Commencement UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER MAY 6, 2021 One Hundred Forty-Fifth Year of the University NORLIN CHARGE TO THE GRADUATES The first commencement at the University of Colorado was held for six graduates on June 8, 1882, in the chapel of Old Main. It was not until 40 years later, on September 4, 1922, that the first summer commencement was held. Since the first commencement in 1882, the University of Colorado Boulder has awarded more than 350,000 degrees. The traditional Norlin Charge to the graduates was first read by President George Norlin to the June 1935 graduating class. You are now certified to the world at large as alumni of the university. She is your kindly mother and you her cherished sons and daughters. This exercise denotes not your severance from her, but your union with her. Commencement does not mean, as many wrongly think, the breaking of ties and the beginning of life apart. Rather it marks your initiation in the fullest sense into the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, as promoters of her spirit. The university is not the campus, not the buildings on campus, not the faculties, not the students of any one time—not one of these or all of them. The university consists of all who come into and go forth from her halls, who are touched by her influence, and who carry on her spirit. Wherever you go, the university goes with you. Wherever you are at work, there is the university at work. What the university purposes to be, what it must always strive to be, is represented on its seal, which is stamped on your diplomas—a lamp in the hands of youth. If its light shine not in you and from you, how great is its darkness! But if it shine in you today, and in the thousands before you, who can measure its power? With hope and faith, I welcome you into the fellowship. I bid you farewell only in the sense that I pray you may fare well. You go forth, but not from us. We remain, but not severed from you. God go with you and be with you and us. TABLE OF CONTENTS Norlin Charge to the Graduates .............................2 Outstanding Undergraduates...............................4 Chancellor’s Recognition Award Winners......................4 University Seal ..........................................4 The Regents of the University of Colorado .....................5 The President and Chancellor of the University of Colorado ........6 Boulder Faculty Assembly Awards...........................7 Recognition of Retired Faculty ..............................7 Commencement Speaker .................................7 Candidates for Graduate and Professional Degrees..............8 Candidates for Law Degrees, School of Law ..................14 Candidates for Graduate Degrees, Leeds School of Business .....15 Candidates for Graduate Degrees, Graduate School ............16 College of Arts and Sciences..............................27 Leeds School of Business ................................44 School of Education ....................................49 College of Engineering and Applied Science ..................49 Environmental Design ...................................56 College of Media, Communication and Information .............56 College of Music .......................................60 Candidates for Commission...............................61 University of Colorado Boulder | 3 OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATES The Outstanding Graduates of the Undergraduate Colleges and Schools College of Arts and Sciences ....................................................................................................Renae Marshall Leeds School of Business ........................................................................................................... Anya Berlova School of Education ....................................................................................................................... Sara Swain College of Engineering and Applied Science ................................................................................. Emily Zuetell Environmental Design ............................................................................................................Jeffrey A. Barnett College of Media, Communication and Information ................................................................... Julia C. Merten College of Music ..................................................................................................................Claire E. Gunsbury CHANCELLOR’S RECOGNITION AWARD WINNERS The following graduates received the Chancellor’s Recognition Award for maintaining a 4.0 GPA the entire time they were at CU Boulder. Kayden Adams Jacob Fuhrman Erica Landreth Hannah Strassburger Anya Berlova Jimmy Gammell Holly Mandziak Matthew Strong Ellie Bowers Elisabeth Geraghty Skylar Martin Naomi Tari Cailyn Craven Nia Hammond Guillermo Reyes Martinez Ian Thomas Aren Dalloul Jack Holland Anne O’Connor Justin Thwaites Benjamin Deitsch Mason Huyge Taylor Post Travis Torline Delaney Deskin Zachary Jordan Harper Powell Niketna Vivek Crocifisso Di Muro Brandon Krzyzkowski Kelsey Rickert Andrew Yee Michael Dresser Hannah Kuhn-Gale Sarah Schleifer Kenzie Zaumseil THE UNIVERSITY SEAL The University of Colorado seal depicts a The seal is used primarily on official documents, male Greek classical figure sitting in front of a such as diplomas and transcripts that have pillar and holding a scroll. Next to the figure, been issued on behalf of the university. The laurel branches frame a burning torch. The Board of Regents uses the seal on its official inscription in Greek reads Let Your Light Shine. documents and publications. The seal also The laurel symbolizes honor or success; the appears on the President’s Chain of Office, youth suggests the morning of life; and the the University Mace, regent regalia and various scroll represents written language. formal publications. 4 | University of Colorado Boulder THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Nolbert Chavez Glen Gallegos Heidi Ganahl Chance Hill John “Jack” Kroll Callie Rennison Sue Sharkey Lesley Smith Ilana Dubin Speigel Dear Graduate: One of the greatest honors for the University of Colorado Board of Regents, the institution’s governing board, is to be part of this commencement ceremony. Your success is a success for us all. Your degree is a measure not only of an accomplishment of dedication and talent, but also notice to the world that you have the skill and discipline to contribute greatly to any endeavor you pursue. This commencement ceremony, like every University of Colorado graduation since 1935, will close with the reading of the Norlin Charge. As originally expressed by former CU President George Norlin in 1935, graduation “marks your initiation in the fullest sense of the fellowship of the university, as bearers of her torch, as centers of her influence, and as promoters of her spirit.” Welcome to the ranks of CU’s alumni family of 475,000 graduates across all campuses since 1882. Congratulations on achieving this milestone. Well done and well earned! Sincerely, The Regents of the University of Colorado University of Colorado Boulder | 5 THE PRESIDENT AND CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Dear University of Colorado Graduate, Congratulations on earning your degree from the The University of Colorado community is proud of you University of Colorado Boulder. and your accomplishments. As you leave here to start careers, draw on your academic achievements at CU This is a momentous time in your life and the lives of Boulder to help you succeed and inspire others. those who have supported you. We take great pride in what you have accomplished at CU Boulder and are Welcome to the generations of alumni around the grateful you are part of our university family. globe who carry that CU pride within them. Our collective legacy has been to leave a positive and When you walk away from this exciting day, our hope meaningful mark on Colorado and the world. is that you will do so with a passion to pursue your dreams. Never forget how the university shaped you Today is your day to shine and share your and prepared you to face life’s challenges, just as you accomplishments with your family and friends. We helped shape your university. Expect nothing but the wish you success, prosperity, happiness and good best from yourself and those who surround you. health in all your endeavors. Sincerely, Mark Kennedy Philip P. DiStefano President Chancellor University of Colorado University of Colorado Boulder 6 | University of Colorado Boulder BOULDER FACULTY ASSEMBLY AWARDS Excellence in Excellence in Research, Excellence in Leadership and Service Scholarly and Creative Work Teaching and Pedagogy Holly Barnard, Geography Ruth Ellen Kocher, English Ruben Donato, Education Bob Ferry, History Jill Litt, Environmental Studies Heather Lewandowski, Physics Seth Hornstein, Astrophysical David Pyrooz, Sociology and Planetary Sciences Raul Saucedo, Philosophy RECOGNITION OF RETIRED FACULTY Julie Andrew Barbara Buttenfield Stephen Jones Janice Peck Diane Atnally Conlin William Byrnes Carol Kearns Mark Pittenger John Ballantine Steve Chan Christine Kelly John Price John Bally Kathy Escamilla Stephen Lawrence Gail Ramsberger Daniel Barth Zygmunt Frajzyngier Clayton Lewis Patricia Rankin J. Colleen Berry Lawrence Frey William Lewis Rex Skodje Alison Boggs Kendra Gale Daniel Liston Thomas Thibodeau Robert Boswell Philip Graves Steven Maier Michael Tracey William Bowman Lakshman Guruswamy Robert Mazzeo Jan Whitt Timothy Brower Alison Jaggar Stephen