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145th academic year COM M EN C EM E N T class of 2019 Sunday, May 19, 2019 8:30 a.m Tava Quadrangle Colorado Springs, Colorado AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL (“O Beautiful for Spacious Skies”) Music written by Samuel A Ward (1847–1903) Words written by Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) Selected stanzas O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea O beautiful for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law In 1893, Katharine Lee Bates was a visiting professor of English literature in Colorado College’s Summer Session Bates and a group of faculty members traveled by prairie wagon and mules to the summit of Pikes Peak There, inspired by the magnificent panorama, the poet conceived the initial verses of “America, the Beautiful.” It was published in 1895 to national acclaim COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER (“O Colorado College Fair”) Words and music written in 1953 by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay O Colorado College fair, We sing our praise to you; Eternal as the Rockies, that form our western view; Your loyal sons and daughters will always grateful be; The college dear to all our hearts is our C.C O Colorado College fair, Long may your fame be known; May fortune smile upon you, and honor be your own; Our Alma Mater always, Your loyal children we; Together let us face the future, Hail C.C Audience: Please join us in singing TAVA QUAD Colorado College recognizes and honors the original inhabitants who first settled in the area This year, the area previously known as Armstrong Quad has become “Tava Quad.” The Colorado College Board of Trustees approved the naming in response to a request from the indigenous and native peoples of CC “Tava” means “Sun Mountain,” and is the name used by the Tabegauche Band of the Ute People for Pikes Peak SENIOR CLASS GIFT The Class of 2019 demonstrated their commitment to Colorado College through their philanthropic senior class gift effort They have directed gifts toward: The Fund for CC (unrestricted), the Butler Center, Financial Aid, the Sustainability/ECO Fund, or another designation of their choice IMPORTANT INFORMATION First Aid: There is a first aid station located on the southwest side of Armstrong Hall Sign Language Interpretation: Guests who are deaf or hard of hearing may sit in the reserved seats to the north of the stage where we will have sign language interpreters Photography: A professional photographer will be taking photos of each graduate; however, there is a family photography area roped off to the southwest corner of the stage for loved ones to get close to snap a quick photo Audience members for today’s event may be filmed, recorded, or photographed Visitors consent to appear in documentation and media and its future use by Colorado College To order your photos please visit www.gradimages.com Gown Returns: Graduates must return their gowns to the Colorado College Bookstore DVD Orders: DVD on line orders must be complete by June 15 please visit www.coloradocollege.edu/commencement for ordering information Share your photos and tweets:  #coloradocollege2019 www.coloradocollege.edu/commencement –1– THE COLORADO COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT Sunday, May 19, 2019 | 8:30 a.m Presiding: Jill M Tiefenthaler, President of the College P R O C E S S I O N A L* “Entrada” G F Handel (1685–1759) “Voluntary on Old 100th” Henry Purcell (c 1659–1695) “Fanfare and Chorus” Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707) “Trumpet Voluntary” Henry Purcell Brass Ensemble; Jeremy Van Hoy, Colorado College Concert Band Director, Conductor A M E R I C A , T H E B E A U T I F U L (Selected Stanzas)* “O Beautiful for Spacious Skies” (1893) Samuel A Ward (1847-1903); Words by Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) Singers from CC Music Department, Student A Cappella Groups Led by Stephanie Brink ’07 I N VO C AT I O N * Debbie Howell (Pawnee/Dakota) WELCOME, INCLUDING A SPECIAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Jill M Tiefenthaler, President of Colorado College and Susie Burghart ’77, Chair of the Board of Trustees Music Performance by Cozad Singers INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Lee-Ann Palesa Mokoena ’19 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Oprah Winfrey CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Oprah Gail Winfrey – Doctor of Humane Letters Presented by Heidi Lewis, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Feminist and Gender Studies Martile Rowland – Doctor of Arts Presented by Sue Grace, Lecturer/Artist-in-Residence, Associate Chair, Music Jairo Valverde Bermudez ’92 – Doctor of Laws Presented by Peter Blasenheim, Professor, History France Winddance Twine – Doctor of Humane Letters Presented by Dwanna McKay, Assistant Professor, Race, Ethnicity, & Migration Studies H O N O R I N G E M E R I T I / R E T I R I N G F A C U LT Y Presented by Jill M Tiefenthaler CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE Conferred by Jill M Tiefenthaler; names read by Sandra Wong, Dean of the College and Dean of the Faculty C O L O R A D O C O L L E G E A L M A M AT E R “O Colorado College Fair” Words and music by Charles Hawley ’54, Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay Led by Stephanie Brink ’07 BENEDICTION* Alex Hernandez-Siegel, Chaplain to the College and Associate Dean of Students R E C E S S I O N A L* “March of the Earl of Oxford” William Byrd (1543–1623) “Canzon Septimi Toni No 2” Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612) “Music for King Charles II” Matthew Locke (1630–1677) Brass Ensemble; Jeremy Van Hoy, Colorado College Concert Band Director, Conductor *ATTENDEES STANDING Degree recipients and guests are requested to remain in their places until the conclusion of the ceremony Immediately following the ceremony, degree recipients and guests are invited to the President’s Reception in the Cutler Quadrangle –2– 2019 COMMENCEMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT OPR A H W I NF R EY O prah Winfrey is a global media leader, philanthropist, producer, and actress Winfrey is an Academy Awardnominated actress for her role in “The Color Purple,” earned critical acclaim in “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” and produced and acted in the Academy Award-winning film “Selma.” She starred in the Emmy-nominated HBO Films production “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” and most recently portrayed “Mrs Which” in Disney’s “A Wrinkle” in Time” film adaptation from director Ava DuVernay Winfrey is also a dedicated philanthropist During a December 2002 visit with Nelson Mandela, she pledged to build a school in South Africa and has contributed more than $200 million toward providing education for academically gifted girls from disadvantaged backgrounds Graduates of the school have continued on to higher education both in South Africa and at colleges and universities around the world, including Colorado College Additionally, Winfrey is a founding donor of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture In June 2018, the museum opened “Watching Oprah: ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ and American Culture,” an exhibit exploring –3– Winfrey’s life and her talk show’s impact featuring artifacts from the set, costumes from her movies, and interactive interviews In 2015, Winfrey joined the Weight Watchers board of directors In 2017, her cookbook “Food, Health and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life” and “Wisdom of Sundays” both debuted as #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers List under her personal book imprint “An Oprah Book.” Winfrey also launched a new podcast, “SuperSoul Conversations,” featuring conversations between herself and thought leaders, which debuted as #1 and has been downloaded over 150 million times to date In 2018, Winfrey partnered with Apple for a multi-year content partnership to create original programs that will embrace her incomparable ability to connect with audiences around the world Winfrey’s projects will be released as part of a lineup of original content from Apple Winfrey was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 2013 In 2018, she was honored with the Cecil B deMille award by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2019 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT M A RT I L E R OWL A ND M artile Rowland is an roles in the world’s most prestigious accomplished opera singer opera houses, including returns and artist in residence to the Metropolitan Opera (to sing at Colorado College Most recently, “Lucia di Lammermoor” with Spanish she served as director of Bernstein’s tenor Alfredo Krauss), New York City “Trouble in Tahiti” and Verdi’s “Aida,” Opera, Opera de Nice, Palacio de both presented this year at the Ent Bellas Artes in Mexico City for four Center for the Arts Rowland is seasons, Rio de Janeiro’s National manager of the Little London Belles — Theatre, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, evocative voices, nostalgic hearts — Paris’ Bastille, Frankfurt Opera, Stutttrio on the rise in the U.S Her efforts gart Opera, Guadalajara, the famous as founder/artistic director and Ludwigsburger Festival for four producer of Opera Theatre of the seasons, and Basil Opera in SwitzerRockies afford her the opportunity land She starred on American stages to focus on the award-winning Opera to include seven seasons at Atlanta Theatre Goes to School program, the Opera, San Diego Opera, Baltimore Pikes Peak Opera League, and the Opera, Minnesota Opera, Detroit training of young artists In Colorado Opera, Miami Opera, Dayton Opera, Springs, she also dedicates her enerWashington Concert Opera, returns gies to her private voice studio, which to Carnegie Hall, and seven seasons with her home company, the Colorado earned her Classical Singer magazine’s Opera Festival Teacher of the Year in 2006 Rowland entered the international opera scene with her debut as Queen Elizabeth in Donizetti’s “Roberto Devereux” with Opera Orchestra of New York in Carnegie Hall Four months later, she made a Metropolitan Opera debut to play Elvira for Act II of Bellini’s “I Puritani.” In the years that followed, Rowland sang leading –4– In 2014, Rowland was honored by the Pikes Peak Arts Council as the recipient of the Eve Tilley Lifetime Achievement Award She has made her home in Colorado Springs since 1980 with her husband of 40 years, James, to whom, in perpetuity, she dedicates her work with Opera Theatre — past, present, and future 2019 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT F RA N CE W I N D DA NC E TWI N E, PH D F rance Winddance Twine is a professor of sociology, critical race theorist, and ethnographer whose research has taken her to both sides of the Atlantic as well as the northern and southern hemispheres She is the author and editor of 85 publications and has co-produced two documentaries A native of Chicago, a first-generation university student, and the daughter of a black mother and Native American father, Twine grew up in a multiethnic working- class family and is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma She enrolled at Northwestern University at the age of 16 and graduated at 20 After conducting field research in rural Brazil, Twine accepted a residential fellowship at Colorado College, where she completed her dissertation for the University of California at Berkeley She was then offered an assistant professorship at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she founded the Latin American Studies Program in the Jackson School of International Studies Twine’s research, teaching, and publications are deeply interdisciplinary, intersectional, and international in –5– scope Her publications reflect her sustained analysis of intersecting forms of racial, class, gender, and spatial inequalities across a wide range of diverse sites Twine’s earlier research in Brazil and the United Kingdom focused upon how white and black members of interracial families negotiated inequality regimes and identity formation Her recent books have focused upon reproductive justice and spatial inequalities in a global context, and include “Geographies of Privilege” (2013, coedited) and “Outsourcing the Womb: Race, Class, and Gestational Surrogacy in a Global Context” (2015) Twine’s current book project on Silicon Valley draws upon interviews with 100 technology workers of diverse ethnic, racial, class, national, and sexual backgrounds to examine the reproduction and resistance to racial inequality, gender inequality, and class privilege in the nation’s largest technology hub When not writing, Twine is an encaustic artist who paints with molten wax on wood Her work has been exhibited in Big Sur, California, and Carpinteria, California She is currently working on a new series, “Walking on Fire.” 2019 HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT JA I RO VA LVER D E BER M UDE Z ’9 J airo Valverde Bermudez ’92 was appointed ambassador for Costa Rica to Brazil in January 2015 In this role, he resolved his country’s longest-standing bilateral issue when the latter removed Costa Rica from its list of fiscal havens Ambassador Valverde has served in various diplomatic capacities, including as the deputy head of mission during the 8th World Water Forum Ministerial Conference (2018), and as head of mission at the International Conference on SouthSouth and Triangular Cooperation organized by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (2017) Outside of his diplomatic duties, Ambassador Valverde successfully negotiated with Faber-Castell Brazil for the donation of their manufacturing facilities in Costa Rica to serve as an immigration center guaranteeing the humanitarian treatment of migrants and refugees More recently, Ambassador Valverde was awarded the National Order of the Southern Cross, the highest honor Brazil bestows on foreign nationals Ambassador Valverde graduated from Colorado College in 1992 with his B.A in Political Economy, and earned his M.A in International Relations from the International University of Japan He went on to work for the United Nations Development Programme, latterly serving as chief technical advisor in Mozambique, leading –6– the UN’s support to the Mozambican parliament through projects related to strengthening fiscal oversight and law-making, the law on agriculture and food security, and strengthening the technical and functional skills of supreme audit institutions, national parliaments, and civil society for the control of public finances in the Portuguese-speaking African countries and Timor-Leste His work contributed to, among other things, the UN’s positive role in support of human rights legislation In Cambodia, Ambassador Valverde worked as programme manager for UNDP’s Strengthening Democracy Programme and as political parties liaison officer in the Strengthening Democracy and Electoral Processes Project, advising UN senior management in Cambodia on democratic governance and elections While in Phnom Penh, he assisted the National Election Commission, political parties, and NGOs focused on governance and electoral matters His programme and project portfolio included a weekly TV news magazine that also served as onthe-job training for journalists Ambassador Valverde and his wife, Masaki, a 1993 CC graduate, have a daughter and a son His personal interests include photography, wilderness appreciation, science fiction, and listening to his children’s life stories 2019 FACULTY RETIREES Susan Ashley Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita of History Peter Blasenheim Professor Emeritus of History Richard Hilt Professor Emeritus of Physics Robert Lee Professor Emeritus of Political Science Eric Leonard Professor Emeritus of Geology Theodore Lindeman ’73 Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Clara Lomas Professor Emerita of Spanish and Portuguese Andrew Manley Associate Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance –7– M ASTER of ARTS in TEACHING Lara Hocking, Colorado Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Jed Ball Jr., Lexington, Kentucky¹ Secondary Science Kate Bridgman, Colorado Springs, Colorado¹ Southwest Studies Cory Alan Carlton, Colorado Springs, Colorado³ Secondary English Allison Hope Crimmins, Denver, Colorado¹ Elementary School Karli Decker, Colorado Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Brianna DeLorme, Colorado Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Faith Eloise Dincler, Colorado Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Mary Rose Ahern Donahue, Lake Forest, Illinois³ Secondary English Megan E Dubee, Denver, Colorado³ Literacy Interven Spec Cert Lydia Marie Freliech, Wilton, Connecticut¹ Elementary School Monica Lynn Gully, Edwards, Colorado¹ Literacy Interven Spec Cert Demetria Beacom Humphries³ Colorado Springs, Colorado Secondary Mathematics Heather Marie Hussey, Centennial, Colorado¹ Literacy Interven Spec Cert Tammy Lee Jacobson, Colorado Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Andrea Meredith Klemme, Louisville, Colorado¹ Literacy Interven Spec Cert Alyssa Marie Laliberte¹ Steamboat Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Alena Corin Ede, Woodland Park, Colorado*¹ Elementary School Stefani Nicole Messick Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in Elementary School Mary Nguyen, Aurora, Colorado³ MAT 5yr K-12 Music Nicholas Calloway Pearson³ Belmont, Massachusetts Secondary Science Christine Danielle Prindle¹ Colorado Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Scott Purdy, Colorado Springs, Colorado Secondary English Lindsey Salhus, Minneapolis, Minnesota³ Secondary English *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Katharine Lee Sandfort, Coppell, Texas¹ Secondary English Brooke K Sassi, Peyton, Colorado¹ Distinction in Literacy Interven Spec Cert Anne Speroni, La Veta, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Martha Stender, Colorado Springs, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Valerie L Stokes, Centennial, Colorado¹ Literacy Interven Spec Cert Emily C Swanson, Boulder, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Savannah Marie Teeple, Colorado Spring, Colorado¹ Secondary Science Shannon Umberger, Denver, Colorado Literacy Interven Spec Cert Siqi Wei, Beijing, People’s Republic of China³ Secondary Science Angela Charlotte Williams, Castle Rock, Colorado¹ Literacy Interven Spec Cert Kendra Shea Wuerth, Colorado Springs, Colorado³ Elementary School ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 –8– ³Degree pending BACHELOR of ARTS Andrew Harshaw Abbot, Atlanta, Georgia Organismal Biology and Ecology Emily Yule Abbott, North Wales, Pennsylvania Economics Sohair Abdullah, Islamabad, Pakistan Physics: Comprehensive Major, cum laude Madeline M Abrams, Portland, Oregon*¹ Mathematics Kayla DeUndria Adams, Memphis, Tennessee Distinction in Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Theodore Carlisle Adams, Severna Park, Maryland History/Political Science Travis William Aerenson, Wilmington, Delaware Physics: Comprehensive Major Meron J Afutu, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania³ Film and Media Studies Nathan Joseph Agarwal, Glen Ridge, New Jersey Physics: Comprehensive Major, magna cum laude Aubrey Sophia Aiken, Lakewood, Colorado Distinction in Mathematics Marlee Akerson, Denver, Colorado Environmental Policy Aaron Joseph Alcouloumre Laguna Beach, California Music Henry Brooks Alderson-Smith, Rye, New York*² Environmental Policy Trystan Bradley Alexander, Saint Ann, Missouri Computer Science Harm Frederik Althuisius Lopez² Parramos, Guatemala Physics Keenan B Amer, Santa Fe, New Mexico Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude John Martin Ammons, Englewood, Colorado Economics Carl Martin Anderson, Wilmette, Illinois Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Emma Sophia Antall, Westlake Village, California Molecular Biology Alexandra Cara Wong Appel, La Jolla, California Psychology, magna cum laude Summer C Ardell, Weston, Massachusetts Distinction in Education Zachary Robert Armacost Hastings on Hudson, New York Geology Lindsey Jaye Aronson, Chicago, Illinois*² English: Literature Koki Atcheson, Honolulu, Hawaii Distinction in Environmental Science: Integrated, cum laude Patricia Marie Atkinson, Boston, Massachusetts*¹ Psychology Charles Austin, Maplewood, New Jersey International Political Economy Ella Nicole Axelrod, Waianae, Hawaii Distinction in Anthropology Jonah L Baca, Boulder, Colorado³ Political Science Alison Lee Baird, Riverside, California Economics Anna Marcella Balaguer, Boulder, Colorado Distinction in Classics William Henry Baldwin, Chicago, Illinois English: Creative Writing John Roy Ballossini Dommett, Monchique, Portugal*¹ Political Science Joann Marasigan Bandales* Saipan, Northern Mariana Island Education Nadia Ann Banks, Madison, Wisconsin Political Science Amaury Gilles Evrard Bargioni, Paris, France Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis Kathryn McHenry Barnes, Portland, Oregon Distinction in Independently Designed Major: Computational Cognitive Science Raymond Barrie-Kivel, Orinda, California Distinction in History/Political Science William Vaughan Bemis, Minneapolis, Minnesota History Mason Bergh, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Distinction in Economics, cum laude Jack Wilson Bilbrough Long Island City, New York English: Creative Writing Abraham D Binder, Kamuela, Hawaii Distinction in Computer Science Lowell Lewis Bisio, Bethesda, Maryland Distinction in Philosophy, magna cum laude Monica R Black, Oak Park, Illinois Psychology Olivia C Blackmon, Augusta, Georgia*² Psychology Nikkol Lillian Blair East Greenwich, Rhode Island Environmental Science: Integrated Jessianne Michaela Blake, Burien, Washington Classics Leah Elizabeth Blumberg, Highland Park, Illinois*² Art: Art History Hannah Rose Bollen, Nashville, Tennessee Distinction in Economics Andrew William Bolte, Belmont, Massachusetts Philosophy One longstanding CC tradition is allowing graduating seniors to list their names in the Commencement program in any way they choose Look carefully and you’re sure to find several examples of this characteristic CC individuality –9– bachelor of arts — continued Julia Corwin Gilman, Falmouth, Maine Distinction in French & Francophone Studies, magna cum laude Isabel Brozic Gleekel, Minneapolis, Minnesota Psychology Samuel Cook Goddard, Glastonbury, Connecticut Environmental Policy and Sociology Elsa Bea Godtfredsen Bainbridge Island, Washington Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology Jake Golbus, Northbrook, Illinois Political Science Gabrielle Tamar Goldfarb, Birmingham, Alabama Organismal Biology and Ecology Emma Lilia Pillard Gonzalez Amherst, Massachusetts Distinction in Sociology, magna cum laude David Antonio Gonzalez Salgado Tegucigalpa, Honduras Political Science Trevor Gooch, Mantua, New Jersey Economics Nathan Wool Goodman, Albuquerque, New Mexico Distinction in Southwest Studies Graham Robert Goodwin, Dobbs Ferry, New York*¹ Film and New Media Studies SethWilson Isaac Gray, Rio Rancho, New Mexico English: Creative Writing, magna cum laude Elizabeth Lake Green, San Anselmo, California Film and Media Studies Julia Cooke Greene, Westport, Connecticut Distinction in Theatre Seneca Quinn Griffin, Glen Ellyn, Illinois Biochemistry Anna Camille Grigsby, La Grande, Oregon Sociology Pan Gu, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China Neuroscience Caterine Johana Guevara, Lawrenceville, Georgia³ Mathematics Huiyuan Guo, Kunming, People’s Republic of China Molecular Biology Jannet Gutierrez Barranco, Mesa, Arizona Neuroscience Kathryn DeCaro Guynn, Chicago, Illinois Distinction in Art, magna cum laude Landis Hackett, Princeton, New Jersey Philosophy Lille Woods Haecker, Minneapolis, Minnesota Geology Sofia F Haines, Topsfield, Massachusetts*¹ English: Film Studies Simone Destine Hall, Bellingham, Washington Biochemistry, cum laude *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Thomas Harrison Haller, Nashua, New Hampshire Environmental Policy David Christian Hammarth² Laguna Beach, California Computer Science Hailey Hampson, Boulder, Colorado*¹ Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Jonathan N A Hanahan, Novato, California Environmental Science Claire Elizabeth Harkins Washington, District of Columbia Environmental Science: Integrated Geoffrey D Hartley, Pattonsburg, Missouri Distinction in Film and Media Studies, magna cum laude Michael Allan Hasson, Sausalito, California Distinction in Geology Otis Wolf Hatfield, New York, New York History and Political Science Tanner Kay Haughn-Swanson Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in English: Literature, summa cum laude Dewi Michelle Heinselman, Castle Rock, Colorado² Biochemistry, cum laude Olivia Grace Henderson, Belmont, Massachusetts*¹ Molecular Biology Emma Gentry Herrick, Cambridge, Massachusetts Distinction in English: Film Studies, cum laude Trevor J Hightower, Loganville, Georgia³ Anthropology Laura Anne Himelman, Holladay, Utah*² Computer Science Henry Tyler Hinds, San Mateo, California Molecular Biology Ariannis Jacalyn Hines Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies and Music Distinction in Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Devin T Holbrook, Sausalito, California Art: Art Studio Daniel Holland, Hinsdale, Illinois English: Creative Writing Adam John Holliday, Claremont, California Economics Ann Langfitt Holsapple Bainbridge Island, Washington Organismal Biology and Ecology Eric Louis Houghteling, Loveland, Colorado² Biochemistry Qian Huang, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Philosophy, cum laude ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 13 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Nicholas James Humphrey, Pleasanton, California Biochemistry Hollis Horatio Hunnewell Cohasset, Massachusetts Physics: Chemical Physics Emphasis Quincy Jefferson Hunter-Daniel Los Angeles, California Environmental Science: Integrated Riley Hutchings, Portland, Oregon Economics Paxton Beal Hyde, Burlington, Vermont Distinction in Philosophy, cum laude Samuel Frederick Imhoff, Baltimore, Maryland*¹ English: Creative Writing Benjamin R Israel, Birmingham, Michigan History Charlotte Jacobson, Palm Beach, Florida Sociology Abhishek Umesh Jadhav, Roseville, California Neuroscience Makena Janssen, Kula, Hawaii Distinction in Art Matthew William Johnston Westlake Village, California Organismal Biology and Ecology Adam Nolan Jolly, Carlisle, Massachusetts Mathematical Economics Catherine Marie Kahler, Wayzata, Minnesota Art: Art History Quentin Ryosaku Kakuda, Deer Park, Illinois Computer Science Jia Kang, Henan, People’s Republic of China Computer Science, summa cum laude Payton A Katich, Hinsdale, Illinois Economics Alexis Nicole Katz, Atlanta, Georgia Neuroscience Erin Kempt, Bozeman, Montana Molecular Biology Christian William Kennedy³ South Londonderry, Vermont Computer Science Emma Catherine Kerr, Houston, Texas Distinction in Sociology Spencer Forrester Key, Corte Madera, California Mathematical Economics, cum laude Oliver Thomas King, San Carlos, California*¹ Economics Christian Kitchen, Houston, Texas Mathematical Economics Emily Klockenbrink, Princeton, New Jersey Psychology *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Addison Sandra Kathleen Knight Florissant, Missouri Film and Media Studies, cum laude Phillip A Korolog, Redwood City, California*¹ Classics Samuel Eric Kottler, Park City, Utah Mathematics and Computer Science Distinction in Mathematics, summa cum laude Nikhil Min Kovelamudi, San Jose, California³ Computer Science Christian Krauss³ Washington, District of Columbia Economics Zoe Ruth Krauss, Algonquin, Illinois Physics: Geophysics Emphasis, magna cum laude Josie Valentine Kritter, Culpeper, Virginia Political Science Daniel Phalon Krueger, Eugene, Oregon² Mathematical Economics Matthew Kwak, Tustin, California Philosophy Nathan Ray Kwiecinski, Livonia, Michigan Economics Tara Rosemarie Labovich Colorado Springs, Colorado English: Creative Writing, cum laude Abe Litwack Lahr, Indianapolis, Indiana History, magna cum laude Sarah Caroline Laico, Warwick, New York Psychology, magna cum laude Cassidy Shao-Ming Lam, Boulder, Colorado International Political Economy David Lamis, New York, New York Distinction in Economics, cum laude Payton Robert Landes, Marion, Illinois Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis Anna Jillian Lang, Lexington, Massachusetts Organismal Biology and Ecology James Garner Langford, El Paso, Texas Political Science Lauren Jean Larrabee, Gold River, California Art: Art Studio Joshua William Lauer, Colorado Springs, Colorado Film and Media Studies Katherine Lawrie, Greenwich, Connecticut Philosophy Sarah Allison Lawton, Durango, Colorado Economics, cum laude Alex Leclerc, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada International Political Economy ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 14 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Caroline Grace Leszinske El Dorado Hills, California Mathematical Economics, cum laude Sarah Maribel Leve, Montclair, New Jersey Sociology Emma Nicole Levine-Wolf, Highland Park, Illinois Distinction in Spanish: Hispanic Studies Susan Marie Lewis, Austin, Texas Art: Art History Zhaopeng Li Beijingshi, People’s Republic of China Mathematics Tessa Lightfoot, Mancos, Colorado Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Henry Rolston Lilien, New York, New York Environmental Science: Integrated Arielle Carolina Link, North Miami, Florida Environmental Science: Integrated Maya Rose Sherman Littlejohn, Brooklyn, New York Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Benjamin Alexander Lloyd Belvedere Tiburon, California Distinction in Geology Chaline Bih Lobti, Bamenda, Cameroon Asian Studies Christian August Lockefeer, Oak Park, Illinois* Economics Sean Grant Lodmell, Missoula, Montana³ Organismal Biology and Ecology Mary Colleen Loftus, Evanston, Illinois Sociology Tyler Mark Looney, Gates Mills, Ohio Psychology Daniel Lopez, Waukegan, Illinois Music Emma Katharine Sullivan Low Palo Alto, California Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Rory Joseph Lowe, Acton, Massachusetts Physics: Comprehensive Major Kathryn Eliana Loy, Seattle, Washington Organismal Biology and Ecology Mira Lu, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Geology Carmen Rafaelita Lucero, Albuquerque, New Mexico Philosophy Catherine E Luchars, Norwalk, Connecticut History/Political Science Eden Lumerman, Lod, Israel Distinction in Political Science and Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies Daniel Robert Lunghamer Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Economics *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Konrad Lyle, Newport Beach, California Physics Christie Ma, Hong Kong / Vancouver, Canada Feminist & Gender Studies Audrey Westby, New York City, New York Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Patrick John Mahoney, Barrington, Rhode Island Economics Alexander Flynn Makic, Arvada, Colorado Physics: Environmental Emphasis Lucien Malle, New York, New York Distinction in International Political Economy, cum laude Robert J Malone, Littleton, Colorado Computer Science Garrett Nathan Manion, Anacortes, Washington Molecular Biology, magna cum laude Solomon Mankin, Belmont, Massachusetts Economics Griffin George Mansi, Scituate, Massachusetts Film and Media Studies Johannes Mansson, Chexbres, Switzerland Distinction in International Political Economy Saúl Maravilla, Glendale, Arizona Molecular Biology Lev Marcus, Berkeley, California*² History/Political Science Ioannis Margetis, Miami, Florida³ International Political Economy James Martello, Jr., Rumson, New Jersey Economics Amanda Nanabah Martin, Crownpoint, New Mexico Organismal Biology and Ecology John Kendrick Martin, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Neuroscience Zunneh-bah A Martin, Tohłakai, New Mexico³ Southwest Studies Angel R Martinez, Brownsville, Texas Film and Media Studies Rachael M Martino, Colorado Springs, Colorado Molecular Biology Aaron Paul Maslow, Needham, Massachusetts Economics Katherine Lois Matlin, Mountainside, New Jersey Molecular Biology Antonia Marie Mattessich Cambridge, Massachusetts Neuroscience Skyler Salazar Matthews Santa Barbara, California Environmental Science: Integrated ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 15 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Louisa Jane McBride, Concord, Massachusetts Organismal Biology and Ecology Hilary Jane McCandless-Beard Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in Russian & Eurasian Studies, cum laude Madeleine Claire McCann, Nyack, New York English: Literature Darryl C McCaskill Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Biochemistry Griffin McEnery, Minneapolis, Minnesota International Political Economy Alison Hammond McGarigal, Bend, Oregon Distinction in Environmental Science: Integrated, magna cum laude Norbert McGettigan III, Moorestown, New Jersey Environment & Society Kendal Coal McGinnis, San Diego, California English: Creative Writing Caitlin Loring McHale, Austin, Texas Environmental Policy Kyle Thomas McMichael, Santa Fe, New Mexico*¹ Organismal Biology and Ecology Renee Maguire Mehlman, Denver, Colorado Mathematics Miguel Mendez Villalpando Colorado Springs, Colorado Sociology Manuel Alexis Meraz, Denver, Colorado Sociology Amelia Louise Merchant, Ames, Iowa Political Science Molly Rose Guiyun Merkert³ Colorado Springs, Colorado Physics: Astrophysics Emphasis Kevin Patrick Merrigan, Escazú, Costa Rica Environmental Policy Theo Jackson Umphrey Merrill Amherst, Massachusetts Distinction in Political Science, cum laude Nicholas Ian Merritt, Lander, Wyoming Physics: Comprehensive Major Jesse Daniel Metzger, Newton, Massachusetts Film and Media Studies Charles Brooks Meyer, New York, New York Sociology Elise Helene Meyer, Park City, Utah Geology Westin Wayne Michaud, Esko, Minnesota History McKenzie Maureen Millard, Oak Creek, Colorado Molecular Biology, cum laude *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Bryce Everett Miller, Denver, Colorado² Biology: Organisms, Ecology & Evolution Jacob Mark Miller, Mount Orab, Ohio Mathematical Economics Spencer Blake Miller, Miami Beach, Florida English: Literature, cum laude Lauren M Milliet, Durango, Colorado* English: Film Studies Nicole Mills, Bethesda, Maryland Distinction in Anthropology, cum laude Sophie Mittelstadt, Bethesda, Maryland Architecture and Integrative Design, magna cum laude Evan Masato Miyawaki, Larkspur, California Distinction in Music, cum laude Nomfundo N Mncina, Mbabane, Swaziland International Political Economy Gabrielle Sophia Mohn, Lancaster, Pennsylvania³ Religion Lee-Ann Palesa Mokoena Johannesburg, South Africa Computer Science Ethan Thomas Moore, Rochester, Minnesota Biochemistry Liana Kathleen Moore-Butler Greenbrae, California English: Literature Kayla MaryAnn Moreno, Bedford, New Hampshire Molecular Biology Bryn Morgan, Evanston, Illinois Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Benjamin Alan Morrison, San Carlos, California Environmental Science: Integrated Penelope R Moskowitz, Los Angeles, California English: Creative Writing, cum laude Frances Catherine Murray Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Psychology Amber Adley Mustafic, Rye, New York Art: Art History Sasha Belle Nader, Lenox, Massachusetts Distinction in Theatre, cum laude Kochi Nakajima, Toyota, Japan Computer Science Lindumuzi Sijabuliso Ndlovu, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Film and Media Studies Albina M Needell*¹ Washington, District of Columbia Political Science Jacob Aaron Nehama, Allen, Texas Computer Science Pierce Fordahl Nelson, Golden Valley, Minnesota Distinction in Economics, cum laude ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 16 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Carol Irene Newton, Portland, Oregon Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Margaret Brooks O’Brien Cambridge, Massachusetts Distinction in Independently Designed Major: Creative Writing for Social Change, summa cum laude Finnegan Francis O’Connor, Walsenburg, Colorado Environmental Policy Bridget Ellen O’Neill, Louisville, Colorado Political Science and German Distinction in Political Science Riley John O’Sullivan, Ashland, Oregon Biochemistry, cum laude Tanner J Ockey, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Economics Niyat Ogbazghi, Thornton, Colorado Feminist & Gender Studies Hayes R Oken, Atlantic Beach, Florida Organismal Biology and Ecology Marissa Leah Oves, Atlanta, Georgia Independently Designed Major: Environmental and Ecological Creative Writing Jeffrey L L Owens II, Syracuse, New York Psychology Sophia J Padden, Aspen, Colorado Sociology Justin Yoon Jo Park*² Seoul, Republic of Korea (South) International Political Economy Khayyon A Parker, Newark, New Jersey Distinction in Computer Science Mateo M Parsons, Clifton, Colorado Political Science Kevin Sonier Patterson, Saint Paul, Minnesota³ Geology Robert McCormack Paul, Golden, Colorado*² Economics Fleur Pellet, Paris, France History Edmund Harris Pendleton, Arlington, Virginia Political Science and Economics, cum laude Elena Williams Perez, Madison, Wisconsin Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude Grace Nicole Perry Washington, District of Columbia Distinction in Sociology, magna cum laude Jacob Max Peterson, Saint Louis, Missouri*¹ Distinction in Music Jesse Norcia Phillips, Bowie, Maryland Philosophy *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Mashaselva Pirichita, Cedarburg, Wisconsin Comparative Literature and Romance Languages: French & Spanish Distinction in Comparative Literature, magna cum laude Alan Robert Pnakovich, Weston, Florida Political Science Andrew Rae Pollack, Louisville, Colorado Economics Casey Pollard, Newton, Massachusetts Independently Designed Major: Cognitive Science and Creative Writing Sophia Fern Pray, Los Angeles, California Distinction in Anthropology, cum laude Nico Predock, Santa Monica, California Environmental Science: Integrated Matthew Hunter Presti, Pueblo, Colorado Molecular Biology Kaylyn Radtke, Elizabeth, Colorado Psychology Harrison Samuel Raine, Malibu, California Organismal Biology and Ecology Gerardo Martin Ramirez, Chicago, Illinois*¹ Physics Julian Edward Randolph*² Newtown Square, Pennsylvania Mathematics and Physics Cameron Austin Rasco, Miami, Florida International Political Economy Nick C Ravich, Pacific Palisades, California³ Political Science Sophia Jane Redpath, New York, New York Political Science Sarah McCarthy Reimann, Portland, Oregon³ Political Science Rianna Lynn Reimers, Newport Beach, California Molecular Biology Maya Hadas Reisman, San Diego, California Sociology Abbie Richards, Newton, Massachusetts*² Environmental Science: Integrated David Carter Richardson, Albany, New York³ Political Science Emily Fischer Richardson Manhattan Beach, California Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Lindsay Leone Richardson Thetford Center, Vermont Environmental Policy Clara Louise Richter, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden Distinction in Computer Science, summa cum laude ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 17 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Bryce Oliver Riffenburgh-Kirby Arroyo Grande, California Neuroscience Alexandra Rivas, Los Angeles, California Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Marguerite Wilde Roberts, Duxbury, Massachusetts Political Science Micah Robert Robin, Big Sky, Montana³ Film and Media Studies Lauren Robinson, Palo Alto, California*¹ Philosophy Dylan R Robles, Pueblo, Colorado Physics Gabriel Stanton Rodriguez, Great Falls, Virginia*¹ Molecular Biology Jesus Humberto Rodriguez, Thornton, Colorado Film and Media Studies Eyner Farid Roman Lopez, Lima, Peru Mathematical Economics Austin Alan Ronningen, San Diego, California Economics Jennifer Roberts Ross, Darien, Connecticut² Political Science Christopher Devlin Roussos, Dallas, Texas Economics Isaac Lloyd Rubinstein, Seattle, Washington*¹ History/Philosophy Theresa H Rudd, Louisville, Colorado Organismal Biology and Ecology William Lohr Rundquist, Minneapolis, Minnesota Geology Alexander Gordon Sanchez Albuquerque, New Mexico Chemistry and Mathematics Miriam Alejandra Sanchez, Chicago, Illinois Asian Studies Rebecca Lily Sandvos, Belmont, Massachusetts Organismal Biology and Ecology, magna cum laude Laura Mae Santi, Kildeer, Illinois English: Creative Writing Emma Stavig Sargent, Lakewood, Colorado English: Literature, magna cum laude Hannah Baker Saturley, Cape Elizabeth, Maine Psychology Jessica Diane Savage, Dallas, Texas French & Francophone Studies Uma Klara Goel Scharf, Baltimore, Maryland Neuroscience Samuel James Schavoir, Essex, Connecticut Political Science Jessica Eve Schenkman, Park City, Utah Mathematics *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Ethan Erik Schick, Lakewood, Colorado Sociology Justine Anna Schmidt*² Los Altos Hills, California Organismal Biology and Ecology Caroline E Schoeller, Concord, Massachusetts Environmental Science: Integrated Kathryn Marie Lin Schroeder Colorado Springs, Colorado Religion Jackson Stone Schrott, Portland, Oregon Physics: Comprehensive Major, magna cum laude Henry Minehart Schuler, Chicago, Illinois Psychology Zachary Michael Schulman, Woodbury, New York Distinction in Neuroscience Hannah Schultz, Saint Paul, Minnesota Distinction in Psychology Story Jean Schwantes, Stillwater, Minnesota Distinction in Environmental Science: Integrated Jaysha Antoinette Schwindt Valley Center, California History/Political Science Harrison M Selle, Concord, Massachusetts Computer Science Summer Rae Sellers, Boston, Massachusetts English: Film Studies Katherine Nicolson Semler San Francisco, California Independently Designed Major: Socio-political Interactions with Social Health Elijah Trainor Seo, Hinsdale, Illinois*¹ Political Science Risa Jaclyn Sato Seu, Yokohama-Shi, Japan Distinction in Mathematical Economics Jacob Brenner Shapiro, Onalaska, Wisconsin Biochemistry, magna cum laude Haonan Shi, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China Economics and Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Distinction in Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies Charles Shorb, Chevy Chase, Maryland Computer Science Noah Jeffrey Shuster Newton Highlands, Massachusetts Sociology Ines Vivian Siepmann, Hastings, Minnesota Biochemistry, cum laude Samantha Silverman, Lutherville, Maryland Comparative Literature Shiyen R Sinclair, Lilburn, Georgia*¹ Classics and Chemistry ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 18 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Sophia Marie Sither, Arlington, Virginia Independently Designed Major: Film Studies within a Global Context Aubrey E Skeeter, Glenpool, Oklahoma Education Sophia Whitlock Skelly, Houston, Texas Political Science Chaney Jinfang Ranney Skilling Santa Ana, California Distinction in Sociology, magna cum laude Russell H Skorina, Walla Walla, Washington Computer Science Elizabeth Ann Tucker Smith, Paris, Kentucky English: Literature Maret Hawkinson Smith-Miller, New York, New York Environmental Science: Integrated Savannah Elizabeth Snell, Lincoln, Massachusetts Molecular Biology, cum laude Madeline Black Sommer, Evanston, Illinois³ German Benjamin Anthony Sommers, Wayland, Massachusetts Film and Media Studies Jessica Jeanyoung Song, Centennial, Colorado Biochemistry Madeleine Rose Sorensen, Lake Bluff, Illinois Organismal Biology and Ecology Mary Cornelia Sorich, Mount Tremper, New York Film and Media Studies Antonio Felipe Soto, Colorado Springs, Colorado³ Philosophy Julieanne E Stanley, Hershey, Pennsylvania Organismal Biology and Ecology Myca Danae Steffey-Bean Redondo Beach, California Political Science Olivia Christine Steiner Brookfield, Connecticut Sociology Olivia Marie Stenholm Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in Art, magna cum laude Jordan Harrison Stern, Los Angeles, California Distinction in Mathematical Economics, magna cum laude Josephine Mariel Stern, New York, New York Sociology William Stern, Los Angeles, California Computer Science Rebecca Lyon Stine, Singapore, Singapore English: Creative Writing, cum laude William Noble Stockton, McLean, Virginia Distinction in Film and Media Studies, cum laude *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Kendall Rollins Stoetzer, Denver, Colorado Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Luke Walter Strohbehn, Norwich, Vermont³ Physics: Comprehensive Major Chenyang Su Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology Morgan Carson Sulger, Chicago, Illinois Molecular Biology Kelli Nicole Sullivan, Sammamish, Washington Mathematics, cum laude Emily Rose Sussman, Gilbert, Arizona English: Creative Writing Gabriel Joseph Suszynski Greenwood Village, Colorado Economics Jenelise Simone Sutton, Alexandria, Virginia English: Literature Samuel Reinartz Suzuki, Saint Paul, Minnesota Film and Media Studies Benton Sommers Swain, Carpinteria, California² Distinction in Spanish: Hispanic Studies, cum laude Tyler James Sym, Lexington, Massachusetts Physics: Comprehensive Major Melissa F Taing, Chicago, Illinois Environmental Science: Concentration in Chemistry Alison Harris Takkunen, Hudson, Wisconsin Distinction in Neuroscience Paige Rae Talerico, Madison, Wisconsin Art: Art Studio Meghan Alexa Tanel, Mill Valley, California Neuroscience Ethan Marks Tanen Washington, District of Columbia Computer Science Susan Fuli Taylor, Eagle River, Alaska*¹ Neuroscience Bianca L Thomas, Denver, Colorado English: Literature, magna cum laude Bradley E Thomas, Mill Valley, California Chemistry Katie M Thompson, Terry, Mississippi Biochemistry Coll A Thomson, Jr., Las Vegas, Nevada*² Psychology Maxwell Harry Thurston, Santa Fe, New Mexico Molecular Biology, cum laude Peyton Blair Tich, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Mathematical Economics Jonathan Andrew Tignor, Flower Mound, Texas English: Creative Writing, cum laude ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 19 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Katie Elisabeth Timzen, Gresham, Oregon Environmental Policy, cum laude Megan Lynn Tomhave, Saint Paul, Minnesota Distinction in Neuroscience, cum laude Casey Elizabeth Torbet, Broomfield, Colorado Molecular Biology Samuel Toulmin, Acton, Massachusetts Distinction in Economics, cum laude Quang Vinh Tran, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Economics Ysabel Maria Adams Trujillo Alexandria, Virginia Architecture and Integrative Design Naomi Tsai, Portland, Oregon Organismal Biology and Ecology Gabriella Tulchinsky, West Hartford, Connecticut Mathematical Economics Sarah Katherine Turi, Rumson, New Jersey Political Science Paulina Ukrainets, Oxford, England English: Creative Writing Eleanor Jane van der Vord, Harrison, New York*¹ Sociology Logan Kane Vance, Flagstaff, Arizona* English: Literature, cum laude Padah Vang, Saint Paul, Minnesota Sociology Hannah Marie Varner, Boulder, Colorado Psychology Brooke Jennifer Veale, Berwyn, Pennsylvania Distinction in Economics, magna cum laude Leah N Veldhuisen, Bellingham, Washington Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology Nisha Venkateswaran, Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in Neuroscience, cum laude Charlotte Verstraeten, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Art: Art Studio Elizabeth Patricia Vian, Wilmette, Illinois Political Science Jordan A Vick, Sacramento, California Environmental Science: Integrated Megan Elizabeth Viozzi, Rochester, Minnesota Neuroscience Maximilian Nicolas Vivado Bedford, New Hampshire History/Political Science Magdeline Camille Vlasimsky, Dallas, Texas³ Chemistry Quynh Lam Vo, Helsinki, Finland Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Charlotte Conant Wall, Las Vegas, Nevada Distinction in Southwest Studies, cum laude *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Yiting Wang* Shanghai, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Mathematical Economics, cum laude Yizheng Wang Guangdong Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China History/Political Science Dylan Colis Ward, Calais, Vermont Distinction in Independently Designed Major: Exploring Human Motivations Hannah Emily Warden, Winnetka, Illinois Psychology Allysa Pauline Warling, Loveland, Colorado Distinction in Neuroscience, summa cum laude Gayathri Warrier, Singapore, Singapore Art: Art Studio, cum laude Nicholas August Watkins*² San Francisco, California Art: Art Studio Nora Watkins, Oak Park, Illinois Distinction in Molecular Biology, cum laude Natalie Eileen Waldrop Watrous Seattle, Washington Molecular Biology, magna cum laude Christopher Douglas Watters, Victor, Idaho Environmental Science: Integrated Madison Grace Webster, Saint Paul, Minnesota Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Anna Caroline Wermuth, St Louis, Missouri Organismal Biology and Ecology Griffin William King Wesley, Evergreen, Colorado Economics Jennifer Leigh White Upper Saddle River, New Jersey Environmental Studies Ethan Beck Widoff, Greenwood Village, Colorado Economics Johnathon Henry Williams, Middlesex, Colorado Film and Media Studies Izabel Cave Wills, San Marcos, Texas Psychology Lauren Alexandra Wilmott, San Rafael, California Neuroscience and Classics Distinction in Classics Annika Skattum Winans, Truckee, California Political Science Michal Wisniewski, Krakow, Poland Computer Science and Mathematics Distinction in Computer Science, summa cum laude Gwen Marie Wolfenbarger, Knoxville, Tennessee* Distinction in Music, magna cum laude ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 20 – ³Degree pending bachelor of arts — continued Parker J Woo, Seattle, Washington Environmental Policy Sara Liang Worsham, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Distinction in Molecular Biology, cum laude Anita Elliott Wray, Mount Desert, Maine Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Keenan Rashad Wright, Colorado Springs, Colorado Chemistry Sophie Helen Wulfing, Ravensdale, Washington Organismal Biology and Ecology Changzhe Xu, Shantou, People’s Republic of China Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis and Art: Art Studio Distinction in Art, magna cum laude Chencheng Xu*² Guiyang, People’s Republic of China Chemistry and German Fengyi Xu, Qingdao, People’s Republic of China Film and Media Studies, cum laude Glenna Elizabeth Yancey, Englewood, Colorado*¹ Neuroscience Yixuan Yang Beijinshi, People’s Republic of China Psychology Richard Robert Yates, Rochester, New York History and German Distinction in German Braeden Kylee Yeo, Woodbury, Minnesota English: Creative Writing Ziyue Yin, Guonzhou, People’s Republic of China Comparative Literature Jenny Yelim Yoo, Northridge, California Distinction in Molecular Biology Isabel Alexandra Young, Champaign, Illinois Art: Art History Brier Anne Youngfleish, Durango, Colorado Neuroscience Jinkang Yu, Hubei, People’s Republic of China Psychology Benjamin Caleb Zeitz-Moskin, New York, New York Art: Art Studio Willis Daniel Zetter, Wayland, Massachusetts Film and Media Studies Dexuan Zhang, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China Physics: Comprehensive Major and Computer Science Kehan Zhao, Wuxi, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Ziyu Zhao, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Anthropology Allan Zheng, Portland, Oregon Distinction in Music *In Absentia ¹Degree granted July 20, 2018 Jessica Wei Zhou, Lancaster, New York Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Annie Marie Zlevor, Racine, Wisconsin Organismal Biology and Ecology ²Degree granted December 19, 2018 – 21 – ³Degree pending GR A DUAT I NG SENIOR S A ND OT HER ST UDEN T S,FACULT Y, A ND STA FF R ECEI V I NG AWA R DS AT HONOR S CON VO C AT ION, M AY 7, 2019 DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS ANTHROPOLOGY H Marie Wormington Award Courtney Cusick Memorial Prize Sophia Fern Pray Nikki Mills, Yingru Chen ART Outstanding Senior Thesis in Art History Amber Adley Mustafic Outstanding Senior Thesis in Art Studio Olivia Marie Stenholm Outstanding Senior Thesis in Architecture and Integrative Design Sophie Mittelstadt Mary Chenoweth Award Donovan Lee Dickey-Banmally Craig Herst Arts Prize Scholar Award Lily Elizabeth Clouse, Caroline Gu Li Edith Kirsch Prize Charlie Samuel Szur, Zoe Alexandra Fried ASIAN STUDIES Excellence in Asian Studies Sunny Chiu BIOCHEMISTRY AND CHEMISTRY Otis A & Margaret T Barnes Award Ines Vivian Siepmann First-Year Chemistry Award Rana Bakri Mohamed Abdu, Benjamin Tesher Sokol William C Champion Prize in Organic Chemistry Jake Heiser Outstanding Senior Award in Biochemistry Jacob Brenner Shapiro, Simone Destine Hall Outstanding Senior Award in Chemistry Bradley E Thomas ACS Analytical Chemistry Award Yu Wu Crecelius Family Research Award José Roberto Monge Castro  CLASSICS Dr John Bryant and Miriam Gile Hartwell Classics Prize Anna Marcella Balaguer COMPARATIVE LITERATURE Excellence in Comparative Literature Mashaselva Pirichita ECONOMICS & BUSINESS Robert E Rubin Award in Political Economy Lucien Malle Robert E Rubin Award in Mathematical Economics Jordan Harrison Stern Robert William Kaye Prize Sarah Allison Lawton Kenneth J Curran Award Riley Hutchings Kenneth J and Elizabeth Hare Curran Award Brooke Jennifer Veale EDUCATION Outstanding Academic Achievement Summer C Ardell Excellence in Undergraduate Research Ariel Leann Filion Excellence in Graduate Research Brooke K Sassi, Stefani Nicole Messick Award for Excellence in Teacher Education Acelynn C Perkins Lori Anne Lowe Memorial Award Jed Ball Jr., Allison Hope Crimmins, Lydia Marie Freliech, Katharine Lee Sandfort, Savannah Marie Teeple ENGLISH Evelyn May Bridges Poetry Award 1st Place SethWilson Isaac Gray nd Place Paulina Ukrainets 3rd Place Maya Patel Day Honorable Mention Craig Carey Adelaide Bender Reville Prize for Creative Nonfiction 1st Place Tara Rosemarie Labovich 2nd Place Isabella Anne Lawrence 3rd Place Elena Cabot Rodriguez James Yaffe Prize for Fiction 1st Place Ethan Daniel Knowles 2nd Place Braeden Kylee Yeo 3rd Place Rachel Virginia Fitch Frank Krutzke Senior Project Award Megan Loren DeMarsh, Logan Kane Vance Colorado College Grants In Writing Maya Patel Day, Alesandra Tejeda, Harry Volker, Kekailani Wong Yuen ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM Outstanding Senior Academic Award in Environmental Science Katie Elisabeth Timzen Service Award in Environmental Studies Lily Anna Weissgold FEMINIST & GENDER STUDIES McGee Prize in Feminist and Gender Studies Judy Lynne Fisher FILM & MEDIA STUDIES Richard A Lewis Memorial Film Award 1st Place Angel R Martinez and Fengyi Xu, “as we were” 2nd Place Mary Cornelia Sorich and William Noble Stockton, “Clearing” J.H Edmondson Film Outreach Award Kaitlin M Cintorino and Emmett deMaynadier, “Seal Eggs” Colorado College Documentary Exploration Awards Elizabeth L Green, Sophia Whitlock Skelly and Rebecca Lyon Stine; Ben Jared Schwaeber and Ansley Noelle Queen; Lee O’Dowd and William Noble Stockton; Sam Wang and Zoey Zhou; Kaitlin M Cintorino and Mary Cornelia Sorich FORENSICS Apollonian Award Russell H Skorina FRENCH, ITALIAN, & ARABIC Award in Excellence in French Yumiko Gabriela Gonzalez Rios Award in Excellence in Italian Emma Constance Singer, Hunter Davis Merriman Jeanne Gibbs Memorial Award for Study in France Molly Lawrence Seaman GEOLOGY William A Fischer Special Recognition Award Kevin Sonier Patterson – 22 – Estwing Outstanding Senior Geologist Award Michael Allan Hasson Association of Women Geoscientists Award Zoe Ruth Krauss, Elise Helene Meyer Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Award Benjamin Alexander Lloyd Patricia J Buster Research Scholarship Peter Davis Mow, Michael Allan Hasson Donald B Gould Award in Geology Peter Davis Mow, Jonny Norwine Darrell M Putman Scholarship Andrew M Ceglinski, Helen Carter, Sarah Marie Packard, Nerissa A Barling Charles Rhoads Scholarship Elise Helene Meyer Phillip J McKenna Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Award Annabelle Q O’Neill GERMAN, RUSSIAN, & EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES University of Göttingen Scholarship Jackson Francis Kaib University of Regensburg Scholarship Heba Samer Shiban, Hset Hset Naing Excellence in German Award Claire Sumner McCallum Anne von Bibra Sutton German Scholarship John Byron Capers Jr Max Kade Award in German Michael Shilling Muller Alexey Malyshev Russian and Eurasian Studies Award Kylan Douglass Dempsey, Lisa Volkovskaia Japanese Language Award Jia Kang Chinese Language Award Dylan S Compton HEALTH PROFESSIONS Caduceus Award Mahony Award in Sports Medicine Alexis Nicole Katz Megan Lynn Tomhave HISTORY Clyde Augustus Duniway Prize Robert J Cosgove Historical Essay Prize Robert J Cosgove Thesis Prize Abe L Lahr Jasper Canyon Coulter Sara Jane Fleming MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE Sophie Germain Award Aubrey Sophia Aiken, Malcolm Henry Gabbard Steven Janke Award in Computer Science Miguel Angel Guerrero, Michal Wisniewski Grace Hopper Award in Computer Science Beau William Carlborg, Clara Richter, Michal Wisniewski Euclid Scholarships Ben Thomas Brandt, Surbhi Bhutani, Jerrell Cockerham, Jordan A Cooper, Abigail Ezell, John William Koerner, Hayden Kennedy Low, Wang Ying, Delaney G Weiss, Anna Xu Thomas Post Rawles Prize Vladimir Vintu Florian Cajori Award Aubrey Sophia Aiken, Samuel Eric Kottler Fearless Award Maggie Mehlman – 23 – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Alfred W Alberts Summer Research Prize Lucia Elena Costanza, Jules Claire Olliff, Madison Alexander Laboratory Award in Molecular Biology Madeline Chrupcala, Nora Watkins, Rachael M Martino Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Molecular Biology Savannah Elizabeth Snell, David William Eik MUSIC Max Lanner Prize for Excellence in Instrumental Music Aaron Joseph Alcouloumre Marie Clough Gillis Award for Excellence in Vocal Music Alison Hammond McGarigal David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Music Gwen Marie Wolfenbarger, Allan Zheng, Evan Masato Miyawaki NEUROSCIENCE Arnold B Scheibel Neuroscience Award Vivian Thuy Trang Nguyen, Lili (Riri) Uchida Shearn Award in Neuroscience Megan Lynn Tomhave ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY Richard G and Reba Beidleman Award Elsa Bea Godtfredsen, Leah N Veldhuisen Jason Wilkes Memorial Biology Award Emerald Ariel Green, Marisa Pena-Alfaro Enderson Award in Conservation Biology Jordan Ellison, Chenyang Su Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Organismal Biology & Ecology Anita Elliott Wray, Rebecca Lily Sandvos Laboratory Award in Organismal Biology & Ecology Kehan Zhao PHILOSOPHY J Glenn Gray Award Lowell Lewis Bisio, Sara Jane Fleming PHYSICS David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Physics Zoe Ruth Krauss, Jackson Stone Schrott, Sohair Abdullah Wilbur Wright Memorial Prize Changzhe Xu, Nathan Joseph Agarwal POLITICAL SCIENCE Edith Bramhall Award Fred Sondermann Award Henry Morgan Rigsbee Elizabeth Patricia Vian, Carly L Cribbs PSYCHOLOGY William Arthur Blakely Memorial Award Ellen Luhn Buford Cornelia Manley Sabine Award Alexandra Cara Wong Appel RACE, ETHNICITY, & MIGRATION STUDIES The Adrienne Seward and Victor Nelson-Cisneros Award in Race and Ethnic and Migration Studies D Adams, Samrawit Zerai Fesshaie RELIGION Hastings Prize PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT TIEFENTHALER Dylan S Compton SOCIOLOGY Abbott Prize in Sociology Chaney Jinfang Ranney Skilling, Grace Nicole Perry, Emma Lilia Pillard Gonzalez, Veronica Fernandez-Diaz SOUTHWEST STUDIES Joel P Benezet Prize in Southwest Studies SPANISH & PORTUGUESE Award in Excellence in Spanish Felisa Llorente Award Charlotte Conant Wall Clare Ende, Grace Lucy Bailey Cooke Urszula A Adamska, Isabel Gutierrez, Emily Hidalgo ALL-COLLEGE AWARDS ABEL J AND LUCY PHINNEY GREGG AWARD Lydia Katherine Fisher, Aubrey Estell Skeeter, Keenan Rashad Wright, Nikki Mills, Aaron Joseph Alcouloumre, Lena Frances Farr-Morrissey, Norbert McGettigan III, Kendal Coal McGinnis, Ariel Leann Filion HENRI “SKIP” MEIS 1963 OUTSTANDING STUDENT LEADER AWARD Maggie Mehlman HENRI “SKIP” MEIS 1963 EMERGING STUDENT LEADER AWARD Cameron Timothy Pedro Mongoven Professor Neena Grover BILL HOCHMAN PRIZE ON WAR, VIOLENCE, AND HUMAN VALUES WITH EMPHASIS ON THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF WAR Naomi Tsai CUTLER PUBLICATIONS AWARD DREAMKEEPER AWARD MARY STEARNS BARKALOW AWARD J JUAN REID AWARD THEATRE & DANCE Broadway Theatre League Award Maggie Mehlman Pamela Riley Prize Julia Cooke Greene Award for Innovation in Performance Design Hailey Elizabeth Dennis BLUE KEY AWARD ANN RICE MEMORIAL AWARD VAN DIEST AWARD LAURA GOLDEN AWARD Sara Jane Fleming E K GAYLORD AWARD Elizabeth Ann Tucker Smith Hailey Elizabeth Dennis David A Lamis Mason Bergh Allysa Pauline Warling CC STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION AWARDS CCSGA INVOLVED STUDENT OF THE YEAR AWARD Jacqueline Tiwonge Nkhonjera INVOLVED STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF THE YEAR AWARD Native American Student Union represented by Cristina Garcia and Mateo M Parsons BOB PIZZI OUTSTANDING ADVISOR OF THE YEAR MEMORIAL AWARD Rochelle Mason ’83, Senior Associate Dean of Students LLOYD E WORNER TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD Professor Dwanna McKay JAMES NEVIN TRISSEL PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN BOOK STUDIES Kathryn Mabis Chase BARBARA WHITTEN PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES Darryl Elizabeth Hunter Filmore TASHJIAN-CRECELIUS FAMILY PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE Zunneh-bah A Martin CROWN-GOODMAN PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS Joshua Alvarado, Israel K Ashiagbor, Wayan Aiko Buschman, Tony Calderon, Jio Chang, Eric Dallesasse, Malone Caroline DeYoung, Nan Lanier Elpers, Emma Fetterly, Darryl Elizabeth Hunter Filmore, Margot Tai-Yi Flynn, Joel Anders Frykholm, Ebba Eleonora Fernkvist Green, Magdalena Horowitz, Alma Jukic, Cam Kaplan, Olivia Dawn Martinez, Madeline Nicholson, Evva Anne Parsons, Ian Kukila I Keala Ehu Chikara Sanborn, Sam Sanson, Kristie M Shirley Kat Virginia Snoddy RUTH BARTON AWARD Dereka Johnabe Thomas Cecelia Namuli Mweka, Saria Sato Bajracharya – 24 – BOARD OF TRUSTEES Allon, Margaret E ’81 B.A., economics, cum laude, Colorado College M Acc., University of Denver, 1982 Mellum, Eric ’90 B.A., mathematics, Colorado College Moulton, Eben S ’68 B.A., philosophy, Colorado College M.A., philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1973 Ph.D., philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1975 M.B.A., Columbia University, 1977 Baer, Neal A ’78 B.A., political science, magna cum laude, Colorado College Ed.M., education, Harvard University, 1979 A.M., sociology, Harvard University, 1982 M.D., Harvard Medical School, 1996 Pham, Natalie ’99 B.A., international political economy, Colorado College M.A, curriculum and instruction, Chapman University Ph.D., K-12 learning, Capella University Bronfman, Samuel, P’11, P’19 B.A., Williams College, 1975 Burghart, Susan S ’77 B.A., business administration, Colorado College Pohle, Liza M ’85 B.A., American history and political science, Colorado College Cullen, Carolyn ’91, P’20, P’21 B.A., sociology, Colorado College Press, Adam F ’84 B.A., political economy, Colorado College M.B.A., Columbia University, 1986 DeHerrera, Jerome A ’97 B.A., economics, Colorado College M.P.P., Georgetown University, 2001 J.D., Stanford University, 2004 Eyner Roman Lopez ’19 B.A., mathematical economics, Colorado College Rosendo, Antonio F ’02 B.A., English, Colorado College M.A., teaching, University of Denver, 2005 Josiah (Joe) Ellis ’80 B.A., history and political science, Colorado College M.B.A., Northwestern University, 1988 Ross, Robert J B.S., business administration, Washington and Lee University, 1996 J.D., University of Oklahoma, 1999 Haygood, Ryan P ’97 B.A., American history and political science, cum laude, Colorado College J.D., University of Colorado School of Law, 2001 Rutledge, Jarod ’17 B.A., biochemistry, Colorado College Horn, Jesse ’07 B.A., political science, Colorado College J.D., Cornell University, 2010 Slade, Michael B ’79 B.A., economics, Colorado College M.B.A., Stanford University, 1983 Keller, Jeffrey ’91 B.A., English, Colorado College M.B.A., University of Chicago, 1997 St John, Marc D ’80, P ’17 B.A., romance languages, Colorado College M.A., international affairs, Columbia University, 1985 Louis, Amy S ’84 B.A., economics, magna cum laude, Colorado College M.B.A., Northwestern University, 1990 Stenovec, Andrew P ’85 B.A., economics, Colorado College M.B.A., Harvard University, 1989 Tafari Nia Lumumba ’05 B.A., English, Colorado College J.D., Yale University Law School, 2011 Swan, Philip A ’84 B.A., history, cum laude, Colorado College Mangat, Kishen ’96 B.A., political economy, Colorado College Thomson, Brian K ’85 B.A., political economy, magna cum laude, Colorado College M.A., international finance, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1988 J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1993 Martinez, Manuel L ’74 B.A., history, Colorado College J.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1978 – 25 – Tiefenthaler, Jill M., P’21, P’24 B.A., economics, summa cum laude, St Mary’s College, 1987 M.A., economics, Duke University, 1989 Ph.D., economics, Duke University, 1991 Selig, Jr., Robert W ’61 B.A., economics, Colorado College M.B.A., Stanford University, 1969 Troubh, John B ’79 B.A., political science, Colorado College Skilling, David van Diest ’55, P’79, P’82, G’19 B.A., zoology, Colorado College M.B.A., international business, Pepperdine University, 1977 Tutt, Jr., R Thayer, P’15, honorary ’84 B.A., geology, Princeton University, 1977 M.B.A., Duke University, 1979 D.H.L, honoris causa, Colorado College Wilbur, Colburn S B.A., political science, Stanford University, 1956 M.B.A., Stanford University, 1960 Wold, John P ’75, P’06, P’10 B.A., geology, Colorado College M.S., geology and geophysics, Cornell University, 1978   Williamson, Brian E ’96 B.A., chemistry, Colorado College J.D., University of Colorado, 2002 Woodrow, Nancy C ’68, P’11 B.A., political science, Colorado College TRUSTEES (LIFE) Campbell, William J ’67, P’02 B.A., economics, cum laude, Colorado College J.D., University of Colorado School of Law, 1971 Woolsey, Suzanne H., P’97, P’98, P’99 B.A., history and psychology, Stanford University, 1963 M.A., psychology and social relations, Harvard University, 1965 Ph.D., psychology and social relations, Harvard University, 1970 Chalik III, John P ’67 B.A., economics, cum laude, Colorado College M.A., education, San Francisco State University, 1970 J.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1972 TRUSTEES (EMERITUS) Duncan, Susan S ’52, P’76 B.A sociology, Colorado College Cooper, Daniel J ’66 B.A., mathematics, Colorado College M.A., economics, University of Oklahoma, 1971 Schlosser, Nancy B ’49, G’10, honorary ’01 B.A., honoris causa, Colorado College Hybl, William J ’64, P’91, honorary ’98 B.A., political science, Colorado College J.D., University of Colorado School of Law, 1967 L.L.D., honoris causa, Colorado College Ward, William R ‘64 B.A., political science, Colorado College J.D., University of Colorado, 1967 Lampton, David M., P’00 B.A., political science, Stanford University, 1968 M.A., political science, Stanford University, 1971 Ph.D., political science, Stanford University, 1974 TRUSTEES (HONORARY) Cheney, Lynne V ’63, P’88, P’91, G’16, G’20, honorary ’87 B.A., English, summa cum laude, Colorado College M.A., University of Colorado, 1964 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1970 D.H.L., honoris causa, Colorado College Manning, Jr., Robert L ’69 B.A., political science, Colorado College Norberg, Douglas E ’62, P’88, P’91 B.A., business administration, Colorado College Salazar, Kenneth L ’77, honorary ’93 B.A., political science, Colorado College J.D., University of Michigan, 1981 D.H.L., honoris causa, Colorado College Price, Harold C., P’75, P’76, P’87, G’08, G’16 B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1951 Rawlings, Jane L ’70 B.A., English, Colorado College Ph.D., honoris causa, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1995 – 26 – 145th academic year class of 2019 class of 2019 motto “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world And you have to it all the time.” — Angela Davis commencement | sunday, may 19, 2019 Produced by the Office of Communications, Colorado College ... laude Christopher Douglas Watters, Victor, Idaho Environmental Science: Integrated Madison Grace Webster, Saint Paul, Minnesota Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude Anna Caroline Wermuth,