Area students among UNL graduates

LINCOLN -- Approximately 2,100 students are scheduled to receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in commencement exercises beginning at 9:30 a.m. May 10 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

James W. Cronin of the University of Utah, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in physics with Merriman, Neb., native Val Fitch for work they did at Princeton University, will give the address.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside over the ceremony, which will include graduates from 44 states, 47 countries and Puerto Rico.

A list of graduates from the Gazette area follows. Information includes the graduate's name, college, degree and any applicable honors (degree with distinction, high distinction or highest distinction, and University Honors Program).

ARAPAHOE: Zachary Joe Nott, B.S. in education.

BARTLEY: Brett Douglas Harsh, B.S. in construction management.

BENKELMAN: Audrey Marie Bartholomew, bachelor of arts; Gabriel Guy Fries, B.S. in business administration.

CAMBRIDGE: Michael Thomas Jones, master of secondary teaching; Walker Lee Jones, B.S. in mechanical engineering with distinction.

CULBERTSON: Scott William Gohl, B.S. in agricultural sciences; Phillip James Varilek, B.S. in civil engineering. CURTIS: Kara Lynn Wilkinson, bachelor of journalism.

ELWOOD: Christine Anne Bader, B.S. in education; Johan Robert Marquardt, B.S. in agricultural sciences with high distinction; Stacy Ann Schroeder, bachelor of arts; Anthony Brian Schutz, juris doctor with highest distinction.

EUSTIS: Melissa Marie Schurr, B.S. in business administration.

HAYES CENTER: Cody P. Jeffers, B.S. in business administration; Tina Rae Stewart, B.S. in agricultural sciences.

IMPERIAL: Peter James Arterburn, B.S. in business administration; Curtis Duane Johnson, B.S. in agricultural sciences; Misti Dawn Kuenning, B.S. in agricultural sciences with high distinction; Sarah Ann Terryberry, B.S. in business administration with highest distinction.

LAMAR: Summer Brooke Eidson, bachelor of arts. McCOOK: Jason D. Cobb, B.S. in construction management; Michael Patrick Fargen, bachelor of arts; James William Griffin, bachelor of arts; Justin D. Kummer, B.S. in agricultural sciences; Matthew Patrick McCune, bachelor of arts; Melody Dawn Nelms, B.S. in agricultural sciences; Lindsey Dawn Ord, B.S. in dental hygiene (UNMC); Leeland Daniel Shiers, B.S. in business administration; Neleigh Nicole Smith, juris doctor; Amy Therese Sughroue, master of professional accountancy. OXFORD: Lacey Lee Egbert, bachelor of arts; Phillip Jon Lueking, B.S. in agricultural sciences.

TRENTON: Bradley Joseph Hubl, master of architecture.