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The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
May 2020 Contents
Message from the President...... 2
The Board of Trustees, Senior Officers of Administration, Deans of the University of Vermont, Governance and Leadership Groups...... 3
Emeriti Faculty of the University of Vermont Class of 2019...... 4
Faculty Honors...... 5
2020 Latin Honors Graduates...... 6
University Awards to Graduates ...... 8
College and School Graduates, and Awards Honors College...... 10 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences...... 12 College of Arts and Sciences...... 17 Grossman School of Business...... 29 College of Education and Social Services...... 32 College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences...... 37 Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources...... 42 College of Nursing and Health Sciences...... 45 Larner College of Medicine ...... 48 Graduate College...... 53
Honor Societies and Scholars Programs Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key International Honour Society, Mortar Board, Boulder Society, Tower Society, Order of Omega, RHO Lambda National Recognition Society, Gamma Sigma Alpha, Green and Gold Scholars, Patrick Family Scholarship, Community Service Scholars, Vermont Scholars...... 68
Message from the Alumni Association President ...... 70
Song Universitas V. Montis (alma mater)...... 71
Academic Regalia and Ceremonial Symbols The Academic Costume, The Class of 1927 Memorial Mace, The University Seal, Banners of the Colleges and Schools...... 72
PLEASE NOTE: Errors will occur in the listings of candidates for graduation. Because of the time required for preparing the program, the listings may contain names of persons who will not receive a degree at this time and also may omit the names of a few persons who will receive degrees. These errors are unavoidable. The University of Vermont is a 504 Title IX Affirmative Action Institution. Printed on 30% post-consumer recycled paper.
COMMENCEMENT 2020 1 Dear Graduates,
Today we celebrate you, our newest graduates, in a way that we’ve never done before, and in a way that I think no one would have forecast at the start of this academic year. We eagerly look to the day when we can be together again to honor the Class of 2020 and your many achieve- ments. But the conferring of degrees for our graduates is not to be delayed—it is an important recognition of these years of immersion and discovery, of diligence and break- throughs, that we acknowledge today and celebrate with your family and friends.
I hope every one of you feels the enthusiastic recogni- tion of the UVM community, and of your loved ones and friends, for all of your hard work and impressive accom- plishments leading up to this day.
Not every graduating class enters the world beyond university in such a historic moment. But this is your moment, and we celebrate you now, not only for your achievements, but also for the focus and fortitude that has brought you to this threshold. Every one of you can add the character qualities of adaptability and resilience to your resumes—you have shown that you have what it takes to finish strong in the face of the unexpected. Those qualities will take you far in life and will help shape your path ahead. Wherever that path takes you, we know you will make your alma mater proud!
With all my best wishes,
Suresh Garimella President, University of Vermont
2 COMMENCEMENT 2020 The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SENIOR OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Ron E. Lumbra President of the University...... Suresh V. Garimella Chair of the Board Provost and Senior Vice President...... Patricia A. Prelock UVM Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer...... Shane Jacobson Suresh V. Garimella Vice President for Finance and Treasurer...... Richard H. Cate President Vice President for Operations and Public Safety...... Gary L. Derr Vice President for Research...... Kirk Dombrowski The Hon. Philip B. Scott Vice President for University Relations and Administration... Thomas J. Gustafson Governor of the State of Vermont Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion...... Wanda R. Heading-Grant Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel, and Cynthia Barnhart Chief of Staff to the President...... Sharon Reich Paulsen Vice Chair of the Board Vice Provost for Student Affairs...... Annie Stevens Chief Information Officer...... Simeon Ananou The Hon. Curt McCormack Chief Communications Officer...... Nicci Brown Secretary of the Board Chief Internal Auditor...... William Harrison Associate Provost for Academic Affairs...... Jennifer Dickinson Briar L. Alpert Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs...... Jim Vigoreaux David B. Aronoff The Hon. John L. Bartholomew DEANS OF THE UNIVERSITY Otto G. Berkes Graduate College...... Cynthia J. Forehand Robert P. Brennan, Jr. Larner College of Medicine...... Richard L. Page The Hon. Kevin Christie Honors College...... David Jenemann Frank J. Cioffi College of Agriculture and Life Sciences...... Jean Harvey John M. Dineen College of Arts and Sciences...... William Falls The Hon. Johannah Leddy Donovan Grossman School of Business...... Sanjay Sharma Carolyn K. Dwyer College of Education and Social Services...... Scott Thomas Jodi H. Goldstein College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences...... Linda Schadler David J. Gringeri Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources...... Nancy E. Mathews Donald H. McCree College of Nursing and Health Sciences...... Scott Thomas The Hon. Carol B. Ode University Libraries...... Bryn Geffert Ed Pagano Students...... David A. Nestor The Hon. Shapleigh Smith, Jr. Continuing and Distance Education...... Cynthia L. Belliveau Berke Tinaz The Hon. Tristan D. Toleno GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP GROUPS The Hon. Samuel R. Young Student Government Association President...... Jillian Scannell Student Government Association Vice President...... Owen Doherty Graduate Student Senate President...... Jessica Bocanegra Graduate Student Senate Vice President...... Avery Rasmussen Faculty Senate President...... Thomas Chittenden Faculty Senate Vice President...... Christopher Burns Staff Council President...... Stephen Lunna Staff Council Vice President...... Caleb Gilbert Alumni Association President...... Afi Ahmadi ’93 Alumni Association Vice President...... Cathy Tremblay ’85 Student Alumni Association President...... Hannah M. Rameaka ’20
COMMENCEMENT 2020 3 Emeriti Faculty of the University of Vermont Class of 2020
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE Craig Lawrence Kien SCIENCES Mary Kay Davignon Green and Gold Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus Sidney C. Bosworth Extension Professor Emeritus Martin M. LeWinter Professor of Medicine Emeritus Keith Peter Mintz Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics John H. Lunde Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Emeritus Donald S. Ross Scott D. Luria Research Professor of Plant and Soil Science Emeritus Associate Professor of Medicine Emeritus Brenda V. Tessmann Keith Peter Mintz Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Emerita Emeritus George J. Osol Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Sciences Emeritus Mercedes Rincón John P. Burke Professor of Medicine Emerita John G. McCullough Professor of Political Science Emeritus Brenda V. Tessmann Hesterly Black Goodson Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Senior Lecturer Emerita Emerita Patrick A. Neal Guy Tousignant Professor of Political Science Emeritus Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Emeritus R. Thomas Simone Richard C. Wasserman Professor of English Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus Junru Wu Professor of Physics Emeritus COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL Christine G. Griffin SERVICES Senior Lecturer Emerita Robert J. Nash Brenda Pauline Hamel-Bissell Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies Emeritus Professor of Nursing Emerita
Hendrika J. Maltby Professor of Nursing Emerita COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Jonathan W. Sands Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Emeritus UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Peter Spitzform Library Associate Professor Emeritus ROBERT LARNER, M.D. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Mark A. Capeless Professor of Medicine Emeritus Candace Fraser Associate Professor of Family Medicine Emerita Ruth Heimann Professor of Radiology Emerita Virginia L. Hood Professor of Medicine Emerita John R. Hughes Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
4 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Faculty Honors
GEORGE V. KIDDER OUTSTANDING FACULTY UVM OUTSTANDING FACULTY ADVISOR AWARD AWARD The George V. Kidder Award, given by the UVM Alumni The UVM Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award recognizes Association, honors full-time faculty for excellence in a faculty member who has achieved excellence in teaching and advising, for their ability to inspire students undergraduate academic advising in a manner consistent and have a lasting influence on their lives, and for their with the philosophy, roles, and responsibilities described positive impact on campus life beyond the classroom. in A Vision for Academic Advising at UVM. The award is a collaborative effort between the Office of the Provost, Todd Pritchard, Senior Lecturer, College of Agriculture the Student Government Association, the Student Affairs and Life Sciences Committee of the Faculty Senate and the UVM Advising Center. Jacquelyn (JB) Barna, Senior Lecturer in Social Work UNIVERSITY SCHOLARS Through the University Scholars program, the Graduate College recognizes distinguished UVM faculty members for sustained excellence in research and creative and OUTSTANDING PART-TIME FACULTY scholarly activities. University Scholars are selected by a TEACHING AWARD faculty panel based upon nominations submitted by UVM The Outstanding Part-Time Faculty Teaching Award colleagues. recognizes a part-time faculty member’s excellence in teaching, commitment to student learning and pedagogy Joseph Acquisto, Professor of French; Chair, Department innovation, commitment to diversity, and notable of Romance Languages achievements in teaching, scholarship or service. Gregory L. Holmes, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Sciences Christine C. Vatovec, Lecturer and Research Affiliate, Gary S. Stein, Professor and Chair, Department of Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Biochemistry; Professor, Department of Surgery Asim Zia, Professor of Public Policy and Computer Science, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics and Department of Computer Science
KROEPSCH-MAURICE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS The Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes faculty for excellence in instruction, including for curricular innovation, commitment to cultural diversity, the ability to motivate students, and excellence in advising. Shelley Velleman, Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders Ilyse Morgenstein-Fuerst, Associate Professor, Religion Ingrid Nelson, Assistant Professor, Geography Kelly Hamshaw, Senior Lecturer, Community Development and Applied Economics
COMMENCEMENT 2020 5 Latin Honors Graduates of the University of Vermont Class of 2020 Those graduating summa cum laude are within the top one percent of their college or school. Magna cum laude signifies the next three percent, and cum laude the next six percent. Honors calculations are based on all the courses taken at UVM, and in order to be eligible, each student must have taken a minimum of sixty hours in which a letter grade has been awarded.
Latin Honors will be available after May 19. Please check back on Saturday, May 23rd when a complete and final version of the commencement booklet will be posted on the commencement website.
6 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Latin Honors will be available after May 19. Please check back on Saturday, May 23rd when a complete and final version of the commencement booklet will be posted on the commencement website.
COMMENCEMENT 2020 7 University Awards to Graduates
UNIVERSITY AWARDS THE WASSON ATHLETIC PRIZE presented to the senior male and female student-athletes who have demonstrated a high level of ath- THE F.T. KIDDER MEDAL is presented to the senior male ranking letic achievement and maintained the highest standard of academic first in leadership, scholarship, and character. It is named in honor of scholarship. Fred T. Kidder, a graduate of the class of 1880 and the College of Med- Ève-Audrey Picard (Women’s Hockey) icine in 1883, who later served on the University of Vermont Board of Karl Schulz (Nordic Skiing) and Arnar Steinn Hansson Trustees. (Men’s Soccer) Colin Sandberg THE JEFF STONE MEMORIAL AWARD is presented to the male THE MARY JEAN SIMPSON AWARD presented to the senior wom- and female student-athletes in any class who, throughout their in- an who best exemplifies the qualities of leadership, academic compe- volvement in campus leadership and/or community service activities, tence and character that Mary Jean Simpson strove to set before the has represented the highest ideals of educational sport and has had a women at the university during her tenure as Dean of Women. significant and lasting impact upon the UVM Community. Caitlyn Johnson Kailyn Myshrall (Field Hockey) and Allie Granato (Women’s Hockey) THE CLASS OF 1967 AWARD presented to the senior who best ex- Matt Beck (Men’s Hockey) hibits leadership, academic competence and character, and who has earned the respect of faculty and fellow students. Cara Cahill Mwai Nyamũ THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
THE KEITH M. MISER LEADERSHIP AWARD established in 1989 PROGRAM HONORS and presented in recognition of outstanding service to the University Michael Chan, Thesis: Understanding the Impact of Identity on Small of Vermont. Business Social Responsibility Nyria “RiRi’ Stuart-Thompson Advisor: Ante Glavas, PhD; Srinivas Venugopal, PhD Michael Chan Lena Connolly, Thesis: The Geography of Home: Systems Awareness in a Changing World THE ELMER NICHOLSON ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE recognizes the Advisor: Amy Seidl, PhD; Cami Davis, PhD greatness of the student’s UVM experience, and based on their great- ness of experience, there is an expectation that the student will make a major contribution in their field of interest. Katherine Julissa Vesely DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY STUDIES Jamie Benson SECOND LIEUTENANTS COMMISSIONED INTO THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Elizabeth Therese Campo, Nurse Corps, Active Duty, US Army AWARDS TO ATHLETES Garrett Lee Edwards, Military Intelligence, Active Duty, US Army Timothy Edward Faulkner, Armor, Active Duty, US Army THE J. EDWARD DONNELLY AWARD presented to the senior Ryan Patrick Kennedy, Corps of Engineers, Active Duty, US Army male and female student-athletes who have displayed the greatest Jessica Mariah Madsen, Medical Service Corps, Colorado National accomplishments in individual athletic performance and contributed Guard to their overall team performance. Emma Theresa Mathisen, Adjutant General’s Corps, Active Duty, US Hanna Crymble (Women’s Basketball) Army Anthony Lamb (Men’s Basketball) Nicholas John McDonough, Active Duty, Corps of Engineers, US Army THE HENRY SEMANS TROPHY presented to the senior male and Richard Parlato, Military Intelligence, Active Duty, US Army female student-athletes who have demonstrated a high level of athlet- Elsie Mead Pryor, Nurse Corps, Active Duty, US Army ic achievement, and earned the respect and regard of fellow students Brian Thomas Schwarzkopf, Corps of Engineers, Active Duty, US for leadership, loyalty and service to UVM. Army Sophia Smith (Swimming and Diving) Jacob Thomas Shuey, Transportation Corps, Active Duty, US Army Everett Duncan (Men’s Basketball) and John Benner John Michael Zanin, Jr., Vermont National Guard, Adjutant Gener- (Cross Country and Track & Field) al’s Corp
THE RUSSELL O. SUNDERLAND MEMORIAL TROPHY presented CADET OF THE YEAR AWARD for the most outstanding Cadet to the senior male and female student-athletes who throughout their leadership performance throughout this past academic year is college course have demonstrated a high level of athletic achievement presented to the most valuable Cadet whose efforts have most greatly and exemplified qualities of character, leadership and persistence in contributed to overall mission success for the Green Mountain Battal- overcoming obstacles. ion family. Autumn Albrecht (Cross Country and Track & Field) Ryan Patrick Kennedy Josh Speidel (Men’s Basketball)
8 COMMENCEMENT 2020 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUPERIOR CADET DECORA- UNITED STATES ARMY ASSOCIATION SPIRIT AWARD present- TION CADET COMMAND AWARD presented to one of the most ed annually to a single Cadet for true Esprit de Corps and a spirit of well-rounded and highest-performing Cadets in each class. The recip- service to the Nation, our community and ROTC. ient Cadet must be fully contracted to serve as a future Second Lieu- Garrett Lee Edwards tenant upon graduation and in the top 25% of their respective class with clearly demonstrated potential for future service as an officer. THE BOOK AWARD presented to one Cadet annually for their overall Timothy Edward Faulkner commitment to the ROTC team and potential for a high level of future service. DISTINGUISHED MILITARY GRADUATE is presented to those Brian Thomas Schwarzkopf Cadets who possess outstanding qualities of leadership and high moral character, exhibit a definite aptitude for and interest in military VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AWARD presented to Cadets in service, attain a military science standing in the upper third of the good academic and military standing with demonstrated achieve- Senior class, and ranked in the upper third by Order of Merit List as ment and concentrated effort in military and academic subjects, and established by Professor of Military Science. with demonstrated capability in ROTC activities. Ryan Patrick Kennedy Brian Thomas Schwarzkopf Nicholas John McDonough Richard Parlato Elsie Mead Pryor Brian Thomas Schwarzkopf WOMEN’S CENTER
SERGEANT YORK AWARD presented to the Cadet who does the MARIAFRANCA MORSELLI LEADERSHIP AWARD honors an most to support the ROTC program. undergraduate senior woman who has demonstrated leadership qual- John Michael Zanin, Jr. ities and academic excellence in science, and who has contributed significantly to the awareness of the rights of women on campus. DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AWARD for Lindsay Aldrich outstanding demonstration of Loyalty and Patriotism. Richard Parlato EDITH HENDLEY AWARD honors a woman graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in research, scholarship and teaching (if NATIONAL DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION applicable), and who has performed dedicated service to women. (NDTA) AWARD presented to a Cadet enrolled in an academic Hannah Loso, Praise Lyiewuare, and Phyu Pannu Khin, course, the main portion of which is of particular interest to the for their collaborative work Transportation Corps (Engineering and Computer Science majors are included in this category.) The Cadet must be in the top 25 percent in ROTC and in their academic standing in the program, and be recom- mended by a Professor of Military Science as an outstanding student and Cadet. Nicholas John McDonough
COMMENCEMENT 2020 9 Honors College
Honors College (Purple) HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS Rachel Foster, Liverpool, NY, CAS Alyssa Monteith, Bedford, NH, CALS Joshua Ross Audette, Saint Paul, MN, CAS Tali Alaina Friedman, Denver, CO, CAS Mariel Morel De Los Santos, Manchester, NH, Eli Y. Bacher-Chong, Brooklyn, NY, CEMS Brandon J. Gamble, Arlington, VT, CEMS CAS Katherine Blake Bamberger, Essex Junction, James I. Gaudreault, Center Conway, NH, Oliver Austin Munson, Burlington, VT, CAS VT, CAS CEMS Caliann Christine Murray, Hingham, MA, CAS Reilly Ann Becchina, Setauket, NY, RSENR Talar Antonia Gelenian, Fairlee, VT, CAS Gillian Mira Natanagara, Belmar, NJ, CAS Clara J. Behrman, Essex Junction, VT, CNHS Michael Vincent Gilarde, Needham Heights, Georgia Grace Nelson, Saint Paul, MN, CAS Kate Isabella Bellino, Lake Bluff, IL, CAS MA, CEMS Alyssa P. Neuhaus, Nazareth, PA, CAS Alexander Vincent Benevento, Essex, VT, CAS Marty Gillies, Columbus, OH, RSENR Dante Marcus Newman, Grafton, MA, CEMS Jared C. Benson, Burlington, VT, CAS Amanda M. Godes, Needham, MA, CALS Christopher Michael Nolan, Highland Park, NJ, CEMS Sophie L. Berne, Evanston, IL, CEMS Sadye Keating Goldfarb, Voorheesville, NY, RSENR Joscelyn Norris, Roxbury, CT, RSENR Victoria Marie Biondolillo, Barre, VT, GSB Matthew Jason Gorstein, Yorktown Heights, Christopher Randolph Nuckols, Essex Matthew Adrian Bompastore, Burlington, VT, NY, CALS Junction, VT, CALS CALS Kelly Caroline Gothard, Burlington, VT, CEMS Julia Nugent, South Burlington, VT, CAS Nicholas E. Bouffard, Colchester, VT, CAS Kaylie Abigail Haberstroh, Oakhurst, NJ, Audrey DeRose Oliver, East Montpelier, VT, Madeleine Claire Bowe, Cape Elizabeth, ME, RSENR CAS CAS Meghan L. Harrington, Swampscott, MA, Laura Ashley Olszanski, Newtown, PA, CALS Madelyn Bowman, Camden, ME, CALS CEMS Reilly Jack Osadchey Brown, Orange, VT, CAS Meryl Anne Braconnier, Lynnfield, MA, CAS Jessica L. Hartman, Williston, VT, CNHS Connor James Osterhoudt, Wayne, PA, CAS Courtney Marie Brady, Blakeslee, PA, CAS Bridget Catherine Higdon, Sparta, NJ, CAS Nicholas H. Paulson, Madison, WI, CAS Sophie Alea Brenits, Rockville, MD, CAS Maeve Grainne Higgins, Charlotte, VT, CNHS Rachel Meredith Pepin, Londonderry, NH, Grace M. Brill, Mystic, CT, CEMS Elizabeth Holiman, Wayzata, MN, CALS CALS Erin Elizabeth Bundock, Shelburne, VT, CAS Anna M. Hurd, Biglerville, PA, CAS Frank Carl Piasecki, Great Barrington, MA, Catherine Susan Burgess, East Dorset, VT, Allison Carroll Jodoin, East Greenwich, RI, CAS CAS CAS Sophie Lia John, Concord, MA, CNHS Emily Hope Piersiak, Medfield, MA, CALS Jamie Burke, Bordentown, NJ, CALS Zachary Russel Johns, Longmeadow, MA, CAS Maria Pitari, Portland, OR, GSB Nora Katherine Canellakis, Washington, DC, Maeve Straughan Poleman, Richmond, VT, CAS Zoe Rogers Kalbag, Piedmont, CA, CALS CALS Kaila Ann Carson, Albertson, NY, CESS Jhanavi Hemal Kapadia, North Attleboro, MA, CAS Sean Thomas Quigley, Haddonfield, NJ, CALS Neville Miller Caulfield, Durham, NH, CAS Kyle Patrick King, South Windsor, CT, CAS Emma Ann Roach, Ithaca, NY, CAS Amara Sophia Chittenden, Sudbury, MA, CAS Aleda Marie Kirstein, Schenectady, NY, CAS Katrina Jackson Rokosz, Belmont, MA, RSENR Madison Lee Cilk, Naples, FL, CAS Sophia Elizabeth Kogut, West Chester, PA, Bailey Emma Ruhm, Hollis, NH, CESS Emily Rose Connolly, Foxborough, MA, CAS CAS Olivia Katherine Sakadinsky, Durango, CO, Eliza Draper Corderman, Needham, MA, CAS WeiQing Kong, Chongqing, China, CAS CAS Brian Michael Coven, Morristown, NJ, CAS Juliana M. Landis, Murrysville, PA, CAS Makayla Amber Salas, Lexington, KY, CAS Hailey Virginia Cray, Ferrisburgh, VT, CAS Isabel Rose Lardner, Gates Mills, OH, CAS Carly Nicole Sarbacker, North Wales, PA, CAS Jessica Ruth Crooker, Northfield, MA, CAS Clarissa Mae Libertelli, Rockville, MD, CAS Melissa Sue Seib, Bryant Pond, ME, CEMS Hanna Marie Crymble, Champlin, MN, CAS Rose Lillpopp, Colchester, CT, CAS Julia Marie Selle, Severna Park, MD, CAS Azilee Joann Curl, Hopkinton, MA, CAS Isabel Lisle, Sharon, MA, CAS Madison Joyce Shaffer, Silver Spring, MD, CAS Joshua Christopherson Dansie, Winchester, Kassondra Marie Little, Ellenville, NY, CAS Hannah Stewart Sheehy, Newburyport, MA, VA , CEMS CNHS Marisa Grace Loury, Princeton Junction, NJ, Chelsea Blake Darwin, Cambridge, MA, CALS CAS Blair Miller Shields, Hopewell, NJ, CAS Oona Mae Davies, Alexandria, VA, CAS Emily Elizabeth MacDonald, Rochester, NY, Teighan Jaye Shore, Ridgewood, NJ, RSENR Jordan C. DeMatteis, Colchester, VT, CEMS CAS Isabella B. Sierra, North Chelmsford, MA, Julia Deziel, Georgia, VT, CAS Gordon D. MacMaster, Woodstock, VT, CEMS CNHS Brianne Nicole Smith, Oneonta, NY, CAS Vidharshi Navodya Dharmasena, Skillman, Sofia May Maranto, Reisterstown, MD, CALS NJ, CALS Paul Jack Solomon, Sharon, MA, CEMS Morgan Anne McCord, Glen Gardner, NJ, Brigitte Nicole Durieux, Williston, VT, CAS CALS Calla A. Sopko, Troy, NY, RSENR Elizabeth Catherine Dybas, Albany, NY, CAS Elizabeth McCullough, Narberth, PA, CAS Elinor Sovcik, Western Springs, IL, RSENR Jennifer Leigh Eberling, Bethlehem, PA, CEMS Annika Mila Neigus Meurs, Washington DC, Piotr Sowulewski, Manchester, VT, CAS Charlotte Anne Evans, Essex, VT, CAS CAS Tess Stopczynski, New Hartford, NY, CEMS Megan R. Fariel, White River Junction, VT, CAS Brett Matthew Meyer, Chesterfield, NJ, CEMS Rain Storer, East Haven, CT, CAS Sara Minogue Fetter, Westfield, NJ, CAS Harriet Rachael Milligan, Middlebury, VT, CAS Anne Marie Stupinski, Jacksonville, FL, CEMS Mateo Florez, Bainbridge Island, WA, GSB Owen Proger Molind, Bow, NH, CAS Adelaide Agee Szczesiul, Lowell, MA, CAS
10 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Alexander E. Taylor, Norwich, VT, CAS Joseph Douglas Walzer, East Greenbush, NY, Abigail Bowman Wootton, Glenville, PA, CAS Gretchen Howe Thompson, Cranston, RI, CAS CALS Emma C. Wright, Hopkinton, MA, CALS Catherine Ryan Thorpe, Winchester, MA, CAS Thomas Harold Wei, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Kate Ziegler, Saunderstown, RI, CAS CALS, CAS Nathan L. Tolley, Millersville, MD, CEMS James Berry Whitley IV, Weybridge, VT, CALS Alexander Ragnar von Stange, Shelburne, VT, CAS Genevieve Monique Winn, Natick, MA, CAS Camille Juliet Walton, Bardstown, KY, CAS Lauren Suzanne Woodard, Kensington, MD, CAS
CALS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences CAS College of Arts and Sciences GSB Grossman School of Business CESS College of Education and Social Services CEMS College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences RSENR Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources CNHS College of Nursing and Health Sciences
COMMENCEMENT 2020 11 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences (Maize) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Michael Jared Chan, Framingham, MA Chloe E. Fabi, Kalamazoo, MI Delaney Barbara Acciaioli, Greenville, RI Sophia Kanna Cheever, North Hampton, NH Michela E. Farina, Newton, MA Nicholas Ader, Westport, CT Jonathan William Cheff, Glenburn, ME Taylor Feiden, Olmstedville, NY Isabella Marina Alessandrini, Forest Hills, NY Kaiming Chen, Nanchang, China Diane Fenner, Starksboro, VT Danielle Genevieve Allen, Castleton, NY Maoye Cheng, Nanchang, China Jillian Elizabeth Fisher, West Bridgewater, MA Eleanor Katherine Alspaugh, Brookline, MA Daniella Rose Chinitz, Newton, MA Zachary Flaherty, Plainfield, VT Matthew Alvaro, Toronto, ON Andrew Royce Christensen, Winsted, CT Megan Leldahl Flanagan, Malvern, PA Ona Ambrozaite, Willowbrook, IL Kayla Christopher, Oakland, ME Ryan H. Flanagan, Thetford Center, VT Amanda Rose Anderson, South Burlington, VT Hillary B. Churchill, Sheldon, VT Emily Grace Fletcher, Saint Johnsbury, VT Joshua Rubin Appelbaum, Harrison, NY Julia Cathryn Ciotti-Angiollo, Madison, CT Michaela Marie Flore, Charlotte, VT Amanda Joy April, Westwood, MA Abby Bronwyn Cleary, South Burlington, VT Riley Sage Forbes, Bristol, VT Henry Jeffery Hulihan Aranow, Lincoln, MA Gordon Coates, Arlington, VA Julia Lynn Foster, Dublin, PA Emma Morgan Arian, Montclair, NJ Stina Marie Brena Cofsky, East Walpole, MA Kim M. Frampton, Topsfield, MA Taylor Arnold, Ridgefield, CT Rachel Leigh Cohen, Harwich, MA Gabrielle Alexa Freeda, Stamford, CT Kinsey Elizabeth Ashe, Victor, NY Christian Nicholas Collias, Ipswich, MA Emily Hoag Fryer, West Dover, VT Julia Marie Assuncao, Burlington, VT Sierra Autumn Connell-Bizier, Burlington, VT Michael Fulciniti, Stow, MA Sophie Caroline Avantaggio, Bremen, ME Sarah J. Cooper, Dresden, ME Morgen A. Fulmer, Liverpool, NY Matthew Aviles, West Roxbury, MA Annika Nicole Creton, Warren, RI Kyle Patrick Gadoury, Belchertown, MA Bowen Bai, Harbin, China Benjamin Crosby, South Burlington, VT Maceo Andreas Gaines, Charlottesville, VA Anna Theresa Barbati, Duxbury, MA Cory Skye Cudney, Burlington, VT Alyssa Gambardella, Burlington, VT Jon A. Barddal, Gardabaer, Iceland Alice M. Cumpston, Jarrettsville, MD Ferris J. Garel, Bethesda, MD Rachael Maddison Barr, Stowe, VT Reid Alexander Cunningham, New York, NY Graham Fisher Geissler, Stowe, VT Mary-Kate Barrett, Rockville, MD James Patrick Curran Jr., Silver Lake, NH Phoebe Lauren Gelfman, Highland Park, IL Christina K. Barry, Saint Paul, MN Lara Rose Cushman, Hampden, MA Melissa Marie Gentile, South Burlington, VT Emma Lorraine Bartlett, North Clarendon, VT Dima Mary Dahdah, Amman, Jordan Anna Berglind Georgsdottir, Shelburne, VT Ian Beall, Plainfield, VT Nicholas Daigle, Bradford, VT Andrew Gilbert, Salem, NY Megan S. Beck, Franklin, MA Miles David Danis, North Reading, MA Emily S. Gilman, Shelburne, VT Lily Grace Becker, Amsterdam, NY Chelsea Blake Darwin, Cambridge, MA Jessica Monet Giordano, Thomaston, CT Katherine G. Bella, Bloomsburg, PA Fiona Richmond Dauphinee, Burlington, VT Kathryn J. Glauner, Stow, MA Alexis Benoit, Enosburg Falls, VT Carson Frances Davie, Glen Ridge, NJ Amanda M. Godes, Needham, MA Thomas Martin Beretta, Burlington, VT Hailey M. Davis, Danby, VT Tavia Godfrey, York, ME Chris Joseph Bickford, Norwell, MA Melissa DeCicco, Quakertown, PA Kurt Tristan Goggin, Jericho, VT Emma L. Birchmore, South Burlington, VT Henry Nelson Delabruere, Burlington, VT Emma Elizabeth Goll, Doylestown, PA Kyle Brandt Birrer, Princeton Junction, NJ Sophia E. Delfini, Ottsville, PA Nia Gorbunova, Burlington, VT Carolyn Jane Bittner, Unionville, CT Monica Demers, Wallingford, CT Matthew Jason Gorstein, Yorktown Heights, NY Lillian Munn Boardman, Burlington, VT Kian Mackenzie Deshler, Seattle, WA Rebecca Ann Grant, Westminster, MD Matthew Adrian Bompastore, Burlington, VT Emily C. DeSouza, Wynnewood, PA Stevi J. Greenan, Nanuet, NY Reem Bou-Nacklie, Morrisville, VT Adrianna Jean Desranleau, Milton, VT Olivia Bergfeld Grieco, Chagrin Falls, OH Emma Elizabeth Bourdeau, Winchester, MA Vidharshi Navodya Dharmasena, Skillman, NJ Madlen C. Guild, Cumberland Center, ME Madelyn Bowman, Camden, ME Ellyse Diamond, Westford, MA Jared M. Gurzend, North Scituate, RI Maija Bradley, Vershire, VT Amelia Weldon Dodds, Williston, VT Sydney Haas, Commack, NY Russell David Bramante, Needham, MA Samuel Day Donnelly, Burlington, VT Shane Patrick Haley, Williston, VT Ginger Belle Brown, Jamaica, VT Clara McKenzie Douglas, Jericho, VT Margaret Mary Hallahan, Jenkintown, PA Lindsey Nicole Brown, Weare, NH Morgan Dreibelbis, Underhill, VT Adrian Allison Handy, Bedford, NH Natalie Margaret Bruno, Fairfield, CT Ashley Winter Driemel, Stockholm, NJ Jessica Harkness, Beach Haven, NJ Rachel Buckley, Saint Albans, VT Rachael Mary DuBrul, Burlington, VT Tess Donovan Hayner, Belmont, MA Jamie Burke, Bordentown, NJ Ella Dudek, Potsdam, NY Marley Holmes Heimert, Burlington, VT Elizabeth Ashley Byrne, Wethersfield, CT Cian Margaret Duffy, Glen, NH Emily Hellman, Little Silver, NJ Cara Jeanne Cahill, Andover, MA Madison Taylor Duffy, Saint Albans, VT Rhiannon Henderson, Stow, MA Julia Rose Callahan, Portsmouth, RI Everett Lee Duncan, Evansville, IN Steven M. Hepp, Montpelier, VT Molly Fay Cameron, Needham, MA Anna Louise Dunphey, Underhill, VT Julian Jose Herdoiza, Washington, DC Zowie Ria Caouette, Williston, VT Sophia Druery Duplin, Melrose, MA Katherine Hirsch, Macungie, PA Jack Carmody, West Chester, PA Garrett Lee Edwards, Saint Albans, VT Stephanie Diane Wolaner Hodel, Minneapolis, Jennifer Carter, Rockland, ME Nathan Ehrenreich, Silver Spring, MD MN Katie Linnaea Cartwright, Burlington, VT Charlie Baker Erdmann, Norwalk, CT Elizabeth Holiman, Wayzata, MN
12 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Yendee Mae Ho-Rath, Rehoboth, MA Nadine G. Marzouka, Pleasant Valley, NY Emily Cannon Pocock, Burlington, VT Laurel Elizabeth Howe, New Plymouth, ID Emma Grace Massey, North Yarmouth, ME Rachael N. Podtburg, Ashland, MA Ani Y. Hsu Obrock, Scotch Plains, NJ Benjamin Masson, Shelburne, VT Julie A. Potash, Oakland, NJ Yi Huang, Burlington, VT Tamara Mathieu, Swanton, VT Colleen Powers, Guilderland, NY Jordan Louise Hubbell, Shoreham, VT Daniel Fitz Maurice Kenzie Joyce Provencher, Huntington, VT Mikayla W. Humiston, Middlebury, VT Lily McCabe, Guildhall, VT Alila Quackenbush, Gansevoort, NY Willa Faith Imhoff, Healdsburg, CA Morgan Anne McCord, Glen Gardner, NJ Sean Thomas Quigley, Haddonfield, NJ Carina Viola Isbell, Burlington, VT Patrick R. McCue, Williston, VT Toni Irene Rabasc, Woburn, MA Lerret Jackson, Bronx, NY Bailie I. McDonald, Fairfax, VT Austin L. Raichelson, Chappaqua, NY Dylan Issac Jacobs, Staatsburg, NY Kaitlin Mary McGann, Warren, NJ Sarah Taylor Raimondi, South Salem, NY Natalie Jacobson, San Francisco, CA Madeline Elizabeth McGeorge, Waitsfield, VT Karin L. Rand, Richmond, VT Natalie Strong Jaffe, Shelburne, VT Lucy Elizabeth McGrew, Collingswood, NJ Noah Louis Rappel, Middletown, NJ Andrew Francis Jalbert, Cape Elizabeth, ME Meghan McLean, Rutherford, NJ Taranvir Singh Rattu, Burlington, VT Maisie Gilmore Jarrell, West Tisbury, MA Mary R. Meehan, Olmsted Falls, OH Nina Rauth, Glen Rock, NJ Anna L. Johnson, Williston, VT Rebecca Mary Meehan, Middletown, NJ Sofia Reali, Portland, ME Amanda E. Jones, Wilbraham, MA Abigail Charlotte Merchant, Jewett City, CT Keely Reed, South Burlington, VT Colin Mathias Jones, Saint Charles, IL Morgan Starrick Mettler, Danbury, CT Irene Lizette Reichl, Danbury, CT Jasmina Jusufagic, Burlington, VT MacKenzie Suzanne Michaels, Deerfield, IL Alyson Reid, Wenham, MA Steven Kahr, Madbury, NH Molly Withey Miller, Hampton, CT Maxwell Philip Reitkopf, New York, NY Zoe Rogers Kalbag, Piedmont, CA Matthew Brian Mills, Fort Edward, NY Jillian Janik Reynolds, Colchester, CT Hanna N. Kaminski, Medford, NJ Emily C. Mitchell, Burlington, VT Olivia Newton Reynolds, Alburgh, VT Mikayla Tian Kass, Auburndale, MA Alyssa Monteith, Bedford, NH Logan Nicole Richardello, Coventry, CT Lily Keats, Cambridge, MA Andrew S. Moreno, South Burlington, VT Britt Richardson, Montpelier, VT Alec Jordan Keehn, Weston, MA Erica Simon Morrissey, Braintree, MA Julia Munro Richardson, Cohasset, MA William Christopher Kelly, Campbell Hall, NY Beck Morrow, Schenectady, NY Nicholas David Robbio, Burlington, VT Mackenzie Erin Kerner, Belford, NJ Amani Jean-Noel Muderhwa, South Andrew R. Robyak, Dillsburg, PA Jacqueline L. Kho, Monmouth Beach, NJ Burlington, VT Laine Catherine Rooney, Exeter, NH Allyson Hanley Kilcoyne, Burlington, VT Tara Madeline Mundy, Rochester, NY Alexandra Anne Rosenberger, Grand Isle, VT Brett Wang Koslowsky, Belmont, MA Daisy Louise Navin, Easton, CT Kendall Jane Ross, Woodbury, CT Jessica Elizabeth Krueger, Ann Arbor, MI Zachary Philip Neal, Winooski, VT Keltsey Patrice Rushton, Grafton, VT Aurore Paulette Kucaba, Oak Park, IL Rachel A. Nelson, Wellesley Hills, MA Sarah Grace Ruttgers, Chicago, IL Elijah Kushen, South Orange, NJ J. F. Carter Neubieser, Kensington, CT Michelle Ann Salzbrunn, Ridgefield, CT Hannah C. Ladner, Danville, PA Sarah Margaret Newlands, Rochester, NY Lindsay Mary Sampson, Boxford, MA Rosemary Emma Lambert, Montvale, NJ Rebecca Matilda Nottonson, Addison, VT Nikki Samuelson, Newburyport, MA Samantha Lange, Lafayette, NJ Christopher Randolph Nuckols, Essex Will Atkins Schexnayder, Burlington, VT Lauren Victoria LaPlaca, White Plains, NY Junction, VT Sophia Ann Schintzel, Concord, MA Elizabeth Larkins, Truckee, CA Lily Grace Nudel, Woodbridge, CT Kate Button Schlang, Washington, DC Sondra Laroche, Shoreham, VT Julia Chenery Nugent, Delmar, NY Gavin Forest Hill Schmeck, Haddonfield, NJ Julian Lathrop, North Andover, MA Camila Elena O’Brien, Brookline, MA Emma Christine Schoeppner, Canton, OH Stefanos D. Lekkas, Elburn, IL Kayli M. O’Donnell, Candia, NH Elise Simone Schumacher, Essex Junction, VT Kathryn Marie Lemay, Burlington, VT Madelyn Rose Olson, Ithaca, NY Uma Josephine Schupfer, Montclair, NJ Parker John Lescalleet, Southborough, MA Laura Ashley Olszanski, Newtown, PA Julia Elizabeth Schusterman, Chapel Hill, NC John Thomas Levinsky, Westford, VT Micaela Patricia O’Mara, Queensbury, NY Matthew Palmer Sealy, Darien, CT Yanluo Li, Hefei, China Sophia Rose Onoff, Pittsford, NY Delaney Julia Shea, Atkinson, NH Grace Kathleen Linnehan, Nashua, NH Alexa Orlando, New York, NY Wyatt J. Shea, Charlotte, VT Jessica Marie Linton, Manchester Center, VT Alexandria Dawn Paine, Wellfleet, MA Kristina Sickmueller, Nairobi, Kenya Lauren Marie Lipari, Northport, NY Patrick Paniagua, Washington, DC Oliver Stowe Alexander Sloan, Richmond, VT Derek Lodermeier, Minneapolis, MN Miranda Dawn Parker, Springfield, VA Annie Jean Smigelsky, Colonia, NJ Madeline Corey Lodico, Exeter, NH Grace S. Pasquale, Hamden, CT Erika Smith, New Tripoli, PA Hannah Charlene Lukes, Girdwood, AK Kelsey Marie Patelunas, Herndon, VA Mikala Smith, Castleton, VT Jeremiah James Lukes, Wrentham, MA Cole Jonathan Paulson, Millburn, NJ Ruth Siobhan Snow, Northfield, VT Adeline Luperchio, Sudbury, MA Kyra Peacock, Frederick, MD Allison Rose Stack, Syracuse, NY Dominick V. Macaluso, Byram Township, NJ Sean Mansfield Pease, Morrisville, VT Olivia R. Stafford, Bay Village, OH Reiko Maeda, Burlington, VT Maximiliano James Pedraza, San Antonio, TX Olivia Hoffman Stafford, Danville, NH Taylor A. Magda, Moorestown, NJ Rachel Meredith Pepin, Londonderry, NH Ryan James Stafford, Greenwich, CT Alyssa C. Mamuszka, South Glastonbury, CT Elias Victor Tumavicus Pereira, Brattleboro, VT James Edward Stebbins, Weston, CT TJ Mandelkorn, North Bend, WA Justin David Pero, White River Junction, VT Sydney Elizabeth Stegman, Quechee, VT Janelle Florence Mandigo, Salisbury, VT Michelle Nari Perry, Shelburne, VT Melissa Faith Stewart, Essex Junction VT Brandon Joseph Mansfield, Starksboro, VT Luke Joseph Petela, Haddon Township, NJ Samantha Ashlee Stone, Putnam, CT Sofia May Maranto, Reisterstown, MD Cody Patrick Pettibone, Shaftsbury, VT Michael C. Sztorc Ellen Marchetti, Plymouth, MA Seneca K. Phillips, South Wales, NY Margaret Allen Tabb, Northfield, IL Clay Maroney, Mansfield, MA Emily Hope Piersiak, Medfield, MA Jessica Michelle Taylor, Chester, NJ Taylor Blake Marcotte, Williston, VT Ariel Ellen Carole Pipes, Fairfield, VT Alexandra N. Teglash, Penfield, NY Elektra Martin, Burlington, VT Zachary J. Pittel, Newton Highlands, MA Ryan Paul Thornton, Winooski, VT
COMMENCEMENT 2020 13 Jenifer Torres, Richmond Hill, NY Jordan Watts, Bedford, NH Devyn Anne Yolda Carr, Lebanon, CT Katherine Troiano, Sudbury, MA Thomas Harold Wei, Burlington, VT Abigail Youngless, Lake Mary, FL Matthew A. Turner, Stoneham, MA Tehya Marie Weston, East Calais, VT Conor H. Zawilinski, Colchester, CT Deanna L. Tuttle, Poughkeepsie, NY James Berry Whitley IV, Weybridge, VT Rachel Alyse Zell, Newtown, PA Paige Meredith Vaccaro, Plattsburgh, NY Samantha Elizabeth Williams, Sherborn, MA Lucille Zendzian, Needham, MA Gennaro Sebastian Valant, Pittsburgh, PA James Michael Billopp Willis, Weston, CT Yuanzhen Zhang, Kunming, China Eleanor Katherine Van Arsdell, Sudbury, MA Sarah Jean Williston, Oak Bluffs, MA Jing Zhu, Yining, China Levi Darren Vaughan, East Thetford, VT Taylor A. Wilson, White River Junction, VT Jordyn O. Zolty, West Hartford, CT Olivia Nicole Vining, Pound Ridge, NY Noah Durham Wing, Morrisville, VT Jessica R. Zulch, Red Hook, NY Justin David Wagner, Burlington, VT Caleb Anthony Winick, Jay, VT Joseph Douglas Walzer, East Greenbush, NY Lyndsey Andrea Woodworth, Morganville, NJ Xiaoyu Wang, Beijing, China Daniel Stuart Wright, Burlington, VT Korey Anna-Marie Ward, Hightstown, NJ Emma C. Wright, Hopkinton, MA Brianne Lillie Warden, Flanders, NJ Lucy Rose Yellen, Deerfield, IL
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
LAWRENCE K. FORCIER OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD Sofia Maranto Thesis: A Review of The University of Vermont’s Food given to the College’s graduating senior who has distinguished Science Curriculum in Relationship to the Standards of the Institute himself or herself through academic achievement and outstanding of Food Technologists and Career Preparedness service. Named in honor of former dean, Lawrence K. Forcier, who Advisor: Todd Pritchard, PhD served the college with distinction from 1991 to 1998. *Morgan McCord, Thesis: Structurally Critical Elements for MutY Matthew Adrian Bompastore DNA Glycosylase Recognition of Specific Damage Sites Mentor: Andrea Lee, PhD Alyssa Monteith, Thesis: Evaluation of Epigenetics as a Fitness HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE OF Mechanism AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Advisor: Stephanie McKay, PhD Matthew Bompastore, Thesis: Investigating the Pseudomanas *Christopher Nuckols, Thesis: Optimizing media for combined use of aeruginosa Pre-infection Niche human bronchial epithelial cells and human lung fibroblasts in ex Advisor: Matt Wargo, PhD vivo lung bioengineering Madelyn Bowman, Thesis: Literature review and research progress: Mentor: Daniel J. Weiss MD, PhD Fatty acid composition changes of milk contaminated with *Laura Olszanski, Thesis: Comparison of inflammatory response and Staphylococcus aureus morphologic damage induced by endotoxin in mouse and bovine Advisor: John Barlow, PhD mammary gland Jamie Burke, Thesis: Enriching Branched-chain Fatty Acids in Rumen Mentor: Feng-Qi Zhao, PhD Protozoa Membranes with Dietary Leucine Emily Piersiak, Thesis: Variability of Exchangeable Cations and pH Advisor: Jana Kraft, PhD in Aged Forest Soils Chelsea Darwin, Thesis: The impact of salinity on upper lethal Advisor: Donald Ross, PhD temperature of Acartia tonsa Sean Quigley, Thesis: A Survey of RNA Methylation Within the Advisor: Melissa Pespeni PhD Bovine AMPK Gene Family Vidharshi Dharmasena, Thesis: Using Blood Proteomics to Detect Advisor: Stephanie McKay, PhD the Health and Wellbeing of Young Calves in Relation to Bovine Julia Richardson, Thesis: How the AKC Promotes Disordered Respiratory Disease Genetics Within Purebred Dog Breeds Advisor: Jamie Shaw, BS Advisor: Julie Smith, PhD Teighan Shore Thesis: Monarch Butterfly Phenology: Amanda Godes, Thesis: A Review of Quantitative Real-time PCR Characterizations of Monarch and Milkweed Populations in Terms of Cost, Accuracy, and Time in Comparison to Other Advisor: Samantha Alger, PhD Diagnostic Methods *Joseph Walzer, Thesis: Cysteine sulfenylation of chaperone GRP78 Advisor: John Barlow, PhD and modulation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in *Matthew Gorstein, Thesis: The effects of moderate salt stress on mammalian cells nodule development of Medicago truncatula Mentor: Vikas Anathy, PhD Mentor: Jeanne Harris, PhD Thomas Wei, Thesis: Business Roundtable vs. B Corporations: Lizzy Holiman, Thesis: The Vermont Wine Industry: The Emergence Differences in Strategic Decision Making of Cold Climate Viticulture and The Uncertain Future in the Face of Advisor: David Conner, PhD Climate Change *James Whitley, Thesis: Dairy derived fatty acids impact rat beta cell Advisor: function *Zoë Kalbag, Thesis: The effect of Crk adaptor proteins in cell Mentor: Thomas L. Jetton, PhD proliferation in the developing Zebrafish retina *Emma Wright, Thesis: Compost suppression of a fungal pathogen, Mentor: Alicia Ebert, PhD Rhizoctonia solani, and its impact on root microbiomes Juliana Landis, Thesis: Lemna Minor as an Ecological and Economic Mentor: Deborah A. Neher, PhD Tool for Vermont Farmers Advisor: Joshua Faulkner, PhD * Student is also graduating with College Honors: Distinguished Undergraduate Research
14 COMMENCEMENT 2020 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES HONORS: BIOCHEMISTRY DISTINGUISHED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH THANASSI AWARD is given to a Senior Biochemistry Major in Danielle Allen, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department, recognition of research excellence and academic achievement. Thesis: Development of a novel system to characterize the EWI-2 Ona Ambrozaite fusion inhibitory mechanism Mentor: Markus Thali, PhD ROBERT WOODWORTH AWARD recognizes the student in the Nathan Ehrenreich, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics senior class with the most outstanding academic record. Department, Thesis: Activation capabilities of SETD5 truncated Ona Ambrozaite variants Mentor: James Stafford, PhD Rhiannon Henderson, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLIED ECONOMICS Thesis: Human disturbance influences occupancy of Eurasian elk in Mongolia These awards are presented to the graduating senior(s) with the Mentor: James D. Murdoch, PhD highest scholastic grade point average in recognition of their Carina Isbell, Community Development and Applied Economics continuous academic excellence and outstanding professional Department, Thesis: Seed producer motivations to conserve crop potential. diversity in situ in Vermont COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Laine Catherine Rooney Mentor: Daniel Tobin, PhD COMMUNITY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Beck Morrow, Plant and Soil Science Department, Thesis: Evaluating Lily McCabe nutrient excess in industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) agricultural PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: Amanda Rose Anderson, production Margaret Allen Tabb Mentor: Eric Bishop von Wettberg, PhD Sean Pease, Plant and Soil Science Department, Thesis: Annual THOMAS F. PATTERSON, JR., TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD Lupines (Lupinus spp.): Evaluating lupin’s agricultural potential as is presented to an outstanding student exhibiting excellence in the a cover crop in Vermont classroom as an undergraduate teaching assistant. Mentor: Eric Bishop von Wettberg, PhD Cian Margaret Duffy Rachel Pepin, Biochemistry Program, Thesis: Glycogen metabolism Margaret Allen Tabb and ß cell effector function Mentor: Gregory M. Gilmartin, MS ENGAGED SCHOLAR AWARD is presented to an outstanding student who has translated their high level of academic achievement into meaningful contributions to “real world” community development. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES Carina Viola Isbell ELMER TOWNE AWARD presented annually by the Vermont Dairy Industry Association to that student whose work in the field of INTERNSHIP AWARD Dairy Science shows the greatest promise for providing the quality Samuel Day Donnelly leadership exemplified by Elmer E. Towne in his life of service to the SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD recognizes the top ten Dairy Industry. percent of all seniors with a major in Community Development & Andrew Francis Jalbert Applied Economics based on cumulative grade point average. Amanda Rose Anderson DONALD J. BALCH AWARD presented annually to that student making the greatest contribution to the equine or companion animal Kayla Christopher activities of the Department of Animal Science. Ellyse Diamond Alila Quackenbush Carina Viola Isbell Lily McCabe AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AWARD presented Laine Catherine Rooney annually to seniors whose academic record, scholastic efforts and Deanna L. Tuttle character warrant recognition as the future leaders in the field of Rachel Alyse Zell Animal Sciences. Graduating seniors named to the society are: Eleanor Katherine Van Arsdell Ellen Marchetti Jessica Harkness Laura Ashley Olszanski ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AWARD
BRETT KLEIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP presented to the CREAM OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR AWARD presented by the Student Herd Advisors for Summer 2019, Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Environmental Program faculty to graduating seniors who have with a big thanks for their time and effort! The award is presented for demonstrated academic excellence, environmental leadership, and their dedication, responsible leadership, and friendly attitude that campus and community activism and service. Brett exemplified as a 1990 CREAMer as well as for their excellence in Maisie Gilmore Jarrell teaching and advising the CREAMers and in passing on the CREAM Julia Elizabeth Schusterman tradition! Jillian Elizabeth Fisher Andy Francis Jalbert Emily Grace Fletcher Alyssa Monteith Jacqueline L. Kho Colleen Powers
COMMENCEMENT 2020 15 MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS THE CORNELIA WHEELER IRISH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD was established in the memory of Mrs. Cornelia Wheeler WARREN R. STEINBRING OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN Irish, UVM class of 1918, who taught in a one-room schoolhouse MICROBIOLOGY AWARD in recognition of academic excellence and and was a devoted wife and mother as well as a dedicated church professional growth. and community leader. This award is presented annually in the fall Matthew Adrian Bompastore semester to a student majoring in Dietetics or Nutrition and Food Steven M. Hepp Sciences whose continuous academic excellence, financial need, and demonstrated potential for success in a career in human nutrition has LUCILLE P. MARKEY OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MOLECULAR distinguished her or him from their peers. GENETICS AWARD in recognition of academic excellence and Sofia May Maranto professional growth. Zoë Rogers Kalbag DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY BRENDA V. TESSMANN UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD, established in 2012, is in recognition of SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE IN RESEARCH AWARD is given in excellence in the classroom as an undergraduate teaching assistant. recognition of students who have excelled in research with the Plant Biology Department, irrespective of their academic major. In 2019, this award was renamed for Brenda V. Tessmann in Matthew Jason Gorstein recognition of her outstanding contributions to MMG laboratory teaching and undergraduate advising since 1981. Nathan Ehrenreich DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES
BURLINGTON GARDEN CLUB AWARD honors the recipients for DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCES their achievements and strong interest in ornamental horticulture. NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE FACULTY AWARD presented Two awards are given in memory of former members of the club. Julia Rose Callahan annually by the department faculty to the graduating senior with Samantha Lange the highest scholastic grade point average in recognition of their continuous academic excellence and outstanding professional W.H. DARROW HORTICULTURAL PRIZE presented to an potential. outstanding junior or senior in recognition of superior performance in Delaney Barbara Acciaioli horticultural science. Kenzie Joyce Provencher Hilary B. Churchill Elizabeth Holiman AGNES T. POWELL AWARD presented annually to graduating Julian Lathrop seniors majoring in Dietetics who have demonstrated qualities Sydney Elizabeth Stegman indicating outstanding professional promise and potential. Stevi J. Greenan SEYMORE HORTICULTURAL PRIZE, established by William W. Seymour in memory of his father, Henry F. Seymour, class of 1835. It is BERTHA M. TERRILL AWARD was created as a tribute to Miss given to a student who has conducted original horticultural research. Bertha M. Terrill and her 31 years of service at UVM. Bertha Terrill Beck Morrow is remembered as the founding Chair of the Department of Home AGRONOMY, SOILS AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Economics, the first Dean of Women and the first woman full SENIOR RECOGNITION AWARD presented by the department Professor at UVM. The purpose of this award is to recognize a student to an outstanding student with an interest in agronomy, soils, or who shows special academic promise and achievement. sustainable agriculture. Britt Richardson Lucille Zendzian
BLAIR WILLIAMS AWARD to the graduating senior who best JAMES E. LUDLOW ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP, established in exemplifies the qualities of Professor Williams’ excellence in the areas memory of James Ludlow, class of 1987, to provide scholarship of human nutrition and foods and her deep concern for people. awards to deserving students with preference given to those studying Isabella Marina Alessandrini horticulture. Sean Mansfield Pease REUBEN AND ROSE MATTUS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD given in Lucille Zendzian the name of Rueben and Rose Mattus, founders of the Haagen- Dazs Ice Cream Company, is presented to the Nutrition and Food PSS TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD presented by the department to Sciences Major who demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for the outstanding students that have shown excellence in the classroom as study of food sciences, either in new product development or the an undergraduate teaching assistant. improvement of existing products. Julia Rose Callahan Kristina N. Sickmueller Elizabeth Holiman
VERMONT VEGETABLE AND BERRY ASSOCIATION AWARD is presented to a student who has demonstrated excellence in studies in the field of small fruit and vegetable science. Benjamin Crosby
16 COMMENCEMENT 2020 College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts & Sciences (White and Yellow) BACHELOR OF ARTS Melissa Elizabeth Beer, Arnold, MD Ying Cai, Wuhan, China Kelsey Mary Aaron, Norwich Alexis Von Metzsch Belash, Milton, MA Connor Emerson Caley, Tiverton, RI Gabriel Aboy, Millington, NJ Carolann Belden, Cincinnati, OH Grace Margaret Callahan, Wenham, MA Owen Ackerman, Croton-on-Hudson, NY Kate Isabella Bellino, Lake Bluff, IL Kaleigh Alexandra Karacsony Calvao, Leela Actis, New York, NY Simon Whelan Belliveau, Saco, ME Trumbull, CT Christian Adamczak, Saint Albans, VT Samantha Hope Benedetti, Haverhill, MA Carter Thomas Cameron, Grand Isle, VT Drew A. Adamczyk, Colchester, VT Alexander Vincent Benevento, Essex, VT Elizabeth Grace Cabot Camp, Wayland, MA Samantha Adams, Newton, MA Shannon Bennett, Rindge, NH Xavier Mansa Campaz, Shenzhen, China Jordan E. Alber, Shelburne Falls, MA Jamie Sean Benson, Waterbury, VT Nora Katherine Canellakis, Washington, DC Elise Dorothy Albertini, New Boston, NH Jared C. Benson, Burlington, VT Anya Brigid Carey, Holliston, MA Lindsay Rose Aldrich, Yorktown Heights, NY Tyrus Chriswell Bergersen, Newton Center, Cameron Douglas Carlin, Essex Junction, VT Phoenix Alix, Jay, VT MA Tyler James Carlo, Hillsdale, NJ Iris Rose Allen, Manchester, VT Nancy Paulina Guiney Bernhardt, Bristow, VA Giovanna Lynn Carlson, Newbury, VT Paul Jacob Amerine, Long Beach, CA Meredith Taylor Berube, Chelmsford, MA Courtney Carr, Orwell, VT Lillian Marie Anderson, Atkinson, NH Allison LaRene Betelak, Milford, NH Kayla Marie Carr, Morrisville, VT Mary Elizabeth Anderson, Chester, VT Trevor W. Biggs, Manchester, VT Laura Grace Carrig, Swedesboro, NJ Hannah Ankerson, Burlington, VT Tristan Louis Biggs, Manchester, VT Emily C. Cashman, Newbury, MA Alana Elizabeth Anthony, Ipswich, MA Olivia Catherine Kellman Billow, Brookline, Analisa S. Castagna, Brookline, MA MA Muyu Ao, Chongqing, China Bronwyn Skye Caswell-Riday, Topsham, ME Braxton J. Birchard, Derby, VT Nicholas Apostolakes, Groton, MA Neville Miller Caulfield, Durham, NH Molly Ann Bisset, East Greenwich, RI Brandon Angelo Arcari, McLean, VA Angela Cefarello, Colchester, VT McKenna Katherine Black, Morrisville, VT Evan Robert Aretz, Philadelphia, PA Eric Joseph Cerra, Weston, VT Suzanne Black, Belchertown, MA Heber Alexis Argueta Rios, Washington, DC Rachel Mary Cerveny, Pennsauken, NJ Jessica Ann Blackburn, Burlington, VT Maya Jennifer Arima, Burlington, VT Chloe Deeta Chaobal, Anchorage, AK Caleb Jay Bogin, Cortlandt Manor, NY William Arliss, New Canaan, CT Alexandra Chase, Dover, NH Jonah Sander Bol, Great Falls, VA Ívar Örn Árnason, Akureyri, Iceland Lauren Rose Chelel, Kinnelon, NJ Haley V. Boucher, Colchester, VT Samuel McCaffrey Atallah, Needham, MA Huan Chen, Ningbo, China Skylar Marie Bouffard, Huntington, VT Joshua Ross Audette, Saint Paul, MN Luofei Chen, Beijing, China Camille Anne Elisabeth Bourdin, New York, NY Emily Ann Auld, Pearl River, NY Pian Chen, Nan Chang, China Carter Bradshaw, Longmeadow, MA Zlatan Avdibegović, Burlington, VT Wei Chen, Yongkang, China Courtney Marie Brady, Blakeslee, PA Olivia Skye Avery, Glenside, PA Xu Chen, Jiaozuo, China Cristen Braun, Middlesex, VT Geoffrey Jacob Saunders Axbey, Wellesley, MA Zilu Chen, Qingdao, China Rose Keenan Breen, Kirby, VT Ian James Bachand, New Haven, VT Daniela Cherny, Newton, MA Sophie Alea Brenits, Rockville, MD Cecilia Rose Bair, Buffalo, NY Paul K. Cherubini III, Scotch Plains, NJ Hannah Rose Brewer, Waynesboro, PA Mackenzie Baker, Burlington, VT Caleb Richard Chew, Ashby, MA Nancy Eleanor Pearson Brewer, Charlotte, NC Ema Baldauf, Brattleboro, VT Elizabeth Claire Chicarello, Arlington, MA Hazel Clementine Brewster, Morrisville, VT Katherine Blake Bamberger, Essex Junction, Glen A. Childers, Addison, VT VT Aubrey Lynn Brimmer, Vernon, VT Brody M. Childs, Easton, CT Christopher W. Barlow, Charlotte, VT Cara Georgiana Broderick, Groton, MA Joshua Harvey Childs, Ocean View, NJ Marta Joy Bartholomew, Hartland, VT Stephanie Leigh Brooks, Lebanon, NH Chelsea Alice Christian, Chicago, IL Asfar Mohamed Basha, South Burlington, VT Greta Lovisa Brown, Santa Fe, NM Owen Ronald Churchill, Lexington, SC Syd T. Baskind, Montpelier, VT Kathryn Anne Brown, Nashville, TN John Stanley Cialek, Litchfield, NH Natalia E. Bastante, Waldwick, NJ Kristen Ann Brown, Fairfield, CT Madison Lee Cilk, Naples, FL Ruby Lynn Bates, Saint Albans, VT Sarah Catherine Brown, Falmouth, ME Kira Isabella Cincotta, Wilmington, VT Bronson Themistocles Bathras, Severna Park, W. Benjamin Brown, Traverse City, MI Paul Clapps, Burlington, VT MD Emily R. Bruggeman, Hebron, CT Elena Clark, South Burlington, VT Amanda Rose Bauersfeld, New Canaan, CT Elijah Reed Brunn, Slate Hill, NY Andrew Clayton, Land O’ Lakes, FL Cameron Clark Bauserman, Silver Spring, MD Erin Elizabeth Bundock, Shelburne, VT Noah M. Coccoluto, Stoneham, MA Hannah Saunders Baylies, Pleasantville, NY Nicholas A. Burchill, Westport, CT Russell B. Cohen, Carmel, NY Timothy Andrew Beard, Lincoln, MA Nora Bitnam Burdick, Newton, MA Isabel Colby, Walden, VT Katherine Beaulieu, Cranston, RI Catherine Susan Burgess, East Dorset, VT Aidan Coles, Morrisville, VT Elise Victoria Becker, Albany, NY Sheldon Forrest Burnell, Brattleboro, VT John Timothy Collins IV, Glenview, IL Katherine Kelly Becker, Burlington, VT Trevor Hallett Burrall, Geneva, NY Andrew M. Colón, Richmond, VA Shae Ellen Beckett, Northbrook, IL Thomas Joseph Butcher, Katonah, NY Daniel Ariwa Combs, Andover, MA Adrian Ashley Christine Bedard, Groton, VT Anneke Leigh Butkus, Manasquan, NJ Emma Conant, Plymouth, MA Henry Beebe-Center, Newton, MA Claire Isadora Cahoon, Washington, DC Eleanor Brink Connolly, Burlington, VT
COMMENCEMENT 2020 17 Emily Rose Connolly, Foxborough, MA Olivier Everts, Paoli, PA Sherman Philip Goldblum, Branford, CT Casey Conway, Bethel, CT Patrick Brendan Fagan, Morris Plains, NJ Christian Golden, Westford, VT Dilan Palmer Cook, Rutland, VT Megan R. Fariel, White River Junction, VT Emma Margaret Golden, Evergreen, CO Nicholas Benjamin Cooke, Redding, CT Mollie Shea Feeley, Fairfield, CT Jason Michael Goldfarb, San Diego, CA Brenna Rose Coombs, North Chittenden, VT Haley Katherine Ferrer, West Chester, PA Ariane Electra Goldsmith, San Francisco, CA Eliza Draper Corderman, Needham, MA Sophie Helen Jacqueline Ferrone, Lake Brian Elias Gomez Hidalgo, White Plains, NY Sara Michelle Corsetti, Longmeadow, MA George, NY Julia Anne Goodgold, Ridgewood, NJ Jeremiah W. Cory, Hinesburg, VT Sara Minogue Fetter, Westfield, NJ Emily Ruth Goodrich, Essex Junction, VT Gina Maria Costello, Deering, NH Matthew-Jacob Reeser Finbury, West Calvin Peter Gooley, Brattleboro, VT Newbury, MA William Cottiss, Long Valley, NJ Paul Alexander Gordon, South Boston, MA Brenna Kathleen Finegan, Camp Hill, PA Charlotte Hunt Coughlin, East Burke, VT Abraham L. Goren, Brooklyn, NY Wendy Christine Finn, Oyster Bay, NY Cassandra Doris Crawford, Derby, VT Samuel Luke Gosselin, Fairfield, CT Matthew Fioti, Las Vegas, NV Hailey Virginia Cray, Ferrisburgh, VT Samantha Lynn Graham, West Boylston, MA Rebecca Lee Fish, Grand Isle, VT Liam Michael Creaser, Albany, NY Alexandra Marie Granato, Plainfield, IL Carly Anne Flatau, Fayetteville, NY Mia Ann Crisafulli, Voorheesville, NY Morgan I. Gray, Danville, VT Emily Fleming, Stow, MA Mariah Quinn Cronin, Sandwich, MA Max Elliot Greenberg, Woodmere, NY Jameson Rose Harrington Flint, Springfield, Madeline Jae Greene, Bayville, NY Jessica Ruth Crooker, Northfield, MA VT Maxwell R. Greenwood, Freeport, ME Chris Crowl, Moorestown, NJ Katarina Flood, Evanston, IL Tenny Anoush Gregorian, Belmont, MA Kassidy Autumn, Chester, VT Marissa Flynn, Lee, NH Catherine A. Gregory, Washington, DC Kathryn Cummings, Doylestown, PA Jordyn Michele Fofi, Baldwinsville, NY Nathan William Curtis, Evanston, IL Abigail Foley, Rutland, VT Adrianna Grinder, Holliston, MA Tyler Alexander Curtis, Needham, MA Jacqueline Elizabeth Foley, Annapolis, MD Laura Katherine Grosser, Newton, MA Lilian Rae Dalton, Fort Lauderdale, FL Tilly Sphere Forlack, Glenside, PA Jack Cooper Grossman, New York, NY Elizabeth Claire McNamara Darnall, Mont Alison Forman-Katz, Newton, MA Henry Cuthbertson Groves, Newton, MA Vernon, NH Chloe Ellis Foster, Syracuse, NY Ella Sophia Guinan, Manchester, CT Morgan S. Davis, Easton, MA Rachel Foster, Liverpool, NY Tianyu Guo, Liaocheng, China Nathalia De La Cruz, New London, CT Clementine Fowle, Westport, CT Shane Nicole Gussman, Los Angeles, CA Crista Bradway DeAngelis, Tinton Falls, NJ Alta Marie Fox, Niskayuna, NY Alex Ivy Critchfield Guzman, Chicago, IL Dan DeDomenico, Orange, CT Hayden Scott Fralin, Washington, DC Loret Haas-Hanser, Plantation FL Elnur Delahmetovic, Burlington, VT Benjamin R. Francoeur, Leicester, VT Olena Alexandra Hadlet, Millington, NJ Christian DeLuca, Bristol, RI Caroline G. Franks, Ocean City, NJ Eli Valentine Hale, Burlington, VT Robert A. Demaree, Princeton, NJ Amelia Antoinette Frederick, Richmond, VT Grace Chappell Haley, Marblehead, MA Cyrus Walker Demmons, Rockport, ME Ellyse M. Fredericks, Colchester, VT Georgia Anne Hall, Rochester, NY Sara Elizabeth Dempsey, Brockport, NY Jacob R. Fredette, Essex Junction, VT Thomas Hall, Darien, CT Yuekun Deng, Shenzhen, China Ian French, Manchester, VT Casey Hallberg, Stow, MA Caroline Derksen, New York, NY Tali Alaina Friedman, Denver, CO Andrew Michael Halpin, Lincoln, MA Jordan Paige Deutsch, Brookfield, CT Natalie Anne Fuchs, Mahopac, NY Tianyi Han, Daqing, China Kurt Stewart Dimmick, Natick, MA Abigail Deborah Fuirst, Chappaqua, NY Dakota Danner Hanke-Ledwith, Belfast, ME Naw Ruth Doe, Burlington, VT Delaney M. Fuller, Syracuse, NY Matthew Bennett Hanks, Chester NJ Henry D. Dolan, Stowe, VT Katherine Clare Fusco, Burlington, VT Ethan Ryan Harrington, Topsfield, MA Kristen Elizabeth Dougherty, Methuen, MA David Michael Gabel, Patchogue, NY Julia An Callagy Harrington, Bethesda, MD Irene Lake Drew, Cincinnati, OH Corinne Adele Gaccione, Greenwich, CT Analise Hausmann, Topsham, VT Anna Lieve Duckworth, Woodbury, CT Emerson James Gagnon, Belmont, MA Benjamin Parker Hazzard, Sandy Hook, CT Blake Daniel Duffy, Waterbury Center, VT Yunzi Gai, Qingdao City, China Aiden Healy, Newburyport, MA Charity Ann Dugener, Milton, VT Madeleine Emily Nicola Gale, Alexandria, VA Dillon Joseph Healy, Rutledge, PA Elizabeth Faye Dunford, Centreville, VA Kevin James Galenkamp, Middlebury, VT Matthew Heineman, Edgemont, NY Michael Jerod Dunham, Asheville, NC Kelly Marie Garber, Burlington, CT Caroline Ruth Helfrich, Hingham, MA Isabel Dunkley, Westford, VT Emmett Alexander Gartner, Annapolis, MD Emma Reilly Helmken, Waterbury, VT Jackson Dunn, Duxbury, MA Michael Thomas Gasparrini, Trumbull, CT Henry Herrick Henkel, Portsmouth, NH Elizabeth Catherine Dybas, Albany, NY Haley L. Gearwar, Leicester, VT Emily Rose Heon, Warwick, RI Avry Rain Eaddy-Holmes, Haverhill, MA Talar Antonia Gelenian, Fairlee, VT Alexa Michele Herrera Condry, Middlebury, VT Hannah C. Edmonds, Lexington, MA Caleb Joseph George-Hinnant, Ithaca, NY Ethan Joseph Herz, Burlington, VT Maia Lee Edmunds, Brandon, VT Justine Elizabeth Gerace, Monroe, CT Cayden L. Hewes, Shrewsbury, MA Andrew Leeds Ehler, Hingham, MA Cayley Rose Gersh, Phoenixville, PA Ryan Michael Hickey, Wrentham, MA Frederick S. Eisenbiegler, Armonk, NY River Gheen-Regouski, Landenberg, PA Bridget Catherine Higdon, Sparta, NJ Jillian Marie Eller, Saint Helena Island, SC Erik Christopher Giard-Chase, Burlington, VT Bernadette Marie Higgs, Ira, VT Kylie Elizabeth Elliott, Litchfield, NH Nina E. Gilbert, Burlington, VT Chloe Hight, Freeport, ME Mia Ellis, Hatfield, MA Ayla Gill, Ferrisburgh, VT Alex Stephen Hillman, Chatham, MA Henry Durston Enelow, Riverside, CT Marie E. Gilman, Cohasset, MA Bryn Hinckley, Boise, ID Amanda Catherine Engeman, St. Thomas, Cameron John Gilmour, Middletown Springs, Makenzie A. Hines, Vienna, VA Virgin Islands VT Bradley James Hinson, Woodstock, VT Timothy James Ennis, Middleton, MA Gregory D. Ginsberg, Chappaqua, NY Joshua Posen Hirschhorn, New York, NY Katie Marie Esser, Bethesda, MD Christopher Coleman Gish, Sharon, VT Jessica A. Hoag, Monkton, VT Camille Anne Evans, Newton, MA Rachel Sandra Goldblum, Stamford, CT Louisa Holbrook, Tunbridge, VT
18 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Sadie Holbrook, Tunbridge, VT Taylor Erin Lamarre, Saco, ME Katherine Devon McAllister, Williston, VT Alexandra Charlotte Hollander, Cos Cob, CT Quinn Arthur Lambert, Joppatowne, MD Christopher Paul McAuliffe, Brattleboro, VT Ieuan Paul Honey, Burlington, VT Juliana Landis, Murrysville, PA Abigail Claire McCabe, North Falmouth, MA Shiyan Hong, Xiamen, China Jake Michael Landry, Long Grove, IL William Xiaoming McCarthy, Braintree, MA Sijiang Hou, Beijing, China Kacy M. Lane, Princeton Junction, NJ Kyla Jane McClanahan, Colchester, VT Zuming Hu, Hefei, China Liam John Lane, Great Barrington, MA Sam McCollom, Framingham, MA Chenjie Huang, Shanghai, China Mark Kerivan Lane, Brentwood, NH Austin Charles McCourt, Boxford, MA Hui Huang, Yiwu City, China Mathias Walter Nessim Lang, Franconia, NH Elizabeth McCullough, Narberth, PA Yu Huang, Kunshan, China Hannah Eliza Lansky, Germantown, TN Peter Bon Rory McDonald, Kansas City, KS Nicholas Reed Huguet, Takoma Park, MD Gustavo Lara Rodriguez, Bronx, NY Sarah Beaucage McDonough, Winchester, MA Molly Campbell Humphreys, Summit, NJ Isabel Rose Lardner, Gates Mills, OH Ryan James McEntire, Furlong, PA Shiyun Huo, Chengdu City, China Hannah Brynn Lasser, Avon, CT Caitlin Michelle McHugh, Nassau, NY Anna M. Hurd, Biglerville, PA Kari Anne Lavalette, Williston, VT Megan Elizabeth McKeown, Verona, NJ Paige Emily Hurley, Pennington, NJ Ava Smith LaVallee, Hingham, MA Holly Bernice McLoughlin, South Burlington Madison Hyams, Charlotte, VT Gigi Alexandra Lavigne, Westchester, NY Shelby Lynn McManis, Berlin, VT Jenna Nicole Ingersoll, Trumbull, CT Thu Khanh Anh Le, Manchester, NH Declan Michael McManus, Newport, RI Kaylee Rosaline Genevieve Ireland, South Samuel Paul LeCompte, Rye, NH Noah William McManus, Duxbury, MA Hampton, NH Elijah Jordan Lederman, White Plains, NY Madison Marie McNamara, Sudbury, MA Madison Britt Irwin, Toronto, ON, Canada Brooke Alexis Lee, Worcester, MA Griffin Christopher McNamee, Plymouth, MA Cole Alexander Israel, Montclair, NJ Erica Bevan Leiserowitz, Sacramento, CA Fiona R. McSweeney, Burlington, VT Laensa Iteffa, Denver, CO Quinn Lemler, Midlothian, VA Alanna Jane Melita, Essex, VT Danielle Jabbor, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Kristin Marie Leonard, Litchfield, ME Calen Peter Mendall, Manchester, ME Tyler R. Jackson, Burlington, VT Jacqueline Rose LeSeur, East Brunswick, NJ Aleigh Regina Meredith, Pennington, NJ Sara Jaye, Newton, MA Jacob LeVan, South Burlington, VT Sophia Merritt, Durham, NH Olivia L. Jean, Boston, MA Paige Catherine Levinsky, Shelburne, VT Hilary Messier, Berkshire, VT Sean C. Jeffers, Burlington, VT Michael Roger Lewis, Barrington, RI Caroline Elizabeth Messuri, Danbury, CT Seo Hyun Jeong, Seoul, Republic of Korea Tara Lewis, Williston, VT Annika Mila Neigus Meurs, Washington, DC Andrew B. Jerome, Brandon, VT Zihao Li, Tianjin, China Benjamin G. Meyer, Honeoye Falls, NY Shan Jiang, Huai Nan, China Zilong Li, Kunming, China Birch Mezzaroba, Philadelphia, PA Dana Jiao-Harrington, Burlington, VT Clarissa Mae Libertelli, Rockville, MD Catherine Kidder Michael, Burlington, VT Allison Carroll Jodoin, East Greenwich, RI Rose Lillpopp, Colchester, CT Hannah Millette, Burlington, VT Zachary Russel Johns, Longmeadow, MA Zander Lingelbach-Pierce, Hanover, NH Kyle Havey Misthopoulos, Darien, CT Lila I. Johnson, Wilton, NH Michael Robert Linton, Camillus, NY William Potter Mitchell, Sherborn, MA Nora Bess Johnson, Memphis, TN Luke A. Liscio, Grand Isle, VT Benjamin Thomas Moffat, Gaithersburg, MD Trevor David Jones, Detroit, MI Isabel Lisle, Sharon, MA Owen Proger Molind, Bow, NH Ireland Marie Judge, Smithfield, RI Yueying Liu, Xian City, China Michael T. Montalvo, Commack, NY Rachel H. Jurek, Ashburnham, MA Leah Lopes, Coram, NY Eleanor Baker Moody, Williston, VT Elijah M. Kapral, Dummerston, VT Kailey Rose Loughran, Newburgh, NY Karolyn Claire Moore, Nokesville, VA Christopher Kaufman, Layton, NJ Marisa Grace Loury, Princeton Junction, NJ Scarlett Olivia Moore, Westport, NY Hannah Terese Kaufman, Silver Spring, MD Halle Love, Franklin, MA Kyle H. Morand, Manchester, ME Stella Alice Kaufman, San Francisco, CA Nicholas Sandor Ludman, Winchester, MA Keana Faith Moreau, Burlington, VT Michael Christopher Kearney, Philadelphia, PA Ryan C. Lutrzykowski, Winthrop, ME Mariel Morel De Los Santos, Manchester NH Christopher Lawrence Reed Keller, Montpelier, Ashley Marie Lyon, Essex, VT Lydia Rose Moreman, Williston, VT VT Jordan Ashley Lytton-Smith, Stamford, CT Amach Morgan, Burlington, VT Erin Eileen Kelly, Hebron, CT Xinrui Sophia Ma, Xi’An, China Adam Morrissey, Barrington, RI Margaret Mary Kelly, Arlington, MA Emily Elizabeth MacDonald, Rochester, NY Carolyn Renee Morshead, Bedford, NH Brynne Alison Kennedy, Cape Elizabeth, ME Kate Machavern, Shelburne, VT Wyatt Thomas Mosher, Bainbridge, NY Molly Maguire Kennedy, East Sandwich, MA Alexander Sean Mahaney, Milton, VT Chatham Elizabeth Moss, Boston, MA Colin Reilly Philip Keyes, Newton, MA Katherine S. Malmstrom, Pittsburgh, PA Henry William Motto, Terrace Park, OH Henry Morgan Kidder, Randolph, VT Griffin Charles Marchand, Natick, MA Emily Tucker Mumford, Waitsfield, VT Emma Ruth King, Woodstock, VT Gabriella Rose Marchesi, Huntington, NY Oliver Austin Munson, Burlington, VT Kyle Patrick King, South Windsor, CT Georgianna Simone Marchesseault, Saint Michael Angelo Murolo, Montville, NJ Adam Thomas Kingsley, Southborough, MA Johnsbury, VT Conor Duff Murphy, West Roxburry, MA Aleda Marie Kirstein, Schenectady, NY Taylor Blake Marcotte, Williston, VT Erin Lisa Murphy, Essex Junction, VT Sophie Lord Kluckhuhn, Annapolis, MD Joel Margulies, Ballston Spa, NY Erin Helen Murphy, Malden, MA Luke Knisley, Columbia, MO Julia Molly Markowitz, Bedford, NY Kate Williams Murphy, Barrington, RI Danielle Autumn Kolliopoulos, Milford, CT Savannah Maroun, Rutland, VT Nora Austin Murphy, Montpelier, VT WeiQing Kong, Chongqing, China Adam Daniel Marquette, Swanton, VT Thomas Musinski, Bennington, VT Phoebe Elizabeth Sage Koski, Duluth, MN Monique Mariah Martin, Bronx, NY John S. Myles, New Castle, NH Nikita Jeanne Kruzel, Pelham, NH Alexis Simone Martinez, New York, NY Olivia Poplawski Myrick, Randolph, VT Jonathan Pierre Labinger, Bethesda, MD Harry Phillip Marwil, Wilmette, IL Sunjum Nagpaul, Mohegan Lake, NY Will B. LaCroix, Hinesburg, VT Emma Mathisen, Stowe, VT Michael Jonathan Naim, Ambler, PA Ashley Nona Ladue, Swanton, VT Trevor Paul Mayes, Lebanon, NH Gillian Mira Natanagara, Belmar NJ James LaFountaine, White River Junction, VT MacKenzie Leigh Mazza, Colchester, VT Everett Marx Naylor, Minneapolis, MN
COMMENCEMENT 2020 19 Georgia Grace Nelson, Saint Paul, MN Jack Todd Reichhelm, Westport, CT Will Allen Sherrer, Shelburne, VT Michael Orval Nelson, Coopersburg, PA Ethan Raine Reid, South Hero, VT Blair Miller Shields, Hopewell, NJ Audrey Mcneal Newell, Windsor, CT Alexa Anne Reilly, Albany, NY Emily Erin Shipley, Baltimore, MD Lenore Winifred Noe, Brookline, VT Daniel Kendig Reinstein V, Concord, MA Jacob Thomas Shuey, Pownal, VT Jeremy Hill Norton, Newton, MA Delaney Grace Reynolds, Southampton, MA Olivia Parker Shutkin, Boulder, CO Julia Nugent, South Burlington, VT Abigail Elizabeth Rhim, Norwich, VT Isabelle Siedman, Wellesley, MA Brynn Mei Nise, Johnson, VT Dylan A. Rhymaun, Redding, CT Leah R. Silver, Oak Park, IL Lillian Anne Oates, Charlotte, VT Grayson Richardson, Winchester, MA Rebekah Simone Silver, Ridgefield, CT Meghan Rose Oates, Berlin, CT Erin Cassidy Richmond, Sparta, NJ Peter Abraham Silverman, Hinesburg, VT Sarah Chidinma Obimba, Bronx, NY Lauren Kupfer Rigney, Westfield, NJ Robert Charles Simon, Georgia, VT Declan O’Brien, Middlebury, VT Emma Ann Roach, Ithaca, NY Carly T. Sisson, Essex, CT Rachel Julia Ocher, Westwood, NJ John Sebastian Roach, North Salem, NY Caroline Joan Slack, Trumbull CT Andrew A. O’Connor, Wayne, NJ Michael Z. Roach, Montpelier, VT Ana Paula Sleeman Salomé, Mexico City, Mexico Kathleen Rose O’Hara, Glastonbury, CT Abigail Marie Robbins, White River Junction, Amy Catherine Sloat, Wanaque, NJ Audrey DeRose Oliver, East Montpelier, VT VT Megan Caldwell Smilikis, Georgetown, MA Kaleb K. Olsacher, East Calais, VT Cullen Forbes Robertson, Burlington, VT Abigail E. Smith, Yarmouth, ME Allie Annette Olson, Holden, MA Caroline Yvonne Robinson, Delmar, NY Alexander Smith, Burlington, VT John Peter O’Malley, Croton-on-Hudson, NY Zoe Erin Cialella Robinson, East Greenwich, RI Amanda Noel Smith, Rochester, NY John Clasby O’Neill, Waterford, VT Liana Robles Perez, San Juan, Puerto Rico Brianne Nicole Smith, Oneonta, NY Daniel Amadis Ortiz, Chestertown, MD Lucy Grace Rock, Washington, DC Christopher Todd Lavieri Smith, Hingham, MA Bright Osei-Boateng, Bronx, NY Ana Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico Evan Gray MacFadden Smith, Clifton Park, NY Alice Christine Osiecki, Saint Albans, VT Ethan James Rogers, Pomfret, CT Lucy Eleanor Sopchak, Essex Junction, VT Regan Johanna Osofsky, Wilmington, DE Spencer Kent Rogers, Chazy, NY Emma Palmer Sorenson, Brooklyn, NY Sean Zangwill O’Sullivan, Marshfield, MA Mariama Helen Roldan, Springfield, VT Annie Carolyn Spence, Centerville, MA Katelyn Ryan Paddock, Simsbury, CT Henry Thomas Rood, Bethesda, MD Lily Aleeza Spitzen, Cupertino, CA Marcus H. Pagliarulo, Darien, CT Christian T. Rouleau, Burlington, VT Ćamil Dino Srna, Colchester, VT Amanda Anne Palumbo, Oakland, NJ Makayla Anne Rounds, Grand Isle, VT Aaron H. Srour, Fort Lauderdale, FL Zoe Pancic, Medford, MA Sarah Nicole Rousse, Perkinsville, VT Jennifer L. Stearns, Morrisville, VT Cullen Samuel Couturier Paradis, Putney, VT Marie Faith Russ, Worcester, VT Valerie Ann Steffek, Amityville, NY Olivia Parmenter, Burlington, VT Isabel Cochrane Russell, Worcester, MA Benjamin Dov-Lior Steinlauf, Philadelphia, PA Jacob D. Parrett, Eden Mills, VT Grace Sarah Ruvelson, St. Louis, VT Samuel Stimpson, Princeton, MA Emily Patnaude, Albany, NY Christopher A. Ryea, Milton, VT Rachael E. Stone, Essex Junction Nicholas H. Paulson, Madison, WI Rajit Sachdeva, South Burlington, VT Rain Storer, East Haven, CT Olivia Grace Payne, Madison, CT Jacob Henry Sacher, Sudbury, MA Emily Jean Stover, Glens Falls, NY Greta Alyssa Pellerin, Waterbury Center, VT Olivia Katherine Sakadinsky, Durango, CO Madeline Strasen, Tampa, FL Benjamin Mallaury Octave Pelon, Lincoln, MA Makayla Amber Salas, Lexington, KY Abigail LaFleur Strauss, Washington, DC Craig W. Pelsor, Milton, VT Lloyd Salasin-Deane, Marlboro, VT Hannah Sarah Strauss, Waterford, ME Benjamin M. Perkins, West Hartford, CT Isaac Henry Salem, Bennington, VT Rachel Ariel Sturges, Lawrenceville, GA Samantha Elizabeth Rose Petrelli, Baltimore, Mia Halsey Sanborn, Rutland, VT Jack Henri Sullivan, Saint Johnsbury, VT MD Carolyne Sandoval, Seattle, WA Juls Robert Sundberg, Hanover, NH Callan Philbrick, South Burlington, VT Krista Lin Sansone, North Branford, CT Hope Aileen Swanke, Essex Junction, VT Emily Birkins Philpot, Topsfield, MA Alyson Margret Sarraga, Underhill, VT Adelaide Agee Szczesiul, Lowell, MA Matthew Philip Plager, Greenfield MA Jon Scalchunes, Bayville, NY Grace Julia Tamposi, Nashua, NH Erin Ploof, Burlington, VT Kaye Gallant Scheidler, Exeter, NH Qianyang Tang, Liyang, China Emma Skotte Plosser, Olso, Norway Nieva Biemond Schemm, Saxtons River, VT Xuanqing Tang, Kunming, China John Cameron Porterfield, Annapolis, MD Cameron Louise Schiller, Duxbury, MA Jordan E. Tanneberger, Saint Albans, VT Ella Lucia Possehl, Minneapolis, MN Justin Alexander Schimmel, Monroe, NY Ana Rose Taylor, Avon, CT Max Potter, New Canaan, CT Sofia Claire Schmidt, Cincinnati, OH Hannah Louise Taylor, Manlius, NY Jacob S. Potts, Barnstable, MA Noah Kesey Schneidman, Woodstock, NY Madeline Jo Teeven, Watertown, MA Ryan Christopher Pratt, Foxboro, MA Samuel Schorno, Newburgh, NY Bryan Douglas Thibault, Colchester, VT Tyler Craig Preizler, Mount Kisco, NY Lillian Marie Schroeder, Madison, WI James Trainer Thompson, Williamstown, MA Vivian Morgan Priestley, Rockport, ME Nicholas Schuermann, New York, NY Austen Robert Thum, Norwich, VT Alexandra Noelle Prior, Essex Junction, VT Jeffrey Manning Schultz, Essex, VT Emma Dorice Tichner, Lebanon, NH Joshua D. Prue, Hinesburg, VT Karl A. G. Schulz, Lake Placid, NY Kan Ju Tien, Pasadena, CA Greta S. Puc, Concord, NH Ted Schumer, Germantown, NY Stephen Phillip Tonra, Roswell, GA Nathaniel Pucci, Darien, CT Madison Tierney Scott, Wilmington, VT Amelia Catherine Toole, Hooksett, NH Haoyue Qi, Zhuji Zhejiang, China Julia Marie Selle, Severna Park, MD Sophia Rose Tornabene, Brooklyn, NY Timothy Quesnell, Saugerties, NY Liza Sem, Fairfield, CT Rebecca Catherine Towle, Bradford, VT Violet Miyra Radoncic, Billerica, MA Grace Anastasia Seta, Framingham, MA Christopher Townley, Woodstock, VT Nathan Samuel Elium Raike, Bedford, NH Madison Joyce Shaffer, Silver Spring, MD Andrew Lalintha Trainor-Clark, Burlington, VT Caroline Nicole Rainville, Marlborough, MA Carter Shapiro, Sloatsburg, NY Amanda Kay Tramposch, Newtown, CT Aryanna Shanavi Ramsaran, Bay Shore, NY Lillian Frances Marbury Sharp, Birmingham, Jennifer Claire Travers, Millstone Township, NJ Saraf Khan Ray, Brooklyn, NY AL Merisah Trisciuzzi, Stafford, CT Alex John Reese, State College, PA Hannah Elise Sheffler, Concord, NH Samantha Trulli, North Reading, MA
20 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Nicholas Trusio, Wayne, NJ Lauren Suzanne Woodard, Kensington, MD Hannah Bryant, Brewster, MA Jackson Walker Turek, Ridgefield, CT Alexander Benjamin Woodward, Washington Alexsandra Leah Burdick, New Hartford, NY Genavieve Louise Twomey, Clarksburg, MA Crossing, PA Luke Burgess, Galway, NY Claire Tylke, Glen Ellyn, IL Benjamin Noah Worley, Canton, CT Emily Burzynski, Burlington, CT Selvi Ulusan, Bethesda, MD Dennis Wrest, Lynn, MA Lily Canavan, Newton, MA Sarah Anne Underwood, Riverside, RI Joshua Wright, Hinesburg, VT Gianna Elizabeth Celenza, Bow, NH Tyler Cole Vaillancourt, Arlington, MA Timber Lynn Wright, East Hardwick, VT Esabella Cesarini, Rochester, NY Brooke Nerine Van Buiten, Oxford, CT Hengjun Wu, Burlington, VT Devin G. Champagne, Nashua, NH Clare Elsbeth Van Fleteren, South Burlington Mingming Xiong, Zhongshan City, China Amara Sophia Chittenden, Sudbury, MA Paige Julianne Van Patten, Stowe, VT Yuqin Yan, Nantong, China Malissa Ann Christie, Londonderry, NH Zoe van Vlaanderen, East Fairfield, VT Menglin Yang, Beijing, China Macy Jean Chutoransky, Walpole, MA Allen David Vance, Hadley, MA Yuanke Yao, Yueyang City, China Sophia Catherine Clune, Natick, MA Catherina Rain Vargas, Middletown, NY Emily Elizabeth Young, Hadley, MA Joy Zisa Farr Cohen, South Burlington, VT Erin Elizabeth Varnum, Dartmouth, MA Reana Young-Morrison, Boulder, CO Blaise Brendan Colbert-Vrana, Ithaca, NY Alex Ventriss, Burlington, VT Tobias Matthew Young, Burlington, VT Marijella E. Collins, Richford, VT Mikaël “Mickey” Verlaque, Paris, France Chengji Yu, Shaoxing, China Samantha Rae Connolly, Cresskill, NJ Katherine Julissa Vesely, Amesbury, MA Yuan Yuan, Yinchuan, China Jennifer Cook, Red Bank, NJ Thomas Storer Vickery II, Saint Albans, VT Mickenzie Autumn Zadworny, Northampton, Brian Michael Coven, Morristown, NJ Grace Marie Viscito, Shelburne, VT MA Styles Crawford, Essex, VT Alexander Ragnar von Stange, Shelburne, VT Cameron James Zagursky, South Burlington, VT Connor J. Cronin, Colchester, VT Sydney Dow Wahl, Providence, RI Abigail R. Zani, Brookfield, VT Jessica Ruth Crooker, Northfield, MA Oliver P. Waite, Richmond, VT John Michael Zanin Jr., Cornwall On Hudson, Brennan Richard Cross, Simsbury, CT NY Louisa Wakefield, Burlington, VT Hanna Marie Crymble, Champlin, MN Qianfeng Zhang, Chongqing, China Lauren Walker, Barrington, RI Meagan Cummins, Bartlett, IL Qicheng Zhang, Changzhou, China Samuel Wall, Arlington, VA Azilee Joann Curl, Hopkinton, MA Qijie Zhang, Langzhong City, China Dylan J. Wallace, Steamboat Springs, CO Ryan Davidson, Middletown, NJ Xiaoyu Zhang, Xinyang, China Camille Juliet Walton, Bardstown, KY Oona Mae Davies, Alexandria, VA Yifan Zhang, Zhengzhou, China Hanlin Wang, Yangzhou, China Corey Micheal Davis, Middletown Springs, VT Yudi Zhang, Shenzhen, China Lijia Wang, Shanghai, China Hannah Leigh Davis, Flemington, NJ Yuran Zhu, Yangzhong, China Zipeng Wang, Anhui Hefei, China Daniel D. DeBlieck, Rockaway, NJ Alexandra Fay Zilahy, Glastonbury, CT Lauren Marie Wapshare, Goshen, NY Caitlin DeCara, East Quogue, NY Sophie Roe Ward, Princeton, NJ Rory Decker, Oneonta, NY Seth Warner, Plymouth, NH BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Paul O. DeLucia, Brookfield, CT Sam Warren, Brattleboro, VT James Adams-Lacourse, Westford, MA Aidan DeLuke, South Glens Falls, NY Georgia Zoe Wenning Watt, Cambridge, MA Raymond Gerard Albanese Jr., Ludlow, VT Aakar Desai, Terre Haute, IN Sophia Claire Webb, Hinesburg, VT Caleb Wolf Albright, Kensington, MD Bridget Amy Dews, East Dummerston, VT Sharon Connal Webster, Branford, CT Anya Elizabeth Alden, Putney, VT Julia Deziel, Georgia, VT Thomas Harold Wei, Upper Saddle River, NJ Dina Miriam Alter, Philadelphia, PA Conor Robertson Dickson, Madison, CT Wei Wei, Hangzhou, China Hannah Elizabeth Antonellis, Ann Arbor, MI Aaditya H. Dimri, South Burlington, VT Eric Ward Weigt, Edgewater, MD Andrew Douglass Araneo, Ithaca, NY Hannah-Lita Dobson, North Kingstown, RI Taylor Lynn Wells, South Burlington Corinne Atkinson, Manlius, NY Leianna Catherine Dolce, Haddam, CT Talia Brianne Welsch, Lancaster, PA Alexis D. Avonda, South Burlington, VT Ryan Dunlap Doncaster, Acton, MA Liam S. Wemple, Burlington, VT Olivia Kate Baccellieri, Charlotte, NC Meghan Draper, Enosburg, VT Jack Buchanan White, Nyack, NY Lajla Badnjević, Burlington, VT Zachary M. Dreiker, North Easton, MA Nicholas G. White, Bradford, NH Mackenzie Baker, Burlington, VT Baylee Rose Duarte, Pelham, NH Phoebe Rose Angell Wiant, Clinton, NJ Elizabeth Bashaw, Essex Junction, VT Sean Patrick Duggan, Greensboro, NC Curtis Waterman Wilcox, North Fayston, VT John Patrick Beane, Amherst, NH Brigitte Nicole Durieux, Williston, VT Caleb Chang Wiley, Singapore, Singapore Jessica Beaulieu, South Burlington, VT Kelsey Lynn Dussault, Bennington, VT Samuel Thomas Wilkins, Shelburne, VT Veronika Mai Becker, Portsmouth, NH Charlotte Anne Evans, Essex, VT Abigail Jane Willey, Waterbury, VT Isabel Sweetman Belash, Milton, MA Aidan Lane Fenstermacher, Silver Spring, MD Ava Milady Williams, Oak Park, IL Anna Caroline Belongia, Waterbury Center, VT Matthew Christopher Finn, Barrington, RI Christine Williams, Anderson, SC Jared C. Benson, Burlington, VT James Michael Flaherty III, Milton, MA John Eliot Michael Williams, South Hampton, NH Nicole Kathleen Berardi, Derry, NH Hannah G. Fogg, Turner, ME Ryan Colby Winch, Wenham, MA Joanne Florence Berger, Easton, PA Timothy Evan Foster, Boxborough, MA Genevieve Monique Winn, Natick, MA Olivia Si Berger, Lakewood, OH Meaghan Audrey Frank, Essex, VT Alexandra Marie Wise, New Milford, CT Caleb A. Bishop, Woodford, VT Caroline G. Franks, Ocean City, NJ Norilynne O’Connor Witt, Lyndhurst, NJ Sarah Boller, Rochester, NY Casandra Antoinette Gale, Bridgewater, MA Nicholas D. Wittmeier, Chicago, IL Nicholas E. Bouffard, Colchester, VT Korbyn Meredith Gehlbach, Monkton, MD Stephanie Cuepo Wobby, Sacramento, CA Skylar Marie Bouffard, Huntington, VT Channing Walker McIlvaine George, Royalton, VT Shira Wolf, Waterbury, VT Madeleine Claire Bowe, Cape Elizabeth ME Caleb Joseph George-Hinnant, Ithaca, NY David Marcus Wolff, Washington, DC Meryl Anne Braconnier, Lynnfield, MA Sophie Webster Gibson, West Hartford, CT Tyler Kim Wong, Williston, VT Emily Anne Bridgers, Nashville, TN Graham Lawrence Gilarde, Cobalt, CT Chinundech Wongprachayanun, Bangkok, Ashley Amber Brogan, Newton, MA Madeleine Elizabeth Givant, Newport Beach, CA Thailand Miya Brown, South Burlington, VT Grayson Glosser, Barre, VT
COMMENCEMENT 2020 21 Kate Louise Goldberg, Avon, CT Erin Margaret McCafferty, York, ME Phoebe Magdalene Wilson Schwartz, Cooper M. Gonyaw, Fairfax, VT Kyle Patrick McCarthy, Armonk, NY Manchester, MA Nicole Lynn Grady, East Greenwich, RI Emma Katherine McCutcheon, Spencer Goodrich Schwartz, Rye, NH Julie Mercer Gupta, Lincoln, RI Charlottesville, VA Brian Thomas Schwarzkopf, Hockessin, DE Ashley Secor, Rensselaer, NY Katherine Helen Hageman, Colchester, CT Caitlin Michelle McHugh, Nassau, NY Sierra Margaret Adele Sexton, Portland, OR Madison Rae Hajjar, Bloomfield Hills, MI Kyle Paul McLaughlin, Plantsville, CT Lillian Frances Marbury Sharp, Birmingham, Olivia Leigh Hakan, Wilmington, NC Jade Lotus McMillan, Plainfield, VT Aenea Chase Mead, Moretown, VT AL Braelin Audette Hanbridge, Georgia, VT Alana Kathleen Medeiros, Mansfield, MA Zachary D. Sheets, Colchester, VT Katherine Isabelle Hansen, West Tisbury, MA Kelly Bridget Medeiros, Mansfield, MA Kai Shing, Ithaca, NY Catharine Elizabeth Harwin, Hershey, PA Julie A. Meloche, Madison, NJ Samuel John Simone, Tyngsborough, MA Elias Steven Haworth, Des Plaines, IL Emma Jane Melton, Mansfield, MA Adam Slamin, Wrentham, MA Eliot A. Heinrich, Hinesburg, VT Joshua Tyler Mercure, Colchester, VT Jared Benjamin Smith, Lake Placid, NY Katherine Rosemary Emma Helmer, Braden James Meyer, Brattleboro, VT Piotr Sowulewski, Manchester, VT Lunenburg, MA Shannon Meyler, Wall, NJ Spencer Arizona Spivak, Bala Cynwyd, PA Kristen Nicole Hemphill, Huntington, NY Harriet Rachael Milligan, Middlebury, VT Avery Berit St. Sauveur, Wolfeboro, NH Casey Nicola Henehan, Arlington, MA Grace Juliana Monteiro, South Burlington, VT Adelaide Hayes Standley, Columbus, OH Scott P. Henriques, Groton, MA Emily Lim Morison, Danbury, NH Hailie Stevenson-Lyon, Derby Line, VT Laura Elizabeth Hirsch, Fairport, NY Carly Rose Moulton, Rockport, MA Ben Stoddard, Katonah, NY Amanda Clark Holmsten, Chelmsford, MA Liam Mulqueen-Duquette, Lincoln, VT Alannah Michaela Sullivan, Boston, MA Cora Mary Honigford, South Royalton, VT Hailey Marie Muniz, Gloucester, MA Alexander E. Taylor, Norwich, VT Andrew Heman Hooker, Castleton, VT Caliann Christine Murray, Hingham, MA Jack Bonner Templeton, Groton, MA Nathan Livingston Hopping, Boxford, MA Mikaela Ashley Natale, Latham, NY Dante Terino, Wilder, VT Quinn Shannon Hoyle, Hope Valley, RI Alyssa P. Neuhaus, Nazareth, PA Anna Elizabeth Thomas, Exeter, PA Christina Hsu, Scarsdale, NY Taylor Robert Nowicki, Stratton, VT Gretchen Howe Thompson, Cranston, RI Michelle A. Hughes, Princeton Junction, NJ Ethan William Oates, Underhill, VT Catherine Ryan Thorpe, Winchester, MA Alexander Marcus Trehubenko, Medfield, MA Sami Itani, Beirut, Lebanon Griffin Patrick O’Brien, Hampton Falls, NH Merisah Trisciuzzi, Stafford, CT Julia Katherine Ivarson, Exeter, NH Meagan Victoria Ochtera, East Rockaway, Joseph R. Turner, South Burlington, VT Noah S. Jacobs-Rebhun, Burlington, VT NY Riley Amber O’Halloran, Elyria, OH Jennifer Ulz, Thetford, VT Tanner B. James, South Strafford, VT Reilly Jack Osadchey Brown, Orange, VT Tara Verstandig, Selkirk, NY Kaelyn Ann Jenny, Essex Junction, VT Connor James Osterhoudt, Wayne, PA Sebastian James Virga, Mahopac, NY Zecheng Jiang, Tianjin, China Lydiana Claire Pelletier, Randolph, VT Jack David Walinski, Kingston, MA Cameron McComb Jones, Harwinton, CT Anantha Pinak Pendyala, Hyderabad, India Ella Claire Dumont Walsh, Rye, NH Siga Klara Juozelskis, Middleton, MA Frank Carl Piasecki, Great Barrington, MA Jordan Walsh, Essex Junction, VT Marguerite Claire Kaminski, Arlington, MA Sawyer Mary Platt, Higganum, CT Ben McKenna Wasser, Stowe, VT Jhanavi Hemal Kapadia, North Attleboro, MA Julia Atherton Plumb, South Burlington, VT Noah T. Wells, North Bennington, VT Michael James Keady, Norwood, MA Delaney Reid Pluta, Granby, MA Erin Nicole White, Sunbury, PA James J. Kim, New York, NY Abigail J. Postlewaite, Charlotte, VT Bryan Charles Williams, Eagleville, PA MacKenzie Sadie King, Concord, MA Jennifer Marie Powers, Natick, MA Landon D. Williamson, Dover, MA Miles R. Kittell, Morrisville, VT Sarah Katheryn Powers, Haverhill, MA Abigail Bowman Wootton, Glenville, PA Samuel Andrius Knapp, Bristol, VT Benjamin J. Prandini, Bennington, VT Reana Young-Morrison, Boulder, CO Sonja Koblas, Los Altos, CA Timothy Quesnell, Saugerties, NY Evan Zaret, Philadelphia, PA Sophia Elizabeth Kogut, West Chester, PA Avery E. Rasmussen, Orono, MN Madeline Grace Zarro, Ossining, NY Zachary Laaguiby, Nutley, NJ Avery James Reavis, Providence, RI Zhao-Wen Zhang, ShenZhen, China Choeden Palmo Lama, Queens, NY Benjamin Krause Recchia, Charlotte, VT Jiazheng Zhao, Hangzhou, China Juliana M. Landis, Murrysville, PA Jonah Teal Rehak, Topsfield, MA Kate Ziegler, Saunderstown, RI Abby Savio Lawson, Downingtown, PA Nicholas Paul Stanislav Ridder, Pembroke, Laura Ziemer, Glen Mills, PA MA Marlo L. Zorman, Claremont, CA Jacob LeVan, South Burlington, VT Alexandra Elizabeth Ridgewell, Santa Clarita, Nicholas Julian Lewis, Berlin, Germany CA Kassondra Marie Little, Ellenville, NY Jamie Hope Rienhimer, Manchester, MD Tuntanut Lohawatcharagul, Burlington, VT Lindsey Nicole Robinson, Brattleboro, VT Raymond M. Looney, Hamden, CT Emily Krista Rollender, Concord, MA Anthony Lovezzola, Groton, MA Sasha Gabrielle Rosen, Haddon Heights, NJ Shania Marie Lunna, Williston, VT Aliza Miya Rosenkranz, Boston, MA Ariana Macz, Waldwick, NJ Emma Russo, Moretown, VT Lena Lai Mak, Ringwood, NJ Emily Rose Ryan, Cohasset, MA Mark Thomas Mancini, Medway, MA Carly Nicole Sarbacker, North Wales, PA Carly Colleen Mangan, Hopkinton, MA Matthew J. Saunders, Amherst, NH Caroline Antoinette Mangione, Williston, VT Lui M. Schmitt, Burlington, VT Janey M. Masi, Lowell, VT Nicholas Kohei Schneck, Denver, CO Margaret K. Maziejka, South Glens Falls, NY Samantha Haley Schneider, Little Silver, NJ Danielle M. McAree, Hopkinton, MA Lauren Elizabeth Schnepf, Westfield, NJ Emma Schoeling, Plainfield, IL
22 COMMENCEMENT 2020 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN COLLEGE OF ARTS Hanna Crymble, Thesis: Amplification of the inflammatory AND SCIENCES environment by muscle following acute lung injury Advisors: Adam Whalley, PhD; Matthew Poynter, PhD Joshua Ross Audette, Thesis: Using a Multi-Agent Model to Determine How Home-Run and On-Base Percentage Affect Wins in Azilee Curl, Thesis: Theta Wave Coherence in Pre-Semantic Major League Baseball Processing: An EEG study of Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisor: William Gibson, PhD Advisors: Emily Coderre, PhD; Sayamwong Hammack, PhD Katherine Blake Bamberger, Thesis: Postcolonial Entanglement: Oona Mae Davies, Thesis: Alexandria, Virginia: Climate Change and How the Carnivalesque Links Toni Morrison and Chris Abani in Health Assessment Disruptive Dialogue Advisor: Lokaganka Losambe, PhD Advisors: Rachelle Gould, PhD; Rory Waterman, PhD Kate Isabella Bellino, Thesis: A Social Analysis of Cross-Linguistic Julia Deziel, Thesis: An fNIRS Investigation of the Prefrontal Cortical Pitch Differences in French and English Bilinguals Advisor: Maeve Processing Demands Associated with a Communication Based Eberhardt, PhD Assessment for Mild Cognitive Impairment Advisor: Michael Cannizzaro, PhD Alexander Vincent Benevento, Thesis: What Are You Saying to Your Dog, and Why Are You Saying It?: A Pragmatic Exploration of Dog- Brigitte Durieux, Thesis: Biochemical Characterization and Related Speech Developmental Expression Profiling of the Predicted CRK/CRKL- Advisors: Julie Roberts, PhD; Emily Manetta, PhD SH2 Binding Partner WBP2 Advisor: Bryan Ballif, PhD Jared Christopher Benson, Thesis: Temperature Dependent Charge Elizabeth Catherine Dybas, Thesis: The Effect of Reproductive Transport Characteristics of Ferroelectric Organic Field Effect Experience on Habit Formation Transistors Advisor: Donna Toufexis, PhD Advisor: Randall Headrick, PhD Charlotte Anne Evans, Thesis: The Effect of Methamphetamine on Nicholas Edmond Bouffard, Thesis: Modeling Neuronal Firing Habit Formation in Male Rats Patterns in Auts2 Deficient Mice To Predict Aberrant Behaviors Advisor: Donna Toufexis, PhD Advisors: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD; James Stafford, PhD Megan R. Fariel, Thesis: “Like, facing the reality of what other people Madeleine Claire Bowe, Thesis: Changing Endowments in the Public think of them:” Stereotypes and Impression Management of Goods Game Sorority Members Advisor: Sara Solnick, PhD Advisor: Eleanor Miller, PhD Meryl Anne Braconnier, Thesis: The Social Dimensions of River Sara Minogue Fetter, Thesis: Contrasting Corrections Staff Attitudes Conservation Efforts in Vermont’s Upper Missisquoi Watershed on Incarceration, Punishment, and Rehabilitation Advisor: Cheryl Morse, PhD Advisor: Kathy Fox, PhD Courtney Marie Brady, Thesis: Economic Growth and Weight Gain: A Rachel Ann Foster, Thesis: Finding Roots in the Hyper-local: Dynamic Approach to the Obesity Epidemic Traversing the Distance Between People and the Planet through Advisor: Nathalie Mathieu-Bolh, PhD Poetry Sophie Alea Brenits, Thesis: Implementation of the Ban on TANF & Advisor: Major Jackson, MFA SNAP Benefits for People Convicted of Drug Felonies Tali Alaina Friedman, Thesis: The Implications of Defining Symbols Advisor: Alec Ewald, PhD for Political Use: A Case Study of the DC & Chicago Dyke March Erin Elizabeth Bundock, Thesis: A Stitch Between Advisor: Ellen Andersen, PhD Advisor: Steve Budington, MFA Talar Antonia Gelenian, Thesis: Ethnographic Storytelling: Sharing Catherine Susan Burgess, Thesis: “Please Us or Fight Us”: Masculinity an Armenian Tradition though Collaborative Digital Media and Social Control in a Drug Court Advisor: Luis Vivanco, PhD Advisor: Eleanor Miller, PhD Bridget Higdon, Thesis: Women in the Corner Opposites: Stories Nora Katherine Canellakis, Thesis: A Narrative Window into Advisors: Melanie Gustafson, PhD; Philip Baruth, PhD Çatalhöyük Anna Marie Hurd, Thesis: “I See with Whom We Have to Do”: Martha Advisor: Sarah Nilsen, PhD Corey and the Threshold of Knowing Neville Miller Caulfield, Thesis: Pink Granite Advisor: Amelia Wilcox, PhD Advisor: Bill McDowell, MFA Allison Carroll Jodoin, Thesis: Follow Your Dreams: an Analysis of Amara Sophia Chittenden, Thesis: How Do Populations of Two Dream Classification Systems in Roman EpicAdvisor: Angeline Hybrid Harvester Ant Species Coexist with One Another Chiu, PhD Advisor: Sara Helms Cahan PhD Zachary R. Johns, Thesis: Diagnosing and Addressing Suicide Risk Madison Cilk, Thesis: National Culture and Urban Resilience: A Case Among Bhutanese Refugees: A Study of Mental Health Screening Study of Resilient Cities and Community Resources Advisor: Robert Bartlett, PhD Advisor: Pablo Bose, PhD Emily R. Connolly, Thesis: The Radio Star Jhanavi Hemal Kapadia, Thesis: The Effect of Proline and Allantoin Advisor: Major Jackson, MFA on Cold Tolerance in Aphaenogaster picea and Drosophila Eliza D. Corderman, Thesis: The effects of yoga on food preference melanogaster Canton-S and psychological states Advisor: Sara Helms Cahan PhD Advisor: Elizabeth Pinel, PhD Kyle Patrick King, Thesis: our city Brian Michael Coven, Thesis: Novel Synthesis of Triflate-Substituted Advisor: Deborah Ellis, MFA [1]Benzothieno[3,2-b][1]benzothiophene Compounds and Further Aleda Marie Kirstein, Thesis: Degrees of Separation Functionalization Advisor: Pamela Fraser, MFA Advisor: Adam Whalley, PhD Sophia Kogut, Thesis: Association analysis of endogenous retrovirus Hailey Virginia Cray, Thesis: Retrospective Chart Review of Patients expression with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue in Medication-Assisted Therapy in Their First Year Postpartum to syndrome (ME/CFS) Assess Retention Advisor: Dawei Li, PhD Advisor: Marjorie Meyer, MD Weiqing Kong, Thesis: Transition in Power: Tibetans between Patriot Jessica Ruth Crooker, Thesis: Inheritance of Thermotolerance Along and Traitor in the 1950s a Latitudinal Cline in Copepods Advisor: Abigail McGowan, PhD Advisor: Melissa Pespeni, PhD
COMMENCEMENT 2020 23 Juliana Landis, Thesis: Lemna Minor as an Ecological and Economic Audrey DeRose Oliver, Thesis: Voting Practices Among People with Tool for Vermont Farmers Limited or Declining Mental Capacity Advisor: Joshua Faulkner, PhD Advisor: Alec Ewald, PhD Isabel Rose Lardner, Thesis: “Un freddo compendio”: Italo Calvino Reilly Jack Osadchey Brown, Thesis: Optimization of and the Fairy Tales of Domenico Comparetti Enantioselective Aromatic Nitration with Peptide-Mimetic Advisor: Cristina Mazzoni, PhD Chemistry Clarissa Libertelli, Thesis: Eco-critical Poster Art: Subverting Advisor: Severin Schneebeli, PhD Problematic Symbolic Tropes in Contemporary Environmentalism Connor James Osterhoudt, Thesis: Study Drugs: Perspectives of First Advisor: Adrian Ivakhiv ,PhD vs. Final Year University of Vermont Students Rose Lillpopp, Thesis: Food Trucks as Emerging and Ephemeral Advisor: John Green, PhD Spaces of Identity Creation in the Urban Landscape Nicholas Paulson, Thesis: Faith in the Face of Institutional Failure: Advisor: Luis Vivanco, PhD How Practicing Catholics of Faith Make Sense of the Clergy Sex Isabel Rose Lisle, Thesis: UVM’s Roadmap to Zero Waste Abuse Scandal Advisor: Laurie Kutner MLIS; Corey Berman, UVM Recycling Advisor: Eleanor Miller, PhD Recycling/Solid Waste Crew Supervisor Frank Carl Piasecki, Thesis: Quantifying and Predicting Gully Kassondra Marie Little, Thesis: Biomimetic, Metal-Directed Folding Erosion and its Contribution to Nutrient Pollution from Vermont’s of Sequence Defined Polymers Roads Advisor: Severin Schneebeli, PhD Advisor: Beverley Wemple, PhD Marisa Grace Loury, Thesis: The Cows Don’t Milk Themselves: Using Delaney Grace Reynolds, Thesis: Music, Ritual, and the Politics of Worker-Driven Advocacy to Fight Labor Injustices on Vermont’s Girlhood at a Resident Girl Scout Camp Dairy Farms Advisor: Vikci Brennan, PhD Advisor: Theresa Mares, PhD Emma Ann Roach, Thesis: Superheroines by Barbi Marković; Emily Elizabeth MacDonald, Thesis: Establishing the translated by Emma Roach Pharmacophore of Novel Synthetic Peptide Activators of cGMP- Advisor: Helga Schreckenberger, PhD Dependent Protein Kinase G Olivia Katherine Sakadinsky, Thesis: Individual Leadership as a Advisor: Wolfgang Dostmann, PhD Condition for Member States’ Opposition of Consensus in NATO Elizabeth Frances Ramona McCullough, Thesis: Art as a Remedy to Advisor: Melissa Willard-Foster, PhD Hermeneutical Injustice Makayla Amber Salas, Thesis: Theorizing Male Ignorance Advisor: Kate Nolfi, PhD Advisor: Kate Nolfi, PhD Annika Mila Meurs, Thesis: Honduras: United States Policy and Carly Nicole Sarbacker, Thesis: Acoustic activity and vocal repertoire Immigration of Antillean manatees in Belize Advisor: Caroline Beer, PhD Advisors: Sara Helms Cahan, PhD; Laura May-Collado, PhD Harriet Rachel Milligan, Thesis: Exploring the Potential Role of Julia Selle, Thesis: Environmental Health Disparities in Vermont Reactive Astrocytosis in Cognitive Impairments from Early Life Advisors: Bindu Panikkar, PhD; Ingrid Nelson, PhD Seizures Advisor: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD; J. Matthew Mahoney, PhD Madison Joyce Shaffer, Thesis: Barriers to Women’s Land Access within Kisumu County, Kenya Owen Proger Molind, Thesis: Development of a Psychological Risk Advisor: Stephanie Seguino, PhD Score (PRiS) Tool for Psychiatric Patients in Medical Emergency Departments Blair Miller Shields, Thesis: The Culture of Wilderness Adventure at Advisor: Alison Brody, PhD; Eike Blohm, MD the University of Vermont Advisor: Alice Fothergill, PhD Mariel Morel, Thesis: The Existential Isolation Scale in the Dominican Republic Brianne Nicole Smith, Thesis: The Effects of The Belt and Road Advisor: Elizabeth Pinel, PhD Initiative on China’s Power and Influence Advisor: Peter VonDoepp, PhD Oliver Austin Munson, Thesis: The Effect of Pace of Action in Violent Video Games on Aggression Piotr Sowulewski, Thesis: Characterizing the Transcriptome of Advisors: Mark Bouton, PhD; Susan Fenstermacher, PhD Glioblastoma Multiforme from Patients at UVMMC and The Cancer Genome Atlas Caliann Christine Murray, Thesis: The effect of high glucose Advisors: Adam Whalley, PhD; Delphine Quenet, PhD and high lipid levels on protein S-glutathionylation, glycolytic reprogramming, and the pro-inflammatory response in the lungs of Rain Quinn Storer, Thesis: Coordination of syntactically unlike obese mice categories Advisor: Bryan Ballif, PhD; Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD Advisor: Emily Manetta, PhD Gillian Natanagara, Thesis: The Role of Personal Experiences, Social Adelaide Agee Szczesiul, Thesis: An Ethnography of Trumpism in Contexts, and Cultural Identities in Shaping Connections with Vermont Public Lands: An Exploratory Study Advisor: Luis Vivanco, PhD Advisor: Patricia Stokowski, PhD Alexander E. Taylor, Thesis: Hidden Ocean: Stories about Chemical Georgia Grace Nelson, Thesis: Back to School: A Qualitative Oceanography Assessment of Public School Food Policies and their Value to Advisors: Guiseppe Petrucci, PhD; Deborah Ellis, MFA Cultivate Healthful Eating Habits Gretchen Howe Thompson, Thesis: Functional Characterization Advisor: Teresa Mares, PhD of Temperature Adaptation of Allelic Variants of Alcohol Alyssa Paige Neuhaus, Thesis: First record of malaria parasites in the Dehydrogenase in Drosophila Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) and patterns of Advisor: Brent Lockwood, PhD infection with mercury exposure Catherine Ryan Thorpe, Thesis: Development of Habit from Advisor: Joseph Schall, PhD Overtraining in Heterogenous Chained Behaviors in Humans and Julia Lark Nugent, Thesis: Forever Everglades: Understanding Rats: A Comparative Evaluation of Habit Formation in Behavior Magical Realism Through Place Chains Advisor: Valerie Rohy, PhD Advisor: Eric Thrailkill, PhD
24 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Alexander Ragnar von Stange, Thesis: Ethics of Humanitarian Emma Margaret Golden, Thesis: Impact of Hormone Stimulation on Intervention Acute Leukemias Advisor: Alex Zakaras, PhD Advisors: Matthias Brewer, PhD; Jessica Heath, MD Camille Juliet Walton, Thesis: The Guinea Pig Club: Social Support Jason Michael Goldfarb, Thesis: Scrolling Alone: The Impact of and Developments in Medical Practice Social Media on American Democracy Advisor: Steven Zdatny, PhD Advisor: Robert Pepperman Taylor, PhD Genevieve Monique Winn, Thesis: Goal-Setting Among Older Adults Adrianna Elizabeth Grinder, Thesis: Including Emergency in Vermont, A Mixed-Methods Approach Food in Our Vision of Community Food Security: The Values of Advisor: Jeanne Shea, PhD Feeding Chittenden and the Community Kitchen Academy on the Lauren Suzanne Woodard, Thesis: The Effect of Variable Reinforcers Burlington Community on Habit Development Advisor: Teresa Mares, PhD Advisor: Mark Bouton, PhD Casey Nicola Henehan, Thesis: vA Multi-Context Intervention to Promote Physical Activity (PA) in Preschool Children and Identify Abigail Bowman Wootton, Thesis: Green Fluorescent Protein Barriers to PA in the Home Expression in the Direct Pathway of the Dorsal Lateral Striatum Advisor: Betsy Hoza, PhD Advisor: Donna Toufexis, PhD Sophie Elizabeth Kogut, Thesis: Association analysis of endogenous Kate Ziegler, Thesis: Singing activity and song evolution of Southern retrovirus expression with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic Hemisphere Whales wintering off the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) Advisor: Laura May-Collado,PhD Advisors: Alison Brody, PhD; Dawei Li, PhD Juliana Michelle Landis, Thesis: Lemna Minor as an Ecological and COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES HONORS Economic Tool for Vermont Farmers Leela Actis, Thesis: The Grotesque as a Tool of the Past in As I Lay Advisors: Beverley Wemple, PhD; Joshua Faulkner, PhD Dying and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Clarissa Mae Libertelli, Thesis: Eco-critical Poster Art: Subverting Advisor: Valerie Rohy, PhD Problematic Symbolic Tropes in Contemporary Environmentalism Corinne Morgan Atkinson, Thesis: Enzymatic Pathways Involved in Advisor: Adrian Ivakhiv, PhD Serotonin Breakdown in the GI Tract Kailey Loughran, Thesis: Getting Defensive in the Upper Salt River: A Advisors: Jaeda Coutinho-Budd, PhD; Gary Mawe, PhD Spatial Reconstruction of Ancient Visibility Ian James Bachand, Thesis: Agency in Aging Advisor Scott Van Keuren, PhD Advisor: Dale Jaffe, PhD Janey Marie Masi, Thesis: Artificial Growth of Aerosol Particles for Jamie Sean Benson, Thesis: Undertriage of Traumatic Injury in Rural Mass Spectrometry Measurement EMS System: A Mixed Methods Analysis Advisor: Giuseppe Petrucci, PhD Advisor: Dale Jaffe, PhD Gillian M. Natanagara, Thesis: The Role of Personal Experiences, Skylar M. Bouffard, Thesis: Predictive Abilities During Linguistic and Social Contexts, and Cultural Identities in Shaping Connections Visual Narrative Comprehension in Individuals with Autism with Public Lands: An Exploratory Study Advisors: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD; Emily Coderre, PhD Advisor: Patricia Stokowski, PhD Stephanie Leigh Brooks, Thesis: “Coming Out” in the Modern Novel Daniel Amadis Ortiz, Thesis: Vestige of Colonialism: the African Advisor: Valerie Rohy, PhD Experience in the British, French, and German Militaries of Sub- Sahara Africa (1885-1918) Emily Rose Bruggeman, Thesis: In the Church’s Image: How the Advisor: Sean Stillwell, PhD Russian Orthodox Church is Influencing Russian Youth through Public Education Cullen Samuel Paradis, Thesis: The Causes of the Catalan Secession Advisor: Kevin McKenna, PhD Movement Advisor: Peter VonDoepp, PhD Azilee Joann Curl, Thesis: Theta Wave Coherence in Pre-Semantic Nicholas Hill Paulson, Thesis: Faith in the Face of Institutional Processing: An EEG Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder Failure: How Practicing Catholics of Faith Make Sense of the Clergy Advisors: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD; Emily Coderre, PhD Sex Abuse Scandal Julia Katherine Deziel, Thesis: An fNIRS Investigation of the Advisor: Eleanor Miller, PhD Prefrontal Cortical Processing Demands Associated with a Ella Lucia Possehl, Thesis: Landscapes of Care Amid Crisis: Communication Based Assessment for Mild Cognitive Impairment Vermont’s Response to the Opioid Epidemic Advisors: John Green, PhD; Michael Cannizzaro, PhD Advisor: Cheryl Morse, PhD Aaditya H. Dimri, Thesis: Controlling van der Waals Phenomena at the Julia Marie Selle, Thesis: Environmental Health Disparities in Interface of Atomic and Two-Dimensional Dirac Quantum Matter Vermont Advisor: Valeri Kotov, PhD Advisors: Ingrid Nelson, PhD; Bindu Panikkar, PhD Leianna Catherine Dolce, Thesis: Effects of Media Use on Intimate Caroline Joan Slack, Thesis: Love Letters to a Lesbian: A Twenty-First Partner Violence Acceptance in Adolescents Century Response to Sappho’s Surviving Fragments Advisor: John Green, PhD Advisor: Major Jackson, MFA Katie Marie Esser, Thesis: To Flip or Not to Flip?: The Influence of Evan Gray Smith, Thesis: Climate Change as an Intermediate Individual Cognitive Differences on L2 Russian Acquisition of Verbal Variable in the Darfur Conflict and Syrian Civil War Morphology in a Flipped Language Classroom Advisor: Peter Henne, PhD Advisor: Guillermo Rodriguez, PhD Anna Elizabeth Thomas, Thesis: Jihad’s Meaning in Islam versus the Olivier Kees Everts, Thesis: Vegetarianism and Veganism as a Form of American Media Lifestyle Activism in the Age of Climate Change Advisors: Anthony Gierzynski, PhD; Peter Henne, PhD Advisor: Luis Vivanco, PhD Claire Elizabeth Tylke, Thesis: Growing Relations: A Qualitative Kate Louise Goldberg, Thesis: Achieving Anorexia: An Improbable but Study on the Intersection of Farmers and Food Insecurity Possible Aspiration Among Some College-Age Students Advisor: Teresa Mares, PhD Advisor: Antonio Cepeda-Benito, PhD
COMMENCEMENT 2020 25 Landon David Williamson, Thesis: Better understanding the geology GEORGE M. HAPP AWARD of central Cuba through stream sediment composition analysis Benjamin K. Recchia using X-ray diffraction Advisor: Paul Bierman, PhD KURT MILTON PICKETT AWARD Riley A. O’Halloran Emily Elizabeth Young, Thesis: Is Your Child Even Listening to You? Relationship between Socialization of Coping and Coping Behavior, BERND HEINRICH AWARD Moderated by Physiological Stress Reactivity Emily E. MacDonald Advisor: Dianna Murry-Close, PhD Reana Lead Young-Morrison, Thesis: Speech perception in JOAN M. HERBERS AWARD minimally-verbal individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Kate J. Ziegler Advisors: Sayamwong Hammack, PhD; Emily Coderre, PhD Marlo Lennart Zorman, Thesis: BioBACon: Towards Rational Design of Novel Biomaterials DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Advisor: Jianing Li, PhD AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY GREEN MOUNTAIN LOCAL SECTION AWARD Laura E. Hirsh DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY GEORGE HENRY PERKINS AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR CLINTON D. COOK AWARD Emily L. Morison Kaelyn A. Jenny Genevieve M. Winn Erin E. Varnum CHRISTOPHER W. ALLEN AWARD Adam N. Petrucci JAMES B. PETERSEN ARCHEOLOGY AWARD Kailey R. Loughran EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AWARD Adam N. Petrucci W.A. HAVILAND MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY Rose A. Lillpopp DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS Talar A. Gelenian FREDERICK ARNOLD VINTON PRIZE Allison Jodoin DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY JOHN H. KENT MEMORIAL AWARD OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ART HISTORY Alex Seiler Ana Sleeman
OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ART EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Kia Rae Hanron OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN COMPUTER SCIENCE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN STUDIO ART Daniel Combs Erin Bundock Neville Caulfield ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY AWARD Christian Deluca JENNIFER GOLDSTEIN MEMORIAL AWARD Neville Caulfield DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS PAUL ASCHENBACH AWARD Erin Bundock S. WILLIAM GERSTEN AWARD Joshua Audette Courtney Brady DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE JOHN H. CONVERSE AWARD THE PETER SEYBOLT ACADEMIC AWARD Nicholas Rider Sophia Webb FREEMAN SALTUS AWARD Juliana Landis DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY PHILIPP H. LOHMAN AWARD ROBERT WOODWORTH AWARD Joshua Audette Reilly J. Osadchey Brown Brianne Smith
THANASSI AWARD OUSTANDING SENIOR IN ECONOMICS Reilly J. Osadchey Brown Madeleine Bowe Nicholas Ridder LOUSIE NUTTER AWARD Kassondra M. Little DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY SAMUEL N. BOGORAD MEMORIAL AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ENGLISH GEORGE PERKINS MARSH AWARD Neville Caulfield Jessica R. Crooker
26 COMMENCEMENT 2020 BENJAMIN B. WAINWRIGHT AWARD FOR THE BEST POEM BY A DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN AND RUSSIAN STUDENT Sunny Nagpaul OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN GERMAN Emma Roach WILLARD B. POPE AWARD FOR DISTINCTION IN THE STUDY OF SHAKESPEARE OURSTANDING SENIOR IN RUSSIAN Caleb Chew Katie Esser
DOUGLAS A. PINTA MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN WRITING GLOBAL AND REGIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM Stephanie Wobby GLOBAL STUDIES TOP SCHOLAR AWARD MARION BERRY ALLBEE AWARD FOR THE BEST ESSAY IN A Isabel Dunkley SENIOR SEMINAR Elizabeth Dunford Nieva Schemm GLOBAL STUDIES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVISM DEPARTMENT HONORS Marisa Loury Phoenix S. Alix Isabel R. Lardner Katherine B. Bamberger Gigi A. Lavigne ROBERT D. BENEDICT PRIZE FOR BEST ESSAY IN INTERNATIONAL Skylar M. Bouffard Abigail C. McCabe AFFAIRS Stephanie L. Brooks Kyla J. McClanahan Rachel Ocher Greta L. Brown Keana F. Moreau Jacob Shuey Neville M. Caulfield Lydia R. Moreman Kaleigh Calvao Emily R. Connolly Julia L. Nugent Jessica R. Crooker Lillian A. Oates Rachel A. Foster Jacob S. Potts HEALTH AND SOCIETY PROGRAM Samantha L. Graham Spencer K. Rogers Georgia A. Hall Nieva B. Schemm OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN HEALTH AND SOCIETY Bridget C. Higdon Isabelle L. Siedman Lindsay R. Aldrich Bryn Hinckley Caroline J. Slack Madison J. Shaffer Sadie A. Holbrook Mickenzie A. Zadworny Zoe V. Van Vlaandern Anna M. Hurd
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PROGRAM PAUL D. EVANS AWARD OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Daniel A. Ortiz Meryl A. Braconnier Frank Piasecki GORAN PRIZE IN AMERICAN HISTORY Jason M. Goldfarb
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES LINGUISTICS PROGRAM Isabel Lisle VIRGINIA CLARK AWARD FOR THE OUTSTANDING LINGUISTICS SENIOR Emma A. Roach FILM AND TELEVISION STUDIES PROGRAM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTAL HONORS EXCELLENCE Kyle P. King Rain Q. Storer Kailey L. Bates Spencer K. Rogers DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MATHEMATICS OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN GEOGRAPHY Adam Petrucci Abigail Zani Christopher Gish DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC AND DANCE GLEN ELDER AWARD Ella Lucia Possehl LYMAN ROWELL AWARD FOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC PETER YOUNG AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH Jake Landry GEOGRAPHIES OR GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS Andrew Colon PAPPOUTSAKIS AWARD Harry Marwill Samuel Atallah
THOMAS READ AWARD IN COMPOSITION DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY Erica Leiserowitz CHARLES G. DOLL AWARD AMANDA CUP AWARD Sarah K. Powers Cameron Gilmour Landon D. Williamson
COMMENCEMENT 2020 27 NEUROSCIENCE PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION RODNEY PARSONS AWARD OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN RELIGION Dina M. Alter Carolynn L. Van Arsdale
BRUCE S. KAPP AWARD Azilee J. Curl Charlotte A. Evans DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES MARIE GENO PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN FRENCH Olivia Sakadinsky DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY MARIAFRANCA MORSELLI PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN JOHN DEWEY PHILOSOPHY PRIZE ITALIAN Griffin McNamee Isabel Lardner Makayla Salas FREDRICO GARCIA LORCA PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN SPANISH Jacob Pitts DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS ALBERT D. CROWELL AWARD Jared Benson DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY DAVID W. JUENKER PRIZE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN SOCIOLOGY Abby Postlewaite Megan R. Fariel
JEANNETTE R. FOLTA MEMORIAL AWARD Ian J. Bachand DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTAL PRIZE IN COMPARATIVE POLITICS FRANK SAMSON EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL THEORY AWARD Brianne Smith Catherine S. Burgess
DEPARTMENTAL PRIZE IN POLITICAL THEORY VALARIE ANN MOORE TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD Benjamin G. Burns Sheldon F. Burnell Ian J. Bachard WARREN E. AND MILDRED AUSTIN PRIZE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY Evan G. Smith SPEECH AND DEBATE PROGRAM PHILO SHERMAN BENNETT PRIZE IN POLITICAL THEORY EDWIN W. LAWRENCE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBATER Sarah J. Cooper Lily Oates
FRANK M. BRYAN AWARD IN AMERICAN POLITICS Audrey D. Oliver DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE ELLIOTT A. BROWN AWARD TO THE OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN BILLY TAGGART AWARD POLITICAL SCIENCE Emma Cashman Jason Goldfarb Katelyn Paddock Megan Rose
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE MIRIAM ZADEK AWARD Audrey Wilbur DONAL G. FORGAYS OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD Lauren Woodard GEORGE B. BRYAN AWARD Emily Young Emma Cashman
THE GEORGE W. ALBEE AWARD OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN THEATRE Ali Leah Burdick Caleb Chew Katelyn Paddock HEINZ L. ANSBACHER AWARD Connor Osterhoudt OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN DANCE Mickenzie Zadworny JOHN DEWEY AWARD Natalie Fuchs Kate Goldberg
28 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Grossman School of Business
School of Business Administration (Drab) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Hayley Frances Ehrlich, Middletown, NJ Shuangqing Li, Qingdao Shandong, China IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Harry West Ellsworth, Tewksbury, NJ Ivy Lin, New York, NY Kyle W. Abrahams, Williston, VT Harrison Alexander Esserman, Stockton, NJ Yu Han Lin, Pingtung, Taiwan, Republic of China Elizabeth Margaret Aitchison, Berlin, VT Alexander Tate Ferguson, Norwell, MA Chang Liu, Zhengzhou, China Kent Arnold, Colchester, VT Mateo Florez, Bainbridge Island, WA Madison Kathleen Lospinoso, Lincroft, NJ Jessica Erin Attig, Colchester, VT Kylie Forest, Hackettstown, NJ Yutao Lu, Rizhao, China Arianna Leigh Mooradian Audy, South Hunter Thomas Forstmann, Amston, CT Hampton, NH Jackson D. Foster, Arlington, MA Yuchen Luo, Hefei, China Thomas Nolan Bailey, Rochester, NY Nicholas Fragione, Methuen, MA Laura Janet MacAdam, Marshfield, MA Clifford G. Baird, Madison, CT Max Franklin, Westport, CT Olivia S. Machanic, Shelburne, VT Chloe Jane Barkauskas, Old Forge, NY Margie Freed, Apple Valley, MN Kyle Mandel, Basking Ridge, NJ George Russell Bartlett III, Peru, VT Myles Elliot Frendel, Killington, VT Jake Mann, South Burlington, VT Eric R. Baseman, Harrisburg, PA Nicholas Fritz, Attleboro, MA Hongru Mao, Hezhou, China Natalia E. Bastante, Waldwick, NJ Yijia Gao, Xi’an City, China John A. Matthews V, Whitehouse Station, NJ Tucker Hamilton Beatty, Swampscott, MA Jatinder Gill, Bronx, NY James P. McCarriston, Danvers, MA Kelsie Madison Berry, Andover, NH Cameron Giroux, Chazy, NY Patrick McConville, London, ON, Canada Zachary Biaso, Florida, NY Brian Elias Gomez Hidalgo, White Plains, NY Lauren McIver, Natick, MA Victoria Marie Biondolillo, Barre, VT Nathan Henri Gourd, Manchester, VT Christina Enrique McLaughlin, New Canaan, CT Michael J. Blond, Clifton Park, NY Cole Green, Toronto, ON, Canada Tim Mealey, Bethesda, MD Earle T. Brown, Ludlow, VT Erich Griesser, Shelburne, VT Isaac Albert Merritt, Annapolis, MD Amelia Francis Bruhl, New Haven, VT Yuelin Guo, Chengdu, China Kara Mikhitarian, Danbury, CT Delaney Bryant, Derby, VT Cameron Halvey, Mansfield, MA Ethan James Miller, Colchester, VT Sawyer James Bryson, Hopewell Junction, NY Everett Jay Hazelton, East Dorset, VT Collin Patrick Mitchell, Groveland, MA John Coleman Burke, Duxbury, MA Qifei He, Zhuji, China Max Mitiguy, Ira, VT Jordan Michael Bursell, Richmond, VT Julia Katherine Heffernan, Bridgewater, MA Emma Monroe, Wethersfield, CT Alexander Joseph Byron, Enfield, CT Emily Rose Heon, Warwick, RI Corey J. Moriarty, Estero, FL Matthew Cantor, Southbury, CT Connor Herbruck, Bay Village, OH James Muehlemann, Centerport, NY Hunter James Carpenter, Stowe, VT Jascha Anne Sheinfeld Herlihy, Fayston, VT William E. Champagne, South Burlington, VT Zachary Daniel Nagode, Dover, MA James Hickok, Burlington, VT Michael Jared Chan, Framingham, MA Megan L. Naro, Bayport, NY Owen Anthony Hildreth, Darien, CT Maria Catherine Chaney, Morton, IL Monika Srdjan Nedeljkovic, Newton, MA Nolan Bennett Houston, Boxford, MA Yu Ting Chang, Shetou Township, Taiwan, Rose Tran Nguyen, Burlington, VT Zhenxiong Hu, Changsha, China Republic Of China Elizabeth Spaulding Nixon, Rowayton, CT Payton V. Huysman, South Burlington, VT Mikasi J. Chapman, Nederland, CO Matthew Wayne O’Donnell, Fountain Valley, Ding Chen, Jiangsu, China Harrison James Illes, Ramsey, NJ CA Austin B. Clelland, Glastonbury, CT Diana Jachts, Franklin Lakes, NJ Austin Patrick O’Gorman, Rutland, VT Tanner Austin Coffin, Fairlee, VT Zecheng Jin, Wenzhou, China Alison Gallant O’Leary, Reading, MA Robert Joseph Cordova, Atkinson, NH Alaina Grace Kamppila, Burnt Hills, NY Matthew John Onofrio, Fairfield, CT Benjamin R. Costello, Glastonbury, CT Porter Keehn, Kinnelon, NJ Matthew Paul Palmer, Shelburne, VT Baxter Kirkland Cragin, Putney, VT Grant Kelley, Shelburne, VT Krystal Adrienne Parent, Williamstown, VT Jiajun Cui, Fushun, China Manfred Austin Kincaid, Cornwall, VT Maia Taylor Parker, Richmond, VT Matthew Cunha, Lynn, MA Isabelle H. Kingsley, Pittsford, VT Katherine Paterson, Barre, VT Matthew Charles Curran, Cumberland, RI Maria Anna Kissel, Berwyn, PA Thomas Michael Pawlitschek, Cumberland, RI Nathan D. Cusack, Leonardo, NJ Andrei Klimov, Bath, ME Jared Curtis Percoco, East Moriches, NY Marc Dalrymple, East Setauket, NY Nicholas Peter Kollaard, Weston, MA Hannah M. Perrotte, Milton, VT Clark Deng, South Burlington, VT Kyle Gregory Kratochvil, Morristown, NJ Nicholas A. Piacentini, Cumberland Foreside, Keshan Deng, Chengdu, China Casey Kurpiel, Lynn, MA ME Patrick W. Desmond, Colchester, VT Tristan John Lalor, Manchester, VT Maria Pitari, Portland, OR Jack Ditzler, Oakland, CA Anthony Miles Lamb, Rochester, NY Sarah J. Posey, Indianapolis, IN Robert Angus Doherty, Burlington, VT Qihao Lan, Chongqing, China Christopher Prusinowski, Canandaigua, NY Emilia Claire Dolan, Glen Ridge, NJ Kyle W. LaPlante, Wells, VT Caitlin Emerson Purvee, Burlington, VT Daikun Du, Peking, China Katelyn Laughlin, Hopewell, NJ Pengting Qi, Nanjing, China Qidong Duan, Huai Nan, China Gabriel P. Lavendel, Santa Cruz, CA Evan H. Rackliff, Medway, MA Jacob Dwinell, Colchester, VT Andrew Sayre Lerch, Allendale, NJ Hannah Rameaka, South Kingstown, RI Alyssa D. Edwards, Columbus, NJ David Coates Levin-Walker, Moretown, VT Austin Alexander Rann, Somers Point, NJ Kyle Ehler-Vock, South Burlington, VT Liam W. Lewis, Boulder,CO Evan M. Ray, Brookline, VT
COMMENCEMENT 2020 29 Daniel Sibley Raymond, Johnson, VT Jack Eric Sobran, Hingham, MA Cilla Faesy Wanzer, East Montpelier, VT Kyle Robert Reddish, Oreland, PA Tucker Brayden Stevens, Windham, NH Robert Peacock Warren III, Ipswich, MA Zachary Thomas Renaud, Barre, VT Shondra Lynn Stoner, Arlington, VA Christopher John Russell Watts, Danbury, CT Carolyn Riibner, Bethesda, MD Madeline L. Stoops, Mill Valley, CA Ryan E. Waystack, Topsfield, MA Mackenzie Lee Rizio, Wilmington, VT Sabrina Anne Tattersfield, Wayzata, MN Payton T. Whalen, Brewster, MA Vanessa E. Rodriguez, Cortlandt Manor, NY Abraham I. Tautfest, Northfield, VT Caleb James White, Rutland, VT Tomás Rodriguez-Barberet, Darien, CT Edward Taylor, Upton, MA Fox Winters, Montpelier, VT Christian T. Rouleau, Burlington, VT Ravshan Temirov, South Burlington, VT Benjamin Soggs Wolf, Brunswick, ME Stephen Mahon Thaxter, Ridgefield, CT Jiawei Xiong, Nanchang, China Brandon Patrick Salimi, Colchester, VT Henry August Thomas, Ridgefield, CT Peiwen Yang, Changchun, China Taylor Sayoc, Orchard Park, NY Madison Rose Tiedt, Hartsdale, NY Robert Zampella, Amherst, NH Clayton Alexander Palmer Scott, Waterbury, VT Abraham P. Trabulsy, Colchester, VT Wenhao Zeng, Nanchang, China Erin Scott, Williston, VT Zoe Hope Urban, New York, NY Tianyi Zhang, Shenzhen, China Zachary K. Vanden Bergh, Montpelier, VT Yishuo Zheng, Shanghai, China Trevor A. Sebolt, Simsbury, CT Brian P. Varallo, Nashua, NH Jingkai Zhou, Beijing, China Griffin Aaron Shaw, Bradford, VT Justin Walla, Manchester, VT Nanqi Zhou, Urumqi, China Prithvi Shewakramani, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Noah Alexander Walsh, Saint Albans, VT Qianwei Zhu, Zhuji, China Dandi Wang, Xianyang, China Anna Siegler, Hilversum,Netherlands Hao Wang, Zhengzhou, China Sarah Elizabeth Smith, Westford, VT Yanjiang Wang, Beijing, China
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AWARDS TO GRADUATES
HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE GROSSMAN WEINSTEIN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACCOUNTING SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Krystal Parent Victoria Biondolillo, Thesis: Diminishing Wage and Leadership Inequality by understanding changes in Women’s Job Preferences over AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS, 2020 time Emily Heon Advisor: Carolyn Bonifeld, PhD Mateo Florez, Thesis: Students’ beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors toward AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS, 2019 e-cigarettes Emily Heon Advisor: Thomas Gerald Noordewier, PhD Maria Pitari, Thesis: Analysis of Retailer Inventory and Financial PENWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCE Performance Kyle Ehler-Vock Advisor: Akshay Mutha, PhD Maria Pitari
MAJOR JUNIUS ADAIR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCE Maria Pitari GSB AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP THEME SENIOR AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING Cole Green Monika Nedeljkovic
GSB AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE GLOBAL BUSINESS THEME AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING, 2019 Maria Chaney Maria Kissel
GSB AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS CHRISTOPHER A. GUIDO OUTSTANDING SENIOR AWARD FOR THEME ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT Michael Chan Maria Pitari Connor Herbruck GSB FACULTY AWARD FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, 2020 GALLAGHER FLYNN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACCOUNTING Michael Chan 2020 Collin P. Mitchell GSB FACULTY AWARD FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, 2019 Brian Gomez GALLAGHER FLYNN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ACCOUNTING 2019 GSB STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AWARD Nolan Houston Cole Green Brian Gomez Maddie Stoops
30 COMMENCEMENT 2020 PERKIN AWARD MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY DEGREE CANDIDATES Maria Pitari Jennifer Brittenham-Jones Kyle Ehler-Vock Stephen Donahue Snow Li* BETA GAMMA SIGMA is the international business honor society. Jessa Murphy-Gibbons Membership is the highest recognition a student can receive in an Catherine Redmond* undergraduate or master’s program in business. *second recognition as a graduate student BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE CANDIDATES SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION MASTER OF BUSINESS Kelsie Berry ADMINISTRATION Michael Chan Esteban Echeverria Fernandez Maria Chaney Ryan Forman Ding Chen Emily Foster Tanner Coffin Cyril Kupersmith Baxter Cragin Jeffrey Lue Hayley Ehrlich Andrew Mallory Max Franklin Steven Micetic Myles Frendel Andre Paul Emily Heon Travis Smith Connor Herbruck Alyssa Stankiewicz Nolan Houston Maria Kissel Caitlyn Lucadamo Vito Miao Collin Mitchell Monika Nedeljkovic Krystal Parent Maia Parker Maria Pitari Hannah Rameaka Taylor Sayoc Griffin Shaw Maddie Stoops Ed Taylor Ben Wolf Wenhao Zeng
COMMENCEMENT 2020 31 College of Education and Social Services
College of Education and Social Services (Light Blue / Citron Yellow) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Katherine M. Belval, Saint Albans, VT Taylor Coates Losier, Colchester, VT Adianna Josephine Adams, St. Albans, VT Bailey Elizabeth Benton, Norwell, MA Andrew Thomas Lounsbury, Essex Junction, VT Lule Osman Aden, Burlington, VT Catherine Thayer Berg, Holliston, MA Benjamin J. Lovelette, St. Albans, VT Blair Elizabeth Bean, South Burlington, VT Lilly A. Berkey, Portland, OR Dana Taylor Majewski, Springfield, NJ Kayla M. Carr, Elmore, VT Emma Marie Bielicki, North Andover, MA Harold Lee Marek, Shaker Heights, OH Starrkeisha Cobb, Chicago, IL Rachel Blau, Springfield Township, NJ Hannah Rose McDonald, Colchester, VT Alex May Page Curtis, Jefferson, NH Anna Caroline Boshkov, Charlotte, VT Nicholas John McDonough, Saratoga Springs, Chloe Michelle Dean, New York, NY Aysha M. Bovat Clark, St. Albans, VT NY Cassandra Anne Desranleau, Milton, VT Kelly R. Bradshaw, Burlington, VT Anna Marguerite McGugan, Mystic, CT Nicole E. Fersing, Milton, VT Annie Celia Brown, Essex, CT Jacob Patrick Meagher, Windsor, VT Kelayah Sharnae Gregg, Philadelphia, PA Tessa June Bukowiec, York, ME Jennifer E. Miller, Southbury, CT Grace Loring Song Heald, Warren, RI Amanda Evelyn Burnham, Burlington, VT Keana Faith Moreau, Burlington, VT Jacob Paul Houde, Saint Johnsbury, VT Rachel Lauren Byrd, Elgin, TX Madeline June Olson Morse, Cabot, VT Georgia Curry Jensen, Madison, CT Sloane Nicole Caan, Greenwich, CT Samantha Rae Morse, Castleton, VT Chloe Blue Mariposa Angelina Lake, Kaila Ann Carson, Albertson, NY Dominic S. Mosca, Jericho, VT Burlington, VT Sara E. Casparian, Morristown, VT Silas Anthony Mullin, Vergennes, VT Julia Hope Macaulay, Norwich, VT Andrew John Cloutier, New Haven, VT Marshall Vincent Murphy, Essex, VT Morgan Elizabeth Montgomery, Apex, NC Lorien Curtis, Burlington, VT Nicholas Fox Murphy, Darien, CT Anna Rose Moore, Newburyport, MA Cecile M. Dedios, Arlington, MA Daniel J. Nielsen, Washington, DC Michael Nye O’Brien, Shelburne, VT Tracy F. Delade, Basking Ridge, NJ Erika E. Noonan, Cambridge, VT Marian Margaret O’Hara, Hollis, NH Maggie Anne Delaney, Warren, VT Sierra R. Norford, Pittsford, VT Dayna Lynn Pesco, Bronx, NY Rachael Whitney Dingman, South Burlington, Jaime Elizabeth Owens, Hopewell, NJ Benjamin Adonelfi Schnier, New Hartford, NY VT Sean V. Palombo, South Burlington, VT Sarah Hannah Stern, Millburn, NJ Barry Charles Donaldson, Burlington, VT Lily Elizabeth Pearsall, Boxford, MA Caroline R. Sullivan, Darien, CT Ernest Marcelino Duncan, Evansville, IN Eric Henri Perrin, Laval, QC, Canada Marie M. Thabault, Shelburne, VT Erin Michaela Dunne, South Burlington, VT Madeleine Darlene Petrovich, Wellesley, MA Daneil D. Whyte, Morrisville, VT Emily Joy Duranko, Westport, CT Caroline Pfleghar, Fairfield, CT Payton Olivia Witalec, Ballston Spa, NY Madelyn R. Dusseault, Brentwood, NH Maeve Straughan Poleman, Richmond, VT Cecilia Eliopoulos, Hollis, NH Alex Winslow Rand, Vershire, VT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Paige M. Erno, Colchester, VT Jessie Leigh Ransom, West Hartland, CT ART EDUCATION Bridgitte O. Ettinger-Curnan, Ridgefield, CT Pirawan Ratanapratum, Morrisville, VT Devon Yardley Brown, East Hampton, NY Mary Poole Farmer, Westford, VT Hailey M. Reilly, Westfield, NJ Alexandra Rose Calabrese, Northborough, MA Zac Favreau Smith, Saint Johnsbury, VT Tal Suzie Saidon, Avon, CT Anna Lieve Duckworth, Woodbury, CT Charlotte Emma Fleischman, Stamford, CT Kaitlin Renee Schaumberger, Deerfield, IL Kia’Rae Brynn Hanron, Montpelier, VT Julianne Clare Flynn, Acton, MA Cameron L. Schiller, Duxbury, MA Kaitlyn Marie Jewett, Morrisville, VT Ethan Carter Foley, Grove City, PA Jordan T. Schiller, New Britain, CT Autumn Deanne Lee, Wheelock, VT Ruijie Gong, Kunming, China Maxwell Finnegan Segalla, Lakeville, CT Charlotte Claire Malaroche, Madison, NJ Rachel N. Gould, Northbrook, IL Samantha A. Serrantonio, Essex Junction, VT Olivia J. Smith, Burlington, VT Megan Rae Guitard, Milan, NH Talia Rae Shabanian, Newton, MA Vladislav A. Suvorov, Essex Junction, VT Allison Harrison Harms, Essex Junction, VT Maya Louise Siegel, Evanston, IL Catherina Rain Vargas, Middletown, NY Emma Hartl, Gray, ME Jamie Rose Simon, Plainview, NY Rachael Rosalea Wells, Stowe, VT Chayla June Heath, Keene, NH Abigail Grey Smith, Madison, CT Hanna Riley Hefler, Milton, MA Amanda Noel Smith, Rochester, NY Peter George Hibbeler, Hinesburg, VT Sophia Rose Smith, Westwood, MA BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Kira T. Hislop, Standard, VT Honour N. Solari, Guilford, VT MUSIC EDUCATION Rachel M. Horton, Burlington, VT Christian F. Soychak, Cambridge, VT Erin Kathleen Casab, Colchester, VT Michael J. Hurley, Franklin, MA Ora Lillian Sparks, Burlington, VT Preston Murphy, West Berlin, VT Sarah Elizabeth Jacoby, Gladwyne, PA Joshua Seth Speidel, Columbus, IN Dana Jiao-Harrington, Burlington, VT Sadie St. John, Montpelier, VT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Rachel Marie Kelly, East Northport, NY Allyson Rose Tazbin, Westfield, NJ EDUCATION Lena A. Kirillov, Stony Brook, NY Camilla Thomassen-Tai, Bar Harbor, ME Lyndsey K. Adams, Bordentown, NJ Will B. LaCroix, Hinesburg, VT Hannah Rae Trapeni, North Reading, MA Rosalva Aguilar, Brooklyn, NY John N. Landis IV, Richmond, VT Margaret K. Troast, Nantucket, MA Alexis Rori Allen, Chelsea, VT Emma Y. Lane, Dedham, MA Jared Patrick Trombley, Morrisville, VT Robyn Krystyna Badura, Hopewell Junction, Melissa Jean Lapara, New Providence, NJ Sydney Davis van Leer, Sudbury, MA NY Claudia Irene Lifson, Port Washington, NY Cecelia R. VeStrand, Milton, VT
32 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Meagan Nicole Waldron, Burlington, VT Janessa Lale Corrao-Bal, Hailey, ID Nicole R. Scapicchio, Weymouth, MA Chongjin Wang, Qionglai, China Davis Lyle Downie, Somerville, MA Lindsay Sara Semel, Westport, CT Samantha Lynn Weinberg, Deerfield, IL Marisol Garcia, Silver Spring, MD Ariana Eleni Sirabian, New Rochelle, NY Kyra Lucille Whalen, Vineyard Haven, MA Teremy Lee Garen, Colchester, VT Elizabeth Ann Steckler, New City, NY Samuel James Whitman, Barrington, RI Amy Spaulding Gilbert, Newton Highlands, Nyria Nyrone Mackayla Stuart-Thompson, Kylee Rae Willette, Morrisville, VT MA Philadelphia, PA Tianli Zhao, Hefei, China LiMei Janik, Cuttingsville, VT Alexandra Jeanette Swetland, South Hadley, MA Yizhou Zhi, Shuozhou, Shanxi, China Jacqueline A. Kasinskas, Meriden, CT Sophia Erica Ruth Thurau-Gray, Cambridge, Miranda Elizabeth Zigler, East Bridgewater, Bryanna L. Lobacz, Bayport, NY MA MA Amanda M. Martinez, Bronx, NY Amelia Catherine Toole, Hooksett, NH Persephone C. Naylor, New Paltz, NY Kaitlynn Danielle Tuohy, Grand Island, NY BACHELOR OF SOCIAL WORK Joshua Eric Poirier, Milton, VT Charlotte Wells, Danville, CA Molly Rose Beatty, Bolton, VT Charley Sage Rafferty, Cresskill, NJ Skyler Kathleen Woodworth, Burlington, VT Ainsley Walsh Broderick, Delmar, NY Kaylee Anne Rankin, Rutland, VT Lindsey Ellen Cole, York, ME Bailey Emma Ruhm, Hollis, NH
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
JANET BOSSANGE LEADERSHIP AWARD recognizes DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION graduating students who exemplify what it means to be a servant CONSTRUCTIVIST EDUCATOR AWARD given to the undergraduate leader. Named after a beloved CESS College leader who was a quiet student who consistently fosters a brave and progressive approach force of scholarship, service, diligence, and kindness. to early education that upholds the values of social constructivism. Persephone C. Naylor This student endeavors to make teaching an inspired opportunity for COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES children to make meaning and be an agent of their own experience. This student ensures that teaching and learning are socially relevant, AWARD FOR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL JUSTICE passion-based, active and innovative. DISTINCTION honors undergraduate students who strive for Emma Hartl academic excellence, maintain a high grade point average, and have advanced social justice and inclusive excellence. COLLABORATION AND PROFESSIONALISM AWARD given to the Chloe Michelle Dean undergraduate student who demonstrates outstanding teaming skills Marisol Garcia and professionalism in the classroom. This student’s interactions with children, family members, and colleagues are characterized by THE KATHERINE ANNE KELLY AWARD recognizes a shared leadership, mutual respect, responsiveness and a great spirit graduating senior who best exemplifies Kate’s ability to bravely battle of collaboration. This student personifies the value in early education very serious medical challenges while still graduating and engaging in that “none of us is smarter than all of us” (Anonymous). UVM student life with passion, energy, and a smile. Katherine Anne Bailey Elizabeth Benton Kelly was a member of the Class of 2000. Daneil Whyte LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY AWARD given to the undergraduate Joshua Speidel student who demonstrates outstanding leadership and advocacy in the field. Jessie Leigh Ransom HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AWARD given to students who Kaila Carson, Thesis: Project RAFT - Bridging the Achievement Gap have consistently demonstrated high academic achievement Advisor: Shana Haines, PhD and outstanding performance in the classroom with regard to Maeve Poleman, Thesis: Fostering equitable collaboration through management, planning, and professionalism. relationships between refugee families and teachers Hanna Riley Hefler Advisor: Cynthia Reyes, PhD; Shana Haines, PhD Samuel James Whitman Bailey Ruhm, Thesis: Trends in Cases of Adoption Breakdown Advisor: Lacey Sloan, PhD ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DIVERSITY AWARD given to students whose outstanding work especially exemplifies the program theme: Teaching All Children Strategically in Diverse Communities. These students have an awareness of the unique contributions of each child in the classroom, and a commitment to include and celebrate diversity. Amanda Evelyn Burnham Jamie Rose Simon
COMMENCEMENT 2020 33 ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD given to the undergraduate TEACHING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AWARD given on an annual student who exemplifies an unwavering spirit of joy in the process basis to students who demonstrate a commitment to teaching for of teaching and learning. This student passionately demonstrates social change by emphasizing social justice and/or sustainability a commitment to evidence-based practice as they foster the in their teaching. Recipients understand how to engage young engagement and competence of children, families, and communities. adolescents in meaningful learning experiences designed to engage This student is not only prepared for daily responsibilities, but them as active citizens. actively promotes the kind of learning environment that indelibly Camilla Thomassen-Tai impacts each and every participant. Rachel M. Horton ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY EDUCATION AWARD given to the student who has demonstrated outstanding performance JOHN DEWEY IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AWARD given to throughout their time in the Secondary Education program, while students whose academic performance and public school practice also earning the highest grade point average. exemplify the philosophy of Vermont’s well-known philosopher and Rachel Lauren Byrd educator, John Dewey. These students clearly demonstrate the belief that children are active participants, rather than passive receivers of JANET BOSSANGE AWARD FOR ADVOCACY AND ENGAGEMENT education. IN SECONDARY EDUCATION given to a graduating senior who has Sloane Nicole Caan demonstrated an understanding of the power of engagement and Sophia Rose Smith advocacy in meeting the needs of all learners. This award is given in honor of a colleague who demonstrated a commitment to the LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AWARD bestowed upon ideals of John Dewey through her teaching and field practice. Dr. students in the Elementary Education Program who exemplify a Janet Bossange spent her entire career focusing on the power of the spirit of social justice. These students exhibit the qualities necessary individual in a democratic society. Janet believed that only through to create change for children and families toward a more just and advocacy and engagement could teacher education candidates truly equitable future. This student is celebrated as they have gone make a difference in the lives of all learners. above and beyond serving in schools and/or the larger community Rachel Blau as champions for social justice, and have the potential for true, transformative leadership. THE J.T. CALIBER AWARD established in the spring of 2014 to Marshall Vincent Murphy recognize students who embody the values of the Secondary Education program. Students who demonstrate perseverance, a REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER AWARD given to two students who commitment to improving professional practice, a student-centered have embraced a growth mindset through the use of reflective and creative approach to teaching, and a sense of humor are eligible practice and feedback to grow and develop their teaching skills. These recipients for this award. students have demonstrated the ability to consistently refine and Lily Elizabeth Pearsall strengthen their pedagogy during their professional coursework. Pirawan Ratanpratum OUTSTANDING ART EDUCATION STUDENT AWARD given to Kaitlin Renee Schaumberger the student who excels in and embodies the highest academic and fieldwork achievement. This student demonstrates a commitment to AL MYERS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD presented to providing and advocating for rich visual art experiences that enriches students who exemplify Al Myers’ dedication to the field of middle the lives of individual students, schools, and community. Academic level education and his deep commitment to students. Recipients achievement throughout their college years is highly considered, but of this award demonstrate commitment, passion, patience, work student work in the field and their general contribution to the spirit of ethic, creativity and enthusiasm for constructing exemplary learning the Art Education Program is also considered. opportunities for young adolescents. Kia’Rae Brynn Hanron Benjamin J. Lovelette Kyra Lucille Whalen OUTSTANDING REFLECTIVE EDUCATOR AWARD given to the graduate student who demonstrates an outstanding reflective CHRIS STEVENSON AWARD FOR COMMITMENT TO YOUNG practice that, through persistent inquiry and self-study, serves to ADOLESCENTS given on an annual basis to the student who inform the complex roles and relationship of an early interventionist. demonstrates the dedication and commitment to middle level This student embodies the identity of a life long learner, committed to students, exemplified in the work of the program’s founder, Chris responsiveness, individualized instruction, and the advancement of Stevenson. Recipients of the award are advocates for young theory and practice in Early Childhood Special Education. adolescents; they understand the developmental uniqueness of young Molly Rose Keenan adolescents and are as knowledgeable about their students as they are about the subject areas that they teach. 3Rs AWARD: RESPECT, REFLECTION, and RESPONSIVENESS Maeve Straughan Poleman given to the graduate student who consistently embodies a positive, strength-based attitude in the face of complex and challenging work. Interactions with children, family members, and colleagues are characterized by warmth, amiability, and a joyful spirit, which serves as an inspiration to others. Fiona Nora Moynihan
34 COMMENCEMENT 2020 LYMAN S. ROWELL AWARD: OUTSTANDING SENIOR IN MUSIC GEORGE WASHINGTON HENDERSON EDUCATION LEADERSHIP EDUCATION given to a graduating senior in Music Education who AWARD established in tribute to the memory of George Washington has among the highest overall GPA, shows a strong capacity for Henderson (Class of 1877), who was among the first African music teaching, and has made an outstanding contribution to the American students to graduate from the University of Vermont musical life of the department. and become a school administrator. This award is given by faculty Preston Murphy in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program to a graduating master’s student who demonstrates a keen understanding of social justice issues and aspires to become a leader of a learning DEPARTMENT OF LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENTAL organization. SCIENCES Jennifer Clark
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES ENGAGED GRADUATE AWARD IN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS STUDENT AWARD presented to a student who demonstrates presented by faculty to graduate students who best exemplify an exemplary understanding of the field, deep commitment to learning understanding of integrated education public affairs. This award and helping others learn, and motivation to improve the HDFS signifies a core tenet of the Graduate Program in Educational experience at UVM. Leadership and Policy Studies, that high quality educational services Chloe Michelle Dean must be administered in partnership with other mental health and human services. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES EMERGING Jennifer Olsen PROFESSIONAL AWARD presented to students who demonstrate Pamela J. Cummings excellence in application of HDFS principles to internship assignments and practice. OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD IN EDUCATIONAL Alex May Paige Curtis LEADERSHIP recognizes a student whose dissertation research Marian Margaret O’Hara significantly advances new ideas and contributes to the knowledge and understanding of theories and practices in the field of HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY STUDIES EXEMPLARY Educational Leadership. The award is given to a student who exhibits SERVICE AWARD presented to students whose service to the a keen understanding of social justice issues and whose research Program, the College, UVM or the community promotes a more contributes to the College of Education and Social Services’ doctoral humane and just experience and quality of life. programs’ mission of preparing leaders who will contribute to Benjamin Adonelfi Schnier creating more equitable and just schools and institutions of higher learning. THE KENNETH P. SAURMAN MEMORIAL AWARD is presented to Brandin L. Howard a Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration graduate Amanda S. Chase student who has a) shown a record of outstanding achievement; b) demonstrated ability to make outstanding future professional SUSAN BRODY HASAZI DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD contributions at both local and national levels; c) demonstrated honors the legacy of Dr. Susan Hasazi, a professor of Educational future ability to make outstanding intellectual contributions to the Leadership and Policy Studies from 1976 to 2010. Dr. Hasazi’s field in the areas of research and scholarship; d) shown evidence leadership and groundbreaking research brought national attention of having fostered a sense of community and cooperation among to the needs of children with disabilities and their families, which in peers, staff, and faculty; and e) shown evidence of outstanding turn led to improved outcomes and increased access to high quality contribution to the University through internship and practical services in education, health, and human service agencies. Through experience. the dissertation writing process, the recipients of this award best RoseIvy Flores demonstrate the legacy of scholarship and educational leadership Molly Marie Williams pioneered by Dr. Hasazi. Hemant Tamang Ghising HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDENT AFFAIRS VOICE OF Sefakor Grateful-Miranda Ama Komabu-Pomeyie PASSION AWARD honors the contribution of a graduate student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration program who demonstrates an outspoken passion for issues of leadership DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK and social justice. Individuals who receive this award have shown strong communication and mentoring skills in their professional THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE AWARD presented to roles in our campus community. seniors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and initiative Benedicto Borja Llave as a catalyst in advocating for social and economic justice. Biana Natalie Ramos Nyria “RiRi” Stuart-Thompson
THE FACULTY CUP IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP awarded THE SOCIAL WORK COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD annually to the student who demonstrates outstanding presented to a student who has demonstrated extraordinary participation, academic performance, and commitment to program commitment to advancing the well-being of communities through the initiatives. involvement in human services. Melissa Anne Shea Bailey Emma Ruhm Kaitlynn Danielle Tuohy
COMMENCEMENT 2020 35 THE SOCIAL WORK POLICY PRACTICE AWARD presented to a THE MARGARET B. WHITTLESEY AWARD presented to a student student who has demonstrated a commitment to Social Work Policy who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance and Practice both in and outside of the classroom and, as a result, shows potential for significant contributions to the social work profession. the potential for significant contributions to the Social Work Jacqueline A. Kasinskas profession through this practice area. Marisol Garcia Teremy Lee Garen PHI ALPHA HONOR SOCIETY, University of Vermont’s Mu Eta THE SOCIAL WORK RACIAL JUSTICE AWARD presented to a Chapter of the national Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work student who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and initiative students (undergraduate recipients): as a catalyst in advocating for racial justice in both big and small Ainsley Walsh Broderick ways. Jacqueline A. Kasinskas Amanda Martinez Bailey Emma Ruhm Nicole R. Scapicchio THE SOCIAL WORK STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD presented Ariana Eleni Sirabian to a student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership among Elizabeth Steckler students while at the University of Vermont. Amelia Catherine Toole Persephone C. Naylor
36 COMMENCEMENT 2020 College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
College of Engineering & Mathematics BACHELOR(Orange) OF SCIENCE IN Keira Foster, Attleboro, MA James Van Hook, Montgomery, NJ ENGINEERING Justin Govindu, Bronx, NY Schuyler van Pelt, Cohasset, MA Sophia R. Hodson, Monroe, CT Mateo Gray, White River Junction, VT Emily Gabrielle Kornfein, Latham, NY Nicholas Hermary, Coquitlam, Canada BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Finn Slattery O’Connell, Steamboat Springs, Samantha Ann Hojnowski, Somers, CT CO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Abdoulaye Ira, Colchester, VT Bridger Akira Banco, Racine, WI Oliver Fisher Randall, Saunderstown, RI Antonio W. Jackson, Bronx, NY Trevor Maxwell Cammack, Plymouth, MN Tanner Robert Schanzlin, Harmony, NJ Ethan Kesler, Jericho, VT Elizabeth Chambers, Marlton, NJ Lukas L. Ladner, Guilford, VT Daniel Cliche, Gilman, VT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Cassie Jane Mallabar, Colchester, VT Meghan E. Close, Antrim, NH ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT Tarun Raj Manthena, Hartford, VT Joshua Christopherson Dansie, Winchester, Kyle John Keenan, Rocky Hill, CT Shane F. O’Connor, North Haven, CT VA Samuel L. Mikell, Williston, VT Karl Ryan Peterson, Waitsfield, VT Frances M. Eisinger, Keene, NY Thomas M. Pappas, Boonton Township, NJ Rachel Brooke Galus, Southbury, CT Bryce Weston Potts, Pittsburgh, PA Evan K. Smith, Proctor, VT Madeline Heath Glow, Sterling, MA William Rambur, South Burlington, VT Lynn Crocker Wood, Burlington, VT Elan J. Hugo, North Ferrisburg, VT Aron Ingi Runarsson, Akureyri, Iceland Kirsten Maria Jensen, New Fairfield, CT George Selsing, Jamaica Plain, MA Eliza Jobin-Davis, Albany, NY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Neil E. Sullivan, Westborough, MA Samantha Lee Kopeck, Manchester Center, VT BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Valeriy Sychykov, Kyiv, Ukraine Vasiliki Anemikos, Milton, VT Ian Sullivan Kosnik, Silver Spring, MD Khang Vi Tran, Williston, VT Kaitlyn Marley Barnack, Burlington, VT BO LI, Beijing, China Ziyi Xia, Kunming, China Jarad A. Clark, Fairfield, VT Xiao Lin, Shenzhen, China Ian Camden Cochrane, Shelburne, VT Lucy Victoria Murphy, Hopedale, MA Darija Cahill Dilba, Billerica, MA BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Olivia Nachbauer, Plattsburgh, NY Miles Alexander Fantuzzi-Welbourn, Newton, CIVIL ENGINEERING Noah Schultz, Hillsborough, NC MA Connor Agro, Haddam, CT Jacob Senecal, Bradford, VT Jonathan M. Ferri, Windham, NH Keven J. Borges, Bronx, NY Rebecca Stouges, Hicksville, NY William Baxter Graham, Acton, MA Reice Branon, Georgia, VT Julia Szymanski, Wilmington, DE Gretchen E. Groves, Middlebury, VT Nicholas Brustin, North Conway, NH Paige Hamilton, Stowe, VT Joshua Dam, Ferrisburgh, VT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Sarah Elizabeth Hampson, Seattle, WA Yael Berger Dormont, Bala Cynwyd, PA MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Nicole Jean Downey, Duxbury, VT Arnar Steinn Hansson, Gardabaer, Iceland Ayomikun Oluwasegun Adekunle-Fatokun, Chika Ikpechukwu, Asaba Delta, Nigeria Gillian P. Gallagher, Skillman, NJ Lagos, Nigeria Margaret Ann Koukos, South Portland, ME James Isaac Gaudreault, North Conway, NH Alexander J. Allardi, Wrentham, MA Susanna Li, Brooklyn, NY Alexandra Giarrusso, Chester, NJ Eli Bacher-Chong, Brooklyn, NY Julio Lopez Linehan, Strafford, VT Kevin Graham Hancock, Essex, VT George Aloysius Becker III, Mineola, NY Brett M. Meyer, Chesterfield, NJ Olivia Kimberly Healy, Delmar, NY Carter J. Beeman, Morristown, VT Isaac T. Nichols, Orwell, VT Ryan Patrick Kennedy, Hebron, CT Peter Morgan Benjamin, Pepper Pike, OH Danielle Elizabeth Sedler, Byfield, MA Kienan Joseph Kittredge, Charlotte, VT Sage Parker Blackburn, Queensbury, NY Alicia E. Tanneberger, Saint Albans Bay, VT Jake Michael Landry, Long Grove, IL Jeremy Bourgeois, Bennington, VT Haley Rose Warren, Charlottesville, VA Jordin Jael Lemire, Swanton, VT Sarah Michelle Burgess, Derry, NH Lara W. Weed, East Kingston, NH Declan James Martins, Maplewood, NJ Robert Butler, North Haverhill, NH Ziyi Xia, Kunming, China Ryan Christopher Morse, Jericho, VT Rex F. Calabrese, Cavendish, VT Wyatt Norris, Shoreham, VT Zachary Dean Caraballo, Hubbardton, VT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Kestrel Van Akkeren Owens, Craftsbury Matthew Robert Carney, Stony Brook, NY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Common, VT Nathaniel James Cassidy, Concord, MA Omar Badra, South Burlington, VT Joshua Paquette, Craftsbury, VT Haihang Chen, Huludao Liaoning, China Ian M. Ballinger, Lexington, MA Michael Ovide Poulin, Mount Holly, VT Tyler Brian Conchieri, Essex, VT Charity Anne Beckert, Ocean City, NJ Michael Elie Saliba, Burlington, MA Forrest Conrad, Pennington, NJ Sophie Berne, Evanston, IL Benjamin Luke Schorn, East Northport, NY Isaiah Crews, Bronx, NY Aaron Carl Champagne, Norridgewock, ME Jordan T. Shustack, Gilbertsville, PA Kelly Curran, New York, NY Jordan Clement DeMatteis, Colchester, VT Hunter G. Simpson, Pittstown, NJ Abigail Rae Daly, Williamstown, NJ Elyon Folashade Eyimife, Burlington, VT Camillus Thomas Slade, West Rutland, VT Seamus Elliott, Verona, NJ Brian Gary Ferris, Georgia, VT Zachary Cole Streeter, Westminster, VT Alexander Ferguson, Fletcher, VT Timothy Fitzgerald, Reading, MA Gregory Thivierge, Barre, VT Brandon James Gamble, Arlington, VT
COMMENCEMENT 2020 37 Mackinley Orion McIlvaine George, Royalton, Samuel Davis Stone, Sherborn, MA Griffin Philip Georgiadis, Fairfield, CT VT Brian David Stunkel, Natick, MA Kelly C. Gothard, Shawnee, KS Isabella Gessman, Cheshire, CT Jack James Suter, Chester, NJ Timothy Guyon, Saxtons River, VT Michael Gilarde, Needham, MA Seana Testa, Lewisburg, PA Sophia R. Hodson, Monroe, CT Diarmuid Gregory, Ballston Spa, NY Alexander Mickael Unger, Burlington, VT Walker K. Horton, Chelmsford, MA Henry Griffin, New Canaan, CT Scott A. Vincent, Middlebury, VT Jonathan David Leventhal, Carversville, PA Trevor Haas, Long Valley, NJ Benjamin Walsh, Newton, MA Liv Jensen, Milton, MA Thomas Edenfield Harden, Bristol, RI Nicholas Paul Washuta, Orono, MN Gordon MacMaster, Woodstock, VT Alex Palmer Haughton, Deep River, CT Ethan White, Rochester, NY Hannah Bixby Meharg, Litchfield, CT Joseph Leo Hester, South Hero, VT Kevin Dimas Zúñiga Cuéllar, Lima, Peru William Lawrence Risigo, Kennebunkport, ME Anna Margaret Humphreys, Franklin, MA Colin Matthew Sandberg, Concord, NH Casey James Husband, Windsor, VT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Christopher Hugh Sheahan, Shelburne, VT Christopher J. Iamonaco, Andover, MA MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Anne Marie Stupinski, Naples, FL Ena Ibrisimovic, Fairfax, VT Allison Ayaka Beebe, Herndon, VA Christopher Thomas Suitor, Pearland, TX Sara Olga Jefferson, Glastonbury, CT Alaina Birney, Annapolis, MD Cameron K. Weston, Byfield, MA Henry John, Plainfield, VT Bradley Jacob Bissonnette, Essex Junction, VT William Christian Wuttke, South Royalton, VT Matheus Jorge, Salvador, Brazil Austin M. Black, Medway, MA Yutong Yang, South Burlington, VT Anthony M. Julian, Stratford, CT Jenna Elanna Blank, Liberty, NY Cameron X. Youngblood, Kalamazoo, MI Sierra C. Keon, Newark, VT Matthew K. Boisvert, Burlington, VT Andrew Knowlton, Little Silver, NJ Foster J. Borch, Jericho, VT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN Ryan Paul Kovensky, Armonk, NY Grace M. Brill, Mystic, CT COMPUTER SCIENCE Timothy LaCombe, Bradford, VT Asim Charles, Bronx, NY Connor Allan, East Fairfield, VT Noah Lindeman, Brookline, MA Trace Zygi Crowdis, Kensington, MD Breanna Kathleen Apple, Hampton, NH Ava Juliet Liptak Lawrence, New York, NY Edmund Shing Do, Winooski, VT Ramon Joseph Astillero Jr., Jericho, VT Huy Ngoc Le, South Burlington, VT David Dorman Durivage, Derby, VT Kyle S. Barrows, Monkton, VT Alyssa Lilly, Natick, MA Jennifer Leigh Eberling, Bethlehem, PA Luke Charles Beatty, South Burlington, VT Edward Ling, Brooklyn, NY Tyler Joseph Ehrlich, Middletown, NJ Liam E. Beliveau, Saint George, VT George Martin Cunningham Love, Reading, Cole Alexander Frangiosa, Boxford, MA Ryan N. Berliner, Richmond, VT MA Melissa Kathryn Garrow, Rutland Town, VT Jean-Baptiste Bolh, South Burlington, VT Eamonn J. Maguire, Williston, VT Tian Guo, Zhengzhou, China Andrew Thomas Borg, Duxbury, MA Liam Manchenton, Lowell, MA Meghan Laura Harrington, Swampscott, MA Owen Michael Bruning, Fairfax, VT Michael McBee, Burlington, VT Lily Bliss Harris, Portsmouth, NH Samuel A. Clark, Burlington, VT Michele McKay, Saint Albans, VT Eben I. Collins, Putney, VT Tyler Michael McKenney, Vernon, VT Eliot A. Heinrich, Hinesburg, VT Edmund Shing Do, Winooski, VT Sean Gary Coogan Meisch, Avon By The Sea, Xiaohan Hou, Jiujiang, China NJ Sean P. Kennedy, Newbury, MA Danna Don, Newton, MA Nathaniel Michno, Barrington, NH Ruth Kollar, Pittsburgh, PA Samson Durst, Cornish, NH Mario Juri Miosga, Sonthofen, Germany Benjamin L. Kotzen, North Hampton, NH Kwasi Efah, Monroe, NJ Ian J. Moore, Anchorage, AK Yinxi Liang, South Burlington, VT Hudson Elledge, Fairfax, VT Bijan J. Motia, Shelburne, VT Ross Liebert, Millis, MA William Joseph Fath, Washington, PA Dante Newman, Grafton, MA Chanda Limbu, Kathmandu, Nepal Anna Casey Fronhofer, Salem, NY Eric Martin Niemoller, Groton, MA Zackary V. Locascio, Manchester, CT Jordan Paul Genovese, Guilford, CT Christopher Michael Nolan, Highland Park, NJ Jing Lu, Shenzhen, China Joseph Wallace Gordon III, Boulder, CO Trevor Taylor Paris, Goffstown, NH Will McAllister, Williston, VT Michael Guay, Northborough, MA Alex Elton Percy, Stowe, VT Vanessa Myhaver, Manchester, NH Nick Hallowell, Essex, VT Samuel Perry, Duxbury, VT Finn Slattery O’Connell, Steamboat Springs, Devon Thomas Havers, South Burlington, VT Ève-Audrey Picard, Longueuil, Canada CO Eliot A. Heinrich, Hinesburg, VT Lincoln A. Pierce, Duxbury, VT Cecily R. Page, East Blue Hill, ME Liam Hogan, Barre, VT Owen Tompkins Plante, Mountain Lakes, NJ Brennan Elizabeth Paradee, Grand Isle, VT William Thomas Hogan, Cambridge, VT Malcolm Ryan Pringle, Cranford, NJ Colin T. Richards, Wilmette, IL Anyi Huang, Wuzhou, China James Michael Raymond, Hinesburg, VT Nicholas Paul Stanislav Ridder, Pembroke, MA Bradley M. Jewett, Morrisville, VT Elliott Read, Meredith, NH Emeric Dean Rochford, Waitsfield, VT Dongzhe Jiang, Yancheng, China Jacob M. Remillard, Georgia, VT Emma Lillian Stephens, Northfield, VT Courtney Kumes, Williston, VT Meredith Burrell Roberts, Concord, MA Tess Stopczynski, New Hartford, NY Huyen N. Lam, Burlington, VT Emily Ryan, Sonora, CA Jack B. Straton, Narberth, PA Eric Michael Langdon, Burnt Hills, NY Frederick W. Sanford, Mohnton, PA Wenhui Tang, Beijing, China Jonathan David Leventhal, Carversville, PA Dylan Sayamouangkhua, Burlington, VT Hannah Marie Tosi, Littleton, MA ZhaoJun Lin, ShenZhen, China Peter Ward Schneider, Greenwich, CT Yunqing Wang, Shanghai, China Abigail G. Linstone, West Hartford, CT Melissa Sue Seib, Bryant Pond, ME Jonathan Warren, Ipswich, MA William Evan Lippolis, Nashville, TN Maximilian G. Sievers, Muenchen Bayern, Heng Yu, Hangzhou, China Xuanbang Liu, Shenzhen, China Germany Jingyu Zhu, Dalian, China Jing Lu, Shenzhen, China Jack Owen Simpson, Bexley, OH Kyle Mac, Brooklyn, NY Damien Deutschlander Socia, Fairfield, CT BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Kevin Patrick Masse, Williston, VT Mitchell Ethan Stern, Kings Park, NY Zachary Evan Bernstein, Northbrook, IL Will McAllister, Williston, VT Jordan Stewart, Chester, VT Matthew Blewett, Grand Rapids, MI Liam Michael McGuire, Dartmouth, MA Joshua Owings Stone, Providence, RI Beauregard Jeffers Duval, Staatsburg, NY Noah F. Mintz Roberts, Hinesburg, VT
38 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Thomas James Moore, Milton, VT William E. Soccorsi, Pennington, NJ Lucas A. Tremblay, South Burlington, VT Joshua C. Newton, New Haven, VT Paul Jack Solomon, Sharon, MA Austin L. Viveiros, Chepachet, RI Eloho Obaro-Best, Bronx, NY John Alexander Steffens, Pennington, NJ Curtis Waterman Wilcox, North Fayston, VT Joshua Pace, Montpelier, VT Alexander Swanson, Gurabo, Puerto Rico Eve Wight, Stamford, CT Maxwell A. Peck, Corning, NY Junda Tan, Beijing, China Aaron J. Wise, Shelburne, VT Luke Potasiewicz, Essex, VT Bastien Taylor, Georgia, VT Jacob Wunder, Easton, CT Joshua Sachar, Vergennes, VT John Arthur Thissell Jr., So. Hamilton, MA William Christian Wuttke, South Royalton, VT Aaron Seibring, Arlington, MA Nathan Tolley, Millersville, MD Kevin Yeung, Saint Albans, VT
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE COLLEGE OF Paul Solomon, Thesis: Automating Creation of Physical Models of ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Topography Using Laser Cut Manufacturing Eli Bacher-Chong, Thesis: Numerical and Experimental Modeling of Advisor: Jason Hibbeler, PhD Vibrating Wind Energy Harvester Tess Stopczynski, Thesis: Social media influence and occurrence of Advisor: Zachary Ballard, PhD injury from extreme sport participation in UVM undergraduates Sophie Berne, Thesis: Teaching the Public Renewable Energy through Advisor: Abigail Crocker, PhD; Jeff Buzas, PhD Games Anne Stupinski, Thesis: Measuring Mental Health Stigma on Advisor: Mads Almassalkhi, PhD Twitter Grace Brill, Thesis: Maximal Artin-Schreier Curves for Coding Theory Advisor: Chris Danforth, PhD Advisor: Christelle Vincent, PhD Nathan Tolley, Thesis: Morphology Agnostic Modular Control Joshua Dansie, Thesis: Design and Construction of Cold Storage Unit Policies in Rodi, Kenya Advisor: Josh Bongard, PhD Advisor: Zachary Ballard, PhD Jordan DeMatteis, Thesis: Signal Processing of Instrumental Tracks Advisor: James Kay, PhD DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL Jennifer Eberling, Thesis: Predictive Modeling of the Outcomes of ENGINEERING University of Vermont Women’s Basketball Games EDWARD H. PHELPS SENIOR PRIZE for exhibiting conspicuous Advisor: Bernard Cole, PhD merit in professional studies, and high and noble traits of character Brandon Gamble, Thesis: Analysis of 5 Bar Linkage in Civil Engineering. Advisor: Dryver Huston, PhD Benjamin L. Schorn James Gaudreault, Thesis: Determining Gusset Plate Stress Through Mode Shapes of Transverse Vibrations DOUGLAS P. FAY AWARD, established in 1973 in honor of a former Advisor: Eric M. Hernandez, PhD faculty member, this award is given to the student who has made the Michael Gilarde, Thesis: Implementation of the Agile Scrum greatest contribution to Civil Engineering during the past year. Methodology in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Course Harrison J. Lucas Advisor: William Louisos, PhD; Dustin Rand, MS Kelly Gothard, Thesis: Exploring Language and Engagement in Incel CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Communities NOMINEE for outstanding scholastic achievement in Civil Advisor: Peter Dodds, PhD; Chris Danforth, PhD Engineering and participation in University-related activities. Meghan Harrington, Thesis: Bifurcation Analysis of a Complex Jordan Shustack System Advisor: Jianke Yang, PhD ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING STUDENT ENGINEER OF Gordon MacMaster, Thesis: Investigating the use of computer vision THE YEAR NOMINEE for outstanding scholastic achievement in and machine learning in American Sign Language Translation Environmental Engineering and participation in University-related Advisor: James Eddy, MS activities. Brett Meyer, Thesis: Using Wearable Sensors to Classify Fall Risk in Rachel Galus Person’s with Multiple Sclerosis Advisor: Ryan McGinnis, PhD Dante Newman, Thesis: Flight Condition Analysis on Variable-Angle DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE Winglet Design ACM AWARD for great professional interest, immense spirit and Advisor: William Louisos, PhD outstanding leadership. Christopher Nolan, Thesis: Micro Wind Turbine Viability at the Christian Deluca University of Vermont Mary Woolley Advisor: Dustin Rand, MS Melissa Seib, Thesis: Predicting Component Response in an Ultra COMPUTER SCIENCE SENIOR AWARD (CEMS) for excellence in Fame-Driven Sociotechnical System judgment and understanding of the principles of computer science. Advisor: Peter Dodds PhD Chris Danforth, PhD Tripp Gordon
COMMENCEMENT 2020 39 COMPUTER SCIENCE SENIOR AWARD (CAS) for excellence in STATISTICS HAUGH AWARD for an outstanding student in statistics judgment and understanding of the principles of computer science. or biostatistics to strengthen the student’s statistical and scientific Daniel Combs career objectives. Jenny Eberling
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND BIOMEDICAL DATA SCIENCE SENIOR AWARD for achievement of the highest level ENGINEERING of excellence in Data Science. Zach Bernstein ATWATER-KENT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR AWARD for excellence of judgment and understanding of the principles of electrical engineering. Abdoulaye Ira DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Khang Tran EDMUND F. LITTLE (SENIOR) AWARD for meritorious work in the mechanical arts. INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS AWARD for Alex Ferguson fostering technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of Sarah Nelson humanity. Chris Nolan Kaseya Xia MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATE SERVICE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR AWARD for excellence in performance and greatest promise of NOMINEE for outstanding scholastic achievement and participation success. in University-related activities. Quinlan Files Kaseya Xia AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR AWARD for excellence in AWARD for meritorious work in the student chapter of the American performance, contribution to the Biomedical Engineering program, Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. and greatest promise of success. Dante Newman Brett Meyer Alicia Tanneberger AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS AWARD for Lara Weed meritorious work in the student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR Isabella Barbera NOMINEE for outstanding scholastic achievement in Biomedical Shawn Cimonetti Engineering and participation in University-related activities. Rose Warren MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENT ENGINEER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE for outstanding scholastic achievement and participation in University-related activities. DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS Eve-Audrey Picard MATHEMATICS SENIOR AWARD for achievement of the highest level of excellence in mathematics. Veronika Potter SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
JOHN F. KENNEY GRADUATE AWARD for excellence in BRETT VINCENT GORKY - DEAN’S RECOGNITION AWARD for mathematics. an undergraduate student who has demonstrated extraordinary Jo Martin qualities of integrity and commitment to others through outstanding Tyson Pond service to faculty, staff and students of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. NAM SANG KIL SCHOLARSHIP IN MATHEMATICS in recognition Colin Sandberg of the value of education as a path toward betterment of mankind, this scholarship is presented to an outstanding student in honor of ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS AWARD for the greatest Chairman Nam. contribution to the activities and objectives of the student chapter of Patrick Mullins Engineers Without Borders. Joe DeGennaro NAM SANG KIL SCHOLARSHIP IN STATISTICS in recognition of the value of education as a path toward betterment of mankind, SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS AWARD for the greatest this scholarship is presented to an outstanding student in honor of contribution to the activities and objectives of the student chapter of Chairman Nam Society of Women Engineers. Shun Zhang Paige Hamilton
NAM SANG KIL SCHOLARSHIP - STATISTICS UNDERGRAD TAU BETA PI/JOHN OUTWATER PRIZE to the outgoing president of ACHIEVEMENT AWARD in recognition of the value of education as a Tau Beta Pi who, by virtue of the office, has demonstrated skill, tact path toward betterment of mankind, this scholarship is presented to and initiative. an outstanding student in honor of Chairman Nam. Diarmuid Gregory Jonathan Warren
40 COMMENCEMENT 2020 CEMS SENIOR STUDENT OF COLOR AWARD presented to the MU SIGMA RHO, National Honor Society for undergraduate and student of color with the highest GPA in the CEMS senior class. graduate students studying statistics. Abdoulaye Ira Jake Warren Connor Zwonik ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT SENIOR AWARD in recognition of Brennan Paradee academic excellence in the field of engineering management. Jenny Eberling Lynn Wood Xinan Wang Tess Stopczynski STATISTICS GRADUATE AWARD for outstanding scholarship and Cole Frangiosa commitment to statistical sciences. Melissa Garrow Niesa Ryder
HONOR SOCIETIES
TAU BETA PI, National Engineering Honor Society Vasiliki Anemikos Alyssa Lilly Isabelle Augustin Julio Lopez Linehan Peter Bailey Harrison Lucas Bridger Banco Madeleine McGill Isabella Barbera Brett Meyer Daniel Cliche Sarah Nelson Tyler Conchieri Dante Newman Arianne Conde Colin Palmer Amy Decola Lindsey Roberts Darija Dilba Kevin Seeger Alex Ferguson Jordan Shore Jon Ferri Jordan Shustack Brian Ferris Damien Socia Aiyana Fortin Joshua Stone Giuliana Frizzi Alicia Tanneberger Rachel Galus Annie Wallace Diarmuid Gregory Haley Warren Eliza Jobin-Davis Lara Weed Lianna Klinger Kylie Willis Jake Landry Kaseya Xia Logan Larose
COMMENCEMENT 2020 41 Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources BACHELOR(Russet and Yellow) OF SCIENCE Amanda Nicole Duffy, Redding, CT Bayfield, CO Zoe Albion, Dover, NH Maria Emanuelli, Leyden, MA Christopher David Lampart, Starksboro, VT Natalie Albrecht, Wethersfield, CT George Lyman Essex, South Strafford, VT Jack Larizadeh, Port Washington, NY Maegan Rose Aldous, Ballston Spa, NY Eli Wyatt Estey, Duxbury, MA Andrew Christian Lawrence, Essex Junction, Garran C. Armington, Morristown, NJ Liam M. Farley, Arlington, VT VT Jeffery Arnold, Homosassa, FL Henry David Freundlich, Plainview, NY Brandon Paul Lawton, Warwick, RI Emil Dali Assing, Marion, MA Logan Paul Gaboury, Saint Albans, VT Dylan Maxwell Leath, Brooklyn, NY Alexander Patrick Audet, Hyde Park, VT Caroline Bright Galliani, Evanston, IL Nina Elisaveta Loutchko, Minneapolis, MN Molly Claire Barber, Essex Junction, VT Benjamin A. Galligan, New Braintree, MA Liam Daniel MacKenzie, Sagamore Beach, MA Tara Deanna Silver Beattie, Middletown Joseph A. Gallucci, South Kingstown, RI Eric W. Mackey, Waterbury, VT Springs, VT Sierra Gasperoni, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA Sophia Marinace, Belmont, NH Reilly Ann Becchina, Setauket, NY Nicholas A. Gauthier, Bennington, VT Allison S. Mattox, Kenosha, WI Juliette Rose Belanger, Rochester, NY Jack Otto Geurts, Grafton, VT Mitch Maver, Hanover, MA John Andrew Benner, Needham, MA Marty Gillies, Columbus, OH Connor Grey McCarthy, Saint Johnsbury, VT Lauren Berkley, Marstons Mills, MA Rachel Gladstone, Long Island, NY Holly Othla McClintock, Essex Junction, VT Stefanie Rose Berlow, Westchester, NY Benjamen E. Gluhosky, Manchester, CT Jon Howard McCoy, Windham, NH Corey Isaac Beutel, Manasquan, NJ Sadye Keating Goldfarb, Voorheesville, NY Steven Charles McDonough, Simsbury, CT Ismar Biberovic, Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina Jack Goldman, Burlington, VT Michael McGuire, Pleasant Prairie, WI Hunter Billen, Hinesburg, VT Rebecca M. Goldstein, Acworth, GA Gregory Edward McHale, Reading, MA Sarah Boatner, Boise, ID Caitlin Gosciminski, Coventry, RI Alanna McLaughlin, Easton, PA Colby Bosley-Smith, Washington, DC Nicholas Tyler Grant, Bradford, VT Zachariah S. Merson, Chepachet, RI Henry Brandeis, Arlington, VA Isaac Thomas Grosner, Westborough, MA Caroline Mertz, Harleysville, PA Kaylie Abigail Haberstroh, Oakhurst, NJ Callahan Bredice, Simsbury, CT James Gregory Meschter, Bethesda, MD Kylie Hanley, Beachwood, NJ Christopher Orion Bresnahan, Longmeadow, Michael John Militi, Fayetteville, NY Haley Hart, Arlington, VA MA Travis Abraham Miller, Macungie, PA Yuli He, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China Charlotte Anna Brodie, Croton-on-Hudson, Luther Allen Millison, Williamsburg, VA NY Emma Gabrielle Heffner, Reading, PA Michaela L. Morgan, Newton, MA Colin S. Brown, Reading, MA Matthew Beck Heil, Mars, PA Kayla Brooke Morrison, Falls Church, VA Ryan A. Buckley, Peabody, MA Dylan Hertzberg, West Caldwell, NJ Katie Moses, Newtown, CT Adrian Burnett Morgan Anne Heyl, North Haven, CT James Walter Murphy, Meriden, CT Ian W. Burton, Randolph, VT Samuel Alden Hilde, Bedminster, NJ Nisha Nadkarni, Westborough, MA Dante Calfayan, Huntingdon Valley, PA Franni Charlotte Hoag, West Newbury, VT Emma Naprta, Amherst, NH Carolyn Christine Caminear, Branford, CT Dani Hogan, Ross, CA Juniper O’Keefe Butterfly Nardiello-Smith, Beth Carroll, Kennebunkport, ME Benjamin Holland, Baltimore City, MD Bristol, VT Phillip G. Carruthers, Rye, NY Jeremy Howland, Durham, NH Shaelagh Nelson, Merrimack, NH Anna Chaffee, West Bolton, VT Luke D. Huntington, Newcastle, ME Alexandria Mikael Nista, Hartford, CT Shajnea Alexandra Chang, Hampton, VA Jaxson W. Hussey, Walden, VT Rose Sofia Nixon, Saratoga Springs, NY Haonan Cheng, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Zack Isleib, Tyngsborough, MA Joscelyn Norris, Roxbury, CT China Olivia Lander Johnston, North Hampton, NH Ashley Novella, Danbury, CT Brenna Mary Christensen, Harwinton, CT Madeline A. Johnstone, Bloomsbury, NJ Faith Novella, Danbury, CT Jason James Chrysanthis, Ocean City, MD Jillian Joubert, Londonderry, NH Jacquelyn Michelle Nutter, South Benjamin Nash Church, Littleton, MA Nicholas Kaminski, Arlington, MA Londonderry, VT Marisa Cigliano, Allentown, PA Skylar Kassay, Madison, CT Jacob D. O’Connell, Essex Junction, VT Sarah Clarke, Trenton, FL Zoë Katz, Elkridge, MD Kathrine Ann O’Connor, Seekonk, MA Madison Breckenridge Corkum, Essex William Patrick Kelleher, Flemington, NJ Rebecca O’Dowd, Amherst, NH Junction, VT Alysa Jennifer Kelly, Castleton-on-Hudson, NY Monica Doris O’Malley, Dunstable, MA Nicole Crothers, Southborough, MA Andrew Kenney, Newbury, MA Teddy O’Mara, Kinnelon, NJ Alexander D’Allaird, Kennett Square, PA Grace Louise King, Hudson, OH Kevin Nicholas Ostrander, Halfmoon, NY Thomas DeMouth, Danbury, CT Erin Claire Kittredge, Mahwah, NJ Dylan A. DePalma, Leyden, MA Anna H. Knothe, Somers, NY David Owusu, Bronx, NY Russell J. Desclos, Underhill, VT Alison Doireann Maire Korin, Mahopac, NY Tyler Milton Philbrook, Swan’s Island, ME Flora Dewar, Plymouth, VT Mia Yvonne Kosel, Wellesley, MA Laura Pinover, Hudson, OH Abigael Ekaterina Dillon, London, United Anna Elizabeth Kronk, Burlington, VT Sydney Brooke Pleasic, River Vale, NJ Kingdom Marcos Lucianus Richard Kubow, Sunnyvale, Erin Elizabeth Prescott, Harwich, MA Maya Dizack, Racine, WI CA Madeleine Grace Prevost, Colchester, VT Morgan Doherty, Burlington, VT Brian Robert Kurmin, Marshfield, MA Finley Kellan Quan-Shau, Flanders, NJ Emily Downs, London, United Kingdom Rebekah Malaika //hanas Goodman Kuster, Ezra Alexander Racine, Newark, VT
42 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Denitza Ranguelova, Billerica, MA Alyssa Nicole Smolensky, Highland Park, IL Annie Vance, Danielson, CT Caroline Reynolds, Westborough, MA Maxwell Solter, Jersey City, NJ Theodore Winter Viola, Northampton, MA Preston Richardson, Winchester, MA Calla A. Sopko, Troy, NY Christopher Stephen Walker, Towson, MD Katrina Jackson Rokosz, Belmont, MA Elinor Sovcik, Western Springs, IL Keegan P. Wallace, Newbury, MA Zoe Rosen, Barrington, IL Zoe Rae Spett, Mahwah, NJ Jason Ward, Northbrook, IL Hillary Elizabeth Ross, Highgate, VT Caroline Marie Spiccioli, Baltimore, MD Eric Kindlund Weist, Gloucester, MA Claudia Noel Sacks, Macungie, PA Gretta Marie Stack, Hartland, VT Noah Elias Weller, Boyertown, PA Chloe Sardonis, Randolph, VT Grace Dorothea Stein, Keene, NH Margaret Beatrice Wertheimer, Acton, MA Katherine Lindsay Wettergreen, Pittsburgh, Jillian S. Scannell, Rutland, MA Matthew Charles Stromecki, Orchard Park, PA Jake Thomas Schevling, Hamden, CT NY Carrie Lynn Wiater, Holland, MA Kyla Aurora Schmeck, Haddonfield, NJ Alexandra Leigh Tamburrino, Griswold, CT Brian Wilson, Chelmsford, MA Colton Schouppe, Newton, NJ Claire Tellekson-Flash, North Andover, MA Kara Jean Winslow, Ballston Spa, NY Alison P. Schwartz, West Windsor, NJ Samantha Terwilliger, Mendham, NJ Miriam Rose Poplin Wolpert, East Brunswick, Alisha Secor, Rensselear, NY Hannah Thorne, Manchester, MA NJ Taryn Miro Sedon, Northville, NY Brooke Alexandra Tommaney, Ramsey, NJ Lily Bailey Zanta, West Hartford, CT Audrey May Seery, Brooklyn, NY Hannah Claire Turner, Chittenango, NY Geena Zick, Allentown, PA Teighan Jaye Shore, Ridgewood, NJ Benjamin Upton, Wallingford, VT Brian Zohn, West Windsor, NJ James Sleigh, Chevy Chase, MD Alexander Peter Van Raalte, Briarcliff, NY Amy Catherine Sloat, Wanaque, NJ Lance E. Van Vogelpoel, Colorado Springs, CO Cameron J. Smith, Falmouth, MA Kenan Van Vranken, Brunswick, ME
RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN THE RUBENSTEIN THE HOLCOMB NATURAL RESOURCES PRIZE FOR SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THE STUDY OF RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES Reilly Ann Becchina, Thesis: Decline of the Siberian marmot Kevin Nicholas Ostrander (Marmota sibirica) in the Eastern Gobi Steppe Caroline Marie Spiccioli Advisor: James Murdoch, PhD Marty Gillies, Thesis: Environmental Attitudes among Intercollegiate Athletics Fans: A study of athletic event attendees at the University LOLA AIKEN AWARD IN NATURAL RESOURCES of Vermont. Jillian S. Scannell Advisor: Brendan Fisher, PhD Sadye Keating Goldfarb, Thesis: The Impact of Hypoxia on Zooplankton Population Estimates in Lakes ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Advisor: Jason Stockwell, PhD Kaylie Abigail Haberstroh, Thesis: The Factors Motivating AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Individuals’ Decisions to Properly Dispose of their Municipal Waste Colby Bosley-Smith Advisor: Clare Ginger, PhD; Amy Seidl, PhD Nicholas Kaminski Joscelyn Norris, Thesis: Saussurea dorogostaiskii in Khövsgöl, Mongolia: a Critically Endangered medicinal species’ ecological AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE requirements Kevin Nicholas Ostrander Advisor: Nate Sanders, PhD Hannah Claire Turner Katrina Jackson Rokosz, Thesis: The Validity of Day Sampling as Representative of the Entire Lake Trout Diet Advisor: Ellen Marsden, PhD ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Teighan Jaye Shore, Thesis: Monarch Butterfly Phenology: Characterizations of Monarch and Milkweed Populations OUTSTANDING GRADUATING SENIOR Advisor: Samantha Alger, PhD Jillian S. Scannell Calla A. Sopko, Thesis: Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Diversity at Windblown and Salvage Harvested Sites Advisor: Kimberly Wallin, PhD FORESTRY Elinor Sovcik, Thesis: Influence of the Missisquoi Wetland on Riverine Nutrient Cycling Under Different Flow Regimes WILLIAM R. ADAMS FORESTRY AWARD Advisor: Carol Adair, PhD Chloe Sardonis
LUTHER E. ZAI MEMORIAL AWARD Benjamin Nash Church
COMMENCEMENT 2020 43 NATURAL RESOURCES RUBENSTEIN SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES GRADUATE PROGRAM AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT Tara Deanna Silver Beattie OUTSTANDING MASTER’S RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Zachariah S. Merson Walter Keady
AWARD FOR QUALITY STUDENT EXPERIENCE OUTSTANDING PHD RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Dante Calfayan Schuyler B. Pearman-Gillman Katherine Porterfield
PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Elisabeth Lohre OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Samantha Verge OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP AWARD Stephanie Drago CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE QUALITY OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Nina J. Rizzi
WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES BIOLOGY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Kevin Nicholas Ostrander
WILDLIFE BIO-ECOLOGY AWARD Dylan A. DePalma
44 COMMENCEMENT 2020 College of Nursing and Health Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Sciences (Seafoam and Apricot) BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Caitlyn Elizabeth Duffy, East Walpole, MA Emilia E. Krieg, Burlington, VT Bridget Kathleen Ahearn, Bennington, VT Margaret Dwyer, Lincoln, MA Alex J. Krumrie, Ferrisburgh, VT Sophie Adele Akellian, Wyckoff, NJ Jacob E. Edwards-Stoll, Burlington, VT Amy Lynn Kutchukian, Swanton, VT Beibhinn Elizabeth Anderson, Providence, RI Elizabeth L. Ellis, Westford, MA Dmitry Lakoba, Burlington, VT Brent Andrews, Carmel, ME Lydia Marie Endres, Doylestown, PA Lauren M. Lamberton, Groton, VT McKenzie Erin Apjohn, Fair Haven, VT Hadley Erica Erdman, Williston, VT Ethan James Langlois, Bennington, VT Jessica L. Audy, Danby, VT Kathryn Fagan, Eliot, ME Victoria Mary Lawrence, West Chester, PA Courtney Annalise Aylaian, Stow, MA Bettina S. Fahndrich, Seattle, WA Heather K. Lefebvre, Richmond, VT Jenna Baillargeon, Colchester, VT Alexa R. Fant, Seaside Heights, NJ Hannah Abigail Lichy, Merrick, NY Brooke Lyne Ballard, Middleton, MA Timothy E. Faulkner, Stratham, NH Amanda Michelle Locke, Burlington, VT Alana P. Barretto, Amherst, NH Jessie M. Finkelstein, Short Hills, NJ Moriah Ruth Ludwig, Fairlee, VT Drew Clifford Fisher, Burlington, CT Jessica Barrow, Saint Albans, VT Megan Daniele Macfarlane, Burlington, VT Abby Ruth Frank, Horseheads, NY Kagan E. Beachum, East Calais, VT Julia Christine MacKenzie, Belgrade, ME Emma Frankel, Longmeadow, MA Catherine Grace Beattie, Saint Albans, VT Madison M. MacKenzie, Swanton, VT Clara J. Behrman, Essex Junction, VT Katherine M. Freda, Hingham, MA Jessica Mariah Madsen, Spencertown, NY Megan Marie Berry, Exeter, NH Morgan M. Furbay, Massillon, OH Justin J. Mai, Cranston, RI John Everett Bickers, Morristown, NJ Alexa Maria Furey, Chester, NY Glory Mapenzi, Essex Junction, VT Kaitlyn M. Birnbaum, Burlington, VT Lorean Madysen Galarza, Burlington, VT Annemarie E. Martella, Warwick, RI Meghan Lindsey Bishop, North Bennington, Kaitlin Elizabeth Gale, Bridgewater, MA Cassi M. Martin, Orleans, VT VT Anna Nicklin Garbolski, Hamden, CT Devan Alexandra-Jane Blodgett, Sheldon, VT Katharine Leigh Garnett, Madison, CT Haley Ann Martin, Whitman, MA Myriah E. Boissoneault, Saint Albans, VT Stephen Christopher Gemma, Exeter, RI Alyssa Jane McGillicuddy, Stoughton, MA Hannah Louise Boudreau, Franklin, VT Sierra R. Gempka, Jericho, VT Rose F. McGovern, Needham, MA Desiree R. Bowen, Newport, VT Xavier B. Giddings, Saint Johnsbury, VT Rebecca Shannon McNally, Auburndale, MA Sara Lauren Briggs, Livermore, CA Lindsey S. Gonyea, Plattsburgh, NY Ciera Olivia Medeiros, Chepachet, RI Paige H. Brodie, South Burlington, VT Alexis Danielle Gordon, Queensbury, NY Julia Elizabeth Mendes, Columbia, CT Reaney E. Brungo, Boalsburg, PA Sally Claire Granholm, Winslow, ME Ava M. Meyer, Duluth, MN Andrea Buck, Framingham, MA Oliver Nicole Gross, Madison, CT Sophia Christina Michalopoulos, Summit, NJ Taylor R. Burg, Westport, CT Lia Francesca Guthrie, Roseland, NJ Nicole Elizabeth Miller, South Burlington, VT Kathryn M. Calisti, South Yarmouth, MA Haley Hammond, Waterbury Center, VT Aurora B. Mills, Flourtown, PA Joshua Cameron, Williston, VT Hayley R. Hancock, Burlington, VT Jessie E. Mills, Burlington, VT Elizabeth T. Campo, Oceanside, NY William R. Harmeyer, Burlington, VT Hallie Elizabeth Milne, Merrimac, MA Jessica Lynn Cartier, Rouses Point, NY Talia Hart, Williamsburg, VA Sabrina Jo Morgan, Milford, CT Johanna Marie Casey, Whitman, MA Jessica L. Hartman, Williston, VT Danielle M. Morris, Salisbury, VT Melanie N. Catone, Glens Falls, NY Summer Jane Haverick, Marshfield, VT Shaun Morris, Essex Junction, VT Anna S. Chaloupka, Burlington, VT Emily A. Hayden, Topsfield, MA Grace E. Murphy, Wilmette, IL Deirdre Charles, Duxbury, VT Aileen Elizabeth Heney, Jefferson, MA Nicole A. Murray, Winooski, VT Lucy Elizabeth Chestler, Weston, CT Kalee R. Hennig, New Lebanon, NY Andrew J. Nadeau, Waterford, VT Connor M. Chirichella, Hillsdale, NY Maeve Grainne Higgins, Charlotte, VT Elizabeth Mary Niekrewicz, Williston, VT Lauryn Elizabeth Chlebnikow, Harrisburg, PA Mariah R. Hiles, Lindenhurst, IL Erin Faith Nighswonger, Huntington Beach, Laura Ann Cormican, South Weymouth, MA Kimberley S. Hook, Vernon Rockville, CT CA Daniel Alexander Cortez, Alexandria, VA Phelan K. Howell, Burlington, VT Odera Yvonne Nwankwo, Lagos, Nigeria Claudia M. Cousineau, Shoreham, VT Jing Hu, Boston, MA John Mwai Nyamancha Nyamu, Nairobi, Jessica Lily Cremin, Los Angeles, CA Maggie A. Hurlbert, Amesbury, MA Kenya Cayla May Crumb, Perkinsville, VT Hannah Margaret Hyder, Jericho, VT Mykayla E. O’Brien, Bradford, VT Meaghan C. Cullen, Ipswich, MA Alicia K. Imbergamo, Madison, CT Stephanie Rose O’Neill, Burlington, MA Lauren Elizabeth Curry, Pittsfield, MA Petra Christine Jackson, Tonasket, WA Sara Shiyan Onley, Windsor Locks, CT Kylie D. Curtis, Saint Albans, VT Sophie Lia John, Concord, MA Alexa A. Ostafin, Guilford, CT Stephanie L. Cyphers, Colchester, VT Caitlyn T. Johnson, Londonderry, NH Amy Kennedy Packer, Niwot, CO Kate H. Daniels, Nantucket, MA Colleen F. Joyce, Mansfield, MA Roselyn Lawson Palaszewski, Galway, NY Gloria Jane Deignan, Colorado Springs, CO Joseph Michael Kajander, Reading, MA Alana L. Panni, New Fairfield, CT Barbara A. Dimaio, Burlington, VT Hannah Rose Kaufman, Cranbury, NJ Hollie L. Parks, Essex Junction, VT Madison Cody Keating, Marshfield, MA Julia Belle DiNardo, Reading, MA Catherine Victoria Pellegrini, Cape Elizabeth, Naw Ruth Doe, Burlington, VT Josephine J. Kennedy, Burlington, VT ME Madison Hanford Doucette, Lebanon, CT Dylan P. Krasnowski, Thomaston, CT Olivia Macmonnies Pembroke, North Mara R. Dowd, East Middlebury, VT Chani R. Krech, Monkton, VT Bennington, VT
COMMENCEMENT 2020 45 Carly Rachel Pento, Chatham, NJ Isabella Catherine Salerno, Westfield, NJ Kristine Trotin, Bakersfield, VT Rachel M. Phillips, Asbury, NJ Melissa X. Schuh, Manchester, MA Cassidy Erin Troy, Georgetown, MA Brianna L. Pierce, Queensbury, NY Elizabeth M. Schwab, Chagrin Falls, OH Taylor Anne Truax, Essex Junction, VT Emily Jane Pierson, Williston, VT Halle Lisa Sedacca, Atlanta, GA Amelia Heather Trybendis, Salem, NY Brian W. Powell, Marlborough, MA Sierra G. Serino, Stanfordville, NY Bonnie S. Tursky, Framingham, MA Benjamin Joseph Prandini, Bennington, VT Kathrine Erin Sgroi, Delmar, NY Molly R. Urich, Albany, NY Bridget Ashley Preston, New Haven, VT Lawrence Sharbonneau, Randolph, VT Claire B. Vanderpot, Boxford, MA Elsie Pryor, West Cornwall, CT Hannah Stewart Sheehy, Newburyport, MA Sierra S. Walters, Merrimack, NH Ashley Ellen Sicard, Sumter, SC Ashley B. Wells, Colchester, VT Gabriel C. Purin, Boothbay, ME Isabella B. Sierra, North Chelmsford, MA Alex Sawyer Celeste White, Winooski, VT Emily Kate Queenan, Merrimac, MA Kathryn Tower Simeon, West Simsbury, CT Katherine M. White, Colchester, VT Claire Quinn, Sherman Oaks, CA Sarah Berline Smith, Baltimore, MD Kelsey E. White, Windham, ME Camille Rainville, Franklin, VT Julia E. Sousa, North Dartmouth, MA Margaret Whipple Worth, Charlestown, NH Gabriela Frances Ramirez-Lyon, Chester, MA Mattie Sowards, Rutland, VT Joseph Daniel Yergeau, Winooski, VT Kristin N. Ramsey, Woodstock, VT Aleksandra Salnikova Stone, New York, NY Carly Egan Young, Middletown, NJ Thomas Brayton Rattigan, West Hartford, CT Ashley Lok Yan Tang, Waterbury, VT Bryce J. Zicarelli, Stowe, VT Samantha Ann Raymond, Litchfield, NH Elizabeth G. Tansey, Nashua, NH Julia D. Rickner, Bristol, VT Bradford S. Tasik, Wyckoff, NJ Lillian Roberts, Chicopee, MA Isabel Millicent Taylor, Scituate, MA Megan E. Rose, Swanton, VT Helen E. Thurston, Juneau, AK Marina Natalie Rubin, Bahia Blanca, Taylor Kathleen Tibbetts, Smithfield, RI Argentina
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES AWARDS TO GRADUATES
HONORS COLLEGE SCHOLARS IN COLLEGE OF DEAN’S INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AWARD presented to a NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES student, faculty or staff member who has made a major contribution Clara Behrman, Thesis: Children’s Literature About Studdtering: to create an environment of social justice, inclusion and equity. A Content Analysis Juan Florencia Advisor: Kathleen Ross, MS Jessica Hartman, Thesis: Exploration of Pain Related to Eat-Sleep Console vs. Finnegan Scoring of Opoid-Exposed Infants at UVMMC DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND NICU DISORDERS Advisor: Rebecca Nagle, MS, PNP, RN; Jennifer Miller ELEANOR M. LUSE GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD IN Maeve Higgins, Thesis: Quality Improvement Project to Increase COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS to the graduate Support around Opioid Exposed Infants student who demonstrates the most impressive combination of Advisor: Marianne Rideout, PhD academic achievement, clinical service and professionalism. Sophie John, Thesis: An Exploratory Study On Incorporating Sophia Chamberlain Nutrition Into Physical Therapy Practice Advisor: Karen Westervelt, PhD; Susan Kasser, PhD MARGARET KYTE MEMORIAL AWARD to the graduating Hannah Sheehy, Thesis: Theory of Mind Understanding, Language undergraduate senior student for outstanding academic performance Complexity, and Story Coherence of Children with Autism in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Spectrum Disorder Following a Parent-Delivered Intervention Hannah Sheehy Advisor: Patricia Prelock, PhD Isabella Sierra, Thesis: Exploring the Relationship of Addictive Eating VERMONT SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION Behaviors between Parents and Adolescents OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARD to the Advisor: Connie Tompkins, PhD senior who shows strong academic performance and the outstanding promise for professional achievement. DEAN’S OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Kathryn Fagan presented to the undergraduate student who has demonstrated exemplary professional growth and contributions during their tenure COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS AWARD FOR at UVM. EXCELLENCE to the graduating senior for demonstrated excellence in Taylor Murray scholarship, leadership and professional promise. Grace Murphy DEAN’S OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT presented to the graduate student who has demonstrated exemplary professional growth and contributions during their tenure at UVM. Emma O’Brien
46 COMMENCEMENT 2020 DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION ANN K. TWITCHELL COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AWARD presented to a senior F.W. VAN BUSKIRK AWARD in recognition of the senior student in the baccalaureate program who has shown scholarship and with the highest grade point average in the Radiation Therapy excellence in community health services. program. Lia Guthrie Ciera Medeiros
CLINICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN RADIATION THERAPY AWARD in DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION AND MOVEMENT recognition of outstanding qualities of professional attitude and SCIENCE cooperation in the patient care setting. Ciera Medeiros ATHLETIC TRAINING LEADERSHIP AWARD presented to the graduating senior Athletic Training student who exemplifies SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MEDICAL LABORATORY scholarly excellence in the classroom in addition to consistently SCIENCE given by the UVM Medical Center’s Department of displaying exceptional leadership during clinical experience Pathology and Laboratory Medicine to the senior student with assignments, in student government, and in the community. the highest grade point average in the Medical Laboratory Science Timothy Faulkner program. Kylie Curtis REBECCA RYAN FUTURE PROFESSIONAL IN ATHLETIC TRAINING Brianna Pierce AWARD presented to the student who is viewed by the AT Program clinical instructors and faculty as having the qualities and desire to excel as a Certified Athletic Trainer. The desirable qualities should DEPARTMENT OF NURSING include but are not limited to: high expectations of self and others, respect for self and others, caring nature, sense of responsibility, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER AWARD FOR strong work ethic, confidence, flexibility, and constructive INNOVATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE recognizes a graduate- communication skills. level Nursing student who demonstrates innovation in practice and Brian Powell breakthrough initiative in patient care or patient education, or care coordination across the continuum. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AWARD IN ATHLETIC TRAINING is Kiersten Wulff, DNP given to the Athletic Training student who has shown exceptional growth in the areas of prevention, recognition, treatment, and VERMONT STATE NURSES’ ASSOCIATION CLINICAL rehabilitation of athletic injuries – and who has shown remarkable EXCELLENCE, UNDERGRADUATE AWARD to a graduating student potential as a dedicated and responsible future professional. who, in the opinion of the faculty, best demonstrates outstanding Anne Dimaio clinical practice. Samantha Raymond ISOLA BRAUN AWARD to the third-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student who has demonstrated the greatest potential for ANA VERMONT CLINICAL EXCELLENCE, GRADUATE STUDENT development of professional competency and leadership. to a graduating student who, in the opinion of the faculty, best Jeremiah Crawford demonstrates outstanding clinical practice. Jacqueline Bray, DNP MARGARET B. CORBIN AWARD to the third-year Doctor of Physical Therapy student who has demonstrated high quality academic and CLARISSA PETERS ALLEN NURSING AWARD given to an clinical performance throughout the professional curriculum. outstanding graduating undergraduate student who exemplifies the Kaleigh Mulpeter conscientious, motivated character of Clarissa Peters Allen. Kelsey White OUTSTANDING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN EXERCISE SCIENCES to the outstanding graduating senior student who has FAYE CRABBE NURSING AWARD presented to the senior majoring shown a passion for learning, academic excellence, and significant in Nursing who excels in scholarship, nursing ability and service to engagement in courses and co-curricular activities. the University. Megan MacFarlane Lorean Galarza OUTSTANDING FUTURE PROFESSIONAL IN EXERCISE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER AWARD FOR AWARD to the graduating senior student who is viewed by the EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE recognizes a Exercise Science faculty as a positive role model and who has the senior nursing student who demonstrates excellence in practice in leadership qualities and professional potential to significantly impact any setting; communication with patients, families and colleagues; the field of Exercise Science. collaboration/team work; and professional appearance/demeanor. JB Bickers Xavier Giddings
COMMENCEMENT 2020 47 Larner College of Medicine
College of Medicine (Green) Nana Adwoa Agyepong, Columbus, OH William Bayard Earle, Middlebury, VT BS, Otterbein University 2014 BA, Williams College 2015 Ashley Aiken, Wilmington, DE Zachary Ehret, East Montpelier, VT BS, University of Delaware 2016 BS, University of Vermont 2011 Thomas Luke Arnell, San Diego, CA Erin Elizabeth Ellison, Port Townsend, WA BA, University of Virginia 2015 BS, University of Miami 2015 Alexa Rae Arvidson, Ann Arbor, MI Benjamin Arthur Flinn, Burlington, VT BSE, University of Michigan 2016 BS, University of Vermont 2015 Harshal Athalye, South Burlington, VT Lauren Elizabeth Gaffaney, New York, NY BA, University of Vermont 2015 BA, Washington University in St. Louis 2015 Ramin Badiyan, Los Angeles, CA Anthony James Gallegos, Santa Maria, CA BS, University of California Irvine 2014 BS, University of California, Irvine 2015 Ava Bakhtyari, Andover, MA Jinal Gandhi, Wappingers Falls, NY BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2016 BS, Boston College 2015 Nicole Alexis Becher, McLean, VA Kassandra J. Gibbs, Bridgewater, MA BS, The College of William and Mary 2014 BA, Brandeis University 2012 Nathan R. Benner, Bennington, VT Eli Aaron Goldberg, Shelburne, VT BS, University of Vermont 2009 BA, Oberlin College 2012 Christopher D. Bernard, Corning, NY Dylon Gookin, Mesa, AZ BS, University of Vermont 2015 BS, University of Arizona 2015 Jennifer Boccia, Moretown, VT Allison Christine Greene, Essex Junction, VT BA, Goddard College 2005 BS, McGill University 2011; MPH, University of Vermont 2019 Nicholas Joseph Bompastore, Londonderry, NH Kathryn Grenoble, Richmond, MA BA, Saint Anselm College 2016 BA, University of Vermont 2011; MS, University of Copenhagen Gesca Helene Borchardt, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil 2013 BS, University of Central Florida 2013; MS, Georgetown University Julia Elizabeth Hannigan, Trumbull, CT 2015 BS, Northeastern University 2016 Zara Simons Bowden, Fort Worth, TX Russell David Himmelstein, Trumbull, CT BA, Bowdoin College 2009 BA, Rollins College 2016 Victoria Lauren Close, Greenwich, CT Lee Hiromoto, Wahiawa, HI BA, Sarah Lawrence College 2014 BA, Yale University 2005; JD, Harvard Law School 2013 Charles Wesley Cubberley, Acworth, NH Wendy Hou, Stamford, CT BS, Saint Michael’s College 2014 BA, Washington University in St. Louis 2016 Stephen David Daniels, Andover, MA Wilson Huang, Buena Park, CA BS, Merrimack College 2013 BS, University of California, San Diego 2014 Karamatullah Danyal, Rabwah, Punjab, Pakistan Cyrus Maxim Jalai, New York, NY BS, Idaho State University 2006; PhD, Utah State University 2014 BA, Middlebury College 2014 Daniel De Los Santos, Garland, TX Nicole Anne Jedrzynski, Roseville, CA BS, University of Texas at Dallas 2014 BA, University of California, Berkeley 2016 Pamela Derickson, Moorestown, NJ Hannah Eve Johnson, Shelburne, VT BS, University of Vermont 2015 BA, University of Vermont 2015 Pooja Tushar Desai, South Burlington, VT Gregory Johnston, Toronto, Ontario BA, Boston University 2015 BS, McGill University 2015 Alexander DiSciullo, Walpole, MA Sarah Natasha Jost-Haynes, North Conway, NH BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2015 BA, University of New Hampshire 2015 Kyna S. Donohue, Boston, MA Megan Kaneko Kawasaki, Los Angeles, CA BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2010 BA, Washington University in St. Louis 2016 Nathan Thomas Maue Dreyfus, Saint Louis, MO Marie Kenney, Richmond, VT BA, Washington University in St. Louis 2009 BS, University of Vermont 2012
48 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Britta J. Kilgus, Chester, VT Arjun Anit Patel, San Ramon, CA BS, St. Lawrence University 2014 BS, University of California, San Diego 2014; MS, University of Brendon Earl Kinsley, Irasburg, VT California, San Diego 2015 BS, Georgetown University 2012 Kathryn Patton, Naperville, IL Caleb Daniel Knight, Livermore, CA BS, Clemson University 2015; MPH, Dartmouth College 2016 BS, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Michael Anil Persaud, South Ozone Park, NY 2015 BS, Boston University 2014; MS, Boston University 2016 Sree Sahithi Kolli, Mission Viejo, CA Eva Petrow, Charlotte, VT BA, University of California, Los Angeles 2013 BA, Dartmouth College 2013 Nektarios Konstantinopoulos, Huntington, VT Andrew Pham, Long Beach, CA BA, Western Connecticut State University 2009; MTS, Holy BA, University of California, Berkeley 2013 Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology 2012 Morgan Randall Pratt, New York, NY Isabella Anne Kratzer, Bennington, VT BA, Franklin and Marshall College 2009 BA, University of Chicago 2016 Katherine E. Price, Concord, MA Florence Lambert-Fliszar, Montreal, Quebec BS, Northeastern University 2014 BS, University of California, San Diego 2016 Jason UnChan Pyon, Paramus, NJ Jacob Thomas Lehman, Kalamazoo, MI BS, Rutgers University 2012 BS, Michigan State University 2016 Allison Reeder, Wilmot, NH Anna Lidofsky, South Burlington, VT BA, Hamilton College 2014 BS, University of Vermont 2014 Kyle Remy, Newton, MA BA, Emory University 2014 Benjamin Hsin-tai Lin, Westford, MA BS, The George Washington University 2013 Jasmine Yren Robinson, Larchmont, NY BA, Connecticut College 2009 Samuel Logan, Indianapolis, IN BA, Indiana University 2011; MA, National University of Ireland Monica Lucille Geroski Rodgers, Burlington, VT Galway 2012 BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2013 Kirsten Elizabeth Martin, Novato, CA Michael Anthony Rodriguez, Miami, FL BS, University of California, San Diego 2016 BS, University of Miami 2015 Isabelle Marie Mason, San Francisco, CA James K. Rohwer, Logan, UT BS, University of Southern California 2015 BS, Utah State University 2015 Hanna Mathers, Harrington Park, NJ Melissa Victoria Romero, Los Angeles, CA BA & BS, University of Miami 2016 BS, United States Naval Academy 2009 Elizabeth V. McLeod, Shelburne, VT Gregory Steven Roy, Rutland, VT BA, University of Vermont 2012; MS, Boston University School BS, University of Vermont 2015 of Medicine 2015 Alden York Sacco, Randleman, NC Rebecca E. Merrifox, Shoreham, VT BA, Appalachian State University 2010; MPH, University of Vermont 2017 BS, Oregon Institute of Technology 2013 Shawn Michael Sanford, Lunenburg, MA Scott Craig Mitchell II, Gleburn, ME BS, Northeastern University 2015 BA, Bowdoin College 2015; BE, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College 2016 Elias J. Mikkalson Schoen, Keene, NH BS, University of Vermont 2014 Nikolas A. Moring, Sabattus, ME BS, University of Vermont 2015 Nicholas E. Selig, Georgia, VT BS, University of Vermont 2014 Jennifer Christine Morris, South Burlington, VT BA, Ohio Wesleyan University 2014; MPH, Boston University Chad Michael Serels, Westchester, NY 2016 BA & Sc., McGill University 2015 Alexis Marielle Nadeau, Midhurst, Ontario Purvi Shah, Copiague, NY BS, McGill University 2015 BS, Northeastern University 2015 Scott Joseph Neary, Essex Junction, VT Cole Sara Morrison Shapiro, Charlotte, VT BS, University of Vermont 2012 BA, Bryn Mawr College 2012 Charles Daniel Nicoli, Ann Arbor, MI Zachary Harris Silberman, Andover, MA BS, Michigan State University 2016 BA & BS, University of Vermont 2014 Lynn McNulty Sipsey, Lincoln, VT Tyler Taro Oe, Greenwich , CT BA, Arcadia University 2011; MBE, Harvard Medical School BA, Pomona College 2014 (conferred May 28, 2020) Elizabeth Susan O’Neill, Allentown, PA Benjamin Frederick Smith, Collingswood, NJ BA, Southern Methodist University 2013; MPH, The Dartmouth BA, Tufts University 2010; MS, University of Vermont 2019 Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 2014 Danielle Elizabeth Smith, Sun Valley, ID BS, University of Vermont 2011
COMMENCEMENT 2020 49 Conner Rorison Soderquist, Asheville, NC Danielle Jaclyn Wall, Los Angeles, CA BA, Warren Wilson College 2009 BA, University of Vermont 2010 Matthew Austin Sommers, Tampa, FL Patricia Ya-Tang Wang, Rego Park, NY BS, Rhodes College 2014 BS, Stony Brook University 2009 Eleanor Ruth LeBosquet Stedman, Sandy Spring, MD Caleb Watkins, Perkinsville, VT BA, Hampshire College 2013 BS, Castleton University 2016 Harris Syed, New Milford, NJ Andrew Wick, Burlington, VT BS, The College of New Jersey 2014 BA, University of Vermont 2010 Kinjal A. Thakor, Miami, FL Daniel James Denys Wigmore, Rutland, VT BS, University of Miami 2015 BS, Northeastern University 2014 Laura Michelle Thompson-Martin, Amherst, MA BA, Swarthmore College 2016 Ethan Elias Witt, Santa Barbara, CA BA, University of California 2007 Vanessa Le Trieu, San Diego, CA BS, University of California, Los Angeles 2013 Timothy Wong, Chino Hills, CA BS, University of California, Irvine 2014 Jackie Tsao, Arcadia, CA BS, University of California, Los Angeles 2016 Erica Lee Worswick, Puyallup, WA BS, Pacific Lutheran University 2013; MS, University of Vermont Emily Alyse Vayda, Wichita, KS 2019 BS, University of Vermont 2016 Collin Hogan York, Houlton, ME Kelsey Michele Veilleux, Derry, NH BA, Bowdoin College 2009 BS, University of Vermont 2013 Pedram Zargari, Los Angeles, CA Caroline Kellogg Lambert Vines, Richmond, VA BA, University of California Los Angeles 2014 BA, University of Virginia 2013; MPH, University of Virginia 2014 Alejandra Vivas Carbo, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia BS, Nova Southeastern University 2013; BA, Florida International University 2015
LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AWARDS
ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY. ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY HOUSESTAFF Inductees have demonstrated excellence in leadership, research, AWARD professionalism, and service to the school, community, and clinical Stas Amato, MD acumen. J. Steele Taylor, MD Thomas Luke Arnell Nicole Alexis Becher ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY VOLUNTEER Nathan R. Benner CLINICAL FACULTY AWARD Nathan Thomas Maue Dreyfus John Thomas Quaresima, MD, MEd William Bayard Earle Eli Aaron Goldberg THE GOLD HUMANISM HONOR SOCIETY. Inductees are exemplars Caleb Daniel Knight of compassionate patient care and serve as role models, mentors, and Isabella Anne Kratzer leaders throughout their medical education and careers. lorence Lambert-Fliszar Ava Bakhtyari Samuel Logan Nathan R. Benner Isabelle Marie Mason Zara Simons Bowden Alexis Marielle Nadeau Charles Wesley Cubberley Andrew Pham Pooja Tushar Desai Gregory Steven Roy Nathan Thomas Maue Dreyfus Chad Michael Serels Erin Elizabeth Ellison Benjamin Frederick Smith Eli Aaron Goldberg Danielle Elizabeth Smith Laura Michelle Thompson-Martin Kathryn Grenoble Vanessa Le Trieu Caleb Daniel Knight Isabella Anne Kratzer ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY FACULTY Florence Lambert-Fliszar AWARD Alexis Marielle Nadeau Shaden Eldakar-Hein, MD, MS Arjun Anit Patel Benjamin Frederick Smith Conner Rorison Soderquist Emily Alyse Vayda Collin Hogan York
50 COMMENCEMENT 2020 LEONARD TOW HUMANISM IN MEDICINE AWARDS for excellence THE DR. AND MRS. NATHANIEL GOULD, MD’37 PRIZE for and outstanding compassion in the delivery of care and demonstrated outstanding achievements in Orthopaedic Surgery. respect for patients, their families, and healthcare colleagues. Nathan R. Benner Student Award: Eli Aaron Goldberg Faculty Award: Anya Sarah Koutras, MD THE HARRY HOWE, MD’52 SENIOR STUDENT AWARD for excellence in Surgery. THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY MEDICAL STUDENT Chad Michael Serels PRIZE for excellence in Neurology. Ava Bahktyari THE KERZNER FAMILY PRIZE for outstanding service to the community. THE ELLSWORTH AMIDON AWARD for outstanding proficiency in Jasmine Yren Robinson Internal Medicine. William Bayard Earle THE LAMB FELLOWSHIP AWARD for best exemplifying concern and care for the total patient. THE DAVID BABBOT, MD “CARING AND SEEING” AWARD for Conner Rorison Soderquist commitment to medical education and patient care. Ava Bakhtyari THE ROBERT LARNER, MD’42 STUDENT AWARD Chad Michael Serels THE DEAN WILLIAM EUSTIS BROWN AWARD for broad cultural interests and loyalty to the College of Medicine. THE JOHN V. MAECK, MD’39 AWARD for overall excellence in Emily Alyse Vayda Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Kathryn Patton THE CARBEE AWARD for academic excellence in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. THE HERBERT MARTIN SR., MD AWARD for excellence in Neurology. Jasmine Yren Robinson Chad Michael Serels
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF VERMONT SUMMER THE JOHN E. MAZUZAN JR., MD’54 AWARD for excellence in RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP MERIT AWARD Anesthesiology. Allison Reeder Britta J. Kilgus
THE JOSEPH CLEARY, MD AWARD to recognize a student who THE H. GORDON PAGE, MD’45 AWARD for excellence in Surgery. has shown a particular commitment to ensuring the success of the Nicole Alexis Becher educational and clinical experience at the UVM LCOM Connecticut Nuvance Campus. THE HENRY & PHYLIS WASSERMAN PHORPLUS AWARD for Nicole Anne Jedrzynski excellence in the Basic Sciences. Nathan R. Benner DIGNITY IN MEDICINE AWARD in recognition of respect, inclusion, Eli Aaron Goldberg and support for LGBTQ students, colleagues, and patients. Sree Sahithi Kolli Alden York Sacco Florence Lambert-Fliszar Patricia Ya-Tang Wang THE WALTER DODD, MD AWARD IN RADIOLOGY for excellence in Radiology. Gregory Johnston THE PILCHER AWARD for representing the qualities of Eleanor and Lewis Pilcher of devotion to family and patients, with a high regard EXEMPLARY CLINICAL EXAM SKILLS AWARD for ethics and honesty. Florence Lambert-Fliszar Pooja Tushar Desai Hanna Mathers Arjun Anit Patel THE MILDRED A. REARDON, MD’67 AWARD for service to the Danielle Elizabeth Smith University of Vermont College of Medicine. Chad Michael Serels THE FAMILY MEDICINE JOHN P. FOGARTY, MD LEADERSHIP AWARD THE B. ALBERT RING, MD MEMORIAL GRANT AWARD for best Eli Aaron Goldberg exemplifying compassion, humor, humility, devotion to family and friends, and intellectual curiosity. THE EDWARD E. FRIEDMAN AWARD for promise of excellence in the Florence Lambert-Fliszar practice of Family Medicine. Benjamin Frederick Smith Kathryn Grenoble Ethan Elias Witt
COMMENCEMENT 2020 51 THE CHARLES T. SCHECHTMAN, MD’26 AWARD FOR CLINICAL THE LAURA WEED, MD AWARD for scholarship and excellence in EXCELLENCE for excellence in the clinical care of patients during medicine. the Clerkship Year. Lauren Elizabeth Gaffaney First Prize: Eli Aaron Goldberg Second Prize: Nathan R. Benner WELLNESS AWARD Caleb Daniel Knight Brendon Earl Kinsley Florence Lambert-Fliszar Conner Rorison Soderquist Isabelle Marie Mason Hanna Mathers THE EPHRAIM WOLL AWARD for excellence in General Pathology. Alexis Marielle Nadeau Nathan R. Benner Chad Michael Serels AWARDS FROM THE CLASS THE DURWOOD SMITH AWARD for excellence in Pharmacology. Above and Beyond Award: Ellen Black, PhD Eli Aaron Goldberg AMWA Gender Equity Award: Pamela Gibson, MD Best Support Staff:Timothy Moynihan, PhD THE SOCIETY FOR ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE AWARD Clinical Department of the Year Award: Emergency Medicine for excellence in Emergency Medicine. Clinical Resident of the Year Award: Katherine Menezes, MD Caleb Daniel Knight Clinical Teacher of the Year: Garth Garrison, MD Colette Award: Emma Faustner SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP MERIT AWARDS Dean Warshaw Integration Award: Laurie Leclair, MD Kirsten Elizabeth Martin Foundations Course Director Award: Rebecca Wilcox, MD Scott Craig Mitchell II Foundations Teacher of the Year Award: Ellen Black, PhD Harry E. Howe, MD & Theo O. Howe Outstanding Teacher of Surgery THE RALPH D. SUSSMAN, MD’38/MEDICAL ALUMNI AWARD Prize: Fuyuki Hirashima, MD for excellence in Pediatrics. Outstanding Foundations Course: Cardiovascular, Respiratory & Florence Lambart-Fliszar Renal Systems Laura Thompson-Martin Outstanding Foundations Teaching Assistant: Daniel Leahy, MD’17 Silver Stethoscope Award: Scott Anderson, MD THE WILLIAM SWEETSER AWARD for excellence in Psychiatry. Standardized Patient Award: Deb Lyons Isabella Anne Kratzer
52 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Graduate College
Graduate College (Green and Gold) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Matthew William Luedtke, Fall Creek, WI BS, University of Minnesota Duluth 2009; MS, University of BIOLOGY Minnesota Duluth 2011 Ashley Waldron, Raymond, ME Dissertation: Expansion of the Intramolecular Zwitterionic-1,3- BA, The University of Vermont 2013 Diaza-Claisen Rearrangement Beyond Bridged-Bicyclic Electron- Dissertation: Investigating the Role of Histidyl-tRNA Synthetase in Deficient Isothioureas to Generate Substituted Cyclic Guanidines Zebrafish Nervous System Development Advisor: Dr. Jose S. Madalengoitia Advisor: Dr. Alicia Ebert Kyle E. Murphy, Assonet, MA BS, Bridgewater State University 2014 CELLULAR, MOLECULAR, AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Dissertation: Synthesis of Freeform Single-Handed Helical Strips and Eric Bolf, Stanton, MI Ladder Polymers AS, Ferris State University 2009; BA, Metropolitan State Advisor: Dr. Severin T. Schneebeli University 2012 Ariel Elena Schuelke-Sanchez, Fergus Falls, MN Dissertation: Anti-Tumor Signaling of Thyroid Hormone Receptor BS, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire 2014 Beta in Breast and Thyroid Cancer Cells Dissertation: Spectroscopic Study of the Formation and Degradation Advisor: Dr. Frances E. Carr of Metalated Tetrapyrroles by the Enzymes CFBA, ISDG, and MHUD Brittany L. Carroll, Brookfield, MA Advisor: Dr. Matthew D. Liptak BS, The University of Vermont 2012 Mona Sharafi,Tehran, Iran Dissertation: Caught in Motion: Structural Studies of Nucleic Acid BS, Islamic Azad University 2007; MS, Sharif University of Repair Enzymes Technology 2010 Advisor: Dr. Sylvie Doublie Dissertation: Bottom-Up Synthesis of Macromolecules and their Blas Anselmo Guigni, Preston, CT Selective Catalytic Performance at the Nanoscale BS, Quinnipiac University 2004 Advisor: Dr. Severin T. Schneebeli Dissertation: Effects of Tumor-Related Factors and Chemotherapy Jordan Tocher, Pembroke, MA on Skeletal Muscle and the Protective Effects of Exercise BS, Northeastern University 2014 Advisor: Dr. Michael Toth Dissertation: The Development and Expansion of a Cationic Dominique V. Lessard, Rochester, NH 1,3-Diaza Claisen Rearrangement that Affords Guanidines BS, Ithaca College 2014 Advisor: Dr. Jose S. Madalengoitia Dissertation: Novel Pausing Behavior of the Kinesin-3 Family Teruki Watanabe, Tokyo, Japan Member KIF1A is Regulated by Tau BS, The University of Vermont 2013 Advisor: Dr. Christopher L. Berger Dissertation: Investigating of the Intramolecular 1,3-Diaza- Phillip Blake Munson, Hampton, NH Claisen Rearrangement in the Ring Expansion Reactions of Vinyl BS, University of New Hampshire 2013 Pyrrolidines and Vinyl Piperidines Dissertation: Exosomes and their Role in Asbestos and Advisor: Dr. Jose S. Madalengoitia Mesothelioma Advisor: Dr. Arti Shukla CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Abbas Raza, Lahore, Pakistan Benjamin LeBlanc, Saranac Lake, NY BS, University of the Punjab, 2009; MS, National University of BS, St. Lawrence University 2013; BS, Columbia University 2014 Sciences and Technology 2011 Dissertation: A State Estimation Framework for Fatigue Monitoring Dissertation: Genetic and Functional Approaches to and Prognosis of Minimally Instrumented Structural and Understanding Autoimmune and Inflammatory Pathologies Biomechanical Systems Advisor: Dr. Cory Teuscher Advisor: Dr. Eric M. Hernandez CHEMISTRY Milad Roohi, Ardebil, Iran Brandon Ackley, Millis, MA BS, K.N. Toosi University of Technology 2011; MS, University of BS, Bridgewater State University 2015 Tehran 2014 Dissertation: Investigations of Pnictogen and Boron-Group Dissertation: Performance-Based Seismic Monitoring of Compounds Towards the Synthesis of Group III/V Pre-Ceramic Instrumented Buildings Molecules Advisor: Dr. Eric M. Hernandez, Dr. David V. Rosowsky Advisor: Dr. Rory Waterman Chandler Baldwin Smith, Plymouth, MA Jessica Leigh Bocanegra, Old Bridge, NJ BS, The University of Vermont BS, The College of New Jersey 2015 Dissertation: Sparsity Constrained Inverse Problems-Application to Dissertation: Using Chirality-Assisted Synthesis to Construct Vibration-Based Structural Health Monitoring Light-Responsive, Freeform Helical Foldamers and Shape-Defined Advisor: Dr. Eric M. Hernandez Polymers Advisor: Dr. Severin T. Schneebeli COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DATA SCIENCE Joseph P. Campbell, Dracut, MA David Rushing Dewhurst, Carver, MA BA, Wheaton College 2014 BA, The University of Vermont 2016; MS, The University of Vermont Dissertation: Toward Macromolecular Shape and Size Control: 2018 Novel Enantioselective Nitrations and Iterative Exponential Growth Dissertation: Essays on Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Methods for Polymer Synthesis Sociotechnical Systems Advisor: Dr. Severin T. Schneebeli Advisor: Dr. Peter Sheridan Dodds
COMMENCEMENT 2020 53 COMPUTER SCIENCE Selina X. Yao, Changsha, China Collin Kovach Cappelle, Ringoes, NJ BA, Central South University 2014 BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Dissertation: Using Dielectric Characterization to Study Transport Dissertation: Exploring the Modularity and Structure of Robots and Thermal Properties of Gas/Supercritical Fluid Embedded Evolved in Multiple Environments Polymer Solution Advisor: Dr. Joshua C. Bongard Advisor: Dr. Linda Schadler, Dr. Patrick Lee
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES NATURAL RESOURCES Rebecca Eunmi Haslam, Duxbury, MA Joseph A. Ament, Newport Beach, CA BA, Saint Michael’s College 2003; MEd, Saint Michael’s College BBA, The University of Michigan 2005 2012 Dissertation: A Socio-Ecological Revolution in Monetary Theory: Dissertation: Equity Pedagogies, Hidden Curricula: Social- An Argument for, the Development of, and an Application of Emotional Wellbeing Among Students of Color in Elementary Ecological Monetary Theory School Advisor: Dr. Joshua Farley Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Reyes Laura Edling, Hinesburg, VT Brandin L. Howard, Durham, NC BA, The University of Vermont 2004; MA, Brown University 2009 BA, University of North Carolina- Greensboro; MA, Ball State Dissertation: Factors Affecting the Adoption of Automated Wood University 2011 Pellet Heating Systems in the Northeastern US and Implications for Dissertation: Restorative Supervision: Experiences of Mid and the Transition to Renewable Energy Senior-Level Professionals in using Restorative Practices as Advisor: Dr. Cecilia Danks Supervisors in Residential Life Yumiko Lea Jakobcic, Allendale, MI Advisor: Dr. Jason C. Garvey BS, Grand Valley State University 2006; MEM, Duke University Sefakor Grateful-Miranda Ama Komabu-Pomeyie, Tebgui-Keta, 2008 Ghana Dissertation: Planning for People in Communities and Outdoor BA, The University of Cape Coast 2006; MA, School for Recreation Places: Fostering Community Cohesion, Shaping Place International Training 2013 Meanings, and Exploring Imaginaries Thesis: The Challenges of Inclusive Education Policy Advisor: Dr. Patricia A. Stokowski Implementation in Ghana: Stakeholders’ Perspectives Advisor: Dr. Katharine Shepherd Stephanie M. Juice, Pittsford, NY Jill K. Pardini, Traverse City, MI BS, Cornell University 2004 BA, Hope College 2006; MPP, Johns Hopkins University 2011 Dissertation: The Environmental Microbiome in a Changing World: Dissertation: Being Myselves to Belonging Together Microbial Processes and Biogeochemistry Advisor: Dr. Kelly Clark/Keefe Advisor: Dr. E. Carol Adair Schuyler B. Pearman-Gillman, Veradale, WA BS, University of Washington 2012 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Dissertation: Predicting Wildlife Distributions and Resilience Kyle Robert Kowalczyk, Ripton, VT Under Alternative Futures BS, University of Hartford 1985; MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Advisor: Dr. Therese M. Donovan, Dr. James D. Murdoch Institute 1993 Nicole S. Rogers, Lincolnville, ME Dissertation: Shape Detection of Concealed Conductive Objects BS, University of Maine 2010; MS, Oregon State University 2014 using Microwave Ultra-Wideband Spectra Dissertation: Long-Term Dynamics and Silviculture of Northern Advisor: Dr. Kurt E. Oughstun Hardwood Forests in the Northeast United States Advisor: Dr. Anthony W. D’Amato MATERIALS SCIENCE Rebecca Lauren Stern, Merion, PA KimNgan Hua, San Jose, CA BA, Wellesley College 2003; MA, Columbia University 2012 BS, San Jose State University 2010; MS, University of Dissertation: Evaluating Climate and Environmental Drivers of Massachusetts, Amherst 2013 Tree Species’ Growth within the Northern Forest Dissertation: Exciton Coherence in 1D Phthalocyanine Based Advisor: Dr. Paul Schaberg Organic Crystalline Thin Films Austin Wesley Thomas, Darien, IL Advisor: Dr. Madalina I. Furis BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MSc, University of Reading 2014 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Dissertation: Electric Grid Decarbonization Pathways: Landscape Tyler John Gray, Canaan, VT Impacts, Policy Interactions, and the Need for Cooperation BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2016 Advisor: Dr. Brian Voigt Dissertation: Measuring Linguistic and Cultural Evolution Using Books and Tweets Advisor: Dr. Christopher M. Danforth, Dr. Peter Sheridan Dodds PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE Edward Marques, Miami, FL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BS, Florida State University 2012; MS, University of North Florida 2016 David William Hinckley Jr., Rutland, VT Dissertation: Increasing the Agronomic and Economic Value of BS, The University of Vermont 2013; MS, The University of Chickpea and Pea Vermont 2015 Advisor: Dr. Eric Bishop-von Wettberg Dissertation: Multi-Objective Optimization Mission Design for Small-Body Coverage Missions Advisor: Dr. Darren Hitt PLANT BIOLOGY Jason Michael Pearl, Fanwood, NJ Susan Fawcett, Petoskey, MI BS, The University of Vermont 2014; MS, The University of BFA/BGS, University of Michigan 2005; MS, Northern Michigan Vermont 2016 University 2012 Dissertation: Quadrature-Based Gravity Models for the Dissertation: A Generic Classification of the Thelypteridaceae Homogeneous Polyhedron Advisor: Dr. Michael Sundue, Dr. David S. Barrington Advisor: Dr. Darren L. Hitt, Dr. William Louisos
54 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Karl C. Fetter, Greensboro, NC Amanda S. Chase, Burlington, VT BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2007; MS, BA, Hamilton College 2009; MS, The University of Vermont 2011 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2014 Dissertation: As the World Interns: The Impact of Identity and Dissertation: Natural Selection for Disease Resistance in Hybrid Social, Economic, and Cultural Capital on College Student Poplars Targets Stomatal Patterning Traits and Regulatory Genes Internship Engagement Advisor: Dr. Stephen R. Keller Advisor: Dr. Jason C. Garvey Giovanna Sassi, Shelburne, VT Hemant Tamang Ghising, Burlington, VT BS, Concordia University 1999; MS, McGill University 2003 BA, North Bengal University 2003; BEd, North Bengal University Dissertation: Evolutionary History of the Angiosperm NPF1 Gene 2004; MA, Tribhuvan University 2005; MPA, Tribhuvan Subfamily: Duplications, Retention and Functional Implications for University 2007 Root Symbioses Development Dissertation: Bhutanese Refugee Students: Their Perceptions Advisor: Dr. Jeanne M. Harris of High School and Challenges of Accessing a Four-Year College Degree in the U.S. PSYCHOLOGY Advisor: Dr. Cynthia Reyes Jennifer Jang Helgesen, Taipei, Taiwan Andrew Gill, Clarendon Hills, IL BA, University of Wyoming 2009; MEd, The University of BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2006 Vermont 2011; MBA, Champlain College 2017 Dissertation: Validation of the Triarchic Model of Psychopathy in Dissertation: Resilience Amidst Adversity: The Sine Qua Non Youth Principle for Meaningful and Effective Leadership in Education Advisor: Dr. Timothy R. Stickle Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Nash Hannah Mead Holbrook, Acton, MA Leon Lifschutz, Winooski, VT BA, Colby College 2010 BA, York University 2005; MEd, D’Youville College 2006 Dissertation: Referral Patterns and Service Provision in Child Dissertation: Measuring the Implementation Fidelity of USA Protective Services: Child, Caregiver, and Case Predictors Hockey’s American Development Model Advisor: Dr. James J. Hudziak Advisor: Dr. Kieran Killeen Kelsey Elizabeth Hudson, Blue Hill, ME Cathy Osmers Rahill, Burlington, VT BA/BMus, Vanderbilt University 2011 BA, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 1992; MSW, The Dissertation: Risk Profiles for Adolescent Internalizing Problems University of Vermont 2006 Advisor: Dr. Hugh Garavan Dissertation: College Coaches’ Experiences, Knowledge and Elias Klemperer, Berea, OH Attitudes to Support Student-Athlete Mental Health BA, Lewis & Clark College 2011 Advisor: Dr. Tammy Kolbe Dissertation: A Randomized Trial to Compare Switching to Very Jennifer J. Rousseau, Parish, NY Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes versus Reducing Cigarettes Per BS, Plattsburgh State University 2003; MS, Mercy College 2005 Day Dissertation: Designing a Survey Instrument to Operationalize Advisor: Dr. John R. Hughes Faculty Perceptions of Military-Connected Student-Faculty Jonah Meyerhoff,Chicago, IL Interaction at Civilian Colleges and Universities BA, Columbia University 2010; BA, Jewish Theological Seminary Advisor: Dr. Jason C. Garvey 2010 Dissertation: Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior among Bhutanese Refugees Resettled in the United States DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE Advisor: Dr. Kelly J. Rohan Jacqueline Moriah Bray, Oakland, MD Taylor A. Ochalek, Cleveland, OH BA, University of Maryland Baltimore County 2013 BA, University of North Carolina-Wilmington 2013; MA, The Nadia Fletcher, Redding, CT University of Vermont 2017 BSN, University of Connecticut 2012 Dissertation: Examining Sucrose Subjective Response among Meghan Davis Foster, Jericho, VT Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder ASN, Cape Cod Community College 2008; BSN, Western Advisor: Dr. Stacey C. Sigmon Governors University 2010; MSN, Western Governors University Philip Aaron Spechler, Cherry Hill, NJ 2012 BA, University of Pittsburgh 2010; MA, The University of Vermont Lyndsey Elaine Gates, Gloversville, NY 2017 BS, St. Lawrence University, 2008; MSN, Norwich University 2015 Dissertation: Biobehavioral Predictors of Cannabis Use in Caitlin Michelle Gerity, Seattle, WA Adolescence BA, Western Washington University 2007 Advisor: Dr. Hugh Garavan, Dr. Robert Althoff Karen Bergeron Gibbs, Essex Junction, VT Sarah Budney Stanger, Hanover, NH BS, The University of Vermont 2001; BS, The University of BA, Whitman College 2013 Vermont 2004 Dissertation: The Structure of Parent-Child Coping Interactions Rachel Nell Greene, Redding, CT as a Predictor of Adjustment in Middle Childhood: A Dynamic BS, Colorado College 2012 Systems Perspective Julie Marie Desrochers Holland, Saint Johnsbury, VT Advisor: Dr. Jamie Abaied BS, The University of Vermont 2009; MPH, The University of Vermont 2015 Brianna Johnson, Eagan, MN BS, University of Wisconsin- La Crosse 2008; BSN, University of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Maine- Fort Kent 2014 Katherine Cordiner Judge, Burlington, VT EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY STUDIES BA, Skidmore College 2016 Asma Ali Mohammed Abunaib, Colchester, VT Erin M. Leighton, Ellsworth, ME BS, Gezira University 1999; MS, School for International Training BS, University of Maine 2005 2013 Murphy Randall Neenan, Dover, NH Dissertation: Culturally Responsive Adult Education for Non- BS, University of New Hampshire 2012 Western Learners Jessica C. Okrant, South Windsor, CT Advisor: Dr. Kelly A. Clark/Keefe BS, The University of Vermont 2016
COMMENCEMENT 2020 55 Katherine Julia Rose, Orwell, VT Zachary Alexander LaPoint, Georgia, VT BS, Union College 2016 BS, Saint Michael’s College 2017 Lydia Penelope Sachs, Norwich, VT Rebecca Meryman, Irvine, CA BA, Occidental College 2003; MA, Tufts University 2008 BA, California State University Northridge 2011 Page Nancy Tomlinson, Jericho, VT Ashley Christina Mitson, Southfield, MI BS, Clarkson University 2012 BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Nicole Valcour, Morrisville, VT Kaleigh A. Mulpeter, Red Hook, NY AS, The University of Vermont 1992; BS, The University of BA, The University of Vermont 2012 Vermont 2004; MA, University of Hawaii at Manoa 2010; MPH, Daniel James Olmschenk, Shafer, MN University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012 BA, University of Minnesota 2007 Elisa M. Vautier, Durango, CO Elizabeth Platz, Port Washington, NY BS, Fort Lewis College 2005 BS, State University of New York College at Cortland 2016 Kimberly A. Ward, Burlington, VT Derek Roberts, Lisbon, NH BS, Saint Michael’s College 1998 BS, Castleton University 2017 Kiersten Ann Wulff, New London, NH Brittany N. Rose, Peru, NY BA, Smith College 2013 BS, Hofstra University 2012 Danielle Saad, New York, NY BS, Goucher College 2014 Leanne Elisa Scott, Bellevue, WA DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY BS, California State University Chico 2017 Marcus O. Soto, Altadena, CA David Alpert, Harrisburg, PA BS, California State University Northridge 2015 BS, The University of Vermont 2017 Kelsey Lynn Spitalnic, Saunderstown, RI Howard Lobiano Badillo, Lanai City, HI BS, University of Maryland College Park 2017 AA, Community College of Vermont 2014; BS, Northern Vermont Siobhan M. Sullivan, New York, NY University 2016 BA, Loyola University 2002 Kelsey Bryce Barklund, Culpeper, VA Marta Anna Topor, Bogota, NJ AS, Germanna Community College 2012; BS, James Madison BA, Montclair State University 2015 University 2014 Sebastian Van Dyck, Brunswick, ME Christina Frances Barr, Efland, NC BS, University of Southern Maine 2017 BA, Sacred Heart University 2015 Brittany Lynn von Oldenburg, Austin, TX Catherine Bergeron-Radoux, Winooski, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2017 BSBA, The University of Vermont 2009 Roman Dustin Weber, La Crescenta, CA Noah Robert Book, Worcester, VT BA, University of Maryland College Park 2013 AA, Community College of Vermont 2013; BS, City University of New York, Brooklyn College 2016 MASTER OF ACCOUNTANCY Kathryn Celia Bruch, Fort Washington, PA Stephen K. Anderson, Rutland, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Caroline Buchanan, Easton, PA Matthew Bouffard, Colchester, VT BS, Lock Haven University 2016 BSBA, The University of Vermont 2019 Kellsey Buerge, Margaretville, NY Jennifer Lee Brittenham-Jones, Williston, VT BS, State University of Vermont Plattsburgh 2016 BA, Mary Baldwin College 1993 Samantha Paige Bursell, Richmond, VT Joseph Edgar Clement, Manchester, NH BS, The University of Vermont 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Alyssa Chmielewski, Duluth, MN Arthur Lucien Conover, East Wallingford, VT BS, University of St. Thomas 2016 BS, The University of Vermont 2018 Caitlin Taylor Corrice, Syracuse, NY Stephen Donahue, Charlotte, VT BA, State University of New York Geneseo 2016 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Jeremiah Nathaniel Chike Crawford, The Bronx, NY Jatinder Gill, Bronx, NY BS, University of Connecticut 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Alexa Tissot Crosby, Nantucket, MA William Kenneth Hanley, Castleton, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Meaghan DeCara, East Quogue, NY Cameron Alexander Ingpen, Peacham, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2016 BA, The University of Vermont 2017 Jessica Ann Desorcie, Westford, VT Maya Regina Karosas, Stowe, VT BS, The Pennsylvania State University 2015 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Thomas DiRenzo, Washington Township, NJ Jin Li, Kunming, China BA, Rowan University 2013 BA, Central South Forestry University 2003; BS, Southwest Nicholas Thomas Franssen, Scranton, PA Forestry University 2006 BS, Castleton University 2017 Wanning Li, Hubei Province, China Kyle R. Gadapee, Danville, VT BA, San Diego State University 2018 BS, Northern Vermont University 2017 Xue Li, Beihai, China Samuel A. Gagnon, Hooksett, NH BA, The University of Vermont 2018Yajie Li Malinowski, BS, University of New Hampshire 2016 Zaoyang, Hubei Province, China Tyler James Gregory, Lynnfield, MA BS, Central China Normal University 2013; MATESOL, Saint BS, Westfield State University 2017 Michael’s College 2015 Jocelyn Victoria Harte, Harvard, MA Jessa Murphy-Gibbons, South Burlington, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2015 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Madeline A. Hobaugh, Chicago, IL Harrison Scott Naylor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada BS, The University of Vermont 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2019
56 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Alana X. Parker, Greenwich, NY Claire Marie Theoret, Georgia, VT BS, Saint Michael’s College 2019 BA, The University of Vermont 2019 Melinda Scout Precourt, Shelburne, VT Thesis: Waking the Dragon: Routes to Female Empowerment in BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Fantasy Catherine T. Redmond, Manchester, VT Advisor: Dr. Sarah Alexander BSBA, The University of Vermont 2019 Megan Angharad Williams, Pittsburgh, PA Elizabeth Sartorelli, Williston, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Cole Sheffert, Essex, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2019 GREEK AND LATIN Julia Marie Irons, Northbrook, IL Jacob Alexander Smith, Westford, VT BA, St. Olaf College 2015 BS, Liberty University 2019 Hannah McDermett, Keller, TX Ryan Sousa, Easton, MA BA, College of Charleston 2015; MA, Houston Baptist University BS, The University of Vermont 2019 2018 Ryan E. Williams, Saratoga Springs, NY Alice Mary Ochterski, Middlefield, CT BSBA, The University of Vermont 2019 BA, The University of Vermont 2018
HISTORY MASTER OF ARTS Courtney Anne Barter-Colcord, Concord, NH BA, Plymouth State University 2017 Thesis: Unmasking a Medieval Pseudo-Saint: The Peculiar Story of ENGLISH Sibylla of Marsal in Richer’s Gesta Senoniensis Ecclesiae Jeffrey Garfield Adams,Pittsburgh, PA Advisor: Dr. Sean L. Field BA, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown 2018 Gerard Colby, Bayside West, NY Thesis: Apocalypse Out of Time: William Apess’s Political Theology BS, State University of New York 1971 Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Fenton Thesis: William S. Culbertson and the Search for the Geopolitical New York City, NY Nicholas Adler, Imperium BS/BA, The University of Vermont 2017 Advisor: Dr. Andrew Buchanan Thesis: The Vicissitudes of Lack: Situating Asexuality within Michael Diambri, Bellevue, WA Psychoanalysis BA, Pacific Lutheran University 2018 Advisor: Dr. Valerie Rohy Thesis: Queer Anxieties in Washington State History Ryan Anthony James Conroy, Bridgeport, CT Advisor: Dr. Paul Deslandes BA, The University of Vermont 2019 Mara Hintz, Durham, CT Thesis: What is Wardian?: Formulating Jesmyn Ward’s Literary BS, University of Maine 2018 Style and Technique through Textual Analysis, Comparison, and Lynda Margaret Howell, Underhill, VT Differentiation AB, Wellesley College 1997; MLS, Syracuse University, 1999 Advisor: Dr. Daniel Fogel Andrew Mark Kuehne, Saint Cloud, MN Annie Mataj Frodeman, Boulder, CO BA, University of Minnesota 2017 BA, Earlham College 2014 Thesis: Aridity in the Literature of the American West: Water in Stegner’s Angle of Repose and Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang PSYCHOLOGY Merelise Rose Ametti, Skowhegan, ME Advisor: Dr. John Gennari BA, Middlebury College 2013; MPH, The University of Vermont Kelly Gray, Madison, CT 2018 BA, The University of Vermont 2019 Thesis: Parsing Heterogenity in Non-Episodic, Pediatric Irritability: Thesis: “Saved? What is Saved?”: The Potentiality of Bakhtinian A Transdiagnostic Research Domain Criteria Informed Approach Ecology in Delillo’s White Noise Advisor: Dr. Robert Althoff Advisor: Dr. Eric Lindstrom Zoe Morris Feldman Brier, Santa Barbara, CA Michael Allen Holmes, Littleton, NH BS, University of Michigan 2015 BA, Dartmouth College 2001 Thesis: Determining the Different Trajectories of PTSD Symptoms Jesse Marie Keel, Sandgate, VT during the Acute Post-Trauma Period BA, The University of Vermont 2019 Advisor: Dr. Matthew Price Thesis: Autobiography She Wrote: Agatha Christie and the Problem Amanda K. Falcon, Sharon, MA of Female Authorship BS, Northeastern University 2016 Advisor: Dr. Jinny Huh Thesis: An Investigation of the Relationships between Callous- Meghan O’Day, Williston, VT Unemotional Traits, Emotion Regulation, Antisocial Behavior, and BA, The University of Vermont 2019 Gender Thesis: The Intersection of Motherhood and Manipulation: How Advisor: Dr. Timothy Stickle Slavery Informs the Maternal Identity Maria Christopoulos Lent, Durham, NC Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Fenton BA, Tufts University 2014 Edward Pomykaj, Glenville, NY Thesis: Parenting Style and Relational Aggression: The Moderating BA, St. John Fisher College 2017 Role of Physiological Reactivity Thesis: “Do You Want to Live?”: Law, Freedom, and Psychosis in the Advisor: Dr. Dianna Murray-Close Modernist Novel Heidi S. Melbostad, Burlington, VT Advisor: Dr. Todd McGowan BS, Kenyon College 1999; MS, San Francisco State University 2007 Amelia Jane Hart Royce, Bennington, VT Thesis: Comparing Family Planning Knowledge among Females BS, The University of Vermont 2017 and Males Receiving Opioid Agonist Treatment or Seeking Primary Thesis: The Axes of Fantasy: A Lacanian Exploration of Time and Care Services Space Advisor: Dr. Sarah H. Heil Advisor: Dr. Todd McGowan
COMMENCEMENT 2020 57 MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING Maura Kalil, Stowe, VT BA, University of New Hampshire 2016 Julie Anne Keck, Chicago, IL CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION BA, Knox College 1997 Garrett James Badeau, Barre, VT Caitlyn Elyse Kenney, Dartmouth, MA BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2012; MS, University of BFA, Boston University 2016 California 2014 Emily Klein, Pleasanton, CA Patrick S. Clow, Hinesburg, VT AB, Brown University 2015 BA, Johnson State College 2018 Cyril Burr Kupersmith, South Burlington, VT David Cutler, Lincoln, VT BA, Ohio Wesleyan University 2012 BA, Bates College 2012 Jeffrey Shon Lue, Silver Spring, MD Sara Grace Dorr, Falmouth, MA BA, University of Maryland 2011 BS, The University of Vermont 2016 Shea Brianna Mahoney, Hinesburg, VT Jenna Dufford, South Glastonbury, CT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BS, The University of Vermont 2013 Andrew Wright Mallory, South Burlington, VT Anna Gerretson, Rutland, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2016 BA, The University of Vermont 2015 Bharagavi Mantravadi, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Erica Rose Indiano, Zionsville, IN BTech, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University 2008 BS, University of Kentucky 2014 Lauren Masters, Warren, VT Rebecca Marie Kaplan, Yorktown Heights, NY BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Cameron McMahon, Bristol, VT Morgan Ferris LaPointe, Waterbury, VT BA, Columbia University 2018 BA, University of Montana 2015 Steven Michael Micetic, South Burlington, VT A. Jordan Lea, Newbury, VT BS, Azusa Pacific University 2006 BA, Skidmore College 2006 Meg N. Nadeau, China, ME Tess Abigail Prestage, Oswego, IL BA, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine 2018 AS, Waubonsee Community College 2011; BA, Northeastern Noelle Nyirenda, Lusaka, Zambia Illinois University 2013 BS, New York Institute of Technology 2009; MS, New York Lianna Woltjer Reed, West Braintree, VT Institute of Technology 2010 BA, Bryn Mawr College 2014 Andrew S. Oliveri, Glastonbury, CT BA, Wheaton College 2012 Andre V. Paul, Winooski, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2017 MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION William Louis Rivellini Jr., Great Falls, VA BA, Colgate University 2013 SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION Maggie Robinson, Atlantic, IA BS, Northwest Missouri State University 2013 Jonathan Michael Bissell, Putney, VT BA, Green Mountain College 2013 Meryl Rose Schneider, Fair Haven, VT BA, University of Massachusetts 2014 Christopher Marvin Bortree, Waterbury, VT BA, St. Lawrence University 2010 Alyssa Kimie Schuetz, Detroit, MI BS, Drexel University 2018 Keil Corey, Burlington, VT BA, Skidmore College 2010 Peter Seltzer, Philadelphia, PA BS, Saint Joseph’s University 2009 Shawn Coutu, New York, NY BS, Ohio State University 2004; MS, City College of New York Travis Smith, Sequim, WA Baruch College 2011 BA, Willamette University 2013 Moretown, VT Danielle Hilton Davis, Jericho, VT Alyssa Stankiewicz, BA, Colorado College 2019 BA, Earlham College 2014 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Torsten Montstream Dworshak, Burlington, VT Alexa Hanna Steiner, BS, University of Rhode Island 2016 BA, Western University 2012 Saratoga Springs, NY Esteban Echeverria Fernandez, San Jose, Costa Rica Henry Michael Vogt, BS, University of Maryland 2010; MS, University of Maryland 2012 BA, University of Colorado, Boulder 2009 Elissa B. Eggers, Danbury, CT BA, Washington University in St. Louis 2011 Adam Jay Manuel Figueiredo, Cambridge, MA BA, Bates College 2015 MASTER OF EDUCATION Ryan Forman, Marietta, GA BS, Georgia Institute of Technology 2012; MPP, Georgia State CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION University 2014 Jeffrey A. Badillo, Essex Junction, VT Emily R. Foster, Brentwood, NH BA, The University of Vermont 2004; BS, The University of BA, The George Washington University 2012 Vermont 2008 Jason Gallet, Los Angeles, CA Nicholas James Gordon, Essex Junction, VT BA, Brandeis University 2005 BS, The University of Vermont 2013 Houston Gilbreath, Durham, NC Hannah E. Luce, Waterbury, VT BA, University of North Carolina Wilmington 2016 BS, The University of Vermont 2017 Joseph Gavin Humes, Hamden, CT Charles Broadfoot MacMartin, Burlington, VT BA, Saint Michael’s College 2016 BA, The University of Vermont 1988; MA, Columbia University Christopher J. Hynes, Kennebunk, ME 1993 BS, Merrimack College 2017 Becky A. Sargis, Essex, VT Matthew M. Iacobucci, Ocean, NJ BS, Southern Illinois University of Carbondale 2001 BS, The University of Vermont 2016
58 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Andrew Justin Styles, South Burlington, VT Annalisa Ledson, Ipswich, MA BA, Campbell University 2004; BSED, Western Carolina University BA, Drew University 2010 2010 Thesis: The Performing Arts: An Equalizer in Education for All Margaret Ramsden Talbot, Barrington, RI Students, A Teaching Artist’s Perspective BA, Dartmouth College 2015 Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Nash Jennifer Lea Williams, Pennsauken, NJ Andrew LeValley, Andover, KS AS, Art Institute of Philadelphia 1999; BS, Johnson State College BA, Kansas State University 2008 2014 Thesis: Recalibrating Our Moral Compass: How America’s Emily D. Wood, Moretown, VT Narrowing Value System is Erasing LGTBQ+ People in Schools BA, Syracuse University 2004 Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Nash Kurt Mehta, Bolton, VT EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP BA, Rutgers University 1994; JD, Rutgers Law School 1997 Jennifer Clark, Moretown, VT Richard Parlato, Burlington, VT BA, Castleton State College 2003 BA, Champlain College 2013 Nicole M. Cox, South Burlington, VT Thesis: Becoming Giants Themselves Advocating for Greater BA, Skidmore College 2013; MS, Sage Graduate School 2015 Inclusion of Students’ Scholarly Ideas and Experiences in Academia Pamela J. Cummings, Huntington, VT Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Nash BS, The University of Vermont 1989 Brittany L. Pieterse, Williston, VT Katherine Ford, Columbia, SC BS, The University of Vermont 2012 BA, Converse College 2003 Alison Elizabeth Putnam, Bennington, NH Anne E. Lessard, Chillicothe, OH BA, Green Mountain College 2013 BA, University of Kentucky 1993 Barrie Hope Silver, Huntington, VT Jennifer Olson, Hinesburg, VT BA, McGill University 1989 BS, The University of Vermont 2008 Michael “Mr. T” Thompson, Richmond, VT Melissa Anne Shea, Harwich, MA BS, The University of Vermont 1991 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Emily A. Wills, Fairfax, VT Yulia V. Sukhanova, South Burlington, VT BEd, McGill University 2004; MEd, Saint Michael’s College 2011 BA, Tomsk State Pedagogical University 2010 Thesis: Man’s Best Friend: Using Dogs in Middle-Level Education to Brianna Jean Welch, Glen Head, NY Improve Self-Efficacy for Students and Teachers BA, Duke University 2014 Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Nash
HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDENT AFFAIRS SPECIAL EDUCATION Soren Duveen Dews, Burlington, VT Gina Rose Bongiovanni, Bedford, NH BA, Smith College 2015 BSEd, The University of Vermont 2017 Jacob T. Dunwiddie, Massillon, OH Jacqueline Rose Bora, St. Albans, VT BA, Kent State University 2018 BSEd, The University of Vermont 2019 Roselvy Flores, Compton, CA Theresa Carbonneau, Goffstown, NH BFA, Woodbury University 2007 BSEd, The University of Vermont 2019 Fonda Marguerite Heenehan, Haverhill, MA David Anthony Couture, Bow, NH BA, Warren Wilson College 2018 BA, Saint Anselm College 2011; AS, Granite State College 2013 Brianna Hornig, Pleasanton, CA Michael Hunter Couture, Burlington, VT BA, San Diego State University 2018 BS, Springfield College 2017 Nathan M. Karas, Auburn, CA Emily Marie Creller, Alburgh, VT BA, University of California, Santa Cruz 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2005 Isora Lithgow, New York, NY Calvin Bryant Dixon, Stowe, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2016 BSEd, The University of Vermont 2018 Benedicto Borja Llave, American Canyon, CA Meg Edmunds, South Burlington, VT BA, University of California, Berkeley 2016 AS, Champlain College 1990; BS, Plymouth State University 1993 Catherine R. Meyer, Lancaster, NY Elizabeth Ann Healy, South Burlington, VT BPS, Cazenovia College 2018 BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Bianca Natalie Ramos, Oakland, CA Joseph Thomas Davidson Henley, Orange, MA BA, University of California, Irvine 2016 BA, Castleton State College 1995 Molly Marie Williams, Barrington, RI Jessica M. Howrigan, Georgia, VT BA, Vanderbilt University 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2010 Dzana Karabegovic, South Burlington, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2017 INTERDISCIPLINARY Molly Rose Keenan, Shelburne, VT Lorcan D. Ackley, Milton, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, The University of Vermont 2001 Fiona Nora Moynihan, New London, NH Denise D’Andrea, East Boston, MA BA, Saint Michael’s College 2016 BA, Kaplan University 2010; MS, Columbia Southern University Nicole Palmer, Hinesburg, VT 2013 BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Emilia DiFranco, Melrose, MA Heather Paul, Hinsdale, IL BSc, The University of Vermont 2018 BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2009 Loftur Eiriksson, Akureyri, Iceland Brent Pearson, Waitsfield, VT BS, University of Reykjavik 2015 BA, University of New England 1996 Thesis: The Fear of Failure as an Athlete and an International Chelsea Mae Reynolds, Sharon, VT Student: The Search for Meaning Making Outside my Comfort Zone BS, The University of Vermont 2013 Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Nash Joy Solomon, Albany, CA Adrian Stefan Gahabka, Gottfrieding, Germany BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BAS, University of Passau 2018
COMMENCEMENT 2020 59 Sarah Tarbell-Littman, Burlington, VT Emily J. Dickinson, South Burlington, VT BA, Clark University 2013 BS, The University of Vermont 2016 Victoria Dobbs, Montpelier, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2014 Caitlin O’Connell Eckert, Montpelier, VT MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES BA, The University of Vermont 2015 Kerry Farrell, South Burlington, VT LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABILITY BSN, Arizona State University 1996 Cheryl Lynn Weinberg Herrick, Burlington, VT Madison M. Freeman, Garrison, NY BA, Burlington College 1995 BS, State University of Vermont Oneonta 2017 Audree Lyn Frey, Montgomery, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2016 John Paul Grogan, Burlington, VT MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BA, Hendrix College 2002; MS, The University of Vermont 2010 Tiffany Jayne Barker Cook,Collegeville, PA Andrew Gross, Fairfax, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2007 BS, The University of Vermont 2011 Kyle Matthew Braman, Battle Creek, MI Cecilia Idman-Rait, Boston, MA BA, Western Michigan University 2013 BA, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2018 Samuel Dingba, Yaounde, Cameroon Jordan Joseph Keene, Barre, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Kelly Duggan, Chelmsford, MA Shannan L. Metzger, Baltimore, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BSN, Florida Atlantic University 2006 Ashia Corrine Gallo, Lawrenceville, GA Alexandra Naylor, Sudbury, VT BA, Georgia State University 2015 BS, Coastal Carolina University 2011 Renee Lee Hamblin, Arlington, MA BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Emily Claire Pareles, Farmington, CT Brooke Ann Jenkins, Greenville, RI BA, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, The University of Vermont 2018 Merrill Elizabeth Pine, Blue Mountain Lake, NY Romana Kurevija, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina BS, Cornell University 2014 BA, The University of Vermont 2016 Jacob K. Porter, Plattsburgh, NY Elizabeth McMurray, Cambridge, VT BA, State University of New York Plattsburgh 2015 BSW, Champlain College 2018 Alex Sherbrook, Kirby, VT Seth W. Orman, Minneapolis, MN BA, The University of Vermont 2017 BA, University of Minnesota 1994 Paige L. Stefanak, Salem, MA Lily June Sargeant, South Burlington, VT RN, County College of Morris 2012; BSN, Thomas Edison University BA, The University of Vermont 2016 2015 Amanda K. Sullivan, Sagamore Beach, MA Sophie Rae Streveler, Crystal Lake, IL BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, Michigan State University 2019 Travis Gordon Weston, Randolph, VT Lucy Frances Terrien, Colchester, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2005 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Jennifer Tomczak, Burlington, VT BS, The University of Vermont 1987 MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH Tuhina Venkatayogi, Princeton, NJ BS, Stony Brook University 2020 Frezette M. Ackah, Portsmouth, VA Jules O. Wetchi, Kindu, Democratic Republic of Congo BS, Old Dominion University 2016 BS, University of Kinshasa 2001; MD, University of Lubumashi 2008 Melissa Ackley, Lyndonville, VT Courtney Audrey Williams, Methuen, MA BS, The University of Vermont 2014 BS, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2015 Zoe Adams, South Burlington, VT Courtney Reback Williams, Yadkinville, NC BS, The University of Vermont 2014 BA/BS, College of Charleston 2013 Cody Allen Aspril, Lancaster, PA BA, Elizabethtown College 2017 Melissa Barry, Mattituck, NY BS, The University of Vermont 2016 Caitlin Marie Beaudet, Williamstown, VT MASTER OF SCIENCE BS, The University of Vermont 2018 Jeralyn Tenia Bradford-Keel, Albany, GA ANIMAL SCIENCE BS, Albany State University 2007 Ariel Kimmage Ayers, Whitehall, NY Jennifer A. Campbell, Portland, ME BS, The University of Vermont 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2002 Thesis: Feeding Strategies for Grazing Organic Dairy Cows and the Elise Marie Carlson, New York, NY Impact on Milk Production BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Elizabeth E. Cooley, MD, Peterborough, NH Advisor: Dr. Sabrina L. Greenwood BA, Harvard University 1984; MD, The University of Vermont 1992 Mallory Cate Honan, Rouses Point, NY Katherine Luella Copp, Boston, MA BS, The University of Vermont 2017 BS, Saint Michael’s College 2015 Thesis: Examination of Bovine Rumen Fluid and Milk Fat Globule Rachel Lee Cummings, Westford, VT Membrane Proteome Dynamics BA, The University of Vermont 2000 Advisor: Dr. Sabrina L. Greenwood
60 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Allie Lynn Lundberg, Highlands Ranch, CO CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE BS, Iowa State University 2016 Daniel R. Douce, St. Joseph, MI Thesis: Investigation of Transforming Growth Factor-Alpha and its BA/BS, The Ohio State University 2004; MD, University of Miami Potential Role in Promoting Ovarian Follicular Dominance Miller School of Medicine 2008 Advisor: Dr. David H. Townson Thesis: Association of Sickle Cell Trait with Exertional Alexander Jonathan Spitzer, Cleveland, OH Rhabdomyolysis and Atrial Fibrillation BS, The University of Vermont 2016 Advisor: Dr. Charles Maclean Thesis: Endotoxin Increases Oxidative Stress and Oxygen Tension while Reducing Milk Protein Gene Expression in the Mammary Gland COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS Alexa Rae Ambrose, Berkley, MA Advisor: Dr. Feng-Qi Zhao BS, The Pennsylvania State University 2018 Amanda Blake Beauregard, Saint Albans, VT BIOLOGY BA, Stonehill College 2018 Benjamin D. Block, Mellen, WI Katherine Elizabeth Botula, Essex Junction, VT BS, University of Minnesota Duluth 2017 BA, The University of Vermont 2010 Thesis: The Energetic Consequences of Winter Foraging for Nathaniel J. Broersma, Ashland, OR Northern Temperate Fish Species AA, Community College of Vermont 2006; BA, The University of Advisor: Dr. Jason D. Stockwell, Dr. J. Ellen Marsden Vermont 2010 Anish Ali Sarkar, Kolkata, India Sophia Nelson Chamberlain, Castleton, VT BS, West Bengal University of Technology 2011 BA, University of Massachusetts Boston 2012 Thesis: Inflammation of the Taste Sensory System: Rebecca Carmela Condon, Stowe, VT Cyclophosphamide and Amifostine BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Advisor: Dr. Eugene Delay Sara Elizabeth Gardner, Brookfield, CT Emily Ann Shore, Manorville, NY BS, Ithaca College 2018 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Trillium S. Hill, Montpelier, VT Thesis: Consumption of Microplastics Impacts the Growth and BS, Ashford University 2017 Fecal Properties of the Marine Copepod, Acartia Tonsa Ella McKearin, Rutland, VT Advisor: Dr. Melissa H. Pespeni BS, University of Rhode Island 2018 Sarah Virginia Meehan, Philadelphia, PA BIOSTATISTICS BA, Temple University 2016 Derek Devine, South Burlington, VT Allison Penan, Sturbridge, MA BS, Rochester Institute of Technology 2007; MS, The University of BA, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2013 Vermont 2018 Erika Price, South Burlington, VT Kelsey Rae Gripp, Parsippany, NJ BS, The University of Vermont 2016 BS, Monmouth University 2018 Meghan Elizabeth Rowe, Mansfield, MA Ryan John Irvine, Waltham, MA BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BS, University of Maine 2018 Katherine Sun Hing Shu, Cupertino, CA BS, California State University Long Beach 2015 CHEMISTRY Cheyenne Mae Smith, Calais, VT Thomas John Williams, Derry, NH BS, University of New Hampshire 2018 BS, University of New Hampshire 2018 Erica Lynn Smith, Monkton, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2013 Allison Stewart-Dunham, Beaverton, OR CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING BS, University of Oregon 2017 Christian Napoleon Boisvert, Acton, MA Madeline Elizabeth Wilson, Chambersburg, PA BS, Saint Michael’s College 2019; BS, The University of Vermont BA, Wilson College 2006 2019 Tao Deng, Tai Yuan, Shan Xi, China BS, Shanghai Normal University 2016 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND APPLIED ECONOMICS Zelda Jean Dively, Danville, VT Kerry Jane Daigle, Centerville, MA BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BA, Middlebury College 2011 Andrea J. Elhajj, Colchester, VT Thesis: Social Networking and Social Media as Resilience Strategies BS, The University of Vermont 2016 Among US Women Farmers Sarah E. Howerter, Savannah, GA Advisor: Dr. Sarah N. Heiss BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design 2011 Katherine Nicole Gallagher, Madison, CT Thesis: Modeling Electric Vehicle Energy Demand and Regional BA, The University of Vermont 2013 Electricity Generation Dispatch for New England and New York Thesis: Measuring Comprehensive Wellbeing in Vermont: An Advisor: Dr. Lisa Aultman-Hall Applied Economics Perspective Peter Nils Larson, Hampden, ME Advisor: Dr. Jane Kolodinsky BS, The University of Vermont 2008 Lauren Greco, Naperville, IL Sienna Lynn Roberge, Kennebunkport, ME BS, University of Illinois 2012 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Thesis: Farm Fresh Food Boxes Yi-Kun Tung, Hsinchu City, Taiwan Advisor: Dr. Jane Kolodinsky BS, Tamkang University 2017 Anthony Kitsos, Haverhill, MA Cameron Robert Twombly, Conway, NH BS, University of Maine 1980 BS, University of New Hampshire 2016 Thesis: Examining Vermont Agricultural Producers’ Willingness Thesis: Edge-of-Field Hydrology and Nutrient Fluxes within to Pay for Extension One-on-One Business Planning Services and Northeastern Agroecosystems: Evaluation of Alternative Future Programming Considerations Management Practices and Water Quality Models Advisor: Dr. David Conner Advisor: Dr. Joshua W. Faulkner, Dr. Donna M. Rizzo
COMMENCEMENT 2020 61 COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DATA SCIENCE Rachel Frieda Hill, Brattleboro, VT Erik R. Brown, Fair Haven, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2017 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Julia Redig Howe, Burlington, VT Jack Felag, Barrington, RI BA, The University of Vermont 2008 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Eric Hughes, Billerica, MA Thesis: Co-Optimization of a Robot’s Body and Brain via Evolution BA, University of Massachusetts 2015 and Reinforcement Learning Linnea Lundqvist Jahn, Brattleboro, VT Advisor: Dr. Joshua Bongard BA, The University of Vermont 2017 Sara Fergus, Winchester, VA James Patrick Kelliher, Colchester, VT BS/BSED, The University of Vermont 2019 BA, Castleton State College 2000 Maxfield E. Green,Lincoln, NE Kiwi Landry, Boulder, CO BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, University of Colorado Boulder, 2014 Thesis: Some Results on a Set of Data Driven Stochastic Wildfire Models Helen M. Maciejewski, Bristol, VT Advisor: Dr. Chris Danforth BA, Trinity College of Vermont 1991 David W. Landay, Washington, DC Margaret Aidan Maley, Saint Albans, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2016 BA, Keene State College 2012 Kristin Loughrey McClure, South Burlington, VT Emily McDonald, Montclair, NJ BA, University of Pennsylvania 2000 BA, Bowdoin College 2014 Nathaniel Owen Shenton, Burlington, VT Sarah J. Morrell, Burlington, VT BS, St. Lawrence University 2015 BA, University of Albany 2010 Luke Thomas Trinity, Washington, DC Amanda Payne, Williston, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1998; MAT, School for Thesis: Complex Systems Analysis in Selected Domains: Animal International Training 2004 Biosecurity & Genetic Expression Isabella Poloes, Brooklyn, NY Advisor: Dr. Scott C. Merrill BA, Brooklyn College 2012 Samuel W. Zonay, Pomfret, VT Richmond Xavier Scott, Montpelier, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, The University of Vermont 2017 Haley Lynn Short, Walnut Creek, CA COMPUTER SCIENCE BA, University of Alabama 2018 Samantha Connolly, Poughquag, NY Alexandra Szotka, Windsor, CT BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, Ithaca College 2016 Codie Cottrell, Jefferson Township, NJ Katherine Marie Turpen, Windham, ME BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BGS/BA, University of Maine at Farmington 2016 Karl Kaiser, Waitsfield, VT Anne Marie Velky, North Augusta, SC BA, The University of Vermont 2019 BA, College of Charleston 2015 Kristin Mills, Hinesburg, VT Rebecca Wehrenberg, Freeport, IL BS, The University of Vermont 2011; MS, The University of AA, Highland Community College 2014; BS, University of Vermont 2013 Wisconsin- La Crosse 2016 Sarah Jennifer Pell, York, PA BA, The University of Vermont 2019 Alexandra Rose Weinstein, Burlington, VT Benjamin Ross Wiggins, Fairfax, VT BA, University of North Carolina at Asheville 2012 BS, Northeastern University 2002; MS, The University of Vermont Lexi A. Wisnowski, Burlington, VT 2017 BS, St. Lawrence University 2010 Yuhao Wu, Jiayuguan, Gansu Province, China Jessica Wood, Chattanooga, TN BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, Grinnell College 2016 Thesis: Model Parameter Calibration in Power Systems Jena Zuckerman, Stowe, VT Advisor: Dr. Safwan Wshah BA, The University of Vermont 2017
COUNSELING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Fern Aguda-Brown, Keene, NH Olaoluwa Akinola, Ibadan, Nigeria BA, Skidmore College 2009 BS, University of Ibadan 2015 Damir Alisa, Burlington, VT Chujun Chen, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China BA, The University of Vermont 2011 BS, Southeast University Chengxian College 2017 Carina A. Antonino DiMare, Shutesbury, MA Anwar Khalil Elhadad, Tripoli, Libya BA, Goddard College 2013 Jessica Lyn Brownstein, Flemington, NJ BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, Susquehanna University 2014 Thesis: Utilizing Machine Learning for Respiratory Rate Detection Per Ordal Eisenman, Shelburne, VT via Radar Sensor BA, Oberlin College 1998; MA, San Jose State University 2006 Advisor: Dr. Tian Xia Nathan LaCroix Fosdick, Cambridge, WI Guanhao Feng, Sichuan, Chendgu, China BS, Beloit College 2013 BS, Sichuan University 2017 Molly Elizabeth Francini, Manomet, MA Yung Chih Hsu, BS, Northern Vermont University 2017 BS, National Taiwan Normal University 2016 Esther M. George, Burlington, VT Caroline Rose Popiel Valdez, Avon Lake, OH BA, The University of Vermont 1997 BA, Kenyon College 2018 Leah Elizabeth Goodcoff,Clifton Park, NY Thesis: The Incidence of Inverter Incidents: Understanding and BA, State University of New York Oswego 2017 Quantifying Contributions to Risk in Systems with Large Amounts Noah Goss-Woliner, Waitsfield, VT of Inverter-Based Resources BA, Middlebury College 2015 Advisor: Dr. Paul Hines
62 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Sam Atticus Wisotzki, Coronado, CA Patrick Michael Mullins, South Strafford, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, The University of Vermont 2018 Thesis: The Incorruptible Integrator: A Streamlined Approach to Thesis: The Circuit and Cocircuit Lattices of a Regular Matroid IMC-PID Controller Tuning Advisor: Dr. Spencer Backman Advisor: Dr. Hamid R. Ossareh Tyson Charles Pond, Putney, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 FOOD SYSTEMS Thesis: Measuring and Modeling Information Flow on Social Networks William T. Ball, New York, NY Advisor: Dr. James Bagrow BS, The University of Vermont 2017 Oliver P. Waite, Richmond, VT Emily Rose Barbour, Chevy Chase, MD BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BA, Smith College 2014 Ann Chiarenzelli, Potsdam, NY MECHANICAL ENGINEERING BS, St. Lawrence University 2016 Zachary Hurwitz, Larchmont, NY Devon Johnson, Greenwich, CT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, Elon University 2017 Thesis: Economic Efficiency and Carbon Emissions in MES with Flexible Buildings GEOLOGY Advisor: Dr. Mads Almassalkhi Adele Conde, Buckhannon, WV Precious Tamarakuro Jagun, Warri, Nigeria BS, Virginia Tech 2016 BS, The University of Vermont 2017 Thesis: Multiscale Expression of Apatite Dissolution Thesis: Characterization of the University of Vermont Plasma Torch Advisor: Dr. Nicolas Perdrial and Simulation of Pyrolysis Gas and Plasma Interactions Maxwell Landsman-Gerjoi, Charleston, SC Advisor: Dr. Douglas Fletcher BS, The University of Vermont 2016 Samuel B. Ligon, Rutland, VT Thesis: Measuring the Influence of Environmental Conditions on BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Dissolved Organic Matter Thesis: Optimization of Mixing Efficiency in Low Reynolds Unlike Biodegradability and Optical Properties: A Combined Field and Doublet Injectors by Incorporating Swirl Laboratory Study Advisor: Dr. William Louisos Advisor: Dr. Julia N. Perdrial Meagan Renee Leduc, Lyndonville, VT Mauricio Pereira, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil BA, Northern Vermont University 2016 BS, University of Sao Paulo 2016 Thesis: Seasonal Water Column Dynamics Exert Strong Control on Thesis: Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging and Systems the Chemical Partitioning of Benthic Phosphorus Pools of Shallow Dr. Dryver R. Huston Eutrophic Freshwater Systems Advisor: Dr. Andrew W. Schroth MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE Griffin A. Moyer, Durham, NC Erin Danielle Froeter, Dixon, IL BS, Appalachian State University 2016 BS, Southern Illinois University Carbondale 2013 Thesis: Strain Accommodation, Metamorphic Evolution, and 3D Matthew Bernard Owens, Richmond, VT Kinematics of Transpressional Flow within the Lower Crust of a BS, The University of Vermont 2018 Cretaceous Magmatic Arc in Fiordland, New Zealand Advisor: Dr. Keith A. Klepeis NATURAL RESOURCES Austin E. Wilkes, Basking Ridge, NJ Lauren Akin, Albuquerque, NM BS, The University of Vermont 2017 Thesis: Phosphorus Mobility and Speciation under Dynamic Redox BS, Gaia University 2015 Conditions in Shallow Eutrophic Freshwater Systems Julie Christina Arntz, Sonoma, CA Advisor: Dr. Andrew W. Schroth BA, University of San Diego 2003; BS, Art Institute of California Los Angeles 2007 Lilly Bock-Brownstein, Denver, CO HISTORIC PRESERVATION BA, Macalester College 2015 Kristi Nicole Bodine, Oneonta, AL Sophie Knight Bodnar, Windsor, VT AS, Wallace State Community College 2012; BA, University of South BA, Smith College 2012 Alabama 2014 Lauren Page Bomeisl, Niskayuna, NY Joseph Henry Cava, Swanton, VT BS, Castleton University 2014 BS, State University of New York Geneseo 2013; MS, Oregon State Samantha Calan Connor Johnson, Schuyler Falls, NY University 2017 BS, State University of New York Plattsburgh 2018 Thesis: Residual Soil Phosphorous in Tropical Oxisols: An Opportunity Christopher A. Rizer, Hartford, WV to Enhance Fertilizer Use Efficiency? BA, Shepherd University 2018 Advisor: Dr. Eric Roy A. Gregory Socinski, Charlotte, VT Megan Elizabeth Browning, New York, NY BA, Skidmore College 2011 BA, Colby College 2010 Jacob DeBow, Plymouth, NH MATHEMATICS BS, University of New Hampshire 2015 Nicholas Brown, Milton, VT Thesis: Effects of Winter Ticks and Internal Parasites on Moose BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Survival and Fecundity in Vermont, USA Marcus Elia, Rochester, NY Advisor: Dr. Therese Donovan, Dr. James Murdoch BS, State University of New York Geneseo 2016 Kyle M. Dittmer, Port Orange, FL Jo Martin, Chicago, IL BS, University of Central Florida 2016 BA, Oberlin College 2016 Thesis: Mitigating Gaseous Nitrogen and Carbon Loss from Thesis: Extremal/Saturation Numbers for Guessing Numbers of Northeastern Agricultural Soils via Alternative Soil Management Undirected Graphs Practices Advisor: Dr. Puck Rombach Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Carol Adair
COMMENCEMENT 2020 63 Patrick J. Donovan, Sheffield, MA Yifan Hou, Changzhou, China BA, University of New Hampshire 2005 BS, Nanjing Agricultural University 2017 Malcolm Frederick Gore, Arlington, VA Thesis: Formulation and Functional Properties of Whey Protein BA, Boston College 2011 Based Tissue Adhesive using Totarol as an Antimicrobial Agent Lily C. Jacobson, Monterey, CA Advisor: Dr. Mingruo Guo Laura Jennings, Hamilton, MA BA, Carleton College 2007; MA, Conway School of Landscape BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Design 2010 Jinglin Lu, Beijing, China Hannah Marie Lachance, West Point, NY BA, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics 2010 BS, The University of Vermont 2012 Thesis: Chemical Properties and Probiotics Survivability of Thesis: Cisco Science: Using Omics to Answer a Range of Key Symbiotic Coconut Yogurt using Polymerized Whey Protein as a Questions Gelation Agent Advisor: Dr. Jason Stockwell Advisor: Dr. Mingruo Guo Camille Marcotte, Poughkeepsie, NY Rosalind Grace Neale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada BS, State University of New York College of Environmental Science BS, University of British Columbia 2013 Thesis: Assessing Growth and Methods of Decontamination of and Forestry 2013 Listeria monocytogenes in Brushes and Brines used for Production Thesis: Examining Place Meanings in the Social Media of the U.S. of Washed-Rind Cheese National Park Service Advisor: Dr. Catherine W. Donnelly Advisor: Dr. Patricia A. Stokowski Hao Shi, Qingdao, China James Maxwell Nash-Howe, Macomb, IL BA, Yantai University 2017 BA, Saint Louis University 2010; MELP, Vermont Law School 2017 Thesis: Physiochemical and Microstructural Properties and Alexandra Nicole Neidermeier, Asheville, NC Probiotic Survivability of Symbiotic Almond Yogurt using BS, University of North Caroline Asheville 2011 Polymerized Whey Protein as a Co-Gelation Agent Thesis: Pacific Northwest to New England: Exploring the Advisor: Dr. Mingruo Guo Intersections of Invasive Ecology, Forest Management, and Alternative Energy PATHOLOGY Advisor: Dr. Kimberly Wallin Benjamin Frederick Smith, Collingswood, NJ Matthias Taylor Nevins, Warner, NH BA, Tufts University 2010 Erica Lee Worswick, Puyallup, WA BS, Saint Lawrence University 2012 BS, Pacific Lutheran University 2013 Thesis: Future Forest Composition under a Changing Climate and Adaptive Forest Management in Southeastern Vermont, USA PHARMACOLOGY Advisor: Dr. Anthony W. D’Amato Caroline Elaine Adams, Randolph, VT Bridget Caroline Phillips, Montpelier, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BS, Saint Michael’s College 2012 Thesis: Exploring tsRNA Function in Aggressive Breast Cancer Cell Emily Page Piche, Raynham, MA Models BS, The University of Vermont 2012 Advisor: Dr. Janet Stein Thesis: Ecosystem Function along an Elevational Gradient in Sarah Mohammed Al Ramadhan, Qatif, Saudi Arabia Vermont BS, Northern Border University 2016 Advisor: Dr. Aimee T. Classen Jacob Ward Bellotte, Severna Park, MD Corina Pinto, Boston, MA BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Jessica Buchelly, Queens, NY BA, The University of Vermont 2015 BA, City University of New York Queens College 2018 Jason R. Scott, Underhill, VT Audrey Marie-Cannelle Diambou, Burlington, VT BS, Massachusetts Maritime Academy 2005 BS, Saint Michael’s College 2016 Vivian Puah Stein, Fresh Meadows, NY Fleur Serena Diambou, Burlington, VT BA, State University of New York Plattsburgh 2006 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Pascal Dylan Wilkins, South Londonderry, VT Shelby Fertal, Prior Lake, MN BS, The University of Vermont 2016 BS, The University of Vermont 2017 Thesis: Growth Evaluation and Standardized Assessment of Molly C. Hurd, Hardwick, MA Juvenile Lake Trout in Lake Champlain BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Advisor: Dr. J. Ellen Marsden Thesis: Assessing the Effectiveness of a Luminally Restricted 5-HT4 Agonist for the Treatment of Colitis and Constipation Lynn Michelle Wolfe, Bath, ME Advisor: Dr. Gary M. Mawe BS, University of Maine 2007 Hannah Kenney, Elmore, VT Suzanne Young, Bomoseen, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, The University of Vermont 1992 Phoebe Kathryn Laaguiby, Manchester, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2017 NUTRITION AND FOOD SCIENCE Pengfei Liu, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China Emily Carney, Auburn, ME BA, China Medical University 2018 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Kendra Grace Miller, Exton, PA BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Lukas Emerson-Mason, Winooski, VT Virginia Ngai, Surabaya, Indonesia BS, The University of Vermont 2006 BS, The University of Vermont 2018 Thesis: Validation of Two Gluten Elisa Assays Utilizing a Novel Warrick Sahene, Ocean Township, NJ Polyconal Antibody System BS, The University of Vermont 2018 Advisor: Dr. Andrea Etter Thesis: Pharmacological Inhibition of HIF-1 Alpha and its Effects Grace Lindsay Hoffman,Canal Fulton, OH on Dendritic Cell Metabolic Reprogramming BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Advisor: Dr. Eyal Amiel
64 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Grace K. Voorhees, Ascutney, VT Lisa Michelle Conger, St. Albans, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BS, The University of Vermont 1997; MEd, Southern New Hampshire Thesis: Understanding the Role of Androgen Receptor Signaling University 2011 on p38a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase in Experimental Allison Shaffer Corse, Bolton, VT Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis BA, Middlebury College 2010 Advisor: Dr. Dimitry Krementsov Kimberly E. DePino, Dummerston, VT BS, Springfield College 1997; MEd, Bank Street College of Education PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND WELLNESS SCIENCE 2006 Allison Donnelly, Kennebunk, ME Brielle A. DeBaise, Meriden, CT BSED, The University of Vermont 2012 BS, Castleton University 2017 Kyle Dubois, New Bedford, MA Kelsey Forest Detwiler, Scituate, MA BM, Boston University 2005 BS, The University of Vermont 2013 Katie Jo Forand, Bakersfield, VT Rebecca Dumeny, Franklin, VT BA/BS, Johnson State College 2014 BS, The University of Vermont 2017 G. Glen Fuller, Shelburne, VT Marissa Isobel Hennessey, Hingham, MA BA, The University of Vermont 1992 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Mary Ann Gaudreau, Pittsford, VT Anita Rose Martin, Stratford, CT BS, The University of Vermont 2011 BA, Sacred Heart University 2017 Cynthia Glenn, Lyme, NH Lauren Beth Miller, Tampa, FL BS, State University of New York Plattsburgh 1994 BA, University of Georgia 2015 Benjamin Harvey, North Bennington, VT Katherine Marie Nolan, McDonough, NY BS, Alfred University 1997 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Erin Anne Hopper, Starksboro, VT Bougkail Angel Phooprasert, Ithaca, NY BA, Castleton State College 2005 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Katie Elizabeth Jarvis, Barre, VT BS, University of New England 2009 PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE Hector Kent, Pomfret, VT Grace C. O’Neil, Essex Junction, VT BS, University of Montana 2000; MAT, Lewis and Clark College 2007 BS, St. Lawrence University 2014 Heather R. Lamson, St. Albans, VT Thesis: Guide to Urban Gardening in Winooski Valley, Vermont BSED, The University of Vermont 1992 Advisor: Dr. Josef Gorres Tanya Lynn Lovely, South Burlington, VT Allen Michael Wilder, South Hero, VT BA/MST, State University of New York Plattsburgh 2014 AS, Vermont Technical College 2015; BS, The University of Jessica Maurais, Barre, VT Vermont 2017 BA, Rivier University 2007; MA, Walden University 2011 Thesis: The Agronomics of Organically Managed Legume-Grass Megan McGrath, Keene, NH BA, Champlain College 2016 Mixtures for Ensiled Forage Production Catharine Mather Parker, Sheldon, VT Advisor: Dr. Sidney C. Bosworth BSED, The University of Vermont 2015 Melissa Perry, East Thetford, VT PLANT BIOLOGY BS, Saint Michael’s College 2001; MEd, Lesley University 2011 Grace Glynn, Saco, ME Deirdre Ann Phalon, Geneva, IL BA, Connecticut College 2014 BA, The University of Vermont 2013 Eric J. Hagen, Appleton, WI Laura R. Sharpless, Norwich, VT BA, Williams College 2014 BA, Haverford College 2005; MEd, Antioch University New England Lauren S. Sopher, Burlington, VT 2012 BA, University of Michigan 2012 DeVeau Sleeper, Woodstock, VT Lauren S. Sopher, Burlington, VT BA, Smith College 2003; MA, Columbia University Teachers College BA, University of Michigan 2012 2004 Abigayle Smith, Barre, VT STATISTICS BS, The University of Vermont 2009 John Hardy, Barre, VT Logan Mae Tracy, Milton, VT BS/BA, The University of Vermont 2019 BS, Saint Michael’s College 2016 Niesa Huotari Ryder, Bath, ME BS, The University of Vermont 2017 Mi Tian, BS, The University of Vermont 2018 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Joseph Abraham Bernstein, Pompton Lakes, NJ MASTER OF SCIENCE FOR TEACHERS BS, The University of Vermont 2017 MATHEMATICS Kaeley McGovern Bachand, Canton, NY BS, State University of New York Geneseo 2012; MEd, The MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DIETETICS University of Vermont 2016 Ashleigh Lyn Corey, Rutland, VT Kirsten Lynne Brown, St. Albans, VT AA, Community College of Vermont 2015; BS, The University of BS, Liberty University 1989 Vermont 2018 Marc J. Chabot, Thetford Center, VT Julie A. Davis, Essex, VT AB, Dartmouth College 1981; MS, University of New Hampshire BS, University of Connecticut 1989; MBA, Hofstra University 1995; BS, 1987 The University of Vermont 2018
COMMENCEMENT 2020 65 Anna Marie Jursinic, Kalamazoo, MI MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK BS, Michigan State University 2018 Sarah Wellington Lange, Brattleboro, VT Nicholas Beltran, Chicago, IL BS, University of Maine 2014 BS, Ithaca College 2017 Natalie Marguerite Mashia, Hinesburg, VT Alyssa Bernstein, Montreal, Quebec, Canada BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, Concordia University 2012 Ruth Amalea Mintz, Sackets Harbor, NY Marie-Clare Pellissier Brown, Burlington, VT BS, The University of Vermont 2018 BA, Northern Vermont University 2015 Marlee Even Brunton, Middlesex, VT BA, University of Kansas 2003 Grace Courville, Burlington, VT BSW, The University of Vermont 2017 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING Alyssa Cuddy, Lawrence, MA MANAGEMENT BA, Saint Michael’s College 2014 Crystol M. DeJohnette, Chicago, IL Joshua Robert Wasilewski, Belmont, VT BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Laura Dillon, Warren, VT Sydney Louise Whipple, Newport, VT BA, The University of Vermont 2013 BS, The University of Vermont 2019 Mariah Elizabeth Ertel, Bethel, VT BA, Stonehill College 2016 Alexandra Jane Fogg, White River Junction, VT BA, Montana State University 2017 MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL SCIENCE Rachel Goff, Winooski, VT BA, Colby College 2012 Julia Adelman, Anchorage, AK Andrea Ringey Grimm, Ferrisburgh, VT BA, Oberlin College 2015 BSW, The University of Vermont 1999 Taylor Mattie Barrow, Detroit, MI David Gundersen, Monroe, NY BA, Boston University 2016 BS, State University of New York College at Oneonta 2012 Matthew J. Breseman, Addison, IL Babette Elizabeth Howe, Akwesasne, NY BS, Salve Regina University 2014 BA, State University of New York at Oswego 2005 Noah Street Dickerman, Northampton, MA Ethan Lawrence, Wilder, VT BA, Bard College 2015 BA, Saint Anselm College 2013 Kevin Richard Feldhaus, Sioux Falls, SD Eliza Rain Maas, Plainfield, VT BS, Xavier University 2018 BSW, The University of Vermont 2017 Caroline George, Chesterfield, MA Chloe Rose Marchand, Deering, NH BA, The University of Vermont 2016 BA, Keene State College 2014 Camille M. LeBlanc, Saint Johnsbury, VT Kristen C. McClaran, Burlington, VT BS, Queen’s University 2017 BA, The University of Vermont 2008 Morgan Denise Lyttle, Mount Juliet, TN Zoe Rebecca Morvay, Larchmont, NY BA, Vanderbilt University 2017 BA, The University of Vermont 2014 Brandon Muniz, Greenville, SC Caitlin Anne Mundy, Milford, CT BS, The University of South Carolina 2015 BSW, Champlain College 2016 Ding Ngoc Nguyen, Brooklyn, NY Andrew Myhre, Middlebury, VT BA/BS, Long Island University 2016 BA, Clark University 2017 Keisha S. Paul, Elmont, NY Maree Oddoux, New Rochelle, NY BS, Quinnipiac University 2016 BA, The University of Vermont 2014 Jeremy J. Peavey, Raymond, ME Santa Marisol Rocha, Milton, VT BS, Roanoke College 2016 BS, The University of Vermont 2015 Abby E. Pelletier, Deerfield, NH Sally Louise Sutton, Winooski, VT BA, Saint Anselm College 2008 BFA, Endicott College 2012 Leah R. Perez, Olympia, WA Rebekah Bronwen Tinker, Seattle, WA BS, University of Washington 2018 BA, Pitzer College 2010 Kelsey Elaine Shaffer Phipps, Bloomington, IN Kylen Veilleux, Manchester, NH BA, Hanover College 2014 BSW, Champlain College 2018 Lauren A. Schiff, Presque Isle, ME Allison Leigh Walling, Freehold, NJ BS, University at Albany State University of New York 2018 BA, The University of Vermont 2017 Alexis Schneider, Dedham, MA Kathleen Ann Yanulavich, South Hero, VT BA, Boston College 2014 BS, State University of New York Plattsburgh 1977 Dominick Troendle, Cincinnati, OH BS, Boston University 2016 Tal Tsafnat, El Sobrante, CA BA, IDC Herzliya 2016 Ashley Deann Zapata, San Antonio, TX BS, Baylor University 2018 Cole Zweber, Santa Barbara, CA BASc, McGill University 2018
66 COMMENCEMENT 2020 CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATE STUDY GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Jessica Akey COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND DATA SCIENCE Tabitha Finch Collin Kovach Cappelle Tyler John Gray GREEK AND LATIN Yu Han Christian Lee Gonzalez Rivera Sarah E. Howerter Andrew Robert Klem Meenu Shanmugam INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF DISABILITIES Austin Wesley Thomas Pamela J. Cummings Lindsay Courtney Worley PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY RESILIENCY AND PLANNING Gustavo D. Alday Amanda K. Sullivan Brian C. Bachyrycz Sydney Margaret Carney-Knisely ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS Matthew G. Cassavechia Joseph A. Ament Alexandra Ivanciu Nathan Fry Jason Sandler Rigoberto Eulogio Melgar-Melgar Jennifer Hall McKay Myers
EPIDEMIOLOGY Katherine Stevens-Favorite
GRADUATE COLLEGE AWARDS TO GRADUATES
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR AWARDS THESIS AND DISSERTATION AWARDS are presented to recognize the accomplishments of GTAs who have demonstrated students whose work shows exceptional quality and will unusual excellence and creativity in their teaching and commitment impact scholarship in their field of study. to student learning. Two awards are given each year, one for a GTA who has served as the primary instructor in a lecture-based course, OUTSTANDING MASTER’S THESIS AWARD and one for a GTA who has served as a laboratory or field instructor. Mauricio Pereira, MS, Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging and Outstanding GTAs are nominated by their departments and Systems programs. Advisor: Dryver R. Huston, PhD Lecture Instruction: Patrick Mullins, Mathematics Laboratory or Field Instruction: Bijay K C, Civil and OUTSTANDING DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD Environmental Engineering Elias M. Klemperer, PhD, A randomized trial to compare switching to very low nicotine content cigarettes versus reducing cigarettes per day Advisor: John R. Hughes, MD
COMMENCEMENT 2020 67 Honor Societies and Scholars Programs
PHI BETA KAPPA Lydia Moreman MORTAR BOARD ORDER OF OMEGA Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor Erin Murphy Mortar Board is a national society Order of Omega is a national Greek society dedicated to honoring high Georgia Nelson for senior women and men. leadership honor society. The goal academic achievement for liberal Rachel Ocher Although membership comes as of this organization is to recognize arts students, was founded at the Allie Olson a high honor for UVM students in those students who have attained a College of William and Mary in Daniel Ortiz recognition of outstanding service, high standard of leadership in the 1776. It is the nation’s first Greek- Reilly Osadchey-Brown scholarship, and leadership, it is also inter-Greek activities, to encourage letter society and is the oldest and Nicky Paulson a challenge for continued unselfish them to continue along this line, most respected academic honorary Emma Plosser service in the best interest of the and to inspire others to strive for society. UVM’s chapter of Phi Beta Julia Plumb college campus. similar attainment. Membership to Kappa, the Alpha of Vermont, Abby Postlewaite Olivia Avery the Theta Psi Chapter of Order of was established in 1848; it is the Vivian Priestley Alana Barretto Omega is limited to 3 percent of the eleventh oldest chapter on the Delaney Reynolds Cara Cahill UVM Greek community. national rolls of Phi Beta Kappa, Julia Selle Amanda Duffy Jamie Benson and the first chapter to admit both Hannah Sheehy Channing George Annie Brown African- Americans and women to Blair Shields Rachel Goldblum Kaila Carson its membership. Evan Smith Brian Gomez Leianna Dolce Katie Thorpe Casey Henehan Amanda Duffy MEMBERS Camille Walton Jacqueline Kasinskas Caitlyn Duffy Kate Bamberger Genevieve Winn Brianna Pierce Molly Grossman Meryl Braconnier Abigail Wootton Avery St. Sauveur William Hogan Charlotte Evans Abby Zani Sierra Sexton Emilia Krieg Megan Fariel Kate Ziegler Honour Solari Haley Ferrer Deanna Tuttle RHO LAMBDA NATIONAL Jacqueline Foley GOLDEN KEY Rachel Zell Emily Goodrich RECOGNITION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL HONOUR Rho Lambda honors those women Tianyu Guo BOULDER SOCIETY within the sorority community who Clarissa Libertelli SOCIETY Founded in 1905, the Boulder have exhibited the highest qualities Tuntanut Lohawatcharagul The Golden Key International Society at the University of Vermont of leadership and service to their Halle Love Honour Society is an international is one of the oldest existing Greek community and their sorority. Ellen Marchetti academic honor society founded in traditions at the University. A Rho Lambda, Iota Iota was founded Griffin McNamee 1977 by a group of undergraduate students at Georgia State University. men’s honor society, it includes in 2008. Adam Petrucci those senior men who have Maeve Poleman The UVM chapter was chartered in Olivia Baccellieri 1993. It is interdisciplinary, honoring shown dedication, devotion, Katherine Beaulieu Benjamin Recchia scholarship and leadership. Most Emma Roach the top 15 percent of sophomores, Carolyn Bittner juniors, seniors, and top-performing of the members’ activities are Katherine Hanisch Jenny Stearns heavily focused on community Rose Warren graduate students in each college/ Mikayla Humiston school. service. These men will be wearing Caitlyn Johnson Sophia Webb Green and Gold Honor Cords, Madeline Zarro Sophia Knappertz JANUARY 2020 distinguishing them as members of Claudia Lifson Hayley Ehrlich Boulder. Mykayla O’Brien ELECTED SPRING 2020 Jamie Benson Josh Audette Skyler Pearse MAY 2020 Michael Chan Aryanna Ramsaran Nancy Bernhardt Ethan Foley McKenna Black Lindsay Aldrich Isabel Russell Jared Benson Jason Goldfarb Jamie Simon Courtney Brady Owen Molind Stephanie Brooks Jenna Blank Valerie Steffek Madeleine Bowe Key Nguyen Emma Tichner Nora Canellakis Mwai Nyamū Emma Cashman Ashley Brogan Cara Cahill Jared Percoco GAMMA SIGMA ALPHA Daniel Combs James Whitley Eliza Corderman Kelly Clark Gamma Sigma Alpha exists to John Michael Zanin, Jr. Jessica Crooker Aiden Collentine recognize and advance academic Baxter Cragin excellence as a core value of Azilee Curl TOWER SOCIETY Elizabeth Dunford Sophia Duplin fraternities and sororities. The Founded in 1981, Tower Society is Brigitte Durieux Beauregard Duval Society strives to uphold the high an honor society that celebrates Elizabeth Dybas Matthew Finn ideals of scholastic achievement scholarship, leadership, and service Aidan Fenstermacher Tenny Gregorian and therefore, only fraternity and in students with traditionally Alison Forman-Katz Renee Hamblin sorority members with a cumulative marginalized gender identities or Natalie Fuchs Kevin Hancock grade point average of 3.5 or above expressions. The Tower Society is Chris Gish Rachel Horton are eligible. comprised of ten seniors and one Jason Goldfarb Jenna Ingersoll Olivia Baccellieri junior who have demonstrated Emily Heon Maria Kissel Brooke Ballard outstanding commitment in their Cora Honigford Trevor Paris Jamie Benson communities. Members can be Carina Isbell Adam Petrucci Bailey Benton distinguished by Green and Gold Kyle King Owen Plante Myriah Boissoneault Honor Cords. Juliana Landis Elsa Richter Cara Cahill Kacy Lane Lauren Rigney Cameron Clark Bauserman Lucy Chestler Isabel Lardner Alicia Tanneberger Megan Fariel Lauryn Chlebnikow Gigi Lavigne Margaret Troast Juliana Landis Laura Cormican Caitlin McHugh Erin Varnum Gillian Natanagara Leianna Dolce Annika Meurs Samuel Whitman Lilly Oates Amanda Duffy Catie Michael John Eliot Williams Lucia Possehl Caitlyn Duffy Owen Molind Jillian Scannell Caitlyn Johnson Bonnie Tursky Caitlin McHugh Genevieve Winn Collin Mitchell Miranda Zigler Rachael Podtburg Lauren Rigney Michelle Salzbrunn Jamie Simon
68 COMMENCEMENT 2020 GREEN AND GOLD PATRICK FAMILY COMMUNITY SERVICE Channing George SCHOLARS SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARS Mackinley George The Green and Gold Scholarship Designated for Vermont residents The Community Service Scholars Emily Gilman rewards the strongest student from of high academic achievement who program, established in 1998, Cameron Gilmour selected Vermont high schools with typically rank within the top 20% of recognizes Vermont high school Emily Goodrich a merit scholarship that covers their graduating high school class graduates for their proven Kevin Hancock full tuition at the University of Jenna Baillargeon dedication to community service Jessica Hartman Vermont. Students must maintain Asfar Basha and leadership. During their Marley Heimert at least a 3.0 GPA while at the Jamie Benson undergraduate years at UVM, they Steven Hepp university. Graduating Green and Hunter Billen have demonstrated an outgoing Peter Hibbeler Gold Scholars are: Devan Blodgett commitment to doing community Maeve Higgins Tara Beattie Amelia Bruhl service in both their hometown and Liam Hogan Anna Belongia Delaney Bryant university communities in various William Hogan Jared Benson Cameron Carlin leadership and service capacities. Jaxson Hussey McKenna Black Sara Casparian Lindsey Robinson Ena Ibrisimovic Earle Brown Glen Childers Kaelyn Jenny Daniel Cliche Corey Davis VERMONT SCHOLARS Lukas Ladner Marijella Collins Madison Duffy The Vermont Scholars Program Moriah Ludwig Jordan DeMatteis Maia Edmunds rewards outstanding high school Megan Macfarlane Edmund Do Zachary Flaherty graduates. Students must maintain Gordon MacMaster Megan Fariel Haley Gearwar at least a 3.0 GPA while at the Cassie Mallabar Alexander Ferguson Sierra Gempka university. Cassi Martin Hannah Millette Brandon Gamble Grayson Glosser Mary Anderson Harriet Milligan Paige Hamilton Haley Hammond Amanda Anderson Keana Moreau Cora Honigford Hayley Hancock Vasiliki Anemikos Lydia Moreman Josephine Kennedy Summer Haverick Hannah Ankerson Erin Murphy Lauren Lamberton Frances Hoag McKenzie Apjohn Nora Murphy Julio Linehan Lopez Casey Husband Jessica Attig Elizabeth Niekrewicz Janey Masi Hannah Hyder Jessica Audy Sierra Norford Samantha Morse Joseph-Henry John Lajla Badnjevic Christopher Nuckols Joshua Newton Anna Johnson Kailey Bates Reilly Osadchey Brown Catherine Beattie Jacob O’Connell Sierra Keon Krystal Parent Katherine Becker Lillian Oates Henry Kidder Evan Ray Clara Behrman Kestrel Owens Chani Krech Emma Stephens Liam Beliveau Brennan Paradee Ashley Lyon Zachary Streeter Victoria Biondolillo Maia Parker Emma Mathisen Gregory Thivierge Braxton Birchard Lincoln Pierce Connor McCarthy James Whitley Caleb Bishop Maeve Poleman Kyla McClanahan Myriah Boissoneault Abigail Postlewaite Michele McKay Matthew Boisvert Kristin Ramsey Silas Mullin Foster Borch Karin Rand Olivia Myrick Nicholas Bouffard Benjamin Recchia Lenore Noe Rose Breen Nathaniel Rodrigue-Hotchkiss Ethan Oates Catherine Burgess Marie Russ Cullen Paradis Carter Cameron Emma Russo Hollie Parks Courtney Carr Nieva Schemm Katherine Paterson Anna Chaffee Jacob Senecal Lydiana Pelletier Deirdre Charles Griffin Shaw Samuel Perry Jarad Clark Alicia Tanneberger Emily Pierson Baxter Cragin Alexander Taylor Michael Roach Hailey Cray Zoe Van Vlaanderen Megan Rose Kylie Curtis Alexander von Stange Isaac Salem Patrick Desmond Cilla Wanzer Brianne Smith Julia Deziel Sophia Webb Mikala Smith Clara Douglas Katherine White Piotr Sowulewski Jacob Edwards-Stoll Fox Winters Gretta Stack Kyle Ehler-Vock Abigail Zani Jennifer Ulz Charlotte Evans Benjamin Upton Charlotte Evans Caleb White Jennifer Flint Curtis Wilcox Benjamin Francoeur Joshua Wright Talar Gelenian
COMMENCEMENT 2020 69 May 17, 2020 Dear Graduates, It is my privilege to congratulate each member of the Class of 2020, and to welcome you into the UVM Alumni Association. You have completed your requirements under extraordinary circumstances, and exemplify #UVMStrong. Today, you join nearly 119,000 UVM graduates who live and work in every state in the nation, and over 100 countries around the world. Wherever your life and travels take you, rest assured that there will be a Catamount nearby.
The University of Vermont is a special place, and each of you have contributed to its fabric and left a personal mark. Alumni around the world hope that you will join them to continue building and fostering this relationship. Please, join us by:
• Proudly displaying your diploma to let the world know you are a graduate of the University of Vermont;
• Helping us enroll the next generation of Catamounts and encourage others to find their way to this special place;
• Staying connected with each other and UVM (visit the UVM Alumni Association’s website at alumni.uvm.edu for all the ways you can keep in touch).
We join you in celebrating both this moment and the beginning of an exciting new chapter. We have full confidence that each of you, in your distinct way, will make the world a better place.
With best wishes,
Afi Ahmadi ’93 President, UVM Alumni Association
70 COMMENCEMENT 2020 Univeritas V. Montis Tune: Jane Oppenlander | Text: David Cox
From the lofty peaks of Mansfield to the shores of Lake Champlain, comes a mighty swelling chorus, whose echo will remain:
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont! Our University! Thy loyal sons and daughters sing in love and praise to Thee!
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont! Our University! Thy loyal sons and daughters sing in love and praise to Thee!
Shadows falling ’cross the campus, changing seasons’ wond’rous scene, stir our thoughts of Alma Mater, and her colors Gold and Green:
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont! Our University! Thy loyal sons and daughters sing in love and praise to Thee!
Vermont! Vermont! Vermont! Our University! Thy loyal sons and daughters sing in love and praise to Thee!
COMMENCEMENT 2020 71 Academic Regalia
THE ACADEMIC COSTUME worn today in U.S. colleges and THE BLACK MORTARBOARD is worn for all degrees. Only universities is a survivor of the Middle Ages. The University Doctors’ caps may be made of velvet and only Doctors or of Vermont was among the first in this country to experiment Presidents of institutions may wear a gold tassel on the cap. with the use of academic gowns, requiring their wearing at the graduation of 1806. The experiment was not repeated THE CLASS OF 1927 MEMORIAL MACE is carried by the until mid-century when UVM and other colleges began University Marshal at formal university occasions and is wholeheartedly to use the medieval scholar’s clothing for displayed on the platform during these ceremonies. ceremonial occasions. The Mace, a gift from the Class of 1927, is forty-seven inches The code regulating academic costume is administered by long, cast bronze, plated in silver, with a black ebony handle. an intercollegiate commission that establishes uniform The sculpture on one of the four sides depicts the center standards. BACHELORS’ gowns have closed fronts and section of Old Mill with Mt. Mansfield in the background, long, pointed sleeves. MASTERS’ gowns may be worn open symbolizing the founding of the University. Other sides display or closed and have oblong sleeves open at the wrist, the three students reaching upwards to a lamp, symbolic of lower portion hanging down with an arc near the bottom. learning; the Ira Allen Chapel, symbolizing spiritual guidance; DOCTORS’ gowns may be open or closed and have velvet and a group of four persons, symbolizing friendship. It is facings and three velvet bars on the round, open sleeves. The crowned by the seal of the University. facings and bars may be of black or of the official colors of the wearer’s department of learning. The Mace was designed and the model sculpted by Richard Simpson, son of Carl G. and Doris Griffith Simpson, both Hoods are usually black. All are lined in silk in the academic members of the Class of 1927. color or colors of the institution conferring the degree, with a chevron for additional colors. A University of Vermont hood is BANNERS OF THE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS
lined with green, with a gold chevron, the official school colors. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences...... Maize The color of the hood border indicates the degree earned. College of Arts and Sciences...... White and Yellow College of Education and Social Services...Light Blue & Citron Agriculture...... Maize College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences... Orange Accounting...... Copper Larner College of Medicine...... Green Arts, Letters and Humanities...... White College of Nursing and Health Sciences....Seafoam & Apricot Business Administration...... Copper Grossman School of Business...... Drab Commerce and Business...... Drab Graduate College...... Green & Gold Dentistry...... Lilac Rubenstein School of Environment and Dietetics...... Golden Yellow Natural Resources...... Russet & Yellow Economics...... Copper Education...... Light Blue THE UNIVERSITY SEAL or Engineering...... Orange Medallion was adopted in 1807 Forestry...... Russet and used until 1871 when it Journalism...... Crimson was replaced by a round seal Law...... Purple incorporating the name of Medicine...... Green the College of Agriculture. Music...... Pink In 1975 the Board of Trustees Nursing...... Apricot voted to restore the original Philosophy...... Dark Blue seal to official use, modified Physical Therapy...... Teal to incorporate the Latin name Public Administration...... Peacock Blue of the College of Agriculture. Science...... Golden Yellow Social Work...... Citron The motto on the seal is from Horace, Epistles 1.2.36. Literally, Teaching...... White it means “For virtuous studies and matters.” In the allusion to Theology...... Scarlet Horace’s poem it reflects UVM’s continuing belief in the utility Veterinary Science...... Gray and practicality of all liberal studies.
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