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GOL F
Nicolas Aalberg
Magdalen Abe
Cumberland Foreside, ME Government, Comp. Science
Acton, MA Biology, Art
Victoria Abel
Marie Abrahams
Carlisle, MA Wellesley, MA Bi�logy, Environmental Studies Environmental Studies, Art
Katherine Ackerman
Pamela Alakai
Herndon, VA Biology, Creative Writing
Alice Anamosa
Elizabeth Anderson
Yaounde, Cameroon Global Studies, French, I talian
Napa, CA Psychology, Anthropology
Etna, NH Environmental Studies
Rhiannon Archer
Emily Arsenault
Melissa Anderson
Emily Anderson
Grafton, MA Biology- Neuroscience
West Newton, MA Spanish, Religious Studies, Chemistry
Mariaville, ME Psychology
Branford, CT Biology, Environmental Studies
Anita Bacher
Alexander Baier
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Lori Ayanian Belmont, MA Psychology, Economics
Samuel Bachelder Wenham, MA Economics
Santa Cruz, CA Latin American Studies
Bow, NH Psychology
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F ix Baldauf-Lenschen 1ltendorf, Switzerland Economics
Josh Balk
Amelia Barnett
Sarah Barrese
Needham, MA Government, Sociology
Carlisle, MA Biology, Classics
Short Hills, NJ English, STS
Avery Beck
Katherine Bellerose
Ebunoluwa Benjamin
Chappaqua, NY Environmental Studies
West Newton, MA Spanish, Latin American Studies
Irvington, NJ Biology
Max Bigler
Medfield, MA English, Education
Angelica Bishop
Cheshire, CT Economics
Groton, MA Government
Ian Boldt
Sarah Boneysteele
Benjamin Borchard
Millburn, NJ Government
Orinda, CA Theater and Dance
Olivia Biagetti
Julia Blumenstyk Morristown, NJ ¡chology, Global Studies
Southborough, MA Comp. Sci., Math, German
Kelly Bourgon
Ariana Boyd
Bucksport, ME Biology
Needham, MA Geology, Religious Studies
Sarah Brockett
Ginger Brooker
Randolph, NH Biology, Philosophy
Norwalk, CT Psychology, French
John Bryant
Michelle Burt
Wayzata, MN Global Studies
Woodbridge, CT Biology, Environmental Studies
Paul Callahan
Stamford, CT Economics, Classical Civ.
Amanda Carbonneau Hopkinton, MA Psychology, Education
Benjamin Brassard Amherst, MA Psychology, Art
Alexandra Brown Kennewick, WA Psychology
Madeleine Bruce New York, NY French, Art
Matthew Burton
Boxford, MA Math, Computer Science
Hayden Carpenter Shelburne, VT Biology
Kelly Carrasco Vacaville, CA Latin American Studies, Span
Matthew Carroll
Stephen Carroll
Ines Castro
Phillip Champoux
Narberth, PA Government
Darien, CT Psychology
North Yarmouth, M E Music, Chemistry
Jacqueline Charlton
Ian Cherny
Justin Cheung
Philadelphia, PA Psychology
Boise, I D French, Global Studies
Hong Kong Art History, Japanese
Ben Chwick
Kevin Clarke
Anna Clifford
Purchase, NY Economics
Carlisle, MA Mathematics, Physics
Oakham, MA Spanish
Olivia Collins
Katherine Connolly
Cecelia Conroy
Dunn Loring, VA Biology, Environmental Studies
Needham, MA History, Geology
Windham, M E English, Sociology
reenwood Village, CO Jthematics and Statistics
Forest Hills, NY ::; )al Studies, East Asian Studies
Kathryn Coe Bedford, MA oChemistry, Envtl Studies
Devon Cormack
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Brendan Cosgrove
Jesse Coulon
Bedford, NH Computer Science, Math
Exeter, NH Economics, Geoscience
Kelsey Cromie
Colin Cummings
Morristown, NJ Human Dev., Anthropology
Ashburn, VA Economics
Winchester, MA Biology, Math, Education
Max Cushner
Andrew Dagres
Danielle Daitch
Norton, MA Chemistry
Florence, MA Government, Economics
Kaitlin Curran
Newburyport, MA Global, African-American Studies
La Jolla, CA Anthro., Global Studies
Charlotte Deavers
Caroline DeCoste
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Chi Dang Nguyen Hanoi, Vietnam Economics, French
Hingham, MA Huntington Bay, NY Global Studies, Government American Studies, Human Dev.
Caroline Dee Wellesley, MA American Studies, Art
Kayla Diaz
Grace Dickinson
John Dixon
Bronx, NY East Asian Studies
Northf ield, I L Human Development, Envtl Studies
Shelburne, VT Mathematics, Physics
Tierney Dodge
Emma Donohoe
Brian Doolittle
Erik Douds
Southport, CT Environmental Studies
Jackson, NH Biology, Classical Civilization
Belgrade, ME Physics, Music
South Orange, NJ Environmental Studies
Samantha Draper
William DuPre
Cody Eaton
Lake Forest, I L English, Environmental Studies
Babylon, NY Economics
Springvale, ME Biology
Christopher Eden
Nathan Ellis
Amila Emso
Beaverton, O R Biology, Anthropology
Milton, MA Economics
Kiseljak, Bosnia Global Studies, Economics
Economics
Devon Engle
Ellen Evangelides
Czarina Evangelista
Bend, O R I talian, Art
Kenilworth, I L Environmental Studies, Art
Hayward, CA Psychology
Norfolk, MA Classics, Classical Civilization
Katerina Faust
Marianne Ferguson
Alexander Finigan
Natalie Fischer
Bainbridge I sland, WA Biology
Veazie, ME Environmental Studies, STS
Milton, MA Economics
Freeland, MD Chemistry, Mathematics
Michael Foresta
Rebecca Forgrave
Erin Fitzsimmons Topsham, ME Philosophy, Religious Studies
Brian Fung Hong Kong Government
Darien, CT Economics
Kirkland, WA Environmental Studies
Kevin Galvin
Christina Garbarino
Portsmouth, RI History, Cinema Studies
South Windsor, CT English, Creative Writing
Brett Ewer
Chelsey Garcia Hartford, CT American Studies
Lucas Geoghegan
Devin Gibbs
Boston, MA English
Waterville, ME Music, Biology
Chloe Gilroy
Keith Gilvar
Gunter, TX Pleasantville, NY Latin American Studies, Government Philosophy, Government
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Kristin Glasheen
Guram Gogia
Travis Gomez-Phillips
West Townsend, MA Spanish, Global Studies
Tbilisi, Georgia Physics, Mathematics
Kennebunkport, ME Biology
Jordan Gowen
Sydney Graetz
Christopher Greenlee
Chadds Ford, PA History
Milford, CT English, Education
Westminster, MA Biology, Mathematics
Camille Gross
Alice Grubb Jones
Alexander Gucinski
Charlotte, NC Human Development, Music
La Canada, CA Biology
Saratoga, CA English, Government
Rumbidzai Gondo Gweru, Zimbabwe ·onmental Studies, Human Dev.
Kathryn Griffin Duxbury, MA Human Development
Ben Guido
Bette Ha
Peter Hambidge
Bangor, ME Psychology, Chinese
Peter Hamblett
Brooklyn, NY East Asian Studies, Anthropology
Denver, CO Government
Mill Valley, CA STS, Cinema Studies
Sophie Hamblett
Sydney Hammond
Scott Hansen
Barrington, RI Art, Psychology
Winnetka, I L WGSS, STS
North Haven, CT Chemistry, Mathematics
Joseph Harwood
Julianna Haubner
Kyle Hawkins
Augusta, ME Computer Science
Scarsdale, NY English, History
Jay, ME Mathematics, Physics
Luke Henneberger
Meagan Hennessey
Jeremy Henry
Manchester, MA History
West Bath, ME Environmental Studies, Econ.
Santa Fe, NM Government, Classical Civ.
Rebecca Herman Saint Louis, MO Math, Environmental Studies
Annabelle Hicks Upper Montclair, NJ Environmental Studies
Coventry, CT French, Music
William Hochman
Kyle Hughes
Brooklyn, NY Economics
Manchester, MA Biology, Philosophy
Philip Hussey
Grant Hyun
lnuri llleperuma
BriAnne Illich
Kennebunk, ME Government, Economics
Sherman Oaks, CA American Studies, Cinema
Polgasowita, Sri Lanka Economics
Placerville, CA Global Studies, Spanish
Emily Jamieson
Byoungwook Jang
Danville, CA Biology
li1l/j: punnavadee Jitdumrong Jkhon Ratchasima, Thailand :onomics, East Asian Studies
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Stephen Jenkins
Weisun Jiang
Seoul, Republic of Korea Mathematics
West Lebanon, NH Mathematics
Shanghai, China Math, Japanese, Art
Erika Johnson
Gabriella Johnson
Kimberly Johnson
Linwood, NJ Art, I talian
English, Psychology
South Pomfret, VT History, Education
Wilmette, IL
Indiana Jones
Jonathan Kalin
Framingham, MA History, Classics
Kirsten Karis
Mendham, NJ Philosophy, Chinese
Southborough, MA Global Studies, Spanish
Abebu Kassie
Monique Kelly
Patricia Kelly
Amelia Kennedy-Smith
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Chemistry
Oyster Bay, NY STS, Economics, Envtl. Studies
Wells, ME Biology
Newtonville, MA Classical Civilization, History
Shannon Kenny Pittstown, NJ Biology
Lucas Killcoyne
New York, NY American Studies, Cinema
Brooke Kent
Amarinda Keys
Duxbury, MA Biology, Religious Studies
Berwick, ME Sociology, Human Development
Iris Kim Albertson, NY Sociology, Anthropology
James Kim Riverside, CA American Studies
Samuel Kim Woodbridge, CT Philosophy
Wayne Kim
Daniel Kirby
Elena Kirillova
Cole Kleinberg
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Sociology
Athens, NY Biology, Theater and Dance
Samarskaya Oblast, Russia East Asian Studies
Eastham, MA Economics
Shannon Kooser
Anne Kramer
River Forest, I L Economics, French, Art
New York, NY French, Art
Lily Kramlich-Taylor
Madeline Kurtz Westport, CT Religious Studies, Dance
Los Altos, CA Education, Anthropology
Jessica Kravit
Sacramento, CA Economics
North Salem, NY Art
Jeffrey Lamson
Mduduzi Langwenya
Sarah Large
Amesbury, MA History
Mbabane, Swaziland Economics, Geoscience
Bow, NH Envtl. Studies, Physics
Kyle Layne-Allen
Charles Leeds II I
Dorchester, MA English, Classics
Kallie Leschen-Lindell
New York, NY Government, Economics
Falmouth, MA Global Studies, Envtl. Studies
Benjamin Lewis Haverhill, MA Biology, Classic Civilization
Kayla Lewkowicz
Sara Lezin
Hopkinton, MA Govt., Global Studies, Art
Santa Cruz, CA Biology, Environmental Studies
Josephine Liang North Point, Hong Kong Psychology, Chemistry
Katia Licea
Helaine Linden
San Jose, CA WGSS, Spanish
Kelly Ling
Jie Liu
Andover, CT Environmental Studies, Biology
Winchester, MA Biology, Economics
Brooklyn, NY Biology
Julia Lo
Erin Love
Forrest Lovett
Xavier Loving
New York, NY English, Art, Cinema
Charlotte, NC Environmental Science
Lancaster, PA History
Boston, MA East Asian Studies, Anthropology
Richard Lund Ill
Jack Lundeen
Dover, N H Economics
Great Falls, VA Art, Economics
Sarah Lux Manlius, NY Economics
Audrey Lyman Traverse City, Ml Biology, Comp. Science, Musi
(atherine MacNamee
Daniel Maddox
Najah Magloire
Jenna Mahaffie
Rye, N H German, Psychology
Bedford, N H Economics
Brooklyn, NY Philosophy
Bethesda, M D English, Art
Pandit Marni
Sarah Mann
Chloe Marmet
Ariel Martin
Austin, TX Global, Latin Am. Studies
New York, NY Government, Creative Writing
Hyde Park, MA Psychology
Lucas Martin
Omari Matthew
Yono Mayayeva
Doris McAuliffe
East Sandwich, MA Music, English
Bronx, NY Biology
Forest Hills, NY Government
Mclean, VA Global, Environmental Studies
Winslow McCurdy
Katarina McDonald Londonderry, VT
Courtney Mcintosh-Peters
Freetown, Sierra Leone )Vt., Religious, Jewish Studies
Scituate, MA lobal Studies, Anthropology
Bainbridge Island, WA Spanish, Global Studies
History
Washington, DC Chemistry, Human Dev.
Lindsey McKenna Fairfield, CT Government
Matthew McKenna
Colin Mclaughlin
Quechee, VT History
Farmington, CT Global Studies, French
Barbara Mejia
Amanda Meredith
Richmond, CA Human Dev., Philosophy
Dana Merk-Wynne
Cincinnati, O H French, Anthropology
Waterville, ME Creative Writing
Martha Mesna
Anna Mintz
Annika Moline
Edina, MN Economics, Chinese
Mountain Lakes, NJ American Studies, WGSS
Wayzata, MN Anthropology
Jessica Moore
Kathryn Moore
Higganum, CT Biology, German
Vienna, VA Chemistry, Physics
Laura Morin Friendship, ME Biology, Music
Wyatt Mclean Camden, ME Environmental Studies
Morgan Monz North Haven, CT Geology, Environmental StudiE
Alexander Morris Mill Valley, CA Economics, Spanish, Math
Arya Mortazavi
Renzo Moyano
Potomac, M D Economics
New York, NY Anthropology, Envtl. Studies
David Murphy
Caitlin Murray
Berryville, VA Global Studies, WGSS
Chatham, NJ Spanish, Admin. Science
Shamika Murray
Emily Nadel
Thomas Nagler
Jennifer Nale
Philadelphia, PA Psychology
Wellesley, MA Anthropology, Art
I ndianapolis, I N Spanish, English
Belgrade, ME Philosophy
Henry Nolle
Kristen Nassif
Lisa Nehring
Atlanta, GA History
Toronto, Canada Art, Biology
Westfield, NJ Bio., Jewish Studies, Writing
Anhduy Nguyen
Mackenzie Nichols
John Nivison Ill
Allison Nolan
Chula Vista, CA German Studies
Lexington, MA Environmental Studies
Winslow, ME English, Government
South Paris, ME Latin American Studies, Edu.
att ew Newman Westford, MA
History, Global Studies, German
Gift Ntuli
Samantha Nystrom
Kimara Nzamubona
Mutare, Zimbabwe Geology, Physics
Bolton, CT English, Classic Civilization
Portland, ME Chemistry, French
Lucy O'Keeffe
Amanda O'Malley
Alexandra Ojerholm
Frances Onyilagha
Boston, MA Envtl Studies, Economics
Lincoln, MA Global Studies, East Asian Studies
Worcester, MA Economics, Ad. Sci.
Little Rock, AR Psychology
Motoki Otsuka
Jason Ottomano
Wayland, MA Global Studies
Weston, CT Government, Economics, I talian
Brian Palmer
Cecil Papafio
Dayton, MD Biology
Bronx, NY Anthropology
Justin Owumi Jamaica Plain, MA Biochemistry, Education
Kelsey Park Presque Isle, ME Psychology, Philosophy
Laura Parris Scituate, MA English, Phil., Jewish Studies
Clare Peaslee
Lyndsey Pecker
Anders Peterson
Theresa Petzoldt
Guilford, CT conomics, Admin. Science
Cold Spring, NY French, Government
Hieu Phan
Eliza Phillips
Jasmine Phillips
Katherine Pleasants
Hai Duong, Vietnam Comp. Science, Math
Brooklyn, NY Environmental Studies
Bryant, A R History, American Studies
Virginia Beach, VA Anthropology, Classical Civ.
Aimee Polimeno
Sergei Poljak
Max Pollinger
North Woodstock, N H Psychology, Education
Winnetka, IL Westfield, VT Comp. Sci., Econ., Italian Envtl. Studies, Religious Studies
Branford, CT Summit, NJ Environmental Studies, Philosophy Economics, Envtl. Studies
Christopher Pratt Wellesley, MA 'athematic, Admin. Science
Sam Poulin Readfield, ME Psychology, Economics
Adele Priestley
Dakota Rabbitt
Amber Ramirez
Stowe, VT English, Education, I talian
Rehoboth, MA English, Admin. Science
El Paso, TX Spanish, WGSS, Philosophy
William Randall
Brittany Reardon
Old Saybrook, CT Physics, Anthropology
Scituate, MA Sociology, Human Development
Madelyn Renzetti
Andrew Rhoads
Caldwell, NJ Biology, Creative Writing
Chatham, NJ Biology, Education
Carlton Reed Woolwich, ME Economics
Brandon Rivard Manchester, NH Economics
Laura Robinson
Christian Roccotagliata
Matias Rodlauer
Orleans, MA American Studies, Philosophy
Roslyn Heights, NY English
Mclean, VA Economics
Theodore Rooney
Amanda Rosa Di Sant
Bronxville, NY Economics
Cos Cob, CT Biology
Peter Reiley Marblehead, MA Geology
Julian Ross
Joshua Rothenberg
Brooklyn, NY English, Cinema Studies
Ithaca, NY Government, Philosophy
Jessie Rottersman Roque Bluffs, M E Biology
Morgan Rublee
n�-.=,-; --;.-� Stephanie Ruys de Perez
James Ryan
Glenburn, M E English, Education
Pasadena, CA History, Japanese
Mendon, VT Global Studies
Margaret Sargent
Hilbert Schenck 111
Andrea Schweitzer
Bangkok, Thailand Art History, Economics
Needham, MA Psychology, Theater and Dance
Cambridge, MA Government, Economics
Andover, MA Government, Envtl. Studies
Matthew Seff
Angela Sepulveda
Kathryn Shaefer
Trevor Shorb
New York, NY Philosophy
Bronx, NY Latin American Studies
Lincoln, M E Biology
Lincoln, MA Government
Samantha Slotnick
Alison Smith
Kevin Smithwood
Canterbury, CT Psychology, Education
Gales Ferry, CT Biology
Wolfeboro, NH History
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Roy Simpson Ill Newtown Square, PA Economics
Jonathan Sommer Gauting, Germany Government, Chinese
Alaba Sotayo
David Stanton
Kristen Starkowski
Natick, MA Economics
Marlborough, CT English, Sociology
Elizabeth Stone Concord, MA Art
Margaret Sutherland New Castle, N H Art
Darryl Soto
Newark, NJ Biology
Boston, MA Sociology
Caroline Southwick Califon, NJ Psychology
Michael Steele
Tyler Steinhauser
Joseph Sullivan
William Sullivan
Daniel Sunderland
Kingston, RI Philosophy, Government
Milton, MA Economics, Admin. Science
Justin Swansburg
Christopher Swick
Norwell, MA New York, NY Envtl. Studies, Anthropology Government, American Stud
Prides Crossing, MA Economics, Administrative Science
Attleboro, MA Economics
Middlebury, VT Biology, Japanese
Eden Prairie, MN Computer Science
!\ppalonia Tankersley North Andover, MA .ychology, Admin. Science
Economics
Bertrand Teirlinck
Annalisa Tester
Arjun Thomke
Cornelius, NC Economics, History
Minneapolis, MN Human Development
Lexington, MA History
Benjamin Timm
Alexis Tischbein
My Phuong Tong
Mount Vernon, ME Biology
Alna, M E Economics, Admin. Science
Lynnwood, WA Biology, Classic Civilization
Nicholas Trepp
Crystiana Tsujiura
Eva Valladares
Greenwich, CT Economics, Admin. Science
Scarborough, ME Biology, Creative Writing
Madrid, Spain Global Studies, Anthropology
Andrew VandenBerg
Caitlin Vorlicek
Madeline Wadington
Belmont, MA Economics, Administrative Science
Saint Charles, IL Psychology
Milwaukee, WI Economics
Deephaven, MN Psychology
Sophie Weaver
Stephen Webel
Kyle Wehner
Wellsboro, PA Biology, Geology
Falmouth, ME Computer Science, Music
Slingerlands, NY English, Government
Susan Weidner
Amara Weiss
Bethany Weitzman
Megan Wells
West Simsbury, CT English
Williston, VT Economics, Envtl. Studies
New York, NY American Studies, Cinema
Wilton, CT English, American Studies
Benjamin Wexler-Waite
Brianne Wheeler
Madeline Wilson
Russell Wilson
New York, NY Government, Italian
Brussels, Canada Psychology, Admin. Science
Ridgewood, NJ Global Studies, STS
Denver, CO Government, Economics
Taylor Witkin
Fritha Wright Wayland, MA English
Sylvia Xistris
Kelsey Yardumian
Larchmont, NY Classical Civilization
Sudbury, MA Environmental Studies
Boxborough, MA Government, Economics
Cole Yaverbaum
Stephanie Yoon
Alexandra Yorke
Rory Zia
Westport, CT English
Sunderland, MA French, Art
Chicago, IL Global Studies
Honolulu, HI Government, Chinese
Brittney Ziebell
Natasha Ziv
Bedford, NH English, Admin. Science
Winnetka, IL Psychology, Spanish
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James Axelrod Cambridge, MA
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Daniel Fowler
Michael Jenkins
Manhattan Beach, CA Philosophy
Scott Franch· iam Chu York, NY
New York, NY
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John Bartlett Lynn, MA Economics, Ad ' . Science
Government
Malia Kawamura Salem, OR Mathematics, Physics
Leigh Fryxell
Lauren Lacy
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Hampden, ME
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Simsbury, CT Biology
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Lindsay Jarrett
Latin American Studies, Govt.
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Timothy Badmington
Manchester, MA
Paul Gallagher Philip Co
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Watertown, East Asian, Global Studies
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Ga rielle Donahue Cape Elizabeth, ME Biology, Mathern
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Jack Gobillot Deerfield, MA Theater, Creative Writing
Beverly, MA STS, African American Studie Comp. Sci.
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Miia-Liisa T ermonen
Groose Pointe Woods, Ml
Waterville, ME
Biology, Theater
Government
Psychology, Creative Writing
Mikaela Mintz
Grace Reville
Nathanial Tolman
Stamford, CT
Scarborough, ME
Environmental Studies
Biology
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Great Barrington, MA s chology, Theater
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Natalie Tortorella
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Dylan Nisky Kailua, HI hology
Manchester, ME dmin. Science
Human Development
Kyle Roth
Bowen Tretheway
Briarcliff Manor, NY
Chicago, IL
Biology, Admin. Science
Physics
Elizabeth Schell
Brendan Tschaen
Durango, CO Envtl. Studies, Chemistry
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David Wheeler Lock Haven, PA Geology, Mathematics
Matthew White Wellesley, MA English, Education, WGSS
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2014 Commencement Address: Honorable Deval Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 25, 2014
Deval Patrick 2014 Commencement Speaker Gov. Deval Patrick Chairman Diamond and members of the Boord of Trustees: President Adams and members of the faculty and administration and staff; fellow honorees. distinguished guests, proud family and friends, and, most especially, members of the Colby Class of 2014. Congratulations to all of you on reaching today's milestone. and thank you so very much for having me
The main event this morning, of course, 1s getting tn hand the degrees for which you have worked so hard and I realize that I had better not keep you from that for very long. Seriously, giving a commencement address is a high honor but a tough assignment when you know, as I do, that few of you ore listening and none of you will remember a single word I say Most, including me, can barely remember who the commencement speaker was at our graduations. As if the challenge of being both brief and memorable was not burden enough, imagine how unnerving it was for me to notice over someone's shoulder just the other day a USA Today headline that read, "A Good Grad Speech Is the One Not Given." Like I said, I'll be brief. For the benefit of your parents and grandparents and the banks that lent you the money to pay for tuition, I want to certify confidently and enthusiastically that you graduates ore very well prepared. I know that present here today ore future doctors and lawyers, biologists and engineers, soldiers and social workers. nurses and entrepreneurs and artists. I expect there are some who will have more than one career in the course of your working lives, and I hope that whatever you choose to do, you do ii with integrity. There is so much emphasis on education today as a pathway to a good job and I get that. Omari, you'll be fine Given the changes afoot in the economy and in the world, education will be the key to your success and ours as a nation. But your education here at Colby is surely about more than preparation for being good employees. It's also about preparation for being good citizens Good citizens take an interest in people and in issues beyond themselves. They understand community in that old-fashioned sense of seeing their stake in their neighbors' dreams and struggles as well as their own. They inform themselves about what s happening in the community. They volunteer. They listen. They take the long view. They vote. Good citizens don't just live and work in a community. They build community. I have to tell you that given the level of personal engagement that good citizenship demands, I have been wondering and worrying a little bit whether this kind of citizenship is in jeopardy. Because I keep meeting young people who ore at some critical level not engaged, really not present My daughters ore in constant touch with each other and their friends by text messages. In the case of my younger daughter she has o right thumb that seems to hove a life of its own, flying over the tiny keys, typing in that special texting shorthand, sometimes even 1n entire words, almost as fast as she speaks. She con do it looking me right in the eye while she is typing and while I am talking to her. But when she does it, she's not present. I know a young man-smart, insightful, wise beyond his years-who spends his days constantly shifting his attention from one smartphone to another to his desktop, to his iPod He sends text messages, reads and sends tweets, checks his e-mail, surfs the Web-all while you're standing tn the same room talking with him. In all the time over all the years we've spent talking with each other, I realize I hardly know him at all. He was there, but not present My staff never attend meetings without their smortphones and check them frequently during the discussion. When I m tn the meeting, I ask for their undivided attention-so they wait until ! look away and then steal o furtive glance at their Blackberries. When they're not checking them, you con tell they're calculating how much time before I look away so that they con check their Blackberries. They assure me otherwise, but they ore not present. Modern society is awash in information and grappling with how to make the most of social media It is o powerful force in casual communication, in business marketing, in celebrity. It transformed politics in my first campaign, tn Barack Obama's, and in many campaigns since. But does it help us to connect as human beings? Does it enable us to be present? Sometimes when driving in the car, I look up from my work and ask the name of that special teacher we met or maybe who starred in some old TV show. If the state trooper driving me that day is a little closer to my age, he will start to wonder aloud and odd some personal recollection lo the subiect. Meanwhile, the young, always-helpful rnde who travels with me checks Google and announces the definitive answer from the back seat And that is the end of that. I tell him that asking on open-ended question is what used to be called "conversation."
Sometimes the open-ended question is not just about getting to the answer but rather about the journey and Google hos little to do with that. Real human connection. the nuance of empathy and understanding, 1s often more gradual and subtle than Twitter It requires intimacy. And I worry that the demands of constant communication and infinite information through social media ore crowding out intimacy. Social media as we hove seen, can start a revolution. But con it bring peace? You con break up on Facebook or by text. But con you fall in love? Our 1-yeor-old grandson lives in California. We Skype with him regularly. and he giggles and coos and drools right back to us with recognition. But ir's not the same as holding him.
y wife and I hove been married 30 years this month. Several weeks ago we hod a rare Sunday without any plans, and we spent the day reading. Imagine that. Just reading. We sat with our books in the some room reading silently to ourselves, getting up occasionally to fetch a cup of coffee, but rrostly speaking not a word to each other. We borh commented later what a wonderful day it hod been and I m certain there was more intimacy sitting wordlessly together in our living room than if we hod each spen the some time apart sending e-mails and texts constantly to one another.
I wont to show you I'm not the dull out-of-touch Luddite that I sound like right now. You know that hilarious TV commercial with the two old ladies and the one gets irritated at the other and she soys 'I unfriend you' and is told, "That s not how it works; that s not how any of this works''? That s not me. I ove the convenience the reach and the flexibility of social media I understand the power of social media whether to stir a movement for good or to bully And even I hove to laugh at the number of times someone of my vintage asks if they con take a selfie with me and then hands the phone to someone else to snap the picture Just for the parents and the grandparents here it s not a self1e if you don't rake it yourself. But my point is that however vital electronic connectivity may be. human intimacy still matters. That s how we build trust how we convey kindness and grace how we love. how we heal the world And human intimacy still depends on looking someone in the eye touching them, actively listening being present. In •he days and weeks ofter the marathon bombings lost year 1n Boston. we were all reminded how few degrees of separation there ore between us. The loss and senselessness touched us all because we each knew someone or someone who knew someone who was directly affected by what happened. One of the duties I assumed as did other public officials and hundreds of private citizens, was to comfort the survivors. our neighbors and friends. That wouldn t work by text or tweet. It demands intimacy. Whether healing on individual or healing the world healing itself requires being present. So promise me this one thing: Sometime today put your tablet or your srnortphone aside, look your mom and dad in the eye and tell them you love 1hem. Hold your roommate's hand and tell them you appreciate them for helping get you through to today. Acknowledge to the person you come to !(row only in your wan¡ng days on this campus how sorry you ore that it took oil these years to discover that the person you thought was such a jerk before turned out to be such a kind and interesting person. Thank one of your teachers in person with a hug. Be present-and see what a difference 1t makes in your lives and in the world. Congratulations. everybody. Good luck to you, and God bless you.
2014 Class Speakers Address: Elected by his classmates, Omari George Matthew '14, of Bronx N.Y. Colby's 193rd Commencement, May 25, 2014. Welcome, everybody. Welcome, friends, staff, faculty, family, family of those friends, friends of those friends, and everybody in between. Welcome to th, long-awaited, often-dreamt-of, and sometimes-doubted graduation of the Class of 2014. Give it up! Before I start off the speech, I just wonted to give a quick thank-you and a quick shout-out. I want to give a shout-out to Bro Adams for having the greotes bling I've ever seen in my life The only thing that comes to mind is "Does your chain hang low?" I also want to thank everybody who voted me into this honored tradition and position. It helped me realize who my true friends are because nobody will put their friend through two weeks of anxiety and nervousness like this. So as we speak, deleting people off of Facebook. This is happening now.
"Graduation in its finest, in its essence, is the culmination of everything your faculty, your parents, your friends hove done for you." I think what's important, to this speech at least, is the process that went into creating ii and writing rt. Once I first figured out I'm going to do thrs speech, I got to figure out what I got to do: first things first, take a shower. The shower's where all good ideas happen. I'm pretty sure Newton, when the apple fel
on his head. ii was raining So, I started taking showers twice a day, up lo three times a day, trying to figure this out, and nothing come to me. I was just little dumbfounded. So I decided to go to the people who inspire me the most: my friends, my family, peers, professors. I started going to office hours a
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I'm going to start kind of for bock, way for bock. When I was a kid, a young lad. When I was a young lad, when I heard the year 2014, I was like, "Man, there's gorng to be flying cars, teleportotion. I'm never going to be late. It's going lo be amazing" And then I woke up one day in 2014 and WO! like, "We hove none of tho!. I'm still late to class I'm not in the sky driving." The point of that is that from a small child I always wonted to be in the future. and I realized later in my life that only Konye West con exist in the future, and I just wasn't allowed that right or privilege. But this idea of existing in the future kept on coming up. So when I was in elementary school, all I wonted to do was be in middle school. When I was in middle school, oil I wonted tc do was be rn high school. When I was in high school, all I wonted to do was get into college and get it over with. So I finally mode it to college, got a scholorship-woop, woop-Posse, you already know, shout-out. You already know CP9, you know what ii is. So I'm at college now, and it's my freshman year, and-you're going to see a pattern-oil I wonted to do was get to my sophomore year. Because as much as I enjoyed coming to Colby-I thought it was on amazing place-I also hated it here. And thrs might seem weird-I love
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anyone asks, I love Colby, it hos this very special place in my heart. But during my freshman year it was really tough. I felt uncomfortable Coming from New York City to semi-rural Moine was very hard. Hoving things close at 4 p.m. was very hard. Not having a subway system or a bodega down the street was incredibly tough to deal with. And it wasn't easy. So then, all I wonted to do was exist in my sophomore year. I get to my sophomore year, the sophomore slump happens And everybody knows the sophomore slump. If you had a good time sophomore year, you did something wrong during you college experience. There's no way you could hove hod a good time sophomore year. Sophomore year is the worst year for any college student It just happens to be like that. We don't know why; nobody knows why. I hove a team of scientists actually working on this, trying to figure it out. They've come up wrth nothing so for. So, I just wonted to get to my 1unior year. And my junior year, I would soy, is the greatest year I've ever hod in my life. It was the year I got a girlfriend, a beautiful girlfriend, Alex Jackson-she's sitting over there, you con peep her over there. Hey babe! It's the year I started coming out of my shell and really embracing everything Colby College hod to offer, everything Colby College wonted to give me, 'cause realistically your college experience is exactly what you make it. So I started embracing this, started doing a lot more things on campus, and that's when I started to love it here. I was like, "This is sick. I'm a college student, I'm really enjoying this, I hove friends, I hove family who love me. This is awesome. Yeah." And I like high-lived myself mentally and kept onThis tassel is ridiculous. I don't know who invented tassels, but we need something that like kind of just stays where it is and you con like clip it on to the next srde Anyway, let's not digress. So I move on from my junior year, enjoying Colby, enjoying everybody here, and, even then, I was like, "Mon, I can't wait till senior year This is going to be awesome. I cannot wait till senior year." things happen during senior year. Some of the lost chances I get to hong out with the people I love. Some of the lost chances I get to toke the classes that I love, Poetry II. It's just, senior year is in a lot of ways like the pinnacle of your college experience, the zenitr paint. And in that, in the emotion and the flurry of that, all I'm doing is worrying about, "Man, am I going to get this job? Am I going to move on into the future? What am I going to do?" And now I'm here, at graduation, and I'm still feeling a little anxious And port of me's like, "Aw, man, I can't wait till thrs
is over, get that diploma, peace out, Colby." "Graduation isn't a moment to soy how much I'm going to miss you It's a moment to look at them in the eye and tell them I couldn't hove done thrs without you."
But that's what I m thinking of at graduation right now. I remember going to my old boss, and I wonted to go talk to him about something You may hove heard of him before- I talk about him a lot. His name is Bob. I told him "Bob, I don t know if I con do research anymore scientific research." And he looks at me and he's like ''What do you wont to do?" I was like, "You know, it would be kind of cool being like the upper port, where I'm actually telling people 'You con do this for me"' Because, when you're starting out in scientific research, everybody, you're doing o lot of dirty work. Dirty work as in you're doing o lot of looking at one thing for o lot. You ever hove to count forominifero? It's o lot of them. Under o microscope. You're counting thousands. At that point I was feeling really bod about it. I was like, I can't keep on doing this. And he told me. "Omori. the reason why you're feeling so anxious about the future"-ond he diagnosed it in like a second-he was like, "Omori the reason why you re feeling so anxious about the future is, you really wont to exist in it. You re so ready to exist in the future that you re messing up your present time where you' re actually existing. ' And usually when somebody gives you wise, old sage advice, it doesn t make any sense, but that one clicked. It mode sense. In that moment, I got it. was like, yeah I do think about the future o lot. I do really wont to exist in it. I can't wait till I hove o family. I con t wait till I hove o job. I can't wait ill I hove o steady career, o house and o home. But that's not what I hove right now. What I hove is 1ust as amazing. We re at graduation, everybody. I don't know if you haven't noticed. But we ore. And graduation, yeah, it's the catapult, the launching pod into o future life. but let's not worry about where we're going to land right now What we hove to think about during graduation is the emotion of the moment Exist 1n this moment right now. You'll never get another chance to graduate from college. This happens only once. Don t disrespect it by being anxious about the future. That's not what it's for This moment right here is the culmination of oil your experiences-and not just the academic ones. That's great and all and this degree s going to be amazing. But graduation in its finest, in its essence is the culmination of everything your faculty your parents, your friends hove done for you. The late nights that you spent eating o Spa quesodillo just talking to your friends because you were feeling anxious about sorriething. The amount of times you went to your professor s office hours just to get the one problem on your problem set right so you don t foil the class. I've been there multiple times. The times you went to your friend and knocked on their door at like 3 o.m. crying, trying to figure out what you wont to do in a situation or o problem Or even the happy times. you re just literally laughing with the person, and you don't even know what was so funny. You con t remember it cause in that moment you're just laughing having o good time For your friends for your family, for this faculty and staff graduation isn't o moment to soy how much I m going to miss you. It's o moment to look at them in the eye and tell them I couldn't hove done this without you. That's what graduation is and I couldn't be more proud than to be a member of the
2014 class at Colby Thank you.
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