LAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWE UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES COMMENCEMENT

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University celebrated 48 graduates, on Saturday, May 20, 2023.

Congratulatory remarks were offered by the American Indian College Fund (AICF) Student of the Year, Kristy Baccam, Board of Regents member and Monica Isham.

An invocation was offered by student, Miss Edwina Ziigwanikwe Buffalo-Reyes. The Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans presented the Colors, alongside colors and Eagle Staffs from LCOOU outreach sites, Lac du Flambeau, Red Cliff and Bad River. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Drum offered a Welcome Song, Flag Song, and Traveling Song.

Congratulations to this year’s graduates. View the graduate slideshow here.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Business Administration

Kristy L. Baccam*                                Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Jody A. Quaderer***                          Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Charlene Donelle Theobald                Lac du Flambeau Outreach

Human Services

Dorothy Marie (Trepanier) Crust       Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Rachael L. Fleming                              Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Meloney Miller                                   Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Lyndsy Rae Morrow*                          Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Etta Teschner                                      Red Cliff Outreach

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS

Liberal Arts

Tyra C. Collins                                     Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Terek Marlow                                     Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Meliya M. Martinson                          Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Native American Studies

Kenneth W. Ray Jr.                              Red Cliff Outreach

Charlene Donelle Theobald                Lac du Flambeau Outreach

Native American Studies—Language Emphasis

Aerius Benton                                     Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Human Services

Geraldine Gordon                               Red Cliff Outreach

Gina Marie Krizan*                             Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Amanda R. Thayer                              Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Eunice Jay Zamora                              Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE

Accounting

Penny Lee Beaulieu                            Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Lisa M. Sutton**                                  Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Agriculture and Natural Resources

Jade Dean Merrill                               Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Roberto Angel Pacheco**                  Lac Courte Oreilles Campus               

ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE

Early Childhood Education

Alexis Mayotte                                    Bad River Outreach

Rachel Lynn Teschendorf*                  Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Marie Wooten                                     Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

 Nursing

Katherine L. Brinker*                          Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Scott Erickson**                                 Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Shukri M. Hirsi                                    Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Theresa M. Morris                              Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Allison Rose Niese*                             Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Meshack Onsongo                              Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Kiera Jean Peterson                            Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

 Small Business  Management

Hope Elizabeth Burt***                      Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Timothy L. Barber                               Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Darien Marie Carley                           Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Brittany M. Gordon***                       Red Cliff Outreach

Christine Maiwald                               Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Jody A. Quaderer***                          Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Charlene Donelle Theobald                Lac du Flambeau Outreach

 CERTIFICATE

AODA

Leonard Ortiz                                      Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Meloney Miller                                   Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Lyndsy Rae Morrow*                          Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

 Early Childhood Education

Tia Barbara-Rose Burns                      Bad River Outreach

Geraldine Grace Gordon                     Red Cliff Outreach

Consuelo Maria Ruiz                           Bad River Outreach

Barbara Zaari                                      Bad River Outreach

 SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATE

Ojibwe Language

Aerius Benton                                     Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

 GED

Emma Revak                                       Lac Courte Oreilles Campus

Graduation Honors

***Summa Cum Laude           3.90 to 4.0 GPA

**Magna Cum Laude 3.70 to 3.89 GPA

*Cum Laude                3.50 to 3.69 GPA