After years of hard work and perseverance in the classroom and on the clinic floor, UMKC and the School of Dentistry celebrated the Class of 2024 during a commencement ceremony at T-Mobile Center on Sunday, May 12. The D.D.S. hooding ceremony was held prior to commencement at Swinney Recreation Center on Friday, May 10. The dental hygiene class had its own event held at the dental school, its annual Senior Scholarship Day.

Doctor of Dental Surgery
Mason Davis Albertson
Ahmad Abdullatif Alhouti
Ali Abdullah Ali
Lauryn Alexandra Allison
Fares Faisal Alsafar
Chloe Christine Andrews
Evan Andrews
Piyom Aramoon
Fatema Faraj Behbahani
Audra Dee Bergquist
Niyati Bhakta
Shandon Boone
Collin Christopher Brant
John Robert Burnett
Bethany Castro
Collin Caywood
Lindsey Clark
Tanner Clark
Kendall Renae Cline
Alexandra Cook
Emily Elizabeth Crusinberry
Cole Allen Daniel
Morgan Davis
Nicholas Jacob Desch
Mercedes Michelle Dillard
Samuel John Douglas
Blake Darby Echols
Emma S. K. Feldmann
Claire Marie Freeman
Eric Fritsche
Jacob Garcia
Sarah Godwin
Kailey Rayann Hall
Nash Tyler Harvey
Ingrid N. Helgestad
Ayden Joseph Henry
Chandler Logan Hill
Van Luke Hopkins
Olivia Horton
Afra Hussain
Mary Alena Inman
Cole Andrew Johnson
Jordan Kane
Riley James Katsev
Megan Lynn Keller
Elizabeth Kiefner
Nicholas Ryan Kirmer
Jonah Siegfried Korondi
Annemarie Rose LaBarca
Allison Kathleen Lawler
Oanh Hoang Le
Anthony Gerard Leisure Jr.
Angela Maria Marulanda
Connor Allen Massey
Mollie Wade Maupin
Davis Michelle McCallister
Joshua Brandon McDowell
Kelly McGuire
Michael Adair McMahan
Taylor Dale Mead
Nicholas Jeffrey Mehlin
Vartan Zavenovich Melkumov
Ashley Renee Michel
Azriel Minjarez-Almeida
Afsaneh Momtahan
Toby Hyunwoo Nam
Kristina Truc Linh Nguyen
Quynh Anh Truong Nguyen
Elena Joyce Nine
Alexander O’Connor
Zachary Michael Ortinau
Brendan Owings
Grant Aloysius Powderly
Hannah Ragsdale
Shonte’ Dionne Reed
Sabeen Rehman
Aleezay Ieesha Rehmani
Alison Riddle
Nicole Christine Riggs
Tanner Robert
Katharyn Ann Roe-Blythe
Andrew Joseph Rund
Nolan Sachse
Suegol Sadri
Kiefer Schmidt
Melissa Ann Schmittgens
Loren Jett Schroeder
Moritz Schweiger
Hannah Kristen Sells
Alaa Mohammed Shahare
Andrew Sheehy
Ivy Sparlin
Diana Stepanova
Keely Marie Stofer
Grant Alexander Teichmeier
Saxon Burton Teubner
Andrew Thompkins
Jacob Trammell
Dillon Anh Quan Trinh
Jay Trivedi
Matthew Jospeh Wahle
Robert Ward
Dylan James Waugh
Alison Elizabeth Weber
Andrew D. White
Lauren Kirsten Wilson
Matthew Zimmerman

Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene
Mohammad Mehdi Bania Nejad
Adison Marie Basey
Grace Birkel
Halle Luray Bucher
Olga Cristina Camacho
Bailey Cavin
Mackenzie Grace Clark
Emily Ann Cravens
Anna Daveline
Anaisa Garcia-Flores
Ashlyn Harbaugh
Olivia Grace Hombs
Anastasia Leigh Krueger
Madison Haley Lara
Abigail Katherine Loch
Allison Lohman
Derick Lopez
Jamaica Celina Lovan
Anissa Grace Love*
Sydney O’Brien
Alexis Paige Parke
Kendyl Arrington Plappert
Riley Ann Purdun
Amy Kathleen Schmiemeier
Haylie Stansell
Julia Marie Struckhoff
LillyAnn Mechelle Swyers
Tessa Travelute
Lydia Case Winger
Jessica Cartier Woods

B.S.D.H. – DEGREE COMPLETION
Kaitlyn Annette Doerr
Meghan Alexandra Kleinigger
Jamie Renae Lutjen*

*Graduated Summer 2024