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North Park Celebrates Commencement; More Than 300 Graduate
CHICAGO, IL (May 15, 2004) - North Park University celebrated its 111th
Commencement last Saturday (May 8) as President David G. Horner
presented 277 undergraduate degrees and 76 graduate degrees to students
representing 18 different countries.
During Saturday's ceremony, Christopher Nelson of Paxton, Illinois,
received the Ahnfeldt Medallion as the undergraduate student with the
best academic record. Melissa Vélez of both Bayside, New York, and
Chicago, along with Daniel Dierenfeld of Nicollet, Minnesota, received
Senior Par Excellence Awards from the office of student development for
their involvement and leadership on campus and service to the community.
Katie Hengeveld of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and John David Welander of
Pomeroy, Iowa, received Outstanding Senior Awards in recognition of
academic excellence as well as extraordinary leadership on and off
campus. Besides embodying the principles and spirit of North Park
University, they also had grade-point averages of 3.50 or above (on a
4.0 scale).
North Park presented Elizabeth Buccheri, founder and director of Chamber
Music at North Park, and 1962 North Park graduate Bruce Carlson with
honorary doctor of fine arts degrees. Sambe Duale and Byung Doo Cho,
received honorary doctorates in science and law respectively for their
contributions to society.
A host of seniors were recognized for academic achievements at North
Park's Honors Convocation last month. Along with Nelson (Biblical
Studies) and Hengveld (Spanish), outstanding students in their
respective fields of study included: Katherine Hengveld (Spanish); Julie
Larson (Sociology); Tiffany Tarrant (Business and Nonprofit Management);
Stephanie Sheffield (First performance-Music); Jessica Oliver (Second
performance-Music); Heidi Johnson (Academic Excellence-Music); Susan
Golland and Lauren Hoffman (English); Christopher Lopez-Cepero
(Philosophy); Kelly Nelson and Rebecca Perry (Studio Art awards); Erin
Papageorge and Jennifer Leuth (Education awards); Kyle Mecher and
Timothy Ruby (History); Christopher Hall, Aaron Adelsman, Rachel Johnson
and Marci LaRouech (Communication Arts); Lesley Foglia
(Politics/Government); Bryce Carlson (Political Science/Law); Rosalinda
Rivera, Leonard Olson, Larry Katz and Duane Cole (GOAL Adult Learning)
and Melissa Velez, Alicen Prikkel, Tim Peterson and Jokya Sanders
(Student Leadership).
Scholarship and Memorial gifts were given to many others (both seniors
and non-seniors) at the Honors Convocation. They are mentioned by
department, including:
- Faculty of Life Science scholarship recipients Karen Ebner,
Nathanial Gish, Meghan Kelly, Karina Kronberg, Katherine Malone, Kristin
Nagaro, Kemoria Granberry, Adam Johnson, Stephanie Coon, Henrik
Wihlborg, Leonard Arguelles and Peter Carlson.<;
- Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Science scholarship recipients
Tanya Carr, Lyndsey Hyatt, Abigail Nunez, Timothy Lindstrom, Matthew
Kelly, Aaron Coleman, Andrew Meyer, Abigail Frank, Tiffany Campbell,
David Fisher and Rachel Farnum.
-Faculty of Humanities scholarship recipients Heidi Johnson, Jennifer
Ryan, Julia Guyer, Emily Lindskoog, Amy Phillips, Katherine Schofield
and Robin Spencer.
- Faculty of Cultural studies scholarship recipients Laura Millen,
Karen McCauley and award winner Christopher Hall.
- Faculty of Social Sciences scholarship recipients Amy Brainer, Dana
Fritz and Rachel Newhouse.
- Faculty of Christian Life and Thought scholarship recipients Timothy
King and Julia Stein.
- School of Business and Nonprofit Management scholarship recipient
Ryan Anderson.
- School of Music scholarship recipients Blake Glomb, Sarah Keira,
Devan Moran, David Johnson, Jusun Whang, Elizabeth Sedlar, Genevieve
Lechner, Daniel Oliver, Brian Ward, Matthew Bain, Lisa Glynn and Alexis
McCormick and award winners Sean Rholl, Julianna McVey and Sean Rybak.
- School of Nursing scholarship recipients Erin Rae Rabor, Megan Van
Essendein, Susan Kaiser, Beara Malek, Allison Weller, Elizabeth Santell,
Megan Laninga, Linnea Nelson, Paulianne Belen, Audra Miknaitis, Rebecca
Gritter and Muna Kurrab.
- School of Education scholarship recipient Marybel Perez.
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