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2021 Convocation Program

College of Applied Health Sciences 2021 Graduates

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GRADUATION WITH DISTINCTION

Honors (designated with *)
Students who maintained a minimum grade point average of 3.25 for all course work completed at Illinois.

High Honors (designated with **)
Students who maintained a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for all course work completed at Illinois.

Highest Honors (designated with ***)
Students who maintained a minimum grade point average of 3.75 for all course work completed at Illinois.

University Honors – Bronze Tablet (designated with +)
Students must rank in the top three percent of their graduating class. This year in the College of Applied Health Sciences the GPA for Bronze Tablet was 3.97. The students receiving the distinction Bronze Tablet will have their names inscribed on a permanent display in the University Library.

 

COMMUNITY HEALTH

Doctor of Philosophy

Gina Lathan

Susann Sears

Zhiying "Zinnia" Zhang

Doctor of Philosophy/Medical Doctor

Gwendolyn Derk

Master of Public Health

Alexandra Arca

Kennedy Burrell

Levi Fisher

Kendall Marie Hutchinson

Syntyche Kanku

Skye Derrice Lewis (Thornton)

Ammarah Mashhood

Ricardo Cruz Ortiz

Ayishat Pedro

Alexandra Roehll

Samantha Sansweet

Karthik Satish

Anne Marie Schultz

Stacia Simmons

Paris Caprice Smith

Antonia Stokes

Nneka Ukpaby

Master of Science in Health Administration

Lauren Becherer

Ariel Freehill

Madison O'Donnell

Julia Wenckus

Master of Science in Health Technology

Gabrielle Choo-Kang

Asif Huq

Tia King

Amrutha Kumaran

Neva Manalil

Marlene Robles Granda

Master of Science

Megan Bayles

Adeyosola "Yosi" Oke

Danniel Rhee

Anupama Sharma

David Strauser

Bachelor of Science

Daezsha Abbott

Eveline Adamski**

Leslie Karen Aguilar

Mujtaba Ahmed***

Tahani Amania Ahmed***

Briana A Aldama*

Nicole Marie Alkhouri*

Carmen Alvarez

Stephanie Alvarez

Ngozi Amadikwu

Katharine R. Anderson**

Racheal Fatimah Asekun

Samantha Asher*

Mary Audisho

Elizabeth Auta

Yareli Avila**

Jee Won Bae***

Jessica Bahena Delgado

Arib Bari*

Julia Marie Bastow

Aidan Berg***

Emily Blankenship*

Kimberly Camara-Pineda

Ana Campa-Torres*

Hennessy Cardenas**

Megan Carney*

Jorge Cervantes*

Adeel Chaudhary**

Gabriella Chavez*

Ashley Cheon***

Matthew Chin

James Chung*

Marco Ciaccio

Sarah Yechileyah Clinton**

Demecha Earlisia Collins

Katherine Crandell***

Kelsey Jean Crement

Chrisheka Daniels**

Sierra Davis*

Andres Diaz*

Joel Francisco Diaz

Nicole Emily Diez**

Kathleen Disilvestro*

Sheanell Dotson

Demetrius Dunbar

Gabrielle DuVal**

Nicole Evins***

Yemariam Z. Eyob**

Cathlyn Rose Ferolin

Diana Fernandez***

Ysabel Beatrice Floresca**

Lillian Claire Friend***

Sydney Marie Gallo***

Jennifer Ann Gantzer***

Alaysia Cheyanne Garza*

Dez Geiger*

Natalie L. Genkin**

Brianna Michelle Ghanbari

Jessica Gitlitz*

Anja Goetten**

La'Dayja Monish Goings**

Kiana Eunece Griffin

Erin Marie Haerr

Arrielle Hall

Melanie Marie Harrington***

Olivia Taylor Hayes**

Daisy Hernandez

Corey Herrman**

William Hindo***

Taylor E. Hnatovic**

Anne Hogan***

Hope Elizabeth Hopkins**

Prada C. House**

Nadine Plamen Hristev***

Feng Juan Huang***

Stephanie Huang*

Yuanting Huang***

Abigail Rose Hunter**

Christen Hutchison

Alona D. Jackson*

Jaden Leigh Janzen**

Meredith Johnson-Monfort

Christopher William Jones

Darius Jones*

Bianca Jordan

Jessica Joseph*

Joann Yubin Kang**

Christian Kanzler

Claire Katz-Mariani***

Surpreet Kaur***

Joseph Keske

Harold Kilburg

Adrian Kim**

John William Kellum**

Sarah Khan***

Sarah Kishta*

Danielle Kishtow

Lauren Komrska***

Josephina Konadu

Cassy Mary Korah

Noah Kraus

Mubaraka Abiola Kukoyi

Sylvia Las**

Zainabu O. Lawal

Michael Lee**

Lauren Rose Lehman

Jessica Kate Lenhart**

Michael Timothy Lenzi

Skye Lewis*

Melanie Masalski*

Drake Materre

Samantha McAllister**

Kayla Nicole McCreary

Christian Tyler McKinney

Saul Mendoza*

Nicholas Ronald Mentzer*

Sabrina Anissa Messar**

Ciara Miller**

Armando Miranda, Jr.**

Jasmine Mitchell*

Tatianna Mohamed

Omar Montoya

Madeline Sarah Moody***

Anthony Nader**

Lesley Nava**

Michelle Lee Nebel

Vanessa Nwankpa

Isiuwa Odiase**

Molly Elizabeth O'Donoghue**

Nicholas Olivieri***

Riley Olson**

Alexis Mary Opilka**

Lauren Owens

Nana Konadu Charity Owusu*

Lauren Katherine O'Young**

Olivia Oyebiyi

Kathleen Park**

Juhi Patel

Rishi Patel**

Alondra Pena Mata*

Juliette Pisarczyk

Sarita Olivia Prabhu***

Keena Preston

Helena Radovanovic***

Cherish Recera***

Amber Redmond*

Anne Rich***

Zehra Rizvi***

Jessica Rodriguez

Mario Rodriguez**

Jennifer Rokhman*

Monica Rokhman**

Divya Sachdeva

Daevin Salwan**

Randall San Jose*

Elizabeth Sandoval Barrios*

Andrea Santoyo*

Tara Seif-Kashani**

Abdulrahman Shamseldin

Malaysia Cherrice Sherman

Joselyn Dayana Siguencia

Brianna Lynn Silveira***

Selena Siu

Stacia Nicole Simmons***

Alexis Sims**

Paris Caprice Smith***

Kelly C. Sohn**

Matthew A. Sprinkle**

Bailey Katherine Stauffer***

Kassandra Maria Stein***

ShaRita Stewart

Cameron Taylor**

Taylor Renae Thompkins

Courtnie Tolar

Kathy Tran***

Mikayala Uplinger**

Leslie Villarreal

Alexandria Walker

Elizabeth Marie Walsh

Madeline Amber Warrington**

Matthew Warciak

Emily Williams***

Jasmine Wilson*

Caitline Wolfe**

Amanda Wyatt**

Kayla L. Young**

Michael Yun*

Rayied Zaffar***

Monica Zalewska**

Alexis Juliana Zarbock*

Naizhang Zhai

Krystyna Zumski*

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KINESIOLOGY

Doctor of Philosophy

Matthew Haugen

Katherine Hsieh

Amadeo Salvador

Master of Science

Jackson Brunner

Lingjun Chen

Emily Erlenbach

William "Billy" Fairfield

Alexander Fliflet

David Galligan

Aileen Griffin

Nicole Malloy

Jonathan North

Conrad Polz

Andrea Rivera Maza

Huaijin Xu

Bachelor of Science

Irin Abraham

Amira Aduma

Jenifer Raquel Alanis**

Octavio Alanis Jr.

Benjamin Albrecht***

Cindy Alcala**

Makylah Allen

Shantanu Sanjay Amin*

Andrew Andersen***

Mikaela R. Antonacci**

Justin Arcilla*

Kevin Armstrong*

Victoria Baek

Madison Bauer***

David William Bein*

Colin Ryan Bell

Matthew Beyer***

Michael Botchev

Dev A. Brahmbhatt

Cristina Brunt*

Justin Chheng Bun**

Annabelle Rose Burke*

Peter Carmichael*

Madison Rose Catalano***

Seonwoo Chae*

Yiyu Chen

Mason David Cheney

Caleb Choi**

Camryn Comodore

McKenna Connolly

Conor J. Cook**

Angelle Cortes**

Emilee Suzanne Crabbe***

Madison Crews

Arthi Cunkari

Laura Curless***

Emma Curtis

Casey Laine Cushing***+

Nora Ashling Czupek*

Daniel Deng*

Michal Dymarsky***

Maumean Mahmoud Elamin

Tristan Empalmado*

Darion Evans

Allison Paige Fair***

William Robert Fasick**

Christian Ferrer

Veronica Flores*

Netanel Frankel

Madeline Grace Ganz*

Terra Rose Garcia**

Liam Gasser

Allison Gelander**

Jackalyn Olander Geraty

Ashley Nicole Gerin*

William David Gonigam

Zachary Bryan Griffith***+

Payton Hallis

Christopher Han

Dele Harding

Marisa Hardwick

Jessica Catherine Hassett

Lina Hawari***

Blake Hayes**

Suowei He*

Dante T. Hemsouvanh***

Zakary Herner**

Alejandra Herrera**

Carolyn Hett***

Steven Ho**

Alexander James Hoelscher

Samantha Hoffman**

Ethan Kyle Huang*

Yu-Ting Hwu***

Jade G. Isaac***

Haley Kristine Janda***

Kyle Patrick Jankowski***

Nathaniel Jarnagin*

Benjamin Jastrebski**

Alice Jiang***

Eric Jung**

Megan Kalinowski***+

Noelle Morgan Kang***

Swathi Karri**

Christine Marie Kelly**

Jaelin Amoni Kenner

Dany Khayat**

Clifford Kim*

Eunice Yebeen Kim***

Noah Kim***

Rin Kim**

Hyerim Ko

Makennah Koos*

Daniel Lee*

Isaac Lee**

Kwonsung Lee***

Subin Lee*

Tailon Leitzsey

Madison Light

Chia-Hao Lin***

Liana Lorenzi

Ulisess Martinez

Marissa Grace Matimore**

John Nicholas Matusek

Ian McCormick

Rachel McLean*

Kenneth Jordan Miller*

Elijah Monjaras

Andrez Lloyd Moscato

Ricardo Munoz

Emma Marie Naumann**

Patrick Newcomb

Jason Noh

Chisomije Nwoko

Mary Gabriella O'Callaghan

Sonja M. O'Donnell***

Hyun Oh**

Jongsoon Oh

Yash P. Panchal*

Nathaniel Park*

Courtney Patten*

Emilie Suyeon Pettersen***+

James Plotner*

Riley Posewick*

Joseph Clifford Procopio**

Ryder Punke

Sergio Quezada***

Alanna Ratusz

Robert Rhodes**

Hannah Richard*

Ben Lee Rickenbaugh***

David C. Riojas*

Erin Mae Ripple**

Xavier Ruiz

Carmen Saez*

Maya Seay

Kathryn Mari Sessler

Jason Shannon

Marcus Shapiro

Nicholas Sheets**

Raphael Siordia

Connor Sloth

Demarius Smith

Nathan Sprovieri

Aaron Douglas Stachnik*

Juliet Sophia Stearns**

Natalia Stolarczuk*

Patrick Strickland*

Nathan Studnicka**

Jordyn Nicole Talley*

Jeannette Tarqueno***

Eric Tran**

Rhein Trochim

Cynthia Uribe*

Juan Valdez

Araceli Velasquez

Rachel Sophia Venegas*

Pedro Villanova**

Alyssa Ann Visage**

Israel Wells***

Alexander Anthony Wiley

Erica Leona Wilson*

Henry Eugene Wilson III

Kathryn Morgan Witte

Dustin J. Wolf*

Eric Wong**

Young Hwan Yang*

Victoria George Zervos***

Congrong Zhang**

Marykate Zoubek**

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INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH SCIENCES

Bachelor of Science

Ruth Pascua Ada**

Adeyanju Akisanya

Jessica Alexander*

Michelle Elizabeth Allen*

Russell Anderson**

Julissa Andino*

Allison Arnowitz*

Anisha P. Atluri**

Shalini Atluri***

Senhit Berhane

Aria Alissa Bernardi**

Anya Bhagwakar***

Nicole Josephine Biondi**

Anna Nicole Boschert**

Sarah Elizabeth Brom**

Kalina Megan Brzostowski**

Rachel Bullock*

Kelsey Burress

McKenna Haley Carlson**

Xiomara Felicia Cardona

Karina Chhatwani***

Minwoo Matthew Choi***+

Whitney Chuong*

Alexa Cohen***+

Jael Christine Coleman

Truman Crafts

Cailey Cranny**

Siddhi Desai***

Falguni Deshpande**

Brakari DuBoise

Rachel Rae Ellingson

Grant Michael Ericksen

Alia Fadl-Alla*

Alyssa Julie-Ann Ford

Madison Marie Gardner**

Joshua James Gerenraich*

Lindsay Gold**

Brooke Gorski***

Adriana Guevara*

William Reyn Higgins*

Maggie Hillman**

Joelle Hobson**

Mary Kaylle S. Idor

Shumaila Jahangir**

Karolina Jarmula*

Sydney Jennings**

Kayla Johnston

Natalie Jamia Jones

Karina Marissa Journet-Brizuela*

Kendall Taylor Kane**

Faseeh Khan***

Katherine Nicole Kolanko**

Kenneth Kolke***

Olivia Kupiec**

Natalie Suzanne Lazuka***

Jennifer Lee**

Jessica Li**

Elisha Li***+

Kyle Richard Loeding**

Jovanni Lopez

Matthew Ludolph***

LeeAndre Mahomes

Carleonna Marshall

Justin Martinez

Lindsey McManus**

Molly S . Mehta***

Yared Melesse**

Navya Mohlajee***

Melissa Moravek***

Jabra Mustafa***+

Julia Nakashima**

Lauren R. Nesher**

Patrick A. Okolo

Chioma Ononogbo*

Alexandra Julia Ostrega**

Tia Parks

Richa Patel***+

Sonya Patel*

Haeley Alaina Peters**

Sylwia Piekarczyk

Dominick Polizzi

Jorge Ramirez

Nijah Randolph

Mollie Rice*

Jose Rodriguez

Samantha Maye Sample***

Humna Rahman Shahid**

Shivali Kala Shukla**

Maya Ivette Soto***

Katherine Rose Stanaszek***

Jacob Stover

Zaria P. Syfu**

Jennifer E. Sykstus***

Collin J. Tarczon***

Olivia F. Thiakos*

MacKenzie Erin Thompson

Carolina Valenzuela

Ayan Njiri Walker**

Areebah B. Waseem**

Iman Williamson*

Jasmine Brittney Wilson

Tracy Wohlever***

Ethan Yau***

Selina Yu*

Abid Zaidi*

Alyssa C. Zirngibl*

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RECREATION, SPORT AND TOURISM

Doctor of Philosophy

Jaesung An

Wonjun Choi

Jeffrey Farr

Do Yun Kim

Jeongeun Park

Maggie Phan

Master of Science

Katie Coil

Jessie Cole

Kyla Collins

Daniel Cuautle

Christian Evans

Kevin Huang

Jay Lopez

Robert Nardini

Tristan Nowlin

Sadie Potvin

Nicholas Pritchard

Shanna-Kaye Samuels

Elise Shank

Jake Sons

Leslie Taylor

Nathan Van Allen

Michael Walsh

Rikyah Wright

Alex Yi

Bachelor of Science

Ali Andrews

John Amerio

Trevor Blackman

Elizabeth Ann Blaszynski***

Madeline Bolser

Luke Samuel Bull***

Brevin Butler

Ryan Chung

Ezekiel Clark*

Gianna Cosmos

Emone' Davis

Sarah Faye Demas

Omar Espinoza

Brandon Ferrara

Natasha Ferrero

Shannon Lynn Gadomski**

Orin Gilchrist

Aaron Michael Gold***

Maite Gonzalez

Dylan Grammer

Ryan Cole Harrison

Ryan Oleary Harrison

Matthew Haufe**

Liaohan He

Krystal Hill*

Emily Anne Hollowell

Yifan Huang**

Courtney Anthony Hutchen

Cameron Mitchell Ireland

Taylor Jackson

Cooper Jazo

Patrick Josellis*

Joshua Katz

Christopher Koll

Lillian Kossman

Brian Kunath

Dong Gue Lee*

Luke Levin**

Bingchen Li***

Chengxi Li**

Ross Lynch

Matthew Thomas Maguire, Jr.***

Damian Marshall

Nicholas Marietti

Gabriel Marrero

Stella McMillan

Colleen Meyering

Blair Nelson**

Nikita Nepomnyashchiy

Jack Neumann**

Christian Nielsen

Jason Novacovici***

Athanasia Panagiotopoulou

Andritsopoulou*

Alexis Jordan Perl*

Alexander Pihlstrom*

Maxwell Pinski

Jan Paul Podgorni

Brittany Prais***

Alondra Pulido

Mia Rabinowitz***

Emily Reeter*

Andrew John Richter***

Amanda Runyan**

Brendan Ross***

Emmanuel Santizo

Jake Schultz

Shelby Renae Sears*

Johnnysha Shannon

Elvin Shields

Madeline Skelton

Julia Therase Smith

Kelli Smith**

Elissa Marie Solberg

Murat Kemal Tatari

Brianna Thomas

Samuel James Tinaglia, Jr.***+

Taylor Truckenbrod***

Kendall Wallis Tucker

Jacob Urdangen

Amelia Wagner*

David Whittley**

Ryan Jeffrey Winkel***

Destiny Williams

Calvin I. Winners

Kelly Wordlaw

Brett Q. Wright**

Zhengqi Xu**

Seongji Yun

Xuanzi Zhang***

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SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCE

Doctor of Audiology

Abbigail Kirchner

Carolyn Legare

Rachael Piper

Doctor of Philosophy

YiHsin Tai

Master of Arts

Elizabeth Allen

Natalie Bianco

Emma Boat

Rachel Deichstetter

Alison DeLuca

Steven Earl

Mindy Eng

Kylie Farison

Macarena Galvez Barrera

Emily Heuck

Nina Iraci

Audrey Jahns

Corey Ketring

Kara Kibitlewski

Dianna Koesterer

Rachael Hiu Ching Lo

Monique Martinez

Elizabeth McKernan

Amanda Moy

Jory Nathan

Elizabeth Palmer

Andrea Paolella

Searam Park

Daina Polikaitis

Samantha Rieches

Jenna Rock

Linnea Sandstrom

Tomas Sierra

Carly Valencik

Elise Volkl

Ashley Wadsworth

JosseMia Webster

Colleen Wilkes

Bachelor of Science

Kasey Mary Abrahamsen***

Christiana Danielle Allen

Isabella Aguilar**

Magaly Alvarez-Santana***

Monica Aranda Saldana

Maya Balachander***+

Arianna Catherine Bastys***+

Haleigh Black**

Brianna Patricia Brodeur***

Mary K. Buchheit***+

Aaron Chan

Megan Jo Cooney*

Eleanor Caroline Cooper***

Jenna Patricia Crean***

Jalea Davis**

Rebecca Deacetis***+

Erin Donaldson**

Tanner Doran**

Hannah Epstein***

Lydia Fleming**

Kaitlyn Gargrave***

Alexandra Jade Gawthrop***

Samantha Rae Glicken***

Eva Helmuth***

Michelle Dorothy Hendrickson*

Janice Kim***

Emily Klipstein***

Margo Elizabeth Lanier***

Christina Lee**

Abby Lerman*

Rachel Lynn Lowrance*

Johana Machuca***

Grace Ann Malone***

Alia Mariella***

Daniel McComb***

Kelin Mendoza*

Caylen Moyer**

Alexandra O'Connell

Melanie Alexis Ozanic**

Molly Mahan Paquette**

Christina Philippou***+

Natalie Rose Raden***

Sarah Robinson***

Grace Rochford***

Celeste Antoinette Rodriguez**

Vanessa Romero**

Alyse Ruda***

Ana Sabic***

Shay Riva Scheri***

Paige Marie Valente***+

Isabelle Sophia Vanasco**

Carmen Vangalis**

Allison Jean Wells***

Victoria Ann Willman***

Taylor Wojcik**

Brianna Marie Wolski **

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UNIVERSITY HONORS – BRONZE TABLET

To earn Bronze Tablet distinction, students must rank in the top three percent of their graduating class. This year in the College of Applied Health Sciences the minimum GPA for Bronze Tablet was 3.97.

The students receiving this distinction will have their names inscribed on a permanent "bronze tablet" display in the University Library.

Maya Balachander

Arianna Catherine Bastys

Mary K. Buchheit

Minwoo Matthew Choi

Alexa Cohen

Casey Laine Cushing

Rebecca Lynn Deacetis

Zachary Bryan Griffith

Megan Kimberly Kalinowski

Elisha Li

Jabra Mustafa

Richa Rajendra Patel

Emilie Suyeon Pettersen

Christina Maria Philippou

Samuel James Tinaglia, Jr.

Paige Marie Valente

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AHS HONORS β€” EDMUND J. JAMES SCHOLARS

The Edmund J. James Scholar Program, named for the fourth president of the University of Illinois, is the honors program within the College of Applied Health Sciences. The program recognizes undergraduates who have achieved academic excellence and provides them with unique learning opportunities. The following seniors in AHS received this distinction in the 2020-2021 academic year.

Kasey Abrahamsen

Arianna Catherine Bastys

Matthew Beyer

Brianna Brodeur

Mary Buchheit

Madison Catalano

Karina Chhatwani

Minwoo Choi

Alexa Cohen

Casey Laine Cushing

Rebecca Deacetis

Siddhi Desai

Yemariam Eyob

Diana Fernandez

Brandon Ferrara

Natasha Ferrero

Lydia Fleming

Lillian Friend

Madison Gardner

Alexandra Gawthrop

Samantha Glicken

Lindsay Gold

Brooke Gorski

Ryan Harrison

Sarah Hauenstein

Anne Hogan

Feng Juan Huang

Yuanting Huang

Abigail Rose Hunter

Yu-Ting Hwu

Haley Janda

Meredith Johnson-Monfort

Eric Jung

Megan Kalinowski

Noelle Kang

Swathi Karri

Surpreet Kaur

Dany Khayat

Eunice Yebeen Kim

Emily Klipstein

Lillian Kossman

Margo Lanier

Johana Machuca

Grace Malone

Molly Mehta

Jason Novacovici

Molly O'Donoghue

Emilie Pettersen

Brittany Prais

Natalie Raden

Cherish Recera

Zehra Rizvi

Sarah Robinson

Samantha Sample

Shivali Shukla

Maya Soto

Nathan Sprovieri

Bailey Stauffer

Cameron Taylor

Paige Valente

Allison Jean Wells

Emily Williams

Tracy Wohlever

Ellyce Wong

Victoria Zervos

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VISIT US ONLINE

To view a "virtual" Convocation congratulatory videos from the College of Applied Health Sciences, please visit this webpage.

Special thanks to our student Convocation speakers:

Undergraduate Student Speakers:

Megan Kalinowski
BS, Kinesiology

Molly Mehta
BS, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Graduate Student Speakers:

Maggie Phan
PhD, Recreation, Sport and Tourism

Linnea Sandstrom
MA, Speech and Hearing Science

This program contains the list of graduates who received degrees in August 2020 and December 2020. This program also contains the unofficial list of degree candidates for May 2021 and Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree students expecting to receive a degree post-May 2021. Due to printing deadlines, the names of some degree recipients may not appear while the names of some degree candidates who have not completed their degree requirements may be included.

Honors listed in the program are tentative and will be finalized at a later date.