Congratulations are in order for 48 students who took part Aug. 14 in commencement exercises for the Hazelden Graduate School of Addiction Studies. Forty students received master of arts degrees in Addiction Counseling, while eight earned certificates in Addiction Counseling. The 2008 graduates are from five countries (China, The Netherlands, Iceland, France and the United States) and 13 states.

Those receiving master of arts degrees in Addiction Counseling include:

Elizabeth M. Adams, Cleveland, Ohio
Kim Lewis Albers, Lindstrom, Minn.
B.B. Buskirk, Fox Island, Wash.
Debra Ann Chrapkiewicz, Harvard, Ill.
Tim Craley, Washington, D.C.
Carey B. Davidson, Prescott, Ariz.
Kelly A. Egan, Missoula, Mont.
Robert John Fox, Minneapolis, Minn.
Allison M. Freundschuh, Lindstrom, Minn.
James Gallagher, Sarasota, Fla.
Jennifer Grant, Taylors Falls, Minn.
Joy Elizabeth Halstead, Minneapolis, Minn.
Lori K. Hanson, Olivia, Minn.
Jerry Lee Holt, Brooklyn Park, Minn.
Erin L. Hutton, Madison, Wis.
S. Kolbrún Indridadóttir, Reykjavik, Iceland
Julia Iverson, Minneapolis, Minn.
Brandon Jones, Gainesville, Ga.
Jaime Lee Kirek, Mahtomedi, Minn.
Marie Landwehr, Lindstrom, Minn.
Stewart J. Leedham, St. Croix Falls, Wis.
Tiffany Roe Leek, Nashville, Tenn.
Elizabeth Lemon, Gulf Shores, Ala.
Kristie Lee Lervick, Minnetonka, Minn.
Sean Mansfield, Osceola, Wis.
Lindsay J. Mars, Mahtomedi, Minn.
Jennifer L. Matson, Walla Walla, Wash.
Cynthia A. McConville, Hudson, Wis.
Mary McNutt, Excelsior, Minn.
Christian Morris, OSB, St. Joseph, Minn.
Elicia Munns, White Bear Lake, Minn.
Monica O'Connor, St. Louis, Mo.
Victoria A. Odde, St. Paul, Minn.
Roger Pedrick, Waconia, Minn.
Brenda Lee Rausch, Osceola, Wis.
Christopher Schmid, Onalaska, Wis.
Joanne K. Schmitt, Hong Kong, China
Robert L. Schnell, Tyler, Minn.
Mary E. Scripps, Stillwater, Minn.
Jane F. Wilka, Minneapolis, Minn.

Those receiving diplomas from the Certificate in Addiction Counseling program include:

John Kennicott Culver, St. Paul, Minn.
Peter M. Holmes, Minneapolis, Minn.
Rudy Messchaert, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Martha Pierson, Lindstrom, Minn.
Marianne Post-van der Roest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sandi A. Quinn, Lindstrom, Minn.
Yvonne Schol, Bedarieux, France
Leo F. Vickerman, Minneapolis, Minn.

Published Summer 2008, The Voice