One Hundred Eighty-Second Mount Holyoke College 50 College Street Commencement South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075 Sunday, May 19, 2019 | 10:30 am
The Field House, Kendall Sports & Dance Complex One Hundred Eighty-Second Commencement One Hundred Eighty-Second Commencement
“Go forward, attempt great things, Congratulations to the accomplish great things.” class of 2019! Mary Lyon, Founder Order of Exercises
Processional The audience is requested to remain seated during the processional.
College Marshal Katherine Aidala
Faculty Marshals Katherine Binder Samba Gadjigo
Trustee Marshals Shannon D. Gurek Lenore Reilly
Senior Class President Valerie Amy Montesino ’19
Senior Class Vice President Relyn Genevieve Myrthil ’19
Senior Class Marshals Jamesa Renee Allen ’19 Joud Imad Mar’i ’19 Hanna Frances Danziger ’19 Zoë Louisa Zeligman ’19 Samantha Marlene Hersh ’19 Zoe Alexandra Zelkowitz ’19
Opening Barbara M. Baumann ’77, Chair, Board of Trustees
Welcome Sonya Stephens, President
Student Address Nada Taha Al-Thawr ’19
Conferring of the Honorary Degrees Adrienne Arsht ’63, Doctor of Humane Letters Barbara Smith ’69, Doctor of Humane Letters Gary Younge, Doctor of Humane Letters
Conferring of the Degree of Master of Arts in Teaching Conferring of the Certificate for International Students Conferring of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Candidates presented by: Jon Western, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Tiffany Espinosa, Executive Director of Professional and Graduate Education Names read by: James Hartley, Professor of Economics
The graduates request that there be no applause during the conferring of degrees.
Alma Mater The Alma Mater will be led by Hanna Frances Danziger ’19, Relyn Genevieve Myrthil ’19, Christine Simmons Stang ’19, Mackenzie R. Stratton ’19, Healey Caroline Suto ’19 and Madison Elizabeth Walters ’19 (words on p. 24).
Recessional 1 The Degree of Master of Arts in Teaching
Conshida Marque Allen* Anna Petrova Hawthorne Kathryn T. Peterson** Michael Athas Chelsea D. Holabird Ronda L. Phillips** Margo Bendix Batha Tammy E. Hunter-Marshall** Danae Pino Ramos** Rebecca Natale Dina Janisieski** Shelby Cooper Regner Heather Elyse Blohm** Beth Ann Jarzabek Jacob E.M. Rivers Elizabeth Marie Boliver Gail Karen Joseph Lisa Rowan** Beth Ann Warren Brady** Nicole Kalian ** Yasameen Salehi* Patricia Lynn Caliento Alexander Kerkhoff Stephanie Ann Savoy** Ana Rebeca Chaverri Stephanie Marielle Kishibay** Anisa Haian Schardl Stanley M. Cijka Megan Joy Lieff Eric Michael Schildge Jennifer Coico Stephani Mercedes Lopez Chloe Lain Showalter Sandra Braga Correia** Su Lu Marla Tendall O’Neil Silberfein Denise Carol Davidson Abigail Rose McAndrew Dakota Moon Smith-Porter Josue Delgado** Megan DeVane Mendenhall Danielle Squillante Owen Wyatt Dempsey Lisa Moriarty** Matthew Robert Sterlein Charnelle Dunn** Samantha Frances Morin Paige Sullivan** Maria Elena Flanders John Joseph Morrin** Alex Sawyer Tancrell-Fontaine Heather Leigh Fuller Patricia A. Muck** Erica Ann Therrien* Matthew R Gilbert Rachel Suzanne Mullervy Huimin Joanna Bea Wan Lauren C Giordano** Katherine Marie Natale** Marissa Wickles Rebecca González-Kreisberg Haley Von Spreter Newsham Kelsey J. Williams** Julie Irene Hammond Kathryn C Papadeas** Jennifer Lynn Young** Molly Viola Hardy Katie Pefaur * graduated in March 2019 Haley Coleen Hawk Sara Pérez Battles ** graduated in October 2018
The Certificate for International Students
Certificate in English Certificate in Philosophy Kiran Penman, University of Kent with distinction Casia Pirvu, University of Essex Cosima Hummel, Universität Leipzig
Certificate in Mathematics Certificate in Politics with distinction with distinction Prune Houvion, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris Eléonore Regnier, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris
2 The Degree of Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts Sarah-Judith Bernstein Younghoo Cho Ammal Abbasi Delany Marie Berry Yvonne Hee Jun Cho Eeman Abbasi Ana Helene Berthel Diana Choi Clarissa Emelee Adan Kathryn Anna Biesiada* Seoyoung Annie Choi Sarah Afzaal Caroline Conway Black Veneta Cholakova Thérèse Coderre Ahlers Phoebe Celeste Blaisdell Samantha Ariel Chyatte Mehrose Akhtar* Cara F Board Serena Aroline Clapp-Clark Syed Rida Alam Rachel J. Boccio* K Grace Clark April B Albrecht Jennifer Nina Bolibok Anne Elizabeth Clinton Durreshahwar Ali Margaret Azaria Meotti Julia J Cole Fatema Ali Asghar* Leanna Kathryn Bonafini Clare A Collins Marium Lozina Alibhai* Rachel Diane Bostick Kristin Cour Jamesa Renee Allen Naomi Lila Brandt Isabel Thalice Crane Zakheyah Tracy Allen Thalia Marcelle Brown Emsie Marguerite Cronin Sarah Angela Almaden Grace Nicole Brunson Melissa Wry Curran Nada Taha Al-Thawr August Eberlein Morgan Adare Cusack* Janete Violeta Alvarez Lucio Isobel Lawrence Guest Burgess Susan Cooper Daigneault Edith Afua Amoafoa-Smart Michaela Wernaa Butin* Lily L D’Anieri Sarah E Andoh Olivia Alexandra Cacciatore* Abena Asomaniwa Danso-Manu Nicole Alese Andrews Sarah Rose Caggiano Hanna Frances Danziger Zashira Elizabeth Arias Emily Candaffio Dao Anh Thu Hannah Jessie Armstrong Jin Cao Spencer P Daugherty Kate Elizabeth Armstrong Colleen Erin Carberry Janae Athia Davis Ellen Mawuena Attipoe Pax Carberry Mattie Beatrice Davis Samantha Maria Avis Maya Siripawn Cardenas-Berkowitz* Rochelle T Davis Nadia Babar Brianna Marie Carmon Bárbara Cristina de Souza Pinto Onji Bae** Keeley Grace Carney Lily DeBenedictis Abigail Catherine Baker Melissa Ann Carney Elizabeth Kyong Delorme* Ellerie Ruth Ballard* Abigail Julia Carroll Sofia Elizabeth Del Valle Momal Bashir Baloch* Kaitlin Nicole Cashin Anne Carine Demosthene** Zoë Marika Barnstone-Clark* Ashley E Cavanagh Yue Deng Hannah Lynne Bartlett Mary-Alyssa Makeda Chambers Ioanna Deni Miriam Helen Barton Olivia Mae Chandler Rachel Sabrina Dennis* Elizabeth Delia Beaton Baiyu Chen Sophie Angelique Desnoyers Lilliana Baldwin Beckmann* Haonan Chen** Sumatra Kamal Dhimoyee* Aicha Allison Belabbes Jueni Chen* Erin Dickins Helena N Beliveau Kuan-Chi Chen* ren n. dinh Julia Beneck Nianru Chen Saneeque Dogar Stephanie Michelle Bennett Si Chen Qiran Dong Kelly Simon Bentdahl Bianca Riddhi Chetty Bianca M. Drucker* Talia Berkowitz-Regosin* Beverlee Chin Mengjuan Du
* graduated in March 2019 ** graduated in October 2018
3 Katherine Ann Dunaway* Rebecca Bell Goodier Taysia Michelle Holmes-Maxwell Marissa Early-Hubelbank Cameron Hope Graham Nanako Honda Khadija El Karfi Emily Therese Graham Miranda Rose Honigberg K. Stella Elgar Elwood June Graham Claire M Houston Gwenna Eileen Emerson Caitlin Skyler Gray Qingdong Hu Isabel Espiritu Enad Jordan M. Green Xinyi Hu Lorena Escolero Roberta Lois David Green Chuyao Hua Mary Susan Estrera Leah Brett Greenhaus Ashley Yu-Ting Huang Falere Fagoroye Grace Anna Grieve-Carlson Carol Huang* Samantha Katherine Farmer Isabelle Marie Griffin Joyce Huang Julia Fearon Daiana Gisselle Griffith Ozuna Yizhen Huang Ziyan Feng* Stella B. Grill-DuBois Mae Elizabeth Humphreville* Cassandra Shae Fernandez-Dieguez Emma Grotto Allyson Grace Huntoon Alexis M. Ferron Sabrina Lee Groves Romila Hussaini Rachella Tamara Ferst Victoria Guerra Yeon Jae Hwang Fiona Anderson Fischer Virginia Guerra Fatimah Marihah Idroos Olivia Elizabeth Liumei Fisher Vanesa del Carmen Guevara Polanco Kaleigh M. Intrator Sarah Kathryn Fite Jem Aizen M. Guhit Abeer Iqbal Katheryn Claire Flaherty Xijie Guo Seanna E Isaacs Lauren Z Floyd Yumeng Guo Emily A. Isakson Kimberly Chelsea Foreiter Samantha Renee Haddad Raisa Islam Nyasha Dorian Franklin Katherine Louise Hall Avia Naomi-Lea Jacobs Lucy Claire Frasier Eveline-Adèle Halpert Rebekah Anne Jakola Sylvia Jay Freifeld Daniella Nicole Hanelin Asiya Jawed Alexandra Beatriz Coll Friedman Minza Yasin Haque** Wenfei Jia* Ariel Patra Fry Demetria Anna Belle Harada Yingzhuang Jiang Qianzhen Annie Fu Sara Harda Kejing Jin* Rachael Katherine Fulop Jinghan He Heather Ann Johnston Gauri Ganjoo Zhuosi He Candace Nicole Jones Lisa Grace Garrity Emma C Healy Shataaxi Joshi Violet Jean McEnerney Gehr Julia Kathleen Hecking Sudiksha Joshi Rachel “Raven” Geiger** Courtney Lynn Hegner Leah Keeffe Adele Morgan Messner Gelperin Michaela Catherine Heilman Samantha Ryann Kell* Hannah Liyang Gershone Andrea Hernandez* Javeria Kella Ragini Ghose Gabrielle Erika Hernandez Destinee Lorin Kemp Mrittika Ghosh Kathryn Hernandez Alexandra B Kenoian Inayat Gill Samantha Marlene Hersh Mirjam Louise Keochakian Tsion Gebretsadikan Girmay Sharlow Hitchcock Isabel Rachel Kerr Victoria A Glidden Leah Rose Hodges Myra Khalid* Emily Frances Gliniewicz Logan Hoffman-Smith Alina Khan* Carla Gonzalez-Vazquez Teanna Holmes Maham Mubashar Khan
4 Mirha Khan* Riley Maddox Relyn Genevieve Myrthil Dhishana Kidambi Elizabeth Jane Mahoney** Regina Cassandra Lucrezia Nagan So Yeon Stella Kim Jessie Ann Maier Anya Nandkeolyar Sujin Kim* Wafa Zahid Malik Emilyann Lacroix Nault Isabelle Rose Kirwin Samantha Angela Malnati Natalia Naveed Charlotte Rose Knopp Amanda Julianne Manaster Samantha Jean Neally Shion Kubota Joy Isabella Maran Colby Day Newsham ¸ Yeonsoo Kum Alissa Holly Marcello Nguyê˜n Hai Mi Dana Beth Kurzner Leah Elizabeth Marcus Nguyen Khanh Linh Julia A Laferrera Joud Imad Mar’i* Nguyen Khanh Linh Shaquilla Monét Lahon Barbara Marquez Thanh Mai Nguyen Kaitlin Emily Lam Kalea Brittni Martin* Vi Hue Nguyen Kannah Yimdah Landford Chloe Elizabeth Martin-Poteet Malika Niazi Madeleine Nadeen Lapuk Emet Edward Marwell* Aviva Sage North Monica Nicole LaRosa Alessandra R Massa Khesveny Nyanaguru Rachel Olivia Laursen Yaendy Michell Matos Mary C O’Brien Linh Ngoc Dieu Le* Katarzyna Maziarz* Julia Grace O’Connell My Linh Thi Le Madelaine McAlister-Raeburn Davan Haley O’Donnell Caia Tung-Zhe Lee* Kiera M McCabe Ruth Ossenag* Madison Elizabeth Leighty Jasmine Rae McCloskey* Ezra Luis Otero Dale Leonheart Madeline Belle McComb Kate Marie Ouimette Catherine Elizabeth Levecque Tehreem Waqas Mela Kerry Ann Ouimette Leyi Li Mena Worede Melaku Anisha Pai Shi Li Angelica Mercado* Nicole R Palmer Isabell A Linde Cara Christine Metivier Smriti Pandey Kerstin Holli Lindgren Healy D Miller Yesai Park Casey Mae Linenberg Samantha V. Miller Victoria A Parrish Megan Lorraine Littlehale Sophie Rachel Miller Hannah Ballantine Peach Bingyao Liu* Camila Isabel Campbell Mirow Robin Leslie Jacqueline Pegau Hanyu Liu Susannah Claire Mitchell* Renee Caron Pelletier Jamie Liu* Valerie Amy Montesino Ha Thu Pham Xin Liu Alexis Morrel Grace Elena Phillips** Yezi Liu* Fiona Jeanne Morris Marisca Rebecca Pichette Sarah Kathleen Lofstrom Corrin Moss Baruch Lonerider Levine Phoebe Elizabeth Long Miesha Moss Madison Adams Poore Sabah Majid Lotia Gabrielle Marie Muir Lyuba Popadic Elizabeth Lowe Janae India Murphy Charlie Sullivan Pope Murphy Ziyi Lu Mercedes Tiffany Murphy Lessly Portillo Ziyue Luo Srilekha Krishna Murthy* Elizabeth Mae Post* Stirling Anderson Mackie Mahirah Mustaffa Sriya Pradhan Megan MacQuarrie* Gabryjela Izabela Myca* Meagan A Price*
* graduated in March 2019 ** graduated in October 2018
5 Katherine Mary Prince Angelina Chiara Schenck Toni Rose Soto Natalia Ruby Provolo Pearl Erzsebet Schleinig Nikkole I’Asya Spencer* Izzy Putnal Miranda K Schmidt Christine Simmons Stang Shreena Pyakurel Margaret Juliana Schmitt Eleanor Stewart Shuyi Qi Danielle Rebecca Schussel* Emily Claire Stewart Yingyuan Qi Tessa Ann Schwarz** Melissa Jo Stewart Sunan Qian Marguerite Dodge Sears Madeleine Paisley Stidham Bianca Alexandra Quintero Elias Seeland* Adele Leigh Stock Lucy Ingrid Zelda Rabinowitz Margaruette Elizabeth Seguin Alexandra Stoll Naieka Raj Shannon Elizabeth Seigal Mackenzie R Stratton Aryaa Rajouria Kyra Weston Seiger Patricia C Stutz Eliana Ramirez Abena Sekyere Shuang Su Kristina Mae Ramsden Shebati Sengupta Haley Elizabeth Subocz Daria Rassoulian Habiba Shah* Ruicong Sun Salwa Raza Siddhi Hiren Shah Healey Caroline Suto Emma L Recchi Fanrui Shao Kateri Elizabeth Svec Zhaoqi Ren Lu Shao Arielle Siena Tait Laura Restrepo Sania Sharif Keyla Mercedes Tamayo Katherine Lynn Reynolds Monika Mary Sharma Yimin Tan Amber May Rieger Zahida Abdullahi Sheikh Louise Veronique Tanner Sukolta Rithichoo* Ruiwei Shen Zarrin Tashnim Haley Lynn Rivers Shuyi Lynn Shen Maria-Luiza Taskova Monique Ashley Roberts Yinuo Shen Samiha Tasnim Emma Kate Rodgerson Sue Shi Minahil Tauseef Martinez-Arizala Neva Drue Shinder Lilong Teng Meagan Rose Rodriguez Ching-Ching Shiue Margarita Conation Tenisi Michelle Carolina Rodriguez Anna Clare Shortridge Sheri Kaye Tetrault* Zoe Mahoney Rollenhagen Anima Shrestha Anna Koval Thackray Pascale Romain Sabirah F Shuaybi Loriya Thao* Crystal Roman Prokriti Shyamolima Eva J Thibeault Savannah H Romeo MaryElizabeth Jia Simkevich Sierra Maia Thomas Elise E Rose Hailey Jean Simmons Isabel Frances Thompson-Pomeroy Madison Lilith Rosen Adelita Simon Mendi Kristina Thuita Mwangi Sara Elise Rottger Esther Simon Marjorie M Thuon Barbara Dalton Rotundo Alissa Louise Smith Yuan Tian Natalie Rose Russianoff Deyscha Monee Smith Hannah Joi Ticheli Kayla Marie Ryan Margaret Grace Smith* Margaret Adubea Titi-Ofei Tanishka Sachidanand Oriana Rossi Smith Tran Tran Bennett Nicola Holton Sambrook Mary Eun-Young So* Xuan Huong Ngoc Tran Ariana Soledad Sarmiento Fielding Priscilla Travassos Soares Catherine Margaret Tremblay Anastasia Saverchenko* Jaemarie Y Solyst Caroline Elizabeth Tripp
6 Nguyen Bao Truong Keting Yang Elisabeth Rose Tucksmith Wanxi Yang Jami Anne Tuttle Xihan Yang* Pearl Eghosa Inioluwa Umoye Kira S. Yates Rachel N Urbano* Ayame Yazawa Faryal Usman* Xiaopan Ye Charlotte Martha Vitti Jane Jaein Yoo Penelope F Vorster Rachel Emma Louise Yousman Summayya A. Wagenseil Ofzerna Rachel Zahfire Beth K Wagoner Sonia Zaib Carlie Marie Wagoner Sarah Zaidi Tiffany Mona Walker Cierson Cleary Zambo Mary Margaret Walsh Zoë Louisa Zeligman Madison Elizabeth Walters Zoe Alexandra Zelkowitz Anran Wang Xiangyu Zhang Clara Dorothy Wang Zijun Zhang* Jiayu Wang Yanyue Zhou Qinghong Wang Clare Elizabeth Zicari Yue Wang Michaela Jane Zimmerman Yuyan Wang Lina Isabella Zuluaga* Zitong Wang* Yacoba Zwennes Milo Ward * graduated in March 2019 Silva Walker Warren ** graduated in October 2018 Sarah Gabrielle Washington Teagan Rose Stafford Webb* Michelle Grace Wellman Youtee Wheagar Miranda Elizabeth Lena Wheeler* Imara K. J. White Destiny S Williams Caledonia Rose Wilson Mollie Lucile Wohlforth Lucy Womack Ruth Hailu Wondimu Madison June Woodley Emily Amory Wrobleski Shuang Wu* Ningzi Xia Xuzhen Xiang* Bingyue Xu Donari Yahzid
7 Summa Cum Laude Mary Lyon Scholars
“with highest praise,” to students whose work in an honors thesis or project was exceptional and whose final cumulative grade point average is at least 3.75. The field in which this honor was awarded is listed after the student’s name.
Edith Afua Amoafoa-Smart, international relations K. Stella Elgar Elwood, biological sciences Emily Therese Graham, chemistry Yingzhuang Jiang, history Charlotte Rose Knopp, biological sciences My Linh Thi Le, chemistry Kate Marie Ouimette, history Bennett Nicola Holton Sambrook, gender studies Angelina Chiara Schenck, mathematics Kyra Weston Seiger, biological sciences Sue Shi, physics Adele Leigh Stock, history Mackenzie R Stratton, music Caledonia Rose Wilson, physics
8 With High Honor With Honor Mary Lyon Scholars to students who completed a thesis or project. to students whose work in an honors thesis or project The field in which this honor was awarded is listed was excellent. The field in which this honor was after the student’s name. awarded is listed after the student’s name.
Sarah E Andoh, chemistry Talia Berkowitz-Regosin*, psychology and education Nadia Babar, philosophy Olivia Alexandra Cacciatore*, English Cara F Board, geology Julia Fearon, biological sciences Naomi Lila Brandt, physics Roberta Lois David Green, film studies Isobel Lawrence Guest Burgess, astronomy Daniella Nicole Hanelin, biological sciences Abigail Julia Carroll, theatre arts Nanako Honda, mathematics Ashley E Cavanagh, physics Sudiksha Joshi, economics Anne Elizabeth Clinton, history Phoebe Elizabeth Long, politics Yue Deng, biological sciences Barbara Marquez, physics Ioanna Deni, biological sciences Tehreem Waqas Mela, studio art Samantha Katherine Farmer, psychology Victoria A Parrish, physics Cassandra Shae Fernandez-Dieguez, film studies Elizabeth Mae Post*, astronomy Mrittika Ghosh, critical social thought Kristina Mae Ramsden, biological sciences Emily Frances Gliniewicz, biochemistry Madison Lilith Rosen, geology Daiana Gisselle Griffith Ozuna, politics Shebati Sengupta, critical social thought Sabrina Lee Groves, biological sciences, English MaryElizabeth Jia Simkevich, neuroscience Jem Aizen M. Guhit, physics and behavior Samantha Renee Haddad, history Zoë Louisa Zeligman, politics Xinyi Hu, history Heather Ann Johnston, sociology Shion Kubota, physics Madison Elizabeth Leighty, linguistics Sarah Kathleen Lofstrom, English Samantha Angela Malnati, architectural studies Amanda Julianne Manaster, biochemistry Jasmine Rae McCloskey*, critical social thought Colby Day Newsham, politics Sara Elise Rottger, English Ruiwei Shen, philosophy Esther Simon, art history Melissa Jo Stewart, English Yuan Tian, philosophy Clara Dorothy Wang, biochemistry Milo Ward, critical social thought Mollie Lucile Wohlforth, art history Ruth Hailu Wondimu, architectural studies Emily Amory Wrobleski, geology Donari Yahzid, anthropology Cierson Cleary Zambo, studio art
9 Magna Cum Laude “with high praise,” to students whose final cumulative grade point average is at least 3.75, unless they also qualified for summa cum laude
Ammal Abbasi Abena Asomaniwa Danso-Manu Qingdong Hu Eeman Abbasi Dao Anh Thu Xinyi Hu Sarah Afzaal Bárbara Cristina de Souza Pinto Chuyao Hua April B Albrecht Sofia Elizabeth Del Valle Yizhen Huang Janete Violeta Alvarez Lucio Yue Deng Allyson Grace Huntoon Hannah Jessie Armstrong ren n. dinh Yeon Jae Hwang Kate Elizabeth Armstrong Qiran Dong Fatimah Marihah Idroos Samantha Maria Avis Mengjuan Du Emily A. Isakson Abigail Catherine Baker Gwenna Eileen Emerson Asiya Jawed Momal Bashir Baloch* Samantha Katherine Farmer Heather Ann Johnston Elizabeth Delia Beaton Ziyan Feng* Candace Nicole Jones Talia Berkowitz-Regosin* Rachella Tamara Ferst Shataaxi Joshi Delany Marie Berry Sarah Kathryn Fite Mirjam Louise Keochakian Ana Helene Berthel Kimberly Chelsea Foreiter Mirha Khan* Kathryn Anna Biesiada* Qianzhen Annie Fu Sujin Kim* Phoebe Celeste Blaisdell Gauri Ganjoo Isabelle Rose Kirwin Leanna Kathryn Bonafini Lisa Grace Garrity Shion Kubota Naomi Lila Brandt Adele Morgan Messner Gelperin Yeonsoo Kum Pax Carberry Hannah Liyang Gershone Dana Beth Kurzner Abigail Julia Carroll Emily Frances Gliniewicz Rachel Olivia Laursen Kaitlin Nicole Cashin June Graham Linh Ngoc Dieu Le* Ashley E Cavanagh Leah Brett Greenhaus Madison Elizabeth Leighty Baiyu Chen Isabelle Marie Griffin Dale Leonheart Kuan-Chi Chen* Daiana Gisselle Griffith Ozuna Catherine Elizabeth Levecque Si Chen Stella B. Grill-DuBois Leyi Li Diana Choi Emma Grotto Shi Li Veneta Cholakova Sabrina Lee Groves Casey Mae Linenberg Samantha Ariel Chyatte Xijie Guo Megan Lorraine Littlehale Serena Aroline Clapp-Clark Samantha Renee Haddad Bingyao Liu* K Grace Clark Eveline-Adèle Halpert Hanyu Liu Anne Elizabeth Clinton Sara Harda Jamie Liu* Julia J Cole Julia Kathleen Hecking Yezi Liu* Clare A Collins Courtney Lynn Hegner Sarah Kathleen Lofstrom Kristin Cour Michaela Catherine Heilman Phoebe Elizabeth Long Isabel Thalice Crane Andrea Hernandez* Sabah Majid Lotia Morgan Adare Cusack* Samantha Marlene Hersh Elizabeth Lowe Susan Cooper Daigneault Sharlow Hitchcock Megan MacQuarrie*
10 Jessie Ann Maier Aryaa Rajouria Eva J Thibeault Wafa Zahid Malik Emma L Recchi Isabel Frances Thompson-Pomeroy Samantha Angela Malnati Laura Restrepo Yuan Tian Leah Elizabeth Marcus Michelle Carolina Rodriguez Hannah Joi Ticheli Kalea Brittni Martin* Zoe Mahoney Rollenhagen Tran Tran Alessandra R Massa Savannah H Romeo Xuan Huong Ngoc Tran Katarzyna Maziarz* Elise E Rose Nguyen Bao Truong Jasmine Rae McCloskey* Madison Lilith Rosen Penelope F Vorster Tehreem Waqas Mela Sara Elise Rottger Beth K Wagoner Cara Christine Metivier Barbara Dalton Rotundo Tiffany Mona Walker Susannah Claire Mitchell* Anastasia Saverchenko* Anran Wang Corrin Moss Miranda K Schmidt Clara Dorothy Wang Gabrielle Marie Muir Marguerite Dodge Sears Jiayu Wang Gabryjela Izabela Myca* Shannon Elizabeth Seigal Qinghong Wang Emilyann Lacroix Nault Siddhi Hiren Shah Zitong Wang* Samantha Jean Neally Fanrui Shao Milo Ward Colby Day Newsham Lu Shao Silva Walker Warren ¸ Nguyê˜n Hai Mi Ruiwei Shen Sarah Gabrielle Washington Nguyen Khanh Linh Shuyi Lynn Shen Miranda Elizabeth Lena Wheeler* Thanh Mai Nguyen Yinuo Shen Mollie Lucile Wohlforth Vi Hue Nguyen Anna Clare Shortridge Ruth Hailu Wondimu Davan Haley O’Donnell Sabirah F Shuaybi Emily Amory Wrobleski Ruth Ossenag* Prokriti Shyamolima Ningzi Xia Kerry Ann Ouimette MaryElizabeth Jia Simkevich Xuzhen Xiang* Anisha Pai Hailey Jean Simmons Donari Yahzid Nicole R Palmer Esther Simon Keting Yang Smriti Pandey Alissa Louise Smith Wanxi Yang Yesai Park Jaemarie Y Solyst Xihan Yang* Renee Caron Pelletier Toni Rose Soto Kira S. Yates Marisca Rebecca Pichette Christine Simmons Stang Rachel Emma Louise Yousman Lyuba Popadic Eleanor Stewart Ofzerna Rachel Zahfire Charlie Sullivan Pope Melissa Jo Stewart Zoë Louisa Zeligman Natalia Ruby Provolo Shuang Su Zoe Alexandra Zelkowitz Shuyi Qi Ruicong Sun Yanyue Zhou Yingyuan Qi Healey Caroline Suto Lina Isabella Zuluaga* Sunan Qian Lilong Teng
Lucy Ingrid Zelda Rabinowitz Anna Koval Thackray * graduated in March 2019
11 12 “Go where no one else will go. Do what no one else will do.”
Mary Lyon
13 Cum Laude
“with praise,” to students whose final cumulative grade point average is 3.50 through 3.74
Thérèse Coderre Ahlers Elizabeth Kyong Delorme* Kaleigh M. Intrator Mehrose Akhtar* Ioanna Deni Seanna E Isaacs Syed Rida Alam Sophie Angelique Desnoyers Avia Naomi-Lea Jacobs Marium Lozina Alibhai* Erin Dickins Wenfei Jia* Nada Taha Al-Thawr Bianca M. Drucker* Sudiksha Joshi Sarah E Andoh Khadija El Karfi Javeria Kella Nicole Alese Andrews Isabel Espiritu Enad Isabel Rachel Kerr Zashira Elizabeth Arias Mary Susan Estrera Myra Khalid* Ellen Mawuena Attipoe Julia Fearon Maham Mubashar Khan Zoë Marika Barnstone-Clark* Cassandra Shae Fernandez-Dieguez Dhishana Kidambi Aicha Allison Belabbes Olivia Elizabeth Liumei Fisher Julia A Laferrera Helena N Beliveau Nyasha Dorian Franklin Kannah Yimdah Landford Sarah-Judith Bernstein Lucy Claire Frasier Caia Tung-Zhe Lee* Cara F Board Rachael Katherine Fulop Xin Liu Rachel J. Boccio* Violet Jean McEnerney Gehr Ziyue Luo Rachel Diane Bostick Ragini Ghose Riley Maddox Thalia Marcelle Brown Mrittika Ghosh Amanda Julianne Manaster Grace Nicole Brunson Inayat Gill Joy Isabella Maran Isobel Lawrence Guest Burgess Caitlin Skyler Gray Alissa Holly Marcello Sarah Rose Caggiano Grace Anna Grieve-Carlson Joud Imad Mar’i* Emily Candaffio Victoria Guerra Barbara Marquez Colleen Erin Carberry Virginia Guerra Angelica Mercado* Brianna Marie Carmon Vanesa del Carmen Guevara Samantha V. Miller Melissa Ann Carney Polanco Camila Isabel Campbell Mirow Olivia Mae Chandler Jem Aizen M. Guhit Fiona Jeanne Morris Haonan Chen** Yumeng Guo Mahirah Mustaffa Jueni Chen* Katherine Louise Hall Relyn Genevieve Myrthil Nianru Chen Daniella Nicole Hanelin Anya Nandkeolyar Beverlee Chin Minza Yasin Haque** Nguyen Khanh Linh Emsie Marguerite Cronin Jinghan He Malika Niazi Melissa Wry Curran Zhuosi He Aviva Sage North Hanna Frances Danziger Emma C Healy Julia Grace O’Connell Spencer P Daugherty Kathryn Hernandez Victoria A Parrish Rochelle T Davis Taysia Michelle Holmes-Maxwell Robin Leslie Jacqueline Pegau Lily DeBenedictis Carol Huang* Grace Elena Phillips**
14 Baruch Lonerider Levine Summayya A. Wagenseil Elizabeth Mae Post* Madison Elizabeth Walters Katherine Mary Prince Yue Wang Izzy Putnal Teagan Rose Stafford Webb* Shreena Pyakurel Madison June Woodley Eliana Ramirez Shuang Wu* Kristina Mae Ramsden Bingyue Xu Daria Rassoulian Xiaopan Ye Zhaoqi Ren Cierson Cleary Zambo Amber May Rieger Xiangyu Zhang Sukolta Rithichoo* Zijun Zhang* Haley Lynn Rivers Clare Elizabeth Zicari Monique Ashley Roberts Michaela Jane Zimmerman Emma Kate Rodgerson Martinez-Arizala * graduated in March 2019 ** graduated in October 2018 Natalie Rose Russianoff Pearl Erzsebet Schleinig Danielle Rebecca Schussel* Abena Sekyere Shebati Sengupta Sania Sharif Monika Mary Sharma Mary Eun-Young So* Emily Claire Stewart Alexandra Stoll Haley Elizabeth Subocz Kateri Elizabeth Svec Yimin Tan Louise Veronique Tanner Maria-Luiza Taskova Sheri Kaye Tetrault* Catherine Margaret Tremblay Caroline Elizabeth Tripp Jami Anne Tuttle Pearl Eghosa Inioluwa Umoye Faryal Usman*
15 Elections to Honor Societies
The Phi Beta Kappa Society the oldest undergraduate honors organization in the United States, the society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since 1776
Janete Violeta Alvarez Lucio ’19 Yingzhuang Jiang ’19 Angelina Chiara Schenck ’19 Edith Afua Amoafoa-Smart ’19 Javeria Kella ’19 Kyra Weston Seiger ’19 Samantha Maria Avis ’19 Charlotte Rose Knopp ’19 Sue Shi ’19 Talia Berkowitz-Regosin ’19 My Linh Thi Le ’19 Prokriti Shyamolima ’19 Ana Helene Berthel ’19 Bingyao Liu ’19 MaryElizabeth Jia Simkevich ’19 Anne Elizabeth Clinton ’19 Yezi Liu ’19 Jaemarie Y Solyst ’19 Clare A Collins ’19 Megan MacQuarrie ’19 Adele Leigh Stock ’19 Yue Deng ’19 Wafa Zahid Malik ’19 Mackenzie R Stratton ’19 Ioanna Deni ’19 Barbara Marquez ’19 Yuan Tian ’19 K. Stella Elgar Elwood ’19 Jasmine Rae McCloskey ’19 Anran Wang ’19 Emily Frances Gliniewicz ’19 Tehreem Waqas Mela ’19 Clara Dorothy Wang ’19 Emily Therese Graham ’19 Corrin Moss ’19 Qinghong Wang ’19 ¸ Daiana Gisselle Griffith Ozuna ’19 Nguyê˜n Hai Mi ’19 Silva Walker Warren ’19 Stella B. Grill-DuBois ’19 Kate Marie Ouimette ’19 Caledonia Rose Wilson ’19 Sabrina Lee Groves ’19 Smriti Pandey ’19 Ruth Hailu Wondimu ’19 Samantha Renee Haddad ’19 Renee Caron Pelletier ’19 Donari Yahzid ’19 Eveline-Adèle Halpert ’19 Aryaa Rajouria ’19 Keting Yang ’19 Xinyi Hu ’19 Bennett Nicola Holton Sambrook ’19 Zoe Alexandra Zelkowitz ’19
The Xi Chapter of Sigma Iota Rho the national honor society for international relations
Amy E. Agro ’20 Lucy Claire Frasier ’19 Davan Haley O’Donnell ’19 Nada Taha Al-Thawr ’19 Inayat Gill ’19 Rebecca H. Piperno ’20 Edith Afua Amoafoa-Smart ’19 Asiya Jawed ’19 Aryaa Rajouria ’19 Elizabeth Delia Beaton ’19 Ariane R. Gottlieb ’20 Sarah H. Ratzlaff ’20 Sydney H. Blomstrom ’20 Savannah C. Harriman-Pote ’20 Sania Sharif ’19 Kara A. Candler ’20 Huishan Hu ’20 Claire M. Weinberger ’20 Si Chen ’19 Ruiting Huang ’20 Fangqian Xu ’20 Mariana Clark ’20 Tianxin Jiang ’20 Isabel Thalice Crane ’19 Yingzhuang Jiang ’19 Izabella W. Czejdo ’20 Javeria Kella ’19 Francesca C. Dell’Acqua ’20 Serena A. McDonald-Newman ’20 Francesca D. Eremeeva ’20 Kali R. Muhly-Alexander ’20
16 The Sigma Pi Sigma Society the national honor society for physics
Naomi Lila Brandt ’19 Gillian L. Hagen ’20 Keelin E. Quirk ’20 Kaitlin Nicole Cashin ’19 Michaela Catherine Heilman ’19 Clara A. Richter ’20 Ashley E. Cavanagh ’19 Shion Kubota ’19 Sue Shi ’19 Janae Athia Davis ’19 Sofia Lis ’20 Anna Koval Thackray ’19 Emma Grotto ’19 Barbara Marquez ’19 Mary A. Valerio ’20 Jem Aizen M. Guhit ’19 Nguyen T. Nguyen ’20 Ye Zhang ’20 Yijin Guo ’20 Victoria A. Parrish ’19 Linda D. Zhang ’20
The Mu Sigma Rho Society the national honor society for statistics
Jin Cao ’19 Sudiksha Joshi ’19 Xiangyu Zhang ’19 Abena Asomaniwa Danso-Manu ’19 Leah Elizabeth Marcus ’19 Yanyue Zhou ’19 Dao Anh Thu ’19 Nguyen Khanh Linh ’19 Fatimah Marihah Idroos ’19 Savannah H. Romeo ’19 Heather Ann Johnston ’19 Sabirah F. Shuaybi ’19
The Lambda Iota Chapter of Delta Phi Alpha the national German honor society
Destinee Lorin Kemp ’19 Sara Elise Rottger ’19 Ningzi Xia ’19
17 National Fellowships and Scholarships National competitive fellowships and scholarships
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for undergraduate study abroad
Serena A. McDonald-Newman ’20, University College Cork Maya R. Rhode ’20, Mount Holyoke College Program in Montpellier Ann C. Hewitt ’20, “Rock Art of Ancient Pastoral Society” survey of the Chu-Ili mountains, Kazakhstan Anne Olecki ’21, Mount Holyoke College Intensive Summer Language Program in Beijing
Davis Projects for Peace for students from colleges in the Davis United World College Scholars Program to design grassroots projects that promote peace and address root causes of conflict
Neorgia A. Grant ’20
Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Graduate Scholarship, NCAA Zakheya Tracy Allen ’19 Colby Day Newsham ’19
Freeman–ASIA Award, Institute of International Education for undergraduate study in Asia
Sarah H. Ratzlaff ’20, Mount Holyoke College Intensive Summer Language Program in Beijing
Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award for recent graduates to work in schools overseas, supplementing local language instruction and providing a native speaker presence
Sara Elise Rottger ’19 Beth K. Wagoner ’19
Fulbright Study/Research Awards for study or research abroad
Jaemarie Y. Solyst ’19 Donari Yahzid ’19
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Caledonia Rose Wilson ’19, Budapest Semesters of Mathematics, Rényi Institute
Macmillan Scholarship, Saint Andrew’s Society of the State of New York in support of graduate study at and to promote exchanges between American and Scottish universities
Emilyann Lacroix Nault ’19
A complete list of the 2018–2019 academic awards and honors may be found at mtholyoke.edu/go/awards.
18 Honorary Degree Recipients
Adrienne Arsht ’63 Doctor of Humane Letters
Adrienne Arsht is a business leader and philanthropist. She is a power broker who has taken a leading role promoting artistic, business and civic growth in the three cities she calls home: New York, Washington, D.C., and Miami, Florida. She is founding chairman of the Adrienne Arsht Center Foundation in Miami. In 2008, her $30 million contribution to Miami’s Performing Arts Center transformed the city. The Center was renamed the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami–Dade County. Her support of the transformation of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ facilities and public spaces was recognized with the dedication of the Adrienne Arsht Stage in Alice Tully Hall.
In Washington, Arsht spearheaded the creation of the Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience at the Atlantic Council, which has just been renamed the Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center in recognition of her transformative $25 million gift. She founded the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center in 2013 to focus on the role of South America in the trans-Atlantic community. Arsht is a trustee of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where she established the Adrienne Arsht Theater Fund. Arsht is a vice chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and an executive vice chairman of the Atlantic Council. She is a member of the Trustees Council of the National Gallery of Art and a board member of the Blair House Restoration Fund. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is former president of the Vice President’s Residence Foundation. She is Trustee Emerita of the University of Miami. Arsht was awarded the Carnegie Hall 2017 Medal of Excellence. She is the only woman to have received this distinction.
She is also the only woman to join the Five Million Dollar Roundtable of United Way of Miami–Dade. In 2005, Arsht announced a $2 million gift to Goucher College, creating the Roxana Cannon Arsht Center for Ethics and Leadership, in honor of her late mother, a Goucher graduate. Arsht gave $6 million to the University of Miami to support the university-wide Arsht Ethics Initiatives and other programs. Arsht funded a Best Buddies Delaware chapter to specifically serve Hispanics and African Americans with mental disabilities. The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranked Arsht number 39 on its 2008 America’s 50 biggest donors list.
19 Barbara Smith ’69 Doctor of Humane Letters
As an author, activist and scholar, Barbara Smith ’69 has played a groundbreaking role since the 1960s in opening up a national, cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, sexuality and gender. She was among the first to define an African American women’s literary tradition and to build Black women’s studies and Black feminism in the United States. Her accomplishments include being the driving force behind the development of the Combahee River Collective, a group identified as a class-conscious, sexuality-affirming Black feminist organization.
Smith’s breakthrough 1977 article, “Toward a Black Feminist Criticism,” is frequently cited as opening the field of Black women’s literature and the Black lesbian voice. She has edited or co-edited three major collections about Black women, and authored or co-authored three more. Smith co-founded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, the first U.S. publisher for women of color to reach a wide national audience, and served as the publisher until 1995.
Smith has been featured on PBS and in Essence magazine. She was a fellow at the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College and scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Her numerous awards include the African American Policy Forum Harriet Tubman Lifetime Achievement Award, the Lambda Literary Award, a Gustavus Myers Human Rights Book Award, an Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College Achievement Award, and the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association Sesquicentennial Award. Smith was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
20 Gary Younge Doctor of Humane Letters
Journalist, author and broadcaster Gary Younge has covered a remarkable range of stories ever since he first started working at The Guardian in 1993. Major highlights of his coverage include the 1994 elections in South Africa, the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, the 2008 Wall Street crash, the election of Barack Obama, and Brexit.
As a reporter, U.S. correspondent and now editor-at-large for The Guardian, Younge has covered news across Europe, Africa, the United States and the Caribbean. He writes a monthly column for The Nation and has made numerous radio and television documentaries on subjects ranging from gay marriage to the rise of the white supremacy movement in America.
Race is another topic Younge frequently explores, including in five highly acclaimed books: “Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives,” “The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream,” “Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States,” “Who Are We — And Should it Matter in the 21st Century?” and “No Place Like Home: A Black Briton’s Journey Through the American South.”
Younge’s numerous journalism awards include Feature Writer of the Year at the Society of Editors Press Awards, Feature of the Year from Amnesty Media Awards, the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize from Columbia University, Foreign Commentator of the Year from The Comment Awards, the David Nyhan Prize for political journalism from Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center, the Sandford St. Martin Award, and the James Cameron Award.
He has received the Laurence Stern Fellowship with the Washington Post and honorary doctorates from Cardiff University, Heriot-Watt University, London South Bank University and the University of Arts in London. Younge is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
21 Student Speaker
Nada Taha Al-Thawr ’19
Nada Taha Al-Thawr ’19 is from Sana’a, Yemen, and is a computer science and international relations double major with a focus on international peace and security. She has been a computer science peer mentor and Arabic language assistant and tutor, as well as a consultant and business intelligence associate at LITS (Library, Information, and Technology Services).
She has also worked at the Alumnae Association and enjoyed helping with Reunion every year. She is the co-chair of the Arab Student Union, has been a member of ISOC (International Student Organizing Committee) since her first year, and was co-chair of the HackHolyoke hackathon her junior year. She has interned as a software developer at Booz Allen, as a teaching assistant for Girls Who Code, and as a MENA — Middle East and North Africa — research assistant for PartnersGlobal in Washington, D.C. She is moving to the Washington area to begin a career in the tech industry as a software engineer consultant at Macedon Technologies.
22 Academic Apparel
The history of academic apparel has its origins in medieval British universities, particularly the University of Oxford, where scholars wore hoods and gowns as their customary daily attire. Because of the close affiliation between the university and the church at that time, academic gowns resembled cassocks and elaborately worked clerical vestments. It is from these medieval garments that American academic dress derives.
Today, American academic attire reflects the level of an individual’s degree and the institution granting that degree. Black is the standard color for gowns, and the three levels of degrees are distinguished mainly by sleeve style. The length of the hood and its velvet border indicates the level of degree attained, the color of its lining identifies the institution conferring the degree, and the color of the velvet trim indicates the field of learning. Some institutions have adopted solid-color gowns that incorporate their college or university colors, such as Harvard’s crimson or Princeton’s orange. The president of Mount Holyoke College wears a custom-made gown in the College’s colors.
Many countries wear similar gowns. Chinese students might wear a “qipao” or “xue shi fu,” forms of formal attire worn to important events. Vietnamese women graduating from college are likely to wear a white “ao die,” described as a silken robe over trousers. Japanese women might wear a “hakama,” formal attire that is associated with learnedness. Thai graduates could wear the traditional “suea khrui” ceremonial attire. In Ghana, graduates wear stoles made of kente cloth, a form of striped weaving originating from the Akan people of South Ghana, over their gowns.
Colors indicating fields of learning: brown fine arts, architecture citron social work, sociology copper economics crimson journalism dark blue philosophy, political science golden yellow science, mathematics, environmental science green medicine lemon library science light blue education maize agriculture orange engineering peacock blue public administration, foreign service pink music purple law russet forestry sage green physical education salmon pink public health scarlet theology white arts, letters, humanities, English, history
23 Alma Mater
Music: Gladys Pratt, Class of 1914 Text: Gertrude Brady Murphy, Class of 1914
O, Mount Holyoke, we pay thee devotion, In the fervor of youth that is strong, The courage of right is thy garland, Our lives, Alma Mater, thy song. So from east and from west now we gather, And united in firm love to thee, All years are as one, and their loyal pledge, Mount Holyoke forever shall be, Mount Holyoke forever shall be.
Through the heart of a new day’s endeavor, Breathes the life of the old days that live, For what thou hast given we honor, But we love thee for what we can give. So when soft in a whisper thou callest, For the treasures unlocked by thy key, Our achievements, our hopes and our glorious faith Shall answer, Mount Holyoke, to thee, Shall answer, Mount Holyoke, to thee.
24 One Hundred Eighty-Second Commencement One Hundred Eighty-Second Commencement
“Go forward, attempt great things, Congratulations to the accomplish great things.” class of 2019! Mary Lyon, Founder One Hundred Eighty-Second Mount Holyoke College 50 College Street Commencement South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075 Sunday, May 19, 2019 | 10:30 am
The Field House, Kendall Sports & Dance Complex