182 Receive Degrees in A&M International Spring Commencement Exercises

Surrounded by family and friends, 182 candidates for undergraduate and graduate degrees were honored at Spring Commencement Exercises at Texas A&M International University's Kinesiology-Convocation Building this past Saturday.

Keynote speaker for the morning ceremonies was Anne Armstrong, member of The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents and former Cabinet advisor to Presidents Ford and Nixon.

Providing the student response was graduate Carol Gomez.

Highlighting the program was the naming of Dr. Todd Russell, Associate Professor of Psychology as Faculty Scholar of the Year. This was also the first A&M International graduation to feature musical accompaniment by the University's Band. Under the direction of Elmo Lopez Sr.

Candidates for graduate degrees from A&M International this Spring are listed according to their respective College.

COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES

Master of Arts in English
Joanna Aurora Benavides
Christina Victoria Cedillo
Nancy Darlene Herschap

Master of Arts in History
Richard Edwin Johnson, Jr.
Alexander Mendoza
Horacio Salinas, Jr.

Master of Arts in Political Science
Alan Wayne Lindsey

Master of Arts in Sociology
Maria del Carmen Chaires-Harvego

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology
Gabriel Holguin
Donna L. Vick

Master of Science in Criminal Justice
Adan Maldonado
Verónica Ramírez
Jae S. Song

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Master of Business Administration
Rebecca Ann Albídrez
Hans Walter Bonner Osorio
Sergio Luis Cano
Minelly De León
Raúl Escobedo
Miguel Fernández, III
David Garza Guzmán
Angel Ortega
Raúl Ramírez, Jr.
Cecilia Elena Santos

Master of Business Administration in International Banking
Yaoyao Crilly
Ernesto González
Muzaffar Hussain
John Calvin N. Nshimye

Master of Business Administration in International Trade
Benjamín Aguayo Flores
Joseph Michael Dickerson
Saunders Freels, III
Phyllis Lee Hall
Edna Magali Hinojosa
Olga Lozano
Charles Robert Pool
Wendy T.J. Ro
Sergio Rolando Ulloa Bullé Goyri

Master of Professional Accountancy
Diana Martínez
Francisco Javier Rangel

Master of Science in Information Systems
Echo Funglang Chang
Theresa Lara
Marco Alfredo Villarreal
Lin Yang

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Master of Science in Education
Clelia Rubio DuBose
Clarissa G. Sosa-Flores
San Juana Garza
Caroline Ann Hickle Ruiz
Manuel Enrique Juárez
Alfredo Ramírez, Jr.
Eliza G. Sáenz
Nora Valadez Santos
Melissa Salinas Shinn

Candidates for undergraduate degrees from A&M International this Spring are listed according to their respective College.

COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES

Bachelor of Arts
Cordelia Ileana Alvarado
Angélica Caballero
Maríanela Cantú
Estella Yvette Coronado
Verónica Coss
Yvonne Elizondo
Nancy García
Ofelia Angela García
Lisa Lamar González
Bernabé Genaro Gutíerrez
Lizette Gutiérrez
Sandee Hance
Amadeo Andrés Juárez, Jr.
Melissa Larrañaga
Rosalinda Lozano
Alma Lilia Martínez
Claudia G. Mercado
Jaime Javier Monciváis
Luis Arturo Monciváis
Claudia Yazmin Orozco
Raquel Annette Pedraza
Carlos G. Pérez
Adriana Ramírez
Mauro Alfredo Rodríguez
Tito Humberto Tijerina
Sandra Verónica Treviño
Victoria Caye Woods

Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences
Ana M. Moncada-Fernández
Elsa Avila Flores
Laura Ernestina García
Minerva González
Jessica Judith Gutíerrez
Armida Hernández
Leonardo López
Alicia Lozano
Enrique Tómas Lozano
Patti Cristina Moncada
Norma Ortiz
Margarita Julieta Pérez
Norma Eliza Quintero
Kent Richard
Josefa Soliz

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice
Pablo Miguel Astudillo, Jr.
Martha Elva Barrera
Yolanda Cantú
Ernesto Elizondo, III
Homero González, Jr.
Mario Romeo Landa
Ramon Maldonado, Jr.
Eduardo Pottín

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Bachlor of Business Administration in Accounting
Minerva Ayala
Jessica Fasci
José Ricardo García
Juan Carlos García
Claudia Estela Garza
Claudia Hernández
René G. Herrera
Rafael J. Jiménez
Rigoberto López
Karla Manoella Quezada Mante
César E. Vela, Jr.

Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Administration
Jean Louis Egremy
Nicasio González, IV

Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems
Diana Cecilia García Guerra
Sandra Guadalupe Serna
Fabricio Valdez

Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics
Elizabeth Belcher

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance
Luis Edmundo González, Jr.
Daniel Nava, II
Jessica Lee Newsome
Roxanna Ramos
Gabriela Rodríguez

Bachelor of Business Administration in Management
Melissa Reyna

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Cristina Gutíerrez Aldape
Juana Jokabel Alfaro
Michelle Ann Almendárez
Sara Moctezuma Ballí
Yvette Juárez Benavides
Cecilia Norma Brewster
Karla Annette Cantú
Velma Christine Casas
Crisela Alma Cuéllar
Jacinta Christina Dominguez
Angelita Veronica García
Dalia Guadalupe Garza
Gabriela González
Lydia C. Hinojosa
Marty L. Jones
Raquel Villarreal Juárez
Edna Lanier
Ana Rita Longoria
Araceli I. Martínez
María Guadalupe Montalvo
Edmonia Guadalupe Montes
Pura Juanita Valdez Moore
Marcella Morales
Blanca Villarreal Pérez
Belinda G. Ramírez
Sylvia Ramírez
Javier Rodríguez
Selina Rodríguez
Cynthia Rubio
Cynthia Roxanne Salinas
Michelle Lorraine Sánchez
Evangelina Judith Sepúlveda
Theresa Solís
Ronald Gene Vance
Aileen Michele Vela

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bachelor of Arts
Rosario Angélica González
Angélica Hinojosa
Selina Liendo
Graciela M. Martínez
Fidel Angel Mireles, Jr.
Cynthia Reneé Reyes
Lisa Ann Ruiz
Irema Sáenz
Darlene Marie Sánchez
Nicole Duncan Vallone

Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences
Bertha A. Barrientos
Mario Flores, Jr.
Carol Gómez
Beatriz S. Gutíerrez
Valentín E. Moreno
Mayra Ivonne Salas
Tyffany Diane Silva
Patricia Diana Valdez

Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Rosalinda Cuéllar
Lorie Graham Killian
Roberto Moran
Antonio H. Salinas
Verónica Vega

Marshalls for the graduation were Dr. Nasser Momayezi, associate professor and chair of the department of criminal justice, history and political science, and Dr. David Roberts, assistant professor of accounting.

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