The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures celebrated our undergraduate and PhD graduates from the 2017-18 Academic Year at our Commencement Reception on Friday, April 27, 2018. Visit Facebook to view the complete photo album from the event.

German Majors

Ivyanne Marie Augustine

Hannah Marie Baker

Hannah Marie Beam

Andrew Timothy Beddow

David Reuben Beer

Heather Roseleanne Bigelow

Brody Christopher Blair

Mary Margaret Boyd

Aaron Edward Chappel

Kathryn Rose Choike

Kristen Lanna Datta

Yadonay Abraham Engeda

Shannon Victoria Ferrie

Nathan Fischer*

Kurt James Frick

Remington Gregory Gerras*

Natalie Elizabeth Gale Greifer

Savannah Grace Gross

Calvin Luke Hart

Alexa Kathryn Haupt

Michelle Antoinette Helner

Bridget Elizabeth Higgins*

Jacob Edward Hilton

Kyle Johnson

Hannah Jade Kelley-Watkins

Han Joon Kim

Zachary Knapp

Alma Marie Knutson

Connor Sabo Laporte

Annabel Sophie Lemke

Molly Elizabeth Leonard

Xiang Li

Michael Martinez-Silva

Edwin Joseph Mayes

Madison Alexis McMurtry

Cosima Neumann

Kayla Marie Oberleiter

Meredith Greta Ostermann

Daniel Scott Reed

Hannah Lee Shuman

Nicholas Austin Simon

Thomas Christian Steffens

Justin Wayne Trowbridge

Nils Fabian Urbaniak

Amanda Marie Victory

Rajko Slobodan Vucicevic

Andrew Thomas Westphal

Julia Margrit Winkler

Cosima Neumann, Michelle Helner, Kristen Datta, Mary Boyd, Andrew Westphal

Honors Students

Mary Margaret Boyd

Kristen Lanna Datta

Michelle Antoinette Helner

Cosima Neumann

Andrew Thomas Westphal

German Minors

Clare Anderson

Amanda Michelle Beckham

Sebastian Theodor Betzer

Tayler Vaughn Bruni

Linnan Cao

Mariah Christine Cardenas

Claire Cepuran

Zui Chen

Joseph Daniel Cianciola

Hailey Elisabeth Craft

Maire Elizabeth Daly

Samuel David Dart

Joseph Kazim Ermete*

Jessica Lynn Feathers

Briana Feng

Louisa Marjorie Freeman*

Max Theodore Gaegauf

Alex Robert Gamso

Grant T. Geiger

Kevin Patrick Gorman

Aria Autumn Grabowski

Emma Hathaway Hallowell

Amanda Leigh Hampton

Marli Rae Henderson

Connor Douglas Herrington

Gabrielle Julienne Hodges

Eldar Hoessel

Mark Leon Huffsmith II

William Alan Jermyn

Ian James Johnson

Kevin Stuart Jubera

Hyunjae Kim

Harriet Emilee Knapp*

Andrew Quinn Krieger

William Casimir Kryska III*

Derek Michael Loewen

Tyler Jonathan Loveall

Connor Reed Mackey

Joseph Maher

Lucas David Mallery

James Isaac Margard*

Rebecca Paige Martin

Nicholas Alexander Mastruserio

Jessica Brooks Mathis

Abigail Schmidt McCulloch

Franny Louise Melampy

Patrick McCarten Miller

Cameron Jo Monroe*

Jamie Lynn Morrissey

Jacob Allan Myers

Grace Nasr

Amanda M. Nilsen*

Luke Nittmann

Margaret Esther O’Connor

Elizabeth Mary Oliphant

Matthew Adrian Overberg

Bailey Elizabeth Pearce*

Mitchell Thomas Pfennig

Nicholas M. Pozsar

Maeghan Reilly Ridenour

Alfredo Vidal Lopez Rizo

Dean Joseph Robinson

Gina Caroline Saab

Alexi Angeline Schnur

Andrew Paul Sharon

Swarna Shil

August V. Sivec

Henry Slone

Rebecca Sorgenfrei

Katherine Carrigan Stankey

Annika Kim Stoldt

Grant Donald Strobl

Ariana Sulejman

Thanasarn Tantivirun

Hanna Elisabeth Von Bernthal

Cooper Wagner

Benjamin William Walsh

Mary Elizabeth Weber*

Nicholas John Wei

Melanie Tate Wellstein

Alison Maureen Wylie

Emily Young

Elise Rebekah Zagore

Mathias Zink Koelle

Jason Butcher, Johanna Eriksson

Scandinavian Minors

Jason Elijah Butcher

Eric Carl Johan Smith

PhD, Germanic Languages & Literatures

Elizabeth (Biz) Nijdam

Sam Heidepriem

Hannah McMurray

Hannah Lichtenthaeler and Peter McIsaac

MA, Germanic Languages & Literatures

Hannah Lichtenthaeler

*Denotes December 2017 Graduate