n COMMENCEMENT Saturday,N May 28, 2016 Bowdoin College BOWDOIN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT Saturday, May 28, 2016 n QVOD BONVM FELIX FAVSTVMQUE SIT INLVSTRISSIMO PAUL LEPAGE 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 V KAL IUN ANNO SALUTIS MMXVI RERVMQUE PVBLICARVM FOEDERATARVM AMERICAE POTESTATIS CCXL 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 Jennifer Clarke Kosak, 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 Paul LePage, 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 fifth day before the Kalends of June, in the Maine, and the home or dual-citizenship countries or territories 2016th year of our well-being of graduating students—in 2016, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and in the 240th year of the authority of the Chile, People’s Republic of China, Colombia, Ecuador, Estonia, United States of America. France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, * An ancient Roman formula used at the outset of a ritual Panama, Peru, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Serbia, Somalia, to ensure its success. Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom,Venezuela,Vietnam, Zimbabwe. 2 n TWO HUNDRED ELEVENTH COMMENCEMENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE May 28, 2016 COMMENCEMENT MARCH Chandler’s Band OPENING OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES William H. Barker Isaac Henry Wing Professor of Mathematics and College Marshal INVOCATION Reverend Robert E. Ives ’69 Director of 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 Deborah Jensen Barker ’80, P’16 Chair of the Board of Trustees WELCOME Clayton S. Rose President of the College SENIOR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS “The Time of Your Life” Rachel Nicole Snyder ’16 Class of 1868 Prize Winner “The Power of the Common Good” Bill De La Rosa ’16 Goodwin Commencement Prize Winner n 3 CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Clayton S. Rose President of the College Dorothea Rockburne, Doctor of Fine Arts Citation by Jennifer Taback Professor of Mathematics Frank Shorter, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Barry A. Logan Professor of Biology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Peter M. Small ’64, P’97, P’99, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Enrique Yepes Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Darren Walker, Doctor of Humane Letters Citation by Brian J. Purnell Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES DEDICATION Clayton S. Rose President of the College Roberto Doño Tavel ’16 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 2016 Roberto Doño Tavel ’16, Class Marshal Zamzam Mahdi Abdirahman Anthropology Portland, Maine Maggie Mei-Soo Acosta Neuroscience Kansas City, Missouri Lara Adoumie History and Government and Legal Studies Rolling Hills Estates, California Jehwoo Ahn Biology; Minor: English Simsbury, Connecticut Faustino Eleuterio Ajanel Mathematics and Education; Minor: Sociology Los Angeles, California Zachary Wesler Albert Religion Brookline, Massachusetts Charlotte Maca Alimanestianu Psychology; Minor: History Larchmont, New York Nicole Ashley Ampatey Neuroscience Union, New Jersey John Lyle Anderson Economics; Minor: Physics Novelty, Ohio Kevonté Lagarion Anderson ’15 Africana Studies; Minor: English Nashville, Tennessee Lloyd Bruce Anderson Earth and Oceanographic Science; Minor: Chemistry Novelty, Ohio Julián Anglada Psychology and Spanish San Juan, Puerto Rico Winston Orlando Anthony Romance Languages; Minor: Dance Baltimore, Maryland Antoine Jr. Skye Emaline Aresty English; Minor: Mathematics Mamaroneck, New York Sewheat Tesfalem Asfaha Government and Legal Studies Seattle, Washington Henry Christopher Austin Visual Arts; Minor: Economics Lander, Wyoming Miguel Avilés Latin American Studies; Minor: Spanish Chicago, Illinois Adam Anthony Bakopolus Biology; Minor: Russian Saugus, Massachusetts Alexander Payne Barker Asian Studies; Minor: German Seattle, Washington Lee Montgomery Barker Government and Legal Studies and German Jackson, Wyoming Daniel Michael Barone Economics Holliston, Massachusetts Virginia Lee Barr Music; Minor: Earth and Oceanographic Science Birmingham, Alabama Eli Solomon Bass English; Minor: Religion Falls Church, Virginia Alexa Morgan Baumgartner History Newton, Massachusetts Anna Gabriel Bearman Chemistry Denver, Colorado Emma Harris Beecher History and Psychology Morristown, New Jersey Anthony Davis Bellavia Philosophy; Minor: Cinema Studies Waterville, Maine Nicholas Henry Benfey ’15 Art History and Visual Arts Amherst, Massachusetts Sophie Christine Bérubé Mathematics Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Sabine Y. Berzins Environmental Studies-Biology; Minor: Music Berthoud, Colorado Julia McNeilly Binswanger English and German Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Brianna Marie Bishop Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Cinema Studies Bowdoin, Maine Ella Medora Blanchon Government and Legal Studies and Visual Arts Washington, District of Columbia Carl Devon Boisrond Africana Studies; Minor: History Bronx, New York Timothy Bartlett Boit Chemistry and Physics Lincoln, Massachusetts Ashley Bomboka Africana Studies and Government and Legal Studies; Eagan, Minnesota Minor: Education Studies Lauren Catherine Bostick Visual Arts; Minor: Classics Bellaire, Texas Ariana Ann Bourque Neuroscience; Minor: Sociology West Barnstable, Massachusetts Brian North Bowser Economics Wellesley, Massachusetts Anna Isabel Bradley-Webb English; Minor: Italian Fourqueux, France 5 Shannon Hanne Brady Art History and Sociology Scituate, Massachusetts John Milo Mahaffey Branch History; Minor: Economics New Haven, Connecticut Kathryn Margaret Broderick Neuroscience; Minor: Education Studies Hingham, Massachusetts Matthew Casey Bromell Government and Legal Studies Gainesville, Virginia Rachel Elizabeth Brooke Visual Arts; Minor: Chemistry Arlington, Virginia Charles Vincent Brown III Economics; Minor: Mathematics Livingston, California Adeline Hallie Browne Neuroscience and Government and Legal Studies Golden, Colorado Marisa Monique Browning-Kamins Environmental Studies-Visual Arts Philomath, Oregon Evan Marlow Bulman Economics Barrington, Rhode Island Jillian Caroline Burk Neuroscience; Minor: Sociology Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Grace Madeline Butler