Jodi Kneisel, daughter of Doyle and Sandra Kneisel, recently graduated with honors from New York University with an Executive Masters in Public Administration.  The convocation for New York University/Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service was held Tuesday May 17, 2016 at Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York.  There were approximately 400 graduates.  Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House Democratic Leader and former Speaker of the House of Representatives was the keynote speaker.  She remains the highest-ranking female politician in American history.  

The 184th commencement exercises for New York University was held May 18, 2016 at Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York.  There were 16,000 members of the Class of 2016, and five honorary degrees given.  The college president, Andrew Hamilton, gave the address. Each college stood as a group to acknowledge the receiving of their diplomas.

Kneisel lives in New York City and works as a charge nurse in the post-anesthesia care unit at New York-Presbyterian Weil-Corneil Hospital in New York City. Kneisel graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing from Midland University in 2004.