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Darien Students Among Elmhurst College Class of 2012
More than 700 new graduates with some pretty impressive honors and degrees take the walk at Elmhurst College commencement.
More than 600 students were awarded bachelor's degrees at 2012 commencement ceremony, and 92 earned master's degrees.
Each graduate received his or her diploma from S. Alan Ray, Elmhurst College’s 13th president and chairman of the Elmhurst College Board of Trustees.
Alumna Rita Athas, Class of ’76 and president of World Business Chicago, delivered the commencement address titled “Endless Possibilities.” Athas also is professor and director of the college’s Center for Business and Economics.
Degrees are bachelor's unless otherwise indicated, and honors are noted as follows:
*** Summa Cum Laude
**Magna Cum Laude
*Cum Laude
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The following Darien area students earned degrees from Elmhurst College:
From Burr Ridge
Richard P. Scardina, finance; Afiya Amreen Ahmed*, biology; Karen S. De Helean, religious studies, psychology
From Clarendon Hills
Jillian K. Letizia, elementary education
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From Darien
Mary Virginia Sedlack*, nursing; Jessica M. Belmonte**, elementary education; Anne Marie Sweeney**, speech-language pathology; Mario V. Pavesich*, criminal justice; Susan K. Donner, interdisciplinary communication studies; Jennifer L. Rehbein**, exercise science
From Downers Grove
Erin L. Baschen, physical education; Justin P. Bequette**, nursing, psychology; Alison G. Beseth, master of education in early childhood special education; Lori A. Pelletier, master of education in early childhood special education; Sarah M. Coffelt, sociology; Jonathan Schmidt, history; Rebecca L. Anuskiewicz, master of science in supply chain management; Korinne E. Mulgrew, multi-language; Jennifer L. Stankiewicz**, physical education; Christopher S. Hernandez, special education; Stephanie Margaret McCarthy***, biology; Karen C. Karmgard*, sociology; Remzie Osmani, Spanish
From Hinsdale
Amelia A. Krol*, political science
From La Grange
Ellen K. Pipal***, art; Nicole A. Harper, master of business administration; Nora E. Fleming-Barry, master of science in nursing; Theodore P. Dres, master of business administration; Teresa L. Espinosa*, accounting; Jennifer Marie Brennan, master of education in early childhood special education; Angela C. Pollina***, nursing
From Lemont
Joseph N. Crutchfield, music business, and Bridget Marie Nolan**, speech-language pathology
From Lisle
Lauren D. Jedrzejewski, master of business administration
From Lombard
Amanda J. Huggins**, special education; Ross J. Hamann*, business administation; Loretta Farrey Kulczycki, master of science in nursing; Sarah M. Erickson, master of education in early childhood special education; Maureen N. Elliott*, theological studies and Christian ministry; Agnieszka Glowik***, nursing; Daniel C. Brown*, accounting; Candice J. Nielsen*, mathematics; Rebecca C. Smith, nursing; Waseem I. Issa, master of business administration; Paul J. Gierman, master of business administration; Keith C. Thurman, accounting; Alyse E. Maka, business administration; Kelsey M. Michaelis, master of education in early childhood special education; Rebecca Ann Krueger, marketing; Alyssa M. Magnetta, biology; Robert A. Heise, Jr., business administration; Julia K. Ceithaml, sociology; Richard E. Stancato, music business; Joseph W. Bastian, history; Lindsay E. Riggs, master of arts in industrial/organizational psychology; Christine M. Runge**, information systems; Michelle C. Petersen*, Spanish; Melissa E. Schweppe*, elementary education; Allyson L. Bloecker*, sociology; Vincent M. Lawdenski, interdisciplinary communication studies; Joseph P. Novak, English; Jessica D. Petges**, speech-language pathology; Nicole L. Dammann***, elementary education; Mary T. Kelly***, English; Kalie M. Modelski**, accounting; Heather L. Schuning, nursing; Katherine M. Kartheiser**, nursing, psychology; Noel M. Burns**, exercise science; Nicole M. Sosa*, psychology; Jessica Petrik**, music business; Joshua N. Rohde, business administation; Brittany D. Varzino, political science; Nicholas A. Smith, English; Thomas C. Sampurdanis, psychology; Sabrina Nicole Zeidler, theatre; Morgan A. Zombolas***, interdisciplinary communication studies; Franz J. Merkendorfer, business administration; Svetlana E. Davcheva, Spanish; Jerilyn D. Novak, psychology; Chelsea E. Boyd**, elementary education; Chelsea R. De Jonge, master of arts in industrial/organizational psycology; Rebecca S. Murphy, accounting; Svetlana E. Davcheva, Spanish
From Naperville
Kristi L. Springer, master of arts in English studies; Madison Rae Cottingham, music business, jazz studies; Katherine Marie Sanders, master of arts in industrial/organizational psychology; Stacey A. Swinehart**, psychology; Tawianna Nicole Bailey, nursing
From Wheaton
Elisa J. Stough**, management; Chad M. Pierce, English; Kira M. Rold***, business administration, political science; Carey Skoglund, master of science in supply chain managment; Michael T. Veltri, marketing; Jordan Hoyt Stevens, exercise science; Danielle M. Wagner, art; Allison M. Breitfuss, Spanish; Carey Skoglund, master of science in supply chain managment; Dana A. Leo, master in professional accountancy; Lauren L. Engel***, speech-language pathology
From Willowbrook
Julie A. Devine, criminal justice
From Winfield
Ryan K. Sobbe, finance; Megan Elizabeth Peterson**, elementary education; Mary R. Gizzo**, sociology; Debbie A. Crittenden***, speech-language pathology
From Woodridge
Brittany A. Baldassano, English, and Joseph C. Donar, exercise Science
