217 The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College May 2018 COMMENCEMENT BANNERS, FACULTY MARSHALS AND COMMENCEMENTSTUDENT BANNER BANNERS,BEARERS: FACULTY MARSHALS AND STUDENT BANNER BEARERS Honors College College of Agriculture & Life Sciences College of Arts & Sciences School of Business Administration HONORS(Purple) COLLEGE COLLEGE(Maize) OF AGRICULTURE COLLEGE(White and Yellow) OF ARTS AND GROSSMAN(Drab) SCHOOL Faculty Marshals: AND LIFE SCIENCES SCIENCES OF BUSINESS Ian Grimmer Faculty Marshals: Faculty Marshals: Faculty Marshals: Joseph Acquisto Todd J. Pritchard Lawrence Rudiger Srini Venugopal Student Banner Bearer: Farryl Bertmann Gretchen van Slyke Thomas Chittenden Anthony Joseph Spinella Student Banner Bearer: Laura Webb Student Banner Bearer: Claire Ferguson Julia Perdrial Katie Lukes Student Banner Bearer: Charlie Parker Gliserman College of Education and Social Services College of Engineering & Mathematics Rubenstein School of Environment College of Nursing and Health Sciences (Light Blue / Citron Yellow) (Orange) and Natural Resources (Seafoam and Apricot) COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND RUBENSTEIN(Russet and Yellow) SCHOOL OF COLLEGE OF NURSING AND SOCIAL SERVICES MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SCIENCES Faculty Marshals: Faculty Marshals: NATURAL RESOURCES Faculty Marshals: Susan E. Roche Jeffrey S. Marshall Faculty Marshals: Jennifer Laurent George B. Salembier Lisa Dion Rachelle Gould Amy O’Meara Student Banner Bearer: Student Banner Bearer: Mindy Morales Student Banner Bearer: Sophie J. Robledo Gabrielle Kean Mountain Student Banner Bearer: Bethany Jean Swanson Rebecca Michelle Gonzalez College of Medicine Graduate College LARNER(Green) COLLEGE OF MEDICINE GRADUATE(Green and Gold) COLLEGE Faculty Marshal: Faculty Marshals: Bruce J. Leavitt Kieran Killeen Class Marshal: Jennifer Laurent Stephanie Alexis Brooks Bryan Ballif Student Banner Bearer: Michelle DiPinto PLEASE NOTE: Errors will occur in the listings of candidates for graduation. Because of the time required for printing 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. Contents Commencement Banners, Faculty Marshals, and Student Banner Bearers ......................................inside front cover Message from the President ............................................................................................................................. 2 Order of Exercises ........................................................................................................................................... 3 The Board of Trustees, Senior Officers of Administration, Deans of the University of Vermont, Governance and Leadership Groups ................................................................................................................. 4 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients ................................................................................. 5 Emeriti Faculty of the University of Vermont Class of 2018 .................................................................................10 Faculty Honors.............................................................................................................................................. 11 2018 Latin Honors Graduates .......................................................................................................................... 12 University Awards to Graduates .....................................................................................................................14 College and School Order of Exercises, Graduates, and Awards Honors College ..........................................................................................................................................16 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences .........................................................................................................18 College of Arts and Sciences ........................................................................................................................24 Grossman School of Business ...................................................................................................................... 38 College of Education and Social Services ........................................................................................................41 College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences .........................................................................................47 Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources ................................................................................52 College of Nursing and Health Sciences ........................................................................................................ 55 Larner College of Medicine ......................................................................................................................... 59 Graduate College ...................................................................................................................................... 63 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, Pizzagalli Vermont Scholars, Community Service Scholars, Vermont Scholars ..............................................................................................78 Academic Regalia and Ceremonial Symbols The Academic Costume, The Class of 1927 Memorial Mace, The University Seal, Banners of the Colleges and Schools.................................................................................................................................. 80 Songs Universitas V. Montis (alma mater) ..........................................................................................inside back cover COMMENCEMENT 2018 1 Dear Graduates, Faculty, Family, and Friends, Welcome to the 217th Commencement at the University of Vermont! Our ceremony today continues the tradition, begun more than two centuries ago, of convening the University community to honor our graduates and celebrate their many achievements in their time at UVM. Our graduates have much to be proud of as they stand among their peers today. Each one has reached for this education and for this moment of completion. Each graduate has strived for the learning, the knowledge, the new ways of seeing and perceiving that have come from immersive study in the living laboratory of UVM. In every way, the Class of 2018 has excelled, showing themselves to be leaders and learners in the long tradition of engaged citizenship for which UVM is known. Graduates, today we celebrate you—all that you have accomplished and all that is to come as you take this spirit of active and engaged learning out into the world. Each of you will forever be a part of the UVM community and will always be welcomed home here. I hope you will remain active in our community that you have so helped to shape in your time at UVM. Come back often. Congratulations to the Class of 2018! Tom Sullivan President 2 COMMENCEMENT 2018 The University of Vermont Commencement Ceremony SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2018 | 8:20 AM | UNIVERSITY GREEN PRELUDE ORDER OF EXERCISES University Memorial Carillon: PROCESSIONAL David Neiweem, Professor of Music and The University Brass Ensemble: Yutaka Kono, Director of Orchestra and Associate Marion B. Coe University Organist Professor of Music PRESIDING The University of Vermont Police Services’ Honor Guard Catherine A. Paris The Pipes and Drums of St. Andrews Society of Vermont University Marshal and Faculty Senate President, Senior Lecturer in Plant Biology THE NATIONAL ANTHEM Patricia M. Corcoran The Star-Spangled Banner University Herald, Assistant Dean for Margaret Ellen McCormack, Class of 2018 Student Affairs in the College of Arts GREETINGS and Sciences David A. Daigle, Class of 1989, Chair of the University of Vermont Board of FACULTY MARSHALS Trustees Jennifer F. Prue, Senior Lecturer of The Honorable Philip B. Scott, Class of 1980, Governor of the State of Vermont and Secondary Education University of Vermont Trustee Charlotte Mehrtens, Professor Christopher Petrillo, Class of 2018, Student Government Association President of Geology Claire Julianelle, Class of 2018, Student Alumni Association President Karmen Swim, Staff Council President PRESIDENT’S REMARKS E. Thomas Sullivan, President of the University of Vermont and Professor of Political Science CONFERRING OF DEGREES HONORIS CAUSA COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Alexander Nemerov, Class of 1985, noted art scholar and Professor and Chair of the Art and Art History Department at Stanford University AWARD PRESENTATIONS Alumni Greeting and George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Award: Penrose Jackson, Class of 1970, University of Vermont Alumni Association President Outstanding Student Leader Awards: David V. Rosowsky, Provost and Senior Vice President of the University of Vermont and Professor of Engineering CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE Bachelor’s Degrees | Honors College Scholars ALMA MATER Universitas V. Montis Members of the Class of 2018 University Commencement Choir: David Neiweem, Professor