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WILKES-BARRE - Widener University president Robert J. Bruce received the
Doctorate of Humane Letters and provided the commencement address at Wilkes
University's winter graduation ceremony Sunday at the Arnaud C. Marts Sports
and Conference Center. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Winter commencement acknowledges the academic accomplishments of Wilkes
students who completed degree requirements in the summer and winter of 2000. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; August graduates earned 220 master's degrees, 14 bachelor's degrees, and
one pharmacy degree. January graduates included 110 master's degrees and 62
bachelor's degrees. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bruce will retire from Widener at the conclusion of the 2000-01 academic
year. Inaugurated in Sept. 1981, he is the eighth president of the
180-year-old historic educational institution and only the second president
since Widener achieved university status in 1979. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Under Bruce's leadership, Widener added six schools and colleges with
master's and doctoral programs in many disciplines and advanced its school of
law. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Widener was recently reclassified by The Carnegie Foundation as a Doctoral/
Research University-Intensive Institution, a classification that connotes the
awarding of more than 20 doctoral degrees annually. Also during Bruce's
administration, Widener invested $90 million in the physical plant of its
Chester, Pa. and Wilmington, Del. campuses, acquired a third campus in
Harrisburg for the expanded school of law, and saw its endowment grow from
$1.3 million to more than $42 million. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 CUTLINES: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 TIMES LEADER STAFF PHOTO/PETE G. WILCOX &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Robert J. Bruce, retiring president of Widener University, provided the
commencement address at Wilkes University's winter graduation ceremonies on
Sunday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Graduating Wilkes University students listen to remarks by university
president Christopher Breiseth at the school's Arnaud C. Marts Sports and
Conference Center. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Here is a list of students scheduled to graduate Sunday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 AUGUST GRADUATES &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bachelor of Arts &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 English: Lisa Ann Kelley, Lansdale. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Sociology: James L. Kalish, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Theater Arts: Thomas Ryan Ward, Columbia, S.C. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bachelor of Business Administration &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Business Administration: Jacqueline A. Lesinski, Dunmore; Norbert J. Braun,
Endwell, N.Y.; Joan Theresa Hannigan, Hop Bottom; Floyd T. Allen,
Philadelphia; Deborah Ann Smith, Wapwallopen. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bachelor of Science &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Accounting: Dale C. Heller, Bartonsville. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Chemistry: David Eugene Peer, Gouldsboro. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Computer Science: Tulip Begum Rahman, Centreville, Va. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Electrical Engineering: Despina Papadopoulou, Weatherly. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mathematics: Randy John Novak, Plymouth. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Medical Technology: Beth LoPiccolo, Lake Clear, N.Y. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Master of Business Administration &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Business Administration: Florence M. McNelis, Conyngham; Robert John
Krehely, Moscow; Robert Anthony Katulka, Mountaintop; Michael D. Hayes, Palm
Bay, Fla.; Nelson Mark Braslow, Shavertown; Janet M. Hilliard, Sugarloaf. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Master of Science &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Education: Angela Marie Bertalan, Allentown; Carmen Ana Espinosa,
Allentown; Louise Elizabeth Feher, Allentown; Michelle L. Groh, Allentown;
Nicole Hromiak, Allentown; Lisa M. Roach, Allentown; Kristin Ann Wehr,
Allentown; Shawn Carroll Burke, Annville; Kimberly M. Bolich, Ashland; Kristen
D. Yoder, Ashland; Richard L. Givens, Bainbridge; Nathan William Stannard,
Bath; Jessica K. Jones, Beavertown; Stephanie Lynn Goodrich, Bechtelsville;
Thomas John Gravish, Bellefonte; Holly Renee Baer, Bethel; Michael James
Corrigan, Bethlehem; John Paul Coyle, Bethlehem; Lori A. Downey, Bethlehem;
Kristin Lynne Evancho, Bethlehem; Matthew Alan Evancho, Bethlehem; Diane S.
Freeh, Bethlehem; Matilde E. Garcia, Bethlehem; Joseph F. Garin, Bethlehem;
Margaret Buzby Gerrish, Bethlehem; Lisa Kelly, Bethlehem; Anthony T.
Markovich, Bethlehem; Marcia A. Vega, Bethlehem; Janice Elizabeth Williams,
Bethlehem; Wanda Viola Williams, Bethlehem; Amy Lisa Wilusz, Bethlehem;
Kathryn L. McCord, Birdsboro; Nichole Louise Kulesky, Blandon; Michele L.
DeLillo, Breinigsville; Denise Davidene Oswald, Breinigsville; Ann M. Franco,
Burnham; Alicia M. Carlo, Carbondale; Joan S. Colosimo-Brownell, Carbondale;
Andrea M. Gigliotti, Carbondale; Tricia Marie Liuzzo, Carbondale; Krea Alexis
Moskosky, Carbondale; Mary Theresa Villano, Carbondale; Gretchen M. Troxell,
Catasaqua; Ann Campbell Christi, Chambersburg; Crystal Etchberger,
Chambersburg; Mark Douglas Long, Chambersburg; Melissa Ludwig Parker,
Chambersburg; Melissa Serre Stanalonis, Chambersburg; Thomas David Evans,
Clarks Summit; Mary Ellen MacMillan, Clarks Summit; Susan Bridget Ryan, Clarks
Summit; Maureen Anne Scolere, Clarks Summit; Rachel Beth Schmeckenbecher,
Coplay; Christopher John Kersey, Culver Ind.; Jeffrey J. Ellsworth, Dalton;
Amy Marie Orasin, Dickson City; Marianne Meehan Baker, Dingmans Ferry; Andrea
Gail Bond, Drums; Kathleen Ruth Novatnak, Drums; Christopher T. Becker,
Easton; Stephanie A. Fehr, Easton; Darlene M. Noel, Easton; Ross Jon
Partington, Effort; Lorena K. Brown, Elizabethtown; Dana Lynn Kline, Emmaus;
Kristal A. Hollenshead, Ft. Loudon; Gary L. Rife, Ft. Loudon; Ronalyn A.
Decker Bingaman, Greencastle; Katherine S. Gross, Hanover; Holly Carol Deppen,
Harleysville; Gretchen Brett Hufnagle, Harleysville; Betty L. Kmetz,
Harleysville; Wendy S. Garrety, Harveys Lake; Kathryn E.S. Adams, Hawley;
Kathleen Ann Gibbons, Hawley; Angela Grace Avillion, Hazleton; Amy M. Wills,
Hazleton; Salvatore Joseph Valerio, Honesdale; Hosiah D. Davis, Jermyn; Brian
Wagner, Jermyn; Michele L. Shemory, Jersey Shore; Alan Thomas McElroy, Jessup;
Karin R. Wrightson, Jessup; Sandra Ann Barnhart, Jonestown; Bonnie Lee
Bicksler, Jonestown; Brian X. Cunningham, Kempton; Andrew Barilla, Kingston;
Carolyn A. Cooper, Kingston; Cynthia Roberts Morgan, Lake Ariel; Francis David
Williams, Lakeville; Sherri L. Alapick, Lancaster; Donna Ellen Heim,
Lancaster; Cynthia M. DeLash Fetchko, Lattimer; Lori J. Bonn, Lawrenceville,
Ga.; Linda D. Hoffner, Lehighton; Deborah M. Filson, Lewistown; Barbara Louise
Daubert Knepp, Lewistown; Joan L. Schneider, Linden; Amy M. Koring, Lititz;
Donald Lee Miller Lititz; Laura Jeanne Nichols, Lititz; Kellie Anne O'Connor,
Lititz; Lori W. O'Donnell, Lititz; Lawanda Lynn Huenecke, Macungie; Tracie
Lynn O'Connor, Macungie; Sharon L. Jones-Trusky, Mahanoy City; Susan Fowler
Scheeler, Mahanoy City; Steve W. Brion, Mansfield; Diana Kudrich, Matamoras;
Elizabeth R. Lieberman, Matamoras; Maria Costa-Pettinato, Mayfield; Julie Ann
Magda, McAdoo; Gregory Mazurek, McAdoo; Andrew Murdough, Mechanicsburg;
Matthew Mark Dietz, Middleburg; Jo Elizabeth Snook, Mifflintown; Jennifer
Leigh Esh, Milroy; Gina Marie Aldrich, Moosic; Diane Dolores Brady,
Morrisville; Courtney A. Hopkins, Moscow; Joette A. Anthony, Mountaintop;
Nancy A. Bingham, Mountaintop; Denise Keiser, Mountaintop; Carol Ann Lengel,
Mountaintop; Amy Lee Pettit, Mountaintop; Kathleen M. Kennedy Price,
Mountaintop; Dennis B. Zurawski, Mountaintop; Danie Anthony Comoroski,
Nanticoke; Joyce Ann Minyard Dawley, Nazareth; Tierney Vincent Myers,
Nazareth; Jo Anne L. Damian, Nesquehoning; Suzanne M. Rockovits, Northampton;
Debra Ann Tornvall Demming, Olyphant; Laura Youorski, Olyphant; Judith
A.-Davidson-Roth, Orefield; Cory A. Smull, Orefield; Janice Rainey Blai,
Orwigsburg; Rebecca Ann Herb, Orwigsburg; Paul D. Rearden, Palmerton; Jan M.
Bowman, Palmyra; Maria Neri, Peckville; Warren Dushane Erdman III,
Perkiomenville; Suzanne Kulp, Pottstown; Daniel J. Moyer, Pottsville;
Annemarie Walter, Quakertown; Beth Ann Gehret, Reading; Marilyn E. Seiders,
Reading; Karen Jean Crowe, Reeders; Patricia D. Baxter, Roaring Branch;
Stanley K. Strong, Roaring Branch; Frank L. Zrinski, Saylorsburg; Edna Langan
Kozak, Scranton; Thomas Martin Orff, Shenandoah; Linda C. Shingle,
Shillington; Sarajane Michele Holt, Shippensburg; Jill Catherine Avery Pike,
Shippensburg; Melissa Renee Bellows, Shunk; Joelyn Mark, Simpson; Jessica
Diane Musket, Sinking Spring; Janet E. Aldinger, Souderton; Lauren A.
Chalmers, Souderton; Karen R. Rader, Southampton; Susan D. Haynes, Starrucca;
Lisa Joy Hochreiter, Stevens; Daniel Sukanick, Stevens; Nancy Susan Merrick,
Sugarloaf; Wendy M. Wolk, Sugarloaf; Kathy Ann Marshall, Summit Hill; Maria
Lynne Szczecina, Summit Hill; Nancy Denise Forgash, Swoyersville; Toni H.
Griseto, Swoyersville; Karen Jean Ziegler, Swoyersville; Robin Marie
Waters-Yost, Tafton; Scott C. Blackwell, Tamaqua; Mary Grochowski, Taylor;
Tracy L. Childs, Telford; Scott L. Myers, Telford; Dana Hurrell, Thompsontown;
Christopher L. Feerrar, Thornhurst; Michelle V. Thomas, Tobyhanna; Heidi A.
Tavani, Towanda; Michael G. Bluhm, Tunkhannock; Leanne Katrishen Campbell,
West Hazleton; Karen Ann Taylor, Waverly; Angela Nicole Bussard, Waynesboro;
Christopher L. Dennis, Waynesboro; Norma M. Hess, Waynesboro; Kimberly Jean
Hahn Schellhase, Waynesboro; Jane Lawler Stevens, Waynesboro; Jeffrey A. Lehr,
Wernersville; Margaret Susan Thomas, West Grove; Lisa Ann DeMichele, West
Pittston; Jennifer Hallman, West Wyoming; Joseph Matthew Gorham, Wilkes Barre;
Eric Brian Lawson, Wilkes Barre; Mary Jean Farrell, Wilkes-Barre; Marybeth A.
Ney, Wilkes-Barre; Jennifer Ann Roth, Wind Gap; Korey L. Cox, Womelsdorf;
Barbara Umphress Gelb, Wyoming; Scott John Piergrossi, Wyomissing; Maryann
Deakin, York; Jessica L. Georg, York. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Electrical Engineering: Sridevi Akkina, Burr Ridge, Ill.; Rifa M. Rahman,
Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Nursing: William J. Yankalunas, Bear, Del.; Mark William Loftus,
Carbondale; Kevin Thomas Chernesky, Dunmore; Lenora Nicole Lello, Dupont; Mark
R. Trently, Jessup; Lisa Ann McNeeley, Otterville, Md.; Gemma Terese Rosato,
Scranton; Susan Elczyna, Wilkes-Barre; Theresa A. Kamus, Wyoming. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 JANUARY GRADUATES &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bachelor of Arts &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Communications: Karen Novicki Lambert, Luzerne; John Long, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Economics: Marie Louise Dreier-Lewis, Front Royal, Va. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 English: Jarrad Patrick Max, Allentown; Amy Elizabeth Miller, Avoca; Sarah
Saylor, Harveys Lake; Michael Loverdi, Mocanaqua; Kerri Scherer, West
Pittston; Kelly Marie Ochreiter, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 History: Christopher L. Jarzyk, Cape Coral, Fla.; Daniel Thomas Borden,
Kunkletown; Stephen P. Toth, Shenandoah; James D. Calciano, Wapwallopen;
Darlene A. Fendrock, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 International Studies: Yelena P. Logvina, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mathematics: Dennis R. Isaacs, West Nanticoke. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Philosophy: Obed A. Addo, Philadelphia; Michelle Bridget Moffitt,
Tunkhannock. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Political Science: Frank Thomas McCabe, Kingston. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Psychology: Justin P. Andrew, Jim Thorpe; John M. Conte, Mountainhome; Joel
M. Eberts, Northampton; Brian Jeffery Tomascik, Pittston; Sarah Reedy,
Scranton; Kyle Fitzgerald Reed, Stroudsburg; John D. Rosinski, Sunbury; Karen
A Kotchik, Swoyersville; Jason R. Bartholomew, Wilkes-Barre; Sociology:
Charles H. Wetzel, Auburn; Nicholas D'Amico, Bethlehem; Frances Murach
Scaramastro, Moosic; Stacey M. Kulp, Swoyersville; Heather Lynn Shinkus,
Wilkes-Barre; ShaQuan Lattish Wiggins, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Spanish: Lisa Marie Ruggiero, Hazleton; Dominick N. DelRosso, Punxsutawney;
JoAnne Marie Potter, Conklin N.Y. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bachelor of Business Administration &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Business Administration: Jamie E. Brennan, Dallas, Pa.; Ryan Matthew Lohan,
Drexel Hill; Deborah Jane Pish, Falls; Adam R. Burton, Hallstead; Rosemarie C.
Sochka, McAdoo; Jeremy Conrad, Mehoopany; William James Merkel, Mountaintop;
Marie Lyn Hazelton, Scranton; Charmayne S. Julius, Swoyersville; Christal L.
Jenkins, Taylor; Kathleen McCann-Shostek, Uniondale; Joseph Robert Doran,
Wilkes-Barre; William J. Layo, Wilkes-Barre; Jermaine F. Richardson,
Wilmington, Del. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bachelor of Science &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Accounting: Zaid Surood Najib, Trucksville. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Biochemistry: Pia Chatterjee, Endicott, N.Y. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Biology: Robert Louis Wasilewski, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Computer Science: Richard Michael Havard, Scranton; Keith Michael Jones,
Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Earth &amp; Environmental Sciences: John D. Williams, New Philadelphia; John J.
Pagoda, Plymouth. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Environmental Engineering: Drew Wagner, Clarks Summit; Jeremiah D.
Hoagland, Elysburg; Jeffrey Spaide, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mechanical Engineering: Christopher M. Klopp, Fleetwood. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Master of Business Administration &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Business Administration: Karen B. Charles, Ashley; Jennifer Leland, Ashley;
John Andrew Stangline, Clarks Summit; Kathleen Moran, Larksville; Terri L.
Shisko, McAdoo; Shawn T. Prohaska, Mountaintop; James Thomas Smith,
Mountaintop; Raymond Stanley Walton, Mountaintop; Andrew Mark Lesh, Pine
Grove; Michael Stanley Sierko, Plains Township; Kelley A. Davis, Plymouth;
Allyson Lukasavage Swartz, Trucksville; Gary J. Swartz, Trucksville; Jennifer
Gans Moisey, Wilkes-Barre; Mizele Nkoba, Wilkes-Barre; Ronald Raymond Hines,
Wyoming. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Master of Science &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Education: Sandra L. Burdick, Allentown; Amy A. Costa, Allentown; James
Anthony DePietro, Allentown; Kelli Lopsonzski, Allentown; Michael Thomas
Murphy, Allentown; John Robert Brown, Bethlehem; Judith Lynn Hoke, Bethlehem;
Lisa Alaine Jastremski, Bethlehem; Jane I. Ronyack, Bethlehem; Eftehia
Roufakis-Dendrinos, Bethlehem; Nicholas George Stelmak, Bethlehem; Michael T.
Culbert, Birdsboro; Gary A. Cotroneo, Blakely; Caroline M. Fitzpatrick, Branch
Dale; Scott W. Stevens, Brodheadsville; Karrie Dee Hefner, Chambersburg;
Denise Marie Simmers, Chambersburg; Edward George Bath, Clarks Summit; Jane
Evelyn Blau, Clarks Summit; Cheryl Lynn Scavo Spager, Clarks Summit; Jeffry S.
Nietz, Coaldale; Christine Elizabeth Conz, Collegeville; William Anthony
Parks, Conyngham; John Joseph Schreiner, Coplay; Richard Martin Cronin,
Dallas; Angela M. Donovan, East Stroudsburg; Amy Jo Hetherington, East
Stroudsburg; Michael John Kolessar, Exeter; Tami A. Stascavage-Broda, Exeter;
Gregory M. Ellsworth, Factoryville; Steven D. Fox, Fogelsville; David Andrew
Novrocki, Forty Fort; Donna M. Jones, Friendsville; Jeffrey Salawage, Ft.
Loudon; Nancy Ann Burkett, Great Bend; Diane Luray Kerlin, Greencastle; John
Bleck, Hallstead; Robert Earl Anthony, Hamburg; Nancy J. Edelson, Harrisburg;
Janice R. Pila, Harrisburg; Jodi Ewer, Hatboro; Vincent Fayock, Hazleton; Sara
Frisch Gallik, Honesdale; Julia Marie Lupini, Jessup; Renee A. Tough,
Kunkletown; Shirley Giombetti, Lake Ariel; Antoinette D. Nyberg, Lakewood;
Lucy A. Kozuch, Lansford; Michael Angelo Kello, Lehighton; Lynda Marie Wolfe,
Lehighton; Denise L. Lane, Lewistown; Christina A. Short, Lewistown; Carla J.
Karboski, Macungie; Nancy E. Brylewski, Mahanoy City; Tamara A. Matthews,
McClure; Maureen Evelyn Denis, Middletown; Jeanne Carol Seabridge, Middletown;
James Pivirotto, Montgomery; Deborah M. Lewis, Montrose; Kellie A. Brandes,
Nazareth; Christine E. Yaworski, Nazareth; Marcia Hornung Slaton,
Northumberland; Verle E. Emanuelson, Orwigsburg; Timothy Francis Borgmann,
Perkiomenville; Corrine Hudzinski, Pittston; Jill Marke Oliver, Pittston;
Rosalie A. Cullagh, Plains Township; Diana Wetherill Beausang, Pottsville;
Sharon Ann Haffey, Pottsville; Fred G. Lutkus, Pottsville; Michael M. Dillon,
Reinholds; Brian Wolfe, Ringtown; Amy L. Osmond, Sayre; Tracey L. Attinello,
Schnecksville; Jerome A. Brown, Schnecksville; Pamela Peregrim, Scranton;
Michael David Pawlik, Shickshinny; Timothy R. Diehl, Shippensburg; Nicole Neu,
Starrucca; Donnamarie Finney, Tafton; Denise W. Morgan, Tafton; Nicholas J.
Trubilla, Tamaqua; Linda Gibbins Verwey, Tannersville; Stephen Foster
Davenport, Towanda; Richard Langdon Druckenmiller, Trout Run; William A.
Skipper, Troy; John C. Keefe, Tunkhannock; Bridget Ann McLaughlin, West
Wyoming; Kimberly Ann Garber, Wilkes-Barre; Melissa M. Tewksbury, Wyalusing. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Electrical Engineering: Ed Roman, Nanticoke; Joseph L. Cumbo, West Wyoming. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Nursing: Nancy E. O'Malley, Dunmore; Kelli Lynne Gavlick, Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
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Wilkes Holds Winter Commencement Robert J. Bruce, President Of Widener University, Addressed The Graduates And Received An Honorary Doctorate.