New Student Convocation Sunday, August 29, 2021 Decker Theatre Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts Chestertown, Maryland Convocation Program Academic Procession Richard C. DeProspo, Ph.D Professor of English Ceremony Marshal Invocation Austin A. Lobo, Ph.D Associate Professor of Computer Science Deacon, Catholic Church of Wilmington Holy Rosary Parish, Claymont, DE Welcome Michael J. Sosulski, Ph.D President of the College Presentation of the Class of 2025 Lorna J. Hunter, Ph.D Vice President for Enrollment Management Greetings Katherine E. DeSantis ’22 President, Student Government Association Richard L. Creighton ’73 Vice Chair, Board of Visitors and Governors Presentation of the Alumni Suzanne Hewes ’91 Horizon Ribbon Award Chair, Alumni Board Mollie Binotto ’07 Presentation of the Phi Beta Kappa Kerrin Ehrensbeck First-Year Awards for Excellence Director of the Quantitative Skills Center In Liberal Learning and the First- President, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta of Maryland Year Scholarship Medal Presentation of Academic Honors Michael Harvey, Ph.D Provost and Dean of the College Alumni Scholar Award Visitors and Governors Scholar Award Interfraternity – Panhellenic Council Awards Middendorf Scholars Eleanor Taylor ’44 and Francis Taylor Chemistry Prize Introduction of Faculty Keynote Speaker President Sosulski Address James A. Windelborn, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Biology Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching Recipient 2021 Closing Remarks President Sosulski Benediction Dr. Lobo Academic Recession Marshal DeProspo Please remain standing during the recessional. Following the ceremony, please join students, faculty, and staff in and around Hodson Hall for the Welcome Back Picnic! Class of 2025 Aayon Fuentes, Cesar Bukowski, Mike Dauber, Riley Frederick, MD Doylestown, PA West Reading, PA Abruzzo, Skyler Burns, Brady Davis, Ayana Manassas, VA Narvon, PA Silver Spring, MD Adolfsen, Kimberly Butler, Mynia Davis, Eleanor Jackson, NJ Chambersburg, PA Henrico, VA Affeldt, Zach Cahoon, Victoir Desantis, Sophia Savage, MN Bear, DE Pepper Pike, OH Anderson, Camiya Campbell, Alyson Dickinson, Benjamin Baltimore, MD Huntingdon Vy, PA Middletown, RI Anderson, James Canas, Sara Diemer, Maeve Norwalk, OH Severna Park, MD Baltimore, MD Avellino, Kyle Carlson, Morgan Dolce, Mardocha Bala Cynwyd, PA Berlin, MD Salisbury, MD Bache, Leandra Carroll, Blade Dominguez, Karla Sunderland, MD Chestertown, MD Newark, DE Baker, Victoria Castellani, Brynn Downes, Patrick Columbia, PA Newark, DE Wilmington, DE Baqai, Ismael Castillo, Sergio Draghici, Jayla SW Ranches, FL Hyattsville, MD Gaithersburg, MD Barta, William Chalkley, Anne Draper, Alexa Baltimore, MD Davidsonville, MD Wilmington, DE Bateman, William Chambers, Tobin Drupka, Caroline Catonsville, MD Annapolis, MD Madison, NJ Beall, Rachel Chaney, Kiersten Drusano, Gabriela Columbia, MD Easton, MD Fallston, MD Beasley, Jordan Charles, Alexus Dunker, Carson Edgewater, MD Salisbury, MD Sykesville, MD Beene, Patrick Charvala, William Elliott, Asia Burke, VA South Orange, NJ Oxon Hill, MD Bernardez, Amy Chauhan, Vani Erickson, Benjamin Far Rockaway, NY Chester Sprgs, PA Northbrook, IL Bernstein, Emily Cinderella, Julie Esposito, Katherine Ellicott City, MD Eden, MD Millersville, MD Billig, Stephen Clark, Hunter Fabritze, Heather Silver Spring, MD Baltimore, MD Alburtis, PA Blanton, Newell Cockey, Emma Farber, Isabelle Burbank, CA Hanover, PA Middletown, MD Bloom, William Cole, Emmalee Farrow, Alexandra Exeter, NH Middletown, DE Warwick, MD Bocul, Karolina Conner, Eli Fasce, Nick Willow Grove, PA Arlington, VA Warrenton, VA Bonacci, Joseph Cook, Lillian Fernandez, Madison Rocky River, OH Linthicum, MD Bethesda, MD Boyer, Aamir Corbin, Ryan Fisher, Emma Philadelphia, PA Stevensville, MD Middletown, DE Boyle, Connor Couture, Cailyn Fitzpatrick, Cassidy Bel Air, MD Annapolis, MD Baltimore, MD Boyle, Michael Coverdale, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Justin Pipersville, PA Smyrna, DE Wilmington, DE Brennan, Sean Culhane, Taylor Flores, Dulce Hatfield, PA Glen Burnie, MD Providence, RI Brewer, Alie Daly, Adelisa Fore, Gavin Smyrna, DE Smyrna, DE Woodbridge, VA Brown, Grace Daniels, Olivia Forney, Mirranda Philadelphia, PA Catonsville, MD W Hampton Bch, NY Fouefack, Clarence Iampieri, Emily Long, Jacob Hanover, MD Forest Hill, MD Willow Street, PA Francese, Selena Ikenaga, Jason Longridge, Reagan Westerly, RI Benicia, CA Lititz, PA Francis, Benjamin Ingrassia, Lourdes Lozada-Williams, Aalyiah Wilmette, IL Silver Spring, MD Dover, DE Franck, Colette Jarrell, Faith Ludwigstorff, Johannes Kennett Sq, PA Sparrows Pt, MD Guntersdorf, Austria Frederick, Hunter Johnson, Riley MacDonald, MacKenzie Laurel, MD Virginia Bch, 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Andrew Matheny, William Lawrenceville, NJ Cockeysville, MD Sterling, VA Hauer, Paige Kopp, Emily Matthai, John Exton, PA Abingdon, MD Towson, MD Heath, Erica Kouadio, Emanuel McCullough, Keely Bear, DE Damascus, MD Schenectady, NY Heiland, Theodore Kozub, Genevieve McIntyre, William Hammonton, NJ Rutledge, PA Ardmore, PA Hemond, Margaret Lappalainen, Anniina Mejia, Karen Mifflintown, PA Wilmington, DE E New Market, MD Hensen, Chase Latorre, Jocelyn Merk, Kelly Fredericksbrg, VA Arverne, NY Pt Pleasant, NJ Hibbert, Blaine Laughlin, Zoe Merritt, Joseph Phoenix, MD Frederick, MD Easton, MD Hicks, Henry Lentzsch, Kami Meyer, Hartley Havertown, PA Stevensville, MD Little Rock, AR Hogsten, Grace Lewis, Marcelina Mickles-Aviles, Molly Towson, MD Owings Mills, MD Wilmington, DE Hook, Stephen Liberman, Jeremy Miller, Dominic Baltimore, MD Rockville, MD Brentwood, TN Horton, Amanda Linares, Sebastien Miller, Nicholas Pemberton, NJ Reisterstown, MD Langhorne, PA Hutter, Matthew Littlefield, Matthew Moe, Brooke Solomons, MD Chestertown, MD Otsego, MN Hyde, Jordan Londres, David Molitor, Faith Mount Airy, MD Dumfries, VA Jackson, NJ Morris, Emily Poston, Ryan Siegel, Sage Warren, NJ Collegeville, PA Ridgefield, CT Morrissey, Joseph Poulos, John Skrocki, Zack Moorestown, NJ Washington, DC Royersford, PA Morrow, Ryan Pugner, Brooklynn Smalls, Jevon Media, PA Newark, MD Abingdon, MD Mulder, Madeleine Punte, Nolan Smalls, Xavier Havertown, PA Sparks Glenco, MD Abingdon, MD Murphy, Morgan Raabe, Jackson Smith, Carson Williamstown, NJ Dublin, OH Bryn Mawr, PA Nadreau, Ethan Radcliffe, Charlotte Smith, Kylee Glen Burnie, MD Mitchellville, MD Eagle, CO Nagle, Kylie Rapposelli, Dominic Smith, Sheridan Felton, DE Newark, DE Greensboro, MD Newsome, Noah Rather, Malcolm Snook, William Prnc Frederck, MD Waldorf, MD West Chester, PA Norberg, Markus Regan, Liam Sopko, Benjamin Burlington, CT Branford, CT Burke, VA Norman, Andrea Reggie, Katelyn Stelyn, Mackenzie Fairfield, NJ Zionsville, PA Townsend, DE O’Brien, Timothy Reyes, Adrian Steptoe, Samuel Westfield, NJ Malibu, CA Wilmington, DE Oates, Karli Rideout, Darrell Stevenson, Katherine Reisterstown, MD Middletown, DE Milford, DE Ochoa, Alaina Risnychok, Erik Stewart, Amelia San Antonio, TX Garnet Valley, PA Annapolis, MD Odell, Brionna Roberts, Colton Streett, Kayla Baltimore, MD Hatfield, PA Bel Air, MD Okyay, Zeynep Roper, Leilani Sturtevant, Aidan Delran, NJ Oakdale, CA Stevens, PA Onyema, Chialuka Rosche, Shannon Sutton, Kayla Maplewood, NJ Middletown, DE Townsend, DE Opielski, Catherine Rose, Kiersten Tassara, Felipe Kng Of Prussa, PA Uppr Marlboro, MD Silver Spring, MD Osucha, Kaitlin Ruf, Katherine Taylor, Carson Chatham, NJ Darnestown, MD Silver Spring, MD Osucha, Zachary Ryea, McCartney Thomas, Avery Chatham, NJ Brooklyn, NY Malvern, PA Palmer, Douglas Saddic, Lindsay Thornton, McKayla Kensington, MD Exton, PA Silver Spring, MD Parker-Watt, Emma Saydam, Halina Tiffey, Bridget Elkton, MD Harleysville, PA Columbia, MD Parrish, Miranda Scelfo, Nicholas Tonaki, Tiare Cockeysville, MD Morristown, NJ Mililani, HI Perez, Andrey Scherr, Sarah Treadway, Anna Cambridge, MD Baltimore, MD Amelia, OH Perri, Edward Schmidt, William Trefz, Chloe Joppa, MD Salisbury, MD Shamong, NJ Phalan, Mason Schwantes, Ethan Tshibangu, Precieux Fairfax, VA Winchester, VA Clarkston, GA Phillips, Luke Scott, Shelby Tsikouras, Alexander Yonkers, NY Ashland City, TN Egg Hbr Twp, NJ Pinchak, Alicia Shapiro, Max Tunstall, Jillian Westover, MD Annapolis, MD Earleville, MD Poetsch, Courtney Shevitz, Zoe Tyson, Cameron Randolph, NJ Arnold, MD Cambridge, MD Poleto, John Shodipe, Olaoluwa Ulizio, Emily Moorestown, NJ Hyattsville, MD Townsend, DE Umanzor, Lessy Woodbridge, VA Verlaque, Lucy Valencia, CA Vogt, Bailey Purcellville, VA Walter, Samuel Perry Hall, MD Webb, Faye Coram, NY Webber, Ian New Hope, PA West, Adalayde