THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2007
GRADUATION
7
NAMES (CONTINUED FROM 6)
Thomas Wayne Fulbright
Hayden Marc Galler
Elissa Michelle Guerra
Bryan Thomas Gurss
Jodie Marie Hamilton
Laura Elizabeth Hammond
Tyler Gordon Harnett
Juliane Fitzgerald Hawking
Allison Dawn Henke
Lauren Elise Hunt
Elaine M Jardon
Jana Michelle Jorgensen
David Gene Kane
Michael Jay Karlin
Caitlin Marie Kazelis
Kristen Michelle Keplinger
Kelly Lynn Kramer
Lynda Catherine La Plant
Caitlyn Rochelle Lamport
Sharla Diana Lewis
Erin Frances McDaneld-Campbe
Katie Margene McDonald
Kathryn M Melcher
Jaime Anne Meyers
Sarah Michelle Moore
Meghan E. Mulryan
Jami Lyn Nelson
Scott Kelly Nuckolls
Melissa A Pagel
Jennifer Ginsburg Polsky
Zachary T Pope
Jessica Lynn Reed
Adrienne Simone Ringer
Joanna Marie Roche
Cindy Sue Scott
Samantha Laurel Scott
Christina J Simmons
Leah Diane Smith
Sarah Ann Smith
Lauren B Sosinski
Jessica Christine Spinks
Renee Lynne Stallbaumer
Devon Rafael Teran
Molly Anne Thornburgh
Karen Lynn Toner
Katie Renee Turpin
Travis Richard Wallace
Carrie Elizabeth Warner
Amy Winsor
Mark Jinsuk Yu
Kristin Elizabeth Ahlvin
Charlotte Jane Dower
Kori Elizabeth Green
Kayla Christine Maguire
Stephanie Ann Mattingly
Ashley Ann Osbern
Benjamin Joseph Ryan
Margaret Elizabeth Sherman
Lourdes Andrea Snapp
Gillian Marie Van Ruyven
Mollie Meck Krantz
Stacey Erin Shields
Engineering Graduate Level:
Benjamin Richard Anderson
Erik K. Anderson
Wilhelmus A.J. Anemaat
Matthew Merrill Arnold
How Meng Au
Gupta V.S. Batchu
Eric Allen Bean
Subodh Bhandari
Patrick Michael Brown
Thomas Oliver Bulis
Deanna Lee Byington
Ashwin Kumar Chimata
Timothy Daniel Craig
Dinesh Datla
Swapnil Suresh Deshpande
Amy Lee Dietz
Kedar Dnyaneshwar Dimble
Christopher Anderson Finn
Jaclynne Rose Foxworthy
Melinda K. Fridy-Nichols
Viswanath Chowdary Ganta
Scott Alan Gonzalez
Jordan Douglas Guffey
Reggie Lee Hoog
Guy Edward Jacobs
Brent M. Johnson
Shahriar Keshmiri
Jeremy M. Kissell
Collin D. Koranda
Krishna Priya Kotcherlakota
William Victor Kritikos
Matthew E. Ku
Sundara Vadivel Kumara Vadivelu
Hsinlun Lee
Jon K. Lindsey
Vahid Mansourkhaki
Jonathan Paul Marburger
Natalie Ann McCombs
Victor Russell Petty IV
Thomas Kelly Poer
Praveenkumar Ponnusamy
Rakesh Rajbanshi
Prabu Renganathan
Robert Clare Richards II
Manuel F. Richey
Rattanachai Saksupakul
Vidya Sagar Reddy Sarsani
Michelle Renee Schlie
Andrew Gregory Schmidt
Gregory Dale Seibel
Kapil Dev Siddulagari
Mutharansu Sivakumar
Chris Wilder Recker
Sripriya Srinivasan
Bhargav Babu Theertham
Chad Collard Thompson
Ranga Rao Vadlamudi
Jonathan David Van Eenwyk
Chandini Veeramaneni
Brian J. Vilhauer
Yueting Wan
Zhongjun Wang
Joseph Lawrence Wasikowski
Frederick James Weidling
Yuze Zhang
Brett A. Barker
William Russell Donovan
Thomas E. Higgins
Aditya Sagar Mandapaka
Sixto Daniel Nunez Irrazabal
Sarah Marie Shulda
Tiaotiao Xie
Undergraduate Level:
Jonathan Isaac Allison
Wael M. A. Alroumi
Edward Alexander Alsop
James R. Arruda
Zachary Doyle Baker
Monica Lizet Barrientos
Richard Christopher Bauck
Andrew R. Becker
Nathan A. Berg
Scott Andrew Bernhardt
Patrick Noah Bliven
Jacob K. Bluhm
Ryan M. Boehler
Ryan James Brack
Jeremy Patrick Brady
Jon-Michael Lee Brand
Jessica Lyn Brown
Vincent Marcel Buhr
Mark Alan Cagle
Miguel J. Carrera
Manrique Cartin
Travis D. Case
Cameron Jay Cederlind
Kevin Millard Collins
James Patton Compton
Michael Sheldon Cram
Justin Robert Davis
Adam J. DeBacker
Charles Gregory Derr
Tyler William Docking
Steven James Drullinger
Nigel Dale Dunham
Kyle David Foraker
Forran Alan Frazier
Paul A. Garcia
Erik M. Gasparovich
David M. Gill
Julie M. Goehring
Ryan E. Grass
Elizabeth Dimmitt Gregory
Derek Paul Gustafson
Gregory Scott Gustke
Ramsey Scott Hagan
Tewodros H. Hailemariam
Matthew Gannon Hall
Jon William Hecker
Christopher John Hedden
Nikala Fayme Heggestad
Aaron James Hilding
Carla Renee Hines
Bao Hoang
Ryan Kent Hogan
Allan Bennett Jackson
Robert John Kabus
Kevin Patrick Kellerman
Andrea C. Kelley
Thomas Anselm Kelly
Renee Annette Klinges
Benjamin M. Ku
Chad A. Kyle
Matthew M. Landavazo
Jennifer Marie Lawrence
Matthew Lee Lawrence
Gibran David Laya
Nicole Eleanor Leiker
Garen Khaichik Lepejian
Stephen Nicholas Linhardt
Justin Lee Logan
Vivian Alejandra Lopez Olmos
Seth Morrison Lorimer
Michael Dailey Lothyan
Matthew Allen Mar
Phillip Joseph Martinez
Michael Warren Marttz
Mark Vincent Mattione
Douglas Gordon McClendon
Michael Scott Merz
Phoebe Suzanne Michels
John Thomas Miller
William A. Miller
Joshua Marshall Moore
Casey P. Morris
John Nduda Mutiso
Zach Allan Myers
Jason Daniel Neal
Michael John Neth
Nobuya Nishio
Joshua Ramosh Noronha
Jered Martin Nunn
Michael Patrick O'Toole
Matthew A. Pacey
Fernando Padilla Molloja
Vishal Bhupendra Patel
Laura Lucia Proano
Anthony Gerald Raymond
David Alan Rickard
Tanner Jeffrey Rinke
Robert Nicholas Roberts
Kyle Allen Robertson
Daniel Gene Rollins
Randy Lou Rucker
Adam William Ruiz
David A. Schmidt
Daniel James Schrant
Justin William Strecker
Brian C. Sullivan
James Alan Sulzen
Braden Robert Sutton
Alexander C. Thompson
Joshua G. Toplack
Esen Tunar
Levi Jefferson Turner
Joel P. Van Eenwyk
Kevin Michael Wiedenmann
Yaoyao Xie
Ken Thye Lee
Rodrigo Dennis Perea Camargo
Lin Yi
Raymond Phillip Anderson
Scott T. Baddeley
Brian D. Cordill
Robert Christopher Everhart
Sarah Katherine Farrell
Benjamin Ryan Geheb
Brian Victor Good
Cameron S. Lewis
Russell W. Mailen
Kevin M. Player
Michael Richard Rink
Adam Randall Smith
Samantha Sue Cook
Meghan Diane Denchfield
Andrew Michael Duncan
Deven Cord Hammerschmidt
Andrew Martin Horner
Catherine Elizabeth Mary Kollhoi
Andrew Wayne Monfort
Mitchell Lynn Morley
Jason C. Roy
Avdin Sevedi
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IT'S A SMALL WORLD
International Jayhawks make Lawrence a home
Every student has to adjust to college life, but international students have an even bigger adjustment to make after coming to the U.S.
BY AMRUTA BHADKAM-
KAR
Being an international student in a country that you have only heard about and never visited can be quite a daunting task. It can be even worse when you have never stayed alone in your entire
life and all of a sudden you are responsible for your food, your laundry, your bank account and so many other things. I speak from personal experience when I say that it can be quite scary in the begin-
people everywhere are the same in
that we all just want to have fun."
"I have a broader view of the world and have learned that people everywhere are the same in that we all just want to have fun"
"In Peru, most people go to the soccer events for teams in the city or the national team games but not for the school's team," Proano said.
For Paola Adriazola, an international student from Bolivia, the one thing that she found unusual at the University was that the professors were so accessible and that they had office hours.
ning, until you learn to adjust. But there have been students who overcame all of this and were able to make the U.S. their second home. Now that they are about to graduate, the things that seemed strange in the beginning have now become quite normal and a part of everyday life.
Laura Proano, Lima, Peru,
senior, is one such student. When
she first came to the University
of Kansas, she found the school
spirit for sports, and how so many
students attended sporting events,
extremely strange.
Another thing that she considered strange was how in the U.S., there were rules for almost everything.
LAURAPROANO
Lima, Perusenior
"In Peru, we don't have that many restrictions," Proano said. "For example, clubs open until 6 a.m. or more if people want to keep partying. The fact that the drinking age is 21 really shocked me when I just got here."
"In Bolivia, the professors are not very well-paid and so they
But for her, coming to the University has wrought many positive changes in her, too.
"I think I have changed in my way of looking at the world," she said. "I have a broader view of the world and have learned that
don't interact much with the students outside class", Adriazola said.
One more thing that she found different about KU was the variety of studentgroups. According to her, in
Bolivian universities, so many student groups and opportunities for extracurricular activities were usually not available. Adriazola said being at the University had considerably improved her leadership skills.
"I wasn't much of a leader before coming to KU." Adriazola said. "But being here and holding leadership positions in the organizations has changed that."
It was just the opposite in the case of Afzal Syed, Hyderabad, India, senior. Syed said he did not find anything strange or unusual about the University but there
were certain aspects about the U.S. that he wasn't used to.
"When I came to America, I was surprised at the open spaces and the greenery here since there is not much of either where I am from in
cultures instead of just tolerating them.
"Teaching different classes for three semesters here at KU has greatly increased my self-confidence." he said.
Kedar Dimble, Pune, India senior, said the only thing he found unusual about the University was its size because the University that he transferred from was a lot smaller. In contrast with Proano, Adriazola and Syed, Dimble said being at the University had not changed him in any significant way.
All of these students have had different experiences at in the U.S. For most, it has been a long and extremely fruitful journey.
For the most part, I agree with them. Being an international student from Bombay, India, myself, I found there were many things about the University that I was not used to and that surprised me. There were many things about it that I found peculiar: small things such as the size of the University — because none of the universities back home are this big — the fact that students are allowed to eat in class and are allowed to leave the class whenever they like.
Even now, after being here for eight months, I still feel uncomfortable about leaving class for anything without taking permission and about not greeting the professor when he or she enters
"I wasn't much of a leader before I came here. But being here and holding leadership positions in the organizations has changed that."
POALA ADRIAZOLA International student from Bolivia
India." Syed said. He also said being at the University changed him in a positive way because he met lot of international students, which he said made him appreciate different cultures more. He said he no longer stereotyped people from different cultures and said he celebrated different
the class.
These things might seem strange for the rest of you, but this is what I have been used to and what has been drummed into me in school.
Small things like these make a big difference
when you are in a strange country away from those you know and love. In my opinion, students who are able to make the transition are the ones who can face anything in life and come up trumps.
Edited by Kelly Lanigan
SENIOR
MINIPROFILE
LINDSEY BAKER
EMILY BAKER
Hometown: iola
Major: Applied Behavioral Science (Early Intervention with Children with Autism)
What's your favorite memory of the University of Kansas?
"The first day I moved into McCollum and met the girls that would eventually become
my best friends: Fiz, Bec, Sarah, Julie, Erin, and Jen!
What are your plans for after graduation?
"Started as a case manager for the Arc of Douglas County in February. It's a non-profit agency that provides services to adults and children with developmental disabilities."