2017 Commencement Program
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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY The Two Hundred Seventieth Commencement The Sixth of June Two Thousand Seventeen The Order of Exercises Princeton University The Two Hundred Seventieth Commencement The Sixth of June Two Thousand Seventeen Page 2 Processional 2 Invocation 2 Greeting 2 Latin Salutatory Oration 3 Secondary School Teaching Prizes 4 Bachelor Degrees, Certificates, and Departmental Honors Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science in Engineering Certificates of Proficiency Departmental Honors 24 Undergraduate Awards, Prizes, and Commissions Phi Beta Kappa Sigma Xi Tau Beta Pi Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence General and Departmental Prizes Athletic Prizes Commissions and Military Awards Major Fellowships and Scholarships 37 Valedictory Oration 37 Advanced Degrees Master of Arts Master of Fine Arts Master of Arts in Near Eastern Studies Master in Finance Master of Architecture Master in Public Affairs Master in Public Policy Master of Science in Engineering Master of Engineering Doctor of Philosophy 45 Graduate Student Fellowships and Awards 48 The President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching 48 Retirements 50 Honorary Degrees 52 Remarks by the President of the University 52 Benediction and Alma Mater 52 Recessional 52 A Commentary on Commencement 1 750227 Processional Invocation and Greeting The audience will please rise when the Alison L. Boden faculty marshals enter. Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel Chief Marshal for University Convocations Sandra L. Bermann Christopher L. Eisgruber Marshals for Advanced Degrees Susan T. Fiske President of the University Douglas S. Massey Marshals for Bachelor Degrees Mark R. Beissinger Latin Salutatory Oration Imani Perry Candidates for Advanced Degrees Grant J. Storey Marshal for Band and Bachelor Degrees Robert A. Kaster The Latin salutatory is awarded by vote of the faculty to one of the highest- ranking candidates for bachelor degrees. The special qualifications of a student Candidates for Bachelor Degrees as salutatorian are taken into account, as well as scholastic standing. Marshals for Faculty and Administration Simon E. Gikandi Stacy E. Wolf The Faculty and Administrative Officers Salutatio Associate Chief Marshal Habita in Comitiis Academicis Princetoniae Richard A. Register In Nova Caesarea a.d. VIII Id. Iun. Marshal for Recipients of Honorary Degrees Die VI Iunii and Trustee Escorts Ab Urbe Condita MMDCCLXX Eric S. Gregory Anno Communis Saeculi MMXVII Recipients of Honorary Degrees Anno Academiae CCLXX and Trustee Escorts Cane, Musa, praeclaros discipulos, qui bellantes intra bullam luteam quattuor The Trustees and Trustees Emeriti diutinos annos ante hunc illustrem diem egerunt. Processional Guests Mace-Bearer Cane multas pugnas nostras, cum commentarios apud veterem Firestonem Jeff E. Nunokawa nocte intempesta scripserimus et examinum causa studuerimus et pestilentias The Principals: superaverimus atque imbres et niveas tempestates et illas truces iras Iovis, Associate Dean of Religious Life and fulmina, pertulerimus, pugnantes Somnum ipsum, notum fratrem Leti, ut ad of the Chapel lectionem tertiae horae perveniamus. Cane illos perpetuos dies consumptos a Theresa S. Thames nobis qui magna opera scribebamus et fortunam illorum paucorum qui onus Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel vitaverunt. Alison L. Boden Dean of the College Cane praesidem Eisgruberem, ducem ducum, caput exercitus, qui una cum Jill S. Dolan nostra cohorte abhinc quattuor annos munus suum suscepit et annos imperii Dean of the Graduate School Canadiensis finivit. Da honorem etiam curatoribus qui hanc academiam tuentur. Sanjeev R. Kulkarni Et noli oblivisci sapientum professorum, qui in schola doctrinas, foris consilia Dean of the Faculty dederunt. Deborah A. Prentice Quibus laudatis, mementote nostras carissimas familias custodesque, qui Provost multum amorem et amplum subsidium nobis praebuerunt. David S. Lee University Orator Denique, Musa, cane amicas et amicos et amicitiam. Per atros dies et lucidos, Sheryl WuDunn utrum ioculares imagines felium ridebamus an tristitias cordis flebamus, nostri Chair of the Board of Trustees of amici nos adstiterunt et nos ut cresceremus adiuverunt. Princeton University Kathryn A. Hall Nunc cum nos omnes nostra itinera faciemus, ad animi impetus vel somnia vel President contentionem honorum vel stabilitatem persequendam, successum inveniamus Christopher L. Eisgruber et calamitates Graecorum Troia revenientium vitemus. Sed numquam Marshal for the Principals obliviscamur nostrorum amicarum amicorumque horum annorum, qui nobiscum J. Nicole Shelton una ederint, biberint, studuerint, fleverint, riserint, et terram pedibus pepulerint. Marshal for Processional Guests and Trustees Claire F. Gmachl Vobis omnibus gratias ago pro quattuor annis admirabilibus, et saluto. 2 750227 Secondary School Teaching Prizes Recognition, by Provost David S. Lee, of recipients of prizes for distinguished secondary school teaching in the State of New Jersey. Peter Drozd Colleen Tambuscio Union City High School, Union City New Milford High School, New Milford Teacher of Robotics and Engineering Special Education Teacher and Teacher of Social Studies Peter Drozd, or the “robot man” as he is known to his Colleen Tambuscio is a special education teacher and students and colleagues, has made science, technology, social studies teacher at New Milford High School and and engineering an integral part of the lives of students a leading national voice in Holocaust education. Her at Union City High School and throughout the district. goal is to create thinkers who actively participate in our Rather than a teacher, he would call himself a guide who democracy. She learned the effectiveness of experiential helps students discover answers for themselves. And in learning while teaching the deaf and hard of hearing. finding real-world applications for what they learn, they With the experiences she offers her students here and find paths to real-world opportunities they otherwise abroad, she instills in them a deep commitment to their would not have imagined. school’s motto of knowledge in the service to others. Emily Rock Cory Terry ’04 Oakcrest High School, Mays Landing Ocean City Intermediate School, Ocean City Teacher of English Teacher of Science Emily Rock credits her grandmother, who was a “rock As a Princeton undergraduate, Cory Terry developed star” teacher, as her savior. Now, as an English teacher a taste for big unanswered questions and a fascination at Oakcrest High School, she has become that person for the wonders of science. At Ocean City Intermediate for her students. She has a knack for tailoring lessons School she strives to nurture that same kind of intellectual to nurture and challenge them. They describe her as an curiosity in her students, drawing upon their many “ally,” as she helps them make a successful transition different learning styles and encouraging them to follow as freshmen to high school, and then later to make a their interests as gateways to their own discoveries. She successful transition to life after high school. takes real joy in opening the eyes of her students to the natural world; to her students, she is a force of nature. 3 Bachelor Degrees Presentation to the president, by Dean of Michael Cates Anderson, Slavic Languages Adam Joseph Bowman, Physics the College Jill S. Dolan, of candidates and Literatures Hans-George Jefferson Brase, Sociology for bachelor degrees; conferral of the Catherine Ann Andre, English Matthew Tanner Brophy, Economics degrees by the president. Aubree McHugh Andres, Anthropology Taylor Osasere Brown, Economics Dan-Cristian Andronic, Computer Science Alexandra Rose Bruno, Politics Isao Alessandro Anzai, Molecular Biology Marlyn Bruno, Psychology Bachelor of Arts Charles Sinan Argon, East Asian Studies Jennifer Jianli Bu, Psychology Andre Asher Arslan, Mathematics Elinor Angeline Buck, Psychology DEGREE AWARDED Claire C. Ashmead, History Elizabeth Anne Buehler, Comparative 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 Aslıhan Asil, Economics Literature Lia Davita Coito, Woodrow Wilson School Mian Muhammad Hammad Aslam, Near Haraya Minna Covar Buensuceso, Economics John Michael Colón, Comparative Literature Eastern Studies Courtney Stewart Burke, Economics Elizabeth Marie Hyde, Psychology Jennifer Au, Molecular Biology Samuel Harris Conners Cabot, Astrophysical Ji Soo Kim, Politics Emily Warren Avery, Neuroscience Sciences John Hamilton DeRosa McNeil, Molecular Katherine Choonsun Awh, Ecology and Janine Louise Cadet, Woodrow Wilson School Biology Evolutionary Biology Ted Anderberg Callon, Politics Alec James Regulski, Woodrow Wilson Catherine Appollonia Perry Babiec, Carey Alexander Camel, Sociology School Psychology George Dennis Camerlo, History Kelsey Ann Zimmerman, Comparative Daniel Winge Baer, Politics Jacob R. Cannon, Woodrow Wilson School Literature Neeraj Bajpayee, Economics Jesús Cantú Jr., Sociology Charles Carr Baker, German Jonathan Frank Carcione, Ecology and DEGREE AWARDED Luisa Charlotte Banchoff, Religion Evolutionary Biology 19 NOVEMBER 2016 Alison Carinthia Bank, History Catherine Victoria Caro, Ecology and Alan J. Hatfield, History Patrick Josiah Barba, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Evolutionary Biology Walker Van Vlissingen Carpenter, Art and DEGREE AWARDED Gabriela Anita Barber, Psychology Archaeology 6 JUNE 2017 Isaiah Alexander Barnes, History Scott Matthew Carpenter Jr., Ecology and Ross Archibald Barron, English Evolutionary Biology Haider Abbas, Woodrow Wilson School Sarah Emily Battat, Physics Henry Folger Caruso, History Audrey Monica