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Fall commencement at Northwestern Oklahoma State University will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11, in Percefull Fieldhouse.

Mark Norman, 1974 alumnus, will provide the commencement speech. Norman graduated from Northwestern with a bachelor of arts degree in liberal arts. He currently is the interim executive director as well as the vice president for technology for Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA).

Music will be provided by the Ranger symphonic band under the direction of Dr. Marc Decker.

A reception honoring the graduates will immediately follow the ceremony and be held in the Student Center Ballroom.

A livestream of the fall commencement can be found at http://riderangersride.com/watch.

One hundred and thirteen students are candidates to receive bachelor’s degrees. Twenty-three students will receive master of education degrees, nine will receive master of counseling psychology degrees and one will receive a master of arts degree.

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

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

SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Oklahoma

ALVA – Valerie Venosdel Carter, Bachelor of Business Administration

BLANCHARD – Taylor Watham, early childhood education

CHEROKEE – Shawna Perryman, Bachelor of Science in psychology

ENID – Sydney Bowers, Bachelor of Arts in English; Christina Erford, Bachelor of Science in nursing

NEWKIRK – Jason Smith, Bachelor of Business Administration

PONCA CITY – Joseph Zuvanich, Bachelor of Science in computer science

SHARON – Megan Phillips, Bachelor of Science Education early childhood education

TECUMSEH – Raelina Tucker, Bachelor of Science in nursing

WOODWARD – Guadalupe Reyes, Bachelor of Science Education in early childhood education

Asia

NEPAL – Shekhar Adhikari, Bachelor of Science in computer science

MAGNA CUM LAUDE

Oklahoma

CALUMET – Morgan Renbarger, early childhood education

CHEROKEE – Justin Schanbacher, Bachelor of Arts Education in social science

DRUMMOND – Sarah Otto, Bachelor of Science in mass communication

INOLA – Kaylee Peterson, biology-health science option

CUM LAUDE

Oklahoma

ALVA – Garret Lahr, Bachelor of Business Administration

ENID – Tiffany Martin, Bachelor of Science Education in early childhood education; Kayla Diel, Bachelor of Science Education in early childhood education

Kansas

MULLINVILLE – Angela Liggett, Bachelor of Science in health and sports science education

Texas

DALHART – Zachary Frische, Bachelor of Science in psychology

FORT WORTH – Kelsey Leveling, Bachelor of Science in biology, health science option

Washington

RICHLAND – Stephanie Burrier, Bachelor of Business Administration

Hawaii

HONOLULU – Kaydee Yukawa, Bachelor of Science in health and sports science education

Africa

ACCRA, GHANA – Janet Faakye, Bachelor of Science in psychology; Yeboah Gyening, Bachelor of Science in chemistry

Listed are those receiving a master’s degree followed by bachelor’s degree graduates, their degrees and their hometowns are as follows:

MASTER OF EDUCATION

Oklahoma

ALVA – M. Cristina Gordon, adult education management and administration; Jay Lee, adult education management and administration; Tatum Radcliff, educational leadership; Kyle Ward, adult education management and administration

BOISE CITY – Kambri Harland, school counseling

CAPRON – Misty McCullough, school counseling

ENID – Michele Ballard, adult education management and administration; Carl Gaebler IV, educational leadership; Katy Jantzen, educational leadership; Shannon Masquelier, educational leadership; Sarah Owens, educational leadership; Jennifer Patterson, educational leadership

GARBER – Corey Blough, educational leadership

GOODWELL – Rantz Trayler, adult education management and administration

LAHOMA – Christopher Hempfling, educational leadership

LAVERNE – Jaden Crocker, educational leadership; Larissa Jett, adult education management and administration

PONCA CITY – Amy Swartz, educational leadership

California

HIGHLAND – Lailani Maile, secondary education, non-certificate

Colorado

LA JUNTA – Jordan Franz, adult education management and administration

Kansas

KIOWA – Olivia Yandel, adult education management and administration

PRATT – Erica Stevens, school counseling

Texas

FRISCO – Bruce Wright, adult education management and administration

MASTER OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

Oklahoma

ALVA – Sarah Coufal Fletcher, Laura Stoychev

BOISE CITY – Karina Morales

ENID – Josh Stevens

GOODWELL – Destyni Trayler

NEWKIRK – Samantha Shrewsberry-Goodno

SEILING – Katelyn James

California

LOMPOC – Catherine Engelken

MASTER OF ARTS IN AMERICAN STUDIES

Texas

HOUSTON – Ezekwesiri Akwari

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Oklahoma

CHEROKEE – Alexa Goodwin, English

DEL CITY – Cortney Lofton, general studies

ENID – Ashley Epps, general studies

WAYNOKA – Amy Melton, general studies

WOODWARD – Rachel Reardon, English

California

FRESNO – Jeremiah Carter, general studies

Kansas

ANTHONY – Jaclyn Andres, general studies

BACHELOR OF ARTS EDUCATION

Oklahoma

ARNETT – Kambria Witschi, English

PONCA CITY – Derek Bishop, English; Charles Wylie, English

Kansas

WICHITA – Jade George, English

BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCES

Kansas

DODGE CITY – Ian Deges, technical management 

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Oklahoma

BUFFALO – Leidy Aguilar

ENID – Rachel Combs, accounting; Jessica Nelson; Kynna Smith; Matthew Stambaugh

LAVERNE – Cindy Foresman

McALESTER – Kathy Alford

OKLAHOMA CITY – Thomas Wise, accounting

PONCA CITY – Tommie Dehn, accounting; Amy McSmith

SHATTUCK – Carrie Callaway

WOODWARD – Amy Goodwin, Daniel Nelson

California

FRESNO – Jeremiah Carter

Kansas

DODGE CITY – Delisa Deges

Texas

BURLESON – Alyssa Williams

Africa

HARARE – Caroline Makwara, accounting  

Canada

BRAMPTON – Christian Hammerl

BACHELOR OF MUSIC

Kansas

HARDTNER – Naicee Gugelmeyer, vocal music

BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION

Oklahoma

DEL CITY – Kenneith McIntosh Jr., vocal

EL RENO – Bryce Lewis, vocal

Alaska

ANCHORAGE – Isileli Ofiu Jr., vocal

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Oklahoma

ALVA – Rinda Beard, organizational leadership; Kolby Dietz, agriculture; Katelynn Ball, mass communication

BLANCHARD – Jordan Billington, health and sports science education

BEAVER – Luis Chavez, health and sports science education

CAMARGO – Brandon Bryant, criminal justice – law enforcement option

CHEROKEE – Joshua Girty, computer science

ENID – Scott Bartley, computer science; Spencer McCarter, mathematics; Matthew Schneider, biology, health science option; Michael Sheets, criminal justice – law enforcement; Brittany Urban, health and sports science education

LAMONT – Wade Perry, mass communication

KREMLIN – Devan Shahan, health and sports science education; Bryce Gannon, psychology 

MULHALL – Jordan McLemore, mass communication

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rontez Smith, health and sports science education; Tyler McKinney, biology – health science option

PIEDMONT – Matthew Brady, health and sports science education

PONCA CITY – Tiffany Whitefield, health and sports science education

TULSA – Christopher Ladd, health and sports science education

WOODWARD – Jeremy Chaffin, criminal justice – law enforcement

California

BURBANK – Christian Ferratti, health and sports science education

CASTRO VALLEY – Jana Centoni-Sampson, agriculture

PATTERSON – Adriana Becerra, mass communication and health and sports science education; Cody Weinzheimer, health and sports science education

UNION CITY – Niles Villalobos, health and sports science education

Colorado

BROOMFIELD – Lacey Reid, psychology

Florida

YULEE – Kenneth Stewart Jr., health and sports science education

South Dakota

FAITH – Shayna Miller, agriculture

Texas

ARCOLA – Theodis Williams Jr., computer science

DALHART – Morgan Biaggi, biology – health science option

DENISON – Ryan Shumaker, health and sports science education

FORT WORTH – Jarion Tudman, health and sports science education

HOUSTON – Laakeem Henderson, health and sports science education

LANCASTER – Jacoby Beasley, health and sports science education

WATAUGA – Kaitlyn O’Toole, health and sports science education

Canada

VERNON – Scott Day, biology – health science option

England

SOLIHULL – Jade Nash, health and sports science education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION

Oklahoma

BUFFALO – Kori Howard, early childhood education

JET – Kylea Buller, early childhood education

PONCA CITY – Allison Summers, elementary education

WOODWARD – Bobbie Dewald Tuck, early childhood education; Anna Hickman, early childhood education

Arkansas

MOUNTAIN HOME – Shelby Anderson, health and sports science education

Kansas

ASHLAND – Morgan Woodruff, special education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

Oklahoma

ENID – Kelly Olin

MOORE – Shehnaz Virani

RINGWOOD – Nicholas Almack

PIEDMONT – Stephanie White

YUKON – Amy Varghese

BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK

Oklahoma

WAUKOMIS – Chasity McFadden

Florida

WINTER HAVEN – Joby Saint Fleur