Commencement Program 2016

Commencement Exercises

2016 TOWNHOUSE GREEN SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2016 10:00 A.M.

Order of Exercises Grand Procession of Students, Faculty, Staff, Trustees, and Honored Guests

Jeffrey B. Silberschlag, Music Conductor of the St. Mary’s College Orchestra: Keely Houk (violin I), Crosby Cofod (violin II), Ziyue Dong (violin II), Marilyn Steyert (viola), Amanda Durst (cello), Steffen Gotsch (bass), Kelly Healy (flute), Leslie Roeser (flute), Jennifer Westbrook (flute), Brigid Morris (oboe), Lauren Therriault (oboe), Rachel Thompson (oboe), Mary Korendyke (trumpet), Elizabeth Von Nessen (trumpet), Walter Commin (trombone), Robert Hayes (keyboard

Greetings from the President and Chair of the Board of Trustees Tuajuanda C. Jordan, President Gail Harmon, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Reading of a Poem José Ballesteros, Professor of International Languages and Cultures

Valedictory Address Matthew Flyr

“St. Mary’s College of Maryland”

Sung by all: see page 4 in program Led by members of the Class of 2016: Carman Condelli, Caroline Davey, Alexandra Kennedy, Nadine Postolache, Leslie Roeser, Jaclyn Royer, Laura Zabriskie

Commencement Address Kojo Nnamdi

Conferral of Honorary Degrees Kojo Nnamdi John Bohanan Gary Kessler

Presentation of Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts Degree Ruth Feingold, Associate Dean of Faculty

President’s Charge to the Graduating Class Conferral of Bachelor of Arts Degrees Tuajuanda C. Jordan, President

Recessional Music by St. Mary’s College Orchestra Sinfonia from Handel’s Oratorio “Solomon” Robert Hayes (organ) with St. Mary’s College Orchestra

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Tuajuanda C. Jordan, PhD PRESIDENT OF ST. MARY’S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND

In March 2014, the College’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Tuajuanda C. Jordan the seventh president of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Jordan took office on July 1, 2014.

Prior to St. Mary’s College, Jordan served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., beginning 2011. During her tenure at Lewis & Clark, Jordan helped recruit an exceptional and diverse faculty, launched a center for entrepreneurship, developed a campus-wide system to increase student persistence and graduation rates, and raised funds to enhance faculty development.

From 2005 to 2011, Jordan was the director of the Science Education Alliance (SEA) of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Md. As director, Jordan led a collaborative effort designed to have scientists and educators work together to enhance science literacy while preparing the next generation of scientists. She also headlined the National Genomics Research Initiative in 2008, a program that exposes first-year college students to hands-on genomics research.

Jordan entered academic administration in 2002, serving as associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana, where she soon advanced to associate vice president for academic affairs. Because of Jordan’s coordinated efforts with other administrators in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Xavier University was the first institution to re-open its doors for classes.

Jordan received a B.S. in chemistry from Fisk University in 1982 and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Purdue University in 1989. She was an undergraduate scholar and a graduate fellow of the National Institutes of Health Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) program. She conducted her postdoctoral training at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Medicine. Jordan was a tenured faculty member in the department of chemistry at Xavier University and a visiting scientist in biophysics at the University of Michigan. Her honors include being named a Purdue University Distinguished Alumni from the School of Agriculture in 2008, and, in 2009, being named a “revolutionary mind” by Seed magazine.

In 2014, Jordan was honored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter, with its Torchbearer Award, recognizing her for contributions in education with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. In 2015, Jordan was tapped by The Daily Record as an Influential Marylander. In 2016, she was honored as a distinguished woman scholar doctoral alumna of Purdue University.

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St. Mary’s College of Maryland Board of Trustees Gail Harmon, Chair Cindy Broyles ’79, Vice Chair John Chambers Wobensmith ’93, Treasurer Lawrence “Larry” E. Leak ’76, Secretary Carlos Alcazar Arthur “Lex” Birney, Jr. Peter Bruns Donny Bryan ’73 Peg Duchesne ’77 Elizabeth Graves ’95 Rear Adm. Tim Heely, USN Retired

Sven Holmes Steny H. Hoyer Capt. Glen Ives, USN Retired Gary Jobson Molly Mahoney Matthews John McAllister Ann L. McDaniel

Michael P. O’Brien ’68 Katharine Russell Danielle Troyan ’92

G. Thomas Daugherty ’65 Bonnie Green ’74 Patrick Hervy Clementine Kaufman R. Douglas Mathias ’73

Terry Meyerhoff Rubenstein Robert S. Waldschmitt H. Thomas Waring Harry J. Weitzel

Eric Schroeder ’16, Student Trustee Laura Cripps, HSMC

Trustees Emeriti June W. Auerbach ’49 Sherrie Robinson Bailey ’81 Benjamin Cardin Edward O. Clarke, Jr. Esther L. Coopersmith

The Founding of St. Mary’s St. Mary’s dates back to 1840, when three men of St. Mary’s County (a doctor, a lawyer, and a planter) decided that Maryland should have a monument to Lord Baltimore’s 1634 colony at the busy little river port known as St. Mary’s City. They admired Lord Baltimore’s experiment in freedom of conscience and in the separation of church and state, so they decided that Maryland’s “living monument” should be a girls’ high school (or seminary, as high schools were often called in those days) that would exemplify his beliefs. They also decided that this state-supported school would be named after Maryland’s first capital, St. Mary’s City, and that it would have an independent board of trustees. It would be non-denominational, with both trustees and faculty evenly divided among Methodists, Catholics, and Episcopalians—the three major denominations in St. Mary’s County at the time. In 1874, the first certificate of graduation was granted to Sallie Brome Morsell.

St. Mary’s Female Seminary taught the liberal arts and evolved into a junior college in 1926. By the end of the 1960s it had become St. Mary’s College of Maryland, a coeducational four-year college. It attracted bright students who were looking for the almost impossible—a college that was public, affordable, devoted to the liberal arts, academically rigorous, respectful of all races and creeds, and overseen by an independent board of trustees and a well-credentialed faculty committed to scholarship and teaching. By the early 1990s the College was being praised in all the national college guides, and in 1992, St. Mary’s was recognized by the governor and the Maryland legislature as an honors college.

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Faculty Distinction In the academic world, it is not only students who receive special notices for outstanding work; faculty do, too. Faculty are recognized with promotions, awards, and endowed chairs/ professorships. Such special professorships are not supported by the regular budget but by an endowment – that is, by gifts made by individuals to the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Foundation.

The interest from these specially designated gifts makes it possible for the holder of the chair or professorship to enjoy extra financial support for further research and professional growth.

The chair or professorship is generally held for a three-year term.

The Homer L. Dodge Award for Outstanding Service was established in 1985 by the late Norton Dodge, who served on the board of trustees of St. Mary’s College from 1968 to 1980 and was professor of economics at the College from 1980 to 1989. This award recognizes faculty accomplishments. This year’s recipient of the Homer L. Dodge Award for Outstanding Service is Wesley P. Jordan, professor of neurosciences and psychology.

In 2003, two additional Dodge awards were established, this time for junior faculty. Donald R. Stabile, economics professor, associate dean of academic services, professor of the College and long-time colleague of Norton Dodge, established the Norton T. Dodge Award for Scholarly and Creative Achievement by a Junior Faculty Member “to thank Norton Dodge for the mentoring he gave me in my scholarly career.”

This year’s recipient of the Norton T. Dodge Award for Scholarly and Creative Achievement by a Junior Faculty Member is Diana Boros, assistant professor of political science.

Encouraged by the thinking behind this new award, Norton Dodge established the Homer L. Dodge Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member. This year’s recipient of the Homer L. Dodge Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Junior Faculty Member is Barrett Emerick, assistant professor of philosophy.

In 2011, Donald Stabile established another award, this one to recognize faculty members who are active participants in the student life

of the College. This award was named to honor his colleague, the late Andy Kozak, professor of economics. This year’s recipient of the Andy Kozak Faculty Contribution to Student Life Award is Sybol Anderson, associate professor of philosophy.

Established in 2000 by the late Steven Muller, with continuing support from his widow, Jill McGovern, the Steven Muller Distinguished Professorship in the Arts honors a faculty member who participates in a broader world of art and culture that informs the opportunities for students by creating the foundation for their exploration and expression in the creative arts. This year’s recipient of the Steven Muller Distinguished Professorship in the Arts is José Ballesteros, professor of international languages and cultures.

Promoted to Full Professor Katy Arnett (educational studies) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2005. She earned her B.A. at St. Mary’s and her M.A. and PhD from The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in educational studies and serves as department chair. Her book, “Languages for All: How to Support and Challenge Students in a Second Language Classroom” was published in 2013 by Pearson Education Canada. In 2012-13, Arnett was a Fulbright Scholar at the Second Language Institute of Canada at the University of New Brunswick, where she researched projects on inclusive teaching practices in French second language classrooms and the experience of late adolescent newcomers to Canada navigating the public education system.

Joanna Bartow (Spanish) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2001. She completed her undergraduate degree at Washington University in St. Louis and her PhD at Yale University.

She teaches courses from elementary Spanish through upper-level culture and literature seminars. Her research interests lie in 20th and 21st-century Latin American literature and culture, specifically women’s literature and feminist theories. Her current research focuses on urban theory and gender analysis of space.

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Laine Doggett (French) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2003. She earned her B.A. from Wofford College and her M.A. and PhD from the University of North Carolina. She teaches courses in French language, literature and culture. Her research interests are medieval French literature and feminism. Her new book is “Founding Feminisms in Medieval Studies: Essays in Honor of E. Jane Burns” (D.S. Brewer, 2016).

Andrew Koch (chemistry) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 1997. He completed his undergraduate education at Ithaca College and earned his PhD from University of California - Berkeley. He teaches organic chemistry, chemistry for non-science majors, and advanced synthesis. In 2015, he received the Braude Award by the Maryland Section of the American Chemical Society, to honor a professor conducting outstanding research involving students at a college or university in the Chesapeake region.

Randolph K. Larsen III (chemistry) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2002. He earned his undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University, his master’s degree at the University of Oklahoma, and his PhD from the University of Maryland. He has taught courses in chemistry, environmental science, quantitative analysis and instrumental methods. His research interests use analytical chemistry methods to study questions concerning the environment, cultural heritage and material science.

Reappointment with Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor Faruk Eray Düzenli (economics) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2010. He earned his undergraduate degree at Bogaziçi University in Turkey and his master’s degree and PhD at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include political economy, history of economic thought, economic justice, and economic methodology. He teaches classes in macroeconomics, political economy, economics of race and gender, and globalization.

Emek Köse (mathematics) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2011. She completed her undergraduate degree at Middle East Technical University and her master’s degree and PhD at

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Drexel University. She has taught courses in mathematical modeling, differential equations and mathematical biology. Her research interests are catadioptric sensor design and mathematical modeling. She is published, with colleagues and with students, in the areas of mathematical imaging, mathematical modeling, differential geometry and women in mathematics.

Scott Mirabile (psychology) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2009. He earned his undergraduate degree at Clemson University.

His completed his master’s degree and PhD at the University of New Orleans. He has taught courses in lifespan development, infant and child development, and developmental psychology with lab. His research has centered around the acquisition of socioemotional competence in early childhood.

David Morris (educational studies) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2010. He completed three degrees (B.A., M.A.T., PhD) at Emory University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in educational psychology and research methods. His research interests include teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and students’ academic motivation. He is a research affiliate of the P20 Motivation & Learning Lab and a member of the college’s faculty senate and institutional review board.

Shizuka Nishikawa (economics) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2009. She earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees at Keio University in Japan and her PhD at the Pennsylvania State University. She teaches macroeconomics, game theory, and industrial organizations.

These are also her areas of research. In 2016, she is a participating faculty member on the Maryland Industrial Partnerships/vCalc LLC grant-funded undergraduate research project.

Jia Xu (economics) joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 2010. She earned her undergraduate degree at Ningbo University in China and then completed her M.A. and PhD at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Her research interests are International Economics and Applied Macroeconomics. Her teaching interests include macroeconomics, international finance, and money and banking.

Commencement Speaker Kojo Nnamdi Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa Kojo Nnamdi is host of “The Kojo Nnamdi Show,” a daily news program produced by American University’s WAMU 88.5. In addition, he is host of WAMU’s “The Politics Hour” on Fridays. The Washington Post calls Nnamdi “the best radio interviewer in town,” thanks to his engaging discourse over political issues, social policies, culture and the sciences with a lineup of dynamic guests and listener call-ins on topics of interest to the Washington, D.C. population.

Born Rex Orville Montague Paul in British Guiana, Nnamdi came of age just as that colony became the independent nation of Guyana (1966). A politically active and socially rebellious teen, his mother sought better for him and sent him to McGill University in Canada. However, he became increasingly political at McGill and after just one year, dropped out to join the Black Power Movement in New York City.

Living in Brooklyn and working on Wall Street, Nnamdi became a member of the Black Panther Party in 1968. But within a year, he recognized a disconnect between the Marxist ideals of the movement and his own goal of a unified Africa and moved to post-riot Washington, D.C. to work with the Black Education Program at the Center for Black Education. The Center was a new organization founded by former members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), with high-profile civil rights activists like Charles “Charlie” Cobb and Ivanhoe Donaldson on its roster. The Black Education Program aimed to re-educate African Americans by looking at liberal arts and sciences within the context of their life experience. Nnamdi also managed Drum and Spear Bookstore, founded around the same time by Charlie Cobb, and dedicated to the African voice. From 1969 – 1973, Drum and Spear was the D.C. hangout for those building what would eventually become African Studies programs throughout the country. It was during this time that he adopted the name Kojo Nnamdi.

From Drum and Spear, Nnamdi landed a job in 1970 as editor of the radio show “Sauti” on WOL, and then in 1973 as news editor at WHUR, Howard University’s radio station, on its debut of “The Daily Drum” broadcast, covering D.C. politics, Capitol Hill, labor relations, and African news. He stayed with “The Daily Drum” until 1985, becoming news director and producer.

From 1985 to 2011, Nnamdi hosted “Evening Exchange,” a public affairs television program broadcast by WHUT-TV at Howard University. He became radio host of WAMU’s “Public Interest” in August of 1998. In 2002, “Public Interest” changed its name to “The Kojo Nnamdi Show.”

For his activism, Nnamdi was honored as a civil rights hero by the National Council for Community Justice in 2001. The Library of Congress named him keynote speaker for African American History Month in 2003. “The Kojo Nnamdi Show” has made him a familiar face in Washington society, leading to his being named by Washingtonian magazine, a “Washingtonian of the Year” in 2005 and one of the “150 Most Influential People in Washington” in 2007.

Aside from his hosting duties and community activism, Nnamdi has a passion for cricket, poetry, jazz and jogging. He and his wife live in Washington, D.C. and have grown sons.

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Recipient of Honorary Degree John Bohanan Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa Born and raised in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, John Bohanan has spent his adult life in service to his county and the state of Maryland.

He grew up in the newly developed Patuxent Park neighborhood of Lexington Park, just down the street from the main gate to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. He attended Little Flower School and then St. Mary’s Ryken High School. He went on to Towson State University, working construction jobs to help pay his way, and graduated with a degree in finance in 1981.

That same year he started his political career on Capitol Hill, serving as legislative assistant to U.S. Representative Roy Dyson (D-Md.). He did this for six years, and then signed on as a project analyst with defense contractors in St. Mary’s County, from 1987 – 1993. It was during this time that Bohanan played a key role in the establishment of the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance, an organization whose mission was to promote the economic development of areas surrounding Patuxent River Naval Air Station and Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland.

In 1993, he was called back to politics and Capitol Hill, this time serving as district director for U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). As a senior member of Congressman Hoyer’s Base Realignment and Closure Committee, Bohanan helped to bring 5,000 new jobs to Southern Maryland while preserving hundreds of existing jobs at Webster Field. His earlier work with the Southern Maryland Navy Alliance was a critical component to his success. He continued to serve as district director until 2000, when he was named Hoyer’s senior adviser.

From 1999 - 2015, Bohanan served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

Among many roles, he served on the Appropriations Committee where he was the chairman of the Education and Economic Development Subcommittee, a member of the Capital Budget Subcommittee and chairman of the Spending Affordability Committee. He twice championed special committees on higher education affordability and accessibility (2003 – 2004) and (2007 – 2009). In providing legislative support to St. Mary’s College of Maryland, he championed the fight to lower tuition in 2013 and 2014, reasoning that in order to live up to its mission, the state needed to help the College make tuition more affordable. Bohanan also played an instrumental role in securing state support of the DeSousa-Brent Scholars Program at St. Mary’s College and in advancing campus facilities development and construction, as necessary investments in the College’s future success. For his work as a Maryland delegate, the Maryland Gazette of Business and Politics named Bohanan to its 2010 list of the “Top 20 Most Influential Maryland Legislators.”

In October 2015, Bohanan joined Cornerstone Government Affairs, a lobbying firm in Annapolis, where he currently works as senior consultant.

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Recipient of Honorary Degree Gary Kessler Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa A career federal employee supporting the Department of the Navy, Gary Kessler currently works at the Pentagon, serving as deputy assistant secretary of the Navy’s Air Programs. As such, he is principal adviser to the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition on matters relating to aircraft, air-launched weapons, airborne sensors and avionics.

Prior to his Pentagon service, Kessler served as executive director for Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station from 2010 – 2014. It was during his term as executive director that Kessler helped to establish an educational partnership agreement between NAWCAD, The Patuxent Partnership and St. Mary’s College, aimed to provide the means by which St. Mary’s College students and faculty could benefit from the expertise, facilities, equipment and technology available from NAWCAD. The partnership also facilitated student internships in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as pertinent to requirements of the U.S. Navy. From 2007 – 2010, he was the deputy program executive officer in the Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons. In this role, Kessler directed all Navy and Marine Corps unmanned aviation programs and chaired the NATO Joint Capability Group on Unmanned Air Vehicles.

An aeronautical and aerospace engineer by degree from University of Maryland, Kessler served as chief flight test engineer from 2006 – 2007, managing and directing more than 800 engineers and engineering technicians across three sites within the Naval Air Systems Command.

Kessler ran for and won a seat on the St. Mary’s County School Board, serving from 2004 – 2008. He also served on Governor O’Malley’s Southern Maryland Higher Education Council (ex officio) from 2011 – 2013, charged with formulating plans to improve access to higher education in Southern Maryland.

Kessler earned his master’s degree in business administration from the Florida Institute of Technology in 1987. He also is a graduate of the Defense Systems Management College, the Senior Executive Management Development Program, and Leadership Maryland.

He and his wife Michelle live in St. Mary’s County, Maryland and have two grown daughters. A new grandson keeps them running between home and Montgomery, Alabama.

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The Academic Procession The academic procession is as colorful as a parade, and equally informative. Just as you can “read” a military parade, identifying each individual’s rank, so you can read an academic procession once you know the code. In the academic world, this code is both the cut of the long robe and the length of the colorful hood. These, along with the caps, have evolved from clothing worn in the Middle Ages by scholars and clerics alike—who were often one and the same person.

The procession is led by the graduating seniors, preceded by that faculty member who, being chosen annually by the Faculty Senate, carries the large wooden mace, long a symbol of authority.

Wearing a simple variation of the medieval black gown, the seniors wear hoods that are short and lined with the College’s colors: blue, gold, and white. The hoods are edged in white, indicating a degree in the liberal arts (humanities). A pale blue and pink cord signifies election to Phi Beta Kappa. Students belonging to 11 national academic honor societies are set apart by the tasseled cords or medallions that are worn around the neck (see p. 12). All the students wear mortarboard caps with the tassel hanging over the right front, but at the end of the ceremony the new graduates will flip these tassels to the left.

The faculty marshal follows the students, ushering in the second half of the procession, which consists of faculty, staff, and finally the platform party. For those with master’s degrees, the robe is as plain as a bachelor’s robe, but its long, narrow, tapered sleeves fall almost to the knees.

(If you’re a fan of older British movies, you will recognize that this is the gown often worn by schoolmasters when teaching.)

Most of the College faculty, however, wear the doctor’s gown, easily distinguished by its enormous bellshaped sleeves with the three velvet, horizontal bars that match the broad band down the front of the robe. The doctor’s gown is usually black, but a few universities ask their doctoral graduates to wear a robe in the color of that university. Among our faculty, therefore, you may notice red gowns (Cornell, carnelian red, and also the University of Maryland); blue (both Pennsylvania State and Yale); lighter blue (Duke, and also the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill); royal blue (University of Michigan); purple with orange (Clemson); red and black (University of Toronto, Canadian styling); red and gold (University of Manchester, Great Britain); gold and navy (University of Colorado-Boulder); palm green (University of Hawaii); maroon (University of Chicago); dark blue (George Washington and also Howard); purple and yellow (University of Washington); cardinal red (Stanford); cherry red (Temple); purple (Northwestern); scarlet (Boston University); maroonish-red and blue (University of Pennsylvania); brown (Brown); dark green (Dartmouth); and crimson (Harvard).

The doctoral hood is lined in the color of the university that gave the degree. The broad edging on the hood is the same color as the horizontal bars on the sleeves of the gown, indicating the field in which the doctorate was received: deep blue for the liberal arts (Ph.D.), light blue for education, purple for law, pink for music, etc. Because most of our faculty have a Ph.D., the color on the sleeve bars and the edging on the hood is deep blue.

Academic caps are derived from the medieval, black, dome-shaped biretta, still worn today by Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic clergy. Now considerably flattened, this black cap has evolved in the academic world into the stiff, four-square “mortarboard” (derived from Oxford), or the soft velvet tam (Cambridge).

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Academic Distinction Graduating with Honors Seniors with a high grade-point average (GPA) are candidates for a degree with honors. These honors have, for centuries, been expressed in the Latin phrase “cum laude” (with praise). All candidates for a degree with honors are also St. Mary’s scholars. Below, the GPAs are ranked from highest to lowest: Summa cum laude: 3.900 - 4.000 GPA Magna cum laude: 3.700 - 3.899 GPA Cum laude: 3.500 - 3.699 GPA

Nitze Scholars Students enrolled in the Nitze Scholars Program may graduate with additional honors. Based on three criteria in the Scholars Program (coursework, the St. Mary’s Project, and the leadership service portfolio), Nitze Scholars may receive one of the following citations, here ranked from highest to lowest:

Scholars Program Distinction Scholars Program Commendation Scholars Program Recognition Scholars Program Participation

Valedictorian The class valedictorian is the senior who has the highest GPA (grade-point average) in the class.

Matthew Flyr is the valedictorian of the Class of 2016. He is a Nitze Scholar and a cross country runner. He is chair of the student conduct board and member of the Ethics Bowl team. Matthew is a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon and Omicron Delta Kappa. After graduation, he will begin a master’s program in agricultural and resource economics at Colorado State University.

Phi Beta Kappa The prestigious Phi Beta Kappa society was established at the College of William and Mary in 1776. The Greek letters that give the society its name mean “love of wisdom, the guide of life.” The Zeta Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at St. Mary’s College of Maryland was founded in 1997. Students completing their junior or senior year are elected primarily on the basis of scholarly achievement, broad academic interests, and good character. Students who have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa are wearing pale blue and pink cords over their black gowns.

(CLASS OF 2016) Elaine Bucknam Alexandra Calambokidis Maria Duke Carson Fehner Rosemary Hammack Sarah Jablon Helena Klassen Hannah Lewis

Cara Machlin Madeline Mann Anna McClain Liza Moore Rebecca Partan Ari Pluznik Nadine Postolache Jenna Raleigh

Isabel Rickman Lydia Roca Clarissa Rous Patrick Streifel Kira Westbrook Yingyi Zeng

(CLASS OF 2017) Adeline Schlussel

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Academic Honor Societies The College was admitted to the national honor society, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1997. In addition, 11 academic departments have also instituted campus chapters in national honor societies that are discipline-specific. Students who have been admitted to these academic honor societies are today wearing colored cords or medallions over their black gowns.

Anthropology Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biology Economics English History Neuroscience Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology

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(Lambda Alpha) (Chi Omega Lambda) (Beta Beta Beta) (Omicron Delta Epsilon) (Sigma Tau Delta) (Phi Alpha Theta) (Nu Rho Psi) (Sigma Pi Sigma) (Pi Sigma Alpha) (Psi Chi) (Alpha Kappa Delta)

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Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts Degree Some students have a minor, or more than one major, and it is listed beneath their hometown.

This list is complete as of May 12, 2016.

Anthropology Alex Brian Alvarenga Silver Spring, MD Cum Laude Jessica Ann Blofsky Lexington Park, MD Minor: History Minor: African and African Diaspora Studies Cum Laude Nicole Jean Cooley Lusby, MD Alison Brenda Curry Columbia, MD History Magna Cum Laude Eliza Drake Fletcher Mount Airy, MD Magna Cum Laude Menna Girma Silver Spring, MD Minor: Biology Mary Christina Gmaz Bryans Road, MD Minor: Museum Studies Minor: History Rosemary Matthea Hammack Bethesda, MD Minor: Museum Studies Minor: African and African Diaspora Studies Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Morgana L. Jenkins-Houk Lutherville, MD History Katelyn Elizabeth Kean Newtown, CT History

Minor: Museum Studies Minor: African and African Diaspora Studies Colin Morrison Hyattsville, MD Tong Mu Qingdao, CHINA Minor: Museum Studies Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Sociology Anna Maria Nightingale Gaithersburg, MD Anna Elisa Passaniti White Hall, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: African and African Diaspora Studies Cum Laude Lydia Marie Roca Potomac, MD Art History Minor: Museum Studies Magna Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Allura May Warden Hagerstown, MD Minor: Museum Studies Minor: Spanish Rebecca Jean Webster Laurel, MD History Magna Cum Laude

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Hunter Elizabeth Lengel Callaway, MD Political Science Minor: Sociology Minor: Latin American Studies Magna Cum Laude Cole Benjamin Meyerhoff Easton, MD Environmental Studies Emily N. Rader Bowie, MD Art History Minor: Museum Studies Cum Laude Erin Schere Stevens Upper Marlboro, MD Minor: Film and Media Studies

Art & Art History Joshua Carter Huntingtown, MD Marianna Geralynn Jackson Baldwin, MD Anastasia V. Lyon Brookeville, MD Magna Cum Laude Barry R. Montgomery Baltimore, MD Minor: Art History Daniel James Skibicki Lexington Park, MD International Languages & Cultures: Spanish Minor: Educational Studies

Jaymie Young Im Timonium, MD Computer Science Magna Cum Laude

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Lee Carroll Anderson Chevy Chase, MD Minor: Museum Studies

Stephen Michael Adams Exton, PA

Ellen S. Dahl Bowie, MD Minor: Museum Studies Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Summa Cum Laude Camille Mary Hogan Silver Spring, MD Minor: Art

Asian Studies Christy Coombs California, MD History Minor: Religious Studies

Biochemistry Ethan Robert Hain Woodstock, MD Minor: Mathematics Summa Cum Laude

Brooke J. Bartko Baltimore, MD Environmental Studies Minor: Educational Studies Max Wyatt Beker Lutherville, MD Environmental Studies Jacob Eli Bernhardt Washington, DC Nitze Scholars Program Commendation Cum Laude Maria Elena Bertoni Jefferson, MD Emily Margaret Bishop Ellicott City, MD Brittany Rae Blanch Huntingtown, MD Scott Glenan Bradley Chevy Chase, MD Economics

Caleb Hunt Lexington Park, MD

Carmen Angela Condelli Silver Spring, MD Psychology Minor: Music

Sarah Ellen Lock Rockville, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Cum Laude

Kathleen Marie Crane Baltimore, MD Minor: Mathematics Minor: Environmental Studies Cum Laude

Wyatt Edward Paulishak Frederick, MD

Kylie McKenna Curtis Marion, MD Minor: Mathematics Nitze Scholars Program Recognition Magna Cum Laude

Azhar Ali Ravji Bethesda, MD Minor: Neurosciences Clarissa Jun-Ying Rous Ellicott City, MD Biology Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Cetin U. Sari Quakertown, PA Magna Cum Laude

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Allyson Sarah Dahlen Narberth, PA Sarah Elizabeth Daniels Severn, MD Biochemistry Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude

Courtney Lee Esworthy-Good Hampstead, MD Minor: Anthropology Cum Laude Derrick Atiegyi Fokala Riverdale, MD Megan Elizabeth Gerdes Gaithersburg, MD Environmental Studies Jessica Anne Goodrich SUSLAK #253 APO Student-Designed Marco Gabriel Hamins-Puertolas Bethesda, MD Mathematics Emlyn Elizabeth Hammer Berlin, MD Minor: Art Evan Connor Harris Olney, MD Nitze Scholars Program Participation Cum Laude Tiffany N. Hergett Bryans Road, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Cum Laude Jamie Danielle Ignowski Huntingtown, MD Lucas R. Irvin Olney, MD Environmental Studies Nitze Scholars Program Recognition Cum Laude Ryan Michael Jenkens Dunkirk, MD Melanie R. Johnson Morganza, MD Minor: Neurosciences Gabrielle L. Leather Hampstead, MD Melanie Anne MacDonald Laurel, MD Minor: Art Amanda Marie Mainello Baltimore, MD Public Policy Studies Minor: Economics

Gregory Carl Mainolfi Lutherville, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Alex Christopher Majane Montgomery Village, MD Summa Cum Laude Ryan Lee McKeeby Annapolis, MD Gregory F. Michelsen Davidsonville, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: Music Maureen Holly Monk Columbia, MD Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Music Magna Cum Laude Shelby Leigh Newman Hampstead, MD Magna Cum Laude Jessica Awuraba Ninsing Silver Spring, MD Caitlin Marlene O’Neill Rockaway, NJ Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Cum Laude Kaleigh O’Neill Fallston, MD English Rebecca Alice Partan Takoma Park, MD Psychology Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Allison Rachel Pendrak Collegeville, PA International Languages & Cultures: Spanish Minor: Environmental Studies Cum Laude Bradley Philip Power Glen Arm, MD Nitze Scholars Program Recognition Magna Cum Laude Amanda Erin Rankin Brandywine, MD Minor: History Magna Cum Laude

Alexandra Helena Rogalski Bethesda, MD Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Magna Cum Laude Bliss Elizabeth Rogers Sparks, MD Minor: Neurosciences Julie Becker Sabatino La Plata, MD Cum Laude Taylor Hawley Sartor Towson, MD Magna Cum Laude Austin P. Schlegel Kensington, MD Economics Summa Cum Laude Martin Parker Shay Bethesda, MD Minor: Film and Media Studies Minor: Environmental Studies Adrienne M. Silver Bedford, MA Cum Laude Rylinn Elizabeth Sorini Rockville, MD Environmental Studies Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude William Henry Stone California, MD Karlie Lynn Straight Berlin, MD Youanidou Thiaw Montgomery Village, MD Minor: Neurosciences Edith Alicia Torres Suitland, MD Stephen Ayodeji Trimnell Beltsville, MD Tochukwu Jason Victor Fort Washington, MD Minor: Neurosciences Peter Aidan Whitesell Easton, MD Biochemistry

Regan L. Wilhelm Eldersburg, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Michelle Starrett Williams University Park, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: Art Cum Laude Abigail Janine Wolkenberg Baltimore, MD Laura Thompson Zabriskie Ellicott City, MD Minor: Music Minor: Educational Studies

Chemistry Thomas Connor Donahue Great Mills, MD Minor: Biology Dario Gerlando Durastanti Baltimore, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Christopher Warren Knell Arnold, MD Cum Laude Drake William Lentz Baltimore, MD Economics Ryan Shea Mahoney Pasadena, MD Anna Grace King-McClain Durham, NC Minor: Mathematics Nitze Scholars Program Commendation Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Teresa Nicole Paz Hollywood, MD Jaclyn Marie Royer Easton, MD Minor: Music Kari Nicole Schweiger Silver Spring, MD Cum Laude

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Computer Science Nicole Anne Backert Baltimore, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Robert J. Beall Berlin, MD Minor: English Magna Cum Laude Dylan Robert Colyer Leonardtown, MD Nicholas Ryan Custodio Westminster, MD Minor: Mathematics Rose Janay Davidson Capitol Heights, MD Minor: Art and Art History Isaac Dickson Upper Marlboro, MD Jacob Prescott Doiron Hollywood, MD Merle Tibor Ferguson Middletown, MD Mathematics Summa Cum Laude Cody Robert Forrest Bishopville, MD Walter Edward Goerling Laurel, MD Mathematics Dalton P. Haber Westminster, MD Minor: Mathematics Minor: Religious Studies Mark C. Hardesty Westminster, MD Minor: Mathematics Caleb A. Jardeleza Keedysville, MD Minor: Economics Stephanie P. Miller Hollywood, MD Victoria Paiva Miller Hollywood, MD Nicolas Mouriski Lusby, MD

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Jennifer Lynn Neal Great Mills, MD Magna Cum Laude Caroline Ferma Orlando Baltimore, MD Minor: Mathematics Minor: Spanish Andrew David Riehl Westminster, MD Patrick Roger Streifel Keedysville, MD Minor: Mathematics Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Amy Whittington Silver Spring, MD

Matthew James Flyr Sykesville, MD Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Summa Cum Laude Emily Oskara Garland Manchester, MD Minor: Religious Studies Marissa Jaycee Golison Long Beach, CA Minor: Environmental Studies Connor Paul Goodie Port Deposit, MD Aidan Joseph Hennessey Chevy Chase, MD Political Science Donn Durrell Hill Aberdeen, MD

Economics Philip John Cappello Woburn, MA Public Policy Studies Minor: Political Science Cum Laude Matthew Denis Carney Kensington, MD Public Policy Studies Minor: Political Science Magna Cum Laude MengFei Chen Baltimore, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude Alexander M. Curtiss III Lake Bluff, IL Ryan C. Deller Glen Burnie, MD Alexander Robert Driessen Columbia, MD Minor: Mathematics Jared Michael Eaker Mechanicsville, MD Nicholas Osman Ersoy Prince Frederick, MD Political Science Magna Cum Laude

Matthew A. Hodge Frederick, MD Sarah Ann Holter Bel Air, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: Art Summa Cum Laude Wentao Hu Shanghai, CHINA Minor: Mathematics Peter Moss Ionno Garrett Park, MD Minor: Mathematics Mollie Rae Johnson Hagerstown, MD Minor: Art Tyler Koopman Mount Rainier, MD Laura Bethany Kruse Arnold, MD Minor: English Minor: Mathematics Cum Laude Luke Elliott Land Catonsville, MD Public Policy Studies Minor: Asian Studies Ashley Nicole Lawrence Annapolis, MD Public Policy Studies

Mariah Peirce Leffingwell Easton, MD Minor: Art History Ian Davis McDonald Towson, MD Grace Anna McDougall Solomons, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Brynn Ann Miller New Market, MD Minor: Mathematics Minor: Spanish Ariana Rochelle Neely Baltimore, MD Minor: Museum Studies Minor: History Kaitlyn Sharon Noreen Minneapolis, MN Minor: Spanish Charles Andrew Pompei Ellicott City, MD Matthew Rados Laurel, MD Ryan Patrick Reis Darnestown, MD Minor: Spanish Ezekiel John Rogers Tacoma Park, MD Theodore J. Secor California, MD Minor: Political Science Natasha Skaalrud Minneapolis, MN Minor: Environmental Studies Troy Alexander Spurrier Mount Airy, MD Minor: Theater Studies Andrew Michael Tarquinio Rockville, MD Minor: Political Science William Austin Toland Cockeysville, MD Minor: Political Science Maribel Torres Bladensburg, MD

Richard L. Tyaba Silver Spring, MD Minor: Computer Science Magna Cum Laude Stewart Andrew Utter Deephaven, MN Public Policy Studies Minor: Political Science Margaret McKenzie Wagner Baltimore, MD Public Policy Studies Magna Cum Laude Stephan Quinn Weir Woodbine, MD Benjamin Michael Weiss Cabin John, MD Kira Jean Westbrook Elkridge, MD Public Policy Studies Minor: Music Magna Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Andi Zhang Beijing, CHINA Minor: Mathematics

English

Kari Clements Waldorf, MD Minor: Educational Studies Abigail Therese Doyle Ellicott City, MD Sociology Magna Cum Laude Caroline Sterner Drogin Silver Spring, MD Minor: Art History Cum Laude Emily Houston Espina Rockville, MD Robert P. Frauman Ellicott City, MD Psychology Minor: Dance Magna Cum Laude Max Timothy Frazier Baltimore, MD Theater, Film and Media Kaitlin Gabriele Hamilton Mechanicsville, MD Jane Elizabeth Harkness Beach Haven, NJ Minor: Film and Media Studies Magna Cum Laude

Alia M. Abadir Bowie, MD Minor: Religious Studies Nitze Scholars Program Recognition

Tessa Charlotte Haynes Baltimore, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor: Film and Media Studies Magna Cum Laude

Michael Ross Abrams Garrett Park, MD Minor: History Minor: Film and Media Studies Magna Cum Laude

Kathryne Anne Hedrick Hughesville, MD Psychology Magna Cum Laude

Matthew Scot Alexander St. Mary’s City, MD Amanda Maureen Bernard Damascus, MD Minor: Film and Media Studies Minor: Art Magna Cum Laude John Alexander Bird Towson, MD Minor: History

Clare Collins Hogan Chevy Chase, MD Minor: Museum Studies Magna Cum Laude Abigail Rose Hughes Baltimore, MD Minor: Film and Media Studies Sarah Marie Jablon Severna Park, MD Magna Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

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James Carson Kelly Potomac, MD Minor: Film and Media Studies Cum Laude Simone Lieban Levine Bethesda, MD Minor: Theater Studies Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor: Political Science Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Magna Cum Laude Joseph James Lignelli Westminster, MD Minor: Philosophy Magna Cum Laude Katelyn Mia Mattingly Leonardtown, MD Cum Laude Shateria Latrice Murray Baltimore, MD Minor: Dance Elena Soleil Napolitano Gaithersburg, MD Psychology Benedict Jean O’Connor Severna Park, MD Minor: Philosophy Nitze Scholars Program Recognition Cum Laude Tori Lynn Poffenberger Sharpsburg, MD Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Philosophy Magna Cum Laude

Bethany Anne VanWaes Brookeville, MD Minor: History

Benjamin Demaree Goldsmith Ellicott City, MD Minor: Educational Studies

Windy Rose Vorwick Annapolis, MD Theater, Film and Media Minor: Dance

Orion Wilson Hartmann Ridgewood, NJ

Katherine Elizabeth Weller Grasonville, MD Environmental Studies Michelle Catherine Williams Arnold, MD Minor: History Cum Laude

Environmental Studies Mia Lisa Muench Annapolis, MD Minor: Economics Minor: Spanish Lilian Faitoute Schneider Annapolis, MD Minor: Biology Cum Laude Karen Angela Wood Columbia, MD Minor: Dance Minor: Educational Studies

Brendan Peter Hayes Mechanicsville, MD Jessica Lynn Hill Huntingtown, MD Minor: Anthropology Davis M. Holland Hollywood, MD Minor: Educational Studies Samuel Augustus Howe Frederick, MD Minor: Religious Studies Conor Patrick Jordan Rockville, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude Jared Christian Karbowsky Huntingtown, MD Minor: Political Science Cameron Keyani Garrett Park, MD Political Science Cum Laude Alex Maria Lanham Annapolis, MD Minor: Educational Studies

History

Nicholas Lee Lecorchick Lexington Park, MD

Karen Elizabeth Qualls Clarksville, MD Minor: Educational Studies

Rebecca Shelby Archer Riverdale Park, MD Art History Magna Cum Laude

Isabella Myung Eun Lee Baltimore, MD Minor: Religious Studies Cum Laude

Mason Seamus Redmond Frederick, MD Minor: Film and Media Studies Minor: Educational Studies

Kevin C. Clothier Annapolis, MD Minor: Religious Studies

Acer Hall Lewis Silver Spring, MD

Allison Nicole Riehl Westminster, MD Minor: Religious Studies Magna Cum Laude Aaron Joshua Stock Silver Spring, MD

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John Robert Dushel Severna Park, MD Carson D. Fehner Germantown, MD Minor: Museum Studies Minor: Music Minor: Political Science Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

Madeline Kennedy Mann Phoenix, MD Minor: Museum Studies Minor: Anthropology Minor: Environmental Studies Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Gabriel Barrett McKinney Baltimore, MD Minor: English

Andrew Digavalli Murti Columbia, MD Minor: Music

Emilia L. Petrillo Sykesville, MD (French)

Christopher Morgan McEligot Hollywood, MD Cum Laude

Nicholas James Panos California, MD

Ari Daniel Pluznik Ellicott City, MD (Spanish) Biology Minor: Music Nitze Scholars Program Commendation Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

Olivia Lior Nusbaum Ellicott City, MD Biology

Jeffrey Michael Patrick Severna Park, MD Art and Art History Tahseen Abdul Rasheed Great Mills, MD Political Science

Human Studies Kourtney A. Bercheni Great Mills, MD

International Languages and Cultures Hannah Rose Edler Frederick, MD (Chinese) Asian Studies Minor: History Naomi Lucille Garcia Glen Burnie, MD Spanish, French and Chinese Isabel Coster Klompus Baltimore, MD (Spanish) Psychology Minor: Educational Studies Magna Cum Laude Taylor Adam Lampasona Hagerstown, MD (Chinese) Economics Scott AnHsiang Lee Waldorf, MD (Chinese) Minor: Environmental Studies Cum Laude Nina Paulin Annapolis, MD (Chinese) Magna Cum Laude

Mayumy Rivera Baltimore, MD (Chinese) Asian Studies Cum Laude Marissa R. Sims Washington, DC (Latin American Studies)

Ashley Paul Lusby, MD Minor: Educational Studies Francisca Alicia Rudolph Potomac, MD Art History Michael Parker Shilling Potomac, MD Economics Minor: Computer Science Magna Cum Laude

Lydia M. Torricellas Perryville, MD (French)

Morgan Lynn Strzegowski Nottingham, MD Minor: Economics Minor: Dance Summa Cum Laude

Mathematics

Ian Travis Taaffe Blacksburg, VA Minor: Art

Nicholas James Clemence Pewaukee, WI Minor: Economics Courtney M. Dunn Preston, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude Kyle Joseph Flanagan Mechanicsville, MD Minor: Physics Magna Cum Laude Jennifer Michelle Keller Ellicott City, MD Computer Science William C. Kimmel Takoma Park, MD Minor: Computer Science Cara Danielle Machlin Rockville, MD Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Spanish Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

Nguyen-Khuong T. Than Potomac, MD Alyson Crowder Thompson Baltimore, MD Minor: Educational Studies Magna Cum Laude Russell William Trench Clarksville, MD Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Economics Leah K. Walker Arnold, MD Minor: Spanish Dylan Joseph Weber Towson, MD Physics Yingyi Zeng Shanghai, CHINA Economics Minor: Computer Science Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

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Music Crosby Cofod Lusby, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude Amanda Louise Durst Hollywood, MD Alexandra Lyn Kennedy Baltimore, MD Minor: Educational Studies Jordan Christopher McRae Beltsville, MD English Nitze Scholars Program Recognition Cum Laude Leslie H. Roeser Lynchburg, VA Leah Senseney Gaithersburg, MD Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Dance Cum Laude Benjamin William VanNest Easton, MD Cum Laude

Natural Science Alicija Antoinett Bulota Annapolis, MD Kian Reza Karimi Kensington, MD

Philosophy Alexandra A. Calambokidis Annapolis, MD Political Science Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa P. Stern Christian Livingston, NJ Minor: Chinese Magna Cum Laude Jesse Metcalf Hanlon Baltimore, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: Asian Studies

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Leander Artinis Jordan, Jr. Baltimore, MD Minor: Computer Science Kelton James Tupper Cheverly, MD

Samuel Maynard Baldwin Hollywood, MD Joseph Franklin Carr Washington, DC Economics

Abigail Saker Weingarten Scarsdale, NY

Lauren Catherine Cawley Jessup, MD Public Policy Studies

Physics

Erin Marie Chase Forest Hill, MD Public Policy Studies Magna Cum Laude

William Conrad Alberding, Jr. Bowie, MD Mathematics Grant Patrick Burgess Fallston, MD Minor: Mathematics Hannah Marie Lewis Fallston, MD Minor: Mathematics Minor: Philosophy Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Patrick L. Masavage Lutherville, MD Minor: Mathematics Matthew Evan Moreland Huntingtown, MD Minor: Mathematics

Eleanor Rae Cook Glen Arm, MD History Cum Laude Evan Krishna Dighe Rockville, MD Sociology Cum Laude Jessica Ann Farrell Parkton, MD Lilly C. Gaehde Brookline, MA Minor: Educational Studies Michael Ryan Gill Olney, MD

Elizabeth Caitlin Nance Baltimore, MD Minor: Mathematics

Amanda Goodspeed Columbia, MD Public Policy Studies Minor: Economics Cum Laude

Anastasia Newheart Berwyn Heights, MD Magna Cum Laude

Nevin Dwayne Hall Baltimore, MD Minor: Democracy Studies

Stephen Charles Parsons Hollywood, MD

Justice James Haynes Washington, DC

Daniel Gerad Stouffer Kensington, MD Minor: Mathematics

Burkely M. Hermann Towson, MD Minor: History

Political Science Kareem L. Adams Baltimore, MD Britni Nicole Baldwin Mechanicsville, MD Minor: History

Fernando Miguel Maldonado Laurel, MD Sociology Minor: Dance Claire Elizabeth McGagh Towson, MD Public Policy Studies Magna Cum Laude

Hunter Douglas Mohler La Plata, MD Sara Bentoumia Parkison Elkridge, MD Public Policy Studies Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: French Leah Sky Patterson Olney, MD Public Policy Studies Minor: Mathematics Minor: Economics Cum Laude Jeremy Lawrence Piper Bowie, MD Minor: Sociology Kyle Michael Powers Parkville, MD Minor: Spanish Diana Ivette Vergara Silver Spring, MD Minor: Chinese

Meagan Leigh Blizzard Hampstead, MD Cum Laude Andrew Philip Brown Silver Spring, MD Elaine Bethany Bucknam Potomac, MD Art and Art History Minor: Neurosciences Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Bianca Lynn Calin McLean, VA Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Spanish Grace Lian Chao Ellicott City, MD Economics International Languages & Cultures: Chinese Cum Laude

Emily Kathleen Vitacolonna Crofton, MD Economics

Claire Renee Cohen Rockville, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Cum Laude

Psychology

Nina Marie Collins Clarksville, MD Minor: Educational Studies

David J. Adashek Lutherville, MD Minor: Neurosciences Megan Nicole Alexander Lusby, MD Minor: Educational Studies Kathryn M. Andersen Clarksville, MD Minor: Economics Jordan Rebecca Ashley Coltons Point, MD Minor: Educational Studies Magna Cum Laude Muluberhan H. Bahre Baltimore, MD Minor: Anthropology Thomas Grant Bernier Lusby, MD Cum Laude

Bobby Ryan Condrey Glenwood, MD Minor: History Denise Ann Crane Lexington Park, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude Elizabeth Ann D’Agostaro Bel Air, MD Minor: Educational Studies Caroline Lee Davy Frederick, MD Minor: Computer Science Cum Laude Genevieve M. Dubroof Rockville, MD Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Music Magna Cum Laude

Kayla Laura Dunn Rockville, MD Minor: Educational Studies Magna Cum Laude Amanda Lynn Erdman Lusby, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude Taylor D. Foley Stevensville, MD Minor: Educational Studies Nitze Scholars Commendation Magna Cum Laude Olabisi Elaine Fraser Rockville, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Sherri Lee Frisco Hollywood, MD Minor: Educational Studies Magna Cum Laude Sinead Marie Gil Gaithersburg, MD Minor: Anthropology Robin Suzanne Goldman Fruitland, MD Minor: Educational Studies Magna Cum Laude Jonathan Paul Herald Gaithersburg, MD Minor: Religious Studies Cum Laude Samuel Brent Hirsh Baltimore, MD Minor: Neurosciences Cum Laude Mikelle L. Horne Baltimore, MD Minor: Educational Studies Olivia Marie Hussey Germantown, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Cum Laude Maria Jimenez Rockville, MD Arman James Karimi Kensington, MD Minor: Neurosciences Cum Laude

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Helena Diane Klassen Bethesda, MD Minor: Religious Studies Minor: Art History Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

Katherine Ann Niccolini Ellicott City, MD Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Dance Cum Laude

Katherine Diane Kocher Arlington, VA Minor: Spanish

Nadine Postolache Silver Spring, MD International Languages & Cultures: Spanish Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

Jessica Robin Konecke Gaithersburg, MD Minor: Sociology Magna Cum Laude Nicole Ashley Logan Frederick, MD Minor: Neurosciences Megan Elizabeth Long Mechanicsville, MD Minor: Neurosciences Magna Cum Laude Jacob Ryan Lowenthal Owings, MD Minor: Music Cum Laude Zoe Strother McIlmail Frederick, MD Minor: Educational Studies Charlotte Ann Mecklenburg Gaithersburg, MD Minor: Educational Studies Liza Nicole Moore Collegeville, PA Minor: Sociology Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Elena Irene Morrissey Arlington, VA Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor: Political Science Cum Laude Derek A. Mullin Jefferson, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor: Religious Studies Cum Laude

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Sherise Jene’e Nock Washington, DC Educational Studies

Christina Marie Puglisi Dunkirk, MD Minor: Educational Studies Emily Quade St. Leonard, MD Minor: Educational Studies Wendy E. Ramirez Riverdale, MD Minor: Educational Studies Isabel Jane Rickman Baltimore, MD Sociology Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa

Michael P. Speer Springfield, VA William H. Stokes Baltimore, MD Minor: Neurosciences Magna Cum Laude Emily Nicole Stumpfig Frederick, MD Minor: Art Zachary Tarallo Northborough, MA Megan Marie Treutler California, MD Minor: Educational Studies Karlee Rae Vaillant Arnold, MD Minor: Dance Anjana Venkatesan Boyds, MD Caroline Rachel White Annapolis, MD Sociology Cum Laude Jessica Marie White Chesapeake Beach, MD Minor: Educational Studies

Christian Paul Roemer Finksburg, MD

Victoria M. Williford Mount Airy, MD

Emily Alexis Rost Gaithersburg, MD International Languages & Cultures: Spanish Cum Laude

Ian O’Brien Winston Pomfret, MD

Catherine Elizabeth Schultz La Plata, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor: Spanish Heather Nicole Sessomes Finksburg, MD Erica E. Southworth Port Republic, MD Rachael Anne Sowers Laurel, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude

Stephanie Jeanette Wood Park Hall, MD Minor: Sociology

Public Policy Studies Katrina Marie Carey Woodbine, MD Minor: Art Minor: Film and Media Studies Jordan Cartwright Lusby, MD Kerry Grace Chaney Marriottsville, MD Minor: Economics Minor: Music

Clayton Adams Daneker Woodbine, MD Political Science Cum Laude

Sociology

Krishan Raj Saini Edgewater, MD

Kayla Maria Baier Ocean City, MD

Emily Page Sinton Frederick, MD Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude

Autumn R. Fisher Hagerstown, MD Minor: Economics Minor: Political Science

Tanner Alexander Brooks Pikesville, MD Cum Laude

Christopher Kelly Harwick Hanover, NH Minor: History

Mallory Buckingham Silver Spring, MD Minor: Educational Studies

Matthew Monroe Manning Havre De Grace, MD Minor: Sociology

Emily Victoria Cerna Edgewood, MD Biology

Genevieve McPherson-Shambarger Annapolis, MD Economics

Morgan Ruth Dorset Supply, NC Minor: Educational Studies

Theresa Doris Nakamura Bethesda, MD Economics Minor: Spanish

Ryan Allan Flynn Catonsville, MD

Eric Andrew Schroeder Rockville, MD Political Science Magna Cum Laude Katherine Grace Somerville Lutherville Timonium, MD Political Science Minor: Educational Studies Minor: Environmental Studies Cum Laude Sarah Catherine Stayer Smithsburg, MD Political Science Nitze Scholars Program Distinction Magna Cum Laude Andrew James Wilhelm Centreville, MD Political Science

Religious Studies Mason Robert Plummer Lambertville, NJ Minor: Environmental Studies Jessica Ashley Slater Gaithersburg, MD Minor: Biology Minor: Sociology

Claire Catherine Geinzer Glenwood, MD Minor: Educational Studies

Jennifer Ann Staab Cockeysville, MD Minor: Educational Studies Jenna Leigh Witman Middletown, MD Minor: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Yang Yue Beijing, CHINA Economics Minor: Mathematics

Student-Designed Major

James Gilmore Hahn Ellicott City, MD

Allison Elizabeth Claytor Bowie, MD Women in the Media

Megan Klohr Lusby, MD Minor: Mathematics Magna Cum Laude

Daniel Francis Pratson Leonardtown, MD Environmental Education

Lisa Danner Kumer Edgewater, MD Minor: Environmental Studies Minor: Spanish Magna Cum Laude Ashley Linden McClintock Lexington Park, MD Casey Jacqueline McCoy Timonium, MD John Stroman Morabito Bethesda, MD Public Policy Studies Jenna Cailyn Raleigh Owings, MD Minor: Computer Science Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Shannon Eileen Ramsey Dunkirk, MD Minor: Educational Studies

Whitney Dawkins Rupard Hollywood, MD Environmental Education Emily Elizabeth Smithers Kensington, MD Neuroscience Minor: Biology Minor: Spanish

Theater, Film & Media Studies Candace Battle Waldorf, MD Minor: Dance Minor: Educational Studies Edward James Brence Columbia, MD Minor: Film and Media Studies Magna Cum Laude

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Rachel Joy Brill Pittsford, NY Hannah Irene Dickmyer Lineboro, MD Minor: History Minor: Museum Studies Maria Constance Duke Gaithersburg, MD Sociology Magna Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Richard M. Farrell Annapolis, MD Raymond Austin Gore La Plata, MD English Minor: Educational Studies Cum Laude Carol Joyce Lowe Lexington Park, MD Minor: Theater Studies Ian Alexander Meisinger California, MD Julia Margaret Singleton Columbia, MD English Jordan Patricia Slattery Laytonsville, MD

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