DENISON UNIVERSITY The One Hundred Seventy-Eigth Annual COMMENCEMENT May 18, 2019 The One Hundred Seventy-Eighth Annual Commencement at Denison University Marking Completion of The One Hundred Eighty-Eighth Year Saturday, May 18, 2019 11 a.m. 03439text.indd 1 5/16/19 1:16 PM Commencement Exercises Sharon Smith Martin ’65, B.A., Denison Trustee Adam S. Weinberg, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., President of Denison University Heather Noele Pool, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Head Faculty Marshal Matthew Cross Jungers, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Faculty Marshal Cheryl Kennedy McFarren, B.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., Faculty Marshal Chalres Édouard St-Georges, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Faculty Marshal Processionals Welcome Sharon Smith Martin ’65 and Adam S. Weinberg Senior Class Address Maggie M. Chamberlain ’19 Announcement of Senior Gift Lily Louise Gross ’19 and Thomas Joseph Cleary McMaster ’19 Class Co-Governors Recognition of Retiring Faculty Presented by Frederick Christopher Porcheddu ’87, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Chair of the Faculty David Robert Bussan ’81, B.A., M.F.A. Professor Emeritus of Cinema Thomas David Schultz, A.B., Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Biology Conferring of the Honorary Degree Adam S. Weinberg Jennifer Anne Garner ’94, B.F.A. Presented by Mark Evans Bryan ’96, B.A., A.M., Ph.D. Commencement Address Jennifer Anne Garner ’94 Presentation of the Class of 2019 Kimberly Ann Coplin ’85, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Provost Biographies of retiring faculty and the honorary degree recipient are located on pages 37 through 39. 2 03439text.indd 2 5/16/19 1:16 PM Awarding of Degrees in Course Kimberly Ann Coplin ’85 The Awarding of Degrees to Senior Class Co-Governors* The Awarding of Degrees to President’s Medalists** The Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts The Degree of Bachelor of Science The Degree of Bachelor of Arts * Lily Louise Gross and Thomas Joseph Cleary McMaster ** Maggie M. Chamberlain, Craig Osman Freeland Jr., Jane Bosworth Goodspeed, Carson McCann, Thomas Joseph Cleary McMaster, Elena Sydney Meth, Rachel Marie Reardon, Armando Román Alma Mater “To Denison” To Denison, we raise our song, Written by V.E. Field, Class of 1903, and led by senior Fair College on the hill, members of the Denison Hilltoppers, Ladies’ Night Out, The name that sets our souls on fire, Tehillah and DU-Wop, Denison’s a cappella groups And makes our senses thrill. To Denison, my Denison, In praise our voices swell, The scenes of happy college days, The home we love so well. Recessional Program Notes Graduates are listed alphabetically under the degree they ’20, viola; Griffin Jeanette ’20, cello; Emily Ji ’22, cello; Angela are receiving, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science or Sommerer ’20, bass; Whitney Davis, trumpet; Julian Davis, Bachelor of Arts. In some cases, a student may earn more trumpet; Allyson Krupa ’21, horn; Ryan Hamilton, trombone; than one bachelor’s degree during his or her undergraduate Peter Woodruff, tuba. The commencement orchestra is years. The student’s major(s) are listed to the right of his or her conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Philip Rudd. hometown, with a concentration indicated within parentheses. Parents or friends taking pictures of graduates receiving Directly below each name is the student’s hometown. Titles of diplomas are asked to use the special section designated for yearlong Senior Theses or Senior Creative Projects judged to this purpose. merit recognition appear in italics underneath the hometown, along with the name and terminal degree of the faculty Flowers for the program are provided by Village Flower Basket. supervisor. Interpretive signing is done by Hallenross and Associates, LLC. The program concludes when the platform party and President’s Medalists wear gold medals awarded in recognition faculty have recessed. The audience and graduates are asked to of their status. Students graduating summa cum laude, magna remain seated during the recessional. cum laude and cum laude Latin honors wear gold, silver and red tassels respectively on their caps. Student members of Mortar Academic Regalia Board, a national honor society that recognizes college seniors The academic costume which makes the Commencement for their achievements in scholarship, leadership and service, procession so colorful is more than 800 years old, dating back also wear gold tassels on their caps. to the days when students were members of the minor clergy Music for the program was coordinated by the Denison and wore monkish gowns and hoods. Today, the hood is Department of Music. Today’s processionals are selections used only as an ornament. It is lined with the colors of the chosen from The Water Music (1717) and Music for the Royal university conferring the degree: the border in which it is edged Fireworks (1749) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Fanfare indicates the scholar’s field. The colors seen in today’s Denison for the Class of 2019 is an original composition by Associate procession and the fields they represent are: Dark Blue: Professor of Music HyeKyung Lee, B.M., M.M., D.M.A. Philosophy; White: Humanities; Golden Yellow: Science; Light Musical selections are being performed by Clem Pearson ’20, Blue: Education; Brown: Fine Arts; Pink: Music; Silver Gray: violin; Bebe Blumenthal ’20, violin; Katherine Ji ’22, violin; Oratory (Speech); Scarlet: Theology; Lemon Yellow: Library Emily Waters ’22, violin; James Van Reeth, violin; Emily Science; Sage Green: Physical Education; Drab: Commerce, Muckle ’21, viola; Kate Zimmerman ’20, viola; Kenzie Mick Accountancy, Business. 3 03439text.indd 3 5/16/19 1:16 PM Awarding of Degrees in Course Adam S. Weinberg, President, Presiding Presentation by Kimberly Ann Coplin ’85, Provost Degrees Summa Cum Laude - Gold Tassel Cap Degrees Magna Cum Laude - Silver Tassel Cap Degrees Cum Laude - Red Tassel Cap Chayanan Jack Agrasuta Bachelor of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts Biology Arin Elizabeth Caveney Lansing, New York Studio Art Austin Mark Allen skin and bones of a disorganized body Chagrin Falls, Ohio Chemistry Supervised by Micaela Vivero, M.F.A. Richard Lee Andrews III Alexis Marie Dilorenzo Newark, Ohio Biology Dublin, Ohio Studio Art In Between Worlds: Painting and Virtual Reality Margaret Lang Armstrong Supervised by Micaela Vivero, M.F.A. Wilmette, Illinois Biology Alessandra Luciana Haag Cassandra Arratia Birmingham, Michigan Studio Art Chicago, Illinois Biology F R E A K Supervised by Keith Spencer, M.F.A. Wyatt Eleanor Ashby Oak Park, Illinois Mathematics Evelyn Deborah Kendix Kensington, Maryland Studio Art Jacqueline Ayala-Ibarra On being someone’s child Dallas, Texas Biology Supervised by Sheilah Restack, M.F.A. Tyler D. Billings, Magna Cum Laude Xuerui Li Wooster, Ohio Biochemistry Xi’an, China Studio Art Midnight Market Courtney Marie Broady Supervised by Keith Spencer, M.F.A. Gahanna, Ohio Biology Characterization of genes involved in the ingression of Anna McClintick Owens skeletogenic cells during embryonic development of the Hamilton, New York Studio Art primitive pencil urchin, Eucidaris Tribuloides Stitched Together Supervised by Laura Romano, Ph.D. Supervised by Ron Abram, M.F.A. Nicholas John Brodbeck Armando Román, Magna Cum Laude Dayton, Ohio Biology Chicago, Illinois Studio Art West of the Sun Benjamin Lewis Brown, Summa Cum Laude Supervised by Sheilah Restack, M.F.A. Dublin, Ohio Mathematics Sage Antonella Rucci Katherine Anne Burke Columbus, Ohio Studio Art Shelburne, Vermont Biology Get Well Soon Supervised by Sheilah Restack, M.F.A. Emily Grace Carrigan Montclair, New Jersey Geosciences Bachelor of Science Carson S. Clear, Magna Cum Laude Daweed Moyah Abdiel, Cum Laude Fort Collins, Colorado Biology Chicago, Illinois Mathematics Benjamin Cousineau, Magna Cum Laude Elliott F. Adland, Magna Cum Laude Evanston, Illinois Chemistry Albuquerque, New Mexico Biochemistry Christine Ann Craddock Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Biology 4 03439text.indd 4 5/16/19 1:16 PM Jorge De La Torre Saénz-Rico Elizabeth Leigh Jaffy, Magna Cum Laude Madrid, Spain Biology Bexley, Ohio Mathematics Taylor Sperry Dennis Logan Hunter Joy Springfield, Ohio Biochemistry Salem, Ohio Chemistry Ivy Caroline Distler Christian Robert Keiper Fort Worth, Texas Biology Chagrin Falls, Ohio Biology Gillian Mae Dwyer Mara N. Kilgore, Magna Cum Laude River Forest, Illinois Biology Columbus, Ohio Mathematics The Relationship Between Chronic Psychosocial Stress and Cancer Development Klea Kurti Supervised by Andrew McCall, Ph.D. Chicago, Illinois Biochemistry Matthew Sommerfield Edwards Shane Matthew Laub Dublin, Ohio Geosciences Reynoldsburg, Ohio Biology Cody Carson Farley Lan Ngoc Le Johnstown, Ohio Biology Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Computer Science Anna Arline Fash Xuan Anh Le Wooster, Ohio Biology Cleveland, Ohio Biochemistry Kaitlyn Elise Fouke, Summa Cum Laude Andrew Evan Levy Urbana, Illinois Biology Madison, Connecticut Geosciences Electrophysical responses to chemosensory stimuli in cephalopod arms Yachen Li Supervised by Heather Rhodes, Ph.D. Zhengzhou, China Mathematics Xiangyi Gao, Magna Cum Laude Yufeng Liang Beijing, China Biochemistry Chongqing, China Computer Science McKenna Jo Geiger Benjamin L. Liepert Buffalo, New York Biology Lincoln, Massachusetts Computer Science Hannah Elizabeth Gibson Siyang Liu Syracuse, New York Psychology Yangzhou, China Biology Colonization of Odonates in created Ethan M. Goldstein wetlands in GIS Land Lab, Central Ohio New York, New York Chemistry Supervised by Geoffrey Smith, Ph.D. Samantha Lynne Haseltine Dreyton Jamal Lomax Fairlawn, Ohio Biology Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Biology Julia