University of Maine 2023 Commencement Program

Commencement 2023

From the President

Commencement is a significant milestone for our students and their families, friends and colleagues, and for our university community. So much individual and collective hard work, commitment and collaboration culminate with this celebration of personal and academic achievement. We applaud all that our graduates have accomplished, and look forward to seeing just how far their talents, innovation and vision will take them — how they will define tomorrow. And perhaps most of all, we thank our students for what they contributed to this flagship university and the fabric of our caring, inclusive community.

All the best from Black Bear Nation! Congratulations on all that you have attained.

Joan Ferrini-Mundy President of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias

Ceremony Programs

Friday, May 5

Processional

Color Guard

Welcome

National Anthem

Greetings from the President

Recognition of Stage Party

Celebration of Academia

2023 Distinguished Maine Professor

Welcome to New Alumni

Greetings from the University of Maine System Board of Trustees

Greetings from Graduate Student Government

Commencement Address

Conferral of Doctoral Degrees

Conferral of Master’s, Education Specialist, and Certificates of Advanced Studies Degrees

Charge to the Graduates and Closing Remarks

Recessional

Saturday, May 6

Processional

Color Guard

Welcome

National Anthem

Greetings from the President

Recognition of Stage Party

Celebration of Academia

2023 Distinguished Maine Professor

Welcome to New Alumni

Greetings from the University of Maine System Board of Trustees

Recognition of Honorary Degree Recipient

Commencement Address

Recognition of Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Greetings from Valedictorian

Greetings from Salutatorian

Greetings from University of Maine Student Government (afternoon)

Recognition of Honors College Graduates

Recognition of ROTC Graduates

Conferral of Bachelor’s Degrees

Charge to the Graduates and Closing Remarks

Recessional

The University of Maine Alumni Association invites you to stop by the Alumni Welcome Center tent just inside the gates to Morse Field at the conclusion of today’s ceremony. The Alumni Association has a small gift for each new graduate, and there will be an alumni-branded photo backdrop there where you can take your new graduate photos with family and friends. The UMaine Bookstore will also have UMaine Alumni apparel for sale in the tent. Please join us!

Graduate School Commencement Speaker

Suzanne Ortega

Suzanne Ortega serves as president of the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). The only higher education association in the United States devoted solely to graduate study, CGS has nearly 500 U.S. and Canadian members, and 29 international affiliates.

A sociologist by training, Ortega’s research focuses on social inequality, mental health and graduate education. Prior to assuming her current position, she served as the University of North Carolina senior vice president for academic affairs (2011–14). Previous appointments included the executive vice president and provost at the University of New Mexico, vice provost and graduate dean at the University of Washington, and the University of Missouri.

The author of numerous articles and book chapters, Ortega completed master’s and doctoral degrees in sociology at Vanderbilt University.

She has served on review panels for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, and has been the principal investigator or coinvestigator on grants totaling more than $13 million in state, federal and private foundation funds.

Ortega has served on a number of professional association boards and committees, including the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), the National Academies of Science Committee on Revitalizing Graduate STEM Education for the 21st Century, and the National Science Foundation’s Human Resources Expert Panel. In addition, she is currently a board member of the American University of the Emirates, and serves on Advisory Councils for the Vanderbilt University Graduate School and the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM.

Commencement Speaker

Anne Hall

Anne Hall is a retired U.S. ambassador and career diplomat with 32 years of experience with the Department of State in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

As the Ambassador to Lithuania from 2016–19, Hall led a multiagency team focused on strengthening Baltic defense and security. From 2014–16 she served as the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, and prior to that as director of the Office of Central European Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. Other overseas leadership positions included deputy chief of mission, Embassy Vilnius, Lithuania, and consul general of the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow, Poland. She also served in China, Brazil and Colombia.

Earlier in her career, Hall served as special assistant to Secretary of State Warren Christopher, in the Executive Secretariat of the Secretary of State, and worked on Nordic and Baltic as well as Southeastern European affairs.

She is the recipient of several Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honor awards. In 2019, the President of Lithuania awarded her the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit for Service to the Republic of Lithuania. In 2009, she was decorated by the President of Poland with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

Hall was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She holds master’s degrees from the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the Institute of Latin American Studies at University of Texas. She graduated from the University of Maine with a Bachelor of Arts degree in international affairs in 1981. Her languages are Polish, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and some Lithuanian. Currently, she chairs the Board of Advisors of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Maine. She enjoys supporting the next generation of diplomats and leaders.

Honorary Degree Recipient

Carl Wieman

Carl Wieman received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 1977. He has held a joint appointment as professor of physics and of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University since 2013, and before that was at the University of British Columbia and University of Colorado.

Wieman has done extensive experimental research in both atomic physics and science and engineering education at the university level. He has received numerous awards for both, including the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2001 and the Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year award for education in 2004.

Wieman served as founding chair of the Board of Science Education of the National Academy of Sciences and was the founder of PhET, which provides online interactive simulations that are used 100 million times per year to learn science. He served as associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House from 2010–12.

Wieman directed the science education initiatives at the universities of Colorado and British Columbia, which carried out large-scale change in teaching methods across university science departments. He has led efforts that leverage findings from discipline-based education research to improve learning opportunities for undergraduate STEM students — an approach utilized by UMaine’s Faculty Incentive Grant and Maine Learning Assistant Program. Wieman published a book on large-scale change, “Improving How Universities Teach Science; Lessons from the Science Education Initiative.”

He is currently studying expertise and problem-solving in science and engineering, and how this can be better measured and taught. He is also studying intro physics labs, including showing and explaining the ineffectiveness of traditional ones, and how intro labs can be improved.

Most recently, he has been awarded the Yidan Prize for educational research.

Distinguished Maine Professor

Roberto Lopez-Anido

Roberto Lopez-Anido is an internationally recognized structural engineer known for his excellence in teaching and innovation in the use of composite materials for infrastructure applications.

PAST RECIPIENTS*

2022 Daniel Sandweiss

2021 Hemant Pendse

2020 Richard Powell

2019 Sandra Caron

2018 Francis Drummond

2017 John Mahon

Malcolm G. Long ’32 Professor of Civil Engineering College of Engineering

A member of the UMaine community since 1998, he teaches courses on subjects ranging from basic structural mechanics to advanced composite materials modeling and design. Undergraduate students have three times voted him Professor of the Year in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He also teaches a sequence of graduate courses in composite materials that supports the research of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC).

Lopez-Anido has a nearly 30-year career in design, mechanics modeling, material testing and durability assessment of fiberreinforced polymer composites for construction. He is a research leader in manufacturing thermoplastic composites, and in modeling, design and testing large-scale 3D-printed structures — work that has led to millions of dollars in external research funding, including a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, seven patents, and nearly 200 journal articles and conference publications.

His current research focuses on automated manufacturing for structural thermoplastics; design of large-scale extrusion-based additive manufacturing applications; use of renewable and recyclable materials in construction; experimental methods for characterizing composites; durability of fiber-reinforced polymer composites for infrastructure; and structural health monitoring systems.

As a faculty lead and ASCC management team member, Lopez-Anido has contributed to the research and development of advanced composite materials in civil infrastructure, energy, marine and defense applications. That includes participation in research that led to such internationally recognized innovations as Bridge-in-aBackpack, and spinoff companies such as Advanced Infrastructure Technologies, Inc.

Internationally, he has served on science and technology delegations to Chile and Puerto Rico. In Maine, he collaborates with state agencies, including the Maine Department of Transportation, and has been active in the community, including K–12 educational outreach.

2016 Paul Roscoe

2015 Bill Davids

2014 Mary Jane Perry

2013 Robert Lad

2012 Joseph Genco

2011 Alfred Bushway

2010 Paul Mayewski

2009 James Acheson

2008 Janice Kristo

John Vetelino

2007 Ivan Fernandez

2006 David Townsend

2005 Robert Strong

2004 Eric Landis

2003 Kevin Boyle

2002 James Warhola

2001 Keith Hutchison

2000 Douglas Allen

1999 Brenda Power

1998 Fred Irons

1997 Irving Kornfield

1996 Malcolm Hunter Jr.

1995 Habib Dagher

1994 Dana Humphrey

1993 George Denton

1992 Raymie McKerrow

1991 Stephen Norton

1990 Alan Kimball

* A complete list is online at umainealumni.com/ distinguished-maine-professor

PRESIDENTIAL

Outstanding Teaching

Sally Molloy

Sally Molloy has an unparalleled dedication and passion for teaching, and a commitment to transformative educational experiences. Since beginning her teaching career at UMaine in 2007, she has advanced new teaching and learning styles in the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and in the Honors College. She is recognized nationally for her ability to maximize student learning outcomes, provide exceptional student experiences with her focus on research learning and mindset, and provide a foundation that launches students into impressive postgraduate programs and careers.

The alumna joined the UMaine community in 2000 to pursue a Ph.D. in microbiology. Molloy was a graduate teaching assistant and an instructor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Molecular Biology. In 2011, she was instrumental in helping launch the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) curriculum at UMaine. Over the past 12 years, the experiential research learning course — Genome Discovery I and II — has been transformative for first-year students, preparing them to be involved in research during their undergraduate careers.

From teaching phage genomics to honors civilization courses, Molloy employs an acute understanding of student-centered pedagogies and careful instructional design. Her teaching strategies promote knowledge acquisition, skill development and social-emotional growth in students, who then come to see themselves as scholars and researchers. Her leadership in teaching to improve inclusion and student success also informs her peers and collaborators, contributing to curricula and pedagogies in the UMaine Honors College and nationally in SEA-PHAGES and STEM education initiatives.

In 2019, Molloy received the Faculty Mentor Impact Award. Students she has mentored in her classroom and in the laboratory have gone on to receive competitive research fellowships, awards and scholarships, and be accepted to the nation’s top graduate and medical schools. In her laboratory, where she collaborates with student researchers, her focus is on bacteriophage biology. Last fall, Molloy received a National Institutes of Health grant to investigate the role of prophage-encoded gene products on mycobacterial gene expression and intrinsic antibiotic resistance.

PAST RECIPIENTS

2022 Karl Kreutz

2021 Judith Josiah-Martin

2020 Sara Lindsay

2019 Jennifer Tyne

2018 Senthil Vel

2017 Harvey Kail

2016 Howard Gray

2015 Kirsten Jacobson

2014 J. Malcolm Shick

2013 Richard Borgman

2012 Mary Rumpho

2011 Douglas Nangle

2010 Judith Pearse

2009 Leonard Kass

2008 Gail Werrbach

2007 Irving Kornfield

2006 Mary Tyler

2005 A. Patricia Burnes

2004 Kim McKeage

2003 Robert Franzosa

2002 Eric Landis

2001 Constance Perry

2000 Owen Smith

1999 Keith Hutchison

1998 Sandra Caron

1997 Fred Irons

1996 Paul Roscoe

1995 Barbara Cole

1994 William Glanz

1993 Saundra Gardner

1992 Christina Baker

1991 Kristin Langellier

Associate Professor of Genomics

PRESIDENTIAL

Research and Creative Achievement

Ali Abedi

Ali Abedi has a nearly 30-year career in research and teaching. He joined the UMaine community in 2005 and founded the WiSeNet Lab, dedicated to research on wireless communications and sensor networks for structural monitoring, space exploration and biomedical applications. Student researchers in his lab have gone on to be lead engineers at NASA, SpaceX and top engineering firms.

PAST RECIPIENTS*

2022 Xudong Zheng

2021 Elizabeth Allan

2020 Robert Steneck

2019 Jasmine Saros

2018 Yong Chen

2017 Daniel Sandweiss

2016 Neal Pettigrew

2015 Richard Judd

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Vice President for Research

Director of Center for Undergraduate Research

With a student team, Abedi recently completed building Maine’s first CubeSat, MESAT1, to be launched to polar orbit in 2023. The miniaturized research satellite, funded by NASA and the Maine Space Grant Consortium, will circle Earth for 12 years, providing Maine K–12 and college students, educators and small businesses with access to space data from a ground station in Orono.

His biomedical research has contributed to two patents for a system and method for early detection of mild traumatic brain injury, coinvented with UMaine professor of psychology Marie Hayes. The biomedical device is designed to help patients — from veterans and the elderly to athletes — with Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury and mild cognitive impairment due to aging.

Abedi and his research teams also have developed and tested wireless sensing instrumentation for air leak detection in NASA’s first inflatable lunar habitat, sited at UMaine. That source localization using acoustic wireless sensor networks resulted in a product that was launched to the International Space Station in 2016. The technology, successfully operated for several months on the space station, was the first product to be launched into space and to use AI and signal processing for air leak detection, localization and signature recognition.

In addition to his wireless sensor research for enabling deepspace missions, Abedi’s cutting-edge technology research and development has implications for environmental monitoring, including the use of artificial intelligence to provide a cost-effective, energy-efficient tool to monitor and manage Maine’s forests.

Abedi is co-founder of two startup companies: Activas-Diagnostics and Nawindor. His extensive publication record includes six books. He is the co-founder of IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments and serves as vice president of the IEEE Council on Radio Frequency Identification.

2014 M. Kate Beard-Tisdale

2013 Francis Drummond

2012 Hemant Pendse

2011 John Mahon

2010 Paul Roscoe

2009 Owen Smith

2008 Mary Ellen Camire

2007 Elizabeth Depoy

2006 Kyriacos Markides

2005 James Acheson

2004 Robert Lad

2003 Habib Dagher

2002 Max Egenhofer

2001 Kevin Boyle

2000 Rosemary Bamford

Janice Kristo

1999 Charles Hess

1998 Douglas Allen

1997 Gary King

1996 Burton Hatlen

1995 Erdogan Kiran

1994 C. Stewart Doty

1993 William Unertl

1992 J. Malcolm Shick

1991 Merrill Elias

1990 Stephen Norton

* A complete list is online at umaine.edu/ provost/awards-recognitions

Public Engagement Achievement

Catharine Biddle

Catharine Biddle joined the UMaine community in 2015. In her work in rural education research, which involves undergraduate and graduate students, she has enhanced school-community relations, helped change K–12 educational paradigms and influenced the focus of rural education research nationwide. In particular, her collaboration in research-practice partnerships results in long-term changes for communities, including improvements in school climate, student attendance and achievement, and the formation of new local coalitions of nonprofits dedicated to addressing these issues.

Biddle collaborated on a Washington County research-practice partnership to address the need to provide services and traumaresponsive education in schools focused on children’s exposure to — and healing from — adverse experiences associated with substance use, poverty and other challenges facing families. She helped to secure $1.5 million in funding to co-design a pilot program, Transforming Rural Experience in Education, in three Washington County elementary schools, from 2017–21.

The jointly designed approach to trauma-responsive practice, which refined the centering of the student voice as a primary vehicle for healing, has since been replicated in multiple school districts nationwide and is the subject of a book, “Trauma Responsive Schooling: Centering Student Voice and Healing,” co-authored with Mark Tappan and Lyn Mikel Brown.

The pilot program led to the formation of the Rural Vitality Lab, a cross-institutional partnership between Colby College and UMaine focused on conducting research to support the development of healthy ecologies for youth in Maine and beyond. Biddle now works in partnership with additional community development groups such as the Midcoast Community Collaborative to address rural vitality, including trauma-responsive practices in support of student success.

In addition, for the past two years, Biddle has worked with a team of researchers in partnership with the National Rural Education Association (NREA) to craft the 2022–2027 National Rural Education Research Agenda. An outcome of this collaboration was an invitation for UMaine to host the New England Rural Education Hub, part of the Rural Schools Collaborative National Hub Network. Biddle directs the New England Rural Education Hub, launched last fall as a national model for rural university-community partnerships.

PAST RECIPIENTS*

2022 Kelley Strout

2021 James Dill

2020 Jean MacRae

2019 Susan McKay

2018 Ivan Fernandez

2017 Marcella Sorg

2016 Amy Fried

2015 Laura Lindenfeld

2014 Bruce Segee

2013 George Markowsky

2012 Karen Horton

2011 Kathleen March

2010 Thomas Christensen

2009 Kathryn Olmstead

2008 Alan Cobo-Lewis

2007 Herbert Crosby

2006 Carol Gilmore

2005 David Lambert

2004 Todd Gabe

2003 Harlan Onsrud

2002 Sandra Caron

2001 Ann Schonberger

2000 Walter McIntire

1999 George Jacobson Jr.

1998 Dana Humphrey

1997 Sheila Pechinski

1996 Alfred Bushway

1995 James Breece

1994 Ray Owen

1993 Edward Ives

1992 Lucille Zeph

1991 William Whitaker

1990 Herbert Hidu

* A complete list is online at umaine.edu/ provost/awards-recognitions

Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter, a University of Maine alumnus, has been a member of the faculty for 38 years and has served as project leader for the university’s Potato Breeding Program since 2007. The program, which involves student researchers at UMaine research facilities in Orono and Presque Isle, creates new potato varieties that provide improved quality and marketing opportunities for growers, while helping to solve pest management problems. It is the only one in the eastern United States with an emphasis on russets and long whites intended for the processing and fresh produce markets.

Creating a successful new potato variety requires 10–12 years. In the past decade, the UMaine Potato Breeding Program, in partnership with the Maine Potato Board, has released five new varieties — Easton, Sebec, Caribou Russet, Pinto Gold and Hamlin Russet — that had the competitive yield and quality attributes necessary to move them from the laboratory to market shelves. Nationally, varieties released by the university and its eastern regional collaborators since 2007 were grown on 8,240 U.S. seed acres during 2022, with an approximate seed value of $28.8 million and potential production value of $267.8 million. During 2022, Caribou Russet at 1,874 seed acres was ranked 12th in the U.S. and its estimated crop value for 2023 is approximately $60 million. Pinto Gold continues to be a favorite for home gardeners, farmers markets, roadside stands and gourmet chefs.

In his research, Porter prioritizes resistance to diseases such as late blight, scab and Potato Virus Y, and uses DNA-based markers to help select potato varieties with resistance to key potato pests. In addition, his work on crop rotations, soil management and supplemental irrigation has helped develop a better understanding of cropping systems that provide high yields and excellent crop quality while protecting and building the soil. Nutrient management research, particularly potassium fertilization, has led to greater understanding of most efficient use while maintaining or improving crop quality in potato production systems.

For the significant impact of his applied research on potato growers and industry leaders in Maine and beyond, Porter has received numerous awards, most recently the Potato Association of America Honorary Life Membership and being named one of the 25 Mainers of the Year by Maine Magazine, both in 2022.

The new Presidential Innovation Award established this year recognizes the university’s mission of advancing learning and discovery through excellence and innovation. It will be an annual award to a UMaine or UMaine Machias faculty member or team that has translated research discoveries and scholarly activity into products or services that have resulted in economic impact and/or significant social and cultural benefit in Maine and beyond.

Professor of Agronomy

VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN

Valedictorian and Salutatorian are the highest honors awarded to students by the University of Maine. Each student is recognized for outstanding academic achievements, and for contributions to the UMaine or wider community.

To be considered for these awards, students must have a minimum 3.8 GPA at the end of the fall semester prior to graduation, and must have completed at least 75 credits of coursework at the University of Maine, exclusive of pass/fail or incomplete grades, with all credits counting toward the baccalaureate degree completed within six years immediately preceding graduation.

Candidates for Valedictorian and Salutatorian are evaluated on the strength, breadth and rigor of their academic achievements, evidence of intellectual promise, character, service and other accomplishments. Each college at the University of Maine selects two students as candidates for Valedictorian and Salutatorian.

The University Teaching Council reviews the submissions and makes recommendations to the Provost, who then makes a recommendation to the President.

Valedictorian

Lara Chern

College of Engineering | Honors College

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with Minors in Engineering Leadership and Management, and Mathematics

Lara Chern of Bow, New Hampshire is the 2023 valedictorian. The Honors College student is a mechanical engineering major with minors in engineering leadership and management, and mathematics.

Chern graduated high school two years ahead of her class and enrolled at UMaine when she was 16. As a UMaine junior, she defended her honors thesis, “An Automated Process to Produce Rebar Reinforced Concrete Parts Using Additive Manufacturing.” Her many scholarships and awards include the 2022 Servant Heart Award and the Ouellette Honors Thesis Fellowship.

In her first year at UMaine, Chern was a special projects assistant at the FrancoAmerican Center. During her sophomore year, she collaborated in the laboratory of UMaine professor Yingchao Yang on nanomaterials research and on research with professor Bashir Koda on biobased gels for human organ growth and timed drugrelease capsules. With professor Richard Kimball, Chern collaborated on research in large-scale additive manufacturing for use in wave energy converters.

Since 2020, Chern has worked in the Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s Project Management Office. In summer 2021, she was a project management intern with Weyerhaeuser Lumber Mill in Cottage Grove, Oregon and, in 2019–20, served as a mathematics instructor/tutor with Mathnasium in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Chern has served as president of the UMaine chapters of Pi Tau Sigma and Engineers Without Borders, and vice president of the UMaine chapter of Circle K International. In the community, her volunteer work has included the Bangor Humane Society, Telstar Regional High School Think Tank Project and Hirundo Wildlife Refuge.

In June, Chern will begin a job as a project manager at Procter & Gamble in Iowa City, Iowa. She plans to pursue an MBA and take a law certificate program.

Salutatorian

Mikayla Reynolds

Maine Business School | Honors College

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Management with a Second Major in Marketing

Mikayla Reynolds of Winslow, Maine is a 2023 salutatorian. The first-generation Honors College student double-majored in business management and marketing. Her numerous honors include a 2022 Outstanding Student Leader award from the Division of Student Life, a Thomas E. Lynch ’38 Honors Thesis Fellowship, and a Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowship. In 2021, she was named the UMaine, Maine state, and regional Student Employee of the Year.

Reynolds has participated in the Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership program and the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute (OSWLI). She is currently the operations chair for OSWLI’s Alumni Council.

Her honors thesis is: “Exploring the Influence of Work From Home & On-Site Benefits on Perceptions of Organizational Attractiveness.” She was recently named the 2023 Business Research Category award winner for her UMaine Student Symposium research poster.

Reynolds is a certified peer educator. Since 2020, she has been the lead peer coach in TRIO Student Support Services. In addition, she has been a student ambassador and a teaching assistant in the Maine Business School, and a program leader in the Center for Student Involvement. She has been the Student Success Initiatives Intern with the Maine Business School, and this semester she is a student consultant with the Black Bear Consulting Corps in the Foster Center for Innovation.

Reynolds is president of All Maine Women, co-president of the UMaine chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, and vice president of the 2023 Senior Class Council. She also is a founding officer and vice president of the UMaine chapter of Sigma Alpha Lambda. Reynolds was appointed to the Maine Day Task Force and served as the food bank liaison on the 2022 Maine Day Meal Packout Committee.

Reynolds has been a core organizer of the Black Bear Mutual Aid Fund and is the food bank liaison for the 2023 Maine Days Food Drive Committee. She has served as the director of programs and outreach for Sunrise Creative Youth Theatre in Waterville since 2018. She founded the Vassalboro Mill Clothing Exchange Closet in 2016. In 2019, she was awarded the Hardy Girls Healthy Women Community Organizer award for her commitment to community service and creating change.

Reynolds has been selected to be a Graduate School of Business Alfond Ambassador and will pursue a MaineMBA in the fall, concentrating in sustainability and public and nonprofit management.

Salutatorian

Zoe Vittum

College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering with Minors in Bioinstrumentation and Neuroscience

Zoe Vittum of Brewer, Maine is a University of Maine 2023 salutatorian. Vittum majored in biomedical engineering with minors in bioinstrumentation and neuroscience. She is a UMaine Presidential Scholar, and a 2022–23 Helen Louise Stinchfield ‘18 Memorial Scholar and Tau Beta Pi Scholar.

Vittum’s numerous academic and research awards include two National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) — Sensor Science and Engineering at UMaine and Functional Genomics at Jackson Laboratory. She also received a UMaine Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowship and the Overall Best Poster Award at the Onshape Research Symposium.

As an Early College student, Vittum was a student research assistant in the Advanced Manufacturing Center, where she collaborated with UMaine experts and industry clients on solution manufacturing and implementation. In addition to her REU at Jackson Laboratory as a student research fellow, developing computational methods and workflows to analyze genetic architecture and translate large-scale data into genetic models, Vittum was a clinical engineering intern with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. Most recently, in her REU in the laboratory of professor Karissa Tilbury, she collaborated to develop and implement a polarization control module within a two-photon microscope and conducted cell culture assays to investigate collagen remodeling.

On campus, Vittum has had leadership roles in the UMaine chapters of the Society of Women Engineers, Tau Beta Pi and the Biomedical Engineering Society, UMaine Black Bear Robotics and UMaine’s NASA Lunabotics Mining Challenge Team, which competed at the Kennedy Space Center in 2022. Her volunteer efforts have included work at Challenger Learning Center, VEX Robotics and FIRST Robotics, and as a UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H STEM Ambassador.

Vittum plans to pursue a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering, concentrated in women’s health, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Outstanding Graduating Students

Mille Baartvedt

College of Education and Human Development

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Physical Education

Mille Baartvedt of Oslo, Norway is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Education and Human Development. The kinesiology and physical education major is a Presidential Scholar. On campus, she has worked at the New Balance Student Recreation Center and as a teaching assistant, and been a member of the UMaine chapter of Pi Beta Phi and the Women’s Soccer Club. Baartvedt did her student teaching at Hampden Academy and Orono Middle School. She will pursue a graduate degree in sports management at Boston College, and plans a career as an educator and athletic director.

Samantha Costanza

Division of Lifelong Learning

Bachelor of University Studies

Samantha Costanza from Norwalk, Connecticut is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Division of Lifelong Learning. Costanza is a university studies major in the labor studies track, and an Online Flagship Scholarship recipient. Costanza has worked full-time as a communications professional for a national retirement company while pursuing an associate degree at a local community college, then transferring to UMaine. Her research as part of her academic work included how COVID impacted the union construction industry; how the legalization of marijuana has changed the landscape of workplace drug testing; and the pay gap and working conditions for women in many industries. Beyond her coursework, Costanza is active in her community choir. She plans to continue her now 23-year career with Transamerica.

Emily Davison

College of Education and Human Development

Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training with a Minor in Child Development and Family Relations

Emily Davison of North Waterboro, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Education and Human Development. She is majoring in athletic training with a minor in child development and family relations. The UMaine Presidential Scholarship recipient also received the 2023 Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association Joseph Abraham Scholarship and 2022 Maine Athletic Trainers’ Association Wes Jordan Scholarship. Davison did her athletic training internship this spring at Foxcroft Academy and has had numerous athletic training clinical experiences with athletics teams at UMaine, Husson University and Hampden Academy. On campus, she also worked in the UMaine Ticket Office. Davison plans to pursue a master’s degree in sport management at the University of Central Arkansas while working full time as a high school athletic trainer. Her goal is to be an athletic director at a class AA high school in southern Maine.

Kell Fremouw

College of Engineering | Honors College

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics with a Concentration in Mechanical Engineering

Kell Fremouw of Orono, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Engineering. The Honors College student is majoring in engineering physics, with a concentration in mechanical engineering and a minor in mathematics. Last summer, he was awarded a National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Sensor Science and Engineering, and he has worked as a teaching assistant in physics. His honors thesis is: “Thermal Stability of Platinum-Silicon Alloy Films Grown on Langasite Substrates for Use in Microwave Acoustic Sensor Technology.” Fremouw has been a student researcher examining optical microscopy data in the laboratory of professor Samuel Hess and modeling graphene transistors in the laboratory of professor Sheila Edalatpour. In addition, Fremouw worked on a materials science project with professor Robert Lad. He also participates in STEM outreach with the Society of Physics Students. Fremouw is a competitive kayaker and canoeist who qualified in the U.S. trials for the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships. He has been awarded a Dean’s Fellowship for Excellence at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he will pursue a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering. He plans to work in academia or in a lab on improving sustainable energy production and energy efficiency.

Outstanding Graduating Students

Anna Kahelin

Maine Business School

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Management with a Minor in Psychology

Anna Kahelin of Helsinki, Finland is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the Maine Business School. She is a business administration major in management with a minor in psychology, and member of the Women’s Basketball team. Kahelin received an America East Elite 18 award, and was a member of Team Maine from 2021–22. She plans to pursue an MBA at UMaine and play basketball for another year..

Abigail Mulligan

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Honors College

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a Pre-Medicine Concentration

Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition, with a Human Nutrition and Dietetics Concentration

Bachelor of Science in Zoology Minors in Psychology, Sustainable Food Systems and Neuroscience

Abigail Mulligan of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Mulligan is an Honors College student triple-majoring in chemistry with a pre-med concentration; in food science and human nutrition, with a concentration in dietetics; and in zoology. She is minoring in psychology, sustainable food systems and neuroscience. Among her numerous honors is the Charles A. Brautlecht Scholarship, the S.P. Livermore Award, and the Dr. Melanie Gershman-Tewksbury ’77 Scholarship. Her honors thesis is: “The Development of Sustainable, Flax-Integrated, Plastic Composite.” Mulligan has been a student researcher in professor William Gramlich’s laboratory, studying the development of sustainable, flax-integrated biocomposites. She is president of the Nutrition Club, secretary of the UMaine chapter of Kappa Omicron Nu and a 4-H STEM Ambassador. Mulligan also has been a member of the UMaine Swimming and Diving team and was a peer tutor. She plans to attend medical school to pursue a career in pediatric neurosurgery.

Theophile Nkulikiyinka

College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

Theophile Nkulikiyinka of Kigali, Rwanda is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Engineering. Nkulikiyinka, a biomedical engineering student, is a Presidential Scholar and the recipient of the International Presidential Scholarship. He has been an undergraduate researcher in the laboratory of professor Michael Mason, evaluating the potential of cellulose nanofiber as a biomaterial for bone replacement. His academic experiences off campus included shadowing at Hanger Orthotics and Prosthetics Clinic, and working as a cardiac technician at Northern Light Health and a direct support professional for adults with disabilities at MERT Enterprises and Peace Residential Care. Nkulikiyinka is president of UMaine’s African Student Association. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in prosthetics and orthotics at the University of Hartford.

Shelby Philips

Maine Business School

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Management

Shelby Philips of Buffalo, New York is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Maine Business School. Philips is a business administration major in management. Her numerous academic awards include the Senior Alumni Non-Traditional Student Scholarship, the Carville Non-Traditional Student Scholarship, and the David and Debra Scott Scholarship. Philips interned with Food Rescue Maine, an initiative of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, and served as president of MBS Corps. She also was a member of SPIFFY and the International Business and Culture Club, and was a cast member in the School of Performing Arts production of “Everybody.” This summer, she will be a producer on an independent feature film. Philips plans to pursue a career in management.

Outstanding Graduating Students

Aiden Pike

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture | Honors College

Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

Minors in Chemistry and French

Aiden Pike of Searsmont, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture. He is a double major in biochemistry, and molecular and cellular biology, with minors in French and chemistry. The Honors College student, who will receive two bachelor’s degrees, also is in the 4+1 master’s bioinformatics program with the Roux institute at Northeastern University. His numerous academic honors include a Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship, the Professor Frederick H. Radke Award and the Honors INBRE Thesis Fellowships in Comparative Functional Genomics. His honors thesis is: “The Role of Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase IV in Regulating JC Polyomavirus Infection.” Pike has been a student researcher in professor Melissa Maginnis’ laboratory, studying how the immune response is implicated in JC polyomavirus infection and the signaling mechanisms that the virus may take advantage of to gain control of the host cell. He also spent a summer as a research fellow at MDI Biological Laboratory. On campus, Pike has been a teaching assistant and a course facilitator, and a member of the Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band and the Concert Band. With the completion of his master’s degree, Pike plans to apply to an M.D./Ph.D. program to study infectious diseases and practice translational medicine.

Elaine Thomas

Maine Business School | Honors College

Bachelor

of Science in

Business Administration in Management with a Minor in Music

Elaine Thomas of Hampden, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Honors College. She is a business administration major in management with a minor in music. She received the 2022 John M. Rezendes Ethics Award for her first-place essay: “When We Cannot Care for Ourselves: Ethics, Interdependence, and the Moral Danger of the Self-Care Message.” Also in 2022, she received the Maine Campus Compact PILLARS (Philanthropy, Innovation, Learning, Leadership, Action, Responsibility, and Service) Award and participated in the Maine NEW (National Education for Women) Leadership program. Her honors thesis is: “Evidence-based Family Strengthening Training in Maine: A Resource Assessment and Proposal to Reduce Barriers and Increase Facilitators.” Throughout her time at UMaine, Thomas has been a member of the Attachment Theory Team of the Honors College Servant Heart Research Collaborative. She also has interned with three nonprofit organizations: Heart of Maine United Way, Partners for Peace and the American Red Cross, and donates her time to Literacy Volunteers of Bangor. Thomas plans to work for a nonprofit organization in Maine.

Maria Vina Lopez

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture | Honors College

Bachelor of Science in Biology with Minors in Mathematics and Neuroscience

Maria Vina Lopez of Santiago de Compostela, Spain is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, and in the Honors College. The biology major with minors in mathematics and neuroscience is the recipient of numerous awards, including the International Presidential Scholarship and a Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Her honors thesis is: “An Organoid Model for Human Brain Aging.” As a student researcher, Vina Lopez studied the drug synergy effect of fluconazole and cyclosporine A on Candida albicans in the laboratory of professor Robert Wheeler, and used C. elegans to study the effect of novel small molecule combinations on age reversal in vivo and identify life span-extending cocktails in professor Suzanne Angeli’s lab. For two summers, she also was a research intern in the microbiology laboratory of professor Darren Higgins at Harvard Medical School, and for eight months last year collaborated on her honors research in the genetics laboratory of professor David Sinclair, also at Harvard Medical School. At UMaine, Vina Lopez has been president of Engineers Without Borders, a resident assistant, a Maine Learning Assistant and peer tutor in genetics, and a member of the University Volunteer Ambulance Corps. She plans to pursue a Ph.D. in biological and biomedical sciences at Harvard Medical School.

Willow Wind

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Honors College

Bachelor of Arts in Communication with Minors in Media Studies and Spanish

Willow Wind of Rumford, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Honors College student is a communication major with minors in media studies and Spanish. Her academic honors include a McGillicuddy Humanities Center Fellowship and James S. Stevens Outstanding Junior Award, both in 2022, and a 2021 Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award and first-place recognition the Communication and Journalism Showcase for her research project: “Communication Goals and Practices of Trans- and Gender Non-conforming (TGNC) Individuals and Their Impact on Mental Health.” Her honors thesis is: “Conceptualizing and Enacting Gender Euphoria: Exploring Awareness and Action Across Gender Demographics.” Wind has conducted research in collaboration with professor Liliana Herakova, focused on trans and gendernonconforming communication and mental health, and as a research assistant in the Media Psychology Lab of professor Amelia Couture Bue, working on a project exploring the desirability of STEM to college women. She also has been active in the Scholars Strategy Network, Progressive Pipeline, and Partners for Peace, and in a UMaine collaborative effort to improve classroom belonging. Wind plans to pursue nonprofit advocacy work and a master’s degree.

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE Graduate School Celebrating 100 Years

In 2023, the University of Maine Graduate School is celebrating 100 years of advancing educational opportunities and impacting the workforce and economic development in Maine and beyond. Responsible for providing oversight for over 150 degree programs, the Graduate School facilitates the realization of nationally recognized graduate programs and educational partnerships, and provides financial and academic support to a growing and diverse student body.

UMaine has granted graduate degrees since 1881, when the Maine State College (now the University of Maine System) Board of Trustees awarded the first Master of Science degree to Walter Balentine in the subject of agriculture. At the time, graduate degrees were only offered in five disciplinary areas: agriculture, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and science and literature, reflecting Maine’s land grant mission of providing public education in agriculture and the mechanic arts. Some of Balentine’s postgraduate studies included time at Wesleyan, the Connecticut State Experiment Station, and a research fellowship to study agricultural chemistry in Germany. In 1882, Balentine became a professor of agriculture, and in 1885 was named founding director of the first Agricultural Experiment Station in Maine, supporting the growth of agricultural pursuits in the region and throughout the world.

Percia Vinal White was the first female graduate student from UMaine, earning her Master of Arts degree in science and literature in 1882. White, a native of Orono and one of the first women undergraduates at the University of Maine, was a writer of short stories, publishing under the name A. Steele Penn. At the age of 79, her novel “Wearers of the Hemlock” was published. A businesswoman, White carried on

her husband’s insurance business for 15 years after his passing. White was also very involved in her community as an active member of many clubs and organizations, such as the Women’s Club of Orono, the Current Events Club of Millbridge, The Order of the Eastern Star, and the Maine Writers’ Research club, where she contributed articles for books published by the club.

Over the years, three University of Maine presidents have received graduate degrees at the University of Maine. Harold Sherburne Boardman earned a graduate degree in civil engineering in 1898 and served as dean of the University of Maine Technology College before serving as the seventh president from 1926–34. Caribou native Winthrop Libby earned his graduate degree in agricultural economics in 1933 and served as the dean of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and director of Cooperative Extension before he served as the 11th president from 1969–73. The remaining University of Maine graduate alumnus to serve as president was Frederick Hutchinson of Atkinson, Maine. President Hutchinson received an M.S. degree in agronomy from UMaine in 1958 before earning his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in 1966. He returned to the University of Maine to serve as dean of agriculture, and went on to become provost and senior vice president at The Ohio State University before returning to the University of Maine as its 16th president.

In 1923, the year the Graduate School was founded, 20 graduate degrees were conferred under the first Graduate School dean George Davis Chase. Chase received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and then spent a year in Germany at the University of Leipzig before being appointed an assistant professor at Cornell University and later as an associate

professor at Wesleyan University. He joined the University of Maine faculty in 1905 as professor and head of the Department of Classics.

Chase’s commitment to graduate education is evident throughout his career at the University of Maine. In 1938 during Chase’s last Commencement as dean, a resolution of congratulations was shared, stating that George Davis Chase “has done more than any man to develop and maintain in the University the high standard of graduate scholarship and research which chiefly entitle an institution of higher learning to be considered a university.”

In the early years, the Graduate School was located in a variety of historical buildings on campus, including North Stevens Hall, Fogler Library and Winslow Hall, before eventually moving into the first floor of Stodder Hall in 2009, where it is located today. The first doctoral degree was not conferred until 1960, when a Ph.D. in chemistry was awarded to Basil S. Farah.

Today the university’s graduate student population contains representation from 74 countries and conferred a recordbreaking 769 graduate degrees during the previous school year. The Graduate School now offers over 150 graduate programs, over 50 of which are available online with more developing in emerging areas. As a leader in workforce development, the Graduate School is laser-focused on making a global impact while staying locally relevant.

UMaine is designated an R1 university by the prestigious Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The R1 designation signifies “very high research activity” the highest possible tier a doctoral research university can achieve

in the Carnegie Classification. Updates are completed every three years. Only 146 (3.7%) of the nation’s 3,982 degreegranting postsecondary institutions in the United States are classified as top-tier doctoral research universities.

The research and creative achievement at the University of Maine are at the cutting edge of innovation. For example, UMaine boasts the world’s largest 3D printer, which, using biobased materials, has so far printed 3Dirigo, the world’s largest 3D-printed boat, and BioHome3D, the world’s first 100% biobased 3D-printed home.

“Our research and graduate studies set us apart with the distinctiveness and leadership that enhance our national competitiveness,” said Kody Varahramyan, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School.

In 2022, the university established the Graduate Centennial Impact Fund to advance graduate education at the University of Maine and to help meet critical needs, including for graduate fellowships. More information about the Centennial Campaign is available through the Graduate School’s Centennial website (umaine.edu/gradcentennial).

As we look to the future, the Graduate School will continue its long history of anticipating real-world needs, while generating dynamic solutions that make long-term impacts on the workforce and economic development needs of Maine and beyond.

To learn more about the Graduate School’s history, share your own story, and stay updated on upcoming centennial events, please visit umaine.edu/gradcentennial.

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE DEGREES

The University of Maine offers curricula in a wide variety of academic fields leading to baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees. The baccalaureate or bachelor’s degree is awarded to undergraduate students who complete the required program in their respective departments. Master’s and doctoral degrees are awarded to students who complete prescribed graduate study. A Certificate of Advanced Study (C.A.S.) and Education Specialist (EdS) are available for specified graduate study beyond the master’s degree.

Undergraduate degrees with Latin honors are conferred at Commencement for the following attainments of rank: summa cum laude: 3.7 GPA; magna cum laude: 3.5 GPA; cum laude: 3.3 GPA. The university bases the GPA on the student’s work at the University of Maine, and that must amount to at

least 60 credits or 50% of the total degree credits required in the program of study, whichever is greater.

Students graduating from the Honors College are conferred baccalaureate degrees with the designation of honors, high honors or highest honors. In order to receive a degree with honors, a student must complete the honors general education curriculum, which includes the four-course civilizations sequence, as well as a tutorial and two semesters of research leading to the successful defense of the honors thesis.

Degrees are awarded at the end of the semester or session in which degree requirements have been completed, not necessarily accompanied by Commencement ceremonies.

Doctoral Degree Candidates

Doctor of Education

David T. Armistead, Educational Leadership

ADVISOR: Ian Mette, Director, School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership

DISSERTATION: ”What the Hell Just Happened?” A Phenomenological Case Study of Teaching in the COVID Era

Doctor of Philosophy

Oluwafemi Adedeji Alaba, Biological Sciences

ADVISOR: Yongjiang Zhang, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

DISSERTATION: Nutritional Responses of Wild Blueberries (V. angustifolium) and Soil Microbial Communities to Simulated Climate Warming

Ashish Alex, ♦ Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Anil Raj Kizhakkepurakkal, Assistant Professor of Forest Operations

DISSERTATION:Operational Productivity, Scale of Operations, and Carbon Footprint: Forest Management in the Northeastern U.S.

Nasim Alikhani, Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Ling Li, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems

DISSERTATION: CNC/PDMS Composite Membranes for Air Dehydration for the Application of Energy Saving in Wood Drying

Alexander J. Ascher, ♦ Marine Biology

ADVISOR: Richard Wahle, Research Professor of Marine Sciences

DISSERTATION: Ongoing Changes to Larval Recruitment in an Economically Important LargeBodied Crustacean (Homarus Americanus)

Prashanta Barjracharya, Civil Engineering

ADVISOR: Shaleen Jain, Professor and Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

DISSERTATION: On the Application of Dynamical Measures of Hydrologic Response to Prediction and Similarity Assessment in Watersheds

Kendra A. Batchelder, ♦ Interdisciplinary Studies

ADVISOR: Andre Khalil, Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

DISSERTATION: Longitudinal Study of Digital Mammograms to Quantify Breast Tissue Integrity in Breast Cancer

Parinaz Belalpour Dastjerdi, Civil Engineering

ADVISOR: Eric Landis, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

DISSERTATION: Mechanics and Mechanisms of Fracture for Eastern Spruce Subject to Transverse Loading Using Acoustic Emission

Angelica Raquel Boeve, Psychology

ADVISOR: Rebecca MacAulay, Associate Professor of Psychology

DISSERTATION: As Different as Night and Day? Investigating the Mechanisms Linking Regular Sleep Patterns with Daytime Physical Activity in Older Adults

Allison H. Brehm, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

ADVISOR: Alessio Mortelliti, Research Assistant Professor of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology

DISSERTATION: Ecological Implications of Intraspecific Behavioral Variation in a Small Mammal Community

Cheryl Michelle Breit, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

ADVISOR: Danielle Levesque, Associate Professor of Mammalogy and Mammalian Health

DISSERTATION: Comparative Energetics of Mammalian Thermoregulatory Physiology

Andre Francisco Bucci, Oceanography

ADVISOR: Andrew Thomas, Professor of Oceanography

DISSERTATION: Remotely Sensed Assessment of the Preferred Habitats of Alexandrium Catenella in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy

Michelle Lyn Buffie, Psychology

ADVISOR: Douglas Nangle, Professor of Psychology

DISSERTATION: Self-Regulation, Emotion Regulation, and Social Problem-Solving: Common and Distinct Pathways to Depression

Cong Chen, Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Douglas Gardner, Professor of Sustainable Materials Technology

DISSERTATION: Development of Food Packaging Films Based on Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs)

Aaron J. Chesler, ♦ Earth and Climate Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Karl Kreutz, Professor and Director of Earth and Climate Sciences; Aaron Putnam, Associate Professor School of Earth and Climate Sciences

DISSERTATION: Holocene and Last Glacial Period Atmospheric Dynamics and Biogeochemistry Based on South Pole Ice Core Microparticle and Trace Element Records

Mitchell Paul Chesley, Interdisciplinary Studies

ADVISOR: Michael Mason, Professor of Chemical Engineering

DISSERTATION: The Influence of Processing and Additives on Cellulose Nanofiber Properties for Orthopedic Application

Ming-Tso Chien, ♦ Education

CO-ADVISORS: Timothy Reagan, Professor of Foreign Language Education; Susan BennettArmistead, Associate Professor of Literacy

DISSERTATION: Identity and Language Socialization of Asian Transnational Adolescents Across Communities of Practice: A Critical Narrative Study

Doctoral Degree Candidates

Caitlin M. Cleaver, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

ADVISOR: Teresa Johnson, Associate Professor of Marine Policy

DISSERTATION: Barriers to and Opportunities for Adoption in Maine’s Aquaculture Industry

Adwoa Safoa Dankwa, ♦ Food Science and Human Nutrition

ADVISOR: Jennifer Perry, Associate Professor of Food Microbiology

DISSERTATION: Integrated Optimization of Microbial and Chemical Composition of Non-Dairy Low Alcohol Fermented Beverages (NDLAFB): Kombucha and Water Kefir

James Deaton, Physics

ADVISOR: Charles Hess, Professor Emeritus of Physics

DISSERTATION: Measurement of Airborne Radionuclides and Their Relation to Weather Patterns at Orono, Maine

Rose Deng, Psychology

ADVISOR: Shawn Ell, Associate Professor of Psychology

DISSERTATION: Uncertainty Monitoring in Category Learning and Transfer

Jane L. Ellingwood, Education

ADVISOR: Elizabeth Allan, Professor of Higher Education

DISSERTATION: Community College Chief Academic Officers’ Perceptions of the Pipeline for the Presidency

Bradley Frank Erdman, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

ADVISOR: Michael Kinnison, Professor of Evolutionary Applications

DISSERTATION: Genetic Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Native Charrs

Travis Bengy Erickson, Education

ADVISOR: Elizabeth Allan, Professor of Higher Education

DISSERTATION: Minoritized Medical Students’

Integration of Professional Identities: A Phenomenological Study

Eliot Fearey, Psychology

ADVISOR: Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, Associate Professor of Psychology

DISSERTATION: Inhibitory Control and Mentalizing: Potential Contributing Factors to Maladaptive Interpersonal Behaviors Associated with Depressive Symptoms

He Feng, Earth and Climate Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Christopher Gerbi, Assistant Professor of Mineralogy and Rheology; Scott Johnson, Professor of Structure Geology

DISSERTATION: Stress-Induced Strain Localization Initialization and the Effect on the Strength of Nature Lithosphere Materials

Paul David Sorrell Fink, ♦ Spatial Information Science and Engineering

ADVISOR: Nicholas Giudice, Professor of Spatial Computing

DISSERTATION: Accessible Autonomy: Designing Multimodal Autonomous Vehicle Interfaces for People Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired

Theresa Jean Gillis, Education

ADVISOR: Catharine Biddle, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership

DISSERTATION: School Principals and Instructional Coaches: An Examination of Their Working Relationships in Maine Schools

Morton Gerard Greenslit, Physics

ADVISOR: Robert Lad, Professor of Physics

DISSERTATION: Plasma-Assisted Growth and Characterization of Piezoelectric AlN and Sc(x) Al(1-x)N Films for Microwave Acoustic Sensor Applications

Rachel Christina Hanson Groenhout, Education

ADVISOR: Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Professor of Literacy

DISSERTATION: “Reading Is Everywhere:” A Case Study Situating Children’s Book Distribution Within the Literacy Practices of Somali New Mainers

Christine Marie Hale, Biomedical Sciences

ADVISOR: Geoffrey Ganter, Professor of Biology, University of New England

DISSERTATION: Genetic Determinants of Primary Nociceptor Sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster

Amy Beth Halpin, Psychology

ADVISOR: Rebecca MacAulay, Associate Professor of Psychology

DISSERTATION: Do Good Things Come to Those Who Wait?: Investigating Temporal Discounting Rates Among Older Adults

Siham Hattab, ♦ Microbiology

ADVISOR: Robert Wheeler, Associate Professor of Microbiology

DISSERTATION: Pseudomonas Synergizes with Fluconazole against Candida During Treatment of Polymicrobial Infection

Shelby Helwig, Psychology

ADVISOR: Shannon McCoy, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences

DISSERTATION: The Role of Confrontation Effectiveness for Women’s Psychological Well-Being After a Sexist Event

Gabrielle Valere Hillyer, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Bridie McGreavy, Associate Professor of Environmental Communication; Anthony Sutton, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Food Systems

DISSERTATION: Collaborative and EngagedResearch to Improve Equity and Adaptive Governance in Localized Fisheries

SK Belal Hossen, Civil Engineering

CO-ADVISORS: Aaron Gallant, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Warda Ashraf, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

DISSERTATION: Laboratory Study of Soil Carbonation for Subgrade Stabilization

♦ Most Outstanding Doctoral Student

Doctoral Degree Candidates

Dhirgam Sadiq Jaafar Humaidy, Chemistry

ADVISOR: Alice Bruce, Professor and Department Chair of Chemistry

DISSERTATION: Gold (I) Tetrathiomolybdate Clusters: Synthesis, Characterization, Computational Studies, and Reactivity With Thiophenol and Selenophenol

Robert Daniel Hurst, Chemistry

ADVISOR: Matthew Brichacek, Associate Professor of Chemistry

DISSERTATION: Synthesis of Fluorescent Reporters and Conjugation of Complex Glycans

Zachary Steven Hutchinson, Computer Science

ADVISOR: Roy Turner, Associate Professor of Computer Science

DISSERTATION: Artificial Dendritic Neuron: A Model of Computation and Learning Algorithm

Gabriel Sheinbach Jensen, Biomedical Sciences

ADVISOR: Kristy Townsend, Associate Professor of Neurobiology

DISSERTATION: Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Marks a Novel Population of Adult Stem Cells in the Mouse Brain That Respond to Metabolic Interventions by Modulating Adult Brain Plasticity

Cory Phillip Johnson, Biomedical Sciences

ADVISOR: Joshua Kelley, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

DISSERTATION: Understanding the Contribution of Ga to the Yeast Pheromone Response

Edwin McClellan Johnston IV, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Brian Olsen, Professor of Ornithology; Amanda Klemmer, Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology

DISSERTATION: From Sea to Summit: Aquatic Food Webs and Global Change Across Contrasting Landscapes

Anne-Marie C. Jordan, Education

CO-ADVISORS: James Artesani, Associate Dean of Graduate Education, Research and Outreach, Associate Professor of Special Education; Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Professor of Literacy

DISSERTATION: “We Just Ultimately Need to Make That Connection” Learning to Engage in a Digital World: Perceptions from Educators and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Akila Tharindika Harishchandra Kanahera Arachchige Don, Marine Biology

ADVISOR: Nishad Jayasundara, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Marine Science

DISSERTATION: Integrating Physiological Responses to Determine Changes in Fish Species Distribution with Ocean Warming and Pollution

Peter Vincent Kelly, ♦ Chemistry

ADVISOR: William Gramlich, Associate Professor of Chemistry

DISSERTATION: Effects of Fibril Morphology and Interfacial Interactions on the Behavior of Polymer-Grafted Cellulose Nanofibril Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

Mubarak Mohammed Khlewee, Chemical Engineering

ADVISOR: Douglas Bousfield, Professor of Chemical Engineering

DISSERTATION: The Influence of Heat and Mass Transfer on the Setting Rate of Adhesives Between Porous Substrates

Alex Kunnathu George, Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Anil Raj Kizha, Professor of Forest Operations

DISSERTATION: Sustainability in Forest Operations: Harvesting on Fragile Ground, Best Management Practices Assessment, Perspectives on Forest Certification, and Life Cycle Assessment of Forest Products

Denghui Li, Oceanography

CO-ADVISORS: Huijie Xue, Professor of Marine Science; Andrew Thomas, Professor of Oceanography

DISSERTATION: Simulations of Coastal Currents, Transport and Population Connectivity of Blue Mussel (Mytilus Edulis) in the Gulf of Maine

Sara Sophia Lowden, Anthropology and Environmental Policy

CO-ADVISORS: Lisa Neuman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies; Darren Ranco, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Research

DISSERTATION: “Bacanora For Bats”: A Multispecies Ethnography in The Sonora-Arizona Borderlands

Firas Mohammed Mahyob, Physics

ADVISOR: Robert Lad, Professor of Physics

DISSERTATION: Influence of Pt Nanoparticles on Ionic Transport and Hydrogen Reactivity of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia (YSZ) Thin Films

Anna L. Martin, Interdisciplinary Studies

ADVISOR: Susan Smith, Associate Research Professor of Art

DISSERTATION: Art-At-Work: Creativity & Social Practice as Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research

Todd William McKinley, Education

ADVISOR: Susan Bennett-Armistead, Associate Professor of Literacy

DISSERTATION: Regenerating Professional Learning: The Influence of Relationships on Teacher Identity, Agency, and Advocacy

Hannah N. Mittelstaedt, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

ADVISOR: Amanda Klemmer, Assistant Professor of Landscape Ecology

DISSERTATION: Untangling Drivers of Intertidal Community Dynamics and Change

Doctoral Degree Candidates

Saad Zuhair Mohammed Ali, Chemistry

ADVISOR: Matthew Brichacek, Associate Professor of Chemistry

DISSERTATION: Stereoselective Synthesis of Pseudosaccharide Derivative and Bisphosphoramidate Core of EM2487

Mohammadreza Movahhedi, Mechanical Engineering

ADVISOR: Xudong Zheng, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

DISSERTATION: Numerical Modeling of Vocal Control and Patient-Specific Surgical Planning of Type 1 Thyroplasty

Sonia Naderi, Electrical and Computer Engineering

ADVISOR: Ali Abedi, Associate Vice President for Research and Director of the Center for Undergraduate Research, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

DISSERTATION: Low Cost and Reliable Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring

An Thuy Nguyen, ♦ History

CO-ADVISORS: Michael Lang, Associate Professor of History; Elizabeth McKillen, Professor Emerita of History

DISSERTATION: Third Force: South Vietnamese Urban Opposition to the Nixon Doctrine in Asia (1969–1973)

Shivangi Pande, Biomedical Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Robert Frieseil, Senior Scientist and Director of the Center for Molecular Medicine; Sergey Ryzhov, Co-Director of Myocardial Biology and Heart Failure Research Lab

DISSERTATION: Interleukin-17 Receptor D Promotes Endothelial Cell Activation and Leukocyte Infiltration During Inflammation Without Affecting Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation

Duwage Charitha Perera, Chemistry

ADVISOR: Jayendran Rasaiah, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

DISSERTATION: Quantum Mechanical Studies of Water Splitting Reaction with (ZnO)3 Nanoclusters as Catalysts

Dominic Buchanan Piacentini, ♦ Anthropology and Environmental Policy

ADVISOR: Christine Beitl, Associate Professor of Anthropology

DISSERTATION: Gathering Understories: Issues of Access in the Allegheny Highlands

Shyam R. Pokhrel, Chemistry

ADVISOR: Bruce Mitchell, Professor of Chemistry

DISSERTATION: Synthesis of Biologically Active Phosphine Gold (I) Thiolate Complexes and Studies of Their Redox Activities

Mariusz Potocki, Earth and Climate Sciences

ADVISOR: Paul Mayewski, Director and Professor of Climate Change Institute

DISSERTATION: Glaciochemical Investigations in Three Southern Hemisphere Mountain Sites

David G. Ray, Forest Resources

CO-ADVISORS: Shawn Fraver, Associate Professor of Forest Ecology; Robert Seymour, Curtis Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Forest Resources

DISSERTATION: Quantitative Silviculture of Northern Conifers

Katie McCann Roberts, Education

ADVISOR: Janet Fairman, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Maine Educational Policy Research Institute

DISSERTATION: Borderline Grading Decisions: The Factors that Influence the Choices of High School Physical Science Teachers

Gabrielle Sherman, Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Adam Daigneault, Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Economics

DISSERTATION: Socio-Economic Resilience of Natural Resource Dependent Communities

Bo Ra Song, Earth and Climate Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Scott Johnson, Professor of Structure Geology; Peter Koons, Professor Emeritus of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute

DISSERTATION: Microstructural Analysis for Dynamic Pulverization and Asymmetric Damage at the Base of Seismogenic Strike-Slip Faults

Alyssa Rae Soucy, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Sandra De Urioste-Stone, Associate Professor of Nature-based Tourism and Assistant Vice President for Research; Parinaz Rahinzadeh-Baigiran, Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing of Natural Resources

DISSERTATION: Exploring the Importance of Values, Place, and Perceptions in Conservation DecisionMaking in Maine: A Mixed Methods Approach

Ashley Nicole Soucy, ♦ Biomedical Sciences

ADVISOR: Lucy Liaw, Faculty Scientist III of the Center for Molecular Medicine

DISSERTATION: Global Rab27a Null Mutation Regulates Vasoreactivity in Mice

Frankie Mags St. Amand, Interdisciplinary Studies

CO-ADVISORS: Daniel Sandweiss, Professor of Anthropology and Quaternary and Climate Studies; Alice Kelley, Assistant Research Professor of Climate Change Institute

DISSERTATION: Archaeological Bivalves as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (Enso) Proxies

Caitlin Patricia Stieber Ellis, Biomedical Sciences

ADVISOR: Lucy Liaw, Faculty Scientist III of the Center for Molecular Medicine

DISSERTATION: Perivascular Adipose Changes in Cardiovascular Disease

Cassandre Rose Stirpe, ♦

Earth and Climate Sciences

ADVISOR: Katherine Allen, Associate Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences

DISSERTATION: The Upper Ocean at the End of an Ice Age: Using Proxies in Benthic Foraminifera to Investigate Intermediate Water Changes During the Last Glacial Termination

Peter Douglas Strand, Earth and Climate Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Aaron Putnam, Associate Professor School of Earth and Climate Sciences; George Denton, Libra Professor and Distinguished Maine Professor, School of Earth and Climate Sciences

DISSERTATION: A Bi-Hemispheric Perspective on the Last Glacial Maximum and Termination Using 10Be Surface-Exposure Chronologies from an Interhemispheric Asia-Zealandia Transect

♦ Most Outstanding Doctoral Student

Doctoral Degree Candidates

Mackenzie R. Todd, ♦ Chemical Engineering

ADVISOR: Thomas Schwartz, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

DISSERTATION: Catalytic Biomass Upgrading for Fuels and Chemicals

Jamie Lynn Treworgy, Education

ADVISOR: James Artesani, Associate Dean of Graduate Education, Research and Outreach, Associate Professor of Special Education

DISSERTATION: An Examination of Teachers’ Ability to Use Function-Based Thinking to Support Students with Mild but Persistent Challenging Behaviors in the General Education Setting

Caitlin Selassie Naa Sarku Wiafe-Kwakye, ♦ Microbiology

CO-ADVISORS: Melody Neuhart Neely, Associate Professor of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences; Sally Dixon Molloy, Associate Professor of Genomics

DISSERTATION: Investigating the Impact of Prophages on Bacterial Fitness of Streptococcus agalactiae

Sarah Witthauer, History

ADVISOR: Liam Riordan, Professor of History

DISSERTATION: “I have no friends,” Grace Growden Galloway and the Expectations of the Domestic Space in Philadelphia, 1753–1815

Fuyu Xu, Spatial Information Science and Engineering

ADVISOR: Mary Kate Beard-Tisdale, Professor of Spatial Computing

DISSERTATION: Development and Applications of Similarity Measures Between Sequences of Spatial-Temporal Events and Settings

Chenhao Yang, Biomedical Sciences

ADVISOR: Lucy Liaw, Faculty Scientist III of the Center for Molecular Medicine

DISSERTATION: Notch Signaling Regulates Perivascular Adipose Tissue Health

Saman Zare, Mechanical Engineering

ADVISOR: Sheila Edalatpour, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

DISSERTATION: Engineering the Spectrum of Near-Field Thermal Radiation

ACADEMIC REGALIA

As early as the 12th century, the first modern universities at Bologna and Paris were the centers of European learning. The usual garb of the time for both churchmen and laymen was a long gown, necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings of the day. Scholars, generally members of church orders, wore such robes, as well as hoods to protect their shaved heads. Later, skull caps were worn on the head and the hood became a cape that could be pulled over the head in unpleasant weather. The hood was also sometimes used to collect alms from the more affluent members of the community. As more universities were founded, distinctive forms of the gown and hood were adopted by their faculties. Variations indicated various ranks within the institutions. Strict rules were published, and sometimes tailors who departed from the authorized design were punished.

The academic hat was a later development adapted from the headdress of ordinary people. Academically, it was originally worn as a symbol of the master’s degree and existed in various forms: some were round, some square, and some had a tuft in the center. The flat, square mortarboard of today originated in Oxford.

Academic costume came to America in 1754 with the founding of King’s College, now Columbia University. Styles became quite varied, as they were in Europe, but in 1895, a group of American college and university representatives met to establish a uniform system of academic apparel for this country. This led to the establishment in 1902 of an “Intercollegiate Code of Academic Costume.” The American Council on Education formed a committee in 1932 to review the code, and it was again reviewed and revised in 1960.

THE GONFALON The gonfalon is a flag or banner that hangs from a crosspiece or frame. It originated in the medieval states of Italy as an ensign of state or office. It is used in many university ceremonies to designate the various colleges or schools of the institution. The gonfalon for each college usually precedes the graduates as they enter the ceremony. Distinguished graduates or faculty may carry gonfalons for their specific colleges. At UMaine, they represent the colleges, Maine Business School, the Division of Lifelong Learning and the Graduate School. The University Crest on the gonfalon

embodies the history of the University of Maine and its position as the state’s flagship university.

THE MACE Originally a weapon of offense used in medieval warfare, the mace has been refined into a symbolic device used on ceremonial occasions. The design of the University of Maine’s mace was suggested by members of the Department of Art’s spring 1996 sculpture class. The mace is carried in an upright position into the ceremony. During the ceremony, the mace rests in its stand in full view of the assembly as the emblem of authority. At the recession, the mace is carried in a downward position to represent the completion of the ceremony.

THE CAP The mortarboard cap, worn flat on the head with one corner of the square facing the front, has a tassel that may be black or the color assigned to the field of study. Doctors in all fields may wear a tassel of metallic gold. Some institutions have adopted the biretta or tam (for doctoral degrees) instead of the mortarboard.

THE HOOD The institution by which the degree was awarded and the field of study in which the degree was earned are represented by the hood. The lining of the hood identifies the institution that awarded the degree. The length of the hood and the width of its border vary in relation to the degree held.

THE GOWN The cut of the gown indicates whether the wearer holds a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree. The bachelor’s gown is a simple, unornamented robe with bell-shaped sleeves. The master’s gown is more elaborate with long sleeves closed at the end, with the arm passing through a slit above the elbow. The doctoral robe is ornamented with three bars on each sleeve and panels on the front. The standard color of the robe is black, although some institutions have adopted other colors.

Master’s, Education Specialist, Certificate of Advanced Study Candidates

Karim AbdelMalek

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Master’s, Education Specialist, Certificate of Advanced Study Candidates

Sanonda Datta Gupta

Gabriella Gurney ♦

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Joan Linda Claire Mandeng

Hammond

Liam T. Hanley

Justin Tyler Hardcastle

Brett Freeman Harvey

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Scott Sterling Hatch

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♦ Most Outstanding Graduate Student

Master’s, Education Specialist, Certificate of Advanced Study Candidates

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Omokinde

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Giordan Sora

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Graysen Wolfe

Caroline Marie Baran Womer

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Mitchell Ridge York

Elisabeth Kathryn Younce

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Elizabeth B. Zivic

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Emily Victoria Elz Abbott

Abdullahi Abdirahman

Madeline Louise Abell***

Talia Zarah Abeshaus

Jacob Aaron Ackroyd

Daniel Gentry Adam**

Ileana Alice Adams***

Jack Riley Mercurio Adams***

Adefolarin Adeyemi

Adetogun***

Shane Joseph Ahlin

Thais Watson Ahlstrand

Nicholas Daniel Aiello***

Madison Rose Ala*

Peter Hussey Alexander

Ethan Gabriel Ali*

Alexis Katherine Allard**

Benjamin Michael Allen***

Cooper James Allen

Paul Gregory Alley

Lara Almamouri

Mohsin Saif Mohsin AlNaamani

Grace Erin Alofs

Maher Alsamsam***

Dustin Wayne Alward***

Emily Kate Amaral

Olivia Lynn Ambach*

Hannah Rachel Ambrosio**

Kate Marie Ames***

Ian James Ammerman**

Ashlynn Suzanne Amon

Amalie Andersen*

Michael Scott Andersen***

Erik Johan Anderson*

Henry Bradford Anderson

John Marie Anderson

Kevin Joseph Anderson

Luke Michael Anderson***

Kiara Lynn Andreozzi

Aidan Andrews

Cameron Gerard Andrews*

Gary Robert Andrews*

Thomas Palmer Angelo

Donato Apon*

Dylan Thomas Applegate

Jakob Nikolas Archer*

Bryndan Aliese Arledge*

Katelyn Grace Arman*

Kevin Gary Arpin

Ethan Chad Arrowsmith

Emilee Rae Arsenault

Katherine A. Arsenault**

Nicole Emily Ashe**

Connor Madison Ashfield

Hunter Lyndon Atwood

Skyler Rees AuCoin-Wright

Layne Elise Audet*

Jacob Michael Austin

Nicholas Michael Avery***

Mille Sofie Brevig Baartvedt***

Rebecca M. Babb-Brott

Jett Laurets Bacon

Peter Austin Bacon*

Ethan Isaiah Bagley*

Reza Bahrmand

Luke Elisha Bailey

Madison P. Bailey***

Makaila Anne Bailey

Alexander Augustus Bair

Taylor G. Bair***

Alamea Magdalene Talman

Banks

Jalen Michael Banks*

Julia Paige Banks

Alexis Banner***

Eleanor Mae Bannerman*

Manuel Charles Baptista

Sarah Barakat*

Olivia Glad Barboza***

Jack David Barclay

Logan David Bard

Marsha Judith Bard***

Brady Louis Barker***

Kaila Marie Barrett*

Kaleb K. Barrett***

Phillip Cruz Bart**

Odin E. Bartie

Evan Michael Bartow***

Gabriel Thomas Bass

Julia Kaelyn Bate***

Jaynia Maria Batsimm

Jackson Bartholomew Baumann*

Alexander David Baur***

Peyton Theresa Beady***

Jake Dale Bear

Zachary Robert Beaton***

Tyler Jeffrey Beaulieu

Mark Thomas Beauregard***

Gordon Beckwith*

Timothy Eugene Beech

Gabrielle Priscilla Begos

Elizabeth Christine Bein

Christian J. Belden**

Hunter Charles Bell

Jade Carol Bellavance**

Sean Bena***

Samantha Marie Benea*

Margret Helen Bennett**

Bruce Liu Benson*

Tamra Jean Benson***

Lucas Alexander Bentley*

Hadley Rose Berger**

Luke Lawrence Berger

Graham A. Bernier

Hannah Grace Bernier

Joshua M. Berry*

Ryan David Berry*

Thomas Anthony Bertsch**

Mathieu Guy Berube

Jordan Trinity Bessette

Katherine Joan Best***

Priyanshu Bhatta**

Hope Bifulco***

James Anthony Bilella III***

Lara Anthoni Bilello

Matthew Gerald Birch**

Christopher SW Birden

Nicole Judith Birri**

Madeleine Anne Bishop

Olivia Joy-Ann Bishop

Jeremy Bissell*

Trishaal Biswas

Evan Gregory Bjork

Kaitlynn Elizabeth Bjork

Liam Blair

Grace Alexandrine Blanchard***

Allison Rose Bleakney***

Faith Emily Blondin**

Sydney Maya Bloom***

Philip Edward Bock***

Margaret G. Bogner***

Caleb Aaron Bois

Joshua Roland Bois

Ryleigh Isabella Bois

Brooke Amanda Bolduc

Kacie Brook Bond***

Libby Lea Boone

Meghan Delaney Boos***

Peter Mills Borden III

Kobe Bryan Borden

Alexandra Alexandrovna Borodkina

Camryn Elizabeth Bouchard

Emily Marie Bouchard***

Hana Jerise Boucher***

Jenna Rose Boucher***

Noah Ryan Boucher

Paige Boudreau

Daniel Thomas Boughter

Hadrien Alexandre Boulch*

Noah Blue Bourassa**

Grace Elizabeth Bourgoin

Casey Ingham Bourque***

David James Bourque**

Olivia Mae Bourque

Nathaniel Richard Bowden

Claire Renee Bowen*

Ian Jeffrey Bowers*

Shawn Jaden Bowman*

Sara Marie Boyce

Colby Stephenson Boyer**

Leilani Boyle

Patrick Zachary Boyle

Cassidy Lynn Boynton*

Aidan Robert BoyntonGormley

Amelia Margaret Bradfield**

Christian Alexander

Bradford***

Magdalene Marie Bradford***

Grace A. Bradley**

Nathaniel Shane Brainerd

* CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Kaeley G. Brann

Jenna Kathryn Brasile*

Connor H. Bray*

Kathryn E. Brayson**

Andrew Michael Brenna

Janessa Marie Breton

Téa Jane Brich***

Alexander Neal Briggs**

Spencer Anthony Briggs

Anna Briley***

Declan Tammany Brinn***

Taylor Patrick Britt*

Katherine Raymonde Brittain***

Thomas Edward Tracy Brodhead

Audrey Ann Broetzman**

Benjamin Michael Brooks***

Cameron Michael Brooks

Ryan T. Brooks*

Zachary Caul Broome***

Alana Marie Broughton*

Ashley Nicole Brown***

Berkeley Kris Brown

Brett Michael Brown

Burdette Oscar Brown***

Camryn Avery Brown**

Christine Nichole Brown

Cody William Brown

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Brown***

Kyle Desmond Brown

Matthew Stephen Brown***

Nicholas David Brown

Justin Allen Browne

Dawson Stephen Robert Bruneski***

Olivia Rose Brunetti

Mikayla Ann Buckmore

Morgan Kim Ngan Bui***

Dylan Michael Bulmer

Sean Michael Bunton

Alexandria Elizabeth Burbine

Noah Joseph Burby***

Isabel Atlantic Burch**

Tristan Oceanus Burch**

Jacob Alexander Burden

Aurora Grace Burmeister***

Jaden Mark Burnham***

Andrew Gregory Burns

Lucas William Burt*

Travis Ian Burt*

Parker G. Burtnett

Jack Thomas Burton*

Anna Katharine Bussell

Olivia Jayne Bustamante**

Krista Renee Butler

Brooklyn Marie Buxton**

Audrey Anne Buzzell

Erin Shea Cabral

Sarah Rachel Cacciapouti

Julia Caffrey

Zachary Michael Calabro

Ricco Charles Call*

Ivalani Katherine Callahan***

Nicole Ellen Callander

Daniel Paul Camino

Brooke Christine Camire***

Duncan Aleister Benjamin

Campbell**

Eliza Riese Campbell

Nala Sujonna Campbell

Lily Anna Canders***

Wyatt Wesley Cannell***

Jack Nicholas Caprara

Clare Danielle Capuzzi***

Catherine Margaret Caragine

Emma Kinney Carbone***

Christina Jane Carboni

Liam M. Carey

Maya Elizabeth Caron*

Erica Anne Carpenter***

Jacob Alan Carr

Kaitlyn Marie Carreira***

Devon Mycah Carrier***

David Carter***

Maxwell Gene Carter***

Joy Taylor Cartwright***

Samuel Walker Cartwright***

Jacob Charles Caruson

Devin Alexander Carvalho

Brandon Donald Carver**

Angeline Noelle Casella**

Andrea Nicole Casey***

Reid Geoffrey Casey

Stacey Lynne Cassella

Abigail Louise Castonguay***

Dillon Edward Castro

Caitlin Cathleen Cavanaugh

Maura Allison Cavo***

Camilla Ceccarelli

Jack A. Cecelya***

Andres Eduardo Celano**

Renee Pia Cellini**

Kehl Colemen Chadwick

Christopher Alexander Chalande*

Olivia Laura Chalifoux

Brooke Elizabeth Chalmers**

Caitlin Rachelle Chambers**

Hailey Marielle Champagne***

Alexander Chan

Nicole Taryn Chandler***

Chase Meridian Chaney

Autumn Jalyn Mackenzie

Chapman*

Jonathan Adam Chapman*

Christopher Allen Chappelle

Ashley Morgan Charpentier

Camden Alan Chasse***

Nhan Chau**

Alanna Jean Chavaree***

Quintin Martin Cheadle

Lara Chern***

Catherine J. Chesley

Chantai Fiona Chevannes

Lindsey Marie Childs***

Benjamin Enzo Chouinard***

Logan Shane Christian***

Jared Craig Church

Michael Ivan Joseph

Cianchette

Alexandra Katya Cirata

Stephen Carl Cirone***

Bailey Clark

Benjamin Heywood Clark*

Carleigh M. Clark

Elijah Alden Clark*

John David Clark

Haley Elizabeth Clemons

Hannah Nicole Clemons*

Julia Grace Cliffe*

Emmerich Clifford

Victoria Nicole Cline***

Katherine Frances Clukey

Peter Raymond Clukey**

Elaina Jeanette Cobb

Jonah David Coffin***

Kassidy Ann Coker***

Sophia Rafaela Colfer**

Jacob Wilder Collard

Mary Collias*

Kylie Raeanne Collins

Mike Curtis Collins**

Delaney Patricia Colson**

Stacey Lee Comeau Duran

Brendan Daniel Conant*

Kelsey Marie Conley

Caeli Marie Connolly***

Michael Hamilton Conti

Kjersti Gabriella Conway*

Brian Cooey*

Jacquelyn Marie Cook

Timothy Cody Cookson**

Michael D. Corrado

Erica Dawn Correia

Nicole Allison Cortez***

Samantha Costanza

Stella Nicole Cotner***

Meaghan Cotter

Madison J. Courtois**

Alexander Robert Cousins*

Ethan Charles Couture***

Ariana MaryAnn Covino**

Caleb Adam Cowan*

Amber Marie Coxen**

Jackson Anthony Crain

Alicia Rose Credit***

Jennifer Louise Crone***

Alexander Haydn Cross**

Fallon N. Crossman***

Dominic Anthony Crowley*

Brandon Edward Cummings**

Jacob Gregory Cummings

Laura Elizabeth Curioli**

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Marissa S. Currie***

Kyle Anthony Curtis

Nathan John Curtis

Lauren Ann Cusson***

Trinity Cutshall***

John Paul Cyrus

Elisabeth Marie Dacey***

Heather Marie Dagenais

Devin James Daigneault***

Beaux Austin Daley

Alec James Dalton

Brockton Tristan Dalton

Cameron Matthew Daly***

Nibeni Mayah Dana

Benjamin Danner**

Chloe DaSilva***

Alyssa M. Dau**

James Scott Davenport***

Hunter Armenag David**

Leila Rose Davids***

Maxwell James Davie*

Amanda Kippen Davis***

Caroline Elizabeth Davis**

Ryan Dean Davis

Samuel Wyatt Davis***

Emily Elizabeth Davison***

Ainsley Elizabeth Day

Emma Jameson Day

Grace Rilee Day

Jamie Danielle de Souza**

Dylan Jon de Vries*

Jennifer Marie Dean***

Kianna Lee Dean

Zoey Maureen DeAngelis

John Thomas Decker

Samuel Alfred Deelsnyder

Daniel Michael DeLap**

Fedlinde Darline Deleard

Nicholas Christopher Demling

Kevin James Deree

Erica Irma-Ann Desjardins***

Jack Cullen Devaney

Alison Marie Dewsnap*

Troy Stuart Dexter**

James Stewart Dick

Alexander John Dickey*

Evan Nathaniel Dickson*

Aidan S. DiDonato

David Anthony DiFrumolo**

Adam L. DiGiuseppe

Sophia Rose DiMillo

Gregory Pericles Michael Dimoulas

Colby Smith Dionne***

Jake Richard Dionne

Anthony Domenick DiPreta

Nathan Scott Dix

Brent David Dixon*

Julian Michael Dixon

Paige Marie Dobrzynski***

Hannah Christine Dodson**

Jessica Elizabeth Doherty**

Alice Elizabeth Donaldson**

John Donlon

Shane Matthew Donovan*

Janell Reece Doody

Andrea Verenice Dorame Silva

Sarah B. Dorey***

Keeling Louis Dorogi

Erin Frances Dorr

Brianna M. Doucette

Bryan William Doucette

Kendrik Miles Doughty

Kylie M. Dow*

James Logan Dowd

Emma Downing***

Phelan Aida Doyle*

Aidan Atlas Leonid Drage**

Alexander Martin Drago

Mallory Lynn Drayer**

Kelby Grace Drews***

Daisy Marie Drinkert***

Charles Pickering Driscoll

Henry David Driscoll

Johnathan Scott Driscoll

Maeghan Driscoll

Ryan J. Driscoll**

Harrison James Drislane**

Daniel Earle Drummond

Henry DiBonaventura

Duarte**

Bryanna Marie Dube*

Jonathan André Dubé**

Amanda Rae Dudley*

Colin Patrick Duffy

Joshua Tyler Dufour

Jenna Michelle Dugal

Wenter Chen Dugovic

Ashton Hailey Dunbar***

Emily Charlotte Dunlap***

Marcus J. Dunn

Ashley Madison Dunphy***

Jessica Faith Dupler

Christopher Land Duplisea***

Liam Thomas Duran

Carl Alexander Durocher*

Adam David Dustin**

Lynn Mae Dwelley***

Philip James Dwyer

Sarah Elizabeth Dyer*

Matthew Steven Dymowski*

Alexander Todd Eason*

Alec Henry East

Lauren Elizabeth Eastlack**

Gunnar Jared Eastman***

Schyler Michael Eaves

Charles Harry Eberle

Ariana Rebecca Edwards

Lauren Elizabeth Edwards*

Victoria Evelyn Eichorn**

Taylor Lyndsey EllingWilson***

Grace Marie Elliott*

Colby John Ellis***

Zackery Curran Ellis

Abigail Vanzandt Enck***

Christopher James Erb**

Theo Haddad Erikson***

William James Eshleman

Cole Christopher Esposito

Alexis Ree Everett***

Anthony Michael JD Fabrizio

Kaylee Marie Faherty**

Cedric Peter Fahey

Caitlyn Marie Fallon***

Samantha Rae Falone*

MacKayla Marie Faloon

Yasmen Hazem Farag

Brian James Farino

Erin Gloria Farrell***

Jilleon Anne Farrell*

Cynthia M. Faulkner

Maria Clarice Faulkner

Gretchen Marie Favreau***

Michael Stephen Feely***

Marshall Joseph Feeney

Julia Katherine Feid***

Jessica Marie Feldman

Julia Sage Adamson Felix*

Adam J. Feltis

Hailey Dawn Fenwick**

Maia Adrianna Ferguson**

Myla Marie Ferland***

Annabelle Elana FernandezFaucher

Hannah Gwendolyn Ferrell***

Michael Drew Ferris

Allison Marie Fetha*

Collette Therese Filer***

Olivia Grace Finley**

Connor C. Firth***

Carson Taylor Fiscus

Charlotte Katherine Fisher*

Sabrina Maria Fisher

Zoe Ann Fisher**

Benjamin N. Fiske VI

Aurianne Amelia Fitz-Marquez

Ryan Patrick Fitzmaurice**

Conor M. Fitzpatrick***

Emma Grace Fitzpatrick***

Olivia Mary Fitzpatrick**

Joshua Flanagan***

Patrick J. Fleming**

Madyson Leigh Fletcher***

Jada Phyllis Flores

Amanda Alexis Floyd**

Tara Ceili Flubacher***

Conor Francis Flynn

Amber Folger

Nicholas Gregory Fonzi**

Colleen Rose Ford

Ethan Michael Ford***

Haley Rose Foreman***

Luke Francis Xavier Foster

* CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Alexandria Elizabeth Fountain***

Sarah Thi Lan Foust***

Megan L. Fowler

Landyn Jaymes Francis***

Sade Milan Victoria Francis

Joshua Scott Frank**

Jesse William Fraser*

Emily R. Freedman***

Cameryn Rae Freeman

Jessica Marie Freeman

Kell Cowan Fremouw***

Audrie Isabel Wilson French**

Hannah Rose Friedman***

Noah Allen Frink

Matthew Frost

Julia Catherine Furlong***

Michael Furtado**

Cody Lewis Gaboury

Gabriella Diane Gagne

Alec Vaughn Gagnon***

Sierra Rose Galgano***

Matthew Anthony Gambino

Laura Ann Garfein***

Rebecca Sofia Garfield

Patrick John Gassman

Jordyn Delaney Gates*

Megan Rose Gaudette

John William Gay

Kenyon Rhodes Geiger***

Jennah Joy Geiser

Tyler Jameson Gelasco

Robert Richard Gelinas**

Isabella Gellis Morais***

Nathanial Walter Gendreau***

Adam Michael Genereux***

Loren E. Genrich***

Francis Jacob Gentile

Macailen Fitzpatrick Geraghty

Dylan Earl Gerrish

Aaron Gethers

Miranda Rose Gibbons

Eric Nathaniel Gibbs*

Maria Moraa Gichana***

Emily Elizabeth Giguere*

Jason Jose Gil

Madeline Elizabeth Gill*

Ethan James Gillespie***

Sydney Jill Gillespie**

Riley D. Gilpatric

Devon A. Gleason*

Jodi Irene Glidden**

Zoe Elizabeth Goff*

Orianna Rowan Goldberg

Joshua Adam Golder**

Raven Eerie Goodell

Connor Howard Goodman***

Nathan David Goodman

Alexander Joseph Rocco Gorham

Hannah Marie Gosline

Brenden Goss

Avery Jason Gosselin***

Antyna LeeAnn Gould*

Joseph Leo Goulette***

Grace T. Govan

Nelson Robert Goyette

Emma F. Graham

Jackson Thomas Graham*

Julianna Rose Grampone

Curran E. Granger

Allison Beth Grant

Emalee Elizabeth Grant***

Katelyn Michelle Grant***

Ayden Scott Grass

Bryant Donald Grass

Jasmine Janae Gray***

Kyle Gray

Tatianna S. Grbic

Bryce Green

Kyle Reilley Greenberg

Benjamin Rhys Greenblatt*

Kathleen Celeste Greenlaw***

Tyla Lee Greenlaw*

James Christopher Greenwood***

Eric James Griffin Jr.**

Riley Joseph Griffin

Eva Griffiths***

Vittorio Grillo

Riley Everett Grindle***

Kyaira Laurence Grondin*

Emma Victoria Grous***

Erik Guenthner

Krista Nicole Guenzel*

Nickolas Joseph Guerrette***

Jared Gullison

Matthew Alfred Gurney*

Matthew Eugene Gusciora

Melissa Angelina Guzzi*

Rohullah Habibzai

Benjamin John Hacker*

Colby Gray Hafford*

Riley Hagerstrom

Jillian Dawn Haggerty***

Helen Hahmann**

Ainsley E. Hainer**

Jacqueline Debra Hall**

Jordan Hall

Isabelle Elizabeth Hallagan***

Caleb Porter Hall-Arnett

Alexis Kathryn Hallett*

Tholia Hallett*

Melissa Catherine Ham*

Erik Peder Hamilton***

Camryn Elizabeth HammillNordfors**

Makenzie Caylor Handley

Sarah Lauren Hanington**

Emily Ruth Hanscom***

Lyle Flynn Hansen

Catharine Rose Harder***

Seth Arthur Harding***

Kaori Angel Hardison***

Caitlyn Elizabeth Hardy**

Camryn May Hargraves**

Grant Harmer

Casey Jane Harmon

Danielle Sandra Harmon***

Anna Kolota Harper*

Caroline Harper

Luke Christopher Harper**

Heidrun Anne Harriman

Emalee Rae Harrington***

Jonathan Wilson Harrington**

Jesiah D. Harris

Shailey Nicole Harris**

Cooper Luke Hart*

Kai Luca Hart*

Lilly Grace Hart

Madisyn M. Hartley**

Sofia Aldyse Hartley**

Hillary Megan Hartsgrove

William Allen Hartt***

Aidan Forrest Hatch*

Arianna Elise Hatt***

Jamie Rose Haven

Erin Lynn Haverty**

Brandon Osmon Hawk

Courtney Lynn Hawkins**

Hannah Taylor Hawkins

Aidan Hayes***

Anna G. Hayes

Owen Alexander Hebda

Grant Mackenzie Hebert

Michael Thomas Hedges

Kaitlyn Kristina Helfen***

Mina Iliana Helinski***

Madison Sears Hemingway*

Tyler Patrick Hemstreet

Shea Lynn Hendricks*

Sheila Hendrickson***

Kolby Mae Hendrix

Olivia Doreen Henning

Jacob Marc Henry*

Ada Marie Hepler***

Madalene Grace Herbert

Kay Julissa Hernandez*

Alec Connor Hess**

Nikayla Lore Hetzell

Caleb James Heuss

Jonathan Lee Hicks*

Declan Whalen Higgins

Jake Thomas Higgins

Mollie Yvonne Higgins

Reid H. Higgs

Julia Marie Hills

Miles Alexander Hilton

Amos Winter Hinkley*

Noah Parker Hixon***

Emily Anne-Marie Hobbs**

Desiree Amya Hodgkins***

Samuel Gaston Holbrook**

Ashley Marie Holmes***

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Jacob Dean Holmes

Nathaniel Scott Holmes*

Ethan Michael Holmquist

Hailey Lee Holmquist

Nathan Reidar Holst-Grubbe*

John William Holt III

Chase Andrew Holt***

Eric Michael Holzweiss

Samuel Mace Honey

Olivia Marguerite Hoovler*

Joseph Kenneth Horne***

Karen J. Horton

George Horvat**

Zoe Edwards Hosford*

James Denman Hotham***

Abigail B. Houghton**

Paige Houk

Ethan Walker Howe***

Nicole Margaret Huber*

Nelinda M Gretchen Huettner

Alexander Scott Humphrey**

Elinor Wiley Hunt

Faith Marie Hunt***

Zachary C. Hurlburt**

Elizabeth Joy Hurm

Kaylee E. Hussey**

Colin Hutchins

Olivia Hutchinson

Andrew Joseph Hutzler***

Alexander Davis Hyde

Derek Raymond Ingersoll*

Nathan Thomas Ingersoll**

Zachary Joseph Inniss*

Joshua Irasubiza

Morgan Grace Ireland***

Zackary T. Ireland**

Emily Elizabeth Irvine**

Rachel Irzyk

Erika Kay Isnor***

Claire Elise Ittleson***

Dominika Ivanicka***

Amanda Lucy Ives*

Andrew G. Ives

Olivia Rose Ives

Madison E. Ivory**

Anthony A. Jackson

Finn Estes Jacobs

Alicia Marie Jacobson***

Keeva Jacques**

Emily Elizabeth Ward Jameson

Emma Nicole Jamison

Isabelle Evangeline Jandreau**

Alison Michelle Janes***

Jack William Jarosz

Alexa Shea Jarvis**

James M. Jarvis**

Lucas Handlin Jasonides

Kristin Jenkins

Lillian Elizabeth Jenkins

Matthew Carick Jenkins

Jordy Miguel Jimenez

Storm Davis Jipson***

Devon Alexander Jobe***

Anna Elizabeth Johnson***

Dane Christian Johnson**

Ethan Charles Johnson**

Hannah Maire Payabyab Johnson

Jacob Michael Johnson

Matthew William Johnson

Nicholas

Steven Johnson

Olivia Danielle Johnson***

Samantha Lynn Johnson

Will Gregory Johnson

Kevin William Jones Jr.

Audrey Mickiewicz Jones***

Kiersten Rylee Jones***

Sarah Emily Jones***

Caitlyn Brooke Jordan

Hope Elizabeth Jordan**

Nathaniel Aaron Jordan*

Sydney Adelheid Patricia Kachmar***

Jacob Gary Kackmeister

Anna Inka Aliisa Kahelin***

Stephen Michael Kaplan*** Emmanouil

Karamousadakis***

Crispin K. Kasongo**

Aleksandar Kaurin***

Annie Rose Kay**

Aislinn Kelly Keefe

Charles William Keefe*

Shea Keegan

Kaitlyn Kelley*

Meaghan Rose Kelley**

Mitchell Adam Kelley***

Myles Thomas Kelley***

Mckenzie Cullen Kelly

Melissa Aileen Kelly

Pierce Allen Kempkes

William Clay Kennefick

Haylie Michelle Kersey

Daniel Thong Khat*

Thatchaphan Chiew-ig

Khlaitae

Chloe Rachel Kilborn*

Chloe Marie Kilbride

Kaylah Frances Kilby

Andrew Eric Kiley***

Donghoon Kim

Yulim Kim

Raymond Kampungu

Kindingili

Parker Maes King***

Robert Cade King**

Samuel Limoge King

Ryan Alexander Kinney***

Natalie Florence Kirby***

Michelle Marie Kirkham

Ethan J. Kirkpatrick*

Djoumdi Eleonore Klaibe

Brian Klatt

Levi Allan Kleiboer

Helen Susan Klenert**

Casey J. Kneissler***

Jonathan Thomas Koczkodan

Abbye Julia Koenig***

Antonia Kotliarov***

Karin Sofia Kronberg***

Jessica Lynn Kroushl*

Eli Krout

Alexis Morgan Krull***

Liachell Alob Kuras*

Christine Natalie Nicole

Kusnirak

Rene Augustus La Casse

Kameron Raymond Labbe

William Joseph Labbe*

Gabriel Joseph Labonte**

Joseph Edward LaFlamme*

Tanner James LaFlamme*

Grace Rebecca LaFrance**

Thomas Marc LaFrance

Jillian Mary Lagasse

John Paul Lalime***

Vinh Q. Lam

Isaac Nutter Lambrecht***

Devon Adam Lammert***

Jacob Robert LaMontagne***

Andrew James Lancellotti

Austin Tyler LaPlante

Adam Robert Lapointe

Jillian Erin LaPointe**

Olivia Rose LaPointe

Samuel Shawnessy LaPorte*

Eamon Laskey*

Jolene Marie Lasorsa**

Daniel Edward Latham

Alec Michael Laubscher***

Abigail Theresa Laurence**

Elizabeth Ann LaValley**

Trevor Robert Lavigne**

Madison Lavin***

Wynonia C. Lawrence

Hoang Huy Le*

Meghan Ann Leacy

McKayla Nicole Leary***

McKenzie Leavitt

Josephine Joyce LeBlanc*

Molly LeBlanc

Veronica Eva Lecko

Hannah Allison LeClair*

David James Ledford***

Katherine Sylvia Ledger

Kathleen Patricia Ledoux

Emily Louise Ledue***

Brian Charles Lee Jr.

Olivia Win Lee*

Reilly Jane Lefebvre

Steven Maxfield Legge

Elizabeth Grace Lehan*

Cassandra M. Leighton

Thomas Arthur Lekousi

* CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Benjamin Thomas Lemieux

Evan Patrick Leonard**

Alexandra Jessica Lessard***

Timothy Francis Lester***

Eliza E. Letourneau

Annapurna Wingsun Leung***

Alexander Ryan Levesque*

Adam Jeffrey Levinson***

Jonathan Emmanuel Levy

Ruth Anagul Lewandowski**

Brett Adam Lewey

Reeseanne Emma Lewin

Bailey G. Lewis***

James Edward Lewis

Katherine Noel Lewis**

Tyler David Lewis

Joshua Lezin

Hayden Clark Libby**

Jackson Samuel Porter Libby

Mackenzie Johansen Libby*

Trey Michael Liberty*

Casey Bliss Libuda***

Trent Allen Lick*

Kendrick E. Liem***

Ryan Stephen Lilley*

Hongming Lin

Hannah May Lindstrom*

Jonathan Francis Lindyberg***

Paige Catherine Linehan

Reilly J. Linkel***

Anastasia Elizabeth Lipp*

Kristina Madison Littlehales*

Brady Kirk Lobdell***

Mariah Lockhart*

Ryan Gary Long

Brody Patrick Looney***

Michaella Marie Martin Looney**

Sydney Mei Loper**

Madison Anya Lopez-Mata*

Jacob Austin Loranger**

Griffin Benjamin Lord***

Angelica Kullick Loredo

Dominic J. Lorello

Kayla May Lorenc**

Jacob W. Lorenzo***

Kathryn Anne Losquadro***

Trevor William Loubier

Max Lovblad*

Austin James Loveless***

Gabriel Francis Lovering**

Maria Laurie Low**

Sarah J. Low**

Jennifer Walton Lowry

Christopher John Lucey

Adam Connor Luchon***

Tori Lyn Lucia**

Xingzhou Luo

Zoe M. Lydon

Kathleen Marie Lynch

Erin Amy MacAskill***

Lauren Elizabeth MacDonald

Kaitlyn Marie Macduff

Aaron David Macek*

Grace Krista MacGrath

Jada G. Mack**

Kali Maya Ford MacKay*

Megan Hannah MacKay*

Seana Mariea Mackeldey**

Darcy Jade MacLean

Ella Catherine MacLean**

Andrew Robert MacMaster

Dylan Christopher Madden**

Kaelyn Rose Madden

Allison Joy Madore

Genesis Maria-Adaora Madu

Anthony James Maguire***

Alexander Michael Mahar**

Thomas Henry Mahoney

Jonathan William Maidman***

Joseph D. Maki

Adam Alan Malcolm

Erin G. Malcolm

Maeve Colleen Maloney*

Marco James Manfra

Emma Elizabeth Mann*

Sarah Elizabeth Mansfield**

Rebecca L. Marchand

Nikolas G. Marinopoulos

Michael Adrian Mark Jr.*

Jacob Michael Marks**

Michael John Marro

Luke McKeen Marsanskis**

Cassandra Marshall

Katherine Fisher Wu Marshall***

Marina Marten

Deanna Michelle Martin*

Jackson Reid Martin

Matthew Rolland Martin***

Miles Alasdair Martin

Peter Bernard Martin***

Ashley Karla Martinez***

Hannah Rose Marty**

Hannah Marie Mathieu***

Courtney Amanda Matthews

Amelia Astin Mattrick*

Hannah Eileen Maurais***

Theresa L. Max***

Ashley Hannah Maynard

Matthew R. Mayo***

Khan Mazhar

Jeremy J. Mazur

Drake Alexander McAfee**

Sean James McA’Nulty*

John Edward McCann***

Natalie Fae McCarthy***

Faith Marie McCauley*

Finn George McConaughy

Everette Luke McConnell*

Kaitlin Rebecca McCullough***

Connor Patrick McDaid

Wyatt Thomas McDermott**

Colin James McDonnell

Ryan Alan McDougal

Yvey Isabella McDowell*

Aidan McEnaney

Amanda Josie McFarland

Morgan Catherine McGarry**

Chase Wellington McGlauflin

Aidan Grant McGlone***

Deirdre Lean McGrath

Stephanie Danielle McGrath

Sean Michael McGuire

Conor McInnis

Ashlee Elizabeth McIntosh***

Micah Ethan McIntosh**

Kayla Breanne McLagan***

Caitlin McLaughlin***

Lily May McLaughlin***

Bailey R. McLean

Ivy Elizabeth McLellan***

Hayley Lynn McLeod

Zoe Ann McNally***

Liam James McNamara

Dylan James McNary

Emily Arline McPhail

William Whitehouse McPhee*

Sean Robert McWilliams

Jacob G. Mealey*

Felix Samross Meas*

Maranie Josephene Medina

Victoria Rose Meeker***

Antonio Iba MeirellesCochran*

Jazmyne Marie Mejias*

Josiah Barrett Melanson

Karla Julissa Mendoza Yanes

Sarah Delaney Meneley*

Maraeka Merchant

Sophia Lacey Mercurio*

Maeve Kathleen MerkleScotland**

Isabella Lois Merrill*

Nolan Hoffman Merz

Maria Jacklyn Messersmith

April Rose Messier***

Jordan Elwood Leon Metz**

John Douglas Meyer

Dominic Nicholas Mezzadri*

Aidan Kent Michaud***

Grace Elizabeth Milan

Owen Francis Mild***

Katelyn Rose Miller**

Peter Lukens Miller IV

Mary Elizabeth Milligan***

Nicholas Pierce Mills***

Samuel B. Mills**

Jacob Edgerton Milton

Grace Hien Minkin

Jett Giang Minkin

Zara Misler*

Lucas Finn Mitchell

* CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Marina Mohawass***

Justin Molina*

Brendan Campbell Moline***

Leticia Avery Moll

Charles Joseph Molloy Jr.

Mackenzie Rose Monahan

Kyle Andrew Moniz*

Luke Alexander Monteiro***

Brianna Mae Moon***

Michael Raymond Mooney

Cole Bryant Moore***

Joshua Sabela Mora*

Jordyn Marie Morel**

Matthew Gerard Morgus***

Andrea Lynne Morin***

Donna Rae Morin**

Garrett Evan Morneault**

Hollie Emily Morneault***

Hailey S. Morrill**

Rya Elizabeth Morrill***

Emily Grace Morrison**

Joseph Richard Morrison

Abigail S. MorrisonOuellette**

Felix James Morrissey*

Kaitlynn McKay Morrissey

Lillian Campbell Morrissey***

Samuel M. Morse***

Kendra D. Moseley

Peter M. Mosqueda***

Naomi Moynihan***

Cole Robert Mueller

Makenzie Ann Muir

Jacquelyn Mullally**

James Austin Mullen*

Abigail Elyse Mulligan**

Maeve Liadan Mullin**

Natalie Rose Mullin***

Heather Emily Munroe***

Bartholomew N. Murphy***

Kara Jean Murphy

Lisa Margaret Murphy*

Michael Jonathan Murphy***

Noah Glenn Murphy***

Shannon Kate Murphy

Emily Catherine Murray***

Kian Michael Murray***

Mackenzie Sue Murray**

Annabelle Alise Muscatell**

Rajashekar Muthyam

Robert Edward Myers

Theresa Anne Mylander

Amanda Michaela Myron

Colby Ray Nadeau

Travis Scott Nadeau*

Sydney Elise Nangle***

Ryan Paul Nascimento*

Olivia Marie Nash*

Dillion James Nason

Jessica Catherine Nason

Jacob T. Natalizia***

Benjamin Thomas Nault

Madison Marie Neal*

Brianna Simone Neely

Amelia Rose Nelson

Emma Elizabeth Nelson

Jared William Nelson***

Kaden Matthew Nevells***

Madilyn Barnes Newcomb*

Vinh-Nhan Ngo***

Abigail Paige Nicholas*

Annika Marie Nicholas

Isabelle Nieblas*

Shawn M. Nitsche

Theophile Nkulikiyinka***

Mickleejay LaVeda Nohr

Dakota Thomas Noonan

Kristina Virginia Norbury**

Claire Christine Nowak***

Xavier P. Nurse

Katherine Elizabeth Nutting

Breanne Eryn Oakes***

Seamus David O’Brien

Israel Ochoa***

Megan Elizabeth O’Connell***

Caitlin Nicole O’Connor

Laura Nicole O’Donnell***

Mackenzie Frances O’Donnell***

Kristin Haley O’Dowd**

Allison Yongjun Ogle***

Patrick Ryan O’Halloran

Armand Jeremiah O’Keefe***

Terence Jamison Olds**

Tyler Oliver***

Tucker Richard Olsen***

Jasmine Castillo Olshin***

David Olski**

Molly Elizabeth Olzinski***

Shauna Marie O’Neil

Trent Otash***

Adrian Luis Otero

Emma Pauline Ouellette***

Rachel Lorraine Ouellette**

Andrew Thomas Outwater

Jonathan Owen

Sydney Brooke Owen***

Alison Pais

Gavin Conor Palazzo**

Justin Alexander Pape

Eli Samuel Parady

Soojin Park**

Jayci Nia Parke

Elisabeth Rose Parker

Benjamin Earl Parks Jr.

Alia M. Parsons***

Anna Navarro Pasamba

Gabriel Sebastian Pasternak*

Emily Rose Patashnik**

Niraj Patel***

Nicole Alexandra Pateman*

Justin B. Patenaude

Emily Jean Patrock

Lauren Olivia Patterson

Ashley Ann Paul***

Joshua Gordon Peaco

Mariah Lynn Pearson**

Trevor Joseph Pearson**

Marielle Ruth Pelletier***

Gabriella Rene Peluso***

Emily Curran Perry*

Jude Michael Perry

Ryan Edward Perry**

Andrew Douglas Persson***

Tatum Mallory Peters

Matthew Lawrence Petrovich***

Madeline Scott Peyton***

Maxwell Philip Phalon**

Shelby Elizabeth Philips

Isabella Nicole Phillips*

Samantha Phinney

Owen Xavier Phipps**

Maxine Elizabeth Piatt

Stephen J. Piccari

Renee Michelle Pickard***

Joseph Robert Elijah Picone***

Everett Pietila

Aiden Matthew Christopher Pike***

Tom Webster-Solomon Pinette

Chase Louis Pisone*

Julia Diane Pitman***

Kaitryn Anne Laura Pitt

Eliott Ralph Place*

Madison Leigh Plant

Sydney Irene Plant**

Isaiah Trenor Plante

Lani Marie Plourde

Benjamin E. Poisson**

Luke Richard Poisson

Jacob Gabriel Polchies

Kayla Pollier**

Sierra Michelle Pomerleau*

Cody G. Porter***

Daniel Stemmler Porter

Kevin James Porter**

Mia Jianping Pothier***

Lauren May Potter***

“Sam” Brittany Rose Pottle

Cameron James Pottle

Nicholas I. Poulin***

Nicholas Norbert Poulliot

Dante Larry Powell

Nicole Lauren Prackup

Zoe Maria Prats***

Banalata Esther Pratt***

Ryan P. Pratt

Jacob Taylor Praul***

Desiree Madison Prejean

Jonathan M. Prell**

Eleanor Marie Prescott

Alexis Rachel Pressey

Amy Rose Preston

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Justin Price

Matthew C. Price

Meredith Helene Priess

Jennifer Lynne Prior

John Kenneth Probert

Samantha Marie Proia*

Jared Armand Proulx

Ryan Thomas Pullen**

Jessica Leigh Punch

Spencer Ross Purple*

Alexander Steven Quince

Aja Ori Quintal**

Hunter Andrew Quirrion

Caleb Crabtree Rand

Gabriel Joseph Rand

Samuel Erving Ransley**

Gabriel Paul Ransom*

Emma Caroline Rantz

Zale Austin Samuel Rasco*

Marcus Joseph Ratz**

Kaitlynn E. Raye***

Kayla R. Raymond***

Dylan James Reardon**

Haily Paris Records

Sydney Sawyer Reed***

Taylor Zoe Reed

Webster Macdonald Reed

Connor Gibson Reese***

Nicholas Ethan Reeves

Adam James Regan***

Kathleen Rose Reheuser***

Ian James Reilly

Stefan James Mancini Reis

Mikayla Marie Reynolds***

Stephen John Rezack***

Tyson Abbott Rice

Kaily Elizabeth Rich***

Maxwell Robert Rich***

Jacob M. Richard

Alicia Louise Richards*

Julia Louise Richards

Emily Nicole Richardson

Lauren Elizabeth Richardson***

Sadie Elizabeth Richardson***

Daniel Joseph Richter

Bryan John Riley

Rebecca Anne Rinoldo**

Adam Johnathan Ristow

Sofia Luz Rivera***

Andrew Jefford Robbins

Abigail Dorothea Huan Roberts***

Catherine Elizabeth Roberts

Christopher C. Roberts

Margo Cleary Roberts*

Sean Marvin Roberts***

Connor Alex Robertson

Erika Ann Robinson

Natalie Alise Robinson***

Patricia Ellen Robinson

Samuel Edward Robinson

Brandon Michael Rockwell

Lewis Jonathan Roebuck**

Eoin M. Rogers

Gabrielle Grace Rogers

Halle Catherine Rogers

Avery Winter Rolfe***

Callie Ann Ross**

Julia Townson Ross***

Taylor Elizabeth Ross

Angela Marie Rothwell***

Simon Chellis Roussel***

Lance Phillip Roy

Bethany Margaret Rozzi

Luke J. Ruel

Andrew Joseph Ruggiero

Roisin Rumsey*

Adam Austin Rush**

Aaron Tyler Rusiecki**

Emily Freeman Russell

Jordan Marcus Russell

Aaron James Russo

Derrick James Rutkowski**

Courtney Jamaiya SabalBernardez

Catherine Judith Sabourin

Emily Marjorie Sala*

Philip J. Salamon

Kyle Craig Salley***

Stuart Cole Salom

Justin Alexandre Sambu

Matthew Doyle Sanborn

Robert Wesley Sanders Jr.*

Hannah Skye Sanderson

Ilanah Shea Sandler**

Jason Erik Santa Cruz

James Joseph Sapiel

Jessica Marie Sargent***

Jessica Leigh Sarver

Wayne Joseph Saucier Jr.

Olivia Ellen Sauer*

Aiden Christopher Saulnier

Victoria Ann Savoy

Sydney Lorraine Sawtelle

Ethan Scott Schambach

Olivia Grace Schanck***

Andrew Joseph Schneider

Ty Matthew Schneider

Ingrid Clara Schroeter*

Kara Alexandra Schuck

Ethan Lee Schwartz**

Sean Patrick Anthony

Schweizer

Olivia Rosabella Sciarappa***

Christian Michael Scinto*

Caroline Anne Scott***

Justin Chambers Scott

Sean Patrick Scott

Shannon Charles Scott

Lea Keli Scrapchansky***

Justyn Kyler Sears*

Parastoo Seddiqi***

Kaitlin Jasmine Seekins***

Devyn MacKenzie Gray Seeley***

Eliot G. Sekera

Brody Senior*

Isabella Rae Sernyk***

Geoffrey Forrest Shambarger

Ella Sharp

Kamri Vye Sharp

Adam Joseph Lane Shaw

Claire Ruth Shaw***

Oren N. Shaw**

Parker Thomas Shaw**

Remington Rene Shaw**

Humam Shawqi

Molly Evelyn Shea***

Emma Rose Sheffield

Lucas Paul Ryan Shepherd**

Sydney Rose Sherburne***

Clement Curtis Sherwood***

Yosef Adi Shestopal

Madison Grace Shirland*

Sanskar Shrestha*

Dexter Francis Sibley

Jack Harrison Sierputoski

Zachary Thomas Signorello

Lakshmana Fournier Silva

Victoria Jo-Ann Silva***

Emma Katherine Simmons*

Anne Simon***

Clara Ann Simpson

Violet Carolena Singer***

Caroline Margaret Singlar

Madelin Louise Sintiris*

Zachary Cooper Siracusa**

Luke Sisson*

Abigail Anne Slater

Lucinda Kayne Slattery***

Jeremy David Slaven

Pheobe Slayton*

Colby Thomas Small

Aydan Bay Smalley*

Madison Bailey Smart*

Henry Rutherford Smiley

Alexandra Marie Smith*

Andrew Leighton Smith

Audrey J. Smith***

Dorothy Rae Smith

Emma Hope Smith**

Hope Meredith Smith***

Hunter Matthew Smith*

Jackson Scott Smith**

Jared Hill Smith***

Jasmine C. Smith**

Jason Anthony Smith**

Justin Smith

Marissa Ashley Smith

Meghan Emily Smith**

Isabelle Erin Smy***

Tessa P. Solomon

Hannah Somers-Jones**

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Annabelle Paige Soucie

Evangeline Beatrice Soucy***

Melanie Angele Soucy***

Ross Harrison Sousa***

Robin Hood Southwick

Katherine Jane Southworth***

Carli Marie Spada

William Welsh Spaller**

Jen Lee Spann***

Anna Elisabeth Spaulding***

Brynne Elizabeth Speakman***

Caroline Elizabeth Palmer Spencer**

Charles Laurence Spiegel*

Hannah Nicole Sprecher*

Holly Spriggs***

Thomas David Springer*

Alexsis Oriana Sprowl

John Charles Squires

Eleanor Rose St. Peter**

Elyse Noelle St. Pierre***

Michael Patrick Stack

Liam David Staines**

Mia Karen Stamey**

Sean Christian Staton**

Sally Ann Stead**

Cortney N. Stedt

Zachary Robert Steigert

Nathan William Steinhoff

Corey Patrick Stephens***

Abigail Anna Stevens

Braedon Jayhugh Stevens***

Brett Alan Stevens

Carter Quinn Stevens*

Conor James Stevens*

Megan Katherine Stevens

Ashlynne Mackenzie Stevenson

Colin Campbell Stewart

Thompson Jerome Stimpel III*

Wendy J. Stone

Elijah Andrew Story**

Lindsey Michayla Stover***

Michael Ferreira Straight

Toben E. Streevy

Caleb Streinz***

Nicole Lynne Strickland

Lasse Struppe*

Ashlyn Rose Stuart

Eve Caroline Stuart*

Jordan Sullivan

Oliver Reed Sullivan

Riley Elizabeth Sullivan*

Taylor Carmella Sullivan

Zackary R. Sullivan**

Benjamin Thomas Aaron Supple***

Madeleine Christine SurberVogel

Sophia Grace Suriano**

Elsie B. Suttie**

Mick Daniel Swanson

Parker Alan Swanson***

Jesse A. Sweeny

Logan Kaylee Swift***

Natalie Jane Swift

Olivia Ruth Swift*

Hannah Elisabeth Talcove

Arihant Tallapureddy***

Owen Reed Talley

Jack Harrison Tallgrass*

Desiree Josefina Tanner***

Anthony Jarod Tarallo

Olivia Taylor Tardie

Maddison Lee Tassinari**

Jillian Paige Taylor

Maria Elizabeth Taylor**

Matthew Walter Taylor*

Grace Bellumori Terry***

Grace Doireann Terry

Rachel Stephanie Tetreault

Tommy Thelander

Ryan Michael Theriault*

Landon Jacques Thibodeau*

Vincent Hart Thomas Jr.

Elaine Faith Thomas***

Caroline Ann Thompson***

Garrison Robert Thompson

John D. Thompson

Daniel Thorne

Morgan Elizabeth Thorpe

Willow Rain ThrockmortonHansford***

Elizabeth Tibbetts***

Allisyn Joan Tidd***

Holly Bruce Elenore Tiernan*

Santiago Tijerina***

Nicholas Joseph Tiner**

Stella Justine Tirone

Morgan Elizabeth McKay Tittle**

Anna May Toman**

Antonio Vincent Tomassini

Laura Rapp Tomlinson***

Timothy John Tower

Annemarie Bailey Towle***

Melissa Emily Tozier

Nathaniel John Tracey**

Bennett Scott Travers

James Anthony Treadwell

Ally Trimper*

Morgan Trimper**

Alec Henry Troxell***

Khang Truong***

Julie Anne Tschirhart***

Jacob Danforth Tucker*

Reilly Kenneth Tucker***

Jennifer Tuomala

Lauren Olivia Turcotte Seavey**

Ryan John Turenne

Ata Turgut***

Blake Hamilton Turner***

Kathrina Elizabeth Turner***

Myles Walbridge Turner

Percival Gale Ulsamer***

Thomas Josef Umhofer II*

Charles Jerald Upham**

Dylan Anthony Ursino

Samuel Joseph Vaccaro***

Phoenix Aurora Vachon

Matthew Clarke Vaillancourt

Joshua Valenzano

Schuyler Woodsum Van der Eb***

Keldan J. Van Leer

Greta Ann Vanderblue***

Mia Auclair Vargas*

Alexa Ashley Varnum***

Kevin Ashby Venard***

Sierra Nicole Nalani Verdin

Wesley James Verity

Anna Corrinn Vidoni

Sarah Anne Viekman***

Brett Larson Viens

Emily Ann Villemaire*

Maria Vina Lopez***

Matthew Glendon Virgin***

Zoe Lynn Vittum***

Noah Clifton Greim Von Oesen

Maria Nicole Wagenknecht***

William Reinhardt Wagner*

Molly Christine Walker*

Paul Carroll Walker

Calvin Patrick Wallace Murphy

Kaitlyn Betty Walorz***

Alexandra Sage Walsh**

Daniel Thomas Walsh

Michael Nicholas Walsh

Ryan Walsh*

Evan Joseph Warburton***

Noah Azriel Ward-Rubin

Katelyn Warren**

Sadie Lola Waterman***

Julia Jayne Watras***

Samuel Weafer**

John Scott Webb

Colin R. Weed

Elliott Francis Holliday Weeks

Mykayla Hong Weinstein***

Kelsey Elizabeth Weir***

Ma’ayan Tehora Weiss***

Caroline Lee Welch*

Lily Diane Welch***

Dillan Jeffrey Wells

Emma Jean Wentworth***

John Gunar Weppner

Katherine Lynn Westbrook***

Phoebe Eckhardt Westbrook

Emily Gabrielle Whetham

Eliza Noel Whisenant

Emily Devan White***

Emma G. White***

Grady Seno White*

John Matthew White**

Kathryn Alexis White***

Noah Paul White***

Olivia Parker White

* CUM LAUDE **MAGNA CUM LAUDE ***SUMMA CUM LAUDE

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates

Collin Edward Whitlock

Michael Francis Whitman

Dennis Wichterman***

Paige Nicole Widdecomb

Gabriella Lee Wiegman

Connor Stephen Wigandt

Aaron D. Wilde

Seth Immanuel Wilks

Kendrah LeAnne Willey***

Lily Rowan Williams**

Madeline Amelia Williams**

Dean Vincent Williamson**

Justin Tyler Williford

Samuel Leon Willigar**

Darrin Michael Wilson Jr.

Conner Joseph Wilson

Jackson Philip Wilson**

Willow Noel Wind***

Alexander James Winslow

Nicholas Alexander Withee

Jason Daniel Witkowski

Lily Magdelene Wofford***

Grace Rose Wogan

Makayla Marie Wood*

Gabrielle Lydia WoodMcGuckin

Tessa T. Worgull***

Lauren Elizabeth Worrick**

Daniel A. Wortman***

Alfred John Wright III*

Megan Rhylie Wright

Bruce Howard Wyatt***

Christian D. Wynott***

Yasmin Leigh Yagiz

Anna Yates*

Hannah Marie Yelle***

Emily Summer Yelverton

John Perley York

Tyler Michael York

Matthew Emil Yost***

Anna Katherine Young

Lauren Young*

Madison Elizabeth Young

HONORS COLLEGE

First-year students are invited to join the Honors College at the University of Maine based on academic achievement in high school. In their first and second year preceptorials taught by a diverse faculty, students gain a broad knowledge base and critical thinking skills that are hallmarks of a liberal education. They also lay the foundation for more specialized work in their disciplines in the last two years. The Honors College curriculum culminates in a thesis completed during the senior year that focuses on an independent project in the student’s major area of interest. Following successful completion of the Honors College curriculum, student work is formally recognized with the designation of honors, high honors or highest honors. Honors College graduates wear a medallion with the honors logo and Latin motto Studium eruditionis ardescens — igniting a passion for learning.

Star Katarina Young***

Cheng Yu***

Calista Nicole Zaenger**

Jude Anthony Zanoni***

Benjamin Louis Zeitlin*

Tristan Roy Zippert*

Annabel McKelvie Zlatich

Miquelle Briana Zybert**

Music

PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED FROM

OVERTURE FOR BRASS

by Fred Frank

IRISH TUNE FROM COUNTY DERRY arr. Percy Granger

set by J. Kreines

THE UMAINE MEDLEY

arr. Daniel Williams, ‘91, ‘94G

The University of Maine Band by Joseph McCusker, ‘17

O! Our Dear Alma Mater by Emma and William Chapman

For Maine! by Charles Bartlett, ‘14

NAPOLI CELEBRATION

by Harold Waters

PRELUDE AND CAPRICE

by Frank Cofield

OVER THE RAINBOW by Harold Arlen, words, E.Y. Harburg, arr. Andy Black

AMAZING GRACE arr. Jari Villanueva

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC arr. Peter Wilhousky

FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN

by Aaron Copland

POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE by Edward Elgar arr. William S. Bartolotta

STEIN SONG

by Lincoln Colcord and EA Fenstad arr. Lester Brockton

Musicians

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE CEREMONIAL BRASS ENSEMBLE

CONDUCTOR

Philip Edelman

TRUMPET

Ryan Long

Samuel Ivey

Nathanael Batson

Nicholas Sullivan

William Bradley

Matthew Mayo

HORNS

Hannah Ferrell

Isabelle Puccio

Katie Beal

TROMBONE

Max Carter

Chappy Hall

Ethan Blier

Andrew Walker

Rachel Croan

EUPHONIUM

Nick Pineau

TUBA

Heath Kennedy

Liam Staines

PERCUSSION

Kyle Agbuya

Ana Pilioglos

Alexa Bartley

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE BLACK BEAR MEN’S CHORUS (Saturday)

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Daniel Williams

ACCOMPANIST

Laura Artesani

TENOR I

Roger Feeley

Doug Fogg

Gene Oakes

John Thompson

Wyatt Wilson

TENOR II

Nathan Brame

Camryn Downs

Mike Mullally

Tom Poling

William Riihiluoma

Andrew Walker

BASS I

Tim Bruce

Jim Greene

Ehric Kettelhut

Peter Martin

Rick Mundy

Kevin Young

Commencement Volunteers

BASS II

Dave Baxter

George Deans

Heath Kennedy

Mark Lena

Kurt Schaller

Jake Tucker

Elliott Weeks

University of Maine Commencement Committee Chair Diane Dunn thanks the many volunteers who dedicated countless hours to the success of our university’s ceremonies.

Stage Parties

Graduate School Commencement

Jason Charland, Senior Advisor to the President and Executive Director of Research Development

Robert Dana, Vice President for Student Life and Inclusive Excellence, and Dean of Students

Scott Delcourt, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Senior Associate Dean

Joan Ferrini-Mundy, President of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, and University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

Robert Jarrett, Graduate Student Government President

Norm Jones, Interim Vice President of Enrollment Management

Roberto Lopez-Anido, 2023 Distinguished Maine Professor and the Malcolm G. Long ’32 Professor of Civil Engineering

Jeffery Mills, President/CEO of the University of Maine Foundation

Suzanne Ortega, Commencement Speaker and President of the Council of Graduate Schools

Thomas Peaco, President and CEO of the University of Maine Alumni Association

MJ Sedlock, Faculty Senate President and Senior Lecturer in Theatre

Dhivya Singaram, Student Representative to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees

Kelly Sparks, Vice President for Finance and Administration, and Chief Business Officer

Kody Varahramyan, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School

John Volin, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

James Ward Jr., Vice President for Strategic Partenerships, Innovation, Resources and Engagement

Meredith Whitfield, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

Commencement

Michael Bourque, University of Maine Board of Visitors Chair (morning)

Karen Boucias, University of Maine Board of Visitors Member (afternoon)

Connor Bray, University of Maine Student Government President

Lara Chern, Valedictorian

Robert Dana, Vice President for Student Life and Inclusive Excellence, and Dean of Students

Joan Ferrini-Mundy, President of the University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias, and University of Maine System Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation

Anne Hall, Retired U.S. Ambassador and Commencement Speaker

Norm Jones, Interim Vice President of Enrollment Management

Jude Killy, Director of Athletics (morning)

Roberto Lopez-Anido, 2023 Distinguished Maine Professor and the Malcolm G. Long ’32 Professor of Civil Engineering

Jeffery Mills, President/CEO of the University of Maine Foundation (morning)

Julia Munsey, University of Maine Alumni Association Board of Directors Chair (afternoon)

Thomas Peaco, President and CEO of the University of Maine Alumni Association (morning)

Mikayla Reynolds, Salutatorian (morning)

Patricia Riley, University of Maine System Board of Trustees Chair

MJ Sedlock, Faculty Senate President and Senior Lecturer in Theatre

Kelly Sparks, Vice President for Finance and Administration, and Chief Business Officer

Kody Varahramyan, Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School

Zoe Vittum, Salutatorian (afternoon)

John Volin, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Ellen Weinauer, Dean of the Honors College

Meredith Whitfield, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

FACULTY MARSHALS

Sandra Caron

Farahad Dastoor

Judith Josiah-Martin

Eric Landis

Daniel Sandweiss

READER

Daniel Williams

FACULTY MARSHALS

Pankaj Agrrawal

Sandra Caron

Farahad Dastoor

Judith Josiah-Martin

Eric Landis

Sara Lindsay

Richard Powell

Daniel Sandweiss

COLOR GUARD

Bangor High School JROTC

Ram Battalion Color Guard

COMMENCEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY

PLEASE NOTE: In order to commemorate this milestone occasion, professional photographers will photograph each graduate receiving a diploma. To avoid congestion and to maintain decorum in the ceremony, we ask that family members and other guests refrain from approaching the stage to take pictures. Please remain seated until the end of the ceremony. We ask you to respect the importance of commencement to the University of Maine community and to those individuals being honored on this occasion.

Program design and photography by University of Maine Division of Marketing and Communications.

In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information, or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities.  The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 101 Boudreau Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME  04469-5754, 207.581.1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).