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n COMMENCEMENT Saturday,N May 25, 2019 Bowdoin College BOWDOIN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT Saturday, May 25, 2019 n QVOD BONVM FELIX FAVSTVMQUE SIT INLVSTRISSIMAE JANET MILLS GVBERNATORI CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIBUS QVI LITTERIS REI PVBLICAE MAINENSIS PROPRIE PRAESVNT SOCIISQVE CVRANTIBVS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS HONORANDIS ATQVE REVERENDIS CLARISSIMO CLAYTON ROSE PRAESIDI TOTI SENATVI ACADEMICO ECCLESIARVM PASTORIBVS VENERANDIS CVNCTIS DENIQVE VBIQVE GENTIVM HVMANITATIS FAVTORIBVS HASCE EXERCITATIONES IVVENES IN ARTIBVS INITIATI HVMILLIMI DEDICANT N HABITAS IN COMITIIS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS BRVNSVICI IN RE PVBLICA MAINENSI ANTE DIEM VIII KAL IUN ANNO SALUTIS MMMXVIX RERUMQUE PUBLICARUM FOEDERATARUM AMERICAE POTESTATIS CCXLIII 1 DEGREES This ancient formula is used by the President B in conferring degrees: The Latin text quoted on the preceding page has introduced Bowdoin’s Candidati pro gradu baccalaureali, assurgite. Commencement Program since August 21, 1822. The names of Femina honoranda, hosce iuvenes, quos censeo idoneos primum ad the twenty-four graduates of the Class of 1822 were, for the most gradum in artibus, nunc tibi offero, ut a te instructus, eos ad gradum part, also translated into Latin for the program. In the early years of istum admittam. Placetne? (Placet.) the College, each graduating senior was required to deliver a Commencement “part,” an oration on ancient or modern topics, Pro auctoritate mihi commissa, admitto vos ad primum gradum in which was frequently given in one of the classical languages, Latin, artibus, et dono et concedo omnia iura, privilegia, honores atque Greek, or Hebrew. The final Latin oration was given in 1893, but dignitates, ad gradum istum pertinentia. the tradition of Latin survives in the language used to dedicate the Commencement Exercises and to confer the bachelor of arts degree. In cuius testimonium hasce membranas litteris scriptas accipite. The translation below was provided by Robert B. Sobak, Associate Professor of Classics. Candidates for the Baccalaureate degrees will rise. (To the Chair of the Board of Trustees) May it be good, felicitous, and well-omened:* Honored madam, these young people whom I deem To Janet Mills, esteemed Governor; worthy of the first degree in Arts, I now present to you, to the Representatives and Senators that, if you so direct, I may admit them to that degree. Is such your will? (It is.) who personally preside over the arts and letters for the State of Maine; (To the Candidates) and to the honorable and respected Trustees of By virtue of the authority vested in me, I now admit Bowdoin College; you to the first degree in Arts and do grant and confer to Clayton Rose, distinguished President; upon you all the rights, privileges, honors, and dignities pertaining to that degree. to the entire academic senate; to the venerable religious leaders; In witness whereof, receive these diplomas. in short, to all patrons of the human race everywhere, the young people hereby initiated into the arts NOTE: The Baccalaureate degrees are awarded individually, and the and letters graduating class requests that there be no applause until the last degree most humbly dedicate these exercises. is conferred. Held in a gathering of Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, At the Commencement Exercises, Bowdoin displays the College in the State of Maine, flag and the flags of the United States of America, the State of on the eighth day before the Kalends of June, in the Maine, and the home or dual-citizenship countries or territories of 2019th year of our well-being graduating students—in 2019, Australia, Austria, Benin, Brazil, and in the 243rd year of the authority of the United Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Czechia, States of America. France, Germany, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, * An ancient Roman formula used at the outset of a ritual New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the to ensure its success. Grenadines, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam. 2 n TWO HUNDRED FOURTEENTH COMMENCEMENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE May 25, 2019 COMMENCEMENT MARCH Chandler’s Band OPENING OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Jean M. Yarbrough Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences and College Marshal INVOCATION Eduardo Pazos Palma Director of the Rachel Lord Center for Religious and Spiritual Life THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Senior Members of Chamber Choir, Chorus, and Student a Cappella Groups George Lopez, Beckwith Artist in Residence, Piano INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Michele G. Cyr ’76, P’12 Chair of the Board of Trustees FOR THE STATE Mohamed Nur ’19 WELCOME Clayton S. Rose President of the College SENIOR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS “A Bike-able Distance” Julia Jeanne O’Rourke ’19 Class of 1868 Prize Winner “The Beauty of Resilience” Anuoluwapo Adebunmi Asaolu ’19 Goodwin Commencement Prize Winner 3 n CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Clayton S. Rose President of the College Earl Lewis, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Dana E. Byrd Assistant Professor of Art History Nadia A. Rosenthal, Doctor of Science Citation by Danielle H. Dube Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of Biochemistry Program Sir Paul M. Ruddock, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Stephen G. Perkinson Associate Professor of Art History, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Chair of Art History Division of Department of Art Sheldon M. Stone ’74, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Barbara I. Elias Assistant Professor of Government CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES DEDICATION Clayton S. Rose President of the College Henry Francis-Dundek Bredar ’19 Class President RAISE SONGS TO BOWDOIN Senior Members of Chamber Choir, Chorus, and Student a Cappella Groups George Lopez, Piano Words appear on the last page of this program. CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES William H. Barker Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics and College Marshal RECESSIONAL MARCH Chandler’s Band 4 CANDIDATES FOR THE A.B. DEGREE, MAY 2019 Henry Francis-Dundek Bredar, Class Marshal Zoe Samantha Aarons Earth and Oceanographic Science; Minor: Computer Science Washington, District of Columbia Robert Eugene Adams ’17 Sociology Wilmington, Delaware Samuel Arthur Adler German; Minor: English Longmeadow, Massachusetts John Taekyong Ahn Mathematics; Minor: Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Washington, District of Columbia Tim Y. Ahn Economics La Mirada, California Lee Sanford Ainslie IV ’20 Environmental Studies-Economics Old Brookville, New York Hideyoshi Akai Religion; Minor: Theater Setagaya, Japan Edward Chukwudi Akubude ’18 Biology; Minor: Sociology Mattapan, Massachusetts Sophie Charlotte al Mutawaly Government and Legal Studies; Minor: German Atlanta, Georgia Zaman Adam Alidina Mathematics Oakton, Virginia Ryan Ali-Shaw Psychology; Minor: English South Richmond Hill, New York Eve Worrell Allen Education-Government and Legal Studies Charlottesville, Virginia Nina Sarah Alvarado- Education-Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies; Montclair, New Jersey Silverman Minor: Sociology Natasha Moro Alvarez Government and Legal Studies; Minor: History Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Julia Elizabeth Amstutz Government and Legal Studies Indianapolis, Indiana Genevieve Katherine Anderle Psychology; Minor: Sociology Louisville, Kentucky David Joseph Anderson Biology Bar Harbor, Maine Nicole Taylor Anthony Government and Legal Studies and Economics Amherst, New Hampshire Jacob Aoki Economics; Minor: Sociology Wilmington, Massachusetts Jack More Arnholz Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Cinema Studies Washington, District of Columbia Anastasia Roose Arvin- German Manchester, Vermont DiBlasio Anuoluwapo Adebunmi Asaolu Neuroscience; Minor: Theater Eagan, Minnesota Maurice Asare Philosophy and Africana Studies Bronx, New York Isabelle Austin-Green Environmental Studies-History Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, US Nathan Hall Austria Education-History; Minor: Asian Studies Memphis, Tennessee Sina Bakhtiari Mathematics; Minor: Computer Science Wichita, Kansas Daniel Eliason Banks Art History and German Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Shawn Bayrd Biology and Romance Languages and Literatures Brunswick, Maine Mark E. Behar Mathematics; Minor: Computer Science Rockville Centre, New York Conor James Belfield Computer Science and Mathematics Corona del Mar, California Evelyn Rose Victoria Beliveau Visual Arts; Minor: Francophone Studies Essex Junction, Vermont Miranda Rea Bell ’18 Economics; Minor: Asian Studies Plano, Texas Natasha Ann Belsky Biochemistry; Minor: History New York, New York Sydney Isabella Benjamin English St Johnsbury, Vermont Elizabeth Roberts Bennewitz Physics; Minor: Mathematics Westport, Connecticut David William Berlin Economics; Minor: Chinese York, Maine Kylie Brown Best Government and Legal Studies and Francophone Studies; Woodstock, Vermont Minor: History Ethan Franklin Bevington Mathematics and Economics Ottawa Hills, Ohio Anjulee Jane Bhalla Computer Science and Mathematics Bedford, Massachusetts Mathieu Hudson Bialosky Economics and Hispanic Studies; Minor: Africana Studies New York, New York Lucian Salovaara Black Education-Government and Legal Studies Chicago, Illinois Anna Derby Blaustein Biology West Newton, Massachusetts Andrew Christopher Blunt Environmental Studies-Government and Legal Studies; South Berwick, Maine Minor: Francophone Studies 5 Martha Zimmerman Boben Earth and Oceanographic Science; Minor: Mathematics Lancaster, Pennsylvania Callye Bolster Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Mount