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COLLEGE CHICAGO IMAGE "Muddle Minded" by Bianca S. Panos '16 2017 Commencement Photo Competition Winner

ARTIST STATEMENT Isn't it odd how we remember things? A certain smell or sound, That you can't quite picture, If it's right side up or upside down, But, you have an idea. • • - j g

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' ! PRESIDENT KWANG-WU KIM, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND THE FACULTY OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE

COMMENCEMENT OF THE CLASS OF 2017

:11 ) ~ 1\~ ~ ~ (\(l~v ~- _-,, _ - - SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017, 10 A.M. • Communication: Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations • Creative Writing • English/Humanities, History, and Social Sciences: Cultural Studies • Interactive Arts and Media .. , • Radio Order of ceremony on pages 3-4

- SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017, 1:30 P.M. • Audio Arts and Acoustics • Creative Arts Therapies • Dance • Television • Theatre Order of ceremony on pages 5- 6

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017, 5 P.M. • American Sign Language • Business and Entrepreneurship • Fashion Studies Order of ceremony on pages 7- 8

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017, 2 P.M. • Cinema Art and Science • Photography

Order of ceremony on pages 9 - 10

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017, 5:30 P.M. • Art and Art History • Design • Education • Music • Science and Mathematics: Art and Materials Conservation

Order of ceremony on pages 11- 12

2 ORDER OF CEREMONY

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT The 2017 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago's student ensembles: • R&B Ensemble: Showcase (Chuck Webb, Director) • Fusion Ensemble and Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase (William Boris, Director) • Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director) • Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Walter Owens, Director) • • Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director Steve Hadley '93, Associate Producer Rosita Sands, PhD, Chair, Music Department Communication: Advertising, Full concert credits on pages 45-46

Journalism, Public Relations PROCESSIONAL "March of the Columbians" By Scott Hall Creative Writing "Walk This Way" By Joe Perry and Steven Tyler Arranged by Scott Hall English/Humanities, History, and "The Star-Spangled Banner" Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith Social Sciences: Cultural Studies Arranged by Joe Cerqua Lyrics on page 13 "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Interactive Arts and Media Words by James Weldon Johnson Music by J. Rosamond Johnson Arranged by Roland Carter Radio Lyrics on page 13 American Sign Language Interpretation by: • Janice Thall • Emily Turner Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

3 ORDER OF CEREMONY: SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017, 10 A.M.

STUDENT ADDRESS CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Elizabeth Kaymie KaiKai Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Multimedia Journalism Conferred by President Kim, assisted by: Biography on page 15 • Stanley T. Wearden, PhD, Senior Vice President and Provost • Steven Corey, PhD, Interim Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Eric Freedman, PhD, Dean, School of Media Arts POETRY READING: "HIS IS A SILLY STORY" By David James Fairbanks RECESSIONAL Winner of the 2017 Commencement Poetry Competition "See You in Your Dreams" Read by the author By Steve Hadley '93 Text on page 14 Arranged by Stu Greenspan Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble and PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO "Don't Git Sassy" By Thad Jones

4 ORDER OF CEREMONY

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT The 2017 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago's student ensembles: - ' • R&B Ensemble: Showcase (Chuck Webb, Director) • Fusion Ensemble and Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase (William Boris, Director) t • Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director) • Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Walter Owens, Director) • • Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director Steve Hadley '93, Associate Producer Rosita Sands, PhD, Chair, Music Department Audio Arts and Acoustics Full concert credits on pages 45- 46

PROCESSIONAL Creative Arts Therapies "March of the Columbians" By Scott Hall "Walk This Way" Dance By Joe Perry and Steven Tyler Arranged by Scott Hall "The Star-Spangled Banner" Television Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith Arranged by Joe Cerqua Lyrics on page 13 Theatre "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Words by James Weldon Johnson Music by J. Rosamond Johnson Arranged by Roland Carter Lyrics on page 13 American Sign Language Interpretation by: • Janice Thall • Emily Turner Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language s ORDER OF CEREMONY: SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017, 1:30 P.M.

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MUSICAL INTERLUDE Yolanda Joe "Uptown Funk" Associate Professor, Journalism By Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Nicholas Williams, Devon Gallaspy, and the Gap Band MANIFEST 2017 MUSIC VIDEO Arranged by Carey Deadman Scenes from Manifest, the college's annual celebration of graduating student work, set Performed by the Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase; the R&B Ensemble: to "Emerge," an original song performed by Music Video Competition winner Rebecca Showcase; the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir; and the Columbia Brunner along with Columbia students, alumni, and faculty. College Chicago Jazz Ensemble "Emerge" By Rebecca Brunner and Lucas Blanc '16 CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE AND ADDRESS Arranged and produced by Steve Hadley '93 David Cromer Theatre Director and Stage Actor GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Biography on page 16 William E. Wolf Introduced by Stephanie Shaw, Senior Lecturer, Theatre STUDENT ADDRESS CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Leah Beatrice Zeiger Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Dance Conferred by President Kim, assisted by: Biography on page 15 • Stanley T. Wearden, PhD, Senior Vice President and Provost • Eric Freedman, PhD, Dean, School of Media Arts • Onye Ozuzu, MFA, Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts POETRY READING: "HIS IS A SILLY STORY" By David James Fairbanks RECESSIONAL Winner of the 2017 Commencement Poetry Competition "See You in Your Dreams" Read by the author By Steve Hadley '93 Text on page 14 Arranged by Stu Greenspan Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble and PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO "Don't Git Sassy" By Thad Jones

6 ORDER OF CEREMONY

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT The 2017 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago's student ensembles: • R&B Ensemble: Showcase (Chuck Webb, Director) • Fusion Ensemble and Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase (William Boris, Director) • Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director) • • Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Walter Owens, Director) • • Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director Steve Hadley '93, Associate Producer Rosita Sands, PhD, Chair, Music Department American Sign Language Full concert credits on pages 45-46

PROCESSIONAL Business and Entrepreneurship "March of the Columbians" By Scott Hall "Walk This Way" Fashion Studies By Joe Perry and Steven Tyler Arranged by Scott Hall "The Star-Spangled Banner" Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith Arranged by Joe Cerqua Lyrics on page 13 "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Words by James Weldon Johnson Music by J. Rosamond Johnson Arranged by Roland Carter Lyrics on page 13 American Sign Language Interpretation by: • Janice Thall • Emily Turner Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

7 ORDER OF CEREMONY: SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2017, 5 P.M.

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MUSICAL INTERLUDE Yolanda Joe "Uptown Funk" Associate Professor, Journalism By Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Nicholas Williams, Devon Gallaspy, and the Gap Band MANIFEST 2017 MUSIC VIDEO Arranged by Carey Deadman Scenes from Manifest, the college's annual celebration of graduating student work, set Performed by the Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase; the R&B Ensemble: to "Emerge," an original song performed by Music Video Competition winner Rebecca Showcase; the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir; and the Columbia Brunner along with Columbia students, alumni, and faculty. College Chicago Jazz Ensemble "Emerge" By Rebecca Brunner and Lucas Blanc '16 CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE AND ADDRESS Arranged and produced by Steve Hadley '93 Richard P. Kiphart (honored in memoriam) Former Chair, Columbia College Chicago Board of Trustees GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Biography on page 16 William E. Wolf Remembrance by Mr. Wolf STUDENT ADDRESS Address to be delivered by Susan R. Kiphart Weston David Pagano Candidate for the degree of Bachelor ofArts, Music Business Management CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Biography on page 15 Conferred by President Kim, assisted by: • Stanley T. Wearden, PhD, Senior Vice President and Provost POETRY READING: "HIS IS A SILLY STORY" • Steven Corey, PhD, Interim Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences By David James Fairbanks • Onye Ozuzu, MFA, Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts Winner of the 2017 Commencement Poetry Competition RECESSIONAL Read by the author "See You in Your Dreams" Text on page 14 By Steve Hadley '93 Arranged by Stu Greenspan PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble and Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir "Don't Git Sassy" By Thad Jones

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COMMENCEMENT CONCERT

The 2017 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College N ~AY Chicago's student ensembles: • R&B Ensemble: Showcase (Cht1ck Webb, Director) • Fusion Ensemble and Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase (William Boris, ' Director) I • Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director) • Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Walter Owens, Director) • • Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director Steve Hadley '93, Associate Producer Rosita Sands, PhD, Chair, Music Department Cinema Art and Science Full concert credits on pages 45-46

PROCESSIONAL Photography "March of the Columbians" By Scott Hall "Walk This Way" By Joe Perry and Steven Tyler Arranged by Scott Hall "The Star-Spangled Banner" Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith Arranged by Joe Cerqua Lyrics on page 13 "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Words by James Weldon Johnson Music by J. Rosamond Johnson Arranged by Roland Carter Lyrics on page 13 American Sign Language Interpretation by: • Janice Thall • Emily Turner Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

9 ORDER OF CEREMONY: SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017, 2 P.M.

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MUSICAL INTERLUDE Erin McCarthy, PhD "Uptown Funk" Associate Professor, History By Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Nicholas Williams, Devon Gallaspy, and the Gap Band MANIFEST 2017 MUSIC VIDEO Arranged by Carey Deadman Scenes from Manifest, the college's annual celebration of graduating student work, set Performed by the Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase; the R&B Ensemble: to "Emerge," an original song performed by Music Video Competition winner Rebecca Showcase; the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir; and the Columbia Brunner along with Columbia students, alumni, and faculty. College Chicago Jazz Ensemble "Emerge" By Rebecca Brunner and Lucas Blanc '16 CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE AND ADDRESS Arranged and produced by Steve Hadley '93 Mark Kelly Former Vice President for Student Success, Columbia College Chicago GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Biography on page 17 William E. Wolf Introduced by Sharon Wilson-Taylor, PhD, Vice President of Student Affairs STUDENT ADDRESS CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Guadalupe Paula Onis '16 Bachelor ofArts, magna cum laude, Photography Conferred by President Kim, assisted by: Biography on page 15 • Stanley T. Wearden, PhD, Senior Vice President and Provost • Eric Freedman, PhD, Dean, School of Media Arts • Onye Ozuzu, MFA, Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts POETRY READING: "HIS IS A SILLY STORY" By David James Fairbanks RECESSIONAL Winner of the 2017 Commencement Poetry Competition "See You in Your Dreams" Read by the author By Steve Hadley '93 Text on page 14 Arranged by Stu Greenspan Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble and PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO "Don't Git Sassy" By Thad Jones

10 ORDER OF CEREMONY

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT The 2017 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago's student ensembles: • R&B Ensemble: Showcase (Chuck Webb, Director) • Fusion Ensemble and Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase (William Boris, Director) ' • Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director) • Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Walter Owens, Director) • • Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director Steve Hadley '93, Associate Producer Rosita Sands, PhD, Chair, Music Department Art and Art History Full concert credits on pages 45- 46

PROCESSIONAL Design "March of the Columbians" By Scott Hall "Walk This Way" Education By Joe Perry and Steven Tyler Arranged by Scott Hall "The Star-Spangled Banner" Music Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith Arranged by Joe Cerqua Lyrics on page 13 Science and Mathematics: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Words by James Weldon Johnson Music by J. Rosamond Johnson Art and Materials Conservation Arranged by Roland Carter Lyrics on page 13 American Sign Language Interpretation by: • Janice Thall • Emily Turner Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

11 ORDER OF CEREMONY: SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2017, 5:30 P.M.

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS MUSICAL INTERLUDE Erin McCarthy, PhD "Uptown Funk" Associate Professor, History By Mark Ronson, JeffBhasker, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Nicholas Williams, Devon Gallaspy, and the Gap Band MANIFEST 2017 MUSIC VIDEO Arranged by Carey Deadman Scenes from Manifest, the college's annual celebration of graduating student work, set Performed by the Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase; the R&B Ensemble: to "Emerge," an original song performed by Music Video Competition winner Rebecca Showcase; the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir; and the Columbia Brunner along with Columbia students, alumni, and faculty. College Chicago Jazz Ensemble "Emerge" By Rebecca Brunner and Lucas Blanc '16 CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE AND ADDRESS Arranged and produced by Steve Hadley '93 Kerry James Marshall Artist GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Biography on page 17 William E. Wolf Introduced by Dawoud Bey, MFA, Professor, Photography STUDENT ADDRESS CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Vanda Kvjatkovski Candidate for the second Bachelor ofArts degree, Music Conferred by President Kim, assisted by: Biography on page 15 • Stanley T. Wearden, PhD, Senior Vice President and Provost • Steven Corey, PhD, Interim Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Onye Ozuzu, MFA, Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts POETRY READING: "HIS IS A SILLY STORY" By David James Fairbanks RECESSIONAL Winner of the 2017 Commencement Poetry Competition "See You in Your Dreams" Read by the author By Steve Hadley '93 Text on page 14 Arranged by Stu Greenspan Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble and PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO "Don't Git Sassy" By Thad Jones

12 THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING

BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

0 , say can you see, by t he dawn's early light, Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? Let us march on till victory is won.

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered; 'Tis the star-spangled banner! 0 long may it wave Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion Thou Who hast brought us t hus far on the way; A home and a country should leave us no more? Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light, Their blood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution. Keep us forever in the path, we pray. No refuge could save the hireling and slave Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee. From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee. And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. True to our God, true to our native land.

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of t he free and t he home of the brave!

13 ''HIS IS A SILLY STORY''

BY DAVID JAMES FAIRBANKS WINNER OF THE 2017 COMMENCEMENT POETRY COMPETITION

his is a silly story sometimes: a boy sent to a people in need of saving, found by farmers and raised as theirs

it's practically biblical

yet he wakes for work each morning, weighs his capabilities against clocking in late, against making a dinner date and decides how to be his best self. it's a silly story sometimes, until we accept it could be ours

14 STUDENT SPEAKERS

ELIZABETH KAYMIE KAIKAI GUADALUPE PAULA ONIS '16 Candidate for the degree ofBachelor ofArts, Multimedia Journalism Bachelor ofArts, magna cum laude, Photography

SPEAKING SATURDAY, MAY 13, 10 A.M. SPEAKING SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2 P.M. Elizabeth KaiKai is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism with Guadalupe Onis was born in Argentina and raised in Italy, where she obtained a first a concentration in Sports. Originally from Houston, KaiKai played a variety of sports degree in Tourism. In 2013, her longtime passion for photography brought her to and wrote for the high school newspaper, which sparked her desire to marry the two. Chicago, where she pursued a degree in Photography with a concentration in Fine Arts. KaiKai comes from a Sierra Leonean background, which inspires her special interest Onis considers herself a citizen of the world, as her life has been shaped by a variety in culture and art within the African community. KaiKai's ultimate goal is to make of cultures and experiences. She currently works as a freelance photographer with a documentaries that tell valuable stories, particularly within the African-American focus in portrait photography. population. VANDA KVJATKOVSKI LEAH BEATRICE ZEIGER Candidate for the second Bachelor ofArts degree, Music Candidate for the degree ofBachelor ofArts, Dance SPEAKING SUNDAY, MAY 14, 5:30 P.M. SPEAKING SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1:30 P.M. Vanda Kvjatkovski grew up in Winchester, U.K., and graduated from the University Leah Zeiger is graduating with honors and a Bachelors ofArts in Dance. Storyteller, of Durham in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in Law. After a short stint teaching English dancer, and survivor, Zeiger is the founder of The Sunflower Project. This organization in Italy, she worked as a legal academic at the University of Sussex and subsequently uses art to educate young people about abusive relationships and dating violence as as a legal adviser to Her Majesty's Government before crossing the pond to pursue a well as to guide and heal survivors. Zeiger has trained in dance since she was a child lifelong ambition to study and play rock music. Kvjatkovski's passions include playing and is also a writer, avid traveler, and thrill-seeker. the electric bass, the misadventures of Bugs Bunny, and American comedy.

WESTON DAVID PAGANO Candidate for the degree ofBachelor ofArts, Music Business Management

SPEAKING SATURDAY, MAY 13, 5 P.M. Motivated by a passion for music, Weston David Pagano has worked in radio, booking, and event production. Pagano runs his own online magazine, Transverso Media, and served as a college marketing representative with Sony Music Entertainment for three years. Pagano recently accepted a position as an associate music producer at Leo Burnett, where he will work full time after graduation. Pagano is 6 feet 4 inches tall, a Juventus supporter, and worried that his graduation cap will fall off during his speech.

15 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

Each year, Columbia College Chicago confers honorary degrees on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts, journalism and the media, education, politics, and the business world. Their professional accomplishments, creative vision, and social and political engagement truly embody the highest ideals of the college.

JUDY AND DENNIS SHEPARD DAVID CROMER TO BE HONORED SATURDAY, MAY 13, 10 A.M. TO BE HONORED SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1:30 P.M. In October 1998, Judy and Dennis Shepard lost their 21-year-old son Matthew to a David Cromer is an award-winning theatre director whose work has appeared on murder motivated by anti-gay hate. Matthew's death moved thousands of people stages in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Houston, Kansas City, Washington around the world to attend vigils and rallies in his memory. Determined to prevent D.C., and London. Originally from Chicago and now based in New York, Cromer has others from suffering their son's fate, the Shepards turned their grief into action and been associated with Columbia College Chicago since the fall of1982, when he began established the Matthew Shepard Foundation. The foundation is dedicated to the as an Acting major in what was then the Theatre/Music Department. In the late causes championed by Matthew during his life: social justice, diversity awareness and 1980s, he returned to Columbia to study directing and returned again in the early education, and equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people. '90s to teach. While still a student, Cromer was afforded multiple opportunities to work professionally by the faculty of the college. When Cromer began directing plays Judy Shepard is the founding president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board professionally in Chicago, he continued the tradition of using Columbia as a major of Directors, serving as its first executive director from 1999 to 2009. In her role as resource for new, energized, fearless talent. During his entire time at Columbia, Cromer board president, Judy travels across the nation speaking to audiences about how they had the good fortune to work under the leadership of the late Theatre Department can make the world a more accepting place for everyone, regardless of race, religion, chair Sheldon Patinkin. Cromer served on the part-time faculty for 15 years before he ethnicity, sex, gender identity and expression, or sexual orientation. In 2009, she relocated to New York. authored a memoir titled The MeaningofMatthew, which explores the family's journey , through the prosecution of Matthew's assailants, the ensuing media coverage, and Since then, Cromer has been lauded for his innovative take on classic American the family's continuing work to advance civil rights. Judy holds a Bachelor of Arts in plays like Our Town, Picnic, and A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as his stewardship Secondary Education from the University of Wyoming. of critically acclaimed new works like Adding Machine and The Band's Visit. He has received a number of prestigious awards for his work, including four Joseph Jefferson Dennis Shepard has been an advocate for parents' unconditional love for their LGBT Awards, three Lucille Lortel Awards, and two Obie Awards. He was named a MacArthur children both during Matthew's life and since his hate-motivated murder in Laramie, Fellow in 2010. Wyoming. Born in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Dennis earned a degree in education from the University of Wyoming before marrying Judy in 1973 and settling in Casper, Wyoming, to raise their family. An oil industry safety specialist, Dennis worked for RICHARD PAUL KIPHART (IN MEMORIAM) more than 16 years in safety operations for Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. TO BE HO NORED SATURDAY, MAY 13, 5 P.M. Dennis has served on the Matthew Shepard Foundation Board of Directors since Richard Paul Kiphart was born in Milwaukee and graduated from Dartmouth College the organization's inception. He currently speaks to audiences around the country, and Harvard Business School. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked for William Blair particularly to victims' advocacy organizations and law enforcement about the & Company for 50 years. A civic-minded citizen, Kiphart was president of the Erikson importance of equal treatment of LG BT crime victims and their loved ones. Institute board and served on the boards of Lurie Children's Hospital, Merit School Judy and Dennis Shepard live and work in Casper, Wyoming. of Music, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Poetry Foundation, and Columbia College Chicago. Kiphart work:ed with his son-in-law Chris Capps as an angel investor for technology startups and other businesses. He had an analytical mind and an entrepreneurial spirit and was not afraid of well-considered risk-taking.

16 Kiphart was known for his sense of humor, his interest in listening to people of all Kelly is founder of the Wabash Arts Corridor (WAC) initiative, framing the South Loop ages who came to him for advice, and his philanthropy. He and his wife Susan cared as a hub for street art, installations, and spectacle. In his next chapter as commissioner deeply about putting the arts back in Chicago Public Schools and contributed to this ofDCASE, Kelly looks to infuse his signature style into the fabric of the city, effort through the Be Creative campaign. Kiphart was a devoted champion for LGBT celebrating and shepherding Chicago's cultural sector as it takes to the streets, literally rights and supported the organization Family Focus. He was dedicated to global and figuratively. social justice through his support for the Center for Global Health at the University of Chicago. Kiphart and his wife funded the building of wells, schools, and health KERRY JAMES MARSHALL care infrastructure in Ghana and Nigeria. TO BE HONORED SUNDAY, MAY 14, 5:30 P.M. Kiphart was especially devoted to his family-he had three daughters and seven Kerry James Marshall is renowned for his paintings depicting actual and imagined grandchildren. He taught Sunday school, coached soccer, and was a hands-on father events from African-American history. His complex and multilayered portrayals known to leave meetings to be home with his family for dinner. Kiphart's interest of youths, interiors, nudes, housing estate gardens, and land- and seascapes in Columbia was deep and passionate. He had great faith in the college's mission and synthesize different traditions and genres while seeking to counter stereotypical success. He would have been very proud to be honored by Columbia today. representations of black people in society. Marshall also produces comic-book-style Susan Kiphart will accept the degree and deliver the Commencement address on drawings, sculptural installations, photography, and video. These works address behalf of her late husband. the historiography of black art while drawing attention to the fact that they are not inherently partisan because their subjects are black. MARK KELLY Marshall was born in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama. He studied at the Otis Art TO BE HONORED SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2 P.M. Institute in Los Angeles, earning his BFA in 1978 and an honorary doctorate in 1999· Marshall has received many awards throughout his career, including prestigious Mark Kelly is the commissioner of the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). He is the steward of the Chicago Cultural Center Foundation. In 2013, he was named to President Barack Obama's Committee on the and Millennium Park and manages the city's grant program for artists and cultural Arts and the Humanities. His work is held in collections at the Museum of Modern organizations, the Chicago Film Office, and many signature citywide events. Kelly was Art, New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; appointed to the post by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in July 2016. In a short time, he has National Gallery ofArt, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; launched the Year of Public Art initiative and Free, Free, Free!, in which he encourages Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Museum of Contemporary Art citizens to engage in the cultural life of the city. Chicago, among many other institutions. Kelly previously served as the vice president for student success at Columbia College Kerry James Marshall: Mas try is the first major museum survey of Marshall's work, Chicago, where he fostered and oversaw an immersive experience for Columbia's focusing on his paintings from the past 35 years. The exhibition debuted at the diverse and creative student body. For more than 30 years, Kelly served in numerous Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago before traveling to the Met Breuer and the leadership roles, encouraging students to be bold, passionate, and driven as they Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, where it is on display until July. Marshall developed personally, creatively, and intellectually. Columbia students "schooled" lives and works in Chicago. and inspired him, and he, in turn, pushed students to bring a "hell yeah" approach as they built their body of work. Kelly created the Student Affairs unit and organized signature student events such as Commencement, Manifest Urban Arts Festival, New Student Convocation, and orientation. He will always treasure his time at Columbia.

17 PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS 1964- 2016 2016 2012 PAUL GARNES '96 Television and Movie Producer PHILIP·LORCA diCORCIA Photographer JANE LYNCH Actor, Singer, and Comedian LEE FLAHERTY Founder and CEO, Flair Communications Agency TRACY K. SMITH Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet STEVE JAMES Documentary Filmmaker CARLOS TORTOLERO Founder and President, National Museum of Mexican Art PHIL RAMONE Record Producer and Recording Engineer DIANE WARREN Grammy Award-winning Songwriter WARREN SPECTOR Video Game Designer MAVIS STAPLES Grammy Award-winning Singer 2015 LEONARD c. AMATO '75 President, HBO Films 2011 CHESTER M. GREGORY '95 Stage Actor and Singer BRUCE MAU Designer JOSEFINA L6PEZ '93 Playwright, Screenwriter, and Theatre Producer RYAN SCHREIBER Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Pitchfork ANNA D. SHAPIRO '90 Tony Award-winning Theatre Director REGINA TAYLOR Actress and Playwright NAN R. WARSHAW, MA '93 Co-founder, Bloodshot Records 2010 2014 ROBERT KLEIN Actor and Comedian JEANNE GANG Architect ALEX KOTLOWITZ Author and Journalist JIM JACOBS Composer, Lyricist, and Playwright PETER MAGUBANE Photographer TONY KARMAN Promoter of Contemporary Art GORDON QUINN Documentary Filmmaker 2009 DIANE RAVITCH Professor and Historian of Education LEE ELIOT BERK Former President, Berklee College of Music RAY BRADBURY Science Fiction Writer 2013 TRISHA BROWN Dancer and Choreographer WARRICK L. CARTER President, Columbia College Chicago CARLA DELFOS Executive Director, European League of Institutes of the Arts JANE HAMILTON Novelist ALISON KNOWLES Artist HERBIE HANCOCK Pianist, Composer, and Bandleader THOMAS MISNER Audio Education Entrepreneur LORENZO (RENNIE) HARRIS Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Company Director, KUNIHIKO UKIFUNE Advocate for Vocational Education and Teacher MARTHA NUSSBAUM Philosopher 2008 JOSEPH SHANAHAN Founder and Owner, Metro and Smart Bar PHILIP BAILEY, RALPH JOHNSON, MAURICE WHITE, VERDINE WHITE Band Members, JESSICA STOCKHOLDER Artist Earth, Wind & Fire ROBERT TEITEL '90 and GEORGE TILLMAN JR. '91 Filmmakers GRACIELA !TURBIDE Photographer ALLEN M. TURNER Former Chair, Columbia College Chicago Board ofTrustees DAN RATHER Broadcast Journalist

• 2007 2001 JOE ADAMS Business Manager and Music Producer MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV Dancer and Choreographer ARMYAN BERNSTEIN Film Producer, Screenwriter, and Director DANNY K. DAVIS United States Representative, 7th Congressional District, Illinois DIONNE WARWICK Grammy Award-winning Singer RENEE FERGUSON Emmy Award-winning Investigative Reporter ALTON B. HARRIS Chair, Columbia College Chicago Board ofTrustees 2006 JESSE L. JACKSON JR. United States Representative, 2nd Congressional District, Illinois BUDDY GUY Blues Musician LISEL MUELLER Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet LINDA JOHNSON RICE President and CEO, Johnson Publishing Company HAROLD RAMIS Film Director and Screenwriter BERNARD SAHLI NS Founder, The Second City JOHN SZARKOWSKI Curator and Photographer

2005 2000 MARK HEISTER Fashion Designer ORAL LEE BROWN Philanthropist and Child Education Advocate ALAN KAY Computer Scientist SIDNEY L. PORT Philanthropist and Businessman BILL VIOLA Video Artist ROBERT v. REMINI Historian ROBERT SHAVE Founder and CEO, New Line Cinema 2004 BILL T. JONES MacArthur Fellowship-winning Choreographer and Dancer 1999 MARY ELLEN MARK Photographer and Humanist SHERMAN JOSEPH ALEXIE JR. Novelist, Poet, and Filmmaker FRANK RICH Columnist and Drama Critic, New York Times ARTHUR C. NIELSEN JR. Former President and Chairman, A.G. Nielsen Company SARA PARETSKY Mystery Writer 2003 WILLIAM E. STRICKLAND JR. President and CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation HENRY FOGEL President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra TONY KUSHNER Playwright 1998 RUSSELL SIMMONS Music Producer, Entrepreneur, and Hip-Hop Pioneer JOHN H. BRYAN Chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation LOIS WEISBERG Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago DAVID HENRY HWANG Tony Award-winning Playwright and Screenwriter JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN Writer MOMMA HAWK Educator and Children's Advocate WILLIAM WARFIELD Singer and Actor 2002 ALAN ARKIN Screen Actor and Director 1997 LEWIS MANI LOW Founder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago JAMES W. COMPTON President and CEO, Chicago Urban League GRACE PALEY Writer and Political Activist MARGARET CORBE 11 DALEY First Lady of the City of Chicago JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR Choreographer and Founder, Urban Bush Women FRED EYCHANER Media Innovator and Philanthropist

19 PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

1996 1992 ISABEL ALLENDE Writer HENRY AARON Hall-of-Fame Baseball Player RICHARD HUNT Sculptor MATHILDE KRIM Medical Researcher and Founding Chair, American Foundation IRV KUPCINET Chicago Sun-Times Gossip Columnist and Television Talk Show Host for AIDS Research JOHN W. ROGERS JR. Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Ariel Capital Management HEDRICK L. SMITH Journalist PAUL SIMON United States Senator, Illinois 1991 1995 WILLARD L. BOYD President, Field Museum of Chicago EUGENE C. D'ANGELO JR. Television News Innovator JOHNATHAN RODGERS President, Television Stations Division, CBS SANDRA P. GUTHMAN President and CEO, Polk Bros. Foundation HELEN VALDEZ President, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum JOHN H. JOHNSON Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Johnson Publishing Company DOUGLAS TURNER WARD Founding Artistic Director, The Negro Ensemble Company ANN LANDERS Syndicated Advice Columnist 1990 VICTOR SKREBNESKI Photographer LEON DESPRES Former Alderman, City of Chicago BEN VEREEN Stage and Film Actor, Dancer, and Singer FAITH HUBLEY Academy Award-winning Animated Filmmaker 1994 YOUSUF KARSH Photographer MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS Civil Rights Activist CLARENCE PAGE Syndicated Columnist JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN Presidential Medal of Freedom-winning Historian HASKELL WEXLER Academy Award-winning Cinematographer HAGE G. GEINGOB Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia 1989 JOHN T. RICHARDSON Former President, DePaul University LEON LEDERMAN Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1988 RITA SIM6 Founder and Executive Director, The People's Music School BERNARD LOWN Cardiologist and Nobel Peace Laureate, 1985 1993 STERLING STUCKEY Historian JANE ALEXANDRO FF Former First Lady of Columbia College Chicago BERNICE WEISSBOURD Founder and President, Family Focus ETTA MOTEN BARNE I I Singer, Actress, and Chicago Civic Leader 1988 RIGOBERTA MENCHU Nobel Peace Laureate, 1992 JOHN BIRKS "DIZZY" GILLESPIE Jazz Trumpeter CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN United States Senator, Illinois ARDIS KRAINIK General Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago CINDY PRITZKER President, Board of Directors, Chicago Public Library MIKE ROYKO Newspaper Columnist COKIE ROBERTS Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio KENNETH G. RYDER President, Northeastern University WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON Sociologist

20 1987 1982 JACK BRICKHOUSE Sportscaster HELEN CALDICOTT Anti-Nuclear Activist MARGARET BURROUGHS Founder, DuSable Museum SHERRY LANSING President, 20th Century Fox PASTORA SAN JUAN CAFFERTY Professor, University of Chicago School of LUIS VALDEZ Playwright and Artistic Director, El Teatro Campesino Social Service Administration JAMES VAN DER ZEE Photographer LAWRENCE K. GROSSMAN President, NBC News GARRY WILLS Historian IRVING B. HARRIS Businessman and Philanthropist JAMES HIGHTOWER Commissioner, Texas Department ofAgriculture 1981 MICHAEL CACOYANNIS Filmmaker 1986 HARRY EDWARDS Sociologist RUTH ADAMS Editor, Bulletin ofthe Atomic Scientists MARILYN FRENCH Writer and Feminist Activist WILLIAM D. FORD United States Representative, 15th Congressional District, Michigan FRANKLIN A. LONG Chemist FRED FRIENDLY Broadcast Journalist and Educator GEORGE M cGOVERN Former United States Senator and Presidential Candidate LINUS PAULING Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1954, and Peace, 1962 RANDALL ROBINSON Executive Director, TransAfrica 1980 HERMON D. SMITH Chairman, Field Foundation of Illinois 1985 HARRY WEESE Architect JAMES HOGE Publisher, New York Daily News LOIS WILLE Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist RAY NORDSTRAND President, WFMT, Inc. RONALD WILLIAMS President, Northeastern Illinois University CONOR CRUISE O'BRIEN Diplomat and Author EILEEN SOUTHERN Musicologist 1979 MAYA ANGELOU Poet and Memoirist 1984 JOHN FISCHETTI Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist PAMELA HARRIMAN Democratic Party Activist CARLOS FUENTES Novelist JOHN LEWIS Composer, Pianist, and Founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet TOM WICKER Journalist VICTOR NAVASKY Editor, The Nation JESSIE WOODS Director, Urban Gateways WILLIAM APPLEMAN WILLIAMS Historian 1978 1983 CARLOS CHAVEZ Composer and Conductor MARJORIE CRAIG BENTON United States Representative to UNICEF ROBERT COLES Child Psychiatrist, Professor, and Author CHRISTOPHER JENCKS Sociologist EDGAR Y. "YIP" HARBURG Lyricist MARCEL OPHOLS Documentary Filmmaker ABBY MANN Emmy and Academy Award-winning Screenwriter HAROLD WASHINGTON Mayor, City of Chicago ADDIE WYATT Labor and Civil Rights Leader

21 PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

1977 MYLES F. HORTON Director, Highlander Folk School ORIANA FALLACI Journalist ROSA PARKS Civil Rights Activist MARIA MARTINEZ Potter HARRISON E. SALISBURY Associate Editor, New York Times GORDON PARKS SR. Photographer, Filmmaker, and Author DANIEL SCHORR Broadcast Journalist 1972 CHESTER "HOWLIN' WOLF" BURNE 11 Blues Musician ELIOT WIGGINTON Oral Historian and Folklorist PAULINE KAEL Film Critic 1976 NEWTON N. MINOW Attorney and Former Chairman, Federal Communications ED BULLINS Playwright Commission JOHN HAMMOND Record Producer BILL RUSSELL Former NBA All-Star JONATHAN KOZOL Educator and Social Critic NEIL SHEEHAN Reporter, New York Times KATHARINE KUH Museum Curator and Gallery Owner QUENTIN D. YOUNG National Chairman, Medical Committee for Human Rights ROMAN VISHNIAC Photographer and Biologist 1971 1975 KAY BOYLE Writer GEORGE W. BONHAM Editor-In-Chief, Change CHARLES G. HURST JR. President, Malcolm X Coilege SEYMOUR M. HERSH Pulitzer Prize-winning Reporter JOSEPH PAPP Director, New York Public Theatre and Shakespeare Festival ARTHUR MITCHELL Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem WILLIAM PROXMIRE United States Senator, Wisconsin ADA "BRICKTOP" SMITH Cabaret Artist and Club Owner AARON SISKIND Photographer and Teacher ALEC WILDER Composer 1970 1974 WILLIAM M. BIRENBAUM President, Staten Island College IVAN ALBRIGHT Artist R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER Architect JAMES T. FARRELL Writer FANNIE LOU HAMER Civil Rights Activist ALBERT E. JENNER JR. Attorney FRANK REYNOLDS Broadcast Journalist RUTH PAGE Dancer and Choreographer 1969 CHARLEMAE ROLLINS Librarian, Chicago Public Library ANN IDA GANNON President, Mundelein College 1973 DAVID HALBERSTAM Pulitzer Prize-winning Reporter BOB FOSSE Stage and Film Choreographer CHARLES WILBERT WHITE Artist JAMES B. HOLDERMAN Executive Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education

22 1968 EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON Composer and Bandleader RALPH NADER Consumer Advocate LOUIS J. "STUDS" TERKEL Radio Journalist and Oral Historian

1967 NORMAN CORWIN Radio Journalist, Radio Dramatist, and Screenwriter DWIGHT W. FOLLE I I Chairman and President, Follett Corporation LANGSTON HUGHES Poet (honored in memoriam) KENNETH F. MONTGOMERY Attorney

1966 JOHN BRADEMAS United States Representative, 3rd Congressional District, Indiana FREDERICK DOUGLASS O'NEAL President, Actors' Equity EUGENE RABINOWITCH Editor, Bulletin ofthe Atomic Scientists

1965 PAUL HAMILTON ENGLE Poet and Teacher CURTIS D. MacDOUGALL Journalist and Teacher

1964 GWENDOLYN BROOKS Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet

23 CANDIDATES FOR THE ALTERNATE ROUTE CERTIFICATE IN DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPY AND COUNSELING

Imari Renee Hunter Amanda Louise Tuohy

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS

Tareq Al Saud Nicholaus Garcia Ramona Jean Meadors Megan Kathleen Saylors Journalism Journalism Journalism Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Nader Omar Alghoul Olga Ivanidi Akanksha Mishra Rebecca Anne Schultz Journalism Journalism Dance/ Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Natalie Rose Breitmeyer Alisha Sue-Yi Jihn Sarah Moore Jennifer Senecal Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling pance!Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Interdisciplinary Arts Alexandria Davis Danielle Michael Koeck PeterJ. Navarro Ruchi Rupen Shah Journalism Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/ Movement Therapy and Counseling Chelsea Joy Davis Robert J. Kotchen Alyssa Danielle Owens Ao Shen Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Photography Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Journalism Terry L. Dean Jessica Ann Lochte Danielle Erin Parmacek Shauna Diane Shrewsbury Journalism Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Donna Mildred Decotiis Martin Macias Jr. Maura Cristin Reagan Stephanie Nicole Terrell Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Journalism Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Katie Marie Dominguez Bobby Alvin Macker Elaine Marie Rojas-Castillo Lindsey Rae Thompson Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Journalism Journalism Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Avante Shayla Edmonds Jenna Laine Maltby Sarah Catherine Rot Dionne Walker Journalism Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling Interdisciplinary Arts

24 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS MANAGEMENT

Meredith Loree Allesee Claire Elizabeth Grice Melissa Rita Maria Jimenez Brandon Kyle Saunders Brittani Danielle Alston Tessa Harrelson Shujian Li Shreya Singh Jesse-James Austin XinHe Charleston Ishmael Parham YingciWei Milena Galinova Berbenkova Elise Marie Rearden Jerald John Pellowski Shaunda Brooks Colin Blair Herzog Antonio Cameron Ross Chelsea Rae Dvorchak Yang Jiao Adriana Rose Saia

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Ayesha Ahmed Abouelazm Tsang-Yueh Cheng Tyler Durham Nicole Ann Guappone Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Music Composition for the Screen Music Composition for the Screen Non.fiction DeAndre Allen-Toole Julianne April Clifton Scott M. Eagan Nicolas Gutierrez Music Compositionfor the Screen Fiction Fiction Music Composition for the Screen Sulaimaan Abdullah Aziz Gretchen L. Comcowich Jason Michael Eckenroth Sara Elizabeth Hendery Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Non.fiction Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Non.fiction Cyril Bassil Saeedah Cook Laurent Victor Ewing Sarah Elizabeth Hiatt Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Cinema Art and Science -Creative Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts Photography Producing Kristin Marie Beal David James Fairbanks Kelsey Lyn Hoff Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Alison Cooper Poetry Poetry Non.fiction Ethan Benjamin Berg Daniel James Reed Fenton Matthew Hoffman Music Composition for the Screen Michael Cotter Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Fiction Fiction Shannon Berg Ruby Figueroa Harry Simpson Hunt Jr. Non.fiction Robyn Cynthia Day Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts Music Composition for the Screen Photography Brad Bergling Christopher Paul Flynn Desiree Johnson Cinema Art and Science -Creative Raymond Deeren Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts Fiction Producing Fiction James Whittet Forrester Jr. Emma Johnson Emily Jera Brown Eileen P. Donohue Photography Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Non.fiction Non.fiction Anahid Ghorbani Photography

25 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Abigail Lee Kakeldey Juan Carlos Linares Victoria Kathleen Morrow Elizabeth S. Sidell Cinema Art and Science -Creative Cinema Art and Science -Creative Fiction Fiction Producing Producing James H. Murray IV Jessica Anne Sladek David Kasnic LiMa Film and Video Photography Photography Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Hernan Nicolas Olivera Jeffry Ryan Sommers Kenneth Kelly Roslyn Mabry Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Fiction Fiction Non.fiction Justin Otsuka Youngbin Song Rozina Kidari John Aloysius Maloney Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing Non.fiction Fiction Danielle E. Owensby Evan Thompson Tingey Ronald W. Klosterman Christine Marie Martin Photography Non.fiction Fiction Poetry ZhiQiao Stevey Marie Willey Lauren Kocher Christina C. Martinez Photography Cinema Art and Science -Creative Fiction Fiction Whitten Sabbatini Producing ShanyuKuo Paul A. Massignani Photography Scott Bender Wilson Cinema Art and Science -Creative Fiction Nonfiction Patrick Joseph Salem Producing Carissa Anne Meier Fiction Courtney Zellars Brianne Lapelusa Photography Fiction Irati Santiago Non.fiction Christian P. Melady Cinema Art and Science -Creative Katrina Marie Zemrak Woody Leslie Film and Video Producing Music Compositionfor the Screen Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts Rebecca Memoli John Preston Setzco Jianghong Zhu Photography Poetry Cinema Art and Science -Cinema Directing

26 GRADUATION WITH ACADEMIC HONORS

Columbia College Chicago undergraduates who graduate with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 are recognized as having graduated with academic honors. Graduates with a 3.75- 3.79 GPA graduate cum laude ("with honors"); students with a 3.80- 3.89 GPA graduate magna cum laude ("with high honors"); and students with a 3.90- 4.00 GPA graduate summa cum laude ("with highest honors"). These students wear a gold tassel on their mortarboards at Commencement, and their names are listed with an asterisk in the program.

HONORS PROGRAM GRADUATES

The following 2017 graduates of Columbia's undergraduate Honors Program have successfully completed 15 credits of Honors coursework in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum and have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher over the course of their college career. At Commencement, Honors Program graduates wear a gold Honors stole on which is embroidered the college seal.

Juan Miguel Alvarez Emily Adams Gruber Caitlyn Marie McMahon Lawrence Joseph Silveira Madeleine Francesca Bennett Laura Elizabeth Grunke Monica Mejia Alec George Hao Silver Nataly Frances Beyer Madison Nicole Hahn Megan Rose Mills Robert Glenn Smith Laura Jameson Bissett ManHwiHan Lauren Elaine Moore Savanna Lee Smith Keegan Eric Bradac Meghan Elianna Hawker Kellen Jae Mulcahy Tyler Anthony Smith Sarah Jeanne Brasseur Casera Reining Mark Thomas Nadeau Allison Jade Sorrell John Thomas Bruner Carter Howard Savannah Rose Oakes Katherine Ann Spangler Aubree Lenee Buschert Larissa Kaye Husted M.Ouwenga Matthew Terry Starr Owen Patrick Camber Nathalia Estel Jean-Joseph Eric Graham Packer Ethan Phoenix Stocking-Anderson Glenn Marielle Carreau Sara Theresa Kalinoski Cian-YuPan Eve Marie Studnicka Selena Ann Cotte Allison Taylor Keffer Abigael Jordan Pestka Kraklio Melanie Terisra Thermpangpun Jessalyn Nicole Doss Erika J. Kooda Melissa Ann Petersen Danielle Marie Tortolani Lyndsey Nicole Dulfer Allison Rae Lanza Sarah Elizabeth Pilotte Lauren Elizabeth Tussey Miles James Eddy Emma-Claire LaSaine Alexander William Poling Louise McClernon Upchurch Lindsey Caitlin Emery Garrett Connor Lennington Jonah Paul Pritchett Sarah Elizabeth Vesely Evan Charles Falls Aaron Tobias Lockman Aaron Martin Puckhaber Emily Rebecca Waters Dahazee Genae Flores Nicole Elizabeth Luczak Mary Mar Rivera-Mandry Marissa Hope Weber Sidney Renee Fowler Gianna M. Mannix Nathan Michael Rodgers Christina Nicole Weisensel Stefany Garza-Luna Sarah Mary Martinson Simone Salis Elisa Helen Whitman Sydne Marie Gernaat Sarah Marilyn Matthews Clarissa Ann Salman Frances Pearl Wood Alan Ford Giles Matthew Robert McCall Zoe Brooks Sapienza Matthew Alec Zuckerman Max Issac Ginkel Maggie Frances McCarthy Travis S. Schultz Emily Chandler Graves Rayna Leone McKinley Edward Charles Seitz Samantha Lee Groves J.J. Mcluckie Mackenzie Glen Shaykin

27 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Eric Aagesen Samia Ajee Al-Khalidi Brittany Elizabeth Arnold Elizabeth Grace Barnett Nura Najmah Abdul-Mateen Sarah Pearl Alkyer Aixa Paloma Arredondo Cole Walton Barr* Elias William Abid Austin R. Allen Adriana Alicia Arrieta Miles Benjamin Barrett* Freddy-May F. AbiSamra* Jacob Paul Allen Lataisha Lanae Arrington Danielle Barry Medhan M. Abraha Kari Alicia Allen Mary Kathryn Ashe Elizabeth Bartosik* Jose Alberto Abreu Kendra Infinite Allen Crystel I. Astuhuaman Grace Katherine Basala* Carolina Aceves Rebecca Stephanie Allen Alexis Dorothea Austin Zubaydah Bashir* Ramian Lorens Ackerman Riley Rousseau Allen Anna Laura Avila Kristina Ashley Bastidas Geoniya Grace Acuna William Richard Allen IV Taylor Wicks Avrett Therese Batchelor Mason L. Adams Joshua Steven Allred Julian Ohanneso11 Axelrod Taylor Amilas Bates Olanrewaju Boluwatife Adewole Willem Joseph Aloe Jackson Lee Aymar John Thomas Battle Kaitlyn Nicole Adkins Haitham Ahmed Al-Rahim* Antoinette R. Azouri Samuel Dean Beatty Katelyn May Adzima Kristen Marie Alshanski Emilie Bachelart* Rita Therese Beckman Alexander R. Aghayere Alex Jacob Al-ubaidi Katherine Bachert Julia E. Beebe Katlynne Rae Agne Juan Miguel Alvarez Jeremiah Baffour-Osei Rachel Brooke Behlmann* Michele Agudelo Bianca Ashley Amador Harold Leslie Bailey III Tyronita Sasha Bell Linda Ma ria Aguilar* Karimen Monzerratz Guadalupe Christopher Anthony Bailoni Isabella Lucille Benavides Andrew Joseph Aiello* Ambrocio Alcantara* Heather Ashley Louise Baird* Catherine Elizabeth Benedict Alexandria Michele Aikens Roland Jayson Ancheta Kaleb Andrew Baize Briana N. Bennett Zoe Lemoyne Aikens Lisa Carolina Ancilleri Emily Jane Baker Megan Dawn Bennett* Jonathan Alexander Ajamian David Arthur Anderlik Erin Adeline Baker* Sealea Marie Frances Bennett Amber Karissa Akins Claire Elizabeth Andersen Jalen Charles Baker Danielle Elvie Benthien Matthew Mark Albin* Laurel J. Anderson Katie Christine Baker Leora Ben-Ze'ev Aracely Alcala Raphael Reid Anderson-Ayers William D'Andre Baker Christina Jeanette Berger* Nathaniel Charles Alder Nayeli Andrade Natalie Marie Baldwin William Chase Berglass Mariana Aleman Marcus George Andre* Jerel Austin Ballard Sarah Crosby Bernacki Terrence Wells Alexander William Sears Anetsberger Michael Joseph Balsamo Maya Ashliegh Bernard Christina Alexandru* Austin Lee Anglin Michelle Angelica Balsamo William Carl Nesbitt Berntson Liliana Elizabeth Alfaro Kayla Rose Anthony Ariana C. Baltazar Julie Jeanne Isabelle Berquier* Victoria Vanessa Alfaro Tom Alexis Tiamsim Aparici Joseph Brian Banahan Frederick 0. Berrens Jr. Nicholas Robert Alfino Lorena Andrea Arbe Eichhorn Crystal Danette Banks Jordan Berry Khaleeq Rafee Alfred Matthew Sean Arenson Veronica Barbosa* Chloe M. Bestward Richela Rae Alger Giancarlo Rafa Arias-Ciccarelli William Paul Barboza* Nataly Frances Beyer Kian Devon Alisobhani Serena Beth Armstrong Ryan Michael Barkauskas* Elliot Andrew Bibat Brikenda Aliti Becovic Carly Rose Armstrong-Hann Dylan Kelly Barlowe Miriam Bigurra

28 *With academic honors Destiny B. Biles Jameson T. Brenner Marquis Latrel Burch Gabriel David Cardinal Veronica Kirsten Billedo Josephine Eva Breytspraak* Roberto Burciaga Maria Alejandra Cardona Mike Binder Richelle May Brinkley* Isamar Burgess* Andrew M. Carella Sydney Paige Bishop Andrew Michael Bromir Ethaniel Paul Burk Tess Sierra Carmody Laura Jameson Bissett* Jonah Meir Brooks* Kaitlin Anne Burke Glenn Marielle Carreau* Benjamin Val Bitton Alexander Heindel Brown Sean Michael Burke Ericka Carrillo Endya Jamique Black Diamond Leigh Brown Amber Janelle Burnett Lonyai Lemuel Navata Carter Lt1cas Reed Black* Gabrielle Elizabeth Brown Shavonne Nicole Burns Skylyr Carter Spencer Anne Katherin Blacketer Garrett Desmond Brown Cole Huston Burton Anesha Shanel Cartlidge Davis Ralpl1 Blackwell Isabella Bianca Brown At1bree Lenee Buschert* Grace Cartwright Aaron Tl1omas Blahak Joshua Maurice Brown April Judith Butcher Amy S. Casden Emily Cassidy Blood Kaylia Monique Brown Caldwell Butler* Forrest Earl Casper Thomas T. Bluett Lauren Marie Brown David Bradford Butler Marino Daniel Castillo Jacob Bogart Mary Rose Katherine Brown* Dawn L. Butler Steven Andreas Castillo Elliott Michael Bogdan* Sabrina Noelle Katherine Brown Dakota Anthoni Buyka Gloria Abigail Castro Rachel Marie Bogo Shenise Danielle Brown Sara Gabriella Buzon Nicole Stephania Castro Madeline Faye Bomher* Trinity Bliss Brown Schaun Michael Cade John David Cavaliere Frank Lyle Bongiorno* Endia Meene Brown-Bey Leslie Calderon Dominick David Cavazos Taeryn Lee Booker Ryan Joseph Broxmeyer Stephanie Christine Callaghan* Tina Marie Cerami Kevin Boots Elijah Charles Bruce* Kate Elizabeth Callahan Christopher Chan Victoria Eileen Borda Tyler Allen Brunelle* Anna Melissa Amon Calubayan Ryan Stephen Chan Adam Paul Borel John Thomas Bruner* Alyssa Calvano Timothy F. Chan Jeffrey Douglas Borowiak* Michael Joseph Brunetti Andrea Calvetti* Amanda C. Charles Samantha Elizabeth Borrello Rebecca Lynn Brunner Jameel Calvin Jemima Charles Lee-Bryan Bosch Allison Renee Brussow Owen Patrick Camber Frank Lloyd Charness Hannal1 Leigh Bourdon* Eboni Rene Bryant-Rodgers Timothy James Campanaro Heston I. Charres Alexis Bouziotis Dylan Marcus Buchweitz Timothy Paul Camper Thu Chanh Chau Zoe Grace Bower* Christi11a Ann Bt1czek Pilar Canchola Arturo Chavez Jr. Lyndee Mae Boyce Karina Buendia Yvette Candelas Victor Alexander Chavez Andriana Bozovic Sierra Bryn Buffum* Allison Cannon Kessel James Cherney Kendra Lee Brach* Rachel Anna Marie Buhman* Kymonee Victoria Cannon Giovanna Fanhoni Chiarella Keegan Eric Bradac* Darren Cao Bui Megan Marie Capps Austin A. Chin Michael Perrie Brandon Brittany Lynn Bu lava Joseph Patrick Carballo Glory Chitwood* Arabella Lucia Breck Tessa Thane Bullen* Kevin C. Card Yu-en Chiu Dylan Theresa Brennan Sydney Bullock* Yadira Jasmine Cardenas Hanny! Choi*

*With academic honors 29 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Orel Jordan Chollette Nancy Alkana Cooper Dominick Damiani Helen Diaz Mitchell Christian Kevin Bryan Coppola Katelyn Evelyn Dankowski Jazmin Diaz Andrew Mark Christopoulos Anthony George Corbo Lou D'Aprile Rameses Diaz Anabelle Liza Ciancuillo Lorenzo Puente Cordova Ryan Michael Darbro Montana Renee Dick Dominic Anthony Cichocki* Yuliana Cordova Trevor William Davies* Steven Foster Difiore Jasmine Cienfuegos Galen Woo Core Abby Elizabeth Davis Elliot Thomas Dijol Alesia Elena Ciocan* Sophie Nicole Cormier* Brianna Joi Davis* Jennifer Dinh* William Charles Clare Lauren Nicole Corry Carla Michelle Davis* Leilani Mae Do Anthony Charles Clark Daniela Guadalupe Cortes Connor Forward Davis Jonathan Parker Dobbins Marcus Clark David Romeo Cortez Isabelle Katherine Davis* Tyler J. Dockery Audrie Brenna Clarke Robert Earnest Cossyleon Mikayla Lorraine Davis Katherine Elaine Dolan Rashad Travis Clarke Nicholas Bradley Costello Terrell Clarence Davis Anne E. Donald* Victoria Renee Clausell Selena Ann Cotte Thomas Day* Gina Gabrielle Dorsey David Charles Cline Davania Jermayah Cousins Alexandro Hector De Jesus Jack Edward Dorst Julia Suesanna Close Alexanna Reid Cox Michael John Deacon II Jessalyn Nicole Doss* Alexis Crystal Coates Bailey Ann Cox* Austin Donald Deadman* Mary Joyce Dougherty Justice Jarnee Coburn Kelsey O'Neil Cox Randall Carey Deadman* Hannah Marie Douglas Carlie Ann Coccia* Gabriel Gerard Cozzens Derek John Dean Alexa Lee Drake Michelle Elizabeth Cockerham Kaylon Crawford Ariana Alyssa Debaltz John Tayloe Draughon* Nicholas Caleb Coffman-Price Greer Olina Crenshaw Alexandra Bo Deen Dyeisha Leaundra Draw Katelyn Rose Cole Lindsey Nicole Cross Max Taylor Degenova Brent Nicole Drew-Wolak* Ryan Vincent Colegrove Kareith Eerin Crowder Kaila Marissa DeLaVega Stephanie Dreyer Christian Collado* Robert Foley Crowl Edwin D. Deleon Ashlee Elizabeth Driscoll Daeja Michelle Collins Austin Christopher Crowley* Daniel Marcelo Delgado Bryce Allen Drobny Jeffri Brier Collins Elizabeth Cruz Jeremy Barrett Demarest Jennifer Marie Druchniak Patrick Arnold Collins Colin Joseph Cubr Rachel Elizabeth Deming Tillashane Drummer Benjamin Jacob Collison Francis Aaron Cuffan* Grace Anne DeRidder Alexander Joseph Dudlak Jessica Jo Colopy* Gianna Antoinette Cumba Darian Warren Deriemer Nicholas Duerdoth Jane Smith Columbia Kamerin Katelyn Cummings* Sweta Shailesh Desai Nicholas John Dunbar Bernadette Claire Conant Johnathon Clifton Cunningham Marissa Ann Desgranges Andrea Kathleen Dunn* James Michael Condon Alexandra Cuzzo* Samuel H. Deutsch* Collin James Dunne Haley A. Congdon Rachael Lauren Cyr Genevieve Marie Deville Gerardo Duran Jessica Rae Connelly Annetta Czerwien Noel Summer Diab Jonathan Carl Durr Christy Dorothy Connors John Donald D'Acunto Alma Dalia Diaz Danielle Leigh Dusek Adam Mitchell Cooper* Sarah Judy Dallaire Erick Keoni Diaz Kevin Thomas Dwyer

30 *With academic honors Devin Nicole Dyer Michael Thomas Ewers Louis Foglia* Desiree Rosalinda Gaitan Courtney Elizabeth Eathorne* Gioncarlo Alojzy Faczek Robi Jeane Foli Mikeala Marie Galli Nicholas Kyle Echeverria Kearney Jeanette Fagan Gianna Marie Fontana Carly Brigit Galvin Shawna Kathleen Echols Celina Lourdes Banzon Falcon Kayla Marie Forgas Diksha Manjeet Gandhi Miles James Eddy Sacra Fallen* Mike William Fornari Olivia Gangi Tre Aaron Edwards Evan Charles Falls* Justin Thomas Fors* Patrick Michael Gao Kelly Elizabeth Egan Maya Stephanie Fanjul-Debnam Shirnee J. Forte Lara Daniela Garay* RyanP. Egan Kyle P. Fanter Alexander Palmer Fortune* Erica Garcia Zacharia Ehrich Loredana Phyllis Farhad Michaela Foster* Jenifer Michelle Garcia Shannon Raynae Graham Elder Olivia Farias William Raymond Foulk IV Oscar Garcia Amber Danet Elderkin Shaquille Maurice Farmer Jacqueline Yvette Fournier Jessica Garciduenas Jessica Lynne Ellinger James Connolly Farrell Sidney Renee Fowler Jefferson Warner Gardner Celine Larue Elliott* Scott Albert Farthing Nicholas James Fox Sarah Jane Gardner Justin Ray Embrey James Kenneth Faught Sullivan Fox Liam David Garner Lindsey Caitlin Emery* Cheryl Olufemi Faux James Frale LaChe A. Garrett-Maston Zacharia Mark Emry Elyse J. Featheringill Adele Monica Franck Amelia Garza Thomas Enders Jake Daniel Fedorowski* Evan Joseph Frank Stefany Garza-Luna* Andrea Eleanore Enger* Andrew D. Fellowes Alexis Mone't Franklin Nicholas A. Gasaway Nicholas Paul English Zachary Dylan Felter* Terrance Shawn Franklin Annie H. Gaskell Frank Joseph EnYart Sydney Ferbrache Charrisse L. Franklin-Musgrove Iva Gasparova* Betsy Ann Eppinger Matthew Robert Pestle Guillermo Lozano Frausto Brianna Martina Gatch Jeffrey Lee Erickson Samuel John Ficcadenti Misty Dawn Frederick Jared Christopher Gatewood Zoe Adeline Erickson Ryan Aaron Fields John Freebourn Megan Skye Gaudette Joseph Daniel Erwin Nancy Yanin Figueroa Macy Marie Freeman Natasha Claire Gawrit Alyssa Danica Escobar Christopher Cody Fillip Rylan Jarrall Freidhof Jamian G. Gayden Kanami Eshita Aaryn M. Finklea Emily Fremgen Molly Elizabeth Gaylor Angelica Guadalupe Esparza Mary Katherine Finn Rachelle Anna Lee French Anthony Carrillo Gebbia Roberto Espinosa Jr. Danielle Kathleen Finnegan* Andrew Alfred Fridge Haley Katherine Gehrke Aaron Espiritu April Maree Fisher Cyril Leo Friend IV Alyssa Rose Gentile* Angela Nicole Estrada* Samantha Grace Fisher Gabriella Rose Frost Jeremy Charles Gentry Miguel Estrada Michael Thomas Flaherty Akira Pfilip Fujiwara Caitlin Patricia George Adelaide Michele Evans* Ryan Danielle Fleming Ellen Beatrice Fuller* Caitlin Terese George Anna Marie Evans Cynthia Amayrani Flores Alexis Nicole Fulton Michael Samarie George Brittany Chantell Evans Dahazee Genae Flores* Caitlin Nicole Fyfe Trevor George Parriesha Naomi Evans Nicole L. Flores Carmen Marie Gabriel Zachary Alexander George

•with academic honors 31 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Zoe George Jessica Lynne Grapenthin Tyler Ryan Hall Emily Anne Haugen Jeremy Michael Germain Lauren Brooke Grate Devon Ruby Halliday* Meghan Elianna Hawker Sydne Marie Gernaat* Michelle Graven Tim J. Hall-Reppen Leslie Paige Hawkins Eric Gianakakos Emily Chandler Graves* Rebecca Rose Hallstedt Louis Genazzi Hayes Alan Ford Giles* Sara Beth Graves Alexander Vivante Halstead Suwanda M. Hayes Lyndon Walter Gill Taylor Jane Graves Teonna Dominique Hamilton Aamina Lateyfa Haykal* Donna Marie Gillund Sterling Lubov Grawe Kyle Howard Hamlin Anthony Joseph Hays Chloe Ariella Gingold* Antonio M. Gray* Ashley Elizabeth Hammell Catriona Hegarty* Max Issac Ginkel Jocelyn Elaine Gray* Amanda Renee Hamrick Bailey Elizabeth Heille* Arielle Simcha Gitlin Lucas Greco EunJiHan Casera Reining* Desirae Joya Gladden Loren M. Greenblatt ManHwiHan Stanton Thomas Helms Grace Ann Glenny* Jason Ross Greenwald Edwin Handler Brian Alexander Helmuth Ethan William Goff Blake Michael Griffin Zachary Samuel Adam Handler Molly Elizabeth Helton Kristen M. Gogol Cory Griffith* Alana Rose Handman Stacy Helvey Charlotte Esther Golden Devonte Earl Griffith Sr. Ned Phillip Hanley Camille J. Henderson Christopher Golden* Abigail Ann Grohmann Tyler John Hanlin Jennifer Marie Henderson Gretta Goldstein* Jessica Lynn Grose Michael Patrick Hanna II Kaitlin Rose Henderson* Eva Anna Gomez Angrestasia Grover William Anton Hans* Krista Marie Henderson Ricardo Gomez Emily Adams Gruber* Olivia Marie Hanson Lindsay Gene Henderson* Alex Diego Gonzalez Laura Elizabeth Grunke Stephanie Lynn Hanson Sierra Jenee Henderson Christian Anthony Gonzalez Kamila Eva Gryczko Jade Hardy Hadley Sutton Hendon Gabriela Elizabeth Gonzalez Ashley Nicole Grygienc Marguerite Mcadam Hardy Ali Elizabeth Heneghan Jaime Jesus Gonzalez Abby Guerra* Zadeeg Sarkis Haroian Andrew Frederick Henke Nathalie Hercilia Gonzalez Ariel Derdra Guerrero Allison Pacific Harr Abraham Hernandez Victor Pedro Gonzalez John Henry Guevara* Katherine Frances Harrington Andrea Hernandez Jasmine Patrice Goodloe Sara Jean Gunn Carson S. Harris Caesar Hernandez William Louis Goodman Samantha Renee Gunther Kelly L. Harris* Caroline Jayne Hernandez Chanel Coco Goodson Brian Gutierrez Malaya Jo Harris Emily Andrea Hernandez Jeremy Adam Gordon Joshua Antney Gutierrez Steven Gerard Harris Juan Andrew Hernandez Matthew Joseph Gordon Jacob Stephen Gutwillig* Lucinda Elizabeth Harstrick* Wesley Charles Herold Brian Thomas Gould Hayley Elizabet Haaland Amos Nathanael Hart Ryan Scott Herr Alexandra Laforce Grady Madison Nicole Hahn Jasmine Christia Gumarin Hart* Patrick Francis Herron Courtney Olivia Graham* Brittney Shanel Hall Giorgia Harvey* Katelynn Michelle Hesser Angelo James Grandi* Tajma Angelique Hall Chelsea Victoria Hastie Max Marcus Hewitt William Thomas Grant* Tyler Lorentz Hall Nicholas David Hattwick Dakota Jade Hicks

32 •with academic honors Sterling Lavelle Hightower Lisa Hua* Kyle William Johannsen* Christine Kaitchuck* Keriwyn Anne Hill Zachary Hayden Huber* Alvin Leon Johnson Jr. Emily Ann Kalash Tedranaey Vanisha Hill Ryan Patrice Hughes Amber Marquie Johnson Sara Theresa Kalinoski* Caleb Hancock Hiltunen Christina Hughley Amonte Johnson Colleen Julia Kanowsky Christian Hines Dominique Jacqueline Huiras Ethan Andrew Johnson Angelica Mary Kapusta Emma Jane Hinton Jade Hull Jakeel K'liq Johnson Faris Maximillian Karaman Samantha Ann Hoefs Jonathon Humphrey Jeremey Charles Johnson Sulejman Karie IV Gina Antonietta Hoetzer Taylor Humphries Joshua David Johnson Valerie Alexandria Marie Kasten Stephen Frederick Hoffman Clay Justin Hurlbut Kelsie Helena-Patrice J Johnson Joanna Catherine Kastrinakis Christian Deon Hogan Rashad Danny Hussein Lester H. Johnson Debra Young Kates Katherine Anne Hogan Aaron Ibanez Samuel Lee Johnson Briana Eden Katz Lisa Ashley Hogue Karelle Ilagan* Tavores Johnson Adam Fredrick Katzner Sampson Dahl Hollander-Wyatt Omotine Grace Imogie Tyesha T. Johnson Valerie Michelle Kaufman Ciara Holloway Amy Alliene Isaac Serina Johnston Shannon Talia Kaye Melissa Catherine Holmes* Summaiyah Jabeen Victoria Brooke Johnston Katielynn Kazupski Molly Rae Holmes Heather Marie Jackson Jacob Joiner Cassidy Lennon Kearns Kelsey Lynn Holt* Justin Blake Jackson Darian Coral Jokela Daniel Joseph Keating Sarah Allene Frances Holzworth* Tyler Lee Jackson Daniella Rose Jones Allison Taylor Keffer* Michael Patrick Honold Bryonna Courtney Jacobs Jennifer Nicole-Lorayne Jones Kayla Nicole Kelly Abigail Lee Hood Dana Maysie Jacobs Kristyn Arielle Jones Alexia Kira Kemp Savannah Quinn Hoover Jesimiel Jaddua Lawrence Rheymil Jones Mercedes Christina Kemp Darius Abe Hopkins Griselda Jaimes* Marcus Deshon Jones Griffin Gilbert Kenna Lacey Marie Hopkins Marisol Jaimes* Samuel Jackson Jones Alexandra Adams Kennedy Toni Lynette Hopkins Breanna Elizabeth James Tyler Ashley Jones Hunter Taylor Kennedy Gavin Stefan Hornak* David Janakiev Danica Irene Jordan Charlotte Layne Kennett* William Robert Horner Arthur Ludomir Januszkiewicz Madeline Grace Jordan Ryan Nelson Kenney Christian Tyler Horsley Evan James Jaras Paige Allison Jordan Alec Michael Kerestesi Sydne K. Horton* Ersel Noe Jarquin Jordanka Josifovic Samuel Kfare Tyler Steven Houston Logan Christian Javage John F. Julitz AsraKhan* Anna Marie Hovorka Nathalia Estel Jean-Joseph* Nicholas Robert Jungers* Momina Zeneb Khan Kidelen Howard Isis Khalikah Jenkins Marta Jurado Vergillos Layal F. Khoury* Sherard Antoine Howell Brianna Jennings Anna Rose Jurevich* Delara Kiany Kathryn Elizabeth Hoy Jacquelyn Leigh Jepson* Eric Nathan Kahl Kaley Ann Kidwell April Rose Hruby Kenneth Jo Elizabeth Kaymie Kaikai* Alexander Louis Kiessling Tiffany Hsu Julia Rose Johanek Mckinzie P. Kaiser* Christian Henry Kiessling

*With academic honors 33 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Gary F. Kingclark Erika J. Kooda Samantha Larson Addison Elizabeth Lewis Dae Hyun Kim Kyra Celeste Koonce* Emma-Claire LaSaine* Lauren Ashley Lewis* HeeKim Karolina Kordek Vincent Roosevelt Lasane Nikita Yvonne Lewis June Kim Allison Jo Koss Margaret Ann Laszewski Lorenzo Alberto Leyva KyujinKim Rob Arthur Kostencki Nick Anthony Laudicina Ann Marie Libera* Sung Jin Kim Lauren Nicole Kostiuk* Jake Bradley LaVoy David J. Libert Lydia Kimbrough Benjamin Christopher Kowalski Mckinzy Ashton Lawrence* Amari Dontrea Lilton Camille Elise King Grace Eileen Kowalski* Gloria Anne Kylen Laws Dong Hyun Lim Nikki Kentara King Allison Mae Kozik Ashley Lawson Lionel ZhaoYu Lim Sara Lynn King* Jessica Ann Kozik Max Davis Lazerine Mario Linares Kathleen Elise Kinlin* Alicia Maclaren Kraft Jessica Jane Leahy Michael Thomas Lindgren Andrew Sullivan Kirby Mateusz Konrad Krajewski Bailey Renee Lecat Anna Lindholm* Samantha Rae Kizis Ross G. Krakow Dakota Rose Lecos Jonathan Patrick Linskey Aurelija Kizyte Arthur Joseph Kraus Lauren Nicole Ledajaks* Stuart Linver Ethan Rae Kjelland* Teresa Anne Krone* Jordan Alexander Lederman Jeffrey Linville Paige Catherine Klatt James Joseph Kryca Jr. Candace Maisha Lee Daniel Jordan Lipsky Charlotte Elise Klein Sarah Kubiak Cody Cameron Lee Lucy Liquori Daniel Richard Klein Jake Patrick Kuchenbecker GionnaLee Cody Bryan Lloyd Audrey Josephine Kleine Adam Scott Kunselman* JieunLee Aaron Tobias Lockman* Hayden Jason Klemes Kristen Bellis Kuntz Ting-Wei Lee Charles Loggins III Greta Elizabeth Klim Christine Margaret Kurek* Anna Marie Leever Danyel Logue Andrew Curtis Kloubec Tatsuya Kurihara* Aaron T. Legg* Alejandro Lopez Michelle Nichole Klus Kathryn Nellie Kuropas Tyler Adams Leiby Elijah Thomas Lopez Elisha Kathleen Knight Taylor Lynn Kwiatt Harrison Maxwel Leitch Julio-Job Lopez Janelle Rose Knippen* Sara Morton LaCause Claudia Marien Leiva* Katherine Mary Lorenzen Daniel Joseph Knoedler Brenden DeShawn Lacer-Hallback Sarah Elizabeth Lemcke* Michael Patrick Loughman Alexis Nicole Knox Chanelle Rene Lacy Sarah Lemonnier Joey Lubelfeld* Shannon Micaela Kobler Alexander Quinn Laflamme Garrett Connor Lennington* Alexander David Lubin Theresa Ann Koebel Austin Lahr Peter Alan Lentz Cassidy Caroline Lucas Ryan Patrick Koegel Demetrius Arturo Lampkins James Patrick Leonard Daniel Carrington Ludlow Jessie Lyn Koesler Christina Alexa Lane* Jeremy Dalton Leonard Connor Thomas Ludovice Shawn Michael Kokoszka Stephanie Anne Lane Alyssa Anne Lerer* Rachel Luesse Lee A. Kolcz Allison Rae Lanza Rebecca Lerner* Mark Andrew Luetger* Laura Violet Kondourajian Annakaren Lara Regina Marie Levander* Katelyn Ann Luzzo Jessica Mae Konecny* Brandon LaRocca Bruce Dean Levy* Noah K. Lynch

34 *With academic honors He Ma Michelle Martie Martinez Benjamin Alexander Mcintyre Amber Nicole Millan-Melton Ashley Maahs Larissa Martinez-Szewczyk Nickolas James McKee Adam Payne Miller Antonio Joshua Macias Sarah Mary Martinson Jillian Sandra Mckenzie* Alexandra Marie Miller Dana Erin Mack Kendra Elaine Massey Rayna Leone McKinley* Carly Alexis Miller Kellie LaMay MacMillan William K. Massey Donnell Anthony Mclachlan Elizabeth Ridgely Miller Nikko Magpayo Alec David Masterson* Jana D. McLain* Garrett A. Miller Berlin Joey Mair* Cara Elise Mastin Michael Christian McLain Jr. John H. Miller Grace Tennessee Makuch* Nicholas Martin Mathis Caitlyn Marie McMahon* Juliana Marie Denise Miller Samuel Edward Malato Michael Paul Matrasko Gary Maurice Mcmillan Jr. Laura Nell Miller* Miles M. Malin Sarah Marilyn Matthews Hayley McNutt Lauren Ashley Miller Sherdell Orlandis Mallett Mylah Imara Maxwell Mikaela Elizabeth McFarlan* Lia Marie Miller* Abigail Carolynn Malloy Theodore J. Mayer George Anthony Medina Mercedes Melissa Miller Mary George Mando Kiana Marie Mayes Hannah Noelle Meece* Miles D. Miller* Nickolas Christ Manesiotis Sean Ronald Maymon Mckalah Jo Meier Rachel M. Miller Liam James Manglano Elois Divine Mbemba Kenneth Meinke* Akira J. Milligan Victoria Paige Manning* Sydnee Morgan McBride Monica Mejia Angel Milligan Gianna M. Mannix Matthew Robert McCall* Samuel Melton Megan Rose Mills* Michael Gerard Mannix Kyle Mccallum Danielle Dorothea Mendez Grant Douglas Minard Ryan Mannix Maggie Frances McCarthy* Jasmine Mendoza Manal Ali Mirza Travis Manuel Che'La Jordan Mcclain Maria Merino* Ashley Marie Miskiewicz Alex D. Marano Rachel Lynn Taylor McClain Shelby Lynn Merolla Thomas Clayton Mitchell Gina Marie Marinelli Christopher Michael McClellan Corbin Charles Merriman Tiffany L. Mitchell Joseph Charles Marino John James McCormick Emilie Therese Messmer Ethan Thomas Mole Quinn Kathleen Markham John Patterson McCoy Jr. Ryan Neil Metz Danielle Christen Moles Chelsea Anne Marrin Margaret Steele McCoy* Seth Madsen Meyer Alexa Molin Briana Marsalla Tulsi McDaniels Josh Aaron Meyers Madelyn Grace Momano Alexandra Marie Marshall Myles McDarrah III Andrea Alexis Meza* Dominic James Monaco Janelle Faith Marshall Fallon Elizabeth McDermott ManyuMiao Mayra Monroy Rebecca Stephanie Marshalla Kristin Nicole McDermott Peter Ojiere Midwa Roman Demarco Montagueo Ashley Paige Martin Greg Charles McDonald Jr. Wojciech Adam Mietka Jose Alejandro Montejano Claire Younger Martin Katelyn Marie McGaw Rebecca 0. Mikalunas Magdalena Montenegro Linda Joan Martin* Collin John McGinn Anastasia Mikolyuk* Marcus Broderick Montgomery Sianna Jewel Martin Kelly Elizabeth McGowan Michael Miles-Coccaro Tristian Danisa Montgomery Taylor Michael Martin Patricia Rose Mcinnis Mike Milewski Maggie Glenn Mooers Jonathan A. Martinez Tyrel David Mcintire Michelle Alexandria Mill* Alexander Thomas Moog

*With academic honors 35 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Lauren Elaine Moore Rachel Elise Murray Christian Reid Nieuwenhuis Erwin Alejandro Ordonez Sarah Emily Moore Tracy Amber Myers Katsiaryna Nikolina Sophia Miranda Orner-Thompson* Zachary Moore Amy Ae Myoung Katelyn Marie Nisbett John Paul O'Rourke Cristina Maria Morales Elizabeth Peri Myrick Jeremy Nixon Amelia Nieves Ortiz Jeremiah Vincent Morales Mark Thomas Nadeau* Raven Arielle Noble Andres Ortiz Nora Elizabeth Moran* Donna Nadira* Patricia Rachel Noonan Brittney Lauren Ortiz Jeffrey Thomas Morand April Nicole Nagel Daniel William Norman* Vanessa Ortiz Cristy Nicole Moreno Thomas Charles Nalon Kyla Sharik Norton Kevin O'Brien Orzel Randi Nicole Moreno Mallory Namoff* Abby Cecile Novak Justin Michael Osby Ernesto M. Moreta Brandon R. Narens Justin Daniel Novak* Stephanie Anna Oster Tyler Reed Morgan Catalina Ann Nasello Brian Sebastian Nunez Katarina Ana Otero Austin David Morin Rachel Annalise Nash Ariyapon Nupirod Oona Emily O'Toole Austin Thomas Morin* Carlos A. Nava Josef Emil Nygaard Ryan William O'Toole Mariah Andrea Morris Jose Alejandro Navarro Jr. Madeline Margot Nyquist Lojayn Waleed Ottman Victor Mature Morris Mohamed Nazar* Chido Abigail Nzvere Carmen Adetokunbo Otubusin Caroline Grace Morrison Vaughan Sparks Nelson-Lee Savannah Rose Oakes* Sharayah Janae Outerbridge Daniel Morrissey Alexandra Karen Nero Michael J. Obrecki Airielle J. Owens Taylor Lee Morton Ian Andrew Netter Amber Rose O'Brien Karl Owens Nicholas Moses Haley Alexis Nettles Emmeline Roxana Ocampo Rebecca Grace Oxley Bradley Steven Moss Anna Claire Neumayer* Aidan Lynne O'Connor* Beyza Lale Ozer*

Estevan Gomes Mota Travon Newbern . Alison Anne O'Connor Ashley Packard Cameron Prescott Moulton Asia Nicole Newsom Dan Menachem Odents Eric Graham Packer* Kai S. Movagh Julianne Marie Newstat Arie Lewis O'Donnell Weston D. Pagano* Sally Yin Moy Latavia Elaine Newton Shannon Helen O'Donnell Chloe Kathleen Paglia* Daniel Lawrence Mrotek Davis Nguyen Codi Isabella Oehlerking Jaymee Marie Palacios Lisa Michelle Mucci Dolly Huynh Nguyen Kelsey Elizabeth Oenick* Robert Harant Palladino Aida Saffiyah Muhammad Kenny Truong Nguyen Lukas Kane O'Hara Cian-Yu Pan* Kellen Jae Mulcahy* Linda My Nguyen Sarah Mayowa Oluwaseun Olaniran Louis Panagiotou* Laura Anne Mulcahy* Tran Lam Nguyen Jacob Lewis O'Leary Joseph Edward Panelli* Noah Patrick Mulgrew* William Nicholson Mina Olivas-Boykin Lora Pang Dagny Erin Mullins Ryan Nickels Michelle Olk Bianca Sophia Panos* Selma Muminovic Heather Helene Nickles* Alexandra Hoffman de Wallau Olsen* Dean John Panos Oscar Manuel Munoz Warner Michael Nieborg* Amanda Ann Olstad Charles Michael Panzica Jordan Timothy Murphy Patrick Golden Niepokoj Sheridan N. O'Neal Matthew Papa Malika Daijae Murphy Kevin Andrew Niesman Guadalupe Paula Onis* Peter John Pappas

3 6 *With academic honors Brice David Pardo Joshua Michael Perkins Gregory James Poole James Brandon Ramirez Celeste Min-Kyung Park Emily Jordan Perkowitz Nicholas Porter Pope Ramon Ramirez Diana Park Alexandra Jane Perrin Dawn Breeana Porter Allyssa Niccolle Ramos Inho I. Park Haylee E. Perrin* Sierra Anitra Porter Patricia Ramos Kirsten Leigh Parke Joseph Daniel Perrone Michael James Post Christian Randle Nichelle Renay Parker Giovanni Angelique Perry Spencer Scott Post Diego DeAndres Rangel* Shailyn Alexis Parker Marissa Persico Hailey Nicole Potts Mariah Anne Rangel* Clayton Bernard Parr Abigael Jordan Pestka Kraklio* Matthew Jonathan Powell Michael Deangelo Rawls Jr. Ariel Parrella-Aureli* Jessica Louise Peters Sydney Ellery Powell Michael William Ray Dominique Michelle Pasqua Nicholas Ryan Petersen Lauren Kathleen PPool Kenya N. Ready-Hanserd Hannah Marie Paster* Alyssa Michelle Peterson Norjoria Mayana Pratt Jessie Marie Reed Benjamin Lee Patrick Emily Lizabeth Peterson* Paola Lizet Presa Tayler Nicole Reed Owen Lyle Patt Kara Lynn Peterson Nicholas Michael Prezzato Tabitha Alexandra Rees Marina Paul* Maximillian James Petot Jonah Paul Pritchett* Bradley J. Reese Jason Mitchell Pauli Bradley Ryan Petrich Rebecca Ann Procter AjaReid Joshua L. Pausha Victoria Pettway Katheryn Elizabeth Pucillo Bryan Alan Reid Joseph E. Pawelek Fallon Marie Pfeiffer Aaron Martin Puckhaber Jessica Anne Reilly Richard Devin Peacock Andrew T. Pfiffner Joyce Victoria Puente Samantha Michelle Reinhardt Alicia Peake Ariella Christine Phillipe* Cameron Arthur Pugh Natalie Caitlyn Reinholtz Rickey L. Pearson Isabel Gardiner Phillips Mary Romano Puls Katelyn Pamela Renze Cameron Douglas Peckham Malachi Curtis Alfie Phillips Zoe Anne Pusateri Jessica Frances Rescigno* Iman Aaliyah Peden Danielle Nicole Pilota GinaPydo Emmanuel Reyes Idris 0 . Pedro Sarah Elizabeth Pilotte* Marci Quaranta Pete R. Reyes Michelle Marie Pelletier* Payton Faye Pinsky Robert Michael Quinn Victoria Jean Reyes Joseph William Pembroke Jr. Taylor E. Pitts Francisco Manuel Quinones Justin Rhymes Asya Ivanova Penkova Eric Jeffrey Plancon Savannah K. Quintanar Jane Zanete Ribakova* Hayden Douglas Penn Stephen Plazak* Rossana Mariana Quixito Frances Alida Rich Annamarie Joyce Penning Michael Ovidiu Poenar James Joseph Rabideau Daniel Claude Richards Leeann Penz* Isana R. Pogosov Johnny Radlein Leann Rosemary Richards Elizabeth Rachel Pepin* Justerica Angelic Pogue Daniel John Rago Nicholas Sean Richard-Thompson Paige Marie Perconti* Mckenzie Erin Polak Maxwell Asher Raimi Vincent Scott Richardson Marc Anthony Perea Sydney Lynn Poland* Aurora Nicole Raimondi* Barton Louis Richman Antonio Miguel Perez Kimberly Ann Polena Tylar Titiana Raines Brianna Lesley Riddle Priscilla Perez Alexander William Poling* Dimitrius Alexander Ramirez* London Christina Rideaux Varnell Isabella Perez · Sarah Pollock Iliana Ramirez Shawn Adam Rieke*

*With academic honors 37 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

James Thomas Ringness Dezhane M. Rouse Madison Renee Santerre Brianna Marie Schuttler Faith Katrina Galang Ringor Jacquelyn Isabella Rubik Michael Angelo Santoyo Brenna Irene Schwank Patchouli R. Ritchison David Michael Ruiz Steven Tyler Santoyo Luke Thomas Schwartz Emma Ritsema Eleazar Ruiz Zoe Brooks Sapienza* Calvin Schwarzbach Kaela Nikole Ritter Alyssa Nicole Runnels Victor Farid Sarkis Kristine Scolan Kenneth James Rivard Kenneth Adam Rupp* Gabriella Rose Saurini Zia Sarette Scott Melissa Marie Rivera Zackary Thomas Rupp* Jordan Paul Sauthoff Marceia Lynne' Scruggs* Myra Isabella Rivera Katharine Eleanor Ruppert* Emontre Deion Savage Rayna Paige Scruggs Mary Mar Rivera-Mandry Samantha Carol Rutan Moses Savalza Dalton Alexander Seebruck* Olivia Claire Rix Spencer Vincent Rydholm Jane Clare Sawyer Macy Sego Derek Alexander Roach Ashika Sachdev Shawn Anthony Sayeed Jonathan Trevor Seibert* Sebastian Sedric Roach* Anam Sadick* Gabriel Douglas Sayre Zachary Michael Seiden Bria Cheyenne Roberson Juan Carlos Saenz Catherine Alexandria Scaman Abigail Reilly Seitz Akilah Jendayi Roberts Cristina Sahagun Tonya Scaramuzza Edward Charles Seitz* Courtney Ann Robinson Hussien Ahmed Salama Gina McCarty Scarpino Crystal Sekulich Jasmine Jataun-Denise Robinson Gabriel Salazar Brandon Scavone Klaudia Maria Sekura Matthew Kevin Robinson Juan Pablo Salazar Molly Kathleen Schafer Kylee Lynne Sena Jazmyn Alexis Rodgers Jonah Eduardo Salazar YTafoya Bradley Jay Scheer Ana Luisa Serna Katia Renee Rodgers Joakim Liam Saldamando Kalli Sue Scheppers Forrest Christopher Severson Nathan Michael Rodgers* Jessica Ann Saldana Samantha Eve Schickel* Jessica Jo Shaker* Alejandra C. Rodriguez Sarah Salgado Lindsey Marie Schiefelbein Justin William Shamlian Amaury Rodriguez Simone Salis* Sarah Elizabeth Schlieder* Hannah Christine Shanker Crystal V. Rodriguez Marissa E. Sallie Rebecca Nicole Schlifer* Colin William Sharkey Teresa Jahaira Rodriguez* Clarissa Ann Salman* John Michael Schloegel Yahrielle Unique Shavers Christian Rojas Emily Elizabeth Salt Daniel Patrick Schmidt Mackenzie Glen Shaykin* Gloria Rojas Cameron Sanati Keaton Charles Michael Schoenecker Daniel David Shea Julian David Rojas Steven Richard Sanborn Kelly Therese Schofield Madeline R. Sheahan Kevin Michael Rolfs Ana Paula Sanchez Kimberly Dayle Schreiber Andrew William Sheasby Crivello Quentin Noah Ronsick Bianca Julissa Sanchez Dylan Kaine Schrey Jacob Danial Shedosky* Lisa Marie Ronzello Giselle Marie Sanchez* Olivia Grace Schroeder Rebecca Ann Shenefield* China Corine Rorie Priscilla Alicia Sandoval Eva Hedwig Leimstoll Schueler* Victoria H. Shibly* Amanda Lissette Rosario Ashton Tyler Sanford Jacob Nicholas Schuler* Andrea Mary Shillingburg Jessica Rosen Brandon Ray Sanford Rose Maria Schultz* Rachel M. Shipley Evan Joseph Rosenbaum Matthew Ross Sansweet Travis S. Schultz Kate Shirley Haley Anne Ross* Morgan Ann Santen Marygrace Schumann Joshua Iverson Short

3 8 *With academic honors Alexander Shoup* Trevor Marcel Snyder Meagan Simone Stevenson Felicia Taniwan Elle Marie Shrader Rebecca Ann Sobieszyk Brett David Stewart Hunter Tankersley Zhenghan Shuai* Ashley Elizabeth Sodomire* Landon Marc Stewart Vidal Alexander Tapia* Nayyab Siddiqui* Karl El Sokhn Ethan Phoenix Stocking-Anderson Zoe Madeline Tarantino Zachary Chase Sigman Tony Soldo* Jacob M. Straka Michael Christian Taus Forrest Siller Samuel Gustavo Solis Carly Strand Marcelo Tavares Lawrence Joseph Silveira* Olivia Renee Soliz Shelby Catherine Stras Chavalle Nicole Taylor Alec George Hao Silver* Szymon Filip Soltys Dean Strauss Hallie Leanna Marie Taylor Leah Elizabeth Silverstein Yiliang Song* Jade Mariah Strick* Cassandra Renee Tebeck Mindy Lee Simmons Allison Jade Sorrell Kierra Sade Stringer David John Terman Abbi Chase Sims Morgan Rae Sosic Alexander Bradley Stroink-Pickering Priyank Ajit Thakkar Steven Sinclair Jocelyn Soto Alexander Joseph Stuart* Kenya Akeela Thames Michael Christopher Singleton* Nathan Patrick Souhrada Mariah Nicole Stuart* Melanie Terisra Thermpangpun* John William Sisson Alex Southern* Eve Marie Studnicka Myranda L. Thigpen Nicole Siuda Austin Sowell Naomi Ariel Stuhlman* Elinor Thomas* Clare Elizabeth Skalle* Brieann Marie Sparks Michelle Marie Sudeikis Janie Stephany Thomas Andrew Paul Skoda Thomas Robert Spooner Grita Sudziute* Russell Peter Thomas* Marti Elizabeth Skoler Sydney Taylor Sprandel Andrew W. Sullivan Sheritta Monique Thomas Andrew Benjamin Slaw Michael Hayden Sprenger Anna Bailey Sullivan Osiris Thomas-Miller Bianca Pellicci Smith* Katheryn Mary Frances Stacey Jeffrey Daniel Sullivan Bryce Thompson Bryan Jeffry Smith Elliot William Stack Meghan Anne Sullivan LePierce L. Thompson Chandler Dakota Smith Kelvin James Stallings Rebecca Ann Sullivan Nicholas Andre Thompson Evelyn Nicole Smith Julia Stapleton Larhonda Simone Summerville PatrickJ. Thompson Hayley Jordanna Smith Matthew Terry Starr* Ian Edward Surroz Tabitha Jo Thompson Jelani Smith Ashley Marie Stavropoulos Audrey Rose Sutherland Dylan Alexander Thuente Joshua Evan Smith Katheryn Tierney Steel Kyle David Sutherland Jessica Nicole Tillett Marissa Smith Jeffrey David Steele* Simone Taji Sutton Hannah Christine Titus Parker Lane Smith Marissa Lynn Steele Joseph Michael Swafford* Jennifer Tobits* Robert Glenn Smith* Martha Stejar* Holly Marie Swanson Dylan Bryant Todd* Savanna Lee Smith Emily Stenger Vincent Steven Szalay William Gray Torrence Shane Michael Smith Colin Stepek Liza Samantha Tabak Alexander Ario Torres* Sydney Lauren Smith Melissa Stephens JanetTam Anita Victoria Torres Taylor Ann Smith Kenyan Xavier Steptore Maryelizabeth Tamer Emanuel Torres Arebalo Tyler Anthony Smith* Courtney Rose Stevens* Anna-Marie Simmons Tan Joseph David Torricelli* Sara Marie Snyder* Mackenzie Stevens* Samantha Nicholle Camacho Tan Danielle Marie Tortolani

*With academic honors 39 CA NDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Natalie Marie Tortorici Zain Alexander Van Wyk Joshua Lee Waldby* Jennifer Maria Wheaton Ashley Rae Tracey Kara Ellen Vana Kiara Walker Savannah Carlyle White !lee Trajceski Kevin Joseph Vander Heiden Raymond Maurice Walker Jr. Timothy Brian White Hang Thi Diem Tran David Robert Vandewoestyne Hanna Beth Walkowaik Elisa Helen Whitman Bridget Adrianna Traverso Megan Nichole VanKanegan Danielle R. Wallace Julianne J. Whyte Bridget Katherine Treas Anna Varenytsya William Cheyne Wallace Cameron Mitchell Wiggins Ashton Renee Tregoning Clifford Melvin Varnado Austin Lee Walsh* Wendy Rebekah Wiland Daniel Tremulis Steven Vasica Virgil Shepard Walters Connor Roy Wiles* Laura Trombley Jeremy Michael Vasquez William Joseph Walton Asia Terece Williams Brandie Nichole Trotter Daphne Lila Vassmer Jameisha Elaine Ward Franchester Ann Williams Dominique Trotter Mackenzie Vavra Amina Mahogany Warfield Shonise Williams* Magdalena Trusiewicz Robert Gordon Vavra Moriah Deshona Warfield Whitney Denae Williams Andrew Trygstad Dulce Estefania Vazquez Amber Bea Warju* Willie Louis Willingham Timothy Tsang Richard Kenneth Vazquez Timothy Alan Warner* Enasha Camille Willis Autumn Leigh Tso* Talina Mariana Vazquez Heather Marie Warnke Anthony J. Wilson Anastasia Angelina Tsopelas Brandon Lee Vear* Emily Rose Warpinski Ashley Simone Wilson Nicole Marie Tucker Joanna Abby Vederman Aleya Washington* Camille Wilson Zachary Ryne Tucker Tiffany Jordan-Alonzo Vedua* Brittany Bernice Washington Elijah Wilson Megan Tully Lorence Anthony Velasco Darryl Curnell Washington Kyle R. Wilson* Gina Marie Tunzi Claudia Raquel Venado Bolanos Emily Rebecca Waters* Rebekah Jane Wilson* Elizabeth Jo Nestor Turnell Brian Michael Venckus Bella Elizabeth Watson Justin William Wirsbinski Sarah Nicole Turner Eugenia Frances Venetico Caroline McGuire Watson Amy Wisniewski Lauren Elizabeth Tussey Whitney G. Vera* Jessina Nicole Weary* Jacob Daniel Wittich Tiffany Rose Tuttle Megija Evalina Vevere Bonnie Wease* Jennifer Michelle Wojcik* Caitlin Brianna Tyrrell* Blase Jay Villano Stormy Lee Weaver* Taylor Marie Wold Connor Stephen Udvardy* Stefani Ann Villanueva Monica R. Webb* Brent M. Wolff Earl Ulit Dakota Dalovisio Vinson Marissa Hope Weber* Mackenzie Marie Wolff Nikole Marie Unterreiner* Brandon Michael Volz Xi Wei Jacqueline Anne Wolfram-Manley Louise McClernon Upchurch* Valerie Martina Von rubio Craig John Weidner Frances Pearl Wood Ethan D. Uphouse* Alec Michael Vondrasek Sr. Raven Stone Weil Sarah Marie Wood Olivia Lee Upstone Christopher Nicholas Vukasin* Sapier Sara Weinglass Jeremy Woodson Eddie Cruz Urdiales Carleigh Ann Vuono Henry Keating Weisel Claire Elizabeth Woolcott* Victoria Ureno Kara Marie Wackrow Claire Townsend Wendlandt Ashley Jordan Woosley* Erika Valencia Joyce Marie Wade Devin Devon Westbrooks Stanley Michael Wozniak IV Chris Ian Valiente Abigail Rae Walburn* Alice Mims Whatley Ashton Lanell Wright

40 *With academic honors Ellie Lynn Wright* Rose Liana Yanovsky Vladyslav Zaiets* An1anda Ziegler Jenna Wright SungaeYim Armando Zamudio Mary Mairead Zigulich* GuoRongWu Michelle Yngstrom Claire E. Zaremba Hallie Mara Zolkower-Kutz Genevieve Alda Wurst Devina Yoestong Alejandro Zavala Kaiwenzou Stephanie Lynn Wyatt Brandon Michael Young Estephanie Zavaleta Matthew Alec Zuckerman* Sienna Rain Wynn* Michelle Nicole Young Kathryn Zazakis Samuel Joseph Zulfer YudiXia Regan Lee Young Leah Beatrice Zeiger* Michelle Zurita Adam Cherxa Xiong Khelsea Rose Younker Sydney Renee Zenon Mimi Hannah Zycherman Jordyn Erin Yale Samantha Zaccardi Daniel Alexander Zerfoss G-Jun Yam Nicole Zagrodnik YongnanZhu Maria Gavrina Ysabel De Mesa Yaneza* Shannon Naomi Zaid Andrew Nicholas Zickmund*

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Dwigth Ranis Alaba Patrick Kelly Burns Alexandra Marie Durbin Meagan Angela Holloman Alsu K. Andova Michael Burris Mikayla Alexander Edberg Robin Kechaun Hopkins Melissa Ann Argoudelis Bethany Capet Allison Edwards Natalie L. Hords Jessica C. Barajas Ashley Chavez Kassidy Elam Jasmine Howell* Diana A. Barron Richard Louis Alan Cinfio Karla Elizabeth Erraez Hsun-Hsien Huang* William D. Bartholomew Andrea R. Coleman Dimitri Rashad Fisher Rebecca Diane Huang Abigail Lillie Bell Luis Antonio Colindres Jr.* Thomas Jesse Fulfer* Michelle Rosier Huey* Alexandra Jane Bell Max Elliott Colvill Shelby Lynne Gahm* Larissa Kaye Husted* Bethany Janelle Bendtsen* Juan Carlos Corredor-Rivera Reginald Gale Sarah Impola* Keisha Janae Bennett Shantel Renee Cribbs David Luke Garcia Prajakta Indulkar Madeleine Francesca Bennett* Ingrid Crockett Julio C. Garcia Santiago* Mia R. Jacobson Haley E. Benson Ashley Marie Dawson Hannah Rose Griffith Charles Edward Jarmuth Michelle Suzanne Berryman Cynthia De Jesus Samantha Lee Groves Lesley Maree Jenkins Amanda Lynn Blake Franca Deflorio Rayhanna Guillen* Matthew Philip Johnson* Elya Faye Bottiger* Jessica Janet Depaul Alexander Austin Healy Cecilia Roberts Jordan Jacob Joseph Buerger Monique Allysum Doron Rhiannon Leigh Hickey Casandra M. Khou Kyle Andrew Burczak Lyndsey Nicole Dulfer* Katrina Hoernig Colin Garrett King

*With academic honors 41 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Michelle N. Kosterski Jessica L. Krampe* Tom Michael Molloy* Nicole Bernice Ramos* Raquel Kathryn Swearingen Owen Nicholas LaMay Lauren Marie Monfeli Mallavika Rajesh Ravani Elizabeth Anne Sweda Chapin Shadow Langenheim Lorena Montalvo* Nathan Andrew Reed* Nayeli Talavera Christopher Lawler Justin Edward Montellano Troy Michael Rettschlag Silvia Micaela Tangaro* Erin Leaf Alyson Montemayor* Edgar Rafael Rios Stephanie Nicola Tenn* John J. Lenahan IV Sasha Montes de Oca Colby Ryan Roark Amber Rene Treadway Jenna Louise Liautaud Madeline Mary Moore* Anna Rodimtseva* Max Andrew Trudeau Rachel Lin* Abena Motaboli* Renee Therese Rolewicz James Tsitiridis Nicole Elizabeth Luczak Hailey Marie Mott* Kael Aaron Rose Regina Valdez* Ginel Ria11n Lumpkin Hafeezah Maria Muhammad Jaclyn Ruffolo Alex Van Dorp Erinn Cayley Lyons Chanel Jacqui Nielssen Jacob Daniel Saban Meredith Vavra Krzysztof Pawel Machala Madeleine Kinsey Noonan* Melissa Caroline Sawa Ashley Nicole Velazquez Dominika Magon* Jenna North* Jared Paul Sawdey Sarah Elizabeth Vesely* Sean Michael Marburger Alexis Lynn Noseworthy Maxwell Conaway Schif Henry R. Voellmecke* Gladys Marquez Margaret Johannah O'Brien* Amanda Rosemarie Schrader Caitlin Rose Walsh Antonio Martinez Olivia Ann Olsen* Madeline Marie Schulz* Nicholas Taylor Ware Lorein Martinez Pyit Sone Oo* Narineh Marie Seferian Jeremy Matthew Weber* Luisa Martinez* Daniel Edward Overbey Atiyya Shahab* Christina Nicole Weisensel Maritza Marie Martinez Melanie Ann Pandocchi Danny Shapiro* Tyler F. Wellever Charles Zachary Mathieu* Darren Patin Daniel Shin Peter James Willson Jr. Anna S. Medill Christian Pelka Joseph Austin Shirley Benjamin Joseph Witt Cassandra Lynn Meek Amber Denise Peoples Ckinu Cherish Smith Alexis Kennedy Wraight* Nicholas Michael Messink Melissa Ann Petersen* Taelor C'imone Smith Ty Jacob Wubbenhorst* Makena Rose Metz Emily Anne Phillips Javier Solano Tomoe Yunoki* Dana Meyerchick Jordan Alexander Pokorney* Katherine Ann Spangler* Brenda Patricia Zapata-Aguilar Alexa Emanuelle Zenona Michalow Nicole Elizabeth Rainford* Kiarrah Denay Staeven Daliah Basem Zarour* Cyntl1ia Mitchell Karen Natalie Ramirez Paulina Rose Strayer

42 *With academic honors CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC

Kristopher David Bendrick* Sarah Jeanne Brasseur* Timothy James King Salvatore Josep Postilion-Lopez D'Zhari Janille Bolden Andrew Michael Farrar Emily Mary Michielutti* Justin Rosado James Carol Boyd Matthew Casimer Gonsiorek Francisco Harlan Montalvo* David Allen Smith Deonte Jerome Brantley Joshua Griffin Josephine Bolaji Omokheyeke

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

David Fredrick Anderson Vincent Edward Heine* Julian Guy Milone Alejandro Oscar Rodriguez Brandon Robert Basco Carter Howard Gordon Michael Ochi Poyan Ryasati Matthew Ryan Brannen JisuJang Brandon Lee Olmos* Mariano Sarrate John Reeves Davenport Eric Joseph Lichtenberg M. Lynn Ouwenga* Naya R. Spears Adam Lloyd Gray Drew Dylan Lodarek Austin R. Phillips* Jeremy Ryan Vizza Jose Guitron Connor Joseph McCluskey* Jacob Anthony Rave* Steven John Yarusinsky

CANDIDATES FOR THE SECOND BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE

Epiphany Annie Davis HyeYoon Jung* Giannoula-Pelagia Prokopis Michael J. Wagner Tina Bean Dennis* Ali-Moussa N. Kaba Christina Reis* AoboWang* Amine Drais Vanda Kvjatkovski* Joseph P. Riggs YuanjingXu Robert M. Durden* Carly Lonergan* Brenna Robinson Meng Yang* Linda Jean Dyson* Sarah Matheson* Julia Elizabeth Segal Hareth J. A. Yousef* Rasul Freelain* Melanie Miller-Silver Matthew James Soden* Adriana Zemel* Jalessa Elvia Jones* Quinn Thomas Nicholson SihangSun* Chi Zhang Jordan Anthony Jones Michael Giovanni Perez Janice Thall*

*With academic honors 4 3 THE CUSTOMS AND SYMBOLISM OF COMMENCEMENT

ACADEMIC REGALIA Commencement, master's degree candidates will wear silver-gray gowns.) The gowns The customs governing the wearing of regalia at academic convocations such as this of bachelor's and master's degree holders are untrimmed. The gowns of doctoral weekend's Commencement exercises have their origins in the patterns of dress of degree holders have velvet trimming down the front and three large velvet bars Roman Catholic clergy-scholars in the universities of 12th- and 13th-century Western across both sleeves. The velvet features ordinarily are black but may be in the color Europe. As with all such "invented traditions," which appear fixed and unchanging designated for the academic discipline in which the degree was conferred. but are anything but, they have evolved over time and within cultures, resulting in a range of national and institutional variants and adaptations. The standard protocol for THE CAP academic dress at U.S. higher education institutions is set out in the American Council The most familiar type of academic headgear is the square mortarboard or cap; some on Education's Academic Costume Code (1986). doctoral degree holders wear a soft tam instead. All headgear comes with a tassel, What follows is a summary of the more prominent elements of the regalia that will be usually black, although Columbia's graduating students wear caps with either gold (for worn at these ceremonies by students, faculty, members of the administration, trustees, honors graduates) or silver tassels. The custom, which Columbia observes, of having and guests. Through color schemes and other design features, the three garments that degree recipients move their tassels from the right to the left side of their caps at the make up the regalia-the robe or gown, the hood worn around the neck, and the cap or conclusion of the degree conferral sequence is of relatively recent origin. tam- visually represent the highest degree earned by the wearer, the institution from which the wearer received it, and the academic discipline in which they earned it. THE COLLEGE MACE AND PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION The college mace, which is carried into the Commencement ceremony by the chief THE HOOD faculty marshal, represents the collective authority of the college's faculty. The The core garment is black, but it is lined in satin in the color(s) of the institution that ceremony does not officially begin until the mace is placed in its stand on the stage. conferred the degree, and edged in velvet in the color designated for the academic Columbia's mace is a three-dimensional representation of the college seal; the design discipline in which the degree was granted. Thus, at this weekend's Commencement, symbolically depicts light breaking out into the world. candidates for master's degrees will receive a hood with a periwinkle and grey lining The medallion worn by the president, which incorporates the college seal, represents the colors registered by Columbia as its official colors- and edged with the color the authority vested in the president by the Board of Trustees. The medallion's appropriate to the degree field: custom-designed chain is imprinted with the thumbprints of individual students, • Master ofArts: white • Master of Arts Management: peacock blue faculty, and staff, thereby symbolically honoring the standing of those constituencies • Master of Fine Arts: dark brown within the college community. Most U.S. institutions of higher learning, including Columbia, dispense with the The college mace and the presidential medallion were designed and created by sculptor hooding of bachelor's degree candidates at Commencement, although bachelor's and part-time fact1lty member Miklos P. Simon. The following faculty members will serve as chief faculty marshals and mace bearers at the 2017 Commencement degree holders will wear a bachelor's hood. (The width of the edging and the length of . the hood indicate the type of degree conferred; the longer the hood and the wider the exercises: edging, the more advanced the degree.) • Saturday, io a.m.: Curtis Lawrence, Associate Professor, Journalism • Saturday, 1:30 p.m.: Amy Uhl, Associate Professor, Theatre THE GOWN • Saturday, s p.m.: Crom Saunders, Associate Professor, American Sign Language Academic gowns customarily are black, although some U.S. institutions have • Sunday, 2 p.m.: Susan Kerns, Assistant Professor, Cinema Art and Science created their own doctoral robes with more colorful designs. (At this weekend's • Sunday, 5:30 p.m.: Ava Belisle-Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Education

44 COMMENCEMENT CONCERT

Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director "T'Will Be" Steve Hadley '93, Associate Producer By Jalen Baker Rosita Sands, PhD, Chair, Music Department Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin"' "When I Get There" By Michael Jackson By Kirk Franklin Performed by the R&B Ensemble: Showcase Orchestrated by Scott Hall

"Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and By Stevie Wonder the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble Arranged by Jason Deran "Party in Simon's Pants" Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble By Steve Lukather and Simon Phillips

"Love Train" Performed by the Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase By Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff "Tell Me a Bedtime Story" Arranged by Thomas Gunther By Herbie Hancock Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and Arranged by Quincy Jones the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble Performed by the Fusion Ensemble "Hero With a Thousand Eyes" "Finesse" By Steve Lukather, David Garfield, and Fee Waybill By Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Performed by the Progressive Rock Ensemble: Showcase Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, and Johnathan Yip

"What About Me?" Performed by the R&B Ensemble: Showcase By Snarky Puppy "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Performed by the Fusion Ensemble ByU2 Arranged by Carey Deadman "A Night to Remember" By Nidra Beard, Dana Meyers, and Charmaine Sylvers Performed by the R&B Ensemble: Showcase; the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir; and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble Performed by the R&B Ensemble: Showcase

45 STUDENT ENSEMBLES

R&B ENSEMBLE: SHOWCASE COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO Chuck Webb, Director JAZZ ENSEMBLE COMMENCEMENT CHOIR Scott Hall, Director Walter Owens, Director Anna Agosta, Vocals D'Zhari Bolden, Vocals* SAXOPHONES Medhan Abraha Eric Rutherford, Vocals Patrick Jasper, Alto Michael Adkins Dejah Perkins, Vocals Alex Kerwin, Alto Shantel Cribs Austin Deadman, Keyboards* John Cunningham, Tenor* Waymon Cruse Josh Griffin, Bass* Mitchell Jones, Tenor Erik Davis Anthony Felts, Guitar Alex Brinkley, Baritone Conor Dunham James Boyd, Drums* Kelsie Johnson TROMBONES Diamond Junior Walter Sanchez FUSION ENSEMBLE Kayla Kelly Jeremy Catledge Linda Martin William Boris, Director Xavier Galdon Dina Muzzalupo Imani Williams, Vocals Ben Pederson Josey Omokheyeke* D'Zhari Bolden, Vocals* TRUMPETS Juliana Omokheyeke John Cunningham, Tenor Sax* Jason Deran* Tahlia Orr Patrick Jasper, Alto Sax Kyle Miller Alyssa Peterson Jackson Shepard, Guitar Jordan Briggs Noel Price Randy Deadman, Piano* Mike Matrasko Courtney Robinson* Jalen Baker, Vibraphone* RHYTHM SECTION Antonio Ross Josh Griffin, Bass* David Smith* Deonte Brantley, Drums* Julian Fort, Piano Jackson Shepard, Guitar Jasmine Thurmond Jalen Baker, Vibraphone* Simone Townsend PROGRESSIVE ROCK ENSEMBLE: Max Petot, Bass* SHOWCASE Andrew Gercak, Drums William Boris, Director Anthony Felts, Guitar and Vocals Randy Deadman, Keyboards* Austin Deadman, Drums* Sam Whetzel, Guitar Michael Ewers, Bass

46 *Graduating seniors INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEES EMER ITI DEANS SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES Lerone Bennett Jr. Peter Cook CHAIR Jan Chindlund, MLS, MBA Sydney Smith Gordon Chair, American Sign Language William E. Wolf Dean ofthe Library Samuel E. Pfeffer Kenneth Daley, PhD VICE CHAIR Steven Corey, PhD Victor Skrebneski Chair, English Chester T. Kamin Helena Chapellin Wilson '76 Interim Dean, School ofLiberal Arts and Sciences Azar Khosravani, PhD VICE CHAIR HONORARY TRUSTEES Chair, Science and Mathematics Hugh C. Williams Bill Kurtis Eric Freedman, PhD Dean, School ofMedia Arts Erin McCarthy, PhD SECRETARY Allen M. Turner Acting Chair, Humanities, History, and Sharon Dalenberg Onye Ozuzu, MFA SENIOR ADMINISTRATION Social Sciences Dean, School ofFine and Performing Arts TREASURER Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA Carol Lloyd Rozansky, PhD Barry M. Sabloff John P. Pelrine Jr. President and CEO Chair, Education Trustees Andrew Alexander Dean ofStudents Stanley T. Wearden, PhD Tony Trigilio, PhD Leonard C. Amato '75 Constantin Rasinariu, PhD Senior Vice President and Provost Interim Chair, Creative Writing Robert J. Buford Dean, School ofGraduate Studies Madeleine Moore Burrell Patricia Bergeson, JD SCHOOL OF MEDIA ARTS Jimmy Chamberlin Vice President ofLegal Affairs and DEPARTMENT CHAIRS Barbara Calabrese Lester N. Coney General Counsel Chair, Radio Luis de la Parra '95 SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS Terry Diamond Charles Kimball, PhD Peter Carpenter, PhD Joseph Cancellaro, PhD Susan V. Downing Special Assistantfor Strategic Initiatives Interim Chair, Dance; Interim Chair, Theatre Chair, Interactive Arts and Media Jeremy Daniel Efroymson MFA '98 Deborah Mane Matthew Doherty Suzanne McBride John R. Gehron Vice President ofStrategic Marketing Acting Chair, Design Chair, Communication Devin A. Gross and Communications Mary Filice MA '84 Sharon Ross, PhD John McClain Holmes Interim Chair, Business and Kwang-Wu Kim, ex officio Jerry Tarrer, MBA Interim Chair, Television Senior Vice President ofBusiness Affairs Entrepreneurship JayLeib'95 Bruce Sheridan, MFA and CFO Averill Leviton Peter Fitzpatrick, MFA Chair, Cinema Art and Science Frederick C. Lowi11ger Shawn Wax Chair, Photography Arlen D. Rubin Vice President ofDevelopment and David Worrall, PhD Susan Imus Chair, Audio Arts and Acoustics Asha L.I. Spencer Alumni Relations Chair, Creative Arts Therapies Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg Sharon Wilson-Taylor, PhD Rosita Sands, PhD FACULTY LEADERSHIP Sona Wang Vice President ofStudent Affairs Allison Grant Williams Chair, Music Greg Foster-Rice, PhD Robert A. Wislow Jeff Schiff, PhD Associate Professor, Photography Michael Wojcik '96, ex officio Interim Chair, Fashion Studies President, Faculty Senate Matthew Shenoda, MFA Interim Chair, Art and Art History 47 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The producers would like to acknowledge the following individuals for helping to make the 2017 Commencement exercises possible:

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION MANIFEST MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCERS Esteban Amaro '05 Green River Films, Inc. Jenna Baugh 'oo Sam Sanders MFA '01 Christy Thomas 'os John Farbrother MFA '03 Duriyah Wilborn 'oo SITE PRODUCER STUDENT PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Charles Gomez Madeline Brittingham AmyCampher STAGE MANAGER Jake Dagit Debra Liddell Marquise Davion Artyssa Grant Arden Harris Dontae Jones Logan Katsoufis Carly Knowles K'Lysa Alexis Knowles Leeza Salnitis Elana Schmidt Kevin Sinclair Emily Veldman

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