Northwestern's 2020 commencement ceremonies to be held Dec. 6
November 30, 2020
Northwestern Oklahoma State University will host two commencement ceremonies on Sunday, Dec. 6, in Percefull Fieldhouse. The 2020 spring and summer graduates will be honored at 1 p.m., and the 2020 fall graduates will be honored at 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Steve Lohmann of Oklahoma City, a 1978 Northwestern graduate and executive vice president and chief academic officer emeritus, will deliver the commencement address.
Lohmann holds a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education, a master’s degree in education with an emphasis on administrative leadership and a Ph.D. in educational administration. While at Alva High School, Lohmann taught and served as the assistant football coach.
At Northwestern, Lohmann taught and held multiple other staff positions including head football coach, director of the J.R. Holder Wellness Center and dean of student services.
A live stream of the fall commencement can be found at: www.YouTube.com/NWOSURangers
Thirty-nine recent graduates will be participating in the 2020 spring and summer ceremony.
View a list of all 2020 spring and summer graduates at: https://bit.ly/3aPnbFz
Eighty-four students are candidates to receive bachelor’s degrees for fall 2020. Twenty candidates will receive master degrees–11 will receive Master of Education degrees, six will receive Master of American Studies degrees, two will receive a Master of Counseling Psychology degree and one will receive a Master of Science degree. One candidate will receive her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.
Fifteen students receiving bachelor’s degrees will graduate with honors. Students with cumulative grade point averages between 3.70 and 3.79 are designated cum laude, those with GPAs between 3.80-3.89 are magna cum laude and those above 3.90 are summa cum laude.
Our doctoral graduate and her permanent residence is as follows:
DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA CITY – Stephanie Potts-Nash
Master’s graduates, their degrees and permanent residences are as follows:
MASTER OF ARTS IN AMERICAN STUDIES
OKLAHOMA
CHEROKEE – Tandy Keenan
MASTER OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Sierra McKinnon
CANTON – Renae Acker
CARMEN – Willow Gahr
CHEROKEE – Kohannah Hess
ENID – Alicia Green
MASTER OF EDUCATION
OKLAHOMA
HARMON – Taylor Munsell, adult education management and administration
HENNESSEY – Evan Vaverka, adult education management and administration
POND CREEK – Cynthia Johndrow, curriculum and instruction
PONCA CITY – Ryan Shelton, educational leadership
CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES – Rosa Guel, adult education management and administration
FLORIDA
HOMESTEAD – Demetri Wilson, adult education management and administration
MASSACHUSETTS
BRAINTREE – Matthew Bickford, adult education management and administration
MISSISSIPPI
BILOXI – Kennedy Mount, adult education management and administration
PENNSYLVANIA
COLLEGEVILLE – Andrew Santangelo, adult education management and administration
TEXAS
ARLINGTON – Nikkole Donk, adult education management and administration
BAHAMAS
NASSAU – Stefan McKinney, adult education management and administration
MASTER OF SCIENCE
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Rachel Kraus, general psychology
KANSAS
COLUMBUS – Milissa Britt, general psychology
Bachelor’s graduates, their degrees and permanent residences are as follows:
SUMMA CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Carson Hannaford, Bachelor of Arts in Education in English education
ENID – Jordan Harris, Bachelor of Science in Education in health and sports science education; Kendra Humphries, Bachelor of Science in Education in elementary education
PONCA CITY – Shelby Pittser, Bachelor of Science in Education in mathematics
STROUD – Bailie Gooch, Bachelor of Science in health and sports science education
WAYNOKA – McKayla Holson, Bachelor of Science in mass communication
WOODWARD – Jordan Brewer, Bachelor of Science in Education in elementary education
NEW MEXICO
ALAMOGORDO – Charis Ginn, Bachelor of Science in computer science and Bachelor of Science in mathematics
MAGNA CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA
ENID – Mikalyn Stuber, Bachelor of Science in Education in elementary education
MARSHALL – Matthew Hicks, Bachelor of Arts in general studies
KANSAS
HAVILAND – Haley Jacks, Bachelor of Science in psychology
TEXAS
WELLINGTON – Ashley Watts, Bachelor of Science in mass communication
CUM LAUDE
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Lynda Beeler, Bachelor of Science in Education in elementary education
ENID – Karen Lopez Camarena, Bachelor of Science in Education in elementary education
TEXAS
MANOR – Kenneth Miller, Bachelor of Science in health and sports science education
BACHELOR OF ARTS
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Emma Cline, English; Courtney Knight, general studies
BERNICE – Mary Ellis, general studies
BLAIR – Kenlee Netherton, general studies
FAIRVIEW – Cortney Curry, history
JONES – Tyler Coker, history
LAHOMA – Logan Watkins, history
PONCA CITY – Anna Reed-Raney, English
TONKAWA – Richard Wyler, English
WOODWARD – Kaylie Bucher, sociology
KANSAS
WILLIAMSBURG – Zarin Goodrich, general studies
BACHELOR OF APPLIED ARTS & SCIENCES
OKLAHOMA
NEWKIRK – Clinton Summitt, technical management
BACHELOR OF ARTS EDUCATION
OKLAHOMA
PONCA CITY – Rachel Locke, English
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
OKLAHOMA
ENID – Michaela Jones
GARBER – Chelsi Bolin
PIEDMONT – Kelsey Neal
PONCA CITY – Kathryn Nicholson
SAPULPA – Taylor Zanca
WAUKOMIS – Jared Lawson
WOODWARD – James Floyd, Kelly Stinnett
COLORADO
PADRONI – Levi Walter
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Colby Beck, health and sports science education; Allison Gipe, psychology; Ethan Harzman, agriculture; Garyn Pierce, mathematics
BROKEN ARROW – Cheldyn Ramsey, biology
COYLE – Morgan Joy, biology
ENID – Heidi Clark, psychology; Chambrea Cook, psychology; Stephanie McKnight, psychology
FARGO – Hunter Goff, health and sports science education
HOMINY – Taylor Dowling, computer science
KAW CITY – Coen Stephenson, criminal justice
MARLAND – Jessica Driggers, psychology
MOORELAND – Christopher Kincaid, health and sports science education
RINGWOOD – Katie Evans, computer science
VICI – Dana Morrow, criminal justice and psychology
WAUKOMIS – Baylee Felber, psychology
WOODWARD – Hillary Hurst, psychology
CALIFORNIA
ELK GROVE – Joseph Allotey, biology
COLORADO
CALHAN – Christina Munster, agriculture
DENVER – Damon Doss, mathematics
IDAHO
MALAD– Samantha Williams, health and sports science education
KANSAS
HARPER – Alexandria Lear, health and sports science education
SPRING HILL – Koby Spicer, criminal justice
MICHIGAN
KALAMAZOO – Alexis Dyson, psychology
TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – Tyler Garcia, criminal justice
FRISCO – Jacob White, health and sports science education
PUERTO RICO
TRUJILLO ALTO – Rafael Lara, health and sports science education
SCOTLAND
MOTHERWELL – Stephen McCluskey, health and sports science education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
OKLAHOMA
ALVA – Clarissa Coleman, early childhood education; Baylie Drew, elementary education; Mercedes Kirkhart, early childhood education
ENID – Roscoe Reed, elementary education; Ashley Sellers, special education; Stormy Thompson, early childhood education
LAVERNE – Maddie Cates, elementary education
PONCA CITY – Brittany Turner, elementary education
SWEETWATER – Laura Reed, elementary education
WOODWARD – Hadlee Harmon, elementary education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
OKLAHOMA
IDABEL – Laura Courtney
MADILL – Jessica Dugan
MCLOUD – Tammy Egger
PONCA CITY – Casey Cales
STILLWATER – Kyla Davis
TONKAWA – Heather Turner
TULSA – Hallee Kroeker
YUKON – Heather Vincent
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