor Beneficiorum Publicorum, Honoris
Causa) at today's Commencement ceremony.

handset business gained market share, returned
to profitability and introduced new products as
well as a new marketing campaign.
Zafirovski was promoted to Motorola
president and chief operating officer on July 25,
2002.

He is a 1975 graduate of Edinboro
University where he captained both the swim
team and the men's soccer team, lettering a total
of seven times.

Zafirovski holds a bachelor of science
degree in mathematics from Edinboro. His
sister, Blaga, graduated from Edinboro in 1982
with a degree in social work. Edinboro
University honored Zafirovski at the 2000 Frank
G. Pogue Honors Scholarship Luncheon for his
help in obtaining GE's support of the
University's Latino Leadership program. He
was presented with the University's first
Alumni Award of Excellence.

Prior to joining Motorola, Zafirovski spent
24 years at General Electric Company beginning
in 1975. After a series of rotational assignments
that included coursework within GE and MBA
classes at night, he was promoted in 1978 to the
GE corporate audit staff, a key training
assignment for managerial talent within the
company. For the next three and one-half years,
he conducted financial and operation reviews at
nine of the company businesses in the Americas,
Europe and Asia. From 1982 to 1996, he held a
series of increasingly more senior positions with
GE, including eight years as president and CEO
of four businesses. In 1996, Zafirovski was
promoted to president of GE Lighting for
Europe, Middle East and Africa. After three
years, he was promoted to president of GE
Lighting, one of GE's 10 businesses. He reported
to Jack Welch, GE's then-chairman and CEO.

A native of Macedonia, he lives in Lake
Forest, Illinois, with his wife Robin and three
sons. Matt, Kirk and Todd. He serves on the
board of directors of Motorola, United Way of
Lake County, and Children's Memorial Hospital
in Chicago.

Zafirovski joined Motorola in June 2002 to
oversee the company's wireless handset
businesses, including cellular phones, related
software and consumer two-way radios. With
2001 sales over $10 billion and 18,000
employees, PCS (Personal Communications
Sector) is Motorola's largest single business
segment. Under his leadership. Motorola's

Faieta has served on numerous committees
and organizations during her career. These
include: Literacy Institute of the Center for
Excellence in Teaching, Faculty Advisory
Group, Pennsylvania Federation of the Council
for Exceptional Children, president of the

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UNIVERSITY FACULTY MARSHALS

HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS

Max Azicri, Political Science and Criminal Justice Department

Charles R. Webber, May 1981

Robert Cogan, Philosophy Department

Louis J. Tullio, May 1983

James Cornelia, Mathematics and Computer Science Department

Milton Eisenhower, May 1985

Salene Cowher, Professional Studies Department

Dr. Gertrude Barber, May 1988

Diane Crandall, Art Department

Mary Porreco, May 1988

Raymond Dengel, Baron-Fomess Library

Sr. M. Lawreace Antoun, SSJ, May 1989

James Dunn, Business Administration and Economics Department

Joseph DiMaggio Jr, May 1989

Charles Edwards, Psychology Department
Edward Erdos, Health and Physical Education Department
Jeanne Faieta, Special Education and School Psychology

G. Andrew Fleming, May 1990
Walter Hendl, May 1990
I. King Jordan, May 1991
Chuck Jones, December 1991

Margot Koczan, Foreign Languages Department
Raymond Shafer, May 1992
Sally Lanz, Biology and Health Services Department
Charles Kennedy, May 1992
Charles Marr, English and Theatre Arts Department
Peter Mathews, Physics and Technology Department
Rhonda Matthews, Sociology Department
Robert Matthews, Music Department

Mary Beth Kennedy, May 1992
Richard Nygaard, May 1993
Na'im Akbar, December 1993
Mahmoud Haroon, December 1994

/. Brian McKay, Chemistry Department

Eiji Due, May 1995

Nazir Mughal, History and Anthropology Department

Louis Porreco, December 1995

Karl Nordberg, Secondary Education Department

Thomas Hagen, May 1996

Patricia Nosel, Nursing Department

Paul O'Neill, December 1997

Ronald Reinig, Social Work Department

Michael Zahorchak, December 1997

Roy Shinn, Speech and Communication Studies Department

Fred Rogers, May 1998

Rosemary Treloar, Elementary Education Department

Donald DiPlacido, December 1998

Brian Zimmerman, Geosciences Department

Dr. Yvonne Thornton, May 1999
Dr. James E. Barker, December 1999
Sir George A.O. Alleyne, M.D., December 2000
Dr. John Hope Franklin, December 2000
The Honorable Joyce A. Savocchio, December 2001
Donald M. Alstadt, May 2002
K. Leroy Irvis, May 2002

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MASTER'S DEGREES
GRADUATE STUDIES
Mary M. Bevevino, Ph.D., Dean

Social Sciences
Speech Language
Pathology

Rita Ann Orinko, B.S., Gannon University, 1976

** Kristy
*
E. McKenzie, B.A., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania,
2000
* Ruth Florence Nicholson, B.A., College of Wooster, 1999
* Sheila K. Taylor, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 2000

MASTER OF ARTS
Art

* Michael A. Prather, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Communication Studies

Karrie Ann Bowen, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1997
* Jennifer R. Stoddard, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1995
Joseph John Varckette, B.A., Ohio University, 1989
* Peter Saxe Willis, B.A., Denison University, 1994

Counseling

Kristen H. Bazylak, B.A., Allegheny College, 1998
Kimberly Marie Beachly, B.S., Grove City College, 1999
Michelle L. Borsos, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1999
* Zamara Richelle Bryant-Sheehan, B.F.A., University of Oklahoma,
1999
Kimberly A. Cron, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000
* Christopher Dean Fox, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1998
* Jonathan J. Gaddis, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
* Jason Geary Gruber, B.A., Point Park College, 1999
Beth Marie Kopycinski, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1999
Mark Leon Lindberg, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1989
* Anthony Lee Masone, B.A., Mount Vernon Nazarene College, 1998
Audra M. Merryman, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1992
Melissa Ann Norton, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2000
Joseph La'Mar Page, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1995
* Jaime Lynn Rogowski, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2000
Anthony Wayne Ross, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1992
Tad Pierre Santos, B.A., Gannon University, 1999
* Virginia L. Schwartz, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1997
Shawn Thomas Sledzianowski, B.A., SUNY College at Geneseo, 2000
Amanda Susan Verleni, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2000

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MASTER OF EDUCATION
Educational Psychology

Kathleen Elizabeth Blake, B.A., SUNY College at Fredonia, 2001
Shaunna Marie Chiacchiero, B.A., Cleveland State University, 2000
Carrie M. Devine, B.A., Gannon University, 2000
John Paul DiSanza, B.A., Gannon University, 2001
* April Christine Feorene, B.S., Mount Union College, 2000
Marie Comtesse Grande, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2001
* Luann Michelle Jones, B.A., University of South Carolina, 1998
Jeffrey Thomas Long, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1998
Jill Marie Long, B.S., Ferrum College, 1999
Kathleen A. Mattera, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1998
Theresa Marie McDonald, B.S., Coastal Carolina University, 2001
* Rebecca Lane Pears, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Mark Thomas Rockwell, B.S., East Stroudsburgh University of
Pennsylvania, 2001
C)mthia R. Sharrer, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 2001
LuAnn Marie Short, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 2000
Guang Yu Tan, B.A., Sichuan University, 1998
Anthony Joseph Tedesco, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2000

Brent Lea Wolfe, B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1985
* Jessie Merrit Zablotny, B.S., Slippery Rock University of
Pennsylvania, 1997

Elementary Education

Dana Charles Gilmore, B.A., Otterbein College, 1997
* Darken L. Hovis, B.A., Central Bible College, 1970
Lauren Elizabeth Hughes, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1997
Jennifer Lynn Kaczmarek, B.S., California University of
Pennsylvcmia, 1998
Tanya L. Keyser, B.S., California University of Pennsylvania, 1998
* Lesley Ann King, B.A., McMaster University, 1995
Donna M. Miller, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1999
Mary C. Piper, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1996
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* Jason Andrew Burgert, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1996
* Mark D. Dippold, B.S.Ed., Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania,
1988
* David John Koma, B.S.Ed., Slippery Rock University of
Pennsylvania, 1995
Melissa Dawn Morrison, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1999
Christopher John Popa, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1991
James Joseph Smith, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1995
* Jarrin B. Sperry, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1994
* Joseph A. Tarasovitch, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1985

Kathryn Tipton Silvis, B.A., Westminster College, 1995
Kristie E. Stephan, B.A., Pennsylvania State University, 2000
Christine Felton Stovall, B.S., Saint Bonaventure University, 1995
Kathleen S. Wiest, B.S., Gannon University, 1988

Middle/Secondary
Instruction

Matthew Richard Fox, B.A., Allegheny College, 1999
* Terry L. Gray, B.S., Temple University, 1993
* Peter Joseph Natalie, B.S.Ed., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1971

Reading

* Cara Ann Adiutori, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1997
* Donna Jean Lee Banks, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1999
Amy C. Bayhorst, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1992
Julie Pavluk Campitelli, B.A., John Carroll University, 1999
* Bethany Marie Devine, B.S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1997
Nicole Ann Fomelli, B.S., John Carroll University, 1996
* Melissa Ann Foulk, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1987
* Rachelle Lynn Francis, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2001
Alanna Lee Gardner, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1988
Diana Ruth Hudgson, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1994
Laurie A. Kantz, B.S., Edinboro University of Permsylvania, 1995
* Jennifer L. Kerr, B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1995
Daphne A. Kretz, B.S.Ed., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Deana Lyn Krowicki, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Stephanie A. Landon, B.S., Edinboro University of Permsylvania,
2001
Deborah Ann Parulo, B.S.Ed., Slippery Rock University of
Pennsylvania, 1991
* Rebecca Lyrm Rossman, B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1999
* Lori Dell Sheridan, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1992
* Diane Marie Szczesny, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1982
Joarme L. Waller, B.S., University of Maryland, 1993
* Jennifer Barbara Wieczorek, B.S., Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania, 1993
* Andrea Lyrm Wisor, B.S., Edinboro University of Permsylvania, 2000
Julie Arm Yount, B.S., Edinboro University of Permsylvania, 1998
Carol S. Zamperini, B.S., Indiana University of Permsylvania, 1972

School Administration

Cliff Eric Beck, B.S., Mercyhurst College, 1992
* Joshua Eric Bischof, B.A., Allegheny College, 1998
* Kristen Therese Boyd, B.A., Mercyhurst College, 1998
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Special Education

Margaret L. Corsale, B.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1976
* Anna Marie Elliott, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 1991
* Dawn Marie Flister, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2001
Jerry L. Gill, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1991
Cathy A. Hutchison, B.F.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1976
* Amy Lyn Kandel, B.S., Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1997
* Laurie Ann Pastorius, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
2000

* Michelle Louise Ricker, B.A., SUNY College at Fredonia, 1988
Kristen Elaine Rutkowski, B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania,
1998

MASTER OF FINE ARTS
Fine Arts

** Kristi Ann Blank, B.A., University of Delaware, 1990
Andrew Perry Davis, B.F.A., Winthrop University, 1998

MASTER OF SCIENCE
Biology

John Michael Brumfield, B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1997; B.S.,
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2001

* Students who completed degree requirements during Summer 2002.
The University does not claim the list of degree candidates or honors designations is absolutely accurate. Students are
granted degrees only if they meet all academic and financial requirements.
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HONORS

CUM LAUDE

Eric Wayne Armstrong
JoAnne Baker
Christopher Anthony
Bershefsky
Jennifer Lynn Borden
Drew James Carlin
Jamie Jo Chapman
Allison Marie Church
Jeremy D. Criswell
Tamara Mae Eade
Jason Mark Eberl
Eric John Eller
Stephen Joseph Fairman
Jessica Ann Fender
Katherine A. Flach
Jennifer Lynn Garrett
Sandi L. George
Jennifer Brandy Gilligan
John Gary Hagstrom
Michael W. Harmon
Cathy Ann Hensler
Amy Elizabeth Holder
Karen Louise Huber
Octavia Bemadine Ice
Sheree Lynn Johnson

Kara Marie Keener
Melissa Ryan Kikola
Adam Matthew Kisiel
Maryann Milne Kunath
Rikki Le Ann Lee
Pamela A. Manross
Sara Rene Metelsky
Emily Renee Natalie
Gina Lynn Nordsiden
Kurt Robert Nuber
Sarah Rose Press
Sandra Lee Raffensberger
Tammy-Jo Rodgers
Stacy L. Rosencrans
Pamela Marie Rush
Jeremy Paul Scheffner
Peter James Schmitt
Melanie Raye Shroyer
Beth Arm Thompkins
Amy Jo Unger
Sarah Joy VanBoxel
Melissa Lee Worrell
Jessica Sue Zeiber
Andrea Marie Zihar

UNIVERSITY
HONORS PROGRAM

Honors Diploma Award
Rana Marie Shallenberger
Boardley
Jaime Lynn Gould
Megan Elizabeth Moon
Carmen E. Quatman
Catherine Celeste Quatman
Jessica Lynn Szewczyk

General Education Honors
Award
Kristina Lee Gray
Rachel Faye Weaver

The following degree candidates have earned at least 64 credits as undergraduate students of Edinboro
University and have attained the following cumulative averages: Summa Cum Laude, 3.80 to 4.00; Magna Cum
Laude, 3.60 to 3.79; and Cum Laude, 3.40 to 3.59.

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Judith S. Albaugh
Dean Antic
Allison Michelle Langett
Baughman
Erin Michelle Bourquin
Alyson Rosamae Coulter
Eden Sandak Ertle
Abigail Ann Gaines
Lori Lee Geelen
Elaine Carol Petri Gibson
Jaime Lynn Gould
Paula V. Griffo
Lorin Roselle Hosmer
Lesley Ann King
Megan M. Korey
Marissa Lyn Krzeminski
Susan L. Leach
Liisa Danielle Lepisto
Michelle Marie Lewis

Gregory Elliot Lindquist
David Dwayne Merritt
Caroline M. Murira
Carrie A. Owen
Steven Wayne Panicucci
Michelle Marie Panutsos
Teresa Lynne Perry
Carmen E. Quatman
Catherine Celeste Quatman
Robin L. Roberts
Patricia Meeker Sachse
Nikki Lyrm Shearer
Sarah Evelyn Showalter
Craig M. Smith
Rebecca W. Stansfield
Jessica Lynn Szewczyk
Carolyn Marie Viglione
Gretchen Louise Vought

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Kimberly Sue Andry
Melissa Blair Applebee
Ewelina Biszczak
Rana Marie Shallenberger
Boardley
Alda Jane Brown
Jane Ellen Burlingame
Brent Asher Catherman
Amanda Lee Clayboss
Soya Djigue
Kelly Ann Dows
Jennifer L. Erskine
Jermifer Lea Franz
Elizabeth Mary Eye
Kristina Lee Gray
Hattie Lyn Grubke
Cheryl Elizabeth Hampton
Mercedes Henning
Lisa Loraine Hurta
Amy Lynn Hvozdik

Sarah Ann Jones
Cheryl Kay Krachkowski
Carrie Anne Leonard
Maia Autumn Longenecker
Gregory James Marcello
Suzanne Margaret Mate]
Colleen Patrice Miller
Megan Elizabeth Moon
Timothy M. Moran
Michael R. Nimelli
Anna Jean Peterson
Karen Lee Rizzo
Kristy A. Rutter
Megan Elizabeth Schell
Victoria Evelyn Smith
Jonathan M. Trueblood
Cheryl Renee Walker
Rachel Faye Weaver
Crystal L. Welker
Nathanael Grimm Wibberley

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BACCALAUREATE AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES
SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS
Terry L. Smith, Ph.D., Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS
*
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Art History
Sara Elizabeth Deegan
Sarah Anne Hetzler
Jennifer Renee McGarvie
Thomas John Olszewski
Becky Ann Snook

*
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Broadcast Journalism: Radio/TV News
Terrence L. Hicks
Melinda Susan Poole

*
*

Criminal Justice
Shawn Mark Bauer
* Jesse David Bayle
Nicholas Roger Blair
* Matthew B. Bly
* Christopher Robert Buehner
* Michael John Camino
Melissa Marie Cortes
Neil H. Cridge
Melanie Ann Czamecki
Marco Francis DeChicchis
Robin Lyn Deeter
Chad V. Findlay
Johnathan Erik Frisk
Abigail Ann Gaines - Summa Cum Laude
John F. Gemler
Edward M. Glance
David Joseph Greggs
Cheryl Elizabeth Hampton - Magna Cum Laude
Patrick Leland Howard
Ka Leung Thomas Hui
Christopher Ryan Kane
Edward Alan Kestel
Brian David King

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*
*
*

Selena Therese Lane
Jenea S. Lindahl
Heather Kristine Lohr
Scott Andrew Luginski
Christopher D. Michael
Stacy Ann Mikolajczyk
Michael Patrick Miller
Tricia Noel Murphy
Charisse LaShawn Newton
Kevin D. O'Meara
Mark F. Orlandi
Andrew Leonard Pinskey III
Christopher Robert Platko
Lisa Marie Presogna
Shannon Jean Rodgers
Valarie Ann Rumberger
William Lee Saunders
Robert William Schwartz
James Thomas Shaw Jr.
Andrew James Taylor
Ericka Danielle Tillery
Brian Edward Turpin
Andrew James Van Volkenburg
Matthew William VanEmon
Mickey Mantle West Jr.
Mark Bradley Wilcox
Clevon L. Wofford

Drama
Jessica Ann Fisher
Stephen S. Gray
Heather Ann McFadden
Colleen Patrice Miller - Magna Cum Laude

English
* Michelle M. Bartosek
* Damien C. Blakeslee
Shannon Christine Bray
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* Lisa A. Brown
* Joshua Lee Campbell
Katie Rose Hauptman
Jeffrey Robert Komara
Gregory Elliot Lindquist - Summa Cum Laude
Lauren Faith Mailliard
* Sara Rene Metelsky - Cum Laude
* Marc Joseph Phelps
Lucille Jane Redcay
Rachel Faye Weaver - Magna Cum Laude

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*

*

History
* Nicole E. Allison
* Eric Hugh Bonner
Jennifer Robin Brandt
Brent Asher Catherman - Magna Cum Laude
Jamie Jo Chapman - Cum Laude
Michael W. Harmon - Cum Laude
Octavia Bemadine Ice - Cum Laude
* Jeremy Curtis Ickes
* Jason Alan Knight
Nicole Marian McMahon
Christopher James Reardon

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*
*

Jennifer Lynn Gustafson
Amy Elizabeth Holder - Cum Laude
Mark D. Hrivnak
Lisa Loraine Hurta - Magna Cum Laude
Sarah Lynn Juracko
Kara Marie Keener - Cum Laude
Maryann Milne Kimath - Cum Laude
Susan L. Leach - Summa Cum Laude
Michelle Marie Lewis - Summa Cum Laude
Michele Ann Marian
Tara Jo McCloskey
Elizabeth Amber Miller
Michelle Marie Panutsos - Summa Cum Laude
Janeen Marie Potoski
Amanda J. Snyder
Jessica Lynn Szewczyk - Summa Cum Laude
Katherine Lynn Thomas
Amanda F. Turk
Kara Lynn Tuznik
Shelly Renee Uhlman
Shaun M. Witherow
Jennifer Lynn Wolfe
Kimberly Anne Wolfe

Social Science
* David James Buona
Joseph Peter Irons

Music
Eric J. Contrael
Diana Marie Hagan

Sociology
Samuel Matthew Claster
Molly Elizabeth Passinger
Robin Georgiana Protho
* Frank Boyd Stem

Political Science
Jason Douglas Brinker

Print Journalism: News/Editorial
Jennifer Lea Franz - Magna Cum Laude
Spanish
Megan Elizabeth Moon - Magna Cum Laude
Psychology
* Jeromi Alan Birtikidis
Steven A. Brugger
Jcme Ellen Burlingame - Magna Cum Laude
* Abigayle Mint Busse
Jennifer L. Erskine - Magna Cum Laude
Melissa Kaye Gintert

Speech Communications
* Angela M. Ambrose
Devin Terrill Austin
Benn David Barber
* Michelle Curtisse Berasi
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John V. Cardone
* Kristen Lynn Carr
Brent Asher Catherman - Magna Cum Laude
Daniel Lawrence Conahan
Jennifer Monsour Constantine
* Jason Clive Cooper
Micheal Lamont Dean
Tamara Mae Eade - Cum Laude
* Leslie Ann Fernichio
Elaine Carol Petri Gibson - Summa Cum Laude
Joshua Francis Gleason
Hattie Lyn Grubke — Magna Cum Laude
Charles Juron Hammond
* Adam Matthew Kisiel - Cum Laude
* Amy Lynn Lander
* Ryan Robert Lapinsky
* Robert Thomas Launer
Michael Lawrence Leonard!
Toby Alan Martin
Lawrence Mazzerle
* Jill Renee McFadden
* Jessalyn Marie McKeown
Carleen Ishma McTavous
David EHvayne Merritt - Summa Cum Laude
Michael D. Miller
Timothy M. Moran - Magna Cum Laude
Steven Wayne Panicucci - Summa Cum Laude
* Laura Christine Paxton
Dupree Matthew Quearles
Sandra Lee Raffensberger - Cum Laude
* Douglas Allen Robinson
Kristy A. Rutter - Magna Cum Laude
* Emily Nicole Shultz
Stephenie Diane Stevens
Stephanie Rae Tate
Maurissa Maeanne Vergari
* Adrienne Marie Vesely
Sandra Jeannette Wheeler
Jason William Whelpley

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS
Fine Arts-Applied Media Arts
Ahmad Nabeel Abul-Ela
Braden Algeo
Kimberly Sue Andry - Magna Cum Laude
John Joseph Barilla
* Thomas Joseph Begandy
* Allison Marie Church - Cum Laude
Jessica Ann Coll
John C. Collopy
William Jason Coniglio
Matthew Thomas Cousineau
Kristina D. DiPlacido
Kelly Ann Dows - Magna Cum Laude
* Jason Mark Eberl - Cum Laude
Jessica Ann Fender - Cum Laude
Andrew Michael Fisher
Holly M. Fleger
Jennifer Lynn Garrett - Cum Laude
Jennifer Brandy Gilligan - Cum Laude
Shawn Alan Glitsch
Jaime Lyrm Gould - Summa Cum Laude
Marta L. Heberle
Sheryl Esther Kingsley
Brandon M. Koay
Carrie Anne Leonard - Magna Cum Laude
Nicholas Edward Lewis
Thomas Mathew Lott
Suzanne Margaret Mate) - Magna Cum Laude
Matthew Randall Merry
Christopher M. Metzger
David J. Morrison
Kian Chai Ng
Jeffrey Eric Paris
* Andrea Lynn Porreca
James Powell IV
* Joshua K. Price
Seth Uriah Rich
Peter James Schmitt - Cum Laude
Amy Laura Smith
Josh Allen Solt
Megan Marie Thayer
Jonathan M. Trueblood - Magna Cum Laude
Richard John Ulanowicz
* Karen Lynn White

Speech Language Hearing Disorders
JoAnne Baker - Cum Laude
* Kevin Joseph Maier
* Laura M. Toevs

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Natalie K. Reeves
Tammy-Jo Rodgers - Cum Laude
Devyn LeeAnn Snell
* Matthew J. Stewart
* Amy Jo Unger - Cum Laude
Lisa A. Vogt

Nathanael Grimm Wibberley - Magna Cum
Laude
Daniel P. Wolbert
Farman Wolper
* Albert G. Wood
* Ah-Young Yoon
Andrea Marie Zihar - Cum Laude

Fine Arts-Crafts
Judith S. Albaugh - Summa Cum Laude
* Sarah May Barvenik
Meagan E. Brown
* Christopher A. Clawson
Amanda Lee Clayboss - Magna Cum Laude
* Dustin James Demaske
* Kristy A. Dubinsky
Angela Marie Gagnon
Thomas Ray Hall
Laura Kiersten Hetz
Maia Autumn Longenecker - Magna Cum Laude
Jennifer Lynn Parks
* Gretchen Ann Rothenbach
* Melanie Raye Shroyer - Cum Laude
* Randy S. Tumsis
Melissa Lee Worrell - Cum Laude

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Criminal Justice
William Lidano Adiutori
Renee Lynn Brechtel
Joshua David Dudas

Human Services/Social Work
Erin Elizabeth Pillar
Pamela Anne Pinney

Liberal Studies
Jennifer Susan Anderson
Patricia Bieber
Stephanie Danielle Galeno
* Royce E. Godfrey
Patrick John Leguard

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Industrial/Trades Leadership
Steven Andrew McLaughlin

Social Work
Lasetta Joi Benning
Kellie Marie Brown
Jon Michael Burdick
Tracy Lynn Cafrelli
Brian Vincent Chrzanowski
Norma L. Jafko
Cherie L. Kinem
Carrie A. Owen - Summa Cum Laude
Gregory John Phillips
Lauren M. Reese
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SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY
Eric A. Randall, Ph.D., Dean

BACHELOR OF ARTS

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Biology
Kelly Lynne Lucore
Marra Maureen McCurdy
Montanya Tuarone Thomas
* Shane Edward Yoest

Biology
Drew James Carlin - Cum Laude
Sherri K. Foltz
Gregory James Marcello - Magna Cum Laude
Carmen E. Quatman - Summa Cum Laude

Environmental Studies/Geography
Charles Frederick Buhl Jr.
Lucas Michael Fenlock
Julie Marie Harasti
Seth Michael Hinton
* Kevin C. McCaslin
* Angela M. McWilliams
Shana Lyn Mullen
Dallas Duwayne Runser
Joshua David Skopow

Business Administration
* Gregory Eric Anderson
Dean Antic - Summa Cum Laude
Brian William Barthelmes
* Darren Robert Beck
Gretchen Marie Beers
Ewelina Biszczak - Magna Cum Laude
Cara Christine Cherrison
Martin William Covert
Timothy T. Cron
Kimberly S. Daniels
James S. Dickerson
Amy Leah Douglass
Eric John Eller - Cum Laude
Matthew Vernon Feleppa
* Gary Craig Fulton Jr.
Elizabeth A. Glecos
Paula V. Griffo - Summa Cum Laude
Vicki J. Hawthorne
Mohamed A. Hussein
Amy Lynn Lesovich
* Julie Ann Leuschel
Pamela A. Manross - Cum Laude
Michele Lee McCoy
Stephen Andrew Neidich
Elise Joy Nichols
* Marc J. Piccirillo
Sarah Rose Press - Cum Laude
* Carole Lynn Price
Kazi Ishtiaque Rashid
* Claudia A. Rech
Steven Michael Rinn

Geography
George A. Moles III

Mathematics
* Karen Louise Huber - Cum Laude
* Joseph Jacob Kodnovich
Beth Ann Thompkins - Cum Laude
Carolyn Marie Viglione - Summa Cum Laude

Physics
Caroline M. Murira - Summa Cum Laude

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Environmental Science/Geology
* Andrew R. Janik

Robin L. Roberts - Summa Cum Laude
Toyoko Shinoda
J. Michael Sloan
Melissa Robyn Sloan
Victoria Evelyn Smith - Magna Cum Laude
Gregory David Tarbell
Steven Mark Tryon
Aaron J. Tucker III
Julie Lynn Whitco
Tiffany M. Williams
David Paul Ziner

Geology
* Leigh Ann Butler
* Jeremy Paul Scheffner - Cum Laude

Medical Technology
* Christopher James Boeh

Chemistry
Mandy Lynn Large

Nursing
* Sarah E. Brady
Loan K. Duong
* Elizabeth Mary Fye - Magna Cum Laude
Lisa Marie Trimble

Computer Science
Saiful Ahsan
Brandon John Artines
Christopher Anthony Bershefsky - Cum Laude
* Casey Edward Christie
Omer Ege
Lindsay Theres Eves
* Scott Robert Fenn
* Karen Louise Huber - Cum Laude
Jason A. Johnson
* Craig M. Smith - Summa Cum Laude
* Rebecca W. Stansfield - Summa Cum Laude
Christopher L. Trowbridge
* Jessica Sue Zeiber - Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN NURSING
Jennifer Lynn Borden - Cum Laude
Meredythe M. Burrows
Tina M. Cole
Christine H. DeCrease
Sondra L. Porringer
Kirstin Cady Gleason
Jill Marie Hedlund
Susan Louetta Hoffman
Kimberly Arm Le
Gina Lynn Nordsiden - Cum Laude
Bethany Arm Patterson
Erica Lynn Pedersen
Lori Elizabeth Prenatt
Camille Enrica Radomile
Joan Elizabeth Stacy
Ted A. Thompson

Economics
Soya Djigue - Magna Cum Laude
* Raihan Jamil
* Malgorzata Magdalena Rzepecka
Brady A. Sheik

Environmental Science/Biology
Jennifer Marie Beers
* Patrick Michael Kramer
Gregory James Marcello - Magna Cum Laude
Fatema Nahid
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ASSOCIATE OF ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
R. Scott Baldwin, Ph.D., Dean

Business Administration
Carrie Arm Albers
Tara Ann Brininger
Julie M. Dell
Nicole Renee Petruso

Manufacturing Engineering Technology
Jonathan Michael Baumgardner
Joseph M. Bogda III
Troy Edward Plavsity

Computer Science
* Kenneth Brian Knapp
* Frank Alan Mascitti Jr.

Nicholas H. Hess
Kelli Kathleen Higgins
Lorin Roselle Hosmer - Summa Cum Laude
Amy Lyrm Hvozdik - Magna Cum Laude
Brooke Rae Johnson
Sheree Lyrm Johnson - Cum Laude
* Adam Tucker Kaufman
Megan M. Korey - Summa Cum Laude
* Cheryl Kay Krachkowski - Magna Cum Laude
Vera M. Lobdell
Andrea Michelle Menard
Megan Elizabeth Moon - Magna Cum Laude
Glamarie L. Myers
Emily Renee Natalie - Cum Laude
Joseph T. Nolan
Kurt Robert Nuber - Cum Laude
Erin Lee Owens
Teresa Lynne Perry - Summa Cum Laude
Rick A. Slade
Steven Patrick Smith
John Robert Tice Jr.
Chad Wayne Wagner
Crystal L. Welker - Magna Cum Laude

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN
art education

Season Marie Allegro
Tricia Nicole Caskey
Karen Kristine Eliason
Eden Sandak Ertle - Summa Cum Laude
Nicole Kathleen Evanick
Sarah Arm Jones - Magna Cum Laude
Marissa Lyn Krzeminski - Summa Cum Laude
Michelle Marie Panutsos - Summa Cum Laude
Leaima Lyrm Pearcy
Sarah Evelyn Showalter - Summa Cum Laude
Jessica Marie Striker
Marisa Faith Yeslow

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN EDUCATION
Elementary Education
Serena Sue Anderson
Erin Michelle Bourquin - Summa Cum Laude
Kathryn Theresa Braceland
Lisa Kaye Briggs
Alda Jane Brown - Magna Cum Laude
Jessica Christine Calvelage
Carrie Arm Camino
Alyson Rosamae Coulter - Summa Cum Laude
Jeremy D. Criswell - Cum Laude
Danelle Marie Darcangelo
* Martin P. Denslow
Justin R. Fluegel
Amanda Jean Gaines
* Sandi L. George - Cum Laude
Jessica Leigh Gibbs
Jennifer Marin Gordon
Robert John Grygier III
* Stacey Lyrm Haas
Mary Cathryn Hannah
Kiev Michele Hargest
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Elementary Education/Early Childhood
Kelly Lee Barnes
Beth Marie Cirillo
Dona Rae Cranden
Joarme Margaret Curtis
Maureen Anne Czerwinski
Robyn Arm Delp
Crystal Lee Eddy
Katherine A. Flach - Cum Laude
Leslie S. Gardner
Katie Laurel George
Elizabeth Arm Gustavson
Melissa Ryan Kikola - Cum Laude
Lesley Arm King - Summa Cum Laude
Liisa Danielle Lepisto - Summa Cum Laude
Trisha Marie Liebau
Kristen Nicole Nehnevajsa
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Michael R. Nimelli - Magna Cum Laude
Stacie Marie Pfeiffer
Megan Elizabeth Schell - Magna Cum Laude
Nikki Lynn Shearer - Summa Cum Laude
Amy Marie VanDamia
Kristin Therese Youngs

Mentally/Physically Handicapped
* Colleen Marie Hoffman
David Vaughn Holton
Jeffrey T. Miller
Jessica Lynn Mineo
Gretchen Louise Vought - Summa Cum Laude

Elementary Education/Mentally and
Physically Handicapped
Shalan Christine Ann Anderson
Belinda Ann Lewis Beaman
* Rana Marie Shallenberger Boardley - Magna
Cum Laude
Andrea Lynn Bracey
Claudia Arm Bunce
Theresa Ann Conkey
Michael John DiGangi
Jessica Marie Friday
Lori Lee Geelen - Summa Cum Laude
Linda Elizabeth Giuliano
Kristina Lee Gray - Magna Cum Laude
Jaclyn Marie Homme
* Chantell Lynne Little
Stephanie Ann More
Malinda Frances Paris
Anna Jean Peterson - Magna Cum Laude
Erin Lynn Proud
Karen Lee Rizzo - Magna Cum Laude
Stacy L. Rosencrans - Cum Laude
Laura Ann Ruprecht
Pamela Marie Rush - Cum Laude
Vicki S. Saska - Summa Cum Laude
Sharon Marie Seman
Lisa Ann Suroviec
Melissa Marie Wells

Secondary Education - Comprehensive
English
Mercedes Henning - Cum Laude
Cathy Ann Hensler - Cum Laude
Shannon Renee Kuzio
Rikki Le Ann Lee - Cum Laude
Kevin Casey O'Cormor

Secondary Education - Earth/Space Science
Eric Wayne Armstrong - Cum Laude

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

bachelor of science in
health and physical

Pre-School Education
Michele L. Baker
* Rebecca Sue Casbohm
* Jonelle Melanie Kirberger
Jolene K. Munson
Heidi Joy Myer
* Brenda L. Simitoski

EDUCATION
Catherine Celeste Quatman - Summa Cum Laude

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
Human Services/Developmental
Disabilities
Michele M. Burke
Dicine Marie Catalfu

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BACHELOR OF ARTS IN SPECIALIZED STUDIES
Secondary Education - Mathematics
Melissa Blair Applebee - Magna Cum Laude
John Gary Hagstrom - Cum Laude

Secondary Education - Physics
Stephen Joseph Fairman - Cum Laude

Secondary Education - Social Studies
Daniel Aaron Andrzejczak
Allison Michelle Langett Baughman - Summa
Cum Laude
Richard James Beach
Jon Carl Beckman
Justin Michael Bienkowski
Philip James Bonus
* Jeremy Robert Cunningham
Devin Michael Demaske
Matthew L. Groves
Abby Elizabeth Harris
Michael Allan Stimmell
Louis A. Strelecki

Health and Physical Education
Julie Marie Long
Patrick M. McCallion
Joshua D. Pearce
Bradley Thomas Wolak

Richard E. Arnold, Ph.D., Associate to the President for Equity and Special Programs

Keysha Reese
Patricia Meeker Sachse
Brooke Elaine Shaffer
Ryan John Shaper t
* Jonna Dawn Sigall
Meri Joanna Surdoval
* Bruce T. Theuret
Scott Michael Thomson
Sarah Joy VanBoxel - Cum Laude
Nicole Lee Vlahovic
Cheryl Renee Walker
Carissa Dawn Weibley
* Karen Marie Widdowson
Yimin Wu

Edie A. Archer
Sarah Renee Calalesina
Rhonda R. Champion
Mary Elizabeth Denial
Heidi Carleen Ecklund
Anita Faith Joslyn
Diana Michelle Koether
Linda Jo Lewis
William Robert Ludwig
Bryan Allen McConnell
Tiffany Rae Miller
Jessica Marie Millimaci
April E. More
Anthony Michael Raco

* Students who completed degree requirements during Summer 2002.
The University does not claim the list of degree candidates or honors designations is absolutely accurate. Students are
granted degrees only if they meet all academic and financial requirements.

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State System of Higher Education

Judy G. Hample, Chancellor

Board of Governors
State System of Higher Education

Charles A. Gomulka, Chair
Kim E. Lyttle, Vice Chair
R. Benjamin Wiley, Vice Chair
Syed R. Ali-Zaidi
The Honorable Jeffrey W. Coy
Brandon W. Danz
Daniel R Elby
David P. Holveck
The Honorable Vincent J. Hughes
Patricia K. Poprik
The Honorable James J. Rhoades
David M. Sanko
B. Michael Schaul
The Honorable Jere W. Schuler
The Honorable Mark S. Schweiker
John K. Thornburgh
Christine J. Toretti
Kara L. Wealand
The Honorable Charles B. Zogby
There is currently one vacancy

Alma Mater
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Council of Trustees

Commencement Committee

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Harry K. Thomas, Chair
Benedict J. Miceli, Vice Chair
Harold C. Shields, Secretary
Clifford E. Allen
John R. Evans
Jacqueline N. Gichinga
John E. Horan
C. Richard Johnston
Catherine M. Manning, SSJ
Virginia L. McGarvey
R. Benjamin Wiley
Judy G. Hample (ex officio)

Robert C. Weber, Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Chair
Janet Bowker, Director, Alumni Affairs
Gary Grant, Chair, Department of Music
Judy Kubeja, Senior Executive Associate to the Provost
Randall McCaslin, Manager, Distance Education and Learning
Technology Academy
Alice Parker, Coordinator for Degree Audit Systems, Office of
Records and Registration
Timothy W. Pilewski, Coordinator of Records and Registration
Brian Pitzer, Director of Public Relations
Lorraine Revak, Facilities Office and General Services Manager
Stefanie C. Russell, Coordinator of Special Events and Programs
Craig Tiede, Assistant Director for Resident Programs and
Leadership

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One of the 14 universities in Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education,
Edinhoro University is committed to affirmative action for all persons in its
educational programs, activities, and employment practices.