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Welcome & Introduction Nicholas E. Flores

Professor and Department Chair

Commencement Address Paula Hildebrandt

Staff Vice President Corporate Development & Integration Planning FedEx Corporation

BA, University of Colorado MBA, Thunderbird School of Global Management

PhD GraduatesTerra McKinnish

Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies

Bachelor of Arts Graduates Jeffrey Zax

Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate StudiesFrancisca Antman Assistant Professor

Billy Mertens Instructor

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Christopher Robert Aarvig Ahmad Frank Abderrahim

Hasan Ayel Al Ahbabi Rami Ahmad Al Zamel

Zachary Ziad J. Alaywan Benjamin Matthew Ambrose

Garrett Lee Aschermann Daniela Alejandra Avendano

Andrew Thomas Barnes Zachary Dain Barone Andrew Brian Beach

Dominic Edward Boggeri Vivienne A. Born with distinction

Richard Daniel Boyd Jake Patrick Bradley William W. Braun Kevin John Breen

Jonathan Michael Bruno Brandon Carrigan Buse

Ryan Joseph Campagnola Jonathan Winston Campbell

Nicholas Stephen Caron William Bartley Cox Adam James Cribari

Jennifer Lauren Csaszar Alexander Mark Czernik

Sean Patrick Daley Michael Thomas Destito

Mark Anthony Diaz Angela Christine Dowdy

Nico Salvatore Enea Andrew Gardner Evans

Austin Kenneth Faroni Edward Jorge Fernandez

Stephen Edward Feuerstein Nicholas Donald Finch

Alexander Wynne Fisher Charles Shelby Frank

Hayden Scott Fries Yang Gao

David Harris Gardner Kyle David Gillette

Timothy Paul Gleason Alison Janelle Grove

Jing Guo David Mark Hackworthy

Tyler William Harch Scott Michael Hausmann

Christine Elizabeth Holloway Vasilena Vasileva Karaivanova

Taylor Michael Keddington William Peter Kelley Andrew Paul Koller Perry Vance Latimer

Paul William LeNeveuJack Geyao Lu

Keith David MartinezAlexander James Martini

Mae Takiko MatsuuraThomas Alexander McKee

Scott David NoblesPhilip Robert Olson

Laura Ospina JaramilloNicholas Harrison Parker

Tyler James Paschke

Taylor John PaulesHunter Lot Phillips

John PosadaTaylor Chris Preusch

Ariel Grace Froelich RaehnMichael Albert Reid

Brandon Michael RizzoBrian Stephen Robles

Alexander George RodriguezJordan David Saffold

William Ryan SchefflerRachael Marie Schroeder

William R Serne, Jr. Pasang SherpaJaron Simpson

Kyle Robert StaffordKenny Neal Szulczewski

Matthew David TerralMichael Ryan TowerLeonid V. Vaisberg

Joshua Michael WainerEugene Wan

with distinctionJingyi Wang

Ye WangDaniel Copell Watson

Lucas Bernard WebsterMadeline Elizabeth Wheeler

Merrill WingChristopher Michael Woolman

Wanqing XiangYuanxin Zhuge with distinction