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The University Seal 1934 This seal depicts Our Lady of Mercy enclosed in a circle and standing before a cross. Around Our Lady’s head is inscribed the motto: Maria Spes Nostra, Mary our Hope. On one side of the base is the lamp of wisdom, and on the other, the book of learning. This seal, according to the bylaws, shall be affixed to all official documents and decrees prepared by Salve Regina University.
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Academic Procession CHIEF MARSHALS FLAG BEARERS DEGREE CANDIDATES Doctor of Philosophy Master of Arts Master of Science Master of Business Administration Bachelor of Arts and Science Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Science ALUMNAE OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CLASS OF 1964 DIRECTORS FACULTY MARSHAL FACULTY PRESIDENT’S MARSHAL PRESIDENT’S PARTY Elected Officials Administrators Honorary Degree Recipient Members of the Board of Trustees Chancellor President
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Order of Exercises PROCESSIONAL MASTER OF CEREMONIES Dean E. de la Motte, Ph.D. Provost and Dean of the Faculty THE NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOCATION Leona Misto, RSM, Ed.D. Vice President for Mission Integration UNIVERSITY HYMN Salve Regina GREETINGS FROM The United States Senate The City of Newport AUTHORIZATION OF DEGREES Janet L. Robinson Chairman of the Board of Trustees CONFERRING OF DEGREES Jane Gerety, RSM, Ph.D. President of the University CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES Richard Saul Wurman CONFERRING OF GRADUATE DEGREES CONFERRING OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INDUCTION Michael Semenza Vice President for University Relations and Advancement MESSAGE TO THE GRADUATES Jane Gerety, RSM, Ph.D. President of the University RECESSIONAL
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Richard Saul Wurman Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa
You, Richard Saul Wurman, are a curious man. Armed with the steadfast belief that our purpose is to learn and communicate with others, you have embraced a lifelong journey of discovery. You studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where you graduated with the highest honors and received the Arthur Spayd Brooks Gold Medal for distinguished work in architectural design. By the age of 21, you had explored and mapped one-third of the Mayan city of Tikal, Guatemala. At the age of 26, you published your first two books, one on your beloved mentor, the architect Louis I. Kahn, and another that featured models of 50 world cities all constructed on a uniform scale. In short, you had already accomplished more than most of us do in a lifetime. Nevertheless, you once said, “I am bored when other people are bored, only faster. I am interested when others are interested, only more interested. But I also think I’m less, rather than more, intelligent than other people.” A champion of truth, you seek to create clarity in an age of information overload. As the German writer Goethe once observed, “The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.” Determined to light a candle rather than curse the darkness, you have designed and authored 83 books, several of which are housed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. From ACCESS city guides to the bestselling “Information Anxiety,” your books and instructional manuals continue to enlighten, inform and inspire us. Considered the father of information architecture, you co-founded the TED, TEDMED, and EG conferences. Giving viewers across the world access to many of America’s greatest thinkers in the fields of technology, entertainment and design, TED conferences today are available in more than 100 languages. Once quoted as saying that a good question is better than a brilliant answer, you have taught on many prestigious college campuses, including Cambridge University in England. You were recently named a Distinguished Professor of the Practice at the College of Arts, Media and Design at Northeastern University, where you will continue to inspire young minds with your keen insights and discerning observations. Described by Fortune magazine as an “intellectual hedonist” with a “hummingbird mind,” you are the recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and several doctoral degrees and fellowships, including a Guggenheim. Your numerous accolades include the annual Creative Spirit Award from the University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Association and a Lifetime Achievement Award in Design from the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. You also received the annual Gold Medal from Trinity College in Dublin, the James Joyce Award from the Literary and Historical Society of University College in Dublin, and the Boston Science Museum’s 50th annual Washburn Award. For your innovations in graphic design, you have been honored with the Gold Medal from AIGA, the professional association for design; the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, and induction into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame. Curiosity has served you well, Richard Saul Wurman, and will continue to do so as you reinvent the way we see the world. In the words of Arnold Edinborough, “Curiosity is the very basis of education, and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.” Whether you are publishing your next book or founding new conferences and programs, you exemplify Frank Lloyd Wright’s definition of the truly remarkable architect as “a great poet” and “a great original interpreter of his time, his day, and his age.” Therefore, for your lifetime of achievements, Salve Regina University is privileged to confer upon you the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, with all its attendant rights and privileges, on this eighteenth day of May, 2014.
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Doctor of Philosophy AMALIE C. FLYNN
DISSERTATION TOPIC: “THE AMERICAN SUBURBAN FRONT LAWN: AN ECO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS” Using an interdisciplinary approach, Flynn analyzes the American suburban front lawn, seeking to reconcile polarized perceptions of lawns as both technological processes damaging the environment and as cultural spaces that connect us with nature.
SUZANNE COSTA BALDAIA MAYO
DISSERTATION TOPIC: “THE NICE PAPER AS A MACINTYREAN COMMUNITY OF VIRTUOUS PRACTICE: A WUNDERKAMMER OF RESISTANCE TO LATE-CAPITALIST MODERNITY IN RHODE ISLAND, 1989-1995” Applying Alasdair MacIntyre's account of virtue to the community of an irreverent, alternative local newspaper, Baldaia addresses the great transdisciplinary question: “What is a good life?”
JORDAN E. MILLER
DISSERTATION TOPIC: “A RADICAL, SUBJUNCTIVE, POLITICAL THEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE: ON RELIGION AND COMMUNITY” Culminating in an examination of the Occupy phenomenon, Miller proposes an alternative political theology of resistance based on an anthropology of ritual and radical theology.
Master of Arts CATHERINE ANN ALLARD
FREDRIK B. BORGMANN
Rehabilitation Counseling
International Relations
ALICIA ELIZABETH ALVES
CHRISTOPHER JAMES BUCKLEY
Rehabilitation Counseling
International Relations
CRYSSA BYERS ANDERSEN
ROBERT BURNEY CALLAHAN
Holistic Counseling
International Relations
ALBERT ROBERT ANTOSCA
SAVANNAH H. COKER
International Relations
International Relations
KERI LYN AREIA
CRYSTAL ANN CORREIRA
Rehabilitation Counseling
Holistic Counseling
RUTH GALVEZ AVELIS
CHRISTINA MARIE COSGROVE
International Relations
International Relations
WILLIAM SMITH BAILEY III
MATTHEW JOSEPH COSTELLO
International Relations
Holistic Leadership
SYLVAIN ELIE BELAIR
JOHN ANTONY CRAIG
International Relations
International Relations 5
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Master of Arts AMY ELIZABETH CSERNY
BENJAMIN MCINTYRE-COBLE
Rehabilitation Counseling
International Relations
THERESE MUNROE CURRAN
FRANCISCO YOHALMO DE JESUS MEJIA-MARTINEZ
Rehabilitation Counseling
International Relations COURTNEY LARISSA D'ANGELO MEGHAN BROOKE MILLER
Holistic Counseling
Holistic Leadership MARGARET EMILY DAWSON MELANIE ANN MILLER
International Relations
International Relations ASUNTA DERIENZO NATALIA MONTOYA
Holistic Counseling
Rehabilitation Counseling JENNIFER LEE DOUCETTE ERIN M. MULLER
Rehabilitation Counseling
Rehabilitation Counseling SARAH JANE FLETCHER YAMINU EHINOMEN MOMOH MUSA
Humanities
International Relations NANCY ELLEN FORSSTROM KIM P. NGUYEN-OLSON
Humanities
Holistic Leadership TATE J. GROGAN CHRISTIN GRACE NICHOLS
International Relations
International Relations JUAN ANDRES HELMKE MICHAEL JOSEPH PEARSON
International Relations
International Relations JOCELYN VASHENA HERNANDEZ PHILIP PETER KASKI POLEWARA
Rehabilitation Counseling
International Relations JOHN JAMES HOULKER JOANNA SCHWARTZ
Rehabilitation Counseling
Holistic Counseling YURI ICHIKAWA LORI A. SILVA
International Relations
Holistic Counseling KARYN MARJORIE JONES RACHEL W. SILVERMAN
Holistic Counseling
Holistic Counseling MARIANN LACKEY CHARLES R. SILVIA II
Holistic Leadership
International Relations ELIZABETH BRONWEN JANE LAFFERTY CHRISTOPHER ERSON SMITH
Rehabilitation Counseling
International Relations JESSICA LYNN LAGASSE KELLY TAVARES
Holistic Counseling
Rehabilitation Counseling ROSE G. LARKIN JOSEPH DAVID TEASLEY
Rehabilitation Counseling
International Relations JEFFREY JOHN LUGAS, JR. MARIA V. THOMAS
International Relations
International Relations MELISSA ANN MCDANIEL
Holistic Leadership 6
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Master of Arts SHELLEY A. TURNER-RILEY
GARY VASPOL
Holistic Counseling
Humanities
EMILEE-ROSE VAN METER
LARYSA EMILIA ROSALIE VERNON
Rehabilitation Counseling
Holistic Counseling
CHERYL LYNN VANASE
GERALD J. WHITE
Holistic Counseling
Holistic Counseling
Master of Science APRIL M. AMARAL
SAMANTHA A. CLARKE
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Management
ROBIN LYNNE ANDERSEN
Healthcare Administration and Management
JAMES T. CONWAY, JR.
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
MARK J. COOPER BROOKE A. BERGERON
Management
Healthcare Administration and Management
JOSH BIRRELL
DANIEL G. D’ATRI
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Management
MATTHEW J. BRADY
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
WENDY ANNE DeLUCA
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
GERI-ANN DIPAOLO REBECCA ANN BURNS
Management
Management BETHANY NICOLE DOLOCK CÉLESTE-ANA BULDU CABOT
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Healthcare Administration and Management
JOHN LAWRENCE DONOHUE CHRISTINE KENNEY CARROLTON
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
EDWARD K. DRAPER CAROLINE D. CASTILLO
Management
Management KATHLEEN MARIE DUGGAN DEANNA CLAIRE CICCARELLI
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
DEBORAH DAYS FRAINE REBECCA RAICHE CIUFO
Healthcare Administration and Management
Management KEVIN D. CLAPP
DAVID ROBERT GUERRIERO
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
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Master of Science KRISTEN LYNN HAGERTY
DANIEL STEPHEN O'NEIL
Healthcare Administration and Management
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
ANTHONY REY HANNON
RUCHI ASHOK PATEL
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Healthcare Administration and Management
DOUGLAS JAMES HOPKINS
MATTHEW W. PETERSEN
Management
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
PATRICK A. KEENAN COURTNEY A. POWER
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Management
MARK WILLIAM KIDMAN
TYLER THOMAS SIENKIEWICZ
Management
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
LAUREN ASHLEY KOZLOWSKI CHELSEA RENÉE SLIWA
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
MICHAEL ROBERT KRAVCHUK MARK A. THEROUX
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Management
PAUL LARSON
STEPHEN PAUL TOMASELLI
Management
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
RICHARD ANTHONY LOECHINGER III JEREMY JOHN VENTURA
Healthcare Administration and Management
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
MARISA MARTINO
Management
KELLY MARIE WHALEN
KATHLEEN MARIE MORAES
Healthcare Administration and Management
Healthcare Administration and Management
NOELL C. WOOLLEY
ZULHAIMI MULKAN
Healthcare Administration and Management
Management JEAN ELIZABETH YOUNG ANH TRAM NGUYEN
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
Administration of Justice and Homeland Security
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Master of Business Administration DANIEL JOSEPH MCKAY AMARAL
KAYLA ELIZABETH HAMOT
Business Administration
Business Administration
OLIVIA SUSAN AMATO
DEANNA CAMILE HANNOUSH
Business Administration
Business Administration
JOSEPH LEE ATKINS II
CHARLES EDWARD HASKELL
Business Administration
Business Administration
JUAN CARLOS BARBOZA
GARY ALAN HELFELDT
Business Administration
Business Administration
MELANIE ANN BENDA-JOUBERT
CHRISTINE MARIE HOPPER
Business Administration
Business Administration
ADAM DANIEL BORTOLUSSI
ROSS WILLIAM ISENBERG
Business Administration
Business Administration
CHRISTOPHER T. BROWN, JR.
JANNATUNNESA
Business Administration
Business Administration
BRIAN S. BURKE
MERCEDE MARIE JULIANO
Business Administration
Business Administration
KYLE BRENDAN CARNEY
RYAN STEVEN KETTLE
Business Administration
Business Administration
DEBRA A. CELIO
BRANDON ALEXANDER KOLOSIWSKY
Business Administration
Business Administration
SARAH E. CHAPPELL
CHARLES PETER KWOLEK
Business Administration
Business Administration
LAUREN ELIZABETH COTTA
KANDICE ANNE LEMHOUSE
Business Administration
Business Administration
ELIZABETH A. DIMARTINO
THERESA FRANCES LEWIS
Business Administration
Business Administration
CASSANDRA CAMPBELL EARLE
JOHN G. LOPES
Business Administration
Business Administration
MORGAN JEAN FITZGERALD
NEAL JUSTIN MANASKIE
Business Administration
Business Administration
CHRISTINE M. GANNON
JESSICA S. MCCLELLAN
Business Administration
Business Administration
JESSICA MARGARET GESNER
RAYVON DEVORE MILLER III
Business Administration
Business Administration
WILLIAM MICHAEL GOMOLINSKI
BRENT ERIK MORIN
Business Administration
Business Administration
KEVIN R. GROSS
JOHNNA MARIE NIGH
Business Management
Business Administration
BENJAMIN SHEA HALL
CHRISTOPHER JOHN O'CONNOR
Business Administration
Business Administration 9
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Master of Business Administration JAMIE ELIZABETH PAUL
AMANDA LYNN SOUSA
Business Administration
Business Administration
KRISTY LYNN PAULOSKI
MAX G. STARACE
Business Administration
Business Administration
JAMES MARIO PELUSO
DANCHELL C. TAYLOR
Business Administration
Business Administration
MARK ANTHONY PERROTTI
TAYLOR NICOLE TEGTMEIER
Business Administration
Business Administration
ALLISON MARIE PIGOGA
ROBERTO CARLOS THILLET
Business Administration
Business Administration
COURTNEY A. POWER
DAVID JOSEPH TIERNEY
Business Administration
Business Administration
ALISON MARIE PRATT
HIROKI UCHIDA
Business Administration
Business Administration
GORDON ROBERT ROY
LISA UNDERHILL
Business Administration
Business Administration
FRANK W. RUEL
NICOLE MARIE WARREN
Business Administration
Business Administration
THERESA MARIE RUOTI
JEAN ELIZABETH YOUNG
Business Administration
Business Administration
ROBERTO JULIO SANTAMARĂ?A
JASON A. YOZURA
Business Administration
Business Administration
NEIL C. SANTOS
SHANNON BRADY ZIOMEK
Business Administration
Business Administration
CHRISTINE ANNE SCHULTZ
Business Administration
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Bachelor of Arts and Science AMANDA DOROTHY DACYCZYN
KATHARINE LINDSAY MCCAW
Secondary Education and History
Secondary Education and History
SHANTEL DA SILVA
RACHAEL ANNE MEDEIROS
Secondary Education and History
Secondary Education and History
DOMINIC ROBERT DI SANO
DANIEL C. PARKS
Secondary Education and History
Secondary Education and Math
JENNIFER ELIZABETH EDINE
LINDSAY MARIE PARKS
Secondary Education and History
Secondary Education and Biology
JESSICA NAHIAH HOOKWAY
BRIDGETT DAY SMITH
Music Education
Secondary Education and Biology
KAITLYN ELIZABETH KEOUGH
CHRISTOPHER ALDRICH VANESIAN
Secondary Education and History
Secondary Education and Math
KRISTINA MASON LEVICK
REBECCA ANNE WEIR
Music Education
Secondary Education and Biology
BRITTANY IRENE LOMBARDO
JESSICA MARIE WHITTIER
Secondary Education and History
Secondary Education and Math
LINDSEY AMELIA MAHN*
Secondary Education and History
Bachelor of Arts CLARE ELISE ADAMS
GAGE JERAULD ANDREOLI-HOLMQUIST
Studio Art
Biology
KATHRYN TERESA AGATI
SERINA ARAMAKI
Psychology
International Studies Studio Art
JONATHAN CHARLES ALBRECHT JOSHUA RUBEN ARGUETA
Administration of Justice
Psychology ARIELLE LYNN ALICCHIO CAROLYN JOYCE ARTESANI
Studio Art
Music CHRISTIAN JOHN ALLIMONOS NICOLE ELIZABETH BARD
Administration of Justice
Administration of Justice DANIEL A. ALM ALEXANDER O. BARR
Psychology
Administration of Justice KRYSTAL MARIE AMARAL VERONICA NICOLE BARRIOS
Administration of Justice
Administration of Justice
MELISSA JEAN ANDRADE*
VICTORIA PAIGE BARTOLOMEI
American Studies
Political Science
MELISSA JEAN ANDRADE*
ALYSSA JORDAN BATCHELDER
Cultural and Historic Preservation
Psychology 11
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Bachelor of Arts LEON JOSEF BAYLES
BRIDGET ERIN COLLINS
English Communications
Administration of Justice Political Science
CHELSEA JANE BEAULIEU
KARA CHRISTINE COLLINS*
French Global Studies
English Communications
SOFJOLA BEGO
CORY SHANNEN CONLEY
English Communications
Administration of Justice
ANNAMARIE FLORENCE BENSON
MORIAH C. CONNOR
English Religious and Theological Studies
Psychology
AUGUST EDWARD BIGOS
English Communications
ABIGAIL MARY CONNORS
Administration of Justice ALYSSA ELIZABETH CORVI BROOKE ANN BIOLO
Psychology
English Communications Spanish
NINA ELIZABETH COX
ALLISON CATHERINE BRADLEYn
Psychology
International Studies
STEPHEN PATRICK CRAWFORD
History ALEXANDRIA MARIE BRENNAN
English Communications
JAMIE LEE F. CRESPO*
SAMANTHA MARIE BROGHAMER*
Administration of Justice Psychology
History Political Science
TARA ELIZABETH CRIMMINS
ELIZABETH ANN BRUNO
American Studies Religious and Theological Studies
Philosophy Political Science
JILL CARDINAL CROSS
Administration of Justice AUSTIN MATTHEW BULLOCK
Interactive Communication Technology Music
SALLY ANN CUBETA
AISA JOSEPH BURKE
ASHLEY MARIE CUDNEY
Liberal Studies
Theatre Arts
Liberal Studies
AMELIA KOLBY BURKE
CASSANDRA JEAN CUPKA
French
Sociology and Anthropology
MEGAN LYNN BUSICHIO
ALISON FRAIZER CUTTER
Studio Art
Sociology and Anthropology
KARINA LEE CARLSON
LAURA EMILY DARGON
Studio Art
Studio Art
JACLYN MARIE CINQUEMANI
RENATO ECIDIO DA SILVEIRA
Psychology
Global Business and Economics
ELLEN JAMIE CODY
KELSEY MARGOT DEGIACOMO
International Studies Political Science
Psychology SAMANTHA ERIN DEMARTIN
AMANDA LYNNE COLAFRANCESCO
Administration of Justice Psychology
Administration of Justice 12
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Bachelor of Arts MATTHEW ANTHONY DeMATTEO
ALYSSA LYNN GUARRACINO
Religious and Theological Studies
Biology
DANA MARIE DIBIASE
SHANNON MARIE GUNNIP*
Studio Art
French Psychology
JILLIAN JOY DIFFENDAFFERn
ANA LYNNE GWOZDZ
Sociology and Anthropology
Administration of Justice JULIA MAE DIVINCENZO SHAYNA JULI ANN HALPIN
Studio Art
Administration of Justice BRITTANY JEAN DOHERTY KARA ELIZABETH HANNON
Administration of Justice
Sociology and Anthropology JAMES WILLIAM DONNELLY
MARINA NICOLE JOY HARE*
Liberal Studies
English Communications MEAGAN LYNN DRABIK ZACHARY JAMES HARLAN
Studio Art
Administration of Justice COLIN J. ESPOSITO
Administration of Justice
STAMATINA HAVELES*
JOHN FOLEY FITZGERALD, JR.
English International Studies
English Communications Music
COLLIN DAVID HEPLER
Sociology and Anthropology RILEY ELIZABETH FREDERICKS CHELSEA CHRISTINA HEWETT
English Communications
Administration of Justice ALEX FREDETTE DIANALEE MARIELLE HIRT
Psychology
Administration of Justice AUDREE LOUISE FRUTIGER CASSANDRA MARIE HODSON
Psychology
International Studies LUKE AUSTIN GAMBALE JEANNE-MARIE HOGAN
Liberal Studies
Administration of Justice MICHAEL VINCENT GANGITANO
Administration of Justice
DANIEL JOSEPH HOLMES*
EMMA RITA GARCIA-PRIETO
English Religious and Theological Studies
Political Science SAMUEL ALEXANDER INSANA OLIVIA FAYE GAVRIEL
Liberal Studies
Theatre Arts JAN MEREDITH JACKSON SAMANTHA M. GIBBONS
Administration of Justice
Theatre Arts ALEXANDER JAMES JALETTE CAROLYN MAEVE GOODWIN
Administration of Justice
Art History BRITTANY JARRETT MORGAN ELIZABETH GRAMBO
Liberal Studies
English Theatre Arts
JUSTIN ALLEN JOHNSON
Administration of Justice 13
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Bachelor of Arts ANNAMARIA E. LOIAn
SARAH NERI KALNY*
Psychology
Studio Art
DONOVAN CORSON KELLEY
BETHANY KATHRYN LOPES
Psychology
Studio Art
MARTIN MALACHY KELLIHER
CARA MARIA LOPILATO
Studio Art
Administration of Justice
MIA ANNA ROSE LUPO*
KATHLEEN ROSE KETTER
Administration of Justice
English Communications
OLGA SEGEEVNA KIM
MICHAEL P. MACGRATH
Psychology
Studio Art
JORDAN WENDA KING*
NATALIA KATHLEEN MADRYGA
English Communications
Political Science
ALLISON M. KIRWAN
ALYSSA ANN MAIURI
Studio Art
Psychology
JARED ALEXANDER KUSTRA
KATHRYN ISABELLA MALINOWSKI
Political Science
Environmental Studies
ALLISON MARY LANGLOIS
ANNE CHRISTINE MALLIN
American Studies
Administration of Justice
YOUNG MAXWELL MARSH
EMILY MARGARET LANGLOIS
English Communications
Administration of Justice
COLLIN R. MARTIN
GENA MARIE LANZI
Business Administration Environmental Studies
Sociology and Anthropology KILEY A. LARIVIERE
MEREDITH JOAN MASON
Psychology Religious and Theological Studies
English Communications ANNA BESS MASSAD
KYLEIGH ALYSE LARKIN*
Interactive Communication Technology Studio Art
English BRITTANY MICHELLE LAURO
ERIN E. MCCOLLUM
English Communications
Liberal Studies
BRADLEY JAMES LEBLANC
KEEGAN JAMES MCGOWAN*
Administration of Justice
Philosophy
NIAMH LEHANE*
Philosophy Political Science
KATHERINE M. MCKINNON
ALEXANDRA MARIA MARION LESS*
JACQUELINE MARIE MCPHERSON
Psychology Psychology
Administration of Justice Philosophy Political Science
LYNN ALLISON MONTECILLO
Sociology and Anthropology
LAUREN GILL LISITANO
JAMES BRENNAN MORAN
English Communications
History
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Bachelor of Arts CHELSEA MAUREEN MORELLI
EMMETT COLE RAVIS
Psychology
Psychology
ROWAN KATHERINE MORIARTY*
RYAN REARDON-NOBLET
Administration of Justice Religious and Theological Studies
Psychology
JAMES DANIEL MOSCA
International Studies Sociology and Anthropology
SYDNEY LEE RICHTER
Psychology SIOBHAN COLLEEN MULLEN*
PETER MICHAEL ROFFO
Administration of Justice
Administration of Justice
ANGELA CHRISTINA MYATT
LINDSAY B. ROLFE
Liberal Studies
Administration of Justice
SARA NICOLE NELSON
SARAH A. ROSE
Psychology
International Studies Psychology
MARC G. NUNES BRITTANY PAIGE ROSENBERG
Psychology
Studio Art KARLI O'GRADY NUÑEZ ALEXANDRA HELEN ROUSSELL
Spanish
Psychology JOSEPHINE EUGENIA BARBARA O'REILLY COLLEEN HARRINGTON RUSSO
Administration of Justice
Psychology KATHRYN ANGELA O'ROURKE VICTORIA RYAN
Theatre Arts
Studio Art ARIELLE ROSE PAGANO ELISABETH ROSE SACCO
Psychology
English Literature THOMAS A. PAYCO MICHAEL J. SAMEK
Administration of Justice
Administration of Justice MYRNA M. PELLERANO GINA MARIA SANTANIELLO
Psychology
Psychology SARAH RUTH PEPIN HARRY FRANKLIN SCALES III
Psychology
Administration of Justice KAYLA ARLENE PETRIE ZOË ELIZABETH SEAVEY
Psychology
Theatre Arts
SCOTT WILLIAM PILTCH*
KIMBERLY-ANN ELIZABETH SEEGER
Philosophy Political Science
History Studio Art
SAMANTHA ELIZABETH PRESUTTI FLOYD ELLIS SHAFFER
Studio Art
Administration of Justice STEPHANIE ROSE PROULX KATHRYN GINTY SHEEHAN
Political Science
Psychology ALESSANDRA PELLEGRINO PULIT STEPHANIE ANN SHOPPELL
History
Psychology 15
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Bachelor of Arts CHELSEA ASHLEY SMITH
JIVANTO P. van HEMERT
Studio Art
Administration of Justice
NINA MELODY SOARES
ALYSON ELIZABETH VITO
Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Anthropology
Political Science
AMANDA LYNNE SOUSA*
Administration of Justice
DAVID JAMES WATKINS, JR.
Psychology JORDAN P. WELLS JACQUELINE PAULA SOUTHER
Administration of Justice
Administration of Justice JORDAN LEE WESSELS
ALEXANDRA MARY STABILE*
Psychology
Philosophy KRISTEN A. WESTAWAY HELEN ANASTASIA STAMAS
Sociology and Anthropology
English WESLEY S. WILES-HAFFNER ERIN ELIZABETH SULLIVAN
Liberal Studies
Sociology and Anthropology BRIANA NICOLE WILLIAMS MACKENZIE LEIGH SUTER
Political Science
Political Science KATHERINE ANN WITSCHEN JORDAN C. SZWED
Theatre Arts
English Communications LYNSEY PAIGE WOLF QUISAN TAYLOR-LAWHON
Administration of Justice
English Communications CAITLYN JENNA WOLNY DANA LAUREN THOMAS
Psychology
International Studies THOMAS J. ZANDRI
CAITRIONA A. TILDEN*
History
Psychology Religious and Theological Studies
KIRSTEN EMMA ZELLERS*
JASMINE TREVINO
Art History Cultural and Historic Preservation
International Studies RACHEL ZIKO JILLIAN KEYES TULLGREN
Theatre Arts
Philosophy ZACHARY M. UTTING
History
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Bachelor of Science JOANNA MARY ACCORSINI
TAYLOR RYAN BIRTWISTLE
Nursing
Accounting
MICHELE ANALISA AHERN
LOUIS ERNEST BISIGHINI
Nursing
Financial Management
ERIKA LAUREN ALBRETSEN
LAUREN ANGELA BLANDA
Medical Technology
Business Administration Financial Management
ASHLEY ALYSSA ALESSANDRINI EMILY KEENAN BOKANKOWITZ
Marketing
Early Childhood Education
HOPE CONSTANCE ALLEN*
CARL N. BONGIORNO
Biology
Business Administration ELIZABETH ALOIA
Elementary Education Special Education
DANIEL CHARLES BORGE
MEAGAN ANGELINE ANTHONY
MONIKA JADWIGA BORKOWSKI
Financial Management
Biology
Economics
ALEXANDER PETER ANTONOPOULOS*
LAUREN ALYSSA BOUCHER
Biology
Business Administration Marketing
SALMA ANTONY YVES ANTOINE BOUREL
Nursing
Global Business and Economics
CAROLYN JOYCE ARTESANI*
KAYCE JUSTINE BOURGETTE
Social Work
Nursing
PEGI BANO*
Business Administration Marketing
RACHEL ANN BOUTEILLER
NICHOLAS RICHARD BARRESE*
EMILIA JANE BOUTSIOULIS
Biology
Nursing
KIRSTON SIERRA BARRETT
STEPHANIE ERICA BOWERING
Biology
Nursing
STEPHANIE CATHRYN BEELS*
AMELIA AURORE BRADLEY
Biology
Biology
JILLANN BERK
AMY MARIE BRAYTON
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing
THOMAS E. BETROS
MATTHEW JAMES BRESEMAN
Business Administration Financial Management
Biology
NICOLE ALYSSA BICKFORD
Biology
Elementary Education Special Education
JEFFREY ADAM BIELEFELD
MICHELLE ERIN BRUNE
Accounting
Nursing
ALISON R. BROCHU
ALEXANDRIA MARIE BIERCE
Biology 17
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Bachelor of Science LISA BUCCI
CHANTAL DEANNE COTE*
Elementary Education Special Education
Nursing ALEXA RAE COWELL
JOSHUA L. BURNETT
Nursing
Accounting
DAKOTA JAMES COWELL
IAN J. CADZIN
Biology
Financial Management
KENNETH R. CRAIG
CORY RYAN CASSAMAS
Financial Management
Marketing
HANNAH ELIZABETH CROWNING
BONNIE MARIE CECIL
Nursing
Early Childhood Education
MELISSA STEPHANIE CSIGAY
JENNA EILEEN CERALDI
Business Administration
Elementary Education Special Education
SALVATORE JOHN CUMELLA
Marketing
ANTHONY L. CERINO
Financial Management
LOUIS VALENTINO D'ARIANO
Business Administration
KAITLIN AUDREY CHAMBERS*
Chemistry
JACQUELINE M. DASHNAW
Accounting
PATRICK RAYMOND CHARLAND
Business Administration
ALYSSA LYNN DAVEY
Accounting
LINDSEY MICHELLE COATES
Chemistry
ALYSSA LAUREN DAVIS
Nursing
CAITLYN ELIZABETH COBURN
Nursing
JOHN CHASE DAVIS
Business Administration
COURTNEY ERIN COFFEY
Nursing
MOHAMED TAREK DAWARA
Chemistry
TYLER BARRETT COLBY
Accounting
HILARY MARTIN DEES
Biology
SHANNON ELIZABETH COLEMAN
Elementary Education Special Education
NICHOLAS DAMIAN DELL'ANNO
Financial Management
EMILY ELIZABETH COLL
STEPHANIE ANNE DELUE
Business Administration
Financial Management
ALICIA VICTORIA COLOMBO
COLLEEN R. DEMORANVILLE
Nursing
Nursing
STEVEN COMPITELLO, JR.
DANIELLE R. DERRICO
Business Administration
Marketing
R. CHRISTOPHER LAURENSON CONTI
JEREMY JOSEPH DIAS
Social Work
Nursing
DOMINICK COSTA
PATRICK JOSEPH DINNEEN
Business Administration Marketing
Accounting 18
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Bachelor of Science DANIEL PATRICK DONOHUE
MELISSA MICHELLE GARCIA
Marketing
Nursing
DANIELLE COULTAS DUFFY
NICOLE MARIE GAUTHIER
Nursing
Nursing
MICHAEL S. ECONOMOS
SHENNEL MARTINA GELIN*
Early Childhood Education
Biology
RICHARD JAMES EDWARDS, JR.
ALEXANDRA KELLI GIBBONS
Business Administration
Elementary Education Special Education
KAYLEIGH LYNN FALCON LAUREN ELIZABETH GILSON
Marketing
Early Childhood Education FELICIA JANE FARRELL
Nursing
JUSTINE KATHRYN GIORGI*
HANNAH ERIN FARRELLY
Elementary Education Special Education
Business Administration BRIAN TIMOTHY GOODRIDGE VICTORIA ANN FEDERICI
Business Administration
Elementary Education Special Education
DAYNA SUE GORDON
Social Work AMANDA FERRO AUBREY ANN GOULD
Accounting
Early Childhood Education AMY R. FIGUEIRA
Nursing
KELSEY LYNN GRENDZINSKI
ELIZABETH ANNE FINAN
Elementary Education Special Education
Nursing ABIGAIL ANN GRIFFITHS SHANNON PATRICIA FINNELL
Nursing
Business Administration Financial Management
DANA LYNN GUGLIELMO
Business Administration LAUREN MARY FITZGERALD COLIN ANDREW GUNNING
Accounting
Marketing
PATRICK ROBERT FLYNN*
Business Administration Marketing
BRIANA SUSAN BARBARA GUSTAITIS
VICTORIA J. FORRESTAL
BRIANA DANIELLE GUTIERREZ
Marketing
Marketing
ANITA LOUISE FOX
DEVIN GREGORY SCOTT HAHN
Elementary Education Special Education
Nursing
Biology
CHRISTINA NICOLE HAMMOND JOSHUA JAKOB FUHRMEISTER
Elementary Education
Business Administration CAITLIN ELIZABETH HANSEN AUDREY ELIZABETH GALLAGHER
Elementary Education Special Education
Business Administration
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Bachelor of Science KELSEY ANN HARATY
KELSEY LYN KETTELL
Biology
Nursing
MATTHEW ROBERT HEALEY
BRIDGETTE NORELLE KNOEPPEL
Elementary Education Special Education
Marketing OLIVIA MARIE KOPIN
CANDICE NICOLE HEALY
Biology
Biology BELLA V. KOUDRIAVTSEVA KYLE TIMOTHY HENRICK
Nursing
Financial Management KEVIN RICHARD KOWALSKI BREANNE ROSS HICKEY
Marketing
Marketing JEFFREY JAMES KRAUSE JOSHUA TORREY HOHLFELDER
Business Administration
Accounting EDEM TERESA KUADA CHAD MARTIN HOLLENSHADE
Nursing
Business Administration MAKAFUI STEPHANIE KUADA MOLLY ROSE HOUSTON
Nursing
Social Work JAIMIE ANN KURTZ GRACE N. HUTTO
Early Childhood Education
Nursing WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER LACAS CRAIG M. IRVING
Financial Management
Biology BRIDGET KATHERINE LAHEY DOMENIQUE TAYLOR IVONE
Biology
Nursing KEVIN PATRICK LAMBERT
CHRISTOPHER CHARLES AHRENS JENSEN*
Marketing
Business Administration ALEX ANTHONY LAROSA OLIVIA MAE JOHNSON
Marketing
Elementary Education Special Education
MARGARET ANN JONES
TIMOTHY ADAM LEE
Elementary Education Special Education
Nursing
HEATHER LYNN KAPATOES
Elementary Education Special Education
ALLISON MARIE LEES
Elementary Education Special Education
LORI LYNN LEONARD GRACE KATHERINE KELLY
Nursing
Nursing ELIZABETH A. LIGUORI KAITLYN MARY KELLY
Accounting
Elementary Education Special Education
ROBERT WASHINGTON LIPPINCOTT
Marketing NORA ELIZABETH KELLY
SAMANTHA TAYLOR LOPINTO*
Financial Management Marketing
Elementary Education
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Bachelor of Science ALEXANDER MCKENNA LORD
CURTIS MICHAEL MCKEON
Elementary Education
Financial Management
SHANNON NICOLE MACROBERTS
COURTNEY LINDA MCKINNON
Financial Management
Nursing
GREGORY ALLEN MADANCY
JILLIAN ELIZABETH MELLO
Nursing
Early Childhood Education
SHANNON LEAH MAINVILLE
LAUREN ROSE MELVIN
Nursing
Early Childhood Education
KARLEY MARIE MALENCZAK
NOE BLADIMIR MERCADO
Marketing
Biology
ANN MARIE LEONTYNA MALIGRANDA
KAITLIN ANNE MERCIER
Biology
Economics Global Business and Economics
LAURA ELIZABETH MANNING KELLIE ANN MERNER
Social Work
Nursing KIRBY ANN MARSHALL TAYLER EMILY MOLLITOR
Nursing
Financial Management ALYSSA MARIE MARTI JACLYN STEPHANIE MONTELONGO
Nursing
Marketing BRUCE M. MARTIN EMILY BEAULIEU MORRISON
Financial Management
Early Childhood Education KRISTIN EVELYN MARTINIS KAITLIN HALEY MORTON
Nursing
Biology MICHAEL TYLER MASCARI ELIZABETH MARY-CARROLL MOZER
Biology
Marketing JOHN B. MAZZELLA CRISTINA ANNE MURRAY
Accounting Financial Management
Elementary Education Special Education
ERIN CATHERINE MCCULLOUGH ASHLEIGH MONA NYBLOM
Marketing
Early Childhood Education HANNAH RT MCDONNELL
Business Administration
TROY WILLIAM OCHOA
BRYCE JUDITH MCEWEN
Business Administration Marketing
Nursing SHANNON ELYSE O'LEARY RYAN JOHN MCGIRR
Nursing
Economics Financial Management
SARAH M. O'NEILL
Marketing KARA MADDEN MCGUIRE MAX ROBERT ORNER
Elementary Education Special Education
Elementary Education Special Education
KENNETH JAMES MCKENNA III
Business Administration 21
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Bachelor of Science BRIANNA CHRISTINE OTTATI
TREY MICHAEL RASMUSSEN
Business Administration
Business Administration
BRITTANY NICHOLE PAIVA
ALDEN JOHN RAY
Marketing
Business Administration Financial Management
PAUL A. PANARELLI, JR. ANDREW MAX READY
Accounting
Biology MEGHAN ELIZABETH PARELLA CALIAN PAIGE REDMOND
Nursing
Social Work SABRINA LIA PARISI STEPHANIE ELIZABETH REILLY
Elementary Education
Biology ALLISON JEAN PARK
Nursing
CAITLYN AMANDA RIOUX
LILLIAN MILDRED PARLON
Elementary Education Special Education
Elementary Education MANUEL ANTONIO ROBIOU JILLIAN MARGARET PEGNATARO
Business Administration
Biology RICHARD A. RODRIGUEZ MARISSA LEIGH PENDERGAST
Elementary Education
Business Administration Financial Management
VITTORIA ISABELLA PENNA
GENNA MARIE ROGERS
Elementary Education Special Education
Nursing CHRISTINA MARIA ROONEY
KATELYN MARIE PERRY
Nursing
Nursing ALEXANDER ANABLE ROOT JULIANN PERSICO
Business Administration
Nursing ALYSSA MARIE ROSHONG MALLORY N. PIEDMONT
Marketing
Accounting Marketing
VINCENT MICHAEL ROTH
Business Administration JENNIFER J. POOLE
Global Business and Economics Marketing
JOAN P. ROURKE
Nursing
ALEXANDER PRATT
TARA ELIZABETH RUDDY
Financial Management
Nursing
ISIAH JAMES PRINGLE
COURTNEY MARIE RUSSELL
Marketing
Social Work
JESSICA O. PROULX
ASHLYN LANAE RUSSO
Marketing
Elementary Education Special Education
SAMANTHA SHANNAN PRUE AIMEE J. RUZZO
Marketing
Nursing ROBERT ANTHONY PRUYN, JR.
Accounting 22
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Bachelor of Science KAYLEY ANN RYAN
SAGE EVA DAISY STAVEN
Nursing
Biology
JACQUELYN NICOLE SAHAGIAN
LAURA ELIZABETH ST. JEAN
Marketing
Elementary Education Special Education
LYDIA KATHRYN SANDOLO SCOTT R. ST. LAWRENCE
Nursing
Business Administration
HILARY MALLEN SANTOS*
JULIE MARIE SYLVESTRE
Nursing
Nursing DANIELLE NICOLE SCHIOPPO REBECCA LEIGH TEETER
Nursing
Early Childhood Education JEANETTE DANIELLE SCINTO BRANDON JAMES THRELFALL
Nursing
Nursing JESSICA ANNE SHEA
Biology
ALEXANDER C. TRAMMELL
CASEY ALEXANDER SHEEHAN
Elementary Education Special Education
Business Administration ELIZABETH ROSE TSONGALIS MARISSA JO SIMPSON
Elementary Education Special Education
Biology TANNER JOHANNES SKILTON
ANNEKA WYNNE VANDERVEEN*
Business Administration
Religious and Theological Studies Social Work
SKYE ASHLEY SLOMAN MADISON COURTNEY VAN ORDEN
Biology
Biology
BRITTANY ROSE SMEAL*
Elementary Education Special Education
KARL VARKEY*
MORGAN CHRISTINE SMITH
CARALYN MARIE VAZ
Chemistry
Nursing
Biology
STEPHEN RUSSELL SNIDER
JOHN RICHARD VIGLIONE
Business Administration
Economics
BRIAN KITUKU SOMBA
GINA THERESA VITALE
Chemistry
Marketing
NICHOLE D. SOUZA
JAIME NICOLE WALDECKER
Business Administration Spanish
Marketing EMA LEIGH WALDSCHMIDT
HANNAH LOUISE SPILLANE
Marketing
Nursing MEGAN BRIANNE WALTON ZACHARY MICHAEL SPRINGETT
Biology
Information Systems Management JULIE ANN WARDYGA KELSEY MARIE STAFSTROM
Nursing
Biology
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Bachelor of Science ABIGAIL WEBB
Financial Management JANEI RENEE WHITE
Financial Management CASEY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
Nursing JOHN M. WILLIAMSON
Economics TAYLOR NICOLE WINDWER
Elementary Education CORINNE CHRISTINE WINTER
Social Work KATHERINE ANN WITSCHEN
Business Administration KELSEY DEE WOLF
Marketing ERIN ROSE WOOD
Elementary Education Special Education SARAH KATHLEEN WOOD
Nursing ALICIA MARIE ZATIR
Business Administration ZACHARY WILLIAM ZIDELIS
Business Administration
*
These students have completed the Pell Honors Program.
n These students have completed the VIA Program.
Appearance of a name in the Commencement program is presumptive evidence of graduation, but is not regarded as conclusive. The official Salve Regina University transcript, sealed and signed by the Registrar, is conclusive testimony of the student’s academic record and possession of degree(s) awarded by this institution.
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Tradition Salve Regina University congratulates the following Class of 2014 graduates who are children of alumni: DANIEL A. ALM
Son of Lisa D. Ferrazzoli ’82 CHRISTINE KENNEY CARROLTON
Daughter of the late Eleanor Thurston Carrolton ’68 ANTHONY L. CERINO
Son of Maria Kodman Cerino ’85 BRIDGET ERIN COLLINS
Daughter of Kathleen M. Collins ’85 DANIELLE COULTAS DUFFY
Daughter of Pamela Wishnevsky Duffy ’80 COLIN J. ESPOSITO
Son of the late Susan McCabe Esposito ’02 (M) AMANDA FERRO
Daughter of Kristine L. Ferro ’10 JOHN FOLEY FITZGERALD, JR.
Son of John F. Fitzgerald ’86 and Robyn Ferraro Fitzgerald ’86 DANIEL JOSEPH HOLMES
Son of Suzanne Nemitz Holmes ’85 BETHANY KATHRYN LOPES
Daughter of Ricardo Lopes ’80 and Lindora Cabral Lopes ’84 SAMANTHA TAYLOR LOPINTO
Daughter of Carolyn A. Madonna ’80 CRISTINA ANNE MURRAY
Daughter of Angela Ubriaco Murray ’81 BRITTANY PAIGE ROSENBERG
Daughter of Nancy Tymosko Rosenberg ’85 JESSICA ANNE SHEA
Daughter of the late Elaine Paradise Shea ’80 BRITTANY ROSE SMEAL
Daughter of Debra Alix Smeal ’80 ZACHARY MICHAEL SPRINGETT
Son of Kristine Grev Springett ’83, ’13 (M) QUISAN TAYLOR-LAWHON
Daughter of Danchell C. Taylor ’14 (MBA) ALYSON ELIZABETH VITO
Daughter of Joanne Moscone Vito ’87 Alumni not included in this list are invited to join these graduates and their families to the right of the McKillop Library entrance for photographs immediately following Commencement. 25
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Academic Regalia When universities were taking form in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, they were under the jurisdiction of the Church. Most of those studying were clerks in Holy Orders, monks, or priests. They wore a habit or cloak, to which was attached a cowl or hood. This could be pulled up over the head or thrown back, according to the weather. Gowns were necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings, and hoods served to cover the tonsured head before the use of the skull cap. Today, the academic costume of cap, gown, and hood has taken on a symbolic meaning. Colors and shapes conform to a generally accepted code and indicate the faculty conferring the degree and the kind of degree conferred. Gowns for the bachelor’s degree are worn closed and are distinguished by their long, pointed sleeves. Master’s degree gowns are designed to be worn open. They have very long sleeves, oblong in shape. Gowns for the doctoral degree, usually black, are also designed to be worn open and have velvet panels. Three velvet bars are stitched to the upper part of the full, bellshaped sleeves. Hoods are trimmed with a slim strip of velvet to indicate the specific faculty awarding the degree. The colored lining is the official color of the institution conferring the degree. Hoods may be trimmed to represent the following academic areas:
Arts, Letters, Humanities...................White Business Administration ........Light Brown Education ...................................Light Blue Fine Arts ...........................................Brown Musical Arts .........................................Pink Philosophy .................................Dark Blue Science ...............................Golden Yellow Theology...........................................Scarlet
Music COMMENCEMENT BAND Peter A. Davis Director
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Honor Cords Students at Salve Regina University who have distinguished themselves through academic performance wear honor cords of these colors: Gold — Summa Cum Laude Blue — Magna Cum Laude White — Cum Laude
The Mace The mace and its bearer represent a custom that dates back to the Middle Ages. From the sixteenth century in England and since colonial days in America, it has become a symbol of office carried by the procession leader. In the academic world, the mace signifies teaching authority. The Salve Regina University mace was designed by Rhode Island sculptor Paul A. Cavanagh as an octagonal, formalized flower. The staff of ebony represents lignum vitae — the tree of life. A circle of eight rigid geometric forms of silver, peaked with pyramids of lapis lazuli, are representative of the Virtues. The Intellectual and Moral Virtues enable one to lead a fruitful and good life. The extending leaves of blossom deriving from the silver forms are symbolic of one’s development in the world. An inner circle of leaves, in close embrace with the central form, and pistil-like cruciform with crown, suggest one’s development in love of Christ and the cross.
The President’s Medallion The sterling silver medallion worn by the University President at all formal academic functions symbolizes the leadership and authority of the institution’s highest office. Handcrafted by John Cavanagh, the design is based on the University shield, which symbolizes the commitment of the Sisters of Mercy to Salve Regina University, the dedication to learning by all members of the Salve Regina community, and the unending search for wisdom that flows from the knowledge of the liberal scholar. Each link of the chain is a “Mercy Cross,” with a crown superimposed over the face of each cross.
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Board of Trustees Victoria M. Almeida ’73, Esq., DM David G. Bazarsky Lily H. Bentas ’06 (Hon.) Norman R. Beretta ’04 (Hon.) Frederick K. Butler Lindora Cabral, RSM Christopher L. Carney ’90 John J. Coneys Peter Crowley Mary Ann Dillon, RSM Jane Gerety, RSM, President Christine Kavanagh, RSM Marie J. Langlois Gloria L. Lincourt ’01 (Hon.), Emerita Elliot E. Maxwell Michael E. McMahon Robert P. Moran, Jr. ’86 Cheryl Mrozowski ’70 Marypatricia Murphy, RSM ’62 David W. Nelson J. Timothy O’Reilly Janet L. Robinson ’72, ’98 (Hon.), Chairman Thomas A. Rodgers III James K. Salome Deborah Smith Michael A. Staff ’94 Howard G. Sutton II ’12 (Hon.) The Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, DD Tesa Van Munching Kenneth R. Walker, Sr. David W. Wallace ’99 (Hon.), Emeritus
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