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, VA Clayton, DE Friedman, Dylan Joyce, Samantha MacNair, Amy Olney, MD Jackson, NJ Lansdale, PA Fynes, Seamus Junkin, Peter Magill, Cael N Wildwood, NJ York, PA Atco, NJ Gardner, Robert Karavasilis, Maria Manos, Catharine Winter Park, FL Reisterstown, MD Elkridge, MD Garretson, Claire Kaufmann, Quinlan Marik, Emily Crystal Lake, IL Lititz, PA Reston, VA Genther, Zachary Kelliher, Kathryn Markley, Emily Drexel Hill, PA Severna Park, MD Remington, VA Gentry, Noah Kelly, Benjamin Marpoe, Madelyn Edgewood, MD Darlington, MD Chestertown, MD Giles, Lily Kelly, Sean Marshall, Nicholas Frederick, MD Forest Hill, MD Gladwyne, PA Granados, William Kendall, Madison Martin, Alex Worcester, MA Galena, MD Yardley, PA Grimes, Max Kenny, Lila Martinaitis, Natalie Wilmington, DE Jarrettsville, MD Columbia, MD Hall, Alexander Kidder, Lauren Maskin, Claire Arnold, MD Landenberg, PA Ridgewood, NJ Hallinan, Caden Kirwan, Shane Matheny, Colby Ossining, NY Olney, MD Sterling, VA Hartmann, Elisabeth Klima, 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 Reisterstown, MD White, Cole Seaford, DE Wilking, Caroline Windsor Mill, MD Williams, Justus Tucson, AZ Willman, Kurt Pottstown, PA Wilson, Aidan Richmond, VA Wilson, Antavia Bear, DE Woelper, Alexandra Annapolis, MD Wright, Grayson Haddonfield, NJ Wright, Spirit Washington, DC Wright, Tristan Aberdeen, MD Yanes, William New York, NY Yeboah Bimpong, Prince Randallstown, MD Yee, Jack Crownsville, MD You, Li Yangzhou, China Zhong, Hailong Beijing, China

The Award for Distinguished Teaching

James A. Windelborn

Jim Windelborn received his bachelor’s degree in Cell and Structural Biology from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Wisconsin. In the laboratory, he has explored the molecular and physiological bases of diseases of the nervous system that include stroke, spinal cord injury, and muscular dystrophy.

His devotion to work with undergraduate students in the laboratory and in the classroom is what brought him to Washington College. He joined Washington College in 2014 as a visiting assistant professor and transitioned to assistant professor of biology in 2015. Since then, he has built courses centered on topics such as physiology, pathophysiology, neurobiology, and cellular signaling. Additionally, he has incorporated important and universal skills such as collaboration, communication, and critical analysis into courses that he instructs.

Beyond the classroom, Jim has guided students toward careers in the health professions through his role as a faculty pre-health advisor. He has also worked closely with the John S. Toll Research Fellows program to welcome undergraduate research assistants into his laboratory. He has offered those students the opportunity to become familiar with the details of laboratory research while also contributing in real ways to the research program he has developed. Many of those students have presented at conferences and some have seen their work published in peer-reviewed journals. Finally, Jim has contributed to the college’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiative (led by faculty, staff, and students) by helping to build and facilitate an anti-racism workshop for the campus community and for members of the Chestertown community.

Alumni Horizon Ribbon Award

Mollie Binotto ’07

Mollie Binotto is currently the Campaign Manager for the 2021 Murphy for Governor Campaign in New Jersey, a statewide election being held this November 2021.

Since graduating from Washington College in 2007, Mollie has been very active in Federal and State politics, elections, grassroots advocacy and issues management. She has managed election campaigns in numerous states from Alaska to New Jersey and is recognized nationally by the Democrat Party as a rising star in campaign work.

Mollie’s work also extends to Capitol Hill where she remains a member of the Women’s Congressional Staff Association. She worked with Washington DC-based Emily’s List as a Field Director, again advocating for women and women’s issues.

After graduating from Upper St. Clair High School in Pittsburgh, PA, Mollie came to Chestertown and was active in various campus groups. Her work on the Washington Literary Council at the College was one of the many experiences that prepared her for her current career.

When she is not on the campaign trail, Mollie lives in Trenton, NJ.