May 13, 2008
Wheeling Jesuit University Class of 2008
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Graduates include:
DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY: Jason Adames, Steubenville, Ohio; Thomas R.
Adams, Euclid, Ohio; Ashley Ann Arango, Weirton, W.Va.; Seth MacGregor
Babington, Shippenville, Pa.; Robert C. Bayley, Wheeling; Amy L. Bell,
Richmond Hts., Ohio; Patrick Daniel Bray, Wheeling; Christopher
Brumfield, Wheeling; Angela Dawn Bryant, Flushing, Ohio; Richard Allen
Budney Jr., Weirton, W.Va.; Paul Yan Tzi Chang, Vancouver British
Columbia, Canada; Matthew John Dalek, McMechen, W.Va.; Jillian J.
Dumont, Canonsburg, Pa.; Stephen Douglas Felton, Keyser, W.Va.; Tom
Frye, Woodsfield, Ohio; Lyndsay R. Gore, Uneeda, W.Va.; Karen Milton
Hoskinson, Wheeling; Joanna Marie Keenan, Toronto, Ohio; Jessica Ann
Kendziorski, Steubenville, Ohio; Judy Ann McClanahan, Grundy, Va.;
Alison Marie McClellan, Duncan Falls, Ohio; Brad E. McCormick,
Winifrede, W.Va.; Melissa Mitchell, Troy, Ohio; Tracy Lynn Moody,
Wheeling; Stephanie Pauley, Madison, W.Va.; Kevin W. Perris, Youngstown,
Ohio; Bethany Piccolini, St. Clairsville, Ohio; Bryan Hosken Pittman,
Sterling, Va.; Emily J. Randall, Wheeling; Tammy Schrader, Bellaire,
Ohio; Erin Marie Scott, Wheeling; Thomas Matthew Staley, Florence, Ky.;
Jenelle Lee Stouffer, Hagerstown, Md.; Sarah Elizabeth Stupak, St.
Clairsville, Ohio; Pennie LeeAnn Thomas, Steubenville, Ohio; Elizabeth
Priest Trethewey, Charleston, W.Va.; Steven Trocchio, Tallahassee, Fla.;
Aaron Lee White, Wheeling; Sharon Serenio Williams, Bridgeport, Ohio;
Chad Ashley Woods, Cincinnati, Ohio.
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: Erika Ann Lesnick-Baldauff, Wheeling;
Mattia Bartolini, Wheeling; Christina L. Dengler, Wheeling; Eric R.
Ferguson, Charleston, W.Va.; Elizabeth Emily Baier Fuller, Manassas,
Va.; Catherine Anne Elizabeth Gallagher, Yardley, Pa.; Timothy D.
Haught, Wheeling; Andrew D. Kidwell Toronto, Ohio; Marie A. Klos,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Ralph McKee Liggett, Wheeling; Elisabeth A. Long,
Bannock, Ohio; Rajesh C. Ramgopal, Wheeling; Elizabeth Anne Reiley,
Marco Island, Fla.; Andriy I. Smereka, Ukraine (bachelor of science
math, bachelor of arts theology and MBA.)
MASTER OF ARTS IN APPLIED THEOLOGY: Michael A. Brumley, Cross Lanes,
W.Va.; Shirley Ann Carter, Wheeling; Nancy Heilman Ferrari, Morgantown,
W.Va.; Cynthia Dykhoff Garcia, Fairmont, W.Va.; Rebecca J. Mace,
Charlotte, N.C.; Donna L. Musgrave, Pineville, W.Va.; Christine Michelle
Patterson, South Charleston, W.Va.; Linda Zima, Huntington, W.Va.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING: Darcie K. Anderson, Lewisville, Ohio; Amy
M. Bardall, Freeport, Ohio; Dianna Burt Beck, Stockport, Ohio; Amy R.
Bell, Metairie, La.; Mae Bellanca, Wheeling; Cecilia A. Bursee,
Wheeling; Heidi E. Dolin, Fayetteville, W.Va.; Roxane Gates,
Steubenville, Ohio; Amy Jones, Kearneysville, W.Va.; MaryJean McIntosh,
Spartanburg, S.C.; Cassandra L. Merkle, Delaware, Ohio; Holly Sue
Messina, Hermitage, Pa.; Patricia L. Milhoan, Wintersville, Ohio;
Veronica Lynne Murphy, Parkersburg, W.Va.; Alycemarie S. Oliver-Morgan,
Steubenville, Ohio; Corey Jo Orzolek, Bridgeport, Ohio; Christa M.
Porter, Adena, Ohio; Marian J. Sauer, Georgetown, Pa.; Kim Laure Schaum,
Waterford, Ohio; Milissa K. Short, Cowen, W.Va.; Susan Ann Simmons,
Elkins, W.Va.; Sharon J. Twentier, Bridgeport, W.Va.; Mark Wells, New
Stanton, Pa.; Mary Alice Wise, Steubenville, Ohio.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTANCY: Adam Brian Bonenberger, Wheeling;
Ashley Renee Johnson, Meadow Lands, Pa.; Debra R. Johnson Smith, St.
Clairsville, Ohio.
BACHELOR OF ARTS: Jude Mark Almeida, Wheeling; Caitlin Elizabeth
Ambrose, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Carmen Cristina Anzalone, Bethesda, Md.;
Matthew Richard Arp, Conneaut, Ohio; Melissa Shawn Atkinson, New
Cumberland, W.Va; Alicia Marie Basinger, Wheeling; Jared William Bloom
(cum laude) Rayland, Ohio; Laura Bruno, (magna cum laude) Ontario,
Canada; Ashley Craske, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.; Bethany Shaye
Doneson (summa cum laude) Shadyside, Ohio; Michael J. Drake, Martins
Ferry, Ohio; Heather Wyn Duncan, West Alexander, Pa.; Keith Y.
Fleischmann, Elkridge, Md.; Kevin Thomas Freyder, McMurray, Pa; Matthew
Patrick Galvin, Cincinnati, Ohio; Katherine Marie Garlick, Burton,
W.Va.; Daniel Timothy Brian Greaves, Trinidad and Tobago; Adrienne Dawn
Greene, Fairmont, W.Va.; Phillip Stephen Greenwalt, Marriottsville, Md.;
Shannon Kelly Harkins, Olney, Md.; Justin Patrick Harmer, Hermitage,
Pa.; Sara Hicks (cum laude) Moundsville, W.Va.; Danielle Holskey,
Barnesville, Ohio; Deanna Nicole Hull, Canton, Ohio; Ryan P. Hunker (cum
laude) Martins Ferry, Ohio; Robert Brent Hurley II, Wheeling; Shannon A.
Ixos, Massillon, Ohio; Chasidi D. Johnson, Bellaire, Ohio; Ryan C.
Johnston, Wheeling; Kristen Sue King, Tiltonsville, Ohio; Daniel Joseph
Kitlak, Wheeling; Lindsay A. Klimcheck (cum laude) Venetia, Pa.;
Patricia Ann Knestrick (cum laude) Washington, Pa.; Kristen A. Koval
(magna cum laude) Euclid, Ohio; Vanessa Lepore (magna cum laude)
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Margaret Kathryn Lucas, Cross Lanes, W.Va.; Kelly Ann
Mahoney (cum laude) Owings Mills, Md.; Kenneth Jacob McElhaney, Chester,
W.Va.; Kelly Marie McNeill (cum laude) Canonsburg, Pa.; Yvette Alma
Michaud (cum laude) Wheeling; Ramsey Joe Ann Mae Miller (magna cum
laude) Barnesville, Ohio; Joselyne Mivumbi Rosenberg (cum laude)
Cyangugu, Rwanda; Jillian Madalyn Monahan , Uniontown, Pa.; Daniel E.
Murphy, Flushing, Ohio; Rebecca L. Nusbaum (summa cum laude) Toledo,
Ohio; Brian E. O'Donnell (summa cum laude) Glen Dale, W.Va.; Robert
Charles Pennington, Huntington, W.Va.; Tyler L. Petri, Wheeling; Deanna
E. Phillips, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Michael Joseph Polak, Charleston, W.Va.;
Danford E. Powell, St. Clairsville, Ohio; Sean Patrick Regan, Wheeling;
Michelle M. Robinson, Williamstown, W.Va.; Daniel Philip Rosato,
Medford, N.J.; Jonathan Lyle Rosnick, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Jessica Renee'
Scarnecchia, Bridgeport, Ohio; Justin Paul Schmitt, Annandale, Va.;
Rebecca Nicole Shoemaker (summa cum laude) St. Clairsville, Ohio; Steve
Skrzypek, Wheeling; Patrick Snell, Bridgeport, W.Va.; Shawn Michael
Stottlemyer (magna cum laude) Barnesville, Ohio; Lisa Marie Strollo,
Columbus, Ohio; Caitlin Elizabeth Swauger, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Alexandria
Rose Toth, Cleveland, Ohio; Robert Edward Weaver, Jr.,Beaver Falls, Pa.;
Paula J. Webster, Wheeling; Joshua David Wells (summa cum laude) Paden
City, W.Va.; Benjamin L. Wershing (cum laude) Barnesville, Ohio; Elessa
Ann Young, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Nichole L. Zarnoch (cum laude) Dallas,
W.Va.; Adriana Zyskowski, Pittsbugh, Pa.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: Corey B. Adkins, Wheeling; Zachariah A. Allen
(magna cum laude) Wheeling; Kristina M. Bacon (cum laude) Gibsonia, Pa.;
Brianne Nicole Boger (magna cum laude) Powhatan Pt., Ohio; Sean Clayton
Acrae Cain (cum laude) Belmont, Ohio; Zachary Alberto Cauley, Vero
Beach, Fla.; Lionel Jeshuran Charles, Chennai, India; Marissa Ciccolella
(summa cum laude) Follansbee, W.Va.; Candace Jill Coleman, White Sulphur
Springs, W.Va.; Duane Charles Compo, (cum laude) Moon Twp., Pa.; Janette
R. Contraguerro-Sampson, Wheeling; Allison K. Curtis, Erie, Pa.; Sean
Thomas Cwynar, Seven Hills, Ohio; Nicholas E. Cyr, West Mifflin, Pa.;
Emily Mae DeRosa, Frostburg, Md.; Brent David Dudash, Farmington, W.Va.;
Nathan W. Dunlap, Massillon, Ohio; John Charles Edward Evans, Wheeling;
Robert A. Fritsch, Drexel Hill, Pa.; Stephanie N. Geer (cum laude)
Apollo, Pa.; Greer Therese Gibbons, Westlake, Ohio; Katie Lynn Groff,
Russell, Pa.; Casey Dawn Harris-Anderson, Hayden, Idaho.; Nicole
Danielle Hartshorn, Woodsfield, Ohio; Julia Hatfield, Williamson, W.Va.;
Shannon Diane Herron, Chester, W.Va.; Jared Blair Hooks, Baden, Pa.;
Jessica M. Howard (magna cum laude) Moundsville, W.Va.; Meghann Anne
Hupp, Steubenville, Ohio; Karen Diane Kensicki (cum laude) Dillonvale,
Ohio; Nolan King, Cincinnati, Ohio; Robert Dale Kinkade, III, Glen Dale,
W.Va.; Melissa Irene Kotik (cum laude) Parma, Ohio; Evangeline M.
Kotson, Belmont, Ohio; Cathern Nicole Krupinski, Wheeling; Jennifer
Michelle Kurtz, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Kellie J. Lanzer, Cambridge, Ohio;
Kristy Lynn Lawrence, Harman, W.Va.; Lauren Virginia Lewicki, Erie, Pa.;
Amanda M. Lyons (summa cum laude) Valencia, Pa.; Melanie Lyons (summa
cum laude) Proctor, W.Va.; Joseph Jude Maloney, Glen Mills, Pa.; Marcy
L. Maple (summa cum laude) Chester, W.Va.; Jamee B. Mayberry, Belmont,
Ohio; Kathleen McDonald (summa cum laude) Washington, Pa.; Juliette
Elyce McNamara (cum laude) Adena, Ohio; Jared Melanko, Shadyside, Ohio;
Lisa Ann Merryman, Shadyside, Ohio; Jared Brandon Mike, Wellsville,
Ohio; Kerdyn Gerard Terrence Moe, Trinidad and Tobago; Faisal Farah
Mohamud, Springfield, Va.; Kelly Murphy, Barnesville, Ohio; Pradeep
Robert Nair (summa cum laude) Bangalore, India; Danielle Marie Ney (cum
laude) Shadyside, Ohio; Joseph An Dru Nieb, Tiltonsville, Ohio; Bridget
Kathleen O'Brien, Willoughby Hills, Ohio; Megan E. O'Donnell, Mentor,
Ohio; Sarah M. Phillips, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Eric Robert Pilon, Morgantown,
W.Va.; Laura Elizabeth Preston (cum laude) Oakland, Md.; Jennifer Lynn
Renda, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Samantha A. Richards (magna cum laude)
Canonsburg, Pa.; Elizabeth Suzette Richmond (magna cum laude)
Clarksburg, W.Va.; Aric James Robbins, Glen Dale, W.Va.; Chevon Nicole
Robertson (summa cum laude) Wheeling; Cynthia L. Roos, Wheeling; Chad
Michael Rosepapa, Wheeling; Cody A. Rossetti (cum laude) Malvern, Ohio;
Ronald Lewis Ross, Wheeling; Christopher L. Ruckman, Bridgeport, Ohio;
Mychal Seth Sabatino, Parkersburg, W.Va.; Dominic J. Scandinaro,
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Christopher William Schaal, St. Clairsville, Ohio;
Matthew D. Schwalm, Rochester, N.Y.; Sufiya Shaik (cum laude) Wheeling;
Jhared A. Simpson, Glendale, Wis.; Scott James Sinick (cum laude) Kent,
Ohio; Amanda Marie Smider, South Park, Pa.; Sean P. Smith, Bethel Park,
Pa.; Tonya Nicole Snodgrass, Barrackville, W.Va.; Amanda Michelle Spiga,
Flushing, Ohio; Brandi Lynne Sroka (magna cum laude) Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Cassandra Lynn Starkey (magna cum laude) Wheeling; Jennifer Rae Stevens,
Cambridge, Ohio; Jeremy S. Therriault, Portsmouth, R.I.; Trinh Quynh
Phuong (cum laude) Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Amber Danielle Walden, New
Manchester, W.Va.; Frederic Gabriel Dixen Walker, Charleston, W.Va.;
Jonathan Warren Watson, Warren, Mich.; Marisa Maria Wiethe (cum laude)
Wheeling; Jessica M. Willey, Wellington, Fla.; Meghan Lindsay Withrow,
Bethesda, Ohio; Timothy Peter Wombacher, (cum laude) Peoria, Ill.;
Russell Wooten III, Vienna, W.Va.; Amanda Lynn Wright, Lancaster, Ohio;
Ryan Michael Yesenchak, Washington, Pa.; Alexander John Zoelle,
Gibsonia, Pa.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING: Jack G. Arango, Weirton, W.Va.; Elisa
Marie Barcalow, Richmond, Ohio; Cheryl Christine Bennington (with
distinction) Wheeling,; Kari Ann Bettinger, Caldwell, Ohio; Bethany Lynn
Blasiak, South Park, Pa.; Jody L. Bowden, Salineville, Ohio; Sherri Lee
Byers, Follansbee, W.Va.; April S. Carter Wheelersburg, Ohio; Megan
Elizabeth Coyne, Derwood, Md.; Tammy Dianne Crites (summa cum laude)
Buckhannon, W.Va.; Stephen Michael Dropcho, Walton Hills, Ohio; Rona A.
Eikey, Wheeling; Kimberly Parker Force (with distinction) Lancaster,
N.H.; Lindsay Margaret Miller Getz (magna cum laude) Ontario, Canada;
Catherine Nichole Harris, Bridgeport, Ohio; Brenda K. Harrison, Vienna,
W.Va.; Lauren Rebecca Hughes (magna cum laude) Milton, W.Va.; Megan
Nicole Krivenko (summa cum laude) Bridgeport, Ohio; Sherry Lynne McCoy,
Steubenville, Ohio; Jessica Lynn Moore, New Philadelphia, Ohio; Erica B.
Morris, Wheeling; Michael R. Reilly, St. Clairsville, Ohio; Jamie L.
Rinkes, Yorkville, Ohio; Chelsie Lee Roberts, Bridgeport, Ohio; Courtney
Dene' Talik, Bridgeport, Ohio; Megan A. Thompson, Wheeling; Jeanne Beal
Weaver (with distinction) Huntsville, Ala.; Patricia Williams (with
distinction) Elkview, W.Va.
BACHELOR OF ARTS LAUT HONORS SCHOLARS: Stephanie Marie DeRosa (magna cum
laude) Manassas, Va.; Samantha Marie Doudna, Barnesville, Ohio; Rachel
Marie Lee (cum laude) Harrison City, Pa.; Kristen Lynn McCarthy (summa
cum laude) Gibsonia, Pa.; Tonya Marie Smith, Grafton, W.Va.; Mary Jane
Supan (magna cum laude) Covington, La.; Daniel John Torma, Alliance,
Ohio; Lauren Marie Twigg (summa cum laude) Glen Dale, W.Va.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE LAUT HONORS SCHOLARS: Storm E. Conaway (cum laude)
Wheeling; Elizabeth J. Elias (summa cum laude) Wheeling; Katrina Ann
Kinsella, Somerset, Pa.; Dustin Jay Kinsey (summa cum laude) Cadiz,
Ohio; Kelly Ann Koral (summa cum laude) Pittsburgh, Pa.; Robert Karl
Kuhn (cum laude) Rocky River, Ohio; Mary Beth Rose Lewton (summa cum
laude) North Ridgeville, Ohio; Christopher Adam McPherson (magna cum
laude) West Alexander, Pa.; Michael Alexander Phillips, Fairmont, W.Va.;
Jonathan D. Proto (summa cum laude) Bentleyville, Pa.; Brittany Leigh
Venci (magna cum laude) Steubenville, Ohio.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING LAUT HONOR SCHOLARS: Nicoletta Kristine
Bresnen, Columbus, Ohio; Jennifer Mary Mackin, Carnegie, Pa. (also
earned bachelor of arts Spanish).
BACHELOR OF LIBERAL ARTS: Jessica Lee Collins, Wheeling.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION: Dawnell L. McLendon,
Wendy Lynn Mirandy, Wayne E. Shook, Kevin John Sikora (summa cum laude),
all from Wheeling.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT: Susan G.
Adkins, Dry Branch, W.Va.; Garry Dwayne Barbe, Belmont, Ohio; Dawn
Barnhart, Cadiz, Ohio; Kimberly R. Brooks, Moundsville, W.Va.; Jody Gene
Cavender (with distinction) Cross Lanes, W.Va.; Constance J. Crecion
(magna cum laude) Martins Ferry, Ohio; Emily D'Aquila (with distinction)
Bellaire, Ohio; Anastacia M. Edelen, Barboursville, W.Va.; LaTonia Lisa
Faison, Wheeling; Julie Dingess-Fato, Charleston, W.Va.; Shawn W.
Gearhart, Kenova, W.Va.; Deborah Ann Gheen (with distinction) Duncan
Falls, Ohio; Tammy R. Gregory, Steubenville, Ohio; Sherri Hewitt-Laird,
Claysville, Pa.; Angelina D. Jenkins, Steubenville, Ohio; Troy Sean
Johnson, Bellaire, Ohio; Linda J. Kasper (with distinction) Byesville,
Ohio; Eric Charles King, Nashport, Ohio; Gary Lee Linn, Brilliant, Ohio;
Edward L. McMinn (with distinction) South Charleston, W.Va.; Stephanie
A. Mills, New Concord, Ohio; Mikel Nickolas Mustachio, Wheeling; Marie
A. Myles, Barnesville, Ohio; John Alan Nelson Belle, W.Va.; Melissa A.
Nicely, South Charleston, W.Va.; Charles Louis Nucci (with distinction)
Flushing, Ohio; Daniel L. Otto, Wellsburg, W.Va.; Rita A. Ratliffe, New
Concord, Ohio; Steven E. Richards (with distinction) Winfield, W.Va.;
Nancy Lynn Robinson (with distinction) Ripley, W.Va.; Melissa J.
Roebuck, Charleston, W.Va.; Thomas P. Schott, Caldwell, Ohio; John Ryan
Simon, Gay, W.Va.; Stella Lynn Smith (with distinction) Berkley Springs,
W.Va.; Benjamin J. Troendly (with distinction). Coshocton, Ohio.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP: Carol Ann Bagent,
Steubenville, Ohio; Ricky Wayne Bowen (with distinction) Timberlake,
N.C.; Angela Marie Cummings, Shinnston, W.Va.; Katherine R. Munday,
Wheeling; Rosemarie Veltri Schuler (with distinction) Durham, N.C.;
William M. Tustin, Fredonia, Wis.
Editor’s note: not all graduates participated in the May 10 ceremony.