2023 ACHS Graduates
Graduates are listed alphabetically by last name and organized by department and level of study. Note, graduates are listed by their highest degree conferred in the past year; additional programs completed by the student are also listed and will not be announced during the ceremony.
Students who have achieved excellence in academic performance by having met or exceeded a 3.50 cumulative GPA in their program(s) are noted with Honors.
Department of Aromatherapy
Certificate in Aromatherapy
Diana Alvarez López, Honors
I’sha Gaines
Denise L Hargand, Honors
Lorina Moore, Honors
Diploma in Aromatherapy Master Aromatherapist
Bruce Allen, Honors
Janice Ang, Honors
Angela C. Cedillo (Certificate in Natural Products Manufacturing, Honors)
Nature A. Cruz, Honors (Certificate in Aromatherapy, Honors)
Stacy L David, Honors
Charlene Grant, Honors
Yvonne Klose, Honors
Desarie LaVigne-Bennett, Honors (Diploma in Holistic Health Practice, Honors;
Certificate in Aromatherapy, Honors)
Michele Stalker, Honors
Melissa Whiteside, Honors
Associate of Applied Science in Integrative Health Sciences/
Associate of Applied Science in Complementary Alternative
Medicine with Aromatherapy Specialization
Ashley Carpenter, Honors
Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health Sciences with Aromatherapy Specialization
Maria Providencia Castro, Honors
Graduate Certificate in Aromatherapy
Dana Batykefer, Honors
Karen Chesne, Honors
Tamara Mannina, Honors
Master of Science in Aromatherapy
Kathlyn M. Curry, Honors (Master of Science in Health and Wellness, Honors;
Graduate Certificate in Aromatherapy, Honors; Graduate Certificate in Integrative
Health and Wellness, Honors)
Nicole V. Ewings
Jeri Garvey, Honors
Crystal L. Howard, Honors
Bria Janae King
Sara Raider
Department of Herbal Medicine
Certificate in Herbal Studies
Anyssah Arguelles, Honors
Natasha Beins, Honors
Kareisha Buckingham
Quanisha Bynum, Honors
Kellie Campbell, Honors
Sarah Cantrell
Synethia Edinborough
Danielle Gruenewald, Honors
Erika Hargrove, Honors
Kamaylyn Brit Hill, Honors
Ashlee Jacoby, Honors
Veronica Jauregui, Honors
Isea Jones, Honors
Janelle Elizabeth Keene, Honors
Clare Kirkwood, Honors
Tamra LaChapelle, Honors
Stacey Lawshea El, Honors
Grant James Lee, Honors
Kaitlin Losey, Honors
Brittany M Maloney, Honors
Sherrell Rodgers
Jennifer Shaffer, Honors
Saiheb Starling, Honors
Rebecca Vargas, Honors
Starla Villa
Takai Young, Honors
Diploma in Herbal Studies Master Herbalist
Zushii Az'Uk, Honors
Brad O Crittenden
Jazmine Diaz, Honors
Shawn Dietzer, Honors
April C. Foster, Honors
Cassandra Hamblin
Penny Hawkins, Honors
Amanda Hayes, Honors
Antonie Jules
Tiffany Knighton
Jessica L Libby, Honors (Certificate in Natural Products Manufacturing, Honors)
Yejidé Major, Honors
Jessica Monroe
Marcus Monroe
Joan T Nowaczyk, Honors
Cammi Parham, Honors
Aria Pecola Nychole Smith, Honors
Jacqueline Meghan Smith, Honors
Joseph Smith
Zaporia Stevenson, Honors
Melissa K. Stokes, Honors
Amy Sugg
Wendy Anne Sutter, Honors
Brianna Leigh Vargas, Honors (Certificate in Herbal Studies, Honors)
Samantha Wilson
Krysta Wolbert, Honors
Associate of Applied Science in Integrative Health Sciences/
Associate of Applied Science in Complementary Alternative
Medicine with Herbal Studies Specialization
Maryn Brecka
Christina Callens, Honors
Eileen Cowen, Honors
Heather Dugger
Winnie L Hudgens, Honors (Diploma in Holistic Health Practice, Honors)
Ceirra Isley
Tiffany Lague, Honors
Lynn Quire, Honors
Kalynn Schwan, Honors
Laverne Tisdale, Honors
Carrie A. Turpin, Honors
Amanda Margaret Wheatcraft, Honors
Quinette Yancey
Bachelor of Science in Holistic Nutrition with Herbal Studies
Specialization
Anita Calandra, Honors
Ashley Lyn Cordero, Honors
Devra Lynne' Waterman, Honors (Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health
Sciences, Honors)
Koren Wentworth, Honors
Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health Sciences with Herbal
Studies Specialization
Hillary Bicknell, Honors (Diploma in Herbal Studies Master Herbalist, Honors;
Diploma in Holistic Health Practice, Honors; Certificate in Aromatherapy, Honors;
Certificate in Natural Products Manufacturing, Honors)
Meghan Calido, Honors (Diploma in Aromatherapy Master Aromatherapist,
Honors; Diploma in Herbal Studies Master Herbalist, Honors)
Andrea Lyn Canfield, Honors
Kerri Gauna, Honors
Johane Carla Jennings, Honors
Luanna Oliveira, Honors
Sydni Rice, Honors (Diploma in Herbal Studies Master Herbalist, Honors)
Bianca Salgado
Graduate Certificate in Herbal Medicine
Karen Marie Bellinghausen, Honors
Stephanie DeLuca, Honors
Carolyn Hines, Honors
Master of Science in Herbal Medicine
Amy M. Acuna, Honors
Katrina Black, Honors (Master of Science in Integrative Health Studies, Honors)
Adriana Leigh Brandes, Honors
Janet Elena Carter, Honors
Alexis Coleman
Rachel Maureen Cook
Connor Anastasia Denton
Sheldon Andrel Smart Eatmon Sr., Honors
Melissa Fabian, Honors (Master of Science in Integrative Health Sciences, Honors)
Renee Gaudreau, Honors
Waneshia J Goines, Honors (Master of Science in Integrative Health Sciences,
Honors)
Michael Shaun James, Honors
Margaret Kotzalas, Honors (Master of Science in Integrative Health Sciences,
Honors)
Tiffany Powell Lewis, Honors
Ann Matson
Elaina Mogren, Honors
Kathleen Moreno
Shelley Morrison (Master of Science in Integrative Health Sciences)
Niyoni Owens
Theodora B Michelle Parsons
Zion Salmon, Honors
Sian Seligman, Honors
Dana Villani, Honors
Camalla Ward
Department of Integrative Health and Nutrition
Certificate in Holistic Nutrition Consulting
Lily Bingham, Honors
Joshua Marlon Brown Sr.
Valerie Coleman, Honors
Janell Crocker
Gabriela Enriquez, Honors
Shannon L. Holloway
Avril Javier, Honors
Topazia Patrice Marvin
Jennifer Merrill, Honors
Chloe Renfrew
Luna Schneider, Honors (Certificate in Integrative Health and Fitness Training,
Honors)
Liza Sider, Honors
Ashley Swindle-Causey, Honors
Bonnie Weaver, Honors
Shalene Zarate, Honors
Certificate in Integrative Health and Fitness Training
Tami R. Holcomb, Honors
Rachel Schiller, Honors
Certificate in Natural Products Manufacturing
Alice Marie Berryhill, Honors
Andrea Best, Honors
Sharon Cary, Honors
Lenora J Cowden
Anna Cundiff, Honors
Rolanda Derilus, Honors
Samantha M. Dowell, Honors
Alvin Frazier, Honors
Michaela Hatcher, Honors
Krystie Holder
Samara Joseph
Jay-Cee R Luna
Olivia Maxie
Nicole Mollette
Salynn J. Owens, Honors
Amanda Paigly, Honors
Jennifer Pearson, Honors
Hope Regester, Honors
Vanessa R Scott, Honors
Kara Lane Thorpe, Honors
Joy A. Woods, Honors
Certificate in Wellness Consulting
Mark Alvisi, Honors
Charleen Gosling, Honors
Diploma in Holistic Health Practice
Adijah Abrams, Honors
Chrystal Albritton
Stephanie Allen, Honors
Stacie Banonis, Honors
Donna Bell
Tiffany Britton
Erica Carraway
Derrick Chappell
David P Christian
Sarina Daw
Shaqwania Dixon, Honors
Omari N. Essex, Honors
Toshiba Forrest
Kalee Genis, Honors
Briana Nicole Gullett
Stephanie Sabrina Gustin, Honors
Monique C. James
Melissa Jones
Emiliz Kaplan
Alisha M. Kellar, Honors
Sarah Kraenzel, Honors
Elizabeth Krause, Honors
Gwen Martinez
Kamika S. McKoy, Honors
Justina Panther-Renoud, Honors
Brittney Parchman, Honors
Sarah Lynn Perez Jaklitsch, Honors
Avia Perry, Honors
Taylor Platt
William Price, Honors
Jamelle H. Ryan, Honors (Certificate in Holistic Nutrition Consulting, Honors)
Sheila D. Smith, Honors
Catherine Solomon
Barbara Spencer, Honors
Celine Stewart, Honors
Victoria Tillotson, Honors
Ronald J Tinnin
Nieshia Tubman
Kate Tucker, Honors
Lasonya Webb, Honors
Aleasa White
Associate of Applied Science in Integrative Health Sciences/
Associate of Applied Science in Complementary Alternative Medicine
Haley Bates, Honors
Vivien Bhagroo, Honors (Diploma in Holistic Health Practice, with Honors;
Certificate in Holistic Nutrition Consulting, with Honors)
Bonita Bynum-Bey
Sue Derose, Honors
Megan Fallon, Honors
Ivy Gales, Honors
Elizabeth Gillette, Honors (Diploma in Holistic Health Practice, Honors; Certificate
in Natural Products Manufacturing, Honors; Certificate in Wellness Consulting, Honors)
Susan Hurley
Angela Jett, Honors (Certificate in Wellness Consulting, Honors)
Jasma Jones, Honors
Hannah Kaiser, Honors
Mary Kramer
Ron Kusek
Melanie Jean Magaña, Honors
Tina Santiago, Honors
Jennifer Scheller, Honors
Tisha Tribble, Honors
Amber Turner, Honors
Andre'a Nichole Vinson
Courtney E Wheaton, Honors
Allura Williams
Associate of Applied Science in Integrative Health Sciences/
Associate of Applied Science in Complementary Alternative
Medicine with Aromatherapy and Herbal Studies Specializations
Tamara Allen, Honors
Angela Belcher, Honors (Diploma in Herbal Studies Master Herbalist, Honors;
Diploma in Aromatherapy Master Aromatherapist, Honors)
Monica Freeman
Raymond Guinn
Samantha Henson
Associate of Applied Science in Health & Wellness
Nicole Johnstone-Smith, Honors
Marc Stewart, Honors (Certificate in Holistic Nutrition, Honors; Certificate in
Wellness Consulting, Honors)
Bachelor of Science in Holistic Nutrition
James W Crawford, Honors
Brooke Lauren Fuller, Honors
Hannah Heidel, Honors
Lauren Pacheco, Honors
Alysa Pifher, Honors
Jessica Salinas, Honors
Heather Sbarro, Honors
Amelia Sikes, Honors
Olivia Spencer
Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health Sciences
Alayna M Sutton
Justin Brent Wilson, Honors
Bachelor of Science in Integrative Health Sciences with
Aromatherapy and Herbal Studies Specializations
Ashley Lee
Jessica Madrid, Honors (Diploma in Herbal Studies Master Herbalist, Honors;
Diploma in Holistic Health Practice, Honors)
Amanda May-Fitzgerald
Ursula Pirtle, Honors (Certificate in Natural Products Manufacturing, Honors)
Kari Proefrock, Honors
Kayla Rogers, Honors
Oluchi Olivia Wariso, Honors
Graduate Certificate in Holistic Nutrition
Melinda Reine Erwin
Janiece Ross
Graduate Certificate in Integrative Health and Wellness/ Graduate
Certificate in Complementary Alternative Medicine
Naseem Yusef Adam
Linda Bestor Canon, Honors
Tijwana Bryant, Honors
Joy Janetta Thompson
Graduate Certificate in Wellness Coaching
Jana Baker, Honors
Marquetta Renee' Martin, Honors
Master of Science in Health and Wellness
Stefanie Bryant, Honors
Jennifer Conpropst
Isabelle Lena GianDomenico, Honors
Danielle Hajdasz, Honors
Anca Ifrim, Honors (Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition, Honors; Graduate
Certificate in Holistic Nutrition, Honors)
Kari Leah, Honors
Salma Semakula, Honors (Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition, Honors)
Phoebe Volkmar, Honors
Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition
Ashley Agosto, Honors
Roudha Almalik, Honors
Bramble Star Barnes, Honors
Phylis Adelaide Bushong, Honors
Tanna Conaway
Michael F. Copp, Honors
Megan Kellow, Honors
Lori Kreykes
Sheny Marks, Honors
Guillermo Melendez, Honors
Gregory Mitchell, Honors
Michele Anne Morgan, Honors (Graduate Certificate in Herbal Medicine, Honors)
Emily N Reistetter, Honors
Kristen Storms, Honors
Catherine Wanjiku, Honors
Tiffany Marie Watson, Honors
Master of Science in Integrative Health Sciences/
Master of Science in Complementary Alternative Medicine
Tracy Nichole Alls, Honors (Graduate Certificate in Holistic Nutrition, Honors;
Graduate Certificate in Wellness Coaching, Honors)
Jessica Bartlett, Honors
Deniz Bayazit Firtina, Honors
Heidi L. Bigelow, Honors
Jennifer Borowick
Caitlin Butler-O'Connor, Honors
Paul Aiden Claroni, Honors
Penny S. Cromwell, Honors
Tribes Cody Elliott
Tanya Eshel (Master of Science in Health and Wellness; Graduate Certificate in
Holistic Nutrition; Graduate Certificate in Wellness Coaching, Honors)
Alanah Flad, Honors
Naomi Flowers
Jeffrey Hart, Honors
Carrissa Hella, Honors
Peta Hinds-Lametti (Graduate Certificate in Herbal Medicine, Honors; Graduate
Certificate in Holistic Nutrition, Honors)
Kacie L Hinojosa, Honors
Quentin Kealoha, Honors
Pamela Nourvle, Honors
Bercha Marlena Ormsby, Honors
AnneMarie Parris, Honors
Gitanjali Pathak, Honors
Pennye Gayle Poe
Iris Poppitz, Honors
Elasha Racks, Honors
Rebecca Lee Radcliff, Honors
Brenda Ann Rodriguez
Adelina Rojas, Honors
Mary St. Onge, Honors
Jewley Schanuth
Susan S. Smith, Honors (Graduate Certificate in Herbal Medicine, Honors)
Teya M Telford
Mary Vaughn (Certificate in Natural Products Manufacturing, Honors)
Danielle Wampler, Honors (Graduate Certificate in Holistic Nutrition, Honors;
Graduate Certificate in Wellness Coaching, Honors)
Tabatha Ward, Honors
Meg Weber, Honors
Hawthorn University 2023 Graduates
Students who have achieved excellence in academic performance are identified with
the following designations:
Summa Cum Laude: 3.90 - 4.00
Magna Cum Laude: 3.80 - 3.89
Cum Laude: 3.70 - 3.79
Undergraduate Certificates
Nutrition Consultant
Lisa Darlene Dyer, Summa Cum Laude
Ashely Healy, Summa Cum Laude
Kenia Hernandez, Summa Cum Laude
Yanina Morawski, Summa Cum Laude
Kelly Mulcahy Simpson, Summa Cum Laude
Graduate Degrees
Master of Science in Health and Nutrition Education
Tracy Nichole Hanson, Summa Cum Laude
Deana Rae Lansing, Summa Cum Laude
Valerie Maria Palomera, Summa Cum Laude
Ruth Gasselle Rodriguez, Cum Laude
Amy J. Wing, Summa Cum Laude
Master of Science in Holistic Nutrition
Arielle Rae Siegel Shipe, Summa Cum Laude
Stacy Ulrich, Summa Cum Laude
Congratulations, 2023 Graduates!