FALL COMMENCEMENT LAUNCHES 332 GRADUATES
(KINGSVILLE, December 20, 1996) -- Texas A&M University-Kingsville awarded 262 bachelor's degrees, 68 master's degrees and two doctorates at two separate commencement ceremonies held Friday, Dec. 13, in the university's Steinke Physical Education Center.
University officials split commencement into two separate ceremonies this year for the first time due in part to a larger graduating class combined with a slightly smaller seating capacity in the SPEC after its renovation last year.
Doctor of education degrees in educational leadership were awarded to Yvonne Duran, whose dissertation was titled, "Performance of School Board Members as Viewed by Board
Members and Superintendents"; and Lynn Marie Goeglein-Porter, whose dissertation was titled, "The Cost of Student Achievement as Related to Financial Variables." A third doctorate was awarded to Neva Terri Wilcox who received her degree at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Her dissertation was titled, "An Analysis of the Relationship Between the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills and Student Achievement."
Texas A&M University System Regent Donald E. Powell delivered the commencement address. He urged graduates to take chances in life.
"Do not be afraid to fail ... take a chance," Powell advised graduates. "We all need to cultivate an attitude of 'how can I help' instead of 'what's in it for me'. Giving means more than money. Giving means your time, your talents.
"Power through education," he added, "gives us an ability to see possibilities before they become obvious to the world."
Powell also recapped several strides A&M-Kingsville officials have made in the last few months in expanding the university's teaching and research programs, including receipt of a $3 million biomedical research grant from the National Institutes of Health, a new master's degree program in gerontology and a cooperative fund-raising effort between A&M-Kingsville and Spohn Kleberg Memorial Hospital to construct a $1.2 million rehabilitation and training facility on campus.
The Fall 1996 graduates listed by hometown are as follows:
Agua Dulce: Bachelor of Science: Vicky Asevedo, Michelle Catharine James
Alice: Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science: Pedro Gonzalez III, Danna Ariel Grant; Bachelor of Arts: Oscar Elliott Garcia, Javier Mario Morin, Sandra Paez; Bachelor of Business Administration: Marco Antonio Lozano, Byron William Owens, LaTosha Lynn Perez (magna cum laude), Gayle Rogers; Bachelor of Music: Ramiro Lichtenberger; Bachelor of Science: Vicente Edwardo Alaniz, Valerie Renee Alvarez, Tomas Beltran (cum laude), Cecelia Dugger Burris (cum laude), Patricia Garza Edwards, Veronica Isabel Gutierrez, Mary Katherine Kominis, Mark Edward Magill, Maria Estella Garcia Martinez, Marcia Elaine Nauer, Ismael M. Ochoa, John Cody Resendez, Javier Omar Treviño
Aransas Pass: Master of Science: Eric Anthony Maxey
Armstrong: Bachelor of Science: Manlio Fabio Medellin
Austin: Bachelor of Music: Jorge Alberto Ibarra (cum laude)
Banquete: Bachelor of Science: Melinda Lee Diaz Garcia, Kerry Lynn Hernandez (magna cum laude), Kathryn Rose Zuniga Herrera
Beeville: Bachelor of Science: Natalia Lugo, Craig Jacinto Perez
Benavides: Bachelor of Business Administration: Jose Amador Garza (magna cum laude); Bachelor of Science: Barbra Michelle Benavides, Lisa Diane Redner Cervantez (summa cum laude), Roberto Rene Cervantez
Bishop: Bachelor of Business Administration: Barbara Elizabeth Bellamy (cum laude), Gwendolyn Carol Villarreal; Bachelor of Science: Jennifer Michelle Mock (cum laude), Maria Elisa Perez-Johnson (magna cum laude); Master of Art: LeRoy Evans; Master of Public Accountancy: Barbara Elizabeth Bellamy
Brownsville: Bachelor of Arts: Dolores Almaraz, Pedro Gutierrez; Bachelor of Music: Jeffery Alan Figueroa; Bachelor of Science: Dora C. Arévalo (cum laude), Felipe D. J. Barrientos, Judith Smirna Garcia, Martha Teresa Garza, Felix Lerma Jr. (cum laude);Master of Art: Paula Gomez
Bruni: Bachelor of Arts: Roxana M. Garcia
Carrizo Springs: Bachelor of Arts: Adrian Hernandez Perez; Master of Art: Edgar E. Nandin
Concepcion: Bachelor of Science: Kristie Roxanne B. Ramirez
Corpus Christi: Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science: Raymond A. Hullum; Bachelor of Arts: Roderick K. Hackett; Bachelor of Business Administration: Jessica Ann Bailey (summa cum laude), Jana Dawn Ham Dennis, Monica N. Dresser, Oscar Enrique Reyna; Bachelor of Fine Arts: Grace Garcia; Bachelor of Science: Frances Ann Castillo (cum laude), Belinda de la Cruz (summa cum laude), Jennifer Marie Herpin (summa cum laude), Chris A. Hill, Michael Andrew Leal, Nancy Lee Ledbetter (cum laude), Latisha Noreen Loa (summa cum laude), Richard William Mac Keen, Eduardo R. Mota, Angela Mae Russell, Leola Salazar (magna cum laude), Jennifer Shea Vickers; Doctorate of Education: Yvonne Duran, Lynne Marie Goeglein-Porter; Master of Business Administration: Byoung Uk Lee, Carol Theresa Berthelot, Christopher Byron Fuller, Yvette Marie Jacinto, Linda Lou Lopez, Valerie Lynn Lopez, Melinda Yvette Ramirez, Sonya Ann Roberts, Martin Andrew Taylor, Carolina Trevino
Cotulla: Master of Science: Patricia Moody Harveso
Crystal City: Bachelor of Science: David Lopez
Driscoll: Master of Science: Julissa Lamar Hernandez
Eagle Lake: Master of Education: Debra Ruth Frenzel Ugarte
Eagle Pass: Bachelor of Arts: Pedro Chacon; Bachelor of Science: Maria del Rosario Alcaraz (cum laude), Mireya Mares, Irma Gloria Negrete, Cynthia Ortiz, Lydia Eugenia Ortiz, Sandra C. Rodríguez
Edinburg: Bachelor of Science: Mariolanda Zamora; Master of Science: Richard Eugene Dryer
Falcon Heights: Bachelor of Science: Marisa Garcia
Falfurrias: Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science: Robert L. Garza (summa cum laude); Bachelor of Arts: Thalia Ora Hinojosa, Rita Moralez, Victoria Vanessa Vela (cum laude); Bachelor of Business Administration: Jose Vivian Salinas; Bachelor of Science: Janie Benavides (cum laude), Nora R. Benavides, Sylvia Iris Carrasco, Lisa Garcia (cum laude), Belinda Gonzalez, Debra M. Sanchez; Master of Science: David Leonidas Braswell
Freer: Bachelor of Arts: Orlando Canales; Bachelor of Science: Liza Angela Ortiz (cum laude)
Ft Worth: Bachelor of Arts: Grover C. Rollins
Ganado: Bachelor of Science: Brad Raymond Richards
George West: Bachelor of Science: Elsie Hasette Gutierrez, Dwayne Pawlik
Georgetown: Master of Science: Don Allen Draeger
Hale Center: Bachelor of Arts: Belinda Chantail Poindexter, Paula Kay Dean, Gerardo Garza, Celina Gonzalez
Harlingen: Bachelor of Science: James Ryan Cummings
Hebbronville: Bachelor of Science: Noemi Leticia Flores, Yvonne Canales Lopez, Ana A. Salinas; Master of Education: Cynthia Ann Mendieta
Hidalgo: Bachelor of Science: Monico Antonio Castro (cum laude)
Houston: Master of Science: Qingguo Sun
Katy: Bachelor of Business Administration: Gloria Iris Rodriguez; Master of Science: Russell Scot Perry
Kingsville: Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science: Holly Suzanne Frank, Marcos Ulises Alaniz (summa cum laude), Dianna Lynn Baldwin, Mario Alberto Cárdenas, Helen Joy Carey, Gregory Lee Cuellar, Tammy Lynn Felps (magna cum laude), Adrian Rene Garcia (cum laude), Judy Ann Jozwiak, Kevin K. Love, Diana Mendietta, Isaac Mendiola, Maria Imelda Perez, Martha Alicia Prieto, Ramon Ruben Rodriguez, Gwendolyn Simpson, John David Wagman (cum laude), Gregory Christopher Wernli; Bachelor of Business Administration: Daniel Cavazos, Jose Carlos Fuentes, Leon Gloria, Jatel Gopaul, Olivia del Carmen Holt, Lindsey N. Lewis (cum laude), Todd Everett Perkins, Robert Wayne Ponton, Manuel Ugues, Maria Cristina Valenzuela; Bachelor of Fine Arts: Monique Renee Winkel (cum laude); Bachelor of Music: Lynn Anne Elmore (cum laude), Michael Anthony Garcia; Bachelor of Science: Ivy Michelle Franklin (magna cum laude), Angela McHaney Alarcon, Tammi K. Arnwine, Norman Howard Eric Bennett, Lola Faye Bowden (cum laude), Nichole Bradt, Frances E. Bretz (summa cum laude), Ryan J. Broglie, Mark Lee Bundgus (summa cum laude), Alex Colin, Hector David Cruz, Terry Cueva, Evelyn Diaz, James Peter Ellinwood (cum laude), Holda M. Farias (magna cum laude), Oscar Garza, Robert Lee Goetsch, Priscilla Gonzales (cum laude), Oscar Miguel González, Ruben Roberto Guerra Jr., Kevin James Hanson, Amelia A. Joslin, Nelda Anne Leyba, Barrett Gordon Mayes, Rhonda Michelle Mendez, Ronaldo Noel Mendez, Sonia Molina, Richard D. Morgenroth, Sylvia Annette Orta, Albert Gonzales Pardo Jr., Jennifer Rebecca Parker, Cindy Sandoval Pelagio (magna cum laude), Michael Sebastian Pena, Stephanie A. Peterek (magna cum laude), Monica Marroquin Ramirez (cum laude), Aaron Gabriel Scherpereel, Byron David Sefcik, James Anthony Sierra, Cynthia Silva, Steven Marquez Solis, Araceli Vargas; Master of Art: Sheryl Lea Appuglies Custer, Lorena Patricia Sánchez-Garza; Master of Business Administration: Miguel Antonio Garcia; Master of Education: Rebecca A. Davis, Dolores Jean Garcia; Master of Science: Philip Robert Brown, Angel Rafael Cardenas, Mitchell Harold Dennis, Sharan Lee Elder, Rafael Fox, Zhiwei Fu, Anna O. Garcia, Manash Kumar Maitra, John William Parish, Azhagu Natarajan Sethuraman
La Feria: Bachelor of Business Administration: Leticia Cavazos; Bachelor of Science: Diana Marquez, Reyes Isaac Rodriguez (cum laude), Emilia Edna Saldivar
Laredo: Bachelor of Science: Diana Carrillo (magna cum laude), Christina Gutierrez, Patricia Ana Rodriguez (cum laude), Ricardo Solano, Jesus Guadalupe Villarreal; Master of Education: Concepcion Lopez; Master of Science: Ricardo Carrillo
Los Indios: Bachelor of Science: Elizabeth Ann Treviño (cum laude)
Lyford: Bachelor of Science: Damaris Pezzat
McAllen: Bachelor of Business Administration: Silvestre Cantu; Bachelor of Music: Jorge Humberto Trejo (cum laude); Bachelor of Science: Michelle Lea Disbro, Atidio Rodolfo Garza, Dorene Lorraine Reyes, Enrique Treviño
Mercedes: Bachelor of Science: Robert Anthony Fernandez (summa cum laude)
Mesquite: Bachelor of Science:Nancy D. Leal (magna cum laude); Bachelor of Arts: Roberto Santillan (cum laude)
Mission: Bachelor of Science: Iden Iram Treviño; Master of Science: Alfredo Perez Jr.
Nederland: Bachelor of Science: Jason Michael Monroe
New Braunfels: Bachelor of Arts: Michael Shane Krueger
Orange Grove: Bachelor of Arts: Keith Martin Hackfeld (summa cum laude); Bachelor of Science: Jeri L. Alaniz (cum laude), Faye Carol Huebner, Deborah Michelle Williams (cum laude)
Pharr: Bachelor of Science: Carlos Joel Saenz
Pleasanton: Master of Science: Donald W. Brangan
Portland: Bachelor of Music: Scott Aaron Patricia; Bachelor of Arts: Gabriel Rodolfo Garcia,
Randi Michelle McCleery
Premont: Bachelor of Business Administration: Gilbert Scott McGuire; Bachelor of Science: Donia Denise Barrera
Raymondville: Bachelor of Science: Amy Liza Rincón
Rio Grande City: Bachelor of Arts: Lauro Guadalupe Garza; Bachelor of Science: Mariselda Garcia (cum laude), Melissa Garza, Amy Yvette Gonzalez, Raquel Montalvo
Robstown: Bachelor of Arts: Nora G. Garza; Bachelor of Business Administration: Armando Calvo, Elva Soliz-Rameriz; Bachelor of Science: Deidra Jayne Allen, Rosalinda Gonzalez Almaguer (magna cum laude), Nita Rene Brooks Avery, Gretchen Celeste Christel (magna cum laude), Mary Jo Cole, Tanya Marie De Los Santos, Elizabeth Escobar (magna cum laude), John M. Goodridge, Randal Wayne Kemp, Justin Garrett McCoy
Round Rock: Bachelor of Science: Brian David Stobaugh
San Antonio: Bachelor of Arts: Melissa Louise Rios; Bachelor of Science: Lorraine Margot Castilla (magna cum laude), Abel Rangel Gonzales (cum laude), Ondrea Jocasta Love (magna cum laude), Belinda Martinez, Scott Lee Schaumburg; Master of Art: Juanita Torres Evans; Master of Science: Dean W. Evans, Duvina Ruby Gutierrez, Susan White
Gayle Marie Kahanek, Sharon Lee Kerr, Patricia Ann Lindemood, Joseph Michael McCarthy, Linda Rebecca Moreno, Mary Mendez Rodriguez, Dennis Edward Warnock
San Diego: Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science: Margarita Serna; Bachelor of Science: Lori Ann Arredondo, Michael James Gonzalez, Marlena T. Lopez, Yvonne Jeanette Muñoz, Nora Lamar Sanchez; Master of Science: Georgia Berham Parr
Sandia: Bachelor of Arts: Holly A. Mooney
Santa Maria: Bachelor of Arts: Belinda Reyes
Santa Rosa: Bachelor of Arts: Araceli Elizabett Perez
Spring: Bachelor of Science: Scott Byron Bradley
Taylor: Bachelor of Business Administration: Graciela Teresa Yanez
Tivoli: Bachelor of Science: Lilia Del Carmen Garcia
Victoria: Bachelor of Business Administration: LaJill Denise Garley, Broderick L. Harris; Master of Science: James E. Calaway Jr.
Washington: Bachelor of Science: Jeffrey Lee Husfeld (cum laude)
Woodsboro: Bachelor of Science: Arron Bruce Freeze
Zapata: Bachelor of Arts: Danette Marie Garza
Yadkinville, N.C.: Master of Science: Harry Grant Steelman
Jenison, Mich.: Master of Science: Russel Hil Terry
Bangladesh: Master of Science: Syed Ziaul Islam
China: Master of Science: Chihping Hsiung; Shusheng Zhou
Guatemala: Bachelor of Science: Manuel: Jose Ajpop
India: Master of Science: Manish Kumar Jaisinghani, Amol M. Karnik, Aman Ahmed Khan, Ketan Harilal Merchant, Balasrinivas Prodduturi, Asit Kantilal Waghani
Korea: Bachelor of Science: Jung-Hoon Kim; Master of Science: Yang-Soo Yoon
Kuwait: Bachelor of Science: Abdulrub Saleh Abdulrub
Mexico: Bachelor of Science Gabriel García
Qatar: Bachelor of Science: Hassan M. Alnaimi
Saudi Arabia: Bachelor of Science: Othman Saleh Al-Saleh
Turkey: Master of Science: Turgay Ergul
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-- Mary McAdam