149th academic year
WIN T ER COM M EN C EM E N T Sunday, December 18, 2022 1 p.m. Shove Chapel Colorado Springs, Colorado
THE COLORADO COLLEGE WINTER COMMENCEMENT Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 1 p.m. Presiding: L. Song Richardson, President of the College
PRELUDE* “The Peace May Be Exchanged (from Rubrics)”
Dan Locklair (b. 1949)
P R O C E S S I O N A L*
“Cantique”
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
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) Performed by Members of Room 46
I N VO C AT I O N * Kate Holbrook, Chaplain
WELCOME L. Song Richardson, President of the College
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Nadia Guessous, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Feminist and Gender Studies Meditations on Time, Memory, and Interconnectedness
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE Presented by Emily Chan, Dean of the Faculty Conferred by L. Song Richardson, President of the College
“O Colorado College Fair”
C O L O R A D O C O L L E G E A L M A M AT E R * Words and music by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay Performed by Members of Room 46
BENEDICTION* Kate Holbrook, Chaplain
R E C E S S I O N A L* “Marche Triomphale”
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
*ATTENDEES STANDING Degree recipients and guests are requested to remain in their places until the conclusion of the ceremony.
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BACHELOR of ARTS Lars Daniels Baker, Denver, Colorado, Economics
Al S. Lo, Lakewood, Colorado, Anthropology, Theatre
Sunderland Kyle Baker, Thornton, Colorado, Independently Designed Major
Alek Liam Malone, Hinsdale, Illinois, Molecular Biology
Marco Barracchia, Trani, Italy, Anthropology
Connor F. McMaster, Denver, Colorado, Economics
Brandon Chavin Chan, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, Environmental Science
Ella Neurohr, Chicago, Illinois, Computer Science
Andrew Choy, Johns Creek, Georgia, Business, Economics, & Society
Moises Padilla, Richmond, California, Computer Science
Jordan Rae Darrow, Pacific Palisades, California, Political Science
AiLi Helene Pigott, Foushan, People’s Republic of China, Environmental Science
Rakesh DaSilva, Albany, California, Physics, Computer Science
Skye Qiu, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China, Mathematics
Eden Eaves, Lakeway, Texas, Molecular Biology
Kira E. Ratcliffe, Garrett Park, Maryland, Geology
Josmary Fernandez, Newark, New Jersey, Spanish
Parker Rehmus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Geology
Livia Ginchereau, Cape Neddick, Maine, Environmental Studies
Mary Lelia Rudolph, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Organismal Biology and Ecology
Ziyi Guo, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China, Political Science
Hannah Pauline Scott, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Sociology
Charles Henry Hall, Westbrook, Connecticut, Political Science
Manuel Alexis Uribe Magana, Littleton, Colorado, Romance Languages
James Patrick Hanafee, Mount Prospect, Illinois, Political Science, Economics
Kevin Wang, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, International Political Econ, Classics
Conrad Hanley Hedinger, Kalispell, Montana, Philosophy
Nate N. Warrachart, Rhinebeck, New York, Economics
Elizabeth Carolyn Ho, Centennial, Colorado, Neuroscience
Kendall Weiskopf, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Film and Media Studies
Meaghan Marie Hohman, Orinda, California, Political Science
Nathaniel P. Wolfgang, Saunderstown, Rhode Island, Neuroscience
Soleil Chantelle Kerfoot, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Neuroscience
Nora Catherine Rocks Wynn, Skillman, New Jersey, Geology
Augustine Sungki Kim, Denver, Colorado, Business, Economics, & Society
Anni Zettl, Stockach, BAD, Germany, Physics, Mathematics
Rowan Aengus Kinney, Aztec, New Mexico, Chemistry
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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.
S ENI O R C L ASS MOT TO “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” — Audre Lorde S ENI O R C L A SS G I F T Colorado College Mental Health Promotion Fund: To support mental health promotion and suicide prevention efforts on campus. This fund may be used for, but is not limited to, investing in all members (i.e., faculty, staff, and students) of the campus community with mental health training (i.e., identifying the signs and symptoms of mental health challenges or illness and how to respond), as well as bringing speakers or programs to campus that address mental health. L A ND AC K N OW L E D GE ME NT We acknowledge that Colorado College is located within the unceded territory of the Ute Peoples. Other tribes who historically use, and continue to use, the land also include the Apache, Arapaho, Comanche, and Cheyenne. We ask you to honor the ancestors of our various peoples, nations, tribes, and families whose struggles for justice on this land inspire us. IM P O R T A N T I N F O RMA T IO N Photography: A professional photographer will be taking photos of each graduate. Photos will be available for purchase at www.gradimages.com approximately two weeks after the event. Visitors consent to appear in documentation and media and its future use by Colorado College. Livestream: Winter Commencement will be live-streamed at www.coloradocollege.edu/live starting at 1 p.m., Mountain Time, on Sunday, Dec. 18. Share your photos and tweets: #CCWinterGrad2022