Welcome to the
California Lutheran University
Sixty-third Annual Commencement Exercises

GRADUATE CEREMONY

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Prelude

Hornpipe from Water Music
George Frideric Handel

Prelude

La Rejouissance
George Frideric Handel

Academic Processional

Pomp and Circumstance
Edward Elgar

Welcome

John A. Nunes
President

Greeting

Ann Boynton
Chair, Board of Regents

National Anthem

Cal Lutheran Quartets

Kingsmen Quartet:
Scott Adams, Jr. ’27
Noah Christensen ’27
Logan Kerns ’27
Cody Weber ’27

Regals Quartet:
Kaya Anderson ’29
Carys Garvey ’26
Kayla McLaughlin ’29
Andilyn Ziegler ’26

Invocation

Bishop Dr. Michael Mlahliwa Sukuphi Dube
Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe

President's Address

John A. Nunes
President

Graduate And Professionals Student Council Speaker

Megan Fischer ’26

Introduction of Guest Speaker

John A. Nunes
President

Guest Speaker

Joel Silva

Introduction of Graduate Student Speaker

Leanne Neilson
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Remarks by Graduate Speaker

Elicia Faith Morman ’26

Conferring of Honorary Doctorate

John A. Nunes
President

Sure on This Shining Night
Music by Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
Text by James Agee (1909-1959)
Harriet Chilton ’26, soprano
Jack Thompson ’28, cello
Soon Kim, piano

Presentation of Candidates for Doctoral Degrees

Michael Hillis, Dean, Graduate School of Education
Richard Holigrocki, Dean, Graduate School of Psychology

Hooding of Candidates

Jamie Bedics, Professor, Graduate School of Psychology
Jennifer Gamarra, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Psychology
Richard Holigrocki, Dean, Graduate School of Psychology
Luis Morales Knight, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Psychology
Nancy-Jean Pément, Adjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Education
Diane Rodriguez-Kiino, Professor, Graduate School of Education
Ryan Sharma, Professor, Graduate School of Psychology
Da'Shay Templeton, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education
Dan Tillapaugh, Professor, Graduate School of Education

Conferring of Doctoral Degrees

John A. Nunes
President

Presentation of Candidates for Master's Degrees

Gerhard Apfelthaler, Dean, School of Management
Michael Hillis, Dean, Graduate School of Education
Richard Holigrocki, Dean, Graduate School of Psychology

Conferring of Master's Degrees

John A. Nunes
President

Introduction of Graduates Into Alumni Association

Kelly Culwell ’95
President, Alumni Board of Directors

Presidential Charge

John A. Nunes
President

Benediction

The Rev. Elizabeth Gallen ’12
Campus Pastor

Alma Mater

Lyrics — Orville Dahl
Music — Rossini/Ramsey

Academic Recessional

Capriccio Espagnol
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Guests, please remain seated during the Academic Recessional of our administration, faculty and honored guests.
Following the recessional, you are invited to join and greet the graduates on the field or outside the stadium.

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ORDER OF PROCESSION

Crucifer

Nathan Karl Swanson ’26

Mace Bearer

Earle Charles, Lecturer

Faculty Marshals

Edlyn Peña, Professor
Alireza Akbari, Professor

Faculty

Class of 2026

Cal Lutheran Officers

Board of Regents

Platform Party

Elicia Faith Morman ’26, Graduate Speaker
The Rev. Elizabeth Gallen, Campus Pastor
The Rev. Scott Hamilton Adams, Sr., Director of Spiritual Life for Athletics
Gerhard Apfelthaler, Dean, School of Management
Michael Hillis, Dean, Graduate School of Education
Richard Holigrocki, Dean, Graduate School of Psychology
Leanne Neilson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Megan Fischer ’26, GPSC Representative
Joel Silva, Guest Speaker
Kelly Culwell ’95, President, Alumni Board of Directors
Ann Boynton, Chair, Board of Regents
John A. Nunes, President

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Elicia Faith Morman

Graduate Speaker

Elicia Morman serves as an executive administrative partner to the global operations director in Eaton’s Aerospace Division, bringing over 15 years of experience supporting executive leadership and global operations. She specializes in cross-functional
coordination, operational strategy and technology-enabled process improvements that support large-scale manufacturing and operational teams.

Elicia also serves on the executive board of Women of Substance & Men of Honor and is dedicated to supporting foster and at-risk youth in both Ventura and L.A. counties through providing housing, mentorship and job coaching for young adults transitioning out of care.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies from California Lutheran University in 2009 and is graduating with her Executive MBA. She is a proud wife to a Navy veteran and mother of two daughters: Avianna Bella and Marciella Noel.

Bishop Dr. Michael Mlahliwa Sukuphi Dube

Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe

Bishop Dr. Michael Dube was born and raised in Zimbabwe. His professional journey began in Ntepe, where he worked as a high school teacher, coached athletes and served with the Red Cross. He held a provisional leadership role for several years before pursuing training in first aid nursing with the Red Cross in Sweden. In 1998, he enrolled at the United Theological College, earning a diploma in Religious Studies and Theology. He began his ministry work and continued his education at the University of Zimbabwe in 2001. Despite facing political challenges throughout his studies, he was ordained as a pastor in August 2004. His first parish assignment was in Beitbridge in 2005. From 2008 to 2010, he pursued and completed a master’s degree in sacred theology at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. He returned to Zimbabwe, was assigned a parish in 2012 and continued his ministry across various parishes in the country. In 2016, Bishop Dube was elected as the bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe’s Western Diocese. He has recruited over 15 ministers and remains committed to developing future leaders of the church. He is deeply involved in humanitarian leadership, the mentorship of young pastors and empowering youth interested in ministry. He serves as the chairman and health commissioner of the Zimbabwe Council of Churches. His dedication to leadership and service was recognized with an honorary doctorate from Jaizo University. Bishop Dube is a proud husband to Ulebile Dube, a farmer and leader of the women’s ministry in Zimbabwe. Together, they have four children — two sons and two daughters.

Megan Fischer

GSPC Representative

Megan Fischer's path to Cal Lutheran is anything but linear. She began her college journey at Cal Poly SLO as a pre-vet student before falling in love with psychology, ultimately earning her BA from CSUN and her MA in forensic clinical psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute. Her clinical career took her from community-based therapy and the Los Angeles County juvenile prison system to six years of neurofeedback and biofeedback work with children diagnosed with ADHD, Autism and related challenges. That clinical experience pointed her toward her true calling: education.

After nearly a decade teaching in the community college district, Megan joined Cal Lutheran in 2020 and teaches in the Psychology Department. She advises The Hidden Opponent Club (dedicated to student-athlete mental health) and is president of the Graduate and Professional Student Council and director of Retention and Transition Programs.

What drives Megan isn't a title — it's people. She wants to be remembered for hearing her students, knowing them and showing up during one of the most transformative chapters of their lives. She finds joy in the outdoors, in her kids’ soccer games and in a career that never bores her.

Joel Silva

Guest Speaker

Joel Silva is the Chief Financial Officer for Vallarta Supermarkets, a privately-held company based in Los Angeles with 64 stores throughout central and southern California and Phoenix, Arizona. He also serves as an independent board member for Viamericas Corp, a privately held fintech company, and as an advisory board member for Cal Lutheran’s School of Management. He is originally from Texas, where he obtained his B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin. Joel began his career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen, where he spent 15 years in the audit division; the last five of these years were in Mexico City as an expatriate with Ruiz Urquiza (the Mexican affiliate of Arthur Andersen), working with foreign investors doing business in Mexico, as well as Mexican companies offering securities in the United States. Joel left Arthur Andersen as a national partner. Since then, he has worked as a corporate controller and chief financial officer of several companies, including Calavo Growers, Universal Music Group, Jafra Cosmetics, Sigue Corporation and Viamericas Corp., focused on doing business in Mexico and throughout Latin America, as well as with Hispanic customers in the U.S. He specializes in financial and strategic planning, international business and cross-border finance, tax planning and compliance, ERP implementations, business process optimization and organizational restructuring.

Morten Lauridsen

Honorary Doctorate Recipient

The music of Morten Lauridsen occupies a permanent place in the standard vocal repertoire of the 21st Century. His eight vocal cycles (Lux Aeterna, Les Chansons des Roses, Madrigali: Six ‘FireSongs’ on Italian Renaissance Poems, A Winter Come, Cuatro Canciones, A Backyard Universe, Nocturnes and Mid-Winter Songs on Poems by Robert Graves), instrumental works, art songs and series of motets (including O Magnum Mysterium) are performed throughout the world and have been recorded on over 200 CDs, including several that received Grammy nominations. Morten, born in 1943, served as composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale from 1995-2001 and is currently distinguished professor of composition at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music. An award-winning documentary by Michael Stillwater, Shining Night — A Portrait of Composer Morten Lauridsen, was released in 2012. Morten was named an “American Choral Master” in 2006 by the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2007 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts, the highest artistic award in the United States, by President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony “for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power and spiritual depth.”

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THE ROSTER OF CANDIDATES FOR DOCTORAL DEGREES

Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership

Christy Douglass
Access and Equity in Dual Enrollment: The High School Counselor’s Role

Megan P. Fischer
The Ball Is In Our Court: A Qualitative Inquiry Into the Mental Health Experiences of Female Collegiate Student-Athletes and Available Supportive Programming in Division III Schools

Ruslan Korchagin
Understanding Inequities in Access: Academic Capital Differences Among Racially Minoritized Students in Higher Education

 

Doctor of Education in K-12 Educational Leadership

Ellen Friesen Chevalier
The Magic of Mastery: A Correlational Study on the Relationships Between Mastery Experiences with MagicSchool AI and Teachers’ Self-Efficacy to Differentiate Instruction

Valerie Wai Yin Louthian
Little Learners, Big Impact: Principals’ Perspectives on Advancing Educational Equity with Universal Transitional Kindergarten in California

Ryan Catherine Rosuck
Mycorrhizal Networks of Support: A Narrative Inquiry into Relational Leadership and Care Among GSA Advisors and Transgender Students

Silvia Elena Soto Mendez
The Lived Experiences of Bilingual Latin* Educators: Shaping Cultural and Linguistic Identities in Ventura County’s Dual Language Immersion Programs

Alisa Ann Speidel
From Grades to Greatness: Unveiling High School Grading Shifts Through Task Force Insights

Lucia C. Zamora
Rethinking Math as the Universal Language: Mathematical Barriers for English Learners in Southern California Schools

 

Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology

Rojin Bahrami
Measuring Therapeutic Alliance in Multilingual Therapy: A Study of Bilingual Farsi-Speaking Clients and Monolingual English-Speaking Therapists

Colin A Boulter
The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Cannabis and Tobacco Use in Transgender Individuals

Giselle Alves de Lima Carollo-DuPrey
The Initial Impact of Parental Warmth and Control on Male and Female Young Adults’ Internet Addiction

Jatsiri Carrillo Cuevas
Examining the Biosocial Theory Among a Hispanic Sample

Christine Elizabeth Chapman
Shared Decision-Making During the Treatment of Miscarriage and Mental Health Outcomes

Ryan Edward DesLauriers
Parenting Styles and Self-Talk: How We Come to Address Ourselves

Michaela Dominique DuBois
The Relationship Between Perceived Parental Alcoholism, Parenting Style, and Adult Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

Micah Glenn
Mental Health Help-seeking Attitudes and Intentions in Military Wives: The Impact of Military Culture

Brianne Nicole Insley
The Differential Susceptibility to Parental Burnout in Parents with High Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS)

Kaitlin Klose
Changes in Parental Behavior Regarding Means Restriction for Suicide Prevention in Children and Adolescents

Satria Jane Komari
Impact of Racial Identity and Presence of Substance-Induced Psychosis on Public Assignment of Culpability to Criminal Offenders and Support for Rehabilitation

Alexander Marovich
Refining our Understanding: Which Barriers Affect Teachers’ Referral Rates for Students with Anxiety

Komeno Bouvier Ogbeneme
Relationships between Ethnic Diversity, Representation, and Discrimination on Perceived Career Success and Opportunities in the African-American Community

Crystal Leslie Roman
Cultural Differences in Caregiver-Infant Interactions in Mexican and Caucasian Populations

Parker Scott Turek
The Impact of the Neuropsychological Testing Modality on a Task of Color-Word Interference

 

THE ROSTER OF CANDIDATES FOR MASTER’S DEGREES

 

School of Management

Executive Master of Business Administration

Attila Antal
Sebastian Artlieb
Andrew Blatchford
Olivia Boross
David Bonas
Francisco Capacho
Tahnee Louise Cracchiola
Mario Derntl
Isabella Maria Draxler
Christoph Ehrenhoefer
Georg Erlacher
Daniel S. Estrada
Dr. Stefan Fabbro
Timo Frigieri MA
Alexander René Glanznig
Maximilian Johann Haas
Tina Maria Hintringer
Adrian-Daniel Holom
DI (FH) Florian Hyseni
Selma Karic, BSc, MSc
Dipl.-Ing. Ing. Johannes Kopf
Susanne Kranewitter
Dr. Christian Kraus
Markus Leber
Nicolas Oliver Marx
Martin Matzer
Elicia Faith Morman
Mario Muehlboeck
Julia Müller
Andreas Mytteis
Alisa Najaryan
Ognissanti Federica
Franz Oriovits
Magdalena Pichlbauer, MSc.
Mag. Boris Pivic
Dipl.-Ing. Chiara Melanie Raith
John Robert Rios
Roland Schoeberl
Ammad Ul Haq Siddiqui
Iveta Siroky
Jeremiah Sloan
Klara Stiedl, BSc, MSc
Katharina Strohmeier
Elisa Talker, MSc
Kyle Tourluk
Alexander Urstoeger
Dr. Sanja Vranjes-Wessely, MSc
Thomas Wagner
Dr. Benjamin Wanning
Andreas Weidinger
Dipl.Ing.in Patricia Derntl-Wenigwieser, B.Sc.
Mag. Julia Wolfschütz, BA, MSc
Paul Zugmann

Master of Business Administration

LeRome Ball, Financial Planning
Suvadra Barua
Sidhartha Biswas
Cornelio A. Blanco
Eric Joseph Brandenberg
Aliyah Rose Brown-Cabrera
Matthew David Campo
Jovane Cano
Christopher Castadio, Financial Planning
Brittany Castillo
Fatima Ceja Cabrera, Information
Technology Management
Aiden James Checketts
Jacqueline Guadalupe Cortes
Guadalupe Cortes Ayala, Enterprise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Joshua D'Onofrio, Information Technology Management
Lucas Michael Danielewicz
Nicholas Desmond, Financial Planning
Caitlin Elizabeth Dolan
Wadi Gabriel Farach
Elizabeth Berber Ferrer, Marketing
Abigail Fiss, Marketing
Corey Kiyoshi Fukumitsu
Kyle W. Gandy, Financial Planning
Noah David Akira Gaudi
Mia Taylor Giannandrea
Melanie Monique Gonzales
Grace Goyanes
Adrian Graciano
Gerardo Hernandez, Finance
Evelyn G. Herrera, Marketing
Matthew David Johnson, Human Capital Management
Harleen Kaur, Finance
Alyssabeth Knerr
Ryan Kramer, Financial Planning
Kevin Kupfer, Marketing
Kennedy Cole Lazenby
Erwin A. Lemus
Pu Li, Finance
Casey Jane Madsen, Information Technology Management
Randy Jake Martinez
Stephen McCarthy
Fernanda Moreno Garcia
Jonathan Munoz
Abigail Nash
Ashly Renee Nelson
Evan Nichols
Miles Ortiz
Kennedy Peariso-Honore
Antonia Petruse, Marketing
Mercy Anne Cruz Phuthama, Finance
Martin J Samame
Francisco Xocoyotzin Sanchez, Finance
Naomi Santiago
Tanmay Sharma
Alandra Janay Simmons, Financial Planning
Lauri Ann Smith, Financial Planning
Ida Sparsaas, Marketing
Nicholas Mathew Stasinis, Finance
Alona Sudorzhenko, Financial Planning
Shreyvardhan Swaroop, Marketing
Ardalon Tadayon, Finance

Master of Public Policy and Administration

Cinthia Carolina Avila Baltazar
Christine Renee Faulkner
Tricia Morgan Ferguson
Elizabeth Hernandez Colima
Lauralei Ashley Jensen
Martha Irasema Johnson
Rhaniel Miel
Monica Lizbeth Montoya
Miguel José Pérez Bauzá
Axel Josue Quero
Samantha Shapiro
Jamey Sinardi
Sheree Gaynelle Solieman
Jessica Soporito
Kristopher Turner
Adam James Vega II

Master of Science in Financial Planning

Alyna Charcas
Steve Vincent Tsolakis

Master of Science in Information Technology

Emma Rosa Barrios Acevedo
Manas Appasani
Varun Sai Kumar Chegoni
Kyler Merl Harlow
sushma karduri
Vamsi Ramchandra Kesireddy
Ian Kinney
Sreeya Kummetha
Kusam Siva Prasad Reddy
Joshua Lopez Jr
Minh Nguyen
Chetan Patil
Aaron Marcus Rider
Leo Romero
Consuelo Sandoval
Julia Michele Shapiro
Tomoe Uchiyama
Vennela Reddy Vaddepally
Rithwik Arthur William
Jon Christopher Yaralian
Yanchi Zhan

Master of Science in Management

Hangyu Ai
Bekzod Ashurbekov
Rebecca Aziz
Jennifer Casillas Ferrer
Alexander Cho
Michael Rae Douglas
Nathan Hooper
Shunsuke Maeda
Krunal Dipak Makwana
Javier Andrés Moncayo Peñafiel
Jude Chrishmal Navinda Muthuthantri
Maryam Nooriankafshgari
Poorva Harshal Pandere
Mohammad Husham Patel
Lauren Prieto
Walter Rodriguez
Germán Rodríguez Riascos
Alonso Salazar
Jainesh Singh
Neha Singh
Shreyvardhan Swaroop
Jingqi Tang
Isabella Juliann Veljacic
Zhiqi Xu
Ru-Xiu Zhang

Master of Science in Quantitative Economics

Johannes H. Freydl
William Parisi

Master of Science in Sport Management

Jessica Lissette Aguilar
Melissa Sarah Alvarez
Zane Barnard
Michael Barone
Kierra Denise Gathers Campbell
Faith Breann Culpepper
Isabel Grace de Souza
Delaney Diaz
Olivia Louise Edwards
Omar Elquosey
Megan Elizabeth Findlay
Isabella Nicole Fitz-Gerald
John Paul Frazier Jr
Jason William Heller
Carlie Ksenia James
Amber Dawn Jones
Jordan Anthony Means
Jacquelynn Eren Meraz-Flores
Zacharias Amir Muhammad
Christian Alejandro Ojeda
Pia Andrea Valtierra Moros
Isaac Zuniga

 

Graduate School of Education

Master of Arts in Educational Leadership

Courtney Appleford
Taren Bolin
Abby Britten
Julia L Colon
Megan Lee Eckerson
Rebecca Baxter Garcia
Lisa Johns-Carpenter
Melissa Rose Kindschi
Katherine Rose Klein
Lucy Lombardi
Camille Mendoza
Kevin J. Olson
Martina Lucinda Rendon
Jazmine L. Worsham

Master of Education in Teacher Leadership

Jessica Alonso-Perez
Magnus Ricky Carlon
Daniel Angel Castillo
Abigail Chisholm
Cindy Natalie Cruz
Sara Cummings
Luke Christopher D'Angelo
Yajaira J Diaz
Yohana Diaz-Guillen
Aliya Rae DiMuro
Patricia Berber Ferrer
Yovanna Yasmine Gonzalez
Melissa Nicole Grennan
Monce Lizette Hernandez
Hannah Eve Liberman
Kelan Long
Michele Marceleno Martinez
Antonia Lynn Marietti
Viridiana De Jesus Martinez Ordaz
Riley Parker May
Isabella McPherson
Kailee Rain Ortega
Nina Rebecca Ortiguerra
Jazmin Alejandra Palomares Garcia
Juan Jose Perez
Maria de Jesus Ramirez
Rocio Ramirez
Sarah Reeves
Margarita M Resendiz
Joseph Alexander Reyes
Ana Maria Reyes-Rivera
Evelyn Suzette Rodriguez
Marisol Rodriguez
Jennifer Elina Ruiz
Donovan Earl Lamar Rutledge
Sonia Perla Salinas
Kimberly Ann Sandlin
Stephanie Sandoval
Samantha Rae Santos
Rebecca Schuberg
Kayla Jane Schulze
Elsa Solano-Estevez
Allison Speshyock
Nathan Karl Swanson
Sydney Hannah Thomas
Viridiana Torres
Tyla Vellos
Karen Anahi Vidal Behs
Veronica Vieyra
Paola Villegas
Anahy Virgen
Dawn R. Warren
Cole Nelson Weiderman
Ana Zul-Buenaventura

Master of Science in Education

Kayla Amalia Abbe, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Areicy Guadalupe Aguirre, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Sophia Carmen Ali-Bowler, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Amariza Marie Almaguer, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Kenya Rose Alvarez, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Jasmine Andrade, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Lee-el Asulin, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Omairah Zareen Azizi, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Richard Morris Beaver II, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Wendy Guadalupe Carrillo Garcia, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Maricela Chavez, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Elise Karen Clapp, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Jenifer Corona, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Stephen Patrick Davis, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Esmeralda Delgado, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Maria Luisa Escudero, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Alejandro Espinoza-Morales, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Hailey Ryan Fletcher, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Jessica García, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Rogelio Garcia, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Alma García-De La Rosa, Special Education
Angela Garibay, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Benjamin Harvick, Special Education
Alberto Alejandro Herrera, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Jesus Herrera Jr., Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Madison Anne Hitchcock, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Taylor Marie Johnston, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Jesse Andres Juarez, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Brenna Koneval, Special Education
Chantal Kounovsky-Mika, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Rosio Lemus, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Kyla Marie Lopez, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Jessica Esmeralda Martinez, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Corey John Keith Marvin, Special Education
Jazmin Angel Medina, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Heather J. Ortega, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
McKenna Outram, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Eden Rae Quiroz, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Aaron Marcus Rider, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Guadalupe Rodriguez, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Yaqueline Rodriguez Garcia, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Alejandra Romo, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Andrea Elizabeth Salas, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Samantha Giselle Serrano, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Jazmine Starr Smith, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Jocelyn Soriano De Jesus, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Claire Triplett, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Nancy Uribe, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Natalia M. Valladares, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Luis Villavicencio, Counseling and College Student Personnel
Jazlyn Sarai Waldron, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Claire Weber, Special Education
Lauren Wickwire, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Christina Noelle Reyes Williams, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services
Stephanie Zakharia, Counseling and Pupil Personnel Services

 

Graduate School of Psychology

Master of Science in Clinical Psychology

Clancy Anne Ahearn
Michael Alex Bednar
Citlalli Marie Borrego
Rachel Michelle Callan
Natalie Cynamon
Hanna Dangiapo
Benjamin Ernesto Delgado
Ryan Edward DesLauriers
Claire Hélène DuBois
Guy Joseph Gautreau
Ciara Lily Giordani
Sierra Lynn Hofman
Frida Michelle Iniguez
Tania Jimenez
Huldah Joythi Katuri
Caroline K Linder
Cameron Miana
Indianna Cooper-Murray
Annalise Robbins
Sierra Sanchez
Sebastian Lewis Sawyer
Divana Seryani
Brandon Shearer
Kiah Rice
Aryaki Tripathy
Parker Scott Turek
Tori Wolf

Master of Science in Counseling Psychology

Nicole Amar
Charmaine Guerrero Anilao
Alexis Rose Aschacher
Marianne Claire Balitao Bailon
Erin Elizabeth Baker
Lauren Patricia Rose Blascziek
Emily Cisneros
Fiona Cloward
Cheyenne Simone Collins
Jennifer Patricia Corbett
Jeanette Lynn Dall
Gabriel Dawe
Jadyn Stephanie de Bruyn
Sara Ashleigh Dorman
Monserrat Esparza
Colin Faughnan
Sarah Fornoff
Ashley Forster
Diana Isabel Garcia
Anisa Erazo Garrett
Noa Gasway
Kiara Ortiz Gonzalez
Kristina Veronica Grajeda
Sarah Tiffany Huynh
Emily Noelle Ostrow
Sandra Lara
Amanda Rose Leal
Rachel Elizabeth Levin
Danell Amira Levy
Vasiliki Liakou
Anabella Ruby Linares
Keeliana Mackewicz
Patricia Mae Bernardo Magnaye
Michelle Maria Marquez Gallardo
Cari Elizabeth Monraz
Kaela Brooke Nachazel
Yazmin Leticia Ramos
Marlene Guadalupe Rios
Korye J. Rodriguez
Katie Lucille Rollins
Christine Samuelian
Nikita Grace Sarmiento
Chloe Marie Schlachter
Chloe Lyn Seiler
Lorena Silva
Christopher M. Stagner
Jordyn Riley Todd
Pia Andrea Valtierra Moros
Ofelia Marie Wazana

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The Cal Lutheran Mace

Academic maces descend from war clubs carried in medieval times by the bodyguards of civil officers. The earliest ceremonial maces, borne by sergeants at arms and royal bodyguards, can be traced to 12th-century England.

An academic mace symbolizes the authority, dignity and autonomy of the university as an institution of learning. Therefore, the mace plays an important ceremonial role at presidential inaugurations and all significant university events.

California Lutheran University’s mace is crafted of light oak, an allusion to the university’s home in Thousand Oaks. The light color symbolizes the youth of the university, since wood darkens as it ages.

The mace is crowned with an oak disk bearing the university seal in the bold school colors. Just below the seal, the mace head is ringed by six bronze medallions with the seals of the five Lutheran denominations that founded the college, together with the seal of the church into which they ultimately merged, the current Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The five earlier denominations represented on the mace are the American Lutheran Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Augustana Lutheran Church and the United Lutheran Church in America. 

Academic Regalia

On formal university occasions, members of the faculty wear academic dress that originated in the Middle Ages. This dress includes the gown, the hood and the mortarboard (cap). Gowns distinguish holders of the three degrees — doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s. The doctoral gown is faced with velvet and has bell-shaped sleeves, on each of which are three velvet chevrons. The master’s gown has sleeves that reach nearly to the knees and are slit above the elbow. The bachelor’s gown has pointed sleeves and lacks the velvet trimming of the doctoral gown.

The hood indicates by the color of its velvet edging the area of study in which the wearer’s degree was taken, and its silk lining displays the color or colors of the institution that conferred the degree. On most campuses, the most common degrees are in arts, letters or the humanities (white); commerce, accounting and business (drab); education (light blue); engineering (orange); fine arts (brown); law (purple); library science (lemon); music (pink); philosophy (dark blue); physical education (sage green); psychology (gold); science (golden yellow); and theology (scarlet). California Lutheran University’s colors are violet and gold.

The mortarboard tassel for holders of bachelor’s or master’s degrees is usually black. Gold tassels are worn only by holders of doctoral degrees and by heads of institutions. Students wearing a purple and gold tassel have been recognized as making their class gift, and for helping raise money for the Cal Lutheran Annual Fund during their senior year.

Academic dress that differs from this description may indicate a degree from a university abroad or from a domestic university that does not follow the typical pattern.