Commencement 2024 - Program

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Ed Robson Arena | 8:30 a.m.

SENIOR CLASS MOTTO

“In a time of destruction, create something.”

Maxine Hong Kingston

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.

SENIOR CLASS GIFT

Commemorate your senior year by contributing to the Senior Class Gift! As a CC tradition, the senior class gift is a moment to celebrate your time here by supporting a cause that aligns with your student experience, values, and philanthropic interests. Give to initiatives like mental health, sustainability, financial aid, the CC Food Pantry, the LGBTQ Discretionary Fund, student access, antiracism, and others. Your gift is a pledge to the future of CC and a legacy that endures beyond graduation. Let’s make a difference for the next generation of Tigers!

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Photography: A professional photographer will be taking photos of each graduate. To order your photos please visit www.gradimages.com. 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.

Assisted Listening: Assisted listening devices available for checkout at Guest Services on a first-come first-served basis. Guests can also view captions on their mobile devices by pulling up the livestream at www.coloradocollege.edu/live or scanning the QR code below.

Livestream: The Commencement livestream will be available for viewing on May 19, 2024.

www.coloradocollege.edu/live

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Dear Class of 2024,

Congratulations! Your hard work, passion, and commitment have culminated in this remarkable achievement — your graduation from Colorado College.

You enrolled at CC in the middle of a pandemic, after your senior year of high school was upended in ways you never could have imagined. You shifted between remote and in-person learning, not knowing when and how you would fully immerse yourself in our campus community. Anyone who chooses CC and the Block Plan is bold — but you took this leap of faith during a time in your life that was already filled with so much uncertainty. That takes extraordinary courage.

Over the next four years, your courage only grew. You took on challenging coursework, discovered new passions, and learned about yourself and the world around you. You spent time with dynamic professors who expanded your worldview, showing you how to think critically and integrate new ideas quickly in the immersive setting of the Block Plan. You had productive conversations with peers with whom you might disagree, and you learned how to listen with the intent to understand. You advocated for better mental health support on campus, championed the causes that were important to you, and supported your friends in times of need.

You fully participated in campus life. You joined student organizations, competed and cheered for our Tiger athletic teams, and created and enjoyed art, music, and theater performances. You contributed to the vibrancy of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region, volunteering and working with local nonprofits and businesses. You went on adventures you’ll never forget, from backpacking in the Rocky Mountains to researching in Mexico to studying abroad in Italy. You built lifelong friendships that will continue long after you leave this campus.

Now, you will take everything you’ve learned at CC, and the perspectives you’ve gained here, into your next chapter. Your voice matters. The world needs your courage and conviction more than ever.

We are so proud of you. Keep in touch and come back to visit often. You will always have a home here at CC, and with our alumni community all over the world.

Sincerely,

JEFF KELLER ’91, P’23 Chair of the Board of Trustees

L. SONG RICHARDSON President

THE COLORADO COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT

CLASS OF 2024

Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 8:30 a.m.

Presiding: L. Song Richardson, President of the College

PROCESSIONAL*

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

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT*

Debbie Howell, Elder in Residence

INVOCATION*

Kate Holbrook, Chaplain

WELCOME

L. Song Richardson, President of the College, and Jeff Keller ’91, P’23, Chair of the Board of Trustees

INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

L. Song Richardson, President of the College

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Frieda Ekotto ’86

Poetics of the Moment: One Breath at a Time

CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE

Jim Rosenthal ’70

Presented by Andrea Bruder, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Mathematics & Computer Science

HONORING EMERITI/RETIRING FACULTY

Presented by L. Song Richardson, President of the College

CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE

Presented by Emily Chan, Dean of the Faculty

Conferred by L. Song Richardson

COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER*

O Colorado College Fair

Words and music by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay

Performed by: Bryn Daney ’24, Khawla Douah ’24, Skylar Hennessee ’24, Kate Lamkin ’24, Clara Matlack ’24, Owen Rask ’24, Addi Schweiterman ’24, and Kathleen Shea ’24

Led by: Stephanie Brink ‘07

BENEDICTION*

Kate Holbrook, Chaplain

ALUMNI WELCOME

Kyle Samuel ’92, Member of the Board of Trustees

RECESSIONAL*

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, Conductor

*ATTENDEES STANDING AS ABLE

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 Tava Quad.

COMMENCEMENT

Frieda Ekotto

Frieda Ekotto ʼ86 is the Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Comparative Literature, and Francophone Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 1986, she became the first African woman to graduate from Colorado College. She went on to earn a Ph.D. in French and Comparative Literature from the University of Minnesota and began teaching in 1994 at the University of Michigan.

As an intellectual historian and philosopher with areas of expertise in 20th and 21st-century Anglophone and Francophone literature and in the cinema of West Africa and its diaspora, she concentrates on contemporary issues of law, race, and LGBTQIA2S+ issues. Her primary research to date has focused on how law serves to repress and mask the pain experienced by disenfranchised subjects; her intention in this work is to trace what cannot be said in order to address and expose suffering from a variety of angles and cultural intersections and reassess the position and agency of the dispossessed. She is the author of multiple books and numerous book chapters, as well as many articles in prestigious literary journals. She is currently working on LGBTQIA2S+ issues, with an emphasis on West African cultures within Africa as well as in Europe and the Americas.

In addition to her academic work, Ekotto is also a creative writer. She received the Nicolàs Guillèn Prize for Philosophical Literature in 2014, and in 2015, she was awarded the Benezet Award from her alma mater, Colorado College, for excellence in her field. In 2016, she was awarded the John H. D’Arms Faculty Award for Distinguished Graduate Mentoring in the Humanities at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Degree at Colorado College. She has produced two documentaries: in 2017, “Vibrancy of Silence: A Discussion with My Sisters,” and in 2021, “Zurura Zurura: A Smile Blooms,” as part of the ongoing research on Vibrancy of Silence: Images and Cultural Production of Sub-Saharan African Women. She is President of the Modern Language Association (2023–2024) and a member of the Colorado College Board of Trustees.

HONORARY

Jim Rosenthal ’70

Jim Rosenthal is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tex-Air Filters. He is a 1970 graduate of Colorado College with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, and he holds a Master’s degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in summer 2020, he co-developed, with Dr. Richard Corsi, the “Corsi-Rosenthal Box” — a low-cost, do-it-yourself air filter made from 4-5 MERV 13 air filters and a box fan. Rosenthal was nominated for an honorary degree by Dr. Emily Chan, Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Psychology, and Dr. Andrea Bruder, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. Dr. Bruder, who served as Public Health Advisor to the President during the COVID-19 pandemic, was building Corsi-Rosenthal boxes on the CC campus before she realized the co-inventor was an alumnus.

The device takes 20-30 minutes to build, costs less than $100, and has been shown to be more effective than commercial HEPA air cleaners. It is open source, so people worldwide can build variations using materials available in their countries. An estimated 250,000-plus Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes have been built in the last four years to help protect people from airborne viruses and contaminants like wildfire smoke. The box has been tested and endorsed by the EPA, CDC and other independent laboratories. It has been featured in academic journals, trade publications, and mainstream media, including BBC, CBS, Fortune, The New York Times, NBC, NPR, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, Toronto Star, Vox, and The Washington Post.

In his work with the Corsi-Rosenthal Box, Rosenthal embodies the core values of a Colorado College education. His innovative approach to building the box itself, paired with his commitment to serving the public health of communities everywhere, demonstrate the powerful impact of the liberal arts.

At CC, Rosenthal was the Exchange Student to the Netherlands School of International Business for the 1968-69 academic year, played on the men’s golf and rugby teams, and was a dorm counselor. After earning his master’s degree and working for several companies in international business, operations, and marketing, he started his own company in 1997.

Rosenthal is a lifelong learner and a firm believer in the value of a liberal arts education. He credits his CC education for giving him the skills to “learn how to learn,” and believes the liberal arts have given him perspective that has been invaluable in his business and professional career. His favorite and most helpful CC courses were English Writing, Speech, Art History, American and World History, Accounting 101, Behavioral Psychology, and anything taught by Dr. Fred Sondermann. Rosenthal’s CC experience also gave him a deep appreciation for art and music. He is a passionate print collector and classical music enthusiast, and he helped forge a multi-year collaboration between the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Association and the Colorado College Summer Music Festival.

Rosenthal has more than 25 years of experience in the air filtration and environmental control industries. He served as president of the National Air Filtration Association (NAFA) from 2009-2010. In 2016, he received NAFA’s Distinguished Service Award, and in 2020, its Lifetime Achievement Award. He was President of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America – Texas Chapter from 1998-2013.

He and his wife, Kathy Rosenthal (née Roman, Class of ’71), reside in Fort Worth, Texas.

“The liberal arts gave me the gift of learning that I have treasured my whole life … I didn’t succeed in business because I took a lot of business courses. It was because I learned to look at things in a different way — a bigger-picture view.”

Shane Burns

2024 FACULTY

Professor Emeritus of Physics

Phillip Cervantes

Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics

Alberto Hernandez-Lemus

Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

CHARTER TRUSTEES

Jeff Keller ’91, P’23

Ryan Haygood ’97

Heather Carroll ’89

Chris Heckenkamp ’24

Bowditch, Edward ’86

Burghart, Susan S. ’77

Chen, Lilly ’19

Cullen, Carolyn ’91, P’20, P’22

DeHerrera, Jerome A. ’97

Duran, Eric ’91, DHL’15

Ekotto, Frieda ’86, DLitt’18

Ellis, Josiah (Joe) ’80

Franke, Jane ’84, P’17

Hastings, Lisa R. ’91, P’23

Hausmann, Jena ’93

Hoglin, Jen ’91

Louis, Amy Shackelford ’84

Lumumba, Tafari N. ’05

Park, So Yong ’87

Pohle, Liza Malott ’85

Jane Hilberry

Professor Emerita of Creativity and Innovation

Mark Smith

Professor Emeritus of Economics

Mark Wilson

Associate Professor Emeritus of Organismal Biology and Ecology

Porterfield, Daniel

Richardson, L. Song

Ross, Robert J.

Samuel, Kyle ’92

Slade, Michael B. ’79

Troubh, John B. ’79

Tutt Jr., R. Thayer P’15

Watel, Lauren ’07

White, Justin “Chester” ’15

Woo, Alan ’71, DHL’17

EMERITUS TRUSTEES

Baer, Neal A. ’78

Campbell, William J. ’67, P’02

Chalik, John P. ’67

Cooper, Daniel J. ’66, P’96

Hybl, William J. ’64, P’91

Lampton, David M. P’00

Manning Jr., Robert L. ’69

Moulton, Eben ’68

Norberg, Douglas E. ’62, P’88, ’91, G’21

Press, Adam F. ’84

Selig, Robert (Bob) W., ’61

Wilbur, Colburn S. Williamson, Brian E. ’96

Wold, Jack P. ’75, P’06, P’10

Woolsey, Suzanne H. P’97, P’98, P’99

Schlosser, Nancy B. ’49, G’10

Ward, William R. ’64

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Lynne V. Cheney ’63, P’88, P’91. G’16, G’20, Hon. DHL ’87

Diana DeGette ’79, Hon. LLD ’98, P’16

Kenneth L. Salazar ’77, Hon. DHL ’93

DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS

ANTHROPOLOGY, presented by Professor Steven Schwartz

H. Marie Wormington Award

Recipient: Cecilia Timberg

Courtney Cusick Memorial Prize

Recipient: Reeve Schroeder

ART, presented by Professor Tamara Bentley

Outstanding Senior Capstone in Art Studio

Recipient: Maren Greene

Outstanding Senior Capstone in Design

Recipient: Alexander Tor Madsen

Outstanding Senior Capstone in Museum Studies

Recipient: Benjamin Clark Davenport

Outstanding Senior Capstone in Art History

Recipient: Milo Nevaeh Miller

Mary Chenoweth Award

Recipient: Sienna Grace Busby

Craig Herst Arts Prize Scholar Award

Recipients: Anna Brief, Madeleine Broadhurst, Talia Cardin, Mariana Martin

Edith Kirsch Prize

First Place – Mariana Martin

Second Place – Isabella Nevin

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, presented by Professor Annelise Gorensek-Benitez

Otis A. and Margaret T. Barnes Departmental Service Award

Recipients: Enrique Hernandez Salcido, Callista Tran

First-Year Chemistry Award

Recipients: Mica Hart, Alina Miranda

William C. Champion Prize in Organic Chemistry

Recipients: Ollie Curtis Beland, Magdalyn Rowley-Lange, Damion Scott

Senior Awards for Academic Achievement

Recipients: McKenna Rae Casey, William Henry Gerash, Enrique Hernandez Salcido

ACS Biochemistry or Chemical Biology Award

Recipient: Devlin Swanson

ACS Analytical Chemistry Award

Recipient: Shianne Freeman

ACS Organic Chemistry Award

Recipient: Enrique Hernandez Salcido

ACS Inorganic Chemistry Award

Recipient: Damion Scott

ACS Physical Chemistry Award

Recipient: Cathy Xiao

Crecelius Family Research Award in Chemistry

Recipient: Maria Riek

Julia E. & Kenneth G. Bower Family Award in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Recipient: Maggie Nguyen

Alfred W. Alberts Summer Research Prize

Recipient: Ollie Curtis Beland

CHINESE, GERMAN, ITALIAN, JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN STUDIES, presented by Professor William S. Davis

Excellence in German Award

Recipient: Barbara Bilić

Anne von Bibra Sutton German Scholarship

Recipients: Ethan Kirschner, Mary Reinbold

Max Kade Award in German

Recipient: Henry Moraja

Alexey Malyshev Russian and Eurasian Studies Award

First Place – Elena Beliaeva

Second Place – Samuel Thomas Frykholm, Clara Matlack

Award in Excellence in Italian

First Place – Arthonia Louden

Second Place – Ethan Stewart, Grace Witulski

Japanese Language Award

Recipient: Sean McGonigle

Chinese Language Award

Recipient: Kate Lee

CLASSICS, presented by Professor Richard Fernando Buxton

Dr. John Bryant and Miriam Gile Hartwell Classics Prize

Recipient: Psalm Delaney

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, presented by Professor William S. Davis

Excellence in Comparative Literature

Recipient: Rietta Thomson

ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS, presented by Professor Katrina-Kat Miller-Stevens

Kenneth J. and Elizabeth Hare Curran Award

Recipients: Dylan Carey, Keeley Kandziora, Owen Rask

Robert William Kaye Prize

Recipient: Jacob Adin McDougall

Robert E. Rubin International Political Economics Award

Recipients: Denise Geronimo, Kate Lee

Robert E. Rubin Mathematical Economics Award

Recipients: Willow Ma, Kenza Zakarya

EDUCATION, presented by Professor Tina Valtierra

Outstanding Academic Achievement

Recipient: Augusta Gao

Excellence in Undergraduate Research

First Place – Psalm Delaney

Honorable Mention – Christina Ashenden

Excellence in Graduate Research

Recipients: Aasir Mecca, Catherine Stoller

Award for Excellence in Teacher Education

Recipients: Vanessah Klaers, Martha Anderson

ENGLISH, presented by Professor Steve Hayward

Evelyn May Bridges Poetry Award

First Place – Pumehana Holmes

Second Place – Calloway Quinn Barba

Third Place – Martha Grace Casson

Adelaide Bender Reville Prizes in Writing

Adelaide Bender Reville Prize for Creative Nonfiction

First Place – Elliot Singer “Aviophobia, or How to Race a 10k”

Second Place – Mattie Valinsky “Timecards in the Junk Drawer”

Third Place – Emma Langas “Troparion for a Fig Wasp in F Major”

Adelaide Bender Reville’s James Yaffe Prize for Fiction

Recipients – Kendall Accetta, “An Evaluation of the WellBeing of Ms. Hensley”; Pumehana Holmes, “OObleck”; Mira Springer, “The Couch”

Frank Krutzke Senior Project Award

Recipient: Kendall Accetta

Colorado College Grants in Writing

Recipients: Alexandra (Sasha) Akinchina, Utshaa Basu, Lily Bauer, Madeleine Broadhurst, Eliza Broan, Emma Devlin, Natasha Rose Finkelstein, Esabella Light George, Caleb Hering, Seth Jahraus, Sydney Rankin, Darby Shaw, Anabel Shenk, Zoe Smith, Mira Springer, Margot Swetich, Mattie Valinsky, Samuel A. Yolles

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, presented by Professor Corina J. McKendry

Outstanding Senior Academic Award in Environmental Studies

Recipient: Tyler Yung

Outstanding Senior Academic Award in Environmental Science

Recipients: Jordan Cosgrove, Kate Chase Lamkin, Paige Simenz

Service Award in Environmental Studies

Recipients: Kate Chase Lamkin, Cecelia Russell, Tyler Yung

FEMINIST AND GENDER STUDIES, presented by Professor Nadia Guessous

Shannon McGee Memorial Prize in Feminist and Gender Studies

Recipients: Latra Demaci, Misbah Lakhani

FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES, presented by Professor Jordan Lord

Richard A. Lewis Memorial Film Award

Recipients: Mitchell Adams, “The Creek”; Audrey Colgin & Magdalena Dvorakova & Fargol Yeganeh Fathi, “Nach House”

J. H. Edmondson Film Outreach Award

Recipients: Campbell Beattie & Odin Tolya Bercu, “Gratuity Not Included”

Colorado College Documentary Exploration Award

Recipients: Galilea Berthon Aku & Sarah Ichinose & Oli Kamenarovska, “Skate Stories”; Claire Barber & Katherine Beard, “Returning Life to Language”; Joshua Fairmont & Jesse Smolan & Oliver Smith, “Rettír”; Benjamin Martin Curry & Dan Wolfgang Schmidt, “The Lion Guardians of Dete”

Telly Savalas and T. Christopher Boardman Memorial Award in Film and Media Studies

Recipients: Katherine Beard, Odin Tolya Bercu

FORENSICS, presented by Sarah C. Hinkle, Director, Speaking Center

Apollonian Award

Recipient: Emmie Weprin

FRENCH, presented by Professor Michael F. O’Riley

Award in Excellence in French

Recipients: Emeline (Mimi) Charlotte Allehaut, Stanley Cooley

Jeanne Gibbs Memorial Award for Study in France

Recipient: Dakota Hinman

GEOLOGY, presented by Professor Sarah A. Schanz

Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Award

Recipient: Emma Revenaugh

Association for Women Geoscientists Award

Recipient: Piper Kent

Estwing Outstanding Senior Geologist Award

Recipient: Pierce Hayton

Phillip J. McKenna Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Award

Recipient: Annie Breyak

Donald B. Gould Scholarship in Geology

Recipient: Annie Breyak

Darrell M. Putman Scholarship

Recipient: Tirso Jesus Lara Rivas

Charles Rhoads 1959 Scholarship

Recipients: Annie Breyak, Piper Kent, Tirso Jesus Lara Rivas, Charlie Lundy Hite, David Mims, Baxter Waltermire

Patricia J. Buster Research Scholarship

Recipients: Sadie Almgren, Annie Breyak, Ilene Kruger, Lachlan McCallum, Harold Oppenheim, Oliver van Linder

Hannigan Family Fund for Fieldwork

Recipient: Sadie Almgren

Creager Fund

Recipients: David Mims, Tirso Jesus Lara Rivas

HEALTH PROFESSIONS, presented by Jane M. Byrnes, Health Professions Advising Manager

Caduceus Award

Recipient: Nicholas Wolfe Firestone

Frank Henry John Figge Award

Recipient: Callista Tran

Mahony Award in Sports Medicine

presented by Holly Pechacek, Assistant Athletic Trainer

Recipients: Charly Bisaccia, Jocelyn Zuckerman

HISTORY, presented by Professor John R. Williams

Clyde E. Augustus Duniway Prize

Recipient: Katey Joanne Grealish

William R. Hochman Prize For Distinguished Student

Research and Writing

Recipient: Hongli Zeng

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, presented by Professors Janet Burge and Luis David Garcia Puente

Florian Cajori Award

Recipients: Leo Fries, Haoru Yang

Sophie Germain Award

Recipients: Jingyi Liu, Daniela Santillan

Steven Janke Prize in Computer Science

Recipients: Dylan Chapell, Kathleen Shea

Grace Hopper Award in Computer Science

Recipients: Lizzie Blaschke, Tyler Chang

Fearless Award

Recipient: Simay Cural

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, presented by Professor Darrell J. Killian

Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Molecular Biology

Recipient: Aidan Wells

Laboratory Award in Molecular Biology

Recipients: Patrick Hecht, Tia Peterson, Jasmine Volkaert

Mary Magnusson & Ralph Gilmore Summer Research Grant

Recipient: Caroline Bay

MUSIC, presented by Professor Susan L. Grace

David and Karen Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Music

Recipients: Forrest Tucker, Xinyi Zhao

Max Lanner Prize for Excellence in Instrumental Music

Recipients: Luke Brucker, Neo Li, Forrest Tucker, Xinyi Zhao

Marie Clough Gillis Award for Excellence in Vocal Music

Recipient: Ian Widmann

Excellence in Ensemble Performance

Recipients: Grace Ivaska, Clara Matlack, Devlin Swanson, Julissa Torres

NEUROSCIENCE, presented by Professor Lori L. Driscoll

Shearn Award in Neuroscience

Recipient: Ian Johnson

ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, presented by Professor Mark Wilson

Richard and Reba Beidleman Award

Recipients: Phoebe Gordon, Sydney Morris

Jason Wilkes Memorial Biology Award

Recipients: Iván Beck, Yazmine Adriana Garcia, Marcilla Kollie

Enderson Award in Conservation Biology

Recipients: Eve Karowe, William Henri Lewis

Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Organismal Biology and Ecology

Recipient: Isabel DeVito

Laboratory Award in Organismal Biology and Ecology

Recipient: Erin Kim

PHILOSOPHY, presented by Professor Jonathan Lee

J. Glenn Gray Award

Recipient: Kristine Petersone

PHYSICS, presented by Professor Kristine Lang

David and Karen Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Physics

Recipients: Liam Pence Keeley, Wanyan Yuan

POLITICAL SCIENCE, presented by Professor Douglas E. Edlin

Edith Bramhall Award

Recipient: Elizabeth Girian

Fred Sondermann Award

Recipients: Denise Geronimo, Maggie Mixer

PSYCHOLOGY, presented by Professor Lori L. Driscoll

Cornelia Manley Sabine Award

Recipients: Addison Virginia Dodge, Luca I. Pieretti

William Arthur Blakely Memorial Award

Recipients: Avey Riberdy, Hannah Yeary

RELIGION, presented by Professor Pamela M. Reaves

Hastings Prize

Recipient: Isabel Hebenstreit

SOCIOLOGY, presented by Professor Florencia Rojo

W.E.B. DuBois Award for Excellence in Sociology

Recipients: Dani Bohart, Charlotte Claire Griffin, Peniel Owusu-Ansah

Daniel Patrick O’Connor Memorial Award in Social Justice

Recipients: Diana Carolina Buda, Emma R. Fowkes, Daisy Gomez Rivera, Natalia Ocampo

SOUTHWEST STUDIES, presented by Professor Karen Roybal

Joel P. Benezet Prize in Southwest Studies

Recipient: Sophie Dellinger

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE, presented by Professor Jessica Sanchez-Flores

Award in Excellence in Spanish

Recipients: Mariolivia Jimenez, Annette Leyva, Reeve Schroeder

Felisa Llorente Award

Recipients: Corrina Gardner, Mila Naumovska

THEATRE AND DANCE, presented by Professor Shawn Womack

Pamela Riley Prize

Recipients: Sarah Bedell, Tess Palmieri Greenhaw

Broadway Theatre League Award

Recipients: Ryenne Christine Kuen-Wai Hisae Ching, Kupai

Henri Upekkha Marx

ALL-COLLEGE AWARDS

Abel J. and Lucy Phinney Gregg Award

Presented by Kate S. Holbrook, Chaplain

Recipients: Camila Espinosa-Short, Emily Sulocha

Henri “Skip” Meis 1963 Outstanding Student Leader Award

Presented by Rebecca Parker, Arts & Crafts Director

Recipient: Nathalie San Fratello

Bill Hochman Prize on War, Violence, and Human Values, with Emphasis on the Human Experience of War

Presented by Professor John R. Williams

Recipient: Hongli Zeng

Blue Key Award

Presented by Zoey Roueche

Recipient: Aaron Stoller

Hank Bedingfield Award

Presented by Sienna Grace Busby and Zeke Zacharias Lloyd

Recipient: Leigh Rose Walden

Ruth Barton Award

Presented by Sienna Grace Busby and Zeke Zacharias Lloyd

Recipient: Zeke Zacharias Lloyd

E.K. Gaylord Award

Presented by Sienna Grace Busby and Zeke Zacharias Lloyd

Recipient: Marynn Krull

Taizo Nakashima Emerging Leader Award

Presented by Christian Abigail Gonzalez, Director, Butler Center

Recipient: EmRhys Jenkins

Frederick Roberts and Charles Jackson Outstanding Student Leader Award

Presented by Christian Abigail Gonzalez, Director, Butler Center

Recipients: Rakim Johnson, Atquetzali Quiroz

Theodore Roosevelt Collins Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award

Presented by Christian Abigail Gonzalez, Director, Butler Center

Recipient: Kate S. Holbrook

Outstanding Student Organization Award for Intercultural Understanding

Presented by Christian Abigail Gonzalez, Director, Butler Center

Recipients: Braelyn Cayaban & Vicente Preciardo BlasTaijeron, on behalf of Pasifika Student Collective (PSC)

Rochelle T. Dickey-Mason Award for an Outstanding Event For Communities of Color

Presented by Christian Abigail Gonzalez, Director, Butler Center

Recipient: Rakim Johnson on Behalf of The Unyielding Spirit of Black Activism with Conscious Lee by Black Student Union

Ginger Morgan Legacy Award for Feminist and/or LGBTQIA+ Initiatives

Presented by Christian Abigail Gonzalez, Director, Butler Center

Recipient: Ren Coryell

James Nevin Trissel Prize for Excellence in Book Studies

Presented by Jillian Sico, Printer of The Press

Recipient: Hongli Zeng

Marianne Stoller Award

Presented by Tess Powers, VP of WES Board of Managers

Recipient: Roxana Caroline Chapman Reisch

Barbara Whitten Prize for Women in the Natural Sciences

Presented by Professor Annelise Gorensek-Benitez

Recipient: Zoe Zizzo

PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS

PRESENTED BY L. SONG RICHARDSON

Ann Rice Memorial Award

Recipient: Annabelle Swenson

Dreamkeeper Award

Recipient: Atquetzali Quiroz

Mary Stearns Barkalow Award

Recipient: Pumehana Holmes

J. Juan Reid Award

Recipient: Keeley Kandziora

Van Diest Award

Recipient: James Settles

Laura Golden Award

Recipient: Kendall Accetta

AAYLC Community Enhancement Prize

Recipient: Willa Schendler

Crown-Goodman Presidential Scholarship

Recipients: Kailani Aragon, Lucy Chant, Sarah Cloninger, Raegan Cushman, Isaac Fayram, Jace Fuller, Corrina Gardner, Kathryn Hawkes, Lucy Hylton, Rachel Kingsley, Marcilla Kollie, Jessica Legaard, Patrick Loos, Arthonia

Louden, Tess Rittenberg, Gabrielle T Rogan, Shaelyn Sheaff, Jayd Sollinger, Mattie Valinsky, Aditya Yadav

STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION AWARDS

PRESENTED BY VICENTE PRECIARDO BLAS-TAIJERON

CCSGA Involved Student of the Year Award

Recipients: Violet Datcu, Peniel Owusu-Ansah

Involved Student Organization of the Year Award

Recipients: Naomi Leadbeater, Natalie Logue, Beth Marea Thompson, & Callista Tran, on behalf of Dance Workshop; Latra Demaci, Anna Glasser, Zianah Griffin, Noor Issa, Rakim Johnson, Misbah Lakhani, Mahnoor Rehman, & Giorgio Gioele Sirito, on behalf of CCSJP

Bob Pizzi Outstanding Advisor of the Year Memorial Award

Recipients: Lori L. Driscoll, Marla Patanelli

Lloyd E. Worner Teacher of the Year Award

Recipients: Professors Nickie Coomer, Christopher W. Hunt, Santiago I. Guerra, Leland Tabares

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING

Martha Anderson, Superior, Colorado MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Jennifer Austin, Colorado Springs, Colorado MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Jordan Shyhiem William Bates, Phoenix, Arizona MAT Licensure Traditional

Christina Bergland, Colorado Springs, Colorado MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Lillian Jean Brazil, Jackson, Wyoming MAT Licensure Traditional

Kerstin Conquest, Colorado Springs, Colorado* MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Christian Ross Fowler*

Colorado Springs, Colorado MAT Licensure -2 Year

Krista E. Keiter, Colorado Springs, Colorado MAT Experienced Teacher in Integrated Natural Science

Vanessah Rae Klaers, Minneapolis, Minnesota MAT Licensure Traditional

Catherine Alta Krupka, Vail, Colorado³ MAT Licensure Traditional

Kimberly Lathim, Meridian, Idaho* MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Mary Loftis, Henderson, Colorado MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Nicole Louis, Colorado Springs, Colorado MAT Licensure -2 Year

Aasir Mecca, Chicago, Illinois MAT Licensure -2 Year

Jeanette Mercado, Grover Beach, California* MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Kathryn Reeves, Colorado Springs, Colorado MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Aurora Julisa Rodriguez, Salem, Oregon*¹ MAT Literacy Specialist

Catherine Stoller, Colorado Springs, Colorado MAT Dyslexia Specialist

Rebecca Unruh, Haven, Kansas MAT Dyslexia Specialist

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

BACHELOR OF ARTS

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.

Najma Abdullahi Abdi, Aurora, Colorado² International Political Economy

Kendall Grace Accetta, Portland, Oregon* Distinction in English: Literature and Distinction in Political Science, cum laude

Miles Ackerman, Croton On Hudson, New York Organismal Biology and Ecology

Mitchell Harper Adams, South Portland, Maine Film and Media Studies

Satya Rain Advani, Indianola, Washington Organismal Biology and Ecology

Jake David Aguero van de Perre³ Brooklyn, New York Business, Economics, & Society

Alexander Philip Aitchison, Portland, Oregon Business, Economics, & Society

Allen Nicholas Poorbear Alford, Arvada, Colorado³ Psychology

Emeline Charlotte Allehaut, Truro, Massachusetts French & Francophone Studies and Anthropology

Benjamin Francis Anastos, Concord, Massachusetts Political Science

Nicklas Martin Andrews, Canton, Michigan Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Bryn Linea Aprill, Princeton, New Jersey*² Classics and Art: Art History

Brigitte Elizabeth Arcoite Stamford, Connecticut Economics

Isabella Arndt, Charlotte, Vermont Music

Clayton Eric Arnold, Niwot, Colorado³ Mathematical Economics and Computer Science

Neharika Arora, Denver, Colorado Psychology

Christina Louise Oddy Ashenden Orange, Massachusetts Distinction in Education: Critical Social Foundations, summa cum laude

Samantha Rose Asher, Owings Mills, Maryland Psychology

Ean Richard Atchley, Kenai, Alaska* Business, Economics, & Society

Erik Avalos, Houston, Texas Business, Economics, & Society

Robin Alice Bahrami, Boulder, Colorado Film and Media Studies

Bayliss Roberts Baker, Houston, Texas³ Mathematics

Charles Barrett Baker, Denver, Colorado Political Science

Sophie Campbell Baker, Chattanooga, Tennessee² Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Avery Oakleaf Bakewell, Freeport, Maine³ Sociology

Delia Walker Barnett, Brooklyn, New York Distinction in History

Emma Kline Bartholomay, Alexandria, Virginia Business, Economics, & Society

Hannah Giselle Baum, Twain Harte, California Molecular Biology

Audrey Ruth Bayston, Alamo, California Environmental Studies

Katherine Healy Beard, Evanston, Illinois Distinction in Film and Media Studies and Distinction in Spanish

Campbell Jordan Beattie, Calabasas, California Film and Media Studies

Iván Antonio Beck, Chicago, Illinois Organismal Biology and Ecology

Sarah Katherine Bedell, Greeley, Colorado Art: Museum Studies

Katarzyna Maria Bednarski Minneapolis, Minnesota Art: Design Studies

Noah Donald Beecher, Towson, Maryland Business, Economics, & Society

John Michael Begley, Mahtomedi, Minnesota Business, Economics, & Society

Denise Benitez Garcia, Hermosillo, Mexico Psychology

Nicholas Bennett, Pacific Palisades, California Political Science

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Odin Tolya Bercu, Malibu, California

Film and Media Studies, magna cum laude

Andie Mia Berman, Chicago, Illinois Business, Economics, & Society

Jackson Gianni Mead Bianco

Santa Monica, California

Art: Design Studies

Barbara Bilić

Prozor-Rama, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Art: Integrative Design & Architect and German Studies

Distinction in German Studies

Charlotte Lev Bisaccia, Centennial, Colorado Psychology

Nick Bishop, Seattle, Washington History and Environmental Science

Silas Anthony Blanchard Colorado Springs, Colorado Computer Science

Elizabeth Starr Blaschke, Littleton, Colorado Computer Science, magna cum laude

Luke Miles Bleckman, Mill Valley, California Psychology

Greer Benjamin Bleyl, Salt Lake City, Utah History

Kieran Alexander Blood² Hermosa Beach, California

Art: Integrative Design & Architect

Alisha Nilofar Bloom, Gresham, Oregon Computer Science, magna cum laude

Genevieve Ligon Blumencwejg² Ardmore, Pennsylvania

Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology

Sabine Elizabeth Blumenthal, Seattle, Washington Distinction in Environmental Science, magna cum laude

Danielle Sklar Bohart, New York, New York

Distinction in Sociology, summa cum laude

Jackson Cook Bolte, Palo Alto, California Anthropology

Nicholas Booth, Fairview, North Carolina International Political Economy

Anne Emerson Bowens, Westport, Connecticut Political Science

Bennett William Bowers, Akron, Ohio² Philosophy

Amanda Bradley, San Francisco, California*² Feminist & Gender Studies

Benjamin Joseph Reyes Bradshaw, Houston, Texas² Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Michael Jacob Braithwaite, Dover, Massachusetts Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis

Adeline Rose Braley, Independence, Missouri*¹ Environmental Science

Kenan Gordon Kurt Brittan, Chappaqua, New York¹ Organismal Biology and Ecology

Claire Ellen Brokaw, Santa Paula, California

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, summa cum laude

Dylan Stewart Brown, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Business, Economics, & Society

James Eli Brown, Dallas, Texas Film and Media Studies and Classics

Owen Anders Brown, Edina, Minnesota

Distinction in Mathematical Economics, cum laude

Diana Carolina Buda, Skokie, Illinois

Distinction in Sociology: Res. Methods & Data Analysis, magna cum laude

Christopher John Meehan Burich Bronxville, New York Environmental Studies

Anna-Rose Burkett, Atlanta, Georgia

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude

Sienna Grace Busby, Colorado Springs, Colorado Art: Integrative Design & Architect

Lucas James Bush, Belmont, Massachusetts Geology

Lilian Grace Byrne, Davis, California Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude

Angelito Ricardo Caballero Colorado Springs, Colorado Business, Economics, & Society

Greta Jane Cahill, Durango, Colorado Environmental Science

Rebecca C. Calhoun, West Roxbury, Massachusetts*² Neuroscience

Dawson James Campbell, Boulder, Colorado Film and Media Studies

Elliott Burgess Campbell Charlotte, North Carolina Philosophy

Lydia Day Campbell, Wilmette, Illinois Psychology

William Gavin Cardamone, Clinton, New York Art: Design Studies

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Dylan Morgan Carey, Denver, Colorado

Distinction in Economics

Maxwell Redwood Carneal, Baltimore, Maryland

Political Science

Monica Nichelle Lee Carpenter, Mesa, Arizona Business, Economics, & Society

Jose Guillermo Carpio, Bakersfield, California Sociology

Avery Bryan Carrington, Surprise, Arizona

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude

Nicholas Keene Carse, New York, New York Environmental Studies

McKenna Rae Casey, Westminster, Colorado

Biochemistry, magna cum laude

Jeremy Daniel Cashion, Broomfield, Colorado

Distinction in Art: Museum Studies, cum laude

Omar Martin Castro-Frederick³ Fort Collins, Colorado

Mathematical Economics and Computer Science

Brandon Alexander Cervantes, Mesa, Arizona Molecular Biology and Classics

Tyler Chang, Irvine, California

Distinction in Computer Science, summa cum laude

Dylan River Callaghan Chapell, Haines, Alaska

Distinction in Computer Science, cum laude

Katalin Erganian Chapman

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

Distinction in Anthropology, cum laude

Nicole Iyalorde Chavarria*¹ Silver Spring, Maryland Environmental Science: Concentration in Chemistry

Xinyu Chen, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China* Economics

Ayden B. Cherry, Brooklyn, New York Environmental Studies

Marion Devereaux Chesterton³ Saint Louis, Missouri

English: Creative Writing

Ryenne Christine Kuen-Wai Hisae Ching Honolulu, Hawaii Molecular Biology

Raymond Turner Christy, Saint Paul, Minnesota Political Science

Rachel Frances Clarke, Austin, Texas

Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

Tyler Harrison Coffey, Hamilton, New Jersey Business, Economics, & Society

Audrey Jacquelyn Colgin, Jackson, Wyoming*²

Distinction in Film and Media Studies and Distinction in Italian Studies

Reign Angie Mae Commodore

New York City, New York

Independently Designed Major: Dance and Body Politics

Charles Mullin Connolly, Chevy Chase, Maryland*¹ Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Grace Mae Conroy, Boulder, Colorado* Molecular Biology

Savannah-Paige Cooper, Brooklyn, New York³ Anthropology

Alexis Mia Cornachio, Pelham, New York Sociology

Esther Rose Cornish, Denver, Colorado Psychology

Jordan Emily Cosgrove, Columbia, Maryland

Distinction in Environmental Science, cum laude

Maximillian Augusto Coury, Yarmouth, Maine*² Business, Economics, & Society

Owen Walton Cox, Houston, Texas Physics

Benjamin Dunham Craine, Weston, Connecticut International Political Economy

Tommy James Crawford III, Littleton, Colorado³ Mathematics

Matthew Francis Cronin, Needham, Massachusetts Biochemistry

Luca Sylvester Crosetto, Bellevue, Washington Art: Integrative Design & Architect

Simay Cural, Izmir, Turkey Computer Science

Basimah B. Curry, Norristown, Pennsylvania Psychology

Merritt Jackson Curtis, Dallas, Texas Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis

Bryn Daney, Saint Louis, Missouri

Distinction in Philosophy, cum laude

Kaléa Daniels, Queens, New York Art: Art Studio

Lucia Gabriela Daranyi, Peaks Island, Maine Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

Rakesh DaSilva, Albany, California*¹ Physics and Computer Science

Violet Rae Datcu, Chicago, Illinois Psychology

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Benjamin Clark Davenport, Duxbury, Massachusetts

Art: Museum Studies

Samantha Aransazú Davila

Colorado Springs, Colorado Sociology

Maya Rain De Jesus, Brooklyn, New York Sociology

Galileo Alexander Defendi-Cho Palo Alto, California

Biochemistry

John Sawyer Delafield, Shoreline, Washington Economics

Psalm Amarie Delaney, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Education and Classics

Distinction in Classics, cum laude

Sophie Rose Dellinger, Boulder, Colorado Political Science

Latra Demaçi, Prishtina, Kosovo³

Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

Deante Truth Dennis Jr., Denver, Colorado*¹ Film and Media Studies

Portia DeSimone, Breckenridge, Colorado

Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society, magna cum laude

Isabel Josie DeVito

South Plainfield, New Jersey

Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology, summa cum laude

Vivienne Elizabeth Diggs, Aurora, Colorado

Art: Art Studio

Addison Virginia Dodge* Colorado Springs, Colorado

Distinction in Psychology, magna cum laude

Phoebe Hancox Dodge

Hillsborough, North Carolina

Comparative Literature

Raphaela Huffard Donohoe San Francisco, California Art: Design Studies

Khawla Douah, Denver, Colorado Computer Science

Jackson Stoddard Dresser, Cape Elizabeth, Maine Computer Science

Margaret Drummond, Bartlesville, Oklahoma Environmental Science, cum laude

Sean Robert Dunbar, Bethlehem, Connecticut Environmental Science

Sydney Lee Dunham, North Hampton, New Hampshire*² Philosophy

Ella Chloe Dunkiel, Burlington, Vermont³ Sociology: Health & Society

Magdalena Dvorakova, Litvinovice, Czech Republic Psychology and Film and Media Studies

Ayden Marie Bartell Ehrhardt, Madison, Wisconsin Psychology

Silvia Entenza, Chicago, Illinois Sociology

Ryan Kelley Evers, South Hamilton, Massachusetts Economics

Stefan Thomas Feiler, Boulder, Colorado Economics

Julia Ann Fenn, Colorado Springs, Colorado Mathematical Economics

Jordan Malik Fields, Las Vegas, Nevada Independently Designed Major: Liberal Studies

Nicholas Wolfe Firestone, New York, New York Neuroscience, cum laude

Keiddrick De’Marcus Fizer Jr., Houston, Texas Sociology

Lucia Paulina Flanagan, Kenilworth, Illinois Computer Science

Ellen Jane Flannery, Wilmette, Illinois Education

Raymond Christopher Fleming New York City, New York Neuroscience

Chase Andrew Foley, Saint Paul, Minnesota Political Science

Chloe Kirstine Fontenelle, Sewanee, Tennessee Distinction in History/Political Science, cum laude

Fremont Gordon Forsberg, Saint Paul, Minnesota Computer Science

Emma R. Fowkes, Wilmette, Illinois Distinction in Sociology, cum laude

Paul Stewart Price Fraser, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Environmental Science

Galileo Rose Fries, Kirkland, Washington* Distinction in Mathematics, summa cum laude

Samuel Thomas Frykholm, Leadville, Colorado Political Science

Ethan Christopher Fuentes I, Waller, Texas Computer Science

Lila Kate Galinkin, Englewood, Colorado Environmental Science

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Jonathan Thomas Gamble, Saint Helena, California

History/Political Science

Yuchuan Gao*

Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Distinction in Education, summa cum laude

Yazmine Adriana García, Dallas, Texas

Organismal Biology and Ecology

Christiana Natalie Garcia-Soberanez Albuquerque, New Mexico

Sociology

Olivia Krishna Garg, Chicago, Illinois

Distinction in History

William Henry Gerash, Denver, Colorado

Biochemistry, summa cum laude

Denise Sievert Geronimo, Memphis, Tennessee²

Distinction in International Political Economy, magna cum laude

Robert Thomas Gibbons, Seattle, Washington¹

Distinction in English: Literature, magna cum laude

Wesley William Gierkink, Wellington, Florida International Political Economy

Gustavo Gilchrist, Winnetka, Illinois

Independently Designed Major: Liberal Studies

Mary Katherine Girard, Evanston, Illinois

Psychology and Romance Languages: French & Spanish

Distinction in Romance Languages

Elizabeth Clarke Girian Manchester, Massachusetts

Distinction in Political Science, cum laude

Philip Andrew Gisler, Boise, Idaho

Organismal Biology and Ecology

Noah Jackson Goin, Carbondale, Colorado Environmental Studies, cum laude

Layla Goldberg, Aspen, Colorado³

Distinction in Independently Designed Major: Liberal Studies

Daisy Rose Gomez Rivera, Thornton, Colorado

Sociology: Res. Methods & Data Analysis and Southwest Studies

Jeffrey Keenan Gonya, Keswick, Virginia Philosophy

Phoebe Alcala Gordon, Gainesville, Florida

Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude

William Frederick Gorman, Bethesda, Maryland Sociology

Olivia Manuele Gossett, Santa Monica, California³ Environmental Science

Ethan Christopher Gould

La Cañada Flintridge, California

Distinction in Music

Katherine Henley Granberry, Houston, Texas Classics/History/Politics

Katelyn Joanne Grealish, Westwood, Massachusetts

Distinction in History, cum laude

Andrew Thomas Greeley, Ridgefield, Connecticut

Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Lexie Shae Green, Washington, Oklahoma Organismal Biology and Ecology

Maren Harper Greene, Denver, Colorado

Distinction in Art: Art Studio, magna cum laude

Terese Palmieri Greenhaw, Rye, New York²

Distinction in Theatre

Charlotte Claire Griffin Stonington, Connecticut

Distinction in Sociology, magna cum laude

Zianah Monroe Griffin Coast Miwok Territory, California Southwest Studies, cum laude

John Frederick Griffith

Charlotte, North Carolina Organismal Biology and Ecology

Lindsey Asia Gulau, Fort Collins, Colorado

Art: Museum Studies

Liam Henry Gunsbury, Minneapolis, Minnesota Economics

Katherine M. Hade, New York, New York³ Anthropology and Organismal Biology and Ecology

Isabella Marie Hageman, Tea, South Dakota Distinction in Psychology

Tucker Gardner Hale, Manhattan Beach, California² Independently Designed Major: Computational Cognition

Christopher Thomas Hampson

Dana Point, California Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Caleb Sumio Min Hyung Han

Colorado Springs, Colorado Business, Economics, & Society

Benjamin Taewoo Jorel Hancock-Song³ Montpelier, Vermont Economics

Kylie Madanling Haney, Omaha, Nebraska³

Distinction in Political Science and Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Bridget Catherine Hanley, Alexandria, Virginia

Business, Economics, & Society

Yuexiang Hao, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China Distinction in History

Gwendolyn Ann Hardwick, Mazama, Washington

Distinction in Mathematics and Distinction in Computer Science

Greer Guzzi Harnden, Lincoln, Massachusetts*² Education: Teaching and Learning

Haley Harnisch, Denver, Colorado

Business, Economics, & Society

Charles Edward Harrington Mashpee, Massachusetts Environmental Science

Taylor Matthew Harris, Pueblo West, Colorado Neuroscience

Sonya M. Harrison, Orinda, California

Distinction in Political Science, cum laude

Kendall Lynn Havill Bainbridge Island, Washington Sociology: Health & Society

Emmaline Lauren Hawley, Longmont, Colorado Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

Benjamin Joseph Hayes-Lemmon Colorado Springs, Colorado Business, Economics, & Society

Alexandra Carol Haymons, Denver, Colorado Organismal Biology and Ecology

Pierce Alexander Hayton, Haverford, Pennsylvania Geology

Isabel Honor Hebenstreit, Palmer Lake, Colorado³ Distinction in Religion

Patrick C. Hecht, Los Altos, California Molecular Biology

Christopher Gerard Heckenkamp Colorado Springs, Colorado Philosophy

Neil Thomas Heffernan, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Computer Science

Hayley Suzanne Heinecken, Snowmass, Colorado Mathematics

Samuel Payne Heller, Berkeley, California Political Science

Ewan Yu-Wen Henderson, Boston, Massachusetts Environmental Science

Skylar Savannah Hennessee Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Art: Art Studio

Naomi Matilda Henry, Brooklyn, New York Southwest Studies

Maggie Rose Henson, Evergreen, Colorado*² Environmental Science

Enrique Hernandez Salcido, Boulder, Colorado Distinction in Chemistry

Sergio Adrian Hernandez Ramirez Denver, Colorado Business, Economics, & Society

Riley Elizabeth Hester, Tucson, Arizona Distinction in Psychology

Jack Higgins, Martinsville, New Jersey Neuroscience

Ginger Rose Highman, Miami Beach, Florida Psychology

Thomas Mcconnell Hildebrand, Chicago, Illinois*¹ Mathematical Economics

Alex Siqueira Hill, Portland, Oregon* English: Literature

Nadia R. Hill, Hotchkiss, Colorado Neuroscience

Laura Elise Hinck, Hopkins, Minnesota Organismal Biology and Ecology

Patrick Flaherty Hinton, Walpole, Massachusetts*¹ Political Science

Henry Booth Hodde, Cornwall, Vermont Distinction in Environmental Science, cum laude

Elsa Joy Hoff, Northfield, Minnesota Molecular Biology, magna cum laude

Andrew Kagawa Hoffman, Bridgewater, New Jersey Political Science

Nathaniel Chase Hohner, Chicago, Illinois Physics: Comprehensive Major Pumehana Malia Holmes, Honolulu, Hawaii Distinction in English: Creative Writing, magna cum laude

Portia d’Auria Holt, Seattle, Washington Environmental Studies, cum laude

Fabio Francisco Hornischer, Berkeley, California Environmental Science

Jackson Arthur Hoskinson, Conifer, Colorado Political Science and Philosophy

Laurel Lynn Hubbell, Carmichael, California*¹ Psychology

Noah Zachary Hudnut, Los Angeles, California³ Independently Designed Major: Liberal Studies

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Robert Fitzgerald Hudson, Belvedere, California History

Miranda Jeong Hunter, Los Gatos, California*² Distinction in Computer Science, summa cum laude

Lydia Hope Hussain, Miami, Florida Distinction in History

Summer Hannah Hussain, Cordova, Tennessee* Southwest Studies

Aiden Burke Ingenthron, Louviers, Colorado Mathematical Economics, cum laude

Grace Mae Xiao Ivaska Colorado Springs, Colorado Computer Science

Natasha Ruth Marie Jaddock, MacGregor, Manitoba Sociology

Elias Mauno Jaynes, Meriden, New Hampshire*² Political Science

Charles Crighton Jeffers, Houston, Texas Business, Economics, & Society

Zoe Erin Jeffrey, Austin, Texas³ Art: Art Studio

Jennifer Erin Jenks, Hermosa Beach, California Business, Economics, & Society

Geneva Jiebin Jensen, Boulder, Colorado Physics

You Jung Ji, Seoul, Republic of Korea (South) Biochemistry

Mariolivia Jimenez, Omaha, Nebraska

Distinction in Sociology and Distinction in Spanish cum laude

Eric Matthew Johnson, Tucson, Arizona*² Classics

Ian Patrick-Barnes Johnson, Placitas, New Mexico Distinction in Neuroscience, summa cum laude

Lily Martha Johnston, Darien, Connecticut Distinction in Environmental Science

Abigael Grace Jordan, Westminster, Colorado*² Environmental Science, cum laude

Katherine Marie Joslyn, Middleton, Wisconsin Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis

Andrew James Kaelin, Mercer Island, Washington Organismal Biology and Ecology

Alexis Kay Kaer, Harker Heights, Texas Psychology

Ella Kahler, Morrison, Colorado Film and Media Studies

Henry Obadiah Kahne, Oakland, California Mathematics, summa cum laude

Jackson Francis Kaib, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania German and Computer Science

Keeley Shaye Kandziora, Lake Forest, Illinois

Distinction in Economics, magna cum laude

Eve Rose Karowe, Boulder, Colorado Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude

William Pence Keeley, Boulder, Colorado Physics

Adam B. Keim, Chicago, Illinois Chemistry and Physics: Comprehensive Major

Gabriel Schumann Keller, Cold Spring, New York Neuroscience, summa cum laude

Megan E. Kelliher, Cambridge, Massachusetts Distinction in Sociology: Health & Society, cum laude

Charles Kirkland Kellogg, Far Hills, New Jersey*² Film and Media Studies

Lia Kelly, Evanston, Illinois Sociology

Adelaide O’Keefe Kennedy, Denver, Colorado Organismal Biology and Ecology

Piper Bird Kent, Brooklyn, New York*² Geology

Nathan Frederick Kesti White Bear Lake, Minnesota Biochemistry

Indira Sophie Khaitan, Ashburn, Virginia Psychology

Yasmine Khali, Meknes, Morocco Mathematical Economics

Yusuf Newaz Khan, Kansas City, Missouri Philosophy

Theodore Rex Kies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Art: Design Studies

Caitlin Sun-Hee Kim, Parker, Colorado*² Molecular Biology, cum laude

Erin Kim, Santa Clarita, California³ Organismal Biology and Ecology

Yaejin Jenny Kim, Colorado Springs, Colorado International Political Economy

Grace Eleanor King, Carlisle, Massachusetts*¹ Geology

Lucille Francis King, Boston, Massachusetts Organismal Biology and Ecology

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Nialo Theodore Kinney, Taos, New Mexico Economics

Aidan Philip Kinsley, York, Pennsylvania International Political Economy

Brett Kinsaburo Kitazono Colorado Springs, Colorado Neuroscience

August George Knox, Seattle, Washington Computer Science and Classics

Distinction in Classics, cum laude

Deiyanna L. Knox, Saint Louis, Missouri² Organismal Biology and Ecology

Anjolie Marie Konrath, Broomfield, Colorado Molecular Biology

Ella Marie Konrath, Broomfield, Colorado Molecular Biology

Kalani Maira Korok, Portland, Oregon Sociology

Leyla Ruth Bergman Kramarsky, New York, New York

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude

Andrew Kramer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philosophy

Catherine Alta Krupka, Vail, Colorado² Education, summa cum laude

Ian Maxey Kuver, Seattle, Washington Environmental Studies

April Ye Jun Kwan, Weston, Massachusetts Political Science

Adriana Sofia Kyncl, Los Angeles, California English: Creative Writing

Amanda Evelyn Lake, Weston, Massachusetts² International Political Economy

Misbah Sarah Lakhani, Houston, Texas

Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

Nghi Thiên Lâm, Seattle, Washington

Distinction in English: Creative Writing

Lelia May Lamb, East Calais, Vermont

Environmental Science, cum laude

Katherine Chase Lamkin, Bethesda, Maryland

Distinction in Environmental Science, cum laude

Maxwell Mcmonigle Landy, Austerlitz, New York Art: Design Studies

Peter John Langas, Wilmette, Illinois Art: Design Studies

Ian Alexander Larned, San Francisco, California*² Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Isak Gordon Larson, Ellensburg, Washington³ Mathematics

Luke Gordon Lawson, Colorado Springs, Colorado Music

Mary Elizabeth Lazzara*²

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Art: Art Studio

John Thành Lê, Garden Grove, California

Mathematics and Physics: Comprehensive Major

Kate Eugene Lee, Erie, Colorado²

Distinction in International Political Economy, cum laude

Kyle Kraver Lee, Los Angeles, California³ Organismal Biology and Ecology

Mia Riess Leggatt, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Political Science

Benton James Lehman, Santa Fe, New Mexico*² Political Science

Luke Aaron Letscher, Los Angeles, California³ Political Science

Marina Shea LeVarn, Vail, Colorado Chemistry

Evelina Frances Levy, Brooklyn, New York³ English: Creative Writing

Jeremy Dean Lewis, Aurora, Colorado Neuroscience

Virginia Camille Lewis, Atlanta, Georgia Economics

William Henri Lewis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Organismal Biology and Ecology

Annette L. Leyva, Denver, Colorado

Political Science and Spanish: Hispanic Studies

Distinction in Spanish: Hispanic Studies

Wenxuan Li, Beijing, People’s Republic of China²

Distinction in Mathematical Economics, magna cum laude

Phillip Maxwell Lieberman, Tulsa, Oklahoma*² Psychology

Sasha Louis Lindau, Cascade, Colorado Political Science

Isabella Lipacis, San Francisco, California Political Science, cum laude

Jingyi Liu, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China

Distinction in Mathematics, cum laude

Ezekiel Zacharias Lloyd, Lithopolis, Ohio² Economics

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Emma Parker Logan, Denver, Colorado

Distinction in History/Political Science

Amalia Catalina Lopez, Denver, Colorado Psychology

Samantha Nicole Lorca

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Distinction in Comparative Literature

Reese Rose Sweet Lovell, Minneapolis, Minnesota² Political Science

Lizbeth Lucero Chavez, Thornton, Colorado Psychology

Kathrin Luckey, Frankfurt, Germany

German Studies and Romance Languages: French & Portuguese Distinction in German Studies

Kaila Madison Arrieta Luell Beach Park, Illinois Neuroscience

Aidan James Luter, Littleton, Colorado

Distinction in Economics, magna cum laude

Virginia Nicole Lynch, Williamsburg, Virginia

Distinction in Psychology

Kexin Ma, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China

Distinction in Mathematical Economics, magna cum laude

Manuel Cayetano Macedo Lamana* Cuidad del Plata, Uruguay

Distinction in Anthropology

Anna Kern Mackey, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Distinction in Sociology: Res. Methods & Data Analysis

Alexander Tor Madsen, Towson, Maryland Art: Design Studies

Lucas Stephen Magistad, Saint Paul, Minnesota Environmental Science

Jane Catherine Mallach, Rumson, New Jersey Political Science

Amalia Maja Manning, Minturn, Colorado Organismal Biology and Ecology

Karen Manzano Jaramillo, Houston, Texas Business, Economics, & Society

Peyton Jakob Marshak, Duluth, Minnesota International Political Economy

Misha Noelle Martin-Williams Breckenridge, Colorado Music

Jessica Brooke Martinez, Key West, Florida Education

Kupaianaha Henri Upekkha Marx, Honolulu, Hawaii

Environmental Studies

Hannah Faye Masling*² Washington, District of Columbia Distinction in Psychology

Clara Matlack, San Jose, California Russian & Eurasian Studies

Mia M. Matteucci, Winchester, Massachusetts Distinction in Environmental Studies

Red Mayhew Waage, Orcas Island, Washington Distinction in History

Melissa Rose McCalley, Edwards, Colorado Anthropology

Ronan McCann, Portland, Oregon Molecular Biology

Jacob Adin McDougall, Falls Church, Virginia Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society, summa cum laude

Sean Michael McGonigle, Cockeysville, Maryland Distinction in Philosophy, summa cum laude

Phoebe Caye McGovern, Eliot, Maine³ Psychology

Fiona Carter McLaughlin, Berkeley, California Environmental Science

Joseph Woodfen McLean III³ Washington, District of Columbia Political Science

Christopher Caner Mehlman² Manchester, Massachusetts

Distinction in Political Science, magna cum laude

Colette Maresca Meier, Gloucester, Massachusetts Molecular Biology

Nicholas Jack Henry Meinen, Chappaqua, New York Distinction in International Political Economy

Alejandra Mendoza, Houston, Texas Environmental Studies

Alyssa Joy Metzger, Colorado Springs, Colorado* English: Creative Writing

Arlo Evert Metzger, Brooklyn, New York Organismal Biology and Ecology

Kyle Alexander Mezrow, Haverford, Pennsylvania International Political Economy

Jackson Haight Millar, Westminster, Colorado* Business, Economics, & Society

Kiera Nevaeh Miller, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania

Art: Art History

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Sofia Nouhan Miller, Ann Arbor, Michigan*²

Organismal Biology and Ecology

Thomas Adams Miller, Boulder, Colorado

Distinction in Mathematical Economics, magna cum laude

Sangay Mingyur, Longmont, Colorado

Business, Economics, & Society, cum laude

Matthew Ryan Miramontes, Roswell, Georgia*² History

Margaret Irene Mixer, Newton, Massachusetts

Distinction in Political Science, cum laude

Max Thomas Montague, Chattanooga, Tennessee Southwest Studies

James McElroy Moran, Evanston, Illinois

Computer Science

Max Dammen Morrell, Bethesda, Maryland Psychology

Sydney Marie Morris, Boise, Idaho

Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude

Margaret Anne Morrison, Denver, Colorado

Distinction in Economics, magna cum laude

Max Hatcher Morrow, Pittsford, New York

Mathematical Economics

Erin Renee Mullins, Saint Petersburg, Florida

Organismal Biology and Ecology

Owen Michael Mulqueen, Raleigh, North Carolina History/Political Science

Anna-Taite Murphy, Atlanta, Georgia

Art: Art Studio

William Buckhout Muschenheim, Brooklyn, New York*² Art: Design Studies

Whitney Nagle, Seattle, Washington*² Geology

Hset Hset Naing, Singapore, Singapore* German and Computer Science

Ann Louise Naito, Portland, Oregon Political Science

Emma Grace Nawara, Saint Charles, Illinois

Organismal Biology and Ecology and Environmental Studies

Kalyanne Brehm Neel, Asheville, North Carolina Mathematical Economics

Lane Stonecipher Nelson Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Distinction in Independently Designed Major: Critical Illness Studies

Mai Tien Ngoc Nguyen, Thornton, Colorado*

Computer Science, magna cum laude

William Laurie Nicholas, Yarmouth, Maine³ International Political Economy

Julia Nichols, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, summa cum laude

Katya Anna Nicolayevsky Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico Geology

Niklas Elias Pizitz Nilsson, Sandy, Utah Economics

Kate Leah Nixon, Leawood, Kansas Psychology and Feminist & Gender Studies

Wade Hammond Noelke, Austin, Texas English: Literature

Katherine Grace Norton, Avon, Ohio Distinction in Anthropology

Hannah O’Leary, Canton, Connecticut*¹ Environmental Studies

Anna Catalina O’Neill, Hailey, Idaho Political Science

Natalia Ocampo, Waukegan, Illinois Sociology: Res. Methods & Data Analysis

Julia Heather Elizabeth Odland Brooklyn, New York Psychology

Katherine Grace Odom*¹ Washington, District of Columbia Art: Art Studio

Olamide Destiny Olayiwola, New York, New York Economics

Sebastian Lee Olson, Edmonds, Washington International Political Economy

Riasat Omar, Russellville, Arkansas Economics

Anita Chioma Onyenagiri Charlotte, North Carolina Political Science

Kylie Elizabeth Orf, Carbondale, Colorado² Environmental Studies

Devon Caroline Ortman, Oakland, California Environmental Science

Manar Othman, Cairo, Egypt

Distinction in Political Science

Adam M. Overman, Westminster, Colorado³ Mathematics

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Peniel Owusu-Ansah, Aurora, Colorado

Distinction in Sociology and Distinction in Political Science, cum laude

Samara Ann Park, Eugene, Oregon Economics

Douglass Black Peecher, Sequim, Washington Physics: Computational Emphasis

Louisa Josephine Penrice Cambridge, Massachusetts Computer Science, cum laude

Lucia Estella Penzel, Carbondale, Colorado Molecular Biology

Anna Catherine Perutz, Oxford, England³ Business, Economics, & Society

Eleanor C Peterson, Evanston, Illinois*² Organismal Biology and Ecology

Tia Michelle Peterson, Freeport, Maine Molecular Biology

Kristine Petersone, Rezekne, Latvia

Distinction in Philosophy, summa cum laude

Lauryn Corinne Pfrommer-Pease Evergreen, Colorado Sociology: Health & Society

Emma Marie Phillips, Northville, Michigan Neuroscience

Dan Pham Phuong, Westminster, Colorado Computer Science

Annika Rose Piccaro, Durango, Colorado

Distinction in Computer Science, magna cum laude

Luca Isabella Pieretti* Santa Barbara, California

Distinction in Psychology, summa cum laude

Leila Haven Pierpont, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Independently Designed Major: Liberal Studies

Cole Tanner Pietsch, Carbondale, Colorado Environmental Science, summa cum laude

Laila Pina, Henrico, Virginia

Distinction in Art: Art Studio

Sabrina Alexandria Pitkanen, Leander, Texas Mathematics

Benjamin Post, Anchorage, Alaska Economics

Julia Taylor Prescott, Kentfield, California Psychology

Shalom Teresa Prince, Aurora, Colorado

Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society

Charlotte Burns Pulido, Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Environmental Science, cum laude

Nicholas Quinlivan, Davis, California Distinction in Philosophy

Atquetzali Margarita Xochotl Quiroz

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

Katherine Anne Radcliffe, Los Altos, California² Geology

Sophia Sana Radday, Arlington, Virginia Environmental Studies

Julia R. Raddue, Woodacre, California² Environmental Studies

Owen Raymond Rask, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Distinction in Economics, magna cum laude

Nicholas Wyatt Ratcliff, Alexandria, Louisiana Philosophy

Koloina Holimihaja Razafindandy Arlington, Virginia French & Francophone Studies

Parker Randall Reece, Irvine, California³ Anthropology

Roxana Caroline Chapman Reisch Rochester, New York Environmental Studies, cum laude

Mark William Reiss, Bedford, Massachusetts Environmental Science

Alexa Joy Rennie, Charlotte, North Carolina* Environmental Science

Emma Rose Revenaugh, Saint Paul, Minnesota Geology

Anayely Reyes-Trejo, Chicago, Illinois Political Science

Andre Benson Ricardo, Pauma Valley, California English: Creative Writing

Kristen Noelle Richards Georgetown, Massachusetts

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, magna cum laude

Gwyneth Rose Rider, Carmel Valley, California Art: Design Studies

Luna Ríos Romero, Minneapolis, Minnesota Sociology

Malia Sanders Rivera, Laguna Niguel, California

Distinction in Environmental Studies

Sophia Irene Roback, Northfield, Minnesota Sociology

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Thomas William Roberts, Telluride, Colorado² Environmental Studies

Charles Eamon Robinson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Environmental Studies

Ashley Robledo, Houston, Texas Political Science

Glorie Michelle Romero Elvir Long Beach, California Philosophy

Victoria Summer Rosa, Naperville, Illinois Neuroscience

Taylor Imogen Ross, Berkeley, California Environmental Science

Zoey Ellen Roueche, Littleton, Colorado Political Science and Environmental Studies

Distinction in Environmental Studies, cum laude

Beatrice Amelia Roussell, Louisville, Kentucky Neuroscience

Kathryn T. Rowley, Longmont, Colorado²

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude

C. Stephen Ruffennach, Powderhorn, Colorado Business, Economics, & Society

Cecelia Russell, Ipswich, Massachusetts Environmental Science

Alex Anthony Russo, Bronxville, New York³ Business, Economics, & Society

Rachel Sacks, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey*¹ Molecular Biology

Anthony Garrison Saenz, Thornton, Colorado Psychology

Joaquim Pedro Salazar, São Paulo, Brazil* Philosophy

Antonio Sanchez, Sun Valley, California Molecular Biology

Ella Marie Sanders, Richardson, Texas Distinction in Political Science, cum laude

Alexandria Delphine Sandoval, Thornton, Colorado³ Organismal Biology and Ecology

Daniela Santillan, Fort Worth, Texas Mathematics, cum laude

Aidan John Santos, Stockbridge, Massachusetts Environmental Science

Grace Dylaney Schmude, Vienna, Virginia³ Environmental Studies

Whitney Brie Schranz, Saint Louis, Missouri Political Science and Psychology

Reeve Emerson Schroeder

Housatonic, Massachusetts

Distinction in Anthropology and Distinction in Spanish, magna cum laude

Kira Renee Schulist, Johnstown, Colorado

Distinction in Psychology

Claire Renée Willette Schwartz*¹ Seattle, Washington Art: Art Studio

Adrienne Kathleen Schwieterman, Denver, Colorado

Mathematical Economics

Katherine Weiller Seessel, Bozeman, Montana

Distinction in Art: Art Studio

Esther Jane Seligman, San Francisco, California Environmental Studies

Matthew Louis Semel, Armonk, New York*¹ Geology

James Jackson Settles, Claremont, California

Computer Science, summa cum laude

Ann Katherine Seymour, Chevy Chase, Maryland³ Psychology

Nicholas Hart Shapiro, Falmouth, Maine Environmental Science: Concentration in Chemistry

Caroline Elizabeth Shay, Denver, Colorado Business, Economics, & Society

Kathleen Helen Shea, Denver, Colorado Computer Science

Tiia Rene Jia Shea, Colorado Springs, Colorado Mathematics, cum laude

Daniel Aaron Shelanski, Denver, Colorado* Mathematics

Meredith Graham Sheridan² Concord, North Carolina

Organismal Biology and Ecology

Hannah Elizabeth Shew, Durango, Colorado Environmental Studies

Paige Amanda Simenz, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Distinction in Environmental Science, magna cum laude

Jeremy Michael Simon, Plymouth, Michigan³ Sociology and Environmental Science

Josiah John Simonis, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, magna cum laude

Sajjan Sarangdevot Singh, Boulder, Colorado*² Mathematical Economics

Owen M. Smith, Needham, Massachusetts

Distinction in History

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Caitlin Rose Soch, Denver, Colorado² International Political Economy

Julia Mercedes Solano

Colorado Springs, Colorado Neuroscience

Michelle Emil Solomon, Tucson, Arizona

Distinction in Feminist & Gender Studies

Thiri Pyae Sone, Mandalay, Myanmar

Distinction in Environmental Science, cum laude

Lucille Elizabeth Soulliere³ Alexandria, Virginia

Distinction in Organismal Biology and Ecology

Alexandra Kate Spiezio, Westfield, New Jersey

English: Creative Writing and Classics

Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude

Alex Dimitri Stambuk Osorio Castle Rock, Colorado

Distinction in Political Science, cum laude

Samuel Steinhacker, Saint Paul, Minnesota Environmental Science

Eve Bethany Stewart, Springfield, Illinois Sociology

Blanche L. Stora, Santa Fe, New Mexico Computer Science

Jake Howard Storfer, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Business, Economics, & Society

Haley Elaine Strom, Norwalk, Connecticut Psychology

Eliza Strong, Ashland, Oregon

Distinction in Independently Designed Major: Critical Art Studies

Charles Richard Stumph, Ketchum, Idaho*² Environmental Studies

Muhammad Emir Danial Suhaime North Chicago, Illinois Environmental Studies

Emily Sulocha, Carol Stream, Illinois Psychology and English: Literature

Distinction in English: Literature, magna cum laude

Charles Bowen Sutherland, Denver, Colorado Political Science

Devlin Christopher Swanson, Seattle, Washington Biochemistry, cum laude

Helen Caldwell Sweeney, Alexandria, Virginia*¹

Distinction in Political Science

Calvin Reed Tafel, Louisville, Kentucky*¹ Film and Media Studies

Vicente Preciardo Blas-Taijeron, Tamuning, Guam

Distinction in Independently Designed Major: Liberal Studies

Yousheng Tang

Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China

Mathematics and Economics

Distinction in Mathematics

Joseph Teva Tannenbaum, Katonah, New York³ Art: Design Studies and Computer Science

William Taylor, Wayzata, Minnesota Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis

Calvin Christopher Than, Thornton, Colorado Art: Art Studio and Computer Science

Distinction in Art: Art Studio, magna cum laude

Judson Luc Thomas, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma³ Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies

Natasha Mckay Thomas, Mission Hills, Kansas Biochemistry

Rietta Marie Thomson, Portland, Oregon Distinction in Comparative Literature

Frances Jane Thyer, Seattle, Washington*²

Film and Media Studies

Cecilia Moran Timberg

Washington, District of Columbia Environmental Studies and Anthropology

Distinction in Anthropology, cum laude

Benjamin Andrew Tishgart, Ardmore, Pennsylvania Organismal Biology and Ecology

Marilyn Christine Tokarek² Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Art: Art Studio

Jackson Jeffrey Tolzin, Bloomington, Minnesota Mathematical Economics

Charlotte Mercer Toogood, Paget, Bermuda Distinction in Environmental Studies

Julissa Torres, Las Vegas, Nevada Psychology

Spencer Charles Torres, Concord, Massachusetts Environmental Science: Concentration in Chemistry

Olivia Zoe Towlen, Longmont, Colorado Neuroscience

Callista Thuclam Tran, Centennial, Colorado Biochemistry, summa cum laude

Thomas Bailliere Treadwell Mill Valley, California Philosophy and Psychology

Samuel Rava Treat, Seattle, Washington² Political Science

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Elliot Triplett, Longmont, Colorado

Distinction in Computer Science, cum laude

Emmett Ivan Mausbach Tucker Fort Collins, Colorado

Distinction in Music, cum laude

Grace Tucker, Marion, Mississippi

Organismal Biology and Ecology

Eli Harrison Turovsky, Los Angeles, California Biochemistry

Eric Stephen Uerling, Tulsa, Oklahoma Computer Science

Josiah Hans Utsch, Bigfork, Montana* Organismal Biology and Ecology

Kaija Rose van Zante, Boulder, Colorado

Distinction in Computer Science, cum laude

Ariana Alessia Viegas, New York City, New York³ Organismal Biology and Ecology

Nathaniel Oliver Vincent, North Miami, Florida Classics

Sydney Kathryn Vine, Princeton, New Jersey Art: Integrative Design & Architect, cum laude

Matthew Vincent Viozzi, Rochester, Minnesota Neuroscience

Adley Reardon Vogel, Menlo Park, California

Distinction in Philosophy, cum laude

Jasmine Volkaert, Bangkok, Thailand Molecular Biology

William Elijah Wallace, Loveland, Colorado Physics: Liberal Arts Emphasis

Bridget Brody Walter, Natick, Massachusetts Education: Critical Social Foundations

Steven Baxter Dean Waltermire Hotchkiss, Colorado Geology

Kexin Wang, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Classics/History/Politics

Lillian Jane Weaver, Chicago, Illinois³ Political Science

Charles William Wehner-Ortega, Arvada, Colorado* English: Creative Writing

Douglas Daniel Weight, Locust Valley, New York Political Science

Alex Thomas Weinman, Grantham, New Hampshire*² Distinction in English: Literature

Lili Alexandria Weir, Sandy, Utah² Organismal Biology and Ecology

Alexander Steven Weiss

Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in History

Aidan Wilder Wells, Miami, Florida Molecular Biology, magna cum laude

Emmie Madeline Weprin, Denver, Colorado Distinction in History

Alexis Peyton Wessler, Highlands Ranch, Colorado³ Organismal Biology and Ecology

Brian Elias Whiteley, Healdsburg, California Art: Integrative Design & Architect Kiersten Elena Whitmore Highlands Ranch, Colorado Political Science

Ian Scott Widmann, Littleton, Colorado*² Music

Logan August Will, Ames, Iowa Distinction in Business, Economics, & Society, cum laude

Myatt Crosby Williams, Durham, North Carolina Political Science

David Wine, Oak Park, Illinois Mathematics

Zoe Dolores Wirth, San Francisco, California Political Science

Alexandra Lorraine Wollinka Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in English: Creative Writing, magna cum laude

Ja’Sion Ali Woods, North Chicago, Illinois Business, Economics, & Society

Olivia Aspacia Xerras, Charlotte, North Carolina International Political Economy

Yixin Xu, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China Organismal Biology and Ecology, cum laude

Haoru Yang, Yinchuan, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Mathematics, cum laude

Zhiqi Yao, Jiaxing, People’s Republic of China Distinction in Mathematics

Isaac Benjamin Yee, Tai Tam, Hong Kong International Political Economy

Fargol Yeganeh Fathi, Tabriz, Iran Psychology

William Aaron Young, Silver Spring, Maryland Environmental Science

Nova Yu, Grand Junction, Colorado Economics

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

Wanyan Yuan, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China*

Physics, magna cum laude

Tyler Peter Yung, Cos Cob, Connecticut

Environmental Studies, cum laude

Zoraiz Zafar, Islamabad, Pakistan

Distinction in Mathematical Economics, cum laude

Kenza Zakarya, Rabat, Morocco

Distinction in Mathematical Economics, summa cum laude

Eli K. Zamore, Northborough, Massachusetts

Distinction in Philosophy, cum laude

Fengyan Zhang

Suzhou, People’s Republic of China

Physics

Hanzhang Zhao³

Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Philosophy

Xinyi Zhao*

Zhangjiagang, People’s Republic of China

Distinction in Music, summa cum laude

Yanjia (Cerella) Zhao

Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China

Distinction in Psychology

Tianfan Zhuang, Cixi, People’s Republic of China² Economics

Mia D. Zuckerberg, Maplewood, New Jersey

Psychology

Jocelyn Snyder Zuckerman, Concord, Massachusetts

Sociology and Molecular Biology

Distinction in Sociology, cum laude

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 16, 2023 ²Degree granted December 20, 2023 ³Degree pending

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May 19, 2024

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