middlebury, vermont
friday, august 18 , 2023
language schools commencement
MIDDLEBURY
LANGUAGE SCHOOLS Commencement Exercises and Conferring of Degrees
Established 1915 5
PROCESSIONAL
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND INVOCATION
Jesse Bruchac Director, School of Abenaki
Mark Orten
Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life
Chaplain of the College
OPENING
Laurie L. Patton President
On a Wonderful Day in August
Elizabeth Hamlett and Dr. Jihun Lee, School of Korean
WELCOME
Stephen B. Snyder
Dean of Language Schools
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
CONFERRING OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREES
CONFERRING OF DOCTOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES DEGREES
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SELECTION
어느 멋진 날에
MUSICAL
8월의
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE
Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates
MUSICAL SELECTION
Gamaliel Painter’s Cane
Ekaterina Kotcherguina, German for Singers Program
Please sing along (page 17)!
CLOSING
Stephen B. Snyder
RECESSIONAL PERFORMER
Kevin Parizo, piano
THE FRIEDA DERDEYN BAMBAS PRIZE IN FRENCH LITERARY STUDIES
Sarah Ellen Carr
Charles Winston Thimesch
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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS ARABIC
Andrea K. Flinn of California
Derek Alexander Lief of California
Estevan Mario Sanchez of California
CHINESE
Ann Louise Silverberg of Tennessee
Serena Huilan Kaini Smith of New York
FRENCH
Ellie Aldous of Utah
Nicholas Ian Aro-Clark of Maine
Anna Elizabeth Bodnar of Pennsylvania
Rosemary Josephine Broderick of California
Lewis Billing Bumgardner of Louisiana
Sarah Ellen Carr of Ohio
Eunjung Choi of New York
Alexandra Howes Christensen of Massachusetts
Lauren Clawson of Missouri
Julia Ruth Conley of Virginia
Hailey Marie Cramer-Stevens of Indiana
Emily Delehanty of Illinois
Victoria Sarah Dobbin of Connecticut
Carlos Garcia of Connecticut
Frances Marion Givhan of Alabama
Willa P. Grefe of Virginia
Sarah Madeline Harthun of Massachusetts
Jeffrey Mark Hutter of Ohio
Hung Huynh of South Vietnam
Eleanor R. Mahla of Tennessee
Eeman Malik of Pakistan
Hannah Emily Mermin of Maine
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Hannah A. Mulligan of New Jersey
Sydney J. Ellen Schoenfield of California
Ralph J. Stage of Colorado
Charles Winston Thimesch of California
Jaclyn A. Thompson of Pennsylvania
Charlotte Cameron Wallace of California
John P. Walsh of New Jersey
Emily Magnifique Winterbottom of New Hampshire
Elizabeth Yang of Colorado
GERMAN
Martha Lois Balge of Minnesota
Tristan Druelinger of Tennessee
Lucy Kimbrough Henry of Georgia
Matthew Hurley of Ohio
HEBREW
Dana Y. Amsili of New Jersey
Yael Avant of New York
Hanit Mizrachi Avondoglio of Pennsylvania
Mayan Avraham of Tennessee
Zinaida Davidovich Knop of New Jersey
Yifat Golan of Michigan
Dar Goldenberg of Canada
Vered Goldstein-Levi of Maryland
Lilach Greenberg Hochman of New Jersey
Shani Heinrich of Maryland
Avital Jackont of California
Tlalit Kitzoni of Israel
Tatiana Michailovich of Canada
Ekaterina Misreli of Italy
Oksana Mosheev of New Jersey
Monika Nideroest of Switzerland
Sarit Radaei of California
Sigalit Ratoviz of California
Yael Ross of Michigan
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Rachel V. Rozett of New Jersey
Dana Shahar Salomon of Minnesota
Evyatar Shamsiev of New York
Nomy Shenkar-Dadon of Georgia
Liora Taylor of California
Maor Yehoshua-Sandak of Israel
ITALIAN
Michael D. Aiello of Massachusetts
Vincenzo S. Cerasuolo of Illinois
Arianna Gabriela Contreras of California
Xiomara Melissa Cruz Hernández of Honduras
Vincenzo Gambuzza of Italy
Catherine Sophia Hernandez of Nevada
Emily Cahill May of Maryland
Laura Nugent
Natalia M. Pineda Núñez of Puerto Rico
Zenaido R. Ramos-Bustos of California
JAPANESE
Andrew Michael Greig of Michigan
Vanessa L. Kiefer of Michigan
Tomoko Shirai Larsen of Japan
KOREAN
Sun Huh of Maryland
Jeeyeon Leia Lee of South Korea
RUSSIAN
Christina Katherine Burnett of Michigan
Paul Nathan Kleiman of New York
Nikki Rose Lohr of New York
Harry Cavanaugh Moran of Washington
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SPANISH
Alston Wellsley Carson of Virginia
Erika Casillas of California
Juan Castillo of Texas
Rachael Nicole Cazares-Medellin of North Carolina
Theresa E. Conger of California
Mikaela Cylke of Pennsylvania
Matthew Durgin Ferguson of Massachusetts
Carolina Florido Guzman of California
Giovanni Garcia of California
Duncan H. S. Insuik of Connecticut
Madison Kautsky of Indiana
Ann Eilis Kelly of Maine
Cole Matthew Lowe of Pennsylvania
Robert Dean Lyon of Pennsylvania
Verna Michelle Macbeth of Florida
Isabel Palomera Uribe of California
Kimberly Karina Rodriguez Magallanes of Ecuador
Shaniece M.L. Rojas of Massachusetts
Melina Zumara Rosado Olvera of Ecuador
Hannah Ruehrdanz of Wisconsin
Jarrod Edward Shaheen of New Hampshire
Rachel Sara Slovak of New Jersey
Blanca E. Terre of California
Jacqueline Mary Woods of Idaho
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CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MODERN LANGUAGES
SCHOOL OF HEBREW
Faisal Ali Alasiri of Saudi Arabia
First Language: Hebrew Second Language: Spanish
ITALIAN SCHOOL
Steven LaPeruta of New Jersey
First Language: Italian Second Language: Spanish
Alejandra Marie Martinez Santori of Puerto Rico
First Language: Italian Second Language: Spanish
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COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
TA-NEHISI PAUL COATES
Ta-Nehisi Coates is an award-winning author and journalist whose writing combines reportage, historical analysis, and personal narrative to address the complex and challenging issues of American culture and identity. He is the author of several books including the bestsellers The Water Dancer and Between the World and Me, the 2015 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction. During his decade as a reporter for the Atlantic, his numerous articles and essays included the National Magazine Award-winning “Fear of a Black President” and the influential “The Case for Reparations.” He has written for the Washington City Paper, the Village Voice, the New Yorker, and the New York Times and for several years authored Marvel’s Black Panther and Captain America comics series. He is a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and attended Howard University and the Middlebury Language Schools.
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THE MIDDLEBURY LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Stephen B. Snyder
Dean of Language Schools
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 Donato Santeramo, 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 Luis Gonçalves, Director (founded 2003)
SCHOOL OF HEBREW Yaron Peleg, Codirector (founded 2008) Elizabeth Gerner, Codirector
SCHOOL OF KOREAN Sahie Kang, Director (founded 2015)
SCHOOL OF ABENAKI Jesse Bruchac, Director (founded 2020)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL Kelley Calvert, Director (founded 2022)
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STAFF OF THE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS
Laura Bachand, Assistant to the Dean
Molly Baker, Associate Dean of Admissions
Kara Gennarelli Doner, Admissions Systems Specialist
Anna Jackson, Coordinator of Enrollment
Emily Kimberly, Senior Business and Financial Operations Analyst
Timothy Page, Senior Associate Dean of Operations
Thor Sawin, Associate Dean of Curriculum
Lesley Huston, Abenaki and French
Eman Hayyat, Arabic
Mimi Clark, Chinese
Sheila Schwaneflugel, French
Tina Ilgner, German
Ori Tzuriel, Hebrew
Joseph Tamagni, Italian
Wendy Butler, Japanese and Korean
Laura Bachand, Portuguese
Oliver Carling, Russian
Haviland Johannesson-Forgit, Spanish
Holly Stark, Spanish
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MIDDLEBURY C.V. STARR SCHOOLS ABROAD
Carlos Vélez
Dean of International ProgramsSCHOOL IN ARGENTINA
Claudio González Chiaramonte
Associate Professor and Director
SCHOOL IN BRAZIL
Sílvia Lorenso Castro
Associate Professor and Director
SCHOOL IN CAMEROON
Christiane Magnido
Associate Professor and Director
SCHOOL IN CHILE
Juan Pastene Director
SCHOOL IN GREATER CHINA
Zhang Kai Director, Beijing
Li Rong
Interim Director, Beijing
SCHOOL IN FRANCE
David Paoli
Associate Professor and Director
Amy Tondu
Associate Director
SCHOOL IN GERMANY
Heike Fahrenberg
Associate Professor and Director
SCHOOL IN ITALY
Rosa Cuda
Associate Professor and Director
SCHOOL IN JAPAN
Sanae Eda
Associate Professor and Director
SCHOOL IN JORDAN
Kerstin Wilsch
Associate Professor and Director
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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 (currently in Kazakhstan)
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
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PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 2023–2024
PRESIDENT
Laurie L. Patton
CHARTER TRUSTEES
Joseph W. Brown ’90
Leilani M. Brown ’93
Kirtley H. Cameron ’95
G. Parker Harris III ’89
Catherine G. Lee ’92
George C. Lee II ’88
Caroline Sneath McBride ’75
Dennis D. Parker ’77
Richard T. Scanlon ’93
Susan J. Scher ’86
Karen A. Stolley ’77
William F. Truscott ’83
TERM TRUSTEES
Belinda L. Badcock
Barbara G. Cole
Janine Feng ’92
Graham C. Goldsmith ’89
Lucienne M. Ide ’97
Carol L. Jones
Alice Jane (A.J.) Murphy ’98
Suzanne Reider ’87
Henry J. Simonds ’97
Elizabeth Cromwell Speers ’86
Mark D. Spence ’98
John E. Waldron ’91
O. Larry Yarbrough
Kashif Zafar ’92
ALUMNI TRUSTEES
Koby Altman ’04
Zachary A. Bourque ’01
Denver G. Edwards ’88
Anne Davis Peterson ’85
Shawn P. Ryan ’88
Danielle S. Virtue ’82
RECENT GRADUATE TRUSTEE
Kenshin Cho ’20
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
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
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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 Argentina, France, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, and Spain. The English Language School is the newest Language School located at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. 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 communicating 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 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 2023 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.
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GAMALIEL PAINTER’S CANE
GAMALIEL PAINTER’S CANE
Words by Charles B. Wright, Professor Emeritus of English, Hon DLitt, Class of 1915
Music by E. Pruda Harwood Wiley, Class of 1912
First sung at the Commencement Luncheon, June 20, 1917
When Gamaliel Painter died, He was Middlebury’s pride, A sturdy pioneer without a stain; And he left his all by will To the College on the Hill And included in a codicil a cane.
Chorus
Oh, it’s rap, 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 like Gamaliel Painter’s cane.
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