Local students among 2,400 UNL grads to receive degrees today, Saturday

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Approximately 2,400 students are scheduled to receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in commencement exercises May 8 and 9.

UNL will conduct separate commencement exercises for postgraduate (May 8), baccalaureate (May 9) and law (May 9) degrees.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside over the graduate and baccalaureate ceremonies at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, while Steven Willborn, dean of the College of Law, will preside over the law exercises at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Chemist Eugene "Gene" Cordes will address the baccalaureate ceremonies, UNL mathematics professor Judy Walker will address the postgraduate ceremonies and Theodore C. "Ted" Sorensen, former special counsel and adviser to President John F. Kennedy, will address the law graduates.

The degree recipients are from 44 states, the District of Columbia, and 40 countries.

A list of graduates from the Gazette area follows. The list includes students who received degrees from the University of Nebraska at Omaha or the University of Nebraska Medical Center in UNO or UNMC programs offered on the UNL campus. Information includes the graduate's name, college, degree and any applicable honors. Honors include degrees with distinction, high distinction or highest distinction (cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude for UNO degrees).

CHAMPION: Kelsey Aaron Cupp, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, B.S. in agricultural journalism.

CULBERTSON: Andrea Kathryn Eisenhart, Arts and Sciences, bachelor of arts; Ryan Ray Morthole, Engineering, B.S. in industrial engineering; Tanner Dean Rousselle, Engineering, B.S. in electrical engineering.

HAYES CENTER: Luis Fernando Dimas, Arts and Sciences, bachelor of arts.

IMPERIAL: Eric Andrew Fuehrer, Dentistry (UNMC), doctor of dental surgery; Stephen Alan Hanna, Engineering, B.S. in mechanical engineering; Dillon Bruce Harchelroad, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, B.S. in agribusiness; Stephanie Rozanne Varilek, Graduate College, master of music.

McCOOK: Ryan Scott Carman, Architecture, master of architecture; Kristi Lea DeBoer, Arts and Sciences, bachelor of arts; Lisa Estelle Friehe, Graduate College, master of architectural engineering; Aaron Christopher Nix, Fine and Performing Arts, bachelor of fine arts with distinction; Kate Ann Wolford, Education and Human Sciences, B.S. in education and human sciences.

STRATTON: Luke Ray Renfro, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, B.S. in mechanized systems management.

ARAPAHOE: Katherine Diane Adams, Business Administration, B.S. in business administration with highest distinction.

CAMBRIDGE: Stacey Lynn Groshong Hageman, Architecture, master of architecture; Stacey Lynn Groshong Hageman, Graduate College, master of community and regional planning; Andrew Brady Lewis, Education and Human Sciences, B.S. in education and human sciences; Michael George McHale, Journalism and Mass Communications, bachelor of journalism with high distinction; Grant William Moore, Business Administration, B.S. in business administration with high distinction.

ELWOOD: John P. Knudsen, Business Administration, B.S. in business administration.

OXFORD: Nathan Kirk Fox, Law, juris doctor; Darcy Jenae Lueking, Fine and Performing Arts, bachelor of fine arts; Kenton William Peterson, Graduate College, master of science.

WILSONVILLE: Alicia Renee Brown, Dentistry (UNMC), B.S. in dental hygiene.