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UHV announces summer, fall graduates
The University of Houston-Victoria has awarded 635 degrees to undergraduate and graduate students who completed their coursework in the 2013 summer and fall semesters.
Undergraduate candidates with honors wore gold braids over their robes during a Dec. 14 graduation ceremony at the Leonard E. Merrell Center in Katy.
Students graduating cum laude, with honor, had grade-point averages of 3.5 to 3.67 on a 4.0 scale. Students graduating magna cum laude, with high honor, had GPAs of 3.68 to 3.84, and those graduating summa cum laude, with highest honor, had a GPA of 3.85 or higher.
Graduates by school are listed below with their hometown and any honors received. Those listed with an asterisk next to their name graduated in the summer.
SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Master of Arts
- Thien Q. Hoang, Bellaire
- Karen Beth Kennemer, Port Lavaca
- Alicia Ann Vasquez, Port O�Connor
- Paige Ashleigh Ruschhaupt, Victoria
Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
- Elizabeth Mercer Thompson, Edna
- Whitney Marie Backhaus, Hempstead
- Sahar Javed Minhas, Houston
- Delayne Michael Petitt*, Houston
- Karla C. Brown, Pelion, S.C.
- Philip D. Henneke, Victoria
Master of Science
- Kavi Elaine Kardos, Austin
- Elizabeth Rodriguez, Cuero
- Jennifer Lee Blaise, Davie, Fla.
- Syed Tayyab Ali*, Houston
- Xena J. Bannis, Houston
- Angel H. Cordero, Houston
- Jean De Dieu Habimana, Houston
- Shilpa Pathuri, Houston
- Trong Truong*, Houston
- Rakshya Aryal, Katy
- Erin B. Hudson*, Katy
- Ramon Amaury Lozada, Katy
- Jose Rafael Vera, Katy
- Amanda Merrell, Killeen
- Laura Lisa Gonzalez Vasquez, Laredo
- Michael Hudson Slaughter, Lubbock
- Vishnupriya Kalidindi*, Missouri City
- Raja Abuturab Mehdi, Silver Spring, Md.
- Cary B. Fagan, Sugar Land
- Sarah Niemeier*, Sugar Land
- Rupal Keyur Patel, Sugar Land
- Keri Lynn Farnsworth*, Victoria
Bachelor of Arts
- Melisa A. Hernandez*, Austin, Cum Laude
- Wendell Kerry Martin, College Station, Magna Cum Laude
- Gabriela Puentes, El Campo
- Zachary Alexander Wilford*, Friendswood
- Ryan James Fojt, Hallettsville
- Hafida Abdesselam*, Houston
- Mark Henry Diebold*, Houston
- Adrienne Nicole Valadez, Houston
- Angelica M. White-Barcus, Houston
- Andrea Jaramillo De Buyl, Katy, Summa Cum Laude
- Julieta Margarita Woleslagle, Needville, Summa Cum Laude
- Kelly Loraine Jones, Port Lavaca, Cum Laude
- Luis Enrique Pina Narvaez, Port Lavaca
- Ashleigh Janelle Wood, Port Lavaca
- Belinda Anaya, Richmond
- Raulina Augusto Dathe, Richmond, Summa Cum Laude
- Leanna Nicole Riley*, Rosenberg
- Kathy M. Schneider, Rosenberg
- Kristen Ann Snowdon*, Spring Hill, Tenn., Cum Laude
- Liliana Calvo Franco*, Sugar Land
- Michelle L. Camacho, Victoria
- Julian Ross Kuykendall, Victoria
- Destiny I. Ortiz, Victoria
- Roger Zuniga Rendon*, Victoria
- Christopher Blake Salinas, Victoria, Cum Laude
- Christina R. Ontjes*, Waxahachie
Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences
- Nicole Marie Mosby, Bay City, Summa Cum Laude
- Bridget B. Crowley, Crosby
- Zara Ali, Houston
- James Anthony Asch*, Houston
- Kimberly Lanyce Carter, Houston
- Ryan Claire Mitchell, Houston
- Walter Earl Thanars, Houston, Cum Laude
- Omar Anthony Mata, Katy
- Donald Edward Schubot*, Katy, Magna Cum Laude
- Lisa E. Sutton, Katy
- Alice Cheatham Brooks*, Needville, Magna Cum Laude
- Kenneth E. Epie, Pearland
- Carol Kirshbaum Goode*, Richmond, Summa Cum Laude
- Shelita Yvette Kimble, Richmond
- Eric Shane Hayward*, Rosenberg
- Jennifer Rochele Piper*, Spring
- Katelin Elizabeth Curtis, Victoria
- LouAnn L. Frazier, Victoria
- Kaci Lauren Gifford*, Victoria
- Magdalena Rae Hernandez*, Victoria, Magna Cum Laude
- Tracy A. Perry, Victoria
- Darren Lynn Salas, Victoria
- Elisha Kae Todd, Victoria
- Dillon Miles Vyvlecka*, Victoria, Magna Cum Laude
- Thomas Mason, Wallis, Magna Cum Laude
Bachelor of Science
- Sham Z. Chauthani, Austin
- Angie Ponce Villarreal*, Beeville
- Samantha Rebecca Salas*, Channelview
- Gilbert Anthony Cantu*, Corpus Christi
- Rebecca Jones Bales, Cuero
- Bianca Nicole Perales, Cuero, Cum Laude
- Umaima Mal*, Denison, Cum Laude
- Lindsey Anne Johnson, East Bernard
- Kaylea Ann Orsak, Edna, Magna Cum Laude
- Ashley M. Sczech, El Campo, Cum Laude
- Jacqueline J. Hicks*, Fort Worth, Summa Cum Laude
- Katina Dawn Stover*, Fort Worth, Summa Cum Laude
- Sudeshna Harlan, Fulshear, Summa Cum Laude
- Michael Remmert Ytsma, Fulshear, Magna Cum Laude
- Megan A. Gresham*, Ganado, Magna Cum Laude
- Christopher Joshua Bible, Houston
- Miguel Cesareo Cantu, Houston, Cum Laude
- Amenze E. Erhunmwunsee*, Houston
- Barbara Ann Henry*, Houston
- Nakirsha Rochella Malone*, Houston
- Mojgan Masoudi*, Houston
- David Michael McColloch, Houston, Cum Laude
- Kevin Vondell Moffit, Houston
- Linda Tram Nguyen, Houston
- Ken Rodgers Puntod Pascual, Houston
- Jason Phuong, Houston, Cum Laude
- Gloria M. Ramirez*, Houston, Cum Laude
- Leyma Maylee Rivera*, Houston, Magna Cum Laude
- Farina Syed*, Houston
- Tasha Ward, Houston
- Maral Azodinia, Katy, Summa Cum Laude
- Hugo Nelson Barahona Jr.*, Katy
- Erika Danielle Clark, Katy
- Kelley Lauren Clark, Katy
- Kathleen E. Creedon*, Katy
- Edgar Alberto Garza*, Katy
- Oscar Gonzalez, Katy, Summa Cum Laude
- Lindsay Dianne Hall-Pettit, Katy
- Sunny Renee Landes, Katy
- Robert H. Lee, Katy, Summa Cum Laude
- Dushawn Maurice McNabb, Katy
- Brittany Pileggi*, Katy
- Caprecia Trenice Reed, Katy
- Meagan Brianna Wyche, Katy
- Justin Blake Young*, Katy, Summa Cum Laude
- Lauren Renee Hauser*, League City, Cum Laude
- Christi A. Hahn, Leander
- Tammy Kennemer, Lewisville, Magna Cum Laude
- Dawn Lynn Schantz, Lorena, Cum Laude
- Joshua Ryan Sanders, Meadows Place, Magna Cum Laude
- Emmanta Ubinna Emmanuel, Missouri City
- Christine Joy Michie, Missouri City
- Alicia M. Mouton, Missouri City
- Vaishnavi Loka, Pearland
- Kimberly Marsh*, Pearland
- Zachary Benjamin Murray*, Pipe Creek
- Alyssa Nicole Rodriguez*, Port Lavaca
- Chris Allan Rogers*, Port Lavaca
- Carissa Lynn Soliz, Port Lavaca, Magna Cum Laude
- Ovidio Alcorta*, Richmond
- Shaun K. Butters*, Richmond, Cum Laude
- Mona Jalal Halawa, Richmond
- Jordan Lawerence Pointer*, Richmond
- Michael Alan Rambaud*, Richmond, Cum Laude
- Afreen Begum Siddiqui, Richmond
- Zahra Yousaf, Richmond
- Amer Bashar Adham*, Rosenberg, Cum Laude
- Monty Trey Criswell*, Rosenberg
- Madeleine T. Fuller, Rosenberg, Summa Cum Laude
- Jessica Lynn Janis, Rosenberg, Cum Laude
- Kelsey Shae Junek, Rosenberg, Summa Cum Laude
- Danielle Michelle Delgado, San Antonio
- Callie Joan Albee, Simonton
- John Thomas Longoria*, Spring
- Aisha Ajmal, Sugar Land, Magna Cum Laude
- Omar Fouzan Arar, Sugar Land
- Ryan Blake Collins, Sugar Land, Magna Cum Laude
- Lindsey Ann Daaboul, Sugar Land
- Fatima A. Saleh*, Sugar Land
- Kelsey Lavada Young-Rath*, Sugar Land
- Colin Earl Simmons, Temple, Magna Cum Laude
- Jennifer R. Baker, Victoria
- Amanda Lynn Barrios*, Victoria
- Nicole Frances Brooke, Victoria
- Andrew C. Campbell*, Victoria
- Eden Elizabeth Casal*, Victoria
- Steven Craig Couch, Victoria, Magna Cum Laude
- Rogelio Faragoza Jr.*, Victoria
- Elizabeth Ann-Lydia Glowney, Victoria
- Cami A. Griffin, Victoria
- Madison Wiest Guerrero, Victoria
- Clinton Lee Knowlton*, Victoria, Summa Cum Laude
- Jeremy Sanchez*, Victoria
- Kaye D. Shook*, Victoria
- Corti Stephen Wilson*, Victoria
- Nick Travis Winfrey, Victoria
- Marilyn Kellie Marshall Wishert, Victoria
- Crystal Rene Fullerton, Wallis, Cum Laude
- Tanya Renee Sulak, Wharton, Magna Cum Laude
- Joshua M. Donoho*, Yoakum
- Alicia Christine Fikac, Yoakum, Summa Cum Laude
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Master of Business Administration
- Judas Greg Guzman, Amarillo
- Josephine Cepeda, Arcola
- Dagem Misganaw Yitbarek*, Bakersfield, Calif.
- Jacob Anthony Schulz, Bay City
- Steven Andrew Sumners, Bay City
- Heaven Renee� Warner, Beaumont
- Valentin Moreno, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- Anthony Anderson, Brookline, Mass.
- Nicole Toy, Brookshire
- Zeeshan Ahmed, Chicago, Ill.
- Maksatmyrat Atabayev, College Station
- Phillip Warren Rainey, Cumming, Ga.
- Porsha Melonie Hill*, Cypress
- Krystal M. Johnson, Cypress
- Adriano Pinho, Cypress
- Adriana Sarmento, Cypress
- Nasir Khalid Khan*, Dayton
- Hardip Mewada, Fremont, Calif.
- Tinuade Torise Aroloye, Fresno
- Nicole Andrea Harrison-Latty, Fresno
- Adria Lasha Magoti, Fresno
- Ken Lee Woods, Fresno
- Scott A. Iller, Fulshear
- Kayla Bludau, Hallettsville
- Trung Duy Tran, Harrisburg, Pa.
- Chandani Adhikary, Houston
- Victor Abayomi Aluko*, Houston
- Kasim Baglam, Houston
- Janette G. Broadfoot, Houston
- Jude Akhigbe Daudu, Houston
- Ayotunde Olubusola Fasehun, Houston
- London Bliss Flores, Houston
- Mansoor M. Khanmohamed, Houston
- Jonathan Lee, Houston
- Veronica H. Lewis, Houston
- Chuong Hoang Ly, Houston
- Gabriel Manescu*, Houston
- Oritsebemiyo Martey, Houston
- Arsha Moore, Houston
- Stephen Mwaka, Houston
- Kingsley Chidi Nnomadim, Houston
- Jennifer N. Ochoa, Houston
- Michael Chidi Otule, Houston
- Dhiren J. Patel*, Houston
- David Taylor Peters, Houston
- Lisa Peters, Houston
- Wasiu A. Quadri, Houston
- Araceli G. Rosas*, Houston
- Ekaette Elizabeth Shammah, Houston
- Javier Bismark Tapia*, Houston
- Hong Thai, Houston
- Chih-Hao Tsai*, Houston
- Indranil Mukherjee, Irvine, Calif.
- Justin Alan Burger*, Katy
- Alan Troy Danna, Katy
- Christopher Jon Fontenot, Katy
- Wilson Alberto Garcia*, Katy
- Gabriel Cuellar Gonzalez*, Katy
- William H. Kelly, Katy
- Catherine Lynn Matsumura, Katy
- Cari Anne McMenemy, Katy
- Obinna C. Onwuama, Katy
- Vrushali Avinash Patil, Katy
- Emmanuel Rex-Nwakamma, Katy
- Kara Lea Schmitz, Katy
- Satya Srinivas Seethepalli, Katy
- Muhammad Uddin Shahab*, Katy
- Manan Sharma*, Katy
- William R. Speer, Katy
- Leonardo Vargas, Katy
- Christopher Michael Deleon*, Mansfield
- Kenneth Lee Tarpley, McLean, Va.
- Lionel Carter, Missouri City
- Heather C. Edwards, Missouri City
- Kristina Nicole Mickens, Missouri City
- Katherine R. Mcguire, Needville
- Parikshet Ahuja Babber, Pearland
- Crystal Anne Kiel, Pearland
- Tanya Monique Teixeira, Pearland
- Ferdinand Ikenna Agbara, Port-Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria
- Blake Beltran, Richmond
- Juan Julian Castillo Jr., Richmond
- Ugochukwu Osondu Diribe*, Richmond
- Rebecca Lee Lazarou, Richmond
- Colin Moussa, Richmond
- Naushad Ahmed Qasim, Richmond
- Bradley James Savant, Richmond
- Taryn Brooke Walker, Richmond
- Johnny Taylor, Rocheport, Mo.
- James Lynn Weston, Rosenberg
- Sarah Mahdi, Sarasota, Fla.
- Jordan Lester Blackwood, St. John�s, Newfoundland, Canada
- Brian D. Burkhart, Sugar Land
- Brenda Lizett Cornejo*, Sugar Land
- Neal Edgar Estep, Sugar Land
- Yusra Dilshad Farooqi, Sugar Land
- Bryan Guinn*, Sugar Land
- Farrah Zanib Haider, Sugar Land
- Brandy Lucia Holoman, Sugar Land
- Rocio Chavez Ibanez, Sugar Land
- Yvonne G. Jones, Sugar Land
- Junaid A. Kabani, Sugar Land
- Jason Knudson, Sugar Land
- Alvaro J. Parra, Sugar Land
- Nikhil V. Patel, Sugar Land
- Ankitkumar Narendrasinh Solanki, Sugar Land
- Malay Vyas*, Sugar Land
- Jared Elijah Dunn, The Woodlands
- Michael D. Houck, Tomball
- Jonathan Ybanez Salazar, Victoria
- Shana Lynn Speer, Victoria
- Christopher D. Wylie, Victoria
- Lindsay Elaine Young, Victoria
- Wendy Lyn Irwin, West Columbia
Master of Science
- Antonio Arellano, Katy
Bachelor of Business Administration
- Timothy Chase Ivy, Austin, Summa Cum Laude
- Samantha Christine Stasney, Beasley
- Rayna Victoria Rivera*, Brazoria, Cum Laude
The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region since 1973 in Victoria, Texas, offers courses leading to more than 50 academic programs in the schools of Arts & Sciences; Business Administration; and Education, Health Professions & Human Development. UHV provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus, as well as an instructional site in Katy, Texas, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. UHV supports the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Opportunities for All initiative to increase awareness about state colleges and universities and the important role they have in providing a high-quality and accessible education to an increasingly diverse student population, as well as contributing to regional and state economic development.