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n COMMENCEMENT Saturday,N May 29, 2021 Bowdoin College BOWDOIN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT Saturday, May 29, 2021 n QVOD BONVM FELIX FAVSTVMQUE SIT INLVSTRISSIMAE JANET MILLS GVBERNATORI CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIBUS QVI LITTERIS REI PVBLICAE MAINENSIS PROPRIE PRAESVNT SOCIISQVE CVRANTIBVS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS HONORANDIS ATQVE REVERENDIS CLARISSIMO CLAYTON ROSE PRAESIDI TOTI SENATVI ACADEMICO ECCLESIARVM PASTORIBVS VENERANDIS CVNCTIS DENIQVE VBIQVE GENTIVM HVMANITATIS FAVTORIBVS HASCE EXERCITATIONES IVVENES IN ARTIBVS INITIATI HVMILLIMI DEDICANT N HABITAS IN COMITIIS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS BRVNSVICI IN RE PVBLICA MAINENSI ANTE DIEM XVII KAL IUN ANNO SALUTIS MMXXI RERUMQUE PUBLICARUM FOEDERATARUM AMERICAE POTESTATIS CCXLV 1 DEGREES This ancient formula is used by the President B in conferring degrees: The Latin text quoted on the preceding page has introduced Bowdoin’s Candidati pro gradu baccalaureali, assurgite. Commencement Program since August 21, 1822. The names of Vir honorandus, hosce iuvenes, quos censeo idoneos primum ad the twenty-four graduates of the Class of 1822 were, for the most gradum in artibus, nunc tibi offero, ut a te instructus, eos ad gradum part, also translated into Latin for the program. In the early years of istum admittam. Placetne? (Placet.) the College, each graduating senior was required to deliver a Commencement “part,” an oration on ancient or modern topics, Pro auctoritate mihi commissa, admitto vos ad primum gradum in which was frequently given in one of the classical languages, Latin, artibus, et dono et concedo omnia iura, privilegia, honores atque Greek, or Hebrew. The final Latin oration was given in 1893, but dignitates, ad gradum istum pertinentia. the tradition of Latin survives in the language used to dedicate the Commencement Exercises and to confer the bachelor of arts degree. In cuius testimonium hasce membranas litteris scriptas accipite. The translation below was provided by Associate Professor of Classics Robert B. Sobak. Candidates for the Baccalaureate degrees will rise. (To the Chair of the Board of Trustees) May it be good, felicitous, and well-omened:* Honored sir, these young people whom I deem worthy To Janet Mills, esteemed Governor; of the first degree in Arts, I now present to you, that, if to the Representatives and Senators you so direct, I may admit them to that degree. Is such your will? (It is.) who personally preside over the arts and letters for the State of Maine; (To the Candidates) and to the honorable and respected Trustees of By virtue of the authority vested in me, I now admit Bowdoin College; you to the first degree in Arts and do grant and confer to Clayton Rose, distinguished President; upon you all the rights, privileges, honors, and dignities pertaining to that degree. to the entire academic senate; to the venerable religious leaders; In witness whereof, receive these diplomas. in short, to all patrons of the human race everywhere, the young people hereby initiated into the arts NOTE: The Baccalaureate degrees are awarded individually, and the and letters graduating class requests that there be no applause until the last degree most humbly dedicate these exercises. is conferred. Held in a gathering of Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, At the Commencement Exercises, Bowdoin displays the College in the State of Maine, flag and the flags of the United States of America, the State of on the seventeenth day before the Kalends of June, in Maine, and the home or dual-citizenship countries or territories the 2021st year of our well-being of graduating students—in 2021, Australia, Austria, Brazil, and in the 245th year of the authority of the United Canada, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, States of America. Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong SAR, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Saint * An ancient Roman formula used at the outset of a ritual Lucia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, to ensure its success. Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, and Vietnam. 2 n TWO HUNDRED SIXTEENTH COMMENCEMENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE May 29, 2021 COMMENCEMENT MARCH OPENING FANFARE Canzona per sonare, no. 2 by Giovanni Gabrieli (1554–1612) Brass Sextet and Percussion Members of the Bowdoin Concert Band and Orchestra OPENING OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Jean M. Yarbrough Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences and College Marshal INVOCATION Eduardo Pazos Palma Director of the Rachel Lord Center for Religious and Spiritual Life THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER US Military Bands Recording INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Robert F. White ’77, P’15 Chair of the Board of Trustees FOR THE STATE Governor Janet T. Mills WELCOME Clayton S. Rose President of the College SENIOR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS “Imagined Communities” Sarisha Kurup ’21 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander First Prize “A Love Letter to the Impractical” David Zhou ’21 Class of 1868 Prize Winner “Your Eyes Have Seen Me” Ruby Chimereucheya Ahaiwe ’21 Goodwin Commencement Prize Winner 3 MUSICAL INTERLUDE “Bourré anglaise” from Partita in A Minor for solo flute, BWV 1013 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Kathryn Colleen McGinnis ’21, flute n CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Clayton S. Rose President of the College Anthony S. Fauci, Doctor of Science Citation by Anne E. McBride, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry William Harbour, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Brian J. Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History DeRay Mckesson ’07, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Paul Franco, Barry N. Wish Professor of Government and Social Studies Jessica Ulrika Meir, Doctor of Science Citation by Michele LaVigne, Associate Professor of Earth and Oceanographic Science DEDICATION Clayton S. Rose President of the College LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING US Army Field Band Recording Wayne Harding ’21, Class President CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES RAISE SONGS TO BOWDOIN Members of the Bowdoin College Chamber Choir Recording CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Mark Wethli A. LeRoy Greason Professor of Art and College Marshal RECESSIONAL MARCH Wind and Brass Musicians 4 CANDIDATES FOR THE A.B. DEGREE, MAY 2021 Wayne Harding, Class Marshal Julia Abigail Adams Government and Legal Studies and Sociology New York, New York Ruby Chimereucheya Ahaiwe Biochemistry; Minor: Francophone Studies Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria Isabel Mentcher Alexander Environmental Studies-Francophone Studies; Minor: Biology Seattle, Washington Bianca Kaitlyn Allende Boyd Education-Visual Arts; Minor: Hispanic Studies Encinitas, California Amanda Elena Anderson Psychology Lighthouse Point, Florida Benjamin Andrews Mathematics; Minor: Philosophy Norway, Maine Vanessa Aciro Apira Africana Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Balch Springs, Texas Richard Araujo Mathematics Newark, New Jersey Kathleen Ahtziri Armenta Vilches Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Sociology Tucson, Arizona Tomás Ricardo Arrarte Raffo Economics; Minor: Mathematics Lima, Peru Nathan Benjamin Ashany Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Philosophy New York, New York Sarah Tripp Austin Psychology; Minor: Visual Arts North Yarmouth, Maine Reed Filoon Baker Economics; Minor: Psychology Charlotte, North Carolina Ajeya Balasubramanyam Neuroscience Westford, Massachusetts Jacob Leon Baltaytis Economics; Minor: Mathematics Tenafly, New Jersey John Clark Barry Economics and Government and Legal Studies; Minor: History West Hartford, Connecticut Alex Baselga-Garriga Government and Legal Studies; Minor: History New York, New York Abigail Marie Bashaw Economics; Minor: English Standish, Maine Avery Clifford Bashe Government and Legal Studies and Economics Quechee, Vermont Michael James Batal Computer Science; Minor: Music Rye, New York Emma Janice Beaulieu Education-Government and Legal Studies Chapman, Maine Jack Beckitt-Marshall Computer Science and German Lincoln, United Kingdom Douglas Joseph Bencomo Biochemistry Phoenix, Arizona Rachel Bercovitch German and Biology Palm Beach Gardens, Florida Elijah Snow Berger Physics Seattle, Washington Hailey Louise Berglund Sociology Norwell, Massachusetts Samuel Carpenter Betts Visual Arts; Minor: Mathematics East Boothbay, Maine Soren Anders Birkeland Economics and Philosophy; Minor: Japanese Minneapolis, Minnesota Megan Elizabeth Birnbaum Environmental Studies-Psychology; Minor: Hispanic Studies La Jolla, California Kayla Amari Blackman Sociology; Minor: Africana Studies Brooklyn, New York Olivia Zhen Blair Environmental Studies-Sociology; Minor: Anthropology Fairfield, Connecticut Jaya Rani Blanchard Mathematics Iowa City, Iowa Jack James Bliss Government and Legal Studies Chelmsford, Massachusetts Blake Immanuel Boadi Neuroscience Brooklyn, New York Andrew Close Bolender Government and Legal Studies and Biochemistry Seattle, Washington Michael Borecki Government and Legal Studies and Mathematics Darien, Connecticut Anna Bosari Economics and Francophone Studies Milan, Italy Sylvia Fitzgerald Bosco English; Minor: Environmental Studies Louisville, Kentucky Kathryn Hannah Bosse History and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Madawaska, Maine Reid Horng Brawer Digital and Computational Studies-Visual Arts Berkeley, California Annina Valär Breen Government and Legal Studies and German Holden, Maine Coleman Eric Brockmeier Mathematics and Music Mission Woods, Kansas Alexia Brown Biology; Minor: History Brooklyn, New York Bethan Rebecca Anne Brown Economics; Minor: Government and Legal Studies Novato, California Benjamin