The University Seal 1934
This seal depicts Our Lady of Mercy enclosed in a circle and standing before a cross. Around Our Lady’s head is inscribed the motto: Maria Spes Nostra, Mary our Hope. On one side of the base is the lamp of wisdom, and on the other, the book of learning. This seal, according to the bylaws, shall be affixed to all official documents and decrees prepared by Salve Regina University.
1 Academic Procession
CHIEF MARSHAL
FLAG BEARERS
DEGREE CANDIDATES Bachelor of Arts and Science Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science Associate of Arts
ALUMNAE OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1967
DIRECTORS
FACULTY MARSHAL
FACULTY
PRESIDENT’S MARSHAL
PRESIDENT’S PARTY Elected Officials Class Dean Administrators Honorary Degree Recipients Members of the Board of Trustees Chancellor President
2 Order of Exercises
PROCESSIONAL
MASTER OF CEREMONIES Scott C. Zeman, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
INVOCATION Anna Mae Mayer, D.Min. Director, Mercy Center for Spiritual Life
UNIVERSITY HYMN Salve Regina
GREETINGS FROM The United States Senate The City of Newport
AUTHORIZATION OF DEGREES Janet L. Robinson Chairman of the Board of Trustees
CONFERRING OF DEGREES Jane Gerety, RSM, Ph.D. President of the University
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES Jon Batiste Educator and Musician
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
MESSAGE FROM THE CLASS DEAN Martha McCann Rose, Ph.D. Dean of the Class of 2017, Professor of Education
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INDUCTION Michael Semenza Vice President for University Relations and Advancement
MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATES Jane Gerety, RSM, Ph.D. President of the University
RECESSIONAL
3 Jonathan Michael Batiste Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa
Jonathan Michael Batiste, master of America’s music and global ambassador for musical connections, with charisma, unique style, and sturdy religious faith, you have made a joyful noise unto the Lord and all mankind through performance, study, mentoring, teaching, and innovative outreach.
The child of a great musical family, born in Kenner, Louisiana in 1986, you were rocked in the cradle of jazz from infancy. You were drumming in your uncle’s band by age 8 and studying the piano by 11. You advanced quickly through the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, releasing your first CD before graduation. At the Juilliard School of Music in New York City you had earned a Master’s degree in piano by the time you were 23, released your second CD, and formed a trio of Juilliard students playing around the city. That group grew into the extraordinary jazz quintet, Stay Human, which is now the celebrated house band of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, playing to millions nightly.
The desire to connect and uplift people through jazz has been an urgent challenge in your life. Your quest has led you to perform in over forty countries, teaching master classes and offering international youth a chance to perform in the United States. You have encouraged young musicians with your Social Music Residency and Mentoring Program. With your signature melodica in hand, you have performed and recorded in New York subways and on street corners. You have improvised the transformational experiences of “Love Riots,” as joyous citizens follow the pied piping of the Stay Human band, parading down city streets and sidewalks, in parks, and in the aisles of concert halls. In film and television, you have emerged as an authentic voice for the arts, a teacher, and a witty comedian. As an associate artistic director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, you enthusiastically assumed much responsibility for the growth of a vital, fledgling institution that teaches and celebrates jazz, the only authentic homegrown art form of the United States.
For sharing your great musical gifts and your profound understanding of the place of jazz in our country, for your faith in the uplifting of all peoples, and for your delight in engaging musically with all of America, Salve Regina University is honored to bestow upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, with all its attendant rights and privileges, on this twenty-first day of May 2017.
4 George Wein Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa
George Wein, as the beloved great-grandfather of the music festival movement, your name is synonymous with the promotion and appreciation of jazz throughout the world. For over six decades, you have been the visionary, the bridge-builder, the celebrant, and the pioneer of the living moment in which the great creators and innovators of jazz sound come together with a live audience of devoted fans.
From your 1925 birth and your youth in Newton, Massachusetts to your college days at Boston University, the allure of the piano, the informed love of club jazz, and the joy of performance took precedence over all else. By your twenties, your own club, the fabled Storyville, was presenting and recording the reigning giants of jazz while encouraging emerging musicians at the dawn of their careers. Intrigued by your ability to organize the best in the field, you were invited by Elaine and Louis Lorillard to create the first outdoor jazz festival at Newport, Rhode Island in 1954. The Newport Jazz Festival, that year, in the years to follow, in its years on the road, and in its return home to Newport, have been legendary in musical history. From the Newport Jazz Festival was born the Newport Folk Festival, along with uncounted musical festivals that swept the globe. You rode this wave of the music of the American people around the world, fostering understanding of the jazz form, composing uniquely collaborative performances, and nurturing the careers of great musicians.
Throughout your career, you have been an unflinching advocate for racial equality, interracial respect, and civil rights. You were the trusted friend of the greatest jazz musicians because you followed them, played with them, loved them, and ultimately promoted their gifts to a vast audience. With persistence, optimism, and undaunted chutzpah, you weathered the weather, riots, carping neighbors, diva infighting, and anxious finances to connect musicians to their fans in real time on a live stage in a shining, irreplaceable moment.
George Wein, you crafted an essential piece of Newport’s identity. You hold a special place in Newport’s heart and Newport’s history. It is a privilege for Salve Regina University to bestow upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, with all its attendant rights and privileges, on this twenty-first day of May 2017.
5 Bachelor of Arts and Science
SIMONE-MARIE A. CARDOSO ELIZABETH ANNE HARLOW Music Education Music Education
REBECCA JEANNE CLAR JULIE MARIE JESKI Secondary Education Music Education English CATHERINE ELIZABETH ROSSI ALLYSON JULIE COLLETTE Secondary Education Secondary Education Math Math JENNIFER HEATHER ROUSSIN GERALD WILLIAM HAAS III* Secondary Education Secondary Education Spanish Math
Bachelor of Arts
VICTORIA MARIE AIKEN DAVID EVAN BLACKWELL Administration of Justice Mathematics
JESSICA CATHERINE ANALORO* SPENCER G. BLAKE History Economics
SASHA ARIAS CORY MATTHEW BLANKMEYER Administration of Justice Administration of Justice
MASSIMO JOSEPH ARONSON KELSEY PATRICIA BOARMAN English Communications Psychology
MARRISSA SAMANTHA BALLARD* ETHAN KEVIN BOGHIGIAN English Communications Administration of Justice
JOSEPH MICHAEL BARBERA ALLYSON KATHRYN BOOTH Psychology Psychology
OLIVIA R. BARBERO PARKER STEPHEN BOWEN Psychology Administration of Justice
LAURA KATHLEEN BARCLAY ANTHONY WILLIAM BRENNAN Psychology Administration of Justice
NICHOLAS JOHN BATES COLIN FRANCIS BURKE Administration of Justice Psychology
TAYLOR ANNE BECCHETTI* ASTRID COLLETT BURNHAM-ALOUAT Psychology Global Studies Spanish
6 Bachelor of Arts
ZACHARY JOHN CAHILL SAVANNAH HOWE DACRUZ Sociology and Anthropology Psychology
LAUREN ELIZABETH CALDER PATRICK C. DALY Studio Art Administration of Justice
GARY CALI, JR. KELSEY THERESA DAVIDSON Psychology Psychology
KIMBERLY ANNE CAPLIK TIFFANY ELYSE DAVILA Administration of Justice Administration of Justice
ÁLVARO ANTONIO CASTILLO LIMA JESSICA DEEGAN Political Science English Communications
JILLIAN CHIN CASEY ANN DEVANEY Cultural and Historic Preservation Studio Art
ADRIANO CIRIOLI III ALYSON MICHELLE DION History Global Studies Political Science CLARE ELIZABETH DONNELLY CRETE ELIZABETH CLIFFORD Psychology Religious and Theological Studies ELIZABETH CROFT DOUD RYAN M. COLWELL Administration of Justice English Literature CAITLIN VICTORIA DOWNING*V CHRISTOPHER BRIAN COMERY English Communications Administration of Justice ASHLEY CATHERINE DUFFY* MOLLY KATHRINE CORLEY Psychology Political Science EMILEE JOY DUFFY STEPHANIE ALLISON CORREIA* Sociology and Anthropology Psychology CAROLINE CECILE DUPRÈ KELSEY DALTON COSTELLO Administration of Justice Liberal Studies ALEXANDRA DEMI EMMANUEL MITCHELL PATRICK CREMERS Psychology Global Studies THOMAS PETER EVANGELISTA II AMANDA JANE CRONIN Administration of Justice History SARA THERESA FABRI JOHN DOUGLAS CROOKS, JR. Psychology Administration of Justice MARK ANTHONY FANELLA GABRIELLE KATHERINE CUSANO Administration of Justice Administration of Justice
7 Bachelor of Arts
EMMA KATE FARINACCI LAUREN K. HYLEMON English Communications Psychology
CALEIGH ANNE FARRAGHER ELIZABETH KELLEY JANICK History Psychology
NICHOLAS EDWIN FLETCHER RACQUEL RODINIA JEAN-LOUIS Spanish Theatre Arts
REBECCA MICHELLE FORSYTHE LAURA LYNN JEDYNASTY Sociology and Anthropology Theatre Arts
LIA TERESA GAMBARDELLA KEVIN JAMES JOHNSTON Psychology Administration of Justice
KELSEY MARIE GODIN LILY MARGARET JONES* Psychology English Communications
ALLISON FELICIA GRAHAM LAURICE AFAF KAOUD English Psychology
MARISSA ROSE GREENE RYAN JAMES KELLY Music Administration of Justice
MARISSA ROSE GREENE ALEK JOSEPH KUCICH Psychology Administration of Justice
MEGHAN MONICA HANNON TIMOTHY JAMES LAMPERELLI* English Communications History
JESSICA BROOKE HANRATTY MATTHEW LEVINE Psychology English Communications
DAVID ANTHONY HANSON CHRISTOPHER LEONARD LIGGIO History History
FRANCISCO NELSON HARDACKER KELLY CARMO LIMA Liberal Studies Liberal Studies
MOLLY KATHLEEN HARRINGTON CARL MATS LINDFORS Studio Art Studio Art
OLIVIA MARION HARRIS EMILY ROSE LIPKA Psychology Studio Art
MADELINE SUZANNE HERMAN JULIETTE MUNRO LIVINGSTON Administration of Justice English Communications Psychology LORA AMENTA LOMBARDI WILLIAM JAMES HUMESV Psychology Administration of Justice
8 Bachelor of Arts
ALEXANDRA MARIE LOMUTO JULIA NICOLE MORISIV Psychology English Literature Religious and Theological Studies JESSICA EILEEN LUISI Psychology EMILY ELLEN MOSCA Psychology PATRICK ARTHUR LYONS History PHOEBE CORINNE MUGGEO Biology ZACHARY RYAN MAFERA Studio Art SARA CATHERINE MULLIN Psychology KRISTEN MARIE MALISZEWSKI Studio Art SEAN PATRICK NAGY Administration of Justice KYLE MICHAEL MANSOUR Administration of Justice JAMIE PATRICIA NANDRA Administration of Justice MICHAEL JAMES MAROTTA* Administration of Justice CHRISTOPHER MANUEL NOVA Health Care Administration WILLIAM MARTIN III and Management History Spanish Political Science JARED MALCUMBA OMBATI MATTHEW T. MASCARI Administration of Justice Psychology KEVIN JOHN ONOFREO ALEXIS ELIZABETH MATEUS* English Communications English English Literature
DAVID PATRICK MAVILIA DIANA M. OSTIGUY Administration of Justice Studio Art
DONALD FENTON MCCALL ISABELLA MARIE PANAGAKOS Administration of Justice Global Studies
NICOLE ANN MCGOVERN ALYSSA LEIGH PASCARELLA Administration of Justice Studio Art
ALLYSSA RAE MEDEIROS MARY KATHERINE PAWLUSIAK*V Administration of Justice French
STEPHANIE ANN MENDERS ILEA LIIDIA PECKHAM* English Communications Sociology and Anthropology
SARAH ROSE MOREHOUSE* NICOLETTE GIANNA PELOQUIN Global Studies Administration of Justice Psychology ALYSSA BELLE PEREIRA Psychology
9 Bachelor of Arts
CARLY N. PERINI BRIANNA C. SHAUGHNESSY English Literature Psychology
ROBIN JAYNE PETRUCCI MICHAELA NATASHA SIVER Sociology and Anthropology Biology
NOEL PICHARDO PATRICIA MARIELL SOCARRAS* Administration of Justice Philosophy Sociology and Anthropology JULIA MEE JUNG PIERCE Psychology KRISTEN MARIE STACK Psychology JACQUELINE ALYSSA PILATTI Administration of Justice MEGHAN LORRAINE SULLIVAN English Communications CELINA AIMYANA POMBO Art History MOLLIE NICHOLE SURPRENANT* History NATALIE ANNE PUSCHAK Psychology MATTHEW CHARLES SWARTZ Biology DANIEL STONE REGAN*V Global Studies MATTHEW JAMES SWEENEY Political Science History
TAYLOR KATHLEEN RICKER SOFIA IXCHEL TALBOT Psychology Liberal Studies
LYNDSAY ELIZABETH RINERE BENJAMIN ROSS TETSCHNER English Communications Administration of Justice
GABRIELLA MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ TYLER ALBERT TORELLI English Communications Biology Environmental Studies ZACHARIAH WILLIAM PETER RUSSELL French COLE WEGS TRETTER Biology BRANDON JOSEPH SALVATORE Environmental Studies Psychology Studio Art EVAN JAMES TUCKER Administration of Justice NATALIA SOLIMAR SANTIAGO Psychology SARAH ELIZABETH VALENTI* Psychology BROOKE K. SCOCA Sociology and Anthropology JENNA THERESA VALLO Global Studies ANDREA MARIE SEPE Studio Art
10 Bachelor of Arts
CLARISSA ELISABETH VERLEUR* NICHOLAS GREGORY WILLIAMS American Studies Administration of Justice English Literature DEAN T. WOLLENBERG ANDREW DALY WATKINS Music Administration of Justice Psychology
DAKOTA AUSTIN WILLIAMSV Philosophy
Bachelor of Science
ALLISON THERESA ABGRAB JARED OLSEN BARROS Business Administration Marketing Marketing BRANDAN MICKEY BASIL TAYLOR ELIZABETH AMENDOLA Elementary Education Nursing GWEN TORVY BEAMAN SAMANTHA FAITH ANTONE* Biology Elementary Education Special Education ALLISON TAYLOR BEATTIE Financial Management JULIA ROSE ARMEN Nursing CORY CHRISTOPHER BETZ Marketing RUDOLFS ARNICANS Business Administration CARLEY RAE BLITZ Financial Management Early Childhood Education
MELISSA LYNN ASCENCAO MEGAN ELIZABETH BONENFANT Biology Business Administration
STEVEN WILLIAM ASTON MARTINE BOUCHER Health Care Administration Nursing and Management ALEXANDRA JENNA-LIND BRADY LAILA AZIZ Biology Nursing NOLAN MICHAEL BRADY ERIC CORTLAND BACKUS Business Administration Business Administration JOHN AIDEN BRENNAN Financial Management Nursing MAQUELA CHANEL BARRON KATHERINE ANN BROWN Nursing Global Business and Economics
11 Bachelor of Science
NICOLE MARY BUKOVSKY EMMALINE GENEVIEVE CONCORDIA Business Administration Early Childhood Education
MEGHAN CHRISTINE CALLAGHAN CLAUDIA XIMENA CORNEJO Elementary Education Business Administration
JENNIFER TALA CALNEN CAMERON MICHAEL COUSINEAU Nursing Marketing
MELISSA CHRISTINA CAPPITELLA CAITLIN COX Nursing Accounting
ABBY MEE-REE CARISSIMI ELLEN JAYNE CRAIG Biology Nursing
JONATHAN R. CARLONE JULIANNE MARIE CREASIA Accounting Nursing
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM CARON LAUREN IRENE CRONSHAWV Health Care Administration Elementary Education and Management Special Education
JENELLE CHRISTINE CASKIE ROBERT JAMES CUCCIA Nursing Business Administration
EVAN THOMAS CAVERT KATELYN ELIZABETH CUMMINGS Biology Nursing
ALLISON JEAN CHAFFEE ALEXANDER CUSANO Nursing Accounting
MARY CHAKERIAN ALEXANDRA ROSE D’AGOSTINO Marketing Marketing
UMA CHAPAGAINV DONNA MARIE MACRAE DAIGLE Nursing Business Administration
LINDSAY CLAIRE CHAPIN KATHRYN MARIE D’AMBROSIO Marketing Nursing
RACHEL E. CIOFFI CHRISTOPHER GEORGE DAVIS Biology Marketing
STEPHANIE LAUREN CLANCY BRIANA KATHLEEN D’AVOLIO Elementary Education Business Administration Special Education NATALIA KEILA DE OLIVEIRA* KIMBERLY SUE CLEMENTS Nursing Nursing ALEXANDER DEVINE KAITLYN ELIZABETH CLINGER Accounting Nursing ASHLEY TAYLOR DISCIULLO JULIE ANN COLLINS Nursing Nursing
12 Bachelor of Science
GREGORY RUDOLPH DITTMAR MARYKATE MARIE FALLOTICO Business Administration Marketing Health Care Administration and Management ALEXA NICOLE FANELLA Financial Management Economics
ALISON M. DIZON ARIANA GABRIELLA FANTAKIS* Nursing Biology
BRIANNA L. DORSI CHRISTINE MARIE FARLAND Nursing Nursing
CULLEN PATRICK DOYLE ANDREW D. FARQUHARSON Business Administration Financial Management
NOAH JOESEPH DRAKE JOSEPH VINCENT FARRAR Business Administration Business Administration Financial Management JONATHAN RICHARD FELTEAU ALEXANDRA HAMILTON DUBE Global Business and Economics Biology JACOB JOHN-CHRISTIAN FERNANDES ALICE RACHEL DUCHEN Social Work Nursing IVANED FERNANDEZ EVAN ROLAND DUDNEY Nursing Business Administration KERIANNE BRIGID FOLAN EMILY ELIZABETH DUFAULT Nursing Nursing HANNAH RYAN FOSSETT ALANNAH ERIN DUFFY Health Care Administration Medical Technology and Management
JENNIFER EILEEN DURKIN JULIA ROSE FOSTER Nursing Nursing
SARAH ELISABETH DUXBURY LAUREN ANNE FOUNTAIN Nursing Accounting
ELENORE TAYLOR DYE GARRETT THOMAS FRANZOI Nursing Business Administration
BRADY A. DYER HALEIGH JEANNE FREEBURG Elementary Education Biology
KRISTINA ELIZABETH DZIOB SARAH JANE FRENCH Business Administration Nursing
JACOB D. EEKHOF ETHAN WILLIAM GAMBALE Economics Business Administration
MATTHEW LEE ESCOTO KATHLEEN RENEE GAMEZ Business Administration Medical Technology
13 Bachelor of Science
MADILIN GRACE GATES SAMUEL A. HADDY Business Administration Nursing Health Care Administration and Management JAKE VINCENT HAMEL Business Administration ERIN ELIZABETH GENDREAU Financial Management Chemistry JENNIFER ANN HARDING VICTORIA ELIZABETH GEYER Nursing Biology SKYE LILLIAN HART CONNOR JAMES GIBBONS Early Childhood Education Marketing LAUREN ELIZABETH HARTNETT KAITLIN ALYSSA GILLESPIE Medical Technology Nursing MOLLY ELIZABETH HEMOND SAMANTHA M. GISONNI Accounting Accounting Financial Management NICHOLAS HENEBERY Accounting MARISSA LYNN GIUSTI Nursing HEATHER MARIE HIGGINS Business Administration MELANIE GOGLIA Financial Management Nursing BROOKE LYNN HOBSON JAKE STEVEN GONZALEZ Marketing Business Administration ALEXANDRA LEIGH HORWITZ OLIVIA SABINA GORMLEY Nursing Business Administration DAESHIANA MONEA HOWARD JESSICA BRIANA GRAHAM Marketing Nursing SPENSER TERESA HULL-RAFFERTY TESSA M. GRASSETTE Biology Biology CAMILA INFANZON VILLAMIL MICHELLE JEAN GREGOIRE* Business Administration Biology Health Care Administration and Management YANA GRIGORYEVA Biology AMY ELIZABETH IRVING Marketing NICOLE MAXINE GROSSER Global Business and Economics MELISSA LYNNE JANCO* Marketing Elementary Education Special Education EMMA ELIZABETH GRUBER* Global Business and Economics ALEXIS MARIE JELENIK* Nursing ANTONIA D. GUGLIELMOTTI Biology SARA MARIE JOHNSON Biology
14 Bachelor of Science
GRACE VICTORIA JORGENSEN ERICA JEAN MACIEL Biology Business Administration Marketing RACHAEL L. KAZARIAN Nursing HANNAH NOELLE MAKULA Elementary Education BRIDGET MARIE KEENAN Nursing ERICA LAUREN MANCHESTER* Biology DANIEL GERARD KELLY, JR. Business Administration CLAIRE ANNE MANENTE Financial Management Social Work
MELISSA MARIE KENTON COLLEEN MARY CHRISTINE MARCIK* Marketing Nursing
JILLIAN ALYSSA KERTANIS KATHLEEN ROSE MASTRIANNI Health Care Administration Elementary Education and Management Special Education
KATARZYNA MARIA KOS* KRISTEN LYNN MAYMON Biology Nursing
AMANDA RAE LACHAT ALEXIA ROSARIA MAZZOTTA Elementary Education Elementary Education Special Education Special Education
SYDNEY CLAIRE LANE MORGAN ASHLEY MCCARNEY Biology Business Administration
FLOR MARIA LANG ANDREW JAMES MCCORMACK Nursing Business Administration
KYLIE WINTER LAUTERBACH KATHRYN STORM MCGUIRE Health Care Administration Nursing and Management MEGAN ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN ALLISON LAVOIE Social Work Biology COURTNEY PHELPS MCMORROW FRANCIS CAMERON LEMIEUX Marketing Business Administration Financial Management DEVON MICHAEL MEDEIROS Nursing NICHOLAS S. LOCICERO Business Administration SIOBHAN ELIZABETH MEEKEN Marketing Biology
KATHERINE MARIE LOPES VICTORIA LYNN MELO Elementary Education Social Work Special Education SALLY ANNE MENARD JENNIFER ELIZABETH LUHMANN Nursing Nursing
15 Bachelor of Science
KATHERINE ANN MENDES KATHLEEN CYNTHIA MUÑOZ Nursing Nursing
MEGHAN KATHERINE MENIHANE PETER DONOVAN MURPHY Elementary Education Economics Special Education TESSA JACQUELINE NAJMY BRIANNAH ASHLEY MERCIER Elementary Education Nursing Special Education
ZACHARY MICCICHE KATIE LAUREN NAPIER Business Administration Marketing Marketing NATALIA JOAN NARDI ANDREW JOSEPH MILLER Early Childhood Education Business Administration PRISCILA O. NASSIF KAYLEE NORA MILLER Accounting Chemistry EMILY A. NEDDERMANN NATHAN LUTH MISBACH Nursing Nursing JOSHUA PETER NG MARISSA MARIE MONTEIRO Chemistry Nursing JASMINE AMBER NGAN HAYLEY NICOLE MORAIS Biology Nursing JULIANNE MARY NIENSTEDT* JOSHUA RAPHAEL MORALES Marketing Business Administration RACHEL M. NOURSE BROOKE LESLIE-ANNE MORGAN Health Care Administration Business Administration and Management
KRISTEN ELAINE MORRISSETTE RACHEL E. NUTT Elementary Education Early Childhood Education Special Education LORI C. O’CONNOR JACQUELYNN PATRICIA MORRISSEY* Nursing Biology RAINE TAYLOR OESTERLE* ANESHA ERROLYN MOSES Social Work Biology ELIZABETH ADEOLA OLAOYE COURTNEY JANE MOULTON Nursing Business Administration Marketing JULIA CIARA OLDAKOWSKI Nursing TAYLOR ROSE MULCAHY Nursing KEEGAN MICHAEL O’LEARY Financial Management FAITH MBEKE MUNGE Health Care Administration KARA DEVLIN O’RILEY and Management Elementary Education Special Education
16 Bachelor of Science
ALANNAH KATHERINE O’ROURKE RACHEL JULIA PYNE Nursing Nursing
NICHOLAS MICHAEL OWEN KATELYN MURIEL RACINE Financial Management Biology
WILHELMINA OWUSU ANSAH MAYSA ANN RAMOS Nursing Social Work
ALLISON MARGARET PAGANI ASHLEY S. REBELLO Marketing Nursing
MICHAEL ANGELO PAGLIARINI TRACE KENNETH REDMOND Financial Management Biology
CHRISTINE JASER PALA SARA JULIANA RICCIARELLI Nursing Nursing
SPYRIDON RILEY PAPAIOANNOU ELIZABETH F. RIGBY Nursing Health Care Administration and Management SAMUEL ROBERT PASCALE Early Childhood Education LOURDES L. RIJO-ORTIZ Accounting JACOB VINCENT PATE Business Administration SYDNEY ANNE ROBINSON* Accounting REBECCA ELIZABETH PEASE Nursing RYAN CONNOR ROGERS Marketing DANA ELIZABETH PENDLETON Nursing GARRETT JOHN RUPEV Business Administration LAUREN OLIVIA PLANT* Biology EMILY ELIZABETH RUSSELL Marketing ERIN REYNOLDS PLOUFFE Global Business and Economics EMMA ROSE RUSSELL Business Administration AUBREY NICHOLE POISSON Nursing REBECCA LAURIE RUSSO Nursing CORY NOLAN POPLAWSKI Marketing MAURA ELIZABETH RYAN Nursing EMILY REBECCA POULIN* Chemistry JULIANA SANTAPAOLA Nursing ALEKSANDRA MARIA PREDOTA Nursing CASSANDRA LEORA SANTORO Nursing ERIN ELIZABETH PRIMICH Nursing KATRINA MARIE SANTOS Accounting ARIANA FERRARA PUOPOLO Marketing
17 Bachelor of Science
KYLIE REBEKAH SANTOS ANNA MARIA SOUSA Nursing Nursing
LINDSEY NICOLE SASSO MARJORIE NICOLE SOUZA Nursing Nursing
LESLIE ANNE SAWYER NICHOLAS SAMUEL SPITZ Business Administration Biology
JACOB RYAN SCAMMON BRITTANY M. SPURGAS Business Administration Accounting
AMY MARIE SCANLON ERICA SETSUKO STALEY Business Administration Early Childhood Education
NICOLE LAUREN SCHAFER ANTHONY R. TANDY Marketing Biology
CHRISTINA FRANCES SCHILTZ KIRSTEN BROOKE TEGTMEIER Nursing Marketing
COURTNEY MARIE SCHRAMM SARAH STEVENS THOMPSON Social Work Elementary Education
EVAN MATTHEW SCHULTZ GINAMARIE TONINI Marketing Business Administration Psychology MEGAN ANN SCHUPPE Business Administration LUCCA TASSO TORQUATO Economics GABRIEL PETER ATTICUS SCOTT Marketing BRIANA IVELISSE TOSADO* Early Childhood Education JONATHAN ROSS SILVA-JONES Marketing CHRISTIAN THOMAS TURESKI Nursing HUNTER WARD SLEEPER Business Administration DEBORAH LYNN TURNER Financial Management Nursing
KELSEY A. SLOAN GABRIELLE ROSE UKLEJA Nursing Nursing
AMANDA MARIA SMITH JUAN F. USUGA RAMIREZ Nursing Financial Management
MELANIE SABRA SOLOMON BRANDON VAN VLACK Social Work Marketing
ALEXINA HELENE SOUCIE ELISE KRISTEN VARONE Nursing Nursing
SHANNON ASHLEY SOULE VICTORIA ANNE VARONE Business Administration Nursing
18 Bachelor of Science
CECILIA M. VELASQUEZ BRITTANY MARIE WITHERS Accounting Accounting
SARA ANN VICKEY VICTORIA JEANETTE WOOD Business Administration Biology
LINDSAY BETH WALKER BLAINE LINDEN WOODCOCK II Business Administration Nursing Marketing JILLIAN GRACE WOODWARD GRACE LEE WATKINS Elementary Education Social Work Special Education
KYLE JOSEPH WELLSV JOSEPH BARRY YEADON Nursing Business Administration
KENNETH W. WENNER JULIE PATRICIA YELLE Business Administration Nursing
SAMANTHA LORRAINE WHITAKER JODY ANN ZERRENNER Business Administration Biology Financial Management MORGAN CAITLIN ZONFRILLO SARAH CHRISTINE WHITE Elementary Education Early Childhood Education
Associate of Arts
SEAN DOLBEARE Administration of Justice
* These students have completed the Pell Honors Program. V These students have completed the Nuala Pell Leadership Program.
Appearance of a name in the Commencement program is presumptive evidence of graduation, but is not regarded as conclusive. The official Salve Regina University transcript, sealed and signed by the Registrar, is conclusive testimony of the student’s academic record and possession of degree(s) awarded by this institution.
19 Tradition
Salve Regina University congratulates the following Class of 2017 graduates who are children of alumni:
JENNIFER TALA CALNEN Daughter of Vivian Staiti Gifford ’77, M’93
LIA TERESA GAMBARDELLA Daughter of Mary Famiglietti Gambardella ’84
KELSEY MARIE GODIN Daughter of Eric P. Godin M’01 and Margret M. Godin M’08
MOLLY KATHLEEN HARRINGTON Daughter of Maureen Hayes Harrington ’84
NICHOLAS HENEBERY Son of Joseph E. Nole ’94
EMILY ROSE LIPKA Daughter of Laura Very Lipka ’86
KATHERINE MARIE LOPES Daughter of Diane Burnham Lopes ’85
ALEXIA ROSARIA MAZZOTTA Daughter of Nella Logiudice Mazzotta ’89
KATIE LAUREN NAPIER Daughter of Stephen E. Napier ’88
RACHEL E. NUTT Daughter of Robert S. Nutt ’04, M’07 and Mary Cronin Nutt ’84
BRANDON JOSEPH SALVATORE Son of Colleen Haxton Salvatore ’88
CASSANDRA LEORA SANTORO Daughter of Michele Mansfield Santoro ’89
BRITTANY MARIE WITHERS Daughter of Natalie Aguiar Withers ’85
All alumni legacies and their families are invited to meet at the entrance of Our Lady of Mercy Chapel on Ochre Point Avenue for photographs after Commencement.
20 Academic Regalia
When universities were taking form in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, they were under the jurisdiction of the Church. Most of those studying were clerks in Holy Orders, monks, or priests. They wore a habit or cloak, to which was attached a cowl or hood. This could be pulled up over the head or thrown back, according to the weather. Gowns were necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings, and hoods served to cover the tonsured head before the use of the skull cap.
Today, the academic costume of cap, gown and hood has taken on a symbolic meaning. Colors and shapes conform to a generally accepted code and indicate the faculty conferring the degree and the kind of degree conferred. Gowns for the bachelor’s degree are worn closed and are distinguished by their long, pointed sleeves. Master’s degree gowns are designed to be worn open. They have very long sleeves, oblong in shape. Gowns for the doctoral degree, usually black, are also designed to be worn open and have velvet panels. Three velvet bars are stitched to the upper part of the full, bell- shaped sleeves.
Hoods are trimmed with a slim strip of velvet to indicate the specific faculty awarding the degree. The colored lining is the official color of the institution conferring the degree. Hoods may be trimmed to represent the following academic areas:
Arts, Letters, Humanities...... White Business Administration...... Light Brown Education...... Light Blue Fine Arts...... Brown Musical Arts...... Pink Philosophy...... Dark Blue Science...... Golden Yellow Theology...... Scarlet
Music COMMENCEMENT BAND Emma Hookway Director
21 Honor Cords
Students at Salve Regina University who have distinguished themselves through academic performance wear honor cords of these colors:
Gold — Summa Cum Laude Blue — Magna Cum Laude White — Cum Laude
The Mace
The mace and its bearer represent a custom that dates back to the Middle Ages. From the sixteenth century in England and since colonial days in America, it has become a symbol of office carried by the procession leader. In the academic world, the mace signifies teaching authority.
The Salve Regina University mace was designed by Rhode Island sculptor Paul A. Cavanagh as an octagonal, formalized flower. The staff of ebony represents lignum vitae — the tree of life. A circle of eight rigid geometric forms of silver, peaked with pyramids of lapis lazuli, are representative of the Virtues. The Intellectual and Moral Virtues enable one to lead a fruitful and good life. The extending leaves of blossom deriving from the silver forms are symbolic of one’s development in the world. An inner circle of leaves, in close embrace with the central form, and pistil-like cruciform with crown, suggest one’s development in love of Christ and the cross.
The President’s Medallion
The sterling silver medallion worn by the University President at all formal academic functions symbolizes the leadership and authority of the institution’s highest office.
Handcrafted by John Cavanagh, the design is based on the University shield, which symbolizes the commitment of the Sisters of Mercy to Salve Regina University, the dedication to learning by all members of the Salve Regina community, and the unending search for wisdom that flows from the knowledge of the liberal scholar. Each link of the chain is a “Mercy Cross,” with a crown superimposed over the face of each cross.
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Victoria M. Almeida ’73, Esq., DM David G. Bazarsky Lily H. Bentas ’06 (Hon.) Norman R. Beretta ’04 (Hon.) Christopher L. Carney ’90 John J. Coneys Peter Crowley Mary Ann Dillon, RSM Jane Gerety, RSM, President Edward O. Handy III Christine Kavanagh, RSM Marie J. Langlois Gloria L. Lincourt ’01 (Hon.), Emerita Elliot E. Maxwell Bernard F. McKay Michael E. McMahon Sarah Rodgers McNeill Robert P. Moran, Jr. ’86 Cheryl Mrozowski ’70 Marypatricia Murphy, RSM, ’62 David W. Nelson J. Timothy O’Reilly ’15 (Hon.) Paul A. Perrault Janet L. Robinson ’72, ’98 (Hon.), Chairman Thomas Rodgers IV Denice M. Spero Michael A. Staff ’94 Julia A. Upton, RSM Kathleen B. Walgreen Kenneth R. Walker, Sr. David W. Wallace ’99 (Hon.), Emeritus
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