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MIDDLEBURYcommencementschoolsmiddlebury,vermontfriday,august19,2022
3 MIDDLEBURY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS Commencement Exercises and Conferring of Degrees Established 1915 5 PROCESSIONAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND INVOCATION Jesse Bruchac Director, School of Abenaki Rabbi Yitzhak Nates Interim Associate Chaplain for Jewish Life OPENING Laurie L. Patton President WELCOME Stephen B. Snyder Dean of Language Schools COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Kenneth G. Adams CONFERRING OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREES CONFERRING OF DOCTOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES DEGREES CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE Kenneth G. Adams MUSICAL SELECTIONS Widmung Robert Schumann (Text: Friedrich Rückert) Gamaliel Painter’s Cane Olivia Greene, German for Singers Program
4 CLOSING Stephen B. Snyder RECESSIONALPERFORMER Kevin Parizo, piano THE FRIEDA DERDEYN BAMBAS PRIZE IN FRENCH LITERARY STUDIES Lauri Ann Resnikoff Davis Hartley Rosselot Tantillo
5 2022 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF CHINESEARTS
Ioana Lobontiu of Alaska
Porco
Rachel Rose Thayer of Virginia
Suzanne Chenault of California
Alex Cleary Klikunas of Vermont
Timothy of Illinois
Resnikoff
FRENCH
Pamela Lynn Vasquez of Ohio
Carrie Guan Huey Chu of New York
Daniel Lowinger of Virginia
Andrew Thomas of Arkansas
Hupp
Gehrig
Kathryn Grace Estabrook of Kansas
Heidi of Ohio
Heaton
DeMay
Carolyn Rae Wert of Pennsylvania
Lynn Moran
Samantha
Nicholas Paschall Wells of Pennsylvania
Edwina Koch of New Jersey
Lauri Ann of California
Georgeanne Carter Pace of Virginia
Davis Hartley Rosselot Tantillo of Massachusetts
Suzanne Alice of Pennsylvania
Peter James Mihalcik of New York
Grim
Mary Martasha Clarke of Pennsylvania
Honey
Lauryn of Pennsylvania
Nicole Costik
Nicole of Wisconsin
Shawn of Washington, D.C.
Luke of Tennessee
Trevor Anderson-Salo of Massachusetts
Tu Shuai of South Carolina
Grace Liao Anderson of Texas
Claudia Isabel Schatz of Connecticut
Brittney L. of Idaho
Lily Jane Hart of New Hampshire
Courtney Brooke Frets of Kansas
Oren Eubanks-Segal of Michigan
T’helah Mical Ben-Dan of North Carolina
Cameron Wilson of Colorado
Anat Einstein of Israel
Shai Grosskopf of United Kingdom
Inbar Daniel of California
Shani Goldstein of Maryland
Eti Adgeh-Mola of Israel
Keren Asayag of California
Charles E. Whitesides of California
Roniti Cohen of New Jersey
Shai Levi of Germany
GERMAN
Ori Bachner of Maryland
Hava Douek of New York
Tal Janner-Klausner of Israel
Ronit Maish of California
Keren Gaier Cohen of Massachusetts
Iris Cohen of California
HEBREW
Penny Yeung of Hong Kong
Hadas Kadosh of New York
Miryam-Zoe Calahorra Wood of Utah
Osnat Cudkevich of New Jersey
Keren Orli Ayalon of South Carolina
Netta Ben-Kish Showstack of California
Lynn Hella Broder of Maryland
Sarit Delouya of New York
Bethany Jean Crawford of Texas
Valerie Khaytina of New York
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Sheri Arotchas of Georgia
Ronit Blivis of Maryland
Hen Manor of Israel
Alejandro Rodriguez Romero of Nevada
Miwako Ichikawa of Texas
ITALIAN
Lindsey Rose Asaro of Massachusetts
JAPANESE
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Alla Shimron of Massachusetts
Anat Schindler Niv of New Jersey
Giovanni Minicucci of Italy
Katharine L. Davis of Michigan
Lauren Nicole Gassman of Michigan
Shiran Orlev of Maine
Anthony Alexander Lopata of Wisconsin
Ravit Sebbah of California
Alessandra Mannella of Canada
Nicole Alessandra Muscat of New Jersey
Ruti Elmekaes Schneider of New York
RUSSIAN
Fiona Bell of Connecticut
Kiara
J.
Ora Zaltsman of New York
Yael Palti Yahav of California
Sydney Lazarus of Illinois
Jessica Mary Van Slyck of California
Kaylee Gumm of Washington
Anat Vizanski Levi of California
Ann Marie Cadiz Rivera of Puerto Rico
Alexis Brooks of Washington, D.C.
Serena Maria Nicoletti of Italy
Sapir Mualem of New York
Reut Musan of California
Gloria Ramos Bustos of California
Roman Shnaider of California
Almog Yehuda of Israel
Rana Mousa of Jerusalem
Evan R. Greenwald of Massachusetts
Miriam Bahrami of New York
William Carl Geisz of Colorado
Jennifer Carolina Van Overdam of Texas
Edgar Flores Arceo of California
Floribeth Jiménez of Costa Rica
Areli Ester Lopez Lopez of Washington
Timothy Chávez of Massachusetts
Isela Iñiguez González of California
Rachel Doty Heideman of Virginia
Sean Ryan McDonald of California
Yuyan Ji of China
Jonathan C. Diehl of Pennsylvania
Andrés Esaú López of Maryland
Austin Michael Siegfried of Maryland
Ashley Lynn Szczesiak of Spain
Johanna Del Rosario Ramos Angulo of Mexico
Brian C. Rhodes of California
Ivanna Rosado of Ecuador
Derrick A. Dawson of Indiana
Corinne Turner of Massachusetts
Daniel McNamara Kingsley of Virginia
Heather Grace Livingston of New Hampshire
Nathan H. Callope of Wisconsin
SPANISH Alicia Allen of Maryland
Kate FitzGerald of New York
Preston Pasko of Pennsylvania
Ian Andrew Ramsey of California
Hayden D. Holman of Arkansas
Eliana Marcela Cañas Parra of Vermont
Sara J. Forbes of Connecticut
Samantha Smith of Washington
Martin Renteria of California
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First Language: Italian Second Language: Spanish SCHOOL OF SPANISH
Otis
Sara Hascal of Massachusetts
Mark Edward Viser of North Carolina
DOCTOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES
Brynn C. Leavitt of Illinois
First Language: French Second Language: Italian SCHOOL OF HEBREW
9 José Guadalupe Velasco of California
Jacob Williams of Virginia Alexander Wortley of Maine OF
First Language: Hebrew Second Language: Italian ITALIAN SCHOOL Laura Ponziani of Italy
First Language: Spanish Second Language: Italian
BETTY ASHBURY JONES MA ’86 SCHOOL OF FRENCH
2022 CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE
Olmanda Hernández Guerrero of Venezuela
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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT KENNETH G. ADAMS Kenneth G. Adams ’82, MA Spanish ’84 is president of LaGuardia Community College. President Adams has led LaGuardia’s efforts to improve student success, strengthen its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and increase government and philanthropic support. Adams was previously dean of workforce and economic development at Bronx Community College. He spent more than 20 years leading economic and workforce development organizations in New York State. He served as acting commissioner of the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance, president and CEO of Empire State Development, and commissioner of the NYS Department of Economic Development. He previously led the Business Council of New York State and the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and was founding executive director of New York Cares. Adams serves as chairman of the boards of directors of New York State’s affordable housing agencies. He is a director of Opportunity America, the Queens Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the Long Island City Partnership, the Research Foundation of CUNY, and the Bronx Charter School for Excellence.
GERMAN SCHOOL Bettina Matthias, Director (founded 1915) BETTY ASHBURY JONES MA ’86 Armelle Crouzières-Ingenthron SCHOOL OF FRENCH Director (founded 1916) SCHOOL OF SPANISH Jacobo Sefamí, Director (founded 1917) ITALIAN SCHOOL Antonio Vitti, Director (founded 1932) KATHRYN WASSERMAN DAVIS Jason Merrill, Director SCHOOL OF RUSSIAN (founded 1945) CHINESE SCHOOL Cecilia Chang, Director (founded 1966) SCHOOL OF JAPANESE Motoko Tabuse, Director (founded 1970) ARABIC SCHOOL Brahim Chakrani, Director (founded 1982) PORTUGUESE SCHOOL M. Luci De Biaji Moreira, Director (founded 2003) SCHOOL OF HEBREW Vardit Ringvald, Director (founded 2008) SCHOOL OF KOREAN Sahie Kang, Director (founded 2015) SCHOOL OF ABENAKI Jesse Bruchac, Director (founded 2020) ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL Jennifer Peck, Acting Director (founded 2022)
11 THE MIDDLEBURY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Stephen B. Snyder Dean of Language Schools
Language Schools
Marketing
Kara
Director
Gennarelli Doner, Admissions Systems Specialist
Huston, Abenaki and French Eman Hayyat, Arabic Mimi Clark, Chinese Sheila Schwaneflugel, French Tina Ilgner, German Bella Bensimon, Hebrew Elizabeth Gerner, Hebrew Joseph Tamagni, Italian Wendy Butler, Japanese
Lesley and Korean
Laura Bachand, to the Dean Baker, of
Holly
Spanish
Page, Associate
Stokes, Operations
Kimberly, Business
Molly
Bachand, Portuguese Oliver Carling, Russian Audrey
Enrollment
Laura LaRock, Spanish Stark,
Assistant
Coordinator
John Director
Haviland Johannesson-Forgit, of
Emily and
Timothy Dean of
Financial Operations Analyst
12 STAFF OF THE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Associate Professor and Director, Kunming SCHOOL IN
Associate Professor
Director SCHOOL IN
13 MIDDLEBURY C.V. STARR SCHOOLS ABROAD
Director,
Carlos Vélez Dean of ARGENTINA Claudio González Chiaramonte BRAZIL Sílvia Lorenso Castro and CAMEROON J. Ariane Ngabeu CHILE Juan Pastene CHINA Zhang Kai Beijing Tao Hong Beijing Li Rong FRANCE David Paoli Tondu GERMANY Heike Fahrenberg ITALY Rosa Cuda Professor and JAPAN Sanae Eda Professor and
International Programs SCHOOL IN
Associate
Director SCHOOL IN
Associate Director SCHOOL IN
Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN
Director SCHOOL IN
Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN
Associate Professor and Director Amy
Interim Director,
Director
Associate
Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN
14 SCHOOL IN JORDAN Kerstin Wilsch Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN MOROCCO Samir Jaafar Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN PUERTO RICO Teresa Peña-Jordan Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN RUSSIA Nana Tsikhelashvili Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN SPAIN Patricia Rodríguez Associate Professor and Director SCHOOL IN THE Guy Perry UNITED KINGDOM Principal SCHOOL IN URUGUAY Claudio González Chiaramonte Associate Professor and Director
15 PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 2022–2023 PRESIDENT Laurie L. Patton CHARTER TRUSTEES Kirtley H. Cameron ’95 Allan R. Dragone Jr. ’78 Catherine G. Lee ’92 George C. Lee II ’88 Caroline Sneath McBride ’75 Dennis D. Parker ’77 Helen RichardRiessT.Scanlon ’93 Karen A. Stolley ’77 William F. Truscott ’83 TERM TRUSTEES Belinda L. Badcock Joseph W. Brown ’90 Leilani McClellan Brown ’93 Barbara G. Cole Janine Feng ’92 Graham C. Goldsmith ’89 G. Parker Harris III ’89 Lucienne M. Ide ’97 Carol L. Jones Alice J. (A.J.) Murphy ’98 Suzanne Reider ’87 Henry J. Simonds ’97 Elizabeth C. Speers ’86 Mark D. Spence ’98 John S. Weinberg O. Larry Yarbrough Kashif Zafar ’92 ALUMNI TRUSTEES Koby Altman ’04 Zachary Bourque ’01 Denver Edwards ’88 Anne Davis Peterson ’85 Shawn P. Ryan ’88 Danielle S. Virtue ’82 TRUSTEES EMERITI Dort A. Cameron III ’67 James S. Davis ’66 Churchill G. Franklin ’71 Frederick M. Fritz ’68 Nancy Coffrin Furlong ’75 Claire Waterhouse Gargalli ’64 Robert C. Graham Jr. ’63 Willard T. Jackson ’51 William H. Kieffer III ’64 Roxanne McCormick Leighton ’67 John M. McCardell Jr. C. Irving Meeker ’50 Garrett M. Moran ’76 Patricia Judah Palmer ’57 Kimberly Collins Parizeau ’79 Elisabeth Robert ’78 Frank W. Sesno ’77 Deborah G. Thomas ’75 John R. Tormondsen ’82 J. Edward Virtue ’82 Marna C. Whittington Linda Foster Whitton ’80 Kendrick R. Wilson III
16 ABOUT THE MIDDLEBURY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Middlebury Language Schools and graduate programs are recognized around the world for their excellence and their unique, immersive approach to language learning. Since the establishment of the first school—the German School—in 1915, nearly 50,000 students have attended one of the schools, and more than 12,000 have received advanced degrees. Today, students study 12 languages in Vermont, in addition to our graduate programs abroad in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and Spain. The English Language School is the newest Language School located at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Gamaliel Painter’s cane is one of the most treasured artifacts of the College. Once the walking stick of the founder of both the town and the College, today it is carried by the president in the academic procession. It serves as the College’s mace and as a symbol of institutional strength and character. The president will present to members of the Class of 2022 a replica of the original cane, reminding the graduates that they go forward from Middlebury with the strength and character of the College always at their side.
The Middlebury Language Schools provide students of all levels with innovative instruction in language through a curriculum that incorporates linguistics, literature, culture, and area studies. The Middlebury Language Pledge® is a hallmark of the commitment students bring to their experience and commits them to commu nicating only in their language of study during their time spent on campus. The pledge creates the opportunity for unmatched growth in language ability.
GAMALIEL PAINTER’S CANE
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Words by Charles B. Wright, Professor Emeritus of English, Hon DLitt, Class of 1915 Music by E. Pruda Harwood Wiley, Class of 1912 sung at the Commencement Luncheon, June 20, 1917 Gamaliel Painter died, He was Middlebury’s pride, sturdy pioneer without a stain; his College codicil rap, like Gamaliel Painter’s
a cane. Chorus Oh, it’s
cane.
First
When
And he left
all by will To the
on the Hill And included in a
rap, rap, And it’s tap, tap, tap, If you listen you can hear it sounding plain; For a helper true and tried, As the generations glide, There is nothing