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Letter from the DeanDear graduates,Today, you join the ranks of nearly 60,000 alumni of the C. T. Bauer College of Business. As you celebrate your graduation, know that your degree has great value. In fulfilling the requirements of your program, you have demonstrated not only your academic capability, but also the personal discipline and commitment necessary to complete such an educational endeavor. I personally congratulate you on this achievement.

Bauer College is more than a degree-granting institution. Yes, to begin with, it is a college of business. On a bigger dimension, I firmly believe this is a place where we change lives and make a difference. We do this by helping you learn, gain confidence, develop support networks, and create opportunity for themselves and for others —yes, for you and for others around you. I am very blessed to have the opportunity see you learn, grow, succeed and help others grow in the process. This is why Bauer College is described as a place “Where Awesome Happens” – you make it so. Seeing this happen firsthand is the best part of my job. This convocation marks the beginning of a lifelong relationship with the Bauer College of Business. The Bauer faculty and staff are proud to join your family and friends in honoring your accomplishment.On behalf of the faculty and staff of the Bauer College, please accept our best wishes for your future success. Sincerely and with warm regards,

Latha Ramchand Dean and Professor, Finance C. T. Bauer College of Business

University of HoustonC. T. Bauer College of Business

Convocation ProgramSunday, May 14, 2017, 6 p.m. NRG Stadium

PROCESSIONAL Associate Convocation Marshal Steve Koch Assistant Dean, Graduate and Professional Programs Associate Convocation Marshal Michael Newman Clinical Professor, Accountancy and Taxation College Banner Bearers Candidates for Graduation Faculty Platform Party Bauer College Dean, Latha Ramchand GREETINGS Thomas George, Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS UH Army and Air Force NATIONAL ANTHEM Members of Moores School of Music Concert Chorale WELCOME AND Latha Ramchand, Ph.D. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Dean, C. T. Bauer College of Business INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER Latha Ramchand, Ph.D. Dean, C. T. Bauer College of Business GUEST SPEAKER Bruce Williamson Chairman, President & CEO Southcross Holdings and Southcross Energy Companies PRESENTATION OF Richard Scamell, Ph.D. ACADEMIC HONORS Associate Dean, Student Affairs PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES Dalia Pineda Director, Graduate Admissions and Recruitment Saira Nadeem Program Manager, Stephen Stagner Sales Excellence Institute CONCLUDING REMARKS Thomas George, Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs ALMA MATER Members of Moores School of Music Concert Chorale RECESSIONAL

The audience may remain seated during the Processional and Recessional. Only graduates are allowed on the floor of NRG Stadium; however, family may take photographs and videos from their seats.

C. T. Bauer College of Business

THE LEGACY OF CHARLES T. “TED” BAUER

The business school at the University of Houston was transformed more than 16 years ago when one man made a commitment to bolstering the city of Houston’s workforce through education.In 2000, Charles T. “Ted” Bauer gave $40 million to name the C. T. Bauer College of Business, igniting momentum and growth that has not slowed.

Born on March 3, 1919, in Boston, Bauer was an educational philanthropist and co-founder of Houston-based AIM Management Group.He served as AIM’s chairman until 2001 and built the mutual fund management group into the seventh-largest company of its kind globally.He served as a U.S. Navy pilot during World War II.After graduating from Harvard University in 1942, he earned his MBA from New York University in 1954. He was awarded a doctor of humane letters degree from the University of Houston, where he committed to support the College of Business Administration in 2000 with a $40 million gift.Bauer died on June 28, 2004. The college named in his honor on the UH campus celebrates his legacy annually with Bauer Pride Day. The top students each year are also recognized with Ted Bauer Leadership Awards.Thank you, Mr. Bauer, for your commitment to student success and enabling Bauer graduates to build a better future.

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GUEST SPEAKER

Bruce Williamson Chairman, President & CEO Southcross Holdings and Southcross Energy Companies

Bruce A. Williamson’s experience as a senior energy industry executive virtually spans the entire energy value chain, including exploration and production, midstream and downstream, pipelines and electric power.Williamson was named chairman, president & CEO of both Southcross companies in January 2017. The Southcross companies are midstream oil & gas companies with significant operations in Texas,

Mississippi and Alabama. Previously he was chairman, president and chief executive officer of energy holding company Cleco Corporation from July 2011 until the sale to a private investor group in 2016 when he retired from Cleco. While at Cleco he delivered almost a 100% total shareholder return, implemented sweeping cultural changes including a corporate safety, diversity and environmental compliance. He also raised Cleco’s dividends over 60% and eliminated all unregulated business, refocusing the company back on its core electric business functions. Prior to Cleco, Williamson was Chairman and CEO of Houston based Dynegy Corporation. At Dynegy, Williamson implemented a culture of ethics and compliance for which he received an award from the President’s White Collar Crime Task Force. Williamson also restructured Dynegy outside of bankruptcy and reduced Dynegy’s outstanding debt by more than $10 billion. He also led the electric power industry by entering into the first fleet-wide consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice to clean up coal plant emissions of NOx, mercury and other particulates across the Dynegy coal fleet. Williamson retired from Dynegy in 2011. 

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Williamson started his career in 1981 with Shell Oil Co., where he worked primarily in the exploration and production and financial functions, advancing to Assistant Treasurer. In 1995, he joined Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co., later known as PanEnergy, advancing to Senior Vice President Finance & Corporate Development and led the negotiations to merge PanEnergy with Duke Power to create Duke Energy in 1998. At Duke Energy, Williamson was President and CEO of Duke Energy Global Markets, with responsibility for all globally priced commodity businesses, international businesses and engineering and services business outside of the regulated electric business in the Carolinas. Williamson has served on the boards of several public and privately held companies in the US and Canada. Williamson earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Montana and a master’s of business administration from the University of Houston. He is active in UH, serving on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the C.T. Bauer College of Business and the UH Board of Visitors.

Bruce Williamson biography, continued…

Spring 2017

Doctor of PhilosophyGuanglian Hu 5

Essays on Volatility Risk and Security ReturnsFaculty Advisor: Dr. Kris Jacobs

Phillip Jolly 5Implicit Theories of Leader-Follower RelationshipsFaculty Advisor: Dr. James Phillips

Rui Liu 5Essays on the Term Structure of Interest RatesFaculty Advisor: Dr. Kris Jacobs

Chongyu LuConsumer Click Behavior on Search Engine Results PageFaculty Advisor: Dr. Rex Du

William McKnightThe Effect of Investor Pressures upon Institutional Activism and Corporate GovernanceFaculty Advisor: Dr. Steve Werner

Executive Master of Business AdministrationAnthony Boye AjishegiriPraveen Bajaj 5Christine V. BoonnakeJohn Elliott Brooker 5Cody Burns 5Ndella Cham 5Leslie Cook 5Scott C. DesmondAvril DornellyDavid Gilbert DotsonDeborah Charmaine Felix-Dejean 5Roberto Rene FonsecaDonna Renae Gibson 5

Luis Felipe GiraldoAlonzo Gonzalez 5Justin Howard GrimmSteven Wade HartmanChad Hill 5Alexander M. Holmes 5Lynn Dean Horne 5Mustafa Khan 5Christopher Allan Lagasse 5Ji Xian Loh 5Thanya Argentina Martinez 5Christine Anne Mathwig 5David M. Matteson 5Thomas P. McLaughlin, Jr. 5Brian Earl Miller 5Hector Francisco Miranda 5Andrew Patrick Mulroy 5Michael E. Murray 5William F. Oates 5Maria Eugenia Olocco 5Philip H. Peacock 5Nicholas Keith Petersen 5Jose E. Quintana 5Niikolas Arnold Rautiola 5James Irl Reid 5Andrea Paulina Rubio 5Pablo SalazarJoseph Henry Sauvageau 5Lisa T. ShumateJeremy Ray Smith 5Jamie Sullivan 5Dale SummersLaurinda Ann Tseng 5Nathaniel Ward 5Brady Jay Warr 5

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GRADUATES

Master of Business AdministrationAnum Abbasi 5Abhishek Agarwal 5Azel G. AgustinNnamdi O. AniekwenaDerrick Paul ArringtonAbhishek Banerjee 5Shaoni Barua 5Jack Robert Blundell 5Adela CanajIsaiah CastanedaEdgar CastroGabriella Kathleen ColeMark C. Cox 5Ammar DadabhoyBrent Michael Daugherty 5Samuel James Davenport 5Christopher Ryan Dooley 5Darlene EddyLaura L. Florez 5Kevin Andrew FloridaValentina C. Fontiveros 5Issac GeorgeRehman Farooq GhumanKaren GlennyIleanna Clareth Gonzalez Chapellin 5Benjamin Goss 5Shane Christopher Gossard 5Blair Christopher Guidroz 5Kaylee Gund 5Elizabeth Lea Hampton 5David James Hardy 5Robert Adam HardyTimothy P. HarrisBrian Heckman 5David Allen Hefner 5Alejandro Andres Hernandez 5

Jordan Vincent HollingsworthNour K. Hussein 5Austin Isensee 5Michelle M. Jabbour 5Ankita Jaiswal 5Alaa Eldin Kabalan 5Jennifer Kim 5Sang Won Kim 5Collier D. King 5Justin Batara Kirojan 5Pallavi Kulkarni 5Marta Lafuente Alvarez 5Sabrine Fynbo Larsen 5Kent Roy LinXuan Luo 5Trang Thi MaiXi Mao 5Jade MarcantelEmily Megan Martin 5Kaysie McCleney 5Charles Wilkins MclaughlinChristopher Edwin Meyering 5Joseph Wayne MillsSantiago Daniel NacinovichKristin A. NaidyshChukwuemeka O. NdefoKevin J. Newman 5Tiffany Renee NjokuGentrix Saka Maria ObieroAndrea Nicole Ohrt 5Sebastian OrnsteinNimesh J. Patel 5Chris PhillipsLeah Pierre 5Rakshya Regmi 5Derek A. Reihl 5Dominic Charles RomanoJames Taylor Russell 5Ruth Russell 5

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GRADUATES

Pratyancha Sharma 5Juan Alejandro SolisJohn Lukaszik Stacy 5Aqib Nizarali SunesaraMario Joseph Tacchi 5Charles TaylorJustin Bharat Thakkar 5Nickey Jacob ThomasJacob Christopher TorresLoan N. TranAnn Dan Ngoc TranBusingye Matthew Turahi 5Cutie VahaliSwathi Vikraman 5Keith J. Voytoski 5John WhiteStephanie Elizabeth Williams 5Meng Hsiu WuYanfei YinYang Zhou 5

Master of Science in AccountancySpencer J. AnfossoJacob Clarke ArmitagePhillip Michael Arvanetakis 5Qian Bian 5Robert Blanco 5Zachary ByersCong CaoKody D. ChoateRaymond Geoffrey ChowRoberto Miguel CruzZuilma Farraro 5Jessica Ruth FiedlerBrandon F. Foteh 5Yi Gao 5Jingdan Gao 5

Alvaro Garcia 5Blanca Miranda HarberJordan J. HurlburtSarah Meagan James 5Amy Catherine JohnsonIrshaad Inayat Kadiwala 5Mitra Kershaw KhumbattaHyunjung KimPhuong Minh LeMaria Del-Refugio Leon 5Biying LiZhe Li 5Hongfeng Li 5Hamza Rehman Malik 5Marissa McknightRobyn Ruth Mary MedunaYesenia MilianMorgan E. MossAn Thi Thuy NguyenDana T. NguyenNhung Thi Tuyet NguyenPhuong Giao T. Nguyen 5Rebecca A. Nguyen 5Quang PhamLinda N. PhamAnh L. Phan 5Shehwaz Husseinali Rassiwalla 5Bonnie Catherine RodriguezJessica Alexandra Rodriguez 5Ning Ruan 5Eniscia Rose RuffMario A. SaavedraAmanda Liset SantosBryce Ashton Shockley 5Niyousha SoltaniBradley SuiMona Lisa Sylvia Suubi 5Elizabeth Toner 5Quan My Tran 5

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Thanh My Tran 5Leslie Marie TroyerVan Nguyen Tuyet Vo 5Sarah Kim VuongAnqi Wang 5Justin Richard Wright 5Jian Xie 5Huajing Yang 5Ming Xia YiSixiang YouZhixiang Zhu 5Ju Zhu

Master of Science in FinanceIsaiah Adda Anemeje 5Clayton R. Ayers 5Richard L. BorchardtGeetanjali Chatterjee 5Yuan GaoMatthew Maurice Haddad 5Xiuting HaoAdriana Hernandez Martinez 5Andrea Stefania Ibague Gil 5Samuel Sharan Konda 5Pavel Dimitrov PavlovPooja RadhakrishnanLaxmi Ramana 5Fnu ShilpaJonathan Slauter

Master of Science in Global Energy ManagementAmmar Ali Baig 5Joanna Elizabeth CamposXiaoshu Di 5Merve GolMiles G. Kirk 5

Megan MurrayGeorge Mwamodo Mwangi 5Ben Olufemi OgunberuKenenna Chinedum Oyeka 5Jeffrey Ross PhillipsBadr Tartir

Master of Science in MarketingBoxuan ChangLaura Palmira Garcia Mendoza 5Rebekah Rose Nichols 5

Master of Science in Supply Chain ManagementPedro Salvador CisnerosZakiya Nurmahammad KhedawalaNegar Nikpour 5Amy Lauren Richards

Bachelor of Business AdministrationArub Abubakar 2Carlos M. Acosta-AponteJulian Martins Advani 2Hina Afsar 3Michael Daniel Aguirre 2Diayane Patricia Aguirre Almeida 3David Alfaro-LopezBader Mohammad Y. Alhamad 2Rashid Homod R. Alhomaidi 2Anmol A. Ali 2Maha Azmat AliDina AlkhojaCharles Wesley AllenVanessa Sylveria Almaguer 3Aaron Patrick Alvarado

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GRADUATES

Brigitte S. AlvaradoRolando I. AlvearJustin Anderson 3Alex Jesse AngelichAishah Suraiya AnsariBilal N. AnsariJasmine Bartolome AquinoJoel S. Arauza 3Saqib ArfanMelissa Marie Armstrong 2Brooke E. ArnoldPablo Arocha 2Sana F. AsadullahAlejandro D. Atencio 3Eduardo AvilaOluwatamilore Osama Ayo-Idowu 2Mona Azhari 2Vincent Azemchop AzomboSiddiq Bacchus 2Sarah Elizabeth Backer 1Juliet Bang 3Porfirio Barcenas 2Elizabeth Denise Barnette 3Brian Justin Barrett 3Kayla E. Barton 3Mehreen A. BasitJeanette BatallaKole BatisteSallam Abdel BatnijiCarlos A. BatrezChristian Terrel Bean 2Jonathan Scott Beilowitz 2Sakinah Omotola Bello 1Betsy Eduvina Arias BenitezGlenda Yamileth Villatoro BenitezCarlos A. Betancourt 2Kabir BhaktaRajni Bhavsar 2

Julia BischoffTaylor L. BishopMichael E. Blowers 1Oluwapelumi BodundeKatherine E. Boerke 1Joshua Taylor Bond 3Thomas Jack Bonnington 3Janae M. Bottoms 3Juston Lee Braden 3Sandra BravoShermandra Lanae Bromley 3Amanda D. BrownCourtney Brown 3John Murray Brown 2Tarek BucaiKey Mason Jones BuchananThomas BuenrostroKenneth BuiElizabeth Anne Butler 3Eric CabiranJonathan A. Campirano 1Gabriela CantoJacob Alexander CantuChristine Mai CaoEmonia CarlsonFrancisco Guillermo CarrizalesRicardo Jaime Romero De CarvalhoSloan Jaqueline Carver-Peterson 2Andrew M. Casas 3Cole I. Casillas 3Linda Marilin Castellanos 1Cindy CastilloNicole K. Caton 3Karla Janeth Cerezo 3Rose Melissa CervantesMarshall ChackoMarshal Chaidez 2Esha Chakrabarti 3

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Albert Tak Man ChanChristy Kapik Chan 3Andrew ChauAidee ChaverriaPriscilla L. Chavez 3Da-Wabomate Cheetham-WestHanjie ChenJohnathan A. ChenJustin Zhen Jie Chen 3Willie Po-Wei Chen 3Feifei Cheng 3Yee Shun CheungVenkata S. ChilakapatiChuan Jung Chin 1Xiomara Rivera ChirinoMatthew Daniel ChisariNabeel Chohan 1Hay-lok Chow 3Kelli Michelle Chow 2Arshad Chowdhury 3Hira Fatima Chundrigar 2Nicole Renae ChurbockChristopher M. Clark 2Woodrow Wilson Claybon III 3Kelsey A. ClaytonChristian Andre Cisneros 1Ashley Nicole CollinsBradley Thomas Collins 1David Joseph ComerMichael D. ComerJoseph Scott CookTaylor Layne CopelandFernando CoronaAndrew Layton Cox 3Lakiesha T. CrawfordRobert Ellsworth Crawford IVOwen Wesley Crewe 2Robert Cristobal 2

Avery L. Croley 3Carl Anthony CulbersonEli M. CurtisCameron C. Dahesh 3Jean Carlos Dala 3Aaron C. Daniels 3Nha Thien Truc Dao 3Hina K. DarbarHannah Collette Dauzat 1Aliyah Jeannine DavisAshley N. Davis 3Duston Michael Davis 3Summer Michele DavisAmaar A. Dawani 3Kylie M. Dawson 3Chris Dealba 2Niti Desai 1Zainab Z. Dhanani 1Sypara J. Dhuka 1Saqib M. Dhukka 2Alejandro Diaz 3Jesus A. DiazVidha Dixit 3Bon Trinh Do 3Michelle Quyen Do 3Calvin V. DoanMy Yen Chi DoanZachary J. DobsonSterling Saul Dodd 3Melody DominicoScott C. DukesPatrick Mark DumanaAnh Ngoc Lan DuongDuy Thai Duong 3Amairani Duran 2Brandon Damian DuranSamantha Denice DuranLionel Quinn Durham 3

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GRADUATES

Jack DwyerJordan EddingsJerry Connor Einfalt 3Amerti Gutu Ejeta 3David A. Enav 3Ashley Renee EnriquezKenia Guadalupe EscobarJenny EspinozaKeith Thomas EsthayIsrael Issac EtoriaLin Feng 3Kyle E. Ferguson 2Rocio Martin Fernandez 3John D. Fields 3Karla A. Figueroa 2Kyle David Finley 3Allenrachell Andria Fontenot 2Michelle R. FordMarquelle Marie Foss 1Reagan Louise FredricksonRubi FuentesJosue Fuentes-Bonilla 3Kylie A. Furr 1Merziya Gaffar 3Ramil D. GalangElias Garcia 2Facundo Garcia 1Itzel Carina GarciaMegan Garcia 3Nina Kelly Garcia 1Sara Lynae GarnettElbet Eshete GebregiorgisKirubel GebremariamSam Poyyayil George 1Christopher Gregory Gervasio 2Hina Ghani 3Shahram GhassemiNazim Shafi Ghulam 3

Dave Giang 2Joshua David GibbonsCourtney F. Gigant 2Elizabeth Gutierrez GironKarina Giron 2Sean William GlaserMark T. GlenTaeisha Lashonda GlennSeyed Ali Hosseini GoharDaniel Gomez 3Johanna Romina GonzalezMicael Shannon Griggs 3Yana Grodskaya 3Angel GuerreroTazeem Khaled GulamhuseinMengyan Guo 1Celeste Caroline GutierrezBlanca Guzman 2Dana Hajjar 3Sarah Halvorsen 3Klelix Mariana HamlinAlexander L. Hamm 2Earlansia L. HarrisWilliam Franklin HartojoUroosa Hashmi 2Eric Anthony HauptmannLauren Olivia Hauser 1Matthew Joseph Hauser 1Wendi Marie Hay 2Autumn Sunshine Hayes 2Blake Cameron Hees 1Laura Marie HellinghausenSheldon H. Henderson 3Reagan Ann Henley 3Daisy N. Hernandez 3Jennifer Hernandez 3Marlene Montserrat Montalvo HernandezMiriam Hernandez

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Veronica Linda HernandezTroy HerreraJustin Ly Hinh 3Xuan Phuong Minh Ho 3Vy Thuy Hoang 3Connor W. Hollis 3Kyle Jay HornKory Andrew HornbergerElaine Duc HuaIsaac Yi-Kai HuangCarmen HuertaAnum Hussain 3Faraz Aziz HussainFarhan N. HussainMatthew Thanh Huynh 3Jordan Erick HyderValerie O. IkhimokpaHaider Imran 3Lauren Helena Rae Ingham 3Ben IntathongNaheaan IslamHarold Rader Jackson 2Michelle Lynne Jackson 3Ahmad Hassan Jingo 2Amani Jlassi 2Alec Christopher Johnson 1Emily A. JohnsonJoshua David JohnsonJaxon Johnston 3Hailey Paige Jones 3Nicholas JonesRobert Shane JonesJoshua J. Jose 2Samantha Sileina Joseph-Humphrey 3Akshay N. JoshiErick JuarezHyojung JungBessie Florence Kahn

Kirandeep Kaur 2Azaan Ashia KayzerColeman Johan Kendrick 2Raven Christian Kesterson 3Ashmita Salil Keswani 1Allison Keymolen 3Shanza Firoz Khan 3Sidra H. Khan 3Anchit Rajeev Khanna 3Christina Kheng Kien 3Loc Van Tan KieuKevin J. KimbroughDaniel S. KnappLilian KombaAnastasiya Evgenevna Kopteva 3Shail Ashish Kothari 2Alexandra Brooklyn KreglickiRama Kroma 3Tommy Kuan 3Asia KullabGrace LaJamarcus Gilbert LacyMarshall Brock Laguarta 3Samantha Erin LakeDonald Quang Lam 3Enrique Dominique LambSania LariAmanda Fay LavigneDiane Phuong LeHoang Huy LeJulie Le 3Mai Quynh LeMary LePeter N. LeTommy Van LeTommy LeVinh B. LeKirk D. Leban 3

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GRADUATES

Jooyeon LeeLuis A. LeijaKimberly S. Lenmark 2Jacob M. LevyCanyong LiangJun Neng Liang 3Cinnie Nika Lin 3Yule-John Lin 3Michaela S. Little 3Marlee Rennae LizcanoChristopher Isai Lopez 3Joselin Gabriela LopezMichelle M. Lopez 3Mariana Edith Lopez Del ToroKeith LotfMinh Trong Nguyen LuDiana LupascoMichael Ann Belin Lynch 2Belinda Ma 3Thanh Phuc Thien MaCristian A. Macedo 1, 4April Renee Macha 3Dima Omar MahmoudFalah MahmoodMaheer Majid 3Aiyaz MaknojiaHisban H. MaknojiaAndrew N. Manashi 3Sahil Saiyad Manasia 3Robert MandujanoMichelle Lynn Manuel 3Sophie J. MarekJames A. MartinBryan Oswaldo Martinez 3Evan G. MartinezMelissa N. MartinezOrlando MartinezThomas Martinez 3

Walter Alexander Galdamez MartinezZubin A. MathewRandall Scott Mayhall, Jr. 2Krystal Mc CollinBranson Ryan McDonaldLindsey D. McDougall 1Zoddwa Vivian McGowanPamela B. McGuffinRomona Shenee McKinleyJeffrey A. Mcfarren 2Luis MedinaKiran J. Meghani 2Jack William Meikle 3Carlos E. Mejia 3Salvador E. Martinez MejiaLeslie M. MelgozaLilly Ana Mendez 3Amy Michelle MendozaJonathan C. MendozaChristian M. Meno 3Consuelo Rama Mercader 2Jasmine Metoyer 3Harris MianJake R. Milan 3Justin Ryan MillerMichelle Diane MirandaAlicia Nicole MitchellShina Alexandra Mizuno 3Sophie Lakin Molzan 2Azim M. Momin 1Shazin S. MominSaifali MominSinnan Attir Momin 1Kyndal MonacyCindy MontanteJacqueline MontgomeryLindsey Chedabrione MooreJavier Moreno 3

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Lazaro MoreiraNatasha A. Morgan 3Amanda MoyaZubair Sarosh Mughal 3Aminat Oluwaremilekun Muibi 3Alexander Paul Mundy 3Cesar Andre Muñiz 3Melissa Dominique Muñoz 3Misty Michelle MuñozRicardo Rafael Muñoz, Jr. 3Chad P. Murski 2Abdulwahab Mustapha 3Nora Riad NaboulsiHasan NaderzadehDavid M. NagyKrishna C. Narra 3Luis Fernando Narvaez 2Asim NasirTaha I. NathaniMichael Scott Navarrete 1Harrison J. Neider 3Noor Rafat Nemry 2Jordan Seth Ney 3Loren Thanh Ngo 3Anh Mai Nguyen 1Anh Tran Quoc Nguyen 3Anh-thu V. Nguyen 1Ann Thuy NguyenBao Hong Giza Nguyen 1Christopher Dai NguyenDavid Nguyen 3Diana D. N. Nguyen 3Duyen Elizabeth Nguyen 3Faith N. Nguyen 3Hanna Phuong NguyenHarrison M. Nguyen 3Hoc Gia NguyenKenneth Anh-Quang Nguyen

Kevin Nguyen 1Kim Thien Nguyen 3Luc Tan Nguyen 2Michael Q. Nguyen 2My Phuong Thao NguyenNguyen Hoang Nguyen 2Ni Nguyen 3Paul Nguyen 2Phillip Minh Nguyen 3Phuong Doan Khanh Nguyen 2Sally Nguyen 2Sarah M. NguyenThomas Tin NguyenThutruc NguyenTony L. NguyenRehan Noorani 3Jeremy NormanAngelica Bria Nunez 2Awinlika Roseline NwaemeTiti O. OgunlanaEmmett Craig Heejong Oh 3Renato Agustin Olivari 3Dalinda OliverBarbara OliveraKethbotum P. Olson 2Phi Van OnDarlington OnwujiaririSindi Marisela Ordonez-RodriguezKarlamaria OrtezDiana M. OrtizIkhide OtoikhineAndres H. Pabon 3Stephanie S. PaceValeria PachecoAiqi Pang 1Jonathan Jungwon ParkAmi M. PatelApurva A. Patel 3

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GRADUATES

Mohini Ashwin PatelParthkumar D. Patel 3Reena M. PatelVidhya M. PatelPatricia Michele PeñaLuis Peralta 3Javier Alonso Perea 2Aaron James Perkey 2Macy Anderson Pestello 3Bao Quoc PhamDung Nguyen Hoang Pham 2Kaitlyn Thu Pham 3Quang Dang PhamThanh Le Dan Pham 3Thuy Tran Dan PhamWesley Dorian PhillipsLong T. PhungMairedys Piedra 2Kennedy Erin Pillow 2Christian Anthony PinedaDiana Paola PinedaVirginia Maria Isabel Pineda 3Jennifer PlumaMisba M. Prasla 3Sarosh M. PraslaMegan Nicole Prather 2Divya PremkumarRezzin E. PullumYarilis M. QuiñonesPriyadarishi Radjendirane 3Jenny Rahman 2Fatima A. RamirezYvonne RamirezAndrea RamosLuis Angel Ramos 3Syed Mohammed Z. Raza 3Shanza Asvara RehmanSaige Reid 3

Lauren Remo 3Enedina ResendizJacob Clay ReynoldsJason D. RiceMadison C. Richard 2Meagan Rickert 3Luis Ricardo Rivas 1Daniel Alexander Rivera 3Jennifer L. Robbins 3James RoddyDaniela V. RodriguezEduardo RodriguezRebecca R. RodriguezStephanie RodriguezYesenia Rodriguez 1Jocelyn K. Roman 2Kyle Rodmin RutledgeJin Koung Ryou 2Andrea Maria Sabillon 3Joshua SalasMayra Salas 3Hugo Andres SalinasRabia Samma 3Garonisha Rayquette SampsonCecilia Sanchez 2Celerino SanchezHugo Izcoatl Sanchez 2Brendan Charles Sandberg 3Canyon Colter Sanford 3Victoria Bianca SantiagoBrenna Mae SantillanOscar SantosShannon A. Santos 3Reach Sao 2J’Lynn C. Cravanas SasserPriyanka Ajay Savant 1Abdul Qayyum Sayed 3Laura Mari Sayers 3

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Zeina Sbaiti 3Michael H. Scheinthal 3Cynthia Gonzales SchulteEmmit B. Schultz 2Matthew Robert ScobieNathaniel Bryant ScottMiguel Segovia IIRohith Selvarajan 3Alondra Serrano 3Layla Basim ShaathAneri D. ShahAsit Rajiv Shah 1Kushal Dharmendra Shah 3Sohni Z. Shaikh 3Luke M. ShaverHasan K. Siddiqui 2Tara M. SimsAmarjyot SinghJennai SingletonMason Taylor SistoDylan SledDerek Sliwinski 2Kenisha L. SmithMarian R. Smith 3Derek Cerny Soomro 2Alejandra Elizabeth Perez Sosa 3Christian B. Sparks 2Jacqueline J. SpradlingDaniel Ray Stewart IICarlin Kenji SuganoWayne Sullivan Sullivan 3Aamir SyedDamilola Adekunle TaiwoBen Andrew Tallman 3Abraham M. Tanvir 1Nora TartirLeyla TaymooriXiaohang Teng 1

Phillip K. Thai 3Saif ThobhaniBradley Jide ThorpeQuyen Thanh Bao To 2Jimmy Ton 3Linh Dang Khanh Tong 1Angela TorresJohan David Torres 1Robert TothCatherine Hoang TramChristine Tran 3Khoi Lam TranLisa Hong TranNgoc Vi Bao TranStephanie Tran 3Thao Phuong TranTilly Thuy Tran 2Trang Thi Xuan Tran 2Triet T. Tran 3Vy Yen TranWilliam Trieu-Quan Tran 2Khalil Chavas TrentJesus Maria TrevinoEmiliano TroitinoChristopher Ryan Turner 3Muhammad Usama 3Syed O. Vafaqani 3My Duyen Thi VanAmanda L. Vanderbeek 2Brett A. Vanwagner 3Karen I. VargasLawrence Allen Varnado IIAlfredo Alvarado VazquezJasmine Nathali Vasquez 3Sheila VelasquezGuadalupe Velazquez 2Yajaira Villarreal 1Edward Vivanco

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Hac Thi Minh VoQuyen Thi Hanh Vo 1Tu Minh VoDespoina Vogasari 3Kierra J. VogelAnh Tuan Vu 3Long Q. Vuong 2Sharon Elise WagenhofferCara WalkerChristine Adaline WalkerJustin W. WalkerMable Michele Wan 2Yuhui Wang 2Devin D. WearyTaylor Kay Weaver 3Forest Wharton 3Larry Glenn WilkinsAmanda T. Wilkinson 2Brianna D. Williams 3

Nikita Ayesha Williams 1Jessica Taylor WintermanApril R. Wood 2Lauren Haley Woods 3Haida Wu 1Brandon E. WyattHilario Yanez 3Jung Min Yang 2Qian Yang 3Yuan Yao 2Abdallah Khaled YassirChristian YbarboBronte Ye 3Jacqueline Yvette Young 3Siyun YuLoriana Jamelah Issa Zaid 2Sergio Mauricio ZelayaWeilu Zhang

C. T. Bauer College of Business

GRADUATES

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Summer 2017

Doctor of PhilosophyHyunkwon Cho

Tone of Peers’ MD&A Disclosures and Firms’ InvestmentsFaculty Advisor: Dr. Volkan Muslu

Vanessa Durner 5Can Threats and Fear Foster Security? Cognitive and Emotive Forces of Fear Appeals on Information Security BehaviorFaculty Advisor: Dr. Randolph Cooper

Mahdi EbrahimiTwo Essays on Reframing Techniques to Enhance Perceptions of Time Availability Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vanessa Patrick

Emrah EkiciThe Effect of Credit Default Swaps on Analyst ForecastingFaculty Advisor: Dr. Gerald Lobo

Anoosha Izadi 5Capturing the Essence of Being Human: Insights Regarding the Use of Two Subtle Marketing ToolsFaculty Advisor: Dr. Vanessa Patrick

Chongyu LuConsumer Click Behavior on Search Engine Results PageFaculty Advisor: Dr. Rex Du

Onyinye NwaforTowards Effective Care Coordination in Healthcare Systems: A Team-Patient PerspectiveFaculty Advisor: Dr. Norman Johnson and

Dr. Powell Robinson

Richard SkinnerUnderstanding The Dedicated Technology Project Recovery Function: a Methodological PerspectiveFaculty Advisor: Dr. Wynne Chin

Yuan Ye 5Essays on Designing and Managing Service Outsourcing ContractsFaculty Advisor: Dr. David Peng

Dan Zhang 5Top Management Team Characteristics and Financial Reporting QualityFaculty Advisor: Dr. Gerald Lobo

Master of Business Administration Dikemba Balogu 5Herman Chan 5Burhanuddin Faizee 5Brittany Faith KlingTina S. KoshimotoNitesh Kosur 5David KrohnMichelle J. Lee 5Ashley Bryanne Mckenney 5Viral Mehta 5Michael John Moore 5Brian Stanley PolcarAlejandro Ismael Sanoja Payares 5Anthony Joseph Urbani 5Pooja Verma 5Ze Wang 5Meng Yang 5

1 Summa Cum Laude - 2 Magna Cum Laude - 3 Cum Laude - 4 College Banner Bearer (highest GPA) - 5 Dean’s Award

Master of Science in Accountancy Trista Danielle BarkerCristina Rafaela De Avila Galvan 5Derek Ross DefeeKimberly Nicole FosterHarrison N. GranadosYuxin Huang 5Ye JinEva NgaiTram Thi Thuy NguyenHannah PadgettMaria Fernanda Pedroza Velandia 5Sebastien Emile Joseph RousselMusfirah SajidKevin SchultzChing SoCassandra L. WisenbakerXiaomei Xiang 5

Master of Science in Finance Joshua Robert KosmickiDaniel MooneyThu Ngoc Khanh Vu 5

Master of Science in MarketingVictoria ArteagaLindsey RoseMeredith B. Shank

Bachelor of Business AdministrationMahnoor Ahmed 3

Mary Armanious 3Sheetal M. AsodiaMikaela M. Austin 3Caleb Aaron BeachamJingya ChenArmando Cruz 3Mason L. Dickerson 3Brittany Nicole EadsYessica Eloisa 3Mohamed Elmadni El HoderiCynthia K. EscobarMatthew Alan Ferguson 3Bianca Victoria GalindoAbigail Nicole Gray 3Sara E. Henderson 3Quynh Nguyen Bao HoLy HuynhRonak Yogesh KarsanKatesha Monique LawsJessica M. LeeTyler Nathan LoriAndrea LunaTiffany Yee Ma 3Mariela MaldonadoNgan Thach NguyenTaylor Joan Olanski 3Jason L. OzenneInocencio Padilla 3Danielle Denise PaulusCarlos Ignacio RodriguezAdolfo RomanDevani Jazmin SalinasKaren G. Martinez Salinas 1Evan Buchanan Smith 2Amanda Lynn StilesNgan Bich Tran

C. T. Bauer College of Business

CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION

The Honors College Honors

The Honors College at the University of Houston offers students special opportunities to develop their academic abilities. Below are the Honors College honors designations.

University Honors with Honors in Major Students who complete the Honors College curriculum (36 hours) and complete a senior honors thesis.

University Honors Students who complete the Honors College curriculum and elect not to complete a senior honors thesis.

Collegiate Honors and Collegiate Honors with Honors in Major Students who fulfill the requirements for the honors program in the college of their major, including 21 hours of honors courses; who complete an Honors College minor, or who complete 21 hours of approved honors courses. If students also complete a senior honors thesis, they graduate with Collegiate Honors with Honors in Major.

Membership in The Honors College and Membership in The Honors College with Honors in Major Students who affiliate with the Honors College during their undergraduate years and complete fewer than 21 hours of honors courses. If students also complete a senior honors thesis and fulfill the requirements of their major with distinction, they graduate with Membership in The Honors College with Honors in Major.

Honors in Major Students who complete a senior honors thesis but are not members of the Honors College.

C. T. Bauer College of Business

THE HONORS COLLEGE

Recipients

Spring 2017 University Honors with Honors in Major

Cinnie Nika Lin 3 Priyanka Ajay Savant 1

University HonorsSiddiq Bacchus 2

Sarah Elizabeth Backer 1Jonathan Scott Beilowitz 2Sakinah Omotola Bello 1

Courtney Brown 3Elizabeth Anne Butler 3

Linda Marilin Castellanos 1Esha Chakrabarti 3

Nicole Renae ChurbockAndrew Layton Cox 3

Kylie M. Dawson 3Chris Dealba 2

Niti Desai 1Zainab Z. Dhanani 1

Vidha Dixit 3John D. Fields 3

Christopher Gregory Gervasio 2Dave Giang 2

Courtney F. Gigant 2Karina Giron 2

Lauren Olivia Hauser 1Blake Cameron Hees 1Reagan Ann Henley 3Connor W. Hollis 3

Kyle Jay Horn 2Valerie O. IkhimokpaAhmad Hassan Jingo 2

Alec Christopher Johnson 1Hailey Paige Jones 3

Bessie Florence Kahn

Sidra H. Khan 3Anchit Rajeev Khanna 3

Anastasiya Evgenevna Kopteva 3Kimberly S. Lenmark 2

Christian M. Meno 3Jacqueline Montgomery

Cesar Andre Muñiz 3Noor Rafat Nemry 2Kim Thien Nguyen 3

Sarah M. NguyenEmmett Craig Heejong Oh 3

Javier Alonso Perea 2Megan Nicole Prather 2

Priyadarishi Radjendirane 3Jacob Clay ReynoldsMadison C. Richard 2

Jin Koung Ryou 2Canyon Colter Sanford 3Michael H. Scheinthal 3

Rohith Selvarajan 3Alondra Serrano 3Asit Rajiv Shah 1

Marian R. Smith 3Aamir Syed

Stephanie Tran 3Mable Michele Wan 2

Forest Wharton 2Amanda T. Wilkinson 2

Brianna D. Williams 3

C. T. Bauer College of Business

THE HONORS COLLEGE

Membership in The Honors CollegeAmani Jlassi 2

Honors in MajorAminat Oluwaremilekun Muibi 3

Summer 2017 University Honors

Mikaela Maria Austin Ronak Yogesh Karsan

Bauer Leadership Team

DeanLatha Ramchand, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Student AffairsRichard Scamell, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean, Faculty AffairsThomas George, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Undergraduate Business ProgramsFrank Kelley

Assistant Dean, Graduate and Professional ProgramsSteve Koch

Assistant Dean, Career ServicesJamie Belinne, SPHR

Department ChairsAccountancy & Taxation

Kaye Newberry, Ph.D.

Decision & Information Sciences

Norman Johnson, Ph.D.

Finance

Praveen Kumar, Ph.D.

Management

Steve Werner, Ph.D.

Marketing & Entrepreneurship

Edward Blair, Ph.D.

C. T. Bauer College of Business

ADMINISTRATION

Bauer College BoardLatha Ramchand

Dean, Bauer College

Paul Peacock (BBA ’81) Retired Partner, PwC

Chair, Bauer College Board

Elaine Willits Finger (BBA ’92) Real-Estate Consultant, The Finger Companies

Vice Chair, Bauer College Board

Bala Balachandran Visiting Professor, Northwestern University

Daniel G. “Dan” Bellow President, JLL – Houston

J. Downey Bridgwater (BBA ’84) President, Houston Market, Comerica

Michael J. Cemo (BS ’68) President, Michael J. Cemo Interests

Anthony R. Chase Chairman and CEO, ChaseSource, L.P.

Joel Cowley President and CEO,

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Samuel DiPiazza Jr. (MS ACCY ’73) Chairman, The Mayo Clinic

Wang Dongjin Group Vice President,

China National Petroleum Co.

Milton Frankfort (BBA ’67) Co-Chairman,

Frankfort Lipp Capital Advisors, LLC

Kenneth J. Guidry (BBA ’77) CPA and President, PKF Texas

Joe Gutierrez (MBA ’14) President and CEO, NET Midstream

C. Gregory Harper (MBA ’97) President, Gas Pipelines & Processing,

Enbridge, Inc.

Natara Holloway (BBA ’98) Vice President – Jr. Athlete

Development Strategic Planning, National Football League

Karen Katz (MBA ’82) President and CEO, Neiman Marcus Stores

Fran Keeth (BBA ’77, MS Accy ’80, JD ’88) Retired CEO, Shell Chemicals Inc.

Paal Kibsgaard CEO, Schlumberger Limited (SLB)

Elizabeth Killinger (BBA ’91) President

Reliant Energy, NRG Energy

John L. King (BBA ’92) Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP

Duy-Loan T. Le (MBA ’89) Retired Senior Fellow and

Senior Vice President, Texas Instruments (TXN)

Robert Lewey President, IES, Inc.

Aylwin B. Lewis (MBA ’90) President and CEO,

Potbelly Sandwich Works

Scott McClelland Houston Division President,

H-E-B Grocery Company LP

Gerald W. McElvy (BBA ’75) Retired President, ExxonMobil Foundation

David Mendez Head of Industries,

JPMorgan Chase Texas Middle Market

Mark Mize (BBA ’95) Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Halcón Resource

Jack B. Moore (BBA ’77) Former CEO, Current Chairman,

Cameron International Corp.

Mark G. Papa (MBA ’80) Retired Chairman and CEO,

EOG Resources

Richard G. Rawson (BBA ’72) President, Insperity, Inc.

S. Glynn Roberts (MBA ’91) President, Northstar Offshore Group, LLC

M. Russ Robinson Director, Robinson Brown Investments

Diane M. Scardino (BBA ’92) FACHE, Vice President,

Texas Children’s Hospital

Sam Schreiber (BBA ’74) President, Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.

David Skala (BBA ’87, JD ’93) Senior Vice President Commercial Lending,

Moody National Bank

Zin Smati Chairman and CEO, LifeEnergy

Steve Stagner Executive Chairman, Mattress Firm

Steve D. Stephens President, Amegy Bank

Dave Warren President and CEO, Energy Alloys

Trey Wilkinson (BBA ’92, MBA ’02) President and CEO,

Trinity Legacy Partners, LLC

Bruce A. Williamson (MBA ’95) President and CEO, Cleco Corp.

Floyd C. Wilson President and CEO, Halcón Resources

Melvyn Wolff (BBA ’53) Chairman, Star Furniture,

a Berkshire Hathaway company

Darren Wolfman (BBA ’81) CPA

C. T. Bauer College of Business

BOARD

Bauer Faculty

Jeanna L. AbbottMichael Ahearne

Alana Elizabeth AlemanElizabeth Anderson Fletcher

Christos O. AngelidesStephen V. ArbogastLeanne E. AtwaterRobert H. Barr, Jr.Beverly F. Barrett

Swati BasuDonald H Bellman, Jr.

Ratan D. BhagatEdward A. Blair

William R. BobboraDennis Bozeman

Robert L. BregmanJonathan Brinsden

Steven P. BrownBarbara A. Carlin

Nikhil CellyFred J. Charlot

Xi ChenWynne W. ChinDarla Chisholm

Alfred G. ColemanNorman L. Comstock

David B. CookRandolph B. Cooper

Kathy L. CossickKeith K. Cox

Steven CrawfordDaniel Currie

Joshua D. CutlerAlexander De La Fuente

Richard S. DeFrankChad Alan DischHitesh B. Doshi

Yuxing Du

Richard R. EierdamNancy Zalmanek Evetts

Yun FanEmese Felvegi

Ramon FernandezArthur John FranciaNickolas Freeman

Paul GalvaniGeorge O. GambleEverette S. Gardner

Daniel Yaakov GavinBetsy L. Gelb

Thomas J. GeorgeRobert W. Gilmer

Samuel GobleFrederick Gonzalez, Jr.

John L. GreenGeorge M. Grimes

John Wallace HammondCarey David Hargrove

Kathleen L. HarrisCarl HermanJames D. Hess

Floyd William HolderJames Hong

Brooks W. HowellYe Hu

Kachuen Sam HuiBlake Ives

Kris JacobsCharles J. JacobusGlynn L. Johnson

Norman A. JohnsonJacqueline J. Kacen

James Monroe KaneNick Gus KapatosJohn R. KaronikaRobert T. Keller

C. T. Bauer College of Business

FACULTY

Basheer M. KhumawalaSaleha B. Khumawala

Emre KilicWilliam B. Knighton

Steven F. KochDejun Kong

Parthasarathy KrishnamurthyKsenia Olegovna Krylova

Praveen KumarMohan Kuruvilla

James L. LambNisan Langberg

Alexander J. LaraChad R. Larson

Luc Paul Joel Le BonJohnny R. Leavins

Haijin LinAlan D. LishGerald Lobo

John C. LopezTong Lu

Chandrakala MarathiKelly McCormick

Archer McWhorterJanet Meade

Jacob Nelson MessingerCarolyn A. Miles

Andra Olivia MiljanicBradley D. MillerCarl Chet Miller

Philip A. MorabitoJim Munchbach

Donna Carol MurphyMichael J. Murray

Nischal MurthyVolkan Muslu

Arunachalam NarayananEdward C. NathanMichael James Neel

Kaye J. Newberry

Michael Ray NewmanThomas R. NolandJaime L. NoriegaCarlos A. Ortega

Trenton Beau PageMichael Sydney Parks

Kiran M. ParthasarathyVanessa M. Patrick-Ralhan

Juan F. PeñaXiaosong Peng

Anita Ruth PerezMichael R. PettietteRichardson R. Pettit

James S. PhillipsCindy Lee Picazo

John W. PingelNatalia Scotto PiqueiraStephen Craig Pirrong

Jaana PorraPaul Povel

James W. PrattRamon Rabinovitch

Suryanarayanan RadhakrishnanVinita Ramaswamy

Dan T. RameyGary W. Randazzo

Scott Michael RandoKeith David Rassin

Keith Allen RichardsPowell Ersell Robinson, Jr.

Oliver Mack RogersKevin T. Roshak

Christopher E RossMelanie R. Rudd

Dale RudeFunda Sahin

Richard W. ScamellCarl P. Scott

Marina SebastijanovicJoe D. Seltz

Sang Byung SeoDarlene Marie Bohac Serrato

Robert L. ShossLeiser O. Silva

Ronald F. SingerEdwin A. Smith III

Barton A. SmithGordon D. Smith

Staci A. SmithEmmanuel Michael Spartalis

Bette A. SteadMarcus Stewart

Xue SunRaul Susmel

Mary Reeves SykesAndrew D. SzilagyiJoshua Adam Tabin

John B. TeareEllen Warren Terry

Dale TibodeauSeshadri N. Tirunillai

Curt F. TueffertStuart Turnbull

Amy L. VandaveerLarry David Vanover

Dusya M. VeraWilliam A Walker

Yu Wang Victor Brian WayhanJames R Webb

Catherine K. WeberNaomi K. Werner

Steve WernerCurtis Wesley

James R. WilkinsonJohn M. WilliamsJerold Winograd

Wayne Leslie WinstonGregory Wright

Guojun WuSeung Min Yae

Michael YampulerVijay YerramilliWilliam J. Zahn

Ming ZhaoYuping Zhao

Letter from the PresidentDear Member of the Class of 2017, Fellow Cougar, and NEW University Alumnus:On behalf of the University of Houston and the Bauer College Alumni Association (BCAA), it is with much enthusiasm that I

congratulate you on your joyous achievement! Graduating from college is a major life accomplishment, and you should be very proud.You are now a part of a 235,000 University of Houston Alumni network with nearly 60,000 of which graduated from Bauer.People who are on top of their game all have one thing in common. They all are busy adding value to others in some way. And in adding value to others, they create success in themselves.There are many ways you can add value to the world. Adding value will only become clear over time as you act upon activities and participate in events that align with your personal values, goals and pursuits. Your journey is a lifelong class and doesn’t end with graduation. The BCAA gives you opportunities to stay mentally active and momentum to keep moving forward.The BCAA is composed of 11 committees, including Community Service, Marketing, MBA/EMBA, Networking Breakfast, Sponsorships, and Tailgating. The committees coordinate events and activities that assist you in remaining involved with Bauer College by helping you engage, connect and network with other alumni, students, businesses and the community. I would encourage you to participate in our events and also consider becoming part of a committee with the mindset of “What can I offer?” Amazing things happen when you come from an “others first” mindset.To learn more about getting involved, upcoming events and other great resources about the BCAA, visit www.bauer.uh.edu/alumni/ or www.houstonalumni.comCongratulations and Go COOGS!

Cordially,

Patrick Gonzales (MBA ’06) President, Bauer College Alumni Association

C. T. Bauer College of Business

BAUER COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Many thanks to our convocation volunteers for their help in making this event a success.

Mohammad AijazJorge Arellano

Nora BaylyBree BilsteinSara Brown

Erica CasillasMeagan Chang

Emily ClarkColleen Davies

Kathy DominguezVanessa FellersKarina Galvan

Sarah GnospeliusMary GouldTanya Green

Britney HudsonLenay Johnson

Whitney JohnsonKyndal JonesCrystal Lugo

Edward ManouelianVivian Martinez

Allison MarzSaira Nadeem

Anne NessMarian Newman

Melissa NilesDalia Pineda

Michelle PoullardWhitnie Sanders

Sharoma Scurry-GravesShirley ShifletSarayu SundarHisham TalibAsha Thomas

Amy TranChris TurnerIsmael Vega

Joyce WilliamsTanieka Young

C. T. Bauer College of Business

SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Alma Mater

All hail to thee,

Our Houston University.

Our hearts fill with gladness

When we think of thee.

We’ll always adore thee

Dear old varsity.

And to thy memory cherished,

True we’ll ever be.

Words and music by Harmony Class of 1942

C. T. Bauer College of Business

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