Columbia College Chicago 2023 Commencement Program

COMMENCEMENT

OF THE CLASS OF 2023

PRESIDENT KWANG-WU KIM, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND THE FACULTY OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE

COMMENCEMENT OF THE CLASS OF 2023

COVER IMAGE

CHARLES HELTER

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Filmmaking and Photography

“I was heavily inspired by the urban decay around my hometown and used it to push my early interest in short films and photography. After moving to Chicago for college, the city’s unique and varied architecture caught my eye at every turn. It’s structurally beautiful and I spent many hours during the pandemic photographing the city. Within my work, I strive to use unique and odd angles to create new ways to view the environment around me, creating new perspectives to take in the world from. I’ve furthered this idea by abstracting the architecture even more within Photoshop. I flip, copy, paste, and color all parts of the image in order to find the results I desire. These works are often described as alien, otherworldly, or reality-bending, but to me it’s still Chicago’s architecture, just shown in a new way for people to enjoy.”

2023 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023, 10 A.M.

• American Sign Language

• Creative Writing

• Cultural Studies

• Dance

• English

• Environmental and Sustainability Studies

• Fashion Studies

• Theatre

Order of ceremony on pages 2-3

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023, 3 P.M.

• Audio Arts and Acoustics

• Business and Entrepreneurship

• Communication

• Photography

Order of ceremony on pages 4-5

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023, 10 A.M.

• Cinema and Television Arts

Order of ceremony on pages 6-7

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023, 3 P.M.

• Art and Art History

• Design

• Interactive Arts and Media

• Music

Order of ceremony on pages 8-9

In an effort to make our Commencement sensory-accessible and inclusive, we have set aside a quiet room away from the ceremony for our guests and community members who may need it. Please ask an usher for directions. A limited number of sensory bags are available in the quiet room.

ORDER OF CEREMONY

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023, 10 A.M.

American Sign Language

Creative Writing

Cultural Studies

Dance

Environmental and

Sustainability Studies

Fashion Studies

Theatre

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT

The 2023 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago’s student ensembles:

• Latin Ensemble: Showcase (Donald Neale, Director)

• Disco Lemonade (Recording and Performance Ensemble; Nicholas Tremulis and Typhanie Monique Coller, Directors)

• Fusion Ensemble (William Boris, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Typhanie Monique Coller, Director)

Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director

Zack Berenstein ’12, Associate Producer

Sebastian Huydts, Chair, Music

Full concert credits on page 36

PROCESSIONAL

“March of the Columbians”

Written by Scott Hall

“Walk This Way”

Written by Joe Perry and Steven Tyler

Arranged by Scott Hall

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith

Arranged by Joe Cerqua

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Sara Houseman ’23

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

Words by James Weldon Johnson

Music by J. Rosamond Johnson

Arranged by Roland Carter

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Alexis Boyd-Holling ’23

Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Richard Walker

Assistant Professor of Theatre

MANIFEST 2023 MUSIC VIDEO

Scenes from Manifest, the college’s annual celebration of graduating student work, set to “Vas a Ver,” an original song written by Music Video Competition winner Tanya Katleya ’23 and performed by members of the Latin Ensemble: Showcase.

GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

William E. Wolf, Chair

GREETING FROM THE NATIONAL ALUMNI BOARD

Jeffrey L. Kinney ‘87, President

STUDENT ADDRESS

Caroline Keenan

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, American Sign Language-English Interpretation

Biography on page 12

POETRY READING: “WAYFINDING”

By Sarah Peecher

Winner of the 2023 Allen and Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition

Read by the author

Text on page 11

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

“This Is Me”

Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Arranged by Carey Deadman

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE AND ADDRESS

Christopher N. Jones

Chief Theatre Critic, Chicago Tribune

Biography on page 13

Introduced by Anne Libera, Associate Professor of Comedy Studies

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

By President Kim, assisted by:

• Marcella David, JD, Senior Vice President and Provost

• Steven Corey, PhD, Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Suzanne McBride, Dean, School of Graduate Studies

• Rosita M. Sands, EdD, Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts

RECESSIONAL

“Off the Payroll”

Written by Trevor Stewart

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

ORDER OF CEREMONY

SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023, 3 P.M.

Audio Arts and Acoustics

Business and Entrepreneurship

Communication Photography

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT

The 2023 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago’s student ensembles:

• Latin Ensemble: Showcase (Donald Neale, Director)

• Disco Lemonade (Recording and Performance Ensemble; Nicholas Tremulis and Typhanie Monique Coller, Directors)

• Fusion Ensemble (William Boris, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Typhanie Monique Coller, Director)

Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director

Zack Berenstein ’12, Associate Producer

Sebastian Huydts, Chair, Music

Full concert credits on page 36

PROCESSIONAL

“March of the Columbians”

Written by Scott Hall

“Walk This Way”

Written by Joe Perry and Steven Tyler

Arranged by Scott Hall

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith

Arranged by Joe Cerqua

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Sara Houseman ’23

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

Words by James Weldon Johnson

Music by J. Rosamond Johnson

Arranged by Roland Carter

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Alexis Boyd-Holling ’23

Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Richard Walker

Assistant Professor of Theatre

MANIFEST 2023 MUSIC VIDEO

Scenes from Manifest, the college’s annual celebration of graduating student work, set to “Vas a Ver,” an original song written by Music Video Competition winner Tanya Katleya ’23 and performed by members of the Latin Ensemble: Showcase.

GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

William E. Wolf, Chair

GREETING FROM THE NATIONAL ALUMNI BOARD

Jeffrey L. Kinney ‘87, President

STUDENT ADDRESS

Maddi Jones

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Music Business

Biography on page 12

POETRY READING: “WAYFINDING”

By Sarah Peecher

Winner of the 2023 Allen and Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition

Read by the author

Text on page 11

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

“This Is Me”

Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Arranged by Carey Deadman

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

RECOGNITION OF EMERITUS FACULTY

Benj Kanters, Associate Professor of Audio Arts and Acoustics Emeritus

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT ADDRESS

Christopher N. Jones

Chief Theatre Critic, Chicago Tribune

Biography on page 13

Introduced by Suzanne McBride, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Professor of Journalism

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

By President Kim, assisted by:

• Marcella David, JD, Senior Vice President and Provost

• Tom Dowd, Associate Dean, School of Media Arts

• Dean McBride

• Rosita M. Sands, EdD, Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts

RECESSIONAL

“Off the Payroll”

Written by Trevor Stewart

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

ORDER OF CEREMONY

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023, 10 A.M.

Cinema and Television Arts

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT

The 2023 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago’s student ensembles:

• Latin Ensemble: Showcase (Donald Neale, Director)

• Disco Lemonade (Recording and Performance Ensemble; Nicholas Tremulis and Typhanie Monique Coller, Directors)

• Fusion Ensemble (William Boris, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Typhanie Monique Coller, Director)

Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director

Zack Berenstein ’12, Associate Producer

Sebastian Huydts, Chair, Music

Full concert credits on page 36

PROCESSIONAL

“March of the Columbians”

Written by Scott Hall

“Walk This Way”

Written by Joe Perry and Steven Tyler

Arranged by Scott Hall

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith

Arranged by Joe Cerqua

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Sara Houseman ’23

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

Words by James Weldon Johnson

Music by J. Rosamond Johnson

Arranged by Roland Carter

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Alexis Boyd-Holling ’23

Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Ted Hardin

Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts

MANIFEST 2023 MUSIC VIDEO

Scenes from Manifest, the college’s annual celebration of graduating student work, set to “Vas a Ver,” an original song written by Music Video Competition winner Tanya Katleya ’23 and performed by members of the Latin Ensemble: Showcase.

GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

William E. Wolf, Chair

GREETING FROM THE NATIONAL ALUMNI BOARD

Jeffrey L. Kinney ‘87, President

STUDENT ADDRESS

Reese Givens

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Film and Television

Biography on page 12

POETRY READING: “WAYFINDING”

By Sarah Peecher

Winner of the 2023 Allen and Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition

Read by the author

Text on page 11

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

“This Is Me”

Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Arranged by Carey Deadman

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

RECOGNITION OF EMERITUS FACULTY

Cari Callis, Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts Emerita

CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREE AND ADDRESS

Bobbi Wilsyn

Musician and Teacher

Biography on page 13

Introduced by Rosita Sands, Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts and Professor of Music

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

By President Kim, assisted by:

• Marcella David, JD, Senior Vice President and Provost

• Tom Dowd, Associate Dean, School of Media Arts

• Suzanne McBride, Dean, School of Graduate Studies

RECESSIONAL

“Off the Payroll”

Written by Trevor Stewart

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

ORDER OF CEREMONY

SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023, 3 P.M.

Art and Art History

Design

Interactive Arts and Media

Music

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT

The 2023 Commencement Concert features performances by Columbia College Chicago’s student ensembles:

• Latin Ensemble: Showcase (Donald Neale, Director)

• Disco Lemonade (Recording and Performance Ensemble; Nicholas Tremulis and Typhanie Monique Coller, Directors)

• Fusion Ensemble (William Boris, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble (Scott Hall, Director)

• Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir (Typhanie Monique Coller, Director)

Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director

Zack Berenstein ’12, Associate Producer Sebastian Huydts, Chair, Music

Full concert credits on page 36

PROCESSIONAL

“March of the Columbians”

Written by Scott Hall

“Walk This Way”

Written by Joe Perry and Steven Tyler

Arranged by Scott Hall

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Words by Francis Scott Key, music by John Stafford Smith

Arranged by Joe Cerqua

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Sara Houseman ’23

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

Words by James Weldon Johnson

Music by J. Rosamond Johnson

Arranged by Roland Carter

Lyrics on page 10

American Sign Language Interpretation by Alexis Boyd-Holling ’23

Peter Cook, Chair, American Sign Language

WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Ted Hardin

Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts

MANIFEST 2023 MUSIC VIDEO

Scenes from Manifest, the college’s annual celebration of graduating student work, set to “Vas a Ver,” an original song written by Music Video Competition winner Tanya Katleya ’23 and performed by members of the Latin Ensemble: Showcase.

GREETING FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

William E. Wolf, Chair

GREETING FROM THE NATIONAL ALUMNI BOARD

Jeffrey L. Kinney ‘87, President

STUDENT ADDRESS

Noha Alhams

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interior Architecture

Biography on page 12

POETRY READING: “WAYFINDING”

By Sarah Peecher

Winner of the 2023 Allen and Lynn Turner Commencement Poetry Competition

Read by the author

Text on page 11

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA, President and CEO

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

“This Is Me”

Written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Arranged by Carey Deadman

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT ADDRESS

Bobbi Wilsyn

Musician and Teacher

Biography on page 13

Introduced by Rosita Sands, Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts and Professor of Music

CONFERRAL OF DEGREES

By President Kim, assisted by:

• Marcella David, JD, Senior Vice President and Provost

• Tom Dowd, Associate Dean, School of Media Arts

• Suzanne McBride, Dean, School of Graduate Studies

• Dean Sands

RECESSIONAL

“Off the Payroll”

Written by Trevor Stewart

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING STAR SPANGLED BANNER

BY FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

O, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:

‘Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore

That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion

A home and a country should leave us no more?

Their blood has washed out their foul footstep’s pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave

From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved homes and the war’s desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Lift every voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered; Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee. Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee. Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand, True to our God, true to our native land.

BY SARAH PEECHER

CANDIDATE FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN CREATIVE WRITING WINNER OF THE 2023 ALLEN AND LYNN TURNER COMMENCEMENT POETRY COMPETITION feels like riding a bike down the gravel road between fields full of coneflower periwinkle, goldenrod grass, asters. Easy –though pedaling is hard teeth chattering rocks clanking against the metal bike frame and it’s four miles to return home.

Laying under a locust tree surprised by a sudden dangling inchworm a sticky memory sliding down on a brain-string making shoulders shiver shake.

Night noises

whispers and creaks still perceptible under cellos and piano buzzing from a boombox. Standing on hot asphalt during a summer storm refreshed by rain tingling before lightning streaks the clouds and running inside to wrap up in a beach towel fresh from the dryer. Fog the next morning, or the things hidden by it giants made of mud entirely imagined yet almost visible.

STUDENT SPEAKERS

CAROLINE KEENAN

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language-English Interpretation

SPEAKING SATURDAY, MAY 13, 10 A.M.

Caroline Keenan is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in American Sign LanguageEnglish Interpretation and a minor in Creative Writing, having consistently made the Dean’s List during her undergraduate studies. Beyond academics, Keenan’s involvement in Columbia College Chicago has helped her skills in leadership, creativity, and storytelling. She is a four-year member of the Columbia Renegades Dance Team and a Head Captain. She has served as a Resident Assistant and a Student Ambassador for the past two years.

MADDI JONES

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Music Business

SPEAKING SATURDAY, MAY 13, 3 P.M.

Maddi Jones is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Business and a concentration in Recorded Music and Publishing. Her passion for the music industry stems from having been an independent rock artist and guitarist since she was 14. After touring around the U.S. and playing major venues and festivals, Jones became interested in music business and found Columbia College Chicago to be the perfect school to help her pursue her career ambitions. Columbia has provided Jones with incredible hands-on industry experience, from putting together showcases at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, to operating a student-run record label and facilitating licensing representation deals with some of her favorite artists. Jones is eager to utilize the experiences and skills she has honed as she follows her dream of pursuing a creative career in the music industry, supporting and connecting artists with amazing opportunities while she continues to perform as an artist herself.

REESE GIVENS

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television

SPEAKING SUNDAY, MAY 14, 10 A.M..

While Givens has participated in many facets of Columbia, she is most grateful for her term as Student Government Association president, her work on the BFA Thesis Film Red Rectangle, and her (immeasurable) time spent in Table Write, the student screenwriting club. Givens’s work has placed in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards and the Script Lab’s Free Screenplay Contest, and in 2021 she won a Slamdance Screenplay Competition Award, which led her to be featured in Variety. Givens is passionate about creating welcoming environments and leaving communities better than how she found them.

NOHA ALHAMS

Candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture

SPEAKING SUNDAY, MAY 14, 3 P.M.

Noha Alhams is graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and a minor in Design Management. A native of Doha, Qatar, Alhams is passionate about architecture and is committed to helping the design community at Columbia and beyond. While at Columbia, she served as student representative to the American Society of Interior Designers’ Illinois Board, where she connected with students, educators, and designers from Columbia and other higher education institutions across the country. Post-graduation, Alhams looks forward to serving her community by collaborating with others to create wonderful spatial experiences for people.

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

Each year, Columbia College Chicago confers honorary degrees on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the arts, journalism and the media, education, politics, and the business world. Their professional accomplishments, creative vision, and social and political engagement truly embody the highest ideals of the college.

CHRISTOPHER N. JONES

TO BE HONORED SATURDAY, MAY 13, 10 A.M.

TO ADDRESS GRADUATING STUDENTS SATURDAY, MAY 13, 3 P.M.

Chris Jones has reviewed and commented on theatre, culture, the arts, politics, and entertainment for the Chicago Tribune for more than 20 years, publishing several thousand theatre reviews of both Chicago and Broadway shows and just as many stories and articles about the American theatre. More recently, Jones became editorial page editor at the Tribune, with responsibility both for editorials and the Opinion section. He is also the Broadway critic for the New York Daily News.

Prior to joining the staff of the Tribune, Jones served for many years as touring theatre critic for Variety, writing several hundred theatre reviews with a particular emphasis on pre-Broadway tryouts. He is the director of the National Critics Institute, a summer program for mid-career arts journalists specializing in film, music, theatre, and food.

Jones has twice served on the drama committee of the Pulitzer Prize, and his cultural criticism has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, American Theatre magazine, and numerous other newspapers and magazines. For 25 years, he has chaired the committee that annually recommends a theatre to receive the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.

Jones is the author of Bigger, Brighter, Louder (University of Chicago Press), a history of Chicago theatre criticism, and Rise Up!: Broadway and American Society from ‘Angels in America’ to ‘Hamilton’ (Bloomsbury), a well-reviewed exploration of how theatre reflects the world at large.

For much of the 1980s Jones contributed film reviews, interviews, and reports for WCBEFM in Columbus, Ohio, and served as the long-time film critic for Columbus Alive. His numerous guest TV appearances range from E! The True Hollywood Story to Nightline with Ted Koppel. He was a longtime contributor to CBS-2 in Chicago and has been heard many times on National Public Radio, the BBC, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. And he has beat-boxed with Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Jones is a former faculty member at Northern Illinois University, serving as an associate professor and as assistant chair of the School of Theatre and Dance. He was associate dean of the Theatre School at DePaul University, where he has been an adjunct professor for more than 20 years. In 2021, he was named a Fellow of the American Theatre. A native of Manchester, England, Jones earned a doctorate from The Ohio State University in 1989. He lives in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood with his wife, Gillian Darlow, and has two sons.

BOBBI WILSYN

TO BE HONORED SUNDAY, MAY 14, 10 A.M.

TO ADDRESS GRADUATING STUDENTS SUNDAY, MAY 14, 3 P.M.

The 2018 recipient of the Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Jazz from the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago, Bobbi Wilsyn is a jazz, blues, and gospel singer; motivational speaker; and professor of instruction in music emerita at Columbia College Chicago. Starting as an adjunct instructor in Columbia’s music department in 1981, Wilsyn soon became a full-time faculty member. She was instrumental in the development of the contemporary voice curriculum and choral ensembles that are still an integral part of the music program. Under her aegis, the vocal division added jazz, blues, and gospel to the already well-established courses in popular singing styles. Wilsyn presented vocal masterclasses in those styles for the Jazz Institute’s Straight Ahead Jazz Camp and at the Conservatorio di Bari and the Conservatorio di Pescara. She retired as the music department’s Coordinator of Voice Studies in 2020.

Wilsyn was singing in church, doo-wopping in the neighborhood, and performing in school productions while growing up in Los Angeles, California. Upon her arrival in Chicago in the late 70’s with her show business mentor, Milt Trenier, Wilsyn began to entertain in jazz clubs, festivals, and cabarets and to sing jingles and record voice-overs. She then became the featured jazz-blues vocalist, singing the repertory of Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stan Kenton, Jelly Roll Morton, and others, with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble then in residence at Columbia under the direction of the late William Russo. Performances with conductors Jon Faddis, Joe Lovano, R. Richard Dunscomb, and Orbert Davis and guest appearances with the Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre offered more opportunities for concerts in the United States and abroad. Roles in musicals, including Sophisticated Ladies, Beehive, and It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues, and sharing stages with jazz/blues artists such as Kurt Elling, Corky Siegel, and the lategreats Gerald Wilson, Ramsey Lewis, Eldee Young, Johnny Frigo, and Joe Williams are a few of the highlights of her 50 years in entertainment.

Currently, Wilsyn is presenting motivational workshops, producing a new recording project, and performing her one-person shows in tribute to her idols Lena Horne, Nancy Wilson, and Nina Simone.

PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

2022

DANNY FENSTER ’09 Journalist

MODESTO VALLE Chief Executive Officer, Center on Halsted

2021

DAVID BROZ, LINDA CHÁVEZ, SCOTT HURST, STEPHEN MILLER, BRIAN VITALE, AND MEGHAN WEBSTER Columbia College Chicago Student Center Design Team, Gensler

MICHAEL K. GOI ’80 Cinematographer and Director

DOMINIC A. PACYGA Historian of Chicago

2020

NONE (Columbia held a reduced Commencement because of the global COVID-19 pandemic)

2019

ELZIE L. HIGGINBOTTOM Real Estate Developer and Civic Leader

CHERYL JOHNSON-ODIM Scholar, Human Rights Activist, and Senior Academic Administrator

ANTHONY SARABIA ‘92 Former Chicago Public Radio Reporter and News Anchor

2018

DAWOUD BEY MacArthur Fellowship-Winning Photographer and Professor

PAUL B. BROUCEK ’74 President of Music, Warner Bros. Pictures

JENNIFER FARRINGTON ’93 President and CEO, Chicago Children’s Museum

MARY A. MITCHELL ’91 Columnist and Editorial Board Member, Chicago Sun-Times

2017

DAVID CROMER Theatre Director and Stage Actor

MARK E. KELLY Former Vice President for Student Success, Columbia College Chicago

RICHARD P. KIPHART Former Chair, Columbia College Chicago Board of Trustees (honored in memoriam)

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL Artist

JUDY AND DENNIS SHEPARD Activists for LGBT Equality

2016

PAUL GARNES ’96 Television and Movie Producer

JANE LYNCH Actor, Singer, and Comedian

TRACY K. SMITH Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet

CARLOS TORTOLERO Founder and President, National Museum of Mexican Art

DIANE WARREN Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter

2015

LEONARD C. AMATO ’75 President, HBO Films

CHESTER M. GREGORY ’95 Stage Actor and Singer

JOSEFINA LÓPEZ ’93 Playwright, Screenwriter, and Theatre Producer

ANNA D. SHAPIRO ’90 Tony Award-Winning Theatre Director

NAN R. WARSHAW, MA ’93 Co-Founder, Bloodshot Records

2014

JEANNE GANG Architect

JIM JACOBS Composer, Lyricist, and Playwright

TONY KARMAN Promoter of Contemporary Art

GORDON QUINN Documentary Filmmaker

DIANE RAVITCH Professor and Historian of Education

2013

WARRICK L. CARTER President, Columbia College Chicago

JANE HAMILTON Novelist

HERBIE HANCOCK Pianist, Composer, and Bandleader

LORENZO (RENNIE) HARRIS Dancer, Choreographer, Dance Company Director, and Teacher

MARTHA NUSSBAUM Philosopher

JOSEPH SHANAHAN Founder and Owner, Metro and Smart Bar

JESSICA STOCKHOLDER Artist

ROBERT TEITEL ’90 AND GEORGE TILLMAN JR. ’91 Filmmakers

ALLEN M. TURNER Former Chair, Columbia College Chicago Board of Trustees

PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

2012

PHILIP-LORCA diCORCIA Photographer

LEE FLAHERTY Founder and CEO, Flair Communications Agency

STEVE JAMES Documentary Filmmaker

PHIL RAMONE Record Producer and Recording Engineer

WARREN SPECTOR Video Game Designer

MAVIS STAPLES Grammy Award-Winning Singer

2011

BRUCE MAU Designer

RYAN SCHREIBER Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Pitchfork

REGINA TAYLOR Actress and Playwright

2010

ROBERT KLEIN Actor and Comedian

ALEX KOTLOWITZ Author and Journalist

PETER MAGUBANE Photographer

2009

LEE ELIOT BERK Former President, Berklee College of Music

RAY BRADBURY Science Fiction Writer

TRISHA BROWN Dancer and Choreographer

CARLA DELFOS Executive Director, European League of Institutes of the Arts

ALISON KNOWLES Artist

THOMAS MISNER Audio Education Entrepreneur

KUNIHIKO UKIFUNE Advocate for Vocational Education

2008

PHILIP BAILEY, RALPH JOHNSON, MAURICE WHITE, VERDINE WHITE Band Members, Earth, Wind & Fire

GRACIELA ITURBIDE Photographer

DAN RATHER Broadcast Journalist

2007

JOE ADAMS Business Manager and Music Producer

ARMYAN BERNSTEIN Film Producer, Screenwriter, and Director

DIONNE WARWICK Grammy Award-Winning Singer

2006

BUDDY GUY Blues Musician

LINDA JOHNSON RICE President and CEO, Johnson Publishing Company

BERNARD SAHLINS Founder, The Second City

2005

MARK HEISTER Fashion Designer

ALAN KAY Computer Scientist

BILL VIOLA Video Artist

2004

BILL T. JONES MacArthur Fellowship-Winning Choreographer and Dancer

MARY ELLEN MARK Photographer and Humanist

FRANK RICH Columnist and Drama Critic, New York Times

2003

HENRY FOGEL President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

TONY KUSHNER Playwright

RUSSELL SIMMONS Music Producer, Entrepreneur, and Hip-Hop Pioneer

LOIS WEISBERG Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago

JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN Writer

2002

ALAN ARKIN Screen Actor and Director

LEWIS MANILOW Founder, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

GRACE PALEY Writer and Political Activist

JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR Choreographer and Founder, Urban Bush Women

PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

2001

MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV Dancer and Choreographer

DANNY K. DAVIS United States Representative, 7th Congressional District, Illinois

RENEE FERGUSON Emmy Award-Winning Investigative Reporter

ALTON B. HARRIS Chair, Columbia College Chicago Board of Trustees

JESSE L. JACKSON JR. United States Representative, 2nd Congressional District, Illinois

LISEL MUELLER Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet

HAROLD RAMIS Film Director and Screenwriter

JOHN SZARKOWSKI Curator and Photographer

2000

ORAL LEE BROWN Philanthropist and Child Education Advocate

SIDNEY L. PORT Philanthropist and Businessman

ROBERT V. REMINI Historian

ROBERT SHAYE Founder and CEO, New Line Cinema

1999

SHERMAN JOSEPH ALEXIE JR. Novelist, Poet, and Filmmaker

ARTHUR C. NIELSEN JR. Former President and Chairman, A.C. Nielsen Company

SARA PARETSKY Mystery Writer

WILLIAM E. STRICKLAND JR. President and CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation

1998

JOHN H. BRYAN Chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation

DAVID HENRY HWANG Tony Award-Winning Playwright and Screenwriter

MOMMA HAWK Educator and Children’s Advocate

WILLIAM WARFIELD Singer and Actor

1997

JAMES W. COMPTON President and CEO, Chicago Urban League

MARGARET CORBETT DALEY First Lady of the City of Chicago

FRED EYCHANER Media Innovator and Philanthropist

1996

ISABEL ALLENDE Writer

RICHARD HUNT Sculptor

IRV KUPCINET Chicago Sun-Times Gossip Columnist and Television Talk Show Host

JOHN W. ROGERS JR. Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Ariel Capital Management

PAUL SIMON United States Senator, Illinois

1995

EUGENE C. D’ANGELO JR. Television News Innovator

SANDRA P. GUTHMAN President and CEO, Polk Bros. Foundation

JOHN H. JOHNSON Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Johnson Publishing Company

ANN LANDERS Syndicated Advice Columnist

VICTOR SKREBNESKI Photographer

BEN VEREEN Stage and Film Actor, Dancer, and Singer

1994

MYRLIE EVERS-WILLIAMS Civil Rights Activist

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN Presidential Medal of Freedom-Winning Historian

HAGE G. GEINGOB Prime Minister, Republic of Namibia

JOHN T. RICHARDSON Former President, DePaul University

RITA SIMÓ Founder and Executive Director, The People’s Music School

1993

JANE ALEXANDROFF Former First Lady of Columbia College Chicago

ETTA MOTEN BARNETT Singer, Actress, and Chicago Civic Leader

RIGOBERTA MENCHU Nobel Peace Laureate, 1992

CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN United States Senator, Illinois

CINDY PRITZKER President, Board of Directors, Chicago Public Library

COKIE ROBERTS Senior News Analyst, National Public Radio

1992

HENRY AARON Hall-of-Fame Baseball Player

MATHILDE KRIM Medical Researcher and Founding Chair, American Foundation for AIDS Research

HEDRICK L. SMITH Journalist

1991

WILLARD L. BOYD President, Field Museum of Chicago

JOHNATHAN RODGERS President, Television Stations Division, CBS

HELEN VALDEZ President, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum

DOUGLAS TURNER WARD Founding Artistic Director, The Negro Ensemble Company

1990

LEON DESPRES Former Alderman, City of Chicago

FAITH HUBLEY Academy Award-Winning Animated Filmmaker

YOUSUF KARSH Photographer

CLARENCE PAGE Syndicated Columnist

HASKELL WEXLER Academy Award-Winning Cinematographer

1989

LEON LEDERMAN Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1988

BERNARD LOWN Cardiologist and Nobel Peace Laureate, 1985

STERLING STUCKEY Historian

BERNICE WEISSBOURD Founder and President, Family Focus

1988

JOHN BIRKS “DIZZY” GILLESPIE Jazz Trumpeter

ARDIS KRAINIK General Director, Lyric Opera of Chicago

MIKE ROYKO Newspaper Columnist

KENNETH G. RYDER President, Northeastern University

WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON Sociologist

1987

JACK BRICKHOUSE Sportscaster

MARGARET BURROUGHS Founder, DuSable Museum

PASTORA SAN JUAN CAFFERTY Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration

LAWRENCE K. GROSSMAN President, NBC News

IRVING B. HARRIS Businessman and Philanthropist

JAMES HIGHTOWER Commissioner, Texas Department of Agriculture

1986

RUTH ADAMS Editor, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

WILLIAM D. FORD United States Representative, 15th Congressional District, Michigan

FRED FRIENDLY Broadcast Journalist and Educator

LINUS PAULING Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1954; Peace, 1962)

RANDALL ROBINSON Executive Director, TransAfrica

1985

JAMES HOGE Publisher, New York Daily News

RAY NORDSTRAND President, WFMT, Inc.

CONOR CRUISE O’BRIEN Diplomat and Author

EILEEN SOUTHERN Musicologist

1984

PAMELA HARRIMAN Democratic Party Activist

JOHN LEWIS Composer, Pianist, and Founder of the Modern Jazz Quartet

VICTOR NAVASKY Editor, The Nation

WILLIAM APPLEMAN WILLIAMS Historian

1983

MARJORIE CRAIG BENTON United States Representative to UNICEF

CHRISTOPHER JENCKS Sociologist

MARCEL OPHÜLS Documentary Filmmaker

HAROLD WASHINGTON Mayor, City of Chicago

PAST HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS

1982

HELEN CALDICOTT Anti-Nuclear Activist

SHERRY LANSING President, 20th Century Fox

LUIS VALDEZ Playwright and Artistic Director, El Teatro Campesino

JAMES VAN DER ZEE Photographer

GARRY WILLS Historian

1981

MICHAEL CACOYANNIS Filmmaker

HARRY EDWARDS Sociologist

MARILYN FRENCH Writer and Feminist Activist

FRANKLIN A. LONG Chemist

GEORGE Mc GOVERN Former United States Senator and Presidential Candidate

1980

HERMON D. SMITH Chairman, Field Foundation of Illinois

HARRY WEESE Architect

LOIS WILLE Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

RONALD WILLIAMS President, Northeastern Illinois University

1979

MAYA ANGELOU Poet and Memoirist

JOHN FISCHETTI Pulitzer Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist

CARLOS FUENTES Novelist

TOM WICKER Journalist

JESSIE WOODS Director, Urban Gateways

1978

CARLOS CHÁVEZ Composer and Conductor

ROBERT COLES Child Psychiatrist, Professor, and Author

EDGAR Y. “YIP” HARBURG Lyricist

ABBY MANN Emmy and Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter

ADDIE WYATT Labor and Civil Rights Leader

1977

ORIANA FALLACI Journalist

MARIA MARTINEZ Potter

GORDON PARKS SR. Photographer, Filmmaker, and Author

DANIEL SCHORR Broadcast Journalist

ELIOT WIGGINTON Oral Historian and Folklorist

1976

ED BULLINS Playwright

JOHN HAMMOND Record Producer

JONATHAN KOZOL Educator and Social Critic

KATHARINE KUH Museum Curator and Gallery Owner

ROMAN VISHNIAC Photographer and Biologist

1975

GEORGE W. BONHAM Editor-in-Chief, Change

SEYMOUR M. HERSH Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter

ARTHUR MITCHELL Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem

ADA “BRICKTOP” SMITH Cabaret Artist and Club Owner

ALEC WILDER Composer

1974

IVAN ALBRIGHT Artist

JAMES T. FARRELL Writer

ALBERT E. JENNER JR. Attorney

RUTH PAGE Dancer and Choreographer

CHARLEMAE ROLLINS Librarian, Chicago Public Library

1973

BOB FOSSE Stage and Film Choreographer

JAMES B. HOLDERMAN Executive Director, Illinois Board of Higher Education

MYLES F. HORTON Director, Highlander Folk School

ROSA PARKS Civil Rights Activist

HARRISON E. SALISBURY Associate Editor, New York Times

1972

CHESTER “HOWLIN’ WOLF” BURNETT Blues Musician

PAULINE KAEL Film Critic

NEWTON N. MINOW Attorney and Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission

BILL RUSSELL Former NBA All-Star

NEIL SHEEHAN Reporter, New York Times

QUENTIN D. YOUNG National Chairman, Medical Committee for Human Rights

1971

KAY BOYLE Writer

CHARLES G. HURST JR. President, Malcolm X College

JOSEPH PAPP Director, New York Public Theatre and Shakespeare Festival

WILLIAM PROXMIRE United States Senator, Wisconsin

AARON SISKIND Photographer and Teacher

1970

WILLIAM M. BIRENBAUM President, Staten Island College

R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER Architect

FANNIE LOU HAMER Civil Rights Activist

FRANK REYNOLDS Broadcast Journalist

1969

ANN IDA GANNON President, Mundelein College

DAVID HALBERSTAM Pulitzer Prize-Winning Reporter

CHARLES WILBERT WHITE Artist

1968

EDWARD KENNEDY “DUKE” ELLINGTON Composer and Bandleader

RALPH NADER Consumer Advocate

LOUIS J. “STUDS” TERKEL Radio Journalist and Oral Historian

1967

NORMAN CORWIN Radio Journalist, Radio Dramatist, and Screenwriter

DWIGHT W. FOLLETT Chairman and President, Follett Corporation

LANGSTON HUGHES Poet (honored in memoriam)

KENNETH F. MONTGOMERY Attorney

1966

JOHN BRADEMAS United States Representative, 3rd Congressional District, Indiana

FREDERICK DOUGLASS O’NEAL President, Actors’ Equity

EUGENE RABINOWITCH Editor, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

1965

PAUL HAMILTON ENGLE Poet and Teacher

CURTIS D. M acDOUGALL Journalist and Teacher

1964

GWENDOLYN BROOKS Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS

Sachiel Asencio

Interaction Design

Genevieve Avornyo

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Salimatou Barry Interaction Design

Rebecca Lynne Bond

Acting and Contemporary Performance Making

Shemeka Buckner

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Tazjaye Carpenter

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Adia Simone Dew

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Tesneem Mariam Elewa

Strategic Communication

Francia Lizbeth García Hernández

Civic Media

Alexis B. Godina

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Jordyn Harrison

Civic Media

Ashley Martha Hothersall

Strategic Communication

Hunter Johnson

Acting and Contemporary

Performance Making

Star Johnson

Strategic Communication

Jordyn M. Jones

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Zachary A. Keltner

Civic Media

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS MANAGEMENT

Gabrielle Lane Confer

Brooke Ellen Ellis

Iridian Fierro

Lynreshay Ivryel Johnson

Abbas Mustafa Kagalwala

Nicole Kennebeck

Strategic Communication

Harold B. Lloyd Jr. Acting and Contemporary

Performance Making

Vidushi Lohia

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Kyra A. Lyons

Civic Media

Asia Elizabeth McKnight

Acting and Contemporary Performance Making

Imani Margie Menefee

Strategic Communication

McKenzie Merriman

Strategic Communication

Peter Ojiere Midwa

Civic Media

Sheber Osebe Mokua

Strategic Communication

Christine Nikolich

Strategic Communication

Vicki Marie Ortiz

Interaction Design

Bao Trieu Nguyen Pham

Interaction Design

Zoey Reyes

Interaction Design

Dana Alyssa Leal Villamena

Entrepreneurship for Creatives

Tracy LaVonne Williams

Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling

Tongqian Li

Jessica Erin Meis

Heidi Evita Moore

Brandon Michael Lee Shadley

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS

Elizabeth Mary Ashby

Cinema Art and Science-Cinema Directing

Jordan Bigboy

Creative Writing

Sophia D. Cohn

Cinema Art and Science-Cinema Directing

Harmony Mae Cox

Creative Writing

Amelia Dellos

Creative Writing

Kelley Jeanne Engelbrecht

Nonfiction

Elizabeth K. Forkan

Creative Writing

Shireen Ghosh

Music Composition for the Screen

Zoe M. Hanlon

Creative Writing

Erin Elizabeth Hattamer

Creative Writing

Laura Hawbaker

Fiction

Jessica Leigh Hays

Photography

De’Andre S. Holmes

Creative Writing

Thomas Lewis Houseman

Creative Writing

Meg Jerit

Nonfiction

Mohan Karthik Karnati

Cinema Art and Science-Cinema Directing

Kimberly Kennard

Fiction

Daniyal Ali Khan

Cinema and Television Producing

Young Hae Kim

Fine Arts

Yuri Kwag

Music Composition for the Screen

Kyle Lavelle Fiction

Yin Tak Lee

Music Composition for the Screen

LeVar Mandela Little

Fiction

Erin Liu

Music Composition for the Screen

Hui-Wen Liu

Music Composition for the Screen

Ryan Lucas

Fine Arts

Bernie Victoria Luo

Fiction

Jaeda L. Mason

Cinema and Television Producing

Jordan Ashton McClements

Creative Writing

JaVonna B. McClendon

Fiction

Madeline McConico

Creative Writing

Micah Tyler McCoy

Photography

Joshua Meehan

Music Composition for the Screen

Melanie Miller-Silver

Fine Arts

Tinia Montford

Fiction

Annalise Nassani

Creative Writing

Freedom Tudo Nguyen

Fiction

Tyler Odeneal

Fiction

Zhi Pan

Music Composition for the Screen

Sarah Peecher

Creative Writing

Bharat Srinivasan Raman

Music Composition for the Screen

Hannah Elizabeth Russell

Cinema and Television Directing

Desiree Salazar

Fiction

Kateryna Sazonova

Cinema and Television Directing

Brian Schnaare

Cinema and Television Directing

Meghan Rose Scott

Music Composition for the Screen

Neusha Taherian

Music Composition for the Screen

Yufan Tan

Music Composition for the Screen

Ashley Louise Theirin

Creative Writing

Gina Twardosz

Nonfiction

Kala Frances Wahl

Creative Writing

Jianan Wang

Music Composition for the Screen

Andrew Nicholas Warrick

Creative Writing

Spencer Quentin Washington

Creative Writing

Dawn Angie Armeda Williams

Cinema Art and Science-Creative Producing

Doudou Yi

Cinema and Television Producing

GRADUATION WITH ACADEMIC HONORS

Columbia College Chicago undergraduates who graduate with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.75 are recognized as having graduated with academic honors. Students with a 3.75–3.79 GPA graduate cum laude (“with honors”); students with a 3.80–3.89 GPA graduate magna cum laude (“with high honors”); and students with a 3.90–4.00 GPA graduate summa cum laude (“with highest honors”). These students wear a gold tassel on their mortarboards at Commencement, and their names are listed with an asterisk in the program.

HONORS PROGRAM GRADUATES

The following 2023 graduates of Columbia’s undergraduate Honors Program have successfully completed 15 credits of Honors coursework in the Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Curriculum and have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher over the course of their college career. At Commencement, Honors Program graduates wear a gold Honors stole on which is embroidered the college seal.

Patricia RileyGrace Abbott

Noha T. Alhams

Rachel Marie Angaran

Carolina Ayala

Braden Ridgway Bates

Lauren F. Bayless

Sydney Ellen Berenyi

Karolina Wiktoria Blachowska

Sage Raina Morstad Brahmstedt

Spencer Brauch

Drew Brown

Kacie Ruth Helen Brown

Amanda Jane Burris

Frida Cabrera

Denice Carrera

Kailan R. Carter

Caley Jordan Chaquinga

Mickayla Hope Clark

Olivia Grace Covey

Kirby Grace Cross

Kallie M. Dahlman

Shannon Ashley Davis

Elliott Gerard Dynes

Anna E. Finton

D. Scarlet Frishman

Caitlyn Wuey Gee

Alexandra Salling Georgopoulos

Moriah Joy Gilman

Sarah Cecile Granstrom

Sesash Gutierrez

Helena Haber

Hannah Ruth Hamilton

Michela Elizabeth Hein

Leah J. Heuler

Emma Rose Hoffman

Nicole Morgan Holahan

Joleen Miranda Jimenez

Katrina Zakaria Kamarulzaman

Ariana Mieko Kanaya

Devyn Jamey Kerr

Antonio S. Klaczynski

Marcus Klein

Peyton John Knowski

Katelynn Kay Koeppel

Gabriela A. Leal

Hali MeiRu Lewis

Justice S. Lewis

Ava Rose Liebentritt

Gillian Kathryn Lowe

Sarah Ann Marks

Mikayla Renee Medders

Mollie Amanda Menuck

Ryhen Nikole Miller

Scarlet Sol Miller

True Gordon Mills

Naikym Marsellus Milton

Maxwell John Mootz

Suprajira Morakotjantachote

Rebecca E. Morales

Christian Alexander Navas

Mary E. Neely

Hallie Ann Newnam

Grace Thao Nguyen

Christian Ortiz

Vanesa Iris Paramo

Reide Pearson

Sebastian Herald Pedersen

Gabrielle Ashley Pelayo

Alfred Thomas Pell

Annabel Rose Pottebaum

Jessica Rachel Regan

Parker Reilly

Alisa Rose Resnick

Sarah Lynn Schorle

Ian Matthew Scott

Dylan Patrick Slade

Shayla Victoria Rashidi Spencer

Karen Elizabeth Spriggs

Hailey Elizabeth Springer

Michael David Tendy

Kaelan Tonjes

Laura Silin Tudge

Callie Jay Waligora

Deanna L. Whitlow

Emma E. Wiederkehr

Jack David Wilson

CANDIDATES FOR THE SECOND BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE

Morgan Bodenstedt*

Lisa Cabrales

Gavin T. Diehl*

Emma Jeffrey Gaudette*

Alexandra R. Geshel

Angela Diane Horn*

Liliya Kolomina*

Michelle Breanne Meyer*

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Patricia RileyGrace Abbott*

Ahmad-Ali Ibn Khalil Abdur-Rafear

Najiyah Jannan Abdur-Rahman*

Nicholas Ryan Abel

Jennifer Angela Acevedo*

Joseph Raymond Acopiado

Pedro Acosta*

Oskar Adame

Thalia Zenaida Agosto

Katie Ruby Aguilar

Kristen Denise Aguilar*

Drew Patrick Ahearn

Jac Henry Alcala

David Joshua Aldana

Victoria Alfieri

Ryan Michael Alioto

Gabriella Patrice Allen

Roya C. Allen

Jake Allonar*

Naielly Almanza

Sophia Janae Alonzo

Diana Marilyn Alvarez*

Angel Amador

Duncan Alessandro Analco

Alexa Paige Anderson

Isaiah Anderson

Jalen Lydell Anderson

Logan Olivia Anderson*

Noah Zachary Anderson

Romann Aric Anderson

Yasmin Andres

Rachel Marie Angaran*

Ana Samantha Ante Velasco

Viviane Talaleu Jacky Anthony

Alessia Kelly Antoine

Kate Diane Apostolacus*

Joseph Dylan Apter*

Madison E. Apton*

Sofia Guadalupe Armadillo*

Gianna Alessandra Armey*

Noah L. Arnold

Stefhanie Marie Arreguin*

Carmen Arroyo

Julissa Christine Arroyo

Dalia Melissa Arteaga

Kevin Samuel Ashley

Emmanuel Asiegbu

Dominic Peter Assensi

Kevin Atkinson

Rattatamanoon Auartaya

Alexandra Avila

Efrain William Avila

Carolina Ayala

Seham Ayyad

Joseph Michael Murray*

Oluwalade Michael Omoba

Alise Henriette Paulsen*

Emily Rawden*

Erin Rhomberg

Nathalia Souza Gomes*

Brandon Yancey*

Anna I. Bachmann

Hannah Dahee Baek

Yunpeng Bai*

Lucy Bailey

Nolan Robert Baker

Richard J. Bakersmith*

Tony Ballazhi*

Santiago Barban Jr.

Samuel Johnson Barber

Ethan Robert Baril-Tuscano

Anna Claire Barlow*

Elizabeth Ann Barnes

Jeremiah David Barnett

Abigail Constance Barone

Daniella Barrera

Diego Angel Barron

Zoe Micheale Barthelemy

Christian Barzallo

Arianne Christine Batang

Seanice Lenay Batchman

Braden Ridgway Bates

Lauren F. Bayless*

Reginald Tyler Baylon

Andrew Beasley

Gwenyth Foxe Bechtel*

Derek Jordan Bedell*

Lance Belaval*

Zachary Luke Belden

Christian Michael Bell*

LeTorria Don’Yae Bell*

Cy Pedro Beltran*

Elijah Ben

Cristina Fe Benavides*

Aneliese I. Benitez*

Jake Benton

Sydney Ellen Berenyi*

Joseph Bergquist

Jordyn Mira Berkowitz*

Maria Berman*

Zachary Robert Bernstein

Samuele Bevilacqua

Mariam Bin Safwan

Lily J. Birschbach

Zoe Dominique Bishop

Vanessa Sabrina Bittar*

Karolina Wiktoria Blachowska*

Estanislao Blas

Kevin M. Block

Benjamin Blondy

Grace Florence Bloom

Grant Jefferson Boehne*

Lucas E. Bold

Madison Bolen

Gyasi Sekou Bonds

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Morgan Bodenstedt*

Lisa Cabrales

Gavin T. Diehl*

Emma Jeffrey Gaudette*

Alexandra R. Geshel

Angela Diane Horn*

Liliya Kolomina*

Michelle Breanne Meyer*

Joseph Michael Murray*

Oluwalade Michael Omoba

Alise Henriette Paulsen*

Emily Rawden*

Erin Rhomberg

Nathalia Souza Gomes*

Brandon Yancey*

Patricia RileyGrace Abbott*

Ahmad-Ali Ibn Khalil Abdur-Rafear

Najiyah Jannan Abdur-Rahman*

Nicholas Ryan Abel

Jennifer Angela Acevedo*

Joseph Raymond Acopiado

Pedro Acosta*

Oskar Adame

Thalia Zenaida Agosto

Katie Ruby Aguilar

Kristen Denise Aguilar*

Drew Patrick Ahearn

Jac Henry Alcala

David Joshua Aldana

Victoria Alfieri

Ryan Michael Alioto

Gabriella Patrice Allen

Roya C. Allen

Jake Allonar*

Naielly Almanza

Sophia Janae Alonzo

*With academic honors

Diana Marilyn Alvarez*

Angel Amador

Duncan Alessandro Analco

Alexa Paige Anderson

Isaiah Anderson

Jalen Lydell Anderson

Logan Olivia Anderson*

Noah Zachary Anderson

Romann Aric Anderson

Yasmin Andres

Rachel Marie Angaran*

Ana Samantha Ante Velasco

Viviane Talaleu Jacky Anthony

Alessia Kelly Antoine

Kate Diane Apostolacus*

Joseph Dylan Apter*

Madison E. Apton*

Sofia Guadalupe Armadillo*

Gianna Alessandra Armey*

Noah L. Arnold

Stefhanie Marie Arreguin*

Carmen Arroyo

Julissa Christine Arroyo

Dalia Melissa Arteaga

Kevin Samuel Ashley

Emmanuel Asiegbu

Dominic Peter Assensi

Kevin Atkinson

Rattatamanoon Auartaya

Alexandra Avila

Efrain William Avila

Carolina Ayala

Seham Ayyad

Anna I. Bachmann

Hannah Dahee Baek

Yunpeng Bai*

Lucy Bailey

Nolan Robert Baker

Richard J. Bakersmith*

Tony Ballazhi*

Santiago Barban Jr.

Samuel Johnson Barber

Ethan Robert Baril-Tuscano

Anna Claire Barlow*

Elizabeth Ann Barnes

Jeremiah David Barnett

Abigail Constance Barone

Daniella Barrera

Diego Angel Barron

Zoe Micheale Barthelemy

Christian Barzallo

Arianne Christine Batang

Seanice Lenay Batchman

Braden Ridgway Bates

Lauren F. Bayless*

Reginald Tyler Baylon

Andrew Beasley

Gwenyth Foxe Bechtel*

Derek Jordan Bedell*

Lance Belaval*

Zachary Luke Belden

Christian Michael Bell*

LeTorria Don’Yae Bell*

Cy Pedro Beltran*

Elijah Ben

Cristina Fe Benavides*

Aneliese I. Benitez*

Jake Benton

Sydney Ellen Berenyi*

Joseph Bergquist

Jordyn Mira Berkowitz*

Maria Berman*

Zachary Robert Bernstein

Samuele Bevilacqua

Mariam Bin Safwan

Lily J. Birschbach

Zoe Dominique Bishop

Vanessa Sabrina Bittar*

Karolina Wiktoria Blachowska*

Estanislao Blas

Kevin M. Block

Benjamin Blondy

Grace Florence Bloom

Grant Jefferson Boehne*

Lucas E. Bold

Madison Bolen

Gyasi Sekou Bonds

Brooke Ramsay Bondurant

Raven C. Bowlin*

Alexis Boyd-Holling

Breanna Jean Boyer*

Matthew Thomas Boyer

Bennett R. Boyle*

Dez J. Boyle

Jesse Kristine Boyle

Fallon M. Braddy*

Sage Raina Morstad Brahmstedt*

Jack T. Braithwaite

Katherine Clara Lee Brake

Jackson Tyler Brandstadt

Spencer Brauch*

Michael Andrew Breedlove

Molly Ann Brennan*

Kayla Brill

Madeleine T. Brittingham

Lucia R. Brooks

Kayla Lynn Brougham*

Wyatt Richard Brower*

Alexis Michelle Brown

Anna Grace Brown*

Ashley Simmone Brown

Brandon Michael Brown

Drew Brown*

Iesha M. Brown

Maddigan M. Brown*

Nyla Simone Brown

Olivia Jean Brunell*

Arwillis Hezekiah Bryant Jr.

Megan Rose Buchanan

Zoe Elise Buda

Noey Budde

Charles Robert Buehler

Maria L. Buffo

Trisha Bundhoo

Joan Olesen Bunn*

Victoria Burchfield

Gabby B. Burelle

Summer Iris Burk

Issac Rafael Burnett*

Ariel O. Burns*

Amanda Jane Burris*

Anna Marie Busalacchi

David Jason Buschauer

Ava Butera

Markus J. Butkovich

George Bye

Shekinah Cage*

Hannah Tracy Cahill

Joshua James Cain

Kierra Renee Cain

Delilah Caldera

Samantha Caldera

Yesenia Calderon

Parker Jane Callais*

Kirby R. Callan*

Jared C. Callaway*

Ryan Christopher Callis

Xavier Campbell

Tyler John Campo*

Samantha Campos*

Pedro Canaan Lopes

John Cormick Cannan

Sophia Caranicas*

Sean Joseph Carberry*

Juan Carlos Cardona Jr.

Andrew Michael Cariola

AJ Caris*

Guiseppe Carmona

John Ralph Carollo III

Paloma Aurelia Carpio Marion*

Courtland Austin Carr

Samira Carr

Kiyan A. Carre

Denice Carrera*

Kailan R. Carter*

Kamil Joi Carter

Micah Carter

Jose Luis Casales

Samantha N. Casaverde

Alexander J. Casillas

Mycah L. Cassell

Angel Alfredo Castanon

Michael Castellanos

Ashley J. Castillo

Eduardo Abraham Castillo

Charles Theodore Castro*

Yoselyn Castro

Nory Catano*

Patrick Joseph Cecchi

Matt R. Cerny

Alexander Chan*

Conner Joseph Chant

Caley Jordan Chaquinga

Kasandra Lourdes Chavez

Rey T. Chen

Yulin Chen

Mederic Michael Chiasson

Sebastian Chino

Anabelle Taylor Chinski*

Coleton Morgan Chobak*

Leeloo Audrey Christie

Peter John Cimbalo

Paula Juliana Cimino*

Yazzy Ileana Cisneros

Corey Joon Clark

Mickayla Hope Clark*

Nyah M. Clay*

Shane Harold Cloherty

Olivia Coelho Porto

Abigail Lane Collins*

Elizabeth Rose Collins

Amanda Nicole Colon

Trisa Colon*

Moira Francis Colvin*

Shiyu Cong

Peter Joseph Conroy

Andrea Ivania Contreras

Gustavo Contreras*

Amya Cooper

Nathaniel Gage Coopman

John Stafford Copeland II*

Christopher Slade Cordero

Aiden Robert Cordon

Cathleen Cosajay*

Jocelyn Casuarina Costea

Gabriele Joseph Coughlin

Olivia Grace Covey*

Michael Craney

Alexis M. Crespo

Elise Crockett*

Kirby Grace Cross

Alexis Alanna Crump

Skye Crumpler

Angelica Cruz

Christian Cuellar*

Sean Patrick Cunningham

David Christan Cutts

Mats Joseph Dahlberg*

Kallie M. Dahlman*

Anna-Marie Daly

Darrin Daniels

Grace Jane Davis

Shannon Ashley Davis*

Robert Thomas-Lee Davison

Evan J. Dawkins

Isabella De Jesus

David Ismael De Los Angeles

Frida A. De Santiago

Mikekara Dean

Reinie Elizabeth Dean

Ivan Joshua Villanueva Deato

Kevin Richard Deely

Olivia Martel deHainault

Kennedy Grace Dehoop

Kaitlyn Phyllis DeMonico

Avery Lane Dennis

Rachel Marie DeNoyer*

Annika Jayne Denton

Anthony Emilio Diaz

Ixy A. Diaz

Jennifer Scarleth Diaz Tinoco*

Haley Renee Dickerson

Ryan C. Dickson

Angelo Peter Digiorgio

Cecilia R. Dillon

Izzy Dimiceli*

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Bingjie Ding

Danielle Marie Dingerson

Easton Coleman Dippel

Rachael Ann Disher*

Arianna Disrude

Alan Craig Dixon Jr.

Max Dolinsky

Aurelia Renee Dominguez

Christopher R. Donahue*

Isabelle Marie Doyle

Amanda Dragovic

Delaney Ansleigh Drummond*

Calista Kundankia DSouza*

Cesar Alexis Duchi Jr.

Harrison Alexander Ducommun*

Owen Thomas Duffy

Ethan Siplao Dulaca

Nissa Duplessy

Elliott Gerard Dynes*

Joshua Patrick Dzakowic

Karolina Dziatkowiec

Scarlett Earnhardt

Wyatt Robert Ecker

Jonas Patrick Corpuz Eduria

Eli Edwards

Catrin Blythe Efken*

Emma Eggebrecht

Malcolm Charles Elbert

Nasim Ellahi

Samuel Aaron Ellenby

Autumn R. Ellis*

Jessie Lee Ellis

Magnolia Blue Emerson

Eric Scott Entsminger

Quinn Maxwell Erickson*

Zacharie Raven Reyes Esperanza

*With academic honors

Rosa Angelica Espinoza

Michael Scott Evans

Kalel Joy Faber*

Joe Faibisoff*

Devlin Bryce Farmer

Missy Farrell

Kashf Fatima

Riley Paige Faulkner*

Isabel Marie Feldhaus

Albert Fernandez

Leilani Yasmine Fernandez

Emily M. Ferneau*

Jonah Matthew Ferro

Benjamin Foster Fibbe

Devon A. Fields

Carlos M. Fierro Jr.

Brandon Scott Figueroa

Rhona Jessica Villacampa Filgueras

Malcolm Filichia*

Norah Elizabeth Finn

Anna E. Finton*

Katelyn E. Fiorani*

Matan Kai Fireman*

Cheyenne Paige Fish

Donovan X. Fisher*

Madeline Rose Fisher*

Connor Wayne Flatley

Celeste Flores*

Edgar Edwardo Flores

Patrick Brian Foley

Christon Marie Ford

Robert Wilson Fornari

Abigail A. Fosu

Gabriel Max Franciscovich

Claire Elizabeth Franklin*

Khaliyah Alesia Franklin

Daniel Tate Frasco*

Aida M. Frey

D. Scarlet Frishman*

Paige Nicole Fuhrman

Tiffini Nichole Funches

Isabel Jean Gable

Magnus C. Gallegos

Elijah Gallow

Amelia Garcia

Emelytza Garcia

Joe Garcia*

Ricardo Emmanuel Garcia

Zach Martin Garcia

Evelyn Garcia Bahena

Samantha Betzabe Garcia Rivas

Belmaris Garcia-Gomez

Jaydon Thomas Garner*

Kenise Tahonne Gaston

Emily Ann Gay

Kayla Marie Gayton*

Caitlyn Wuey Gee*

Quinn Geiger

Kyndal Patrice Gennings

Alexandra Salling Georgopoulos*

Marisa Antonia Giacopelli*

Valeria Montserrat Gil*

Joseph Charles Gilchrist

Moriah Joy Gilman*

Grace Bethany Gilmore

Bear Girard*

John Patrick Gleason

Nicolette Alexis Glisovich

Karla M. Godinez

Chai Golden

Leviathan Atlas Golden

Grace Danielle Gomez

David Rhon Gonzaga Deyro*

Brandon Gonzalez

Elias Jimmy Gonzalez*

Evelyn Gonzalez

Lilian Gonzalez

Ian Uriel Gooderham*

Kathia Nayely Gorostieta Reyes

Jesus Govea Jr.*

Paige Lynne Grable

Thomas Welby Graham

Trinity D. Graham

Marquisa Victoria Granberry*

Sarah Cecile Granstrom

Mara Grasse*

Catherine Green*

Dorothy Green

Jeremiah Joshua Green

Josh Greenberg

Jordan McKenzie Greer

Ethan Morrison Gregory*

Indya Grey

John Oliver Griffin

Fiona M. Groth

Tyler Gruel

Julia Gryc

Natalie Elizabeth Grzeszczak

Jixin Gu

Felix Guerrero

Tanya Katleya Guerrero

Payton E. Guinan

Xingyi Guo

Sesash Gutierrez*

Samadhi Guzman

Helena Haber*

Karen Habicht

Lucien Hacker

Megan K. Haenni

Hannah Ruth Hamilton

Aaron Hamlin

Sam G. Hanifin

Jack E. Hanlon

Luke Draughan Hans

Kyle William Hansen*

Ai Jun Hao*

Caroline Grace Harader

Jourie Maine Harbecke

Laura Hardin

Pierce Evan Hare

Mac Harlin

Dashan Lavonta Harris Jr.*

Samantha Ann Harris

Mya N. Haupt*

Harmoni Devin Hawthorne

Ariel Hayes*

Tamara Hayes

Neyoko Rosita Haynes

Taylor Haynes

Madeline Katherine Hays*

Rosa Olwen Heady

Therese R. Healey*

Ingrid Caroline Heenie

Michela Elizabeth Hein

Charles Heinz

Isabelle Marie Heinzen

Matthew Amory Henderson Jr.*

Kerstin K. Henke

Adele Henning*

Arianna Juliette Hernandez

Carolina Hernandez

Christina Hernandez

Karina S. Hernandez

Kiara Hernandez

Rosa Hernandez

Serafin Herrera Jr.*

Jess Hess

Leah J. Heuler*

Gabby Hiatt*

Lauren Hickey*

Angela Marie Hicks

Cassidy M. Hicks

Michael Patrick Hicks

Ava Elizabeth Hickson*

Christina Elise Hilden

Tommie Leigh Hill

Libby R. Hillermann*

Anejha R. Hines

Eric Wayne Hinkle

Victoria Lenea Hoadley

Haven D. Hobart

Emily Paige Hochbaum*

Danté S. Hockley

Lily Hoekstra*

James W. Hoffman

Joshua Hogberg*

Nicole Morgan Holahan*

Joshua Holcombe

Evangeline Zay Holden

Ayanna Tahirah Holmes

Josiah Daniel Holroyd

Kennedy Caitlyn Homan*

Leen Homsi*

Lynette Hoover

Kaitlyn Kay Horneck

Karleen LaDonna Horton

Amber J. Houghton*

Sara Leann Houseman*

Lane D. Howard*

Pierce Julian Howard

Owen Rutledge Howell

Carly Nicole Hubbard*

Olivia L. Hubbell

Ann Marie Huerta

Sevrin Huette

Casey Alexander Huffer*

Hannah Margaret Hughes*

Lillian E. Hughes*

Nicolette Joy Hummel

Lauren R. Hummel-Neumann

Alyssa Hunt

Maya Keonna Hunter

Zayd Hussein

Bailey Suzanne Hutchison

Irvin Israel Ibarra*

Angelica Elizabeth Ehoto Idoko

Amber Nicole Ilisie

Nicholas Charles Ilkanic*

Anthony Joseph Incammicia

Keri Faith Inge-Marshall*

Jessica Leah Ingram

Alexander Jacob Innis*

Derek Tyler Isele

Hannah Rose Israel

Kane Ramsey Jabbar

Hannah Daniele Jackson*

JzaPhri Jackson

Michael Jackson Jr.

Ainsley P. Jahr*

Nicolas Clancy James

Robin Jamkatel

Erika Brandy Janasz

Peytin Janda*

Illa Sungjoo Jang*

PJ Janicki*

Nicholas Janopoulos

Belle Japs

Peyton Chandler Jay

Nivash Jayaram

Macy Kaye Jefferson*

Taylor Maria Jenkins

Noah Austin Jennings*

Yuyi Jia*

Joleen Miranda Jimenez*

Silvia S. Jimenez

A’Nya Namoni Johnson

Dani Sylvel Johnson*

Krystal Jaishone Johnson

Lauren M. Johnson

Margaret W. Johnson*

Sam Temple Johnson

Sarah Colette Johnson*

Christopher Lee Jones

Jensen E. Jones

Joni Jones

Jordan Maxwell Jones

Madison Carolyn Jones*

Monica Anne Jones

JaShawn Jordan

Jessica L. Jourden*

Katherine Marie Joyner

Aileen Michelle Juarez

Haylie Juricic*

Nina Liese Kallil

Trudy Aminata Tata Kallon

Mohammed Z. Kamal

Ariana Mieko Kanaya

Samuel Joseph Kapalin

Kimberly Maria Kapela*

Christine Louise Kattar*

Beauford Keating*

Caroline Eldridge Keenan*

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Collin Randall Kennington

Lauren Thomas Marie Kenyon*

Eric Louis Kerkstra

Devyn Kerpan*

Richard Thomas Kijko

Andrew Jordan King

Kali Cassandra King

Tynita King

Rachel M. Kirby*

Jeremy Aiden Kirkland*

Antonio S. Klaczynski

Joseph Klaff

Henry Ferrer Klapper

Leah Lynn-Marie Klatt*

Marcus Klein*

Celia Rose Knox*

Octavia Nicole Knox

Rachel Ko*

Thomas Jay Hrycak Koch

Katelynn Kay Koeppel*

John Kolpitcke

Maya Gabriella Kosztolitz*

Abigail Kot

Milo Kotis

Phoebe Rose Kozinets*

Julia Noelle Krasovic

Eva Jane Krause

Brianna Janell Krepel

Bianca K. Kreusel*

Chris Krogh*

Alivia Rose Kronberg*

Alex Quinn Kropniewski*

Kaitlyn Faith Krueger

Ivanna Kurywczak

Liliya Kvas*

Joshua Lagunas

*With academic honors

Louis Chak Fu Lam*

Samantha Marie Lamb

Michael Thomas Lamont

Jess Lane*

Tommy Lane

Hadley Grace Lange

Marissa A. Laqui

Ashley Briannet Lara*

Enrique Lara

Avery J. Lareau*

Colton James Larkin

Grace Larson

Steven K. Laskey*

William Stanton Latimer

Chloe Raginae Laughlin

Jesse Leroy Lawrence Jr.

Gabriela A. Leal*

Jacob Arthur Lebersfeld

Eric Lee*

Eun Lee

Georgia Lee

Han Byul Lee

Yat Shan Lee

Lucas Anthony Lehnen

Nuo Lei

John Dunn Leinenweber Jr

Hannah Elizabeth Lemon

Jenna Elizabeth Lentz

Myra Alejandra Leon

Corlin Leonard*

Nicholas A. Levato*

Daniel Forrest Levin

Akira Vanessa Lewis

Hali MeiRu Lewis*

Justice S. Lewis*

Yiman Li*

Zijie Li

Ziyi Li

Kyle Licht

Anika F. Lind*

Kori R. Lindsay

Reilly Linehan*

Nathaniel Lipkins

Bronson Litcher

Yuyang Liu*

Isabella Long

Ali Lopez

Brenda Lopez

Arthur Lopez-Rodriguez

Samantha Marie Loree*

Avanté Antonio Love

Kyra Love

Gillian Kathryn Lowe*

Juana K. Lozano

Rachel Lozano*

Gracie Anne Lubisky

Samuel Bernard Lucas

Chun Yin Lui

Maxwell Tyler Lukegord

Alexis Barbara Lund*

Riley M. Lundgren

Josephine Juliet Lunn

Yixi Luo

Jacquelyn Luria*

Liam K. Lynn

Frank Ma*

Olivia Mona Maalouf*

Brandon James Macciaro

Autumn Paige MacDonald

Kayla Macedo

Earriana Mystique Mackey

Andrea Magdaleno

Tadahri Magitt

Matthew Robert Maguire

Harrison Strano Maine

Ivonne Malagon*

Kathryn Macoy Malate

Erica Maleszka

Marta Sandra Malinowska

Jack Kelly Mallers

Valeria Mancera-Saavedra

Hope Victoria Manigault

Kelli Elise Mansker

Angelica L. Marcial*

Gilbert Alexander Marin

Sarah Ann Marks*

Oscar Marquez

Adonijah Marshall

Caden Zane Marshall*

Molly Marshall

Mathilde Anaïs Marsot

Alejandro Mario Martell

Kirk Gabriel Martil*

Giovanna Lucia Martin

Nathaniel Thomas Travis Martin

Olivia Grace Martin

Sergi Martin Sarrau

Allison Anahi Martinez*

Ashley Martinez

Christian L. Martinez*

Irma Martinez

Marilyn Guadalupe Martinez*

Melanie Angelique Martinez*

Octavio Martinez

Olivia J. Mason

Demetrios Mastorakis

Cole Akio Matsuda

G Matthews

Daniela Mauleon

Samantha S. Mauro

Mose D. Mayer

Emma Dowling Mayers

Abigail Kathleen McCormick*

Duncan F. McDonald*

James P. McDonald

Andrew Patrick McDonnell

Jack Elliot McDonough

Aisling McDowell*

Daniel Joseph McGannon

Jack B. McKinney

Molly McLaughlin

Makayla K. McLelland

Askar Isaiah McMahon

Ryan Patrick McMahon

Lucille London McReynolds*

Hayden Nicholas Mears

Mason Thorne Meccia

Mikayla Renee Medders*

Angelina Evelyn Medina*

Daniel C. Medina

Tia M. Medriano

Mariajose Melendez

Rachel Marianne Meltzer*

Alejandro Daniel Mena

Yasmin Mendiola*

Abigail Mendoza

Carlos Mendoza Jr.

Elizabeth Mendoza

Alexia R. Menig

Maya Menon

Mollie Amanda Menuck

Nicholas Mercado

Audrey Mikelson

Sophie Marie Mikos*

Jada L. Milazzo*

August Miller

Isabelle R. Miller

Ryhen Nikole Miller*

Sean Allen Miller

Shelby R. Miller*

Tate A. Miller*

McKayla Tacco Mills

True Gordon Mills*

Faythe Raina Milne

Naikym Marsellus Milton

Sophia Minello*

Astrik Miranda

Eliannethe Miranda Colon*

Owen Patrick Misterovich*

Catherine Anne Mitchell

Siena Ann Moccia*

Pranav Raj Mogadati

Mads Ines Moll

Brianna Montesano

Gibelle Anahi Montesdeoca

Julianne Marie Montgomery

Anthony Montoya

Ethan John Moon

Jacqueline Jasmine Moore

Tabitha Moore

Aya Marie Moorehead

Maxwell John Mootz

Suprajira Morakotjantachote*

Luis Isaac Morales

Marco Ezequiel Morales*

Rebecca E. Morales*

Yasmin Morales

Aidan Arthur Moran

Nikolaki Moss

Aime Moya*

Phatma Mreiziq*

Emily Anne Mueller*

Lauren Mary Mueller*

Benjamin Mugabo

Khaliq Muhammad

Tiffany Cherie Muhammad

Nickolas Muilaert

Arturo Cristian Muñoz*

Alex Murphy

Paige Murphy*

Brianna Nicole Murray*

Victoria Grace Murray

Tapiwa Lillian Musimbe

Mariana Lucia Musto*

Jalynn Chamera Myers

Mark Robert Myers

Ahmad Naeem

JungHun Nam

Denzel Tetteh Nanor

Adrian Navarro

Sergio Yael Navarro Jr.

Christian Alexander Navas

Imani Ayanna Neal

Mary E. Neely*

Mariah I. Nelson

Aaron Robert Nettekoven

Gina L. Newberg*

Lyric Ashone Newbern

Johnny Newell

Carma D. Newman

Hallie Ann Newnam*

Andrew Richard Ney*

Angelina Conde Nguyen*

Christine Nguyen

Grace Thao Nguyen*

Karen Nguyen

Phu Minh Nguyen

Trang T. Nguyen*

Vivian Nguyen*

Elaina Brook Nischan

Aaron Michael Nixon*

Allyson S. Nogaj

Toni Nordone*

Alexis Kristine Norris*

Lizette Crystal Nunez

Emily Ann Basat Obedoza

Jonathon Edward O’Brien

Karla I. Ochoa

Viviane O’Donnell

Nia Ruth Oke-Famakinde

Emilly Olivares*

Megan Renee Olszanski*

Brianna M. O’Malley

Davina Moraa Ombati

Eleni Omiriadis*

Tamara Bustos Ondrasik

Inigo Oropeza-Gutierrez

Sean O’Rourke

Hory Zurisa Orozco

Aaron Ray Ortega

Christian Ortiz*

Ibukunoluwa Daniel Osinaike

Juan David Osorio*

Aleksander M. Ostojic

Stephen Kemal Oz

Jacqueline Michelle Padilla

Molly Irene Pagano*

Michelle Pala*

Hugo C. Palacios-Fernandez

Christopher Anthony Pandolfo

Dario Ricardo Parada

Patrice Doyce Parker-Williams

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Moe Meli Partain

Charles Patrick

Jaelin Enhre’ Patterson

Rashad M. Patterson

Ksymena Anna Pawlowicz

Reide Pearson*

Sebastian Herald Pedersen*

Alex Peek*

Naomi Pegues

Erika Marie Peiker

Gabrielle Ashley Pelayo*

Alfred Thomas Pell

Mark Gregory Pellegrini

Devin Pathric Perjak*

Jackie Michele Perri

Zion Alexander Perry

Alexandria Nicole Perteete

Kyra Emilie Peter*

Matthew Peterburs*

Mitchell D. Petersen

Hanna Peterson

Olivia Lee Peterson*

Micaela Mercy Petkus*

Anastasia Petran*

Sophie Rose Philipson*

Natalie Ann Piaskowski*

Isabel Angeles Picka

Ta’Jae T. Pickett

Nattalee Dawn Pierce*

Charles Aaron Pierson

Ricky Alexander Pineda

Braxton Taylor Qin Lee Po

Ana Maria Gennadievna Podgaiskaya*

Magdalena Piper Noël Pogue

Clayton Polak

Riley Rose Polatsek*

Olivia Natalie Policastro*

John Daniel Pollock Jr.

Corinne Rose Pompey

Leonardo Ponce

Joseph Daniel Poselenzny*

Miranda Mae Prater*

Brandon James Prichard

Lillian Kaye Pugh

Sydney Gabrielle Purczynski*

Shangxiao Qiu*

Connor Andrew Qualls

Anessa Domonique Quijada Rivera

Gayle Arce Quiles

Jason Quinones

Michelle Quiroz*

Madalyn Quitter*

Clara Scott Radcliffe

Summer Raed Radwan*

Sanaa Raj

Jude Mah Ramirez

Gaby Ramos*

Marcus Terrell Randle Jr.

Jaxon Riley Raya

Nathan T. Raymond*

Syed Osama Razi

Victoria Antoinette Reardon

Grace Makenzie Reasoner*

Natalie M. Rechner

Jessica Rachel Regan*

Parker Reilly*

Patrick Reponse

Avery T. Resendiz*

Alisa Rose Resnick

Nicolelynn V. Reyes*

Trinidad Reyes

Bailey Jewel Rezman*

Kevin James Rhoa

Eric Ribeiro

Samuel Lee Rice*

Ruth Estefany Rico*

Mary Rose Ridderhoff

Ab Tomiko Rieve*

G Rios*

Lauren E. Ritter

Emily Odalis Rivas

Elized Rivera*

Juan Manuel Rivera

Mayra Rivera*

Marjorie Rizon

Jonathan Daniel Rizzi*

Marilyn Roa

Abby Jane Roberson*

Anthony Roberts

Angel Brynee Robinson

BelleAime Alexandra Robinson*

Laniese Robinson

Quinn Robinson

Tracy Robinson

Cate Rocha*

Eleanor Frances Roche*

Aleyah Christina Rodriguez

Alyssa Geovanna Rodriguez

Ashley Rodriguez

Julius Rodriguez

Kyra Janelle Rodriguez

Marco J. Rodriguez

Nicole Jessica Rodriguez

Savannah Alexis Rodriguez

Yaritza Rodriguez*

Gabrielle M. Rooney*

Oliver Roper*

Mayla Z. Roque-Coleman

Laura Patricia Rosario

Julian Rose

Brian Z. Rosner

Joseph Zain Rout

Ansley Elizabeth Rowell*

Adriana Rubio

Javier A. Ruiz*

Mercedes Ruiz*

Sarah P. Rusin

Kevonna Tyiesha Monique Russell*

Kailey Nora Ryan*

Makenna Ryan

Thomas James Ryan

Elizabeth Rymut

Cade Alexander Saenz

Ivan Felix Saez

Vianny Saito*

Lauren Salas*

Cristian Daniel Salazar

Cassandra J. Salazar Schulist*

Claire Samelson

Daliyah Damyrikal Sanders*

Marcos Sandoval

Daniela Fernanda Sandoval-Garcia

Nathaniel Santiago

Francisco Santillan*

Angela M. Santoleri*

Jennifer Santos

Citlali Sarabia

Issac Saucedo*

Noah Steven Savoie

Beth Schaefer

Jillian Joy Schendel

Sophia Finley Schirmer-Beiermann

Emma Josephine Schleppi

Isis Simone Schmugge

Sabrina Blair Schoenberg*

Sarah Lynn Schorle*

Olivia Alice Schultz

Lillian Jolie Schweitzer*

John Benny Scotellaro

Dana H. Scott*

Heavenleigh Scott

Ian Matthew Scott*

Archer Maxwell Seaborn*

Amina Sergazina

Raffaele Joseph Serpico*

Mena Joy Severino

Omari Sexton

Egzon Shabani

David Spencer Shane Jr.

Jametra E. Shanks

Audrianna Robbie Shelton

Robert Morgan Shepardson III

SunAh Shim

Gretchen F. Shull

Andrue Chrystian Sibal

Tina Siegler*

Christian D. Sigaran

Cameron Michael Silha

Claire Simari

Jonathan Edward Simmons

Vered Rachel Siroka

Meghan Corinne Skapyak*

Benjamin Scott Skarnulis*

Chloe Campbell Skoczen

Alexander Carl Skokan

Dylan Patrick Slade

Kamyron Starr Smelser*

Catherine Laurel Smerz

Abigail May Smith*

Brianna Leigh Smith

Danielle Ami Smith

Denver Tyson Smith

Jackson Shane Smith

Jorden J. Smith*

Nathaniel T. Smith

Taylor Smith

Lizvett Lucero Solano*

Stephanie Solis

Polina Solomakhina*

Garrett Solomon*

Camille Sommers

Shikui Song

Yang Song

Merlyn Soon

Lucca Antonio Sorrentino

Jacob Soto*

Gabriel Sotomayor*

Christian E. Spalla

Baxter Brownlow Spark

Connor Sparks

Shayla Victoria Rashidi Spencer

Alex Sperry*

Hailey Elizabeth Springer*

Samantha Marie St. Clair

Sam Joseph St John*

Olivia Raine Stankovich

Samuel William Stanway

Leah R. Stark

Mallaidh Treise Starzec

Michael Steele*

Shelby Susanne Steele*

Samuel Michael Stibal

Anna Stobaugh*

Jasmyne Denise Strong

Natalie Nicole Sumrall

Hannah M. Sutherland

Valerie Teddy Swain

Bioré S. Sweeney

Evan Wolf Sweeney

Moira R. Swinford*

McKayla Renee Sykes

Zoe Elizabeth Takaki*

Katherine M. Talbott*

Moise Daniel Tamas

Jeffrey Elijah Xian Hong Tan*

Saakhu Maa Tarrer

Konyleigh Guinawa Tayaban

Aaron Michael Taylor

Isaac Aidan Taylor

Journey I. Taylor*

Samantha Wednesday Taylor

Tierra Taylor

Jack Thomas Teixeira

Jennifer Teliz

Jacob M. Teodoro*

Emily Jasmin Teran

Elyse Terrazas*

Angelica Texcahua*

BaoNgan Thai*

Katarina Thanopoulos*

Lianna C. Thierry

Josh Ocean Thomas

Liberty Thomas*

Aniya Thompson

Carlie K. Thompson

Megan Thompson

Bella Thornton*

Brandon Jeremiah Tillery

Kimani Simone Tillman

Marin Elizabeth Tillman

Avery Rose Timmons*

Lupita Tirado

Josh Tischler*

Reid P. Tomasson*

Gianah Taylor Tomczak

Phoebe Anastasia Tomsu*

Kaelan Tonjes*

Lilia Fae Torchia-Stately

Ariana Katalyn Torres

Giselle Lealani Torres*

Jonathan Torres*

Marissa Doreen Traver*

Joshua Edward Trimble

Deandre James Tucker*

Samuel D. Tucker

Laura Silin Tudge*

Nicholas Michael Tummillo

Liam Michael Tunney

Nia Jean Twaddle

Caitlin Rose Tylka

Madeline Wegner Tym

Diego Urbina Gomez

Ingrid Gabriela Valdez

Amanda June Valenti

Opal Raven Vales*

Liliana Julia Vallecillo

Au’zha Maria Vanderbilt-Croft

Juan Daniel Vargas

Adrian Christopher Vargas-Loaiza

Rogelio Vazquez

Kimberly Vela*

Jocelyn A. Velazquez*

John G. Veller Jr.

Anna Venekamp

Mariana Victoria Venturella*

Kaitlyn Venturina*

Yesenia Aurelia Vilella

Jose M. Villafranca

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS

Lilliana Ruth Villalba

Angeles Alexandra Villalobos

Cody Villalon

Esmeralda Villalpando

Raina Villareal*

Diana Grace Vlahos

Gavin Keene Wade*

Olivia Wagner*

Matthew David Walcott

Douglas Richard Walden

Ausar Walker

Sandra Elzbeta Walkowicz

Hannah Walls

Aidan Donovan Walsh

Francesca Lena Walsh*

Lily Maya Wan*

Madison Claire Wancata

Yining Wang

Courtland Ward*

Gemma Elizabeth Warren*

Shiloh Tumo Washington*

Kiama Wa-Tenza

Lilly C. Waterfall*

Matthew Declan Watson

Caisha Weathersby

Gillian Hana-Jordan Wedemeyer*

Olivia Weintraub*

Tessa M. Weisbecker-Lotz

Lily J. Welch

Haley M. Wells*

Matthew William Welsh

Spencer Dylan Wendt

Kevin Earl West

Jacob Michael Westergaard

Nolan William Whalen*

Matthew Murly Wheeler

Brandi White

Natalie Marie White*

Deanna L. Whitlow*

Ren Curtis Whitney

Emma E. Wiederkehr*

Grace Margaret Wiener

Benjamin James Wiersema*

Alexandra Jade Wilkerson

Gabrielle Willemssen

Alijah Isaiah Williams

Chase Ned Williams

Courtney Paige Williams

Cyera Lavon Williams

Jaria Elan Williams

Kay Lee Williams

Makayla Williams

Grace Elizabeth Willis

Adelaide Rebecca Wilson

Jack David Wilson

Maisy Starr Wilson*

Julian Scott Wimmer*

Luke Alexander Winnie

Haleigh Marie Winterbauer

Reed Daniel Wisinski

Kasha Marley Wisniewski

Rachel May Wisniewski*

Torin A. Witmer*

Adiam Belai Woldu

Christopher Jalen Womack

Miranda Davis Wood

Autumn Woody

Emily Adaire Workman*

Hailey A. Works*

Alicia MeShawn Wormley

Sophia Marie Wren

Kaiyla Chantiana Wriddley

Aleesa L. Wright

Arkadiusz Wrobel

Xuewei Wu

Victoria Rose Wycklendt*

Suzanne Michelle Yorgin

Allexxis S. Youngs

Liu Yuqing*

Simon Zaslavsky

YanLu Zhao

Kevin Zhou

Jingchen Zhu*

Juliana Zigman

Peyton Genevieve Zignego*

Daniel Zucker

Madilyn Grace Zurawski

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

Alexsia Lynn Acosta

Fiona Marie Delfinado Agapito*

Jill M. Ahmann*

Hiba K. Al Rez

Noha T. Alhams*

Kalia Barbara Allen*

Jacob Seong Ashba

Jordan Brooke Baker*

Sarah Alice Balog*

Chloe A. Bassett*

Emily Elizabeth Bax

Louise Bean*

Aisling Mairead Benson*

Kayla Anne Bocanegra

Ella Bryant Bondy*

Celeste A. Brace*

Charlotte Ariela Briskin

Wrett Phillip Brower*

Nodirakhon Burkhanova*

Audrey N. Busbee

Frida Cabrera*

Diego Eros Cardenas

Riley Carlson*

Korina Lauren Carpenter

Daniela Castro*

Indiana Amelie Celerier dit Lormont*

Sarah B. Chaplick

Rebecca Denise Chrabaszewski*

Parker Colby Cloutier*

Lisa Cornish

Kellin Maxwill Cremeens*

Maya Delaine Cruz-Phillips*

Emma Louise Damm*

Jose De Jesus De Paz*

Kathryn S. Deykun

Khanh Do

Sarah Domkuski*

Kacper Krystian Drwenski*

Jazmin Duran*

Vajihe Ebrahimi

Jackie Elliott*

Isaiah Dwight Engram

Neo Shanny Tiffany Isseul Flammanc

Djuana Patrice Florez

Grace Ann Forrestal

Samuel L. Fosbinder*

Noah Mitchell Frick*

Maria Guadalupe Garcia*

Natalie Mariel Garcia

Jonathan Michael Gembarski

Tiyanna Michelle Gentry

Reese Taylor Givens*

Stephen Gleason*

Lauren M. Glowacki*

Michelle Arial Goldshmidt*

Alana R. Gordon-Levine*

Theresa A. Goudy*

Gregory Louis Greco Jr.*

Samantha Dorothy Griffin

Jordyn Rose Grist*

Shikha P. Guruji

Ayat Hamed*

Brittany Kayte Handel*

Jason Hart

Grace Madeline Hauk

Camilla Sara Hawley*

Emma Rose Hoffman*

Joy Elizabeth Holder*

Sophia Maria Izquierdo*

Jason Brandon James

Maria Isabel Jiron

Rachel N. Kearns*

Macey L. Kern*

Devyn Jamey Kerr*

Dylan Rosemary Kerr*

Peyton John Knowski*

Robyn Frances Kraft*

Audrey Marie Catherine Krolnik*

Heather Marie Kuhlmann*

Paige Nicole Lau*

Ava Rose Liebentritt*

Hannah Catherine Loessberg

Haoyu Lu

Sarah H. Maali*

Alexis Star Malone-Alvarado

Giovanna Mantovani Trevizam*

Ariana Marshall

Amairani Martinez

Ariaunna Felisha McCloud

Mak Meinhardt*

Eion James Meldrum*

Scarlet Sol Miller*

Troy Mize*

Javier Montes

Emmalyn Grace Mueller*

Anastasia Elaine Murphy

Em Nykiel*

Vanesa Iris Paramo*

Yesha Patel

Frida Grønnevik Petersen

Michael Joseph Picciano-Schatten*

Emmah Isabelle Pirie

Matilda Plaza-Gibson*

Annabel Rose Pottebaum*

Julia Marie Ravenscroft*

Xavier Shane Resto

Kevin Bahena Rivera

Sonya Shea Robinson

Melanie Joyce Rolfe*

Carolina Romo

Kylee L. Rosenfeld

James Christopher Ross

Stephanie Rubeo*

Jada Nicole Russell*

Tristen M. Sanborn

Ayca Sarialioglu

Jennifer Ann Schmidt

Clarence R. Shaw II

Robert Shinoff

Faye Siavelis

Lauren Elizabeth Sims*

Lloyd Joseph Smedbron*

Ryan W. Stage

Christopher Stopka

Sean Eden Sturdivant Jr.

Brittany Lynne Swick

Sienna Osanna Szustak*

Jackson Thornton

Gabriella Marie Titolo*

Ashley Renay Torosian*

Grace Triggiano Rogan

Monika Amalia Walewender*

Callie Jay Waligora*

Quinton John Walker

Ayla G. Walsh*

Cordelia I. Weatherby*

Leah Renee Wellman*

William J. White

Emma Wilmarth*

Brandon Eric Wiman

Minhua Yang*

Aline Alayza Zavala

Felicity Tianna Zayas

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC

Jackson Hunter Arbogast

Marcus A. Bailey

Kacie Ruth Helen Brown*

Megan Esther Jacobs

Julius D. Johnson*

Benjamin Francis Jossi

Paul Daniel Milkent*

Joseph Thornton Packham*

Trevor Stewart*

Liam Michael Taylor*

Journey Tupper Ungashick*

Mia Marie Vasquez*

Jacob Wiley*

CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Jacob Dylan Clark*

Paloma Garcia Torres

Marcus A. Gualandri

Noel Alejandro Gutierrez*

Andrada Iorgulescu

Katrina Zakaria Kamarulzaman *

Patrick Douglas Martin

Tien Quynh Thi Nguyen*

Hannah Nichole Rostollan*

Rafael Eduardo Santana

Holland Mark Sersen

Samantha Alexsandra Silva

Karen Elizabeth Spriggs*

Michael David Tendy*

Nick Vitacco

THE CUSTOMS AND SYMBOLISM OF COMMENCEMENT

ACADEMIC REGALIA

The customs governing the wearing of regalia at academic convocations such as this weekend’s Commencement exercises have their origins in the patterns of dress of Roman Catholic clergy-scholars in the universities of 12th- and 13th-century Western Europe. As with all such “invented traditions,” which appear fixed and unchanging when they are anything but, they have evolved over time and within cultures, resulting in a range of national and institutional variants and adaptations. The standard protocol for academic dress at U.S. higher education institutions is set out in the American Council on Education’s Academic Costume Code (1986).

What follows is a summary of the more prominent elements of the regalia that will be worn at these ceremonies by students, faculty, members of the administration, trustees, and guests. Through color schemes and other design features, the three garments that make up the regalia—the robe or gown, the hood worn around the neck, and the cap or tam—visually represent the highest degree earned by the wearer, the institution that conferred it, and the academic discipline in which it was granted.

THE HOOD

The core garment is black, but it is lined in satin in the color(s) of the institution that conferred the degree, and edged in velvet in the color designated for the academic discipline in which the degree was granted. Thus, at this weekend’s Commencement, candidates for master’s degrees will wear hoods with a periwinkle and grey lining— the colors registered by Columbia as its official colors—and edged with the color appropriate to the degree field:

• Master of Arts: white

• Master of Arts Management: drab

• Master of Fine Arts: dark brown

Most U.S. institutions of higher learning, including Columbia, dispense with the hooding of bachelor’s degree candidates at Commencement, although bachelor’s degree holders will wear a bachelor’s hood. (The width of the edging and the length of the hood indicate the type of degree conferred; the longer the hood and the wider the edging, the more advanced the degree.)

THE GOWN

Academic gowns customarily are black, although some U.S. institutions have created their own doctoral robes with more colorful designs. (At this weekend’s Commencement, master’s degree candidates will wear silver-gray gowns.) The gowns of bachelor’s and master’s degree holders are untrimmed. The gowns of doctoral degree holders have velvet trimming down the front and three large velvet bars across both sleeves. The velvet features ordinarily are black but may be in the color designated for the academic discipline in which the degree was conferred.

THE CAP

The most familiar type of academic headgear is the square mortarboard or cap; some doctoral degree holders wear a soft tam instead. All headgear comes with a tassel, usually black, although Columbia’s graduating students wear caps with either gold (for honors graduates) or silver tassels. The custom, which Columbia observes, of having degree recipients move their tassels from the right to the left side of their caps at the conclusion of the degree conferral sequence is of relatively recent origin.

THE COLLEGE MACE AND PRESIDENTIAL MEDALLION

The college mace, which is carried into the Commencement ceremony by the chief faculty marshal, represents the collective authority of the college’s faculty. The ceremony does not officially begin until the mace is placed in its stand on the stage. Columbia’s mace is a three-dimensional representation of the college seal; the design symbolically depicts light breaking out into the world.

The medallion worn by the president, which incorporates the college seal, represents the authority vested in the president by the Board of Trustees. The medallion’s custom-designed chain is imprinted with the thumbprints of individual students, faculty, and staff, thereby symbolically honoring the standing of those constituencies within the college community.

The college mace and the presidential medallion were designed and created by sculptor and part-time faculty member Miklos P. Simon. The following faculty members will serve as chief faculty marshals and mace bearers at the 2023 Commencement exercises:

• Saturday, 10 a.m.: Hilary Sarat-St Peter, Associate Professor, English and Creative Writing

• Saturday, 3 p.m.: Monique Maye, Professor of Instruction, Business and Entrepreneurship

• Sunday, 10 a.m.: Kristin Pichaske, Associate Chair, Cinema and Television Arts

• Sunday, 3 p.m.: Janell Baxter, Associate Professor, Interactive Arts and Media

COMMENCEMENT CONCERT

Joe Cerqua, Producer/Director

Zack Berenstein ’12, Associate Producer Sebastian Huydts, Chair, Music Department

“In a Large Room with No Light”

Written by Prince, Wendy Melvoin, and Lisa Coleman

Performed by the Fusion Ensemble

“Best Day of My Life”

Written by Zachary Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Matthew Sanchez, David Rublin, Shep Goodman, and Aaron Accetta

Performed by Disco Lemonade (Recording and Performance Ensemble) and the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir

“Volveré”

Written by Ignacio Román and Paco Cepero

Performed by the Latin Ensemble: Showcase

“Cissy Strut”

Written by Arthur Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr., and Joseph Modeliste

Arranged by Trevor Stewart*

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

“Love Train”

Written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff

Arranged by Thomas Gunther

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

“Endangered Species”

Written by Wayne Shorter and Joseph Vitarelli

Performed by the Fusion Ensemble

“The Night Is Still Young”

Written by Marcus Bailey*, Oliver Bishop, Dante Nottoli, Brennan Pozzi, Martha White, and Jacob Wiley

Performed by Disco Lemonade (Recording and Performance Ensemble)

“Sybil’s Blues”

Written by Russell Gunn

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

“Brighter Day”

Written by Kirk Franklin

Orchestrated by Scott Hall

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

“I Want You Back”

Written by Berry Gordy Jr., Alphonso Mizell, Freddie Perren, and Deke Richards

Arranged by Tony Succar

Performed by the Latin Ensemble: Showcase

“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

Written by U2

Arranged by Carey Deadman

Performed by the Columbia College Chicago Commencement Choir and the Columbia College Chicago Jazz Ensemble

STUDENT ENSEMBLES

LATIN ENSEMBLE: SHOWCASE

Donald Neale, Director and Keyboards

Tanya Guerrero*, Vocals

Samantha Herrera, Vocals

Nicole Nicolalde, Vocals

Anessa Quijada Rivera*, Vocals

Karolina Prus, Saxophones

Fernando Montoya, Trombone

Leon Allen, Trumpet

Jackson Arbogast*, Guitar

Miles Pretel, Keyboards

Madeleine Janosch, Bass

Matthew Higueros, Percussion

Ethan Reinbach, Drums

FUSION ENSEMBLE

William Boris, Director

Belmaris Garcia-Gomez*, Vocals

Joshua Trimble*, Guitar

Miles Pretel, Keyboards

Madeleine Janosch, Bass

Hugh Maxey, Drums

DISCO LEMONADE (RECORDING AND PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE)

Nicholas Tremulis and Typhanie Monique Coller, Directors

Martha White, Vocals

Marcus Bailey*, Vocals and Guitar

Jacob Wiley, Vocals and Keyboards

Oliver Bishop, Guitar

Dante Nottoli, Bass

Brennan Pozzi, Drums

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO COMMENCEMENT CHOIR

Typhanie Monique Coller, Director

SOPRANO

Ashlyn Sisco (section leader)

Kacie Brown*

Bea Fuadin

Mary James

Shreemayee Ramesh

MEZZO-SOPRANO

Megan Jacobs* (section leader)

Eunkyung Alice Kim

Gracie Lubisky*

Alexia Lumas

Natalie Saunders

ALTO

Skyla Blumenscheid (section leader)

Jordan Greer*

Claire Haman

LeKayla Hill

TENOR

Danielle Crim (section leader)

Joel Arreola

Damon Pierson, Jr.

Liam Taylor*

Ryan Winters

BARITONE/BASS

Holden McGee (section leader)

Aaron Jachim

Kyle Powers

Jacob Wiley

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Scott Hall, Director

SAXOPHONES

Deven Duphare

Mitchell Jones

Ben Jossi*

Alex Kerwin

Karolina Prus

TROMBONES

Gibson Chidel

Fernando Montoya

Ramon Rodriguez

Stephen Ryan

TRUMPETS

Leon Allen

Griffin Hall

Payton Hall

Connor Koppa

RHYTHM SECTION

Trevor Stewart*, Guitar

Max Mellor, Guitar

Richard Gibbs, Piano

John Powers, Vibraphone

Andrew King, Bass

Paris Catura, Drums

INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

CHAIR

William E. Wolf

VICE CHAIR

Robert J. Buford

Hugh C. Williams

SECRETARY

Sharon Dalenberg

TREASURER

Barry M. Sabloff

TRUSTEES

Philip Alphonse

Leonard C. Amato ’75

Paul B. Broucek ’74

Luis de la Parra ’95

Susan V. Downing

Paul G. Garnes ’96

John R. Gehron

Michael K. Goi ’80

Judith A. Gold

John McClain Holmes

Staci R. Collins Jackson MAM ‘06

Kwang-Wu Kim, ex officio

Jeffrey L. Kinney ‘87, ex officio

James E. Kopp Jr.

Jay Leib ’95

Averill Leviton

Frederick C. Lowinger

Richard Poulton

Imad I. Qasim

Arlen D. Rubin

Andreas Waldburg-Wolfegg

Sona Wang

Cayla C. Weisberg ’09

Allison Grant Williams

Robert A. Wislow

TRUSTEES EMERITI

Samuel E. Pfeffer

Helena Chapellín Wilson ’76

HONORARY TRUSTEES

Bill Kurtis

Allen M. Turner

SENIOR ADMINISTRATION

Kwang-Wu Kim, DMA President and CEO

Patricia Bergeson, JD

Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel

Marcella David, JD

Senior Vice President and Provost

Michael A. Joseph Senior Vice President of Enrollment Management and Retention

Charles Kimball, PhD Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives

Lambrini Lukidis Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications and External Relations

Laurent Pernot

Chief of Staff to the President

Miriam A. Smith

Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations

Jerry Tarrer, MBA

Senior Vice President of Business Affairs and CFO

Sharon Wilson-Taylor, PhD

Vice President of Student Affairs

DEANS

Steven Corey, PhD Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Douglas Eck, EdD Dean of Students

Eric Freedman, PhD Dean, School of Media Arts

Suzanne McBride Dean, School of Graduate Studies

Rosita Sands, EdD Dean, School of Fine and Performing Arts

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS

Jerry Brindisi Interim Chair, Business and Entrepreneurship

Lisa Gonzales, MFA Chair, Dance

Sebastian Huydts Chair, Music

Duncan MacKenzie, MFA

Chair, Art and Art History Interim Chair, Design

Susan Padveen

Interim Chair, Theatre

Colbey Reid, PhD

Chair, Fashion Studies

Ross Sawyers, MFA Chair, Photography

SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

Peter Cook

Chair, American Sign Language

Azar Khosravani, PhD Chair, Science and Mathematics

Richard King, PhD Chair, Humanities, History, and Social Sciences

Jeanne Petrolle, PhD Interim Chair, English and Creative Writing

SCHOOL OF MEDIA ARTS

Joseph Cancellaro, PhD Chair, Interactive Arts and Media

Erin McCarthy, PhD

Interim Chair, Communication

Ben Sutherland, PhD

Chair, Audio Arts and Acoustics

Thelma Vickroy, MFA

Chair, Cinema and Television Arts

FACULTY LEADERSHIP

Madhurima Chakraborty, PhD

Associate Professor, Literature and Cultural Studies

President, Faculty Senate

Jessica Meharry

Associate Professor, Business and Entrepreneurship

Director, Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The producers would like to acknowledge the following individuals for helping to make the 2023 Commencement exercises possible:

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION

Esteban Amaro ’05

Jenna Baugh ’00

Danielle Helgeson ’19

Gina Meyer ’19

Jennifer Porter

Duriyah Wilborn ’00

STUDENT PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Brean Adames ’24

Rose Casolari ’24

Lorena Castro ’25

Taylor Davis ’24

Elisha Dennard ’25

Morgan Johnson ’25

Paige Johnson ’24

Yemima Kebede ’25

Courtney King ’24

Leila Manthi ’24

Mychal McIntyre ’26

Amor Morales ’25

Isabel Rutledge ’24

JJ Salgado ’25

Quonyel Shelton ’24

Dayvon Simmons ’25

Veronika Stelter ’25

Kimberly Vazquez ’24

Ija Wright ’24

CJ Young ’25

MANIFEST MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCERS

Green River Films, Inc.

Sam Sanders MFA ’01

John Farbrother MFA ’03

VIDEO PRODUCTION

Lorelle Communications, Inc.

Kevin Corcoran, Director

SITE PRODUCER

Charles Gomez

Charles Gomez Productions

STAGE MANAGER

Debra Liddell