º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø Announces Graduates from El Paso Area Campuses
July 29, 2019 — º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇøâ€™s El Paso (Texas) Campus and Fort Bliss (Texas) Campus held a combined commencement ceremony on July 27 at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center. The University had 207 students eligible to participate in the ceremony — 35 students received a master’s degree, 168 students received a bachelor’s degree, four students received a bachelor’s degree and undergraduate certificate, and eight students received an associate degree.
LIST OF GRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED
(Name, Degree Concentration [if applicable], Hometown and High School Attended [if known])
Master of Business Administration
     • Katrina Brantley, Human Resource Management, Honolulu, Hawaii (attended Buena High School, Sierra Vista, Ariz.)
     • Armando Bustillos, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Montwood High School)
     • Jim Cardenas, Management Information Systems, El Paso, Texas (attended Irvin High School)
     • William E. Castorena II, Management Information Systems, El Paso, Texas (attended Americas High School)
     • John W. Clements, Project Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Pearl River [La.] High School)
     • Angela A. Falcon, Business Administration, El Paso, Texas
     • Eric M. Fernandez, Project Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Franklin High School)
     • Jana L. Franco, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Eastwood High School)
     • Andrea Gonzalez, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Andress High School)
     • Ruth Michelle Henderson, Finance, El Paso, Texas
     • Elizabeth Islas, Project Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Ysleta High School)
     • Joseph L. Justice, Finance, El Paso, Texas (attended Coronado High School)
     • Aleixer Lopez, International Business, El Paso, Texas (attended Piper High School, Lauderhill, Fla.)
     • Daisy Martinez, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Montwood High School)
     • Jennifer Denise Moreno, Management Accounting, El Paso, Texas (attended J.M. Hanks High School)
     • Mario D. Moreno, Business Administration, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • Jose A. Munoz, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended El Paso High School)
     • Charles T. Negaroge, Business Administration, El Paso, Texas
     • Sergio Pena, Business Administration, El Paso, Texas
     • Eric J. Perea, Finance, El Paso, Texas (attended Lampasas [Texas] High School)
     • Andrew J. Pitts, Business Administration, El Paso, Texas (attended Arsenal Technical High School, Indianapolis, Ind.)
     • James E. Pritchett II, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Marengo High School, Dixons Mills, Ala.)
     • Pablo Quijas, Project Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Lancy Lee Robinson, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended George Washington High School, South Bend, Ind.)
     • Joseph Sears, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Amanda J. Sierra, Human Resource Management, Horizon City, Texas (attended Americas High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • Vanessa Sotelo, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Riverside High School)
     • London M. Tinnyhill, Human Resource Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Gabriel Valdez, Project Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Irvin High School)
Master of Healthcare Administration
     • Nancy Dominguez, Quality and Innovation Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Montwood High School)
     • Abril Almendra Ganem, Project Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Bianca N. Huntsman, Finance, El Paso, Texas
     • Thomas Piccone, Project Management, El Paso, Texas (attended J.M. Hanks High School)
     • Shandrel E. Stewart, Healthcare Administration, El Paso, Texas
Master of Public Administration
     • April G. Evaro, Public Management, Layton, Utah
LIST OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRED
(Honors designation key ([at least 30 earned credit hours prior to the last term of enrollment at º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø]):
     • @ — Summa Cum Laude (3.9 to 4.0 grade point average)
     • # — Magna Cum Laude (3.7 to 3.899 GPA)
     • $ — Cum Laude (3.5 to 3.699 GPA)
(Name, Degree Concentration [if applicable], Hometown and High School Attended [if known])
Bachelor of Arts
     • $ Guadalupe Azzam, Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Reyna R. Camarena, Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Jose Contreras, Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Brianna Sofia Franco, Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Deborah Lemons, Psychology, Newport News, Va. (attended Alamogordo [N.M.] High School)
     • Joel O. Martinez, Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Americas High School)
     • # Andreana Nicole Nava, Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • Brian K. O’Neal, Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Jacob M. Sanchez, Psychology, El Paso, Texas
Bachelor of Public Administration
     • @ Christina Hernandez, Criminal Justice, El Paso, Texas
Bachelor of Science
     • Marisol Alves, Social Psychology, Chaparral, N.M.
     • Caroline Renae Avila, Management/Healthcare, El Paso, Texas (attended Montwood High School)
     • Roxanne Banuelos, Interdisciplinary Studies, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Renz Martin L. Bautista, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Maria D. Bencomo, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Justin Bernstein, Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Irvin High School)
     • # Rosa V. Blanco, Criminal Justice Administration/Corrections, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Rashad Ali Boyd, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Albert J. Brand, Business Administration/Management, Fishers, Ind. (attended Union County High School, Lake Butler, Fla.)
     • # Curtis W. Breeden, Criminal Justice Administration/Corrections, El Paso, Texas
     • # Isidro Breen, Business Administration/Management, San Elizario, Texas (attended J.M. Hanks High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • $ Gabriel Briones, Management/Healthcare, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • # Ashley Nicole Briseno, Criminal Justice Administration/Corrections, El Paso, Texas
     • Jeanette Brito, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • De’arricka T. Bryant, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Armando Bustos, Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Del Rio [Texas] High School)
     • Asael Caballero Otero, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Frederick Carmichael, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Christinia L. Carter-Edwards, Social Psychology, Fort Irwin, Calif.
     • Dulce Nelly Ceniceros, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Porter High School, Brownsville, Texas)
     • Shalimar C. Chacon, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Kendrana Chevelon, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, Sunrise, Fla.
         ´ÇÌý Chevelon also earned an Undergraduate Certificate in Terrorism and Homeland Security
     • John Charles Claunts Sr., Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • Stephenie M. Clifford, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Linda Contreras, Information and Computer Science/Data Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Miguel A. Coronaaguayo, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Henry L. Davis, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Guadalupe Diaz, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Yolanda Dominguez, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • $ Jesus A. Duarte, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Anthony t. Engkilterra, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Karla Escobar, Business Administration/Human Resources, Chaparral, N.M. (attended Andress High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • Veronica Esparza, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Monica C. Espino, Business Administration/Marketing, El Paso, Texas (attended Montwood High School)
     • $ Margarita U. Estrada, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Ysleta High School)
     • Zaira Estrada, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Adrian Fierro, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, Horizon City, Texas (attended Americas High School)
         ´ÇÌý Fierro also earned an Undergraduate Certificate in Terrorism and Homeland Security
     • $ Hadelhay Fong, Business Administration/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Claudia Alejandra Fraire-Hargrave, Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Irvin High School)
     • # Adriana D. Garcia, Business Administration/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended Del Valle High School)
     • Jose A. Garcia, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas (attended El Paso High School)
     • Karina Garcia, Business Administration/Finance, Socorro, Texas
     • # Vincente Garcia, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Lawrence J. George, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • # Andres M. Gonzalez, Social Psychology, Sunland Park, N.M.
     • @ Guadalupe Gonzalez, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Malcolm R. Grant, Information and Computer Science/Data Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Anthony C. Green Jr., Criminal Justice Administration/Security, El Paso, Texas (attended Smithfield [Va.] High School)
     • # Rodolfo Alejandro Guerrero, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended Reagan County High School, Big Lake, Texas)
     • @ Luis A. Gurrola, Information and Computer Science/Networking and Security, El Paso, Texas
     • # Guillermo Guzman Jr., Business Administration/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended Montwood High School)
     • Kaisha Haig, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, N.Y.)
     • Ylusion Hernandez, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Americas High School)
     • Erika Hernandez, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Sandra Hidalgo, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Clint [Texas] High School)
     • @ Richard Hoeltge, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas (attended Thomas Jefferson High School, Dallas, Texas)
     • $ Patrick Y. Hoffman, Management, Alamogordo, N.M.
     • Christopher R. Holder, Construction Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Michelle Holguin, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Fernando Huerta Jr., Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Eastwood High School)
     • Gary Jackson Jr., Management, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Julius Jackson Jr., Management, El Paso, Texas
     • # Wanda Jackson, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Charles E. Jeffrey II, Interdisciplinary Studies, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Mary J. Jenkins, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Margarita Jones, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • Michael A. Jones, Management/Computer Information Systems, El Paso, Texas (attended Dominguez High School, Compton, Calif.)
     • Melissa Ann Kern, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Edwina Lane, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas
     • # Cassandra Lara, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Elsa I. Leon, Business Administration/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • David Napoleon Lester Jr., Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Eric C. Leuschner, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended California High School, Whittier, Calif.)
     • # Laura Loera, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas (attended Clint [Texas] High School)
     • Hector S. Lopez, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • # Miguel R. Lopez, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Steven Lopez, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas (attended Clint [Texas] High School)
     • @ Gary MacEoin, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Juan Manuel Macias, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Yvonne A. Macias, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Irvin High School)
     • Lourdes Madera Tirado, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Barbara Martinez, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • Claudia A. Martinez, Management/Healthcare, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Jesus Adrian Martinez, Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • $ Yvonne Martinez-Soltero, Criminal Justice Administration/Corrections, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • $ Gary D. Meadows, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Richard A. Medina, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Ysleta High School)
     • $ Rene Alonso Melendez, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Yasmeen A. Miranda, Business Administration/Management, Horizon City, Texas (attended Montwood High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • $ Elizabeth A. Morales, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • Madison F. Morgan, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Jennifer Mormur, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas
         ´ÇÌý Mormur also earned an Undergraduate Certificate in Terrorism and Homeland Security
     • @ Christina Alyce Munoz, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Ralph J. Negrete, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Grand Island [Neb.] High School)
     • @ Kathlynn Nunez, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Mersaydez Leanaye Nunez, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Omar Nunez, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • # Rebecca Ann Nunez, Management/Human Resources, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
     • # Omar Ochoa, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Parkland High School)
     • $ Ava L. Onwu, Interdisciplinary Studies, Kansas City, Mo.
     • # Jesus I. Ortega, Management/Healthcare, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Christina A. Ozaeta, Business Administration/Healthcare and Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Verdugo Hills High School, Tujunga, Calif.)
     • $ Eric Palma, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • # Susan K. Peniston-Floyd, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • Antonio Perea, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Joanna K. Perez, Social Psychology, Yokota Air Base, Japan (attended Bel Air High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • # Jahi Leteef Perry, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Bethel High School, Hampton, Va.)
     • Cynthia D. Prieto, Business Administration/Logistics, Horizon City, Texas (attended Jesus Chapel School, El Paso, Texas)
     • Denise Adriana Prieto, Interdisciplinary Studies, El Paso, Texas (attended Irvin High School)
     • Jason T. Rakes, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Coronado High School)
     • Jessica Ramirez, Management/Human Resources, Boerne, Texas (attended Socorro [Texas] High School)
     • $ Maria G. Ramirez, Accounting, El Paso, Texas
     • # Zonia R. Ramirez, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Madison Rae Rangel, Business Administration/Human Resources, Horizon City, Texas (attended Eastlake Christian High School, Dallas, Texas)
     • Casey Jeremy Reed, Business Administration/Management, Horizon City, Texas (attended Horizon High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • $ Brisa Renteria, Business Administration/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended Burges High School)
     • Joel A. Reyes, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended Bowie High School)
     • $ Karen Tiwauin Richardson, Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Sahuaro High School, Tucson, Ariz.)
     • John P. Riley, Information and Computer Science/Computer Science, El Paso, Texas
     • Patricia Y. Rivera, Business Administration/Human Resources, Horizon City, Texas (attended Stephen F. Austin High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • @ William McKinley Robinson, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Valerie Rodriguez, Social Psychology/Human Development, El Paso, Texas (attended Socorro [Texas] High School)
     • @ Christian Rodriguez-Acevedo, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Claudia Ileana Rosales, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Riverside High School)
     • Michelle Yvonne Ross, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas (attended Bel Air High School)
     • # John W. Roush IV, Management, Horizon City, Texas
     • @ Ramon Isaac Salazar, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas (attended Del Valle High School)
     • Rocio D. Salinas, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Socorro [Texas] High School)
     • $ Christina D. Santillan, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • Jessica Marie Saenz, Business Administration/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Victor M. Segura, Management/Human Resources, Chaparral, N.M.
     • Martha L. Shivers, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended John Hardin High School, Elizabethtown, Ky.)
     • @ Monica C. Shreve, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Montwood High School)
     • Graciela Sias, Criminal Justice Administration/Corrections, El Paso, Texas
     • Curtis L. Smith, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas
         ´ÇÌý Smith also earned an Undergraduate Certificate in Terrorism and Homeland Security
     • Jacob B. Smith, Criminal Justice Administration/Corrections, El Paso, Texas
     • # Claudia Elizabeth Solis, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas (attended Stephen F. Austin High School)
     • Maximo R. Soroa, Information and Computer Science/Networking and Security, El Paso, Texas
     • # Gustavo A. Soto-Pou, Business Administration/Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Felix Varela High School, Miami, Fla.)
     • $ Jasmine E. Stewart, Criminal Justice Administration/Corrections, El Paso, Texas
     • # Justin John Switzer, Information and Computer Science/Software Engineering, El Paso, Texas
     • Gerardo I. Tabares, Management/Finance, Oceanside, Calif. (attended Bowie High School, El Paso, Texas)
     • Sandra Tarver, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • # Warren T. Trembath, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Angel Amado Trujillo, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Alonzo Emmanuel Turner Sr., Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • Ivonne Ugarte, Management, El Paso, Texas
     • Valeria Valencia, Accounting, El Paso, Texas (attended Mountain View High School)
     • Jason Vargas, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • # Brittany D. Vasquez, Management/Human Resources, El Paso, Texas
     • Elsa Yadira Villalobos, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended J.M. Hanks High School)
     • Linda Villarreal, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Patrick P. Wheeler, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Rayville [La.] High School)
     • Christina Marie Williams, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • @ Vanita R. Williams, Management, Horizon City, Texas (attended Oakland Catholic High School, Pittsburgh, Pa.)
     • Monica T. Witherspoon, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, Columbus, Ga.
     • DeMarco A. Wren, Criminal Justice Administration/Security, Horizon City, Texas
     • @ Justin P. Wurster, Management/Healthcare, El Paso, Texas (attended North Clarion County School, Tionesta, Pa.)
     • @ Edward L. Wyche, Management/Logistics, El Paso, Texas
     • $ Robbie G. Ysalde, Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement, El Paso, Texas (attended Monahans [Texas] High School)
     • @ Maria C. Zuniga, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
Bachelor of Science in Education
     • April Marie Favela, Early Childhood Education/Teaching Young Children, Socorro, Texas (attended Americas High School)
Associate of Science
     • Marcus Anthony Bolden, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended J.A. Fair High School, Little Rock Ark.)
     • Bianca Marie Facio, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Ysleta High School)
     • Danyka Jazmin Harrelson Lopez, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Andress High School)
     • Anuilagi Kalala Herrera, Management, Fort Bliss, Texas
     • Nicky N. Kelly, Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Charleston [Miss.] High School)
     • Carla I. Lopez, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas
     • Joanne Jazmine Medina, Social Psychology, El Paso, Texas (attended Ysleta High School)
     • James Wallace Underwood II, Management, El Paso, Texas (attended Sun Valley High School, Aston, Pa.)
Undergraduate Certificate
     • Kendrana Chevelon, Terrorism and Homeland Security, Sunrise, Fla.
         ´ÇÌý Chevelon also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement
     • Adrian Fierro, Terrorism and Homeland Security, Horizon City, Texas (attended Americas High School)
         ´ÇÌý Fierro also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement
     • Jennifer Mormur, Terrorism and Homeland Security, El Paso, Texas
         ´ÇÌý Mormur also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement
     • Curtis L. Smith, Terrorism and Homeland Security, El Paso, Texas
         ´ÇÌý Smith also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Administration/Law Enforcement