May 21, 2007

One hundred eleven received bachelor’s degrees Saturday, May 19, in commencement ceremonies in Blair, Neb., at Dana College. Four professors, Sybille Bartels, Kay Ferguson, Carol Haussermann and James Olsen, were granted emeritus status with a combined 124 years of teaching at Dana. The Blair Family YMCA received the College-Community Service Award, the college’s highest non-academic honor.

Graduating with honors were:
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
NEBRASKA
Fremont: Melissa Andrus; Hooper: Sara Siebler; Lincoln: Heidi Essay, Amanda Hershey; Omaha: Michelle Simon; Nebraska City: Webster Farris; Royal: Kelli Ober
ELSEWHERE
Charter Oak, Iowa: Lisa Schneider

MAGNA CUM LAUDE
NEBRASKA
Blair: Jena Andersen; Kennard: Stephanie Fitch; Grand Island: John Kaup; Gurley: Kimberli Joedeman; Omaha: Tracy Glantz, Danielle Jackson, Sarah Sempek
ELSEWHERE
Avoca, Iowa: Kimberly Krohn; Dunlap, Iowa: Andrea Lapke; Chanute, Kan.: Marcy Fergola

CUM LAUDE
NEBRASKA
Clarks: Shari Boroviak; Craig: Breanne Chamberlain; Grand Island: Joseph Stump; Omaha: Kelly Grant-Leanna, Margaret Patterson
ELSEWHERE
Whittier, Calif.: Danica Woodyard; Britt, Iowa: Morgan Shields; Council Bluffs, Iowa: Rodney Brown; Denison, Iowa: Jennifer Jurgensen; Lynnwood, Wash.: Joshua Martin; Tacoma, Wash.: Gregory Rickenbacher

Other graduates were:
Blair Alderman, Spokane, Wash.; Timothy Alvarado, Bellevue, Neb.; Elizabeth Andersen, Audubon, Iowa; Jennifer Bakker, Lincoln, Neb.; Michael Barsness, Northfield, Minn.; Scotty Bash, Stuart, Iowa; Jacqueline Benson, Woodbine, Iowa; Dana Binning, Roland, Iowa; Joseph Blackstad, Andover, Minn.; Shelby Bliss, Parkville, Mo.; Angel Blunk, Denison, Iowa; Mitchell Bowhay, Bellevue, Neb.;

Kevin Brown, Camarillo, Calif.; Michael Buchanan, Omaha, Neb.; Krystal Cary, McClelland, Iowa; Peter Casarotto III, Phoenix, Ariz.; Clinton Christensen, Bennington, Neb.; Julie Christensen, Bridgeport, Neb.; Zebediah Christensen, State Center, Iowa; James Clark, Indianola, Iowa; Nathan Clay, Hayward, Calif.; Robert Cox, Hawley, Minn.; Theodore Cox, Hawley, Minn.; Clinton Dale, Las Vegas, N.M.; Jessica Doan, Omaha, Neb.; Kurt Ferguson, Omaha, Neb.; Erica Fitch, Coldwater, Mich.;

Megan Flowers, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Shannon Glanz, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Anthony Grasso, Omaha, Neb.; Kara Graves, Omaha, Neb.; Darcy Gross, Earling, Iowa; April Groteluschen, Columbus, Neb.; Laurice Hansen, Hampton, Neb.; Ross Haley, Omaha, Neb.; Ryan Hayden, Salem, Ore.; Gregory Hill, Omaha, Neb.; Jarad Hollendieck, Gretna, Neb.; Nicole Hull, Moorhead, Iowa; Sarah Hutsell, Waverly, Neb.;

Thomas Jackson, Champaign, Ill.; Cheyenne Jansdatter, Albuquerque, N.M.; Mindy Jensen, Atlantic, Iowa; Mark Jones, Blair, Neb.; Jacqulynn Kaasch, Omaha, Neb.; Krista Labs, Fort Calhoun, Neb.; Brett LaForest, Jackson, Mo.; James Lal, Mesa, Ariz.; Richard Lebeda, Omaha, Neb.; Thomas Lensch, David City, Neb.; Edward Locke III, Redding, Calif.; Jason Lozier, Omaha, Neb.; Ashley Matteo, Valley, Neb.;

Jarod Owens, Harvard, Neb.; Robert Parsons, Omaha, Neb.; Jennifer Pauley, Woodbine, Iowa; Jocelyn Pedersen, Gretna, Neb.; Zachary Peterson, Omaha, Neb.; Christopher Reinke, Omaha, Neb.; Alicia Rick, Mason City, Iowa; George Roath III, Kansas City, Kan.; Christopher Rock, Crescent, Iowa; Benjamin Ryan, Omaha, Neb.; Clay Salberg, Gretna, Neb.; Erin Sanders, Omaha, Neb.; Tyler Sayler, Bennett, Colo.; Clinton Sedivy, Valley, Neb.;

James Staley, Charter Oak, Iowa; Abby Stella, Gridley, Ill.; Nichole Streitenberger, Shenandoah, Iowa; Mark Svagera, Ralston, Neb.; Sarah Tews, Weyauwega, Wis.; Shane Thomason, Payette, Idaho; Craig Trampe, Ord, Neb.; Shawn Tsutsumi, Kaneohe, Hawaii; Mark Walker, Beatrice, Neb.; Wesley Wheeler, Palmdale, Calif.; Jason Whittier, Lincoln, Neb.; Matthew Wollum, Emmetsburg, Iowa; Michael York Jr., Bellevue, Neb.; Shannon Young, Omaha, Neb.; Tristin Young, Goffstown, N.H.

For more information,
contact Carrie L. Reed, director of college relations and marketing,
Dana College, 402-426-7385, creed@dana.edu